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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by CD Sat Nov 15, 2014 5:33 pm
Do your colleagues know? Maybe one of them found it, or a handyman. If not, I can understand your pain. I don't like having to begin all over again. Just hang in there. It's cliché to say you've gotten through worse, but there you have it.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by pokeperson1000 Sat Nov 15, 2014 6:11 pm
First off, I am so sorry to hear that Somber. hopefully you can get it back. somehow.
Second, on an unrelated note, vinylshadow can math. very much so. let us see how well vinylshadow can math, shall we?
9.9/10=99%
odds of losing something forever at school: 99%
odds of recovering said lost item (according to vinylshadow): 0.1%
... i wonder what the remaining 0.9% is...
anyways, sorry, i just found that amusing....
...i'll leave now...
Second, on an unrelated note, vinylshadow can math. very much so. let us see how well vinylshadow can math, shall we?
9.9/10=99%
odds of losing something forever at school: 99%
odds of recovering said lost item (according to vinylshadow): 0.1%
... i wonder what the remaining 0.9% is...
anyways, sorry, i just found that amusing....
...i'll leave now...
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Rayndalf Sat Nov 15, 2014 6:24 pm
You could also search for .tmp files, using the method Epsilon suggested.
Regardless of the version of word the computer was running, there are many different ways to recover word files, so I would suggest consulting microsoft's guide.
Regardless of the version of word the computer was running, there are many different ways to recover word files, so I would suggest consulting microsoft's guide.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by tylertoon2 Sat Nov 15, 2014 6:52 pm
Does the school you work at have a lost and found?Somber wrote:Sigh... neither works. So sorry. So very very sorry...
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Derpmind Sun Nov 16, 2014 1:09 pm
It's too late for this advice to help, but going forward you should always try and have more than one copy of any important files that you don't want to loose. Something as simple as an extra flash drive that you keep up to date and store somewhere different from the one you carry around with you can be enough to prevent this from happening again.
Edit: And in other exciting PH news, I completely missed this in the Latest Topics sidebar because I thought it was our usual topic. Fallout Equestria: Project Horizon (Revised Edition)
Edit: And in other exciting PH news, I completely missed this in the Latest Topics sidebar because I thought it was our usual topic. Fallout Equestria: Project Horizon (Revised Edition)
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Vinylshadow Sun Nov 16, 2014 3:29 pm
I think we told him that exact same thing a while ago when he lost chapter...it was either 67, 68, or 69...
THE MORE (copies) THE MERRIER!
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THE MORE (copies) THE MERRIER!
Writing: Always a learning experience
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by SilentCarto Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:57 pm
I know I'm like two weeks late to this party... I've been moving, which sort of eats up a lot of your big chunks of spare time. But anyway. Allons-y!
...what do you mean, "Wrong universe"?
...what do you mean, "Wrong universe"?
- Chapter 71 Commentary:
Ooooh. Color me excited!Chapter 71: Ignition
I'm curious why BJ is thinking of all of them as already dead -- if indeed that's the point of thinking of them as ghosts.There were ghosts in Star House. They breathed softly, silently, in the night. One moved through the rooms, restless, watching the slumbering occupants in the afterglow of desperate celebration.
D'awww...She walked past a sleeping filly murmuring softly in her sleep from underneath the kitchen table. “Eight caps per Sparkle-Cola times forty-eight bottles… sixteen boxes of Sugar Apple Bombs… carry the two…”
Woah, five whole percent? I hope she had her Pipbuck recorder running!The yellow filly gave a tiny smile. “Five percent discount…”
Thank you. I'm sort of glad to see that she's not completely hunky-dory with this arrangement.Homage lay curled up, her back to Calamity, a pair of headphones covering her ears and plugged into the PipBuck she wore. Tears still lingered in the corners of her eyes as she slept, music a poor substitute for the warmth of the mare she loved.
That's a great bit of imagery.Then, “And you can help Blackjack, too.” The ghost froze, silence pouring out from under the door.
Yikes. Just... yikes.“It’s going to be like LittlePip’s fight. We’re going to go out there and kick flank, get my body back, and save the world. Just like LittlePip.”
Woohoo! You can't go on a suicide mission without the Proud Warrior Race Guy!“Don’t shoot.” The darkness shimmered and dropped, and from it stepped Lancer.
Then how do you know it's funny?...“I know a funny story about a silly mare who fights great evil, but I fear how the story ends.”
Shit. Dawn launch?The three of them regarded each other gravely. “No Blackjack. She is early. Your copy is leaving within the hour.”
Sounds like a job for your friendly neighborhood sniper.Even if I have to blast that skull off his face and show everyone his marks myself.”
Plan C's are even better. P.S. Unspoken plan guarantee...“Plan B’s are good,” I answered. “Listen, if everything goes bad, there’s a secret weapon I want you to know about.”
Eeaugh. This shouldn't be any creepier than grabbing a dead friend's gun, but pipbucks are somehow more... personal. I realize that every pipbuck in any Stable has already passed through innumerable hooves, but... well... it's a little different when it was wrapped around a dead pony's leg for a few weeks. In at atmosphere of pure bleach, granted, but I still hope they changed the padding.Given all the spare PipBucks in 99... well, I was glad they didn’t smell of chlorine.
