PBF: Sentinels Starter Kit

Freedom Five #801: Itsy Bitsy Spider Bots

Megalopolis has seen better days. Quite a few of them. Although the city survived the rampage of OblivAeon, it hasn't escaped unscathed. The area around Freedom Tower, more accurately where Freedom Tower used to be, took the heaviest beating but the rest of the city wasn't left untouched by the cosmic entity.

The government science teams are still picking through the wreckage, searching for anything that might have survived. Still wearing radiation suits against any lingering radiation, they're poring over the rubble.

Over your radios, you hear firefighter chatter as they deal with a still burning building on 5^th Street, ambulances wailing as they head to 7^th where a family has been pulled from the wreckage.

Still, despite this, the city remains as it always has, locals helping out, digging through shattered homes for survivors, arriving on scene with hot food for the rescue workers and firefighters, or meeting under the titanic boughs of Akash'Flora in what used to be Freedom Park and is now a city block-sized tree that other scientist teams are trying to understand.

RevoCorp has even sent the leader of their new team, the Paradigms, to help. She's due in today and it will be good to meet up with your old intern.

So, heroes, what are you doing?

Tachyon is helping to rescue people from buildings and getting them to proper emergency medical personnel.   She is explaining to them what issues they might have but is talking/moving so fast they have no idea what she said.  

Bunker is currently assisting a rescue crew at the moment, either using the instruments of his suit to target weak points of collapsed structures that might break and come crashing down at any moment OR using the strength of his suit to lift heavier slabs of debris that might otherwise need a crane or some other heavy machinery. "This is a mess." he mutters to himself, making sure his mic isn't on.

As he works, he keeps in contact with the other members of the Freedom Five. "I'm almost done with the heavy lifting over on 35th and Lee. How's everyone else doing?"


The Wraith is using the Mega-Computers to try to run data analysis in looking for survivors and potential secondary disaster spots - electrical lines in danger of coming down, undetected gas/water leaks and the like. 

"Tyler, it looks like when you're done there we've got a slow leak in a water main up by 9th and Grant. Traffic analysis suggests that the utility company is on it, but extra eyes on the scene might be good since there's a major freeway on-ramp nearby that we don't want to have get sapped by the drainage. Unless you'd rather hop over there, Dr. Stinson?"

“Ialreadygothereasyouweretalking” 

Tachyon starts looking over the drain to figure out what can be done.  

Tyler smiles. "Always one step ahead of the game, Doc. I'll still make my way over just in case you need an extra set of hands. Might not get there as fast as you, though." Loading up the last chunk of larger walls onto a dumptruck and leaving a thankful word to the rescue crews, the massive metal suit loads up and starts the trek over to the freeway.

Having made his way to the fire on 5th Absolute Zero heads into the building. He triggers the opening of the aperture on his left hand and with a sharp intake of breath, a beam of cold energy shoots from his hand and puts out some of the smaller fires. Ryan giving his suit a chance to warm up before tackling the larger blaze. 

In the apparent solitude of the burning building, Ryan asks over the coms "Meredith did you manage to clear out any of the civilians on 5th. Don't want to have any unseen surprises." 

Cycling his coms to a more public frequency. "Cheif Jenkerson do we have any idea of the integrity of this building? Are we looking to save the building or just not let it spread?"

“Well, son, fire like that, it’ll probably have to come down at some point, but if you can keep it standing for a proper demo job when things have calmed down, it’d be appreciated.”

(If you want to put the fire out in one go, it’ll be an overcome check. Twists could be hindering or damage as you get hit by shifting building parts)

Legacy has been flying around, helping the assorted groups of fiefighters and officials mantain order and rescue people, and generally supervising the help efforts. Legacy thought on this that he had become more and more detached from the action and taken a supervisor's role. Oh well. He would notice the large fire and talk into his com "Frost, you need any help over there?"

"Your help is always appreciated Paul. If this doesn't go to plan I may need you to keep people clear of any debris." 

With a few quick finger taps on his suits internal sensor array to do a sharp sudden exposure of Absolute Zero's forearms to allow for rapid fire suppression. 

( Overcome using the Principle of Cold, Green Dice, Creativity :  5 Minor twist: Take min dice damage 2 ) 

With a blast of cold, the fire flares once and dies. However with his focus on the fire, Absolute Zero misses on key structural weakness in the floor beneath him. With the sudden shift in temperature, the weakness caused by the fire expands and the floor collapsing under him. 

When the noise stops you hear over the coms "Well that was unpleasant" 

Unity turns the corner of 8th and Grant, riding on an saurian robot.  "Whoo!  Sorry I'm late, guys.  GPS is wonky and Mr. Chomps got lost."

"Mr. Chomps" does not resemble any previous incarnation of Raptor Bot, apparently being made out of some mismatched car parts and a broken manhole cover, but it's in the same ballpark.  It steps in a sodden piece of ground and gets stuck.  Unity simply hops off and lets the bot disintegrate.

"Hi, Doc!  Good to see ya again!  Wow, what a mess, huh?  You got this one figured out yet?"

While she's talking and without waiting for a reply, Unity assembles a golem that resembles a centaur/ant with a dump truck for a back, with multiple limbs for assisting in multiple types of repair work.  (Spawn Golem: 4 Robotics, 3 Creativity, 10 Status, mid=4 for a d8 Boost Bot.)

"Frost, you alright?" asks Vance over the coms. "Sounds like you may have had a bit of trouble over there." The Bunker suit walks along whatever is the clearest path, which just so happens to be along the sidewalk at the moment. Realizing how long it will take him to get to the freeway on foot, he spots a large and empty flatbed truck just finishing dropping off suplies to a work crew. "Excuse me," he asks the driver, the suit kneeling down a few feet away from the drivers seat. "If you don't mind sparing fifteen minutes, could I ask for a lift?"

(Overcome to persuade driver to let Bunker catch a ride: Intuition=1, Self Dicipline=5, Status=8; Mid=5)

"Wow, it's Bunker!" the worker exclaims happily, her head leaning out the window, throwing a thumb towards the back of the truck. "You need a lift, I'm your gal! Hop on! You saved my brother's whole unit overseas a few years ago!"

"Glad to be of assistance, ma'am. And thank you." The large metal suit steps onto the truck's flatbed, a loud-SNAP!-heard as it take's Bunker's full weight. Inside the large metal chassi Vance sighs. "Uh-oh..." the driver says. "I think you just killed the suspension."

"Sorry about that. Have your company send the repair bills to the Freedom Five. We'll cover them." With a nod the driver starts the engine up, driving carefully down the street.

"I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, guys, but there's an impromptu Hooverville that's starting to form over by that big tree. Maybe good because it looks like it means we don't have many folks who are stuck inside damaged buildings, but maybe bad because there's a lot of them. Like, maybe as much as a tenth of the city's population, and that's really going to strain the capacity of Freedom Park to be able to shelter everybody and not run into sanitary issues."  The Wraith starts running some analysis patterns on the Mega-Computers, trying to find a set of locations that might be able to break the gathering of the homeless up into manageable pieces and locations.

"I am just fine Tylor. Just decided to take the express elevator down a floor. Could have been worse it's not like it was a trap by Citizen Summer." 

Getting up from under his pile of rubble a few superficial scrapes covering his multi-million dollar suit, Absolute Zero takes in his dark surroundings. The only light coming from the sunlight from the hole above Ryan. The piping covering the wall and the boiler off to one side shows he has fallen down into this building's basement. Ryan casts a quick glance at the stairs to see they are fire damaged and wouldn't hold the weight of a chihuahua let alone him and his suit.

"Paul about that assistance. I could do with a lift out of this basement. The fire has made getting out a bit of a challenge." 

As Tachyon turns to greet her former intern, the manhole she was investigating clatters open, spilling out half a dozen mailbox sized metallic creatures. Four spindly legs scrabble on the tarmac as they turn unblinking red eyes toward the two heroes. Mandibles clack ominously as they advacne in waves of three.

On trio turns towards Tachyon. The one at hte back clamps its mandibles onto the manhole cover, cutting it in half and plugging the severed metal pieces into the robot ahead of it (Boost Roll 3 for +1). Aided by the influx of metal it opens a small port above its eye and fires a mesh of steel filaments at Tachyon, wrapping around one leg and making it harder to move (Hinder Roll 1+1 for boost and +1 for webbing for -1 penalty to Tachyon’s actions). The final member of the trio scuttles forward, raising its mandables and clamping down on her arm (Attack roll 6, 6 damage).

The others turn their attention to Unity. The first begins chewing on a nearby car to boost its fellow (Boost Roll 4 for +2). Its ally hurls the webbing, wrapping around Unity and Mr Chomps, binding them together as Mr Chomps falls to the ground in the mesh (Hinder Roll 6+2 Boost +1 webs for -3 penalty to Unity). The third advances, mandables biting into Unity’s shoulder (Attack Roll 5 for 5 damage).

Meanwhile, as Absolute Zero pulls himself out of the wreckage, he is confronted by a similar swarm emerging from the sewers. The first scrabbles over the fallen building, chewing brick and concrete to fuel the others (Boost Roll 1 for +1). Steel hard webbing flies out from the second robot to pin his arms to his sides (Hinder Roll 6 +1 for boost and 1 for webs, -3 to AZ). The final robot scuttles forward, sparks flying as it begins to chew on the armoured suit around Zero (Damage Roll 3, 3 damage).

As Legacy soars overhead, approaching his friend anoter trio boils out of the sewers, scrambling up the fre ravaged building towards him. Webbing flies out, round his arm as the robot tries to pull him towards the ground. (Boost Roll 2 for +1. Hinder Roll 3 for total of 5, -2 to Legacy) and the third robot leaps from the building, legs wrapping around Legacy’s chest (Damage roll 1, 1 damagej.

Meanwhile, meanhwile, across town, the truck under Bunker shudders as it rattles through the streets, the suspension complaining with every jolting pothole. Suddenly, the driver slams on the brakes. “What the hell are those?!” Bunker turns his head, sensors picking up three squat metl forms scrabbling towards him. One takes a bite out of the truck with its mandables, feeding the second at it scuttles over the cab. (Boost Roll 4 for +2). Webs  spit out pinning one of the giant suit’s legs to the bed of the truck (Hinder Roll 4 for 7, -3 to Bunker). The third clambers onto the bed of thhe truck itself, mandables digging into the metal armour. (Damage Roll 3, 3 damage)

Finally, the Wraith turns from her mega computer as she hears a metallic clicking behind her, to find herself facing a trio of her own robotic terrors. The first tears up a power cable, sparks crackling as it plugs it into one of the others (Boost Roll 2 for +1). The other spider hurls a web towards the Wraith, tangling her in its mesh. (Hinder Roll 4 +1 for webs for 5, -2 to Wraith). Still dripping sparks and moving faster than expected on its still crackling legs, the last spider rushes forward to bite at the Wraith. (Damage Roll 2 +1 for Boost, 3 damage)

With a slight grinding of servos, Absolute Zero manages to get his hand free for an Ice Blast at the bot that managed to encase him in this infernal webbing.

(Attack using Freezer Burn: [URL=https://orokos.com/roll/589818]Damage:1(4-3) Self Harm:0(2-3)[/url]) 

The webbing had entangled some of the mechanics of the arm means only a sliver of energy shoots forth from Absolute Zero just glancing the webbing bot. 

Tachyon takes a moment to access the situation to find weak point.  “HiUnityitsbeenawhilenotimeforchitchatasalwaysitseems.  I’msurethesebotsmusthavesomeweakness”.  Using Quick Insight ability I’m rolling Lightning Calculator, Science, and my status die I get 3, 2, 6.  I give a -2 hinder to the trio of bots or a bot I’m not sure.   “Aimfortheportaboveitseye”

“Oh no! Help me out, Dump Bot!”

The bot struggles against the webs but makes little headway. (Boost: 2, reduces the Hinder by 1 to -2).

“Dump Bot, silly name. You’ll need a better one if you survive this,” Unity mutters. Glaring at the spider-bots, she puts on her meanest face.

“Let’s see how you feel about this!” Straining against the webs, she uses them as components to construct a new golem. Unfortunately, all she manages to do is tangle the webs up in a ball. It wobbles in place forlornly. Unity glares at it. (Robotics 7, Creativity 1, Status 2, -2 Hinder = 0 for a d4 attack sphere.)

(Armor Plating(+1) reduces attack down to 2. Current health: 28-2=26)

"Damnit." Vance groans, starting up the suit's battle protocols as he turns to the driver. "I'll draw their attention, miss. Please get to safety." She nods quickly, jumping from the cab after yanking the keys out of the ignition.

Once that's done, Vance smiles. "So, think rooting me in one spot will help you, huh?" The Bunker Suit raises it's right arm torward the bot on the cab, its Riot Cannon forming out of its massive forearm and hand. "Think again."

