Location: Center City near midnight.
The Garbage Man stretched his hands again. This time a debris dragon rose from the garbage truck. It attacked Officer Milford. He was able to roll with most of the blow. He grunted in pain but moved away from the trash monster.
Officer Caldwell groaned. He woke up. The effects of the chemical used on him by the ice cream driver had worn off. He looked up to see chaos everywhere. A man covered in dirt and trash waved his hands and creatures made of debris and trash moved like marionettes. The two creatures looked like a serpent and a dragon. Walter wondered for a moment if he was dreaming.
“Get your lazy carcass over here!” yelled his partner and he knew he wasn’t. Gladness filled him when he saw Carl still fighting. He kept low as he ran to their patrol car for cover. He looked with surprised at the man in a black mask next to Officer Perkins. Walter knew now wasn’t the time for introductions. He drew his service revolver and focused on the threat at hand.
At the other patrol car Officer Milford moved away from the trash dragon. He moved to a new cover position, raised his revolver, and fired.
BLAM!
Officer Milford missed. He hadn’t aimed at the trash marionette but at its puppeteer.
The Phantom heard the screech sound of metal bending. The garbage truck’s gas tank flew out from it. It broke apart against the garbage man.
KABOOM!
The tank exploded in a huge ball of flame. The blast launched the garbage man into the air. The flames consumed the trash monsters. The tires on the garbage truck melted into puddles and the truck fell to its side. Officer Milford cried out in pain. A mysterious field blunted the blast but the flames burned his back. Officer Perkins winced from the pain. A smaller burst of flame had broken through the field to burn his hand. It blocked the blast as Officer Caldwell and Bonesnapper ducked behind the patrol car.
Thud!
The garbage man landed on the ground. He stood back up with portions of his clothes on fire. Looking a little daze, the trash covered supervillain looked in a vain to find who had attacked him.
Phantom saw the ‘The Man in the Black Mask and Jacket’ that was initially taking cover behind a nearby police car suddenly move into hand-to-hand range with the ‘Garbage Man’. Feeling that it was only a matter of time before the outnumbered garbage-goon was ‘taken-out’, Phantom’s attention quickly turned towards the location of the other ambush site.
As he looked across the city skyline through his rifle scope he could see two meta’s flying above the building tops. One was a female in American Indian garb that was swooping and diving around the second ambush site and the other was a male completely engulfed in a sheath of flames simply hovering over the location.
Phantom took a quick look over his right shoulder at Rico “Puerto Rico” Billings to make sure he hadn’t lost his ‘evenings prey’, and then raised his rifle to his shoulder. As he stared through the scope of his weapon, the fiery mutant hovering above the dark city streets suddenly came into focus. Taking a deep breath, the one-man-arsenal gently squeezed the trigger and sent a round screaming at his targets chest.
BLAM!!!
As he looked across the city skyline through his rifle scope he could see two meta’s flying above the building tops. One was a female in American Indian garb that was swooping and diving around the second ambush site and the other was a male completely engulfed in a sheath of flames simply hovering over the location.
Phantom took a quick look over his right shoulder at Rico “Puerto Rico” Billings to make sure he hadn’t lost his ‘evenings prey’, and then raised his rifle to his shoulder. As he stared through the scope of his weapon, the fiery mutant hovering above the dark city streets suddenly came into focus. Taking a deep breath, the one-man-arsenal gently squeezed the trigger and sent a round screaming at his targets chest.
BLAM!!!
Phantom watched intently, knowing the exact time it would take the round to travel 200 yards. He saw the hovering flaming villain jerk suddenly. The supervillain tumbled in the air for 5 feet before stabilizing himself, keeping himself in flight. The flaming Crusher held his side and flinched in pain.
Officer Alice Walker crawled out of the smashed garbage truck. She stared in shock to see that the trashy Crusher still stood. She had managed to hang on to her revolver.
BLAM!
Arrgh! Officer Walker had missed the ambushing Crusher but hit her partner. “Alice! Watch out for the crossfire!” cried Officer Milford. She visibly winced at her mistake.
