You are correct. My waffles are being digested. Now answer me this...
Are the Pylon and all its computer systems protected from:
-Viruses?
-Electric surges?
-Water?
-Extreme heat and cold?
-Lawyers?

I hereby claim this page in the name of the War Tavern.

Originally Posted by Lem_Gambino

You are correct. My waffles are being digested. Now answer me this...
Are the Pylon and all its computer systems protected from:
-Viruses?
-Electric surges?
-Water?
-Extreme heat and cold?
-Lawyers?

I hereby claim this page in the name of the War Tavern.

-It's computer system is isolated from the mainframe, so the only way to get a virus in it would be to walk up to it, install the virus (though it has no floppy drive, so instead code the virus), and hope the autodefensed don't kill you beforehand. And also hope the virus is better than the Pylon's antivirus systems. So, yes.
-It has a layer of insulative material, and it's internal power serves as a serge protector. So, yes.
-It is also waterproof. So, yes.
-The only way to create extreme heat or cold around it reliably is to use magic. And Xion annoyed me to give it defenses against magic. So, yes.
-Yes.

The best way to take it out would be to get rid of all it's defenses and damage it enough for an electrician to get in and shut it off from the inside.

You just love making stuff hard, don't you? I'll get on ths as soon as my slave drivers teachers stop torturing bombarding me with menial labor homework. DX

The only thing I am doing is keeping you from taking an easy solution that requires you to do nearly nothing, like Xion keeps trying to do.

Originally Posted by Lem_Gambino

I suggest putting extra guards around the power grids

I am STILL here. And I'm evil.

Originally Posted by RSPSS FR

Why have you never used this skill before?

Huge MP drain... And have you ever heard of something called "shooting blind" before? Yeah. So while I'm off randsacking a part of the base your flunkies could be fixing two. Granted, with this power I can be in three places at once creating chaos, I cannot wipe out the entire base in one snap due to the fact that I would be destroying the pylon, not just disabling it.

Besides, I'm subrised you haven't noticed that I didn't go after Tangent in this attack...I'd rather face him in a head-on battle than to lame him.

Xion yawns. "I think that's enough chaos for tonight." Xion mumbles, then heads off to bed.

Xion's Stats:

HP: 12/250
MP: 0/325
JP: 0/10

Originally Posted by Agent Cooba

I am STILL here. And I'm evil.

Yes, but you haven't done anything in like, forever.

That's one thing I hate. Somebody thinking up an amazing power and thinking up a limitation to it later, to try to make me not as angry about it. And Xion, you already have skills that have a huge MP drain (when you use one of your uber kill-the-enemy-in-one-hit spell combos), but you are able to use them all the time.

::::::Status::::::
Generators - online
Pylon- system stable. repairs in progress
Defense systems- online
Communications systems- online
Command systems- online

On tier 1 alert

All roads lead to Rome.

Come on! Start the raid! Your insessent pointless plans won't work.

I think Xion is too scared to start the raid, and that is why he keeps trying to find a maricle solution to the Pylon problem, so he can call in reinforcements whenever he wants and run away whenever he wants.

Xion rolls over in his sleep with a groan. "Why can't I sleep..." Xion mumbles, looking at the clock. "Two in the morning..." Xion looks down at the floor to see Rach asleep. "While everybody else in the complex sleeps." Xion gets up, wanders around, and stares out the window. "I guess I'm not completely used to this new shell, it seems." Xion says, followed by a sigh. Xion glances at the computer to see the repair crew fixing the broken power cord. Xion digs in his pocket for a small red flask. Xion pours the liquid inside, ruby red, into a cup of coffee like creamer. Xion sips the coffee as he watches the flunkies fix the cord, and the Pylon itself. "Seemingly, the communications terminal was uneffected. Just some damage to the control panel. Easily fixed, I assume." Xion sips his coffee again, and sits back in his chair. Tia walks into the room rubbing her eyes. "Can't sleep?" Xion says to Tia, and she nods silently. "Well, it seems like my little siege did nothing to Tangent." Xion points to the computer with his coffee.

