Ultimate SECRET WAR "Issue #0, Prelude to WAR"

[Kevin Perrine]

the X-MEN (Rogue & Colossus)

OOC: This would have to take place after Kitty gets finished invading Warren's privacy upstairs.

Kitty lowers back into the floor quickly, only waist-deep. Wide eyed, she looks to the floor right away and blushes. "I, uh, we're gonna watch a movie night with popcorn! You're late. I.. I mean, are you coming mister Colossus?"

"Oh, yes... Piotr is fine." Piotr turns back and puts his shirt in a locker. Behind his back, Kitty unsuccessfully tries to keep looking down. "Will you make me one of your good shakes, miss Pryde? That sounds much better than popcorn to me."

"Um, yeah." Kitty sniffs and makes a face. "You're going to shower first, right?"

"Only after I hear that blender start, you little sneak." Piotr doesn't show her his smirk.

"Huh? You don't need a... Oh!!" Kitty blushes and giggles. "Oh! Um... yeah, I'll just.. I'll go then."

We see Piotr from the chest up as he puts his shorts in the locker. In the next panel he's turned into Colossus, grown tall enough that his head is out of the panel. His bronze, somewhat shiney body replaces his skin with a slight glow at the edges during the change. Then Piotr returns to his human form, now looking completely dry and a little refreshed, and with a humored smirk thinks to himself, Kids.

Kitty sinks back into the floor, floating slightly sideways... just above Warren steps out into the hall toward the stairs and the two pass one another unknowingly as Kitty slides up and through bumping her head on Angel's desk.

(see prior post on her actions within Angel's room... copied in brief here)
Just as Angel collapses his wings walking through the door into the hallway leading downstairs, the very molecules of his bedroom floor make way and part as a whispy hand pushes up through... Then an forarm, an elbow, to her shoulder and Kitty folds her arm as if pushing up off the floor pulling herself up and through the ceiling of the kitchen into and through the floor of Warren's room.

silently the camera pans and fixes on the postage bag on the edge of Angel's desk...
As Kitty begins to solidify she accidentally bops her head up on the underside of Warren's desk, teetering the post bag......
"Goofball-doofus" Kitty mutters to herself as she shifts her position out from under the desk...
As Kitty stands and gets her barrings glancing around, a bit confused wondering where Warren was, the envelope drops to the ground. The seal wasn't perfect... and a disc tumbles and spins across the floor landing at Kitty's toes.
The post bag drops behind or into the wastepaper basket unseen to the young X-man.
"Oops... what's this?!??, where'd you come from little discy disc?" she asks, as if expecting an answer...
She glances to the door...
"Warren... ohhh Waaaarren... you wouldn't mind if I take a peak at one of your projects, huhhh??...
...No? Okay - I thought it'd be okay..." she says getting quieter as she goes, answering her own question... pushing open Warrens chair, double-clicking as the disc finds its way into Angel's computer.

As she waits for the streaming video... her mind wanders...
wow... Jean's told me all about Scott, but I had no idea about boy's leg muscles and maaannnnn, his rock-hard butt... heheh errr... steel-hard.. heheh... man I wonder what would happen if......
Kitty stops short - her mind buzzes with activity - NOT her own!!!
[panning back, as if showing the crest of a wave...]
the thoughts of Professor Charles Francis Xavier, the world's most powerful telepath - INVADE, take over and blast across Kitty's thought...... the kind of blast a static from turning the nobs on an old radio would have, piercing her brain - causing her system to shock, jerking the mouse from her hand... Kitty shivers from the continuing trauma!!!

She [Rogue] makes her way to the stairs and follows the noise downstairs. She smiles softly then she hears one bamf after the other. At least Nightcrawler seems to feel better now.
She stops halfway, then she hears Collosus in the training rooms.

From the corner of her eyes she sees a movemnt outside the window.

In the end she just stands in the floor wishing she could either integrate like Nightcrawler or go her own way like Logan. But like her mutant powers she seems to be nothing herself until she finds someone to hold onto.