(Riot Cannon attack roll: Riot Cannon=8, Ranged Combat=1, Status=8; Mid=8-3=5)

A blue stream of energy rips through the spider-bot on the cab, it's only remains being the spindly legs still sticing out of the roof of the truck.

Vance grins, focusing on the other bots. "Who else wants some?"

(Resistance roll 3. Failure) The robot stands there for a second, smoke rising from the hole bored into its chassie. It wobbles unsteadily on its legs and slowly topples sideways off the cab, legs twitching as it lands on its back on the roadway.

With Absolute Zero, the webbing robot wobbles, one leg caked in ice as it stumbles for a second shot. (Resistnce roll 5. Success. Webbing robot degrded one die step)

"Agh! These blasted spider-things have me all tangled up!" Legacy said, as he tried to break free (Could I roll an Overcome for that, or do I have to take a hindered action to make it go away, I forget?)

(Health now 23/26; -2 to roll)

Caught by surprise, the Wraith tries to work her way way from the spider bots, flipping off of the one that snared her in the webbing to vault toward the door and land on top of the bot that was charging up the others. Along the way, she retrieves some of her throwing knives from out of the utility belt. (Agility + Close Combat + Green = 1, 4, 8, so net result = 2 after the hinder).

Unfortunately, the spider-bots turn out to have her penned into a corner. Over the comms, she calls out, "Yikes! Is anybody else dealing with these arachnid-looking bits that kind of remind me of Omnitron's old repair drones?"

"I'd say the more look like its assault drones, but yeah." Vance answers as the Bunker suit repositions itself, the recoil of the Riot Cannon's first shot shaking off the webs around it's legs. "A couple jumped me too. Must be some new design, but they break like any other bot. How many times have we fought these things now?"

“I dunno, guys,” Unity pipes in over the comm. “I’ve read all your mission reports, and I rebuilt an Omnitron once myself. If there’s a new evil Omnitron out there building these things, it’s picked up a new sense… of… style!” The last words were punctuated by her plucking strands of metallic webbing off her clothes and tossing them at her new lumpy golem, vainly hoping to improve its form. It rolls in a small circle, seemingly unsure of what it’s supposed to be doing.

“OnceThisIsAllOverWeCanExamineThisMoreThoroughly” As Tachyon grunts trying to remove the webbing.   “RightNowTheyAreAttackingUsAndDamagingRecoveryEffortsButDoTryToLeaveOneSlightlyIntactThatICanLookAt”

"We can definitely try to get you one Meredith. I am not promising anything though. Can't be sure how good their thermal shock resistance is." 

[Legacy: Green Zone-32/32 HP (Fortitude reduces physical damage by 1)]

"Well, it would be good if one of you guys could save one, because once I get free, I'm taking these things down." Legacy would then get tired of resisting the robots and fly toward the building top they're pulling him into. (Risky Action, hit more than 1 target) He flies down into the two bots that are close enough together to hit easily (Boost and Hinder bots) and accidentally punches through the building they were on top of, interrupting a minor business meeting and embarrasing himself in the process. As he starts to apologize to the confused, but entertained attendees, he doesn't notice the third spider bot dropping a rock. "Ow! Where'd it get that rock from? That hurts..." he said as he flew up to the rooftops to fight the other spider-bot. (And if the other spider-bots survived, of course he's going to fling them back onto the roof before they could harm the innocent bystanders.) 

[Roll: 2,4,5. Roll of 4 coming at my Spider-Bot: Boost and Spider-Bot: Hinder. I take 5-1 damage: 28HP left. (Oh, I'm rolling for the bots? If so, Hinder Bot dies and Boost bot is now a d4)]

(All right, one round down!  I'll lead off round 2.  Unity is still at 21 HP.)

Back at the water main, Unity has finally succeeded in goading her animated lump of metallic webbing into action.  It bounces on top of the nearest spider-bot and hops lethargically on top of it a couple of times.  Fortunately, the spider-bot does seem sort of fragile and is not completely unscathed by the experience.  (Attack 2, Resist 5, spider-bot reduced to d4.)

Unity grits her teeth in frustration.  "All right, that's it.  Dump-Bot, charge me up!"  The insectile golem generates a meager arc of electricity between two of its spindly "hands" and holds it up for Unity to manipulate.  (Boost: 3, +1 bonus.)

Unity stretches a hand out over the spark and channels it into the closest spider bot!  (Brain Storm, taking a minor twist to use a Yellow when she's in Green: Electricity 2+1, Technology 2+1, Status 10+1.  Resistances: 4 and 4.)  The electricity misses the critical parts of the one she aimed at, but arcs from it to the one the tumbleweed-bot was attempting to attack, destroying it (and knocking the muddled bot around like a rubber ball).  The shot then continues towards Tachyon!  Alarmed, she throws up her hands defensively, but the electricity dances around her hands, imbuing them with electrical power.  The lightning doesn't stop there, though--it then arcs into a nearby power line, causing it to flare with overflowing electricity and collapse near Unity, creating an electrical hazard she'll have to deal with....

"Oops."

(End result: Unity is now facing only one d4 minion and one d6 minion, but she's sporting a nice Downed Power Line -4 Hinder.  However, Tachyon has a Lightning Gauntlets +4 Boost she can make use of.)

(For the sake of bookkeeping: Round 2, characters remaining: Spider-Bots, Legacy, Wraith, Bunker, Tachyon, Absolute Zero.)

The Wraith tries to work herself out of being penned in, timing her dodges in order to cause the spider-bots blows to land on each other instead of her.

(Strike from the Shadows, Stealth + Green + Agility = 9, 3, 5. Wraith defends 3 against all attacks until her next turn, then does 5 damage to one spider-bot.)

"Smash the bots first, reconstruct them to figure out if we've got a resurgence of Omnitron AI or something else later. I might be doing OK over here for now if I can get out of the Mega-Computer control room."

"Can do." Vance answers as aiming reticles pop into view over his next two targets, the message 'TARGET LOCK' flashing on his view screens.

Getting a bead on the closest spider-bot(the one on his chest qualifies), he takes the shot and-

[Riot Cannon attack roll: Riot Cannon= 7, Ranged Combat= 1, Status= 7; Mid= 7]

[D6 Spider-Bot defense roll= 1; Failure]

-blasts a hole through it, it's metal carcass falling off of the suit. "I should be done here soon. Anyone need a little help?"

Tachyon is at 21

With boost from Unity, Tachyon launches into the robots using Hypersonic Assault but her tangled leg is still bothering her along with their hard exteriors ( Speed: 5(1+4 boost) Finesse: 5 Status: 1 ).   Each bot in the area is hit for 5 and each bot has -1 hinder for their next attack as they are flung to the side.   “TheseBotsHaveAToughExterior”

Bunker: The final spiderbot pauses, seeming to weigh its options, before it curls its legs under it and leaps and Bunker, legs scrabbling against his armoured frame (Damage 1)

Absolute Zero and Legacy: One robot scrapes the ice away (Boost 6 +2 to web Robot). The robot so cleared turns to follow Zero and spits webbing from its cracked casing (Hinder: 3 +2 boost +1 web -2 to Absolute Zero) and the final one uses the opportunity to bit into his outstretched arm (Damage: 4)

In the board room, the damaged robots struggle to their feet, sparks flying as they rise, one balancing on three legs, the other belching smoke from its shell as they turn towards Legacy. (Boost: 3 +1, Hinder 1 +1 Boost +1 webs=3 -1 hinder to Legacy). As the businessmen start to panic and run, the last spider-bot drops to the floor, mandables clacking at Legacy. (Damage: 3)

The Wraith: The Bot attacking the Wraith collapses in a shower of sparks after her sudden strike. The one that spun its web tries again, whipping the webbing at the Wraith, catching her cabe in the webbing (Hinder 2, for -1 penalty). The other drops its cables, scuttling forward, mandables clashing like shears as the Wraith steps out of its reach. (Damage: 3-3 defend for 0)

Tachyon and Unity: (As PowerHound  didn't roll the defence die, here they are: 2, 4, 4, 3, 2, so every single bot has failed and been destroyed. You two aren't allowed to team up anymore!!!! You're mean!) As Tachyon races around, the shockwaves send the bots flying, smashing them up against walls and into the power line, reducing them to so much scrap. The power line is still arcing, roboti legs and chassis twitching around as the locals peer out.

[Armor Plating(+1) reduces attack down to 0. Current health: 26]

The Bunker suit's giant arms block the bladed legs of the spider-bot, knocking them asside. "Gonna have to try harder than that, Spindly!"

(AZ starts the round at 18 HP)

As the spider bot bites into Absolutes Zero's arm it also slices through some of the cabling compressing the coolant distribution system allowing for Ryan to exert himself a little bit more.  "Ahhh that's much better" As the sudden drop in temperature makes the remaining webbing brittle allowing Ryan to just step free.

(Modular Realignment: 6-2: Boost +2)

With the coolant flow much improved Ryan feels he can chance a much larger exposure to the air in a hopes to mitigate some of the damage done to his suit as well as deal with most of these pesky robot spiders. "Have I ever told you all how much I hate evil robots? I really hate evil robots." 

Extending both his arms at the spider-bots producing the webbing, Ryab triggers the shielding over his hands to withdraw suddenly creating a sudden temperature differential and with it a pressure differential sending out a blast of cold energy at the spiders not gnawing away at his suit. 

(Thermal Shockwave: 5,2 on the Minions 4+2 on self. This will cause a minor twist) 

The webbing apparently having more insidious effects beyond the basic bindings must have interfered with some of the targeting protocols in the suit as the bot assisting the manages to avoid the brunt of the blow at the expense of its partner. The second bot having already been damaged once is slowed just enough that the targeting protocols not working and is destroyed.

( Bot Resistance:d6:6,d4:3 )

In the bots destruction, its sharp legs fly out and puncture some of the pipes on the wall venting some of the steam from the pipes into the room obscuring vision as well as raising the temperature in the room. 

(Scene End AZ HP: 24 under a -2 Hinder from the pipe puncture min+max die used)  

(Move along, nothing to see here...)

[Legacy: Green Zone, 26/32 HP. Inside boardroom, fighting spiderbots.]

"Ugh. Looks like I'll have to deal with them here before I can go and help the others" Legacy told himself as he wound up a punch.

[Roll Strength (10), Close Combat (8), and Green (6) @ Hinder Bot.

Results: 4,4,8. I am hindered by -1. One roll of 3 coming at my Spider-Bot: Hinder

Remaining characters in Round 2: None]

Bunker: The final spiderbot manages to wrap its legs round Bunker's shoulder, the sharp points driving into the metal armour (Damage: 5)

Absolute Zero and Legacy: As steam fills the air, dusting Absolute Zero with frost as it nears his exposed skin the damaged robot, shell csing cracked from the cold rears up behand its fallen comrade and hurkls a web at Zero (d4 Hinder: 3, -1 to Zero). Meanwhile the nearest Spider-Bot takes its opportunity to scuttle around anf blindside him with a chassisbutt (Damage 2)

In the board room, Legacy shakes off the remains of the robot he casually smashed through. The three-legged robot rears up, spitting webbing over his arm (d4 Hinder 4, -2 penalty). Meanwhle the intact robot continue to bite at his toughened skin (Damage: 3)

The Wraith: Wraith dodges aside as antohe ball of webbing splatters the wall behind her, a few steel strands clinging to her side (Hinder:" , -1 penalty). Meanwhile the robot nearest to her manages to catch her thigh with te edge of its mandables scoring a thing but not deep sgash (Damage: 1)

Tachyon and Unity: Electricity continues to leap from the arcing power line, the twitching remains of the robots littering the ground, their cracked casings exposing their inner workings, smoke or sparks occasionally emerging.

“Uh, Dump-bot? A little help here?”

“A little” is exactly how much help the game but pathetic insectoid is. (1 = Hinder reduced by 1.) The little puffball also attacks one of the power lines, to no effect.

Unity tries her best to make her way to the least-demolished spider-bot to open it up and assist Tachyon with an inspection. Of course, she does it Unity-style, crafting examination tools out of the wreckage. (Hasty Augmentation: Inventions 1, Former Intern 4, Status 4, -3 = 1. Examination Kit + 1 persistent boost to Tachyon.)

(Remaining turns: Absolute Zero, Bunker, Tachyon, Wraith)

[Legacy: Yellow Zone, 24/32 HP. Inside boardroom, fighting spiderbots]

Once Legacy finished his attack on the bot, he has an idea. "Wait. I can help the others!" Immediately, he gets on the com. "Listen up, guys. Relax, but keep laying on the heat. We've got this, easily. Think about all we've done. We literally just saved the world against...Oblivaeon. These spider-bots will be as easy as a Sunday drive, but only if we keep pummeling them. Keep up the good work, team! Legacy out."

