Context: A user posted on X/Twitter the red and yellow circles as "gay test" expecting the response "Reimu and Marisa", but it backfired and burst the touhou bubble with more than 2000 replies, a good bunch saying "Mastercard"
If it could do that much damage to the ship then why would it need to tear it open in the first place?
I know this is years old, but I figure others happening upon this may be interested to see the explenation that the author provided on Reddit.
Addendum 1: Why peel off armor if laser strong?
The ship's propellant tank and fuel bunker contribute most of the explosion.
The yield flash is preceded by a feeler flash to analyze how the target respons to different frequencies so the shot can be tailored to pass through most of it and reach deeper.
While Aster could, potentially, do this much damage without any help from inside, it would cause even more strain, force it into repairs for at least another month and cost the taxpayer about as much as this whole ship.
retired_user_781002 said: Could you please source that?
I′ve put everything I could find into the commentary, excluding replies to comments by others and parts repeated across posts. It could probably be trimmed down more, but I′ll leave that to the discretion of someone more knowledgable in contributing.
Those portals on his wings are quite the attention grabber.. and usually green is associated with time magic or healing.. let's hope the latter takes precedence in his presence.
