Mongul 1 Laser Minigun (Mind controlled by Imagine)
Mongul 2 Quad Rocket Launcher (Unconsious by Forzare)
Mongul 3 Combat Gloves
Mongul 4 Combat Gloves (Unconscious by Shale)
Mongul 5 Dual Pistols
Mongul 6 Laser Sword (attacking Sinter)
Mongul 7 Entangled and pinned and blind by Shadow Star
Mongul 8 Entangled and pinned and blind by Shadow Star
Mongul 9 Laser Sword (Fighting Shale)
Mongul 10 Dual Pistols
Mongul 11 Proton Grenade Launcher (retreating)
Mongul 12 Repulsor Gun
Mongul 13 Quad Rocket Launcher
Mongul 14 Laser Minigun
Mongal (Engaged with Shudder)
"What kind of rinky dink plasma guns are these if I can literally throw a rock harder and more accurately.?"
"...Mind you I'm very good at throwing rocks, but STILL."
Forzare tosses another at the other quad rocket wielding Mongul.
Mongul 3 maintains his defensive stance behind his energy shield.
Mongul 4 spins end over end behind him, knocked out by Shale.
Mongul 5 shakes off the residue of Imagine's mental intrusion, and turns to fire at Shudder, missing him by a wide margin.
DC 25
Mongul 6 attempts to force the tip of his energy sword into Sinter, attempting to draw Sinter's energy into the Mongul's weapon
Mongul 9 takes a swing at Shale with his energy sword, missing.
Mongul 10 moves to join Mongul 11, jetting away from the scrum as fast as his little rocket pack will take him.
Who knows what Mongul 12 is up to, he is still invisible.
Mongul 13 is unconscious.
Mongul 14 releases a full round of the minigun on the Javelin, tracking blasts down the side of the craft's hull.
makes for a DC 27 toughness for the Javelin.
Mongal calls out to Shudder, "We need not fight like this, fellow ring bearer! Simply declare your allegiance to the Mongul Corps and we shall take the multiverse from its conqueror!"
And finally, Mongal shifts her torpedo shell into a long spearlike weapon, hoping to lance Shudder like a boil.
DC 31 Toughness for Shudder.
Dr. Robo continues his battle, unaware of the danger that awaits his physical body.
Second Wonder Woman? Talking past tense about current affairs. You have got to be kidding me.
"First robots, then invaders from space and now you're seriously telling me that you two are....what? Time travelers? You can't be serious. That's imposs-."
Debbie stops midsentence as she remembers she's carrying a car and looking at a purple half-machine man with a sight line that sits above most buildings.
This is too much. I need to get home. I thought we were wrapping all this up. This smells like a committment and god knows I have enough of those on my plate. I can see this through but whose to say these guys are telling the truth. But even if they are, it doesn't necessarily make them good guys...
"Okay. Calm. I like calm. If you people really are from the future....answer three questions and we'll see where we stand. Who are you? What do you want with him and how did you get here?"
The energy sword should have to make a DC 23 toughness save to make contact technically (or I spent way too many points on that aura for nothing).
Guess I can't ignore the funlky.
Sinter, a bit shocked by the sword trying to drain off his substance blasts away at the Mongul.
power attack
pass
but he glances it off the tough hide.
The sword cannot handle the massive energy of Sinter and explodes in the Mongul's hand.
Robo shrugs off the virus's attack like a child would an unwanted cheek pinch. A spark of inspiration strikes as the green/purple light of the virus grazes his armor.
This is a virus! What are viruses but malicious code!"
A sliver of a nano-second to assess the virus, and Captain Robo seems to have a brain blast.
Captain Robo releases a powerful barrage of numbers and symbols in an attempt to completely rewire the virus's code into something more beneficial.
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The five the were at death's door from the violent laser blasts are all stabilized by their suits, and are brough back to consciousness. However, their injuries are still grevious, and they scatter to the rear. Given a few minutes time they'll recover, but they've fired their last blast in anger in this fight.
The five remaining continue to pour it on to Mongul 14, who, with the minigun, represents the greatest danger:
Two hits.
One bolt strikes true! And the mini-gun wielding minion is laid low!
