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Yeah, that one will go down.

GM As Gaian Knight's rock attack swept in hit and sent the large Boran in melee with Vor'an flying and momentarily dazing the large alien, the Justicar took a step back to reassess the situation as he remained near Artificer. Turning in the direction of two more charging Borans, the Zultasian leveled his power pike at one of them. The weapon's end glowed with energy as a powerful beam shot out to strike the charging Boran dead center. The blast knocked the creature off its feet and sent it flying back dozen of feet, where it slammed into several troopers, knocking them all to the ground as well. The Justicar then lifted his weapon back up into a ready stance as he prepares for the next threat to appear.

Okay, Vor'an will full power attack -5 atk/+5 dam and blast at one of the charging Borans (taking 10 to hit the PL 8 minion): DC 30 toughness save: 18, so it goes down. @Exaccus Moon-Moth is up!

The gun gets a 14, so yeah, you tear it loose! (as mentioned in Discord, it was a DC 40 toughness save by taking the full round action to use Super Strength to apply damage to an object).

GM After stepping over Rock's attempt to slam into it, the Hunter mecha turned back toward the massive hero, a plasma blade extending from its main weapon arm as it stepped back toward Rock. As it approached, the Hunter swung its arm down, the plasma blade cutting into Rock’s stoney hide. A bit further off, the crew of the Khanate dropship managed to drag the unconscious form of Justicar Gor'an onboard the transport. To the south of the town, the group of Khanate troopers dropped off by the dropship continued to move steadily toward the center of town, firing as they approached. A hail of blaster fire erupted around Eclipse, as ten of the troopers zeroed in on her. Bit of stone were blasted off the fountain she had taken cover behind, but even with some of the troopers trying to set up shots for a few of the others, Eclipse managed to remain behind cover and avoid any incoming fire. The troopers seemed to have wised up some, as they were spread out such that she would likely only be able to catch a couple in any wide area shot. The other group of Khanate troops continued moving toward the house where the Thuarian delegation and their bodyguards had taken cover, returning fire on the bodyguards who had been shooting out the widows and doorway. Two of the Thuarian’s went down, though how badly they were injured was difficult to tell as they fell out of view. Then the Thuarian's returned fire, hitting five of the Khanate troopers. One of those hit went down, apparently out of the fight. Another fell to the ground as well, but seemed ready to get back up, while several others were hit, two had the blast graze their armor, not injuring them, while another had a minor wound and continued moving forward.

Okay, the dropship crew manage to drag the Justicar onboard this round. The Hunter that Rock just missed with try to cleave him with its plasma blade, hitting with a 19, so a DC 25 toughness save for Rock @Gizmo (not sure what his Impervious is, but there is 5 penetrating on the rank 10 attack so..) The other Hunter is clearing a daze. Okay, troopers: the group that had been heading towards Eclipse turns to move toward where she moved to, taking a move action and firing this round. They are pairing up into three groups (2 of 3, and one of 4), the first 2 (3 in the last group) will be trying to use Aid for the other (DC 10): they almost all succeed, so each of the remaining three that are shooting at Eclipse get +4 to their attacks: 10, 20, 11 they still all miss. The other troopers (8 able to this round) are firing on the house: only 2 manage to hit any of the bodyguards using that as cover. DC 20 toughness saves: 10 and 12 (so staggered and dazed, the other bruised and dazed). Brings up: Round Five 21 Thuarian Guards (10 unharmed, 1 staggered and dazed, 1 bruised and dazed) 19 Eclipse 2 HP (unharmed) 14 Star Khan (unharmed) 14 Rock 0 HP (unharmed) 13 Dropship Pilot (unharmed) (dropship injured 2) 13 Dropship gunner (unharmed) 9 Rogue Khanate Hunters (1 unharmed, 2 bruised) 8 Rogue Khanate Troopers (19: 10 moving towards Eclipse, 9 moving towards center of town (three bruised, one dazed)) The Thuarian Guards return fire: due to range, 5 manage to hit. DC 20 toughness saves: 2 make it, 1 is bruised and dazed, and another bruised, and 1 (staggered) we will call out). And Eclipse is up @Fox (the troopers have spaced out so the best she could likely do is get three in her cone attack)

