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AradoBalanga posted:Umm, I'm going to assume this url was meant for something else and you forgot which tab you had open, right? SKL #1 said the enemy was bugs, SKL #2 said that made them his prey, implying that this is the case because monkeys eat bugs and SKL #1 is a monkey.
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Yeah, the SKL duo are incredibly fond of dunking on each other. Don't expect that to stop.
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Materant posted:The game will explain all of the concepts dumped on you there. This is more or less how the intro for Wings of Rean went, which was to explain gently caress all in the first episode. The good old Tomino Maneuver.
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One thing I noticed about Tobikage a few stages ago but didn't want to mention until we saw today's combination: The fusions give us a a fire bird, an aquatic dragon and a lion. I wish that lion had actually been a tiger so we could also get ninja turtle mech to go with them. 
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Brunom1 posted:
This line kept bothering me and I couldn't figure out why, until I remembered what these shows (apparently) share continuity with.
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Alacron posted:This line kept bothering me and I couldn't figure out why, until I remembered what these shows (apparently) share continuity with. Honestly I was confused by the inclusion of Wings of Rean, but this has made me realize just what I got it confused with.
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Alacron posted:This line kept bothering me and I couldn't figure out why, until I remembered what these shows (apparently) share continuity with.
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I just caught up on SRW MX in the LP Archive. Did you really finish that in 6 months, Brunom? There was so much Eva bull-crap to start with, and they got RahXephon's bull-crap all up ins. Hell, I finally did a deep dive on Eva wikis to figure out Human Instrumentality, and then it changes to Pluridimension Instrumentality. It really made me appreciate L going "yeah, the script changed some so, uh... gently caress it. We're done." all the more. Doesn't give me hope for Demonbane though.
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We’re back and, whoops, I forgot to take pictures of the intermission. Just know that Joe and Mazinkaiser are deploying as event units. We’ll be heading out with: Kouichi/Yamashita Arnie/Saya Mike/Lockon Moritsugu Setsuna/Fei-Yen Zhang Fei/Eida Liu Bei/Deceive Guan Yu/Tsubasa Sun Quan/Rennie Tactician: Ylbora (Zhuge Liang will have plenty of fun later in the game). And I forgot to mention this in the last mission but Arnie taking up the Orphes has permanently retired his Riot B – you can’t even switch back to it if you wanted to. That said, any upgrades you made to it are fully refunded. Off we go.  Our folks find themselves somewhere real strange. Last thing they remember is being engulfed by that huge light during the previous battle and traversing some passage. Cham immediately recognizes this as being in Byston Well, but somewhat different what she’s familiar with. A girl shows up, saying this is Wahlerkahrain, the land of the Ferario, that exists between the Overworld and the rest of Byston Well. She is a Ferario herself, called Erebos. She’s got the wings to prove it but, as Eida sees, is also a whole lot bigger than Cham. Is she an E Ferario, one of their elder sisters, Cham wonders? No, Erebos is still just a Mi Ferario like her, and Joe has absolutely no idea what’s going on with all this Ferario talk. Regardless, Erebos sees that we are overworlders and figures we came in from the Aura Road (the passage of light we traversed) that opened not long ago. More important to Sun Quan, where are Shangxiang and Lu Xun? No one sees them anywhere, and Zhou Yu fears they got separated from us while we were inside the Aura Road.  But an old Ferario speaks up, saying our comrades are currently being held captive within the castle of Hypp Kurene at the land of Herikon. Cham is shocked, certain of who this is, despite her looking nothing like the person she remembers: this is Jacoba Aon, leader of the Ferario. Cham is very confused, as not only was Jacoba supposed to be long dead, she also looks so different. The answer, however, is simple: “I am the Jacoba of this world, but not the one you know.” Seems to Shizuna that it’s the whole “parallel universe” thing again, and Jacoba laughs at the curious things us, overworlders, say. As for Shangxiang and Lu Xun being captive, Erebos says being able to see something like that is a simple matter for the leader of the Ferario. Indeed, and that is not all that Jacoba’s seen. She proclaims that the world is now beset by a crisis, with us caught squarely in the middle of it all. What does she mean? The Aura Road opened – twice, even – something not even the Ferario could do by themselves. The first time it was due to the Wings of Rean manifesting themselves, the other by the power of a Holy Warrior. That is to say, Zhuge Liang surmises, this Holy Warrior person is the one who opened the passageway that brought us here? Indeed, and his name is Aesap Suzuki – an overworlder like us.  Cut to Hypp Kurene, where Aesap is waking up. Lux is there with him, and explains that this is her father’s castle, in the land of Herikon. They are in Byston Well. Big Daddy Sakomizu is also there, who introduces himself and extends his gratitude to Aesap: had Sakomizu not found him, he would have mistakenly presumed all overworlders had changed to look like Shangxiang and Lu Xun! Speaking of, he’s got them both tied up and Shangxiang demands they be freed now or he’s in for a pummeling (only it’s this attitude that got them tied up in the first place, Lu Xun sighs)! Aesap freaks out at the living, breathing robots, and Sakomizu sees that he does not know them. Those aren’t Aura Machines, though. “Aura Machines are those bug-like weapons, right?! Well, we are bona fine humans and nothing like those things, okay?!” Shangxiang yells.  Queen Codour does not appreciate her attitude when addressing the king, and blames all this on Lux running off with the treasured Wings of Rean shoes. Sakomizu tells her to focus not on that, but on the significance of the Aura Road being opened twice in one day. At that, he turns to Aesap: he can cause the Wings of Rean to manifest at will, can’t he? Aesap doesn’t understand, but Sakomizu declares: what Aesap manifested is the power that’ll save the world, the power of a Holy Warrior! Lux sees that her father wants to use Aesap for his purposes and vehemently speaks against it. Codour frowns, asking if she’s siding against the king, but Lux tells her to shut up. She calls Codour’s a moron with absolutely no grasp of politics, as seen with her building a stupidly huge warship and calling for massive troop deployments all just to put down Amalgan. But Sakomizu silences her with a slap, earning himself a wag of Shangxiang’s finger – he had absolutely no reason to do that! Sakomizu, however, warns Lux that Codour is both his wife and her mother; she’d best respect her, or, by rights, that’d be grounds for execution! Aesap and Shangxiang are appalled that he’d speak to his own daughter like that, but Sakomizu calls in his Royal Guard and orders all of them locked up – Lux as well.  Back to us, Jacoba’s told of the chaos Sakomizu is bringing to Byston Well. He’s working together with overworlder scientist Shot Weapon to build mighty Aura Machines, one after the other, with the plan of eventually invading the Overworld. Cham can’t believe Shot is not only alive, but also building mechs even in this other Byston Well. Sumeragi’s concerned about him and a potential invasion, but thinks our priority should be to rescue our captured friends. And we should get Aesap too, as Yamashita fears we won’t be getting back to the surface without his powers. This all sounds annoyingly complicated to Kaido: why not just wreck the king and his castle and then we can look around for our folks? Tsubasa doesn’t like it, as that’d make us the invading force in this story, but Zhuge Liang figures he has a bit of a point. “We may as well have Kaido, as he says, ‘cut loose’ – the man needn’t worry about any overly complex plans,” he suggests. Kaido likes that Zhuge Liang gets him so well, but there’s a catch: he’ll have to do it on foot. Huh?  