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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)

'stories'?
'take'
'Thanagar'
'Thanagar's'
'Thanagar'
I thought Medphyll's planet was called J?
Thank you, corrected.
Does "The Hawks" include Chay-ara?
No, he's talking about Hawkman II and Hawkwoman.
Should these be N.E.M.O.?
I've been enunciating it like the name of the fish, so no.

It should probably been N.E.M.O. when someone thinks it, but there are only so many hours in the day man.
I'd have thought a metric distance, or a time unit, would be more useful. For all we know, 10 miles could translate to something with recurring decimals in Thanagarian predominant units. Or does the ring convert it to a colloquial estimate?
The High Mor isn't an idiot. Human metric wouldn't translate better into whatever thanagarians use than imperial.
Jade really needs some upgrades if she is going to play in the same league as Paul. Doubt he would object to giving her super strength or speed at this point.
I've just started playing Sovl, and my current run is a dwarf army lead by an engineer. My engineer has a wizard's stats but no spells or ranged weapons. His unique ability boosts a war engine, but I don't start with any of those. So I can give him better weapons and make him a worse thane, or just forget about him. But when I finally get a war machine, he'll do great.

Jade isn't actually comfortable with the idea of being altered in that way. Just about the only thing she'd accept would be awakening, because that's just removing some limits on her peak abilities and making her magically more her. But that's the one thing he can't do.

Edit: I was mistaken. I got a bolt thrower, blessed it on turn one and I think it killed 2 zombies in 11 turns. My skill 5 Iron Breakers with handguns on the other hand are unstoppable.
 
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I swear, if this turns out to be a plan arranged to give someone a chance to speak to OL privately... It's a pretty extreme one. Or if it is just a traitor acting on a foreign power's orders, that's going to be very messy for Thanagar.

What? This is how Vandal Savage delivers ALL his messages, it's just his MO
 
Jade isn't actually comfortable with the idea of being altered in that way. Just about the only thing she'd accept would be awakening, because that's just removing some limits on her peak abilities and making her magically more her. But that's the one thing he can't do.

She doesn't seem to have any problem with using tools as such. After all, this arc we see her using the Darkstar armor and associated systems quite a bit. So maybe she just needs better tools. Jade didn't want a power ring because of how it affected her mind, but DC comics has plenty of one-off weirdo devices floating around. The main thing would be to find one that fits well with her fighting and investigation style.

The recent discussion about how Mirror Master's mirrors aren't technically magic but aren't exactly science either, more some kind of "knothole in reality" was pretty interesting. I wonder if Jade could do well with something like that; not so much about power as operating at a right angle to everyone else.

Hmmmm. It's not just the Mirror Master; other Flash villains seem so weird that they might fall into that category.

Like The Top. Spinning? Okay in regular DC universe we might say he's accessing the speed force, but that doesn't exist in Earth-16. So perhaps he represents some alternate method of achieving super speed that doesn't depend on alchemical augmentation. Maybe it would be possible to use his notes or journals to figure out how to duplicate his means of achieving superspeed by "training".

Superspeed Jade would be pretty terrifying, actually. Especially if she got her hands on a magic sword. Kind of like Paragon's version of Renegade's Amane. If she could do it without enhancing her body with alchemy so it was her achievement, she might go for it.

Sorry for all the rambling; was sort of thinking my way through it as I typed.
 
She doesn't seem to have any problem with using tools as such. After all, this arc we see her using the Darkstar armor and associated systems quite a bit. So maybe she just needs better tools. Jade didn't want a power ring because of how it affected her mind, but DC comics has plenty of one-off weirdo devices floating around. The main thing would be to find one that fits well with her fighting and investigation style.
Tools are fine. Anything she can take off or put down without chirurgery.
 
The Wizard wouldn't.

Doctor Sivana, on the other hand, is much more morally flexible, is known for reverse-engineering Captain Marvel's empowerment, and is professional acquaintances with Paul.
Paul may trust him to a degree, or at least consider him useful to make use of him, but I doubt he'd want him to empower his girlfriend since he's most likely afraid that he'll then vivisect her.
 
Replanting (part 13) New
7th September 2013
23:31 GMT

"Are you injured?"

[No.]

"Has he found you?"

[No.]

"How are you paralysed?"

[Unknown.]

Uh…

"Where are you?"

[Underground portion of the ship.]

"When did the paralysation effect take hold?"

