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Megan smiled as Jennifer talked about how busy she had been and working on her project cars. The blonde young woman had missed seeing her friend more, but their schedules had been hard to align. When Jen asked about how they were, Megan shrugged slightly. "Oh, a lot of the same, keeping up with Lawrence and his activities, while involved with some of the non-profits my mom has been part of for years. I am sure you and Robert could have a long over-my-head discussion of some of the stuff he has been up to." She added with a grin, glancing over at Robert. "I have mainly been finalizing a few papers on theoretical temporal mechanics." Robert replied. "But truth be told, I have been a bit more focused on rearranging some of my family's holdings to focus on that as much as I might like."

After she had rested, Giang had taken to the air on a waterspout to make a quick trip around the waterfront of Freedom City. The Asian young woman had not been back to Freedom City much since she had graduated from Claremont Academy a few years ago, but now that might change now that she was testing the further limits of her abilities. Still, it was nice to visit the city that had been her home for the first few years since she had fled her father’s criminal organization. But she did not get far when she heard commotion coming from the Ocean Height Amusement Park and turned her waterspout that direction to see what might be going on. The sight Giang found waiting for her initially shocked and horrified her. The sight of so much blood was overwhelming and unfathomable. But after that initial reaction, she realized that there was no way that much blood could have been naturally produced. She also realized that for a water park, she was not sensing much in the way of actual water, even heavily chemically treated water. The water that should be in the park would easily account for the blood that was everywhere. But how could that be? Flying down toward the hysteric crowd, the Aisan teen tried to do her best to get people moving toward an exit. "Everyone, please make your way toward an park exit!"

Scanning the rocks with the enhanced vision of his helmet's HUD, Oskar was able to pick up traces of mud along the rocky terrain that more or less resembled faint traces of muddy footprints. As best that Oskar could guess, the muddy footprints had been mostly washed away by rains in the time since the attacks had taken place, leaving only faint traces down near where the creatures had first left the soft, muddy ground onto the rocks. It was very likely that further up there would be no more traces of the foot prints to be followed. Looking back up the incline, Oskar saw the jungle continued up above, so hopefully there would be more terrain that would provide footprints to follow once more.

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Round Ten: 27 Torpedo Lass (unharmed, 3 HP) 21 Tundra (bruised 3) Icebreaker (damage -3 toughness)

The police officers that had been submerged, even thought briefly, had begun to regain their composure as Torpedo Lass spoke to them and the others that were climbing aboard. "We will try to get it started, but depends of if the engine will restart." One responded. As quick as Torpedo Lass was, she was slowed down some by the police officers that had been thrown overboard and had to swim back to the righted boat and climb back aboard. Once they were on, she was able to easily push the police boat over near the canoe. Once there, she discovered what part of the problem was. The canoe had several large holes in its hull, likely caused by the rocks and earth Tundra had slammed into the bottom of the canoe. Up aboard the Horizon, Tundra slammed some large boulders down through the ship's deck and into the compartments below, causing the vessel further damage.

Okay, some comments for you here Gamer: Combat: Not sure where you are getting Initiative +10. Did you mean to have Improved Initiative 2 under feats? (you do appear to be 2 pp worth of feats short from what you have listed) Skills: I am only coming up with 16 pp: (64 ranks) of skills. Also, you should put a notation by the skills for which you have Skill Mastery. Feats: Contacts: nothing inherently wrong with this, BUT, given your fluff, how do you justify someone who recently arrived in this dimension having such extensive contacts? Maybe Well Informed would be better? (at least you could say he has been busy reading up on things or the like) As noted above, I only count 16 feats, not 18. Did you leave off Improved Initiative 2? Powers: Nothing major here but on the Super-Senses, hearing is by default Acute, so you do not need to buy that extra. Also, while not required, I would note that you only have normal movement rate, so that Swinging and Wall-Crawling 2 is not as useful as it could be. (Maybe drop a bit of the concealed and add a couple ranks of Speed?)

