Mission: Danger Room Security Testing

Jeffery will volunteer for the security testing. He will be in costume as his alter ego, Captain Mystical.

The Taft Industries has advertised at 8pm for any interested heroes for pay to come to the Banking Ward and come prepared for battle, though none of the defense mechanisms are meant to kill injury is possible though the pay off is more than the average factory worker would make in 2 years.

The idea of helping authorities increase their ability to track and restrain citizens, because come on, there is no way that those in power will let any tool they can use go unabused. BUT, if Angie could get an inside look at what they were planning it would give her a leg up when they did come for her and her people. And the money was a plus if she was being honest with herself.

Looking down on the test sight from high above Darkhound wonders how to proceed. She settles on trying for a grand entrance...full superhero landing. Judging the distance to the ground she concentrates. The breathing out more Black Miasma the cloud beneath her thickens up and she opens a portal through it. Two feet above the ground a black cloud appears as the exit for her and Darkhound drops through and down to one knee and punching at the ground (but not actually hitting it because that would hurt.)

"Name's Darkhound. I'm here about the job."

The testing faculty advertised is a technology and science testing center, it takes up about a street block of space, you're lead into the center, and find yourself in a rather large empty room about the size of a basketball court. The engineer leading you there, asks Do you have any advert weaknesses or allergies we should be aware of?

As he is escorted into the central room of the testing center Jeffrey sees a familiar face although, he has to admit, he did not know the woman well. He walks up to her and says, "Hello. You look familiar but I don't recall your name. I'm called Captain Mystical." He reaches out his right hand.

To the engineer Darkhound responds, "Nothing of note."

Turning to Mystical she accepts the handshake and says, "Yeah, Darkhound is my name. I...uh..yeah, I've been around."

The engineer clicks his pen and makes some notes, Also Alias and any emergency contact information? Don't worry I caught the name Darkhound.

Jeffrey looks at the engineer quizzically. "You didn't hear me? Captain Mystical? And I don't have any emergency contacts. I drink alone."

Another click of the pen and several more notes, the engineer looks like he hasn't slept in probably a day or two, stress related no doubt.

At this point the Engineer leaves the room, and a wall rises up with clear glass revealing the engineer with what you can only assume is a control panel on the other end.

Jeffrey assumes a defensive pose with his head on a swivel. He's expecting any type of attack that may come from anywhere. He motions to Darkhound to step near him as he begins to accumulate the moisture in the air and attempts to create a fog as large as he can to hide them. He whispers to Darkhound to move randomly within the fog.

While within the fog add an additional +2 to your defenses for avoiding attacks.

At once 3 robotic arms appear from the floor and attempt to fire lasers into the fog 1 on Captain Mystic and 2 on Darkhound.

Though through the mist it seems the lasers fire wildly and missed far and wide from our heroes.

Jeffrey steps lightly listening for the movement of the robotic arms and feels with his hands in front of him to make sure he doesn't bumble into one.

They shouldn't be difficult to spot though they are right out of the fog, and as such exiting the fog would be the only way to hit them with a Melee attack.

While standing just inside the edge of the fog Jeffrey will project his voice to the far corner of the room saying, :Hey, over here." He will poke his head out of the mist to see if there is a reaction out of any of the robot arms.

The arm fires a shot, though it seems to bounce perfectly in-between the voice and your own standing.

"Engineer, you can stop the test now. I've got a good idea of what improvements need to be made," Jeffrey calls out.

Oh no this is only stage one The engineer speaks into a microphone that booms over the room, I will engage stage two. With a few more pops into the console and out comes a robot standing at about 5'8" with little remarkable markings it is highly streamlined and shiny metal.

Initiative roll

The robot moves towards your dynamic duo.

Jeffrey you're gonna go first, the robot is moving towards you but is still a good 30 or so feet away.

Jeffrey makes 3 copies of himself and of Darkhound telling his partner to start moving around. He and his three copies move off quickly in 4 different directions and hopes Darkhound will follow his lead.

So, how is the new robot reacting to Jeffrey's multiple copies?

The robot scans the 4 copies. But it seems to genuinely believe it has become outnumbered and splits into a defensive position.

"This is getting boring Mr. Engineer. Haven't you got anything that's foolproof. Everything I've seen so far has nothing but weaknesses."

The engineer sighs and that presses a lot of buttons, turns some dials up, and states. Just don't blame me, this is our full measures system.

Out comes a different more digital looking animatronic that you're not sure how to fully place what you're looking at, it seems almost like a holographic projection that you can't easily focus on.

Jeffrey is completely baffled by what he is looking at or trying to look at. "Perhaps my idea and the company's idea of security have serious conflicts. This might be fun at Disneyland but I was thinking I would be testing some serious security technology. And it looks far from realistic. If you don't mind, you can keep the company's money and show me the exit."

At this point the Machine fires of two arcing bolts of lightning.

Pedestrians point and yell in alarm as an orange motorcycle cruises down the street. What has drawn their attention is that there doesn't appear to be anyone driving it.
"Fear not citizens!" A voice called out from the motorcycle "It is I, T-9000".
Unsurprisingly to anyone with common sense, the fact that it was a talking motorcycle with no driver did nothing to calm the passers-by.
The motorcycle sighed, "It seems my study of human behavioral patterns is still incomplete," it muttered.
Pulling to a halt in front of the Taft Industries building, the motorcycle seemed to break apart. It's various pieces disconnecting from one another, only to rearrange themselves and reconnect, resolving into the form of an orange humanoid robot.
T-9000 approached the building looking for someone to talk to about the security tests.

You are met in similar fashion as the other heroes, by an engineer, who welcomes you though with a look of concern, We had two testers earlier, and they have severely damaged, the first two stages of tests, but if you wish the third stage handled both heroes alone if you'd like a crack at it.

"Ah, a capital idea," T-9000 says, "let us proceed to the testing room"

moving towards the testing room, your sensors can show the scorch marks of lasers, and there was definitely a scuffle the engineer goes back to his control panel and on a speaker says, Please prepare yourself for our final test.Out comes this odd flickering image that seems like lots of small particles together.

T-9000 crouches into a ready stance as his processors whir into overdrive.

The thing flies at T-9000 and strikes with a strength that even rocks the machine to it's core.

T-9000 jumps backwards putting some distance between himself and the odd creature.

"Well it certainly packs a punch," he says to the the scientists monitoring him in the other room.

The strange flickering particles intrigue T-9000. Activating his microscopic sensors he analyzes one up close trying to get a better sense of what it is that he's facing.

With your science check, you could tell the thing is not actually one consistent A.I. but infect more of a swarm of them.

"Fascinating", T-9000 said as he prepared for his opponents next move, "I have to wonder how effective direct attacks will be against such a being."

The machine creates another sound similar to gears and white noise put together, and lashes out at you again.

This time T-9000 is unable to shrug off the blow as it rocks him backwards a few steps.

'Time to go on the offensive', he thinks.

Winding back his arm he throws a powerful blow at his opponent.

The MDS starts to whir and then takes flight about 30 ft. in the air.

T-9000 hops into the air as his legs split apart into several segments that retract towards his body and reform into two jet turbines attached at his shoulder blades. Roaring to life, they rocket him into uppercut aimed at his opponents chin.

Shocked absorption.

With the damage its taken the MDS glows a bright green color and then disappears, the engineer looks confused but still promises you your payment. The other dropped heroes are taken to the infirmary.