Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[Shayuri]

"There is an option," Viridian says.

"If I had a way to see, or at least hear, I could send an illusion in to talk. We'd be in no danger then. I think I could try to improvise a sort of sense link to the illusion if I had to...sort of a combination glamour and scrying spell, to create a projected presence."

She shrugs. "I'm sure there's other solutions too...but I'm the magic specialist, so that's a magic one."

 

[DM_Matt]

"There is an option," Viridian says.

"If I had a way to see, or at least hear, I could send an illusion in to talk. We'd be in no danger then. I think I could try to improvise a sort of sense link to the illusion if I had to...sort of a combination glamour and scrying spell, to create a projected presence."

She shrugs. "I'm sure there's other solutions too...but I'm the magic specialist, so that's a magic one."

"Unfortunately, the ship is shielded form magical communication. Unlike our alien sensors, that IS something Voderac knows to prepare for. Too bad we haven't had enough time with those holographic copy devices to use THAT technology. Of course, if Viridian can whip up an invisibility spell and get onto the ship, she could maybe do it form hiding, or maybe...hmmm...ya know, I think that Ms. White knows a trick like this. Astral Projection I think its called, and I think it might work since it uses some kind of dimensional tunneling. Perhaps you ought to call her up and get some help duplicating the effect..."

 

[Victim]

"There is an option," Viridian says.

"If I had a way to see, or at least hear, I could send an illusion in to talk. We'd be in no danger then. I think I could try to improvise a sort of sense link to the illusion if I had to...sort of a combination glamour and scrying spell, to create a projected presence."

She shrugs. "I'm sure there's other solutions too...but I'm the magic specialist, so that's a magic one."

"I thought the ship was protected against spying powers like that. Maybe we could drop a phone on their boat, and then call it." She imagines the phone impacting the boat after being released at high speed. "Maybe a teleport bounce would be better."

"It's not zero risk, but it should keep our exposure minimal and still open a line of communication. And it's not devoid of threat, since we could have placed a bomb instead of a phone."

 

[Raylis]

"I think Star has the right idea. We should talk with Vaderic first, but be prepared for a trap or a double cross. If we need to sneak aboard that I can do; they shouldn't be able to see me if I keep to the shadows.

 

[DM_Matt]

"I think Star has the right idea. We should talk with Vaderic first, but be prepared for a trap or a double cross. If we need to sneak aboard that I can do; they shouldn't be able to see me if I keep to the shadows.

Black says "How about Star and Apollo buzz the boat at maximum speed and drop off an extra sat phone rigged to a small parachute. It shouldn't be too big a risk...and you'll get to find out who's faster."

 

[Victim]

Black says "How about Star and Apollo buzz the boat at maximum speed and drop off an extra sat phone rigged to a small parachute. It shouldn't be too big a risk...and you'll get to find out who's faster."

That could fun. "Would a parachute work at that speed?"

 

[DM_Matt]

That could fun. "Would a parachute work at that speed?"

"Yeah, if you release it high enough and far enough from the target, and I set the 'chute timer right."

 

[kirinke]

Hope scowled, but held her peace. They were new at this, save for Black. Maybe it could work, but then again. Superheroes....
What was she doing here? She was an AEGIS agent, the one they called in when they didn't care whether or not the bad-guys were brought in dead or alive. Her bosses generally pointed her in the right direction and let her have at it and she got the job done. Most of the super-criminals she went after were too dangerous to be kept, too dangerous for Buckers and other super-criminal prisons. Like Faust. She thought worriedly. She knew he'd escape eventually, sooner probably then later. And then.... More innocents dead.

"So negotiation," Hope scowled unhappily. No plan was ideal. "I still favor a raid, mainly because if we go with negotation it will be on his terms. What you're planning is highly risky."

Her last plan went well enough and no one on the team would have gotten badly hurt if Star had stuck to the main plan. Hope herself didn't care much about getting injured, as long as she survived them relatively intact.

"The general plan was one group cause mass confusion while Wren used that confusion to contain the mercs Voderac hired, using his force walls. Another group goes after the cloaking device and the third goes after Voderac himself. Sometimes the more complicated plan you have, the worse the outcome," she reminded them.

"With the raid, we don't have to use lethal attacks. I was thinking snare, dazzle, darkness, that sort of thing. All of us I think have abilities that can keep the bad-guys down and pinned without killing. Even Nitro can pull his punches,"

"Hell, we don't even have to sink the ship, merely disable it and call the Navy. Not all raids have to end in people dying. But if we go the negotation route..." she looked at them. "They'll be heavily armed and armoured. We will have to use full force in order to keep ourselves safe. With surprise on our side, they won't be expecting it and that will help keep us alive as well as them."

"Do you think I haven't done this before? Cops and Feds raid bad-guy lairs just as often as the Army does and we have few casualties. With a raid, the goal isn't to kill everyone, but to surprise them, so they don't have the time to get to their weapons."

 

[Vanifae]

"A race would be sweet," Apollo adds, "I don't know anything about raids, commandoes, or whatever... so maybe I am naive about how this all works; but if we show him, hey we know where you are and at any time if we don't like what you have to say we will crush you... he won't exactly have the upper hand. A well played bluff can do wonders, we could lie and say we have been tracking him for months, sure he probably won't believe but there will be some twinge of doubt you think? I mean obviously he is confident he can stay mobile and cloaked and bam we know exactly where he is... but yeah surprise is good. I just hate to think that we have to talk with out fists first, I didn't sign up to be Rambo..."

"Sure maybe I am dumb, but I always thought we were supposed to stand for some kind of like high ideal... and not just be glorified super enforcers," he quips.

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

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