Stats Lexsec: 1,out 2,out 3,out 4,out 5,15T 6,15T 7,16T, 816T, 9,out 10,16T
Imagine is gladdened that her troops and not completely useless. They get all pouty if they don't get to kill something.
Speaking of which, she turns her boy-toy, Mongul 1 and its laser minigun toward the only interesting targets: The two that are trying to retreat as fast as they can. THIS should be interesting!
The rapid-firing Laser canon walks across the erstwhile allies, and they both feel it's photon-driven sting.
'Mmmmmm, MUST get one of these from daddy!'
Shale floats out towards his sword wielding foe, only to bank at the last minute, and lance out with a torrent of kicks instead of using the sword at all.
The attack, while not Shale's best, still seems to have taken the Mongul off guard. The dozen or so attacks hit the stunned warrior in rapid succession, smashing into his chin, ankle, jaw, knee, and stomach. A final blow to the head sends the would-be swordsman spinning out into the void.
"Okay. Calm. I like calm. If you people really are from the future....answer three questions and we'll see where we stand. Who are you? What do you want with him and how did you get here?"
"My name is Kallark, and this is Skitter. We have need of the Technomancer in order to understand one of his inventions, which is wielded by our greatest enemy, The Monarch. We came here via a transporter technology similar to that used by the JL Watchtower satellites."
Captain Robo:
The strands of insidious code that make up the virus break apart under your attack, re-configuring and re-combining under the analysis of your translator and the modification of your code.
Gradually, the code resolves itself into a message only you can understand:
begin transmission---if you can read this, you are likely one who calls himself Techno, or Robo, Technomancer, Captain Robo, Dr. Robo, or some variation thereof. You are under attack, and a group of individuals around you are fighting off what seems to be a devastating attack on your Earth. If this is the case, we have determined that your Earth is the origin of The Monarch. You must aid your attackers to defeat this threat. You will likely distrust this message, but you must work to defeat The Monarch or all is lost. Work with Rebel 1, but do not trust him.---begin transmission---if you can read this...
At that, the virus stops fighting and begins to dissolve.
attacking #5, who stuck his nose into the yellow ring duel
"Let's not be rude."
Status Check:
Mongul 1 Laser Minigun (Mind controlled by Imagine)
Mongul 2 Quad Rocket Launcher (Unconsious by Forzare)
Mongul 3 Combat Gloves (Defensive behind energy shield)
Mongul 4 Combat Gloves (Unconscious by Shale)
Mongul 5 Dual Pistols (Unconscious blasted by Shadow-Star)
Mongul 6 Laser Sword Exploded (attacking Sinter)
Mongul 7 Entangled and pinned and blind by Shadow Star
Mongul 8 Entangled and pinned and blind by Shadow Star
Mongul 9 Laser Sword (Taken Out by Shale)
Mongul 10 Dual Pistols (Dropped by Mongul 1)
Mongul 11 Proton Grenade Launcher (Dropped by Mongul 1)
Mongul 12 Repulsor Gun (Invisible, possibly missing)
Mongul 13 Quad Rocket Launcher (Unconscious by Forzare?)
Mongul 14 Laser Minigun (Dropped by LexSec)
Mongul 6 yells to Mongal (not sure why yelling in space), assuming you can overhear the broadcast, which is not encrypted:
"Mistress, we are losing, and I believe our mission is accomplished. We have distracted them long enough. Rebel 1 awaits them."
He withdraws from his engagement with Sinter, taunting him as he flies in the same direction as the other retreating Monguls.
"Catch me is you can, Fireman."
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Mongal replies:
"No, Mongul, this is personal. He wears the ring, he must swear obedience before I will allow him to join us."
She releases another blast of yellow force at Shudder, missing him in her overzealous attack.
That puts us back at the top of initiative.
Sinter can hear the radio broadcasts, so he knows the minions are bugging out, but the leader lady is staying. He goes back to blasting away at her/
power attack
again it glances off the yellow shield.
Debbie narrows her eyes and chews on her lip while she considers the not-superman-future-words.
Cheese and Crackers that wasn't a mouthful.
"If you're telling the truth then I'll take you to him. No funny business though. The last thing this city needs is for us to tango through a few more skyscrapers."
