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:!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: Falling Hero! :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: Yuki moved into auto pilot, ducking spinning and sidestepping each of the Bug-bots swipes, before flipping foward, landing and planting her feet into the head of another bug bot, and launching her self into the air, catching the falling man as he was plummeting. "...you do realize that this isn't Gotham City? You must've made a left turn at Albuquerque." She shot a Webline and swung safely to the ground. "You look shaken... are you alright?"

GM POST (End of Combat Round report) As the three heroes continues with their own struggles, The Bugbots sinister programming is going full swing. They dismantles cars, vans and trucks... and uses the parts to create NEW bug-bots. The blasted things are making more of themselves! If this keeps up unchecked, they will definitely yhreaten to overwelm the bridge and the city!

Tarantula (Yukio Mishka)

Aya: Move, flies towards Breakdown. Standard: Aid. Aya is 'showing her assets' to Breakdown. Aid Roll must beat DC 10. If it does, then Aki will gain a +4 to her Attack Roll (All Three irl andoroids has Teamwork and Setup.) (1d20+10=13) Aki: Flies In behind Aya and fires off a Laser Beam Towards Breakdown! Lasebeam cannon (Blast 12 autofire 2 (reduced interval), accurate. DC 27 Toughness) (1d20+14=34) MAJOR EDIT: Miscalculation on my part. Aid is +2 with a +1 bonus for Teamwork. Setup doesn't apply to it. Thus, the roll is 19, NOT 20. No critical hit. However, 33 beats 21 by more then 5, thus the Toughness DC is 32 instead of 27. Doc Otaku: Notice check against RW's Stealth: Notice vs. DC 21 (1d20+7=26) Razor is Spotted, and he sends orders to Ako to deal with him... Bugbots gang on yuki again... Bugbots Gang up on on Poor Yuki... (1d20+9=22). Still missed. Ako: Flies in to attack Razor Wing... Lasebeam cannon (Blast 12 autofire 2 (reduced interval), accurate. DC 27 Toughness) (1d20+10=25) Razor, Go!

Aya smiled sweetly as she swooped towards Breakdown. "Hello big boy!" She angled her body so that the glint of the setting sun sparkled of her shapely behind and right into Breakdowns eyes... Leaving him wide open for a head shot from her teammate, Aki's, laser blast cannon. Several more blasts followed, overwhelming the teen hero! Meanwhile, Doc Otaku was alerted by another breech alert. A hidden Camera caught another interloper climbing underneath him. He considered using another charge, but remembered his power issues. He turned on his communicator. "Angels! We have company underneath the Tripod control Center. Uploading data! Aki Recieved the data. "Ako... do you have a shot?" "Oh, do I ever... hehehehe..." The High pitched giggle may have revealed her presence to Razor (no sneak attack) as she fired off a laser barrage towards him... All the fire works in the sky seems to draw away the athletic Clinic that Tarantula is showing. A large group of bugbots are lunging and swiping at her... and not one of them can lay a metal limb on the Teen heroine!

Yuki takes 10 to take on another Bugbot. DC 24 Toughness Check. (1d20+8=13) Another one bites the dust.

:!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: Three Bugbots leaps over their fallen comrades... :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: Yuki didn't have time to gloat as Three of those... 'things' pounced on her! She ducked one Metal limb, rolled underneath a side swipe for another and slide between the legs of the final one. In mid slide, she kicke it's under belly. "Gee whiz, where's a can of raid when you need it?"

GM POST Not to be out done, Doc Otaku, having regained his composer, stabbed a button on his master console. In a few split seconds, energy siphoned outwardly through dozens of nanofiber wire along the glass, and Tripod body, Zapping Breakdown as he sweapt the top of the Tripod clear of Bugbots. The Bugbot yuki pounced on shuddered and brokedown onto the concrete pavement. But three others took it's place, lunging at her with Metal Limbs. None of them hit her. *** "Report Status!" "Atomic Batterres to power! Turbines to speed! Blue, Ready!" "Atomic Batteries to power! Turbines to speed! Green, Ready!" "ANGEL FORCE! GO!" "ANGEL FORCE! GO!" "ANGEL FORCE! GO!" *** A slot opens up infront of the Tripod Walker and three misles fire! No, not missles... Girls! Each dressed in a colorful, full bodied and super tight latex body suit. One Red, one Blue and One green. The setting sun reflects off the super shiny material and helmets as the three jet propelled beaties fly in formation around the Tripod before breaking off into separate directions ...

