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Recent Events Summary:

Your enemies are still lacking a vital component of their plan, a component which may provide you with a window of opportunity to save Sir Flint. While Hemmelus's proposition of an ambush using the power of Chronomancy sounds feasible, it's also risky, and you decided to run the idea by your allies before coming to a decision.

You decided to consult with Hecate. She told you that Hemmelus's plan was possible with her powers, and she then assisted you on a Dream Walk. You were able to locate Donovan's dream, calm his nightmares, and tell him about the plan.

The morning after your chase, you discovered Yi Fang on his way to calling upon a fair lady, as he put it. You cloaked yourself and followed him, and he ended up at the Black Lady's room. That didn't surprise you - but what did is when he offered to take her hand in marriage as a means to unite their countries.

Melody evaded committment, but now you've somehow been roped into a double date with Abigail and the two leaders.

The four of you made your way to breakfast, and were joined by Auriel.

You've spoken with Auriel about the plan, and reminded her of a need to learn Spirit magic.

Meanwhile, you brought Abigail to the Nemesis. Her hand is now fully restored, thanks to your powers.

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/xaDQ0HAy

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/64VcuCVk

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Recently updated:

>Conversion Factor - Absorb any oncoming spell of the 7 elements. This energy can then be diverted to any shard, increasing its stability. The quantity of energy absorbed is directly related to the spell's power. (3 EXP)

>Shadefang Poison - Shadefang Poison - Your bite can inject a poison that kills an enemy in 3-8 turns. Base 50% chance of success. Success drops exponentially with increase amounts of Shadow resistance. Only you can cure this poison. Does a base of 3 Shadow damage and 1 physical damage per turn until the poison runs its course. Prevents physical regeneration and reduces the effect of healing spells used on the target. Costs 15 mana.

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Current Statistics:

HP: 81/81
Mana: 76/76
EXP: 6

Shards of Order and Chaos:

(Retribution) - Normal
(Maker) - Normal
(Silence) - Broken
(Peace) - Normal
(Breeze) - Normal
(Hammer) - Normal
(Ardor) - Normal
{Resolve} - Normal
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

Wisp - 1 mana to order

--Automatons--

Vita (Shade)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Aurora Water Gem (pocket)
Shade (pocket)

--Teleport Anchor--

Dobshire - Hemmelus's Tower, First Floor

--Current Location--

Dobshire

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>Last time...

The gauntlet wavers, and vanishes. Abigail is left with a perfectly normal looking left hand. She raises her fingers up to the lights on the ceiling, staring at them in wonder.

She turns back to you. Her new hand touches your cheek. Her eyes start to well up. "I can feel them. I can feel you."

She starts to cry. You take her up in a hug and hold her against you while she lets it out.

It's a familiar position. She's been though a lot. Too much.

So have you.

You wonder that it hasn't effected you.

"Shadow," she says. "Now...I have enough strength to protect you, too. I can feel it. It can do more. I'll have to practice. But...thank you."

"I'm just sorry I ever hurt you in the first place, Abby."

"...s'ok," she says. She sniffs. "I wanted to make up for...messing up. I wanted to show you...I should have just let you and Adavan go, back on Xile. But I...it wasn't all your fault. So don't say it like it was."

You give her a squeeze. "...yes, councilor."

"...better."

"That," Steward says from across the room, "was an interesting observation."

"...Abby," you say, "I think those angels are better off dead. They knew about the plan...but consuming them like this...it felt a bit off."

Abigail looks up at you. "I was thinking you would need energy, and...if they had the chance, they would have killed us."

"No, I agree with your logic," you say. "But...I don't know. Something about it bothered me."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to put pressure on you. I mean, none of this is even close to normal...but I don't think of it like that." You frown at her. "Well," she says, "You've never destroyed something beautiful. You don't run around eating people, right? So, for me...it's almost comforting. Like you're taking bad things into yourself so they can't ever hurt anyone again."

>con't

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"...I guess I never thought of it like that."

She smiles. "I thought it was obvious. But it's sweet of you to worry about me."

"I just don't want this to be normal for us," you say. "I don't want you to think of it as normal."

"Sheesh, Shadow. It's not like I'm going to hold rooms of angels for you to devour." She shrugs. "At least, not every day."

"Abby!"

She chuckles. "I was just kidding." A grin splits her face. "Probably."

"That's not funny."

"I think it's hilarious."

"Abby."

"...sorry. I mean, sure, they're buried in the worst of unmarked graves right now...but I can't internalize everything that happens. It's part of dealing with all of this."

"Yeah. No, I just..."

"You worry about me." Her bright smile softens to a small, happy one. "I'm glad. But I'm ok."

"Good." You put your hands on her shoulders. "That's all I wanted to hear."

"Inquiry," Steward says. "Councilor, your hand is now restored. This will require explanation."

"Hold on," Abigail says. "I think I can..." She steps back from your embrace and raises her left hand. She bites her lip as she focuses on it. In a moment, it vanishes. A moment later, her body follows suit, blurred in shadows, and then gone. You can still feel a faint Spirit, though.

"You're almost completely hidden," you say. "Can you make it just apply to your hand."

Abigail's voice floats out of midair. "I think so." A moment later, she's back, though her hand is still gone - no. Rather, the illusion of her old stump is now in place over it. "Weird." She turns her arm over. "I wonder what the limits of this armor are."

What do you do now?

>have the Nemesis gain distance from the city, then experiment docking the Ragnarock
>speak with Abigail about her time in the pocket
>gather your allies to discuss the validity and details of the chronomancy plan
>some other strategy

>>30767133
>have the Nemesis gain distance from the city, then experiment docking the Ragnarok

>>30767133
>have the Nemesis gain distance from the city, then experiment docking the Ragnarock

>>30767133
>have the Nemesis gain distance from the city, then experiment docking the Ragnarock

>>30767133
>>have the Nemesis gain distance from the city, then experiment docking the Ragnarock
I want Auriel here for this.
>>speak with Abigail about her time in the pocket
I want to mention that I think that's what Erebus did to Dave. Put him in there to stop the Mutual Annihilation event from killing him, but he got left there for 700 years.
>>gather your allies to discuss the validity and details of the chronomancy plan

>>30767133
>She turns her arm over. "I wonder what the limits of this armor are."

>baiting me into letting Abby go full Test-Mode this hard.

Fuck SM, I really want to let her too

>SQ tonight
>I have to get up before 0600
Thanks, SM.

>>30767133
>Try to dock the Nemesis with the Ragnarok and Observe the results.
Then:
>Ask Steward what he thought about the artifacting and the merits of using our last artifact on one of: the barrier around the core of chaos, Steward's secret weapon, or Steward's processing cores
>Gather your allies and explain Hemmelus's plan so that you can get their opinions.

>>30767133
I think we need to have a talk with Abigail about things.

Namely, that killing is necessary, but not Good. It's pretty unsettling to see her offering up prisoners like sacrifices, especially with the way she cheerfully treated it like a gift.

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>>30767133
>have the Nemesis gain distance from the city, then experiment docking the Ragnarock

>>30767222
This for long term plan.

>>30767250
Yeah naaah. Angelfoodcake is the best gift a girl can offer.

Just ask Donny.

>>30767201

It's something for you to read in the morning!

>>30767250
Did you read the posts? We just did.

>>30767196
>>>have the Nemesis gain distance from the city, then experiment docking the Ragnarock
>I want Auriel here for this.
This. Get Auriel. She's the airship captain person, after all.

