TERRACE Draft

[lucetimods]

Alright everyone, here’s your draft details! Keep an eye out for a Malnosso post about to be posted to set things up. You’ll be able to use it to have your characters react and start making preparations for the battle.

When the Malnosso make their announcement, Lucetians will be told they are being sent to Region 1. Once part of the Malnosso territory, Region 1 has been occupied by the cultists for centuries and the Malnosso have had little success in retaking it. However a new initiative has been formed to retake the lost region in light of the cultist civil war, as it has been determined that the cultist horde previously inhabiting the region were wiped out by another sect. It’s ripe for the taking and the MSF intend to make good on this. Thus they’ve called in additional reinforcements from the other enclosures. For this endeavor, the more manpower the better.

TERRACE
TACTICAL, ENGAGEMENT, RESISTANCE & RESPONSE
AERO-COMMAND ENCLOSURE

To prepare for the strike, the volunteers are transported to TERRACE, a flying sky fortress built on a floating island. According to those who live there, the island was discovered centuries ago by the Malnosso to be the product of a natural Shift that kept it constantly suspended in the air. At first it became a Malnosso city, but when the cultist hordes descended on it, the inhabitants successfully fended them off. As the attacks continued to come, the island became more and more fortified until today, where it is now known as the heart of the Malnosso Security Forces. As a result, this flying fortress is a fusion of the old and the new, with many of the stony structures from the Malnosso’s past still making up parts of the city, but other parts are built with sophisticated modern architecture.


Sector T7 as seen during arrival. This section features several historic landmarks from the organization’s early history.

In its entire history, TERRACE has never once been taken over by enemy forces, in spite of its long history. It’s noted that even the General, who has led five attacks on the city, has never managed to successfully take over more than one sector. Every attack has been repelled to the point that the cultists have not tried to assault the city in over thirty years. Largely this is in part due to the encircle massive outer guns that encircle the floating island. Each of these large guns pack incredible power and are used to take down cultist airships with a single blast. Because of this, cultists have never even able to close in on the city to ever land a successful strike. This time, they are attempting to take TERRACE from within. A number of cultists have infiltrated the base and have been masquerading as MSF soldiers, poised to strike first against a fortress they’ve long wanted to conquer.


Sector T2’s outer gun, covered in ice due to environmental glitching.

For this draft, the Malnosso have called in several enclosures to participate. Involuntary draftees have been called in from Luceti, Kin’cora, Excenn, O’Connell, and Zompania. These draftees have all been placed in T7. Enlisted MSF soldiers from Tyrus and Vaskoth have also been called in and placed in T6, most of whom seem intimately familiar with the section already. In fact, a rumour quickly spreads from one garrison to another that the enlisted MSF soldiers have been given nicer quarters. In comparison, T7 has obviously only ever been used for temporary draftee housing. All have been given twenty-four hours to prepare themselves for the attack on Region One, including procuring additional arms and making any other necessary preparations.

Day One - March 27th

At some point during this first day, Biliruben makes a surprise appearance in T7. Although protected by the MSF, he is willing and eager to talk to his fellow Lucetians. After all, none of them have seen him in his younger body. He’s quite excited by this. The Commandant herself may also make an appearance.

During this day, many draftees may suffer from altitude sickness as they adjust. Shift afflictions may also occur during this time. Due to the area being powered by a natural Shift, there is considerably less protection than in most Malnosso compounds. Consequently, a great number of draftees may suffer from this and need to go to the practitioner's office for an injection that will help them recover from these effects. For information on Shift Afflictions, check out the last section in the Nitpicker’s Guide.

That evening, draftees are sent to the barracks, with each enclosure being given their own section to share. These accommodations are in large buildings with several rows of bunkbeds shared between all, including the adjoining mess hall and open showers. No effort has been made to separate individuals by gender. Despite the uncomfortable quarters, they are promised it will only be for one night, as they will be deployed the following morning.

Day Two & Three - March 28th - 29th

At two AM on the 28th, when most of the city is sleeping, a sudden alarm will sound to wake up the inhabitants. It signals an attack. Covered in a night sky, it won’t be easy to see what’s going on, but cultists will descend from the sky with alarming frequency. Those who make it to the outer edges of the city will see that cultist airships are incoming. Worse yet, the outer guns are not firing upon them. In fact, all of the city’s defenses seem to be completely down, leaving soldiers left with nothing to fight with but the weapons in their hands.


Cultist airships may look fairly simple in design, but their fleet include hundreds of these flying ships, each carrying complements of over a hundred cultists. These airships were used on the naval draft.

For two days, the draftees and soldiers in T6 and T7 will be forced to fight off the cultist hordes who continue to invade by airship. Though many of these airships may be taken down, there’s too many of them to successfully repel without the outer guns online. During this time, draftees may be able to make it to the docking area where they will be able to access Malnosso aircraft to take into the sky to battle. Naturally, only characters with flight experience will have success making use of these vehicles, as no prior training will be offered to pilot them. Likewise, land vehicles may also be able to use, though anything bigger than a small tank will not be found in the outer garrisons.

Any attempt to make it to the central section will be rebuffed by the outer ring that protects it from invasion. This fortified wall has already been taken by cultists, who have taken the entire inner area for one long drawn out siege.

By the third day, T6 and T7 will have been successfully secured. With little recourse left, it’s up to the soldiers and draftees in these areas to retake the city or face annihilation by the cultists. Well-contested and conflict-heavy areas will show the wear and horror of war, with corpses from both sides of the war littering the ground.

