Megalopolis: Crossover: Closing on the Tower!

Location: Stonehenge, England

The battle against the forces of the Domain and its allies, The Tarot Masters raged. The heroes had successfully stolen a key part of the Matter Vacuum device. As the remaining heroes fought to prevent the Matter Vacuum Tower from being completed, Adamas was hiding in the coral to prevent the Tarot Master’s Major Arcana members from retrieving the stolen piece.

While this is happening a portal opened. Through that portal walked a single man.

Across the StarCorp secure communications network Cybil broadcasts a team wide announcement: Attention a new Meta has entered the combat zone. Query search revealed he is wearing the markings and attire of Thunderhead. Summary Info: Thunderhead was a Megalopolis Superhero that disappeared in 1932.

Thunderhead couldn't help but smile as he marveled to himself, "So this is 2013."

The two-fisted titan was genuinely surprised to see grass and stone ruins instead of floating cities, jet packs, and rocket-cars. Then he saw the Tower and the smile left his face. He glassed the battlefield with a pair of antique binoculars and the archaeologist in him noted the only few remaining pieces of Stonehenge. He returned the field glasses to their battered leather belt pouch.

Then he turned to the nearest heroes and said in a voice like thunder, "Hello, Adamas, Elwood, and Harvey of course. I'm called Thunderhead. Agent America sent me. I'm here to help you destroy the Matter Vacuum." He evinced the manners and way of speaking of generations gone by.

As Adamas heard the booming voice beyond the coral, he hears, "Agent America sent me." His heart leapt at the chance that his friend was still alive, and had sent aid.

Then Thunderhead grew in size to over twenty feet tall. The cloud cover gathered above him in a spiral of storm clouds where lightning arced and writhed. His feet left the ground as he hovered in the center of a sudden wind vortex.

Eyeing the Tower, the giant of justice made his hands into gigantic fists where lightning also arced and writhed. His jaw set with determination, he asked his fellow heroes, "How can I help?"

Sitting four feet above the ground and seemingly supported by nothing but air, Elwood looked up at the massive Thunderhead in joyful amazement. He placed his feet on the ground, stood and cradled the back of his head with his right hand as he craned his neck to look up to the face of the newest party guest. “Mr….Thunderhead! It is a wondrous pleasure to meet you!” Elwood was shouting. “Let us make it a point to become better acquainted directly after these shenanigans are wrapped up! You asked how you might best help and my dear friend Harvey suggests the tower over across the field be your destination. There is an awful amount of ruckus going on there, and entirely too many good folks are being harmed. But, before you go directly to that squabble, you might first help our friend Adamas who is being perused by some terribly aggressive types.”

Despite the surroundings that reminded him of the trenches of the Great War, Thunderhead smiled and said, "Pleasure to meet you Elwood. I've heard a lot about you. And Harvey. Let's go join the ruckus."

Thunderhead said to Adamas: "Destroy that machine, friend, if that's what they're after."

The Astral Projection of Psimon appeared before Thunderhead. Speaking telepathically he said, "Thunderhead is that really you? Is this where you disappeared to such a long time ago?"

There was no need for respond as Thunderhead knew that Psimon already knew the answer. Psimon was being polite as he read Thunderhead’s thoughts. It wasn’t a probe, Psimon had always been too much of a gentlemen to do that without permission. Thunderhead knew Psimon from when they meet 1931. Thunderhead had just started out while Psimon had been active for 14 years by then. Psimon had been one the first two superheroes in Megalopolis, along with Freedom Eagle. Thunderhead was surprised to see that at least Psimon's consciousness still existed today.

Psimon caught Thunderhead up on the major events of the battle including letting him know that the others Thunderhead didn't know in the field with him are heroes: [nearest to furthest]Molecule Man, Skylark [North], American Woman [South], and Dynamo. The villains that Elwood referred to were unseen in the coral.

Psimon's answered Thunderhead’s questions without their having to be asked..

Why was the army of heroes are entering the tower at ground level, rather than flying into a higher level?

There was a force field protecting it which just came down and no one knows exactly what or where the Matter Vacuum is or how to stop it. The device could be on all levels. So each floor has to be investigated to figure out how to stop it.

Why weren’t they attempting to reduce the tower to rubble from the outside?

It was tried with a Nuclear Fission bomb but it did nothing to the force field or the Tower. It only destroyed Stonehenge and scattered the 2 forces. Psimon provided Thunderhead went a mental picture of a Nuclear Fission bomb detention since he had no idea what it was.

As Thunderhead reached out he discovered that the weather was already being controlled. He decided not to fight for control as it didn’t appear that was necessary to destroy the Matter Vacuum Tower.

[40] Adamas attempted to knock Super Nova out of the park holding the huge piece of machine like a giant baseball bat.

WHAM!

It shattered into pieces as it smashed into Super Nova. The flaming villain staggered a few steps but didn’t fall. He was barely able to stand as if he was standing on his last leg but he continued to fight.

