UltraNova

"Ok, ok, we established the rikti protect it and that we should attack it. The question is when?" Twilight said looking around the room. "The rikti now are now using guerllia tactics only invading certain zones certain days, whic says to me two things. 1, they are short on resources and can't launch full scale invasions, 2, they are harboring they're resources for something bigger.Either way I think we should strike sooner and later."

Twilight laughs. "So now you wanna attack the mothership? Hmm I wonder if anyone else suggested that before and mention it's their base of operations.....hmmm.. I 'm sure someone did.... " he said smiling to Coile. "Count me in, I'l love to nuke the mothership"

Twilight seems to be uncontrollable and visibly excited by the news of the treaty breaking, seen by a large smile gowing across his face. "Bussiness as usual then, I can tell that stupid machine to get off my back..." he said, to noone in particular.

Twilight Shinobi enters, for once uncloaked. A large smile grows across his face. With the war over he feels it's bussiness as usual. No better place to hunt heroes with there guard down than the Council of war.

"Hey did ya hear?! That 'Hero Slayer' struck again. Sky Dragon got messed up!"

"Yeah lucky for heroes they got the medevac system or else..."

"Yeah... My friend says their sending out a Ballista to hunt this guy down in St. Martial."

"Really.. you think he will be enough? I mean that guy took down Back Alley! They should send like Ms Lib, or Synaspse or someone."

"No dufus, he's targeting heroes! Besides want do you want? A ballista is the best we got.!"

((Conversation between two longbow recruits in Mercy))

((It's tabloid, which in the states is practically printed rumor. Unlike the UK, in the US noone really takes anything a tabloid say seriously. Furhtermore, if lunks Rogue Isles news channel report is here, then I thought mine was in the right place))

((The following is read inside a local tabloid newspaper. Posting it here since it has come up in the CoW thread ))

With the second rikti invasion in full swing, most metahumans, hero or villain, have formed an uneasy alliance. The Vanguard, who recruits metas from both sides of the moral code, has even had the lesser morally inclined sign a non aggression pact stating that thye will be exemped of pass crimes as long as they are willing to work with their heroic counter parts, adn even allowed in to paragon itself, with out fear of arrest, so long as they do not commit further crimes or break the peace treaty. You would think that after the first Rikti invasion, and the devasting damage that followed, the metahumans could put behind their petty feuds and work together to once and for all repel this threat from our world. However this is not the case it appears.

There are always those who try to profit from others suffering. One of those men is Crimson Revenant, know metahuman bounty hunter. It's seems that he was taken up a contact against none other than Paragon's own sidekicks turned superheroes, the Vindicators!

Crimson Revenant

However it seems as though the PPD and Longbow is powerless, not only because they have used his service's in the past, but because of his use of a , as of yet, untraceable "freelancer" to do his drity work.

Infernal defeated

Mynx Defeated

Both Mynx and Infernal were targeted and defeated by, what this journalist is dubbing, a mysterious "Hero Slayer". There is very little infomation on this Hero Slayer, he apparently has no past criminal records, and niether the PPD nor Longbow have any information on him. However there are CCTV images of him commiting preivous crime. To be exact, the Hero Slayer has only ever been caught on CCTV camera a few times, as seen above with Crimson himself, and during a bank robbery in Talos Island.

Hero Slayer

Even more disturbing or bizarre, is his defence of none other than Aurora Borelis from the Rikti moments after the first air sirens sounded! Aurora was attcked by the rikti, probably to give themselves an advantage on a psychic level.

Aurora Defeated

Althought the reason's why the Hero Slayer was in the base at the time is reason for debate, he fought off the rikti, giving Aurora's team a chance to extract her.

Hero or Villain?

Confused? So are the authorities. Wiether he is some sort of Noble Villain or Anti-Hero.. is yet to be seen! Any information about the Hero Slayer is appreiated, and if you have seen him, norm or meta, you are to steer clear and let the authority handle it.

TRACOR-005 stood in the room, his holographic porjector portraying him as an english gente. Twilight Shinobi was at his side, althought not like his cockey self last time, he looked like caged animal. "If you require I method of distributing this bomb, the TLF has several warheads that could be modified to carry the payload," he said in a overly posh and fake english accent. Twilight look at TRACOR as if he betrayed their secrets, but his face suddenly change as TRACOR gave him a look back. A look of a master scolding his dog.

Twilight smiled at Tara. "The TLF well send forces to whatever is decided here today. I already have the Cactus Brawler under orders to assist any hero in action in the RWZ," he looked at Jakob, "You seem to be right there Jakob they have been using many of earths resources.. most importantly us as a resource. Most disturbing, has anyone else noticed they seem to target those with latent pyschic abilities?"

Rikti learnt magic threw stealing scrolls and dealing with the CoT.Since they now use magic, it could be assumed they can better defend against it (also the fact that magic origin heroes do no additional damage to rikti) The first time they were able to launch their devasting Motherships, this time because of the nature of the portal they used back they can only send their smaller less powerful destroyers through. The main invasion appears to be mostly a distraction to draw us away from the war zone where they attempt to re-establish a stable portal in order to send their entire attack force throught and over run us. Althought everywhere in the world is being attack, the two places with the largest concentration of heroes and villains are being targeted heavily suggesting they have learnt from their first attack.