"You what?" Tia says, still half-asleep. "I'm not quite sure I understood you correctly. You made a siege on Tangent's base?" Xion nods, and points at the broken power cord. "How'd you do that?" Tia asks.

"Watch." Xion says, forming a small portal near him. Xion aims with the aid of the computer. *ZIP* the power cord about a yard above the contained black holes now has been severed halfway. "Isn't that amazing?" Xion says, closing the portal. "The only problem is that it's a huge mental drain. That's the last of my powers untill I regain them with some rest."

"Well you're not going to get any drinking coffee." Tia says. She then notices Xion shaking an empty flask with his other hand. "Ah. Ether?" Xion shakes his head, then offers Tia a sip of his coffee. "Thank you." Tia carefully takes a sip, then licks her lips. "Ah. A potion."

"Yeah, I'm trying to cut back on my Ethers...since they're so rare. Baguba only gets a shipment of two thousand each month, so I gotta make them last when I get them." Xion says with a smile. "Besides, I can channel my HP into MP."

"Oh?" Tia says, curious. "Can you teach me how to do this?" Xion reaches for Tia's ear. "What are you doing?"

"Remember that chip I told you to put in your ear?" Xion says, softly moving her ear into his view. "And if it is seated properly, you should already know how to do this." Xion pushes the chip in Tia's left ear firmly, making sure it in. Tia winces. "Sorry...sorry..." Xion says, fondling Tia's ear.

"No problems...I had worse before." Tia says, fondling her ear with Xion. "Remember when Finnigan came in wounded from battle?" Tia lifts her shirt slightly to reveal a large scar across her right side. "He was not only Bezerked, he was confused. So he attacked me while I was trying to heal him. Bangaa spike right across. Almost missed me, but hurt like crazy. Malta had to heal us both after she casted Esuna." Xion winces while Tia tells her story.

"Ow, yeah...I remember that. Don't worry, he got his when he came back to base." Xion says.

"Yeah...anyways, what happened with Rach?" Tia says, looking at rach on the floor sleeping.

"The only thing I can think of is that she has never had a feminine touch...and it drove her crazy. Other than that, I cannot see any reason she would act that way." Xion says, looking at Rach. Xion takes a sip of his coffee, then looks back at his computer. Tia sits on the arm next to Xion. "Thanks Tia, this night may go better than sitting here and monitoring Tangent." Xion says with a smile.

And Risp, I am trying to get Malta and Tia to that plane so they can revive Rain and Soala...And yes, to bring me to the siege of that base.

Yes, but there are other ways for that, that do not involve moving so fast you can create a sonic boom and then run rings around it.

Like time travel.

Are the black holes protected from magic? How long will the power grids last?

Ah, L_G. Also looking for the easy way?

Black holes absorb magic. That would increase their power output for a short while. The power grid would last a few days.

Strato makes the raid harder.

So, L_G, all this trying to find a way around everything and being lazy is making the eventual siege harder. So, unless you want to loose, you should try to get to the point.

Guess you leave me no choice then...*evil villain voice* I, Garland, will KNOCK YOU ALL DOWN!!!*/evil villain voice*

Interceptor:
Class: Armored Assualt Transport
HP: 200000/200000
MP: 30000/30000
SP(Spirit Points, regained after every turn): 10
Total SP: 99 (max SP is 99, cannot be exceeded)
Weapon Attack: 528
Weapon Defense: 601
Magic Attack: 483
Magic Defense: 372
Speed: 741

