1Hey Greg, question about Tahnok-Kal. It was defeated when the Toa Nuva overloaded it with power, causing it to be trapped in a cage of its own electricity. In particular, Onua states in Book #3, Makuta's Revenge, that "I expect that one will stay there until it finally runs out of energy entirely."
2I had always assumed that it would not take long--- certainly not more than a couple weeks--- for Tahnok-Kal to run out of energy, to the point that it would just be a shell (albeit an intact shell, which is more than can be said for any of the other Bohrok-Kal) sitting alone in that chamber underneath the island of Mata Nui. It didn't occur to me until recently that I could be totally wrong, and that it might take a VERY long time for Tahnok-Kal to run out of energy. I know you didn't write Makuta's Revenge, so that line from Onua might not even be "canon" anymore--- but still. At your best estimate, at the point where the story is frozen, did it still have energy left to power its own cage, or had it run out by that point? Thanks.
DuplexBeGreat wrote:
1Hey Greg, question about Tahnok-Kal. It was defeated when the Toa Nuva overloaded it with power, causing it to be trapped in a cage of its own electricity. In particular, Onua states in Book #3, Makuta's Revenge, that "I expect that one will stay there until it finally runs out of energy entirely."
2I had always assumed that it would not take long--- certainly not more than a couple weeks--- for Tahnok-Kal to run out of energy, to the point that it would just be a shell (albeit an intact shell, which is more than can be said for any of the other Bohrok-Kal) sitting alone in that chamber underneath the island of Mata Nui. It didn't occur to me until recently that I could be totally wrong, and that it might take a VERY long time for Tahnok-Kal to run out of energy. I know you didn't write Makuta's Revenge, so that line from Onua might not even be "canon" anymore--- but still. At your best estimate, at the point where the story is frozen, did it still have energy left to power its own cage, or had it run out by that point? Thanks.
3I think it comes down to where we think the energy comes from. Is it derived from some outside source, necessitating recharge, in which case he probably would run out of energy at some point? Or is it self-perpetuating somehow? I think that's a subject worthy of debate.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:DuplexBeGreat wrote:
1Hey Greg, question about Tahnok-Kal. It was defeated when the Toa Nuva overloaded it with power, causing it to be trapped in a cage of its own electricity. In particular, Onua states in Book #3, Makuta's Revenge, that "I expect that one will stay there until it finally runs out of energy entirely."
2I had always assumed that it would not take long--- certainly not more than a couple weeks--- for Tahnok-Kal to run out of energy, to the point that it would just be a shell (albeit an intact shell, which is more than can be said for any of the other Bohrok-Kal) sitting alone in that chamber underneath the island of Mata Nui. It didn't occur to me until recently that I could be totally wrong, and that it might take a VERY long time for Tahnok-Kal to run out of energy. I know you didn't write Makuta's Revenge, so that line from Onua might not even be "canon" anymore--- but still. At your best estimate, at the point where the story is frozen, did it still have energy left to power its own cage, or had it run out by that point? Thanks.
3I think it comes down to where we think the energy comes from. Is it derived from some outside source, necessitating recharge, in which case he probably would run out of energy at some point? Or is it self-perpetuating somehow? I think that's a subject worthy of debate.
4I should think that the Bohrok-Kal's energy is self-perpetuating, but must recharge at some point. They appear to have elemental powers, which, as far as we know by seeing them used by Toa, must recharge after a while. So maybe Tahnok-Kal did run out of energy eventually but it recharged on its own...?
Biomeca132 wrote:ScribeGT6817 wrote:Biomeca132 wrote:1Hello Mr. Farshtey,
Biomeca132 wrote:2Hi Mr.Farshtey,
32) Makuta powers such as Heat/Cold Resistence or Limited Invulnerability have to be activated consciously or they just remain active passively?41) Do you have find something about this?
51) Yes, they are always on.
61) Is that the same for the Makuta power of adaptation?
7Buried.
8Plus, I have other questions about a completely different subject: The Kingdom Alternate Universe, where Matoro failed to revive Mata Nui and almost all MUians species migrated to the island of Mata Nui, in order to survive to Mata Nui's death.
92) In this universe, did the Toa Nuva achieved all the tasks to prepare the awakening of Mata Nui, before the failure of Matoro?103) If yes:113a) Does that mean the Island of Mata Nui was completely cleaned by Bohrok Swarms, before the mass migration of the MUians survivors?123b) Does that mean the Staff of Artakha was used by the Order of Mata Nui to repair the damages causing by the Great Cataclysm?134)Why almost the entire Matoran Universe collapsed after the Matoro's failure and Mata Nui's death?
ClutchPowers99 wrote:1What powers did Artakha's mask of creation actually give him?
2Basically, the MoC's powers can be used in two different ways.31- If you already know how to create something, the mask can shape it out of thin air, with no need of raw materials.42- If you have some raw materials but don't know how to create what you want, the mask can mentally provide you detailed schematics for it, based on these raw materials. Plus, it can also help you to imagine a completed product from random raw materials.
Biomeca132 wrote:ClutchPowers99 wrote:1What powers did Artakha's mask of creation actually give him?2Basically, the MoC's powers can be used in two different ways.31- If you already know how to create something, the mask can shape it out of thin air, with no need of raw materials.42- If you have some raw materials but don't know how to create what you want, the mask can mentally provide you detailed schematics for it, based on these raw materials. Plus, it can also help you to imagine a completed product from random raw materials.
5Wait, so does that mean that Artakha could abuse a loophole in this function? After all, once he knows how to create something from raw materials, he can then create that thing without using those raw materials.
sepublic22 wrote:Biomeca132 wrote:ClutchPowers99 wrote:1What powers did Artakha's mask of creation actually give him?2Basically, the MoC's powers can be used in two different ways.31- If you already know how to create something, the mask can shape it out of thin air, with no need of raw materials.42- If you have some raw materials but don't know how to create what you want, the mask can mentally provide you detailed schematics for it, based on these raw materials. Plus, it can also help you to imagine a completed product from random raw materials.
5Wait, so does that mean that Artakha could abuse a loophole in this function? After all, once he knows how to create something from raw materials, he can then create that thing without using those raw materials.
6Why not! But I think it would be not as simple as that: to control the MoC in order to create something that you have just conceptualized would be hard and time-consuming (depending of the creation's complexity and the nature of the substances needed for it, of course). Any detail must be thought and created carefully, to be sure to have the expected result.