Veiled Malice

Well, this fight seems dead, for the most part. Can we get a ref to make a ruling so (Damien can go to jail/Emissary can bask in his victory/the rest of us can shake our heads in exasperation)? :)

Let's see here... I've worked as a janitor, day care worker, computer hardware installer, retail monkey, writer, and I'm currently an underwater mantainence technician (not as glamorous as Clive Clussler would have you believe ) in Olympia, Washington. I'm also currently going to school so I can actually continue my writing career, but it's brutal going to night classes after dragging yourself around the water for six hours a day wearing one hundred plus pounds of dive gear. Hobbies - who has the friggin' time? Well, beyond this, I've dabbled in the forbidden realm of fanfic writing (Gasp! The anti-literary sience! :mrgreen: ) and done some reviews for a local paper concerning computer/console games. Submission stuff, really. I run a FtF game powered by GURPS in a setting of my own design, The New Age of Masters. Not too much stuff there as of yet, but this is my little introduction to the setting. Beyond even that, I play in two more FtF games, one HERO powered game that's been running for better than a year and a half with the same characters, and another group that can't play in the same game system for more than a month in a row. I love 'em both, though. Next?

Let's see here... I've worked as a janitor, day care worker, computer hardware installer, retail monkey, writer, and I'm currently an underwater mantainence technician (not as glamorous as Clive Clussler would have you believe ) in Olympia, Washington. I'm also currently going to school so I can actually continue my writing career, but it's brutal going to night classes after dragging yourself around the water for six hours a day wearing one hundred plus pounds of dive gear. Hobbies - who has the friggin' time? Well, beyond this, I've dabbled in the forbidden realm of fanfic writing (Gasp! The anti-literary sience! :mrgreen: ) and done some reviews for a local paper concerning computer/console games. Submission stuff, really. I run a FtF game powered by GURPS in a setting of my own design, The New Age of Masters. Not too much stuff there as of yet, but this is my little introduction to the setting. Beyond even that, I play in two more FtF games, one HERO powered game that's been running for better than a year and a half with the same characters, and another group that can't play in the same game system for more than a month in a row. I love 'em both, though. Next?

Let's see here... I've worked as a janitor, day care worker, computer hardware installer, retail monkey, writer, and I'm currently an underwater mantainence technician (not as glamorous as Clive Clussler would have you believe ) in Olympia, Washington. I'm also currently going to school so I can actually continue my writing career, but it's brutal going to night classes after dragging yourself around the water for six hours a day wearing one hundred plus pounds of dive gear. Hobbies - who has the friggin' time? Well, beyond this, I've dabbled in the forbidden realm of fanfic writing (Gasp! The anti-literary sience! :mrgreen: ) and done some reviews for a local paper concerning computer/console games. Submission stuff, really. I run a FtF game powered by GURPS in a setting of my own design, The New Age of Masters. Not too much stuff there as of yet, but this is my little introduction to the setting. Beyond even that, I play in two more FtF games, one HERO powered game that's been running for better than a year and a half with the same characters, and another group that can't play in the same game system for more than a month in a row. I love 'em both, though. Next?

Okay, Nanowire has made a fairly unorthidox move - first, a unskilled Stealth roll for 18 which you have to make before you can attack. If you don't make it, you're taking a DC 30 tougness save. If you do, Nanowire is five kinds of ****ed. EDIT: Crap, I screwed up. I did a Slam, which uses completely different rules concerning damage. It turned out okay, as I still needed to get the right blance of trade-offs, but techincally, I could have done +16 damage without the Power Attack - now if only I was PL 12... Oh, and your Immovable 3 wouldn't help you out since I have Unstoppable 5 - enough to eliminate that plus jack up the Knockback.

Okay, Nanowire has made a fairly unorthidox move - first, a unskilled Stealth roll for 18 which you have to make before you can attack. If you don't make it, you're taking a DC 30 tougness save. If you do, Nanowire is five kinds of ****ed. EDIT: Crap, I screwed up. I did a Slam, which uses completely different rules concerning damage. It turned out okay, as I still needed to get the right blance of trade-offs, but techincally, I could have done +16 damage without the Power Attack - now if only I was PL 12... Oh, and your Immovable 3 wouldn't help you out since I have Unstoppable 5 - enough to eliminate that plus jack up the Knockback.

