# The Myrmidon (WIP) (Minor update 03/10/2017) **URL:** \ **Category:** Works In Progress\ **Tags:** gender-choice, science-fantasy\ **Created:** [March 28, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992 "2016-03-28T18:28:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 113
**Author:** ![idonotlikeusernames](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/idonotlikeusernames/32/5993_2.png) [@idonotlikeusernames](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/idonotlikeusernames)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2249 "2017-10-02T01:44:10Z")
I like sexy blue skin. At least the pleasant sky blue version. So yes blue skinned space hunks for me. 😍 I also prefer the yellow/gold eyes. If any of the rebs knew of the old James Bond films Flash’s nickname might not have been Flash but “golden eyes” instead in my version of the story. > [@Moreau](#): > > The original person who entered the Forge was in a relationship, one that you can decide in the course of the story, however that doesn’t necessarily mean that the relationship will continue with the new person. Of course that relationship only matters on the rebel path. Still on the Rebel path I may go for a Flash that went into that forge bi and a Myrmidon who came out super gay. So Imagine that’ll be all sorts of awkward for everyone on the rebel path. I do love me some good angst. 😈 > [@Moreau](#): > > See Myrmidons are now so rare as to be legends at this point, and the scant few still in existence tend to be diminished in both power and mental acuity. Even with these problems they are still impressively powerful, so someone who has the powers of a fully functional Myrmidon would be an impressive find, especially given what they know about your longevity. Of course it is quite possible she needn’t have gone to all the trouble if she had been aware of the Myrmidon who was living right under her nose this whole time, eh? Although that one may be even more impossible to control then our own mc, considering the antics he already gets up to. Still some Myrmidons remain in good working order [spoiler] like mr. Gray [spoiler] and Vitruvian seems to have managed to find ways to take care of himself and/or ally himself with the few people who can over the millennia. > [@Shoelip](#): > > I find myself hoping more and more that the paths you can choose aren’t too harshly separated. Like, just because you chose to stay with the person who seems the most trustworthy in your blank slate state you don’t have to side with her 100% and just because you don’t side with her 100% you don’t have to abandon all connection to her the moment you realize she isn’t as nice as she at first seemed. I mean, I feel like once I learn more about the world I’d probably end up sympathizing more with the rebels, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t care about the person who I first developed an emotional connection with. Emotions aren’t entirely logical. This was asked and answered a long time ago I believe but that initial choice does lock you into a given path, so I guess the stories are pretty much separated from there on out. Still I’d like a Radjack cameo when possibly accompanying the chevalier on their nightly escapes later on, and vice versa on the rebel path. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/elysium/32/123457_2.png) [@Elysium](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2250 "2017-10-02T02:54:32Z")
I like the blue genemod the best outta the three. I usually pick that or light skin with freckles. > [@Moreau](#): > > The original person who entered the Forge was in a relationship, one that you can decide in the course of the story, however that doesn’t necessarily mean that the relationship will continue with the new person. I figured as much. I can imagine starting a relationship with the person who the pre-forge individual was with will be interesting to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![stsword](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/stsword/32/896_2.png) [@stsword](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/stsword)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2251 "2017-10-02T05:27:11Z")
It would make sense for their to be cameos, Mr technowizard still wants the PC’s help, Mommy dearest would want to save face and would probably think she can convince the MC to cooperate, and the rebels include Flash’s lover, it wouldn’t really make sense that they’d just give up after one failed try. ---
