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legionmissions2017-08-09 05:25 pm
letsgolegion) wrote in legionmissions2017-08-09 05:25 pm
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE - [modplot/log catchall]
Who| Everyone who signed up
What| "Resistance is Futile" plot catchall
Where| All over the place, but mostly Colu
When| After the network briefings and deployment.
Warnings/Notes| cw: zombies, body transformation (probably). If your subthread has something triggery pop up, put it in a subject of the one of the comments.
The entire planet Colu is a sprawling urban mess, one of the worst environments to fight zombies. Yes, the cities are clean and impressive and yes they're meticulously planned, but they're planned for elegance, efficiency, and ease of transportation -- not defense. While Colu had suffered under the yoke of various oppressors in the past, that was over a millenia ago, and they've grown complacent, thinking their world untouchable due to their technological superiority.
Now they're paying for it. Robo-zombies swarm through the various mega-cities, spreading their disease by touching or wounding their prey. Due to the many walkways, hover-lift tubes, maintenance tunnels, and sewer systems, there seems to be no way of stopping them.
When the Legion first arrives, it seems hopeless. The Coluan Home Defense Forces aren't used to combat and are struggling to set up defensive zones. But then something unexpected happens.
Pods drop in all over Colu from orbit. The CHDF regard them with suspicion and disdain, but they have their orders, and the civilians regard them with fear, despite word starting to spread about who's come to help.
Kid Q's voice comes over the comms and while it's hard to hear it through the crackling, she sounds absolutely delighted.
"Look alive, folks, we just got a miracle. It took some negotiating with the CHDF, but they finally relented on accepting some help from others beyond us."
The pods all burst open and Robotican combat mechs start rolling and marching out, spreading out over all of Colu.
"The Roboticans haven't been able to translate it to a cure because the virus was meant to interact with them differently than organics, but due to their disaster preparedness, they were able to develop a block to the Brainiacs' virus and only suffered a few casualties. Robotican leadership says they're eager to have their chance to make reparations to organics by defending them from this threat -- and that they're honored to stand with the Legion."
It's not a magic fix. It'll still be a deadly struggle. But at least they've got more than the inexperienced CHDF at their backs.
"Let's make the most of it, Legionnaires."
[ooc: This will be used as a plot catchall, but you can make your own log posts in Legion Missions set in the plot if you like. All major plot parts on Colu will be set up here, with "The Reject Pile" part set in the Legion World comm (with an accompanying network post). That said, if you'd like to set individual plot threads on Legion World, you can also start your own Legion World posts inlegionworld.]
What| "Resistance is Futile" plot catchall
Where| All over the place, but mostly Colu
When| After the network briefings and deployment.
Warnings/Notes| cw: zombies, body transformation (probably). If your subthread has something triggery pop up, put it in a subject of the one of the comments.
The entire planet Colu is a sprawling urban mess, one of the worst environments to fight zombies. Yes, the cities are clean and impressive and yes they're meticulously planned, but they're planned for elegance, efficiency, and ease of transportation -- not defense. While Colu had suffered under the yoke of various oppressors in the past, that was over a millenia ago, and they've grown complacent, thinking their world untouchable due to their technological superiority.
Now they're paying for it. Robo-zombies swarm through the various mega-cities, spreading their disease by touching or wounding their prey. Due to the many walkways, hover-lift tubes, maintenance tunnels, and sewer systems, there seems to be no way of stopping them.
When the Legion first arrives, it seems hopeless. The Coluan Home Defense Forces aren't used to combat and are struggling to set up defensive zones. But then something unexpected happens.
Pods drop in all over Colu from orbit. The CHDF regard them with suspicion and disdain, but they have their orders, and the civilians regard them with fear, despite word starting to spread about who's come to help.
Kid Q's voice comes over the comms and while it's hard to hear it through the crackling, she sounds absolutely delighted.
"Look alive, folks, we just got a miracle. It took some negotiating with the CHDF, but they finally relented on accepting some help from others beyond us."
The pods all burst open and Robotican combat mechs start rolling and marching out, spreading out over all of Colu.
"The Roboticans haven't been able to translate it to a cure because the virus was meant to interact with them differently than organics, but due to their disaster preparedness, they were able to develop a block to the Brainiacs' virus and only suffered a few casualties. Robotican leadership says they're eager to have their chance to make reparations to organics by defending them from this threat -- and that they're honored to stand with the Legion."
It's not a magic fix. It'll still be a deadly struggle. But at least they've got more than the inexperienced CHDF at their backs.
"Let's make the most of it, Legionnaires."
[ooc: This will be used as a plot catchall, but you can make your own log posts in Legion Missions set in the plot if you like. All major plot parts on Colu will be set up here, with "The Reject Pile" part set in the Legion World comm (with an accompanying network post). That said, if you'd like to set individual plot threads on Legion World, you can also start your own Legion World posts in
legionworld.]
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She pauses and considers her options. The AI is powerful, even awe-inspiring, woven through reality in a way she's forced to admit she can't fully understand, but its hatred still pulses like a heartbeat, and she can't know where it will turn its attentions once the crisis is past. Before she came, the Legion had faced a similar decision, and many have paid for their choice to let the Spectre free under similarly dire circumstances...yet even as she makes the comparison, Cortana dismisses it as a false equivalence. The Spectre has never once called for kindness when vengeance was on the table.
In theory, she should discuss it with the rest of the team. In practice, the virtual eternity they'll spend debating the issue is time they and the universe can't spare.
"I can let you out. Will you help?"
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But he at least tries to be above all that.
And right now his chosen people are fighting for their lives to protect sentient organics from the nanovirus. After being given the spark of sentience by his father, he'd passed it on to the Roboticans and made them what they are (even if it'd taken some time for him to give them their freedom in the end). That's why he was even captured in the first place. The Brainiacs knew they could use him to coordinate the mechanoforms against the Roboticans and the Coluan Home Defense Forces, knowing he's one of few things in the galaxy that can outsmart two planets full of geniuses.
B8 and B6 have messed up Colu and that's...whatever. But they also picked a fight with Robotica, tangled with the Legion (who were super cool about helping him evolve), and worst of all...
They messed with his dad.
He's sick of people messing with his dad.
There's only one thing Computo can say in response:
[SPROCK YEAH.]
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She does so enjoy hitting big red buttons, even when that's just a metaphor for flipping off the safeties confining him to his transdimensional prison.
"Welcome to the team."
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The moment the safeties are off, Computo surges off in every direction at once. Where Cortana was an army, he's more like a wave made of sand, exploding outward, a million particles getting into every little crack and making a mess of things.
He can't stop the virus all by himself or cure it, that's a little beyond him. But he can slow its spread, interfere with the Brainiacs' control of the mechanoforms, and toss the Roboticans some tactical insight to give them more of an advantage. In short, he can be a whole lot of spanners in a whole bunch of works.
As far as distractions go, this one's pretty killer. Definitely something that might keep the Brainiacs occupied as the group moves through the base. He also hands over some security codes with all the blushing bashfulness of a teenage boy handing his date a corsage on prom night. (Gosh, her code's so pretty).
Then, as he zips out the digital door, there's a brief thanks. It's not in words.
It's more like the code equivalent of a giant fistbump.