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I'm glad to see that you do not buy your own train of logic. It makes you far more agreeable, I find.

1. Implied ad hominem. Definite ad homo sit in medio.
2. Sorry for the terrible Latin.
3. That's not my logic at all.

My point is that you can't destroy planets with a personal amp, because the attempt will create an overload. And the AM has a personal universal amp - while it is hardly standard equipment, it still has the limitation of draining you and overloading when you try to do too much with it, because that's how amps work - exactly the same as manipulators, but with a different control mechanism.

You say that as if there's some kind of hard barrier where, beyond X point, overloads are inevitable. It seems to be more of a sliding scale. Manipulators are presumably towards the "low" end, but people who are skilled in or naturally inclined towards amp use can presumably push the limits more.

Most laws of physics only apply to the present/near-future, though, and are subject to change.

Not true, not true, not true. Name one law of physics that got overturned in any meaningful way in the last century or two.

As kids napping is pointless, naptime is a waste of time.

Quote from: kj1225 on April 03, 2014, 02:48:08 pm

Check the persona wiki.

((Should heal him by a percentage that I signified. Around about 10% or something.))

Alright. Kyle is at 300 hit points then, I believe?

The soldiers attack Kyle with a combination of melee weapons and guns, while the demons hop, hover, or step into good vantage points and start using magic.
Soldiers: [46+5v9+11][7+5v8+11-5][37+5v26+11-10][21+5v47+11-15][37+5v46+11-20]
Demons: [46+15v37+11-25][25+15v25+11-27][39+15v17+11-29]
Oh dear. The demons and soldiers seem to have gotten into a rhythm. The soldiers even seem to be finding chinks in the literal armor, or ways around it. Turns out, yanking your head side to side hard enough hurts no matter how much armor you wear.
Soldier Damage: [30+5+10v46+19][47+5+10v17+19][49+5+10v42+19], *5 each
Demon Damage: [40+15+10v48+15][37+15+10v26+15][17+15+10v4+15], *2 each
0*5+0*5+3*5+2*2+26*2+23*2=0+0+15+4+52+46=117
Turns out that that helmet-messing-with hurt the most. Except the magic. That hurt more.
Kyle is now at 183 hit points.

"Oh, you can still talk? How wonderful. Since when did I say my loyalties lay with a bunch of humans and their pet robots?"Sen starts to laugh but is still formulating the plan mentally.

"...What the hell's going on?"

"Accured demons. You stand no chance."

One of the demons taps ICARUS confusedly with a tentacle thing.
(It's kinda like a cross between a human and a displacer beast, only more indigo than purple.)

The trout goes down again, only to be teleported in front of her. This raises Bartimaeus's mood as he watches the perpetual cycle continue.

Nope. Will picks up Bartimaeus.
"I'm not sure if I should be angrier at the demon for screwing with Meme, or Meme for eating it. Meme, no eating anything that thinks or talks."

is this..
a mistake??

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on April 03, 2014, 05:37:17 pm

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FROM THE GREAT GWJESUS??
this is an event i will remember for the rest of my life.

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But try with some kerbonauts, just to be sure?

They're, like, five kilograms lighter. Or maybe 2.5. Something like that. 6%, tops. It's not enough to matter enough to do anything with.

The biggest problem? Evidence was not even tried.

Can we make "lowly fleshgolems" now? And are they "true zombies" or no?

The other day, I rewatched some (most) of Danny's videos, including the ones with the return cannon and the mass relay. I'm thinking...I failed to do anything with Mainsails, but could I manage something with the NASA or KW parts?

First, let's see what the strongest rockets are. I know the Griffon XX (the strongest rocket in KW) has a thrust of 4900, more than triple the Mainsail's 1500. But what about the new parts for asteroid wrangling? The S3 engine cluster has "only" 2500 units of thrust. Griffon it is.

For the first test, I'm shooting straight up. No point in trying to shoot for orbit if I can't move anything above the atmosphere.



The little OKTO2 is probably the second-lightest thing I can launch, and at 0.04 tons, it's only a little heavier than a kerbonaut.

A launch is tried. The first attempt is a failure, because I forgot to throttle up before starting. The second failed, but I don't know why. I try a third, activating the engine before separating the probe, and...well, it starts, but it doesn't propel the probe, for reasons which are obvious within seconds of coming in closer.


Time to go asymmetric, I guess...or I could launch four!


Bingo.
I adjust the staging so the probes are dropped before the launch rather than after, and we're ready to go.
On one hand, it works; the probes are launched high.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/lThWHX7.png[/img

On the other hand, not very high; they only reach 2,227 meters. They make it less than a minute before crashing into the ground near the launchpad. Yeah...this is hopeless without some cheaty parts.