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

Good to see the sane… well, the benevolent and functional insane Paul again.

I think the unofficial plan is to wait for the Orange Lanterns to solve the issue. Shouldn’t take more than a millennia or two at current rate of progress.

 

Lets hope the orange lanters have better luck than the green lanterns did.

"How bad is it?"

"The real Darkseid can bitch slap superman through a planet just by looking at him."

"Please tell me you're joking."

"Omega effect is no joke."

 

Don't they know about New Gods being vulnerable to Radion or something like that? Because honestly, new agenda should be get allied with New Genesis, considering the importance of Earth, or do what villains and people did once Superman's vulnerability was known, develop a plethora of weapons using said vulnerability as basis and build up an arsenal of them.

Anyway, glad we are back to our regular, insane but endearing, Illustres shenanigans. I want some proper update on how this unrecognizable Earth is looking.

 

It's a consistent part of the mythos that Superman does in fact beat Darkseid when he stops holding himself back.

 

No. Nor would they know how to get/make any.

 

The only reason Grayven was able to get a radion blaster was because he stole one from the thanagarians on Earth 50. I can't imagine New Genesis would be eager to share any.

 

Savage also had one.

How he got it wasn't answered, but maybe Mordru, who can travel through space and may know a lot about New Gods, could have given it to him.

 

I mean, is it that mysterious or unknown? I didn't like nor remember much of Final Crisis but I do recall that Batman shot Darkseid with a bullet made of "New God kryptonite". And where are Mr. Miracle and Barda, wouldn't they know of it?

Dr. Sivana, Sr. developed a humongous one to ambush and threaten Grayven with prior to the Sheeda Invasion, under the belief that he didn't need to be particularly clever with it, just have one big enough to bypass defenses since the energy was already so noxious to Grayven's kind. I don't know where he found out about it or how he made it (did Grayven spill something of it?) but wouldn't the Maltusians know of it as well? And if one Dr. Sivana, Sr. managed to create that weapon in the Renegade timeline, the one that since the Sheeda Invasion was being consulted by world governments should be able to as well, no?

I'm just saying, after what happened, getting invaded by Apokolips should be enough of a fear for Earth to look into proper defenses, once they have recuperated enough, instead of trying to behave like an ostrich.

 

Keep in mind, what Paul thinks is happening, and what is actually happening, are often two wildly different things.

And well, Darkseid scares Paul, because he can completely shut his rings down.

 

Maybe he found it in another universe.

He did mention that he once met up with multiple versions of himself, so he could have asked if any of them know about it.

I'm not so sure about where Barda is.

Last time she was mentioned she was abducted by Manheim, so she may now be free on Earth or she's on Apokalips.

But the two of them may not know about it.

Other New Gods may not know about it since it could be something like mutually assured destruction and if one sides uses it then the other will also use it.

Assuming he's still consulting, or that he'd be interested in making it.

 

Yes they do? Paul mentioned it during the lead-up to returning to earth. Something about Mr miracle knowing they exist and they work but having never seen one

 

Oh. My mistake.

 

Hey! I wanted to thank you Mr. Zoat for quite literally making one of the few series of Fanfics that I have trouble putting down. This has gotten me through many terrible events in my life and I am always delighted to restart reading your work when I forget my place in your immense work.

So, once again- thanks man.

 

This is the only real indication of radion in the paragon timeline. If he's asked Hinon about it, it wasn't on screen.

Because why would an X-Pit fighter be given something like radion. I find it a little odd that the head of Darkseids bodyguards has never seen one either but /shrug.

 

That’s exactly what I was thinking of. Thank you

 

Anyone have any idea where this version of the SI ended up? Because I'm drawing a blank.

 

“Yoink! Mine!” -average Orange Light enjoyer.

 

The fact that there's a preexisting orange lantern would seem to indicate it's a DC continuity even if I have no idea which one. But if there's some explanation for an orange lantern to exist outside DC then "Great God Mammon" isn't a lot to go on.

 

Kill Six Billion Demons?

 

ahahaha he's in Stargate! haha oh goodie the goa'uld are going to get a very rude awakening

even a fresh lantern (with a lantern) can steamroll most of the setting.. ahh this could be quite cathartic
unless he ticks off an ascended enough to make them act.. then he's doomed.

 

Interesting. A new Alt!Paul? And one just starting out, it seems. I see he's still calculating dates based on his original displacement time. So then: Ideas on where this one may be? I suppose we'll have to find clues within the chapter.

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Not that that will slow you down, given you have a Power Ring. And as you'll find out, they are awesome.

Heh. Still learning to focus on his wants, I see. Wonder if he's had the self-improvement moment yet or not?

