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DhAkael wrote:
taalismn wrote:Advanced Cultural Notes: (Shemarrian Star Nation) Leysan System---Wolf’s Path Enclave System

T.L.D.R. :lol: :D
Seriously though, saved this off in my archives and will read through it when I have time. :ok:
Well done sir. You at least weren't sitting idle like m'self these past few weeks. :frust:



Thanks. Couldn't take TOO long a break from this thread or I might lose momentum.
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For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
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That is a very awesome system. I hope we get more of these. I'm enjoying them.
"Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled or dead?"

"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."

"As you will it, your Grace."

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Aramanthus wrote:That is a very awesome system. I hope we get more of these. I'm enjoying them.


You can pay us back by making a contribution or two :D .
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For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
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And the Turning of a Page"

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*nails own foot to floor and chains wrist to computer desk*
Okay... you can stop guilting me into getting the SSN Hawkmoon done. :thwak:
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DhAkael wrote:*nails own foot to floor and chains wrist to computer desk*
Okay... you can stop guilting me into getting the SSN Hawkmoon done. :thwak:



And here I was about to suggest, after reading of a Random Encounter with vampire-Hunting Shemarrians in the latest edition of Vampire Kingdoms, that we look into Shemarrian/EShemarrian specialist anti-vampire gear. :D
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Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
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I have to read that book before I contribute.
"Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled or dead?"

"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."

"As you will it, your Grace."

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Aramanthus wrote:I have to read that book before I contribute.


Read it! Read it! Read it! The more we can get to contribute, the merrier! Whether you worship the Toaster, or root for big robot women, contributions are welcome!
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For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
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I am never going to worship "Talkie Toaster!" I'll be happy if he doesn't burn my english muffin. :D
"Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled or dead?"

"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."

"As you will it, your Grace."

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Aramanthus wrote:I am never going to worship "Talkie Toaster!" I'll be happy if he doesn't burn my english muffin. :D


Hagan's Revenge: "I drink your milkshake!"
ARCHIE's Revenge: "I eat your Pop Tarts."
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For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
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As long as "Talkie toaster" is never put in charge.
"Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled or dead?"

"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."

"As you will it, your Grace."

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Has anyone done any gravity based rail guns for the phase world based Shemarrians?
"Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled or dead?"

"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."

"As you will it, your Grace."

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Aramanthus wrote:Has anyone done any gravity based rail guns for the phase world based Shemarrians?


i seem to vaguely recall the main advantage to the gravity-based railguns was lesser recoil. frankly, the shemarrians are not the sort of people to worry about recoil :P

(i suppose it could be for neshemar/etc, but when you have something like 50% or more people using heavy weaponry, that's already pretty high...
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Shark_Force wrote:
Aramanthus wrote:Has anyone done any gravity based rail guns for the phase world based Shemarrians?


i seem to vaguely recall the main advantage to the gravity-based railguns was lesser recoil. frankly, the shemarrians are not the sort of people to worry about recoil :P

(i suppose it could be for neshemar/etc, but when you have something like 50% or more people using heavy weaponry, that's already pretty high...


I think another advantage of gravity based railguns is you can launch more specialized munitions without having a magnetic/ferrous sabot, or worry about the EM field of the rails causing havoc with any electronic based munitions. Also the gravity based ones could in theory launch far larger munitions. Most mass accelerator weapons of planetary bombardment in most sci-fi sources, such as the centari primus from babylon 5, uses a gravity based railgun type weapon to launch asteroids and other large masses to bombard planets to devastating effect.
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kronos wrote:
Shark_Force wrote:
Aramanthus wrote:Has anyone done any gravity based rail guns for the phase world based Shemarrians?


i seem to vaguely recall the main advantage to the gravity-based railguns was lesser recoil. frankly, the shemarrians are not the sort of people to worry about recoil :P

(i suppose it could be for neshemar/etc, but when you have something like 50% or more people using heavy weaponry, that's already pretty high...


I think another advantage of gravity based railguns is you can launch more specialized munitions without having a magnetic/ferrous sabot, or worry about the EM field of the rails causing havoc with any electronic based munitions. Also the gravity based ones could in theory launch far larger munitions. Most mass accelerator weapons of planetary bombardment in most sci-fi sources, such as the centari primus from babylon 5, uses a gravity based railgun type weapon to launch asteroids and other large masses to bombard planets to devastating effect.


Like anti-vampire wood rounds. Yeah, Phase World vampire hunters have the potential for being a bit more efficient with their high tech weapons.
"Lemme just grab a handful of pencils for my grav-shotgun. Dracs HATE getting downgraded with the Number Twos."
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For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
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Aramanthus wrote:Has anyone done any gravity based rail guns for the phase world based Shemarrians?


The Shem-Rahn Lightning-lance uses gravitic accelerators.
Otherwise their specialized TW rounds would have the crystal matrix shatter well before striking the target. :D
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DhAkael wrote:
Aramanthus wrote:Has anyone done any gravity based rail guns for the phase world based Shemarrians?


The Shem-Rahn Lightning-lance uses gravitic accelerators.
Otherwise their specialized TW rounds would have the crystal matrix shatter well before striking the target. :D



Still, flying shards of PPE-active crystal is nothing to sneeze at.
Imagine being SANDBLASTED by course cursed fairie dust. :twisted:
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Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"

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I guess I'll try and work up some Shemarrian Gravity rail weapons for here.
"Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled or dead?"

"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."

"As you will it, your Grace."

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kronos wrote:Also the gravity based ones could in theory launch far larger munitions. Most mass accelerator weapons of planetary bombardment in most sci-fi sources, such as the centari primus from babylon 5, uses a gravity based railgun type weapon to launch asteroids and other large masses to bombard planets to devastating effect.


the other advantage is true, this one not especially. you could easily build a gigantic regular railgun too.

and in any case, once you're talking about lobbing rocks down a planetary gravity well as big as Earth's, pretty much *anything* is a gravity-powered weapon.
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*FIREWORKS!!!!!!* :D :ok: :love:
Hope Brightlance has leveld up in regular game play to 3rd level!
viewtopic.php?p=2416223#p2416223
Last session she sorta was kept in the background, but this coming Thursday she will be set free to do as she was born to do.
Re; Act as diplomatic envoy of both the DART and the EShemarr...and to bring down the rain of fire on any nasty things the group may encounter. :lol: :nuke:
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DhAkael wrote:*FIREWORKS!!!!!!* :D :ok: :love:
Hope Brightlance has leveld up in regular game play to 3rd level!
viewtopic.php?p=2416223#p2416223
Last session she sorta was kept in the background, but this coming Thursday she will be set free to do as she was born to do.
Re; Act as diplomatic envoy of both the DART and the EShemarr...and to bring down the rain of fire on any nasty things the group may encounter. :lol: :nuke:


Congrats...feeling as I do like a self-declared godparent of the lady in question(sniff!) I'm glad to see her doing so well in life!
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For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
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My congrats also! That is always a great thing to hear! I'm formulating the weapons.
"Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled or dead?"

"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."

"As you will it, your Grace."

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Weapons? Really? Ohboyohboyohboynewtoys!!!
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Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"

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I'm going to try. I will try to keep them balanced. And I'll be happy to edit them if needed.
"Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled or dead?"

"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."

"As you will it, your Grace."

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*Volly ball BUMP*
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*SPIKE*
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Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"

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*goes through the archives and material already written*
Hrrmmm... what to add?
I have a few idea's but, nothing concrete yet. Don't want the Hawky-mooners to come across as uberfraulins, sorta like the S.o.T. CS empire at the end of the seige :P

can REALLY do without that kinda thang.
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DhAkael wrote:*goes through the archives and material already written*
Hrrmmm... what to add?
I have a few idea's but, nothing concrete yet. Don't want the Hawky-mooners to come across as uberfraulins, sorta like the S.o.T. CS empire at the end of the seige :P

can REALLY do without that kinda thang.

I know, I know, I know...I haven't been doing the ladies justice by getting off my tokus and doing new stuff for them...I have a few robots, a few ship and Warstead designs partially fleshed out, and some art of Shemarrian starships, but I've been so busy working out the stuff I was inspired to do by my short vacation I haven't gotten back to them as of late.
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"

--------Rudyard Kipling
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taalismn wrote:
DhAkael wrote:*goes through the archives and material already written*
Hrrmmm... what to add?
I have a few idea's but, nothing concrete yet. Don't want the Hawky-mooners to come across as uberfraulins, sorta like the S.o.T. CS empire at the end of the seige :P

can REALLY do without that kinda thang.

I know, I know, I know...I haven't been doing the ladies justice by getting off my tokus and doing new stuff for them...I have a few robots, a few ship and Warstead designs partially fleshed out, and some art of Shemarrian starships, but I've been so busy working out the stuff I was inspired to do by my short vacation I haven't gotten back to them as of late.


warstead? is that like a homestead, but covered in weapons and linked up to an army? :D
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Shark_Force wrote:
taalismn wrote:
DhAkael wrote:*goes through the archives and material already written*
Hrrmmm... what to add?
I have a few idea's but, nothing concrete yet. Don't want the Hawky-mooners to come across as uberfraulins, sorta like the S.o.T. CS empire at the end of the seige :P

can REALLY do without that kinda thang.

I know, I know, I know...I haven't been doing the ladies justice by getting off my tokus and doing new stuff for them...I have a few robots, a few ship and Warstead designs partially fleshed out, and some art of Shemarrian starships, but I've been so busy working out the stuff I was inspired to do by my short vacation I haven't gotten back to them as of late.


warstead? is that like a homestead, but covered in weapons and linked up to an army? :D



Close. It's a pre-Rifts Airstream with a SAM launcher on top, towed by the Damnation Alley APC.

Or. if you'd rather, it's a McMansion that comes with reinforced concrete walls. pungee sticks, land mine landscaping and barbed wire, for those times you home really DOES need to be your castle.
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"

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Advanced Cultural Notes: (Shemarrian Star-nation) Hawkmoon Tribe of the 3-Galaxies
“It is said that the flapping of a moth’s wings can cause a hurricane to occur on the other side of a planet. What storm then is born by the movement of the Hawkmoon tribe on the wing?”
~ Tallesha Cogwerker; master-magitechnician, Wayfinder tribe.

The colony vessel drifted erratically as atmosphere continued to pour out of the semi-molten holes punched through its hull. The sight pleased Yboos Maloor, Jelias of the Republik Argosy battlecruiser Perfection in Battle. It was only 2 deci-cycles ago the impertinent tee-hugging cat-ape Kiirn scum had the audacity of claiming “freedom of travel” near to the Republik’s interests in the Thundercloud Galaxy.

“Hmmmph, a likely story.” The frog-faced bug-eyed Golgan burbled in its mother tongue. More likely, spies or worse, military advisors to the thrice damned Shing prides. Both species were felinoid after all.

The Jelias was interrupted from its delighted thoughts of a victory over the up-start primitives and the capture of the spies (those who had survived the initial disruptor bombardment that is) aboard the drifting wreck, by the agitated waving of one of it subordinate low-echelon plebes.