[Galvanize: Roll Leadership (10), Vitality (8), amd Yellow (8)

Results: 4,6,10. All attacks and Overcomes made by my allies are increased by 2 until the start of my next turn.

Remaining characters in Round 3: Absolute Zero, Bunker, Tachyon, Wraith.]

[Armor Plating(+1) reduces attack down to 4. Current health: 26-4=22]

The spider-bot's blades catch underneath a plate of armor near the Bunker suit's inner arm and shoulder, catching and slicing a few wires and servos. "Oh come on!" Vance growls, red flashing on his monitors as the damage is automatically analyzed. On reflex he bats the drone away with the side of his blaster. "I just finished replacing those parts this morning!" The Riot Cannon begins to glow with blue energy, then unleashes a thunderous sound as another one of its blasts-

[Riot Cannon attack roll: Riot Cannon= 10, Ranged Combat= 5, Status= 1; Mid= 5+2=7]

[D6 Spider-Bot defense roll= 1; Failure]

-slams into the bot and blows it to pieces in a shower of metal and sparks. With a grin he speaks into the team-com. "All clear at my position. What's everyone else's status?" The suit's head swivles about, scanning the immediate surroundings, keeping it's weapon at the ready. "I'll do a quick sweep of the area to make sure more of these things aren't around to harm any citizens, and then I'll be avaliable to provide assistance."

[Remaining characters in Round 3: Absolute Zero, Tachyon, Wraith.]

[Current Health 21/27]

Slowing down now that the bots are down Tachyon takes the examination kit and upon review uses her Principle of Science (Max Die result used for Overcome) to deal with the power lines  [Inventions = 11(8+1{examination kit}+2{Galvanize}), Science = 6, Status = 6] “Sparks, thanks Unity let me use this kit to work on the power line.  Those bots aren’t harming anyone now but these arcs of electricity might”.   Tachyon having read up on power grids knows how to stop the arcing electricity by disabling a specific section.   

[Note: All heroes get a hero point]

[Remaining characters in Round 3: Absolute Zero, Wraith.]

(As a reaction to being hit with the spider bot using modular realignment: Boost:+2, 7-1-2 Starting my turn at 22 HP) 

With the repairs being made to his suit not providing as much resistance as he thought the Spiderbot's chaise smash forced the finely tuned sensors in the suit to need to be recalibrated leading to a realignment of some of the vents and coolant flows to optimize performance on his next attack.

Once the HUD in the suit sounded off that the realignment we completed Ryan wary of his earlier mistakes decides to take things one at a time blasting the last remaining webbing bot in hopes to let him devote his full attention on the spider knawing away at his armor. 

(Freezer Burn:5+2-2 Bot, 2+2Self)  

The steam still flowing forth from the vent aids in keeping the bot mostly intact as absolute zero doesn't aim to destroy it as much encase it in its own block of ice to prevent more explosive detonations leading to even more collateral damage.

(Ending HP:26, Left to act in Round 3: Wraith

Edited: I forgot about the persistent Hinder from the steam) ) 

(Wraith HP 22/26; 2 Hero Points)

Lashing out with a lightning-quick kick, Maia tries to repel one of the bots while getting around the corner so that she can ambush the final one when it reappears. "Get. Off. Me."

(Agility + Close Combat + Green, -1 Hinder results in 1, 2, 6 -- net result = 1. Not going to take the twist.)

(I shall start round 4 before I lose the Galvanize buff. HP:26)

With the encasing of the last bot. Absolute Zero finally turns his attention on to the bot that had been failing to gnaw its way through the ice and steel protecting him from the temperate if now a little humid basement air. 

Chuckling to himself Ryan talks to the bot "Now don't take this personally but I think its time for you to cool off" As he places his hand on the back of the Robot and rapidly drains the heat from the spider bot. Once the heat has been absorbed into his suits system Ryan channels the resultant cold energy out to seal up the burst piping trying to mitigate the damage caused by his earlier actions. 

(Taking a risky action: Using the principle of Cold to Overcome the issue of the leaking pipe whilst dealing my min dice in damage to the spider bot. Overcome: 10-2=8,2+2=4 Bot Defence: 3)  

editors note: To those paying attention this may look similar to when Ryan prevented the Mobile Defense Platform's power core from overheating and dropping a ship full of explosives on to megalopolis whilst securing the entrance to the engineering bays from the incoming blade battalions. That's because he is using the upgrades to his suit from this very adventure now! If you want to relive that epic adventure see FV Annual Omnibus

With a sharp snap, the Spider-bot crystalizes from the inside out after suddenly being shown the wrong side of 3 Kelvin with the sudden influx of heat the suit enhancing Ryans natural talents thanks to Dr. Stinson's brilliance allowing him to create a layer of frost over the steam pipe that should last. At least until an engineer can turn up.  

(End of Turn HP:26

Left to Act: Wraith, Tachyon, Legacy, Unity, Bunker, Spider Bots)

Before you guys wreck any more of my precious Spider-Bots

Legacy: The three legged bot spits another strand of steel webbing at Legacy (Hinder 2 for a -1 penalty) while the other bites into his cape, failing utterly to hurt him (Damage 1, -1 for Fortitude, 0 damage)

The Wraith: The lead robot tracks the Wraith’s acrobatics but its targetting sensors cannot quite keep up, its webbing just clipping her arm (Hinder 1 for -1). The other robot scuttles to catch up to her, mandables scraping her back as she tumbles away (Damage 2)

And the rest of you have no functioning of you have no functioning robots to deal with, so what would you all like to do?

Tachyon will swiftly check the surrounding area to make sure no one was hurt due to the power line or the bots.  

Unity squats down next to the least-damaged spider-bot she can find. Dump-bot, now working at a task closer to what it was designed for, is much more helpful (7+2=9, +3 bonus). Unity struggles to understand the unfamiliar technology though (Principle of the Gearhead: Robotics 2, Technology 1, Status 1, Max = 2 + 2 + 3 = 7, success with a minor twist. I’ll leave this for GM adjudication.)

(Turns remaining: Wraith, Legacy, Bunker. Everyone gains another hero point.)

Unity notices that the spider bots contain a lot of Omnitron tech, especially in the chassis and legs armatures, but there's also some servoes from an older version of the Bunker suit, circuits that wouldn't look out of place In Baron Blade's impusion beam, some with a RevoCorp stamp on it and some of it is definitely from the Erskin-Stinson Labs.

However, as she's so engrossed by the technology, she doesn't notice that the fight has damaged one of the nearby buildings. She leaps aside as the wall collapses but flying pieces of masonry still clip the side of her head (Damage. Use Min die, so 1 damage).

"Huh.  It's some sort of Omni-Blade-Revo-Bunker thingymabob.  Look, Tachyon, it even uses one of those ionic batteries you--ow!"  Unity rubs her head where the falling masonry grazed it.  "It's like a Greatest Hits of the Freedom Five and the Villains who Hate Them.  Whoever built this really knows their way around."

(Unity is at 20/26 Health and is now in the Yellow zone, not that it's likely to matter.)

Seeing that fighting off the bots in the bowels of this building has not helped the stairs Absolute Zero goes over the hole he made in the ceiling when this whole mess started. "Paul, About that lift. I am a little stuck in here"

After determining that there were infact no more spider-bots attacking and the driver was indeed safe, Vance allows the Riot Cannon to disappear back into the suit's arm. "Well, that was an interesting detour from today's plans..."

Finally getting off of the torn-up truck, Vance taps back into the comlink. "Sorry Doc, but I wasn't really able to keep any of the bots I came across in tact. It turns out that they don't really like having holes blown in them." Deciding to keep moving, the large metal frame of the Bunker Suit continues down to the freeway. "Could these things be a hold-over from Omnitron IV?"

Edited: Some spelling and spacing, and filled out new info

Slowing down again now that that immediate threat is gone.  “It’ll be fine.  Unity and I have a good amount to salvage and she already has made an astounding discovery.   I’m not sure who has combined all these technologies or who would even be able to access them all.  Whomever, has done this is not looking to lend a hand.  Further review later on might reveal who had their hand in this.”

"It's great that y'all seem to have made them go away, but I've still got a couple of them left to deal with. A little help here?"

Doing her best to evade the bots, she ducks around the corner before lashing out with a foot. It lands on a joint, hampering but not completely disabling it. (Strike from the Shadows, I think still in green: 1, 6, 3 = 3-1 = 2. Minion save for d6 spider bot = 4, so still around).

"I'd be happy to give you a lift, Ryan. Can someone get these spider-bots for me while I go help Z?"

"I'm on it, boss," The Bunker Suit does it's best to hurry along, searching for a propper vantage point. The truck stopped, luckily enough, only a block or two away from Legacy's location. Scanners and telescopic viewers helping him target, Bunker aims a warning shot. "You go help Frost out of his jam. I'll draw their fire."

A small launcher of somekind pops out from the suits giant shoulders. Vance smiles, remembering when he requested Tachyon instal this particular device afterthe last time the Freedom Five was pitted against robot drones. "I've been saving this one for a while. Let's see if this little toy works."

[Overcome roll using Bunker's 'Principle of the Tactician': Power Suit= 9, Ranged Combat= 3, Status= 5; Max= 9, Sucess!]

The launcer flares to life, shooting out a small missile that makes a b-line towards the spider-bots. It explodes just before hitting them though, a shower of sparks and micro mirrors flooding their vision and confusing their optics long enough for Legacy to leave and Bunker to get in their line of sight and 'gain aggro'. "Hope you don't mind switching playmates. Be careful though, I play rough."

It's arm shifting back into the Riot Cannon, the Bunker suit readies itself to take on more spider-bots.

[+1 Hero Point to all players!]

“Guess further investigation will have to wait Unity.” Tachyon says as she speeds off “WraithImComingAsFastAsICanSoLeaveSomeForMe”

[Legacy: Yellow Zone, 24/32 HP. Inside boardroom, fighting robots.]

"Sounds great Vance. Thank a mil, now let me see what I can do about-" Legacy would fly out of the building, leaving the spider-bots as an open target for Bunker. Legacy would then fly to the building Absolute Zero was in and atttempt to fly his friend out of the building. "Here, hold on while I try-"

[Overcome to fly out with them both successfully. Roll Flight (8), Leadership (10), and Yellow (8)

Result: 5, 3, 6. I am hindered by -1. Result: 4, action succeeds, but with a minor twist. Principle of the Hero mTwist]

"Alright, I've got him, this shouldn't be too hard, aaand there!" At this point it dawns on him that he left the bots in the building, without checking to see if everyone had gotten out. The people of Businessperson Inc. aren't going to be too happy with him after this.

[Remaining characters in Round ​4: None]

[Round 5 Begin! AZ HP:26 ] 

As Legacy is booking it across the city with Absolute Zero in his arms to drop in on Wraith Ryan notices they have a clear shot at the spider bots in Buisnessman Inc. Absolute Zero quickly extends his palm and let's lose with elemental fury at the lone spider bot he can see getting ready to launch at Bunker to assist his friend as the team is fighting across the city.

[Attack:[url=https://orokos.com/roll/594922]5[/url] Defense:[url=https://orokos.com/roll/594923]5[/url] Spider-Bot Degrades to d4 ] 

With his aim a little off absolute zero instead of striking the vulnerable leg joints blast away at the mandibles due to attack bunker crippling one of them but leaving the bot in the fight. 

[Remaining Actors: Bunker, Legacy, Spider-Bots, Tachyon, Wraith]

Unity, a screwdriver between her teeth and the robot ant assisting, is totally focused on exploring the guts of the defunct spider-bot.  "Hmm, gmms," she starts, and spits out the tool.  "Hey, guys, try aiming for the panel on the top.  It's not very secure and should cave right in."

(Robotics 4, Insight 5, status 1 + Boost Bot: 2 = +1 = 5 for Hinder.  I have to admit I've lost track of how many spider-bots are still alive and where, so let's just make that an Insecure Panel -2 applied to the next d6 spider-bot to make a minion save.)

The spider bots in the building pause, looking around as their optical sensors clear. Then they scurry out of the building, one on three shaky legs, the other craked with water dripping off it as the ice melts. They ignore Lagacy and Absolute Zero, making their way towards Bunker. (No actions as it will take this turn for them to get to Bunker, especially in their weakened state.)

(Will save the robots’ actions against the Wraith until jffdougan’s finished his naration so I know the situation)

[Legacy: Yellow Zone, 24/32 HP. Open air, carrying AZ]

"Alright, you're pretty close to either set of the spider-bots, I'm going to let you down." Legacy would set AZ down and fly over to the Wraith "Hey. You want a little help?" Legacy flashed a grin at her, and then stood intimidatingly between Wraith and the Spider-Bots (I'm defending her, so if they want a decent hit, they'll have to hit me instead.)

