The Post-3.1 Game

[Xion]

<i>And he has the fate of Rain and Soala, the two people that, when used properly, can be very destructive.

The only problem is that the third part of the team is on Ragol. =/

[Risp_old]

<i>stup L_G</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

<i>stup L_G</i>
Yes I am, aren't I? j/k
My ISP was being stupid, too. Now I'm stuck with dial-up. =O
But that's nowhere near as stupid as the plan I just came up with. Xion, could you list Rain and Soala's attributes and abilties?

[Risp_old]

<i>Well, I sure hope your plan does not rely on a lot of plot devices or on bending the rule.</i>

[Xion]

<i>Soala
Moogle Time Mage

Abilities:
Fire/Fira/Firaga
Blizzard/Bilzzara/Blizzaga
Thunder/Thundara/Thundaga
Reflect - Name says it all. Splash casting.
Haste - Speed up. Splash casting.
Slow - Slows down the unit. Splash Casting.
Stop - Stopps a unit completely. Splash Casting.
Quicken - Forces a single unit to act.
Quarter - Reduces target unit's HP by 1/4.
Demi - Reduces target unit's HP by 1/2.
Return Magic (R) - Sends spell directly back to the unit of casting, regardless of spell. (Believe me...he can send back summons.)
Totema (O) - Deals HP damage to all units.
<hr>Rain
Bangaa Bishop

Abilities:
Aero - Strikes a unit with a tornado. Splash casting.
Water - Strikes a unit with a water bubble. Splash casting.
Dispel - Removes all negitive effects from units.
Cura - Heals HP, splash casting
Warcry - Decreases speed of nearby units.
Cheer - Increases weapon damage attack on next attack.
Rasp - Deals damage to unit's MP. Splash casting.
Haste - Increases speed of a single unit.
Soul Sphere - Deals damage to the MP of units within an area. Not as effective as Rasp, but free.
Bonecrusher (R) - Deals damage back to unit 1.5x
Sacred Combo (O) - Easily chained Combo for Templars
Adremelech (O) - Summons Adremelech, deals HP damage to all enemy units.</i>
<i>You're welcome.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

*gives Xion a cookie*
@Risp: No, my plan is based off the many crazy antics of Dragonball Z and Yu-Gi-Oh that I love so much (and hated by everyone else XP).

L_G reaches into his pocket to get his Yu-Gi-Oh deck, but realizes he left it back on the old interceptor when he was taken away by Tangent. "Darnit," he grumbles. "Oh well, there's more than one way to skin a cat, as they say...I think it's time to pay the Kais a visit..."
Jeanie runs up to L_G and says, "The Interceptor II is finished!"
"...Excellent."

Goku, Trunks, and Bulla have been revived!
Elsewhere, Pan neats the snot out of some punks trying to mug an old lady.

[Risp_old]

<i>I hate to say this, but I never moved the interceptor. It's insides were gutted by the protal, but it is still mostly intact. All I mainly did is lock you out of it. Your deck is probably still on the moon, next to the magic amplifier (which Tangent shut down when he left), with it's cards scattered all over the moon. Not as if it will do you much good.</i>

[Xion]

<i>Hey risp, can I ask what kind of electrical generator is hooked up to the pylon?

And another thing, when a portal is attempted to be ripped, how does the Pylon counteract this? Does it add more electricicity if more portals are attempted to be ripped?</i>

"Hey Diesel..." Xion says, resting his hand on Diesel's shoulder. Diesel jumps. "Oh, I'm sorry. Did I startle you?"

"No..." Diesel says, yawning. "I was merely sleeping."

"Ah." Xion says. "Well, I've been thinking about how to take down that Pylon of Tangent's. Could you please bring up the pylon room on cam?" Diesel nods, and brings up a view of the pylon room.

[Lem_Gambino]

<i>I hate to say this, but I never moved the interceptor. It's insides were gutted by the protal, but it is still mostly intact. All I mainly did is lock you out of it. Your deck is probably still on the moon, next to the magic amplifier (which Tangent shut down when he left), with it's cards scattered all over the moon. Not as if it will do you much good.</i>
I think you misunderstood. When the Interceptor was attacked, it was in Animenia. Martin attacked, and since he could eliminate summoned monsters L_G didn't think to bring his deck, then he left it behind when Tangent brought both of them back to the dimension we started in. I think. Besides, why use the cards when the actual monsters are right here?

L_G asks Jeanie to fetch him a map of the Shadow Realm. "Uh, we don't have a map...the Shadow Realm is constantly shifting. However, I can tell you that Snake Road is due Unger," she says.
"Straight up?" asks L_G. Jeanie nods.
"Well in that case, Snake Road, here I come!" L_G flies into the dark sky, unsure of what to look for...maybe he should of asked for directions.

[Risp_old]

<i>Why are you doing everything in little chunks? Nobody else here is really doing anything.
@Risp: No, my plan is based off the many crazy antics of Dragonball Z and Yu-Gi-Oh that I love so much (and hated by everyone else XP).
For some reason the words 'many crazy antics' makes me shudder. And I hate them because it is kinda cheesy to, if you need more characters, to get some from anime. Expecially from DBZ, which is stupidly over-the-top.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Yanking more characters into this mess won't help. CREATING characters on the other hand...*koff*Fusion*koff*

I post in chunks because I'm lazy, and I have to do some homework now. Cheerio. *teleports away*

[Risp_old]

<i>Whatever. Just remember to add a fusion skill or something to your character's skill lists, or else a fusion would be counted as a plot device.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Any two characters of the same size and power level can fuse with the Fusion Dance, or have each character wear a Kai Earring on opposite ears. Or you could use the Polymerization magic card, Fusion Gate Magic card, or the Goddess of the Third Eye's effect to fuse chracters together. Now lemme work. *closes door*

[Risp_old]

<i>Yes, but if you don't list it as an ability it will be a plot device, like how Xion used his l33t plansewalker skills on me when he never listed them as usable by him.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Okay, if it makes you happy. Now if you'll excuse me... *holds up a copy of "Siddhartha"*

[Xion]

<i> *pokes risp* What about my questions?</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>Oops. I didn't notice.

The power generator the pylon is hooked up to is very powerful. A large portion of the moon the base is on was hollowed from it, and it draws energy from three contained black holes. If more portals are opened, it uses up more of it's power. Most of the power, however, are sent to it's energy grids for storage for a very spirited attempt of entering. The pylon does not attempt to counteract portals, as I already said. Simply, any matter is shot back to it's point of origin. While all plansewalkers can just shrug this away in small amounts, the sheer power it uses to do this is overwhelming. I suppose you could overpower the pylon, but only if you have some contained black holes of your own and you don't mind opening huge portals that would end up sucking a universe or two into anther plane from the sheer energy used.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Sounds like fun.:p j/k
If the black holes collapsed, would the pylon lose power and shut down, or would some weird antimatter thingy happen?

[Risp_old]

<i>If one of the black holes breaks containment, there are systems in place that trick the universe into thinking the black hole belongs in another plane, so the black hole is ejected. The pylon could still work, as it would still have power from the other 'holes. Even if all the 'holes were ejected, the energy grid has enough power to run the pylon for a while. However, the chances of that happening are slim. So slim if you narrate one happening I will narrate you into suddenly flying the interceptor into a star and getting killed.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

WTS??? How can you trick the universe into throwing out black holes? Have you illegally buying plot devices over the internet again? >=|

[Risp_old]

<i>Xion can open portals between planes with his bare hands and is more or less fine even after you kill him. You have an army of anime characters and can attack people with magic even after you are killed and have your spirit sent to another plane. I am not the only one to do and have wierd things. Plus, I am a bad guy. I can have really powerful stuff. You and Xion have little excuse.

One of those really powerful things I have is this page, also.</i>

[Xion]

<i>The pylon does not attempt to counteract portals, as I already said.</i><i>Hmm...That gives me an idea.</i>

"Diesel." Xion says. Diesel turns to look at Xion, sitting in a chair he pulled up. "I think I figured out how to take down the pylon."

"Really? Not like your previous attempts?" Diesel says, sarcastically. Xion nods confidently. "Okay then, genious. Let's hear it."

"You know how the pylon only stops matter from transversing through the antimatter portals?" Xion starts. "Well, I noticed something with the cameras. Seeing as we can still control them from here, and still get a picture, we can drop the pylon from here with a huge Antimatter explosion. All I have to do is make a tiny rip inside of the pylon and close it as soon as it opens. As soon as the antimatter hits the air, KABLAMO!" Xion flings his arms out wildly to demonstrate a large explosion. "No more pylon, free planeswalking, and we can take down that ba..." Xion stops himself short to find Tia walk into the room. "Tia! How'd you get here?" Malta follows behind her.

"We decided to come and help!" Tia says with a smile. "We met up with a local who bought something from Diesel in the Black market, and he had no idea how to work it. We figured it out and came to this weird place. We kinda closed up shop for this, but this is what we do best!" Xion trembles with excitement.

"Th...Thank you." Xion says, teary. Xion hugs Tia and Malta cheerfully. Malta tries to push her way out of the hug while Tia hugs back. Malta escapes and Xion is crying on Tia's shoulder.

"We heard your plan..." Malta says. "We would help with it but seemingly since we don't have planeswalking abilities, just a telepipe that we used..." Xion pokes his head up, and goes over to the computer. Xion gets two chips, the same chips that gave Xion and Diesel their abilities, and offers them to Malta and Tia.

"Put these in your ears, like earrings." Xion explains. "You two can sleep to learn some incredibly great abilities...some that you didn't even know you could learn." Xion smirks with a half-evil smile.

[Risp_old]

<i>I see two flaws with that plan. First, the anti-matter must explode before it is ejected. That would be a race for time, and the universe has quick reactions. Second, it gives me no warning, and thus I cannot turn the pylon off. When you destroy the pylon you would also rip the universe to shreds. And if you go in, you would get yourself killed very quickly and irreversibly. So, it would just prevent plansewalking in another, more lethal, way.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

<i>Xion can open portals between planes with his bare hands and is more or less fine even after you kill him. You have an army of anime characters and can attack people with magic even after you are killed and have your spirit sent to another plane. I am not the only one to do and have wierd things. Plus, I am a bad guy. I can have really powerful stuff. You and Xion have little excuse.

One of those really powerful things I have is this page, also.</i>
Your page is not part of the game, and there fore cannot be used. So nyah. Anyway...

"WHAT?! HE'S DEAD?!?!?" exclaims a distressed Pan. She just got the bad news from her grandmother, Chi-Chi.
"I'm afraid so, dear," says a sad Chi-Chi.
Pan hung her head in sadness. The one person she looked up to, the one person that took it upon himself to train her in the Martial Arts...was gone. "Can-Can he be revived...with the Dragonballs?"
Chi Chi shook her head. The Eternal Dragon couldn't grant the same wish twice, as Goku died once, twice, three times before.
"No...NOOO~!!!!" shouted Pan, unable to control her emotions. Those said emotions were enough to give her a signifigant power boost, so much that everyone around the house (and the block) could feel it.

Pan has become a Hyper Saiyan 1!!!
Pan reverts back to her original self...

"What...on earth?!" says a shocked Chi Chi. She was certainly shocked to see her husband and two sons go Super Saiyan, but this...this was unbelieveable!
"Hey, What's everyone crying about in here?"
Pan and Chi Chi rush to the front door. There stood Goku, alive and well. He promptly recieved a gigantic hug from both his wife and granddaughter.
"You're...You're alive! Again!" stammers Chi Chi.
"We've missed you so much!" says an overjoyed Pan.
"What? I was only gone for a few days...Speaking of which, what's for dinner?"
"That's our Goku!" the girls say, laughing.

* * *

It was just a peaceful day in West City. It was a bright, sunny day, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Everything was quite normal.
"AIIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
Until just now, that is.
Something had definitely spooked Videl, Pan's mother and daughter of the so-called "World Champion", Hercule. That something was a pink blob resembling a piece of chewed-up bubble gum, oozing frevorently around the room, obviously trying to get away from Videl's screaming; it seemed more afraid of her than she was afraid of it (of course, I could be wrong).
"Mama, what's going on?" says Pan as she entered her parents' bedroom. Videl was still wearing her nightgown, and hanging from the ceiling light. "Just...Just look!" stammers Videl, pointing at the blob oozing around the floor. "Catch that thing and get rid of it, will you please?!"
Pan winks at her frightened mother. "Don't worry, I'm all over it!"
And so the chase begins...cue Tom and Jerry chase music.

