Log:SGG - No. 3

Starguard Gamma 2012/03/02 	 Kay Loupy Star Girl Starlight Total Babe 1

The workout room is currently set up as a woorkout room (as per the description) and Kay is there wearing a sports bra, tight workout shorts, tennis shoes, and has a whistle on a chain around her neck. She also carries a clip board. Waiting near the door she looks to see just what members of SGG are going to bother to show up.

Starlight arrives a couple of minutes ahead of the scheduled start time in hero identity and already shrunk.

Total Babe turns up, and in time. She's in her costume, such as is it. "Hey."

Kay looks over towards Starlight and TB, "Well, at least I know I've got two people serious about the team." She says with a wry smile towards the pair and she marks something down on her electronic clipboard. "Alright, first things first I have a little Q and A session for the pair of you. I need to know your physical capabilities, what I can count on from each of you and what might be able to be... coaxed... out of you." she smiles. "So, the easy part. How much weight can each of you handle, top end. How fast can you run, swim, fly, and distance can you leap. If you don't know, well that's what all these machines are for." She smiles and gestures around.

Total Babe nods. "I'm still learning what I can do."

Starlight goes over to Kay and hovers, "Before we start on that... I went to the farm where Commander Zereg's pod landed. The alien left in the farmer's car heading out towards the interstate. The farmer was driving the car. I'd guess we're looking for a mind controller here. I notified the local police of the car details and warned them not to approach the car if seen but call Starguard."

Total Babe says, "Or someone who can take over bodies?"

Starlight says, "Possible, but the farmer and alien were in the car."

Total Babe says, "Ah, right."

Total Babe says, "Sorry I couldn't make the meeting yesterday. DId I miss much?"

Starlight lets Kay answer Total Babe.

Kay nods, "The alien who beat up the militia is also coming into Colonial Bay. I expect, given the psychic nature of the aliens that they'll be coming to rescue Dreadnaught soon. Which means it's more important than ever for us all to know what we can do so we can start working as a team." She then nods towards TB, "The aliens in the pods are prisoners convicted on charges of High Treason and Sedition against the Phylxian people. They were sentenced to eternity in hyperspace. Somehow, they ended up here. We're still working it all out." She shrugs a bit, "The amount of information we don't have is immense." She taps her electronic pen against her clipboard then shrugs and gets back to the training. "Well lets get you started on some weights then to see what you're capable of. Then we'll get you onto a treadmill and into the moving water tank for swimming." She looks at her clip board, "Now both of you are able to handle space, at least lunar conditions. That indicates an ability to handle a lack of pressure, extreme temperatures of heat and cold, and either make your own air or don't need to breathe. That's good to know. We'll start working on physical limits after we determine these other maximums."

Starlight bobs in the air, "I know most of what you're asking for, Kay. I can reliably lift 100 tons, just about move four times that on a good day. I can fly with full dexterity at 90 kph. Swim at the same speed. In fast flight mode I travel at about half light-speed in atmosphere and 8 lightyears a second in space. I run not much faster than a normal human. I'm fully space capable, resistant to heat, cold, radiation, most toxins and diseases."

Total Babe whistles at Starlight's list of abilities.

Starlight adds, "The things you didn't ask that you probably need to know. I have no enhanced senses. When it comes to tech and science stuff I'm a total dofus. Do you have that slang here. I'm not a techie, anyway."

Total Babe says, "I'm stronger than I look, I guess, but not superhumanly strong by any means. I can run at thirty miles an hour or so, maybe more. I'm more agile than I used to be, and my senses are sharper - in fact, I'm still having difficultysometimes sorting out the extraneous noise. And I'm pretty indestructible. Don't know how indestructible, but nothing's hurt me for a more than a few seconds, yet."

Total Babe says, "I have some medical training, but am not a doctor."

Total Babe thinks. o O (Like anyone would imagine I was!)

Kay looks towards Starlight and nods, making notations on the electronic clipboard she is carrying. At the moment, Kay is wearing a sports bra, tight biking shorts, tennis shoes, and has a whistle on a chain around her neck. "Well this is the beginning Starlight." She says with a smile, "We'll get to full power suite and capabilities in a little bit. Right now I need to know just the very basics of what people can do. Still I'll note that down, I'm in the same boat, no special senses either. TB can you start on the weight machines please? Gut feelings are good but numerics are better." She says politely with a smile.

When others come in Kay smiles, "Ah good to see you. We're just getting started. We need to find out what everyone is capable of in order to facillitate planning. So if everyone can tell me what amount of weight each of you can handle at your top end, the maximum as it were. How fast you can run, swim, and/or fly. Distance you can leap. Physical capabilities. We'll work on resistance afterwards. If you don't know, well, we have these lovely machines."

Well it seems like Jolt is late, or maybe she's right on time... not like anyone is going to correct her. Still she offers a wave to everyone present "You'll be surprised at how destructive and damaging things can be" she catches the tail end of the indestructable claim.

Star Girl rushes into the workout room. "Am I late?" she says, out of breath.

Total Babe nods, and gets on the weight machine. A lifting weight of about 200kg is soon establshed.

Kay smiles at TB, "Well that is pretty damned strong for a girl with your build. You're as strong as I am and well..." She smiles, "Can you check the treadmill next please TB? Then we'll need to check your jumping distance and swim speed." She looks over towards Star Girl and smiles, "A little, but it's ok. Right now I'm trying to catalog everyone's physical capabilities. So if you know them, great, I can just note them down if not, well, lots of weights around." She smiles at Star Girl before asking her the same battery of questions.

Starlight nods, "Yes. Jolt is right. I'm fairly robust. I can take smallarms fire without injury. But shortly after arriving here I was hurt very badly by a villain and spent a couple of weeks in the hospital.

