Prof Wynde and Wonder Man TEAM UP! Issue #1

OOC You're in deepest darkest Italy. Any thoughts on how to get back to Britain, or at least France where the British Expeditionary Force waits for rescue on the beaches of Dunkirk?

Oh, and we've combined DC characters in our little gaming universe, now it's Marvel's turn Very Happy

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ooc: You and your "Hail Hydra!" Finally broke down and got Disney+ so I could watch the Mandalorian and WandaVision and then kept it to watch Darkwing Duck and the Falcon and the Winter Soldier. So Hail Hydra back at ya!

Going to think on this a bit as to what to do next. This is still early May or June of 1940? yes? There's also the North Africa campaign going on and we are a bit closer to that.

Yay internet searches:

Fighting in North Africa started with the Italian declaration of war on 10 June 1940. On 14 June, the British Army's 11th Hussars (assisted by elements of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment, 1st RTR) crossed the border from Egypt into Libya and captured the Italian Fort Capuzzo. This was followed by an Italian counter-offensive into Egypt and the capture of Sidi Barrani in September and its recapture by the British in December following a British Commonwealth counteroffensive, Operation Compass. During Operation Compass, the Italian 10th Army was destroyed and the German Afrika Korps—commanded by Erwin Rommel, who later became known as "The Desert Fox"—was dispatched to North Africa in February 1941 during Operation Sonnenblume to reinforce Italian forces in order to prevent a complete Axis defeat.

The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The operation commenced after large numbers of Belgian, British, and French troops were cut off and surrounded by German troops during the six-week Battle of France. In a speech to the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called this "a colossal military disaster", saying "the whole root and core and brain of the British Army" had been stranded at Dunkirk and seemed about to perish or be captured.[7] In his "We shall fight on the beaches" speech on 4 June, he hailed their rescue as a "miracle of deliverance".[8]

After Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, France and the British Empire declared war on Germany and imposed an economic blockade. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was sent to help defend France. After the Phoney War of October 1939 to April 1940, Germany invaded Belgium, the Netherlands, and France on 10 May 1940. Three panzer corps attacked through the Ardennes and drove northwest to the English Channel. By 21 May, German forces had trapped the BEF, the remains of the Belgian forces, and three French field armies along the northern coast of France. BEF commander General Viscount Gort immediately saw evacuation across the Channel as the best course of action, and began planning a withdrawal to Dunkirk, the closest good port.

Late on 23 May, a halt order was issued by Generaloberst Gerd von Rundstedt, commander of Army Group A. Adolf Hitler approved this order the next day, and had the German High Command send confirmation to the front. Attacking the trapped BEF, French, and Belgian armies was left to the Luftwaffe until the order was rescinded on 26 May. This gave Allied forces time to construct defensive works and pull back large numbers of troops to fight the Battle of Dunkirk. From 28 to 31 May, in the siege of Lille, the remaining 40,000 men of the French First Army fought a delaying action against seven German divisions, including three armoured divisions.

On the first day only 7,669 Allied soldiers were evacuated, but by the end of the eighth day, 338,226 had been rescued by a hastily assembled fleet of over 800 vessels. Many troops were able to embark from the harbour's protective mole onto 39 British Royal Navy destroyers, four Royal Canadian Navy destroyers,[4] at least three French Navy destroyers, and a variety of civilian merchant ships. Others had to wade out from the beaches, waiting for hours in shoulder-deep water. Some were ferried to the larger ships by what became known as the Little Ships of Dunkirk, a flotilla of hundreds of merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft, yachts, and lifeboats called into service from Britain. The BEF lost 68,000 soldiers during the French campaign and had to abandon nearly all of its tanks, vehicles, and equipment. In his 4 June speech, Churchill also reminded the country that "we must be very careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations."[9]

ooc: Not sure as to the date at this point for this adventure. I think we are in June but has the evacuation ended, extended in this timeline or it's not June 4th yet or after it?

