Turn one hundred and six. Somehow the enemy rolled all 2s.Agent Fortmüller says "Hey, guess what," as he fiddles with his suit's systems yet again. [
1+2] Using far more power and disabling several safety catches gives the suit a boost to strength and speed, but it takes too long for Nicholas to get in an attack.
Agent Conners finishes blinking the spots out of her eyes and shouts "Area effect, Steel! Get all their heads down! Jen, see if you can pull their guns out of their hands! FLASHBANG OUT!" She tosses an unprimed smoke grenade and rushes out once the gunfire stops, [
6-1] replicating Ires' run in and out of cover and finishing with a leap over a workbench straight onto the chest of an extremely surprised gunman. [
4+1] Lisa straightens up and dusts off her hands, satisfied that he won't wake up for a long time.
Agent Green ducks and dodges behind the powered armour pilot, grabbing him in a full nelson to use as a meat shield. The revving noise starts again [
4] and Desmond swings the suit around in time to block the electric bolt, [
6+2] before returning the favour with a kinetic blast that blows up the shooter's cover and sends shrapnel flying.
Agent Maxwell [
4+2] turns herself into a magnet just as Desmond explodes a workbench covered in metal machine parts. [
4] She drops the magnetic field and dodges the incoming cloud of shrapnel, machinery and guns just in time. Fortunately, none of her teammates lose their weapons.
Agent Reon gets into cover on the enemy's side of the room and flings her floor vent cover at a disarmed mook who's trying to pick up the minigun. It bounces off of him and he stares at her, confused, before shrugging and continuing to struggle with the gun. "I'm a threat, you blind mook! Afraid to hit me?"
The henchman trying to pick up the minigun (
2) isn't strong enough and gives up, instead grabbing a concussive grenade off the workbench he's taking cover behind and throwing it at Ires. She dodges and it goes off harmlessly somewhere behind her.
The powered armour pilot grabs Desmond's arms and tries to throw him, (
2) but Desmond manages to hang on.
One of the disarmed men picks up some sort of oversized sniper rifle off the floor and takes aim at Lisa as she's tackling and draining her target. (
2) He misses, and the computer on the workbench next to her melts.
Dwarmin
Name: DESMOND GREEN / STEEL WALL
Health: BROKEN UPPER RIGHT CANINE, INTERNAL DAMAGE (LOWER TORSO)
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / MASTERFUL KINETIC ABSORPTION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (HANDGUN) / MASTERFUL HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / TANDEM MANEUVERS (IRES) / DEMOLITIONS
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / HEAVY PLASTIC SHIELD
Reputation: 5 / NEUTRAL
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 (42) WITH ATTACHED DART GUN (6) / "WARLORD" BATTLE SUIT
Reputation: 9 / NEUTRAL
SeriousConcentrate
Name: JENNIFER MAXWELL / SPECTRA
Health: BRUISED (RIGHT ARM)
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / MASTERFUL ELECTROMAGNETIC ABSORPTION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (HANDGUN) / ADVANCED HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / WEAPON TRAINING (GRAPNEL) / WEAPON TRAINING (GRENADE)
Equipment: AUGMENTED BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / GRAPNEL
Reputation: 14 / LOCAL HERO
Tiruin
Name: IRES REON / STRAIGHT ARROW
Health: SHOT (GRAZE, UPPER RIGHT LEG), BRUISED (UPPER RIGHT LEG)
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 / ADVANCED FREE RUNNING / TANDEM MANEUVERS (DESMOND)
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / SMOKE GRENADE (1) / COMPOSITE BOW / ARROWS (24) / RIFT CRYSTAL (DORMANT)
Reputation: 1 / NEUTRAL
Zako
Name: LISA CONNERS / LIFE FORCE
Health: BRUISED (RIGHT FOREARM)
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / ADVANCED HEALTH DRAINING
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (HANDGUN) / ADVANCED HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / HACKING
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (1) / SMOKE GRENADE (1) / UNCHARGED HACKER PDA / GAUNTLETS / HANDGUN (10/2)
Reputation: 2 / NEUTRAL