Day Four - March 30th

At some point during the night, the cultists managed to access and activate the Droid Reserves Center at TERRACE’s heart. From this point onwards, they dispatch the droids out into the surrounding garrisons. These droids swell and support the cultist numbers, seeking out anyone attempting to encroach upon ground already won by the cultists. They attack in groups and the most efficient way to thwart them is to find and attack the Shifter controlling the group. During this time, the contested areas will be T5 and T8. Now with the droids under cultist control, the effort to retake the city will become substantially more difficult.

Day Five - March 31st

Although it had been rumored as early as the 29th, the truth finally comes out. Cultists managed to infiltrate the city as soldiers and civilians. MSF soldiers report that they used this to infiltrate key areas of the city, disabling its defenses, and seizing the Central Urban Center (the controversial title for TERRACE’s interior) early into the invasion. So the MSF have issued a simple order to their soldiers. All large-winged soldiers (dubbed Lucies) and civilians are to be immediately apprehended and placed in the detention area. Any that try to resist are to be killed on sight.

Some of the draftees, especially Kin’corans, begin to use this as an excuse to kill anyone with large wings, regardless of whether they surrender or not. With a surge of more MSF soldiers freed from T5 and T8, these areas are reclaimed. With them they’ll bring Shift Hunters. These domesticated beasts are capable of tracking down Shifters with incredible ease, making the task of eliminating the droids much quicker and effective.

Day Six - April 1st

On the last day, orders come out to retake the city, from the Commandant herself. In order to end the conflict on TERRACE, certain sectors must be reclaimed. More important than most of the garrisons are TERRACE’s large outer guns, as well as the CUC. It is vital that the defenses, droid controls, and other vital systems be retaken.

Draftees must:

Reactivate the outer guns. By escorting MSF officers to the guns, these outer guns can have their command codes overwritten, allowing them to begin firing on the cultist airfleet that still waits outside the city. All eight outer guns must be reactivated.

Liberate detention centers. There are several detention centers where soldiers and civilians are being held to await sacrifice. Freeing these individuals will not only save their lives, but also provide additional forces to retake the city.

Shut down the droids. Although eliminating shifters may take care of small groups of droids, there are security overrides to shut them down permanently. There are several separate platoons of droids throughout the central section and each have their own shutdown procedures. Infiltrating these sections will be key to retaking the city.

Activate the barrier. Each garrison has a power distribution center that will need to be powered up again. These powerful generators are still active in T6 and T7, but the other ones will need to have minor repairs made to them in order to get them running again. Once all eight are at full power again, the barrier will be reactivated.

Please note that it’s not important who does which task. There are several things that need doing to retake the city and as such, everyone has a chance to play a key role in this. Since there are multiples of each of the above, try not to worry about who will do what and who has dibs on each thing. Collaboration is great, but exclusion is not.

Additional Notes about TERRACE

TERRACE is a flying collection of garrisons and administrative sectors, where the garrisons are built in a wheel shape around the Central Urban Section, which normally houses around 15,000 soldiers and civilians. The CUC possess both command and astronomy towers, an observational dome, a central hospital, and a commerce sector. It houses all of the educational and recreational facilities not found within the garrisons themselves. The CUC also holds a considerable quantity of droids in reserve for times of civil unrest and emergency. These droids will be unleashed upon the draftees on the 30th, when the cultists take control of the Droid Reserve Center (DRC).

After the initial attack, the cultists gain control T1 through to T4, as well as the CUC. T5 and T8 will be contested ground, where the draftees must advance to stop the cultists from entirely overrunning TERRACE.

Each garrison has the capacity to hold 7,500 individuals (including soldiers and their families), but most of the troops have already left for Region 1 by the time of the attack. However, a fraction remain and those left in cultist-controlled or contested garrisons have promptly been imprisoned for eventual sacrifice. As the draftees gain ground within TERRACE, these prisoners can be freed and they will join the ranks in order to help repel the attack. These areas will also have plenty of infrastructure that must be cleared and conquered before moving on to the next garrison.

Consider each garrison as its own military base. Each possess an armoury, various barracks buildings and mess halls, general practitioner’s clinics, fitness facilities, detention areas, administration buildings, as well as residential areas for the families of MSF recruits. In addition, each garrison has a docking bay, access to two of TERRACE’s outer guns, and a training dome that is a more professional version of Luceti’s own Battle Dome. In some garrisons, these training domes are malfunctioning and causing all kinds of environmental havoc: T2 has a permanent blizzard; T4 has a permanent heatwave; T5 has permanent thunderstorms; T8 has permanent nighttime conditions.



Participating Enclosures:

Tyrus
Cycle: Tenth Year
Population: 8000+
Region: Ten
Deployed: 1000+ enlisted soldiers
An enclosure noted to be ending its experimental cycle, the Tyrus enclosure has not been involved with other enclosures for quite a while. This is their last draft before the cycle is starting over. Many of its inhabitants are already considered members of the Malnosso and are in the process of choosing new places to live. Many of the soldiers on this draft intend to stay on TERRACE afterward.

Vaskoth
Cycle: Ninth Year
Population: 5000+
Region: Eleven
Deployed: All
An enclosure far into its development. Resembling a small town more than a village, Vaskoth has developed to the point of having its own currency, roads and vehicles, homes spread out across the forest and mountains, an elected mayor and city council, and even the ability to vote for experiments conducted. They maintain their own MSF base, crewed primarily by their own people. Only soldiers are sent to battle, with the rest having won draft immunity via cooperation. They were previously subjected to an unfortunate zombie plague that decimated its population. Most of them are now reborn, but suffering from a variety of death penalties, some more debilitating than others.

