@Raijinslayer

I actually had a plan. First, I wanted to verify whether there were any civilians around. If there were, somebody had to evacuate them first. Most likely Riley because of her pheromone control that would allow better crowd control and such. Also, biotic ship and all. During this, we would stale Dragoon. You know, if possible, struck down her helmet. Then, Ian comes into play. Magic or not, she is still a human. So, we manipulate her to stand down. Everyone wins. No one does. Swarm would scatter her bugs and keep watch over the whole area in case of any surprises

@TengriGood plan. However, Ian's a bit impulsive and still not used to the whole, 'fighting as a team' thing. His plan is to be a target, keeping Dragoon to occupied to target civilians while also trying to find a way past her defenses.

Edit: That being said, given it's a team exercise, Ian would be less likely to act without thinking, especially since the hologram is in react mode and nobdy is in any actual danger.

I wonder how Ian's power would interact with pre-existing mind-affecting effects. Since IIRC Dragoon got mindscrewed into a villain.

@Grey@TengriIan's power is domination so, if he can overcome the previous mind-control ability along with the will of the person he's trying to dominate, then he'll be able to command said individual. However, I've realized that since we're not fighting something with a mind of it's own, then I don't think that'll work. Remember, it's just a construct, and thus, has no mind for him to control.

@Raijinslayer True. But the point of the whole training is to work as a single unit and work efficiently. Honestly speaking, having Faust as a counter Dragoon measure would have been great. I believe that once we dominate the construct, the training will stop.

@TengriBut how can he effectively dominate a construct? His target needs to have a mind and a will for him to use this ability. Given that the construct lacks both of those things, then he can't use his ability in that instance. If what you mean is we pass once we subdue it, then Ian can likely great bindings out of shadows that can keep her contained using the construct ability

@Raijinslayer

Good. If no one is against this idea, we will use this plan. Also, I should get a +1 point for assessing situation first. I have to ask if I can share it with the team, too.

@Raijinslayer

Good. If no one is against this idea, we will use this plan. Also, I should get a +1 point for assessing situation first. I have to ask if I can share it with the team, too.

Gah! Forgot to answer the Assess question.

Yeah, taking down (by subdueing and/or knocking out) Dragoon will end the simulation quickest. Civilians, however, need to be protected, however.

And yes, Network does get a +1 on the next action that acts on that answer.

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The point, though is to give Andrea the 'chance' to reject influence. If things stand, she's already in there, get what I'm saying? But a good point was brought up: Would Andrea just do this without voicing out concern. What I plan is to give a chance to reject influence and grow from there.

I'll leave it to @Ermine though.

Well, if Andrea sat it out, so would Alex. She's way too involved in Andrea, and already predisposed to avoid causing what she views as unnecessary harm to her friends and teammates, to actually stick around and let the gang be drawn into an imagined, somewhat pointless conflict with Andrea's holographic aunt, the part of the gang that cares anyway (presumably no one besides Robert, who already said he was going through with this, would have had any prior contact with Andrea's aunt for any reason). My strong suggestion would be to start posting in the IC, and leave me and Ermine's posts last in the order. Presumably we'll know what's going on by the time the other four of you can get a post in.

"No, for this training we need the whole team involved. No excuses."

He sighed heavily, feeling like the whole world was crushing him under its weight. It wasn't a pleasant sound.

"And yes, I would fight and I would kill my mentor. Not out of my duty. Because that's what she would want. Nucleus knows that sometimes we have to make compromises with ourselves. It's what heroes do: fight bad guys. To no end. Again and again."

IC: "Well, after this is over, we'll come back, start up a holo, and kill Nucleus together. I'll make you watch while she rips off my arms, or I rip off hers, and I'll snap a pic when you have to make the call to let one of us die and allow the other to live. In the meantime, I don't care that it's a hologram, --, in fact, you know what? I do," she lowered her shirt and spun on Net, with a ferocity few ever saw in her. Alex was usually the girl who sat in the corner and played on her phone, occasionally chiming in with some comment or another until there was work to be done, and even then she was all business. Everyone knew she cared about Doktor Faust, though, even those who weren't aware of their civvie relationship, perhaps she was known for taking things way too far when her feelings and safety were concerned by this point. Another thing that a war time commander wouldn't have the luxury of. "This. Isn't. Real. No one is in danger, and there's no reason we need to brainwash ourselves into cold hearted robots to stop imagined super villains, who we've all already proven we can fight and beat. You wanna talk threat preparedness? Arsen is dangerous, she has a Class S briefcase that has who knows what in it, and we're sitting around in this fancy room terrorizing Faust for no reason when we could be out there looking for that bitch," it was still a sore spot. Tal had been like an older sister to her, was around before Andrea and talked her through a lot of the earlier super stuff, when her powers were developing. Knowing that not only was Zondervan using her as a puppet towards whatever his ends were, and remembering getting kicked out of that window into the street by someone she trusted, well... Needless to say, it was super shitty.

-meanwhile, Faust sits in a corner and watches everything going on, taking notes about everyone-

I really need to catch-up on sleep and I have work tomorrow.

My tentative plan is as follows (if it's cool with everyone):

There will be two parallel scenes. Scene A involved Lux, Network, Riley and Swarm in the simulator.

Scene B will consist of Andrea and Alexis overlooking the simulation on the observation deck.

Sounds cool?

@JoshieSounds good to me.

"There you go, Malcolm. See how well you handle Dragoon without us, --, ciao,"

Alright, went ahead and edited, so that you guys can go ahead and post without further delay. :)

@Liliya

“If that’s what you think, fine. Go ahead. Do what you want.”

Network turns away and slowly goes to the training room, but not before saying his last part. His sound harsh and emotionless, more than ever.

“You sound so certain that we could take Dragoon down. But we didn’t. Tachyon. Warbird. Siegfried. Buzzsaw. Riptide. Black Night. Damager. Tip and Top. Basher. Kid Wonder and Girl Wonder. Turbine Twins. They were the ones who beat her. Not us. Never us, Polaris.”

And then, it was all gone. He barked his orders.

“Luxurias, Network, Swarm, with me. We still have a mission to finish.”

@Joshie

Yeah, that's cool, too.

Guys, this RP is awesome.

@Liliya

“If that’s what you think, fine. Go ahead. Do what you want.”

Network turns away and slowly goes to the training room, but not before saying his last part. His sound harsh and emotionless, more than ever.

“You sound so certain that we could take Dragoon down. But we didn’t. Tachyon. Warbird. Siegfried. Buzzsaw. Riptide. Black Night. Damager. Tip and Top. Basher. Kid Wonder and Girl Wonder. Turbine Twins. They were the ones who beat her. Not us. Never us, Polaris.”

And then, it was all gone. He barked his orders.

“Luxurias, Network, Swarm, with me. We still have a mission to finish.”

@Joshie

Yeah, that's cool, too.

Guys, this RP is awesome.

Like, fer realizes, I love the pre-IC banter part of the role play. ^^ That was a lot of fun, actually. Have fun blasting baddies while we play with the controls and send demon bugs your way, --, or did everyone forget Alex knows how all of Felitrix's junk works? ;D

I'll wait until Net gives his plan before Ian goes out. Also, just so you know, Ian is feeling very conflicted about how this whole incident panned out. Like, it got a bit personal there.

So, I'm going first, then?

Ey, can we hardlight up an aquarium for Riley to swim in instead of traumatic combat drills? ^~^

EDIT: Not intended as serious. Riley will probably go along with it but be uneasy with doing so.

I'll probably post later. <.< I'd say "tomorrow", but it's been "tomorrow" for several hours.