searching Mechquestria: System Reboot

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

@@Mentis Soliloquy,@@bronislav84,
 
If we wait, then it will take us longer to progress things. Us goign back and forth makes the RP more genuine. It feels like interaction, rather than waiting around and playing a game of forum tag. We wouldn't be waiting around if all of us were doing this in person.
 
So if we wait to post, then you'll be waiting to post too.

After this part is done, I plan on reaching the engineering department. 
 
As for Leks involvement with Luster, well, I'll let you in on the backstory I had planed. (for your eyes only)

Lektra would've been working on her with Princess Twilight Sparkle during the events of the show. Contact was made with earth but it was kept very limited on both sides. You, Twi and your team would've interacted with Earths scientific elite. How and why you decided to build an Equinoid? Well it's spun off another idea I had where said scientists build a lifelike pony android and pilot that to explore Equestria in their steed. Long story short, the bot gets discovered and this gets Twis interest to set up a team and form a colab.

Thus Luster is born from human and pony brain scans, among them, your's and Twis. She looks nothing like she does now. Basically a tv screen with a camera, mounted on wheels. That's Mk I. Each edition she gets more interactive, more ponylike, more sentient.

MkII, she's a pony shaped erector set.

MkIII, she's covered in wires, pistons, and loose plating, looking like Ep.1 C3P0

MkIV, is where she looks more akin to modern Equinoids. A fully functional pony robot.

 

It was around this time she delved into research of earth, and though this, deemed humanity Equestria's greatest threat.  

 

Mk.V is where she wishes to take part in Equestria's defense against various threats. A bigger, bulkier model, looking like an 80's transformer. With this, she was going to storm earth. But was beaten by the mane 5. 

 

Mk.VI looked like the love child of Megatron & super shredder (not the Micheal Bay ones). With this she beats the remane 5, but looses to Twilight. 

 

Mk.VII is where she is now. She more directly emulates Twilight and alicornhood, her quantum singularity core giving her enough power to best her. But she gets outmatched by the other three princesses.   

 

And then there's Mk. VIII. The form that held it's own and bested all 4 princesses.  The only way that form was beaten, was thanks to Rusty, the original ponybot, being piloted by the earth staff,  fueled by all the alicorn magic, and a really lucky shot. 

Her AI core survived. Was transferred to a lock box, and then sealed away in a nondescript warehouse. Till 122 years later that is.

 

 

So really, Lektra will be dealing with a more grown up daughter, and the only villain that instead of doing terrible things to Equestria, does terrible things out of love and fear, for it. 

 

Any questions?

 

Edit: Also, I don't get mentions or brohoof notices in this thread for some reason. 

Edited February 20, 2016 by Denim&Venom

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

@@bronislav84,

 

 

Well to fix that there are a few things.

A. We nerf the metal bending thing. Or.

B.  Luster had two ways to deal with magic. The BKC armor she mentioned in her intro. That stands for black crystal. Neutralizes magical contact. You couldn't even touch her with you Powers. Then there's the blue armor that's been revealed. Slipnirium, the same metal that comprised the armor of Nightmare Moon. Acts like a magic syphon, absorbing whatsoever shot her way. Not only that, it actually reflects kinetic energy, so physical attacks are worthless as well.

 

As for timing, we could adjust things, maybe 10 years after events of the show start (1010 CE). I was planning on her whole pre confinement life lasting 12 years. Being a machine, she would grow and adapt much faster then a pony would.   So maybe just 100 years in the box. 

 

A Mk.9 model? Yeah, that would be cool. Probably need to know what Mk.8 looked like. Or do you just want to wing it anyways? Ether way, she'll be weary of Lektra, one of her 'parents' that didn't get her vision and refused to help. I'd imagine her staying neutral as Luster & Twi butted heads.

 

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

You know I don't get mentions?

 

 

Well when put that way, I guess the power can stay, as beyond this, it probably won't be sued too much. Luster's slip metal absorbing Lekrta's magical contact with it, and then the black crystal coating over it acting like a screen against all magic would've stopped her. 