Total Babe nods and gets on the treadmill, soon getting up to about 30mph. "By the way, I've run this fast for several hours and wasn't tired at all."

"That'll happen, part of the job description. We won't know everything down to a T, but at least we can make reasonable assumptions to lessen everyone's risk while in the field. I don't want anyone seriously injured if we can avoid it." Kay says to Jolt and Starlight with a nod, then to TB she notes that down, "Good Endurance. Have you ever gotten so tired it was painful in combat situations TB?" She asks curiously.

Total Babe says, "And ok, I get it. I know there will be limits to how indestructible I am! Why people have to point out something so obvious over and over.... Since I've had my powers, I haven't got tired. I mean, I sleep, but I've never been exhausted. Maybe I should push harder...."

Kay smiles at TB's outburst, "We're not trying to belittle you TB. We're trying to help. You seem to have an extroardinary endurance, and there are some small tests we can do to see just how tough you are so we can quantify that as well." She looks over towards Star Girl and Jolt, "Physical capabilities ladies?" She asks curiously.

"Think belitting TB is a pretty dangerous mistake to make," speaks a familiar voice from a corner of the room, though visually there is no one present. The werewolf sorcerer is present though, cloaked in his spells that masks him from all except audibly so he can speak up. "Sorry about the lateness, got the invite just recently." He fades in as the spell drops, showing the sorcerer as he leans up against the wall with his arms crossed, well and relaxed.

Starlight jerks and spins around at the unexpected voice. "Don't DO that. At least not to me. Feel free to do it to the bad guys."

Total Babe leaves the treadmill with a backflip that take her high into the air - a clearly superhuman leaping ability is indicated. "Thanis- but why dangerous?" she asks the werewolf.

Loupy grins wolfishly and says, "What? I didn't do anything..." He says to TB to answer. "Something about underestimating someone and finding out they can turn you into a pretzel, despite appearances. I said that once about a bad guy only to get my tail handed to me a few seconds later."

Star Girl looks over at Loupy as he appears. o O ( Woah... Werewolf? Suppose I've seen odder things. )

Total Babe says, "Oh - I don't have pretzel powers, as it turns out."

Kay smirks faintly at Loupy's arrival, "Nobody's belittling anyone." She nods at TB's display, checking the height of her backflip against known heights in the room before making another notation. "Also, Loupy, I know you're not truely a physical type unless you wolf out, but, knowing what you are capable of physically may very well save lives in the field." She smiles, "So, physical capabilities? Max weight you can handle, running speed, leaping distance, swimming speed, any flying speed. I already know you can teleport." She pauses, then adds, "This is for everyone, who isn't bulletproof?"

Jolt smiles and shrugs a bit at TB "I just like making sure new people dont get in over their head... That said I've been doign this for almost a decade now" Jolt notes she's got some experience "Physical capabilities. Mostly human level with the exception of a rediculous amount of stamina from all the energy I generate. This costume though has some built in protective capabilities, it helps deal with bullets and knives and energy weapons an the like. It's my powers that are where the interesting things are"

Kay nods and notes that down, "Thanks Jolt. We'll be moving on to practical powers application once we get this physical stuff out of the way, do some team work exercises."

Loupy unfolds his arms so he can start counting on his fingers. "I can lift a sports car if I go without spell or hulked out, but with then I can start slinging around small jets. Athletic I am a little sloppy in mainly because I dont' work out as much as I should," and takes a moment to look at the fur on his belly to see if it's bulging out any, and tries to pat it back down to show the trace of fat he's getting. "Are you concerned with I can do without spells or with as well?"

Kay nods and notes down Loupy's information as he states, "With and without spells Loupy. Essentially if say a large object is falling towards some kids I need to know who I can send to stop it for example. Or if someone can restrain another. For example, TB is as strong as I am without my TK though she is smaller than me by a good bit, but now I know she can restrain a normal person without to much difficulty for example and not having to shoot them. It's all pertinent."

He nods and he starts going down the list. "I can run and move about as fast as the normal person can, aside from the teleporting, but I also have a flight spell to I can sustain. With that, I can move about three, four times faster then the average Joe. I can move a small jet around with one spell or a cluster of things within a small area up to like a grizzly bear or elk. I can set up illusions as well that can decieve even telepaths, or put everyone in sensory deprivation for a short range around my target."

Kay nods and notes that all down, "Good good. Ok any other power declarations anyone wants to make before we get started on teamwork building exercises? I'm going to record all of this so we can go over it as a team and study it to get better. Star Guard Gamma is Paramilitary, so we'll need to work into the discipline necessary to not make a joke of ourselves as a whole."

Loupy thinks as he looks up at the ceiling and tries to recall his other talents. "Oh, I regenerate too... Never had to visit the hospital for... years now, except to drop other people off. Which isn't all that often as I heal as well, so if you need a medic I can fulfill that role too."

Starlight hesitates a moment. Then she tells Kay, "I can speak with most animals."

Total Babe thinks. o O (I've got nothing...)

Jolt hrms and nods a bit "First off if I get knocked out people dont try and pick me up... Physical contact with me can be lethal. I'm also virtually immune to electricity. Also I can destroy all electronics in a fairly wide area if needed"

he looks back to Kay and nods, "alright. LAst things then I'm done.. I'm decent at hitting areas with elemental effects. Lighting, acid, fire.. what nots. I can control undead so they're out of our way, and I can shoot down a spellcaster's spell, knock'em out of the fight that way. And I can sustain muself in space. Sorry about that, /now/ I'm done." He nods to Starlight. "Physically though, you can do a hell of alot more then I can," and looks to TB with that thought as well.

