I've always imagined that without the bit of machinery made specifically to channel/create aura ala what Penny can do, his Aura's protective ability would only be limited to the fleshy bits about him, which are really just a few organs and most of his brain.
We know Penny is capable of producing aura, but what we haven't figured out yet is if she could manifest a semblance.
@Lucius Cypher But Penny was a prototype signifying that the tech involved in her construction is state of the art, experimental and one would assume highly classified at the top levels of the Atlas military. How would Gren who it has been clearly stated has outdated hardware have such a device?
Wouldn't it be more plausible to say that while his aura in overall strength is equal to that of basically anyone else in order to use it like most people use aura he has to channel it through his cyborg components like most hunters channel their aura through their weapons. It would produce the same effect but because the aura is protecting a secondhand source the overall potency is lower. It would also mean that Gren's aura wouldn't be passively protecting him. He would have to will it on in combat situations which means significant damage could be inflicted if he was caught in a surprise attack.
His cybernetics were mostly made with the intent that he's going to be stacking more armor on himself and carry heavier weapons, so he's tougher than your average human. He's an inferior model since, aside from what is essentially a greater carrying capacity, he doesn't have many other bells and whistles. Even his strength is mostly just an application of being really tough and making it go as fast as he can in the direction of something he wants to hurt. His radar itself is more or less just a satellite image he's ripping off the internet, since he effectively has a phone built into his head, and night vision which has been mechanically carried over from his life as a faunas. Honestly, he couldn't even pass as a regular faunas considering how bulky and misshapen he looks, but he gets by anyways simply by not bringing it up. When family day comes along this would be very notifiable, as his family look proportionally human while Gren is build like a space marine in full regalia.
The fact he's so heavy and dense is why he can't swim at all, such as the last mission were he was either reliant on his semblance to essentially turn water into a solid surface for him to walk on, or use a whole bunch of external devices to move him through the water in a very sluggish manner. The guy is easily 300lbs+ even without armor, and with his weapons and everything he's a little close to 500lbs total. So you can always try to use his weight against him, like leading him to an area where a lighter person could cross safely, but a heavier one would struggle. His size is, of course, another issue, since he has difficulty moving in small spaces. While his chainsaw at least allows him to do some melee as long as he can press it against the enemy, fighting him in a place where there's a lot of things in the way will limit his options considerably.
In a non combat situation, there's also a matter of self-sustainability. To put it simply, Gren can't get healed. He has to be repaired. He has an artificial blood or sorts that can deal with cuts on his skin, simulating bleeding and clotting, but actual damage to his body can't be healed with rest or regeneration, unless it works on mechanical things too. While he has an indefinite power source, if something is strong enough to damage him and he can't reach somewhere where he could repair himself, he's stuck with that injury. A broken wrist needs to be replaced, or at best jury rigged, but it won't repair itself no matter how much time Gren gives it. And while he has no problems operating during the day, and his helmet tends to dim things if they're too bright, if he's activating his darkvision you can blind him pretty badly by flashing something really bright at him. You'll know he's using his darkvision because it's really dark around him.
His rockets boosters also use it's own fuel too, and while he's going to upgrade that once he figures out how to use his aura to power a jetpack, they need refueling after extended use. Eating food helps but only a little bit, even if he eats a lot. He typically needs a very special type of biofuel he has to make himself, and unless he spends a few hours stuffing his face, once he runs out he's out until he refuels. And the fastest way to do that typically involves opening up his chest and filling up the tank, which removes all those armor bits he's been using to protect himself and expose all the important bits that keep him alive.
Thanks that's good to know. Not that I'm planning on taking him down (...yet) but specifics are always helpful.
Again if you're looking for some sort of kyptonite or a sweet spot that'll kill him dead, it's nothing that wouldn't work on others. Aim for the face, stab him in the back, go for his arm pits, kick him in the dick.
Sapphire'd go for the eyes personally. Nothing you'd recover from slower than having your eyes gouged out by someone's fingernails.
@Lucius Cypher On a related note, I know we talked a little about this before but I was wondering about Gren's aura. Granted being mechanical given how he became that way shouldn't decrease its level or intensity but I was curious about something. Would his aura be extendable from his body since it is 90% mechanized or would it only be generated by the organic pieces of him and then have to use his cybernetics as conduits to provide protection for them to a slightly diminished effect?
@Lucius Cypher Gren is largely mechanical, that brings with it a large number of advantages but by the same token it should create disadvantages that an organic hunter wouldn't have to deal with. Especially considering you made a point of how outdated his cybernetics are. We've heard a really lot about all the pluses his cyborgness grants him, increased strength, speed, durability, ability to link to computers etc but we've heard very little about the counter weight to all of those wonderful abilities.
Ye, seventeen may be young, but that's old by highschool standards. Plus ya know, Remant =/= real world, so what a highschool for us might not be what a highschool of them would be. I mean, Yang isn't 21 but she got served drinks and access to a club, and that was before she started punching people. Plus we got government sanctioned child soldiers out the wazoo.
Point of fact 21 is not even close to a standardized drinking age or age of concession. 18 or 19 is usually more common with some countries having it as low as 16. Yang's old enough to be of drinking age in the majority countries round the world. It's not a valid comparison.
On that note though I went looking for a previous discussion I thought was about Beacon being high school not university, found it but it was the other way around. My mistake.
When I originally created Sarina, I based Beacon on a high school level (in RWBY, I thought the schools were comparable to RL high schools) and I wanted to RP as a senior so I made her 18 and as a top ranking student. Later on the general consensus I believe was that the academies were more like universities so with that I also had to go off with the fact she was a prodigal child which also entirely changed the background of the original Sarina in mind retconning the the few background info (which I have to find) I put out such as before the inclusion of Vega into the RP. Those few could be considered non-canonical.
Have you missed everything re: Sangue's backstory in the IC and Character tabs so far, or have you just ignored it? For someone raised outside all four kingdoms - and most of civilization in general - for her whole life, it's perfectly plausible.
My most sincere apologies for having a real life that prevents me from keeping up with 36 different CSes and 2265 IC posts only a fraction of which impact anything I will ever do in this RP. If it's relevant to my character I will read it, if not I don't have the time to spare.
@Lucius Cypher While on the topic your character, Prince brings up a very good point. Exactly what is Gren's weakness? He has the most firepower out of any character in this RP, potentially, as well as state-of-the-art armor, aura defense despite having next to no organic parts in his body, a semblance that is capable of crippling anyone's movement, and numerous other benefits.
@Lucius Cypher While I was looking for the discussion above I found this. Other than making a concession where EMPs were concerned you never really answered the question. Was wondering if you could elaborate.
Is anyone interested in interacting with Sapphire? I'm thinking she might start testing out different weapon types in the Emerald Forest if someone wanted to run into her there.
I got this result but I clicked basically all of the negative options. I mean Sapphire would do most of them in a better light and context compared to the options given but still technically all of the negatives.
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