The Ultrahumans! Issue #1 Starring Miss Victory and Lionheart! "White House Down..."

MISS VICTORY and FISSION

Miss Victory could run faster than Fission could fly. By switching her power to her durability (body) and her innate ability to withstand hostile environments (sealed systems) she could pretty much ignore high speed travel up to certain extreme velocities.

That said Fission could do the job as well and she hollered in his ears "Watch your hands mister!"

He grinned, scooped her up and took to the skies! Flying up, up, up to where the air was thinner the pair of them covered a huge distance in minutes and started to slow nearer the sprawling metropolis that was the heart of the US political system.

OOC in order to connect Miss V and Lionheart back together I may delay one or the other of you depending on Lionhearts' action with Kosmic Fire...

Admin wrote:LIONHEART

Cables ran the length of the corridor feeding power to the lower levels of the White House.

The hero yanked dozens of feet of them and tied the villains together. It wouldn't slow them down much but it was better than nothing.

Scooping up the injured Kosmic Fire Lionheart sped out of the stricken White House and to the grounds outside which looked like a war zone. Police, Fire and Ambulances along with the National guard and army were turning up with every passing moment. He could leave Kosmic Fire with them, find a local hospital or even speed back to the satellite high above the Earth to put her in the care of the Ultrahumans as well as reestablish contact and find out what was going on. The choice was his but the President still needed rescuing and he was a man alone! His team had been separated, attacked and was now a team of one, again!

Time was of the essence, and though reestablishing contact with the team would be good, it might also land him stranded far from where he needed to be. He felt he had no choice but to go for what was at hand and spotting the nearest line of ambulance support, rushed to them. A quick explanation of the situation, what he'd done to stabilise here and his own assessment of her needs was all he had time for. Then without a word more, he sped back, he knew the national guard and army might rush the building. but he hoped if he acted as point, he might be able to stop any lethal force that then men might encounter and save lives after so many had so mercilessly been taken.

OOC: OK in we go, I will try and contact Duplex if possible, as I know nothing about the Satalite being hacked and file a quick report, but we'll see what you'll let me get away with before we get back into the thick of it. ;-)

Sj

LIONHEART

There was a special protocol for treating supers and the Ultrahumans in particular. The paramedics made calls and set to with Kosmic Fire in the back of an ambulance. The Paramedic in charge assured Lionheart she would be treated as a priority.

As soldiers took up positions around the White House special forces all in black made ready with snipers. In addition US Government sponsored supers in Dark Blue uniforms took charge of the situation.

One of them made his way over to Lionheart flanked by half a dozen tough looking men and women in dark blue body armour. "I'm General Battle, in charge of this situation now. We were expecting more of you Ultras but we can't raise you on any channel and all back channels have gone down too. You people are compromised." he hissed.

Just then there was a distant boom and all eyes turned up to the sky where a bright flare in the sky started down towards the capitol.

"What now?" asked the General, nodding to aides. They scurried off to give orders but Lionheart zoomed in with his telescopic vision and saw Miss Victory being carried by a super her didn't recognise. She didn't look injured or flustered and he had to assume she could take care of herself given all he knew of her - she was a superb fighter, tough as anyone out there and one on one could give anybody a hard time.

With guns trained on them and lowered powered government supers watching their every move Fission and Miss Victory landed near the command tent, met by Lionheart, General Battle and his henchmen. Lionheart had explained to Gen Battle that they were friendly but the troops looked twitchy anyway. The question was... where were the rest of the Ultrahumans?

MISS VICTORY

The short flight was no problem for Miss Victory who could make herself practically immune to any environmental conditions. Still, it was a nervy landing for her and Fission as they landed in the middle of a huge circle of police, army, national guard, special forces and Government Super Agents.

"Now might not be a good time to mention the US Government doesn't like me after I thwarted CIA operations in South America last year..." said Fission. "In order to save a village of civilians I had to send a covert ops team packing..."

