System Shock - Fight the Power!

[thesystemshock.livejournal.com]

Gods could be too arrogant. Such was the case of SHODAN, who had turned the Pods into a nightmarish zone where she could freely amuse herself and torture those that had come here.

But arrogance breeds pride which breeds mistakes. Instead of killing everyone off, she had decided to do this more slowly – watch them suffer in a slow agony, and, therefore had not expected them to fight back.

It had been a lucky shot, really, one in a million, But one of the people present that day had accidentally shot a tiny, insignificant object. A tiny little drone, that, once it had been the source of the power damper, had fallen. The tables were turned, and the goddess had been forced to retreat from the pods.

Now she was on a panicked mode, not only because some of the other people on the ship had managed to work their way into her system files, using another AI to send pointless images and sounds to her, distracting her from her task, but they knew how they could defeat her and gain their powers back.

It didn't take long for the message to be sent out, as the word quickly spread. Find the tiny little creatures, and shoot them down. SHODAN couldn't work their shields properly and once they were found, it was only a short matter of time before the powers returned to an area.

It would take time, but, finally, the tide of the battle was turning on the side of the crewmen and women. In vain, she was throwing her all; even more strange robot creatures, attacking in packs, but with hope on their side, they could win this...

[OOC - OKay go for it! NPC players, feel free to NPC as many robots as you like. Players, once your powers return, feel free to make as much scrap metal as you like, no need to have people NPC for you if you just want to write tags of them kicking ass.]

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Level 1 - Science and Medical Wing Level

[thesystemshock.livejournal.com]

The Hub, Medbay and Special Weapons Division would all need to be made into clear zones. SHODAN continued to send waves of robots into the Medbay to stop anyone from healing, but now that they knew how to stop the Power Dampers, it was just a question of finding it so they could fight back properly and not just with weapons...

Medical: OPEN

[morganknight]

Surprisingly enough, the Akashic possessed a certain measure of stealth when he had to. Like now, for example. He crouched behind a pile of rubble left at some point during the attack, teeth gritted against the growing pain in his back -- the damn wound was probably infected at this point.

All the more reason to snipe down the power dampener for this area as soon as possible. Only one problem with that. Try as he might, searching the air again and again... Morgan still was incredibly bad at spotting things.

[mylittlelolny.livejournal.com]

But could he tell why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch spot a bright pink pony being chased by a battle droid and headed right for him?

"I don't like roboooooots!" Pinkie Pie shrieked as she ran as fast as her hooves would take her.

Special Weapons: OPEN

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

The moment he heard the news, Mar knew what he had to do: SMASH A THING.

Fortunately, this was one of his strengths.

UNfortunately, he didn't have any good ranged attacks without his magic.

The unlucky soul who comes to join him will find themselves about an inch from being hit in the face by a table, as Mar hefts it from the long end with a manic look of determination.

[piggyback-ride.livejournal.com]

As if she weren't already irritable enough about the clusterfuck happening aboard their surrogate mother, it seemed she also had to deal with tables to the face...which she just barely managed to avoid with a reactive dive to the floor.

With a huff, Mindfuck pushed herself off the ground, reattached the clipboard that had been hanging on her waist, and retrieved her scattered pistol. It was a shame that there were only so many emotions one could convey without words and actual eyes, but she was still trying her hardest to give Mar a look that said 'what in the actual fuck?'.

Level 2 - Pod Level

[thesystemshock.livejournal.com]

The Pod Level was already secure, thankfully. However, there were still things to do here, clear the robot debris (there was a lot of it), continue to keep the place safe and...removing the poor people who had died during SHODAN's butchering.

Level 3 - Armory Level

[thesystemshock.livejournal.com]

A source of hope during most of the battles thanks to the weapons that had been shared by all, it was just a question of finding that little tiny power damper and destroying it.

There were just some robots in the way...

Open!

[oh-itsasnake.livejournal.com]

Orochimaru might have been a statue in the shadows for how silently and still he kept himself. Even his breathing seemed muted. Occasionally, just maybe once in a while, a ninja could behave in a stealthy manner.

He could, if need be, wait like this for hours.

[black-hawke.livejournal.com]

Hawke, though less subtle than Orochimaru, was certainly quiet enough as he stalked the armory, dispatching robots as he went. The last thing he wanted was for the enemy to gain access to more weapons, power dampeners or no power dampeners.

