Insanowar, OR The Most Gloriously Violent Crossover Imaginable

[Rutskarn]

Welcome to Insanowar

Da Rules:

1.) There are five players, each of which represent a commander of their army.

2.) Each player takes turns choosing some powerful character, semi-powerful group of characters, or large mob of expendable non-characters from any sort of media. Examples: The TMNTs, a Dreadnought from 40K, a mob of kobolds.

3.) When each player has 10 selections, the game begins.

4.) A map will be provided showing the layout of the battlefield. Each person will have a base of operations with which they can wage war. Note that each base is about 2 turns away from each other.

5.) A static turn order is established. In each turn, the player dictates what their troops are doing, as far as the opponent can see. Secret actions need not be reported (although it is good sportsmanship to give hints as to what your are planning).

6.) When troops engage, the person whose turn the engagement took place on decides the outcome, which will usually NOT be all one way. If there is any friendly dispute (and the dispute WILL be friendly, or else), other players/playgrounders chime in with their opinions. If no consensus is reached, it's a 50/50 slaughter.

7.) The winner is the one who wins.

Da Guidelinez:

1.) You can't choose anyone TOO powerful. No gods, demigods, anything like that. Make it something that's about the same power level as the other troops on the field.

2.) Don't be a jerk. The objective here is to have fun--frankly, who wins and who loses is pretty arbitrary anyway. This game is definitely straddling the line between Silly and Structured.

3.) Respect Awesomeness. If a player is pulling off something that's just too awesome to believe, that should aid his victory.

4.) Enjoy yourself. Seriously, guys.

Alright, I'd like to be in the starting rotation. Anyone else interested in being one of the four other warlords, or perhaps applying for a judging position?

[Rutskarn]

(this post reserved for army lists)

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[Reinholdt]

Hmm. Sounds interesting enough. I'll join as a Warlord.
*runs off to plot army ideas cackling madly in the meantime*

[Rutskarn]

Glad to have you aboard.

*Reinholdt joins the game*

[D_Lord]

I want in as Khrima, http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/Malkesh/Khrima4.gif
from Adventurers!

[Rutskarn]

Two more free spots. Who else wants a piece of the brawl?

[Murska]

This will be interesting to watch but I won't participate. Not imaginative enough. I'll be rooting for Reinholdt, at least from the current players. :smallsmile:

[Uncle Festy]

This looks like it's gonna be awesome.
*lurks with Murska*

[Rutskarn]

This looks like it's gonna be awesome.


Don't you mean...

INSANE?

Or awesome. Okay, both work.

[Recaiden]

I'll try. IN!

[Rutskarn]

Room for one more, folks! Who's in?

[TFT]

*lurks*

...What, I'm not savvy enough to actually play this.

[Selrahc]

Yeah okay. I'll join.

Although "too powerful" might need to be expanded on...

[Fan]

If this will have multiple rounds I'll join the next one.
If not as all spots are taken *lurks*

[Istari]

I just lurk and volunteer random army selection suggestions

[Dr. Bath]

Dangit, stupid 'morning people' I'll play next time Gadget! Next tiiime! In the meantime I'll shout things from the sidelines.

You want a christmas tree formation with linebackers backing the line of tees. FORE! And that's how you should be able to win.

[Murska]

I might join next time aswell, depending on how it goes. I'll be playing an Orkz army so don't steal it, please? :smallamused:

[Rutskarn]

Alright, awesome, our roster is full!

Let's take a look at unit selection:

A good baseline for a Insanowar unit selection is: a level 17 or so mage. He can wreak great devastation, and has some neat special abilities, but is very much mortal. Any selection (whether one unit or a group of units) should basically be like this guy.

If that's not a good enough explanation, just follow suit from the units already chosen.

Alright, our turn order for selecting units is:

Rutskarn
Reinholdt
Khrima (D_Lord)
Recaiden
Selrahc

I'll make the first selection, then Reinholdt.

If necessary, provide some sort of link or description of your selection.

5 semi-powerful Jedi Knights

Self explanatory.

@\/ See, that's a good selection right there. Can be used very well, but not godlike.

(Unless you abuse his I-already-planned-thisification. Remember, even Da Batz is mortal)

[Reinholdt]

Batman

If I have to explain this one to you, then I've already won.

^ Heh. I'll remember, don't worry about me.

[Selrahc]

A good baseline for a Insanowar unit selection is: a level 17 or so mage. He can wreak great devastation, and has some neat special abilities, but is very much mortal. Any selection (whether one unit or a group of units) should basically be like this guy.

I think I get what you mean, but there are a lot of people on this forum who'd say a level 17 mage is a nigh unkillable superbeing, fully capable of destroying worlds.

[Reinholdt]

I think I get what you mean, but there are a lot of people on this forum who'd say a level 17 mage is a nigh unkillable superbeing, fully capable of destroying worlds.
But he's not. Catch him in his sleep and he's useless. Antimagic field? Useless. There's all sorts of ways to beat up such a mage, even if the mage is prepared.

Just like Batman. Some would mistakenly call him a god, but he's been beat before. Badly. Good, but in no way invincible.

And two level 17 mages going at it? Who knows what will happen? :smallbiggrin:

V Who? :smallconfused:

[Dallas-Dakota]

Unless we're talking about the milenium batman, the milenium batman is waaay overpowered.

[Murska]

Where was that post again about the mage turning some metal or something into antimatter, thus annihilating entire worlds with minimum strength needed...

EDIT: WHY OH WHY can't I ever spell strength properly... :smallannoyed:

[D_Lord]

Argent, the Khaos General.
Edit, found better pictures of Khrima and Argent.
http://adventurers-comic.com/art/fan/khrima_jonathan.jpg http://adventurers-comic.com/art/silverhaired_dmscv.jpg

[Recaiden]

A few(how many is too strong?) Harbringer robots (http://supcom.wikia.com/wiki/Aeon_T3_Heavy_Assault_Bot) from Supreme Commander.

[Rutskarn]

A few(how many is too strong?) Harbringer robots (http://supcom.wikia.com/wiki/Aeon_T3_Heavy_Assault_Bot) from Supreme Commander.

Hm, it's difficult for me to say, not having played.

Let's say two.

(note that once everyone's made their initial selections, we start picking two units per turn.)

[D_Lord]

Just remembered, mostly likely shouldn't have Khrima in final boss form, that one cracked the disk(Video Game world, he cracked the game disk with an attack) and so that form is way too powerful for this.

[Murska]

Hm, it's difficult for me to say, not having played.

Let's say two.

(note that once everyone's made their initial selections, we start picking two units per turn.)

Harbingers are pretty basic units for Tier 3 in the game. They are quite resilient and can do okay damage but are nothing game-changing and need large numbers if you want to win a battle with them.

[Selrahc]

I'll go for the Runaways (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaways_(comics)) if that isn't too powerful.

EDIT: Current line up.

[Rutskarn]

Alright, now for the second round of selections. Each of us chooses two selections this round.

The Nodwick Party (Yeager, Artax, Piffany, Nodwick)

Black Hat Guy from xkcd.

[Reinholdt]

Dr. McNinja (http://www.drmcninja.com/index.html)

James Bond

Aww man. Black Hat guy is going to be a nightmare. :smalleek:

[D_Lord]

I want all of Khrima's Orbital Lazors, or at least an launch system to put some up into orbit.
http://www.adventurers-comic.com/comics/adventurers20050709a.gif

[Recaiden]

? Elaine Roberts (http://xkcd.com/342/) from XKCD

A lancer from Battle Engine Aquila (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Engine_Aquila)

Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts
2. 2 Harbingers
3. Lancer Battle Engine
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[Selrahc]

Doctor Doom is unbeatable....
Except by The Fantastic 4.

If I have them both on my team, that should ensure victory. :smallamused:

[Rutskarn]

Alright, but careful with Dr. Doom there. Remember, even he is fallible.

Okay, this round, each person selects three.

Atomic Robo (from the comic series Atomic Robo), Weapons Included
Sam and Max, Freelance Police
Gordon Mothafrickin' Freeman and DOG.

[Reinholdt]

Revolver Ocelot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_Ocelot)

A Yeti soccer group

A group of 6 randomly selected pokemon still in their pokeballs (*crosses fingers* PleasenotMagikarp PleasenotMagikarp PleasenotMagikarp…)

[D_Lord]

How about some 6 feet tall frogs about 4 or 5,
One Igor,
and two goblin mine setters

[Recaiden]

Edward Elric (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Elric) from Fullmetal Alchemist - Short, robotic arm and leg, transmutes things.

The Schiff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Blood%2B_characters#Moses) from Blood+: Moses, Karman, Lulu, and Irene. Vampires. Slowly turn into crystal. Fast, drink blood, die in sunlight (slowly, more than a few seconds is lethal but they don't die immediately)

30-50 Zerglings from Starcraft.

Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts - XKCD
2. Lancer Batlle Engine - Battle Engine Aquila
3. Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist
4. 2 Harbringers - Supreme Commander
5. Schiff - Blood+
6. 30-50 zerglings - Starcraft
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[Selrahc]

Time to branch out from Marvel Comics... With lots of power armour.

Ragnar Blackmane and his Wolf Guard from Warhammer 40K
Master Chief and a squad of Spartans from Halo
Rhombus and a Squad of Brotherhood of Steel paladins from Fallout 1

[Rutskarn]

Alright, final round, folks!

This round, pick four selections.

I choose:

The Team Fortress 2 Classes

Serenity and her crew

50 Imperial Guardsmen (let's be frank, that's about as tough as three vagrants with switchblades)

Liberty Prime from Fallout 3

And that's it for me! Final selections, folks!

[Reinholdt]

Running out of cool ideas... um... *flees back to his video games for inspiration*

Samus Aran

Star Fox team in their arwings... minus Slippy. I KILLLLED him.

Richard (http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/latest) That homicidal maniac of a Warlock.

And I guess I still need some sort of actual army...
A werewolf lynch mob Those guys can lynch anyone and are willing. They're really rather scary when you think about it. :smalleek:

[Selrahc]

Hey, I've got a question... Do we have supplies? Like a lab in our bases, replacement ammo and weapons for our mooks?

Are there any neutral objectives on the battlefield to be taken over?
(Perhaps some of the people who aren't playing could volunteer to create some of those for our armies to take over...)

[Rutskarn]

Actually, I am going to provide a map later on. That will hopefully clear up questions regard the bases as well.

[D_Lord]

Lets see, how about all of Khrimas K-army, they're weak enough for me to have all of them.
http://www.adventurers-comic.com/comics/0286.GIF
http://www.adventurers-comic.com/comics/0366.GIF
The NRG. Demon http://www.adventurers-comic.com/comics/0268.GIF
And for fun I'll throw in the Ax
http://www.adventurers-comic.com/comics/0356.GIF

[Rutskarn]

Gonna need one more there, Big D.

[D_Lord]

Huh? I thought I picked all I could already.

[Rutskarn]

The last round was a selection of 4.

Oh, wait. Was Khrima your first selection?

If so, you're full up, yeah. Otherwise, you get one more selection.

[Recaiden]

Light Yagami (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Yagami) from Death Note. Book kills people whose names are written in it. Ridiculously complicated plans.

The Bebop and its crew from Cowboy Bebop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_bebop)

A pack of tiberium fiends (http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Tiberium_wildlife#Tiberium_Fiend) from Tiberian Sun

As many flash attack tanks as I can have (20, 50, 100?) from Total Annihalation. Weak, fast, shoot small round projectiles at high speed.

Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts - XKCD
2. Lancer Batlle Engine - Battle Engine Aquila
3. Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist
4. 2 Harbringers - Supreme Commander
5. Schiff - Blood+
6. 30-50 zerglings - Starcraft
7. Light Yagami - Death Note
8. The Bebop and crew - Cowboy Bebop
9. Tiberium Fiends - Tiberian Sun
10. Flash tanks - Total Annihalation

[Selrahc]

The Doctor and the TARDIS (Doctor Who)
Agatha Heterodyne, Zeetha and Krosp, and I hope Agatha has access to a lab or this is going to be a really rubbish pick... Although I guess there is always salvage. (Girl genius)
Dante (Devil May Cry)
Metal gear Rex (Metal Gear Solid)

[D_Lord]

I'm thinking Light is just alittle too powerful for this. Maybe you should choose someone else.

[Rutskarn]

Yeah, or else your entire strategy is pretty much gonna boil down to writing the names of various tough units in the book.

Unless you can handicap it somehow?

[Selrahc]

Is this a perfectly ordinary kid with an automatic kill that takes place on people a few days after he writes their name in the book, and only if he knows their real names? Because if so, that sounds pretty useless to me.

If on the other hand, you can write a vague description and have people drop dead instantly, then yeah, the guy should be booted.

[Reinholdt]

He has to know their real names and be able to visualize their face. Absolute god against some, utterly useless against others.

[Rutskarn]

Okay, I'll allow it. But don't be surprised if he gets sought and destroyed real, real fast.

Okay! We're all picked! I'll upload the map later and update the army lists later, and then we can begin.

If you want anything clarified, now's the time.

[Reinholdt]

Yeah. Question about Dr. Who. I don't watch it so...

But I've heard he's the guy who regenerates every time he gets killed. That true?

If so, I'll need a sneaky plot...

[Rutskarn]

Yeah. Question about Dr. Who. I don't watch it so...

But I've heard he's the guy who regenerates every time he gets killed. That true?

If so, I'll need a sneaky plot...

We'll go ahead and waive that one.

[Reinholdt]

We'll go ahead and waive that one.
*shrugs* Is fine by me. Just plotting. Scheming and plotting and intel gathering.

*rubs hands together*

Of course, I have absolutely no clue about most of D_Lord's picks...

[Selrahc]

He has to know their real names and be able to visualize their face. Absolute god against some, utterly useless against others.

Yeah I found a site with the rules... (http://www.deathnote.com.au/rules/ )

And it doesn't sound too bad. The fact that you need names, faces, and for the intended victim to be human make it a lukewarm threat to my team at least.

Looking at my team, I'll eliminate those who would get away with things pretty easily:
Doctor Doom is constantly in a metal faceplate.
The Brotherhood and the Spartans also wear facemasks, and it would be pretty hard to find out their names.
The Space Marines aren't really human, neither is The Doctor, Dante, Krosp, Xavin, Karolina, Old Lace or Victor.
The Fantastic Four use codenames.
REX is a big feck off mech, not a person.

Of my picks, only a handful of Runaways, Agatha and Zeetha are in any danger.




We'll go ahead and waive that one.

Wha? Why? Doctor Who is a non combatant schemer, scientist and spanner in the works, does it matter if he is a bit more resilient than your average boffin/meddler?