[The moment I came through the hull.]

I frown. "How total-?"

[Total physical paralysis. My exo-mantle has a neuro-link.]

"Have you seen Andar Pul?"

[No, and I can't hear him either.]

Hm. This reminds me-. "Can you see a gong?"

[No. Why?]

"There are several ways to induce paralysis, but while we're talking about Antares, the Gamma Gong is the one that comes to mind first."

[Do they interfere with power rings?]

"It didn't the one time I encountered one in the field. They added a force field which prevented me sending-."

[Come pick me up.]

"Confirm. Pick you up instead of attempting to detain Andar Pul myself?"

[Yes.]

"Understood. En route now."

Alright, now I can track exo-mantle phasing by using my ring, and that sort of short ranged scan isn't significantly higher output than anything else I've done while standing here so it shouldn't increase our risk of detection. Phase and scan… There. And fly.

I drop through the ground, following the trail. Detecting where phased objects have been is actually easier than detecting where they are, which is… Fun. Not that phasing is without risks around Nth metal. But as far as I know Hyathis doesn't use the stuff in her native-grown ships, due to having no way to get any more. Now, I've had a couple of ideas on how to interfere with a gamma gong, but given that they appear to be rare even amongst the Dhorians I haven't spent a great deal of time on it.

You don't have to hear it for it to work, so it doesn't work through sonic-induced paralysis. That also means that sonic baffles don't work. In all instances so far it's required someone to actually strike the thing, but if Jade can't see anyone -and presumably can't be seen- then I have to assume that isn't the case.

And it-. Can't have been intended to open Thanagar to invasion though planetwide paralysis, otherwise they'd have already used it like that. The Dhorians might well try and encourage Thanagar to invade Alstair, given that they've spent hundreds of years fighting one another, but they've had decades to try something like this… If it even is them.

So… Andar Pul works with them to implicate Alstair and prod the thanagarians to attack? Okay, that's… Actually his job. They haven't made any secret of the fact that they consider Queen Hyathis an existential threat, and the fact that some thanagarians willingly follow her a profound insult. So he takes the initiative, doctors a few reports and pushes things along. Starting to sound like the High Mor's position doesn't have universal support. Not sure if killing me was supposed to be an opportunistic assassination or… Something else?

So…

Ergh.

Assassinating me and making it look like it was Queen Hyathis might motivate Thanagar to attack more quickly, but we know that they're building up for an attack anyway. Unless they're preparing to attack somewhere else? I don't think so because they've got a rhythm to their expansions and it isn't quite time yet. And they don't like having lizarkons armed for long, so they're not just getting their training in early. Would the thanagarians recognise a gamma gong? Yes, because the Hawks will have fed back to them about its existence. But if they just thought it was a musical instrument they might flat out overlook it. Or they might not find it.

Or… Antares isn't all that far from Thanagar. Maybe he just thinks it makes sense to prioritise conquering the whole area rather than let any of the belligerent parties win.

I see a brief change in texture as I pass through the narrow gap between the pit and the outer hull of the ship sitting in it, and then I'm through the hull-.

And I can't move. Interesting that it works on phased objects. But… Yep, armour can't move either, but… My constructs are unimpeded. Shipmaster, I choose you!

The Karrakanian Shipmaster I assimilated appears next to me. Honestly… I think that I probably should take him to Highfather to turn him back into flesh. Killing an enemy in war is easily justifiable, but he's just a weak New God rather than something that I need to turn into orange light to contain it.

I tweak its desires to seek out the gong and… It doesn't appear to be affected by the paralysis. It flies upwards and sticks its hand through the ceiling of… I think this is a plant food storage reservoir. Depleted now, which could give some idea of how long this ship's been away from-

And I can move again.

-home.

The shipmaster is holding… Well, it's smaller than the last gamma gong I saw. I've got no idea how significant the size is-.

Jade phases back in next to me, and I follow suit.

"Damage detection would report-."

"Agreed."

I Look for Andar Pul… And something's off, but I see him, and make the Shipmaster desire to take him into custody unharmed. Not as reliable an agent as Jade, but at least it won't be stopped if the mini gamma gongs are one per room. The Shipmaster takes off at speed, while Jade and I advance to the entrance to the next room. Primary power and drive combined. Clearly an older design, and… Assuming that the design is standard…

I crumble a small hole in the wall and send a crumbler-tipped filament through the superstructure towards the centre of the-. Yes, there it is. Cut it out of the power system and physically remove it-.