This made me laugh more than I should have.Don’t worry about it? Last time she’d told me that I’d woken up half machine!
I'm loving this distinction between the different "breeds" of alicorn.“Greens,” the purple alicorn said with a little roll of her eyes. She received a simultaneous sticking out of tongues in return, followed by the ‘older’ green glaring in annoyance at the ‘younger’, sheepishly grinning green.
COMPLETELY appropriate for a surprise attack. It's like a surprise party, but with bullets!It unfolded and expanded into a round parachute with Pinkie Pie’s grinning face emblazoned across it.
It's good to see how badass the others can be even without BJ. Keeping the "we" in "team".Glory trotted up to where I was still tangled up in the lines. She looked down at me with a patient, almost maternal smile. “Blackjack. I broke up with you, remember? Stop trying to tempt me.”
My brain is screaming that this would contain all the thermal and acoustic energy of a space launch and end up exposing the other pads to it. (Real world launch pads are positioned miles apart.) I have to keep reminding myself that magic can cover a multitude of sins.Soon as I was free, we all moved to the inner edge of the roof, looking down at the launch area embraced by the building. I didn’t know much about rocket stuff, but it seemed like a clever place to launch from; the high, thick building was a formidable defense against anything smaller than a balefire bomb or megaspell. Even a Raptor would have to get almost directly above the space center to make an effective attack on the launchpads.
Funny what happens when you take all the white out of BJ's color scheme...She appeared the perfect amalgamation of magic, machine, and mare. And also very, very evil.
Ah, very clever. It makes sense to fuel them all so at least one will work, but that leaves the spares for BJ to pursue in. I like it!Unlike the rockets I'd seen in memories and pictures, it had no separate boosters; the hull flowed smoothly down from the pointed nose to the broad base. The other rockets were smaller, the less advanced but still elegant models with their four aerodynamic boosters and launch towers that surrounded and embraced them instead of just standing alongside, wreathed in frigid mist and bearing more signs of slapdash repair.
Wait... babies? Plural?“These babies… my babies… I did not get to have one before. My children will love me. I will raise them, and in time, all of Equestria will be theirs! All the world!”
"It's a girl."
"Leia..."
This greatly increases the chance that one won't survive.
Aw. Not my favorite name...I lifted the gun before me. “Okay…” I said breathlessly. “I hereby dub thee... Sexy!”
Shit.Then there was a crackle from the center of the room, and one by one the projector lights popped on, the lights reflecting off the overhead dome in a sickly array of light.
“Ashur,” a mare whispered in the dark.
“Dagon,” hissed a second mare.
“Namtar,” moaned a third.
“Nibiru,” said a final, lighter voice.
Let's see that shit stop a grenade once the fuse starts.“The black star Ashur’s cold embrace overcomes your weak technology,” the mare said as she drew back her hood.
...okay, I kinda like this one.“Yeah yeah. Nibiru curse you. Whatever,” the zebra said, pulling back her hood enough to reveal a filly the same age. “Busy now.”
Oh, nice name.“Focus on the later, not the now, Pythia,” the old zebra rasped.
Hahaha! Technology THAT.A moment later, there was pop and then a hiss as water poured down from ceiling sprinklers. The dragon roared in agony before melting away, and Eurydale shrieked as her glowing red powder suddenly became so much dull red mud.
You mean one way out, which is to side with Blackjack? Oh, this is just delicious...“Atropos”, the small one said, “I’m seeing a gap in the shadows... but I don’t know why.” She stared at me. “Who are you?”
Yeah, I definitely like her.“Wait!” the filly ran up to us holding scraps of paper with some numbers scribbled on them. “Here. The Brood guard patrols. Just take cover at these times and they should miss you.” She gave a little smile and ran after the others. “Wait for me!”
Here's a zebra who's never played Kerbal Space Program.“Rocketry is supposed to be a calm, focused, deliberate use of technology. Not slapping things together, filling them with explosives, and just hoping they’ll work!”
Thought so! Thank you, Somber, for justifying my science brain.“Be careful. There are magical fields that raise prior to launch. If you get stuck inside when the rocket goes up and don’t reach a bunker, you’ll be cooked.”
Ignition.Then the ground leapt under my hooves, shaking so much that we nearly bounced across it. The flames under the rocket were tiny, pale things, with barely-visible columns of exhaust with an odd diamond pattern in them, but the sound that managed to escape the fields was deafening.
Hehe. I know it won't help, but still... hah!Then his chest exploded. The Harbingers opened up on him, the Brood, and the Remnant with full automatic spray.
Every hero should get a moment like this!“Dead?” I threw back my head and laughed. “I’ve died three times, and it hasn't stuck yet. I’ve destroyed Goddesses and purged abominations from the land. I’ve broken the skies and cast down the towers. I’ve stood in the mouth of the Eater of Stars and walked out again.” I pointed my hoof at him and cried out, “I am the Maiden of the Stars, Amadi. Say my name!” His eyes bulged, as if he were in a grip of a magic spell. “Say it!” I ordered.