>>30767133
We have to show her new hand to Yi Fang, at least.

>"See? Told you I would 'fix it'!"

>>30767032
The Shadefang Poison rework is
This is a little bit vague; does it mean that there's a 50% chance the poison will be inevitably lethal at the end of the poison's duration, or that there's a 50% base chance that Shadefang Poison will do anything, period?

>>30767133
>She bites her lip as she focuses on it. In a moment, it vanishes. A moment later, her body follows suit, blurred in shadows, and then gone. You can still feel a faint Spirit, though.
Whaaaaat. Ok, yeah, guess this hand-armor is pretty excellent.

Also glad you at least had us attempt to address the potential slippery slope before she decided it was a good plan to keep bringing us murderpresents like a cat dragging in still-flapping birds.

>>have the Nemesis gain distance from the city, then experiment docking the Ragnarok
>>30767305
I'd agree that having Auriel along would be educational. That, and I'd like to see how she reacts to our having stolen the Ragnarok.

And we may as well use the time in transit;
>>speak with Abigail about her time in the pocket
We can't ever go inside our own pocket, so it'd be interesting to know more about what it's actually like. Obis gave us some impressions as well, but he was a little out of it at the time.

>>30767196
This makes me wonder. Has it always been an option ever since we got pocket to well...

>Pull Dave out of the Pocket.

All we need is enough people to vote on it.

>>30767353
I think that whatever happened to Erebus made Erebus/Shadow separate entities for the purpose of accessing Erebus' old abilities.

Maybe if we'd gone full Temerity, we could unpocket Dave, but we didn't. We decided to not be Erebus so we have a different pocket and 3 new artifacts and a new set of Arbiter/Chosen/Servants.

>Battlecarrier on the horizon

I am so glad I decided to post that idea no matter how stupid it was.

HEY GUYS

We're standing right next to Steward - let's ask him if we can artifact his
servers. Now that Abby's hand is Artifacted, we should our third use majorly
increases our war potential.

It would be a huge boost to our war capabilities, and Steward's robot army
would likely hugely benefit from Steward's increased processing power.

DON'T LET SM DISTRACT YOU GUYS

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Daily reminder.

>>30767349
>Whaaaaat. Ok, yeah, guess this hand-armor is pretty excellent.
wait till someone paints her ass with some good old white paint and suddenly she is not so hidden anymore.

>>30767434
Oh, right.

DON'T FORGET TO MEDIATE ON OUR SHARDS WHEN WE HAVE FREE TIME.

Shit is IMPORTANT!

>>30767305
I'll second bringing Auriel. Should be worth the reaction.

>>30767434
It's like the poor-man's void bomb.

>>30767349
>That, and I'd like to see how she reacts to our having stolen the Ragnarok.
I can't wait to get Tree Gift. I want Abby to be able to do that too.

>>30767434
Shadow R&D will get our time to shine one day.

>Vog bioweapons
>Xiledrop
>Shadow Turret Deathstar
>Rods from God

>>30767425
>>30767222
Yeah seeing as Steward is literally RIGHT HERE, and we just used Artifact, makes sense for it to be on our mind.

Hey SM, if we push a light dynamo and a shadow dynamo into close proximity with each other and have them grind against each other, will they annihilate like matter/anti-matter? That could be the Nemesis's next source of power. An annihilation core.

>>30767506
Y'know I can just imagine us "accidentally" dropping a Super Secret Super Weapons document (labeled as such) near an Angel and then getting confronted by Sandalphon about it.
And then being completely serious as we describe them.

>Vogs are Earth and Spirit
>Abby is Spirit
>We want to give her Earth Magic

TEAM VOG YOU SNEAKY FUCKERS!

>>30767552
>into close proximity with each other and have them grind against each other
they'd make babies. that could be Nemesis' next source of power. little baby dynamos.

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>>30767566

This would actually be hysterical.

>Sandalphon's face when reading said document

>>30767592
I've been planning it all along.

ALL ALONG. All aboard the ABBY-TRAIN.

>>30767592
I'm still waiting for Sm to make abby get possessed after everyone votes to buff her to hell.

>>30767595
>Light and Shadow dynamo skipping through a field with a flock of babies orbiting them.

Shadow and Abby skipping behind them throwing flower petals

>>30767609

All it would take for her to go berserk is for someone to plant the idea that she is back inside the Archonium.

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"Steward," you say, "maybe you feel like you owe me. But I don't see it that way. I want to thank you. I think I could use my powers to improve your servers, if you'd like. More processing power, maybe?"

Steward is still.

He doesn't say anything.

"...uh, Steward?"

"There is no consensus on this subject," he says. "While it may add significant power to our servers, compensating for whatever changes occur might be difficult. The energy you demonstrated does not appear to be predicable. It is a decision that would require careful thought."

"Sure," you say. "I was thinking I might be able to use it to help with the barrier, too."

Steward doesn't move. "We have copious volumes of data on observational studies conducted by 002 concerning the barrier. While analyzing the release of your power, I detected a pathway opened to a energy source of significant potential."

"Yeah," you say. "Some sort of gateway."

"Similar openings are scattered through the barrier at regular intervals. They are constantly pouring in this energy as a counter to the waves and pulses of chaos that wrap the barrier-space. Based on the pattern of intervals, we detect that none have been damaged. I would conclude that your artifact power could add nothing that isn't already there and in operating at full effectiveness. However, perhaps, if you could augment your ability, it might be used to replace the section of the barrier that has been damaged."

Augment your artifact ability? You can only wonder at that. It's so strong already. How much power does the barrier need?

If you assume that all magic in the world and all the power from mana pools comes from the core of chaos...it's an unfathomable quantity of energy. You'll need power to seal it up. A lot of power.

But where can you get that much?

>con't

>>30767503
I'm a little too skeptical to think that the Earth-Shadow tree-bridging abilities will be unlocked by Tree Gift. Maybe with Sage + Tree Gift of both trees, but I can't see just one of them justifying unlocking something like Shadow Totem (which obviously needs elements of both trees), or Pocket (which I'm not even sure is actually Earth OR Shadow, really. I guess Earth for constructing and reenforcing a space and Order to keep it isolated from the Nether at large, but that could be a stretch.)

>>30767552
Irrespective of anyone's feelings on the Avatar conflict, it at least cleared up that Light and Chaos are not the same thing; Light is the most chaotic of the 7 elements, of course, but it is not in and of itself Chaos.

You'd need a dynamo of Chaos to even think about this being a plan of action, and even then, I can't imagine a bog standard Dynamo casing would be able to stand up to the energy output.

"Well, we can worry about it later," you say. "Is there a way to contact Tyrael from this room?" you ask. "I've still got the Ragnarok. I want to see if we can dock it with the Nemesis - Auriel seemed to think we could. And we have this angel, here, too, as a witness - she'll know how to use him best."

"I think there's a contact point for the ship's intercom in the hallway outside this room," Abigail says.

You walk out into the hall, and explain to the shadow mages that they now only have to guard one angel. They give you grim nods; two of them go to take a break, and the other two remain on-duty to maintain their smaller cloud of sleep over the sole prisoner.

You press the intercom. "Hello?"

There's a moment of quiet. Tyrael's voice comes on over the speakers near you. "That you, Shadow?"

"Yes. Want to try docking the Nemesis with another airship?"

"Couldn't hurt to try. But do we have another to dock it with? Is Arcturis lending us one?"

"No," you say, "I captured the Ragnarok during the fight with the angels."

