Our first meeting is Tuesday July 14, 2009. We will all meet in the tutorial at 9am Eastern where I'll get you all invited into the supergroup, we can check out everyones final costumes, and we can finally go out and kick some butt together...
As mentioned, the Daybreak Patrol supergroup has been created. I levelled up a toon that won't be active high enough to create it since I needed a break from my main anyway. 
One thing I have been thinking is that we should probably choose a leader for the team. While I have taken leadership of the group so far, I have no experience leading a team in game... I'm more of a point me at what you want me to break type guy in that regard. Besides, I think someone with a better grasp of what missions we should run and when should probably be in charge or I'd have us wandering around Atlas Park for days... Any volunteers?
Another thing: I always lean towards RP in the sense that I liek fleshing out backgrounds, occasionally writing up stories, am willing and happy to RP in game, etc... But this was not started as an RP group and I am NOT going to force it upon the group. What I will enforce is everyone being RP friendly... if people are RP'ing (in or out of this group) and you do not wish to participate in it, ignore it. I've never been one to be In Character 24/7 (or even close to it) but I have much respect for those that are so griefing and/or harassing RP'ers is a big no no.
As for the rest of the rules, hopefully we won't need many and we can work them out as we go
Almost tuesday... woo I can't wait!
Yep, I'm getting anxious to get this under way....
Lineup:
Caemgen - Daybreaker Alpha (Tanker)
Freem
MrKytross - Daybreaker Zeta (Scrapper)
TristynD - Tac-Officer Hoplite (Defender)
shawnculli - Dawybreaker Gamme (Scrapper)
Typo_Cop - Officer Kirby (Blaster)
Fhorar - Daybreaker Omega - (Defender)
MissBetty - ??? (Controller)
Do we know MissBetty's name yet or anything on Freem? Should find out tommorow I guess...
First we'll meet up, pact up, I'll get us all in the supergroup (will have to get someone to invite Alpha since I cannot invite myself as far as I can tell) and then we'll squelch that little Outbreak I hear they have.
Yup Tuesday is almost here and for me at least its doubly good since it's my birthday so hanging out with y'all for the morning part will be cool beans.
Caemgen I couldn't agree more,everyone has different rp styles some heavier then others I think the best rule is show respect and be treated how you wish to be treated is a good and very simple rule.
Now I am or have been part of static groups in the past,some things that does come up that can cause confusion/or tons of waiting time is we should have a general idea of what each session should be with a back up plan in case people fail to show/what not and what is the plan if say half of the team doesn't show? A sort of general rule should be voted on.
Also on leader's I found each day a different person being choosen is a good way to go.Of course those who have star fright may choose to be skip thier turn as leader,from past experience once or twice through the rotation someone ends up taking up the leadership mantle and everyone one else in the group seemly content with that person.
And finally we are all meeting up outbreak to grab Iso badge but after that? are we running story arcs off the back since we are all same origin it would be same contact or are we going to sewer up for quick lvls,then depending on time remaining go to KR for temp travel before starting Hollows Arc?
If we can get a vote on it before tomorrow should be less standing around saying I really don't care what we do lets just do something :P
My only rule on missions is no AE.
I believe pacting will help a bit for those times someone can't show unless we have the same person continually being absent, then we have to consider finding a more reliable replacement I suppose. How consistant? Well, I would guess the answer would be enough to make them and their pact mate fall behind would be a good rule of thumb...
If there's a day many do not show up I think the best backup plan would be to do police radio missions or such. If this becomes to common place, see above?
As for the role of squad/field leader I'd rather take a back seat on that. I'll stick to big picture and tie breaking? lol... Perhaps we should see if others would prefer to opt out from the get go on that and then whoever is left can either negotiate the plan together or each offer one up and we'll vote?
Ok, I'm late for bed. I'll try to check in before work and then I should be around early tommorow....
Daybreaker Alpha - Backstory
Its not easy harboring a dream you know you can never realize. It weighs you down like a wet winter coat, it eats away at all your other hopes and goals as if by having just a little bit more room perhaps that dream could somehow become a reality. For Calvin Michaels that dream had been a dark one a dream of vengeance.
Justice, he thought as he gently rubbed the dry cloth over the cold metal of his uniform. Thats all I ever wanted.
