Aftermath discussion thread (OOC)

Xesthan , GeneralXIV , Serza

I made this (shitty) drawing of the scene as I understand it.



Cael and Sar are standing by the counter. Skyla just entered and is now facing both of them. Sar has her gun out and is facing towards Skyla. Cael is also looking towards Skyla.

I'm not sure where exactly Zahn is standing when the Phantom (I'm assuming the Nemesis is a typo, since he mentions a sword, though I could be wrong) attacks him. Is he visible to any of the others? Since Skyla just entered, she probably has her back to Zahn, though if Zahn is nearby then she or even Sar/Cael could notice the scuffle. Thoughts?

Yeah Phantom, my bad. I will correct it.

And even though I only mentioned 1-4 in my post, I didn't mean there were only 4 Cerberus agents. There can be more than that if you guys really want to. I just meant that they're part of 1 group, which could or could not be apart of a much bigger one.

Yup. I considered it, if we really don't want them dead, they could be severely weakened on account of being alive, but implants waving them goodbye. Some could also be dead, based on the amount of Reaperification. Maybe multiple "generations" of Cerberus troopers, with the earlier ones having fewer implants?

Which, come to think of it, might be the reason that Phantom was too fucked to have a proper go at melee.

One way or another, either we erase Cerberus and Xesthan adjusts things, or we roll with what I just said. Unless anyone has a better idea.

Yup. That's what I figured, but since she just turned around and drew, that's not exactly it. For a moment, in fact, I considered a door behind the Doctor in there.

Probably should base it off what DD sketched.

Skyla could also do something Cerberus Nemeses never do.

According to the Wiki, they:
Use their Raptors exclusively
They never engage up close, instead attempting to increase distance to target
They LOVE cover. They'd probably marry a chest-high wall if they could.
They tend to stand and fight, not run away/do whatever else to save themselves

P.S.: Widow shots rekt your arm. Like, seriously. The rifle weighs 39 kilograms and the recoil can crush your arm. Nemesis are implanted to withstand that, but with no implants, well... It might be interesting if you want to explore that, but you can always go with the gameplay perspective where characters run around like J.J. Rambo in ME3MP and shoot the Widow from the hip. It's one of the areas where gameplay is not consistent with lore (much like kinetic barriers suddenly stopping ACID ATTACKS from Thresher Maws in 2).

Right. 

I see. That solves it.

And I doubt there is a "post too late" honestly.

Gotta excuse myself. It's a busy end of the week, with three exams going at me full speed. Passed one, got two more tomorrow. Will be able to get back into it when those are out of my way.

Also, how long can cloaks actually keep someone invisible? I always assumed it's in the order of minutes, with cloaks optimized for duration can last over half an hour, because 15-30s in ME3 felt like a simple gameplay element rather than a lore thing. Of course, that's my own thing, but it's important, because the length of that cloaked stand-off depends on it...

And another thing is, I always assumed that with Quarians being so technically adept but dealing with a massive scarcity of resources, they would field technologically inferior troops on average, compared to the rest of the galaxy's militaries, but if you were to bump into one of the one, two hundred men and women in those elite units, their equipment would surpass anyone, except maybe the Salarians, who are crazy into infiltration and sabotage.


...lastly: How do I imagine this bollocks Sar actually has works.
I already mentioned cyclonic barrier technology derivatives. Now, in my fic, I set up infiltrators as having a thin foil wrapped and attached to their suits, with high-tech suits (read: common to anyone in the galaxy who qualified) having that foil embedded in the surface. It felt like a logical thing, and I even wrote a scene where Sar still has an old suit, without a tactical cloak, and how wrapping that foil is a pain in the arse. Why am I saying this. Well, I had this idea that with cyclonic barrier tech, the cloaks would get an upgrade in their efficiency and effectiveness, being a part of the kinetic barrier. This would have a few drawbacks: No shields means no cloak, and the cloak would be much shorter than common cloaks in duration. And of course, increased vulnerability to overload, which no longer takes out just shielding, leaving the cloak untouched, but also rekts that. One of the reasons keeping the whole technology secret, on a need-to-know basis.

That brings me full circle to the original question: How long do you guys imagine cloaks function before needing to cooldown?


...damn, there's too much stuff to consider. I wish I passed and were in a state where I could think about this earlier. Also maybe that I weren't such a perfectionist...?

Maybe 2 minutes would be good for the cloaking time in the RP.

Oh my god that was me im so sorry!

I really didnt mean to do that

I have no idea why but I just got it into my head that it was my turn

Really sorry for upsetting the order, im such a moron

(ill just blame being ill )

It's okay, I wasn't pressured.  I just don't convey my emotions through text very well and I was in a rush to get started. I thought about posting before I went to class, but I figured that I'd just wait until I got home so that I could take my time.

It's okay General, everything will resume as normal.