Generation Legacy OOC Thread Part 2
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Samnell
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Hammerhead said:
My theory: No Return is basically the Marvel Legacy Virus; a biological weapon designed to eliminate elites (or at least thin the herd) but leave humans alone. Puts a whole new level of meaning into the UN's special interest in Ryan and Cassie.
Of course NR could be a group heading for a whole set of protocols designed to control elites. Suppose the virus is one, Tommy's army of Star Destroyers is another, and designated hit elites, er UN sponsored teams, are a third.
But the real question: who loses the titular innocence? I don't think Mark has any left to misplace.
Victim
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With 500 XP, I'm over PL 30. Take that Overseer.
The whole school seems like a lab for studying elites. I would say that your characters are screwed when the UN hit squads come after you. However, you guys are one of the hit squards - like Sammel was saying. But that guy's remark about less useful segements of the population is cold - so they'd probably drop you once the other Elites are contained.
The whole school seems like a lab for studying elites. I would say that your characters are screwed when the UN hit squads come after you. However, you guys are one of the hit squards - like Sammel was saying. But that guy's remark about less useful segements of the population is cold - so they'd probably drop you once the other Elites are contained.
Victim
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I was going to say more, but then I read the comments that I missed. Much of what I was planning on saying was redundant.
It seems weird that they called the team Legacy. I guess that's so information like project names and so forth is covered by the existence of the Legacy team.
Also, I wonder what the infection vectors are for the virus. You'd think that people in Mudaba Adin would have higher chances of being infected due to the # of elites from the school wandering around. And a virus completely at home only in human hosts seems suspicious. Someone maybe designed it that way and released it.
Also, Cardinal probably isn't infected with the virus either, since her powers seemed to be like Ryan's. Someone with super smarts, precognition and Transmutation could probably accomplish quite a bit.
If there's a 17% error range, why does Hubado state the estimated number of elites down to the ones place. He clearly doesn't have enough precision to make that kind of statement. Significant figures.
No Return probably doesn't just kill someone. If they have to use it on people they're already caught (Pantheon prisoners), then they could just kill them the normal way, you know.
It seems weird that they called the team Legacy. I guess that's so information like project names and so forth is covered by the existence of the Legacy team.
Also, I wonder what the infection vectors are for the virus. You'd think that people in Mudaba Adin would have higher chances of being infected due to the # of elites from the school wandering around. And a virus completely at home only in human hosts seems suspicious. Someone maybe designed it that way and released it.
Also, Cardinal probably isn't infected with the virus either, since her powers seemed to be like Ryan's. Someone with super smarts, precognition and Transmutation could probably accomplish quite a bit.
If there's a 17% error range, why does Hubado state the estimated number of elites down to the ones place. He clearly doesn't have enough precision to make that kind of statement. Significant figures.
No Return probably doesn't just kill someone. If they have to use it on people they're already caught (Pantheon prisoners), then they could just kill them the normal way, you know.
Hammerhead
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I don't remember too much about this from my stats class, but isn't a 17% margin of error effectively worthless?
Good thought about the name of team, Victim. I had wondered why we're called that too.
However, just because Elites are infected with it does not mean they spread it. Apparently, the virus only activates in certain conditions: an abnormal prescence of select hormones in the body (caused by puberty, when Elite powers develop) and some effect of high stress, such as blood pressure, other hormones/enzymes, etc. It could be that this virus is only spread when it becomes active, or other creatures act as a carrier.
They were talking about using the Pantheon members as tests, so it could be that No Return does in fact kill them. Or it could take away their powers, but I can't see any real reason not to use it on captured criminals in that case.
It has also been said that Ryan was 'identical' to Cardinal, whatever that means. It could very well be that the Cosmic Power is from another source than the Legacy Virus. Does that mean I'm immune to Drains?
I wonder why someone would want to genetically engineer Cassandra; in the future, everyone would be an Elite anyway, according to Dr. Hudabo's figures. So why create sub-par Elites? Why not just have kids? Unless, of course, No Return is used and the Elite population drops like a ton of bricks. It could be that the other alternative (compared to Star) is the production of Cassandras.
Good thought about the name of team, Victim. I had wondered why we're called that too.
