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Plotting Meme #3
How It Works
Welcome to the first plotting post for Mission #3 of Annexed!
How Mission Logs Work: There will generally be two main missions per month, with different focuses tailored to different skillsets (usually stealth vs. fighting, though other skillsets will be tapped on). Each mission will be posted in phases, with a prompt for the start of each phase. The plotting post will give you a rundown of what the missions are, how they might go, and what might be discovered. Characters may partake in whichever pat of the operation they choose, whether it's a large prominent part or a more supporting role. Characters may participate in both missions, and as many phases as they wish.
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After The Mission: A couple of weeks after the mission is posted, a Relief Log will go up for characters to patch up, wind down, and interact casually. There will be a wrap-up post toward the end of the month after the mission is posted to explain how it went.
Mission Log: TBA
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So far, the rebels have mostly been reacting to the Sylphid - they plan something and the rebels stop them. This month, the vibe around the Camp is significantly different because this time, they're making the first move. They're not just reacting, they're acting.
Remember last month, when the Witches put out a call for propaganda materials - for videos and posters and interviews and all the other footage and information that was gathered? Well, the Witches have cobbled that footage and those videos and interviews together into beautiful propaganda videos with special effects and a powerful message for anyone in the city who may be desiring freedom but who is too afraid to pursue it alone.
This month's meeting and mission overview will start off with a screening of three different propaganda videos that were made from the gathered footage and interview excerpts that were turned in by new arrivals and existing Witches alike. After the videos are screened, the Witch will be calling a general meeting at the Command Center where she will explain the situation and the steps to be taken to distribute the propaganda.
Mission A: Distributing Posters
Mission Appropriateness: Chipped or Stripped
Mission Focus: piloting, riding magical creatures, air battle
This mission will focus on distributing the posters that have been created by the Rebels. The Witch has had printing presses busy making up the posters and flyers created by player characters and NPCs alike. These posters will be distributed through a combination of a fleet of cobbled-together magic and tech based flying machines, a bevy of flying animals, and the Skyclad on hoverboards along with anyone who wants to join them.
Phase I - Flight Lessons: Characters will need to learn how to use the various methods of flight, training on hoverboards, an outdated fleet of flying vehicles, or a type of flying magical beasts called sky mantas.
Phase II - Distribution: Characters will employ their chosen methods of flight to deliver propaganda posters and flyers to be dumped over the city in sympathetic areas.
Phase III - Dogfights: Characters will need to conduct aerial battles while continuing to distribute propaganda materials and escape the city.
Mission B: Electronic Intervention
Mission Appropriateness: Chipped
Mission Focus: stealth, recon, sabotage, battle
This mission will focus on a stealthy invasion of the city to locate and overtake the broadcasting equipment and facilities in the city and infiltrate them. Once inside, characters will be asked to stop all transmissions on every channel and broadcast the propaganda films created by the Rebels. This will require significant stealth in order to infiltrate and some electronic know-how to work out how to broadcast the propaganda on the fly. They will eventually be pursued by the Sylphid as they catch onto the plan and make efforts to stop the broadcast in its tracks, and need to fight and/or flee the area as quickly as possible, either using hoverboards or hover-ATVs.
Phase I - Recon: Characters will need to go into the city and locate the broadcasting stations for the major entertainment and news channels in the city.
Phase II - Infiltration: Characters will need to infiltrate the broadcasting stations in a coordinated attack through a system of sewers.
Phase III - Broadcasting: Characters will work out how to broadcast the propaganda that was created by the Rebels and retreat as quickly as possible to avoid capture by the Sylphid.
Mission C: The Rescuers
A simple side mission involving rescuing anyone who has seen the propaganda and wants to leave the city immediately and escorting them to the Witches Camp without being caught by the Sylphid.
The Plotting Form
Questions.
Tech
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: Trained soldier, technical specialist, machine manipulator.
Missions: Mission B, C
Phases: Phase I-III
General Plans: Tech's all about using this opportunity to check out the city and get as much out of what he can find out while pulling off the mission objectives. He will however be mindful that the current mission takes priority so he won't do anything that may endanger it or his companions.
Re: Tech
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Also, kick ass, take name.
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yes and yes
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The Slyphid: We may have fucked up.
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Donatello
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities: Ninja and all the fun things that come with that package. Also no stranger to flying, a whiz at tech and right at home with computery things.
Missions: Mission A, B
Phases: A I-III, B-II
General Plans:
Way to ease in to things... I figure since skateboarding is like second nature to these turtle teens and Donnie's flying half the time anyway with his battle shells, sticking him on a hoverboad is the obvious choice.
Throwing him into Phase II of the second mission seems a given because I don't think anyone else is more at home in the sewers than him. Both missions will be risky for him to run given he doesn't have his battle shell or access to his powers just yet, but it's not going to stop him from joining in. He'll probably find some temporary coverup for his shell but otherwise he'll have to be extra careful and would appreciate someone watching his back. Literally.
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Edit! Now that the logs are up, any prefs for which sewer they should tackle? I am open to suggestions.
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-and here you go! Let me know if that works.
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Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities: Marc has stealth and infiltration, hand to hand fighting, and weapons training. Steven is aces with magic for all he's only been here a few months. He studies hard and practices harder! (Hello new special interest, honestly.)