"Okay, gentlemen, time to decide what to do next." Prof. Wynde tells Hawkers and the recovering Wonderman. "We can try to get through France back to England. You may not know this, Hawkers but the Allies are losing and France is falling and the allied army is trying to flee to England with whatever they can carry on their backs. We can try to get to Egypt. That front is opening up soon. Hawkers, I imagine you can join any air unit whichever way we go. So we can drop you off at any British forces base and they will get you into some unit."

"We, meaning Wonderman and I, can take this time to head for the U.S. and help protect them until they join the war. Or we can do other options that you two may think of. Shall we discuss what to do?"


ooc: It's now 1940. From what I can see, we left Stone Fist and the Jade Hood in 1933 in Egypt in episode 5 heading for India.



I wonder if this might be a good place to bring them back? They've been fighting against and teamed-up with time travelers and aliens who are probably not Advent but some other group. After 7 more years of fighting and experience, they might be as powerful as Prof. Wynde and Wonderman now. Or might be considered high level sidekicks, not as powerful as the two.

I didn't really spot any character sheets for Stone Fist and Jade Hood but we were using a different game system anyways back then.
We could use, as a framework, Power Man's and Iron Fist's build on Writeups.org with tweaks. I wonder if Dave would be interested in pairing up for another adventure playing Jade Hood?

Heading towards Egypt, the Middle East and India and other points East might be interesting. Or not. This is the time period where lots of golden age heroes have ties or origins to that area.

Something to think about?

I'm leaning towards helping out at Dunkirk or going to Egypt/North Africa. Guess I really want to know what the NPCs would like to do or what they think. Hawkers will want to go somewhere that puts him back in a fighter, that much I know, but Dunkirk wouldn't put him back in a plane though he could be evacuated from there and fly in England. Wonderman, being American, might want to head for America, though that could wait until summer of 1941 or head for Dunkirk or suggest something else. I know he is ready to bash heads pretty much wherever but would like to know what or where he would prefer to do that.

Rather than make the decision unilaterally, even though I'm the player, I want to know what the NPCs with Prof Wynde think.

I wouldn't really see Stonefist and Jade Hood in a solo adventure [duo adventure?] but as part of an existing adventure. Heck, since they were fighting time traveling criminals, they could just as easily appear in the Haunt/Steeplejack adventure or our 21st Century adventure as easily as the WW2 adventure. Or not show up at all until H/S time hop into another adventure further up the time stream [WW1?].

Or they could stay at 450 HP and go bother Kid Kinetic in their future, our present. Though I doubt that player wants us horning in on his action.

Hawkers smiled, but looked tired. "I would kill for a bath and a gin and tonic. I need to get back and report that the base is gone."

Wonder Man looked pained as he settled down to a sitting position. "I need time to heal. Without the ring I'm a regular joe. With it? I can feel bones knitting back together, torn muscles reforming and this battered body getting back to normal, but that will take a day or two assuming I don't get clobbered again. That said... we can't sit around while I get back in shape. You say the Allies are having trouble getting off that beach? How about this. We take Hawkers back there and mess things up a little for the goose stepping goons?" He looked at Prof Wynde. "You know how it goes don't you? Or... how it's supposed to go, without giant robots, flying ratzis and super weapons. The Brits and French are suffering and they need help. Our buddies in the Lore Knights can't help them. We gotta do it."

"That sounds like a noble cause." said Hawkers. "And it helps me get back home. I have a nasty feeling that this place is going to be crawling with Nazis for smashing their secret airplane making machine base and setting back the war effort in Italy."

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Berlin...

"What? WHAT?" roared the head of the third reich. (OOC translated) He continued to rant, throwing things around and the Generals and staff in the bunker winced. The only person in the room who seemed unmoved was an outlandish looking man.

Minutes later, his rage still boiling, Der Fuhrer turned to the man. "Well? These buffoons want to throw troops and tanks at the problem and find them. Troops and tanks that are needed elsewhere! What do YOU say?"



"I say... give me the free reign of the resources and I will find these men... and kill them. Count on it." he hissed from behind the mask.

Der Fuhrer snarled, sneered at his Generals and threw a glass of wine to the floor. "Do it." he hissed.