Admin wrote:With guns trained on them and lowered powered government supers watching their every move Fission and Miss Victory landed near the command tent, met by Lionheart, General Battle and his henchmen. Lionheart had explained to Gen Battle that they were friendly but the troops looked twitchy anyway. The question was... where were the rest of the Ultrahumans?

After greeting Miss V and the other teammates that remained, Lionheart introduced her and Gen Battle to one another. Then he added, "The Ultras got caught with our pants down General, the prison break was a way to resource Nexus and a team of extremely powerful Villains we think aided by Advent to cause the chaos we are witnessing now. I took down three of them who are working for the team, one who caused this carnage before we could engage. This is the rest of my team, or what remains of it..." Turning to Miss Victory, Lionheart asked, "What happened to you...my guess is we were blindsided and ambushed on some level? So far we seem to be playing catch up with the villains making us look like monkeys at play!"

OOC: OK I'm going to let Dave chip in here, but I assume that with Gen Battle here he takes jurisdiction! I'm the new guy when it comes to leading a team and I'm happy to defer, but if he thinks otherwise and hands the poisoned chalice to me then we'll go for a coordinated strike on the point of entry we found before. But I'm open to suggestions!

Sj

Steeple_jackuk wrote:

Admin wrote:With guns trained on them and lowered powered government supers watching their every move Fission and Miss Victory landed near the command tent, met by Lionheart, General Battle and his henchmen. Lionheart had explained to Gen Battle that they were friendly but the troops looked twitchy anyway. The question was... where were the rest of the Ultrahumans?

After greeting Miss V and the other teammates that remained, Lionheart introduced her and Gen Battle to one another.  Then he added, "The Ultras got caught with our pants down General, the prison break was a way to resource Nexus and a team of extremely powerful Villains we think aided by Advent to cause the chaos we are witnessing now.  I took down three of them who are working for the team, one who caused this carnage before we could engage.  This is the rest of my team, or what remains of it..." Turning to Miss Victory, Lionheart asked, "What happened to you...my guess is we were blindsided and ambushed on some level?  So far we seem to be playing catch up with the villains making us look like monkeys at play!"

OOC: OK I'm going to let Dave chip in here, but I assume that with Gen Battle here he takes jurisdiction!  I'm the new guy when it comes to leading a team and I'm happy to defer, but if he thinks otherwise and hands the poisoned chalice to me then we'll go for a coordinated strike on the point of entry we found before.  But I'm open to suggestions!

Sj

"This is Fission, South American superhero who save our bacon when our ship crashed into an active volcano when it was taken over and then set upon by a villain who had escaped. The Ultrahuman base is under cyber attack. The villains know exactly where we are and what we are saying because they have hacked the communicators we wear. Get rid of yours, crush it ... now and any other electronic device that the Ultrahumans gave you. That goes for you and your men, general."

After that is done ...

"The rest of the team is hurt bad except Captain Star but he had to get the others to medical help. We 3 are it. What happened here? Kosmic Fire? Where is she?"

DavidMcMahon wrote:"This is Fission, South American superhero who save our bacon when our ship crashed into an active volcano when it was taken over and then set upon by a villain who had escaped.  The Ultrahuman base is under cyber attack.  The villains know exactly where we are and what we are saying because they have hacked the communicators we wear.  Get rid of yours, crush it ... now and any other electronic device that the Ultrahumans gave you.  That goes for you and your men, general."

After that is done ...

"The rest of the team is hurt bad except Captain Star but he had to get the others to medical help.  We 3 are it.  What happened here?  Kosmic Fire?  Where is she?"

Lionheart looked grim, as he gripped and crushed his communication device. "Maybe I should have known that is why they got a bead on us. Kosmic Fire and I had no choice but to go in, without you, as you can see they took a preemptive strike. She, unfortunately, given the close quarters suffered an attack from one of the villains who were left to ambush us. I finished them off and tied them up and stabilised KF, before bringing her here. That is when you stepped up. Its good to see you. We need a coordinated attack, we've no idea what is happening, but they've been one step ahead of us all the way. And now the White House is engulfed in flames, the President is missing possible captured and we're standing around making nice when we ought to be getting a move on. Sorry, speedster it all seems so slow."