Officer Caldwell didn’t pay attention as the masked vigilante made his move to circle around the flaming trash villain. He steadied his revolver, aimed, and fired.
BLAM!
His shot struck the garbage man in the chest. The trashy terror shrugged off the gunshot like he barely felt it. Caldwell thought, “Yeah, that didn’t hurt anymore than a bee sting but with enough of stingers we can bring you down.”
Officer Perkins pumped his shotgun and fired.
KA-BLAM!
The blast failed to damage the supervillain. Carl tossed the shotgun down and pulled out his revolver. “Next time load it with slugs instead of with scattershot.” He thought.
The black masked man kept down and he maneuvered around behind the garbage man. The flames on the Crusher died down. The fire burned on one-third of his body. The man in black moved behind the man covered in trash without being notice.
The Tonfa wielding vigilante focused on the villain’s skull, looking for an unprotected spot. Finding the perfect spot, he prepared to strike.
KRUNCH!
He yelled to no one in particular, "If any of you hero types have water powers, this guy needs a bath!" as the Tonfa struck the lower back of the garbage man’s skull.
A stillness filled the scene as the flaming, trashy, Crusher’s body stiffened. He rolled his eyes into his head. The Garbage Man fell to the ground unconscious!
{GM Note: Bonesnapper had a 16% change on knocking Garbage Man unconscious and rolled a 16!}
All of the Megalopolis Police Officers let out a sigh of relief. A collective “Whew!” could be heard.
Officer Perkins as senior officer on site informed the others they would not be checking for licenses today. He waved away the complaints of two of the others. “Look, we wouldn’t have won without them. Whether they helped us legally or illegally, I don’t care. If they have their DSA Superhero Licenses they can present them to us now. If they don’t have them, we are going to be very busy securing the crime scene. If they choose to disappear now no one is going to notice.”
“Am I clear?”
“Yes Sir!” said the trio of officers.
Officer Caldwell walked over the fallen ice cream driver and hand cuffed him. He turned the “purp” over. He reached for his radio only to find it missing. Instead he yelled to his partner, “Hey, did you know who we have here? It is Ben Jahmoka. We have several outstanding warrants on him for illegal organ harvesting and black marketing.”
Carl smiled. Capturing him would definitely make the streets of Winthrope Station and the Foundry safer. He activated his radio, “Officer Perkins to Crusher Task Force Dispatch. We’ve been ambushed. The car with Dr. Morrow escaped. With the aid of several Vigilantes, we captured two Crushers. No casualties. Request a Meta Wagon for 1 of the Crushers, the other can be brought in by patrol car. Standard CHESS notification protocol Alpha-Epsilon. Officer Perkins out.”
“Crusher Task Force Dispatch to Officer Perkins. The patrol car with Dr. Morrow did not escape. Crushers ambushed them too. Detective Broyko with the aid of Superheroes has engaged. They are attempting to rescue the Doctor at this time. The location is …”
The dispatch continued to provide the exact location of the ambush. All could hear the conversation and knew the other fight was happening 200 yards from where they stood.
< Due Date: September 14th, Actions, Goal, Reply?>
Current Conditions:
Phantom Hit Points: 23 Power Points: 61 Invulnerability: 5
Right FN Five-seveN Pistol: 20 rounds
Left FN Five-seveN Pistol: 20 rounds
AR-57 Assault Rifle: 48 rounds
M406 High-Explosive Round Grenades: 3
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Phantom
I should be able to finish putting together my response by later this evening, Tom. Sorry for the delay, but 'Hurricane Irene' has kept me VERY busy these last few days.
I had a few question though about the 'battlefield' that the characters from Street Patrol are currently fighting on:
1. How tall is the building that Phantom is standing atop of? I get the impression that its very tall since you mentioned he was using binoculars to get a better look at the story arcs villains. I ask mainly because I'm feeling some what trapped / limited to fighting mainly from the rooftop ( aka: no way to realistically move to another location without spending several turns just moving about the map ).
2. How long would it take Phantom to get to the street level of the area that we're fighting in?
3. How far away is the other police car ( the one that took off from the scene of the initial crash )? Is it just a few blocks away; straight up the road, or did the police car make a turn somewhere? Would Phantom be able to see the action at that location through his rifle scope? I ask because if Phantom can engage the villains at long range ( using his rifle and scope ) at that location without spending a bunch of turns just trying to get to that location, he might actually do that.