Although the police boat flipped over relatively easily, it was sitting far lower in the water than it should, having taken on a considerable amount of water. As her head broke the surface of the water, Torpedo Lass could see two officers inside the police boat's cabin pulling themselves back up to their feet and coughing out water. Several other officers were in the water near her, all starting to swim over to the boat now that it was righted. Glancing around at the protestors' boats, Torpedo Lass could see the kayakers flipping their kayaks back over. The protestors trying to flip over the canon appeared to be having more trouble however. With the patriotic heroine now focused on helping the police and protestors, Tundra flew her rock platform over closer to the deck of the Horizon. Then she guided the rocks she had pulled up from the riverbed arching through the air to crash down vessel, causing it further damage.

With TL now distracted, Tundra flies over just above the ship's deck and begins to cause some more serious damage! Round Nine: 27 Torpedo Lass (unharmed, 3 HP) 21 Tundra (bruised 3) Icebreaker (damage -2 toughness)

We are sticking to turns for the moment. So this round you can move over to the police boat and flip it over (and maybe engage in some talking if you wish)

Sure, you can use a HP for that. As for the protesters boats, where were a few kayaks and a canoe that were flipped over, the canoe holding at least five people (but still not that hard to flip back over).

You actually do not need to spend that second HP for a reroll, the 20 is good enough to hit. Tundra gets a 25 on her toughness save, which is another bruise. Tundra will then change tactics, pulling up rocks and mud from the river bed and using it to capsize one of the police boats and several of the smaller protester boats, sending those aboard into the water. (HP for TL) Round Eight: 27 Torpedo Lass (unharmed, 3 HP) 21 Tundra (bruised 3) Icebreaker (damage -1 toughness)

Torpedo Lass' new attack once again slammed into the earth controlling villain. But as before, Tundra was only slightly jarred by the attack, remaining on her flying platform of rock and otherwise still very much in the fight. Hovering in the air, Tundra looked down at Torpedo Lass for a moment before she turned slightly to look over at one of the police boats which was surrounded by a number of protestor boats just in the path of the Horizon. Reaching out with both hands, the villainess began to lift them upward. "Time to make a choice hero, stop me or make sure others are not drowned or put in danger by the ship's props." As Tundra spoke, rocks and mud from the river bottom burst up from the surface of the water, slamming into the police boat and protestor boats as it did. The force of the impacts sent all four boats tilting over far enough to capsize, sending those aboard tumbling over the edge and into the water. It was hard to tell from where Torpedo Lass was, but some of the police and protestors might have been caught under the capsizing boats as they fell in....

Paradigm, carrying the unconscious Varlis, flew up to where Adiri was just reaching the maximum height from Paradigm's earlier throw. The Praetorian flew a short distance from the rock covered supercriminal and called out to her. "Return to your normal form and stand down and I will carry you back down to the surface." The young Naram stated. Adiri twisted herself around to face Paradigm. "I can take the fall, and when I get back down there, I will make you pay!" "Very well, we will have to do this the hard way." Paradigm replied, as her dark yellow eyes turned red before a beam of energy fired out to strike the armored supercriminal. Despite Adiri's considerable durability she let out a grunt of pain as the attack injured her slightly.

Paradigm flies over to where Adiri has reached the max height she was thrown, and power attacks with her heat vision (-2/+2), hitting with a 26. Adiri's immunity cuts the +18 damage in half (to +9), she just misses her save with a 23, so takes a bruise. Traveller is up again Tiff!

GM On the surface of Dreeda III Seresk helped the Lor official back to his feet as Corona landed nearby after bringing the last of the police drones in the immediate area crashing to the ground in a twisted heap of metal. "As I already mentioned, the governor and police chief are dead." The official stated as he prepared to board the Praetorian spacecraft. "When the leaders of these escaped criminals took over the governor's offices, they moved a FTL capable yacht to the hanger facility there." Aboard the Sar-lan As the last three Praetorians aboard the Lor prison ship gathered in the room where Moon-Moth had formed his portal down to the Devotion alarm klaxons began sounding throughout the Sar-lan. It took Cavalier a moment to register what the klaxons were for, then he realized that somewhere, some of the sentry drones had blasted through the outer hull and opened the ship to the vacuum. But for some reason, the fail safes that should be locking down various sections of the ship to transport were not closing. It was only mater of moments before the interior of the Sar-lan became a complete vacuum….

