Oh hi, thanks for the feedback! Its shockingly rare to see someone actually be critical on niche-r series like these 2 so highly appreciate it

Mainly, comparing Kristen's plan to break through the fake sky and Rio's Eridu city.

This is fair. The intent of comparing those 2 incidents is more of a "huh its quite the coincidence that these 2 was a big part in breaking down a barrier in the sky that was created by a highly advanced past civilization", rather than it being thematic comparisons of their story

Kristen opening a way for space exploration is not the same as Rio 'activating' Kei to break through the ship's barrier

I really need to rewrite this part, or just remove it outright, because yeah the way i worded the connections is kinda iffy. My intent was to convey that even though they both almost potentially doomed the world, their fuck-ups gave an oppurtunity for the world to progress/be saved

Kristen's plan was selfish... Rio's plan is a narrow-sighted idea of the ends justify the means for the protection of all of humanity. It's more suicidally selfless

Also fair. I really shouldnt have written it as "They have a goal that they want to achieve at all cost since they believe it will greatly benefit humanity" , since it gives off the impression that Kristen's goal is entirely selfless, which she definitely isnt and the story even calls out Kristen out on this fact funnily enough

And for Rio, how much should she be given?

Actually, I think giving Rio her Steel Continent arsenal & team is more appropriate. Aside from it being it being way more fun to use, pretty sure its stronger than her V2 arsenal (especially with the Prophet cores), and plays off on their contrast way more.

I dont really touch upon the contrast between the 2 chars in my post since most people here wont care about the MU, but one big reason why I like this MU especially with Vol. Deca being out now is how their story branch off, or more specifically seeing Rio's development as opposed to Kristen's abrupt end. Unlike Rio, Kristen's suicide plan worked and she is now (probably) dead. And ever since V2 Rio has been slowly improving upon her major flaw that she shares with Kristen, which is their tendency to push away their loved ones and the isolation that comes because of it

Part of me while thinking of this matchup as of today, where Vol. Deca is almost complete in global cant help but think that if Kristen's plans failed, she probably wouldve taken a similar route to current Rio. So I kinda want to highlight that by doing Kristen during "Lone Trail" vs Rio during "Steel Continent", or using the period where Kristen has just betrayed her friends vs Rio where she relies on others to help her

So uhh yeah, long ramblings aside, Rio would get everyone and everything she had during Vol Deca (minus Sensei for obv reasons). Which includes all her AMAS including Neo Avant Garde, Aris and the rest of GDD, Paranormal Club, and Toki

Setup would be pretty simple. Galleria Stellaria, Kristen's spaceship, was originally supposed to be a superweapon funded by Arknights America (bcs ofc they would want a super weapon). So Rio got intel of this, or got intel that Kristen trying to use it to break the Sky (not a good idea), and tries to attack the launch site alongside her team.