Dr Archeville

"That is the way we are leaning," he replied, rocking back in his chair a bit. "The second station will be largely a philanthropic thing, funded by donations from myself, my company, and other interested parties, as well as funds set aside by the UN. Though if an exchange of technologies and cultural artifacts can be set up, it could become even more profitable than ArcheStern. But it is a long way from getting off the ground -- there are UN committees working to decide where to put it, who to send up, how to go about First Contact scenarios... the bureaucratic work going into this is becoming more intensive than the technical work!," he laughed. "So," he asked after he calmed down, "any other questions? Or concerns?"

She could make the Reflex -- the DC for the Reflex part of an Area attack is 10 + rank, not 15+ rank. Which should be the case even for an impromptu Area attack like this. So the Reflex save should be 21, then a DC 26 or 21 Toughness save; if she makes the Reflex save, her Impervious 10 lets her auto-pass the Toughness save.

There was something of mine you'd left unanswered: If it does help, Dok is fine -- his Immunity (life support) is not Linked to his Force Field, it's its own thing (separate system that snaps on as soon as it senses the slightest hint of a problem). Reflex save, DC 21 (1d20+6=11) fails, so full Damage DC Without his Force Field (which takes a Free Action to snap on). Toughness save, DC 26 (1d20+4=5) :shock: Toughness save, DC 26; HP re-roll (1d20+4=9) Wow, crap rolls. But add +10, that's 19, so fails by 7, so he's Bruised + Stunned. (And he's down to 4 HP.) Also, is there so much drywall dust that we are (visually) Obscured from each other? And (visually) Obscured from the 'Droid?

Protectron continued to slowly, ceaselessly circle Atlas and record him. "When you change, does your physical substance actually change? Or is it merely cosmetic? If you became a metal statue, would your electrical conductivity increase? If you became iron, could you oxidize, rust?" It turned slightly to see if the moss Gossamer had collected was still moss, or if it had reverted when Atlas had changed back to his human form. "Also, what do you mean by 'can take almost any form so long as it doesn't remove any traits I've got'?," it asked, perfectly repeating his words but in its own flat, electronic voice. "When you were a statue, you could still feel and hear. If you turned into an eyeless cavefish, would you still be able to see?"

Archeville zipped down the streets of Freedom, following two leads. One was the obvious reactions from the people -- as much as a center of metahuman activity Freedom City was, it citizens still reacted when a metahuman passed by them, just as folks in Los Angeles will still react if they see a Hollywood star in person, so he kept an ear out for people who were reacting to being passed by a speedster. Second, he was tapping into the city's traffic cameras and using them to search for the confused cat-man. Soon enough, Archeville found Jubatus, standing over the bloodied body of the Claremonter. "Hey!," Archeville shouted, trying to distract the seemingly-bloodthirsty cheetah-man, "you stop that, Mister Xavier! You stop that right now!" He advanced slowly, but steadily, one hand (with the Screwdriver) held forward, the other slowly sliding into a pocket of his labcoat to retrieve some capturefoam capsules.

Darius, we need an initiative roll from you! :argh:

"A bit of both," the Doktor replied to Victory. "Two of these devices will be going into the rock, at opposite ends, while the others will be placed into orbit around it. The two in the rock will generate an electrogravitic circuit in the asteroid itself, generating a short-lived black hole in the center of it. I thought it would do with just one, but now that I have gotten a better look at the material this 'rock' is made of," he nudged one small protuberance with the toe of his force field-sheathed boot, "I see now it will take both the one and the second, spare I had brought. The rest, which we will place into orbit around the asteroid, will contain the destructive effects, and ensure that the field dissipates once the asteroid is destroyed. As our British friend might say," he nodded towards Supercape, "it' would not do to have a black hole flitting about and headed towards Earth'!" "I would like to get a few samples before setting the device off, though. I would ask Push, as he seems quite good at breaking things," he said, recalling the collateral damage reports he'd read, "though I would be concerned he would set off an 'asteroidquake' which might trap us. Ah, i will think on this as we set up the satellite devices." He flew up, "come along, I can show you how to set them, too."