The two Lor climbed back aboard the grav vehicle and lifted it back up into the air above the clearing. As the Seika and Oskar moved into the tree line, the Lor followed overhead as best they could. Seika led the way as the pair of hunters moved into the jungle following after the tracks they had discovered. Oskar followed close behind, keeping a keen eye on the area around them least Seika’s focus on the tracks bring them too close to some threat. So far, Seika was not having too much trouble with the tracks, the moist ground soft enough to leave mostly firm tracks. Given the depth of the average tracks, Seika was certain that whatever had left them was a good bit heavier than her. Even in the shade of the thick canopy overhead, the jungle was humid and stuffy, causing a feeling that the trees and brush was closing in on you. The jungle was also alive with sounds, coming from seemingly everywhere around them, although there was very little visible out among the foliage. Occasionally both Seika and Oskar would catch glimpses of bird like creatures or small four limbed creatures moving about in the tree branches, but nothing larger ever came into view. After about a good half hour of following the tracks, the pair reached the edge of raised elevations, large hills that rose several hundred feet higher at the high points. But more important to the two, the tracks of the creatures they were following came to an end as they reached a stretch of rocky ground in the foothills.

Magna-Lor, the new capital of the Lor Republic The Tower of the Sacred Assembly of the Prophets Lor time mark 1488.9 [April 2, 2016 (Terran Calendar)] One of the oldest Lor colonies, Magna-Lor was selected as the site of the new capital for the Republic after the defeat of the Communion. The planets population had swelled as a result of the displacement of citizens from various Republic worlds that had fallen to the Communion. This had led to wave of new construction across the planet, its cities swelling in size. Nova Lor-Van was the largest, oldest city on Magna-Lor, renamed after the destruction of Lor-Van, and thus had become the central seat of the Republic government. Like all the other cities on the world, its boundaries had grown immensely from new construction, but the heart of the city had wide plazas lined by classical Lor buildings. One of the most prominent was the Tower of the Sacred Assembly of the Prophet. The Sacred Assembly of the Prophet dated back to the earliest records on Lor-Van, a religious assembly that included a small number of psionically talented Lor with precognitive abilities. These prophets and seers were believed to have been chosen by the Star Gods to guide the Lor to their destiny, and had become influential advisors amongst the Lor. It was with the Assembly's influence that the Lor moved quickly toward a global civilization on Lor-Van and then expanded into the stars. But, as the Lor expanded their understanding of science, the average citizens’ faith in the Assembly as a religion had waned. Over the centuries, the Republic government and military assumed what had been the Assembly’s role in the training of mentats, and the Sacred Assembly had become little more than a ceremonial aspect of Republic society. That was until the destruction of Lor-Van, and the desperate struggle against the Communion. The surviving towers of the Assembly throughout the Republic began to see an influx of Lor returning to prey to the Star Gods and seek the guidance from the seers. With the Assembly gaining influence once more, it was able to reassert many of its ancient privileges on Magna-Lor and elsewhere. Just as the Republic government centralized around Magna-Lor, so too did the Assembly tower on the planet become the most prominent. The current High Prophet, seeress Arolla-Nor, resided in the tower on Magna-Lor, along with most of her advisors. The most talented seeress the Assembly had known in some ten generations, Arolla-Nor had managed to rise to her current position following the death of the previous High Prophet and many of the other senior prophets on Lor-Van. Still a relatively young adult by Lor standards, Arolla-Nor was the youngest High Prophet in the Assembly’s history. Arolla-Nor currently knelt in the center of a chamber on the upper floors of the tower, a number of other prophets kneeling around her. All were dressed in long white robes, embellished with golden thread along the fronts and sleeves. Tall windows rose on all four walls, providing spectacular views of Nova Lor-Van beyond. But none of the room’s occupants were focused on the view, all having their eyes closed in deep in meditation. Suddenly Arolla-Nor's eyes shot open, as she rocked slightly where she knelt. Those gathered around her opened their eyes as well, apparently aware the High Prophet had emerged from her meditation. "Have you seen a vision High Prophet?" One of the others gathered in the chamber asked as the Arolla-Nor climbed to her feet. "Yes, an opportunity has presented itself." She replied with a sweet smile. "I need to get to Coalition Victory Station as quickly as possible."

