I think a really big portal would be a reasonable approach.
If you need persuasive power, you could always borrow/hijack an Imperial Navy fleet from 40k - as long as you set the rules to Battlefleet Gothic instead of fluff-verse, they're just as good as Chaos.
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agreement with kgarrett... by
on 2009-02-27 16:36:00 UTC
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Welcome! by
on 2009-02-27 14:28:00 UTC
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"Overall, I am a self-proclaimed tomboy nerd with a love of sharp knife/sword-like objects, ferrets, and large birds of prey."
...I think I'm going to like you.
I'm new here, too. Welcome to the Headquarters. If you watch a lot of Happy Tree Friends, you are probably very qualified as an Assassin. In many places it is frowned upon to use a potato peeler as a lethal weapon, but not here.
On a completely unrelated topic, I offer you a potato peeler. Make good use of it.
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Re: But if blessed weapons help... by
on 2009-02-27 08:49:00 UTC
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Where I was probably going to send my agents in is during the capture of the Exodar (i.e. when it was still part of Tempest Keep). The Sue does dumb things that by rights should get her killed...and which would have if the Nicest Eredar Evar™ hadn't taken a shine to her.
I figured it's easy enough to kill the Vindicator!Sam in the heat of the battle (right now, I'm thinking it involves a crossbow). The Eredar!Sam has to die before he can save the Sue's life.
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Re: I've only played the RTS, but... by
on 2009-02-27 08:38:00 UTC
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Yeah, blood elf disguise (and one of the agents—who, ironically, is stated to play blood elves in WoW—grumbles about it). There's a scene in the story where all three objectives are in the same place at the same time, and killing the Eredar!Sam would also make the Sue's survival unlikely.
The Eredar!Sam doesn't seem to have the good sense to cast spells (in the final battle, his solution seems to be just to increase his size and kick the Vindicator!Sam a few times) until the last moment (when he puts some kind of curse on the Sue that blinds her and makes her cry oh-so-dramatic bloody tears).
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But if blessed weapons help... by
on 2009-02-27 08:19:00 UTC
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I'm sure that you can steal them somewhere. Wowwiki (and the fanfic, 'Travels through Azeroth and Outland') says that there are many Vindicators around the Exodar, if you're planning to take the fic with the Dranei Sue.
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I've only played the RTS, but... by
on 2009-02-27 08:15:00 UTC
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I think that any sort of excessive force would do (it's a method I used in the final blood elf mission). You have to stop it from casting spells though, Blood elf disguise?
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You could probably get away with having Canon help out by
on 2009-02-27 06:23:00 UTC
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with some of it. "Snapping back into place" and all of that could take care of at least some of your problems... unless it's so badly abused it doesn't know what's what. I'm not sure. It's not the sort of scale I usually tackle on a job.
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First pillow! by
on 2009-02-27 06:14:00 UTC
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To use for catching random moments of sleep between missions.
I see you've already been given The Links, so I'll just limit myself to a friendly "hello!" and wave a little flag for the Department of Mary Sues. *waves flag*
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First Poke! by
on 2009-02-27 05:21:00 UTC
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Welcome a'Board! Have a bottle of Bleeprin (you'll need it) a keg of Bleepka (see above), and a mongoose! ...On second thought, *looks at name* have a whisk and a sentient towel.
Another Tamora Pierce fan! Sweet! Just out of curiosity, why limited to Tortall? I've always preferred the Circle books, myself. My agents welcome you, as do I! There's a lot of interesting 'fics there to be dealt with. And when I say interesting, I meanthey will make your eyelids twitchlovely and wonderful. As an aside, have you heard of Steelsings? It's a fairly good roleplay (or at least it used to be, I don't know how true that is now), and you meet a lot of cool people.
Anyway, welcome to the Board! Feel free to leave your sanity at the door-- most of us do.
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Well, hello there! by
on 2009-02-27 01:59:00 UTC
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I gift you with an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and whisks eggs, author wraiths, and spambots! Use it for good and not evil.
Welcome to the insanity!
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Welcome by
on 2009-02-27 01:57:00 UTC
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Welcome to the PPC. You should check out the PPC Wiki at
http://www.wikia.com/wiki/ProtectorsofthePlotContinuum
and also read the original adventures http://www.misssandman.com/PPC/ppc.html
It's great to meet you :)
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Newcomer alert by
on 2009-02-27 01:15:00 UTC
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Ahem. Is this thing on?
Random background voice: Yeah. You're good.
Sweet! Yes, my name is PitViperOfDoom, known on FF.Net as Adderstar of ValorClan, and on DA as av-marten.
I implore you to disbelieve any government agencies that tell you otherwise.
I am a devoted fan of such book series as Redwall (though I have yet to read the latest book), Warriors (as you may tell from my FF.net pen name), Artemis Fowl (though I have yet to read the latest book), The Mistmantle Chronicles, Guardians of Ga'Hoole, HP, and Tamora Pierce, though pretty much exclusively to Tortall in regards to the lattermost one.
