Daigotsu Lagann? After all, he did at one point come *very close* to piercing the heavens with his drill spear.
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Crossovers that shoould be: beginings of Sub Genius
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Crossovers that shoould be: beginings of Sub Genius
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 Ebony Wrote:If I may quote an "green room conversation" from one of Stormgear's AIM Legend of the Five Rings roleplaying sessions:The first thing I thought of when reading this is shodan from system shock (or Free Radical) which may be the idea. I just know that a shodan that can call on ninja is not a happy thought. [small](you should read free radical, it's good)[/small] -Terry ----- "so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today" TF2: Spy
I think that entirely depends on what percentage of the cast managed to live long enough to get back to Earth... its either wacky hijinkss or a time loop in which whoever survived ends up trying to unsabotage the project without getting caught... or sending endless death traps into space.
 Jinx999 Wrote:Rocket Girls and I Dream of Jeanie.I love this one simply for the sheer "What the bleep is happening!" that would occur if this was a story in which the Rocket Girls somehow ended up landing in the world of I Dream of Jeanie. Nelson's called in as part of a team to investigate when a space capsule is spotted only on beginning re-entry (causing a brief panic before it is realized to be a crew capsule and not a warhead, but with IDoJ being comedy rather than drama that panic doesn't last too long). Then the ensuing confusion when contact is made -- with young girls, initially speaking Japanese, then accented English, who bafflingly claim to be not part of a Japanese space program but a civilian Solomon Islands space program... Nasa and the Air Force want to go over the capsule with a fine tooth comb for anything they can learn, and meanwhile the law of comedy all but insists that rather than locking the crew up in an isolated corner of a military or nasa base, they get sent to stay at Major Nelson's place. "They aren't spies, they're children... Although who in the world thought it was a good idea to cram kids into one of those tin cans." "Actually I think the one mentioned something about her father." Not sure I could pull it off, but I may have to let ideas percolate here... ----- Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer. 
Of course, the boggling at the "super-advanced" tech is mandatory. The electronics alone will make them look like they're from another planet -- until NASA sees the "made in Japan" markings...
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
And of course the Japanese and Solomon Islands government both (truthfully) deny any knowledge of this space program or the technology.
"Tell me, how does this radio work?" "Well, you press this button, then on the multi-purpose display select the frequency and--" "Yes, but how does it work?" "Um... it's a radio? I guess it's kind of like a big fat cell phone that you can't carry around, maybe." "... cell phone? Wait, you think this radio is big?" "Well yeah. A cell phone you can carry in your pocket." Heh. There'd be temptation to write way too much in the way of Drooling-Over-Gear scenes. And getting round about revenge by teaching the 1960s engineers how to use a reverse polish notation calculator -- one which runs without any batteries off a little colored patch on the top. "Oh, that, it runs off sunlight." "You've got solar cells that can power hand held computers! They are from the future! "Huh, oh this isn't a computer, it's just a funny calculator. Doesn't even play games like my cell phone." Been to long since I watched any I Dream of Genie, so I only kind of recall the characters there. ----- Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer. 
I only have one question about all this: Why would NASA be investigating a space capsule that landed in a Tokyo high-school's pool?
(C'mon, that's the only place Yukari ever lands...) -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
The Japanese called them in of course because they have no way of dealing with something like this, also it's during the cold war and Japan is firmly on the American side. After-all the predecessor of JAXA the Japanese Space agency was not set up until 1969 (although this would more likely fall under NAS, which was set up in 1955 before being merged into JAXA. NAS doesn't seem like it would be able to handle that level of tech though.) It takes a bit more of a torterous route, but it also gives some good excuses as for why the astronauts are treated like honered guests.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?" B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Though I haven't seen Rocket Girls, I do understand that they are trained as engineers enough to repair the ship in flight. They have to know enough technobabble type stuff to at least explain the basics of how their stuff works. Add in something as important... they know what works. Knowing end goals that are possible, makes for research paths that lead somewhere. If you want for ideas on how little things inspire people to make stuff, try the documentary called, 'How William Shatner changed the Universe'. It explains how watching Star Trek altered engineering history. From how a frustrated guy sitting at home waiting for a phone call invented the cell after seeing ST communicators, to how the FX budget saving medical tricorder inspired the MRI... to how crazy it drove the cast to get endless mail demanding to know how those automatic doors worked. Two guys pulling, one on each side. Little things inspire people to make stuff.
