As I'd mentioned to a couple people in CoH, I'm running a game in an online forum managed by a RL friend of mine. The game is based on Mekton 1, and is
set on a starship that's hopping realities as the crew try to put together the reasons *why* the ship is doing this, why they were chosen, and what they
were chosen to do.

The game originally got its inspiration from Chrono Cross, which is what inspired the name of the ship. So far the PC's have been to several alternate
Earths, including one I came up with from whole cloth. There seems to be a conspiracy afoot organized by people who can *also* cross realities, and the
PC's are somehow the only ones who can intercede without drawing official attention to their actions.

The site is at http://gamers.romanus.ca/ and you're
certainly welcome to come have a look. If you want to join up, I've included basic character creation notes in the Chrono Racer forum for people who've
never played Mekton 1 before. The advantage of this game is that it doesn't matter *where* your character concept comes from. I can get you on the Racer
easily. The PC's have already discovered there's a mysterious multiverse-spanning organization responsible for keeping the peace that for some reason
can't intervene directly. So they're arranging for people to be sent to the ship and backing them up clandestinely. But that's all the PC's
have pieced together so far.

Current crewmembers (active players) are:

Ossten of Velantia: Captain of the Racer, Ossten is a thirty-foot long reptiloid Lensman.

!@#$*&^% : An energy sphere, still a child by his race's standards, but a natural engineer and curious about other races.

Aolani: Elven princess on the run, trying to rally forces to free her enslaved people.

Cyndle Kell: Former cop framed for the murder of her partner, forced to play in the "Unreal Tournaments" until death, she escaped only through
Intervention...

Khimera Chang: Black sheep of the Chang syndicate, she commanded a small mercenary unit in power armor known as the Steel Angels in Australia before winding up
a new passenger on the Racer.

NPCs:

Voidscream: Decepticon with a sense of honor. They show up sometimes, and always make the PC's lives a little harder.

Maximus Prime: Prototype Maximal, he wanted to escape being the poster boy of his new race, and joined the Racer crew.

Cybele: Survivor of the planet Lithone, world first eaten by Unicron in the beginning of the animated Transformers movie. She's an engineer and a weapons
specialist.

Colonel Carson: Professional soldier of the Unified United Nations, also from the Cybertronian universe.

Hinoto Shi-Ryo: Ship-Bonded Eddorian Commander, telepathically bonded to the Chrono Racer, and its only original crew still onboard.

Sayaka Gregman: Kuritan noblewoman married to a mercenary soldier. Entrusted with the firing keys to the Gravitic Point Cannon.

Locations visited so far:

Cybertronian Earth.

An earth conquered by an invading force (Wayland-Yutani) through a hyperstream gate, forcing a corrupted version of the Mormon religion on the survivors. The
Racer freed them and moved on.

Honor Harrington universe (where they are now.)

So if you think this looks interesting, drop me a line, and we can hash out a character. There's always room for more on the Racer.
---
Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.

Bubblegum Crisis: The Iron Age, Part 3 is out.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Anyone getting into this? Fun collectible minis game of B-Movie Kaiju combat from Privateer Press... I've picked up a starter and a few extra bits so far
and it has all kinds of nifty stuff.
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

Or just a random glitch? You decide!



That's Amp Scimitar, apparently moonlighting as a hot dog vendor in Nerva.

No, I have no clue how she got in there. I suspect a Nemesis plot.

(I had to use the D pass to get out.)

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

Spore! a delightfully addictive game, the gameplay has some astoundingly good parts to it, even if, technically speaking, EA couldn't pour butt butter out of a boot with the instructions on the heel..

Quote:Cell - Red
Power Monger: Passive +MaxEnergy
Creature - Red
Prime Specimen: Passive +MaxHP
Tribal - Blue
Colony Craze: Passive Discount on Colonization gear
Civ - Blue
Spice Savant: Passive +Spice Production

and this would be spam
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

Okay, I know it's time for a respec, even if just to get Hover instead of Air Superiority (and probably drop Manuevers to be able to slot Hover properly).