Looking across to Gen Battle Lionheart offered him the chance to respond now everyone was more or less on the same page. But he was painfully aware that the three villains he'd taken down might have revived or been revived in his absence time was of the essence.

Sj

General Battle frowned. "The Ultrahumans under attack, Silver Sentinel taken out, a massive prison breakout and no one to stop it... We're under siege and the general public has no idea... yet! Now this with the President..."

"Normally I would say 'leave this to the pros' but I'm realistic. We have munitions capable of blasting a hole in the toughest supers... but you guys aren't the toughest supers, you are steps beyond that and so are the people we are up against. I can toss a semi truck and maybe lift a locomotive, and I'm pretty much the highest power official super in the protection team right now. I'm guessing all three of you can heft somewhere north of that. I won't risk my agents in a fight they can't win and I know this is hard on you but I have no choice but to ask you to get in there as the spearhead and we will follow, clearing out room by room."

Miss Victory knew she could lift north of 100k tons, Lionheart nearer twelve MILLION... Though he was no heavy hitter in terms of punching power Fission could put out near on a nuclear level blast with every shot he fired... The Ultrahumans and Fission were the United States best, only hope to save the President right now!

Fission spoke up "I'm on a watchlist for your government. Know this General, I have no beef with the United States but when they routinely ignore borders of countries to enact their operations."

"Drug runners need shutting down!" said the General.

"And I shut them down, but half of them make deals with your CIA and are are even 'protected' by them in order to secure agreements. I have nothing to do with that. Where I find them, they get shut down and stay shut down. Then their lawyers get them out in half an hour and the cycle starts again, but I won't stop. Your people get in my way and I will shut them down too..."

General Battle bristled but knew even with his forces, the army, the national guard and every tank he could call on, Fission was so far out of his league they may as well be firing blanks.

"General, I didn't come here to measure manhoods with you. I came to help. Miss Victory is a powerful and capable super from what I have seen and she took down an Omega level super herself, the aptly named Omega Man. I'm sure she and her friend here can handle the situation so if you don't need my help I'll..." he crouched as if to take off...

"Wait! Stop! Dammit. I need your help. The government of the United States is asking for your aid Fission and I will pull whatever strings I can to make sure things go smoother in the future and we don't tread on your toes, alright? I need you three to get in there and blast through any bad guys and leave us in your wake to mop up." he turned to Lionheart and Miss Victory. "I know nothing about you - we have no files at all on any of you newbies but the fact that you are standing whilst a big hitter like Kosmic Fire is out cold suggests you are the best, only option I have to save the President. Whilst we have been jawing there are more bad guys in there and they may have a plan to break out. Before they enact that plan... we need to stop them. Agreed?"

Fission pondered, then nodded. "What's the plan?" he asked Miss Victory and Lionheart...

"What sort of defenses does the White House have that the villains could takeover for their own benefit," Miss Victory asks.  "I'm thinking of the power loss issues of the prison.  Is the same thing here?  If so, their super-tech mates could wipe all our powers out when we go in.  Also, any communication gear you have, I don't care how well encrypted you think it is, you should assume is compromised by them and they are listening to every word you say and will send false orders out through them.  You should go back to the ole voice, written orders and hand signals methods of communication."

"Otherwise ... high speed movement into there, bypassing any small groups that are designed to slow us down," she asks Lionheart, the more senior hero on call.  "Like how the American Navy in WW2 bypassed Japanese controlled island, hopping over to the ones that they really needed to get to Japan as fast as possible?"

DavidMcMahon wrote:"What sort of defenses does the White House have that the villains could takeover for their own benefit," Miss Victory asks.  "I'm thinking of the power loss issues of the prison.  Is the same thing here?  If so, their super-tech mates could wipe all our powers out when we go in.  Also, any communication gear you have, I don't care how well encrypted you think it is, you should assume is compromised by them and they are listening to every word you say and will send false orders out through them.  You should go back to the ole voice, written orders and hand signals methods of communication."

