Outcasts Forever: Issue #1 - Red America

[Arani Korden]

Beast

I need access to the base computer and I will have to upload the data on a secure transmission signal, they will be able to pin point the key turning point that has shifted the history of this world so drastically. Once that is done we can leave. Vision states as he enters the room.

Hank followed.

"And while our Vision is doing that, I'd like to see any files you have on Steve Rogers."

 

[kid A]

Sandman

Eyeing "Ultron" while the others moved to action, Flint realized he had no idea what to do. He knew he should leave the information gathering to the more... intelligent members of the team. However, he felt more than a little uncomfortable doing nothing. Opting to follow Beast, he moved away from the door and asked, "What kind of stuff you lookin' for on Cap?"

 

[Keia]

Madison and 43rd Street
Manhattan
Early afternoon

Battle Before the Baxter Building – Second Half, round one, continued

Seeing things start to heat up, Falcon and Redwing take to the air, eliciting a groan from Falcon as he launched. Both appeared to be on the defensive.

Likewise Iron Man launched into the air, his comment only provoking the slightest of glances from Doom. A repulsor ray blast burst forth from his gauntlets(a), glancing off Doom’s chest.

"Sorry Doom, I'm not that smart either. Just powerfull. Now get lost."

Binary charged Dr. Doom, blazing with the energy of the core of a sun, hitting him with a glancing blow. (b) Electrical energy flowed around Dr. Doom sparking sharply as she struck him. With a staccato’ed scream, Binary fell to the ground at Doom’s feet, shaking the electrical twitches from her body.

Almost simultaneously, Wonder Man slammed into Dr. Doom from the other side(c), jarring him from his concentration. He didn’t appear to be very wounded . . . but he did seem angrier. Doom’s electrical field crackled against Simon’s body, and Simon felt his heart skip a beat, but there appeared to be no other harm.

The tendrils holding Cap in place loosed ever so slightly, and Jack felt that he would be free to move and act.

(a) Iron Man’s attack Roll of 7 + 1 pbs + 1 aerial + 9 base = 18, a hit. Damage save vs 26L, no apparent damage.

(b) Binary’s attack Roll of 4 + 1 aerial + 2 flanking (Wonder Man) + 12 base = 19, a hit. Damage save vs 29L and 25L, no apparent damage. Dr. Doom’s Energy field on Binary, Damage Save of 15 + 6 base + 2 toughness + 10 protection - 1 for one hit, failed by 5 or less, 1 stun hit.

(c) Distance between Doom and Wonderman is 45 feet so doom dive will work. Wonderman’s attack Roll of 4 + 1 attack focus + 2 flanking (Binary) + 2 Charge + 10 base = 19, a hit. Damage save vs 37S, one stun hit. Dr. Doom’s Energy field on Wonder Man, Damage Save of nat 20 + 7 base + 10 protection + 5 (for nat 20), unhurt.

OOC: Summary Hp’s spent (Binary 3) Damage levels (Cap 1 stun hit, Binary 1 lethal/1 stun, Falcon 1 lethal hit/disabled). And now . . . actions? Initiatives: (Doom, Thing, Falcon, Iron Man, Wasp, Binary, Wonderman, <paused> Cap, Darkstar, Reed, Sue) Others added as they enter.

 

[Radiant]

ooc: hero point!!! I also have that nifty little feat toughness, in case you didn't calculate it allready.

 

[Arani Korden]

Beast, Speechifyin'

"What kind of stuff you lookin' for on Cap?"

"A few months after I reopened the Xavier Institute, I got a letter from a little girl named Sarah - sweet kid, with a mutation that causes rapid bone growth. Sarah was just old enough for Kindergarten, and she wanted to go to school, but the faculty at the local public school had been recieving death threats, so they would not let her in the doors. Now of course, i offered her a place at Xavier's, all expenses paid, but she wanted to go to her school, with her friends.