The lightning was the first thing to draw Rogue's glance to the window... then a mighty --
KAA!!--THOOOOMM!! as the Thunder shook the house. Ororo was away with Cyclops in Kentucky seeing about a family down there rumored to have a few mutant members... but it sounded like one of her lightning barrages, what the heck was driving the storm?!! Electricity was in the air, as the lights flicker off-then on again quickly...

and the WAVE of psionics sweeps the floor - breaking toward COLOSSUS, then it crests the strairs at the speed of thought washing down over first ANGEL, then ROGUE, then NIGHTCRAWLER, Iceman and the others!!!


[***ALL X-men mentioned must make a WILLPOWER check immediately before doing any other actions***
if you fail, please describe your Hero's GREATEST FEAR as if it is a dream that you have entered, you cannot act until I reply...
If you succeed, please describe the dream of your GREATEST DESIRE - and you can act in the physical world and make a second WILLPOWER check to drive the dream out of your vision]

 

[Kevin Perrine]

CAPTAIN AMERICA vs. the NAZI-bots

the Triskelion, War-Simulator Room 5 (WSR-5)
HeadQuarters of the
United States Superhuman Defense Initiative, AKA: the ULTIMATES.
Mid-Evening [local time]
June 30, 2004…

and the voice recognition locks on ... RODGERS, Steve - Captain.
"Good morning Captain Rodgers. MARK... Captain America Battle Simulation ‘Market Garden’...MARK and go in 3...2...1... MARK."
As the simulator warms up, Captain tightens his gloves, hoist his shield and smiles… “Ok ya Krauts, come get some…”

the doors of the WSR lock and secure, as the red secure lamp lights and across the simulated battle terrain the sounds of war invade the old "Invaders" ears... nothing like the sound of movies, Cap hadn't even seen Saving Private Ryan - but it wasn't like that either... this had dimension, this had base, this was 'real' or as real as anyone would want it to be.

The BLITZKRIEG rolled over the line - in the distance Cap could easily see the wave of Luftwaffe approaching for straiffing runs protecting the German ground force...
Krackeling over a wall only several yards from the Star-Spangled Ultimate a Panzer-Tiger series crunched glass and steel, as 3 ... then 4 SS stormed forward...

*Flipping up and over the last of the Nazi tanks, Cap lets lose with his shield at the collection of solider who were trying to take cover behind the blasted wall*

Attack roll to hit the wall behind them first, Ricochet Shot off the wall to hit the first Nazi solider, Take Down on the second solider, Take Down on the third Soldier, Take Down on the forth Soldier

With grace and power Cap lands slicing through the four troops in the first seconds of his session... They sparkle and hiss as they hit the ground as they came 1...2...3...4...
Androids, he knew it... not on the level of Pym's newest projects... neither Vision or Ultron series, these were from Os Corp and they were strong. But Captain America was stronger.
If he didn't concentrate on the blasts from the speaker units in the far top corners of the room Steve might get discouraged from his "escapist" time here... He might remember all those that left him behind... He might not be ready to face those demons.
For now he could continue HIS roleplaying........

*Recovering his shield in mid-air he lands on the ground and rolls onto the other side of the wall,

The Panzer commander shouts (a convincing) order to
<"TRACK the American SUPERMAN you fools!!"> in full German...
<"I WILL have his colors for my TANK!!!">
*as he yanks back on the Sub-Machine gun atop his Panzer*
Rrraattt...ttatttt...ttttttt...tttt
[missing with the three Auto-fire rolls]
A wall of bullets spackle acorss the wall behind Cap!!!

*Captain American bounces back from the wall towards the back of the tank that is now trying to get its turret back in line with him. Using his shield he slams it down with tremendous force into the tread of the machine to try and disable it*

the disk shield slams into the crevasse of the Tiger-series Tank, the grey/green paint cracks in the radius surrounding - but the Panzer WON'T give up it's prize!!
Not having taken into account metal fatigue of the 40's, THIS is an area the Os Corp could improve upon... then again - maybe Cap's just getting weak in his OLD AGE!!


