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Westenev

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The Halos destroy all sentient life - the Reapers only want to destroy ADVANCED sentient life so they don't produce robot overlords that will wipe out all organic life in the galaxy.

So activating a halo in its current form would be counter-productive to that purpose.
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11-Jun-2017 04:33:21 - Last edited on 11-Jun-2017 04:34:49 by Westenev

NotFishing

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Westenev said :
Whether or not the Gravemind is successful is an entirely moot point – because if the Gravemind retains proximity to a Reaper, he will eventually come to irreversibly covet it as a servant – no matter what the reaper itself might think or do.

And yet the Gravemind was willing to form a truce with Chief and the Arbiter in order to reach the Ark control room. He isn't some gluttonous monster. He is capable of cunning long term planning.

Westenev said :
Should it come to open warfare, I believe the Reapers take a highly scientific approach. Yes, they would obtain samples of the flood.

How would they get samples, though? The Flood would likely be using Covenant or UNSC ships, which vastly outgun anything the Mass Effect series has to offer.

Westenev said :
Reapers are a force designed to make organics serve them, while the flood are a race that assimilates. These are the REAL factors we should consider.

I could just as easily say the Reapers are the ones who assimilate and the Flood are the ones who make organics serve them. In this context, assimilation/servitude mean the same thing - all Flood serve the Gravemind, and all who are Indoctrinated serve the Reapers.


Honestly, why won't the Logic Plague work on the Reapers? It worked on Mendicant Bias, who was created by one of the most advanced races in Science Fiction - capable of building entire planets, galaxy destroying superweapons, and ships that were up to 50km in length. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

11-Jun-2017 04:40:40

George Rozas

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I see no chaos marines in the midst of those pictures, just stuff from DOOM.

And the 'Baron' picture is a Summoner, not a Baron of Hell.

...Effectively I'm just a bit confused since I know these aren't Warp Daemons. Plus, you mention Rem and Kestyr are in stasis, and that the soldiers aren't even reacting, so why are we breaking out of stasis via psychic abilities when everyone else is reacting normally? I am Inferi.

11-Jun-2017 04:44:46

Azi Demonica

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About Reapers and the Flood,
What I have planned, is that both sides have some success against one another. This way, we will have more types of enemies to face, explore, and things to investigate and adventure through. I think it's just cool.

I don't know what to add to this debate, though.

George,
I may have made a few mistakes, I will look over my posts.

There are Daemons, the swordsmen ones, the ones from Warhammer Space Marine. I don't want to unleash too much at once.

The stasis scene is meant to imply that time is flowing different closer to the blackness. The Warp will break this force, and so free Kestyr and Rem.

11-Jun-2017 04:50:40 - Last edited on 11-Jun-2017 04:53:13 by Azi Demonica

George Rozas

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Adding on to my other post, I'm a little lost as to where we all are in relation to each other. You seem to have wrote it out that Kestyr and Rem are in separate places, and that we're separate from the other soldiers, but also that the other soldiers are right there next to us which would mean the several demons smacking Rem and Kestyr are also already right next to the soldiers.

Trying to get things straight here. The demons all emerged from blackness that was right behind everybody, Kestyr and Rem are frozen in time or something and are getting smacked around, but everyone else is unaffected and reacting/not reacting to the presence of lots of deadly demons that appeared from thin air? Feels a bit messy, you know?

EDIT: Right, I recognize the Bloodletters now. Not seeing the chaos marines on the other hand, since they basically look like space marines but, uhh, corrupted and daemonic. I am Inferi.

11-Jun-2017 04:55:25 - Last edited on 11-Jun-2017 04:57:28 by George Rozas

Westenev

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NotFishing said :
And yet the Gravemind was willing to form a truce with Chief and the Arbiter in order to reach the Ark control room. He isn't some gluttonous monster. He is capable of cunning long term planning.

And look where that got him. He got played by Cortana, plain and simple (Though, admittedly, that speaks more of her abilities than it does of his).

NotFishing said :
How would they get samples, though? The Flood would likely be using Covenant or UNSC ships, which vastly outgun anything the Mass Effect series has to offer.

I don’t know. Maybe visit a site where the UNSC or Covenant got overrun?

NotFishing said :
I could just as easily say the Reapers are the ones who assimilate and the Flood are the ones who make organics serve them. In this context, assimilation/servitude mean the same thing - all Flood serve the Gravemind, and all who are Indoctrinated serve the Reapers.

I would personally refer to “Assimilation” as “joining” the reapers (ie. getting the essence of your race liquefied and immortalised in a reaper), and “servitude” as simply being one of the disposable tools they leave behind to rot.

The Gravemind only assimilates living tissue, and unlike reapers or necromorphs, do not allow agents to run free without great need as they have no way to pull the leash.
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11-Jun-2017 05:01:14

Azi Demonica

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Position of characters is not meant to be specific, for simplicity. We assume they are nearby enough to be visible, or within speaking distance (a few dozen feet or so at most). There may be a short distance between the generic soldiery and the Psykers, but I think it's best to leave it vague, in case anyone wants to use firearms or melee weapons.

Initially, the other soldiery were unable to see the demonic forces, as I felt it was useful to play with the minds and senses of NPCs. However, by the end of the posts, they are alerted of it; I just want the users to react first, so that the user characters are the ones leading the role-play. The demons warped into the area via a parallel dimension, which affected time for Psykers (this is why the Psykers could see the demons first). But, the others will react soon. My posts were getting rather long, so I ended it there.

I also fixed a few things in my posts. I did indeed get mixed up between the Baron and Summoner, so I changed Baron to Summoner in the text. I did intend for it to be a Baron at first, but felt it was a bit too OP, so changed it to Summoner, then forgot to change the text it seems.

Oh right, I will edit the part of the corrupted marines.

11-Jun-2017 05:01:29 - Last edited on 11-Jun-2017 05:02:01 by Azi Demonica

Westenev

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NotFishing said :
Honestly, why won't the Logic Plague work on the Reapers? It worked on Mendicant Bias, who was created by one of the most advanced races in Science Fiction - capable of building entire planets, galaxy destroying superweapons, and ships that were up to 50km in length.

The logic plague and indoctrination aren't mutually exclusive. Perhaps the Gravemind DOES rub off on the reapers; it doesn't mean they can stop their passive brainwashing from frying the Gravemind's mind into eventually believing the Reapers are the second comming of god.

Mendicant Bias doesn’t have the ability to make anyone around him think he’s some kind of revered god. I mean, how often do YOU tried to argue with god? Also, it’s believed to be the Reapers who built the Citidel (a 44km space vessel) and Mass Relay transit systems (almost instant galactic travel) – which are hardy enough to last well over a couple hundred thousand years.

In short, the Reapers are an evolving race too.
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11-Jun-2017 05:01:47 - Last edited on 11-Jun-2017 05:03:58 by Westenev

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