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[superBlast]

"Ah... I made it... or... transformed a car into it... not quite sure which is correct... but uh... it's a hoverbike thing..." Ryan make an expession that seems to say "Oh yeah.." and turns to the people asking about the bike. "I don't know the details of it the hover bike.... thing... I said that already didn't I? Anyways you guys can have it if you want I don't mind."

[HighEndNoob]

"Er, yes. I think that would be the best course of action."

Assist Russano in rallying our teammates. Use my grappling hook to search for them from a high place.

[_DivideByZero_]

Roll 94

Spoiler: Notes on weapon and armor stats (click to show/hide)

When combat occurs, both attacker and defender roll a dice.
If the attacker rolls higher than the defender, the difference between the rolls determines the amount of damage dealt in terms of injuries. Higher values are better, but even a roll of 4 vs 3 (example) will result in some damage.
If the defender rolls higher than the attacker, the defender might deal a counterattack if he/she is capable and rolls well enough, using the difference as a d6 result.

CHARISMA: Increases all social actions by +1 while equipped. Each point stacks with other sources of charisma.
DEFENSE: Increases your own defense roll when you are hit with an enemy weapon, mitigating your own injuries. Defense does not stack and only your highest defense value will be taken into account.
Deflect Chance: 1 in 6th chance that a light attack (bullets, sword slashes, glancing hits from an axe, punches, sweeping beam, etc) will simply be ignored. Stacks linearly, so 6 deflect chance means that you are immune to conventional attacks.
Parry Chance: Same as deflect chance, but it's a second calculation. If you have two one-handed weapons, both will stack linearly with each other.
DMG: Damage type. Some armors defend against different types better than others.
CRIT: The kind of injury this weapon will do if you roll a base 5, regardless of enemy defense.
CLUMSINESS: When carried, decreases social actions and actions requiring precision, such as long distance weaponry use. Stacks linearly with different items.
STRENGH: Adds to strength-related actions such as moving heavy objects or punching people. Stacks linearly.

Spoiler: Caellath, AKA Russano Neskratt (click to show/hide)

Name: Russano Neskratt
Race: Aldros II (Independent Colony)
Abilities:
(Active)
 - Breeze of Life
 - Flash Portal
 -  - Wormhole Transit
 - Lightning Bolt
 - - Lightning Shield
 - Twisted Transistor
 - - Spell Flux [2/2]
 - Universal Clock IV
- -  Time Bubbles [0/2]
 - I Like These Odds (Toggle)
Traits:
 - Diplomat
 - Ironmind
 - Warlock
 - Psibound
Inventory:
 + Torque
 + Ceremonial Battle Robe (Medium)
 + Black Clothing
 + Bandages (clothing) (8/8)
 + Corsair Rapier
 + Nightfall
Conditions:
Miniquests:
New Power: Cleanse all debuffs (1/5 successful casts)
New Power: Dominance (2/5 spells blocked)
New Power: Mindgames (4/7 spells witnessed)

Spoiler: Unholy_Pariah, AKA Kenjaro (click to show/hide)

Name: Kenjaro
Race: Cyrian
Abilities:
 - Cellular Regeneration
 - - Essence Transfer
 - - - Life Tap
 - Martial Trance
 - - Mind Blast
 - - Lockdown
 - - Emergency Fragmentation
Traits:
 - Bloodlust
 - Martial Focus
 - Rifles are for Cowards
Inventory:
 - Axellum K12 [15/15]
 - 1x Shotgun Magazine
 + Stealth Ultrasonic Axe
 + Nanosteel Combat Armor (Medium)
 + Death's Bite
 + Commander's Landark Industries Powersuit (Heavy)
 - - Oktar's Powersuit Augments
 - - 2x Psionic Fusion Nanocell (Last fueled: Roll 74)
 + Weeping Ball'O'Hurt
 - Medical Scalpel
Cash: 38950 Ac
Conditions:
Martial Trance (1 Stack(s)) (+1 to spells, + 0 to other actions)
Miniquests:
Mindcraft (1/3 weapons crafted)

