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They didn't use bullets in the movies. The mechanics of blocking a bullet with a lightsaber are somewhat less forgiving than those of blocking a blaster bolt, and even if they manage it, they've still got a spray of molten mist to deal with.

And like I said, even if it didn't kill them (and it usually took a lot more than one bullet to get the job done), it broke their focus on their prep and forced them to devote their energies to a defense instead of their attack.

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Being able to crank an attack up to eleven has a downside too. Sure it can end up being drastically more devastating than an un-prepped attack, but it can also be interrupted by those un-prepped attacks it seems so greatly superior to. Back on the star wars site where I got my start in writing combat RP, I'd go up against jedi and sith masters with epic force powers equipped with armor and some guns, and 9 times out of 10, their built-up force attack of utter devastation was made completely useless by a bullet to the head. And even if they avoided the bullet, they still had to break their concentration and lose a lot of the energy they were gathering for their charged attack.

Point is, there are ways to defeat prepped attacks that don't involve a defense that opposes them directly. Unless the T1 rules on interrupting a prep are very different from what I'm used to... In which case I'd love it if someone could point out the correct methods involved. :)

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What about sustained attacks? How do those work with preps?

I'll throw out Green's mech as an example, specifically its shields which are stated to be capable of stopping any un-prepped attack. What if someone was to hit them with an un-prepped sustained particle beam and then continue the beam attack for several posts? Would each successive post that the beam continues to hit the shield count as an extra prep that he would have to focus the shields to defend against, or would he be able to essentially ignore it because it still counts as an un-prepped attack no matter how long it's hitting the shield?

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You do realize that I have a character who can't feel normal emotion just because I thought it would be fun to write a sociopath, right?

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Living armor, huh? By all means, do go on... *leans back in his high-backed armchair and lights his pipe as he listens intently to the tales of woe that are sure to follow*

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I'm pretty sure he was being racist and making fun of the Korean accent, Khan, not trying to put words in your mouth... >_>

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Well, they're all yours, buddy.

Oh, and Khan, was that silent takedown satisfactory?

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Hey! Melon! How fast can Mr. Clockwork cover 150 feet in dead silence? I left some guards for you if you want them. ;)

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There would be no response, quick or otherwise, to the Clockwork Man's plan. In fact, there would be no sign at all that Arty had ever been crouching next to his robot pal when he turned to regard him. As soon as he'd agreed to the the plan, Arty had dropped off the side of their little outcropping and began making his way toward the patrol, using the scattered rocks for cover. By the time the suggestion was made, he would be little more than a dark silhouette against the snow, crouching behind a rock less than 50 feet from the patrol. He moved silently in spite of the icy terrain, finding sure footing even on the most sheer of surfaces as he closed the gap further to position himself behind a boulder just in front of the patrol.

When they reached him and moved past, he stepped out from his hiding place and slipped a hand between the back of the helmet and the body armor of the two rearmost guards and grabbed their necks. Every muscle in their body went rigid in an instant as he lifted them off the ground, preventing them from calling out or dropping their rifles as he pulled them behind the boulder.

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Good job debating the preferential treatment, but not the reason I claimed he's getting it.

What reason is that again? If it was in your last post, I'm afraid I can't find it (this isn't sarcasm, it's a serious inquiry).

And just to clear the record, the sum total of my experience with Green has been trying to kill his character a couple months ago, then saying hi when I showed up here, then nothing else until this whole debacle started. Right up until you started flaming everyone who tried to help, I didn't like or dislike either of you any more than the other. There was no bias in my assessment of what was going on, and I even found some of Green's arguments distasteful due to how they were delivered (distasteful, however, does not mean they were wrong). All you've done with this flame war of yours is sabotage yourself and probably any desire anyone might have had to help you out. I know it's pretty much killed the desire I personally had to write with you, since I really don't like being personally attacked over disagreements on the internet.