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Entry tags:
- !mission,
- [07 ghost] mikage,
- [avengers emh] bruce banner / hulk,
- [btvs] buffy summers,
- [ff: viii] selphie,
- [halo] spartan-23 (daisy),
- [lupin iii] arsene lupin iii,
- [npc] davis,
- [oc] adele leblanc,
- [one piece] nami,
- [one piece] sanji,
- [one piece] smoker,
- [one piece] trafalgar law,
- [potc] james norrington,
- [star wars] anakin skywalker,
- [tales: graces] asbel,
- [the idolm@ster] azusa miura,
- [x-men evolution] nightcrawler,
- [x-men evolution] rogue
MISSION #5 - Cargo Run
Who: Trafalgar Law (2nd Officer), Sanji (Cook), Azusa Miura (Cook's Mate), Adele Blanc (Doctor), The Hulk, Daisy, Anakin Skywalker, Asbel Lhant, Buffy Summers (Marines), Arsene Lupin III, Selphie Tilmitt, James Norrington, Mikage Celestine, Rogue, Nami, and Kurt Wagner (Sailors)
What: MISSION # 5 - Cargo Run
When: April 17th to April 21st
Where: Open Seas
Summary: A group of Luceti volunteers join a crew upon a massive ship headed out to sea, into cultist-infested waters.
It may have been nine in the morning when the group of Luceti volunteers were transported out through the tunnels, but at the shipyards the time difference meant that it was nearly midday already. A meek member of the Malnosso lower management led them along the docks, avoiding and scolding people as they got in his way, as he tried to go over the same details already present in the mission description. He was a rather pathetic looking little purple man with drooping ears, a hairless head, and webbed fingers. He apologized for his slipping over words. He explained it was difficult thinking straight in sunlight. Whenever he would stop to try and think, he'd look up to see The Hulk, shrink away a bit, and then hobble on quicker to the ship.
He was visibly relieved when he found Specialist Davis didn't look too busy, allowing him to pass off the Luceti volunteers and allowing him to get on his way. He's a new face to this particular group, but not to Luceti in general, having worked with them previously on the incident with the third floor. This odd looking group doesn't seem to have him looking too impressed. Especially when he looks at the ones who don't even seem to be fighters. But he directs his attention to Trafalgar with a few short words: "You. We'll talk once we're on board. You get your people settled for now."
With that, he and a group of other MSF Soldiers went to board the ship. The Tyr's Revenge was far larger than the ship than the one on the draft over half a year ago. It was a sailing ship, but despite its antiquated look, there was a central cooling tower in the center of the ship, which it derived its steam power. Where it used this thrust was not immediately obvious without a look at the back of the ship. (They would find out later that it was enough to propel the boat in a calm and was simple enough to avoid being blocked by Shifting, but was not as effective as a good strong wind.) Despite being crewed at around five hundred men and women, it was at least spacious enough for the crew to put in pairs. As a second officer, Trafalgar was afforded his own cabin, but the rest were sorted away into small rooms with two sets of hammocks on each side. The Luceti volunteers were kept together and it gave them some privacy, though each were pre-assigned rooms and the Malnosso didn't seem too picky about who ended up with who.
They had about an hour to get comfortable. In an hour, they'd be casting off.
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Okay, time for your notes. First off, you will be able to interact with Specialist Davis for the mission. He won't be very talkative (unless you're his second officer), but he might answer some basic questions. He'll be around during the fighting too. Although he prefers to use firearms (think something like a P90), he'll demonstrate super strength and advanced reflexes (think Spider-Man) in battle. Some of the other MSF Soldiers will display some slight superhuman ability like him, but the vast majority of them are normally powered highly trained soldiers. For the most part, they won't talk to people from the enclosures much and prefer to keep to themselves. In general their only duty is security, so they won't be doing much in running the ship unless absolutely necessary. There will be about one hundred and fifty men and women. Most will be human, but there may be a few deviations among them (like odd skin colors, weird hair colors, eye pigmentations, pointy ears, and so on). Although a good number of them will use guns, some out of them will be using melee weapons like swords and spears. All of them will have some secondary weapon in case of a Shift that jams their guns.
