TDI Headquarters

[blackout]

The Town Defense Initiative headquarters is centered around the Town park.
The perimeter is ringed by defensive gun-towers, ranging from anti-infantry and anti-vehicle towers to anti-air defenses, and anti-missle systems.
The interior of that ring of defenses consists of about three-dozen barracks, and a dozen airfields, as well as a dozen vehicle and walker hangars, which hold the tanks and walkers for the local defenses. Along with the gun towers, are an array of bunkers which can hold infantry. The headquarters are not the only TDI base in existance, but it is, by far, the most heavily defended.

The quarter-mile around the area is protected by a no-teleport, no ethereal travel, and no astral travel field in and around the base.

The other structures inside the base are multiple radar stations, fuel depots, supply silos, and the main building, where people can apply for a job here at the TDI. The main building's interior consists of a front desk, and multiple rooms in the back, among them a bar, rec room, a meeting room, briefing room, planning room, and etc.

TDI - Making the Town safer, through superior firepower. :smallbiggrin:

[Draken]

Azzulon looks arround, sure that there is no artistic vein in the Blackout Raiders.

This place could really use an Architect, looks like Nukular employs only engineers...

[blackout]

It's a military base, not an art museum.

[LordVader]

@Nukular, via radio
Raneus says he'll get his friend Ser to cast a no magical teleportation zone around the HQ. Also, he suggests we look into something along the lines of the Spear of Destiny as a long-term project.

[blackout]

Agreed. In the meantime, I also have a few things you should see as well.

[LordVader]

What things?
(this is Raneus now.)

[blackout]

Just a couple of surprises I suspect we'll have ready if the Fourth Empire tries anything.

[metakirb]

Waddle Dee runs in

wow... this place is pretty big...

[thehothead]

Haydn magically portals in. What's this about a no-magic-telportation zone? Becuase that's how I get around.

[LordVader]

It will be necessary to keep enemies from surprising us. You'll still be able to teleport, but will have to walk a half-mile or so to the HQ.

[blackout]

Raneus, get Jarus. I'll lead you to the BR weapons facility on the edge of the system. You'll like what you'll have to see.

[LordVader]

We're deadtimed at a police operation right now. When we finish, sure.

[blackout]

...Wait, if your deadtimed, how are you talking to me?

[LordVader]

He's the deadtimed one, we're just sitting on our asses waiting for him to post.

[blackout]

Y'know, you should look into making clones. Their perfect, they let you be in any two places at once, and they'd handle the situation like you would.

[Draken]

Humans and their tecnology... His Lord ordered us to set up permanent gates, Haydn, we will give you something to link a gate to your base.

Azzulon hands over a small box with a button to Haydn, and calls out a small round construct.

With this iten you can open or close the gate, take this little one to your castle, he will set up a gate and come back thereafter.

Azzulon goes to supervise the preparation of necessary facilities to attend to the needs of the less millitar groups of the TDI, like labs, specimen (or prisoner, whatever) containment areas, forges, etc.

[blackout]

Multiple labs are under construction, mostly weapons development facilities.

[Draken]

And a construct thats probably got more Int than the builders is going to give supervision, mostly to the non-weapon related, after all the BR and IG probably are Arcane Inepts.

[J_Muller]

An FE shuttle craft descends out of the clouds toward the base. It lands, and a group of FE soldiers and technicians disembark. The technicians supervise while the soldiers begin to offload a large circular package. The highest-ranking technician approaches Nukular's clone.

We have brought a device we have built that will enable travel between here and the city. Where would you like us to set it up?

[blackout]

Eh, just drop it anywhere, Mac.

[J_Muller]

The technicians and soldiers roll out the object, setting it carefully on the ground before erecting a small metal platform. Then, they get to work unpacking and stabilizing it. When they are finished, the ring-shaped device stands ready, a panel mounted on a post just in front of it. The panel bears a few assorted buttons, and the following instructions.


INSTRUCTIONS:

Press green button.
STAND BACK! Plume of antimatter is DANGEROUS!
Enter through wormhole once it has stabilized.
WARNING: Room on other side is guarded and manned constantly by soldiers. For your own safety, do not make any threatening movements as you walk through the portal.

[Artemis97]

((OMG sweet! We have a Stargate!!! :smallbiggrin: sorry had to say something :smallsmile: ))

[blackout]

There will be NO TOUCHING that thing until I can tell it's not rigged to blow.

[Draken]

Mind a small test involving a random soldier and a forcecage?

[blackout]

Depends, is it one of my men that you'll be testing?

[Draken]

No, it's the gate, but I need someone to activate it, the forcecage is a safety measure.

[Vhaidara]

A random NPC walks up and volunteers.

(This is just an everyday person.)

[blackout]

...Wait, how'd that guy even get in? The gun towers are active.

[PirateMonk]

((Thorough handwaving. :smalltongue: ))

[blackout]

((...I hate Jedi. :smalltongue: ))

[Vhaidara]

(OK, he's a first level rouge that happened to have a Dimension Door scroll and ranks in Use Magic Device :smalltongue: .)

[Draken]

Very well. Walk near that gate and press the button after the forcecage surrounds you. Don't forget the instructions.

The large forcecage surrounds the random NPC.

Nukular, Nukular, Nukular, how do you intend to hire someone or to be considered a defensive force of the Town if you point weapons to the peasants?

[blackout]

Just saying, unless they have an appointment, or are here to enlist, they shouldn't be allowed inside.

[Vhaidara]

Shadowbow wanders up, now with spiky orange hair, red armor, blue sword, and yellow spear. He is completely unrecognizable.

[Artemis97]

Raril comes after him, flying on a pair of blood-red wings.

[Vhaidara]

Seeing there's no one here, he wanders away.

[Artemis97]

Raril shouts down at him "Will you slow down? Where do you think you're going?"

Raril sighs and flies back on to the streets. "Well this flying is fun at least"

[J_Muller]

((OMG sweet! We have a Stargate!!! :smallbiggrin: sorry had to say something :smallsmile: ))

((Indeed we do.:smallbiggrin:

Only, this one just goes up to their main one at the city. That one's a more sophisticated device, and it's hooked up to the dialing computer and enough power to connect to their others. The box on the end of the panel is just a small patch of circuitry with the address for the main hardwired in. This gate's not designed to do anything more than connect to their main.))

