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*

So he is able to instantly find someone?

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...

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

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*.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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'.

Originally Posted by RSPSS FR

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...

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 _____.

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.

@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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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

OK. Thanks for clearing that up.

No problem!

I just realised something.

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.

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

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 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?

@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.

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.

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.

@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?????

'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.

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

Did I argue over your move too much? Or are you just trying another run-away tactic?

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!

When was the last save? At the post office flooded with water after Iso dissapeared?

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.

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.

Okay, let's try this...

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

*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.

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.

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.

Originally Posted by RSPSS FR

@Xion- I don't remember you saying that. Oh well.

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.

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.

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.

Originally Posted by Xion

"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.

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.