Luceti
Cycle: Sixth Year
Population: 300+
Region: Six
Deployed: TBD
An enclosure far into its development and often a focus of much of the Malnosso’s attention. Although considered wildly dangerous, they have proven cooperative with the Malnosso and have accomplished remarkable feats that would be considered impossible for other enclosures. As a favorite enclosure of the previous CEO, it is has been the subject of many gifts and considerations other enclosures haven’t. Unlike most enclosures, subjects in Luceti are noted for having relatively brief stays within the world and consequently the ever shifting population leaves the enclosure divided.


Excenn
Cycle: Fourth Year
Population: 300+
Region: Three
Deployed: 120
A standard enclosure quite similar to Luceti and Kin’cora. With a diverse population of fighters and civilians, it has proven receptive to cooperating with the Malnosso, though only to an extent. They are frequently seen on missions, often in combat roles. Legends of Luceti have been passed around within Excenn to the extent that most of the population tends to idolize Lucetians and are eager to work with them on drafts and missions. Although they have numerous soldiers, most of them pale in comparison to Luceti’s fighters.

Zompania
Cycle: Third Year
Population: 100+
Region: Thirteen
Deployed: 50
A small enclosure established in honor of Count Zompano some time ago. Despite the subjects being relatively ‘normal’ and lacking in powers, they have been a favorite of the MARS program due to how often they participate in missions. They are sometimes used on drafts, but usually in support roles, due to the low number of fighters among them. Although they have crossed paths with Lucetians on previous recurring missions, they are not often seen on drafts.

O’Connell
Cycle: Third Year
Population: 200+
Region: Eight
Deployed: 70
This enclosure is among those that are frequently on missions and were present for the space draft. Consequently its name is likely familiar to those in Luceti already. Their enclosure has been described by their own as being much drier than Luceti’s and being heavily dependant on the rivers as a water source. They are subjected to infrequent experiments and have traditionally displayed a grudging acceptance of the Malnosso and the situation. They were one of the enclosures endangered by the FTSA when Depot 8 was attacked.

Kin’cora
Cycle: Second Year
Population: 500+
Region: Six
Deployed: 300
An enclosure still very early in its development that was unintentionally exposed to the world at large during a cultist attack that forced refugees to stay in Luceti. Two of its notable leaders are a rational man named Homer and a rough warrior named Korras Blake. They previously experienced a zombie outbreak in their own village. Due to the brutality of experiments in their enclosure, they share a close bond with each other and are very suspicious of others. Only recently has this enclosure been granted access to the MARS program, although presently they are kept separate from Luceti when deployed on missions due to past tensions.

You are free to make use of NPCs for these enclosures. If you feel like recording them or reusing old ones, then check out the spreadsheet here.

The Third Party

Most information can be found on the Nitpicker’s Guide. Notably, this will be the first draft in a long time to NOT include the Elites. All cultists will either be Shifters, Dream Shifters or Foot Soldiers. After the fourth day, they will be making use of droids, which are talked about here. These are standard droids for kidnappings. They do not have the weaknesses that were recently introduced by a previous mission, as these are very old droids that have been in storage for several years now. As mentioned before, they will be controlled by Shifters. Eliminating the Shifter in control will cause the droids to deactivate.

It will become apparent as the battle goes on that these are not your typical cultists, as they are using far more strategy and cunning than is normally expected from them. Soldiers will spread rumors and speculation about this, with many concluding that they are being led by a traitor of the Malnosso, who is responsible for the attempt on the General’s life made a month ago (see Mission 13). Eventually, most soldiers will conclude that the attack on Region 1 was always intended as a trap to empty out TERRACE.

As always, please put your questions in the MOD QUESTIONS thread below. Remember, you can still sign up here!

Comments

MOD QUESTIONS

[lucetimods]

[saltprince]

001) "All large-winged soldiers (dubbed Lucies) and civilians are to be immediately apprehended and placed in the detention area. Any that try to resist are to be killed on sight." // "Liberate detention centers. There are several detention centers where soldiers and civilians are being held to await sacrifice. Freeing these individuals will not only save their lives, but also provide additional forces to retake the city."

Same or different detention areas?'

002) Garrosh would probably kill the large winged people too if they're a liability, would there be a penalty for doing that during or after the draft?

003) For the flying ships on the first few days, would it be theoretically possible to do something insane like boarding them? Or ought that sort of thing just be avoided for simplicity's sake?

[rather_be_surfing]

Just to keep this straight, are the shift hunters with the cultists, or with the forces trying to win back the area? (Or is it both?)

If it's both, is there a way to tell the difference as to which side any particular shift hunters may belong to?

[originaljackass]

Shift Hunters are Malnosso only this time around. The cultists aren't bringing any.

Shifter Hunting

[endgames]

Okay, so waaay back on the farm draft when the Shifters were first introduced, some of you might recall there was a team tasked with going ahead and specifically hunting down and disposing of these Shifters. I've wanted to bring this back, or at least the idea of it, for several drafts now. This draft in particular seems like a good avenue for it.

