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At the same time as Lo-Fi, Hi-Fi created a wall of air that Leo ignited and pushed forward. Leo counted less Malta operatives than before. He pushed on and then attacked drawing all their fire power in his direction. Allowing Hi-Fi to attack without fear of being attacked himself.

12:04:01

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Quickfrost joined Leo by his side along with Hi-Fi Girl, smashing the butt of his ice sword into the heads of the fallen Malta.

"BODICIA here, you better move. You have several groups incoming. I could do with assistance in the engine rooms and my core."

"Leo, you're with me." Cindersnap said. "Rest of you, use the service tunnels to get to the engine room. Good luck, I know you can do it."

The four young heroes sprinited off to one of the service tunnel hatches, with Ryan motioning Leo to follow him to another.

12:04:45

Two more SHADOW units arrived, their black armour glowing a neon red in places. The ones near the Sisters of Artemis already had her channelgun out and ready, and the couple who stepped out of nothing but a red, shimmering portal stood ready.

With a quick burst of speed, one made towards the High Speed Transit Elevators, while the other unfolded his channelgun and pointed them upwards.

"Hell rain down on you all!" He screamed, blasts of dark red energy hurtling up into the roof of the lobby, starting to bring down more of the roof.

12:04:57

Over by the blast doors to BODICIA's core in Unity Tower, one of the SHADOW units stepped back, blurring with a red light before appearing a way behind White Warlock.

"The mage. How is your wife, by the way?" The man inside the high tech armour chuckled, before unfolding his channelguns. From his arms, modified Rikti Rifle barrels flicked into place and began to charge with energy.

12:05:07

[u]End of Minute 4/Begining of Minute 5[u]

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Nodding slowly to Libby and Nene in turn as they asked if she and Gemini were okay, Chlorr called over the sound of gunfire, powers and explosions to Nene, "Yeah, I'm okay. What took you so long?"

12:04:02

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"Securing facilities further in the complex. They already heavily damaged a lab when we arrived." Nene said, lifting a hand up. A chunk of rubble promptly disappeared from nearby and flew from the opening portal into a Hercules Titan. "We believe we've routed the forces down there, but Vigilance Tower has less manpower in, most of it has gone towards defending the students."

The Pioneer lifted up a large tile from the floor, using it as a shield to protect the others from fire, even as Umbral Pulsar shifted into Nova form and soared up to attack from above.

"Let's gather ourselves and push them out of here." Nene said grimly, her combat HUD flipping down.

12:04:46

BODICIA quickly replied to Starborn, even as her AI cores worked on running every single other thing she had to control. "They're still scrambling now, there was a Troll Rave earlier in Skyway, and Longbow was drawn out into Bloody Bay earlier." She replied.

12:04:11

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Leo returned Ryan's nod, he turned towards the north stairwell and braced himself to run and flame.

12:03:46

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"Now! Ice Burst, wait two, Fire Sweep!" Cidnersnap gave the signal. With a sonic blast the two ice walls shattered into thousands of shards flying into the approaching forces. After a moment, the twins fired another wall, and at his end Cindersnap ignited the wall of air and pushed it forwards, before he, Lo-Fi Boy and Rushmore were upon the Knives of Artemis, attacking with stone, fire and sound.

12:04:01

[u]Over in Unity Tower[u]

A group of charging Malta suddenly... vanished, only for a moment later to fall from the top of the rafters in the lobby, a good four story drop. Another group froze in place behind their vantage point, and several of the turrets and Engineers guarding them began to ripple and crumple under gravity distortions. With a flash of light and a warping of the air, Number Nine appeared out of thin air, flanked by The Pioneer and Umbral Pulsar.

"Chlorr, Gemini." The Crey built gynoid nodded, landing behind them. "You alright?"

12:04:01

BODICIA's voice flickered over the comms frequency to Starborn. "None yet, but I am currently holding them off with the defenses. One of the Shadow Suits is heading this way though. You'll know one if you see one. I'll attempt to get Cindersnap's group down here, though currently a large amount of Malta forces have pushed through the lobby and are approaching his position."