Debbie turns to lead them back to the hall, but she doesn't drop the vehicle in her hands.
Forzare, for his part, assaults Mongul 3.
But it simply blocks the rock.
Captain Robo:
The strands of insidious code that make up the virus break apart under your attack, re-configuring and re-combining under the analysis of your translator and the modification of your code.
Gradually, the code resolves itself into a message only you can understand:
begin transmission---if you can read this, you are likely one who calls himself Techno, or Robo, Technomancer, Captain Robo, Dr. Robo, or some variation thereof. You are under attack, and a group of individuals around you are fighting off what seems to be a devastating attack on your Earth. If this is the case, we have determined that your Earth is the origin of The Monarch. You must aid your attackers to defeat this threat. You will likely distrust this message, but you must work to defeat The Monarch or all is lost. Work with Rebel 1, but do not trust him.---begin transmission---if you can read this...
At that, the virus stops fighting and begins to dissolve.
"The Monarch?"
"What the hell is going..." Neil snaps out of VICTOR-Space, his body jolting up into an upright position. He will's the SCEPTER armor around him.
"Vic, are you all right? Seems that virus was intended to be a message. Some strange stuff is going down. I'm gonna access your communication systems now, just take it easy."
Using VICTOR to access the squad in space's comm-link, Robo sends out a message.
"I think I've got VICTOR fixed. Someone's trying to contact us from another time, or possibly dimension. Here, check it out." He plays the message for all able to listen.
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As the last of the viable targets, the 5 remaining operational Lex-Sec members target Mongul 1. Imagine drops her control of him as the first of the plasma bolts head inbound.
Three bolts refused to be dodged by the recently-freed Mongul 1, and the mettle of the mighty foe is tested by the super-heated plasma.
The super-human beast-man withstands two bolts full in the chest, but a third finds a weak point in his defenses, and the gunner is knocked senseless.
Captain Aterro barks out an order and the remaining guards keep an over-watch, having lost track of at least one of the enemy's infantry. Inwardly he sighs as he sees Imagine become visible.
The sensible advice from the minion and the reply by Mangal comes crackling over her headset....
Rage without peer overcomes Imagine. Dropping cover of Invisibility and Intangibility, she hovers closer, closer to the raging battle between Mongal and the erstwhile Yellow-Ring of Fear. Her mind reaches out, speaking to Mongal, but including Shudder in the conversation.
'Oh no, sister. Oh no no no no no. You do NOT get to come to -my- planet wearing...that...and expect to leave. Oh no. You're coming with -me- and we are going to spend some _quality_ time. Some real girl-to-girl talk, know what I'm sayin'.
Oh no, Honey. You do NOT get to go home.'
Imagine rends the non-air with a primordial screech as an invisible hand of null-space grabs about Mongal, holding her tight.
Time to get serious
Kallark and Skitter follow Redwood to the central chamber of the Hall, finding Captain Robo recovered from his jaunt into VICTOR space.
Kallark calls out "Man-Robot, I have need of your assistance in fighting a threat to reality. You must come with me immediately."
Captain Robo turns up nothing but articles about the history of monarchs around the world, butterflies, etc. No heroes or villains named Monarch.
The invisible force of Imagine's will reaches out to enclose Mongal, but Mongal is a creature of both great Will and great Strength. She twists, positioning Imagine's force in such a way that it intercepts Shudder's blast.
She turns toward Imagine and a glint flashes across her eyes. "Ah, so you are here. Rebel 1 will be pleased."
She concentrates for a flash, and an energy construct blowgun appears in her hands. She turns it toward Imagine and launches a dart.
The dart tags Imagine, causing no harm, but leaving behind a sort of yellow button or jewel that pulses steadily, marking Imagine's location.
Kallark and Skitter follow Redwood to the central chamber of the Hall, finding Captain Robo recovered from his jaunt into VICTOR space.
Kallark calls out "Man-Robot, I have need of your assistance in fighting a threat to reality. You must come with me immediately."
Robo cautiously looks around at Kallark and Skitter and then over at Redwood, who doesn't seem to be in any danger.
