The Uranium Heist -- OOC

[The Widowed]

I had another big idea, and so I thought I'd try my hand at this....

Call this a roleplaying thread with the potential for PvP; We've all been getting along pretty well in the other threads, so I thought we could stand to mix it up a little. We're mostly reasonable adults here, right? ;)

But the gist of the story revolves around a truckload of uranium...if you want to get specific, Uranium 235 (and all the half-life that comes with it, so we're not talking about that wimpy "depleted uranium" junk). Having recovered the uranium from an illegal mining operation in the Northeast United States, the authorities are in the process of transporting the uranium to a shielded Federal containment facility in Virginia. But there's a lot of uranium in this shipment, and an alliance of supervillains has other plans for it....

As with the other OOC threads, this will be a good place to comment, critique or bounce ideas around. This first post can be used to chart who's who and which side they're on. If you think you're capable of running posts for multiple Heroes and/or Villains, well, go for it (and try not to do anything too crazy). Speak up and jump in. :cool:

The Villains (based out of the Rogue Isles)
Bloodywedd (c/o The Widowed)
Slaphappy (c/o Joe Schmoe)
S E A M U S (c/o Akamaz)
Doctor Markon Sinistar (c/o Spectre-x. Wow, that's a long name.)
Nightfire Alice (c/o Kurai Inago)
Whiptail (c/o Druid)

The Heroes (based out of Paragon City)
Angelique (c/o Gabriel's Fury)
Comet Woman (c/o Necrosys)
Alumette (c/o Her Lumminess)
Cryowolf (c/o Frost Sampson)
Sniper Angel (c/o Radical Dreamer)
Bridgehammer (c/o Red Nile)
Charon (c/o Charon; Feel free to insert him into the scene later. :p )
Noble (c/o Noble)
Whoever TopHat decides to go with.

[Joe Schmoe]

Probably shouldn't be doing another RP, but I can't resist RPing my villain

Sign Slaphappy up, got an idea of my post already, just need your go ahead.

[The Widowed]

Slaphappy's in. Shake your naughty booty, you. :D

[Akamaz]

OOOh..... uranium makes it possible for S E A M U S to build that "Redeemer" he always wanted... count me in!

[The Widowed]

Oh, dear...the 1337man Cometh!

*jot jot jot*

[Spectre-x]

Intergalactic would-be ruler Doctor Markon Sinistar believes that you can never have enough radioactive material.

[Joe Schmoe]

Mmm, a bit tiny, but hey, its the beginning where they only chat for now :D

If we don't get enough heroes, I will try to sign up a hero too, but only if we have a lack of volunteers

[Gabriel's Fury]

This looks like an interesting place to introduce my new main, Angelique. If you need a hero, and want her, I'll play on the hero side. :)

-Gabe

[Impact]

I, like Joe, probably shouldn't, but I'd love to toss one of my heroes in this....any requests? *chuckles*

[The Widowed]

I, like Joe, probably shouldn't, but I'd love to toss one of my heroes in this....any requests? *chuckles*
Sure. How about Blue Bolt? Blue Bolt just feels right. :D

Oh. You don't play Blue Bolt? Then choose with your heart, amigo. ;)

Angelique and Sinistar are now on the board too. Anyone else?

[Malibu Sally]

I beleive U-235 is extraordinarily difficult to process and seperate from raw Uranium. That's probably beyond the scope or ability of any illegal outfit mining the stuff. Perhaps it has been confiscated from an illegal processing operation instead?

Also maybe make the material U-238. It's easier to obtain from the raw and is more effecient as a fissionable material.:)

[The Widowed]

*kicks Sally in the smartypants*

It was a bunch of Pennsylvanian militia nutjobs with a "bathtub refinery" operation going. We'll chalk the specific isotope--if any--up to an intelligence error. For now, we assume that the majority of the uranium recovered was in ore form, as that stuff is indeed a pain to process...more intricate than just beating the dirt off the ore, anyway. :P

[Kurai Inago]

Bah. You need to tell me about these things. As for myself, I'm not in CoV *Stares Menecingly at all who are* But, I wouldn't mind throwing Alice into the mix.

[Akamaz]

I'm not either Kurai, so don't get your tights in a bunch

[Spectre-x]

Doctor Markon Sinistar (c/o Spectre-x. Wow, that's a long name.)