Even as he thought it he knew it wasnt true. Justice, real justice, is a thing of intellect, fairness and compassion. What Calvin Michaels wanted was a thing of passion, red anger and black pain.
Once satisfied that he had wiped the chest plate of his blue and gold armor clean of any fingerprints or smudges he may have left when he had tried it on for the second time in an hour, he set it aside and picked up his helmet to give it the same tender treatment. Paying special care to the data strings inside the helmet which plugged into the ports behind each of his earlobes, Calvin carefully cleaned every wire, connector, magnetic seal and each of the dozens of other technical doodads and thingamajigs whose names he had allowed himself to forget once he had actually passed all the tests, undergone all the analysis, submitted to all the surgeries and signed all the waivers and finally gotten the job. He even made himself polish the little silver logo of the company to which he had signed away his life in order to wear the armor though he didnt try to stop himself from scowling as he did so.
Hell, I can tear down this suit to its base components, run diagnostics and rebuild it faster than any of those lab geeks at Crey Corp who can name the parts and explain how it works, he thought to himself. Ill run this thing through its paces for them. Ill field test this thing in one of the most dangerous cities on the planet until their win their precious contact. Once Ive upheld my end of the bargain theyll just have to deal with me borrowing their precious technological wonder for a little field test of my own.
The name slipped into his thoughts unbidden but once there he couldnt help but remember it all
They had been bystanders, nothing more. In the wrong place, in the wrong time and too damn stupid to run when theyd had the chance. They had been there to pick out an engagement ring and a small piece of Calvin still blamed himself for not being able to afford something better than a ring from a chain jewelry store in the local mall. Hed been saving up for three months and had planned at least another three before he could buy the ring he had picked out and properly propose but when shed told him with a nervous smile and worried whisper that she was pregnant he had immediately dropped to his knee, taken her hand in his and while wearing bright yellow Bermuda shorts, a Flogging Molly T-shirt and a pair of Chuck Taylors he had asked her to be his wife.
After all this time he still cannot understand why she said yes.
Less than 48 hours later they were at the mall listening to the salesperson explain the differences in cut, carat and clarity of the two rings his fiancé just could not decide between. Each was out of his price range but watching the glow on her face Calvin knew he would make it work somehow. She turned to him with a smile on her face and told him she couldnt believe how perfect everything was. She leaned in to give him one of those little kisses she teased him with in public and just before their lips met the first explosion shattered the window of the store and most of the display cases.
Tackling his fiancé, Calvin held her protectively under him as he heard screams start and the last of the glass tinkle down to the floor. The baby! He thought immediately but she was saying Im fine at the same moment.
A second explosion, this one a bit further away, rocked the floor of the third floor mall store. Then a third. Looking over his fiancé one more time to assure himself that she was alright, Calvin rushed out of the store and to the railing to try to see what was going on. Floating in midair about level with the second floor of stores was figure of insanity the likes of which Calvin had never seen.
His flesh, where it could be seen, was more than pale, less than white. It was very nearly translucent. His hair was long and a dark gray and didnt seem to float around his head so much as writhe. His eyes
His eyes all but glowed the color of insanity.
The man seemed very tall and emaciated thin but it was hard to tell due to the dark green robe he wore, hood thrown back, which had sickly yellow symbols which seemed to be moving across and through the fabric in an intricate pattern Calvin would never understand. Around his two outstretched hands this man, this floating nightmare, seemed to be gathering up some kind of smoky dark energy and when the mass of energy around one first seemed to reach its maximum levels it was hurled like a baseball by the laughing ghoul, hurled with explosive and deadly results.
To just further the horror of it all, the floating ghoul did not appear to be alone. On the ground floor of the mall, moving amongst the fleeing, panicked shoppers, there was dozens of small, monkey like shapes which seemed to be wrapped in flames. Whatever they were they seemed intent on clawing and biting and spreading chaos.
We have to get out of here, Calvin called out as he turned and rushed back to his fiancé. If we take the fire steps we should be able to
She grabbed his hand and thrust it onto the bloody mess which was the salespersons leg. Keep pressure here while I check the other customers, she said.
Weve got to get out of here, he said even while following her instructions. I think theyre coming this way!
Im a nurse, I have to help them! she answered while checking out a woman who seemed to have merely fainted.
