Genni

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The team are engaging the Hell's Bitches on the bank rooftop.

Screaming with rage Thrash leaps to her feet, immediately her drumkit appears in front of her as she hammers out her anger at the death of her fans directing her fury at Rocksmith.

Thrash recovers +1 Energy
Thrash is current Beatdown x2!
Thrash is no longer Stunned!
Thrash is no longer Shocked!
Thrash is currently Shocked! (3/3) - -3 Defence
Thrash is currently Shielded! - +5 Defence
Thrash uses Shockwave against Rocksmith -2 Energy:

Rocksmith is currently Staggered! - -2 Defence
Thrash's Beatdown x2 Triggers:+6 AttackRocksmith hit by Thrash's Shockwave for 9 Attack, 2 Defence, 7 Health loss.
Thrash is no longer Beatdown
Rocksmith gains 4 XP!

Vex attacks Thrash

Vex recovers +1 Energy
Vex is no longer Inspired!
Vex makes a melee attack against Thrash:

Thrash's Wall of Sound trait activates! - -3 Attack to any attacker attempting to make a melee attack against Thrash
Thrash is currently Shocked! (3/3) - -3 Defence
Thrash is currently Tagged! (3/3) - Vex ignores 5 Defence when attacking
Thrash is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Thrash is hit by Vex's melee attack for 4 Attack, 0 Defence, 4 Health loss.
Vex gains 4 XP!

Rocksmith uses his musical talents to blast the wreckage with sonic shockwaves

Rocksmith recovers +1 Energy
Void's Void Sphere #2: Rocksmith is no longer Shielded!
Rocksmith is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Rocksmith uses ranged attack on Wreckage:

Wreckage is hit by Rocksmith's ranged attack for 7 Attack, 0 Defence, 7 Health loss.
Wreckage begins to break apart, sending burning chunks of metal tumbling into the alleyway below.
Rocksmith gains 7 XP!

Demon-Heretic attacks the party

Heretic recovers +1 Energy
Heretic is currently Armed! - Base Attack = 6, all hostile targeted abilities disabled
Heretic is no longer Weaponized!
Heretic is no longer Inspired!
Heretic is currently Rushed! (1/1)
Heretic is currently Demonized! +1 Attack, -1 Defence, all attacks cause Bleeding, Blood Drenched Hero regains +5 Health per attack instead of +1 Energy
Heretic throws Flare at Vex:

Flare is now Speeding! +5 Attack
Vex is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Vex is hit by Heretic's ranged attack for 12 Attack, 2 Defence, 10 Health loss.
Demonized: Vex is now Bleeding! - +10% damage from all sources
Unhallowed Presence: Vex is now Disturbed for one round! - -1 Defence
Hell's Lost Flame: Vex is now Burning! - 6 fire-based damage each round
Heretic's Blood Drenched Hero activates: +5 Health
Heretic gains 10 XP!
Hellspawn: bonus 4 XP!
Vex gains 5 XP!
Flare is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +1 Defence, +2 Attack
Flare is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Flare is hit by Vex's melee attack for 12 Attack, 1 Defence, 11 Health loss.
Flare is no longer Speeding!
Demonized: Flare is now Bleeding! - +10% damage from all sources
Unhallowed Presence: Flare is now Disturbed for one round! - -1 Defence
Hell's Lost Flame: Flare is now Burning! - 6 fire-based damage each round
Heretic's Blood Drenched Hero activates: +5 Health
Heretic gains 11 XP!
Hellspawn: bonus 4 XP!
Flare gains 5 XP!
Flare's Blazing Blood activates:

Vex hit by Flare's Blazing Blood for 8 Attack, 1 Defence, 6 Health loss.
Vex is currently Bleeding! - +1 Health loss
Flare gains 6 XP!
Vex gains 4 XP!

Heretic's Rushed activates:

Heretic attacks Deimos:

Deimos is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +1 Defence, +2 Attack
Flare is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Deimos hit by Heretic's melee attack for 7 Attack, 0 Defence, 3 Health loss.
Deimos is now KO'd!
Heretic's Blood Drenched Hero activates: +5 Health
Heretic gains 5 XP!
Hellspawn: bonus 1 XP!
Deimos gains 3 XP!

Heretic attacks Thrash

Thrash's Wall of Sound trait activates! - -3 Attack to any attacker attempting to make a melee attack against Thrash
Thrash is currently Shocked! (3/3) - -3 Defence
Thrash is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Thrash is hit by Heretic's melee attack for 4 Attack, 5 Defence, 0 Health loss
Demonized: Thrash is now Bleeding! - +10% damage from all sources
Unhallowed Presence: Thrash is now Disturbed for one round! - -1 Defence
Hell's Lost Flame: Thrash is now Burning! - 6 fire-based damage each round
Hellspawn: bonus 3 XP!

