Forsythe

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

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Location: Framework simulation
Skills: Armored ground combat
Equipment: Shieldmaiden armor

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It all started so well. Ed realized that working together was to the benefit of them both, he had an in to do what they needed to do, and all he needed was an interface. Vicky immediately created a limited access guest user account for him, and was about to hand him her helmet when things started breaking up.

First, Master Hand vanished. Okay, no matter. The goal is to keep Usagi out of control so I can slay in peace. The strategy holds.

Then the new enemy tried to shoot a laser at her and missed. That did not match the script. Time out! What's going on out there? I am the only one who actually killed something, why am In the crosshairs? Teach' has absolutely no reason to target m- Oooooh. You gave Diana the helm. Vicky looked up to the sky. You failure! You are supposed to be one of the people I could not easily beat, and could beat me! Now you are given god access and this is what you have to show for it?! Stop being so mediocre and give me the challenge I know you can! she demanded in her loudest thoughts, just short of yelling it out loud.

Was that the end of it? Ooooh, no sir! In that moment Ed decided to forget the thing they were thinking about and rush out into the arena. No coordinating with her, nothing. Forget suggesting ADHD medicine, Victoria was going to force feed it to her team at this pace. Turning to look over her shoulder, she saw he was heading for a sword stuck in a rock. Not having a clue why it was relevant, she was about to cut her losses (literally) and cut Arcade down, when something else happened.

Namely, Zarina suddenly Diana'd over to the sword, no doubt intending to steal it before Edward could. Vicky expected something like that, but seeing it happen angered her anyway. Sure, break reality 'because you can'. And learn fucking nothing that would be applicable to you in a real fight. I hate it when people treat this school like a damn amusement park! At least with our hack, it's similar to trying to hack Rhodey's suit on the battlefield or something. But this? You are here to learn to save lives, not to have a fun time! Like hell will I stand for it, first that noodle sword fight and now here. Everything you do is an insult! Well, have at thee!

Victoria was unsure how durable Zarina was, so she opted to strike with force. She would have to employ highly damaging attack, and deliberated using more than one in case Zarina tried her hacking bullshit and dodged one, an action plan forming in her mind. She eventually chose higher accuracy in favor of multiple attacks or maintaining some defense. As she stood with her back facing the sword pedestal, she would use her rear generators as a stereoscopic laser rangefinder to confirm the distance rather than eyeball it. Then she would turn around and fire the same overcharged attack that she used against Diana. She was aware she was leaving herself more open than usual, so she would leg it behind one of Leah's pillars immediately after attacking.

Running the strike in a simulation, she was happy with the result and executed it.

Personal notes

- Implement redundancies while defending against teleporters. One generator is not enough.
- Why the FUCK does a power line for my CHEST generator run on my BACK?! Rewire this, ASAP.
- Actually, rewire all of the generators with a redundant power line. It should not get disabled by one bloody stab!
- Create and carry a spare parts kit with you to a fight. This time it was an MFG, but what if it'S a leg actuator, or you GET EMP'd? Right, properly EMP harden the spare parts kit, too.
- I should talk to Diana about how her powers work, see if I can come up with dome equipment to prevent them from failing deadly. Some sort of probability stabilizing field? Entanglement undersuit? Adrenalin shot? Aderall?
- Talk to Ed about how to communicate during a mission.

M-F generator allocation

Left rear, Right rear: Rangefinding assistance for main attack.

Chest: Disabled

Left hand, Right hand: 2x boosted* repulsor beam attack at Zari (Piercing damage)

*2x Boosted - Overcharged attack (stacking multiple M-F Generators into single attack) with no range penalty. Can change damage type (Blunt to Piercing etc.) Requires the hand M-F generators to be in close proximity to stack, limiting the boosting to the M-F Generators located on the hands and chest (2x boosted - both hands; 3x boosted - both hands + chest). Cannot be combined with Sweeping. All participating generators suffer a 1 turn cooldown.

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

Canonically xcom requires the a gate on the other end, so that can be limited that way. Only the Avatar and Templar can teleport on their own, amd the Templar would require allied or enemy humanoid unit to swap place with.

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

Honestly it seems to me like a thing that a designer might be selecting consciously. You are disallowing yourself from teleporting, but you are also preventing someone else from teleporting to you. Then it's an individual rating of the benefit-risk ratio which thing you choose.

Could be that Tau'ri figured tanking a few hits with armor to allow transport was better than having to worry of having a nuke beamed on board at any time. This is kinda synergic with how explosions (to a degree) were dealt with by the innertial dampeners on the Bilisknir.

And we're debating this because we're all geeks and it's fun?

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

Iirc stargate asgard twleporter amd rings also needs to drop the shields, gate travel itaeself is a wormhole that pretty much bypasses anything.

Mass effect doesn't really have personal teleport but since even using the conduit is basically hurling yourself at FTL speed through normal space, it would depend on the strength of the kinetic barrier. And then you'd hit the armor xD It was never well explained to me how did the conduit manage to transport a tank through the walls of the presidium without it turning into a small sun via impact xD

The psionic teleport from XCOM is hard to tell, it was never explained. I'm assuming it is a wormhole as well, so it just creates a spatial connection from point A to B, therefore connecting a place inside the shields via spacetime route which the shield doesn't cover, but who really knows.

Power ranger teleport in the shows seemed to have been somehow through normal space as well, but it's drankly magic so flip a coin.

Not that familiar with the other IPs

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

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Mind the indoctrination field and internal defenses then.