SCIENCE! Matter (i.e., "stuff") is made up of molecules. Molecules are made up of atoms. Molecules are held together by the electromagnetic force. Atoms are made up of a cloud of electrons around a nucleus made of protons and neutrons. Electrons (negatively charged) stay near protons (positively charged) due to the electromagnetic force, but neutrons (no charge) and protons stay together due to the strong nuclear force. Protons are made up of quarks, held together by the strong nuclear force. Neutrons are also made up of quarks, held together by the strong nuclear force. Electrons have no components or substructures; they are an elementary particle. Atomic Mass: The number of protons and neutrons in an atom. (Technically, protons, neutrons, and electrons, but electrons contribute so little mass that they are frequently left out of the count.) Changing an atom's atomic mass (typically by changing the number of neturons) creates isotopes; some isotopes are radioactive. Carbon has an atomic mass of 12 (6 protons, 6 neutrons), but Carbon-14 (14C) has an atomic mass of 14 (6 protons, 8 neutrons). Atomic Number: The number of protons in an atom. The atomic number uniquely identifies a chemical element; a change in the atomic number means a change in what that atom is. Carbon has an atomic number of 6 (6 protons). SI (Système International) Prefixes SI (Système International) Base Units Ampere (A): measures electric current. Originally defined as "the current required to deposit 1.118 milligrams of silver per second from a solution of silver nitrate." It is now defined as "constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 metre apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10-7 newton per metre of length." Named for French mathematician and physicist André-Marie Ampère. Candela (cd): measures luminous intensity. Originally defined as "the light produced by a pure spermaceti candle weighing one sixth of a pound and burning at a rate of 120 grains per hour." Now defined as "the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian." Kelvin (K): measures thermodynamic temperature. The Kelvin scale uses the degree Celsius for its unit increment, but is a thermodynamic scale (i.e., 0 K is absolute zero). It is defined as "the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point (the pressure/temperature point at which a substance can exist as gas, liquid and solid in a stable equilibrium) of water; this definition refers to water having the isotopic composition defined exactly by the following amount of substance ratios: 0.000 155 76 mole of 2H per mole of 1H, 0.000 379 9 mole of 17O per mole of 16O, and 0.002 005 2 mole of 18O per mole of 16O." Named for Scottish engineer & physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. Kilogram (kg): measures mass. Defined as "mass of one litre (one thousandth of a cubic metre) of water." Metre/Meter (m): measures length. Originally defined as "1â„10,000,000th of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole measured on the circumference through Paris, France". It is now defined as "the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458th of a second." Mole (mol): measures amount of substance. Defined as "the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities (atoms, molecules, ions, electrons, other particles, or specified groups of such particles) as there are unbound atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon 12 (12C) at rest and in their ground state." Second (s): measures time. Originally defined by dividing 1 day into 24 hours, each hour into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds (so 1 / [24x60x60] or 1/86,400th of a day). Now defined as "the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 (133Cs) atom at rest at a temperature of 0 K." SI Derived Units Becquerel (Bq): measures radioactivity. 1 Bq = 1/s (the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second). Named for French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel. Coulomb ©: measures electric charge or quantity of electricity. 1 C = 1 A * s (the charge transported by a steady current of one ampere in one second). Named for French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb. Farad (F): measures electrical capacitance. 1 F = 1 C/V (the charge in coulombs which a capacitor will accept for the potential across it to change 1 volt; 1 C = 1 A*s, so a capacitor with a capacitance of 50 mF [millifarads] will increase by 1 volt per second with a 50 mA [milliampere] input current). Named for English physicist Michael Faraday. Gray (Gy): measures absorbed dose (D) of ionizing radiation. 1 Gy = J/kg (one joule of ionizing radiation by one kilogram of matter). Named for British physicist Louis Harold Gray. Henry (H): measures inductance. 1 H = V*s/A = Wb/A (if the rate of change of current in a circuit is one ampere per second and the resulting electromotive force is one volt, then the inductance of the circuit is one henry). Named for American physicist Joseph Henry. Hertz (Hz): measures frequency. 