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The Storyteller
1:53am, March 18, 2012
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[Delete] | *** 04/25 UPDATE!!! ***
Missions Completed - R&R Mode until April 29th Departing when the Night Fury departs for Htrae - Arrival at Htrae on May 4th
[ All of the quarantined personnel were back on the Night Fury, and Herbie's mission was a success, though Wheelie didn't survive, and all who went on the mission received injuries, many physical, and some psychological. Herbie had to be reassembled after the onslaught of Devastator and even John 117s armor had significant damage, though reparable. Noel and Shigure both arrived on the Night Fury initially unconscious with injuries, and Danny Phantom was stuck in ghost form for now - it appeared he was overloaded with ghostly energy that was slowly fading, but estimates held his recovery within a few days. But the end result? Now the inhabitants of this alter-Earth now had a new powerful defender - Metroplex! The next few days were celebration time. World-wide parties, with any member of the Night Fury crew being invited as guests of honor, were being held for the saviors of the world. It wasn't over of course, but the rest... the rest could be handled by the likes of Liz Sherman, Hellboy, and both Dr Henry Jones'. Boothby had excused himself and disappeared one night, saying he had other worlds to 'take a peek' at. It looked like there would be a few days of rest and relaxation before heading out to their next destination - Htrae. Too many leads lead to there for that planet let that go any longer. But there'd be no powering their way though on Htrae - The planet was the capital, and one of ten thousand colonies. One does not simply walk into President Summers' chambers and demand an explanation. No, this next mission would have to be decidedly more covert, the battles well chosen. Information is what was going to be the key here. ]
[ With Liz's freedom secured, it sent a rallying cry across the planet. New York, Paris, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tokyo... and a dozen more cities becoming free from under the yoke of the Nazi Cult influence. The cyberspace war was going full tilt, information on remaining bases and forces being rooted out by Mototko's information gathering network, and increasing numbers of resistance forces able to now bear a good portion of the weight of their own liberation. Things were progressing, and without having to resort to using high profile and more valuable assets - meaning the Night Fury crew. She'd save those for the objectives where they were really needed - ones that required the level of power and skill that the heroes of that ship could bring to bear when needed. ]
[ Things did continue to move forward, but in a far more covert fashion. Tiny droids, built by Azmuth and programmed by Motoko, were infiltrating the infrastructure of the Cultists remaining strong points, giving vital information, working every angles. Stealth teams of droids and a few highly trained NOL officers had been making small surgical strikes as well. Nothing that would trigger the threat of those who held Liz Sherman and her group, but enough to where they could not rebuild their war machine. A failure of a power grid here, a 'random' overload there. It was a slow, methodical takeover. One fought as much in cyberspace as in the real world. In other words - right up the former Section Nine leader's alley. ]
[ Kimiko, Saber, Momiji, Youmu, Zoro and Mr. M were all sitting in the large 'clean' room, waiting for the seventy-two hours that would have to pass before, despite their powers and protests to the contrary, they would be allowed by Acting Captain Motoko to return to the Night Fury ] "You have all been exposed to unknown biological infection. We must be sure you are not infected or carriers before you are released, despite any abilities you may have." So, one small privacy area for showering and another for restroom needs was all they had for privacy, and a television and a stack of magazines were all they had for entertainment besides a few decks of cards brought in by Hellboy, until that 72 hour period was up after their tough, yet successful mission. ]
I am making a concerted effort to run at least one mission session every 48 hours regardless of player participation. I will run missions if the vast majority of the players involved are present. I refuse to let this arc stagnate.
>> Any Handle Can be either on the Night Fury or the Planet simply by posting once IN CHARACTER about said move each time so I can track who is where. <<
This is an OOC - yet player friendly with no spoiler, list of the missions available on Scorched Earth. Please post below with your intended handles, multiple are allowed just one per mission.
