Pious

Dark Miasma : Force Fields : Poison : Traps : Trick Arrow.

I would guess at a ratio of 38 : 14 : 18 : 22 : 8.

No doubt there are official numbers somewhere on the net, but I dont know where to look.

Dark Armour hey? Yeah, I been there. This one had a Katana. He challenged me, and I accepted.. out of pity. I hovered above him, surrounded him with five thugs, evenly spaced to weaken his AoE heal; Dark Regeneration. I was far up enough to avoid danger while buffing my men with Dispersion Bubble, Insulation Shield, Deflection Shield, Supremacy and Aid Other, while they buffed each other with that beloved super-Maneuvers. The poor scrapper was gunned down within eight seconds, KO-blowed to death.

The chances of him landing a hit on me was far greater than my minions. What with only Hover and Dispersion Bubble; no super-Manuevers, and no Scorpion Shield yet.. But I had Aid Self at the ready, and Bodyguards, and in the unlikely event of settling for a draw; a Personal Force Field. Thugs are generally the most damaging burstwise and single target anyway, he would have died before long before me, what with having to jump-to-hit.

PvP is like a chess game at times and I like it because every powersets (and build) has its own advantages over another. A good PvP'er observes his challenger, recognizes his or her strengths and exploits the weaknesses, while covering his own.

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To quickly address a few things:

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Wednessday 13th. One day til Trial

"Present are; Dragonfly, The Masked Angel and The Portent who make up the current active roster. Reserve members present are Icicles, Healing Chi, Unit 29, Lady Cobra and I, Mer'de. Drummond did not wish to attend and I have so far, been unable to recall Force Commander, Derek Holden, Extricity, The Amber Banshee, Lancorian Darkfire, Seph Reet and Nightsparrow."

Mer'de was stood at the table of a hidden Militia meeting room, adressing the supergroup.

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Leon Shevek: I would love to be involved in this... in a bid to get into RPG.

Sure thing dude, if any of your heroes wish to become a member of the Militia, an invitation can be arranged. I would do it, but I can't play the game until next week. In the mean time, submit an OOC or IC application here.

I look forward to reading more of Tom's chase. I'd be interesting to see where it goes.

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Stalingrad: "... what does the brotherhood do, do we go against the police? or do we help.."

Glad to have your involvement dude, I look forward to more from the Brotherhood. Feel free to devise a co-writen post via Private Messages (or something) depending on which member of the Militia Jack/Gau approaches.

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By next week Thursday, this plot should end with a major PvP face-off and a dramatic conclusion, possibly a cliff-hanger.

Spoken to BT, they say my internet'll be back up in 5 working days. Fingers crossed.

Looks like I get to play Char again, at last.

Mer'de rose.

"Very well then, let us form a party of representatives to attend tommorrow's hearing and a second party to investigate the press. If there are no further questions.. good luck Militia."

"Well, there is one thing bothering me" said Dragonfly. "If I'm right, we must not only investigate the press, but also the Ministry. Who is this horribly nice fellow we know to be the Minister?"

"The Minister has and most likely will always be what you may call a 'silent partner' in our cause. He remains nameless and unseen so as to draw little if any attention to himself in situations such as these." Mer'de paused. "He is a great man, I assure you. A hero, an ingenius mastermind of sort and we, the Militia are his --" Mer'de cut himself off. "Surely, you know this Dragonfly"

"His what?" She waited for an answer. "Nah. No thank you. I aint nobody's pawn. I'm gonna go find him." Dragonfly rose from her seat and made for the exit portal. "Lord knows why I aint never done this earlier. Clearly, he's got some hand in all this."

"Dragonfly, lets not jump to conclusions" bellowed Mer'de, but she had already gone. He sighed heavily, "She'll never find him. Lets move out Militia, follow any and all leads possible from tonight, till tomorrow, until we get to the bottom of this"

Dragonfly suddenly found her voice.

"Oh my god, you're right. This whole thing started with the press. We would'nt be in this mess if the papers didn't spark off a federal investigation."

Something suddenly dawned on her.

"Somebody somewhere must have fed them all these allegations. Somebody who knows about us all... somebody from the Ministry!"

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Some people think an 8 man stalker team is bad I'd say an 8 man mm team is even worse, they're a very underrated class

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Man, you're speaking my language. What level is your thugs MM?

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Do you consider the "real" world in CoX?

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Laugh if you want, but my finest hero, Pious can warp through dimensions and alternate realities. Once, he visited me, in (the Real World) where he caught me playing him as an avatar. He was most fascinated, but claimed to have seen wierder things than that.

So Pious for one learnt of things like this here CoX game, the World Trade centre's collapse and even the Marvel Comics before returning to his own dimension.. where Paragon City exists.

