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Re: Defend ULMF! (Sign-up and OOC)
I can and will vouch for Host. I apologize it took us so long to finally come to a decision.
On regards to the Ori ship: For us it was a quick and easy solution since both of us know the layout of it quite well, and in my case extremely. I could probably build one of the damn things if we had the technological level to make it work, and get every minute detail right. I think we both wanted something we knew well, something which would be exceedingly powerful but not completely invincible (yes I know several ways of disabling an Ori ship), and something that would fit the general thought we wanted for my character to settle with. Was there something else we could have used? Probably, almost definitely. As for bringing the Ori themselves in.... That would be a major no. The ONLY place they will be appearing will be the Splinter RP Bartnum and I are running, and that won't be for quite some time.
As for the Thembrihkal, I'll admit, they were originally supposed to be something that could immobilize but would take some time to do so. Unfortunately I failed to take into consideration just what that Vampiric Kiss thing really does, and that has totally thrown off my vision for these things. It was supposed to originally be something where it would make the character grabbed finding it very hard to want to break free, but instead it apparently turns out that instead of that it makes it impossible.
As I mentioned before, I was more forced into having my character kill the one he did prematurely because of a complete error on my part thinking the attack used would be possible for the character grabbed to escape. Obviously, I was wrong on that, and had to do something.
As for the changes Siphon has gone through... His strength and speed won't really ever be returning to normal again. HOWEVER, there is something planned that will be happening soon that will... make him nearly 100% melee oriented rather than having the ability to nuke you from afar. I won't say WHAT that plan is just yet, but I can say that when it comes into action, it will be 100% recognizable, and no mistakes will be made.
Actually, again there I had made a mistake. I had been operating on the assumption that even though my character is a hybrid Wraith, that his body would react the same way Ford (Stargate Atlantis) did when the Wraith feeding on him was suddenly killed. I later found out from someone who is better with these types of things than I am that this was not the case.
When a Wraith feeds on a human, they inject a special enzyme into the body that grants a temporary boost in strength and speed. This is NEEDED because otherwise the trauma undergone while being fed on would shut down the body almost instantly, it's that traumatic. When a Wraith is killed in the middle of feeding, suddenly and instantly, the enzyme floods the victim's body. In Ford's case, it began to break down.
Siphon however, already is part Wraith. Because of that, he already secretes this enzyme into his own body, which is how he manages most of the feats a full Wraith does. Superior Strength, etc etc. However, flooding his body with it, instead of breaking down, it is absorbed into his body, and since now his body is dependent on it in high doses in order to survive, and he can already make it, his body then begins to secrete much more of it than is normal. This results in a permanent change to his physical abilities, and also brought on the half insanity.
I failed to take this into account when I did that, and since I try when I make a change like that to a character of mine to play it as close to being realistic as possible (As Realistic as one can get with Sci-Fi anyway), I needed to have this become what it SHOULD given what he is. This also forced me into considering something. How can I keep this change, but prevent him from being completely invincible no matter what you toss at him? I believe I have found a method that will work for that, and it may not be the only thing I have to do, but it's a start. All I will add is that mentally, after the event I have planned which will weaken him, he will NEVER be the same person again. He will be more withdrawn from the others, he'll be prone to fits of random anger not directed at his team mates, and he'll also be someone that if your not in his circle of friends and comrades, you really won't want to bring certain topics up lest he just rip your limbs off.
With regards to bringing in a Tyrant class creature.... I still might do that as a potential enemy since one of them would be on equal footing with what Siphon has become. Using it as a PC though... Well since for the most part they are almost indestructible... you see my hesitation. Whereas a Rocket would probably kill Siphon if it hit him and blew him up, despite his upgrades, A Tyrant class creature IS surprisingly capable of simply knocking the rocket away and suffering no damage. It takes an insane amount of damage to finally kill one of these things, and sometimes even that isn't enough. The G-Virus creature for example, can withstand damn near anything you can toss at it. The only known thing capable of killing one was an anti-virus bomb that simply destroyed the virus itself, causing the viral weapon to be destroyed. Other than that, Birkin WAS invincible. And hence the reason I say, no one would like it, and even in an OP allowing RP, I personally would consider something that is invincible to any form of weaponry short of biological warfare as being too far OP to allow. Now there may be ways to weaken something like that, but I have not found something plausible enough to work that in yet.