Missions: A, B, and C
Phases: A-I, A-II. B-I. C.
General Plans: For mission A, Steven is going to LOVE the flying animals, but will probably lose control of his and they'll flee before getting a lot of actual fighting done. Or, more accurately, Marc will swap out when fighting happens and HE will lose control of his flying animal because he is clearly Not Steven and the critter doesn't like that. Hilarity and aerial confusion ensues.
For mission B, Marc is good at infiltrating in city settings, but not with electronics, so he'd only be on recon probably unless somebody wants him as a guard for their electronics stuff. He's much more interested in mission C: getting people out, because that's basically been his gig since he got here, getting people out of Sylphid places. He's done a little of that pretty much every month it was available, so he's gonna scope out escape paths and set up escape vehicles at a couple of them. Looking for potential drivers he can loop in?
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Mikumo
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: Very experienced with infiltration/stealth work, capable fighter, used to taking initiative on these sorts of missions. Her Heba ability allows her to use existing water sources as weapons, essentially, so as gross as it might be, a sewer system attack is going to make that pretty useful.
Missions: Mostly B and C - she could potentially do some parts of A, but she'll be more focused on B since there's a more limited pool of people able to do that mission.
Phases: All three phases of mission B are fine with me, though I'll probably have more of a focus on II and III since they're likely to be a bit more "active". I'll probably at the very least put her on phase I of mission A for interactions with non-Chipped characters, though if anyone wants to do mission control type stuff during mission B if they're not able to go on the mission in-person, I'm up for that too.
General Plans: Mikumo has been pretty curious about the city, so she'll be taking the chance to explore and find out more about how life generally goes, but prioritising the mission. She has taken part in wartime broadcast hijacking back home, so she does have some applicable oddly specific experience for this one.
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Rey
Chipped or Stripped? Stripped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: The Force, yo.
Missions: A
Phases: I, II, and/or III
General Plans: Rey is going to ride a sky manta because how cool is that? She also is available if anyone's outdated vehicle needs some upgrades or general repair, and she can help fight things during the combat part.
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Codi
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities: Magic that is charm- and stealth-focused, enough natural charisma to bluff her way into (and back out of) a heavily-guarded Sylphid facility
Missions: B & C
Phases: All parts!
General Plans: Codi is gonna be hype to do some actual scouting around Zephyr - less so for the actual mission, more so she can snoop behind enemy lines and try to find some rare goods/information that she can sell back at camp. Yes her priorities are fucked, but it's ok as long as she's helping with the mission at the same time, right? Right??
Regardless, she's got some spells already that should help with any fellow infiltrators (Pass Without Trace for sneaky purposes, Charm Person and Sleep for "oh shit we've been caught" purposes, and then several combat spells for "oh shit we've been caught and they want to shoot us" purposes), plus she'll learn Disguise Self and Suggestion to blend in better and have people accept her cover story, whatever that ends up being. Would love to have her travel with some more fighty chipped people so she can help them get where they need to go, while having them as backup in case she's caught!
Re: Codi
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I'm not gonna do an open toplevel this round - are you planning on doing one, or would you like me to post something closed for these two?
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I wasn't planning specifically to do an open top-level but I might do one up now that I'm home and feeling a thirst for tags. I'll look into the event tomorrow and try to get something up. If you want I can do a closed starter for Codi, is there any mission part you're specifically into?
Boba Fett
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: Piloting, marksmanship and hand-to-hand combat. Can summon his armor and weapons at will.
Missions: A, B, and C
Phases: A.I, A.III, B.II
General Plans: Boba might've just gotten here but flying and fighting are two of his favorite things and he's been cooped up in prison for long enough that he'll be even more eager to join the fray. Need an aggressive wingman to harry the enemy while you drop leaflet bombs? Boba's your guy.
As for Missions B and C, Boba also has no problem being the muscle of the operation. His armor/weapon-summoning power means he can remain inconspicuous until it's needed and protect any squishy technical types or civilians while they hack the broadcast/escape.
All that said, Boba's new power comes with a cost: he can only sustain it for a matter of hours, and the more he uses it/his weapons, the more it will drain him of energy. So, depending on how the mission goes, I might also have a starter of him arriving back at the Witch's camp completely exhausted and not knowing why. Concerned compatriots definitely welcome.
...By me. Not by Boba. But he'll be too tired to chase anyone away, so :D
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Lol, that'll be a fun "reunion." Tech will definitely have a double-take if he catches sight of Mando armor. That is a fun power choice, btw. XD He'll happily bother him about it later
although Donnie would be the one who would be like 'so Mandalorian armor can withstand a lot, you said- does this armor match up to those expectations LET'S TEST IT'Re: Boba Fett
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They are going to need a score board.
Between Vader, Kylo, Tech, and now Boba, they are going to be A Problem.Darth Vader
Chipped or Stripped? Stripped
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities: Pilot, combat, AERIAL COMBAT YES PLEASE THANK THE FORCE, THE MAKER, AND THE GODS
Missions: Missions A & C
Phases: II and III
General Plans: You mention aerial combat and Vader might manifest himself directly behind you. It's something that gives him joy in his life and he is a man who in twenty years has had very little joy. Hell, he'll even fly cover for people, it's fine.
And yes he'll help evac people he supposes, he's not at all doing it to look for a fight.