For sanity of mind, I'm going to Assume that the Bugbots are nailed by the attack, turning into pieces of robot junk. (Ex3, keep your mouth shut). As for the Tripod, no Reflex Save for it. It's just too big. Unfortunately, it also has a high Impervious rank, so the Attack is nullified. Those Schoolgirl's you mentioned won't be out till AFTER your tun, sao no, your attack don't affect them. On to Otaku's Turn. First off, Otaku switches on one of his counter meeasures... His Electrified Hull. Aura Stun 11, so I need a Fortcheck from Breakdon DC 21. Three Bugbots Pounce on yuki! Adding +3 to their attack! TARANTULA SANDWHICH! (1d20+7=11). The miss. Pitiful. Finally, Enter the New Challengers: Aki (Red): Aki's Init roll (1d20+12=21) Aya: (Blue): Aya's Init Roll (1d20+12=24) Ako (Green): Ako's Init roll (1d20+12=15) All the Other Bugbots do their thing. New Init's After Razor is as follows: Tarantula (31) Undamaged, 1 HP (used for Quick Change) Breakdown (27) Undamaged, 4 HP Aya (24) Aki (21) Doc Otaku (15) -1 Toughness for Tripod Walker Ako (15) Bugbots (14) Razor (12) Razor. GO!

Move Action: Yuki Leaps to the Bugbots attacking the cops. Standard Action: Yuki takes 10 on her attack on one of them. The Attack succeeds. Toughness against Yuki's Attack. DC 24. (1d20+8=22) And One Bugbot down. Tarantula gains an HP for helping the police. Breakdown. GO!

3... 2... 1... GO! Yuki leap into the air and with spider like reflexes, her eyes scanned the area for her landing point. The group approaching the police were the perfect target. "Oh come now! Surely you know that if you're shot, you're supposed to play dead! don't anyof you pay attention to the ruoles?" Yuki slammed both her feet into the body of one ot the bugs, bouncing off it and landind between them and the cops. "Hello, fellow officers! Anybody called for an exterminator?" "...but you're dressed as a spider..." Burn. "Hey! I'm the only one who can crack one-liners here, pal!"

GM POST Otaku growled as the Tripod blared a breach warning. His finger was reaching for button before the shock of Breakdown's blow knocked him out of his seat. He pressed a button on his wrist. "ANGELS! We have a problem. Get out there and solve it!" "Hai, Master Otaku!" As the voice of the Angel Androids leader, Aki, confirmed his order, Otaku slowly climbed back into his chair. Meanwhile, the Bugbots continued their rampage. Several of hem that was chasing Breakidown, took desparate measures, leaping at the Teen's new location. Several made it, but others narrowlw missed, dropping from the sky and onto the cars below! On the Ground, the Bugbots continue to cut into cars with what look like weilding torches and metal Pinchers. Some of he cars and vans have people in them, screaming to get out! The few Police Officers that ARe on the scene are shooting at a couple that are approaching their cars. the bullets are bbouncing off them!

Toughness roll. On a a status of Disabled, a hole will form for Breakdown to get through: (1d20+14=18) And since I can't allow things to be THAT easy so early on. Re-roll (Breakdown gets a hero point) The Re-Roll (1d20+14=24) So Doc Otaku is stunned. (The Tripod, not Him.) Going on to the Bugbots, A few leaps onto he Tripod with Breakdown and are moving towards him. They'll reach him next turn. The others are continuing their programming, whatever that is. Be mindful of some of the desasters. Opportunities for Hero Points!. Razor, you're up!

After securing her civilian clothes underneath a girder, Yukio began leaping amidst the steel under frame of the bridge, reaching the the egdge and wallcrawling up to see... Sparta. Robots (were they Robots?), that looked like bugs (Bugs? Ewww...), were crawling all over the place, biting and snatching away pieces of cars and trucks and whatever was on the bridge. It was like something off an anime she watched on the net. She slowly crawled up and ducked behind a car. Due to a lack of buildings, Web-swinging was a limited option at best. Looks like her agility would have to be enough. Okay Yuki, in 3... 3... 1...

Well All Yuki can do fairly is move from under the bridge to the top via leapimg. End of turn. Breakdown is up.

Init Time! Breakdown already has 27. Otaku's init roll (1d20+3=15) Bugbots Init. (1d20=14) And for good measure... Tarantula's Init Roll (1d20+18=31) INIT and Conditions: Tarantula (31) Undamaged, no HP (used for Quick Change) Breakdown (27) Undamaged, 1 HP Doc Otaku (15) Bugbots (14) Need Razor Wing's Init roll.

