3 On 3 Best Characters
Karlyn Hemmerling
I usually spend the skill points on Persuade and Treat Injury, and since I don't like playing as a Jedi Sentinel, I don't have the skill points to spare. Besides, to me T3 screams "LOOK AT ME! MAXXED OUT SKILLS!", so I figure what the hell.
1. Atton. Not really because he's useful here, because honestly? Atton is a pretty poor choice for this bit, but the extra dialogue he has and his "rematch" with the Twin Suns is worth it. Combat wise, I've never really liked Atton. He's an everyman, being okay with guns, swords, force powers, whatever. He doesn't really excel in any area, or, not the way I use him.
2. Brianna (Handmaiden). This is more of a personal choice, because she's my favorite character. I also like the fact that she's a tank, though. Brianna can be beastly when equipped with a Dual-saber, a nice robe, and whatnot. Her extreme vitality ratings and high strength make her an excellent asset to any mission. Plus, I always treat her like a Paladin. Giving her the best buffs/heals, yet she's also able to dish out some fair damage. And has EXCELLENT defense/vitality.
3. Mira. Honestly, this is more of a poetic choice for me (Story). Mira is the one who informs the Exile's companions that he/she is in danger, so I always sort of thought it would make sense that she would be the one to lead the rescue mission, and therefore be involved in the actual rescue ITSELF. Besides that? Not much. Mira's gunslinger skills are definitely top-notch and unrivaled, but her low vitality and whatnot makes her a less than reliable choice here.
4. T3-M4. Hey, let's face it. The little guy is overshadowed a LOT, and sad to say, during many points in the game there are more "useful" characters to have around in your party. This bit of the game though is where T3 really shines. He destroys anything on G0-T0's yacht, seeing as most of them are droid enemies until the end, and he really proves what a useful member of the party he can be.
Anyone else? I don't recommend. Honestly, Atton and Mira could probably be taken off that list for combat purposes. And I suppose Brianna could be replaced with Mandalore if you're shaping him into a melee user. Bao-Dur? Why use him when Brianna, the other guardian is better? Although, Bao-Dur does have some nice skills that come in handy on the Yacht that Bri doesn't. Visas? I suppose she could replace Atton, but once again, Atton's rematch with the suns is pretty neat. HK-47? Eh, not really. Not to knock his stuff, but I think of that one more as a story choice. HK doesn't really seem the type to mount a rescue mission, even if it is for one of his "companions", or in this case, his new master. I suppose HK-47 could replace T3. Kreia? Hmmm, maybe. Honestly Kreia is exceedingly useful in any situation, she's a pretty powerful force user. Disciple? Eh, can't comment. I play a male Exile, but I know he's a guardian, so I'm assuming if you play as a female you can substitute Brianna for him. Hanharr? I play a light-side character pretty much all the time, so I wouldn't know. I know Hanharr is definitely the most powerful physical attacker in the game, so, he could definitely replace Brianna/Disciple/Atton and go with T3 instead.
I always take Visas to lead the mission to retrieve her Man. By this time she has Destroy Droid and Force Storm. I use all the characters at random, except Handmaiden and Kriea who never get upgraded and always stay on the Hawk when I am given the choice not to take them.
For a particular data warehousing situation where we had control over the source file, but escaping and qualifying were onerous, we were able to make the business decision that one extended ASCII character would be stripped from the data (if it ever occurs, which it hasn't).
I usually prefer non-printable characters like "\u0001", for instance I use this as a column delimiter in most of my Azure Data Analytics U-SQL Scripts. That is assuming you can use a multi-character custom delimiter
I tend to hate encapsulation with a passion, and avoid it whenever possible, as explained in my post under the chapter 'encapsulation' here: -absolute-minimum-everyone-working-with-data-absolutely-positively-must-know-about-file-types-encoding-delimiters-and-data-types-no-excuses/
To wit:If I said I was only going to accept lower case letters as data, I could use any other symbol as a separator. Even, say, the number 9, and I'd be fine. No symbol other than a lower case character would be better than any other.
