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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1830353" data-attributes="member: 13737">October 26, 2120Dover, England -- The York EstateX12As you and Raisa head towards the side of the mansion, you discover Thunder was indeed correct.  A pair of massive attack robots (think Judge Dread robots) are stomping their way rapidly towards a pair of men, one carrying the other.  Despite the best efforts to get ahead of the robots, the machines have a good trajectory to intercept them shortly.  Luckily, you'll intercept them at the same time. From your closer distance, you can see the person carrying the other is a teen like yourselves, and bears a striking resemblance to the older man he is carrying, as well as to Kevin.  That thought is quickly extinguished, however, as one robot opens up with a roar of projectile cannon fire at the pair, and the other shifts course slightly, launching a spray of bullets at you and Raisa! Jason Alfredsson YorkAs you run hard, trying to find a place to safely hide your father, a young man and woman, dressed in stylish and functional uniforms come rushing around the corner of the house.  They close the gap to you quickly, and you can make out the logo of EPIC on their uniforms, though you don't recognize either of them. An explosion of light above you draws your attention and you see Thunder, unmistakeable in his uniform and crackling electrical field.  Your hair on your arms stands on end as an electrical discharge hits behind you somewhere, and you hear something crash into the ground.  But your attention is quickly diverted by the sounds of machine-gun fire as the massive robots chasing you open fire on you and the pair of teens rushing towards you! Attack rolls vs JAY:  14, 12, 15, 13, 12, 22 (miss x5, critical hit)Damage save (DC32):  Natural 20 succeeds! Attack rolls vs X12:  10, 20, 14 (miss x2, hit)Damage save (DC27):  24 fails (1L) With heightened abilities, Jay manages to twist just enough to avoid getting hit, just barely, but drops his father in the process.  Luckily, his father, ex-military as he is, is far from helpless, and is quickly to his feet, running beside Jay towards Raisa and X12.  As he hops up, he tosses a small tube to Jay, who catches it, and pulls one out for himself.  Shimmering blades of vibrating energy leap forth from the tubes. Vibro-sword:  Weapon +8L (stunt:  penetrating attack x3, flaw:  a roll of 10 or less that misses results in the wielder taking damage) Raisa takes all three shots without flinching, the bullets bouncing off her and into the ground about her.  X12 nearly avoids getting hit, but one bullet tears through his arm, leaving a painful wound that will be slow to heal. Well behind Jay and Lord York, the armored individual that Thunder knocked from the sky is climbing to his feet.  Without question, the EPIC members know that is "New York" now; the clone of Kevin who broke off after Kevin mimiced Split.  That of course, explains a lot to X12. Above the field, a battle you don't want a piece of rages.  Tank fires in an effort to keep Thunder at bay as you hear the screams of ram-jet engines as a quartet of small, flying, robotic hoverships launch from the trees behind the mansion and streak upwards, guns blazing at the powerful dynamo.  Crackles of lightning intercept the incoming fire, leaving Thunder unscathed.  Suddenly, an electrical charge surges up from the ground, leaving you all feeling like you just licked something minorly electric in nature.  Lightning crackles up into the two robots on the ground weakly, as well as into New York, but for the four flying robots and Tank, the effect is far more visible and devastating.  The robots explode violently, and Tank's armor momentarily loses power and the Anarchy villain crashes through the roof of the mansion. You've lost sight of Michael, but he hasn't resurfaced just yet, so he must still be recovering. Initiatives: Initiatives: Thunder 26, Michael 23, X12 22 (1L), Jay 21, Lord York 21, New York 19 (1L), Super-Killer Robots 11 (1D each), Raisa 11, Tank 8 (1L) X12 and Jay are up, and both are within striking distance of the robots.</blockquote>

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