HeroraNui wrote:
1Given Lhikan's upstanding nature, I'm not sure that he would be great at doing black ops, but he might not need to be. What if the team split into smaller groups, one to deal with public threats, and one to deal with more low key stuff. This sounds right up Nidhiki and Tuyet's alley, so they'd probably be apart of that, especially Nihdiki, given his sneaky nature and mask of stealth. Perhaps even he would lead that portion of the team, until his betrayal. I feel like the public section of the team would deal with threats like rampaging rahi, which what Lhikan was stated to do in canon anyways. These Toa would be the public defenders who give the Matoran a sense of security. The more undercover section might deal with threats that they didn't want Matoran knowing about, like some Dark Hunter infultrations, which might cause panic.
2Given that matoran quote from "mystery of metru nui", it would seem that at least lhikan wasn't any sort of black ops. also, in the serial "the many deaths of toa tuyet", tuyet, along with nidhiki and lhikan, seemed to be operating in the open a lot. similarly, in "birth of a dark hunter", nidhiki makes a comment about how toa don't sneak b/c they are supposed to work in the open so the matoran trust them. also, i would say that during the toa/DH war, the mangai were operating pretty openly, at least judging from stuff like the serials and books.
maletoaofwater wrote:HeroraNui wrote:
1Given Lhikan's upstanding nature, I'm not sure that he would be great at doing black ops, but he might not need to be. What if the team split into smaller groups, one to deal with public threats, and one to deal with more low key stuff. This sounds right up Nidhiki and Tuyet's alley, so they'd probably be apart of that, especially Nihdiki, given his sneaky nature and mask of stealth. Perhaps even he would lead that portion of the team, until his betrayal. I feel like the public section of the team would deal with threats like rampaging rahi, which what Lhikan was stated to do in canon anyways. These Toa would be the public defenders who give the Matoran a sense of security. The more undercover section might deal with threats that they didn't want Matoran knowing about, like some Dark Hunter infultrations, which might cause panic.
2Given that matoran quote from "mystery of metru nui", it would seem that at least lhikan wasn't any sort of black ops. also, in the serial "the many deaths of toa tuyet", tuyet, along with nidhiki and lhikan, seemed to be operating in the open a lot. similarly, in "birth of a dark hunter", nidhiki makes a comment about how toa don't sneak b/c they are supposed to work in the open so the matoran trust them. also, i would say that during the toa/DH war, the mangai were operating pretty openly, at least judging from stuff like the serials and books.
3But it was in secret, so not in any of the serials. Nidhiki seemed to be close friend with Lihkan, so maybe he was openly working aswell. But when you say it, they did state how Toa don't sneak around.
1kyle7475 wrote:
2Hey Greg:
31) Can a Toa of Psionics create telekinetic barriers?
42) Toa have superhuman agility, yes?
53) Can a Toa could channel his/her powers through any object? For example, could a Toa of Fire theoretically channel his powers through a frying pan?
64a) How long would you say it takes a Toa's EP reserves to recharge from completely empty to full?
74b) Aside from absorbing more of their elements, can Toa make their reserves charge faster by absorbing energy from food?
85) In the Bionicle sets many of the characters, like the Toa, had inhuman proportions. They had attributes like disproportionately long arms, giant feet, thin torsos, etc. Do Toa canonically have human-like proportions, or are their proportions exactly like in the sets?
96) Is being the ruling Turaga of Metru Nui a position for life, and did the Turaga who preceded Dume as ruler die of old age?
107) The powerplant that MU inhabitants possess-could it be a scaled down version of what the prototype or MU robots have, or is it more mundane?
ToaofTime4266 wrote:1I've noticed that the Toa Mangai and the Toa Metru both have the same kind of armor. Are the Toa supposed to wear the same kind of armor when they're created through natural means, or are they supposed to look different based on how the Matoran sees a Toa to be?
2They look as they thought a Toa would look when they were tranformed into Toa.
3Only exception to this is Orde, Helryx and the Toa Mate who were built as Toa.
4Toa Mangai and Hagah most likely looked diffrent, based on how the Toa, if there were any, looked in the land they came from, or other wise, their imagination.
5Toa Metru thought they looked like Lihkan, Takanuva and Inika thought like the Nuva(weird, shouldn't they know the Mata is how they really look?). The Inika look diffrent however as of their way of becoming Toa.
6So yes, based on how Matoran sees a Toa to be.
7Hope this helps ya!
Wilmerkardell wrote:maletoaofwater wrote:HeroraNui wrote:
1Given Lhikan's upstanding nature, I'm not sure that he would be great at doing black ops, but he might not need to be. What if the team split into smaller groups, one to deal with public threats, and one to deal with more low key stuff. This sounds right up Nidhiki and Tuyet's alley, so they'd probably be apart of that, especially Nihdiki, given his sneaky nature and mask of stealth. Perhaps even he would lead that portion of the team, until his betrayal. I feel like the public section of the team would deal with threats like rampaging rahi, which what Lhikan was stated to do in canon anyways. These Toa would be the public defenders who give the Matoran a sense of security. The more undercover section might deal with threats that they didn't want Matoran knowing about, like some Dark Hunter infultrations, which might cause panic.
2Given that matoran quote from "mystery of metru nui", it would seem that at least lhikan wasn't any sort of black ops. also, in the serial "the many deaths of toa tuyet", tuyet, along with nidhiki and lhikan, seemed to be operating in the open a lot. similarly, in "birth of a dark hunter", nidhiki makes a comment about how toa don't sneak b/c they are supposed to work in the open so the matoran trust them. also, i would say that during the toa/DH war, the mangai were operating pretty openly, at least judging from stuff like the serials and books.
