RolePlay onLine RPoL Logo

, welcome to The Possibility Wars

08:37, 28th March 2024 (GMT+0)

Mission Briefing #1.

Posted by Quinn SebastianFor group 0
Quinn Sebastian
NPC, 3 posts
Director
Delphi Council
Sun 19 Sep 2021
at 01:20
  • msg #1

Mission Briefing #1

(*I'm posting this now, even though there's still one player yet to build a character.*)

(*You have been summoned to a conference room onboard the USS Ronald Reagan. Quinn Sebastian is standing in front of a television monitor.*)

All right, heroes, I know the poking, prodding, and paperwork have been exhausting. Bear in mind that ultimately I have to read it. I'm sorry we couldn't get you better accommodations than an aircraft carrier at this time. Trust me, I've had worse.

The basic mission briefing is as follows: The contact will give you the situation as we know it. If we know you will need a particular item, you will get it. This includes transportation.

If you feel you need anything else, you can petition for other items. (Persuasion test, DN = value of requested items on the Torg Value Chart) Rare or out-of-cosm items are harder to get.

So here's your basic situation. When Agent Morrow was last in New York, he found a red and blue crystal tower that had a message from a conquered cosm called Ukhaan playing on loop. It vanished after the group investigated it.

Well, it's back, but this time it's covered in a crystal barrier. This has led us to conclude the tower might contain an Eternity Shard—raw Possibility Energy concentrated into an object.

Apparently a Redjaw temper tantrum on legs named One-Eye has the same idea, so he's trying to break through the barrier with an army of edeinos. Getting this shard would help our war effort tremendously, so we want you to get it for us.

Insertion is by boat. The weather is clear enough, but could turn rough at any moment. We can't afford to wait for nightfall, so chances are you will be spotted.

Get ashore and hit the rooftops as soon as you can. One of the adjacent buildings had a construction crane nearby, so you should be able to find a way to break in from the top using it. Once you get in, search the tower from the top down for the shard.

Landing at Battery Park is closer, but it's now a field for growing undead plant monsters called gospog. Edeinos patrols are likely to be around if you land further up the river, so choose your landing point accordingly.

Edeinos hate "dead things", so they likely won't chase you once you get up top. But there are some who ride flying dinosaurs called lakten, and if they spot you, they may send their compatriots to visit. It's for this reason we aren't sending you by air—the last group we sent by air and haven't been heard from since. If you find them, bring them back—we protect our own.

Any questions or requests?
Case Morrow
player, 10 posts
Core Earth
Psychic
Sun 19 Sep 2021
at 05:07
  • msg #2

Mission Briefing #1

The young man winces a little when Sebastian refers to him, but whether it is due to embarrassment or something else is hard to say as he quickly recovers.  Focusing his attention back on the briefing, Case focuses on the details, his fingers tapping nervously on the armrest his chair and a slight sheen of sweat develops on his forehead despite the best efforts of the AC's cabin airflow.

After Quinn finishes up, the teen raises a thin arm, "Um, Sir, ah... how are we supposed to leave once we have the shard?  Last time we had to go through the Holland Tunnel and walk to Philadelphia, but the tunnel collapsed behind us.  If we leave a boat on the shore...well, things rot real fast not to mention what the edeinos or others might do to it."

Case bites his lip in thought as the boss answers his question, "We're probably going to need a little bit more survival gear.  Food, water, probably some rope..." he looks to the others a little uncertain.

OOC
Figure a Living Land Delphi Survival Kit.

01:03, Today: Case Morrow rolled 6 using 1d20.  Persuasion.

And a fail;-)  Guess Case will be stealing some water bottles and snacks from the squadron room bar;-).


Quinn Sebastian
NPC, 4 posts
Director
Delphi Council
Sun 19 Sep 2021
at 05:31
  • msg #3

Mission Briefing #1

In reply to Case Morrow (msg # 2):

The idea is to get in, get out, and get back. I know some buildings had access tunnels that connected to the subway system. That won't help you getting there, as we don't know if this is one of them, but once you have it, finding a path underground should get you out.