Spoiler: superBlast, AKA Ryan (click to show/hide)

Name: Ryan
Race: Unknown
Abilities:
 - Pyrokinesis [0/3]
 - - Burnout
 - - Fire Shield II
 - Technopathy [2/3]
 - - UPGRADE!!!!
 - - Hashcryption
 - - Uplink
 - - Techno-Sense
 - Cleanse
Traits:
 - Backtrack
 - Perception
 - Instant Reflexes
 - Burst of Speed
 - Lack of Common Sense
 - Amnesia
Inventory:
 + Modern Clothes
 + Arkfury (6/6)
 + Fire Extinguisher
Conditions:
Miniquests:
Discover Power: Ra--bo-n
Decrease Effect of Amnesia Trait (1/6 successful persuasions)
Increase Perception (1/3 successful traps disarmed)

Spoiler: HEN, AKA Dominic Zoshan (click to show/hide)

Name: Dominic Zoshan
Race: Ross/Polarian
Abilities (Human Form):
 - Geokinesis [1/3]
 - - Discipline of Form [1/3]
 - - Discipline of Strength
 - - Hat Throwing
 - Awakening
Traits (Human Form):
 - Gentleman (1 Gentleman Points)
 - Duelist
 - Polite
 - Interim Recovery
 - Serendipity
 - Extant Rage
Abilities (Myslef Form):
 - Metallokinesis [1/3]
 -- Seismic Slam
 -- Bladestorm
 - Power Word
 - Entropy Leech
Traits (Myslef Form):
 - Epicenter of Rage (0 Fury)
 - Obey my Command!
Inventory:
 - Eternal Plasma Gunberd
 - 19x Gunberd Round
 - ☼Gentleman's Grappling Hook☼
 + Armored Trenchcoat and Top Hat (Light)
 - Repair Kit
 - 3x Large Paper Cup
 -- Popcorn (80%)
 - =Granite Dagger=
 - Cryogenics Bay Keys
 - Reagrd 'U'
Conditions:
Miniquests:
New Ability: Evasive (win defensive rolls by a margin of 3 or more: 1/3)
New Ability: Pristine Condition (1/3 successful cases)
New Trait: Back, Foul Beast! (1/3 successful cases)

Caellath, AKA Russano Neskratt

Currently with you are Jo, Perfectio, Dominic, and this 'Shadow Fellowship.' That leaves Davis, Ryan, and Kenjaro.

[3+1] You luckily have a general idea of your party member's psionic signatures. You can't find Davis anywhere in the city, so he most likely remained in orbit. Ryan and Kenjaro are at the palace, in close proximity to each other. You can't create a wormhole that far--so you opt to bring everyone back to the land transport and Flash Portal the entire vehicle back to the palace--[4+1] Succeeding perfectly in doing so!

The Palace's watchen and guard captains greet you as you return. They seem to be curious where you had been--and why one of their vehicles was missing. It seems that Yellow did in-fact revert the city to its undamaged state. You wonder if he was lying about the 'nobody was hurt' thing or if he truly has the capability of resurrecting people from kilometers away...

Ryan and Kenjaro are currently surrounded by a gathering of officials. Hadrial and Geronimo are there, along with one of the professors from the University that you recognize--Dr. Justinian Valenkin, if you recall correctly. In the center of their midst is a strange, almost alien-looking motorcycle, one that floats a couple of centimeters over the ground even while idle.

HEN, AKA Dominic Zoshan

It seems Russano's powers are too helpful here, and somewhat overshadow your own abilities in this situation.

[5] However, you do sense something. Something being pulled from you as your vehicle drove across the short-lived portal. You feel as if a part of you has remained inside the forest.

superBlast, AKA Ryan

"You're just giving it to us? Oh... well..."

A mechanic pushes his way through the crowd of officers now forming around you. He comes closer to the bike and starts to examine it, primarily inspecting its power source, the glowy bits on the bottom.