**Author:** ![Moreau](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/moreau/32/585_2.png) [@Moreau](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Moreau)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2252 "2017-10-02T21:57:53Z")
> [@Sneaks](#): > > Are all noble pcs going to be artsy-fartsy types or can we be as bored with it as Ser Farah? Your character can interpret their position in a variety of different ways, boredom may well be one of those ways. > [@Sneaks](#): > > I kind of want to play a warrior myrmidon who just wants to fight people and kill things. I’ll see what I can do. > [@Shoelip](#): > > I find myself hoping more and more that the paths you can choose aren’t too harshly separated. Like, just because you chose to stay with the person who seems the most trustworthy in your blank slate state you don’t have to side with her 100% and just because you don’t side with her 100% you don’t have to abandon all connection to her the moment you realize she isn’t as nice as she at first seemed. I mean, I feel like once I learn more about the world I’d probably end up sympathizing more with the rebels, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t care about the person who I first developed an emotional connection with. Emotions aren’t entirely logical. Unfortunately those first crucial choices do in fact lock you onto a set path that deviates quite a bit from the others. I’m of the opinion that actions have consequences, and I’m also of the opinion that those actions are often taken without your knowledge or consent. The choice of who to move towards is fairly small in the grand scheme of things. You’re scared, confused and being pulled in a variety of directions while being bombarded with entirely _too much_ sensory data. It isn’t _fair_ that a moment like that gets to determine your future, but that’s how moments like that work, isn’t it? > [@idonotlikeusernames](#): > > I like sexy blue skin. At least the pleasant sky blue version. So yes blue skinned space hunks for me. 😍 > > I also prefer the yellow/gold eyes. If any of the rebs knew of the old James Bond films Flash’s nickname might not have been Flash but “golden eyes” instead in my version of the story. I’m basically picturing Nightcrawler if he was played by Ben Browder. With _fantastic_ hair… “I got _great_ eyes. They’re better than 20/20 and they’re _gold_.” > [@idonotlikeusernames](#): > > Of course that relationship only matters on the rebel path. Still on the Rebel path I may go for a Flash that want in bi and a Mytrmidon who came out super gay. So Imagine that’ll be all sorts of awkward for everyone on the rebel path. > > I do love me some good angst. 😈 _So_ glad I put that choice in. > [@idonotlikeusernames](#): > > Of course it is quite possible she needn’t have gone to all the trouble if she had been aware of the Myrmidon who was living right under her nose this whole time, eh? You infer! I offer no comment! > [@Elysium](#): > > I like the blue genemod the best outta the three. I usually pick that or light skin with freckles. I like the blue skin, I feel it would be calming in heated political discourses. > [@Elysium](#): > > I can imagine starting a relationship with the person who the pre-forge individual was with will be interesting to say the least. _Sooooo_ angsty… > [@stsword](#): > > It would make sense for their to be cameos, Mr technowizard still wants the PC’s help, Mommy dearest would want to save face and would probably think she can convince the MC to cooperate, and the rebels include Flash’s lover, it wouldn’t really make sense that they’d just give up after one failed try. How about we see what we see… ---
**Author:** ![idonotlikeusernames](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/idonotlikeusernames/32/5993_2.png) [@idonotlikeusernames](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/idonotlikeusernames)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2253 "2017-10-02T22:11:27Z")
> [@Moreau](#): > > I’m basically picturing Nightcrawler if he was played by Ben Browder. > > With fantastic hair… > > “I got great eyes. They’re better than 20/20 and they’re gold.” Good call a slightly younger Browder (say his Farscape times) would match the adorkableness I hope to give most of my incarnations of Flash, but particularly Lord Flash. The impressive physique too of course. 😜 > [@Moreau](#): > > I like the blue skin, I feel it would be calming in heated political discourses. Which means it would suit Lord Flash the most as the conversations on the noble path are where that would be most advantageous. ---
**Author:** ![Moreau](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/moreau/32/585_2.png) [@Moreau](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Moreau)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2254 "2017-10-02T22:14:01Z")
> [@idonotlikeusernames](#): > > Good call a slightly younger (say his Farscape times) would match the adorkableness I hope to give most of my incarnations of Flash, but particularly Lord Flash. Funnily enough while I was responding to your question I remembered his cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and am now going back in to add gold skin to the list of skin options. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/original/3X/4/7/4718c96ff08e4110fc24fa037de5161502369277.jpg) So if you ever feel like just adding your own blend of organic hyper-bling to conversations, now you can. Throwing silver in too, just for kicks. ---
**Author:** ![RenaB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/renab/32/10268_2.png) [@RenaB](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/RenaB)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2255 "2017-10-02T22:31:05Z")
Now I really want to imagine that, way back when, there was that one person who had some kinda bitter but pointless rivalry with some kinda coworker or neighbor or in something else entirely trivial, beat them once, and got gold skin to remind them constantly of that time that they got first place. It coulda been the equivalent of an ‘I’m #1’ tattoo in pre-Fall society… ---