Captain's briefing: Cultists have mainly overrun this world but sufficient resistance remains, if aided by Night Fury personnel, to overthrow their rule and deal a major blow to the cult.
Detailed scans of the planet and information from Captain Jack Sparrow and his compass have revealed the following - each of these objectives are reasonable to obtain:
1) Zeonite-Enhanced Weaponry Stockpiles can be destroyed **
2) Sensitive potentially high-level information can be gained about the Cult and its activities.
3) Key personnel already planetside can be recruited and/or used for further sources of information regarding the cult.
4) Cult Forces can be reduced by striking at key areas of cult activity on the planet**
**Warning
Two Major Variables make operations on this world highly unpredictable
A) Presence of Zeonite- Zeonite is a magic-dampening material known to have detrimental effects upon sentients dependent on Magic
B) Chaos-Ridden Zones. Upredictable Motes that are effectively "glitches" in reality, having wild, unknown, and potentially fatal effects upon any sentient.
COMPLETED SUCCESS Mission 1: "They Named the Dog Indiana" The group gets a transmission from the surface. Doctor Henry Jones Senior is trapped in an area being heavily patrolled by the Nazi Cultists, and has information that would prove valuable that he insists on not sharing any other way except personally. -> Yuyuko (opa), Nina (ND4), Jennifer Walters (Michale), Hatter Madigan (Hugo), Stigmata (Jeremi). COMPLETED SUCCESS
BACKGROUNDED Mission 2: "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? Rainbow Cherry Flavor Snakes." Indiana Jones, with his erstwhile companions, Jenny and Axe Cop, are deep in an old vault but have found a mysterious stone tablet that appears to have clues about the Old Worlds. The problem is, it's rather large, and guarded by a massive pair of snakes. -> Jenny, Axe Cop(Jeremi), Indiana Jones(Hugo), Uncle Bob (Ethan) BACKGROUNDED SEE BELOW.
[ "It's a stone tablet. How can that be Rainbow Cherry Flavor?" Indy complained. "Either way, you shouldn't have licked it." He said, dragging a large barrel with the partially-melted Axe Cop behind him. Jenny was just bemused by the entire situation and Uncle Bob, being helpful, was the one doing the actual heavy lifting and carrying the 6'x3' stone tablet. With time, and possibly help, Indy would be able to interpret just what exactly the tablet did. For now, they returned to their safe house, only to be informed via Hellboy about the Night Fury's arrival and how the war had started to turn in their favor. "About time we got some help around here." Indiana muttered as the group settled back in, Axe Cop finally unmelting but very happy he got to chop off heads in that mission. ]
COMPLETED SUCCESS
Mission 3: "Shake and Bake!" {Warning hard} Assist Hellboy in taking the fight to the Nazi Cultists, bringing as much firepower as needed to raid a command base, seeking to cause losses and perhaps take out some of the power structure of the Cult.