"Heil Hitler." said the masked man as he turned and marched out.

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The trio watched from the cover of trees as a French village was turned inside out by German soldiers looking for... well, anything.

They'd made decent time but were limited by Wonder Man's injuries. Injuries that would have, should have killed him. Instead he was slowly regaining his mobility and strength and within a day or so would be back up to his full fighting power.

"We need food and supplies." said Hawkers. "But part of me wants to sock it to them nazis who are bullying the french." he said as he saw petrified villagers dragged from their houses by brutal German Stormtroopers. From the distance they were at they wouldn't be seen, but this was a hundred or more soldiers, plus tanks, armoured vehicles and machine gun outposts being set up. As a village it had no strategic value. However as a place on a supply route it meant the Germans would want somewhere to stay and the French? Chances were they wouldn't worry about much of anything in a short while...

Berlin...

"What? WHAT?" roared the head of the third reich. (OOC translated) He continued to rant, throwing things around and the Generals and staff in the bunker winced. The only person in the room who seemed unmoved was an outlandish looking man.


ooc: It's common knowledge that in the 1940s, everyone in Europe spoke English, even if it was with a heavy accent. All the comic books of the time prove this.

They'd made decent time but were limited by Wonder Man's injuries. Injuries that would have, should have killed him. Instead he was slowly regaining his mobility and strength and within a day or so would be back up to his full fighting power.

"We need food and supplies." said Hawkers. "But part of me wants to sock it to them nazis who are bullying the french." he said as he saw petrified villagers dragged from their houses by brutal German Stormtroopers. From the distance they were at they wouldn't be seen, but this was a hundred or more soldiers, plus tanks, armoured vehicles and machine gun outposts being set up. As a village it had no strategic value. However as a place on a supply route it meant the Germans would want somewhere to stay and the French? Chances were they wouldn't worry about much of anything in a short while...

"Wonderman, how healed up are you," Prof. Wynde asks. "Enough to flip over some tanks? Or is that still out of your range? I would like to help these folks but even if we stop the Germans that are here now, more will be back. At best, we might buy them a few days; it might give them a chance to escape into the countryside or they might stay and face the reprisals for our actions here."

"OF course, if they are going to start shooting them, then we will act and help as best we can."

ooc: Depending on if they are forming firing squads or are just fortifying the place for later will determine if Prof. Wynde attacks or moves on or tries for an outlying farm house for food and news. Also, is this a part of France that forms Vichy France in a few months or the northern part that the Nazi will totally control?

OOC This will be part of Vichy France. Skimming over the horrible details of villages like Oradour-sur-Glane which happened in 1944 and putting our comics code version on Advent changed events, we have...

Wonder Man exhaled, then shrugged. "I'm ready to go when you are. Flipping a tank? Should be easy. Normally. My arms were both broken but aside from some stiffness they move ok."

Hawkers was watching the village. "This is awful! When word gets around that the Nazis are ... doing whatever they like to the inhabitants of villages this will petrify them into submission! The French will surrender faster than you can say... 'by Jove!' We HAVE to do something!"

With his superior sight Prof Wynde could see better than the others, though at this distance it was still a push...

The inhabitants of the village - older men, women and children, were being dragged out and rounded up by soldiers.

As Prof Wynde watched a strange tank rolled up. Much faster than normally tracked vehicles.



And another, slower and larger, without an obvious weapon.



Followed by another of the first vehicle with gun slowly rotating as it watched.

The large tracked vehicle stopped and started to... unfold, into a kind of mobile building! Even some of the German soldiers gaped as the sides expanded and folded out, sections sliding until it became a large box with the tracks completely covered. More of a mobile building than a vehicle.

Men in white coats came out, chatting amongst themselves and looking over at where the village inhabitants were gathered.

Something was about to happen...

"Sockamagee!  They are going to experiment on the villagers,"  Prof. Wynde exclaimed.  "And no, it's not supposed to happen now but later in the death camps.  We have to do something."

He thinks a bit.

