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 And Daiya’s managed to both catch up and gain a rather sizeable lead over Ichitaka in the last mission – the Vajra really didn’t like him. Still won’t cover the 70-kill gap that separates him and Rey, but 2nd place is 1st place to those who’ve been earning kills legit for the entire game!  We’re saving our money today, so it’s straight to the deployments. Alto and Brera are deploying as event units, so here’s how we’re going: Dancouga/Hilde Daiya/Deceive Kouichi/Quatre Lee/Norza Kenji/Kyo Jeeg/Micchi Shinji/Rey Kouji/Sawatari Tetsuya/Canaria Kira/Athrun Iczer-3/Soubi Goh/Yanma Eida/Anna Iczer-1/Iczer-2 Ozma/Luca Ichitaka/Miu Voltes/Combattler Yuu/Heero Shinn/Yulianne Michel/Cagalli Ken/Lou Let’s get to it.   : Kneel before me! I am she whose power rivals God, she who rules over fate itself! : “Rivals God”?!: I now share a direct connection with the Vajra Queen… and her command is absolute among her spawn. In other words, the Vajra will do anything I say.: And it is all thanks to you, Ranka… You’ve my deepest gratitude. : …! : What’s that supposed to mean?! : Grace O’Connor saw that Ranka’s song could communicate with the Vajra, so she analyzed it and used the result of that research to decode the Vajra Network’s protocols.: Hmhmhm… Her abilities were essential towards realizing my theory. : You… you used Ranka for something like that?!: I did, yes. But I’ve no further need for her song now that I’ve established my connection with the Queen…: Go forth, Vajra – my eyes, my ears, my hands and feet… My mighty talons!  : I won’t let you have this your way, Grace…! Tabi no hajimari wa… ♪ : I’ll help, Sheryl! Kisetsu ga yabukete… ♪  : Aaaah!: Ranka! : The Vajra aren’t listening to them…?!: I told you: the Queen’s command – that is, my command – is absolute. It won’t be undone by a couple of girls’ wailing!  : So you’re not even going to consider how they feel and just force them to obey you?! Can’t you see how terrible that is?!: “Terrible”…? You’re telling me to consider the feelings of creatures that have never shown any semblance of having such things…?: Oh, please! These are brainless, emotionless, hivemind creatures that communicate via bacteria! You’ve absolutely no grasp on the Vajra’s true magnificence… just like Ranka’s mother, Ranche! : Their magnificence…? Does that have something to do with that theory you mentioned?: My research, yes… To establish a galaxy-spanning mental network for all of mankind, centered around Fold Quartz and cybernetic implants.: And with the Vajra, my dream can be made a reality… a superdimensional network where the minds of every person can communicate and interface with one another instantly! : Once humanity has achieved this, it’ll rise to its pinnacle as a species! It’ll be reborn as a unified entity, and I’ll use the Vajra to destroy anyone who refuses conversion! : … That’s the stupidest thing I’ve heard all week. How did you figure this “pinnacle as a species” deal was ever a good idea?: What did you say…?!  : So everyone would hear any thoughts I had? Oh, no, no, I’m going to pass on that! I wouldn’t want folks to know when I’m going “Ooh, that guy’s hot”! : Humanity might have set off into space, but that didn’t change our nature as humans. We find love, marry one another, have children and pass on our songs and our culture. Feelings take root and are relayed to others… : That’s what it means to live… mundane things like that. We don’t want or need your “superdimensional network”! : Your approach is too much like Central’s! And, worst of all, I really don’t like how you think you’re the only one in this world who’s just!: I didn’t expect philistines like you to understand my grand designs! After them, my Vajra!  : Drop your princess at the Macross, Alto! We’ll reorganize while you’re doing that!: Y-Yeah, I’m on it!  : Sheryl! : Ranka…! Thank goodness you’re safe. Things would’ve been way too dull without my rival.: Ahahaha, I guess so.: How’s that, Sheryl? Promise made, promise kept.: Oh, yes, you… Do you have any idea how worried you had me…?: Yeah, sorry about that. I mean it.: *Sniff* So long as we’re clear, that’s fine…: Sheryl, are you crying…?: Shush, you! Now get back out there! I’m extending my moratorium on hearing you out – consider that your punishment!: … Alright, I’m off!: (I still need to sing…! I need to stay alive… and sing…!): Sheryl… Mission 39 – Journey’s End  : (Don’t let me down yet, good-luck charm…! You helped me save Ranka, you can get us through this…!) : I trust everyone understands what’s at stake? Failure here would mean the Vajra bearing down not just on this world, but in all parallel ones as well…! : We cannot allow her to fan the flames of war across the universe again!: drat straight. And so we gotta take the fight to her! : All units, engage! Take out Grace, don’t lose any ships, Alto or Brera. This one’s pretty much a repeat of the previous mission, only you’ve more Vajra and Grace is a far stronger boss than the Galaxy. Same strategies apply, though: be liberal with your Confuse casts (especially in the first rounds), spread out command auras and don’t be afraid to pop Strikes since the buggers are still very dodgy. Do make sure to keep an eye on your Supers and ships, because the Vajra have pretty long range and they can rain death upon an unprotected unit – until you get their numbers down some, always be ready to cast Iron Wall and a couple of heals.  Vajra Queen (Grace O’Connor) Pilot Skills: Break Morale Limit Commander L4 Prevail L9 Attack Combo L3 Mech Features: Dimensional Fault 10% HP Regen 30% EN Regen Pretty much a straight upgrade to the Battle Galaxy, the Vajra Queen has more of everything and 200k HP. Grace’s stats are pretty high but, thanks to her not seeing fit to buy Ignore Size Difference, her aim will take a hit against our guys – if you’re running Confuse, even your supers will have a not-insignificant chance to dodge. In truth, what you really should watch out for is her MAPW with strikes with the same AoE as Canaria’s. That means if you’re sending some of your frailer guys down below, take the time to count where the safe zones are. Her strongest attack also has a lengthy 3-9 range, so be especially mindful with your ships. That Dimensional Fault is something we’ll see in a bit – just be mindful that it’s a barrier and that combo attacks bypass it. But even with it and that Prevail, 200k is still easily doable in one round for our folks.  VF-27 Lucifer-γ (Brera Stern) Pilot Skills: Shoot Don Sword Cut Shield Defense Counter Hit & Away Ignore Size Difference Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Attack Combo L1 Spirit Commands: Accelerate Sense Snipe Confuse Soul Squad Bonus: 25% chance to dodge attacks, Mobility +15, Movement +1 You might not like Brera as a character (I don’t!), but there’s no denying that he is one of the strongest Reals in the game. First and foremost, he’s pretty much unhittable combining the Valkyries’ natural evasiveness wit S ranks in Air and Space, and a flat 25% chance to outright dodge. Secondly, his weapons are strong as no-one’s business, long range (and he comes with Hit & Away, you see that Kira/Heero?!) and, better yet, they’re all ammo based and have plenty of shots. As a pilot, Brera already comes loaded with everything he needs, except B-Save, and his stats are appropriately high where it matters. Objectively, there’s no reason not to field him and he might just get even better soon enough. Regardless, let’s start heading south. Like I said, don’t worry about spending your SP (you’ll get a refill soon). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUKgDuZ_GaE And we’ll see more of Brera’s tricks as we go along.                              Hrrmm. : With but a single command from me the Vajra will immediately swarm across the entire universe. : I don’t care what happens to me… And while I still don’t know how much power the EVA has, I will make sure that my friends and the people of Earth are kept safe from you!  HA!           Once the enemy’s down to 23…   : Urgh, there’s just no end to them! : Our ammo stores won’t last forever in this. The situation’s looking bleak.  : Our forces can’t handle a war of attrition against these things…!: What about Ranka and Sheryl? Are their songs doing anything? : They’re still singing as best they can, but… : The Queen’s massively strong Fold Waves have built a rock-solid network across the entire star system…!: So their voices just aren’t enough to overpower the Queen’s commands…?!*Beep, beep!*  : This is…Sheryl’s vitals are going critical?! She can’t take any more of this…!: What?!: Hrk… Sorry… Ranka, Alto…*Collapse.