Actually, he doesn't have a villainous name. That's his actual name and title. Markon is his first name.

[Akamaz]

BTW, don't worry bout seamus, he views himself as superior to lower life forms as well :)

[Necrosys]

Hmm... Comet Woman would love to kick your Super Villain naughty-booties. 'Specially Joes. ;)

[The Widowed]

Added and added. Thank you. :)

And Joe? Watch your ass. :D

[Alumette]

um... Alumette would like to go back to being a heroine again, and this seems as good a place as any to do it.


If it's not too late, that is. But with that pesky RL dimension perpetually interfering, she may only cameo.

*sheepishly returns to her corner*

[The Widowed]

How could we ever refuse you, Allie? :)

*jot jot jot*

[Joe Schmoe]

And Joe? Watch your ass. :D

*shakes nervously* I didn't know SHE'D be joining.. I'm escaping now! Eeeee! *runs, shoving an old lady down some stairs on his way*

[The Widowed]

Oh, she doesn't bite.

At night.

When her razor-sharp steel dentures are sitting on the nightstand. :D

[The Widowed]

Villains: It's time to build a Do-It-Yourself Shielded, Defensible Compound! Bear in mind that Legersen is one of those places where the Feds keep highly hazardous contraband and other stuff which absolutely, positively must not fall into enemy hands. In this jam session, feel free to add little pieces onto Legersen. If you think Legersen should have a weather tower, add a weather tower. If you think there should be an unguarded access point in the decontamination chambers for some reason, add an unguarded access point to the decon chambers. Choose between noisy alarms (for scaring intruders away from the "touchy" stuff) and silent alarms (for stuff that's so touchy that they either want to catch you in the act and interrogate you, or make you "disappear" while there are no witnesses). Think there should be laser tripwires across the windows to the cafeteria? Add laser tripwires to the cafeteria windows...red laser, blue laser, invisible ultraviolet laser, go crazy. Just don't go too crazy; I doubt that Legersen would have a mile-wide batting cage. Of course, if your villain's a loon who merely thinks that he's looking at a mile-wide batting cage (leaving the possibility that it's a 500' wide dog kennel or something similar), well, that's a different story. The blueprints are somewhat vague, after all. We could even foist all kinds of nasty surprises on ourselves once we're at Legersen, like if a "chemical cistern" turns out to be a lab for the Government's latest Super Soldier project....

Heroes: You guys shouldn't be standing still either. The Feds are well aware that there have been information leaks about the location(s) of the confiscated uranium, and even after seeding the usual misinformation among popular media outlets they can assuredly expect trouble of the worst kind. Supervillains may (okay, will) make an attempt to steal the uranium, and supervillains are best combated with superheroes. Who calls you in? Who organizes you? What is the threat assessment? What are the plans for keeping the uranium from falling into the wrong hands? The details are best left to you, including your own additions to Legersen (additions which the villains may or may not be privy to). Do your roles justice. :cool:

[Impact]

As for my hero, go ahead and sign up Cryowolf :cool: The others have seen more than their share of screentime rp-wise, so let's have one of my newer ones take over.

[Alumette]

How could we ever refuse you, Allie? :)

*jot jot jot*


Easily.

Just say, "No, Al."

:)

[The Widowed]

As for my hero, go ahead and sign up Cryowolf :cool: The others have seen more than their share of screentime rp-wise, so let's have one of my newer ones take over.
Cryowolf it is. Thank you, drive through. :D

Easily.

Just say, "No, Al."

:)
Okay.

No, A>Cerebral crash, Error 909: Subroutine attempted to refuse Alumette. Reboot? [Y/N]

Easily, huh? :P

[Radical Dreamer]

Well since two members of Storm Front are present I'll put my Storm Front character in. Make way for Sniper Angel.

[The Widowed]

Well since two members of Storm Front are present I'll put my Storm Front character in. Make way for Sniper Angel.
Will do. Heroine or Villainess? :)

[Radical Dreamer]

Considering shooting Angelique and Cryowolf would likely get me kicked off the team I think I'll stick with the hero side.

[The Widowed]

Voip! :D

By the way, we miss Dixie. What has she been up to lately?

[Radical Dreamer]

Well I've played her a little lately but my time has been cut into because of the recent hurricanes. It wasn't that bad where I live but I'm in the real estate business and all the displaced families has caused a boom in the market which has led to 12 hour days to try and keep up with the extra work.

