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

[Bihlbo]

Colossus

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]

** Colossus's will save is 19 **

(If successful) Piotr pictures himself in a larger, more futuristic version of the U.N. headquarters. He's standing near the back wearing a suit and dark shades. He sees Xavier standing next to the speaker, who says "...and thanks to the great work by professor Charles Xavier, today we make it official that those afflicted by mutant genes are officially recognized as humans. This comes after great social changes over the past few years as we've seen, from all over the world, society accepting those different from themselves as true brothers and sisters."
** Second will save is 16 **
(If successful) Piotr grabs his clean clothes, and with a look of determination, races out of the locker room, getting dressed on the way. A moment later he stands at the TV room and says, "The professor! Where is he? Is he alright?"

(If not successful) Piotr imagines himself (not as Colossus) picking up a whole ocean liner and throwing it at a silhouetted enemy, who holds up a hand, halting the ship and dropping it. Only then does Piotr see that thousands of screaming people are aboard the ship, and it is falling into a lush and bustling city park. After the explosion he walks through the rubble, seeing the faces of clearly dead children looking up at him with hate in their eyes, saying "MUUUTAAANNNT .... yoouuu diiid thhiiiiisssss"

 

[mr_raven]

Highflying Angel

[***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]

Willpower Check
Roll -16
Greatest Fear-As the Angel is flying high, high into the sky and soaring above the clouds, the bite of the air warded from his naked skin by the warmth of the sun, and as he soars higher and higher he starts to seperate from his wings as he can see wax, start to melt and feathers fall away from his wings, and gradually he starts to fall, his wings gone and he plummets to the ground.

Greatest desire-As Warren flys higher and higher he starts to see others with wings, surrounding him weaving intricate patterns in the sky, flocking around him, following his every move and beat of his mighty wings. A host of Angels for him to fly with forever more.

Second Will
Roll -7
Angel feels himself lifting off the the ground, his wings flexing almost symbiotically on there own, as he is indoors not a good thing to expamd to his full wingspan, but he floats down and breaks out of his revelerie and focus's on the mansion clock.

"Woah, did anyone else feel, that........"

 

[Kevin Perrine]

WOLVERINE - the X-men

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!!!

Just outside the Mansion....
the wave of psychic energy seeps across the land slower now, undirected and still uncontrolled but slowly dissipating.
The WAVE
does however catch up with WOLVERINE as he trails through the forested bits of the estate!!

[***WOLVERINE 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]

[OOC: PS. Logan is welcome to make his way to find Fury, track back to the Mansion, or whatever]

 

[Kevin Perrine]

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.
As the dinner continued on, Matt held to the formalies, unpleasent as they were.

[From outside the resaurant, the panel shows the street as lamps light up - through the glass we see a trio of young adults just sitting to have dinner. One chubby gentleman, a athletic man obviously blind from his glasses and cane, and a young woman - beautiful...]

the Russian Tea Room
150 W 57th St, Manhattan, NY
Just off 7th & 6th, ~2 blocks from south end Central Park
Evening [local time]
June 30, 2004…

Karen Page drapes her napkin into her lap looking down, almost embarassed by the hansome lawyer's lack of interest in meeting her... She glances up then down again quickly before parting her full lips to chat...

"So, Matt... Foggy tells me your dad was a boxer..."
Looking to Foggy Nelson, she second guesses herself, wondering if she should have mentioned Matt's father so early after meeting him. She's nervous, this is obviously a set up date... But does Mr. Murdock even know??


.. 4 blocks away a man curses his dog for crapping on the sidewalk.
.... 3 blocks away a young man and prostitue giggle tripping into a doorway.
...... 2 blocks away a strange buzzing sound he's never heard.
........ 1 block away a traffic cop yells as a cabbie blasts through a red light.
........... at the door, the matradee scratches a name down from his phone conversation - "Justin Hammer"
............... at his table, Mrs Page shuffles in her chair - she's wearing silk under her dress.

Then suddenly, from some distant area, he heard that all to familiar sound.
"Think your gonna hold out on the Big Man?"