If you have to try too hard to get your db into plain text, you probably want a binary db. Have you looked at sqlite? It's pretty darned easy to use, is available in many contexts, and comes with a ton of benefits over a plain text db.
I've used an ePUB convertor before and the delimiter char was the notational quote character, anywhere it had been used it would be rewritten to file as @, simple but effective even if it did destroy the sample material being produced.
It would be marvelous to have facilities, e.g., for finding which characters are present at a certain time in a certain location, or to get a timeline list of events occurring at one or more locations. All of which would be updated automatically based on information entered into Obsidian, such as specific tags.
This same technique can be easily retrofitted for your time and location tracking request. You just need to decide your organization structure. For example, create an index containing a timeline of events, and then add events to that timeline as links, and then add your tags. Do the same with place and location. Then create your scenes and drop these tags or backlinks into your folder.
The power of Obsidian is that it can shapeshift to fit your needs. The downside of Obsidian is that the more nuanced your needs are the more skill or time you will need to code it to fit you, or reliance on plug-ins with inconsistent support and an added security risk.
Workflow for Writers - Obsidian thread made by Mediapathic contains a .zip called Obsidian Workflows, and Workflow 06 Writing Fiction with Obsidian, discusses one technique that is at least used by Mediapathic.
Fantasy Fiction Writing Using Obsidian- 1 hour video about how these writers use Obsidian. Which is basically a 1 hour video saying organize your notes, link and tag, and here is the plugin used by author.
Try to keep your tags reigned in and strictly curated / consistent. They can get messy. I rely on links and backlinks but my tags are colour coded/highlighted using CSS Snippets I snagged from a theme and then customized to fit my needs.
Obsidian can also be great for keeping all the behind the scenes inspiration and references from pre-writing at your fingertips without getting in the way. Almost like folding away the levels of a list hierarchy, by creating progressively more specific notes in chain and buffering them away, the top level can stay tidy and nimble.
Compartmentalizing is great. I sure wish Live Preview was around when I started out with Obsidian. It is taking me a while to re-realize and really accept what is now possible transclusionwise. Who am I kidding? I loved experiencing and watching the features come about version by version the same way I love watching my story build around, within and through myself, regardless of how difficult it can be to overcome bad habits.
Besides Dataview, there are some fantastic writer-focused plugins. Chief among them, for me, are the Word Sprint plugin and the Longform plugin. Check them both out in the Community plugins page.
For me, the value is in the research, thinking, and re-casting it all into notes for the topic at hand. The initial capture of the research and my first thoughts and linking establishes a new cloud, if you will, in the vault. This process is to too rigid in Scrivener; inflexible if you will.
In my world, the next step is when I use that initial cloud to create a related essay or abstract. I create a note titled the same as the final missive. I usually create an outline at this stage to give myself an initial plan of attack; this always changes, but is useful to kick start the process.
I then build each item in the outline by adding new content and linking to existing linked and tagged data in the vault. This spew is a first draft. It creates a series of back links to existing vault data that is really nice.
In creating the final missive, I found Obsidian to be too overwhelming. The reason is distraction. My busy mind wants to dive off into tantalizing rabbit trails that usually have no relationship to the missive at hand. Scrivener shines at this point for revising and final output. I suspect over time this aspect will mature in Obsidian.
Pleasant caveat - the value of information in the vault increases in both depth and breadth with each new missive request. The original research notes are never changed; their note names and initial links persist, as is. But the back linking provides additional insight that can used later for entirely different, but related reasons.
Created by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes is one of the best fictional characters of all time. A detective in Baker Street, Holmes has a vast knowledge of science along with amazing reasoning and observation skills. Able to make accurate deductions, Sherlock Holmes is portrayed as having a brilliant mind. There are more than 200 film adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. The 2011 film A Game of Shadows is regarded as one of the famous adaptations.
Jay Gatsby from the novel The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald stands out due to his intriguing personality and story. Having grown up in poverty, Gatsby manages to become extremely wealthy by performing illegal activities. Falling in love with Daisy, Gatsby takes the blame for an accident caused by Daisy and is later killed in the novel. Published in 1925, this novel was adapted as a film in 2013.
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