"The odds of me doing any real damage to those strange vehicles are slim.  I can probably take out about a half dozen troops pretty quickly but those vehicles ... do you think you can flip them or smash their cannons or something, Wonderman?"


ooc:  Looks like we are going into action at this currently nameless village.  PW is going to use his military science plus any Hawkers can add in to figure out the best way to attack.  Off the top of my head, I'm thinking taking out troops manning some machine guns in one spot, making an opening for the villagers to flee the town square and escape into the countryside.  Probably using Magic Blast, might be more effective against troops over Wind Blast.

Oh! Just had a weird idea. Wonderman's Shouting power might be useful here in keeping the Germans distracted, those in range of his monologue, reducing the number of foes we have to face in the first round. Been awhile since I read the power but I think it has a very limited range.

Wonder Man listened and nodded. "I can try to distract them. Hawkers. Do you think you can go around the village, lying low until you hear me n Wyndy go into action? My shout can be heard for a way and Prof Wynde is never quiet with his hurricane strength winds!"

Hawkers nodded, clearly desperate to see these villagers escape.

Wonder Man added "get as close as you can in the cover of trees and when all hell breaks loose make sure the villagers know to run towards you. If you get spotted, run, use cover of the trees and we'll take the heat from you a heartbeat later!"

The RAF pilot grinned "Who wants to live forever anyway?" he whispered, glancing at the village then scowling before crouching and heading off.

Prof Wynde looks at the village then narrows his eyes, boosting his vision 100%, effectively halving the visual range. The guns the Nazi troops carried...

OOC Int 5 + 1D from telescopic vision + Roll(3d12)+0: 2,11,3,+0 Total:14 (19) vs
OV3+ Range 5 + Roll(2d12)+0: 3,4,+0 Total:7 (15) +3 (to 9 Will) vs Rv3=6 RAPs

1) The uniforms look odd, not like standard Nazi goon clothes
2-3) the weapons DEFINITELY look odd. NOT your standard Beretta 38/44 or similar... Though he would need a closer look Prof Wynde would bet his turban that ADVENT have had a hand in kitting out these goons... though...
4-6) There is something on the armband. Not a swastika ... He squinted. No, it was more like an .. Octopus? This was something else. Nazis generally hadn't been let loose with Advent toys without direct Advent supervision or some evidence that Advent goons were in charge. Here Prof Wynde figured this was Nazi goons ... or someone along those lines... who were playing with Advents toys off their own back. That was dangerous. He was from the future and if the Nazis - or whoever these guys were - starting developing weapons of war this early on then the entire course of the war and history itself might be altered! However these guys were. they represented something new, something dangerous...

Giving Hawkers time to get in position, Prof. Wynde moves himself as close as he can towards the men he is about to attack while remaining in hiding himself, remembering the bright colors he is wearing. Then he awaits Wonderman's appearance.

Wonder Man, in combat fatigues grabbed from a pile in the room he was in, was looking less 'Wonder' these days but despite being battered, broken up and in serious need of R&R, Prof Wynde had no doubt that his friend was still a hero to the core.

He watched as Hawkers moved through the trees and out of sight. Meanwhile the white coated Nazi - or whoever they were - scientists were sifting through the villagers. Whilst soldiers held the arms of a woman or child another scientist would take a blood sample from them and have the subject labelled before being moved to another area. The sample would be taken to the special tank that had 'unfolded' into what Prof Wynde assumed was a mobile lab.

"Buddy I've seen some stuff that wouldn't be out of place in a Buck Rogers serial but I have to say, whatever these Nazi guys are doing is giving me the creeps!" whispered Wonder Man.

They watched and waited, scouring the tree line on the other side of the village with Prof Wynde's superior vision picking out a mostly obscured Hawkers who was giving a thumbs up gesture. Prof Wynde pointed out to Wonder Man who nodded and looked about ready to make his move...

Suddenly there were cries of alarm and panic from the villagers who were quickly quelled by cruel guards using the butts of their weapons!

From the back of the tank/lab came a creature Prof Wynde had never seen before!