[Draken]

(Muller, Nukular is suspicious of the gate, so we are conducting a largely stupid test on it, give the result of the test, even it's astonishingly obvious...)

[J_Muller]

((What, you're activating it? Sure.))

After the button is pressed, a whine and some whirring noises can be heard from the metal ring. Suddenly, blue energy shoots inwards from the edge, converging on the center of the ring. When it reaches the center, a large plume of bubbly blue energy shoots out with a loud Ka-Woosh, then just as quickly folds back in. The whole process takes less than a second. If the NPC has been foolish enough to take the several steps forward which would be required to put him in its path, he will find himself suddenly missing any parts of his body which the plume of antimatter touches, regardless of his protection. However, if he has done the sensible thing and stayed where he is, he will find that once the plume is gone, a field of almost waterlike blue energy is present inside the ring.

[Draken]

Azzulon dismisses the forcecage.

Well, looks like it's safe.

Azzulon breaks the fourth wall for a moment.

I bet 50 gp that the player responsible for that random NPC will make him move into the bubble blast area and make him die horribly.

[Vhaidara]

(Duh.)

The NPC does just that.

[J_Muller]

Since the wormhole has already stabilized, the antimatter plume only lasting about half a second, nothing happens to him. If he moves through the portal, he will find himself inside a room in the military base section of the FE capital, where he will be greeted by lots of FE soldiers with guns and assorted heavy weaponry.

[Vhaidara]

(In that case-)

The NPC experiences the wonder of spontaneous combustion the moment before he enters the portal.

[Artemis97]

A drow with blood red wings growing from his back walks into the TDI complex. Raril takes a look around, to see if anyone was there.

Seeing no one he falls into deadtime.

[Vhaidara]

About ten giant worms burst out of the ground. immediatly they begin spewing things that look like a combination of dogs and scorpions. These begin attacking everyone in sight.

[LordVader]

((I knew the zerg were coming!:smallamused:))
Dozens of Leman Russ Battle Tanks open fire, targeting the Nydus Worms. Hundreds of Stormtroopers charge forward and begin firing at the Zerglings. Scores of defensive turrets open up as well.

[Vhaidara]

The Zerglings keep coming (That is the one advantage of Zerglings:smallamused: ), and now hydralisks start coming. Spike tear up the ground. The Zerglings rush towards the turrets. It's obvious that not every Zerg that appears is battling, and the some are burrowing.

[LordVader]

The 50 Leman Russes target the worms. 15 Marauder bombers fly in over the battlefield, dropping napalm on the zerg and bombing the Nydus Worms.
20 Basiliks begin firing, massive shells smash into the Zerg lines, kicking up huge sprays of dirt and Zerg.
((deadtime, please put this battle on hold, except Blackout has permission to control my troops if he wants.))
Lightning Air Superiority fighters fly in as well. A trio of psykers attempts to open a Warp Rift in the Zerg lines.

[Vhaidara]

(And what are you doing about the Lurkers?)

The worms retreat, but the Zerg keep coming.

(A drone might have made it underground in the fighting.)

[LordVader]

The Basilisks, Leman Russes, and Marauders pound the area where the Zerg have burrowed. Nothing should survive. The Lightnings fire missles down the hole after the worms.
((deadtime))

[Vhaidara]

(This is why your detection systems didn't alert you. They go deeper, and make caverns. And the worms fill in the tunnels behind themselves.)

All signs of the Zerg are destroyed.

[LordVader]

Psykers scan the area for Zerg life. If they detect any(and if there's any, they will), the Basilisks and Russes re-open fire, this time with meltabombs. The bombers will also drop melta charges(extremely powerful thermal weapons)

[Vhaidara]

They don't detect any.

(They're to deep underground.)

[LordVader]

Just to be sure, they take a FE burrowing machine, strap a thermite charge to it, and send it undergroud scouting. If it is attacked, it will detonate.
((deadtime))
Also, if they come near the surface again, they will be sensed by the psykers, and there will be consequences.

[SithLackey]

((Wouldn't that number of new caverns and explosions going on under the surface cause a huge cave-in resulting in the destruction of any building on the surface?))

[Draken]

Azzulon casts Earthquake on the area, shaping the spell so that it doesn't reach the buildings, after it he uses a sequence of spells to avoid unexpectedevents that could lead to damage to the buildings.

(a roughly complete explanation keeps you of having to explain why real-world physics should be avoided.)

[Vhaidara]

(They are WAY to deep. Please, cousin, don't start using real world physics. Legaly a 1st level 1/2 orc fighter with a 20STR and 4 ranks in jump can jump 29 feet. That ain't real world physics.)

[Artemis97]

((Actually I've read essays that say that's about right for an olympic long-jumper, and that most things are fairly possible up to 5th lvl characters, then you start doing really super human stuff. besides we're PCs we're supposed to be special, just my 2cp ))

Raril snaps out of deadtime and looks around. Seeing the recent destructuion he asks. "What happened here?"

[metakirb]

Waddle Dee runs in with a half finished invention and asks the same question

[Artemis97]

Raril looks down at him. "Oh like I'm supposed to know? I just woke up. What have you got there?" He points to the half-finished invention.

[Draken]

Azzulon stares at the litle one.

[metakirb]

Waddle Dee looks at his invention

It's supposed to make holes in walls of up to three miles thick but right now it only makes big bubbles...

[Artemis97]

Raril chuckles. "Well I hope you can fix that, but if not, you'll have a great toy."

[metakirb]

the bubbles are a bit too big for a toy though... i'll show you

He presses a button and the machine whirrs, after a while a bubble forms at the machines nozzle, it grows to an average bubble, then large, huge, then fills the room, and keeps growing, expanding through doors and open windows

[Nightwing]

*Ferin walks in. She walks over To raril*

Therrin insisted that we come here. It was ether come talk to you or go dress shopping.


Oh my god Lilith, you look great in that dress!

[metakirb]

Waddle Dee looks confused

[Artemis97]

Raril gets pressed up agains the wall by the growing bubble, until he manages to draw a dagger and tries to pop it. A muffled. "I'm not wearing a dress." can be heard.

[Nightwing]

Well you should have told me that before I made the mistake!

