You vs. an EDust assasin

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-01-14 10:08pm

Necro99 wrote:
*snip*

Die you bastard!

*booooooooooom*

*watches a 120mm APFSDS round hit Necro99's skull, instantly decapitating him, while simultaneously causing his head to explode. *

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-01-14 10:15pm

Beowulf wrote: Die you bastard!

*booooooooooom*

*watches a 120mm APFSDS round hit Necro99's skull, instantly decapitating him, while simultaneously causing his head to explode. *

Ah, good. So I'm not the only one who sees it.

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2003-01-14 10:25pm

Detonate the power source of the Authority's Carrier, overwriting the universe the Assassin is in, after transfering myself to a separate universe beforehand.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2003-01-15 07:58am

Oh and BTW how does the EDust find me through the SOP Field backed up by a No-Field(Which according to Dune-verse Lore removes whatever is inside of it "out of the unvierse entirely")

paladin · Post by **paladin** » 2003-01-16 08:20pm

Shinova wrote:
JediNeophyte wrote:For the hopelessly clueless, what exactly is an EDust assassin?

My knowledge is a bit fuzzy but here's what I can come up with:

It's an assassin unit, made up of tiny nanites. Essentially it's like the T-1000, able to become different things and people---yet it can also form weapons and such. Also has the standard Culture weapons complement: effectors, displacers, etc.

These nanites can come together to form something or it can spread out into a nanite cloud and drift around like a cloud of smoke.

Edust stands for Everything Dust. Just another weird Culture acronym.

So, against something like that you're fucked.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-16 08:26pm

paladin wrote:
Shinova wrote:
JediNeophyte wrote:For the hopelessly clueless, what exactly is an EDust assassin?

My knowledge is a bit fuzzy but here's what I can come up with:

It's an assassin unit, made up of tiny nanites. Essentially it's like the T-1000, able to become different things and people---yet it can also form weapons and such. Also has the standard Culture weapons complement: effectors, displacers, etc.

These nanites can come together to form something or it can spread out into a nanite cloud and drift around like a cloud of smoke.

Edust stands for Everything Dust. Just another weird Culture acronym.

So, against something like that you're fucked.

Yeah but we didn't want to say.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-01-17 12:17am

fgalkin wrote:
Uraniun235 wrote:Rather simple, I get two EDust Assassins to defend me.

Next question!
Still not a clear victory. If the EDust retains the element of surprise, it can effectorize the other 2 EDusts befoe they can react.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Question: How would you defend yourself against an EDust assassin?

Or are you trying to make some sick and twisted point about there being no defense?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-17 08:17am

Uraniun235 wrote:
fgalkin wrote:
Uraniun235 wrote:Rather simple, I get two EDust Assassins to defend me.

Next question!
Still not a clear victory. If the EDust retains the element of surprise, it can effectorize the other 2 EDusts befoe they can react.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Question: How would you defend yourself against an EDust assassin?

Or are you trying to make some sick and twisted point about there being no defense?

Oh there are defences, just nobody seems to have hit on them. You have to be pretty damn good. I of course had a good defence by having an ROU look out for me.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-01-17 01:03pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Uraniun235 wrote:
fgalkin wrote: Still not a clear victory. If the EDust retains the element of surprise, it can effectorize the other 2 EDusts befoe they can react.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Question: How would you defend yourself against an EDust assassin?

Or are you trying to make some sick and twisted point about there being no defense?
Oh there are defences, just nobody seems to have hit on them. You have to be pretty damn good. I of course had a good defence by having an ROU look out for me.

The excession warship wasn't a good defense?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-17 01:14pm

NecronLord wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Uraniun235 wrote: Question: How would you defend yourself against an EDust assassin?

Or are you trying to make some sick and twisted point about there being no defense?
Oh there are defences, just nobody seems to have hit on them. You have to be pretty damn good. I of course had a good defence by having an ROU look out for me.
The excession warship wasn't a good defense?

I'd say using the Excession itself was a tad overdoing it.

Shadowhawk · Post by **Shadowhawk** » 2003-01-17 02:25pm

Using the Excession to defend you is akin to getting Q to make sure you don't get a hangnail.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-17 02:26pm

Shadowhawk wrote:Using the Excession to defend you is akin to getting Q to make sure you don't get a hangnail.

Hehe, yeah. So really the Excession should be under omnipotents since its power is undefinable.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-01-17 03:23pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote: Oh there are defences, just nobody seems to have hit on them. You have to be pretty damn good. I of course had a good defence by having an ROU look out for me.

Well, I had a good defense, but you can be forgiven for not knowing that due to the general ignorance about my universe.

