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****. Well, guess I'll have to be inspired to develop my own work in a vain attempt to compensate.

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Anybody going to do a review on it?

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They were a hard-working. peaceful people with an insatiable lust for knowledge. This desire sometime made them reckless and cruel." Yup. That sounds like Group-Think Atlanteans alright. Scale of their **** up also matches, although it had a lot more time to run rampant over its home dimension.

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Here's a potential answer to a perennial lore problem. Pondering on Atlanteans and Self Destructive Behavior (Optional material for why the Atlanteans constantly screw up (ala Sidereal Exalted), as expressed via Third Librarian Vesalius’ rambling internal monologue.) Atlantean subspecies has substan...

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Such things should send the tradition-minded True Atlanteans into paroxysms of horrified RAGE. All perfectly valid ideas. I think nobody would be surprised by Clan Tsitas getting hit by their species' perpetual 'idiot ball'. Which I think might be a real thing related to the gene modding they did t...

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P.P.E. to Activate: 40 Come again please? Okay...would 20 be more acceptable for the sunlight spell? It is. after all, mystic sunlight. The Water spell should be expensive because of both the manifestation of a material(water)+ duration, and velocity. Perhaps 35 at the high end? I was using the Bla...

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taalismn wrote:P.P.E. to Activate: 40

Come again please?

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And here's what I've put together in a day and a half. Next project is Atlantean OCC go-overs, picking through the Dark Crusade Rifter entries, and thinking about Shadow and Crystal Magic. GNE Tattoo Magic “Self-enlightenment is all well and good, but we all you manage to do with it is keep punching...

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An now for something a bit more PC related. I'm going over Secrets of the Atlanteans and Manhunter for ideas, so expect a GNE stance on Tattoo Magic, touched up Crystal Magic, and maybe something regarding the CS. Last one will take a while. GNE/USA Dimensional Pyramids *Unthinkingly condescending p...

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The Eternal Order in the Three Galaxies In this continuity, the Eternal Order ended up on Argus, the former public homeworld of Clan Aerihman. The story of how and why Aerihman fell is a massively multithreaded mess, resulting in a perfect storm of misfortune and coincidence that lends credibility ...

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A bit more crunch before I go into how the my version of the main Order ended up in the Three Galaxies and what they're going to do about it. Advancing the Tradition While the Eternal Order is mired in tradition, it acknowledges that traditions were developed due to existing needs, and thus the Orde...

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Here's the first part of the first draft on my take on the Mystic Knights, drawing from the entire in Rifter #45 to give details. The Xs are placeholders for where I intend to put them, which has already been decided, but you can swap it with whatever location you want. Part 2 will cover my version ...

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That was a good first draft, but it lacked a certain ‘zest’ to fit in with the other (munchkin) GNE OCCs. So I decided to turn it into a Mystic Commando. Its also given me some ideas for what to do with the Eternal Order in the post-MW era, so watch this space. The BlackWatch Initiative ---Modified ...

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I'll need to go over it, but the first problem that crops up is that Mystic Knights are, as the name says, Mystics. That means they have Mystic spell learning, which requires serious knowledge to work around. Not impossible, and the GNE has access to people that would have it, but it'll take some ti...

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I shouldn’t need to tell you what this is from or what it looks like. First blurb by taalismn. Recovered ‘Clamshell’ Heavy Exoskeleton "This kit's not a war-winner by itself, and no self-respecting metro world defense force would have it in the inventory, but the people manufacturing it and mos...

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Specialists tools for specialist situations. M-Factor damage is M-Factor damage, and even SDC sniper weapons can be a headache for rear line personnel. And the AMR is a valid choice for plinking off individual soldiers and electronics mounts.

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While the Python Syndicate/Alien Intelligence is not responsible for the Clasper, they/it are perfectly happy to serve as distributors for this craft at a reasonably low mark up. Where does one find reference for them or it? Earlier in the thread, at most 10 pages ago. 'Phython' is the Least Old On...

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While the Python Syndicate/Alien Intelligence is not responsible for the Clasper, they/it are perfectly happy to serve as distributors for this craft at a reasonably low mark up.

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I would not blink at the Cambridge tribes having a small outpost, with the environment being close enough to home.

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taalismn wrote:ASI/UWW-PB-90 ‘Spatra’ Light Blast Cannon

That is a good idea. Energy Blast weapons are still quite novel, and thus hard to deal with.

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The only quibble is that the damage on the grenade is extremely high for the relative power consumption. If that was a 12-shot equivalent it would still be practical, but for 4-shots its a steal. Give it some intermediary steps? How about I drop it to 2d4x10 MD, or 2d6x10 MD at most? The 12-shot 4d...

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The only quibble is that the damage on the grenade is extremely high for the relative power consumption. If that was a 12-shot equivalent it would still be practical, but for 4-shots its a steal. Give it some intermediary steps?

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And a bit of back filling for Kitsune ideas that haven't been formally part of the PS continuity. Need to whack at his spell lists and see if they've been covered elsewhere on the forum. Crystal TW Warheads “The biggest advantage of Crystal Heads is how easy they are to make. You don’t even need a t...

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And some love for the Orbitals. Also Kitsune conversions. Laika Station L-12 ‘Star Raven’ Flying Robot One of the MANY painful lessons that Laika Station has learned in recent years is that the L-7 Adventurer was too slow and poorly armed to be competitive in the current Orbital environment, as clea...

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Dredging at Kitsune's Pre-Rifts USAF to give some illusion of parity to the Coalition USAF SF-72C Starblade Hypersonic Fighter "Intel has confirmed that Chi-Town is trying to resurrect the Starblade, and they’re pulling out the stops to make it worthwhile. Even in the original configuration, th...