[Artemis97]

Raril gets slightly angry with that and takes his frustration out on the bubble. "As I hope you can see, I'm a male. We don't normally wear dresses."

((check the character description, click the link in my sig V ))

[Nightwing]

Every one looks pretty in a dress. Want to go shoe shopping?

[Artemis97]

Raril sighs "No, I do not want to go shoe shopping. I have a fine pair of boots already."
"Therrin, was there something you wanted to talk to us about?"

[Nightwing]

Well Ferin has been very cranky and wont take me dress shoping or shoe shopping! And she keeps telling me to shut up! How do you deal with it?

*Ferin rolls her eyes*

[Artemis97]

"Well mostly I don't try to drag Raril around shopping. He does that on his own, and even listens to my input occasionally."
"It's a compromise, but you need to understand it's Ferin's body and you're just visiting."

[Nightwing]

So I'm only on vacation?

[Artemis97]

"What? No, this is more of a lay-over between that mirror you were trapped in and your own form"
"It's better than one, but not as good as the other."

[Nightwing]

Ohhhhhhh! Thanks.


*She skips off*

[LordVader]

Due to the Zerg burrowing attack, the IG begins to install seismic sensors all over the HQ's grounds. A massive shadow falls over the ground- a cruiser and two other ships can be seen descending. They are clearly IG.

[Vhaidara]

About 25 Protoss Collosus approach the base. A Dark Templar appears in front of them. He walks up to the base.

[LordVader]

((We don't even know if DT are in SC2,:smalltongue: so why are you using SC2 units?))
Welcome. Just watch your step.

[Vhaidara]

(Yeah, they are. Remember how I told you about all the units? I have a magazine and they're keeping Reavers, Zealots, Observers, and both Templars.)

I am General Zeretual. My men will ensure that the Zerg are gone.
Large numbers of Probes and Zealots, as well as about 100 Immortals, drop out. Several Phase Prisms deploy overhead. The Probes begin digging down the Zerg burrows. The Immortals position themselves in teams of five around the perimeter.

[Artemis97]

Raril snaps out of deadtime and looks around, now even more confused than ever.

[LordVader]

Stormtrooper shock teams follow up behind, carrying thermite charges.
We plant these, and their whole base goes "Boom".

[Artemis97]

((OOh thermite! FUN! :smallbiggrin: ))

Raril watches them go by. "Boom? What's going on here?!"

[Vhaidara]

Vaery well, but afterwards my men will go in and make sure they are all gone.
Seeing Raril awaken, Zeretual walks over to him.

[LordVader]

Hey, you can cloak, right? Can you plant a few of these suckers without being seen?

[Artemis97]

Raril raises an eyebrow at the man. "Can you tell me what's going on?"

[Vhaidara]

(Not a man, an alien.)

The Zerg attacked the base. I am Protoss Ground Force General Zeretual. Who are you?
Turning to the commander
Yes, but would my men be in danger if they didn't get away fast enough?

[LordVader]

No, we have the detonator, we'll blow when they come back to the surface.

[Artemis97]

((Oh, I had no way of knowing that. Sorry))

Raril extends a hand. "Raril Xar'Cha, Sub-General of the Blackout Raiders, members of the TDI. Who, or what, are the Zerg?"

[Vhaidara]

Very well.
After giving orders to his men, he turns back to Raril and shakes his hand
The Zerg are the enemies of my people. They destroyed our homeworld, and have cost us two of our greatest heroes.

[Artemis97]

Raril doesn't seem to know what to say about that. "That's..too bad. I'm glad you're here to help, though. You all seems to have the situation under controll, so I'll leave it to you." He tips his hat to the General and falls into deadtime.

((I'll be back later))

[LordVader]

Too bad. The Tyranids haven't managed to do that to us yet. No offense, but you must have frakked up big-time.
The ships overhead change direction, heading for the desert.

[Artemis97]

Raril comes out of his brief deadtime and takes another look around.

[Draken]

Azzulon looks down at the IG soldier.

I wonder when they abolished politness in your planet...

He looks at Zeretual.

And your explanation gave no actual information to Raril, I wonder why you militar humanoids are so uncomunicative...

Turns to Raril.

Would you want a better explanation on the nature of the Zerg species?

[Artemis97]

Raril grins and nods. "That would be greatly appreciated, my friend.Knowing is half the battle after all." The drow chuckles.

[Draken]

Very well.

Azzulon takes a small pause, the same a living creature would use to take a deep breath, but in his case the function is unclear.

Zerg are a species of intergalactic social vermin. Theyr society is divided in a group of chastes, going fron the lowest Zergling to the greatest Overminds and worst. Every Zerg begins it's life as a small larvae in a hatchery, but when need arrives the larva's DNA is altered, in order for the creature to evolve into one of the many different creatures that make a horde. Some zerg can even infest other living creatures, taking control of then and turning these unfortunates into expendable slaves not really a change for most humanoids...

[Artemis97]

Raril chuckles at Azzulon's mumbled statement, knowing too well how true it is. "I thank you again for the information, but I feel there's really noting I can do here. Unless you think some music would drive them away?" The bard grins wryly.

[Draken]

Drive then away? Hardly, Zerg are a coletive mind, the lesser ones obey the orders of the highter ones, and these usually see the lower zerglings as expendable to. But your music could be used as bait.

He nods a bit.

Alas, His Lord said you have assassin training, are you sure you have no battle skills?

He looks away and turns back.

Also, you are both the Blackout Raiders and the Thieves Guild second in comand, it is your duty to lead the troops.

[Artemis97]

Raril frowns. "I am second-in-command, aren't I? And no one else is around to lead so..."
"So your in command"
The drow twitches slightly, a grin spreading across his face.
"Tell me, do these things have any weaknesses? Blowing them up might not be the best plan."

[Draken]

The Zerg don't have any notable strengh or weakness, except for their astonishing numbers, most of the bulk is made of the zerglings, that are pretty weak, but fast.

Most area effective weapons and spells will deal heavy damage to the zerg, but I believe these creatures are immune to acids, most diseases and poisons.

[Artemis97]

Raril nods. "Well so much for an elaborate plan. We'll just blow them to pieces, and once we get rid of them could we get someone to create a Wall of Force to completely surround the base? Well, underground at least."

[Draken]

I can take care of the wall of force.

