Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread II

[Vanifae]

I believe Apollo made a stunt to try and catch her but was rebuffed

 

[DM_Matt]

I believe Apollo made a stunt to try and catch her but was rebuffed

(I said the stone guy stopped him)

 

[Vanifae]

Cool beans just making sure, his semi heroism was noted

 

[Victim]

Wren should maybe have used his ring's object creation to do some battlefield control of your own."

Star shrugs, "With all of them there, it would have broken quickly anyway." That's sort of good that he tried to come back for me, but I don't like the idea of someone risking his life for me. It's not a good trade.

Suddenly, Control Freak appears behind Black and blasts him with a bunch of those air mines. Black goes down. CF says "Fools. You thought this facilitiy was secure? No system is beyond my reach. And don't think about disconnecting now that I;m in control. It will fry your brain. Now lets play!" He blasts her with his wrsit blaster, but she manages to dodge."

"Ahh. Sh-! That's not playing!" Star says. Is this even real? He said he'd play a bad guy, not attack me himself. He said that a simulation thing was worthless if you knew it was just a game when talking about our test, didn't he? So this is probably a trick... It's not like Control Freak would screw around with me instead of stealing or modifying our data. But can I afford to take a chance? He controlled two jets and a helicopter at once, right, so he's a multitasking fiend with his power.

"In a virtual space, do you have infinite mines?" So, assuming this is real, would time be on my side, since defenses might kick him out? Or might he get bored and overload the system to fry my brain directly? If it's B, then anything other than an instant win on my part won't work anyway, so I might as well assume it's A. And if it is real, then I don't want to reveal any tricks I didn't show last time just to disrupt his avatar.

Megan blurs, sliding away from Freak and into the maze at high speed as she swarms him with plasma shots.

[sblock]Standard Action: Plasma Orbs: Plasma Control +8 Autofire 2 (1 for 1, max 4), Penetrating 3 (4/rank, +3) Homing 2 (2 extra chances), Indirect 3 (any angle), Precise, Accurate

Attack +14: 28

Move Action: flee into the maze, try to get a good distance away and have some cover.

Def 23. Toughness +9/+10. Fine? Displaced. HP 2. [/sblock]

 

[DM_Matt]

Mr. Blue emails Optic back that he can come on over.

Meanwhile...

Star shrugs, "With all of them there, it would have broken quickly anyway." That's sort of good that he tried to come back for me, but I don't like the idea of someone risking his life for me. It's not a good trade.



"Ahh. Sh-! That's not playing!" Star says. Is this even real? He said he'd play a bad guy, not attack me himself. He said that a simulation thing was worthless if you knew it was just a game when talking about our test, didn't he? So this is probably a trick... It's not like Control Freak would screw around with me instead of stealing or modifying our data. But can I afford to take a chance? He controlled two jets and a helicopter at once, right, so he's a multitasking fiend with his power.

"In a virtual space, do you have infinite mines?" So, assuming this is real, would time be on my side, since defenses might kick him out? Or might he get bored and overload the system to fry my brain directly? If it's B, then anything other than an instant win on my part won't work anyway, so I might as well assume it's A. And if it is real, then I don't want to reveal any tricks I didn't show last time just to disrupt his avatar.

Megan blurs, sliding away from Freak and into the maze at high speed as she swarms him with plasma shots.

[sblock]Standard Action: Plasma Orbs: Plasma Control +8 Autofire 2 (1 for 1, max 4), Penetrating 3 (4/rank, +3) Homing 2 (2 extra chances), Indirect 3 (any angle), Precise, Accurate

Attack +14: 28

Move Action: flee into the maze, try to get a good distance away and have some cover.

Def 23. Toughness +9/+10. Fine? Displaced. HP 2. [/sblock]

Star does as she and Black discussed, sending plasma balls at Cf while flitting through the maze. She hears CF'a voice boom "Ha! I don't make the same mistake twice. My force field renders me immune to energy attacks now." He releases more mines and they streak towards Star. He manages to turn a corner faster than they do, and they explode on the wall nearby, sending shrapnel flying.

 

[Victim]

That's not fair! How is this BS supposed to be a good test? At least it's not as bad as White Knight. If he's immune to energy, can I blast something so it drops on him? Lure his mines into hitting him? There might be some tricks I pull against his field and armor too. First I'll try the other things though. Wait, what if the immunity is a lie? Sh-! Considering the upgrades he's done to other tech users, it sounds plausible enough.