Thugs/FF. Regardless of who the challenger(s) is, I always have a way to win or draw.

Feel free to try me.

Wednessday 13th. One day til Trial

"Present are; Force Commander, Derek Holden, Dragonfly, The Masked Angel and The Portent who make up the current active roster. Reserve members present are Icicles, Healing Chi, Unit 29, Lady Cobra and I, Mer'de. Drummond did not wish to attend and I have so far, been unable to recall Extricity, The Amber Banshee, Lancorian Darkfire, Seph Reet and Nightsparrow."

Mer'de was stood at the table of a hidden Militia meeting room, adressing the supergroup.

"I have called this meeting not only because of the crisis we're in but also as a last resort, in response to our recent lack of teamwork." He glanced involuntarily at Dragonfly, who thankfully, remained silent.

"The Ministry has provided us with a state of the art Neural Reality Combat Simulation program at my request. This room is located at a brand new HQ in Founders Falls."

"Again, I congratulate the efforts of the Militia for bringing down the Clockwork King of late. And lets not forget The Masked Angel's battle against the Vahzilok Plague and the eventful fight with the Doctor himself. Who is now locked away from the public."

Icicles burst out with applause, but suddenly shrunk away after noting the inappropiateness.

"Thank you Justin, but that wont be necessary" Mer'de smiled. "Lastly, Mr. Po has finally been located and brought to justice, Lady Cobra, I hope this eases your quest."

"A grand welcome to Icicles, Nightsparrow and Lancorian Darkfire, our latest associates, we hope the current situation does not smear your impressions on the team."

"Which brings me to the main object of this meeting." Mer'de paused, his eyes suddenly as cold as ice. "As we all know, Dragonfly is no criminal. What she did in China can and will be left to personal judgement. I for one see it as justice, however brutal the method. Derek, from what I have heard, the member of authority with whom you fought the other day had attacked you with unathorized intent to kill, you are a fine man and I personally believe you did what you did in self-defence, however brutal the method."

"Ladies and gentlemen, as much as I have hoped for a house arrest instead of jail, I doubt the Court will change their minds. The burning question now is, will you obey the Law you symbolize until the end of this nightmare or continue to hide?"

Mer'de, almost twice the size of the average man, covered with blue fur and dressed in soil. He had managed to alter his voicebox in order to speak the human tongues without the need of his complete human guise. Beyond the beastly face, which resembled that of a blue tiger, and the sheer monstrousity of this brute, one could make out a kind and gentle spirit lifted by a persona fitting of a king.

Mer'de sat, indicating the table was open for another to speak.

Tuesday 12th. Militia HQ.

Mer'de's face emerges ever so slowly through the walls of the lobby at the Militia Headquaters. He notices the place swarming with authorities and retreats. Dissolving to clay, he passes through the earth, all the way to Founders Falls.

Now in his human form, Mer'de walks briskfully across to the Waynes Building as Professor John Endoson and once inside, he leans over the reception desk and scribbles a note:

You are already aware of the state of your project. What do you intend to do about it?

Immediately the professor pockets his pen, the receptionist reaches out for the note and disappears from sight.

Minutes later, an agent suited in black approaches the professor.

"What are you doing here?!" he hissed, but the professor simply glared at him, cold. "He will do nothing."

For a moment, the professor looked as though he would explode. "Outside, Keith. Now."

Once outside..

"NOTHING?!"

"Igor, please"

"The majority of the Militia are young teenagers Keith, the least he could do is keep their custody. Anything but jail"

"He wont do it and you know it."

"They're scared, okay?" The professor paused, his eyes burned a flaming red as he struggled to maintain a calm posture. "Since the beginning of your project, you have shaped gifted individuals into law enforcers, you have given people the opportunity to become heroes and heroes they did become, now suddenly when things go wrong you cower."

With that, the professor disappears into the earth.

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The Militia Flees - #Paragon Times

... last spotted hiding out in the gulch, and as Dragonfly, Lady Cobra and Icicles report in to Ziggursky Penitentiary, the search for the remaining members escalates. The Paragon Police Department, now in collaboration with Longbow and possibly members of the famous Freedom Phalanx scan the city entire. Concern for the safety of the Militia continues to grow as heroes and villains alike respond to Judge Herman Baines introduces a bounty for...

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Sabrina San Recounts Her Murders! - #Heroic News

"... And so, Your Honour, you could say the last of the Capulets slained all of Montague..."

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Criminal Turn Hero Romances Lawyer - #Paragon Spy - Magazine of the Year.

... are first to deliver this exclusive interview to you. "Indeed I drove her this evening, and dare I swear upon my spectacles, she kissed him. Right there in the car. And before you ask, they are from specsavers."

