Log:Overlord - Colonial Bay, Scene 1

Overlord's Arrival 2018/04/13 	 Spirit Chen Copycat Natasha Pleiades Griffin 2

It's been several weeks since the large vessel was seen near Pluto, its size matching that of the dwarf planet itself. And on this day...this otherwise nice Spring day in Virginia...it has arrived. Up in the sky, a flickering light appears, the light of the Sun reflecting off of its surface briefly before dozens of objects split off in all directions to encircle the globe. A couple in particular get closer to the area of Colonial Bay...and when they hit the atmosphere, they light up again from the heat.

Each is a large cylinder, easily a good 10 miles in length and 2 miles in diameter. They streak toward the planet, with one striking the countryside outside of Colonial Bay, causing an earthquake in a sizeable area. The buildings in the city sway slightly, but remain upright. The other relateively nearby pylon lands in the ocean off the coast, but the closest one to the city is the one on land.

Long, largely straight roads, often in poor condition, stretch across the low-lying farmland, interrupted by lines of tree delimiting fields and acting as windbreakers. Traffic is thin, most long-distance traffic preferring the major highways to the south and east. Small villages and isolated farmhouses hold the human population, while fields and hedgerows have the animals.

By the time the heroes arrive, the large blacked pylon stands tall, like a weapon thrust into the planet itself.

Chen starts a flat out run toward the land landing point. When she reaches the spot she stops, completely at a loss for any idea what to do.

Natasha was out flying, enjoying the day. Then, fast-moving shiny-hot exploding thing! Yay! She chases the closest fragment, although she's far slower than it.

Natasha's dragon sense is tingling. THat thing is dangerous. Also BIG. She flies toward it, looking for some sort of weak spot to attack.

Copycat and Griffin are out on patrol when the burning objects catch their attention.

They look at each other with a knowing look on their faces. "I guess... it's time. Suit up, babe." Griffin says ominously before grabbing Kay as her suit engages and he goes SuperSonic.

Kat anmd Griffin arrive at the pylon. Grififn says, "Did these things get bigger? They seem bigger."

Copycat is prepared for potential space, chemical weapons, and whatever else may come. Her usualy suit and jacket are coated in a black film made of destreum, but her helmet isn't deployed, leaving her pink hair wind-blown from Griffin's super speed transportation.

Copycat frowns. "At least the whole deathstar didn't land."

Chen shrugs, "Let's try hitting it." she says to herself, for want of any better idea.

Spirit flies out toward the location, leaving a trail of light behind him as he flies. He has Pleiades in tow, keeping her aloft with a light construct. The two of them land near the other heroes. "Delta's scrambling now." He shakes his head, "The whole thing IS landing. In pieces."

Copycat wiggles a little in Griffin's grasp before stepping on the ground, trying not to nerd out that they faced a Deathstar. At least, in her mind, they did.

The ground has settled back to its normal state, more or less...after that quake. But the cylinder itself, it turns out, it's a solid black. There are patterned lines in it...reachign from below ground and heading upward. A red-orange hue starts to move through those channels, heading upward toward the upper end of the pylon...and creating a fascinating computer-like pattern. Most obvious is a square that it creates...which turns out to be some kind of doorway or hatch that opens...and a dozen floating drones fly out, starting to scan the landscape.

Each drone is about six feet wide, with simple manipulating arms. And each looks like it has weaponry on the underside. Or...a camera? Hard to tell.

Copycat looks to Griffin. "Should we scout it inside?"

Pleiades looks up at the cylinder. "Wow. That's big. Commander Siata said she was going to send out a distress call, but it will probably be a week before a Patrol Cruiser can get here. I guess it's up to us to deal with it!"

Spirit nods to Pleiades, "It was here quicker than I hoped it would be. Anyone have a bright idea?"

Chen calls over to Spirit, "Other than get inside and try to trash it? Nope."

"You know it. I think having a team go in is a good idea. If so, I'll fly point- and we'll see if we can find a way to destroy it from the inside- that is fi we can get in." Griffin replies as he lifts off the ground again- preparing not for the drones, but to immediately attempt to put a hole int he door they entered from once strategizing time ends.

Copycat points to the hatch where the droines flew out. "Superspeed, before it closes."

Natasha flies toward the door, which may or may not attract the attention of the drones.

Copycat grabs ahold of Griffin and gets ready for a ride.

Chen runs towards the door

Griffin does exactly that- using his super speed to grab Kat and fly straight for the door.