[Defend: Roll Vitality (8), Imposing (8), and Yellow (8) 

Result: 8, 2, 2. Reduce next damage done to Wraith by 2.]

[Remaining characters in Round ​5: Bunker(?), Wraith's Spider-Bots, Tachyon, Wraith.]

Thanks for the prompt. I'd forgotten that I still had that outstanding amid trying to finish ditching the crud I had.

The Spider bot that had been attacking the Wraith lunges, smoke spewing from its cracked casing, but knocked off its stride by Legacy's unexpected arrival its blow is more glancing than it intended (Damage: 4, -2 for Legacy's defend fo 2 damage total). Meanwhile, the other bot turns towards the new intruder biting Legacy as he interposes himself between them (Damage: 5, -1 for Fortitude for 4 total)

[Tachyon: Green 21/27 HP]

Tachyon comes in fast with a flurry of attack (HyperSonic Assault: Speed - 1, Finesee - 8, Status - 2 hitting all Spider Bots in the area for 1 with 1 bot surviving [now a d4] and it has a -1 hinder to their next attack).   “IWouldHaveArrivedSoonerButINeededASnack”

(Remaining for round 5: Bunker, Wraith)

Situation recap:

Two damaged robots are clanking past Absolute Zero towards the delicious and distracting Bunker but are not there yet.

Tachyon has just pummeled the robots with the Wraith and Legacy disabling the one fighting Wraith and damaging the one attacking Legacy.

Unity is acting as tech support for both teams over the radios.

(Bunker and Wraith still to act)

[Defense roll: Vitality= 4, Veteran= 6, Status= 7; Mid= 6. Total defense with Armor Plating= 7]

Deciding risk to the building is too great(especially since it's one of the few over-all undamaged buildings(Other than the new sky-light)) for him to open fire on, Vance decides to take up a defensive position.

[Yellow: 18/26 HP; 2 Hero Points]

"It's about time you showed up, Legacy!" the Wraith grumbles good-naturedly. "What do you way we get out of here?"

Having reached a window; she uses an elbow to smash it open before flinging a grappling hook to catch on the window across the street. [8-1-1 = 1 damage; destroying the minion]

New round: The robots round the corner, turnign slowly to scan their surroundings. Spotting Bunker, they clatter towards him, crawling over cars in their way. One crouches on the roof of a car firing steel webbing that wraps around Bunker's arm (Hinder 1 for -1). The other lumbers closer, readying itself to pounce (Boost: 2 for a +1 to its attack).

(And that concludes the bad guys turn. Still to act: Absolute Zero, Bunker, Legacy, Tachyon, Unity, The Wraith)

As Absolute Zero and Bunker take care of the last of the Spider-Bots, your radios crackle into life with a new voice. "This is the Argent Adept. i am at Akash'Flora. There are spider-like robots swarming out of the sewers. More than I can count. They are snatching people off the streets and I cannot handle..." the transmission cuts off with a scream of pain.

(What? You thought a couple of spider-bots was the extent of my evil scheme?)

(If anyone is concerned with their health, RevoCorp can fix you right up. They've got an emergency medical centre nearby. But doing so will consume your actions for the first round)

As you approach the gigantic flowing boughs of Akash'Flora, you hear the sound of frantic screams and a now familiar whirring and clacking of metal legs on concrete. Rounding the corner into the park, smoke rises up through the green leaves, a shifting carpet of metallic blue bodes confronts you, swarming over the tree like lice, razor sharp mandibles gouging into the wood. There's no sign of the Adept, but numerous webbed cocoons hang from the branches. As you watch, one spider robot in the branches pits its metallic webbing over a policeofficer, pulling them into the trees to hang with the other cocoons.

You can also see cocoons on the sides of buildings, although these look more like hemispheres of webbing, blinking red lights gleaming in holes shot through the webbing.

You also see a giant spidery figure, nearly two storeys tall scuttling behidn Akash'Flora. You see its abdomen pulse, greasy steel eggs dropping to the ground. Legs unfurl from the eggs, new spider-bots joining the horde swrming over the park, shaking the liquid off their limbs.

So, heroes, what are you all going to do?

Round 1: Green scene status. Still to go: Everyone

“That’s… a little bigger than the ones from before. Luckily, I have just the thing.” Unity turns her attention to the “eggshells” left in the wake of the giant spider “queen.” In a shimmer of pink energy, the shell fragments coalesce into the shape of… a small monkey. It chitters angrily at the colossal robot, which dwarfs it a thousandfold.

(Robotics 8, Creativity 5, Yellow 3 for a d8 hinder bot.)

[Tachyon: Green 21/27 HP]

“IllLeaveTheBigOneToOurHeavierHittersUntilIPicKUpMoreSpeed”. Tachyon speeds in to take on the horde of spiders with her Hypersonic Assaul. Hypersonic Assault roll: Speed - 7, Finesee - 4, Status - 5  hitting the Horde of Spiders for 4.  The Horde rolls a 4 and is reduced to a D4. They also have a - 2 hinder to their next attack.   

(Remaining for round 1: Absolute Zero, Bunker, Legacy, Wraith)

"I think I might have just the thing here. The bigger they are, the harder they fall, you know."  Reaching into her utility belt, the Wraith pulls out a round of razor ordnance that has a long line of a spider silk-like cable attached to it. (Gadgets + Yellow + Ranged Combat  = 5-3-2. +2 persistent and exclusive boost; attack the big bot with a 2. Wraith HP 18/26)

The horde seems unusually resistant to Tachyon’s hypersonic assault, partly because there are so many, even she can’t strike them all effectively, partly because the people hanging in the trees force her to blunt her efforts for fear of harming the innocent civilians there. There is a -2 hinder on all attempts to overcome the horde while the civillians are webbed up, and the horde itself cannot be effectively attacked. There’s simply too many of them and replacements keep swarming out from the giant robot and the sewers as fast as you can deal with them. Whenever you cler. dozen from the tree branches, another dozen scrmble up.

HP 23/29 Green

Seeing the civilians in trouble Absolute Zero starts to form up a ramp of ice that will allow the webbed up civilians to be safely removed from the tree without fear of them falling and hurting themselves also trying to make it easier for the team to focus on the replicating threat. 

(Overcome with Principle of Cold:12)

With the Ice Slide set up just right allowing for swift removal of the other Civilians whilst the closest group find the sudden temperature shift cracking open the webbing allowing them to slide to safety.

“ThereAreJustTooManyForMeToTakeDownEspeciallyWithoutWorryingAboutCitizens!  WeNeedToGetThesePeopleOutQuicklyAndGoAfterTheHugeOneProducingTheRestOfTheseSpiderBots”

Owing to Absolute Zero’s ramps making it easier to get to the civilians, anyone attempting to rescue them has a persistent +2 (from his 6 value mid dice) boost to their attempts. This is a result of AZ’s overwhelming success.

However, he also draws some of the horde’s attention, 6 soider bots scuttling towards you, all showing some sign of damage from Twchyon’s earlier assault.

[Legacy: Yellow Zone, 24/32 HP. In front of Akash'Flora: Main]

"Guys, you know what to do. I'm getting the civilians out." At tht he would fly up to where the cocoons were and noticed AZ's handiwork. "Nice job, Frost. That's some good work." He would fly across the tree, tearing open the webs to free the people as they would slide down Ryan's ramp.

[Principle of Hero: Roll Flight (8), Close Combat (tearing open webs takes some serious strength) (8), and Yellow (8) 

Result: 1,3,6. Max=6. I succeed, but with a minor twist. Pwatson, this one's all yours.]

[Remaining characters in Round 6: Bunker] 

As Legacy tears open the cocoons, ne teenage woman slips on the ice, skidding towards the edge. She manages to cling on, but the slipery ice means her frantic grip can't last for long. *Heeeelllllllpppppp!!!!"

(Technically I haven't acted yet, just set the scene. But, if you're going to forget about me...)

The large spider scuttles away, dropping more spider bots for the horde. Some turn towards you, their red sensors blinking.

Before they act, however, some of shells on the wall open up, laser fire flashing across the park twoards you all. Laser beams sear into the heroes. (Damaage is as follows: Tachyon: 4, Unity: 2, Absolute Zero: 6, Wraith: 3, Legacy 4 and Bunker: 6)

The spider bots scuttle forward, spitting webbing at  all of you to hinder your actions (Hinder Roll : Tacyhon: 2 for -1 penalty, Unity: 1 for -1 penalty, Absolute Zero: 2 for -1 penalty, Wraith: 4 for -2 penalty, Legacy: 3 for -1 penalty, and Bunker roll 1 fro -1 penalty). All of these robots are somewhat damaged from Tachyon's attack (d4 dice).

The new robots scuttle forward. One bites into Tchyon's arm as she races past (Damge: 4). Antoher scrapes across Absolute Zero's suit's apertures, tugging on the coolant tubes, (Damage: 1) Another barrels into the Wraith (Damage: 1) A fourth leaps at Legacy, narrowly missing the screaming former captive (Damage: 5) The fifth stabs it s razor sharp legs at Bunker (Daamge: 1)

(To act: Just Bunker)

EDIT: To add, the horde of spider robots crawl over Akash'Flora, digging into the back, biting at leaves and braches. This moves the scentracker on one step. Still green for nowm but wil move to yelow next turn.

“GetOffOfMe” Tachyon uses her Nimble Strike reaction to hit and destroy the bot that bit her rolling 6 (Speed: 7 and - 1 hinder)

The Wraith drops a set of Smoke Bombs as she dodges to the side (Gadgets: 6 on the die; no damage taken even if the hinder applies to the reaction roll).

Taking in the entire scene, Vance focuses in on what needs handling: First Priority: Hostages? Frost and Legacy are on it. Second Priority: Giant Egg-Layer? Unity and Wraith are prepping. Third Priority: Spider-bot hoard? Growing to a point the Doc can't handle all of them, and they're encroaching on rescue efforts. There's also those cocoons that seem to have taken sniper positions... And what happened to the Argent Adept in all this? Best way to take them down? Take out the Egg-Layer to stop the growing number of bots.

Then the snipers attacked.

[Armor Plating(+1) reduces attack down to 5. Current health: 22-5=17; Status; Yellow]

The laser fire is a bit too much for the armor plating of the Bunker suit, most of the blasts connecting and rattling the inner chamber of the cockpit. Display screens shift from green to yellow, showing the suit's current integrity. Automatic plate repositioning protocols activate in response, shielding poping out to cover more exposed areas and joints. The oncoming flood of Spider-Bot webbing does gum up the suit's legs, but the bots' attacks fail to cause any damage, their bladed legs merely scraping against a harder metal.

[Armor Plating(+2) reduces attack down to 0. Current health: 17]

"I'll see about taking out those snipers," Vance calls into the com-links. "We don't want them taking pot-shots at us!" Typing up a sequence of numbers in a near-by keypad, a magnet icon flashes to life on the Bunker suit hub. "Just let me bring out one of my toys."

[MagnaRail Upgrade roll: Riot Cannon= 9, Ranged Combat= 8, Status= 4; Mid+Min-1= 8+4-1= 11]

A port slides open on the inner forearm of the Bunker suit(which was slightly gummed up by Spider-Bot webbing), a small device sliding to and then attatching to the front end of the Riot Cannon. The device releases several discharges of blue sparks, then opens and widens out to cover all three barrels of the cannon, converging them into one.

[Naming this boost; Focused Riot Barrel, +3 persistant and exclusive Boost to Riot Cannon Ranged Attacks!]

"Just give me a chance to line up a shot. Oh, and keep an eye out for the Adept!"

((Edit: Spelling))

(Round 2. Unity at 18 HP with a -1 Hinder.)

The Wraith looks up from her work to see her intended target being "menaced" by a gibbering robotic simian smaller than its toenail. "Um, Unity? Why did you make a monkey?"

"Well, duh! It's a spider monkey! You know, to eat spiders!"

"ActuallyUnity theatelesgenus isnamedfortheir longprehensiletails whichmakesthemlook--"

"Blah, blah, blah, not your intern anymore, SUPER MONKEY BOT GO!" With a screech, the monkey jumps on the colossal machine's back and begins leaping around and being generally distracting. It's actually pretty effective at this. (4=-2)

"Yeah, whoo! Take this!" Unity follows the monkey's assault with electricity from her hands, striking the mothership and one of the small spiders. (Electricity 3, Technology 6, Status 4-1=3. Saves 1-2=-1 and 3.) Both spiders begin to smoke and slow down a little. A stray arc of lightning strikes the ground in front of The Wraith, raising up a cloud of dust--a useful cover to hide in or strike out of with the element of surprise.

(Summary: Mothership reduced to d8. One minion in the group it just created is reduced to d4. Wraith has a Dust Screen +2 boost to apply to an attack or something defensive.)