"Ah Nutzburger," Prof. Wynde cursed, "just once, can't we manage to set up an ambush and attack from surprise without being surprised ourselves?"

"Big head. Maybe some kind of mental abilities? A mutant or mutant or Inhuman? Probably not an alien is my guess.
Could be wrong though since I don't think these goons work for Advent but set up shop on their own," he muses.

"Okay, I'll try magic blasting him and the 7 guards nearest Hawkers. You take out the big weapons try to keep the path clear for the villagers to flee down. Ready? GO!"

actions: Flight to get in range, got to remember to raise telescopic vision up to 8 one day, and magic blast the Big Head and the 7 Nazis/Hydra agents for the escape path. Hopefully PW has heard enough French from the villagers that he can comprehend it and speak it.

"Flee! Flee the village and the Nazis," he yells, in hopefully understandable French, "Go that way or be doomed!"
Magic Blasting time.

ooc: Kind of hoping Wonderman's Shout power would hold them in place just long enough for Prof. Wynde to get into position. With multiple targets, even with Accuracy, don't want to also take range penalties if I can avoid them.

OOC Shouting has a range of 2APs (40') so it isn't that good really. Ok against ordinary people in the street I guess but otherwise a bit rubbish. With super ventriloquism or sonic blast you can increase the range.

Wonder Man hisses "I can get in amongst them and start swinging if you like?"

Prof Wynde looked across the clearing and to where Hawkers was waiting, watching.

Just then the (clearly) alien creature thrust a hand out and a beam of purple energy snaked from its head to envelope a young woman! She cried out and rose from the floor, writhing! The villagers were gasping in terror, and even some of the Nazi/Whoever they were troops were taking a step back!

Wonder Man hissed "What the...?" and looked about to leap anyway. The hapless young woman stopped writhing and hovered about ten feet off the ground, wrapped in purple energy that snaked back to the Alien's head! Then she opened her eyes, and they shone with purple energy!

When she spoke, the heroes could just about hear her distinctly non human voice, albeit in French!

OOC Comp Languages 12 + Roll(2d12)+0: 5,10,+0 Total:15 (27) vs
OV6 + Roll(2d12)+0: 4,3,+0 Total:7 (13) +5 (to 17) vs RV6=11RAPs (2 hours fluent french)

"YOU ARE ALL SUBJECTS OF HYDRA NOW AND WILL FOLLOW OUR COMMANDS. FAIL TO DO SO AND YOU WILL PERISH! OBEY US, AND SUCCEED... AND YOU WILL BECOME... GODS!" she declared!

"What was all that about?" whispered Wonder Man...

"Let's take him down then you get the heavy weapons and I will go for the troops," Prof. Wynde says, hoping they can at least act before everyone else as he summons his tornado and rides it into their midst.


ooc: Multi-attack big brain and 7 soldiers blocking the villagers escape, landing just out of Big Brain's reach as far as he can without taking range penalties. Devastating attack

Wonder Man nods then leaps from a crouch towards the village!

Prof Wynde summons a tornado - never the quietest method of getting about - and takes to the air!

The soldiers see the dust and hear the WOOOSH of wind and drag weapons up, bring them to bear!

The khaki blur that is Wonder Man lands amongst them and shouts "Nazi stooges!" before grabbing the tank/lab and flipping it, sending it tumbling twenty feet away and soldiers scattering in its wake!

Prof Wynde grins - his friend is back! Then he concentrates, taking aim... He could have surprised the targets by shooting from the tree line but then they'd be far away and difficult to aim at... one couldn't have it both ways!

Closer, he takes aim whilst hovering 20' up in order to minimize the range between the furthest targets. He also picks the ones who aren't behind cover...

OOC Whilst there is no surprise there is no need to check for initiative - the heroes goes first.

Multi Attack on 8 Devastating Attack Magic Blast 11 + Accuracy 4d + Roll(6d12)+0: 8,8,8,7,4,4,+0 Total:16 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0:
12,2,+0 Total:30 (41) vs
Highest OV7 (Alien) + Multi 6 + range (furthest target) 3 - tele vision 1 + Dev Attack 8 + Roll(2d12)+0: 11,6,+0 Total:17 (40)
+1 (to 12EV) vs Highest RV7 + Multi 6 - Dev Attack 12 (RV1)=11 RAPs. The Alien and seven Hydra soldiers are DOWN and OUT!