As the doors to the balcony closed behind Star Khan and his two attendants, the galactic tyrant staggered, almost collapsing to the ground before the towering Kovald caught him and helped keep him on his feet. The air around Star Khan flickered a moment, and then the hologram which had been surrounding him shutoff, reveling his true appearance. While Star Khan was wearing his power armor, the partially translucent cables that the Communion had attached to his throat, wrists and spine were once more in place, a thin flow of silver fluid sloshing through them. The conqueror's normally lean features were even more gaunt and thin than they had been while he had been the Communion's herald and mouthpiece. Although his cold black eyes still held their typical intelligence, they were sunken, with dark circles surrounding them. "I need more of the Communion nanite plasma." Star Khan stated in a tired, weak voice. "Our supply is running rather low I am afraid great Khan." Replied a smooth confident voice as two other figures approached the weakened Star Khan and his two guards. The figure that had spoken was tall, with a lean figure, dressed in a white jumpsuit that identified him as a scientist. A wide belt with several rectangular attachments was around the figure’s waist. What skin that was visible was dark orange in color, and his short hair black mixed with dark red. But perhaps the figures most striking feature were his dark yellow eyes, which gleamed with a cunning intelligence that seemed to constantly be analyzing everything. The other figure was a bit shorter, dressed in black robes which hung loosely on her figure. The female figure had pale skin, with long dark grey hair. Bright violet eyes shone out from her delicate face, seeming to possess both deep wisdom and a wild intensity. "Then you need to make more of the nanite plasma!" Star Khan snarled weakly, focusing his dark gaze on the figure dressed in white. The orange skinned humanoid stopped near the Zultasian tyrant, examining him for a moment as he calmly replied, "unfortunately I still have not been able to successfully produce a synthesized nanite plasma that provides all the benefits of the true Communion nanites. In any event, reliance on the nanites is only a short term solution, we need to restore the organic tissue and organs the Communion removed, to make you whole once more." Pulling himself back up to his feet and free from the support of the Kovald heavy worlder, Star Khan swayed ever so slightly before managing to maintain his balance. "You are no closer to any procedure to restore me than you are to replicating the nanites." "Do not be so sure great Khan." The white clad figure stated as his yellow eyes coming up to focus on Star Khan's black ones. "I believe my research has found a viable option, but it will require gathering a number of materials. There is some information that we will need, which can only obtain from some of your most dangerous foes. I already have a plan for obtaining the necessary information, one which will also provide an opportunity to secure an additional supply of Communion nanites to help sustain you for the time being." Star Khan was quiet a moment as he peered into the figure's dark yellow eyes. At least he gave a slight sneer as he replied, "then let us waste no more time." The tyrant's head then turned to regard the female in the black robes. "And what of your brethren? Are they willing to serve me in exchange for an opportunity for revenge against the Lor Republic?" The dark clad female, the very image of a Lor, peered at Star Khan with an intense gaze. "The Conclave is ready to assist your forces as needed Kinan Khan. However, we will not do so as slaves. Do not attempt to leash us as Hounds, or you and your forces will learn to regret that folly!" Star Khan studied the female Lor a moment, before giving her a small nod of his head. "You and your brethren will remain free, so long as you remain loyal to me and aid my forces in reclaiming the systems that have been taken from me." The female Lor bowed slightly in response, and Star Khan then turned his gaze back to the orange skinned humanoid in white. "Begin the preparations, I will pass on instructions to the Justicars remaining behind to begin the reconquest of the systems that have broken away."