Adamas began to carefully move out of the coral, leaving the destroyed piece of machine behind moving toward Thunderhead with haste.

[21] Blastar ran through the coral looking for Super Nova but can’t find him. He remained silent as he moved intent on not giving away his position or who he was chasing.

[20] Sister Indigo searched unsuccessfully for Adamas. Completely unaware he had left the coral. “Repent of the sin of theft. Come receive absolution and forgiveness. It is not the theft but the un-repentance that makes one a thief.”

[19] Once Adamas was out of the forest, Thunderhead carried Adamas and Elwood to the Tower, protecting and shielding them from harm, in case they are pursued. He was ready to evade any and all attacks.

{GM Note: Thunderhead used evasion this issue. It applies next issue as well. Since he is carrying Adamas and Elwood the evasion applies to them as well.}

Flying next to them was American Woman, Dynamo, Skylark, and Molecule Man. Molecule Man had transformed from his Diamond form into his gaseous Hydrogen form.

As they hurtled to the Tower, Thunderhead asked Adamas and Elwood, "Can we enter it from a higher level? Or attack the Tower itself?"

Dynamo replied instead, “Both courses of action are doable. If we attack the Tower itself we run the risking of it collapsing on our friends and allies inside. I would rather we attack one of the levels.”

American Woman said, “But which one? If we wait to pick one until we can see exactly what the threat is they will be able to shoot at us. I don’t like being shot at; it’s bad for my complexion.”

Molecule Man replied, “Who cares which of the Tarot Masters are waiting for us. Let’s pick one level and start bashing equipment and heads.”

America Woman sighed and looked at Thunderhead, “Do all you men only think with your fists?”

Skylark replied, “I disagree, a direct forceful approach is a favorite tactic of the Peratonian military. I think it is an appropriate course of action now.”

All four looked to Adamas, Elwood, and Thunderhead for their opinions.

[18] Mother Superior unsuccessfully searched for Adamas. Completely unaware there was no way she would find him hiding in the coral. “No one can run from Judgment. Your Judgment day has come and now it is time to face the consequences of your actions. Throw yourself at the mercy of the Judge. On your knees before me, criminal!”

[17] Super Nova fled deeper into the coral. He completely abandoned his quest for Adamas. The stolen flow divider was destroyed. He had nothing to return to his master. He had failed.

[14] Klondike continued his search for Mother Superior. He silently moved in the coral attempting to follow the sound of her voice. He was unsuccessful the coral bounced the sound waves in a manner he couldn’t figure out.

As the heroes flew toward the Tower they passed over the middle of the battlefield where heroes were leaving their down opponents. They ran toward the Tower with the exception of one.

[29] Lightning Fist held his katana in front of him. He pivoted to deliver a round kick but Knight of Pentacles ducked. Lightning Fist followed with a katana strike that the Knight parried with his sword.

[22] The Knight of Pentacles swiped with his sword striking Lightning Fist across the chest drawing blood. Lightning Fist grunted in pain but continued to fight.

Both men fought in silence. Focusing on the conflict at hand and allowing their swords to speak for themselves.

As Enforcer ran toward the Tower he stopped to relieve the incapacitated Tarot Master Troopers of their pistols.

At the Tower the Zombies continued to look for a way into the Tower as the heroes arrived.

[34] Tomahawk swung his ancestral weapon removing the head of a Zombie from its neck. The Zombie fell to the ground unmoving.

[20] Resonator slowly walked to the Tower. He raised his hand sending a sonic blast into the chest of a Zombie. The sonic wave blasted a large portion of the Zombie’s chest away. It continued to stand and fight. Resonator said, “Fall you damned thing, Fall!”

[19] Kali swung her power-chucks at a Zombie, missing.

[18] Beginning to feel swarmed by the zombie horde, the one man war-machine kicked himself into high-gear and launched a counter-attack on zombies. "You wanna fight? Then come and get it!" he barked out at his would-be killers. Quickly pivoting ninety degrees to his right, Phantom brought up both his pistols and fired at the two zombies closest to him.

The first of both shots missed but the second set of shots blew up the heads of both Zombies. They fell to the ground unmoving.

[17] A Zombie moved toward Phantom. It reached out to grab him but missed.

[17] Another Zombie moved toward Phantom but wasn’t able move close enough to him to attack.

[17] Across the field a Zombie reached for Kali but missed with its grab.

[15] Volcanic Man missed with the fiery punch he threw at a Zombie.

[15] Enforcer fired a shot at a Zombie with his Tarot Master pistol. The shot missed.

[14] A Zombie tried to grab Volcanic Man but failed.

[14] Behind the Tower, a Zombie moved to Phantom trying but failing to grab him.

[14] In front of the Tower another Zombie failed to grab Kali.

[14] Another Zombie successfully struck Volcanic Man, damaging his armor.

[14] Across the field another Zombie moved toward Phantom. It tried to climb the rock next to him to get at Phantom. The Zombie’s grab missed and it slipped on the rock. It sprawled on its side.