[Risp_old]

<i>Sadly true.</i>

Rspss Fr spins around in his new rolling chair in the command room of the new base. In the style of his last base, the room has numerous video screens on the walls. One, at the moment, is showing the base's status.

::::::Status::::::
Generators - online
Pylon- online
Defense systems- online
Communications systems- online
Command systems- online

No danger reported

If you read this, you are a winner!

[Lem_Gambino]

Looks like you won. XD

"I don't care how much money you have, you're buying me a dress! Got it?!" says an angry Bulla. Like mother, like daughter.
'That's it,' thinks an annoyed Trunks, 'When this is all over, I'm going back into the past and seeing to it that I never had a sister!'
'...But that would mess up the timeline... '
'...Oh, bother.'

[Xion]

<i>Not really, risp. When the pylon gets knocked offline through any means, including destruction within the pylon, it would stop the resistance to planeswalking. Thus making free planeswalking for all!

Xion does have one weakness in his current state...and if you actually think about it, you could make Xion, Diesel, Malta, and Tia your mindless slaves. You just gotta capture them.

And how can you capture them when you have no return ticket? :p</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>I already went over this, Xion. If the pylon is destroyed when it is still on it will more or less break the universe. And, thinking about it, there would no longer be any walls between the torn plane and others, so the plane the pylon used to be on would start to suck in other planes that (ironically) don't have the equivalent of a pylon themselves. The only way you could safely neutralize the pylon is to capture it.</i>

[Strato]

<i>turn it off and decimate it?</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>The most sure-fire way to turn it off is to capture it.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Sounds like something you do in a strategy game. How to capture a Pylon wothout ending the universe?

[Risp_old]

<i>Well, capturing the pylon would not end the universe. Destroying it outright would.</i>

[Xion]

<i>Fine, so trashing the Pylon won't work.</i>

"Xion..." Malta approaches Xion from behind, whom is working on his compuer. Xion turns his head twoard Malta, silently. "I've been thinking. Perhaps destroying the pylon wouldn't be such a hot idea."

"Why is that?" Xion looks at malta with a confused look.

"Well, Diesel told me how the pylon works, and I think that destroying it would be very bad." Malta sits on the arm of Xion's chair. "The pylon works by increasing the resession of antimatter, and if we destroy it without neutralization, that entire force goes down the drain. That plane, in essence, become a big vat of antimatter, worse than just merely blocking the plane. So in essence you would be the one breaking the planeswalker's code by destroying it."

Xion sighs under his breath and mumbles "You're right." Xion looks up at Malta. "But I think that there may be another way to destroy the pylon." Malta now has the confused look that Xion had moments ago. "Since we cannot destroy the portal, we can destroy the energy source, or merely sever the connection. The pylon cannot work without energy, now can it?" Malta shakes her head. "Exactly. We sever the connection, the Pylon goes offline safely, and we step in without Tangent having a shadow of a clue as to what the h-" Xion is interrupted by Tia, rushing in.

"Xion..." Tia says, out of breath. "It's Rach."

[Risp_old]

<i>Xion, have you ever payed attention when I explained how the pylon works, or does Diesel just have innacurate information?</i>

[Xion]

<i>Xion, have you ever payed attention when I explained how the pylon works, or does Diesel just have innacurate information?</i>
<i>both.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>That makes sense.</i>

::::::Status::::::
Generators - online
Pylon- online
Defense systems- online
Communications systems- pinging
Command systems- online

No danger reported

He who live in glass house, change in basement.

[Xion]

<i>hahahaha. very funny you.</i>

Xion rushes to Rach's pen to find her running rampant around the pen. "What happened?" Xion asks Tia.

"I don't know...I saw her there, I pet her, and she just went bezerk!" Tia says. "I don't want to harm her, but..." Xion pulls out his Lotus Mace and holds it vertical. "What are you doing?"

"If I can't calm her down..." Xion says, bowing his head and closing his eyes slowly. "I'll have to neutralize her." Xion transforms into a Lamia! Lamia Xion casts Night! Rach is asleep! Tia is asleep! Malta is asleep! Diesel...well, he's been sleeping for the past three hours. Xion transforms back into Alchemist Xion. Xion pats Tia on the head softly, careful not to wake her, and carries her back to her room. "Sleep, Tia. You had quite a fright." Xion does the same with Malta and puts her in her own room. "You too...thank you for the insight." Xion returns to Rach's side, and pets her. Rach awakens and looks at Xion. "What happened?" Rach snorts, and nuzzles Xion's side.

[Lem_Gambino]

Xion's got a point there, Risp. If the power sources are gone, then pylon won't function. I suggest putting extra guards around the power grids (or the massive electrical socket that the pylon happens to be plugged into, if there is one).>=)

[Risp_old]

<i>Well, guards won't help if Xion finds out a way to blow up black holes with antimatter. And, since the power core is only accessible from the pylon room without any security cards (you can jump off a dramatic cliff in the pylon room into the main black hole), you will not reach it in the seige.</i>

[Xion]

<i>You still don't know my plan.

And that is a good thing.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>Don't worry, I will think of some way to counteract it. Remember when you are making your plans, you have to plan for something that happens in less than half a nanosecond, or would not require you to interact with this plane.

Oh, and this might be helpful. The pylon also blocks magic.</i>

[Xion]

<i>Magic through an interplanal boost? Perposterous. Magic is not exactly matter.

Besides, I'll initate the plan....now.</i>

Xion returns with Rach by his side to his computer. He switches the camera to a wire running up from the power source, about five yards above the contained black holes. Xion rips himself a portal and watches the computer monitor. "Come on...one shot at this..." Within a nanosecond, a bright flash hits the screen. The power cord to the Pylon has been severed near the portals, but is still close enough to create a connection. "Blast!" Xion shouts, making Rach jump. Xion pets rach to calm her down. Xion changes the screen to a computer screen displaying the current status of the Pylon.

[Lem_Gambino]

A Rabid Pylon?

[Risp_old]

<i>Since it is rather pointless, I will not continue. Let me just say that the pylon blocks everything but people's spirits. Otherwise it would be possible for someone to get through by sending a spell and their spirit through and having the spell construct a new body for them out of nearby matter, and stuff like that.</i>

::::::Status::::::
Generators - online
Pylon- at 60% effictiveness and lowering. repair teams already dispatched
Defense systems- online
Communications systems- online
Command systems- online

Attempted sabatoge reported

The pen is mightier than the sword.

[Xion]

<i>It can't be rabid. Besides, I've kinda severed the pylon's power. Just wait for it to fritz.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>Are you trying to create an opening for L_G?</i>

::::::Status::::::
Generators - online
Pylon- at 40% effictiveness and lowering. repairs in progress
Defense systems- online
Communications systems- online
Command systems- online

On tier 1 alert

Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.

[Xion]

"Oh man. Gotta work faster now." Xion says, and returns back to the severed piece of wire. Xion rips another portal, and watching the computer screen, he accurately severs another piece, roughly three inches up, just below the attachment of the wire to the wall. The piece starts to slide off, and Xion sees this as an oppourtunity to strike. Xion snaps another portal just at the base of the wire, completely severing the pylon from the power source.

[Risp_old]

<i>The pylon is still working. It is just running out of power, owing to the fact that it is on it's internal power storage.</i>

[Xion]

<i>I see now. Unless your flunkies can reattach a 3-inch gap in the wire, you're SOL on the pylon.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>Actually, it is as simple as plugging in another battery to the pylon to prolong it's internal power, disconnecting the old wire, and getting a new wire to plug in. There are a lot a backups on or near the pylon; be glad there wasn't a backup connection to the generators.</i>

[Xion]

<i>Oh, so there's just a battery somewhere in the pylon itself keeping it running? Can't kill it without killing the pylon and the plane, so ncd. Just gotta keep your flunkies from fixing the wire.</i>

Xion sees the repair crew approach the broken piece of the wire with a battery in-hand. Xion, with his portal still open, aims. *ZIP* The crew member with the battery begins to waver. Xion has just ripped a plane in the crew member's temple in a quick nanosecond of a plane rip. Another member grabs the falling member, passes the battery to another member, and begins to return to the med bay. "Two with one stone, it seems." Xion says with a grin. Xion aims again...*ZIP* A large amount of crew members and the wire get snipped in two, again. The wire begins to slip down into the contained black holes.

Now, not only did they have a 3-inch gap to worry about, they have about a foot gap to deal with.

<i>I'm evil, aren't I?</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>You forgot that the pylon is still active, so you could not have entered in the first place.</i>

[Xion]

<i>Though I am not passing through. I am merely ripping planes in the other plane, maybe for just a nanosecond, but they are still very destructive. *evil grin*</i>

Xion finds the main communications room in the cameras, and aims. *ZIP* Main terminal now has a hole in it the size of a pea. *ZIP ZIP ZIP ZIP* Now five of them. *ZIP!* A large slash in the console. *ZIP* another.

[Risp_old]

<i>A nanosecond is too slow. You need to do it in a fraction of a nanosecond. And, before you say it, you can't. To do it you would need the reaction times to do stuff like catch bullets and dodge lasers, the speed to outrun said bullets and get to the owners of said lasers before they fire, and the resistance to be able to withstand catching on fire from air resistance and surviving your own sonic booms. And then you need to take into account the time it takes to go through a portal. If you could do all that, I do not see why you are not attacking million upon millions of times per turn.</i>

[Xion]

<i>With magic, anything is possible. Magic is that fast...faster than light itself.

Everything here is pretty much magical skills, but with a change. You said that the pylon doesn't block portals from opening...FATAL ERROR. I'm abusing yet another miswording on your account, since you didn't say that it doesn't block planes within the plane it is being blocked. :p I win.</i>

Xion finds the internal battery within the pylon. Xion aims within his portal... *ZIP* The battery now has a hole in it about the size of a penny.

[Risp_old]

<i>Wow. It's magic. That is an excuse I never heard. Why have you never used this skill before? Why not when you infiltrated the fortress? You could have killed everyone there before I could say 'Crap! Xion's here!' Also, owing to the magic dampener I had my engineers bring in after your attack, you now are no longer magic. You now are a Tachyon. You are forever a Tachyon, doomed to constantly travel faster than light and to never again interact with normal matter. And, more importantly, you are now doomed to starve to death.</i>

[Strato]

<i>I find it interesting that by abusing miswordings like the way you are doing it why not in the middle of a monopoly game start robbing the bank? I mean, the rules don't say that you can't so you obviously can and should abuse this power constantly.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>Because you are so annoying me, I am making the seige even tougher.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

*sees what happened* ...I think I'll just let this thing blow over and act afterwards...or after I finish my waffles. Whatever comes first.

[Risp_old]

<i>Well, if Xion does not think up another comeback (I AM TOO MAGIC TO BE TURNED INTO A TACHYON!!!!!!!1) you will just find yourself short one allied character.

And your waffles will be no use at all.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

You are correct. My waffles are being digested. Now answer me this...
Are the Pylon and all its computer systems protected from:
-Viruses?
-Electric surges?
-Water?
-Extreme heat and cold?
-Lawyers?

I hereby claim this page in the name of the War Tavern.

[Risp_old]

<i>You are correct. My waffles are being digested. Now answer me this...
Are the Pylon and all its computer systems protected from:
-Viruses?
-Electric surges?
-Water?
-Extreme heat and cold?
-Lawyers?

I hereby claim this page in the name of the War Tavern.
-It's computer system is isolated from the mainframe, so the only way to get a virus in it would be to walk up to it, install the virus (though it has no floppy drive, so instead code the virus), and hope the autodefensed don't kill you beforehand. And also hope the virus is better than the Pylon's antivirus systems. So, yes.
-It has a layer of insulative material, and it's internal power serves as a serge protector. So, yes.
-It is also waterproof. So, yes.
-The only way to create extreme heat or cold around it reliably is to use magic. And Xion annoyed me to give it defenses against magic. So, yes.
-Yes.

The best way to take it out would be to get rid of all it's defenses and damage it enough for an electrician to get in and shut it off from the inside.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

You just love making stuff hard, don't you? I'll get on ths as soon as my <s>slave drivers</s> teachers stop <s>torturing</s> bombarding me with <s>menial labor</s> homework. DX

[Risp_old]

<i>The only thing I am doing is keeping you from taking an easy solution that requires you to do nearly nothing, like Xion keeps trying to do.</i>

[cooba]

I suggest putting extra guards around the power grids

I am STILL here. And I'm evil.

[Xion]

<i>Why have you never used this skill before?</i><i>Huge MP drain... And have you ever heard of something called "shooting blind" before? Yeah. So while I'm off randsacking a part of the base your flunkies could be fixing two. Granted, with this power I can be in three places at once creating chaos, I cannot wipe out the entire base in one snap due to the fact that I would be destroying the pylon, not just disabling it.