1 Hz = 1/second. Named for German physicist Heinrich Hertz. Joule (J): measures energy, heat, and work. 1 J = 1 N*m (i.e., the energy expended in applying a force of 1 Newton through a distance of 1 metre) = 1 C*V (the energy expended in moving an electric charge of one coulomb through an electrical potential difference of one volt) = 1 W*s (the work required to produce one watt of power for one second). Named for English physicist James Prescott Joule. Katal (kat): measures catalytic activity. 1 kat = 1 mol/s (the amount that breaks 1 mole of peptide bonds per second). Lumen (lm): measures luminous flux (the power of light perceived by the human eye; the "amount" of light present). 1 lm = cd*sr (if a light source emits one candela of luminous intensity uniformly across a solid angle of one steradian, the total luminous flux emitted into that angle is one lumen). Lux (lx): measures illuminance (the intensity of illumination) and luminous emittance. 1 lx = lm/m2 (one lumen per square metre). Newton (N): measures force and weight. 1 N = 1 kg (m / ss) (i.e., the amount of net force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram at a rate of one meter per second squared). Named for English alchemist/astronomer/mathematician/natural philosopher/physicist Sir Isaac Newton. Ohm (Ω): measure of electrical impedance, electronic reactance, and electric resistance. 1 Ω = 1 V/A (a resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference of 1 volt, applied to these points, produces in the conductor a current of 1 ampere). Named after German physicist Georg Simon Ohm. Pascal (Pa): measures pressure and stress, as force per unit area. 1 Pa = 1 N / m2 (i.e., the force of 1 Newton applied over a 1 square meter area). Named after French mathematician/physicist Blaise Pascal. Radian (rad): measures angle (dimensionless unit). Radian is the ratio between the length of an arc and its radius. Siemens (S): measures electrical conductance. 1 S = 1/Ω = A/V (for a device with a conductance of one siemens, the electric current through the device will increase by one ampere for every increase of one volt of electric potential difference across the device; the conductance of a resistor with resistance five ohms is G = 1/(5 Ω) = 0.200 S = 200 mS). Named after German inventor and industrialist Ernst Werner von Siemens. Sievert (Sv): measures equivalent dose (H) of ionizing radiation. 1 Sv = J/kg (one joule of ionizing radiation by one kilogram of matter). Named after Swedish medical physicist Rolf Maximilian Sievert. Steradian (sr): measures solid angle (dimensionless unit). Steradian is used to describe two-dimensional angular spans in three-dimensional space, analogous to the way in which the radian describes angles in a plane. Tesla (T): measures magnetic field strength, magnetic flux density. 1 T = Wb/m2 (one weber per square meter) = V*s/m2 = N/(A*m) (a charge of 1 coulomb passing through a magnetic field of 1 tesla at a speed of 1 meter per second experiences a force of 1 newton). Named after Croatian physicist/engineer Nikola Tesla. Volt (V): measures electrical potential difference, electromotive force, voltage. 1 V = 1 W/A (a current of one ampere dissipating one watt of power) = 1 J/C (one joule of energy per coulomb of charge). Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. Watt (W): measures power and radiant flux. 1 W = 1 J/s (one Joule per second) = 1 V*A (the rate at which work is done when one ampere of current flows through an electrical potential difference of one volt). Named after Scottish engineer James Watt. Weber (Wb): measures magnetic flux. 1 Wb = 1 V*s (the magnetic flux which, linking a circuit of one turn, would produce in it an electromotive force of 1 volt if it were reduced to zero at a uniform rate in 1 second) = 1 J/A (1 joule per ampere). Named for German physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber . For every SI unit whose name is derived from the proper name of a person (ex.: Tesla), the first letter of its symbol is upper case (T). When an SI unit is spelled out in English, it should always begin with a lower case letter (tesla), except where any word would be capitalized, such as at the beginning of a sentence or in capitalized material such as a title. Note that "degree Celsius" conforms to this rule because the "d" is lowercase. Commonly Used Non-SI Units Ã…ngström/Angrstom (Ã…): measure of length. 1 Ã… = 0.1 nm = 10−10 m Named after Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ã…ngström. Arcminute (arcmin): measure of angle (dimensionless unit). 1 arcmin = 1 ' (1 minute of arc). Arcsecond (arcsec): measure of angle (dimensionless unit). 1 arcsec = 1 " (1 second of arc). Astronomical Unit (AU or ua): measure of distance. 1 ua = average/mean distance between Earth and the Sun = 1.49597870691 x 1011 m = 149,597,870.7 km Atmosphere (atm): measure of pressure. 1 atm = 1.01325 bar = 1013.25 mbar = 1.01325 x 105 Pa = 1,013.25 hPa Atomic Mass Unit (u): measure of mass. 1 u = one twelfth of the rest mass of an unbound atom of carbon-12 (12C) in its nuclear and electronic ground state = 1.660538291 x 10-27 kg = approximate mass of 1 neutron or 1 proton. Bar (bar): measure of pressure. 