Blasting then until there is not a single one left is indeed the only course of action. But we will need heavy weaponry and some considerable densive measures to take care of the deeper colonies.

[Vhaidara]

Zeretual awakens from deadtime.
Actually, the Zerg are very vulnerable to disease.

[PirateMonk]

The voice of Tassadar echoes through the area.

Kill the Overmind, Luke. Er, whoever you are.

[Vhaidara]

(Tassadar died a looooooooong time ago.)

[PirateMonk]

((Hence the italics.))

[Draken]

They are? Odd, most creatures that grow in such an environment develop very effective immunologic sistems, in this case I believe a biological assault wouldn't be reliable, the survivors would probably develop resilience to the strain, and even incorporate it's DNA and use it against you...

I say you because we constructs don't care about diseases...

[Vhaidara]

They are an all biological species based on swarming. Disease spreads quickly among them. It is best used before a major offence, as it temporarily weakens their defences. I have much experience in fighting them, and have lost two great allies to the Overmind and its servants.

[Artemis97]

Raril thinks for a while. "So we get them sick, blow them to pieces, secure the base, then regroup and hunt down this Overmind thing. How does that plan sound?"

[Draken]

Like a basic war tactic that a child would have devised.

[Vhaidara]

The only problem is what it takes to kill the Overmind. One of the allies I lost died trying, and did so by combining the powers of the Dark Templar, my caste, and the High Templar, his caste. He died, and the Cerebrates, the Overmind's greatest agents, formed together into a new Overmind. They will doubtless try this again.

[Draken]

What are the batte capabilityes of an Overmind and Cerebrate? maybe we could strike these secondary comanders before bringing down the Leader, I could send specialized assassin constructs to kill these beings.

[Vhaidara]

They themselves have no defences, aside from disabling any invisiblity that is near them. The problem isn't killing them. It's getting them to stay dead. The Overmind is able to regenerate them.

[Artemis97]

((hey, you can't fault a girl for trying. :smalltongue: ))

Raril narrows his eyes. "I'm sorry, directing armies against a full scale, open assault is not my strong suit. Generally I work alone, and make a precision strike once I have gathered sufficient information on my enemies and their weaknesses. I know nothing about these zerg things, so please, cut me a little slack."
"We also have a solution to the problem of the disease coming back against us. Your master is a powerful Druid, correct? He can use a magical disease against them, and would be able to easily protect us from it."

[Draken]

On the regeneration problem, His Lord oculd use a spell that destroy the remains of the creatures, or we oculd just melt it's remains in solid stell and trown in... The Sun?

And about the disease, yes, that could be arranged, His Lord oculd Releasea Pestilencence but he would need the help of a few more casters if the area is to large.

[Vhaidara]

You don't seem to understand how difficult it is to kill a Cerebrate. The Overmind doesn't need a body. Because they are merely extensions of its will, it simply makes a new body and implants its will into it. Only five Cerebrates have ever been killed, one by myself, the others by my bretheren. Our energies are opposed to the Overmind. I know this merely because when I slew one, I was connected with its mind.

[Artemis97]

"I'm sure we could find a few more Druids willing to help us."
"Alright, forget I even mentioned killing the Overmind. Let's focus on our immediate problem, namely, the zergs beneath our feet."

((Deadtime, be back in a half hour))

[Vhaidara]

The Dark Templar Zeretual had sent down the burrows appears.
"General, the charges are set."
That problem is taken care of. There are several thermite charges waiting to be blown down there.

[PirateMonk]

You don't seem to understand how difficult it is to kill a Cerebrate. The Overmind doesn't need a body. Because they are merely extensions of its will, it simply makes a new body and implants its will into it. Only five Cerebrates have ever been killed, one by myself, the others by my bretheren. Our energies are opposed to the Overmind. I know this merely because when I slew one, I was connected with its mind.

((Minor nitpick, Zeratul personally killed three Cerebrates.))

[Vhaidara]

(Zasz, and who ere the others?)

[Nightwing]

*a man dressed like a parrot walks up*

Are your heiring, Mr.Sanders?

[PirateMonk]

((Generic Cerebrate One and Generic Cerebrate Two. Protoss scenario 9.))

[Artemis97]

Raril looks at Zeretul, slighty concerned. "Are those charges set underground? directly beneath us?"

[LordVader]

Yes, but they won't hurt us, they're too deep underground. Might want to hang on, though. Gonna shake a little.

[Artemis97]

Raril shrugs, then grins wickedly. "Can I press the button?"

[LordVader]

Knock yourself out, kid, but wait until Zeratul gives the all-clear.

[Artemis97]

"Why should I wait for him to tell me what to do? I'm in charge here."
"The men are out of the tunnels right?"

[Draken]

I said you are the second in command for both the Blackout Raiders and the Thieves guild, but you are not in charge here, you forget of us. I am His Lord's hightest liunerant, also. You can't give commands to Raneus' soldiers, not yet at least, and our friend Zeretual has yet to autorize the action, we wouldn't like... casualtyes.

[Vhaidara]

Another Dark Templar appears in front of Zeretual. They converse for a minute, then Zeretual turns to Raril.
All clear.

[Artemis97]

Raril grins broadly and presses the button "Boom"

There's a loud rumbling and the ground jumps up and down for a moment.

[J_Muller]

((Not to kill catgirls here, but that's not quite what thermite does...))

A flight of FE shuttlecraft arrive. The soldiers onboard them begin to offload some FE digging equipment.

We recieved word of the attack from underground. We have some of the digging equipment here with us, but the bulkier pieces will get here with our troops on the Deutschland. It's just now departed the city.

[Vhaidara]

Very well. My men shall assist.

[blackout]

That reminds me, tell your leaders I'd like to see a few of their secret projects. I will, of course, show them mine in return.

[Artemis97]

((Good point..and I do love thermite, and I dislike catgirls, physics is waay cooler))

Correction:a loud rumbling can be heard and giant spouts of flame shoot from the holes in the ground.

"GAH! I'm blind!" Raril falls over in pain.

[Vhaidara]

Zeretual barely blinks while staring at the flames. It's obvious he is remembering the past.

[blackout]

Nukular's attention seems to be drawn right to the fire.Oooooooh. Pretty.

