Kamikasei / Laura / Still Not Safe: a Shifter-usuable gun
As mentioned here, Laura's considering getting a gun. Cubey suggested this might actually be a workable upgrade, if Lowe can assemble enough Sophium to make a gun usuable by Shifters, and Laura then use her power to enhance her bullets to actually hit and do useful damage. I see two different ways it could work (other than "not at all", of course):
- There's enough Sophium available to make Sophium-alloy grips and a trigger, so Laura can hold and fire the weapon while Shifted. (The weapon itself wouldn't Shift, though, which would mean it'd still be vulnerable.)
- There's only enough to make a strap, so Laura can't use the gun while Shifted but can keep a hold of it.
The idea behind either option is simply to give Laura a small way to contribute actual damage in between her support actions. Her training in it would also give her some minimal combat ability outsider her armour, but without the aid of her powers I see her as being a pretty poor marksman for the forseeable future.
There are a couple of other minor things I'm aiming to do with her in the immediate future, none of which I think rise to the level of an upgrade: - She'll start training with a Midchildan basic Device (assuming Chrono lets her have one) as a way to refine her willpower and focus without needing to summon her armour. Beyond basic shooting magic and a plain barrier jacket with maybe some cosmetic alterations, and maybe some "exercises" of no actual utility, she wouldn't be capable of any real magic (especially not flight), and it would be worse than useless in combat. - She'll join the 501st's flight training, though all this really amounts to for combat is she'll be able to dodge around in the air a bit better, if necessary - entirely a fluff thing. - She'll try to find body armour in her size somewhere aboard, so that in the event she has to dismiss her armour during battle or she's knocked out long enough for it to fade or it's somehow dispelled from her, she'll have a measure of protection against shrapnel and the like. This is "body armour" at the level of a modern-day infantry man or SWAT officer, nothing more elaborate.
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As mentioned here, Laura's considering getting a gun. Cubey suggested this might actually be a workable upgrade, if Lowe can assemble enough Sophium to make a gun usuable by Shifters, and Laura then use her power to enhance her bullets to actually hit and do useful damage. I see two different ways it could work (other than "not at all", of course):
- There's enough Sophium available to make Sophium-alloy grips and a trigger, so Laura can hold and fire the weapon while Shifted. (The weapon itself wouldn't Shift, though, which would mean it'd still be vulnerable.)
- There's only enough to make a strap, so Laura can't use the gun while Shifted but can keep a hold of it.
The idea behind either option is simply to give Laura a small way to contribute actual damage in between her support actions. Her training in it would also give her some minimal combat ability outsider her armour, but without the aid of her powers I see her as being a pretty poor marksman for the forseeable future.
There are a couple of other minor things I'm aiming to do with her in the immediate future, none of which I think rise to the level of an upgrade:
- She'll start training with a Midchildan basic Device (assuming Chrono lets her have one) as a way to refine her willpower and focus without needing to summon her armour. Beyond basic shooting magic and a plain barrier jacket with maybe some cosmetic alterations, and maybe some "exercises" of no actual utility, she wouldn't be capable of any real magic (especially not flight), and it would be worse than useless in combat.
- She'll join the 501st's flight training, though all this really amounts to for combat is she'll be able to dodge around in the air a bit better, if necessary - entirely a fluff thing.
- She'll try to find body armour in her size somewhere aboard, so that in the event she has to dismiss her armour during battle or she's knocked out long enough for it to fade or it's somehow dispelled from her, she'll have a measure of protection against shrapnel and the like. This is "body armour" at the level of a modern-day infantry man or SWAT officer, nothing more elaborate.