Besides, I'm subrised you haven't noticed that I didn't go after Tangent in this attack...I'd rather face him in a head-on battle than to lame him.</i>

Xion yawns. "I think that's enough chaos for tonight." Xion mumbles, then heads off to bed.

Xion's Stats:

HP: 12/250
MP: 0/325
JP: 0/10

[Lem_Gambino]

I am STILL here. And I'm evil.
Yes, but you haven't done anything in like, forever.

[Risp_old]

<i>That's one thing I hate. Somebody thinking up an amazing power and thinking up a limitation to it later, to try to make me not as angry about it. And Xion, you already have skills that have a huge MP drain (when you use one of your uber kill-the-enemy-in-one-hit spell combos), but you are able to use them all the time.</i>

::::::Status::::::
Generators - online
Pylon- system stable. repairs in progress
Defense systems- online
Communications systems- online
Command systems- online

On tier 1 alert

All roads lead to Rome.

[Strato]

<i>Come on! Start the raid! Your insessent pointless plans won't work.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>I think Xion is too scared to start the raid, and that is why he keeps trying to find a maricle solution to the Pylon problem, so he can call in reinforcements whenever he wants and run away whenever he wants.</i>

[Xion]

Xion rolls over in his sleep with a groan. "Why can't I sleep..." Xion mumbles, looking at the clock. "Two in the morning..." Xion looks down at the floor to see Rach asleep. "While everybody else in the complex sleeps." Xion gets up, wanders around, and stares out the window. "I guess I'm not completely used to this new shell, it seems." Xion says, followed by a sigh. Xion glances at the computer to see the repair crew fixing the broken power cord. Xion digs in his pocket for a small red flask. Xion pours the liquid inside, ruby red, into a cup of coffee like creamer. Xion sips the coffee as he watches the flunkies fix the cord, and the Pylon itself. "Seemingly, the communications terminal was uneffected. Just some damage to the control panel. Easily fixed, I assume." Xion sips his coffee again, and sits back in his chair. Tia walks into the room rubbing her eyes. "Can't sleep?" Xion says to Tia, and she nods silently. "Well, it seems like my little siege did nothing to Tangent." Xion points to the computer with his coffee.

"You what?" Tia says, still half-asleep. "I'm not quite sure I understood you correctly. You made a siege on Tangent's base?" Xion nods, and points at the broken power cord. "How'd you do that?" Tia asks.

"Watch." Xion says, forming a small portal near him. Xion aims with the aid of the computer. *ZIP* the power cord about a yard above the contained black holes now has been severed halfway. "Isn't that amazing?" Xion says, closing the portal. "The only problem is that it's a huge mental drain. That's the last of my powers untill I regain them with some rest."

"Well you're not going to get any drinking coffee." Tia says. She then notices Xion shaking an empty flask with his other hand. "Ah. Ether?" Xion shakes his head, then offers Tia a sip of his coffee. "Thank you." Tia carefully takes a sip, then licks her lips. "Ah. A potion."

"Yeah, I'm trying to cut back on my Ethers...since they're so rare. Baguba only gets a shipment of two thousand each month, so I gotta make them last when I get them." Xion says with a smile. "Besides, I can channel my HP into MP."

"Oh?" Tia says, curious. "Can you teach me how to do this?" Xion reaches for Tia's ear. "What are you doing?"

"Remember that chip I told you to put in your ear?" Xion says, softly moving her ear into his view. "And if it is seated properly, you should already know how to do this." Xion pushes the chip in Tia's left ear firmly, making sure it in. Tia winces. "Sorry...sorry..." Xion says, fondling Tia's ear.

"No problems...I had worse before." Tia says, fondling her ear with Xion. "Remember when Finnigan came in wounded from battle?" Tia lifts her shirt slightly to reveal a large scar across her right side. "He was not only Bezerked, he was confused. So he attacked me while I was trying to heal him. Bangaa spike right across. Almost missed me, but hurt like crazy. Malta had to heal us both after she casted Esuna." Xion winces while Tia tells her story.

"Ow, yeah...I remember that. Don't worry, he got his when he came back to base." Xion says.

"Yeah...anyways, what happened with Rach?" Tia says, looking at rach on the floor sleeping.

"The only thing I can think of is that she has never had a feminine touch...and it drove her crazy. Other than that, I cannot see any reason she would act that way." Xion says, looking at Rach. Xion takes a sip of his coffee, then looks back at his computer. Tia sits on the arm next to Xion. "Thanks Tia, this night may go better than sitting here and monitoring Tangent." Xion says with a smile.

[Xion]

<i>And Risp, I am trying to get Malta and Tia to that plane so they can revive Rain and Soala...And yes, to bring me to the siege of that base. :p</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>Yes, but there are other ways for that, that do not involve moving so fast you can create a sonic boom and then run rings around it.

Like time travel.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Are the black holes protected from magic? How long will the power grids last?

[Risp_old]

<i>Ah, L_G. Also looking for the easy way?

Black holes absorb magic. That would increase their power output for a short while. The power grid would last a few days.</i>

[Strato]

Strato makes the raid harder.

[Risp_old]

<i>So, L_G, all this trying to find a way around everything and being lazy is making the eventual siege harder. So, unless you want to loose, you should try to get to the point.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Guess you leave me no choice then...*evil villain voice* I, Garland, will KNOCK YOU ALL DOWN!!!*/evil villain voice*

Interceptor:
Class: Armored Assualt Transport
HP: 200000/200000
MP: 30000/30000
SP(Spirit Points, regained after every turn): 10
Total SP: 99 (max SP is 99, cannot be exceeded)
Weapon Attack: 528
Weapon Defense: 601
Magic Attack: 483
Magic Defense: 372
Speed: 741

Weapons:
Firaga Cannon- Power: 200
Waterga Cannon- Power: 200
Thundaga Cannon- Power: 200
Blizzaga Cannon- Power: 200
NOTE: The above cannons behave the same way as the Gun Mage's Enchanted Bullets.
Ultima Cannon- Power: 350 MP: 90
X-Cannon- Power: 400 SP: 10
Moon Gun- Power: 400 SP: 5 per shot; can fire up to three shots into later rounds
Servokinetic Laser- Power: 90
Dispersion Cannon- Power: 100 Fires seven shots in a spray pattern.
Rapid-Fire Laser- Power: 50d20
Dead-On Missiles- Power: 150 SP: 2
Viper Missiles- Power: 150 SP: 5 Homes in on target.
Bion Fury Missiles- Power: 210 SP: 9
Hyper Cannon- Power: 600 SP: 99 Damages a wide area.
Noshield- Blocks magic for one turn. MP: same as the spell cast at it.
Cheap Magic Protection- Negates magic and attacks that reduce HP by a specific amount. (i.e.: Demi, and that weird attack that Tangent uses to drop a foe's HP to one)

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[Risp_old]

<i>You really think that well help much? I mean, at most, you will only be able to use it at the first stage of the siege. Unless you want to use a SUPER PLOT POWER LOL!!!!!1 and destroy the base, thus ripping the universe to shreds and killing us all without any chance of anyone being ever revived in the lifespan of the universe (even for Xion). And, in fact, it will only make you weaker, in a way. But, if you want to, go ahead.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

O_o? Did you really think I was going to blow up the whole base? Well, I am, but I'll try to do as little, if not zero damage to the pylon as possible. Where is it located? (If you say it's in the middle of the base I'll <s>rip your heart out</s> spam your inbox like there's no tomorrow. I think. Mweehehehehe.

[Risp_old]

<i>If you even try a demolish-with-spaceship job, you would find your ship in little peices flying away at hight speeds.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

That's why I stockpiled repair kits and elixirs. >XD

[Risp_old]

<i>One heavy defense turret could destroy your Interceptor in ten turns. If you launch a demolish mission, I will deploy 50 of them.

But anyway, before I go, I might as well cut the chase. You are unable to damage the base, since the base has no stats and thus such an attack would be considered a plot device.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

*cough*Haste*cough*Distance*cough*
I don't know what I'll do. Maybe I'll just *TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED*

[Lem_Gambino]

<i>One heavy defense turret could destroy your Interceptor in ten turns. If you launch a demolish mission, I will deploy 50 of them.

But anyway, before I go, I might as well cut the chase. You are unable to damage the base, since the base has no stats and thus such an attack would be considered a plot device.</i>
Waiiiiiiiit a second. I don't think it's considered a plot device. If the base has no stats, that means that:
HP: 0
MP: 0
SP: 0
Weapon Attack: 0
Weapon Defense: 0
Magic Attack: 0
Magic Defense: 0
Speed: 0
Attacks: None

If the base's HP is zero, then that means the base is destroyed...I don't count the pylon and any defensive stuff as part of the base since they are their own units, like in Warcraft. If the base has no stats, then that means either:
-You just have a wide open area with a bunch of turrets around a Pylon,
OR
-The base doesn't exist at all,
OR
-I just dun git eet!

If my comment ticks you off, I'm sorry. I just thought it would be weird to explain the concept of no stats. This is just a random thought that I had that shouldn't interfere with teh playing of teh game. Ah heck, just ignore this post altogether. Don't worry, I'll get this Pylon down without destroying anything (unless Xion beats to me it, which he probably won't) and we can focus on more important matters...like the Tales of the Tavern Thread.

Now that I think about, time travel does sound like a good idea...*goes off to contemplate plan to take this sucker out*

[Risp_old]

<i>In RPGs they do not give things like mountains and cities HP stats; does that mean those mountains and cities have 0 HP and thus they do not exist?
Planets do not have HP stats; does that mean planets do not exist?

If you like, I will define the base's HP as infinate.</i>

[Xion]

<i>No, when an object is determined to be "Not destroyable" You call their armor Invulnerable. Granted, they do have no HP nor anything else, but do they really need HP if you cannot touch their HP? :p</i>

Xion is now fast asleep in his chair, coffee finished. Tia is laying on him.

[Lem_Gambino]

@Risp: No, that won't be necessary.
@Xion: The base is part of the scenery. It cannot be destroyed unless it's part of the storyline or a cutscene.

L_G sits there on Snake Road, thinking about recent events. "As long as that Pylon is up, I can't go back home. It's time to pull out the big guns," says L_G. He takes out a piece of paper and scribbles a note on it:

Dear Beth and my past self,
By the time you read this, I will no longer exist. I have reached a roadblock in the future that's preventing me from going home. Surely you have heard of Strato and his Peep army; they set up a Pylon that's blocking interdimensional travel. There are powerful enemies guarding it; enemies that I cannot defeat myself. I must ask you to take my past self to the Shadow Realm, and use the provided Interceptor II to escape before Strato catches up to you. I wish you the best of luck.

Going to miss you in the future,
-Future L_G

L_G sighs. He was hoping it wouldn't come to this...
"No matter," says L_G. "I must do what I can to save myself."
L_G takes out the Ocarina of Time. He digs around the jumbled-up thoughts of his mind to find the one asong that can save everything:
C-Right, A, C-Down, C-Right, A, C-Down.
L_G tapped out the destination on his feet, and a time portal opened. L_G takes a deep breath, and steps through.

* * *

Somewhere back in the past, L_G appears out of thin air. He looks out into the distance, seeing nothing but mucky oceans. L_G shakes his head and says, "Risp and Strato shouldn't have com after me...now they'll pay dearly!"
Following the faint energy signal of his petrified self, L_G blazes across the landscape. It only takes a few minutes for L_G to find that he was not alone: Beth and her platoon have already arrived.
L_G flies up to them and says, "Hi."
Beth turns and gasps. "It...It's you! But how? I don't understand..."
"Allow me to explain," begins L_G. "I'm from the future."

[Xion]

Tia falls off of Xion's side and into his lap. It's now seven in the morning.

[Strato]

Strato raises the moral of his troops.

[Lem_Gambino]

'Who-who's there?!' thinks Past L_G. 'Auntie Em! Are we still in Kansas?!?!' The seemingly random thought flies out of the petrified knucklehead and hits Past Xion, disturbing whatever he's doing.

[Risp_old]

Rspss Fr, in his command room, wonders why the tracker spell placed on L_G stopped working. He sighs, and turns to another screen, where another magic amplifier is under construction in the factory bay. On another screen, engineers are working on the outside of the base, placing attack neutralization field generators all around the base's exterior. On yet another screen, Strato is giving an inspirational speech to the troops. Rspss Fr stops on that screen, and listens.

