Techbot Alpha

Vanguard Base, early morning

The target dummy rocked and rocked as it was pummeled by accurate punches. The man was clad in the lower half of his armour and a tan tank top. The cyber-monocle that had replaced his right eye glinted slightly in the light, as he finally took a step back from the target and rolled his shoulders.

"Up early, Colonel?"
Colonel Lyndon turned and smiled wryly to the wep-tech scientist who had stopped by with a newspaper under one arm and a cup of coffee in the other hand.

"Don't sleep much these days, Chaz," the soldier replied, as he began suiting back up.
Chaz simply nodded, placing the coffee cup on the steps and heading down to the armoury.

Lyndon finished strapping into the top half of his armour, leaving the helmet off to drink the steaming caffeine. He half turned as he heard footsteps behind him, smiling as he saw who it was.
Psi Scout Ky'Net bowed his head as he stood next to the Colonel, the lanky Rikti Traditionalist remaining silent for a moment.

"It is: beginning," he said finally, looking sidelong at his companion.

Lyndon simply nodded.
"I know, Ken. And we'll be waiting for them. You in for this one?" he added, looking up. "I doubt people would blame you. The Praetorians-"

"Are as much: our problem as they are: yours," Ky'Net replied with a shift in his expression that Lyndon had come to recognise as the Rikti's mouthless equivelant of a smile. "Restructurists: possibly in league with: Praetorian attacks. That makes it: Our problem too."

Lyndon nodded, glancing up as a heavy hand clapped him on the shoulder.
"We're all in this together, Colonel," the towering red and white robotic being behind him said, as three others joined the little group.
Lyndon smiled. Chief Centurion Z1, the extraterrestrial robotic soldier from the stars. First Lieutenant Kitsune Vixen, field empath-medic and battle psyker. And Gunnery Sergeants Fox and Wolf, also known as Z22 Pyre Fox and X21 Ice Wolf, the Hound Brothers.

The group exchanged a look. One was all that was needed. Without a word they turned and fell into practisced step, the light clank of the Vanguard armour worn by Lyndon, Vix, Fox and Wolf echoed by the heavier tread of the Chief's robotic feet and Ky'Nets Rikti Battle armour.
"For: Peace," Ky'net said as they headed to the surface and the transports.
"For Truth, Justice and Freedom," the Chief finished, red cape catching the wind as they stepped out. "SABRE team; let's get to work."

Depends on the character. Usually its fairly easy to explain why a character gets more powerful as they level up, and thats fine by me. IN some cases, my re-rolled Invul/Elec tank for example, I do RP him as if he was still 50. It's not my fault that EnrgMelee got nerfed, after all And he hasn't suddenly got more spannerised all of a sudden, or lost a limb. It' a purely OOC change that prompted it, so OOC it remains.

On the flipside, certain characters I will wait till a certain level to RP with. I waited till level 24 to RP my Traditionalist Rikti Psi-Scout, Ky'Net, because he's using a Fortunata as a build base (+ Rikti costume code) so it made sense to wait till then.

/Signed, would buy

Pity I'm at Uni nearly all day. *sigh* I guess slapping it on the entirety of UK and EU daytime is the price we pay for....something?

Don't get me wrong, I'm optimistic for the merger and all. I just wish it didn't mean I get to play 0 hours tomorrow. While missing the UStream, which I'd quite like to ask questions in.
Even if Matt never answers me properly wuss.

Anderson sat back and retracted the offered hand with a faint smirk, seemingly content to sit back and listen. His pose seem relaxed and casual, but those who noticed such things would see his eyes never once stopped moving, taking in every little detail as much as possible.

Hey, Sony?

That's karma for making the PS3 so bad in comparison to the PS2

/jokingaround

Oh, they changed it back to the old one? Ace. I hated the OTT thrust they changed it to. Add it as an option? Sure. More are good. But choice is important.

Within the facility...

The seers floated around the man, four in total. They were motionless except for their drifting, as still as he was, stood with his arms folded in front of him, head bowed.

Serve. Hunt. Vanquish. Protect. Hunt. Seek. Destroy.

Anyone who passed too near could feel the chilling monotone repetition itching at the base of their brain. The man's head snapped up suddenly, a red glow rising behind his full face gasmask. He seemed to examine himself for a moment, clad as he was in full black and red TEST armour.
"You know what must be done," one seer slurred, visor staring sightlessly at him.
"She is watching you, always," another hissed between clenched teeth.

The man nodded, once.
"Mother will not be dissapointed," he replied quietly, voice rasping behind the mask. "Mother will not be failed. Morden will not fail...."

Paragon Time, Monday 9th May, 2011. Page 2 Column

Birds of a Feather, People together

A Vanguard spokesman put forth the above statement when questioned about the influx of Praetorians and the growing difficulties betwen the extra-dimensional Empire and our own Earth.

Jeremy Charles Lyndon (29), Vanguard Shield Colonel and ex-SAS officer, was forthright in his view on the Praetorian situation and the mixed responses of the public.
"People need to understand that the overwhelming majority of the refugees, such the sadly late Anton's, are normal people trying to live everyday lives the same as anyone else. They deserve not only our sympathy, but our protection from those would do them harm simply because they chose freedom and truth. In a way those who come from Praetoria, the non-meta's especially, exemplify more than most the values that founded Paragon City; Truth, Freedom and Justice."

When asked wether taking such a stance might make him unpopular, Lydon was resolute.
"I've read the hate-rags like the Tattler and others, and it saddens me to think that people actually read, let alone believe, the dross they print. Haters will hate, I suppose. And if any of them come my way, well, they're more than welcome to try their luck."

The Colonel, known to many in Vanguard as 'Lucky Lyndon', boasts no idle threat. A member of Vanguard since 2004, Col. Lyndon has been through more than his fair share of battles and come out standing, including the viscious 39th Battle of Point Du Hoc.

Yeah, of all the NPCs I envy, those two rank really damn high. I mean, have you ever looked closely at Mirror Spirit? Really? The detail on the face and...well...everything, actually. She has one of the single most detailed faces in CityOf to date, and I wish players could even come close =/

Silver let out a whistle of relief, before taking a seat on the ground with a heavy clank, the ground shaking a little as he did so.
"This...has been one hell of a day," he exclaimed to the world in general, looking around curiously as he did so.

Pfft, if you do tell me how XD I've never been able to do that. And also 'suffer' from too much junk being imagined in my mind.

Like I said, more than happy to help writing articles too

Sounds about right

We were meant to be getting the IDF armour in I19/20. We're still meant to be getting it, although when I have no idea. And it's annoying =/

^ Double that ^

The Clawed one speaks wisdom

You've been Blueside how long and not noticed this?

*Locks down the bunker, battens down the hatches, seals the doors and prepares the Apocalypse rations*

This is going to be interesting...