"Otherwise ... high speed movement into there, bypassing any small groups that are designed to slow us down," she asks Lionheart, the more senior hero on call.  "Like how the American Navy in WW2 bypassed Japanese controlled island, hopping over to the ones that they really needed to get to Japan as fast as possible?"

Lionheart listened in nodding in places and making the odd suggestion then having heard the sound advice from Miss Victory he nodded his agreement.
"Follow on behind and try not to get boxed in, we'll try and double back if we can to maintain line of sight in the absence of coms."

Moving up to the White House the team, hastily sorted out their preferred order as the corridors wouldn't allow for much space, and often the two fastest heroes went. Lionheart regulating his speed to that of Miss Victory, or speeding up to check and corner or space before doubling back to the team behind and then catching up to Miss Victory as she went.

Sj

"As far as we know the power nullifiers must have been disabled" admitted the General. "They are top secret and it annoys me that you know they exist, but I guess it's out and that's that." he growled.

"Whoever turned off the automated guns, disruption fields and everything else may well have have turned them on again for our benefit. We have a way of turning those things off and have done so, but they may find a way to reactivate them..."

Fission scowled "Using your own weapons against you?"

"Well... we thought of that but whoever is able to pull all this stuff is above my pay grade, so to speak." said the General, the man in charge of operations to save the President and presumably at the top of the pay scale.

"We'll send you in and follow close behind. Get too far and we'll not be able to support you. My guys look tough but they are a number of grades lower on the scale than you guys are. Even the most rock headed tough guy of them would begrudgingly admit that. That means we can support but not join in if you get in a tangle with some heavy hitters. My guys would be pulverised. After this there will be changes, but we need to get the President out of there first. Alive. I voted for the other guy but she is my priority and I won't lose a sitting President on my watch. You can help me, and buy a huge chunk of goodwill by getting her out alive and in one piece."

Lionheart and Miss Victory conferred about the order of their progress and Fission would bring up the rear being slower and less dextrous, albeit that measure of his ability was still astonishing and far in excess of the greatest olympians who ever lived! (OOC Fission has 15 Dex, and the greatest ever normal human measure is 10...)

General Battle gave orders to his people. Men and women in battle armour, enhanced metahumans with the best personal weapons money could buy. Angry, confident, determined... and ye against the powers arrayed against them they would be smashed, which really grated against their personailities.

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Vanquish, Rage and Cannonball in their Prison Oranges were where they had been left.

General Battle arranged for the trio to be taken into custody with the appropriate power sapping measures and nodded for Fission to pass the word on to Miss Victory and Lionheart up ahead.

Below the White House was a maze of tunnels and a number of times Lionheart saw where defences had been deactivated then activated again for the benefit of the kidnappers.

Lower, deeper, further away they moved and at speed the progress took mere seconds.

Using his danger sense Lionheart detected a slight ripple and the pair sped around a corner to see...

Half a dozen orange suited bad guys! Bald, tattoos, orange suit prisoners as tough guys to slow them down!

OOC Danger Sense 9 + Roll(2d12)+0: 6,9,+0 Total:15 (24) vs
OV8 + Roll(2d12)+0: 8,7,+0 Total:15 (23)
+1 (10) vs RV8=2 RAPs. Lionheart detects danger - a minor threat though, even though there are six of them and only two of you (fission is a way back down the corridor)

OOC: Miss Victory will go with her basic stat set up 15 Dex, 18 Str, 13 Body [one more str than listed on character sheet since she raised her body by one]. Martial arts to attack, acrobatics for defense. Multi-attack/Crit Attack on two of them.
She is feeling way underconfident here but will give it the ole college try.

DavidMcMahon wrote:OOC:  Miss Victory will go with her basic stat set up  15 Dex, 18 Str, 13 Body [one more str than listed on character sheet since she raised her body by one].  Martial arts to attack, acrobatics for defense.  Multi-attack/Crit Attack on two of them.
She is feeling way underconfident here but will give it the ole college try.

