I will say that not having to deal with the Computer Speed strain and all it implies makes the whole thing a lot less world-breaky. Mind you, you'd still come up with *some* sort of strain of handwavium even if you failed to get the effect you were looking for - and it would probaby do something interesting and unexpected. The most obvious thing would be to Make Stuff Go Fast, but that starts pushing the established upper bounds for ship speed pretty quickly, so you'd want to come up with some sort of a decent compensating quirkspace. Some form of Taking The Wrong Left At Albequerque might well wind you up with something more interesting.
The weapon strain... I suppose it would depend on exactly how it was handled. Given what you're saying here, I'm still somewhat concerned about how it's going to work in practice, but no longer against it in theory.
I am also reassured about the apples.
I also had a thought that dropped into my head about a larger quirk with respect to the godstrains you're running with. I figure it might intrigue you, if you wanted to run that way.
So... one of two things is happening with the godboxes. Either they actually *are* channeling the remnants of largely forgotten gods, or they have sprouted little AIs that *think* of themselves as the channeled remnants of largely forgotten gods. It is utterly impossible to determine which is going on - it's a matter of faith either way. Regardless, they're in some sort of communication with the various aspects of Fate.
Also, you're doing a *lot* of work with calling upon those powers in ways that cause real, significant, practical effects on the world. Again, whether this is due to the gods themselves intervening, or just the power of the icons you're using, the remnant tropes in the oveconsciousness, and the power of your own faith, is impossible to determine with any degree of scientific certainty. Regardless, both your character and the Voices of the Gods are pretty well convinced that it's the gods doing the work. Also, you yourself are openly acknowledging that the strains belong more to the gods than to you, to the point of asking permission before using them (as best you can, anyway).
So... it occurs to me that at some point your ship As may start mentioning things. You know - requests that these Gods might have of you, given that they're giving you so much... indeed, *have* given you so much, what with the apples for you, and the boxes for your girls.
This also branched into another idea, for a way to run the Weapon strain... assuming you were interested in running it this way. In particular, one of the problems is that many Fen have no idea how to defend themselves against violence. At all. Worse yet, training them up to the point where they can meaningfully defend themselves against people who are naturally violent will take More Time Than We Have - even if they *did* all agree. What they really need is something that will let them defend themselves *now*.
Also, AIs are well-known in this universe - even relatively easy to create. They need some sort of complexity substrate to work with, but...
Well, there are all sorts of stories about intelligent runeweapons - even a number about weapons inhabited by the spirits of fallen heros. It's not entirely implausible that the right sort of handwavium could find sufficiently ornate decoration of the right sort to be sufficient as a substrate to work with.
I'm not quite sure how to justify that whole "let me borrow your arms a moment" schtick, but even having a highly skilled, arbitrarily tough weapon to give you tips on how to fight properly would help, right?
As for quirks...well, heros are, by their nature, strong-willed... and they all have something that they care about. Matching the weapon to the wielder would likely get to be pretty important.
The weapon strain... I suppose it would depend on exactly how it was handled. Given what you're saying here, I'm still somewhat concerned about how it's going to work in practice, but no longer against it in theory.
I am also reassured about the apples.
I also had a thought that dropped into my head about a larger quirk with respect to the godstrains you're running with. I figure it might intrigue you, if you wanted to run that way.
So... one of two things is happening with the godboxes. Either they actually *are* channeling the remnants of largely forgotten gods, or they have sprouted little AIs that *think* of themselves as the channeled remnants of largely forgotten gods. It is utterly impossible to determine which is going on - it's a matter of faith either way. Regardless, they're in some sort of communication with the various aspects of Fate.
Also, you're doing a *lot* of work with calling upon those powers in ways that cause real, significant, practical effects on the world. Again, whether this is due to the gods themselves intervening, or just the power of the icons you're using, the remnant tropes in the oveconsciousness, and the power of your own faith, is impossible to determine with any degree of scientific certainty. Regardless, both your character and the Voices of the Gods are pretty well convinced that it's the gods doing the work. Also, you yourself are openly acknowledging that the strains belong more to the gods than to you, to the point of asking permission before using them (as best you can, anyway).
So... it occurs to me that at some point your ship As may start mentioning things. You know - requests that these Gods might have of you, given that they're giving you so much... indeed, *have* given you so much, what with the apples for you, and the boxes for your girls.
This also branched into another idea, for a way to run the Weapon strain... assuming you were interested in running it this way. In particular, one of the problems is that many Fen have no idea how to defend themselves against violence. At all. Worse yet, training them up to the point where they can meaningfully defend themselves against people who are naturally violent will take More Time Than We Have - even if they *did* all agree. What they really need is something that will let them defend themselves *now*.
Also, AIs are well-known in this universe - even relatively easy to create. They need some sort of complexity substrate to work with, but...
Well, there are all sorts of stories about intelligent runeweapons - even a number about weapons inhabited by the spirits of fallen heros. It's not entirely implausible that the right sort of handwavium could find sufficiently ornate decoration of the right sort to be sufficient as a substrate to work with.
I'm not quite sure how to justify that whole "let me borrow your arms a moment" schtick, but even having a highly skilled, arbitrarily tough weapon to give you tips on how to fight properly would help, right?
As for quirks...well, heros are, by their nature, strong-willed... and they all have something that they care about. Matching the weapon to the wielder would likely get to be pretty important.