Plotting Meme #1

[modaccount]

How It Works

Welcome to the first plotting post for Mission #1 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.

Mod Guidance: Players may request occasional scene-setting when they hit a point where they're unsure what might happen next in a log or what their characters might encounter. There will be a "Mod Guidance" comment that players can reply to in order to request this kind of scene-setting.

Completion of Missions: There will be a submissions comment for anyone who's threaded out a portion of the mission. Once a thread has been completed at least halfway, please submit your character's progress and plans for the thread to the submissions thread. These submissions are the main way that the mod will decide how the mission went in the next month's wrap-up post, so they are very important!

After The Mission: There will be a wrap-up post toward the end of the month after the mission is posted to explain how it went. There will also be a prompt or two at the end of the mission post for characters to get patched up, relax, and simply interact and enjoy each others' company.

Mission Log: Here!

The Cure For Immunity

The Witches have received intel through their spies in Zephyr that a lab located just outside the outskirts of the city is engaged in experiments on sentient beings to create a serum that will change those people who are incompatible with Sylphid reproduction. This serum would allow the Sylphid to take over the bodies of people who would usually be fatal to them.

The serum is said to function at a 45% success rate already.

Obviously this would be a major blow to all life on the Broken World, as 70% of the population is immune to being taken over by Sylphid. This serum would allow them to increase their population numbers exponentially and turn a powerful takeover into a nigh-unstoppable one.

The Witch will be calling a general meeting at the Command Center where she will explain the situation and the proposed missions to stop it.

Mission A: Into the Lab

Mission Appropriateness: Chipped or Stripped
Mission Focus: Stealth and recon.

This mission will focus on stealth and recon, with operatives conducting surveillance on the lab to work out the rounds of the guards and other staff so they can infiltrate and take the information on the Sylphid serum in order to reverse engineer it and hopefully make a serum to make everyone immune to Sylphid takeover. The Witch passionately states in her opening speech that this would be an immense blow against the Sylphid and is a very important mission.

Phase I - Surveillance: Characters will be surveilling the lab to find out the rounds that guards take and the staff turnover via monitoring the exits and entrances to the lab.
Phase II - Infiltration: Using the information gleaned through surveillance, characters will infiltrate the lab and quietly subdue anyone who spots them. They will map out the facility as quickly as possible and make their way to the central computer system.
Phase III - Intel & Sabotage: The characters will, once they've infiltrated and mapped the lab, make their way to the central computer banks and take a copy of all the information that has been gathered to make the serum. They will then sabotage the computer as stealthily as possible and make their way out of the lab.

Mission B: Disrupt The Supply Chain

Mission Appropriateness: Chipped or Stripped
Mission Focus: Recon and open battle.

This mission will focus on open battle and guerilla tactics, with operatives locating and disrupting the supply chain to the lab. It will focus on identifying shipments of equipment, food, and other supplies to the lab and interrupting them, destroying the vehicles, subduing the enemy, and taking whatever supplies they can back to the Witches Camp.

Phase I - Identification: Characters will surveil the roads leading to the lab and identify which vehicles bring supplies there. They will make lists of the companies doing the supplying to be later investigated and gather enough information on these shipments to ensure that they won't intercept civilian deliveries.
Phase II - Interception: Characters will set themselves up at a portion of the highway leading past the lab that weaves through the jungle in a serpentine fashion. They will create traps and use guerilla tactics to stop any vehicles that are carrying supplies for the lab and subdue the Sylphid drivers and staff on the vehicles.
Phase III - Destruction & Appropriation: Characters will sabotage or destroy the vehicles that the Sylphid were driving to the lab and take any supplies via hover-ATV back to the Witches Camp to be resold or used for the cause.

The Plotting Form

Please fill out the form below and post to plot for the event with other players!

<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Chipped or Stripped?</b> <b>Heba or Tian?</b> <b>Useful Skills & Abilities:</b> <b>Missions:</b> Just write which mission(s) you are most interested in participating in. <b>Phases:</b> Just write which phases of the mission(s) you are most interested in participating in. <b>General Plans:</b>

NAVIGATION

Comments

Questions.

[modaccount]

Any mod questions can go here!

[songmother]

Hello again, benevolent and mysterious Mod Force.

I was wondering a thing.

So I know chipped characters have their powers entirely nullified until they remove the chip, and based on questions others have asked, I know characters have access to their Heba super power immediately.