Here's her CURRENT build; feel free to suggest improvements. I imagine there's a bunch of 'em.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.4006

http://www.cohplanner.com/

Emerald Blast: Level 50 Magic Defender

Primary Power Set: Empathy

Secondary Power Set: Radiation Blast

Power Pool: Teleportation

Power Pool: Flight

Power Pool: Leadership

Ancillary Pool: Power Mastery

Hero Profile:

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Level 1: Healing Aura

(A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance: Level 42

(3) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge: Level 42

(5) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge: Level 34

(7) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 33

(11) Healing IO: Level 50

(15) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 1: Neutrino Bolt

(A) Range IO: Level 35

(3) Defense Debuff

(21) Accuracy

(27) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50

(27) Accuracy IO: Level 50

Level 2: X-Ray Beam

(A) Accuracy IO: Level 50

(5) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

(9) Damage Increase IO: Level 50

(21) Damage Increase IO: Level 50

(50) Recharge Reduction

Level 4: Irradiate

(A) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50

(7) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50

(23) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Recharge: Level 50

(23) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal): Level 50

(29) Damage Increase IO: Level 50

(29) Defense Debuff

Level 6: Heal Other

(A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance: Level 42

(9) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge: Level 45

(11) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge: Level 42

(13) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 43

(13) Healing IO: Level 50

(15) Range IO: Level 45

Level 8: Resurrect

(A) Range IO: Level 45

(17) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

(17) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 10: Recall Friend

(A) Time & Space Manipulation - Endurance: Level 44

(25) Time & Space Manipulation - Range: Level 44

Level 12: Air Superiority

(A) Damage Increase

Level 14: Fly

(A) Freebird - +Stealth: Level 50

(19) Freebird - FlySpeed: Level 50

(19) Freebird - Endurance: Level 50

(50) Flight Speed IO: Level 50

Level 16: Proton Volley

(A) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Interrupt/Range: Level 50

(31) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance: Level 50

(31) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50

(37) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50

(37) Sting of the Manticore - Chance of Damage(Toxic): Level 50

(39) Interrupt Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 18: Recovery Aura

(A) Performance Shifter - EndMod: Level 50

(25) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge: Level 50

(31) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 48

(33) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy: Level 37

(33) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 20: Fortitude

(A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge: Level 46

(33) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge: Level 33

(34) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff: Level 47

(34) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance: Level 50

(36) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance: Level 41

(36) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge: Level 50

Level 22: Clear Mind

(A) Recharge Reduction

(34) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 24: Electron Haze

(A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage: Level 32

(36) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance: Level 23

(37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge: Level 43

(39) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range: Level 40

(40) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy): Level 50

(42) Range

Level 26: Regeneration Aura

(A) Miracle - Endurance/Recharge: Level 39

(39) Miracle - Heal/Recharge: Level 37

(40) Miracle - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40

(40) Miracle - Heal: Level 40

(42) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 28: Cosmic Burst

(A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50

(42) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50

(43) Devastation - Damage/Recharge: Level 50

(43) Devastation - Chance of Hold: Level 50

Level 30: Maneuvers

(A) Kismet - Defense/Endurance: Level 30

(45) Kismet - Defense/Recharge: Level 30

(46) Kismet - Endurance/Recharge: Level 30

(46) Kismet - Defense/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30

(46) Kismet - Accuracy +6%: Level 11

Level 32: Adrenalin Boost

(A) Doctored Wounds - Heal: Level 50

(48) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50

(48) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge: Level 50

(48) Doctored Wounds - Recharge: Level 50

(50) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance: Level 50

Level 35: Neutron Bomb

(A) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 42

(43) Detonation - Damage/Endurance: Level 49

(45) Accuracy IO: Level 50

(45) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 45

Level 38: Atomic Blast

(A) Accuracy IO: Level 50

Level 41: Power Build Up

(A) To Hit Buff IO: Level 50

Level 44: Conserve Power

(A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 47: Absorb Pain

(A) Healing IO: Level 50

Level 49: Temp Invulnerability

(A) Resist Damage IO: Level 50

Set Bonus Totals:

6% DamageBuff(Smashing)

6% DamageBuff(Lethal)

6% DamageBuff(Fire)

6% DamageBuff(Cold)

6% DamageBuff(Energy)

6% DamageBuff(Negative)

6% DamageBuff(Toxic)

