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[Remalle]

QuickEdit: Oh, man, I just had the best idea. Somehow turn the flash from a flashbang lethal. That would be so awesome.

You figure out how that's supposed to work and I'll see about making it happen.

[SeriousConcentrate]

(Unfortunately the only way I can think of it to work would be is if I also had Nirur's powers; otherwise Jenny wouldn't have the reaction speed to convert the light to lasers before the effect ended. :\ It's a nice idea, but I don't think it's possible for me to do it.)

[Tiruin]

Either learn how to adapt my grenade/object throwing abilities to coincide with my Trajectory Vision OR Train up dodging.

[Remalle]

Waiting on Dwarmin.

[Dwarmin]

Action: Green tried to develop use of his powers-mostly, how to use stored kinetic energy as a ranged attack.

[Remalle]

'Tis Time for Turn Twelve.  Everybody's rolls sucked today.

The team spends their time training before being called in for their next mission.
Agent Jackson continues to train his power, aiming to remove the recoil effect from short time distortions.  [2] Unfortunately it seems he'll need to spend more time on this.  Thomas also spends twenty minutes slowed down so he can have fifteen sped up next time he needs it.
Agent Maxwell also tries training her power, with the aim of being able to create lasers.  [2] She's also unable to make any progress.
Agent Fortmüller takes some lessons from Dr. Colt on more advanced robotics and attempts to build himself a suit of powered armour.  [3] He builds a working frame.  With some more work it'll be finished!
Agent Reon tries integrating her trajectory vision with her throwing skills (automatic synergic success), and figures it out quickly enough that she also has enough time to train herself in dodging.  [2] Maybe if she had more time that one would be more successful.
Agent Green also trains himself in use of his powers, aiming to be able to use a ranged attack.  [3] He learns to project kinetic energy out in a large un-aimed sphere around himself, much like an explosion, after storing up a large amount of energy.  Perhaps with some more work he could learn to aim it.

No time for more work, however, because Brown has your next assignment.  After everybody's reported in he clears his throat and begins to explain the situation.
"We've managed to interview the mob boss you captured last week about that crystal you found.  For various reasons the higher-ups have not seen any reason to inform the police about that particular detail.  As it turns out, the gem was given to him to guard by a member of The Six, the group behind the explosion that gave most of you your powers, and he was able to give us enough information on his contact for us to track the guy down.  The guy's name is Arthur Crane, one of the inner circle of the organization, and he lives in a mansion on the west end of town.
"We don't want to involve the police in this one, so you five will be going alone.  We don't know what sort of defenses his mansion has, if any, so you'll need to be very careful, especially about setting off alarms.  Lethal force is authorized on any guards there might be, but Crane himself must be captured alive.  We also want you to recover any more of those jewels you can find.
"You're leaving tomorrow.  In that time you should ask your questions, discuss your plan of attack among yourselves, and do whatever other preparations you need to do.  Dismissed."

Spoiler: Current character statuses (click to show/hide)

Dwarmin
Name: DESMOND GREEN / STEEL WALL
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / ADVANCED KINETIC ABSORPTION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (HANDGUN) / ADVANCED HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / HEAVY PLASTIC SHIELD
Reputation: 3 / NEUTRAL

Nirur Torir
Name: THOMAS JACKSON / SONIC BOOM
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / ADVANCED TEMPORAL ALTERATION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (HANDGUN) / HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / WEAPON TRAINING (KATANA)
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / KATANA
Reputation: 12 / LOCAL HERO

Caellath
Name: NICHOLAS FORTMÜLLER / FIRE FIGHTER
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / THERMAL ABSORPTION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (RIFLE) / HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / MASTERFUL ROBOTICS
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / SNIPER RIFLE
Reputation: 5 / NEUTRAL

SeriousConcentrate
Name: JENNIFER MAXWELL / FLASH LIGHT
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / ELECTROMAGNETIC ABSORPTION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (HANDGUN) / HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / WEAPON TRAINING (GRAPNEL) / WEAPON TRAINING (GRENADE)
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / GRAPNEL
Reputation: 2 / NEUTRAL

Tiruin
Name: IRES REON / NO CODENAME
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / INSTANTANEOUS REFLEXES / TRAJECTORY VISION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (BOW) / HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / WEAPON TRAINING (GRENADE)
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / COMPOSITE BOW / ARROWS (30)
Reputation: 2 / NEUTRAL

[Caellath]

Nicholas shrugs.
"Well, work it is then."

Build a robot to help during the mission. Make it silent and arm it with tranquilizer darts.

[Dwarmin]

Green merely nodded. This sounded like a mission that would be going bad in a hurry.

"Hmm...maybe we can get some EMP grenades? I saw those on the news a few weeks ago...

