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But QA, it's not as if we skydive without safety measures! See, every jumper is required to have a professionally rigged reserve chute. <QA> Oh yes, a second poorly engineered and ludicrously flimsy piece of artificial fiber cloth makes everything better. Well, I suppose you could stick to an...

<Fragile One> *trembling lip, puppy dog eyes*

<QA> Are you Hosts just TRYING to invent the most insanely insane way of flinging yourselves into space? Explosions aren't risky enough, let's make them RADIOACTIVE explosions! What's next, trying to fly via a pile of actual bombs? Er, about that... <QA>WHAT IS THIS 'PROJECT ORION' THING. ...

That's a totally unfair exaggeration, Queen Administrator. A rocket is a well controlled explosion, and the thrust levels and fuel supplies are very carefully calculated in advance! Also, there are numerous backups and redundant safety systems! <QA> Ah yes, this "Launch Escape Tower", premised...

You'd think that the sixty three previous "Simurgh attacks" would be adequate to convince the PRT/Protectorate that it's pointless to keep activating the Endbringer Alarms when it's clear that -- even taking worst-case assumptions -- the Simurgh is doing something completely out of the ordinary...

Vicky: WORST DAY EVER. Amy nearly got murdered and my power is making me look like a slapstick cartoon character. No one will ever take me seriously and I'll NEVER get away from that stupid 'Collateral Damage Barbie' nickname. Fragile One: BEST HOST DOESN"T LIKE IT? *cries* Vicky is promptly...

I am not sorry I talked @LordSunhawk into going with the Battletech option as instead of just making it a throwaway reference. Looking forward to seeing Taylor scout things.

In legal terms, they probably *have to* do a global amnesty given the "principles" established for Master effects.

Entity Modular BIOS v(ALIEN MEGANUMBER), An Entropy Star Ally Copyright (C) , Big Bang - Cosmic Crunch, Shardix Software Inc PXE-E61: Network Access Failure, Check Interdimensional Cable Shard Deployment Services: PXE Boot Aborted Could not boot image: Error 0x00000001 No more network devices...

Queen Coordinator in her own words was 'assimilating all these Shards'. There's two parahumans who are known for assimilating other parahumans, and given the detailed description we got of the broken Recycling shard, that one is pretty clearly identified as the Butcher collective. So the other...

The idea of continent-sized intelligences bickering over halves of a planet as if they were the top bunk and bottom bunk is simultaneously heartwarming and disturbing. This is what happens when your species gets an emotional newborn with a personality modelled on a non-bimbo cheerleader. I...

Somewhat less than the number caused by 63 "Simurgh attacks" in rapid succession.

This AU's Legend is literally so fabulously gay that his shard had to follow suit.

"Somewhat" inhibiting critical thinking capability was all it needed to do for Collateral Damage Barbie, who despite her overall intelligence only had minimal critical thinking capabilities to begin with. (Seriously -- we're *told* that Vicky Dallon is not a blonde bimbo, but we never actually...

Given the mechanics described in the story, I don't think they get any memories back. Queen Administrator isn't actually undoing the Case 53 transformations at all; she's simply fixing their broken power sets and adding a Changer ability that allows them to shift into a human form. It's not even...

The only real question at this point is who is freaking out more, the PRT or Cauldron? [Piggot] There's a Biotinker-class Endbringer!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!! [Armsmaster] Wait a minute, if the Simurgh isn't actually a Master-class Endbringer like we thought, then she has to be a Tinker-class...

When they all wake up, the parahumans of the world find themselves staring at a 'boot screen' with three options: - Micro$$$oft Winpowers - HipFruity iParahuman. - Emu/Shardix Edit: Users who select Micro$$$oft Winpowers resume mostly-normal functionality with a solid UI...

That's credit to the *shard*, not the ridiculously egoistical jerk of a Host. Worse in the short run, vastly better in the long run. The Endbringer Truce is the central component of coddling supervillains as opposed to the government going, "We are sovereign, we do not negotiate with...

Recycler is such a logical explanation for the bizarre way the Butcher works compared to every other shard power.

Also a side note: consider that Queen Administrator describes herself as being a minnow compared to Scion's whale. Then consider that Queen Administrator is a continent sized being. (Wildbow apparently did retcon this in a reddit post to saying that shards are 'only' small island sized, but...