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Militia Accused! - #Galaxy City Courtroom

... on those who have decided to run from the law. The Judge has ruled that any member of the Militia absent on Thursday's hearing will indeed be placed under a bounty. So far, it is uncertain if the Militia will be granted house arrest as opposed to prison custody...

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Hello again Outkaster. So you like masterminds huh? Goody.

Heres my personal thoughts on each available MM.

Necromancy: Gross!

Robots: Cliche.

Ninjas: Coo O.o ool.

Mercenaries: Coo O.o ool.

Thugs: Matrix. It certainly doesn't get any cooler.

Jokes aside, what exactly do you wish to know buddy.

September 12th. 16:30 - After the hearing. Galaxy City.

Dragonfly was escorted from the courtroom outside where she endured the angry mob of journalists. She completely ignored the flurry of questions, simply following her aturney into a waiting car.

"Where're we going James?" she asked, once inside.

"Brickstown"

"Ziggursky?! They're holding me overnight?"

"They'll hold you until the case is over, but I assure you that wont be long."

Dragonfly fell silent. Her fate now laid in the hands of the American Court of Law and she hated it.

"You did well in there" she whispered.

"Thank you" James replied, shocked to have recieved a compliment from Dragonfly, of all clients. "It's like I said before, this one is a no-brainer. You eliminated what was clearly a threat to your household and possibly the village entire... its your job so why must you be penalised?"

Dragonfly was happy at his words, she let out a faint smile.

"And thursday?"

"Your friends? To tell you the truth, they have insufficient evidence to incriminate The Militia. They were'nt in China where they?"

"No"

"Precisely"

"They have their own secrets and that's what I'm worried about. The public were so quick to fear the Militia."

"Your friends are heroes, I beg you don't take that word for granted." he paused to let that sink in. Dragonfly turned to give him her full attention now. "This city owes so much to the Militia, you are great men and women, with legends like The Masked Angel, Lady Cobra and Mer'de, I mean gee, you work with a real life colossus... the worst The People can do is a warning. You'll get off with a pardon, mark my words."

Dragonfly was really warming up to this man. She leaned across to rest on his shoulder. Clearly, she was exhausted.

"Thank you James" she muttered, as she gave in to sleep.

From behind the wheel, came and old shrivelled voice, with a strong British accent. "Perhaps you aught to have mentioned her so called friends are evading capture, sir."

"Shut up, driver"

((Militia, I have sent the table-meeting of Wednessday 13th to the following PM addresses: Derek Holden, Cognito, Dante, Wolfram, Dutch Barbarian, Lotus X and ShadowCrown. Hope I haven't missed anybody, looking forward to your contribution to whats written so far (yes, feel free to edit/add to it) and participation tomorrow.))

12:30 - 30 minutes till the hearing. Kings Row.

"I hide behind a mask for a reason.. now we all know why huh? Sabrina."

Justin had managed to sneak up behind Dragonfly at her usual training spot.

"We all have secrets.. Justin"

She continued her training in silence.

"Police are looking for you."

"I know."

Suddenly, five policemen appear up from the fire escapes.

"Sabrina San, you're under arrest"

"Took you people long enough. Two hours just to locate little old me, no wonder people like us do your jobs for you."

The officers took offence.

"You have the right to remain silent"

"Anything you say can be used against you in the court of Law" Dragonfly mocked. "Cut the [censored]"

One officer approached her with handcuffs.

"Touch me and god be my witness I will strike you down!" The officer froze in his tracks. "I've been to Galaxy City before, I'll make my own way thank you."

With that, she disappeared.

"I think you upset her" said Justin.

"Whatever, come on boys, if she doesn't show up in court, we'll be as fried as K.F.C!"

"Erm, officer, can I get a lift with you guys?"

"Whatsamatter freak? Can't fly?" The officers laughed loudly before disappearing down the fire escapes.

"It's not that.. I just never been to Galaxy City before."

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12:46 - 14 minutes till the hearing. Galaxy City.

From atop the Galaxy Girl statue, Dragonfly could make out the sea of journalists swarming about the Court. She teleported directly inside.

At the lobby, her attirney came bobbing along.

"Good Morning" he smiled shyly. Dragonfly roller her eyes and made for the great doors that opened into the main courtroom.

Two guards ushered her into the courtroom, everyone but the judge was already in place. Calm and collected, she catwalked down the isle with the grace of tiger and the air of a warrior princess. Through the mask of her Militia uniform, she scanned the public seating hoping for a glance at her fellow teammates.

If you're going for Fiery Armour, Fiery Melee is great for damage what with Fire Embrace and Build Up.