This is from my own research/theories

"I have two possible theories on this. Number one, because the defensive shielding was placed around the earth, they could have found an alternative route. This would probably mean they would need its co-ordinates, and somewhere close aswell. Second, we all now should be aware that dispite the heroes of paragon," he said sarcastically," trying to stop them, the Rikti have master magic. Now they are known to hate it, but desperate measures call for desperate times. They could be trying to unseal earth from their portal technology. From what I know about magic, they would probably need to know not only what sealed them off, but probably the object or chant or spell or whatever that did so. Third, whilst working with Virgil Tarikoss,I learnt you can use technology to not only detect a barrier, but should allow you to circumvent it. It is also possible the Rikti have had some success in those areas. However these are all theories." He looked at the people gathered there, wondering if they would even listen. Althought he knew it pointless, he decided to try to defend himself. "Look, so I ruffled a few feathers? Was I saying anything that wasn't true? Despite your little meeting, heroes and villains are still going to clash, and you need to learn that you can't stop or prevent it. No amount of paper work can do that." Folding his arms, he spoke again. "I for one believe that the only way we could ever win this is to work together, but like I said.. guys gotta eat." he said looking at xanders direction. "You wanted a counter attack that would hurt them hard? Take down their chances of stablising the portals further and help me blow that ship up before they can repair it. Ya never know we might not always have States to fly threw a saucer for us..." he said with a chuckle.

Twilight then turned his attention to Rose. With a fierce glaze he said coldly, "Considering your involvement in our last plans , Tara, maybe I should inform the TLF of our actions, whatever they may be..." A smug look grew across his face.

I choose a different apporach, a kinda reserve racism to mutants, if you will. UltraNova was a mutant from an early child hood, and when he first moved to paragon he wanted to be a journalist, but because he was a mutant everyone pushed him into being a hero. They looked at his profile and said "Oh your a mutant I see... wouldn't you be happier as a hero?"

"Even if I did.. why would I carry his gloves around waiting to be caught?" He gave xander a small smile. "I told all before, I came here to highlight a serious threat. If your all too over sensitive, then fine, ignore my warning." Twilight gave Britianic a ferce glare. "You ignored me last time Brit and look what happened... do you really want more lifes you could have save with a pre-emptive on your hands"

"Halloween knock offs," he said as he smiled and looked at Britanic. "Like Tyger said, leave war crimes for later. We have bigger things to worry about, " a sacrastic look on grew on his face. "Like the big massive Mothership that could help them stablize a portal to their home world? Let's not have a repeat of last time where they over ran us, shall we." Like a puff of smoke, Twilight disappeared and reappeared near Lunk. "Oh and don't I have to commit a crime before I am sentence with anything." As he stared at the blood on his fingers, he smirk and let out "Besides, doesn't Vanguard only have jurisdiction, not some 'legitimate' bussiness man like yourself..."

"I was getting around to bussiness, actually," he said to Britianic, glaring at him with what could only be described as an intent to kill. "I was merely highlighting a point, while 'taking out scum' may seem noble, remember that we are at a truce with a good portion of that 'scum'," he said, emphasizing the we in the sentence. Looking around the room, and then again focusing on Britanic, "I came here to discuss the mothership situation. It's getting worse, U'kon Grai and his minions are getting closer and closer to recovering it. What I was suggesting is that this coaliation use it's mass numbers to schedule a multiple of strikes against it. The soilders in that zone are doing their best, but they are only delaying repairs, not crippling the ship for any large amount of time. We have some of the most powerful and resourceful metas, and norms here. We should use that to put a major dent in that ship. If that thing gets airborne it's game over, especially if it leaves the atmosphere."

((I'm also proposing this OOC as a way to ehance and give a reason to why IC they stop the raids, with it's potential end next week. I'm suggesting our RP coaliation does a couple of raids to get some nice merits and the U'kon Grai badge, plus massive rp fun!))

"Then don't think, that it won't go both ways, Britianic," Twilight said as he finally arrived to the meeting with Back Alley Brawlers gloves swung over his shoulder.He rested himself against the wall. He was stained in blood, even his fingers. It looked as though for the pass 5 days he had done nothing but kill. He looked around the room glaring at the heroes with his crimson red eyes. "Not all of us have sign this cease fire. If heroes continue doing what they do, then why except everyone else just to stop there lives for the war." He smiled, as he took one of Back Alley's gloves and flipped it into the air. Staring specifically at Britianic he said, "Still gotta eat."

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It happened, all at once. The Warwall around mysteriously flickered, then shut down. The sky filled with mysterious orange, green clouds, no one suspected it. The world seem to stop as both hero, villain, and citizen of Paragon city looked up to the skies.

The scene was the same in the Rogue Isles, thugs stopped looting, soilders stopped harassing innocent people, and the "Destined Ones" look up to see a fleet of Arachnos fliers take to the skies.