12:03:56

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Marie called them Power Sparks. Well, that's what she called them to other people. In her own head she thought of them as 'Butt-kicking boomers!'. They were an adaptation of Sapper technology, particularly suited to the skills and prefered weaponry of the Sisters of Artemis. Two bulky shuriken, connected by a shielded wire, were thrown at an oncoming trooper. Though much heavier than normal, the weapons had edges literally as sharp as a razor, designed to cut through flesh like butter, and wedge into armour or bone. The tiny power cells were capable of delivering a 0.25 second jolt of the same frequency as a Sapper's energy cannon. Not enough to drop a metahuman or suit of power armour, but enough to weaken them a little... just in time for the timer on the plastic explosives to hit zero. Mel could throw a pair every 2 seconds, but she only had 3 pairs. None of them were set for impact trigger. They were tied to her wrist comm. And the button on her wrist comm she was reaching for, even as the last pair flew toward their target...

12:03:24

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The explosion wrapped around the mysteriously armoured invidivual, before starting to clear. While reduced to its knees, the armoured enemy slowy rose, a variant of the Arachnos Longfang Channelgun unfolding from its back.

"You want to play, girls?" The pilots female voice laughed. "Bring it."

12:03:40

Outside, the Kronos Titan's firing brakes were down, keeping it routed to one spot and preventing the ice from causing it to slip, even as its energy weapons fired into the shields on the Towers. The Malta forces around it though, did take notice of Burned Ice, and fire was directed her way.

[u]End of Minute Three/Begining of Minute Four[u]

For those intending to go to GG tonight and referencing this:

After seven minutes, the Mediport systems come back online, and then go down again as the attacking forces telehack out. The tower's front structures are damaged as well as the lobbies, and fire containment systems are controlling the flames from the attack and several incendiry devices. There was no loss of life among the NV due to them hiding in the well protected and shielded training rooms, and those in the fight were able to hold off enemy forces till their retreat.

Emergency services arrived, and around three minutes later the portals came back online, with Zortel, Xortel, Storm Sapphire and other members of the group returning to begin clear up and damage control.

Any one with a damaged room has been assigned a new room elsewhere, and as of this evening the remaining Vigilants are guarding the area and helping to clean up. New Vigilant lessons are currently cancelled, and entry to the towers is through the emergency side and rear exits.

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Leo had managed to wedge a chair under the handle on the door to the stairs. He heard Ryan's orders but stood ready at the door in case they managed to break through. He fell back when the ice wall started to form around him.

Leo stood waiting for Ryan's next order. His face was set not giving away a flicker of emotion. He knew he could absorb the most damage so he expected to be infront.

12:02:59

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"All New Vigilants, remember to keep together and work as a team! This is no time for heroics! Well.... you know what I mean!" Ryan broadcasted throughout the tower, before switching to local mode and looking to the others, begining to gesture.

"The Malta are about to breach the stairwell, and-" He paused as a sharp tipped sword poked through the ice. "Keep away from these walls. Quickfrost, reinforce them while we bide our time. On my word, Hi-Fi, blast the Northern Wall. Lo-Fi, the Southern. Quickfrost and Rushmore, get ready to attack anyone coming for us. Leo and I will need Hi and Lo's aid again." He stated, before grinning.

"What we're going to do is use your vibration powers to chuck a wall of air at them. Leo, you take the North wall. I want you to ignite that wall of air. I'll take the south. Once it's clear, fall on them and take them down. No killing. Synergy, I tell you. Synergy."

The other team members nodded, and Cindersnap looked to Leo with a nod. The sound of explosives rocked from the north as the door was blown off its hinges.

"Alright, let's do this."

12:03:45

Red-Alpha-Zero grinned to himself under his mask as he started to search the magical lab for any of the itinery he'd been sent to capture. A moment ago, he buzzed off the simple message. "Cadaver disposed."

He blinked a little as he moved, his abdomen starting to feel a little warm... hot. Searching about some more, he suddenly doubled over in pain. He couldn't understand, why was did it feel like he was on fire inside?

