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The Pyro (From TF2)

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  1. Wow. I'm one of those dead users now, I guess. So this is what it feels like. I should probably start being more active again sometime. Oh well.

  2. You know, I don't really believe this but I've always thought it would be awesome. Mimic could take over Spherus Magna and may become unstoppable. Here's why: Mimic's "friend" who was captured by the Dark Hunters is a ruse. Their actually purposefully in on this together. By being recruited to the Dark Hunters Mimic can gain the skills of nearly every single Dark Hunter there and then use it against them to take over the dark hunters. However, with robots like the Vahki, Bohrok, and Baterra, it is possible for him to set up a sort of grinding farm (basically cheating to get skills for you non-gamers lol). He could simply watch the robots do things normal beings couldn't and then learn them instantly. How did he get the skill to create such a place with such advanced robotics? From Phantom, former Nynrah Ghost and genius inventor turned Dark Hunter. Phantom had no idea that Mimic was watching him when he toiled away with random mechanical parts trying to escape back to his memories of a normal life. Mimic watched him and even placed little accidents and objects here and there for Phantom to see that would subliminally make him nostalgic and begin working on more advanced projects in his spare time. Even better, all that free roaming Mimic gets while the Shadowed One keeps him far away from Odina lest he discovers his secret is the perfect opportunity to go under the radar and take a little excursion to Metru Nui, where he quietly roamed Le-Metru and the Coliseum for a while, patiently observing the Vahki and the Matoran who built and repaired them every day. Learning to mimic their every move. Back at Odina, Mimic's friend waits in her cell for him to break out. But she's not scared. She knows the plan down to the finest detail because she helped create it. Her name is Krahka. Some day she will shed her disguise and reveal herself to be the monster that fought the Toa Metru. The cell guards won't stand a chance against her, let alone Mimic. And so Mimic trains every day. He's already learned to program long ago and is constantly creating new programs for his training robots to execute so that he can learn them from himself. The scary part? He's begun learning from these programs before the training robots execute them. With every new skill he learns his original skill is growing better. What if some day he becomes able to learn skills without ever seeing them before himself? What if some day his mind becomes so perfected at learning others' abilities that it can learn abilities that were once confined to his imagination, and he soon becomes knowledgeable of virtually perfectly executing every act his mortal form can possibly conceive and perform? And what if some day it goes beyond that? What if it doesn't stop at his mortal limits? What if there are no limits? Let's hope Mimic stays a good guy (he kind of is right now I guess, he's just working for the wrong side).
  3. I think it would have been great if it turned out Roodaka was an INCREDIBLY undercover Order operative that whole time, and she was creating commotion through her treachery. Remember how she purposely got Sidorak killed? Sure she could have been trying to take the throne, but what does she care about a bunch of spiders? She hardly needs them. She could be so undercover that she's allowed to do things like turn the Toa Hagah into the Rahaga and fight the Toa Metru. Better yet maybe she was bad all around and then legitimately joined the Order because she was bitter about other factions. Heck, she could be just as bad as she lets on, but it would be incredibly redeeming to find out that she does have a specified alignment and isn't just there to rustle everybody's jimmies.
  4. Order member for life, yo. Those guys are awesome. I don't agree with everything they do, but they're like the good guys counterpart of the Dark Hunters. Plus I feel like Helryx is probably the most reliable leader out of all of those. I would definitely trust her the most simply because I couldn't imagine her not having MU's best interests in mind. Also working with Johmak must be awesome. And they some how got an eel and a peculiarly squishy mask to do it and make babies.
  5. The doubles the Mohtrek summons can be injured and killed. Furthermore, they retain injuries when sent back to their time. Bitil occasionally found himself with injuries he didn't remember getting because a future version of himself summoned him and he got hurt in the battle. I know about Bitil finding himself with odd injuries. But while they can be injured it doesn't necessarily mean mortally or badly enough to cause them to die in battle any time in between the time they were summoned from and summoned to. Besides, if they died what would that mean? Nobody around him is surprised by Bitil being alive after one of his duplicates dies, so it can't comply with the theory that he's sent into a universe where he did die to prevent a paradox, and unless he can be revived somehow it doesn't comply with the the theory that the outcome is always the same, and the theory that time travel is simply impossible in that universe is already disproven by the mask's very functionality, so what is there to prevent a paradox? That's why I was saying maybe his duplicates disappear back to there time the instant before they can be killed, mortally wounded, or injured badly enough to make him die in a fight in between the summoning time and the present.