1 bar = the (approximate) atmospheric pressure on Earth at sea level = 105 Pa = 100 kPa British Thermal Unit (BTU): measure of energy. 1 BTU = amount of energy needed to heat 1 pound (0.454 kg) of water from 39 oF (3.9 oC) to 40 oF (4.4 oC) = 1,055.05585 J = 1.055 kJ = 0.293071 W·h (watt hours) Calorie (cal): measure of energy. 1 cal = the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 oC = 4.184 J. Calorie (kcal or Cal): measure of food energy. 1 Cal = 1,000 cal = the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 oC = 4.184 kJ. Carat (CD): measure of mass. 1 CD = 200 mg Curie (Ci): measure of radioactivity. 1 Ci = the activity of 1 gram of the radium isotope 226Ra = 3.7×1010 Bq = 37 GBq. Named for French physicists Marie & Pierre Curie. Dalton (Da): measure of mass. 1 Da = 1 u (atomic mass unit). Named after English chemist/physicist John Dalton. Day (d): measure of time. 1 d = 24 h = 1,440 min = 86,400 s. Decibel (dB): dimensionless ratio of field quantities or power quantities. 1 dB = 0.1 bel. Degree/Degree of Arc (o): measure of angle (dimensionless unit). 1 o = (Ï€/180) rad Degree Celsius (oC): measure of temperature. 1 oC = 1 K = 1.8 oF. At a pressure of 1 atm, 0 oC is the freezing point of water, and 100 oC is the boiling point of water; absolute zero is -273.15 oC. Degree Farenheit(oF): measure of temperature. 1 oF = 5/9 oC = 5/9 K. At a pressure of 1 atm, 32 oF is the freezing point of water, and 212 oF is the boiling point of water; absolute zero is -459.67 oF. Dyne (dyn): measure of force and weight. 1 dyn = 1 g (cm / ss) (i.e., the amount of net force required to accelerate a mass of one gram at a rate of one centimeter per second squared) = 10-5 kg (m/ss) = 10-5 N Electron Volt/Electronvolt (eV): measure of energy. 1 eV = the amount of kinetic energy gained by a single unbound electron when it accelerates through an electric potential difference of one volt = 1.60217653 x 10-19 J Erg: measure of energy and mechanical work. 1 erg = 1 dyne per centimeter = 10−7 J = 100 nJ Foot (ft): measure of length. 1 ft = 12 inches = 0.3048 m Gauss (G): measure of magnetic flux density/magnetic induction. 1 G = 1 maxwell per square centimeter = 10-4 tesla. Grain (gr): measure of mass. 1 gr = the average mass of 1 wheat grain and 1 barley grain = 64.79891 milligrams Hectare (ha): measure of area. 1 ha = 10,000 meters2 (100 m x 100 m) = 0.01 km2 Horsepower (HP): measure of power. Definition varies widely, based on application and geographical region, but is roughly equal to 740 Watts. Hour (h): measure of time. 1 h = 60 min = 3,600 s. Inch (in): measure of length. 1 in = 25.4 x 10-3 m = 25.4 mm Kilowatt Hour (kW h): measure of energy. 1 kW h = 1,000 watt hours = 3.6 MJ = 3.6 x 106 J. (Using a 60 watt light bulb for one hour consumes 0.06 kilowatt hours of electricity; using a 60 watt light bulb for one thousand hours consumes 60 kilowatt hours of electricity.) Knot (kt): measure of speed. 1 kt = 1 nm/hour = 1,852 m / 3,600s Light Year (ly): measure of length. 1 ly = the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days of 86,400 SI seconds each, totalling 31,557,600 seconds) = 9.461x1012 km = 63.24 x 103 AU Litre/Liter (l or L): measure of volume. 1 L = 1 dm3 = 0.001 m3 Maxwell (Mx): measure of magnetic flux. 1 Mx = 1 gauss per cm2 = 10-8 weber. Named for Scottish physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell. Mile (mi): measure of length. 1 mi = 1.609344 km = 5,280 ft Minute (min): measure of time. 1 min = 60 s. Minute of Arc ('): measure of angle (dimensionless unit). 1 ' = (1/60)o = (Ï€/10,800) rad Nautical Mile (nm): measure of length. 1 nm = 1,852 m Parsec (pc): measure of length. 1 pc = the distance from the Sun to an astronomical object which has a parallax angle of one arcsecond = 30.857 x 1012 km = 206.26 x103 AU = 3.26156 ly Pound (lb): measure of mass. 1 lb = 0.45359237 kilograms. Rad (rad): measure of absorbed dose (D) of ionizing radiation. 1 rad = the dose causing 100 ergs of energy to be absorbed by one gram of matter = the dose causing 0.01 joule of energy to be absorbed per kilogram of matter = 0.01 Gy. Rem (rem): measure of equivalent dose (H) of ionizing radiation. 1 rem = 0.01 Sv. Roentgen ®: measure of exposure to ionizing radiation. 1 R = the amount of radiation required to liberate positive and negative charges of one electrostatic unit of charge (esu or StatCoulomb) in one cubic centimeter of dry air at standard temperature and pressure (STP) = 2.58 x 10-4 C per kg. Named for German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen. Second of Arc ("): measure of angle (dimensionless unit). 1 " = (1/60)' = (1/3,600)o = (Ï€/648,000) rad Ton, UK/Long Ton: measure of mass. 1 long ton = 2,240 lbs = 1,016.047 kg Ton, US/Short Ton: measure of mass. 1 short ton = 2,000 lb = 907.1847 kg Tonne/Metric Ton (t): measure of mass. 1 t = 103 kg = 1 Mg = 2,204.623 lb Size Comparisons -- Quarks to Universes