[thehothead]

Haydn time travels in.
I've found a loophole in that no teleportation thingy.

[Artemis97]

Raril sits up, blinking a lot. "I...can't see! Why didn't anyone tell me it would do that?! They said boom, not horrible blinding light!"
"Oh get over it, you're fine."

[Vhaidara]

A Zealot moves between Raril and the fire.

[J_Muller]

That reminds me, tell your leaders I'd like to see a few of their secret projects. I will, of course, show them mine in return.

Ah, yes, they did mention that. We request that we take care of tech sharing before information sharing. We have burrowing machines here, and more on the way. The Deutschland will also be carrying some sheild-modulator technology. Are the shields and avionics you promised us ready?

[Draken]

Azzulon looks at the flames, a bit displeased due to the fact that he was made by a cold creature, but he fells no problem at all.

Want a sunglass Raril?

Haydn, the teleportation field wasn't placed yet...

[Artemis97]

Raril blinks some more and stands. "No I think I'm going to be alright. Is the ground supposed to be purple?" He seems disoriented, then falls flat on his face, deadtimed.

[Draken]

Azzulon uses the Create Pemanent Itens spell to cover deadtimed Raril with fluffy spider dolls.

[Artemis97]

((That's evil, I love it =D ))

[blackout]

They were sent up last week. Didn't you get them?

[thehothead]

It wasn't? You may want to include prevention of time travel as well.

[Draken]

His Lord will set up the magical defenses when he comes back of his appointment.

[metakirb]

Waddle Dee starts fixing his machine

[LordVader]

((Actually, flames wouldn't shoot up, it's pure thermal energy, no flames. But whatever.:smallsmile: ))

[metakirb]

Waddle Dee finishes modifying the device, he tests it and an electrified bubble pops out this time, he returns to tweaking

[Artemis97]

((Sparks, flames, bright flashes of light. Whatever, it was close enough right?))

Raril snaps out of deadtime, sees the spider toys covering him, and screams like a little girl. "SSSPIIIIDEERRRRSSS!!!!" He jumps up and runs out into the streets.

[Draken]

Sliver was right, that is very fun.

Azzulon laughts.

[thehothead]

One of the numerous automaton patrolling the near area walks in and places a note on the front desk, as well as a small minicomputer.


Use this to program in coordinates for any targets for my cannon. You my also program in when you want it to hit. As long as it is not directly opposed to any of my personal plans, the force of about 100 nukes will obliterate the target. No radioactivity to worry about though. More precise strikes are also possible, but I would need to explain those in person.

[LordVader]

TDI GENERAL ALERT BULLETIN:
AMEN is coming. We need to hold a private council to begin drawing reaction plans- we cannot mobilize extra forces before they arrive, as that would be godmodding. However, we can make contingency plans, and I suggest we do so. Can we count on the Thieves' Guild assistance?

[J_Muller]

((Almost forgot about how the Deutschland's been on its way for a while...))

The aforementioned giant Space Nazi space zeppelin arrives, hovering above the TDI HQ. It begins to send down FE troops and digging equipment.

[Lord Magtok]

TDI GENERAL ALERT BULLETIN:
AMEN is coming. We need to hold a private council to begin drawing reaction plans- we cannot mobilize extra forces before they arrive, as that would be godmodding. However, we can make contingency plans, and I suggest we do so. Can we count on the Thieves' Guild assistance?

((*cough*OOC knowledge*cough* :smalltongue: ))

[Vhaidara]

TDI GENERAL ALERT BULLETIN:
AMEN is coming. We need to hold a private council to begin drawing reaction plans- we cannot mobilize extra forces before they arrive, as that would be godmodding. However, we can make contingency plans, and I suggest we do so. Can we count on the Thieves' Guild assistance?

Yes, the guild will assist, as we have warned you of them.

(Also, there's someone at Vespe's volcano lair that wants to join. He's very evil.)

[J_Muller]

Yes, the guild will assist, as we have warned you of them.

(Also, there's someone at Vespe's volcano lair that wants to join. He's very evil.)

((I think Magtok's right. How exactly did you find this out?))

[Vhaidara]

(Thieves don't work in the open. We have a few inside sources among the NPC's.)

[Lord Magtok]

((I think Magtok's right. How exactly did you find this out?))

((I find this even more unlikely than most OOC knowledge used, since AMEN doesn't even operate in the same world. Just how many Town characters are even aware of the existence of a Structured Games forum? And how many of them can look into the AMEN thread without even being there?))

[Admiral_Kelly]

(( Who cares? Continuity is for nerds :smalltongue: ))

[Vhaidara]

(NPC's. They're everywhere. And there's Vespe's volcano base. And the fact that I was a member for about 2 days.)

A few Thieves' Guild NPC's are standing just out of range of the defences. Suddenly, they all walk off towards a back alley, where E eats brains.

(Yes, i can do this, as I control the guildmaster.)

[Lord Magtok]

((No. Nothing has happened in the Volcano base for weeks, so all of that current info wouldn't exist. The NPCs in AMEN don't magically warp from there to the Town. And you were a member, not any Town character of yours.

If you actually do this thing, you're using OOC knowledge, and you're ****in cheating.)))

[Vhaidara]

(
"Whatever. I'd rather invade anyway. Now I have to cut through the apathy and chaos of AMEN to get permission to fully mobilize, which will take forever..." He smiles, and vanishes.

Blame PirateMonk.)

[PirateMonk]

((I was about to bring that up. That tells you that we're sorta going to invade some vague time in the distant future. But since you haven't been plotting since I said that, and have no way of knowing that we're getting anywhere, doing so now is metagaming.))

[Vhaidara]

(No visible action. Check the Thieves' Guild thread.)

[LordVader]

((We're not bringing down more troops, just drawing up plans for a contingency, which is something that the leaders of an organization like this would do.))

[PirateMonk]

((Funny how you've had all this time but only just started, though. Like I said, it's the timing that matters.))

[Vhaidara]

An army of Stalkers and Dark Templar warp in through the Phase Prisms and proceed to march through the portal to the FE's base.

[Lord Magtok]

((And making plans five pages after PirateMonk made his threat is pretty lousy timing. :smalltongue:

Just admit that you're cheating. We won't hold it against you this time.))