This group would likely be organized on the fly (in a handwaved event), after the droids have been dispatched on Day 4 (March 30th). During that day they'll have to track down Shifters through their own resources. On the 31st, they'll be able to incorporate Shift Hunters to sniff them out. In light of the Commandant's orders with instruction to shut the droids down through more effective means, the group would likely be disbanded to tackle that and the other tasks.

If you want to sign up your character, here's some guidelines you might want to take into account!

- They should be capable fighters; Shifters are strong
- They should be capable of fighting without special abilities or advanced technology
- Preferably, they'd be able to work well in a small group. Think 2-4 people (feel free to use NPCs)
- No qualms with killing
- The characters will need to be committed for at least two days, until the Commandant's new orders come through with instruction to shut down the droids.

With so many other enclosures present on this draft and extra soldiers to fight, there's no longer need to be sparing with how many people join in on this. Just chime in under the sign-up comment if you're interested so people can see who'd be in on it and everyone can plot accordingly with you. I'll leave it up to you guys to make your own groups from that.

Sign-Ups

[endgames]

[alloys]

OKAY, here’s what I’ve got going on for my three (3).

KORRA is about to get her first taste of the bad side of Luceti. She’s not going to be happy about being forced to fight at all, but her focus is very much going to be on protecting noncombatants and helping out those who need a hand. She’ll be doing a lot of rescuing, I imagine. I’d also love to get her into those extreme-condition sectors because then she can really do some fun bending. Really, I’m down for just about anything with her. It’d be interesting for her to really get in a tight spot and need a hand from someone, too! EDIT THIS JUST IN, I might want to throw her at a Dream Shifter, too. So, if anyone wants to get in on that. :|b

TONY is going to be up to some much-needed hero work since his self-esteem just to a major kick to the pants. He’s going to dread going and he’s still mute, but will be resigned to using his suit (even if he’s not feeling like much of a hero atm) because without it he’s definitely useless in battle. I know he’s already going to be saving Kari, but I’d love to get him involved in more helping peeps out/rescue missions/et cetera, focusing less on combat and more on saving lives. The goal is for this to go pretty well for him and give him a bit of focus again.

RAPUNZEL is going to have the worst of it. The first days of the draft she will be acting almost exclusively as a healer, tending to the wounded wherever she can, BUT she will have a frying pan (yes) and she’s trained a bit with Rock Lee so if someone wants to team up with her to fight off some baddies, I’m down for that. I’m also planning on her having her hair cut in one way or another, so she effectively ends up like she does at the end of her canon. I’ve got a couple different scenarios in mind - while some random NPC could potentially just cut it, I think there’d be more emotional punch if, say, one of her friends has to cut it to save her because her hair got tangled in like...a crashing airship or something. I have a flavor for the dramatic, you guys. Looks like Raven and Asch will be involved in the hair cutting! AND MAYBE someone gets hurt in the process too and she comes to realize she can’t heal them (unless she happens to sob all over them, which let’s be real, is entirely possible.) And then she will be very sad, because hair. :(

Raine

[wise_maiden]

- As usual for every draft she's on she puts together first aid type kits for all the draftees involved, people are welcome to help her deliver them and so forth on the first day. Kits include fast healing potions, apple gels (its a tales thing), disinfectant, bandages, etc with a list of what each item is and what it does for those who might be more wary. They're small packs that can be carried on the user. If other important items are brought up by the strategy team they will end up going in there as well, this is just the basics.

- if anyone has a character they sort of want to kill off but don't want to actually die-die, just cause drama in the moment (like a D&D down for the count type death so to speak), Raine has a spell that can help stabilize them and eventually heal them, so if anyone wants to make use of that ability, lets go.

- As for actual during draft stuff, she will be around if people need some kind of healer! Staying mobile and getting around will be a thing, though she'd probably do better with some kind of buddy to have her back here :| Otherwise she might just remain in a support capacity. And if anyone needs technology worked on or figured out, she can do that as well.

Plotting!?

[markofthewise]

Okay, this is what I've got:

Sokka - his recent death penalty has left him with zero empathy or regard for others. He's still operating under the pretenses of his usual self, but he's not doing great at it. During this draft, he's going to be doing some things that will really push the limits of what regular Sokka would ever do. Things to expect:
- Not bothering with the scanners
- Taking down 'Lucies' if there's reason to suspect them (even if there isn't proof)
- Using his learned alchemy to create circles to use as traps. These circles will instantly cook cultists, much like his silly meat alchemy experiments did before.
- Willingly leaving people behind if he decides it's not worth the risk to save them.

I'm open for him getting caught be a Dream Shifter if someone wants to rescue him. In his current state, he wouldn't help anyone out of the dreams, because he knows it's incredibly difficult to escape from them.

He'll be hunting Shifters, since he doesn't have to rely on any powers to fight.

Logan

He's been on a mission since the portal thing went down, working with Ororo. He's been neck deep in battles already, but that won't slow him down here. Donning the X-Men uniform, he'll try to organize the team to fight together and stick close to each other. He works well with the MSF, so there may be times where he's going off with them if there's a mission he could be useful for. Due to his regenerative abilities, he's likely to put himself in a situation that's highly dangerous rather than risk someone more likely to die. Things to expect:

- Him taking a jet to deal with the airships. He's a skilled pilot already, so he'll be at home in the sky taking them down.
- Dealing with Shifters by keeping his claws out more often than he normally would. Because they disable his powers, that means he can't control his claws. Thus, he'll leave them out so he isn't left defenseless.
- Soaking up a lot of damage. Another day in the life of Wolverine.
- Killing cultists without much hesitation. He'll have a scanner if there's any that survive and are knocked out, but in general he's just going to do what it takes to survive.
- Working with the MSF willingly and their Shift Hunters. Finally an animal that can track better than he can.
- He'll help detain large winged soldiers, but he won't kill them without a damn good reason.

