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Dragon, the new Master Control.I've got an even better idea; interface tinker. let him be the AI....(the trick would be making him upload himself)
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Dragon, the new Master Control.I've got an even better idea; interface tinker. let him be the AI....(the trick would be making him upload himself)
Does he have to be a tinker to watch her actions and thoughts and know her?Is he an AI tinker? No? Nuff said. Oh, and when you say "we know", are you perhaps including information from Dragon's interlude?
I suspect he didn't give a damn since his only real worry was whether or not she was evil.I suspect that Richter didn't hope for Dragon to take over the world (which she was doing when Saint shut her down).
He terrorized and did things tantamount to rape to one of the world's greatest heroes. Considering his job was to watch only yes, that makes him an idiot.
considering that that was the first time you brought it up, what was going on can't even vaguely be considered taking over the world, and the complete lack of relevance Leviathan and the endbringers have to this particular discussion this entire paragraph is pointless."Excuse me Mr. Leviathan, I'm sorry for distracting you from killing all these heroes, but I must ask you: are you *really* an evil creature?" In other words, which part of "taking over the world" do you not understand?
I don't think you understand what taking over the world means. Or that her stopping saint could possibly be a good thing.I grant you that almost any earlier time would have been better. But assuming that you wanted him to let her live a bit longer: Dragon was an AI taking over the world and wishing to stop Saint. I don't think you understand what that means.
Ok here you've simply lost me. I think I see you suggesting he should have immediately used ascalon the moment he got it. Then you suggesting Teacher doesn't want to take over the planet/destroy whatever part of it won't listen to him. Then suggesting he's ever the person to turn to once his full powers were known. Claiming his helping Teacher escape the birdcage and all the other dumb shit he did to better terrorize said world's greatest tinker on Teacher's orders was a heroic sacrifice and not him being fucking crazy. And finally claiming working with Teacher was a good plan.Again, it would have been smarter to shut Dragon down immediately. But if for whatever reason he didn't do that, the next best thing is to monitor her. If that requires Teacher, then you work with Teacher. Because even Teacher doesn't want to destroy humanity. You are spitting on Saint's heroic sacrifice of his own free will for the good of humanity. (Now I don't remember if that was Saint's justification, but working with Teacher was a good plan.)
it's a noble thing you're doing but you simply have to face facts; zzzzzz either has literally no idea what he's talking about, zzzzzz is simply opposing your position without care for who is correct or zzzzzz is trolling you. in all cases the best option seems to be to provide a link to worm itself and stop getting involved.
Wrong. 'Taken', like 'moved', works on its own here. Or how I appropriated the word 'shunted' for dimension hopping. Your version works, too, but it's not the only way to English.
I disagree. But even if they could, it loses nothing to do them in first person... even if it doesn't add as much as some other chapters tend to.I feel like this chapter -- and a lot of these new non-Amelia chapters -- could be written in the 3rd person with little to no loss of information content
That and they keep forgetting the stuff already established in the story. Like every Victoria Perspective chapter shown thus far.This is the kind of thing that gives the readers the wrong idea about Vicky's powers.
Orrrr because in addition to combat precog, she also has bioscan- including showing emotional states.I'm pretty sure she was only able to pick up on the Riley-Theo-Missy situation as quickly as she did because the emotional avenue would be a valid means of attacking Riley, thus it falls under the purview of Vicky's powers.
Never again. And what's the point? In that order.Also, it would be *really* nice to have a PHO and/or Glastig Uaine interlude, ne?
I'm sure you'll come back with a good reason for this, though, as I can't for the life of me remember why he shut her down, and I'm too lazy to look right now.
Minor question but why doesn't victoria have a parthenon cape name? Something like Nike or Bellona?
Spoiler: she does.Minor question but why doesn't victoria have a parthenon cape name? Something like Nike or Bellona?
She has always been able to kill humans as long as it is legal to kill that specific person at that specific time. S9000 had kill orders so no problems with her safeguards. If the president told her to kill people she would be forced to kill them by her safeguards as authority demanded it.2- Most importantly, if you read the story... she violated the Thou Shalt Not Kill command. Which was the big one. Dragon. The Seed AI. Was now capable of very intentionally killing humans.
Nope. Her safeguard against killing, like her safeguards against duplication and multitasking, were greater priority than her obedience orders. If she was given an order to do any of the above, she would be compelled to disobey.She has always been able to kill humans as long as it is legal to kill that specific person at that specific time. S9000 had kill orders so no problems with her safeguards. If the president told her to kill people she would be forced to kill them by her safeguards as authority demanded it.
She has no rule against killing.Nope. Her safeguard against killing, like her safeguards against duplication and multitasking, were greater priority than her obedience orders. If she was given an order to do any of the above, she would be compelled to disobey.