*  : Sheryl! You have to hang in there! I can’t do this by myself…!: And, at the end of the day, this is all the vaunted “power of song” amounts to. The legend of Minmay, of Fire Bomber… All of those were nothing but illusions. : No… is there really nothing we can do…?  : Don’t give up. : She’s right – you can’t!: Lacus! …Um, there’re two Lacus…?: Her name is Meer; she acted as my stand-in for quite a while. I believe you two met at Diokia.: No, I was just an imposter… But the emotions I wanted others to feel were real – what I carried within my heart was real. And, so, I wanted to sing despite everything…!: You also feel the same way, don’t you, Ranka? Then you can’t lose hope!: Meer…: Our voices will support your own, so go and sing. Let all here listen to your heart…!: We all managed to understand one another before, so I know you can get through to the Vajra as well, Ranka!: Okay, brother. And thank you, Lacus, Meer. I… I’ll keep singing!    : That’s… some Vajra stopped attacking!: Ranka’s Fold Waves are growing to rival that of the Vajra Queen…: Ranka, your song is…: Stand up, Sheryl. : Ranka… It’s over for me. There’s nothing left…: I poured everything I had into that song… but I couldn’t do anything…: You idiot!*Slap!* : …!: Think! How do you figure I managed to fly as high as I did?! It’s because you were there to help me!: And the same goes to Alto – you also gave him the strength he needed to fly! : What… My body, my head… the pain is gone?: The light of the Fold Waves are…: Grace said that the V-Type Infection is caused by the intestinal bacteria that support the Vajra mental network…: You helped the Vajra realize that you’re not their enemies, so they stopped attacking your body. They’re trying to coexist…: Alto… : Sheryl, you said that if you had any way you could be useful, then you wanted to be fighting with us…!: And we’re all still here, fighting together! So, please… come on, Sheryl! You…: You are both my wings!!: Let’s all fly together again, Sheryl! : Ranka, Alto… thank you…! : Let’s get to it, then! One duet between the Galactic Fairy and the Superdimensional Cinderella, just for the Vajra!: Make this one the show of your lives, you two!: Of course – who do you think I am? Come on, Ranka!: Ready, Sheryl! : LISTEN TO OUR SONG!!    : The Queen’s protocols aren’t working?! Their songs are that powerful…?!: Still… it’s all pointless!  : Captain, incoming! : Hrm! : …!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyhxBYOJs4U  : Th-They…!: The Vajra protected us?!: Our song got through to them…! They saw how we felt…!: Thank you… thank you so much!: What garbage! I am your Queen, Vajra! Obey my command!  : They’re still coming. : But it all boils down to Grace O’Connor. She’s fused with the Vajra Queen, so if we can take her out…: Then we could to set the Vajra free, yes! : That is to say, our target should only be the Vajra Queen… or, rather, that woman herself!: You heard it, people. It’s been a long road getting here, but it all comes down to this… : To all warriors who stand on this battlefield, all those who bear pride upon their wings: forward!: Here goes! Charging Love Heart! : Come on, Klan! We’ll win this and pry open the way to our future! : Aye, aye! Just don’t fall behind!: Let’s go, Skull 4.: Yeah!  Patience, people. I need the cash to max out our favorite unit, so those other Vajras have to go. You might notice that big 0 popping by Grace, however. : Our attack didn’t connect…?!*Beep, beep!* : That’s… a dimensional fault?! : You mean those Fold Faults we heard about? She’s using that as a barrier?!: I did say that the Queen’s power rivals that of God, no? : Kch…! Can none of our weapons get through that?! : drat it, and we gotta find a way around that barrier if we wanna take her down…! : Isn’t there any way to neutralize it…?: (Oh, no… we need to do something or our future – Alto’s future – will be taken from us…!): (More, Sheryl…! Put more of your soul into that song! I’m sure this is nowhere near the best you’ve to offer…!): (Because… because you’re Sheryl Nome!): (I can’t let this be the end! We need to win or I’ll never be able to tell him everything I feel!)  : Pyui!  : …! The… The Vajra are neutralizing the dimensional fault…!: Impossible! Why are you opposing me?! The Queen’s orders should be absolute…!: You still don’t get it, Grace? It’s because the Vajra do have feelings!: We’ve confirmation that the dimensional fault has been weakened! We should be able to attack the Queen now!: The Vajra are putting their lives on the line to give us an opening! Focus fire on the Vajra Queen!: Let’s do this, everyone!: We can’t waste this chance!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLLuthY9RTg 19 missions later, I can finally show the DK for this attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs-PO_0Wixc Also this one, 27 missions later.  The girls are still singing, with the songs changing every turn.  Oh, you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FS6NiEUFZE Goh takes a decent-ish hit from this, but everyone else dodges.              But in two turns, the remaining Vajra are all gone and we can finally focus on Grace.  : Power over destiny itself is something no human should have!: Which is why I’ve abandoned my human form… or, better put, why I had to abandon it.: You mean your conversion to a fully mechanical body? But you’re still human, like any of us!: Not anymore, now that I’ve attained the power of the Vajra!: Wrong! Whether they’ve power or not, humans are always still human! And that applies to you!     : You need only look at it objectively and you’ll see what the love you feel truly is: electrical impulses bouncing about your synapses. It’s as simple as that.: What I’m doing is creating a network around that… so there’s nothing to be afraid of, you see.: … But there are always some things that humans have to protect.: I’ll set humanity free – they won’t need to concern themselves with such trifles.: You can’t. They’ll always be there – within people – even if we cannot see them. : And those who understand that have a duty to fight for all that is worth fighting for!   : Hey, granny! Don’t you see how much your control is hurting those little bugs?!: Even without my control, they’d still be bound to the Vajra Queen. One way or another they’d fight you, so this makes no difference, don’t you think?: Wrong! Ranka’s managed to befriend the Vajra!: Purely an illusion born of the Fold Waves in her voice. The Vajra hold no such feelings…!: I’ve seen plenty of animals and you know what I felt in them? A heart filled with kindness!: And I feel the exact same thing coming from the Vajra!-- : I confess I was somewhat worried when I was first informed of the Cthulhu. I thought I’d need to revise my plans…: But, thanks to your group defeating all of their monsters and weapons, things have actually turned out quite simple. Much appreciated.: Now the Cthulhu should only have non-combatants left in their ranks… : Are you thinking of forcing your cybernetic implants on them too?!: Of course. My plan is to accomplish that which not even the Protoculture could in all of its 500000 years of history: to unify the galaxy. : Grace O’Connor… I cannot turn the other cheek to your insanity!    : I hope you didn’t expect me to forget how you were the one forcing Brera to do all that stuff!: But once our minds are part of my network, human bodies will simply be terminals meant for physical actions, concurrently belonging to every person.: And you seriously don’t see how bad that is?! There’d be no individual freedom is this world you’re preaching!     : Were you the one behind the attack at Mihoshi?!: No, that was not part of my plan…: I’d wager some Vajra eggs had been laid and incubated in secret. Once they established a link with Ranka’s psyche, they ran amuck. : What… are you suggesting Ranka wanted all that destruction to happen…?: Hmm… I wouldn’t go so far as to say she consciously wanted it, but the fact is that the girl’s surging emotions did affect the Vajra. : The Vajra are feared as very unpredictable creatures… and I’ll use their threat to fuel the unification of the galaxy!: What you were supposed to have done was help protect mankind from that very threat!: But, instead, you were blinded by their massive power and wanted it make it your own! Something like that could never benefit humanity!-- : Even you are completely powerless before the Vajra. Surrender…! : The paparazzi are gonna go wild over this: manager to the stars signs up as manager to a horde of crazy bugs… : Not exactly, Juzo. We just gotta take her out, and things with the Vajra might just take a turn for the better.: Here we go, Combattler! We’ll keep galactic peace safe from that lady!        : Mechanical gods, born again from ancient times… and Kouji Kabuto, pilot of the Devil that destroyed them all.: Were you willing, I would’ve easily allowed you to join Brera as my enforcer. Truly a shame.  : “Were you willing”? Them’s some fine words when you were just yelling about how you were either going to force people to obey and kill those who didn’t!: You’re just another wannabe dictator and Kouji Kabuto’s always ready to run those into the dirt!-- : What a surprise to find that you’re such a rotten person, O’Connor.: Had I known you were like this, I’d never have taken my eyes off you at that Idol Contest – or even back at that movie shoot. : But you couldn’t, which shows how limited humans are while they remain bound to their physical bodies!: And so it falls on me to guide humanity to greater heights! I’ll make this a magnificent world!: Hmph… I don’t think so. It’s your yearnings as a scientist that fuel your plans… and there’s something dark at the core of it all!: I’d never believe anything you say before you find a way to fix that!   : Why do you stand against me…?! With this power at my disposal, all of humanity could come to share and unite their minds! We could be freed from strife, hunger and from our physical limitations!: Because I couldn’t really play my haggling mind-games if things got like that. : Because there’s no greater feeling that searching and finding the one you love.: Because it wouldn’t feel right to have other folks help me set things straight with my old man. I wanna talk to him mano a mano after how long that’s gone on for. : Because while I don’t like always having to watch my back, I really don’t like the idea of everyone getting courtside seats to all of my private thoughts. : … And there you have it. Team D is 100% against your plan – the bad outweighs the good thrice over. : Why… Why can’t you see how magnificent it’d all be!: Listen, if you like the sound of that, more power to you. But where we draw the line is when you decide to start imposing your dream on everyone else!: We’ve all got stuff we want to do and you’re not stopping us. And we’ll start by bringing peace back to this world!      : This world you’re trying to create sounds as boring as watching paint dry. There’d be no thrills and excitement there!: Once you’re connected to my network, you’d be together with your beloved regardless of the distance between you. Surely that world also meets your desired standards.: Sorry, but I like understanding folks with my fists, not with some crazy brain-mixing tech thing. It feels way more satisfying that way, see!     : Vajra Queen, dead ahead…: I can see what a tender-hearted boy you are… but I assure you the world that awaits will not be one that saddens you. : A blade will strike down those who oppose the conversion of mankind, yes, but it will not be wielded by pilots like you. It’ll be the Vajra who do so. : It is not just us, pilots, who bear scars in our hearts. Every human has them, and those can never be erased…: Oh, don’t worry. Whatever pain you might feel can be easily erased once you’re part of my network. Any unpleasant emotions can just be exchanged.: I refuse to accept any world that shows such disregard to human emotions. Grace O’Connor… I’ll kill you…!     “Target IDed: Vajra Queen.” : How did you feel when you lost your parents? Were you sad? In pain? : But those emotions don’t need to hold any sway over you. Just allow me to free you from your human flesh!: Hey, keep your nose outta folks’ private life! Mr. Ishigami did that, sure, but he never went too far and it was always to help us! You? You’re just being a creep!: I’ve often heard that people grow by facing and overcoming their sorrows. Doing away with that and making everyone happy all the time would just be detrimental to humanity!: This impudent puppet…! Your emotions are all fabrications! You’re no different from the bugs!: Alright, listen here, you…! You and your rotten standards got absolutely no right to deny Alice’s life!      : Why do you insist on doing something like this?!: Scientific curiosity has pushed humanity into making tremendous evolutionary jumps in this word as well…: You were born from that same curiosity, Kira Yamato, the Super Coordinator. Surely you can see that.: “To go the farthest, to climb the highest”… it’s for that reason that you hijacked the Vajra’s network?!: …That’s right. What I want is to realize my theory and to lead humanity to its pinnacle! : Then what do you have to say about the turmoil I feel inside your heart?!     : So you’ve been tricking us since forever, eh?!: Only because you are so easily tricked. How many times has that happened to you? And I’m sure it’ll happen again and again.: Zip it! I can be tricked a hundred billion times, that’s not making me stop believing in people!: Doubting everyone you meet is no way to live your life!   : You’re still alive, Michel Blanc…: Lucky me, huh? FYI, I don’t want you calling me “Michel” anymore, thanks.: You said your entire body was cybernetic, right? Did you do some hacking to look into my sister and my friends’ lives?: I did, and it yielded so much useful intel.: You’re sick…!    : Do you honestly think your lone Valkyrie can stand up to the Queen? Imbecile.: Maybe, maybe not, but when it comes to defending the two most important ladies in my life, I’ll always give 100%!: You sound like a teenager. Someone with your age ought to be smarter than that.: Sorry, but I’m no grown-up. I’m just a brute trying to do what’s right!    : Step forward, worms… The Macross embodies your hope and I’ll tear it to bits with the Queen’s power!: We’re going in, crew! Our target’s Grace O’Connor!: Aye, aye!    Jeffrey: “We are here to turn your ambitions to dust, Grace O’Connor!” : Ranche’s bloodline never stops being a bother, does it?!: I won’t let you use Ranka for your schemes again! And I’ll never go back to being your puppet!: Sadly, I don’t need you or the girl any more. I’ve the Vajra and their power to serve as my sword and shield!   : This is the end of the road for you, Grace O’Connor!: Foolish boy… how easily you lose control to fleeting emotions. Of course you’d reject what I’m doing. : But your youthful zeal will eventually be sullied by the muck of reality, smothered by the common men!: Even if that happened, we’d never give up hope…! Rather, hope is what we give to ourselves and to others, and you’re not taking it away!    Alto: “I’m not about to be sacrificed for your plans!” : The Vajra Queen’s stopped moving!: Why don’t you understand…?! I represent the pinnacle of human evolution!: “Evolution”?! All you’re doing is preying on the Vajra!: Indeed, inching closer and closer to one’s pinnacle is a facet of an ideal evolution.: But you have no right forcing that evolution onto others! : Plus, while your superdimensional network may sound good on paper, it’s easy to see that it’d result in a world where you stand at the top of said network.: Every system needs an administrator… the Vajra themselves could never be controlled without the Queen’s own network!: Do you understand what I’m saying? If the Queen dies here, the Vajra will be leaderless and will go berserk.: What, so you first jack the Queen and now you’re threatening us to let you stay there?!: … No, it’ll be fine. Grace has fused herself with the Queen’s head!: Aim there, Alto! The Vajra’s heart isn’t in their head, but in their venter!: That’s where they sing from!: I see…! Then if we just destroy the head, we can finish this without killing the Queen…! : Now the tides turn in our favor… It all comes down to you, Alto Saotome!: Show us all how well you dance!: I’ll cover you, Alto!: … Alright!: Go, Alto!: Seal the deal and make it a good one! : The future of the galaxy!: And our hopes!: Everything is in your hands!: HERE I GO!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqEb9VGE72E Alto: “Brera!” Brera: “I’m on it. Come on, Alto!” Alto: “Haaaaah!” > “ATTACK!” > “Now, Brera!” Brera: “Grace O’Connor… I’ve realized something while I was connected to you.” > “That, wherever they are, humans are always alone!” > “But!” Alto: “It’s because we are alone!” > “That we can… LOVE ANOTHER!!” : …   : … : The Vajra… are pulling back…: And, now, our long battle with them is finally over…: (Thank you, everyone… It’s only because of you that we can now live like this…): (Goodbye… Grace…) : It’s beautiful…: So this is the Vajra’s homeworld…: That’s a really pretty planet the little bugs call home.: And the Frontier people might have to make this their home as well.: Really, Luca?: Courtesy of Mishima’s crazy plan. The Fleet’s energy reserves are pretty much spent, so it’s too risky to try and go elsewhere. : Of course, that’s assuming the Vajra will let us stay.: I’m sure it’ll be fine. Ai-kun and me managed to understand how each other felt.: Pyui! : How the Vajra feel, huh…: Right. It’s not quite like ours, but the Vajra do have feelings of their own. : But they couldn’t understand why humans live separated from one another, why we’re always acting differently. But I could communicate through Fold Waves, so they tried to “save” me from these unfamiliar humans.  : That’s the reason why they kept fighting us…? A misunderstanding?: How very ironic. While we were focused on the combat itself, they were just trying to save a perceived friend. : They say dogs never forget those that are kind to them, and that it shows that they’ve far purer souls than humans. Guess that also applies to the Vajra. : But that changed when they felt Sheryl singing. She wasn’t me, and so they realized that humans are different from each other…: They realized that we’re beings that need to actively convey our feelings in order to understand one another. : In a way, this was a repeat of our encounter with the Zentradi. Two different civilizations finding one another, clashing due to the wide gap between us…: But we can bridge that gap, no? Just like our ancestors did. : That all depends on what we do.: Brera Stern… so Ranka’s real brother had lost his memories and was enslaved by Grace…: I guess that means I’m being relieved from my post.: How can you say that, brother?!: Ozma Lee, you are Ranka’s real brother.: Brera…: I’ve only known Ranka when she was a small child, and over these past few months. I’ve none of the past you’ve shared with her… and I don’t know how to make pineapple cake.  : And I’m sure she’d really miss you if you left her life like that…: Right, you can’t go, brother…!: Her brother over the years, her real brother, her soul brother… whichever one of these you are, it doesn’t change the family ties between you.: Unless you’re suddenly bothered by this, I see no reason for you to say “no”. : You’re right… Ranka…: Oh, brother…!*Later on…* : Hey, Ranka.: Ah, Nagisa… I’m so sorry for worrying you like that.: It wasn’t just her, you know. There were a ton of people who were worried.: Huh? Um… are you Nagisa’s sister?: Ahahah… I knew you’d say that…: I’m also Nagisa – Nagisa Kanou. : Oh, so you were the one who was kidnapped when I was down on Earth!: I’m glad to see you’re okay! But… if I may ask, how are you related to Nagisa?: It’s a bit of a long story, so we’ll have to save that for later. Blah… having that mental network would actually be pretty handy right about now. Then we wouldn’t need to explain anything.  : Now, now, don’t try to take the easy way out. Besides, it’ll be pretty fun to tell her all your stories, right?: Speaking of, there’s something I don’t get. The Vajra are creatures that don’t need to communicate with words, right? Then just what was that song of yours to them, Ranka?: It was a love song.: A love song?: My mother taught it to me when I was a kid and I never forgot it. : See, every tens of thousands… or every tens of millions of years, even, the Vajra meet with a flock from another galaxy. That song is their mating call to them.: “Aimo, Aimo”… it means “my darling, my darling”.: A love song played once every tens of millions of years… How romantic.: Sheryl, look!: … Ah, here comes that idiot.*Thruster noise.* : (The sky… this is what Ranka and Sheryl made possible for us. A real sky, awash with freedom…!)*Below…* : There he goes… I don’t think I’ve ever seen him fly that way…: Maybe you two should go after him? You are both his wings, after all.: …!!: I-I’m sure that idiot didn’t mean it that way!: Sure, sure, we can go with that. Becaa~aause if that was a real confession… hoo, boy.: Well, keep at it, you two! Patience is a virtue – especially for you girls!: I’m telling you, you got it all wrong!: Um, Sheryl…: Hm?: I’m not about to lose to you. Not in singing, not in love!: …!! Hahah, I’ll take you up on that challenge!*Up above…* : … Is that Ranka and Sheryl?: Thanks… both of you!*Jeeeet!* : Sheryl…: This is where it all begins…!: Aimo… Aimo… ♪ Some time later, back at the Quarter, Kentarou reports that while things are far from perfect with the Fleet, the new provisional government is keeping it all running. Birler confirms that they’ll be immigrating into the Vajra homeworld – their investigation has shown that the place is completely suited to support human life. Now it’s just a matter of letting things settle down with the Fleet and the immigration can begin in earnest. Of course, they’ll first need to carefully negotiate with the Vajra, but Birler is confident. Things are finally starting to look up. But never mind that for now: Lam’s receiving an emergency Fold transmission from the Dannar Base.  It’s Kiriko, but her message is coming in too broken up: “……Earth is……They……. All bases……destroyed…….requesting… immediate help……….” The message cuts out right then, but we got that part about bases being destroyed. How? Central’s gone, all other major enemy factions as also dealt with; we didn’t spend that much time away from Earth, either. Plus, Earth was still being covered by the SDF, the Katou Organization and all the other groups. Speculation won’t get us anywhere, though, so Murrue asks Misato that we need to get back there immediately. Misato’s loathe to pull Jeffrey away from here after they’ve finally found a new home, but the captain was going to give us a ride back anyway. The Quarter’s already been charging up energy for a Fold back to Earth, and it should be ready soon. As Jeffrey commands his crew to psyche themselves up and prepare for their return voyage, Yuu sees the writing on the wall: “Bases all across Earth destroyed… can it be…?” Brunom1 fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Dec 10, 2017 |
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I may not like Macross Frontier, but Lion is a drat good song.
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I don't know what should be more surprising: that almost nobody remembers the OG enemy faction, or that one person does.Brunom1 posted:
As I've said before, Kira Yamato is
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Dec 10, 2017 21:44
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Montegoraon posted:I don't know what should be more surprising: that almost nobody remembers the OG enemy faction, or that one person does. Well, to us they were a completely different faction, but to the characters? GReaT, or however its capitalized, was just a sub-faction to Central, so since Central itself was beaten they don't really think that GReaT has any reason to really stir up more trouble.
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Brunom1 posted:After tallying the votes on all threads, Daiya managed to snag victory over Iczer-1 by a single vote. Not a kid. We gave the united 48 souls of the Daiku-Maryu unlimited power. Logicblade posted:I may not like Macross Frontier, but Lion is a drat good song. Frontier in general has a very, very good soundtrack. Lion is a great opening, yeah, but it's one of many songs I love in that series. Though I also genuinely like Frontier as a series. Also that Twin Valkyrie Maneuver was pretty cool even if some of the animation was really janky (mostly positioning for Brera, likely due to reusing sprites) and it makes no sense whatsoever with Michel alive - where the hell did Alto get the rifle? Hell, where does he get more helmets after he destroys the first? Well, that's SRW logic, I guess! And now, back to the main plot!...which exists, apparently!
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Blaze Dragon posted:Also that Twin Valkyrie Maneuver was pretty cool even if some of the animation was really janky (mostly positioning for Brera, likely due to reusing sprites) and it makes no sense whatsoever with Michel alive - where the hell did Alto get the rifle? Hell, where does he get more helmets after he destroys the first? Well, that's SRW logic, I guess! Alto buys helmet dispensers from the same place Elzam buys cape dispensers. As for the rifle, didn't you see him fly offscreen? Clearly he made a quick detour over to Michel and borrowed the rifle (though if we could have a Soubi cutin for Final Phase, couldn't we have one for Michel/Klan handing him the gun?).
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So how is the SRW series, in terms of original plots ultimately producing the end boss? It feels like that's where we're headed here.