<i>Okay, now I have a better excuse for why you cannot just demolish the base.</i>

[Xion]

<i>Erm...how far in the past are we talking, L_G?

And Strato, you dolt, It's spelled "Morale"</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Back when L_G was still a rock. About near the beginning of this thread.

[Xion]

<i>So, around the time I'm in Seabed.</i>

Xion loses his place while typing. "Who are you? How did you get here?"

[Lem_Gambino]

'I don't know, I'm stuck inside a rock. I think Vanna White and Flint the Time Detective are nearby, playing chess,' telepaths Past L_G. 'I WANT MY PLAY-DOH PLEASE!'
Future L_G sweatdrops. "Was I like this in the past?" he asks Beth. Beth shrugs.

[Risp_old]

<i>If my interpretations are correct, this entire story to date has only taken a few days, maybe a week. That is not too far back in the past.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

That's a good point; too bad forum time doesn't match up with game time...>_<

[Risp_old]

<i>Too bad indeed.</i>

[cooba]

"Too bad that forum time doesn't match with game time..."

Imagine that we are now near 9th post after you made a sort of flashback.

Cooba slowly got bored. Waiting for fight at tier 5's choke point with some troops isn't so alluring. He expected something better after Risp gave him chance to join (no offence). "Anyway, it's better to have a buddy instead of foe" - he thought. After few minutes he started to snore along with some soldiers.

He dreamt about a cybernetical structure dressed like a princess. Then Tangent accidentally pressed something and machine turned into electric toothbrusher, which after a second turned into red-furred rabbit which came outside and ate enemy's tanks shaped like a buck-toothed fishes.

Then a bell awake Cooba from dream. He instantly shot out over 20 Waterga bullets to empty space <s>filled with non-existing nothingness=less</s>, because he thought that enemies came. Then a computer voice said:

"Alarm testing. Don't worry doods. Alarm testing. Don't worry doods. Alarm testing... bzzt bzzz kazap" - computer said right after battle mage shot at the big speaker on ceiling.

"Shup and eat your veggies... byaaaaaaawn..."

[Lem_Gambino]

LOL. Perhaps if you weren't evil, you'd make a good ally. We both comtemplate random thoughts. XD

[Risp_old]

<i>Yes.</i>

Rspss Fr continues to watch Strato pace around the barracks, still giving his inspirational speech.

::::::Status::::::
Generators - online
Pylon- online
Defense systems- online
Communications systems- online
Command systems- online

No danger reported

Any port in a storm.


<i>My page.</i>

[Xion]

Malta walks into the room where Xion and Tia are sleeping. "Tia..." Malta sighs. Xion's tail twitches, and Xion wakes up.

"Morning..." Xion yawns. "That was a really good nap, even after a coffee." Xion holds Tia by her sides, waking her up. "Morning, sunshine." Xion says to Tia, who then mumbles something inaudibly. Xion carries Tia to his bed and lays Tia down. "Good morning, Malta." Xion says, approaching Malta.

"What were you doing with Tia?" Malta says, somewhat disturbed.

"Calm down...I couldn't sleep and neither could she. She came to my room in need of a conversation." Xion says. "Now, can I ask you something?"

"Sure." Malta says.

"About that chip that I asked you to put in your ear...did you push it down firmly?" Xion says reaching for Malta's ear. Her ear flicks backwards.

"Yes, I pushed it untill it hurt." Malta says, peterbed. Xion returns his hands to his sides. "Is that all?" Xion nods. "Now, I have a question for you. Remember Rain and Soala? Two members of your clan that have never come back?"

"I know that, they fell in the battle with Tangent." Xion responds. "There's been a revival spell going for a while now so they're coming back...In the plane with the Pylon. We cannot get at them nor can they get at us."

"Oh." Malta says, with a suprised look on her face. "Well...any plans?" Xion nods, uneasily.

[Risp_old]

<i>If it involves popping in, retrieving them, and getting back in a fraction of a nanosecond, I will add 9999 damage defense turrets to the seige.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

@ Risp: You won't have that page for long, because I'm about to *dramatic tone* REWRITE THE PAST! *dun dun dun, dramatic reverb*
Yes, I know that sounded corny.

Ignoring the randon thoughts spewed out by Past L_G, Future L_G explains what happened to Beth. "So you see, If I take myself back home in the past, then Strato will have no need to build a Pylon that prohibits dimensional travel, and I can go home. However, I won't exist anymore since I'm from the future, and since I will be sending you and past self back to Animenia, I will have no reason to exist in this particular timeline, since I will already be back home."
"...Phwee?" says a confused Past Beth.
Future L_G smirks. "I know it's confusing," he says, "I can't figure it out myself."
Future L_G looks around. "You two had better get going, or Strato will find us, and it won't be pretty."
Future L_G hands over the Interceptor II Capsule.
"That capsule contains an updated Interceptor," says L_G. "Use it to get home."
'NO! I REFUSE TO LISTEN TO ANYMORE OF YOUR LIES!!!' Past L_G calls out.
Past L_G has gone Insane!
Past L_G uses When the Stuff Happened! Past L_G is no longer Petrified!
Risp loses his Page 16!
Malta has a new hat!
Past L_G gets a Pringle Cannon!
Holding the Pringle Cannon, which is a bazooka painted to look like a Pringles Can; designed to fire massive Pringles at enemies, Past L_G turns to face Future L_G. "Well, this is unexpected," he says.
With a maniacal glint in his eye, Past L_G says, "No one touches my Gatorade! NO ONE!!!"
Before Past L_G can fire, Future L_G uses his hyper-fast speed to fly in and deliver a Vulcan Death Grip to his past self. Past L_G drops his Pringle Cannon into the mucky ocean.
"Micro Machines..." Past L_G mutters. Future L_G shakes his head and says, "He'll be alright," seeing the shocked expression on Beth's face. Future L_G hands Past L_G over to a Whiptail Crow who was part of Beth's platoon.
"Go back to the Shadow Realm, unpack the Interceptor II, and get of here FAST. I bet Strato and his army are- ungh?!"
Future L_G had just been caught in a big hug by Beth, tears welling in her eyes. "I don't want you to leave," she says sadly. "You're different than-"
"No," Future L_G says. "No, I'm the same as my past self, but he hasn't become me yet. Don't worry, I'll be here again." Future L_G hugs her back.
After a few minutes, they let go. Jeanie and her platoon appear nearby through a Shadow Portal. "Beth! What's taking so long to get- oh," she says, seeing Future L_G.
"Well, I guess we'd better go home," continues Jeanie. "But how are there TWO L_Gs???"
"I'll explain later," Beth replies. "We've got to get back, Strato's troops are approaching fast!" She points northeast, where several ships are coming over the mountains.
"But what about this L_G?"
"He'll be gone by the time they get here!"
Jeanie looks at Future L_G, who nods at her. Jeanie sighs and says, "Alright, we're heaing back. But you're packing up the construction site! We worked hard to get that up and running properly!" Beth giggles.
Jeanie opens a portal back to the Shadow Realm. With a last glance, the group enters the portal. It disappears. Future L_G looks over to the approaching Peeps and says, "I hope you're watching this, Strato. Your time has just run out-"
"I DEMAND MY STAR WARS CHESS!!!!" shouts out Past L_G in his sleep through a small crack in the portal. "Oh please, puh-leeze become me soon..." whines Future L_G.

[Strato]

<i>Waiwhainthewhatnowwhatwherewhen?! I have no idea what just happened, I have no idea when this happend, I have no idea how this happend, I have no idea what L_G just did, I have no idea what post this is supposed to takes place in, I have no idea where this is, I have no idea how my troops got there, I have no idea of anything anymore.

BTW nice job starting the game over, using a skill while you were pretified was a nice touch too.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>That post makes about as much sense as all that stuff your past self was babbiling. I had control over all of the troops of the Peep Army. The only ships I had were the transports, which went back to Tangent's fortress (soon to become the new Peep Army fortress) after they had sent me to Ragol. And the stone spell was totally immune to magic not amplified, or items not made of the highest quality. And if you insist on adding troops to the Peep Army, you may the seige very difficult. And if you try to weasle your way around the seige, you may find yourself in a nearly impossible fight.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Buh.
@Strato: Okay, we'll just skip that part about Past L_G breaking out and random stuff happening, and the troops being on earth (or whatever planet we're on). I didn't think of that. XP
@Risp: I thought you'd have figured it out by now: I'm not going to do the siege. I'm travelling back to the past to undo all of the stupid stuff I did.

[Risp_old]

<i>At least the seige sheet would have some use. Well, this gives me an excue to do things even stranger. This also gives me a bigger reason to fight you. Oh, and Strato is preparing a big, important, story segment. Don't do any story segments for a while, k?</i>

Rspss Fr turns around in his chai- the screen room, totally abandoned, vibrates. In the one screen still on, a glowing hole can be seen. A giant black hole, not of the normal term, is growing. In a matter of days, it will engulf the universe and fill it with total emptyness. Panning across the base, it is empty. No Pylon rests in the pylon room. No ships in the ship bay. Few supplies are in the supply room. The base, it seems, was abandoned. Only a single thing of note remains. The logs of the past, left there in the hurry to leave. Inside it contains a tale of horrible importance...

PART TWO- FATAL PANDEMONIUM

[Lem_Gambino]

I'll be back home before that happens. XD
Also wouldn't the black hole just leave a blank space behind without damaging the unverse?

[Risp_old]

<i>That's really cold-hearted. Conder the problem of going back into the past and creating a paradox. And the holes? They leave emptyness in their wake.

Oh, and I just realized there is a double meaning in 'fatal pandemonium'.</i>

In the past, in the plane the Pylon was before it ceased to exist, a small, strange, black hole in the fabric of space appeared. Giving off unusual energy, it began to warp the universe. Suddenly, the plane isolated itself from others, in an attempt to keep the contamination from spreading. Planeswalkers all over were alarmed. One planeswalker who was leaving at the time the plane isolated only had half of his body transported through. Now, only the highest power of interplanal travel- the warpgates, of which there are only three in the universe, has the power to let people travel freely. And, at this rate, they would need to leave very, very, soon.

<i>Oh, and the locations of the warpgates are very hard to find out. I myself only know where one is, and you, FYI, know of none.</i>

[Strato]

"Bail out, bail out! Mission aborted, we've got a massive problem back on our home planet. Paradox readouts are off the charts. We need to teleport back immediatly." Strato yells.
"Acknowledged, planal teleport enabled. Teleporting in 5." Rspss says grimly.

*FWOOSH*

Strato rallies all of his forces in the area. "Come! We must fight! Hack the airwaves, we need to warn the general populace!" Strato commands.
"Why? What's happening?" One of his leuitenants asks.
"Paradoxs everywhere. This plane is collapsing on itself. People need to escape to a stable plane. *sigh* An unsurmountable number of people will be slaughtered instantly without knowing. This crime is truly unforgivable." Strato says with supressed rage. Rspss runs up to Strato in the midst of the hetic scramble to arms.
"Airwaves have been hacked, we're going live in 3 seconds. 2. 1."
"Greetings good people of Tiranus. We've come to a time of reckoning. As I warn you, the universe itself is collapsing upon itself. Within weeks, the plane will be obliterated from within, leaving nothing behind. All will be lost. However there is an escape. We may be able to form a mass teleport to another plane, in which safety will lay! We cannot assure you that you will survive on the otherside, but it's better than staying here. The man who has commited this atrocity will not survive. No matter the cost. Cut transmission." Strato turns to face Rspss.
"Rspss, abandon all of our facilities, do a code 113 abondoning prochedure. Everyone who wants to escape let them. Designate some forces to do a Red Cross and quell the massive chaos in spreading worldwide. Niz, you try and get the word out as far as you can across every planet, every solar system. I'll organize some troops to construct the mass planal teleportation, and the rest will help me fight L_G." Strato barked with edginess.

*A while later*

"All clear Bravo team, you're cleared for takeoff." The robotic intercom system annouced. 4 frigates launched from the starports, join with the other 6. Stinger ships rose from the ground and trailed the Frigates. Strato went solo in his Personal Cavalier. The fleet locked in on the approximate location of L_G and flew at 3 times the speed of sound. After about an hour of travel, the fleet finally came in over L_G's position. Strato leaped valiantly from his Aircraft. He drew a warpblade and stared directly in L_G's eyes.
"You have no idea of the enormity of what you've done. Not even I have the idea of it. But I won't let this crime go unpunished. HAVE AT YOU!" Strato slashed down on Future L_G, slicing his left arm clean off.

[Lem_Gambino]

...O_o How on earth can we have a paradox? We only have a paradox if something in the past can only occur if someone/thing travels from the future. Or something like that. Oh well.