Over by the Elshank, Damian’s doing some studying on Tobikage. He figures if we can figure out what conditions cause him to appear, it’ll be some useful info for our upcoming battles (Damian keeps a tight grip on our wallets). Sounds good to Mike, but ARE there actual conditions for that? Damian doesn’t know, which is why he’s looking into it – this is about the only way he can be useful to us, seeing how he can’t pilot those machines like the other three can.   : I’ve met with the new Holy Warrior. : With Aesap Suzuki, my lord?: Hm. And what I found the most curious about him is the fact that he has absolutely no knowledge of the Shōwa period.: Oh…?: When I first came to Byston Well, the Overworld was mired in a great war…: And during these past seventy years, Amalgan and I went on to conquer and unify this land of Herikon… : However, in the Japan he calls home, it has already been two hundred years since the war in the Pacific ended.: It’s possible that time flows at a different pace in the Overworld…: Regardless, that is a matter for another time. What I must do now is verify whether that child is a true Holy Warrior…: And if he is…?: Then he will be of good use to us when the time comes to assault the Overworld.*Crash!*  : Intrudeeeer! Seize him!: What is the meaning of this?!: Your Majesty! A suspicious man has invaded our castle and is headed this— urgh!*Dead.* : ?! Who--…?! SRW UX - The Eternal Soldiers : Heheh… King Sakomizu, yeah? I’m here for your head!: You are mighty. A man guided solely by his thirst for battle... I have found an overworlder with all the qualities of a Garow Ran!: “Garow Ran”…? Whazzat, some Gundam pilot?: Nah, the name’s Kaido – Ken Kaido! And don’t you forget it!*Sword clash!* : King Sakomizu..!: Fret not… Remember that your king is a Holy Warrior! : Oho... ya didn’t even need to move your body to stop my sword! Not bad!: Hmhmhm. My skill in the Jikishinkage-ryu kenjutsu was honed to its apex during the war to unify this nation… : And I will not hesitate to make use of all my strength if the one who sets himself before me is a Garow Ran-esque overworlder! : Hah... So you’re made of stronger stuff than your average guy with a sword, eh? Sounds like fun!: Then come, Kaido! Kiaaaaiii! Mission 12 – The King of Hojo  SRW UX - The Eternal Soldiers : It’s time, Joe! : Right. We’ll get in there and rescue Shangxiang and the others while Kaido’s got their attention.: Can you find where they are, Erebos? : Leave it to me! Even I can sniff out Aura…!  : We’ve got a message from Joe; he’s starting the rescue! : Copy that. Then we’ll go and keep them backed against the wall: launch all squadrons! : K-King Sakomizu! Surfacer forces have been spotted!: What?! So you were no more than a diversion, Kaido?!: Heheh… So what if I was? What’re ya gonna do now, chief?!: Hmph, that needn’t even be said! You and any who stand against me will share the same fate…!: Launch the Aura Battlers!  : You damned overworlders! : Now we’ll repay you for our previous defeat! : It’s those bug machines again! : What is your command, Your Highness? : We shall follow our plan and head towards the point where we are to rendezvous with Joe’s group. It’s… : Right there. Understood, Ylbora? : Yes, Your Highness. Gameran, give me full power to the engine! : Aye, aye! : Our time limit is four minutes! All troops, secure a path for the Elshank! I’m assuming tactical command! Like before, you have until the end of turn 4 to get the Elshank in position and losing either it or the Ptolemaios is a game over. Unlike the assault at Kiba’s place, though, the Hojo troops are garbage and will still drop like flies. Set forth and slaughter them, but remember that, while Damian is still working on figuring stuff out, Tobikage is already hanging in the rafters, waiting to show up either the Elshank or any of its machines drop below 50%. With how weak the Hojo mooks are, he’ll quickly tear through them and we don’t want that. SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend       And on the next player phase…   : This isn’t working… I’m wearing the shoes, I’m praying as much as I can, and the wings just aren’t coming out… : Pull yourself together and try harder! Aren’t you one of those Holy Warriors?!: You need to call out those wings or neither we nor our friends will be leaving this place!: I-I know that… but I’m just a regular kid. The most significant thing I’ve done with my life lately was study to retry my college application… : Princess Lux, could you perhaps explain to us how these Wings of Rean shoes work? : It takes a Holy Warrior to make full use of the shoes, and, with them, one is able to attain powers beyond the reach of human knowledge.: Powers, hm… Do you speak of those wings that opened the Aura Road?: There’s a theory that says the Wings of Rean manifest themselves when a world gripped by chaos needs to be set back on the right path… But the truth is no one knows what they truly are. : Furthermore, the Wings do not empower just anyone: only those they themselves have chosen. : Hmm… It sounds quite like our world’s own Yùxǐ.: My father once wielded the power of these shoes and, with them, built the nation of Hojo onto this land… He was a Holy Warrior in every sense of the word. : But he is that no more. Now my father is a man bound by his own ambitions… and if he isn’t stopped, I’ll have no one. I’ll be all alone…!: Princess…: A man who’s focused on nothing but his ambitions wouldn’t have slapped his child, though. Someone like that wouldn’t even care enough about her to chide her behavior…: …!: Trust me, I know. I don’t get along with my dad either…: Aesap…: Everything’ll be alright – you’re not alone. You shouldn’t worry so much.: Heh, maybe you’re right. Thank you, Aesap…: Huh? Is it me or did the mood around here change…?: D-Don’t ask me…: Seriously, couldn’t you two save that for your alone time? : A Ferario?! Where did you…?!: I’m here to save you guys! Now stand back a bit because it’s about to get dangerous!*Door blows open!* : Hey! Everyone okay?!: Joe!: Wh-Who…?!: You’re Aesap, yeah? We need you to come with and help us get back to the surface.: Get back to the surface…?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW48XOgbE1c : Curses… Again you disgrace me so…! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6zd3JWBODk Carrying on up top, over half the enemy troops got trounced in the previous turn, and whatever’s still alive gets wrecked now. Might as well show more of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei’s tricks. : I-I can’t go on?! Retreating! Kill everything and the Elshank automatically gets in position. : Sir Ylbora, we’ve reached the specified point!: Good, now recover Joe’s group!: A-About that…!: Did something happen?!: You’re heading to the castle’s underground…?: Yes. There’s a workshop down there, where we’ll find the newest model of Aura Battler.: Aesap and I will steal and escape with it!: B-But…: You have nothing to worry about. If Aesap is a genuine Holy Warrior, then we’ll be fine…!: Lux…: Fine. In that case, we’ll go on ahead and plow the road. Make sure you get out in one piece!: Joe, wait! The Rebels are attacking too, looks like!: What…?!  : Those units…! It’s Amalgan and his rebels, the group Jacoba told us about! : Hey, look there! That overworlder ship’s right by Hypp Kurene castle! : What is going on here?! : I do not know, but our offensive welcomes any confusion in the castle!: Kiki, Hebi, our targets are only the Hojo troops! Don’t engage the overworlder forces!: Aye, aye! Take care of the old man, Hebi!: Of course. When have I ever let him down?: I-It’s the Rebels! And we’re being informed that the captured overworlders have escaped…! : drat it, what are our guardsmen doing?!: Hmph, I must commend your troops, Kaido! I’d thought they were using you as a diversion while they assaulted my castle…: Little did I expected, it was all a feint for your true objective: freeing my prisoners! I see the armies of the Overworld possess rather skilled strategists!: Heheh… and we ain’t even done blowing your mind!  : Jump in, Kaido!: Ya kept me waiting, Magami!: What?!: Come on, KAISEEEEEEER!! : Pilder On!! : What…?! You had such a weapon hidden away?!: Yeah! What’s it gonna be now, chief?!: I always appreciate a challenge! I’m setting off with the Oukaou! : That’s King Sakomizu’s own Aura Battler? : And they got that warship, too…! Oof, this might be tough!: My liege, all preparations are complete for the Fukaku’s launch! : Overworlders! Rebels! It’s high time someone taught where you all stand, and I shall carry out that task myself! : Y - Y a a a h…! H e l o o k s s o s c a r y… A r e w e r e a l l y g o i n g t o b e f i n e?: Sir Ylbora! Joe and Shangxiang are deploying!  : Shangxiang, you’re safe!: Of course I am! And I’m also ready to give “His Majesty” there a pummeling! : Joe, where’s that man, Aesap? You didn’t bring him with you?!: They went after the castle’s underground workshop! Said they were gonna get out by themselves! : Joe, listen here! I’ve figured out the conditions where Tobikage’ll show up!: Whaat? So there are actual conditions?!: Yes. He’ll show up whenever damage on the Elshank or any of the three machines passes 50%! If damage passes 70%, then he’ll combine with whichever machine is hurting the most! : I never thought stuff like that would be what calls him over…! : So he shows up at 50% damage, and combines at 70%... Then I guess we better get him to combine quick in case he does turn up!: Yeah! We can’t let him show us up, right?!: Thanks, Damian. You were a big help here!: And all that’s left now is to kick the King’s royal rear end! Let’s get this party started! Only need to shoot down the Oukaou to end the mission, but those kill counters ain’t gonna boost themselves. Take note of Kotto’s Fukaku battleship in that it’ll retreat at 22650 HP, meaning shooting it down on a fresh game is a real pain (best to just ignore him).  Oukaou (Shinjiro Sakomizu) Pilot Skills: Aura Power L5 Holy Warrior (聖戦士) - +10% damage done to the enemy. Activates at 130 morale. Prevail L5 Support Attack L1 All Attack L1 Command L1 Mech Features: Sword Oukaou’s Wings – reduces all ranged damage by 2000 + Aura Power level x100 Ultra-High-Speed Evasion 20% HP and EN Regen All-Canceller Sakomizu’s voice actor: Rikiya Koyama (other roles: Clouseau in FMP, Wolverine in the X-Men TV series, Duke in Tales of Vesperia and a bunch more). That’s a big bag of tricks for a very buff enemy. As is standard to main villains, Sakomizu has great stats all around and high-powered attacks, but he is not without weaknesses. For one, his Oukaou is S sized, meaning everything but our SD Gundams gets a damage boost against him, whereas he takes a damage penalty against us. His strongest attack does ignore size difference, but its only range 1-2. His range ain’t the greatest but neither is ours, so you’ll at least be facing his second best attack at 1-3. Sniping at him isn’t advised due to his shield taking a big bite out of your damage, but it’s nothing you don’t know how to handle after Master Therion and Lu Bu. Save your SP until it’s go-time and he’ll go down soon enough. SRW UX - Linebarrel: Behold the might of an Aura Battler piloted by a Holy Warrior!    : I commend you for being capable of connecting a blow against me. HOWEVER!!   : Wh-What strength is this…?! : This… This is the Aura Power of a Holy Warrior?! *Kachunk*  : It… It moves?!: (H-He…!): So you control it like this… Wow, this Aura System is quite something.: (The nameless – nanashi, in the language of Japan – Aura Battler… No one in the castle could get it to take flight, and he made it move so effortlessly…!): Aesap, you really are…!: Aah, again with that? Is calling me a Holy Warrior a national pastime around here?: But, Aesap, you…!: You’re the Holy Warrior here, Lux. : …?!: The Wings of Rean didn’t appear back then because of me. It was because of you, the daughter of a Holy Warrior…: But that’s…!: Nuh-uh. Aesap is absolutely a Holy Warrior.: Erebos?! Why are you here…?!: Well, Lady Jacoba told me to help the Holy Warrior.: So where Aesap goes, I go. I’ll be his loving companion forever and ever and ever…: U-Um… What are...? : Aesap, this Ferario is trouble! Don’t let your guard down around her for even a second!: H-Huh…?!*Back outside* : What’s the matter…? Are you finished already, overworlders?! : Kch… His spirit is overwhelming! SRW UX - My Fate: Hm?! The new Aura Battler…?!: Father!: Lux and young Suzuki?! : You escaped for captivity only to set yourselves against me…? How deep does your contempt for your king run?!: The princess is only worried about you! So much so that she’s here with me, aboard the so-called nana—: And you’ve named it Nanajin?! After the Seven Gods of Fortune?! (This whole convo’s a big – and rather forced, if you ask me – “play” on words and I care not to think of a way to rewrite it. Sakomizu mishears 名無しに (Nanashi ni – nameless + ni particle) as 七神 (nanajin – seven gods), figuring it’s a reference to the七福神 (seven gods of fortune)) : Na-Nanajin…?!: (Oh…? That boy’s able to control my newest Aura Battler so easily...?): (His Aura Power reminds me a lot of Shou Zama. He really is one…!): Managed to get out without a hitch, eh, Aesap!: Huh? Are you that guy from…?: Yeah, and we’ll all need your powers if we’re gonna get back to the surface! Help us out, will ya?: Okay… Lux, put on the Wings of Rean shoes, please.: M-Me?! Why…?: I’m recreating the situation we had before. You wear the shoes, I’ll pray to them.: But before we do anything about that… we need to deal with this hardheaded king! Nanajin (Aesap Suzuki) Pilot Skills: Aura Power L3 Holy Warrior Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 All Attack Spirit Commands – Aesap: Focus Adaptation (順応) – turns the squadron’s units and weapons’ terrain ratings into S for a turn. Sense Spirit Commands – Erebos: Scan Tailwind Mech Features: Sword Ultra-High-Speed Evasion 10% HP and EN Regen Squad Bonus: Mobility +5, Crit rate +10 (Mobility +20, Crit rate +20, Movement +2) Aesap’s voice actor: Jun Fukuyama Erebos voice actress: Yui Horie (other roles: Hitomi in the DoA series, Chie in Persona 4, Sala in Cross Ange and a billion more) What I said about previous Real Robot protagonists applies here, only Aesap hits harder thanks to stacking Aura Power and Holy Warrior, while also being extremely dodgy with the Nanajin’s raw stats and Ultra-High-Speed Evasion. It can take a hit no better than an SD Gundam can, but it should never be getting hit in the first place. Range is a B-, with only his second weakest move reaching up to 2-5. His two best are, respectively, 1-2 and point-blank. Still, that high movement will let him quickly close the distance and the AI isn’t too keen on low HP targets. You can get a lot of mileage out of Aesap, against mooks and bosses (especially as the game goes along and he grows). Having Erebos along, who’ll eventually learn Enable (!), as a free sub-pilot is just the cherry on top. Secret Alert! Wings of Rean secret - 1st step: shoot down Sakomizu with Aesap. Not a problem, since he won’t run away at any threshold – just build up enough morale that you can use the Nanajin’s best tricks. Also, as these things usually go, Aesap's kill count is also tied to this secret and you need 100 kills by mission 39. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAjZZ0K91Ac Let’s get to work. SRW UX - Love Survivor   : This Aura Battler… Amalgan Ludle?!: I see you’ve found me, Shinjiro Sakomizu!: My comrade, we once shared many-a-battles as we fought to unify our nation… And it is precisely because I respect you so that I’ll make your death quick and painless!: Prepare to meet your end, Amalgan!  Ah, well.  Oh, and I saw an opportunity to speed thing up against Sakomizu. While he can’t be debuffed, our folks certainly can be buffed! SRW UX - Envoy from Jupiter: This energy emanating from him… Is it the Aura Power Jacoba Aon spoke of?!: Ah, I see you have the makings of a Holy Warrior. I wish we could have had a chance to sit down and speak face-to-face, but alas…!: Shut up…! All your powers are doing is twisting both our worlds!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx9DCa594e4 Bam. Now we have +20 to all our stats (this applies to our allied forces too). SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend: Why don’t you stop and consider your daughter’s feelings for a second?! And you call yourself a father?!: Indeed, and it is because I’m her father that I must discipline her! I must educate her on our cause, and what it means to serve it!   Shangxiang: “The princess is crying, you knuckle-head!” SRW UX - The Eternal Soldiers: Alright, let’s continue where we left off, chief! Only this time we’ll see who’s the better pilot!: You wild man, servant to no cause but your wild urges. Were you to submit to me, I’d easily proclaim you a samurai!    SRW UX - Linebarrel : How can someone who calls himself a Holy Warrior want to invade the surface?! Is that title just a fancy way of saying “murderer”?!: If you seek to deny my justice, then you must first showcase your own!    