Lionheart charged ahead aware that Miss V was a seasoned fighter and more than capable of taking care of herself. As he moved toward the men, faster than the eye could follow his own eyes were taking in everything that could be assessed from his viewpoint. Where they being examined, probed, spied on or just played with? What was the point in delay, unless there was a reason to delay them from getting where they needed to be? Where things not already in place, or was there something else afoot. He had too many questions and the idea of spending any time here seemed pointless when the real task was to get through these goons and onto the President. In fact, it made more sense to get through, if possible with all haste, rather than waste serious time here. Still, he had to make a go of it, he wasn't able to become intangible like Frostbite so speed would have to do where finesse was lacking.

OOC: OK for my attack usual the Martial Arts and Speed, since they are probably my best bet here, for now. But I want to try and get beyond these guys rather than be delayed by them. So will go for multi attack 4/1 split, and hope I can take down a sufficient number to break through and run on. We can leave the others to mop up, or tag along after us if they want.

Sj

OOC Apologies guys for being sluggish this week. Work and plenty of stuff to do at home has left me shattered and sleep has been hard to come by. Sometimes it works out that way, plus I haven't had a weekend off in a month so playing catch up all the time. Shouldn't be too bad next week once I get past wednesday.

LIONHEART and MISS VICTORY (with FISSION)

Faster than the eye could see Lionheart sped into the midst of the prisoners and started laying about him!

OOC Not all the goons you face are world beaters! These guys are the equivalent of the 'Wrecking Crew' in Marvel. Tough against low powered heroes, not so great against top tier heavy hitters, which you three are...

Lionheart MULTI DEV ATTACK AV26 +4D M Arts (1D Acro) + Roll(6d12)+0: 4,3,10,7,8,8,+0 Total:16 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0:
11,9,+0 Total:36 (62) vs
Highest OV11 + Multi 6 + 1D Acro + Dev Attack 8 + Roll(3d12)+0: 1,4,11,+0 Total:15 (40)
+7 (to 21) vs Highest RV 19 + Multi 6 - Dev Attack 12 (RV13)=8 RAPs. Each goon takes 8 damage, none are K'Od.

A blur, Lionheart hammers fists into the prison goons and smacks them around, knowing he's spreading himself thin but softening them up for Miss Victory who isn't as fast but faster than these clowns are!

OOC Miss V MULTI on two Crit Blow AV15 + 2D M Arts (2D Acro) + Roll(4d12)+0: 9,5,11,8,+0 Total:20 (35) vs
OV11 + Multi 2 + crit blow 4 + 1D acro + Roll(3d12)+0: 1,1,8,+0 Total:2 FAILED AV0
+8 (to 26) vs RV19 + multi 2 - crit blow 6 (RV15)=11 RAPs. Two of the Goons go down!

Fission swoops up behind the two heroes who are laying in to the goons and laughs out loud "What is this? Training day?"

OOC Multi on four Crit Blow Energy Blast 30 + Roll(2d12)+0: 3,12,+0 Total:15 (45) vs
Highest AV 10 + Multi 4 + crit Blow 4 + acro 1D + Roll(3d12)+0: 12,2,7,+0 Total:19 (37)
+4 (to 34) vs Highest RV16 + multi 4 - crit blow 6 (Rv14)=20 RAPs ALL GOONS ARE DOWN

Blasting about, left, right, smashing prisoners from their feet and in a heartbeat the battered goons lay in smoking heaps on the corridor floor.

Lionheart looks about. These guys were small fry, easy meat for the Ultrahumans and therefore meant to slow them down (at best). They'd have been promised a cut of whatever was being dangled by the masterminds in charge of this operation and instead would be going back to prison.

Wasting no time and trusting to Lionhearts innate ability to evade danger they continued scouring the corridors, moving ever down deep below the White House.

Lionheart paused and waited for the other two to turn up. In front of him was an energy field blocking the corridor and very probably reaching into the walls, floor and ceiling. Ahead, past the field was what looked like a 10' square vault door.