4. If the other police car ( the one that took off from the scene of the initial crash ) did make a few turns to escape the initial ambush, would it be possible for Phantom to do the old 'running across the roof tops' that all superheroes seem to be able to do in the comics and get to that fight from where he is now?
My apologies for getting these questions out to you so late Tom, but I've just been completely jammed up by all the damage caused by the hurricane, and haven't had much of a chance to even sleep let alone get next to a computer. If you can help me out with these questions I should be able to get a response out to you by later tonight no problem.
Talk to you all soon,
-Kev
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No problem, I knew you were swamped and would be late. It is going to be a 3 day weekend for me so if you can get it to me by Friday night I will be able to get it out Monday.
1. Phantom: How tall is the building that Phantom is standing atop of? I get the impression that its very tall since you mentioned he was using binoculars to get a better look at the story arcs villains. I ask mainly because I'm feeling some what trapped / limited to fighting mainly from the rooftop ( aka: no way to realistically move to another location without spending several turns just moving about the map ).
GM: I am thinking the buildings are between 5 to 10 stories. I imagined the binoculars were more for night vision than distance since it is midnight. Currently Phantom's scope is performing that function.
2. Phantom: How long would it take Phantom to get to the street level of the area that we're fighting in?
GM: It will take all his movement for one turn to get to street level. He will still be close enough to use his action for combat.
3. Phantom: How far away is the other police car ( the one that took off from the scene of the initial crash )? Is it just a few blocks away; straight up the road, or did the police car make a turn somewhere? Would Phantom be able to see the action at that location through his rifle scope? I ask because if Phantom can engage the villains at long range ( using his rifle and scope ) at that location without spending a bunch of turns just trying to get to that location, he might actually do that.
GM: The other police car is 120"/600 ft/200 yards away. It is not a straight path, so Phantom can't see the patrol car but he can see two Metas flying. One is female in American Indian garb who is swooping and diving as she flies and the another is a male that is completely in flames who is hovering. (Please let me know if Phantom looks that way even if that is not how he spends his action, so I can write this in the turn).
4. Phantom: If the other police car ( the one that took off from the scene of the initial crash ) did make a few turns to escape the initial ambush, would it be possible for Phantom to do the old 'running across the roof tops' that all superheroes seem to be able to do in the comics and get to that fight from where he is now?
GM: Yes he could run across the roof tops to the other ambush site. I would not even access a movement penalty for terrain. He movement is 48" so it would take him 2.5 turns to run there. On the third turn when he would arrive it would on his action phase with half him movement already used up.
Best
Tom
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Phantom
Street Patrol: Issue 13: On Target
> PHANTOM’S IC RESPONSE <
As Phantom watches his grenade round successfully hits its intended target, he sees the ‘The Man in the Black Mask and Jacket’ ( OOC: Bonesnapper ) that was initially taking cover behind a nearby police car suddenly move into hand-to-hand range with the ‘Garbage Man’. Feeling that it was only a matter of time before the outnumbered garbage-goon was ‘taken-out’, Phantom’s attention quickly turned towards the location of the other ambush site.
As he looked across the city skyline through his rifle scope he could see two meta’s flying above the building tops. One was a female in American Indian garb that was swooping and diving around the second ambush site and the other was a male completely engulfed in a sheath of flames simply hovering over the location.
Phantom took a quick look over his right shoulder at Rico “Puerto Rico” Billings to make sure he hadn’t lost his ‘evenings prey’, and then raised his rifle to his shoulder. As he stared through the scope of his weapon, the fiery mutant hovering above the dark city streets suddenly came into focus. Taking a deep breath, the one-man-arsenal gently squeezed the trigger and sent a round screaming at his targets chest.
BLAM!!!
> PHANTOM’S GOAL(S) <
Phantom is hoping to take some of the pressure off of the occupants of the police car ‘down the block’ and trying to ‘even up’ the fight a bit for Archer. He’s also thinking that if he can keep enough of the villains occupied, the police will have more time to respond with additional units to the location(s) of the ambush(es).