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Glazius posted:So how is the SRW series, in terms of original plots ultimately producing the end boss? It feels like that's where we're headed here. It's sort of hit-and-miss, honestly. Some are really really good (Alpha series, A, Z, W, to name a few), and some are really bad (Z3 comes to mind here, and I'm a bit hesitant to include K despite its shitter of a protag). I'm not sure where to classify this one, because, to be frank, it's never been Materant fucked around with this message at 04:33 on Dec 11, 2017 |
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And thus ends the Macross Frontier plot. Thank goodness we didn't have go through a shooting gallery with unskippable cutscenes to get to the finish line.
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...So is that how it happens in the anime too? Sheryl's terminal illness is cured through the power of love and music?
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Alacron posted:...So is that how it happens in the anime too? Sheryl's terminal illness is cured through the power of love and music? Alto vanishes during the final battle, Sheryl falls into a coma, and Ranka is left alone after having lost the love triangle.
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It wouldn't surprise me. Communication issues seems to be at the core of Macross' storytelling after all. So having the 'virus' be because of alien microbes' acting as an hyper-aggressive immune system, and then having them 'cured' by swapping the host body's IFF from foe to friend is one of the least out there moments. And of course the moment the overpowered super robot alliance goes into space, the earth goes all to hell. It's like that time Kouji Kabuto took a vacation in Paris. It could be anything or anyone of course. leftovers from Central, Cthulhu infiltrators bursting out of their skin, another Natural-Coordinator war cause Lacus and co aren't around to tell them to stop that...but it's probably the originals. I hope they explain why they have been such a non-show for much of the game. Maybe they didn't want to conquer the earth and colonies just yet because they were busy making a killing in the construction business, disaster relief and selling coffee-makers to every military site in the system (that transform into killer robots).
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Raxivace posted:Pretty much. FWIW the movies end things way differently. The more I hear about it the more I think Sayonara no Tsubasa is a remarkably downer movie for Macross.
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 Two missions left to go, so let’s not waste time. Rey continues to crush the competition, nearly a full 100 kills ahead of the competition, but what you might notice is that Jesus decided to bump off Ichitaka out of 3rd place. I haven’t been abusing his MAPW anywhere near as much as Rey’s but I guess I did enough.  And you wanted Daiya to become HUGE, so here it is. On top of having stats to rival ships and Real robots, and enough firepower to reduce several nations into a smoldering crater, Gaiking the Great’s Squad Bonus has been buffed once again: +250 Armor, +25 mobility, 2000 barrier, +2 movement. Daiya straight-up can no longer be killed.  Finally, as you might expect, Ichitaka and Yuu are deploying as event units, so we adjust accordingly: Dancouga/Hilde Daiya/Deceive Kouichi/Quatre Lee/Norza Kenji/Kyo Jeeg/Micchi Rey/Cagalli (we’re back on land, and the upcoming enemies have a lot of fliers) Kouji/Sawatari Tetsuya/Canaria Kira/Athrun Iczer-3/Soubi Goh/Yanma Eida/Anna Iczer-1/Iczer-2 Ozma/Luca Heero/Michel Voltes/Combattler Alto/Brera Shinn/Yulianne Asuka/Lou Shinji/Dearka Off we go.    : De-Fold and Warp Out successful. All LOTUS vessels are confirmed present.: No abnormalities with any of our ships. The Flag’s navigation systems are all green as well.: And… no signs of hostiles?*Looks around the trashed map.* : What… what the hell happened here…?!: It’s… awful…: The whole area’s destroyed… There’re no signs of people, either. : Can we establish contact with any of our facilities…?! : We’re trying the Dannar Base, Build Base, and all science institutes – no one’s answering us!: No one at all…?! You don’t mean…!: We need to assess the situation on the double. I can’t even imagine how much damage’s been done across the globe.: Satellite communications are down, though. The regular comm channels are being jammed as well…: So the enemy first cut off all intelligence networks and then moved to conquer all relevant locations in one fell swoop…? But how could anyone… : It’s not that impossible, you know. : What…?: Think back to Kiriyama’s coup of Japan. All it took was enough planning and he managed to take over the entire country rather quickly. : But this one was an assault on a global scale. No one should be able to—*Alarm!*  : We’re detecting a unit on high-speed approach! IDed as… GreAT’s!  : That unit… HL-1?! : That’s correct, Ichitaka Nagumo.: Wait, if you’re here… Was your group the one behind all this destruction?!: Who else but we could have done it? : But this isn’t something you could’ve pulled off easily. Mind telling us what kind of trick you used?: It was nothing special, really. As you may know, GreAT is a manufacturer and distributor of all kinds of electronics for the entire world… : All it took was causing all those to shut down simultaneously. That’s it. : I get it now…! Then the reason Prof. Grife scrapped those upgrade plans for Alice using GreAT-made components…! : Was because he noticed those parts were faulty, and realized GreAT couldn’t be trusted…!: I am not privy to such matters. But, regardless, all major Earth nations, as well as the PLANTs, are already under our control. : Did you raze those nations to the ground, like you did this city…?! : How many innocent people did you kill…?!: I ask that you calm down. You may find it hard to believe, but civilian casualties were almost nil. : But Central is already defeated. Control of your Earth should have returned to the hands of the United Nations Government. : Yet, here you are still attacking our world. What reason do you have for doing this?: Before you have your answer, I have something to show you.*Beep.*  : …: What the…?! : … : … : F-Father! Ms. Relena!: …: And they are not the only ones. Prof. Kiriko Aoi, Prof. Senjiro Shiba… all of Earth’s top scientific minds are squarely in our hands. : …: That’s… Professor!: You! What did you do to them?!*Bloop.*  : Please, do not worry. They’re all simply asleep… for now, at least.: …?! Who the hell are you?!: Why, I’m certain Hisataka Katou told you all about me. : Then, you’re…! : I never had the pleasure of meeting most of you, so allow me to introduce myself. I am Ludo Gloria, president of the New United Nations Government…: Though, in this world, perhaps my claim to fame is as GreAT’s founder. : True, I remember reading about you in “Men’s Business Monthly”. : And with introductions out of the way, let us return to your previous question, Col. Katsuragi. The reason why we’re still attacking despite Central’s defeat is quite simple: I want this Earth. : Wha— Then it’s the same drat thing as that bucket of bolts?!: Not quite, little Satoru Yamashita. My ultimate goal is world peace… mind you, by that, I mean the world I’m from. : While Central wanted this world to sate its thirst for expansionism, I need it to help my resource-starved people.: And is that the reason why you were nowhere to be seen during Central’s offensive?: Not quite. If I simply wanted to make this world my own, I could have simply kept cooperating with Central. No, I actually had faith – faith that you would be capable of destroying Central!: You had faith in us…? What are you getting at?!: Oh, I see how it is…!: He’s just like Mr. Birler, who’d cooperated with Grace and Leon for a while, despite his motives being completely different from theirs…!: Very good. Even if various groups share an objective, it’s impossible for their motives to fully match one another. I’d wager that’s the same with you, no?: So substantial revisions were then made to the plan – our own plan, not a joint one with them.: What I’m getting from this, then, is that you saw things were going south for Central, so you decided to ditch your old allies.: I never thought of Central as an “ally” to begin with. Though we had a cease-fire in place and exchanged technology with them, it was always meant as a temporary measure.: “Temporary”?! But weren’t you the one who rose to power with those peace-talks with Central?!: That was only possible because Central itself deemed they were much more likely to bolster their collective growth by exploiting humans, rather than carrying on a war of attrition with us.: In truth, said “cease-fire” included several lopsided deals, like us having to look the other way to the Machina-Humans’ trespasses into our territory – not that the people were privy to that, of course.: Central agreed to back our version of the story in return… but, really, it was only a matter of time before the hostilities resumed. : So your political power was built on lying to your people? Now you’re a real piece of work.: Dreadful business, I know. But, still, I am very much interested in establishing friendly relations with your group. : As you saw, the professors are all safe, so I hope you’ll take that as a proof that I’m speaking the truth.: … Get to the point. What are your demands?: I’m glad you’re quick on the take. First things first, I’d like for us to have a nice, peaceful chat.: I’ll be waiting for you at the Dannar Base. We’ll even hand the professors over once you’ve arrived – the sooner you do, the better, of course. Now, if you’ll excuse me…*Beep.