Love, between us and them, I choose us!
She paused and looked at him, her expression a mix of shock, surprise and disappointment. Cal, she said, her voice sounding
well, he could never quite decide if she sounded sad, angry, or what. He didnt have a lot to base it on as it was then that one of those balls of dark, pulsing energy struck the back wall of the jewelry store and Calvin lost everything in his life.
I should have dragged her out when I had the chance, he thought but immediately he answered himself that there had never been time to do so anyway. There was no escaping that day. Not even now, twenty years later.
In many ways he was a new man when he woke up to find himself in a hospital room; It took some time for him to find out, even more for him to comprehend, but he had a new right arm, new left hand, a new ribcage (on the right side at least,) a new right eye, several new organs and various enhancements and structural supports in his legs and his spine.
Im the freaking Six Million Dollar Man, he thought with a mixture of amusement and despair.
As it turned out, all one needed in order to survive such catastrophic injuries as he had suffered was an organ donor card, a waiver signed by next of kin (hes still not sure if he has anything to forgive his brother for or not or if hes ready to) and for the Crey Corporation to take a special interest in your case.
At the time he had of course heard of some of the more controversial accusations against Crey but he had just assumed they were looking for a guinea pig to experiment upon.
Later, as he was going through the tests and trials required for consideration of acceptance to their Powered Armor Pilot Program, he began to get suspicious about just how easily the prosthetics and bionics they had equipped him with almost two decades earlier in extreme life saving measures seemed to mesh and interact with their newest high tech equipment being designed for Paragon Police Departments new Powered Armor experiments.
Still, no matter what Crey was up to he had to jump at the chance to get his hands on a tool, any tool, that would allow him to seek out fulfillment of the dream hes had ever since that day when he first laid his eyes upon that ghoulish, wraith looking floating [censored].
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Happy Bday TristynD...
And that's two opting out of mission leading.
And yeah, less time left now than in the story... But I wrote it at work so sue me!
You've set the bar high with that one Caemgen. I can see I'll have to flesh out my own idea a bit more before I post it.
Happy birthday TristynD.
And I'm just returned to the game, so I'll pass on leading as well.
Thanks, it came out better than what I posted in RP forum for my ain... But I'm going to give him a retcon once I get around to it
Alrighty, waited a bit for stragglers before moving on...
TristynD, shawnculli, Fhohar and Freem, suit up!
I think I suffered from some kind of timezone dislocation. I thought meeting time was tomorrow until I read this thread. 
"Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty." -- Plato
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What Rough Beast (255143) - Villainous Lvl 40-50
Ehh, server down?
:-( Odd only half the servers are down
Ok people, we'll call it a day due to technical difficulties. Everyone should fall out, make any repairs as needed and get some R&R. We'll reform again Thursday at 0900 (9am) sharp!
In the meantime, what's everyone think so far? Let's have some chatter about life in the Daybreaker Patrol on the first day. Personally, being an old guy I had some difficulty keeping up and wouldn't mind things a tad slower... We had some wanting to RP, some not... It seemed a few were all about levelling while others wanted more content. We'll probably not make everyone 100% happy from the get go but we won't get close if we don't discuss....
And did we ever hear from Freem?
Freem posted up above about a half hour ago - said he thought the meet up was tomorrow :-p. Sorry I was late this morning, my alarm went off at 730 (central, so 830 eastern) but I barely remember it and I just fell back asleep. I had fun though the little bit I did play with everyone :-). I don't mind trying to RP, I just never have so I don't know how good I'll be, also, I wasn't trying to be all about leveling up per say, I just thought it would be more fun if we tried something harder.
I don't think anyone minded difficulty suggestion (did they?) but personally I do like a pause once in a while between battles to catch my breath, sip soda, recharge some endurance...
One thing I thought was very cool was us all running around in the uniforms
Server's back up!
Partial repeat post:
Just to let you know a little about me ahead of time, read this story (the part from Timothy2day). Feel free to ask me anything.
Officer Kirby
Fight My Brute
I think we had a good first run. It was definitely fast, probably the fastest I've ever made it to level 7 on any character. Honestly, I'm used to a slightly slower pace myself, but with you guys behind me I just felt invincible today.