“Yes Frias…uuurrrrp… Ollooop? What is it?”

The Sensor Intercept Officer stopped its jig-like movements and bowed 5 times, as expected to a superior and pointed to the forward display.
“Mighty Jelias, greatest of Republik Argosy gene-stock, Lord of this vessel; this lowly insignificance of a Golgan but more evolved than other species has detected multiple energy signatures on an intercept course with our mighty undefeatable warship.”

Maloor waited until all proper protocols (after all, Golgans were civilized people and knew that protocols were more important than brevity) had been observed, and them motioned for the sensor images to be displayed. It nearly had its eyes pop out and lower jaw turn inside out when the approaching vessels were revealed on visual; its multiple stomach chambers clenched as the technical readouts of armour-mass, power output and acceleration curves were overlaid on the octet of warships.

“Ohhhh Forge-slag…I mean –buuurrmmmphooom- All hands, prepare to, uuuffffoom…Engage in evasive tactical maneuvering to gain advantage, that’s it; tactical advantage evasion. Execute!”
The rest of the Golgan and lower echelon non-Golgan crew hurried to their duty stations to initiate the Argosy’s most successful maneuver when faced with armed opponents with greater numbers; retreat at full flank speed.
~**~

Aboard the Stromdragon Solar-Glory, Fleet Matriarch Murneva Farsight leaned forwards in her command seat; antennae stroking the air and the currents of electronic information flowing from all her warriors aboard the warship. It was by fluke that her command had been only a half parsec away and able to receive the distress beacon call. Though technically the raiding group of Hawkwind destroyers & Rhinocron transports were en-route back to the Eyre-system after a successful strike against the hated Sploogorthians, they were still at 80% battle effective status. Farsight glanced at her Chieftenesses to either side and both nodded their raptor-faced shaped headdresses in silent agreement. Allies of a sister tribe were in danger; the Kiirn, soul-kin to both Horrorwood & Wolfpath.
Though the feline-human Kiirn were an ‘enlightened’ race and were not slouches in either technology or the mystic arts, they were still quite naive when it came to galactic politics and what the more unscrupulous power blocks considered “just actions”. Such as attacking one of their lightly armed exploration & colonization vessel when still outside of sovereign space. Outside of what the Golgan called theirs.

The Shemarrian Matriarch raised her hand and all aboard the Solar-Glory and the rest of the naval groups vessels went still in anticipation.
“Send a Hypercom message to the Republik listening post at Sigma 973. Message as follows; To all who would enslave, attack or otherwise endanger those who are allies of the Shemarrian people, know this. We see you. The Hawks of the moon see far and our wings carry us swiftly. You have sown the wind, now you shall reap the whirlwind. End message.”
~**~

As the tachyon pulse was sent outwards to the borders of Golgan space, the lone Argosy battle cruiser raised its shields and lit-off its sublight drives in a vain attempt to escape the coming retribution. Others in the Republikan Argosy had encountered the maniacal gynoids in recent Decca-cycles, and usually in the same circumstances. The Golgan & “allied” crew on the Perfection in Battle recognized the symbol painted on the hulls of the ships on attack vector.
A crescent moon of blue-silver, points down, crowned by golden wings. The spiritual leaders of the whole lot of crazed warrior women ‘borgs.
Hawkmoon.
The last thing the Golgan vessel’s crew heard before their universe was transformed into a storm of kinetic shot and plasma fire was just six words intercepted on a broadband signal from the dragon-shaped battleship.

“Bring down the rain of fire!”

After the Shemarrian Civil War, when both ARCHIE-3 and Hagen Leonovitch were ousted from the Cyberworks facility and assumed either slain in battle or escaped via random rift, the free tribes of the Shemarrian people were at a loss. What would become of them? The Sploogorthians still threatened the Eastern seaboard, the Coalition states were recovering from their near disastrous siege against Tolkeen and were again (insanely) contemplating expanding further into North-America and rumours of daemonic incursions far beyond the usual snatch and burn raid. Also, the tribes and un-affiliated Shemarrians yet to be activated / awakened were still separate entities, having their own agendas beyond freeing themselves from being playthings of the twisted Maker & Shaper. Before the fires and dust had even settled, Shemarsahd Firemane of the Hawkmoon gathered together all the High Matriarchs of the 10 tribes along with their wargoddesses.
She proposed an alliance of the Ten-Tribes beyond mutual non-aggression; a TRUE nation of the Shemarrian people, with each tribe having equal voice in a parliament. Further, since the Hawkmoon (and as they found out near the end of the civil war, untainted Skullcrusher) had managed to cross the dimensional barrier into the Tri-Galactic ‘verse, that each tribe select a portion of their peoples to travel through the veil and establish their own territories in the newly opened frontiers. Finally it was proposed by the Hawkmoon Matriarch that those remaining behind on Terra, do as they had already declared many months previously; maintain a protectorate on their re-birth world and combat the hated Sploogorthians and their minions, while also allowing those with peaceful intent to live within the borders of the Shemarrian nation under Tribal aegis.
Hours turned into days as the Tribal leaders and their advisors conferred and debated. Eventually it was agreed and the Unification Accord was signed on a tablet molychrome alloy. A full 30% of each tribe, with newly grown progen-chambers and nano-forges, boarded captured & repurposed Kittani / Kydian slave barges and activated the one-time dimensional drives built into each vessel by the Shem-rahn templar technicians.

Fate (or the forge), it would turn out, had a sense of the absurd.

