Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[kirinke]

Damn planes.

"Apparently, AEGIS captured one of Dr. Otaku's android girls. We could try to using that to compromise the security on his base, just like they used the grav bike to get their foot in the door of Freedom Hall." Megan mutters. I was right there. Hell.

"Do we have any idea what they're going to do now that they have a satellite base and have taken out the Freedom League?"

Hope looks at the superhero with a wane, sick smile. "Well, probably the same as any other up and coming meglomaniacal supervillian. He's going to try to enslave everyone and kill anyone who thinks that's a bad idea."

 

[kirinke]

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The helicopter lands at the Trust hanger North of the city, and Mr. Black leads the group out of the helicopter and into the hanger. "We'll switch to the plane to get there faster. The rest will fly back in the chopper." He leads you to the plane that Optic flew there, and takes the stick. The jet gets to the Trust HQ rapidly, and Star and Optic (who remain staggered...it takes an hour for that to wear off) are helped to the couches in your wing of the base.

The TV screens go on, and laptops are distributed that interface with your phones. Alphas Black, White, Blue, and Pink join you.

The news on the television comes in piecemeal...

"...the truck bomb did leave most of the museum intact, thanks to the building's force field...."

"...a lone charred body was found in the truck, and DNA tests are being conducted to help identify the perpetrator."

"...In other news, terrorists seized a seaside resort in the Philippines..."

"...captured a number of buildings in Sri Lanka's capital. The superterrorist The Tamil Tiger was spotted...." (Shouldn't he be striped? )

"...surrounded a Christian neighborhood in Beirut, then systematically..."

"...31 charred bodies were found in an apartment complex in Southern Israel..."

"...kidnapped the family of the President of Columbia, demanding the release of all prisoners currently incarcerated for..."

Mr. Black reports "Well, its official. The League is toast, at least for now. A government space monitoring satellite showed what happened at the Lighthouse. Once they teleportaled onto the Lighthouse, they overrode the hanger locks and shield -- among other things -- allowing a space plane identified as belonging to Doc Otaku to dock with the ship, bringing reinforcements. The crew didn't stand a chance. They beamed bombs down to all of the League's bases, all of which were accessible through the teleportal network. They may have also sent teams to loot some of them first. We aren't sure."

Blue interrupts "We intercepted some data they probably intentionally sent over an unsecured connection. It seems that they have Captain Thunder, Star Knight, Johnny Rocket, and Siren. First, they were rerouted to the Lighthoue. Second, the baddies built a device similar to the system's energy buffers, and set it up to receive the heroes in energy form and store them rather than them being rematerialized by the local teleportal. They've wired it -- and this is the brilliant part -- wired it into the shield generator, so it draws power from the Lighthouse's shields. So if the Lighthouse it attacked and the shields are worn down or disabled, the device loses power, containment fails, and their energy patterns lose their coherency and they can never be rematerialized."

(BTW, Pseudo does not exist in this continuity, sicne the Grue do not exist...The Primordial is the Martian Manhunter analogue here instead)

Pink says "We have some options here. We can try to follow up the linkages between Barrington and those terrorist groups. Maybe they know something about him. We can follow up with others who are connected to those accounts and holding companies. We know something about that scarf. It is associated with a Jordanian warlock whose followers committed mass suicide in 1971. Perhaps that was Barrington's identity at that time and we can make something of it. Then there is Doc Otaku...we know where his base is...the problem is that its in Chinese territory and guarded by the Chinese military...they seem to like having access to some of his innovations, and tend to see eye to eye with his hatred for the Freedom League and penchant for blowing up parts of Tokyo with giant robots."

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Hope snarled quietly as the news trickled in, her face betraying her own anger and bleak sickness at the thought of all those innocents killed because of some madman wanting to rule everything. With an effort, she pushed those dark emotions at bay. It wouldn't do for her to accidently screw with the local weather systems in her anger, especially with them in the air.

