"Was that helicopter you?" Prodigy asks in a hushed voice. "Okay, I'm at the base of the tower. Four suspicious characters in big coats just came out of the tower. The rest of the crew looks like they're probably not part of the crime. I think whatever they were planning on doing they've already done though...time's running out!"
[ICONS] Unconventional Heroes - Vol 1. Issue 1: "All-New, All-Different" (IC)
- Thread starter Relique du Madde
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Bold or Stupid
First Post
"Arac-Knight! Get to the tower top and break things! Podigy Back him up! I'll deal with the guys on the ground. Xot, just help where ever there are bodies!"
Psiren starts running as she speaks heading towards the group Prodigy mentioned.
Psiren starts running as she speaks heading towards the group Prodigy mentioned.
Walking Dad
First Post
Arac-Knight (Int 4, Awe 4, Will 4)
Arac-Knight using a swinging line and nearly supernatural acrobatics to get from the helicopter to the top off the building. He doesn't think about what sounded like an order, still a soldier at heart.
[sblock=ooc]
Arac-Knight
Prowess 7
Coordination 4
Strength 5
Intellect 4
Awareness 4
Willpower 4
Stamina: 8/9
Determination: 3/3
[/sblock]
Arac-Knight using a swinging line and nearly supernatural acrobatics to get from the helicopter to the top off the building. He doesn't think about what sounded like an order, still a soldier at heart.
[sblock=ooc]
Arac-Knight
Prowess 7
Coordination 4
Strength 5
Intellect 4
Awareness 4
Willpower 4
Stamina: 8/9
Determination: 3/3
[/sblock]
Relique du Madde
Adventurer
Arac-Knight
From Arac-Knight's position on the tower's lattice work, he can see that between each of the towers are several tesla coil like contraptions. These machines appeared to be powered by a series of cables that lead towards the out-door amphitheater.
What Everyone Sees.
The three of the four men begin to gather at the side of the "news van" while the third walks over to the leftmost video camera. As this is happening a small group of people affiliated with the light show are starting to gather on the out-door amphitheater's stage.
From Arac-Knight's position on the tower's lattice work, he can see that between each of the towers are several tesla coil like contraptions. These machines appeared to be powered by a series of cables that lead towards the out-door amphitheater.
What Everyone Sees.
The three of the four men begin to gather at the side of the "news van" while the third walks over to the leftmost video camera. As this is happening a small group of people affiliated with the light show are starting to gather on the out-door amphitheater's stage.
Walking Dad
First Post
Arac-Knight (Int 4, Awe 4, Will 4)
"Prodigy, there are some tesla coils between the towers. I doubt they are part of the light show. Do you think to disarm them? Over." Arac-Knight messages the most tech-savy looking hero.
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Arac-Knight
Prowess 7
Coordination 4
Strength 5
Intellect 4
Awareness 4
Willpower 4
Stamina: 8/9
Determination: 3/3
[/sblock]
"Prodigy, there are some tesla coils between the towers. I doubt they are part of the light show. Do you think to disarm them? Over." Arac-Knight messages the most tech-savy looking hero.
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Arac-Knight
Prowess 7
Coordination 4
Strength 5
Intellect 4
Awareness 4
Willpower 4
Stamina: 8/9
Determination: 3/3
[/sblock]
"Tesla coils?" Prodigy looks down at the spot Arach-Knight is indicating and zooms her visual display in to get a better look. "Just a second...let me think for a second. Tesla coils...tesla coils..."
Intellect + 2 for Electronics specialty rolls a 7.
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Intellect + 2 for Electronics specialty rolls a 7.
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Relique du Madde
Adventurer
[Sblock=Prodigy]
From your quick glance at the blue prints back at the warehouse, you guess that the tesla coils are being used to alter the towers resonance frequency to match that of the duckification rays. This should in theory turn the towers into giant transmitter capable of broadcast the rays over a localized area (of approximately one to five miles).
Now if you were able to reverse the polarity of towers to the inverse of whatever the guns use, it may be possible to fry a duckification gun being used on it... but that might take several minutes to rig up.
[/sblock]
The amphitheater
As the group approaches the outer perimeter of the amphitheater, the trench coated men all stepped away from the white van and took their places at the 'cameras'. Almost immediately, one of the women on the stage began to give a short speech. The woman finished her speech by stating, " Let's give a big Watts welcome to the enviromentally conscious superhero that made this year's annual light show possible, the Cluster Duck!"
The Cluster Duck stepped out of the van then approached the stage...
OOC: You each have plenty of time to react and plan (since the lady's spoke for a few minutes).
From your quick glance at the blue prints back at the warehouse, you guess that the tesla coils are being used to alter the towers resonance frequency to match that of the duckification rays. This should in theory turn the towers into giant transmitter capable of broadcast the rays over a localized area (of approximately one to five miles).
Now if you were able to reverse the polarity of towers to the inverse of whatever the guns use, it may be possible to fry a duckification gun being used on it... but that might take several minutes to rig up.
[/sblock]
The amphitheater
As the group approaches the outer perimeter of the amphitheater, the trench coated men all stepped away from the white van and took their places at the 'cameras'. Almost immediately, one of the women on the stage began to give a short speech. The woman finished her speech by stating, " Let's give a big Watts welcome to the enviromentally conscious superhero that made this year's annual light show possible, the Cluster Duck!"