Archeville looked back and forth among the team as they shared their stories, mind boggling at it all. "I can scarce believe what I am hearing, but I do not doubt what you say. Bu- wait, did you say Quark? Quark?!," he repeated, the odd shocked-funk he was in breaking. "Short lad, multicolored hair? Last I saw it was electric blue, but-" He shook his head, "he pulled you from the past? But the others returned on their own, or, rather, the portals that scattered them all brought them back here, right? So why was it different with you?" "Did he say anything to you? About all of th- oh, confound it, I just put that one out!" Archeville dashed off screen again, and the sound of extinguishers discharging could be heard.

The Doktor scanned the sentries again, now better able to get a clear look at them. Then he looked back to the woman before him. "" he replied in their native tongue, extending his right hand to her. "" he gestured towards Fulcrum, "" He cocked his head slightly as he looked over the woman again, "

"Fascinating!," he exclaimed as he retrieved a power drink from the mini-fridge. "Ah, yes -- that is when I was in a firefight with the Power Corps... and there is when I had to calculate how to throw a small rubber ball through a veritable maze of pipes to hit a switch that would unlock a release valves at a damaged nuclear plant. How delightful!" "I do recall having a particular vivid dream that night," he pointed to the second flagged aberration, "of some unusual metahumans I had seen on the news earlier that day. So perhaps that is just how my brain works when I dream so vividly. But that night," he pointed to the third aberration, occurring the night immediately after the second, "I do not recall any atypically vivid dreams. And that night," he pointed to the first aberration, "the first night I wore it, was also one without recollection of vivid dreaming. Of course," he took a drink, "just because I do not recall any such dreams those nights does not mean I did not have them; even my memory does not record everything my subconscious does. I- oh." A fraction of a moment later, he snapped back from his reverie, his face just a touch redder than it was before. "That third night, I was quite... active. With Fulcrum. So... perhaps these aberrant readings are from heightened, intense emotional stimulation? Which would fit with that first night, too, as I was quite excited at the prospect of what these studies and your work would find!"

"Built one, actually," he replied with a huge smile. He tapped a few spots on his desk, and the wall of monitors on the right side of the room switched from their news feeds to showing images of the Earth from high up, and of a large eight-pointed star-shaped structure in orbit. "ArcheStern has been in orbit for a few years now, and has been of invaluable help to both the work we do and our mandate to help others. It is a research station, currently in geosynchronous orbit over Brazil, as part of a rainforest surveying project. It is, of course, a boon to astronomy and astrophysics work, since it offers a view of the universe without clouds or other atmospheric phenomena getting in the way. The microgravity environment is also useful for certain electronics and chemical manufacturing processes; we have had some promising work growing synthetic Daka crystals!," he beamed. "About half of it is devoted to research laboratories and workshops, some of which we use, some of which we rent out to other companies. It is, as you can imagine, a fairly unique commodity we can offer," he chuckled. "But that is not the station I refer to," he continued, after giving her a moment to take in what he'd said and was showing her. "I hope to build another station, one devoted to diplomatic work with extraterrestrial races. Where we could work out our differences peacefully, and avoid the horrors of interspecies war."