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GM Starshot easily hits the shapeshifted Grue that was attacking him, knocking it back slightly and dazing it, but it was not out of the fight yet. Only one of the other Arcane was still on its feet and active at the moment, and it hurled a mystical blast at Doktor Archeville, who had anticipated the attack and was able to dodge aside. Star Khan had a concerned look on his face as he considered the mystical energy the lead Grue Arcane had just unleashed. The Zultasian looked over toward Doktor Archeville. "I suspect that may have been targeted on the Sarcota….perhaps to send them into a destructive frenzy? We likely should get outside once more and ascertain what is going on." He suggested, hovering in place and seemingly ready to fly back out of the cavern.

Okay, only one Grue Arcane can act this round due to daze, and it will try to hit Dok A with a mystical blast, missing with a 18. Star Khan will ready an action to move, as he looks to see what Dok A wants to do about the possible complications with the spell just cast. and it is Dok A's turn! @Dr Archeville

That hits, it gets a 13 on its save, so staggered and dazed.

GM The blast from Visor slammed into Nightscale, causing the massive dragon to rear back from the impact and crash into a nearby building as he was not longer able to keep himself aloft. As the massive dragon came crashing down, it felt a burning pain as Mindfire latched onto its mind, further injuring him. Over in the street near the overturned armored transport, Big Horn regarded Paper before looking over to Shift (who had just taken out two of the Legion duplicates). Dropping his head, the hulking villain ran towards the robot. The large metal horns on his helmet slammed into Shift as he quickly closed the distance with her.

Okay, chatted with Zul, he is going to take the bruise and dazed from the first attack and Nightscale will spend his turn this round clearing that daze. So Big Horn will move forward and try to smash Shift with his horned helmet, hitting with a 28, that is a DC 29 toughness save for Shift @Heritage (don't forget she is already injured so it is at -1). Then it is: Round Three 26 Paper 3 HP (unharmed) 25 Stormcrow 7 HP (unharmed) 19 Shadowborne 3 HP (bruised 2) 18 Ghule 2 HP (injured 2, dazed, prone) 16 Sureshot (unharmed) 16 Multi-Girl 2 HP (bruised) 15 Legion (unharmed x6 / one near MG/SC bruised) 13 Shift 3 HP (injured) 10 Visor (bruised) 10 Star Khan (unharmed) 10 Mindfire (unharmed) 9 Nightscale 5 HP (bruised 2, prone) 6 Big Horn (unharmed) And it is Paper's turn @Spacefurry

GM Despite the display of power by the various heroes in the hanger, and the threat of the ship losing power, the various aliens following Dovox seemed unwilling to surrender just yet. The large Boran that had managed to withstand Gaian Knight's latest attack raised his weapon again and tired to strike the League member, but once again the veteran hero avoided the attack, causing the alien to snarl in frustration. Meanwhile, several more Boran moved their way through the gathered troops at one end of the hanger, trying to get closer to the group of heroes. Two of them managed to get clear and start rushing towards where Artificer and Justricar Vor'an stood not far from Gaian Knight.

Okay, reposting order so it is handy (and includes some of the updates from the start of the round): Round Two 67 Velocity 2 HP (bruised) 29 [PLACEHOLDER] 26 Ghost 4 HP (Unharmed) 21 Hounds (many. one telekinetic bruised, staggered; one telepath staggered and dazed, one telepath bruised and dazed) 20 Boran Lieutenants (3 in hanger, 1 staggered and dazed (on Vor’an), 1 staggered) 20 Hunters (8 in hanger, 1 staggered and dazed, 1 staggered, 1 bruised and dazed, 1 bruised) 18 [PLACEHOLDER] 18 Gaian Knight 3 HP (bruise) 17 Tough Aliens (many) 16 Galvanic 3 HP (Unharmed) 14 Justicar Vor'an (Unharmed) 13 Moon-Moth 3 HP (bruised 2) 13 [PLACEHOLDER] 13 Traveller 1 HP (Unharmed) 13 [PLACEHOLDER] 12 [PLACEHOLDER] 10 Artificer 1 HP (Unharmed) 9 [PLACEHOLDER] 7 Patriot II 2 HP (Unharmed) 5 Troopers (many) The Boran (tough alien) on Gaian Knight will attack him, missing. Three others start charging forward toward Gaian, Artificer and Vor'an. And it is Galvanic's turn @Ecalsneerg

