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Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

Exactly why I didn't pick the Forerunners 😅. Or the Archailects of Orion's Arm since they deploy shit like this in wars with other AI controlled polities. Well, that and the fact that anything that high up on the sophont intelligence scale can just hack and shutdown the Replicator network with the same ease that we might flick a light switch.

It's kind of hard to fight an AI god whose "body" is a civilization which spans incomprehensible swathes of space after all.

EDIT: Added a physical description to Thoth's sheet.

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

I can't wait to have to fight Reaper Replicators...

@Lord Wraith

And it could've been much worse. Had I been playing a Metarch, the fanciest AI at the Forerunner's disposal, you'd have Replicators potentially creating copies of their ships. The same ones that have the following weapons...

x28 Converging Beam Cannons: Converging beam cannons are directed-energy weapons that fire lances of exotic energy upon enemy vessels and provide a path for follow-on antimatter streams, which destroy everything they touch. The energy fires can be curved toward targets using delicate strands of invisible force and tracing pathways, usually wielded by a Warrior-Servant operator. The weapon's energy can be varied, though more powerful beams have a less smooth motion as even Forerunner science was unable to contain the destructive energy of the weapon.

x300 Light Mass Fusillade Cannons: Light mass fusillades fire a mestastable form of hard light, allowing them to deal both thermal and kinetic damage to targets upon impact. In the hands of a skilled gunner, they can be used to crush, cut and scorch an enemy target with brutal efficiency.

x1 Torsion Driver: Torsion drivers are a kind of weapon system employed aboard Forerunner warships. Torsion drivers are gravitic emitters (presumably emitting torsion fields) that can be employed as a delicate tool or a crude scalpel as the situation permits; in battle, they use their gravity generation to push and pull portions of enemy craft beyond the limits of their shielding and structural supports with discordant harmonies. This action rips apart the target vessel and exposes its vulnerable systems to concentrated fire by other weapons. Grapplers can be used in a similar manner to torsion drivers, though lack the power and range necessary for shearing enemy warships.

Comparatively, the Reapers are cannon-fodder. Granted, a Metarch would probably be able to reliably contend against the Replicator network since they were designed to do the following...

Metarch-class ancilla, or more simply Metarchs, were a class of hyper-advanced ancillas created by the Forerunners to serve the Ecumene Council, and served to administer significant portions of the Ecumene's day-to-day operations. Their exclusive nature meant that by law, only five such examples were ever in existence at any given time.

As part of their operation, a given Metarch-class ancilla governed an enormous network of lesser ancilla and monitors known as a Metarchy These networks and their commanding Metarchs were tasked with the most large and complicated construction projects and were tightly constrained by law.

But still. Forerunner ships and the like aren't ones you want replicated. And I haven't even gotten into their slipspace BS. It gets even crazier if you use the rest of the retconned 343 lore.

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

Thoth

"I carry within myself the knowledge of those who came before. All those who fell by our hand. The road to penance is a long and arduous one, but it is one I walk nevertheless."

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Name of Ship: Thoth.

Home Universe/Name of Franchise: Mass Effect (AU - Synthesis Ending).

Ship Class
Capital Ship – Also known as Sovereign-class, the two-kilometer-long capital ships are the most well-known Reaper subtype. Their main weapon is a spinal mounted "magnetohydrodynamic" cannon with a yield of 132 to 450 kilotons of TNT, which dwarfs the main gun of an Everest-class Alliance dreadnought. No known ship, not even a dreadnought, has been known to survive a hit from this weapon. Capital ships are also armed with multiple cannons in their "tendrils" capable of shearing through most opposing vessels in a single hit, a point defense system (similar to the GARDIAN systems favored by organics) for anti-fighter and anti-projectile purposes, and are capable of unleashing swarms of Oculus drones to engage fighter-sized craft. They are extremely durable, capable of taking the continuous and simultaneous fire of four dreadnoughts before they start to lose their kinetic barriers.

Role: Capital Ship.

Physical Size (roughly): 2 kilometers in length/height.

Physical Description: A Reaper is essentially "billions of organic minds, uploaded and conjoined within immortal machine bodies."

