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Please say we have to get Dr. West on our side and use the power of mad science rock to beat the Skrugg.
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Ardeem posted:If ever there was a game that needed Macross 7 ... GaoGaiGar wouldn't go amiss, either. I was so disappointed that Alpha 3 squandered the chance to have Mic Sounders become an honorary member of Fire Bomber. At least Gai got to be the honorary sixth lion for Golion in W.
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Blaze Dragon posted:Tentacles and panty shots. Was this really necessary, Banpresto? Was it? Did you need to keep that? It would've been awesome if the animators has given her Misaka shorts beneath her laughably short skirt, but that probably would have made some of the lamer SRW fans whine about deviating from the source material. As a side note, I'd almost bet money that Guitar Doctor Scientist will join up, at least temporarily as an enemy-mine situation. He *does* want science to surpass magic, and the Black Lodge can't be happy about that mindset, so it's a logical end. It also helps that his robot fell in love with the protagonist for some contrived reason; credits to carrots that he does something that *actually* makes her fall for him.
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 And we’re back to the Japan route. This next mission is found in different places on all three routes, though events may change ever-so-slightly; when we get to it on the other ones, in the interest of saving time, I’ll simply skim through whatever’s majorly different and carry on to the next one. Saya, Arnie, Kazuki and Koyo are deploying as events, though only the latter needs to fly solo: Joe/Rennie Yamashita/Mike Sun Quan/Saya Arnie/Deceive Kouichi/Eida Shinn/Moritsugu Sun Shangxiang/Luna Kazuki Tactician: Ylbora Off we go.  The Fafner team’s returned to ALVIS as requested but the rest of our crew also decided to come with and Makabe’s very grateful. Romina proclaims that, as comrades-in-arms, we’ll help with whatever’s requested. And, from what Moritsugu’s heard, this mission concerns investigating an island that looks much like Tatsumiya? Right, and while Makabe’s sure it’s another island made as part of the Arcadian Project, the issue at hand is that we’ve no idea what’s up with it. Considering the nature of the project, Richard figures it was pretty lucky that no intel on it leaked, but, on the other hand, that leaves us going in blind. Still, Soushi figures it’s worth our time to check it out regardless, as that island’s databanks may have info on the Festum that the Tatsumiya crew didn’t uncover. Seems to Zhou Yu that this operation will have two fronts to it, then: one team will deploy with their mobile units to keep guard, while the investigation team will head into the island proper and look around. Makabe agrees with taking precautions and tells Soushi to pick the personnel for this mission. They also have new Fafner pilots undergoing training as we speak, so he’d like him to consider bringing them along as well.   SRW UX - The Gate of Neidhöhle Opens : Forward, GOOOUBIIIINE!   : Quit playin’ around, Mamoru! The enemy’s right goddamn there!: You will not call me Mamoru! My codename is… Goubine! And I’ll keep you both safe! : What are you getting this hyped for?! These’re just simulation Fafners we’re in!: I don’t wanna do this anymore! I want out! Mommy, I wanna go hooome!  : Don’t lose heart, Kenji! Believe in yourself! Belief brings you STRENGTH!: Here we go! Goubine Exclamation!: Call it whatever you want, let’s get going already!*The three Fafners charge forward!* : Haaaaah! Ichi! : N-Niiii…!: SAN! Deeeyaaaaaah! *Whiff!* : What…!?: It dodged it…! : W-Waaaaaah!: Urk, why…?! Are our spirits not strong enough?!: We really can’t do this! I want my mommyyyyyy!  : Gosh! What’s that boy doing, crying “mommy”…?!  : (Hang in there, Mamoru… Show me what a man you are!) : What was that just now…? : Well, they’re trying out a team attack based around their unit’s strengths. It’s for use in today’s mission, you see, but… : I can’t believe their altered consciousness are manifesting so vividly even aboard simulation Fafners… : Well, Kazuki is a special case. : Children who pilot Fafners will, normally, display varying degrees of personality changes due to the Synergetic Code. : I know that, but… the changes we're seeing in my little Sakura and the boys are particularly intense.: But that’s not really the issue here, right? The three of them together can’t even bring down a single faux-target. : For that matter, why was he even allowed to wear that stupid mask? A Fafner is not a toy, and I seriously doubt these three could pull their weight in a real battle.: But, then, the only other child with high Synergetic Code values available is…: Your little sister, yes. Maya Toumi was in the original list, yes?: N-No, she can’t! They found she’s got a physical handicap, so she could only work as an operator…: A “physical handicap”, is it? Hmm…: …: Well, okay. In that case, Ms. Hazama, how would you like to raise us a new pilot?: …?!: Ms. Kariya! Can’t you be even a little bit considerate?!: It’s fine, Ms. Kondo...: Last I checked, the Alberich Organization still manages children that could be potential pilots. I presume they contacted you, no? : Ms. Kariya… I told them that I wouldn’t look after any other children.: I may not have conceived her myself, but Shouko was my one and only daughter. No one could take her place…: …  : I can’t believe we lost that badly…: Way this is going, I’ll never be able to get payback for my dad… : Oh, you’ll be fine! You’re gonna have the Fafner all figured out soon, being the butch rear end-kicker that you ar—: You better be ready to put up your dukes if you finish that sentence. : Th-That was a joke! Just a joke! I still remember all the times you knocked me silly when I challenged you! : Hey, you know what? I’m thinking we need something better to yell and help coordinate our attack. We drop “Ichi, ni, san” and… hmm…: How about “Un, deux, trois”? Think that’d work?: We’re not doing ballet, man – that’s only gonna make things harder to pull off.: Speaking of, what’s with that mask? You said it was from Gou… something?: I told you before, it’s Goubine! Mobile Samurai Goubine! An invincible hero that fights guided by an unshakable belief in a bright tomorrow! : What he meant to say is that the thing really doesn’t jibe with you…: Oh? Is that Kazuki and the others? : Kenji, Mamoru, Sakura!: Huh, you guys came back?! : Just now, yes.: Ms. Kariya said the operation would start right after you got here… but I wonder if they’re actually gonna send us along…: Whatever, I don’t care about that right now. How was the world outside the island? I heard you guys fought in Japan, right? : It’s the same deal everywhere else: they call in a bunch of kids like us and send us out to fight. We even had to go up against humans… : Hu—…?! You guys fought other people?!: Yeah, because those were the orders. “Fight people to save people”… something’s seriously wrong with Soushi, I tell you.: …: Oh, don’t say stuff like that about him. I’m sure that’s not what he wants—: What does he want, then? What did he have in mind when Shouko was out there?!: Kasugai…: … Location: Elshank: Hangar  : When the accelerated particle engine exceeds 60% of its overdrive value, the safety lock is automatically engaged…: Disabling it must be done manually but, when doing so, one must be wary that it could send the anti-particles out of control… : So this is where you were, Ensign. Can I ask what you’re doing?: Oh, Ms. Saya… Mr. Maki at JUDA put together a manual for the Orphes, so I was combing through it.: A manual…?: Yeah, I’m hoping it’ll help me inch closer to Maj. Richard’s level as a pilot…: And, I have to say, this Lepton Vectrer really is similar to the Riot’s Proton Generator, huh?: Granted, the former’s capacity and difficulty of control are many times greater than the latter…: Well, both engines are based around accelerated particles, so it stands to reason they’d be similar.: Still, I wonder… where was a unit like this made? : The Riot might’ve been brought up as an all-purpose mech, but it’s very cutting-edge stuff. And, yet, the Orphes is even more advanced than it. How is that even possible…?: I’m not at liberty to say. And, really, knowing that isn’t going to make you a better pilot. : Ouch, always so brutally honest, aren’t we? I’m well aware that I’m not even half the pilot Maj. Richard was. His technique’s way beyond mine…: No, it’s not technique that you’re lacking, but simple commitment as a professional.: Commitment…?: I understand why you’re doing this. You want to protect people’s lives above all else…: But our missions are hardly like feel-good plays. There’ll be times where we’ll be forced to take someone’s life…: I-I know that! But, still, I—: Then answer me this: should you find yourself fighting against friends or family, could you bring yourself to pull the trigger?  : Th-That’s…!: Your hesitation is all the answer I need. You’re too kind to be in any battlefield…: Ms. Saya… Cut to the transport ship Devil’s Ray, captain Mizoguchi’s grumbles at Maya getting conscribed into the investigation team, but he assures her everything’ll be A-OK – this is just like a nice and easy fishing trip! Besides, they’ve got the great general Lu Xun to plan things out! In truth, Lu Xun’s not sure if he’s good enough to handle that, but Damian tells him to stand up straight. He’s Zhou Yu’s apprentice, right? Yes, but, unlike what’s written in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he’s still very much learning the ropes… Mizoguchi counters that, in the books, Lu Xun was blowing his allies minds even when he was starting out, so he’s certain the Gundam version will do just as fine! “Like Sun Tzu says, the future lies in the palm of our hands!” Damian yells, and Lu Xun thinks something’s not quite right with that quote… but he’ll give this his best regardless (that’s actually the title of a The Blue Hearts’ song, not a Sun Tzu quote).  Over by ALVIS, Kaname reports that the transport ship’s arrived at the island and the investigation team’s already working. As for the Elshank, it’s already deployed the Fafners and its other units, and they’re keeping an eye out. Makabe figures we should expect the Federation to have already spotted the place as well, considering its faulty camouflage, so we’d best hurry. Actually, Solomon issues a warning and shows that we’ve another problem to deal with: Festum are emerging at said island, expected to the Grendel and Alhenteris types. What triggered their appearance? Unknown, but Makabe wants the Elshank warned right away.  Mission 15 (Japan Route) – Separation ~ Friends  SRW UX - The Gate of Neidhöhle Opens: Festum are emerging from within the island?! What’s going on…?!: We can look into the cause later! Right now our orders are to eliminate them! : We’re going in too, Koyo! : Who made you the boss around here, huh? Don’t tell me what to do!: …?! : Settle down, Koyo! We’ve a mission to do!: “We’ve a mission to do”… Is that what you told yourself as you did nothing but watch Shouko die, Soushi?!: … : Deploy the standby units as well! All hands, battle stations! : And leave any underwater battles to me and my Bakuryu! : Hey, why can’t I go out?! Is that your way of calling me incompetent?!: That’s not it at all, no. Did you forget what happened to the Mark Sechs?: …?!: Things wouldn’t have ended the way they did if we had other Fafners and pilots available to also protect the island… : So I think it best to always try and keep some capable pilots in reserve.: Hmph, fine. I’ll let you off the hook with that. : This place is crawling with enemies! Is Lu Xun’s team alright?!: The landing party is currently investigating the island’s interior. We need to make sure this area’s under control until they make it back! Keep your heads on a swivel, troops!  Kill everything without losing Arnie, Saya, Koyo and Kazuki. The new Alhenteris are somewhat inbetween a Grendel and a Sphinx in terms of stats, so the same tactics you applied at the Tatsumiya battle should work fine here (everything’s still Assimilation and Mind Read L1). That said, one thing you should be mindful of is that the plot will demand you arch your troops due North-Northeast and put you on a time limit, so at the very least have your troops hug the coast and start heading up while you kill the Festum on that part of the island. SRW UX - Linebarrel   SRW UX - Shangri-La    SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend   Kill enough stuff and…  : Sir Ylbora! We’re detecting a group of units headed this way at high speed!: What?! Is it The Boom Army?!: No, we’re reading them as… Federation troops! SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit : Well, I’ll be damned… so the UX has teamed up with that subversive Arcadian Project, huh?!: The Riot Archer?! Is that… Jin?!: But what’s he doing here…?! : That Riot… isn’t it the one from that squad you were in, Arnie?! : Lt. Spencer, your orders? Our orders were to secure the island, but…: We’ll just have to switch our mission parameters now that we’ve run into them…: Still, having the Riot Squadron’s first mission pitting us against the UX works nicely for us! I’ll bring down the leader! : Urgh…!: Took me a while to find you, murderer! How I’ve been looking forward to this…!: That voice… It really is you, isn’t it, Jin?!: …?!: Wh-What… No way! Arnie?!: What’s going on here?! Why are you flying the unit that shot you down…? Why are you working as a merc, even?! Explain!: Th-That’s…!: Wait, don’t tell me… Were you always a spy for the UX…?: What?! No, of course I wasn’t!: Then why didn’t you at least let me know you were alive?! Do you have any idea what I’ve been through since that battle…?!: Or, what, did you figure faking your own death was the perfect way to wrap up your spy gig?!: No! Jin, just stop and listen to me!: Ensign Berge, we’re in the middle of a battle!: I know that! I’m just—! : Waaaah! : Arnie, how could you…! How could you betray us?! There’s no forgiveness for this!*Jin flies back to his original spot.* : Here are your new orders! Engage and destroy the UX and their cohorts! : But don’t touch that unit! He’s mine…!: Jin, why…?!: I told you, this is the battlefield…! If you can’t bring yourself to attack that man, then get out of the Orphes right now!: Hrm…! : All troops, listen up! I’m pretty sure those Fed mechs are equipped with accelerated particle engines!: Be especially careful with the flight lead! If its engine runs wild and triggers a particle annihilation, this whole area’ll go up in smoke! : You mean it’s equipped with one of those Proton Generators lacking any limiters…? : Bah, what a pain in the rear end!: (Jin… I swear, I’ll just immobilize your unit…!)Well, frig. drat out hot-headed friend straight to hell! Jin’s pretty much the same as when we fought him in Arkham City, meaning he’s now way outgunned by our people. The Riot C(omposite)s, as any good MP models, are packing the basic weapons of both A and B models, but the pilots aren’t anything special. The Festum remain your primary targets and threats here, but keep your group set more around the N/ NE corner of the island. Jin and his crew will move in from the get-go, so draw them over and deal with them. SRW UX - Linebarrel     SRW UX - Love Survivor    : There’re still more coming from inside the island?!: (What is going on here…?! Did the investigation team’s arrival incite the Festum…?!) : What’s your status, Mizoguchi?*Beep! Machinegun fire!*  : We’re only running into the small Grendel-types, so Damian and I are managing it…: Still, the place is lousy with Festum. Finding buried treasure around here ain’t a walk in the park at all!: (This should be long enough…): Cmdr. Makabe, we’ve confirmation that that base has a Fenrir. I suggest we trigger it and destroy that island immediately.: …: What’s the matter, sir? We’ve a chance to eliminate all those Festum is one fell swoop.: The landing party hasn’t been fully evacuated yet, no?: I believe the alternative is still preferable to having our people be assimilated, sir. : …: Requesting permission to engage the Fenrir.: … Very well. Permission granted. : Cmdr. Makabe…!?: But we’ll evacuate the investigation team while that’s being done. Get me in touch with Soushi.   : Yaaah! Th-They’re coming this way! : Get back, Lu Xun!*Machinegun!*  : …?!*Wooosh!* : E-Eeeeek! : Are you alright?!: J-Just barely… Can we not head back yet?!: Yeah, we already got the data we needed. Now we just need to ditch this place!*Beep.* : Mr. Mizoguchi, what’s your current location?: We’re in the System Room, 6th sub-level.: Perfect. We need you to engage the Fenrir – Cmdr. Makabe’s allowed it.: (“Fenrir”, as in that thing Shouko used…?): Hey, now, you serious? I know Makabe’s always been prepared to make hard calls, but whoever gave him this idea…?: Are you not going to follow the commander’s orders?: Alright, alright, I’m on it. Just send the activation codes.: It’s already sent. Please set the timer for 15 minutes.: 15 minutes?! That’s nowhere near enough time!: The Festum are multiplying and we can’t stop them – it’s too risky to wait any longer than that. Please be quick about it…*Bloop.* : Tsk… Alright, here we go. 3, 2, 1… : Fenrir, activated.: Now let’s get outta here. Lu Xun, you know the way, yeah?: Well, I’ve somewhat memorized that map of the island we obtained, but…: Good enough for me. Show us the fastest route outside, please.: We’re stuck in our own Stone Sentinel Maze and now it’s your turn to help folks escape it alive! Back outside… : They’re gonna blow up the island?! But the investigation team’s still inside!: An emergency escape capsule is in place for them to use. We’ll be collecting it over there. : Our time limit is 5 minutes. Someone needs to reach that point and get the capsule by then.: I’m on it! I’ll do what you two could not!: Koyo…: Fine, but I warn you: what Shouko Hazama did was very reckless, and I will not allow anything of the sort again. : …! Meaning everything comes down to how good I am? I either ace this or you’ll call off the rescue?! : The investigation team’s lives hang in the balance, my friends! Escort the Fafner to its position!: Kenji, Mamoru, we’re going to head out there if things go south! Let’s get ready to deploy!: O-Okay, chief!: (Make it good, Koyo…!)
