Mission Five: Screw your courage to the sticking place

[voidtreckermods]

On the morning of Day Seven of the month of Egret (ooc: 13th of March) the train on everyone’s Safety Control Apparatus will shimmer in multi colours looking almost like the void itself. A moment later a holo-screen will pop up with the following information.

Destination: System #7212108. This system has one inhabitable planet and is a self governing system on the edge of the territory of the ever expanding Empire of Stars. Currently they are under attack from those who wish to take their system, and planet, as their own.

They have a considerable space force, their planet is surrounded by a system of shields and their army is stationed and commanded from a military station off-world. They are currently in the middle of a prolongued siege and holding their own. But a second wormhole has been opened with reinforcements and more powerful weaponry. The threat to their lives has become considerable and they will need help if their world is to survive.

Purple Team

Help relieve and assist System#7212108's army. Specifically engage the new fleet of enemies and stop them flanking the main fighting force. Keep the second forces attention as long as possible to allow the red team to move past through the worm hole. Once the initial danger has been mitigated follow the commands of the system's military and work with them to hold the fighting on two fronts. If it becomes necessary assist the evacuation of the planet.

Orange Team

The shields surrounding the planet are their main defense and are therefore a primary target for enemy fire. Help protect and maintain the shields, repairs may be necessary. If the shields go down they must be reactivated as quickly as possible.

Protect the platforms, maintain shields from inside platforms, repair any shields that need it from the outside. Assist the technicians in their work and protect them from enemy fire.

Blue Team

The siege has taken most of the fighters away from main command. Fill in the gaps to protect the main station- both outside from enemy fighters and also inside. There is a chance their security has already been breached. Guard the main command so that they can focus on their task of leading their army.

Red Team

There is rumour of a mega weapon- something that will end all life on the planet, leaving it a fresh slate for their empire to work with. It is not sure how true that rumour is but the empire clearly have something planned. Sneak past the second force and enter the wormhole, stop the new weapon from being deployed no matter what.

Additional Notes

The system has not requested Void-Aid but it should come readily apparent to them that they require it. They should provide weapons and ships. The dressing room will be open for your use.

The mission will run from the 13th to the 26th March. I will put up a OOC information post with extra world information and team-relevant information on the 13th as well as the IC starter post which will cover them arriving on world and setting off on their assignments.

For avoidance of doubt the information in the block quote area above is the only information known IC before they arrive on the world. The information on the subsequent information post is for you as players to know what to expect and to give you the information you need for writing the mission. It is information characters will learn throughout the mission.

There will be team posts on the 15th March for the main bulk of the mission. There will be a subsequent team post on the 23rd March as missions reach their conclusion. You are free to put up your own posts on middleofsomewhere throughout the event- always make it clear what team mission you are taking part in. There will be a final conclusion post on the 26th March.

Please feel free to use this as a plotting post. Remember there is nothing forcing your character to do the task assigned to their group so if you wish to do a different one, feel free! If character decide to not do any of the tasks at all that’s fine too, just let me know! Please reply under the colour you decide to go with once you decide for definite!

Have fun plotting!

Comments

Re: Questions?

[voidtreckermods]

Talk me through how Zetta stealing things like this and it bound to his mana works- I need a little more info before answering your question.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

OH MY GOD MY REPLY DIDN'T POST

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR TWO WEEKS AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT

ARGH

So in Makai Kingdom, when Zetta receives a vehicle (as a post-battle reward, no less!), it returns with him to his base. Once there, it can be Invited into future battles, much in the same way as minions or facilities under the Overlord's control. It also receives various usual benefits such as being totally fine and fully effective so long as it has one hit point left, then vanishing once it goes down to 0...

So in-game, presuming this all functioned, any vehicle Zetta successfully yoinks would return to the train, much the way his vaunted pickup truck is hanging out there. Of course, the hilarities of how a star fighter or a megaweapon would fit on the train are part of the question!

[voidtreckermods]

Okay!

So he will be able to steal a star fighter, it will work the same way as vehicles he normally yoinks does- except as it is too large to be on a train it will shrink down (to be just the right size for a prinny to ride). When invited to battles it will be full sized again.

Zetta will find that it holding it feels harder than usual- like it is using more mana than usual. ~ I am going to put a limit of three vehicles being held by Zetta at any time (not including his truck which is from his native world).

He can't yoink the mega weapon. He can try of course, but it doesn't seem to work and indeed as he tries his SCA beeps at him in warning!