3But it was in secret, so not in any of the serials. Nidhiki seemed to be close friend with Lihkan, so maybe he was openly working aswell. But when you say it, they did state how Toa don't sneak around.
4The black ops thing was a suggestion to explain the quote from the Matoran who acted like she had not seen Toa before, since that was written before the concept of the Mangai existed. If you guys have a better suggestion to explain the quote, I am certainly open to it.
RocketRacer7235 wrote:1Hi Greg, I have questions about kaitas.
21: In theory, can 3 kaitas of the same species form a double kaita?
3 1.2: Is it the same for nuis?
42: can Spherus Magnans form kaitas, in theory?
51) No. Doing something like that would result in the formation of a Nui, and we already know a Toa Nui is not possible.
61.2) Not to my knowledge
72) No. SM inhabitants cannot merge their bodies together at will, anymore than humans can.
kyle7475 wrote:1kyle7475 wrote:
2Hey Greg:
31) Can a Toa of Psionics create telekinetic barriers?
42) Toa have superhuman agility, yes?
53) Can a Toa could channel his/her powers through any object? For example, could a Toa of Fire theoretically channel his powers through a frying pan?
64a) How long would you say it takes a Toa's EP reserves to recharge from completely empty to full?
74b) Aside from absorbing more of their elements, can Toa make their reserves charge faster by absorbing energy from food?
85) In the Bionicle sets many of the characters, like the Toa, had inhuman proportions. They had attributes like disproportionately long arms, giant feet, thin torsos, etc. Do Toa canonically have human-like proportions, or are their proportions exactly like in the sets?
96) Is being the ruling Turaga of Metru Nui a position for life, and did the Turaga who preceded Dume as ruler die of old age?
107) The powerplant that MU inhabitants possess-could it be a scaled down version of what the prototype or MU robots have, or is it more mundane?
11I'm sorry to be so slow in answering these, but frankly they require a lot of thought and research which I have not had the spare time to apply to them.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:RocketRacer7235 wrote:1Hi Greg, I have questions about kaitas.
21: In theory, can 3 kaitas of the same species form a double kaita?
3 1.2: Is it the same for nuis?
42: can Spherus Magnans form kaitas, in theory?
51) No. Doing something like that would result in the formation of a Nui, and we already know a Toa Nui is not possible.
61.2) Not to my knowledge
72) No. SM inhabitants cannot merge their bodies together at will, anymore than humans can.
8Mmkay, thanks.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:Wilmerkardell wrote:maletoaofwater wrote:HeroraNui wrote:
1Given that matoran quote from "mystery of metru nui", it would seem that at least lhikan wasn't any sort of black ops. also, in the serial "the many deaths of toa tuyet", tuyet, along with nidhiki and lhikan, seemed to be operating in the open a lot. similarly, in "birth of a dark hunter", nidhiki makes a comment about how toa don't sneak b/c they are supposed to work in the open so the matoran trust them. also, i would say that during the toa/DH war, the mangai were operating pretty openly, at least judging from stuff like the serials and books.
2But it was in secret, so not in any of the serials. Nidhiki seemed to be close friend with Lihkan, so maybe he was openly working aswell. But when you say it, they did state how Toa don't sneak around.
3The black ops thing was a suggestion to explain the quote from the Matoran who acted like she had not seen Toa before, since that was written before the concept of the Mangai existed. If you guys have a better suggestion to explain the quote, I am certainly open to it.
4IIRC, that matoran was under the influence of the vahki at the time, so that could explain her actions/words.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:RocketRacer7235 wrote:1Hi Greg, I have questions about kaitas.
21: In theory, can 3 kaitas of the same species form a double kaita?
3 1.2: Is it the same for nuis?
42: can Spherus Magnans form kaitas, in theory?
51) No. Doing something like that would result in the formation of a Nui, and we already know a Toa Nui is not possible.
61.2) Not to my knowledge
72) No. SM inhabitants cannot merge their bodies together at will, anymore than humans can.
81. why isn't a toa nui possible?
ScribeGT6817 wrote:kyle7475 wrote:1kyle7475 wrote:
2Hey Greg:
31) Can a Toa of Psionics create telekinetic barriers?
42) Toa have superhuman agility, yes?
53) Can a Toa could channel his/her powers through any object? For example, could a Toa of Fire theoretically channel his powers through a frying pan?
64a) How long would you say it takes a Toa's EP reserves to recharge from completely empty to full?
74b) Aside from absorbing more of their elements, can Toa make their reserves charge faster by absorbing energy from food?
85) In the Bionicle sets many of the characters, like the Toa, had inhuman proportions. They had attributes like disproportionately long arms, giant feet, thin torsos, etc. Do Toa canonically have human-like proportions, or are their proportions exactly like in the sets?
96) Is being the ruling Turaga of Metru Nui a position for life, and did the Turaga who preceded Dume as ruler die of old age?
107) The powerplant that MU inhabitants possess-could it be a scaled down version of what the prototype or MU robots have, or is it more mundane?
11I'm sorry to be so slow in answering these, but frankly they require a lot of thought and research which I have not had the spare time to apply to them.
125. in the movies, they have more appropriate proportions, so i think we should go with that... considering they were deliberately designed by the GBs, it wouldn't make sense for them to have ungainly long arms, a super skinny neck, etc.
131. if they could, it couldn't be something they could errect and leave alone... they'd have to be constantly exerting energy to keep it in existence.