Epic M&M: Issue 5 (IC)

[Velmont]

"Well, at least, I'll take some powers." Kevin touch Michael, mimicking his amazing damage save. "If we have to fight Mia, she will surely try to make me the people she touch blind. Can I mimic your superior odorat, X?"

"And I suggest we stop arguing about the same thing. I think everyone here have the same objective, save Wen and Xi. We are not there for vengeance or anything else. If someone have the idea to put his own objectives before the one I just said, you better not come."

I can't beleive I am telling that? Me? I am the one who would have done that just some times ago... Damn, why all that's happen. I prefer training over any of those things.

 

[Dalamar]

"Oh, I have heard of DNA encoding, I was not, however, aware that the guards' weapons were protected by it. It is rather intriguing technology, in fact."
If I can use Int instead of Cha on Bluff, fast-talking about the wonders of DNA encoding, I'll do that and then attack Flick. If not, creating two duplicates at +7, then attacking.
In any case, the choking duplicate gets dismissed.

 

[Deva]

"Doesn't mean I have to like it," Raisa says quietly in response to Carl's statement. She shakes her head. "Regardless, we're going to need a plan. If Dara can get a general feel of where they are we'll need to scope it out. Or are we just going to go in all willy nilly and hope we win?"

 

[Calinon]

Lancheng, China
October 25, 2120
"Helloooo, I can't track anyone, especially without a very exact place to try to look with my mind. If they are within 40 feet and all I'm doing is trying to detect them and they are trying to help me detect them, then maybe I could sense them without line of sight. But I can't just scan a huge area and pick up anything of use; I need specific places to look," Dara says.

"So much for becoming better than your programming, I guess," Michael mutters as Kevin mimics him.

Kevin gets Amazing Save (Damage) +8.

"I think it's willy nilly!" Dara says with a laugh. "But if we don't go out and kill everyone like bloodthirsty animals, I could just find out from one of the gang guys the layout of the place, and where they're keeping Master Wen and Xi. Maybe if we can surprise some, I can even make them lead us there while we act like their prisoners!"

Li starts the old beat up truck, and with a grind of gears, the truck lurches ahead and you start on your way.

 

[Mordane76]

"What kind of terrain are these caves in, Li? If we're dealing with craggy hillsides, we may be able to bypass most of any guards by just carefully planning our ascent to the caves. If it's a more gentle area, however... making it undetected will be more difficult. Also, what about the village itself - what do you know about the inhabitants or their connections to the Syndicate?"

 

[Calinon]

Lancheng, China
October 25, 2120
She doesn't hear you, since she's in the cab, and you are in the back. But Dara seems to be listening and the two in the cab are having a conversation.

She says it's hilly and forested. The cave network is huge, and the caves don't necessarily intersect. There's history of people vanishing inside them, from getting lost. She knows where Pai Mei is, that's it. She's never been there. And I bet the people there have the same problem as Lancheng; a scummy protection racket.

 

[Mordane76]

"Her knowlegde is appreciated," X12 replies. "A forested area may prove to be very useful tactically. It's both fortunate and unfortunate she's never been there, though -- is there anywhere she knows of that we could get a map of the area? I don't know if China has anything like a forest service or surveying department, but a topographical map of the area would do wonders for planning any advance on the caves themselves. She said the network is huge... does she know if there are many entrances, or does her description simply refer to the underground portions of the network?"

 

[Calinon]

Lancheng, China
October 25, 2120
No, if you want to go out of the way about 300 miles, don't know, all from what she read, stop talking like a freaking. Oh, the last part was from me! Dara says with a mental laugh.

"We don't have time to waste so you can get off on gathering maps and crap," Carl says flatly. "KISS method."

 

[Mordane76]

"I'll speak how I please, Dara," X12 says flatly. "And simple might mean dead. I don't want us to drive 300 extra miles to get a map -- if there was some place to get one close by, that would have been great... anything that could help us to avoid walking in there blind will limit casualties on both sides.

"We can still plan an assault without a map -- it just means we will need to do more thorough reconnaissance when we arrive. The more people we can avoid on our way into and out of the caves, the fewer people we have to disable or kill to get Master Wen and Xi out."

 

[Elementor]

As Vince speeds into the fray, he sees Flick up on the containment unit eyeing Rebound. With a flap or 2 of his wings he bolts upwards to confront her with a Mach One Punch. "Damn, I am supposed to be the first one at these kinds of parties. Did I miss anything?"

Powers: Dodging Flick (Defense is 29 vs her). Superspeed. Mach One Punch.