If I remember correctly, from blackaeronaut's last fic post...CPO Rhodes does have magical abilities; his cyborg body includes some kinda extremely powerful mystical doohickey stuck in his torso.
In any case, when dealing with magic or technobabble, and comparing stuff between widely different sources... how 'powerful' something is...that's really quite subjective, really. Especially 'cause most anime, manga, TV writers...don't usually sit down and actually work things out, but rather run with whatever suits dramatic license.
So trying to argue that, say, Ryoga Hibiki (of Ranma 1/2 fame), is clearly strong enough that bullets bounce of his skin, and attempting to back that up with Physics equations... well, that's fine, and I respect work like that.![[Image: wink.gif]](http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/wink.gif)
But the ground it's based on is still shaky at best.
-- Acyl
In any case, when dealing with magic or technobabble, and comparing stuff between widely different sources... how 'powerful' something is...that's really quite subjective, really. Especially 'cause most anime, manga, TV writers...don't usually sit down and actually work things out, but rather run with whatever suits dramatic license.
So trying to argue that, say, Ryoga Hibiki (of Ranma 1/2 fame), is clearly strong enough that bullets bounce of his skin, and attempting to back that up with Physics equations... well, that's fine, and I respect work like that.
But the ground it's based on is still shaky at best.-- Acyl