RE: [OOC][Brainstorming] Intelligent Devices for non-"Lyrical Nanoha" mages
08-28-2021, 12:35 PM (This post was last modified: 08-28-2021, 01:11 PM by classicdrogn.)
08-28-2021, 12:35 PM (This post was last modified: 08-28-2021, 01:11 PM by classicdrogn.)
While I haven't followed the stories enough to suggest it for a specific character, I do have a device design my super sentai/medic character used, even if the original was a fake for the sake of fitting in with MSLN casters.
White Brace's storage form is a wristwatch with a citrine-orange face crystal (or whatever color suits the user) and an elastic, claspless strap divided into a lot of little metal segments. It can project a small holographic screen from the crystal and perform various health monitoring scans on the user or another person nearby without needing to change forms. In active mode it becomes a forearm-length bracer with a larger crystal in about the same place and three smaller ones clustered around it in red, green, and blue, and may or may not have a gauntlet protecting the hand and fingers depending on whether that's needed over dexterity and a soft touch, with a second strap like the first halfway along the arm. Naturally, it is all white enamel aside from the crystals, as the name suggests. The original was quite plain and utilitarian, but a lengthwise red stripe with a crossbar near the elbow and/or a heart monitor sinusoid graph wouldn't be out of place if it doesn't clash with the rest of the user's visual design.
If it doesn't have a cartridge system upgrade, that's all, but if it does, then a set of six lie flat along the inner arm anchored to thicker versions of these straps with a backplate between them. The command to use a cartridge is just "load cartridge" to which it replies "Injection!" and as sudden power surges are bad for most designed use cases for a medical Device, the cartridge does not empty instantly as usual, instead popping upright at the end closest to the wrist and releasing its stored energy over the course of a second or two, with a line of glowing bars along the inner (usually against the arm, now toward the user) side that show the progress, in the mana color of whoever filled the cartridge. Likewise, it lacked a Shooting or Sealing Mode, but an Iron Man style shift of the main crystal to the inner palm, possibly adding a second copy of itself on the other arm as well, would make sense for that, or abandoning the wearable form for a traditional staff - a proper Asclepius staff with one snake and no wings would be the design inspiration there, not Hermes' Caduceus, since being the patron of thieves and merchants makes him pretty much the root of most of the problems with modern health care.
Daisuke's signature combat style was martial arts with a lot of <=8m "combat teleports" by mechanics that were more like a flash step as fluffed, able to add momentum to kicks, kick up a wave if moving over water, etc. and requiring a clear path between origin and arrival points, which would be connected by a glowing streak of mana color light. This was his own ability, but would be viable for inclusion in White Brace's repertoire as a real Device, along with being able to cast shields and barriers for half the usual mana cost relative to the strength. (He could also tap cartridges on his own, so the Injection system was just a bit more fakery, a spring-loaded socket and charge bar to fit them into with a release catch activated by the spoken or telepathic command.)
It didn't have a personality as such due to being made out of the guts of a children's toy that could receive telepathy and repeat the message with a synthesized voice or play a few pre-programmed phrases on command and only really supported casting small illusions for the display otherwise (specifically to let young kids train their telepathy/basic mana manipulation) along with having a student ID card style IFF function and a storage space that amounts to being a lunch box, so that part can be tailored as needed. Honestly, the original toy functions made for an interesting character prop if you want to just use that, or have someone make and sell them for cash and/or to promote the use of (environmentally and physically safe) magic use over other weapon and power generation technologies, in line with TSAB philosophy.
White Brace's storage form is a wristwatch with a citrine-orange face crystal (or whatever color suits the user) and an elastic, claspless strap divided into a lot of little metal segments. It can project a small holographic screen from the crystal and perform various health monitoring scans on the user or another person nearby without needing to change forms. In active mode it becomes a forearm-length bracer with a larger crystal in about the same place and three smaller ones clustered around it in red, green, and blue, and may or may not have a gauntlet protecting the hand and fingers depending on whether that's needed over dexterity and a soft touch, with a second strap like the first halfway along the arm. Naturally, it is all white enamel aside from the crystals, as the name suggests. The original was quite plain and utilitarian, but a lengthwise red stripe with a crossbar near the elbow and/or a heart monitor sinusoid graph wouldn't be out of place if it doesn't clash with the rest of the user's visual design.
If it doesn't have a cartridge system upgrade, that's all, but if it does, then a set of six lie flat along the inner arm anchored to thicker versions of these straps with a backplate between them. The command to use a cartridge is just "load cartridge" to which it replies "Injection!" and as sudden power surges are bad for most designed use cases for a medical Device, the cartridge does not empty instantly as usual, instead popping upright at the end closest to the wrist and releasing its stored energy over the course of a second or two, with a line of glowing bars along the inner (usually against the arm, now toward the user) side that show the progress, in the mana color of whoever filled the cartridge. Likewise, it lacked a Shooting or Sealing Mode, but an Iron Man style shift of the main crystal to the inner palm, possibly adding a second copy of itself on the other arm as well, would make sense for that, or abandoning the wearable form for a traditional staff - a proper Asclepius staff with one snake and no wings would be the design inspiration there, not Hermes' Caduceus, since being the patron of thieves and merchants makes him pretty much the root of most of the problems with modern health care.
Daisuke's signature combat style was martial arts with a lot of <=8m "combat teleports" by mechanics that were more like a flash step as fluffed, able to add momentum to kicks, kick up a wave if moving over water, etc. and requiring a clear path between origin and arrival points, which would be connected by a glowing streak of mana color light. This was his own ability, but would be viable for inclusion in White Brace's repertoire as a real Device, along with being able to cast shields and barriers for half the usual mana cost relative to the strength. (He could also tap cartridges on his own, so the Injection system was just a bit more fakery, a spring-loaded socket and charge bar to fit them into with a release catch activated by the spoken or telepathic command.)
It didn't have a personality as such due to being made out of the guts of a children's toy that could receive telepathy and repeat the message with a synthesized voice or play a few pre-programmed phrases on command and only really supported casting small illusions for the display otherwise (specifically to let young kids train their telepathy/basic mana manipulation) along with having a student ID card style IFF function and a storage space that amounts to being a lunch box, so that part can be tailored as needed. Honestly, the original toy functions made for an interesting character prop if you want to just use that, or have someone make and sell them for cash and/or to promote the use of (environmentally and physically safe) magic use over other weapon and power generation technologies, in line with TSAB philosophy.
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