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Ace Danger 4pp 4 more ranks of Regen for a total of 10. apply them all to recovery from disabled bringing that to Disabled 4 (5 minutes). [4pp]\ DONE BY SHAENTHEBRAIN

1d20=4 Initiative.

Mike started as Mark stumbled and reached out to him much to late, not that he was really any quicker to react when he had his powers. As Faith tended Marks wounds he stepped carefully down the stairs to his side offering a hand up to his roomate with a good natured grin, "We all have our stumbles every now and then rig...." He trailed off as he let out a small grunt of effort in lifting the smaller teen to his feet blinking with surprise.

Skill mastery for 27

Ok so this is the kind of thing I assume Black Hand monitors for. For the young geniuses many of the crimes are sophisticated tech crimes that likely caught their attention. Carbon will most likely see that several of the thefts don't line up with the normal way criminals do things. Don't fit a stand alone risk vs. reward that most standard thugs and hoods go by with target selection. Go ahead and post initial responses and how you start your investigation and I'll shove you all together.

Investigative thread: The Games Afoot IC The Games Afoot OOC

Date: April 12th, 2010 To the average citizen of Freedom City the recent string of thefts had little to connect them. Indeed several appeared to a be exceptionally subtle inside jobs others were brutal smash and grab attacks. The devices and materials stolen of course would be of great value to any bidder and it wasn't as if this kind of activity was unusual in Freedom at all. However there was a trace of something to the crimes that sat wrong with certain of Freedoms heroically minded. The targets were certainly valuable, but with the resources expended far vaster sums could be gained with theft of Art or jewels or other valuables. No this seemingly unconnected string of robberies were just too dissimilar. The numbers of robbers, the methods of entry, the targets themselves each too dissimilar for random happenstance. The very dissimilarities pointed to a guiding force behind the thefts. But who or what was truly masterminding the this and to what end?

Quark, Black Hand, Doctor Science, and Carbon Track an unusual series of crimes could the bizarre string of thefts be connected somehow? Looking at april 12th for the timeline any objections?

Nothing happening in April yet that I know of. Uhm unless Midnight IIs appearance is in april but this could be that night or something I think

Ah in that case a quick edit. And yes Phalanx has trained with Dark Star :P

Mike grinned at the deadpan teen, "Sure I think I've found just about every one of them the hard way." As mark launched once more into his full force of personality he was glad to take a back seat and follow along. At marks question his face went blankly confused as he looked between the other three boys quickly, "Circumstances?" Clearly he had missed something crucial about the new student.

Phalanx hovered over the north end of the city pausing in his normal patrol ears focused on sounds of trouble from below. As he slowly turned he picked up the sound of an alarm klaxon from some distance north and in a moment had focused in on the sounds and was speeding toward the Archtech facility A blur of blue and gold. He kept his speed down so low to the ground to avoid any damage to the surrounding buildings that supersonic flight might impart. He came to a stop hovering a foot or so off the ground his cape rippling slightly as he came to stop and looked into the shadowed doors for signs of the perpetrators. Catching sight of the two young hoodlums he spoke in a clear booming voice, "Stop what you're doing and step aside, the police will be here soon to take you into custody." Even as the words left his lips he knew how ridiculous it sounded but if it worked even once it would be well worth it to avoid further violence and damage.

Mike visibly brightened at the prospect and nodded vigorous agreement, "Mind if I join you for lunch?" He inquired curiously. Proof positive that his ability to pack in the calories was not related to his powers. He glanced sharply to Chris, "Well I think that's part of the point of the exercise but I don't think our normal, erm, activity level is a good idea. I Get pretty trashed when almost invulnerable."