Logan may get hit by a Dream Shifter, in which case Ororo will be helping him out of it. He'll willingly go in to help anyone he knows well enough.

Ganondorf

The King of Evil is... well, going to be there. Mostly just doing his own thing, going where he pleases, eliminating foes as he needs to. He's not really wholly concerned with reclaiming the city, so he won't be much for a team player. This is all research as far as he's concerned.

- He'll be using some very powerful magic on this draft and showing off the full extent of his strength. He'll be dealing with droids by frying them with bolts of electricity, rather than targeting the Shifter.
- He may get rendered powerless by Shifters, which is when he'll need help the most. He can fight plenty well with just his sword, but there's only so much you can do when outnumbered.
- No scanner for him. He'll kill anyone he fights.
- He won't help anyone caught by Dream Shifters. After discovering that the MSF take down their own if they get caught by Dream Shifters, he'll adopt the same practice.

Ganondorf may potentially get caught in a dream, but only if there's someone who would want to free him.

[wildbluevagner]

So my three:

Kurt Wagner will be going through his first draft (at least that he can remember) so he'll be facing the classic kill-or-no-kill dilemma. Unlike with Aang, I may be open to having him actually go through with it to save someone? Maybe. But he'll be using his teleporting to be as handy as can be. He can be helpful in infiltrating airships and maybe do some jet flying (he once flew the X-Jet with his feet). During the sixth day, he will most likely be one of those helping to free the detention center. To note:
-I'm considering giving him an injury at some point into the draft that he will try to work in spite of, possibly a broken arm, although that must be too suicidal.
-He will encounter a Dream Shifter on one of those days, who will take on the form of Mystique. At this point, Storm will be the one to pull him out. I'm also open to him rescuing others.

Wreck-It Ralph will be in action in his Hero's Duty armor. And he might not realize that the Cultists' lives have any more or less value than those of any video game goons. But yeah, not much specific in mind for him aside from getting him to do lots of wrecking. I am considering giving him a shift affliction as well, but I'm uncertain. He is available for hero moments and possibly saving someone from a Dream Shifter, but I'll be unusually kind enough to opt him out of his own Dream Shift.

Jade Curtiss will be giving orders to anyone who will listen and snarking at anyone who won't (and anyone who will). He'll be a part of the Shifter hunting group, and out of the Day 6 tasks, he will most likely be invested in shutting down the droids and/or reactivating the barrier. Characters who are more followers are also welcome to handwave acting under his orders in other threads. Jade will also fall to a Dream Shifter who will taken on the form of Professor Nebilim. He's fairly open for volunteers, although I'd prefer someone who has some interaction with him prior to the dream shift (and/or maybe someone who knew Gelda while she was here).

[widows_kiss]

I'd be up for Kurt rescuing Artemis at some point if you'd be up for it? I was thinking of having her get surrounded or overrun at some point. Or she'd be willing to drag him out of a mess if he gets hurt too.

[most_unwanted]

Kain- maybe getting a Shift Affliction on Day 1. During the attack on Day 2 since it's from the air, his dragoon jumping will surely come in handy! Otherwise, he's open for plotting, anything! It's fun to be horrible to him on drafts (also, he has a pretty bad penalty which might be interesting if he gets injured).

Mulder- also open to anything! I was already thinking that I could see him getting involved with rescuing people especially... so that's going to be a definite thing for him there. He'll be working with Saori for a time on that! ALSO there shall be an X-Files team up out there with him, Marita and Scully.

[covermyback]

Zelgius will basically be doing lots and lots of fighting, though what he'll be doing specifically will change on the various days. On Day 1, Zelgius will probably just be lurking around, curious as to just who Biliruben is. He might also have a minor shift affliction. Days 2 and 3 (28-29th) will just be general fighting against any soldiers that attack him. Day 4 (30th) will have Zelgius seeking out Shifters who are controlling droids. Day 5 (31st) will have Zelgius attempting to capture "Lucies" for the detention centers (or doing Shift Hunting work, as mentioned in a post above). Lastly, during Day 6 (1st), Zelgius will be working to liberate the detention centers.

[widows_kiss]

Natasha: Open to anything! For the most part, she's going to be doing a lot of fighting. Henry's getting killed early on in the Draft and she's probably going to be feeling pretty vengeful as a result. Somewhere along Day 2&3, she may be hijacking an airship with Clint and anyone else who wants to come along. She'll also be targeting Shifters a lot because she's crazy and enjoys a challenge and will be venturing out on various patrols with partners or groups, especially when the Shifters start patrolling with Droids. On Day 6, she'll either be heading to the CUC to shut down the Droids for good or to reactivate the outer guns, wherever she thinks she might end up being the most useful.

There's a SLIM CHANCE I may have her get caught by a Dream Shifter, but I haven't decided yet. If someone was interested (and likely to be successful) in helping her snap out of it, I'll consider it more seriously and if not, I may skip it since she has had a lot of angst already over the past month or so. XD

But yes, she is open and available for fighting or helping people with specific goals or rescues/backup if need be. I'm open to anything.