The tribes did arrive in the Tri-Galactic dimension, and did establish their colonies. However, the dimensional drives encountered a chrono-temporal anomaly. The Diaspora were propelled nearly 2 decades backwards in time. Over the next 20 years subjective, the 10 tribes reconnected and sent back representatives to 1 year after their departure date from Terra. Needless to say their spark broken sisters were overjoyed to hear that they had NOT sent their kin to oblivion, but instead had founded a young but very powerful inter-galactic nation. The Shemarrian Star Nation and the Unified Shemarrian Tribes of Terra, under the guidance of Shemarsahd & Goodbones (by unanimous vote of BOTH tribal conclaves) began to prosper and consolidate.

As written earlier, the Hawkmoon tribe are the keepers of the chimerical ‘Lore of the Shemarrian Peoples’ and the foundation of the Nations of the Ten Tribes. Under their guidance, the different natures & personality quirks of the various tribes work together to strengthen the borders of their scattered systems, conduct trade and legal procedure, and further the cultural unity and diversity of the Nation as a whole. In times of war, it is the Hawkmoon who act as over-all strategic command; allocating resources and tribal warriors as the situation demands. Every Terran year, the leaders send a representative to the Hall-of-light inside a massive space station floating in neutral space between all 3 galaxies. Even the Terran Union sends 10, one from each tribe, to sit in on policy decisions and to exchange cultural ideas. Though the most prolific and well established of ‘awakened’ tribes, the Hawkmoon do not dictate unilaterally; feeling that each of the 10 must find their own way in the megaverse and not be chained to one-mind ever again. That being said, most times it is to the bird-totem that the others look for guidance, even the Wayfinder & bellicose Bloodrider.

In the age of the Star Nation, the Hawkmoon have mostly settled into dual space and planet dwelling peoples. This particular tribe enjoys rocky mountainous worlds, preferably with atmospheres so they can feel the wind and hear it through the wings of their mounts or they wings upon their backs. Space based enclaves tend towards medium sized space stations that are like works of modern art; looping ribbons and hollowed spires off a central disc, reminiscent of the province / state sized world-ships some Elf variant races create. Inside, open air-high ceilinged domes and passageways radiate from the core-hub which contains power generators and the support systems all space stations require.
When visitors are allowed into the Hawkmoon enclaves they have equal chance of encountering NeShemarr in various degrees of biological completeness, as they are of any of the “true” Shemarrian peoples. Though not as nature oriented as the Horrorwood, Wolf-path or Cobra tribes, the Hawkmoon have an appreciation for the living, and so do try to keep viable bio & ecco-spheres in the places they live, if for no other reason than to comfort their NeShemarr and organic allies.

The average Hawkmoon member is a combination scholar, spiritually-aware neo-pagan and consummate professional warrior. Almost like the fabled Shao-lin monks of ancient China and/or how the Knights Templar were rumored to be (before their persecution; which draws ironic parallels). These Shemarrians have fallen quite far from the original personality template given to them by Maker & Shaper, rarely giving in to battle-lust or barbaric tests of strength. That is not to say they do not fight, and fight well. Unlike their Skullcrusher cousins, who charge into combat with grim and brutal will, or the Silvermoon who declare intent and act in chivalric arrogance, the Hawkmoon are consummate professionals.
Battle doctrine is based on 3 principles:
1) Tactical & Strategic Intelligence gained through various assets. If not in combined actions with other tribes, the Hawkmoon rely on their aerial warmounted squads for eye-in-the-sky recon, and their males for ground based scouting and electronic warfare (which also masks the actions of the already noted aerial corps).
2) Allocation of aerospace & terrestrial assets. Flight-capable warmounts and winged / flight-pack equipped infantry conduct airstrikes and harassment of the enemy air units, while Monstrex & heavy-weapon ground forces move in. In extreme cases, orbital artillery assets may be called in if no other alternative is found.
3) Precision. This can be summed up in a common saying among Hawkmoon warriors; “We are not Bloodrider or Skullcrusher; firing madly into the enemy lines, heedless of the ruin that our lance and gun and missile create. Like the Shrike and Hawk, we bide our time until the prey is positioned just so. THEN, and only then do we strike. One hit, one kill. Only when needed should we bring down the rain of fire.”

While still excellent ground fighters, the Hawkmoon warriors have grown to excel in both aerial combat with both warmount & aero-space fighter, and space-naval warfare, with only the Bloodriders coming close in daring and skill in fighter combat and the Darkwaters in naval tactics. These gynoids have embraced the sky so much, that they have nearly 80% of their warmounts megaverse-wide as aerial units. Even the Monstrex have limited zero-g maneuvering capabilities and atmospheric long-jumping (and even in some cases, gliding) systems.
Finally, the Hawkmoon have embraced technomancy whole-sparked; first when newly ‘Awakened’ when they found they could utilize the strange devices and war gear off their fallen enemies from Atlantis, then when they made diplomatic relations with first the Shem-rahn and then later Lazlo. Only the Wayfinder tribe utilize technomancy more, and then only because of that tribes founding. A full 40% of all Hawkmoon gynoids, vehicles and war gear have at least minor TW enhancement, if not being fully magi-tech from day 1.

