Eiko is a little diapointed. If BrainIaC-sensei didn't want to answer her question he could simply have told her so rather than ressorting to unrelated answers and overused internet memes.
She walks to the door and walks through it.
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Eiko is a little diapointed. If BrainIaC-sensei didn't want to answer her question he could simply have told her so rather than ressorting to unrelated answers and overused internet memes.
She walks to the door and walks through it.
Okay. Not real. Not real. Not real. Focus. Calm.
Hikaru looks over to Eiko who had followed him through the door.
"I don't suppose you have a plan, Ms. Eiko?"
Spoilermental shapeshift,
Feats:
-Assessement
-Set up
Skills:
-Notice 6(5)
-Bluff 6(8)
"Not knowing what to expect either, no. I'm sorry Huraki-dohai."
Hikaru grimaces
That gratuitous Japanese is getting irritating... no. Focus.
I should try to minimize civilian casualties. But... there are so many of them... and I don't think I have enough power to create a large enough perimeter... or that I could create one that would separate the robots from the civilians.
What would Mister Albright do? What would he do?
Hikaru shimmers with golden light and begins to float up.
"I'm going to try to lead the civilians away from here. Could you please keep the robots busy?", he asks quietly as he lifts into the air.
Eiko contemplate the scene. She doesn't find the whole thing horrifying, just.. distasteful. Going on rampages like that is what gives robots everywhere a bad name don't you now ? and human casualty are just unnaceptable.
"Yes." she waves at the door to wich the others might comme "But shouldn't we wa..." *scream in the distance* "I suppose not. Moving into position now."
Just before she moves away, she adds very fast
"You do not seems to have a comm link or anyway to communicate." she just mention the whole white out field to indicate that given the size of the place*, it is probable they'll find ourselves out of hearing range "Imediate support or rally, create a flare of the color violet. need to know were I am, yellow, Alarm about an imminent danger or a change, bright red. I'll throw a vertical bolt if I can, as answer."
and that said she start running, her hands cackling with electrecity
Eiko prepares to move to a position where she will be able to attract the robots attention away from the zone containing the most civilians. As she moves, she scans her environement for a genral layout of the place and things wich could provide her a small tactical avantage when the robots fight back, Landmarks wich could provide cover, drain holes, etc....
She also observe the movement of their adversaries in order to gain an indsight about their capacities.
SpoilerSince we haven't roled initiative yet, I assume combat hasn't started so we're not counting actions yet.
Notice roll [roll0]
Assessement [roll1]
count plus +11 every time if we consider she has enough time to waste a movement action to mental shpeshift betwen each rolls, but somehow I doubt so.
And a general plan of the batle field, apparent number of nenmies, where they are and so on would be nice.
When she'll get into position, she'll mental shapeshift to get before engaging combat.
-Notice 4 (3)
-Bluff 8(10)
-Taunt
-Distract
*Never visited the place but I'm pretty sure the gardens ae supposed to be huge.
"Right."
Hikaru flies away without another word away from the fray and toward the safest area possible. As he flies, his body blazes into a bright white light, shining down like a star upon the entire scene.
Turning around when he's reached a clear area, he shoots a flare of bright white* light up to catch the attention of any civilians who still have not taken notice of him and shouts down to the panicking civilians. His voice is soft and clear, but loud and firm.
"Attention! Don't panic. Please, follow me to safety. This way!"
*A color not specified by Eiko as a signal color
SpoilerHikaru's Flight and Force Field effects are now on. Shifting all points into Light Control to produce those bursts of light
Eiko:
SpoilerTheir attack bonus is noticeably lower than yours, their defence bonus is higher.
There appears to be four of the machines, two behind the building, two infront like you. A large number of civilians divide you from the machines, they appear to be seaching for someone or something.
Many of the civilians begin to race towards Hikaru and then out to the street behind to relative safety.
Beacon continues to draw the civilians safely towards the streets, shouting and making bursts of light as necessary.
Crowd control. Not the most glamorous of jobs, but at least I'm keeping these people safe. These virtual computerized people
SpoilerI assume it's the robot who are looking for somethig, not the civilians
Eiko
Even if Hikaru was doing his job, she couldn't risk lightning until the crowd had cleared around, the remedy might be even more deadly than the threat.
She'd have to find another way than lightshows for now. Thankfully she has other tricks.
Prep.//starting/demon Hal95/154//emitng/code*89#44...... activating emmiter.diag:working.preparing link.