  6. Exactly. Most of these Kanohi are taboo simply because of their association with the Makuta. The Crast I think is more of a cultural issue, the Shelek is useless to anyone who isn't a troll or an antisocial shut-in, but the Mohtrek can stay on the banned list, in my opinion, because if one of your past selves slips up, ya gone. Actually I've always assumed that the mask automatically sends back your time duplicate before he/she can be killed or mortally wounded. In fact it may not even need to be programmed into the mask to make your duplicates go back in time because physics may take over to prevent a paradox. That is, of course, depending on what you choose to believe. There are three theories on paradoxes. A) Nature prevents them by making time travel impossible. B) Nature prevents them by putting you in an alternate universe where you did die (kind of like the movie It's a Wonderful Life). C) Nature prevents paradoxes by making it so no matter what you do, events always happen just right so that the same outcome happens in a death in Tehran sort of way. I believe C, which would suggest that either Bitil's time duplicates are invincible and always escape death through a convenient series of unpredictable events or that the mask simply isn't able to keep his duplicates in combat if they are about to die or become mortally wounded. That would also prevent them from being wounded so badly that they would die at any point in a fight between the time they were pulled from and the time they were pulled to. If take into account the Occam's Razor, then it is far more probable that the latter is true, meaning it is impossible to kill the duplicates of a Mohtrek wearer, only get them in a situation where they are prone to dying, being wounded mortally, or being wounded badly enough that they would die in a fight in between the time they were pulled from and the presence, which would explain why they're fairly easy to get rid of. Just shooting at their heads would make them disappear before the projectile even hit them. Come to think of it that's a kind of useless mask.
  7. That actually really makes sense. I myself was wondering if Matoran moral values are either different or simply still developing, as they were originally intended to be like worker drones or cells in a body, and happened to gain sentience. This makes even more sense when you consider that before Velika tampered with the universe, the inhabitants' intelligence, emotion, and independence was somewhat limited. If the Komau was first made before Velika gave them independence, they would have very few, if any, morals (example: the untampered Kestora in the Red Star who had no qualms about dissecting revived beings alive), thus creating a loophole in the morality system. EDIT: Velika also wears a Komau? Coincidence? Yes, because it's a powerless Matoran mask. Ohmahgudness. I totally forgot about Velika and that whole storyline XD. A bit off topic, but I had my Velika figure standing right next to my desktop when I read that part on Bioniclestory.com and I just stared at him for a bit like "wuuuut..." But yeah, the Kestora are a great point, too. Those people are in charge of keeping everybody alive, but they're fricking psychopaths. Kind of scary to imagine what the Matoran universe was like before Velika tampered with it. Who knows, maybe he's the good guy and we just can't see past how miffed we are that he wants to kill Helryx, Axonn, Billy Zane, etc. I'm probably missing something here, but...Billy Zane? Are you actually talking about Billy Zane, or is that a fan-nickname for a character? XD no I'm just kidding. Billy Zane's probably cool by Velika's standards.
  8. That actually really makes sense. I myself was wondering if Matoran moral values are either different or simply still developing, as they were originally intended to be like worker drones or cells in a body, and happened to gain sentience. This makes even more sense when you consider that before Velika tampered with the universe, the inhabitants' intelligence, emotion, and independence was somewhat limited. If the Komau was first made before Velika gave them independence, they would have very few, if any, morals (example: the untampered Kestora in the Red Star who had no qualms about dissecting revived beings alive), thus creating a loophole in the morality system. EDIT: Velika also wears a Komau? Coincidence? Yes, because it's a powerless Matoran mask. Ohmahgudness. I totally forgot about Velika and that whole storyline XD. A bit off topic, but I had my Velika figure standing right next to my desktop when I read that part on Bioniclestory.com and I just stared at him for a bit like "wuuuut..." But yeah, the Kestora are a great point, too. Those people are in charge of keeping everybody alive, but they're fricking psychopaths. Kind of scary to imagine what the Matoran universe was like before Velika tampered with it. Who knows, maybe he's the good guy and we just can't see past how miffed we are that he wants to kill Helryx, Axonn, Billy Zane, etc.
  9. That actually really makes sense. I myself was wondering if Matoran moral values are either different or simply still developing, as they were originally intended to be like worker drones or cells in a body, and happened to gain sentience.
  10. Everything about bootlegs gets on my nerves. I absolutely hate the concept of leeching money off of other peoples' ideas and intellectual, which is why I don't even visit Pirate Bay for public domain things because I don't want to give them the ad profit. In turn, even if it was something crazy like the world's first working mask of shielding I still wouldn't get it because the people who so blatantly steal from others because they refuse to come up with any original ideas don't deserve the money. I know this is kind of a rant, but I'm the kind of guy who wouldn't even be able to go into an isle in a store that had bootleg Legos (especially Roboticle, like geez!) just because it would put me in a mood for the rest of the day. Kind of like when I read a status on FB/Twitter/Instagram that is just so dumb that it surpasses all levels of funny and leaves me in a red-hot mood for the rest of the day contemplating how these kinds of people even exist. Except in this case it's a blatant injustice not a pet peeve. In short, no. I would never do that. I would be more likely to get the materials to make a mold of a piece and forge it out of whatever plastic I wanted. Yeah that's pretty absurd, and no I have never done anything even remotely similar to that, but at least it wouldn't be funding the people behind such shameless bootlegs. Because of this I recommend that you stay away from bootlegs. It takes thousands of individuals to choose not to pay these freaks money to keep their cycle going, and you, me, and everybody on this forum are all said individuals. In the end it's a viscous cycle. Knockoff Company + Product Purchases = More Money to Continue the Line of Knockoffs Repeat Throw a wrench into that cycle by making do with less or improvising by creating pieces. In fact if you live in a university town like I do, they likely have 3D printers for student or even public use, so if you can get your hands on a CAD of the piece you want or a 3D scanner you can print the piece and even modify the shape a bit if you know how to 3D model. This means less money for the bootleggers and in turn less bootleggers in the world. Thanks for bearing with my disturbingly rant-like post and remember: The only good bootlegger is a bankrupt bootlegger.
