Spellbinder, Moonlight & Nightbird
Section 3 -- Submersible Docking Bay
kenseido wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:17 pm
"And you day is about to get a lot worse."
General Havoc nods to acknowledge you, apparently satisfied that you are not going to waste time with the futile diplomatic approach.
Psistrike wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 12:54 am "We faced an incarnation of war and prevailed."
"The Incarnate of War was defeated by
not fighting," the General observes. "How well shall you fare against an enemy that will?"
Gilliam wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:40 am
"General Havoc to be honest you have us at a disadvantage, you know of us but we do not know you and I agree with Moonlight and Spellbinder you and your group stand for everything we do not but I am curious why, why this attack, why did you ever think any of us would side with you and Anarchy Command?"
The General raises an eyebrow. She looks like she has been asked why the Earth is round, or why breathing and eating are necessary for life, etc.
"Because," she says in the patient voice of a schoolteacher, "the world since the beginning of the 20th century has been dominated by the nation-state: a
nation -- a common ethnicity -- with the powers of a sovereign state. But what about the superhuman, whose abilities are so superlative to the general population that they struggle even to be classified as the same species? We, a people apart from any nation, are bound by laws which do not apply to the general population, looked upon as threats to the social order, living under constitutions that insist on the lie all men are born equal, controlled by agencies formed specifically to exploit with us, militarized, oppressed, and murdered. Professor, show them."
The Professor steps forward in his armored suit and raises one open palm, facing upwards. A holographic projection flickers into being above it. The quality is low, but it is still clear enough for you to see uniformed troops moving through endless rice paddies, burning huts in the background. "In the 1950s, flush with victory in the Chinese Civil War, the Communist Party ordered the massacre of superhumans alongside a general purge of anti-Communist elements. Soviet super-soldier teams cooperated with the Party to exterminate thousands of superhumans suspected of counter-revolutionary leanings."
A different series of images, now. Black choppers and limousines. Men in dark suits and dark glasses, brandishing futuristic weapons. Super-soldiers in skintight bodysuits, strange devices protruding from their heads and backs, faces slack in zombie-like trances. "During the 60's, S.P.E.C.T.R.U.M. was formed to marshal the superhuman resources of the United States to counter Soviet influence and Grue infiltration. Thousands of superhumans were forced into its armies and those who would not serve willingly were blackmailed, threatened, kidnapped and drugged into doing so."
More images. Row upon row of armored humanoid robots saluting a U.S. flag, shutting off the powers of metahumans with beam weapons, mowing down the depowered survivors with missiles and laser fire. You do not know it now, but you are looking at the same STARS units Gelert is fighting. "Even now, General Arms Systems is developing anti-superhuman weapons using the powers of Daka crystals. They plot to give the states of the world the ability to forever put superhumans firmly under their tyrannical boot. And once they no longer need you, heroes, what will happen to you then?"
Professor Pandemonium closes his palm, and the images vanish. General Havoc points an accusing finger at you. "The Anarchy Command will not sit idly by as this prelude to a second holocaust begins. The institute of the sovereign nation-state, that endless font of superhuman oppression and violence, must be utterly destroyed. We are the enemies of the states; we will build a world without nations."
"General," Professor Pandemonium says in a low voice, and leans in close to speak to the General.
Spellbinder & Moonlight -- Perception
Professor Pandemonium says...
"Ze U.S. Navy is engaging our picket fleet. Ze Ragnarok cannot maneuver with the breaching drill attached. Is easy target. And ve have not heard back from Black Hat at the G.A.S. factory..."
"Your failure, and that of the others, is noted," General Havoc states, making him flinch. "The twins, for failing to deal with these interlopers; and you, for allowing your breaching drill to be stopped by the elf's magic. Disciplinary action will be meted out in time."
OOC
Forcing a villain to monologue usually has the same effect as a use of the Fascinate advantage which they get no resistance check against. They can't attack or perform any offensive action until you do so, or until there is imminent danger. I rule that the arrival of the U.S. Navy counts as the latter, and that is when General Havoc begins her attack.
Round 1
25 Moonlight *
22 GENERAL HAVOC (with power of Daka)
20 Nightbird (higher initiative)
20 Spellbinder
01 Professor Pandemonium
Moonlight is up!