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- Valles - 05-28-2008
Nanomachine clouds!
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
- Sofaspud - 05-28-2008
... and while I was editing, Valles *nails* it. That's... that's beautiful, man.
So! What's her *name*, then?
Dark Saber is *awfully* derivative, even assuming it hasn't been taken already.
Rad Saber is just... funny. Heh. Maybe.
Ideas! C'mon, Valles, you came through once already...
![[Image: smile.gif]](http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/smile.gif)
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
- Valles - 05-28-2008
Alas, I can only note that I like the idea of a Teenaged Mutant Ninja Knight Saber. ^_^
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
- Ankhani - 05-28-2008
Hmm.... I am oddly tempted to make a Katana/SR for one of these Sabres... I might work up a costume some time soon...
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."
>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
- Sofaspud - 05-28-2008
... Turtle Saber? Terrapin Saber? Er... not my cup of tea, I think.
Thought of some more, one of these or the previous ones should be open, and palatable
.Nano Saber
Boost Saber (derived from the Rad portion of her defender powersets)
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
- OpMegs - 05-28-2008
Quote: Sofaspud wrote:
... and while I was editing, Valles *nails* it. That's... that's beautiful, man.
So! What's her *name*, then?
Dark Saber is *awfully* derivative, even assuming it hasn't been taken already.
Rad Saber is just... funny. Heh. Maybe.
Ideas! C'mon, Valles, you came through once already...
Potential ideas:
Prey Sabre
Twilight Sabre
Shade Sabre
Stealth Sabre
Celadon Sabre (when in doubt, find synonyms for their colors.
![[Image: happy.gif]](http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/happy.gif)
)Gamma Sabre (She's already green...)
Incidentally, yes, there's a theme in the slight mispelling caused by EVERY SINGLE recognizable nom de guerre for
Sylia with the name "Saber" was taken. Maybe Sylia's got some British sensibilities, though I've never heard her refer to fish and chips or
talk trash about "us Yanks"
Also, in an amusing coincidence, I still have a screenshot of some random hero that Nene ran into at the transtation
that had an armor rather similar to hers. Methinks Crey needs better locks.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
- Ankhani - 05-28-2008
Here we have two Screenies of a Katana/Super Reflex Sabre inspired by your workings here. Nothing created yet... -yet-.
![[Image: b6a269d1b69ef0a440311cee9751398c43a81564.jpg]](http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/forumimportfiles/b6a269d1b69ef0a440311cee9751398c43a81564.jpg)
![[Image: b171691397084e1ae61832174e2207c1dd2fbb26.jpg]](http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/forumimportfiles/b171691397084e1ae61832174e2207c1dd2fbb26.jpg)
Tis a bit lighter on the Armor, but it is such due to the mobility given/required by Super Reflexes. I've a slight background for the SR being a rather insignificant (by itself) power of hers, a 'few second precognition' utilized by the tech, but needs more fleshing out to do. GIMME MOAR! (And you'll have another lovely teammate ^-^)
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."
>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
- OpMegs - 05-29-2008
Having given it a little thought, here's a little addition to spin off origins:
"Having lost control of the original four Sabres, Crey has a potential PR disaster on their hands. Intended to be armored shock troops like the Paragon
Protectors, the Sabres' datanets were furnished with basic Crey access codes to the tacnet used by the Paragon Protectors and Crey Crisis Teams for
coordination. While the heroes have shown no knowledge of possessing such a damning piece of evidence that could quite literally expose the entirety of
Crey's illegal operations to the public(and knowing their history, would use such at the first opportunity), the Countess has declared that a new
subdivision be commissioned to hunt down the Sabres and reacquire the smoking gun they're unwittingly carrying. Not being able to use the Paragon
Protectors, already under scrutiny, to hunt down liscensed heroes makes the situation problematic, especially given the Sabres having given Crey a wide berth
in recent events. Thus, Project Scimitar was enacted, using the data taken from the Sabres during their confinement. Several prototypes were constructed and
further customized with unique abilities, with the intent that they would make fine "costumed criminals", a villainous counterpart to the Paragon
Protectors in plausible deniability. Unfortunately for Crey, they've yet to work out that niggling little bug in the code that seems to spark true
sentience in anything based off their stolen sexaroid tech...."
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
- Matrix Dragon - 05-29-2008
... By the time this is all over, most of Riot Force is going to be hot chicks in power armor...
This is not a bad thing
- OpMegs - 05-29-2008
Well, we'll certainly look like a "Riot Force" in general appearance by then. Even if the name's homage source looked anything but.
