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Post by Dead Sidekick on Oct 26, 2009 0:15:32 GMT -5
No Intuition FEAT needed for Shockwave. All original contents of his duffel bag are present and accounted for, plus one addition. Taped to the outer case of his laptop computer is a jagged strip of paper, torn from the cover of a Metropolitan Museum of Art tour brochure. Upon it in bubbly cursive handwriting is "Thanks. Coffee sometime? - Felicia" and a phone number. Both instances of the letter "I" in Felicia's signature are dotted with little valentine hearts.
Shockwave discovers that there is free WiFi internet access here in the restaurant.
As Shockwave spreads his armor over another table and begins cleaning and adjusting it, Oldschool should make a Reason FEAT.
When the Thorbuster pizza arrives, it is a 3 and a half foot diameter pizza that weighs nearly 20 pounds. Covered with bacon, beef, chicken, chorizo, ham, pepperoni. proscuitto, salami, venison, artichoke hearts, cherry tomatoes, green peppers, olives, portobello mushrooms, red onions, red peppers and roasted garlic with 5 different cheeses on a fire-baked crust, biting into the pizza is heavenly. Aside from the extreme supreme amount of toppings on the pizza, even the sauce is excellent, and made with all of the topping ingredients pureed together so that you're getting a decadent explosion of flavor in every bite.
Greta the waitress tells Flashdance that the restaurant doesn't have any hairspray on hand, but she might have some in her purse.
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Post by TasK on Oct 26, 2009 0:27:27 GMT -5
Reason FEAT [attack=66564229989818]
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Post by TasK on Oct 26, 2009 0:27:57 GMT -5
Reason FEAT attempt II
[attack=626974275153868]
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Post by shockwave on Oct 26, 2009 0:54:19 GMT -5
With the partial mask instead of his face shield, the look of surprise on Shockwave's face is evident. "You are familiar with Lighthill's work? I must say that is unexpected. Of course I approached it as a reversal of his eighth power law, since instead of power determining the acoustics, MATTER theory involves the acoustics actually generating the power. And of obviously, without his work in Kinetic Wave theory with Whitman, none of this field would have likely been possible. Converting sound into actual kinetic force allows for amazing things. For example, by projecting a field of pure acoustically generated energy, under lab conditions I've been able to deflect the path of 9mm bullets fired from 15 yards. It's theoretically even more effective against non-solid projections."
Shockwave sets the helmet on the table, and picks up a gauntlet to continue cleaning. "That's probably more than enough on that topic. We need to talk about a next move. I see a number of different logical paths. First, Felicia believes her son may be in danger, and that the book theft may have been a message. He's involved with a gang called the Flashing Blades, and they may be making a move against the mob. If that masked gunman is really a mob assassin, he may show up at a bar down the street as his next move."
"Second, we have a number of other gangs and people who have come up. Gutter Pirates. Broad Daylight Killers. Nefaria. Silvermane. The Magia. Hammerhead. The Joker. I have to say, although I've heard of some of them, I don't know much about any of them. Research may be in order."
"Third, the car belonged to a company called Hammerhead Doodles. The cops say it's a mob front."
"I plan to go to Hank's tonight to keep that masked creep from attacking Felicia's son, and hopefully to get him somewhere safe. Tomorrow, I think Hammerhead's Doodle's sounds like as good a place as any to start investigating the shooting side of things. I'm convinced it's all connected to the theft."
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Oct 26, 2009 1:04:25 GMT -5
ooc: Oldschool's Reason plus Engineering plus Weapons Tinkering = one smart cookie...
Oldschool notices some micro-fracturing / metal fatigue in the palms and heels of Shockwave's gauntlets and boots. While still impressed by the use of Antarctic and Wakandan Vibranium coils and apertures to create a sort of acoustic induction power source for all of the sound based functions of the armor's Mach stem shockwave generator, Oldschool notices a critical design flaw in that the armor's flight mode pushes too much sonic energy through this central power relay, possibly subjecting it to overheating and core system overloads if the offensive systems are used during flight. Oldschool has seen a similar, though less advanced use of coupled Wakandan and Antarctic Vibranium coils in prototype riot control sonic cannons the US Army was trying to amp up for use against the Hulk. Those prototype designs were eventually scrapped because the Antarctic Vibranium used in them over time would cause molecular deterioration in the sonic emitters, eventually causing the cannons to shatter themselves to pieces. From what Oldschool could see with his extremely sharp eyes, this was happening with Shockwave's gauntlets and boots, and likely a prime candidate for the annoying hypersonic screech he heard when he saw Shockwave flying. Oldschool is confident that a few hours of workbench time could possibly circumvent this problem, and make the offensive systems available in flight.
