[IC] Myriad Reality

[Etcetera]

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-Soren- Any useful measure that does apply?

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-Ruby- Okay then. I'll tell you when we're ready for you.

@Balance

Not particularly.

[Disdain]

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*looks around, and something cathes my eye, a particular rock formation*

Hmm.. Judging by the patterns of wear on that rock, its most likely not natural, perhaps not a rock at all. Ma'at, perhaps you could help with this?

@souleaterfan320

Help with...? You're not giving me any specifics here. And you can't expect me to do a bunch of calculations and inexplicably come up with what sort of a thing that object is. That's not how it works. Also, I don't see how you can deduce by the patterns of a wear that the rock is unnatural. They could just indicate extremely unusual wind patterns. In fact, right now I'm simulating exactly how that would play out over a number of years.

[Armed Forces]

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*Moves some wires to the side*
Power source?

@Techspert

Fission battery, located somewhere behind the projection barrel.
*Behid the barrel, a metal rectangular object is connected to many of the wires, as well as small, clear tubing that directly connects it with the barrel*

[souleaterfan320]

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Not happening, friend. I don't have tabs on every unit deployed on the planet at all times, and what you might gather from that is that a practical answer to that question is unfeasible. We have thousands of soldiers on the planet, and exponentially more in orbit and in space around the planet.

@Armed Forces

Harlock: if it is that big, then the rest of the EDB should be on their way right now. Most of them are occupied with cleaning up the mess Trinity left.

[Armed Forces]

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Harlock: if it is that big, then the rest of the EDB should be on their way right now. Most of them are occupied with cleaning up the mess Trinity left.

@souleaterfan320

We don't want them here. They should not involve themselves with any IA military ops.

[Techspert]

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Fission battery, located somewhere behind the projection barrel.
*Behid the barrel, a metal rectangular object is connected to many of the wires, as well as small, clear tubing that directly connects it with the barrel*

@Armed Forces

Efficiency and safety out the window, I guess.
*Starts taking apart and opening up the battery*

[Techspert]

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Harlock: if it is that big, then the rest of the EDB should be on their way right now. Most of them are occupied with cleaning up the mess Trinity left.

@souleaterfan320

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We don't want them here. They should not involve themselves with any IA military ops.

@Armed Forces

*Grins and gives a thumbs-up*
And I hate both of them!

[souleaterfan320]

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Help with...? You're not giving me any specifics here. And you can't expect me to do a bunch of calculations and inexplicably come up with what sort of a thing that object is. That's not how it works. Also, I don't see how you can deduce by the patterns of a wear that the rock is unnatural. They could just indicate extremely unusual wind patterns. In fact, right now I'm simulating exactly how that would play out over a number of years.

@Disdain

....

*walks over to the rock, and knocks on it, proving that the inside is hollow*
It's unnatural because it isnt really a rock at all. It's made out of metal. I was asking you to make an opening without being destructive.

So, what about my deducing?

[souleaterfan320]

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*Grins and gives a thumbs-up*
And I hate both of them!

@Techspert

Harlock: what's so wrong with the EDB?

[Dynamics]

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Help with...? You're not giving me any specifics here. And you can't expect me to do a bunch of calculations and inexplicably come up with what sort of a thing that object is. That's not how it works. Also, I don't see how you can deduce by the patterns of a wear that the rock is unnatural. They could just indicate extremely unusual wind patterns. In fact, right now I'm simulating exactly how that would play out over a number of years.

@Disdain

Couldn't you theoretically detect the vectors of the air particles moving around it and see if there are any others nearby to deduce the shape and contents, as well as detect the atomic vibrations of the- oh...
*Stops talking*

[souleaterfan320]

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We don't want them here. They should not involve themselves with any IA military ops.

@Armed Forces

Harlock: if I am involved, then so are they, by default. They'll more than likely just prevent anything from entering or leaving this planet that isn't part of The Group.

[Armed Forces]

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Efficiency and safety out the window, I guess.
*Starts taking apart and opening up the battery*

@Techspert

I'll be outside, just in case you screw something up.
*Goes outside*

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Harlock: what's so wrong with the EDB?

@souleaterfan320

Nothing, until they try to come and help and end up dying in a battle that isn't theirs to fight. Then they'll be dead EDB, and dead anything isn't particularly useful.

[Armed Forces]

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Harlock: if I am involved, then so are they, by default. They'll more than likely just prevent anything from entering or leaving this planet that isn't part of The Group.

@souleaterfan320

Then don't get involved.

[Techspert]

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Harlock: what's so wrong with the EDB?

@souleaterfan320

Nothing that's more wrong than the IA, which you so conveniently forgot to mention.

[Techspert]

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I'll be outside, just in case you screw something up.
*Goes outside*

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Nothing, until they try to come and help and end up dying in a battle that isn't theirs to fight. Then they'll be dead EDB, and dead anything isn't particularly useful.

@Armed Forces

I'm a bloody engineer.
*Strips the wires as well and takes everything apart without negating any function, resulting in almost all failsafe precautions gone*

[Armed Forces]

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I'm a bloody engineer.
*Strips the wires as well and takes everything apart without negating any function, resulting in almost all failsafe precautions gone*

@Techspert

Better safe than sorry.
*Stands at the door*
I won't have a reason to go back inside regardless of what happens, anyways.

[souleaterfan320]

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I'll be outside, just in case you screw something up.
*Goes outside*

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Nothing, until they try to come and help and end up dying in a battle that isn't theirs to fight. Then they'll be dead EDB, and dead anything isn't particularly useful.

@Armed Forces

Harlock: you highly underestimate the power of the EDB. Regardless, they have no choice. I'm here, I'm part of the group, I'll protect the group, and so will the some 2,000,000 troops in the fleet that is approximately 300 miles above the planet's atmosphere right now. This isn't about who live or who dies. It's about who comes out alive. Anyways, only about 20,000 of them are actually people, as we see droids as a better fit. Expendable.

*cocks the pistol*

[Techspert]

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Better safe than sorry.
*Stands at the door*
I won't have a reason to go back inside regardless of what happens, anyways.

@Armed Forces

Takes the motherboard*

[Armed Forces]

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Harlock: you highly underestimate the power of the EDB. Regardless, they have no choice. I'm here, I'm part of the group, I'll protect the group, and so will the some 2,000,000 troops in the fleet that is approximately 300 miles above the planet's atmosphere right now. This isn't about who live or who dies. It's about who comes out alive. Anyways, only about 20,000 of them are actually people, as we see droids as a better fit. Expendable.

*cocks the pistol*

@souleaterfan320

I'm not estimating. Your troops are caused harm in conventional battle, whereas Alliance units are not. We watch the EDB, just as we watch all other known military entities. When it comes to combat efficiency, the IA has no equal.

[Techspert]

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I'm not estimating. Your troops are caused harm in conventional battle, whereas Alliance units are not. We watch the EDB, just as we watch all other known military entities. When it comes to combat efficiency, the IA has no equal.

@Armed Forces

Oh my word, just shut up about it. We get it, your superiors are the best. Who cares?