I think we'll slow down naturally as we level, probably hitting our ideal stride around level 20. I think we need to plan ahead for what we intend though, as we're gonna hit 20 very quickly. I kind of like the idea of jsut doing radio missions, as we are serving PPD, but it's repetitive and could get boring quickly. I really enjoy doing story arcs and we could go all the way to 50 doing them.
As for difficulty, I think we'd definitely be able to raise it for more of a challenge.
And I'm cool with role playing as well, it will flow easier as we slow down.
What do you guys think about investing in the Leadership pool? With six of us running together it would provide some killer bonuses. I seriously doubt we could run Maneuvers and Assault toggles at the same time, I was thinking three people running each.
Scrappers, Tankers and Blasters get 10.5% extra damage from Assault, Controllers 15% and Defenders 18.75%.
Offenders (S/T/B) get 2.275% from Maneuvers, Controllers 2.625% and Defenders 3.5%.
Using the group format we had today, Offenders run Assault for an extra 30% or so damage and Defenders and Controllers provide almost 10% defense from Maneuvers. Defense to all. Combined that with those excellent force fields and we'd be almost invincible.
Just a suggestion, what do you guys think?
Oh, and before I forget, I've never completed a Positron TF on any character, even though I've tried at least a dozen times. Can we do it? I know it's a huge chore, but if we start it at level 10 it would probably level us all the way to 15. And since we're a dedicated group finishing up over a couple of days wouldn't be a problem.
Officer Kirby brought up a good point in the link he posted. Vent or Team Speak is always enjoyable. I don't have the hardware to run a server myself, nor do I have any friends who run one. Do any of you have such a set up already in place or access to one?
When you guys get tired of me posting messages just say so. I spend eight hours a night sitting in front of a computer waiting for my phone to ring so I can help customers. Well, not all eight hours, probably only about six of them.
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Oh, and before I forget, I've never completed a Positron TF on any character, even though I've tried at least a dozen times. Can we do it? I know it's a huge chore, but if we start it at level 10 it would probably level us all the way to 15. And since we're a dedicated group finishing up over a couple of days wouldn't be a problem.
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I think we should complete all Freedom Phalanx TFs: Positron, Synapse, Sister Psyche, Citadel, Numina and Manticore. We all would get the TF Commaner Accolade, but the stories are good and I think doing so would be in-character for our team.
I'm not all that in to numbers, but yeah, leadership sounds cool 
Fight My Brute
I'm all for running Positron, even if it takes several days to do it. I recommend not starting it at 10, tho. I think the vahz in the first mission are lvl 15, regardless of team lvl. That's the way it used to be set up anyways, it may have changed. Waiting til at least lvl 12 would be safer. I would LOVE to get Taskforce Commander. All for that idea.
I'm kind of a fan of running not higher than rugged, we could get more story archs done. It seems like, teams that run on invinceable, while you're getting more ex, it takes you much longer to defeat the mobs. We could get in more archs, more yummy merits, if we ran on lower settings. But, that's just me. I'll do whatever the team does.
Leadership sounds fine, if we can work it into our builds. Some builds can be tight, and it's hard to skip some main power set choices for a power pool.
RP is cool with me. I enjoy reading people's chat. I am just a slow typer, and not very quick with comments, so I most likely will not RP. Doesn't mean I don't like it, tho I actually don't type much in missions, I am a hunt and peck kinda girl, and it usually means death while I find the keys to type
Oh, by the way, I did a little on my own Tuesday, and I have the Negotiator badge mission ready to accept. Could we do it Thursday morning, before we start running missions? I have to admit I'm kinda anal about badge missions. But, anything I miss, I'll pick up doing Ouro stuff.
Rp shouldn't be an issue - If you don't want to partake, don't. No worries. Although I like RP, I tend to be caught up in battles with battling not chatting or RP'ing. When server came back yesterday several of us RP'd a bit outside of any mission and that's how I generally do it when I do it...
Vent/Team Speak - Never used it and I hate my voice so would probably be reluctant to but *shrug*
Difficulty - Wouldn't mind upping from Heroic a bit but let's not jump from 1 to 5 or anything crazy...
