On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Latin_D wrote:
In normal times, Ranma wouldn't give joining the army a second thought.
Extraordinary times, though, could force his hand--at least, that's my
opinion. I'll do my best to convince you about it.
J. Austin Wilde's "Ranma Goes to War" is a good example of an
extraordinary situation where Ranma has to join the Japanese Forces.
Unless, of course, he takes the Battleoid mode to new and interesting
levels. :)
Well, that's a possibility, yes, taking the thinking caps into
account--which I do. In the past year, I've read some pretty convincing
arguments againt the existence of these in the original Robotech
universe, but as I'm going by McKinney's novels... Faithful to the end!
^_^
It seems to me that allowing Ranma to use his abilities in a Veritech
should be something that should not always be immediately noticeable.
For example, Ranma's physical combat abilities may translate to
faster and better manuverability, much like Max's natural abilities made
him the human's top ace pilot. On the other hand, unless you figure out a
way to augment Ranma's chi blasts tremendously, using his Moko Takabishas
should be a last ditch move.
Also, just because Ranma can bring that Val... Veritech fighter to new
levels doesn't mean that he can always use those abilities. He is an
close combat specialist while the majority of Veritech combat in
medium/long range combat, after all.
Well, though McKinney's novels had many Veritech battles in them, I
never got bored of them. But yes, dialogue and relationships will be
very important in this story.
Heh. I did, get bored of them, I mean, but that's just personal
preference.
Well, he _did_ have to write them through 20 books... *shrugs*
Yes, _they_ did. Some of the fights read better than others but that may
have been due to which of the authors, that together comprise Jack
McKinney, wrote that scene or book.
Heheheh. Y'know, I hadn't thought about that. Neat idea, but I think
Rick would need years of training to reach Kyle's level. Or maybe
I'm overestimating Kyle?
Not sure... Rick was fairly fit. I think he could adapt to a few
neat techniques from Ranma.
That he could. But you must remember that Max himself was surprised when
he saw Kyle fight.
That is true but I thought Max was surprised because Lynn Kyle was such a
pacifist.
Phuc Tram
Master Pivot - Wielder of the Coherent Light Bokken
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