Oh. It's been a long time since I read that part of the story so I wasn't sure, but thank you for clarifying. Since you know so much, would you mind clarifying something for me? Is the limited lifespan a result of the Ring or a result of something done to people so they can use the ring? Also, how exactly does it charge?
Wrong. The lifespan is due to the ring forcing whoever it's on to be at MAXIMUM WILLPOWER. It has nothing to do with charging. The charging is done by stealing other green lanterns' charges.
So, hypothetically if you managed to obtain a power battery, and you had some way to prevent your lifespan from decreasing (some kind of reverse cronotech) one of these rings would be better than a normal Green Lantern Ring?
I would like to note they went in guns blazing on a planet they have not properly claimed according to that armistice treaty with the Guardians of the Galaxy.Boy, the Reach just put their foot in a deep ol' mess. Evidently a chance to take down the Illustres of the Orange Lanterns and secure a valuable Spectrum weapon proved too much for the Reach command to resist going full super-villain...Which does certainly feel not right. There's got to be something more going on... Hopefully we'll learn more tomorrow.
Not really. Because if the Negotiator knew all about it, it would still give the exact same response; this this is a rogue operator and not the Official Reach™ attacking your government and breaking their deal with the Guardians.
Think of it like a large sniper gun. A lot of the effectiveness is front loaded into the first shot, which you would take when the opponent doesn't have their full defenses engaged.
If the Scarab Lantern is smart, combat doesn't happen except as a fighting retreat. Uses whatever tech the scarab has to hide from the ring scans, and hightail it into the Reach Core worlds with the Lantern FTL. They didn't do this to gain one scarab with a ring, they did this to gain a research sample to try and reverse engineer.
That is actually a rather good way to poison the research sample. If the ring makes users go crazy using the most stable Green Spectrum Light, imagine how much worse it could be if it used the condensed emotion of greed and desire.
Fighting green lanterns was the point of the ring, so it does its job.
I mean, if you ignore the fact that the ring's AI hates you and tortures you for its evil purpose.
Right. So we need to reprogram the ring, find something to keep you alive, somehow steel a green lantern power battery... too much trouble, but I can see the Guardians examining anti-green lantern rings to create some kind of emergency mode that boosts Green Lantern willpower to maximum at the cost of their lifespan. Seems like the kind of thing those soulless bastards would do.
I guess a crumbler device can take the form of any kind of clothing?
That strikes me as an anti-Greenie tactic that's about to backfire on her since in the long run it's more productive to seize the ring and, possibly, the scarab after letting her push Yuna towards NEMO side by firing on the civillians rather than try to save said civillians and let her get away.
Thank you, corrected.
"It used to be in my watch."
Whoa. Looks like she's not using the squirt gun option most Green lanterns do. More like she's swinging a fire-hose around... Or it's swinging her. Guess that's the benefit of not having a capped charge, huh?
Environment shield, and reinforcing a conventional weapon. Nothing special so far. Though I don't think she's in a talking mood, OL.
Heh. Good thing he did that, or this would turn into a 'Nothin' personal, kid *Teleports behind you*' fight pretty damn quick otherwise.
Presumably she's still relying a lot on her Scarab's inbuilt capabilities, then. Logical, since she's probably not trained for this...
Sometimes, you just need more gun...
Definitely not trained for this. Such simple constructs are typical for rookie Greens...
Too bad she wasn't dumb enough to use the arm with the ring attached for her primary weapon. This would have been over much quicker.
Going to have to improve the timing of the combo strike. The other way round might have gotten the severing blow in...
Bets she'll back off, having seen how nasty his options are?
Sucker's bet, then. The only problem is...
...OL's got a weapon for every possible defence.
Ah, the old squeeze-play. Watch it fall flat.
Because in space combat, 'up' is wherever you want it to be.
Probably tanking it through the Scarab's processors. Or the sheer amount of energy she can spare weakens the feedback effect.
Or, to put it crudely: "Dodge this!"
Not something you could use anywhere friendlies are present. Or even people you don't want to damage.
Hell, the Scarab may have an override option.The sort of back-up mode for when the organic user is disabled.
Probably busy keeping her distance (quite reasonably so) and arresting the Free Lancers. Anything less than an Illustres would be collateral at this level.
Plasma? That's basically the equivalent of a flash-bang in this fight. Not that it'll help.
Geez, flipping off all the safeties, eh? Each of those grains would probably be comparable to a few megatons, right?
Someday, OL, you will achieve almost enuff dakka...
Smart move to try and flee, but she really can't have assumed the old 'stun and run' trick would work? This isn't 'Call of Duty', kid.
Given that she hasn't said a word here, I don't think she's about to play ball. Could be she's like the crew he assimilated, a dummy modded with excess Will and an escape plan...
Just one problem with that plan, OL... And it's got a diamond-shaped face...
Damn, she no-sold it with Will overload. Not quite Guy's "I AM" move, but probably similar in concept.
Yes, power ring with
Well, hard way it is, then. Try to leave some bones unpulverised...
And there goes Yuna's neutrality! If the Negotiator wasn't in on this, as some have suggested, he's going to be foaming at the mouth right about now.
