UE Issue #3: Smash and GRAB

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Re: UE Issue #3: Smash and GRAB

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Oly

Oly attempts to release the spider webs from his pocket and jam up the front drivers side tire. He hits to slow moving tire with 4 BODY of webs.

[_3d6]=(4+6+1)=11[_5d6]=(1+4+2+1+6)=14

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Grab:
OCV = 7 -1 = 6
Attack: [_3d6]=(1+1+4)=6
DCV = 11 + 6 - 6 = 11-

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Knight Light

War movies often glorified the anger used to win the battle. But most of the movie people had no idea what war was really like, they just wanted explosions and money. George, Knight Light's stepdad, had talked about war from the warrior's perspective. The chaos, the risk, and the fear that you would let your team down. That someone would not go home because you did not do your part.

Anger wasn't a good strategy, but the willingness to win was vital. The willingness to fight with whatever options you had available. Knight Light wasn't about to tell George that a team mate or police officer did not go home because he was too scared to win.

There was an option at his feet, and Knight Light took it. He picked the unconscious T up, ran to the edge of the roof, and tossed the alien onto the hood of the car.

KL has STR 15, so +5 over required to move an adult body. A running throw gives him 4" of range, and the front hood of the car is only 2" forward. A little more down. :) Not sure if this is one move or two, since T is unconscious. Let me know.

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I will post the segment after Azir gets her segment 10 action

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Azir

Azir goes for the other car going south, leaps if she needs to. Punching the engine if she can, otherwise she will try and get in front of it.

Offense Punch [_3d6]=(1+3+6)=10 [_11d6]=(5+3+5+6+1+5+5+6+4+5+4)=49 [_2d6]=(5+3)=8

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Into the Brick Warehouse - Villains are defeated
1:40 PM Local Time – Tuesday, July 7th, 1987


The four cars that were trying to escape were all being driven by 4 more copies of the BSD (or more correctly the Men in Black). Oly managed to flash his driver and even though his sunglasses provided partial protection, he still crashed into a pallet of bricks. Eclipse was able to flip the car over, capturing the occupant. Azir was able to smash the two southern cars engines stopping them in their tracks. In the end the four MiB in the cars and the one that jumped off the roof surrender.

All total the Crusaders managed to capture all of the villains from this contest. This includes 9 Men In Black (BSD), Little Green Man [LGM](L), The Veil (T), Force and Vibra (V). Within the warehouse, the group finds another 4 identical Cadillac's that are ready to be driven away, but more importantly all of the missing hostages (including Wind Dragon) are in an operating suite structure (glass with a metal frame) that obviously has a clean room like effect. Other than exploratory surgeries and currently being heavily sedated, they do not have any other negative physical effects from this trauma.

The police and ambulance teams that you set up arrive quickly. Also three large vans arrive from Stronghold that were called by Agent McGinley. I do not think that this has come up, but Stronghold is super-prison located on an island in Lake Michigan and is considered background knowledge for all.

This is non-combat time - what addition things would the heroes like to do?

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Knight Light will check on each of his team members, to make sure they are okay. After that, and the occasional Recovery, he will help the police and ambulance as needed.

Later, when it gets time for reports, he'll praise his team mates, be honest, and mention the reference to "The Leech", if he heard that.

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Eclipse looks for the doctor (I'm assuming that 'Leech' is the doctor). He also looks for any notes or information that has been left behind, either computer based or hard-copy.

Once his search is finished he'll look for some assistance from the EMTs.

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Azir

Azir will search the area over looking for any clues or information.

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Into the Brick Warehouse - Searching?
1:40 PM Local Time – Tuesday, July 7th, 1987


Oly and Dos Seso make sure that the authorities detain the prisoners and that that do not wander off while they are being collected. Two of the MiB get near each other and with very little fan fare they come together into one and a second set does this basically right after, but the "remaining" MiB falls to a knee this time. The Stronghold agent works on getting cuffs on the villains ASAP and one of the agents is messing with controls in the front of the van. They call for assistance from Oly and Dos Seso to keep that from happening any more. After this event there are only 7 MiB present. Force is the first to be detained and soon the remaining ones are all detained.

Azir is looking in the lab, but much of it might as well have been written in Urdu, OK that is not true since she would have understood that! Knight Light is similarly out of his element in this lab. Eclipse is also befuddled by the medical technology, but understands the electronics, but would just need time to understand the purposes. While the details are a mystery to all of you, it is clear that medical experiments and measurements were being taken in this lab. These were studying both brain function and DNA - beyond that the medical details are not your areas of expertise. The team does notice that there is a lab coat with red brick dust near the pockets, the coat is in a heap underneath the table that Wind Dragon was on. The medical techs say that Wind Dragon was in surgery very recently (within the last 20-30 min if not less).