Anyway, according to wikipedia, I Dream of Jeanie came out in '65, so time line accordingly.
You are missing out... trained engineer would be overstating it... think high-schooler who spent a vacation in crash-training to be an astronaut.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?" B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."  CattyNebulart Wrote:You are missing out... trained engineer would be overstating it... think high-schooler who spent a vacation in crash-training to be an astronaut.And got good at it, to boot. Already, by the end of the first run of Rocket Girls, the pilots have already encountered some of the worst nightmares of NASA, and come out victorious. Just remember - when it comes to being an astronaut, the techno-babble is only part of the equation. The rest is quick and creative thinking and some big bronze balls.
So After talking to Logan (Atlantea) in CoX, after watching a clip of Kari from mythbusters with a minigun
Quote:[The Legendary]Atlantea: Oh - and doesn't the beginning of the first video sound like she's quoting Heavy Weapons Guy from Team Fortress 2?Mythbusters meet Team Fortress 2. think about it.
Reality is just a machine, and a machine can be sapped!
--- Jon "And that must have caused my dad's brain to break in half, replaced by a purely mechanical engine of revenge!"
Adam as The Pyro: Am I missing an eyebrow?
Jamie as The Demo: Jamie want big boom. Tory as The engineer: Yeah...there's probably a bunch of engineers looking at me and going "What the hell is he doing here?!" And, ah...I've been asking myself that as well on a moment-by-moment basis... Kari as The Heavy: Science gets more fun when I get a gun Grant and the Medic: It Lives! CattyNebulart Wrote:You are missing out... trained engineer would be overstating it... think high-schooler who spent a vacation in crash-training to be an astronaut.And the engineer training they got was "remove malfunctioning black-box and replace with functioning black-box." They're good at following directions, but not so good at knowing why following the directions works. -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 Quote:They're good at following directions, but not so good at knowing why following the directions works.Except maybe Akane, who's got some of that good old fashioned Hermione thing going. And to be fair, Yukari took enough interest in the engineering side to study up sufficiently to make a few good suggestions on the overall rocket. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. 
Honestly, the Rocket Girls/IDoJ cross also should include a point along the lines of what modern "Makers" do in regards to old technology. You know, the guys who buy a steam engine kit and make it do things the engineers way back in the day never dreamed of. And yet, they probably couldn't do it if not for the Century of tech journals dealing with Steam engines...
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.'' -- James Nicoll
Say, would the Clow Cards count as Lost Logia?
------------- Epsilon
Clow Cards are more of a box of Lost Logia. Lost Logia intelligent devices or better. That make you fight them for giggles. Sakura is playing pokemon with Lost Logia. Sakura may get around to spamming new Lost Logia at some point.
--- You under estimate what things high schoolers know decades into the future.. Even if they don't know the exact details, we now had entire channels of TV shows explaining things in bite sized doses that were so far past the bleeding edge of 1965-70 tech that it barely getting to the primordial soup edge. Necratoid Wrote:Clow Cards are more of a box of Lost Logia. Lost Logia intelligent devices or better. That make you fight them for giggles. Sakura is playing pokemon with Lost Logia. Sakura may get around to spamming new Lost Logia at some point.(looks at the final episode) What do you mean, "may"? -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
"You have to help me seal all the Jewel Seeds before they reek havoc, please, you're the only one with the magic needed to operate Raising Heart!"