"So that's where it went! By the way, how the hell did you do that? And, it's actually in one piece? We all figured you took it apart or something. Some people even said you'd eaten it."

"Just put it somewhere safe. Can you contact Auriel and ask her to join us?"

"Will do. I'll pilot us into Archon's territory. There won't be any angels there, and Fang's ships know our callsign. I'll be broadcasting to give us some space."

"Sounds like a plan."

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>>30767667
HA HA ITS TIME FOR SYMMETRICAL DOCKING!

>During downtime Erebus was basically just being a super fucking autist and building hell technology.

It's just like Dune.

Holtzmann shields on the horizon.

>>30767650
>But where can you get that much?

The sun.

>>30767708
Actually... Yeah.

What the fuck is the sun in this setting? Venia is confirmed to be a big flat plane floating in a void. What the fuck is the sun?

>>30767650
>Similar openings are scattered through the barrier at regular intervals. They are constantly pouring in this energy as a counter to the waves and pulses of chaos that wrap the barrier-space.
Huh, that's good to know.

>>30767650
>But where can you get that much?

>"Similar openings are scattered through the barrier at regular intervals. They are constantly pouring in this energy as a counter to the waves and pulses of chaos that wrap the barrier-space.

On the up-side, at least exploding the void uplink in our Frozen Hand palace didn't totally ruin the containment barrier by disrupting the flow of Order. Pretty sure we're going to need to recalibrate the power output from somewhere out in the Void once we get our Venian affairs in order.

>>30767697
Definitely, definitely asymmetrical. That just makes it even better.

>>30767708
>>30767742

Funny thing about the uplink guys. Seems we might not be as fucked in that regard as we once thought.

>>30767726
I doubt anyone but Erebus knew. We either need to reach his palace or actually go to the sun.

Without atmosphere, there should be no limit to the acceleration provided by magical flight. Even if we couldn't use magical flight, though, we could fill our Pocket with rocket fuel or something.

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>>30767667
Me right now.

>>30767779
You know what else had fucked up geometry and an unreachable sun?

The archonium.

This whole thing?

Archonium.

>>30767779
Unfortunately our magical flight doesn't grant us acceleration for reasons of magic. Supersonic in space will just keep us at... supersonic.

>>30767762
Oh you're talking about THAT. Don't tell spoilers in the quest thread, anon. Bad form.

>>30767835
What?

>>30767795

We reached the sun in the Archonium though

And we snuffed it out with a Tier 0 ability, but whatever

>>30767795
We snuffed the fuck out of that sun though.

>>30767823
Then we need a reaction drive. Fortunately, since our Pocket is extradimensional, any fuel we store there won't count against the mass of our ship.

>>30767858
If Steward can repair or figure out how to build a jump drive, all we will need is energy and time. Or a shitload of energy and no time.

>>30767851
Spoilers inside:

They're talking about the spoiler SM revealed in one of the QTG's. Name of the skill hidden by the "darkest black" swirl behind Order Immateria. An anon made a few connections and freaked out about the discovery.

>>30767835
Not as bad of form as spoiling it in the first place.

Seriously, no idea what led SM to think that was a good idea.

>>30767852
>>30767857
Dream-power upgrades are a hell of a drug.

>>30767851
The skill that comes after OI has something to do with the Vigil system, which was what our palace connected to. You know, before we blew it up.

>>30767894
>>30767949
Then that means that following the Physical Shadow tree and the aiming to get beyond Order Immateria is likely the best way to fix Venia.
Or it just may provide another solution.

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"You're telling me that you inserted the entirety of the Ring City's most powerful gunship into your own personal nether-plane?"

"Basically."

Auriel grins. She rubs her hands together and cackles like an insane witch. "Excellent work, Shadow."

"I thought so, too."

"Alright," she says. "The Ragnarok should dock on on the back of the ship." Auriel glances out the wide windows at hte front of the Nemesis's bridge. "Set us down, Tyrael. That looks like a good spot."

It's been about an hour's travel. The airship lands in a low valley tucked into the edge of the Archon highlands. You fly out behind the ship and unpocket the Ragnarok.

There's no sound, no aplomb - it's simply there. It groans slightly as it lands on the grass, rocking gently, then settling to a halt. It was smoking, earlier, but now that's gone. Probably not all that much fresh air in your pocket.

Tyrael and a small brigade of angels board the ship and power up its engines. It lifts a few dozen feet off the ground. They gingerly pilot into the wide, open arms that form the stern of the Nemesis.

Black segments of your Artificed adamantium extend out from the stern, clamping around the Ragnarok - and then they begin to change. What once might have been simple clamps become beams of Shadow energy that twist and wrap around the Ragnarok's outer portions. It's latched in place far more securely than it otherwise would be.

>con't

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You fly back inside the Cirrus and head up to the bridge. Everyone's gathered around the main control console situated on the raised platform above the lower console banks. Auriel is peering at it intently. She glances back when you come in. "Shadow, come take a look at this."

You wade through the crowd and pop up next to Abigail. A purple screen of light has appeared over the normal teal display showing the status of the ship's systems. The map of the ship has a black outline of the Ragnarok added in.

"That's never been there before," Abigail says. She traces down the screen with her finger. "Complete docking. Initiate repair. And...cannibalize systems? What do you suppose that means?"

Auriel shrugs. "The first seems simple enough. The second...well, maybe the Nemesis's systems can repair docked airships. The last...well...who knows?"

What do you do?

>suggest they "complete" the docking process
>the Ragnarok could use repairs
>press the cannibalize button, it sounds interesting - and your powers haven't let you down yet!
>ask Auriel what she thinks you should do first
>some other strategy

>>30768026
>>press the cannibalize button, it sounds interesting - and your powers haven't let you down yet!
BATTLECARRIER BATTLERCARRIER

ITS NOT LIKE SANDALS WILL LET US USE THE RAGNAROK

SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO USE ITS PARTS

>>30768026
>ask Auriel what she thinks you should do first

He's putting out the consume button oh god no.

>>30768026
>2014
>Not having one airship eat another
SM, pls.

>press the cannibalize button, it sounds interesting - and your powers haven't let you down yet!

>>30768026
>suggest they "complete" the docking process

>>30768026
>>press the cannibalize button, it sounds interesting - and your powers haven't let you down yet!

>>30768026

Our ship can eat other ships? Holy shit.

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>>30768026
>press the cannibalize button, it sounds interesting - and your powers haven't let you down yet!

>>30768026
EVEN OUR SHIP MUST CONSUME
>cannibalize

>>30768026
>suggest they "complete" the docking process
then
>press the cannibalize button, it sounds interesting - and your powers haven't let you down yet!

>>30768026
>press the cannibalize button, it sounds interesting - and your powers haven't let you down yet!

HAHA BUTTON QUEST

>>30768026
You know what's going to happen if Cannibalize is as awesome as it should be.

We're going to take all of Sandalphon's flying machines. All of them.

>>30768026
>press the cannibalize button, it sounds interesting - and your powers haven't let you down yet!

Everyone got out of the Ragnarok right? Don't want to accidentally eat them too.

>>30768026
>the Ragnarok could use repairs
>press the cannibalize button, it sounds interesting - and your powers haven't let you down yet!
>press the cannibalize button, it sounds interesting - and your powers haven't let you down yet!
In that order, assuming one doesn't somehow invalidate the following. No point in docking with or taking parts from a damaged airship.