"Really? That's cool... well maybe cool..." Kay says to Starlight's announcement, "I /really/ like steak, I don't like to think of the cow being able to talk but... for intelligence gathering that's really top notch Starlight." She notes it all down, even Loupy's continuing list of powers, and then Jolt's statement makes her hmm. "Alright we know that Starlight can be hurt and critically, but we still might have need to pick you up Jolt if you get knocked unconscious or something." She looks at Total Babe, "TB, do me a favor and see if you can touch Jolt without being hurt. I can move her with my TK I'm pretty sure without getting hurt but I might also be disabled or unavailable. If it hurts, don't maintain touch ok?" She smiles at Jolt and TB.

Total Babe nods. "I'm happy to try, if you are?" she asks Jolt.

Starlight says, "Jolt, would a pair of rubber kitchen gloves let one of us carry you if needed?"

Loupy says, "If not, then maybe heavier grade might be required, the same ones electicians use when they're working on transformers?"

"Usually takes a fair bit of rubber to protect from a strong electric charge. A lot of metal to ground the charge out away from you is generally better." Kay says, "But also a good idea, we might be able to work it into Star Guard Gamma team costumes." She nods appreciatively towards Starlight.

Jolt looks around and hrms "I'd rather not but if you feel like trying go ahead" then shrugs a bit "Possibly... but still I'd rather be left behind than someone else risk injury or death for themselves and the whole team if it comes down to it"

Total Babe goes over to Jolt and slowly reaches out to touch her.

Kay nods, "Thank you Jolt, just a touch TB, just to check. So we know. It's not about putting the team at risk Jolt, more so if something does happen to you, as it could in any fight, we know who can safely move you without putting anyone at risk."

Loupy watches TB and Jolt, already recalling a healing spell to use if he needs to. He stands and walks a bit closer, just so he'll be able to respond quickly if TB goes down or gets hurt.

Total Babe is rather surprised to get a burn as the electricity crackles.

Starlight says, "TB, how bad was it?"

Total Babe says, "Ow." She lets go. "Ok, that *did* hurt a bit."

That's said, TB's burn heals in mere seconds.

Loupy murrs, "let me see here... I tend to small burns all the times, espicially with my pups," as he gestures for TB to hold her hands out for him to work on.

Total Babe says, "Gave me a burn. But didn't hurt much."

Jolt looks like she was expecting that reaction "Yeah... super types tend to get hurt. I've had a normal human touch me once and have to be rushed to intensive care... Thankfully that doesnt happen much these days what with my reputation and all"

Kay nods and notes that down on her notepad as well, "Alright, so avoid unless no other option." She nods, "And it's possible electricity might be your achilles heel to TB, we'll find out. Ah, another key thing, does anyone have any weakness that you know about right now? I don't want to accidentally send someone who gets burned easy to face a fire person." She smirks a bit.

Starlight glances to Loupy, "You're a healer? Great. My turn." She looks over at Kay, "I assume if Loupy isn't with us, in an emergency I'll be doing the medi-evac? So we need to know if I can carry Jolt long enough to get her to a hospital."

Loupy looks over the burn and says, "Ah, didn't last long though... you heal up fast as well I take it." as he looks to TB. Then to Jolt he says, "well, I suppsoe I can research a way to channel it so that no one gets hurt when handling you, but that's for later." He looks to Kay and says, "just the usual... and no, silver isn't on that list. But, with that said..." and grins, "I don't go out of my way to tell people it isn't. I let them assume it is."

Starlight says, "I'm affected by cold iron. A part of my father's nature that I inherited."

Total Babe asks, "Who's your father?"

"Well I think it's safe to say that if TB was harmed, and you were shot up by those special bullets that Jolt's electrical charge might hurt you too Starlight. Can check of course, but I think it's best to avoid anyone touching her if we can avoid it if at all possible. If it's not possible, we'll just have to deal with it." She then notes down the cold iron thing and smiles at Loupy, "I make no assumptions, which is why I am being so anal about all of this. I don't want to make an assumption and then turn out to be wrong." She continues noting stuff down on the electric notepad while walking over towards the room controls.

Jolt shrugs a bit at the others and comments "Earth based attacks, Water based attacks. I also cant swim but I doubt you'd want a few thousand volts spreading through the water anyways... Also I need to recharge my body with electricity each day. Nice thing is any wall socket will do the job adequately"

Loupy says, "Adequately but not exactly like a four course meal I imagine... What would be a better source of power for you?"

Starlight answers TB, "His name was Oberon. He was a nature spirit." Looking back at Kay, "Yes. I expect it will injure me. The question is how much. Since Loupy is here to heal any injury now is a good time to find that out."

"If Jolt is ok with it Starlight." Kay aquiesces to Starlights wish to check, "After all she doesn't know where your hands have been." She teases with a smile and then starts to work the controls on the room.

Loupy says, "According to myth.. even the tough of cold iron will destroy a fae's workings... but it's hotly debated on what qualifies as cold iron. It could simply be iron of any kind, or unworked natural iron after it's been smelted. Do you have a clear idea of what kind of iron we're talking about Starlight, and how pure?"

Jolt shrugs at Loupy "It works, it's ubiquitous too" then shrugs a bit at Starlight and Kay "Sure why not... might as well while we have people here to handle emergencies"

Starlight looks at Jolt. "Okay to try this? I need, say, five seconds to get you to the hospital here from anywhere on the planet. Let's see if I can touch you for that length of time without dying or going unconscious and dropping you."

Starlight says, "It has to be pure cold forged iron, Loupy. Pretty uncommon. Modern ferrous alloys aren't a problem."

Kay has to ask, "How does one forge iron without heating it?"

Loupy falls quiet and makes sure his healing spell is ready to go, the werewolf standing close by. He preps both a TK and a heal spell, just to give him options too to get Starlight off of jolt of she goes down still in contact with her 'victim'. He nods at that and murmurs quietly, "wonder if I can emulate that with my spells," and then shrugs. "I'll give you your answer after this experiment?"