  11. Picture says it all. What exactly is up with things like that? Are they doomed to remain moral plot holes or are there explanations for them? Please note that that's just an example. There are a lot of other strange contradictions like that in the Toa and Mata Nui's Moral Code.
  12. I know I already responded to the post you're responding to but I do want to talk about some of these things.
  13. This would be interesting but I fear it would cut too deep into the history of the Combine. I suppose it would be interesting to find a way to tie the invention of protodermis to Black Mesa or Xen, but for the most part I think I should steer clear of that as cool as it sounds. As for anything else anybody said (and these things actually). It's late. And cold. I'm tired. And cold. I'm going to bed. And cold. Buuuuuuuuuuh. I'll do it tomorrow.
  14. That actually gives me an idea. Maybe that would explain why they were able to take refuge in the Matoran Universe and an area around it because they were strong enough to fight them off but only after the Combine had taken enough of SM to hold it hostage in a way. You go too far from your hole and we Kanohi-Crab half your world and leave with as many of your resources as we can carry. It may be a slightly empty threat though. The very thing that makes SM a viable threat to the Combine could be exactly why they want to stay. Maybe they're busy studying Kanohi, Toa Stones, etc. and maybe even making Rahi Synths and stuff. Furthermore this could have been (at least part) of the information Mazeka had in his possession that was lost when they shelled White Desert, perhaps partially as a demonstration of what they're not afraid to do.
  15. Thank you for posting, by the way. Regarding the other stuff you said I'm very glad you pointed some of those things out. While I have been working on most of them already some of them I didn't catch myself so it's a good thing you pointed them out. As I'm working on fleshing this out right now I can't really answer all of these but I would like to say that I had thought about the whole head crab part and I'm starting to think that maybe the Combine created a Synth version of each head crab called a Kanohi Crab that is part Krana, and actually rips of the Kanohi to take them over like a Krana would but more zombieish and incurable. What stood out to me was this: It's a pretty cheap pun but White Desert is actually a reference to Black Mesa. (A Mesa isn't exactly a desert but you get what I mean.) Once again thanks for posting. You brought up some pretty important points that I hadn't thought of yet. EDIT: Whoops I posted this and it refreshed the page, showing that Ultron had posted and I didn't even know. As for your (and Silvan's) questions about how they conquered Bara Magna, I'm starting to think the answer lies somewhere in Energized Protodermis. Maybe they were able to synthesize an extra-potent version of it that they used somehow to create super-synths. I actually forgot about the element lords, too. Maybe the suppression field (however that works) has to do with it, but I'm also glad you brought up the flaws in the suppression field as well.
  16. Check out my kinda-sorta idea for an RPG in the RPG Planning Topic. BIONICLE: Shadow of the Combine. It may not ever get past conception but it seems a bit cool to me.

  17. BIONICLE: Shadow of the Combine A TBRPG Idea By ToaOfAwesome If you can’t tell from the banner this TBRPG is in fact supposed to be about a crossover of sorts between the Bionicle universe that we all know and love and the Half-Life universe that not all of us know and love. Now before you start clicking away bear with me. I’ve worked this all out and I personally think it has potential. Let me also make it clear that I’m not even sure if crossover TBRPGs are allowed, and if so feel free to ask to have this removed. Some things I want to make clear before I begin: Forget About Freeman! There would be no official characters such as Gordon Freeman or Alyx Vance in this RPG (initially at least), they are from our universe and therefore would likely never make contact with the Bionicle universe, unlike the Combine Empire, which stretches across multiple universes. No Really, I’m Serious This is not one of those weird fanfics that only utilize alternate universes as an excuse to ship Snape and Luke Skywalker. This is a serious crossover that I hope is remotely interesting. IF YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HALF LIFE READ THIS! In order to understand this you must understand the premise of Half Life, particularly the combine. I’ll be briefly describing it to you but if you want a more in depth explanation you can read these articles on the Half Life wiki: http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Combine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_(series) The Combine Empire is unlike most others. Instead of conquering other planets, they conquer the same planet in different universes. Some times the universes are so different that the planet can hardly even be called Earth anymore. They have a few universal attack forces called Synths (synthetic organisms) that are twisted and genetically mutated creatures they found during their exploration that they implanted with machinery. Once they’ve conquered an Earth (for us it took them seven hours before we surrendered), they will begin to integrate the native species into their armies. An example of this is the Overwatch, a force of altered humans that they turned into soldiers to oppress the humans and follow the combine. Once they’ve taken over an Earth they will either keep it as land or drain it of its resources and leave it as a dry husk floating in space. The Combine are cruel and totalitarian. There is no line they won’t cross to keep control over their empires. Genocide, brainwashing, public