SpoilerMove action: mental shapeshift:
- +6 rank in computers (15)
-6 rank bluff (8)
-Sense motive (4)
-Distract
Standart action: taking control of one of the robot through data link
computer roll 26
//Connecting............Suitable reception established.
//display curent.orders.
attempting upload overidesequence:
//*rewrititingpriorities// attack//target.neworder:aquire newtargetattacksequence..
Eiko order the nearest robot to the exit to attack his closest teamate. That should probaly get their attention. At least if it doesn't, it is still two units who would focus on something else than civilians as long as she couldmaintain the control. also while she's at tit she tries to find what the robot are looking for (if she can)
It takes Collin slightly longer to appear in the virtual world then it takes for Eiko and Hikaru, but eventually he is uploaded onto the test server. Immediately upon arriving, he is struck by the violent images of fleeing civilians, and his friends battling several large robots.
He lets himself split apart, and is about to throw himself into battle before he stops himself. Just rushing into battle didn’t really work last time. Let’s actually check what I’m getting into. Taking a moment to examine the battlefield, Collin sees Hikaru leading a group of civilians to (relative) safety, and Eiko engaging two of the machines.
Which leaves two giant robots for me. Umm, Hurray? He flies toward the two robots not near Eiko, gathering a dense sphere of nanites into his palm. "Let’s hope this gets their attention…"
SpoilerUse Swarm Blast [roll0] DC23
Collin's attack goes wide of the mark as he hears the boom of one of the machines striking another as Eiko's new slave machine strikes another. Not hard enought to knock the other down but enough to stun it temporarily as it adjusts.
Eiko sees someone who appears to be the president lying injured near a podium, hidden on the ground within the crowd, likely to be trampled soon.
Hikaru continues his work directing civilians to relative safety.
Well, this isn't precisely what I expected when it comes to combat simulation
SpoilerCan Hikaru see what's happening?
SpoilerYes he can
//sending.override:Neworder looping.
First Eiko has to press her avantage and keep the machine busy. If the two things start rampaging into the crowd, the casualty would be even worst than one president. Concentrating, Eiko order her new minion to grab his friend while it's stunned and push him away from the scene. Even if she loose control the two will be deadlocked into position for a short while wich will give her time to react to the situation.
SpoilerStandart action:
Computer roll [roll0] with an order to machanical minion to try to grapple, push away from the crowd and pin the other robot.
Eiko take a look at the situation by the podium.
She can't do much, crowd control is Hikaru job after all. But she has no way to know if he knows about wht's happening over there. All she can do is attracting his attention to the scene. If there is a podium there is a P.A system or at least, loudspekers, for speeches.
//Establishing connections. transmition:
"Hikaru. Needed by podium." from what she understand of human psychology she can't tell more. If she say their leader is injured, the crowd will get worse. She has to hope he's observant.
"Please stay calm. next gen is here. The situation is being brought under control. Please watch out for any wounded or injured and move to the white beacon where medical assistance will be given and pudding will be served."
She interiorly blames BrainIaC for that one, it's infectious.
SpoilerTaking control of the P.A system if it is possible, should be a free action. but if not, consider I take my move action on this.
bluff roll to calm the crowd if needed [roll1]
Maintaining the bright white flare at its position above the street, Hikaru flies over to where Eiko is.
"Where?"
Eiko cuts transmition to the P.A system (yes, she can multitask but there's limit to everything.) and points at the podium. "Injured man over here. Image match database: president. Suspect abduction might attacker goal. Crowd dangerouly panicked. assualter too close. Need to be calmed down and evacuated in priority."
Then she get back to wrestle control of the robots, not paying attention to Hikaru anymore.
Hikaru spots the President lying near the podium.
"Right.
Hikaru looks down at his arms. Weak. Thin. He doubt he'd be able to fly with a fully grown man in them.
Time to get creative then
The light flaring above the street dim ever so slightly as Hikaru creates a what appears to be a stretcher made of bright white light, the object forming thin underneath the President then growing.
SpoilerSo, spent move action flying over, using free action to shift four points from light control to create object to make a platform underneath the president (presumably a ten-foot square oughta do it)
Daniel walked over to the giant robots, there was no need to run, in fact it was better if he didn't, they would never notice him anyway. As he reached a massive purple foot he simply continued walking, passing through the leg until he was inside the machinery. He waited for a couple of seconds, as if focusing on something far away, though that was pretty much impossible in the cramped, dark conditions.
"Come on, you can do this."
An intangible bead of sweat appeared on his invisible forehead.
"SO!" He shouted "CAN YOU FEEL THIS?!?!"