GM Doktor Archeville's photonic blast slams into the lead Grue Arcane, causing the robed figure to take a couple steps back as it hissed in pain. The figure glanced about the cavern at the dwindling number of other arcane before focusing back on Doktor Archeville and Star Khan. "Our purpossse is not for you to know." It replied. "But there is little more to be gained here, it issss time to unleash our thralls." With that, the figure began casting a spell, green mystical energy coalescing in front of it before it threw its arms outward, and the energy erupted into an ever-expanding sphere. The mystical energy passed harmlessly over the heroes and seemed to pass through the walls of the cavern and out into the atmosphere beyond….

The lead arcane gets a 22, so another bruise. The lead arcane will spend its full action casting a spell that seems to pulse out through the walls and to the area beyond the ravine. And with that we are at: Round Four 27 Starshot (unharmed) 1 HP 20 Arcane (unharmed 3) (1 shapeshifted (bruised 2)); (1 bruised;1 bruised 2 (dazed)) 18 Star Khan (unharmed) 17 Doktor Archeville (bruised) 7 HP 15 Lead Arcane (bruised 3) And Starshot is up! @Supercape (also, going to give you both a HP for the complication the arcane just caused with his spell)

Timeout As the other teens followed after Lawrence and the teenage Velocity, they found that the portal was not into one of the descending spacecraft, but to the park at Centennial Circle in front of City Hall in the City Center and not far from Freedom Hall. The area had clearly been the center of a large fight, as a dozen of the needle like Communion craft were scattered about, imbedded in the ground or nearby buildings. Dozens of the silvery Communion drones could be seen on the ground throughout the park and nearby city streets. And waiting for the teens were the initially tense members of the Freedom League, Captain Thunder, Daedalus, Lady Liberty, Dr. Metropolis, Johnny Rocket, Bowman, Raven, Pseudo, Siren and Star Knight. They appeared to relax slightly as they spotted Velocity among the group, Bowman reversing the draw he had begun on a nocked arrow. "Velocity, good to see you are alright. Who are your friends?" Asked Lady Liberty as she stepped forward slightly, looking from the teenage speedster toward the Claremont students. "Oh, they are from the future, or a alternate future, that part is a bit unclear…apparently this one is my future son." Velocity began, indicating Lawrence. "We just dealt with some of these things over in the Theater District. Lawrence seems to have at least some idea of what these things are." Daedalus and Captain Thunder moved up near Lady Liberty as Daedalus asked, "what can you tell us about these things?" He asked, looking to Lawrence. "Well, much of what I know I learned from you." Lawrence replied. "They are called the Communion, a cybernetic hive mind, I am uncertain about their origins, you either did not know, or did not tell me. But, in our timeline, seven years from now they attack the Lor Republic, the Stellar Khanate and the Grue Unity, and came close to destroying all three." "When they attack planets, they use nanites to convert every living creature on a world into more of these drones." He continued, indicating one of the silvery drones lying nearby. "They then have a process which terraforms the entire planet into Computronium, basically turning the planet into a server for the hive mind." A look of horror came over Lady Liberty and Captain Thunder’s faces as they listened to Lawrence. "You're saying they destroy everything on the worlds they attack?" Captain Thunder asked. "Yes, though in our timeline, they also had a weapon that allowed them to just obliterate a planet and create a wormhole in its place as well." The blond teen added. As Captain Thunder and Lady Liberty exchanged worried looks, Daedalus spoke up again. "How where they stopped in your timeline?" "I…don't know all the specifics, but basically a group of Earth and space heroes were able to locate the Communion’s mothership and introduce a code which destroyed the code for the hive mind, shutting down the Communion throughout the galaxy." Lawrence answered. "Could one of those ships be that mothership?" Daedalus asked, gesturing up at the ships up in the sky. "I doubt it." Lawrence responded. "I have been to the remains of the Communion mothership, it is the size of a small moon."