[Admiral_Kelly]

(( They have knowledge that AMEN's coming back. They know that AMEN is dead serious. They are also dead serious. How is preparing against them cheating? ))

[Draken]

At His master's telephatic command, Sliver, Mitharion and Maxinus come to the TDI base, Maxinus also brings several Artillery Golems, including number #2001, number #013 and number #1600, anyone should remember these three, they destroyed the Grey Creations.

#2001 starts setting up defensive Nullblaster Cannons.

#013 begins to create Gates he uses roughtly invasive methods to make the gates appear at his allyes bases, these include Haydn's, the FE's, the Valenian's and the Blackout raiders mothership. All these places are now linked to the TDI base via huge gates that allow instant and continuous transport of... anything that fits.

#1600 calls in severeal Artillery Golems, and set the troops in place.

Azzulon: Gather, gather brothers, today we stand, at this moment we make our preparations to defende this place of any hostile acts that may be directed against this fine place. For that is His Lord's command, that is the will of the fhater, the creator, that is the will of His Lord Draken Sapphiron Frosthand!

Maxinus:Stop blabbering and help us here!

Azzulon: I despise you...

[Lord Magtok]

((They have knowledge that's more than five ****in' pages old! They never thought to act then, but because their players tainted our Structured Games thread with their sneaky little spying eyes, they are acting now. That is not something you can properly explain IC.))

[Admiral_Kelly]

(( Easy. The defense initiative was founded recently. The fact that AMEN would be returning was brought to they're attention so they take a 'better late then never' approach. ))

[Draken]

(Well, actually we never organized this place right, so we are doing it now :smallbiggrin:

And alas, it was five pages ago, but if you take a good look at this place it was actually didn't pass a lot of time, there where just osme long dialogues, a lot of flood and *keeps talking gibberish until Magtok is convinced*)

[Admiral_Kelly]

(( And besides, all you want is a full-scaled invasion while we're unprepared and you hide behind another thread outside the Town. Technically, anything that happens outside the Town never happens. Therefore, AMEN shouldn't even be able to strike in the first place without acting out everything here first. ))

[Lord Magtok]

(( Easy. The defense initiative was founded recently.))

((The information came while the place was being built, so that excuse won't work.

And the Town never really saw much of AMEN. All it ever did in the past was have a few robots look around, and send some dough golems to act as random encounters in the Tavern.

That should paint a very unimpressive image, and likely lead your NPCs spies to think of AMEN as nothing more than half a dozen or so unorganized people who are too lazy to attack the Town. A full-scale war agaisnt AMEn would probably cause most of 'em to laugh, and joke about the war being very, very short.))

[Draken]

(Five words.

Vespe's rampage in the streets.

Also, AMEN was allied with K.N.A.V.E.S. that should have become slightly public at some point [Just some Gather Information Check, we have the best Gatherers arround].)

[J_Muller]

An army of Stalkers and Dark Templar warp in through the Phase Prisms and proceed to march through the portal to the FE's base.

((Okay... nobody here takes any action to stop them? If not, they end up at the moon city, in a room in the military base sector.))

[blackout]

((Actually, the Blackout Raiders fought K.N.A.V.E.S alongside the police when they attacked the station. They'll know, veterans of that particular battle now find themselves amongst the most elite regiments in the BR.))

[J_Muller]

((K.N.A.V.E.S. isn't, to my knowledge, attacking. It's AMEN we're dealing with here.))

[Vhaidara]

(That's his reasoning for our knowing about AMEN.)

[LordVader]

((Also, on the subject of the delay, 2 things. Town is not exactly a straight timestream. Also, the report's had to climb up through all the bureacuracy typical of an organization of this size.))
Deutschland, you are requested to return to the Moon Base. Thanks for the assist.

[J_Muller]

The FE continues to transfer troops and assorted digging equipment down to the base. The space zeppelin responds to the query. On whose authority? In any event, we aren't done delivering the troops we're carrying.

An officer approaches Nukular ((assuming he is in fact here)). I have been instructed to hand over the requested information on our secret projects. I assume they will go into a publicly accessible record system?



((Unrelated to the FE activity))
If the TDI has any long-range scanners pointed towards the edge of the system, they should detect the sudden appearance of five blips, as if they had just dropped out of hyperspace. Which makes sense, since what just happened was that five ships dropped out of hyperspace at the edge of the system. One of the ships is much larger than the others.

[LordVader]

An IG battlegroup picket notices the ships, and moves to investigate.Deutschland, the crisis is over. You may return to the Moon Base.
((deadtime))

[J_Muller]

((The Deutschland responded in an edit.

Let's take the ships issue to the space thread.))

[Lord Magtok]

A diplomat-bot belonging to Magtok approaches the HQ, on a purely diplomatic and peaceful mission.

[Draken]

Azzulon aproaches the diplomat-bot before any of the less rational hominids in the base do so.

Identify yourself and state your business.

[Artemis97]

A rather bored looking Raril flies into the compound on a set of blood-red wings. He lands and the wings shrink into his back. the drow looks back and forth between the robot and the construct, a curious look on his face.

((Deadtime))

[LordVader]

Deutschland, we no longer have need of those troops. The threat has been dealt with. On the authority of the TDI High Command, you are ordered to return to base as part of the terms of our diplomatic agreement.
A psyker in the base attempts to create an invisible force shield around Azzulon, just in case.

[Lord Magtok]

I come as a representative of the Asssociation of the Malicious, Evil, and Nefarious to offer you a deal.

You see, the Association needs an incredibly large amount of income to continue functioning, and often resorts to conquering foreign nations and planets so that these needs are met. They have recently set their sights on your little meatbag Town.

However, my lord is a very kind and merciful one. He has sent me to offer you an alternative to war. Personally, I hope that you meatbags reject his plan so we can come here and spill some of your filthy meatbag blood, but it is not my decision to make.

[metakirb]

((please do this the old way and send the dead remains of a messanger back to them? i can have coronox do it easy? please :smallbiggrin: oh and when the invasion happens the TDI will have backup from coronox, which is a very rare thing... for him to fight for a just cause...))

[Draken]

(The messenger is a machine, so he technicaly don't die, Azzulon is a construct to, so he's not a meatbag)

Umm... That's an offer to be considered...

Azzulon turns back of the robot and makes a "Umm..." sound, as if he was thinking on the offer.