His hands became suddenly became solid and he grabbed as many wires and delicate looking objects possible and pulled hoping to somehow debilitate the mechanical monstrosity.
SpoilerActivated Concealment, Intangibility and power stunted intangibility with the Selective feat.
If I do need a roll the just say so, but here is a Strength check just in case.
[roll0]
Collin watched as Hikaru created a platform to carry away the 'president', then turned back to the robots. He faced the machine that avoided his attack before, determined not to fail this time.
Focus....
SpoilerSwarm Blast [roll0] DC23
Homing Blast
[roll1] DC23
As the mental machines hindered by Eiko grapple and tumble to the ground with a blast of Debris the same happens to the machine in which Daniel has attacked.
Collin's blast hits the machines directly and it seems temporarily unoperational as it repairs itself.
For a moment the world seems almost to flicker and all the others see are faint shadows moving in an infinite black space before they return to the simulation but in that blackness Eiko seems something else. . .
Well someone.
Athena drifting in the black grabs Eiko's arm "Save Them!"
With that everything returns to the simulation's normality and Eiko is left with her arm raised.
Well, that was odd. Must be a bug in the simulator. Back to the simulation, then.
Focus...
Hikaru sends the platform carrying "the president" toward the street where the civilians have gathered. He follows after.
SpoilerUsing a move action to move the platform over to the street (using the Moveable extra on Create Objects), and then another move action to fly over after it.)
*****************Claremont-Reality*****************************
Sentinel comes upon one of the storage buildings, set off from the main wings of the school.
He waves his hand over the normal looking lock Athena put in place and it scans him and clicks the door open. It swings to give him passage and he steps inside.
The creature had come in here before it disappeared but other than a hole on the opposite wall there seemed to be no sign of where it had gone.
The walls had been lined with sports equipment but all of that had mostly been destroyed, he was happy that the new principal seemed better at making sure the budget always had more money or at least resources.
He notices some cracks in the ground, dipping lower than he though possible with the soil beneath. The cracks grow larger and before he can react
'CRACK'
Sentinel falls for what feels like a mile before coming to a halt slowly, before he hits the ground with a light thud.
He looks up. The hole has closed itself as rocks fell in over each other, if he tried to force is way up it could all fall again and crush him to death, other than the distant little light through the cracks the area around him was pitch black.
"Ughhhhhh." was all he could manage to say for the longest time. What happened? Slowly, Sentinel gathered his strength and his wits back to him as he tried to catch his breath. I knew dealing with these kids was going to be a bad idea. I just knew it.
Sentinel raised his arm and punched in the key command to run a suit diagnostic. It took only a moment as his suit's green glow lit up the cavern. Slowly, Sentinel picked himself up and stood on his on two feet. "According to sensors, everything is running smoothly. Better than me, anyway." Sentinel turned his head to the right, popping it a few times. Ok, lets see just how far down this rabbit hole goes, Alice. Sentinel activated his suit's different spectrums of vision until he got to Darkvision. As the suit changed modes, the cave lit up from dark, underground black to a more normal spectrum of light.
Sentinel scanned the room, looking for a path or a tunnel that could possibly take him out of here. Before he left, he tried to radio in to Athena where he was.
Spoiler
A few questions:
1. Does my radio work?
2. Do I find a tunnel or path?
With a barely neglectfull glance as the two robots on the ground (really Eiko ? Only two week old and already making menbots fight for you ? What will it be when she'll be three month.), Eiko oders Mechanical Minion to finish it's friend.
SpoilerComputer roll [roll0]
Obviously she has other thing on her erzatz of a mind. It felt too real.
"Dire-ue-sensei ?"
//Situation analysis:simuation interupted.Interuption.//?????//replaying scene...visual confirmed://Prsence unexplained....//Hypothesis:Halucination, glitch ? *scanning for internal errors. /....... None found
Objective: rescue.Querry: Rescue who ? where ? how ?.
Reorganising priorities: Investigate//Understand//resolve.
"BrainIac sensei ?" Eiko know he can hear and see anyhitng happening in the simulation "May I enquire what happened. Did you recieve any transmitions ?"
As she speaks, she tries to work off the connection she has with the comuter, examining raw recieved data, to catch a glimpse of what has happened.
SpoilerAnother computer roll [roll1] Spending my movement action on this if necessary.
***************Under Claremont-Reality***************************
Sentinel is stunned by what he sees.