@Havoccultist

A reaper famously lacks crew to influence in the first place xD The commander might be able to go toe to toe, but I am reserving that for fucked up emergencies.

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

Avenger does not have guns, but if you go rogue, you'll find a squad of badasses teleported to your ship to explain it is a bad idea. Directly into your mind in some cases :D

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

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XCOM

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Location: Coruscant, geosynchronous orbit over the Jedi temple

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Avenger, bridge

As quickly as she came, Colonel Carter has departed, leaving her attaché behind. "Just once can we have a CO present for most of the war?" Central chuckled, with the Commander shooting him a dark look: "Not like I had a choice, Bradford. You took your sweet time getting me out of that tank." The older man seemed unpassed by the comment. "Well, Major, no time to spare. Shen! Take the Major and make sure we have a data pipeline to the Hammond. Link us with ours and theirs security protocols too, just in case something needs to be said without the rest knowing. Central, take the Major on a tour afterwards unless the Colonel has a need of her. Might as well have her deliver a report on what forces the Colonel has available. I'll be pouring over the scans." Black ordered, just as a technician called out a 'Coming up now'. The console in the middle of the bridge lit up, and a holographic representation of Coruscant appeared, with tactical data starting to fill in where the Avenger was scanning.

Some tinkering with Shen later, the hologlobe was pulling data from whatever scans the Hammond was able to provide as well. Central picked up the Major at engineering: "Enjoying your stay so far, major?" He asked, leading the way to the deck one level up from the manufacturing area. "It's not the most clean or modern setup I have ever seen, but I have to say Shen seems able to take nothing much and MacGuyver a flying drone out of it." Hailey commented.

Bradford smiled. "You should have seen what her father had in the pipeline back when we had the funding provided by the wealthiest nations on Earth and before we were stabbed in the back. Looking back at it, I don't know whether we were desperate or mad, but some of the stuff would have certainly been good to have right about now. We might have to dust off the blueprints for the Firestorm to be a bit more useful out here." he remarked offhandedly as they entered another room.

Avenger, bar

"Is that a bar on a warship?" the Major's eyes bulged.

"Warship heh, good one." the central officer grunted as they went towards one of the walls. As Hailey approached, she could see it was decorated in two areas. One seemed like a trophy room, adorned with the figurines of what she thought were soldiers of the occupying force, some of them looking human, some clearly alien. On the top, the stylized heads of three blue skinned beings were mounted. "Are those the Ethereals?" she observed, remembering something from the meeting in between worlds. "I'm almost tempted to say worse. Those were the chosen. Three psions, modified to the extreme and fuelled by the powers of the Elders themselves. by the end game, only the Hunter was left, but he has evolved to almost unkillable level of skill and tech by that point. Compared to him, the Avatars we faced later were not that dangerous. Lost most of the squad that day." he looked to the other side of the wall a she said so, and Hailey did not need asking what that part was for, the posters and pictured stuck to the wall saying it all.

Avenger, barracks

After a few moments, they made their way another level up. "Here's when it gets fun." the CO grinned as they passed the bunks int he barracks and entered the range. "The commander is a bit hands off when it comes to meeting dignitaries ever since ours surrendered, so I was attending the meeting with Daniel. If I recall correctly, the Replicators are not susceptible to energy weapons, but break into splinters under kinetic force. We may have something to increase the lethality compared to what you have. Fancy taking a few shots?" he said, shoving a ballistic assault rifle into Hailey's hands. Curiously, the Major took the weapons, finding it quite intuitive and not unlike firearms she was used to, albeit the caliber seemed rather extreme. When she fired, the weapon gave her a decent kick. "Nice, but hardly sci-fi. That all you got?"

Grinning in response, Bradford swapped her old school slug thrower for something that seemed like a science project weapon cobbled together from scavanged parts held by a wire frame. Pointing it downrange, Hailey had to withdraw her earlier statement. The magnetic weapons packed a lot of punch in only a slightly larger package. "Battery life?"

"Enough to not be a concern. You do need to swap mags though." Bradford answered, "Want to try the plasma rifle as well, or do we see if we have a set of armor small enough to fit you?"

Jennifer bit back a remark about Bradford's age and made a grab for the plasma rifle. One blue beam later, she did whistle in respect. "And you made these not with the multinational backing, but while you were playing partisans?"

"Yep. Meaning it should be easy to make more if they are in demand. Still, that's not the most impressive thing we developed. Colonel Starke? Mind showing the major some of our armor?" Central called out to the barracks. "Sir! Be there in a minute." came a woman's reply. Minute later on the dot, a woman in her thirties walked out of the armory, a happy face plastered on her head, which was covered in a blond bob and a transparent visor. Instinctively, Hailey snapped into attention, only to be waved off. "Ranks in XCOM are not exactly your standard fare, Major. This is what we call a Wraith suit, a stealth and high mobility unit. Usually, we assign this to our snipers, but some of our rangers are also insane enough to make use of it." Colonel Starke said, giving Bradford a meaningful look, who could only shrug in response. "Heads up." the colonel said, tapped a control on her wrist...

...and walked straight through Hailey, the table behind her, and into the area of the range, earning herself a quiet 'Fuck!' from the air force major. "That's it, you're showing me everything."

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

Hi, i'm slow. That said xcom is primarily geared to fight on their feet

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

Just gonna put it out there: Posts with tables suck for mobile readability xD

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

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b...b...but we don't have a discord. We're just chatting nonsense in the OOC.

@Sep

Precisely, it is great! :D You don't get the rush of endorphins form seeing a number on a gray button in Discord.