"Loyal soldiers of the Stellar Khanate." Star Khan began, his voice as deep and resonating as ever, "through your noble and tireless efforts, the Khanate has been preserved, even as a multitude of forces were arrayed against us to tear it apart! As I recovered from the grievous harm caused me by the Communion and the 'Coalition' after they rescued me from the Communion's clutches, you stood against the traitors and usurpers that sought to capitalize on my weakness." "Your bravery and dedication has been noted, and you will be rewarded!" A loud cheer sounded over the courtyard as the gathered Khanate soldiers responded to their revived leader. Star Khan waited a moment as the cheer died down. "But for the moment, there is still much to be done. While you and thousands of others have been fighting to preserve the Stellar Khanate, I have been overseeing preparations that will strengthen our forces and allow us strike back at those that have betrayed the Khanate or taken advantage of our vulnerability. Those preparations are now complete, and it is time to restore the Khanate to its former glory!" Another round of cheers erupted over the courtyard, and as Star Khan waited for it to die down once more, more than a dozen figures emerged from the lower floor of the palace, walking out to form a line in the open space between the assembled Khanate troopers and the palace. The figures were all Zultasians, dressed in Justicar armor, but without the helmet and hood worn over the helmet. Turning to face toward the palace and Star Khan, the figures all kneeled down, as a group of other figures emerged, half carrying a Justicar helmet and hood, the other half a power staff. "Assembled before you are nobles and commanders who have continued to prove their loyalty to the Khanate. Instead of seeking to expand their own power at the expense of the Khanate, or leaving to join those who have betrayed us, they remained steadfast in their duty. As reward for their unwavering loyalty, I am inducting each into the ranks of the Justicars." At Star Khan's words, an attendant with a helmet and hood stepped in front of each of the kneeling new Justicars, placing the helmet on the individuals' head, followed by the hood. "As Justicars, you will be the charged with ensuring obedience and loyalty to the Khanate from all its citizens, and will be answerable only to me as you perform your duty." As Star Khan spoke, the attendants that had provided the helmets and hoods stepped back, as the other attendants carrying the power staves stepped in front of each kneeling figure. The attendants held out the weapons, which the kneeling figures reached up to grasp, but did not take from the attendants just yet. "Do you swear completely loyalty to me and the Stellar Khanate, promising to continually strive to protect the Khanate from all enemies?" "We so swear!" Responded the kneeling figures in unison, as the attendants then released the power staves and stepped back from the new Justicars, returning to their place near the palace wall. "Then rise my new Justicars!" Star Khan called out, rising his hands upward as the kneeling figures stood back upright to cheers from the gathered Khanate soldiers. After letting the cheers sound for a time, Star Khan waived his hands outward to signal a stop, and once the gathered troops had gone quiet, he continued, "With the ranks of the Justicars expanded, and the efforts to reinforce our might forces complete, the time has come to remind the galaxy why it feared the Stellar Khanate!" "You and your comrades will begin the task of restoring the Khanate to its true glory! Those that tried to seize power for themselves and wrested away control of Khanate systems will be brought to heel and punished for their crimes against the Khanate! The usurper Sovereign will be driven from the worlds he seized in the wake of the Communion's defeat and reduced to a mere pirate once more! Those worlds that have sought to claim independence will be brought back into the fold!" "And when we are done, The Star Knights, the Praetorians, the Republic, the Unity and all the other powers that have ignored our suffering will once again tremble in the shadow of the Khanate and the stars will be ours for the taking!" Star Khan's voice had continuously risen during the last several lines of his speech, his hands reaching up toward the sky as he finished. "Khan! Khan! Khan!" The gathered troops began chanting, their voice echoing in the courtyard and beyond. Star Khan looked back down at his gathered forces, listening to their chant for a few moments, before he turned away from the courtyard and started back toward the door into his palace, followed by the Kovald and Soon.