I was wondering how this worked for Tian characters and the magic. I know they have access to level 1 spells and cantrips but was curious how this works. Do they have to do practice and training first? Is there a way they learn this new magic? Or is it also immediately accessible and in some way intuitive?

Because while Sarah is used to "magic" this is 100% not the magic she is used to and will have no idea how it works, but I also don't want her to be 99% useless in the first event, and I am wondering what your thoughts are on how new arrivals learn magic.

And apparently so is my cat since she keeps sprawling herself upon my keyboard.

[newmemorywhodis]

Do the two missions happen simultaneously, or one after the other?

[forcecalls]

I see that A says both chipped and stripped but also involves stealth and infiltration, so is there any part of it that would be chipped-only?

Mikumo Guynemer | Macross Delta | Heba

[stargazed]

Character Name: Mikumo Guynemer
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped, as she wants to be able to take advantage of the infiltration potential.
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: Mikumo is quite skilled in hand-to-hand combat, can handle a gun, is experienced in driving through rough terrain, and has extensive espionage/surveillance/"behind enemy lines" type experience as she and her team are often sent in ahead of or with the early stages of the actual combat forces in her canon. She's also from a scifi canon, so experienced with more advanced tech which will probably help with accessing the lab computers. Her Heba ability is making constructs from water (limited to existing water sources), but she hasn't tapped into that just yet.

Missions: Both
Phases: All, though probably focusing on Mission A and the later sections of Mission B.

General Plans: Mikumo is going to appreciate having something important to do here, so she's very much going to be trying to take point on this since it's the type of work she's done quite often back home. It does also mean she's going to be moving around people a bit, trying to gauge who's best at this type of work and who might need a kick in the pants to improve at it or whatever else. She's also going to be using this to gauge how the Witches themselves operate things from start to finish on a mission, so anyone who wants to talk shop about that is welcome.

As mentioned, as far as TLing goes I'll probably be focusing on Mission A and the latter half of Mission B, so she's available for anyone who's good on infiltration but might need assistance with the computer handling, or someone good at the intercept part but less good at driving rough terrain, or whatever else. If you specifically want to do something with another part of the mission that I don't TL for, either let me know here or I'll have a wildcard option also.

[maskedtyrant]

Okay so I know their TDM thread is still ongoing, but I really like the potential dynamic of Codi and Mikumo navigating Being In Charge on Mission A's infiltration phase. Codi is used to dictating how things go in her groups, but she's also getting to know everyone here and her place with them and I think she'd be more likely to toady up to Mikumo and help her carry out her orders and stuff, probably? idk or we can see where their current thread goes and wait until next mission or w/e

[cheezburger]

Character Name: G'raha Tia
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities: Some knowledge of computer technology, good at creating distractions, very good at memorizing and retaining information. He has combat experience, but lately it's been predominately magic-based and he's not entirely sure he'd be more of an asset than a liability if it got to be anything bigger than a one-on-one fistfight.

Missions: Mission A
Phases: All phases
General Plans: Help out wherever he can...preferably not anything that's heavy on fighting, as he won't feel quite comfortable enough yet to jump right into the fray like he did upon arrival.

Obi-Wan (Ben) Kenobi | Disney Plus Canon | Tian

[bentheredonethat]

Character Name: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ben)
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities: Patience; he's got a lot of familiarity with staking out enemy security and then putting together plans for infiltration. Hand to hand combat skills. Familiarity with technology. Good at sneaking, but also good at busting heads when things go wrong and a more dramatic exfiltration happens.

Missions: Mission A
Phases: All Phases

General Plans: Given the serious nature of this serum and what it could mean to innocent beings, Obi-Wan is going to be very keen to help out in any way he can to make sure the Sylphid are dealt a significant blow in losing this ability. He'll want to follow the Witch's orders and capture a sample to bring back to be reverse engineered, but if that appears to not be possible ... well, blowing something up might have to happen.

That said. He will be looking to provide support and his experience in recon and infiltration planning and will absolutely be willing to follow someone else's plans and play a supportive role that way. Just so long as this serum gets taken off the board in one way or another.

Tech | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Heba

[tech_nically]

Character Name: Tech
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: Computer hacking and all things technical are his bread and butter, but he's also a trained soldier, proficient with firearms and no stranger to improvisation. And unlike certain brothers of his, he knows how to be stealthy.