"There seems to be a highly energetic fuel source inside it. I don't see any bolts or fasteners, and it may be very difficult to dismantle it."
"Interesting. So you said you just transformed a random car into it?"

As he said that, you see a flash from behind the crowd, creating a portal big enough to fit a tank through. A personnel carrier--its tires covered in mud--rolls through the opening in space. Russano walks out, immediately making eye-contact with you.

Unholy_Pariah, AKA Kenjaro

You life tap and [1] receive a small papercut.

[Unholy_Pariah]

((Sorry my net died, can i get last turns action as a life tap?))

[_DivideByZero_]

((Sorry my net died, can i get last turns action as a life tap?))

Done.

[Unholy_Pariah]

"well then, lets try this again."

Life tap again.

[Caellath]

"Gentlemen. Here we have the responsibles for the chaos in the city and also for fixing it." he says, gesturing to the Fellowship. "They apparently had a reason to do so and we need to check if what they say is true. Can someone check when is the next launch to orbit happening? We have a courier ship to scour for evidence."

Russano silently hopes he's still allowed some free time to go lightning-hunting in the sea.

Get info on next launch to orbit. While waiting for it, play with lightning between my hands and see if I can isolate the heated plasma while doing so.

[superBlast]

Ryan looks between Russano and The four people in colored cloaks, having two questions suddenly answered out of the blue and Russano and Dominic and the rest of their group just appear suddenly left Ryan a it... confused.

"Uh... wait so what's going on...?" He says to get his confusion sorted out.

Get up to date on what is happening.

[HighEndNoob]

Strange. I feel... at peace. Well, no sense wasting time on that. We have a mission to do.

Attempt to explain to our confused teammates the information we have acquired from the "Shadow Fellowship."

[_DivideByZero_]

Roll 95

Spoiler: Notes on weapon and armor stats (click to show/hide)

When combat occurs, both attacker and defender roll a dice.
If the attacker rolls higher than the defender, the difference between the rolls determines the amount of damage dealt in terms of injuries. Higher values are better, but even a roll of 4 vs 3 (example) will result in some damage.
If the defender rolls higher than the attacker, the defender might deal a counterattack if he/she is capable and rolls well enough, using the difference as a d6 result.

CHARISMA: Increases all social actions by +1 while equipped. Each point stacks with other sources of charisma.
DEFENSE: Increases your own defense roll when you are hit with an enemy weapon, mitigating your own injuries. Defense does not stack and only your highest defense value will be taken into account.
Deflect Chance: 1 in 6th chance that a light attack (bullets, sword slashes, glancing hits from an axe, punches, sweeping beam, etc) will simply be ignored. Stacks linearly, so 6 deflect chance means that you are immune to conventional attacks.
Parry Chance: Same as deflect chance, but it's a second calculation. If you have two one-handed weapons, both will stack linearly with each other.
DMG: Damage type. Some armors defend against different types better than others.
CRIT: The kind of injury this weapon will do if you roll a base 5, regardless of enemy defense.
CLUMSINESS: When carried, decreases social actions and actions requiring precision, such as long distance weaponry use. Stacks linearly with different items.
STRENGH: Adds to strength-related actions such as moving heavy objects or punching people. Stacks linearly.

Spoiler: Caellath, AKA Russano Neskratt (click to show/hide)

Name: Russano Neskratt
Race: Aldros II (Independent Colony)
Abilities:
(Active)
 - Breeze of Life
 - Flash Portal
 -  - Wormhole Transit
 - Lightning Bolt
 - - Lightning Shield
 - - Plasma Whip I
 - Twisted Transistor
 - - Spell Flux [2/2]
 - Universal Clock IV
- -  Time Bubbles [0/2]
 - I Like These Odds (Toggle)
Traits:
 - Diplomat
 - Ironmind
 - Warlock
 - Psibound
Inventory:
 + Torque
 + Ceremonial Battle Robe (Medium)
 + Black Clothing
 + Bandages (clothing) (8/8)
 + Corsair Rapier
 + Nightfall
Conditions:
Miniquests:
New Power: Cleanse all debuffs (1/5 successful casts)
New Power: Dominance (2/5 spells blocked)
New Power: Mindgames (4/7 spells witnessed)

