Quote:That's the intention. More, Expert Devices really are tools in a way that RH and the others we've met aren't - they're explicitly non-sapient. They have no initiative, no real reasoning capacity - their user-interface and other programming are no more than we could design in the real world at this very moment. (well, except for the quality of the voice-activation features)
Fantastic. I'm looking forward to what you do with this. It does make me wonder what sorta connection these Devices have with the soldiers (or maybe it's like Yuuno's relationship with Raging Heart?).
Frustratingly, the deeper I get into the fight scene, the more it looks like a bad idea, dramatically speaking, to use the image/concept that provoked me into starting this in the first place. Anyway, the soldier-guys are sort of an idea on how to deal with the problem of level creep - it's not that they're powerful or badass or anything, because one-on-one they wouldn't even be a match for a TSAB redshirt, let alone Nanoha herself. They're dangerous because, one, there's a lot of them, and two, they work together very well. They support each other, they time their attacks in sequence to keep the pressure on... in short, they're a different sort of threat than Nanoha and even the TSAB as a whole are set up and trained to fight.
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."