[Rutskarn]

Wha? Why? Doctor Who is a non combatant schemer, scientist and spanner in the works, does it matter if he is a bit more resilient than your average boffin/meddler?

We're just waiving the part where he comes back to life.

Otherwise, he's solid.

[D_Lord]

This is a good use of the Karmy, names and faces are hard to find. the more powerful units on the other hand might have problems, most of my chooses are from ADVENTURES! (http://www.adventurers-comic.com/), not sure if Khrima is human, or was human, he had a few accidents with very powerful artifacts, most of them had him breaking it. One question do we from the start know the names of the oppentents in the game, or not?

[Selrahc]

We're just waiving the part where he comes back to life.

Otherwise, he's solid.

Aww... I was looking forward to a Doctor Who and the Curse of the Fatal Death (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TXRmpm0MEMY) style farce of regenerations. :smallfrown:

[Recaiden]

I'm fine with replacing Light.

How about Takeo Tsurumaru and Hoshimaru from Shadow Star? Actually, they might also be overpowered.

A normal choice:Diana Pryde and Horse from Battletech, with a Nova and a Summoner

[Selrahc]

No... go with Light... After all, we know the guy who is really in danger is Bond, James Bond (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nFZtMWs31oo) :smalltongue:

[PhantomFox]

Out of curiosity since I'm not playing, would Samus Aran count as one slot, or could Samus, Rundas, Ghor, and Gandrayda be a squad?

*has just finished a playthrough of MP:3*

[Rutskarn]

Samus Aran can kick enough tail, thanks. We don't need her as part of a squad.

[Darkcomet]

Another question: Would Emperor Palpatine count as one by himself, or would he need Darth Vader too?

[Rutskarn]

Palpatine and Darth Vader together? Eh, that would probably be too powerful.

Either one of those could take out 5 jedi knights, which is my baseline so far.

[Darkcomet]

Palpatine might be overpowered by himself... Vader at least has a critical weakness (electricity).

[Selrahc]

Samus Aran can kick enough tail, thanks. We don't need her as part of a squad.

Uh that sounds like I shouldn't be taking the Fantastic Four... Which actually sounds about right.

If you want me to I'll swap them out.

[Rutskarn]

Uh that sounds like I shouldn't be taking the Fantastic Four... Which actually sounds about right.

If you want me to I'll swap them out.

Nah, Samus could probably take the entire F4.

They're powerful, but without their base, labs, and super gadgets, they're basically a moderately powerful superhero group.

[Selrahc]

Nah, Samus could probably take the entire F4.

They're powerful, but without their base, labs, and super gadgets, they're basically a moderately powerful superhero group.

I seriously doubt that Samus could take out the entire FF... In fact I'd put good money on the Invisible Woman being able to take her on solo.

The others would definitely lose a one on one, but are about the level of the other guys in Samus's merc team.

EDIT: In fact that sounds like a good fight... The force fields and blasts of the Invisible Woman up against the force fields and blasts of Samus; the ice of Rundas against the fire of Johnny, the brute force of Thing and Ghor, the malleable forms of Reed and Gandrayda... looks like a pretty darn decent power matchup.

[PhantomFox]

Shoot, in Haloid she fought Master Chief to a draw.

[Aether]

Samus has a variety of beams, visors, and upgrades depending on which version it is... Each game gives her the upgrades to deal with the enemies.

She usually has a visor that can detect invisible, or phased, or dimensionally shifted opponents... Heating/freezing beams.. electrical beams...

Samus might be able to take out the F4... IF it is a version that has the right upgrades to deal with them... and IF she fights them one-on-one and can repair/restock in between battles.

Maybe the team from Metroid Prime 3 could be a good match. Or you could give Samus her gunship. Her ship restocks/repairs her gear, can lift things, can fire off a couple bombs... Has FTL, though I doubt that would be needed/used. It's really a glorified transport ship to support one person; Samus. The ship might be more important for restocking and if you get a base for your army, you might not need it.


EDIT: In Haloid, Mounty Oum animated Samus fighting a female Spartan to a draw... It wasn't the Master Chief himself. Although from what I hear, MC's main advantage... is major, massive luck.

[Fan]

You know you are all fools for underestimating Light. If you give him ryuk everybody on his team can have the shinigami eyes, and since you have absolute control over Ryuk you can have him teach everyone how to read the numbers of there own lives, so they know the exact moment they are going to die, and can kamikazi with suicide bombs to take out a few of the opposing team.:smalltongue:'
Thing again I like Light ,and am proly over estimating him, and Ryuk.

[D_Lord]

You know you are all fools for underestimating Light. If you give him ryuk everybody on his team can have the shinigami eyes, and since you have absolute control over Ryuk you can have him teach everyone how to read the numbers of there own lives, so they know the exact moment they are going to die, and can kamikazi with suicide bombs to take out a few of the opposing team.:smalltongue:'
Thing again I like Light ,and am proly over estimating him, and Ryuk.

Do that I'll have Khrima lazor them off the face of the earth, note to self, if that happens sends out only the faceless K-Army guys, and keep that big guys in the base the whole time.

But one key thing, there is no Ryuk. He didn't pick him, so no Ryuk, no shinigami eyes.

[Rutskarn]

Crap, got held up.

Morning, January 3rd. For sure.

[Selrahc]

You know you are all fools for underestimating Light. If you give him ryuk everybody on his team can have the shinigami eyes, and since you have absolute control over Ryuk you can have him teach everyone how to read the numbers of there own lives, so they know the exact moment they are going to die, and can kamikazi with suicide bombs to take out a few of the opposing team.:smalltongue:'
Thing again I like Light ,and am proly over estimating him, and Ryuk.

Well I can see a few problems with that plan...

1. Most of Recaidens team would be much better suited not suicide bombing, since suicide bombing is something which isn't actually of any use in combat.

2. I don't think he has a supply of hundreds of bombs to outfit to all of his soldiers in a pinch.

3. Time is of the essence! This is going to be a battle where things happen, and if what you are doing is spending a few days teaching all your mooks how long they have left to live, then I think you are in serious danger of losing the initiative.

4. I know if I were told I had only a few hours to live, my response wouldn't be to go about with a fanatical zeal, ready to blow myself up at a moments notice. I would try and talk to loved ones, or rail against my fate.

5. On the other hand, if it turned out I had ages left to live, I think that could seriously impair combat performance, as people take stupid risks, in the knowledge that they can't die. And then instead of dying they get knocked out, and interrogated. Or critically injured and forced into intensive care. Or turned into a Jaeger. There are a lot of things that can happen to you without you dying, but knowing that you won't die can still make you sloppy.

So yeah, tactically ineffective, relies on weapons that he doesn't have, loses him the initiative, of potentially devastating psychological impact. I don't think that that would be the best use of Light's skills....

[Rutskarn]

Alright, folks, here's the map!

http://www.chocolatehammer.org/wp-content/gallery/general/insanowarmap.jpg

Top Base is mine. The other bases are assigned as per turn order, counterclockwise. The field is littered with rocks, many of which are large enough to provide cover.

The field is otherwise flat. I figured we'd start with a simple map to iron out all the little snags, then later matches would have complex terrain.

Each base is blocked off by two massive gates, which can be magically opened by the psychic powers of the warlord who owns them or nonmagically opened by a hell of a lot of concentrated, sustained firepower. Neither base can be teleported, flown, or passed ethereally into. You can fly/teleport/pass ethereally out of your own base.

Each base is a tower, very solid, containing:

1.) A ground floor, used as a combination garage and hangar

2.) A second floor, a sprawling barracks

3.) A third floor, a metalworker's shop.

4.) A fourth floor, a big empty space.

Also, each base is stocked with enough lumber to build a small cabin, enough iron to build a few machines, and enough electronics supplies to make a couple basic computers. To get any more, you'll have to raid the stash of an opponent.

In addition, each base is stocked with 15 laborers. These laborers are magic constructs, and cannot fight, be used as shields, or contribute in any way to the conflict besides doing simple construction and simple repairs. They can be killed, easily.

Any questions, last minute changes, or comments before I post the final lists and begin?

[Selrahc]

There is no ceiling is there?
Can we mine out rock?
Drastically rearrange the battlefield in any other way?
Are the bases invulnerable?
How are we handling time travel? I've got two groups that can time travel, the Runaways and the Doctor... should I just not use that ability?

[Rutskarn]

There is no ceiling is there?
Can we mine out rock?
Drastically rearrange the battlefield in any other way?
Are the bases invulnerable?
How are we handling time travel? I've got two groups that can time travel, the Runaways and the Doctor... should I just not use that ability?

There is a ceiling.

Yes, but it's just plain sandstone, and it's scattered.

Sure.

No, but they are pretty damn solid.

I would probably not, just because that would get real confusing, real fast.

Maybe you can use it so that each unit gets one mulligan, if it looks like they'd have time to claim it.

[D_Lord]

What kind of machines? Khrima knows how to make some really odd stuff. Magic toaster with a god complex for one example.

[Selrahc]

There is a ceiling.

So we are in some sort of big cavern... interesting, rules out any sort of artillery or airforce.


Sure.


Right, so if I wanted to dig a tunnel under the enemy base in order to collapse it, that would be okay?

Any plant life?
Water features?
I guess we have enough supplies in our base to last for a while?

[Reinholdt]

So we are in some sort of big cavern... interesting, rules out any sort of artillery or airforce.
*looks at Star Fox airforce he brought*
Ummm...
Hmm...

[Selrahc]

*looks at Star Fox airforce he brought*
Ummm...
Hmm...

I'm feeling the same way about Rex. I wanted it to be a long range artillery piece, but it's just going to end up as a gate guard.

[Rutskarn]

@ D: Probably nothing terribly complex or world-shattering.




Right, so if I wanted to dig a tunnel under the enemy base in order to collapse it, that would be okay?

Any plant life?
Water features?
I guess we have enough supplies in our base to last for a while?

Yes, but you'd have to start tunneling inside the gates. Forgot to mention, no tunneling under the outer defenses.

Plant life: nasty, shriveled shrubs that poke out of the dirt every so often.

Water: not on this map, no. There's ground water, but that's it.

Supplies: conveniently forgotten by all parties, a non-issue. Unless food is part of the character somehow (i.e, Popeye's spinach), it's not really considered.

[Recaiden]

Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts - XKCD
2. Lancer Battle Engine - Battle Engine Aquila
3. Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist
4. 2 Harbringers - Supreme Commander
5. Schiff - Blood+
6. 30-50 zerglings - Starcraft
7. Light Yagami - Death Note
8. The Bebop and crew - Cowboy Bebop
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends - Tiberian Sun
10. 50 Flash tanks - Total Annihalation
Elaboration - Flash tanks are like the zerglings of TA. Tiberium fiends fight by launching toxic crystal spikes at their enemies. Harbringers would repair mechanical units that haven't been destroyed. I only chose light because I was running out of ideas.

The map seems kind of small.
Can we tunnel from our base towards another base?
Can we build other electronic things like cameras, wireless communications?


The lancer, Bebop and harbringers are very large things.
The bebop is larger than my tower. 142 x 69.2 x 45.6 meters is the given size.
Perhaps they only have their 3 fighters and equipment, not the main ship?

[Rutskarn]

Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts - XKCD
2. Lancer Battle Engine - Battle Engine Aquila
3. Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist
4. 2 Harbringers - Supreme Commander
5. Schiff - Blood+
6. 30-50 zerglings - Starcraft
7. Light Yagami - Death Note
8. The Bebop and crew - Cowboy Bebop
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends - Tiberian Sun
10. 50 Flash tanks - Total Annihalation
Elaboration - Flash tanks are like the zerglings of TA. Tiberium fiends fight by launching toxic crystal spikes at their enemies. Harbringers would repair mechanical units that haven't been destroyed. I only chose light because I was running out of ideas.

The map seems kind of small.
Can we tunnel from our base towards another base?
Can we build other electronic things like cameras, wireless communications?


The lancer, Bebop and harbringers are very large things.
The bebop is larger than my tower. 142 x 69.2 x 45.6 meters is the given size.
Perhaps they only have their 3 fighters and equipment, not the main ship?

If you look to the side of the base, there's plenty of free room to store the Bebop.

[Recaiden]

How about my other questions?

[Selrahc]

Can we tunnel from our base towards another base?

We'd be stopped by the gates, which are a real bottleneck to any assault.

[Rutskarn]

Army List
[spoiler]

Can we build other electronic things like cameras, wireless communications?



Sure, although as warlord, you don't need communications to direct your forces.

[Recaiden]

We'd be stopped by the gates, which are a real bottleneck to any assault.

I mean from one side to the other, bypassing the gates.

[Rutskarn]

I'd say probably not. That seems like it'd be too easy.

This first session is very experimental. We can iron out the details after it.

[Darkcomet]

Can I reserve a spot for the next game?

[Rutskarn]

I don't see why not.

So, are we ready, folks?

[Recaiden]

Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts - XKCD
2. Lancer Battle Engine - Battle Engine Aquila
3. Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist
4. 2 Harbringers - Supreme Commander
5. Schiff - Blood+
6. 30-50 zerglings - Starcraft
7. Light Yagami - Death Note
8. The Bebop and crew - Cowboy Bebop
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends - Tiberian Sun
10. 50 Flash tanks - Total Annihalation

READY! My base is in the lower left.

[Selrahc]

1. Runaways
2. Doctor Doom
3. Fantastic Four
4. Master Chief and Spartan Squad
5. Ragnar Blackmane and Wolf Guard
6. Rhombus and Brotherhood of Steel Paladins
7. Dante
8. The Doctor and TARDIS
9. Agatha Heterodyne, Zeetha and Krosp
10. Metal Gear Rex

I'll go for the top right.

[Reinholdt]

1. Samas Aran
2. Dr. McNinja
3. James Bond
4. A Yeti soccer group
5. Revolver Ocelot
6. A group of 6 randomly selected pokemon still in their pokeballs (*crosses fingers* Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp…)
7. Batman
8. Star Fox team in their arwings... minus Slippy
9. Richard
10. A werewolf lynch mob

In random order...
(Rutskarn should probably start us off so we know what we're doing.)

Any base is fine.

[D_Lord]

Army list

1. Khrima
2. Argent
3. The Ax
4. K-army
5. The NRG. Demon
6. 6 Giant Frogs
7. Igor
8. Two goblin mine setters
9. Khrima's Orbital Lazor launch systom
Oppps, I didn't pick an tenth one. How about since this is pretty funny an Giant Robot powered by cereal.
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Any base will work.

[Recaiden]

He already told us our bases. I was just reminding people. Reinholdt is in the upper right, D-lord in the lower right, Selhrac in the upper left, and Rutskarn at the top.

