Spymaster continues examing the podium until Justar, Runa and Captain Justice leave the room.

Lilibeth looks at Captain Justice, "Guess that's are que to find our position," she tells 'Vultan'.

"A moment." Still in the Harry Frost persona, he followed.

Captain Justice as King Vultan  acknowledges Runa's curtsy with a nod.
He listens to the reasoning laid out by the others.
He responds to Runa with Unbridled Hammy Enthusiasm.
"Aye! It Is Time go out into the Public! Let us go Lady Cammy! No doubt the public shall seek the King's favor with pictures and poses. But the beautiful Lady Cammy shall be even more Busy due to her Feminine Charms.
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Lilibeth smiles brightly at Captain Justice AKA Vultan, as they walk together to their post. She claps her gloved hands together excitedly at his words. "Yes! Taking pictures of people cosplaying is like half the reason I go to cons! The other half is me getting to cosplay. I love it when people ask to take a picture with me. It's how I know I did a good job with the costume. Hey! I know, when people ask you to pose, we could show them how strong you are by lifting me up with one hand! And I could balance on your palm! Like strike a total Cammy pose!"

The false Vultan's smile becomes even wider and he laughs a hearty boisterous laugh.

He speaks with much Ham and Enthusiasm.

"That would be Glorious! It shall be Done and All Eyes will be upon Us!!"

As the others are speaking, a cosplayer dressed as CMZ, yellow tracksuit with badge and LESP, hairy gloves and a mask that looks remarkably like Jacob had before, before he went bald joins them.  He stands silently for a few moments before Jacob takes off the mask to greet his friends and coworkers.  It's pretty sad I have to cosplay as myself in order to blend in with the crowd.

In reply to Chimp Man Z (msg # 36):

Justar chuckles at his partner, "hahah... don't worry CMZ...you'll always be my hairy Hero!  I didn't bother with a costume other than my own.  I'm sort of the "official" presence of the LESP Sentinels here... as everyone else is either too new for anyone to recognize or they are incognito and not obvious.  So.. I'm kind of the "distraction"... the burdens of a public Id."

He shrugs, "I usually try to draw fire from the rest of the team in combat.. why should now be any different?  Oh.. by the way.. in direct sunlight.. I regenerate ~ so my risk is not so great.  I don't think that will matter the assassin should likely try to stay far away from the 'obvious' LESP Sentinels here at the Convention Center.  You and Drifter just keep your eyes open for anything or anyone suspicious... lol."

I've known the burdens of a public identity far longer than you, Hikari, Jacob says with a small smile.  Trust me.  It can be fun, but not always.  The fans are great.  Then, there are the haters.  In my case, there are quite a few.  The anti-semitic.  The anti-mutant.  The anti-communist, and the anti-immigrant sentiments.  Neither of which I never undertood. Hell, I just spent an hour in a Q-and-A getting asked all kinds of personal questions about all the physical changes I've been through, and dealt with a of those haters.  Had a photo-op with a very dismal showing before that.  Seems as much shit as I got from people for looking different, that seems to version of me that they prefer.

In reply to Chimp Man Z (msg # 38):

Hikari whinces, "Gah! Now I feel like a total Ass... sorry man your right you have had to deal with public Id Far longer and more toxic than I ever have or likely will!  So much to unpack with that... some people are stupid ignorant bigots who are probably only one generation from walking on all fours and living in caves!  Don't let them get to you... You know who You are ~ Screw them!  But I can guess it gets old... and really tiring to deal with all the time."

"Honestly, I ... never tried to hide my identity.. cause I was trying to goad my mother... into changing her what I always thought were her criminal ways.  'sigh' But I was mistaken... manipulated by a real Villain!  I'd thought all these year my mother was the world class supervillaness Polaris, but that was misinformation my ... half-brother, who I never knew I had; a real Meta-Human, Neo-Nazi, bigoted, White Supremacist, Supervillain named 'Magnetor' had fooled my whole family with! Yeah, A LOT was learned in my visit to Japan..."

The Youthful hero looks partially angry but more frustrated by the revelations as much as the current situation, "..we'll talk about it more later.  I expect my half-brother will not leave me alone now that I know the truth.  Let's deal with one villain at a time..we have an assassin to {not} help catch."
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While listening to all sent her way, Alison took up her self-designated placement.