The people from Luceti, along with the volunteers, will be doing the day to day work of the ship. The volunteers will be as they are described in the Nitpicker's Guide. For the most part, they're not nearly as skilled at fighting as the people from Luceti or the Security Forces, so when attacks come, they'll defend themselves but not be very good at it. Most of them will be human, with a few variations. Very, very few of them will exhibit any special abilities. In general they'll be friendly enough, though some from different enclosures may be more jaded and bitter. There will definitely be talks of escape and mutiny among some of them, whereas others will be more cooperative or too fearful of attempting a mutiny.
You can use the volunteers and security as NPCs for whatever purpose you like! That means you can give them names and maybe a bit of a personality (that's consistent with the above) and let them get killed or need help or what have you during battles with cultists. There are also droids to be found in parts of the ship below decks. They will more or less remain stationary, but they will intervene if people poke their noses in the wrong place. Or try to mutiny.
The captain of the ship won't be seen much, but she's an older lady (late fifties) that is relatively plain and unassuming in appearance. She won't talk to the volunteers and will relay any orders through Specialist Davis, but the people from Luceti may see her about the ship to see how things are going. Most of the time she will be in the captain's quarters doing paperwork. She'll look seasick for the entire voyage. Her name is Mrs. Eugenia Fruthers, Manager 2nd Class.
Note: The volunteers are sorted randomly, so it's up to you players to figure out how you want to work that out! The Malnosso aren't too picky if a man and woman end up sharing the same quarters. (How shameless!)
Here's a run down for events on the ship over the voyage
17th - Cast off, strong wind, heading east. A fair weather day perfect for sailing.
18th - Open seas with a fair wind and cloudy skies. A land mass can be briefly seen to the north. An island of some sort.
19th - Open seas with a fair wind, darker skies. The cultists make their first attack run. About mid day, four flying ships. The Malnosso use no cannons, but prefer to immediately fly en masse once in range. However, it is necessary to bring these ships down, as the cultists are fond of going kamikaze with them. Each of the four ships carries about one hundred cultists each.
20th - Open seas with powerful wind and stormy weather. Another raid will occur early in the morning, while most of the crew is still asleep. Three more cultist ships will attack and some of the cultists will make it below decks. Mid way through the battle, the ruckus will attract a monstrous kraken from the depths. The crew will be forced to fight off the remaining cultists while a great tentacled hell beast attempts to drag the Tyr's Revenge to the depths.
21st - The last day of the voyage will see the ship needing repairs after the attacks. About half of the crew will have been lost thanks to the cultists and the kraken and they will finally make port (in the same place as the ocean draft.) In the evening, the volunteers will be returned to their respective enclosures.
You can use this post for questions and plotting!
What: MISSION # 5 - Cargo Run
When: April 17th to April 21st
Where: Open Seas
Summary: A group of Luceti volunteers join a crew upon a massive ship headed out to sea, into cultist-infested waters.
It may have been nine in the morning when the group of Luceti volunteers were transported out through the tunnels, but at the shipyards the time difference meant that it was nearly midday already. A meek member of the Malnosso lower management led them along the docks, avoiding and scolding people as they got in his way, as he tried to go over the same details already present in the mission description. He was a rather pathetic looking little purple man with drooping ears, a hairless head, and webbed fingers. He apologized for his slipping over words. He explained it was difficult thinking straight in sunlight. Whenever he would stop to try and think, he'd look up to see The Hulk, shrink away a bit, and then hobble on quicker to the ship.
He was visibly relieved when he found Specialist Davis didn't look too busy, allowing him to pass off the Luceti volunteers and allowing him to get on his way. He's a new face to this particular group, but not to Luceti in general, having worked with them previously on the incident with the third floor. This odd looking group doesn't seem to have him looking too impressed. Especially when he looks at the ones who don't even seem to be fighters. But he directs his attention to Trafalgar with a few short words: "You. We'll talk once we're on board. You get your people settled for now."
With that, he and a group of other MSF Soldiers went to board the ship. The Tyr's Revenge was far larger than the ship than the one on the draft over half a year ago. It was a sailing ship, but despite its antiquated look, there was a central cooling tower in the center of the ship, which it derived its steam power. Where it used this thrust was not immediately obvious without a look at the back of the ship. (They would find out later that it was enough to propel the boat in a calm and was simple enough to avoid being blocked by Shifting, but was not as effective as a good strong wind.) Despite being crewed at around five hundred men and women, it was at least spacious enough for the crew to put in pairs. As a second officer, Trafalgar was afforded his own cabin, but the rest were sorted away into small rooms with two sets of hammocks on each side. The Luceti volunteers were kept together and it gave them some privacy, though each were pre-assigned rooms and the Malnosso didn't seem too picky about who ended up with who.