Task Forces - Haven't experienced these at all having run solo 90+% of the time. If/when we do them I'd definitely like to go at least slow enough to read the missions, see what villians we're fighting, etc... Not ready every villian info or anything, let's not be nuts, but I wanna know whats going on. (I swear, I'm not sure if that was the Council we fought at the end there or what!)
Level - After day 1 we're all around level 7 or 8, right? (I forget who left early but they were going to catch up alone and needed to know where we were...)
typo_Cop - Interesting article... Glad you're with us
Leadership pool: I know next to nothing about it. Heck, all I've run so far is a Tanker up to 40+ and a Scrapper to about 20. All I know about the other classes (err, Archtypes) is they seem to hang back and keep me alive while things pound on me!
Radio Missions: They definitely fit into our theme and "story" and I wouldn't mind doing them on occasion. Doing them only, or even regularly, I think would be a bit too much and I'm still new enough to really want to see the storylines... Although I have been considering making a Daybreaker Alt to run outside of our Tues/Thurs sessions... I'm really liking the concept and I think Alpha's personal storyline would fit with him running a second suit a bit secretly from those who amde his first one... (Long story short, he doesn't trust Crey, is doing this as a means to get the power to go after Malfearance and is looking at shady ways to get his own suit either by stealing parts, stealing the Alpha suit at some point, or whatever else he can come up with.) So perhaps we could do mucho radio missions on other toons?
Misc - Did I miss anything?????
The Daybreak Patrol is the brainchild of Meg Mason, a civilian under contract to with the Paragon Police Department. Noticing a distanct lack of superpowered volunteers during the early morning hours, and impatient at the best of time, Mason proposed the concept of a new task force of Powered Armor Cops dedicated to patroling the streets, skies and sewers of Paragon during the wee hours of the morning.
Chief Conrad Bochco saw the need for beefed up patrols during these dangerous hours but knew he lacked the funding, the manpower and the equipment to do anything about it. Brainstorming with Mason, they came up with the idea of forcing volunteers to come forward through potential future monetary incentive.
Chief Bochco opened bidding for the design and manufacture of PPD's next model of Powered Armor. Specifications required that the new armor be versatile, adaptable and upgradeable so as not to become obsolete. The bids, as expected, poured in from all corners of the globe from companies looking not only to get a piece of the lucrative contact and the prestige of defending Paragon City but also for the chance to experiment with their latest designs. Aeon Copr, Crey Industries, Hero Corps, Lockhart Aerotech, Portal Corp and a plethora of lesser and unkown companies and individuals submitted bids.
In truth, there was little funding for such an upgrade of the cities beleagured police force but Chief Bocho knew that with such intense competition to land the fictional contract, he could push the companies even further. To be considered for the contact, Chief Bochco required that each company supplied the PPD with a field ready prototype of the design as well as an operator of the armor.
With this demand, many companies dropped out of the bidding war but those that remained provided the PPD with both more fire and manpower, both free of charge. Chief Bochco knew he wouldn't be able to keep this sham running forever but in the meantime he would be able to make the city that much safer...
The prototypes varied greatly in design, style and capabilities. The most common resembled PPD's current Shell, Hardsuit and Assault designs but a few went a step further than the typical armored suit to include implants, bionics and robotics and nanotechnology. Chief Bochco knew a few of the designs would never be accepted in a million years due to the radical procedures they would require his officers to undergo but in order to clean up the streets of Paragon City he had no hesitation in taking advantage of those who already had volunteered and had it done.
On July 8, 2009 the first eight of these company supplied volunteers were deputized and organized into the first squad of the Daybreak Patrol. This alpha squad was tasked with putting the prototypes through their paces under actual conditions, to stretch their abilities to the limit to see which would break down and which should be given due consideration. To this end the Daybreak Patrol was given the freedom to act independantly of the PPD power structure and answer only to Chief Bochco himself. In truth, the police chief was eager to limit their contact with the PPD for fear that the lack of funding to actually order any of these high tech units would become known to the deputized, company paid operators.
On July 14, 2009 the Daybreak Patrol first hit the streets of Paragon City... The success or failure of the prototypes, as well as how long Chief Bochco can continue swindling the various companies into supplying these armors, has not yet been determined.
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This thread will be for us to keep in touch, discuss plans, advise that you can't make a meeting, write up bio's for your toon, write up reports of our missions, joke around, complain, praise or basically anything else having to do with this team.