"So. They have hostages." her eye color shifted subtly, turning to eerie white as she processed the information, trying to make sense out of it. "Daedelus, Lady Liberty, Bowman and Raven are still around somewhere. We need to contact them, if anything they should know how to circumvent their own security system. Especially Daedelus. If he's half as smart as I think he is, then he would have his own backdoors set up in any system he's worked on. Every computer or electronic expert I've ever worked with does the same."

 

[Raylis]

"Barrington seems to be the mastermind behind all this; the terrorist accounts, connecting various supervillians together etcetera. Perhaps the best way to stop him would be to think like him. she looks at Mr. Black, "You said that in the Trust database there are records of Barrington's activities. If there is a pattern we may be able to find a situation where we could either catch him personally, or catch some of his cronies are replace them, getting us into his powerbase and stopping him from the inside.

 

[kirinke]

"We need to know what Barrington's plans are, though his intentions are fairly clear, if he remains true to form. I might be able to get some inkling through Faust or White Knight's personal items. It would be better if I got something that Barrington handled recently." she looked at Mr. Black, her unsettling white eyes shimmering a little in her intensity. "That means going into Freedom Hall and trying to read the memories from it's stone and metal. Few realize that the wind goes everywhere, touches everything. And the echoes of the past ride with it."

 

[DM_Matt]

"I need something from Faust or White Knight. Something personal that they've handled. Clothing, anything." Hope said quietly. "I might be able to get Barrington's location from that. If nothing else, Barrington was physically in the Freedom league's base. If they're willing, I could maybe get something from the things he's touched, from the memories left in the stone and metal. Not many understand that wind goes everywhere, it touches everything. And the echoes of the past ride with it."

(Its pretty clear that Barrington is probably in the Lighthouse. The problem is not finding him, but that attacking him there is probably not feasible at this time)

 

[kirinke]

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Okay if I change that post to one where she's simply wanting to know what his major plans are? She has a pretty good hunch, but confirmation is the soul of a good investigation.

Also, is it clear that he is holding the freedom league heroes hostage, keeping them helpless in the energy buffer if I read you description correctly......

She's probably going to need to speak with the freedom league in any case. Remember, one of her talents is 'Master Plan', so once she has enough information at hand, she could come up with some sort of plan to defeat Mr. Crazy Nazi pants.

 

[DM_Matt]

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Okay if I change that post to one where she's simply wanting to know what his major plans are? She has a pretty good hunch, but confirmation is the soul of a good investigation.

ya.

 

[kirinke]

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Matt, if you need it, Email is at Aenilan@aol.com

 

[DM_Matt]

"Barrington seems to be the mastermind behind all this; the terrorist accounts, connecting various supervillians together etcetera. Perhaps the best way to stop him would be to think like him. she looks at Mr. Black, "You said that in the Trust database there are records of Barrington's activities. If there is a pattern we may be able to find a situation where we could either catch him personally, or catch some of his cronies are replace them, getting us into his powerbase and stopping him from the inside.

Mr Black says "Well, we certainly can find other folks tied to Barrington's accounts and fronts, and you can go hunt them down. Got any kind of associate in mind?"

 

[DM_Matt]

Damn planes.

"Apparently, AEGIS captured one of Dr. Otaku's android girls. We could try to using that to compromise the security on his base, just like they used the grav bike to get their foot in the door of Freedom Hall." Megan mutters. I was right there. Hell.

"Do we have any idea what they're going to do now that they have a satellite base and have taken out the Freedom League?"

Mr. Blue says "That certainly is possible...If we can get the android...and if it has appropriate access codes and related machinery...and if he doesnt change the codes...well, even if he does, it definitely is a start."


Ms. White says "Of course, there is of course the fact that Doc Otaku is on sovereign Chinese territory and guarded by the Chinese military. We don't work directly for the government of course...well, most of us...but that might create a sticky diplomatic situation nonetheless."


Mr. Black says "Tthat could be a problem. Of course, were this my blackops days, I'd say its only a problem if any Chicom army pukes see us through masks and other disguises, and live to report back, but this is a Capes outfit, so that won't fly. Still, if we can get deep enough into his base undetected and seal off it off, we can avoid the military presence and just deal with the Doc's androids. Its still OK to kill androids, right?"