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 And now you have 5 turns, counting the current one, to get Koyo to that spot. Here’s why I said you wanted our folks around the N/NE part of the island: Koyo’s Fafner is running solo, meaning it won’t fly and if you sent too far, the forest and Festum swarm may just stop it from getting in place. But we’ve plenty of leeway now, so we’ll deal with Jin and kill whatever we can before sending him in. The Festum will respawn endlessly, so this mission is your first decent farming spot for kills – there’s a better one down the line, mind. SRW UX - Shangri-La   Kill the first Riot C and… : U-Uwaaaaaaah!: Jackson…?!: Forgive me, Captain…! I couldn’t do anything…! : Jackson! You bastards… you killed my man! SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend     Kill the second one… : Argh…!: Cameron, eject!: I-I can’t… it’s not working! No…! Aaaaaaaaah! : Cameron! Rrgh… You’ll pay for this, UX! And the third one... : Gwaaargh! My… my eyes!: Barkley!: C-Captain… where’s the enemy?! I-I’ll try to ram them—! I took this picture on the Europe route, so don't mind the different troops! : My… my Unit…! They were the very first subordinates I ever had…!: Unknown Xtrikers…! YOU SONS OF BITCHES!! And now that we've crushed Jin's spirit, we’ll focus on him while Koyo gets in position. SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend : The Federation Army also fights to protect the people, right?! Then there’s no reason for us to battle one another!: Are you joking?! You’ve got a lotta nerve saying that to me after your gang’s wholesale terrorism…!   SRW UX - Shadows that Rend Darkness: UX! You turned Arnie against me…!: I won’t deny that, but…: He’s just trailing what he believed to be the right path!: “The right path”?! There is nothing right in a path that has him join terrorists!  SRW UX - Linebarrel : Would it kill you to just listen to what Ensign Berge has to say for one second?!: So now you’re trying to rope me in too?! : I’d never let worms like you trick me, though!   SRW UX - Shangri-La: You’re with the Federation Army, right?! Then why are you pointing your gun at other humans?!: Because you’re goddamned terrorists! And it’s a soldier’s duty to destroy subversive elements!: What…?! I’m just trying to keep the people of my island safe…!  SRW UX - Love Survivor: You’re one of those alien mechs that showed up in Arkham City!: If you’d just surrendered without a fight back then, we…!: Hey, how’re you pinning that on us?! Ask anyone and they’d say that’s totally uncalled for!  SRW UX - Shangri-La: We’ve got a bunch of Festum right there! How’s this the time for people to be fighting each other?!: Shut the hell up! The UX kill innocents wherever they go… they’re just as big an enemy of mankind as any other!  SRW UX - Life Goes On: I can’t believe even ZAFT’s old ace went and teamed up with terrorists! : You label people as “good” and “evil” without even taking the time to try and figure out what the truth actually is!: Seems to me that the Federation just won’t change its ways, no matter how much time passes!   SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit: Jin, listen to me! I didn’t betray you!: Stuff it, Arnie! Do you even understand what you’re doing?!: They’re the UX! They’re terrorists who’ve killed innocents again and again!: What happened to you, Arnie?! Since when did you become a terrorist?!: The UX are not terrorists! : All I want to do is protect the lives of others…! I’ve joined them so that I could be true to myself!: Then I’ve something to say to you too!: I’m putting you down, Arnie… so that I can protect my pride!: Why…?! Why do we need to do this?!    : Urrgh… No, I’m not going down like this…! : …?! Jin, stop! If you don’t—: Shut your mouth! I’m ending you if it’s the last thing I do! : Uwaaargh!: Ensign?!: Haah, haah…! A-And now… you’re finished! : Wh-What?! : U-Uwaaaah! : Jin…?! Is it happening again…?!: Readings off his accelerated particle engine are spiking! Its anti-particles are going out of control…! : Wh-What’s going on?! The emergency shutdown system isn’t working...! The generator’s internal pressure is…!: Not good…! We must do something or it’ll go into particle annihilation!: Hrm… Talk to me, Ms. Saya! There’s a way to force the Proton Generator to decelerate, right?! Something that can be done from outside?!: How did the Major save me in Arkham City?! What do I need to do to save Jin like that?!: It's out of the question for you! What he did was a make-or-break gambit with his very life on the line... : I'm already risking my life at every turn anyway! SRW UX - Prologue: …?!: Please, Ms. Saya! He… Jin’s my best friend! I'd easily put my life on the line for him! So, please…! : Arnie…*Beep.*  : Accelerate your Lepton Vectrer all the way into overdrive, get it to sync up with the Proton Generator and then power it down directly. : ?! Maj. Richard…!: Be quiet, Saya.: Listen to me, Arnie. If you mess it up, both the Orphes and everything around it’ll be reduced to a smoldering crater…: This is a major gamble, and you need to get it perfect down to the second. Understand…?: … SRW UX - Roaring Deathblow: Yes, sir…!: (Hold on, Jin… I’ll save you! That’s a promise!): Lepton Vectrer, emergency acceleration! *Arnie rushes down the Riot A!* : Rgh…! Wh-What’re you up to!?: Engine pressure rising, synchronization coefficient 57%... Come on, just a bit more…!: drat it, move! Move, Riot! We gotta do something or he’ll…!: Synchronization coefficient 60%... safety lock released, initiating synchro-overdrive!: That’s too soon! The other engine’s acceleration’ll overpower yours!*Whiiirrrrr!* : Krrgh…! S-Synchronization coefficient… 147%?!: Arnie…! : Pressure set, safety lock released! Accelerated particle engine, all green!: Now, Arnie!: Haaaaaaaaaaah!           “If I can just power down his Proton Generator…!” : Urgh…!: Jin…!: Arnie… H-How could you—!  : JIIIIIIN!: Wh-What happened?! He shot him down?! : No, what he did was protect both ours and his friend’s lives from the particle annihilation…: But the guy’s mech sunk straight into the water! We gotta pick him up quick or else…!: Haah, haah… Rrgh!: Arnie…!: I-I’m fine…! We need to find Jin…!: Leave the search and rescue for the Elshank’s crew. We need to focus on the Festum right now!: O-Okay! Here we go. : This is the place?!: We’ve confirmed the Mark Vier’s arrival at the target area. Koyo, is the investigation team safe?: Th-They… There’s no one in the capsule! : What…?!: What happened, Soushi?! Weren’t they ordered to withdraw?!: Yes, they were getting out while we kept the Festum at bay. They could just be running late, or…! : Y-You don’t mean…!*Beep!* : Mark Vier, do you copy? There’s very little time before the Fenrir goes off. Evac immediately!: Are you nuts?! The investigation team’s not here yet…!: Then it’s likely they were already assimilated by the Festum inside the facility! We can’t afford to risk losing another Fafner over something as uncertain as this!: So you’re telling us to run and just save ourselves?! That’s bull—! : Koyo, behind you!: …?!  : Are you there…? : Ugh…UWAAAAAAAH!: Koyo!: Mark Vier, retreat now!: N-No…! I’ve had enough… of all that grief…!*Back to the capsule spot.* : I-Is that?!: Mr. Mizoguchi…!: Time is short! Investigation team, get aboard the escape capsule! Quickly!: Ka… Kasugai?!: Tou…mi…! I’m coming to… save you…! : All four team members are inside the capsule!: Hrrgh… Raaaaaaaaah! : KOYO!!: I’ve… got them…! They’re safe…!: Soushi! They need our—!: Stop! Stay away from him or you’ll get assimilated as well!: Then what the frick are we supposed to do now?! SRW UX - Shangri-La: We’ll take care of it!: Sakura?!: My Mark Fünf’s Aegis can handle a Festum’s attacks! : I’ll get in the Festum’s face and keep it pinned! Then, Sakura and Kenji’ll take it down and rescue Koyo and the investigation team! Got it?!: Ooooh, can we really pull that off…?!: Mark Fünf, stop this right now! You’ll put everyone at risk if you can’t keep the Festum at bay!: Hold fast to your belief in a brighter tomorrow and fight on, even when victory seems impossible…! That’s the spirit of the Mobile Samurai, Goubine! : Ooh, he’s so cool…: He’s insane…! : Still, I have heard far worse plans than his! We must execute it quickly, though…!: Soushi, please, have faith in our friends just this once!: …: Very well. But you three cannot fail, understand?! Forward, Fafners!: Time to show everyone the fruits of all our training! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhfl3Iq_NZ4 Captions are available for GOUBINE  . : W-We did it! We beat the Festum!: W-Waaah! That was so scary, mooommyyyy!: Now force-eject the Mark Vier’s cockpit!*Done.* : Both the escape capsule and Koyo’s cockpit have been recovered!: Good, then all units return to the Elshank! That bomb’ll go out any second now!: Ylbora, wait! What about the downed Federation pilot?! He hasn’t been found yet! : We’ve done everything we could! If we stay here any longer, we’ll be caught in the blast as well!: B-But…!: To all mobile forces: return to the Elshank at once! That’s an order! : Ensign, what’re you doing?!: P-Please, wait! Jin’s still somewhere around here!: There’s no time! We have to retreat right now!: Just give me one more minute! I just need to find his cockpit block…!  *Grab!* : That’s enough, Arnie…: Maj. Richard…?!: I’m really sorry… but we can’t do as you ask. Not today.: P-Please let me go, Major! I… I can still find Jin!: Saya, we’re pulling back double time!: Yes, sir!: Jin…! JIIIIIIN!   Location: Inside the Mark Vier’s cockpit  : Hmm… I-I’m…?: You’re awake, Koyo…: Soushi… is that you, Soushi…? Angela - Separation: ?! Koyo… are you…?!: Tell me… Who… who did I save?: …: It was Toumi and Mr. Mizoguchi’s group…: Toumi…? I don’t remember who that is… Why can’t I remember…?: Koyo…: Is this what’s it’s like to be assimilated…?: I don’t feel anything… I know I’m supposed to be sad about something, but…: That’s it… It was because of Shouko…: …: Shouko…: Who... Who is Shouko...? Location: ALVIS – ICU : …: This… This can’t be real…: It is, unfortunately… : What the hell is this?! Why’d you stuff him in this life-support pod thing?!: Is… Is he alive?: Yes, but his central nervous system was assimilated during battle. : This is what happens when the Festum assimilate you…?: It’s how they fight. They take away everything we have: our mind, our memories, our emotions… until there’s nothing left.  : Th-That’s…!: This is my fault… If I’d just pulled out his cockpit block sooner…!: You’re wrong, chief… I was the one in charge of getting his cockpit out. This is my fault…: It’s no one’s fault! The Festum were the ones who did this to him!: Only because he had to come and save us…: Stop blaming yourselves! This is no one’s fault… It’s not… : This… is what he brought onto himself.: …?!: Y-You… What’d you say?!: And we lost a Fafner because of it. We’ve no time for sentimentality.: Minashiro…!*SLAP!* : …?!: How can you say something like that?! You were the last person he was able to talk to – the only one he had in the end!: Do you feel nothing for him?! Are you just that heartless…?!: …: Gch… Waahaaaah…! Over by the CDC, Makabe and Mizoguchi both agree that the Fed’s timing was waaaay too perfect on that. How many spies have they managed to sneak into the island? Mizoguchi asks if he should try and deal with them, and Makabe allows it BUT they are to be treated with the care they deserve as fellow men and women. Aw, really? They could probably squeeze something good outta them if they threatened to make them swim with the fishes. Makabe isn’t budging, though, and Mizoguchi understands: he doesn’t want to fight other people. “That said, what about them kids? The idea of fighting other folks scares them just as bad, but they’re doing it anyway,” Mizoguchi argues. “Won’t be long before we grown-ups have to stop running from that, you know…?”  SRW UX - Prologue: Hrgh…!: Are you alright? This is precisely why they said you couldn’t pilot anymore. What were you thinking pulling a stunt like that…?: Easy, I’ll be fine. Not like we used the Hell Stringer or anything.: And more important than me: how’s Arnie doing?: Joe and Rennie are with him, but… he took quite the heavy blow.: Understandable… I think he sort-of expected this to happen when he quit the Federation Army, but doing the deed himself is probably what’s hurting the most…: Which is why you shouldn’t have enabled him back then. : If I may be frank, the only reason he wound up shooting his friend down himself was because you opened your big mouth…: Still, despite your misgivings, you sure pulled out all the stops helping him, no?: ?! I-I…!: I’m glad you did, too, as the Orphes would’ve also gone into particle annihilation otherwise.: As a matter of fact, that was quite the show of skill back there. I might even say you did better than when you worked with me. : Th-That was simply because I couldn’t let the Orphes be lost to us! That’s all there was to it!: Hmhmm… : … : Um, well… We were way in the middle of the ocean, right? The water’s pretty deep out there. Who knows, maybe they cushioned the blast and he made it out alive…?: … : Ensign Berge…: Aargh, screw it! We’re just feeding him a buncha crock and that ain’t gonna make him feel better! : J-Joe, hold up!: Listen to me, Arnie. You know I can’t stand Ylbora, right? But even I gotta admit that he was doing everything he could to find your friend – he kept at it ‘til there was just no time left on the bomb’s clock!: And he wasn’t the only one either! Saya, the Tatsumiya kids… all of us did everything we could, didn’t we?!: I know… and I’m grateful for the help. I’m sorry to have put you guys in that spot…: Then…!: Jin and I… neither of us had any parents, so we grew up in the same orphanage…: The two of us have been together since we were kids. We went through so much, worked so hard over the years, to make something of our lives…: So I was sure that even if we went down different paths, we’d eventually come to terms with one another… I was sure of it…!: …: I really am grateful to all of you. But, I…: I wanted to save him…!: Arnie…: Th-That’s all I wanted to do… kch…!: I’m sorry, Jin… I’m so sorry…
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Feb 3, 2018 00:45
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Was wondering what you'd do about this one. Yeah, makes sense to skim over the parts that aren't different, like non-route specific characters talking. Wasn't aware the federation units were going to show up when I did this mission, and I was also doing a Festum farm in the lower left. End result, I only had two units in a position to get up there and fight. Could've been really ugly if I hadn't lucked out with some dodges, but at least Accel got the Fafners up there quickly.
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Feb 3, 2018 02:05
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Yeah, my first time with this mission I didn't know what was what. Also, I'd upgraded the Mark Vier not knowing that I'd be losing it. That said we get the Mark Acht which is basically a Mark Vier you get to use for a reasonable amount of time. Unfortunately, Kenji doesn't come with Hit And Away. I also had no idea which unit had to get to that point, or why they had to get there. Seriously these LPs are so helpful in actually making me appreciate the loving game.
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Feb 3, 2018 02:09
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Man, Goubain is the best Fafner. Does UX have any really good BGMs that go unused by regular units? In K, there was Strike Blue (which was only used when Virtual-On enemies fought with other enemies, since each of the actual units had their own unique themes), so I had something to give Goubain.
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Feb 3, 2018 02:10
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I already couldn't tell all the Fafnir kids apart and now there are even more of them. They all look the goddam same! 
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Feb 3, 2018 02:12
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Oblique Angle posted:I already couldn't tell all the Fafnir kids apart and now there are even more of them. They all look the goddam same! What're you talking about? How can you confuse Brown-Hair-With-Blush and Brown-Hair-With-Blush? They look nothing like each other, and don't even try to tell me they look like Brown-Hair-With-Blush. I'll admit to Duke Fleed though, he's easily the most generic looking character. 
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Feb 3, 2018 02:22
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Alacron posted:What're you talking about? How can you confuse Brown-Hair-With-Blush and Brown-Hair-With-Blush? They look nothing like each other, and don't even try to tell me they look like Brown-Hair-With-Blush. Plot twist, Tamotsu is actually Russel in disguise and that's why Mamoru looks so generic. But it is all a facade to hide his true identity as MOBILE SAMURAI GOOOUBIIIINE!
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Feb 3, 2018 02:37
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Brunom1 posted:Plot twist, Tamotsu is actually Russel in disguise and that's why Mamoru looks so generic. Tag those spoilers you jerk! I haven't finished watching Goubain yet 
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Feb 3, 2018 03:07
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I heard that if you pay attention in the background theres a whole and coherent storyline for Mobil Samurai Goubain
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Feb 3, 2018 03:34
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Okay, Fafner lady who's name I can't remember, you totally don't seem suspicious at all, what with deciding that would be long enough and getting the nuke alike set for way too little time. That said, despite Fafner being what looks to be like a horribly depressing thing forever, Goubain makes things worth it. I hope he lives up to being as amazing as he looks.
