Beyond Freedom (M&M PbP) Issue #1 - Loves Lost?!

[Sen Udo-Mal]

On the second ring the phone is answered and a deep male voice says "Yes lad, Athena will be fine... just making some final adjustments to the regen medical table to compensate for the burns that she suffered along with the brunt trauma... there that should do it... I expect her to be up and about in a couple of hours good as new..." when he finally realizes that Jimmy is not Apollo, and Jimmy explains the situation, Daedalus says "Ah of course lad... I tell you want, I just dispatched an RRD [rotor-remote-drone] over to Apollo's to pick it up, should be there in 5 minutes. Once I get it I will see about cracking it's security and tell you want I find. It shouldn't take me more then 15 minutes tops. You relay to Apollo Athena's condition, as I need to monitor a couple of systems. I will give you a call as soon as I can... oh and what should I call you lad?" Jimmy is pretty sure he could remember the number if he had to.

Harbinger grabs some food and watches the news. Seems that a news crew has arrived at the Wellingford Complex and they are showing some scenes of destruction there. Security personal in LAV's flag the news crew away but it instead lands just outside the gates to drop off crack investigative reporter Vivienne Lee, to try and talk with any personal willing to make a statement… but the guards seem reluctant to let her near the gate. About when it looks like she is going to climb the fence to get to the story, you see the sergeant of security who was talking with Apollo approach the gate and say that he will make a quick statement. He then goes on to say that the Wellingford Complex was attacked by terrorist and if it wasn't for the "New Freedom League" many lives would have been lost. Vivienne Lee of course starts asking "Who are they? What are you talking about? Has the Freedom League returned to Freedom City after all these years? Where they wearing costumes? Where any of the old team present?" and so on. The guard just holds up his hands and says "All I can tell you lady is that a group of meta-human terrorist attacked us and if it weren't for the New Freedom League I wouldn't be talking with you right now… I would be on the way to the hospital or at the slap-shop" He then walks away and Vivienne looks at the camera and starts to speculate who or what this New Freedom League is and what it might mean for the future of Freedom City "…can the city allow costumed vigilantes to once again roam the streets? Will they be a force of good or will they only attract the kind of unwanted attention that almost destroyed this city any number of times and ultimately lead to the destruction of L.A.?" As this is happening, on another network breaking news comes on that a FCPF, Inc. Prisoner Transport in route to Blackstone has exploded in mid-air and crashed into the city. Long-range remote pictures are shown of the LAV heading out over the bay and a few minutes later it exploding in a huge ball of fire… news crews have been dispatched to see if they can get any pictures of survivors or wreckage.

 

[Sen Udo-Mal]

[double post... but]

The RRD arrives at Apollo's place, exactly 4 minutes and 49 seconds after Daedalus hung up with Jimmy. It looks like a cylinder pod with a double rotor blade on the top. It runs very quite and after retrieving the PDA it heads out back across Freedom City.

 

[Keia]

... oh and what should I call you lad?" [/B]

“Umm . . . uh . . . well, my name’s James Duncan Rocket, but you can call me Jimmy, everybody does . . . do you think I should have a codename or something?” Jimmy asked. “I’ll relay the info on Athena, I’m really happy that she’s going to be okay . . . Thanks, and I’ll look for the RDR.”

As Jimmy was relaying the information that Daedalus had given him for Apollo, the news report on the explosion came on the television. “. . . So then, he said that she should be up and around in . . . a . . . couple . . . hours . . .”

As this is happening, on another network breaking news comes on that a FCPF, Inc. Prisoner Transport in route to Blackstone has exploded in mid-air and crashed into the city. Long-range remote pictures are shown of the LAV heading out over the bay and a few minutes later it exploding in a huge ball of fire…

“That. . . that’s what I saw! I tried to warn them . . . all those people!” Jimmy exclaimed. Jimmy was so upset, he didn’t even notice the RDR take the PDA from his hand.

 

[Tokiwong]

First Apollo replies to Jimmy's relayed messages, "Alright sounds good, if anyone can crack this, he can. And I am glad to hear that Athena will pull through, she won't go down easily. But as far the New Freedom League is concerned, I will issue a statement tommorow, unless any of you have reservations, at least to assuage any thoughts about what we plan our role to be. I can get my publicist to work on the legalities of the prospect, but I need to know if we wish to move forward with such an idea?"

Upon seeing the crash footage, "That does not bode well, no doubt that fiery criminal escaped justice, we will get him though. We won't let him escape forever."