Weapons:
Firaga Cannon- Power: 200
Waterga Cannon- Power: 200
Thundaga Cannon- Power: 200
Blizzaga Cannon- Power: 200
NOTE: The above cannons behave the same way as the Gun Mage's Enchanted Bullets.
Ultima Cannon- Power: 350 MP: 90
X-Cannon- Power: 400 SP: 10
Moon Gun- Power: 400 SP: 5 per shot; can fire up to three shots into later rounds
Servokinetic Laser- Power: 90
Dispersion Cannon- Power: 100 Fires seven shots in a spray pattern.
Rapid-Fire Laser- Power: 50d20
Dead-On Missiles- Power: 150 SP: 2
Viper Missiles- Power: 150 SP: 5 Homes in on target.
Bion Fury Missiles- Power: 210 SP: 9
Hyper Cannon- Power: 600 SP: 99 Damages a wide area.
Noshield- Blocks magic for one turn. MP: same as the spell cast at it.
Cheap Magic Protection- Negates magic and attacks that reduce HP by a specific amount. (i.e.: Demi, and that weird attack that Tangent uses to drop a foe's HP to one)

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You really think that well help much? I mean, at most, you will only be able to use it at the first stage of the siege. Unless you want to use a SUPER PLOT POWER LOL!!!!!1 and destroy the base, thus ripping the universe to shreds and killing us all without any chance of anyone being ever revived in the lifespan of the universe (even for Xion). And, in fact, it will only make you weaker, in a way. But, if you want to, go ahead.

O_o? Did you really think I was going to blow up the whole base? Well, I am, but I'll try to do as little, if not zero damage to the pylon as possible. Where is it located? (If you say it's in the middle of the base I'll rip your heart out spam your inbox like there's no tomorrow. I think. Mweehehehehe.

If you even try a demolish-with-spaceship job, you would find your ship in little peices flying away at hight speeds.

That's why I stockpiled repair kits and elixirs. >XD

One heavy defense turret could destroy your Interceptor in ten turns. If you launch a demolish mission, I will deploy 50 of them.

But anyway, before I go, I might as well cut the chase. You are unable to damage the base, since the base has no stats and thus such an attack would be considered a plot device.

*cough*Haste*cough*Distance*cough*
I don't know what I'll do. Maybe I'll just *TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED*

Originally Posted by RSPSS FR

One heavy defense turret could destroy your Interceptor in ten turns. If you launch a demolish mission, I will deploy 50 of them.

But anyway, before I go, I might as well cut the chase. You are unable to damage the base, since the base has no stats and thus such an attack would be considered a plot device.

Waiiiiiiiit a second. I don't think it's considered a plot device. If the base has no stats, that means that:
HP: 0
MP: 0
SP: 0
Weapon Attack: 0
Weapon Defense: 0
Magic Attack: 0
Magic Defense: 0
Speed: 0
Attacks: None

If the base's HP is zero, then that means the base is destroyed...I don't count the pylon and any defensive stuff as part of the base since they are their own units, like in Warcraft. If the base has no stats, then that means either:
-You just have a wide open area with a bunch of turrets around a Pylon,
OR
-The base doesn't exist at all,
OR
-I just dun git eet!

If my comment ticks you off, I'm sorry. I just thought it would be weird to explain the concept of no stats. This is just a random thought that I had that shouldn't interfere with teh playing of teh game. Ah heck, just ignore this post altogether. Don't worry, I'll get this Pylon down without destroying anything (unless Xion beats to me it, which he probably won't) and we can focus on more important matters...like the Tales of the Tavern Thread.

Now that I think about, time travel does sound like a good idea...*goes off to contemplate plan to take this sucker out*

In RPGs they do not give things like mountains and cities HP stats; does that mean those mountains and cities have 0 HP and thus they do not exist?
Planets do not have HP stats; does that mean planets do not exist?

If you like, I will define the base's HP as infinate.

No, when an object is determined to be "Not destroyable" You call their armor Invulnerable. Granted, they do have no HP nor anything else, but do they really need HP if you cannot touch their HP?

Xion is now fast asleep in his chair, coffee finished. Tia is laying on him.

@Risp: No, that won't be necessary.
@Xion: The base is part of the scenery. It cannot be destroyed unless it's part of the storyline or a cutscene.