So awesome!
Fuck that's creepy. Fortunately, nobody sane will be backing him after that.Where was the Legate? I saw a blackened form in the middle of the burned patch twenty feet away.
Then I heard the scream. The inarticulate scream rising higher and higher as the body reared on its hindlegs in a scorched circle, a blackened silhouette of charred meat pulling itself back together.
That too.When it ended, the Legate stood there, his black stripes now vivid, blood red. His face covered in the satellite pattern of the Starkatteri for all to see.
This is the part where I stop talking so much because I'm so excited I forget to write comments. Go! Go! Go!There were only three rockets left on the pads. If they took out all three...
Well, that works.When the tank shell had torn the pad, it had crossed the circle of talismans. The thin, dim field across the gap held for a split second, then yielded. A river of fire, hotter and wider than the breath of a dozen dragons, poured out and washed over the tank.
...huh. I would not have predicted that.I looked up and back to see the tower fall sideways, away from the rocket… maybe it would still work… and then the tower hit one of the launch clamp supports, and I saw that the opposite one was already lying in pieces on the launchpad. The support twisted under the weight of the tower, the clamp still attached to the rocket pulled it away from the other other two, and the great ship crumpled in the middle and toppled, smashing into pieces and a great pool of steaming liquid on the ground.
Somber, you are a fucking genius. Just when you think the roller coaster's over, you see the next big drop coming.“No. It’s not. Get to pad one.” I frowned and looked across at the pad next to the stairs. It was one of the rockets I assumed had been destroyed in the fueling, the one covered in ice. But now... it was covered in zebras...
Wait wait wait. Does that mean... it's Marigold's rocket?!We wrote the rocket off, given that it’s the oldest model we have we could make work at all. First generation.
Okay, that's kind of the ultimate groin attack. I think we're about done with those now.As the leg reattached itself, I pressed Sexy to his pelvis and fired a full auto spray of buckshot straight into his torso.
Smartpony!Then P-21 grabbed one of the hoses near where it joined a pipe on the tower and pulled with all his might.
...did you just reference Goldeneye?“I am the chosen one! Supreme! Invincible!”
[...]
The Legate stood there, bar overhead, a rime of frost covering him from head to hoof.
Oh, no...“Got it,” she said a little lighter than I liked.
...I threw back my head as I was crushed to the floor, crying out her name for the whole universe to hear, lost in the roar as her sacrifice carried me into the heavens.
Oh. So I'm probably an entire chapter behind at this point. Oops.(later edit: We’re now going to be trying for next Saturday.)
Right now, I'm unable to be happy that this was exactly how I imagined them.Regarding the aesthetics of the rockets, I imagine that the ESS-A1 looks rather N1ish and the older ships have some similarities to the R-7 family.
- Editing:
Shouldn't that be "the world"? "A" suggests there's a descriptor coming, like "a world bent on hurting her" or something.Like this, Whisper didn’t need to inflict pain upon a world before it hurt her.
Wouldn't that make more sense as a "Defender disintegration pistol"?“On your head, Calamity,” Homage replied as she checked a disintegration defender pistol.
One day, in the night? How about "one night, as..."?Then, one day, in the night as she did her duty as his mare, she asked he remove the skull he wore, for love cannot thrive amidst the bones of the dead.
"Wait" isn't a question. It should have a period.Too bad there weren’t any blue alicorns with… wait?
Same problem here.Wait a minute? I scowled as I watched the endless charge.
Suddenly, theSuddenly the ground at the edge of the concrete exploded in a half dozen places, and sand dogs and earth pony Reapers raced out.
presumably, theseIn one large boardroom, we encountered heaps of rotting ghouls, some of them still twitching; presumably these were the other inhabitants of what I assumed had been ‘Rocket Town’ before Cognitum arrived.
Scylla is misspelled here.“Eurydale. Scyllia. Pythia. Let’s go.”
No comma after "me".“Zebras are just like that sometimes,” I said, trying not to think of Lancer atop me, as I tried my broadcaster but got only static.
Congratulations“Congradulations. You’re the leader,”
crossed“No!” I yelled as we cross the bulwark.
1) no comma after the last adjectiveYou planned on Luna winning, and then you’d use her dream of a futuristic, strong, Equestria to cover what you were doing.
2) strong, futuristic Equestria
Shouldn't that first sentence have an exclamation, too?“I am the Maiden of the Stars, Amadi. Say my name!”
No comma between vivid and blood.When it ended, the Legate stood there, his black stripes now vivid, blood red.
That's a sentence fragment. I'd comma it with the previous sentence.His face covered in the satellite pattern of the Starkatteri for all to see.
Probably should have reloaded at some point there.His head and torso liquefied under the barrage, and then the drum went dry.
I looked down into the bloody ruin of his chest cavity and saw his heart. It reminded me of the phoenix talisman, but carved from a dark stone. Spiral runes and zebra glyphs decorated its surface. Attached to it was what looked vaguely like a PipBuck broadcaster made of starmetal, red and green lights flashing on it, with spikes wired directly into the stone.