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Ashsaber posted:Okay, Fafner lady who's name I can't remember, you totally don't seem suspicious at all, what with deciding that would be long enough and getting the nuke alike set for way too little time. Kariya. And yes, Fafner is a very depressing show - between the last Fafner update and this one, I watched what I had left of the series (which was most) plus Right of Left and Heaven and Earth and it never stops gut-punching you. In fact, Right of Left takes the gutpunching up to eleven, and that movie is not in this game so it won't get the lighter and happier stuff SRW tends to add. Goubain is also the best but instead of helping cushion the blow, it makes you worry for when he'll die because Fafner is not a series that likes keeping people alive. And even those that do keep their lives end up hosed up somehow, like Kouyou here. Also oh no, Jin is dead. Totally. I am completely convinced that he is totally, absolutely, undeniably dead, and how his body was not found only makes me even more sure of it. There is no way he will, say, reappear later with a stronger robot and with newfound hatred towards Arnie. That'd just be silly and impossible, because he's dead. Minor correction but I'm too lazy to quote it: in the first post of the update, by the end, you misspelled Shouko's name as Souko Hazama, Brunom.
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Feb 3, 2018 04:53
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Ashsaber posted:Okay, Fafner lady who's name I can't remember, you totally don't seem suspicious at all, what with deciding that would be long enough and getting the nuke alike set for way too little time. He's very tanky, that wall of his can absorb quite a bit of damage, basically, all he's suffering from is his range.
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Feb 3, 2018 04:53
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Got gameover'd by a bullshit crit, decided to not quick reload because Brunom said it was a good stage to farm kills for secrets. Too lazy to redo the entire stage right now though. Gotta sleep one of these days.
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Feb 3, 2018 10:17
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Why is there a Gai Daigoji in the middle of this crap-rear end looking wannabe Bokurano? I'm not complaining, mind you, as now I'll be able to remember two names instead of just Shouko. Still though. Oh, about the altered personalities: Is it just making them more aggressive, or does it bring out a variety of traits? The latter could be interesting.
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Feb 3, 2018 23:40
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HitTheTargets posted:Why is there a Gai Daigoji in the middle of this crap-rear end looking wannabe Bokurano? I'm not complaining, mind you, as now I'll be able to remember two names instead of just Shouko. Still though. It varies with the character, and the intensity of the shift does as well. Shouko, if you remember how she acted throughout her battle, went into a berserker rage, Kenji turns into a scared crybaby, Mamoru goes GOUBINE, and Sakura turns into a gung-ho fighter. Koyo's change wasn't significant enough for me to notice it, and Kazuki, as pointed out by Hazama, is the exception in that he outright doesn't change. Brunom1 fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Feb 4, 2018 |
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Feb 3, 2018 23:58
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I think Koyo just becomes more of a dickhead.
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Feb 4, 2018 00:12
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That would be my guess, but he did that even when he wasn't piloting. The others seem to only change personalities when they're in their Fafners, like how Mamoru(?) stops being Goubain when he's not piloting. so yeah i dunno 
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Feb 4, 2018 00:14
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I'd say Fafner is a lot more Evangelion than Bokurano. It was a long time ago since I've watched it, but I remember thinking how similar Fafner's and Eva's first episodes were. Then again, now that I'm more familiar with the genre, I suppose that's just how things go.
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Feb 4, 2018 00:15
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Also Fafner came first so it can hardly be discount Bokurano. It's also gotten sequels.
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Feb 4, 2018 00:32
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it's also a better show
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Feb 4, 2018 00:40
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is bokurano that one show where the theme song consists mostly of the word "uninstal" ?
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Feb 4, 2018 08:08
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Arkanumzilong posted:is bokurano that one show where the theme song consists mostly of the word "uninstal" ? Yes
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Feb 4, 2018 08:33
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The sequel series to Fafner has some actually good cgi mechs. I think they were done by the people who did the ones in Majestic Prince. They just announced a new Fafner thing, but I can’t remember if it is a show or a movie.
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Fafner pulls a lot from Eva, intentionally or otherwise. Just listen to the battle BGM. Speaking of Fafner, here's a typo: Sakura posted:Whatever, I don’t care about that right now. How was the world outside the island? I heard you guys thought in Japan, right? I believe you meant "fought" here. And heeey, the protagonist is actually doing protagonist things! Nice! Meanwhile, Saya is... Acting tsundere. Characterization.  And Jin is obviously going to come back in a Riot D or a Promezeus or something similarily named in a later stage. Well, at least the plot is moving.
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 Back again in the Europe Route, our next mission will see Mazinkaiser and all of Liu Bei’s crew deploying as event units. Add in the Macross crew, and we set ourselves up accordingly: Arnie Tsubasa/Canaria Shinn/Klan Eida/Luna Fei-Yen/Saya Alto/Michel Ozma/Luca Off we go.   : U-Ugh... I-I’m...? : You, who are marked by the stigma of the original sin...: …?! Y-You’re…!: If your life is a sin in and of itself… if that is a fate from which you cannot flee…: You’re wrong! I’m a free man… fate has no sway over me!: Prove it, then…: What?!: Live on, and prove your claim.: Hold onto your life. The longer you do, the closer you’ll get to the answer… to the underlying truth of the world…: …!  : Rrgh…!*Punch!*  : Hey! You gonna stay sleeping forever or what?! Get up already! : Stop hitting him, Lt. Kaido!: Hrm… I-I’m… : Lt. Magami, you’re awake?! Thank goodness…: Psh, took you long enough. You know how hurt I got thanks to your freak-out? You got balls making me sit around after that!: We’re… alive…?: drat straight! We can’t bite it that easy - think of how pissed Hades would be! : Hah, I guess so…: Oho, looks like you’re back in the saddle. : Yeah. I remembered something very important…: That I need to prove the meaning of my life… That I need to prove that I am me…: Huh? Did I hit you too hard? Over by the Quarter’s bridge, Saya’s relaying intel that the AEU’s putting together a major counteroffensive in all regions that’ve been occupied by Garan’s Forces. The SMS (and UX) have been set up as the spearhead of that offensive, taking a stab at the Normandy base. Lalamia remembers all the major cities close to that base – what if the worst case scenario occurs and Garan’s folks actually attack those? Then that’s all on us. As Richard sees it, this is a win-win for the AEU regardless: if it goes off without a hitch, they get all the glory; if it goes south, we’ll take the blame (not like he isn’t already used to us getting the short end of the stick). Alto sighs that we’re all just expendable tools here, but Arnie disagrees: while it’s true that the UX has a bad rap with the world at large, as far as he’s concerned, they’ve never fought for the wrong reasons. “The world can badmouth us all it wants, we’re still fighting to protect the people’s lives… we’re fighting for what’s right,” he says. “If anything, that’s what I want to believe.” He apologizes if that sounded too pretentious, but Alto likes the way he thinks – he also wants to believe that mercs can be just. Arnie thanks him and both pilots quickly exchange names with one another. Bobby very much likes the sight of the two young studs (Nene tells him to watch the drool).  All that aside, Ozma asks how we’ll approach our part in this operation and Zhuge Liang’s suggestion is that we simply wait for now. Doing nothing? Yes. Shinn figures he’s doing that to let Magami recover, but still… But the meeting’s interrupted when Tsubasa calls in, yelling that there’s an emergency and asking for Scarlet. What happened? Kaido and Magami have deployed without permission.  Location: Normandy – Federation Weapon Storage Base SRW UX - The Eternal Soldiers : We’re under attack! Fire! FIRE!!*Machinegun!*  : Outta my way!*Slash!* : Gwaaargh!*Dead.*  : Where are you, Garan?! Show yourself! : Hmph… I’ve been expecting you, pilots of the skull devil. : Garan…!: Well, ya actually came to meet us? Much appreciated, geezer! : You two amuse me. Now let us see whether you’ve the strength to claim my head!: You better not bitch about it when you lose, ya hear?! Come on!*Sword clash!