execution, and destroying entire cities because a wanted person may or may not be living there are only a few things they do regularly. It has also been suggested that they may terraform planets, killing the natives but allowing for the Advisors, the true rulers of the Combine, to enter there. Now onto the real deal! BACKSTORY They said it took seven hours. Seven hours to break us. Seven hours to hold us down and make us beg them not to kill us. Seven hours to conquer us. They lied… It took ten. I was once a Toa. Fire I think, it’s been a while since I could really be called a Toa. When they came – Combine they called themselves – when they came they immediately began to attack us. They were bent on conquer from the start. We did well at first. Our powers were great and a good match for them at the time. Within hours, however, they began to reverse engineer technology we had taken for granted as a force of nature that couldn't be replicated or mimicked. Soon they had Toa, Kanohi, elemental powers, and in near unlimited demand. When we lost we knew that the last thing we could let them have were our powers. If they ever got their hands on them, who knows how many more worlds they could do these terrible things to. We destroyed and hid many masks to keep them from the combine. The Olmak, the Avohkii, the Ignika, as many masks of teleportation as we could find. They’re all gone for the greater good of our world and many others. They created a field of sorts over all of Spherus Magna. It suppressed our elemental powers, stripped our abilities to defend ourselves. Kanohi were rendered useless. Other powers of other races were stripped too. Many of the larger figures were publicly… removed… to make an example. Helryx, Brutaka, the Rahaga… all gone. All dead. Except for the Toa Nuva and Turaga Vakama. The Toa Nuva were brainwashed – repurposed to put it in their words – to become mindless slaves to the Combine. Turaga Vakama became… somebody else. He claims to be a leader of his people just as before but he’s different. He now preaches that the Combine are right and what they’re doing is for the greater good. Funny. I never thought of invasion as a force of good. The civil protection that they placed to “protect us” is no more than an army of traitors. When people aren’t strong enough – when people are too selfish – they join Civil Protection. In exchange for mindlessly beating and murdering their own brothers and sisters, they are rewarded with that not happening to them. Even the Shadowed One stood up to them! Even the Skakdi and the Skrall stood up to them! I stood up to them! My brothers stood up to them! And they died! How can these people defect to such a terrible cause? How can they see what they’ve done and not want to stop it or die trying? Have they anything to lose? Disgraces… all of them… My name is Turaga Dume. As I speak the Combine are coming to my location. These are my last words. I’m not going to leave them here. The combine will distort them and twist them to make me look like I said something else and further support their cause. I’m sending this to every being on this planet, even what few animals are left, through a mask left by the great beings themselves for such an occasion as this. When it’s job is done it will be destroyed. May Mata Nui greet me in death... Brothers and sisters, I ask each and every one of you individually to fight one last fight… Uphold your unity… Remember your duty… Achieve your dest— THERE HE IS! QUICK! LETHAL FORCE PERMITTED! GO GO GO! GET ON THE GROUND! SHOTS FIRED! SHOTS FIRED! The vision ends. Dume’s last words have been broadcast to every sentient organism on Spherus Magna. FACTIONS: The Combine: The Combine, as described, rule and oppress the world of Spherus Magna. There are three main parts of the Combine that you may be involved in. The first is Civil Protection. Civil protection is a low job that requires you to keep citizens in line and gives you the opportunity to beat and abuse them. If a CP murders a citizen they’ll never be held accountable, and it’ll be assumed by the authorities that it was the victim’s fault. No matter how obvious and no matter what evidence is available. The next one is Overwatch. The Spherus Magna Combine military, the Overwatch members must undergo extensive surgery that presumably strips them of their humanity and possibly even their free will to a certain extent. They must be brainwashed to join. They deal with bigger threats like rebels. The last and highest prestige job is Loyalist Staff. Loyalist Staff consists of people who swear allegiance to the combine and are already in influential positions. Turaga Vakama (who has evidently been brainwashed) is the leading voice of the Combine, sending broadcasts daily preaching about their cause (for those who have played Half Life 2, he is basically in Dr. Breen’s position). The brainwashed Toa Nuva are also part of it, and so are a few other influential Bara Magnan figures. Citizens: Citizens are poorly treated and common. They live in tightly packed residential buildings under the constant abuse of Combine. Most citizens are unemployed, but those who are work in mills, factories, mines, or other laborious jobs. They consist of all species. Those who are loyal to the Combine are rewarded with more rations, better clothing, or their own rooms. The Order of Matoro: The Order of Matoro is the reincarnation of the Order of Mata Nui. Dark Hunters, Skrall, Skakdi, Toa, Glatorian, Matoran, Agori, Vortixx, and all kinds of other species are all a part of this resistance. Some of its known figures are the Toa Mahri, Krakua, Keetongu, Axonn, Brutaka, Tren Krom, The original chronicler’s company (now Toa), Vastus, Ackar, Malum, Gelu, and Keetongu. Their leader, Turaga Dume, was recently killed by the Overwatch before broadcasting the historical message to