Brick attempts to protect the others by attacking Demon-Heretic

Brick recovers +1 Energy
Brick is currently Armoured! - +3 Defence
Brick is no longer Inspired!
Brick is currently Armoured! (2/3) - +5 Defence
Brick is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Brick attacks Heretic:

Heretic is currently Demonized! -1 Defence
Heretic is hit by Brick's melee attack for 3 Attack, 1 Defence, 2 Health loss.
Unhallowed Presence: Brick is now Disturbed for one round! - -1 Defence
Brick gains 2 XP!
Heretic gains 2 XP!

Flare uses his flame-fueled strength to pull the helicopter wreckage to safety.

Flare recovers +1 Energy
Flare is currently Armed! - +2 Attack
Flare is no longer Inspired!
Flare is currently Invigorated! (1/1) - +5 Attack
Flare is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Flare grabs hold of the Wreckage and pulls it onto the rooftop:

Wreckage is now burning in the middle of the rooftop

Heroics: bonus 10 XP!

Psy-Warp helps move the wreckage with her telekinesis.

Psy-Warp is no longer Inspired!
Psy-Warp is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Psy-Warp grabs hold of the Wreckage telekinetically and pulls it onto the rooftop:

Wreckage is now burning in the middle of the rooftop

TK Support: bonus 5 XP!
Heroics: bonus 10 XP!

Bumblebee drops Sigma on the rooftop and tries to make sure Thrash stays down by shooting her at close range

Bumblebee recovers +2 Energy
Bumblebee is currently Armoured! - +3 Defence
Bumblebee is no longer Inspired!
Bumblebee is no longer Encumbered!
Bumblebee is no longer Levitating!
Bumblebee is no longer Ranged!
Bumblebee shoots Thrash with Sting Like A Bee -4 Energy:

Thrash is currently Shocked! (3/3) - -3 Defence
Thrash is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Thrash is hit by Bumblebee's Sting Like A Bee for 7 Attack, 5 Defence, 2 Health loss
Thrash is now Shocked for three turns! - -3 Defence
Bumblebee gains 2 XP!

Deimos slowly stared out over the rooftop at the twisted remains of the poor, innocent Cheerleaders for a moment as Demon-Heretic ripped her body apart from behind.

Deimos is currently KO'd!

Sigma paused for a moment to run self-diagnostics, his armours shattered, circuitry close to critical failure levels and his batteries running low.

Sigma recovers +1 Energy
Sigma is no longer Inspired!
Sigma is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Sigma is currently Exposed! - -8 Defence
Sigma is no longer Ranged!
Sigma Rests:

Sigma recovers +1 Energy

Void focussed the energies within himself before sending them out as a wave of healing energy, washing over the battlefield. In its wake the Cheerleaders bodies stir, unconscious but alive, their skin healed of all wounds but their costumes... umm, not healed. In fact they're very 'not healed'. Could one of you guys try and find some blankets or something to cover the poor girls up with? And stop taking pictures! You know who I'm talking to.

Void recovers +1 Energy
Void is no longer Armoured!
Void is no longer Inspired!
Void's Void Sphere #2: Void is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Void's Vacuum activates:

All Cheerleaders are returned to life, but still KO'd on 0 Health
Void uses 20 points of Void Energy to heal the team
Rocksmith healed for 10 Health
Bumblebee healed for 5 Health
Brick healed for 4 Health
Flare healed for 10 Health
Heretic healed for 10 Health
Sigma healed for 10 Health
Psy-Warp healed for 4 Health
Vex healed for 10 Health
Nightingale healed for 10 Health
Void gains 73 XP!

Nightingale breathed a sigh of relief as Void's redirected energy brought the poor, innocent deep fried Cheerleaders back to life, before shooting a glare over at Rocksmith standing on the neighbouring rooftop. After a moment she darted over to Deimos's side once more, quickly patching the girl up yet again.

Nightingale recovers +2 Energy
Nightingale is no longer Inspired!
Nightingale is no longer Horrified!
Nightingale uses All Better Now on Deimos -4 Energy:

Deimos is no longer KO'd!
Nightingale's Healing Hands trait activates - Deimos heals 3 Health

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Deimos, Nightingale, Brick, Demon-Heretic, Bumblebee, Sigma, Void and Vex are all under the shimmering bubble of void energy, along with Thrash and the unconscious Discord. The Cheerleaders lay unconscious on the rooftop outside the bubble, their clothes burnt off but otherwise stable. Fires still burn across the rooftop as the aviation fuel sets fire to the support beams underneath.