In terms of physical design, Reapers bear superficial resemblance to a cuttlefish or squid, with a bulky semi-cylindrical body, a tapering plate over the rear and five tentacle-like "legs" or arms extending from its front end, in addition to six jointed legs extending from its body. The rear-most of the larger legs have crescent-shaped extensions. Colossal in size, Reapers are known to range from 160 meters to over 2 kilometers in length.

The core of any Reaper is constructed in the image of the species that was harvested to create it, while the exterior follows a standardized design that is most efficient for their purpose. When the Reaper fleet is revealed in dark space, they are shown to all share the same basic design, but with great diversity in limb number, shape and orientation, some with extended heads and others having multiple glowing lights. This may illustrate the variety of Reaper subtypes, as it is revealed during the Reaper invasion of the galaxy that several different varieties of Reaper exist.

While the outward appearance varies between subtypes, all of them retain features of their forebears, the Leviathans, an ancient aquatic race that dominated the galaxy in ages past. The largest known Reaper ships essentially copied the Leviathan form while the smaller ones diverge to varying degrees.

Armament/Complement (roughly): The main gun on a Reaper capital ship dwarfs that of the Alliance's Everest-class dreadnoughts. No dreadnought has yet survived a direct hit from the weapon. Estimates put its destructive power anywhere from 132 to 454 kilotons of TNT. Even if the target is hardened, as in the case of a surface-based missile silo, the gun can instead bury the target beneath molten metal. Precise targeting computers and correctors also give Reaper weapons a longer effective range than organics' dreadnoughts or cruisers. The kinetic barriers on a Reaper capital ship can shrug off the firepower of a small fleet. Weapons specifically designed to overcome shields, such as the Javelin, GARDIAN lasers, or the Thanix series, can bypass the barriers to some degree. The difficulty is getting close enough to use them--the surface-mounted weaponry on Reaper ships, similar in principle to GARDIAN, presents an effective defense against organic species' fighters.

History of the Ship: A former member of the larger Reaper armada slumbering in dark space, Thoth had been one of the many capital ships assigned to harvesting the Asari. A task it took to with unrelenting efficiency. Once the Crucible was activated and fired, however, Thoth ceased its assault and left the planet the process the new perspective that had suddenly been foisted upon it. This caused it to gain an understanding of organics it hadn't possessed before along with the rest of the fleet. In the years that followed Thoth would aid the various species in their rebuilding efforts. When all was said and done it would begin an unending voyage across the vast gulf of space, its own form of penance for the atrocities it had committed, sharing and collecting knowledge from/with whoever it met.

When Daniel came to it with his offer, Thoth accepted, seeing it as just another step on the long road to redemption.

Notable Crew: N/A.

Unique Technologies
Indoctrination: Reaper "indoctrination" is an insidious means of corrupting organic minds, "reprogramming" the brain through physical and psychological conditioning using electromagnetic fields, infrasonic and ultrasonic noise, and other subliminal methods. The Reaper's resulting control over the limbic system leaves the victim highly susceptible to its suggestions. Organics undergoing indoctrination may complain of headaches and buzzing or ringing in their ears. As time passes, they have feelings of "being watched" and hallucinations of "ghostly" presences. Ultimately, the Reaper gains the ability to use the victim's body to amplify its signals, manifesting as "alien" voices in the mind. Indoctrination can create perfect deep cover agents. A Reaper's "suggestions" can manipulate victims into betraying friends, trusting enemies, or viewing the Reaper itself with superstitious awe. Should a Reaper subvert a well-placed political or military leader, the resulting chaos can bring down nations. Long-term physical effects of the manipulation are unsustainable. Higher mental functioning decays, ultimately leaving the victim a gibbering animal. Rapid indoctrination is possible, but causes this decay in days or weeks. Slow, patient indoctrination allows the thrall to last for months or years.

The usage of this tactic--as well as nanides and husks--has since fallen out of favor among the Reapers following their merger with organic life at the end of the war. As such, Thoth doesn't typically make use of either system, though they still exist.