{GM Note: Fumble result. The Zombie is in an awkward position and has +4 to be hit until its phase next turn}

[14] Back in front of the Tower, Dreamweaver fired a TK Bolt at a Zombie and missed

[13] The Zombie tried to grab Dreamweaver but she dodged its hands.

[13] Behind a Tower, a Zombie moved toward Phantom. It wasn’t able to reach him.

[13] Another Zombie did reach Phantom. It tried to grab the Alabaster Avenger but missed.

[12] In front of the Tower, Evergreen attacked a Zombie that had attack Kali. She missed.

[11] Another Zombie tried to attack Resonator but failed.

[10] Behind the Tower a Zombie lumbered toward Phantom.

[6] In the swarm a Zombie grabbed Phantom. The savage hands ripped at his armor and Phantom rolled with the damage.

{GM Note: Zombie did 6 damage points: -5 to Armor and -1 to Power Points}

Inside the Tower a battle raged.

[37] Epsilon fired two TK bolts at Hierophant. Both bolts missed. Epsilon swore on his late wife’s grave. He would have to do better than this.

[34] Red Fury turned to face Fortress. She struck Fortress with her cutlass. Fortress stared in shock as his invulnerability failed to protect him. He had forgotten his weakness to iron and had gotten too close. Red Fury quickly performed a cross slash with her sword again. Fortress’s face paled as he was gravely hurt.

[30] CX smiled inside of his helmet. He saw the archer shaking off the chill and coming too. "Fall asleep at the party again and I'll write DUFUS on your forehead myself! Heh heh." The joking tone was obvious.

sniff, "My apologies Centurion-san. I seem to have caught a cold, but I am feeling much better now, thank you." From atop the equipment, the Archer used his perch to look across the amphitheater sized room. Pulling arrows from his quiver he prepared to provide fire support to those without DarkStar or Armorman's tough exteriors.

Seeing how easily Red Fury had hurt Fortress he decided to aide him. Archer fired four arrows at Red Fury’s head in succession. She ducked and dodged the first two but the third struck her hard. Red Fury stumbled but didn’t fall

{GM Note: 20% of unconsciousness rolled 85.}

The fourth arrow flew straight and true hitting Red Fury in the head again. She grabbed her head in pain but still didn’t fall.

{GM Note: 24% of unconsciousness rolled 51}

[24] Space Racer flew around the room and rammed into Snowman damaging his ice armor. He pivoted around to prepare for his next run.

[24] Starbolt and Red Hawk turned their attention towards Snowman, and attempted to duplicate their earlier success. "Red Hawk", Starbolt stated. "Let’s hit snowball with a grab and pummel."

Starbolt constructed foot clamps for Snowman. When he tried to grab Snowman with them he missed.

[23] Red Hawk blasted away with his vibratory power but missed his target.

[22] Snowman repaired his ice armor and fired an ice ray at Condor striking him. The ray missed Condor’s protective armor striking him instead. Condor rolled with the damage but was covered with more ice. He was having a hard time flying and the clinging ice was beginning to freeze and break his armor.

[22] Condor flew away from Snowman as he broke off the ice covering him. By the time he reached the end of the room he had successfully broken off and removed all of the clinging ice.

[22] The Knight of Swords missed with a pistol shot at Epsilon.

[22] Four of Swords missed with a pistol shot at the lone remaining Zombie in the Tower.

[21] The Black Orchid, having done her job at disabling the tower field can now concentrate on helping the others. "Alright big hitters, the tower shouldn't put up too much of a fight now. Does anyone need help near the vehicles? I believe I can fend off some radiation." She said trying to restore her awareness after working on the generators the last couple of rounds.

Armorman Junior replied, “No need to worry about the vehicles they are all destroyed. The battle is inside the Tower now. We need to focus of continuing to disable the Tower. We need to figure out how they were getting their equipment here and stop that. Without doing that they can easily repair or replace all the damage we have done so far.”

[21] Bulwark smiled at Armorman Junior. “You should quit worrying about mysteries that don’t concern you and worry about me instead.”

WHAM!

Bulwark struck Armorman Junior with a perfect hit. His punched bypassed the hero’s armor striking the man. Armorman Junior flew backwards across the room landing with a loud thud. He didn’t get back up. He had been knocked out.

{GM Note: Rolled a 1 for a crit hit, automatic miss of armor since its ADR was less than 100, 20% chance of unconsciousness rolled 17}

[20] NINE of Sword shot the last Zombie. It fell to the ground unmoving.

[20] Fortress make a fist and swung it is a motion at Red Fury. An earthen shaped fist raised from the ground on top a column striking Red Fury hard. She staggered a step from the beating she had be receiving lately. Fortress made a grim smile and motion an upper cut with his other fist. A huge earth column struck Red Fury. The earth fist smashed her hard. She fell to the ground incapacitated.

[19] FIVE of Swords tried to move over his fallen brethren as he fired a shot at Raven. His shot missed and he lost his balance and stumbled.