>>30768010
>It was smoking, earlier, but now that's gone. Probably not all that much fresh air in your pocket.
...did we accidentally turn all of the breathable air in our pocket into vacuum by putting something that was on fire inside it and letting it burn itself out?

Because we should probably address this before deciding to put anyone inside again.

>>30768026
>>suggest they "complete" the docking process
Don't just fucking shred it for parts right off the bat.

Cannibalizing upgrades the Nemesis, but "completing" the docking process probably integrates the Ragnarok as well (if not necessarily as completely), while still allowing it to detach for use as an interceptor craft.

There's no chance you guys aren't just going to vote to just eat the ship immediately, though. God fucking damnit.

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>>30768026
>the lone idea i posted at the start of that thread one time is actually happening

why am i so elated

>>30768064
Now we must feed our ships instead of making a fleet, we shall feed the fleet to our child.

.... If this thing can repair airships maybe we can repair all our allies ships that have broken down over the years. Or maybe Steward knows of a ship graveyard.

>>30768099

Pocket some air? Would that even work?

>>30768090
Uhh, yeah. We'll be smart and make sure they're inside the Nemesis, of course.

I mean, it'd be stupid to cannibalize a populated airship, right?

We totally couldn't force-dock a semi-disabled well-defended airship mid battle and then cannibalize it without having to deal with the defenders inside, right? That'd just be silly!

>>30768026
>suggest they "complete" the docking process

>>30768094
Oops, I meant repair, complete docking, then consider cannibalize. I guess this works too, though.

>>30768099
>...did we accidentally turn all of the breathable air in our pocket into vacuum by putting something that was on fire inside it and letting it burn itself out?
>Because we should probably address this before deciding to put anyone inside again.
But the angel bitch was in there too for a long time, and she was fine.
Shadow Quest physics, don't question it.

>>30768099
It's a button. You don't think before you push a button.

>>30768099
>detach for use as an interceptor craft.
The problem with that is that we don't have anywhere near enough trained crew for 2 airships. Plus, what will the angels do if they see we have the Ragnarok? They'll demand it back and bitch and whine and moan.

>>30768026
>>suggest they "complete" the docking process
>>the Ragnarok could use repairs
>>press the cannibalize button, it sounds interesting - and your powers haven't let you down yet!
In that order.

We'll just cannibalize the damn thing, then.

I can just go ahead and tell you that there's no consequences for not doing the other two buttons first, so no worries.

WRITING

>>30768117
>.... If this thing can repair airships maybe we can repair all our allies ships that have broken down over the years. Or maybe Steward knows of a ship graveyard.

MAYBE IT CAN FIX JUMP DRIVES

I can imagine Auriel reaching for a maintenance guide for the airship and while she is looking way we waltz on over and push the button. Then after the startling sound of metal being crunched she just fucking glares at us.

>>30768160
We should cannabalize a jump drive.

>>30768160
Somebody remember this anon so when we get to worrying about that we can try this.

Anyone want to take bets on how long it will take for people to notice Abby's hand?

Or, if she's still cloaking it, WHY THE FUCK ARE WE NOT SHOWING THIS OFF?! You don't get a Porsche and keep it in the garage.

>>30768160
FUCK FUCK FUCK

WE TOLD STEWARD TO GO AHEAD AND SCRAP THE JUMP DRIVE

WE HAVE TO STOP HIM. HE'S PROBABLY ALREADY STARTING ON IT.

>>30768159
Muh Gunship

I will call it even if we get out Shadowy Appendages on some of Achon's fighters.

I wonder if the Nemesis is spaceworthy

>>30768185
>You don't get a Porsche and keep it in the garage.
Because when that Porsche doesn't have any real reason to be there, you don't show it off until you can explain how you got it.

>>30768203
>WE HAVE TO STOP HIM. HE'S PROBABLY ALREADY STARTING ON IT.
Damn you, Steward! Damn you and your machine efficiency!

>>30768185
You do if said Porsche is obviously beyond your means, to the point where people question how legal the acquisition of it was.

What I'm trying to say is yes, it's a badass hand, but it should also be impossible for her to have it back, especially after this long, and would lead to questions that, while we could worm our way out of, are better off not being asked in the first place.

Still a kickass hand though.

>>30768207
It almost certainly is. The hard part is getting it into space.

>>30768203

I'll have you mention something to Steward in a moment.

>>30768203
>>30768217

>implying we shouldn't strap the Jump Drive to his Secret Giganto Robot Weapon and then Artifact the combination of them.

Seriously guys - a massive, teleporting Robot of Death.

>>30768207
>He thinks space exists.

>>30768205
>Acquire Archon fighters
>Have Nemesis integrate them
>Have Steward install rudimentary AI in them slaved to the bridge
>Shadow Drone fleet!

>>30768131
>But the angel bitch was in there too for a long time, and she was fine.
We never really got the final verdict on her status between repocketing and eating her, so she could well have been brain damaged from oxygen deprivation and we wouldn't exactly have known it.

That said, "It's Venia; physics doesn't have to explain shit" and "Your Pocket just replaces the air itself, fuck it." are both fine justifications, and if either is the case I wouldn't really mind.

>>30768147
You can train new crew; I'm assuming you can't un-CONSUME a battleship.

There's also the minor issue of integrating the Ragnarok retroactively giving the Nemesis weaponry it didn't have during the angels' assault, which un-invalidates our "Our ship has no armaments" defense of Sandalphon's assertion that the Nemesis shot first.

>>30768159
>I can just go ahead and tell you that there's no consequences for not doing the other two buttons first, so no worries.
Cool.

>>30768229
We can attach ourself to the dynamo and super charge it

>>30768233
"You are too late, Shadow"
>Steward reveals portable warp core. Proceeds to warp the fuck away.

>>30768026
>press the cannibalize button, it sounds interesting - and your powers haven't let you down yet!

YES

>>30768254

We can just say that we had some armaments fitted just recently that we had been working on for the upcoming war.

But there are too many variables to this conversation. Like how their angles were able to surgically remove flint from the ship. Why they would continue attacking a ship once they realized flint was on it. How they found it in the first place. Ext ext ext. Countless ways one can point a finger at the other. We will have to see how it goes when the topic does come up.

>>30768254
>You can train new crew; I'm assuming you can't un-CONSUME a battleship.
>
>There's also the minor issue of integrating the Ragnarok retroactively giving the Nemesis weaponry it didn't have during the angels' assault, which un-invalidates our "Our ship has no armaments" defense of Sandalphon's assertion that the Nemesis shot first.
We had Steward do modifications in the wake of unprovoked hostilities by Ringed City.

The nemesis is designed as some sort of... carrier, then? Not actually a front-line fighter as such.

I wonder if we can make airplanes.

Oh jesus fuck is the Nemesis about to upgrade to Triple Core? My body isn't ready for this SM.

>>30768394
good thing we figured out dynamos

>>30768122
>We totally couldn't force-dock a semi-disabled well-defended airship mid battle and then cannibalize it without having to deal with the defenders inside, right? That'd just be silly!

That's a plan.

>Trick Sandalphon into boarding one of his airships
>Capture the airship
>Cannibalize it
>Nemesis gains a mask on its prow that fires doom lasers from its eye holes
>And an altar

>>30768394

Unless we get the Nemesis to eat the Ragnarok.

>>30768409

And it will have guns.

>>30768394
>Dock all of the Archon Fleet in it
Remember the mini aisship swarm that Fang built? And then gave to Abby? Dock that in the Nemesis.
It's PERFECT!

>>30768026
>ask Auriel what they should do first.

