Post by Vincent Pendragon on Jun 23, 2015 13:53:36 GMT -5
The Expansion Lab.
It was where a majority of Vincent's most secret research took place: A place where only he and his pokemon were allowed, and a place both he and his pokemon revered and respected. Located a story underground his lab in flash city, it was clear from the moment one stepped into this place it was hallowed ground for research. Most everything was a beautiful range of whites and greys in the lab, with the occasional soft blue glow of light or other color identification system. Anything in a container was labeled, sometimes with numerous calculations even written on the container or even the glass beaker. The liquids and strange compounds located in these containers were even more varied than the labels that covered them. Some looking almost like water, others looking almost alien in nature. Of all the things in the expansion lab, however, there was one thing that stood out more than anything else: A large, glass tube against the back wall that held a black suit and helmet. The product of some of Vincent's most advanced research: the Expansion Suit.
This entire lab was a byproduct of that one device.
Vincent himself at the moment sat at a desk, several touch-screen tablets and holographic displays around him. His Eevee, Mina, sat calmly in his lap, tail swishing slightly as she took deep, sleepy breaths as an occasional hand from her master came and pet her. Vincent did acknowledge that if someone were to somehow walk in on him he might look like an evil genius, but this was a mere afterthought compared to his current work: Work that included various equations on screen and a picture of what appeared to be a damaged version of the expansion suit. The task that Vincent was currently focusing most of his brainpower on was the one that, to him, was the most pressing:
The recent and damaging encounter with the Interpol agent, agent Tuomio.
Fingers clacked along the keyboard, checking his analysis as he recorded notes for himself about the data of the encounter.
I would like to take a moment to thank the genius of a Professor Vincent Pendragon. Thanks to his mental prowess, the world now has a suit that grants superhuman abilities that can be destroyed by leaves.
...Jokes aside Combat Encounter 87 has demonstrated two interesting issues that come up: a tactical and engineering challenge for me to solve that while hardly conventional does present a serious problem: forced defensive maneuvers due to inability (or unwillingness) to fully target a trainer and/or their pokemon.
Up until now I believed my tactical choices have been quite sound: in many situations approached by stealth I have been able to either minimize time in a pokemon battle or simply outright prevent one with silent, mostly non-lethal takedowns of a target before they are aware of my presence or my capabilities. In pokemon battles, my pokemon are able enough to handle themselves in a variety of situations and/or present me with an opening in which I have an opportunity to combat the trainer them-self while an enemy pokemon is otherwise occupied with my allies. Due to the overall incredible capacity of the suit, this had proven to be highly efficient and effective.
Until encounter 87 showed me that I let my arrogance get ahead of me.
To explain, combat encounter 87 demonstrated an interesting problem: A battle in which I did not wish to target the trainer directly due to situational necessity, and when I wanted to minimize damage to the trainers pokemon to avoid extreme injury and/or death to the pokemon in question. The details of the encounter can be found in the encounter report, but the most troubling part of this tactical exercise was the following:
A 12% integrity damage from a razor leaf attack from a grass type. Up until now, I had been under the impression that the MK-Zero's durability was able to handle almost any pokemon attack: simulations I ran indicated most impact-based, piercing-based and cutting-based damage from equal to above-average level pokemon could be reduced by up to 96% by the impact-adaptive fiber hardening effect.
Theoretically.
The damage from the razor leaf demonstrated a flaw that I had not accounted for: multiple impact sites in quick succession seem to diminish the ability of the hardening system to compensate. After running an number of tests, I have determined that there are two primary causes for this effect. The first is that the artificial fibers were effectively made in a setup similar to the human body. As a result of this, creating tension and controlling force within the fibers functions very much the same, creating physical limitations in that certain groups of fibers that, while able to harden at the same time, cannot consecutively harden within a certain short timeframe: I suppose the way to explain it would be like trying to get a runner to do a backflip during a sprint. Its physically impossible for the fibers to fully react with defensive measures appropriately in such a small timeframe.
This brings up the second issue of the drivers that help run the suit. Obviously while the physical complications are difficult enough, the drivers for the defensive measures did not respond optimally to the damage, and in fact had more than twenty errors when the damage event in question occurred. This is not an accident: likely it was just a result of the physical limitations of the suit, but it still brings into question whether or not the current state of those particular drivers is up to par. An upgrade beyond the prototype stage for these drivers may be manditory in the near future, if only to get a better view of the problem if it occurs again.
I would like to make a note of the combatant in question at this point, as this particular trainer has been the first to ever actually physically damage the suit itself beyond about 3% in a single attack. Alexis Tuomio. Known pokemon: Skiddo (Temporarily Injured), Mawile and Furfrou. While these pokemon on their own represent only half a team, it was this half a team that was actually able to damage the suit despite not having great success against my team itself. This showed a level of commitment to the task at hand that I find both admirable and frightening. Based on knowledge thus far, it genuinely seems like Agent Tuomio is hellbent on capturing me. Though damaging the suit would take more than just skill with commanding pokemon and strong pokemon: it would take both a strong enough relationship with the pokemon to have them willing and able to possibly sacrifice themselves to fight me and an iron determination for success and victory.
I have made a request of my "contact" to attempt to monitor her team and development. I do not want to get blindsided by miss Tuomio under any circumstances, as any surprises on her team could prove damaging or even deadly to my team and my well being.