For the mission itself, I think we should split up-half work on subduing guards and disabling security, the other half go after the target.

My own skills will be best used here to take down guards silently in hand-to-hand. I'm not good with the technical stuff."

[Nirur Torir]

I'll requisition some breaching charges and get basic training in how to use them without exploding myself. If possible, I'd like a sidearm as well, so I won't have to stand around uselessly in a hallway shootout again.

[SeriousConcentrate]

Jenny prepares by trying some last minute quick training to improve her powers again.

[Tiruin]

Ires agreed without saying a word.

She then tries to learn the subtle art of Diplomacy and/or Persuasion.

[Remalle]

So the plan is "split into two teams and do stuff"?  Ok then.  Turn Thirteen it is.

The team spends the next twenty-four hours planning and preparing for the mission.  Desmond tries his hand at being team leader and proposes a plan of engagement.
"For the mission itself, I think we should split up-half work on subduing guards and disabling security, the other half go after the target."
The rest of the team agrees and that's that.

Agent Fortmüller spends the day working on a robot to replace the one lost on the previous mission.  Taking the previous design, he makes it as quiet as possible and adds tranq darts.
Agent Green requisitions EMP grenades.  Since the Department received some surplus in the last shipment, he gets two.
Agent Jackson requisitions breaching charges and a handgun, and training on how to use the charges.
"Put this here, press this bit, cover your ears."
The handgun is a semi-automatic, with a 15 round clip and two extra clips.  Thomas is carrying a lot of gear, now, and might have problems if he picks anything more up.
Agent Maxwell spends just a bit more time working on her powers.  She figures out how to focus light output to a very narrow point, not quite "laser" level but close enough to cause some serious damage to a lot of materials.  She also figures out how to see while invisible!
Agent Reon opts for a crash course on diplomacy and negotiations.  With her mental abilities she's easily able to pick up the basics within the day.
The team's preparations finished, they board their black helicopter and depart at midnight.

The five heroes arrive at the mansion on the west end of town just before 1:00.  An old imposing building, it towers above the surrounding gardens and lawns with its four stories and steep roofs.  A large front door and plentiful windows give the place an air of vulnerability, but the occasional glimpses of patrolling security within belie that impression.  An electrified fence surrounds the entire property, watched over by security cameras.  Behind the front gate is a small building with no windows and only one door, guarded by a single security guard.  A voice comes over the team's radio links.
"*ahem* This is your mission control for this evening.  Just thought I'd remind you again to make sure NOT to kill Crane.  Preliminary scouting of the area reports one of the main security stations is located in the building near the front gate, so I suggest making that your initial priority.  We have no idea of the layout of the mansion or how much security there really is, though, so stay sharp.
"Steel, Sonic, Fire, Flash, and, um... Huntress, good luck."

Spoiler: Current character statuses (click to show/hide)

Dwarmin
Name: DESMOND GREEN / STEEL WALL
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / ADVANCED KINETIC ABSORPTION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (HANDGUN) / ADVANCED HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / HEAVY PLASTIC SHIELD / EMP GRENADE (2)
Reputation: 3 / NEUTRAL

Nirur Torir
Name: THOMAS JACKSON / SONIC BOOM
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / ADVANCED TEMPORAL ALTERATION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (HANDGUN) / HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / WEAPON TRAINING (KATANA)
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / KATANA / BREACHING CHARGE (1) / HANDGUN (15/2)
Reputation: 12 / LOCAL HERO

Caellath
Name: NICHOLAS FORTMÜLLER / FIRE FIGHTER
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / THERMAL ABSORPTION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (RIFLE) / HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / MASTERFUL ROBOTICS
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / SNIPER RIFLE
Reputation: 5 / NEUTRAL

SeriousConcentrate
Name: JENNIFER MAXWELL / FLASH LIGHT
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / ADVANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC ABSORPTION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (HANDGUN) / HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / WEAPON TRAINING (GRAPNEL) / WEAPON TRAINING (GRENADE)
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / GRAPNEL
Reputation: 2 / NEUTRAL

Tiruin
Name: IRES REON / HUNTRESS
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / INSTANTANEOUS REFLEXES / TRAJECTORY VISION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (BOW) / HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / WEAPON TRAINING (GRENADE) / DIPLOMACY
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / COMPOSITE BOW / ARROWS (30)
Reputation: 2 / NEUTRAL

[Caellath]

Wait for someone to make a way in, go after them and send my robot to scout the area.

[Tiruin]

Head straight to the gate and signal the one guard standing nearest to it. Making sure he holds the gate open to approach me.

Distract with a cover story and knock-out.

[Dwarmin]

Green otherwise stays hidden, preparing to help subdue the guard if Ires has trouble, or ready to deal with other threats if they arrive.