Asuras

RWBY: Another Time

RWBY is getting a video game, and it's not a fighting game. Maximum disrespect.

RWBY: Another Time

Even as his feet lifted from the ground for a brief second, Oroku maintained serenity. His arms remained crossed, lifting up slightly and then touching down again gently. He stepped away from the edge of the ship and stood closer to the middle, rolling his arms. The unshakable warrior gave a sidelong glance at Tarkus and stretched out his arms, cracking his fingers at the very ends.

"Not at the moment. Though, judging from this level of testing, anyone who lands safely is satisfactory for me," Oroku stated. The panels underneath him began to separate from one another, and he stepped aside to remain on just one. "Good luck." Oroku rolled his head around and jetted for the space between the floorboards that had opened up, descending undaunted into the sky. Oroku gazed down upon the either helpless or directed students who had jumped prior. There were some who were undoubtedly doomed, soon to splat upon the ground without nary a whisper. Others, however, seemed much more focused, determined; they had a plan, or they simply thought the academy wasn't so sadistic that they'd drop their students out of the sky just like that. They too, were to die soon.

Oroku fell in a straight path, head first. He kept his arms at his sides and legs tightened upwards. The Azure son was like a bomb with pinpoint accuracy, unflinching in his targeted descent. He was one of those who knew exactly what to do, and how to do it. This one wouldn't become a bloodstain upon the earth, nor would he find himself injured or shaken up. As far as Oroku was concerned, this was simply an easier way to reach land than waiting for the airship to do the same.

The ground neared blindingly fast, and he did not slow himself. Nary a movement was made until the very end; with a flourish, Oroku extended his arm towards the ground and cast an open hand upon it. Below, a portal of silvery color ripped open as if the dirt was unzipped. A second portal appeared just beside it, though out of Oroku's reach. Coming upon it, Oroku disappeared in a flash and just as soon reappeared, this time hurtling upwards from the ground. As the momentum of falling was transferred into rising, Oroku slowed. At the peak of his flight, Oroku cast another portal below him, once again descending into it.

Oroku fell but a few feet, and then rose again inches above the earth in another portal before removing both. He landed with a soft thud on the dirt, unfazed by what had transpired. No pause was taken; he needed to find a partner. He walked into the trees with the same calmness he displayed aboard the ship, eyes darting amidst the trees for the first non-flattened body he could find.

Aurora - OOC

Certainly. Send it to me whenever you've got time.

Various Scifi Weaponry and Destructive Potential

Fair enough. Agreed. :P

In the end I believe interplanetary weaponry will be the only method of "space war". Weapons capable of firing or transporting projectiles or explosives to their destination far too fast or instantly for anything to intercept it; i.e. "warping" them. A planet is the biggest spaceship out there, if you think about it, capable of handling far more weapons on it than any fleet even of similar size.

A wormhole at the end of the barrel, essentially.

Various Scifi Weaponry and Destructive Potential

I see. Still, I question the intelligence of using iron-rich asteroids for weapons, as opposed to building other things. A million asteroids filled with iron would be quite wasteful, I think.

Aurora - OOC

If by "resend it" you mean send me the exact same CS as before then yes, but let me stop you there: I advise that if you didn't get accepted before, it would be wise to try a different approach/idea.

Various Scifi Weaponry and Destructive Potential

So there are defense systems mounted on the space rocks too now? Or are the ships escorting the space rocks?

Various Scifi Weaponry and Destructive Potential

Sure, a million space rocks would be difficult to stop. But to say you have the capability to fire all of them means you surely have the ability to make a lot more standard missiles. If you have a million space rocks (you'd need the rockets to propel them, likely many per space rock), then I'd have several times more explosive-carrying missiles. Stopping your space rocks would seem like much less of an issue, then.

In the scenario you described, you say you "bring in your fleet" as if it were some freebie. If someone had the power to stop a fleet much larger than your own of space rocks, then I'd have to assume they have the power to take on a fleet as well. The protection of Earth from space rocks could occur from the planet's surface itself (or other Sol system planets); no space fleet required. With your rocks gone, you only have your fleet to use, which is now at the mercy of the Earth-borne fleet given you've "brought them in" (plus whatever else Earth's surface has left in anti-spacerock weaponry).

Various Scifi Weaponry and Destructive Potential

mdk said I'll smash my enemies with rocks like a civilized gentleman, thank you very much.

An homage to life before civilization. How ironic. xD

If you're attaching rockets to an asteroid and then sending it off to the enemy, I feel as though they could easily and well in advance blow the asteroid up before it became a problem. It seems much more feasible to project a much smaller projectile at much faster speeds (aka space guns) than to fly big rocks at the enemy.

Not to mention the fact that using the asteroids as such seems like a big waste of good minerals.

Aurora - OOC

Jesus.

I just realized... the Cains of Garude... Their name "Cain" and Disciple Cain. What was I thinking?