 

Yeah, that timing can work. Staring the project at 26 then. 

 

And Child is a fair description of Luster. Despite being incredibly advanced, the limits of tech at the time only allowed her to reach the emotional maturity of a teenager, hence the rash actions, the stubborn & rebellious nature and the know it all attitude. That also may factor into the resentment towards her parents, namely Twilight.

 

Upon creation, Twi never really treated her like a daughter. More like a project that she tried to shape in her own image, from her look down to her voice. But when Twi refused to see things Luster's way, she got called out as a hypocrite, as those fears about humanity largely came from Twi, but magnified. And that fueled the direction of Luster's advancement, trying to surpass her creator, keeping traits like the mane style, basing her cutie mark on Twi's and adjusting the voice, as a way of saying "This is how you should be. This is what you can become. I am the protector of Equestria you refuse to be. You can now emulate me." Twi trying to shut her down a few times didn't help things.

 

That's namely the reason for her trip to engineering. Upgrade herself to as close as she could to Mk 8. She fully expects Twi to be waiting on the campus doorstep, and she wants to be ready to fight.  Unfortunately for her, she has no idea of how much time has passed, that Twi is now the most powerful machine in two worlds, and that she is no longer the only AI, seeing every machine around her as a piloted construct, with Twitch & Ignis only supporting this. Which is why the lab techs acted in such a way. They weren't sure if Luster would freak out upon learning she is no longer unique.

 

[Aurora Lights 206]

@@Denim&Venom, @@Mentis Soliloquy,

 

 

this is the gau 19. he has 2 of them And instead of a 50mm cannon, He'll have a 75mm cannon. It's basically his AT gun and long range sniper. Though instead of having that large of a break, it has a smaller one, also, it has an auto eject system like the real one.

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR9vqJZkmJYd

Edited February 21, 2016 by Aurora Lights

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe not uncaring, but she wasn't fulfill the role of friendship princess. This is where her SciTwi side takes over and she viewed her relationship with Luster as more teacher and student, than mother and daughter, which is where mistakes were made. 

 

And decommissioned or not, Luster knows how to build those weapons, whether they be RPG's w/ black crystal shrapnel & mini-rail guns, to her built in plasma torches & particle fusion cannon.

 

She could've been distracted. She could've been ordered to sit it out when  Luster went Mk.7. Or maybe Lektra simply underestimated Luster when she was Mk.8 and became her first victim, being spared at the last moment.

 

Doubtful the talk will go well. Talks rarely go well with teens. She'll say yes, and placate things, but when confronted, she's going to throw down, especially when her inevitable reunion with Princess Twi goes down.

 

Heck, if what I planed goes down, she won't be getting to use that new body for very long.

 

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

 

 

 

 

 

And Twi knows that they were mistakes. Hence why she'll be showing up. To try and make things right. Wisdom=Age+Experience. She believes that now Luster's awakened in the future, it'll be easier for her to grasp the magic of friendship, and find ways to protect Equestria without resorting to genocide.

 

Thing is though, Luster doesn't know those weapons are useless. To her, they're state of the art. If Lektra is willing to share more advanced options, she'll consider them.

 

And does Lektra truly know what Luster was capable of? She might've made her, but could she predict how she was gonna grow up and what upgrades she would employ herself? Twi sure didn't. She was just as involved and still got her flank soundly handed to her. Twice.

 

It's essentially saying that a parent will know how their child will be when they grow up. Its unpredictable.  

 

Yeah, a forced reprogramming wouldn't work. Luster would be wise to that. She wouldn't appreciate being lobotomized. You're right, she'll need to learn otherwise. Perfect considering they're at a college.

 

Oh and Twi has a plan shoudl things go sour, one that will help Luster see the world in a different light.  

 

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

 

 

 

 

 

Well Twi is gonna get involved in the RP for the sake of the other players involved at least.  Luster is also her creation. Whether or not she'll actually be in a face off against her is yet to be seen. Though Lektra will have to do a lot of convincing for Luster to think otherwise.