And note that Jade has picked up the first one.

And walk into the room just as I get the feeling of realised desire from the Shipmaster. And I use that connection to brand.

It takes a moment, but there's… Surprisingly little resistance as it takes affect. And then give him the desire to deactivate the internal paralysation system, good.

"Okay, we got him. Let's go and find out what's going on."
 
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The Wizard wouldn't.

Doctor Sivana, on the other hand, is much more morally flexible, is known for reverse-engineering Captain Marvel's empowerment, and is professional acquaintances with Paul.
Yes, but he'd look at Sabbac and Ibac and say 'two may be too small a sample size to draw any firm conclusions, but it isn't where I'd start'.
 
Not sure if killing me was supposed to be an opportunistic assassination or… Something else?
OL is a known truth-seeker with cosmic-tier powers, killing OL would prevent any deception from coming to light... but then why not wait one more day for OL to leave the planet?
I remain certain Andar Pul is under the influence of possession or geas, one which targeted OL for existing.
 
7th September 2013
23:31 GMT


"Are you injured?"

[No.]
Well, at least OL isn't going to have to go scorched earth on Andar Pul's ass yet. Good idea for him to check with her first before plowing in blind, given that whatever disabled her might affect him.

"Has he found you?"

[No.]
So he may not realise she's there, and it's a passive effect, or he's too confident in his defences to care.

"How are you paralysed?"

[Unknown.]
Nothing immediately obvious, then.

Uh…

"Where are you?"

[Underground portion of the ship.]
Logical, she went in through the ground, of course she came up from underneath.

"When did the paralysation effect take hold?"

[The moment I came through the hull.]
Likely it affects anyone aboard. A booby-trap, perhaps, that may also be affecting Pul.

I frown. "How total-?"

[Total physical paralysis. My exo-mantle has a neuro-link.]
But it isn't operating at all in terms of physicality either. Something immobilising all conscious motion? Not many things could do that without also inducing mental stasis.

"Have you seen Andar Pul?"

[No, and I can't hear him either.]
Not indicative of anything either way.

Hm. This reminds me-. "Can you see a gong?"

[No. Why?]
Ah, the Gamma Gong. They do come in multiple sizes, after all, and a certain arms dealer enjoyed using handheld ones.

"There are several ways to induce paralysis, but while we're talking about Antares, then a Gamma Gong is the one that comes to mind first."

[Do they interfere with power rings?]
I suspect that's a factor of size, as a sufficiently large one employed correctly 'could freeze a world in its tracks'.

"It didn't the one time I encountered one in the field. They added a force field which prevented me sending-."

[Come pick me up.]
She's probably seething a little about having to request that, mind.

"Confirm. Pick you up instead of attempting to detain Andar Pul myself?"

[Yes.]
If he's been caught by the same effect, he's not going anywhere. If he's responsible for it, he's probably staying put to maintain it.

"Understood. En route now."

Alright, now I can track exo-mantle phasing by using my ring, and that sort of short ranged scan isn't significantly higher output than anything else I've done while standing here so it shouldn't increase our risk of detection. Phase and scan… There. And fly.
If you've been hanging there for a while, he knows you're there anyway.

I drop through the ground, following the trail. Detecting where phased objects have been is actually easier than detecting where they are, which is… Fun. Not that phasing is without risks around Nth metal. But as far as I know Hyathis doesn't use the stuff in her native-grown ships, due to having no way to get any more. Now, I've had a couple of ideas on how to interfere with a Gamma Gong, but given that they appear to be rare even amongst the Dhorians I haven't spent a great deal of time on it.
Part of the Antares system alongside the plant queen. Known in comics mostly for Kanjar Ro, the aforementioned Gong-wielding arms dealer. Have to wonder how they developed it...

You don't have to hear it for it to work, so it doesn't work through sonic-induced paralysis. That also means that sonic baffles don't work. In all instances so far it's required someone to actually strike the thing, but if Jade can't see anyone -and presumably can't be seen- then I have to assume that isn't the case.
Presumably there's some measure of mystical element to it, the striker having to provide mental guidance for the effect, to avoid paralysing themselves or their allies.

And it-. Can't have been intended to open Thanagar to invasion though planetwide paralysis, otherwise they'd have already used it like that. The Dhorians might well try and encourage Thanagar to invade Alstair, given that they've spent hundreds of years fighting one another, but they've had decades to try something like this… If it even is them.
Could be another third-party, pushing Thanagar and Alstair into war for other reasons.