* : I approve of you willingly engaging me in melee. But you ought to know, the reach of my blade demarks the pathway to the Underworld!*Slash!*  : Gwargh! : I’m afraid you’ll have to face me first…: Who the hell are ya?! : I am Burn Bunnings, the Black Knight… and circumstances have led to me serving under Lord Garan’s command.: “Black Knight”…? Aah, I get it! You’re that Ace Killer guy!: Yeah, alright, I’d be more than happy to tangle with you!: Then, come and show me the arts of the Overworld’s swordfightnig!: It’s just you and me, Garan!: Aah, your eyes… they’re quite different from before, I see!: Yeah, and I’ve you to thank for opening them! All that’s left now is ending your life!*Bang, bang!*  Back to the Quarter, Monica’s already pinged the Skull Pilder having headed straight for the Normandy base. Scarlet fumes, but Zhuge Liang is quite pleased: waiting was, indeed, worth their while. What, did he expect this would happen? Indeed; he worried that a frontal assault could lead to the neighboring metropolis coming under attack, so he figured we could capitalize on Kaido and Magami wreaking havoc on the enemy from within before making our move. Shinn isn’t too happy that the guy apparently made sacrificial pawns out of two of our guys, but of course he didn’t. He’s already got a plan in place and ready to go. What does he mean? Tsubasa calls in again, relaying a message from Liu Bei’s team that they’re breaking into the Normandy Base as we speak. Wait, when were those guys sent out? Richard sees the ghost of Sun Tzu saying that “all warfare is based on deception”; ergo, Zhuge Liang secretly put together a support crew for the SKL duo but kept us in the dark as a way to not tip off the enemy. “Sun Tzu also says: ‘when campaigning, be swift as the wind; as unfathomable as the clouds, move like a thunderbolt’. And now it is time for us to make our move,” Zhuge Liang proclaims. “A counteroffensive executed in this land once marked the turning point in a great war… So what say you we mirror that famous operation?” Sounds good to Scarlet and Jeffrey, who command our team towards the Normandy base. This mission will go by the name of…  Mission 15 (Europe Route) – Operation Overlord  : Urgh…!: What’s the matter? Surely that’s not the best you can offer.: Heheh, you’re pretty dang good… I’m getting all tingly over here!: Haah, haah…: Hmph, how disappointing…: Say what now? You ain’t feeling it with a 1v1ing us?!: Look at this man. You may have fully recovered from your wounds, but he clearly hasn’t.: …?!: There is no thrill in claiming the head of such a person.: Hmph, are you going senile? Flesh wounds like these won’t…!: Call forth the skull devil! : What…?!: It is already clear how this bout will end. But if you also pride yourselves as warriors, then I command you to show me the full depths of your spirit!: Burn!: Yes, my lord! : Garan!: Hmph. If you will not board your unit, then you will die!: Heh, fine. We’ll do this your way since you care so much! : Magami, Pilder On!: I-I got it!: Here goes! : U-Urgh…!: Magami, you’re really…!: Don’t sell me short…! I’m not about to be a burden!: You refuse to show the enemy your back despite being on death’s door. Your resolve is to be commended… However! : Gwaaargh..!: Magami!: (Can you truly not stand up to your fate, Erbsünde…?): I… I have to… prove it…!: I’ll live on… and prove that I am me…!: It’s over! *Burn’s pushed back!* : What…?! SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend : Behold, the Octagon’s Volunteer Corps!: Oho…: Y-You… why are you here?! : Now what kind of welcome is that? Aren’t we all buddies here? : And we could not simply watch our comrades be sent to the afterlife!: If it is your inescapable fate to carry on doing battle…: Then we shall share in your burden and overcome it together!: …!: Heheh, well, ain’t you a big ol’ hero… but I like the cut of your jib!: Hah, how quaint. Then show me how you’ll stand up to fate!   : Ooh, boy, here comes the swarm of mooks!: Ain’t no turning back now, got it, Magami?: Of course I do! I won’t let neither them nor my fate get the better of me!: Let’s get to work, then! This whole area’s about to become a brand new circle of Hell!: Anyone who don’t wanna live anymore can step right up! Kill everything, don’t lose anyone. You have until the START of turn 4 to kill Burn and get his Skill Part, before the plot takes over and you lose the goods. Problem is you’ll need morale to pull that off, which means sending your guys deep into the enemy lines (where Burn can start cutting you up). It’s risky, as there are plenty of enemies and evasion decay can really screw with Liu Bei’s crew (especially Zhang Fei, who only has Invincible for defensive spirits), and it’s also a tight squeeze if you haven’t massively upgraded these guys. Still, build up enough morale, position your folks well to use their best attacks (especially Zhang Fei, who needs a buffer of 3) and maximize supports. I barely missed it because I thought the plot kicked in at the end of turn 4, not the start… SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend: Justice is not with Garan! Surely you realize that!: “Justice” is ultimately a creation of the victors… It is something that’ll be decided only by those who live through this battle!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDdgem6BvwY SRW UX - The Eternal Soldiers: I hope you won’t mind entertaining us for a while!: I show no mercy, not even to those that are wounded. Make your peace and face me if you dare!: Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, guy! Ya never know when someone might come along and break them eggs on your face!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C3_izKZTI0 Here’s Burn’s strongest weapon. And the next turn...  : Lord Garan, their companions are inbound.: Hmph, ignore them.: Hm? But…: I do not need to maintain this area anymore. All I care to do now is verify whether or not I have truly found my nemesis!: … SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend: Alright, bring it on! I’m gonna put you six feet under!: Hm, you are quite the thug, aren’t you? You have my attention, though doing battle with me will be the last mistake you ever make!   : Why is someone as mighty as you helping a man like Garan?!: Because I am forsaken. Devoting myself as a knight to my new lord’s cause is all that remains to me!   : Hmph… Much is said of your strength, yet I confess I did not expect it to run this deep. And in that case…!  : Wh-What the?! : This light… it’s Aura Power?!: Do not falter! If that’s the light of his Aura… that is, the power of his soul, then I know the same lies within us!: The power of the soul…?!: Haaaaaaaaaaaaah! SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend: …?! Th-That light is…!: Liu Bei… you…!: To arms, my friends! Now we manifest our justice for all to see!       SRW UX - The Eternal Soldiers        : Gaaaaaaah!: Haah, haah…!: Did we get him…?!: A-Astounding… to think I’d happen upon opponents of this caliber…! : Withdraw, Burn!: My Lord…?!: You are not meant to die yet – not until you’ve a chance to cross swords with your true nemesis again! Am I wrong?: …?! Hrm…! : Your determination was abundantly clear, indeed! I’ll now take it upon myself to face the lot of you!  : Psh, pretty intense for an old man!: Garan! I’m coming to end you myself…!: Let us begin, then…! : Hrm…?!  : Pinpoint Barrier, output is stable. No issues in any of the ship’s blocks! : Looks like we made it right in the nick of time! Battle stations! : My friends…!: Hahahah… you’ve rammed your way in here with your ship? Your group gets more amusing by the minute…*Tweeep!*  : ?! W h o ‘ s there?!: Something wrong, Fei?!: Some...one… w a t c h i n g…: (This sensation… is it Sleeping Beauty?!): S l e e p i n g… Beauty?: (No, she has yet to arrive at the truth about herself… Whose presence am I feeling, then…?!): ...: (Seems we’ve someone with real unusual powers here… Better not hang around too long…): Come, I’ll happily face you all!: But, of course, you’ll have to make it to me first!   : Those are Riots! They really commandeered them…!: No abnormalities detected in their accelerated particle readings. It appears their engines, unlike the one you piloted, have limiters installed.: These are the official production models…: I never thought I’d actually be staring down Riots someday! : Troops, the Macross Quarter is unable to go farther than this!: Strike down Garan with due haste and then return here! Forward! Take out Garan, don’t lose the Quarter or the SKL. Garan’s the same as he was in the previous mission, but his Riot Cs are way better than his regular troops. The northern and southern batches are running solo and will move in right away, so you’ll want to use those to feed morale to your newer guys. After that converge with our vanguard team, deal with the inbound western group of Riots (these are in pairs) and, as they go down, Garan should finally be moving in, whereupon you can swarm him. SRW UX - LOVE 14 ver. HD      SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit: Riot, the first wings Jin and I won for ourselves…: Fighting them as enemies isn’t something I ever hoped for…!   SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKUplsLxGWc And here’s Klan’s best attack. SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit: Hmhmhm… I see the fate that awaits you on the horizon. And it is to suffer in the bowels of Hell!: My fate isn’t yours to decide, and threats won’t make me flinch!     “Battles are supposed to be fought for peace! How can battle itself be anyone’s goal?!” SRW UX - LOVE 14 ver. HD: S o m e o n e… is still w a t c h i n g me. I ‘ m curious... W h a t should I d o?: That’s the way, Sleeping Beauty. Seek out the truth behind your own being…! : Such is the fate that’s been bestowed unto you!    : What’s the matter?! I long to hear your melody of Hell, yet it still eludes my ear! : (“Melody”…? Does he mean the Hell Stringer? How does this man know about it…?!)    SRW UX - Life Goes On: Your war has gone on for too long… and I’m putting an end to it!: I like your pluck, boy! But all it’ll get you is death at the tip of my spear!    SRW UX - The Eternal Soldiers: Hear me, masters of the devil! What is it that you pursue with the strength you have?: The words “just cause” mean nothing to us. What it all comes down to is that that’s just an embellishment people use to fool themselves and others!: We fight because we want to, and we crush because we want to! That’s it, guy!   SRW UX - Obelisk : I’ve already seen everything I needed about the way you move. This ends today!: At least you’ve attitude, if nothing else. But what can a whelp like you hope to accomplish here?!   SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend: Why do you seek battle so doggedly, Garan?! I’m certain a man like you could…!: Because there is nothing a warrior desires more than battle! This pride I feel as a warrior is proof that I am alive!      “Garan… the people would know no joy in this world you desire!” And we get a Magami’s Marksmanship Teachings from him. : Hrrgh…?!: Now!: Switch out, Kaido! : Your life ends now, Garan! SRW UX - The Eternal Soldiers         : U-Urgh…! Very well done, skull devil!: You are, indeed, my nemesis! The fated enemy whom I’ll risk my life to conquer!: “Fated enemy”…?!: So live on! Survive! And someday… pit yourself against me once more!: I’ll be waiting… at the gateways of Hell, the crux of my fate…!  : He ran away…? No, that looked more like he felt this was enough…: …: (The gateways of Hell… the crux of Garan’s fate…) And we cut to New York, where Marina and Shirin are watching the news reporting the AEU’s successful recovery of the Normandy base, as well as repelling Garan’s Forces throughout Europe. It’s like this on all channels: the AEU did everything, with absolutely no mention of the UX or, even, the Frontier Fleet’s help. Still, despite the rampant propaganda, there’s another worrisome story making the rounds: one concerning suspicious activities from Orb’s Rep. Cagalli Yula Athha. It even mentions her ties to the UX and Arcadian Project – an average journalist would hardly be privy to all that, so Shirin doubts one wrote this. Rather, it seems clear to Marina that someone is manipulating the news to his or her advantage… and a man agrees with her suspicion.  Shirin introduces him as Axel Hughes, agent of the NIA (an intelligence agency that answers directly to the Union president), and he’s currently conducting an investigation on the less-than-savory elements within the Federation army and government. Does he mean the Martian Development Bureau? Not just, as Shirin says information control of this level would be beyond even them. She and Axel suspect there’re more people scheming in the shadows of the Bureau, and the agent needs their assistance in revealing the truth to the entire world. Marina understands where he’s coming from, but isn’t sure if she could be of help. Axel is sure, however – Marina’s an ambassador of the Federation, and Shirin’s renowned for her work as a freedom fighter with Catharon – so he asks that they lend him their considerable might.  Back to the Quarter, Tsubasa has no idea what Garan was up to with all this: he was on the verge of conquering all of Europe and now he’s pulled everything back almost without a fight. Kaido has no idea what’s going on through the geezer’s head, but Magami’s rather silent. Fei-Yen is off in a corner, thinking: she’s certain there was someone watching, surveying, her during our battle… and she feels like she’s forgetting something really important. What could it be? Still, what she does know is that everyone here is so nice to her, so she wants to work hard and not only help us out, but also to bring us happiness. Nearby, Arnie ponders that Garan’s sure to have collected more than enough data on the MP Riots, and fears that he might start making more with his production plant at Machine Island. Does he think it likely that Garan’ll try another invasion? Magami, however, speaks up: “No, I’m rather certain he won’t set off into the outside world again.” What makes him say that? He just knows that that’s the case. Well, Kaido doesn’t care to make sense of what’s going on inside Magami’s head either, but tells him not to think too hard and blow a gasket again. Sounds good. Now, with this done, what’ll be the UX’s next mission? Richard’s just received a request from ALVIS – the Fafners are finally done being set-up and ready to come work with us, but they want our help with a certain operation first. Ozma enters the hangar and says the SMS will help us with that: the powers that be have allowed them to keep working together with the UX.  Guan Yu sees no downside for us in having more capable warriors at our flanks, but Eida finds it odd. The Frontier now has that treaty with the AEU, yet they allowed the SMS to work with a “terrorist” group like ours? Well, Michel figures all the Frontier government wanted with this was to get intel on what’s going on at Earth, so they likely don’t care so long as that’s being done. Um, is that something they should tell us about? Canaria says they’re mercenaries, not spies, so they have beliefs of their own. Alto points out, as Arnie said before, that mercs can also be just, right? Way Zhang Fei sees it, we’re all one big bundle of concentrated JUSTICE! While that’s going on, though, Zhuge Liang is deep in thought: “Our groups’ encounter happened like clockwork… as though drawn to one another by some force. Is that something the will of the heavens, or, perhaps…”  Signs point to “no”, as we cut to the Rubens Foundation, where the boss is happy to hear that the Macross Quarter has joined up with the UX – right as planned. That’s another hurdle cleared, and well worth the money invested. A speaker on the phone says they don’t mind playing fixers, but they do ask that Rubens refrain from becoming a problem to their agenda. That request goes both ways, of course, and Rubens wonders if the speaker shouldn’t save his baseless suspicions for after his group’s made progress on their little plan? The speaker huffs an affirmative and cuts the call. And, with that done, Rubens sets his sights on the next task at hand: securing the lost “requiem”…  Finally, back to ALVIS, they finally have the Siegfried System’s terminal ready to be used, which’ll allow the Fafners to operate far beyond the island. Toumi’s not too keen on sending the kids to work with the UX, but Makabe says there’s little choice: even if they stayed here, they’d have to contend not just with the Festum, but eventually with the Federation army as well. With that in mind, he figures it best to have them learn as much as they can from a group that’s managed to survive through such hardships. And, then, we have the same scene we did in the other paths, with Makabe wanting Tatsumiya be moved, Kariya reporting the uninhabited island being found in their path, and them deciding to send a team to investigate the place. Brunom1 fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Sep 29, 2018 |
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Feb 4, 2018 20:55
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Anyone else feel like SKL's story is pretty... dull? I finally bit the bullet and looked up what the characters looked like on Google because I couldn't stop thinking that Himiko looks like a gender-swapped Raidou Kuzunoha every time her portrait appears. It hasn't helped.
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Feb 4, 2018 23:10
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Alacron posted:Anyone else feel like SKL's story is pretty... dull? I saw the movie version via Crunchyroll a while back (not sure if it's still up there), it was okay, but didn't really blow me away. It was a lot of badass posturing followed by rad action scenes, but no real connective tissue to speak of, which is nice and all on a spectacle level, making it ideal for SRW, but as a story taken on its own merits, it was decidedly meh, in my book. Maybe the OVA was better, I don't know, but it felt like a lot of interesting characters in search of a worthwhile story.
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Feb 4, 2018 23:24
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Alacron posted:Anyone else feel like SKL's story is pretty... dull? The appeal of SKL is very much the hyper-violence. Writing-wise it's far from impressive, but it's short so it can stand up on the merits of sheer, non-stop violence with two psychos as protagonists.
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Feb 5, 2018 00:41
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That makes sense, the scenes where Kaidou is doing crazy poo poo like getting into sword fights with Sakomizu and Burn or where him and Magami single handedly storm Normandy are pretty cool. But the bits where Garan is monologuing about destiny and Magami gets pissy, or Himiko 
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Feb 5, 2018 00:47
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Burn is my favorite Mazinkaiser SKL character so far. Honestly, I'm amazed it's taking us this long to get Shou. We're at 'don't get Kouji until halfway through V' levels of strangeness here.
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Feb 5, 2018 01:50
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SKL is almost Die Hard with giant robots, but lacks a certain charm. Give it a watch if it somehow pops up in your Netflix queue, but you don't especially have seek it out.
