Izurich

Qualia: Steampunk Spies, School Life Scandals, and Eldritch Spice

How everyone expects battles to be: Mechs, exosuits, drones, element bending, wuxia shit

How it’ll actually go:

Qualia: Steampunk Spies, School Life Scandals, and Eldritch Spice

Where have European powers colonialized heavily? Does French Indochina exist and likewise?

@Dog

From what I've read from the available lore, in Qualia's universe - unlike IRL - Colonization never became a thing due to the pretty much all regions being able to clap back against the European powers toe-to-toe, resulting in a war that ended in a stalemate, no one's conquering anyone.

With this context, then it's logical to deduce that there are no colonies, nor former colonies, not even minor ones. No United States, Canada, Quebec, French-Indochina, British Raj, Dutch East Indies, etc. None of them ever became a thing.

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As for the nation, yes, that would be Germany. Should I put that instead as her country in the sheet? I can follow Izurich's for that.

@Medili

Just in case you do, we'll do like Liotrent and Click and discuss how Qualia's Germany should be like.

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Would things like mechas, exosuits, and advanced prostheses be available/viable with the current technology?

@SilverPaw

Wow, I came into this thread a few minutes ago to ask about if mechs are a thing. Nice~

Speaking of which, @Erode, can I reserve the term "Panzermensch" for German-made mechs?

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@Izurich Looks good! Just to clarify though, while Lucretia may treat Schwarzritter as a friend, automatons aren't actually a thing, so it'll be more like playing with a doll rather than playing with a pet robot thing. What does this drone run on though? I'm presuming electricity, mainly because it seems to be a more complex construction than something that'd just run on gears and such (which would make a steam core more viable as a power source). You can mention that it incorporates Peizogravitas (a common Formulization of a copper alloy that makes it hella buoyant when electricity runs through it) in its construction too, to make it easily transportable.

Like I mentioned with Robo's crystal idea, Lucretia will be able to adjust the Schwarzritter's output on the fly with Formulization, but if she wants to change its functions, she'll have to spend time workshopping it. Also, Schwarzritter will be effectively disarmed at the start of the RP, with its weapons (and basically every other students' weapons) stored in the armory/testing grounds of the island. They'll allow militant-minded students to continue to perfect their weapons of destruction, but not bring it outside of specified grounds.

@ERode

Nice! That went better than I thought it'd be.

Alright, noted, made the changes and additions to the Ferromancy section of the CS, those are in bolded italics.

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Schwarzritter takes the form of a curious T-shaped floating drone that's capable of a number of things. It can be used as a personal transport, portable storage, mobile cover, and weapons platform. Its strength and endurance are the equivalent of an iron golem, its central body had slots to store items in, and its two 'arms' contain an automatic assault turret each. It's installed with a Peizogravitas formula to enable buoyancy using electricity gathered from the global wireless electric network. When not in use, it can fold itself into an inert backpack-shaped object, surprisingly lightweight, making it convenient to carry around.

Furthermore, although its definitely not a living creature, Lucretia considers the drone to be her closest friend, she often talks and refers to it as if it has a mind of its own, like a young girl playing with her doll... except that it's made of metal, and many times her size, and capable of deadly force.

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My technologist is up for review!

Fingers crossed that I didn't fuck up too much.

Lucretia von Konigsmahne

LUCRETIA von KÖNIGSMÄHNE

13 y/o | Female | 142cm (4'8") | 35kg (77lbs)
The Iron Sentinel Empire, Germany | Technologism | Ferromancy

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Biography

Born to House Konigsmahne, one of Germany's most prominent noble families, Lucretia was the youngest of five siblings. It was clear even from the first few years of her life that the white-haired girl was gifted, one of the very few individuals blessed with exceptional intellect, a savant, a genius among geniuses. Not only that, her family had the connections and resources to foster Lucy's talents as soon as possible. The young girl was taught with the best private tutors money could buy and combined with her extraordinary intelligence, it catapulted her development in the academics. Naturally, aside from general knowledge, her studies were focused on learning Technologism, the House's primary major in the art of Formulization. For Lucretia in particular, she had a particularly strong affinity with the element of ferrum, iron.

