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** Taylor ultimately decides to make removal of parahuman powers a condition of visiting most of the infrastructure she's building, after she finds a particular power that, if exposed to enough mana, would turn its host into {{antimatter}}.
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* MileLongShip: The ''Blueberry One'' is a triangular starship, five kilometers on each edge, and ''bigger on the inside''. It's designed to have a population of half a million people, but could evacuate three million comfortably. It actually can land, but it creates shockwaves when it does, so generally only on uninhabited planets.
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** The ''Blueberry One'' is a triangular starship, five kilometers on each edge, and ''bigger on the inside''. It's designed to have a population of half a million people, but could evacuate three million comfortably. It actually can land, but it creates shockwaves when it does, so generally only on uninhabitedplanets.planets.
** ''Apple'' class starships are similarly shaped, but seven times longer and wider, seventy kilometres across. Even Taylor has a hard time believing Hive wants to build something that big.
** And that's not even the theoretical limit.
---> '''Hive:''' Assuming the Apple series scales as desired, we may eventually want to consider building the Coconut series. It comes in at a thousand kilometers, or one megameter, at the widest point. But I don't anticipate us reaching that point for quite a while, assuming we ever do. The Apple class may be enough for our purposes.
** The ''Blueberry One'' is a triangular starship, five kilometers on each edge, and ''bigger on the inside''. It's designed to have a population of half a million people, but could evacuate three million comfortably. It actually can land, but it creates shockwaves when it does, so generally only on uninhabited
** ''Apple'' class starships are similarly shaped, but seven times longer and wider, seventy kilometres across. Even Taylor has a hard time believing Hive wants to build something that big.
** And that's not even the theoretical limit.
---> '''Hive:''' Assuming the Apple series scales as desired, we may eventually want to consider building the Coconut series. It comes in at a thousand kilometers, or one megameter, at the widest point. But I don't anticipate us reaching that point for quite a while, assuming we ever do. The Apple class may be enough for our purposes.
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* BenevolentAlienInvasion: When inventing laws for the Empire she supposedly comes from, Taylor inadvertently gives herself an obligation to ''conquer planets'' if their living conditions are bad enough. Danny arranges a scan of the affected populations' minds, and it turns out that on some of the worst worlds, like the one where half the population is enslaved, there would be overwhelming support for being invaded if it meant establishing a reasonable standard of living.
--> '''Taylor:''' ...why did I put those rules in there?\\
'''Danny:''' Because they're honestly a good thing in the short and long term for the people that you'd be helping.
--> '''Taylor:''' ...why did I put those rules in there?\\
'''Danny:''' Because they're honestly a good thing in the short and long term for the people that you'd be helping.
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* MuggingTheMonster: Subverted when Taylor goes to a convenience store as Minerva, and sees the customer ahead of her do a double-take, before eventually paying for his beer and leaving. A later interlude from his point of view shows that he intended the beer to be just a prop, and was about to hold up the checkout staff as soon as other customers were out of the way -- until he saw ''Minerva'' walking in and essentially blue-screened, before deciding that he [[INeedADrink actually does need that beer]].
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* PlausibleDeniability: Danny doesn't want to be told exactly how Erwin is going to be getting answers from people, especially after a baseball bat is mentioned.
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** When Danny is given an inkling of just how many shards there are, he asks if the kitchen has beer.
---> '''Ethan:''' If it doesn't then it probably won't take long to convince the systems to make some for us.
---> '''Ethan:''' If it doesn't then it probably won't take long to convince the systems to make some for us.
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* GreyGoo: When Dragon needs a lot more construction drones, Taylor remembers that she left some constructing more of themselves, and had forgotten to turn them off...fortunately in an alternate solar system.
--> '''Dragon:''' They've completely consumed around a third of that system's Mercury.
--> '''Dragon:''' They've completely consumed around a third of that system's Mercury.
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* MileLongShip: The ''Blueberry One'' is a triangular starship, five kilometers on each edge, and ''bigger on the inside''. It's designed to have a population of half a million people, but could evacuate three million comfortably. It actually can land, but it creates shockwaves when it does, so generally only on uninhabited planets.
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* AlienGeometries: Missy helps design a spatially warped theme park feature, including an "impossible bandstand", and is quite proud of the results, especially the likelihood of giving visitors headaches.