Jolt nods some to Starlight "Alright well go ahead and try... anyone else feel like getting zapped today while we're at it?" she asks everyone in general since today seems to be poke Jolt day...

Starlight says, "Pure iron is very mallable., Kay."

Starlight flies over, growing to full size, and stretches out a hand to rest her fingers on Jolt's shoulder.

"It's also very brittle and easily broken. Not really useable as a weapon of war. You'd get like, one swing against a stick and it'd be shot." Kay notes with a shrug then goes to monitor Starlight and Jolt's experiment, "Alright, five second test." She then goes to record the results.

Starlight grimaces and draws her hand back after the five seconds, looking at the blisters and burns on her fingers. "Okay. I can do it. Jolt, do me a favour. Try not to get hurt so you need a medi-evac. That's no fun at all."

Loupy hehs, watching that and then gestures for Starlight to give him her hands to look at and heal.

Kay smiles, "All else fails, I can grab her with TK, and you can move /me/ real fast and we'll get her there Starlight." Then she hits enter on the controls while waiting for Loupy to heal up Starlight and the room changes.

Starlight seems quite eager to comply with Loupy's request.

Loupy says, "That must have taken some willpower to deal with," he notes and then covers her hands with his, murmuring a soft chant. It isn't a long spell, but the sharp stinging of the shocks give way to a cooler sensation as her hands are healed up quite fully and easily. "Flex your fingers a few times, how does that feel?"

Total Babe says, "Or I could hold her and you could carry me. It wouldn't be a problem to hold on for a few seconds."

Scene setting 8 has been loaded by Kay.

Beyond the heavy metal door of the security reception chamber is a zig-zagging passageway barely five feet wide and seven feet high. The passageway is sixty feet long (10") in total length although the corners every located every ten feet along the passageway block vision further than the next zig or zag. Occasional niches built into the walls of the corridor provide excellent cover from incoming fire from anyone trying to make their way alone it. Up in the ceiling the same small rectangular areas as seen in the reception area ceiling suggest the presence of yet more claymore mines in this passageway. At the end of the passageway is the entrance to the main areas of the base including the children's dormitory.

Starlight says, "Better. Much better. Thanks. Yeah. It hurt. But I've been in this business a long time. I've been hurt worse than that all too often."

Jolt smirks a bit "Yeah I'm usually on the end dishing out the hurt" she admits, then again if one were looking to archetypes it'd make sense since she's a blaster through and through.

Loupy nods, "Probably longer then I had," and looks around as the scenery changes, catching his attention, "Oh fun..." with a soft chuckle.

Starlight nods to Kay and TB, "Both good suggestions. Better than me doing it if we have the option to do one of those choices.

Starlight says, "Mmm... Is this a made up location or was it a real mission sometime, Kay?"

Kay looks at the corridor and then presses some more keys on the control panel. "Ok the goal of this exercise, is to go from this end, to that end." She smiles and as she speaks some generic agent type people show up one in each niche. "At the other end is the doomsday device that needs to be disabled." Each agent is carrying what is obviously a rifle of some sort, high tech looking. For the moment each of the 8 agents seem paused. "So, initial assesments?" She asks curiously.

Kay adds, "This is an already programmed environment. The agents are my creation."

Loupy narrows his eyes a moment and humms quietly... examining the scene but not saying anything for the moment.

Total Babe says, "Look... difficult. Very much home ground for the defenders."

Starlight says, "This is a poor defensive setup for the agents, isn't it. The zig-zag of the corridor restricts their line of fire. They can be defeated in detail one section at a time. Is there any time pressure involved? And how long will it take to disable the doomsday device?"

Total Babe says, "Well, the zigzag works against both sides?"

Total Babe says, "it obscure knowledge of what's happening. Unless they have cameras."

Kay smiles, "Would you know in the field how long it will take to disable the doomsday device?" She asks curiously. "Right now, I just want to know everyone's initial assessments of the situation presented."

Starlight nods, "Any idea what those bulges in the ceiling are?

Loupy ponders something, rubbing his chin before finally saying, "One option is for me to teleport us there, one of us disarms and the rest defends. I'm not a electronics guy, but I could get us there, bypassing the zig-zag all together."

Jolt examines the guards and notes "I find the high tech weaponry laughable... Such things are notoriously susceptible to EMP" spoken like one who expects these things.

Total Babe says, "The passagway isn't wide. Suggests the tougher people should take the fore, to shield those behind. Teleporting is better still."

Starlight grins at Kay, "Depends on how good the up front intell is. Could know exactly how to disable it or it could be a complete mystery."

Total Babe says, "Hm. Were' each thinking of our own abilities, not each other's."

"Ooh!" Star Girl says in response to Loupy's suggestion. "Then we could totally stomp them from behind."

Loupy says, "The primary things I'm looking at is, the ultimate goal is to disarm the weapon and for that, we don't know how long we have to do it. Therefore, to get the most amount of time possible, we have to bypass the zigzag all together. that was my thinking."

Loupy says, "Now if you wanted to complicate things by putting a disarm panel at each corner that has to be hacked in turn, that changes things up."

Star Girl looks about. "Do any of us know how to disarm a doomsday device?"

"True." Kay says, "But in training we consider worst case scenario's. Unknown amount of time available, unknown difficulty in disabling the doomsday device, all that is known is that it is somewhere through the door at the end of corridor here." She leans against the railing lightly, "Loupy, how do you account for the lack of room at the end of the corridor when teleporting everyone?"

Loupy says, "As part of the spell I cast, I get an image of the destination in my mind so I can put us exactly where we need to be. It's not a perfect image, but it's sufficient to ensure no one ever teleports into a wall. It won't however tell me if there's any emplacements covering it, just tell me where I can land without say, stepping into hot lava, or poison gas, or solid rock, for examples."

