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The Legion [Mods] ([personal profile] letsgolegion) wrote in [community profile] 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 in [community profile] legionworld.]
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[personal profile] walkingballpit 2017-08-22 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It might sound like they're being terrible people, but inherent in the jokes and laughing is the tacit agreement that, yes, the Coluans will be around to get Christmas presents. Whether or not they want gifts for an ancient, Earth born holiday, well, that's another story, and Robbie looks forward to whatever snark comes out of the exchange.

He doesn’t share Vance’s confidence in himself though. “I’m going to try – until they get here. After that…”

After that, he’s going to be too busy fighting them off to keep looking, and he’s afraid that it’s the wrong call. Robbie doesn’t think he’ll be able to make any other plan. Sacrifice the immediate lives for a hypothetical idea that maybe there’s a way to hide a large chunk of the population once the rapidly increasing infected are in this zone? “There’s no good ideas.”

He gives Vance an appraising look. Robbie hasn’t ever asked about the limits of his friend's telekinesis, not in so many words; he only knows that Vance is significantly more powerful than he was at sixteen. “What’s the biggest shield you can make, and how long can you keep it up?”
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[personal profile] sir_vancelot 2017-08-22 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It sounds terrible, sure, but it's one way that they know how to cope. Jokes and being able to laugh at themselves has gotten them out of more than a few situations by now. Or, at least, kept them going until they could get there.

Vance reaches out, placing a hand on Robbie's shoulder. "No, there's no good ideas, but any idea is at least a start. And more than they've had." With a jerk of his chin to the Coluan guard nearby.

The question, though, gets a tip of his head. "I don't know," he finally says. "I can hold it pretty indefinitely it it's not being hit, but that's like asking somebody how long they can hold a balloon, you know?" It's as easy as breathing to him these days, just to keep up a normal shield. "I've never tried figuring out how big it can go, but the more space I have to cover, the fewer hits it's going to be able to take. Or, rather, the more hits it's likely to take at one time, which can break my concentration." He shrugs. "I don't think anything out there is going to hit as hard as Zuras did, but they don't have to, either."