Eezo Core: Speculation in the Codex suggests that each individual Reaper has a massive element zero core which, coupled with the likely enormous quantities of energies at its disposal, allows it to generate the staggering mass effect field needed to land ships of their size on a planet.

Viruses: The Reapers are known to use highly advanced computer viruses for other purposes as well, such as to subvert synthetic species that do not willingly join them in their conquest of organic civilizations. Synthetic intelligences would eventually be harvested anyway as they are not a part of the Reapers' ultimate goals. Reaper viruses are not unbeatable; on at least one occasion an unshackled artificial intelligence was able to counteract one.

Nanides: Aside from computer viruses, the Reapers employ other forms of microtechnology, a notable example being nanides, or microscopic robots. Reaper nanides are used in the harvesting of organic species, often deployed through devices such as dragon's teeth to convert organic beings into the mindless, aggressive cyborg husks. Husks are used as ground forces and shock troops by the Reapers, overwhelming their organic enemies and breaking their morale. Occasionally, to bolster husk defenses the Reapers will employ devices known as Barrier Engines that cocoon individual husks in a durable biotic barrier or possess certain husks to improve their combat prowess. For long-range offensives they usually outfit their husks with integral weaponry, although Reapers have been known to also manufacture handheld weapons like the Reaper Blackstar.

General Capabilities: The Reapers are technologically superior to the organic species of the galaxy--but the degree of that superiority is a matter of debate in the intelligence community.

The Reapers' thrusters and FTL drives appear to propel them at more than twice the speed of Citadel ships. Estimates of their location in dark space suggest they can travel nearly 30 light-years in a 24-hour period.

Reaper power sources seem to violate known physical laws. Reapers usually destroy fuel infrastructure rather than attempting to capture it intact, indicating that Reapers do not require organic species' energy supplies. Consequently, the Reapers attack without regard for maintaining supply lines behind them, except to move husks from one planet to another. Unlike Citadel ships, Reapers do not appear to discharge static buildup from their drive cores, although they sometimes appear wreathed in static discharge when they land on planets.

Reapers recognize each other through a complex Identify Friend/Foe system. Reaper interrogation signals do not simply look for a friendly transponder code, they look for a friendly intelligence. If other races attempted to steal the IFF for themselves, the IFF comes with a virus that can potentially disable any system it's connected with.

Though they are sentient machines, the Reapers have habitable interiors that can transport a crew, either to help spread their indoctrinated slaves or to allow these slaves to tend to them, probably both.

Vulnerabilities: However, the Reapers are not invincible. When the Reapers go into states of hibernation between cycles, they are vulnerable. By taking refuge in dark space, the Reapers ensure they will not be discovered by accident and destroyed while they wait for their vanguard to open the Citadel mass relay. A concentrated effort by the fleets of organic races could also destroy a Reaper even if it is at full power.

Thus, although clearly technologically superior to the Citadel forces, the Reapers have experienced casualties in their battles across the galaxy. This indicates that, theoretically, with the right intelligence, weapons, and strategy, the Reapers could be defeated. Unlike the mass effect relays that they created, Reapers do not have quantum shields. Locking itself down at a quantum level would leave a Reaper unaware of its surroundings until the shielding deactivated. Instead, Reapers rely on kinetic barriers. In the case of a Reaper capital ship, these kinetic barriers can hold off the firepower of two dreadnoughts simultaneously, but three clearly causes strain, and four typically results in destruction. Weapons designed to maximize heat damage, such as the Thanix series, show better results against the Reapers than pure kinetic impacts.

The barriers of a Reaper destroyer are less formidable than those of a capital ship. It is possible for a single cruiser or many fighters to disable or demolish a destroyer if they can get within range before they are themselves destroyed. The Reapers' energy sources are also not infinite. For example, to land on a planet, a Reaper must substantially reduce its mass. This transfer of power to its mass effect generators leaves the Reaper's kinetic barriers at only partial strength. Additionally, Sovereign was destroyed while assuming direct control over Saren. The feedback from Saren's death seemed to entirely overload Sovereign's shields. Current Reapers do not seem to suffer from this design flaw, however. Reaper capital ships can turn faster than Citadel dreadnoughts, but to do so, they must lower their mass to a level deemed unacceptable in combat situations. Consequently, it is possible for a dreadnought to emerge from FTL travel behind a capital ship, then bring its guns to bear faster than the Reaper can return fire. This is a poor tactic, however, against Reapers flying in proper formation.