[Tachyon: Yellow 13/27]

“TimeForARepeat”. Tachyon in the middle of the bots follows up Unity electrical attack with her own hits while avoiding civilians.  Tachyon does a Sonic Vortex hitting the mothership with her primary hit: Speed - 9, Finesse - 4, Status - 2  

This reduces he mothership to a D6 and any of the Spider Bots along the way to it are hit for 4 (I’ll let Paul decide which ones are impacted as my bigger concern was launching a bigger hit in the mothership)

(Remaining for round 2: Absolute Zero, Bunker, Legacy, Wraith)

AZ: Yellow Zone 16/29 HP

After the first blast from the Snipers Absolute Zero's Suit Whirrs into action shifting from the close quarters' mode from the fight in the basement to a more long-range threat assessment. 

(Modular Realignment: 5 Boost +2) 

To be swiftly struck by webbing gumming up the movement servos allowing for another spider bot to get his coolant feed. Realising things are rapidly going to spiral out of control if he doesn't act fast Ryan runs into the middle of the melee and shuts down the feedback limiters on his suit rapidly dropping the temperature hoping Tachyons new costumes thermal weaves would work whilst helping him recover.

"I think it's time we take some time to cool off and slow this fight right down"

(Risky Subzero Atmosphere: Hinder with max damage AZ with min cold 9,2 All enemies bots near me hindered by -3, AZ healed by 3, The minor twist advances the scene tracker by 1) 

With an audible snap, the temperature around Akash'Flora drops and ice instantly forms over the optical sensors and motion servoes of the spider bots whilst Ryan stands a little taller in this fight given things are operating at much closer to his temperature now. 

Meanwhile, a river of ice shoots up the side of Akash'flora weakening the bark and allowing the spider bit horde better purchase and access to the tree. 

(HP: 19, Still to act: Bunker, Legacy, Wraith, and the spiders I guess. The scene is now in the Yellow)

AZ's com would chirp to life, "Good work slowing them down, Frost. Think you can keep crowd control up long enough for Wraith and Unity to take down Mama Spider?"

Once all the connections are set and targeting systems recalibrate for the new upgrade, Vance takes aim at the first sniper...

[Riot Cannon attack roll: Riot Cannon= 1, Ranged Combat= 3, Status= 4; Mid= 3+3=6]

The Riot Cannon thrums to life, the new barrel condensing all the energy into a single point before letting loose a white-hot blast dead center of one of the sniper cocoons.

[D6 Spider-Bot Sniper defense roll= 3+2= 5; Failure]

The energy blast lances through the cocoon, causing a small explosion within the shell. "That's one," Vance gets the other sniper in his sights. He can't help but smile at how well the new MagnaRail system was working. "Try to keep your heads down until I take down the other, team."

[Still to act: Legacy, Wraith, and Spider-Bots]

((Edit: Added 'Still to act' section and some RP))

The giant spider scuttles away, Unity's mnkey bot screeching on its back. It stops, laying another set of eggs to join the horde. Three climb up the spider's back, lunging for the monkey (Attacks: 3, 1, 4) tearing it apart with their mandibles.

The horde burrows in, using the frost damaged bark as an entry point. The scene tracker advances again but is still in yellow.

The snipers (all d6) re-aim  and fire. Three fire at Bunker (rolling: 3, 3, 2 for 3, 3 and 2 damage) and two at Legacy (Rolling 2, 3 for 2 and3 damage and proof my dice hate me)

Meanwhile, the spider bots clamber over the remains of their fellows from Tachyon's hypersonic assault, all at d4 from the damage and hindered by the ice sheathing them.One stumbles as Tachyon races away for her next target, mandibles clacking behind her (Roll 1, hinder 3 so no damage). The same applies to Unirty (Damage 3, hinder 3, 0 damage), but one manages to catch AZ (Damage 4, hinder 3 net damage 1)

One steps (d6) between Legacy and the teenager spitting webbing at him (Hinder 4-hinder 3=Hinder 1 net). #2Oh, God! I can't hold on!!!" she screams ad she slips on the ice.

The one fighting Bunker (d6) continues to worry at his leg dealing (2 Hinder 3, for 0 damage) as it fails urtterly to break through his armour.

(To act: Legacy nd Wraith)

Vance grits his teeth and tightens his grip on the controls to brace himself for the incoming laser blasts, unsure how well the new plates will fair against several focused attacks at once...

[Armor Plating(+2) reduces attacks down to 1, 1, 0, and 0. Current health: 17-2=15]

The new plating manages to work wonders, the majority of the attacking onslaught negated easily, merely resulting in some surface level scorch marks.

(Still to act: Legacy and Wraith)

((Edited: Finished up, added 'To act' characters.))

The monkey-bot has one last surprise: as the lights fade from its eyes, it detonates.  (Robotics 2, save 4.)  It does little more than scorch the back of the giant spider queen, though.

(Very sorry, I know I've been out forever, but at least now I'm back. Right?)

[Legacy: Yellow Zone, 24/32 HP. In front of Akash'Flora:Main]

"Hold on miss!" Legacy would divert his full effort toward saving the teenager, flying past the spider-bot and through the webbing.

[Overcome to save teenager: Roll Flight (8), America's Finest (8), and Yellow (8)

Result: 1, 2, 4. I am hindered by 1. Mid=2, turns into 1.]

Legacy succeded in flying through the webbing, but didn't do much else. His efforts were stopped by the webs constraining him. "Team! I've got a girl struggling on the ice ramp, can anyone help her out? I'm kinda stuck right now...

[Remaining characters in Round 7: Wraith]

(As was discussed on the rules thread closing this round out.)

The Wraith tumbles into the shadows, luring her attackers closer and hiding in the bowels of the tree. (Agility, Stealth and Yellow: Mid 5 to defend)

New round: Round Counter ticks to another Yellow:

Targets:

The giant spider: Currently a d6 Lieutenant

5 coccooned snipers (all d6)

3 d4 and attacking 3 d6 Spider-Bots attacking Tachyon, Unity, Absolute Zero and the Wraith.

One d6 Spider-Bot attacking Legacy.

One d6 Spider-Bot attacking Bunker.

One panicked teenager slipping on the ice. She will fall this round unless someone does something to save her.

"Noo!  Super monkey bot!  You sparking spiders!"

Lightning again flares angrily from Unity's hands (Brainstorm: Electricity 4, Technology 4, Yellow 2), arcing squarely into the giant spider's flank.  There's a small explosion and the massive machine lurches heavily to one side, crushing one of the smaller spiders in its wake (saves: 3 and 1, lucky!).

Legacy, unable to act as he is, gets a fine view of the fireworks and a warm feeling spreads through his heart.  Here was his little intern, a full-fledged hero in her own right, kicking butt and taking names.  He'd been worried about her striking out on her own--in charge of her own team, no less--but moments like these reminded him she was fully capable of functioning without the Freedom Five to hide behind.  But meanwhile, he still has a job to do, and another young woman needs his help!  He bursts free of the remaining webs, brimming with heroic inspiration and determined to make a difference while he's still in his prime.

(Results: Spider Mothership is reduced to a d4.  One of the d6 minions is destroyed.  Legacy has an "Inspired Mentor +2" bonus to apply to something heroic.)

[Legacy: Yellow Zone, 24/32 HP. In front of Akash'Flora: Main]

"Ugh. Well that didn't work," Legacy griped as he ripped off the webs while trying to deal with both the bot and the teenager. Then he saw the fireworks.  Not exactly the fireworks you might pull out on the 4th of July, but Legacy saw the mothership take a hit and knew exactly who had done it. He smiled as he thought of how much Devra had grown since she had started out as Meredith's apprentice. (Next part stolen from Mind Wanderer) He'd been worried about her striking out her own--in charge of her own team, no less--but moments like these reminded him she was fully capable of functioning without the Freedom Five to hide behind. But meanwhile, he has a job to do, and another young woman needs his help! (Done) He wondered how he could get rid of the bot while saving the teenager, and came up with an idea.

[Principle of the Hero: Overcome to save teenager. (Risky Action: Also hurt spider-bot with Min die) Roll Strength (10), America's Finest (8), and Yellow (8)

Result: 7, 3, 4. I am boosted by 2. (Love you Unity.) Max=7(+2)=9. Action succeds completely. Also my spider-bot is reduced to a d4 (My roll of 3 vs the bot's 4]

Legacy would pull the teenager up and away from the edge succesfully.,using his other hand to throw the spider bot down where the girl would've fallen. The spider bot is severly hurt by this, but not quite dead. "Ha! That was great. Please be more careful on this ice, miss."  In doing this, however, Legacy attracted the attention of another d4 bot. "These things keep coming out of the woodwork, don't they? Now I'll have to deal with this one as well as finish up that other one."

[Remaining characters in Round 8: Absolute Zero, Bunker, Pwatson, Tachyon, Wraith.]

[Tachyon: Yellow 13/27]

Tachyon whispers to herself “INeedMyBodyToHoldTogetherAsI’mPushingABitTooFar“. Tachyon once again does a Sonic Vortex hitting the mothership with her max die: Speed - 6, Close Combat - 2, Status - 5  

This eliminates the mothership.   Eliminates all the d4 minions on us and destroys one D6 minions and reduces the remaining one to D4. “WeShouldn’tHaveAnyMoreSpawningGuysWeShouldBeAbleToRescueThoseTiedUp”

(Remaining for round 8: Absolute Zero, Bunker, Enemies, Wraith)

The mothership downed and under control, Maia surveys the scene and realizes that, although it was the Argent Adept who'd called them to Legacy Park, he's nowhere to be seen at the moment. "Hey, folks... has any body seen Mr. Drake around here," she asks quietly into the comms.

(Principle of the Detective to Overcome using Deduction, Investigation, and her Yellow status die gives 2, 4, and 5 on the dice. In con recovery mode, my brain is still too sore to come up with a suitable twist, but I think we should get one in here so I'll let somebody else come up with it for me. Sorry about the absense; I'd had a week that was my spring break but slammed with kid-related stuff, followed by the weekend at WYC, where I did briefly bump into Russ & Andy though I ended up mostly doing my own thing this time.)

The Wraith spots some blood spots near the tree. Scouting around she spots the Argent Adept mostly buried under a toppled wall near to the edge of the tree. He doesn't seem conscious and looks pale, his breathing shallow, blood running from his forehead and neck, one arm bent oddly.

As the Wraith gets closer, one of the spider-bots nearby notices her, its mandables clacking closed on her arm, tearing through her skin for 5 damage. (Twist: Damage: Max die: 5).

The Spider-Bot that survived the Tachyon's onslaught reaches feebly at her, catching her a glancing blow as she races past (1 damage).

Against Legacy, the two bots close around him, rushing from both sides. as Legacy, moves the teenager away from the bot's gleaming mandables one manages to grip him across his chest, digging into his skin while the other bounces off. (Damage 4 and 1, reduced to 3 and 0 by Fortitude).

Against Bunker, the bot takes a big chunk out of his leg, damage 5 reduced by 1 by his armour to 4.

The snipers also continue to open up dealing 3 to Unity, 5 to Absolute Zero, 6 to the Wraith, 6 to legacy (5 with Fortitude) and 4 to Bunker.

Despite the loss of the large spider-bot, the horde of bots continues to swarm the tree, tearing into it.

(Remaining for round 8 (Round 3 of the fight at Akash'Flora): Absolute Zero, Bunker)

“OuchYouLittleBot”. Tachyon uses Nimble Strike and destroys the bot rolling a 10 on her speed die.  

(HP 14/29 Yellow)

"These Sniper bots are causing problems team. Lets see if we can crack them like an egg" 

Taking aim at one of the spider nests above the team Absolute Zero unleashed a beam of Freezing Energy. 

(Freezer Burn: 8,2 , Defence6)

The frost cooling and sealing some of the damage done by the fire rainng down upon him Absolute Zero's beam struck true leaving a broken remnant in one of the snipers nests. 

"1 down 4 to go. Lets keep bringing the heat" 

(HP:16 Remaing: Bunker) 

Bunker tkes a defend action using his tactical knowledge to sidestep the spider-bots menacing him (Power Suit, Veteran, Status: 7,7,4 for a net 7)

New round (Round 4): Round Counter ticks to another Yellow:

Targets:

4 coccooned snipers (all d6)

1 d4 and 1 d6 Spider-Bots attacking Legacy.

1 d6 Spider-Bot attacking Bunker.

The horde continues to munch on Akash'Flora, branches falling down to the floor below.

The Argent Adept is injured and unconscious.

(Unity: 15 HP, Yellow.)

"Nice work, doc!  Now things can't get any worse... I think."  Unity looked around the battlefield, trying to figure out what she could do to help.  Anthony looked in bad shape, but he needed first aid, and Unity was only good at fixing up the mechanical sort of people.  And she didn't have the firepower to clear the tree of its horde of spiders, or the endurance (or, frankly, the bravery) to go toe-to-toe with the snipers, or the speed to flank them.  But what Unity can't do, she can make bots to do instead!