>>30768421
CLOAKED BROADSIDE

THINK ABOUT IT

GUYS WAIT

If we tell Sandy that Steward modified the airship to have weapons Hemmy will know we are lying, but NOT IF WE HAVE STEWARD PRESS THE BUTTON! TECHNICAL TRUTH!

>>30768493
Why would Hemmy care about us lying to Sandals? And he already knows were Erebus2.0 anyway. Not like doing weird ship things is gonna surprise him.

>>30768493
We can just say "The ship has been recently modified." We can imply without setting off Hemmelus's lie detector. But even if we did lie directly to Sandalphon and Hemmelus knew we did, I doubt he would call us on it in front of Sandalphon.

>>30768510
It's not for Hemmy's sake, it's for everyone knowing that Sandy's "nemmy shot first" thing doesn't hold water.

>>30768493

It's pretty easy to just say, "It didn't have guns when it was attacked."

>>30768493
"We had weapons fitted to the ship after it was attacked. Steward oversaw the process."

That said
>>30768510
We're pretty much past the point where we need to beat around the bush with Hemmelus for anything but confirming outwardly that Sandalphon is full of shit.

>don't want the robot to push the button
nofun.jpg

>>30768422
Oh shit. I had forgotten about the Archon fleet. Putting them in the Nemesis might actually work. It would let them be use offensively instead of defense only.

>>30768593
CARRIER HAS ARRIVED.

>>30768593

It would essentially turn The Nemesis into a floating city. A floating city with Hydra as an inherent trait.

You press the third button.

The screen flashes, then vanishes.

"Shadow!" Auriel says. "You think, maybe, we should have thought about that for 5 seconds?!"

"What's the worst that could happen?"

The Nemesis shudders. Everyone takes a step for balance. Abigail clutches your arm. Auriel glances up at the ceiling, eyeing the support beams suspiciously. "Well, let's see. The ship blows up. We all die."

"That won't happen."

The ship rocks again.

A metallic voice rings out over the intercom. -CANNIBALIZATION OF DOCKED SYSTEMS COMMENCING-

Two meters on the right-hand side of the console begin to rise. Auriel leans forward. "Dynamo output is increasing. Whoa. Whoa!" She grips the sides of the screen. You can all feel the rising points of Shadow, and Shadow-stained Wind in the bowels of the ship as they begin to churn. "They're going nuts!"

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A5e8_8TDQQ

The beams of shadow connecting the Ragnarok to the Nemesis increase in intensity. They warp, shift, grow, like tendrils mutating with their own thought.

They pull. And the Ragnarok begins to come apart.

Piece by piece, the entire ship is dismantled. Each section, bulwarks, hallways, guns, and even the heavily-armored bridge, float up into the air, guided by beams of shadow and wrapped in a cloak of darkness. The Nemesis itself rises up into the air, carrying the various parts with it.

The engine room shines with Lightning. It travels under the main fuselage of the Nemesis and implants itself near where the main Shadow dynamo is. The whirling golden magic begins to crackle a deep purple.

>con't

Guns implant themselves along the ship, the majority along the edges of the lower arms and under the bow. Some find new comes along the top of the ship, and the starboard and port sides, covering the Nemesis with cannons pointing in every direction. The ship creaks and thunders as metal slams against metal. Smoke wraps the adamantium as if begins to melt, merge with the dark power, and the individual sections fuse together.

The heavily armored bridge of the Ragnarok floats in last and slides into place directly under the glass-bordered bridge of the Nemesis. It's lined with its own smaller cannons and one long artillery gun meant to shell the ground beneath the ship.

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Everyone's holding onto the railings, now, as the shift rocks and churns. The map of the ship on the display lights up and blinks as new gun emplacements suddenly dot the edges. A third energy meter appears next to the other two, and immediately fills to maximum. Lines of light alternately glowing gold-black light connect that core to the various weapons systems on the schematic's display.

The metal under the console begins to hiss. There's a few shouts. Everyone scrambles away.

The adamantium, mixed with the black Order, begins to rise from the ground. An entire new piece of the console begins to take shape. It solidifies into a pedestal of wires and steel, hooked into the rest of it - and then a bright screen flares up above it. Every gun is highlighted in detail.

"Weapons," Auriel says. "We've got weapons!"

>con't

>>30768627
It's already a floating city.

It'd be an even better floating city with its own built-in defense force.

Let's talk to Yi Fang about it.

The bridge rocks again - you feel the impact below your feet. There's another hiss of morphing metal. Between the control console and the officer's table further back, near the entrance, rises a cylindrical chamber a few yards across and several high. Twin doorways on either side form out of the shapeless steel, alongside a single button.

Everyone stares.

"...so where do you think that goes?" Abigail asks.

The door opens. A hand grasps the edge of the metal. Everyone leans back in horror.

Tyrael pokes his head out onto the bridge. "Oh, good. For a second there, I thought we were screwed. Hey Captain."

"Light, Tyrael," Auriel says. "You scared the shit out of us!"

"I, for one," Tyrael says, "would have appreciated a little warning before the airship I was one was taken apart like puzzle pieces."

"Sorry," you say. "But it worked out, right?"

Tyrael grins. "You should see the Weapons Room. We've got direct manual control of every gun right below. At least, I think we do. I took the stairs, but I think that other door was an elevator. I didn't want to risk it until I knew where it went."

What do you do now?

>go check out the weapons room
>speak with Steward about integrating the jump drive into the Nemesis
>Fang needs to know about this. Maybe the Nemesis can be used to assist his fleet of smaller ships?
>gather your allies to discuss the plan
>some other strategy

>>30768724
>go check out the weapons room
>speak with Steward about integrating the jump drive into the Nemesis

>>30768724
>go to space

>>30768724
1. Steward
2. Weapons Room
3. Fang

>>30768724
>go check out the weapons room
As if there's any other option.

>>30768724
>speak with Steward about integrating the jump drive into the Nemesis
>go check out the weapons room
>Fang needs to know about this. Maybe the Nemesis can be used to assist his fleet of smaller ships?

>>30768724
>>speak with Steward about integrating the jump drive into the Nemesis
>go check out the weapons room
>Fang needs to know about this. Maybe the Nemesis can be used to assist his fleet of smaller ships?

IT'S THE GOLDEN AGE OF SHADOW SCIENCE!

Finally:
>gather your allies to discuss the plan

>>30768724
>>go check out the weapons room
See if we can shoot whilst cloaked.
>>speak with Steward about integrating the jump drive into the Nemesis
Not fully integrate, but for sure keep the parts around.
>>Fang needs to know about this. Maybe the Nemesis can be used to assist his fleet of smaller ships?
Gotta stock the carrier with fighters now.

>>30768763
>>30768773
Seconding these.

>>30768724
>some other strategy
>Squeal like a giddy school girl.

>>30768724
>speak with Steward about integrating the jump drive into the Nemesis
>go check out the weapons room
>Fang needs to know about this. Maybe the Nemesis can be used to assist his fleet of smaller ships?
Bring Abby when we talk about the fleet. They're as much hers as they are Fang's, if not more so.

>>30768724
So SM does the Nemesis have:

A: Shadow Dynamo
B: Shadow-Wind Dynamo
C: Shadow-Lightning Dynamo

Curious.

>>30768815
I think that's what was highlighted, with the lightning nesting down into the power room and turning a black-gold.

>>30768724
Woah fuck this is awesome. Shadow technomancer is the greatest.