Missions: Open for either or both with preference for A
Phases: Mission A: All Phases, Mission B: I & III
General Plans: Might as well dive head first into things. Experience is the best teacher, after all, so Tech won't have much reservations about volunteering his services, and these sorts of things are right up his alley.

[songmother]

Out of curiosity, if Alder can be on comm support for Mission A (she will not be involved physically until Mission B) she will not hesitate to have a vocal comforting and guiding presence. Because she is snoopy and concerned and wants to be as involved as possible and also wants to know everything that's going on and offer support even if she can't be there and it isn't her area of expertise.

If nothing else she will be here for support when Mission A returns. And will probably try to send off anyone she has met/recognizes with some sort of good luck charm or at least a handshake, arm grab and salute and possibly a trinket of luck.

Rokuro Unno | Brave10 S | Tian

[noisecomplaint]

Character Name: Rokuro Unno
Chipped or Stripped? Stripped
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities: On a basic physical level, supersonic screaming that can make people seriously ill, rupture their ear-drums, etc, as well as skilled combat with very specific weapons: small throwing knives and whips.

Rokuro has mastery of several generic water-related abilities, and a few more 'abstract' ones, the foremost of which is control of water in the human body, which allows him to 'see' movements before they happen by virtue of blood moving through the body, as well as the more dangerous capacity to 'control' that blood-- which means he can make people black out, give them heart attacks, or force an aneurysm. He can also generate water force-fields and 'saws'.

Possessed by the power of the Japanese moon god Tsukuyomi (who is also aligned with water and tides), he is particularly powerful at night with the moonlight to feed upon.

That said, his powers (minus the scream) take a tremendous physical toll, so he can't go around exploding peoples brains willy-nilly. Moonlight amplifies his powers and allows him to use specific abilities longer, but the capacity for MORE power makes it a lot easier for him to go past the point of burn-out to dead. He's also on the smaller side, and is shown in canon to be much physically weaker than the average ninja/warrior. Rokuro ain't winning a wrassling match any time soon.

Basically, he's a glass water-canon. That screams.

Missions: Disrupt the Supply Chain

Phases: Considering he has no concept of basic technology or modern/industrial espionage, Rokuro is most useful in Phases 2 (could knock guards out with sound) and 3 (generally fuck shit up), although his 'forcefield' might be helpful to people with bigger technological brains during Phase 1... AKA if you want to do that just let me know. In general, he would do best with someone who isn't as clueless re: trucks and other modern stuff than he is.

General Plans: He doesn't really understand what labs are or exactly what they are planning, but Rokuro is chomping at the bit to use his skills during this mission and prove himself after feeling weak and helpless during the original escape. He's also very angry. This will be a good opportunity for him to reaffirm he can do everything he used to do, and also he might be more willing to pop off and be reckless than usual.

Juhani | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | Heba

[tarisian_cathar]

Character Name: Juhani
Chipped or Stripped? Stripped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: In addition to the full range of offensive/defensive/mental force abilities - Juhani can alter the pigments in her fur, which has evolved into Force camouflage - so even stripped, she can hide exceptionally well. She also can use the mind trick ability, though she has reservations about using it.

Missions: Both! I'm flexible about where to do things - the Slyph will know she's in their territory, but finding her precise location is very difficult.

Phases: She's a strong physical fighter, qualifying as a tank in games - able to withstand injury and deal out increased punishment. She'd be best in the combat and sabotage phases as a result.

General Plans: Generally, she is not a team leader - but she's absolutely willing to function as a troubleshooter - heading from danger spot to danger spot. Need a solid ally, she'll be there - need a rescue, she'll also be there.

tbh idk if we're supposed to reply to these but here i am making assumptions

[songmother]

I feel like Sarah as team leader currently out of place without her natural power and confused about abilities and tank!Juhani stripped in her full glory but lacking in leadership would go well together. /chin rubs

What phase were you leaning towards for cat-Jedi lady? :3 (Also some day, Alder would love to hear all about the Force and how it works).

Sarah Alder | Motherland: Fort Salem | Tian

[songmother]

Character Name: General Sarah Alder
Chipped or Stripped? Stripped if update goes thru before plot. My intention is to have her study Tian magic for a week, leaving one week before the first plot, before she decides yeah no, I need my natural power back. *pending mod update approval
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities: Witches in Sarah's world have advanced vocal chords that allow them to influence the world around them, with environmental effects like causing wind bursts or tornadoes, etc. They most frequently use a sort of sonic scream attack (just a shout, really); the power of their Song moves across multiple sound frequencies, most of which aren't audible to regular people. They can even do things that appear silent to others.