{GM Note: Rolled 20 for a fumble. He slipped so his has a +2 to be hit until his next turn phase}

[19] Raven attacks the FIVE of Swords with both fists. The first punch hit but the second missed. He knocked the Tarot Master out, incapacitating him.

[17] Hierophant, the Ace of Swords, charged over toward Fortress. He struck him with his fiery cutlass. Fortress fell to the ground unconscious.

{GM Note: 12% chance of unconsciousness rolled 8}

[17] Magnetor retrieved his magnetic device which he had has lost.

[16] Queen of Swords missed with her pistol shot at Epsilon.

[16] Centurion X turned to more pressing matters. As Big Blue had requested aid in taking the big targets down, he was happy to oblige him. Gathering the shattered girder and other bits of metal strewn about the battle field, Centurion X sent them flying across the room to encase Bulwark. CX tried to guide some of the metal to form a steel blindfold across the monster's eyes. He knew that this would not hold the enemy long, but hoped it’s long enough to let the others take him down. "I am going to wrap up the meat! How about some tenderizing!?"

Centurion X stared in shock as his efforts failed and the metal pieces fell to the ground having been unable to grab Bulwark.

[16] Too slow, we should have had this room cleared and headed to the second level by now, Time to try for two birds with one stone. Stepping from behind what looked like a generator Joshua saw the Archer scanning the room looking to protect the backs of heroes who might be leaving themselves open to a flank attack in the furious battle. "Any tricks left in that quiver bowman?" Stepping to the pile of steel wires intertwined by Centurion X's magnetic powers, "Sorry Priestess, I would normally never treat a lady like this, but sleeping in Cr’tegorf bed proves you're no lady. Picking up the heavy steel cage, DarkStar looked for an opening but before he could combat jump Priestess smiled and positioned her hands toward him.

“Dear Joshua, you look tired and emotionally drained. The stress of saving the world from itself must be getting to be too much for you. Here let me relieve you of all that strain.” Both of the Priestess’s hand glowed as she siphoned his energy from him. The Cobalt Commander felt his energy drain from him.

{GM Note: Dual devitalization ray attacks, one from each hand. Both hit for 23 damage points and 19 damage points. Invulnerability does not protect against this attack, -42 PP}

Priestess’s smile disappeared and a small frown appeared. Joshua remembered she would do this during their days together in MEDUSA. She believed it was cute and disarming at the same time.

“Oops my bad, that doesn’t relieve stress it just drains you of your life force. Why don’t you just ‘port to some nice beach and take a nap, Joshua?” Priestess’ frown turned into a little pout and then a very wicked smile.

DarkStar looked for an opening. Finding one with Bulwark he combat jumped above him slamming Priestess’ cage onto Bulwark.

{GM Note: Priestess weighed 140 pounds. I doubled the weight for the wire cage this gave a +2 to hit and 1d6 additional damage roll.}

BA-BAM!

DarkStar smashed Bulwark to the ground hard. The Strength of the Tarot Masters did not get up. He had been knocked unconscious.

{GM Note: DarkStar needed a 12 to hit with his Priestess’ cage rolled an 11. Bulwark had a 16% chance of unconsciousness rolled 13}

“AAARRGH!” the Priestess cried in pain but she was still awake and trapped in her cage.

[15] War Wagon missed with his Tarot Master’s pistol when he shot at the King of Swords.

[14] King of Swords missed with his shot at Epsilon.

<Due Date: July 13^th, Actions? Replies?>

Current Conditions:

Adamas Hit Points: 2 Power Points: 31 Invulnerability: 24

DarkStar                       Hit Points: 53    Power Points: 11           Invulnerability: 30
Elwood                         Hit Points:   9    Power Points: 54
Harvey                          Hit Points: 81    Power Points: 90
Magus                          Hit Points: 0     Power Points: 59           ADR: - 85; Adaptation Defense, Trapped in Ice
The Cure                       Hit Points: 1     Power Points: 62
Centurion X                   Hit Points: 91    Power Points: 51           Magnetic Defense active
Black Orchid                 Hit Points: 30    Power Points: 83          Willpower Defense active
Starbolt                         Hit Points: 34    Power Points: 68           Creation Points: 38
The Wraith                     Hit Points: 10    Power Points: 52           Telekinesis Defense active
Red Hawk                     Hit Points: 49    Power Points: 58           Invulnerability: 10
Thunderhead                 Hit Points: 355 Power Points: 67           Height: 24 ft

Phantom Hit Points: 15 Power Points: 40 Invulnerability: 0

1) Right FN Five-seveN Pistol: 14 rounds - 4 extra FN Five-seveN Pistol magazines
2) Left FN Five-seveN Pistol: 14 rounds
3) AR-57 Assault Rifle): 47 rounds - 2 extra AR-57 Assault Rifle magazines

Under-barrel M203 Grenade Launcher: 0 grenade - M406 High-Explosive Round - 4 extra grenades
4) Gerber Mark II Combat Knife

Archer Hit Points: 25 Power Points: 60 Willpower Defense Active;

Archer’s Quiver.