Agent Livingstone and his crew arrive, show themselves to the LESP detachment, and then disperse. While some of the agents go to the kitchen area and doorways, the rest, including Paragon, leave with Señor Garcia and Agent Livingstone to be part of the motorcade.
While the senator is being retrieved, the rest of the event seems to run smoothly.
None of the people in the convention center appear to be androids, and at about 7:15, a number of workmen set up the dais. Around 7:45 the senator arrives and once he is seated, dinner is served. Nothing noteworthy happens till around 9:00 when the senator goes to the podium to give his speech. One of the dignitaries sitting near the front leaps to his feet, and begins to shoot at the dais with a pair of automatic pistols! The podium shatters, sending splinters everywhere. The senator flies backward and gets caught in the curtains.

In reply to SSOGM (msg # 41):

The sound of gunfire is not missed by the Justicar Drone-Phobos & Deimos sensitive sensor suite and K3 warns Justar immediately!

Not waiting for any orders... Justar switches to his Pure Energy form and flies into the Convention Center through the non-air tight doors and barriers as a humanoid cloud of radiant energy ignoring the rising panic... and physical objects in his path harmlessly 'ghosting' his way in. He flies directly at the gunman triggering his Static powers to fly through the assassin and deliver his Joy Buzzer Shock attack to attempt to make him drop his firearms reflexively from the static shock.

23:40, Today: JUSTAR rolled 18 using 1d20+9 with rolls of 9.  Justar - Strike 'Touch' fly-through Gunman from behind [+9]. – 18

Joy Buzzer Shock: = Ra: Touch, Dam: 1 SDC ‘startling’, Dur: Instant, Attacks per Melee: 1 AT/jolt
‘Startling’ {loses initiative, 1-50% chance drop anything he/she is holding, or release an object/person being physically, restrained, entangled, pinned or otherwise held}

23:42, Today: JUSTAR rolled 22 using 1d100 with rolls of 22.  Joy Buzzer [50%] chance drop held items. – 22

As soon as Justar had flown through the gunman he switches back to human form landing before the dias hopefully to block any further shots at the Senator his body being the shield and drew his Stun Gun Blaster to fire at the gunman...

K3 is also not idle.. taking direct control of Drone-Phobos... flies the drone into the Convention center from the rear entrance smashing through doors and flying over secret service men's heads to take up position in the convention hall stationary behind Justar on the dias; extending three of its utility arms/limbs to erect and emit three Stationary Force Fields in a slightly overlapping their edges for a 30'ft barrier composed of the three 10'foot square shimmering blue energy screens to protect anyone on the stage from gunfire.

{3x} Phase-1 Force Field Projector = 10’ft x 10'ft square ‘Overlappting Edge Wall {3 screens}’, SDC80, 1/2Dam vs Energy
- Physical damage less than SDC negated, Energy Damage reduces SDC of FF

23:44, Today: JUSTAR rolled 15 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 9.  Justar - Initiative [+6m]. – 15
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Harold Frost had made a point of being transactional when talking to anyone - posing as a mysterious representative of a client who had influence over very zealous voters who liked where the Senator was going with this "forced metahuman conscription" idea of his. He smiled when he was expected to smile, although he had to roll with their idea of "humor", and they seemed to find him a bit off putting that he wasn't engaging in full-throated laughter with them.

03:06, Today: Winter Herald rolled 87 using 1d100 with rolls of 87.  Trust/Intimidate TN 65.
03:06, Today: Winter Herald rolled 83 using 1d100 with rolls of 83.  Charm/Impress TN 50.

He unfortunately came on a bit too strong with callous inhumanity, dogmatic ethics, disdain for social change, a willingness to defend the existing social order down to the last member of the lower classes, blatant imperialism and botched subtle supremacy. Turned out quite a few people here would rather withdraw from the world stage, arrogantly believing they can ignore the world, than insure American military might was unmatched and omnipresent. Well, if he had miscalculated, he stayed the course, and his table was largely avoided as a result. They felt he was a new convert trying too hard.

At 2100, the Senator was attacked. Amid the surge of panicking people, he knocked his table down "on accident", "stumbled down" behind it, and began activating his sensory protocols. The rest of his unit was moving into position, and his job was simply to track and look like another panicked spectator.