With his soul searing magic blast Prof Wynde takes out the alien and a bunch of the soldiers who are still in the open whilst the others are scattered and behind cover!

Three have the presence of mind to blast at Prof Wynde!

OOC Av4 + weaponry 2D + Roll(4d12)+0: 11,12,5,4,+0 Total:23 (27) vs
OV8 + Range 3 + Roll(2d12)+0: 12,2,+0 Total:14 (25) +2 (to 10) vs RV10 No damage

Av4 + weaponry 2D + Roll(4d12)+0: 12,12,3,6,+0 Total:24 DOUBLE (boom) plus Roll(2d12)+0: 7,10,+0 Total:41 (45) vs
OV8 + Range 3 + Roll(2d12)+0: 12,8,+0 Total:20 (31) +5 (to 13) vs RV10=3 RAPs. Prof Wynde is on Body 3/6 (or he can let the gadget take the damage which will reduce its body. If you do it will remain that way until it is repaired. Gadgetry rules were always a bit iffy with this game.)

Av4 + weaponry 2D + Roll(4d12)+0: 1,12,6,4,+0 Total:18 (22) vs
OV8 + Range 4 + Roll(2d12)+0: 8,10,+0 Total:18 (30) Attack Missed

Reeling from the shots Prof Wynde is cheered when he sees the panicked villagers scream and run, then change course when they see Hawkers waving from the treeline! Some of them are too terrified to move and curl up with their heads down, especially when the soldiers open fire on Wonder Man!

The guns are no ordinary machine guns - barely any sound and a bright laser cutting beam lancing out! It definitely burned though and he couldn't take too many more of those shots!

Three of the soldiers shot at Wonder Man...

OOC AV4 + weaponry 2D +
Roll(4d12)+0: 12,7,6,3,+0 Total:19 (23) vs
OV12 + 3D Acro + range 2 + Roll(5d12)+0: 4,9,8,5,12,+0 Total:21 (35) Missed

Roll(4d12)+0: 10,4,9,3,+0 Total:19 (23) vs
OV12 + 3D Acro + range 3 + Roll(5d12)+0: 10,5,2,4,7,+0 Total:17 (32) Missed

Roll(4d12)+0: 4,6,5,5,+0 Total:10 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 1,10,+0 Total:21 (25) vs
OV12 + 3D Acro + range 1 + Roll(5d12)+0: 1,10,3,2,1,+0 Total:13 (26) Missed

Leaping about and moving almost too fast for the eye to follow Wonder Man laughs out loud "Prof! get outta here! I'll mop these Ratzis up!"

Prof Wynde was distracted... the French girl who'd been 'energised' by the Alien was writhing on the floor and glowing ever more purple! She looked to be in pain but wasn't making a sound, and the 'tether' to the Alien was thining by the moment and it, too was writhing in agony. It was also shrivelling up and looked to be in serious trouble!

All the while laser fire criss crossed about, there were still French villagers cringing and staying on the floor, about twenty or so. A quick glance about revealed at least... fifteen... twenty Hydra soldiers with those fancy laser weapons! More than that, the two tanks that had been escorts were whirring as their guns trained on their new targets - Prof Wynde and Wonder Man!

OOC you're up!

ooc: Since Prof Wynde has no regeneration spells yet, he will have the amulet take the damage.

Prof. Wynde flies down grabs the girl and then lets loose an aoe wind blast to blow away as many of the troops as possible without harming the villagers. He figures Wonderman can take the wind blast too, if he has to, in order to blow away those soldiers. He can take it. Probably. Maybe. Hopefully.

Prof Wynde winces as the amulet shakes on his chest, cracks appearing in its metal as it absrobs a blast meant for the hero!

He swoops down to grab the girl up and thrusts a hand out to where half a dozen soldiers hide behind cover to shoot.