Zultas Heart of what remains of the Stellar Khanate Lor time mark 1487.3 [March 28, 2016 (Terran Calendar)] S'zan Sar moved to his assigned location in a formation that included dozens of his fellow Khanate soldiers. Sar's platoon was just one of hundreds that was gathering in the large courtyard of the Star Khan's reconstructed palace. Like many of the core worlds of the Stellar Khanate, Zultas had been one of the first hit by the Communion when it suddenly arrived, sweeping aside Khanate defenses and assimilating both ships and personnel. Luckily for Sar, he had been aboard a starship assigned to one of the border regions, and thus had escaped the fate of many other Khanate soldiers and citizens. While under Communion control, the cyberforming of Zultas had begun, turning large regions of the world into computonium. Since the Communion's defeat terraforming of the world had begun to reverse the damage, the computonium buildings and terrain stripped away to be reused or sold on the black market. Sar's starship had been among the forces that had stayed loyal to Star Khan, although the Khanate’s ruler had been severally weakened as a result of the cybernetics the Communion had implanted in him. Had the right opportunity presented itself, Sar might have considered deserting from the Khanate forces, as many had done. Several warlords had declared their dominion over the Khanate, but in reality only brought a limited number of systems under their control. Other worlds had simply declared themselves independent from the Khanate, often reforming the governments that had been in power when they had been conquered by Star Khan. Now, Sar was back on Zultas, his unit among the many recalled to the Khanate capital. Countless rumors had spread through the Khanate forces about why they had been recalled and consolidated around Zultas. Some had said that Star Khan was dying, and his potential heirs wanted as many loyal troops nearby to help them retain power once he died. Others claimed that one of the warlords challenging Star Khan's rule was preparing strike directly at the Khanate capital. But even as rumors ran rampant among the gathered forces, the appearance of Justicars among them ensured that order and obedience remained in place. Even as the thousands of Khanate troopers gathered into formation within the courtyard of the Khan's palace, Justicars could be seen moving among the ranks. Dressed in teal, black and white armor similar to that worn by Star Khan himself, and carrying power staves, the Justicars were among Star Khan's chief lieutenants, serving to ensure order and discipline throughout the Khanate. Although many had been killed during the Communion invasion, the remaining Justicars had been one of the key factors in preventing the Khanate from completely disintegrating. Sar was pulled from his thoughts, as a figure appeared up on a large balcony that overlooked the courtyard. Kinan Khan, dressed in his powerful power armor with the large white six pointed star on the chest, moved out toward the edge of the balcony, overlooking the massed troops below. Two other unusual figures could be seen just behind and to either side of Star Khan. On his left stood a massive figure easily over seven feet high, a Kovald heavy-worlder with a massive, muscular build. Over one shoulder the hulking figure had a thick metallic club with multiple studs along one end. To Star Khan's right was a lean female figure, a four-armed humanoid known as a Shoon, a popular choice as gladiators in Zultas' game-pits. This Shoon was dressed in a black reinforced bodysuit, and carried a staff in two of her four hands. Although the thousands of gathered Khanate soldiers had been quiet while standing in formation, an even deeper silence seemed to gather over the courtyard as Star Khan reached the edge of the balcony. Gone was any evidence of the alterations the Communion had made to Star Khan. Dressed once more in his regal power armor, the Zultasian ruler stood proudly, his coldly intelligent black eyes looking out over the crowd below...

Okay, Elite is able to easily follow the trail into the asteroid belt, but loses it inside the asteroids, but that is likely at least in part due to the range.

Sure, I will revive this soon.

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Okay, just a couple of minor things. For the Feature: Pyrotechnical Entrance, that should be a 1 pp power, not a feat. For the Concealment, because it is built as a Selective (extra) Area effect that can affect others, you do not need the Progression for extra subjects. You can provide the concealment to as many people in your area as you want.