"First things first: keep my friend alive."  Unity made a two-handed gesture, and pink electricity shot from the tip into the fallen fragments of the fallen spider-bots, causing them to assemble themselves into two new machines.{1}  The first appeared standing on a ruined wall on the far side of the clearing, and looked like a diminutive copy of the Argent Adept himself, complete with pipes and cape (though it did have far too many eyes).  It held its pipes up to its "mouth" and trilled a simple square wave, shooting a blast of fire into the sniper nest.  "Let's hope they chew on Tune-Bot there instead of the real deal."

The second, an insectile robot bristling with various medical tools, appeared next to Argent Adept and the Wraith, ready to assist in getting the fallen bard back on his feet.

{1} Hardly the first time she's had to split her focus like this--that would have been in Freedom Five Annual #12, compiled in "Unity - Science & Progress."

(Construction Pylon, invoking her collection to avoid the minor twist that using a Red ability while in the Yellow would normally cause.  Robotics 5, Former Intern 2, Yellow 2, bleargh.  Med-Bot is a d6 boost bot.  Tune-Bot is a d8 boost bot with the Reinforced feature (+1 to minion saves), discarding the unused Dust Screen +2 bonus.  Destroying this bonus triggers Volatile Parts: Robotics 8 (yay!) vs. minion save 6 + 2 (boo!), one sniper is reduced to a d4.)

(Remaining in round 4: Everyone but Unity.)

(As an outside observer, I’m just slightly disappointed that you called it Tune Bot instead of JukeBot. Carry on!)

(Wraith 13/26, yellow): 

With the Argent Adept located, the Wraith pipes into her comms, "Hey Meredith, I've found him, but he's in pretty bad shape. Think we can get somebody over here to try to help him out while I try to deal with a couple of those cocooned spiders?"

Reaching down to her utility belt, she mutes her comm set and then says to herself, "Let's see what the boys in the lab have come up with since the last time I paid them a visit."  (Utility Belt, Gadgets + Wealthy CEO + Yellow, 2-3-3 gives a persistent +3 boost with the Electromagnetic Disruptor. Attack the nearest cocooned d6 spider-bot for 2 damage if the boost doesn't apply to this roll, or 5 if it does. Regardless, bot rolls a 5 on its save and is reduced to d4.)

"We only have a few of these snipers left guys. Has anyone thought about how we are going to deal with the rest of them?" 

Absolute Zero dives behind the wreckage of the Large Spiderbot taking another shot at one of the entrenched spider bots.

(Freezer Burn:5,1 Defense:5 Sniper Bot reduced to d4) 

In his hurry to take a modicum of cover Absolute Zeroes Shot goes a little wide damaging the covering protecting one of the sniper bots and reducing its firing capability.

"One wide open for you"

(Remaining Actors: Legacy, Tachyon, Bad Bots, Bunker

HP17/29)

[Tachyon: Yellow 12/27]

Tachyon thinks to herself that with The Argent Adept located and in bad shape she is the only one who can get him out of here for medical attention.  “I’mGettingYouOutOfHereAndIHopeYouHaveSomeAnswersOnWhatIsHappening”.  Tachyon pushes herself uses Principle of Speed to pick Argent Adept and get him to the nearby medics carefully through these bots.( Speed:8, Finesse:6, Status: 2 [dealt one irreducible damage to Tachyon to do a reroll through Margin of Error]).  Tachyon is taking a minor twist of being out for the next round so Argent Adept can be attended to and she has to recover from pushing herself.  

Side Note: My first roll was 6,3,2 so I did better on the reroll

(Remaining for round 8: Bunker, Enemies, Legacy)

"This fight is taking too long," Vance calls over the comms. "We've got to stop these things, and stop them fast! Doc, can you think of anything to shut these things down?" Taking the opportunity opened up by AZ Vance widens his targeting range, two large ports opening on the shoulders of the suit allowing a missile launcher pod to slide out of each as a monitor displayed target reticles focus on three of the bots.

[Grenade Launcher attack roll: Power Suit= 10, Ranged Combat= 9, Status= 4]

Several missiles fire from each laucher, targeting not only two of the sniper pods but also the single bot that's been attempting to chew through the Bunker suit's leg as well.

[Bot Defense rolls: Sniper Bot(D4)= 1+2= 3, Sniper Bot(D6)= 5+2= 7, Spider-Bot(D6)= 2; Power Suit(10) applied to Sniper 2(7), Ranged Combat(9) applied to Sniper 1(3), Status(4) applied to Spider-Bot(2); Failures on all accounts!]

The satisfying sound of exploding robot and clanking metal can be heard amongst the fighting as all of Vance's targets go down.

((Still to act: Legacy, Enemies))

((Edit: Spelling and grammar mistakes))

Amidst the smoke and shrapnel flying from Bunker's assault on the snpers, laser light flashes as the two remaining snipers fire at Bunker. One laser ineffectually scores across his armoured chest, while the other goes wild from the ice defracting its beam, scattering into dozens of laser pointers over the Bunker suit.

The two fighting Legacy clatter on the ice as the teenager cowers behind him "Ohgodohgodohgod, please don't let them eat me." Standing in their paith, Legacy takes a couple of gashes from their mandible (2 and 3 damage befroe Fortitude).

There's a loud wooden ccrack as the robots finally manage to twar through one of the main branches, sending it crashing to the ground, raising dust all around. The robots swarm towards the newly exposed soft wood, seeming to guzzle at the slightly glowing sap. Scene tracker moves to the Red. You're not sure how long Akash'Flora will remain standing with this many robots burrowing into its heart.

((Still to act: Legacy))

Legacy puts himself firmly between the frightened citizen and the robots, preparing himself to defend her (Defend with Strength, America’s Finest and Status 1, 3, 5) for defend 3.

New round: Status Red

Remaining foes:

Tachyon has to race halfway across the city to deliver Argent to a RevoCorp medical centre that isn’t already full of injured civillians. And it takes her so long to explain to the doctors what the problem is. Tachyon effectively skips this round.

d4 and d6 sniper bots. +2 to defend.

d4 and d6 bots fighting Legacy.

Horde of robots devouring Akash’Flora. Although no more are coming in, with the desutrction of the mothership, there are too many to fignt individually. Akash’Flora won’t last much longer against them.

EDIT: However, Unity realises that there must be some form of signal controlling the horde, coordinating the actions. And the most logical place for it to be loated is somewherein the mothership. If you can just fidn and deactivate that transmitter, it might be enough to stop the devastation.

(Still to act: Everyone)

"All those spiders sure do work well together.  Better than us today, anyway."  Unity looks over at Med-Bot, which looks forlorn and spins its first-aid implements uselessly, then over at Tune-Bot, which continues to caper with its pipes to draw the fire of snipers that have already been reduced to scrap.

"That giant queen spider must not have been controlling them directly, since it's junk now, but maybe there's a relay in it or something?  Med-Bot, Tune-Bot, come here and give me a hand."  Med-Bot's sharp implements proved quite useful at unscrewing and prying apart the giant mechanical carcass (4=+2).  Tunebot played an inspiring chiptune breakdown (3=+1).

"Hey, I think I found something important," Unity announced over the comms. (Principle of the Gearhead: Robotics 2, Technology 6, Red 1, +1+2 = 9, complete success.)  The module she excavated was hard to identify, given the damage and the strange amalgamation of technology, but it did seem to have some powerful radio antennas.  "Umm... one of you big guys want to smash this or something?"

With a smile, Vance plods the suit carefully over. "I'd be happy to oblige, Ms. Caspit." Giving the young technopath a few seconds to get clear, the Riot Cannon is leveraged at the strange transmitter as it starts to glow.

[Riot Cannon Overcome roll: Riot Cannon= 10, Ranged Combat= 9, Status= 2; Mid= 9; Success!]

With a well placed shot, The cannon blows a nice sized hole through the strange device. "Let's hope that works. The tree can't take much more..."

As smoke and sparks fly from the shattered electronics, the effects on the swarm is almost immedite. The two confronting Legacy stgger drunkenly, slipping off the ice ramp to crash into the horde below. Others fall off Akash’Flora, while the horde turns on itself, mandibles tearing through each others bodies or wandering randomly. You have saved Akash’Flora from the horde but who was behind this attack? Why? What else do they intend?

(We now move to a montage scene to clear up the loose ends before the next issue.)

Standing up from behind the slagged spider bot Absolute Zero takes aim at some of the remaining sniper bots.

"You all seem to have this in hand. I shall deal with some of the more stubborn spiders watching us. Given the situation though I think the city can forgive me for cutting loose."

(Thermal Shockwave: 10,10,1)

With that 2 beams of cold lanced forth from his outstretched palm leaving trails of snow in their wake. Where they strike the enclosed sniper bots a frozen bloom bursts forth causing the spiders do drop from their perches and shatter into so much scrap. 

Turing to face the spider bots on the tree  "Well. Now that they are dealt with. Who's next?" 

(HP: 18/29 

Still to Act: Legacy) 

[Legacy: Montage Scene]

Legacy prepared to wind up and give the robots what-for, but they staggered drunkenly into the mob. Apparently either Dr. Stintson-no, she was helping Anthony, okay then, Devra had been able to singlehandedly shut down the robot horde. That girl had grown so much. Anyway, Legacy figured it was about time to get himself bandaged up, he had taken quite a beating in that fight. He headed to the nearest RevoCorp center to heal.

"Woohoo!  Nice shot, Tyler!  Lookit 'em go!"  Unity surveys the robotic carnage and the drunkenly reeling survivors.  "Hmm... maybe you did a little too good a job.  Be nice if we could figure out where the big one was getting its orders from.  There's gotta be something left...." She lets her bots fall to pieces and sits cross-legged in the middle of the wreckage, grabbing chunks of metal with her mental powers, dragging them in front of her for inspection, and sorting them into piles for further study, paying close attention to anything that might tell the team more about the spiders' origins.  And maybe, she considers as an afterthought, something that she might do something useful with for her new bosses at Revocorp....

While she works, she activates her comms.  "Tachy?  How's Double-A holding up?  He gonna be OK?"

“I think I needed the attention as much as Argent Adept but he seems to be stable at this point” Tachyon says as she asks for medical attention herself.   “Good work team on discovering that links and taking it out.   Once the Argent Adept is back up hopefully he has some idea what provoked all of this”

Unity finds that the robots are all well-built, highly advanced, even for a world with Omnitron, and clearly amphibious.

As Tachyon is going mad with boredom as the Doctors insist on treating her below supersonic speeds, the Argent Adept recovers consciousness.

"My friend, thank you for rescuing me. How fares the tree?"

After being reassured it survives, although may be a littl pruned, he sinks back into the pillows, "That is well. When the spiders astruck, I was investigating powerful surges of energy within it's heart. But that is something we can discuss later when we have more time to deal with the issue properly, I have need of your aid again. While I was down, I had a vision, a telepathic call for help from our friend Vanessa, pleading for help from across the Void." he looks down at the bandages wrapping his chest, "I am hardly in a position to aid her myself. And since the Wardens separated I cannot even ask my comrades to help. A rift has opened in the Void, near her childhood home in Ravenwood. Can you help her? If the rift opens, it could unleash the Void into the heart of this world. I will continue my investigations into Akash'Flora once I am able to leave."

(Montage scene continues)

“Alright having some time to ponder over these bots Unity I want you to recall what we’ve done in the past when we’ve worked on making robots from the ground up when you dig into them....”. Tachyon goes into some technobabble that Unity would understand.  Using Principle of Science Tachyon gives Unity a +2 boost ( Lightning Calculator: 6 Science : 5. Status: 4) and we all get another hero point(granted we are way past at max for that)

"I for one am just glad they couldn't hack into my suit. That was a day I don't want to repeat. Has the music man woken up yet? Want to know what he knows about these bots attacking our nice new tree" 

With help from Tachyon over the comms, Unity recognises two primary design principles seem to be an unholy blend of Omnitron's logical, machine designed and Baron Blade's mad leaps of genius. On the other hand, she does identify that this is made of components and elements from this solar system without extraterrestial involvement, which given K.N.Y.F.E.'s still in space and Captain Cosmic hasn't been seen since the OblivAeon event is probably just as well.

"Huh.  This stuff looks like Baron Blade and Omni worked together, but that doesn't make any sense, since Blade's dead and Omni's been a good guy since forever ago.  I could call Omni in on this, see what he thinks.  And I should call Aviva and find out where she wants me to go--I'm supposed to be helping rebuild Megalopolis, but this might change things.  Sorry guys, B.R.B."  Unity switches circuits to place those calls.

