Would a Race of -Whatever- Take Over the World?

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Blackrravian wrote

What race do you think might have the ability to overrule humanity?

The Technari.

[Zaleramancer]

Nah.

They're not playing their cards right.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Really? Care to discuss what parts of their strategem leave more to be desired? Pray tell...

[Zaleramancer]

To centralized.

You're a computer program, or at least a mechanical intelligence- you should be able to distribute your processing facilities a bit more.

This might up lag, but at least it means if someone takes out one hub, you won't die. You'll have minor brain damage, but if you've built yourself properly, then you'll still be able to compensate.

As for weapons: I suggest flying drones with a blow gun that shoots breakable capsules filled with vicious nanites.

One of the main weakness of nanites is that they're tiny and slow. Getting them on someone, or worse, injecting them inside would make them much more effective.

[Zaleramancer]

You want to polish their strategy?

Tell me how they'd kill my NB self.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 I like it. You seem to have the right idea...

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Well, that's sort of my problem.

Part of the reason I didn't spread them out too far was to keep the arc from getting protracted (I wanted to get started on ESRP again), but I also wasn't sure how to make out a coherent attack plan for robots, because they're not usually what I do.

Judging from what I (maybe) know about your NB self, it would require that I directly attack your capabilities (ie what I did in NB). There's no way they could muster force to take you on full-power.

Then, they would do well to spread out, of course. Make you have to travel here and there, and bypass barriers and unlock codes and dodge traps. Protract exertion of your mental and physical reserves, to tire you out. And they should make sure they have access to numerous corners of space and time, numerous dimensions.

And they should make ample use of whatever ambient resources they have. Actually make use of neighboring tech (ie assimilating the power grid and the internet and other things they left untouched last time). Technari physical and mental capacity would be greatly enhanced with technology from previous pillaged planets. Even the nanocyte suggestion you made, to convert sentient minds for yet more physical and mental power.

And the upgraded versions of the Technari (spoiler: ie the ones I intend to throw at you later) will be capable of harnessing numerous kinds of force and energy that folks throw at them (electricity, heat, light, solar, plasma, sound). Not all of them will be resistant or immune to EVERY type, but certain types will have certain resistances, and these will help determine how they are used in combat, subjugation and assimilation strategy. That said, they would have to scan your anatomy, and see what sorts would be effective against you, and what sorts you were capable of absorbing and utilizing against them.

Any kinds of energy or material you could get your hands on for personal benefit, they would have to destroy, or at least, keep out of reach (ie destroying an animal's food supply to soften it up, when you come to drive it out or exterminate it). Of course, they couldn't get rid of everything (like maybe if you can absorb light, they couldn't put out the sun), but some things could be obstructed (like making your access to certain mana wells and ley lines a bit difficult).

Oh, and, of course, making sure it comes from the element of surprise, leaving as few traces of my existence as possible, before deeming the proper time to launch. None of this 'scattered incident' mess, where you catch sight of things here and there, and get a 'funny feeling' and end up raising your defenses 'just in case'. I'd need to make absolutely certain I caught you with your pants down.

And that might cover some helpful bases, but I feel like I'm still missing some stuff and things.

[Zaleramancer]

That's excellent strategy.

It would be hard to do though, since I do make use of some of the powers I have on the list. (Some people forget! I never forget!)

And that means I can be anywhere I've ever been- And doubt not that I've traveled extensively, especially since I can (And do) run around in multiple bodies at once.

Of course, there's nothing stopping them from restricting my movements. There's probably dozens of ways to block off areas, even from that sort of transportation.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Well, there's all that, sure. I certainly didn't expect that you still went by your List abilities. Though, if you do, then they'd have to get more resources, like the Daleks and the Cybermen and Vexus' forces (The Cluster) and the Transformers and the like. Huge numbers, with  temporal and spatial and pseudo-psionic capabilities, and billion-upon-billion-fold intellectual and pseudo-psychic capability. Granted, it would take massive resource tapping (ie harvesting of a few stars) to do, but then what would you expect from combat against a superhuman reality bending mage?

It's not like they have access to Time Lord technology, aside from SOME capacity for storage and transport that's bigger on the inside (ie they can't suspend dying stars in temporal stasis to constantly draw energy from them). I mean, yeah, I'd try to take care of as many potential shortfalls as possible, but I feel I keep leaving gaps open in my strategy that don't need to be left open. Plus, I have to leave SOME gaps open (can't make them perfect, of course), otherwise, they're no fun--impenetrable force of civilizational subjugation aside.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

I feel like a few of the races that I've created for various settings would be capable of taking over the modern world given sufficient planning, time, and luck.

As an example, the Mythos, the race that Crescent and Mai are part of in NB would likely work to take over the world economically because even though their race is physically and mentally stronger than the average human, the total number of Mythos that their people know about has never been greater than 10,000 at any given time. Thus they just don't have the physical manpower.

And the other races that I've created for settings that are stronger than humans all have much lower reproductive rates, much like the Yato from Gintama (though those guys also killed too many of their own race in wars and battles).

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 I'm almost certain the Technari have a chance, at least.

I mean, look at what the Marvel Universe's villain Ultron did on his own. He's nearly taken over the world many times over.

Just imagine what a whole race of that, with each one highly specialized for numerous different ways of taking on and taking down foes. And well educated from their success with previous worlds. And still constantly learning.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

I don't doubt that. My races though have their weaknesses which includes lower, much lower reproduction rates even though their technology is as good as or better than what we currently have in certain fields. Your Technari are scary, and worse than the Borg in a way...

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Likewise, you've shown that your races and species are clearly juggernauts, in the right circumstances.

It really makes me wish I could see some of the stuff we've established in NB (and each of our own personal established mythos) come alive in a comic or a video.

Especially in a 'Death Battle' format, where folks get to see the actual stats of the conquering parties in question.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

True, though only three of the Mythos race have been showcased one of whom was in a more mundane fight on a train. And I've only been able to showcase them in short-term fights, not long-term ones where it's an entire race trying to take over another race.

A "Death Battle" format would be interesting especially getting to see the actual characters fighting each other.

Now if only I could actually draw... Maybe I could ask one of my friends... Assuming that he would actually finish in a reasonable amount of time.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 I only wish I had some drawing, Photoshopping and/or animating skills/resources.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

And Marv is the only on the site that I can remember with animation skills, but he's busy with whatever he's doing like all of us... Afterall, we all have lives, regardless of what our parents/friends might say.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Did someone say animation?

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Why, yes, yes, we did. When did you happen to notice?

[Mik_Hael]

Mulattos

[Marvelous Miscreant]

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