Okay, Nanowire has made a fairly unorthidox move - first, a unskilled Stealth roll for 18 which you have to make before you can attack. If you don't make it, you're taking a DC 30 tougness save. If you do, Nanowire is five kinds of ****ed. EDIT: Crap, I screwed up. I did a Slam, which uses completely different rules concerning damage. It turned out okay, as I still needed to get the right blance of trade-offs, but techincally, I could have done +16 damage without the Power Attack - now if only I was PL 12... Oh, and your Immovable 3 wouldn't help you out since I have Unstoppable 5 - enough to eliminate that plus jack up the Knockback.

Nanowire It was hard to tell at Mach 328 and change, but Nanowire was fairly certain he'd passed the point were he'd have to turn around and head back to get an optimum biting angle on Heavy's armor. As he made the instantaneous course change, with no thought given to the effects of momentum or inertia, (as there was none with his reactionless thrusters) he had to admit to himself that this fight was not going as planned. For one thing, Heavy's exosuit was far more durable than any store-bought piece of hardware had a right to be. This reinforced his sneaking suspicion that it was not simply a enhanced mass production model, but an entirely new design. None of his attacks had made so much as a dent so far, and the only solution was to get smarter about this fight. His approach angle was locked in, a full 180 degrees of off his departure point. Hopefully, the combination of impossible speed and radical reorientation would throw Heavy off when it came time for the blow to land.

Nanowire It was hard to tell at Mach 328 and change, but Nanowire was fairly certain he'd passed the point were he'd have to turn around and head back to get an optimum biting angle on Heavy's armor. As he made the instantaneous course change, with no thought given to the effects of momentum or inertia, (as there was none with his reactionless thrusters) he had to admit to himself that this fight was not going as planned. For one thing, Heavy's exosuit was far more durable than any store-bought piece of hardware had a right to be. This reinforced his sneaking suspicion that it was not simply a enhanced mass production model, but an entirely new design. None of his attacks had made so much as a dent so far, and the only solution was to get smarter about this fight. His approach angle was locked in, a full 180 degrees of off his departure point. Hopefully, the combination of impossible speed and radical reorientation would throw Heavy off when it came time for the blow to land.

Nanowire It was hard to tell at Mach 328 and change, but Nanowire was fairly certain he'd passed the point were he'd have to turn around and head back to get an optimum biting angle on Heavy's armor. As he made the instantaneous course change, with no thought given to the effects of momentum or inertia, (as there was none with his reactionless thrusters) he had to admit to himself that this fight was not going as planned. For one thing, Heavy's exosuit was far more durable than any store-bought piece of hardware had a right to be. This reinforced his sneaking suspicion that it was not simply a enhanced mass production model, but an entirely new design. None of his attacks had made so much as a dent so far, and the only solution was to get smarter about this fight. His approach angle was locked in, a full 180 degrees of off his departure point. Hopefully, the combination of impossible speed and radical reorientation would throw Heavy off when it came time for the blow to land.

Okay, gravitically-induced supercavitation aside, what Nanowire just did was impossible. Besides, reactionless thrusters are very much in the realm of rubber physics - right up there with zero point energy. It might be cool to have access to an unlimited amount of vitual mass, but just don't see it happening anytime soon.

Okay, gravitically-induced supercavitation aside, what Nanowire just did was impossible. Besides, reactionless thrusters are very much in the realm of rubber physics - right up there with zero point energy. It might be cool to have access to an unlimited amount of vitual mass, but just don't see it happening anytime soon.

Okay, gravitically-induced supercavitation aside, what Nanowire just did was impossible. Besides, reactionless thrusters are very much in the realm of rubber physics - right up there with zero point energy. It might be cool to have access to an unlimited amount of vitual mass, but just don't see it happening anytime soon.

Okay, Nanowire has blasted out of there, moving 69 miles per second. Of course, this is impossible in real life - you'd either burn up in the atmosphere, leaving a ten mile long carbon streak that was all that was left of your remains, or you'd simply go splat as the air compressed into an effectively infinitely thick steel wall. Ain't rubber physics grand? Nanowire will be back next turn, bringing a whole mess of pain with him.

Okay, Nanowire has blasted out of there, moving 69 miles per second. Of course, this is impossible in real life - you'd either burn up in the atmosphere, leaving a ten mile long carbon streak that was all that was left of your remains, or you'd simply go splat as the air compressed into an effectively infinitely thick steel wall. Ain't rubber physics grand? Nanowire will be back next turn, bringing a whole mess of pain with him.

Okay, Nanowire has blasted out of there, moving 69 miles per second. Of course, this is impossible in real life - you'd either burn up in the atmosphere, leaving a ten mile long carbon streak that was all that was left of your remains, or you'd simply go splat as the air compressed into an effectively infinitely thick steel wall. Ain't rubber physics grand? Nanowire will be back next turn, bringing a whole mess of pain with him.