![[Image: laugh.gif]](http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/laugh.gif)
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
- Bob Schroeck - 05-29-2008
Quote:So! What's her *name*, then?Shadow Saber?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Norgarth - 05-29-2008
Eclipse Saber?
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin
- Evil Midnight Lurker - 05-29-2008
I'd like to hold the name "Rider Saber" in reserve, for when my budget allows the purchase of more Virtue slots.
--Sam
"A cow just ate them both."
- Sofaspud - 05-29-2008
EML: If you want, I'll hold it for you on one of my spare slots. Let me know.
And now, may I present... Nano Sabre!
![[Image: NanoSaber.jpg]](http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc55/sofa_spud/NanoSaber.jpg)
She's a Rad/Dark defender, and I'll come up with her twist on the origin soon(ish).
Edit: these pics are already outdated, as I've swapped out her boots for Rocket Boots. Yay Rocket Boots!
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
- Ankhani - 05-29-2008
I've a suitable origin in mind, but as of yet it hinges on a few things. I've figured it could work quite well as a variant twist on Linna's own
origin of sorts. Essentially, a girl with a minor/insignificant power (as most everything in Paragon is Super powered to some extent) granting the ability to
make her own 'personal' time slow to, so as to effectively react much faster to events. Given a meeting or two and a wing to come under, and there you
have Swift Sabre.
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."
>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
- Evil Midnight Lurker - 05-29-2008
On second thought, make that "Psyche Sabre" and I can use that as my psi Blaster.
And Spud: sure, thanks, but don't hesitate to wipe it ifyou need the slot.
--Sam
"All right! Bovine intervention!"
- Sofaspud - 05-29-2008
EML: As soon as I get off work I'll nail it down. I've got three (or four, depending on whether I keep Cherenkov Knight or not -- probably not) empty
slots, and budgeting for more next month, so it should be good for a while.
And just so this isn't a totally content-free post, here's the bio/origin I'm thinking of using for Nano Sabre:
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I ... I don't know who I am. I remember the room with the lights, and the wires snaking down into my head. I remember blue robots -- BUMA? -- and
explosions and friendship... but it's all foggy and ... who am I? I'm not the cute one, nor the stern one, or the tough one or the fast one...
I'm nobody.
The marks on my armor and my scattered memories say that I'm a prototype. A prototype of what? I don't know! I'm somebody's creation... am I
even really alive?
I remember the escape. The startled expressions of my rescuers -- the ones who look so much like the friends I remember. They don't know who I am
either... their memories must be as fragmented as mine.
But I know my place. It is at their side, fighting to help others like me. And maybe, someday, they'll remember me, and I'll know who I am.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
- Wiregeek - 05-29-2008
oh, very nice. Why 'nano'?
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
- Sofaspud - 05-29-2008
Because of Valles *very* excellent suggestion re: how I could reconcile the Dark Blast powerset with a Tech-origin hero. They're clouds of nanomachines!
Helpfully, this explains the prevalence of DoT attacks and debuffs, as well. Heh.
Her Rad primary is cake to explain for a Tech hero, it was the Dark secondary that was throwing me.
In her in-game bio I may clarify this, or not, I dunno yet.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
- Logan Darklighter - 05-29-2008
Quote: I ... I don't know who I am. I remember the room with the lights, and the wires snaking down into my head. I remember blue robots -- BUMA? -- and
explosions and friendship... but it's all foggy and ... who am I? I'm not the cute one, nor the stern one, or the tough one or the fast one...
I'm nobody.
The marks on my armor and my scattered memories say that I'm a prototype. A prototype of what? I don't know! I'm somebody's creation... am I
even really alive?
I remember the escape. The startled expressions of my rescuers -- the ones who look so much like the friends I remember. They don't know who I am
either... their memories must be as fragmented as mine.
But I know my place. It is at their side, fighting to help others like me. And maybe, someday, they'll remember me, and I'll know who I am.
No dear, you're not nobody. You have a name.
It's Sylvie.
- Wiregeek - 05-29-2008
Quote:It's Sylvie.
*HEADSPLODEY*
awesome.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
- Sweno - 05-29-2008
that kind sir, is made of win
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
- Matrix Dragon - 05-30-2008
Okay, Street Sabre over here is either gonna break down crying, or she's gonna shoot something. After all, she remembers killing you and falling apart
- OpMegs - 05-30-2008
I....ah....you.....twisted GENIUS.
I salute you.
And curse you. Now I *have* to write something. I'd almost shaken that urge with a "the current stuff is enough".
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
- Sofaspud - 05-30-2008
Quote: Logan Darklighter wrote:
It's Sylvie.
*JAWDROP*
OF COURSE!
Why didn't I think of that? Wow... Congratulations, sir, that was brilliant.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs