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* IAmNotLeftHanded: Before she every considers approaching the PRT, Taylor decides to hide some of her capabilities. [[spoiler:This saves her when she's thrown in the Birdcage; she still has parts of herself on the outside that the PRT doesn't know about.]]
--> When I actually joined, the Protectorate would want to know exactly where I had been making my creatures, so I would need to show them ''a'' base; I wanted to make sure it wasn't my ''only'' base.
--> When I actually joined, the Protectorate would want to know exactly where I had been making my creatures, so I would need to show them ''a'' base; I wanted to make sure it wasn't my ''only'' base.
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--> Being one mind in two brains was not what I was expecting; there was no stretching or reaching myself to try to do both at once, there was simply that much more of ''me''.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: Besides her spawning pools and "machines" being able to consume almost anything (though energy rich materials are better), Taylor idly notes that she could probably digest the chair she's sitting on in her school cafeteria.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: Besides her spawning pools and "machines" being able to consume almost anything (though energy rich materials are better), Taylor idly notes that she could probably digest the chair she's sitting on in her school cafeteria. She typically instructs her creations to feed on things that won't be missed, like garbage and compost.
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* ChameleonCamouflage: Real chameleons only ''wish'' they had camouflage like Taylor's runners. It adds a bit to the growth time but she considers the results well worth it.
--> Almost instant response time, perfect color fidelity, and I'm positive it covered a far greater spectrum than humans could even see in. It even had some funky refractive properties so that different viewing angles on a single patch of skin would have different color responses.
--> Almost instant response time, perfect color fidelity, and I'm positive it covered a far greater spectrum than humans could even see in. It even had some funky refractive properties so that different viewing angles on a single patch of skin would have different color responses.
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** [[spoiler:Making contact with the Tyranid Hive Mind]] damaged the templates Taylor originally triggered with. Still, Panacea prefers it that way - instead of working off [[spoiler:premade templates, Taylor can now innovate, merely drawing inspiration from the original Tyranids.]]
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** [[spoiler:Making contact with the Tyranid Hive Mind]] damaged the templates Taylor originally triggered with. Still, Panacea prefers it that way - -- instead of working off [[spoiler:premade templates, Taylor can now innovate, merely drawing inspiration from the original Tyranids.]]
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** Apparently the Shadow In The Warp affects some Thinkers. Coil is driven to a near VillainousBreakdown just by being in the same room as Taylor during her interview, even pulling a gun on her in one timeline, and even Contessa has trouble using a Path around them, to the point that even one separated from the hive mind is invisible to her power. The Simurgh's Scream doesn't work on the creation that Taylor sends to fight it, and she is unable to perceive it until it attacks her. Accord is immune because his power works by allowing him to plan better based on the information he has, not by gathering info ''for'' him.
** [[spoiler: It's also very hard to seize control of any part of her or her creations. When Noelle tries to duplicate one of her assault creatures, she spits out a pure Tyranid. While Taylor manages to force a connection with the creature and subsume it into her control, she knows that if she lets control slip before she can fix it, it's going to cause a bloodbath, so the Tyranid allows itself to be destroyed. The organic console she creates at the Birdcage is Mastered by Teacher, though the control isn't absolute, allowing her to see what Teacher is trying to do and subverting his attempts at escape.]]
** [[spoiler: It's also very hard to seize control of any part of her or her creations. When Noelle tries to duplicate one of her assault creatures, she spits out a pure Tyranid. While Taylor manages to force a connection with the creature and subsume it into her control, she knows that if she lets control slip before she can fix it, it's going to cause a bloodbath, so the Tyranid allows itself to be destroyed. The organic console she creates at the Birdcage is Mastered by Teacher, though the control isn't absolute, allowing her to see what Teacher is trying to do and subverting his attempts at escape.]]
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** Apparently the Shadow In The Warp affects some Thinkers. Coil is driven to a near VillainousBreakdown just by being in the same room as Taylor during her interview, even pulling a gun on her in one timeline, and even Contessa has trouble using a Path around them, her creatures, to the point that even one separated from the hive mind is invisible to her power. The Simurgh's Scream doesn't work on the creation that Taylor sends to fight it, and she the Endbringer is unable to perceive it until it attacks her. Accord is immune because his power works by allowing him to plan better based on the information he has, not by gathering info ''for'' him.
**[[spoiler: It's [[spoiler:It's also very hard to seize control of any part of her Taylor or her creations. When Noelle tries to duplicate one of her assault creatures, she spits out the result is a pure Tyranid. While Taylor manages to force a connection with the creature and subsume it into her control, she knows that if she lets control slip before she can fix it, it's going to cause a bloodbath, so the Tyranid allows itself to be destroyed. The organic console she creates at the Birdcage is Mastered by Teacher, though the control isn't absolute, allowing her to see what Teacher is trying to do and subverting his attempts at escape.]]
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* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Taylor is doing her best to avert this, starting by making biological net launchers for the Brockton Bay Police.
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* QuantityVsQuality: Taylor quickly determines that the templates given to her by the Hive Mind have cut corners in pursuit of ridiculous growth speed. She slows things down a bit to add more useful features, like camouflage of which "actual chameleons would be jealous"; it doesn't matter to her if a creature takes days to mature instead of hours.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Taylor is doing her best toavert defy this, starting by making biological net launchers for the Brockton Bay Police.
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* JustForFun/TheseLookLikeJobsForTheSuperman: Quite a few [[spoiler: in Canberra]]
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'' [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13012317/1/ Hive Daughter]]'' is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}''/''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' crossover fanfic by [=PlateGlassArmour=].
At that exact moment, Taylor Hebert connected to a vast alien entity. In most universes, she gets the power to control insects, in some, she gets a slightly different power. In this universe, in some cosmic case of wrong telephone number, Taylor connected to the wrong vast alien entity. In this universe, for a few seconds, Taylor Hebert connected to the Tyranid Hive Mind.
Can also be found [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/hive-daughter-worm-x-40k.666907/ here]](SB).
Can also be found [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/hive-daughter-worm-x-40k.49148/ here]](SV).
At that exact moment, Taylor Hebert connected to a vast alien entity. In most universes, she gets the power to control insects, in some, she gets a slightly different power. In this universe, in some cosmic case of wrong telephone number, Taylor connected to the wrong vast alien entity. In this universe, for a few seconds, Taylor Hebert connected to the Tyranid Hive Mind.
Can also be found [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/hive-daughter-worm-x-40k.666907/ here]](SB).
Can also be found [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/hive-daughter-worm-x-40k.49148/ here]](SV).
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** [[spoiler:Cauldron, minus Numbers Man and Legend, abandon Earth Bet rather than actually pay for their crimes]].
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** [[spoiler:Cauldron, minus Numbers Man and Legend, abandon Earth Bet rather than actually pay for their crimes]].crimes. Given that they end up stuck with The Endbringers, they'll wish they'd have stayed]].
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Can also be found [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/hive-daughter-worm-x-40k.666907/ here]].
here]](SB).
Can also be found [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/hive-daughter-worm-x-40k.49148/ here]](SV).
Can also be found [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/hive-daughter-worm-x-40k.49148/ here]](SV).
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* CoolButInefficient: Taylor and her creations are capable of operating without oxygen, but it's far less efficient and the couple times Taylor is forced to, she can barely think because of how much energy everything requires. She lampshades that there's a good reason that anaerobic operation isn't a feasible alternative to aerobic.
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* VillainsOutShopping: Once they get access to the internet, the inmates at the Birdcage largely use their allotted hours to look up family members, check sports scores, and other mundane activities. Knowing that their online activity is so ordinary causes considerable push-back against trying to sever the internet connection (not that anyone can).
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* VillainsOutShopping: Once they get access to the internet, the inmates at the Birdcage largely use their allotted hours to look up family members, check sports scores, and other mundane activities. Knowing Once the public learns that their online activity is so ordinary causes ordinary, there's considerable push-back against trying to sever the internet connection (not that anyone can).
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* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:Cauldron, minus Legend, is left stranded on an uninhabited Earth after Scion is killed. After a few months of Eidolon angsting over never getting a final battle against a WorthyOpponent, new Endbringers start attacking Cauldron]].
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* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:Cauldron, minus Legend, is left stranded on an uninhabited Earth after Scion is killed. After a few months weeks of Eidolon angsting over never getting a final battle against a WorthyOpponent, new Endbringers start attacking Cauldron]].
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* AffablyEvil: Accord when helping Taylor make plans to promote order.
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* AffablyEvil: Accord is polite and helpful when helping Taylor make plans to promote order.order, even when those plans could include a carefully orchestrated RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
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* KnightTemplar: Cauldron discusses destroying all of Canberra and killing everyone in it, simply because they can no longer Path it, ignoring that the city wasn't part of their Path to begin with once Simurgh attacked it. Though they try to justify that it might interfere with stopping Scion, their true motivation is being {{ControlFreak}}s who are upset that something is outside their control.
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* KnightTemplar: Cauldron discusses destroying all of Canberra and killing everyone in it, simply because they can no longer Path it, ignoring that the city wasn't part of their Path to begin with once Simurgh attacked it. Though they try to justify that it might interfere with stopping Scion, their true motivation is being {{ControlFreak}}s {{Control Freak}}s who are upset that something is outside their control.
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Taylor, as Myriad, gets her spawning pools in Canberra started up by using the corpses of every dead person she can find, as not only is the biomass high in energy for her creations but it also reduces the risk of disease from having thousands of rotting corpses lying around. She also realizes it's the perfect location to create another relay in case her one in Brockton Bay is ever destroyed as Simurgh Containment Zones aren't monitored.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler:When Scion very nearly catches her, Taylor desperately flees to the Warhammer 40,000 universe and into the protection of the Tyranid Hive Mind. When Scion pops in a while later, he's on the sights of the Hive Mind's unfathomably vast psychic power, and is quickly killed.]]
* LogicalWeakness: Ad Lib's power tells him which argument he thinks of is most likely to sway someone. However, it doesn't provide the argument; he has to think up the words himself and he won't know if his argument will work, just that it's the most likely to work.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler:When Scion very nearly catches her, Taylor desperately flees to the Warhammer 40,000 universe and into the protection of the Tyranid Hive Mind. When Scion pops in a while later, he's on the sights of the Hive Mind's unfathomably vast psychic power, and is quickly killed.]]
* LogicalWeakness: Ad Lib's power tells him which argument he thinks of is most likely to sway someone. However, it doesn't provide the argument; he has to think up the words himself and he won't know if his argument will work, just that it's the most likely to work.
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Taylor, as Myriad, gets her spawning pools in Canberra started up by using the corpses of every dead person she can find, as not only is the biomass high in energy for her creations creations, but it also reduces the risk of disease from having thousands of rotting corpses lying around. She also realizes it's the perfect location to create another relay in case her one in Brockton Bay is ever destroyed destroyed, as Simurgh Containment Zones aren't monitored.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler:When Scion very nearly catches her, Taylor desperately flees to the Warhammer 40,000 universe and into the protection of the Tyranid Hive Mind. When Scion pops in a while later, he'son in the sights of the Hive Mind's unfathomably vast psychic power, and is quickly killed.lobotomised.]]
* LogicalWeakness: Ad Lib's power tells him which argument he thinks of is most likely to sway someone. However, it doesn't provide the argument; he has to think up the words himself and he won't know if his argument will work, just that it's the most likely towork.work amongst the options he came up with.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler:When Scion very nearly catches her, Taylor desperately flees to the Warhammer 40,000 universe and into the protection of the Tyranid Hive Mind. When Scion pops in a while later, he's
* LogicalWeakness: Ad Lib's power tells him which argument he thinks of is most likely to sway someone. However, it doesn't provide the argument; he has to think up the words himself and he won't know if his argument will work, just that it's the most likely to
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** Taylor to get past the restrictions on Bio-Tinkers. Anything a Tinker creates has to be approved by the Protectorate beforehand ''except'' things they create before joining, so she seeks to give herself a decent set of creations beforehand so she'll be effective immediately rather than jumping through hoops to make anything at all.
** Done by both parties when [[spoiler:Dragon is forced to send Taylor to the Birdcage]].
*** Dragon preemptively tells Taylor to not hand over her files or even acknowledge their existence in any way. If she does, Dragon will forced to follow her orders and hand them over to Rebecca Costa-Brown. But if Dragon "just happens to find them" in her ship afterwards, she can pretend she doesn't know for a fact they're Taylor's and do whatever she wants with them.
** Done by both parties when [[spoiler:Dragon is forced to send Taylor to the Birdcage]].
*** Dragon preemptively tells Taylor to not hand over her files or even acknowledge their existence in any way. If she does, Dragon will forced to follow her orders and hand them over to Rebecca Costa-Brown. But if Dragon "just happens to find them" in her ship afterwards, she can pretend she doesn't know for a fact they're Taylor's and do whatever she wants with them.
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** Taylor to get past the restrictions on Bio-Tinkers. Anything a Tinker creates has to be approved by the Protectorate beforehand ''except'' things they create before joining, so she seeks to give herself a decent set of creations beforehand beforehand, so she'll be effective immediately immediately, rather than jumping through hoops to make anything at all.
** Done by both parties when [[spoiler:Dragon is forced to send Taylor to theBirdcage]].
Birdcage; she deliberately keeps herself as ignorant as possible so that she isn't forced into action]].
*** Dragon preemptively tells Taylor to not hand over her files or even acknowledge their existence in any way. If she does, Dragon will forced to follow her orders and hand them over to Rebecca Costa-Brown. But if Dragon "just happens to find them" in her ship afterwards, she can pretend she doesn't know for a fact they'reTaylor's Taylor's, and do whatever she wants with them.
** Done by both parties when [[spoiler:Dragon is forced to send Taylor to the
*** Dragon preemptively tells Taylor to not hand over her files or even acknowledge their existence in any way. If she does, Dragon will forced to follow her orders and hand them over to Rebecca Costa-Brown. But if Dragon "just happens to find them" in her ship afterwards, she can pretend she doesn't know for a fact they're
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: The very first scene of the story is Taylor noting that Lung just tore off her arm and how inconvenient that is. She then needs a moment to realize she's treating a missing limb as "inconvenient."
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: The very first scene of the story is Taylor noting that Lung just tore off her arm arm, and how inconvenient that is. She then needs a moment to realize she's treating a missing limb as "inconvenient."
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* MistakenIdentity: [[spoiler:Scion, when traveling to the Warhammer reality, mistakes the Hive Mind for another of its species and tries to start dialogue - only to be rebuked with a colossal blast of psychic power.]]
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* MistakenIdentity: [[spoiler:Scion, when traveling to the Warhammer reality, mistakes the Hive Mind for another of its species and tries to start dialogue - -- only to be rebuked with a colossal blast of psychic power.]]
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*** Sinker is used to create complex but single piece parts by melting the necessary materials into a mold.
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*** Newton raises the first couple windmills by slowly "climbing" a horizontal ladder while tethered to the top of the windmill.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Alexandria is interested in Taylor's creatures and arranges for a demonstration she's putting on for Piggot to go awry so she can abduct one. After the Triumvirate witnesses its effectiveness even when it's cut off from Taylor's HiveMind, they drop it from high above into the Indian Ocean, assuming it will die from the fall or drowning and that will be that. Had Taylor not specifically tailored the Tyranid not to self-replicate, the ecological damage would have been catastrophic. To make it worse, she manages to recover the damaged creature and now she has hard evidence of the involvement of Alexandria, Eidolon and Contessa.]]
** [[spoiler: Their sending her to the Birdcage to try and deal with her not only causes a public backlash against the PRT when news of Hive and Canary being sent to the prison on flimsy grounds comes out, along with the public support Hive had built up (with even a lot of Brockton's PRT troopers feeling outraged at what happened) and the charges that were installed in her creatures is revealed when one of her flying creatures fell with a hole in its face in traffic, but her HiveMind nature means that even though she's cut off from her Birdcaged original body, she's still active.]]
** [[spoiler: Their sending her to the Birdcage to try and deal with her not only causes a public backlash against the PRT when news of Hive and Canary being sent to the prison on flimsy grounds comes out, along with the public support Hive had built up (with even a lot of Brockton's PRT troopers feeling outraged at what happened) and the charges that were installed in her creatures is revealed when one of her flying creatures fell with a hole in its face in traffic, but her HiveMind nature means that even though she's cut off from her Birdcaged original body, she's still active.]]
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** [[spoiler:Alexandria is interested in Taylor's creatures and arranges for a demonstration she's putting on for Piggot to go awry so she can abduct one. After the Triumvirate witnesses its effectiveness even when it's cut off from Taylor's HiveMind, they drop it from high above into the Indian Ocean, assuming it will die from the fall or drowning and that will be that. Had Taylor not specifically tailored the Tyranid not to self-replicate, the ecological damage would have been catastrophic. To make it worse, she manages to recover the damaged creature and now she has hard evidence of the involvement of Alexandria, Eidolon and Contessa.]]
** [[spoiler: Their sending her to the Birdcage to try and deal with her not only causes a public backlash against the PRT when news of Hive and Canary being sent to the prison on flimsy grounds comes out, along with the public support Hive had built up (with even a lot of Brockton's PRT troopers feeling outraged at what happened) and the charges that were installed in her creaturesis being revealed when one of her flying creatures fell falls with a hole in its face in traffic, but her HiveMind nature means that even though she's cut off from her Birdcaged original body, she's still active.]]
** [[spoiler:Alexandria is interested in Taylor's creatures and arranges for a demonstration she's putting on for Piggot to go awry so she can abduct one. After the Triumvirate witnesses its effectiveness even when it's cut off from Taylor's HiveMind, they drop it from high above into the Indian Ocean, assuming it will die from the fall or drowning and that will be that. Had Taylor not specifically tailored the Tyranid not to self-replicate, the ecological damage would have been catastrophic. To make it worse, she manages to recover the damaged creature and now she has hard evidence of the involvement of Alexandria, Eidolon and Contessa.]]
** [[spoiler: Their sending her to the Birdcage to try and deal with her not only causes a public backlash against the PRT when news of Hive and Canary being sent to the prison on flimsy grounds comes out, along with the public support Hive had built up (with even a lot of Brockton's PRT troopers feeling outraged at what happened) and the charges that were installed in her creatures
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** [[spoiler:It also results in a ''minuscule'' turnout at the next Endbringer battle as none of the independents, rogues, or villains trust the PRT to honor the Endbringer Truce if they're willing to Birdcage one of their own who hadn't broken any laws]].
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* BioManipulation: Taylor has boosted her own body, it stronger, tougher, able to eat anything, breathe anywhere, and never sleep.
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* BerserkButton: After her traumatic experiences at Ellisburg, Director Piggot is ''not'' happy to hear that the new cape may be a bio-Tinker, immediately ordering Armsmaster to bring her in alive or dead as his top priority.
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** After her traumatic experiences at Ellisburg, Director Piggot is ''not'' happy to hear that the new cape may be a bio-Tinker, immediately ordering Armsmaster to bring her in alive or dead as his toppriority.priority.
** Even though Assault has never even met Hive, his own history makes him absolutely furious about [[spoiler:sending her to the Birdcage via KangarooCourt]], and only his wife Battery is able to stop him from going on the warpath with physical violence instead of words.
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** Even though Assault has never even met Hive, his own history makes him absolutely furious about [[spoiler:sending her to the Birdcage via KangarooCourt]], and only his wife Battery is able to stop him from going on the warpath with physical violence instead of words.
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* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Chief Director Costa-Brown insists that to ensure security, Hive's evidence against Alexandria and Eidolon needs to be handed over in person, in a week's time, without letting anyone else know.
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* BigEater: Taylor's bio-modifications are typically CastFromCalories, so she eats quite a lot to fuel them. Fortunately, her creations can typically consume just about anything with calories in it, but she sticks to human-compatible foods for her own body.
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* BerserkButton: After her traumatic experiences at Ellisburg, Director Piggot is ''not'' happy to hear that the new cape may be a bio-Tinker, immediately ordering Armsmaster to bring her in alive or dead as his top priority.
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* HeroicBSOD: After learning that Taylor could make creatures the size of an office building (but isn't because she doesn't want to scare the PRT), Danny stares blankly into space for several minutes.
* HiveMind: As befitting theTyranids.Tyranids, Taylor exists as one mind in all of her engineered bodies.
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* NoSell: After considering her options for responding to the Trio stealing her lunch and then returning it drenched in hot sauce, Taylor decides to just eat it anyway, in front of them, with her enhanced biology allowing her to completely ignore the spice and loudly proclaim her enjoyment of it.
--> If only they knew I could digest the seat I'm sitting on these days.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: Besides her spawning pools and "machines" being able to consume almost anything (though energy rich materials are better), Taylor idly notes that she could probably digest the chair she's sitting on in her school cafeteria.
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** NotSoStoic: That said, Taylor passes out crying after [[spoiler:learning she's being sent to the Birdcage]].
** NotSoStoic: That said, Taylor passes out crying after [[spoiler:learning she's being sent to the Birdcage]].
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* CouldSayItBut: Implied. When Armsmaster presents Hive with the explosive charges she's being forced to put in all her creations, he explicitly tells her that they're shaped charges so if she doesn't put them in just right, they might not be effective. It's left ambiguous if that's just his PoorSocialSkills or if he's trying to give a hint to a Tinker he respects on how to bypass the security measures placed on her.
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* CouldSayItBut: Implied. When Armsmaster presents Hive with the explosive charges she's being forced to put in all her creations, he explicitly tells her that they're shaped charges so if she doesn't put them in just right, they might not be effective. It's left ambiguous if that's just his PoorSocialSkills NoSocialSkills or if he's trying to give a hint to a Tinker he respects on how to bypass the security measures placed on her.
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* VillainsOutShopping: Once they get access to the internet, the inmates at the Birdcage largely use their allotted hours to look up family members, check sports scores, and other mundane activities. Knowing that their online activity is so ordinary causes considerable push-back against trying to sever the internet connection (not that anyone can).