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Feb 5, 2018 02:03
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little late on history chat. i'll do a quick shu roundup. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei Liu Bei was from a poor family. They liked to claim they were descended from Emperor Jing of Han, who ruled in about 150 BC. Emperor Jing had a grandson named Liu Zhen. Liu Zhen, Liu Bei. See? Liu Zhen was a rebellious imperial grandson who didn't send yearly tributes to the throne, so he was stripped of his rank and became a peasant, hence why his descendants were flat broke. Liu Bei's father had a decent job as a magistrate, but he died when Liu Bei was young - Liu Bei had to support himself and his mother by making sandals. Fortunately, he had a wealthy uncle who came to visit one day, and when he saw how hard the boy was working he arranged for him to be taught by a scholar and general named Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi was sent to suppress a small rebellion during Liu Bei's studies with him. Liu Bei wasn't allowed to go into combat, but he was allowed to observe it with Lu Zhi, and he got a taste for the military life. Lu Zhi became swamped with work by the end of the year, and Liu Bei took this chance to take some money he'd saved up and take a few of Lu Zhi's other students to form something of a mercenary band. He recruited some troops and made a few friends, including Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were on the run from the law - Guan Yu feared execution for it, so most likely he'd murdered some government official or noble. Since they wanted to go places nowhere would find them, they suggested to Liu Bei that they go find work at the borders of the Chinese territory, dealing with revolts from the 'barbarian' tribes. However, before they could do that, the Yellow Turban Rebellion happened. From there, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei's lives were basically a constant clusterfuck - they served Yuan Shu, they served Lu Bu, they made Lu Bu serve them, they served Sun Quan, they fought Sun Quan, they fought Lu Bu, they served Cao Cao, they fought Cao Cao. Those boys had about seventy different allegiances in the space of about seven years, and all of them ended in the stupidest way possible. Finally, Liu Bei's fortunes turned. First, he hired a man named Pang Tong. He had him manage a fairly large farming village. Pang Tong was so terrible at this that everyone who lived there starved for the next thirty years. However, Zhuge Liang was like 'you do know this guy is a strategist and not a civil official right' and then Pang Tong was hired as a military strategist. Secondly, he met a man named Fa Zheng. Fa Zheng served a man named Liu Zhang (no relation to Liu Bei), and for his own personal reasons (Being a weird drama queen who nobody liked,) Fa Zheng wanted to get Liu Zhang out of power. Liu Bei's army was constantly hungry for territory, so they came up with a plan. Liu Bei came to Liu Zhang feigning friendship and subservience, and Liu Zhang, for whatever reason, trusted the guy who'd betrayed literally everyone who'd ever trusted him. Pang Tong suggested just capturing Liu Zhang while they were wining and dining. Liu Bei hemmed and hawwed until there weren't any more parties to be had, so Pang Tong proposed Plan B: Ask for help, then murder the officers he sends to help us. Liu Bei liked that plan, so they did it, and then they invaded Liu Zhang's territory. Pang Tong died (big RIP) but they captured the territory, and then Fa Zheng executed all of his former coworkers that he didn't like, then died (big RIP). That's how Shu came to be, and then they got their asses kicked up and down China for about sixty years. PERSONAL CONDUCT MORAL RELATIVITY CORNER Liu Bei: Abandoned his family multiple times while retreating from lost territory, constantly refused to follow through on deals he'd made, let people he liked do whatever they wanted (see: Fa Zheng) Guan Yu: was such a whiny rear end in a top hat that Lu Meng literally killed him by pointing out what a whiny rear end in a top hat he was. Lu Meng captured a city he had control of, then was nice to the family members of Guan Yu's troops, then had those family members send Guan Yu's troops letters pointing out how much nicer Lu Meng was then Guan Yu, then all of Guan Yu's troops abandoned him and Lu Meng hunted him down and killed him. Zhang Fei: Kidnapped a 12 year old girl and made her his wife. Mm. Also, they never swore an oath to be brothers. Zhuge Liang Zhuge Liang was an incredibly talented civil official and a terrible military commander. He won exactly one battle - most of Shu's most major victories were devised by Pang Tong or Fa Zheng, or were joint efforts with Wu. The Battle of Chibi, which Zhuge Liang is often given at least equal credit to Zhou Yu for, had almost nothing to do with him. Zhou Yu specifically didn't invite him to strategy meetings. There were no Shu representatives in the strategy meetings. Huang Gai's famous fire boat attack was an entirely Wu invention - Huang Gai was a Wu officer, came up with the plan himself, and asked Zhou Yu for approval, which was given. Shu was only there to bolster Wu's manpower, and while they deserve some credit for being there, they weren't exactly the masterminds of the operation. Regardless, I'm not one of those raggle fraggle Zhuge Liang people. For a large portion of his life, he was in charge of maintaining civil affairs and making sure the Shu army was well supplied, which he excelled at. However, when Liu Bei died, he basically made Zhuge Liang the ruler of Shu. He sent a letter to his heir, Liu Shan, telling him to do whatever Zhuge Liang said. Then Zhuge Liang dealt with the nanman rebels, in a campaign that wasn't nearly as exciting as the weird elephant hodown stuff most adaptations go with. Zhuge Liang led an army out there, a bunch of rebel leaders surrendered to him and offered him the heads of rebel leaders who wouldn't surrender to him, then he basically just went home and went 'problem solved.' The region would have unrest for the next thirty years, so, uh, not really. Then he invaded the same mountain pass about seven times and got owned by Wei each time, and then he died mid-invasion. His final actions on this mortal plane were calling Sima Yi gay. Literally. He sent Sima Yi a dress and everything. So I guess he really was the finest mind of his generation. So why is Zhuge Liang the greatest strategist ever in Romance of the Three Kingdoms? You know that saying 'history is written by the victors?' That's bullshit because Shu got its rear end kicked up and down China for the most part and, well, here we are. Wu and Wei were the ones having epic back and forth clashes and then Shu would throw itself uselessly against one of them and everyone'd laugh until the next time Zhang Liao decided to kill 5000 people by himself or whatever. The way it happened is pretty simple: Step 1: Shu's history department was Zhuge Liang. I don't mean he leaned his muscle on them or was the head of it, I mean it literally was just him. He never set up a formal history department, he just wrote whatever and put it away as Ancient Learned Knowledge. Most of what we know about Shu's history comes from what is almost literally Zhuge Liang's diary. Shu's history consists of Zhuge Liang's thoughts on strategy, Zhuge Liang's thoughts on agriculture, Zhuge Liang's thoughts on his coworkers, and Zhuge Liang's transcripts of his correspondences with diplomats from Wei and Wu, his letters to Liu Bei, and his occasional letters to minor warlords. We know a lot about Jiang Wei because he was Zhuge Liang's protege. We know jackshit about Wei Yan because Zhuge Liang hated him. Jiang Wei gets an epic backstory praising his humble origins, Wei Yan is first mentioned as a random general and then his various campaigns suppressing rebels and repelling invaders are 'Wei Yan won a battle. Wei Yan won a battle.' So, the historical records of Shu are obviously biased towards Zhuge Liang and the people he likes. Step 2: To make a very, very long story short, Jin (a successor state of Wei formed by Sima Yi) went to poo poo not too long after they conquered Shu. Maybe a couple of generations. The War of Eight Princes is a gigantic clustefuck, even moreso than the Three Kingdoms, and one of the Princes, Sima Rui, thought he was pretty similar to Liu Bei. He was descended from the legitimate emperor, but insurgents had taken over the government and he'd been forced to take over a small territory just to have any land to rule. Chinese historians love having precedents, so to justify themselves and their ruler's reign, Sima Rui's historians got to work making Shu seem badass. And since Sima Rui's main rivals were basically the same as Wei, using a captured emperor as a puppet for their own reign, Wei got turned into cartoon villains. Step 3: During the mongol invasions, the central government of China was driven into Shu's former territory in the southwest. They heavily promoted both the histories written during Sima Rui's era and Zhuge Liang's version of events, in order to drum up sympathies for their own situation. The Romance was written during this era, with those as the backbone. Some of this is generalized/very heavily edited down/exaggerated but hey, this train is now like the romance of the three kingdoms.
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Feb 5, 2018 02:58
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You how in cartoons and sitcoms there's times where some rear end in a top hat rich guy, like a Monty Burns, wants a documentary made about themselves and the guy making it has to take all the horrible poo poo they did and paint it in the most flattering light possible? I always imagine the writing of RotTK as being like that.
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Feb 5, 2018 03:56
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People who just decide to take their invading army and go home are pretty rare, aren't they?
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It's also worth noting that pretty much all of the major players from Romance of the Three Kingdoms were literally deified in China. This actually caused some controversy over the only Three Kingdoms anything I'm actually familiar with, Red Cliff. The actor cast to play Zhuge Liang was half-Japanese, and a lot of the Chinese audience got up in arms over it. Also Guan Yu was played by an actual descendant of Ghengis Khan and, despite being portrayed by the sleek-and-fast Zeta Gundam in the SD universe (especially compared to the bulkier, more powerful ZZ), here's how Zhang Fei is depicted when he's not a Gundam.
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