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And that's my cue to post some more Kitsune conversion on the PS thread.

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Vehicle Variants: The Free Worlds Council has been quick to copy the -LML-7JSM configuration, using its own light GMR tanks as the basis, and using its own copy of the AGM-258 JSM, nicknamed the ‘Chisel’, in actions aganst TGE forces. Both the GMR chassis and the JSM are sufficiently low-tech that ...

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And here I go, converting more of Kitsune’s work for the post-Reform CAF. There may be some fine tuning at some point. I’m combining the Smasher and the Sniper into one hull for simplicity’s sake. There’s art, and I’m confident he used the M22 Jackson of the Aliens franchise as a base. Consortium Ar...

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Can't image some of their leaders liking that, or the fact the AI that was watching over them didn't wake them when it should have and basically went rogue (at least it didn't pull a Skynet). Archie would have enough information on hand to clearly indicate that the Splugorth could have run over the...

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Expensive, yes, but its a role that's needed and their no other option, so it gets a pass by default. These sort of 'stiletto from the dark' methods can wrap things up far faster (and easier) than otherwise.

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While Harrisar may not provide particularly GOOD troops, the USA has picked up more than a few 2nd/3rd tier occupations that needs boots on the ground more than anything else. Given them militia gear and a few quality formations to stiffen them and they can prevent problematic local revenge purges a...

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I may or may not do a more in-depth explanation over the cultural and political questions that the IIRL Ukraine invasion has brought up, but here's some cliff notes. I'm basing heavily off of the youtube kF9KretXqJw for this. Rommanov has also made a statement of 'staying in Kyev in both tangibl...

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The current Ukraine crisis has made things awkward regarding Rifts Russia, but rest assured that while Romanov claims the title of Empress of Russia, the culture of her territory is as Ukrainian in any way that would still be relevant given the time span and environmental problems. Additionally, the...

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Mesons Weapons (which are missnamed due to the march of science) are from Traveler. They burst into a massive cloud of radiation at a targeted point, unless they are blocked by a shielding method. Traveler Meson Screens (which are the most common defense) don't prevent the burst from happening, but ...

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taalismn wrote:
Omegasgundam wrote:"Yah invested a lot in meat-tech when metal's superior."

I figure that the cyber and (biological) infantry bits would have already been covered, so I'll focus on cyborg usable equipment and vehicles.

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I'm going to go through the PS list and look at them from the CA perspective. Should be interesting.

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SolCannibal wrote:Depending on who they get in trouble with along the way, the ultimate fate of the Republik might be partly or completely out of their leaders' hands in the end.

But they can burn it all down in psychotic spite unless they massively outplayed and occupied before they have the chance.

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The whole Golgan reconquista thing has taken a dark turn with poot-poot going off the deep end, which is adding to the absurdity of Tom Clancy becoming the IRL plot writer. But the I think we've all agreed that the Golgans were ultimately going to choke to death on their logistical shortfalls and sh...

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When you have a decent planetary ley line network to work with, many things are now practical given enough set up time.

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Its happens in spread out settings. Communications and travel times being what they are, the true fringes may as well be in a separate universe as far as the core is concerned. It also brings some of the scale contrasts into context, and to paraphrase an IRL saying; 'the core thinks a 100 light year...

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Using some ideas from both Kitsune and Omegasgundam... Surface to Space Defense Systems(USA/General) Some of the more exotic methods of which anecdotes have emerged include magic. PS/ASI has been investigating reports that at least one world in the United Worlds of Warlock have used magic weather c...

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A bad OCC is one that simply does not belong in the campaign that's being played, be it from having poor justification or wrong power balance. A TERRIBLE OCC doesn't fit in ANY campaign. The Saloon Bum is one of the go-to examples of the latter.

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Ok, so batch response time. The Hemanar is the sort of niche design that makes far too much sense when you actually think about it, particularly when you start factoring MDC beasties. NG must be offering a skill program for their labor bots to the same effect, and the Coalition would have adapted so...

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A dime-a-dozen pit of scum and villainy that keeps the underworld economy going. The mineral strike is going to bring it all crashing down sooner or later, but the question is by who. The 'Forces of Justice', or at least the more organized ones, have incentive to do a throughout investigation before...

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Both of them can make things DEEPLY unpleasant for small bands of poorly equipped ruffians (such as stupid PCs causing trouble) and are still more advanced and capable than the overwhelming majority of what their expected haunts consider to be 'military standard'. The Buford is basically an alternat...

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Yes, this is why TW munitions are so feared. Add in an Immune to Energy talisman (see the Techno-Smithy) and you don't need mass salvos to decide battles in the bombardment stage.

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The relative expense can be written off as the usual magic surcharge, and with its TW features it can make mince meat out of anything that isn't close to the current technological edge. And it can have a massive direct fire potential with the Nova Blast, which is far more than any poorly equipped pi...

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taalismn wrote:*PS/ASI-SAIM-280 TW ‘Twister ’ Advanced Short Range Air/Space Multiple Warhead Missile
Range: (Boost Stage) 15 miles in atmosphere, 60 miles in space
(Attack Stage) 4.5 miles in atmosphere, 200 miles in space

Think this bit got mixed up. Other than that, good execution.

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One thing that hasn't been done is a 3G star fighter version of the Saab Draken you did. Its mentioned that Elves like it, so a TW model would be of interest to rebuilding UWW member local defense forces.

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So yeah, Thoth DEFINITELY wants somebody of Abo's cunning and patience on his side, rather than against him.....Abo may be faded/falllen, but Thoth knows that there's always the possibility in the megaverse of resurrections, corruptions, and(ironically) transformations. Better to have the old god w...

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