The thug's name is Silke, Sammy Silke a nobody midway on the Kingpin's food chain. He likes to intimidate his marks... He's about two and a half blocks north into Central Park, that's about 16 seconds at full sprint... plus 12 seconds to change...... Matt knows he could make it - but it'd take some careful explaining afterward. He'd miss cocktails, about 8 minutes of dinner (assuming they continue without him).

"I said what's it gonna be meat? the Big Man want's to know why you ain't brought in the maps yet? me... I wanna know if you want it in the gut or the ear... hehehehe..."

and the camera pulls back extremely fast in first person from the point of the thug's view... block by block... to Matt Murdocks table.

What can he do...?

 

[Keia]

Wolverine - (Logan), unhurt [X-MEN]

Salem Center,
Westchester County, NY
Mid-Evening [local time]
June 30, 2004…

. . . the smaller "talking head" panels shift to something more organic... something fitting the X-men's "outside" member. Focusing for a second on Logan's boot, and we read . . .

. . . a squirrel, it gathers new grass for it's hole crossing over "the Wolverine's" foot... Logan's very essence flowing so effortlessly with the nature about him, a normally jittery little animal crosses his path without even knowing a "human" is about. . . .

Logan snapped out with his hand to the squirrel, catching it within his grasp. Cradled surprisingly gently, Logan whispered to the squirrel, "Bub, yer awfully close to Ororo’s playground, and I don’t think ya ought to be in there – fer your own safety.” A quick sniff or two, and Logan had identified where the squirrel had come from. A moment later he was moving toward the woods, to return the wayward squirrel.

"Aaaahhhh-rrrr-arg!!" Xavier says AND THINKS!! and for a brief second EACH X-man feels the sharp stab of pain in his or her temple!

Wolverine snapped his head around, the brief stab startling him . . . and the squirrel which leapt out of Logan’s hands and scrambled for the forest. ‘What the – ’ Logan thought briefly.

"Forgive me for the outburst, I did not mean to let my affliction slip to concern you... for now it will rest my mind if you enjoy your night. Good night my X-men...

"Nite, Chuck,” Wolverine said . . . more than a little annoyed. That beer was sounding better and better. Wolverine entered the woods – his personal short-cut into the town of Westchester.

An almost palpable wave of psychic energy passed over Wolverine as he made his way through the forest (Will Save = 28 [Roll of 16 + 12 base]) and Wolverine staggered to his knees . . . thoughts and images coming unbidden into his mind.

If Fail . . .

Blood red vision slowly coming clear . . . Logan was breathing heavy, sweat dripping from his brow . . . he shook his head as though to clear it . . . only to see the dead all around him . . . not just any dead – his friends and comrades . . . and Jean. Wolverine threw back his head in a primal yell of anger and loss.

If succeed . . .

Logan’s vision cleared as though just waking from a dream – in fact that was just what happened. Logan looked at his surroundings. He was in bed, in a log cabin, a woman with long red hair was sharing his bed . . . the ring on his finger was the only metal on or in his body . . . the sounds of the forest greeted him.

Second Save: 21 [Roll of 9 + 12 base] Wolverine climbed to his feet and reversed his direction. He sprinted through the forest at full speed . . . only one word escaping his lips as he ran . . . ‘Jean.’

 

[DralonXitz]

"I said what's it gonna be meat? the Big Man want's to know why you ain't brought in the maps yet? me... I wanna know if you want it in the gut or the ear... hehehehe..."

Without a moment of hesitation, Matt rushes up, knocking his drink over the table and charges outside, sprinting drasticlly towards the park. As he runs into the nearest alley, he rips off his suit and puts on what he really wears, the Red Leather Garb of the Man Without Fear, of Daredevil.

He grips his billy club firmly and begins to scale the walls with his hook, bouncing from building to building.

Jump Roll=11 + 8= 19
Climb Roll=13 = 2= 15

 

[Radiant]

Rogue-the X-Men

Will safe was a natural 1, taking the liberty of asuming that's a failure...

The panel shows the floor from above and Rogue clutching her head while she sninks to her knees. The whole backround seems out of focus, except for Rogue herself.
The next panel shows her kneeling in the same position but this time it is back in her cell in the weapon X complex.

Heavy footsteps are sounding through the floor. Every few seconds they stop, followed by a short burst of gunshots.