They had about an hour to get comfortable. In an hour, they'd be casting off.
----
Okay, time for your notes. First off, you will be able to interact with Specialist Davis for the mission. He won't be very talkative (unless you're his second officer), but he might answer some basic questions. He'll be around during the fighting too. Although he prefers to use firearms (think something like a P90), he'll demonstrate super strength and advanced reflexes (think Spider-Man) in battle. Some of the other MSF Soldiers will display some slight superhuman ability like him, but the vast majority of them are normally powered highly trained soldiers. For the most part, they won't talk to people from the enclosures much and prefer to keep to themselves. In general their only duty is security, so they won't be doing much in running the ship unless absolutely necessary. There will be about one hundred and fifty men and women. Most will be human, but there may be a few deviations among them (like odd skin colors, weird hair colors, eye pigmentations, pointy ears, and so on). Although a good number of them will use guns, some out of them will be using melee weapons like swords and spears. All of them will have some secondary weapon in case of a Shift that jams their guns.
The people from Luceti, along with the volunteers, will be doing the day to day work of the ship. The volunteers will be as they are described in the Nitpicker's Guide. For the most part, they're not nearly as skilled at fighting as the people from Luceti or the Security Forces, so when attacks come, they'll defend themselves but not be very good at it. Most of them will be human, with a few variations. Very, very few of them will exhibit any special abilities. In general they'll be friendly enough, though some from different enclosures may be more jaded and bitter. There will definitely be talks of escape and mutiny among some of them, whereas others will be more cooperative or too fearful of attempting a mutiny.
You can use the volunteers and security as NPCs for whatever purpose you like! That means you can give them names and maybe a bit of a personality (that's consistent with the above) and let them get killed or need help or what have you during battles with cultists. There are also droids to be found in parts of the ship below decks. They will more or less remain stationary, but they will intervene if people poke their noses in the wrong place. Or try to mutiny.
The captain of the ship won't be seen much, but she's an older lady (late fifties) that is relatively plain and unassuming in appearance. She won't talk to the volunteers and will relay any orders through Specialist Davis, but the people from Luceti may see her about the ship to see how things are going. Most of the time she will be in the captain's quarters doing paperwork. She'll look seasick for the entire voyage. Her name is Mrs. Eugenia Fruthers, Manager 2nd Class.
Note: The volunteers are sorted randomly, so it's up to you players to figure out how you want to work that out! The Malnosso aren't too picky if a man and woman end up sharing the same quarters. (How shameless!)
Here's a run down for events on the ship over the voyage
17th - Cast off, strong wind, heading east. A fair weather day perfect for sailing.
18th - Open seas with a fair wind and cloudy skies. A land mass can be briefly seen to the north. An island of some sort.
19th - Open seas with a fair wind, darker skies. The cultists make their first attack run. About mid day, four flying ships. The Malnosso use no cannons, but prefer to immediately fly en masse once in range. However, it is necessary to bring these ships down, as the cultists are fond of going kamikaze with them. Each of the four ships carries about one hundred cultists each.
20th - Open seas with powerful wind and stormy weather. Another raid will occur early in the morning, while most of the crew is still asleep. Three more cultist ships will attack and some of the cultists will make it below decks. Mid way through the battle, the ruckus will attract a monstrous kraken from the depths. The crew will be forced to fight off the remaining cultists while a great tentacled hell beast attempts to drag the Tyr's Revenge to the depths.
21st - The last day of the voyage will see the ship needing repairs after the attacks. About half of the crew will have been lost thanks to the cultists and the kraken and they will finally make port (in the same place as the ocean draft.) In the evening, the volunteers will be returned to their respective enclosures.
You can use this post for questions and plotting!
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And thus several hours go past in which Nami keeps them afloat, yells random advice to Smoker about said staying afloat, and the storm blows itself out?
Pity the ship is now nowhere to be seen. Sob.
Nami'll just...rest the oar across her lap now.]
Give me a minute.
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You all right?
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...Sanji will have noticed she's gone by now. Her fingers fold over the compass. Trust me.]