If he had a workbench.
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Oct 26, 2009 1:25:56 GMT -5
Greta the waitress returns to the table with a Pabst Blue Ribbon in a mug for Flashdance, and then presents him with a hand mirror, a comb, and a can of foamy styling mousse. She looks over at Oldschool and Shockwave eggheading over Shockwave's armor and makes a "swhoosh" sound while zipping her hand over her head, indicating that she was as far from understanding what they were talking about as Justin Timberlake is from recording a critically acclaimed death metal album.
She says to Flashdance, "I'm sorry, all I could find was some styling mousse. I saw you on TV earlier." She gushes a little bit. "I really think your hair is cool."
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Post by TasK on Oct 26, 2009 14:50:23 GMT -5
Oldschool nods with Shockwave's comments. He expects they could spend a couple months talking shop if they wanted and it didn't really have any real bearing on what they were trying to do as a group. However, there were things that he could see and things that he heard in the battle at the park that he knew he should pass on.
Now, to find a way that doesn't upset Shockwave. He knew how he was with sharing inventions. He hoped that Shockwave was better than he was and wouldn't take his suggestions as an invasion of his proprietorship of his battle suit.
Oldschool got up and approached Shockwave.
"I'll come with you to the bar. Maybe I'll luck out and find something about what this Hammerhead is doing. If you don't mind the company. I really have nothing else to do...."
As he gets closer, he points. "Woah, did you get hit with a grenade in the battle? I see micro-fracturing in the palms and heels of your gauntlets and boots. I thought I heard an odd resonance at the battle coming from your battle suit. We should go back and charge those thugs for messing with a thing of beauty. Hopefully, it's not too serious. At first, I thought it might be something to do with shunting so much sonic energy through your central power relay, overheating it and overloading your core systems. Antarctic vibranium is pretty tricky with it's effects. I seen a crude system sonic cannon the army was trying to make powerful enough to affect the Hulk. The Antarctic vibranium deteriorated the sonic emitters making it pretty much useless."
"Either way, a few hours in the lab and you'll have it back up to snuff with both offensive capabilities and flight!"
Oldschool patted Shockwave on the back.
OOC: I'm trying to come across as non-offensive with Oldschool in respect to how most inventors feel with someone nosing in on their creation. I'm hoping Oldschools smart and experienced enough to go about bringing it up without raising Shockwave's hackles. He makes a real effort to do so.
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Post by shockwave on Oct 26, 2009 18:37:23 GMT -5
Shockwave considered what Oldschool had to offer about the armor, still very surprised at the scientific mind inside the overly muscled body. "You aren't quite what I expected when I first saw you at the museum."
He turns over the gauntlets in his hands examining the palm. "Super vision must be really useful in working with equipment. I can't see a thing wrong without my goggles back at my work area. I'll have to admit, I don't have a lot of experience with the long term effects of Antarctic vibranium. I'm hoping the amounts mixed in with the polymers is minute enough it won't be detrimental in the long run. I've also certainly seen the advantage of being able to use the sonic energy both for propulsion and as a weapon at the same time. It wasn't originally designed for propulsion at all. It was just a happy side effect I found when experimenting with sonic force parameters, and I decided to run with it and keep refining it."
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Flashdance
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'Let's Dance!'
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Post by Flashdance on Oct 26, 2009 23:42:58 GMT -5
Flashdance tries to be smooth after the compliment on his hair, but the poorly disguised ear to ear grin is probably a tip-off that he is beaming inside.
"Thanks! You wouldn't believe what it takes to straighten "the doo", not to mention making it stand up!"
Along with the Greta the waitress, Flashdance just kind of watches the two talk. He looks at her and jokingly mimics the hand over the head move, cut short when he runs up against the wall of stiff hair.
"I, um, really have no idea what they are talking about. Now maybe if they start yammering about 90's country singers I can jump in. I can talk about the mechanics of my bat here. I use it to apply a large amount of pressure to a bad guy, which induces either a large yelp, or a bit of crying. It really all depends on where I apply that pressure, and to what degree."
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Post by shockwave on Oct 26, 2009 23:50:24 GMT -5
"...As for Hanks, I'm hoping both of you would be up for a visit there. If I learned anything tonight, it's that a situation can really get chaotic fast, and even the three of us is barely enough. I'm hoping the we can actually catch the masked man this time around. Between your senses," he nods towards Oldschool, "and my sonar and sound enhancers, we should be able to do some pretty good surveillance, and it might just take a teleporter to get the drop on a teleporter."