He did not, unfortunately, realize that he was not alone.

Level 4 - City Level

[thesystemshock.livejournal.com]

The City was huge and wide. There were many power dampers and it might take time to undo them all. Crewmen scrambled from one area into another, sometimes powered up by the ones that had been cleared, sometimes suddenly finding themselves powerless again.

It was going to make for an interesting battle--hey what was that sound of bells in the air?

Open!

[gunspluscells.livejournal.com]

Aya was mad.

Very mad.

After her whole affair with Splicer and seeing the pod deaths, she just wanted to kick SHODAN's ass no matter what. Mitochondria powers or not, Aya had a crowbar in one hand and her gun in the other. That plus the grenades around her belt meant that she was going to find as many power dampers around The City as she could and use pure brute force to disable them. And hopefully collect something that was like scalped robot skulls as keepsakes.

Aya spotted one of the power dampers. Or what seemed to be it anyway. She raised the crowbar over her head and with an all mighty clang, just began thrashing it as best as she could.

[swordofdorn.livejournal.com]

"Allow me, mamzel." A huge, growling voice that sounds rather metallic itself is approaching Aya from behind, coming from a black-armored man with scarred armor, a HUGE sword, and a significantly large pistol as well. The being itself stands some 8 feet tall, and looks pretty mechanical too, but it doesn't hold itself like any of the robots she's seen thus far. And there is a pugnacious stance to the being, even the war-robots don't spoil for a fight quite as much as a hot-blooded (and sometimes thick skulled) Son of Dorn.

ROW ROW FIGHT THE okay no [Open]

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Zouichi was on his bike (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56712133@N04/5318224737/) and on the move, streaking through the city at ludicrous speeds. He blazed by a cluster of robots, steering with one hand and snapping off quick shots with his gravity pistol with the other, seemingly without thought.

Time for some fancy driving.

[fattynoparents]

Chell, meanwhile, was doing some fancy running.

Having succeeded in her endeavor to find and deliver corrupted cores to Team Dampen Intelligence, she was content to let the more technologically-inclined crew members to carry on while she put her talents to use elsewhere.

Talents, of course, meaning complete and total robot decimation. Being an ordinary, powerless human gave her an advantage in that she wasn't feeling the effects of Shodan's own dampeners. Fancy running through the city streets it was, picking off robots with a rifle as she went.

Open :D

[theboywhodied]

Cedric was well aware that he'd promised Howard he wouldn't go near the front lines. So he wasn't! But that didn't mean he was going to sit around being useless, no matter what Howard wanted him to do. After they'd arrived at the Vatican, he'd entered a larger chamber off to the side and asked for gun training. He was still new at it, but he'd eventually learned to overcome the recoil and be a decent shot. Using it safely was the main issue.

Keeping his promise to stay away from the front lines, he slipped behind bouts of fighting and snuck into abandoned buildings, this one a small house. It was risky, but he thought it was likely that a damper would be found on a roof or in a crevice, somewhere that would be hard to spot and reach.

With that in mind, Cedric began seeking it out like he would look for a Snitch. Small, hard to spot...not in this room, or in these drawers, but maybe the next one.

Fortunately for him, he was close to a damper. Unfortunately for him, that damper was guarded. He heard the cogs turning and parts whirring seconds before a red light swept across the room, forcing him to hide behind a bookshelf and start shooting clumsily.

In came the SAINT, its mounted laser shooting continuously. Out came the sounds of lasers and bullets, rocking this little house. Cedric just dove, shooting out a first floor window instead of the laser he was aiming for. Another shot hit the body, and with a little more time Cedric could make it!

If he didn't get blasted to death, of course.

Open mainly to those involved in the Splicer post. But anyone welcome to help disarm bombs!

[expendable-mind.livejournal.com]

Call it chance, luck, fate, whatever. But Splicer had found himself in one of the areas where the power dampeners had gone down and was suddenly met with the rush of his powers back.

Which to an immensely strong psion like himself meant a massive overload. It literally killed him, at least temporarily. He was just at the edge when his regenerative powers kicked into overdrive.

But he'd be out for a long while...

Which was fortunate, or unfortunate for the crew.