1) Explosive Arrowhead: +3 to hit, 1d12 damage w/ 3"radius Qty. 0

2) Sonic Arrowhead:        10% breakage. 1d12 damage w/10"radius                                Qty.   3
3) Flare Arrowhead:          2d8, Blinding Flash per Light Control                                       Qty. 2
4) Paralysis Arrowhead:    as per Paralysis Ray.                                                               Qty.   3
5) Anti-Grav                      Arrowhead: multiple target's weight by -10, duration 3 turns    Qty. 0
6) Normal Arrowheads:     1d8 +1d3 HTH damage                                                            Qty. 22

-------------------------------------------------------------

OOC

Thanks Tom.

I have questions. :)

Did Nomad tell Thunderhead who Adamas and Elwood are? If yes, did he indicate that Adamas and Elwood know Nomad?

Who are the villains near Thunderhead? I can't identify them clearly on the map. Does TH know they are villains?

Nomad told TH that the tower needed to be destroyed. Can TH see the tower? It's not on his map. Do the maps relate to each other?

Did Nomad tell TH that Jacco is here at Stonehenge?

What's the weather currently like?

Thanks,

Jeff

-------------------------------------------------------------
<IC> CX smiles inside of his helmet. He sees the archer shaking off the chill and coming too. "Fall asleep at the party again and I'll write DUFUS on your forehead myself! Heh heh." The joking tone is obvious. CX then turns to more pressing matters. As Big Blue had requested aid in taking the big targets down, CX is happy to oblige him. Gathering the shattered girder and other bits of metal strewn about the battle field, CX sends them flying across the room to encase Bulwark. CX guides some of the metal to form a steel blindfold across the monster's eyes. He knows that this will not hold the enemy long, but hopes its long enough to let the others take him down. If he cannot see or move, he won't be able to dodge and parry. "Wrapping up the meat! How about some tenderizing!?"

<OOC> The objective is to bind the big man up. If it is possible to make the entangle blinding then that's what I'm going for. If not, it's cool. :) Never thought I'd be playing a support character, but this is a blast! :D

Dave

-------------------------------------------------------------
IC:

Thunderhead couldn't help but smile as he marveled to himself, "So this is 2013."

The two-fisted titan was genuinely surprised to see grass and stone ruins instead of floating cities, jet packs, and rocket-cars. Then he saw the Tower and the smile left his face. He glassed the battlefield with a pair of antique binoculars and the archaeologist in him noted that Stonehenge itself was little changed from the last time he stood here, 85 years ago. He returned the field glasses to their battered leather belt pouch.

Eyeing the Tower, the giant of justice made his hands into gigantic fists where lightning also arced and writhed. His jaw set with determination, he asked his fellow heroes, "How can I help?"

OOC: Reply, Adamas and Elwood?

Hi guys!

Tom, Thunderhead's action looks like this:

Movement: Grow larger

Movement: Begin to change the weather

Movement: Flight

More Movement, and the "Attack" part of his action, will come after he hears from Adamas and Elwood.

Thanks.

Best,

Jeff

-------------------------------------------------------------
<Centurion: IC> �CX smiles inside of his helmet. �He sees the archer shaking off the chill and coming too. �"Fall asleep at the party again and I'll write DUFUS on your forehead myself! �Heh heh." �The joking tone is obvious . . .

<Archer response: IC> sniff, "My apologies Centurion-san. I seem to have caught a cold, but I am feeling much better now, thank you." From atop the equipment, the Archer uses his perch to look across the amphitheater sized room. Pulling arrows form his quiver he prepares to provide fire support to those without DarkStar or Armorman's tough exteriors.

<Archers: Goals> I plan on Daniel holding his Action, unless it looks like he is about to be attacked he is going to provide fire support for the non-heavy hitters that looks the most in trouble this turn. Snowman, Bulwark and Red Fury top the list in order of threat level perceived. With any luck some of the other heroes will narrow down his choices before the arrows start having to fly. Will declare specific Actions depending on other potential role play.

Fun battle issue Tom thanks :)

John

PS: OMG Jeff is back (at least as a guest-star? Freaking awesome - woot WOOT)

PSS: Adamas look out for the demons in the coral 8(

-------------------------------------------------------------

Quick correction: half of Stonehenge is gone. The ground is scorched. It looks like the Western Front from WWI.

As Thunderhead reaches out he discovers that the weather is already being controlled.

Best
Tom

------------------------------------------------------------
OOC

Thanks John.

Tom, I'll correct the Stonehenge line and resend. Should I correct the weather line as well, or could he accomplish what he attempted? Thanks.

If TH wants to battle to control the weather, I assume that's his attack?

Thanks

Jeff

----------------------------------------------------------
When he reaches out he discovers the Weather is being controlled. TH has a choice stop now or make his attack this turn in an attempt to take control away.

Best
Tom

-----------------------------------------------------------
OOC: Ok. Thanks. I expect that he won't, unless it’s critical to destroying the Matter Vacuum.