* : Message has been delivered. We hope you’ll choose wisely, LOTUS. : GreAT’s unit has left the airspace…: …: “Dreadful business, I know”… You’ve got a lotta nerve using that word…*Looks at the wrecked city.* : Is this what someone looking to “establish friendly relations” does…?! If this isn’t “dreadful”, then what is?! Back at the Flag, Anna wonders what Gloria could be up to with this invitation; Mira and Athrun smell an obvious trap, but the guy has hostages, so we’ll just have to play along. Thankfully, not ALL of our allies have been captured and Sally manages to get in touch – she’s doing fine, and had to cobble up a comm device that could bypass the jamming and reach us. Regardless, she confirms what we already feared: GreAT’s taken over nearly all military installations throughout the world, and while there are pockets of resistance, things aren’t looking good. Yagyuu still can’t believe they pulled off something like this. Even with them being able to shut down all electronics, how did they manage to deploy all those forces as quickly as they did? Sally says GreAT has access to a warp device, so it wasn’t difficult for them to take advantage of the myriad bases’ failing defenses and walk right in. No one was in any condition to stop their blitz.  Kaji calls in and also relays the intel he’s available: GreAT has positioned those same red units we fought before in various strategic locations across the world. Misato’s surprised to hear from Kaji, but, no, she wasn’t worried – she’s too busy to worry about him. But he assures her that the intel’s legit: he personally came face-to-face with one of the GreAT units. That takes Misato aback somewhat, but Kaji assures her that he’s well. And she shouldn’t look so uneasy, lest it affect Shinji and the others. Whatever the case, Yuu sees that GreAT’s mass-produced the unit we saw at Orb and Daedalus Base, and Kenichi’s expecting a tough fight if those have been deployed throughout the planet. Worse, as Kaji relates, all countries are pretty much focused on trying to safeguard whatever they have left and can’t send troops to assist – we’re on our own, and he apologizes for not being able to help. But it’s fine and Misato asks him and Sally to stay safe. As the call ends, Yuu approaches Misato: it’s very likely that the warp device GreAT’s using was created by Prof. Grife. As we heard before, those guys are using Grife’s brain as a tool to develop their own forces, and Haruno says it was theorized that the Dimensional Converter installed on the Rushbird and Straybird could’ve served as a basis for a warp device; the professor never went ahead with that since, one, he didn’t have the budget for it and, two, he didn’t care for the sponsors’ plans for the device. Of course, GreAT had the budget and their Boazan brainwave scanner made convincing Grife a nonissue. And that brings us to the problem at hand, as GreAT now has all the greatest minds of Earth at their disposal. Yuu fears they’ll eventually get brain scanned as well, and the longer we take, the stronger our enemy will grow. Plus, once GreAT figures the captives have served their purpose, they’ll likely be disposed of. We need to hurry, not just for our own sake, but for theirs as well.  Mission 40 – The Wings of Time  : Come on, come on… show yourself…! : Welcome, my friends. I knew you’d accept my invitation.: Yeah, here we are! Now hand over the professors!: Patience. Before any of that, I’d like to extend my gratitude to all of you: the data we attained from you was exceedingly helpful in our conquest of Earth. : HL-1, show it to them, if you would.: Yes, sir… Fire! : What the…! That was one of those Dimension Eater bombs?!: Not exactly, it was miniaturized… that was an MDE Warhead…!: And that is not all. We also have this.  *Photon Beam Noise!*  : What…! That was the Mazinger’s…!: Your technology, and the tremendous effort you’ve put into perfecting and mastering it, is truly a sight to behold.: So you not only analyzed our tech, you can now use it as your own…?!: Didn’t your mom teach you that if you don’t give up, your dreams will all come true? And I have certainly never given up.: I’ve believed in myself, I’ve always persisted, and, now, my dream is about to come true. : Oh, drop the window dressing. What it all comes down to is that your “dream” is taking over the world, isn’t it?: You’re free to look at it like that, if you like. But I think a group like yours, so unrelenting and dedicated, can understand where I’m coming from. : But what about the common masses, those who do nothing but rely on your protection and savor the sweet fruits of your labor? Do those people deserve having guardians such as you? They know nothing of duty and obligation, always coasting on the peace you earned with your blood… : So your point is: “we’re both hardworking sorts, so you should join me”. Are you actually serious?: Do you find it strange? I’d like to think that I only amounted to a capable statesman because I understood the importance of belief and hard work. : But what did all this rampant mobocracy, dominated by its shortsightedness, ever give you? War. Even now something as mundane as the correctness of genetic manipulation cleaved society in half, pitting man against man – twice.  : But that’s…! : … Don’t, Shinn. We can’t deny the history of our conflict…: But I value hardworking men and women like you quite a lot!: While things may be a bit topsy-turvy right now, I’m confident I’ll create a peaceful society in due time. In fact, it’s already happening on the other world. : Or can you stick out your chests and declare that, yes, the people would be happier if the old status quo was simply restored? Can you say that that is better for society than being ruled by me…?: Without a shred of doubt!: What…? : If you let someone rule the world, who’ll be there to stop him when he makes a mistake? And, as a matter of fact, you’re already completely mistaken! : Do you seriously think everybody is wrong, except you? You look too old to be acting like such a huge baby.: I’ve been wrong more times than I can count… but I managed get back on the right track because I had friends around to stop and correct me!: And when things got tough, they were always there to help me make it through.: Ludo Gloria… do you have people like that? People whom you trust with all your heart?: Everyone makes mistakes, and that’s fine. Because we can only appreciate what’s right when we’ve personally worked to find it.: And that’s how people grow, from the day they’re born ‘til the day they die!: Like the Chairman and Grace, you’re in way too much of a hurry to push society into being “perfect”, into reaching the “pinnacle” of its evolution!: What humanity needs is time! And so long as people never lose the bonds they share with each other, there’s no way we won’t find a bright future waiting down the road!: I suppose our negotiations have broken down… how unfortunate. Still, I am truly grateful to you all, so… : He did have an ambush waiting for us. : Consider this a small token of my gratitude. I hope it’s to your liking.: And now I bid you farewell, my friends of LOTUS…*Bloop.*  : Enemy data matched… Several non-GreAT units identified.*Looks ahead.* : Windams… and those are equipped with nuclear weapons…!: And they’ve even got some Ghosts. At least they’re not Ghost V-9s.: I think it’s fair to say that what we have here is a showcase of everything they studied over past battles.: Hah, but they’re not beating us with just these…!: We’re already old hands at being outnumbered, after all…!: Misato, what about the hostages?!: I’ve just sent a rescue party after them! Let the pros handle that while you focus on bringing down the enemy forces!: Take care of my grandfather and the others, please…!: The EVA has its A.T. Field because it’s meant to protect others… I’m sure of it! And I’ll make sure both Earth and everyone in it stays safe!: Ichitaka, all meters are in the green – no problems at all!: We’re winning this…! We’ll beat that guy and yank Earth right out his hands! Destroy everything, don’t lose your ships, Rushbird or Straybird. We’re back again in the Dannar Base map but, thankfully, the enemies are pretty much all around solid ground – no need to worry about the goddamn water. That said, there are a lot of trees and cliffs, so your land-bound units will certainly take longer to get places. As the scene told us, you’re staring down at a mob of myriad Earth-made mooks: Windams, Destroys, Jinrais, Ghosts, Fat Boys and the usual GreAT units. Honestly, this isn’t really hard so long as you prioritize a few things: other than the Strike Valleys, pay special attention to the Destroys due to their powerful attacks, so you’ll want to get them quick or they’ll build up the morale to MAPW. The new Nuclear Windams… honestly, I didn’t see them do anything different. Maybe it takes a bunch of morale for them to use said nukes, but they’re all front and center, so you’ll likely kill them first. All in all, you’ve done this song and dance several times before, so get to it. Do make sure to kill everything and save your SP by the time you take out HL-1, though, yes? Being able to rain valored attacks (and MAPWs, especially) will make things a lot simpler for you.           