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTAW3MLKOIY Turns out giving Magami that stat boost allowed him to dodge the counterhit, so it fell on Lockon to help me show off Sakomizu’s best attack. SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend : If you are king in this land then you should only take up the sword to fight in the defense of your people!: I am Japanese first, king of Hojo second! : Ignoring the reality of my motherland would be a disservice to the dead that I could never apologize for!   : You’re hailed as a heroic king who united his land, so why do you oppress your people?! Why do you seek to invade the surface?!: Japan is my motherland! I seek no more than to return it to how it is meant to be!   SRW UX - Love Survivor: And all we gottta do now is bring down the head-honcho. Buckle up, King Sakomizu!: Death awaits any who oppose me. Now fall to ashes before my grand cause!  SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit: Aren’t you a Holy Warrior?! Those’re supposed to fight to protect the lives of others, no?!: You understand nothing! Merely giving to those who cannot earn for themselves is the way of destruction to any nation! Accept it!   SRW UX - My Fate: Father… You were a Holy Warrior in your youth, so why won’t you act like one now?!: I don’t want to see my father be enslaved by delusions born of his old age!: My wish to cut down the evil that remains in this land, to crush America… is not a delusion!: King Sakomizu! If you consider yourself both Lux’ father and king, then please use your power for what’s right!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySIpTRnd3o Sakomizu drops a Teachings of Jikishinkage-ryu Kenjutsu (Melee +10, Evasion and Skill +5) : Hrrmm…! How could I be brought to this point?!: Please, father, ask yourself why you couldn’t reach the Overworld when you had the Wings of Rean shoes!: Yet, when I used them, I could not only travel to and back, but I took a fleet along with me!: That was only due to young Suzuki’s presence!: Aesap Suzuki, I see quite clearly that you, indeed, have the makings of a Holy Warrior! Would you be the prince of Hojo?!: Wh-Wha…?!: Th-The prince…?!: Yes! I’d like to you take charge of our nation’s government as the new Holy Warrior! Inherit my crown and the nation of Hojo, you and Lux together!: F-Father… what are you?!: Are you trying to make me lower my guard with all that talk?!: Heh…: MAYBE I AM!!*Slash!* : G-Gwaaaah!: Aesap…!?*Flash!* : Huh?! Th-This is…!: The Aura Road is opening again…?!*Flash! Whooooosh!* : (It’s happening again! I’m wearing the shoes, Aesap’s crying out and the Wings of Rean are manifesting…!): (Which means Aesap is…!)  Cut to JUDA, Cagalli’s being told that the UX and Celestial Being are still missing. The company’s doing everything it can to find us (especially considering we took their Machinas along), which disappoints the girl. She wanted to recruit our help again. Ishigami asks if the Federation’s search crafts are still flying about the island of Tatsumiya and, indeed, they’ve been at it pretty much nonstop. Cagalli fears they pinged something happening there during the previous battle with the Festum. The entire island is currently hidden away behind the mirror camouflage as they try to avoid the Federation’s detection. Ishigami can’t help but point out the irony of in order to protect mankind from the menace of the Festum, the folks there must first keep themselves hidden from said humanity. The whims of fate have given the Arcadian Project quite the crummy hand, that’s for certain. But grumbling about it won’t help them, and Cagalli says they’ll deal with the Festum with the forces they’ve available at the moment. With a reminder for Ishigami to be careful in regards to a certain matter, she signs off.  Ogawa then brings the Federation government’s answer in regards to their inquiries on the previous battle at Yokosuka and… yeah. Ishigami’s aware of what the “official” story says, and Cagalli also smelled fish around everything that happened there. It’s pretty clear to Ishigami that a rather unsavory group is quickly rising to power within the Federation – yes, the Martian Development Bureau. Still, the Federation is currently in a daze trying to figure out how they’ll deal with the Skrugg and the Frontier Fleet, so Ishigami figures JUDA should also work on a plan of their own.  Location: ALVIS – 1st CDC  : I see… so we shouldn’t expect any reinforcements.  : I’m so very sorry. I’d established contact with the Unknown Xtrikers precisely for moments like this, but…: No, don’t worry about it. The Arcadian Project was always expected to make do without any outside assistance… we should consider ourselves lucky that we even have Orb’s support.: But if you’re going to field not just the Mark Elf but the other Fafners as well, then… : …SRW UX - Separation : Hm. It’s for that purpose that we’ve these children…*Beep, beep*  : … ! (Hazama): Cmdr. Makabe! : This is a list of the children with the highest Synergetic Code values… (Toumi): P-Please, wait! Shouko is… her health is!: I’m sorry, but her physical condition is irrelevant to her Synergetic Code values… You know that, don’t you?: …: (We’re deciding our children’s lives with a bunch of numbers. I understand the reason why, but, as a parent, I can’t bring myself to accept it…): (I wish no one but me had to go through this…): (Shouko…)  : Hmm… this one’s from the last class tournament, right…? (Shouko): You’re so lucky that you can take all these pictures with everyone. : Everyone, huh… Sure you don’t mean “with Kazuki”? (Maya): Ah…?! M-Maya, please!: Heheh… Still, we’ll now have plenty of chances to take lots of pictures together. : Hm, you’re right. All thanks to us being chosen as Fafner pilot cadets.: Now I have to work extra-hard! The sooner I’m ready to help Kazuki, the better! : Woooow, this place is awesome! It’s like a secret base! (Mamoru) : Well, it’s a base and it’s secret, so I’m pretty sure it is a secret base. (Kenji) : (So this is where you worked, dad…) (Sakura) : Those are the new Fafner pilot cadets, huh? : They’re all around Kazuki’s age… a full bunch of kids who haven’t even made it through school.: All children in Tatsumiya were born to be tuned with the Fafners.: It is very difficult to find an adult with the necessary Synergetic Code values…: I know that. Still, the idea of deciding people’s lot in life from the second they’re born is…: Folly? Is that what you’re implying…?: …: I guess I am…: Shinn…: Once there was a man who studied the people’s inherent abilities by way of their genes. And he tried using that knowledge to decide everyone’s destiny…: But, in the end, humanity rejected his Plan. Do you know why? : Because destiny isn’t something that can be decided at birth…?: Right. People will keep on growing their flowers, even when they know those might get wiped out the next day…: Because that’s the kind of creature humans are…: … : Hey, Soushi! Get in here! (Koyo): We’re taking a little celebratory picture!: A picture…?: And we even got Kazuki to join us, too! : U-Um…: Okay, everyone gather ‘round! : Go on now. You’ll be fighting alongside all of them, right?: … : All right…: And here we go! Everyone say “cheeese”!*Flash!* : … : (Everything with a beginning also has an end. Sugarcoating isn't what we need right now…): (Folly it may be, but if we yearn to fly, even knowing our wings will bleed...): (All we need is a little more time, is that so much to ask…?) (Miku hasn’t a monopoly on quoting lyrics, you see. Soushi’s lines here, while not identical, were all twists on the original lyrics of Shangri-La and Separation.) Brunom1 fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Sep 26, 2018 |
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Jan 19, 2018 22:15
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Brunom1 posted:
 I only just realized how all these Fafner characters have this ridiculous blush and now it's driving me nuts.
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Jan 19, 2018 23:18
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So Wings of Rean isn't actually happening in the same world as Dunbine, but in a parallel version of the same. I didn't know that. I don't know anything about those series, really, but I thought they did happen in the same universe. At least I know that flaming katanas are really cool so I must watch this sometime. Also My Fate is very good. Also also, I've read Aesap's name as "Asap". Romanization is hard, but I guess the point of the name is to remind us of the actual acronym ASAP (since he is a military man's son), so wouldn't Asap be more correct? Though, again, I have no idea about the series, so feel free to disregard me here. Except on flaming katanas, I don't think their coolness is debatable.