Due to her skill of Far Speech, anyone she eventually develops a tether with she would be able to communicate with telepathically, like a sort of radio comm, even though they otherwise would not be able to listen, not reply, unless they also had some kind of telepathic ability. If not tethered, she can try to communicate with them but it would be like a one way radio, and I would, of course need your permission. She has also puppeted the speech and actions of others, but it took immense focus and solitude and was physically exhausting, and she is exposed while doing so.

Since there have only been two weeks and after the first one she stripped the chip and I need to figure out how to write her powers in a D&D sense, she will have 1 spell for now.

Spell 1: Mage Armor. To be honest I am trying to balance out her natural powers since the spells I keep clicking that intrigue me most are basically how her Song works anyways, and defense seems like a good idea.

Most of Sarah's skills are in military command and leadership (over 300 years) but none of this involved guns or bombs or fancy vehicles in her canon so she is like. Not as useful as she once was and angry about it. However the leadership and command of people and tactical awareness and planning stands. Plus for whatever it is worth she'll have spent the entire time except for the first night and next afternoon religiously training in this odd new magic.

After a week of that and observing others (with a week left before the event), Sarah will pridefully/stubbornly have her chip removed so she can be of maximum use to the resistance.

Please help her with tech and vehicles. I will work on studying what are lv 1 spells until the event. She will naturally fall into the backup phase II of Mission B and gleefully destroy things. She will also throw herself into unsafe situations for backup and to retrieve any wounded and in danger of being "left behind" including staying with anyone who gets separated to help them survive until backup's backup or a rescue party comes. She wouldn't mind being comm support on Mission A/emotional support for when they return.

Missions: Mission B: Disrupt Supply Chain.
Phases: Support on comms/on call for phase I, in action for phase II-III.

General Plans: Destroy the enemy. Save as many soldiers as possible. Casualties are not acceptable. Etc, etc. Hit me up please. Despite my ridiculous banter in chat and Plurk, Sarah is focused and here for her comrades, no hesitations.

[scathes]

I don't know if it'd interest you so please feel no pressure! But I would love to have Leaks in a position to observe Sarah's abilities during Phase II-III, and honestly someone with a bit of team spirit and control might also be good for him as well if you'd be up for it!

He comes from a world where song is a significant part of magic use, as well. In his own case his singing is described as more of a dark internal thing that feels like a song, but for some other magic users in his world who call themselves Sanga, the use of song is a bit more literal, so I think if he saw Sarah in action the familiarity and differences between Sanga would fascinate him!

I also don't want to impose or push in a given direction, but he's wilful and reckless enough that someone with a sense of responsibility would probably be good for him too, especially if doing his own thing is at risk of wounding someone (or getting wounded himself). c:

harley quinn ♦ dceu ♦ heba

[nutbuckets]

Character Name: Harley Quinn
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: Harley has a lot of useful skills for combat - she's excellent with a blunt weapon, stick weapon, or gun, and has extensive acrobatic skills. She's also peak human in terms of conditioning, agility, speed, and durability. Her acquired ability, which she'll be able to use intuitively pretty much right off the bat (haha see what I did there), is a pocket dimension from which she can pull unlimited weapons.

Missions: Mission B
Phases: All phases.

General Plans: Harley is not quite invested in this whole rebellion thing yet but she'll be game enough to get into a fight with a ragtag motley crew of other folks, since it's what she's used to and particularly good at. Especially if there's a fight. It's best if she sticks to the demolition mission because she'd be liable to blow up the entire lab rather than go stealth with it. She'd be very entertaining while gathering intel though, so she'll bring the snacks if you want to watch trucks with her!

[songmother]

Snacks are nice. How thoughtful. And Harley's super-power is invaluable and super badass, if I may.

Sarah will be attempting to lead Mission B as of Phase II unless all goes to Hell and she gets called in sooner. I really look forward to watching Harley explode and f*ck things up, tbh.

Link | Breath of the Wild | Heba

[newmemorywhodis]

Character Name: Link
Chipped or Stripped? Stripped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: Plenty of fighting skills and ability (providing he can get his hands on a sword or bow before the mission starts), as well as the ability to use the Slate to manipulate metal objects and create bombs.

