3 questions

1.) Ok, I am about to get another level 50 Brute and I want to unlock the Alpha Slot on that char. I already got another level 50 Brute that has all 5 incarnate slots open with abilities that are up to tier 4 and though I plan to start buying that armor that Astral Christy and Empyrean Mike sell in Ouroboros as well wanting a tier 4 Victoria MK VI with a battle orb to swap with my Storm Elementals as I please, I still have a ton of Astral Merits and can afford to spend 5 of those toward the Alpha Slot Voucher and send it to the brute that needs the Alpha Slot. Do I still have to run the Mender Ramiel Story Arc?

I am so confused it's not even funny.

2.) Speaking of pet swapping, I want the Storm Elementals for BAFs so they can get aggressive and shoot the escaping resistance fighters, I don't use pets on the other trials right now unless asked by my leaders to avoid costing the league any badges like on Keyes, where the pets get caught by positrons hold powers and cost the league some kind of badge they want. But I want the Tier 4 Victoria MK VI with a Battle Orb to help me kill Elite Bosses or to play with outside of Incarnate Trials because of it's buffs and the fact that Vicky hides and stays out of my way. Plus they cool. But I won't destroy any pets if I unslot and switch them, will I?

3.) On some IO enhancement sets, I notice they come with buffs that last for like 2 minutes, like the recovery on Miracle for example, Can those be slotted in auto powers and what happens they get slotted in an auto power? Does it just do a roll to see if it shoots off once every hour or something? I have seen a lot post with replies talking about this, but not seen anything specific on what happens when you do this.

1. It is my understanding that if you use the Alpha Slot Unlock Voucher, that counts as running through Ramiel's Unlock Arc on whatever character uses it. I have not tried this myself, but that is my understanding from everything that I have heard.

2. As far as I know, there is no way to actually delete any incarnate abilities/pets that have been created. You could create every single pet from the Lore tree if you wanted/had enough time to spend creating them all.

3. These particular proc (they are procs with 100% chance to fire, not globals like Performance Shifter's Chance for +End) IOs are actually best suited to being placed in auto or toggle power (like Miracle +Recovery in Health or Regen's Integration). When placed in these powers, they proc every 10 seconds (iirc). Effectively, this refreshes the two minute duration of the buff due to how the coding works in regards to buffs from one source. You will then always have the constant buff. That same code actually works to your benefit when zoning; each time you zone, you count as a different entity for buffs so the proc will end up adding to itself. So you'll end up with a short amount of time with double the buff every time you enter a mission. (Side note: I used to use this to double the defense buff that I could apply to teammates with my bubbler when I played her. Didn't mean we'd spend the entire mission with increased Defense, but it was helpful for the first group or two.) These procs essentially work the same way as chance for damage procs in offensive toggles; they just have a 100% chance to fire every 10 seconds instead of ~20%.