Issue #2: Freedom Five #802: Void If Broken

The Freedom Jet glides smoothly through the skies ove Rook City, past that particular toxic presence on the landscape and towards the snall town of Ravenswood, home of Vanessa Long, the Visionary and Muse. Piercing the clouds, it doesn't look like there's much trouble, certainly not compared to Megalopolis' damaged streets. Main street looks calm and unbothered, the neat rows of suburban homes peaceful. The police frequency shows nothing more than traffic violations disturbing the scene.

Then you all feel a presence in your mind, seeing a familiar angular face, her forehead beasded with sweat. "Hurry." the voice gasps in your minds, "The demons are closing in. I cannot hold them much longer." You get a high level map view of the town, one house on Kirby highlighted in red. Apparently the police don't know everything.

You land the jet in the middle of the quiet street. Children in the gardens behind the picket fences stop playing to stare as you emerge.

"Hey! Look, it's the Freedom Five! What are they doing in Ravenswood?" You can identify the house highlighted on your mental map, but it doesn't look different. It does look a little too small to fit the Bunker suit inside. At least not without removing large portions of the front wall.

"Hurry. They're breaking through." echoes through your minds.

Over to you heroes.

Unity, with her lack of experience working as a team compared to the Freedom Five, leaps straight into action without discussion.

"Don't want to mess up this pretty little neighborhood... I think I have something useful in here."  Unity telekinetically reaches into a storage locker on the Freedom Jet for some scrap metal.

"Let's see... something that won't cause alarm.  How about this?"  (Robotics 7, Creativity 9, Green 1 = a d8 Attack bot.)

A hobbit-sized humanoid emerges from the jet, dressed in a neatly-pressed metal uniform and a jaunty metal cap, carrying a small rack of sealed metal vials.  It marches up to the front door, knocks, and announces in a loud, piping voice, "Hello, residents.  I am the milk-bot.  I have come to deliver the milk."

“Let’s see what the Freedom Jet can tell us what’s in that house exactly” Using Principle of Science Tachyon uses the tech on the Jet to scan the hose for hostile and abnormalities (Lightning Calculator: 6 Science: 8 Status:2) the overcome is succeeds normally.  “I feel I always say this but you are not going to believe this....”

Everyone gains a hero point. 

Firing up the scanners. Infrared reveals 5sources of heat, four slightly fuzzy  but the fifth is clearly humanoid and moving. Audio picks up some snarls and hisses with an odd echo to them, like they’re in a bigger room than could reasonably fit in that house.

You detect intense psionic energies around each of the sources of warmth, especially around the active one, which seems to be the source.

Thereks also a dozen sources of unknown energy around the various psionic hot spots, one near the moving hot spot much more powerful, which also seems to be where the psionic energy is most concentrated.

You all feel a telepathic message echo in yuor heads “Thanks god you’re here. Take out the illusory demons so I can keep the family safe and close down this portal. I don’t have the power to do all three at once. And if you could avoid damaging the house, that would be great.”

"Well if that is the case guess we do some herding. Tachyon you reckon you can shepherd them on out if I block of the other avenues of escape? Vance do you want to get some of your fancy guns set up out here whilst we send em out to you?"

Without waiting for a response from his teammates Absolute Zero heads on out to the house opening the front door side-stepping around milk bot to see the mess that is inside. 

"Sorry Milk Bot we may need a bit more than your vials in here " 

(Plan is to use the principle of Cold to block of hallways and doorways that the bad guys are not in so we can funnel them out of the house but that will change depending on what is actually going on inside) 

Legacy would land near the house, following AZ inside the building as he expected the worst... 

(I'm sorry for not posting well and only posting sporadically, I can't come up with anything better right now, kinda a lot on my plate...)

Milk-bot, now that the front door is open, follows Legacy and Absolute Zero into the house. “Hello? I am the milk-bot. My milk is delicious,” it calls out, looking around as they explore.

Unity, not wanting to be trapped in close quarters for now, and separated from expendable spare parts, pulls out a single-lensed pair of glasses and links to Milk-bot’s point-of-view.

Sorry for the interruption from an outside observer, but loved the “Psychonauts” reference!

Vance strokes his chin as he considers the plan, the main cockpit of the Bunker suit open so he can talk to his team face-to-face. "I suppose hearding them out to me is for the best right now. It's not like I can walk this rig through the front door... But if things go south in there just gimme a call and I'll come running, suit or not."

With that last word the hatch closes, and the Bunker suit moves into position. Not wanting to cause property damage, or worse hit someone in the house, it gets into position along the front wall of the building, hunkering down to avoid windows. This way he is hidden and has a clean shot at whatever may exit through the front door. "In position, ready when you are."

As the door swings open, you hear a hissing coming from several of the rooms. Large red eyes peer out of the doorways. Some scuttle forth, looking like someone crossed a portal fiend with a crocodile and then painted them purple. (No, Guise is not involved this time but that shade). Thery open their mouths in a shriek charging down the hallway towards you, more pouring out of the rooms to follow. But only so many can fit in the narrow room. Their drool spatters the carpet, jaws ringed with sharp teeth.

The first one to reach you leaps on Milk Bot. dealing 5 damage as its claws tear at his metal frame and teeth scoring across his face. Another leaps over at Absolute Zero, landing on him in a flurry of six clawed legs and a spike filled tail (4 damage). The remaining two crash into Legacy, one leaping high into his chest, the other crashing agaisnt his legs for 5 and 2 respectively (Before modifiers).

HP 25/29

Drawing out the barbs embedded in his suit left by the reptilian creatures, Absolute Zero looks around. Seeing the creatures now in the hallway instead of the adjacent rooms on the lower floors he formulates a plan. 

"Now can't be having you run away on us just yet we have only just started."  Before he finishes his quip he has already started to make ice blockades between the rest of the house and the attacking monstrosities. 

(Overcome with the principle of cold: 12

Spending my +2 boost to cancel out the -2 to overcome checks. See the last issue readers where AZ saved some civilians and almost the same way

Granting a +2 to the next overcome action to try and shepherd these monsters out of the house from my 12+.)

In a deadpan tone as Absolute Zero starts to frost the floor with the same action "Step right up come this way to the wonderful ice slide leading you to the main attraction. The Riot Cannon"

[Tachyon: Green 27/27]

”Let’s bring them outofthecold” Tachyon says as she speeds in to attract the attention of the demons to lure them outside for a waiting Bunker.   Principle of Speed (Speed: 7  Finesse: 4 Status: 2) so using the +3 bonus thinking about how save a person from monsters in Megaopolis I’m at 10 and - 2 from entering the House puts me at 8.  “CatchMeIfYouCan!”

[Remaining for Round One: Bunker, Legacy]

Milk-bot is dented but not deterred.  (Save=7.  Reduced to a d6.)  "You can't get past me!  I'm the milk-bot!  I've been fully trained!"

[Legacy: 27/32 HP. Inside Ravenwood house]

"Yeah, that's right, follow Meredith, keep going, come out of the house..." Legacy would keep corralling them to go and chase Tachyon. Meanwhile he defended himself against all further attacks. 

[Roll Strength (10), Close Combat (8), and Green (6)

Result: 1, 1, 6. Reduce all damage done to Legacy by 1.]

Yep yep yep, just keep coming, don't mind me. Just follow Meredith. Try and catch her! Legacy would do a mediocre job of bracing himself from further damage. 

[Remaining characters in Round 1: Bunker]

"Smile!" The Riot Cannon flashes to life as soon as the beasts exit the door,Vance overcharging his shots so he can hit more than one beast at once.

[Riot Cannon attack roll: Riot Cannon= 9, Ranged Combat= 1, Status= 7; Mid= 7]

[Portal Fiends Defense rolls: Fiend 1(D6)= 3, Fiend 2(D6)= 6; Failure on both]

Hitting dead center on both fiends, the beasts slump slump to the lawn before dissapating into nothing.

[Risky Action to hit 2 targets: I take a Minor Twist of Hindering myself using my Max and Min dice=9+1=10=-3 to my next action]

Overcharging the Riot Cannon causes it to overheat, the suit momentarily rerouting power too the cooling systems.

((End of Round.))

(New Round: Status still green)

The demons burst through the door way, except one who remains in the hallway to bite and slash milk bot (2 damage).

Outside, two half-climb, half-straddle the doorway, their spined tails swaying for balance, snapping and clawing inside at Legacy and Absolute Zero (for 2 to Legacy and 1 to AZ)

Two stop, sniffing the smoke from the remains. They keep sniffing with their elongated snouts, before turning towards Bunker and charging, claws and teeth raking at the Bunker suit (3 and 4 damage).

One pauses in chasing Tachyon to leer at Unity and pounce. Fortunately she notices and sidesteps only taking a slight cut through her thigh as it tears at the earth besides her. (1 damage)

The other two pursue their original target, legs pinwheeling madly as they chase down Tachyon, snapping at her heels (3 and 4 damage).

"Oh, wow, a real super-hero battle! Right here in Ravenswood! That is sooooo cool!" the boy cheers, peering over the fence as his parents try to pull him inside.

{Edited to add] (Still to Act: Absolute Zero, Bunker, Tachyon, Unity, Legacy)

Tachyon rushes into one of the Demons still chasing her with a Nimble Strike (Speed: 9) and it vanishes.  

[Tachyon: Yellow 20/27]

”NowThatI’veGottenYourAttetionLetsEndThisQuickly” Tachyon speeds around the demons at supersonic speeds.  Tachyon hits all demons outside using Sonic Vortex (Speed: 10 Finesse: 7 Status: 5). With this speedy attack all demons outside the house are taken out one with an attack of 10 and the rest for 7 if it matters.  Tachyon heads to the  crate outside the Jet for a quick snack “WhewI’mHungry”

[Remaining for Round Two: Bunker, Legacy, Absolute Zero]

One demon remains in the house gnawing on Milk Bot.

[Scene over owing to overcompensating heroes]

One of the ice walls cracks, purple energy flaring around it before it shatters, hurling blocks of ice across the hallway to spatter the other blocks of ice. The Visionary walks out, a little shaky on her feet, wiping sweat off her brow, small rips evident in her costume. Behind her a black and mauve light swirls.

"Things are...stable. For now. Thank you for the assistance. The family here will continue sleeping for a few more hours. If they can wake up without thinking they've left the freezer open for a few years, that would be nice. And we can discuss what brought us all here."

[Moving to montage scene of clearing up and asking questions.]

(Entering out of suit mode, weilding the Riot Cannon)

[Armor Plating +1 reduces attacks down to 2 and 3. Current HP= 28-5= 23]

Vance steps out of his currently Maintinace Mode armorarmor, carefully detatching the overheated Riot Cannon. "I think I may have a solution to both our problems, Vanessa." Walking inside the home, he presses one of the sides of the large gun to a chunk of ice, steam filling the hall. "With any luck I should have most of this melted away in a few minutes." As he speaks the chunk of ice melts down to just a puddle.

"So, want to fill us in on why we were fighting void beasts?"

“Greetings, ma’am,” milk-bot interrupts, addressing the Visionary. “May I offer you some milk? My milk is deliciourrrk—~~*”

“Sorry,” Unity says as she disassembles the bot mid-speech. She reassembles its parts to form funnels and troughs to channel the water from the melting ice walls safely outside.

"Because they were pouring into our dimensiom from the Void faster than I could deal with them. I've been managing for the last, what day is it today?"

"Thank you, Devra. I wouldn't want the carpet damaged by mold."

"Umm, today is the.. 6th. The 6th. Anyway, I'm glad we could help, Visionary. Do we know what's causing the monsters to pour out?"

"So, three days. Not as long as I thought. Anyway, yes, the latent psychic energies from the Dreamer event appear to have opened a connection to the Void from this house, my old house, well, this world's Vanessa Long's old house. That can happen, rarely, but it happens. I hoped it would resolve itself but something on the other side kept that from happeneing. And then the demons came to make things even more difficult. Now that you've defeated the mfor now, I can stabilise the portal for now but whatever's causing it to stay open won't let me close it."

"So what you're saying, unless I'm mistaken, is that more of those things will keep appearing in this house until whatever's on the otherside of the portal is dealt with?" Billows of steam flow out the open door, the funnels and troughs proving to be quite useful transporting out all the extra water.

"That...seems likely. I don't know what we've drawn the attenton of, but it should be fairly obvious once you get there. The Void is...strange. Journeying there, even for a short time, would be dangerous. Confusing. I can keep the portal stable...for a while. But if you get stuck there, it could be a...while before you can be rescued.

"I understand. Thank you." With his trademark grin, Legacy calls out "Team, who's ready to go exploring?"

Unity raises her hand.  "I'm sorry, I must have missed the lesson on the Void.  How do we get around in there?  Is there ground to walk on?  Do we need space suits?  Can we breathe?  Should we take the jet, or, like, build a submarine or something?  And what kind of "dangerous" are we talking about here?  Other than purple mutant reptile things, I mean."

