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Time Travel and You

An Educational Article

Supplied by the Paragon Police Department

Part One: The Basics

Hey kids! You're reaching a level now where you're experiencing some strange changes, such as working to make sure your worst enemy never existed, body parts missing where they used to be before, and urges to go Duck and Cover. This is not natural in any way, shape, or form—you are experiencing "Temporal Displacement Syndrome," or negative effects of time travel.

But mister, what is time travel?

I'm glad you asked, Billy! Time travel is when you use a chronological dislocation device (CDD for short) to warp yourself back through the years to do stuff.

That didn't help at all!

...Shut up, Billy. Nobody asked you.

Part Two: The Dangers

As with any device or power that bends the time/space continuum (here's looking at you, Dark Watcher), there are always inherent dangers to time travel, the most famous of which is the time paradox.

Imagine that you were suddenly filled with that urge to go kill your grandfather. Imagine that you did successfully, when he was a young boy.

But mister, my mom wasn't born then!

Exactly, Billy! Since she wasn't born then, you don't exist.

How did I kill my granddaddy then?

Hence the paradox, Billy.

Oh. But what if—

Be QUIET, Billy! Other dangers of time travel include:

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  Erasing your friends and family from existence
  

  
  
  
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  Squishing a bug and turning the world into a hideous place full of evil, demons and flying pigs
  

  
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  Part Three: The Ending Bits

  
  

  
  Well kids, that about wraps it up for this article on time travel. Remember, don't do Superadine, stay in the University, and always listen to your Trainers.
  

  
  

Collector's Corner

Spotlight: Rowr

By _darque_

Thank you again for taking the time to talk with me and City Scoop. We want to highlight art collectors as well as artists, and since you have an incredible collection of art, I thought you would be perfect to interview.

What got you started collecting art?

Really it was after I 'discovered' the art forum, and for a long time, I pounced on the 'freebie' threads and got several pieces that way because I was thinking I would never pay for some art of a game character...Well, we all see how that turned out. One day a few artists were offering commissions, I had some spare money, and thus the monster was born. I really liked seeing Rowr as rendered by different artists in different styles, and always keep my eye out on other artists and I do tend to get more than one piece from artists I like.

And actually, very early on I decided I would take up drawing as a hobby so I could avoid having to get commissions, and I could just draw Rowr myself. Well that didn't go so well as I don't have the free time to actually draw very often, so I'm still getting commissions. Though, I did take a class in drawing and I think I'm pretty decent at it, just wish I had more time to draw!

What was the first piece of art you had done of one of your characters?

Well...to be honest I'm still waiting on the very first one that I had commissioned, oh well. But my other 'first' one was done by Manuel Clavel, aka Poison.

Rowr, by Manuel Clavel

It's just NEAT that an artist can take a screenshot and transform it into a work that the game could never come close to rendering. It's just great.

A great many of your pictures are of your toon, Rowr. Why did you choose her to memorialize in art? Do you have other toons that you have had turned into art?

Well, she was my first character that I had ever gotten art of and also my "main" character. It's who everyone knows me as, and I really don't play very many alts. I do have one pic of one of my other characters, but it was just a sketch, and someone else actually got it for me. Besides, I think Rowr looks the best for being drawn, so I keep commissioning pics of her.

Lately a friend of mine (Juteboxhero, Hi jutey!) and I have been doing "Alternate Earth"-type pictures, kind of like an Elseworld theme, where we think of a situation or place and have our characters drawn there like we're in some other universe. It's been a lot of fun to do, and the artist response has been great to the ideas.

Rowr, by yvash

Badges are an often overlooked aspect of the game, but can provide means for role playing, unlocking powers and contacts, or just collecting.

Before I begin, here is a standard tip for badge hunting bosses: For missions, having a full team of 8 on either tenacious/malicious or unyielding/ruthless will provide the best results. For street hunting, having more people in the area will increase the boss spawn counts.

Crey Infiltrator

How to get it?

You get this badge by defeating 200 Paragon Protectors, regardless of rank. There are a few types of Paragon Protectors like 7th Generation Paragon Protectors, Paragon Protector elites, and demonic Paragon Protectors. Any Kheldian should be aware that the Quantum Paragon Protectors look just like the rest.

Tips on obtaining it

Hero side

Outdoor Street Hunting:

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  Eden (level 32+), mainly in the Utopia Complex. They can also be found in any "city" sections of Eden, like Aveda Towers or Acadia. They might be spotted elsewhere, but not in enough numbers to matter.
  

  
  
  
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  The Firebase Zulu (level 40+) is another good source of Paragon Protectors, especially in Point Foxtrot, Point Tango, Point X-Ray, and Point Sierra.
  

  
  
  
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  The Rikti War Zone has them scattered about.
  

  
  
  
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    Gordon Stacy's (level 35-39) "Revenant Hero Project."
    

    
    
    
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    Unai Kemen's "Take readings from rupture" mission (it is the third in the series).
    

    
    
    
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    Unai Kemen also has a second non-arc mission with paragon protectors in it according to Red Tomax "Dimension Psi 20-7."
    

    
    
    
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    Manticore Task Force.
    

    
    
    
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    Villain side
    
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        Tavish Bell (45-50) has the demonic Paragon Protectors.
        

        
        
        
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        Crey missions are scattered everywhere from level 30 onward from Timothy Raymond (30-35), Regent Korol (40-44), Dr. Forrester (40-44) (By the way, ask how Joel is doing), and Abyss (45-50).
        

        
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        By the way, doing the mission from Gordon Stacy or Unai Kemen with a full team on tenacious will yield the Crey Infiltrator in around two runs. You might need to do the first floor in the third run to get the badge. In the Gordon Stacy mission, only one group on the entire map is not Paragon Protectors.
        

        
        
        

        
        
        

        
        

        How hard it is to get?

        
        

        
        It is one of the easier badges to get hero side, mainly from the fact that there are so many chances to find them around. Villain side will be more difficult due to the sparse population of street hunting. Finding a mission would be the better choice, but CoV lacks a good 7th Generation Paragon Protector mission.
        

        
        
        

        What does the badge represent in the story of City of Heroes?

        
        

        
        The Crey Infiltrator badge represents uncovering the secrets of the Protectors. These constructs are Crey's attempt to create their own army. Not much is known about these "Paragon Protectors" except that they are completely loyal to Crey.
        

        
        

        Editor's Note

        
        

        
        Go. Hunt. Get Badge. is going to be a new recurring feature in the City Scoop. "How do I get the {insert name} badge?" is one of the most common questions in both the forums and the game. Many times there is more than one right answer, and we want to bring most of the best ones together in one spot. - Lemur Lad