"GAH!" Future L_G shouted as his left arm said bye-bye. He looked up at Strato, angry as...well, you know.
"I've had just about enough of this! I never did anything to you, and you treat me like you despised me for years, if not longer! This ends NOW!!!!"
Future L_G goes Super Knucklehead 1!!! Future L_G's arm has been restored.
Future L_G unleashes Thunder Storm! All of the frigates and troops are destroyed. Strato takes 12345 HP damage.

Future L_G:
Class: Really ticked off Gun Mage (Super Knucklehead 1)
HP: 14470/17000
MP: 5000/5000
SP: 7/54
SP each turn: 7
Weapon Attack: 534
Weapon Defense: 712
Magic Attack: 542
Magic Defense: 854
Speed: 954

NEW ATTACK!
Soh Cah Toa Beam- Three energy balls are launched at the target at different angles, making it difficult to block or dodge.

L_G glares at Strato and grins evilly. "Even if you do kill me, you can't stop me..." he cackles.

Just so it's fair, each combatnant(sp?) can only make ONE action per turn. Haste gives the target an extra action at the end of the turn the turn after it's cast, and only lasts for that turn. Slow cuts a targets' speed in half for a few turns. Stop keeps the target from acting until their next turn. Sound good?

It didn't take long for Jeanie and the others to pack up. However, Past L_G was missing the lower half of his body for some odd reason. "We can restore him, if we can get him back home," says Beth to a concerned Jeanie.
"Very well then, let's get moving!" replies Jeanie.
Jeanie makes some last-minute checks, then asks for the ship to launch.
The Interceptor II takes off!
"Input dimensional coordinates!" orders Jeanie, sitting in the captain's chair on the bridge.
"Sorry, can't do that," the Helmsman says.
"What?! Why not???"
"That's why," replies the Helmsman, pointing at a steadily growing black hole in the distance.
"Ah, sh-"
'I DIDN'T TAKE THE COOKIES, MA! IT WAS A CAT IN A HAT!!' cries out Past L_G.
Jeanie slaps her forehead. "This going to be a long trip...scan for exits."
"Aye, ma'am."

[Risp_old]

<i>Actually, this is a classic paradox. You go into the past to make the Pylon unnecessary. Now, in the future, the Pylon is never built, so you don't go beck into the past to make the Pylon unnecessary. Now the Pylon was built, so you go back into the past to make the Pylon unnecessary... See what I mean? Time travel is dangerous anyway. Saying you can go through time without any consequences is like saying you can blow up the universe without hurting anybody.</i>

[cooba]

Whoah. Now I don't even know is the Pylon alright or not.

[Risp_old]

<i>No, it no longer exists. And, pretty soon, the universe will follow suit.

Oh, and two things I forgot to say-
1. Ha! I knew it! Strato thought cutting your arm off would lower your attack power, but I knew you better than to think that!
2. Pageclaims are timeless. You cannot reverse them with time travel.</i>

[Strato]

<i>Well, setting the rules to that battle was a bit pointless. I'm dead and I won't try and get around it because I don't like it when people do that. I only had like...5000 hp anyway.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>Actually, after thinking about it, Super Knucklehead is somewhat against the rules, L_G. It's effects are not listed. And it gives you new abilities, and yet you did not list those. When I asked you for all your abilities. Therefore, all Super Knucklehead can do without going against the rules is... nothing, really.</i>

[Xion]

Malta has a new hat!

<i>that's incredible...Malta never had a hat. Diesel and Xion have hats, however.

And @risp: When history works, history repeats itself.</i>

[Strato]

<i>History dosen't repeat itself, humans do.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>That still does not keep time travel from being the most dangerous weapon imaginable, even when used for perfectally fine purposes.</i>

[cooba]

So, without Pylon, fortress is nothing but... fortress. Anyway, the HUGE paradox about moving in time is that WHEN YOU MODIFY THING THAT MADE YOU WANT TRAVEL, THERE'S NO REASON OF TRAVEL AND IT DELETES ITSELF IMMEDIATELY AND THERE IS NO ANY EFFECT.

I reccomend to move outta of this universe, if we can.

[Risp_old]

<i>Well, Strato was killed, so he cannot help bring the people of this plane to saftey. If L_G goes on a rampage, he would be dooming the populous of this universe to death. But, then again, the only hide that he cares about saving is his own, so he just might.</i>

[cooba]

Oh. Now I see the easiest way is to search for something that could help us on another planet if any.

[Xion]

<i>But if L_G succeeds in preventing the Pylon from being created, then he wouldn't need to go back in the future, thusly nullifying his purpose. Listen to Cooba here.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>Well, if you mean helping us to get to another plane, that is what the three warp gates are for. I know of one. One is under the control of a ancient evil. One is so far away it would take years to get to it with the fastest ship in the Galaxy. If you mean helping us once we get to a new plane, that is something to think of once we get there. Now, I have an idea.</i>

Suddenly, on the battlefield where Strato was slain, a bright flash is emmitted from an imaginary point in the air. It widens, and forms a gate of bright energy. From it comes a peep, but not a normal peep. Blue in color, and with red eyes, this is an abnormal peep. He carries 11 bells, glowing with quiet magic, on poles of a slightly... strange wood. He wears a black vest and a cap with a feather on it.
"Glock reporting, on the team sent to investigate the warpgate! What are your orders, Gener- oh." Glock takes his bells out, and gets into a fighting stance.

Glock selects one of his bells, a silver one humming with firey magic, and rings it! Glock uses Overdrive Bell!
Glock's overdrive is raised from 96% to 100%!

Glock takes a large bell, etched with strange runes and with a pair of etherial wings. Glock rings it, once, and it gives out a crisp, clean noise! Glock uses Phoenix Bell!
Strato is raised, and healed to full!
All troops are raised, and healed to full!
Glock now has the re-raise status effect!

Glock selects a small, black bell. He rings it once, and it makes a sharp noise, distinctive but easily forgotten. Glock uses Amnesia Bell!
Lem_Gambino has forgotten how to use Super Knucklehead 1!
Lem_Gambino has reverted to his normal form!

<i>Glock was suppost to be the first boss in the seige, but this is such a perfect moment for him...

--Glock--
HP: 400/400 Overdrive: 0%
strong against air, earth, and fire. weak against steel
*auto chime: counterattack; heal all allies for half the damage Glock takes, and hurts all enemies (with sound-type damage) for one fourth the damage. if Glock is killed it raises him before healing, but this does not work if Glock would have still died even if he had been healed as he was hurt; physical
*sonic bell: deals 600 sound damage; physical
*entropy bell: target is confused; physical
*broken bell: deals 900 sound damage, can only be used when Glock is under 200 HP; physical
*doom bell: counterattack; when killed, Glock deals 4000 sound damage to his killer
*amnesia bell: target is unable to use technique of caster's choice for rest of battle, cannot be cured; physical
*chaos bell (overdrive): target is berzerked, confused, and poisoned; none of these status effects will go away unless a healing item of spell is used. if any one of these effects are healed, they will all dissapear and deal 10000 damage to the person who was formerly inflicted; physical
*clear bell: heals 300 HP of target; physical
*mana bell: restores 200 MP of target; physical
*phoenix bell (overdrive)- all dead allies are raised and fully healed, uses re-raise on Glock; physical
*overdrive bell: raises target's overdrive meter by 5%; physical

note: all of Glock's skills are counted as physical attacks, so he can use three a turn

potion x 15
11 bells x 1 (equipped)
black vest x 1 (equipped)
feather cap x 1 (equipped)

@Xion- no, the paradox goes in a full circle. If you don't trust me, I will give you a better example.

[cooba]

I've got an idea. I must do something with my chaotic situation though. Factory is probably toast, so I must stand up and escape with some alive troops if any, before THE UNIVERSE IS TOAST!!1

[Risp_old]

<i>You mean in the future? The entire base is abandoned in the future. In the future you most likely never had a chance to join my side. Instead, I think the only place you could come in is if you introduced yourself in the past.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

When I said "one action per turn," I meant ONE ACTION. PERIOD. But since you like making things so hard...>=)

BTW:
Super Knucklehead 1- Transforms the user into a being of great power. All stats rise by 10%, and the user can use Soh Cah Toa Beam.

"Well spork," says Future L_G. Strato was back, and so were all of the ships. All caused by just one little Peep wearing bells...
Future L_G changes dreespheres. Future L_G is now a Warrior.
Future L_G uses Atomic Slash! Glock takes 7423 HP damage. Glock is now a puddle of marshmallow goo. Future L_G takes 8000 HP damage from Doom Bell (he's weak against sound)
Future L_G uses a Senzu Bean! Future L_G's HP is fully restored.
Future L_G uses Holy Ragnarok! Strato takes 6834 HP damage. Strato is dead and crispy.
Future L_G flees!

@Cooba: He's right...where would you be right now since we're in the past?

[Risp_old]

<i>You forgot Glock had re-raise. And, you have no Senzu beans, unless my suspicions are correct in that senzu beans are magical items that you put in your inventory when you are need to be healed badly and do not mind cheating. Here is your inventory-

1 X-Potion
2 Max-Elixers (fully restores HP)
10 Remedies
50 dollars
Paladin Dressphere
Warrior Dressphere (equipped)
Red Mage Dressphere
Summoner Dressphere
Gun Mage Dressphere
Nadia Dressphere (switches places with L_G's sister, Nadia; all inventory is transferred to new character)
L_G Dressphere (same as above, but only with L_G)
Yesgaunlet
Nogauntlet (equipped)
Phweebracelet
Masamune (equipped)
Sol Blade
Nirvana
Demonstar
Gradius
R-Type Staff
A bunch of useless items for trade

You never listed it as changing, I believe. And you took 4 actions there, while you should only take three. Please re-think that move.</i>

[Xion]

<i>Oh yes, and for anybody curious, here's what my team members look like.

http://img36.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Xion810/Viera-WhiteMage.png http://img36.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Xion810/Viera-WhiteMage.png http://img36.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Xion810/Numou-illusionist.png http://img36.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Xion810/Alchemistsprite.png

Malta, Tia, Diesel, and Xion.</i>

[cooba]

So you are all in the past. In the past before Pylon or after?

[Risp_old]

<i>Before the Pylon.</i>

[cooba]

So just very before me. Now I'll try to stop L_G before he'll stop your pylony plans. Of course if I'll enter the past before universe will collapse and then bang out starting anything from scratch.

[Lem_Gambino]

@Cooba: Before the Pylon, like at the beginning of this thread.
@Xion: LOL. XD
@Risp: Ah. See? I'm a knucklehead! Lemme do that over...

Future L_G flees from battle!

Future L_G flies away as fast as his powers can allow. Suddenly, his left leg is gone. He looks down and sees that his lower body is fading away from exsistance. Oddly enough, Future L_G smiles. "Finally...time caught up with me," he says. "At last, I can leave this world in peace..."
Future L_G stops flying, and starts falling. After a while, Future L_G's body fades away completely.

[Strato]

*A while later*

Strato and Glock are raised to fight again. Strato turns to Niz and says
"Perhaps it is time to even to odds a bit. Shall I use it?"
"It's your choice. But here it is, the program you asked for. It may sting for a second." Niz replied. Strato closed his eyes tight as the program worked itself.

Strato has learned Entropy.
Strato has learned Mineral Lasz.
Strato's overdrive is raised to 100%.
Strato's stats are all raised by 5%.

STATS:
Strato
Hp: 7300
Mp : 500
Physical attack : 20. True power lies in equipment
Physical defense: 95. True defense lies in equipment
Magic attack : 620
Magic defense : 830
Speed : 25. True speed lies in equipment
Charisma : 1240

Strato orders all of his peeps to go to the warp gate. All that remains of Strato's forces here are the heroes.

Strato restocks his equipment.

Main weapon : Gatling Lasz (50 medium ranged attacks at approxamitly 100 light based damage)
Secondary weapon : Warp Blade (Melee weapon, 1000+ warp based damage)
Armor : Power Armor MK II (+500 Defense, +250 M. Defense, +100 Speed)

[Xion]

<i>Ah, a mind boost. My party has that too...but in a "different" form.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

@Strato: Hmmm...interresting. If a master thief stole all of your equipment, you'd be extremely vulnerable to physical attacks and wouldn't be able to dodge them. Not Good Eats.

The Interceptor II leaves the Shadow Realm. The ugly black hole is still present.
"I'm picking up something!" the Helmsman says.
"What is it?" asks Jeanie.
"Some kind of warp gate...it's somewhere near that base you guys tried to ransack."
"...Set a course for the base, but stay out their sensor range."
"Aye, ma'am."