--> The instruments couldn't possibly work in three dimensions at all and he wasn't sure which direction was 'down' to the bandstand itself. Or in general, really.
--> The instruments couldn't possibly work in three dimensions at all and he wasn't sure which direction was 'down' to the bandstand itself. Or in general, really.
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* BattleCouple: Armsmaster and Dragon [[spoiler:go after Bastard Son in their Unison form]]. It's basically a date.
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* StoneWall: Subverted for [[spoiler:Dinah]], who ''expected'' to learn only defensive spells, since the basis of her becoming a mage was the promise of being safer, and is surprised to hear suggestions about creating Knight Object knives, or razor-sharp fingernail extensions, in a pinch.
--> This wasn't where anything was supposed to go, discussion-wise. "What happened to me focusing on defense?"\\
Her mother waved her hand dismissively. "You'd have figured some of this out eventually, and occasionally the best defense is threatening to castrate an idiot."
--> This wasn't where anything was supposed to go, discussion-wise. "What happened to me focusing on defense?"\\
Her mother waved her hand dismissively. "You'd have figured some of this out eventually, and occasionally the best defense is threatening to castrate an idiot."
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* MasterOfUnlocking: With dimensional trickery and mana-based recognition, it's not difficult for Taylor to produce locks that non-mages simply can't pick. However, for fun and to increase engagement with the public, she does produce a selection of locks as a public challenge to anyone who thinks they can pick them. Level 0/10 is a fairly regular six-pin lock, increasing steeply in difficulty from there, and anything rated above 4 has a mana signature check. It doesn't take long before curious members of the public start setting up filming and trying their hands at it.
--> The six-bladed key with a hundred and eight interaction points and a less-obvious mana-in-the-key check was an obvious one to include, and per their statements that it was 'medium-security, suitable for short-term use' she'd given it a rating of five out of ten.
--> The six-bladed key with a hundred and eight interaction points and a less-obvious mana-in-the-key check was an obvious one to include, and per their statements that it was 'medium-security, suitable for short-term use' she'd given it a rating of five out of ten.
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* LiteralDisarming: Against a crowd of men firing shotguns at Taylor, Hive's response of shooting off one's arm is actually pretty restrained.
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** Against a crowd of men firing shotguns at Taylor, Hive's response of shooting off one's arm is actually prettyrestrained.restrained.
** A man who straps explosives to his arm and uses them to take a bus hostage was just asking to lose it, really. Taylor doesn't let him bleed out, but she also doesn't grow it back for him.
--> '''Rainbow:''' Hello mister! You dropped your arm, and you shouldn't leave boom boxes sitting around like that.
** Against a crowd of men firing shotguns at Taylor, Hive's response of shooting off one's arm is actually pretty
** A man who straps explosives to his arm and uses them to take a bus hostage was just asking to lose it, really. Taylor doesn't let him bleed out, but she also doesn't grow it back for him.
--> '''Rainbow:''' Hello mister! You dropped your arm, and you shouldn't leave boom boxes sitting around like that.
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** Taylor is an absolute monster when it comes to multi-tasking, on-the-fly spell editing, and magical combat in general -- but she doesn't realise that. It's only when Vista gains her device that Taylor gets some perspective on how far outside the norm she actually is.
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* IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat: Taylor is an absolute monster when it comes to multi-tasking, on-the-fly spell editing, and magical combat in general -- but she doesn't realise that. It's only when Vista gains her device that Taylor gets some perspective on how far outside the norm she actually is. Even then, she assumes that a properly trained mage would trounce her, but Hive strongly doubts that, when Taylor can control hordes of Endbringer-grade drones from another dimension. Possibly a dimension that pure mana techniques can't easily access.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Missy loves the idea of channeling mana into a sword to make it ignite with flames or lightning, but it's very inefficient compared to options like just launching fireballs.
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** Missy loves the idea of channeling mana into a sword to make it ignite with flames or lightning, but it's very inefficient compared to options like just launchingfireballs.fireballs.
** With Taylor's help, Uber and Leet could build actual lightsabers, but they know from experience that it's a horribly impractical design for fighting with.
** Missy loves the idea of channeling mana into a sword to make it ignite with flames or lightning, but it's very inefficient compared to options like just launching
** With Taylor's help, Uber and Leet could build actual lightsabers, but they know from experience that it's a horribly impractical design for fighting with.
