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[onei]

[ Thankfully, Ina's gotten a bit more used to things since her arrival. Used enough to not hold the omnicom right up to her face and yell into it, at least. She...almost seems to have an idea of how to point the thing and get a decent picture, in fact.

Almost.

So she's got it far enough back to capture a bit of the place behind her, which is definitely not Legion World. Some might recognize it as the Hall of Justice museum, if they've been there; it seems she's decided to take a trip down to Earth for the day. ]

I have a request. It's my understanding that some of you are more...technologically inclined.

[ Polite understatement. ]

I had thought it would be helpful to learn more of the heroes who inspired the Legion, since I have little idea what to expect - and I believe I've found a worthy example to follow, in the one they called Green Arrow.

[ She turns her omnicom to point the camera at a nearby display of a variety of arrows, with holographic footage playing in the background that shows them in action. Smoke arrows that provide a haze to aid in escape or getting a quick hit in that the enemy can't anticipate! Net arrows that explode into a net on impact, entangling the target and keeping them from escaping! Boxing glove arrows that...well, hit things like a boxing glove. For when you don't have a real boxing glove, maybe. ]

My world has no such...variety, beyond fire arrows. What I've brought with me seems rather limited in use, compared to this.

Would anyone have the skill and the willingness to help me replicate these, and perhaps some others?

[ Come on, nerds, one of you must be up to the challenge, right? ]

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[whyarewehere]

Calling all nerds, calling all nerds! We have a code pocket protector!

[ Grif leaves a trail of pings to several more technically inclined characters to help speed Ina's search along. Left intentionally vague, of course. ]

[onei]

What in the heavens is a pocket protector?

[whyarewehere]

It's a thing that protects your pocket.

And signals to the universe that you are never, ever going to get laid.

[ He's as proper as ever, woops. ]

[onei]

It signals what?

[ So proper her lack of modern slang can't even figure out that he's being improper. ]

[whyarewehere]

[ Grif frowns. Oh. Right. ]

...You guys don't say 'getting laid', do you?

[ The most basic of slang has failed him. ]

Forget I said anything.

[thewildflower]

[She might be used to not yelling into her omnicom, but Rebecca is so surprised to hear someone talking about archery that she loudly exclaims an "ah!" into it before...dropping it. She'd just been checking it, she needs to remember to 'check it,' how strange is that? It's so unlike communicating by courier.]

Hello? Are you saying you come from a world without all of these machines, or...

[No, no, that's not the important part!]

I'm an archer as well! ...I've never seen arrows like those, however.

[onei]

[ Another archer, and someone else who's lost dealing with the machines? hello new friend ]

If there are two of us, then surely that's all the more reason to see what can be done. I never imagined such things were possible, did you?

[thewildflower]

[Oh, phew! She'd been right. She looks much more relieved after hearing that.]

No, never. When I nock an arrow, I only expect it to hit its target, and certainly nothing more than that! Why does it become a fist, I wonder.

[It's time to put those nerds to work.]

[onei]

I imagine it was intended for a reliable way to knock someone out without causing puncture wounds? It would be useful to be able to do such things at a distance.

[ Usually she has to get in close and smack them upside the face with her bow, after all... ]

[thewildflower]

I'd never even thought of that. That's, um, usually the opposite of what I'm trying to do, after all. I'm usually trying to pierce.

[But they're here, and Rebecca can only fight when there's one space between her and the enemy army. More arrows wouldn't hurt.]

I'm Rebecca, by the way! It's nice to meet you.

[wherenoonegoes]

I can probably handle that. I've built things fairly similar to those arriws before, so it shouldn't be too hard.

[onei]

I'd be most grateful for your help!

[isthisapidge]

...Would you be willing to skip the boxing glove arrows? That's the kind of thing the laws of physics have nightmares about.

In fact, most of these are really impractical. Frankly, you'd be better off redesigning them.

[kingtyrantranger]

Whoa, Pidge, slow up a bit.

It's a boxing glove arrow. You can't improve on that!

[isthisapidge]

That's just it! It's a boxing glove arrow! It's so front heavy it'll just fall, like, three inches away from the bow unless you balance the weight of each one exactly perfectly without making it too heavy to fly!

It'd be more effective to just...I dunno, run up an hit them with the bow.

[kingtyrantranger]

It can't be that hard to do! And it's cool.

[Of course, Jason's main experience with bows comes from a teammate whose bow fires laser beams. The actual limits of a bow aren't something that he's really familiar with]

[onei]

I wouldn't argue with redesigning them for similar effects, but with greater efficiency.

[ Standard arrows, she could make, and she knows how to get the balance right, but some of these are...clearly using mechanics that are a bit beyond her. ]

Mostly, I'd just like the versatility that these seem to offer.

[isthisapidge]

Well, if you're after the impact of a punch, you might consider something explosive over a standard arrowhead. Honestly, I think we can get a lot of these effects if we just tweak the designs. A lot.

Anywhere you want me to start?

[onei]

I rather like the nets.

[ Might be a little kinder than her old solution of "aim for the hamstrings," after all. ]

[wherenoonegoes]

Do you have any experience making arrows? I don't want to make any assumptions, but I was under the impression that weaponsmithing was less practiced in eras where computers are a thing than it is in mine.

[isthisapidge]

Well...no, I was just going to modify some arrows that were already made. I guess I wouldn't say no to some actual experience in this. I've never even shot a bow...

video;

[deafleppard]

Is that really a boxing glove arrow.

Oh my god.

[onei]

Isn't it magnificent?

[ Ina is entirely too pleased about this. ]

[deafleppard]

Yes.

Yes it really is.

[onei]

This Green Arrow was truly a genius of his time.