Artemis: Has only been in Luceti for just shy of a month now so most of everything going on is still going to be Greek to her. Luckily their orders seem pretty clear and she's okay with following those. She might end up with some altitude sickness or a shift affliction upon arriving or I may skip that and have her get injured/overrun midway through the fighting somewhere. She's a good and talented fighter, but she's not used to facing the sheer amount of odds she'll have here, so her getting outnumbered and overwhelmed is a good possibility at some point, if someone'd be interested in dragging her out of the fire.

She's going to be sticking mostly ranged as she can. She'll shoot to incapacitate when she can, but Artemis has fewer moral hangups than some of her teammates, so if it comes down to a choice, she'll kill her attackers before dying herself and not really feel all that guilty for it. She may steal a vehicle or two at some point if she feels like it, or be happy to play the gunner for someone else who already has. On the last day, she'll be liberating the detention centers, because freeing the captives and saving lives helps balance out the killing she had to do, at least in her mind.

[alloys]

/RAISES HAND

If you decide to do a Dream Shifter, I totally volunteer Tony to pull her out of it. He knows how that goes, IT ISN'T PRETTY.

[rather_be_surfing]

Derek Will be awake when the first strike starts, so I plan to have him among the first responders when that happens. After that, he'll be working on ground fighting, might tag along with Natasha and Co. to kidnap a ship, and will also help to target the shifter groups once they come into play. I'll also have him volunteering to help free prisoners, and there's a good chance once that arc gets started, that's where he'll be seen the most sans any plans I've already made with other folks.

I don't plan to do much more to him than bung him up a bit; he'll focus on his job(s) and be fairly efficient at it. He may also check on on CR during downtime.

I'm definitely up for throwing him into whatever situation folks would want to try out.

[frost_jewel]

Plot things! Away!

Sheena will end up (metaphorically) anywhere and everywhere, being an expert in stealthing around and hand-to-hand combat unaided by magic or super strength or things like that. Toward the end she will join a group hunting Shifters in particular; I'd also like for her to get in on trying to activate one of the guns (which might not work out to be possible but! We shall try). Potentially she'll meet a Dream Shifter and need to be pulled out - anyone who wants to learn about Sheena's ideal life? I have vague and inevitably awesome things lined up with a handful of people and those things are like oobleck.

Other than that, I am open for anything. Getting into trouble, getting out of trouble, needing a rescue, infiltrating a prison and letting out some prisoners - anything. Sheena is my most combat-versatile and this is going to be beautiful and insane.

Mia will, as usual, spend most of her focus on being a healer, with particular emphasis on those she knows fairly well - her Luceti battle party, so to speak. If the X-men assemble she's probably assembling right along with them, out of loyalty and concern for their safety. Otherwise, she's around the battlefield(s) using ice Psynergy to keep things away and the healing stuff to keep people alive. I think she will be shift-afflicted at the start, with something serious enough to warrant concern. Also, some big fight toward the end is going to take her out (but not kill her), and at the moment that involves Kurt and Gai too.

As with Sheena, I'm pretty open for a let's-do-things for Mia, whatever they are. Or if you want to just say 'we'll do something' and then we wing it old-school when the time comes, yes. Every yes.

Raven might spend a significant portion of the fighting in her bird form, which is stronger, capable of more powerful magic, and can, you know, fly. She's big enough to be able to lift one regular person or two rather small people, at least, and could easily catch a falling somebody as they barrel through the sky, should the need arise. Then there will be a kerfuffle with Asch and Rapunzel and sad, sad things are going to happen.

She might also be mildly shift-afflicted. I'm open to anything which is totally the theme of this post. I would like to be buried in awesome threads, from all angles and genres. What an Easter.

Rachel Berenson

[xenamorph]

Since plotting posts are apparently a thing:

Day One

She'll be fresh off a week of boot camp, and she'll be getting some altitude sickness, so she'll be tired, cranky, and miserable all day. All in all, a happy camper. She'll probably be sleeping for a lot of it. Still, if you want to cheer her up, be subjected to her snarling, or otherwise catch her in the downtime, I'd welcome it even if she wouldn't

Day Two and Three

She's gonna be a lot better after a day of, mostly, resting, so she'll be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed when the alarm goes off. Between that and the fighting, she'll be in a fantastic mood. She's going to be taking the fight to the airships, and trying to commandeer one with Clint, Natasha, Saori, and possibly Derek.

Day Four

She'll be lone-wolfing it a lot once the retaking-the-city phase begins, but she'll definitely help out any draftees she encounters, and if you can keep up with her morphs without giving away her position she won't mind the backup.

Day Five

Same as day four, but she acquires a cultist on day three and she might be getting creative with that- as long as she has some company to prevent misunderstandings and friendly-fire.

Day Six

She'll be useful with any of the given objectives- her morphing gives her a pretty intense versatility. For these, she'll be working with others, but she'll be in something of a *zone* after four days of fighting, so this is when she's going to be at her most reckless and bloodthirsty. She may run into a dream shifter, if anybody's interested in playing with that, and I might have her get seriously injured today- possibly to the point of unconsciousness, which may necessitate a rescue.

[rather_be_surfing]

Do you want Derek around for day 6 and attempt to...uh...get her more steady?

[eversohungry]

Vastra: I AM SO DOWN FOR PLOTTING. Vastra's a very accomplished fighter, so she's around for protection detail as well as any sort of high-risk missions.