"Is there ground? If you want there to be hard enough. The Void is a chaotic mix of masgic, psychic energy and elemental energy, like someone ran  the baby of Dali and the Realm of Discord through a blender, but a strong mind can influence how it forms itself around you. So I would expect you to be able to make sure there is ground to walk on and air to breathe, but don't forget the mind you are seeking is powerful enough to send things from the Void into this world so expect a few challenges. However, not everythng in the Void is a direct threat, some are just energies seeking outsiders. Sadly, I can't accompany you. I'm drained and someone needs to stay behind to serve as your anchor and keep the portal open if you succeed and make sure it shuts if you don't. I may be able to help guide you to your target, but once there, it will be up to your efforts to prevent its incursion intou our world."

“Well I guess we head into the unknown again” Tachyon says as she finishes some snacks she had brought along “I wonder if Unity and ai could build something it track this entity so we don’t spend too much time there”.  

"I've got just one last question," says Vance, reloading the Riot Cannon onto the Bunker suit.

"Where IS the portal? I may have some trouble getting through the front door if it's inside the house..."

The Visionary sighs wearily. "Well, looks like the mountain must come to Mohammad. I'll do my best to move the portal to the back yard. You all need to get ready. And let me concentrate. Try not to think too loudly." she walks back into the room with the purple light.

Shortly, the air in the back yard ripples, ugly purple lightning crawling around a bruise coloured shimmer in the air. The Visionary sits crosslegged above the grass, sweat beading on her forehead, her skin pale with exhaustion as the shimmer swirls, darkens and finally spirals apart into a dark purple hole, a pathway of crumbling black stone under a violet sky behind it. "There. Hurry."

With a metalic CLANK! the hatch closes, and Vance is back at his controls.

"Ready when you all are."

"A strong mind, huh?" Unity muses, half to herself.  She quickly repurposes her scrap metal yet again, giving herself floating stepping stones to climb up on the Bunker Suit's shoulder.  "Tyler, you mind doing the walking for me?  I have to focus to use my powers, so if I'm doing that and trying to find a way to track this Void-thingy at the same time... well, I'd prefer to be on a solid surface and not, y' know, in free-fall."

You step through the portal and into the Void. A purple sky flashes with incandescent lightning overhead, the black rock under your feet crumbling with each step, the shards spiralling down, only to arc up into the air, foriming a halo of black stone chips around the winding stone bridge.

As you advance cautiously some of the chips cackle and leap from the halo, sprouting bat-like wings and tiny claws, flitting around Unity, tugging at her hair. (Environment Effect: Hinder using Min dice: 0, 2, 6. Hinder -1 to Unity's next action)

A shadowy figure appears on the bridge, almost growing out of the stone. It looks a lot like a stoney Bunker suit, purple light glinting in its optical sensors as it blocsk your path. It raises one gauntleted fist, the fingers folding inwards until a swordblade replaces the hand. It points this towards you in silent challenge.

"Ick, ick, ick!  Get 'em off me!" Unity slaps at her hair to try to get all the rock-bat-void things out, then sees the shadowy Bunker doppelganger.  She looks down at the crumbling ground of the bridge, then slides down off the Bunker suit with a sigh, the black gravel crunching beneath her feet but not giving way.

"You got this, Tyler!  Go get 'em!  I'll, er, be back here."  She plucks another winged rock out of her hair and takes a close look at it.  "Hmm... this gives me an idea."

Unity throws her arms wide.  Pink lightning shoots from her fingers into the stone of the bridge and the flying chips, and some of the pebbles begin to transform, growing wings of their own.  (Principle of Levity: Robotics 3, Banter 3, Green 8, -1 = 7, success with a minor twist)

Instead of being bat-like, however, these stone robots resemble black-and-pink flying monkeys, each only a few inches tall.  They scatter in all directions as Unity cackles with over-the-top glee.  "Fly!  Fly, my pretties!  Eh he he he!  Bring me the little girl!  Or whatever's after the little girl!  Or just, y' know, something interesting!  Eh he he... he?"

A bolt of lime-green energy, the exact color opposite of Unity's signature magenta, lances out of the darkness and disintegrates one of the monkeys as it starts to leave.  The source of the energy coalesces into a shadowy copy of Unity herself, floating on a rock that crackles with green lightning and looking very unhappy.

"Oops.  Not that little girl!  Keep going!  Try again!"

(Summary: the flying monkeys will succeed in helping us progress, but Dark Unity, a d6 minion, joins the fray.  Fortunately she counts as a new minion group and won't act until round 2.)

"Unity are you ever not going to get us into trouble. First, it's the flying rocks now its …you?" 

Absolute Zero shoots forth a blast of cold aiming to take this dark apparition out of the fight before it even starts. 

(Freezer Burn:7,4 vs Dark Unity 1. AZ takes 4 damage)

With a sharp pop as the temperature drops sharply a tight beam of cold energy stikes this dark Unity right in the torso and she promptly dissolves into so much mist.

"If only getting you to be that quiet normally was so easy Unity. Anyway, how about we deal with this imposter next Vance?" As Ryan keys open his vents slightly allowing the air to cool around him making his next action just that little bit easier. 

(Modular Realignment:6 AZ has a +2 boost to his next action, Also he now heals cold damage. 

Left to act: Bunker, Tachyon, Bad Bunker

AZ HP: 20/29)

Dark Bunker strides forward, raising his arm blade. It plunges it deep into the Bunker suit’s chest cavity, narrowly avoiding Tyler Vance. (Aggressive mode. Damage +2, Save -2. Damage 8+2=10) It draws the sword out, raising it again, purple electricity crackling along the blade and arm, all accompanied by a familiar whine of servo motors.

[Tachyon: Green 27/27]

”SorryGuysIWasFinishingMySnack” Tachyon says as she sees Bunker get sliced into by a dark version of himself?  “I’mNotSureIFullyGraspWhatThisIsButYouNeedToLeaveHimAlone” Tachyon uses her Hypersonic Assault to hit Dark Bunker (Speed: 10 Finesse: 6 Status: 2). With this speedy attack Dark Bunker is taken back and vanishes (rolled a 3 for Defense and with a -2 results in a 1 which doesn’t beat a 2)

[Remaining for Round: Bunker ]

[Armor Plating +1 reduces attack down to 9. Current HP= 28-9= 19; Status: Yellow]

"SONOFA-!" Vance shouts, the obsidian-colored blade cutting through his armor and instruments like it was paper, missing his head by mere centimeters. His own massive metal hand pulling his doppelganger's wrist up and the blade out of his armor, a large caliber cannon pops out of the suit's shoulder as heavier armor plates slide into place. "My turn."

[Power Suit attack roll: Power Suit= 5, Ranged Combat= 7, Status= 7; Mid=7]

[Dark Bunker(D10) defence roll= 5-2= 3; Failure]

Leaving itself open to attack, the stoney Bunker takes the large caliber round squarely to it's chest, crumbling into so much gravel as the shell blasts into its chest and out its back.

[End of Round 1]

((Edit: Fixing the math for DB's save. 5-2 does NOT equal 7, it seems.))

Round 2:

Unity's winged monkeys fly back, screeching and chittering, tugging urgently on her arm, pointing towards something off in the distacne to the left, well off the narrow pass. In the distance a city rises from the depths, purple water draining over the side as it flies higher and higher.

A hum passes through the air. You can fell the oneness of the universe, the numinosity of the moemnt bringing you closer to your teammates, helpoing you act as one team (Boosts to help an ally gain +1 to the roll).

A blur of motion races along the bridge, purple light glinting off her goggels, purple energy crackling around her as she barrels into you all.

[Passing to the Dark Tachyon turn]

Tachyon batters Unity aside, knocking her towards the edge of the bridge (Hinder. 2 on the die, so -1) before she pummels Absolute Zero's chestm, tearing at the coolant piping with her bare hands (Damage, 2). As she moves away, the lightning flares, her figure appearing more emaciated as it clears.

[Still to act: Bunker, Tachyon, Unity and Ansolute Zero)

"Whoooah!  Not falling, not falling, not falling!"  Unity pinwheels her arms and narrowly averts a fall.

"Is that the best you can do, Void?  Huh?  Huh?  How about some of this?"  A pulse of pink light envelops Tachyon's feet, and her sneakers transform.  It's a subtle change, but tiny powered actuators put an extra spring in her step.

[Hasty Augmentation: Metal 10, Technology 1, Green 2, -1, +1.  I'm unclear on whether you have to declare what die you're using before rolling, so I'll be honest and stick with the mid die I was planning on, result of 2.  Tachyon gets a Springy Steps +1 persistent bonus (non-exclusive) to use on anything that involves movement.]

[Round 2, remaining: Bunker, Tachyon, Absolute Zero.]

"Oh, there is another one. And she bites. Well, let's see if we can't slow her down."

A beam of cold energy arcs towards Dark Tachyon as she gets ready for another pass at the Freedom 5

(Freezer Burn2,1 vs 2 So she becomes a d4 minion and AZ heals 1 HP)

The energy only manages to wing the evil speedster of the void leaving her right arm encased in a layer of ice. Meanwhile, the holes she made in Absolute Zero's suit have slowly begun to frost over. 

[End of Turn: AZ HP -19, Still to act Bunker, Tachyon,]

[Tachyon: Green 27/27]

”Let me scan this clone of mine before you take it out and knowing it’s Energy I can track the larger source”.  Using Principle of Science Tachyon has made a Void energy tracker to try to track the source and points it at her Dark self (Inventions: 5 Science: 1 Status: 4).  This succeeds with a minor twist and the heroes get a hero point.  

[Remaining for Round: Bunker]

Bunker goes into defensive mode, using his military experience to set himself on guard. (Veteran, Power Suit Status, 1, 7, 4) for defend 4.

The Void energies seem to arc from Dark Tachyon to the transmitter, energisiing her e(restore DT to a d6 minion). The tracker pings wildiy before pointing towards the distant city as it shimmers, a purple crystal glinting at its hert,. And then the city and crystal are gone, an inverted step pyramid appearing in their place.

Round 3 (Status still green): As you turn to deal with Dark Tachyon, a shadow falls briefly overhead as Dark Legacy drops onto the bridge, his eyes glowing with purple light (d10 minion).

Dark Tachyon races after the original, attempting to hinder her tracking device (Hinder: Roll 2) and then proceeds to punch her in the side as she grabs for the device (2 damage). Dark Tachyon reduced to d4.

[Still to act: Environment, Dark Legacy, Bunker, Unity, AZ, Tachyon (Wraith and Legacy)]

“Huh. That’s a whole lot of void between us and there. And there’s not a lot to work with…” Unity looks around, seeing nothing but emptiness to any side, except the ziggurat in the distance. Finally she looks to the bridge under their feet. “Well, I guess there’s that.”

She gestures downward, and the entire section of the bridge is enveloped in pink light. It shudders, then detaches, growing a vaguely avian head, wings, and feet. With a hideous cry, it takes flight, making rapid pace toward the strange structure, with all the heroes and their doppelgangers on its back.

“Woohoo! That worked better than I hoped!” As she turns to grin at her friends, though, the bird’s eyes flicker purple, and the head stretches back and bites her, hard!

“Owwww! Leggo!” Surprisingly, it obeys and continues its flight as though uninterrupted.

“Right, ‘strong mind.’ I guess I have to keep my focus here. Ugh, lesson learned.”

(Principle of the Gearhead: Robotics 3, Creativity 1, Green 6. Pass with a minor twist, which is take 6 damage. Now at 20/26 (yellow).)

Reaction by Tachyon when Dark Tachyon makes her attack:

”AGoodScientistWouldKnowNotToDamageTheEquipment”. Tachyon uses Nimble strike hitting with Speed:3 which takes out Dark Tachyon

[Tachyon: Green 25/27]

”TheGoalIsInSiteLetsGoTeam”.  Tachyon uses Hypersonic Assault as she goes by Dark Legacy (Speed: 8 Finesse: 4 Status: 4).  Damage is a 2 after the hinder so Dark Legacy goes down to D8 after rolling a 5.   Dark Legacy has a -2 hinder.

[Remaining for Round: Environment, Dark Legacy, Bunker,AZ, (Wraith and Legacy)]. Handing off to Environment

[DM Intervention. Tachyin's strike on her Dark counterpart is intercepted by LEgacy, so Dark Tachyon is still around and Dark Legacy is down to d6]

Dark Tachyon races for Unity dealing her 3 damage and hindering -1 before she fades into the void energy.

EDIT: Owing to Tachyon’s ability hitting everyone, this does not happen. 

Or rather, Tachyons reactive strike is still intercepted,  but her main hit still destroys her coutnerpart before it can harm Unity. So,  o Dark Tachyon, no damage or hinder to Unity and Dark Legacy is still down to d6.