SUDDENLY!!! a gust of air...
VwwoooOOSHHHH!!

"Hey Cap! Fury will be there at 21h00. He called a meeting. Don't miss it. It's isn't time to sign autograph to your fans after your training. And you should seriously raise the difficulty of your training. Too easy to dodge."

(OOC: Taunt Cap so he raise the difficulty of the training: Roll: 30! hehe)

He leaves quickly after that, not letting a chance to Capitaine to react against him.

VwwoooOOSHHHH!!


[OOC: Okay.... prior to this combat round... (since he posted as I was writing) unlucky for Cap, Peitro just made things harder for Cap! Cap needs to make a contested check verses Quicksilver's Taunt of DC30 to not be "flustered".
It's a half action so, there is little chance Cap can react to him before he "gets away" - but if he want's to I'd let cap try if he can get ahead of in initiative somehow (maybe Extra Efforting?)... if not...
Cap resists with a contested Sense Motive or Taunt of his own. IF Cap doesn't beat the DC30, Quicksilver can choose one of these:
- Cap loses his dodge bonus to Defense against the next attack on him.
- Cap takes some action you're encouraging.
- Cap suffers a -4 on his attack rolls or skill checks (your choice) for his next round action.
IF Cap WINS with a Sense Motive nothing happens, if Cap WINS with a Taunt on Quicksilver he can choose one of those effects on Quicksilver!!
IF Quicksilver doesn't reply (in the Talking the Talk thread PLEASE) with his choice of the three above prior to Cap making the check I'll choose for him. In the future - try and remember to list very briefly your outcome choice.]



MEANWHILE...

ROUND 2
(PS. I gave Cap the initiative since he was starting the program for the first round, no surprise round. and then the 1st tank commander attacked. This time more Nazi and Tanks and the air support is coming!!)
Initiative for the 2nd ROUND of combat!
PANZERS: 16
NAZI TROOPS: 14
LUFTWAFFE: HIDDEN
I'm assuming Cap (with his bonus) will go first so I'll set the situation in reverse initiative order prior to my attacks so Cap can see what they're doing!(if you roll badly for Initiative I may go first!)


The sky is crimson, dark reds mixed with smoke with the dawn breaking... Pharamones have been let out into the ventalation for the room to give the scent of burnt flesh and heated metals, meshed with the fish and livestock of the market scene.
The buzz of a trinity squad of German planes swarm closer... they'll be on the scene within 6-12 seconds Cap could estimate. [for exact round, roll a tactics knowledge skill check]...
With 2 tanks within 30' of Cap, the ground support of Nazi Soldiers barge through into the market square!! Seven BrownCoats blast away with their MG-34s toward the Ultimate!

[Normally I'd try Aiding one another to have a better chance of hitting!! They each get 3 auto-fire shots at -6 each but the Aid negates that minus for the lead shooter to attack 3 times. BUT for Cap it'll be near impossible anyway... I have a better chance to just attack 21 times!! and hope for Natural 20s. NOW... rolls... and I get TWO natural 20s!!
That means Cap can choose to use actions to Deflect if he wants... Choose then tell me your results and we'll continue. Damage Save will be total of 19 for each of the two machine gun hits]


As the PANZER main guns track Rodgers, their 2 Tank Commanders also fire their top mounted machine guns....
BBrraattt...ttatttt...ttttttt...tttt
[the first missing with the three Auto-fire rolls, the second rolls 1 Natural 20!!]
Most of the shots track acorss the wall behind Cap!!! But this may be too much for the Ultimate!! One gets through!