Kano Harbour is one point on a stretch of coast. Even giving a wide margin for error in estimating where we are from the last coordinates of the ship, if we head that way we'll at least hit land. I can work out which direction to go from there, worst case.
[She doesn't want to just find the coast. They're on a timer as it is; people go home from the mission shortly after the ship is docked, don't they? Will they get picked up out of the ocean by the Malnosso? Doubtful, or it would have already happened. And while being outside the barrier and unsupervised is high on her list of future priorities, it certainly isn't under these conditions.
Not to mention Sanji will be forced to go home without her.]
...I don't suppose you have a handy sail stashed on you somewhere.
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[He keeps on rowing and snorts in answer to her next question.] Not unless you count that jacket and my jeans.
[And then Smoker would be in boxers. And no one wants that. Luckily he was just being sarcastic as hell.]
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It can't be as difficult as dealing with Baroque Works, so it'll be fine. [Because they're both way stronger since then, he means. Even with the odds stacked against them. Luckily, Smoker's not much of one to interrupt her calculations, just very grudgingly rely on them. In awkward awkward silence.]
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Or do you rely on your crew that heavily? [Scoffing, and a complete taunt. He knows the Straw-Hats split up to get stronger seeing as Luffy was alone and went into quiet hiding for two years, and as such he knows full well she can handle herself without the others.]
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But for the record, yes, I do rely on my crew, same as they rely on me. That's, you know. The definition of having a crew.
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Maybe that's why I wound up in it. [Twice, he might add, and just those two times.]
Your crew is hardly incapable of functioning when split apart from each other.
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All right. Let's try this way.
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[And he just silently glances at her directions and adjusts the makeshift oars accordingly.]
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...and man, it's boring out here without conversation.]
So I guess you never expected to take a cruise for two out here with me.
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I'm sure your Mr. Prince and a certain sh-- Trafalgar Law will be displeased with the reasons as well. [No, he did not almost slip up and reveal future details shh. In any case, he holds no illusions that while Straw-Hat might be willing to save his ass, and even apparently Nami and Roronoa by extensions -- he's sure the rest of them aren't quite so likely to bother. And on the surface he prefers it simpler like that. Pirate vs. marine. No messy complications.]
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I doubt Law gives a damn who I spend my time with.
[Note how she's not mentioning Sanji, here.]
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He was officer of the ship, if he didn't care that you went missing and why, he shouldn't have been placed in such a position. And I doubt that the Malnosso are so careless as to put someone there who couldn't cut it.
[Though... he doesn't include his own personal welfare in that, because... come on. It's one thing to care about a fellow pirate when you're on duty to help protect and look after them, but a marine enemy? That's a stretch.]
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[Still.... sorry Nami, he's lapsed back into silence. It's at that point where he's pretty sure anything he says is going to be snarky, even if he doesn't mean it to. Tch... dealing with pirates when arresting isn't an option is truly difficult. Talking with them is even harder than talking to normal people, and no one ever claimed Smoker was good at that either.]
[It's a pretty good while before he speaks up again, quiet and low.]
I doubt they care about their prisoners as a high commodity, but their ship and cargo are probably a higher price.
[It's not something he approves of obviously, nor something he agrees with. It is, however, unfortunately something the world government does with the marines on a regular basis. Killing pirates is widely considered more important than saving any lives, and the financial cost of battleships or pacifista weigh more on the brass' minds than the lives of marines. Or even civilians.]
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Yeah, that, I'd agree with. Pity that means they won't spare two seconds looking for us, huh?
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Honestly, if we're not punished for going off station, I'll consider ourselves lucky.
[A marine's life is tough, especially when Akainu is your boss. It's a weird thing when the Malnosso are pretty much nicer.]
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...she's more worried about what the people on the ship might do, to be honest. Because she can well see Sanji going against the Malnosso rather than going home without her.]
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Did you know anyone well on board?
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[Meaning they'll either not worry, assuming he can take care of himself, or perhaps be unlikely to notice he's missing in the rush. The only one who'd be most likely to notice on the ship he can think of is Lupin, and given the things Zenigata and Lupin have survived and how, he figures it's a good guess that even if Lupin is still healthy after the fight, he won't be worrying. No, the only two Smoker would ever expect to worry about him like that are Tashigi and Ikki. And maybe Grell.]
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