The warship I described could destroy your ROU with minimal effort.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-17 03:25pm

XaLEv wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote: Oh there are defences, just nobody seems to have hit on them. You have to be pretty damn good. I of course had a good defence by having an ROU look out for me.
Well, I had a good defense, but you can be forgiven for not knowing that due to the general ignorance about my universe.

The warship I described could destroy your ROU with minimal effort.

I happen to have a cybernetic mouse that can destroy your ships with ease due to it being specifically made to do so.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-01-17 03:36pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
XaLEv wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote: Oh there are defences, just nobody seems to have hit on them. You have to be pretty damn good. I of course had a good defence by having an ROU look out for me.
Well, I had a good defense, but you can be forgiven for not knowing that due to the general ignorance about my universe.

The warship I described could destroy your ROU with minimal effort.
I happen to have a cybernetic mouse that can destroy your ships with ease due to it being specifically made to do so.

ARGHHH A "My dick is bigger than yours contest"

ARGGGHHHH!!!!!!

Please don't If anyone wants to design something more uber than each others then both sides will end up ommnipotent.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-17 03:49pm

NecronLord wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
XaLEv wrote: Well, I had a good defense, but you can be forgiven for not knowing that due to the general ignorance about my universe.

The warship I described could destroy your ROU with minimal effort.
I happen to have a cybernetic mouse that can destroy your ships with ease due to it being specifically made to do so.
ARGHHH A "My dick is bigger than yours contest"

ARGGGHHHH!!!!!!

Please don't If anyone wants to design something more uber than each others then both sides will end up ommnipotent.

Hence my disliking of uber personal universes made to counter the Culture or Xeelee or anything.

OBS is about the most penis envy you can get (check on SB.com).

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-01-17 03:53pm

NecronLord wrote: ARGHHH A "My dick is bigger than yours contest"

ARGGGHHHH!!!!!!

Please don't If anyone wants to design something more uber than each others then both sides will end up ommnipotent.

Unlike Valdemar and his mouse, I am not trying to specifically make things more uber than everyone else. I personally detest such things. Their power is due to the speed with which they advance and their age, but they are by no means omnipotent and they never will be.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-17 04:03pm

XaLEv wrote:
NecronLord wrote: ARGHHH A "My dick is bigger than yours contest"

ARGGGHHHH!!!!!!

Please don't If anyone wants to design something more uber than each others then both sides will end up ommnipotent.
Unlike Valdemar and his mouse, I am not trying to specifically make things more uber than everyone else. I personally detest such things. Their power is due to the speed with which they advance and their age, but they are by no means omnipotent and they never will be.

*Cough, cough*

SQUEAK!

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-01-17 04:45pm

BTW. I like the AV AV

I've got that cover. Is that meant to be a culture or elench ship?

The Nomad · Post by **The Nomad** » 2003-01-18 06:16am

Ask a Culture drone not to attack the EDust, then when it begins to slaughter me, effectorize my brain and transfer my consciousness into its brain and RUUUUUUUUUUNNN !!!!!!

That or have a ROU or GOU ( or even GCU since they apparently have better sensors ) protect me.

Or SUBLIME. I don't ask an omnipotent being to protect me, I become one.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-18 02:12pm

NecronLord wrote:BTW. I like the AV AV I've got that cover. Is that meant to be a culture or elench ship?

It's supposedly an Elench ship like the ones that found the Excession and promptly got 0wn3d. Though if you look closely you can see other smaller vessels on the cover too, maybe GCUs or probes?

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2003-01-18 03:29pm

Sitting aboard a fully war capable GSV wasn't a defense? I posted that on page one, along with the idea of mass-downloading my consciousness.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-18 03:32pm

consequences wrote:Sitting aboard a fully war capable GSV wasn't a defense? I posted that on page one, along with the idea of mass-downloading my consciousness.

It is a defence, a DAMN good one. But I also posted being babysit by the Killing Time.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-01-18 03:47pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
consequences wrote:Sitting aboard a fully war capable GSV wasn't a defense? I posted that on page one, along with the idea of mass-downloading my consciousness.
It is a defence, a DAMN good one. But I also posted being babysit by the Killing Time.

Didn't the Sleeper Service leave it with its pile of T war units?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-18 03:58pm

NecronLord wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
consequences wrote:Sitting aboard a fully war capable GSV wasn't a defense? I posted that on page one, along with the idea of mass-downloading my consciousness.
It is a defence, a DAMN good one. But I also posted being babysit by the Killing Time.
Didn't the Sleeper Service leave it with its pile of T war units?

It did turn up I think, but the 90,000+ T units were not purely for it's own use.