I unloaded a burst right into the accursed rock.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by BLame Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:10 pm
Hi there chaps, I've been a massive fan of Project Horizons ever since I started reading like sixteen months back and have been lurking these threads pretty much ever since I hit the end of the current chapters for the first time (which was No. 57: Best Night Ever IIRC), always eagerly anticipating the next chapter. I've loved reading all the interesting things people had to say throughout, all the theorycrafting and just everyone talking together about what they though/hoped would happened next, and figured I'd sign up before this fantastic story comes to an end.
I'm really sorry to hear about your misfortune with the flash drive Somber, I've had my own mishaps with losing info in the past (losing 30,000 plus words of degree coursework to a hard drive failure but a couple of days before the end of a semester deadline) and know it's an excruciating experience, so for what little it may be worth, you have my sincerest sympathies. Redoing lost work is never fun, especially when it's a follow up to something as emotionally charged as the last chapter. Really hope things get better for you soon.
I'm really sorry to hear about your misfortune with the flash drive Somber, I've had my own mishaps with losing info in the past (losing 30,000 plus words of degree coursework to a hard drive failure but a couple of days before the end of a semester deadline) and know it's an excruciating experience, so for what little it may be worth, you have my sincerest sympathies. Redoing lost work is never fun, especially when it's a follow up to something as emotionally charged as the last chapter. Really hope things get better for you soon.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by O. Hinds Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:53 pm
@SilentCarto:
Ah, thank you.
Still, he quite liked the idea of the bulwark fields once they were proposed and, as you can see, worked them into the chapter rather nicely, I think. And all of this being so compact is explained by there being a war on and a small defensible building expensive in magic being deemed better than a cheaper, sprawling complex more vulnerable to attack and hungry for valuable space. The bulwarks also help protect the rockets from enemy fire during launch.
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Ah, thank you.
…Huh. I seem to recall that we decided to use the correct spelling there, and that I already fixed it once after that… odd.SilentCarto wrote:Congratulations
Hm… I think that it's better as it is. Sorry.SilentCarto wrote:Shouldn't that first sentence have an exclamation, too?
And here too, sorry.SilentCarto wrote:No comma between vivid and blood.
And this one. It is indeed technically grammatically incorrect, but it's constructed semi-conversationally for effect. I think that it works too.SilentCarto wrote:That's a sentence fragment. I'd comma it with the previous sentence.
Oh, right. Oops. Thanks! Somber went back and added her shooting the heart long after the chapter was published, and it appears we both forgot to add reloading.SilentCarto wrote:Probably should have reloaded at some point there.
:DSilentCarto wrote:COMPLETELY appropriate for a surprise attack. It's like a surprise party, but with bullets!
Oh yes. Fun fact: the first draft of the chapter didn't have the bulwark fields. Just the launch pads, right next to each other and the (single) building without so much as a chainlink fence for protection. Somber has admitted that he doesn't actually know that much about rocketry…SilentCarto wrote:My brain is screaming that this would contain all the thermal and acoustic energy of a space launch and end up exposing the other pads to it. (Real world launch pads are positioned miles apart.) I have to keep reminding myself that magic can cover a multitude of sins.
Still, he quite liked the idea of the bulwark fields once they were proposed and, as you can see, worked them into the chapter rather nicely, I think. And all of this being so compact is explained by there being a war on and a small defensible building expensive in magic being deemed better than a cheaper, sprawling complex more vulnerable to attack and hungry for valuable space. The bulwarks also help protect the rockets from enemy fire during launch.
:DSilentCarto wrote:Here's a zebra who's never played Kerbal Space Program.
No, you're caught up.SilentCarto wrote:Oh. So I'm probably an entire chapter behind at this point. Oops.
Nice; sounds like the descriptions were good. And, yeah, as mentioned (IIRC) in my editor's note, I know where you're coming from with regard to the emotions…SilentCarto wrote:Right now, I'm unable to be happy that this was exactly how I imagined them.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Icy Shake Mon Nov 17, 2014 12:50 am
Man, the [sentence][. or ;][fragment of further description] is so common I've had to train myself to just not bring it up except in weird cases, like where there are multiple fragments, but the first one is joined by a semicolon instead of a full stop, despite not being particularly more closely related to the first sentence. Project Horizons, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Descriptive Sentence Fragment.O. Hinds wrote:And this one. It is indeed technically grammatically incorrect, but it's constructed semi-conversationally for effect. I think that it works too.SilentCarto wrote:That's a sentence fragment. I'd comma it with the previous sentence.
Seriously though, it's such a large feature of Blackjack's narrative voice that I'd find it weird if there were especially long stretches without that sort of thing.
And, it should be said, as long as it's only Pinkie's image, it's only slightly more conspicuous than the Union Flag!O. Hinds wrote::DSilentCarto wrote:COMPLETELY appropriate for a surprise attack. It's like a surprise party, but with bullets!