Best,

Jeff

-----------------------------------------------------------
Starbolt and Red Hawk will turn their attention towards Snowman, and attempt to duplicate their earlier success. "Red Hawk", Starbolt states. "Let’s hit snowball with a grab and pummel."

Starbolt will construct foot clamps for Snowman. And will blast him if an opening presents itself.

Red Hawk will blast away at a "hopefully" stationary target.

Jamey

-------------------------------------------------------------
Well look at that. :)

Jamie taking control of Red Hawk and going to town on one of the big bad guys. I LOVE IT

John

-------------------------------------------------------------
IC:

Sitting four feet above the ground and seemingly supported by nothing but air, Elwood looks up at the massive Thunderhead in joyful amazement. He places his feet on the ground, stands and cradles the back of his head with his right hand as he cranes his neck to look up to the face of the newest party guest. “Mr….Thunderhead! It is a wondrous pleasure to meet you!” Elwood is shouting. “Let us make it a point to become better acquainted directly after these shenanigans are wrapped up! You asked how you might best help and my dear friend Harvey suggests the tower over across the field be your destination. There is an awful amount of ruckus going on there, and entirely too many good folks are being harmed. But, before you go directly to that squabble, you might first help our friend Adamas who is being perused by some terribly aggressive types.”

OOC:

I will write again with the further actions for Harvey and Elwood in a separate e-mail.

Tom – I think Harvey would have two actions this turn since he only used movement in the previous one. Let me know if this is incorrect.

Thanks!

Mike

-------------------------------------------------------------
You are correct he has two actions.

Tom

-------------------------------------------------------------
OOC

Hi Tom.

Can TH see what aggressive types Elwood is referring to?

I thought there were no villains nearby, or did I misunderstand?

Thanks

Jeff

-----------------------------------------------------------
No TH can’t see the villains but he can see a giant Coral surrounds the area. He isn't shocked because he saw a larger version in the Domain. He knows a squad of men can hide in this smaller version.

Tom

-------------------------------------------------------------
OOC:

Hi Mike,

Your Elwood posts always make me smile.

Jon, can Adamas (and Elwood!) go with Thunderhead to the Tower, or will the "aggressive types" follow? Sorry if this is a dumb question. I just got here!

Best,

Jeff

-------------------------------------------------------------
OOC: I'm game, Adamas should have a lot of movement left, ala Heightened Speed... basically he's just running around playing keep away with whatever it is he has that they want.

Harvey pulled some equipment from the tower, and the villains ended up going after Elwood, so Adams is taking the heat to keep it out of their hands, and them off of Elwood, to bring you up to speed.

Jon
-------------------------------------------------------------
OOC: Thanks for the update.

Can these pursuing villains fly or otherwise follow us if we charge the Tower?

Jeff

-------------------------------------------------------------
Jeff,

Adamas is down to 2 HP, so my OOC recommendation is to attack his attackers, or lure them to the main fracas by the tower.

I'm glad you like my Elwood posts. That means a lot to me.

Mike

-------------------------------------------------------------
OOC: The villains can fly, we (Adamas and the Villains) are currently in a forest of magical "brain coral" that grounds us.

My move to maintain those 2 HP. :) And to keep the equipment Harvey stole out of their hands.

Jon
-------------------------------------------------------------
OOC: Ye gads!

Thanks guys.

Tom, you said I can't see these villains but I can see Adamas.

Can I fit into the magical forest of brain coral in my giant size to find these villains?

Better yet, do I think I can pick up the forest of magical brain coral?

Jeff

---------------------------------------------------------------
That is because when Super Nova attacked Adamas he burned a hole in the Coral. TH can see only Adamas through the hole.

Yes TH can fit in Giant size in the Coral. It will be detect hidden roll to find Villains, doubled chance to find Super Nova because of his flame aura.

No you can only left a section but it has thorns which would be an automatic hit.

Best
Tom

-------------------------------------------------------------
OOC: Thorns and coral and villains OH MY!

Dave

-------------------------------------------------------------
OOC:

Thanks Tom.

Jon and Mike, Thunderhead's detects are pretty puny. Going into the coral reef will give him a 16% chance of helping Adamas.

If the villains are chasing the gizmo you guys stole, how about you hand it off to TH? He flies away with the gizmo, luring the villains off of the injured Adamas?

Or how about destroying it with your eye beams, so they can never get it back?

If the villains just want to kill Adamas and Elwood, and don't care about the gizmo, how about the giant-sized Thunderhead carries Adamas and Elwood away. He could evade while flying.

Thoughts?

Tom, if a giant is flying and evading, do his negatives to be hit (from the evasion) transfer to the folks he's carrying?

Also, does the tower seem to have multiple levels to it, or is it more like an oil rig?

When scanning earlier with his binocs, could Thunderhead tell why the army of heroes are entering the tower at ground level, rather than flying into a higher level?

Or why they aren't attempting to reduce the tower to rubble from the outside?