[D_Lord]

I'm rereading it and this is why I'm glad I choose to get an launch system.
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[Rutskarn]

Alright, looks like we're raring to go!

Tonight, after I pop off for dinner, the war...begins!

[Rutskarn]

1. 5 Jedi Knights
2. Nodwick's party
3. Black Hat Guy
4. Atomic Robo
5. Sam and Max
6. Gordon Freeman and DOG
7. Team Fortress 2 Classes
8. The crew of Serenity
9. 50 Imperial Guardsmen
10. Liberty Prime

Alright, let's BEGIN.

The still morning air is broken by the grating of iron gates, lurching open on massive hinges. Dust begins to cloud around the gate as a massive, metal shape rattles out of the gate.

Serenity, grimy metal gleaming in the sun, blasts upwards and outwards, rocketing over the dirt and sending concealing plumes of dust in its wake.

Dark shapes begin to pour out of the gate, indistinct. The battle is being entered.

[D_Lord]

One thing, is the actions all at once, or do we do our actions in turn order?

[Rutskarn]

In turn order.

I believe Reinholdt is next.

[D_Lord]

So wait till tomorrow then.

[Reinholdt]

It seems our foes wish to gain a tactical aerial advantage over us sir.
Then stop them at all costs. The airspace must be ours or kept cleared.
Yes sir.

The front gate opens and engines roar. Out pour the four arwings from the Star Fox team. They immediately spread out, aiming to flank and box in Serenity.

[D_Lord]

Who has the next turn or better show the turn order again?

[Rutskarn]

You, then Recaiden, then Sel.

[Duos]

It's a shame this slipped under my radar. I am so lurking in this thread. Also, If DC's reserving a slot, i'm reserving one too, because nothin' says friendship like smackin' the crap outta someone with a mixed army of whos-who. I'ma coming for yeh, buddy.:smallamused:

[Darkcomet]

Oh, I have plans. There's a reason I reserved the first slot for the next one, you know. Can't have you messing up my plot. :smallamused:

[Fan]

Oh, I have plans. There's a reason I reserved the first slot for the next one, you know. Can't have you messing up my plot. :smallamused:
On the topic of firsts I was here first for the next game *points to first page*
if you want to say firsts..:smalltongue:
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[Darkcomet]

You were? Gack. Well, not telling you what I'm doing. That would be stupid.

But if you pick the one I need for my plot to work... *shakes fist*

Though I don't think it's likely.

[Fan]

You were? Gack. Well, not telling you what I'm doing. That would be stupid.

But if you pick the one I need for my plot to work... *shakes fist*

Though I don't think it's likely.

heh, well most of my picks will be fairly obvious as they are the ones I know most about.
Well, not THAT obvious, but I will have a FF pick or two in there.

[Selrahc]

So I'd suggest we take our turns in whatever order we're available, because otherwise we have a recipe for stalling the game.

(I.E, everyone takes their turn one, in whatever order happens, and then turn two starts.)

[Murska]

Oh, I have plans. There's a reason I reserved the first slot for the next one, you know. Can't have you messing up my plot. :smallamused:

Ha! Da Orkz need no plans! I'll stomp y'all in da next game! FOR GORGUTZ! FOR DA WAAAGH!

[Selrahc]

Ha! Da Orkz need no plans! I'll stomp y'all in da next game! FOR GORGUTZ! FOR DA WAAAGH!

I was actually going to take a Mekboy Gargant instead of Rex if you hadn't reserved Orks. I love those things. Chucking landraiders around with the Lifta Droppa gun is great.

[Murska]

I was actually going to take a Mekboy Gargant instead of Rex if you hadn't reserved Orks. I love those things. Chucking landraiders around with the Lifta Droppa gun is great.

Yeah. :smallbiggrin:

Da Orkz is da best! Green is best!

EDIT: Hmm. I'm pretty sure a Paragon with an Aeon ACU would be somewhat imbalanced and thus banned? :smallbiggrin:

[D_Lord]

Since it's my turn. Lets get to work. Send out the goblin mine setters out into the field and get them working. Get the K-army patrol the walls. Khrima gets to work in the lab.

[Recaiden]

@Murska: If 2 harbeingers is balanced, any construction unit is a definite NO.
Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts - XKCD
2. Lancer Battle Engine - Battle Engine Aquila
3. Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist
4. 2 Harbringers - Supreme Commander
5. Schiff - Blood+
6. 40 zerglings - Starcraft
7. Light Yagami - Death Note
8. The Bebop and crew - Cowboy Bebop
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends - Tiberian Sun
10. 50 Flash tanks - Total Annihalation


Faye, Spike, Jet, get in the fighters and engage the enemies. Get the battle engine out there too; engage the Serenity as a flyer, and engage the fighters on the ground if that doesn't work. The 3 small ships soar down the passage from the Bebop, and the Aquila lumbers after them.
Ed! Two people look up. Elric- get us some basic defences: pit traps, switchbacks, harbinger shaped statues, anything you can think of. Use the robots to help you.

Other Ed, help Elaine with coordinating the robots and trying to shut down enemy computer systems. If we need it, take the Bebop out into the main cave.

Light, watch the communications in case we get any faces or names. You know the backup plan.

The tiberium fiends bury themselves in the ground near the entrance, while 4 small packs of zerglings rush out and burrow throughout the battlefield. Ein looks at a small patch of green crystal and is suprised to see the shape of another dog underneath - the tiberium fiend.

The flash tanks remain in the hangar, and the schiff in the barracks.

Selhrac's turn!

[Murska]

@Murska: If 2 harbeingers is balanced, any construction unit is a definite NO.



Well, Harbringers can repair each other and any other units and reclaim any wrecks for the required mass to do that. :smalltongue:

[Selrahc]

Deep in the hangar of the tower, sits three machines. One is obviously a weapon of war, bedecked with weapons, and well armoured. Metal Gear REX is a frightening machine, all the more so once you realize what it was designed to do. By contrast the other two vehicles in the bay are almost comical. A dopey looking ship, coloured fluorescent green and with big gangly legs. Named for a toy frog given to a child, the Leapfrog is still bedecked with all manner of gadgets, and has unlike REX, at least managed a successful combat mission. The last vehicle is the oddest of all, and possibly the most dangerous too, yet in appearance it looks like one of the least threatening things you could think of. The TARDIS is capable of going anywhere, at any time. It can withstand attacks that would destroy a city, and at it's heart is a power that could fundamentally alter the universe. However, it's camouflage circuit is a bit temperamental, so it looks like a 1964 blue police box. As inanimate objects, they don't really care why they are here.

Above them, in the main barracks, is an assortment of unusual beings. Some have been called monsters, demons and gods. All of them are powerful and unusual beings, who have been drafted into a conflict not their own, but mine. I totally pulled a Beyonder, and promised them their hearts desire if they won this one for me. Nobody tell them I was lying, okay? The important thing, is that they dance to my tune!

The gates to the compound are big, black, and covered in arcane runes. At the fortifications at the top of the gate, steel clad figures appear. The Brothehood of Steel have taken up their posts as gate guards, and will lay down their lives for this duty. At their head is Rhombus, a leonine figure his movements are powerful and confident, albeit slightly clunky due to the T 51b power armour. He and his group start taking sight lines over the battlefield, preparing to mow down anyone who passes into range. Anyone who passes into range would have to be one confident son of a bitch with the amount of minguns, rocket launchers and gatling lasers that are up on the wall.

Shortly after the Brotherhood of Steel have taken up position, the flying forces of the enemy are seen leaving their bases. In response to this the great gate flies open, and striding forward is the collosal form of a Metal Gear. Flanking his feet are a group of power armoured figures, but unlike the brotherhood these move with incredible grace and speed, spreading out and bunching together at some hidden signal, almost as though they were a hive mind. Master Chief and his Spartan brethren prepare to take positions in front of the gate.

The REX steps forward, the soft sandstone underneath the behemoth riven with fresh cracks by each footfall. As it reaches the door the mighty machine levels its railgun. Inside the machine, sits a solitary figure, surrounded by screens and readouts. All of a sudden a purple hologram appears, of a young woman. Cortana, the advanced supercomputer has been linked to the REX's targeting systems to provide backup data handling duties. "We've got a lock on, ready to fire whenever you are Chief" she says, chirpily.
The armoured figure gives a brief nod, and flicks the switch to fire the main railgun.
At the same time two of the spartans below let loose beams of brilliant red light, lances of force and power.

A split second later and the powerful shots hit home. A railgun shot and two spartan laser beams hit home on the lead arwing, smashing it to cinders.

The first shots have been fired, the first blood has been spilled. Alea Jacta Est.

[Recaiden]

Who did you shoot down?

[Darkcomet]

Well, it said the lead Arwing.

Fox?

[Selrahc]

Who did you shoot down?

Whoever Reinholdt has as his lead Arwing. I'd assume Fox.

[Recaiden]

Well, Harbringers can repair each other and any other units and reclaim any wrecks for the required mass to do that. :smalltongue:

What they can't do is build other harbingers.

[Murska]

What they can't do is build other harbingers.

Yeah, that's the boring part of them. What about taking a Fatboy with engineers disabled and not having infinite mass?

[Rutskarn]

The Star Fox team circles around Serenity as it hurtles through the morning sky. Immediately, they begin opening fire.

Lasers slam into the hull, melting massive holes in the defenseless ship. Serenity falters in the sky, starting to waver and lose altitude.

Suddenly, through the holes, figures start to appear.

"MAGGOTS!" cries a grizzled voice, and rocket smacks down Krystal's ship. It spirals downwards, trailing noxious smoke, but regains its altitude...just in time for a sticky bomb to latch onto its hull, shattering it in a fiery explosion.

Falco strafes over Serenity, pouring laser fire into the exposed deck and mowing down The Soldier and The Demoman. Both collapse, smoking, to the hull floor.

"Nein!" cries the doctor, racing over to the Demoman. He snatches him by the vest, pulling him away to heal him. The Soldier is a lost cause.

The doctor turns to the grim-faced Scout, standing by the entry gate. "Now!" he cries.

The gate opens, and a metal crate is dropped out just as Fox zips under Serenity.

The crate falls, smashing through the windshield, landing next to Fox.

Fox reaches for his blaster, stunned...and a metal fist reaches out, hurling Fox to the ground.

"Yeah. My ship now," says Atomic Robo in an offhand tone.

Robo seizes the controls. Can't be too much different than an Air Force plane, right?

Meanwhile, above, the aerial battle rages.

[Reinholdt]

Idea: After each post list casualties for all sides that are included in our post, plus your updated army list. It should be a major factor in keeping track of things.
Selrahc since Rutskarn used Fox in his story, the front ship you destroyed was Peppy Hare.

Falco swings around engages Jet. One well placed smart bomb ends him, but Spike manages to get behind him. Falco reaches for the eject button too late and a smoldering heap comes crashing down.

Fox recovers and take this opportunity to kill a Spartan but has to dive behind a rock to avoid the retribution of the others.

Bond will drive a car off the wall, jump out, with two shots take out the two goblin mine setters than press a button on his watch to use a parachute and land with hair still perfect. "The name's Bond. James Bond." Light thanks him and Bond finds out his worse enemy is a heart attack.

Casualties: Falco
Spike
A Spartan
Two Goblin Mine Setters
James Bond

Army: 1. Samas Aran
2. Dr. McNinja
3. James Bond
4. A Yeti soccer group
5. Revolver Ocelot
6. A group of 6 randomly selected pokemon still in their pokeballs (*crosses fingers* Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp…)
7. Batman
8. Star Fox team in their arwings... minus Slippy Star Fox minus Arwing
9. Richard
10. A werewolf lynch mob

Oh and for the record, don't PM me when it's my turn. I'm watching the thread. It takes time for me to come up with something, especially in a game as loose and with as many as factors as this one. Rest assured, when I have something I will post it. And I won't take days doing so either.

If I get more PMs past this point that are poking me to go, I will drop out and not feel bad in the least.

[D_Lord]

(sorry I have been told many times to be more patience.)

Well before their death they got some mines set up in the fields. Not as many as I would like but I can work with it.
Careful with my lazors. Now a little to the left, now to the right and there. Put them down.
The lazor turents are in place.
Argent! Send out The NRG. Demon to pick up any leftover metal from the air battle. Igor also tells me to get some bodies if you can find any big enough parts. Now back to making more lazors and watering the evil flowers.Yes sir.
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Army list
1. Khrima
2. Argent
3. The Ax
4. K-army
5. The NRG. Demon
6. 6 Giant Frogs
7. Igor
8. Two goblin mine setters
9. Khrima's Orbital Lazor launch systom
10.Giant Robot powered by cereal.

[Reinholdt]

Those involved, don't worry about it. Figured it just best to let everyone know now.

[Recaiden]

The Aquila leaps into the air like some sort of blue spider, firing torpedoes to try to finish off the Serenity, and turning its beam lasers on the NRG demon as it lands. As the Demon falls, the Aquila touches down on a mine and is blown apart before its shield reengages.
Five zerglings come up from the ground and charge the spartans, bringing one down in a massed assault and injuring a second.
A second group charge D-Lord's base, but the giant frogs make short work of them.

Casulaties
Battle Engine
NRG Demon
10 zerglings
1 spartan

Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts - XKCD
2. Lancer Battle Engine
3. Edward Elric
4. 2 Harbringers
5. Schiff
6. 30 zerglings, 10 dead
7. Light Yagami
8. The Bebop and crew, Minus jet
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends
10. 50 Flash tanks

[Selrahc]

The Spartans move back, within range of gate defences, redoubling their vigilance against any attackers. 2 sniper rifles cover the area that Fox went into cover, and should he pop his head up .
Remember to look out for invisibility! Thought I should give you fair warning. Invisible warning of course
Letting lose another salvo of firepower REX takes down the damaged firefly class transport ship. The two lasers aim to finish off the last Arwing, but the erratic movements of the new pilot just manage to save him, and the ship escapes with a glancing blow.


Casualties:
1 Serenity, plus whatever was still inside



1. Runaways
2. Doctor Doom
3. Fantastic Four
4. Master Chief, 10 8 Spartans
5. Ragnar Blackmane and 10 Wolf Guard
6. Rhombus and 18 Brotherhood of Steel Paladins
7. Dante
8. The Doctor and TARDIS
9. Agatha Heterodyne, Zeetha and Krosp
10. Metal Gear Rex

[Rutskarn]

The smoking, shattered wreck of Serenity topples out of the sky ungracefully, crashing in a belching, flaming heap on the ground. There doesn't appear to be any survivors.

Atomic Robo fights with the controls, bringing the ship into a steep nosedive. "Crap, that big ship was ours," he mutters to himself. "Time to get a little payback."

Robo pulls out abruptly, jetting straight for REX, firing at the main weapons. A few shots get lucky, and some of the long-range weapon systems for REX are badly damaged.