Of course, he was trying to keep a tab on people who might be a bit too calm, as well.

SENSORY SUITE
Amplified Hearing: 360 feet (?); 5x better than a human, same as Heightened Hearing
[74%] Estimate sound distance
[64%] Estimate speed and direction of approaching sound
[54%] Recognize voice/sound through concentration without programs
Nightsight, infrared, thermal, and ultraviolet visions
Micro-radar: 1 mile; Can identify up to 15 targets and simultaneously track six. Rate of travel, direction, and location are indicated.
Motion Detector: 60 feet; Registers vibrations in the air indicating movement.
Radar Detector: 4 miles; Registers radar waves to indicate radar surveillance.
[84%] Track radar emission to source
Radiation Detector: 60 feet; Registers and pinpoints radioactivity.

In reply to SSOGM (msg # 41):

with little enthusiasm Drifter goes and checks on the Senator.  not sure how he can help other than taking him to a Hospital Emergency Room.

Taking one of The guards along for the ride... the closest one naturally
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Lilibeth had been having a great time. Being here, seeing all the incredible costumes, was amazing. Sure she was stuck in basically one spot guarding a guy but it was still great...right up until the part where the guy she was supposed to be guarding got shot. Repeatedly.

In an instant, Lilibeth is gone, replaced by Runa from one stride to the next as she rushes to the downed senator. She brushes past Drifter, and summons the spark of the divine within her as she lays hands upon the senator.

OOC
Transforming into Runa while rushing to get to the senator. The second she is there, touching the senator's head and chest and attempting to heal him.

Power Points: 2000/1880

Spending 120 points to heal 40HP or 60SDC

The city attorney general was at the front table next to the assassin as the gunman took his shot. That worthy has currently decided to run out the door. This is important because the gunman looks just like the city attorney general, down to the suit both are wearing. After firing his paired automatic pistols at the senator, the assassin discards the weapons as he spins in a circle and sidesteps while joining the crowd on their way to the nearest exit. As he moves, the crowd jostles each other and mills until the assassin is on one side of the city attorney general's date and the city attorney general is on the opposite side, or vice versa. JUSTAR stands with his back to the protective force fields, and realizes he'll have to fire into the crowd to get the assassin with any ranged weapon.


mechanics
The assassin walked up to the table, produced and emptied two automatic pistols at the senator and then starts to avoid any attacks directed his way (multiple dodge). Winter Herald can tell which of the two is the assassin and which is the attorney general because the attorney general appears to have a heart murmur. JUSTAR doesn't manage to shock the assassin as they sidestep his attack. Those that have familiarity with that sort of thing recognize the assassin is moving as if practicing tai chi chuan.

To speed things up, I rolled initiatives.

ooc Er... sweet :)
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Justar, still wearing the Telemental Crown-Optical Headband targets the Assassin AND the City Attorney General and electronically 'paints' them signaling Drone-Phoboes to hand off that telemetry to K3.

"K3, sending you tracking intel and sensor returns from two targets to track.  The Assassin I'm indicating.  Track and pursue... do not engage. Update all Secret Service and police on their locations... task Drone-Deimos to assist."

Hikari holsters his Stun Gun Blaster and makes no attempt to pursue the Assassin into a crowd.  The secret service security men and the special forces/counter-insurgency trained members of the Sentinels were far better than he at such a type of pursuit.

He triggers the LESPradio2 channel...

Instead of pursuit, Justar turns to Drone-Phobos, "Phobos, Voice-Control. Shield 1 Entry."

To which the center screen flickers off the shimmering blue field vanishing as Hikari ascends the stage to stand nearby Runa as she works then the field reappears.  Then Hikari commands Drone-Phobos, "Phobos, Field Box Defense ~ On my position. Engage."

At which point all the shimmering fields disappear as the drone moves to position itself next to Justar then extend two of its limbs to 'stand on' and extend five other utility arms and suddenly a 10'ft Cube of blue shimmering force field barriers is emitted surrounding Runa, Justar, and the Senator.  The field edges do not touch so there is a 1 to 2 inch gap between the 5 shimmering blue force walls protecting from all sides... save the floor.

