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Tinker, Tailor, Hero, Spy [Modplot/IC Post] [Part 1]
Who| Open to All, though please see the OOC post as there are rules and signups for some things
What| The Second Galaxy agrees to sign up to join the United Planets, an ambush ensues
Where| Talok IV, The Circle of the Burning Sands, in the town of Grevozent
When| Some time after Unification Week
Warnings/Notes| Players should expect character injuries. The Fatal Five are deadly and have intel against them!
TINKER, TAILOR, HERO, SPY - AMBUSH [PART ONE]
The small, desert town of Grevozent would perhaps seem an odd place to have an important accord if one doesn't know the history of it. Grevozent houses the Circle of the Burning Sands, an important tribal meeting place for the people of the planet Talok IV. As members of the UP that are trying to both participate in UP politics and maintain their ancient ways of life, the Talokians have extended the honor of using the Circle to both the UP delegation and the leadership of the Second Galaxy. Today is a good day for the accords. During Talok's winter season, the desert cools down to a balmy 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
Once a historic battleground, the Circle of the Burning sands houses a circular dent in the desert stone where crowds can gather, with a large circular meeting platform in the middle. Around the Circle are the ruins of many battles, with junk that ranges from broken hover-drives to ancient spears. This small field of junk extends right up to the edge of town, which circles the meeting place, and where the large crowd has pushed into. Instead of being considered ugly, the Talokians regard the battle ruins as beautiful, mostly due to their advanced age -- it has been a very long time since the Talokian tribes have warred against each other, largely because of the tribal accords and treaties agreed to in this ancient meeting place.
It's a historic day for both the United Planets and the people of the Second Galaxy. Even achieving consistent contact with each other, when both galaxies are so far apart, was a tremendous feat all its own. The Legion has been formally invited to the event by both parties. The United Planets credits the Legion for making contact and starting positive political relations with the Second Galaxy, and the beings of the Second Galaxy credit the Legion with saving them from the Legion's own insane, tyrannical teammate Element Lad (also known as the Progenitor) and for providing them with new paths to wander via the threshold gates. Even despite many of the Legionnaires present having no part in that, they're clearly welcome here, with citizens of both the UP and the Second Galaxy clearly showing them warmth whenever they see their "L" insignias.
While some Legionnaires or guests of the Legion are here as a civilians just watching the historic event, some were ordered here by Kid Quantum, juuuust in case the Science Police garrison in charge of security has some problems. The UP refused to let the Legion take total control of security, but there's no reason they can't stick around when they were invited, right? As such, Kid Q recommended they attend in uniform (for those that have one), just in case they need to get their hands dirty. Several of the Legionnaires native to the universe have also come and are standing near the two delegations.
Those that are just attending to watch have been cautioned to evac in the case of a crisis, but as an attack hits the area, they'll find that they can't escape -- no one can. A device is activated that suddenly cuts off all threshold traffic and comms communication for miles.
It's right after the accords are signed that the Fatal Five all explode onto the scene with an illegal teleporter: Tharok the deadly, genius cyborg; Mano with his matter-destroying hand; Validus, the mindless behemoth with mind lightning; the Persuader, armed with his atomic axe; and the Emerald Empress and the Eye of Ekron, a deadly assassin bonded with a sentient magical artifact. They appear on the massive podium stone at the center of the circle in a flash of blinding light and smoke, and all the delighted cheers turn to screams as the crowd recognizes who they are.
Their initial attack on the two delegations, one aiming to kill the Kwai Elder Enkemet and UP President Winema Wazzo, is blocked by Brainiac 5's shields, allowing the two delegations to start to retreat. But then the tides suddenly turn and it's made clear that the delegations and politicians aren't the only target -- or even the main target. Tharok transforms his robotic arm into a ray that blasts at Brainiac. The ray penetrates his shields and the implants on his face visibly spark and burn out. Letting out a pained cry, he falls down on the stone stage, staring blankly at nothing and muttering impossible math. Kid Quantum is stopped next, as the Emerald Empress throws a strange disc that impacts with one of her quantum bursts. It results in a her being stuck in a localized field of time repeating over and over. Each time she cries out, "Umbra, get Brainy out of here, then get the others to--" and then attacks. Then the loop starts over again.
Several other native Legionnaires are defeated in similar ways, each method tailored specifically towards their weaknesses, and then Umbra briefly enshrouds them all in shadow to teleport them out of the line of fire. Her voice sounds out over the crowd a moment later, loud enough for all of them to hear even over the terrified screams and the blaster blasts of the Science Police. She sounds extremely aggravated, but this is her homeworld and the Circle of Burning Shadows is a sacred place -- one the shadow champion of Talok IV is meant to protect with their life. She can be seen fighting hand to hand with the Emerald Empress, slipping in and out of her shadows.
"Legionnaires!" Umbra cries out. "All comms and the threshold gates are down and the imbeciles in charge of security are running around like cheloks with their heads cut off. We need to take control of the situation. We must protect the crowd and the delegation but the Fatal Five seem to mostly be targeting us. They seem to have ways to directly counter our -- AAAUGH!"
She's surprised by the appearance of copies of the Fatal Five. Green constructs created by the Emerald Eye of Ekron, imitations of the Fatal Five possessing all their powers and abilities, suddenly appear all throughout the crowd -- and they and the Fatal Five suddenly zero in on the Legionnaires. A construct of Validus striking Umbra in the back of the head by surprise takes her down.
"We're coming for you, Legion!" cackles the Emerald Empress. "And now we know exactly how to defeat you. New or old, we'll make every one of you regret putting on those rings -- for what little time you have left, that is!"