OOC Air Control 11 + Roll(6d12)+0: 6,1,10,11,8,1,+0 Total:21 (32) vs

OV4 + Cover 2 +

Roll(2d12)+0: 4,4,+0 Total:8 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 9,7,+0 Total:24 (30) +2 (12) vs Rv3=9 RAPs

Roll(2d12)+0: 7,3,+0 Total:10 (16) +6 (17EV) vs RV3=14 RAPs

Roll(2d12)+0: 9,8,+0 Total:17 (23) +4 (15 EV) vs RV3=12 RAPs

Roll(2d12)+0: 9,3,+0 Total:12 (18) +5 (EV16) vs Rv3=13 RAPs

Roll(2d12)+0: 9,10,+0 Total:19 (25) +4 (15EV) vs RV3=12 RAPs

Roll(2d12)+0: 6,9,+0 Total:15 (21) +5 (16EV) vs RV3=13 RAPs

All six soldiers are flung up into the sky like rag dolls! When they come down they will smash into pieces!

Prof Wynde is way, way out of the league of normal soldiers no matter how well equipped they were and it's enough to break the spirit of the remaining soldiers who cry out and run into the cover of the village. The villagers take the opportunity to flee whilst Wonder Man leaps onto the front of the two remaining tanks to grab and twist the barrels of their guns. He hops off and BOOM followed by BOOOOM! as both fire their guns... and it all goes wrong for them! With the tanks smoking ruins Wonder Man leaps towards the cover of the trees where Prof Wynde lands.

"Well, that went pretty well. You smacked em around pretty good there Prof. Say, who have yo ugot there?" he asks.

The young woman opens her eyes... and they crackle with purple energy!

ooc: Magic Eneergy? [sense magic} or energy energy?

OOC no magic sensed. This is something else. Mental energy.

"Whoa now missy." said Wonder Man, looking out from the trees where the burning tanks he'd flipped were filling the air with black smoke.

"So far no sign of the Ratzis, but they'll be back once they get on the horn to their buddies."

The woman looked from Wonder Man to Prof Wynde and frowned. Then she spoke.

"Why do you resist us?" she said in a creepy spooky voice that probably wasn't her own and wasn't even French!

She started to glow with a purple energy about her!

"Aw Nuts! She seems possessed," Prof. Wynde complains. "Grab some of those Buck Roger rayguns and rifles will ya, Wonderman? Hawkers could use them on our way to the coast."

Prof. Wynde then turns and magic blasts the woman. "Forgive me, dear, but I hope that will save you."

OOC Magic Blast 11 + Roll(2d12)+0: 11,10,+0 Total:21 (32) vs
OV7 + Roll(2d12)+0: 1,4,+0 Total:5 (12) +6 (to 17EV) vs RV7=10 RAPs. The Alien possessed woman is DOWN and OUT!

With a sorcerous blast Prof Wynde downs the possessed woman and Wonder Man scoops up a couple of the dropped/downed soldiers weapons.

"What now?" he asks. "These people can't return to this village! more of these... goons will show up and perform strange experiments on the... what the...?"

He opens his arms and the weapons fall from them, rusting before the heroes very eyes into brown crust!

"I didn't touch them, honest!" he says.

Hawkers comes over. "I told those Frenchies to stick to the woods and keep moving. This country is doomed. To be honest I'm surprised some of the French haven't allied with the Germans. It seems - to them anyway - the war is over already and the Nazis won!"

Prof Wynde looks about. The village is partially burning, the smoke reaching up in the sky for miles. More Nazis would come. They'd saved the villagers - for now - but it was inevitable they would run into trouble down the line. He glanced down at the woman in his arms. Young, early twenties and pretty, but seemingly tied in some way to that Alien creature which had linked to her. The problem was... would she remained linked if the Alien were killed and would that take her with it?

"We might have a little while before those Ratzis get back." said Wonder Man. "I'll search about for food and supplies." he said, glancing at the weapons on the floor which were nothing more than piles of brown rust!

OOC Take the woman with you or leave her here?