Kay shrugs, "Very well, is that the plan you wish to attempt as a group?" She also adds to Star Girl, "For the purposes of this training segment, we're dealing with this corridor only." She smiles. "The doomsday device itself will be another training segment."

Starlight says, "Jolt, do you think you can burn-out those rifles and whatever is in the ceiling bulges?"

Loupy says, "It's always good to have a plan B."

Kay smiles, "Whatever plan you decide on, you'll be going with when I initiate the training program. Right now, it's paused. So keep that in mind."

Jolt shrugs at Star Girl "Easiest way to disarm something is to blow it up before it blows itself up" she smirks "As for the rifles we'd know pretty quickly though I dunno... my communicator is built to handle that sorta stuff but I dunno if they built yours to handle EMP"

Loupy says, "You know... I can emulate a good number of things with my illusions," and smiles to kay as he remembers how Kay got taken by his 'summoned' dragon. "We can make anything we want appear to happen and if you back up some of those effects with actual damage, it's that much harder to realize it's a fake. A whole team of people when it's really just us three?""

Loupy says, "You know... I can emulate a good number of things with my illusions," and smiles to kay as he remembers how Kay got taken by his 'summoned' dragon. "The real problem is that those corridors arn't that wide. Your talking two in front going down there... and the claymores... I'm thinking chunky salsa effect here.""

Loupy pauses a moment and looks to the corridor again, as if getting a revelation and then shudders, "ah, no... that's plan C for sure."

Starlight says, "Claymores? Big swords? Ouch, the ones on my home dimension count as cold iron if they're traditionally made."

"A Claymore is also a type of explosive anti-personnel device here Starlight." Kay clarifies.

Starlight says, "Dabgerous,Kay? I mean, to people like us?"

Loupy says, "Plan C was to seal up our end of the corridor and detonate the claymores through an electrical pose. The back pressure would clear out the corridor, and hit the device at the end as well."

Total Babe says, "I wonder how I'd cope with one...."

"It can leave a mark Starlight." Kay admits, "While not life threatening to me, it's not an enjoyable experience generally." She also looks towards Loupy and Star Girl, "As for the device, it's somewhere beyond the door at the end of the corridor, maybe not immediately behind it. You do not have a floorplan and this is the start of the base." She smiles, "Just like the rooftop bubbles, no way to know what those are until things get going."

Loupy rubs his muzzle as he thinks...

Total Babe says, "Hm. If avoiding the corridor isn't part of the exercise. then trying to trigger and traps remotely makes sense. Failing that, send me down first. If nothing else we find out what the traps are....."

Jolt shrugs a bit "We're over analyzing... we should just stomp the guys with the guns" then thinks "Ofcourse if those guys arent getting hit by the traps then the traps have to distinguish between friend and foe somehow"

[To Kay] Total Babe says, "So is the idea here to come up with a plan and try it out? Or are you going to tell us what's wrong with our plan?"

Loupy says, "Best choice is to teleport and get around it all together. Second best.." as he glances to Jolt and then shrugs, "since we need as much time as we can get... bum rush, have images up ahead of us so they know we're coming but they react to the images, not to us as we turn the corners."

"In my experience a high tech base can be equipped with walls that defy teleportation attempts, scrying, clairvoyance, and even phasing." Kay says seriously, "For this exercise, you'll be forming your own plan, and then putting it into use against the simulation. Once it's done we'll as a team, go over the simulation and learn from it." She smiles, "The goal, is to get from the start point through the corridor at this time."

Star Girl winces at the prospective of the human mine detector. "Are you sure about that?" she asks Total.

[To Star Girl] Total Babe says, "Not at all. But I figured better to test the approach in training than in the field. If people have better ideas, I'd like to hear them!"

Total Babe says, "But then again, it might be useful to find out what I can take."

Starlight says, "Well this is not something I know much about. But having Jolt try to burn-out any nasty things ahead of us doesn't have any downside, does it?Then TB and I can start down the corridor just behind Loupy's illusions, draw the attention, and Loupy and the rest of the team teleport to the end so we have the agents trapped between us?"

Total Babe says, "That was about the synthesis of the plans I was coming to."

Loupy says, "The end of this corridor starts an another one unfortunately, we're talking ten foot segments of sixty feet. There's not alot of room to teleport in short jumps like that."

Starlight says, "Can you use, uh, mystic viewing or something, to see to the end of the zig-zags and teleport there?"

Loupy says, "I suppose we can leap frog it... corner to corner to corner, get the surprise on them that way. I don't have that talent Starlight, sorry. That takes alot more research material then I have at home."

Starlight grins, "Well that's the whole point of this training isn't it. Finding out what each other can and can't do."

Loupy nods, "Beleive me, if I had that talent I know what I would be using it for...

Kay watches the interraction of the team, seeing how they work together and studying them all. She smiles and thinks to herself before writing something down in her electronic notepad.

Starlight says, "Loupy, do I remember you saying you couldblock senses in an area?"

Total Babe says, "Would that affect us too?"

Loupy nods to Starlight, "That it would. I can exempt myself from that spell but it's tough to do that and use spells on the offensive as well, so I can do only one or the other. The senses I can't block are touch and smell.

Kay meanwhile checks the time, makes another indication on her electronic notepad as to how long this planning session is taking but otherwise looks if anything, curious to see what they come up with before telling her to activate the simulation.

Star Girl says, "What senses does it block? I can see in infrared."

Loupy says, "All sight, hearing, and mental powers to see into it. Only I'm exempt from it but I have to travel with it."