Relations:
The Hawkmoon tribe is the most open to outsiders of all the ten tribes. They count among their outside allies the Shem-ma-nah-ren Shem-rahn templars and matriarchy, the city of Lazlo on Terra, the Warphunters & Hunter-Guardian guilds of Motavia in the Algol system, Kiirn and the Catyr. Among the tribes, they share close ties to Wayfinder, Silvermoon and Darkwaters.
*The Darkwaters are valued trading partners and staunch allies in space-based operations, though the Matriarchs of the Hawkmoon wish their sisters of the void would not be so…distant.
*Silvermoon artisans and “paladins” are always welcome at the Eyries and council halls, though most Hawkmoon twist their antennae in unconscious amusement at the righteous (some even feel “self-righteous”) stiffness and bombast of their gleaming kindred. A friendly rivalry exists between both ‘moon’ tribes, with the Hawks allowing their silver sisters to think they “…are the most pure and noble to the ideals of Shemarr and the 10”; a harmless delusion that the Lore-keepers of the Eyries indulgently let the Silvermoon keep on believing.
*Wayfinders, though nosey and curious to a fault, are also the moral compass and balance that the Hawkmoon listen too. Though not born of Shemarr & the Lightbringer, and awakened outside of the soul-sparks of the Ecotroz, matriarchs of the Hawkmoon Eyries always take council from the seers and sages from the “Finders of the way”, knowing that true wisdom can come from without as well as from within. That and the magi-tech born tribe have the most wonderful toys.
*Over the many years, relations with the Wolfs-path have become very cordial, though there is still a feeling of intense rivalry between Wolf & Hawk; occasionally sparking isolated brawls between young warriors & NeShemarr from both tribes. However, when the war drums sound, Wolf and hawk hunt as one, and woe betide the poor fools who have attracted their wrath. With Hawkmoon warriors taking dominating the skies, and the Wolfs-path hunting their prey through the brush and fields, forest and underground flushing out the enemy into the open for their aerial kin, very few opponents to the tribes last long when the two fight as one.
*The Horrorwoods are a valued trade partner for biological resources and refined warmounts and cyber-beasts. When the gynoid druids require aerial surveying of a potential new preserve, they are quick to call on the Hawkmoon aerial corp. to assist.
*Bloodriders. They are… well, they are sister Shemarrians, and are excellent shock troops when the Nation needs to go to war. Most Hawkmoon tribe members tend to respectfully give the Bloodriders a decent amount of personal space. Otherwise, in all likelihood, said Hawkmoon may be goaded or cajoled into a test of daring and “passion” that could be very bad for their physical wellbeing at the end…and just as likely end with a stern and verbose scolding from the Hawkmoon little-sister Spinsters as they are repaired in a nano-forge.
*Ghost riders have always been an enigma to the other tribes; the Hawkmoon being no exception. While extremely useful in intelligence gathering and covert stealth operations, the non-Ecotroz Shemarrians are usually treated like somewhat unbalanced but talented family members, who are welcome to visit the Eyries, but only for short stays. The Ghostriders have no problems with this arrangement; they know they’re bent and eccentric and take no offense…after all, what can you expect from a bunch of religious types with spare energy-state-lifeforms inside of THEIR heads?
*Also on the list of “charming yet odd relations”, the Sapphire Cobra tribe are like relations that found religion in some obscure cult and indulge a little bit too much in hedonistic pursuits. That being said, the Cobras are greeted as loyal friends despite their ‘kink’, and are highly prized as an alternate view-point into the mythos of the Shemarrian people. For their part, the Sapphire Cobra strive to help their conservative bird-loving sisters to lighten up and expand their frame of reference in the megaverse.
*Lastly there is the Skullcrusher tribe. Even so many years after (subjective) the Civil War, relations are strained between the two tribes. Most if not all the Hawkmoon are willing to forgive, though not forget, the persecution they faced from the Skullcrushers. They know that the death-bringers were acting under the influence of malign powers. The past is the past and the future should be embraced. From Reconciliation to present day, the Hawkmoon still pray daily for the torment of their grim kindred to be eased, and for peace-of-spark to find them.

Composition Notes:
*Spinster Tinkers- All “Little sisters” in the Hawkmoon Eyries are trained in the management and use of the Progen-chamber and nano-forges. Also a full 25% are trained starship techs (+15% to applicable skills).

*Valkari- About 1 in 10 Psi-shamnesses become Valkari in the Hawkmoon tribe.

*Males- The male Shemarrians have higher place within the society of the Eyries. They are invaluable for guarding and maintaining the record halls, and as forward observers for planetary combat operations; providing fire control for airstrikes and as E.W. assets.

*NeShemarr- The Hawkmoon tribe was the first to begin the practice of adopting and converting foundlings and the recently dead into their ranks. The practice still is maintained in the SSN, but now volunteer / adopted individuals are among the ranks of the NeShemarr alongside the ‘reclaimed’

*Acolytes- The Pariah variant is in charge of teaching the NeShemarr and recently progen born members of the Eyries. Acolytes are also highly regarded as medics for the Shemarrian’s biological allies, and as record-keepers in the archives of the SSN. Given time and inclination, an acolytes can petition to undergo the trial of the warrior to be ‘upgraded’ into one of the warrior caste, though most remain content to be the hands and minds that keep the Eyries running while their sisters engage in battle.

*Celestials- A new variant that was originally thought to be a one of a kind aberration, now appearing in small but consistent numbers. The first Celestial was ‘born’ to a human male and the first EctrozShemarrian to be progen-born. The couple engaged in the ritual of progen together as the consummated their relationship physically as well. The result was surprising to say the least. The Shemarrian that exited the progen chamber was of the Berserker type with the hair and “attributes” (albeit smaller than average to the Shemarr) of a female, but had bio-mechanical angel-wings (with micro AG coils in the spine, feet and shoulders), and the tattoos of a male-pattern Shemarr. On later inspection it was revealed that the angel-type was very much like how angels manifest… it was hermaphroditic.
Though uncommon, these “two-sparked” EctrozShemarrians do spontaneously appear, and for some reason only within the Hawkmoon tribe. Exhibiting “natural born” magitech enhancements, and an instinctual knack for daemon fighting, the Celestials are one of the elite, unique members of the Eyries.