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* NinjaMaid: [[spoiler:Suzy/Mouse Protector]] considers what persona to use, so that people will take her seriously, but not expect her to lead, and settles on dressing as a maid. Her Device looks like a feather duster, and it ''can'' clean up messes, but it's also fully capable of dealing with the mess ''makers'', and she herself wears practically indestructible Knight Armour.
--> '''[[spoiler:Suzy]]:''' It looks like I can customize what gets spit out too?\\
'''Taylor:''' Of course. Dirt and dust are okay, but I figure that swapping it out for pepper spray or coating someone in containment foam would work wonders too. Dropping the head off of the vacuum for 'accessory hose' mode gives you a simple way to spray liquids or fire solid projectiles as well.
--> '''[[spoiler:Suzy]]:''' It looks like I can customize what gets spit out too?\\
'''Taylor:''' Of course. Dirt and dust are okay, but I figure that swapping it out for pepper spray or coating someone in containment foam would work wonders too. Dropping the head off of the vacuum for 'accessory hose' mode gives you a simple way to spray liquids or fire solid projectiles as well.
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* TimTaylorTechnology: Hive is quite interested in how Taylor managed to cut a several-week process down to just one hour, by pouring in "enough mana to power all of New England for a couple of months". It's overall less energy-efficient than taking it slowly, but when energy is abundant and time is limited, it's a very appealing option.
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* CloningBodyParts: Taylor theorises that it might be possible to turn a regular human into a mage by cloning a heart with a linker core support structure in it, removing the person's original heart and replacing it with the clone, then saturating it with mana for several weeks to help it "repair" itself and form a core. For some reason, she's not eager to test this on her friends and family... [[spoiler:Uber/Virgil is the first volunteer for the process, so that he can keep up with his partner.]]
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* CloningBodyParts: Taylor Hive theorises that it might be possible to turn a regular human into a mage by cloning a heart with a linker core support structure in it, removing the person's original heart and replacing it with the clone, then saturating it with mana for several weeks to help it "repair" itself and form a core. For some reason, she's not eager to test this on her friends and family... [[spoiler:Uber/Virgil is the first volunteer for the process, so that he can keep up with his partner.]]]]
--> '''Hive:''' Children would take less time due to having less for the support structure to expand into. Once things finish settling after the first three to six days the 'flood with mana' portion could be spread out over multiple disconnected sessions, though a device with field healing capabilities would need to be worn at all times between sessions just in case something went wrong.
--> '''Hive:''' Children would take less time due to having less for the support structure to expand into. Once things finish settling after the first three to six days the 'flood with mana' portion could be spread out over multiple disconnected sessions, though a device with field healing capabilities would need to be worn at all times between sessions just in case something went wrong.
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* CloningBodyParts: Taylor theorises that it might be possible to turn a regular human into a mage by cloning a heart with a linker core support structure in it, removing the person's original heart and replacing it with the clone, then saturating it with mana for several weeks to help it "repair" itself and form a core. For some reason, she's not eager to test this on her friends and family... [[spoiler:Uber/Virgil is the first volunteer for the process, so that he can keep up with his partner.]]
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** Most of Hive's memory was destroyed, forcing her and Taylor to build a magic system based on what little she remembers. Not only do the two succeed, they manage to create spells that the Belkan and Midchildan mages would think impossible, such as instantaneous unblockable undetectable communication.
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** Most of Hive's memory was destroyed, forcing her and Taylor to build a magic system based on what little she remembers. Not only do the two succeed, they manage to create spells that the Belkan and Midchildan mages would think impossible, such as instantaneous unblockable undetectable communication.communication, as well as recreating things like dimensional transference beacons that had been considered LostTechnology.
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* LethalChef: Amy feels like it's important to learn to cook for herself as part of independence, despite having access to plenty of food, but her attempts at baking cookies turn out... poorly. Fortunately she only cracked a ''simulated'' tooth on the batch that was cooled to 65 Kelvin instead of Fahrenheit, and it wasn't entirely her fault that her cinnamon cookies came out spicy.
--> "Who in the world decided that instead of a two-pack of cinnamon that they should market a cinnamon and ''ghost pepper powder'' set?"
--> "Who in the world decided that instead of a two-pack of cinnamon that they should market a cinnamon and ''ghost pepper powder'' set?"