[ooc: Please read the ooc post and do the proper signups before commenting the finale threads when they're up.]
What| The Second Galaxy agrees to sign up to join the United Planets, an ambush ensues
Where| Talok IV, The Circle of the Burning Sands, in the town of Grevozent
When| Some time after Unification Week
Warnings/Notes| Players should expect character injuries. The Fatal Five are deadly and have intel against them!
The small, desert town of Grevozent would perhaps seem an odd place to have an important accord if one doesn't know the history of it. Grevozent houses the Circle of the Burning Sands, an important tribal meeting place for the people of the planet Talok IV. As members of the UP that are trying to both participate in UP politics and maintain their ancient ways of life, the Talokians have extended the honor of using the Circle to both the UP delegation and the leadership of the Second Galaxy. Today is a good day for the accords. During Talok's winter season, the desert cools down to a balmy 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
Once a historic battleground, the Circle of the Burning sands houses a circular dent in the desert stone where crowds can gather, with a large circular meeting platform in the middle. Around the Circle are the ruins of many battles, with junk that ranges from broken hover-drives to ancient spears. This small field of junk extends right up to the edge of town, which circles the meeting place, and where the large crowd has pushed into. Instead of being considered ugly, the Talokians regard the battle ruins as beautiful, mostly due to their advanced age -- it has been a very long time since the Talokian tribes have warred against each other, largely because of the tribal accords and treaties agreed to in this ancient meeting place.
It's a historic day for both the United Planets and the people of the Second Galaxy. Even achieving consistent contact with each other, when both galaxies are so far apart, was a tremendous feat all its own. The Legion has been formally invited to the event by both parties. The United Planets credits the Legion for making contact and starting positive political relations with the Second Galaxy, and the beings of the Second Galaxy credit the Legion with saving them from the Legion's own insane, tyrannical teammate Element Lad (also known as the Progenitor) and for providing them with new paths to wander via the threshold gates. Even despite many of the Legionnaires present having no part in that, they're clearly welcome here, with citizens of both the UP and the Second Galaxy clearly showing them warmth whenever they see their "L" insignias.
While some Legionnaires or guests of the Legion are here as a civilians just watching the historic event, some were ordered here by Kid Quantum, juuuust in case the Science Police garrison in charge of security has some problems. The UP refused to let the Legion take total control of security, but there's no reason they can't stick around when they were invited, right? As such, Kid Q recommended they attend in uniform (for those that have one), just in case they need to get their hands dirty. Several of the Legionnaires native to the universe have also come and are standing near the two delegations.
Those that are just attending to watch have been cautioned to evac in the case of a crisis, but as an attack hits the area, they'll find that they can't escape -- no one can. A device is activated that suddenly cuts off all threshold traffic and comms communication for miles.
It's right after the accords are signed that the Fatal Five all explode onto the scene with an illegal teleporter: Tharok the deadly, genius cyborg; Mano with his matter-destroying hand; Validus, the mindless behemoth with mind lightning; the Persuader, armed with his atomic axe; and the Emerald Empress and the Eye of Ekron, a deadly assassin bonded with a sentient magical artifact. They appear on the massive podium stone at the center of the circle in a flash of blinding light and smoke, and all the delighted cheers turn to screams as the crowd recognizes who they are.
Their initial attack on the two delegations, one aiming to kill the Kwai Elder Enkemet and UP President Winema Wazzo, is blocked by Brainiac 5's shields, allowing the two delegations to start to retreat. But then the tides suddenly turn and it's made clear that the delegations and politicians aren't the only target -- or even the main target. Tharok transforms his robotic arm into a ray that blasts at Brainiac. The ray penetrates his shields and the implants on his face visibly spark and burn out. Letting out a pained cry, he falls down on the stone stage, staring blankly at nothing and muttering impossible math. Kid Quantum is stopped next, as the Emerald Empress throws a strange disc that impacts with one of her quantum bursts. It results in a her being stuck in a localized field of time repeating over and over. Each time she cries out, "Umbra, get Brainy out of here, then get the others to--" and then attacks. Then the loop starts over again.
Several other native Legionnaires are defeated in similar ways, each method tailored specifically towards their weaknesses, and then Umbra briefly enshrouds them all in shadow to teleport them out of the line of fire. Her voice sounds out over the crowd a moment later, loud enough for all of them to hear even over the terrified screams and the blaster blasts of the Science Police. She sounds extremely aggravated, but this is her homeworld and the Circle of Burning Shadows is a sacred place -- one the shadow champion of Talok IV is meant to protect with their life. She can be seen fighting hand to hand with the Emerald Empress, slipping in and out of her shadows.
"Legionnaires!" Umbra cries out. "All comms and the threshold gates are down and the imbeciles in charge of security are running around like cheloks with their heads cut off. We need to take control of the situation. We must protect the crowd and the delegation but the Fatal Five seem to mostly be targeting us. They seem to have ways to directly counter our -- AAAUGH!"
She's surprised by the appearance of copies of the Fatal Five. Green constructs created by the Emerald Eye of Ekron, imitations of the Fatal Five possessing all their powers and abilities, suddenly appear all throughout the crowd -- and they and the Fatal Five suddenly zero in on the Legionnaires. A construct of Validus striking Umbra in the back of the head by surprise takes her down.
"We're coming for you, Legion!" cackles the Emerald Empress. "And now we know exactly how to defeat you. New or old, we'll make every one of you regret putting on those rings -- for what little time you have left, that is!"
[ooc: Please read the ooc post and do the proper signups before commenting the finale threads when they're up.]