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Amy's aka Panacea's reaction to touching Taylor or any of her creations is treated similarly to both caffeine and hallucinogenics. Besides causing her to just stare off at nothing for several minutes if allowed a prolonged touch, a quick touch tends to immediately focus Amy, something Taylor does when Amy is distracted or half-asleep.
* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: [[spoiler:Taylor's main body being imprisoned in the Birdcage has exactly zero effect (beyond leading to Lung's death), since a piece of her is still outside and she manages to establish a connection with the rest of her network very soon.]]
* MightyGlacier: Newton's power makes him stronger and tougher the slower he moves. If he's motionless, he can tank hits from Alexandria, but punching a wall would just injure his hand.
* MightyGlacier: Newton's power makes him stronger and tougher the slower he moves. If he's motionless, he can tank hits from Alexandria, but punching a wall would just injure his hand.
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* MundaneUtility: Taylor modifies one of her creatures with the only purpose of having an all time connection with the internet.
* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: [[spoiler:Taylor's main body being imprisoned in the Birdcage has exactly zero effect (beyond leading to Lung's death), since a piece of her is still outside and she manages to establish a connection with the rest of her network very soon.]]
* MightyGlacier: Newton's power makes him stronger and tougher the slower he moves. If he's motionless, he can tank hits from Alexandria, but punching a wall would just injure his hand.
* MundaneUtility: Much of Accord's plan for Canberra revolves around utilizing the various surviving capes and their powers to rebuild society.
** Smash and Grab and Highline use their powers to deliver supplies around the city. The latter is also perfect for erecting windmills and water towers[[note]]Her power lets her launch objects towards a given destination and with a given parabolic curve, and negates all momentum just before impact[[/note]].
** Sinker is used to create complex but single piece parts by melting the necessary materials into a mold.
** Scramjet is a tinker who specializes in air power and designs several windmills to supply power to the city.
** Newton raises the first couple windmills by slowly "climbing" a horizontal ladder while tethered to the top of the windmill.
** "Myriad" (aka Hive) uses her multitude of bodies to quickly communicate information all around the city and coordinate people's efforts.
* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: [[spoiler:Taylor's main body being imprisoned in the Birdcage has exactly zero effect (beyond leading to Lung's death), since a piece of her is still outside and she manages to establish a connection with the rest of her network very soon.]]
* MightyGlacier: Newton's power makes him stronger and tougher the slower he moves. If he's motionless, he can tank hits from Alexandria, but punching a wall would just injure his hand.
* MundaneUtility: Much of Accord's plan for Canberra revolves around utilizing the various surviving capes and their powers to rebuild society.
** Smash and Grab and Highline use their powers to deliver supplies around the city. The latter is also perfect for erecting windmills and water towers[[note]]Her power lets her launch objects towards a given destination and with a given parabolic curve, and negates all momentum just before impact[[/note]].
** Sinker is used to create complex but single piece parts by melting the necessary materials into a mold.
** Scramjet is a tinker who specializes in air power and designs several windmills to supply power to the city.
** Newton raises the first couple windmills by slowly "climbing" a horizontal ladder while tethered to the top of the windmill.
** "Myriad" (aka Hive) uses her multitude of bodies to quickly communicate information all around the city and coordinate people's efforts.
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* MundaneUtility: MundaneUtility:
** Taylor modifies one of her creatures with the only purpose of having an all time connection with the internet.
* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: [[spoiler:Taylor's main body being imprisoned in the Birdcage has exactly zero effect (beyond leading to Lung's death), since a piece of her is still outside and she manages to establish a connection with the rest of her network very soon.]]
* MightyGlacier: Newton's power makes him stronger and tougher the slower he moves. If he's motionless, he can tank hits from Alexandria, but punching a wall would just injure his hand.
* MundaneUtility:** Much of Accord's plan for Canberra revolves around utilizing the various surviving capes and their powers to rebuild society.
** *** Smash and Grab and Highline use their powers to deliver supplies around the city. The latter is also perfect for erecting windmills and water towers[[note]]Her power lets her launch objects towards a given destination and with a given parabolic curve, and negates all momentum just before impact[[/note]].
** *** Sinker is used to create complex but single piece parts by melting the necessary materials into a mold.
** *** Scramjet is a tinker who specializes in air power and designs several windmills to supply power to the city.
** *** Newton raises the first couple windmills by slowly "climbing" a horizontal ladder while tethered to the top of the windmill.
** *** "Myriad" (aka Hive) uses her multitude of bodies to quickly communicate information all around the city and coordinate people's efforts.efforts.