There were still 17 'Care Packages' throughout the City, ready to create heavy damage to the ship. And 5 more where littered around him which he activated before he fell, a final 'fuck you' to the traitor that was the crazy ship, which he still didn't know was a different AI when all of this occurred.

Would his pursuer catch him now that he was prone? Would those that were disarming bombs be able to get the rest? Handy for anyone around, he had mapped out the locations of his care packages on his comm...

Open!

[badassfreakingoverlord]

A really, really, really, really irritated book sat in the arms of a minion at the front door of his fortress. Behind him, the small army of the Overlord waited impatiently with weapons readied and equally irritated expressions on their faces.

Someone destroy a power dampener so he could be useful, damn it.

Open

[dragonlordbight]

For one whose very nature was steeped in magic and power, passing into areas in which the power dampeners had been destroyed was like a breath of fresh air. Such it was as Crucible flew above the city, his powers back at full strength at that moment as he aided in the search for any targets to unleash his fury on.

The massive dragon had clearly not gone unscathed during the days of fighting, new burns and injuries could be seen all over his form. Even a few holes could be seen in his wings, none that would not heal in time however.

[pretty_lethal]

Considering how sporadic her powers were cooperating with her, Rachel had forgone using them, even though the power dampeners seemed to have started to be destroyed. She could occasionally bulk up when she felt like she was able to, but otherwise? Hell if she were relying on something so-- well, unreliable, right now.

So, beaten and battered and way more marred by battle than anyone would normally have seen her, Rachel was hoisting a rather large gun, and charging and blasting away. It was a learning experience.

"Bring it, robots."

Level 5 - Living Area/Command Deck Level

[thesystemshock.livejournal.com]

There were many places here to secure, each with a very diffence levels of importance. Crewmen went to the most vital first, but eventuall all of the areas would get restored; The Art Hall, Bathrooms, Command Deck, Crew Quarters, Engineering Core, Hydroponics, Media Library, Mess Hall, Neuropathy, Obs Deck, the Sensoriums, Sleeping Halls, the Spacewalk, The Tapestry Room.

SHODAN knew this level was important and kept the strongest robots patrolling.

Re: Level 5 - Living Area/Command Deck Level

[shallturnto.livejournal.com]

The word was out, and so was Ash. He an his Pokemon quickly moved to take out the dampeners, and when the melee-users clawed through one, the surrounding robots got taste of high-voltage power and hot, searing flame, among other things.

Open

[shroudedintent]

'Vadum had pushed through down from hanger level and into the living areas not long before, having left a number behind to hold the Hanger against further threats as he moved forth down into the corridors that made up the general living quarters.

Plasma rifles in each hand, strobes of blue of plasma bolts arching at any robot unfortunate enough to get in his way. Holstered at his thigh armor his energy swords waited ready for use should targets get too close or his rifles run out of charge.

His goals and focus was clear, to secure the Command Deck and destroy any construct that got in his path.

Re: Level 5 - Living Area/Command Deck Level

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

She wanted to be where the action was. Between injuring her leg, seeing her dad die, going a little crazy, making sure Beastboy was able to recover and helping the Overlord, one would have thought this was enough. These were taxing things, and there was only so much that a hero could do.

But Hit Girl didn't say die, and she sure as hell didn't back down from a fight.

With the Overlord in tow, she gazed at the enemies. No match for the Daleks, she knew that much, but MORE than a match for the shark robots and the SAINTS. She looked over at the Overlord.

"If you wanna take down those overgrown trash compactors, be my guest. I'm going for those other guys."

Level 6 - Hangar Level

[thesystemshock.livejournal.com]

Some of the ships had served as a safe area during the battles, but now it was more than that. If they could destroy the power dampers, those that had vehicles here could finally restore them to full power and use them in the battle against the robots and SHODAN.

Rangers together! [closed]

[morphitudinous]

Billy had finally felt a spark of hope when the information about the power dampers was uncovered. Their powers could be restored. With some cleverness and lucky shots, they could regain access to the Zords and get to work on mowing some robots down.

Rangers, meet me in the hangar, Billy had requested over his comm ring. Unsettlingly, the connection to Andy seemed completely dead. If we disable the dampers, we can morph and use our Zords. Get here if you can!

He stood just outside the entrance, defending his position against the swarms of robots inside. They had to move soon.