I can and will vouch for Host. I apologize it took us so long to finally come to a decision.
On regards to the Ori ship: For us it was a quick and easy solution since both of us know the layout of it quite well, and in my case extremely. I could probably build one of the damn things if we had the technological level to make it work, and get every minute detail right. I think we both wanted something we knew well, something which would be exceedingly powerful but not completely invincible (yes I know several ways of disabling an Ori ship), and something that would fit the general thought we wanted for my character to settle with. Was there something else we could have used? Probably, almost definitely. As for bringing the Ori themselves in.... That would be a major no. The ONLY place they will be appearing will be the Splinter RP Bartnum and I are running, and that won't be for quite some time.
As for the Thembrihkal, I'll admit, they were originally supposed to be something that could immobilize but would take some time to do so. Unfortunately I failed to take into consideration just what that Vampiric Kiss thing really does, and that has totally thrown off my vision for these things. It was supposed to originally be something where it would make the character grabbed finding it very hard to want to break free, but instead it apparently turns out that instead of that it makes it impossible.
As I mentioned before, I was more forced into having my character kill the one he did prematurely because of a complete error on my part thinking the attack used would be possible for the character grabbed to escape. Obviously, I was wrong on that, and had to do something.
As for the changes Siphon has gone through... His strength and speed won't really ever be returning to normal again. HOWEVER, there is something planned that will be happening soon that will... make him nearly 100% melee oriented rather than having the ability to nuke you from afar. I won't say WHAT that plan is just yet, but I can say that when it comes into action, it will be 100% recognizable, and no mistakes will be made.
Actually, again there I had made a mistake. I had been operating on the assumption that even though my character is a hybrid Wraith, that his body would react the same way Ford (Stargate Atlantis) did when the Wraith feeding on him was suddenly killed. I later found out from someone who is better with these types of things than I am that this was not the case.
When a Wraith feeds on a human, they inject a special enzyme into the body that grants a temporary boost in strength and speed. This is NEEDED because otherwise the trauma undergone while being fed on would shut down the body almost instantly, it's that traumatic. When a Wraith is killed in the middle of feeding, suddenly and instantly, the enzyme floods the victim's body. In Ford's case, it began to break down.
Siphon however, already is part Wraith. Because of that, he already secretes this enzyme into his own body, which is how he manages most of the feats a full Wraith does. Superior Strength, etc etc. However, flooding his body with it, instead of breaking down, it is absorbed into his body, and since now his body is dependent on it in high doses in order to survive, and he can already make it, his body then begins to secrete much more of it than is normal. This results in a permanent change to his physical abilities, and also brought on the half insanity.
I failed to take this into account when I did that, and since I try when I make a change like that to a character of mine to play it as close to being realistic as possible (As Realistic as one can get with Sci-Fi anyway), I needed to have this become what it SHOULD given what he is. This also forced me into considering something. How can I keep this change, but prevent him from being completely invincible no matter what you toss at him? I believe I have found a method that will work for that, and it may not be the only thing I have to do, but it's a start. All I will add is that mentally, after the event I have planned which will weaken him, he will NEVER be the same person again. He will be more withdrawn from the others, he'll be prone to fits of random anger not directed at his team mates, and he'll also be someone that if your not in his circle of friends and comrades, you really won't want to bring certain topics up lest he just rip your limbs off.
With regards to bringing in a Tyrant class creature.... I still might do that as a potential enemy since one of them would be on equal footing with what Siphon has become. Using it as a PC though... Well since for the most part they are almost indestructible... you see my hesitation. Whereas a Rocket would probably kill Siphon if it hit him and blew him up, despite his upgrades, A Tyrant class creature IS surprisingly capable of simply knocking the rocket away and suffering no damage. It takes an insane amount of damage to finally kill one of these things, and sometimes even that isn't enough. The G-Virus creature for example, can withstand damn near anything you can toss at it. The only known thing capable of killing one was an anti-virus bomb that simply destroyed the virus itself, causing the viral weapon to be destroyed. Other than that, Birkin WAS invincible. And hence the reason I say, no one would like it, and even in an OP allowing RP, I personally would consider something that is invincible to any form of weaponry short of biological warfare as being too far OP to allow. Now there may be ways to weaken something like that, but I have not found something plausible enough to work that in yet.
