With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)

That was great this right here is why you are one of the greats.

 

It is nice to have some silver agey type character in a fairly realistic story every once in a while.

 

I seem to recall Manga Khan being mentioned by Zoat ages ago, so this is some good pay-off, and should be fun.

Some of Orin's points, technically speaking, have nothing to do with OL's actions, like saying Cyprian should have come to him for adjudication. It's not like it's Renegade, who was acting as an official ambassador (unless Paragon is actually doing the same thing and I just missed it).

I do like Paragon reminding Orin that the scale of NEMO and the OLC is just so much larger in scope than a bunch of city-states on one planet. At the same time, Atlantis is the site of a lot of arcanotechnological innovation, so who knows what they could be capable of in a few years?

 

Nah, any period of massive recruitment brings with it sub-optimal candidates. The OLC has to be large enough to win a war against the Reach. Unless OL begins to perform a manual review for each applicant, there’s nothing more he can contribute.

And he would have a more if day in what the Corps does, but Dox is still busy establishing his authority. Plus, the audience is more interested in what goes an on Earth.

 

Think it should be 'us, Dox' instead of 'us Dox'

Zoat mentioned that Manga Khan may be the Orange Lantern that took Larfleezes place in universe - 14, while he died happy surrounded by family and friends.

 

Thank you, corrected.

I don't.

Dox is experimenting to find out what makes a good Orange Lantern.

 

Genuine question. What does Atlantis lose if Venturia secedes?

 

Between this and the Cake-Man, the OLC's reputation on Earth is gonna be hilarious.

 

'that the Poseidonis government' instead of 'that Poseidonis', or it could be 'that the government of Poseidonis'

Still think putting a comma between us and Dox makes sense.

They lose face and some pride.

 

First time I've heard of this character and its already amazing.

 

I'm looking forward to this new lantern selling to certain news agencies a extranet type repeater so that people can get news from off world. Otscake mam this on an CNN story then cuts to the extranet showing Paul wipe out a few fleets and his takedown of the citidel then the eyeball demon.

 

Tax revenue, Venturia is a big place with a decently big population. Losing it would be losing their tax money.

 

But theoretically, wouldn't losing Venturia mean less places to use those tax money?

 

Their virtual monopolies on sorcerous warfare, arcane research, and surface-to-atlantean border policy. Also potential backlash from a Greek god if things change too quickly, since that lot is full of drama queens.

 

Oh, there are many reasons... But right now? I'd warrant try to avoid Aquaman wanting to punch you in the face?

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Ah, that moment when no-one wants to start the awkward conversation.

Well, looks like he's making it official. A formal protest. Only thing missing is the formal parchment scroll. Which can be useful as a bludgeon if negotiations go poorly...

Come on, the Corps is less than a year old. I don't think anyone's decided on his exact duties and privileges...

In other words, No. Be glad he didn't tell you to take your seahorse and paddle on home...

I'm impressed he had the sense to ask outright. Anyone less politically savvy would assume it was teenage foolishness.

Aquaman gets a bad rap sometimes, but he is a king. And that means he can tell when there's a deeper agenda...

And can you actually enforce that, Artie?

Ah, the old-fashioned conservatives...

To be honest, I doubt he's missed it. His information-gathering agents (and of course Atlantis has them...) would have informed him as soon as it was announced.

Ah, obfuscating deflection. What some people confuse for actual obliviousness in OL.

...Okay, now I can see the Venturians' objections... That would be damn offensive to any culture...

And that assumes it was necessary for them to do so in any legal sense...

In other words, they aren't going to want to listen to him anyway...

Oh, boy... Here it comes...

Oh, that's one hell of a trap card.

Which won't go down well with them. They're hostile enough as it is. Do you want to have insurrection against an occupying force?

Man, you're screwed if you do, screwed if you don't. Better to have the screwing in favourable circumstances...

Still the issue of the Venturians' opinion of Atlantean rulers...

Wow, Dox isn't playing around. He must really want those mages in place. That's all of a two-day turnaround between confirmation and arrival.

And even OL is caught by surprise. Most impressive.

More likely Dox prioritised the mages' goodwill for a prompt response...

...Which Lantern? Cause someone like Mother of Mercy sends quite a message...

Huh, that's an odd vessel to dispatch. I assume it's an escort for the actual fleet.

Oh, boy, I hope that wasn't broadcast to all of Earth...

For reference: Manga Khan. Introduced during the 'Detroit' era of the Justice League of America and it's International follow-up, and a source of much humour. Think an alien overlord who conquers financially rather than militarily.

I can already sense the headache coming on...

I swear, if he sets up shop on the island of Kooey Kooey Kooey... Many laughs will be had. Seriously, this guy seems perfect for Orange Lantern-hood. And this adds a new wrinkle to the political minefield that Venturian Secession is lining up to be...

 

Well, we got our answer.

It really is just Paul handling this in a completely hamfisted manner.

 

Thank you, corrected.

But only internally. The SI's efforts mean that the surface world is quite a bit more familiar with Poseidonis, but the same isn't really true of the other city-states.

Not really. The central government of Atlantis is less big deal that it is in most surface world countries. They lose out on some income, but it's not that much, especially compared to what surface trade is getting them.

Yes, that's a much bigger deal. Though less than if Venturia went to a surface world country for support.

 

While this may not be so well received because of the whole Brazil thing and the threat of or else, it does provide the opportunity for Earth to get extraterrestrial trading partners, that aren't Apokaliptian, provided OL convinces Khan to use a better method.

Now I can't wait to see his robotic assistant and OL talk about Khan and his.. eccentricities.

Roman god technically.

 

Things people are quite often willing to kill or die for (or commit a variety of other anti-social acts for).

 

Oh god that guy?! Someone hide Mister Miracle.

 

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Manga_Khan_(New_Earth)

I never heard of him before, but he sounds amazing!!!
Paul really lucked out on getting him lol.

This might actually be a massive boon for Earth. Now the governments of the world can cheaply acquire interstellar items and reverse engineer them!

Take apart a bunch of used spaceships, and suddenly Earth has a fleet within the year. Or buy a healing ray or a phaser. Hell, space youtube, full of DIY videos.

"How to make a teleporter in 6 easy steps." 6 trillion views.

 

It...makes perfect sense that an Orange Lantern would be all about trade and commerce but I never considered it before.

The SHOPPING CORPS!

 

Truly this guy is like something that would have stood out in the Silver Age.

Once the people of Earth see this they will likely think of the OLC, and OL, as being something largely funny, only to get whiplash when they discover they are planning on waging a gigantic war and two of its members have been responsible for genocide twice, Kom and Kori.

 

No, they're our freedom fighters from a decade or three ago.

And steps 1, 3, 4, and 5 all involve goods or services that aren't available on Earth and which Earth would need to build the tools to build the tools to produce themselves. (Venus, on the other hand...)

 

I mean, there's also the teleporting planet Orange Lantern that was messing with Mars's orbit, and the way the OLC came to the rescue when a flock of angels decided to quarantine Earth because that was the best way for them to hunt down one guy.

 

After his cake and dance, and then.. this, the Orange Lantern corpse is going to have a reputation of being a group of utter nutters.

 

Paul’s reasoning made perfect sense to me. Where do you think he went wrong?

 

Wouldn't the Sivanas have stopped them from entering the system?

 

Why?

 

Could Manga Khan's head, neck and shoulders be any more phallic?!? (I mean, without actually becoming pornographic.)