** After [[spoiler:resigning from the Wards]], Kid Win opens up an electronics and small engine repair shop, utilizing the fact that his Tinker specialty (modularity) means he can easily tell what part is broken and swap it out for a working one.
** Taylor modifies one of her creatures with the only purpose of having an all time connection with the internet.
* MightyGlacier: Newton's power makes him stronger and tougher the slower he moves. If he's motionless, he can tank hits from Alexandria, but punching a wall would just injure his hand.
* MundaneUtility:
** After [[spoiler:resigning from the Wards]], Kid Win opens up an electronics and small engine repair shop, utilizing the fact that his Tinker specialty (modularity) means he can easily tell what part is broken and swap it out for a working one.
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** [[spoiler:It also results in a ''minuscule'' turnout at the next Endbringer battle as none of the independents, rogues, or villains trust the PRT to honor the Endbringer Truce]].
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** [[spoiler:It also results in a ''minuscule'' turnout at the next Endbringer battle as none of the independents, rogues, or villains trust the PRT to honor the Endbringer Truce]].Truce if they're willing to Birdcage one of their own who hadn't broken any laws]].
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* TemptingFate: While developing the trauma spray, Taylor thinks to herself that it'd make for great insurance against being sent to prison because "it'd be a particularly stupid bureaucrat who tried to birdcage someone who created such a thing". [[spoiler:Piggot, with Alexandria's help, does indeed get Taylor sent to the Birdcage]].
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* ExactWords: Getting Tinker tech approved for usage by law enforcement requires a ranking law enforcement officer signing off on it and an expert in the relevant field declaring it safe for use. While it's intended to mean only the PRT and Protectorate can use Tinker tech, Taylor gives some to the local police department since they also count and the "relevant field" is non-lethal weaponry, which the police have plenty of.
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* ExactWords: ExactWords:
** Getting Tinker tech approved for usage by law enforcement requires a ranking law enforcement officer signing off on it and an expert in the relevant field declaring it safe for use. While it's intended to mean only the PRT and Protectorate can use Tinker tech, Taylor gives some to the local police department since they also count and the "relevant field" is non-lethal weaponry, which the police have plentyof.of.
** When explaining she can create anything organic if provided biomass, Taylor has to explain to Lustrum that she doesn't need to use food and that biological waste works just fine.
** Getting Tinker tech approved for usage by law enforcement requires a ranking law enforcement officer signing off on it and an expert in the relevant field declaring it safe for use. While it's intended to mean only the PRT and Protectorate can use Tinker tech, Taylor gives some to the local police department since they also count and the "relevant field" is non-lethal weaponry, which the police have plenty
** When explaining she can create anything organic if provided biomass, Taylor has to explain to Lustrum that she doesn't need to use food and that biological waste works just fine.
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Taylor, as Myriad, gets her spawning pools in Canberra started up by using the corpses of every dead person she can find, as not only is the biomass high in energy for her creations but it also reduces the risk of disease from having thousands of rotting corpses lying around. She also realizes it's the perfect location to create another relay in case her one in Brockton Bay is ever destroyed as Simurgh Containment Zones aren't monitored.
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* MundaneUtility: Much of Accord's plan for Canberra revolves around utilizing the various surviving capes and their powers to rebuild society.
** Smash and Grab and Highline use their powers to deliver supplies around the city. The latter is also perfect for erecting windmills and water towers[[note]]Her power lets her launch objects towards a given destination and with a given parabolic curve, and negates all momentum just before impact[[/note]].
** Sinker is used to create complex but single piece parts by melting the necessary materials into a mold.
** Scramjet is a tinker who specializes in air power and designs several windmills to supply power to the city.
** Newton raises the first couple windmills by slowly "climbing" a horizontal ladder while tethered to the top of the windmill.
** "Myriad" (aka Hive) uses her multitude of bodies to quickly communicate information all around the city and coordinate people's efforts.
** Smash and Grab and Highline use their powers to deliver supplies around the city. The latter is also perfect for erecting windmills and water towers[[note]]Her power lets her launch objects towards a given destination and with a given parabolic curve, and negates all momentum just before impact[[/note]].
** Sinker is used to create complex but single piece parts by melting the necessary materials into a mold.
** Scramjet is a tinker who specializes in air power and designs several windmills to supply power to the city.
** Newton raises the first couple windmills by slowly "climbing" a horizontal ladder while tethered to the top of the windmill.
** "Myriad" (aka Hive) uses her multitude of bodies to quickly communicate information all around the city and coordinate people's efforts.
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* AllForNothing: Cauldron's schemes in general completely fail.