White Kinght's flames danced across the chains Grimalkin had bound him in, but the glamour-forged bindings held! [bg=#FFFFFF]"Stupid ****in' bug!"[/bg] he screamed as he strained against the bonds, [bg=#FFFFFF]"when I get outta this,"[/bg] links began to pop and snap, [bg=#FFFFFF]"I'm gonna burn them ****in' wings off! I- what the?!"[/bg] Mutt, still silent and invisible as a chill graveyard wind, lunged out at the bound bigot, and hit! But the fiend's superhuman flesh suffered not a scratch! Worse, though, was that his aura of hellish flames struck back at the spirit-dog, as surely as if he were corporeal! Mutt let out an inaudible howl as his invisible body was consumed by White Knight's flames. [bg=#000000]"Stay back!,"[/bg] the now panicking Head Cultist screeched. The demonic wings melted off of him as he thrust his hands out and uttered more fell words of arcane power. Skeletal hands of that same weird crimson energy shot out at Dead Head's flying head, and seemed to get a solid grip, but the revoltin' revenant slipped free from the cultist's power! The cultist staggered back, trying to put some distance between himself as Dead Head's headless body, which still stood like a grim sentinel.

18: Grimalkin: Bruised, 5 HP 15: Dead Head: unharmed, 2 HP, will be fatigued at start of next round [bg=#FF0000]15: White Knight: unharmed, trapped[/bg] [bg=#000000]15: Cultists x4: unconscious[/bg] 12: Mutt: unharmed 02: Head Cultist: Bruised Reaction: WK's Fire Aura works on the chains. Toughness save, vs. WK's Fire Aura, DC 26 (1d20+8=28) Passes, they hold! Full Action: WK tries to break chains. Str mod +8, plus Supr-Str of 4 = +12 on the "damage," which is greater than the chain's Toughness of 8. The chain's "Disabled" (-1 Toughness), Grim sees several links breaking, but enough are holding that WK's still trapped. 18: Grimalkin: Bruised, 5 HP 15: Dead Head: unharmed, 2 HP, will be fatigued at start of next round 15: White Knight: unharmed, trapped [bg=#000000]15: Cultists x4: unconscious[/bg] [bg=#0040FF]12: Mutt: unharmed[/bg] 02: Head Cultist: Bruised No Action: Remain Invisible & Incorporeal Standard Action: Chomps on WK some more Attack vs. WK (Defense 15); All-Out Attack (-2 Defense/+2 Attack) & Power Attack (-2 Attack/+2 Damage); DC 23 Toughness save if it hits (1d20+6=15) WK's Toughness save, DC 23 (1d20+12=20) No effect Toughness save vs. WK's (magical) fire Aura (DC 26) (1d20+6=22) fails, and since Mutt's a minion, he goes down! 18: Grimalkin: Bruised, 5 HP 15: Dead Head: unharmed, 2 HP, will be fatigued at start of next round 15: White Knight: unharmed, trapped [bg=#000000]15: Cultists x4: unconscious[/bg] [bg=#000000]12: Mutt: unconscious[/bg] [bg=#000000]02: Head Cultist: Bruised[/bg] Free Action: Maintain Force Field Free Action: Switch from Flight/Invisibility to Telekinesis Standard Action: Attack with TK to Grapple DH Attack vs. Dead Head's head (Defense 20 [18 + 2 for being a Tiny head) (1d20+4=16) misses Reaction: GM Fiat to reroll (DH gets HP) Attack vs. Dead Head's head (Defense 20 [18 + 2 for being a Tiny head); GM Fiat re-roll (1d20+4=10) +10 = 20 = hits Head Cultist's Grapple Check w/ TK (1d20+12=14) Dead Head's head's grapple check (1d20+14=19) The Head is mightier than the Cultist! Move Action: Move back 30 feet from Dead Head's body IC post, then top of a new round and Grim'll be up! [bg=#408000]18: Grimalkin: Bruised, 5 HP[/bg] 15: Dead Head: unharmed, 3 HP, will be fatigued at start of next round 15: White Knight: unharmed, trapped [bg=#000000]15: Cultists x4: unconscious[/bg] [bg=#000000]12: Mutt: unconscious[/bg] 02: Head Cultist: Bruised

... hunh? What, exactly, is going on? Is Victoria attacking Dok?