>meta question, but would the light/shadow annihilation dynamo work?

Do all the systems run on seperate dynamo power by the way? Cloaking on the Shadow core, Propulsion on the Wind, and Weapons on the ??? Ragnarok core?

We have our own fucking Megazord!

Now we just need a Light and Fire Dynamo powered airship to cannibalize and we can parade this fucker around as the ultimate mockery to the whole Higher Elements thing.

I am resisting the urge to TTGL reference SO hard SM you don't even know.

>>30768724
>speak with Steward about integrating the jump drive into the Nemesis
>Fang needs to know about this. Maybe the Nemesis can be used to assist his fleet of smaller ships?

>>30768859

That would be a fair assumption. Power could also be rerouted.

All power to main cannon? We can do that... It will punch a hole straight through the entire earth, but we can do it.

>>30768859

Light/shadow annihilation dynamo seems counterproductive. They'd cancel each other out, not produce more energy.

All systems run on separate power - Wind for propulsion/shielding, shadow for cloaking and general magical defense, and now shadow/lightning for weapons. However, power can be pulled from each dynamo and dedicated to other systems, just not at the same efficiency.

>>30768899
All the way through the earth, punching through the Order Shield and the Chaos Core. GAME OGRE.

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>>30768903
Can we try integrating with our shadow dynamo before we leave to see if we can control/feel this ship the way we did the one in the Ring City?

>>30768903
>shadow/lightning
>shadow
Is that because we cannibalized the Ragnarok or did it always have shadow?

>>30768951

It was just Lightning before.

I just realized something.

The Elemental Lords had to work closely with humans/dwarves to make dynamos.

Why haven't we asked Hecate about the production of dynamo shells? I know she's probably not going to know shit because plot, but why didn't we ask?

>>30768903
What would happen if we wired the Staff of Winds to the wind dynamo?

>>30768982
Huh. I guess there's no reason not to.

>>30768982
...
If we ever make a shell and want to owe a favor to Hecate we can get her to make a Spirit dynamo and integrate it with the Nemesis...

>>30768903
>They'd cancel each other out
Oh, I was hoping in Dynamo form the 'cancelling' would be like antimatter and let off tons of energy as the two annihilate.

>>30768982

I'll save time and say you did ask her. She tells you that the dwarves kept knowledge of the exact production method limited to a handful of individuals that worked in absolute secrecy. As time went on, it was more and more important that only their side had access to dynamo shells, hence the paranoia.

What shells the other elementals empowered were either traded for before the major fighting broke out or stolen.

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>>30768886
While channeling Schattenkrieg through our ship itself and pounding into the Avatar of Chaos or Hyperion:
"Remember this.. This shadow will open a hole into the void. And that hole will become a road for those that follow! The Order of those living in peace, and the Chaos of expressing our emotions.. Combining those ideals into a double helix, I'll carve the path to the future!

That is Balance!

That is Shadow!!

My shadow is the shadow that will consume everything!"

>>30769049

...So say we manage to break Geb out and restore his sanity...

>>30769053
>not "My shadow is the shadow that will balance the heavens!"

>>30769081
Geb is our wildcard nuke.

If everything goes to shit and we want to say fuck the world some more, then we free Geb and let him REK everything in whatever direction he goes.

>>30769081
Need Flint alive for that.

>>30769053
You realize that Erebus was almost literally the Anti-Spiral right?

And Spiral Energy in particular closely matches Chaos?

>>30769115
We just have to control it! It'll be fine if we try to control everything hard enough!

>>30769115
So Shadow is Nia then.

>>30769049

Sounds like something Adavan could have told us. We really should talk with him more.

>>30769159
>"Lien."
>"Shadow."
>"Lien."
>"Shadow."
>"Lien."
>"Shadow."
>"Lien."
>"Shadow."
>"I gotta go."

"Steward," you say, "we need to talk."

"I am already halting the dismantling of the Jump Drive," Steward says. "We can observe it at another time. Having it in position and functional upon this craft is high-priority."

"You read my mind."

"I predicted what you would say."

"Same difference," Abigail says. "Let's go downstairs!"

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The weapons room is an impressive array of wall-mounted screens and seating. The dim, windowless room blinks with the lights of dozens of screens. If it's kept its outer armor, then in addition to the Nemesis's resistance to magic, it's probably almost impenetrable.

You sit down at one of the seats. A set of handles with several triggers clicks out of the wall in front of you. The screen lowers down to where your head is. An image of the valley's north face appears before you. A targeting reticule with various notches and percentages flickers to life over the landscape. A multicolored region around the target shows the boarders of the cannon's collateral damage.

"Wow. This is impressive."

Auriel is going crazy with her own seat, swiveling her chosen gun about. The seat actually rises and shifts with her as she pushes the aim as far as it can go in each direction. "Absolutely beautiful. I could get use to this."

"You'll have to stay on the upper bridge, Captain," Tyrael says. "Don't worry, I'll take care of things down here."

"Like I'd let you steal all the fun," she says. She jumps out of her chair and faces Tyrael. Her face looks like death. "Are there any settlements around here?"

>con't

And you fucks said that the Nemesis was useless.

"Map said the closest town was twenty miles east."

"Good," she says. "Were testing the cannons. We're going to find the most powerful and accurate ones. I want to know what our range needs to be for 100% accuracy."

"What for?" you ask. "I mean, besides the obvious. Does accuracy always need to be 100%?"

"No," she says, "but for what I have in mind, it does."

"What are you planning?"

"I'll tell you in a bit, when we have everyone together. Especially Hemmelus. Otherwise I won't know if it'll work."

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Target practice commences. You feel sorry for the valley.

It takes Auriel about an hour to decide on a twin set of very long, thin cannons set directly under the weapons room as being the best tradeoff of power and accuracy. You also learn that you can shoot while the ship is cloaked, though you can't avoid the bursts of energy that come from the cannons. And Tyrael tells you that a smart enemy would try to trace the path of shells back to their source, anyway - that's what they did when enemies were at a vast distance, or at a different altitude.

What do you do now?

>return to Arland and talk to Fang
>fly to Haven, pick up the Jump Drive's wreckage
>return to Arland, gather allies for planning
>some other strategy

>>30769280

Just wait until we get our hands on the Norialev and a dynamo.

>>30769293
>fly to Haven, pick up the Jump Drive's wreckage

Is teleporting faster or flying? We can Pocket the jump drive after all.

>fly to Haven, pick up the Jump Drive's wreckage
Teleporting is teleporting and we can surprise anyone by teleporting undercloak.

>>30769293
>>fly to Haven, pick up the Jump Drive's wreckage
then
>>return to Arland and talk to Fang

>>30769293
>>return to Arland and talk to Fang

>>30769293
>>fly to Haven, pick up the Jump Drive's wreckage
>>return to Arland, gather allies for planning

>>30769293
>fly to Haven, pick up the Jump Drive's wreckage
then
>return to Arland and talk to Fang
then
>gather allies for planning

>>30769280
It was useless.

Keyword /was/.

>>30769293

>Fly to Arland with all relevant members.

>Send Auriel and Steward out in the Nemesis. First pick up the Jump Drive, then have them comb over the wrecks in the shiprakers for usable parts.

>>30769293
>>some other strategy

Talk about Manufacturing Power Cores with Steward.
We know how, he doesn't know we know, fix that while we're discussing machinery.

Pick up/pull out shade, and go over how you did it with steward

>>30769368
It always had these features. We just weren't using them properly.