So… Andar Pul works with them to implicate Alstair and prod the thanagarians to attack? Okay, that's… Actually his job. They haven't made any secret of the fact that they consider Queen Hyathis an existential threat, and the fact that some thanagarians willingly followed her a profound insult. So he takes the initiative, doctors a few report and pushes things along. Starting to sound like the High Mor's position doesn't have universal support. Not sure if killing me was supposed to be an opportunistic assassination or… Something else?
Perhaps they were worried OL would interfere with the plan? Said fears being borne out by this response.

Trying to work something like this out on so few clues, so little information, is definitely annoying.

Assassinating me and making it look like it was Queen Hyathis might motivate thanagar to attack more quickly, but we know that they're building up for an attack anyway. Unless they're preparing to attack somewhere else? I don't think so because they're got a rhythm to their expansions and it isn't quite time yet. And they don't like having lizarkons armed for long, so they're not just getting their training in early. Would the thanagarians recognise a gamma gong? Yes, because the Hawks will have fed back to them about its existence. But if they just thought it was a musical instrument they might flat out overlook it. Or they might not find it.
It could be incidental. A certain Dhorian looking to stir shit and make a profit perhaps.

Or… Antares isn't all that far from thanagar. Maybe he just thinks it makes sense to prioritising conquering the whole area rather than let any of the belligerent parties win.

I see a brief change in texture as I pass through the narrow gap between the pit and the outer hull of the ship sitting in it, and then I'm through the hull-.

And I can't move. Interesting that it works on phased objects. But… Yep, armour can't move either, but… My constructs are unimpeded. Shipmaster, I choose you!
Interesting that it seems to be ongoing like that. I didn't think Gongs provided a persistent effect after a single strike. Highly suspicious...

The Karrakanian Shipmaster I assimilated appears next to me. Honestly… I think that I probably should take him to High Father to turn him back into flesh. Killing an enemy in war is easily justifiable, but he's just a weak New God rather than something that I need to turn into orange light to contain it.
That'd be fair, and it would be a show of good will by OL for both new Genesis and Karrakan.

I tweak its desires to seek out the gong and… It doesn't appear to be affected by the paralysis. It flies upwards and sticks its hand through the ceiling of… I think this is a plant food storage reservoir. Depleted now, which could give some idea of how long this ship's been away from-
I'm guessing its simulated construct physique isn't affected by the Gong effect.

And I can move again.

-home.
Ah, well done, shipmaster.

The shipmaster is holding… Well, it's smaller than the last gamma gong I saw. I've got no idea how significant the size is-.

Jade phases back in next to me, and I follow suit.
Don't assume that's the only one, though. Especially with such a compact size.

"Damage detection would report-."

"Agreed."
They're on a clock for someone to come looking to see why it stopped, eh.

I Look for Andar Pul… And something's off, but I see him, and make the Shipmaster desire to take him into custody unharmed. Not as reliable an agent as Jade, but at least it don't be stopped if the mini gamma gongs are one per room. The Shipmaster takes off at speed, while Jade and I advance to the entrance to the next room. Primary power and drive combined. Clearly an older design, and… Assuming that the design is standard…
...Easier to go through the ship than the corridors?

I crumble a small hole in the wall and send a crumbler-tipped filament through the superstructure towards the centre of the-. Yes, there it is. Cut it out of the power system and physically remove it-.

And note that Jade has picked up the first one.
Someone went all out on their room-to-room defences.

And walk into the room just as I get the feeling of realised desire from the Shipmaster. And I use that connection to brand.

It takes a moment, but there's… Surprisingly little resistance as it takes affect. And then give him the desire to deactivate the internal paralysation system, good.

"Okay, we got him. Let's go and find out what's going on."
Worrying that he had so little resistance. I get the feeling he's not entirely in his right mind in the matter.

Dhorian Gongs in an Alstairian ship... That's noteworthy, but troublesome. I wonder if they'll find signs of any other Antaerean polity present. Let's hope Andar Pul is in a condition to answer questions right now, or if he's been mind-whammied by something previously. That could explain such atypical behaviour...
 
"There are several ways to induce paralysis, but while we're talking about Antares, then Gamma Gong is the one that comes to mind first."
'the'?