Consider your offer rejected, we are the army responsible for defending this place, and the TDI shall not surrender before battle.

I insist to help you go back to your base.

Azzulon tries to grapple the robot with one of his claws, if he succeds he will fire the diplomat back to the AMEN base, in front of a large fireball.

[metakirb]

If this does happen, coronox will slice him into scrap metal on the journey

[Draken]

(Don't do it, the arrival will be fun, he will become a robot-shaped scorch mark in the walls of AMEN. Another probably)

[metakirb]

((but by coronox doing so it would become a moltern metal scorch mark, probably burning a few people in the process...))

[Lord Magtok]

The robot is successfully sent flying away.

[LordVader]

A missile flies after him, if it gets within a 50-ft radius a thermite charge will burst out, attempt to attach with magnetics and detonate on my command.
((Even better when he blows up inside AMEN HQ!:smallbiggrin:))

[metakirb]

At which point coronox vanishes and returns to where he was

[LordVader]

One of the troopers reports to Nukular, or the leading PC in charge,((Draken, presumably))
Sir, do you know what a Kamino-ish facility is? We've gained intelligence to suggest that this AMEN group is in possession of one.

[metakirb]

Waddle Dee runs in

have you seen black mage recently, most descriptions of whoever robbed my shop point to it being him

[Draken]

I have no Idea of the meaning of such a word, but I believe it must be the machine that just created a new Magtok right after Raneus' bomb destroyed him.

[LordVader]

No, but there's a police manhunt for him going on. Also, do you know what Kamino is?
((someone needs to figure that out, Nukular would be our best bet. This is cruical to our war effort.))
Oh shi-, they have cloning facilities? We need to neutralize those.

[PirateMonk]

A shifting, shimmering, floating blue mass materializes at the edge of the base, within the defenses. It's magically lying low, and anyone without mystically enhanced sight has a 50% chance of seeing it.

[metakirb]

i never heard of it...

He notices the blue mass ((being that he has an amazing eye for seeing things, he can see something shine from 6 miles away))

whats that?

[LordVader]

((I believe there is an anti-teleportation field around the base.))
If there is no anti-teleportation field, a psyker notices the mass, and seals the mass inside a force bubble.
A dimension door opens outside of the no-teleport zone. Alon steps out, and proceeds towards the base with his hands in the air.

[metakirb]

((side thought, just before the invasion begins, who's going to give the traditional rallying speach?))

[PirateMonk]

((This is similar to astral projection. Does the field block that?))

It begins expanding to fill the bubble.

[Lord Magtok]

((side thought, just before the invasion begins, who's going to give the traditional rallying speach?))

((For whose side? Magtok can be the rally-person for AMEN, but it seems it'll be a bit harder for you guys to decide.))

[Draken]

Azulon walks near the bubble and casts Mordenkainen's Disjunction at it.

[metakirb]

((for the town i meant))

[LordVader]

((Field is a force field, and will block it.))
Alon walks up, and calls up, I believe you requessssted sssome itemsss, and whoever brought thossse would be rewarded?
That's correct.
I have them. What isss my reward?
Alon comes inside, through the main gate.

[Draken]

((Probably blackout. But if he can't, or don't want to, Bookboy or I can probably take over the job))

[metakirb]

Waddle Dee runs off to look for BM

[PirateMonk]

((Block what?))

[LordVader]

((Astral projection. But it's gone now, did you see Draken casting Mordekenain's Greater Disjunction on it?))
Alon takes several items out of a pack.
Here isss what you requesssted.
Also, we need you to make the base teleport-proof.

Very well, I ssshall do that asss well.
Also, if there isn't already a wall around the base, construction has begun on one.

[PirateMonk]

((I'm not really sure what disjunction will do to it. It's sort of a magical effect, but also a creature. Kind of.))

[LordVader]

((If it's magical at all, even a little, it's gone, I think.))
Alon proceeds to cast an Anti-Teleport spell over the HQ.

[Draken]

(The Disjunction is suposed to end the magic effect of the Astral Projection, thus forcing the creature back to his body, or to the place where it casted astral projection in the first place if there is no body and you don't know how the Astral projection Spell works.)

[LordVader]

((Also, the force sphere should cut the traveler off from his silver cord.))
Alon lays out four boxes that seem to have an on/off switch. He also lays out two more boxes, that have buttons on them. He casts Permanency on the no-teleport field.

[PirateMonk]

The thing disappears. After a few more seconds, it reappears behind Azzulon. A somewhat amused voice emanates from it.

"I can keep doing this for longer than you can keep interfering."

[LordVader]

Alon hefts one of the boxes, and points it at the blue haze. He hits the switch. An antimagic field is created. Also, a psyker attempts to create a force bubble around it again, which will trap it there and possibly sever the silver cord.
Is there any way you can proof this place to astral and ethereal travel as well?
Yesss.
He turns off the antimagic field, and proceeds to cast two spells that will make astral travel and ethereal travel impossible within the TDI HQ's walls.

[PirateMonk]

It vanishes again. It reappears on the edge of the field.

[LordVader]

There is now a no-teleport, no astral travel, and no etheral travel zone surrounding the entire TDI HQ, and a quarter-mile in every direction.
Alon proceeds to cast Permanency on the zones.((Note: They cannot be dispelled.))

[Draken]

Azzulon's neck extends to face the newcomer, his body stays in place.

No you can't, I can use that spell at will.

[LordVader]

((The astral traveller should disappear, and reappear a quarter-mile away from the base.))
The massive, two-mile-long cruiser now hovers about a half-mile above TDI HQ. It begins shuttling troops down.
((This cruiser was already planetside for an earlier plot, I'm not bringing it just because AMEN is coming.))

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok approaches the TDI HQ, completely alone.

He seems to be just looking around, and not doing anything hostile.

[metakirb]

Waddle Dee zooms back in

i found him, and hes not the right black mage...

[LordVader]

A sentry shouts at Magtok,
HALT!
This is at the half-mile exclusion zone.
The cruiser has shuttled down already two stormtrooper companies, a mechanized company, and two armor companies.
Raneus and Jarus also appear in the TDI HQ. They stride to the wall, and via loudspeaker, ask Magtok,
What do you want?
((Raneus is red, Jarus blue. Raneus is an officer, and Jarus is a psyker.))
Yes, what do you want? This is TDI property, and right now, you're tresspassing.