It isn't the Bows fault that the Archer is using it as a club.

>>30769293
"If anyone knows of any unusable airship wrecks, now would be a good time to speak up."

"Steward, if you've got any non-functioning items you have no need of, we could integrate them into this vessel."

>>30769376

This. Oh god, if we do ANYthing, give steward a way to replace his losses in the coming battle.

It shouldn't take much effort to just show him how - and it frees up all those robots they have scouring the wastes for extra derelict cores.

>>30769280

That was before we found out it was like us. An all consuming ever evolving death machine. We just didn't realize we had to feed it first.

>>30769401
>>30769376
This SM.

>>30769368
Why would the Shiprakers have Airship parts?

>>30769293
>return to Arland and talk to Fang
It'd be faster for us to just teleport to Haven and pocket the Jump Drive.

Also, ask Steward if he wouldn't mind integrate some kind of corridor in one of City 001's mana pool generators?

In case we need to stop by sometimes?

>>30769376

Seconded

>>30769376
>>30769401
Seconding.

>>30769409
We crashed a ship there many a thread ago

>>30769376
>>30769408
>>30769412
>>30769416

He has a Power Core manufacturing plant. He knows how to make them

>>30769368

Can't we just eat what's left of the Norialev?

>>30769427
It is now at Haven. We moved it.

>>30769432
Why not let our Airship of Doom eat it? IT's not like it has much Magic anyw

>>30769376

Yesssssssssssssssss

>"Steward," you say, "we need to talk."
>"I am already halting the dismantling of the Jump Drive," Steward says. "We can observe it at another time. Having it in position and functional upon this craft is high-priority."
>"You read my mind."
>"I predicted what you would say."

"Bet you didn't predict this! i've got a surprise for you! Behold! I remembered how power cores work, AND i found some notes on dynamo construction in Xile - i lost em, but I remember the gist. Lets talk ENGINEERING"

Also:
I would like to see new robot designs with a) multiple Power Cores working in synch, which later evolves into: An Order-Chaos nullification engine, with a power core of shadow and, say, earth using the energies released when they cancel out(that we ooc call xp) to Power Things.

>>30769439

By "we", I meant our magical floating fortress of DOOM.

>>30769397
This

>>30769453
Steward already knows how to make Power Cores.

His main base was a Power Cre manufacturing plant, and it's why 002 didn't attack him.

>>30769397
YES

LET US FEED THE NEMESIS

We should sneak into the Kan-Abar airspace and steal airships out from under them. Like, pocket all their airships in a single night, and then feed them to the nemesis.

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>>30769453
>I would like to see new robot designs with a) multiple Power Cores working in synch, which later evolves into: An Order-Chaos nullification engine, with a power core of shadow and, say, earth using the energies released when they cancel out(that we ooc call xp) to Power Things.

ahahahaha

Abby! Feed more Magilithium crystals into the shadow core!
Weapons to maximum!

>>30769453

We already talked to him about that a fair bit. We only know how to infuse a dynamo with energy, but making the core shell is still lost knowledge.

So how many people can the nemesis hold comfortably for an extended period of time?

>>30769488

The problem with the nemesis is the same as the one with Shadow
it can only be in one place at once.

Eating Everything is kind of nice.

But having an army that can take a region, instead of a city, is better.

A better use of stealing enemy airships would just be to straight up give them to Steward, as troop transports.

>>30769488
Yes.

>>30769293

Yup. Talk power cores to steward already, SM

Fuck it, lets just build a shadow pool into the Nemesis. Jump into the shadow core. Then reboot the quest as "Nemesis Shadow Quest" where all we do is fly around, blow shit up, and eat other airships.

We need to go Airship pocketing.

With our stealth and speed of retreat it shouldn't be all that hard.

>>30769293
>weapons checklist:
Underbelly Citykiller Artillery Gloom Cannon
Precision Phaser Beams
Lightning AA cannons

Anything else, SM?

Oh shit!

Get Steward to make a target painter to link into the Nemesis airship cannons!
Distribute them to ground forces for targeting support!

>>30769517
see>>30769482

>>30769518
Gentlemen
we have our space station
all we need to do is get it up there, which should be easy point it up and activate jumpdrive

>>30769536
He said it was covered 360 degrees with weapons.

>>30769527

A better bet would be to interrupt the summoning of the last demon lord, though.

lords may be powerful, and going after them may attract the others, but striking at the summoning in progress? Not tied fully to the others, yet, and it may give us the most essential of things:
More Time to prepare. If it buys us another week to get ready, we'll be golden.

>>30769499
I rather have a monster than a fleet of mosquito.

>>30769488
I'm all for feeding the Nemesis more ships, but I think it should be destroyed parts from now on.

One airship is good, but with two or three you can be doing multiple things at once.

Guys.

Guys.

>Fly to Xile
>Cannibalize chunks of Xile

>>30769482
>Steward already knows how to make Power Cores.

No, he doesn't. They lost core and dynamo construction knowledge, which is why city 001 and 002 were constantly fighting over robot scraps in the desert.

Facilities doesn't = Knowledge.
It just means when he GETS the knowledge, he can use it immediately.

Also, Power Cores do not = Dynamos.

>>30769556
How about a good balance inbetween?

>>30769553
*Cough* Hemmelus' plan involved the interception of the summoning of hyperion as sandy intercepts the summoning of the fifth *cough*

>>30769556

Those mosquitoes range in size from a small house to a 50 story building.

>>30769553
That is the plan.

It won't be summoned until a week from now. Right now they are just gathering power.

>>30769572
xile is not airship, it is air land, made of rock and crazy people and shadow horrors

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>>30769572

>>30769580
>>30769577
I'm in the party of quality over quantity.

>>30769575
They lost the ability to make dynamo shells, not power cores.

They were making power cores.

>>30769600

We can have both.

>>30769586

but it DOES have a magitech hover engine keeping the core of the thing afloat, and we had hints it was breaking/failing/getting run down

>>30769600
>>30769602
Who knows? Maybe if we feed it another 2 or 3 thy will be able to detach and fight independently?

Plus they would be better than they are know because Artifact.

>>30769536
>target painters/beacons for our mages to link to the nemesis

this is great. air to ground support

>>30769632

The best part about the Nemesis' shadow weaponry is that it benefits from Eclipse :3

>>30769626
linked wrong on the second one.

>>30769620
ok so all we would have to do is shove it right up the nemisis like a supository and hope for the best.

realy what do you expect it would even do if it were possible, make the neemisis fly?

>>30769641
Oh god.

What if it can get its own Eclipse?

>>30769626
well there is no way of knowing unless we tried, plus this thing is huge, and i like the idea of it eating so much that it creates babies.

>>30769666
We still haven't tried integrating ourselves with it like we did the Noir-rave.

>>30769666
SM?....please?

>>30769641

We really should get Steward to make an AI that can link into The Nemesis, then make it a Chosen with shadow tree so it can cast shadow spells. Add a Shadow Pool built right into the airship and we have successfully broken the game.

>>30769686
that wasnt intergration it was using ourselves as a dynamo to power the warp to get us the fuck out, we were taking damage from it too.

>>30769666
>What if it can get its own Eclipse?

We'd have to build it a Main Deflector Dish for that, i think

>>30769734
But we are stronger now. We can be a better dynamo!

>>30769713
We can't add Shadow Mana Polls into the Airship.

We (probably) can't servant/chosen constructs.

Other mages (almost 100% sure) can't integrate with the Airship like we can.

airships are literally my favourite thing in this setting

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>>30769736
so something like this?

