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

Sounds like some very good thermal shielding then. Though not quite good enough to shrug off streams of rather excitable sub-atomic particles going off nearby... Still, nobody's ferpect.

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And at least he's being polite to his mission-kills. Just because you're fighting for your life doesn't mean you can let standards slip, after all.

Eh, any other group, that might get a positive result...

But these guys are just a bit too fanatical. I wonder why? Do they expect to be reborn in some wonderful afterlife, contingent of a heroic death in battle? ...I can see that fitting with Sparta's character, honestly.

Now, don't go forgetting why you're here, OL, while immersed in all that sweet data...

Insightful. I suspect if Apokaliptians were involved in this little fleet, the systems would be much better integrated. Suggesting that they've taken the remnants of something else and kludged it into place...

Do we need to get a spritz bottle, OL? Let your ring spray you if you get too thoughtful?

At least the classic dungeon bypass is an option here. Nothing says 'open, portal' like a molecular-bond-disrupting field.

Okay, definitely kludged New God tech into their ship's systems, then. And it's practically demanding the presence of divinity before operating at full function.

To quote Steve Rogers: "Son, just... Don't."

Well, at least they're smarter than most of the guards. Or less dedicated to their cause...

Which also lets them grab the ship's comms and scream to whoever can hear about some 'crazy orange alien freak!'

A very good question. And if she's not using Phoebe's seed, then where is it? I mean, you're still operating on Occam's Razor here, avoiding the possibility that two separate parties are at play...

Though said bridge is probably instead very heavily defended.

Well, shit, another one.

Focus, OL. Worry about the silliness when she isn't trying to put eight feet of pointy Apokaliptian metal through you.

Until you can stop whatever's causing it, almost certainly...

Ah, warrior versus wizard. The only time that's a fair fight is at lower levels, when the wizard can't just cheat.

...She's a quick one, isn't she? Channelling a bit of divine speed, perhaps.

...And doing almost nothing because of divine reinforcement. As usual.

Ah, for predictable enemies. You can only pull off a teleporting backstab so many times before they wise up.

Looks like she's just about on ice...

I'm guessing she isn't as strong, or didn't have as much time to build up the momentum he did.

Because who knows what's happening over on New Cronus as he plays pattycake with these twits?

And if Sparta is listening, which she almost certainly is, that might come as an actual surprise for her.

Well, at least it was quick and presumably painless... Beware the Good Man, after all.

Better to focus on taking your anger at this stupidity out on whoever's in charge up there.

Man, I can just imagine how frustrated OL's getting at the constant interruptions by the ship's defenders. Especially when he's stuck trying not to get lost in thought. Still, at least he's not taking any pleasure in defeating them. And that's probably all the more chilling to Sparta, if she's been watching...

 

It could be the fact that their planet and civilization was destroyed, so now they're very dedicated to their cause.

 

As far as mental attacks go, this one is very subtle, persistent and powerful...
I wonder if it's actually an attack, or just some kind of side effect of the divine magic and general wibblyness of this space?
some kind of side effect of having Phoebe's orb out of her body?

if it is an attack it does seem tailor made to mess with his head, which implies a scary degree of preplanning and info on Sparta's part.. or whoever is actually behind this.

 

hold -> hole

I thought he'd try to subspace the spear now it's got no owner.

 

The funny part is that I can see him easily being able to twist the mindfuck into an advantage if he really really needs to. It makes him so much more avaricious for information you see.

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

Just noticed that the threadmarks/links still have commas on them when they shouldn't.

 

THREE TIMES!

Edit: Actually, that one was okay. Just could just find/replace. Just two times.

 

Actually, the threadmarks themselves still have the commas. Like this one: Threadmarks: Sungate, (part 23).

 

Renegade!Grayven can and has done so (Artemis being a notable example), so presumably a native Apokoliptian can do the same thing. Whether or not the local Grayven would deign to do so is another question entirely.

 

I bet if they stopped attacking Paul, he'd literally stop and smell the roses, so he could fully analyze them in case Jade might like them. Attacking him is just letting him focus on what's important - the hostiles. Playing nice is totally the way for them to win.

 

Oh. I apologise. It is three times, then.

 

Sigh I'm kinda getting bored of all this space stuff. Paul is honestly one of the characters I am least invested in and the space chapters honestly give us very few other characters to focus on to detract from his character shortcomings. And all the space chapters feel very very samey on top of it.

 

I kinda agree I'm not a huge fan of space stuff but l like Paul, at least I like reading about his stories. For me, this would be perfect if he brought the team or maybe the Justice League to space with him. I would love to see the green lanterns react to Hinon and the Orange Lantern corps.

 

I guess this is because of the time skip in YJ?

It DOES feel like we've been in space for way too long. No interactions with the team, no new global uplift missions, nothing...

 

One last thing, I think. The threadmarks have been fixed but the spoiler boxes on the TOC still have commas.

Edit: Ignore that. Was sleepy when I posted that and didn't think that through. Sorry for the bother.