Pulling the craft in even lower, he drops until the craft is a scant few feet from the ground, dodging between rocks, heading straight for Selrahc's gate.

He throws the cruise control switch. "Nobody gets cool circuitry but me," he mutters, and throws the eject.

As he is thrown free of the craft, the streaking jet bears straight for the Spartans.

They have enough time to think, "Oh--", before the craft scythes into them.

Whatever had come out of Rutskarn's gate is now out of sight.

Casualties:

Several of the Team Fortress classes, Wash, Mal, Kaylee, the remaining 8 regular Spartans. REX has some damaged weapon systems.

1. 5 Jedi Knights
2. Nodwick's party
3. Black Hat Guy
4. Atomic Robo
5. Sam and Max
6. Gordon Freeman and DOG
7. Team Fortress 2 Classes Heavy, Sniper, Spy, Engineer, Pyro
8. The crew of Serenity Jayne, Zoey, Simon, River
9. 50 Imperial Guardsmen
10. Liberty Prime

[Reinholdt]

Fox, no longer in danger from the spartan snipers, will peak out from behind his rock and realize those lazor turrets could soon become a problem. He'll fire repeated blaster shots at them, taking out their auto-targeting system but not doing any serious damage otherwise.

The gates will open again and this time the bestial roar of creatures best left forgotten pierce the arena. A dozen Yeti soccer players rush onto the arena intending to cause serious damage. Unfortunately one goes and steps on one of the mines left over and is no longer a team player. The rest bring their acrobatics and weight to bear on the largest target they can find, REX. Two more get shot down before they can close and slam with all their might at key points, causing Rex to topple.

Causalities
Lazor targeting systems
3 Yetis
REX is toppled

Army: 1. Samas Aran
2. Dr. McNinja
3. James Bond
4. A Yeti soccer group (12 9)
5. Revolver Ocelot
6. A group of 6 randomly selected pokemon still in their pokeballs (*crosses fingers* Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp…)
7. Batman
8. Star Fox team in their arwings... minus Slippy Star Fox minus Arwing
9. Richard
10. A werewolf lynch mob

[D_Lord]

How dare they attack my lazors. Fire!
The auto-targeting system may be down but I got K-army guys to fire them.
Lazors fire all over the battlefield.
ZZZZZZZZZ
Striking Yeti soccer players, and the rocks and REX blowing it up and frying some more Yetis..

In the fortessIgor how much longer until the Orbital lazor is ready?
Nottt looonggg masssster.

Causalities

8 Yeti soccer players
REX

Army list
1. Khrima
2. Argent
3. The Ax
4. K-army
5. The NRG. Demon
6. 6 Giant Frogs
7. Igor
8. Two goblin mine setters
9. Khrima's Orbital Lazor launch systom
10.Giant Robot powered by cereal.

[Recaiden]

Most of the flash tanks pour out of the base towards D-Lord's gate, firing at any part of the K-army that they can, slowly followed by the harbringers. The giant frog defenses fight well, gobbling up and smashing a good portion of the tanks before they and the harbringers overcome them and begin trying to enter the base. Faye and Spike fire at the lasers, but manual targeting is enough to bring Faye's ship crashing to the ground.


Casulaties

Faye
26 flash tanks
giant frogs
NRG Demon (from last round)
Some lasers


Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts - XKCD
2. Lancer Battle Engine
3. Edward Elric
4. 2 Harbringers
5. Schiff
6. 30 zerglings
7. Light Yagami
8. The Bebop, Spike, Ein, Edward
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends
10. 24 Flash tanks

[Selrahc]

((Sorry guys, I'm visiting a friend at uni. This has caused a quality delay but I'll be back tomorrow))

[Selrahc]

At the top of the gates, the Fantastic Four appear. The Invisible Woman leaves a a forcefield screen up as the Thing picks up and carries in the remains of REX. The spartans corpses and weapons are also rapidly carried into the compound, and the gates close again, leaving none of the Fantastic Four visible.

(Sorry for the delay. I did have some epic plans for today, but I think just posting a quick one and saving it for next time would be better)

[Rutskarn]

Atomic Robo raced across the open plains, to the area near the gate. He dropped in behind the makeshift iron barricades the Guardsman had furnished.

"Alright, that went well."

Zoey, expression bleak, shakes her head. "No, I don't think much happened at all. We went out, traded a few shots...good men died. Now the battle begins in earnest."

Atomic shrugs, moving over to talk with the guardsmen.

Zoey signals. "Smokescreens," she mutters into her walkie-talkie.

A thick black screen of smoke starts to hover around the base. Save for the sound of shovels on dirt, there is little noise.

[Reinholdt]

Fox takes advantage of the lull to retreat back to base and take up a sniper position.

The last yeti standing roars and charges straight into the Rutskarn's smokescreen, swiping wildly.

If one listens very closely, one may be able to hear a soft wooshing sound or two near Selrahc's base and a similar one near D-Lord's base.

Causaultiesnone
Army List1. Samas Aran
2. Dr. McNinja
3. James Bond
4. A Yeti soccer group (12 1)
5. Revolver Ocelot
6. A group of 6 randomly selected pokemon still in their pokeballs (*crosses fingers* Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp…)
7. Batman
8. Star Fox team in their arwings... minus Slippy Star Fox minus Arwing
9. Richard
10. A werewolf lynch mob

[D_Lord]

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, EVIL!
A blast and a raising something can be seen coming from D_Lords base.
Yes I got it up.
Sir the troops have noticed some odd sounds before you deafed them with your launch.
Not now I'm being evilly happy.
But sir were in a war?
Fine get Ax to get check it out.

Dumb Argent makes me check out the odd nosies.

Army List
1. Khrima
2. Argent
3. The Ax
4. K-army a lot of them.
5. The NRG. Demon
6. 6 Giant Frogs 1
7. Igor
8. Two goblin mine setters
9. Khrima's Orbital Lazor launch systom
10.Giant Robot powered by cereal.

Causaulties
none

[Recaiden]

Some more zerglings scurry out of the base and burrow themselves around the field. A few take stray shots, but nothing they can't regenerate.

Edward looks at the complicated maze and defenses he and the things had turned the passage into. Mainly, everyone waits.

Casulaties

None


Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts - XKCD
2. Lancer Battle Engine
3. Edward Elric
4. 2 Harbringers
5. Schiff
6. 30 zerglings
7. Light Yagami
8. The Bebop, Spike, Ein, Edward
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends
10. 24 Flash tanks

[Selrahc]

The sound of clanking emerges from my base, as the salvage from a military super project and futuristic power armour is given a going over by a team of geniuses. In a remarkably short amount of time, a series of gadgets and weapons appear on the walls.

A stripped down railgun might not have the devastating range and accuracy of the original, but anyone who passes close by the wall will be in a for a rude awakening. The anti personnel laser has been outiftted with technology from the spartan lasers, giving it a wide angled dispersal capable of melting hordes. It takes place directly over the gate, as a last line of defence, the dramatically reworked power battery humming over with energy, but luckily kept safe from fire by massive armour plates salvaged from REX. Meanwhile, the vulcan cannon is placed to protect the whole weapons platform from aircraft attacks. The savage, dark feel as well as the essential practicality to these devices have all the hallmarks of Doctor Doom.

To go with that, and to counteract reports of strange noises and sneak attacks comes a device worked on by Reed Richards personally. The basic parts coming from the motion sensors of the spartans, as well as from spare parts in the TARDIS. The strange genius of Richards is apparent in this device, as its simplicity and elegance bely its complex internal workings. It is delivered to Rhombus, and will detect all incoming threats to the gate, giving a basic idea of what will be faced, as well as some warning. It probably would have been easier to make if it hadn't been coded to detect threats from alternate realities, act as a personal notebook, and pose delightful and distracting riddles to keep the holders brain sharp.

Meanwhile, the strange Heterodyne heir has been hard at work as well, as evidenced by the demented laughter coming from her area of the science lab. The servo motors of REX and the suits of power armour elicited an almost sensual response from Agatha, as the parts she was more used to are products of Victorian era steel mills and not futuristic governments. Since she can turn a tractor into a powerful war robot, she was able to have a field day with these parts, turning them into a series of war clanks. They aren't quite ready yet though. More testing needed. What she did do though...was strip down the useful heavy explosives that were wired into the armour of the Spartans.


With the defences for the gate bolstered to an even greater extent, my army readies itself for defence, while planning the attack.

[Rutskarn]

When the smokescreen clears, there's a system of metal barricades honeycombing in front of the base. In it are stationed guardsmen, but also figures wearing cloaks to disguise their identity.

An IG Sniper takes a position in the tower, waiting for some sign.

\/ Craaaaap...that's what I get for forgetting about that damn yeti.


1. 5 Jedi Knights
2. Nodwick's party
3. Black Hat Guy
4. Atomic Robo
5. Sam and Max
6. Gordon Freeman and DOG
7. Team Fortress 2 Classes Heavy, Sniper, Spy, Engineer, Pyro
8. The crew of Serenity Jayne, Zoey, Simon, River
9. 50 Imperial Guardsmen
10. Liberty Prime

[Reinholdt]

The Yeti, having rushed into Rutskarn's smokescreen earlier and been ignored, takes advantage of this fact to take out a good 15 imperial guardsman before they can recover from the confusion and take it down.

Dr. McNinja, while able to infiltrate the base, only managed to silently ambush and kill Agatha in spark-like obsession before being discovered and cornered by the paladin brotherhood. While he fights valiantly with his four-leaf clovers and swords, losing the element of surprise costs him dearly. He takes down 3 of the brotherhood before falling in combat.

Batman fairs much better, surprising The Ax and taking down the brute before he even knows what hit him. Batman continues to try and find the Orbital Lazor's controls before it's too late.

Fox maintains his sniper position, aiming for whatever comes towards the base.

CausualtiesLast Yeti
15 Imperial Guardsman
Agatha
Dr. McNinja
3 Brotherhood of Steel Paladins
The Ax

Army List 1. Samas Aran
2. Dr. McNinja
3. James Bond
4. A Yeti soccer group (12)
5. Revolver Ocelot
6. A group of 6 randomly selected pokemon still in their pokeballs (*crosses fingers* Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp…)
7. Batman
8. Star Fox team in their arwings... minus Slippy Star Fox minus Arwing
9. Richard
10. A werewolf lynch mob

[D_Lord]

Fire!
The orbital lazor might makes itself known. Blasting Rutskarn's gates into a smoking wreck.

Batman runs into Argent and an Epic battle begins with Argent going Full Khaos General on him. http://www.adventurers-comic.com/comics/adventurers20020218a.gif
The ending is happens fairly quickly.
http://www.adventurers-comic.com/comics/adventurers20020219a.gif
Still the labs where pretty damaged, so it will take a bit of time for anything to be made in there again.

Causualties

Batman
Rutskarn's gates

Army List

1. Khrima
2. Argent
3. The Ax
4. K-army a lot of them.
5. The NRG. Demon
6. 6 Giant Frogs 1
7. Igor
8. Two goblin mine setters
9. Khrima's Orbital Lazor launch systom
10.Giant Robot powered by cereal.

[Selrahc]

So here is a question of relevance to my next go... is there anything left visibly out in the open? Or are we all huddling inside our gates?

[Rutskarn]

I'm technically huddling in the elaborate bunker structure just outside my base.

But yeah, we're basically playing a game of who-defines-the-battlefield-first.

Don't look at me, I don't have a vehicle anymore.

[D_Lord]

Ok that does it. Who's turn is it? I lost all types of track.

[Selrahc]

Well you were the last person to take a turn, so I'd say it was Recaiden's.

[Recaiden]

The harbingers step out of the gate, reclaiming the broken machines that litter the battlefield. A few shots streak towards Rutskarn's fortifications, but no real damage is done.
With plenty of mass, Edward begins refitting the Bebop while the robot things keep building up defences.

Casulaties

None


Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts
2. Lancer Battle Engine
3. Edward Elric
4. 2 Harbringers
5. Schiff
6. 30 zerglings
7. Light Yagami
8. The Bebop, Spike, Swordfish II, Ein, Edward
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends
10. 24 Flash tanks

[Selrahc]

The two remaining geniuses finish up the salvage work, Doctor Doom goes to work on the almost completed Spartan III's Heterodyne whirling war clanks Doombots. Testing is finished up quickly, and the new robots are deployed in front of the gate, ready to deal with any attacks.

Reed Richards finishes work on his shield generator, hacked together from the Spartans. It is placed on the gate, providing blanket protection.


All this is somewhat of a prelude however, because at the same time the attacking arm of my operation gets to work.

At Reinholdt's base, the Runaways and Dante have infiltrated, invisibly. Carrying heavy explosives from the Spartans armour, the invisible team plants and detonates the explosives without a hitch. The ground around the tower is utterly destroyed, leaving a huge crater. The tower collapses, with a sickening crunch. A pile of rubble is all that remains, and the team decloaks, heading back to the leapfrog.

Of course, things don't happen that easily. Emerging from the rubble of the tower is one incredibly pissed off bounty hunter, with six pokeballs around her waist. Leaping out of the rubble she blasts the head Victor Mancha with a powerful energy blast, frying his CPU into oblivion. Before anyone can get to her, she blasts Klara into the ground.

As she levels her gun for another shot, Dante has reached her. In full devil form he makes a frightening opponent. Slicing at her armour he smashes through her energy shields at a frightening rate. Kicking back from her He effortlessly dodges her next salvo, nipping back in to slice more. As he attempts to repeat the manoeuvre however, Samus switches her type of beam. A wide angled super beam covers so much area that Dante didn't even have a chance, his smoking skeleton dropped to the floor alongside his weapons.

As she turns to the Runaways however, she sees Nico holding the staff of one, and just has time to hear the word "Rutskarn" before finding herself standing in the middle of Rutskarn's base.

The remainder of the runaways grab the bodies and gear, and get back in the leapfrog, which leaps off, invisible again.

Casualties
Dante
Victor Mancha
Klara the plant girl
Werewolf lynch mob
Revolver Ocelot
Richard
Reinholdt's tower

Army list

1. Runaways, minus Victor and Klara
2. Doctor Doom
3. Fantastic Four
4. Master Chief, 10 Spartans
5. Ragnar Blackmane and 10 Wolf Guard
6. Rhombus and 15 Brotherhood of Steel Paladins
7. Dante
8. The Doctor and TARDIS
9. Agatha Heterodyne, Zeetha and Krosp
10. Metal Gear Rex

[Darkcomet]

Poor Reinholdt...

[Rutskarn]

Nico looks around, disoriented. She sees Atomic Robo and Gordon Freeman standing in front of a desk, at which is seated Black Hat. Black Hat appears to be using a laptop.