If it's firing through a wall, it needs to fire through the wall. I.e., make a missile-sized hole in the wall first. (It needs line-of-effect, which the intervening wall prevents.) Otherwise, it needs Indirect on its Blast to be able to fire "through" a wall like that. Unless you're saying that, this round, it was attacking the wall, to get to her next round. Or it's so stupid that it fired in her direction when it sensed her, but the intervening wall (that it did not notice) got in the way of the rocket. Also, I'm not sure a mindless robot can have mental senses. I'm asking he other Refs on this.

Very nice! I'd mentioned a Cerebro-esque widget for the HQ, to extend JoaB's energy senses. Would adding Mental senses on to the ESP work for that? EDIT: No, it would not, due to the Medium (Machines) Flaw. Super-Senses (extended, rapid for all mental senses)? I believe there had been talk of Dok making something like that for Scarab's Lair, so she could "reach out & touch" the world.

"I actually based some of our procedures on what you went through at the Goodman Building," he exclaimed as he lead them back to his office, "since, well, that was pretty much a textbook example of how to 'process' an arrival from another dimension! I also got some feedback from the folks at Blackstone, since they have the most experience in restraining metahumans. Though this is no a prison, of course -- if a patient wants out, and they are not a threat, we will not stop them. If they are a threat, well, they would be at Blackstone." "That said," he added as the double doors to his office opened before them, "we do have a number of tools to keep our patients, and those working with them, safe. The superstructure of all ArcheTech facilities incorporate certain proprietary super-alloys, and we have chambers made entirely of such materials. We can also erect force screens for added security. We have a host of devices that can nullify metahuman powers, though those are confined to only certain areas; we have ones that can nullify almost all Metahuman abilities, or tailored devices that just interfere with certain ones. The dorms can also be tailored for the patient's preferred environment, different atmospheric mixes and pressures, temperatures, even gravity levels. Part of our preparation for making a big inter-species space station," he winked. "And throughout the building there are suites of sensors to monitor unusual activity -- patients as well as any intruders -- and neural stunners as a non-lethal deterrent should negotiations prove insufficient. I am also working on a secondary deterrent, capturefoam projectors that could restrain intruders or enraged or unruly patients."

Change in plans, folks: since legends tend to interact and intertwine with one another, we're going to ask that you post your vignette here, in this thread, for all to see (and draw inspiration). If you've already sent your vignette to the Refs, you should still post it here.

Okay, easy thing first initiative (1d20+7=16) Since he's not used any HPs this thread, Dok starts with his full compliment of 5. Now the more difficult (i.e., Ref-ly) things: What does "stratenal" mean? "given the rapidness of the blast": pardon? Are you referring to the Autofire on the Alphadroid's Blast (rockets)? If so, you do still need to make an attack roll, to see how much the attack hit by, to figure out how much is added to the Damage DC. Though, since it is attacking an inanimate object (wall), I suppose it could Take 10 on the attack roll. "the wall being wood it only absorbs about three DC": I'm not sure what you're doing here. If the Alphadroid's blasting the wall to get in, that's a straightforward attack; the wall makes a toughness save like any other target, and if it fails badly enough it crumbles. Barriers don't reduce the DC of an incoming attack, at least not by any written rule. "making a DC 26 reflex save which if you miss, DC 26, if you make it, it halves": This sounds like an Area attack, but I see no Area attacks listed on Alphadroid's sheet. It is Large (bigger than everyone but Fulcrum), so its unarmed attacks might be treated as an Area attack (Reflex save to halve Damage DC), but that's only if its attack misses the target by 1 (the amount of its size penalty to attack). What, exactly, is going on here? I'm not entirely certain from your IC post, but it looks like an (some) Alphadroid(s) fired rockets into the Bistro (through a window?) at Fulcrum. Is that the case? Whole bistro is filled with drywall dust? What's the effect of this? That is, what happens to those who fail the save? Are those with Immunity 2 (suffocation) (which is included in Immunity 9 [life support]) safe from this effect? So is this the attack roll for the rocket(s) fired through the window at Fulcrum? If so, this is something that should be done first thing. And, as I pointed out, the Alphadroid's rockets have Autofire, not Area, and the "bigger things may be treat as having area attacks" is meant just for their unarmed attacks. All this said, GM Fiat/Complications can cover a multitude of situations. So, what do you want to see going on?