Faction/Operator/Owner: The Reapers/The Catalyst/Leviathans (formerly).

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@Havoccultist I'm okay with it just be aware connecting to the Replicator network would be a bad idea

@Sep

I don't see many scenarios where that's Thoth's first course of action in all fairness.

Also, I'll move it over to the character sheet section.

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@Sep
Okay. Here's the final sheet.

The Lexicon Divinica

Thoth

"I carry within myself the knowledge of those who came before. All those who fell by our hand. The road to penance is a long and arduous one, but it is one I walk nevertheless."

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Name of Ship: Thoth.

Home Universe/Name of Franchise: Mass Effect (AU - Synthesis Ending).

Ship Class
Capital Ship – Also known as Sovereign-class, the two-kilometer-long capital ships are the most well-known Reaper subtype. Their main weapon is a spinal mounted "magnetohydrodynamic" cannon with a yield of 132 to 450 kilotons of TNT, which dwarfs the main gun of an Everest-class Alliance dreadnought. No known ship, not even a dreadnought, has been known to survive a hit from this weapon. Capital ships are also armed with multiple cannons in their "tendrils" capable of shearing through most opposing vessels in a single hit, a point defense system (similar to the GARDIAN systems favored by organics) for anti-fighter and anti-projectile purposes, and are capable of unleashing swarms of Oculus drones to engage fighter-sized craft. They are extremely durable, capable of taking the continuous and simultaneous fire of four dreadnoughts before they start to lose their kinetic barriers.

Role: Capital Ship.

Physical Size (roughly): 2 kilometers in length/height.

Physical Description: A Reaper is essentially "billions of organic minds, uploaded and conjoined within immortal machine bodies."

In terms of physical design, Reapers bear superficial resemblance to a cuttlefish or squid, with a bulky semi-cylindrical body, a tapering plate over the rear and five tentacle-like "legs" or arms extending from its front end, in addition to six jointed legs extending from its body. The rear-most of the larger legs have crescent-shaped extensions. Colossal in size, Reapers are known to range from 160 meters to over 2 kilometers in length.

The core of any Reaper is constructed in the image of the species that was harvested to create it, while the exterior follows a standardized design that is most efficient for their purpose. When the Reaper fleet is revealed in dark space, they are shown to all share the same basic design, but with great diversity in limb number, shape and orientation, some with extended heads and others having multiple glowing lights. This may illustrate the variety of Reaper subtypes, as it is revealed during the Reaper invasion of the galaxy that several different varieties of Reaper exist.

While the outward appearance varies between subtypes, all of them retain features of their forebears, the Leviathans, an ancient aquatic race that dominated the galaxy in ages past. The largest known Reaper ships essentially copied the Leviathan form while the smaller ones diverge to varying degrees.

Armament/Complement (roughly): The main gun on a Reaper capital ship dwarfs that of the Alliance's Everest-class dreadnoughts. No dreadnought has yet survived a direct hit from the weapon. Estimates put its destructive power anywhere from 132 to 454 kilotons of TNT. Even if the target is hardened, as in the case of a surface-based missile silo, the gun can instead bury the target beneath molten metal. Precise targeting computers and correctors also give Reaper weapons a longer effective range than organics' dreadnoughts or cruisers. The kinetic barriers on a Reaper capital ship can shrug off the firepower of a small fleet. Weapons specifically designed to overcome shields, such as the Javelin, GARDIAN lasers, or the Thanix series, can bypass the barriers to some degree. The difficulty is getting close enough to use them--the surface-mounted weaponry on Reaper ships, similar in principle to GARDIAN, presents an effective defense against organic species' fighters.