>>30769759

Bullshit.

All dat is Unconfirmed.

Hypothises? Not possible.
Testing Protols available!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK4gv11PTI8

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You speak with Steward about Shade, and how you made a power core. He pays rapt attention the entire time and inspects your robot with a critical eye.

"Can I dismantle and examine this unit more carefully after we arrive in Haven?"

"...uh...Shade, you don't mind?"

"I do not have a mind to mind," Shade says mechanically. "I exist to obey your orders."

"...I'll take that as a yes."

"Good," Steward says. "we may make significant progress. We will need to be able to replace our losses in the future, and create new units. Relying on ancient versions of our mobile platforms is unwieldy and at times risky."

"Anything you can think to add to the Nemesis?"

Steward shakes his head. "Current resources are fueling the war effort. I apologize, Shadow, but bringing up our equipment is taking up all the labor we have to spare."

"Not at all. Keep it in mind for me."

"We will do so."

You also give Steward all the information you have on dynamos, including the scraps you picked up in Xile, as well as the time you were able to charge a new, functional dynamo on the Nemesis.

He takes it all into account, but again says that time will be needed - especially with less than a week before you strike at the demons.

"I had another idea."

"Indeed."

"What if our ground forces could paint targets for the guns? Help the gunners find things of importance that they needed to take down?"

Steward pauses. He is still and silent as he communicates with his compatriots several hundred miles away. "That has strong potential application. I will put several of my drones in the weapons room to study the systems linking the weapons together. At worst, they can communicate with my own constructs on the ground as manual spotters."

>con't

>>30769770
Yes.

>>30769759
They sorta can. Vellik had his clone power one of those dynamo Hammer of Geb death robot things to fight off a demon lord and let him escape.

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You fly the ship to Haven.

Upon landing, you discover a field of some 200 robots already milling about Haven like ants. The fortress looks different - it's bristling with steel, reinforced on all sides. They're rapidly constructing additional surface structures.

"What are you making?" you ask Steward.

"Housing of a more adequate nature. Your cabins were rather bare."

"True."

"We will not risk Haven's secrecy. Most construction is taking place underground. The direct tunnel to Va'ad is almost completed. In time, we plan to add high-speed transport. With your permission we could attempt to set up a permanent portal, but those can be dangerous if breached by the enemy."

"Keep things conservative for now."

"I will do so."

A group of twenty robots is carrying a part of the Noiralev toward you even as you land. In short order, they hoist it up and leave it in the docking area of the ship. Black beams of light secure the mess of wires and valves and hydraulics. Everyone braces as you press the cannibalize button.

-COMMENCING CANNIBALIZATION-
-REPAIR CRITICAL-
-COMMENCING REPAIR-

Numbers flash on the command console. They're counting down. Inspection of the jump drive shows the black beams flickering and moving around in a repetitive, robotic fashion. Steward tells you that it appears they are scanning the structure of the drive. You quickly surmise that it will take two days for the Jump Drive to be repaired to a state in which is can be integrated into the ship.

>con't

>>30769781
The shadow mana pool thing is confirmed.

The Other mages thing is probably true.

We don't know on servanting constructs

>>30769776

Oh lord.

Our airship will BLOT OUT THE SUN.


Wait.

It has a wind core, yes?

.... I want to shove the staff of winds in the nemesis reactor like a magical uranium power rod, now

>>30769821
>Our airship will BLOT OUT THE SUN.

and then our golems will fight with the Shade

>>30769793
That wasn't a Dynamo, just a strong Power Core. and he just piloted a suit of armor.

Auriel is practically beside herself as she watches the ship work. "You seem happy."

"Extremely." She puts her hands on her hips. "...this is my element, shadow. I started as a healer, but I rose as an airship pilot, and then I became a captain. They attacked us before. They were able to assess the Nemesis. But we'll keep adding onto it, giving it new capabilities that they won't be able to predict. They think they have us figured out. We have another surprise on our side." She puts a hand on the steel support lining the glass wall of the bridge. "Hemmelus's spell will give us our window of opportunity, but this is the sword that will cut Donovan's chains. Just you wait."

>>30769495

We'll say 2000 for a month given the storage space you have for food and water. That's with current space.

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Two hours later, the airship lands in Arland once more, fully cloaked.

You've got an hour until the meeting.

What do you do?

>talk to Auriel about your captive angel, and how to approach Raphael and Charmeine
>speak with Fang about his mini-airship fleet
>gather allies to discuss the chronomancy plan
>some other strategy

>assuming you can pick from this list, let's have you able to do two of the three prior to the meeting

>>30769781

You can't put mana pools on an airship. Equipment to stabilize them is too sensitive for mobility, they'd eat through the ship.

You can only servant/chosen things that have souls, like people.

>>30769809
oh mein gott

our airship has supreme commander tier construction capabilities.

>>30769783
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK4gv11PTI8

hahhahaha oh god am I the only one here who noticed that, and that it WASN'T two steps from hell?

>>30769809
>part of the Noiralev

A part?

What happened to the rest of it?

>demons win, take over va'ad
>all airships group up
>Nemesis is the center of the fleet
>set out into the chaos void
>to find a new home
>Battlestar Nemesis

>>30769843
>>talk to Auriel about your captive angel, and how to approach Raphael and Charmeine
>>speak with Fang about his mini-airship fleet
We can do both of these in and hour

If we have time then do the third one.

>>30769843
>talk to Auriel about your captive angel, and how to approach Raphael and Charmeine
>gather allies to discuss the chronomancy plan

I believe these take priority, we can talk about Fangs airships after the meeting I hope (during the double date), before mediating on our shards for the night.

>>30769843
>>speak with Fang about his mini-airship fleet

We need to discuss the possibility of using the nemesis as a carrier for them

>>30769862
Congrats anon, you can read

>>30769866

It's relatively useless, twisted wreckage, a vast portion of which you already used to help build Haven.

I guess it could add a few more rooms or storage space to the Nemesis but it's not a big deal.

Otherwise, the robots will use it as construction materials.

>>30769871
Honestly this is a completely acceptable course for the quest.

>>30769866

previously canabalised to provide resources to build Haven and the initial containment chamber for the mana pool...

>>30769843
>You can't put mana pools on an airship. Equipment to stabilize them is too sensitive for mobility, they'd eat through the ship.

Any Comments for the press on the Order-Chaos Nullification Drive?

>>30769843
>talk to Auriel about your captive angel, and how to approach Raphael and Charmeine
>gather allies to discuss the chronomancy plan

>>30769893

Well, how much of the weaponry and armor did we manage to salvage from it at least?

>>30769843
>You can only servant/chosen things that have souls, like people.

You better not tell me Steward doesn't have a soul. If he doesn't, we are fucking Erebus, we will make him one.

>>30769843
>>talk to Auriel about your captive angel, and how to approach Raphael and Charmeine
>>speak with Fang about his mini-airship fleet
>>gather allies to discuss the chronomancy plan
An hour is more than enough time to do all three.

>>30769843
>talk to Auriel about your captive angel, and how to approach Raphael and Charmeine
>gather allies to discuss the chronomancy plan

>>30769843
>talk to Auriel about your captive angel, and how to approach Raphael and Charmeine
>gather allies to discuss the chronomancy plan

I think that these are the more important ones for now. We can discuss the mini-airship fleet after the meeting.

I really want Auriel to learn how to telepathy.

>>30769915
>you can do two of three of these listed items in an hour