**Author:** ![idonotlikeusernames](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/idonotlikeusernames/32/5993_2.png) [@idonotlikeusernames](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/idonotlikeusernames)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2256 "2017-10-02T22:41:27Z")
I’ll keep with the Blue thanks, for a more natural gold skin tone I’d go with this guy: [![](https://www.beautynewsnyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/jay_manuel_portrait.jpg) ](https://www.beautynewsnyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/jay_manuel_portrait.jpg) Or just Elder Scrolls High Elves/Altmer I guess. Still I’m happy enough with that sexy blue skin and gold eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Moreau](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/moreau/32/585_2.png) [@Moreau](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Moreau)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2257 "2017-10-02T23:02:29Z")
> [@RenaB](#): > > Now I really want to imagine that, way back when, there was that one person who had some kinda bitter but pointless rivalry with some kinda coworker or neighbor or in something else entirely trivial, beat them once, and got gold skin to remind them constantly of that time that they got first place. > > It coulda been the equivalent of an ‘I’m #1’ tattoo in pre-Fall society… See now I want that to be the reason too… > [@idonotlikeusernames](#): > > I’ll keep with the Blue thanks, for a more natural gold skin tone I’d go with this guy: _Natural?!_ I don’t want _natural_ I want _completely_ over-the-top “The beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid!” gold skin. I want “Flash I have spent the past two days going shot-for-shot with Nex and I am _badly_ hungover and I need you to turn down your skin by like… _500%_ here. Can you just _turn your goddamn skin_ off for ten minutes over here?” levels of gold skin. ---
**Author:** ![RenaB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/renab/32/10268_2.png) [@RenaB](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/RenaB)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2258 "2017-10-02T23:11:18Z")
Ooh, see, now I know that I’m gonna have to do an _entire reread of each path_ solely for the purpose of having annoyingly bright, over-the-top, Guardians-of-the-Galaxy golden skin and annoying _everyone_ I possibly hypothetically could. ---
**Author:** ![idonotlikeusernames](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/idonotlikeusernames/32/5993_2.png) [@idonotlikeusernames](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/idonotlikeusernames)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2259 "2017-10-02T23:12:53Z")
> [@Moreau](#): > > Can you just turn your goddamn skin off for ten minutes over here?” levels of gold skin. Heh, that’s why I still prefer sexy and soothing blue skin. But Lord Flash’s skin tone plus his golden eyes does mean gold jewelry would particularly suit him as it would match very well with his skin and eyes. So I think Lord Flash will probably wear at least a couple of gold rings and a necklace most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Moreau](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/moreau/32/585_2.png) [@Moreau](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Moreau)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2260 "2017-10-02T23:37:30Z")
There we are, added those extra skins and hairs in, also added in two new animals to the bestiary, the Cataphract and the Rusalka. > [@RenaB](#): > > Ooh, see, now I know that I’m gonna have to do an _entire reread of each path_ solely for the purpose of having annoyingly bright, over-the-top, Guardians-of-the-Galaxy golden skin and annoying _everyone_ I possibly hypothetically could. I will also make a point of adding some Farscape references, because snark transcends even the Rise and Fall of Man. > [@idonotlikeusernames](#): > > Heh, that’s why I still prefer sexy and soothing blue skin. But Lord Flash’s skin tone plus his golden eyes does mean gold jewelry would particularly suit them as it matches very well with his skin and eyes. > > So I think Lord Flash will probably wear at least a couple of gold rings and a necklace most of the time. I think we can arrange for that… ---
**Author:** ![Sneaks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/sneaks/32/29372_2.png) [@Sneaks](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Sneaks)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2261 "2017-10-02T23:52:28Z")
What exactly are the warrior myrmidon’s “combat subroutines”? ---