Starlight says, "Not if it was ahead of us isolating each zig and zag from the others as we clear out the zig or zag we're in. Apart from those things in the ceiling there's no real problem, unless those rifles are something unlike anything I've come across on my dimension."

Total Babe says, "Wasn't time pressure part of the scenario? We've probably failed already by talking too long."

Loupy says, "so, I'm thinking here, leap from corner to corner, stay on the defensive and just concentrate on the next bound until we get there? Then someone or multiple people can go defensive to protect whoever is doing the disarming."

Loupy says, "After the bomb's disarmed, march right back outside and clearing the path as we go."

"Time will become a factor once the simulation is active TB." Kay clarifies, "Right now, it's paused. Take all the time you need that's what training is for."

Starlight says, "We're new at working together. The team I was in, we grew up together. Most of the time we've spent is not planning. It's finding out if one of us can do some specific ability. When we know how to work together we'll be much quicker."

Loupy nods to Starlight and Kay both. "So, how does that plan sound? anything I'm missing in it or concerns?"

Total Babe says, "Leaping corneer to corner is what I'd try if alone, certainly. Probably the corners are safe spots, since that's where the people are stationed."

Jolt shrugs some "Or we could just run and gun... theres how many guards in groups of two and we got 4 or more"

Loupy says, "ten foot segments?" he asks as he looks to Kay"

Kay nods.

Loupy ponders a moment... "can everyone move fast enough to go around a corner and engage immediately, so they have to try and shoot faster then you can move right up to them?

Starlight says, "I can."

Loupy says, "ok, better question. Who can not?" and holds up a paw."

Total Babe says, "I think I can"

Total Babe says, "But it's not very wide."

Starlight says, "Kay, will you be in the team when we execute the plan or will you be observing?"

Loupy says, "Alright... bum rush sounds good to me then. any one else?"

"I'm just observing this time. When we finish the test run I'll show a recording of when I did this myself." Kay answers Starlight.

Total Babe says, "What about the claymores?"

Starlight smiles, "So that's our plan? Go get 'em!

Star Girl hmms. o O ( All that planning and the best we come up with is 'Get them!' )

Loupy says, "Tough ones up front to take the brunt of that... squishy ones in back"

Star Girl sighs and nods. She sounds a little uneasy. "Ok, ready... I guess I'm in back."

Kay smiles as they seem to be getting somewhere, for good or ill. "Let me know when you're ready and I'll start the simulation."

Total Babe heads to the front.

Starlight says, "That's me and you, TB, I guess."

Starlight shrinks and also moves to the front.

Loupy says, "I'm calling myself squishy too," and chuckles. "yea, I guess we're about ready."

Starlight mentions quietly to TB, "I'm not sure whether to hope the simulation of the Claymores is realistic so I get an idea what they can do, or hope it's not realistic because I don't want to go back into hospital."]

Kay nods as people seem to be getting ready and she calls down, "Activating simulation in three, two, one, and..." A slight pause, "Now."

Around the heroes the sights and sounds come alive, there is a faint hum coming from the walls like they were containing an energy field of some sort. There's very little sound beyond that the heroes make. Everything solidifies and becomes more /real/ of a sort and the first two agents can be seen tucking into their niche. As a note, they are /behind/ the first possible trap leading down to the first 'corner' where the corridor zigzags.

Total Babe says, "Well, we have a healer here, right?"

Loupy murmurs, "healer here, we're good."

Starlight says, "You or me, TB? Walking into the trap first."

Total Babe says, "Me."

Starlight says, "I would say be careful. But if we were worried about that we wouldn't be here. So, good luck."

The explosive on the roof, well, explodes, sending a shockwave and shrapnel angled down the hall /towards/ the group, knocking TB back into the group as well, but at least that first trap is gone, hopefully...

Total Babe says, "Ow, soorry abut that..."

Total Babe says, "Well, at least that cleared that - everyone else ok?"

Starlight says, "You cleared the trap. Are you okay, TB?"

Total Babe says, "I''ll be fine."

Loupy grunts, "yea, doign fine," as he brushes the shrapnel out of his fur. "They're proximity detonated? alright." and then gestures, "time to deal with the guards," as a ball of air appears in his paws, the white whispy orb swirling fast before he launches it down the hallway in between the two guard stations.

Loupy eyes the corridor and realizes a few things that impact his spell, and tosses the air ball to cause a concussive blast in between the guards and around TB's feet. The spell wasn't meant to do much in the way of damage, just soften them up without hurting TB, and also pushing the shrapnel away and into the corners.

Starlight takes off down the corridor like a dart, flying in a zig-zag of her own with impossibly sharp turns. Swooping into one alcove she kicksat the agent there and uses the bounce off him to reverse to the other alcove and kick the second agent in that section.

The two agents are apparently used to fighting mosquito's and more especially used to ducking them! Both manage to avoid being kicked in the head and instead the first agent says into his radio, "Clear 1." And the second follows with, "Clear 2." And then they both unhook small little disks and lob them down towards the group at the start of the tunnel.

Star Girl advances with the rest of the team. She tries to pick an angle where she can target two of the guards.

ZAM! ZAM! Star Girl fires two blasts and strikes with uncharacteristic accuracy; she nails two of the guards, slams them back into their alcoves. They slump onto the ground.

As the first two guards crumple the hallway goes quiet again, since the disks were apparently a figment of the imagination, the first ten feet of the zig zagging corridor appears clear...

Total Babe rolls to her feet, runs up to the now-cleared corner and shoots two shots of her gun at the guards at the next corner.

Total Babe only sees to shoot at one guard and even misses him.

Loupy gets to the other corner and looks around it, then starts an image once again. He summons up a phantasmal fox the size of a great dane. It will feel quite real and as heavy as it's namesake and size would indicate as well. "Fetch!" he calls out as he sends scampering around the corner and right down though it, deliberately setting off the charge if that one is proximity as well. This it'll ignore even as it goes off as it charges one of the agents, already snarling as it goes for his gun.

