Quote:Unicorna wrote:In the other thread, Ops noted that 'a flood of brains' might refer to Brainstorm inventions. I have a different suggestion.
12. XII. Create new thing which heals or harms, accelerate the race of arms, A million more to buy and trade, the inventors must all be paid, A flood of brains rain in the town, but evil lurks to bring all down, The helmed one strikes with draining web, the war comes to a crucial head. (no clue here.. any ideas?)
It's more likely to refer to Doctor Brainstorm, whom the devs cooked up as a viewpoint character for the Invention System previews. They also referenced him again when power proliferation was introduced; he's apparently responsible for 'unlocking new powers' through weird crazy experiments and suchlike, meddling with the universal cosmic Origin of Power (as per the Midnight arcs), etc.
As for Ajax; it's quite possible that he's the only person Superball might look at and think...this, now, is someone I can trust. If you track the timeline - the letter says the original Ajax has been dead for fifteen years. Working the math back - this guy was wearing the costume for eight years trying to fill his predecessor's shoes before the Rikti Invasion. And maybe since, at that, if he's still around.
As noted...the fact that Ajax was the only member of the Omega Team not to actually make it through the portal...and thus the only member of the team not to die (or so everyone assumed at the time)...
That's an interesting choice on the part of the devs. Because Ajax is the guy who signed up KNOWING it'd be a suicide mission, and WANTING it.
And he didn't get to die.
I'd really like to see the devs follow up on this someday. But I'm biased, of course, since clearly I have a strong attachment to the theme.
-- Acyl