"Sorry bub. Headshots don't work on this zombie." Jane grinned, tugging his hat off as she pulled him to the floor and straddled his waist. "Currently, the temperature in your bladder is going up. A simple little spell. I call it the Kettlebladder. Used to boil water to make a cup of tea. Necessary? Is it -necessary- for me to drink my own urine in the morning? No, but I do it anyway because it's sterile and I like the taste."

Grinning at the confused expression on the Gunslinger, she slapped him across the face. "It's a quote, moron. Dodgeball. Ace film. Anyway, where were we? Ah, yeah, your bladder. I'm not dropping the spell, you know. I could, but only if you're -very- good and tell me what I want to know."

Torture resistance training never covered this, and after a few more seconds Red-Alpha-Zero nodded quickly.

"Good boy. But to make sure you stay good..." Her hands flickered out in mystic patterns, muttering under her breath. His arms and legs suddenly felt... lighter. Springy... bouncy... rubbery?

"You ain't going anywhere, pal." Jane laughed. "Now, what were you doing in here?"

12:03:59

In the lobby, the laser sight from ADAOS's rifle flickered and blinked on the ground near Mel.

--- -.-

Repeating several times, ADAOS switched back and began firing a burst of assault rounds at one of the black and red armour clad forces that had stepped in, the rounds pinging off its armour.

12:03:15

"We've got problems of our own up here, Leo!" Cindersnap yelled back, his body glowing brightly with orange light as he ducked and dodged out of the way of swinging blades. Quickfrost had already stepped forwards to parry one of the blades with his ice sword, using techniques learned from his swordsmanship tutor Arachidamia, and Rushmore thrust out with his heavy rock hammer, knocking one of the Sisters back into the wall.

"Hi and Lo, knock them back and buy us some time to regroup. Quickfrost, once we're regrouped with Leo I want you to wall us off from the Knives and Malta. Thickness rate 3." Ryan spoke over his internal commslink, flinging a ball of fire at one of the Knives before darting back. "NOW!"

The twins grasped each others hands tightly and opened their mouths, waves of sonic force rippling down the corridor to catch the attacking assassins and blast them back.

"FALL BACK!" Ryan gave the order, his group dashing back towards Leo. As they caught up he gave the signal to Quickfrost, who pushed himself to the limit as he forced the rapid formation of ice walls to block them off from their attackers.

12:02:59

One of the Malta attacking Chlorr suddenly erupted blood and cerebral matter from the side of his head, a gunshot coming from the rafters. ADAOS quickly started to move across the steel beams, ready to take up another position to fire from, his Combined Assault Rifle folding back into his arm. "Stay safe, Member Chlorr." The transmission came through from him to her commslink.

Another gunshot rang from his position as he fired once more, an Op. Engineer slumping over his turret. The machine still continued to turn and fire as his body absorbed the impact of bullets.

12):02:34

"By Dirge..." Umbral Pulsar said slowly, staring out from his window at the Plaza. He'd moved into Zorielle's office at orders from BODICIA, though part of him wondered if she just wanted to keep him from going into the lust of battle that could sometimes overcome him. The click of the door opening quickly made him turn around, peering out from in hiding at the group of Malta that were heading in.

"... Looks like I may have some prey after all." He chuckled, grinning darkly as he moved through space to appear in the middle of them. The fast sapping of their lifeforce disoriented them for long enough, as their very spirit was tore away from themselves to power up the 'Redeemed Division' cop, as some liked to call him.

"Slumber soundly, my opponents. Your death shall not come from my hand this day, but your spirits will ensure your collegues are entirely unsuccessful." Pulsar said with a bow, his body throbbing with barely contained energies.

12:02:51

Madame Midknight quickly hurried to Michael's sanctum, hammering on the door. "Hey, Gandalf the White. You better get your [censored] moving and summon Gandalf the Grey too while we're at it. We've got an ultimate showdown going on!"