Fission looked about. "This is a nuclear munitions proof shelter. I don't know how they got in there but chances are they have the President cooped up in there and will threaten her life if anyone interferes with the field. I expect they are awaiting word from the outside somehow that their way is cleared. The government does not negotiate with terrorists... as long as the press is watching. In reality I would be surprised if they allowed the President to be killed and struck a deal... unless they plan for their liberators to smash the remaining Presidential guard..."

OOC Lionheart Int 10 + Roll(2d12)+0: 9,3,+0 Total:12 (22) vs
OV8 + Roll(2d12)+0: 12,2,+0 Total:14 (22)
EV10 vs RV8=2 RAPs

1) where safer to protect them from an attack on the White House than somewhere like a bunker designed to protect from a Nuclear strike?
2-3) The villains plan to unleash an attack that will completely destroy the White House and all the Presidential guards as well as a huge portion (if not all) of Washington DC! The villains and the President inside the vault will be protected from the blast...

Lionhearts eyes widen. (OOC I tested LH because he has the Highest intelligence of the three heroes) The safest place right now would be inside that vault, and all around - the White House, the city itself... would very soon - he expected - be in deadly danger!

"So what should we do," asks Miss Victory.  "Smash through the force field and then the vault doors or go around some other way or what?"

Admin wrote:OOC Apologies guys for being sluggish this week. Work and plenty of stuff to do at home has left me shattered and sleep has been hard to come by. Sometimes it works out that way, plus I haven't had a weekend off in a month so playing catch up all the time. Shouldn't be too bad next week once I get past wednesday.

Lionheart's eyes widen. (OOC I tested LH because he has the Highest intelligence of the three heroes) The safest place right now would be inside
that vault, and all around - the White House, the city itself... would very soon - he expected - be in deadly danger!

OOC: Isn't that the way. I got your message last night but have only now got the chance to reply :-)

Explaining to everyone that this looks like the opportunity to wipe Washington off the map and sit it out, whilst doing so. It was clearly imperative that the President survive hence holing up here. But getting in was going to take some ingenuity on their part.

Lionheart was not the expert on technology but Wandafar was..."Wandafar we've got a situation that I could do with your look-see at..." before going on to explain to the diminutive genius the situation through his closed com's link.

OOC: OK going to try and bring some brains up to this before we try brawn. Hitting it might be a means to overwhelm but I want to be sure of what I am facing before I go for it. But it might be worth folk upstairs being alerted to the potential of a Nuclear missile zeroing in on Washington and it might be being fired from either America's own silos or perhaps a hacked one from an enemy foreign power?

Sj

Wandafar crackled over the comms as he replied. "Somesing is going on." he muttered. "Communications vid ze Ultrahumans are down, ze usual satellites are not verking und ze signal from you came via ... vell... a maze of different satellites. Some vun.. talented... is messing stuff up."

Listening to Lionheart explain the situation there was a pause then... "Hmmm. I don't vunt to explain vot I vill try over a comms line. Suffice to say if ze Americans find out zey vill vant to deport me und make my life harder but... under ze circumstances... zis may take some time. How much do you have?"

General Battle, preceded by a screen of super agents, rounded the corner to where Fission, Miss Victory and Lionheart stood near the blue energy field. "Hot damn you people don't mess about! Some of those downed bad guys are heavy hitters! What I couldn't do with some of you lot instead of the second stringers I'm stuck with."

That got a few twitches from the ski masked agents who glowered at the General who was oblivious to having insulted his people.

"Now we got a problem though. I can't drop that field. It can only be done from the inside. It's powerful enough to withstand a 100 megaton nuclear explosion. Only a few people we know of can get through that. The place has it's own power supply."

"Sir? Should you be revealing operational details?" asked an Agent.

"To these people? Are you kidding me? After this **** storm they will all be changed, have no fear on that score soldier!" he snarled. "That field will withstand anything an army can throw at it. How do you suggest we get in soldier? Wait till the power runs out - and that from an experimental fusion reactor designed to last for 20 years? I'l be drawing my pension son!" he roared.

"Sir." said another soldier. "We have incoming."

"Bogies?"

"I think so. The Air Force tracked four signatures at mach four or above, lost them when they accelerated."