A good attempt, but the image doesn't have real mass to set off the proximity motion detector it seems and the device, remains active and not exploded.

Starlight sees the charge is still potentially active. She wonders if her small size and mass will allow her to pass by it, but in case it doesn't she angles her wings to brace her flight as she flies up to one of the agents and punches at him.

The explosion goes off, showering Starlight with deadly fragments of metal and heat but it doesn't knock her out of the air. The guard she punches slams into the alcove but he shakes his head, still standing for the moment.

Star Girl turns the corner as well. She raises her hands, ready to blast another two guards as the come out of the cover of their alcoves.

Back at the first bend, the two agents there start to recover from being stunned and as their awareness returns they grip their rifles! Back at the second zig-zag the two agents both pull out stun wands and try to shock Starlight!

Star Girl fires another volley of blasts, dropping one guard back into his alcove. The second one is struck too -- he staggers backwards, disappearing back into cover.

Loupy looks behind and up ahead to the guards and frowns a bit, then turns the corner and heads in to catch up to his comrades, being a little cautious as he examines options and keeps an eye on the back, spell prepared to hit anyone that tries to ambush them.

Star Girl eyes the next corner ahead. She looks over towards Starlight and Babe thought, not wanting to get ahead of the tougher heroes.

Starlight grabs up the rifle the agent fropped in a casual swoop and flies up to ceiling height at one side of the corridor. Holding the rifle out into the corridor Starlight flies down the full remaining length of the zig0zags and then back again if possible.

Star Girl waits just long enough for Starlight to set off the mines. She turns the corner after her and tries to but an energy blast into a target.

Starlight is buffeted and bumped around by the successive blast waves from the claymores as she flies down the corridor with the rifle extended and triggers each lethal package, hearing the zing of deadly shrapel pinging off the walls and floor but fortunately not covering the very top corners of the corridor.

Total Babe is impressed by Starlight's ingenuity, even if it spoiled her own (less than brilliant) plan. Not having much time to think of anything more clever, she dashes round the second corner to the third and attampts to take out the two there.

The two agents towards whom the giant fox ran down blink but look surprised that the trap doesn't go off which makes them wonder, not that it does them much good. Between Starlight and Star Girl they're subdued right quick. One of which Total Babe hits slams into a wall and crumples, the other one grunts and then slides a disk off his belt and throws it down at their feet. Back behind the group, the initial two agents retake their feet and turning back towards the agents, both start to aim their guns at Loupy...

Loupy says, "Loupy looks back to the guards that are trying to aim at him and says, "nope!" as he holds a paw out, then makes a motion as if to yank something... "

Loupy yanks both guards off their feet with his magical... something or another but one of the agents manages to struggle free and hit the ground. He drops to one knee and brings up his rifle and fires off a burst of 3 blue bolts that look vaguely like disruptor shots from the old Star Trek vids...

Down by Total Babe the disk at her feet explodes in a cacophany of sound and light, a fairly typical, if high tech, flashbang effect going off and washing over TB and the agent who looks to have been shielded from the effect. TB on the other hand, might be blind and deaf for a few seconds.

The final two agents shoot three bursts at Starlight, managing to clip her with a single shot each from their rifle of those blue disruptor bolts!

Total Babe swears, her now more-sensitive senses apparently not being immune from temporary damage - which was news to her.

Loupy stands and gestures, causing the air around the two agents to shimmer with a red field, tentacles rising out of the 'portal' his spell created to grab and lift the two up into the air. One makes it, barely with a wild shot once he gets to his feet, and Loupy pulls his head back to avoid the shot that actually did come close to him, but not close enough. He reaches up to touch his fur where it got trimmed and he huffs, "Your a right persistant bastard arn't ya..." and gestures, the tentacle with the guy in it's coils swinging around wide to try and drop the one that managed to get away, briefly. Success or fail, he turns his attention to whats going on ahead of them. "We're getting slowed down by these guys, we gotta move it a bit faster here!" // Tossing agent #1 into #2

Loupy stands and gestures, causing the air around the two agents to shimmer with a red field, tentacles rising out of the 'portal' his spell created to grab and lift the two up into the air. One makes it, barely with a wild shot once he gets to his feet, and Loupy pulls his head back to avoid the shot that actually did come close to him, but not close enough. He reaches up to touch his fur where it got trimmed and he huffs, "Your a right persistant bastard arn't ya..." and gestures, the tentacle with the guy in it's coils swinging around wide to try and drop the one that managed to get away, briefly. Success or fail, he turns his attention to whats going on ahead of them. "We're getting slowed down by these guys, we gotta move it a bit faster here!"

One agent slams into the other, both go sprawling into the wall but are still moving, their armor protecting them from the majority of that blow.

Starlight sees two agents up against walls disorientated from impacting them and flies past for another attempt at kicking both enroute.

Total Babe is blinded, but knows roughly where her remaining opponent was, so swings her staff about her in big arc to be sure of hitting him.

The Agent hits the ground after being cracked with the stick, but he shakes his head, still active. If beat up a bit... He stands up and whips out a stun wand to try and zap TB with! Back in the back, both agents get up and fire off another burst each at Loupy!

Total Babe doesn't even seems to feel that.

Blue flashes of energy zap out into Starlight from the stunwands as well as blue bolts tagging Loupy, the energy blasting into him and robbing him of energy without causing trauma, even if it is painful!

Star Girl runs up to support Starlight, unleashing a wide blast of energy that takes out yet another agent, and stuns the other. Which is good since the poor Starlight has been getting tagged with stun wands right and left!