Plus I'm still adjusting to the invulnerability changes. It altered the whole feel of the set and I probably should do a respec trial because I already used my free one and it dosn't feel like I've done as good a job with it as I could have. I probably should have done more research. I'll get it eventually though.

[Charon]

Does anybody mind if I drop Charon in later in the story?

[Impact]

Now that'd make for some interesting character play :chuckle:

[Charon]

Well, he'd be working on his own. Very possibly with Alumette, but most likely on his own... and I was hoping to bring him up against Slaphappy, since Slaphappy is a future member of Fracture (Bone Squad's CoV group.)

[Noble]

I'll mind if Charon doesn't get his ass in gear and post in Deadline first. :grr:

[Charon]

My ass is currently in gear trying not to fail my A levels. Slightly more important than board RPs.

Give me time, for christ's sake.

[Noble]

time not to post in RP, yet spam these boards What Charon Does thread (http://www.cohguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2871) ? tsk tsk.

Anyway, on the side of this RP, I'll look into considering someone for it as well. Villain or Hero, I am yet to decide.

[Charon]

Noble.


Don't be a tool. :)

[Red Nile]

I'm in, if the hero side isn't getting too crowded. Bridgehammer, another of the Storm Front group.

[The Widowed]

Does anybody mind if I drop Charon in later in the story?
It depends. Does anyone give him a parachute first? :D

/stupid humor

*jot jot jot*

Joe, watch your ass...again. :P

*signs Bridgehammer up too*

Noble, get back with me once you decide which line you would rather stand in. :cool:

[Joe Schmoe]

Well, he'd be working on his own. Very possibly with Alumette, but most likely on his own... and I was hoping to bring him up against Slaphappy, since Slaphappy is a future member of Fracture (Bone Squad's CoV group.)

Excellent idea, Joe could alert him to the heist after the other heroes already formed up to fight the threat. It could be the first time Slaphappy and Charon meet since the demise of Slaphappy's father's cult :)

But please, school first man! Forget the RPs and CoH, get everything off your plate first, we're rooting for you.

[The Widowed]

Excellent idea, Joe could alert him to the heist after the other heroes already formed up to fight the threat. It could be the first time Slaphappy and Charon meet since the demise of Slaphappy's father's cult :)

But please, school first man! Forget the RPs and CoH, get everything off your plate first, we're rooting for you.
But I wanna see Charon and Slaphappy going toe to toe too. :|

[Joe Schmoe]

Me too, I'm drooling at the thought of it :D But his schooling comes first, and don't you dare tell him otherwise missy! *smacks her hand with a ruler*

[Charon]

Hahaha, I got time, don't worry. I just don't have alot of time.

[The Widowed]

Speaking of which, the Uranium Heist is kinda sorta idling around. Did I just hear you two volunteer...? :D

[Alumette]

I posted, since you said the heroes could jump in any time too. Did I do it right? I can edit if need be.

[The Widowed]

Oh, I think you did just fine. Alumette and Stalking Shadow are seeing each other, I take it? :)

[Charon]

Seeing each other? They're at it like rabbits! ;)

[Alumette]

Seeing each other? They're at it like rabbits! ;)

Oi! :P

Alumette and Stalking Shadow are seeing each other, I take it?

Widdy, you're kidding, right?

[The Widowed]

Widdy, you're kidding, right?
And here I thought you two were just really good friends.... :D

[TopHat]

/e peeks in

Is the heroic list full or is there room for one more? :)

[Akamaz]

S E A M U S 2.0 will definately be there, after all , who'd build the robot minions to cary all tha lewt

[Noble]

Do any of the heroes currently involved have anything extensive knowledge on Uranium and it's properties? or should I insert Noble, my chemist and biology expert, into the fray to give the heroes some help in the scientific intelligence area. I see that the villains have a few members that are capable of handling and containing radio-active materials, I just don't know about the heroes.

[The Widowed]

/e peeks in

Is the heroic list full or is there room for one more? :)
Oh, though the villains are getting a little bit outnumbered, we'll pencil you in. Which Hero did you have in mind? :)

Do any of the heroes currently involved have anything extensive knowledge on Uranium and it's properties? or should I insert Noble, my chemist and biology expert, into the fray to give the heroes some help in the scientific intelligence area. I see that the villains have a few members that are capable of handling and containing radio-active materials, I just don't know about the heroes.
By the periodic table, you're right! Get in here, you big brainy lug. :D

Besides, Dr. Sinistar needs someone to play with. Maybe Noble's his polar opposite, eh?

