Discussion: Shivan Lore

Then this would (IMO) be the place to tell us that, rather than barely hinting at it while following a PPD Detective around the tutorial.

This is why we can't have nice things. Allow me to give you a hug Megajoule so you can start to enjoy the world around you.

They told us somewhere that Shivans take on the form of whatever they crash into.

As for the "old" lore, it still fits - the only issue is the 1950's date, which I think is a straight up mistake. The idea of a planet devouring menace hitting the Arcosians (or whoever it was) hundreds of years ago, then moving on, fits with what's going on now. Maybe the initial Shiva was just a scouting meteor. Maybe it was broken up, but only some of the pieces fell into Bloody, and the rest were delayed until now.

The biggest issue for me is how one agent in SERAPH could have made the entire Paragon astronomical community miss the meteors. Surely there would have been amateur skygazers, or other companies/organizations watching the skies?

The glowing from the war walls interferes with the telescopes.

Originally Posted by PleaseRecycle it has gone from unconscionable to downright appalling that we have no way of measuring our characters' wetness.

Originally Posted by Brillig It's hard to beat the entertainment value of Whackjob Wednesdays.

You mean Light Pollution? though it doesn't seem so bad in Paragon.

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.

The scientific community was watching. The meteors did not originally appear to be on a trajectory headed toward Earth, but instead were expected to pass within a few million miles, accompanied perhaps by a smaller outlying group resulting in a spectacular but harmless meteor shower.

Link: http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/n...p_pictures.php

ooh, a shotgun powerset with swappable ammo?

"Ghaly pumped shell after shell into the shambling monstrosities, and they fell easily enough, but they were many and his ammo was limited. When the inevitable occurred, he threw his empty gun at the nearest horror, and cast a glance behind him. Civilians were still running for safety. He was the only thing between them and the creatures. He smiled grimly and raised his fists. Even a few more seconds might spell the saving of a life.

The monsters were upon him in a groaning mass of alien violence. He was surprised to find his punches actually seemed to be doing them some damage; but he could do little to fend off their raging blows. They surrounded him and after a last depserate punch, Ghaly closed his eyes and waited for the killing blow.

And then he opened them again. He was kneeling like that guy in Platoon (he'd secretly decided this was the way he'd go when the time came at an early age), yelling out his defiance, and the alien beasties were still pounding on him and dribbling unearthly drool over his trilby, but for some reason he wasn't dead. In fact, he realised as his death-roar petered out, he felt pretty damn good. He gingerly stood up. A gigantic blubbery alien standing right at his left elbow smashed a gelatinous arm at his; the girder embedded in it powered straight into Ghaly's face, and he winced in anticipation of a right pasting, but it just bounced off.

'Hm...this is weird', Ghaly thought as another of the monsters smashed a huge foot into his ghoolies to no apparent avail. Ghaly scratched his chin as another tried to bite his head off. He was perplexed. This was a turn up for the books, and no mistake! This was the first time an alien invasion had come to Paragon with 'invincibility for the puny humans' as a strategy.

A few educational minutes later, Ghaly was sauntering through Galaxy City, his guns safely back in his boot (no sense in wasting ammo), lamping Shivans left and right with casual backhanders and the odd uppercut. He found a hero collapsed on the floor, begging for help. He elbowed a villain who was pondering stealing the fallen hero's power out of the way. "Get up, you fool - you're invincible!" and carried on.

After some time, he found a giant pit in the ground. A tremendous roar emanated from it as a gargantuan alien fiend arose, roaring out its hate at the world. Ghaly skipped over to it and whipped out a fishing rod, pretended to fish in the pit, did a rain dance, then finally shpped out a newspaper and ignored everything. When he returned from his reverie, the beast and its useless brethren had been blown to bits by some passing jets, and shortly afterwards Ghaly felt a teleport kick in.

Ghaly found himself near a Longbow helicopter. Statesman was standing there, fretting about things, as he often does. Ghaly approached him. "Well, that was easy".
"Easy?" spluttered Statesman,"Those things look like a threat neér before seen by this world! How did you survive?"
Ghaly licked his lips nervously, then a sly smile spread over his face. "Oh yeah, right, yeah, ooh, nasty pieces of work those Shivans. Thought I was a gonner for sure. Really hard. Honest. That was a right hairy fight! Don't worry, though, Marcus, Big Shivan sorted out. All my own work, honest. Considering that was, er, worse than what I reckon the Alpha Squad went through, I'll have a medal, please. Two medals. And your house."
Statesman squinted at him, "I see you managed to keep your hat untouched during the fight..." he muttered.
"Got lucky" replied Ghaly quickly. "Epic fight, that" he added.
"Epic?" Statesman repeated, hopefully.
"Epic."
Staesman darted a look left and right, then leaned over conspiratorially. "OKay, I'll see what I can do about a house, but don't tell anyone, will you?"
Ghaly tapped his nose. ""Not a whisper, no worries".

'New house, eh?', thought Ghaly as he boarded the Heli. 'Epic'.



Eco

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow [The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."

I have a few on my roster of characters.

Thank you for that "epic conclusion" LOL.