Paragon Times Exclusive: Statesman's Task Force
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Posted on: 2007-05-01 14:54 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
So who sprung him from Praetorian Earth?
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He has a press conference to announce that heroes will be infiltrating via a "covert mini-sub" (italics mine)? Why not sail the sub in on the surface with a brass band on top of it?
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Maybe I should have left him in that cave....
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He has a press conference to announce that heroes will be infiltrating via a "covert mini-sub" (italics mine)? Why not sail the sub in on the surface with a brass band on top of it?
<shakes head sadly>
Maybe I should have left him in that cave....
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uh...that's just what he wants Arachnos to THINK he's doing...maybe :/
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No offense to anyone but is it me or is Stateman's speech sounding something along the lines of what President Bush gave to the public before invading Iraq.
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The Paragon Times covers Statesmans Task Force.
PARAGON CITY, Rhode Island, April 30 A stalwart Statesman addressed the heroes of Paragon City today at an early morning press conference in front of City Hall in Atlas Park. He was accompanied by several members of the Freedom Phalanx, including Numina and Sister Psyche, and called the conference to discuss the ongoing threat of the Rogue Isles.
Read the full coverage here.
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No offense to anyone but is it me or is Stateman's speech sounding something along the lines of what President Bush gave to the public before invading Iraq.
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Little does Statesman know that the Web's true purpose is to pirate free cable TV to the citizens of Grandville and all of the Rogue Isles!
Although, considering the brain-rotting capabilities of television these days, it really could be a WMD...
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No offense to anyone but is it me or is Stateman's speech sounding something along the lines of what President Bush gave to the public before invading Iraq.
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It's not just you. For crying out loud, who writes Freedom Phalanx's dialog, Kyle Sampson? "Balance of power"? "Weapon of mass destruction?" Flat-out lies about how we don't know "yet" if Statesman's brother in law is "building a rapid strike force"? "If we fail to get the job done in the Rogue Isles, Arachnos will certainly follow us here?"
And never mind the parts of that that aren't true (the Tangle doesn't "destroy" anything, there is no invasion force), if the Etoile Islands are such an obvious threat to the US, where in the heck is the US government? Does the US even have a President? Is there some reason why Congress hasn't responded to the fact that top Arachnos officials have actually be arrested as far inland as Overbrook? Who left it up to the Statesman to decide these things?
And yes, I agree that telling Arachnos in advance to keep an eye out for our 8-man mini-sub is just about the dumbest possible thing Statesman could possibly have done. At the very least, that whole paragraph should have been peeled off and stuck under one of those "Top Secret" links like the ones in the Backgrounder articles.
Seriously. Statesman can't open his mouth, in the comic book or in the game, without making Arachnos' propaganda that Statesman and Freedom Phalanx are seeking to run the whole country through some kind of quasi-religious personality cult, that there is no longer any meaningful rule of law in the US, and that the threat of Statesman exporting this quasi-religious personality cult of his by force is what justifies the level of repression and military vigilance in the Isles, look vaguely plausible.
Minimum suggestion, here? The game's backstory establishes a doctrine of superheroic "hot pursuit" across international borders. Tell us that Arbiter Sands, who was recently arrested in Overbrook, has escaped and is being pursued by a task force under Statesman's supervision. That would at least drape a veneer of legality over this enterprise.
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No offense to anyone but is it me or is Stateman's speech sounding something along the lines of what President Bush gave to the public before invading Iraq.
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Statesman's methods have always been a little questionable. He used his influence to keep the city from rebuilding the Siren's Call war walls, endangering the entire city just for the sake of one little honey pot, for example.
While I'm amused at the idea of Paragon's biggest and brightest hero being uncomfortably objectivist, I'm not sure I like the idea that the rest of the city's heroes should be endorsing his methods without question. Especially when States is being awfully vague about what this doomsday device actually is; it would be quite embarassing to fly into the Rogue Isles guns blazing only to find out that Recluse was just working on a really big ice cream machine.
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No offense to anyone but is it me or is Stateman's speech sounding something along the lines of what President Bush gave to the public before invading Iraq.
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Little does Statesman know that the Web's true purpose is to pirate free cable TV to the citizens of Grandville and all of the Rogue Isles!
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Statesman is all about DRM.
Another great Paragon Times article - I hope these continue, rather than this just being a one-off.
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While I'm amused at the idea of Paragon's biggest and brightest hero being uncomfortably objectivist, I'm not sure I like the idea that the rest of the city's heroes should be endorsing his methods without question. Especially when States is being awfully vague about what this doomsday device actually is; it would be quite embarassing to fly into the Rogue Isles guns blazing only to find out that Recluse was just working on a really big ice cream machine.
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Wait .. this is a WHAT?!?
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From the article...
"Statesman explained that agents of Lonbgow had infiltrated Grandville..."
I do believe it's supposed to be 'Longbow', but hey, what do I know...
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No offense to anyone but is it me or is Stateman's speech sounding something along the lines of what President Bush gave to the public before invading Iraq.
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It's not just you. For crying out loud, who writes Freedom Phalanx's dialog, Kyle Sampson? "Balance of power"? "Weapon of mass destruction?" Flat-out lies about how we don't know "yet" if Statesman's brother in law is "building a rapid strike force"? "If we fail to get the job done in the Rogue Isles, Arachnos will certainly follow us here?"
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No, no. If States were taking a page from the Bush playbook, then to fight Arachnos, he'd be sending heroes to take over Middle Earth.
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No offense to anyone but is it me or is Stateman's speech sounding something along the lines of what President Bush gave to the public before invading Iraq.
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Except Statesman actually has real information that Lord Recluse is near completion of his WMD that is going to allow him to take over the world.
Lord Recluse would punk Statesman in a one on one fight, so the threat is pretty dire... as Statesman already qualifies as a WMD himself (anyone that can take a nuke or *be* a nuclear bomb counts, IMO.)
(Heh, that would be really cool to see what the Freedom Phalanx would do if spawned to fight Lord Recluse and the Arachnos Flyer.)
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PARAGON CITY, Rhode Island, April 30 A stalwart Statesman addressed the heroes of Paragon City today at an early morning press conference in front of City Hall in Atlas Park. He was accompanied by several members of the Freedom Phalanx, including Numina and Sister Psyche, and called the conference to discuss the ongoing threat of the Rogue Isles. No one was quite able to keep their attention on Statesman to hear what he had to say.
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That's an interesting article....since I arrested ARBITER SANDS last week....who the hell let him out?
The Paragon Times covers Statesmans Task Force.
PARAGON CITY, Rhode Island, April 30 A stalwart Statesman addressed the heroes of Paragon City today at an early morning press conference in front of City Hall in Atlas Park. He was accompanied by several members of the Freedom Phalanx, including Numina and Sister Psyche, and called the conference to discuss the ongoing threat of the Rogue Isles.
Read the full coverage here.