[Noble]

This could work out well enough. Noble isn't much of a fighter, despite his very resitant invulnerability and somewhat super strength, his brawling rating is like a 1, on a scale of 10. I'll have him more as a support character that would take on the minions, rather than someone to tackle the main bad guys, should a situation prove that to be most prudent.

Is the big fight going to occur while the Uranium is being stolen, or is going to last longer than that as to requiring the heroes to hunt down the villains?

Just wondering becuase I'll be basing Noble's introduction based on that, and he would be more of the kind of guy you call in after the Uranium would go missing. But I could adjust that for the purposes of this RP if that is your plan.

[Druid]

well since the villains are becoming outnumbered... Whiptail could use some RP exercise.

Anyone mind a giant rat humanoid? He emits poisonous gas if he chooses. (Not Really a super power, but his is especially noxious. =P) and has a prehensile tail that is super strong. And he's a genius btw.


just thought I'd beat anyone to the punch on that joke. He can emit a bacterial gas from the pores of his skin, that depending on the concentration, will either knock out, or kill those around him. He can also shut it off

[Druid]

I think I killed it. :yoy:

[Spectre-x]

Yes, you did. Shame on you. >:0

[The Widowed]

Sorry. If only the red "New Posts" and "No New Posts" bubbles worked as intended....

This could work out well enough. Noble isn't much of a fighter, despite his very resitant invulnerability and somewhat super strength, his brawling rating is like a 1, on a scale of 10. I'll have him more as a support character that would take on the minions, rather than someone to tackle the main bad guys, should a situation prove that to be most prudent.

Is the big fight going to occur while the Uranium is being stolen, or is going to last longer than that as to requiring the heroes to hunt down the villains?
I'm trying to leave it fairly open-ended, but seeing as Legersen is a large holding facility, I'll be trying to steer the first encounter for soon after the villains make entry...sooner if one or more of the villains do something patently unwise ("Hey, guys! A hundred bucks says I can wipe out that guard tower with a boulder from here...."). I'm counting on all players involved to be reasonable enough to respect the enemy's capabilities and fair enough to concede when an enemy has thrown out a particularly clever, well-conceived or unexpected maneuver, rather than resorting to "All of your attacks bounce off of me and I stomp every last one of you, buh-bye." If Bloodywedd stands too close to the propane tanks and Alumette hurls a flame jet at the propane tanks, Bloodywedd's going to get hurt and at best she might be able to limp a hasty retreat, leaving a telltale trail of blood as she goes. Here's hoping everyone else can embrace the same mindset, eh? :thumbup:

So the villains will, of course, be planning a way of carting the uranium away once they've extracted it from Legersen; If they succeed in liberating the uranium, then the getaway is where the heroes should ideally catch up with them, before the villains have a chance to divvy up the uranium and steal away to parts unknown, leaving the threat of thermonuclear terrorism to lurk in the wings. If the heroes manage to repel the villains from Legersen, however, the National Guard loads the uranium onto the transport train and rolls on out of there; This would probably lead to a train robbery as the villains catch their breath and come back for Round Two, hoping to recover the uranium before it makes its way to Virginia, where it will promptly be stored in an unassailable top secret Federal facility and/or divided into oodles of smaller shipments to various nuclear power plants, processing facilities and Federally sanctioned physicist laboratories, at which point the prospect of snagging a thousand-pound heap of uranium in one convenient location will be lost. Were it not for the issues of accountability and cost-effectiveness, there would probably be dozens of trains leaving Legersen at various times in all directions.

Or maybe there will be anyway. Hmmm....

Just wondering becuase I'll be basing Noble's introduction based on that, and he would be more of the kind of guy you call in after the Uranium would go missing. But I could adjust that for the purposes of this RP if that is your plan.
If you didn't mind the delay in letting yourself join in, your idea would be perfectly acceptable. "Mr. Noble, sorry to be calling you in the middle of the night, but there's been an incident...."