+ It looks as though she'll be hunting Shifters primarily, though I'm down for any battle-bonding with anybody not doing that particular job. Mid-battle, downtime, awkward stories before bed in a shared bunk...

+ Late D4/Early D5 I'd like Vastra to run into a Dream Shifter. Anyone want to attempt to pull Vastra away from her wife...? |D

+ Vastra has a habit of... eating the not-nice people she kills. If anyone wants to happen upon her attempting to eat a Shifter or other TP member let me know!

[ahappylie]

Plottings!!!

OKITA Okita is going to be fighting from Day 1 to Day 4 like normal with Cliff and Rei/Sailor Mars, but at the end of Day 4 Cliff is going to figure out that Souji's lungs aren't up to the battle as he starts to flag. After realizing that it's his lung that need repairing, he'll retire to the barracks for the evening of the 30th only to get attacked by a Dream Shifter for most of the 31st. If anyone is available to help pull him out of that, he's definitely going to need it.

BEAT Beat's sister is dying in front of him and after that he's going to go absolutely berserker on everything. He'll be helping out on the front lines, smashing as much as he can. If someone needs a tank, he's your boy because he'll have almost no regard for his own life until he finishes the mission and/or gets revenge for what happened to Rhyme. He's in the game until someone takes him out of it, in other words.
edit; Rhyme is dying at the end of the 4th day, just before people retire to the barracks again. So for the 5th and 6th day, he'll need somewhere there to hold his leash.

PEGGY Peggy is going to be helping Steve and Bucky deal with what happened to Henry; and then she'll be pushing front lines, going in for Shifter hunts with Natasha and anyone else. She'll want to be on the field constantly after what happens and eventually it'll end with her shot on April 1st and put out of commission for a short while. Otherwise, she's open.

[aerialassault]

I just had a horrid thought. I'm contemplating gettng Cliff a bit bloodied up anyway, so maybe that could coincide with the 'Okita are you crazy' bit.

Of course. Pot to kettle. He'd brush it off and do exactly what Okita does. /le sigh

Alexei Plottings

[fallenambitions]

Just two things I want to plot out in particular with Alexei.

1) Aircrafts. Not sure if there's an opportunity to investigate them before the fighting starts, but I at least like him to be on an airship so he can gain experience being on one. If there's anyone getting on one and wouldn't mind having an extra hand on deck, I'd like to volunteer Alexei.

2) Sometime later on into the draft, Alexei will be attacked by a Dream Shifter. Two ideas crossed my mind on what he would see.

-> One is a world (An odd mesh of Vesperia and One Piece) where he survives and his trusted person is Nami. I figured since he had considered Nami a close acquaintance for almost 2 years that it's powerful enough for him to see her.
-> The other has his trusted individual as Hermes and the perfect world here is being able to utilize blastia without fear of lacking resources and he achieves true order and justice in the world he desired.

Either options, I find that Alexei will be able to realized that something isn't right. He has been cockblocked from achieving his goals the last 15 or so years in life, how could things go so perfectly all of the sudden? So the idea is basically someone comes in, just as he is about to kill whomever is his "trusted person". This probably has more impact for any current CR Alexei has depending on whichever option we want to work with, but I can simply not have him kill whomever and let the second person get him out of it too.

Those are the two things I'd really like to play out, and they obviously won't take up all the days of the draft, so that leaves four days of open plotting o7.

-Oh I did sign him up for the Shift Hunting too, if anyone is part of that.

[merelychewed]

DRACO will be most active the first three days, especially day two and three where he'll be blasting airships out of the sky with FIRE. Unfortunately, somewhere near the end of day three, he'll be getting swarmed with fighters long enough to distract him so one of the cultist ships can take him out with a row of cannon fire. They won't kill him, but one of his wings will be severely damaged. He'll crash land somewhere on TERRACE. I plan to let the wing heal slowly so I have an excuse for him to be grounded and in the village for awhile after the draft, so healing dragon wings is now suddenly difficult for magic (in this case). :V

He's still pretty dangerous grounded, however, if anyone needs several tons of angry lizard to blast through something.

YUN will be keeping to the back of the action and healing with her new water rune, filial magic, and rune scrolls (which also come in an offensive flavor, so yeah, we're all good). So she'll be around to help people out. She can even conveniently be anywhere seemingly at random thanks to being able to see into the future from time to time, in case anyone ends up in a weird spot and needs a hand.

[eyesofstrength]

Actually, Yun also can have Joshua's orbment if you want. Since it was bought with Leonhardt's mission points it was left to him when Joshua was dropped and he just never gave it to someone else.

[unseenspy]

Since I can never be sure where my guys will be on any given day...

Jay - He's good for fighting and scouting.

Saleh - He'll attack enemies from a distance, and heal injured allies. All this stuff regarding technology and machinery is not his thing.

So, wide open for plotty things.

[hatesguns]

I only have Noda in and I do know he hasn't done much but I am looking forward to this draft to get some more CRing going on!

I have him signed up for the Shifter hunting, but other than that I don't have any concrete plans for this guy.

Pilouette

[ribbonbon]

I don't have any concrete plans for her but this is her first draft and she's more or less scared out of her mind. I might have her fall under a shift affliction at some point, but for the most part she will be doing her best to follow the directions of others.

She knows a little first aid, so any medical personnel are welcome to grab her to do things or to assist, but she may also attend to minor injuries on her own if she can. When it comes to high-stress situations, she gets pretty squirrely and I may put her in direct danger. Currently debating on whether Pilouette will be injured or not.