There was no answer. "... Damn, must have left already, might as we-" Jane was cut off as a bullet wound appeared on the front of her forehead, the witch toppling to the ground.

12:02:59

"This is BODICIA. Continue the good work everyone. I seem to have a roach infestation, and I need you all to become exterminators. Remember though, our primary goal is survival. Take no undue risks. Take... oh my. Could I have some volunteers please? Special Forces are about to try and breach my Core Room in Vigilance Tower." BODICIA announced through the commslinks. In the core room on the second Tower, the AI floated in place in the central chamber, resting on a throne that was built into the rest of her body, looking very much like the cross between False Maria and Tron. Long fibreoptic cables hung from the ceiling to reach her back and skull, and shield platforms and gun emplacements already began to circle around her chamber.

[u]End of Minute Two/Begining of Minute Three[u]

Just sitting in Galaxy City here, looking at my Netgraph. Every centimetre or so on the line is a red line, ping 170-212, and occassionally a yellow line or so. Some of my friends in other parts of the country are also finding this too, so it isn't an issue on my end exactly.

Anyone else getting the red line of doom?

Now deleted is Austin F. Pacat, the lawyer quite literally from hell. His name is an anagram for Faustian Pact, a deal with the devil.

Alraune, my Plant/Thorns Corrupter, referencing the German legend and name for the Mandrake plant and the film about the myth.

Lyrical Cyclone A name of a song I downloaded from Japanese music site Muzie.co.jp, and became a Sonic/Energy Blaster.

Minute 2 begins, folks! The opposing forces are begining to make their way after their objectives, and to take down anyone in the way.

12:02:00

Unity Plaza was wrecked. The arrival of the Kronos Titan and the other smaller models had crushed the fountain, stone displays and plants, and bullet casings littered the place as more of the forces filtered in. Several of the black and red clad powered armoured units had activated thermoptic camoflauge and entered into the Tower through breaches further up.

In the lobbies of the two towers, the Malta had already set up incursion points, gun turrets and drones floating as the invaders battled against the Vigilants, heroes and tower defences. Further in, strike teams had made progress.

Knives of Artemis were busy scouting out for targets while hidden, and Gunslingers were using local teleporters to make leaps into the tower and hunt down metahumans.

Vigilant presence was strong in the medical bays and down below, and several units had been dispatched to the lobbies via stairwells. BODICIA had taken the elevators offline.

With positive metahuman encounter, and strong resistance in Vigilance Tower, Sapper teams had just been deployed. Two were making their way to Northern Stairwell 2, where Leo Wright was facing off against Malta.

In Southern Stairwell 1, several Knives of Artemis had begun making preperations to ambush any incoming heroes, detection systems notifying them of Burned Ice's arrival.

[u]Minute One Ends/Minute Two Begins[u]

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Leo felt the impact of the hits and his flames were extinguished as a cryo round hit. It did not stop his descent. He barrelled straight into the middle of Malta and materialised his fire sword. With a spin Leo swung the sword in a circle. He landed on one knee and as he rose he aimed a flaming uppercut at the closest Gunslinger.

Leo could feel the continuous rain of bullets as they hit, he smiled as his shields held strong. The close proximity of the stairwell just made him more effective. He paused as he prepared to release another ring of scorching flame.

12:01:57

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With a quick gesture and a crackling order barked over comms, the Malta operatives rolled back down the stairs, leaving several flashbangs and smoke grenades behind, pins out. Regaining their footing, they prepared to head round the corner of the stairwell. The call of 'MHI' had been made.

12:01:59

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Cindersnap finished hearding the students into the training room, several Vigilants present to hold off any intruders. Stepping out, with him was Quickfrost, Rushmore, the twins Hi-Fi Girl and Lo-Fi Boy and Lich.

"Alright, let's go back Leo up and get-"

"Look out, Ryan!" The twin audiokinetics shouted at the same time, raising their hands to project a wave of sound at the incoming crossbow bolts.

Quickly spinning, a long streak of flame burst into life in one of Ryan's hands, seeing six Knives of Artemis assassins drop out of cloak, razor sharp swords at the ready.