Notable Technologies:
Most of the rites of upgrade, as has been discussed in earlier entries, focus on flight systems and raptor motifs. Flight capable wings, enhanced vision and telescopic cyber-eyes, micro-radar built into the forehead and antennae, and antigravity coils are all common upgrades / Progen “gifts”.

Technowizardry focus on flight, space maneuvering and daemon fighting.
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...oh my heart beat-th faster with joy! :heart:
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taalismn wrote:...oh my heart beat-th faster with joy! :heart:


viewtopic.php?p=2424111#p2424111
Complete(ish).
Still a few blanks to fill in, but that should cover the gist of it.
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DhAkael wrote:
taalismn wrote:...oh my heart beat-th faster with joy! :heart:


viewtopic.php?p=2424111#p2424111
Complete(ish).
Still a few blanks to fill in, but that should cover the gist of it.


Going to hardcopy and addition to folder. :ok: 8) :heart:
And getting back to drawing board and Shemarrian files.
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*EcoS-K-28 Draxos Heavy Aerial Warmount
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“You ever seen heavy armor plate run like sand? That’s what I saw meters-thick marcuge metal that was meant for shrugging off proximity nuclear blasts do...the ‘crushers just parked their dragon-sleds over the shielding and rained hell on it. The stuff held for a minute or so, and then ...well, the Warleader made good on her oath to drown the necroloving man-demons in their own blood after that.”

The Draxos is a new War Mount that has appeared in the ranks of the Skullcrusher Tribe. Its introduction, so soon after the emergence of the young WarGoddess Nerys Night-Sunder to prominence in the Skullcrusher leadership, suggests that the new War Mount, like the recently-debuted Tartog Battleship, is part of Night-Sunder’s efforts to revitalize the pride of the Skullcrushers and secure the favor of her Tribeskin.
The Draxos bears a superficial resemblance in configuration to the Hawkmoon Axyridis(or ‘Shemarrian Griffin’) in that it is a winged quadraped, but the Draxos is MUCH more massive with its weight of shielding and ordnance. The Draxos is pure unadulterated firepower; it’s essentially a flying gunship meant to terrorize and pulverize the Shemarrians’ enemies. Relatively slow in normal flight, it is heavily armored and armed, meant to loiter over a battlefield, soaking up damage, while raining hell on enemies below.
The Draxos sports a heavily armored chest or thorax section concealing a battery of heavy energy cannons, while a pair of Shatter cannons are mounted in the wingroots. Towards the back of the Draxos are two large capacity short-range missile launchers. In addition to its ranged attacks, the Draxos can claw and bite like any other Warmount. The broad back holds enough space for the rider and a half-dozen armored Shemarrian warriors, although they are exposed to the elements and not fully enclosed. The massively-armored ‘wings’ serve to shield both the riders and the additional weaponry on the main body. The Draxos mounts very heavy armor and is able to survive considerable damage, being hardened against even close-proximity nuclear strikes.
The Draxos first debuted on Night-Sunder’s birthworld of Carnaphade, where the first of the new Warmounts were used to crack open the fortified strongholds of the cyber-extremists who held sway there. It has since been seen on other Skullcrusher fronts in support of their troops. The Draxos has yet to appear in any great numbers, given the expense in terms of materials and energy needed to make each individual one. It is currently deployed with senior or elite combat formations on the front lines of the Skullcrushers’ campaigns against the Splugorth.
The Draxos remains exclusive to the Skullcrushers.
Type: EcoS-K-28 Draxos
Class: Robotic Warmount
Crew: None; robot intelligence
1 rider/pilot, and room for 1-8 passengers
MDC/Armor by Location:
Main Body 960
Head 300
SkullShatter Cannon(2) 250 each
Chest Plasma Cannons(4, only susceptible to damage when exposed for firing) 60 each
Wing Shields(4) 320 each
Short Range Missile Launchers(2) 110 each
Tail Fin 200
Legs(4) 200 each
Height: 11 ft at top of neck; the wings can extend up another 12 ft
Width: 14 ft , 55 ft w/ wings at full extension
Length: 20 ft
Weight: 6 tons
Cargo: Small space inside/beside the saddle-seat for a few personal possessions and sidearms, plus whatever can be lashed to the back.
Physical Strength: Equivalent to Robotic P.S. of 40
Powerplant: Nuclear w/ 20 year energy life
Speed: (Running) 50 MPH
(Flying) 300 MPH, maximum altitude 18,000 ft
(Space) Not possible
(Underwater) Limited to crawling along the bottom at 5 MPH, maximum depth 800 ft.
Market Cost: Exclusive to the Ecotroz-Shemar
Systems of Note:
Full optical systems, laser targeting, passive nightvision, telescopic vision, thermal imaging, infrared, ultraviolet, and polarization filters. Also has motion and heat detection, built-in radar( 60 mile range) and other standard power armor-equivalent systems. Additional/special sensors may be built in by the creating Spinsters or at the behest of individual riders/owners.

*Bionic Cybernanite Repair Systems---ALL Draxos have the same bionic nanotech repair system that the Ecotroz Shemar have refitted themselves with, and which is the standard among NeShemar as well. These systems repair 4d6 MD per hour, and can repair 400 MDC before needing material stocks to convert to MD repair material.