 

As for transfer to the new body, Luster would probably just do a direct uplink, her functionality going in piece by piece from one body to the other. But if that's the only way, she'd go though with it. Though not without a back up plan. 

 

Originally, I was gonna have Luster be all badass, tear though some EUP bots, maybe take on Ignis, Shadow and Emerald at once, before charging headlong against Twi, only to be one shoted via hacking. But this is potentially more interesting.  

 

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

 

 

Your spoiler tag isn't working.  

 

Edited February 21, 2016 by Denim&Venom

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,027]

You two just PM already geeze.

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah we're almost much done here. 

 

 

And it's actually not through the codes, but though a back door Luster herself left open: The audio jack connected to her lock box, which she is using to spy on the lab techs. Luster receives a signal from her own device, which Twi uses to break though her firewalls via supremely advanced software and freeze her in place. Essentially, Twi uses cyber warfare to disable Luster. It wouldn't surprise me if that's how most battles are fought in Equestria these days if tech is involved.

 

 

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

 

 

Ok what the heck? First of all you said you were at the ED door, so where did another blast door come from to kick down? If you just kicked in my door that's just silly considering it would have slid open for her on the slightest contact.

 

Sorry. When Shadow opened a portal through it and you said nothing, I thought you were talking about a different one, like a personal office door of yours or something. 

[reader8363 1,281]

I don't know what Shadow was going on about either. But nope nope, that's the one you had arrived in at your previous post. There's nothing to kick down. She either pushes it and it opens, or she would see the notice. Preferably both, unless she's blind.

If it was your most recent post, then it came after mine

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

 

 

I don't know what Shadow was going on about either. But nope nope, that's the one you had arrived in at your previous post. There's nothing to kick down. She either pushes it and it opens, or she would see the notice.

 

Well it's a bit late to change things now. Maybe we can say Shadows portal opening shorted the system and kept it in place. I'd imagine most electronics wouldn't work well around interaction with dark matter anyways.  And maybe she'll notice the writing after all?

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,027]

@@Aurora Lights,@@Denim&Venom,

 

this would be a good time for Angel and Drone to bond then for Emerald to confront (thingy robot alicorn )  

[Aurora Lights 206]

@@Mentis Soliloquy, @@Denim&Venom,

 

Aye! I agree cap'm!

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

@Mentis Soliloquy,

 

I guess. I was really waiting on your response to @@Aurora Lights, post. 

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,027]

@@Denim&Venom, 

 

I'm thinking about one, thinking...

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,027]

 

 

I'm actually concerned how Em is going to get through the 3 12 foot thick reinforced steel blast doors stacked back to back. While it's keeping everyone in who's already passed that spot, I didn't think this through!

 

Emerald though I should of wrote it has the bypass codes for the doors.

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,027]

 

 

Won't work. Luster has already broken down the hinges. Problem is not opening them. Problem is moving them. Lektra had basically wedged them in the hallway.

 

 

Oh well she has not got to 'that' door yet, she's back near the original holding cell.

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,027]

 

 

So you see where I didn't think it through. I'm sorry, I dunno what to do. Can she somehow contact Lektra to move the doors?

 

she has a radio and phone on her so calling yes. 

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,027]

...and Crystal too remember she's in there with that lot.

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

@@Mentis Soliloquy,@@bronislav84,

Wait. Shadow opened a portal? I though the was the only one who went to see Lektra? 

 

Also, not all the doors are broken down. Some will still be functional. If those went down, then I had a plan to have the whole school go into lock down and trap everypony inside. 

[reader8363 1,281]

@@Denim&Venom,

Yeah, Shadow opened a portal. but only for him and Feeder, that was still on his back.

[Denim&Venöm 19,560]

@@reader8363,

So Luster & Crystal are still wondering the LED path, followed by Twitch.  

[reader8363 1,281]

@@Denim&Venom,

Yeah, he went to confront the pony about the dim light

 

 

y I didn't think that all the way through.

 

Just waiting for a post