Just be sure to have controllers on your team. And also consider the Pyre Mastery.

Spad pretty much nailed it.

I'd say superb jumping and hasten to start with.

Then make yourself the best damn Invun tanker.

Then get speedy at 49.

Drop fighting pool, get both hasten and aid self.

Defence will always have its "woa! w.t.f mate" moments where everything suddenly manages a hit.

And if Hoarfrost is still recharging, Aid Self is there for abusing. *wink*

Outside a shopping mall in Kings Row, two ladies pushing shopping trollies across the car park discuss recent events.

"I'm serious Katie, its old news around these parts; villains posing as heroes"

"That girl saved my daughter's life once Mary"

"And the big fluffy one rescued my cat, big deal. You only have to look around you to see the truth: they... got... BUSTED! Rumour has it she wiped out an entire town in China! And they're ALL like that, one of them deals drugs, did you hear about that?"

"Yes, but honestly, you can't believe everything you hear"

"He lives in the Hollows for goodness sakes, once a member of the Outcast gangs too. Makes you wonder what else the Police will dig up on them."

She reached her car and began offloading her shopping into the boot.

"Mary, you've said enough."

"Well, we'll see who's right tomorrow when she.. oh my god Katie!"

"What?"

"I swear I just saw her."

Katie followed her gaze to a rooftop where Dragonfly was indeed stood.

"What dyu think she might have heard us?"

"She's not looking our way but come on, lets get the heck out of here! Hurry"

"You and your big old mouth woman"

Dumping their shopping without care, the two scurry into their cars, driving off amidst clouds of smoke.

Pretty intriging story there. Shame about the bad grammer, but that can be improved.

I enjoyed reading it and I'm sorry to see OutKaster turn bad.

Oh well, better hope he doesn't have a run-in with the mighty force that is the Militia.

Welcome to my world Isaac. See you soon I hope.

Guys, I know we have no set identity for the Minister right? And maybe we'll need one:

Sir Micheal Wayne, entrepreneur of Wayne Industries.

Also Minister of Founders Falls Security and founder of the Militia.

Then we could "locate" the HQ in Founders Falls (you know that is one beautiful setting!)

Speaking of HQ, with the latest patch, we could actually do up an operation base, whatdyu say?

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This thread will surfice.

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Chinese Fugitive Behind A Mask! - #Paragon Times

... she claims to have originally visited Paragon City on a mission; in search of an ancient sword, but it is believed that she did in fact, flee from China seeking refuge here in America. Adopting the codename Dragonfly to pursue a costumed crimefighting career...

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Codename Dragonfly Hides Out in Paragon! - #Heroic News

... after escaping her death sentence in China, her case has been passed over to American authorities. She is expected in court on the 12th and on the 14th...

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Asian Heroine Commits Genocide! - #Paragon Spy - Magazine of the Year.

... female hero known as Dragonfly, only nineteen years of age faces severe charges of genocide...

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Militia Accused! - #Galaxy City Courtroom

... and so the hero organisation known as The Militia are due to appear in court this Thursday for their affiliation with Sabrina San. They're facing charges of aiding, abetting and sheltering an international fugitive...

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The Minister is a good guy. He's just missing, along with his agents. Better if I let that part of the plot unfold later?

Already, all the city newspapers are printing the true story of Sabrina San and are requesting her arrest, along with The Militia entire. Next thursday should lead from here. And we may all end up with a court summoning.

Later when I get the time, I'll post a caption from one newspaper so we all know what they're likely to be printing.

Well dear Dante, there is that Paragon Television show I'll be starting around Amber and the others.

JFYI.. in the Marvel Universe, you've got the New Warriors who have a TV show too.

OOC: Hi everyone, I am a member of the Militia Roleplay Supergroup and I will be hosting a major plot over the next few weeks. This post is intended to recruit individual heroes or better yet, one or two supergroups with whom the Militia wishes to undertake this plot.

The general outline for this plot is that certain members of the Militia have dark pasts are uncovered by the Paragon Police and FBI, which throws the entire team of heroes under suspicion*. The matter is worsened when the sponsor and founders of the team appear to be missing, this then arouses further speculations about the motives of this so called Militia. Accusations are thrown, which leads to a public outcry and forces one or two members of the team to flee. As outlaws, a bounty is placed for their capture and this causes most of Paragon's heroes and even villains from the Rogue Isle to hunt down the supergroup entire.

This will idealy take place over the next few Thursday afternoon and evenings, and will involve several meetings, maybe some missions, but most likely and perhaps obvious, battles in PvP zones.

So whos interested in playing some part in this story?

Please leave your contact details, full credentials, superpowers or abilities and any Supergroup affiliations.

Thanks.