Hmm... A culture of acquisitiveness. Not a lot of clues there.

Good, right frame of mind. Don't fear the threat, want it gone.

Ah, desperation, the mother of invention... And violence.

He'll be wanting to get something more protective than flannel pyjamas soon.

It's a poor tomb that only has one trap.

Yeah, never assume that the AI understands what you mean. Though Orange Rings to tend to be smart that way.

Ooh, that must have stung. Especially as a rookie.

Twitchy, but understandable. It's been quite the morning.

Hmm... As in the same demon of Earth? Well, Hell is supposedly universal. But according to his comment about the continents, this isn't Earth itself.

Glitchy from age, or from Paul's little barrage earlier? No telling for sure at this stage.

Okay, it's a junker.

So, is this guy Mammon, or merely a priest of him? The joy of a blind introduction...

Hmm... So it's likely this is either a DC Universe or one adjacent enough to have Maltusian Spectrum technology. Which could be anything from a sub-imprint to a licensed property.

Ah, good. Already getting into the habit of having the Ring 'do the thing'.

Feeling a lot safer, I bet. We've seen how desperate other Pauls were to get personal lanterns.

Focus, Paul. Don't want to get caught with your defences down...

To be fair, most people wouldn't know the latter skill. Hell, I don't think many would bother learning about constellations, especially if they live in big cities. Light pollution, you know?

Easier than asteroid mining, but probably less profitable.

Getting home may take some time.

...Heh. Sounds a bit more the Greenies' type of process, but with a little 'get it done', it shouldn't take that long.

Green Alien Space Babes, captain. Or Blue. Or Yellow. Or Pink. A whole technicolour galaxy.

Ah. A GM rolling dice is never good for the players. Especially if they're not doing anything that needs rolls.

Ah, yes. The 'Humans are Cthulu' trope. When we're too weird for the spacemen to understand. Or that one 'Powers' page with the interdimensional traveller popping in, rendered in full 3D, and someone pukes upon seeing them. Or maybe it was 'Top 10'? (Sadly, it's really hard to search for something that generic.)

Don't go too power-mad now, Paul...

...Especially since you have functionally unlimited inventory.

Ah, Archaeology in the finest British fashion: Loot everything that's not nailed down, and come back with a crowbar...

Well, still no obvious clues, at least to my limited knowledge. But then, I'm not read up on a lot of sci-fi franchises. Though the likelihood of the locals being human-adjacent is pretty high based on that hologram. Unless it's some distant post-apocalyptic world inhabited by animal people. I guess we're stuck waiting for upcoming chapters to find out.

 

Seeing as this takes place in 2013 the Goa'uld may be already defeated.

 

The eyes are a bit of a hint, the woomph noise fits with Staff Weapon blasts.....hologram and god comments would fit....don't think I've ever heard Mammon as a name for one of the snakes....huh.

If it is SG-1 I'm honestly kinda shocked....I just recently stumbled on a stargate fic around here, that sounds odd in premise seems to work.

 

That's just the date the SI thinks it is. Check when this story started.

 

Unless this is some Zoat made up continuity with barely any connection to the actual setting this isn't Stargate.

Though you're actually not accurate about that second part. The only thing he would actually be a threat to in the setting would be the Goa'uld.

Nothing he could do would stop the Replicators.

Nothing he could do would stop the Ori.

Nothing he could do would stop the Wraith.

Nothing he could do would stop the renegade Ancients.

 

Good show.

 

A new Paul.

The things shown in the update are fairly generic to nail it down, but the presence of a lantern should mean its tied to standard DC or a cross over verse.

Now if it's a power source that could function as a lantern that is a much broader category, star gate zero point modules could recharge a ring for a limited number of charges (even we are talking about centuries) and look like orange Lantern as they glow orange, so this could very well be a Paul left in Stargate and his lantern could be a ZPM the random goalud looted from an ancient outpost.

In short, need more information, but Stargate doesn't seem to be a long shot guess even if we don't have enough evidence to make an accurate guess.

 

"Valuable archeological artifacts from another civilization? That's right! They go in the square hole British Musem!"

Anyway, I wonder if this is Earth, just far enough into the future or past that the continents have shifted (or been rearranged by cataclysmic fighting, if its the future).

 

A strobe of orange light deposits every valuable object in the room into that pocket. I leave the images on the wall with their precious stones. They might have archaeological value, and I can always take them to the British Museum once I know where it is.


- Not sure if it's all that much the Orange Light, or just the historical Brit Penchant for Strategically Transfering Equipment to Alternate Locations, whether the locals like it or not.