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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1296459" data-attributes="member: 13737">As promised in OOC, a brutal, yet effective, <a href="http://members.monarch.net/stomped/EPICMaglevmap.htm" target="_blank">Mag-Lev map</a>. I'll get better at it as we go, but it's just a visual reference for you all to use anyway. Each "square" with an icon in it is five feet. I've also made a map link on the website main page. Initiatives: Loki 26, Enemy leader 24, Speed Demon 22 (prone), Cosmo 22, MM 16, Amazon 15, MK192's 15, X12 14 (dazed -2 to actions), Soldiers 14, Stealer 12, Straightjacket 12, Carl 12, Jackal 11 (stunned), Anna 6, Multibrain 4, Neutron 3Loki panics and throws his hands forward, throwing a tangible beam of light at the eyes of the Leader before him. The Leader reacts quickly, bringing his arm up and catching the beam on his forearm. The light drips from his arm as he turns to the side, free of the blast. As he does so, the area around Loki shimmers briefly and four Loki's scatter, one left, one right, one through the Leader's legs and one towards the staircase. OOC: Half action for illusion, half for dazzle, free five foot step under your bench as your illusions dash off as a distraction. You notice the leader's outfit is cleverly concealing some serious body armor and abandoned your punch idea quickly. The Leader made his saving throw for dazzle. "Careful, there may be more than this rat with powers active," the Leader in front of Loki growls into his headset. He grabs at the Loki heading for the stairs, and his hand passes through it, disrupting the illusion. You hear him curse angrily. He flips a switch on his pistol, raises it, and showers the area with a series of pulse blasts, destroying another of Loki's illusions and knocking out two of the students who had been nearby. Up front, the Leader is grinning and shaking his head bemusedly. "I knew this would get interesting," those near him hear him say. "M31, area collection incoming," he says calmly as he draws his own pistol, waiting to see if anyone will come at him. As he does this, a group of medical needles rise from a case at his belt and fly at nearby students. The needles appear to be remote controlled and self propelled. Jackal, Rebound, Cosmo, Multibrain, Speed Demon, Stealer and all other students in the front save Loki and Neutron are struck by the devices which draw small amounts of blood and zip towards the back of the train before you can swat at them. A needle bounces off Neutron's head with a ring. OOC: Using his special gadgets, the Leader makes a pre-planned area attack to gather what he's after, blood. Catching everyone flat-footed, he hits all but Loki (100% cover) and Neutron (really really bad attack roll). No damage is sustained by anyone; they are just tiny needles designed to draw blood. Vince feels a needle strike him in the left buttock, but isn't hurt. He roll's under the isle of seats and crawls forward to grab Pooky. As he does so, the leader's boot comes down on his wrist, pinning it. "It's a dog," he says as he casually shoots Vince in the arm with his pistol. OOC: Attack roll hits, hard. With evasion, you use reflex instead of damage save, at +6 since you don't have super-speed right now. Your roll a 14 getting a total of 20 for the damage save; do you want to use a hero point to re-roll?  No re-roll used, Vince misses his damage save by less than five, taking a minor stun hit. Cosmo leaps off his seat without a sound, launching a roundhouse kick as he flies at the Leader. The kick connects, sending the Leader slamming back into the wall, off of Vince's arm and away from Grandmother and Jackal. The Leader growls, wiping blood from his mouth and raises his gun at Cosmo. OOC: Cosmo hits, stunning the leader and knocking him back into the door frame to the cockpit. The Leader uses a villain point to shake off the stunned condition immediately. Raisa leaps forward slamming her shoulder into the MK192 infront of her, giving her just enough room to follow up with a punch. OOC: Without your powers, you are perfectly capable of moving yourself around normally, you just don't have your super-powers so aren't super-naturally strong. You hit the robot first with your shoulder, then with a punch, and while it doesn't have its normal force behind it, sparks fly as you clip the robot in the shoulder. It takes a normal hit, damaging it. The robot grabs Raisa's arm on the follow through and level's its blaster at her with the other hand, firing off three blasts of energy at her. She spins, leaps and tucks, landing lightly beside the machine like a dancer, but it spins quickly and the third blast hits her in the left leg. OOC: Miss miss hit, but the hit doesn't hurt, it makes your body start to go numb. You roll a fortitude save with +4 instead of +9 and get a total score if 15. Do you want to re-roll?  Re-roll used, dice comes up 18, giving you 22, making the save.  You are not stunned.  The attack otherwise is non-damaging. Michelle grabs for the soldier's weapon, but is slapped back by a sharp blow to the face. She feels something jab her neck and realizes she's been jabbed with a needle. Behind her, she hears Anna fiddling with something and suddenly exclaims, "That's it, it's these br..." Her voice is cut off as a stun blast catches her in the chest. A third leader appears near the base of the stairs. "That's enough out of you, little lady. MK192-3, pacification protocol, now." Michelle misses, her ploy seen through by the soldier who fends it off easily. Both she and Anna have had blood taken, and now the needles that were sent by the leader at the front have deposited their loads into vials in the soldiers open case and are flying at everyone in the back. Anna is stunned by the blast from the Leader. The MK192 up front trains its weapon on the six people nearest it, in a group, and prepares to shoot anyone who dares try to move. "Containment protocols in effect. Do not move," it drones. The MK192 in the rear says "Affirmative. Pacification begining." It's gun bursts into action, letting out a blast that cracks windows and stuns all the students in a ten foot radius. OOC: Area attack, still willpower based save. Raisa is out of range. Anna is stunned again, yay her. The soldier near the medical bot manages to resist. MM gets a 19 score on her save; do you want to re-roll? X12 is up (who may want to change what he's doing, given his position on the map). The <a href="http://members.monarch.net/stomped/EPICMaglevmap.htm" target="_blank">map</a> is updated. Only people within 30' of Anna heard her over the din of battle.</blockquote>

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