[As before... That means Cap can choose to use actions to Deflect if he wants... Choose then tell me your results and we'll continue. Damage Save will be total of 21 for the Panzer machine gun hits]

The Panzers crush and twist through the market, aiming to roll over Rodgers if in range soon... (currently at a right angle above at Cap's 2 O'clock [vertical tank #1 facing him] and 11 O'clock [the horizontal tank #2 turning to face him])

<"Commander, hold we have ze American in sites... and firing on my mark... MARK">
BOOOM!!!
and the Blitzkrieg Tank commander from the second Panzer cries out (in German)...
<"Lead-Tank, on our mark... AGAIN... AGAIN!!!">
and from the first tank...
BOOOM!!!

[Both Panzers fire their main gun into the square that Cap is in. Focusing to hit him NEITHER hit (Reflex Save for half Damage, Cap) but the blast that shakes his area is sufficient! Total Dmg SV: 25. If Relex Save HALF: 20.]...
Cap should be okay - if he doesn't roll too bad...

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but not sure if Kevin will allow him to first try and disable it, so not attacking the ‘whole tank’… following rounds attacking the turret and the machine guns

[OOC: on future rounds if you notify me FIRST (in the text before the attempt to hit) that you want to do this, I'm fine with it.... it would be a -4 to hit the area you want normally, on a big Tank I'd say it's more like a -2. I'd allow you to attack the weapon itself, similar to the way a Neutralize would target a power... and I'll reduce or add to the Hardness of the object (or the Dmg SV) as makes sense for the area hit]...
Of course if you want to "Disable Device" you can do that with a skill check... I'd let you add your Strength modifier INSTEAD of your normal Int Modifier for your skill check. Is that fair? Make sense?

[occ]NOTE that as we it seems we are keeping some things secret I did not list out my rolls + attack bonus, just cause Kevin is keeping all our characters, etc. IF rolls should appear will edit[/occ]

[THIS is a great way to handle it, nice job Karl.]

 

[Dalamar]

Spider-Man

[The top of the page is taken by three close-ups of Peter. First with an angry look on his face, mouth open and finger raised, like a mother scolding a child.
The second frame is the same, except his mouth is closed.
The third has his mouth open again.]

"Ahh... What the heck.." It's not like I don't run off from dates to kick the tushie of whatever on my own every so often.
"I'll just grap my suit and webshooters."

He dashes off to his cellar laboratory to grap his backpack, ready with the aforementioned utilities. He's already pulling his mask on as he walks to the chopper.
"So there's a big psychic thingamajingie you think is dangerous, and you want to use my 'spider-sense' to pinpoint it? And since you probably know what I ate for breakfast, you also know that my sense only reacts to danger.
So you're throwing me next to a dangerous, unidentified, psychic (not to mention dangerous), thing?"

 

[Kevin Perrine]

SPIDER-MAN & Fury

He's already pulling his mask on as he walks to the chopper.

"So there's a big psychic thingamajingie you think is dangerous, and you want to use my 'spider-sense' to pinpoint it? And since you probably know what I ate for breakfast, you also know that my sense only reacts to danger.
So you're throwing me next to a dangerous, unidentified, psychic (not to mention dangerous), thing?"

[the panel shows a worms-eye view of Fury hanging above in mid-air from the tow line of his escort chopper above, looking down at Peter]
KAA--THOOOM!!! thunder crashes, followed seconds later by a lightning strike that arches between the S.H.E.I.L.D. helicopter and the street on May Parker's block... the ground from the chopper nearly drawing in a shock.

As the rain starts to hit the big black man's bald head rolling to his fed-up cheek... he looks down and Peter as they both begin to be pulled into the escort.....
"YEAH Parker ..... AND...??!!???"

the helicopter dips and weaves, no problem for a human spider to hang on as the chopper starts to ascend and bank for the river...

 

[DanMcS]

Hawkeye- The Ultimates- The Triskelion, NY Harbor

Clint wolfs down the last of his snack and brushes off his hands. "Looks like we better... I wish that kid would let me finish my sentences." He tosses his styrofoam cup in the trash and trots out the swinging door.