In both the city of heroes and city of villains, the world seemed to stop as this weird phemonena progressed in front of them.

Back in St. Martial, on top of Double Down's highest pillar, the Twilight Shinobi stood sword drawn and pointing towards the sky. He spoke the words given to him by the TLFs psychic Billy Horrorshow, " And the Skies will rain green fire of death..." He lept from the building and activited his PDD. "To all Militia members, this is a warning, Rikti Destroyers are inbound do not investigate the skies," he said as he watched bodies fall as flying villains everywhere that were curious suddenly went up, and then a green flash of lighting, followed by the poor fools ever quickening decent to earth. "You should hear it.. like thunder... the war has begun... prepare yourselves..." he smiled. <Finally >, he thought as his eyes filled his a blood red color, <fun begins!>

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Last night you might have witnessed bright flashes of energy across the northern horizon towards Bloody Bay and Warburg.

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The Rogue Isles are South of Rhode Island.

Other than that.. nice work again Pious

RAVEY!! YOUR BACK! Or have you never left and just kept quiet?!?!?

To address another point when have in game surroundings ever fully effected the RP surroundings? Even in game maps contradict themselves (Boomtown being rebuild in missions map, yet not happening on the zone map.)Why not just do what we do and assume things.

We can also have a concensus about things outside paragon.
I volunteer my home town of Vancouver/Victoria and Toronto for near complete destruction. If anyone wants to say "Holy [censored] did you here what happen up north" as my mains are canadian, I'll back you up. If enough of us say something has happen. the "Tools" can't undermine it for us.

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But that's just it. People at GG are mostly RPing heroes of the city. If there's an air raid, the last thing they would do ICwise is run and hide.

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But wy would your character realistically be standing around willy nilly chatting to people about how they accidentally cause a power surge this morning and alughing about it if a war was going on in the city there supposed to protect?

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And I'm sure they will, and loose anyway. Unless you find a way to tripple nova the spawns, you won't take them down fast enough before the second one teleports in, and the third probably before you're done with the first.

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As for someone whos played the raids before they reduced there numbers, there is hope. A fellow sg member and I held them off with minium deaths with a group of random heroes, and at the end... RPer PvP and causal gamer all cheered and joined in some "causal" RP.( in the form of things like "ME SMASH RIKTI", "GET BACK YOU SCUM SUCKING ALIENS!", "We did it! We pushed those rikti bastards back!")

If anything things like that can enhance RP, IMO.

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Not to mention tools trying to RP Vanguard soldiers, complete with all the gear, turning up and harrassing the various non-humans at the statue!

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Wouldn't that be good character playing? Aliens are attacking me, I see aliens.. attack them? Also the kheldians are very involved in the war, they are one of the groups in the RWZ.

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I wonder what Recluses' outlook on this would be, seems the bombers will be bombing the infamous Grandville Tower. I know that IC wise my char will most likly refuse to defend Recluses' little palace as 'Its his own problem'


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hey, thats my line. "Recluse can protect his own damn tower!"

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While you might see it that way, I know my villians would see it as, "Oh [censored]! The rikti were able gained a foothold in the most highly defended area and where the most powerful metahumans in the rogue isle gather?!! We are DOOOOMed! DOOMed! I tell ya! GAME OVER MAN"

Think about it from a tacitcal point of view, if they take grandville, they could take any where else in the isles. Thats why Twilight Shinobi will be going there.

Also we do have to face that these are "upgraded" rikti that now know and will probably be targeting heroes. I will like to see how people will play things like that out.

The Rikti learnt from the first war that we are the main line of defense against them, this time araound I imagine they will have developed weapons or tactics to deal with us, and also target us first, as our military is still underclassed compared to them.

Also I was wondering if any of you plan to foreshadow this, my SGs members and I have already started ((Alth so the surprise attack remains canon, we are going to either not find the truth or have no one believe us))

The funniest thing me and hatesman had to go throught was that these people wanted to hold a mass RP/IC arena match, because he /she insulted a friend of ghosts (hatesman) IC and he wanted to defend his "honor". I decided to join. In the end only four of us decided to fight. The match began( Battle Royal) and ghost and I didn't attack each other only the others, why? Well because it was an IC match that means that we "had" to act IC, and not only are hates and I in the same SG but IC-wise good friends/regularly team up. Why would we attack each other? Anyways I found it funny how OOC AND IC we got accused of cheating, even after we explained OOC and IC that not only are our characters friends, but would never attack each other.

((The Terra Liberation Front is now recruiting! We are looking for villians to join us in freeing the world from the shackles of the false "free will" socieity claims to give us. Together we shall free this world fromt eh heroes opression!

Contact me (@UltraNova), Hatesman or Neutrality in game, or visit our forumn at http://covtlf.suddenlaunch3.com/index.cgi to join!))

Again the not the question.

Try to think of it as this one ATa, what makes you change to ATb, if you so wish to answer it like that.

Having a toon for all season doesn't answer the question.

What bugs your blaster? What Bugs your DM/regen Scrapper.. thats what the question is about. Things that bug me, might not bug you because of your playstyle/power choices.