Flare and Psy-Warp are on the edge of the rooftop, steering the helicopter wreckage to safety.

Rocksmith is currently on the neighbouring rooftop.

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Callsign: Thrash
Real Name: ?

Thrash

Role: Flanker
Stats: 12 / 10 / 3
Energy: 6
Power Origin: Magic
Power Set: Devilish Drummer
Abilities:

• Crescendo - Energy Cost: 3
  ^{Breaking out into a long drum solo Thrash beats out the music so fast her enemies can barely keep themselves from collapsing. Crescendo grants Thrash the Beatdown status effect, inflicts a cumulative Downbeat status effect, which reduces her targets' Attack and Defence by 1, and then causes 2 Health loss for each Beatdown effect currently active. This ability bypasses all normal defenses and is counted as a field-wide effect which cannot be dodged or blocked.}
• Shockwave - Energy Cost: 2
  ^{Smashing her drumskins with all her might Thrash send out powerful, damaging waves of sonic energy to hammer her opponents, causing a basic ranged attack with damage increased by Thrash's Attack for each Beatdown effect currently active, but exhausting all Beatdown and Downbeat effects in the process.}

Traits:

• Wall of Sound
  ^{With her music never pausing for a moment Thrash generates a sonic field making it difficult for anyone to get close to her. Any time she's targeted by a melee attack the attacker loses -3 Attack.}
• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>

Race/Species: ?, Human
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Morality: Chaotic; Evil
Motivation: Pleasure

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Ballistic Overload Suit Sigma - [LINK]
Energy: 4/10
11 / 4(-6) / 6

Action: Rest: +1 Energy

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Vaerin 'Void' Ulerrad - [LINK]
Energy: 1/10
14 / 7 / 1

Action: Vacuum: Heal the party's Health for 50% of the Void Energy stored

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Madison 'Nightingale' Johannson - [LINK]
Energy: 3/10
20 / 6(7) / 6(4)

Action: All Better Now: -4 Energy; Nightingale immediately removes one persistent status effect from herself or an ally.

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@rush99999 Rocksmith
@SimplyJohn Bumblebee
@Eklispe Flare
@knighthawk Brick
@GodOfWar Heretic
@Behemoth542 Sigma
@General Scales Psy-Warp
@KabenSaal Deimos
@Shadowman215 Void
@Leolycan Vex

R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

But would the cheerleaders simply be unconscious instead of dead?

@rush99999

Yes, but still KO'd and in need of more medical aid before being able to recover. I wouldn't worry about them too much though, Void's got it covered.

R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

Is it cool if Rocksmith learns a resurrection ability the next time I can spend my skill points? Quite frankly, I don't want Rocksmith to be a murderer. That's Nightbeast's job.

@rush99999

You wouldn't be able to get a full resurrection spell going, but you could have an ability to negate the KO'd effect and then take a trait to add to the healing effect, in the same way Nightingale's All Better Now and Healing Hands combination works. Otherwise you'd just resurrect someone with 0 HP and they'd immediately collapse again a moment later.

Unless you want to raise zombie punk rock cheerleaders of course, that'd be far easier to pull off.

R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

I like how nobody gives a shit about the mass death and burnning happening right outside. Even seasoned veterans have been known to be tramatized by the death that war causes. And burning bodies has an aroma to it as well, further enhancing the disgust.

@KabenSaal

Nightingale's Horrified by the scene, but knows she needs to keep going even while the bodies of the poor, innocent, virtuous young women Rocksmith just massacred so callously lay only a few feet away.

R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

Then I'll attack him again!

@GodOfWar

And this time he won't be so nice about it!

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True, I guess I could part with a few chickens... But the virgin's are non-negotiable.

@Leolycan

I've found that everything in life in negotiable, especially virginity.

R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

Now the situation is not so dire that I have to start dipping into my private stash.

@Leolycan

Aww, c'mon. You've got more than enough chickens to share.

R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

Make it four dozen naked virgins, Heretic is very particular about his ladies.

@GodOfWar

He wants them to be ladies too? Hmm, I'll have to make a few calls about that.

R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

....I need a Priest, a Rabbi, a Monk, a Paladin, an Exorcist, an Inquisitor, an Astartes, and an Emperor, stat.

@Leolycan

You forgot the crate of sacrificial chickens, three dozen naked virgins and a large tank of raspberry jelly.

R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

Rocksmith didn't think the explosion would be that big.

@rush99999

The good news is he gained a lot of useful experience from the situation, the bad news is that experience is 'don't drop helicopters on beautiful young girls in skimpy, flammable outfits'.