Missions: B
Phases: All, though he's probably going to be more useful in Phases 2-3 than 1, mainly because Link is probably not going to be great at identifying company vehicles and the like (what even is a 'Company', he does not know)

General Plans: Use magnesis to drive vehicles off the roads, use stasis to temporarily stop vehicles, and use bombs to...well, do what bombs do. He can also use his fighting skills to deal with Sylphid staff.

[songmother]

F*ck 'em up, blow sh*t up, you go child.

Keep in touch, soldier. Or some such professionalism. Just don't run off to climb something or she will risk her life following after you. No soldier left behind and all that.

Sunstreaker | Transformers (IDW) | Heba

[solartrauma]

Character Name: Sunstreaker
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: He's been a soldier for A Long Time and was an Enforcer before that, so he's definitely got Experience in these types of situations. He's done a little bit of everything in regards to fighting a war (and he's huge so). He's also spent the last couple weeks adapting his systems to make it easier to learn and integrate information from Sylphid tech he doesn't have it all down but he's working on it. He can shapeshift, whether that be for the sake of blending in for infiltration or making a quick getaway as needed, he's got you covered. Probably going to spend a day or two studying the hover-ATVs so he can shift into one and fuss over the idea of organics getting skin "sheddings" on his seats.

Missions: Both sound really interesting so if I have a way to fit both it, I want to.
Phases: Mission A - Phase II/III and Mission B - Phase II/III.

General Plans:
For Mission A, Sunstreaker would be useful in sneaking into the facility due to his shapeshifting allowing him to blend in, and he could also be helpful in collecting the intel. Less helpful with being "stealth sabotage" but you know, once they get the intel he's a great look out for potential dangers. Someone else can drop a virus bomb in their. Also a useful getaway vehicle. So you don't have to hide any around during the mission.

For Mission B, Sunstreaker will be great at interception and has used a bunch of guerilla tactics himself in the field, so he could work with people on building traps and checkpoints. Also he could load up with the liberated supplies and ride-along to make sure they get back fast. He's also definitely going to be wanting to get a good look at the Sylphid vehicles for later shifting material. Never know when you need to fake being a Sylphid ride for some reason.

Re: Sunstreaker | Transformers (IDW) | Heba

[anewhero]

Marcus might be interested in helping Sunstreaker with hit-and-run tactics, because it feels much like John Connor's own tactics on the field when he's out in war at home in the Human Resistance against Skynet.

Codi | OC | Tian

[maskedtyrant]

Character Name: Dakota "Codi" Perkins
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped (still too Nervous about losing control of her abilities to get them back haha whoops)
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities: Not good at stealth and presently powerless, but has quite a lot of experience with info-gathering and more direct forms of espionage - things like adopting disguises, coercing guards/employees, being a nuisance for the sake of distraction, etc. She also now has access to two cantrips: Friends and Vicious Mockery (yes she's gone the Support Bard route), which she's picked up specifically because they combo well with her existing skillset.

Missions: Both!
Phases: Mission A Phase II, Mission B Phase I

General Plans: Indirectly sabotaging shit is totally Codi's speed, and now that she has access to ✨magic✨ she will be able to do so at 10000% efficiency. At least, she thinks she will be. A lot of her ideas revolve around "just let me talk to them it'll be fine" and considering that the Friends cantrip ends with the target knowing they've been charmed I can't imagine that this will turn out well all the time.

For Mission A Phase II, this might actually be an advantage? Codi will want to take point and pretend to be someone that works at the lab (maybe someone that's a bit more confident with their casting and has access to Disguise Self can help make her more convincing), either telling guards they run into to go somewhere else or distract them long enough for the rest of the infiltration group to dispatch them.

For Mission B Phase I, this will be a lot of the same, but of a slightly different flavor and it'll probably require some coordination from other participating characters. I'm thinking, Codi poses as part of a surprise checkpoint crew, convinces them to give her details about their intended route and carried supplies, sends them on their way for the Phase II crew to intercept. But I doubt she'd be able to get away with something like that if it's just her standing in the middle of a road trying to look authoritative lol

Re: Codi | OC | Tian

[ezra_of_lothal]

I will possibly circle back around to this but drive by - part of the reason I love playing Ezra is his strongest Force talents are in empathy/telepathy/animal friendship. Yes, yes, he's a Jedi and can take down most ordinary soldiers when he has access to the Force. But he has literally never won a toe to toe fight with another Force user, because he is more a support/control space druid or bard than wizard or tank.

