Log:Overlord - Tranquility, Scene 3

Overlord's Arrival 2018/05/22 	 Emi Indira Bluejay Harbinger Mechanic Sapphire

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The heroes are at Tranquility. Three of their number: Indira, Mechanic, and Sapphire, were there to investigate the Harbinger. When some of the Overlord's drones attacked the prison, Starguard sent out a request for help to local heroes, getting assistance from Bluejay and Emissary (who clearly is on the way to becoming an SG agent herself).

Most of the drones had been stopped or at least majorly delayed. Two were thrown into another dimension. Two had been grabbed by Sapphire, and a couple more that were in the walls but delayed by various energy barriers.

Unfortunately, that's the moment where an alarm was sounded. The Harbinger had woken up.

There's an explosion from the section of the building where the Harbinger was being held. The alien has burst through the outer wall and is now out outside with the heroes, though a good 50m away or so. Klaxons are sounding inside as air escapes through the new hole. It was from the cell proper, so the air escaping isn't quite as fast as it would have been if he had smashed his way out of a hallway.

Harbinger(#2866TOnp)

This being stands about twelve feet tall, and is wearing what looks like shimmering armor. At different angles it looks green or purple or chrome. Its helmet has flared sides and two glowing eyes emanate from within. The armor itself is mostly full of clean lines and doesn't have much ornamentation, though it looks vaguely reminiscent of medieval platemail. In its hands is what looks like a halberd formed of energy, sized appropriately for a twelve-foot-tall being.

Bluejay calls over her radio, "Can anyone tell me if this new guy is an enemy or a reinforcement?" and holds off action until there a chance for an answer.

The Quantum Mechanic responds almost immediately. "That is the Harbinger! Do not allow him to escape!"

Indira float-hops to the nearest drone trying to drill through, throwing her hand towards it. A compartment opens in her suit and a seed flies towards one of the drones.

The seed sprouts on impact, creeping vines whipping and wrapping about the drone.

A rocky shore of Antarctica. There is snow and ice up the hill, away from the coast. Jutting out of the hill is a large cylindrical object, easily a couple of miles wide. It's closer to a building than anything else. Energy is coming in from various directions in a network...meeting at the central tower.

Bluejay flies over to intercept Harbringer. She calls on her radio on multiple bands, "Return to your cell. This is the only warning you'll receive." The band of weaponary around her right forearm spins and a dozen pulses of ion cannon fire spray out all around, but not hitting, Harbringer."

Against many villains, that might have been enough. But there doesn't appear to be a response from the Harbinger as Bluejay shows off her weapon array.

The Quantum Mechanic keeps his focus on keeping the portal lined up for Sapphire to slam dunk the remaining drones to the otherside of the galaxy.

He maintains his connection to the protal ring to keep it stable and to keep it protected by his force-field generator.

He relays over comms. <<"Alright, lets handle these drones and then we'll turn our attention to the Harbinger. The drones have no reason to engage with Tranquility base any further- they wanted the Harbinger free and there he goes."

Sapphire pushes the two drones she had grabbed through the open portal, using her energy constructs. She reports the situation back to SG headquarters, trying to refrain from swearing as best she can.

Emissary winces when she feels the explosion. "Wh-what was that? What's a Harbinger. That sounds bad. Nothing named Harbinger sounds good!" She flails wildly at the one mobile drone trying to disable it, not knowing what else to do.

Emi's strike hits the remaining mobile drone, sending it flying back outside the wall into space. Sparks fly from it and it wobbles as it tries to right itself.

Emissary flinches as the drone goes flying. . o O (Pleasedon'tbemadpleasedon'tbemadpleasedon'tbemad)

[NPC]The Harbinger looks at Bluejay and the surrounding situation. Then it notices Earth in the distance. He starts to fly off in that direction, leaving a trail of energy behind him. Apparently the drones are not a huge concern for him...nor are the heroes themselves.

[GAME] Half move to observe. Half move Flight away from the Moon. (30m)

Bluejay says over her radio, "You were warned." as she makes a move to go after Harbringer, although unable to keep up with power going to her weapon systems. This time she's aiming for the alien with a Neutrino Pulse.

The Quantum Mechanic replies calmy to Emi over comms, <<"That's right- according to reports, this being was the first seen tied to this Overlord being. He may be the key to all of this."

The Neutrino Pulse hits the Harbinger, and...it doesn't register. He must be protected against that kind of attack. It doesn't get through his outer armored layer.

Given the shaking of the building and the mental and radio transmissions from the Mechanica, Indira realizes why the drone may have gone idle. She activates her thrusters and flies out of the inner wall to help pursue Harbinger.

Mechanic shuts down the gateway, leaving the drones stranded 9.8k Light Years away. Unforutnately, there is no time to feel smug about any of this. He calculates the Harbinger's flight path and then teleports to a position 2-3 full moves away from him (I'm estimating that's about 75m out?) so he can reconfigure the Torus into something a bit more useful to the situation at hand. He reports back to the team:

<< "Moving to intercept & flank."

