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EVENT | when adjutants attack

Hello, Outsiders! Larissa here with our very first event. This is the first part of our metaplot, and we’ll be using it as a stepping stone to bigger and better things as time goes on.

As Aria emphasized in this post, Omega is hardly in the best shape. The paramilitary group Cerberus occupied it for about half a year before Aria was able to wrest control back from them, and in our game’s timeline it’s only been about a month since they were driven out.

But just because they’re gone doesn’t mean they took all their toys with them.

Adjutants are some of the Reapers’ many thralls. Created from the husks of a long-extinct species, Adjutants originated from beyond the Omega-4 relay -- the same relay the PCs have been arriving through. Cerberus augmented them during their time on Omega, only to find that they couldn’t control them.

And while Aria was able to exterminate many of them with the help of Commander Shepard, they’re far from gone.

TIMELINE
This plot will run for 3 OOC days; you are welcome to backtag as long as you’d like. It’ll start this Friday, 2/22, and will run through this Sunday.

ON FRIDAY:
Several adjutants will appear in different parts of Zeta District. While they aren’t too difficult to deal with alone -- and some may be killed by NPCs -- their presence will result in the entire district being quarantined. No one will be able to enter or leave the district during the event.

ON SATURDAY:
Turns out there are more adjutants than we thought. Adjutants can turn any living being into one of their own. They can’t infect the dead, but the injured are fair game - including NPCs. The process is irreversible. And there seem to be dozens of them.

The NPCs have closed up shop in the markets and retreated to their homes. The mercenaries roam the streets looking to take out any and all adjutants, and if you get in the crossfire that’s your problem. Prove you’re not a liability, though, and they’ll take the help.

ON SUNDAY:
A few adjutants remain scattered through the district, but between the mercs and the PCs, most of the remaining ones have been driven back to a limited area of the station, about three blocks in size. They’re originating from a certain warehouse, but unless the adjutants are dealt with, no one’s getting inside.

Where it goes next is entirely dependent on player actions.

QUESTIONS
what can the adjutants do?
They tend to lurk in the shadows to lure out their victims, then hit them with biotic projectiles. The wiki page on them has more information, and you can also see how they fight ingame here (spoiler warning for the Omega DLC if you watch past the part with the adjutant!). If you have any further questions about them we’ll be happy to answer them.

what happens if my character is infected?
Your character will turn into an adjutant, and they will be killed. Death is permanent in this game, so we don’t expect this to be something most people are interested in!

i want to get involved with the mercs!
The Talons are the most likely to accept help, and also the group most familiar with fighting adjutants. The Blood Pack, on the other hand, is as likely to shoot a PC as an adjutant. You’re free to use them as NPCs in your posts; for the most part, you can assume they’ll be out and about the station. If you’re interested in more in-depth plotting with the NPCs, please contact us or comment below. We’re happy to plot with you, but due to mod time constraints we can only play out so much. We can also set up handwaved NPC interaction if you need it.

i want to help take down the warehouse!
Please sign up in the thread below with what you’d like to do. We would like to leave the conclusion open-ended for now, but we’ll contact interested players and offer direction where necessary.

i have another question!
Feel free to ask in the thread below if there’s anything else you’d like to do or that you need more information on.

You're welcome to use the rest of this post as a plotting post! Just post with your characters and what they'll be doing during the event and you're good to go.

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If you're interested in helping to take down the warehouse, please post here with the characters you're interested with and the kind of things you'd like to do. Given enough player interest, the conclusion of the event will be determined by the PCs.

As said on the warehouse thread, Hawke is going to try and fight them eventually. While she may end up being support (so if you need quick healing on the fly, she's your girl!) she can defend and attack just as well.

On Friday, she'll be helping to defend some NPCs. On Saturday, however, she's going to be a bit more cautious with her magic and will make some attempt to at least fight and make sure people are safe in the Zeta District. I'm up for any and all kinds of interactions!!

Morrigan is initially not going to care about all this noise. Until she's trapped in the slums with all you terrible people. Then there will be magic all over the place. Looking for team-ups, people she can accidentally save, people she can light on fire as collateral damage, the whole nine yards.

Maeby is a teenager and not drunk enough for this shit. She will be running and hiding. And needing to be saved. Also ducking into random people's rooms to do more hiding.

Kasumi will be in stealth mode, primarily trying to shuffle people who need a little help away from the battle to safety, drag people over to the clinic for treatment, etc. Basically being a techno gofer for whoever needs it.

OPEN TO ANY AND ALL OTHER IDEAS FOR THEM, TOO. I am excite.

Lyall is likely to be going wolf on these things, and doing his best to track where they're coming from with that supernatural nose of his, if they have anything track-able. He's down for helping anybody who needs helping, provided they don't mind a wolf savaging the monsters for them.

Dun is just going to do what he does best; fight fight fight. However, he might just show a different side to him during this event. He does have leadership qualities and if things get too chaotic, he may attempt to form a group of like-minded souls and lead them to glory. He's not got a bad mind for organizing attacks; just a bad one for taking precautions against sneak attacks and traps.

York will be up for fighting adjutants pretty much the entire weekend; if anyone wants to be FIGHTING ADJUTANTS!! alongside her on Friday or Saturday, or have her save someone from adjutants (or the other way around WHO WANTS TO SAVE YORK'S BUTT), let me know!

Edited 2013-02-21 02:28 (UTC)

Wash will spend most of his time on population control; he's not going to get involved with too many groups, but he'll be out and about in armor shooting things. ...And looking for better weapons, because what the fuck are barriers.