[Risp_old]

Rspss Fr gets new equipment from the base and distributes it.

-Niz-
ether x 10
data dress x 1 (equipped)
cyber dress x 1
transponder hat x 1 (equipped)
antenna hat x 1
silicon dagger x 1
laptop computer x 1
drillbot x 15 (an attack item. A little robot that drills into the enemy when thrown)
neuralbot x 2 (an effects item. A little robot that latches onto the enemy and mind-controls them)
bottle of oil x 2

-Rspss Fr-
potion x 10
x-potion x 3
max-elixer x 1
ether x 12
voidcloth cape x 1 (equipped) (makes owner immune to magic)
strange cape x 1
silksteel cape x 1
targeting cap x 1 (equipped)
thinking cap x 1
voidrifle x 1 (equipped)
pinrifle x 1
gernade x 15
full waterbottle X 1

<i>@L_G- the warpgate is nowhere near my base.
And, as for the master theif thing, if a master theif came and stole all your dresspheres, what would happen?</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

The Interceptor II approaches the base, staying well out of their sensor range.
"We need to get to that portal...Professor Jeff, can you rig up an EMP attachment for the Thundaga Cannon?" asks Jeanie.
"I already have," replies Jeff. "I had a funny feeling that we'd need something like this, so I built one from scratch. Just give me two posts, kay?"
'YAY! I GOTS ME NEW LIFE INSURANCE!' blurts out L_G.

[Risp_old]

<i>Let me restate. The warpgate is not near my base. It quite far away. I just have jump drives installed on my shuttles.

My page.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

It's not just your page; we all type here too, ya know! XP

"No portals detected, ma'am," the Helmsman says.
"Hmmm...perhaps they know where the portal is. Track any and all ships that go to and from that base," commands Jeanie.
"Aye, ma'am."

The EMP module has been added to the Thundaga Cannon!
NEW WEAPON!
EMP Cannon- Deals minor damage and disables all of the target's mechanical devices. Power: 50 MP: 5

[Strato]

<i>I doubt any ships will be traveling to the base.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

My ship went there, didn't it? XD

[Risp_old]

<i>Thinking about it, shouldn't the EMP cannon disable electronic devices, not mechanical devices? It would be stupid for an EMP to disable, say, a rifle. Unless said rifle has electronic targeting.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Argh. My Knucklehead level is at an all time high right now. XP *gives Professor Jeff a wedgie*

EMP Cannon has been changed to disable all the target's electronics.
Jeanie is playing Final Fantasy Tactics to pass the time.

@Xion: *is wondering what Xion is planning to do*

[Risp_old]

Rspss Fr runs around a bit and shouts at people, telling them to get moving.

[Xion]

*ZIP* Risp loses a tooth.

Xion, back at Gran Da Val, grins at his antics. "See, Malta? That's the plan." Xion says to Malta, standing behind him. "Slight problem with this plan is that I don't have complete control over the chaos of the entire base. Though I can still wreak havoc on a single area."

"What about mana?" Malta says. Xion reveals a stockpile of ten X-Potions in his pocket. "Those are X-potions, not Ethers."

"True, but with Channel, anything's an Ether. I have created a technique that helps slow down my usage of Ether, which Baguba limits their supplies to 2,000 per year." Xion says, fondling his left ear <i>(The one with the chip in it)</i>. "Now I can go in, grab a potion, and make that an easy Ether. And they don't make Ethers in 100 or 150 sizes, too." Xion gives a sly grin.

[Risp_old]

<i>I hate it how almost all of Xion's plans involve attacking over long distances in ways that are hard to counter.</i>

Rspss Fr turns his attention to the newly remade magic amplifier. He shunts some magic into it, and it in turn amplifies this and shapes the raw magic into a spell. A wirling vortex of antimanna appears then disperses around the base. Rspss Fr cast High Magic: Mana Trap! Any spell entering the base that is not cast by someone using the magic amplifier will immediatly be counteracted by the self-regenerating cloud of antimanna spanning the base.

Rspss Fr regrows his lost tooth.

<i>Oh, and the mana trap also counteracts any form of applied magic that is not exactly a spell. That includes planeswalking, unless you actually manage to convince me planeswalking is not magic in any way. And, believe me, you will not.

Oh, and don't worry. I can't actually cast any spells on anything not in the base, since this new magic amplifier is not yet tapped into my spell grid, and there is not enought time left in this universe for it to be.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Trapped in side his own mind, L_G senses the presence of a familiar planeswalker...
'Who...' thinks L_G. '...YOU GONNA CALL? GHOSTBUSTERS!' L_G had no idea that the thought he flung out was about to arrive at Xion's brain...and mess up his concentration. Badly.

>XD

[Risp_old]

<i>Did he think the music also?</i>

[Xion]

<i>Risp...Does that work within that plane or within any plane that is being cast into it?</i>

Xion aims for the Pylon power cord again...and shoots!

[Strato]

Only to miss! The pylon is no longer there.

Meanwhile, millions of citizens and soldiers alike are preforming an exodus to the same plane as Ragol. Strato and his party are searching for L_G and his party.

[Risp_old]

<i>@Xion- that means any spell not amplified by a magic amplifier of the specific design of mine to appear in the area mana trap is around just dissapears. Instantly. No matter how impossibly fast it appears. Also, it does similar things to other forms of applied magic, like planeswalking. As a rule of thumb, if it takes mana or is not technology based it is most likely a form of applied magic.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

<i>Did he think the music also?</i>
No. But he might if given the chance. >=)

[Risp_old]

<i>That would <u>really</u> distract Xion.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

I'm evil, not cruel and unusual.
Wait a second...yes I am. *evil laughter*

L_G proceeds to telepath the entire PokeRap song from the first season of Pokemon into Xion's brain. BACKWARDS.

[Strato]

<i>Actually, in classic rpg terms you have become the bad guy and we're the godo guys.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

<i>Actually, in classic rpg terms you have become the bad guy and we're the godo guys.</i>
Two things:
Uno: I'm not evil, I'm just misunderstood.
B: "Godo" guys? O_o

[Risp_old]

<i>He is talking about how you have done something that is destroying the universe yet all you want to do is save yourself (how can that be misunderstood? Are you saying you really want to help people but you just cannot somehow?), while we are evacuating as many innocent people as we can with the reasources we have.

And godo is good with one of the 'o's stepping outside for some fresh air.</i>

[Xion]

Xion and Malta stare blankly at the pylon cord. "What happened?" Malta asks. Xion, in a panic starts to look back at the records of what just took place in the base. Seeing Risp use the Magic Amplifier, Xion gets incredibly angry.

"I cannot believe this!" Xion yells, disturbing Tia.

[Lem_Gambino]

<i>He is talking about how you have done something that is destroying the universe yet all you want to do is save yourself (how can that be misunderstood? Are you saying you really want to help people but you just cannot somehow?), while we are evacuating as many innocent people as we can with the reasources we have.

And godo is good with one of the 'o's stepping outside for some fresh air.</i>
Good point.

'KNOCK DOWN THE GIANT TOOTHPICK!' L_G cries out to Xion.

[Risp_old]

<i>@Xion- you shouldn't be suprised. This is back in time before the pylon was ever made. Even before you found out about my alternate base, if I am correct. You would not even know the pylon exists (expecially since it does not and will not in this plane), unless you are some immortal being that lives out of time. Even though planeswalkers are stupidly powerful, I doubt they are that.

Of course, I suppose it could be that going back in time in one plane does not modify other planes, but that would have some horribly complex problems with it.

Oh, and I might as well tell you about the paradox contamination. The holes would spread across the universe in an instant, but the universe resists them. Therefore it takes time for the holes to engulf the universe. They are possible to stop, but to do so you need a device that has a direct link to the forces of the universe. None of them are left, since you reversed the Pylon.</i>

[Xion]

<i>Wait a minute, <b>I</b> reversed the pylon? Granted, I may not have every ability available, but I am a time mage. Time mages can alter the flow of time, but they cannot go back in time. So if you think about it, Xion knows the pylon exists, and the alternate base, and everything else. Malta, Tia, and Diesel have these abilities (somewhat) so they are affected mildly. But Diesel doesn't know of the portal shootings, so...

And you have me here: Nobody within my base can go back in time. L_G, on the other hand...

Oh yes, And another thing, my post was in the "present time of the post" n.n

[Lem_Gambino]

Guh...what were we talking about????? *brain fart*

"What is taking them so long?!" grumbles Jeanie as she looked up from her Game Boy. "Don't those people know that the universe could collapse on us at any second???"
"Mmmm...Collapse II..."
'GET OUT...GET OUT...GET OUT!!!' L_G bellows out to Risp and Strato. Jeanie leaves the bridge to play on the computer.

[Risp_old]

<i>Get out? Rspss Fr never came to where you are, and Strato left a while ago, along with Glock.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Then, where did he go? I didn't see him...

[Risp_old]

<i>Well, considering when he got the resupply he talked to Niz, and she is at the base, it was most likely a warp recall.</i>

[Strato]

<i>In otherwords, we're already out (at least I think)</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Only to miss! The pylon is no longer there.

Meanwhile, millions of citizens and soldiers alike are preforming an exodus to the same plane as Ragol. Strato and his party are searching for L_G and his party.
No, it looks like you're still here. I'd get moving if I were you.

Jeanie calls Daria, a Dream Sprite, to the bridge. Jeanie whispers something into her ear, and Daria nods. She sits on the floor just in front of Jeanie in a yoga-like position.
'THE INK BLOT WILL EAT YOU ALL UP!' L_G calls out to Risp and Strato.

To the best of my knowledge, Risp and his troops are still in their base.

[Risp_old]

<i>Well, this dream sprite will not be able to enter the base, if my guess is right in that a dream sprite enters people's dreams. To even the odds, and to vent about how Xion thinks he can use any magic skill he likes even if he did not list him as being able to do it.</i>

Rspss Fr leaves Niz back in the base to move the magic amplifier into the warp gate, via a transport ship. At the warp gate, a constant stream of transport ships and cargo ships go in, along with the occasional destroyer and escorts.

[Lem_Gambino]

That's not the sprite's power.

Dream Shield- Sacrifice MP to redirect an attack at another target.

If the antimatter junk that's consuming this universe catches up to us, Dream shield can rebound the energy back at itself, giving use more time to escape. This a last resort; Dream Shield takes up half of the user's current MP, and only works against energy attacks.

"Ma'am, a ship just left the base!" the Helmsman says.
"Well, let's follow it, then! Full speed ahead!" commands Jeanie. The Interceptor II gives chase, staying out of the ship's sensor range.

[Risp_old]

<i>Actually, it is not antimatter. The holes are holes of nothingness. They cannot be blocked, as anything they touch becomes nothingness also and adds to the mass of the holes. So, basically, if the dream shield will just speed your doom.</i>

[Xion]

<i>For the first time in this game...

...I'm lost.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Eeep.
Well, I hope Niz can find that wrap gate FAST, or we're all (most likely me) sporked. I'm still following her.

[Risp_old]

<i>@L_G-
1. She already knows where the warp gate is. I had known it's location since far before the start of the game. Remember that thing I used to get to Ragol? Its that, except now I have the resources to install a device to highten it's carrying capacity.
2. She started her journy at a base that you don't know exists, out of a transport carefully made to be invisible to sensors. You are not following her, unless the future you told Beth where my new base is (which is unlikely, since you went to my old base when looking for me.)
@Xion- In what way? But anyway, you seemed pretty lost to me when I explained how the Pylon worked.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

-I know that she knows where the warp gate is. And did you not think I couldn't just LOOK AROUND to find her ship? That and the fact that L_G is telepathic helps too.
-Jeanie traveled to your base at the beginning of this thread, after you petrified L_G, so it's safe to say that Jeanie knows where your base is.

So nyah. XP

[Risp_old]

<i>1. So being telepathic allows you to locate a person no matter where they are in all the galaxy? Wow.
2. I am talking about the base that the Pylon would be in if it had not been undone by you. The one that used to be Tangent's. Not the one you destroyed with that plea for help before the thread started.</i>

[Xion]

<i>2. I am talking about the base that the Pylon would be in if it had not been undone by you. The one that used to be Tangent's. Not the one you destroyed with that plea for help before the thread started.</i>
<i>Wait, fill in the blank here.


The pylon within Tangent's base is __________________.
There are ____ pylons in the plane with Tangent
Tangent is __________.
Planeswalking to that plane is ____________.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Phooeigh. At least I still have telepathy.
FYI: Telepathy is not considered magic.