Wordlessly, Gordon puts a piece of red hot rebar through her skull.

Meanwhile, the Doombots are beginning to convulse strangely...

Casualties
Nico

Army List

1. 5 Jedi Knights
2. Nodwick's party
3. Black Hat Guy
4. Atomic Robo
5. Sam and Max
6. Gordon Freeman and DOG
7. Team Fortress 2 Classes Heavy, Sniper, Spy, Engineer, Pyro
8. The crew of Serenity Jayne, Zoey, Simon, River
9. 35 Imperial Guardsmen
10. Liberty Prime

[Selrahc]

Nico looks around, disoriented. She sees Atomic Robo and Gordon Freeman standing in front of a desk, at which is seated Black Hat. Black Hat appears to be using a laptop.

I think you misunderstood me.

Samus has been teleported into your base, carrying six pokeballs. Nico is currently in the leapfrog. There wouldn't have been much point in teleporting a skinny teenager into the middle of a heavily armed base...

[Reinholdt]

*looks*

I'll wait til Rutskarn gets a chance to respond appropriately before doing anything.

Such as cutting deals with him to keep my last two pieces alive. :smalleek:

[Murska]

I thought none of the bases can be teleported, flown, or passed ethereally into. :smallconfused:

[Shadowcaller]

I thought none of the bases can be teleported, flown, or passed ethereally into. :smallconfused:

He *might* be screwing the rules because he has money:smallbiggrin:.

[Murska]

He *might* be screwing the rules because he has money:smallbiggrin:.

Screw the money, I have a green eye!

[Rutskarn]

((Technically, he can teleport into my base--my gates are destroyed, so there's no barrier))

Alright, so after Gordon finishes of Nico, here's what happens:

Black Hat throws down a smoke bomb, fleeing the scene. Gordon and Robo stay and fight.

Robo: Crap, a futuristic warrior with space-weapons teleporting into my base. It can not be Thursday already.

Gordon: ...

Samus levels her arm cannon, firing at Robo. Robo manages to dodge out of the way, already moving before Samus brought her weapon up. Knowing they have to finish this fight, and fast, Gordon picks up the Gravity Gun and hurls the desk at Samus. Samus simply bats it aside, putting her second blast into Robo's power center.

Robo gurgles, eyes fading.

Gordon ducks and weaves, firing blasts from his Combine Assault Rifle at Samus. Most glance off harmlessly, but a few manage to at least put a few pock-marks in her armor.

DOG blasts down the hallway, flanking her. The fight is joined.

She leaps over Gordon, firing down at him. A few shots puncture his leg, but he manages to grab a nearby piece of furniture and take the worst of the rest, the remaining shots glancing of his HEV suit.

"Major fracture detected. Administering morphine."

Gordon leaps back, HEV's systems supplanting his own injured ones. Samus misses her next few shots...and then DOG crashes into her in midair.

DOG wrestles her to the ground, slamming her repeatedly in an attempt to crack her armor. Samus manages to get her gun under his chestplate and fires, blasting a red-hot hole through his torso. Whimpering, DOG collapses.

She suddenly hears a click from the door frame. She turns...just in time to see a Combine Orb launching down the hallway towards her.

Before she can dodge, in smashes into her helmet. She disintegrates into glowing energy flakes.

[Duos]

NEW! Combine Energy Flakes- They're plasma-licious, kids!

[Murska]

Hey, at least Reinholdt still has 6 unopened pokeballs. He's gonna win! :smallbiggrin:

[Reinholdt]

The 6 Pokemon are: (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1901135/)

1. Butterfree (http://www.serebii.net/pokedex/012.shtml)
2. Magneton (http://www.serebii.net/pokedex/082.shtml)
3. Seadra (http://www.serebii.net/pokedex/117.shtml)
4. Mewtwo (http://www.serebii.net/pokedex/150.shtml)
5. Pidgeotto (http://www.serebii.net/pokedex/017.shtml)
6. Clefairy (http://www.serebii.net/pokedex/035.shtml)

Oh hey. Something worked in my favor for once. A decent mix.

But the pokeballs are currently just lying on the floor next to the place where Samus died. Waiting for someone to come by to let them out and tell them what to do. A person who does so just roll randomly to see which one I get to use. Unless they go and let them all out. :smalltongue:

[Selrahc]

Alright, so after Gordon finishes of Nico, here's what happens:

Dude, Nico is not in your base, so I don't see how Gordon can finish her off, start her off or do anything else with her. :smallconfused:

It was a teleport of the enemy, Nico did not have to teleport alongside her.

[D_Lord]

Is that your turn Reinholdt?

[Reinholdt]

Is that your turn Reinholdt?

Yes it is. explosive runes

[Rutskarn]

Dude, Nico is not in your base, so I don't see how Gordon can finish her off, start her off or do anything else with her. :smallconfused:

It was a teleport of the enemy, Nico did not have to teleport alongside her.

Oh, du-uh.

Yeah, my bad. Nico's head remains rebar-free.

[D_Lord]

Fire Two!
The orbital lazor fires apond Selrahc gate. Destorying the anti personnel laser has been outiftted with technology from the spartan lasers, but the shielding on the gate holds for now.

Casualties

anti personnel laser

[Uncle Festy]

((Aww, poor Reinholdt… :smallfrown:))

[Recaiden]

Done The bebop has been refitted with all the weapons they could make in the lab and transmutation, and it slowly lifts off and flies towards D-Lord's base. The cereal powered robot confronts it, but a missile hits its cereal tanks and it falls to the ground.
Underneath it, 24 flash tanks charge forward, rapid firing at the gates. The Orbital Lazor takes care of them, just as the gates fall
Lulu was supposed to be infiltrating Rutskarn's base, but she spots the pokeballs and opens them all instead.
Gordon begins firing his rifle towards them(how do bullets affect pokemon?) and they turn to run, realizing this isn't the best place to be.

Casulaties

cereal powered robot(needs more cereal)
D-lord's gates
Flash tanks


Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts
2. Lancer Battle Engine
3. Edward Elric
4. 2 Harbringers
5. Schiff
6. 30 zerglings
7. Light Yagami
8. The Bebop, Spike, Swordfish II, Ein, Edward
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends
10. 50 Flash tanks

[Selrahc]

The Doombots are pulled back inside the base for evaluation by Doom, but the workings of the sparks are not easily understood even by him. Suffice to say that he can find nothing wrong with the clockwork and steam driven creations. In fact he is mystified as to how they run at all, let alone having any kind of artificial intelligence, since they lack even rudimentary electronics. Must be a trick of the spark. He contents himself that their actions are some unknown quirk of the design, and sends them back to their posts.

With the gate open, the TARDIS is free to teleport in, and while the bulk of attention is focussed on the open gate, a detachment of Space Wolves plant demolition charges along the laser. A group of expendable soldiers see them retreating from the laser, and move to block their paths while more powerful soldiers move in, but their nerf guns prove ineffective against the power armour of the Space Marines, and they are swiftly killed. The Space Wolves make a swift strategic withdrawal without casualties, and the laser is turned into a heap of scrap.

Casualties
orbital laser
a squad of K army

[D_Lord]

(Why does no one remember that I got lazor turrets set up too?)

[Selrahc]

(Why does no one remember that I got lazor turrets set up too?)

Same reason people could walk, fly or football their way over to my gate without being taken apart by the dozens of power armoured guys with big guns who were specifically on sentry duty? :smalltongue:

[Rutskarn]

Khrima's turret lazors begin to hum angrily. They appear to be charging up.

Meanwhile: Gordon Freeman, having slaughtered the first three pokemans with a blast of assault rifle fire, takes down the next two with the stock-mounted grenade launcher. Only Clefairy makes it out alive, hopping through the rubble.

Meanwhile, a shimmer in the air is appearing, moving towards D_Lord's base.

[Reinholdt]

Clefairy looks frightened,then starts waving it's hands back and forth, back and forth. Clefairy Fairy! The only move I know it knows is used! Metronome!
....
*goes to look up what it does*
Ah. It just happens to copy Mirror Move! Which just happens to copy Gordon's last attack!
Which really, really sucks for Gordon as he dies from the grenade launched shot that seemed to come from nowhere.

Clefairy smiles and happily hops its way to towards the center of the arena.
Unfortantely the imperial guardsmen are still there and shoot Clefairy apart in a rather uncute and terrifing way. Definately not for kids.

"Great. There went our last troop. We're out. Done. Finished."
"Uh, not quite yet sir."
"What? What do you mean? Everyone's dead."
"Well... not everyone. See we missed someone when the tower went down with the role call and everything. Turns out Star Fox is still alive."
"....Star Fox?"
"Yes Sir. He's still on the suprisingly undamaged gate in a sniping position."
"So let me get this straight. Our entire team now consists of one of the best pilots in the universe and HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A SHIP!!!"
"Uh.. yes sir."
"Oh dear g... What has he been doing this whole time?"
"It seems he's been mourning his dead crew sir."
"....We're screwed. Get him on the comlink."
"Yes sir."
*crackle crackle*
"Fox can you hear me?"
"Do a barrel roll!"
"What?"
"All-range mode."
"Fox...?"
"Can't let you do that, Star Fox."
"...."
"Hey Einstein, I'm on your side!"
"Fox, we need you now. Snap out of it."
"Fox, get these guys off me!"
"FOX!!"
"....I'll go it alone from here."

Fox just snaps, pops up, and absolutely showers the entire field in blaster fire.

CausualtiesGordan Freeman
Clefairy

Army List 1. Star Fox.

[Rutskarn]

((I'm calling it right now. Reinholdt's gonna go the distance.))

[D_Lord]

How dare they atack my lazors! Well I'll lazor them a lot more lazorly.
Is that even a word?
I don't care, they will know my name and lazors!
The orbital Lazor fires carving the word "Khrima into the battleground. Killing a fair amount of zerglings hiding in the ground. And hitting a shimmer in the air damaging it.
Army list
1. Khrima
2. Argent
3. The Ax
4. K-army lot of them
5. The NRG. Demon
6. 6 Giant Frogs
7. Igor
8. Two goblin mine setters
9. Khrima's Orbital Lazor launch systom
10.Giant Robot powered by cereal. broken could be fixed if had parts

Causualties
zerglings

[Selrahc]

So... teleporting to the laser, planting a series of high explosive charges, and turning it into slag didn't kill it? Or even stop it from acts of random battlefield vandalism? :smallconfused:

[Murska]

So... teleporting to the laser, planting a series of high explosive charges, and turning it into slag didn't kill it? Or even stop it from acts of random battlefield vandalism? :smallconfused:

Isn't the 'orbital' laser... in orbit? But there IS a ceiling... :smallconfused:

[Reinholdt]

*bumps cause I like this game and want to see it continued*

Recaiden's turn when he gets a chance.

[Recaiden]

Sorry, I've been cut off from the internet and the forums were down when I had my last chance to say that.

Lulu stares in shock at the fallen pokemon, then raises her battle axe. A blue flash, and several guardsman have fallen, and she'd wildly attacking in their midst. As a few lasguns hit, she looks up in surprise. That actually hurt
The Swordfish fires its last few missiles at the lazor turrets, blowing up several, but their shots bring it crashing down. Edward sits in the tower, flying the Bebop into the base with a joystick. Ein hits the green button with his nose, and the last flash tanks drop out of the bay with parachutes.

Casulaties

Imperial Guardsman
Swordfish, Spike
Lazor turrets.



1. ? Elaine Roberts
2. Lancer Battle Engine
3. Edward Elric
4. 2 Harbringers
5. Schiff
6. 10 zerglings
7. Light Yagami
8. The Bebop, Ein, Edward
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends
10. 20 Flash tanks

[Selrahc]

Having dropped off his big hairy Space Marine guests back at base, the Doctor starts turning wheels and pulling levers in the TARDIS, and disappears.

The leapfrog lands outside of the shattered remnants of Reinholdt's base, and under cover of a forcefield, the Runaways begin to search the ruins for valuable salvage, leaving the leapfrog at the surface.

[Rutskarn]

(Sorry I'm taking so long, but I really need to play my cards right here)

[Rutskarn]

And then, suddenly, the Bebop spins out of control, unresponsive to the joystick commands.

Edward fights for control, but something has shut him out of the piloting program entirely. The Bebop streaks towards Rutskarn's base, unloading any cargo or persons (if any) within in the process for a straight drop 50 feet to the ground.

The Bebop lands, and is quickly boarded by a variety of persons.

"Time to roll, people!" Zoe yells.


1. 5 Jedi Knights
2. Nodwick's party
3. Black Hat Guy
4. Atomic Robo
5. Sam and Max
6. Gordon Freeman and DOG
7. Team Fortress 2 Classes Heavy, Sniper, Spy, Engineer, Pyro
8. The crew of Serenity Jayne, Zoey, Simon, River
9. 25 Imperial Guardsmen
10. Liberty Prime

[Reinholdt]

Fox peers out after his barrage. Waiting for the smoke to dissipate, his eyes widen in surprise.
He missed.
He showered the entire field in blaster fire and he missed.
His eyes narrow.
HE. MISSED.
He knew he should have gotten the ultra-rapid fire version. Taking a look around from his position on the gate he notices people screwing around on his base. Acrobatically leaping from his position to the ground, he lifts his blaster and poses.

"Evening ladies and gents. I'll be your entertainment tonight. Today's special, a large heaping dance of death."

With that he rushes forward right into the middle, showering the Runaways with blaster fire.

And missing every which way.

"DANG IT! Hmm... maybe if I..." Fox doesn't get a chance to reconsider as the runaways turn to face him. He gulps, and dives for the nearest cover he can find. The leapfrog. Mashing into a button, he hears the thing whir as it warms up. "What the..." is all he gets out before disappearing from view.

He appears in the past, tumbling out, pointing the blaster left and right in panic. He looks up and sees atomic Robo smash into his ship and toss him out. "Awww... man. I hated that part." He looks behind him and sees the tower still intact.

"Wait a second. I'm in the past. Nifty." Fox rushes into the tower and finds a few people to explain the situation to as the fight rages on. Then moves, leading the tower occupants much further in to the base to hide for now and prevent time paradoxes. Batman destroys the leapfrog so it'll never be used again before heading out on his doomed infiltration mission.

Back in the present
The smallest voice can be heard growing louder from the base. Singing something.
"Minion! Who's that? What happened to Fox?"
"Umm. It sounds like Richard sir. And I don't know what happened to Fox."
"Richard, but he's... he's..."
"Dead? Undead? A homicidal psychopath? A tenor?"
"Minion. If you need me, I'll be hiding in the closet."
*sigh* "Yes sir."