So I love that you are taking Codi along the Support Bard route.

Heero Yuy | Gundam Wing | Heba

[heeroized]

Character Name: Heero Yuy
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities:
While not the foremost stealth expert among the gundam pilots, these types of mission are exactly the sort of thing they'd do on a regular basis.

Pretty much if it's A Thing You do to fight a rebelliong/war/etc then Heero is adept at it. As long as it's not a magic-y thing, as his universe doesn't have it. Hacking? He's a very skilled hacker. Stealth and recon? He's been doing that since he was single digits. Sabotage? Seriously it's one of the main things they had to do at the start of their war. Destruction? Look... this time he might not even blow himself up along with it. Progress! :D

His only regret is not having his gundam with him, would make the destruction part a lot easier having his partner. As it is, he'll have fun destroying vehicles and just generally doing what he knows how to do.

Missions: Both
Phases: Any of them really. I was leaning towards A phase III especially, but given his tendency to blow shit up, maybe B III might be safer. idk

General Plans: CR that's not focused around talking! Heero could definitely use some of that. He's observing how this rebellion does things and generally how the general tone of the missions go. Other than that, he's just going to pretty much do what he's told and... secretly enjoy doing it for the most part.

I can't promise that he won't cackle at some point, because that's kind of a thing with him and missions that go well. Why? Yeah, your guess is as good as mine.

[solartrauma]

Heero interested in being a ride-along when Sunstreaker loads up a bunch of the supplies they get from the convoy?

Leaks | Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID- | Tian

[scathes]

Character Name: Leaks
Chipped or Stripped? Stripped
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities:

A mixed bag of dark magic! He can create fairly significant dark energy blasts that could blow things up, barriers that protect against penetrative weapons (although his threshold for maintaining it against bullets is limited compared to the long-term abilities he has against swords), teleportation between places he's seen/is reasonably close to, and he can conceal even very large objects from being observed, so although he's Stripped he can make himself a bit more difficult to find.

Leaks has some strong skills out of the gate, but he's far, far weaker than he's used to in his canon (he's lost his connection to Sisa, his world, so his native magic isn't as strong). He can do plenty to be effectual, but he's not going to be very happy about his output overall.

Missions: Mission B
Phases: Phase II and Phase III.

General Plans:

Leaks really isn't here because he cares that much about helping other people or joining a rebellion, because he's a dick and he sucks. He's likely going to be doing it for the catharsis of destroying something partly responsible for taking him away from his home rather than because he wants to be helpful, aaand he might not stick to the outlined plan that much, because everyone else is unnecessary bodies to him. At least right now, he's not very reliable for defense unless you're standing close enough to get caught in his barrier.

He's pretty comfortable with tight, winding environments; it's not jungle, but he spent his life in the heart of a dense, dark forest, so he's used to navigating unstable paths and overgrown routes. He's also very good at blowing things up!

Unfortunately he knows nothing about actually driving vehicles, even though he's interested in their function, so his only use here is to be as destructive as possible.

viktor / arcane / tian

[grindset]

Character Name: Viktor
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities: huge nerd, will be very quick to pick up on new and unfamiliar technology, probably just here to muddle through and learn things at this point (but then who isn't)

Missions: A / B
Phases: possible radio/operator/tech role in phase I of either/both mission(s). he will hard refuse to participate in phases II-III.

General Plans: V will be be very reluctant to participate, and yet prepare for his role intensively because he has never half-assed anything in his life.

at this point it's not a great idea to try bringing him on site unless there's absolutely no one else who can do the thing, and he'll be the first one to say it... sooo, since we've already got stealth-capable techies, he's better suited to taking a remote support role from Command, or possibly from an established surveillance position or vehicle drop-off point. (he can drive! sort of. again, consider him a last resort.)

he's also got a pretty nice voice. use him if you want some Slavic ASMR in your ear.

if phases II-III could really use an operator and no one else is available... too bad, he's not flexing on this. i welcome any IC fallout that may result.

(also i'm still getting caught up after crunch at work so please bear with me here + on the CR meme + TDM, thank you in advance)

[noisecomplaint]

I just want to do a buddy-cop stakeout of Phase 1 that goes horribly right and wrong.

Viktor trying to direct Rokuro over voice like playing the most aggravating game of charades, and other such shenanigans.