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Jan 19, 2018 23:31
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I'm completely lost as far as the story is going. To makes things worse, Shinn acting like a mature human being makes me think I'm in some alternate dimension.
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Jan 19, 2018 23:41
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Alacron posted:
Look, we need to distinguish between Fafner and Destiny characters somehow.
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Jan 19, 2018 23:46
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I dont fully get the garow ran thing
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Jan 20, 2018 12:50
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Heres a curated list of names from the UC Gundam series: Ramba Ral Fraw Maw Sayla Mass Deglan Sodo Zabi M'Quve Fa Yuiry Yazan Gable Glemy Toto Beecha Oleg Panpa Rida VVV: Oh I thought it was a dig at the weird rear end named in gundam Rigged Death Trap fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Jan 20, 2018 |
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Jan 20, 2018 13:09
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Arkanumzilong posted:I dont fully get the garow ran thing Garow Ran is the name of one of the races in Byston Well. And, then, there's this guy: 
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Jan 20, 2018 13:15
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I'm glad that my friend Shot Weapon is alive and adding another anime to his evil overlord advisor and bug robot creator resume.
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Jan 20, 2018 14:15
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Been following this one since the start, since I bought this game a few months back. Convinced me to stop getting distracted and actually continue playing through it. I do love My Fate, though something that bugs me about it in-game is that animations tend to finish before the main part of the song starts. Always nice to listen to it on the map, though.
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Jan 21, 2018 02:14
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SirSystemError posted:I do love My Fate, though something that bugs me about it in-game is that animations tend to finish before the main part of the song starts. Always nice to listen to it on the map, though. Fafner's Shangri-La and another Fafner BGM in this game are similarly guilty in having a long windup before getting to the good parts. This game wasn't terribly great about that.
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Jan 21, 2018 03:36
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General Revil posted:I'm completely lost as far as the story is going. To makes things worse, Shinn acting like a mature human being makes me think I'm in some alternate dimension.
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Jan 21, 2018 03:53
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Brunom1 posted:Garow Ran is the name of one of the races in Byston Well. I figured it might have been related to garrod ran, but then also figured that it could not be as gundam x is not part of this game Also, on the subject of super robot wars (and gundam seed) started playing srw J recently, inspired by this thread Absolutely in love with the weird real/super hybrid you can get in that game, too bad it gets horribly dragged down by seed ( and boy, I had forgotten how much its characters suck, Flay and the short haired seccond in command of the archangel in particular manage to reach entire new levels of suck)
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Jan 21, 2018 06:55
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Arkanumzilong posted:I figured it might have been related to garrod ran, but then also figured that it could not be as gundam x is not part of this game It isn't the only the time SRW has referenced a series that isn't in the game. Just read the W LP and see how many times poor Yzak is used for a G Gundam reference (because his VA was also Domon). Poor guy never learns why everyone wants a GUNDAM FIGHTO with him. Also take that back, Natarle Goodgiruel is a good character and I will not allow such insults to her. Flay is awful though.
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Jan 21, 2018 07:00
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Blaze Dragon posted:It isn't the only the time SRW has referenced a series that isn't in the game. Just read the W LP and see how many times poor Yzak is used for a G Gundam reference (because his VA was also Domon). Poor guy never learns why everyone wants a GUNDAM FIGHTO with him. Gai (Nadesico, not Gaogaigar or ASTRAY) even tried calling the Red Frame's electric punch attack "Shining Finger" until someone warned him about potential lawsuits, back in W. Also, in Alpha Gaiden, if Gym Gingham uses the Turn X's Shining Finger on Ryusei, he'll remark that that's not the Shining Finger he knows (he debuted in Shin SRW, which featured G Gundam). There's easily dozens of similar references to series that had appeared in previous games. Also Natarle is real bad but so is all of SEED except ASTRAY and Stargazer.
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Jan 21, 2018 07:40
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EclecticTastes posted:Also Natarle is real bad but so is all of SEED except ASTRAY and Stargazer. I mostly agree with you, but then again Destiny has had some really good showings in SRW...even if the source material was crap. So it's not all bad.
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Jan 21, 2018 09:59
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Dr. Snark posted:I mostly agree with you, but then again Destiny has had some really good showings in SRW...even if the source material was crap. To be fair I'm judging Stargazer pretty much entirely on its showing in SRW K, but it looked like SEED's remixed take on 0080 and 08th MS Team, which is pretty decent company to be in.
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Jan 21, 2018 10:17
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Stargazer had all of two, maybe three combat scenes to its name, and they were pretty good. The fact that everything involved in Cosmic Era besides the actual main series is good is a minor miracle, I swear.
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Jan 21, 2018 10:25
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AradoBalanga posted:Quote It's not the SEED Destiny part that's confusing me. It's a pleasant change of pace, and I can even believe something like that happening after the ending of the show. It's more that the rest of the story is confusing.
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Jan 21, 2018 10:47
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Blaze Dragon posted:It isn't the only the time SRW has referenced a series that isn't in the game. Just read the W LP and see how many times poor Yzak is used for a G Gundam reference (because his VA was also Domon). Poor guy never learns why everyone wants a GUNDAM FIGHTO with him. I will take it back when she stops insulting everyone in the party every time she is on screen Also when she stops actually siding with and getting praised by the villains I am not kidding when I say that there has been (so far) not a single scene in J where she was not insulting someone or actively trying to make everything worst
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Jan 21, 2018 18:16
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The big problem with Natarle in SRW is the problem with SEED in SRW, they just don't really work outside of their original context. In SEED, the Archangel is supposed to be doing the White Base thing; alone, outgunned, deep in enemy territory, understaffed, and what staff they do have is mostly made up of civilian teenagers who don't really know what they're doing. They're high on problems and short on options and Natarle is trying to keep the crew alive by any means possible. In a SRW game like J though, they're accompanied by no less than another fully staffed warship, full platoons of mechs and capable pilots, super robots out the wazoo, and oh yeah THE MOTHERFUCKING ZEORYMER. Here Natarle becomes less "I'm the one giving brutal but pragmatic solutions to our many, many problems" and more "I'm the designated rear end in a top hat character." Like Tetsuya but without the sideburns.
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Jan 21, 2018 18:34
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Alacron posted:The big problem with Natarle in SRW is the problem with SEED in SRW, they just don't really work outside of their original context. In SEED, the Archangel is supposed to be doing the White Base thing; alone, outgunned, deep in enemy territory, understaffed, and what staff they do have is mostly made up of civilian teenagers who don't really know what they're doing. They're high on problems and short on options and Natarle is trying to keep the crew alive by any means possible. Well, there is one point where it almost works - the first route split. There, it's just the Layzner crew and the Space Knights accompanying them. Tekkaman Blade is extremely strong, but that's also where they put the episodes where he's de-powered.