The Warlock flies out from the base, hovering above the gates and moving to the field. Looking around, he'll see one army that appears to have been mostly untouched. "Let's even it up a bit shall we? FOR PONY!" He then burst into full song once more. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g) Summoning magical destructive energies, he brings them fully to bear on the flash tanks, destroying the parachutes and watching them plummet, most of them not surviving the process. He then turns a mega blast onto Recaiden's first gate, destroying it as his song reaches it's ending.

Causalities
leapfrog
15 flash tanks
Recaiden's front gate
Recoveries
Werewolf lynch mob
Revolver Ocelot
Richard
Army list
1. Samas Aran
2. Dr. McNinja
3. James Bond
4. A Yeti soccer group (12)
5. Revolver Ocelot
6. A group of 6 randomly selected pokemon still in their pokeballs (*crosses fingers* Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp…)
7. Batman
8. Star Fox team in their arwings... minus Slippy Star Fox minus Arwing
9. Richard
10. A werewolf lynch mob
Note: Done using the once-per game time machine mulligan rule and Selrahc's permission (his idea actually).

[Rutskarn]

Yay! He's back in action, baby!

[Darkcomet]

((I'm calling it right now. Reinholdt's gonna go the distance.))

Rutskarn called it.

[Reinholdt]

:smallsmile: :smallredface:

[Selrahc]

I'm very amused by Fox's course around the battlefield. It's like he is the protagonist of this thing.

I mean from the start he only missed being the very first casualty by the skin of his teeth, then he survived the Battle of Serenity despite being thrown out of an aircraft. Following that, he lands outside my base, just in time for the Battle of Rex. He gets himself into a firefight with a team of super soldiers, manages to escape as they are fighting some bug monsters, then gets pinned down behind a rock. Things look dire for him, until his hijacked aircraft comes to the rescue! It kills the people who are pinning him down, and he heads for home. On his way he almost gets trampled by a team of yetis, and blasted to bits by a Lazor beam barrage. Just as he is about to arrive back at base, he sees it collapse before him, and witnesses the Battle of Reinholdt's tower. Alone on the battlefield, seeing his friends wiped out he collapses into despair, but then manages to pull himself together and steal a time machine, giving his team a second chance.

Nobody kill Fox okay? Also, bump.

[Rutskarn]

I think I speak for most of us when I say--I don't really have the heart to kill Fox, at this point.

Also: if D_Lord doesn't post within the next 24 hours, we should probably skip him and move on to Recaiden.

[Reinholdt]

Looking back, he has had the dumbest of luck.
From other people's actions no less.
Heh. :smallbiggrin:

[Recaiden]

You really think you can keep control of that away from the world's best hacker?
Yeah, Edward can take that back e-z. And who let Edward fly?
I can handle this. Get on the Tomato and mess up some of their other stuff. She begins typing frantically, the keyboard a blur.
Okie-dokie. Edward's on it. Remember, it's a non physical link, so they probably only have a shaky hold on the MONO systems.
I...I can't really take it back. How can they control the MONO so easily? How? :smallsigh: At least, maybe I can shut it down?
The engine begins making odd sounds. It might not get too far.

Liberty Prime The heavy lasguns power up and begin firing at peopl in the base.
Edward wonders what this button does?
The head lasers power up and begin firing at the tower.

Richard...dang, he's already dead.

The tiberium fiends stir, and the last zerglings come up out of the ground.

Lulu takes the chance given by Liberty Primethe lasguns to runn back to base.

Casulaties

Imperial Guardsman



1. ? Elaine Roberts
2. Lancer Battle Engine
3. Edward Elric
4. 2 Harbringers
5. Schiff
6. 10 zerglings
7. Light Yagami
8. Ein, Edward
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends
10. 20 Flash tanks

What happened to it?

[Rutskarn]

((Actually, no, Liberty Prime wasn't there. You don't see him at all. If you want an equivalent action, some heavy lasguns started firing.))

[Selrahc]

At the ruins of Reinholdt's tower Chase, Nico and Xavin stand agape. Old Lace, it's prey having vanished merely stands docilely next to its master.
"Did that furry midget just steal our ride?" Chase yells.
"Yes Chase, it looks like our pilot forgot to set any sort of lock when we landed!" replied Nico angrily. "Oh, and yeah, that pilot just happens to be you!"
"Hey what the hell little miss magic, you couldn't have just turned him into a toad or something. Why is this all on me?!"
"Oh shut up, you've got th-"

Xavin, sensing an escalating argument goes to get the others. By the time they return Nico is standing over a groaning Chase who is holding his hand over a bloody nose.

"Karolina says that the inside of the base is completely deserted, as if it had been stripped clean. No bodies, no supplies, nothing but rubble. I believe it would be best if we beat a hasty retreat before we encounter any more unpleasant surprises." said Xavin.
"Right, okay guys. Gather round and I'll get us back to base."
Nico brings out a pin, and pricks herself on the wrist.
"When blood is shed let the staff of one emerge everyone still have the stuff? Right, okay, let's get out of here then. Homeward!" The Runaways vanish in a nimbus of light, appearing in front of Selrahc's tower.

Walking out of the front gate of the tower is a green cloaked figure, flanked by the imposing figures of the Space Wolves, and the dark figures of the Doombots. In his left hand is a scary looking cannon, obviously freshly constructed.
Doctor Doom gives a glance to the slightly harried looking Runaways. He manages to give the impression that they are almost beneath contempt, while still looking interested. Like a scientist inspecting a particularly interesting bacterium.
"I hear that you managed to fail in your mission."
"No we-"
"Silence, I know failure when I see it. When you expect others to live up to your own high standards, you must become accustomed to their incompetence. I take it you at least salvaged the items I require?"
Molly holds up a Hello Kitty backpack, bulging at the seams. A sword is strung onto it.
"You don't have to be such a meanie you know!" she says as Doom takes the backpack from her.

He takes the sword from the pack, testing it's weight and edge. He nods in appreciation. This is the sword of Sparda, father of Dante, and is brimming with demonic energy. A worthy weapon even for Doom.

He turns to Molly. " You would be insubordinate to me? I who have humbled empires, and held the universe in my thrall?"
She shrugs. "I guess?"
At this Doom pauses in his fury, and then chuckles darkly.
"Well let it not be said I am without mercy. You and your rabble should go wait with Richards until you are needed. I shall be leading the assault."

With this last adress, Doom and his minions stalk off.

At the gate sentries keep watch, waiting and watching for signs of change on the battlefield, ready to relay any sign of weakness for Doom to strike upon.

EDIT:
I'm going to bring Doom's forces out onto the field next turn. If you want to kill his soldiers go ahead, but I'd appreciate it if you let him live. I'd appreciate it even more if you bring out something big and cool like Liberty Prime or Khrima so we can have an epic show down.

[Rutskarn]

As the Bebop starts slipping out of control, Jayne storms up to the cockpit.

"Gorram it, I thought you said you were some kinda genius!"

Black Hat Guy doesn't respond, wiping sweat off his brow as the ship spirals down towards D_Lord's base.

It swings up near the turrets, brutally crash-landing against one of the towers.

Igor stumbles out of the wreckage, badly wounded, just in time to be shot down by Jayne's burst-fire.

"Damage?" Zoey yells.

"Not much. The rest of those ruttin' IG soldiers all died, but they kind of formed a cushion for the rest of us."

"Establish a perimeter. Use the rubble as cover, and get someone up there covering the skies. Chances are, we're about to get hit hard."

Casualties:
The rest of the Guardsmen
Igor


1. 5 Jedi Knights
2. Nodwick's party
3. Black Hat Guy
4. Atomic Robo
5. Sam and Max
6. Gordon Freeman and DOG
7. Team Fortress 2 Classes Heavy, Sniper, Spy, Engineer, Pyro
8. The crew of Serenity Jayne, Zoey, Simon, River
9. Imperial Guardsmen
10. Liberty Prime

[Reinholdt]

Richard gapes slightly at how all those flash tanks just managed to not take any causalities after all. He scowls a bit then grins getting an idea. He starts to wave his hands like in The Classic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD8HDta7Z_4) and watches as the tanks explode one by one from beneath them and go hurtling towards Recaiden's second gate. The combined smashing from 20 now completely scrapped tanks takes it down.

Suddenly a new thread group pops up from behind the rocks. The Werewolf lynch mob gathers together to start a new day.
"Shadow made it past page 3!"
"Murska! He's always a wolf!"
"Reinholdt. He's sneaky."
"We can't lynch him, he's the narrator."
"DarkComet has dark in his name, which indicates night, which is when wolves kill, therefore DarkComet must be a wolf."
"That's Llama logic! Atreyu."
"EDK's been quiet and hasn't voted for any wolves yet."
"How can he, it's day one? I point at TPAM."
Fox looks around, wondering how he got here. "Um, guys? We can't lynch any of them. They're not choices."
"What? Alright who's even in this game?"
"Anybody have a player list?"
"Check the front page."
"It's not updated."
"Fox seems to know this stuff. Who should we lynch?"
Fox looks around confused. "Umm. How about someone on the other team? Jayne perhaps? Wait... why'd my voice change like that?"
"First day random Jayne."
"Jumping on the bandwagon, Jayne."
"Jayne."
"Grudge point at Jayne."
"I don't think we should. Dr. Doom seems far more sinister."
"You just don't like his avatar. Jayne."
"Hey, what are you mudders crazy? I didn't do nothing."
"Double negative and bad grammar. Jayne."

Day 1 ends. Jayne Cobb was lynched. He was a Rustkarnian.
"Huh. I can't believe that worked. And from way over here. Just by pointing at him. Incredible. Let's do another!"
The crowd disperses and starts wandering off in different directions, each person going a seperate way. Fox just stands there in the middle as they all leave. "Hey! Wait! Where are you all going?! We should stick together and lynch more people."
"Huh?" One person stops and turns to him. "That's just silly. We can only lynch one person a day before we all have to separate and give the wolves a chance to kill and eat one of us."
"You have to... but... that doesn't make any sense!"
"Sure it does. Gotta give the other team a chance to win too." The guy wanders off.
"BUT THIS IS WAR!!" Fox looks around and realizes he's been deserted, the entire werewolf lynch mob now scattered around the field and utterly helpless. Fox dives behind a rock and pulls up his comlink. "Ocelot, I'm going to need back up."

Casualties
20 Flash Tanks
Recaiden's second gate
Jayne Cobb, may he and his hat rest in peace
Army list
1. Samas Aran
2. Dr. McNinja
3. James Bond
4. A Yeti soccer group (12)
5. Revolver Ocelot
6. A group of 6 randomly selected pokemon still in their pokeballs (*crosses fingers* Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp…)
7. Batman
8. Star Fox team in their arwings... minus Slippy Star Fox minus Arwing
9. Richard
10. A werewolf lynch mob, currently scattered

[Uncle Festy]

*cracks up at Reinholdt's post*
:smallbiggrin:

[Darkcomet]

It would seem that Reinholdt is the star of the show.

[Rutskarn]

So it would seem. It would also seem like he's gonna get a beatdown for depriving me of The Cobb.

[Reinholdt]

So it would seem. It would also seem like he's gonna get a beatdown for depriving me of The Cobb.
Cobb's awesome.
But he was the most viable target for Werewolf mob lynching I could think of. :smallfrown:

[Rutskarn]

Your excuses won't bring The Cobb back.

...

ALLLLL BYYYY MYYY SAAYYY-YEEELLFFFF

[Reinholdt]

I'm going to bring Doom's forces out onto the field next turn. If you want to kill his soldiers go ahead, but I'd appreciate it if you let him live. I'd appreciate it even more if you bring out something big and cool like Liberty Prime or Khrima so we can have an epic show down.
River Tam vs. Dr. Doom.

You know you want it. Wonders if D_Lord has forgotten about this game.

[Recaiden]

That's just silly. We can only lynch one person a day before we all have to separate and give the wolves a chance to kill and eat one of us
Well, we're not wolves, but I think that's our cue.
We have to only eat one? Doesn't seem like much.
I guess one each would be fine. We haven't had much food for a while.

In the morning, 5 bodies from the lynch mob are found drained of blood, but next to one is a pile of small red crystals. One of the villagers had been protected, or faught back.

bark!barkbarkbark!
Ein runs around, getting the fiends attention, and leads them on the field toward the other members of the lynch mob. They're quickly torn apart by the poisonous crystals, and the fiends dig back into the ground to wait.

Finally, a success! I've got some control over this Atomic Robo. Let's see what it can do.

Casulaties

Lynch mob
Ghell



1. ? Elaine Roberts
2. Lancer Battle Engine
3. Edward Elric
4. 2 Harbringers
5. Schiff, minus Ghell
6. 10 zerglings
7. Light Yagami
8. Ein, Edward
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends
10. Flash tanks

[Rutskarn]

(Unfortunately, currently not much. Robo has been a deactivated pile of parts since he got shot by Samus earlier on, but I still have the machine-shell that I'm hanging on to.

[Recaiden]

Well that's something then.

[Reinholdt]

*looks*
*counts*
One week, huh?
*stabs Selrahc*
Grats Rutskarn! It's your turn again!

I think we should send reminder PMs to Selrahc and D_Lord about this game (I nominate Rutskarn to do it!). Possibly replace them and have someone else run their armies if it's too much of an issue. *does not want this, but doesn't want dead game either*

[Selrahc]

WHa? My turn? Skipping D Lord threw me on the turn order a bit. Sorry.

Um... I'm too busy to do anything right now. If Rutskarn takes a go by the time I get back then consider me skipped. If he hasn't then I'll throw something up.

Sorry.

[Fan]

(FALCON BUMP! Come on people get some more killing, so we can star the next round!)

[Recaiden]

Rutskarn is up then.

[Selrahc]

Doom strides into the centre of the battlefield, his minions taking up a defensive line around him. As he reaches a rocky outcrop he takes aim with his cannon a Tiberium Fiend is turned into goo.

Stopping in the centre of the battlefield, he pulls out his sword and stands. The Doombots start scrabbling in the dirt around him, and it becomes clear that they are drawing odd shapes in the ground.

The Space Wolves have meanwhile set themselves a little behind doom, in a spread out formation, ready to respond to any threats.

Casualties
1 Tiberium Fiend

[Rutskarn]

"It's on now."

The Space Wolves fan out, eying the landscape vigilantly.

Suddenly, they hear a cry from a nearby rocky outcropping.

"Darkness!"

A globe of inky blackness envelopes the marines.

"Fire at will!" cries the commander, and the Wolves begin firing randomly. There's a cry of pain, and then the sound of sizzling.

The darkness dissipates.

Standing over the corpses of the Space Wolves are four Jedi Knights, blades drawn. A fifth lies dead, blown into pieces five feet from the Space Wolves firing line.

The lead Jedi gestures at Doom.