everyone alive on Spherus Magna. IMPORTANT FIGURES TURAGA VAKAMA: Turaga Vakama is now the spokesperson of the Combine (think Dr. Breen). He’s somehow being controlled but he seems to be his normal self, except for the fact that he preaches Combine, something so unlike him that he couldn’t possibly be in his right mind. He refers to Nokama as “a sister who has lost her way” and Helryx as “a disgrace”. He refers to the Skrall, Skakdi, Dark Hunters, etc. as proof that the Order of Matoro is a disgrace to its namesake and that they enlist in the help of criminal scum and destroy precious artifacts such as the Mask of Life. THE TOA NUVA: The Toa Nuva were most definitely brainwashed. They seem to retain little memory of anything, and are mostly used as political propaganda figures. Recon, however, has proven that they also guard the citadel and possibly command the Overwatch. LESOVIKK: Lesovikk, unlike the Toa Nuva, has not been brainwashed. He is the commander of the Spherus Nui Overwatch, but he’s very much in his right mind. Something does appear to be different about him, though. Lesovikk may be being bribed somehow. Due to how involved his past was with loss, there are a number of things the Combine could be pretending they can do in return. LARISKA: Lariska, now commander of the Dark Hunters, controls a large portion of the Order’s forces. As with Roodaka and the Barraki, she was let in reluctantly but soon proved to be loyal to the cause and in turn very capable of helping by leading the Dark Hunter portion of the Order. BRUTAKA: Brutaka seems to have died, his consciousness replaced with that of an antidermis entity. In turn he may be the last living Makuta. He possesses advance technical and tactical knowledge and freely gives it to the Order. He now wears a Kanohi Hau after the destruction of the remaining Olmaks. His main task has been to help in hunting down Vezon, an important asset as he is fused with the last Olmak in existence. TREN KROM: Tren Krom faked his death and then ascended to the Red Star. It’s known that he’s their, and he regularly sends back transmissions, but they are garbled and scrambled. Only Nokama knows the means by which he ascended, and she’s not telling. Transmissions are sent to him asking if he’s okay but it’s hard to tell exactly what it is. JOHMAK: Johmak is second in command of the Order. Nokama trusts her very much of all, and in turn she possesses some of the most important secrets of the resistance. TURAGA NOKAMA: Turaga Nokama is the main head of the resistance. She, just like everyone else, is unsure as to what happened to Vakama to make him turn, but she presumes it was in a similar way to the Toa Nuva. Strangely enough, she has undergone considerable physiological changes since the death of Helryx, whose mask she now wears in honor. She’s begun to take on a more Toa-like appearance, and has possibly started to regain her elemental and even Kanohi powers. The same was observed happening to Turaga Dume in his final days and something similar (but not as drastic) appears to be happening to Vakama. How this is possible remains unexplained. Not even the Combine are sure why this is. ROODAKA: The treacherous queen of the Visorak, she has taken her place as general of the Order of Matoro armies. She’s never truly stated why, but things she’s said suggest it was somehow caused by the death of Helryx. Some theorize that Helryx and Roodaka were once friends or acquaintances somehow, others that it was somehow Roodaka’s fault that Helryx died. Nevertheless she has shown incredible strength and intelligence during wartime and is a valuable asset to the resistance. CHARACTER CREATION: The Combine has spread their empire to Spherus Magna. The world is under the deep dark shadow of the Combine. What role will you play in this turning point of the universe? NAME: Your name is your identity. Your identity is the one thing the combine can’t steal from you. For now… SPECIES: There are less species on Spherus Magna nowadays. Any who proved troublesome were eliminated. ALIGNMENT: Are you a citizen trying not to get beaten? A rebel trying not to be found? A Combine serving a brand new destiny? ELEMENT: Elemental powers have been suppressed, and their respective features removed by standardizing the color of the beings to specific shades. They still affect your personality however. OCCUPATION: There are few occupations left. Civil Protection is public. Anybody can join after passing a few… tests. Overwatch is more exclusive. You must undergo surgery to join it, but it’s very prestigious and could potentially make you elite. You can also work as a loyalist for the combine. Everyone else is either hard at work with some dubious task or simply unemployed. Of course you could always be a rebel. AGE: (In human years) APPEARANCE: While your appearance has been nullified by color coding and clothing, you still look somewhat different from others. PERSONALITY: What makes you yourself? How do you react to things, how would you be described, what is your opinion on the Combine and how do you deal with it? MASK: The masks have been weakened greatly by the field, and many have been banned. HISTORY: What events transpired in your life during and possibly before the Combine arrived? What was your life? CLOTHING: Nudity (although there is nothing for them to cover) is not allowed in citizens. Unlike the suppression field on Earth that stops people from reproducing, there is a mutagen-releasing machine in the citadel that the Combine are using to try and create reproductive systems within Aqua Magnan species so that they can reproduce more efficiently and in turn give them more workers. Nevertheless this means that nudity is no longer allowed in Citizens. Only people outside of the Combine can be exempt of clothing now, but some choose to due to the machine’s effects on