History of the Ship: A former member of the larger Reaper armada slumbering in dark space, Thoth had been one of the many capital ships assigned to harvesting the Asari. A task it took to with unrelenting efficiency. Once the Crucible was activated and fired, however, Thoth ceased its assault and left the planet the process the new perspective that had suddenly been foisted upon it. This caused it to gain an understanding of organics it hadn't possessed before along with the rest of the fleet. In the years that followed Thoth would aid the various species in their rebuilding efforts. When all was said and done it would begin an unending voyage across the vast gulf of space, its own form of penance for the atrocities it had committed, sharing and collecting knowledge from/with whoever it met.

When Daniel came to it with his offer, Thoth accepted, seeing it as just another step on the long road to redemption.

Notable Crew: N/A.

Unique Technologies
Indoctrination: Reaper "indoctrination" is an insidious means of corrupting organic minds, "reprogramming" the brain through physical and psychological conditioning using electromagnetic fields, infrasonic and ultrasonic noise, and other subliminal methods. The Reaper's resulting control over the limbic system leaves the victim highly susceptible to its suggestions. Organics undergoing indoctrination may complain of headaches and buzzing or ringing in their ears. As time passes, they have feelings of "being watched" and hallucinations of "ghostly" presences. Ultimately, the Reaper gains the ability to use the victim's body to amplify its signals, manifesting as "alien" voices in the mind. Indoctrination can create perfect deep cover agents. A Reaper's "suggestions" can manipulate victims into betraying friends, trusting enemies, or viewing the Reaper itself with superstitious awe. Should a Reaper subvert a well-placed political or military leader, the resulting chaos can bring down nations. Long-term physical effects of the manipulation are unsustainable. Higher mental functioning decays, ultimately leaving the victim a gibbering animal. Rapid indoctrination is possible, but causes this decay in days or weeks. Slow, patient indoctrination allows the thrall to last for months or years.

The usage of this tactic--as well as nanides and husks--has since fallen out of favor among the Reapers following their merger with organic life at the end of the war. As such, Thoth doesn't typically make use of either system, though they still exist.

Eezo Core: Speculation in the Codex suggests that each individual Reaper has a massive element zero core which, coupled with the likely enormous quantities of energies at its disposal, allows it to generate the staggering mass effect field needed to land ships of their size on a planet.

Viruses: The Reapers are known to use highly advanced computer viruses for other purposes as well, such as to subvert synthetic species that do not willingly join them in their conquest of organic civilizations. Synthetic intelligences would eventually be harvested anyway as they are not a part of the Reapers' ultimate goals. Reaper viruses are not unbeatable; on at least one occasion an unshackled artificial intelligence was able to counteract one.

Nanides: Aside from computer viruses, the Reapers employ other forms of microtechnology, a notable example being nanides, or microscopic robots. Reaper nanides are used in the harvesting of organic species, often deployed through devices such as dragon's teeth to convert organic beings into the mindless, aggressive cyborg husks. Husks are used as ground forces and shock troops by the Reapers, overwhelming their organic enemies and breaking their morale. Occasionally, to bolster husk defenses the Reapers will employ devices known as Barrier Engines that cocoon individual husks in a durable biotic barrier or possess certain husks to improve their combat prowess. For long-range offensives they usually outfit their husks with integral weaponry, although Reapers have been known to also manufacture handheld weapons like the Reaper Blackstar.

General Capabilities: The Reapers are technologically superior to the organic species of the galaxy--but the degree of that superiority is a matter of debate in the intelligence community.

The Reapers' thrusters and FTL drives appear to propel them at more than twice the speed of Citadel ships. Estimates of their location in dark space suggest they can travel nearly 30 light-years in a 24-hour period.

Reaper power sources seem to violate known physical laws. Reapers usually destroy fuel infrastructure rather than attempting to capture it intact, indicating that Reapers do not require organic species' energy supplies. Consequently, the Reapers attack without regard for maintaining supply lines behind them, except to move husks from one planet to another. Unlike Citadel ships, Reapers do not appear to discharge static buildup from their drive cores, although they sometimes appear wreathed in static discharge when they land on planets.

Reapers recognize each other through a complex Identify Friend/Foe system. Reaper interrogation signals do not simply look for a friendly transponder code, they look for a friendly intelligence. If other races attempted to steal the IFF for themselves, the IFF comes with a virus that can potentially disable any system it's connected with.