Thanks,

Jeff

------------------------------------------------------------
OOC: Destroy the widget and they do not have reason to chase Adamas anymore. Until the Cure can heal him again he's in no condition to take on Supernova. We just about have the first floor cleared if it weren't for Snowman. Like Supernova he's a tough cookie and Toms taken it easy on us with him I fear.

2 cents from DarkStar/Archer
Best of Luck Guys
John
------------------------------------------------------------
Tom, if a giant is flying and evading, do his negatives to be hit (from the evasion) transfer to the folks he's carrying? Yes, the folks get the negatives to be hit

Also, does the tower seem to have multiple levels to it, or is it more like an oil rig? 4 levels counting the ground level.

The Astral Projection of Psimon appeared before Thunderhead. Speaking telepathically he said, "Thunderhead is that really you? Is this where you disappeared to such a long time ago?"

Thunderhead knows who Psimon is and even meet him once back in 1931 when Thunderhead had started out while Psimon had been active for 14 years by then. He and Freedom Eagle were the first two superheroes in Megalopolis. TH was surprised to see that at least Psimon's consciousness still existed today.

Psimon caught Thunderhead up on the major events of the battle including letting him know that the others TH didn't know in the field with him are the heroes: [nearest to furthest]Molecule Man, Skylark [North], American Woman [South], and Dynamo.

Psimon's answered the following two questions.

When scanning earlier with his binocs, could Thunderhead tell why the army of heroes are entering the tower at ground level, rather than flying into a higher level? There was a force field protecting it which just came down and no one knows exactly what or where the Matter Vacuum is or how to stop it. The device could be on all levels. So each floor has to be investigated to figure out how to stop it.

Or why they aren't attempting to reduce the tower to rubble from the outside? It was tried with a Nuclear Fission bomb but it did nothing to the force field or the Tower. It only destroyed Stonehenge and scattered the 2 forces.

Best

Tom

------------------------------------------------------------
The Black Orchid, having done her job at disabling the tower field can now concentrate on helping the others. "Alright big hitters, the tower shouldn't put up too much of a fight now."

She'll then try to form a blackness around as many zombies as possible without including any of the good guys. "I hope these zombies need to see to attack." Once she does that, she'll then try to go back up the stairs.

Marc

-------------------------------------------------------------
In Issue 6 it was shown to Black Orchid that the Zombies used something other than sight to attack by. They moved toward Black Orchid even though they couldn't see them. It was the special fog released by the Tarot Masters' Cups which prevented them from attacking her and drove them outside.

Best

Tom

-------------------------------------------------------------
Oops, forgot about that!

OK, so the first statement still stands and I'll take it again from there...

-----------------
The Black Orchid, having done her job at disabling the tower field can now concentrate on helping the others. "Alright big hitters, the tower shouldn't put up too much of a fight now. Does anyone need help near the vehicles? I believe I can fend off some radiation." She says trying to restore her awareness after working on the generators the last couple of rounds.

Marc

--------------------------------------------------------------
OOC: Tom, did the pre mission briefing or does Cybil have ability to inform DarkStar of Black Orchids Devitalization Ability. I think it might be key to taking out Snowman.

Thanks
John
-------------------------------------------------------------
No to both cases. Black Orchid's powers are not public knowledge and DarkStar has no way of knowing them. Her connection with CHESS has kept her info out of the databases DarkStar normally accesses.

Best
Tom

------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks Tom

OOC: DS has obviously been too involved with fighting Demons in other dimensions lately. We'll have to rectify his personal meta-database in the near future lol.

Thanks Tom
John.
-------------------------------------------------------------
OOC: Adamas is open, his main goal has been to protect Elwood... but he'd love to get back into the fight. His Invulnerability usually means he can take an off shot, but he's in no shape for a knock down drag out... wasn't expecting to have a nuke dropped on him. :)

IC: As Adamas hears the booming voice beyond the coral, he hears, "Agent America sent me." His heart leaps at the chance that his friend is still alive, and has sent aid.

OOC: Adamas will begin to carefully move out of the coral, holding the huge piece of machine like a giant baseball bat. If he sees Super Nova or his Twisted Sister, he will attempt to Knock them out of the park... but he is moving toward Thunderhead with haste.

Jon Hammonds
-----------------------------------------------------------
OOC:
Great. Looks like Adamas is going to destroy the object upside Supernova's
head.

Tom, here's the second part of Thunderhead's action:

Goals, in priority order:
1) Protect Adamas and Elwood, hopefully without entering the coral forest.
2) Get to the Tower to destroy the Matter Vacuum, hopefully with
Adamas and Elwood.

IC:
Despite the surroundings that reminded him of the trenches of the Great War, Thunderhead smiled and said, "Pleasure to meet you Elwood. I've heard a lot about you. And Harvey. Let's go join the ruckus."

When Adamas was close enough to speak to without shouting, Thunderhead would say: "Destroy that machine, friend, if that's what they're after."

