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[NAV]

Telepathically aiming and shooting guns with a mass amp. Can it be done and what skill(s) would it use?

[AoshimaMichio]

What was release condition for Lurker in the Angles and how long you have been rolling to release it?

[Nunzillor]

Were the sods inspired by A Brave New World?

[NJW2000]

If they were, I wouldn't like to see an alpha.

[Comrade P.]

If they were, I wouldn't like to see an alpha.

Your average HMRC convict Joe is most likely a beta, a sod is an omega, Paracelsus' Sword crew member is a gamma, and an individual with almost complete freedom of action, like our vets, can be deemed alpha.

[syvarris]

If we 3d printed Milno's brain, much the same way as we3d print sod brains, how exactly would copy!Milno be different from old!Milno, personality-wise?

[Parisbre56]

If we 3d printed Milno's brain, much the same way as we3d print sod brains, how exactly would copy!Milno be different from old!Milno, personality-wise?

Same for the deathcube copy function.

[Unholy_Pariah]

if we tricked the lurker in the angles into entering a pocket dimension and then immediately collapse it would that "fix" our origin tech?

[NAV]

Is the "arranger" inspired by caster guns from Outlaw Star? They have almost the exact same appearance and function. Or is it just a neat coincidence?

What's your personal favourite of the new weapons?

[Egan_BW]

Look at all these questions! Now might be a good time for an ER talk hint hint nudge nudge wink wink

[syvarris]

What was supposed to be done on M21?  The team couldn't leave the sphere before the Lurker opened a hole, and they woke it up seemingly arbitrarily.  Were they supposed to wake it, or was that mission supposed to go much different?

Will Hephaestus be updated ever again?  Will it ever be updated frequently again?  I understand if you hate us and want us all to die terrible deaths, but could we at least die quick violent deaths, rather than a slow death by boredom? : ( Oh god I know this is gonna get Saint killed, but I really want something to change. ;-;
There is a Spoiler below, with questions.  Please don't skip it.

Spoiler: More questions inside (click to show/hide)

Let's say we have a hollow glass disk, very thin and about four inches wide.  We fill it with pimpcane metal, and then make it into an omnidirectional forcefield projector.

Forcefields are projected a maximum distance of 250% of the projecting material's thickness, so this could form a disk two feet wide (10"+10"+4").  Since it has pimpcane metal in it, it can be controlled with exo.  Forcefields are exceptionally tough, perfectly sharp, and frictionless, so this is an effective combination shield/weapon.  Plus, you can snap the glass at will, thus making it into an effective grenade as well!  Lastly, it's nearly invisible.

Then again, it has the downsides that if you mess up while moving it, you might accidentally shatter the projector, probably killing yourself.  Also, it's nearly invisible, and has 360 degrees of sharpness, so it's impossible to holster and very easy to harm yourself with.

Does this all function as intended?

@Egan
We probably won't get one until PW finishes with the new exo/unc stuff, because apparently that's eating time right now.  Also, you might want to post that somewhere PW would see--I don't believe he reads this thread before he does a talk.

[Parisbre56]

But when he will end up reading that post due to its baldness, it WILL actually be a good time for an ER talk since he'd be in the middle of one. It would be so meta.

[Radio Controlled]

How many people died as a result of the lurker coming into existence/into our dimension?

Alternative phrasing: just how much blood is on Maurice's team 21's hands?

[Parisbre56]

How many people died as a result of the lurker coming into existence/into our dimension?

Alternative phrasing: just how much blood is on Maurice's team 21's hands?

The alternative phrasing might not be so correct. After all, if the Lurker was going to reach our world one way or the other and he just sped the process up, then all the deaths he is really responsible for are those resulting from the Lurker choosing that solar system as his base of operations (although that is arguable, if the destruction was very likely to reach that place anyway or if the lurker spawning someone else would had made things worse),
those from him not being able to eliminate all amps on planet (although that too is arguable, since if the Lurker wasn't released by him he might have done a lot worse things to amps)
and those resulting from lack of more time to prepare (and that is also arguable since on the other hand he might have shortened the ARM/UWM war significantly, since we now have technological and tactical superiority while the UWM is probably desperately trying to catch up and reorganize its forces, with many of its rather expensive superweapons no longer usable or turned against them. Allowing the Lurker to come in more gradually might have given the UWM time to prepare for it).

[Radio Controlled]

Or maybe they broke the quarantine that would've kept it in. Or made things worse that they would've been. Who knows! That's why pw can see both versions and maybe enlighten us just how equivalent or different they are.