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 Here we are again, with Aesap still deploy as an event unit. Everyone else is still free, though, so we switch folks around: Joe/Moritsugu Kouichi/Yamashita Sun Quan/Rennie Arnie/Saya Mike/Lockon Setsuna/Fei-Yen Zhang Fei/Shangxiang (her Assail will really help get more usage out of his best attacks) Liu Bei/Deceive Guan Yu/Tsubasa Mazinkaiser/Eida Tactician: Zhuge Liang Off we go.   : These are the coordinates? They said the island of Tatsumiya’s here, but… : Something moved?! Is it API-1... Tatsumiya?!  : …: A-A Festum…?!: Mayday, mayday! This is Youngster 2! I’ve spotted a Sphinx-type by point N-02!*The Festum closes in.* : Th-The Sphinx is coming after me! : Step on the gas and break away from it!: I-I’m trying… I-I can’t shake this thing!*Closer still.* : Are you there…?: Aa-AAAAAH!! SRW UX - The Gate of Neidhöhle Opens: Th-That’s…! : Kazuki, stand down! This isn’t a rescue operation! : I… I have to save him! : …!*The Festum backs off.* : Whose unit is that?! Did it actually come from API-1…?!  : The Sphinx has switched its target to the Mark Elf!: I told him to keep his distance from the Federation jet…! : Him saving that soldier will make for later headaches, you know. (Kariya): And? Could you honestly sit back and just watch as someone is killed?!: …: The Mark Elf’s engaging the enemy above Tatsumiya’s airspace!*BOOM!*  : P-Projectiles are hitting the island!: We don’t have a choice now… disable the mirror camouflage and engage the Welle Shield! It’s better than letting the whole island get destroyed…!: We’re deploying our MS as well! Impulse, coordinate with the Mark Elf and bring down that Festum!  : …?! Wh-What… That island isn’t on the map!  : Kazuki!: Mr. Asuka…! Back me up, please!: I’m on it! Haaaaah!    : Now, Kazuki!  : Haah, haah… We did it! We did it, Soushi!: Kazuki…: That’s it, I’m sure of it…! Youngster 2 to command fleet! I’ve located API-1! Repeat, I’ve located Tatsumiya! : Secretary-General Hester, images from the coordinates sent by Youngster 2 are coming up on the monitors now.  : Hmhmhm… At long last, I’ve found the Island of Giants…: Why did you ignore your orders and save the Federation jet?: I take full responsibility for everything, sir…: Saving someone’s life is a bad thing now?: Depending on the context, it may be.: …?!: Kch… Excuse me.*Kazuki stomps off.* : Do you think I’m too soft, Ms. Kariya?: Not really…: …: Cmdr. Makabe, the Federation’s fleet trying to get in touch with us.: Understood. Put them through. : …: Come on, chin up. Ask anyone around here and they’ll say you did the right thing.: But Soushi and my dad…: Don’t worry about them. You saved someone’s life today – if that’s not something you can say with your head held high, what is?: …: Ah… Kazuki! Welcome back!: Shouko, everyone… Why are you here?: They gave us a break from training when your fight started. We all saw you guys in action.: You and Soushi were so cool out there!: And you, Mr. Asuka – your piloting just screams ‘ace’! You’re in a whole different league from us!: Hahah, thanks. But I could do much better if the Destiny’s repairs were finished…: No way, dude! You were already great out there!: We need to dedicate ourselves to our training… and become fully-fledged pilots too…: Hey, Shouko… Are you holding out okay?: Yes, I’m fine…: Are you really? You’re not looking to good.: N-No, I really… am…*Faint.* : ?! Shouko…!: H-Hey, Hazama! Stay with us! : … Location: ALVIS – Infirmary : Looks like some light anemia. She should be fine now.: Aah, thank God for that…: I’m so sorry that you kids had to go through this…: Nah, don’t worry about it. I’m pretty sure she’s been having fun doing this, so it’s no prob…: Fun…?: Because Shouko’s health always kept her from going to school, yeah… : She really wants to do this with all of us, so I think she pushed herself too hard…: …: Ah…: Back with us?: Oh, honey, I told you not to overwork yourself…: I’m sorry… And the Federation’s demanding ALVIS hands over a Fafner. And, much to Tamotsu’s surprise, Makabe’s actually agreed to it: they’ll be giving them the Mark Sechs. Tamotsu points out all the years they’ve spent putting the bot together, but they’ve no choice here. The Feds’ fleet will picking the Mark Sechs up soon and Makabe asks that Tamotsu make sure the bot is good to go. Cagalli is confused about all this: the Federation won’t even be able to activate a Fafner without one of our kids, so why do they care? Kaname and Makabe have an idea of what going on and, when Cagalli asks, he says it’s very likely we’ll find one Mitsuhiro Bartland with the Federation.  Cut to Hester’s ship, she’s already counting the minutes for when she’ll get to see a Fafner Nothung Model in person. Mitsuhiro and Hazard are also very eager, and Hester is grateful to the latter for all his help. She’s certain ALVIS wouldn’t have capitulated this easily if the Federation didn’t have the support of all the Martian Development Bureau’s forces (including the Famir Warship they’re currently in). Ah, but Hazard is so very willing to help considering the multitude of threats – like the Skrugg and the Festum - besieging Earth at the moment. If they can stymie those threats even a little, then they won’t hesitate to assist however possible. Mitsuhiro, meanwhile, reports that they’re ready to initiate research and mass-production of the Mark Sechs as soon as it arrives. It’s almost time for the reform of the Federation army. But their scheming is interrupted when the radar pings Festum appearing on top of them! : Hey, mom.: What is it? : Do you think I could pilot a Fafner like Kazuki does…?: Someday, when you’re not sick anymore…: … And will I ever stop being sick?: Of course you will! Your mom’s a healthy person, no?: Yes, you are…*ALAAAAAARM!* : …?! This alert… Solomon’s issued a warning?!: There’s going to be another battle…?: Don’t worry – you’ll be safe here! I’ve work to do at the Burg, so please stay here and rest.*Hazama leaves.* : …: Response from Solomon! Festum determined to be Sphinx-types but there’s some ambivalence! : Commander, the Federation fleet’s sending a request for help.: Letting them get sunk would be best for us…: But we can’t simply turn the other cheek. Deploy the Mark Elf.: Yes, sir…: We’ll have the Impulse provide support, then.: Thank you, Rep. Athha. : Haah, haah… Hrgh…: What’re you doing here, Hazama?! Aren't you still feeling sick?!: I-I’m fine. I’ve a job to do too… Help Kazuki… that’s my job…: …: Hazama… Isn’t there anything I can do for you?: Kasugai…: Shouko…!: Kazuki! You’re going out again…?: Yeah, but never mind me. Are you feeling better?: Yes, I’m already good. Just focus on making it back to the island safe, okay?: When you do, I’ll help you with all this. So please come back…: …: That’s a promise between us, alright, Kazuki…?: Yeah…: This is your home. And I’ll keep it safe until you return… Mission 13 – Pledge ~ Promise   SRW UX - The Gate of Neidhöhle Opens: U-Uwaaaaaaaaaah! : Escort ship, sunk!: We’ve come too far to give up on getting the Nothung Model! : (Tsk… If I knew this was going to happen, I’d have brought The Boom Army along…!)  : Gch… Are reinforcements from API-1 still not here yet?!: Are you there…?: Eeek..!  : Aah…! They made it!: Th-That’s… the Fafner?!: This one is a rescue operation. Move in and support the Federation fleet!: We’re going in to save them all, right?!: …: No time for questions, Kazuki! We’re going!: Y-Yes, sir!*ALAAAAAAARM!* : Th-This is…! Another warning from Solomon?!: What?! Where’re the Festum appearing?! : 10km directly above Tatsumiya! (Kondo): Deploy the second Welle Shield immediately!: Targets are crash-landing into the island’s mountain range! No time to measure mass!: Brace for impact!*CRAAAAAASH!* : H-Hrrgh…! : The targets landed at the island’s central block!: Sending out the Impulse backfired on us...!: Alex, can Lunamaria deploy?! : We’ve a Gunner ZAKU Warrior she could take, but…: Tsk, if only the Destiny’s repairs were finished…drat it!: There’s no more time! Have her take the ZAKU and intercept the enemy! *Booom!*  : Stop this! Please! Don’t… don’t destroy Kazuki’s island!*Run over.* : ?! Shouko, what are you doing?!: M-Mom…: Why are you in a Synergetic Suit?! What are you up to?!: I’m going to fight them…: Don’t be stupid! There’s no reason for you to risk your life for the island—: I’m not doing it for the island! I’m doing it for Kazuki!: Shouko…: …: Shouko, your body’s too weak. This was never something you could do…!: Mom… We were always meant to fight, no? This has been our destiny from the second we were born, hasn’t it?: Then, at the very least, I’d like to be fighting because it’s what I want to do. And you can let me have that, right…?: After all… I’m not even your daughter…: ?!    