"Looks like we'll have our hands full. Identify them when you can get a look. If they classify as level six or above, tell all our people to stay clear, we don't want a slaughter on our hands. Five or less tell the armed forces to slow them down and you guys can have a crack, but team attacks on individuals only. No heroics, no last stands." replied the General.

He paused as the soldier stood. "Well? Is there anything else?" growled the General.

"Sir, the four were detected in the presence of nuclear munitions. They are carrying a nuke. At the current speed and direction they are travelling from the North and will be here in minutes. The Russians have declared an emergency and have contacted our acknowledged channels to say that one of their nukes has been 'forcibly taken' from them."

"Russkies? Damn, this thing will go global. I could have sworn they'd have a hand in this mess but if they say a nuke has been taken..."

"Initial pass with a satellite indicates a base has been levelled with casualties in the hundreds sir."

General Battle frowned and turned to the trio of Heroes. "We need the President out of there. What can you do?"

Wandafar, catching most of it over Lionhearts' inbuilt suit comms muttered "I need to hack into ze Pentagon und find a back door into zet place but... they may not be enough time!"

"Shall I try punching it," Miss Victory asks, being a bio-chemist and not an expert on fusion powered force fields.  "I've never let loose with my full strength before but I might be able to blow a hole in it.  And if we three can somehow combine our attacks simultaneously, it might work."

DavidMcMahon wrote:"Shall I try punching it," Miss Victory asks, being a bio-chemist and not an expert on fusion powered force fields.  "I've never let loose with my full strength before but I might be able to blow a hole in it.  And if we three can somehow combine our attacks simultaneously, it might work."

"Time is what we don't have...but its what we need. Wandafar if we attack the incoming, trying to delay or stop them will you have time to do your thing?"

OOC: I'm thinking we go for he Nuc, not sure what else we can do standing about. These guys coming at us with the missile are taking no chances hand delivering it. But either they are able of withstanding the blast or they are more stupid than they know and have been played. Either way, its a suicide mission to stop them and it total devastation if we don't? I'm inclined to fly up with Fission and Miss V, Dave and see if we can't take the fight to them. A nuc, even if it fell from the sky doesn't normally go off, it has to be detonated - right? So I'm thinking that maybe we intercept before they 'launch'? Or even better if we can sweep it off them, get them to chase us and the Nuc and see if whilst I'm running with the thing you disarm it before it gets to go off?

Sj

ooc:  Starting to hate that she is my only character who doesn't fly.   

I think we have two choices, blow down the force field and get the President away from DC or go after the nuke.  Int check for best option?

Admin wrote:Lionheart realises that they plan to barge their way in, set the bomb, sneak inside the bunker, hang around for an hour or so then make their escape...[/i][/color]

Lionheart tells the other what he surmises must be their plan. "There are many variables to consider, if they barge in, it must be by creating even more devastation so there are few if any witnesses. Sneaking in must mean, those inside lower the shield? I think we need to go meet these guys and stop them before they level the ground around us. And set things on the bomb to go off. We know they are heading here, so perhaps the best thing is that we intercept those we can and stop them before they cause mass destruction here."

Turning to Miss Victory Lionheart suggested, "Perhaps if you cover the ground here, any that get through you and the General here are to cover that. And we'll take whoever we can in the sky." Lionheart said to Fission. He wished that the rest of the team were here with him, and more importantly, he wasn't facing this barrage without the team he'd begun with. But that luxury had already been denied him, so he had to get on as best he can and improvise on the fly.

Turning to the others again, he waited for questions, comments, alternatives or their agreement.

Sj

"You're the boss," she says, not knowing what else to do. "I'll play backstop here while you be the front line."

DavidMcMahon wrote:"You're the boss," she says, not knowing what else to do.  "I'll play backstop here while you be the front line."

Lionheart nodded, turned to Fission and told him, "Catch me up as quick as you can. I'll try and get the bomb away you get them but don't let them tag you. This is going to be one big challenge. The rest of you cover the ground and assist where you can. And General have someone watch this door, if the energy shield comes down I want to know about it."