 

[Victim]

Apollo nods, "Alright, here," he tosses his cell phone to Jimmy, "I got Daedelus saved, on there, call him up and ask him about cracking the PDA, say it is a favor for Apollo, and that I owe him, like 6 now," Apollo cracks a wry smile.

Apollo speaks back to Security, "I got Jimmy on it, he is going to contact Daedelus, and hopefully he should be able to help."

"If you'd adjust the sensitivity on the phone, you wouldn't have to say things twice. There ought to be a preset option for setting up conferences, or some..." Mike stifles a yawn. "I'm really tired, but go ahead with your Freedom League plan. What's he yelling about?" he breaks off with some annoyance.

 

[Sen Udo-Mal]

About 15 minutes later, while everyone is watching the various news channels, the cellphone Jimmy is holding chirps up. When he answers it is Daedalus who says "Jimmy correct, say I wanted to ask are you related to the late-Jonny Rocket by chance? He was a good friend… ah sorry don't mean to bring up old memories and this is not the time to talk about it anyway. So hmm interesting piece of hardware you found there lad… I have not seen this level of technology on earth very often. It has some similar properties of Lor-tech and also systems that I have seen from tech that was… well shall we say "from the future". No matter of course I was able to crack it pretty easily as the security was venerable to those who know what to look for… hmm sorry I don't want to bore you with the nuts and blots, as the interesting part is that there are only 3 files on the system. They are maps, that can be displaced by the PDA's 3D holographic projector. They also seem to have some corresponding dates and tag targets assigned to each one."

"The first is for the Wellingford Complex building 13, and the security grid there. It has a 'Chaos Box' listed for the 4th floor in one of the secure labs, and best route to through the building to get to there. The date seems to be tonight, but the code is a bit of a work around so I am just guessing."

"The second file is for the North Bay Majestic Industries Research facility and related security net-systems. There is a "Dark Box" listed as being storage in Sub-Level 3 and again shows routes of entry and escape. My best guess with this is that in 2 nights, around 0100 hours they plan on hitting the security perimeter and accessing the building though the sub-garage and delivery area 3A."

"The last file/map is of the Science and Research building 88, at the Hanover Institute of Technology, again with security data. There a 'box' tagged as "Mercury" in a low-security area of hall 2C, on the 2nd floor of the building. Again my best estimate is that they are planning on this this in 3 nights, around 2300 hours. This seems to be a low-priority to whomever wrote these files also, I suppose that the HIT only has minimal security set up in this part of the Institute."

Daedalus pauses for a bit, thinking over some stuff in his mind and says "Again I can't be 100% about the dates and times when these break-ins are planned and if whoever is behind this knows that we now have this information, they might move up their time-tables. I am not sure what advise I can give to you, but something is up that is for sure. I will send back the PDA, it is 'open' now and you can access the 3 files and displace them with the icon that looks like an eye. Pretty basic and simple to use."

"Oh yes, I talked with Athena and she wanted me to convey to you that she will be stopping by to see Apollo in the morning. That is as long as I could convince her to stay for observation to make sure she has healed properly."

Unless you have any questions he signs off and says that the RRD is on its way back with the PDA.

 

[bkmanis]

“So did Daedalus learn anything from the PDA?” Harbinger asks Jimmy after he hangs up the phone.

 

[Keia]

"The late?!? MY dad's name was John Rocket, but I wouldn't . . . he's been missing a long, long time. I want to talk more about this but later. did you see what happened to those people?" Jimmy said. After Daedalus was finished Jimmy hung up the phone.

To Harbinger:
"Yeah . . . all those people . . . this is what Daedalus said," Jimmy said and detailed what he heard from Daedalus on the phone. It is clear that Jimmy is definitely troubled about what happened on the television. His delivery of what Daedalus said is quite monotone and to the point, not the exciteable young man that had been with the group so far.

 

[Tokiwong]

Apollo plays relay to Security and fills him in, and then puts Security on speaker phone so everyone can hear, and he can hear everyone, "Well I think we need to check out these other targets, plus the hideout, and then plan from there. That should hopefully net us some clues, and keep an eye out for the flaming brute, in case he is foolish enough to be seen in public."

 

[Sen Udo-Mal]

Unless you have specific plans I am assuming that you all are getting pretty tired (at least those not immune to exhaustion) and are getting close to wanted to sleep soon. No additional news really comes out except the gang fighting in the Pleasant Hills Apartment Complexes seems to be dying down.