them. SPECIES POWERS: Chances are your species has special powers. The field prevents most of these from existing at a high level, so you must put down what it does when by itself and when weakened by the field. ALLOWED SPECIES: Vortixx - Vortixx are eligible to join the Combine ranks. Any powers they had were all but removed by the field. Toa - Toa still have their elemental and Kanohi powers but they are nullified greatly by the field. Toa are also eligible to join the Combine ranks. Matoran - Matorans' already near-nonexistent elemental and Kanohi powers are just about gone due to the field. Note that, just like Toa, Matoran still retain their elemental traits and physiology (big lungs for Ga-Matoran, fire resistance for Ta-Matoran, etc.). Turaga - All Turaga were murdered by the Combine due to their political influence. The only ones left are Nokama, Vakama (turned), Matau, Nuju, Whenua, and Onewa. The Rahaga and Turaga Dume were recently killed. Skakdi - Skakdi are eligible to join the Combine ranks. Most of their citizen and Combine rations have been modified with sedatives to make them more cooperative, but as a result they often times become very sick, vomiting and sweating profusely. Agori - Agori, like Matoran, Glatorian, etc. are eligible of joining the Combine ranks. Citizens are usually used for hard labor due to their tougher stature. Glatorian - Glatorian are incapable of unlocking or accessing unlocked elemental powers due to the field. They are eligible to join the Combine ranks. Skrall - Skrall were a warlike race and still are. They have been given the same sedatives as Skakdi, and so citizen Skrall are almost always sick. Like Skakdi, those in the Combine ranks are excempt of the sedative so they may do their job efficiently. Rahkshi - ​Rahkshi are now a large part of the Order of Matoro, as they are very much against the Combine. In addition, Brutaka, who is believed to be the first Makuta since the death of the rest, is a part of it, and they follow him. Bone Hunter - Much like Agori and Glatorian, they were driven out by the Combine and take refuge in the resistance. All who didn't were likely killed. Other - There were many playable species not mentioned because they are unnamed such as "Ehlek's Species" or "Botar's Species". You can choose any of these, but if you want to make your own run it by me to make sure it's not too overpowered. Masks Allowed to Citizens: Akaku – The field degrades x-ray vision to a mere awareness of whether or not something is nearby and what it could perhaps be. Kaukau – The Kaukau only allows for extended time underwater, but not unlimited time like it did without the field. Kakama – Kakama wearers are particularly strong but these too are suppressed to the point of simply allowing for more stamina and running speed, but not superhuman. Pakari – Pakari wearers are particularly strong but it, like most others, are heavily suppressed. Suletu – This mask is only available to Overwatch but doesn’t retain all of its powers. Zatth – The Zatth’s power has not been affected by the field, but wildlife are now very hard to find so it may never be useful to its user. Faxon – Like the Zatth, it’s power has not been affected by the shield but it is likely useless due to the scarceness of wildlife. Explicitly Banned Masks (Rebels and Combine Only): These masks are unobtainable to citizens. Only rebels, who continue to forge Kanohi illegally, can even wear them. Hau - Banned due to use as a sign of rebellion. All were confiscated and destroyed. Only rebels, who produce them in secret, could have access to them. Arthron – Citizens began to use its (albeit weakened) powers to predict building raids and in turn evacuate everybody. This same controversy nearly got the Akaku banned, however the Akaku’s powers proved to vague to predict a raid, as civil protection patrol and in turn are always near anyway. Kadin – The civil protection requested that this along with the Miru be banned due to “aiding in resistance of arrest,” but it’s likely because it made it harder to beat or harass Kadin and Miru wearers without them flying away. Miru – Same reason as the Kadin. Sanok – Citizens are not allowed to have any more skill in fighting or self defense than they may already have, in fact measures have been taken to dull their skills. Elda – Something is being hidden inside the citadel. Iden – This too was used as a symbol for rebellion and was subsequently banned. Destroyed and Lost Masks (Banned): These masks are unobtainable by anybody. Not even the Combine or the Order of Matoro. Kualsi – The Combine showed a particular interest in teleportation, so these were destroyed to prevent the Combine from studying them and inventing a way. Garai – All Garai Kanohi were destroyed by the rebellion due to its affiliation with the element gravity, which was deemed dangerous in the Combine’s hands. It retained very little of its powers and therefore was of little enough value to allow it to be destroyed. Ignika, Avohkii, Mask of Creation, Mask of Shadows, Mask of Time, Olisi, etc. – The rebellion would rather these masks be destroyed than defiled by the Combine or used for evil, but it was decided they were too powerful to simply destroy without terrible consequences. Somehow their abnormally great power made them even more vulnerable to the field, and so they were hidden away to be used some day when the field is gone. When that will be nobody knows, and only Nokama knows where they are. Nuva Masks: The Nuva Masks were destroyed by the Toa Nuva themselves before they could be brainwashed by the Combine, as they knew they would be used as guardians of a place such as the citadel. LOCATIONS: Artahka Fortifying the entrance to the Matoran Universe, the Order of Matoro resides in secret on the already impenetrably fortified and twice-lost island of Artahka. They Combine