"Necessary Evil" - supervillains save the world!

Game Master ZenFox42

I live in Virginia at the very northern end of what was considered "the South" in the Civil War. I moved here in the 2nd grade and thought people talked funny, but I chose to use "y'all" because it means "you plural", and regular English doesn't differentiate between "you singular" and "you plural". :)

Since it's probably going to be a slow week, Kathrine can go meet her friends, and she and I can role-play that if she wants. Anyone who's around (IRL) can tag along (in the game) if you want.

Apparently there's no roll for Invent, so Crackerjack gets the money (and himself) cleaned up pretty quickly.

Thomas, what are you doing?

So, Kathrine takes the vehicle, and drives to a sketchy part of Star City, where you have to be pretty tough (or crazy) to go, even not by yourself. She parks somewhere, walks a couple of blocks, goes up to a run-down building, and knocks in a certain pattern. Pretty soon someone on the other side knocks in a different pattern, and she replies with yet another pattern. The door opens, and a large man with a bald head and a beard, whose arms (at least) are covered in tattoos, says "Kate! Good to see you! Whatcha been up to?"

Kat throws her arms wide in greeting, "Charlie, how's it been. Fine for me ya know getting into as much trouble as possible and causing even more for the trouts if ya know what i mean. How's the leg, heard you had an incident with a satyr? Are the kids in or are they out playing already, need to see about some extra speeding tickets."
She leaned into the door and waited for him to respond, or for anyone else(if they came with) to pipe up.

Since it's probably going to be a slow week, Kathrine can go meet her friends, and she and I can role-play that if she wants. Anyone who's around (IRL) can tag along (in the game) if you want.

Apparently there's no roll for Invent, so Crackerjack gets the money (and himself) cleaned up pretty quickly.

...Is there really not? I've been holding off on making an "I did the thing" because I didn't have time to lok up what kinds of rolls I needed.

Crackerjack tinkers in his lab for a bit, then vindictively shoves a bomb into the stack of cash. There is an extraordinarily loud *BOOM*, and then everything is squeaky clean.

Well, technically there's a roll to *use* the invention, but since this was a one-off... I suppose something interesting would have happened had you critically failed, but...

Charlie says "Yeah, well, that satyr got worse than it gave. I haven't seen the kids in a while, they're in a safe place. Come on down and meet the rest of the gang." He takes you down some stairs to a room where several people are either lying about, or talking with each other, and there appears to be a card game going on in the corner. When Charlie says "Hey guys, Kate's here!", you get various greetings from "Yo!" to "Hey!" to being ignored. Apparently Charlie is your closest friend in the group.

"So, what you really want?" Charlie says, friendily.

Kathrine laughed which seemed off point for her current getup. "Yeah you sure showed him, sorry I couldn't stay around to help ya know how it goes."

She returns a few of the greetings with casual waves and "Yo"'s of her own as well as a few "Whaz'up"s. The lack of fanfare is pretty fair considering how little she's been around recently. "Well i'd really like for the V'sori to get their asses off our planet, but i don't think you've just got a spare universe layin' around sooo... i'm lookin' for some sick wheels, or hover wheels. Ya see i've got a new gig with some O-types and well all they've got is this junky van. We're gonna start putting the twist on and making some sushi, but we need to make sure we don't get chopped before we even get our boots on the ground."

She flashed a fat wad of her share of the bank loot, "We've got cash, and you know i've got the skill to keep it running. Just need a good hookup and an actual invitation to the next party, I was lucky enough to find the last sign ya left. So do you think you can find me a hotrod for seven?"

Charlie ponders your request for a few moments, then says, rapid-fire "Ground or hover? Max speed? How many passengers? How much room for equipment? Built-in weapons?"