Weapons Systems:
1) ’SkullShatter’ Cannon(2)---This is a heavy weapon based on the Wolf’s Path ‘Goddess Hammer’ cannon, which was essentially several Shemarrian carbine rail guns bundled into a gatling gun arrangement for rapid fire. The Skullcrushers, after much effort, managed to acquire the schematics for the weapon so they could make their own, but also went about producing an even heavier long-barreled version using standard 6000-series rail guns instead of the shorter 4000-series carbines. The resulting half-ton weapon is too heavy for individual foot soldiers to carry, but it can be hefted by Skullcrusher Necriants, or vehicle/War Steed-mounted. The Draxos mounts TWO of the weapons in its wingroots, giving it the ability to lay down hellacious damage that can reduce tanks , robots, and fortifications to waste in seconds.
During the reduction of fortifications on Carnaphade, observers described the effect of the paired heavy autocannon on meters-thick heavy armor as ‘liquification’.
Range: 6,000 ft
Damage: 2d6x10 MD per round, 6d6x10 MD for a three shot burst, 1d6MDx100 for a six shot burst(!)
Rate of Fire: ECHH
Payload: 820 shot drum per cannon.

2) Chest Plasma Cannons---Mounted behind sliding plates in the chest is an array of plasma cannons that fairly bristle from the thorax of the Draxos when deployed. The cannon array has a 45-degree arc of fire, allowing the cannon to be ‘fanned’ over an area. A favorite tactic of Skullcrushers is to hover over a target and barrage-fire directly under them in the so-called ‘hell rain’ attack; few opponents can stand up for long under the fiery deluge.
Range: 4,000 ft
Damage: 2d4x10 MD per single blast, 8d4x10 MD for all four cannons firing simultaneously.
Rate of Fire: ECHH
Payload: Effectively Unlimited

3) Short Range Missile Launchers(2)---Mounted at the rear of the Draxos, behind the passengers and to either side, shielded by the wings, are two short range missile launchers.
Range: Varies by Missile Type(Short Range)
Damage: Varies by Missile Type(Short Range)
Rate of Fire: Volleys of 1-8
Payload: 32 SRMs each launcher, total of 64

4) (Optional) Underwing Hardpoints(4-6)---The Draxos can mount underwing ordnance if so desired.
a) Mini-Missiles---9(3x3 shot tubes) per hardpoint

b) Short Range Missiles----Three per hardpoint

c) Medium Range Missiles---Two per hardpoint

d) Rotary Laser Cannon---Identical to those available to the Monst-Rex
Range: 2,000 ft
Damage: 1d6x10+4 MD per rapid-fire burst
Rate of Fire: ECHH
Payload: Effectively Unlimited

e) Plasma Ejector---Identical to those available to the Monst-Rex.
Range: 1,600 ft
Damage: 4d6 MD per shot
Rate of Fire: ECHH
Payload: Effectively Unlimited

f)Bombs---Up to 750 lbs of ordnance can be mounted per hardpoint
*250-lb Bomb----2d4x10 MD to 50 ft blast radius
*500-lb Bomb----4d4x10 MD to 60 ft blast radius
*750-lb Bomb----4d6x10 MD to 65 ft blast radius
Payload: One bomb(up to 750 lbs)
Note: The Draxos can engage in divebombing maneuvers; doing so means that the Warsteed approaches the target in a dive(45-degrees or better), releases its bomb(at 5,000 ft or less distance from the target), and then pulls out. A successful dive-bombing attack requires a Piloting roll at -10%, but the dropped ordnance is +2 to strike, and gets a +2d4 MD for the extra speed assist in penetration.

Programming:
The Ecotroz have installed robotic AIs, then infected the matrix with a low-level Ecotroz sentience. The Draxos has a personality that has been described as ‘vulture-like’ by outsiders; it is quiet and patient, and willing to wait/loiter for long periods of time between combats/kills. Once it senses imminent battle, the creature is all too willing to pounce and kill mercilessly. The Draxos are often rewarded for good combat by being allowed for feed on battlefield wreckage, so part of their eagerness in battle is hunger. Its metallic screeching during battle has been described as nerve-wracking to anybody except a Skullcrusher; a squadron-wing of them chorusing their impatience to feed is a death-dirge to the enemies of the Shemar.
Typically has the same basic programming as for the Monstrex.
The Ecotroz entity can also pick up one Secondary skill at levels 2, 6, and 12 of experience, though the nature of the Draxos’ intelligence and design is such that it is limited to skill selections from Technical: Language(understanding) and Lore, Espionage(Detect Ambush, Detect Concealment), Wilderness(Track Humanoids, Track Animals, Hunting, Identify Plants and Fruits)
Actions/Attacks Per Melee: 5
Initiative +2 (+1 from the Ecotroz entity for a total of +3)
Dodge +1 on land, +4 in flight
Strike +1 (+2 w/ ranged weaponry)
Roll +2
Bite 3d6 MD
Blunt Claw Strike 2d6 MD
Claw Strike 5d6 MD
Power Claw Strike(2 attacks) 1d6x10 MD
Pounce/Drop-Stomp 2d4x10 MD

Note: The Ecotroz intelligence fragment inhabiting the ‘bot gives the Draxos an aura and behavior more befitting a sentient being than a robot.

The Ecotroz fragment does occasionally need sleep/rest...though they only need 2 hours of rest/meditation per 24 hours...they can push this, going without for as many days as they have I.Q. points, but will have to go dormant for 4d6 hours after such exertion.

Note also that the Ecotroz-possessed ‘bot can infect other bots with the Ecotroz viral-entity, by bite or sustained touch(takes 3 attacks).