And with that Lionheart was gone a raw of sound gathered as he first ran then flew up to the incoming location of the bad guys. He built speed, letting loose with as much as he dared, hoping to snag the weapon on a pass through, but truth be told his plans were being made up as he went. Just like old times...

OOC: OK don't know if I can snag the weapon out of the hands of the oncoming villains, but will certainly try that and then speed off into space with it. But we'll see what the rules say... if I can't snag it I am happy to smash it, - assuming that the nuclear part of it can be contained or itself ripped from them to be dumped harmlessly in space. But if neither option suits I come in heavy seeking to attack those who are surrounding the weapon and go from there. Hope Fission can keep up.

Sj

OOC Sorry for the delay - had to stat up the bad guys (as these are more of a challenge rather than the last push overs.) We are running out of DC Heroes characters (good and bad) to reskin which means cooking up from scratch. Imagine my joy when you guys get decent rolls and one shot the guys it takes me precious time to stat up!

Lionheart spoke to Fission who nodded. "Let's get out there and see what we're up against" said the south american hero.

The British Hero sped outside and scanned the skies. He didn't have to look for long, or far - well, technically speaking it wasn't far for him but he saw a dot in the sky which his vision zoomed in on.

Brazen, with no attempt to hide their progress, a small group flew through the air and Lionheart zoomed in further. The group flew close with one of them close by a floating device that must have been a nuclear device. About 6' long, several feet across and a rough cylindrical shape. Details on it showed 'radioactive' and Russian words suggesting warning Lionheart figured. He guess one their being somewhere around two or three miles away.

There were five of them. All wore prison orange aside from one bathed in crackling electricity. They looked ready for a fight with grim looks on their faces.

"What do you see?" asked Fission. He couldn't see what Lionheart saw.

Lionheart clearly had a choice. Charge in and take away that device and expose himself to attack or wait till they got closer to involve Fission.

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General Battle looked about. His supers had arrayed themselves into a line and yelled "We draw the line here! The President is inside! We can't get in but I'll die before anyone else can! Keep your eyes peeled! if this field drops we need to get in there! The objective is the President of the United States of America! Think about that! Everyone, everything, else is immaterial!"

He stared at the dozen or so super agents, some of them packing powerful large and futuristic looking weapons. They looked grim, men and women who had volunteered their service, their superhuman abilities and ultimately their lives to serve their country.

Miss Victory wondered if the same applied to herself. This was her adopted country, her home, and the thought of several hundred thousand people being wiped out made her shudder. General Battle had made the Executive Order for people to leave their homes and head away from the city and area. The roads would be clogged with cars and panic levels would be high.

The Prison break had sparked into life a series of events that might change her adopted country forever! Could she help save it?

Admin wrote:OOC Sorry for the delay - had to stat up the bad guys (as these are more of a challenge rather than the last push overs.) We are running out of DC Heroes characters (good and bad) to reskin which means cooking up from scratch. Imagine my joy when you guys get decent rolls and one shot the guys it takes me precious time to stat up!

Lionheart clearly had a choice. Charge in and take away that device and expose himself to attack or wait till they got closer to involve Fission.

OOC: Eh I used to hate starting out guys, in some ways I can imagine its a real chore to do it well - you don't want just bare numbers, you don't want to min-max but you do want something in between. Is there not a source for pre-stated heroes you can go to?

Lionheart turned to Fission, "Unless you can fly fast I am going to outpace you. But if I fly you up with me and then we take them all on together I might be able to grab the bomb. And fly it harmlessly into space and then see if we can't stop the mob after that. But that would mean leaving you with them, unless you can survive the atmosphere. If we can get the bomb away, unless they are faster I can try and run it where they can't touch it! If!"

Lionheart waited for Fission to respond, primed to hit speed like his life was on the line.

OOC: OK so if can fly Fission at my speed to take them on together, then seek to wrestle bomb from those carrying it. That is whom I will target, flying in hard with Martial arts as I come, once I release Fission near as he can be so as to strike from a distance.

Sj