If you don't think Rokuro would bring food and tea for Viktor to eat while he does surveillance in the most skinny-shaming of ways, you would be very wrong.

Marcus Wright | Terminator: Salvation/Final Battle| Heba

[anewhero]

Character Name: Marcus Wright
Chipped or Stripped? Stripped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities:Marcus is very good with a weapon, even a gun. Give him one and he'll shoot it with ease. Point it at him, he'll probably rip it out of your hand. Try being Kyle Reese as a teenager. He is also good at hotwiring cars and vehicles that don't work and then fixing them.

Marcus is good with hacking terminals, but he also can lift double normal human strength and he can take damage a normal human cannot. He also has unnatural healing abilities to grow new hearts and skin.

Missions: A and B (which is more plausible) considering Marcus now has his cyborg powers. Solider on the frontlines, operator, fighter, you name it, Marcus will be there. Mechanic as well.
Phases: I, II, III.
General Plans: Marcus is there in John Connor's Resistance, so Marcus is willing to help another Resistance in the long run.

[tech_nically]

Seems these two have a lot in common. Let's do some damage.

Marc Spector/Steven Grant/(Jake Lockley) | MCU | Tian

[fightingevilbymoonknight]

Character Name: Marc Spector (Steven will mostly be commentating on this one)
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped still
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities: Infiltration, casing the place, checking for non-magical security, hand-to-hand fighting, shooting. Maybe a few cantrips if Steven has them down by now. He's been a thief, a mercenary, and a military man, so he has useful skills even if Steven is still working on the magic.

Missions: Mission A
Phases: All phases, but I feel like he'd be particularly good for Phase III
General Plans: Let's just get the boys to work. Happy to take backup, partners, people he needs to rescue, people who want to rescue HIM, whatevs.

James T Kirk ✦ Star Trek AOS ✦ Heba

[doitinthree]

Character Name: James T Kirk
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: He is no stranger to combat, whether it is with a gun or hand to hand. He is adept when it comes to technology and in particular when it comes to computer codes/reprogramming etc.

Missions: A
Phases: II and III. He has experience with infiltrating enemy bases, as well as the skills to go delving through their computers to find what he needs.

General Plans: Just that he will be willing to sign up for this mission and put his skills / experience to good use. :> Let's team up!

[batleths]

you gonna keep an eye on her, captain?

[batleths]

Character Name: b'elanna torres
Chipped or Stripped? chipped
Heba or Tian? heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: engineer, combat, has definitely sneaked around places before

Missions: mission a
Phases: phase iii, maybe some phase ii

General Plans: b'elanna might be unfamiliar with these computers but you bet she'll find a way to sabotage it (will it be stealthily done???)

[songmother]

Tossing a wrench in their system, one might say she thinks she’s funny

[ezra_of_lothal]

Character Name: Ezra Bridger
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped (for the moment)
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: Ezra has been stealthing around most of his life. He's also pretty good with a blaster, and sword, although he's getting use to non-energy version of weapons will be an adjustment. He will likely fall back to stealth, without the Force to help him fight toe to toe.

Missions: A!
Phases: All phases.

General Plans: This boy is made for crawling in ventilation, just sayin'. It's a canon running joke.

[songmother]

Gently officializes offer of +1, 8hr mage armor for Ezra. But if he puts on any other armor the spell is void. :3 Don’t forget your sack lunch, sweetie!

[consider8]

Character Name: Agent 8
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Heba
Useful Skills & Abilities: Since she's chipped, she doesn't have access to a lot of her ink-based powers. Still, she is very agile and fast, and is quite capable to perform infiltration. This is Octoling's bread and butter, and they spent 100 years not being noticed by surface dwellers. She's quite skilled at using a gun, and does have some technology expertise.

Finally, she is bringing with her gallon of homemade ink, so she has a little bit of stuff she can use her ink manipulation to make small hand holds and the like.

Missions: A
Phases: All the phases!

General Plans: She's small, wiry, and very curious to learn more of the Sylphid operation. If you want a smol inktopus to pal around and/or look after, then let's talk! :>

[makemeasong]

Character Name: Clara Oswald
Chipped or Stripped? Chipped
Heba or Tian? Tian
Useful Skills & Abilities: she's small and she can be fast, lol.

Missions: A
Phases: I

General Plans: Clara is probably most equipped to do surveillance because she's just not in a place for any sort of fighting yet. I don't know much being new, but I'm happy to get into the weeds.