Quote:ClassicDrogn wrote:Which is exactly why I created this thread. It was not to extoll on the features of the anime in question. It was so we could see how we can improve on it. And one of them is to not cut X-11's time so drastically short. (In fact, if she became one of the regular characters, that could be very interesting.)
Well, I finished S1, but my reaction is honestly kind of meh except for X11 (now aka Chi Juuichi) a situation not helped at all by the Warlock being a Hasbro/Minicon-grade transformation. With Chi's plot being considered over and not further explored in the later installments (as per your original post) I think I'll skip 'em. Oh well, that's what fanfic is for.
I'll be straight up with you guys, I've added SW to my lineup... sometime shortly after Macross so Garrick still has a head relatively fresh and full of military doctrine and tactics that would be applicable to their case... not to mention his Veritech.
I'm thinking of having him show up during one of Sanya's night patrols. She'd pick up on a sorrowful and somber tune; Garrick is rarely happy to move on from a world - even if it means he's one step closer to home, he's made friends where he was at and he doesn't like leaving them behind. Cue a rare and delightful WTF reaction when she finds the source is neither an ally nor a Neuroi... though she'll suspect the latter at first until she gets a good look at the pilot.
No matter what point in time he comes in, though, the one pivotal moment is gonna be where he goes and protects the X-11 to the best of his abilities... This will probably short-circuit the original climax as this means the probable destruction of the Warlock. Which he'll think of as a cheap-ass imitation of a Veritech, and something that he'd only be too happy to scrap as it attacked first. (He's gonna nail their nuts to the wall for that - even if they are the enemy, you don't blow their heads off when they got the white flag out.)
Right now, I'm trying to figure out what role the Alliance will try to shoehorn him into. I know they'll be trying to pry every single technological advantage they can out of him, but he'll only give so much. His arguments being something along the lines of, "And how do I know that once all is said and done and the Neuroi are gone that you ape-shits aren't gonna proceed to blow each other to kingdom come? Because that's what'll happen. It nearly happened in my time, and that was just with inter-continental missiles with atomic warheads."
Really, I'm thinking he'd be something of an outlaw amongst them... a pest they can do nothing about because they simply can't touch him. He flies higher and faster than anything they have, his weaponry is potent enough to take down anything they throw at him, and if they try for the numbers game, he simply beats them with asymmetrical warfare tactics.
So, inevitably, they would probably try and strike a deal with him. Something like this maybe: In exchange for being recognized as an Allied Element, Garrick will teach a small pool of scientists and engineers some select technologies (which ones to be decided later over the negotiating table). In addition, he is to take part in combat operations as an element of the 501st Joint Fighter Squadron at the rank of Lieutenant (O-4, because he insisted on being tied to the Liberion (USA) Naval Aviators). This will give him significant latitude as a command officer, however he would still be outranked by the Commander and the Sub-Commander. (This is actually quite beneficial to the Squadron's command structure as they have no one to fill in the the gap at the O-4 paygrade - capable witches are apparently that rare.)
Thoughts?