-> Noel, NOL (opa), Gore (ND4), Allanna Harkness (Hugo), K9999 (Jeremi) COMPLETED SUCCESS
COMPLETED SUCCESS Mission 4: "Flyboys" {Warning Hard} A directed raid on manufacturing sites of the Nazi Cult War Machine, seeking to turn the tide in favor of the resistance to the Nazi Cultists. Attack will come by air, so either the PCs will be fliers or those who can fly one of the assault mechs. --> Leeloo (Michale), Chimere (Misae), Shameimaru Aya (opa), John 117 (Skir), Herbie (Hugo), Ben Tennyson (Ethan)COMPLETED SUCCESS
COMPLETED SUCCESS Mission 5: "Street by Street" A resource gathering mission in which the members will gather up members of the resistance and take them to a fallback position. The first task is to clear out and set up said fallback position. COMPLETED SUCCESS
BACKGROUNDED Mission 6: "Fly By Night" OOC Info here, Post below if your PC will be interested and is ON THE NIGHT FURY. Six maximum Handles One per person. Culitst spacecraft launch a counter-offensive against the Night Fury. This will be both a dogfight scene and a Capital Ship battle. Sign up if you wish to be piloting a fighter craft ONLY, as everyone else on the NF is technically involved if it goes as far as being boarded. BACKGROUNDED
**GUEST STAR GM ND4** COMPLETED SUCCESS Mission 7: The Cultists Strike Back - On one of the Resistance gathering forays (See Mission 5 above) Liz Sherman was captured along with a small group of the resistance fighters. The way it was done seems to indicate that the Cultists wanted it known where she was being held. This is obviously some sort of trap, but Liz along with Hellboy, are the figureheads of the Resistance leadership. Volunteers are being asked for to mount a rescue mission. --> Rin Kurasawa (Michale), Aang (Pat), Rayquaza (Corvette) Suika (Elly) **GUEST STAR GM ND4** COMPLETED SUCCESS
***BACKGROUNDED *** {WARNING HARD} Mission 8: "Axe and ye shall receive" Indiana Jones and Axe Cop need help interpreting the large stone tablet they recovered from the Cult. From notes that they found on scene, it's been determined that there are three key stones that can be set inside grooves on the larger tablet that will decode the larger tablet. Volunteers here will be going deep into various Cult vaults to retrieve said key stones. Max 6 signups and 1 sign up per person. --> Uncle Bob (Ethan), Lorq (ND4) Indiana Jones (Hugo), Axe Cop (Jeremi) {WARNING HARD} *** BACKGROUNDED *** [ "Well that was a bunch of hooey" Indiana commented. "We found a lot of things but only two of the three stones we needed to decipher the tablet." "Perhaps my master can help you decipher it without the last key. He may be strange, but he's very smart." Lorq replied. "Smart? You'd have to be insane to make sense of that code without the full key." Indy quipped back. "...and?"] Lorq replied. "...worth a shot. If you think your boss can figure it out, let em have a crack at it." Indy tossed up his hands, and chuckled again at Axe Cop who was seemingly playing with one of the artifacts they'd found - a crystal foot - which didn't seem to do anything but look neat. "I still think we should have made the Ultimate Artifact of Ultimate Destiny." Axe Cop commented, looking over at the rest of the party, then going back to humming and singing lightly. "Good guys bad guys and ex-plosions, as far as the eye could see." ]
**GUEST STAR GM: Opalord** ONGOING - Flashback
Mission 9: Guerrillas in the Mist: Nazi Cultists driven from their bases by the various assaults have been striking at various civilian and resistance targets then fading back into the woodwork. Root them out in a house-by-house search. ONGOING Flashback [ Kimiko, Saber, Youmu, Momiji, Mr. M, Zoro ]
**GUEST STAR GM: Opalord**
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{WARNING HARD} Mission 10: "We Built This City" Herbie has noticed some strange and familiar energy signatures from one of the areas on the planet totally abandoned to anarchy - even the Cultists are leaving the area mostly alone - Could it be that his former colleague Metroplex is still alive, just waiting to be reawakened? Six signups, one signup per person. Herbie (Hugo), Shigure Kosaka (Michale), John 117 (Skir), Danny Phantom (Corvette), Noel Vermillion(Opalord){WARNING HARD}
BACKGROUNDED
*** We're a largely freeform RP, so any death-shots will just be done freeform, and when it makes good sense, to both me and the player involved. ***
*** I'll run a mission even players down but won't off a character in-absentia ***
Edited 4:11pm, April 25, 2012 by The Storyteller, author. |
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Mystia Lorelei
1:03am, April 03, 2012
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[Delete] | mission nine: Saber
Mission ten: Dresden |
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Akemi
6:21pm, April 05, 2012
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[Delete] | Mission 10 <.< |
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Harry Potter
4:10pm, April 08, 2012
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[Delete] | Mission 7 - Rayquaza
Mission 10 - Danny |
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