Loupy snarls at the shots and is about ready to lose it... the sorcerer down on one knee for a moment as he eyes the two that got him. Around him the shadows seem to darken, lenghten and finally around him it's enveloped in absolute darkness, then to the two that tried to shoot Loupy, it seems to leap out at the the two to enfold them in it's sense numbing embrace...

Or... his spell could just fail and leave him with nothing for offense or defense as he can't muster up the concentration required to get teh spell into force. Instead he heads for an alcove to hide for a moment and get his wits together.

Star Girl hangs back to protect the blinded Babe for now.

Star Girl turns and points her hands at the guard who just flashed Babe.

The simulation pauses, all of the remaining agents stop stock still as Star Girl misses and Kay moves down from the control booth after saving the recording. "Ok, first thoughts?" She asks as she approaches the formerly beseiged team mates.

Loupy sighs, sitting at the edge of that alcove and grumbles, "well, head on assault was a failure," and shrugs. He gets up and winces a bit at the pain and says, "damn, those things hurt..." as he walks over to where his team mates are further down the passage to help them out with healing if needed.

Total Babe says, "I don't know. If i'd stuck with the running as fast as I could down the corridor.... I might have drawn their fire as well as clearing the way...."

Total Babe says, "And Starlight managed to clear the bombs anyway."

Total Babe says, "We just got too bogged down fighting the agents."

Star Girl says, "I dunno if it was a failure -- it just took too long."

Star Girl says, "On the bright side Starlight and Babe took out the mines for us."

Total Babe says, "Maybe Starlight should have sneaked past to the target while the rest of us made a distraction?"

"This, is the standard weaponry that a capture and contain team from Next Generation will use if they want to kidnap a young mutant." Kay explains, "It is designed to stun, render unconsciousness, without causing permanent damage." She looks at her notepad, "I found it interesting that you were able to ignore their stun wands Total Babe, that's very good." She also nods, "Starlights taking out the claymores in the roof was also good. What would you do differently?"

Loupy says, "Stealth, all the way." he's quick to quip, then sighs... he mulls it over, then shakes his head again and grumbles softly. "my choice of spells left alot to be desired too."

Total Babe says, "Actually, it's still hard to tell. We don't know if we all had to reach the other end or only some of us. That's a big difference...."

"This is the entry way." Kay explains, "Do you really expect the bomb to be in the first room of the base?" She asks curiously. "Would you suggest splitting up the team, in a base full of agents with this or similar weaponry?" Her tone curious.

Loupy says, "Quite honestly... I don't know. This is the first time I encountered something like this so I'm clueless."

Star Girl shrugs. "On the good side, we're able to cover one another."

Total Babe says, "No, which is why I thought together. BUt that slowed us."

Star Girl asks Kay. "How would you have handled it?"

Kay nods, "When attacking a base the enemy will always know the layout better than you." She explains, "Even if you have a complete floorplan and memorize it, it's not the same as being actually in it. While you might know a wall is coming up in five meters it's not the same as actually seeing the wall. I think this was a very good learning experience and team building experience. You supported each other and tried to cover each others back." She looks over at Star Girl, "Well, I knew the weaponry, so I was much more... aggressive. These guns and the wands will cut right through my force field like it wasn't there. It can wear me down. So I used my telekinetics to knock down pairs, grab them, use the agents to set off the mines, and remained behind cover myself clearing each zig as I could. As I said, I had an unfair advantage."

Total Babe says, "I think I could have made it myself, But it would be slow, of course."

Star Girl's eyelets widen. o O ( Use the agents to set off the mines... ) She seems a little shocked at the notion.

Loupy nods to Total Babe and says, "We probably could have but our methods would differ. Mine, would be to teleport line of sight through the place, invisible all the time. If I pace myself I could go through it all without being spotted, maybe."

Loupy says, "But... yea, I doubt I would have been much good in there. Don't know if I was a help this time to be honest."

Star Girl's brow tightens as she comes to another realization. She looks at Kay a little curiously. o O ( Was she... kidnapped by Next Generation? )

Kay looks over at Star Girl and smiles, "The armor of these agents can withstand the claymores... for the most part. It generally wouldn't kill any of them even if they might need some stitches and recovery time." She shrugs a little. Then looking to Loupy, "Teleportation is of limited use in this particular base. The walls, floor, and ceiling are all shielded with a multi-phasic energy field that disrupts such attempts and stops desolidification. That's the hum. It's to stop mutants from escaping easily if they possess such powers."

Star Girl says tenatively. "You know a lot about Next Generation..."

Kay nods, "I do. I've encountered them in the past." .oO(Truth, but not the whole truth. Things are to fragile right now.)

Loupy nods to Kay, "that's why the line of sight. I wouldn't be crossing those walls." He thinks a moment, then looks to his team mates in that and says, "I wonder... could your eletrical powers do something to the walls?"

Loupy looks the exercise over still... pondering to himself and even gesturing a bit, phantasmal images of himself and the guards, and the lay out of the entire place in minature in front of him as he considers something.

"For the record." Kay says, "The armor of these particular agents is good. You nearly knocked them all out. If you had focused fire better it would have went a lot smoother too. Maybe I should have used less agents."

Star Girl nods. "So... what kind of grade do we get?"

Kay smiles, "This wasn't a pass fail situation. I think you would have succeeded. We're a hardy breed, us meta's, after the agents were down could take a half a minute to recover and press on. I don't consider this a failure. The next engagement would have went smoother as you would have known more of their capabilities."

Star Girl nods, listening. After a moment, she asks a question, "So... I realize this is kind of off-topic... But Bard -- do you think that underneath it all, he's like a slug-thingy too?"

"I don't know." Kay answers, "The aliens have the ability to shapeshift. We don't know if it's an illusion or a physical shapeshift. If it's a shapeshift down to the cellular and dna level then he might not be a slug at all."