However, just because Elites are infected with it does not mean they spread it. Apparently, the virus only activates in certain conditions: an abnormal prescence of select hormones in the body (caused by puberty, when Elite powers develop) and some effect of high stress, such as blood pressure, other hormones/enzymes, etc. It could be that this virus is only spread when it becomes active, or other creatures act as a carrier.
They were talking about using the Pantheon members as tests, so it could be that No Return does in fact kill them. Or it could take away their powers, but I can't see any real reason not to use it on captured criminals in that case.
It has also been said that Ryan was 'identical' to Cardinal, whatever that means. It could very well be that the Cosmic Power is from another source than the Legacy Virus. Does that mean I'm immune to Drains?
I wonder why someone would want to genetically engineer Cassandra; in the future, everyone would be an Elite anyway, according to Dr. Hudabo's figures. So why create sub-par Elites? Why not just have kids? Unless, of course, No Return is used and the Elite population drops like a ton of bricks. It could be that the other alternative (compared to Star) is the production of Cassandras.
Victim
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In that future, there were 3 factions fighting: the Bastion, the Pantheon, and the Overseer. The Bastion was the human side - they had the Star robots. Since the Star army went into production, it's likely that at least some part of No Return was implemented too. The damage to elite populations would probably slow the spread of the disease, since there'd be fewer infected people to spread it. Also, the division into armed camps would probably minimize contact between elites and baselines, further reducing the infection rate. So that's why there's still humans.
Cassandra wasn't really created to produce 1 elite - she was mass produced. Since the elite population presumeably suffered from No Return and constant fighting, they needed reinforcements. Some elites would also be removed from the breeding population by virtue of their powers - I don't think Ruby would be able to reproduce for example. Additionally, successive generations of pure elites might not work out so well eventually - they might get freakier and less human each generation. Also, engineering an elite from the ground up let's you pick out their powers. If you want front line soldiers and commandos, you might not want to trust dumb luck to provide your troops.
Actually, 17% doesn't seem to bad considering they have to extrapolate unregistered elites from registered ones. Normally, a poll might take a few percent error from sampling and such. However, the UN has lots less to work with - it'd be kind of like figuring out how many people are going to vote for one canidate based only on how many people are voting for another.
Legacy might also progress in stages somewhat. In some cases, it might only partially rewrite the person's DNA. They don't get any powers, but the alterations might affect their children or something. Some people get hit with the virus and get powers soon, while others fight it off completely. THink of it this way: the people most susceptible, the ones who would normally die or require lots of emergency medical attention, are the ones who get powers quickly - like the Miracle Man guy in 2004. Some people can fight off the disease and get nothing.
Also, adults seem to get powers as well. IIRC, the first elite was 34 or something. The elites getting their powers around puberty are probably coming from children of infected parents or something.
Cassandra wasn't really created to produce 1 elite - she was mass produced. Since the elite population presumeably suffered from No Return and constant fighting, they needed reinforcements. Some elites would also be removed from the breeding population by virtue of their powers - I don't think Ruby would be able to reproduce for example. Additionally, successive generations of pure elites might not work out so well eventually - they might get freakier and less human each generation. Also, engineering an elite from the ground up let's you pick out their powers. If you want front line soldiers and commandos, you might not want to trust dumb luck to provide your troops.
Actually, 17% doesn't seem to bad considering they have to extrapolate unregistered elites from registered ones. Normally, a poll might take a few percent error from sampling and such. However, the UN has lots less to work with - it'd be kind of like figuring out how many people are going to vote for one canidate based only on how many people are voting for another.
Legacy might also progress in stages somewhat. In some cases, it might only partially rewrite the person's DNA. They don't get any powers, but the alterations might affect their children or something. Some people get hit with the virus and get powers soon, while others fight it off completely. THink of it this way: the people most susceptible, the ones who would normally die or require lots of emergency medical attention, are the ones who get powers quickly - like the Miracle Man guy in 2004. Some people can fight off the disease and get nothing.
Also, adults seem to get powers as well. IIRC, the first elite was 34 or something. The elites getting their powers around puberty are probably coming from children of infected parents or something.
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