If Adamas is attacked before he exits the forest, and Thunderhead has a saved action, he will blast Adamas' attacker with a bolt of lightning with the goal of spoiling the attack on Adamas.

Once Adamas is out of the forest, Thunderhead will carry Adamas and Elwood to the Tower, with the intent of protecting and shielding them from harm, in case they are pursued.

If he can use an action at this point, without stopping his movement, he'll Evade in this endeavor.

As they hurtled to the Tower, Thunderhead asked Adamas and Elwood, "Can we enter it from a higher level? Or attack the Tower itself?"

OOC:

Attack is spent blasting at a super villain who attacks Adamas before he exits the forest, to spoil the attack.

Or else attack is used on evading, after Adamas exits forest, but only if the evasion doesn't halt their advance on the Tower.

If it does, he'll save his attack if possible, or use it to punch his way into the Tower!

Go Guardians!

Jeff

-------------------------------------------------------------
Starbolt and Red Hawk will turn their attention towards Snowman, and attempt to duplicate their earlier success. "Red Hawk", Starbolt states. "let's hit snowball with a grab and pummel."

Starbolt will construct foot clamps for Snowman. And will blast him if an opening presents itself.

Red Hawk will blast away at a "hopefully" stationary target

<Archer Adjustments> Archer will still hold his Action trying to provide an Overwatch for other team members. He will pay particular attention to Red Fury. With luck, Snowman and Bulwark are being restrained by Starbolt and Centurian X, leaving her as the most dangerous unfettered opponent on the field. Regardless, If he needs to fire upon the enemy to protect less protected heroes like Graviton, Condor and himself he will use 4 standard arrow and use both his attacks for two dual multi-strikes to the head using his Marksman ability. If it turns out this isnt needed he will save his Action to next Turn.

Thanks John
------------------------------------------------------------
<IC> �CX smiles inside of his helmet. �He sees the archer shaking off the chill and coming too. �"Fall asleep at the party again and I'll write DUFUS on your forehead myself! �Heh heh." �The joking tone is obvious. �CX then turns to more pressing matters. �As Big Blue had requested aid in taking the big targets down, CX is happy to oblige him. �Gathering the shattered girder and other bits of metal strewn about the battle field, CX sends them flying across the room to encase Bulwark. �CX guides some of the metal to form a steel blindfold across the monster's eyes. �He knows that this will not hold the enemy long, but hopes its long enough to let the others take him down. �If he cannot see or move, he won't be able to dodge and parry. �"Wrapping up the meat! �How about some tenderizing!?"

<OOC> �The objective is to bind the big man up. �If it is possible to make the entangle blinding then that's what I'm going for. �If not, it's cool. �:) �Never thought I'd be playing a support character, but this is a blast! �:D

<DarkStar IC: Action and Response> Too slow, we should have had this room cleared and headed to the second level by now, Time to try for two birds with one stone.Stepping from behind what looked like a generator (F) Joshua sees the Archer scanning the room looking to protect the backs of heroes who might be leaving themselves open to a flank attack in the furious battle. "Any tricks left in that quiver bowman?" Stepping to the pile of steel girders intertwined by Centurion X's magnetic powers, "Sorry Priestess, I would normally never treat a lady like this, but sleeping in Cr’tegorf bed proves you're no lady. Picking up the heavy steel cage, DarkStar looks for an opening and combat jumps above (and behind if possible) slams it into the villain. (Which villain? DarkStar will hold his dual-attacks and take advantage of either Bulwark or Snowman being bound by either Starbolt or Centurion X - if both are successful he will hope to add on to any damage being done to Snowman as the last 'order' was to dog pile the ice villain,. If neither attempt to entangle the villains is successful he will use his dual-attacks on Bulwark. Either way trying to use the steel cage as a huge club and hoping to damage the Priestess enough in the process to knock her out and shut her up) :)

OOC: If I'm trying something goofy or need to make adjustment please let me know. Thanks Tom

John

------------------------------------------------------------
Damn - sorry, bro - I thought for sure that i sent out a reply a few days after the issue came out - Phantom's actions are rather simple, perhaps I just thought I did and didn't. Either way, my apologies, Tom - here's Phantom's action for this turn.

IC:

Beginning to feel swarmed by the zombie horde, the one man war-machine kicks himself into high-gear and launches a counter-attack on zombies. "You wanna fight? Then come and get it!" he barks out at his would-be killers. Quickly pivoting ninety degrees to his right, Phantom brings up both his pistols and fires at the two zombies closest to him.

OOC:

Phantom is taking head shots; shots with each pistol, at the zombies that was right in front of him just last turn and the zombie coming over the rock. In true comic / action movie fashion he's firing both pistols to his sides. I'm looking for dramatic effect there - not a firing penalty - so if Phantom has to 'back-pedal' a bit so that each of these zombies is in his forward firing arc then he'll do that instead.

My apologies again for the screw-up.

-Kev
-------------------------------------------------------------

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Crossover: Closing on the Tower! - Issue 9