A vast network of caverns and tunnels branching off from a massive central chamber in which he stands. Like a city hewn from the rock underground. A metropolis of caverns and stone pathways. Some tall thin mounds looks almost like buildins. A dozen tunnels branch off deeper into the outer walls of the massive cavern around Sentinel while a pathway leads down into the caverns center into the cavern city.
The radio crackles, and no reply is heard; either Athena is busy or the cavern is too deep or the rock too thick, for the signal to get through.
***************White House-Simulation*************************
As Eiko speaks out the others do not hear her, her image distorts like a Tv signal that isn't quite being received, then she flashes out of existence.
The two downed purple robots she had been holding off prepare to attack the others again in force, once they have repaired.
***************Somewhere else-Simulation**********************
Eiko feels herself fade back into reality as a nearby robed figure cuts down a handful of white armoured men with a weapon made of energy, he smiles at Eiko noticing her entire, he wears the same white clothing as the other male students but a white cloak as well.
The corridor seems to aboard some massive space station or maybe a base on a moon. At the end of the corridor a have dozen of the men ready their weapons to fire, the cloaked man now stands beside you.
Hikaru watches as Eiko flickers and disappears. He opens his mouth to yell, but decides against it.
It's probably part of the simulation. Expect the unexpected after all. Or maybe her robotic mind is jiving less well with the simulation then expected. Or maybe...
No, no time to think about it now. Focus.
Hikaru lowers "the president" down onto a clear spot on the street, dissappears his platform, calls for a doctor to take a look at him, and flies back toward the robots.
Without Eiko taking care of those two bots, they'll need more support. Focus on that.
Situation analysis.
Localisation unrecignised;//.Hostiles/enemies.//database:image Match:recognised as Fictional characters, stormbearers from show the "Star Warriors." Probablilty of being in simulation: 95/°. Hypothesis: Senior simulation? Objective:Rescue senior ? .Objection: Seniors are by definition more apt than underclassmen. Why would they need help. Hypothesis: All part of the simulation ?
It was entirely possible. BrainIaC sensei seemed to be still in control and a test against their reaction against the unexpected was a sensible thing to do. But why make the image of dire sensei, that seemed like an odd trick to play, a cruel one at that (for what she understood of the concept). Futher investigation would be needed.
Eiko takes a look at the end off the corridor.
Priorities: Eliminate imediate threat. Hostile reaction detected. Triggering fight or flight routines. Redeaying self defense mechanisms
Eiko's hand crackles menacingly as power build up her arm.
//Power up primary attack systems.//.....Warning/ overload risk. overheating signs detected.
with a thunderous soun, a large bolt get out of Eiko arms and strike into the crowd of soldiers at the end of the corridors
Spoilerpower stunting electrical attack (6) into electrical control (4),extra: aera: burst
Firing in the dirrection of the stormtroopers wanabes
I believe no attack roll is needed since it's an aera attack (if I'm wrong: [roll0]) but they all get a reflex save, right ?
The dealt with, she turns to the man standing beside her and bow slightly (even if she's fired at, it doesn't seem to bother her that much) "I am Eiko. May I respectfully enquire if you are one of the senior students ?"
"Well, that's not good." Without Eiko, the two robots she had handled would rejoin the fight, and the one Collin took down was getting up, too. On the bright side, Hikaru had managed to evacuate most of the civilians, and was flying back to rejoin the fight. He flew up next to Hiakru, "Look's like it's just you and me. And that other guy." What was his name? Whatever, not important. "These guys can repair themselves; we probably have only a few seconds before they get back up, so let's make this quick. We need to coordinate our attacks to take them down one at a time.” Not the most original strategy, but he was pressed for time. “Hit the one that Eiko’s slavebot was attacking, it looks the most damaged.” He charged another nanite blast, and fired it at the robot he indicated.
SpoilerSwarm Blast [roll0] DC23
"Comandroids!"
The dark-haired young man exclaimed. "Can't these people even get their continuity right!"
This was all he could get out before Eiko turned and blasted the stormies.
"Oh, I get it. 'nother student. You must be new."
He stepped forward, swatting away a stray blaster bolt with the silvery energy-blade he carried. "I'm Dylan. Yes, I'm a senior. They call me Grey-Knight." He spoke in short clips while staying focused on the combat. "Excuse me, I think we have an incoming double-squad."
With that he faces a group of white-armored soldiers aiming blaster-weapons at him preparing to deflect their attacks back at them.
Spoiler
I took a few liberties with the simulation to properly introduce Dylan here. I hope you don't mind shooting some blaster bolts at me so I can show off my energy-blade's deflect power. I'll roll the checks after they shoot unless you plan on just letting me succeed.