Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[DM_Matt]

"Hi, just a minute." I'm talking to an AI. Cool. But work, work, work. Let's see, the defense zone needs to be defined to cover only things coming out from the portals. With a wave of arm, Megan replaces the random orbs fired into the room with a defensive trap set to attack things emerging from the teleportals. (Using Triggered on her attack)

"How does a hundred feet of steel, lead, and concrete make our mission futile? As long as we can damage the material faster than it can be repaired, the attack isn't necessarily going to be futile - although it may be annoyingly tedious. Now, the time delay involved in breaking through may allow you bring in enough reinforcements or something to drive us off or kill us. But the barrier itself doesn't render our actions futile; it's that in conjuction with more active defenses that can take advantage of our delays." It doesn't seem very, err, precise or logical for an AI. Hey, if it's got a connection to this screen+camera setup, Optic could send some data back and start messing with it.

Megan continues to jabber with increasing speed: "Also, why is stopping us your primary concern? The value of the information we're after can't be all that much compared to the overall worth of this facility. Even if we can't get into the main part of the base, there's still this expensive mansion plus all the outlying buildings - which are probably loaded with high tech insides even if the outsides looked pretty ordinary to me - the helicopter, structural damage to cliffs and road, etc. Besides the direct replacement costs for all that stuff, there's also the time involved. And there'd still be a chance we could break through into the main base." I might be able to blast a path down. But... Let's see what ideas we have once everyone else gets in here.

Shooting Star takes a deep breath and resumes talking at normal rates. "So far, we've been pretty good at breaking things. It may be more economical for you to allow us access to the information we want so you can keep this place in business."

"Nothing is more important that reputation in this business, and my name is no coincidence. Cut off one head, two more grow back. My drones are numerous and strong. You cannot defeat us by digging a deep hole. You won't live that long. Now I ask you again, to leave this place."

 

[DM_Matt]

"Also, it was the Gray Gunner and Onigumo who initated the conflict, my companions and I were simply defending ourselves. We have no intricint quarrel with you or your Foundry," she told the artifical lady calmly. "I take it they were not working directly for you. Onigumo did say he would tell everything he knew about us to Barrington."

She did not regret finishing off the spider demon, he was an evil soul stealing Oni, who would have jepordized everyone working for the trust, especially if his employer Barrington managed to get their hands on Mr. Black or Ms. White.

They knew the faces of the Trust and Onigumo picked it up out of their minds. Hope shivered, knowing that the spider demon would have killed everyone associated with their particular group, probably down to the last babe in arms, simply for attacking him. For the innocents involved, either directly or indirectly, she had no choice but to kill him.

"Onigumo was a skilled mind reader. He likely gleaned that Barrington is your enemy from your own minds. He was loyal to us until the end."

BTW, Optic cant get anything from the robot. He overrode Scylla's connection, so the robot is not connected to the network. What he can do is find out how to get it to shut itself off and where to blast the deactivated robot to keep it down.

 

[DM_Matt]

Meanwhile, Viridian's spell fails. She seems to have hit a ward.

Scylla laughs "Like THAT would work."

 

[Elric]

"Nothing is more important that reputation in this business, and my name is no coincidence. Cut off one head, two more grow back."

That Mythology for Jocks class is finally coming in handy!

"In that case you should have named yourself 'Hydra'. Really, for a computer you're not very bright."

 

[Jemal]

*OOC: I'm assuming from her taunting Viridian that we can hear the AI in the other room, then?*

Optic shuts down the plasmabot then heads in to look at the camera. "It's a pleasure to meet such a sophisticated piece of machinery. I've never met an AI quite like you before. I know you wish us to leave, but there is no harm in you and I having a short discussion first, is there?"
Optic attempts to interface with 'Scylla' and reason with her/find out if there's anything we can offer for her co-operation. [Diplomacy & Computers are both +16]

 

[DM_Matt]

*OOC: I'm assuming from her taunting Viridian that we can hear the AI in the other room, then?*

Optic shuts down the plasmabot then heads in to look at the camera. "It's a pleasure to meet such a sophisticated piece of machinery. I've never met an AI quite like you before. I know you wish us to leave, but there is no harm in you and I having a short discussion first, is there?"
Optic attempts to interface with 'Scylla' and reason with her/find out if there's anything we can offer for her co-operation. [Diplomacy & Computers are both +16]

Optic fails to control her directly. She has a very powerful defensive barrier on the connection to the surface. He think she will be more vulnerable from more central and internal systems. Similarly, he has concerns about the teleportals. Even though he can probably seize control of one or more of them, Scylla will likely be able to control other parts of the network, including the output portal.

 

[Victim]

"I won't tell anyone if you don't," Megan promises. "Capturing the Gunner is a reasonable enough justification for our attack." But unless Optic can pull something off, we still need to get down somehow.

Hmm, what problems do we need to be able to handle for this to work safely? Shooting Star flies over to other characters. "Viridian, I have a stupid plan. You'd be able to catch me with your power if things don't go so well, right?"

"Hope..." You look like hell. Did you overload another power? Passing out from the strain isn't the worst thing that can happen if you screw around - not like I have much room to talk . It's best to test new things in safe circumstances, not in fights. Hey, maybe she overtaxed herself on purpose, to make it so we have to leave. Guess that backfired. "... Could you create a block of ice in here for me, and then do something with the wind to ventilate this room? Just don't push yourself, okay?"

"Nitro, can tear up some of the floor in here, get a hole started maybe?" That covers pretty much everything. Except a paramedic or doctor. But what the hell.

 

[Elric]

""Nitro, can tear up some of the floor in here, get a hole started maybe?"

"Uh, sure. I'm getting good at property damage by now."

 

[kirinke]

"No problem," Hope says. "As long as I don't try any more spells opposed to my elements, I should be alright." she tells Shooting Star with a smile, not bothering to lie. In any case, something like Scylla would be able to discern the truth just from taking a reading off her body. Heart rate, that sort of thing.

She turned back to Scylla. "I am sorry for this, but I have no choice in the matter," she said apologetically as she held out her hand, focusing her will and forming a pillar of ice. "On the plus side, you'll get some nifty data out of this," she said wryly.

Hey, politeness never hurt and Hope suspected the AI was more used to the bluster of egotistical Supervillains and the strong words of Superhero's too stupid to be scared.

The wind began to pick up.

 

[Jemal]

*Wasn't trying to control her, just trying to interface so we could talk more directly. failing that Optic would just try verbally*