"Projects?," he asked after placing his order. He'd gone with the pork vindaloo and a dark brown wheat lager, and also ordered some popcorn shrimp for an appetizer (which he offered to share with both ladies). "What sort of projects? Something you decided on yourself, or commissioned pieces?"

Archeville had tracked Jubatus through ArcheTech via its web of internal sensors, and had just gotten tot he dead-end corridor the near-mindless patient had run to, when he saw the cheetah-man go through the wall! Archeville's mind raced through ideas of how the cheetah-man's powers worked, how they were working, particularly in light of his radically different mental state. Of course, to an outside observer it seemed like the Doktor had simply glanced at the wall for a few seconds, then turned back to the tablet device in his hand. "Security, Archeville here. I am tracking a confused patient," he said as he scanned through the building's external sensors, "but he has run through a wall and out into the city. No, 'through' as in 'went incorporeal.' Yes, it is the speedster the system has been tracking. Contact STAR Squad; here is the file to send them with his pertinent information. No, no, he does not seem to be a danger per se, though his appearance and actions may disturb others. Do keep the building on alert until I know he is contained, though, in case he doubles back and returns here. Archeville out." Stuffing the tablet into a pocket of his labcoat, he drew his Electromagnetic Screwdriver and began to run analyses on the section of Wall Jubatus had gone through. He also ran over the floorplans for the building, and where the nearest exit (or window) would be.

I asked Quinn, he said it's a DC 35 Notice or Search check to spot the camouflaged sentries. Without his Enhanced Wis up, and without his Gadgets aiding him, Dok can (thanks to Quickness) Take 20 on a Notice check and get 30. With Enhanced Wis, and without his Gadgets aiding him, Dok can (thanks to Quickness) Take 20 on a Notice check and get 38. Round 1 HAM! Round 2 Move Action: Switch from Enhanced Cha to Enhanced Wis Free Action: Notice check Free Action: Extra Effort for a Power Stunt off his Teleport {16pp} Damage 0 (Extras: Area [burst, Targeted], Selective Attack to 2 ranks of unarmed/sneak attack damage; PFs: enough Progression [Area] to encompass area) Move Action: Thwack every sentry on the back of the head (pulling the punch enough to not actually do any damage, not even a Bruise) Targeted Area attack roll (1d20+8=11) No Targeted Area attack roll; HP re-roll (1d20+8=10) Okay, HP adds 10, so that actually hits Defense 20. And, hopefully, this is enough of a surprise thing that they're flat-footed, increasing the odds of hitting. Down 1 HP, Belt will be Fatigued starting next round. Round 3 Free Action: HP to nix Fatigue from Belt (so down 2 HP total) Move Action: Switch back to Enhanced Cha MOAR HAM!

He spun slowly as he spoke, "Eine ausgezeichnete Frage! Was würde sie mich fördern?" He laughed defiantly, "Möglicherweise sind die Geschichten meines Todes übertrieben worden! Oder möglicherweise bin ich Archeville von einem entfernten Land, weiter als sogar die Warlord's Reichweite verlängert!" A mischievous grin appeared, "Aber ein Archeville würde nicht auf blossen Wörtern beruhen -- ein Archeville würde seine Tätigkeiten für ihn sprechen lassen!" Mona knew the subtle shifts in Viktor's face and stance were signs he had 'changed his mind.' He raised one hand and began pointing at spots in the trees, "Dort... und dort... und dort... und dort..." His free hand danced across the controls of his Belt. A small blue-grey portal appeared before him. He lowered the hand he'd been using to point and placed it through the portal, which co-located it to matching portals opening behind each of the sentries' heads. And he slapped them, sharply, upon the backs of their head; not enough to hurt, just to smart. He pulled his hand back out the portal, and the press of a button closed it in a twinkle. "Ich bin Herr Doktor Viktor Archeville," he said proudly. "Wer sind Sie, irgendein von Ihnen, anders zu sagen?"

Archeville looked carefully around the forest, trying to spot the (surely camouflaged) sentries. He strode forward, arms spread wide. "Ich bin Doktor Viktor Heinrich Archeville," he announced. "Ich bin ein Gelehrter und ein Schmied. Ich bin von der Stadt von Schönwald im Schwarzwald im Land von Deutschland. Ich besiegte gerade drei Jäger mit nichts aber den Gurt um meine Taille, und ich setze jemand entgegen das Wissenschaft in richtung zum Böse oder Tyrannei dreht!"