GM POST Doc Otaku Inside his Tripod Walker, Otaku turned in his chair and listened to the infidel speaking something or another. Not worth a response. Instead he adjusted some targeting co-ordinates and a dozen Bugbots began climbing up the side of the Bridge Tower after him. "You all think that behind your precious Freedom League, that you're safew and cozy. You think that they can save you from your own ignorance and your own hypocrisy. You're wrong. Watch as my Bug-Bots dismantle your precious cars! watch as the fruits of my genius will turn your own technology against you!" All around the Giant Tripod Walker, the Bugbots begin cutting and bitting into cars, taking them apart all over the bridge.

There was already panic on the bus. "OH MY GOD!!!" "WE'RE GOING TO DIE!!!" "I NEVER STOPPEd BEING A VIRGIN!!!" "ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH!!!!" Mr. Hoover bellowed his deep Voice over the bus. "Okay here is how we'll handle this. As of this moment the personn sitting next to you is your partner. We're going to exit from the back and walk to the other side of the... what is it Jeremy?" "Uhm... Yukio was sitting next to me..." "What do you mean 'was'..." It was true. The bus that was carrying students of Frederick Roosevelt High from a school trip was missing one student. A student who snuck out the back during the confusion, crawled underneath the bridge and switched to more... comfortable clothing. Not once did she consider the fact that she didn't have an excuse for disapearing, the people on that bridge needs her, and darn it... she was going to help them...

OOC thread for Battle of the Century... bridge.

GM POST Century Bridge, Between Kingston and Port Royal over the Century narrows “This is Chip Chopper, high in the sky in the Channel Four Action News Copter!†“We’re broadcasting live from above the Century Bay Bridge, and I’m telling you it’s a madhouse down there! Take it from me folks, it’s going to be more than the usual rush hour slow down today!†“There’s a swarm of… what look like bugs, big metal bugs, crawling up out of the bay. Each one is as big as a car. They climbed right up the bridge tower, and now they’re spread out across the road, right in the middle of traffic. All lanes have screeched to a halt, and there are collisions and fender-benders everywhere!†“I can see something else moving down there, something bigger than the bugs... (Get me a close-up Fred!) … It’s striding among the smashed cars, now it’s stepping right over a jack-knifed truck. It’s big all right! It’s got long legs, and some kind of transparent dome at the top. I can see someone inside! Someone at the controls of that thing… Sorry folks >brrzzz< we’re getting a lot of >brrzzz< (Fred! Can’t you clean up that signal?) There’s some kind of interference… >brrzzzzzzzz<†The news broadcast disappears in a wash of static, replaced by the blurry image of a Boy’s face. “You think I don’t know? Do you think I haven’t heard, your mocking, your ridicule? As though even a single one of you were fit to judge to me, yes, even YOU Daedalus, to fathom the depths of my brilliance. Oh how you’ve laughed, you petty insects.†“Will you still laugh when my Bugbot horde sweeps over this city? I think not. And this city is only the beginning, only the beginning. You have mocked me for too long. Now the day has come when you will pay. You will pay dearly.†“Let the world know, let all the world know, that the moment of their conquest is at hand! This day, Dr. Otaku shall be your master!â€Â