Mike was happy to see some his friends, he'd been a bit at loose ends since Alex had taken on a short course over spring break with no classes to tie up the time they normally spent apart. He strolled over waving genially, "Hey guys whats going on?" He asked then looked to trevor and the bike, "Sweet ride," he said with genuine enthusiasm, "Motorcycles are pretty cool, but my mom made me promise not to ride." He shrugged adding, "Too dangerous." the nigh invulnerable youth seemed to completely miss the irony of that statement. The tall youth stuck out a hand in greeting , "Hey I'm mike."

Undid this until the ref cave discussion on the power is complete.

Phalanx Alright mostly just gonna get him up towards PL 12 caps for now +2 enhanced strength for 28 total; bringing his total strength to 12/40 +2/+15 [2pp] Also +1rank to his blast AP bringing it to a rank 12 blast +1 attack focus: melee for a total of 4 ranks; Making his Attack +5 (+9 melee, +11 energy vision) [1pp] Above changes make grapple +25 (Up to +34 with SS DAP) +2 base con; Making con 18/44 +4/+17, Toughness save becomes +17 (+11 impervious) (+17 con, +0 other), Fort save become +17 (+17 con, +0), Knockback mod becomes -14 [2pp] 5pp spent DONE BY SHAENTHEBRAIN

Hey those are those punks that beat up his buddy Eddie. Phalanx is in.

Alder and I are going to be away for the weekend visiting family. We'll be back sunday evening sometime but likely not on the boards till Monday.

Alright so this is the breakdown I'm going with Das Battle: Phalanx, Gossamer, Midnight, and Doctor Archeville. Is gossamer working for Astro Labs or Archetech now? Jenkies: Quark, Black Hand, Doctor Science, Carbon. Will be posting the start of these soon I hope.

Phalanx Banking On It The Clock Strike Twelve A Day Without Powers No Mutation without Representation Beach Party in Winter Cry Havok! Monsters in the Streets: Bayview Enter the Squid A Woman of Quiet Tastes 20 Questions Wiki Page +1pp for Questionnaire of DOOM! Ace Danger Childhood Dream One of these things is not like the Other S.H.A.D.O.W. Over Freedom Party Crashers Monsters in the Streets: AEGIS HQ +1pp for Questionnaire of DOOM! GM Posts Darkness Rising The Games Afoot

Mike stared quizzically down at the "meat" on his plate silently hopeing it was in fact some kind of processed soy food as meat should definitely not be that color. "Yea Alex definitely won out with the special training tonight." he mumbled as he headed towards the corner Mark and the other Young Freedom crowd frequented, situated a strategic opposite from the Next Gen tables.

Fluff looks fine But make sure that you don't start to dip too much to the grim-dark side. Right now I think he's fine but I see potential for him to slide that direction. Attributes: I count 36 Combat: Grapple should be 15 Grappling counts as melee so your melee focus counts there. Saves: Good Skills: Good Feats: I count 29, Diehard is free to all heroes. Improved block is almost useless as block takes an action to use. Defensive roll has similar issues since you lose it when flat footed but for a no powers "bad-ass normal" its kinda necessary if you don't defense shift. Equipment: We let you have cell phones, flashlights, and maybe binoculars without spending EP on them. Your point total looks to be at 149 right now so list the correct totals on the sheet (36 for attributes 29 for feats), fix the grapple score, and spend the last point and you'll be good to go.

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Well Scarab would likely destroy him on the investigative end true. Though his super sekrit lair is outside the scope of her normal esp scans That just adds a matter of minutes until she finds it. But his minions are all Robots which does limit Scarabs utility a bit. As for Claremont kids they had as much chance to sign up as the rest of you and were too slow . As havok starts targeting Phalanx more I'm sure they'll get involved this is more of a intro for the villain anyway. Anyway. Das Battle: Phalanx, Gossamer, Maybe midnight or Doc, or Wesley is some combonation. Jenkies: Quark, Black Hand, Doctor Science, Carbon, Midnight? That looks like what we're shaping up for so far. Gizmo you got a preference for Brawling or Investigating?

Yes, there are mild variations but that is the central theme.