SRW UX - Shangri-La: Kazuki, we’ve an emergency! New Festum have been sighted at Tatsumiya!: The enemy’s at the island?!: How many of them?!: We’re seeing several Sphinx and Grendel-types. Lunamaria is on her way to intercept them with the ZAKU Warrior, but against that many…!: Luna’s…?!: Kazuki, you need to get back to the island right now! Can you do it?!: No, it’s not happening! I’m finished the second I turn my back on these things…!: But… No, wait! I-Is this…?!: What is it, Soushi?!: A new connection’s been established with the Siegfried System… It’s the Mark Sechs… Hazama?!: Shouko…?!   : Rrgh… You’re not winning this that easy!  : I’ve brushed up my shooting skills some, you see!*The Sphinx charges after her.* : A-Aah—! : Seiiyaaaaa!!! : Y-You’re…!: Haah, haah…: Hazama, we need you to hang in there until Kazuki’s group makes it back. Don’t bite off more than you can chew!: Thank you, Minashiro… but, I… I made a promise to Kazuki, so…!: Hazama…!: This island is our home… it’s Kazuki’s home! And I’ll keep it safe!  Kill everything, don’t lose any of our girls. You really don’t wanna risk sending Luna out to the frontlines, not only because her ZAKU is kinda “eh” and will likely get assimilated, but because the game, once again, tosses a Sphinx with Mind Read L4 at you (it’s the one Shouko pushed back). If that guy goes after Luna on top of the little Grendels, she might just get killed before getting zapped. Just let Shouko handle it as she’s more than well-equipped for it, while Luna sticks to the nearby positive terrain and shoots from range (she now knows Strike, and it’s decently priced!).  Fafner Mark Sechs (Shouko Hazama) Pilot Skills: Synergetic Code L2 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L2 Spirit Commands: Alert Focus Mech Features: Gun Repair Module Norn System – Reduces all incoming damage by 1500. 5 EN per use. Siegfried System Squad Bonus: Money +10%, Mobility +5, A in Air (Money +20%, Mobility +20, S in Air, Spec Down Debuff Immunity) Shouko’s voice actress: the late Miyu Matsuki (other roles: Minaki in SRW Alpha 3, Choppy in Precure All Stars and some more). Yow, now that is a great Squad Bonus – had she a Resupply Module instead of Repair, she’d be a perfect squaddie. Regardless, Shouko is still great and that’s mostly due to the Mark Sechs because, as a pilot, she ain’t all that. The game is clearly pushing her into a support role, but all Fafners are good enough that you can play them however you want. Having an S in air does do wonders for survivability, of course. The Mark Sechs has its ranges covered nicely (second best is 3-7) and packs a decent punch, too, which will help you with this: Secret Alert!Fafner Secret #1 – 2nd Step: Shouko must down at least 5 enemies by the end of the third enemy phase. Simple, but it require you to play aggressively. You’ll want to send Shouko up front and keep Luna back, so that the little Grendels will all focus on her and you can wittle down the five kills you need. Ignore the Sphinx as it has too much HP (plus regen) for you to kill without really expending your resources. Just go for the Grendels. SRW UX - The Gate of Neidhöhle Opens: Minashiro, please, stop her!: It’s our mission to protect the island…: Minashiro!: Plus, Shouko Hazama is the one best suited as the Mark Sechs’ pilot. : You knew this would happen, Ms. Hazama…: B-But…!: Hazama, the enemy’s closing in!: I see it. Get out… GET OUT OF KAZUKI’S ISLAND!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1wL-1W5Tyk That’s four kills she gets on the very first turn. With a bit of morale, a crit from her Mine Blade is just enough to oneshot the Grendels. Might’ve gotten all five here, but one bugger got clever… SRW UX - Life Goes On: I can’t just dump all this on one girl’s shoulders…! Time to plant my feet into the ground and hold this line!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB_zUE6rEVE Throwing your tomahawk after you’ve already left the screen is very rude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVqA7oIw4w And here’s the fifth kill. She’ll get another two as a bonus during the enemy turn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C955qCA1Ds Seeing how this Grendel cared so much, he gets blasted by the ZAKU’s best attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYu_fLJgc_0 And Shouko’s best move, just for kicks. Now fast forward a turn and… : Haah, haah…!  : Rrgh-RAAAAAAAARGH!! : Grrr… UAAAAAAAAH!: Hazama…?!: HAAAAAAAAH!   : Haah, haah… I-I’ve got it!: What do you think you’re doing, Hazama?!: I’ll… I’ll drag it out the island!: What…?!: Th-The Mark Sechs… is capable of flight, so…!   : The Fafner’s flying away…  *Engine noise.* : That’s good enough. Let go of the Sphinx.: …: What is it, Hazama?: I… I can’t…  : …?! It’s assimilating you…?!: Are you there…?: Gch… Hazama, eject!: …: Minashiro… I’m engaging the Fenrir…: Hazama?! : Code accepted. Activating Fenrir.*Beep.* : Shouko… Why’d you activate the self-destruct charge?! What the hell’s going on, Soushi?!: …: Kazuki… I said I’ll keep your island safe… and I will…: Shouko, that’s ridiculous! Stop this!: Shouko…!*Koyo runs off.* : Pilot cadets are all on standby! You’re not to leave your posts without permission!: Shouko…!*She goes too.* : Hey! Stop!: Mi-Minashiro… Give her back… Give my daughter back!: SHOUKOOOO!: Mom… I’m sorry…: I should never have said I wasn’t your daughter… : I’m so sorry…    Mommy… Why is my name Shouko?  It’s because I wanted you to soar high – that’s what your name means.  ”Soar”?  It means to fly through the sky.  I’ll soar right through this sky, then…! : Kazuki… *BOOOOM!* Angela - Separation (Piano Version)  Did I keep my promise…?  : SHOUKOOOOOOO!!: The Mark Sechs and the Festum have… disappeared…: …: A-Aah… Aaaaaaaaaaah!!: Th-This can’t be real... Tell me this is just a bad dream, Shouko…: The enemy’s destroyed… as is our precious Mark Sechs…: …?!: N-No…!: We… we were too late…!: Rrgh… Uwaaaaaaah!: …?! We’re detecting heat signatures where the Mark Sechs disappeared! I-It’s…!: What… What is that light?!  : That’s the Celestial Being’s ship…! The UX are also there, then?!: The Unknown Xtrikers…?! But where did they come from…?! : Th-This is…?: That light was the Aura Road opening, I’m sure…!: Then we’re back at the surface?! : We should be somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but… : Yeah, this island isn’t on any of our maps!: This is the island of Tatsumiya..!: I s l a n d o f T a t s u m i y a…? : ?! What are those creatures...?! : The Festum…!: “Festum”?! The things that attacked Japan thirty years ago…?!: Do you hear me, Unknown Xtrikers?! This is the Representative of Orb, Cagalli Yula Athha, speaking!: Orb, the neutral nation…?! What’s their Representative doing here?: We can explain the particulars later! The Festum are attacking and we’re having trouble pushing them back – we need your assistance!: Roger that! The UX will engage and eliminate them! : Then I believe I’ll take command of this operation. Troops, make sure not one of these creatures is left intact! Alas, poor Shouko; we hardly knew you. Now we just need to close in and destroy the new wave of Festum without losing either of our ships. Lead with your dodgier guys until morale gets going to make sure no one gets assimilated and you’ll be good. And remember that Kazuki’s kill count is tied to two secrets and his first one requires 100 kills by the end of mission 26. If you haven’t raised those flags in a previous game, he should be given priority on mooks. SRW UX - Envoy from Jupiter: (This is… I feel something within them, but what is it? What are they after…?)   SRW UX - Shangri-La: Shouko, why…?! Why’d you have to do something as stupid as that?!: Festum…! You’re gonna pay for taking her from us!  SRW UX - Life Goes On: I came along to keep others from dying, but I couldn’t stop anything…!: And now another young girl lost her life. All her hopes and dreams for her future, gone… drat it, why is it always like this?!   SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend: Something echoes inside my mind…? What is the meaning of this? Just what are these foes…?       I question the safety of having Izuna Nerve Crack a Festum…! SRW UX - My Fate: So this is the Overworld… I’d love to take in the sights, but it’s really hard to move around with three people inside the cockpit.: And who was it that insisted she come along, huh?! I swear, this is precisely why the Ferario—: Could you two shush?! I’m fighting here!