"Were you two responsible for the computer virus and all the buzzbots? Next time, just knock. It's going to take me days to repair all this and on top of that, you want my help saving all reality? You two've got some great big brass ones, you know. Throw it all out on the table for me. I want every bit of detail. If you need me this badly, I need to know everything. Major players, big events. Hard facts. From the beginning, and make it quick."
Kallark replies, in a voice that somehow conveys a buttery smooth ease with a great amount of power as well as a tone that suggests he is accustomed to having his orders followed, "The virus and the robot invasion were delivered by others at the orders of our commander, Rebel 1. We are not authorized to brief you in detail, but suffice to say that you are the creator of a Nano-weave armor worn by The Monarch, and that your cooperation is necessary. You will come with us and meet Rebel 1."
Sinter will fly over and try to get in Mongal's face while blasting away at her. Perhaps she'll decide he's worth swatting instead of his less durable teammates.
power attack
vs. DC 32
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Imagine looks down at the tracker, nonplussed. She sends out a general mind-wave, so everyone can overhear.
'Old Hag, your forces have either fled or been rendered incoherent. Your invasion troops are crushed, and the one person that you are trying to seduce is adamantly not that in to you. I'm going to follow an old family tradition and give you an offer that you can not refuse. If you come with me, we still have options. Some of them are rather pleasant. LexCorp can be -quite- kind to it's friends, and, like daddy says, 'An enemy is just a friend that isn't on your payroll yet.'
If you deny this offer, the total, full, and infinite meaning of the phrase 'once in a lifetime' is going to become wholly relevant to you. You have 10 seconds to comply.'
Five conscious but wounded Lex-Sec suits are gathering themselves far away, waiting for evac back to the surface. Five more are gathering at various points, well spread out, fingers on triggers.
Kara makes a mental note of where the space-plane is circling. She sends out another wave, heedless, indeed, hoping that Mongal hears.
'Shudder, Forzare, wait for Sinter's next attack. At that time launch all ordinance at Mongal."
Kara mentally gets a hold of a senseless Mongul body, and raises her hand.
'On my command, unleash Hell. teeheehee I always wanted to say that! =3'
Admittedly it might've been more foreboding without the giggling.
Sinter's blast spreads over Mongal's force field, failing to penetrate.
Mongal keeps her focus on Imagine, "You are so unexpected."
I think that is up to you guys. If you want to retcon Sinters action or include it in a group attack either works for me.
As Sinter fires his blast, Forzare launches another rock, the Asphalt igniting in tandem.
Great. Now they weren't just terrible murderdeath robots, they were FUTURE murderdeath robots. Well that changes everything!
Debbie watches the two discuss important issues concerning future tyrants and can't help but worry about fate and how this all started. She slowly takes a knee to be more involved in the conversation but also give Robo a cautious look of, "How do you want to play this?".
"Look I hate to interrupt, and I won't pretend to know much about all this Back-to-the-Future stuff, but by coming here, aren't you two...messing with the time streams or some such nonsense?" she asks, exasperated that this day just didn't seem to want to end.
Great. Now they weren't just terrible murderdeath robots, they were FUTURE murderdeath robots. Well that changes everything!
Debbie watches the two discuss important issues concerning future tyrants and can't help but worry about fate and how this all started. She slowly takes a knee to be more involved in the conversation but also give Robo a cautious look of, "How do you want to play this?".
"Look I hate to interrupt, and I won't pretend to know much about all this Back-to-the-Future stuff, but by coming here, aren't you two...messing with the time streams or some such nonsense?" she asks, exasperated that this day just didn't seem to want to end.
Kallark turns back to Redwood, "We aren't here to alter your timeline, strictly speaking, Ms. Giganta...forgive me, not Giganta. If we wished to do that, we would simply have used the ..., our weaponry to destroy your Earth from orbit. Our intentions are more complex, though, as I have said, we are not free to brief you on those details."
Sweeping around looking for his next target, Shale sees his comrades converging on the enemy's leader. Shale kicks his jet pack into high gear, flying at Mongal. Drawing close, he lashes out with a barrage of swift strikes.
FEAR OUR POWER!!!
With that shudder with the others blast Mongal
"All right. We'll play ball."
Neil keeps in mind that Rebel 1 (and by extension his lackies) are not to be trusted.
"Take us to your leader."