I had made the same comment (in thoughts, not editing), where I saw it as not necessarily a joke per se, but as implying a certain sarcastic emphasis.swicked wrote:That reminds me, Hinds... how is spelling "congratulations" wrong a joke? You seemed to think it was and that never made sense to me.O. Hinds wrote:…Huh. I seem to recall that we decided to use the correct spelling there, and that I already fixed it once after that… oddSilentCarto wrote:Congratulations
I mean, there's no horse pun. There's no pun at all that I can see. So... what?
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by O. Hinds Mon Nov 17, 2014 12:57 am
Just seemed funny to me in context.swicked wrote:That reminds me, Hinds... how is spelling "congratulations" wrong a joke? You seemed to think it was and that never made sense to me.
I mean, there's no horse pun. There's no pun at all that I can see. So... what?
[shrugs]
Sorry.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by SilentCarto Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:01 am
I read it as a deliberate gambit to keep his attention on her and not the propoli prepping the rocket.O. Hinds wrote:[spoiler=Reply to Ryx]Hm. That bit was one of the last parts we put in, and we were all rather tired by that point. Perhaps that explains why it seemed off? Hopefully most people won't mind, though.Ryx wrote:The only part that seemed a bit off to me was Blackjack gloating to Amadi about Discord. Just the way they were speaking had me wondering if I was missing something, but if no one else mentions it being a problem (or can offer a more concrete detail of how it's "off" ) then it's just me, and you shouldn't worry.
I agree, but this IS BJ imagining it. (The one that really gets me is "sad Luna on the Moon", somehow forgetting that she's Nightmare Moon at the moment...)Icy Shake wrote:Maybe we could somehow, some way, get the Elements of Harmony to banish me to the moon... but I doubted it.
Well, and that would depend on it being a very specific kind of banishing, too. Never been a fan of the "Luna/NMM walking around on the surface of the moon" style banishment, myself.
Er... no? I'm pretty sure he would regenerate from the stone itself. Now, I don't object to the idea of grabbing the stone and pitching it out the hatch once they reach orbit, but they'd need something to keep him disintegrated until then... and some space suits.JadedPony wrote:My only regret is that Blackjack didn't kill that fucking zebra! He has a rune stone for a heart! How hard is it to figure out you need to separate the rune stone from his flesh? She should have ripped out his heart and taken it with her! His body would heal, sure, but it would spend eternity trying to escape earth's orbit and get to the heart.
Dang it, ninjaed by Somber! I was going to post that exact scene from that exact video!Somber wrote:To jaded, at 4:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ28CRhAObw
It's starmetal, remember? Practically indestructable except by more starmetal.JadedPony wrote:She could have at least ripped out the control module. That would be kind of funny having all the Cyber Zebras just walking around eating grass and being chill while he yells at them to attack people and they ignore him. Without his cybernetics he's just another pile of flesh to the cyberbrood.
We can only hope. You're right that the starmetal should have conducted heat normally to the non-starmetal electronic components, so that could work... if the heat was applied long enough.JadedPony wrote:He did fall and shatter from a gantry only to be blasted by the heat of a rocket launch at point blank range. Maybe it melted his control electronics.
My first thought was, "Why are the tubes that connect to his cyberheart so long?!"Technowolf wrote:http://chipandironicus.com/videos/mgr/38.html @12:15 - 12:26
Well, Cerynitis should have been evacuating that direction, so it's... possible that he could have picked her up on the way. Especially if the rocket blast fried the Brood control electronics.O. Hinds wrote:Well, denial seems a reasonably popular response. There are plenty of ways she could have survived! Not likely ways, granted, but it's possible...
Not likely, though, yes. I'm... sort of hoping she somehow got away even though I know it's best for the story if she didn't. Still, even if she didn't, BJ has talked to dead souls before. I wouldn't mind if Glory turned out to be there to back her up out in soulspace.
By the way... shouldn't Cerynitis be a female name?...
(Sorry if any of this repeats people... I'm still a few pages back.)
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by SilentCarto Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:17 am
Eh, it looked weird to me.O. Hinds wrote:And this one. It is indeed technically grammatically incorrect, but it's constructed semi-conversationally for effect. I think that it works too.SilentCarto wrote:That's a sentence fragment. I'd comma it with the previous sentence.
Ah, that explains why she DID reload a few lines later, after blazing away with an empty gun.O. Hinds wrote:Oh, right. Oops. Thanks! Somber went back and added her shooting the heart long after the chapter was published, and it appears we both forgot to add reloading.SilentCarto wrote:Probably should have reloaded at some point there.
Uhm. Speaking of which, a few lines later, "I did the only sensible thing I could in that situation. I reloaded." Which is now a tad odd.
Yeah, I love how the bulwarks act as pop-up walls that change the battlefield at a moment's notice. And allow the characters to be in proximity to ungodly huge energy releases without dying. And it's a great name, too, by the way.O. Hinds wrote:Still, he quite liked the idea of the bulwark fields once they were proposed and, as you can see, worked them into the chapter rather nicely, I think. And all of this being so compact is explained by there being a war on and a small defensible building expensive in magic being deemed better than a cheaper, sprawling complex more vulnerable to attack and hungry for valuable space. The bulwarks also help protect the rockets from enemy fire during launch.