On the way to the war room, he rounds the corner, straight into Dr Banner.

"Ooof! Hey, watch it, buddy," he recognizes the doctor and tones down immediately, "Oh, hey Doc, didn't see you there. You all right?" He gathers the papers the biologist was carrying. "Sorry about that, man. You're doing the briefing? Glad to see you feeling better. You are feeling better, right?"

 

[Dalamar]

Spider-Man

If he was't wearing a mask, the shot would show Spider-man with a smirk on his face.
"I was wondering why you're letting me off so easily. I was expecting at least something that can blow up a couple of cars by blowing its nose."

 

[Velmont]

QUICKSILVER - the Ultimates

"As usual, I am doing the dirty work, because I can do it faster... well, lucky, it will take only 2 minutes. You understood Hawkeye?" seeing he is, he doesn't wait for the answer.

He runs and meet Banner in the corridor, before he enters into collision with Hawkeye.

"If YOU are out, you must know, but Fury will be there at 21h00. Meeting. Usual place."

A moment after, he is near the exit, where Thor enters.

"Meeting, 21h00, ususal place. Fury's call!" He said fast in a telegraphic tone. "And have you seen those two waves of energy? Was that you? Anyway, have job to do." he adds, just as fast, and leave as quickly as he appears, leaving Thor alone in the hall.

In the gymnasium, Pietro arrive next to Scarlet Witch and run next to hear.

"Fury call a meeting at 21h00, at usual place."

"You know I hate that when you run next to me. It make me feels like I don't know how to run."

"Sorry sis, but couldn't resist. Cya at 21h00." on that, he finish his turns at his full speed and run to the training room. He enter in the middle of the simulation. He dodges all that is coming to him.

"Hey Cap! Fury will be there at 21h00. He called a meeting. Don't miss it. It's isn't time to sign autograph to your fans after your training. And you should seriously raise the difficulty of your training. Too easy to dodge."

(OOC: Taunt Cap so he raise the difficulty of the training: Roll: 30! hehe)

He leaves quickly after that, not letting a chance to Capitaine to react against him. He arrives to Black Widow quaters and knocks at the door.

"Widow? Fury call a meeting at 21h00. Usual place."

After making sure Widow have the message, he go to the satellite room.

He starts to enter some information. "Vocalcommandsarejusttooslow." he says to himself. He tries to track Stark, Tony. He intensifies the seach up to a meter of precision, and get the altitude in case of a many floor building.

 

[Kevin Perrine]

SPIDER-MAN & Fury

If he was't wearing a mask, the shot would show Spider-man with a smirk on his face.
"I was wondering why you're letting me off so easily. I was expecting at least something that can blow up a couple of cars by blowing its nose."

[the page turns and the spread shows a long horizontal panel crossing both pages about 2/3 down into the page. A smaller square-ish panel in the top left shows Pete taking his seat with Fury in the chopper as they pull up out of Queens... the full of the large panel reveals...]

Forest Hills,
Queens, New York
Mid-Evening [local time]
June 30, 2004…

The S.H.E.I.L.D. chopper banks hard right and then left with the storm, taking them across the East River - North toward HQ. The wind pulls them farther west than would normal but the chopper holds course...
Then
SUDDENLY...
Pete's spider-sense begins to tingle.......... things seem to slow and as Pete's head is drawn to the west into central Manhattan...
the kind of blast a static from turning the nobs on an old radio would have, piercing Spidey's brain - approaching system shock, jerking a bit Peter shivers from the continuing trauma!!!

[***Spider-Man make a WILLPOWER check immediately before doing any other actions***
if you fail, please describe your Hero's GREATEST FEAR as if it is a dream that you have entered, you cannot act until I reply...
If you succeed, please describe the dream of your GREATEST DESIRE - and you can act in the physical world and make a second WILLPOWER check to drive the dream out of your vision.
I will tell you if you failed/succeed following the check]

Fury whips to see Parker grasping his head..... and the lightning crosses the sky toward Central Park!
KAAA-THOOOOOOMMM!!!