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZI3C30gGSQ SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit: What are these things?! Are they a different kind of alien, or…?   SRW UX - Shadows that Rend Darkness: (It’s only been a few weeks since our last battle with the Festum…): (How can they have already grown so active…?!)  SRW UX - The Eternal Soldiers: Eh?! The hell’s up with these gold freakazoids?! : Well, if anything, it’s pretty clear they’re not friendly. Hold nothing back, Kaido!   SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend: Every day we’re faced with another new enemy… What in heaven’s name is happening with this world?!   SRW UX - Linebarrel: There’s no one piloting these things, right? Then I guess it’s A-OK not to pull any of my punches!    SRW UX - Love Survivor: First a bunch of bugs, and now monsters made of light? Earth’s really gone off the deep end while we weren’t looking!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhAnenvgWGU Aaay, I FINALLY managed to get the combo attack with the Elshank machines on tape (I think Rennie’s line cut off at the start, but I dunno if that’s a problem with Citra or a bug in the game)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEe83A-cdsA Also, here’s Kazuki’s strongest attack… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88YoRkZ9x3s And Zhang Fei’s best one.  : All Festum confirmed eliminated. No signals in the surrounding areas either…: It’s over…: But this victory came at a very high price…!: … A bit later, an angry Makabe tells Hester that, no, she won’t be getting her Nothung Model. They lost a Fafner defending the Federation’s fleet, so they’ve no units they could give them anymore. Hester tries objecting, and Makabe asks if the Federation’s thinking of using this island as sacrificial lamb. Well, he isn’t – they’ve lost too much already and he’s done talking with her. As Makabe shuts the call, Yumiko wonders if the Federation will give up on this. Hardly, Makabe thinks they’ll only get worse. Furthermore, he turns to Cagalli and says that while they’re so grateful to her and her people’s help today, there’s now a problem. She understands: the Federation is now aware that Orb and the Arcadian Project are working together, and that she’s got ties with the UX. It’s probably best for everyone if they distanced themselves from one another for a little while, Cagalli figures. Makabe truly regrets it coming to this after all Orb has done for them, and says they’ll at least take care of finishing the Destiny’s repairs. That’s hardly enough to repay ALVIS’ debt, but Cagalli says the thought alone is plenty. But ALVIS also has another urgent problem to take care of: figure out what they can do in regards to the Fafners and the kids after this. : KAZUKI!!*Punch!* : Grgh…!: You could’ve saved her! You were out there with your Fafner, weren’t you?!: Stop, Kasugai…! Stop it, please!: Kazuki, you could have…!: That’s enough, Koyo! It was impossible for him to help her back then!: No, there must’ve been something, anything, he could’ve done!: You guys get to survive, but not her… Does that seem right to you?!: …: How can you expect me to believe that saving her was “impossible”?!: Shouko was in pain throughout the whole thing… She died in pain!: Shouko went out fighting… I think she was content to die while doing that…: …?!: B-But…!: No one’s to blame for this. Hazama fought magnificently until the end…: Kch… And they expect us all to do the same thing?!: …: No… no, you can’t tell me dying was expected of her! She dies, and the rest of us live on…?!: Kasugai…: Shouko’s… gone… she’s gone…!: Aah… Shouko… Shouko…! Uwaaaahaaaahaah…!: …: Shinn…?: Born to do nothing but fight… and, then, die doing so…: As much love was poured into raising those flowers, as beautiful as they may have bloomed… they are, once again, wiped out by people…: Shinn, that’s…: I know, Luna. I won’t go down that road again…: All I’ll do is make sure I never forget how beautiful those flowers used to be…: … : (A promise is a tie that binds people forever, both those who keep that promise and those who break it…): (We felt no joy over having survived the battle…): (No, what we felt was the realization that we’d lost someone. And coming to terms with it was all any of us could do…)
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Jan 21, 2018 21:46
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This is as far as I got in Fafner (got here yesterday, in fact) and...yeah, not the happiest mecha show, huh. The Mark Sechs seems much better here than it was in the series though, considering there Shouko tried to stab a Festum and failed, shoot a Festum and failed, and ultimately killed herself to kill that Festum. At least here she can body slam without having to kill herself for it. Not like she survived anyways, but seeing how there's a secret tied to her killing things here, I expect she'll be fine in true SRW fashion...somehow.
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Jan 21, 2018 22:12
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Okay, now I'm beginning to really understand the "Fafner Mark Destiny" jokes. Seriously if I didn't know otherwise I'd swear Shinn was a Fafner character. He's fitting into the cast dynamic like a glove and it's honestly kind of great.
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Jan 21, 2018 22:17
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I'm mostly impressed that they managed to put Shinn in the impulse and Luna in her ZAKU when Destiny is post-series.
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Jan 21, 2018 23:39
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Wait, Do you not have to get kill counts if you unlocked a secret?
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Jan 21, 2018 23:53
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Hellioning posted:I'm mostly impressed that they managed to put Shinn in the impulse and Luna in her ZAKU when Destiny is post-series. I imagine the Destiny Gundam is a right pain in the rear end to repair on this isolated island.
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Jan 22, 2018 00:03
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Out of curiosity, I went and checked it on Akurasu:http://akurasu.net/wiki/Super_Robot_Wars/UX/Secrets#Notes posted:Kill Count requirements are based on a character's base amount of kills (however, 999 has no effect on secrets) displayed on the status screen either in the intermission or the stage where they join. The Kill Count requirement has to be made within a single playthrough, with none of the kills made carried over; everyone's Kill Count starts at "zero" for each playthrough. Spoilers if you follow that url obviously. But IIRC Brunom is also using Japanese sites which might have conflicting information so 
Alacron fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Jan 22, 2018 |
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Jan 22, 2018 00:04
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Onmi posted:Wait, Do you not have to get kill counts if you unlocked a secret? I originally thought you did because of the bug, but I was informed some weeks ago that while carried over kills do not count for secrets, that only applies to secrets you HAVEN'T gotten before (I fixed the update where I pointed that out erroneously). For instance, since I didn't get Heroman's secret yet, I need to get kills with him on this run. However, my save already has all secrets tied to Kazuki's kill count cleared, so I don't need to do trip any flags whatsoever with him (though I'll do those anyway). Secrets you've cleared before will 100% auto-join in subsequent games.
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Jan 22, 2018 00:04
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It probably will not last, as they are finally getting proper swords. But I love how so far, the Fafnir robots are these huge bulky things that wield little baby knives and pistols so small they can barely hold them. Like, an Eva with their tiny knife by comparison now looks like somebody wielding a machete.
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Brunom1 posted:I question the safety of having Izuna Nerve Crack a Festum…! Actually, one of my favorite parts of SRW is facing down various enemies that, in their home series, are supremely terrifying, and then one-upping them with someone from a different series. The Alpha series was especially fond of negative plot events during maps that would just not affect certain characters from a different series, because they had qualities that made them immune (such as being literal robots).
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