Oh yeah, that thing was pretty cool back when it was used to paralyse Oh El. Though I had actually forgotten, or maybe just never made the connection that those opportunistic invaders were some of the same guys Hyathis is fighting.
And it-. Can't have been intended to open thanagar to invasion though planetwide paralysis, otherwise they'd have already used it like that. The Dhorians might well try and encourage thanagar to invade Alstair, given that they've spent hundreds of years fighting one another, but they've had decades to try something like this… If it even is them.
'Thanagar'
'Thanagar'
So… Andar Pul works with them to implicate Alstair and prod the thanagarians to attack? Okay, that's… Actually his job. They haven't made any secret of the fact that they consider Queen Hyathis an existential threat, and the fact that some thanagarians willingly follower her a profound insult. So he takes the initiative, doctors a few report and pushes things along. Starting to sound like the High Mor's position doesn't have universal support. Not sure if killing me was supposed to be an opportunistic assassination or… Something else?
'follow'
'reports'
Assassinating me and making it look like it was Queen Hyathis might motivate thanagar to attack more quickly, but we know that they're building up for an attack anyway. Unless they're preparing to attack somewhere else? I don't think so because they're got a rhythm to their expansions and it isn't quite time yet. And they don't like having lizarkons armed for long, so they're not just getting their training in early. Would the thanagarians recognise a gamma gong? Yes, because the Hawks will have fed back to them about its existence. But if they just thought it was a musical instrument they might flat out overlook it. Or they might not find it.

Or… Antares isn't all that far from thanagar. Maybe he just thinks it makes sense to prioritising conquering the whole area rather than let any of the belligerent parties win.
'they've'
'Thanagar'
The Karrakanian Shipmaster I assimilated appears next to me. Honestly… I think that I probably should take him to High Father to turn him back into flesh. Killing an enemy in war is easily justifiable, but he's just a weak New God rather than something that I need to turn into orange light to contain it.
Wow, we don't see him often. I'd actually been wondering if he already had been turned back, with how long it's been.
I tweak its desires to seek out the gong and… It doesn't appear to be affected by the paralysis. It flies upwards and sticks its hand through the ceiling of[/color]… I think this is a plant food storage reservoir. Depleted now, which could give some idea of how long this ship's been away from-
I wonder why it isn't affected. If it's actually muscular paralysis, are robots immune? Are plants immune? Maybe that's why the gamma gongs haven't already won the war.
And walk into the room just as I get the feeling of realised desire from the Shipmaster. And I use that connection to brand.
I did not know he could do that. Pretty cool.
"There are several ways to induce paralysis, but while we're talking about Antares, then Gamma Gong is the one that comes to mind first."
I drop through the ground, following the trail. Detecting where phased objects have been is actually easier than detecting where they are, which is… Fun. Not that phasing is without risks around Nth metal. But as far as I know Hyathis doesn't use the stuff in her native-grown ships, due to having no way to get any more. Now, I've had a couple of ideas on how to interfere with a Gamma Gong, but given that they appear to be rare even amongst the Dhorians I haven't spent a great deal of time on it.
Assassinating me and making it look like it was Queen Hyathis might motivate thanagar to attack more quickly, but we know that they're building up for an attack anyway. Unless they're preparing to attack somewhere else? I don't think so because they're got a rhythm to their expansions and it isn't quite time yet. And they don't like having lizarkons armed for long, so they're not just getting their training in early. Would the thanagarians recognise a gamma gong? Yes, because the Hawks will have fed back to them about its existence. But if they just thought it was a musical instrument they might flat out overlook it. Or they might not find it.
I tweak its desires to seek out the gong and… It doesn't appear to be affected by the paralysis. It flies upwards and sticks its hand through the ceiling of[/color]… I think this is a plant food storage reservoir. Depleted now, which could give some idea of how long this ship's been away from-
The shipmaster is holding… Well, it's smaller than the last gamma gong I saw. I've got no idea how significant the size is-.
I Look for Andar Pul… And something's off, but I see him, and make the Shipmaster desire to take him into custody unharmed. Not as reliable an agent as Jade, but at least it don't be stopped if the mini gamma gongs are one per room. The Shipmaster takes off at speed, while Jade and I advance to the entrance to the next room. Primary power and drive combined. Clearly an older design, and… Assuming that the design is standard…
I think these should all have consistent capitalisation. I don't know whether they should all be capitalised or uncapitalised, because you've been inconsistent in the past.