Variants:
*EcoS-K-28B---This variant does away with the ability to carry passengers on its back, instead adding a large hump immediately aft of the rider’s saddle, holding a forcefield generator that provides 400 MDC of protection.
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taalismn wrote:*EcoS-K-28 Draxos Heavy Aerial Warmount

:eek:
*blink blink*
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DhAkael wrote:
taalismn wrote:*EcoS-K-28 Draxos Heavy Aerial Warmount

:eek:
*blink blink*


Yeah. It's less "techno-living bestial companion" and more "flying artillery".
I have a pretty good idea what it looks like...just have to sketch it up...
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taalismn wrote:
DhAkael wrote:
taalismn wrote:*EcoS-K-28 Draxos Heavy Aerial Warmount

:eek:
*blink blink*


Yeah. It's less "techno-living bestial companion" and more "flying artillery".
I have a pretty good idea what it looks like...just have to sketch it up...


To me I think it would incorporate features from black dragons (more from D&D style), with very skeleton looking skull/head. Kind of like this http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2FLkX7OfBBs/TVHDgNFV89I/AAAAAAAABNM/QsMJnLLnArQ/s1600/Gargantuan%2BBlack%2BDragon.jpg
Love the Draxos! About time the Skullcrushers got some more love!
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Love the Draxos! About time the Skullcrushers got some more love!


Thanks. When I started the idea of the Shemarrians in space, I thought that I'd be going overboard with the DarkWaters Tribe which was one of my favorites, but strange how things work out: I've hardly touched their gear(although I've had some ideas) while those girls-gone-bad-gone-good the Skullcrushers have been getting more and more stuff....Maybe it's because they're so grimdark overkill, at the same time thoroughly epitomizing what ARCHIE-3 and Hagan wanted the Shemarrian to be(aggressive and scary as hell) while also being that opposite(committed to upholding peace through total violence), or they're trying so hard to redeem themselves, they've just sorta grown on me.
So they're going to get more lovin' in the future.
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No complaints from me :D
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that is a truly terrifying amount of firepower. i hope i never have the misfortune to be on the wrong side of one of those things. :eek:

frankly, given stuff like that... i'm curious how the skullcrushers manage to get much fighting in. given a choice between fighting those things and surrendering, it's not too hard to figure out which is more likely to leave you alive 0.o
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taalismn wrote:
kronos wrote:[
Love the Draxos! About time the Skullcrushers got some more love!


Thanks. When I started the idea of the Shemarrians in space, I thought that I'd be going overboard with the DarkWaters Tribe which was one of my favorites, but strange how things work out: I've hardly touched their gear(although I've had some ideas) while those girls-gone-bad-gone-good the Skullcrushers have been getting more and more stuff....Maybe it's because they're so grimdark overkill, at the same time thoroughly epitomizing what ARCHIE-3 and Hagan wanted the Shemarrian to be(aggressive and scary as hell) while also being that opposite(committed to upholding peace through total violence), or they're trying so hard to redeem themselves, they've just sorta grown on me.
So they're going to get more lovin' in the future.


Hehe, yeah. How about some more love for the Ghostriders?
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kronos wrote:Hehe, yeah. How about some more love for the Ghostriders?

Funny you should mention that... :D :quiet:
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Shark_Force wrote:that is a truly terrifying amount of firepower. i hope i never have the misfortune to be on the wrong side of one of those things. :eek:

frankly, given stuff like that... i'm curious how the skullcrushers manage to get much fighting in. given a choice between fighting those things and surrendering, it's not too hard to figure out which is more likely to leave you alive 0.o

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In reagrds to last post...
BUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :lol:
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DhAkael wrote:In reagrds to last post...
BUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :lol:


Oh, just you wait....If the Draxos was a FLYING tank.... :twisted:
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taalismn wrote:
DhAkael wrote:In reagrds to last post...
BUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :lol:


Oh, just you wait....If the Draxos was a FLYING tank.... :twisted:


it *is* a flying tank.

well. sort of.

it's a skullcrusher shemarrian flying tank anyways. which means it's a bit more like two regular tanks welded together and given animal-level intelligence, with a somewhat-insane amazon warrior carrying armaments equivalent to a third tank riding on its back.

but you get the picture, i'm sure ^^
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Shark_Force wrote:
taalismn wrote:
DhAkael wrote:In reagrds to last post...
BUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :lol:


Oh, just you wait....If the Draxos was a FLYING tank.... :twisted:


it *is* a flying tank.

well. sort of.

it's a skullcrusher shemarrian flying tank anyways. which means it's a bit more like two regular tanks welded together and given animal-level intelligence, with a somewhat-insane amazon warrior carrying armaments equivalent to a third tank riding on its back.

but you get the picture, i'm sure ^^



No, I mean the Draxos beinga flying tank, in order to get it to fly with all those weapons you gotta expect some sacrifices of what could have been.
Now if the thing didn't have to fly... :twisted:

(Updated the Draxos by removing the Banishment susceptibility; after all, the thing was effectively born/manufactured with software/soulware/hardware fully integrated)
(also updated the Shemarrian Codex to feature the Draxos and the Elite Celestial(WIP)
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Those are some cool creations. I am still working on those weapons.
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Aramanthus wrote:Those are some cool creations. I am still working on those weapons.

heh... and the Celestials are sort of a half formed idea swiming in my head.

Really shouldn't wake up my muse after doing a marathon archive dive of Mahou Sensei Negima. :angel:
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DhAkael wrote:
Aramanthus wrote:Those are some cool creations. I am still working on those weapons.

heh... and the Celestials are sort of a half formed idea swiming in my head.

Really shouldn't wake up my muse after doing a marathon archive dive of Mahou Sensei Negima. :angel:



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