**Author:** ![Moreau](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/moreau/32/585_2.png) [@Moreau](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Moreau)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2262 "2017-10-02T23:57:25Z")
> [@Sneaks](#): > > What exactly are the warrior myrmidon’s “combat subroutines”? Essentially programmed martial arts. Their bodies are programmed to react to violent external stimuli with pre-programmed counters, feints and strikes. It essentially makes the Warrior a theoretically perfect combatant, however in practise their movements will be regimented and predictable at first. A seasoned fighter would be able to put up a spirited defence or possibly even defeat you if they were able to engineer the fight according to their strengths. Likewise the Warrior also has an Overclock function which essentially creates an artificial adrenaline rush effect. Time physically slows so that the Warrior can better time and prepare their blows. ---
**Author:** ![Sneaks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/sneaks/32/29372_2.png) [@Sneaks](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Sneaks)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2263 "2017-10-03T00:10:18Z")
Makes me wonder what a deathmatch between two Warriors would look like. If they have the exact same programming, experience and construction, would they just fight to exhaustion with no winner? Is there also weapons training programmed in as well? ---
**Author:** ![Moreau](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/moreau/32/585_2.png) [@Moreau](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Moreau)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2264 "2017-10-03T00:17:31Z")
> [@Sneaks](#): > > Makes me wonder what a deathmatch between two Warriors would look like. If they have the exact same programming, experience and construction, would they just fight to exhaustion with no winner? They’d yell at each other for six episodes then fire all the animators. > [@Sneaks](#): > > Is there also weapons training programmed in as well? Not in the traditional sense. War was basically a ceremonial pastime before the Fall, and the notion of (for example) firearms training would seem ludicrously anachronistic, as even if they were needed for that function technology has moved so far as to make such weapons entirely obsolete. If a Myrmidon requires weapons training, it is usually because the weapon in question is _built into their body from creation_. For example Ariadne has a miniaturised mass driver weapon built into her right arm. Her index and middle finger look silver because they’re hardened to survive the heat and pressure from the projectile rocketing out between them at 3x the speed of sound. Do _not_ play finger-guns with Ariadne. Actual _military_ technology at a personal man-portable level was basically useless before the Fall, as the Humans had been unified and alone in the universe for many many _many_ years, and naturally softened up a bit. Police units were still needed, units capable of defending themselves were still needed, but actual _soldiers_ were not. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/elysium/32/123457_2.png) [@Elysium](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2265 "2017-10-03T00:22:44Z")
> [@Moreau](#): > > Throwing silver in too, just for kicks I am in full support of getting to create a stunning silver MC. ---
**Author:** ![Sneaks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/sneaks/32/29372_2.png) [@Sneaks](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Sneaks)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2266 "2017-10-03T00:24:11Z")
So if they want to learn the sword or have any use for a gun except as a bludgeoning tool, they’ll have to start from scratch like everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Moreau](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/moreau/32/585_2.png) [@Moreau](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Moreau)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2267 "2017-10-03T00:25:25Z")
> [@Sneaks](#): > > So if they want to learn the sword or have any use for a gun except as a bludgeoning tool, they’ll have to start from scratch like everyone else. Essentially, but they’ll of course be stronger and faster than a baseline human. ---
**Author:** ![RenaB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/renab/32/10268_2.png) [@RenaB](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/RenaB)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992/2268 "2017-10-03T01:11:11Z")
Okay, after reading the codex’s new entries now I _really_ wanna know (though I kinda have a thought/theory but we’ll see if I’m right or if there’s some kinda curveball thrown in here that I didn’t account for): Who would win in a fight: A single King Toise or a tribe of Cataphracts? My money is on the King Toise. Though I wonder, considering how the MC was able to ‘hypnotize’ the King Toise in the demo, if maybe it’d be more susceptible to The Dread? Granted, two very different methods of hypnotization but it does show that it is possible to put a King Toise into such a state. [Previous page](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992.md?page=112) [Next page](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-myrmidon-wip-minor-update-03-10-2017/15992.md?page=114)