'Astro Grrrrl...' mutters L_G, his mental voice tired out from typing in all caps. He copies and pastes a mental map (drawn in crayons) of where Niz is in all of the minds of everyone on the bridge.
"Full speed, uh...that-a way!" commands Jeanie, pointing where Niz's ship is located. The Interceptor flies towards Niz's transport, stopping before they fall into sensor range (and on a dime floating in space). They slowly pursue her, using asteroids as cover.

The pylon within Tangent's base is not built yet, and never will, since this universe is about to go boom.
There are zero pylons in the plane with Tangent
Tangent is somewhere else, plotting our deaths.
Planeswalking to that plane is impossible.

Does that help?

[Xion]

<i>Yes,
Yes,
Yes,
No. Why can't I planeswalk to that plane? I know about the magic trap within the base, but it can't encompass the entire plane.

Oh my, a page. *pageclaim*

[Risp_old]

<i>So he is able to instantly find someone?</i>

Niz continues to fly the transport, and then decides to put it on autopilot for a bit. She heads to the back, where the main computer is, and logs in. She goes around for a while, looking over the records on the main computer, till she notices that according to the main base's security detection web she is being followed. Quickly, she uses a transmittor and easily hacks into the other ship's security cameras, and begins to see what is going on...

<i>Note- unless you have a skilled hacker of your own on board, you would not be able to notice this hacking attempt. And, since you never said you have a hacker (and I won't let you invent a crewmember whenever you need one), you don't. Period.

EDIT- @Xion- I keep on not seeing you. But anyway, you can planeswalk to this plane. However, the plane partially isolated itself from others to keep the contamination from spreading too much, so nobody can leave unless they have access to one of the three warpgates, the interspacial and interdimensional portals that are the only things to have enough power to let people leave. Therfore, you would be trapped here to die, as you are not going to be able to reach to warp gate without a ship. Unless, however, magic also gives you the power of being able to fly in space like some corny superhero...

EDITEDIT- clarification edit</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Did you really think I need a hacker? My computer is it's own hacker.

X-I, the core AI for every single computer L_G built, felt someone knocking at her front door. "Who is it?" she asks. A female figure bursts in, holding a video camera. "I need to 'borrow' this for a moment," she says.
Instantly, X-I's security subroutines activated. "HACKER DETECTED. INITIALZING COUTERMEASURES." X-I walks up to the female figure, turns her around, then gives her s swift kick in the behind. She drops the camera, and the hacker program Niz used was deleted. "DELETED!" X-I calls out in Strong Bad's voice. She picks up the camera and reinstalls it. "Just for that, I think I'll hack YOU."
X-I reaches out with her hand, and snake-like tendrils reach out from her fingertips. All of Niz's screens show a spinning smiley face with the words "PHEER TEH MUSCHRUUM" on the bottom. X-I eventually finds the Navicomputer, but it's heavily guarded by *insert Navicomputer defenses here*.

[Risp_old]

<i>Wait, you have sentient AI that is a better hacker than one of the great lords of hackers? Unless this X-I is programmed by one of the cyber lords it would be unable to resist being hacked.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

L_G is not a cyber lord, but he has programmed X-I to adapt and upgrade itself as the situation arises. Kind of like the Borg.

[Risp_old]

<i>Wait, it is able to suddenly learn how to be the universe's best hacker when someone first tries to hack it? That is about as unlikely as you (as in, the real life you) spontaniously learning martial arts as someone is beating you up.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

LOL. X-I has been able to handle just about any hacer with little difficulty ever since she was installed on L_G's PC. That and the fact that L_G watches the movie TRON way too many times factors in too. She isn't just some .exe file; she learns and grows like a human being, but is essentially immortal in the cyber-world.

BTW, who are these Cyber-Lords you talked about earlier?

[Risp_old]

<i>The Cyber Lords are the lords of hackers, programmers, and artificial intelligences. There are about 10 of them, and they all have followings. Niz is the best hacker of them, second only to Fia'onn, the greatest of all the Cyber Lords and their unnofficial leader.

Also, since no matter how amazing X-I is, she is still an AI. One thing AIs cannot change without outside help is their deepest core, and therefore if that core is not programmed well enough it provides a back-door, and gives a hacker a chance to totally take over the AI. Even though, no doubt, that core is well programmed, I already stated that Niz is an excellent hacker.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

True. But unless she can decode a password in less than a millisecond, she can't get in. only L_G knows how to open the back door properly without a massive power failure, or worse, a nuclear detonation. Which is exactly what will happen if Niz tries to enter the back door without safely figuring out how the password is generated, which I doubt she knows. As for the nuclear detonator, well...let's just say L_G is a little paranoid.

[Risp_old]

<i>Actually, that won't be a problem. Niz has a lot more than a millisecond to do that, since she won't be noticed by the AI unless she messes up. And, if not that, she does have a magic amplifier on board. She could pull a Xion and have time to decode a dozen passwords in that 'less than a millisecond'.</i>

[Xion]

EDIT- @Xion- I keep on not seeing you. But anyway, you can planeswalk to this plane. However, the plane partially isolated itself from others to keep the contamination from spreading too much, so nobody can leave unless they have access to one of the three warpgates, the interspacial and interdimensional portals that are the only things to have enough power to let people leave. Therfore, you would be trapped here to die, as you are not going to be able to reach to warp gate without a ship. Unless, however, magic also gives you the power of being able to fly in space like some corny superhero...
<i>Ah, I see. so, therefore I can walk to the plane, but without a warpgate I cannot go back?

Okay, I'm on the same page... almost. One more blank.

Rain and Soala are _____.</i>

Xion frantically works on his computer. Malta, being bored, wandered off somewhere. "Where are these people? I can't find anybody I know within a single plane!" Xion continues, when he notices that his tail is noticably shorter. "What the..." Xion felt his tail shorten. Then his head felt a touch lighter, and Xion reaches for his ears, and misses. His ears have shrunk, too.

"This is interesting...I seem to be going back to my old shell, as if time has re-written itself." Xion says. "Does this mean that L_G, Risp, and Strato are all different? Am I looking in the wrong places?" Xion changes the camera to the empty space of the plane, and begins his search of any ships he finds.

[Lem_Gambino]

@Risp: Ah. Well, in that case...

Beth fires the EMP Cannon! The transport takes 273 HP damage, and all of it's electrical devices are disabled.
'Let's see what's behind...DOOOOOOR NUMBER ONE!' says L_G in a game show host's voice. He probes Niz's mind for the coordinates to the Warp Gate...and finds them.
'Thank you for shopping with us, have a nice day!'

@Risp: Don't know why I didn't do that sooner. Two questions:
-Where is the warp gate you and your comrades are going to? Don't lie; L_G has scoured every square micron of Niz's mind to find this data, and I don't think she has a resistance to telepathy (which I doubt she has). It also beats saying "OMG L_G AND CO. FOUND THE PORTAL YAYAY" or something like that.
-Is the magic amplifier electronic? If it isn't, you might still have a chance to stop me. If not, you can still stop me; there's just a smaller chance you may be able to do so.

@Xion- Rain and Soala are still with Xion, since they never went to fight Tangent since we're in the past, before all the uglyness happened.

[Risp_old]

<i>I think at this point Rain and Soala should still be at your base, since you called them out during your battle with Tangent, and this is before then.

EDIT- @L_G- the magic amplifier is immune to EMP (the it's magic! aproach). So, therefore, this would not be a clean run, since you would still have to fight against high magic.</i>

Battle mode on!

Niz projects some of her psuedomagic skill through the magic amplifier, and it is changed into a spell! A burst of energy, not noticable by living organisms but deadly to machines drifts out! High Magic: Scramble!

The Interceptor II is confused, and will remain confused till battle is disengaged!

[Xion]

<i>Correction on your call: I never called Rain and Soala to my aid. So therefore they do not exist in the storyline at the time. However, since Diesel, Mia, Malta, and Xion have boost chips, they have time mage abilities, which allow them to, mentally, not be affected by a time bend. They remember Tangent dying, the Pylon, all that good stuff. It's just that anything that happens in that plane just gets changed. Kinda like how Xion is reverting.

[Risp_old]

<i>Oh. I thought Soala and Rain were your allies from the start, you just called them in as backup.</i>

[Xion]

<i>They are, it's just that they are clanmates of mine. They're in Ivalace, doing freelance stuff. I can summon them when I wish...n.n</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>OK. Thanks for clearing that up.</i>

[Xion]

<i>No problem!

I just realised something.</i>

Xion's pocket begins to sag a bit. Xion, reaching in, pulls out his radio and his glitcher. "Hey, they came back!" Xion says, happy.

[Risp_old]

<i>Being a somewhat honest person, I just have to say this-
Ugh. That means I will have to deal with your legendary weapons again.</i>

[Xion]

<i>The only "legendary weapon" I have is my Kinetics, and I haven't hit 10JP to use them. I may be able to hit Kinetics, though.

Oh yeah, I claim post 700.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>I mean the lotus mace and such. You know, those things that allow you to do your super-uber-cool-1-hit-KO combos, using elemental weaknesses to your advantage?</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

@Risp: Eeep squared.

Beth casts Esuna! The Interceptor II is no longer confused.
Steve fires the Servokinetic Laser! Niz's Transport takes 5173 HP damage and has a big hole in the side of the cockpit.
Jeanie casts Shadow Portal! The floor under Niz's feet disappear, and she falls into the Shadow Realm!
The Helmsman guides the Interceptor away from combat!

In the Shadow Realm, which is untouched by the icky nothingness that is consuming it, Niz is binded to a table. All of her equipment, and any other inventory stuff that she has somewhere on her body, is gone. She can't move, except her head. Jeanie steps out of the darkness, and asks, "If you answer this question, I won't have to resort to force. Where is that Warp Gate you were headed to??????????!!!!!!!!!!"

Going to watch DBZ now. Later.

[Xion]

<i>Oh, those came back as soon as I got the chip in my ear...

Except now, that Xion's getting his old shell back, the chip will just vanish. :p</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>I did say that the interceptor would remain confused for the rest of the battle. That suggests it is impossible to cure. Also, Jeanie and Beth both know no magic. You never posted their spell lists, remember? Next, you cannot enter the shadowrealm, since nobody can leave this plane without a warp gate. Finally, you can't cast magic on the ship, since there is a mana trap in effect.

@Xion- I don't remember you saying that. Oh well.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

@Risp: Okay then. Jeanie and Beth know all the spells L_G knows. Plus Shadow Portal and Esuna.

The Interceptor II spins out of control! It jostles the side of Niz's ship and it starts spinning out of control as well. The two vessels are flung from each other, thus ending battle since the two are no onger in range of each other. The Interceptor II is no longer confused.
"Great, now what?!" grumbles Alex.
"We'll just have to find it the old-fashioned way," repiles and equally annoyed Jeanie. "Set scanners on the highest, widest setting, and look for any ships traveling in large groups, and any large dimensional rips."

@Risp: You still haven't answered my question on where the Warp Gate was located. L_G read Niz's mind, remember?????

[Risp_old]

<i>'Telepathy(R-Ability)- Allows telepathic communication with Allies.'
That does not mention mind reading anywhere, just communication.

Anyway, Niz does not know. There is a map uploaded in the base's computer (which you don't have enough skillz0rs to hack into), and she knows in what direction the warp gate is from the base (the direction she was heading), but that is all.

Finally, confusion would make the ship act uselessly and randomly(like shooting at asteroids), not conviently sorta running away. You know what? I should do the confusion actions, because if I let you do them it will always be something lucky for you.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Allow me to save you the trouble.

The Interceptor runs out of fuel...
"OH, SON OF A-" Jeanie exclaims. An asteroid the size of the Death Star comes out of nowhere and destroys the ship and everyone on board.

GAME OVER
Would you like to restart from your last save? Y/N

[Risp_old]

<i>Did I argue over your move too much? Or are you just trying <u>another</u> run-away tactic?</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Yes. I'm lazy.

Please press:
Y- To restart from last save.
N- To return to the main menu.
If you'd like to make your computer explode, press the Space Bar now.
OR YOU'LL GET THE BACK OF MY HAND!

[Risp_old]

<i>When was the last save? At the post office flooded with water after Iso dissapeared?</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Yes. I think. L_G didn't have enough common sense to save before the big seige.

The computer backhands Risp. Risp takes 2 HP damage.

[Risp_old]

<i>But, anyway, there shouldn't be a loading screen. It goes against the 'no saving or loading' rule. Also, even if it does work, you will still start the contamination again, since saving and loading is a skill of time travel.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Okay, let's try this...