Players Name: Josh Power Level: 10 Trade-Offs: -2 Attack for +2 Damage, -2 Defense for +2 Toughness Unspent PP: Characters Name: Yofune Ryujin Alternate Identity: Height: 5'9" Weight: 215 Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Description: (Left: Yofune, Right: Her sister, Kiyo) It's often joked that Yofune is the 'masculine' of the two despite Kiyo's tomboyish nature. This stems from Yofune's neverwearing make-up and the way she wears her hair freely. She wears pants 90% of the time and rarely if ever dresses casual. It's possible that this may stem from herleg injury and the fact that she is still ashamed of the appearence of the wooden appendage that she chooses to wear pants over a skirt. History: Yofune and Kiyo Ryujin were raised by snakes. Their mother was a Yakuza enforcer and their father was the head of an expanding Yakuza family in Freedom City. There birth was a secret, one that their parents took to the grave, as they were gunned down in a bloody battle between Coda and Silencer. The shambles of their family packed up and prepared to leave Freedom but Silencer wasn't done. Not knowing that the children (the twins) was on board, Silencer hijacked and sabortaged the plane, ultimately causng it to crash outside Freedom city limits. Yofune and Kiyo, along with their uncle, were the only survivors and Yufune hip was crushed in the crash (she was later amputated. As fate would have it, the crash landing occured just outside a secret SHADOW encampment where the Twins and their uncle recieved special treatment in exchange for the resources that survived the wreck. Unable to return to Japan on their own, the Uncle, along with the twins had no choice but to cast their lot into SHADOW. While Kiyo eventually drifted into the now defunct Ninja force in shadow, yofune's options were limited. She was now handicapped with an organic wooden leg (a technological wonder. It organically grew as her body grew so that it never needed to be replaced). This limited her physically and left her with nothing to do but strengthen the one aspect thast was left... her mind. She joined the officer training program in Shadow. There she learned organization tactics, using big business to cover operations, how to use and delegate middlemen to take the heat off you and other tactics she took to heart. She soon was near the top of her class (she had nothing to do but study anyway), passing the course and was sent to Japan to apply what she learned at the age of 17. As a SHADOW plant, she was placed inside an American Import/Export comapny (Sisco Inc.). Hewr cover was that as an advisor to the CEO who was being investigated for embezzlement of funds. With Shadow's help, Yofune was eventually placed as co-CEO and eventually CEO itself while her predecessor was put away on the criminal charges (with falsified evidence). UYsing Sisco Inc, Yofune began to tap into her Yakuza roots, establishing connections to the Yakuza families in Lower Japan. This, combined with her links to Shadow, lead to Yofune gaining almost unlimited power amongst the Yakuza. At least for the time being. Desaster struck again, when an Aegis sting shutdown the Shadow cell thaty Yofune was working with. Her training saved her from being arrested, but now her shadow connection was severed, as she was splintered from Shadow (common Shadow procedure to avoid detection. As a burn agent, she had nothing left but the Yakuza and she needed something, a show of force, to prove to the families that she was still just as, if not MORE dangerous, then she was with Shadow. It was here that she was re-united with Kiyo, who also was struck by misfortune. The elite Ninja unit she was working for was compromised and scattered due to another Aegis sting. Like Yufone, Kiyo was now a burn agent, selling her skills as a ninja to the highest bidder. It was when Yufone learned that Kiyo was still incontact with other rogue ninja mercs that an idea popped into her head... Hireing the ninjas, Yufone once again had a weapon of over whelming power. And it was a silent one. While Yufone worked on expanding Sisco Inc (gathering more money to fund her operations), She had Kiyo run a shadow operation. A huge crimewave that consisted of arson, theft, drug trafficking, you name it, her fingers were in it. And thanks to the ninja's natural affinity to stealth, Kiyo (and ultimately Yofune) were left clean as a whistle. Yofune managed to get an iron finger into the pie of the Japanese underworld and with the limitless resource in her disposal, she had her sights set on the one place where the Yakuza were constantly beaten back on every front: America. But this time, things would be different. Using her training gained from Shadow, Yofune entered America through a coperate expansion... she bought off two more American Import Export Businesses and through those, secretly leached Yakuza Elements into America. She now had Yakuza cells in Florida, New York and Freedom City. Stationing her main base of operations in Freedom, Yofune aims to ultimately push out the Mafia and gain control of the Freedom city underworld. Personality & Motivation: Yofune is an intense and cutthroat individual who shows no loyalty save her sister. There's even rumours that she may had eventually cut ties to SHADOW themseves if she didn't have need for their resources. She understands the concept of expendibility, often ready to tear down what she built if it would lead to greater gains in the fututre (a lesson she has learned from losing her own leg). To this end, she is not squeamish when t comes to crushing lives to promote good business. Yufone watches the brutal acts of her sister without batting an eyelash, since she knows how effective they are. Plus they often keeps Heroes of her back. Ultimately, Yofune goal is to accomplish what her parents failed to do: establish Yakuza dominance in America. This goal would have been obtainable if it wasn't been for her one weakness: her obsession with Freedom City. She just HAVE to have Freedom City as her foothold, the one city that even her parents failed to take over. Powers & Tactics: She may not be the most physically powerful opponent heroes will ever face, but she’s no pushover, even versus super-powered heroes. She has economic, social, and political power that’s undeniable. When Yofune decides to pay attention to someone who is becoming a thorn to her side, he/she/it should be very careful. Yofune's hired hands and informants are everywhere, and while they may not always be able to overpower her enemies on their own, they can be a serious threat as a group. Yofune is known for “attacking†from directions that people don’t normally expect, like through acquaintances, friends, and loved ones. Yofune's favorite attack is blackmail, where she forces her enemies to hurt themselves if they chose to go after her by attacking their own pride (secret identity or if they have a public identity, she attacks their reputation). When worse comes to worst, Yufone isn’t above calling in specialists to get the job done. She’ll hire anyone from super-powered thugs, to assassins, to sneak-thieves in order to get what she wants, usually through middlemen, so the deed can’t be traced directly back to her. She is synonymous to 'frustration', as it will be very difficult to pin anything on her. After all, she isn't physically commiting any crime. Complications: Stats: 8+2+6+12+10+14 = 52pp Str: 18 (+4) Dex: 12 (+1) Con: 16 (+3) Int: 22 (+6) Wis: 20 (+5) Cha: 24 (+7) Combat: 12+24 = 36pp Attack: +8 Grapple: +12 Defense: +8 (+4 flat-footed) Knockback: -5 Initiative: +1 Saves: 7+5+5 = 17pp Toughness: +11 (+3 Con, +8 other) Fortitude: +10 (+3 Con, +7) Reflex: +6 (+1 Dex, +5) Will: +10 (+5 Wis, +5) Skills: 120r = 30pp Bluff 8 (+15), Concentration 4 (+9), Diplomacy 8 (+15), Gather Information 8 (+15), Intimidate 8 (+15), Knowledge (business, civics, current events, streetwise, tactics) 8 (+13), Languages 5 (Chinese, French, Japanese, Russian), Notice 4 (+9), Perform (oratory) 8 (+15), Profession (importer/exporter) 8 (+13), Profession (criminal) 8 (+13), Search 4 (+10), Sense Motive 8 (+13) Feats: 48pp All-Out Attack, Benefit-Get out of Jail Free Card * Benefitâ€â€Status (social elite), Benefitâ€â€Wealthy 3 (wealth bonus 22), Connected, Contacts, Defensive Roll 8, Distract 2, Equipment 6**, Fearsome Presence 2 (10 ft., DC 12), Inspire, Leadership, Master Plan, Well-Informed * Yofune has the best Lawyers money can buy and a ton of money to bribe city officials. If she wants someone out of jail, she can usually pull it off. **Equipment points used when needed. Equipment 6 provides 30 ep's to be used. Powers: 0+0+0 = 0pp Device 2 (electro-cane; easy to lose) 6pp Strike 12 (Flaws: Unreliableâ€â€5 uses) Strike 4 (Feat: Mighty) 5pp Drawbacks: 0+0+0 = 0pp DC Block: Electro-cane --- 27/Toughness --- Bruised, Staged Strike 4 --- 23/Toughness --- Bruised, Staged Costs: Abilities (52) + Combat (32) + Saves (17) + Skills (30) + Feats (29) + Powers (11) - Drawbacks (00) = 0pp