6% DamageBuff(Psionic)

0.95% Defense(Energy)

0.95% Defense(Negative)

21% Enhancement(Heal)

22.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

18% Enhancement(Accuracy)

10% FlySpeed

133.5 HP (13.1%) HitPoints

10% JumpHeight

10% JumpSpeed

MezResist(Confused) 1.65%

MezResist(Sleep) 1.65%

MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%

11.5% (0.19 End/sec) Recovery

84% (3.57 HP/sec) Regeneration

2.84% Resistance(Fire)

2.84% Resistance(Cold)

3.13% Resistance(Negative)

10% RunSpeed

1.5% XPDebtProtection

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Set Bonuses:

Numina's Convalescence

(Healing Aura)

12% (0.51 HP/sec) Regeneration

19.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints

6% Enhancement(Heal)

Scirocco's Dervish

(Irradiate)

10% (0.42 HP/sec) Regeneration

3.13% Resistance(Negative)

9% Enhancement(Accuracy)

Numina's Convalescence

(Heal Other)

12% (0.51 HP/sec) Regeneration

19.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints

6% Enhancement(Heal)

Time & Space Manipulation

(Recall Friend)

8% (0.34 HP/sec) Regeneration

Freebird

(Fly)

8% (0.34 HP/sec) Regeneration

15.3 HP (1.5%) HitPoints

Sting of the Manticore

(Proton Volley)

12% (0.51 HP/sec) Regeneration

0.95% Defense(Energy,Negative)

3% DamageBuff(All)

7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Performance Shifter

(Recovery Aura)

5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed

19.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints

2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery

Luck of the Gambler

(Fortitude)

10% (0.42 HP/sec) Regeneration

Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control

(Fortitude)

5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed

19.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints

2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery

Positron's Blast

(Electron Haze)

2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery

1.58% Resistance(Fire,Cold)

9% Enhancement(Accuracy)

6.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Miracle

(Regeneration Aura)

2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery

19.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints

5% Enhancement(Heal)

Devastation

(Cosmic Burst)

12% (0.51 HP/sec) Regeneration

22.9 HP (2.25%) HitPoints

3% DamageBuff(All)

Kismet

(Maneuvers)

1.5% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery

MezResist(Confused) 1.65%

1.5% XPDebtProtection

3.75% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Doctored Wounds

(Adrenalin Boost)

MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%

1.26% Resistance(Fire,Cold)

4% Enhancement(Heal)

5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Detonation

(Neutron Bomb)

MezResist(Sleep) 1.65%

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--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

Here it is!

The full comic can be downloaded from

http://www.whatsupdark.com/3.html

Lots of cameos in this one. Funny, it was originally going to be more about Bella and Morgan, but as I worked on it Eva somehow took over. Plus there is
gratuitous arctic, waterfowl. Also I don't actually have the Space Mage model done yet, so I faked it with the artifice of a large fluffy duck mascot
suit. What is a little sad is that it is an entirely believable artifice...

Yesterday, as everyone probably knows, the Halloween event was activated early - starting with a full-blown zombie invasion. A bunch of us got
together to fight in Dark Astoria, which was totally awesome. Graveyards, crypts, mist of evil, and ZOMBIES FROM THE EARTH. Ankhani said that someone should
write up the whole experience in fiction form.

So I did.

I've altered the details, embellished a lot, omitted some actual lines of dialogue while using others wholescale. Apologies to Foxboy, I didn't use Emi
Arizona because she only arrived towards the end. Frenetic Sublimation gets almost no characterisation here, I'm afraid, because he didn't actually say
much in the real log and I know absolutely nothing else about the guy. I'm sorry, Sweno. Hope what I fudged works. =(

I've started this new thread in the hopes that during this Halloween period, other folks will add their own Halloween stories or mini-ficlets. Think of
this as similar to the Snippets thread - but I didn't wanna clutter that one because this is, after all, rather seasonal and more specific. =D

With acknowledgements to Ankhani, Valles, OpMegs and Sweno, I present what is hopefully just the first:

Okay, so I figured that I might as well do my own portal page for the wiki, because while I have pretty much only one whole story to my credit, I do have lots of other stuff to link up.  So, have a look at let me know what you think.