Any problems you might have, just throw Daiya at it until it goes away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5lunEl230U Heey, I finally had room for one of the SEED Flunkies! By the by, while Dearka’s best attack is tagged as the shotgun, this is actually the Hyper Impulse Long-Range Sniper Rifle and I’ve no idea why they didn’t use that name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2F3BSSjsdE And, also, here’s the DK for the other one of Jeffrey’s new tricks.       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikhYLee4mdA And after seeing it used in events twice, I FINALLY remember to get the DK of the last of Mode-C’s attacks on camera!  It’s pretty hard for a bot to look intimidating when it’s glowing in neon pink, I have to say.             Back to the drawing board with your bot! FYI, I’d advise taking an extra turn if necessary and making sure you’ve all your units hanging by the Dannar Base before you down HL-1. : You might be able to use our tech, but if you think that means you can make good use of it, think again!: The effort it took to master those isn’t something you can copy that easily!: True, we can’t install those in the Imperial Valley just yet. But it is only a matter of time. Just a bit longer and both myself and the Imperial Valley will receive the necessary upgrades.: Then we’ll just have to take you down before that happens…! You’re not using the professors’ smarts for evil – not on our watch!       Ichitaka: “We’re not about to get dunked on by a puppet like you!” : We’ve finally made it…!: If we can successfully rescue the captives, all that’ll remain is a frontal assault at GreAT.: And you presume things will simply go according to your plans? There is no “potential” left in you – at all.: Now that’s a very mechanical prognosis. And I’ll be happy let the bonds built between us prove you wrong…!     Haruno: “Her AI is the same as mine…” Yuu: “But at the end of the day, she’s just a puppet. You’re nothing like her!” : You truly are strong. But both my unit and I have made plenty of advancements since our battle at Daedalus Base.  : That’s… a D-S.O.I.L.?! No, wait, these readings are different…!: As you might have expected, a machine like me wasn’t compatible with the principles behind Factors. That being said, nanomachines work just fine and we finally perfected our faulty emergency repair system. : You sure did your homework, I’ll give you that… But on the flip side, the way you brag about tech you stole really grinds my gears. : Then let me show you something that’s wholly original. : Our experiment at Orb may have failed, but let’s see how it performs this time.*HL-1 starts zipping all around our people!* : It’s what they used against me…!: And your previous tactic will not work again. There’s no way for you to stop the D-Converter.*Zips around some more!* : Enemy unit’s temperature is rising…! Space-time distortions detected!: It’s just like that time…!: drat it, and they already analyzed the trick we used before, so we can’t go with it…!: Kosuke, there anything we can do here?! : Give me a minute! I’m looking into it!*Zip, zip, zip, zip.*  : Our estimates say we’ve about 180 seconds before her engine goes critical and explodes…!: Now what?! Alice, you got any ideas? You always do!: I-I’m sorry… I can’t think of anything that’d work!: … Haruno, are you confident in your ability to control the Dimensional Converter? : If I’ve your support, I believe I could maintain as much as thrice our current output.: Thrice, with my support… but if we’ve them as well…: What are you thinking, Yuu…?!: Ichitaka, link our units’ Dimensional Converters together! If we use the Straybird’s wings and the Rushbird’s Dimensional Converter in tandem, we might have a shot at this!: But controlling both Converters running simultaneously is impossible! You, yourself, came to that conclusion!: And if we fail, we’ll destroy this entire region!: Haruno, the two of us can manage up to thrice our regular output. But with those two… with Ichitaka and Alice…: I believe that we can pull it off. We can control both Converters at the same time and manage an output over five times stronger! Think you can do it, Ichitaka?!: Doesn’t matter what I think. If we don’t make it work, we and the professors are all dead… So we’re just gonna have to pull it off!: B-But…!: And ya know what, Alice, I think we’ll be alright. We worked really hard to get here, so have faith in me… in us!: We’ll take everything we learned ‘til today – from Yamashita, Miu, Goh, Shizuru, Tetsuya and Noin – and bash her upside the head with it!: …! Okay. I’ll show her all I’ve gained throughout this… every last drop!*Zip, zip, zip, zip.* : 60 seconds!: Gonna have to ad lib this, then! HERE GOOOOES! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uEBDOg6mUw Yuu: “Ichitaka, the Straybird’s wings are yours!” Haruno: “We will manage both Dimensional Converters flawlessly!” Alice: “This is it… Now we draw upon everything we’ve learned through these battles!” Ichitaka: “Wh-Whoa…! That’s a lotta power…!” > “Alright… Let’s do this, Alice!” Alice: “Diverting all energy to the Rushbird’s defense and propulsion systems!” > “Control… established!” Ichitaka: “And… there! I’ve got it too!” HL-1: “Master Gloria… Forgive…me…”  : We… we did it! Yuu, we did it!: Yeah… this win’s all on you…! : Data link terminated… Receiving combat data.: …?! This signal is! : Gah, they called the ones they spread across the world over?!: And the pilots are all… #3: Combat data received. Moving to eliminate targets. #2: Combat data received. Moving to eliminate targets. #1: Ours is a flawless squadron, comprised of wholly uniform soldiers. No strategy is beyond our capacity. #1: Whereas your motley crew and your slapdash approach to combat are mired in the chaos of emotions and individuality. You cannot win.: Yeah, we’ll see about that! It’s because we are so different that we can boost each other to do better and better!: For all you’ve learned, there’s something essential that you just don’t seem to get!: It’s the reason why Central failed…: And why Big Gold could not prevail against us…!: It’s something that comes with being human, and we’re about to give you an eyeful of it! : The rescue team should have all the professors safe shortly! Bring your souls together and fight on, everyone!: Aye, aye! Come on, people!  And this is why I told you to save as much SP as can be. You might expect the MP HL-1s and Imperial Valleys to be watered-down versions, but you would be WRONG. All twelve are all exact copies of the original and can be just as deadly, especially if you leave the all running prevail. We’re not going to give them a chance to do that, though: low morale means they can’t use their long range weapon, so we’ll draw them closer, straight into Kira and Rey’s AoE and blast away. If you took your time before killing HL-1 and brought your guys closer, you’ll be in good position to throw everything and the kitchen sink at them, allowing you to kill them all in one round. If you can’t, just take out as many as can be done and finish off the rest. They still don’t have MAPWs, at the very least.  But we do.       They spread out enough that Kira couldn’t blast all of them, but he could still tag half of the squads. After that, it’s straight clean-up – you may now go all-out with your SP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o60shomLtko Oh, and it took me until now to remember that I never showed the DK of the Iczelio Boomer.                                 And we’re done. : Alright, I think that was the last of them! : And we also have confirmation that the captives inside Dannar Base have been rescued. Everyone is safe! : Thank goodness mom and the others are alright…: Whew… That’s the end of that, at least for now.: Professor! PROFESSOR!! Do you hear us?! : Hrm… Ichitaka…?: Yeah, it’s me! And Alice, Yuu and Haruno, too! We’ve been fighting as part of LOTUS, a UN force, and—: Gch… LOTUS…? : Oh , drat it all…! Who’s in charge there?! Get me in touch with your captains! Hurry!: What’s going on?!: We need to escape right now! This whole area’s about to get blown to kingdom come!: What…?!  : The HL Platoon was beaten… Very well done, LOTUS. That being said, it’s exactly how I expected things to play out.: Your defeat was sealed the second you assembled on that spot. And now you and everything within dozens of kilometers will all become very familiar with concept of “scorched-earth policy”… courtesy of my ultra-long range artillery.   We’ll see this attack later, since it cuts out plenty here!  “Hmhmm… I believe a reward is in order for defeating HL-1.  “Though I truly regret having to do this…”     “Oh, unwavering warriors who defended this world from so, so many invaders…”   “I now grant you eternal rest…!”   “Take them, Galtdeus!!”  : This is… we’ve an enormous energy reading at satellite orbit!: What?! : All units, emergency retreat! : There’s not enough time! Incoming!: …!  : Farewell, Guardians of Earth…!
