Location: Skyscrapers of Center City
From the Harmon Building two CHESS Skybikes took off. They were not being flown by CHESS Knights instead they were flown by supervillains. Mocker, the leader of the Crushers, and Raijin, the Asian Lightning Lord, were trying to escape the heroes who had ruined their plans.
Following after them was the Stellar Sentinel, Starbolt. He had told his teammates " I am going to pour on the speed, If the bikes can keep up that is cool, but if not I will harass them until you can catch up to us. I have no intention of letting them go."
Behind him on a CHESS Skybike was the Apache Tracker, Tomahawk. Starbolt raced to the side of the speeding Crushers. This caused them to sharply veer off between two office towers. Tomahawk cut a sharper turn eliminating the distance between them. He struck Mocker with his tomahawk as he flew across his flight path
ZOOM!
Mocker reeled from the blowing hitting him but withstood it. He veered his Skybike away.
Still on the Harmon Building, home of the Crusader Citadel, The Wraith, Teleporting Titan, mounted a Skybike behind Black Orchid, Mistress of the Vacuum, even though there were enough bikes for everybody. "My pardons, but I don't plan to stay on this thing for long," he whispered.
"Fair enough. Hold on!" The Black Orchid looked for a moment, easily figured out the controls and gunned the Skybike toward Mocker. "You want Mocker you say? You'll get him." Using her incredible intelligence and her engineering expertise, she boosted the power of the Skybike a bit to catch up with him by managing the throttle just right.
{GM Note: Black Orchid made a successful skill check against her Engineering ability. She also used an invention point to make the improvement a one-time invention applicable for the entire time she was riding it.}
They flew after their teammates and the Crushers.
Mocker executed a barrel roll then a partial loop to bring his Skybike racing toward Tomahawk.
AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Mocker’s sonic scream struck Tomahawk. The Apache warrior almost lost his grip on the Skybike. He had been hit with the blast but maintained control on the CHESS vehicle.
Starbolt circled around the manned flyers. Coming behind Mocker he fired a starbolt.
ZAP!
At the last second Mocker veered to the side, causing the stellar blast to miss.
While starting from behind Black Orchid and The Wraith quickly caught up. The Skybike outperformed the others. It was the second fastest thing in the sky behind Starbolt.
In the blink of an eye, The Wraith was gone. He had teleported away from Black Orchid’s CHESS Skybike. He appeared on the back of Tomahawk’s Skybike!
{GM Note; The Wraith rolled a natural 20 on his attempt to “grab” Mocker’s Skybike. Anything but a 20 would have been a success}
Raijin shot a lightning blast at Black Orchid.
ZWAT!
Black Orchid jerked hard on the throttle barrel rolling away from the blast. Her maneuver caused Raijin’s blast to miss her.
The storm clouds surrounding the Harmon Building left. The sky cleared. The rain stopped. The moon shone brightly.
<NEXT TURN>
VROOM!
The Skybikes and Starbolt weaved in and out of the tall skyscrapers which made up the business district of Center City.
Tomahawk veered up when Mocker and Raijin slowed down to dive under a sky bridge connecting two skyscrapers on their 21st floors. Tomahawk poured on the speed to bring both The Wraith and him in front of Mocker. Tomahawk swung his ancient namesake weapon at the Crusher Leader.
Swish!
He missed Mocker again.
The Wraith disappeared from Tomahawk’s Skybike immediately appearing on the back of Mocker’s skycycle. The Wraith grabbed hold of Mocker’s arms. The Crusher Commander swung his elbow in an attempt to knock The Wraith off but failed to dislodge him.
Black Orchid performed a perfect loop de loop to come behind Raijin. She fired her vacuum blast at him. At the last second he veered behind a tower causing her shot to miss.
Starbolt flew past Black Orchid. He too turned and disappeared behind the tower. Coming up behind Raijin he fired his stellar blast.
ZWSST!
The bolt struck the Lightning Lord in the back. The Electrical Crusher fell forward onto the stolen Skybike, incapacitated.
<NEXT TURN>
To Tomahawk’s and Black Orchid’s surprise a screen on the CHESS Skybikes came on. It was like the new info screens that had recently been included in the higher end cars. It stated there was a CHESS Skybike that was out of control and the rider was not answering screen prompts. The screen then pulled up the instructions on how to rescue the Skybike by performing emergency linking.
Tomahawk sped up his Skybike as the automated controls from his Skybike sent a signal slowing down the out of control Skybike. As the closed the screen provided touch controls to fly the other Skybike. Using these controls he maneuvered the Skybike next to his. The two linked up side by side. The screen informed him that a maximum of 2 Skybikes could be linked. He could now control both with his own Skybike’s flight controls. He grabbed the back on Raijin’s costume with one hand to keep the unconscious Crusher from falling off. The Apache Hero flew back toward his teammates.
The Wraith having grabbed hold of Mocker teleported him five feet to the left of the Skybike. The vacant Skybike careened out of control toward the Yamashito Electronics Tower. The Wraith let go of Mocker so he could fall to his destruction.
As he fell Mocker stretched out his arms while holding his cape. He straightened his legs and tilted his head.
AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
He let out a sonic scream in a vain attempt to fly.
{GM Note: Mocker spent an inventory point in the attempt to create a 1 time power stunt of flight. He failed his roll. I am stopping mid-turn. I need Starbolt’s and Black Orchid’s actions for this turn and everyone actions for next turn}
<Due Date: September 8th, Actions? Replies?>
Current Conditions:
Black Orchid Hit Points: 30 Power Points: 82 Willpower Defense active
Manta Lad Hit Points: 0 Power Points: 47 Luck Points Pool: 0 ** Unconscious **
Starbolt Hit Points: 34 Power Points: 70
The Wraith Hit Points: 10 Power Points: 50 Invisibility: +1/-1
Tomahawk Hit Points: 69 Power Points: 84
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The Wraith will mount a Skybike behind Black Orchid, even if there are enough bikes for everybody. "My pardons, but I don't plan to stay on this thing for long," he whispers.
Once we're in the air and within range he plans to teleport behind Mocker, grab a hold of him...and teleport him five feet to the left--so he falls to his destruction. The Wraith himself will then teleport to a nearby roof and keep following the team and his opponents, 'porting from roof to roof.
Crusading The Skies,
Greg (The Wraith)
Once we're in the air and within range he plans to teleport behind Mocker, grab a hold of him...and teleport him five feet to the left--so he falls to his destruction. The Wraith himself will then teleport to a nearby roof and keep following the team and his opponents, 'porting from roof to roof.
Crusading The Skies,
Greg (The Wraith)
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Taking flight, Starbolt tells his teammates " I am going to pour on the speed, If the bikes can keep up that is cool, but if not I will harass them until you can catch up to us. I have no intention of letting them go."
Jamey
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"Fair enough. Hold on!" The Black Orchid looks for a moment, easily figures out the controls and guns the Skybike toward Mocker. "You want Mocker you say? You'll get him." Using her incredible intelligence and her engineering expertise, she'll see if she can boost the power of the Skybike a bit to catch up with him by managing the throttle just right.
[I assume this might be a use of an inventing point, if allowed.]
[I assume this might be a use of an inventing point, if allowed.]
Marc