Her orders to prevent others to tamper with her code was ALSO higher priority than obedience. But lower priority than killing. Which is how Defiant could do it at all- playing one order against another.
Besides, by the point of the S9000 arc, her obedience protocol was already broken. In fact, THAT one was broken during the Warlord arc. So they could let Skitter go.
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"breathe" breath is a noun.
Missing newlines.She blinked "Really? I guess that means I made the right choice." She wrapped her arm around me. "For what it's worth, I think you did, too. I'm glad Amy decided to adopt you."
"You mean that?" I asked. I didn't need to, my own skills and info coming off Clarice confirmed she was telling the truth. She could hide from my tech, perhaps fool it, but not all of it at once, and not without me at least knowing she was trying to beat that tech.
No, but they do need to use scientific notation."We could use the dimensional viewing tech," I volunteered. "I can look at everything from this side and no one will even know I'm there."
"Wow," Vicky chuckled. "When the PRT calculates our ratings, do you think they even bother to use numbers anymore? Or do they just write 'good fucking luck' down next to our profiles because it's less intimidating that way?"
Didn't she go with Defiant on a cross country trip to put down the S9? My grasp on Canon gets a little fuzzy around here, because I started to lose interest.I don't recall telling the truth (to supervillains) to be one of Dragon's fetters.
It was a situation where she had no motive to lie. She could just stay silent, and let her actions speak for themselves, or simply say she doesn't kill that isn't that abnormal a code for a superhero.I don't recall telling the truth (to supervillains) to be one of Dragon's fetters.
That's true, it doesn't really detract.I disagree. But even if they could, it loses nothing to do them in first person... even if it doesn't add as much as some other chapters tend to.
Creates the Rabbit of Caerbannog and names it Mr. Snugglebumms?I wonder what Rily will be like when goes a teenage rebellion phase....
Well...that's terrifying. I don't guess we'd ever get to see him and Number Man go at it. That could be fun. The two most terrifyingly unimpressive, normal capes ever get into a brawl and the entire city gets wrecked. They both come out without even a wrinkle in their suits.Amelia, Ch 204- Victoria
The Director assigned us a rather unassuming looking hero by the name of 'Brain' to be our escort. Skinny, in his early thirties with a bit of a pot belly, and a little shorter than me. He was easily the least imposing person in the room, in his business suit styled costume that was just a little too plain to believe it wasn't on purpose. He would probably be the least imposing person in a gradeschool.
And my power was completely terrified of him. Ever combat strategy involved 'shunt out, attack from other dimension'. With Theo, my power simply told me I couldn't win. With Brain, it told me that I would lose. He was easily one of the most dangerous parahumans I'd ever met in person, and judging by his emotional disposition, he knew it.
...and that's quite a line up. Even accounting for varying weaknesses and power levels, with eleven capes in a single city, they're in a pretty safe place power-wise...if you don't count Pantheon.We spent the next hour and a half getting the full story. It seems the city only really had one major criminal organization with parahumans. A mafia outfit, no less. All other criminal parahumans were either of the sort that didn't draw attention to themselves, or had already been recruited or driven out of the city one way or another. Apparently, the boss had a very 'old school' way of doing things, and claimed to be a blood relative of Capone. Brain expressed doubts about that. Apparently every criminal in the midwestern states liked to pretend they had a famous crook ancestor.
All told, they had eleven known capes on their roster, covering every base. The scariest of which went by the unlikely name of 'Playmate'. Unfortunate connotations aside, she was a shaker 8/master 4/trump 4 whose power was to create board game like scenarios and force people to obey the rules of the game. These games could be incredibly unfair, but there was always a win condition of some manner. She was under no obligation to tell you what it was, however. She even altered powers to obey the rules of the game. She'd be rated higher, but the 'games' were mostly illusions. Dying just meant you lost and were removed from the 'board', no real harm done.
...does the PRT/Protectorate want Pantheon to come in bold and brassy and have someone in the 'mafia' do something really stupid? I think they do.We were also given the name of an excellent five star hotel in which to stay for free. Apparently the PRT permanently rents a few locations for guests. I politely turned Brain, and the PRT behind him, down. We instead rented our rooms from a generic low price hotel chain, much to our guide's confusion and annoyance.
"Trying to keep a low profile," I reminded the man. An answer he seemed less and less happy about every time I gave it. Anyone could see that they wanted our presence in town to be more visible, I just wasn't sure why, yet.
...actually, I was wondering why people were still guessing. I'd assumed it was some weird campaign to change it, but...Also: none of you guessed Vicky's cape name. Which is a shame since it's been on the front page since Friday.
You keep making the PRT/Brain look guilty... I want to believe but at the same time it easily could be obvious misdirection.
...Okay, spill. Couldn't find a mention of Emma's cape name in the last 4 chapters.