12:01:58

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In the lobby of Unity Tower, more of the invading forces started to pour through the breach in defences. Laser and Assault rifle fire was rapidly exchanged between the Vigilants and invading forces, the groups metahumans already rallying to the attack. Malta Engineers had begun setting up gun emplacements, and several Zeus Titans were guarding the exit to prevent outside interference.

12:01:54

A shame

Also, while as we can see Leo's reached 12:01:51 so far in his situation, once it reaches 12:01:59 we can consider that bit 'paused' till the start of the next minute. This allows people to post other things for that minute still without rushing time along and getting people lost.

Anyway, I have to get to work now, feel free to do stuff up to that 12:01:59 mark!

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Leo nodded grimly, his face almost a reflection of Ryan's determined one.

"I'll take lead on the stairs. I can block them effectively allowing you time to move on this floor." An orange glow appeared around Leo's feet as he ran to the stairwell.

Once at the top of the stairs a wall of fire erupted around Leo, scorching the walls and floor. It flared and then died and then flared again as Leo held it in place around him as he descended towards the lobby.


12:01:48

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There were already Malta on the stairwell. Around five of them, three armed with combined assault weapons, two with the standard issue Gunslinger pistols. The approach of a glowing, burning young man above them on the stairwell meant sweet jack all to them. A quick hand flick and weapons were pointed at him, cryo rounds quick-loaded into the pistols, and the hail of bullets against him began.

Ryan and the other New Vigilants in the training room were still getting people evacuated on that floor.

12:01:51

The timing system:

It's in place so that too much doesn't happen while people are at work and without access, so that we have a rough idea of the pace of events, if slightly estimated, and to keep things in short bursts.

We're currently at the end of Minute 0 and the start to end of Minute 1. Things are still in disarray, people are in shock, and the emergency measures are just begining for the students. The call for minute 2 will probably happen when I get home from work, but!

This does not mean you can't post something that happened before. If we're on Minute 3 and you want to write some stuff about minute 1, then that's fine. Minute 4 though is not fine! This means people without access to the boards during the day can still take actions and catch up.

I would ask that people replying to other posts quote the one they're posting from, just that part, let's not get any post pyramids going though. So:

Post A.

[Post A in quotes]
Post B

[Post B in quotes]
Post C

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Leo heard BODICIA's announcement, he concentreated for a moment activating his sheilds and looked at Ryan.

"So whats the plan? Get down to the lobby?"

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Ryan looked grim. He looked more than grim. He looked -determined-. His eyes were glowing brightly from behind his glasses, and tiny flickers of flame swirled up his bare arms.

"Give me a moment, Leo... give me a moment." He said calmly, taking a deep breath before sighing, his internal commslink switching on. "All New Vigilants, help get the students to Training Rooms Four and Six. I'm not going to force any of you to fight if you don't want to, but those that do want to help out? We're making a push for downstairs. This is going to be dangerous, and it's going to be the hardest fight of your lives. You need to be sure on this."

Cutting his commslink off, he looked to Leo and the other students in the room. "You heard me. Let's get our friends to safety, and take down these jerks who think they can come into our Tower, our home, and screw things up! NEW VIGILANTS, LET'S GO!"

12:01:27

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A laptop by my PC to run messenger/IRC/forums/Youtube/ParagonWiki/RedTomax/Mid's.

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Geek.



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Oh yes. Plus it was out of necessity too, seeing as when I was still using ATI cards I had the alt tab bug. So a laptop that I used to college work was perfect, but now I'm looking to save up to get a mATX PC and get rid of my CRT monitor for a pair of LCD ones, so not only can I chat, but dual box too.

Just waiting to hear back now! Should have that by tomorrow.

A laptop by my PC to run messenger/IRC/forums/Youtube/ParagonWiki/RedTomax/Mid's.

Yes you can, Wild. And thanks Infinitron, it was fun to write! Kind of a bit of a 24 vibe to it I found, and BODICIA browses the internet 24/7, some odd references are bound to occur.