> PHANTOM’S OOC RESPONSE <
Sorry for the huge delay in getting out my response this time around, trouble with work and a family emergency had me jammed up all week. I hope my lateness hasn’t too adversely affect the game, but if it has; again, my apologies.
I’m attaching a Weapons & Equipment supplement to this e-mail for your approval Tom. I came up with what I hope is a more realistic description for Phantom’s Rifle Scope; and keeping my fingers crossed that you’ll approve it, incorporated it into my response above.
Let me know what you think of it Tom, and let me know if you need anything else from me for this issue - I should be able to get it out to you by today, tomorrow the latest.
TOM WROTE:
I am thinking the buildings are between 5 to 10 stories. I imagined the binoculars were more for night vision than distance since it is midnight. Currently Phantom's scope is performing that function.
- Oh cool! I didn’t realize you were giving me Night Vision equipment – worked that into my weapons and equipment attachment as well.
Talk to you all soon,
-Kev
> PHANTOM’S IC RESPONSE <
As Phantom watches his grenade round successfully hits its intended target, he sees the ‘The Man in the Black Mask and Jacket’ ( OOC: Bonesnapper ) that was initially taking cover behind a nearby police car suddenly move into hand-to-hand range with the ‘Garbage Man’. Feeling that it was only a matter of time before the outnumbered garbage-goon was ‘taken-out’, Phantom’s attention quickly turned towards the location of the other ambush site.
As he looked across the city skyline through his rifle scope he could see two meta’s flying above the building tops. One was a female in American Indian garb that was swooping and diving around the second ambush site and the other was a male completely engulfed in a sheath of flames simply hovering over the location.
Phantom took a quick look over his right shoulder at Rico “Puerto Rico” Billings to make sure he hadn’t lost his ‘evenings prey’, and then raised his rifle to his shoulder. As he stared through the scope of his weapon, the fiery mutant hovering above the dark city streets suddenly came into focus. Taking a deep breath, the one-man-arsenal gently squeezed the trigger and sent a round screaming at his targets chest.
BLAM!!!
> PHANTOM’S GOAL(S) <
Phantom is hoping to take some of the pressure off of the occupants of the police car ‘down the block’ and trying to ‘even up’ the fight a bit for Archer. He’s also thinking that if he can keep enough of the villains occupied, the police will have more time to respond with additional units to the location(s) of the ambush(es).
> PHANTOM’S OOC RESPONSE <
Sorry for the huge delay in getting out my response this time around, trouble with work and a family emergency had me jammed up all week. I hope my lateness hasn’t too adversely affect the game, but if it has; again, my apologies.
I’m attaching a Weapons & Equipment supplement to this e-mail for your approval Tom. I came up with what I hope is a more realistic description for Phantom’s Rifle Scope; and keeping my fingers crossed that you’ll approve it, incorporated it into my response above.
Let me know what you think of it Tom, and let me know if you need anything else from me for this issue - I should be able to get it out to you by today, tomorrow the latest.
TOM WROTE:
I am thinking the buildings are between 5 to 10 stories. I imagined the binoculars were more for night vision than distance since it is midnight. Currently Phantom's scope is performing that function.
- Oh cool! I didn’t realize you were giving me Night Vision equipment – worked that into my weapons and equipment attachment as well.
Talk to you all soon,
-Kev
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Archer
OOC: Wow. Show of hands, who wants Phantom knocking on their door when he's loaded for bear.
No one? lol, not me either.
Kev, totally surprised me by going for the flyers down the road instead of taking out Trashman first. If I'd known Archer was going to lose his bike and be facing down a meta mano-a-mano, I might not have been so hasty to leave the battle. Although I have to admit Trashman's apparent invulnerability to the sniper rifle was an influencing factor. You'll probably be more help to the Crusaders than Archer, but the thought is awesomely appreciated though.
You know this whole constant deadly force thing is going to catch up to you eventually. Keep it up and Manta Lad's gonna put you on his top ten wanted list.
Good Hunting Street Fighters
John R