I mentioned the problem in passing at one of Ben Grimm's poker games, and the next Monday morning, Steve showed up at her house in full Captain America uniform, took off his gloves, and then held that little girl's hand and walked her to school, and the crowds of protesters just stepped aside and let them pass. He picked her up at the end of the day and walked her home. Steve did this every day for a month, and every day the crowd got smaller and smaller, until they were all gone.

Somebody took a picture, and every news organization in the country ran the photo along with that Norman Rockwell painting with the little girl being escorted to her newly desegregated school. It was a huge moment for mutants, but when the press asked him about it, Steve just said "This is America, and a child has the right to go to school." It wasn't a question of mutant versus human for him, you see - Sarah is an American, and he wanted to make sure we all remembered what that means.

That's the Steve Rogers I know. The same man that punched Hitler in the face took a little girl's hand and walked her to school. In this timeline, something happened to make that man give up on America, and I want to find out what."

 

[Gideon]

Iron Man, 6/6 HP, unhurt

Didn't even flinch! "I'd like to enter an official 'oh crap' in the record books. Iron Man readjusts up a short distance to clear Wonderman and lets loose with two more blasts from his guantlets. "Hey dark lady, what is your deal in this? Stark shoots a look over at Darkstar.

OOC: Feats - Point Blank, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Aerial Combat(+1 Attack)
Powers - Energy Blast +9/+9 to attack, +11S dmg

 

[Nuke261]

Captain America (1 stun)

Madison and 43rd Street
Manhattan
Early afternoon
Battle Before the Baxter Building

The tendrils holding Cap in place loosed ever so slightly, and Jack felt that he would be free to move and act.

Jack moved quickly from his spot as the tendrils that had held him in place, loosened. "Coordinate your attacks, people. We are team, let's act like it."

This Doom opened up with magic. Mine would have saved it for a last resort. Need to remember that none of the people we fight are guaranteed to act like the ones we know.

As Jack moved back he noticed Reed and Ben had not entered the fight. "Reed, any of you interested in lending us a hand?"


OOC: Holding my action for a direct attack against me, at this time.

 

[kid A]

Sandman

That's the Steve Rogers I know. The same man that punched Hitler in the face took a little girl's hand and walked her to school. In this timeline, something happened to make that man give up on America, and I want to find out what.

Flint listened intently as the Beast spoke of his timeline's Captain America. An odd feeling overwhelmed him, then. He hadn't known his Cap for very long, but he was sure he didn't feel the same way as the Beast. Cap was an inspiration to him, sure. He was a living legend, the first and greatest super-soldier turned out by the U.S. And he did love America, there was no doubt about that.

But the Steve Rogers he knew - well, he was something of a loner. Outside of battle, he was always the fish out of water. He held everyone to his standards, the standards of the 1940's, and when they didn't deliver, he was disappointed. Cap saw things in black and white, and failed to see the grey that lie between. Before Flint's time on the Ultimates, Cap hunted down and beat the tar out of Dr. Pym, for beating his wife Janet. Dr. Pym was wrong to do it, but as far as Flint was concerned, it wasn't Steve's place to step in. Perhaps he was having difficulty adjusting to the times, but the Steve Rogers Flint knew didn't seem to resemble the one acquainted to Hank McCoy.

"I'd like ta meet this guy. Your Cap, I mean."

 

[Keia]

Madison and 43rd Street
Manhattan
Early afternoon

Battle Before the Baxter Building – Second Half, round one, continued

Captain America moved several steps away from the tendrils of pavement, and braced himself for the next attack.

"Coordinate your attacks, people. We are team, let's act like it. Reed, any of you interested in lending us a hand?"

Darkstar closed on the action and fired an ball of black energy toward Binary.(a) The dark energy looked as if it actually ate into Binary’s side, the light of her form fading in that area. Then the ball burst catching those around the conflict (Doom, Wonder Man, Falcon, Iron Man)(b) Others would have been hit had not a protection field shot up enveloping them the instant the blast hit.

Warning indicators popped up on screen as the energy struck Iron Man which indicated [Hyper cold / Radiation breech]. Iron Man already knew that the impact from the blast had gotten through the armor . . . that’s why there was pain right now.