So, there it is. While the big guns are away on Rolando Island, the Shadow Cabinet have made their first overt move at last. And it's a big one.

Knives, Malta and the Cabinet's own special forces, as few as they are. It's going to be a tough one. Winning might be possible. Survival though is the key.

I won't kill anyone's character, promise! They might, but I won't, it's up to you. Feel free to use some of their numbers. Have a crowning moment of awesome, or get your rear handed to you on a plate. Let's make it -fun- though!

((What occurs now happens on Wednesday 8th at 12 PM. There's seven minutes for the heroes involved to survive against before enemy forces retreat.))

((Why Semi-closed? Because things are going to get pretty hectic, more than likely. People with Unity Vigil or New Vigilant characters are free to post them acting or fighting off against the forces. Just try to keep in mind each minute and the actions you could do in that time. New minutes will be called, so don't worry! Also, those not in the groups drop me a PM to ask. Or the thread I'm creating just... now.))

[u]The Lead Up[u]

Unity Tower was fairly subdued in mood, a number of the members currently on Rolando Island thanks to the portal in the basement levels, attending the memorial service oF Jessica Stoneberg. Members and staff proceeded about their buisness, and a school group was being given the tour of the Hall of Honours on the third floor.

BODICIA herself was troubled. The DDoS attacks that had been occuring every so often were out in force at the moment, more rappidly flooding each incoming connection and her bandwidth. Whoever was behind it were pros and had access to large farms of zombie computers, and the numbers were spiking every minute now.

"Authorization BODICIA-One, OverAI administrative mode. Shut down all external connections from all sources. Internal and Primary Dataloop connections only." The AI made the critical decision at 11:59:58. All connections from external sources other than her main data link to her core processors on Rolando Island and Vigilance Tower were blocked out.

With the top of the hour approaching, people began to put their work on hold and finish up, ready to leave to get some lunch.

Over in Vigilance Tower things were still in full swing, taking their lunch instead at 12:15, 12:30 and 12:45 to prevent the facilities and plaza being swarmed by students and UV memberes. The leader of the New Vigilants, Cindersnap, was busy in Training Room Two with his class, deep in a lesson of Power Control and Experimentation.

At the Skyway City Medical Center, the Mediport Control Team were noting an alarming spike in signal activity and power draw from the main node in southern Skyway...

[u]Minute Zero - 12:00:00[u]

Skyway City Medical Center
"Good lord, what is happening to the system?!" One of the technicians exclaimed, reading the redlining readouts on his display terminal.

"Something's taken control of the system, and whatever they're transporting, it's... massive. Beyond system safeguard levels... oh God, system surge in process, they're exiting!"

Warning sounds and flashing lights went off all around the control room, the technicians and scientists rushing about trying to regain some control of the situation, when all of a sudden, the display readouts went black.

At 12:00:30, Code Black was called. A Mediport Hack had overloaded the Skyway Node's systems.

"Code Black, I repeat, Code black! Engineers scrambled, reboot in seven minutes, I repeat, seven minutes till reboot! Notify all hero agencies!"

[u]Minute Zero - 12:00:10[u]

The large, unpainted form of the Kronos class Titan stood in Unity Plaza, arm cannnon covers flipping back as it pointed them at the lobbies of Unity and Vigilance Tower. Ae its weapons charged, further forces were being beamed in. Zeus and Hercules class Titans, Malta forces, Knives of Artemis assassins, and black and red power-armour clad forces of unknown origin, wielding high tech weaponry.

The green aura shields of the Towers were already starting to flicker into life as the main laser cannons of the Kronos fired, meeting some resistance from the powering up fields before puncturing them and shattering the glass and punching through the metal walls of the lobbies, the beam tearing its way up to the reception desks. The additional Titans began firing blasts along the East Wall of Unity Tower and the West Wall of Vigilance Tower, making smaller punctures and entry points before the shields flickered into full life. Swarms of missiles were launched from the respective mechs, along with shorter bursts of fire to keep the shield systems busy, even as the ground forces went to attack.