Hikari will open the field for any properly credentialed paramedic or Secret Service Agent.  He will also suggest to a Secret Service Agent to retrieve the assassin's discarded pistols as material evidience... with all due handling proceedures.
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As he strides to the podium, Lieutenant Broyko is speaking into his phone, he taps it and broadcasts a message. [Language unknown: ONMIUS EVER VENSANTRA! Iv ine larforfor bepo trshe elhe hepaac enrier.]
The detective then commandeers the PA system to shout "NOBODY MOVE! EVERYONE FACE DOWN ON THE GROUND, NOW!"

Justar will regard Runa his expression somber, asking,"...will he live? Could you save him Priestess?"
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What others saw as Harold Frost remained behind the false attorney, shadowing them. A crowd was a good choice to hide in, and as long as he had singled out heartbeats, he ran a subroutine seeing if there was something distinct about who he assumed was Kurt Von Metz.

14:26, Today: Winter Herald rolled 38 using 1d100 with rolls of 38.  Recognize Sound TN 54.
14:25, Today: Winter Herald rolled 96 using 1d100 with rolls of 96.  Biology TN 64.

While he wasn't capable of pinning anything about the assassin's physiology down just from the heartbeat, at least he was able to recognize it well enough to fingerprint him a bit.

14:30, Today: Winter Herald rolled 36 using 1d100 with rolls of 36.  Prowl, TN 89.
Can only benefit XP from two rolls, but eh. I need to execute this one.

But he was just another face in the crowd right now, keeping his array of senses focused on the assassin.

Captain Justice was also having a great time Hamming it up and Showing off. Until he heard the rapid unloading of automatic gunfire. He immediately rush towards sound of gunfire. He pulls off the plastic hooked beak of his war scepter to reveal the Hammer made by Hakari. As he runs, He powers on his armor's systems too.

He vaults over the croud as they exit in a display that looks to the uninitiated like parkour

As he entered the next room with the Senator in it, he received info from Justar's network that paints the Assassin in the crowd.
(I am assuming that Justar would leave the armor systems connected to his network to better allow Captain Justice to better coordinate with him.)

He flies over the crowd and attempts to grab the Assassin and pull him out of the Crowd.



OOC:
Going for a Grab
15:04, Today: Captain Justice rolled 17 using 1d20+9 ((8)).

In reply to Detective Broyko (msg # 49):
looking around the room to asses response to the Laws Officers command

In a whisper he hopes Detective Broyko can hear Drifter mutters.
"really now Detective you are giving contradicting commands here!
How is anyone supposed to get down on the floor if they are not permitted to move?

Could you not reverse that order? For example...
Everybody down on the floor then FREEZE   NOW!

I am not even going to mention your speaking some foreign language just now.  But we will get back to that later...if you don't shoot me first?

Does that include you the security forces and any police in the area?

Err from some of the activates that are going on it looks like some people are not abiding by your command... So I will put my trust in you and comply with your orders after all"

getting down to the ground and not moving.  After all he could be an imposter,
like some kind of shape shifter.
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Chaos, absolute chaos, as predicted. Spymaster was kicking himself. How could he have not noticed there were two attorney generals? Blame later, action now. Hikari and Lilibeth had the senator under control, if she couldn't heal him conventionally, Runa could magically, and if that didn't work Hikari probably had a super science solution under his belt. Herald is tracking one, Justice going for a flying grab, that must be our man. He entered the stance of Chin'Na as he advanced, attempting to be a bit stealthy, but having to push his way through too many vips who felt their night was ruined. But he kept his eyes on the target, his Tai Chi Chuan stance telling in his movements. His right arm shot out, trying to get a nice jab into the assassin's leg and stop him in his tracks.

"You're done running. Give up before anyone else gets hurt."

OOC:
15:45, Today: Spymaster rolled 8 using 2d6 with rolls of 4,4.  Paralysis length if it hits.

15:40, Today: Spymaster rolled 17 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 9.  Fingertip Strike to Assassin's Left Leg for Atemi.

15:39, Today: Spymaster rolled 69 using 1d100 with rolls of 69.  tracking tn 80 SUCCESS

15:38, Today: Spymaster rolled 98 using 1d100 with rolls of 98.  Prowl tn 77 FAIL