[NPC]The Harbinger continues to accelerate, heading toward Earth. He leaves a trail of energy behind him as he flies...the same color of energy as his weapon in hand.

[GAME] Full move Flight 60m (Still in Combat Flight at the moment)

Impetus leaves TransMat RRP3 and enters Universal TransMat.

Emissary(#2789PeCcmF?)

Emily 'Emi' Clark, aka Emissary, looks all of about 20 and stands all of about 5 foot nothing, not counting her ears. Which are are cat-like, covered in white fur, and poke out of her fluffy white hair, which she keeps pulled back in a long ponytail at the base of her neck. Her skin is quite pale. Her eyes, the right blue, the left gold, have cat-like slit pupils. She's rather cute, to people that like that sort of thing.

She's not a hero, and doesn't wear a costume. Today she's wearing a shapeless gray sweat suit and black canvas sneakers.

Bluejay(#2730PenACcF?)

When in her battlesuit Bluejay is a mostly midnight blue anime styled cybermech combat suit with fully enclosed visored helm. The visor is illuminated from within by a constantly changing head-up display and when Bluejay is engaged in combat a bluish-green force field surrounds her. Most of the suit's external armor is colored a deep midnight blue with slightly lighter blue highlights. On the chest of the suit is an emblem, a dark blue rose in a white diamond.

Emissary looks out of the hole in the wall at Harbinger. "Um. If he reaches Earth, that's bad, right? B-but what can we do!?" She starts flying after Harbinger.

Indira(#2729POeACcF?)

In her natural form, Indira Paxis has light blue skin with various shadings and markings of darker blue, greens, and purples. Her body is humanoid in nature, and slender. Her irises glow ambiently with a soft pink light. Her "hair" consists of long blades and strands of white organic material that feels like the soft petals of a flower. Due to the neurochemicals her people give off, once you get closer to her or are around her more, she starts to seem to shift more to something the target finds safe and attractive. She takes on the traits of that race, appearing more human to humans, or more Yuun'tan to a Yuun'ta.

She's wearing a tight fitting white and charcoal armored suit made of thin, intricate panels that allow great flexibility, and a few venting slats. It's almost like a second skin, and decorated like a uniform of sorts. There's energy conduit panels that glow a soft cyan when powered up, and a retractable helmet that can be activated with the push of a button.

((OOC Note: Once you're within an 8m radius of Indira, you're at a risk of being affected by Neurochemical Attraction. Check +finger and +powers for notes on that. When affected, Indira has +4d6 Striking Appearance vs all, and she will appear in whatever way your character finds most appealing.))

Mechanic(#2318PeACcF?)

Those familiar with the simulation calling itself the Mechanic might notice some notable differences in this the true Mechanic and creator of the Torus. This man looks similar inso far as having an ever shifting face might make anyone look like someone - anyone else. Though the shifting seems to be less random, more like some kind of obfusication field.

He's wearing a single two-tone blue flightsuit thats tight and form-fitting almost like a superhero costume & a white lab coat over that. The parts of his flesh that are exposed seem inlaid with technology (hands, neck, face and most notably the entirety of each eye)- namely a black metal of some kind in various configurations that when in their 'default' settings look almost art deco-ish. These lines do not stop for his clothing- infact they suffuse and continue on unabated, visible over the top.

Some things remain the same- like how he's quite dapper for a crazy cosmic wanderer from no-where and no-when near here. He's also especially clean despite being called 'The Mechanic', and even when he should be wet, dirty or damaged - he seem unchanged. Dirt and water seem to just bead up and fall right off of him as if refusing to sully, tarnish or weigh down this being.

Bluejay can already tell Harbringer is capable of faster flight than she is in normal mode. She she micro jumps ahead an estimated six seconds of Harbringer's movement, assuming that he'll speed up once free of any need to dodge.

Indira keeps trying to catch up with the others, but her suit isn't built for flight. The thrusts are meant to help steer and get to rescue vessels should one get jettisoned into space. She thinks over the mind link with the Mechanic, since she doesn't have a radio, ((I can't keep up. But we can't let him get back to earth! Maybe we can reason with him! He was once in our place!))

Mechanic planned to time the Harbinger's acceleration with the opening of a warp gate sending him to Alpha Centuri but his target's accceleration is a bit faster than originally accounted for.

So that leaves The Quantum Mechanic to fall back on plan B.

B stands for BIG. Simple. To the point.

The Torus expands all around him, reconfiguring itself into a giant mecha worthy of a being such as the Mechanic.

It has a sleek, sporty body with a multi-faceted surface. While it is clearly mechanical it seems to glow from deep inside with an unworldly energy as each piece is shifted, modulated and locked into place.

In what seems like no time at all the Torus' change is complete and right in between the Harbinger and Earth.

Massive blue gauntlets enclose around the Harbinger before he can accelerate any further. The question is, what to do with him now that he's got him.