** Kidnap one of Hive's Runners to examine and hope to duplicate it's anti-Thinker ability? The Runner escapes and lets Taylor know who stole it.
** [[spoiler:Birdcage Hive for learning about the previous scheme? She's a HiveMind so, once she gets over her initial breakdown, the whole affair is just a minor inconvenience]].
** [[spoiler:Decades of plotting to one day kill Scion? Hive does it by connecting Scion with the Tyranid Hive Mind]].
** Kidnap one of Hive's Runners to examine and hope to duplicate it's anti-Thinker ability? The Runner escapes and lets Taylor know who stole it.
** [[spoiler:Birdcage Hive for learning about the previous scheme? She's a HiveMind so, once she gets over her initial breakdown, the whole affair is just a minor inconvenience]].
** [[spoiler:Decades of plotting to one day kill Scion? Hive does it by connecting Scion with the Tyranid Hive Mind]].
* MightyGlacier: Newton's power makes him stronger and tougher the slower he moves. If he's motionless, he can tank hits from Alexandria, but punching a wall would just injure his hand.
** [[spoiler:It also results in a ''minuscule'' turnout at the next Endbringer battle as none of the independents, rogues, or villains trust the PRT to honor the Endbringer Truce]].
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: In protest to Hive being jailed in the Birdcage unfairly and illegally, Armsmaster, Ms. Militia, Battery, Assault,and Velocity all either retire, take a leave of absence or outright quit, and that's only in the Protectorate in the Bay; Gallant, Vista, Clockblocker, Kid Win, Browbeat and Aegis all either did the same or were pulled by their parents, the entirety of the Philadelphia Wards quit in protest, and Chevalier notes that half of the Chicago team wants to join them]].
** [[spoiler: Apparently the PRT's head of public relations publicly left, along with most of his team, as a result of what happened to Taylor as well]].
** [[spoiler: Apparently the PRT's head of public relations publicly left, along with most of his team, as a result of what happened to Taylor as well]].
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** [[spoiler: In protest to Hive being jailed in the Birdcage unfairly and illegally, Armsmaster, Ms. Militia, Battery, Assault,and Velocity all either retire, take a leave of absence or outright quit, and that's only in the Protectorate in the Bay; Gallant, Vista, Clockblocker, Kid Win, Browbeat and Aegis all either did the same or were pulled by their parents, the entirety of the Philadelphia Wards quit in protest, and Chevalier notes that half of the Chicago team wants to join them]].
** *** [[spoiler: Apparently the PRT's head of public relations publicly left, along with most of his team, as a result of what happened to Taylor as well]].well]].
** [[spoiler:Cauldron, minus Numbers Man and Legend, abandon Earth Bet rather than actually pay for their crimes]].
* SkewedPriorities: Legend notes that his fellow Triumvirate members care more about control than actually helping people, to the extent that they consider destroying Canberra, which is doing far better than any other Simurgh Containment Zone, simply because it's beyond their control.
** [[spoiler: In protest to Hive being jailed in the Birdcage unfairly and illegally, Armsmaster, Ms. Militia, Battery, Assault,and Velocity all either retire, take a leave of absence or outright quit, and that's only in the Protectorate in the Bay; Gallant, Vista, Clockblocker, Kid Win, Browbeat and Aegis all either did the same or were pulled by their parents, the entirety of the Philadelphia Wards quit in protest, and Chevalier notes that half of the Chicago team wants to join them]].
** [[spoiler:Cauldron, minus Numbers Man and Legend, abandon Earth Bet rather than actually pay for their crimes]].
* SkewedPriorities: Legend notes that his fellow Triumvirate members care more about control than actually helping people, to the extent that they consider destroying Canberra, which is doing far better than any other Simurgh Containment Zone, simply because it's beyond their control.
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* {{Invisibility}}: Most to Taylor's creatures.
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* {{Invisibility}}: Most to Taylor's creatures.creatures have access to this, including her PowerArmor. Though after a certain size, it becomes impossible for her to install it as the energy required would literally cook an organic brain.
* KangarooCourt: The sham "trial" used to [[spoiler:sentence Taylor to the Birdcage]] is openly referred to as such by Armsmaster, who notes that not only was the defendant never even informed of the charges, but that the prosecution used supposition and outright falsified information as evidence.
* KangarooCourt: The sham "trial" used to [[spoiler:sentence Taylor to the Birdcage]] is openly referred to as such by Armsmaster, who notes that not only was the defendant never even informed of the charges, but that the prosecution used supposition and outright falsified information as evidence.