would have have to search an entire universe to find which island they lived on. The area around the Matoran Universe is also claimed by the Order, but they wouldn't dare erect any structures out in the open, as Combine airships frequent the area. In Artahka there is a shrine dedicated to its namesake and all the others lost in the 7 hour war. The Citadel The Citadel is a massive tower in the middle of Spherus Nui. It is home to the Loyalist Staff and also works as a war factory, barracks, and prison. It is impenetrable and works as a base of operations for the Combine and possibly interdimensional gateway between other colonies. Spherus Nui The city surrounding the Citadel was once a utopian city built by Aqua Magnans, Bota Magnans, and Bara Magnans. It was once the capital of the entire planet. Now it still is, but it is the Combine that rules it. The surrounding residences there house most of the citizens under Combine control. Bota Wahi Bota Wahi was the area where Bota Magna initially reconnected. Now everything there is wild and has grown out of control. It may be the last natural wildlife location, but people cannot go in, as it also has creatures from other dimensions who have leaked into isolated areas there. What kind of creatures? These creatures come from Xen, the border world. They leak through when things go wrong during interdimensional travel. Houndeye: http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Houndeye Ichthyosaur: http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Ichthyosaur Leech: http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Leech Snark: http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Snark Tentacle: http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Tentacle Bullsquid: http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Bullsquid Barnacle (WARNING REALLY REALLY GROSS): http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Barnacle And so many more terrible things from Xen: http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Xen Tajun Tajun is now a city of the Combine as well. An impoverished working area with little water left, it now is very industrial and has many factories and mines. It’s train system may leads to other cities, but citizens can only transfer between their home city and Spherus Nui without explicit permission and a hefty fee. Many people know nothing of the other cities as they have become very isolated from each other. The streets are filled with gang-like groups of CPs who have gone so far as to brawl with rival groups and paint insignias designating their groups on their helmets. The White Desert The White Desert may house the answer to freeing Spherus Magna or ensuring Combine rule forever, but nobody will ever know. It has been rendered uninhabitable by the Combine who, in order to kill the fleeing Order Member Mazeka, rained canisters containing genetically modified head crabs called Kanohi Crabs onto the roughly 800 square mile heavily populated area. Everyone there has since been presumed dead including Mazeka, who reportedly possessed valuable information that would determine who came out on top in the end. Attempting to go there would be suicide. Every living being that was once there is now lost, their bodies a host for the parasitic Kanohi Crabs, who latch onto a Kanohi mask or simply a face and access the frontal lobe with a spiny claw, which digs deeper until it makes its way through head to the brain stem. Once in control it can move the host as though it was its own body. Normal Kanohi Crabs can scurry around and simply kill with their claws, while fast ones not only are faster but create faster and more disfigured zombies out of hosts. Poison ones allow other poison ones to ride on the backs of their hosts alongside them, and inject a venom that, if it penetrates through the armor, can kill most beings after two strikes. RULES: Everybody gets to be Gordon Freeman! I know I told you to forget about him, but here’s one last mentioning of him. You are all figuratively indestructible HEV-wearing crowbar-wielding Bad***es. Give or take the MIT degree in theoretical physics depending on who you are. The key word is ALL. You may be a Biomechanical Rambo but so is that guy you’re thinking of picking a fight with. Granted there’s an exception. Citizens don’t happen to have weapons, and in turn it may be best not to go up against somebody who does. It’s all about how well equipped you are and what state you are in. You are all potentially Gordon Freeman clones but that doesn’t mean that you are at that current time. Actually Play! People should know this by now, but remember not to god mode, make sure you take damage when given it. You can dodge things but don't magically dodge everything. Make sure not to autohit either, which is where you practically control an opponent's character or say that all your hits got their mark in a certain place. Also make sure to make NPCs realistically strong. Think of this as writing an interactive book with others. Your character isn't you. If they die they die. You can make others (just not clones). Use OOC and IC before your posts! Remember that, you guys probably know it and it may even be second nature to you but I’ve seen people do it before in other places. Have Reason! Do things for a reason. You want to disregard your prestigious lifestyle in the Combine to become a rebel? Why? What event made you think of it or what train of thought did you have that led you to realize you should probably do the right thing for once despite how awesome your Combiney office might look. WEAPONS: Now that elemental powers have been dulled by the field fighting has changed on Spherus Magna. Even the most powerful Toa of Fire can hardly spark a flame, those of Ice only a few crystals now and then, and so on and so forth. Combine and Order of Matoro