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Oct 27, 2009 1:05:19 GMT -5
ooc: The building / modifying / repairing technology rules make my eyes start to glaze over but I think I've got the gist of them. Since all of the "special parts" and "functions" of Shockwave's armor are already there - they just need some reconfiguring to make the flight mode and sonic generation usable at the same time - there is no real need for a Resources FEAT at this time. A quick fix "kit-bashed" modification would take Shockwave and Oldschool working together around 30 minutes to whip up with a hex key wrench right there at the dining table, with the risk of unforeseen problems cropping up later. Otherwise, roughly a month of workshop laboratory tweaking and testing would make the flight mode its own power, seperate from the sonic generator's offensive capabilities. And so, to realize this in an Eureka! moment, Shockwave should roll a Reason FEAT +3CS (from appropriate Talents and Judge Fudge)
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Oct 27, 2009 1:30:52 GMT -5
Greta coos at Flashdance when he mentions 90's country music. "With your hair I'd have figured you for a punk rocker!" she exclaims. "I guess the rodeo cowboy boots should have given it away. Do you like Brooks and Dunn? Boot Scoot Boogie?"
Greta takes the remote control from the table and aims it at the television. and it erupts with the XM Radio Contemporary Country channel currently playing "Cowboy Casanova" by Carrie Underwood. She sings along.
When Shockwave mentions Hank's Tavern, she says "Oh don't go there. It's a total dive. Used to be a decent place to relax for a drink after work until those damn roller hockey thugs took it over."
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Post by shockwave on Oct 27, 2009 9:33:08 GMT -5
Reason (IN) +1CS (Engineering) +1CS (Electronics) +1CS (Physics-specialized in accoustics) = UN: [attack=877289469958198]
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Oct 27, 2009 11:03:59 GMT -5
Oldschool's mentioning of the US military's failed attempts to develop a sonic repulsor cannon to fight the Hulk reminded him of a paper written a few years ago by the once sane Dutch physicist Ulysses Klaw at the Technical University at Delft on converting soundwave propagation into actual physical mass. It seemed improbably outrageous at the time until Klaw somehow converted his own physical body into sentient solidified sound (and became a supervillain member of the Masters of Evil). Shockwave had conceived his own "Mach stem shockwave generator" at SHIELD based on a reversal of Lighthill's eighth power law to create kinetic force instead of tangible, physical mass as Klaw's theory proposed. Shockwave had been scheduled to liason from SHIELD to the US Department of Energy's Project: Pegasus division to begin reverse engineering Klaw's prosthetic sonic blaster to assist in the development of the very same cannons the military was attempting to develop to fight the Hulk that Oldschool mentioned when the plan was scuttled due to that supervillain escaping the Project: Pegasus facility. ooc: and the pre-Secret Wars timeline of this game campaign fits!!! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Shockwave suddenly realizes that decoupling the Wakandan Vibranium pulse conversion apertures mounted in the gauntlet palms and boot heels and reinstalling them backwards would feed ambient sound directly into the torso mounted Mach stem shockwave generator's Antarctic Vibranium acoustic induction coils and perhaps create a microflux of sonic force that would reduce, perhaps eliminate the long term deterioration that the "anti-metal" properties of Antarctic Vibranium causes. A trial version of segregating the flight mode from the central sonic generator without significant power loss could be kit-bashed right here at the dining table with patience and a hex key wrench, but Shockwave realizes the possibilities of fully revamping the armor by replacing the kinetic force conveyances in the limbs with a promising new alloy called Promethium from S.T.A.R. Labs that theoretically might even unlock the potential of selective vibration resonance....
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Post by shockwave on Oct 27, 2009 17:01:11 GMT -5
Shockwave reaches into his bag, pulling out a watch and checking it. "Looks likethere might be enough time to make some modifications to this and still have some time before midnight. Based one what you've told me of the degradation of the metal components in the polymers, I believe reversing the pulse conversion apertures may be of value tonight. At least, in theory it should prevent a repeat of the thrust dilution I experienced earlier."
Hearing the waitress talk about hanks, Shockwave responds, "I don't plan to go to soak up the atmosphere. I'm afraid those roller hockey thugs might be in for an unpleasant surprise tonight, and even if they are thugs, they are just kids, and maybe this will be the chance to turn things around for them."
He thinks for a short while as he digs into his computer repair kit for appropriate tools to work on the armor. "I think the big question is how to handle the place. We can't exactly walk right in and be welcome, especially after being on the news taking down a number of gang members tonight. Perhaps a nearby rooftop will let us watch and hear them, but if we find Tommy, I'm not quite sure how we can approach him without causing a stir ourselves." He looks over at Flashdance, "You said you could teleport other people? What exactly does that involve?"
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