There was even a point in my life where I loved Cyrano de Bergerac a little bit too much.
Though, one thing you must know about me is that I harbor an unhealthy obsession with the show Happy Tree Friends (and I MEAN unhealthy obsession), and spend much of my time either drawing/writing fanart/fiction, or giggling at it like a small child poking a dead fish with a stick. At times I can be a total, shameless fangirl, though I try not to let this get in the way of how I write. (If there's one thing I hate, it's a self-insert whose sole purpose is to bash/seduce a canon character.)
Overall, I am a self-proclaimed tomboy nerd with a love sharp knife/sword-like objects, ferrets, and large birds of prey.
I already have a couple of agents planned, too.
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...I have no idea. Usefulness of the Maudlin ends here. (nm) by
on 2009-02-26 23:58:00 UTC
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Really big portal? by
on 2009-02-26 23:35:00 UTC
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I'm not being sarcastic here, it's a solution I think could be tried. If you could make a portal big enough, you could just portal the fleets and other canons back to their home continua.
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Ah, thanks. Was just wondering. by
on 2009-02-26 22:48:00 UTC
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So I can pretty much make one up, then? Because quite a few minis are created (at least two for Colonel Potter in the first couple paragraphs), and I'd never seen a M*A*S*H mission so I had no idea if the continua had a set mini. Much obliged.
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Generally, I think you can take the wiki list for granted. by
on 2009-02-26 21:55:00 UTC
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And if someone has created minis for either fandom and failed to post it, that's not your fault. The PPC isn't exactly known for internal consistency anyway :p
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The Badfic from Hell...How to deal with the kidnappings? by
on 2009-02-26 19:02:00 UTC
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How exactly would two Agent pairs deal with the kidnapping of two heads of state, the entire fleets of two factions from a different universe appearing in orbit around Whoniverse Earth, and the ROTS era Sith and Jedi Masters running around the planet? Oh, and rebel troops are occupying New York...
We've narrowed it down to three or four main options, listed in decreasing advisability:
1)Persuade the Imp fleet to follow our orders through the use of the EU recognition codes and tow them with a PPC issue TARDIS on loan because of the above.
2)The same, except a modified Doctor's TARDIS is substituted for the PPC issue one. Rather pointless when you're practically replacing the TARDIS with DoSAT tech...
3)Use the Little Doctor on both fleets. Hope they respawn in the right universe.
4)Get yet another fleet from a different universe/the Whoniverse and use it to persuade the two SW fleets to cooperate. Most of the choices are either too weak (Star Trek/Haloverse) or untrustworthy (Dalek flying saucers/Warhammer 40k Chaos).
The fic is here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4562700/1/TheEarthsGreatest_Battle
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Seen as this is here... by
on 2009-02-26 17:57:00 UTC
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Are there established Minis for Metal Gear Solid? I mean, I haven't seen any mention on the list, like kg and I figured it would be like, a mini-REX but it would great if somebody could confirm/disprove that.
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Re: Just a few questions by
on 2009-02-26 13:22:00 UTC
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Only other solution I could think of is holy water. Are there any clergy of any sort on the staff, or is an ordination from the Universal Life Church sufficient?
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Re: Just a few questions by
on 2009-02-26 13:11:00 UTC
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I'm not a Warcraft person, sorry. But most demons tend to be averse to blessed weapons. Does that help?
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Re: Just a few questions by
on 2009-02-26 13:02:00 UTC
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1) Okay...they probably won't need to do that, but they might have to vanish into thin air to keep misguided generics from smacking them.
2) Okay, good to know.
3) Warcraft. Specifically, it's a man'ari eredar, if that helps.
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Re: Just a few questions by
on 2009-02-26 12:50:00 UTC
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1) From what I've heard, the DORKS enables you to change your disguise while still in the fic. Otherwise, you're stuck as an Orc or whatever for the whole mission. I may be wrong, though.
2) Ja, fraulein. In TOS, Jay and Acacia got the actual thorns and branches and eighteen-feet-tallness when they used Entwife disguises.
3) Demons. Hmmm. It depends. What continuum is this demon from?
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Just a few questions by
on 2009-02-26 11:26:00 UTC
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I'm currently writing a potential mission. However, there are a few issues that neither TOS nor the Wiki seem to clarify quite to my satisfaction:
1) Does the D.O.R.K.S. supplement or replace the Disguise Generator?
2) Based on what I've seen, I take it that both of the above gadgets implement actual shape-shifts rather than just illusory disguises. Confirmation?
3) If agents have to kill a demon!Sue, are there any tactics/weapons that are especially effective against such a foe? (It's a relatively weak demon—just big, loud, and inclined to kick.)