The Interceptor II is confused! It starts shooting random weapons in random directions randomly.

[Risp_old]

<i>*sigh*
You really hate having to use video game concepts when they do not work to your advantage... oh well.
Well, I am about to fall asleep, so... I will just have to wait till tomorrow to see your charming reply.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Is there anybody back at the base? How far does the mana trap go?

The Interceptor II flies out of control, bouncing off of asteroids and other space debris.

EDIT: By the time you read this, I may already be down at the beach enjoying myself for the day. I might not get back 'till later, so, um...yeah. Stuff is going to happen.

[Risp_old]

<i>The base is abandoned. However, it's autodefenses are still active, and the entire base is hardened against EMP. How far the mana trap goes is dependent on how carefully it was cast. The mana trap around the base in fact covers the whole moon it is on. The mana trap around the transport only extends half a mile away.</i>

[Xion]

<i>@Xion- I don't remember you saying that. Oh well.</i>
<i>I never said directly, no. But it was implied when Xion got his planeswalking abilities back from the chip. One would think that if he can get something as complex as Planeswalking abilities he should be able to get back simple things, such as Time Magic and Phantasm Skills.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>OK, I think we are talking about different things here. And, looking back, you already got the lotus mace somehow, by entering the plane once the Pylon was up and grabbing the lotus mace despite you didn't use your faster-than-light superpowers.</i>

[Xion]

<i>We had this discussion: They did, since I was able to grab it within a single nanosecond.

The thing you should really be disturbed about is that I have my glitcher back...I can do some destructive things with that.</i>

[Risp_old]

"There....There's my Lotus Mace!" Xion stumbles over his words. "Okay, so there. I see now." Xion rips a portal, then takes one last glance at the screen. "Knowing how dumb Tangent is, he'd put all my things together in the pile at once, so I find one I find them all." Xion pokes his head through and returns with his Lotus Mace in-hand. "Dear friend, how could I have survived without you..." Xion says, staring at the mace. Diesel coughs, then points at the portal. "Right." Xion hops through with his mace in-hand.
<i>That does not say you did it so fast. When I questioned you later you just said you got it anyway, not you ducked in there really fast. In fact, that would be so fast there would be a sonic boom that would blow your computer to bits and knock everyone else in the room out.

Anyway, even if you did do that the lotus mace would have been destroyed, since there would be so much kinetic energy still in the mace it would fly through you and become a tachyon once you yanked it, unless you are able to channel your magic powers into it. Even at that, once you stopped moving it would continue to move and fly through you and be lost forever as a tachyon still, because of inertial. Unless this magic speed is moving without kinetic energy.</i>

[Xion]

<i>okay then...but if you think about it, Xion didn't use it after that.

So even if that was impossible, it still never happened since time went backwards.

And pageclaim.

[Risp_old]

<i>So you are saying that it is okay to do things that should be impossible as long as somewhere along the lines everybody goes back in time and it is reversed?

Oh well, it really does not matter, as you said, but... still...</i>

[Xion]

<i>Not really, since it was a quick grab.


But anyways, I wasn't expecting a full-frontal battle at the time untill I was able to take down the Pylon.

Notice: Diesel, Tia, and Malta all have chips in their Ears, Xion doesn't.</i>

Xion gives a yawn.

[Risp_old]

<i>Not really to what? The fact that it would be impossible or that it is strange to justify something as fine because it was undone? If it was the former, being a 'quick grab' would result in the lotus mace, the computer in the room you started from, and any other fragile things nearby being destroyed.</i>

[Xion]

<i>I justified it as fine in the past. Why should you give a care now?</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>It had never helped before to say that the person is doing something impossible, expecially when they basically say "I know I can't do it. I did it anyway."</i>

[Xion]

<i>Now, granted I only snatched up the Lotus Mace. I could have snatched my radio and called in backup, but I didn't.

And the radio would have been an easier snatch, if I thought of it at the time. =\ Oh well.

What's done is done, and you can change it if you play your cards right.</i>

A fizz on the computer shows a large mass of ships traveling through the space. Strange markings all over the ship...indecypherable.

Xion doesn't really see this because he fell asleep in his chair...again.

[Risp_old]

<i>That would not have been wise, since the sonic boom would have destroyed the lotus mace.</i>

[Xion]

<i>Enough with that now, will ya?

Times have changed.</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>Well, if you wanted to simply end the subject you should not have mentioned the 'quick grab' thing. But anway, we really can't do anything till L_G gets back, so...</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

*yawn* Whattid I miss?

The Interceptor II, still spinning out of control, starts flying through space in the general direction of where Niz was originally heading.

You guys could have done stuff other than argue about how Xion's planeswalking abilties work in this thread, ya know. Just because I'm not here doesn't mean you can't advance the plot.

[Risp_old]

<i>I can't do anything with the party that is suppost to find you till Strato gets back on. Xion does not seem to be able to do anything at all.</i>

Niz projects some of her psuedomagic skill through the magic amplifier, and it is changed into a spell! A giant grappling line shoots out from the transport, appearing out of nowhere, and reels the Interceptor II in! High Magic: Create Extension!

<i>Why does the Interceptor II always do what you want it to when it spins out of control?</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Jeanie's wrestling with the controls. She isn't doing a very good job since Niz smacked the Interceptor II with the confusion spell. >XP

The Interceptor II is reeled in, but the confused ship fires its weapons uncontrollably at Niz's spacecraft. Niz's transport takes 3724 HP damage from the barrage.

Perhaps you should rethink this move, Risp...you got the bull by the tail, and here come the horns!

[Risp_old]

<i>Well, my strategy relys on you not being able to control the ship when you should not be able to (since 'wrestling with the controls' is a plot device.) It is a pretty good plan. You are the problem.</i>

Niz projects some of her psuedomagic skill through the magic amplifier, and it is changed into a spell! A flurry of high-energy missles fly from the transport and blast into the Interceptor II! High Magic: Missle Strike!
The Interceptor II takes 7500 HP damage!

<i>Transport hp pending.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

Jeanie completely loses control of the ship!!!!!!
The Interceptor II, thinking it's a bucking bronco, flings Niz's transport around like a yo-yo. Niz's ship hits a really big asteroid, but for some odd reason, doesn't take damage.
The Interceptor II is confused! In its confusion, it fires off a volley of Viper Homing Missiles! Niz's ship takes 9998 HP damge from the attack.

I tried to warn you...

[Risp_old]

<i>... so the interceptor is now berzerked or something, with it constanly pulling off pot shots while not knowing nearby asteroids or planets from the transport (which, in fact, should be immune to the homing missles, unless they for some reason use optical systems instead of some sort of scanner, owing to the fact that the transport is invisible to scanners)...</i>

[Strato]

Strato's Frigate streaked through space. Strato at the weapons helm began to power up all the weapon systems. Defensive laser grid was online. Refractive armor was fully repaired.

Strato in Frigate
Hp : 25000/25000
Weapons Layout
Front : D-Gun - Serious pain
Multi : Det missle packs - Homing
Defenses
Armor : Refractive SG Silk Steel Alloy - Refractive
Extra : Point Defense Laser Grid - Anti Projectile defense system

<i>Post weapons layout of Interceptor II. Also, I'm behind you so only back facing weapons or multi could hit me.</i>

[Lem_Gambino]

The Vipers are heat-seeking missiles. Doi. Also, Niz's transport was the last thing that the Interceptor II "saw" before it was confused, so now it thinks it's an enemy (though it was a enemy from the start).

The Interceptor II flies away, dragging Niz along and blasting anything that gets in it's way. It's heading in the direction that Niz was heading before the battle started.
'Must...get to...transporter...' says Jeanie as she stumbles through the hallway. Along the way, she finds an emergency kit containing:

50 X-Potions
50 Remedies
50 Fire Gems (deals fire damage to all enemies)
50 Water Gems (deals water damage to all enemies)
50 Lightning Gems (deals lightning damage to all enemies)
50 Ice Gems (deals ice damage to all enemies)
50 Earth Gems (deals earth damage to all enemies)
50 Wind Gems (deals wind damage to all enemies)
50 Holy Gems (deals holy damage to all enemies)
50 Shadow Gems (deals darkness damage to all enemies)
50 Supreme Gems (deals non-elemental damage to all enemies)
50 Sleep Bombs (deals damage and sleep to one enemy)
1 Immunity Bracelet
1 Flask of Veritaserum (forces the drinker to tell the truth when a question is asked)

Immunity Bracelet Abilites:
Ribbon- Prevents status aliments.
Inventory Check- Protects all equipment and items from being stolen or destroyed.

EDIT: @Strato: You can see all of the Interceptor II's weapons on post 578. They are capable of firing forward and backward. I'd watch your aim, since the Interceptor is on a rampage and Niz is being dragged along with it. >=)

[Strato]

<i>@L_G WOAH! That Interceptor has rapid fire attacks! Viper missles only deal what, 150 damage right? you did about...70 attacks in one turn.</i>

Strato launches a Det Pack. 6 rockets home on on the Interceptors Bridge. Interceptor takes 1,200 damage.

[Lem_Gambino]

<i>@L_G WOAH! That Interceptor has rapid fire attacks! Viper missles only deal what, 150 damage right? you did about...70 attacks in one turn.</i>
Well, what did you expect from a confused, enraged armored assualt transport?

The Interceptor II screeches in pain. It turns around and rams Strato's frigate! Strato's Frigate takes 5834 HP damage.
Jeanie reaches the transporter room, where Beth's waiting. "Lock onto that hacker and beam her aboard," she says.
"That'll be difficult," replies Beth. "She seems to be blocking our sensors."
"Weren't they knocked off-line when the EMP cannon hit?"
"I'm not sure."

@Risp: Shouldn't the sensor-blocking whatchamacallits be disabled, since they are electronic devices after the EMP cannon hit???

[Risp_old]

<i>Actually, the transport has sensor-proof armor, not some kind of jammer.
And, as for the thing, the point of confusion is that the target is unable to tell what is an enemy and what is an ally. Also, if this helps, the spell that did it was a scrambler, and that means the Interceptor II's computer systems would be on the fritz (anything system that is linked to the computers would be haphazardly switching on and off or randomly firing), not that is would be enraged.</i>

Niz manages to get the transport's systems back online!
A portal appears in front of the transport, and the transport goes in, with the portal dissappearing behind it! The transport has excaped via jump drive!

<i>Note- the grappling hook is unfortinatly still there and has kept part of the portal open. The remaining part of the portal is too small for anything to move through or the grappling hook line to properly move through, so now the line is stuck there. So, therefore, the Interceptor II and the transport are both immobile. And the transport did not jump drive to the Warp Gate. It jump drived in the opposite direction.</i>

[Xion]

Xion snorts, and sees the ship grouping on the screen. "Oh my..." Xion says, zooming in on the main ship. A strange marking is on the side, hard to make out because it's been traveling for quite a long time.

<img src=http://img36.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Xion810/shipmarking.png>

[Risp_old]

<i>What ships are these? Some random ships that you just invented to give yourself something to do?</i>

[Xion]

<i>Look at the image, or when L_G comes around he may recognize them.

And I believe these ships have come up in the past, lemme look for them.</i>

[Xion]

Meanwhile, millions of citizens and soldiers alike are preforming an exodus to the same plane as Ragol.
<i>*smirk*</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>*smirk*
You are talking about those ships? The markings thing confused me. Also, Strato never said where they were being sent in. Unless your sensor grid encompasses the entire plane, you might not be able to see that.</i>

[Xion]

<i>You forget that the cameras are planesmagic, and cannot really be blocked by isolation. The only real way for me to have a return trip is to have a cord attached to me to a portal that I have ripped between the two planes, and even then I can't go far...10yds is the usual portal containment...=\

PM/AIM me if you want to know what the markings say. :p</i>

[Risp_old]

<i>You have enough of them to cover the entire universe?</i>

[Strato]

<i>>D >D >D >DDDD I got you now L_G</i>
The Intercepter's Ram attack launched it right into the Point Defence Laser Grid, punching it with many many holes. 7,000 damage. The effect of scramble finally hit Strato's frigate. Strato's Frigate is now widly out of control. It fires 50 Det Packs. 60,000 damage to The Intercepter II. It shoots 10 D-Guns. 100,000.

<i>Seeing as confusion actually means defy the game rules, I guess I have to follow through.</i>

[Xion]

<i>yes and no.

I can cover a large area of a plane for a while, but the cameras expire. That's their only problem: they last only so long. Xion has to keep refreshing them when they drop so he can keep a constant monitor...though with Xion's poor sleeping habits, things can slip by him easily.</i>