Hmmm... I wonder if a bulwark system could stand up to a balefire bomb...
So I see! Thanks.O. Hinds wrote:No, you're caught up.SilentCarto wrote:Oh. So I'm probably an entire chapter behind at this point. Oops.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by SilentCarto Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:56 am
Aww, man... I'm sorry. I've lost stuff like that before, too... absolute suck.Somber wrote:If anyone made a GIF of me facedesking for eternity, it would be so appropriate right now.
I lost chapter 72.
See, being a sub, I can't access Gdocs. I get blocked. So I take a flash drive everywhere I go and just work on that. Yesterday, I got home and checked my pockets. You guessed it... no flash drive. I asked my students today if anyone found a green flash drive and offered money, but no drive. So unless it magically appears... yeah. It's gone. Along with chapter 72 and four other stories I was dinking about on.
Yeah...
Facedesk forever.
If anyone knows a MS office trick to recover a file, that's about my only hope. Otherwise... yeah...
I guess you just have to begin again... but know when to let go.
P.S. All caught up!
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Epsilon Mon Nov 17, 2014 2:32 am
SilentCarto wrote:It's starmetal, remember? Practically indestructable except by more starmetal.
That's actually something I was wondering about. I'm not sure if it was addressed in a previous chapter, but was the virtual indestructibility of starmetal a small retcon from FoE's original canon? I seem to recall Xenith crushing the metal with her bare hooves.
And then, of course, a balefire bomb was dropped on him. If that doesn't do it, I don't know what will.SilentCarto wrote:We can only hope. You're right that the starmetal should have conducted heat normally to the non-starmetal electronic components, so that could work... if the heat was applied long enough.
Speaking of which, does this mean that a balefire detonation isn't enough to destroy the Phoenix Talismans? They did allude to the possibility that Rampage at least could be killed by balefire, but I got the distinct impression that this wasn't the end of the Legate. If balefire isn't enough to kill him though, what do you guys suppose would? Short of burying him in a tomb of concrete, they'd probably need to use the Elements of Harmony.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Rayndalf Mon Nov 17, 2014 4:23 am
So different samples of starmetal behave differently depending on their source. Would it be safe to assume that all samples would react to moonstone the same way?swicked wrote:Different starmetal acts differently, I believe. The eater's is unyielding. That's its primary property. Not by force and not by magic (save that within its specific frequency).Epsilon wrote:SilentCarto wrote:It's starmetal, remember? Practically indestructable except by more starmetal.
That's actually something I was wondering about. I'm not sure if it was addressed in a previous chapter, but was the was the virtual indestructibility of starmetal a small retcon from FoE's original canon? I seem to recall Xenith crushing the metal with her bare hooves.
It matches the star's soul, I'd figure.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Technowolf Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:16 am
Epsilon wrote:SilentCarto wrote:It's starmetal, remember? Practically indestructable except by more starmetal.
That's actually something I was wondering about. I'm not sure if it was addressed in a previous chapter, but was the virtual indestructibility of starmetal a small retcon from FoE's original canon? I seem to recall Xenith crushing the metal with her bare hooves.
The only star-thing I remember her crushing is a moon rock, after learning that it was just a "dumb rock" and NOT an evil demon from space.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by O. Hinds Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:36 am
Howso? She was just firing again.SilentCarto wrote:Uhm. Speaking of which, a few lines later, "I did the only sensible thing I could in that situation. I reloaded." Which is now a tad odd.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Epsilon Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:57 pm
Looking at it again, it seems that it was a meteorite she crushed out of anger. Though given the context and the fact that it held certain aesthetic properties, I think it can safely be assumed that it was composed of starmetal, albeit unrefined. Perhaps another explanation is that the refinement process (Possibly through magical or alchemical means) is what gives it its strength?Technowolf wrote:Epsilon wrote:SilentCarto wrote:It's starmetal, remember? Practically indestructable except by more starmetal.
That's actually something I was wondering about. I'm not sure if it was addressed in a previous chapter, but was the virtual indestructibility of starmetal a small retcon from FoE's original canon? I seem to recall Xenith crushing the metal with her bare hooves.
The only star-thing I remember her crushing is a moon rock, after learning that it was just a "dumb rock" and NOT an evil demon from space.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by SilentCarto Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:09 pm
Well, starmetal would work. We already know the sword could destroy soul jars. Maybe if she could apply enough force directly to the transmitter, she could crack the soul jar by using the starmetal casing itself as a drill tip. Megaspells were never confirmed for effectiveness, it was just a "would this work?" Thus Rampage being mad at BJ for not shooting her with Folly.Epsilon wrote:And then, of course, a balefire bomb was dropped on him. If that doesn't do it, I don't know what will.SilentCarto wrote:We can only hope. You're right that the starmetal should have conducted heat normally to the non-starmetal electronic components, so that could work... if the heat was applied long enough.