The Cluster Duck stepped out of the van then approached the stage...
OOC: You each have plenty of time to react and plan (since the lady's spoke for a few minutes).
Relique du Madde
Adventurer
OOC: Hmm... the Sblock for prodigy may have been alittle vague about if the tesla coils should be disconnected. So...
Yes: If you want to prevent the towers from being able to broadcast duckification rays so they can affect everyone in a 1 - 5 mile radius.
No: If you quickly plan on MacGyvering a device (that would inverse the polarity of the towers so you could fry the duckification guns) while the MC lady and ClusterDuck gives thier opening speeches.
No: If you want people to turn into ducks if you don't make the previously mentioned device.
Yes: If you want to prevent the towers from being able to broadcast duckification rays so they can affect everyone in a 1 - 5 mile radius.
No: If you quickly plan on MacGyvering a device (that would inverse the polarity of the towers so you could fry the duckification guns) while the MC lady and ClusterDuck gives thier opening speeches.
No: If you want people to turn into ducks if you don't make the previously mentioned device.
As the speech starts, Prodigy inspects the setup that the Followers of Duck have put into place. The cables, the coils, the lasers...she thinks back to the 'duck ray' guns that she's had a chance to look at, though only briefly. She can see how it's meant to work. Broadcasting a carrier wave with the same properties as the 'duck beam,' over a wide area. But then...what about the Cluster Duck? And his goons? They had to have some way to avoid the effect.
In a flash, she saw it. The guns. They'd pick up the carrier wave, and if they were set correctly, they could set up a cancelling resonation. But then, what if the carrier wave were wrong? Reversed, say? Excitement gripped her. The feedback would probably rupture their firing chambers! If it worked, they'd not only knock out the mass Duckifier, but stop the Cluster Duck from being able to use his weapons too!
Prodigy signals the Arac-Knight.
"Don't destroy the tesla coils. I have an idea. Keep an eye on everyone and make sure nobody's coming this way. I'm gonna be vulnerable for a little bit."
Flipping the polarity on the broadcast would require a large power source was the trick. If she'd had time, she might be able to use one or more captured rifles. She didn't. However, Prodigy did have a powerful energy supply on hand that she had some experience with the wiring of.
There was a pneumatic hissing as gold plates split apart in her armored suit. Pressure equalized, making little pops in her ears. Inside the Goldsmith was a young woman in a white skintight bodysuit with blue shoulders, gloves and boots. Golden foil was printed into the suit's forearms, chest, and thighs that looked like circuitry traces. She wore a small mask over her eyes. Thus revealed, Prodigy slipped out of the Goldsmith and scrambled around to the back, quickly entering a series of access codes.
a few minutes later...
With a pair of alligator-clamped cables connected into the glowing reactor core of the Goldsmith, Prodigy carefully clamped the other ends to the power cables snaking up to the antennae top. Timing was everything. She had to trigger the pulse just when the broadcast began, or it would either 'miss' the signal and fail...or start too late and let some of the harmful 'duck beam' out.
As Cluster Duck made his way onto the stage...she watched and listened...ready to go...
(Ze roll is a 9! Assuming Intellect and Specialty both count.)
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In a flash, she saw it. The guns. They'd pick up the carrier wave, and if they were set correctly, they could set up a cancelling resonation. But then, what if the carrier wave were wrong? Reversed, say? Excitement gripped her. The feedback would probably rupture their firing chambers! If it worked, they'd not only knock out the mass Duckifier, but stop the Cluster Duck from being able to use his weapons too!
Prodigy signals the Arac-Knight.
"Don't destroy the tesla coils. I have an idea. Keep an eye on everyone and make sure nobody's coming this way. I'm gonna be vulnerable for a little bit."
Flipping the polarity on the broadcast would require a large power source was the trick. If she'd had time, she might be able to use one or more captured rifles. She didn't. However, Prodigy did have a powerful energy supply on hand that she had some experience with the wiring of.
There was a pneumatic hissing as gold plates split apart in her armored suit. Pressure equalized, making little pops in her ears. Inside the Goldsmith was a young woman in a white skintight bodysuit with blue shoulders, gloves and boots. Golden foil was printed into the suit's forearms, chest, and thighs that looked like circuitry traces. She wore a small mask over her eyes. Thus revealed, Prodigy slipped out of the Goldsmith and scrambled around to the back, quickly entering a series of access codes.
a few minutes later...
With a pair of alligator-clamped cables connected into the glowing reactor core of the Goldsmith, Prodigy carefully clamped the other ends to the power cables snaking up to the antennae top. Timing was everything. She had to trigger the pulse just when the broadcast began, or it would either 'miss' the signal and fail...or start too late and let some of the harmful 'duck beam' out.
As Cluster Duck made his way onto the stage...she watched and listened...ready to go...
(Ze roll is a 9! Assuming Intellect and Specialty both count.)
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Bold or Stupid
First Post
"Whatever your trying up there I'll buy you sometime."
Psiren leaps forward attempting get into Cluster Duck's mind while staying hidden by the crowd.
ooc
Telepathy 7
Psiren leaps forward attempting get into Cluster Duck's mind while staying hidden by the crowd.
ooc
Telepathy 7
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