Nick grabs the young heroes shoulders to hold him still, pulling him back to his chest like a father would...
"Breath Parke... BREATH Peter...
It's cool man. Breath... Like me... feel your chest, like mine, in and out.
It ain't nothin'"
Fury looks up in worry.
"Jesus, Clay - whatever it is it's starting!!!
Get us back to the Triskelion A-SAP!!!!"

The blond S.H.E.I.L.D. Commander nods to Fury...
"Roger Nick, We're clearing Central Park now and should be at the HQ in 6.25. Will he hold Colonel?"

"...He'll hold."
Col. Fury says sternly without a doubt in his heart.

[as the bottom third of the spread show small headshot panels flashing back and forth between those in the chopper... then on the last panel, bottom right corner... a silhouette of Fury holding Pete his chest to Pete's back as a father would a son, as they breath together - with the Statue of Liberty in the background as lightning flashes close the scene!]

 

[DralonXitz]

Daredevil

As Matt looks down across the table, the young woman gives him a soft smile, extending her hand to him. Smiling, he slowly sits down and stretches back in his chair, trying to let the anger inside of him slowly seep out. As Karen slowly takes her arm back, she holds her smile, trying to cheer him up.

"So, how are you doing Mr...?"

"Murdock. Matt Murdock."

As the dinner continued on, Matt held to the formalies, unpleasent as they were. Then suddenly, from some distant area, he heard that all to familiar sound.

"Think your gonna hold out on the Big Man?"

 

[farik]

Banner quickly snatches his "private" notes from the screen and starts typing frantically. Pushing away from his terminal.

"That's enough working at this thing. I'll just have this stuff print in the briefing room and finish the final calculation in there"

afterall anywhere is better than in here. Gosh maybe I was wrong about Fury.....Then again I think I'll keep my latest discoveries to myself...just in case.

Clint wolfs down the last of his snack and brushes off his hands. "Looks like we better... I wish that kid would let me finish my sentences." He tosses his styrofoam cup in the trash and trots out the swinging door.

On the way to the war room, he rounds the corner, straight into Dr Banner.

"Ooof! Hey, watch it, buddy," he recognizes the doctor and tones down immediately, "Oh, hey Doc, didn't see you there. You all right?" He gathers the papers the biologist was carrying. "Sorry about that, man. You're doing the briefing? Glad to see you feeling better. You are feeling better, right?"

Adjusting his glasses Banner stuffs his private notes deep into his pocket, after forgetting he was even carrying them. He tries to look non-challant(sp).

"I'm feeling fine sir"

Bruce smiles meekly and looks about for some excuse to end the conversation.

"Well.....I've got some more work to do before everyone arrives for the briefing so I need to get going."

Bruce walks away from Clint with an uncomfortable tension and breaks into a sprint as soon as he's around the corner.

Damn it!!!! If I don't get that interface figured out before the briefing Fury is going to lock me up again. I'll murder that GI jerk if he ruins this chance for me. What was that "feeling better" crap about? Did he think I wouldn't realize he was calling me crazy? Idiot.

A small time stamp appears in the corner of a panel showing the briefing room Bruce snatches the pile of paper from the printer tray and spreads them out on the table tackling them with a marker from the media closet.

In the next panel time stamped 5 minutes later he has covered the paper with scrawls and the assorted screens in the room are coming to life with diagrams and 3-d models.

OOC: Bio-chem (or physics) roll with prof:scientist synergy bonus = 36
Computers roll = 21
Mechanics roll = 25
Elctronics roll = 24


"YES!! That should do nicely. Now I just need to send these schematics down to the fabrication department."

Banner is drawn as a dynamic energized character as he stands surrounded by the complex problem and solution. The meek character from the cell bears only a passing resemblance to this proud man who stands emmersed in his lonely world of science. If only he could feel like this when other people were around.