I will get all of you some rope and climbing gear, if you wish.
Jacob Amer
player, 4 posts
AKA-Revenant
Cosm-Nile Empire
Sun 19 Sep 2021
at 05:42
  • msg #4

Mission Briefing #1

The bandaged man with the trench coat, fedora, and goggles just nodded. He did not seem to bother with any equipment requests, but he did ask a question. "I'm guessing my heater won't work there, other than as a club. Is a bullwhip too advanced for dino land?" The man had a gravely nature to his voice, although having his mouth covered in white cloth did not seem to make him any less understandable.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:43, Sun 19 Sept 2021.
Case Morrow
player, 11 posts
Core Earth
Psychic
Sun 19 Sep 2021
at 05:50
  • msg #5

Re: Mission Briefing #1

Jacob Amer:
The bandaged man with the trench coat, fedora, and goggles just nodded. He did not seem to bother with any equipment requests, but he did ask a question. "I'm guessing my heater won't work there, other than as a club. Is a bullwhip too advanced for dino land?" The man had a gravely nature to his voice, although having his mouth covered in white cloth did not seem to make him any less understandable.


"Oh I know this one, the Ukhaan archive covered it!"  Case glanced at Sebastian a moment before continuing his answer, "When a reality or 'cosm' invades another some people hold onto their home reality like a little bubble.  They called them 'Stormers' but I've heard Storm Knights used around here.  But you should be able to fire your gun or drive a car.  Just don't leave it lying around once we are in the ruins or it might change into something else or disappear."
This message was last edited by the player at 06:05, Sun 19 Sept 2021.
Quinn Sebastian
NPC, 5 posts
Director
Delphi Council
Sun 19 Sep 2021
at 06:38
  • msg #6

Re: Mission Briefing #1

In reply to Case Morrow (msg # 5):

Our young agent has it mostly right. We who carry reality with us are able to make things work where they shouldn't, but there seems to be a force that sometimes interferes with this. When that force interferes, those "contradictory" items, as our reality experts call them, become unusable until the agent reassumes control over them. Most agents regain control quickly, but a few have been so overcome by the surrounding reality that they transform and become as they would have been had they been born there.

OOC: A roll of 1 when using an unsupported tool or one outside the character's reality causes this. If the tool is both unsupported and outside the character's reality, it happens on a 1-4. When this happens, another roll at the start of each future turn takes place on reality skill to reconnect. If that roll Mishaps, a character with 2 or more adds in reality can sacrifice one and reconnect, or transform.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:36, Sun 19 Sept 2021.
Johnny Ichii
player, 9 posts
Pan Pacifica
Ion Gusoku
Sun 19 Sep 2021
at 18:08
  • msg #7

Re: Mission Briefing #1

"Rope and climbing gear may be helpful." Johnny states.

He looks distressed at the talk of Transformation, but it passes.
Ivan Borovich (Headshot)
player, 3 posts
Russian Soldier
and Realm Runner
Mon 20 Sep 2021
at 07:41
  • msg #8

Re: Mission Briefing #1

"Subway map good" Ivan contributed in his usual laconic fashion. "Which building have tunnel."
Mooncutter
player, 10 posts
Living Land
Edeinos
Mon 20 Sep 2021
at 14:10
  • msg #9

Re: Mission Briefing #1

The edeinos named Mooncutter stood with his back against a wall in the room. He felt claustrophobic and twitchy, unused to being in such a small space with Humans and surrounded by metal. Hala, his pterodactyl, had been seen by everyone, but was currently on deck in the open air.

"One Eye?" he said aloud. One corner of his reptilian mouth quirked up. "I may have encountered this one before. Perhaps if we meet again they will call him Blind One, or better still, Meat for the Worms."

Mooncutter was anxious to get back on land again, and to hunt, and to see new places and things.

"We are friends," he said in a reassuring tone as they discussed edeinos in the place called New York. "We," he emphasized, motioning to the group and then himself with one claw. "Not they." He pointed outside, to where New York might be.
Johnny Ichii
player, 10 posts
Pan Pacifica
Ion Gusoku
Mon 20 Sep 2021
at 19:17
  • msg #10

Re: Mission Briefing #1

"Yes, Mooncutter, we are friends. I know...knew..." Johnny seems to be having some real difficulty on this subject. "I understand what it is to be judged and excluded based on looking different. I will not judge you or your people that way."
Quinn Sebastian
NPC, 6 posts
Director
Delphi Council
Tue 21 Sep 2021
at 02:12
  • msg #11

Re: Mission Briefing #1

I can get a subway map for you. The last update was six months ago, so three months before the invasion, but it should serve well enough for your needs.

OOC: Subway maps are so cheap I'm not going to ask for a roll on it.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:14, Tue 21 Sept 2021.
Sign In