Spoiler: Unholy_Pariah, AKA Kenjaro (click to show/hide)

Name: Kenjaro
Race: Cyrian
Abilities:
 - Cellular Regeneration
 - - Essence Transfer
 - - - Life Tap
 - Martial Trance
 - - Mind Blast
 - - Lockdown
 - - Emergency Fragmentation
Traits:
 - Bloodlust
 - Martial Focus
 - Rifles are for Cowards
Inventory:
 - Axellum K12 [15/15]
 - 1x Shotgun Magazine
 + Stealth Ultrasonic Axe
 + Nanosteel Combat Armor (Medium)
 + Death's Bite
 + Commander's Landark Industries Powersuit (Heavy)
 - - Oktar's Powersuit Augments
 - - 2x Psionic Fusion Nanocell (Last fueled: Roll 74)
 + Weeping Ball'O'Hurt
 - Medical Scalpel
Cash: 38950 Ac
Conditions:
Internal Bleeding (-2 to next action. Heals next turn)
Martial Trance (2 Stack(s)) (+2 to spells, + 0 to other actions)
Miniquests:
Mindcraft (1/3 weapons crafted)

Spoiler: superBlast, AKA Ryan (click to show/hide)

Name: Ryan
Race: Unknown
Abilities:
 - Pyrokinesis [0/3]
 - - Burnout
 - - Fire Shield II
 - Technopathy [2/3]
 - - UPGRADE!!!!
 - - Hashcryption
 - - Uplink
 - - Techno-Sense
 - Cleanse
Traits:
 - Backtrack
 - Perception
 - Instant Reflexes
 - Burst of Speed
 - Lack of Common Sense
 - Amnesia
Inventory:
 + Modern Clothes
 + Arkfury (6/6)
 + Fire Extinguisher
Conditions:
Miniquests:
Decrease Effect of Amnesia Trait (1/6 successful persuasions)
Increase Perception (1/3 successful traps disarmed)

Spoiler: HEN, AKA Dominic Zoshan (click to show/hide)

Name: Dominic Zoshan
Race: Ross/Polarian
Abilities (Human Form):
 - Geokinesis [1/3]
 - - Discipline of Form [1/3]
 - - Discipline of Strength
 - - Hat Throwing
 - Awakening
Traits (Human Form):
 - Gentleman (1 Gentleman Points)
 - Duelist
 - Polite
 - Interim Recovery
 - Serendipity
 - Extant Rage
Abilities (Myslef Form):
 - Metallokinesis [1/3]
 -- Seismic Slam
 -- Bladestorm
 - Power Word
 - Entropy Leech
Traits (Myslef Form):
 - Epicenter of Rage (0 Fury)
 - Obey my Command!
Inventory:
 - Eternal Plasma Gunberd
 - 19x Gunberd Round
 - ☼Gentleman's Grappling Hook☼
 + Armored Trenchcoat and Top Hat (Light)
 - Repair Kit
 - 3x Large Paper Cup
 -- Popcorn (80%)
 - =Granite Dagger=
 - Cryogenics Bay Keys
 - Reagrd 'U'
Conditions:
Miniquests:
New Ability: Evasive (win defensive rolls by a margin of 3 or more: 1/3)
New Ability: Pristine Condition (1/3 successful cases)
New Trait: Back, Foul Beast! (1/3 successful cases)

Unholy_Pariah, AKA Kenjaro

[3+1] You give yourself sudden internal bleeding.

((Remember that life tap is a minor action. You can do something, then life tap in the same turn.))

Caellath, AKA Russano Neskratt

Perfectio has the launch schedule memorized.
"Next launch is tomorrow morning. I can put a hold on the flight so they don't launch before we get there, although our liege won't be pleased if we abuse this power. It would be in our best interest to travel to Anaxos during the night."

Before you can begin explaining the situation to Ryan, Dominic starts speaking. He seems to recall everything correctly, so far, if delivered... differently from how Yellow did it..