Speaking of which, does this mean that a balefire detonation isn't enough to destroy the Phoenix Talismans? They did allude to the possibility that Rampage at least could be killed by balefire, but I got the distinct impression that this wasn't the end of the Legate. If balefire isn't enough to kill him though, what do you guys suppose would? Short of burying him in a tomb of concrete, they'd probably need to use the Elements of Harmony.
I'm not sure if balefire vs. other megaspells would make a difference, either.
No, I don't think so. The Eater of Souls' metal is uniquely charged with his essence. Other meteoric iron would have other properties, depending on its source. I headcanon that the weirdness in the Everfree wasn't malevolent, just... other. Like those stars who couldn't help Equus because ponies don't really want to be turned into singing spires of jelly. (Well... most ponies.)Rayndalf wrote:So different samples of starmetal behave differently depending on their source. Would it be safe to assume that all samples would react to moonstone the same way?
Ehh... I guess... but did she really blow a whole drum on the heart? (If so, you might explicitly note her holding it on target until the action locked open.)O. Hinds wrote:Howso? She was just firing again.SilentCarto wrote:Uhm. Speaking of which, a few lines later, "I did the only sensible thing I could in that situation. I reloaded." Which is now a tad odd.
I might be overthinking this.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by O. Hinds Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:56 pm
Even if she didn't, she has one empty drum and one partially empty drum, and there's a lull in the combat.SilentCarto wrote:Ehh... I guess... but did she really blow a whole drum on the heart? (If so, you might explicitly note her holding it on target until the action locked open.)
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Technowolf Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:04 am
Moving away from heart discussion 2014, what's the over-under on the Balefire missile pumping out just enough rads to ghoulify Morning Glory? (#tomorrowevenifoneofushastoturnundead)
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Vinylshadow Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:40 am
I think you have to be alive when you're absorbing rads to become a ghoul
If Glory dies of gunshots before the rads arrive, she's dead and gone
aaaand if we're dead-set on Glory coming back as a Ghoul...
yay for Squishy Make-up Sex with Blackjack?
If Glory dies of gunshots before the rads arrive, she's dead and gone
aaaand if we're dead-set on Glory coming back as a Ghoul...
yay for Squishy Make-up Sex with Blackjack?
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by BLame Tue Nov 18, 2014 1:15 pm
Vinylshadow wrote:I think you have to be alive when you're absorbing rads to become a ghoul
If Glory dies of gunshots before the rads arrive, she's dead and gone
aaaand if we're dead-set on Glory coming back as a Ghoul...
yay for Squishy Make-up Sex with Blackjack?
Assuming she wasn't just flat out destroyed (guess it depends on where and how the Balefire Missile hit the area and whether her attackers survived to continue their assault) I guess it would depend on just how radiation proofed the room she was in was. IIRC, Ghoulification in the games was a random result of being exposed to a concentrated amount of radiation for an extended period of time (some would just die of radiation sickness as expected). So basically she'd need to be exposed to just the right amount to not die too quickly, but enough to trigger the mutation. Her weakened state would probably tilt her towards the former outcome though I reckon.
I think the idea on her surviving somehow is interesting, although I personally think I'd prefer she didn't. I honestly wasn't hit too hard when she went (as heartless as that sounds), because IMO it was telegraphed pretty far in advance through that Chapter, and the ending all went down pretty fast (I'm really interested in how 72 may open, I'm expecting it to bring the feels even if 71's ending didn't for me). That said, I'd think it might undo a bit of the impact if she managed to survive all that and come out relatively unscathed (non-ghoul etc.), and the same to a lesser degree if she does suffer ghoulification. At this point, considering all the events of Blackjack's life since the Raider invasion of Stable 99 all the way up to now, I'm fully expecting a very much phyrric victory/tragic ending to PH, although I love seeing Blackjack get a break (Best Night Ever and some of the Chapel rest chapters were among my favourite chapters), so a happy ending wouldn't be unwelcome with me too much either.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Vinylshadow Tue Nov 18, 2014 1:51 pm
Diggin' the icon XD
Maybe she survives but becomes horribly disfigured and goes into hiding because she thinks BJ wouldn't love her anymore
...too cliche?
Maybe she survives but becomes horribly disfigured and goes into hiding because she thinks BJ wouldn't love her anymore
...too cliche?
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by BLame Tue Nov 18, 2014 4:05 pm
Vinylshadow wrote:Diggin' the icon XD
Maybe she survives but becomes horribly disfigured and goes into hiding because she thinks BJ wouldn't love her anymore
...too cliche?
Cheers, it was a selfie of my Blackjack cosplay from BUCK Con this year.
I don't think that's likely tbh, I mean Glory becoming disfigured is basically just role reversal between Blackjack and Glory at this point. Glory was there for Blackjack all the way from increasingly horrifying mutation to death to cybernetic augmentation (literally watching as her equinity was slowly stripped ever further away) and beyond, and likewise Blackjack was there for her in turn when she lost her wing, and literally became somepony else. I think ghoulification/disfigurement etc. would be just another rock on their road at this point.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Rayndalf Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:49 pm
Didn't think of that. Guess it just adds to the growing list of ways she can survive but probably won't. At least this one is brutal enough to happen. She'd probably look at it as a scientific opportunity like Moira does.Technowolf wrote:Moving away from heart discussion 2014, what's the over-under on the Balefire missile pumping out just enough rads to ghoulify Morning Glory? (#tomorrowevenifoneofushastoturnundead)
Besides being a ghoul isn't too bad, they could always print a new body.