“Doom!! There’s no need for this course of action . . . we’re ready to leave,” Reed called out.

“Leave?!? With him? Reed . . . you’ve lost your mind,” Thing called out.

“You will have your freedom, Richards . . . consider this . . . part of the bill,” Doom replied, eyeing Wonder Man. “You . . . touched me . . . both of you. I must thank you for the power boost, however. Let me pass it back . . . to both of you.”

Doom swung a fist at both Wonder Man and Binary, his electrical field crackling.(c) He connected soundly with Wonder Man and almost missed Binary, actually catching her on the backswing of his attack on Wonder Man. Sometimes, Carol felt, she was just unlucky. Lucky for Wonder Man, he learned to roll with a punch with the best of them, though the electricity jarred him slightly. Binary, though, felt her energy form fade as she lost control, her head ringing too much to concentrate.

Glancing to his right, Doom focused and a portal opened, ten foot wide on a side. A pastoral country could be seen through the portal. “Go, Richards, before I change my mind. I will follow and close it behind me,” Doom ordered.

The ground shook as an armored form landed on the pavement twenty feet from Doom (between Doom and Cap) from above. Female . . . organic metal shaped her body, in each arm she cradled a red uniformed male. Each hopped out, one readying a shield while another readied a bow. They stood in a tight formation, each appeared to be covering for one another.

"No one is going anywhere by the order of the Supreme Soviet!!" One male, obviously Cap . . . Comrade Russia called out

The remaining Supreme Soviet had arrived . . .

(a) Darkstar’s attack on Binary roll of 19 + 13 total – 4 firing into melee is 28 and a hit. Damage Save for Binary is Roll of 6 + 6 base + 2 toughness + 10 protection - 1 for one hit resulting a lethal hit.

(b) Darkstar’s area effect reflex saves vs. DC 21 (Doom 15, Wonder Man 22 [nat 20, your 2nd], Falcon 24, Iron Man 3 [nat 1]). Damage save roll of 4 +10 +2 failed by 5 to Iron Man for one lethal hit, protection dropped by 1

(c) Doom’s melee attacks, Nat 20 to Wonderman, a hit and hit [Bad luck flaw] to Binary. Damage Save for Binary is Roll of 7 + 6 base + 2 toughness + 10 protection - 2 for two hits, making it exactly. Damage Save for Wonderman is Roll of 10 + 5 base + 2 toughness + 10 protection, making it. Energy Field damage saves [Binary Roll of 13 +16, fail by more than 5, hit and stunned / Wonderman Roll of 16 + 17, resulting in a stun hit.]

OOC: Summary Hp’s spent (Binary 3) Damage levels (Cap 1 stun hit, Binary 2 lethal/2 stun stunned, Falcon 1 lethal hit/disabled, Iron Man 1 lethal, Wonder Man 1 stun). And now . . . actions? Initiatives: (Doom, <paused> Thing, Falcon, Iron Man, Wasp, Binary, Wonderman, Cap, Darkstar, Reed, Sue) Others added as they enter.

 

[Radiant]

Binary

Suddenly Carol was very aware what exactly the "near" in near invulnerable meant. She realy didn't want anthing but taking a moment to get her senses back together from the relentless barrage of Darkstar and Dr Doom. But she also knows that she will have real problem if the russian mutant attacks her while her defenses are down.
What's it with this day. Normaly I can barely contain my powers and now I have to draw and every last reserve to even change form.[/color]
With an effort of will and more than a little headache she tries to remember the brood evolution chamber that first made her switch. She doesn't even remember how many times she changed today but again her flesh turns into plasma in a bright explosion of white fire.
Without even standing up first the enery hurls her into the air and she flies a circle to evade more enemy hits. She'd go around a building but she still stays above the battlescene to present an inviting target. Even if this is taking it's toll she can still take the hits and that's better than allowing their opponents to switch to someone who can't.

ooc: spending a hero point to become unstunned and change form again. Standing up and flying up 30. Aerial combat to defense.