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** Knight Armour provides extreme temperature protection, which means Amy can handle cookie trays straight from the oven without gloves. Unfortunately, it also means she won't necessarily ''notice'' problems, such as when she cooled the cookies to 65 degrees Kelvin instead of Fahrenheit. (In a simulation, so she didn't break a real tooth.)
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* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Missy and Taylor put significant effort into designing a ''less'' effective version of the Knight Armour spell, one that will shield bones and organs but allow minor flesh wounds and clothing damage, so that it's possible to have protection from serious dangers without raising questions by being completely invulnerable.
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** PRT servers have anti-tampering measures so sensitive that on at least one occasion it was judged easier to ensure backups were up to date and scrap the servers, rather than remove them from a damaged building.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Mrs Davis always made it clear that the magical girls in anime are Good Girls. [[spoiler:As a result, when Riley sees what Minerva is doing, it stirs something inside her. She proceeds to poison most of the Slaughterhouse Nine, including Jack Slash, and then takes the survivors (Burnscar, Crawler, Siberian) on a road trip to rediscover what it means to be a Good Girl. Taylor sees a news article about them kidnapping Nilbog and assaulting his kingdom, and basically blue-screens.]]
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** Mrs Davis always made it clear that the magical girls in anime are Good Girls. [[spoiler:As a result, when Riley sees what Minerva is doing, it stirs something inside her. She proceeds to poison most of the Slaughterhouse Nine, including Jack Slash, and then takes the survivors (Burnscar, Crawler, Siberian) on a road trip to rediscover what it means to be a Good Girl. Taylor sees a news article about them kidnapping Nilbog and assaulting his kingdom, and basically blue-screens.]]]]
** Lung adapts quite well to Minerva's appearance [[spoiler:and defeating the Endbringers for good]]. He reorients the ABB toward urban renewal and ensuring prosperity, expressing the hope that it is now possible to make long term plans for the future.
** Mrs Davis always made it clear that the magical girls in anime are Good Girls. [[spoiler:As a result, when Riley sees what Minerva is doing, it stirs something inside her. She proceeds to poison most of the Slaughterhouse Nine, including Jack Slash, and then takes the survivors (Burnscar, Crawler, Siberian) on a road trip to rediscover what it means to be a Good Girl. Taylor sees a news article about them kidnapping Nilbog and assaulting his kingdom, and basically blue-screens.
** Lung adapts quite well to Minerva's appearance [[spoiler:and defeating the Endbringers for good]]. He reorients the ABB toward urban renewal and ensuring prosperity, expressing the hope that it is now possible to make long term plans for the future.
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--> Amy had gushed about the trap with lemons and a paperclip working, but that didn’t feel like it explained anything at all.
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--> Amy had gushed about the trap with [[FanFic/MemoriesOfOthers lemons and a paperclip paperclip]] working, but that didn’t feel like it explained anything at all.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: After extensive study of what data can be obtained from the shards, Hive comes to the conclusion that they were originally designed to run an immersive MMO video game, and basically lost the distinction between the players and the avatars, as well as expanding our of control. They're now a multiversal threat simply because they consume everything for fuel as they spread.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: After extensive study of what data can be obtained from the shards, Hive comes to the conclusion that they were originally designed to run an immersive MMO video game, and basically lost the distinction between the players and the avatars, as well as expanding our out of control. They're now a multiversal threat simply because they consume everything for fuel as they spread.
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* ImmuneToBullets: With Knight Armour up, Amy is able to [[NoSell completely ignore]] point blank machine gun fire, followed by a shotgun, then faux-innocently ask if the weapons are broken.
--> '''Rainbow:''' It’s just throwing little bits of metal. I don’t think that’s a good thing.
--> '''Rainbow:''' It’s just throwing little bits of metal. I don’t think that’s a good thing.
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* Open Says Me: Taylor has the ability to use telekinesis to open any lock. Missy has explosive punch gauntlets.
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* NoodleIncident: Missy can't figure out exactly how one of Amy's traps caused a man to end up naked and hanging from a tree.
--> Amy had gushed about the trap with lemons and a paperclip working, but that didn’t feel like it explained anything at all.
--> Amy had gushed about the trap with lemons and a paperclip working, but that didn’t feel like it explained anything at all.