Edit: Ultimately she brought it on herself for tempting fate like that.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Epsilon Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:18 pm
Personally, I think the point is kind of moot. It just wouldn't make any sense to me that Glory could somehow survive a balefire bomb hitting the facility. After all, this wasn't a fortified military bunker like Maripony and I seriously doubt that a few magical bulwarks designed to partition the launch pads could absorb that much kinetic and thermal energy, especially after two centuries of neglect. Realistically, there shouldn't be anything left of the space center than a smoldering cinder. (Maybe that's just me. I've always considered Balefire to be virtually absolute in its destructive capabilities...)
As cruel as it is to say, I don't think Glory should survive regardless, considering how contrived it would feel for the story. This is obviously going to have an enormous impact on Blackjack's character development and to me having Glory survive by little more than a hand wave would just look like a lack of conviction.
Mind you, I'm not opposed to the idea of Blackjack meeting Glory in soulspace or the like for a final goodbye.
And no, Moira Brown does not count as a valid counterargument.
As cruel as it is to say, I don't think Glory should survive regardless, considering how contrived it would feel for the story. This is obviously going to have an enormous impact on Blackjack's character development and to me having Glory survive by little more than a hand wave would just look like a lack of conviction.
Mind you, I'm not opposed to the idea of Blackjack meeting Glory in soulspace or the like for a final goodbye.
And no, Moira Brown does not count as a valid counterargument.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Rayndalf Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:03 am
Epsilon wrote:Personally, I think the point is kind of moot. It just wouldn't make any sense to me that Glory could somehow survive a balefire bomb hitting the facility. After all, this wasn't a fortified military bunker like Maripony and I seriously doubt that a few magical bulwarks designed to partition the launch pads could absorb that much kinetic and thermal energy, especially after two centuries of neglect. Realistically, there shouldn't be anything left of the space center than a smoldering cinder. (Maybe that's just me. I've always considered Balefire to be virtually absolute in its destructive capabilities...)
As cruel as it is to say, I don't think Glory should survive regardless, considering how contrived it would feel for the story. This is obviously going to have an enormous impact on Blackjack's character development and to me having Glory survive by little more than a hand wave would just look like the result of a lack of conviction.
Mind you, I'm not opposed to the idea of Blackjack meeting Glory in soulspace or the like for a final goodbye.
And no, Moira Brown does not count as a valid counterargument.
Indeed I recognize that in all likelihood Glory is dead and will remain dead. I hope She becomes more than just become another soul trapped by Eater. Maybe Blackjack could make a nice soul jar or some such.
I highly doubt balefire/megaspell/missile will kill P-21 and Scotch, so either the launch fails (sabotage?) is shot down by the space center's defenses, or the teleportation jammer is disabled, and the Alicorns could evacuate them.
Its likely the space center was built to be nearly balefire/megaspell/missile proof, being a high priority target for zebras. If one missile could level the place, it wouldn't have survived the war in the first place. It would make sense that the compound would have the means to shoot down a missile, hell it could probably shoot down one of its own rockets.
If Cog's rocket, and the missile are shot down, its just a matter of finding Glory and taking her to either those Zebras or an Alicorn, I assume someone was fairly comprehensive medical training.
With all the technology unlocked by Blackjack, you could effectively rebuild a pony from a soul, and a live brain.
Shame it won't happen.
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Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion
by Epsilon Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:41 am
Rayndalf wrote:
I highly doubt balefire/megaspell/missile will kill P-21 and Scotch, so either the launch fails (sabotage?) is shot down by the space center's defenses, or the teleportation jammer is disabled, and the Alicorns could evacuate them.
Its likely the space center was built to be nearly balefire/megaspell/missile proof, being a high priority target for zebras. If one missile could level the place, it wouldn't have survived the war in the first place. It would make sense that the compound would have the means to shoot down a missile, hell it could probably shoot down one of its own rockets.
Well, no, P-21 and Scotch were aboard the rocket when it lifted off so they're going to be fine (For now).
Also, based on the given description of the Space Center's layout, it doesn't sound as though the facility was structurally designed to withstand a balefire attack. If that were the case, it'd surely be built at least partially underground.
Furthermore, being a part of the Core, I would also assume that any nearby anti-missile batteries or laser turrets were shut down when the laser towers along the Core's outer wall went offline (Though that's speculation).
Now there's an interesting thought! Build a new best friend out of the dead! All you really need is their soul and a sample of their genetic material.Rayndalf wrote:With all the technology unlocked by Blackjack, you could effectively rebuild a pony from a soul, and a live brain.
swicked wrote:Either way, though, I want her story to be over. We're near the end of the story and I want things to hurt.
*Hugs Blackjack* Please be gentle.
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