At 12:00:34, the last troops had already been beamed in and the first troops had entered the towers.

At 12:00:40, the Vigilant constructs began suppression fire in the lobbies, while prioritizing getting the injured to safety.

At 12:00:45, BODICIA's ever-present voice sounded the alarm in both towers through the commslinks.

"Warning, Unity Plaza is under attack by mass forces. I repeat, Unity Plaza is under attack. All non-combatants in Unity Tower, please proceed to the West Section. All non-combatants in Vigilance Tower, please proceed to the East Section. Combatants, aid in evacuation to designated safe rooms and guard critical components. Combatants, please make your way to the lobbies to hold off enemy forces.

I am already tired of these ************* forces in my ************* tower. Lethal Force Code A3 in Use. Sanctioned termination of enemy life is permitted to defend non-combatants."

Throughout the towers, the intercomms systems dropped the warning sounds and were replaced with BODICIA's voice. "Live fire has been enabled in all Vigilants. Welcome to Unity Tower, your stay -will- be a short one. Please remember to wipe your feet and try not to bleed everywhere." She said politely, before her voice turned rather sinister. "You are unwelcome. You will be purged. I will take great pleasure in terminating you within my corridors. This is my world, Invading Forces, and you were stupid to step in here."

Her message concluded at 12:01:00.

[u]Enemy Objectives:[u]
1: Take the Medical Wards.
2: Terminate Ryan 'Cindersnap' Andrews.
3: Search Zorielle's office.
4: Steal Research Materials from UV Basement Levels.
5: Destroy UV Portal.
6: Locate BODICIA's cores and elimiate them.

[u]End of Minute Zero/Minute One Begins.[u]

Zortel When I came from Ragnarok Online and FFXI to here, I realised my main's name of Zorielle wasn't heroic enough, and decided on Zortel instead. Kind of like Oftel or something. As I began to RP with her, she gained the first name Zorielle, a backstory, and soon after I had to explain her name, so I came up with her partner (in all regards) and co-creator of the suit being Tessa Lenson, and made one hell of a backronym.

Fusebox After watching too much X-Men: The Animated Series and Mutant X, I got the idea into my head for a cross between Mutant X's sublimely delicious Brennon Mulray and everyone's favourite yellow jacketed teen Jubilation Lee. Hannah Williams, aka Fusebox, was the answer. Having been an Outcast before and gained the name from her ability to short fuses in security systems, it's just kind of stuck with her.

The Moral Cartoons often have a moral at the end of it. This pulpy kind of hero, with the addition of a couple of swords, -is- the moral. During combat she follows her teachings and decimates the enemies, using pain to draw their attention to her words and the lessons. Moral of the story is, punishment can be far more effective than praise.

Madame Midknight An old school name for an old school hero, who's title was passed on to her sentient zombie prodigy. Claire von Doorne was an old time witch and crime fighter, with an old time costume. The alliteration and the pun on night and knight could not be resisted.

There's others, but more on them later!

4: Water was another power effect that they had issues with doing.

Cancel. I'm Zortel in game. My first ever character was Zortel, same as in Beta. My first ever 50 and only 50 is Zortel. People know me as Zortel on other parts of the internet. Heck, people know me as Zortel or Z in real life.

The name is a major part of that character. Zorielle Rolando, Tessa Lenson, creators of the suit and the company that made it, named ZorTel as well. She's been Zortel for three and a half years now. If she wasn't Zortel anymore, and if I didn't have that as my handle, it'd set my teeth on edge.

Fusebox, Cauter, Cindersnap, Alraune, Madame Midknight, The Moral, Storm Sapphire, Jan Boa, Number Nine, Lyrical Cyclone, Quickfrost... all names that have history or character, and complete them and make them more enjoyable as a whole. Heck, one character even makes fun of the system. Arrow Azure is a second generation hero. His father's ID was Azure Arrow, but when the 2nd moved from the LA to Paragon, someone there had already taken it, so he gave in and opted for Arrow Azure.