Like that's going to happen, Nanowire thought as he judged the distance between him and Heavy by omnidirectional radar. Better than I thought, much better. I feel the need - the need FOR SPEED! Without warning, Nanowire's body contours morphed into a far smaller, sleeker version of what he had before. The disks on his legs, denoting where his Gravitic Impellers were, grew larger, almost to the size of dinner plates. A dull hum suffused the entire area, quickly growing sharper and louder. "Don't go anywhere," Nanowire said, glancing back at Heavy for a moment. "I'll be right back." And with that, he was gone. Not teleporting, but almost as fast, across the water at 250,000 miles per hour. No human could track him while he was going that fast. Multiple sonic booms shook the platform and followed along his path of egress like rolling thunder. All he needed was some room to manuver, turn around, and then, well... then the real games could begin.

Like that's going to happen, Nanowire thought as he judged the distance between him and Heavy by omnidirectional radar. Better than I thought, much better. I feel the need - the need FOR SPEED! Without warning, Nanowire's body contours morphed into a far smaller, sleeker version of what he had before. The disks on his legs, denoting where his Gravitic Impellers were, grew larger, almost to the size of dinner plates. A dull hum suffused the entire area, quickly growing sharper and louder. "Don't go anywhere," Nanowire said, glancing back at Heavy for a moment. "I'll be right back." And with that, he was gone. Not teleporting, but almost as fast, across the water at 250,000 miles per hour. No human could track him while he was going that fast. Multiple sonic booms shook the platform and followed along his path of egress like rolling thunder. All he needed was some room to manuver, turn around, and then, well... then the real games could begin.

Like that's going to happen, Nanowire thought as he judged the distance between him and Heavy by omnidirectional radar. Better than I thought, much better. I feel the need - the need FOR SPEED! Without warning, Nanowire's body contours morphed into a far smaller, sleeker version of what he had before. The disks on his legs, denoting where his Gravitic Impellers were, grew larger, almost to the size of dinner plates. A dull hum suffused the entire area, quickly growing sharper and louder. "Don't go anywhere," Nanowire said, glancing back at Heavy for a moment. "I'll be right back." And with that, he was gone. Not teleporting, but almost as fast, across the water at 250,000 miles per hour. No human could track him while he was going that fast. Multiple sonic booms shook the platform and followed along his path of egress like rolling thunder. All he needed was some room to manuver, turn around, and then, well... then the real games could begin.

No such luck, I burned my Hero Point to reroll and got the same result. :cry: That's a Bruise for me, so I'm down to +11 Toughness. On the game front, I'm Bluffing you with a great roll, so I'm hoping you'll do something suitabley supervillain-ish, like gloat copiously so I can nail you while you're Flatfooted. :)

No such luck, I burned my Hero Point to reroll and got the same result. :cry: That's a Bruise for me, so I'm down to +11 Toughness. On the game front, I'm Bluffing you with a great roll, so I'm hoping you'll do something suitabley supervillain-ish, like gloat copiously so I can nail you while you're Flatfooted. :)

No such luck, I burned my Hero Point to reroll and got the same result. :cry: That's a Bruise for me, so I'm down to +11 Toughness. On the game front, I'm Bluffing you with a great roll, so I'm hoping you'll do something suitabley supervillain-ish, like gloat copiously so I can nail you while you're Flatfooted. :)

Nanowire Damn, I'm out of position! Nanowire railed against himself as he saw Heavy fly himself in behind him. Heavy nailed his feet hard, enough to knock him out of the air and slam him into the ground. Fortunately, the damage wasn't too severe. But Heavy didn't know that. "Argh!" Nanowire called out, hopefully convincing Heavy he was more hurt than he was, trying to draw him off guard.

Nanowire Damn, I'm out of position! Nanowire railed against himself as he saw Heavy fly himself in behind him. Heavy nailed his feet hard, enough to knock him out of the air and slam him into the ground. Fortunately, the damage wasn't too severe. But Heavy didn't know that. "Argh!" Nanowire called out, hopefully convincing Heavy he was more hurt than he was, trying to draw him off guard.

Nanowire Damn, I'm out of position! Nanowire railed against himself as he saw Heavy fly himself in behind him. Heavy nailed his feet hard, enough to knock him out of the air and slam him into the ground. Fortunately, the damage wasn't too severe. But Heavy didn't know that. "Argh!" Nanowire called out, hopefully convincing Heavy he was more hurt than he was, trying to draw him off guard.