Almost as if the two had gone through this before, more than once, she responds in kind. "Ground works i understand how hard hover can be to find. Fast enough to give a V'sori cruiser a run for it's money. I'd like for seven but we have at least one porter. I'm the only one who really carries gear but a bit of space would be nice for our victory haul. I'd have to ask the others about weapons you know i'm pretty up close and personal, but a reinforced raming plate always goes a long way." She knew that if anyone she knew could get a crazy set of wheels then Charlie was her guy, but in the state of the world, she wondered if there would still be machines like that around.

Charlie thinks for a couple of minutes, then says "I can get you what you want, but to be able to outrun a V'Sori cruiser is going to cost you double the basic vehicle. With high-speed, $400k - without, $200k."

was our payout 500k for everyone or 500k all together, plus bails jewelry etc?

$500k all together (as opposed to per person), plus whatever's in the safe deposit boxes.

Kathrine bit her lip and stepped away for a moment, "Gonna have to ring this one in on the new crew Charlie." she walked a little ways away from Charlie before she pulled up her communicater.

"So i can get us a kick-ass ride that'll outrun cruisers... but it's gonna be most of our haul, and we'll need to have a place in the base for it. We're running four-hundred kays if we want super fast and half that if we wanna leave avoiding them to good ol' fashion police chases down deadly narrow passages. What do ya think?"

Everyone chime in with your opinion!

"I believe that we should take the faster option," Angel suggests, not having much use for wealth anyway.

Hrungir only smiles

The Bifrost can outpace even the swiftest runners. But, I see the need for....some of you, to require a different method.

"A faster vehicle would help us stay clear of V'sori ships. I will get to work on clearing a space to create a garage for the inevitable repairs that will be needed. "

When the original players created the base, they included a "garage" that's got a tunnel that comes out some distance away, so that you can come and go undetected.

"Just buy it. Not like we've got much other use for the money." a squeaky clean Crackerjack says.

That's 4 out of 7. Diffraction, Enkidu, Thomas - you have any opinions?

Enkidu shrugs when asked.

"I prefer to fly most of the time, so I don't much care. Does this vehicle do aerial? Ground based vehicles wont get us very far if we need to outrun a hover ship. Hell, I've watched enough COPS over the years to know even a Helecopter can keep close enough tabs on a ground based vehicle that you're pretty unlikely to escape, unless you know a network of tunnels or another kind of escape route."

That's 3 clear votes for the faster vehicle. Kathrine, if you want it as well, that's a majority and you can go ahead.

Kathrine finished with her multi-way call and turned back to address Charlie. "Alright we'll take it, think we can make it hover for an extra hundred grand? If not i don't mind, and I don't have all of the cash on me right now, so if we need to dead drop or just meet up later or with the dealer that's fine by me." With a roll of the shoulder she slid her backpack towards the front of her arm and produced twenty grand, holding it in her off-hand as she reached out to finalize the deal. "And don't forget to give me a ring-up when the rest of the gang is in town. Might have some work for em myself."

Charlie takes the cash, and says, "Sorry, but hover would cost $200k, and it would only get you a yard off the ground. We don't have access to the V'Sori tech that allows their vehicles to actually fly. I'll give you a call if any of the old gang shows up. It'll take me some time to get your new ride myself, so let's each of us call the other when we're ready, ok?"

"We've got the $400k, just ya know i'm not carrying it on me all at once, but yeah. How long you think about it'll take to procure?"

after that she'll make small talk with Charlie and a few more people around and then head on her way back to base. Ready to continue the story-story when ya'll are.

If we're worried about the capabilities of these flying V'sori cruisers, why dont we set up an op to steal one, and then spend our money suping it up and retrofitting it?

"I don't know how to fix any v'sori tech... I bet even Paradigm and Crackerjack would have a hard time with keeping that stuff running let alone making it even better. Not to mention hiding it, not saying stealing one wouldn't be useful or fun. I just don't think we're quite there yet on our teamwork ya know."

Kat paused for a bit and let the idea of flying a literal space ship sink in for a moment, it sent chills down her spine. "That'd be so cool..."

Sorry, I missed your question to Charlie...

"Hard to say - could be a couple of days to a couple of weeks."