Plotting is a go?!

[de_bel_survivor]

Okaaay, so where does that leave our King of Bel?

KOUKI will be using trying to inflict status effects (mainly paralysis via Paral Eyes) before using the scanners. But if he can't (or...get really into the battle), he'd be electrocuting/setting them on fire/freezing them solid/slammed by energy/whatever.

He can provide healing to anyone who needs it, as well as providing them with support.

I might be tempted to give him a shift affliction, which he would try to soldier through and probably get himself killed if I can decide on a death penalty.

Otherwise, he would probably help out with liberating the detention centers as well.

[theboywiththebook]

Henry Mills - Henry will be participating in the draft for two days, and will be dying on the 28th from one of the cultists forces. Probably obviously not a cultist to avoid from no being brought back to life. However, he'll be on the battlefield long enough for interactions. Mainly, he'll be hiding out, shooting arrows into the cultists legs if he has to, or in extreme cases using his sword to get away. A log might be separately put up from the game wide log for his death so there's that too. It'll be involving save Steve Rogers as well.

Cross Blanchard - Cross will be making it through the whole draft. He's going to go into combat but will be trying to team up with others as much as possible. He has a no kill policy but people are welcome to go killing with him around. Makes things interesting.
Things to expect him doing:
-driving a car or motorcycle and transporting people to safety. Or fighting on wheels as it were.
-Taking part in land combat and trying to pin cultists down.

Essentially he's open to much anything in this draft but will be suffering a lot of PSTD afterwards.

[aerialassault]

Cliff doesn't have much officially locked into place yet, besides the bit with Okita since he's magical about cutting through lies and hitting up some CR/Potential CR. I figure that, once he's settled on the idea that Fayt isn't going to get into too much trouble, he'd be acting as kind of an offensive defensive-- all of the people drafted who aren't necessarily combat oriented has his concern, so he'd be providing back up as needed.

However, he will totally throw himself into the thick of things at some point, for which case I'm completely open. In gameplay terms, I feel like I should note that, despite being a brawler, Cliff is by no means a tank. He'd love to have a healer on hand. That said, I'm not averse to getting him bloodied up at some point (and have him keep rolling, because he's an idiot like that), or a possible Shift affliction because he has extremely minimal magical defenses...and the Shifts kind of resemble them.

I'm also up for possibly helping take down one of those airships or taking on one of those tasks, if the opportunities arise.

If anyone has any specific ideas they'd like to play out with me, run them by here. I'd love some ideas, but this is also my man's first Draft so I don't want to lock myself in too much.

Sometimes, the best ideas happen on the fly.

[hero_of_smiles]

Does Cliff want a ride in a jeep in land combat stuff?

[calmbeforethe]

Storm will be coming straight from the mission she and Wolverine were on this past week (and a few days) She does not, however, share Logan's fondness for violence and action and things, nor does she have his healing factor! Add that to the fact that she's just found out she may be dead in her canon by Logan's time, she's going to be a little exhausted physically and kinda not all there emotionally. That said, once she gets on the draft and is surrounded by people she cares about, whether she's tired or not becomes a non-issue! (she's still going to need people to tell her to take a break now and then hahaaa)

Anyway, here's the things she'll be up to!

- Much like her castmates, Ororo's an experienced pilot! She will be taking a jet or a helicopter or what have you, eventually. She can manipulate the weather from inside an aircraft, which is what she'll be doing instead of flying around since there are enemy Shifters out there. If they strip her of her powers while in midflight, that's... that's a long drop |D
- Oh but she's familiar with the airships. She ran into them in the Naval Draft way back when! She'll assist in taking them down with a bit of weathery magic when she can.
- She'll be fighting, of course! She would volunteer to go to the garrisons with malfunctioning weather since she can use definitely that to her advantage. She's also not too shabby in a h2h fight.
- Unless something comes up (or perhaps even then) no killing!! She's going to use those scanners okok.
- I won't be tossing her to the Dream Shifters, but she is saving a couple of people from them! I wouldn't say no to more; I think she'd try to save who she can once she figures out how they operate.
- Day 6: I think it'd be interesting if Ororo could repower one of the generators! She can kickstart it with some raw energy via lightning. She may need a more tech-savvy hand, though!
- Oh and freeing the civilians from detention centers, she'll want to do that too.

So, she's gonna be everywhere pretty much! Haven't really decided how badly hurt she'll be by the end (and she probably will be, given how much action she'll have been in by the 1st!) but she'll definitely be exhausted by the time she gets back to the village :|a

Oh and. She'll be fighting in a pair of sensible combat boots this draft!!!! That's character development, ok.

[chikaidestroyer]

So I'll be sending all three of my characters out. I've got light plans with all of them, meaning I've talked about doing things with other players but there's not concrete.

Albert will, for the most part, be running support in some fashion. Whether it's calling for draftees to organize or casting magic wherever he can, he'll be trying to stay away from the frontlines. ...Doesn't mean he'll be completely successful, but he'll at least make the attempt. He'll be helping with liberating detention centers towards the end.

Leon and Walter will both switch between support and fighting at the front. Leon has flight experience by now, so he may take to the air in an aircraft if necessary, if he can find anything that flies similarly to the spacecraft he used during the space draft. He'll be helping with activating the barrier. Walter can fly under his own power, so he'll be even more physical and take on cultists in the air. He'll be assisting in escorting the MSF for reactivating the outer guns.