The medical technicians are able to safety disconnect all of the kidnapping victims (including Wind Dragon) and start transporting them to the hospital. Wind Dragon being the most critical and will leave on the first ambulance.

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Azir

Azir squeezes Wind Dragons hand as they are taking him out. "All will be well soon!"

She then makes sure all the medical/science notes are gathered up. "We need to make sure these get to a specialist we trust ASAP. Something could be in here they need to know that could help Wind Dragon."

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Eclipse

"I could take them. I need medical help anyway. If they'll let me I'll ride in the ambulance with WD, otherwise I can fly."

He picks up the dropped coat, checks the pockets, but also the floor underneath and around. (In case the doctor is now the incredible shrinking man).

In that vein, let's make sure there are no passengers (I. e. small people or 'leeches') on the patients when they leave. Can DS mind scan for the doctor?

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Azir will stay alert until Dos can confirm no one is hiding.

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Knight Light lets others search. He keeps a roving lookout as he assists the police and medical crews.

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The Brick Warehouse - What happened to Waldo Leech?
1:40 PM Local Time – Tuesday, July 7th, 1987


Oly and Knight Light take over watching the villains and Dos Seso comes in to perform some scans.

Dos Seso explains that he will be searching for someone that should not be here in the brick warehouse not Leech explicitly. After performing a couple of scans of the warehouse, he reports that there is no unexpected minds in the building.

Eclipse is able to collect the paper notes, but the electronic notes are in the main frame that was stolen and Eclipse is able to find that this computer is in the building on this map with a red box around it. The missing electron microscope is in this building as well. As long as he is willing to leave now, he can get a ride in the ambulance. In addition, other than the brick dust there is nothing in the pockets or around the discarded coat. No other foreign bodies are found on the "hostages".

Azir gives Wind Dragon's hand a squeeze, but there is no reply (given his unconscious state that is to be expected)
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If Knight Light is aware of the conversation with Dos Sesos, he will speak to the older man quietly, away from non-team members. "I can put myself into a trance, that simulates death. If the leech could do that, would you have a harder time sensing him? What can I do to help?"

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Dos Seso

"While there are certain strong minds that could escape my detection, I doubt your trance would stop me from finding you. The challenge in general in finding a mind is like you going to an airport and finding Mr. Smith with out any description of him. That is why I was looking for any mind in the building - even someone invisible or in a trance I would find. The bottom line, is unless he is somehow hiding from me he is outside the building."

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Eclipse grimaces

"I need to stay here and get that data off the mainframe. Azir why don't you go to the hospital and take Oly, he got quite a knock there and should be checked over. Keep an eye on the patients in case doctor Plummer tries something. I'll join you when I get the data."

Did we find a description or photo of Plummer? Do any of the 'hostages' match his description? Are there names on the notes for each one which we could cross-reference with missing persons?

Can Eclipse get get an Advil ;) from the EMTs to help with the pain (but keep his head clear) while he tries to extract the info from the mainframe.

Here are a bunch of computer related rolls to keep things flowing:

System Operations (13-): [_3d6]=(2+6+6)=14
Security Systems (13-): [_3d6]=(5+1+6)=12
Electronics (13-): [_3d6]=(1+6+2)=9
Computer Programming (13-): [_3d6]=(2+3+4)=9

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Re: UE Issue #3: Smash and GRAB

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Azir

Azir will ride in the ambulance with Wind Dragon.

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The Brick Warehouse - What happened to Waldo Leech?
1:40 PM Local Time – Tuesday, July 7th, 1987


In terms of is there a photo of Plummer here, no. In some of the research you did see a photo of him from a few years back. The people at the scene do NOT look like the picture you remember. You also do not find an security systems set up in the super-computer.

There are medical records for 4 total people and all of the ones in italics were recovered on the scene.
  • Frank Moon (Cubs Pitcher)
  • Maria Page (Prima ballerina from New Chicago Dance Company)
  • Feng Lung (Earth Science Professor at New Chicago University - everyone assumes that this is Wind Dragon)
  • Aleksandr Popov (Russian Chessmaster)
The big challenge as you are looking through the data is you can print the 100ish pages of reports per person mostly covering the various surgical details. But the super computer is crunching on something and there is over a TB of data (I know that that in 2023 terms this is not that much, but in 1987 this is a lot of data.). The super computer is free standing (meaning not connected to a network outside of this lab).

Knight Light is looking around the lab and the most out of place item is a collection of three watches. One of them is looking like it is being repaired at a jeweler the other two are appear to be in perfect working condition.

Azir has no trouble getting on the ambulance to travel with Feng Lung (that all of you have assumed is Wind Dragon)

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