Zoe will be spamming her ranged electric attack at any adjutant that she runs into. She'll be with her sister Benji for the most part, but Zoe does have a tendency to go off on her own as well. She's very used to acting as a medic, so if your characters are getting injured I'd be up for CR in that direction!

On an OOC note, most of my activity is going to be through backtags - I'm going on vacation next week and will be slowtagging all around. I'm happy to thread out things as long as they take, but if you want to nail down things first I don't mind a bit.

Naruto will be doing what shounen heroes do best, saving innocents while also being a tard. Expect comedic dodges of biotic attacks and irrational yelling and confusion as he does his ninja thing.

If anyone feels like having their character facepalm at the inept-looking blond only to see him wipe the floor with a bunch of baddies, he's up for grabs.

Shepard's going to do what she does best - fight her way through, try to figure out how to permanent source, and when that fails, try to strategize, hunker down and protect people. she's also pretty good at grabbing anyone willing to fight along the way and add them to a ragtag group, barking orders, and just KILLING SHIT. a variety of abilities would be great for this, if you're willing to participate! Shepard's a Soldier, i.e. a party tank.

Edited 2013-02-21 03:04 (UTC)

Shepard of the vanguard sort seeks drinking buddies and/or people to kill bad guys with. Capable of frontline assault, heroic speeches, head butting aliens and tabloid reporters, and also shoving a shotgun down an enemy's throat. Expect dry wit, judgmental looks, and sarcasm out the ass. Negative and positive cr apply within.

so who wants to keep this moron from breaking any bones.

no seriously.

also north (

noscope) and benji (

techburst) are totally open for stuff too. just sayin'.

carolina will be trying to help out NPCs mostly, and loot around for some better, more universe-friendly weapons. i don't think she's going to do any warehouse stuff to avoid clustering up that area but she's down for helping anyone who's getting their butts beat and fighting with new people.

Isabela's not the sort to get herself involved with things until they directly affect her or if she has a change of moral heart. She might take advantage of the chaos to GET SOME STUFF from those closed shops but with enough nudging and from the right sort of people she may be inclined to help out.

She's a close range fighter, but she does have stealth on her side.

ALSO IF YOU WANT YOU CAN TOTALLY CATCH HER IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO BREAK IN AND LOOT A SHOP.

Edited 2013-02-21 04:14 (UTC)

Would anyone like to hire a tactician for the weekend? Kengo has essentially zero CR at this point, but I'm willing to work stuff out/discuss options. In his canon, he generally works as tactician for the primary superhero. He enjoys yelling out orders and talking lots of technical science-y talk, but he's passionate and his heart's in the right place. As an added bonus, he'll be less of a jerk to deal with when there's danger!

Also, he has tech with him that allows him to scan for enemy info/weaknesses and will take full advantage of whatever information he may gain from that. AS A SIDE NOTE, he's almost entirely useless when it comes to fighting. Kengo's body hates him and will act up in the form of crippling pain if he overexerts himself, so he has no choice but to stick to background work.

Edited 2013-02-21 05:00 (UTC)

Spending an entire weekend killing hostile aliens that infect their victims and convert them to increase their own numbers? I think the Chief might have a punch card somewhere where he gets a free slice of pizza if he does that one more time.

His number one priority is gonna be stopping people from being infected by the Adjutants. His second priority is gonna be killing as many as possible, possibly with his bare hands and combat knife because all he has on him at the moment is a pistol (although those are pretty strong again - remember Halo 1? Not that strong, but like, close.) He plays well with others, so if you wanna team up or ask him for help at any point, I'd probably be down for that.

Marco is going to run around screaming his head off like it's a bad horror movie.

Anyone want to join him in sheer panic, or else otherwise supervise him getting in too much trouble? Bonus points if you are interested in hijacking weapons or vehicles.

Edited 2013-02-21 07:17 (UTC)

SO THIS WILL BE INTERESTING

Ino's main form of attack is shintenshin (a mind affecting technique that controls enemies etc etc see application) BUT if the adjutant is attacked while she is controlling it, she ALSO GETS HURT THE SAME WAY. AND WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING her body is useless somewhere and vulnerable for other adjutants to find, isn't that great.

so shintenshin will be a last resort for her

but if that happens, people can...probably find her body laying around doing nothing until she realizes there is nothing she can do BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING CONTROLLED TOO.

she'll mostly be helping people evacuate (only to find they're locked in) and saving innocents when she can. with the adjutants, she will struggle a little especially in groups so anyone willing to help her out (watch over her unconscious body) is much appreciated!

Edited 2013-02-21 18:12 (UTC)

Liara will be doing her best to keep people alive and grab as much information as she can about adjutants. Really she's just looking for the best way to back people up and not get killed in the process. She's not above threatening to flay people alive with her mind and capable of shooting people point blank when necessary.

Just expect a little bit of social awkwardness and obsessive tendencies in keeping track of people and information.

Tony has done this kind of thing before. He's not good at it, but he can't keep his nose where it belongs, so there'll be a very tired guy stumbling around blowing up monsters with strange magical scattershot.

Garrus here can be used for either full assault OR keeping civilians safe (from Reapers and also any looting that may arise!). BASICALLY anyone who wants him can have him!

the latest post of them aaaall. natasha's plans are to round up civilians and provide firing cover if necessary, though since she's more of an infiltraitor type she'll be a) trying to figure out how best to take down the adjutants and b) sneakily powering through omega picking up intel on the way. but mostly adjutant killing. (and taking weapons from dead mercs.) any takers?

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WAREHOUSE TAKEDOWN

Hawke

Morrigan, Maeby, and Kasumi (oh my)

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