members alike have now turned to new methods of combat. Crowbar Yes this is an Easter Egg, no there is no logical reason for it to exist in a universe without cars. Yes I put it in anyway. All hail the last Free Man. Yada yada yada. This thing is an unconventional melee weapon that can knock enemies out or kill them if necessary. It’s surprisingly lightweight but nevertheless very potent. You can find them anywhere. I’ll even accept “and then I found one on the ground” as long is it makes sense at all. Midak Pistol The Proto-Pistol is a light sidearm that is standard issue for all CPs. Most Order of Matoro members have this. These are basically miniature Midak Skyblasters. If necessary they can kill with a few blows to the head or vital organs, but since everybody is partially armored anyway they are more of an instrument of pain than a conventional weapon of war. Clip Size: 12 Proto Carbine The Proto Carbine is a high-fire rifle that fires off reinforced Metallic Protodermis rounds, which are slightly harder than the armor they're trying to pierce, allowing for damage and even penetration of armor. These are laced with high energy and will result in considerable pain and even damage to tissue after a few penetrating shots, but can also bang up internal tissues by hitting the armor really hard. It has a holographic/night vision sight and an attachment that allows it to launch explosive protodermis rounds. The Proto Combine is standard issue for Overwatch and Order of Matoro but CPs must get permission to use it as it’s only allowed for situations that require it such as riot control or military assault. Clip Size: 45 (1 Explosive Protodermis Mine at a time.) AR2 Pulse Rifle The AR2 Pulse Rifle is a weapon made by the Combine that fires energized slugs at high speeds. It has a slower firing rate than the Proto Carbine but it is much more painful on impact and can kill with only a few shots to the right places. When loaded with a special device it can fire Combine Balls, powerful energy spheres that bounce off of walls and can disintegrate on impact. The AR2 is standard issue for higher ranking Overwatch but is a rare thing to come across for the Order of Matoro because to have one requires that you actually kill a high ranking Overwatch and have time to steal it. The few that are obtained by the Order are considered too valuable to reverse engineer in the case that it doesn't work. It has been said that once a sizable amount of AR2s are obtained, the Order will likely begin research. They have already successfully researched Combine Balls and AR2 Slugs, however, and can produce them. Clip Size: 32 Disk Launcher Banned by the Combine due to its unstable powers, only the Order of Matoro really makes these any more. They are just like the original ones, but high quality, with built in aiming devices such as scopes and laser pointers and even bayonets. Zamor Launcher A weapon that lets you tamper with other beings free will would quite obviously be favorable by an empire such as the Combine, that thrives on keeping its victims in line. Unfortunately the very field that makes their enemies unable to use their powers keeps them from using this technology. Instead they modified it into a hefty artillery device that fires large zamors at high speeds filled with explosive protodermis, which explode on impact. Combine and the Order both use this. The Order mostly uses it to take out Combine hovercraft while the Combine usually use it to crack open fortifications on strongholds and checkpoints of the Order. CPs cannot use it without elite Overwatch supervision and Overwatch can only use it alongside other artillery items such as mounted Thornax Rifles or Plasma Tanks and cannons. Protodermis Grenade A thrown device that can be set to thrown on impact, bounce, time, stick, or home for a certain target. It is used by the Order and Combine. It is unlikely that you can survive this with minimal injuries, as it typically launches shrapnel caused by underdeveloped parts of the explosive protodermis cores that may not liquefy fully before the device detonates. Rhotuka Spinner Like Kanoka, personal Rhotuka spinners were banned by the combine as the field does not dull their powers at all. Only blank Rhotuka cannons or mounted Rhotuka guns can be used by Combine, and even then it requires heavy permission and supervision. The Order, however, continues to manufacture personal Rhotuka Spinners and in turn sells them to internal members so that they may be attached to their backs. Concealed Rhotuka spinners are standard issue for undercover, ambush, surprise attack, or simply elite operatives, and will be installed onto them for free. Toa Weapons Toa weapons somehow bypass the effects of the field to a certain extent, and allow Toa to use a fraction of their elemental powers, and in turn are banned even from Overwatch ranks in every way shape or form. Despite the name they can be used by any species, not just Toa, and can concentrate any lost power. For example, X-Ray Eyebeams on Skakdi allow for them to see through a wall (foggily due to the field) by pointing it at said wall, or can activate their third power via the weapon. While the powers are still nullified they are far more prevalent than usual when channeled through Toa weapons. Made up Weapons If you want to make up your own weapon with its own abilities, go ahead and do so, but make sure not to make it overpowered and be consistent with its usage and abilities. If a weapon appears to be overpowered in some way you will be told. So yeah that’s about it for now. I don’t really want to write much more for fear that this may not even be a valid post due to its crossoverey nature but if it’s cool then I probably will because I personally kind of like this idea. Thanks for reading! -ToaOfAwesome
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