Rather than a false flag, there is some possibility that Hyathis won and assimilated the technology of the other planets. Don't think it's likely though.
 
I Look for Andar Pul… And something's off, but I see him, and make the Shipmaster desire to take him into custody unharmed. Not as reliable an agent as Jade, but at least it don't be stopped if the mini gamma gongs are one per room.
Um, 'it don't be stopped' is odd grammar, and not phrasing that I associate with the middle-class British English you seem to prefer.
 
And I can't move. Interesting that it works on phased objects. But… Yep, armour can't move either, but… My constructs are unimpeded. Shipmaster, I choose you!

The Karrakanian Shipmaster I assimilated appears next to me. Honestly… I think that I probably should take him to High Father to turn him back into flesh. Killing an enemy in war is easily justifiable, but he's just a weak New God rather than something that I need to turn into orange light to contain it.

And walk into the room just as I get the feeling of realised desire from the Shipmaster. And I use that connection to brand.

Huh, been ages since we saw him. Bet he enjoys the chance to stretch his legs.

I'd be careful, Highfather said he'd only undo the assimilation of one or two more construct lanterns following him restoring Shaligo and Pyron to normal. You already used one freebie to undo Ogandu Onna Oslan's assimilation.

I forgot construct lanterns can brand. I don't think we've seen them do that in this story before?
 
"prioritize"
"Highfather"
Add actual color.
"it won't be"
'the'?
'Thanagar'
'Thanagar'
'follow'
'reports'
'they've'
'Thanagar'
Thank you, corrected.
I think these should all have consistent capitalisation. I don't know whether they should all be capitalised or uncapitalised, because you've been inconsistent in the past.
Oh, it's more of a pain than that.

When he thought that the Gamma Gong was a single device, it needed to be capitalised because it was a name. However, when it's referring to a device that has the general form of the Gamma Gong, those would be gamma gongs. The second one could be either, depending whether he thought of it was Gamma Gong 2 or proof that it was generic.
 
Thank you, corrected.

Oh, it's more of a pain than that.

When he thought that the Gamma Gong was a single device, it needed to be capitalised because it was a name. However, when it's referring to a device that has the general form of the Gamma Gong, those would be gamma gongs. The second one could be either, depending whether he thought of it was Gamma Gong 2 or proof that it was generic.
Ah, I wondered if there was something like that! I hadn't considered that it might still affect his capitalisation in this chapter, though.
 
I love it when he actually uses construct lanterns. I wonder if he'd use assimilation more often if he could learn to undo it himself? Sort of like how to gain enlightenment, he needed to learn how to turn his desires off. Just… not want the construct-lantern, or want it with all its emotions/matter back.

I'd recommend he keep the weak New God, though - and not just because bothering Highfather to undo an Assimilation he performed would be… impolitic. And a sign that he 'wasn't using it responsibly,' or whatever paternalistic nonsense HF would go with.

No, I'm saying he should keep even as a weak NG because, as noted with Canis on the witchworld, magical/New God senses cover 'not my weaknesses, but the… hole in my strengths?' If they retain their abilities, this New God has sensory capabilities that ring-scans and empathic vision just doesn't cover. Learning to use such senses without manifesting the construct would help him improve his mystical senses constantly, and could even help him develop his own metaphysique, depending on how that all works.
 
Not sure if killing me was supposed to be an opportunistic assassination or… Something else?

So…

Ergh.

Assassinating me and making it look like it was Queen Hyathis might motivate Thanagar to attack more quickly, but we know that they're building up for an attack anyway.
Hmm... How famous is Bleez? It could be that OL wasn't the target. Rather, Bleez also happened to also be outside of a dense population center, but in range of a defense platform... A false flag attack on a military target that has a popstar as the "look what they took from us!" martyr-face could create more popular support for striking back than "some overpowered alien busybody"
 
Hmm... How famous is Bleez? It could be that OL wasn't the target. Rather, Bleez also happened to also be outside of a dense population center, but in range of a defense platform... A false flag attack on a military target that has a popstar as the "look what they took from us!" martyr-face could create more popular support for striking back than "some overpowered alien busybody"

Just what we need, the hawk version of gundam seeds Lacus Clyne
 
Did the SI ever scan New Kara? I remember hatter saying she didn't react like a normal Kryptonian and if the light wanted to spy on the SI she'd be the perfect unsuspicious infiltrator
 

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