In the meantime, you play with lightning! Since you can create a barrier of plasma, you wonder if you can utilize the heated plasma offensively as well as defensively. [3+1] The plasma flows back and forth between your fingers, but with some thought you can focus it into much thinner bands, which glow white hot and pulse with thermal pressure.

New Ability: Plasma Whip

HEN, AKA Dominic Zoshan

You recite the story to Ryan, hoping that Kenjaro is listening. He seems to be clutching his stomach in pain, but he gestures for you to carry on. Well... okay.

"My friends, it appears we nearly fell for a trap by a force we cannot comprehend. That is what this group, the Shadow Fellowship, claims. They are a group of travelers from this world who search the universe, looking for answers to the most basic questions of our past. Their journeys led them to follow the Aldrosian expedition into the remote worlds of the frontier. There, they uncovered terrible secrets about the nature of the Arcas system. Explorers from Terra have fallen victim to an infectious psionic force, which overtakes minds and spreads through ideas. The messengers of Aldros have contracted this same plague, and were sent back to infect this world and all who visit it. Fortunately for us, or perhaps unfortunately for those who have fallen victim to it, the plague eats away at isolated minds, and kept eating until there was nearly nothing left, rendering the messengers mostly harmless.

The Shadow Fellowship acted to merely minimize the risk of infection, or so they claim. We must validate their claim by investigating their purported story, which involved them stowing away on a courier vessel with one of the messengers. If we find their camp, it will lend credence to their story, although the real truth may be forever lost on Arcas."

The yellow assassin raises a finger to correct the last point. You explain it was for dramatic effect, mostly.

superBlast, AKA Ryan

[1] Great. So now you have to save the world before you even know who you are. Just great...

Well, perhaps it's time to make a new name for yourself. After all, it's not like people recognize you or anything. Sometimes you just have to let it go.

[Unholy_Pariah]

After pausing for a moment and allowing his cellular regeneration to knit his vascular system back together kenjaro stands back up and proceeds to question yellow.

"would you care to explain this so called 'force' in greater detail? for instance, what do you mean when you say it spreads through ideas?"

((yeah, i just didnt want to hold up the turn due to my brain blanking on what else i could do aside from stealing the hoverbike or punching an ally in the face ))

[superBlast]

"I... see... I guess... Um... That means we don't have much to do until leave to go to space again right?"

If that's so, an idea he wanted to try with his powers came to mind.

Walk over to the hoverbike and see if I can find out how it work using my technopathic powers. If I can do that then maybe I do so with any technology.

[Caellath]

Russano crosses his fingers, steam still coming off from them. "Dominic's version is mostly correct. Now, let us get the preparatives ready, then. We travel to Anaxas as soon as possible."

Get preparations done. We're traveling asap.

[_DivideByZero_]

Perfectio clarifies: "Anaxas is the desert from which we perform all of our launches. It is a couple of hours away by flight."

"would you care to explain this so called 'force' in greater detail? for instance, what do you mean when you say it spreads through ideas?"

Dominic shrugs, unable to answer the question.
The stranger wearing a yellow cloak takes up Dominic's position, however.
"It's nature is unclear. But in this world there are entities which transcend the need for a physical form. These are beings of pure intellect. However, psionic in nature, this particular kind of entity is infectious, and attempts to take control of other intellects. By then communicating with others, tainted with its own information, it can cause others to allow themselves to be taken over. Infected individuals lose their former selves, their intellects replaced with an infection instance. We're not sure what to call them. Maybe psi-zombies?

Additionally, and perhaps most disastrous, infected individuals gain access to psionic abilities of their own, which their future infections also inherit. We've had some highly dangerous encounters with a particularly deadly strain that filled the halls of one vessel with deadly toxins. If it weren't for Blue's talent, we would have lost our lives."

Blue's face remains blank, unmoved by the compliment.

[Unholy_Pariah]

"I see, those cteatures do pose quite a significant threat if left unmonitored."

finish healing, souljoin scalpel, life tap.