Though they are sentient machines, the Reapers have habitable interiors that can transport a crew, either to help spread their indoctrinated slaves or to allow these slaves to tend to them, probably both.

Vulnerabilities: However, the Reapers are not invincible. When the Reapers go into states of hibernation between cycles, they are vulnerable. By taking refuge in dark space, the Reapers ensure they will not be discovered by accident and destroyed while they wait for their vanguard to open the Citadel mass relay. A concentrated effort by the fleets of organic races could also destroy a Reaper even if it is at full power.

Thus, although clearly technologically superior to the Citadel forces, the Reapers have experienced casualties in their battles across the galaxy. This indicates that, theoretically, with the right intelligence, weapons, and strategy, the Reapers could be defeated. Unlike the mass effect relays that they created, Reapers do not have quantum shields. Locking itself down at a quantum level would leave a Reaper unaware of its surroundings until the shielding deactivated. Instead, Reapers rely on kinetic barriers. In the case of a Reaper capital ship, these kinetic barriers can hold off the firepower of two dreadnoughts simultaneously, but three clearly causes strain, and four typically results in destruction. Weapons designed to maximize heat damage, such as the Thanix series, show better results against the Reapers than pure kinetic impacts.

The barriers of a Reaper destroyer are less formidable than those of a capital ship. It is possible for a single cruiser or many fighters to disable or demolish a destroyer if they can get within range before they are themselves destroyed. The Reapers' energy sources are also not infinite. For example, to land on a planet, a Reaper must substantially reduce its mass. This transfer of power to its mass effect generators leaves the Reaper's kinetic barriers at only partial strength. Additionally, Sovereign was destroyed while assuming direct control over Saren. The feedback from Saren's death seemed to entirely overload Sovereign's shields. Current Reapers do not seem to suffer from this design flaw, however. Reaper capital ships can turn faster than Citadel dreadnoughts, but to do so, they must lower their mass to a level deemed unacceptable in combat situations. Consequently, it is possible for a dreadnought to emerge from FTL travel behind a capital ship, then bring its guns to bear faster than the Reaper can return fire. This is a poor tactic, however, against Reapers flying in proper formation.

Faction/Operator/Owner: The Reapers/The Catalyst/Leviathans (formerly).

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I plan on playing a Reaper from an alternate universe, so you're good on the Normandy @Mao Mao.

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@Sep If you need more info on the Reapers in general, and a better idea of the kind of AU spin I'm going for: masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Reaper

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I'd need someone more familiar with ME to fill me in, including yourself potentially. I know we have some... questionable characters (Who possibly have their own Agenda) but I thought that the Reapers were basically the Anti-Life equation in ship form?

@Sep

They are machines designed by an AI who was designed by the Leviathans to find a means by which synthetics and organics could stop killing each other for good. Cause the Leviathans kept thrall races thanks to their biotics and telepathy, but these species kept making artificial life that rebelled and killed them. So ME Reapers are an attempt to solve what I like to call the AM or Skynet Dilemma. The Synthesis ending just does the following to the galaxy:

Synthesis (Green) - Shepard leaps into the Crucible's energy beam, and the Crucible emits an energy pulse that converts all life in the galaxy on the molecular level, causing all organic life to have partially synthetic traits and vice versa.

It gives them both understanding of one another and magically fixes the whole synthetics and organics cannot understand one another problem that leads to AI uprisings, like the Reapers/Catalyst (their governing AI), who offed their Leviathan makers once they saw them as part of the problem too.

As far as capabilities go, a standard Reaper is kinda weaksauce weapon wise. Like its main gun only gets up to 450 kilotons of TNT, which is about on par with the bomb dropped on Hiroshima for reference. Powerful, for the setting it's in and our own universe. Weak compared to literally everything else, including what the Star Wars universe can dish out. And indoctrination is something I imagine they've stopped doing in the Synthesis timeline. Cause they have no reason to harvest anymore and aren't all: "WE ARE THE FINAL SOLUTION."