"We don't need you mutie's anymore. Nice trip to hell."
Someone speaks after the latest shots.

The next panel shows the same prison cell but this time covers half the page and focuses on the now broken wall. The juggernaut stands in the hole, Sabretooth crouches behind him.

The huge mutant goes back through the wall while Sabretooth waves impatiently.

"Get moving brat we're out of here."

Without showing any of the way the next panel shows a far away few of the three escaping through some forest. Again without any visible sense another scene follows. The following panels are scattered wild around the page, showing them as unconnected fragments.

-Rogue stands with her arms crossed, looking pointedly away while Wolverine and Sabretooth fight. The X-Men has red glowing eyes and far too big fangs and with a maniac laugh cuts of Sabretooth's head.

-Juggernaut goes down under concentrated fire from dozens of soldiers carrying the shield symbol. With a groan he pulls himself up but then Thor himself appears, taking him out with a strike from his hammer.

-The wall explodes and the rooms fills with gas. Dozens of mutants are unconscious in seconds. Captain America appears in the breach and fights his way through the Brotherhood like some avenging angel of god himself. Toad is one of the fallen ones and Rogue touches him to find a way to escape.
Wow this even happened for real she thinks for a second but then Toad opens his eyes and begs her to take him with her, reminding her that she left him behind.

The random images change to an orderly row again but the background still looks out of focus.
A whole crowd of humans run screaming through the streets while she tries to run. They are carrying guns, torches and anything else you could use to hurt someone else while Rogue hurries through the rainy night. Regardless how fast she runs she somehow can't prevent them from getting closer and closer. She finds herself backed against a wall. As the crowd draws closer she can make out faces. Among the normal citizens she sees the soldiers of Weapon X and even the Ultimates.
The wall behind her vanishes and a soft and comforting light fills the street. Then she spins around see sees the X-Mens Blackbird standing behind her. The engines are running but the sound is soft. The light spills from its open hatch and she can see the members of the X-Men getting in. Cyclops is extending his hand to help Nightcrawler get up.
"Don't worry we'll make it."
Rogue runs towards the jet but the warm smile Cyclops gave Kurt vanishes then he sees her.
"You left your comrades down, people like you don't belong to the X-Men."
Wolverine appears beside him, again with glowing eyes and huge fangs.
"He never had a chance against me and you knew it!
For a moment she wonders how so many people can stand beside each other in that small hatch but she can't hold onto that thought.
Marvel Girl smirks at her and door starts to close.
"You shouldn't have taken my powers to hurt my friends. A vampire like you is an enemy to her own race."
Her image is replaced be Nightcrawler. He looks sadly at her.
"Sorry Rogue. Even other mutants are affraid of you. And you just don't fit in anythere."
With a loud thump the door closes.
The page ends with a singel small panell that's filled with black color completly.

 

[Kevin Perrine]

Daredevil

Without a moment of hesitation, Matt rushes up,
...
He grips his billy club firmly and begins to scale the walls with his hook, bouncing from building to building.

Jump Roll=11 + 8= 19
Climb Roll=13 = 2= 15

[from a ink black panel, showing the tiny lights of Mid-town a Crimson wave splits the page]
Upward, onward, toward the park Daredevil vaults and swings... Whether is be the sudden change of situation or the anxious energy, Matt touches a little of his mortality as his boot tread slips on the rain soaked brick as he bounds building to building. [in combat those rolls might be close to the DC, but not close enough for travel time speed] But the Man Without Fear doesn't flinch or give second notice. His club catching on ledge, hooks and window sills upward quickly to the rooftops.
Its the second half of the ride that makes the ride worth the name Daredevil... As he can pause for a breif second at the top of the 7 story building he was at the bottom of just seconds before! Then diving down using the momentum to drive him to the park.

Central Park seperates a bit from the tall buildings gently rolling into the few trees within Mid-town... DD takes one more long swing to propel him through the air and across onto the park wall then quickly into trees some 30' away and above the Silke.

[the panels shift from bigger to smaller as the action gets personal]
[With a roll of a 5 the thug don't see/hear Daredevil approaching, you have a Surprise round on him! What do you do?]

