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"The castle is ready for everyone. If you guys actually care about housing."
Kyle looks rather annoyed.

"That was fast. And I imagine that most of the group is interested in not uprooting themselves completely. Aside from you guys, I don't know anyone in Northdale, but I doubt the same can be said of most of you."

"You know what else the Layar did? They came to us. And once they left, we stopped doing things to them, because A. the world wasn't in danger, and B. there was nothing we could do anymore. Same here."

this group of *heroes* really has some fucked up morality

I mean, even it it's a huge stretch that Jack the Ripper can be forgiven 100 years of serial murder because she switched to killing criminals now and needs to do that for survival

Well, to be fair, most of those 100 years were her killing criminals.

this fallen angel (same category as the devil himself)

The lore of this world disagrees with you. Satan is a demon, 100%, no fallen angel crap.
Also, I dare you to find one Bible verse that describes Satan as a fallen angel. That's some fanon right there.

has a killcount thats is likely 100 to 1000 times higher than jack the ripper, and does so purely for the enjoyment, indiscriminately, without needing to do it for survival or anything.

and Hainuwele is the only one who thinks that *this* is the kind of stuff we should protect humanity from? I am sure the Layar killed not even a fraction of what she killed, and even had resources to gain, instead of sheer enjoyment of killing.

why is Luna, the crazy psychopath, the only one who agrees that this angel deserves to be put down?

There is a difference between "should" and "can". The angel's exited stage left, and we're stuck onstage for the rest of our lives.

"Also, mon, it was a job. I enjoy ma job, but tha's what it is."

"...You're not helping your case."

"If this is what you truely believe, then yes Will, you are worthless and should retreat into a cottage in the alps, where you can raise sheep. Their existance would suit you. But everyone else in here bravely stood their ground, silencing their doubts. The fire in them is not extinguished yet. Give them a month to research and prepare and develop a stratagem, and Asariel will fall. We already have the power - all we need now is coordination and preparation"

((and balanced rules . GM bullshit played a very noticable part in this defeat.))

"I'll believe it when I see it."
((If Will knows that, his hatred of fourth-wall exploitation prevents him from acting on that knowledge.))

"The angels killed Yuri's mom and left. You're not going to find many people interested in pursuing revenge against beings who wiped the floor with us last time, let alone investing significant time and effort trying to find and reach them first. There's nothing we can do.
"And what do you expect her to say? 'Oh, by the way, sorry about deciding to be host to an angel who wound up destroying your house'? That doesn't just come up in conversation often."

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(Sure, still manageable, but if aplayer is so disinterested that he can't look up his own turn he might be better off not playing  )

It's less "can't look up [my] own turn," more "it's a pain to stitch together the changes of four others' turns to figure out the status of the world". Especially later in the game...

Buy me better Imgur account and I can post maps every post v:

What, does imgur restrict the number of images you can upload for free?

I'd scoff at #3. The human mind outpowers any computer at present. :I

The human mind is good for some things. Rapid, precise activity? Not one of them.

#1: Minor details, sir. Automated drones cannot beat a sufficiently trained fighter pilot (or, suggest this IC! We'd be happy to test that out)

Hardly minor.
And let's say you're right, that you have some ace pilot better than any computer. Call him Luke. You have one Luke, and his fighter needs to be bloated so it can hold life-support and enough fuel to get there, stop, and get back.
Contrast that with drones, which are a lot cheaper, don't require a masterful, probably fictional pilot, and don't need life support systems or as much fuel.
It's easy to see which wins out in all fields but Force usage...

2: I'd love for this to be proven.

Name something small ships could do better.

Smaller craft ARE more manoeuvrable in space actually, since it would take less energy to shift their mass and velocity into a different direction.

Actually, it would take an identical percentage of their fuel to accelerate the same amount. Basically, they can accelerate just as much, it's just cheaper. Which seems to be the only benefit to smaller ships (assuming the big ones aren't big enough that their inertia tears them apart).

And considering how weapons platforms are? We are still limited by the degree of maneuverability of said platforms.
+1 to fighters!
Take that larger ships. :I

Turrets.

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space based avatars

A big capital ship made of synthflesh...
*shivers* With the innate protection of such a mass of synthflesh, combined with the increased intelligence and self-awareness and overall power, one could have a very dangerous weapon indeed.

Possibly to both the user and the enemy.

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RC that setting idea is awesome. Do make.

thanks, but most probably not. It'll probably be like my ideas for running an RTD: nice concepts, but lack of time and energy prevent me from really getting into it.

Aw.

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Is this "gravity field":
A. something sensors can detect?
B. the only way things in phasespace or whatever interact with the world?
C. actually a gravitational field?
And for that matter, can the gravity fields of two phasing ships interact?

A. It is an inherent property of every object that has any mass. So yes, but only for big objects (like in real life, basically, you can deduce the presence of a massive object by the effect of it's gravity). You could calculate the distance they are likely to leave their jump given mass of two objects though.
B. Haven't worked out all the details, but probably yes.
C. any object just has gravity like it normally does. It's just that, the more mass something has, the greater this 'gravity field' is in te[rm]s of forcing ships out of their jump. You know the usual analogy for gravity, the one with the ball on a big elastic sheet? Well, like that: the more mass, the bigger the distortion in spacetime, so the sooner it disrupt the jumping process.

Oh, I see. Gravity is still caused by and still affects the phased ships, but it can also pull phased ships out of phasedness.
In principle, more advanced and accurate sensors could detect fairly small masses via gravity, correct?