acolyte.”
“Agreed,” Greg said, not sure where
he was going with this.
“I think we need to rework Mage and make it into a
much larger category…and one that has an automatic pairing with a higher
ranking Archon.”
“Except there are no higher ranking Archons,” Greg
pointed out.
“Our problem, which we’ll work through, but when the
second gen get to this point I think it just has to happen and we have to start
working and traveling in pairs…for all assignments.”
“I don’t know about that,” Emily said. “There are too
few of us as it is.”
“If the V’kit’no’sat didn’t exist I’d agree, but we’ve
got to take it to the next level and having, at minimum, a sparring partner
with you at all times will help us advance quicker. Me pulling ahead of Morgan should be proof enough of that.”
“Generous of you,” Emily pointed out.
“I like beating her, you know that, but if she were
here training the same amount I was we’d be even…at best. That’s a challenge I
like tackling and going back and forth with her on, but since she’s out
fighting and doing other stuff her training isn’t at such a high level. Don’t
tell her I said that, because it’s not a dis, just a fact that she has no peers
to work with. Now, we all learned how to train solo and the newbs should as
well, which is why I’m not suggesting we pair them up until they hit Mage, or
as I like to think of it, the ‘Apprentice’ stage.”
“Enter the automatic Jedi metaphor,” Emily declared.
“Actually I think he might be onto something,” Greg
said, thinking hard. “We’ve already been seeking each other out, those of us
with the same psionics, to train for them. A more formal structure that has it
happening automatically would make sense…though I really don’t want to lose the
freedom we have right now.”
“We can do whatever we want,” Paul reminded him. “I’m
thinking mainly about the second gen coming up.”
“We’re the masters and can take on an Apprentice by
choice?” Bo asked, finally working to the end of his plate.
Paul waved a hand side to side in an unsure gesture.
“Numbers game, but eventually yes. If we want to go solo we can, but if we’re
in the field I think we need a partner. The combat applications should be
obvious, but even if just for training purposes.”
“I can agree with that,” Bo added. “6 years out on
Lothlorien without any of you guys around sucked.”
“My point exactly,” Paul agreed.
“So we split up…how? By psionics?” Greg asked.
“What Riona and I have going works well, but I’m
thinking further ahead to when we learn how to share. I think the sharing
should be done Master to Apprentice.”
Greg leaned back in his chair, rubbing his smooth
chin. “They get whatever psionics they can break through to on their own up
until they hit ‘Apprentice’ then they get the full load, along with the
personalized training of how to make use of them.”
“I like the sound of that,” Emily added. “Except we
can’t share and don’t know how to use them yet.”
“Work in progress, like always,” Paul said, going a
step further. “We’ve also got to make this level more than 100…or make each
more difficult. A hundred years on average seems like a long time, but from the Zen’zat’s point of view we’re still young. We need to
structure our levels thinking far ahead of now.”
“That had crossed my mind,” Greg admitted. “But we
can’t design levels that far ahead of our current abilities.”
“I know, but I meant between status changes. I also think
it’s time we diversified the armor. I’m liking the
heavier version, but some are wanting to go in Kara’s direction to maximize
agility. I think we should have two options available at Apprentice while us Masters get more choices…after we design them.”
“We’re going to run into the problem of getting too
big of a skill gap,” Bo warned. “Right now the second gen isn’t
“Agreed,” Greg said, not sure where
he was going with this.
“I think we need to rework Mage and make it into a
much larger category…and one that has an automatic pairing with a higher
ranking Archon.”
“Except there are no higher ranking Archons,” Greg
pointed out.
“Our problem, which we’ll work through, but when the
second gen get to this point I think it just has to happen and we have to start
working and traveling in pairs…for all assignments.”
“I don’t know about that,” Emily said. “There are too
few of us as it is.”
“If the V’kit’no’sat didn’t exist I’d agree, but we’ve
got to take it to the next level and having, at minimum, a sparring partner
with you at all times will help us advance quicker. Me pulling ahead of Morgan should be proof enough of that.”
“Generous of you,” Emily pointed out.
“I like beating her, you know that, but if she were
here training the same amount I was we’d be even…at best. That’s a challenge I
like tackling and going back and forth with her on, but since she’s out
fighting and doing other stuff her training isn’t at such a high level. Don’t
tell her I said that, because it’s not a dis, just a fact that she has no peers
to work with. Now, we all learned how to train solo and the newbs should as
well, which is why I’m not suggesting we pair them up until they hit Mage, or
as I like to think of it, the ‘Apprentice’ stage.”
“Enter the automatic Jedi metaphor,” Emily declared.
“Actually I think he might be onto something,” Greg
said, thinking hard. “We’ve already been seeking each other out, those of us
with the same psionics, to train for them. A more formal structure that has it
happening automatically would make sense…though I really don’t want to lose the
freedom we have right now.”
“We can do whatever we want,” Paul reminded him. “I’m
thinking mainly about the second gen coming up.”
“We’re the masters and can take on an Apprentice by
choice?” Bo asked, finally working to the end of his plate.
Paul waved a hand side to side in an unsure gesture.
“Numbers game, but eventually yes. If we want to go solo we can, but if we’re
in the field I think we need a partner. The combat applications should be
obvious, but even if just for training purposes.”
“I can agree with that,” Bo added. “6 years out on
Lothlorien without any of you guys around sucked.”
“My point exactly,” Paul agreed.
“So we split up…how? By psionics?” Greg asked.
“What Riona and I have going works well, but I’m
thinking further ahead to when we learn how to share. I think the sharing
should be done Master to Apprentice.”
Greg leaned back in his chair, rubbing his smooth
chin. “They get whatever psionics they can break through to on their own up
until they hit ‘Apprentice’ then they get the full load, along with the
personalized training of how to make use of them.”
“I like the sound of that,” Emily added. “Except we
can’t share and don’t know how to use them yet.”
“Work in progress, like always,” Paul said, going a
step further. “We’ve also got to make this level more than 100…or make each
more difficult. A hundred years on average seems like a long time, but from the Zen’zat’s point of view we’re still young. We need to
structure our levels thinking far ahead of now.”
“That had crossed my mind,” Greg admitted. “But we
can’t design levels that far ahead of our current abilities.”
“I know, but I meant between status changes. I also think
it’s time we diversified the armor. I’m liking the
heavier version, but some are wanting to go in Kara’s direction to maximize
agility. I think we should have two options available at Apprentice while us Masters get more choices…after we design them.”
“We’re going to run into the problem of getting too
big of a skill gap,” Bo warned. “Right now the second gen isn’t
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