Spirit nods as the heroes charge, and...starts to say something. Only to have it not really matter.

Chen runs full out towards the hatchway, covering 42 m on the ground having switched to Stinger mode.

Natasha flies as fast as she can toward the opening.

Pleiades forms a triangle of runes beneath her skates. "Hurricane Stampede!" She skates towards the cylinder at full speed!

Griffin does exactly that- using his super speed to grab Kat and then leap straight for the door.

Copycat adds some of her energy to Griffin's leap, blazing a green trail behind them to push them both the rest of the way. It's like adding a rocket pack to Griffin.

The interior of the launch bay a grey room extending upward into the darkness. There are racks of drones reaching upward out of sight. The lower level has the obvious locations where the 12 drones launched from, and behind those racks, there's another wall, starting to also turn reddish-like the lines on the outside of the pillar. There is no obvious door from this room, perhaps because it's for autonomous drones? The room itself is about 20m square, with drone racks on the all three sides of the room that are not the outer hatch.

Chen continues running; running up the side of the cylinder when she reaches it. Stopping in the hatchway she bulks up and braces, determined to hold the hatch open until all who want to enter have the opportunity to do so. "Guys, I'm willing to do whatever I can to help. But does anyone have any good ideas on what to do?" she asks.

Griffin and Kat land in tandum thanks to their heavily engrained training. As soon as he's landed and can see the inside of the pylon his eyes light up in a bright blaze of a form of cosmic energy all his own.

He leaves backup to Kat and uses the opportunity to move them further along the path to victory by creating a door where there wasn't one.

Looking up and above the drone bay Griffin's eyes erupt in a fury of energy as he attempts to destroy the ceiling above.

Griffin hauls off on the back wall...tearing through a good 15m of wall, only to enter open air. The cylinder isn't solid, apparently. It's hollow, like a straw. He loses his footing and starts to fall into the darkness.

Copycat gasps in surprise as Griffin starts to fall. Her instinct is to help, but he's a soldier. He'd want her to stay on mission. And since he can fly, she doesn't need to. "I don't think there's anyone here controlling these drones. They must be in orbit with the big ship." She flies out of the pylon.

Spirit flies toward the others, getting past the drones. He calls out, "We believe these things are designed to tap into the planet's geothermal energy and transmit the data elsewhere!" He sees the hole made in the wall of the interior. "Uh oh...that...might be bad."

Natasha flaps her wings hard to decelerate as she aims for the open hatch. She's disappointed to find once she's inside that it not clear what to do next. Attacking all those drones seems pointless. Oh! Attack the energy-line-things that are maybe powering everything? She scratches the closest one.

Natasha's claws cut into the side of the pylon, where one of the outer red indicator lines runs. She cuts through the line, and sparks fly out. Apparently it's both an indicator and some kind of...conduit, maybe? A power line?

Pleiades calls out, "Eagle Road!" and a ribbon of light forms for her to skate up into the cylinder.

Natasha is satisfied that the vein-thing is "dead": the reddishness stops she made her mark.

Griffin rights himself as he falls, his own powers catching him. In a heartbeat, he flies up to Kat. "Wait, it could be dangerous!"

Copycat slows down as Griffin catches up. "Do your energy senses see any sort of mass of power or a control center? Or is this whole thing just remote controlled?"

Spirit says, "The Drones=:seem to be mostly still focused on their task...scanning the area. But four peel off to deal with the interlopers. Two go after Spirit and two go after Natasha. Each flies toward its target and unleashes an energy beam at their targets."

Spirit is hit solidly by the energy beam and he's sent flying into the drone bay. He bounces off the floor once before coming to a stop.

Natasha turns her attention to the drones. Looks like she'll get to play with them after all!

Chen feels a sudden surge of hope, "Hi, Mr Starguard. Any suggestions?" she ask Spirit as he bounces.

Spirit looks around at the room, "This is going to conduct energy to a network. We need to disrupt that somehow. Either at hte source, or find the control. Before they respond in force. I don't care how tough we are. hundreds of those drones would be...bad."

Copycat asks, "Any idea where that would be? I was thinking up."

Spirit nods, "It might be. We need to find where their communication grid, such as it is, connects. I'd guess toward the top as well, based on what I'm seeing."

Copycat nods. "Griffin and I will scout up top, I suppose." She grabs Griffin and flies straight up with him. Griffin's more than happy to keep an eye on Kat to make sure she doesn't get in over her head.