"Why are you even doing this? Shouldn't you be invading our files or something instead of playing around me like this? If you can make some gadget to block my powers, why even bother taking me out? Are you just a sadistic f-! ?" Star yells back, dodging away from the technopath. I can't allow him a direct line, otherwise he'll use the laser. Then the mines chase me, I avoid them, double back, and then stay ahead long enough to lure them into him... It sounds so easy when I put it like that. Star tries to retreat further into the maze, pull any homing bombs into a big enough room that she can get around them, then lure them back into Control Freak.

[sblock]Standard Action: Trick/Redirect floating mines back into Control Freak. Acrobatics +20: 35

Move Action: keep going, double back if she can get past the mines, move adjacent to Control Freak for the Redirect w/ Moveby. If Control Freak isn't at least stunned, then keep on going as far as she can.

Spend HP to double her dodge bonus.

Def: 33/13. Toughness 10/9. Fine. Displaced (normal sight). HP 1.

If Control Freak's force field goes down, then Surge to attack him with plasma.[/sblock]

 

[DM_Matt]

That's not fair! How is this BS supposed to be a good test? At least it's not as bad as White Knight. If he's immune to energy, can I blast something so it drops on him? Lure his mines into hitting him? There might be some tricks I pull against his field and armor too. First I'll try the other things though. Wait, what if the immunity is a lie? Sh-! Considering the upgrades he's done to other tech users, it sounds plausible enough.

"Why are you even doing this? Shouldn't you be invading our files or something instead of playing around me like this? If you can make some gadget to block my powers, why even bother taking me out? Are you just a sadistic f-! ?" Star yells back, dodging away from the technopath. I can't allow him a direct line, otherwise he'll use the laser. Then the mines chase me, I avoid them, double back, and then stay ahead long enough to lure them into him... It sounds so easy when I put it like that. Star tries to retreat further into the maze, pull any homing bombs into a big enough room that she can get around them, then lure them back into Control Freak.

[sblock]Standard Action: Trick/Redirect floating mines back into Control Freak. Acrobatics +20: 35

Move Action: keep going, double back if she can get past the mines, move adjacent to Control Freak for the Redirect w/ Moveby. If Control Freak isn't at least stunned, then keep on going as far as she can.

Spend HP to double her dodge bonus.

Def: 33/13. Toughness 10/9. Fine. Displaced (normal sight). HP 1.

If Control Freak's force field goes down, then Surge to attack him with plasma.[/sblock]

"This only costs a fraction of my mental power. Besides, I have altered this machine. It can do a lot to your mind. If I kill you in here, you die for real!"

Star continues to dodge mines, and manages to find a loop in the maze. She flies over to CF, then speeds past him as he starts firing at her. His mines explode on him, detonating the ones currently deployed around him for the next attack, and sending him flying. Star turns in the air and looks to blast CF with plasma, and manages to turn behind a wall just as she notices Battle Bunny appear, seemingly out of nowhere, to bash her with his hammer. The hammer busts a hole in the wall.

Star is able to flit away, facing the slow brute who thanks to her excellent dodging didn't get the drop on her. Battle Bunny suddenly screams in pain and his back fur catches fire. He falls on his face. Behind him is Black, holding a lightning ball in one hand.

"End simulation! See, you did well. You stayed mobile, dodged well, dealt with the unexpected, found hole in his defenses. Had this been real, you probably would have prevailed alone."

(I was going to make this a longer scene, but it was holding things up)

 

[Victim]

Star sits down. That worked better than I thought it would. Maybe too well. "Yeah, assuming that there's no failsafe built into those mines to prevent something like that. It's not a known ability, but it makes sense to code into their tracking package. He can watch the same trick on TV too."

She slumps down, "And I don't see why he couldn't just use the neural interface to hurt me directly instead of inserting himself in the simulation."

 

[DM_Matt]

Star sits down. That worked better than I thought it would. Maybe too well. "Yeah, assuming that there's no failsafe built into those mines to prevent something like that. It's not a known ability, but it makes sense to code into their tracking package. He can watch the same trick on TV too."

She slumps down, "And I don't see why he couldn't just use the neural interface to hurt me directly instead of inserting himself in the simulation."

"Maybe he could mostly it was a conceit to make the simulation seem more real. His mines might be programmed to avoid him, but they seem to be able to be close to him -- they do when preparing to launch. You probably can hit the mines while near him and cause secondary explosions. Still though, you did a good job."

We should get back to the others.

What is everyone else doing?

 

[Victim]

"Maybe. It just seemed like it worked a little too well," Star replies.

She heads to the team's common area and drops into a seat.