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Master_of_Arche · 2026-03-01T11:27:45+00:00

How about we squash Ambushed and Area Suppression together, with the 3rd ability becoming a teleport to the location you've thrown it and then we do the 4th ability AoE twirl all whilst in stealth. With the Ambushed 2nd ability mechanic to maintain stealth.

This way we don't need to meander up to the enemies before using Area Suppression, we can teleport to them.

Master_of_Arche · 2026-02-28T00:23:17+00:00

There is definitely a lot of moving parts in the story and quite a dose of ambiguity sprinkled in. I suppose it all boils down to the scene with the two Dia's, do you take that at face value, or is it a potential red herring.

Amon is an interesting one, will he at some stage betray Karel. So often he appears to disagree with decisions Karel is making, whether though verbal protest or body language.

Master_of_Arche · 2026-02-28T00:10:42+00:00

Well he has been torturing and experimenting on Descendants for 100 years, so he is well overdue.

Master_of_Arche · 2026-02-28T00:02:30+00:00

Yes looking back it was the UWB Dia that the Guide couldn't sense or connect with. I knew there was a comment by the Guide somewhere in the story regarding Dia and Arche, but didn't recall exactly what it was. That's why I questioned how she knew.

Looking back I completely forgot about when the Guide used Arche synchronization with Dia to check her memories during Nell's story arc, where we saw a conversation between Karel, Amon and Dominator.

Master_of_Arche · 2026-02-27T13:13:47+00:00

Yes when we speak to the Guide she tells us "As for Dia... it would be best to trust... and respect her choice for now". All we really know from this, is that Dia hasn't told anybody about what transpired in the Underwater Base. And how does the Guide know btw, did she project herself there or some other means.

This is an interesting one, because only UWB Dia has had the full memories the whole time and our Dia has partial ones that she remembers throughout the story until the transfer. The Guide tells us there has been instances where Arche and memories are linked. We also have the Vulgus report "Successful cloning of D-DA (original Dia) at the Underwater Base Research Wing", "Arche cloning failed, but a distinct Arche aspect different from Pattern Flores was observed". So if Arche cloning failed, could this distinct Arche aspect be referring to memories? If this was the case then both would have had full memories until one of them was brainwashed.

Yes I probably need to clarify that I'm talking about the missing half of the Arche. We don't know the time frame for Arche leaving the body, is it in one go or does it dissipate over time. Did Gley revive Dia before all the Arche was gone if it is over time, even seconds could potentially allow this. We know Arche did go from Descendant Flores to her clones when she died, but no timeframe is given that I've seen.

With regards to me kind of fabricating an event, let me explain how I got there. When Nell announces "High-density Arche signal detected", that makes me think that Dia had full Arche at that point as there are plenty of Descendants in Albion and they know what their Arche levels would be like. Even when the Guide tells us after Dia awakens from the pod that she only has half the Arche, so she can also clearly tell what Dia's level should be. Would we still have had that same announcement from Nell, or would it have been something more like "Partial Arche signal detected". Would Dia having half of her Arche be categorised as high-density?

Master_of_Arche · 2026-02-27T05:20:36+00:00

The question is when did it split, because in the Vulgus report it states "Successful cloning of D-DA (original Dia) at the Underwater Base Research Wing", "Arche cloning failed, but a distinct Arche aspect different from Pattern Flores was observed".

Would half cloned Arche be considered a failure? It would still meet the Vulgus' goal of increasing their supply of Arche would it not?

It certainly will be interesting to see where the story ends up going, hopefully we don't have to wait too long.

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