It was easy to track to this point. Sammy's gruff accented voice. His heavy breathing. The fear emminating from his mark. The man Silke looks to shake down is probably in his late 40s, he's a heavy smoker - his lungs make his voice weazey as he cowers beneath the brute's pig-sticker.
The oil of a .35 alerts you to the gun in Sammy's belt in the back of his pants... The bad after-shave mixed with another man's after-shave alerts you to the fact Sammy's been close with another man tonight, that won't make his wife happy - and he'd take a beating from his boys if they knew he was practicing prison time outside the joint.

"dat's it, you're toast meat!!"
Sammy says as he glances once for onlookers and then starts to pull his arm back to shove the shiv into the patsy's throat!

 

[Karl Green]

Captian America

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…

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

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.]

[occ]Hmm Sense Motive DC30, if I roll a 20, still not enough… so, depending (I would assume with the ‘talky’ it would probably be -4 to next attack or skill roll but that’s just me[/occ]

Cap glances at Quicksilver thinking That damn fool is going to get himself killed! Just cause your fast son, doesn’t make you invulnerable…eventually some bozo gets lucky…

About then…

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!)

Captain gets a 16 initiative bad rolling there

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 Brown Coats 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]

Golly that a lot of natural 20’s ok then… I will wait for the panzer round. I assume I don’t need to roll a natural 20, just have to beat the total attack roll of the Panzer. Anyway Damage save for the two Nazi machine guns… first attack Damage save (remember his Armored Steelmesh Shirt!) total 25, second attack roll Damage save total 29

Captain thinks Damn, lucky for me these guys are better then the real ones I fought… was it really 60 years ago?!?! Your getting old Steve, can’t even avoid some dumb gunners spraying lead around like they got nothing better to do…

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]

Deflection total 28, if not enough, Damage save total vs. that machine gun is 32, hmm guess I should have just tried to deflect them all for all the good it did me…

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...

Reflex save total is 30, Damage save vs. Half Damage is a total of 19 man dice hate me, but remember the shirt, think I made it Verses the second blast Reflex Save 29, Damage save vs. Half Damage is a total of 27.

When Captain America final reacts he thinks OK here is where we separate the boys for the Section 8 girl want-to-be’s

I remember somewhere something about Tactics, Captains roll is 24. Captain throws his shield at the nearest Nazi (the group of 7), Attack roll total 24 (if I get -4 because of the Taunt, still a 20, assuming that hits as my Range Increment is 40ft with the Shield), Damage save vs. 29, if he fails, Takedown Attack, Ricochet Attack rolls natural 20! Damage Save vs. a 34. If that takes him out, Takedown Attack, Ricochet Attack roll 26 -4 -4 (taunt) =18, if that is a hit Damage save vs. 29. If that takes him out Takedown Attack, Ricochet Attack roll 26 -6 -4 =16, if that is a hit, Damage save vs. 29. If that takes him out, Takedown Attack, Ricochet Attack roll 29 -8 -4 (taunt) =17, if that is a hit Damage save vs. 29. If that takes him out, Takedown Attack, Ricochet Attack roll 34 -10 -4 (taunt) =20, if that is a hit Damage save vs. 29. If that takes him out, attacking the LAST of the group of 7, Takedown Attack, Ricochet Attack roll 31 -12 -4 (taunt) =15, if that is a hit Damage save vs. 29. Captain also makes a half moves 20ft to get some cover from the either the Troops or the Tanks or the Planes coming down out of the sky whichever is within Range.

On Round 3, depends on who has Initiative and what Cap is facing…

[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]Makes sense to me, and no problem, I was just… moving stuff along [/occ]

 

[Mimic]

Thor - Ultimates

*As Captain America is about to dive for cover, something flys by him traveling at an incredible speed as it heads straight towards one of the Panzers*

Attack roll: 28 Damage Save: 40 - (armor rating) note: protection reduced by 2

*As Captain America completes his roll, he glances back and easily spots Thor standing tall almost as if daring the enemy to attack him, he lifts up his hand and catchs Mjolnir as it flys back to his grasp*

"Come on Cap, finish these guys off we got a meeting to go to." Thor says giving him a big smile

Initiative: 6 (ouch)