[PirateMonk]

Sparkling particles start streaming out of the thing. It is now no longer hidden, for obvious reasons. It collapses into a very small globe, and floats away from the field.

[LordVader]

((If it's astral, it will have to dissappear and reappear outside of the field.))

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok does as told, and halts.

I'm just wandering around Town, because I don't have anything else to do right now.

Magtok pauses for a moment, and counts all of the troops around him.

Wow. Do you really think you need that many people just to keep one cyborg out?

[PirateMonk]

((It's not. It doesn't have anything to do with the astral plane. I said it was similar. also, how does Alon know what this thing is?))

[LordVader]

((The troops are inside the base's walls, and he's a half-mile outside, alone.))
Jarus attempts to scan his mind for deciet.
Why would you "wander" past here? And these troops are for defending the HQ from whatever threat, not you.
Raneus is thinking to himself,
Well, he has some ego problems.
((Alon doesn't. The trooper was just asking him to make the base safe against those things, so they can't be suprise-attacked.))
The cruiser is now almost finished shuttling troops down.

[metakirb]

i can't believe there is another black mage

[LordVader]

Regardless of whether or not the scan succeeds, Jarus will continue to "monitor" the area for any outbursts of hostility or anger. This is not mind-scanning, but rather like "passive" sonar, if you will.

[PirateMonk]

The blue thing stops, and begins it expanding. It slowly forms into a cage. Eventually, it turns a metallic color and stops releasing particles, and is now a normal cage. Dark shapes move within it.

[LordVader]

Jarus attempts to seal that within a force bubble as well. The bubble will keep whatever is inside it stuck in there. ((Jarus is massively more powerful then the other psyker.))
He also summons a box to him, a la Star Wars "Force Pull".

[Draken]

Azzulon, who dislikes things that don't get the message. Casts Create Passage bellow the cage, if the cage falls in the hole he uses Move Earth to seal the hole up.

[LordVader]

Jarus attempts to hurl the sphere, presumably with the cage inside, into the hole in the earth.

[Lord Magtok]

((The troops are inside the base's walls, and he's a half-mile outside, alone.))

((Whoops. Well umm...lets just say he saw the shuttles as they fell from the sky.))

Magtok's mind is scanned, and Jarus finds a hell of a lot of deceit.

As I said, I have nothing better to do. And what makes you so certain I'm not a threat, anyway?

For all you know, I could be an escaped convict from some nuthouse, armed with a stolen prison guard's pistol, ready to mindlessly slaughter some NPCs for no justifiable reason.

I might also be a general from far, far away, with a massive army of trash-talking, giant robots that can turn into cars, helicopters, and trucks. I could be posing as an idiot so that you let down your guard for a moment, just long enough for Megatron to bodyslam your entire base.

And if I'm not either of those two things, I might even be a god, disguised as a cyborg, here to learn whether your kind have been following the proper path, and whether I should or should not smite you all to oblivion.

[LordVader]

I can tell you're lying. What the hell do you want?
Jarus does a deeper mindscan, attemtpting to learn personal information and memories from Magtok.
Ever so subtly, guarsmen begin to drift towards the walls. Very subtly.

[PirateMonk]

The cage begins to fall into the hole, but collides with the Force bubble, unless it doesn't extend into the ground, in which case it falls into the hole and is buried.

((Does the bubble extend into the ground?))

[LordVader]

Jarus is moving the force bubble, with the cage inside, into the hole. A massive shuttle descends, clearly carrying something big. Magtok will not be able to see the guardsmen, since they are on the other side of the wall.
Also, Jarus telepathically alerts any of Draken's people within the walls that they may have a situation.((i.e. Magtok.))
Jarus frowns, noticing a similarity between this voice and one on a tape from earlier...

Alon gets up, after recieving his GP reward, and turns to leave through the gate.

[Lord Magtok]

I can tell you're lying. What the hell do you want?
Jarus does a deeper mindscan, attemtpting to learn personal information and memories from Magtok.
Ever so subtly, guarsmen begin to drift towards the walls. Very subtly.

((Jarus tries to learn his whole life story? Ouch. That much info all at once isn't a very smart choice. Here's the short version.))

The mindscan shows Magtok's troubled past, from the very beginning. It starts out on an ordinary day in a world similar to the real world, until something goes horribly wrong. A pair of corrupt cops on a mission from a local mofia break into a young boy's home, kill his parents, and cut him in half. His siblings manage to escape, and aren't heard from ever again.

Magtok wakes up, somehow still alive. He puts his hand to the other half of his face, and discovers he is now a cyborg. The next decade of his life involves a violent rise to power as emperor of his homeworld, avenging his parents' deaths, a brief amount of time at Evil High, and then his cruel usurping at the hands of good, and his soul getting warped to AMEN.

From there, he ends up spending his time as a punching bag, being horribly murdered and tortured on a daily basis by the various AMENites.

Needless to say, none of this has been very good for his mental health.

Just what everyone else in the world wants.

[LordVader]

((He will also be able to pull AMEN HQ location from Magtok's head.))
I know you're an AMENite. Leave now, and you won't get hurt.
One of the cruiser's batteries swivels to point in Magtok's general direction. It's obviously not pointing right at him, but nonetheless should be cause for concern. The shuttle disgorges a Baneblade, a massive Imperial Guard superheavy tank.

[Draken]

(Clever, you just warned a bunch of -mostly mindless- constructs... This time it passes because Azzulon probably did so already. Remember people, I control constructs.)

Many Mithril Golems change their hands into blades and cannons, and form a line behind the walls.

Azzulon retracts his neck and flyes to where Jarus and raneus are, taking a good look at Magtok, using True Seeing and Arcane Sight.

[LordVader]

Tell your friends we're not easy prey. We know everything about you, now. And we have no tolerance for idiots like AMEN. Leave Town, or get hurt.
((I meant to warn whoever controlled the constructs, I wasn't trying to control them.))

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok looks at the cruiser and the tank, but doesn't seem to care that much. Probably due to having that "Kamino-ish facility."

Hmm...I doubt I'll get hurt even if I stay here. That thing looks like it can kill me before I'd feel any pain.