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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1613271" data-attributes="member: 13737">And the long arse battle posts of doom continue unabated... Brazilia, SAASAP Corporate HQInitiatives: Rameirez 22, Speed Demon 21, Straightjacket 21, Mantis 20, Loki 19, Cosmo 18, Metal Mistress 16 (1HP), Robots(6 up [1 motionless, 1 grappled, 1 blinded], 4 down) 14, Iron Maiden 12, Kitten 11, Guards(5) 11-2, Neutron 6, Rebound 5, Johan 5-2 Loki stands up, looking left then right quickly.  Suddenly, seven more floating robots appear, magnetic hover engines humming and gun wheel spinning, but these ones are black instead of silver with a large 'EPIC' stamp on the front and back.  They rush threateningly towards the remaining robots, four towards the side of the room Tara is on (2 robots floating, one destroyed, one motionless) and three towards the side SJ, Hoppy and Cosmo are on (2 robots floating, one destroyed, one grappled).  He points a finger at the robot nearest Tara and a beam of light streaks out, striking it the optic sensors.  The robot starts spinning in place as smoke rises from its head. Attack roll:  17 hitsReflex save:  12 fails (blinded) Unable to differentiate between real and fake, the robots start blasting the rapidly advancing EPIC-bots.  The effect is sort of what was planned, though it sends many of you ducking as white energy blasts pass through the EPIC-bots to strike the walls, floor and ceiling around the room.  The robots don't seem to be able to solve the logic program, their wheels, which were on white a moment ago, starting to spin to red, yellow and black, varying from robot to robot. Attack rolls:  All hits, because it doesn't matter.Will saves:  14, 12, 8, 5, 16, 16 (all fail) Monica runs over to Straightjacket and grabs hold of the sparking end of its severed arm.  Rather than burn her, you see power start surging into her.  The robot finally goes limp in Straightjacket's grasp, and sparks start rising from Monica as her body disappates the excess electricity.  She actually burps.  "Mmm... delicious," she says.  Her midsection is glowing brightly enough that the yellow glow can be seen through the leather she wears.  "Get me another, would you, stretch?" Extra effort to increase her drain by 2 ranks.Attack roll:  15 hits (fully drains the robot) As Neutron creates his sphere to protect Ms. Vaile, the guards fire as a group on the fallen robot, trying to eliminate it from the equation, but their weapons prove ineffective against it, it's metallic skin absorbing the blasts. Rebound expands and and with a rapid boing boing boing starts ricocheting between ceiling and floor, advancing rapidly on the fallen robot near Tara.  Once above it, he starts bouncing up and down on it.  It's like in a cartoon, when something gets stomped on; the robot keeps looking more and more mangled, until it's nearly flat, it's gun arm sparking and twitching as the last of its power drains from it. Johan's knowledge of robotics proves not to be quite up to par in this case.  In fact, he's never seen a robot like this.  Compared to the ones that attacked you in the train, which are a standard military model types for many countries, this thing is a freaking super robot.  Undeterred, your two doubles leap onto the nearest robot, weighing it down slightly and making it exceptionally hard for the thing to use its gun arm. Attack roll:  19 (hits, combined fire)Grapple check:  Johan's 24, Robot 23 (WTF!  You grappled it!)Damage save:  unnecessary, damage bonus too low. SanjayMs. Vaile taps on the sphere from her sitting position on the floor and smiles.  "Nice, but a window to what is going on might be nice.  This isn't air tight I hope," she adds without real concern, holding her hand out so you can help her to her feet.  She slips out of her heels so she can gain better fit within the sphere.  She's taller than you thought, standing likely six feet in height.  Somehow, despite being tackled by security guards, shot at by her own CEO and attacked by killer robots, she seems not only unphased, but she still looks perfect.  And she's wearing a really nice perfume. "Hello, Neutron," she says with a very disarming smile.  "Other than guessing what these mercenaries are after, I know very little.  I was only informed EPIC was here ten minutes ago, so I am woefully underinformed, and very concerned with what is going on.  So I would very much like to know who is after the Anaconda virus, but I would also very much like to know how you have witnessed the effects of the virus," she says, sounding very concerned. Speed Demon, Straightjacket, Loki, Metal Mistress can all do their thing. Lancheng, ChinaRaisaInitiative: Jackal 28 (1VP, 2S, stunned), Raisa 18 (2S) Raisa charges Jackal, kicking hard at the creature as it gets to its feet.  Jackal manages to set himself just before Raisa connects.  There is another loud crack as her foot hits his chest, but despite looking a bit winded and getting stood up straight, he doesn't move an inch, the claws on his feet dug deeply into the cobblestones. Attack roll:  Natural 20 (again!)Damage save (DC 21):  9 (VP to re-roll becomes 15) (1S, stunned) Jackal shakes his head and thumps his arm to his chest as if to say it didn't hurt.  Setting himself again, he tries to ready himself again.  If you didn't know better, you'd think he was enjoying this. Raisa is up.</blockquote>

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