If you would rather not wait, then perhaps Noble has already been called in as a consultant, seeing as he's an expert in both radioactive materials and supervillains. Perhaps the authorities are reasonably expecting trouble from superpowered criminals with over half a ton of uranium on their hands, or they may have already received a threat from supervillains intent on sinking their claws into the shipment. How to protect the uranium from villains and ensure that no radiation leaks occur even if a disaster takes place could be the problems that Noble has been entrusted with.

well since the villains are becoming outnumbered... Whiptail could use some RP exercise.

Anyone mind a giant rat humanoid? He emits poisonous gas if he chooses. (Not Really a super power, but his is especially noxious. =P) and has a prehensile tail that is super strong. And he's a genius btw.
Uh oh! Sounds like someone's been playing the CoV beta.... :D

Okay, Whiptail's in. Feel free to chime in at anytime. :)

just thought I'd beat anyone to the punch on that joke. He can emit a bacterial gas from the pores of his skin, that depending on the concentration, will either knock out, or kill those around him. He can also shut it off
A ha! Caught ya black-texting. :P

Now go post, you sneaky poster you.

[The Widowed]

Hey, Joe! It looks like Druid's remote-controlling Slaphappy! Are you going to let him pwn you like that? :D

[Joe Schmoe]

Are you kidding? He got him perfectly :D That was awesome

[Druid]

Heh, sorry. Joe's character was the only one I could think to write correctly. Mostly because his character acts the exact same way I do in rl. Well minus the fact I don't blow things up. :rolleyes:

Widowed, we need to have an rp with Bloodywedd, and my character Dementia. They're both mentally unstable. It'd be awesome!

[The Widowed]

I'm surprised Dementia hasn't made an appearance in the RP section. Or has she, and I just didn't notice? :)

[Druid]

I'm still fleshing out the finer aspects of many of my villains. Trying to tweak personalities and what not. She has made an appearance in an rp I started a bit of in the villains section. But I haven't really gone forward with it. All she's done so far has been to free herself of Druidess and beat the crap out of Statesman. =D

On a side note, I finally figured out where my inspiration for Whiptail came from. If you have ever seen the TV show "Swat Kats" You'll remember a certain villain named Dr. Viper. He must have leaked into my subconcious because I hadn't seen that show since the early 90's. SO baisically Whiptail is my take on Dr. Viper.

[The Widowed]

Come to think of it, wouldn't it be nice if CoH and CoV did have animal summoning powers?

Yeah, I'm sure our imaginations can finish that thought for me. :)

[Druid]

I want animal summonging powers. I refuse to make whiptail till then. Besides, shouldn't the MM's be getting more powers soon? They don't have alot of sets right now. Soldiers, Mercs, Robots, and Zombies right?

[The Widowed]

Hey, it works for me. Rats as a Mastermind set would be nice. Imagine if you started off summoning regular swarms of rats, then moved up to giant rats for the second tier, then finally moved up to wererats or humanoid rats for the final tier. And all the while you're getting the usual assortment of upgrades...say, more rats, tougher rats, regenerating rats or rats with pestilent bites.

So let's pretend that that power set does exist. Now run with it. :D

[The Widowed]

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Heh! SEAMUS is so l33t, even his third-person narratives are in l33t. :P

S E A M U S Began scanning around he room, staring intently at his readout on his forearm. He stopped right in front of Slaphappy.
Oh, darn. You went and fixed it on me. :cool:

[Akamaz]

8it3 m’/ shin’/ m3t41 cr0tch p14t3 m34t84g


PWNN3D!

[The Widowed]

8it3 m’/ shin’/ m3t41 cr0tch p14t3 m34t84g


PWNN3D!
Yeah, yeah. And the horse you rode in on. :P

Incidentally, Charon, where is that bug you planted on Slaphappy, anyway? :D

[Joe Schmoe]

Going to try to do posts like this more often, to show the kind of mumblings he does while everyone is talking :)

[The Widowed]

Dr. Sinistar is so going to slap your slaphappy ass. :D

[Akamaz]

either that or S E A M U S wil "PWN" you.. don't ask how... widdy is still creeped out over the voting machine incident....

[The Widowed]

So much so that I've suppressed the memories of that incident's details. Remind me. :p

[Akamaz]

"Unnatural Congress"

[The Widowed]

Don't mind this post. It's only a standing resource so I can open this post in another window and copy-and-paste whatever font tags I need, all in one nice, convenient location. :)


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