"You will pay for your crimes against the galaxy, wretch."

From a rock behind the jedi, a cluster of missiles fires from a sentry gun, taking out a couple doombots. The sniper manages to rack up a kill or two in the confusion, not bothering to waste a shot on Doom until he's charged up more. The heavy, standing not far behind the Jedi, fires randomly, missing almost all of his shots.

Casualties:

1/3 of the Doombots
Space Wolves
1 Jedi
Artax (one of the shots ricocheted into his hiding spot)

[Reinholdt]

"Ooohhh! An entire army just for me. And they won't even fight back! Glee. Scream little men, scream!" Richard moves on to utterly decimating the entire K-army with fists of flame and fury.

Reinholdt's surprisingly intact gates open. The wind blows and music starts playing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYV-JSjpyU&feature=PlayList&p=FE0E53D56D63C616&index=6). Stepping out slowly, dramatically, duster flapping behind him, Revolver Ocelot takes the stage, moving up next to Fox. Twirling his revolver in his hands, he takes two calculated shots in quick succession. When he knew when to shoot in between that twirling on the fighting a mystery to never be solved.

But it's pretty clear the guy's an expert when Heavy and Ein both collapse instantly. Fox watches, mouth agape.
"How'd you do that?"
"It's called aiming Fox. Try it someday."
"....Aiming." Fox looks down at his blaster and back up. He then holds it out, pointing at Dr. Doom. Closing one eye and sticking his tongue out to one side in concentration, Fox squeezes the trigger.

The shot is way off. Incredibly. In fact it hits a rock instead.
And ricochets.
Off to the ceiling where it bounces into Reinholdt's own gate. Fox winces, but the shot doesn't stop. Off the gate, off the floor, off a left over piece of his own ship, off the wall, deflected by a Jedi's lightsaber, bouncing off Doom's own shields, wall again, until it finally hits and passes through the critical systems of four perfectly lined up tiberium fiends. They collapse in a heap before exploding for no reason whatsoever.

"....."
"....."
"....."
"I don't know what to be more impressed with. How good a shot that was, or the fact that blaster shots DON'T RICOCHET!!"

Casualties
K-army
Heavy
Ein
4 Tiberium Fiends
Army List
1. Samas Aran
2. Dr. McNinja
3. James Bond
4. A Yeti soccer group (12)
5. Revolver Ocelot
6. A group of 6 randomly selected pokemon still in their pokeballs (*crosses fingers* Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp, Please not Magikarp…)
7. Batman
8. Star Fox team in their arwings... minus Slippy Star Fox minus Arwing
9. Richard
10. A werewolf lynch mob, currently scattered

[Uncle Festy]

*cracks up*
That was great, Rein. :smallbiggrin:

[Darkcomet]

*ponders the idea of a long-range battle to the death between the Sniper and Revolver Ocelot*

[Reinholdt]

*ponders the idea of a long-range battle to the death between the Sniper and Revolver Ocelot*
Trust me. I thought about it too. :smallwink: But I'm not sure how to run it yet.

And thanks Festy. :smallsmile:
Though now I'm out of ideas. I've actually been holding on to that one for a while. *goes off to ponder cool things to do*

[Darkcomet]

How about...

The Sniper is after Ocelot, and fires a shot at the seemingly unaware gunman's head. Ocelot promptly turns and blocks it by shooting the bullet.

I'm not sure if that's too awesome for even Ocelot, though.

...But he has pulled off some pretty crazy things.

[Reinholdt]

Heh. Let's face it, everyone's wanted to see that in slow motion since guns were invented. :smallwink:

He may be the only one who could too.

Alas, it depends heavily on who makes it to the next round. And if D_Lord remembers this game exists.
*pokes the vile thing of ultimate evil*

[D_Lord]

Die!
Richard gets his head crushed by Khrima's Malet of Excemem Pain.
Argent Kill them all.
Argent goes forth out of the base, in full Kaos Genarl mode.
http://www.adventurers-comic.com/comics/adventurers20020218a.gif
Argent explodes a Jedi.
http://www.adventurers-comic.com/comics/adventurers20040327a.gif
(Sorry school work has made me very busy. Bites Reinholdt. You are luckly I'm not in the Doomsday Cave. a heads up. things that destroy everything get peoples attention.)

Casualties

A jedi and Richard


Army List

1. Khrima
2. Argent
3. The Ax
4. K-army lot of them
5. The NRG. Demon
6. 6 Giant Frogs
7. Igor
8. Two goblin mine setters
9. Khrima's Orbital Lazor launch systom
10.Giant Robot powered by cereal. broken could be fixed if had parts


\/It isn't for any reason, that is good. But Dark Lord will have nothing to play with if you destroy everything.

[Reinholdt]

(Sorry school work has made me very busy. Bites Reinholdt. You are luckly I'm not in the Doomsday Cave. a heads up. things that destroy everything get peoples attention.)
Best of luck at school! They can be a pain.
*ouch* I only poked you! Didn't have to bite. :smallyuk:
>>
And yes, I've noticed not too many people are fond of me destroying the multi-verse.
<<

[Recaiden]

Ein! You.. How could you?! He was just a poor defenseless dog!
Prepare to die, human. He leaps at Ocelot and raises his spear. Ocelot spins and pulls the trigger. The blue flahs stops, and Karman falls, a bullet in his eye.

You know, we might need more strength to ends this fight. Those humans there look pretty disorganized and helpless. She points out the werewolf lynch mob members. Soon, they're all dead.

The Sniper is ready, and takes aim from the tower at Revolver Ocelot's head. As he pulls the trigger, time seems to slow down. Everyone sees the bullet traveling, and Ocelot slowly turning towards it. Two shots ring out. two bullets collide in midair, and the second heads back towards the sniper's tower. He falls to the ground.

No one seems to have done anything about the lasguns, so they cut down a jedi, who is unable to block the shots from so many different directions, and train themselves on the Doombots.

Atomic Robo strides out onto the field, and is promptly blown apart by the doombots. The harbringers stride over the wrecked gate and shoot 2 of them in the back.
Ooo! Edward got one
...

Karman slowly gets up, his head covered in blood. Sorry, human. That was good, but bullets aren't enough. A blue flash, and the spear is through Ocelot's chest. Wait, who's that? Karman turns, and the Pyro turns on his flamethrower. Mmfmff! The flames gain a green tinge, and there is only a pile of red dust left.

Casulaties

Lynch mob
1 Jedi
Ocelot
Sniper
Karman
Several doombots.

Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts
2. Lancer Battle Engine
3. Edward Elric
4. 2 Harbringers
5. Schiff, minus Ghell and Karman.
6. 10 zerglings
7. Light Yagami
8. Edward
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends
10. Flash tanks
I accidentally put the wrong name.

[Selrahc]

In the chaos of the battlefield, Ragnar Blackmane barely has time to acknowledge his dead comrades. Ther last doombot is about to complete the magic sigils, but the Jedis are moving in, ready to finish him off. Doom can not let his concentration slip from his enchantments or all will be lost. Moving with the combination of ludicrous speed and berserk rage that had enabled him to escape the doom of his Battle Brothers, Ragnar leaps into combat.

He does not find the Jedi unprepared. A whirling lightsaber blade almost bisects him at the first, and only his lightning speed lets him avoid it. The second jedi slices at his flank, but is parried by the frost blade.
Ragnar lets lose a salvo of bolt shells at the first jedi, only to have them parried, but his intended goal was merely distraction, and he presses the attack on his other opponent. Locking blades with his opponent he takes the opportunity to follow up with a savage kick, shattering his opponents ribs, and knocking him off guard. As he prepares to land a killing blow he is knocked heavily away. The other Jedi had knocked him over using his mystical energy.

As Ragnar is knocked flying, the wounded Jedi leaps at him in mid flight but had not reckoned on Ragnars hardiness. Ragnars left arm is taken clean off by the lightsaber swipe. The Jedi fares even worse, a thrust from the chainblade taking his head off his shoulders.

Ragnar hits the ground, his arm already beginning to clot over. He stands, weakened, looking at his fresh faced opponent. "At least this will be a good death" he thinks as he runs howling at his foe.

The Jedi makes short work of the wounded wolf. However as he turns back to Doctor Doom, he realizes he is already too late. He just has time to despair before he is vaporized.

Doctor Doom is not just a scientist extraordinaire, he is also one of the greatest magic users ever. With the necklace and sword of Sparda he had unleashed the energy of the demon king Sparda, channelling it into himself for a short time. In the same way that Dante had been able to tap into the demonic power to power his devil trips, Doom had brought forward all of his power.. for a short time.

He ascended on wings of fire, a corona of energy rendering his figure painful to look at. While he had this power, he was going to make the most of it. Anyone left standing would fear the name of Doom...

Casualties

2 Jedi
Ragnar Blackmane


Army List


1. Runaways, minus Victor and Klara
2. Doctor Doom MEGA DOOM!
3. Fantastic Four
4. Master Chief, 10 Spartans 71 Doombots
5. Ragnar Blackmane and 10 Wolf Guard
6. Rhombus and 15 Brotherhood of Steel Paladins
7. Dante
8. The Doctor and TARDIS
9. Agatha Heterodyne, Zeetha and Krosp
10. Metal Gear Rex


Doom

Okay, you guys go kill Doom. Have fun with it, but remember he is really really really tough right now. I'm still expecting him to be long dead by the time my next turn comes up. Bonus points if Fox does it somehow. :smalltongue:

[Rutskarn]

Doom descended like a vengeful god.

A gout of flame, so hot as to be nearly invisible, tears the air like the screaming spirits of the damned. It blasts through solid rock, melting all of Nodwick's party. People scatter, diving for cover.

Spinning up into the sky, Doom gestures outwards, sensing the lives of those below.

One blast shatters all of Khrima's bones.

Another blasts Edward to shreds.

A third melts Richard into a screaming ooze.

Fox watches the carnage, his face contorted in horror.

He was alone. A war raged around him, corpses scattered like fallen leaves, the dry earth stained with the blood of his friends and his foes alike.

He looked down at his pistol. What was it good for? What could he possibly do?

Suddenly, he felt a presence from behind him...

He turned, and his jaw dropped in shock and disbelief.

Standing there, almost insubstantial, with a sheepish grin, was Slippy.

"S-Slippy?"

Slippy nodded, his expression almost sad.

"But you're dead...I...I saw you die!"

Slippy raised a hand, placing it gently on Fox's shoulder.

"Never mind that. I'm here to see that what needs to be done...is done. I will guide you."

Fox opens his mouth, unsure of what to say. Gesturing at Doom, he stammers, "I can't...he'll kill us all!"

Slippy laughs merrily, and something about his voice sounds almost ethereal.

"Fox, you have it in you. In your craft, you are a god. You just need to find that special place. Find it, and all will be solved."

Slippy gestures towards Doom.

"A weak spot on his armor. Just below the head. One shot will do it."

Fox shakes his head. "I can't...I'll just..."

Slippy's grip becomes firmer, reassuring. "I can't stay for long. Don't worry. I believe in you."

Fox stared at his pistol for another few moments. He closed his eyes, and his jaw became firmer. When they opened, fear and determination mingled freely within them.

"I'll try."

Fox turned, slowly raising his pistol, pointing at Doom.

Slippy spoke, voice soft.

"Put yourself behind the controls. You're flying. You're like a spirit, like a god. You have the power. He's just a target."

Fox concentrated. He felt the tension ease from his muscles, felt his sense sharpen. He could feel the target.

"You can do this."

Fox tightened his finger on the trigger.

"Fire."

Fox squeezed the trigger, and a blast of energy was launched from his sidearm.

It seemed to travel in slow motion, hissing through the air, through the haze of smoke and death. It carved a path for itself, devouring distance, hungry for its distant target. The air became hotter and hotter as Doom cackled, voice raised in fury...and the blast smacked straight into the vulnerable spot, blazing through his armor and into his heart.

The light and heat from Doom vanished in an instant.

As if in slow motion, Doom began to drift downwards. He fell faster and faster, his drift becoming a plummet, until the armored corpse clattered into a pile of bones and armor on the ground.

Fox looked in disbelief at what he had done. He'd succeeded. He'd hit Doom.

Behind him, Slippy smiled. "I always believed in you, Fox."

Fox smiled, tears of happiness coming to his eyes. However, after a moment his expression fell. His jaw grew slack. Weakly, he turned his head.

The Spy flicked away his cigarette, wiping the blood off of his knife. "I always believed on you. I never was on your side."

Fox crumpled to the ground, dead.

The Spy began to cloak...then something caught his eye. He pulled his magnum revolver out, looked at it as if judging it...then discarded it. He pulled Ocelot's revolver out of its holster, sliding it into his own.

Then he vanishes.

Meanwhile:

"River? Where is he?"

River looked towards her brother uncomprehendingly.

Simon sighed. "River, we need to know. If we're going to get out of this...we have to take him down soon."

River laughed suddenly, lightly. "I know where he is. Come one. We'll find him. Hide and seek."

River started off, Simon, Black Hat and Zoey following close behind.

Simon turned to Black Hat. "What the hell's so important we gotta leave the field to go findin' it?"

Black Hat snorted. "Are you really telling me people in the future have never heard of Dr. Who?"

Casualties:

Richard
Khrima
Nodwick's Party
Edward
Doctor Doom
Fox

Army list:


1. 5 Jedi Knights
2. Nodwick's party
3. Black Hat Guy
4. Atomic Robo
5. Sam and Max
6. Gordon Freeman and DOG
7. Team Fortress 2 Classes Spy, Engineer, Pyro
8. The crew of Serenity Jayne, Zoey, Simon, River
9. Imperial Guardsmen
10. Liberty Prime

[Reinholdt]

((^ Hey, you kill off Fox and Richard, at least remember that Jayne is dead. :smalltongue:))

"Minion, how many pieces do we have left?"
"Uh... negative two sir."
"Oh. Can you explain to me how THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE?!"
"Well, somehow or another they managed to kill the lynch mob and Richard twice. I'm not sure how sir."
"So, is there any way to stay in the game and pull out a victory from behind?"
"Not really sir. All we have are two standing gates and an empty base."
"I see. Is there anyway we can... say... take the gate and drop it on someone unexpectedly, smashing them and winning?"
"I don't think so. I'm pretty sure that'd be cheating sir."
"Confound it! I'm evil! I'm allowed to cheat."
"Perhaps, but then they may come after you."
"Bah. I'll get you next time Rutskarn! NEXT TIME!!! Come minion, it's time to make good our escape and plot for next time."
"Why? What are we going to do next time sir?"
"The same thing we do everytime minion. Try to win Insanowar."

They're minion, they're minion and the sir, sir, sir, sir,
sir, sir, sir, sir.
FOX!