Sandstone was getting pissed now. Wordlessly she caused her fist to grow in size and sent it towards Tarrantula. The fist opened in an attempt to gra her, but missed. Badly.

Yuki has now, officially, crapped out her cornflakes. Ah, the beautiy of a full faced mask, as it covered the mask underneath: the mask of absolute terror. Many times people has made idle threats of squashing her like the bug she portrayed... but now this Sandstone may do it literally. "Champion? Everyone knows those fights are staged." For the record, Yuki had no idea what the heck Circuit Maximus was. All she was focuse on was trying to vary her attacks. Using her fists was no go... perhaps... Concentrating, she shot a wide glob of webbing right at Sandstone... and Groaned inwards as she saw that same glob miss the giant woman. Sandstone formed a hole in her chest that the glob went through, plastering harmlessly onto the wall behind her. "Besides, it'll take more then showmanship skills to defeat me. It'll take... well... It'll take more then a paper championship, that's for sure!"

Round 4: Yuki (no damage, 2 hp): Snare Attempt, DC 18. (1d20+13=15) ((Note: I goofed. The DC is 15. Sandstones defense is 20 minus 5 due to falling for the Acrobatic bluff. So this is a hit.)) Sandstone's Reflex save vs. DC 19 snare. (1d20+8=25) Sandstone avoids the snare. EDIT: I also forgot to implant Yuki's -2 modifier for being intimidated. The Snare missed anyway, so no harm, no foul. Uses Super-Movement (swinging), to stay in the air. (32 feet) Sandstone: Grapple Attempt. First, Attack Roll. DC 26 (1d20+10=16). It's a miss thus Grapple fails. Sandstone moves closer to Yuki.

The next to last statement, the one about not knowing who she was, set Sandstone off. "Who Ami I?" Sandstone's Body began to grow, as she began to spread the loose particles of sand, as well as some of the sedatives in the alley, along her form. She now was four times her original size, each fist the size of Tarrantula. "The name is Sandstone. Undefeated champion of Circuit Maximus. Un. Defeated. Any questions?"