L_G sits there on Snake Road, thinking about recent events. "As long as that Pylon is up, I can't go back home. It's time to pull out the big guns," says L_G. He takes out a piece of paper and scribbles a note on it:

Dear Beth and my past self,
By the time you read this, I will no longer exist. I have reached a roadblock in the future that's preventing me from going home. Surely you have heard of Strato and his Peep army; they set up a Pylon that's blocking interdimensional travel. There are powerful enemies guarding it; enemies that I cannot defeat myself. I must ask you to take my past self to the Shadow Realm, and use the provided Interceptor II to escape before Strato catches up to you. I wish you the best of luck.

Going to miss you in the future,
-Future L_G

L_G sighs. He was hoping it wouldn't come to this...
"No matter," says L_G. "I must do what I can to save myself."
L_G takes out the Ocarina of Time. He digs around the jumbled-up thoughts of his mind to find the one asong that can save everything:
C-Right, A, C-Down, C-Right, A, C-Down.
L_G tapped out the destination on his feet, and a time portal opened. L_G takes a deep breath, and steps through.

* * *

Somewhere back in the past, L_G appears out of thin air. He looks out into the distance, seeing nothing but mucky oceans. L_G shakes his head and says, "Risp and Strato shouldn't have com after me...now they'll pay dearly!"
Following the faint energy signal of his petrified self, L_G blazes across the landscape. It only takes a few minutes for L_G to find that he was not alone: Beth and her platoon have already arrived.
L_G flies up to them and says, "Hi."
Beth turns and gasps. "It...It's you! But how? I don't understand..."
"Allow me to explain," begins L_G. "I'm from the future."

Tia falls off of Xion's side and into his lap. It's now seven in the morning.

Strato raises the moral of his troops.

'Who-who's there?!' thinks Past L_G. 'Auntie Em! Are we still in Kansas?!?!' The seemingly random thought flies out of the petrified knucklehead and hits Past Xion, disturbing whatever he's doing.

Rspss Fr, in his command room, wonders why the tracker spell placed on L_G stopped working. He sighs, and turns to another screen, where another magic amplifier is under construction in the factory bay. On another screen, engineers are working on the outside of the base, placing attack neutralization field generators all around the base's exterior. On yet another screen, Strato is giving an inspirational speech to the troops. Rspss Fr stops on that screen, and listens.

Okay, now I have a better excuse for why you cannot just demolish the base.

Erm...how far in the past are we talking, L_G?

And Strato, you dolt, It's spelled "Morale"

Back when L_G was still a rock. About near the beginning of this thread.

So, around the time I'm in Seabed.

Xion loses his place while typing. "Who are you? How did you get here?"

'I don't know, I'm stuck inside a rock. I think Vanna White and Flint the Time Detective are nearby, playing chess,' telepaths Past L_G. 'I WANT MY PLAY-DOH PLEASE!'
Future L_G sweatdrops. "Was I like this in the past?" he asks Beth. Beth shrugs.

If my interpretations are correct, this entire story to date has only taken a few days, maybe a week. That is not too far back in the past.

That's a good point; too bad forum time doesn't match up with game time...>_<

Too bad indeed.

"Too bad that forum time doesn't match with game time..."

Imagine that we are now near 9th post after you made a sort of flashback.

Cooba slowly got bored. Waiting for fight at tier 5's choke point with some troops isn't so alluring. He expected something better after Risp gave him chance to join (no offence). "Anyway, it's better to have a buddy instead of foe" - he thought. After few minutes he started to snore along with some soldiers.

He dreamt about a cybernetical structure dressed like a princess. Then Tangent accidentally pressed something and machine turned into electric toothbrusher, which after a second turned into red-furred rabbit which came outside and ate enemy's tanks shaped like a buck-toothed fishes.

Then a bell awake Cooba from dream. He instantly shot out over 20 Waterga bullets to empty space filled with non-existing nothingness=less, because he thought that enemies came. Then a computer voice said:

"Alarm testing. Don't worry doods. Alarm testing. Don't worry doods. Alarm testing... bzzt bzzz kazap" - computer said right after battle mage shot at the big speaker on ceiling.

"Shup and eat your veggies... byaaaaaaawn..."