End of Log.
It was where a majority of Vincent's most secret research took place: A place where only he and his pokemon were allowed, and a place both he and his pokemon revered and respected. Located a story underground his lab in flash city, it was clear from the moment one stepped into this place it was hallowed ground for research. Most everything was a beautiful range of whites and greys in the lab, with the occasional soft blue glow of light or other color identification system. Anything in a container was labeled, sometimes with numerous calculations even written on the container or even the glass beaker. The liquids and strange compounds located in these containers were even more varied than the labels that covered them. Some looking almost like water, others looking almost alien in nature. Of all the things in the expansion lab, however, there was one thing that stood out more than anything else: A large, glass tube against the back wall that held a black suit and helmet. The product of some of Vincent's most advanced research: the Expansion Suit.
This entire lab was a byproduct of that one device.
Vincent himself at the moment sat at a desk, several touch-screen tablets and holographic displays around him. His Eevee, Mina, sat calmly in his lap, tail swishing slightly as she took deep, sleepy breaths as an occasional hand from her master came and pet her. Vincent did acknowledge that if someone were to somehow walk in on him he might look like an evil genius, but this was a mere afterthought compared to his current work: Work that included various equations on screen and a picture of what appeared to be a damaged version of the expansion suit. The task that Vincent was currently focusing most of his brainpower on was the one that, to him, was the most pressing:
The recent and damaging encounter with the Interpol agent, agent Tuomio.
Fingers clacked along the keyboard, checking his analysis as he recorded notes for himself about the data of the encounter.
I would like to take a moment to thank the genius of a Professor Vincent Pendragon. Thanks to his mental prowess, the world now has a suit that grants superhuman abilities that can be destroyed by leaves.
...Jokes aside Combat Encounter 87 has demonstrated two interesting issues that come up: a tactical and engineering challenge for me to solve that while hardly conventional does present a serious problem: forced defensive maneuvers due to inability (or unwillingness) to fully target a trainer and/or their pokemon.
Up until now I believed my tactical choices have been quite sound: in many situations approached by stealth I have been able to either minimize time in a pokemon battle or simply outright prevent one with silent, mostly non-lethal takedowns of a target before they are aware of my presence or my capabilities. In pokemon battles, my pokemon are able enough to handle themselves in a variety of situations and/or present me with an opening in which I have an opportunity to combat the trainer them-self while an enemy pokemon is otherwise occupied with my allies. Due to the overall incredible capacity of the suit, this had proven to be highly efficient and effective.
Until encounter 87 showed me that I let my arrogance get ahead of me.
To explain, combat encounter 87 demonstrated an interesting problem: A battle in which I did not wish to target the trainer directly due to situational necessity, and when I wanted to minimize damage to the trainers pokemon to avoid extreme injury and/or death to the pokemon in question. The details of the encounter can be found in the encounter report, but the most troubling part of this tactical exercise was the following:
A 12% integrity damage from a razor leaf attack from a grass type. Up until now, I had been under the impression that the MK-Zero's durability was able to handle almost any pokemon attack: simulations I ran indicated most impact-based, piercing-based and cutting-based damage from equal to above-average level pokemon could be reduced by up to 96% by the impact-adaptive fiber hardening effect.
Theoretically.
The damage from the razor leaf demonstrated a flaw that I had not accounted for: multiple impact sites in quick succession seem to diminish the ability of the hardening system to compensate. After running an number of tests, I have determined that there are two primary causes for this effect. The first is that the artificial fibers were effectively made in a setup similar to the human body. As a result of this, creating tension and controlling force within the fibers functions very much the same, creating physical limitations in that certain groups of fibers that, while able to harden at the same time, cannot consecutively harden within a certain short timeframe: I suppose the way to explain it would be like trying to get a runner to do a backflip during a sprint. Its physically impossible for the fibers to fully react with defensive measures appropriately in such a small timeframe.
This brings up the second issue of the drivers that help run the suit. Obviously while the physical complications are difficult enough, the drivers for the defensive measures did not respond optimally to the damage, and in fact had more than twenty errors when the damage event in question occurred. This is not an accident: likely it was just a result of the physical limitations of the suit, but it still brings into question whether or not the current state of those particular drivers is up to par. An upgrade beyond the prototype stage for these drivers may be manditory in the near future, if only to get a better view of the problem if it occurs again.
I would like to make a note of the combatant in question at this point, as this particular trainer has been the first to ever actually physically damage the suit itself beyond about 3% in a single attack. Alexis Tuomio. Known pokemon: Skiddo (Temporarily Injured), Mawile and Furfrou. While these pokemon on their own represent only half a team, it was this half a team that was actually able to damage the suit despite not having great success against my team itself. This showed a level of commitment to the task at hand that I find both admirable and frightening. Based on knowledge thus far, it genuinely seems like Agent Tuomio is hellbent on capturing me. Though damaging the suit would take more than just skill with commanding pokemon and strong pokemon: it would take both a strong enough relationship with the pokemon to have them willing and able to possibly sacrifice themselves to fight me and an iron determination for success and victory.
I have made a request of my "contact" to attempt to monitor her team and development. I do not want to get blindsided by miss Tuomio under any circumstances, as any surprises on her team could prove damaging or even deadly to my team and my well being.
End of Log.