So, how are you (all) going to go about converting the stuff from the safe deposit boxes into cash?

Kat doesn't have alot of contacts within Star beyond the folks she just met with, I suppose she could have tried to pawn off some of the hot gems while she was there. Otherwise she's gonna have to rely on the 'actual' villains for hooking her up eith a trader.

OK, EVERYBODY, TIME TO GET BACK IN THE GAME! Your Christmas-turkey-induced stupors and your New Year's Eve hangovers should be long gone, let's get this game back in action! :)

One thing I'm worried about is that since the bank heist and converting the goods to cash only involved a few players, the other players may be losing interest.
Is it time to get back to a Dr. Destruction-ordered mission, so that everyone can be involved again?

No loss of interest. I'm still here, just haven't had much input.

Now that the bank heist is done, Paradigm is focused on getting his hands on the McGuffin at the museum that will give him insight into his powers. I.e., a story reason he can spend his points on powers when he gets them.

I'm good for either a story mission or more side stuff, i like the room for character dev between blasting through more world altering stuff.

Most of my coughing is now of the mortal realm so I'm good to go. Also, yes, since the bank heist was (sort of) my idea, if someone wants me to tag along on their side-quest, I'm up to repay the favor.

Kathrine would spend the remaining downtime cleaning up the workshop for their new vehicle and making use of the training room.

sorry for the double post missed the edit window

Now that the bank heist is done, Paradigm is focused on getting his hands on the McGuffin at the museum that will give him insight into his powers. I.e., a story reason he can spend his points on powers when he gets them.

Crackerjack is still all in to rob the museum; it's a better chance to make a statement than the bank was.

I'm doing this quick, so we can move on to other heists...

So, those of you who are interested in the museum heist - start discussing plans!

Before we makes any plans we needs ta case da joint foyst.

When the time comes to discuss plans for the museum heist, Paradigm is easily taken from his experiments in the lab.

"It appears the bank job went off without too much of a problem. This should go just as smooth if similar procedures occur. I only want one thing. There is a book that contains information regarding the history of my... kind. Researching it would allow me to greatly expand my powers." As he is speaking, he holds up his hand and a holographic image of the book appears. It looks old and tattered, but otherwise intact. "Anything else with it will most likely be valuable to the right buyer, but the book is all I want. I will set about shutting down the building's electronic security, the rest I leave to your capable hands."

Hrungir listens to the magician attentively. Paradigm is one of the few mortals that Hrungir fears, although fear maybe isn't the word. Maybe its more like, understands.

Hrungir understands magic. He does not understand all these technological constructs.

"So dO you want me to just jump in and grab the book and leave?" Thomas asks sheepishly.

"Surprisingly enough, I don't think it necessarily defeats our dual purpose." Crackerjack admits, with some reluctance.

"If you believe you can take a heavily guarded target without being detected, it sends a message to our adversaries that we have the ability to hit any target we wish with impunity. We'd need to leave behind some kind of calling card in place of the book of course; a bit basic, but the classics cannot ever be truly discarded. They've stood the test of time for a reason."

Paradigm raises a missing eyebrow towards Thomas. "As you put it so, pedestrian, yes. If all you wish to grab is my book, then take it and leave. As for a calling card. I believe anyone watching us, should they be able to get through our hacking of the security systems, will know it was us. Unless there is another of my kind out there, this book will be useless to anyone else." He pauses and thinks for a brief moment. "Perhaps one of the kid's comics would suffice for a 'calling card'."

While Thomas could do the job by himself, it would still be a good idea to have backup nearby in case anything goes south. Who wants to be a part of that backup is up to each player.

sorry all came down with a flu-bug or something

Kathrine laid out Thomas's options in choice of weaponry and theur approximate pricing, shooting a little high for a 'finder's fee'.

When the crew gathered for the deliberation on the museum heist.

"I'm sure we can all attest to Thomas's abilities in infiltration, but do we want to just assume things'll go as smoothly as the bank heist. No doubt everyone will beef up their security after the flawless break in."