Comment on Brockton's Celestial Forge

  1. Lord Roustabout (Lord_Roustabout) on Chapter 69 Fri 10 Sep 2021 11:49PM UTC

    Demigods of Hephaestus can make a lot more than just weapons and armor, with collapsible items or things that are bigger on the inside (Hephaestus’s Cabin, Leo’s Toolbelt) being well within their abilities. Joe is finally starting to flex his demigod abilities to do more than just facilitate work on other projects.

    Projections can absolutely be broken or otherwise damaged. The problem is them staying manifested after they are damaged. Joe’s projections are a lot more solid than typical ones due to his material knowledge and need to map internal components. As such they can be broken without instantly vanishing.

    As a side note, Bandit Gunsmith doesn’t require broken equipment. The options are either 5 broken items to make one working item of the same type, or 15 working items to make 1 improved item of a similar category. Joe’s resource perks take that down to 1 in each case, with the broken option also allowing him to trigger Shipping the Product for a x5 modifier.

    If Joe was completely free to act he could do a lot more than just clear the boat graveyard. He is inclined to help the city, but the form that help takes will depend on the state of the city when he’s free to act and the abilities he has at that time. Joe is currently at a point where clearing some ships is a project he wouldn’t even waste time on. It could be farmed out to third rate drones built in a fraction of a second and piloted by Fleet through the entire project.

    Tattletale is repressing a lot of her natural instincts to show off and insult people because her power is also telling her that Joe would have none of it. It’s probably not good for the integrity of her stomach lining, but it’s a situation she has to deal with. Joe basically saying “I’m making you new costumes” didn’t leave much room to quibble about design features or personal taste, particularly not after the ‘bulletproof’ and ‘self-repairing’ thing came out. She probably will know that Alec spoke to Joe, and can guess the topic but not the specific details. Lisa is in a situation where she can’t know everything and can’t control a large portion of what she knows about. It’s a pretty hellish experience for her, even if things have improved slightly from when March was running around.

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