A small capsule fires from Reinholdt's base, boring through the roof of the cavern, containing minion and sir as they make their getaway.

((And it would seem you no longer have to wait for me in the turn order either.))

[Recaiden]

Well, that's the last Bebop crewman gone now. Awesome scene though.

[Rutskarn]

Whoops, Jayne is dead. Okay, Simon instead.

A doctor, a teenage girl, a stick figure and a distraught woman with a shotgun versus Dr. Who. Yeah, I think the words "acceptable casualties" are gonna be thrown around a lot.

[Selrahc]

My plans for next turn

Doctor Who was going to Liberty Prime to try and take it out of action.
The introduction of Rutskarn's ragtag band complicates things, but what I'm thinking now is that he convinces the ragtag band to join him as his new companions, and then leaves the battlefield, not to interfere in it again.


But I'm not too good at dialogue so anyone who has some suggestions and inspiration for me, I'd be grateful if you could throw some of it my way. :smallsmile:

[Rutskarn]

Problem is, where is Liberty Prime?

Dunh dunh DUNH!

As far as The Doctor's "exit strategy" goes: I'd be down with that, but Black Hat would probably stay and finish the fight.

[Recaiden]

A small cameraphone beeps, and moments later, Light looks up from the death note. Argent - Pushes Igor off the top of the tower, and jumps to his death.

The harbringers stride onto the field, Edward and the Schiff clinging to them and waiting behind the shields. Both train their cannons on the Pyro, and he is, ironically, burned to a crisp by the superheated plasma.

Edwards claps and places his hands on the ground, collapsing the ground below any remaining gates.

The last 10 zerglings rise up and rush the Runaways. Chase burns one to death, and the next 2 are cut down by Old Lace, but the other 8 tear them to shreds. Molly's eyes turn pink, and knocks another 2 across the room. Karolina enters her alien form and blasts the remaining zerg.
The schiff are spotted halfway between them and the harbringers only seconds later. Moses grabs Nico by the throat and begins to drain her blood. Karolina hits him with a blast of light, and he falls back, smoldering slightly. The Staff of One appears from Nico's chest, but a double bladed sword flashes and knocks it from her hands.
A swing of Lulu's battle axe knocks Molly down, but she gets back up, mostly unharmed.
A similar attack by Moses's scythe, and Nico falls. Another blast of sunlight, and he lies on the ground, green flames licking at the edges of his body.
Lulu and Irene hang back, clearly wondering how to continue the fight, when Edward transmutes a little bit of the cieling, knocking loose a pile of rocks between the groups, and they flee back to the shields and pull up the hoods of their cloaks as far as they can.
Casulaties

Argent, Igor
Old Lace, Chase,
Zerglings.
Nico
Moses

Army List

1. ? Elaine Roberts
2. Lancer Battle Engine
3. Edward Elric
4. 2 Harbringers
5. Schiff, minus Ghell and Karman.
6. 10 zerglings
7. Light Yagami
8. Bebop & crew
9. 5 Tiberium Fiends
10. Flash tanks

[Darkcomet]

Khrima was dead by Mega Doom already.

Just sayin'.

[Selrahc]

Karolina lands, next to the corpses of some of her oldest friends. Molly is already there. Both were almost collapsed in tears. Xavin on the other hand, doesn't show any sadness, any fear. This was the plan, and everything was working. Watching Karolina though, Xavin was left wondering if it was worth the cost.


Inside the shields of the first Harbinger, things start to go very wrong, very quickly. The Fantastic Four takes the opportunity opened up by the attack on the Runaways. Inside the protective shielding, they appear from invisibility. Or to be more precise, the Human Torch appears. The other three members of the FF remain hunkered down inside Sue's force field, as the fire builds.

Nothing on the battlefield could be as dangerous as the fires unleashed by Doom, but the Nova flame of the Human Torch comes close. The inside of the shield is rendered white for a second, and then collapses. A spike of flame escaping from the shield before the firestorms collapse. The Harbinger is reduced to a burnt out ruin, with the recently escaped Schiff crew reduced to skeletons in the intense heat.

As the firestorms subside though, the second Harbinger opens fire. Johnny Storm, trapped outside of his sister's forcefield is ripped to ribbons.

Meanwhile, Xavin gestures to the surviving Runaways. Time to reinforce the front. In a blaze of fire, she zooms at the last Harbinger. Karolina follows, leaving Molly behind.

They streak towards the harbinger in a blaze of light, and as they approach they pound the Harbingers shields with light and heat. It turns towards them and wipes them both out with it's powerful ordnance. But that lets the pressure off the Fantastic Four. Reed snakes out, lightning fast, roping his elastic form around the legs of the Harbinger, knocking it off balance. The Thing, dives at it, ripping it apart with a fearsome strength. The mighty machine is ripped asunder, left as nothing but scraps.

But Elric turns the tide in moments. Touching his hands to the ground, a great rumbling of the earth. Underneath Sue a sudden shift knocks her concentration away, and he takes the chance to launch a dozen rocky spikes at her. She is left lying dead on the ground.

The Thing roars at the Alchemist and moves to knock him into the ground like a recalcitrant tent peg. But Edward is a quick and nasty fighter and reacts much faster than his opponent. Forming an alchemical seal he then touches the rocky form of his enemy and turns the Thing back into Benjamin Grimm. Ben is left stunned by this move, which gives Edward all the opportunity he needs to deliver a stunning haymaker with his metal arm. Ben is left unconscious on the floor.

As Reed Richards and Edward square up against one another, Elric is suddenly shot dead. The last Doombot had blasted him from behind with a battle rifle.

Mr Fantastic and the Doombot head for the gate, carrying Ben, to rendezvous with Molly and the other survivors

Casualties

Human Torch
Invisible Woman
Karolina
Xavin
Schiff
2 Harbingers
Edward Elric



Molly
Rhombus and 15 Brotherhood Paladins
Zeetha and Krosp
Ben Grimm (Not the Thing), Mr Fantastic
Tardis, Doctor Who
1 Doombot


Dr Who

If you feel like running the confrontation on your turn Rutskarn, then go ahead. Otherwise I'll get to it next time.

[Rutskarn]

Frick!

Lost my post when the server hiccupped. Repost later.

[D_Lord]

(fun note, Argent isn't his real name. So he is still around.)

[Rutskarn]

Okay, I had this huge long post written, and I don't have the energy to completely rewrite it, so let me do a recap.

The Doctor vamooses with Simon and River. Black Hat and Zoey make their way back to the fortifications at D_Lord's hijacked base.

The engineer had put a sentry near Reed, fortified with scrap metal for the ship. Rockets take out Ben Grimm and the Doombot. Reed pursues the tapped-out Engie, but is ambushed by Sam and Max, who force tar cake sample down his throat, sticking it shut and killing him.

Casualties:

Reed Richards
Benjamin Grimm
Doombot
Dr. Who
Simon and River Tam

Army List:


1. 5 Jedi Knights
2. Nodwick's party
3. Black Hat Guy
4. [S]Atomic Robo
5. Sam and Max
6. Gordon Freeman and DOG
7. Team Fortress 2 Classes Spy, Engineer
8. The crew of Serenity Jayne, Zoey, Simon, River
9. Imperial Guardsmen
10. Liberty Prime

[Selrahc]

Black Hat and Zoey make their way back to the fortifications at D_Lord's hijacked base.

I'm pretty much unclear on D Lord's position, since Recaiden may or may not have killed his last two dudes...

So either Black Hat and Zoey are heading to a base with two guys left in it, or D lord is out of the game. Ruling?

[Rutskarn]

I'm pretty sure Argent is his only remaining dude. Nonetheless, I've more or less commandeered his base--he probably isn't going to attack me directly, for fear of losing his last unit.

[Recaiden]

Post removed because Rutskarn apparently changed his mind And I forgot to check for his real name.

[Selrahc]

((Psst, Nodwicks party were already killed by Doom))

[Reinholdt]

I thought it was D_Lord's turn, not Recaiden's. :smallconfused: Hence the discussion whether he's still alive.

[Rutskarn]

Hey, D_Lord, if you're not dead, pop in and let us know.

...

[D_Lord]

http://www.adventurers-comic.com/comics/adventurers20030929a.gif
Good try.
Chaos Blade Storm

[Selrahc]

Selrahc's forces sit in the heavily fortified gate. Waiting. Waiting for the coming conflict.

In the main office, Krosp and Molly watch Reed Richards scanner, checking for any infiltrators, or upcoming attack. Behind them Rhombus sits, a casual eye scanning the workings of the great force field generator.

The Brotherhood of Steel stand ready, guns aimed outwards. The automatons wait behind them to reload their weapons. Replacement guns are on hand for when the first guns are being reloaded.

Zeetha sits at the helm of the gates biggest gun, the refitted railgun from Metal Gear REX. Spinning around on the chair is getting boring, so hopefully there will be something to shoot at soon.

So yeah, I'm not coming out of this fortress. Come and get me Liberty Prime! :mitd:

[Rutskarn]

Okay, we've gotten a little off track here.

Recaiden: it wasn't so much that I changed my mind as that I didn't realize D_Lord was still playing. I entirely expected that he wouldn't post again. However, since we've sort of gotten ahead of ourselves, and D_Lord did not choose to take a turn, I can only conclude that he's out.

Anyway, go ahead and repost your turn, then I'll take mine. If D_Lord still wants in, he will go next.

[Recaiden]

The lasguns mow down the constructs, then finally turn on the tower itself, and it slowly collapses, crushing the engineer. The fire wildly out the gate.

What was Ed thinking? We need him to keep up our forces. And we don't know any names.

No idea. The lasguns have done about all they can do.


The constructs put together all the small arms and explosives they can, along with a small buggy.

[Rutskarn]

Oh crap, it is my turn.

A figure approaches the gates. He's dressed in a cheap suit, with a grimy fedora and a steamer trunk.

Zeetha watches him cautiously. "What do you want?" she asks.

The man beams. He has a gold tooth.

"Encyclopedia salesman, ma'am! Can I come in?"

Zeetha unloads into him. The body of the spy doesn't touch the ground for at least ten yards.

Black Hat, from the fortification, points towards the corpse. "I just want to make it clear that that wasn't my plan."

Max raises his hand. "Yeah, that was me. He was getting on my nerves."

Zoey leans back. "Open and shut case. We need Liberty Prime to take out the gates."

Sam's brow furrows. "Couldn't we just blow them up more conventionally? A dozen bombs would probably do it."

Black Hat probably would have rolled his eyes, had he any. "Yeah. Got some lying around, smartass?"

Sam pulls the sticky bomb launcher out of his jacket.

Zoey's mouth drops. "Where did you get that? ...and how did you fit it in your clothes?"

"I found it in the wreckage when I was doing the scrap metal-collecting minigame for the engineer, and assumed it would be necessary later." His eyes narrowed. "As for the second question, don't go there."

Black Hat turned to the engineer. "Alright, hardhat, get the sentry going up here so it can take out people on the fort. I'll make a few choice modifications."

Everyone gets into position...then strikes.

Zoey leaps up from behind a rock, shooting at Zeetha and strafing between cover. Zeetha springs into action, sending withering streams of hot lead in her direction, but Zoey is a trained soldier and knows when to dive behind cover. Max, in the meantime, fires as many stickies as the mechanism allows at the gate.

Meanwhile, the Brotherhood of Steel has noticed Max firing sticky grenades at the gate. The commander makes a difficult decision--their ordinance isn't suited to hitting a relatively small target from behind cover at medium range, and even if they could, someone else would simply scoop up the launcher. Attempting to remove the stickies would be suicide. The best strategy would be to fall back immediately, so that when the gates went down they would survive.

"Fall back!" he shouts, up towards Zeetha. Zeetha begins to respond...then is distracted when she notices Max.

Zoey glances at Zeetha. Max was another second from success. He need just one moment more...

She dove out from behind the rock, and was cut down in a haze of gunfire.

"Yes!" screamed Zeetha, triumphant. "I got her!"

She was then blown into microscopic chunks.

The gate collapsed inwards, shattered by the cartoonish explosion.

The rag-tag team charges, while The Brotherhood, well out of blast radius, begins firing.

Sam is mowed down quickly, a fairly large target. Max manages to take out a few with his Luger, and Black Hat fires a few lucky shots. They begin to pull back, and the Brotherhood close in--just inside turret range.

The Modified Sentry Gun manages to inflict heavy casualties, firing rockets, shells, and rabid chihuahuas into the midst of the soldiers. They manage to take out the Engineer and his creation, seconds before Max finishes the last one off.

Casualties:

The Spy
The Engineer
Sam
Zoey
Zeetha
Rhombus/BoS
Doombots

Ouch. Losing the last of the TF2 classes, not mention Sam, really hurt. It needed to be done, though.


1. 5 Jedi Knights
2. Nodwick's party
3. Black Hat Guy
4. Atomic Robo
5. Sam and Max
6. Gordon Freeman and DOG
7. Team Fortress 2 Classes
8. The crew of Serenity
9. Imperial Guardsmen
10. Liberty Prime

[Selrahc]

Still to come on this edition of Insanowar:
The 2 greatest hackers in the XKCD universe duel!
An anthropomorphic cat with a death ray fights an anthropomorphic dog with an oversized gun!
A guy with a list gets stomped on by a humongous warbot!

Note all predictions are considered non canon to how events will actually turn out, and reading them is considered dangerous to your health. May contain nuts.

[Rutskarn]

Fun fact: Of the remaining combatants, the only ones vulnerable to the Death Note guy are:

Max
Elaine Roberts
Krosp

[Recaiden]

Fun fact: Of the remaining combatants, the only ones vulnerable to the Death Note guy are:

Max
Elaine Roberts
Krosp

You're forgetting Light himself:smallamused: And Black hat guy does have a name.

[Rutskarn]

You're forgetting Light himself:smallamused: And Black hat guy does have a name.

As to the last one, not really. Did I miss something?

[Selrahc]

We know he has a name (http://xkcd.com/498/)*, we just don't know what it is.

So I guess if Recaiden comes up with a plan to make someone who never reveals his name, and in fact can conceal it from a full background search by the US government, and who is definitely geeky enough to know all about Death Note... if he comes up with a plan to make that guy reveal his name, then Black Hat Guy could probably be affected.

I doubt that Krosp or Max could be affected though. The note only works on humans, and they are an anthropomorphic dog and cat. Molly has a triple whammy defence of a mask, an alter ego and a non human status, so she should be safe too.

So... there are only 3 people it can affect and 2 of them are on Recaiden's team, and the one who isn't would never give up his name.


*If he didn't have a name saying "I never gave them my name" doesn't really make a lot of sense.

[Recaiden]

Wait, are all of Selhrac's forces dead?