Timeout Lawrence lay down the branches and broad leaves he had gathered to use as building materials to one side as they gathered around where Kazra was preparing to set up a fire to cook Neko’s fish and sterilize some of the water Iris had collected. While the blond teen knew basically how to start a fire, that was with matches and prepared tinder and firewood. He had some tools for starting a fire that Lulu had recommended, but he knew Kazra was talking about even more basic methods without any modern tools, so he did not go to get anything from his pack but moved over to the circle around where their guide was working to watch her demonstration.

Timeout In addition to his own teleportation portals, Lawrence had been through ones that took him across vast distances in space and time (including as far as CoVic Station). But none had been quite as unsettling at Sea Devil's portal. Still, the blond teen pushed the uneasiness aside as he took in the surroundings of the abandoned oil rig and then focused on the other Deep One Sea Devil was interacting with. Heading Ms. Harcourt's warning, Lawrence regarded the various artwork from the Deep One’s without lingering on each part of it too long. It certainly appeared that Sea Devil had some important status in this tribe, but exactly how much, or how that might have changed the tribe’s behaviors was less clear. Watching as the hunters began climbing up the rig towards the platform where the Claremont students were gathered, Lawrence glanced over to Sea Devil with a slight frown at her last comments. "Are you saying they are expecting some sort of display of strength?" He asked.

Okay, you will catch the Hunter on you and eventually the two others that moved up to get shots on Velocity: so three DC 25 Reflex checks: all miss so three DC 30 toughness checks: 11, 19, 25 so take out the one on you, another is staggered and dazed, the third is bruised and dazed. You hit the Boran Lt fighting Vor'an and then the one that shot at Moon-Moth: two DC 25 Reflex checks: both miss so DC 30 toughness saves for them: 19 and 14 so the one on Vor'an is staggered and dazed, the other is out. You also hit the Boran minion that attacked you and two others in the crowd, three DC 25 Reflex checks: one actually made it. So a DC 22 toughness save and 2 DC 30 toughness saves (first is the DC 22): 27, 15, 29 so the first one (the one on Gaian Knight) makes it, the other two are out. You also hit both of the Hound Telepathys: DC 25 reflex checks: both miss, two DC 30 toughness saves: 23 and 20 one bruised and dazed, one staggered and dazed. And you take out a lot of the troopers.

Timeout gets a 21

Multi-Girl Bernadette initially backed up at the sudden appearance of the giant Crimson Katana (despite being Neko's roommate and knowing full well about her illusions). Thankfully Rosalinda called out about it not being real, allowing the redhead’s senses to follow what her mind knew and allow her to not be distracted by the illusion. There was one Omegadrone left in their immediate area, attacking Neko, so the Irish teen picked up one of the pikes dropped by one of the armored figures one of her duplicates had knocked out before. Hefting it like a javelin, Bernadette took a step and hurled it through the air, impaling the Omegadrone right through its torso and causing it to drop out of the air to the ground. Looking back towards the illusion, she stated. "It is workin' for the moment, but eventually they are goin' ta realize it is not there."

@Avenger Assembled Owain is up, though there are no ememies around right now.

Okay, Multi-Girl's Will Save vs the Illusion was a 17, but reading the rules about Illusions, when someone communicates the fact it is an illusion there is a +4 on the save, so should be a 21, so she passed. She will pick up one of pike of an Omegadrone she took out and throw it at the last one power attack -2/+2, take 10 to hit. Not sure if this should be her Str +2 for improvised weapon (+2 for the power attack) or the strike of the device (+2 power attack), but the Omegadrone got an 11 toughness save, so doesn't really matter either way.