He squeezes the being to make sure he can't really move around too much in there.

Harbinger is grabbed, but...doesn't seem to be hurt at all by the squeeze. The armor doesn't seem to have any give to it at all.

Sapphire takes the time to finish off the remaining drones.

[NPC]The Harbinger doesn't bother trying to use his brute strength to break out. Instead, a torrent of energy emits from his eyes at Mechanic. The entire face of the helmet is engulfed as the energy lances outward.

[GAME] 18d6 Blast vs. ED (Cosmic Energy)

Special Defences:

Levels:

Max DMG: 12d6 - Max DEF: 30ED/28rED 30PD/28rPD

The blast tears into Mechanic, causing the larger being to lose his grip on the Harbinger. It's probably fortunate that speaking in space is more or less impossible. Surely, he would be saying something about the futility of what just happened.

The energy blast rends the Torus-Mecha's hands open and the energetic outburst overrides The Quantum Mechanic's motion control systems- leaving the Torus to need to restart right then and there.

HE fights the urge to grumble uselessly as the systems come back online.

Emissary flies ahead of harbinger by about 300m and turns around. . o O (Craprcrapcrap. What can I do? Why do I even have these powers! You're supposed to be these super scary power aliens, Forerunners! What the hell do you expect me to do? Why did you even give me these powers, and make me so damn weak! You had to have known Overlord was coming!) She frantically cycles through the mental 'menu' of her powers, hoping against hope that one of the inactive ones would activate, and be some sort of super mode.

Harbinger is hit...and sent flying. Though he doesn't seem overly hurt, he is disoriented briefly.

Indira continues to try and catch up with the heroes. Plants are a slow sort. She shouts something, but outside of her suit, it's unheard. But she broadcasts it over the mind link to Mechanic so he can pass it on to the others. o O (He was a survivor from when his planet was destroyed, as Overlord is trying to do to the Earth now. Maybe we can be reasoned with. Turned away from the Overlord!)

[NPC]The Harbinger rights himself and focuses on Bluejay. Getting knocked back like that will make it difficult to get to the planet. He brings his halberd around and a wave of energy travels in her direction in a narrow cone...

[GAME] 16d6 Blast vs. ED (AoE Narrow Cone)

Bluejay is hit and knocked head over heels but her Bluejay suit provides sufficient protection that while battered she is still in the fight.

The Quantum Mechanic waits patiently as the Torus comes online and retracts the Mecha Suit. A warp gate opens and consumes the device, leaving only the Mechanic behind.

He immediately flies to catch the HArbinger now that he's been knocked away. Simultaneously he activates a little used system on the Torus- on to increase his density.

Mechanic passes Indira's message over the comms and adds, "I personally hope that is true because this violence is detestable."

Bluejay is pretty sure she cannot stop this Harbreinger. If he can be reasoned with she ought to help with that. So getting herself oriented she heads toward Indira with the intent of being the slow heroine up to a position where she can try 'talking'.

Indira tries to reach out to Harbinger's mind to reason with him directly, now that she's close to danger. She tries to pluck his true name and the names of those he loved and fought for on his own planet so she can appeal to the being he was.

Bluejay says over the radio, "I can't stop this Harbringer. If the slow hero can try to talk to him I'll offer a lift."

Indira is able to set up a telepathic link to the Harbinger...and gets his name. At first it's just 'The Harbinger'. But after a moment, she gets 'Ronnir Darr'.

Indira tries to appeal to the Harbinger as her mind manages to connect with his, her voice imploring him in his mind. o O (Ronnir Dar, please. I know your home planet was destroyed by the Overlord. That you fought to save your home as the humans are trying to save theirs. Please...help us. We can stop the cycle!)

[NPC]The Harbinger turns and looks at Indira, clearly considering what she's communicating to him. He doesn't take any further aggressive action, though. Not yet.

[GAME] Holding.

Emissary holds her position, now that Harbinger has stopped moving. She's still looking through her mental menu and cursing the Forerunners.

The Hyper-Massive Quantum Mechanic closes the gap between he and the Harbinger, then on past him and to Indira so he can back her up instead in case her plan goes South.

The Hyper-Massive Quantum Mechanic closes the gap between he and the Harbinger, then on past him and to Indira so he can back her up instead in case her plan goes South.

Mechanic gets there in short order thanks to his gravimetic impulse systems which hurl him straight for his 'old' friend.

The Harbinger says to Indira, via telepathy, << I have not heard that name in an eon. >>

Indira holds her hand out to signal the others to hold off. << It has been too long, Ronnir. If you will not help us, will you at least step aside so we can have a chance your home deserved? You can pretend you were defeated with a secret weapon. >>

The Harbinger looks from face to face...and then to Tranquility. And then Earth. And finally off into space. << I can see where I once lived from here. It is gone, but parts of the planet remain. >> He pauses again. << I shall help you, rather than merely get out of the way. >>