But my whole point is that you don't need to actually want to know all this tedious data in order to mass scan the Reach. Especially if you are Orange Enlightened. All you need is "Ring, scan ALL their stuff to see how they react, then dump the info on your drive or wherever". And from there on whether the ring can do something that large scale or not depends on your wanting power and the ring's charge.
I don't know how to respond to this that isn't just a restatement of how your biology flavors your wanting power from my previous post but telling you to actually read it this time. Yes, you're right, whether or not the ring can do it depends on your wanting power.
Want the ends, want the means. I don't think it's impossible to want it. Creating an avarice enlightened AI might be a bit hard, though.
That really depends on if Mr.zoat allows that the garrick formula to connect to the Speed Force to be a thing or not. If he does then which he would probably have too because the multiverse exists in the story as does things like the dreaming then it wouldn't matter if the they where on an magic rich area or not. Because while the formula connect you to the Speed Force it would work anywhere in the multiverse regardless of magic levels it works sorta like a New god connection to Source and their soul. As long as the universe allows souls they would always have their power. I also just thought of what happened to Kid Flash in the Renegade path after grayven made him a new god his speed slowly fixed itself which would to me says that the Speed Force is a thing and becoming a New god helped fix Wallys connection to it.
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Sorry about that i have hopefully fixed it up.
Doing a job and getting paid.
Really because I find it quite liberating, no moral constraints, make your own hours, Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of their women.
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I get how that applies to most Orange Lanterns, but the Illustress has managed to completely bridge the ends-means divide when it comes to wanting stuff. He wants the Reach gone -> he wants to probe the Reach's weak points -> he wants to see how they react to mass scanning -> he wants his ring to perform a mass scanning action.
GL's tend to be more powerful than sane OL's. Paul is more likely to do more complicated then more brute force.
Except obviously not, because otherwise it would shorten to
Yes, definitely a good idea to get in touch with someone who's had more contact with the Free Lancers. Hopefully he'll have some idea of what they were after here... Or what the Reach was after from them.
The downside of the juluuni compartmentalisation, I suppose. That's got to be frustrating.
Why, yes, good to see you too, Harold. Moving on to more recent matters...
And maybe add a note about installing security features even on models not expected to leave the laboratory...
Well, about that...Thankfully, Scarabs don't seem to be the most creative of costruct-makers. That one seemed to focus on it as a power source more than anything.
Now, back to the important things.
Anything at all?
...<facepalm> Good gods, I want to reach through the screen and throttle him right now...
That's Earth Bullshit™. This is something local, and more than likely reproducible.
...I'm straining all I can... Dammit, Jordan...
Because you still don't wear any kind of secondary defensive equipment? Even Stewart is sensible enough to know how useful armour is.
Like the Reach wouldn't have weaselled all manner of loopholes into the wording of the treaty? Like the whole 'subversion from within' angle of their 'acquisitions'.
You think? Better learn backup weaponry too, because sooner or later...A long overdue talk, I suspect.
...Why do I feel like this will end up with Alan wearing his 'Kingdom Come' suit of armour? Not that that's a bad thing, it's a great look.
And given how much you've poked them, OL, I can see them wanting to investigate the homeworld of the Orange Illustres...
Come on, man, you get to keep your own hands clean. You're a soldier, right, you know some people just need killing. Don't be such a downer about it.
Hey, set your environmental field right, you can be as loud as you like.
Thank goodness for Enlightenment, because I would not fault him for being laden with rage right now.
And promptly, Dox joins him in screaming externally, very very quietly. And cursing stupid Green Lanterns... Why, he might even get two letters worth of Red...
Welp, the problem's been passed up the chain of command, time to get back on task. And stop wanting to throttle Jordan for being a forgetful dumbass.
Hopefully the Free Lancers haven't been here yet. But knowing OL's protagonist luck...
Oh, this day just keeps on giving, doesn't it?
Harold Jordan's name isn't John.
It would, wouldn't it?
In this story he was briefly a military test pilot before being drummed out of the service.
I suppose you could look at Kingdom Come Alan and think 'pink and feminine'.
If you look up the enemies of the Crime Syndicate in the DC wiki, I'm pretty sure there is a group shot that has Dame Carol in it.
Not enough power throughput capacity.