Of course, all of these boons didn't come without a price. As it was common with savants, Lucretia had developmental disorders in the social aspect of things, she didn't get along well with her peers, not that she was a bully or anything, but other children were often put off by how quiet and insensitive she was. She preferred to wrap herself in her own bubble, intensely focusing on her current project, often days on end, stopping only to eat, sleep, and do hygiene stuff. She couldn't read the atmosphere and often came off as brutally honest, speaking pragmatically without heeding the emotions of others. Still, she wasn't an actively malicious person, but humans are social creatures and being able to relate with others is just as - if not more - important as academic prowess. Over the years, she got better... somewhat, through experience and trial and error, she had developed certain 'social protocols' in her head to compensate where she lacked. Regardless, she still preferred to deal with machines instead of people whenever possible.

As mentioned before, the noble house she belonged to was quite prestigious, their ancestors were engineers and inventors, Technologist Polymaths, one of the forefront actors that brought about the Scientific Revolution of the Occident. The name "Konigsmahne" could be found in documents detailing the discovery of the steam core, peizogravitas, dreadnought designs, mechanized weapons (panzermensch), and other technological marvels. They too were one of the parties that supported the Enlightenment edict that led to the short-lived Age of Exploration...

Then the Futile War came, and it marked the end of House Konigsmahne's golden age. In a loyalty-fueled attempt to support the Occident's war efforts, the house poured massive amount of resources to fight back against the 'savages'. How could they resist Enlightenment in favor of their primitive beliefs? Preposterous, unthinkable, Technologism is the way to the future, not some voodoo nonsense. Alas, in the end, nothing was gained as the war ended in a stalemate, but for the house, it might as well be a crushing defeat. While their finances had recovered over the decades after the war, the stain on their pride was still fresh to this day.

Since then, the house never stopped searching for a way to finish what the Occident started, prove to the world that Technologism is the only true path to Enlightenment. To that end, they made alliances with parties that shared their views, one of them being Pax Occidenta, an enigmatic group that operated in the shadows, claiming to be the heralds that'd manifest the destiny of the Occident. The deal was to hand over one of the house's brightest to them, to be their scion, so that with their combined might, they'd bring about Manifest Destiny. This chosen scion was none other than Lucretia.

Her first mission? Enroll into the Academic City of Bermuda and await further instructions...

Ferromancy and Schwarzritter

Lucretia's Specialization within the Formulization Major of Technologism. While she's able to manipulate the properties of most solid matter like all technologists, she's particularly adept at the element of iron and combined with her gifted intellect, this truly led to extraordinary craftsmanship, especially for someone so young. She had constructed numerous devices over the decade, but none surpassed her masterpiece, Schwarzritter.

Schwarzritter takes the form of a curious T-shaped remote-controlled floating drone that's capable of a number of things. It can be used as a personal transport, portable storage, mobile cover, and weapons platform. Its strength and endurance are the equivalent of an iron golem, its central body had slots to store items in, and its two 'arms' contain an automatic assault turret each. It's installed with a Peizogravitas formula to enable buoyancy using electricity gathered from the global electric wireless structure a.k.a the Telesma Network. In the absence of access to said network, it possesses a backup Steam Core generator, enabling it to function at a reduced performance.

When not in use, it can fold itself into an inert backpack-shaped object, surprisingly lightweight, making it convenient to carry around.

Furthermore, although it’s definitely not a living creature, Lucretia considers the drone to be her closest friend, she often talks and refers to it as if it has a mind of its own, like a young girl playing with her doll... except that it's made of metal, and many times her size, and capable of deadly force.

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Organization: Pax Occidenta

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See that’s why assuming is disastrous, better look dumb and ask dumb questions rather than assuming things and ended up looking even dumber.

Nice, clarified, thanks!

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@IzurichGenerally speaking, it's possible for a Technologist to come up with a weapon deployment system where that weapon is propelled remotely to where they currently are. It won't be as fast or as certain as the magical summoning hijinks from Shipgirls(TM) though. It'd also be very loud and very obvious.

@ERode

Great~ that’s good enough. So basically Ironman Mk3’s remote-controlled armor instead of shipgirl rigging summoning out of thin air. Perfect.

Also that example CS made me chuckle like an idiot for minutes on end.

I’ll likely spruce up my own CS format a bit, maybe separate the biography and specialization section instead of lumping it into one.

Also just in case since I’m a dense motherfucker, I’ll verbally confirm that the Current Mission and Secrets section are omitted from the CS and just exclusively PMed to you?

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I have a rough character concept in mind, but no harm clarifying first before going further.

Is the idea of a Technologist with a summonable mobile platform weapon viable? A great example would be Azur Lane/Kancolle shipgirls summoning their rigging.