"Eeehh... really?" She rubbed the back of her head. "This is just so not what I need right now..." "Who the hell is this freak!" Yuuno blinked as a tiny flying... thing appeared over the girls shoulder. It looked like some sort of doll or toy of some kind, made of soft yellow material in a vaguely feline shape and with tiny wings sewn on the back. Yuuno could honestly say he'd seen a lot of familiars in his time but this was a very strange one. "Listen pal, Sakura is already too busy fixing this other problem to get involved with you." "Kero, don't be rude!" The girl turned back to Yuuno. "But he does kind of have a point. You see I let these cards go and now I have to kind of seal them away so it would be a lot of trouble to help you as well..." "I... I see..." Yuuno ducked his head. "I understand, it's a lot to put on you, especially if you're already busy. I guess I'll have to find some way of doing it myself." He grit his teeth and tried to brace his shouler but being a ferret it didn't turn out to well. "Thank you very much for helping me the other day, Sakura-san." "Ohhh.... Kero, do we have to turn him down?" Sakura turned to her familiar, clutching her fists under her chin as her eyes seemed to double in size and shinyness. "Absolutely!" The flying doll-cat-thing made an X with his stubby little arms. "The Clow Cards are already too much danger. I refuse to let you take too many burdens on yourself." At that point the decision was prompty taken out of all their hands as a nearby wall exploded outward, revealing a familiar swirling mass of shadow. Yuuno gasped and jumped back, only to wince as his injuries flared up. "Gah! Quick, give me Raising Heart. I'll hold it off while you two escape!" Sakura looked down at Yuuna, then back at the Jewel-beast. Her eyes narrowed. "No." She clutched her hand tightly around the gem in her hand. "I'm sorry Kero, but I can't just let him get hurt!" ----Meanwhile, half a city away: Fate resisted the urge to slump to her knees as she panted. Whatever that blasted thing had been, at least it was unconscious now. She glanced over at Arf, who had taken the brunt of the other wolf-like beasts attack when it had blindsided her on the rooftop. The woman, currently in her dog form, looked okay. The lightning bolts that made up the monsters form had left some burns but they weren't anything worse than Arf had gotten in sparing when Fate sometimes got overzealous. She should be fine in a few minutes. Still, nobody hurt Arf and got away with it. The only question was, what did she do with it now? She pointed Bardiche at the slumped figure, a giant wolf-like shape made of blue electricity that sizzled as it lay against the concrete rooftop. Fighting a monster made of lightning with lightning spells had been an exercise in aggravation she did not want to repeat anytime soon. Still... while they had been fighting it had seemed as if the creature had been trying to run away. Maybe she had misjudged it? Had it meant to harm Arf, or simply been overzealous while trying to play with another magical dog? She grit her teeth but then lowered Bradiche. She just couldn't bring herself to finishing it off. How was she going to explain this to... [Master, Sealing Mode] She looked down at her device. "What was that?" She tilted her head to the side. Well, it wasn't a Jewel Seed but maybe... "Very well." She pointed her device again as it reconfigured from attack mode to sealing mode. There was a flash of golden light, a strange circle Fate had never seen before formed around her feet. Before she could register what was happening the beast dissolved into a cloud of rapidly shrinking blue light which passed through the circle and formed in front of her. There it condensed into... a card? [Receipt; The Thunder] Fate gingerly picked the floating card out of the air. It was about as long as her forearm and had a picture of the beast she had fought on its front. On the back was a magical diagram she was unfamiliar with. One of the local languages was written across the bottm, showing the same name Bardiche had called it. Her frown deepened. She noticed that Arf was stirring. It was time to go. She could only hope that altough it wasn't a Jewel Seed, Mother would be happy with her for this... ---------------- Epsilon Not coming to a fanfic near you, unless someone else picks it up... Quote:(looks at the final episode) What do you mean, "may"?Can't drop end game Sakura on them... beside if she can make hoards of them they can't be Lost Logia. Little more fusiony then I'd go for Epsilon... though I think the scene that stands out in my mind is Sakura sealing planet killer Reinforce into a card, "The Doomsday"... and then TSAB boggling as Sakura and film crew wander off in a boat as if that kind of thing was completely normal.
"We've secretly replaced GladOS with Kasumi Tendo, let's see if anyone notices..."
It might mean that the tests are over and no more torturing Chel, but on the other hand the cake will be real! ----- Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer. |
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