 

Pretty sure Zoat's gonna hope you go to that special zip code of hell, with folks that talk at the theater.

 

Some Godspeech!:

Spoiler: Be Revealed!

 

Are... Are you a complete idiot?

You want to feed a minor god of death to freaking Nekron!?

 

Technically they're still Ascendants.

Well it looks like the thing that's making you think more has stopped working because this is a very, very bad idea.

Hinon may not even be willing to do it.

Kalmin may be willing and that should worry you.

If he's willing to do something then there's a 9 out of 10 chance that it's bad.

Smart.

They're less crazy and Scott may be better with tech.

'at the'

'A sweep'

 

he's a Lantern. 90% of Lantern shit is in space. Technically 100%, but im counting it as non-terrestrial space.

 

Mr Zoat, the new threadmark has a comma: Threadmarks: Sungate, (part 24).

Just to confirm, the Godspeech was from an AI, like the ones found in the Sphere, Motherboxes, and Fatherboxes?

 

Aww baby Pauls first experience with New Godhood :3

They grow up so fast :')

 

Well, looks like the commanders received orders to cut their losses. As for the lack of sabotage on the kludged New God tech, maybe they didn't realise you're worked out a trick to sort-of use it. At any rate... You now basically own the ship. No what?

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You really should give some thought to strengthening your knowledge of New God science, OL. Considering you're up against Grayven.

...Easy come, easy go. Still, that's a pretty big middle finger to Sparta.

And he sort-of heard that pseudo-Godspeech. If this mission has been good for something, it's upped his skills in New God narrative powers.

The joy of New God soul-technology having basically no security beyond the strength of the owner's soul. Anyone with the right credentials and the muscle to overcome the basic will can have full access.

And full access brings full responsiveness.

Heh. Hierachial command systems at their finest. If you're using the master control station, you have command authority. Even if you aren't legitimately part of the crew...

Save that for afterwards, OL. Don't want the whole ship stopping to think deep thoughts.

...No, OL. No Black Rings! Have you forgotten what that means? Maybe you could convince him to develop an Orange ring suitable for use by an Earth Deity, that'd be a good challenge.

Boy will he have a surprise coming when he tells them about this.

Hell, she probably knows you've commandeered this vessel, but is probably too occupied fighting to do much about it.

Good to see they've not been idle. Though I can't imagine it being too effective against some of the larger targets.

Logical enough. Bust in, secure a beach-head, having cracked open the walls of the 'city' and begin sweeping through the 'streets'.

Sounds like someone needs to get over there and lend them a hand. Or perhaps a Ring?

Anyone else might be struck with a sense of insignificance by the scale...

...But OL has shit to get done. Can't let the assault parties get additional cover.

Heh, leaving it on auto-attack while he sends messages, eh? The joy of a Power Ring.

And by using Cold Guns, he's giving his allies more ammunition against the attackers. Good move.

Impressive that New Cronus has a strong enough thaumic field for him to cut loose like this. Evidently its maker designed it well.

The trick is how fast they can get word. I doubt any internal communications is working, that would have been one of Sparta's first targets.

Nothing like having a demigod to back up the troops. Yes, I know, he's not technically divine. You think the soldiers manning the turrets will care?

Like, say, his companions? OL's put quite a lot of work into making a good impression on Hades. Getting his little girl killed out here might put a dampener on that.

Yeah, this is not going to be a pleasant day for anyone. Street-fighting like this is challenging with modern tech, never mind the advanced stuff they have, nor the godly powers out there.

Now, I wonder if Sparta is on the ships, or down here fighting alongside her soldiers. I suspect the latter, if only because she seems the type to prefer getting up close and personal. Unfortunately, I don't think OL's going to be so lucky as to have her get killed by some random grunt security guard. Perhaps we'll catch sight of her soon.

 

It continues to be a really interesting question how much of a New God equivalent Paragon is as he continues his evolution. He's definitely evolving along at worst a parallel path.

The Black Ring thing is interesting. On the one hand we've seen him slap down Necron and Hades has significantly leveled up and by extension Melinoe. But we've also seen Darkseid use those black rings in DC canon so danger!

 

While I still think it’s a very bad idea to make black rings at all, I can sorta understand why Paul would be more willing than I am. After all, he’s seen his own alternate run around with a black ring without being overly disastrous(though that part where Zaul starts praying to Nekron for a midbattle powerup was worrying, but Paul isn’t aware of that). Frankly, my biggest issue is trusting Kalmin, who is omnicodal, with the creation of black ring. If it’s made by Hinon, I suppose that might be relatively safer? Still a terrible idea.

 

Paul hasn't slapped down Nekron before.

Hades also hasn't gained more power.

When those souls were given to him he actually gave up some of his power to make them more alive.

 

He did want to recruit those two goddesses, so this would actually be a good idea.

After her kidnapping, Hades may be very protective of her.

And that's without mentioning Persephone.

 

To get a usable Black Lantern, you'll need to replace Necron with someone less..... Interested in the heat death of the universe.