Originally posted by redhotrash
Im not saying that would all happen obviously. Im saying any of that can happen. What does A-Wave have going for it other than massive numbers? Granted thats nothing to scoff at, but really they only have a very small handful of powerhouses. SC has several members who specialize in either A)Taking out mass numbers, B)Manipulating mass numbers, and C) Turning the strengths of said mass numbers against itself.
Fair enough, my mistake.
A-Wave has parasites strong enough to control beings such as Terrax, Moondragon and Paibok. Not awesomely strong beings but take a look at what they are. Terrax has the power cosmic. Moondragon is a very powerful telepath. Paibok is a skrull, who all have an incredible control over their own bodies. Said parasites also gave them full control over Delinquent, with his own reality warping abilities.
Further more when Glorian Shaper of the worlds, a guy with reality warping on planetary scale, attempted to purge the A-wave he failed. He was only dealing with the armies of one-queen and was not able to turn the insects' minds and so on, despite being able to easily mind-control/power up Ronan and Gamora. Glorian was able to change/cleanse the bugs and was driven insane by trying to do so. Parallax might be the whole fear-bug and all that hyperbole, but he stimulates one emotion, and I find it highly unlikely for that to work here. It might do well against the Kree and Skrull or Annihilus' centurions but not against the regular drones.
Many of the A-wave drone can compete with a regular Sinestro Corps member. They come in different shapes and sizes, but even the lower ones can harm Super Skrull with their energy blasts (That's The Thing + Reed's durability) and withstand the blasts of Nova Centurions/Commanders without any sign of injury. It was not until Nova actually received his power up that he was able to do any worthwhile damage.
A handful of powerhouses? Adding on to their millions of incredibly powerful drones and ships, they have the Centurions and Seekers. Seekers function as cosmic heralds on a somewhat lower scale. They wield the equivalency of the Negative Zone's power cosmic. There are hundreds of these and they were hunting down heralds systematically. Air Walker and Morg paid with their lives, Terrax was turned into a slave. The Alpha Centurions are Annihilus' elite, hand-picked soldiers from the Negative Zone. Among these guys there is Super Skrull's woman, with her own technopathy.
Further more, you seem to forget that technopathy is just one far less advanced form of matter manipulation. It's like saying that Thanos or Galactus would not be capable of firing beams like Cyclops or manipulating fire because it's not specifically stated. Thanos who is probably one of the more accomplished scientists in the universe, has matter manipulation. Annihilus' matter manipulation easily overrided Quasar's powers. Infant Terrible could destroy the sun if he just wished for it! Hank Henshaw isn't going to take over anything.
To further emphasize the numbers of the A-Wave, Annihilus destroyed many, many, many ships surrounding a planet simply because he wanted to test his newfound power. Considering how his queens constantly crap out tactics on an instant-feed to all the drones and soldiers, I doubt any sort of mind-control or attempt at usurping/infecting their drones would go unnoticed. All of his soldiers are instantly expendable.
- Technopathy is countered by SEVERAL PEOPLE who possess powerful matter manipulation/reality warping, AND technopaths of their own.
- Fear is countered by powerful mind control of their own, a distinct lack of -any- human emotion and so on.
- The Sinestro Corps does not have -more- powerful members as Annihilus has a set of heralds, his own elite and some powerful allies.
- The A-Wave already has millions of troops on-line with the random Sinestro Corps fodders. Hell, Wildcat was beating on some of these members. Do you expect all of them to fight on the level as Hal or even Natu or Isamot?