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And so the game ends with everyone dying. An unconventional sad ending that shocked fans of Super Robot Wars who never saw it coming.
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Galtdeus, whose name I assume translate to Objectivist God.
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Ichitaka, I don't know how to feel about a protagonist whose ultimate attack's background music lines up with "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus".
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Materant posted:Ichitaka, I don't know how to feel about a protagonist whose ultimate attack's background music lines up with "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". I didn't hear it before, now I can't stop hearing it. drat YOU!
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Dec 12, 2017 23:44
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Blaze Dragon posted:And so the game ends with everyone dying. An unconventional sad ending that shocked fans of Super Robot Wars who never saw it coming. Yup, too bad. Now President Kira Yoshikage is in charge and he'll make the Highly Probably World GreAT again!
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Ludo Gloria, not sure how I feel about him as the final villain. His almost complete lack of presence outside of the final stages of the game is a pretty big mark against him, but his plan of "Become biggest electronics conglomerate, install kill switches in all electronics across the world, Profit" is kinda neat. He gets points for fielding mooks from other factions too, nice for adding a bit of variety to the endgame. He and Ichitaka don't really seem to have any chemistry as hero/villain. It's fine in theory, the OG villain doesn't necessarily have to be the OG hero's personal rival, if I'm making any sense. It's just that W and Z were so great at incorporating the final bosses into other series plots and an overarching plot that this feels kinda deficient.
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Welp, show's over folks. Time for Sally and Kaji to fly to the moon and finish off the final boss, since they're all that's left to fight back.
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Alacron posted:Ludo Gloria, not sure how I feel about him as the final villain. His almost complete lack of presence outside of the final stages of the game is a pretty big mark against him, but his plan of "Become biggest electronics conglomerate, install kill switches in all electronics across the world, Profit" is kinda neat. He gets points for fielding mooks from other factions too, nice for adding a bit of variety to the endgame. He's been basically a non-entity, rode Central's coat tails, and now.... Now we find out he's a rehash of the much better villain from Advance. He leans more toward fodder than a real final villain, but I'll say he's at least got a little more charisma than the likes of a Duminass. Given a role in the OG games, he could really flesh himself out and become something he just isn't here. As long as he keeps an eye out for Tetsuya.
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Well, I can't wait to see the animation for that combination in OGs. It'll take at least three minutes, I'm sure.
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Excuse me, Mr. Final Boss? Money can be exchanged for goods and services. With the pocketbook of an international electronics corporation, you can buy many resources.
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Glazius posted:Excuse me, Mr. Final Boss? Money can be exchanged for goods and services. With the pocketbook of an international electronics corporation, you can buy many resources. I don't think it's quite that simple. He has an energy crisis gripping an entire planet to solve, so not only will he need countries on our side to actually be willing to SELL, and not consume, that extraordinary amount of energy (on regularly basis, too) the amount of cash they'd have to pay would be equally extraordinary. As much money as GreAT may have, I seriously doubt it'd be enough to foot the bill for all it'd take to cover a planet's energy deficiency for a decent amount of time (and that's not even taking into account the cost of actually getting said energy over to the other side). Hell, depending on how the the Highly Probable World's doing financially, not even they could handle that sort of deal as a long-term thing. Brunom1 fucked around with this message at 09:44 on Dec 13, 2017 |
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Brunom1 posted:I don't think it's quite that simple. He has an energy crisis gripping an entire planet to solve, so not only will he need countries on our side to actually be willing to SELL, and not consume, that extraordinary amount of energy (on regularly basis, too) the amount of cash they'd have to pay would be equally extraordinary. Alas. bullshit asspull production capacity is always limited to robot armies. Section Z fucked around with this message at 09:57 on Dec 13, 2017 |
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Section Z posted:"I have stolen a dozen fantastical super robot power sources!... Now to hold the world hostage until they wire electrical cables to my home dimension!" : Listen, I kind of blew all our budget building my Gold Duke Gorgonbird and the shareholders are really ticked off, so it was either conquer the world or handle another five-hour nagging session. This should keep them off my back for another semester.
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In his defense, that is a pretty sweet bling-machine. Firepower rivaling Durandal's doom-cannon in a smaller package (I assume), range enough to hit stuff from the moon and probably all the toys. But I stick with my opinion on Centaurs. butt-riders are clumsy, shoulder-riders are better. Now as for Rushbird's and Straybird's final trick, it's a combination of good and bad. On the one hand they combine Straybird's speed with Rushbird's brute power which is a logical end-goal. It's also half of what I predicted when I first played this game. I thought that Straybird would combine with the Rushbird, I just expected all of the Straybird to be involved in the combination, resulting in a new robot with four pilots, rather than it lending its wings for an attack. As it stands, it feels less like a combination attack and more like the Straybird is taking a break while letting its beefier brother handle business. The bad is the cut back and forth between target and the Rushbird's aura-thing goes on for too long and the zoom is too slow which ends up sapping the sense of speed its supposed to convey. And to be honest, my opinion is colored by the disappointment over having an attack right at the finale as the original's final upgrade, instead of a sweet new unit to play with. What can I say? I'm a shallow person.
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maninthesuit posted:As it stands, it feels less like a combination attack and more like the Straybird is taking a break while letting its beefier brother handle business. That lines up pretty well with the two bots' role in the story up till now. I agree that it's disappointing that Rushbird never got a real upgrade. It's a solid design, strong gameplay-wise, and has a vaguely interesting mechanic to set it apart from the rest...but it doesn't have very many attacks, and we've been using it the entire game with no changes except a new attack and now a new combination attack.
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It's really weird the Rushbird never got an upgrade if only because i'm so used to that being a thing with OG bots. I know some series will have mechs, even main character mechs, that never get upgrades but it just feels strange for that to happen with an OG protagonist. I only really know of more recent srw games but I can't think of another og mc that never gets an upgrade. Also, the L villains may be pretty underwhelming but i'm still glad they're led by an evil president. Evil presidents are cool, Gloria just needs to be buffer.
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Alright, one last call to arms. I'm gonna need like 8-9ish posts for a new page. This one'll be a bit too massive if I add the finale on top of the other two missions.
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~AIMO AIMO~
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~Ne-deru ru-she Noina miria Enderu purodea Fotomi Koko wa attaka na umi dayo~
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Lasers fall Everyone dies
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Hopefully the last battle won't be too bullshit!
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Raxivace posted:~AIMO AIMO~ ENOUGH! This is J-Rock city now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCk_J2-I7NI
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Hello I'm GimmickMan and I wanted to say I like this coming stage and I will make the same post again after the update. 
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~Ru-rei rureia Sora wo mau hibari wa nami da Ru-rei rureia Omae wa yasashi midori no ko Aimo aimo Ne-deru ru-she Noina miria Enderu purodea Fotomi Koko wa attaka na umi dayo~
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Alternate version, since this game has Frontier after all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJw3IOAwU34&t=200s
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