Robot Wars RPG - "The Mentorn Conspiracy 2005"

[mrdaves]

Todays post is brought to you on a plate.

STEVE SEZ:
Another day, another delay, another part. And the beginning of Chapter 7 as a bonus

With an almighty blast, a large white beam burst forth from the Chaos Cannon, the group scattering like pidgeons to avoid the deadly ray.

I always enjoy my eggs fried!, Robotnik chuckled, firing down again as the EggMech slowly made its way towards the team with digitalised cries of [EGGSTERMINATE! EGGSTERMINATE!]. Snively let out a pained groan. He loathed his uncles egg-related wordplay.

An idea or two would be good right about now! Matty called, the InfiniTune going off in his pocket and playing Scott Anderson & Tom Ropers cover of Robot Rock.

You guys keep Robuttnik busy! Sonic replied, Well keep the tin soldier over there busy til you think of something! and with that, he, Amy and Knuckles bolted towards the EggMech, Chris not far behind in his Love Bite form.

Well, said Kody as he leapt aside from another Cannon shot, plans?

Its kinda hard to think when youre being shot at, Kod , Alex grumbled as a further shot nearly singed his hair.

Dont worry! Andy called, I think Ive got it! and he whispered something into Tails ear. With a mischievious grin, the fox nodded and took to the air seconds later.

You know, thisd be a whole lot easier on ALL of us if youd all stay still! Robotnik snarled, still left without a direct hit on any of his foes. It was then he heard a familiar whirling sound and looked up to see Tails hovering just above his head, namesakes like helicopter blades and a large cup of coffee in either hand.

Hi! he said brightly, and threw the contents of the mugs into the humans faces. With howls of pain, the two fell back, hands clutching their faces.

IT BURNS! IT BURNS! Snively yelped, both blissfully unaware of the young fox unscrewing the Emeralds from the Chaos Cannons massive barrel.

Jerks he chuckled and threw the chunky jewels down to AJ before flying back down to earth.

...sh-shiny... he gasped, in awe of the wonderous glistening plot devices. At least until Bunnie snatched them out his hands and brought him back to reality with her steel fist.

Hey, sugar hog! she called over to Sonic, Fancy a lil power boost? Delighted at being able to do something now other than run rings around this blown-up Tonka toy, the hedgehog left Amy, Knux and Love Bite to their distraction work while he shot towards Bunnie. However, a missile burst from the EggMechs rear and landed just between Sonic and his target. The resulting explosion blew everyone around halfway across the room, scattering the Emeralds all across the warehouse.

Mother of Martyn, were buggered now! Matty yelled, one of the EggMechs spiked hands flying off and nearly grinding him into the floor.

...Martyn...Martyn... Aaron pondered, casually avoiding a jet of flame from the enormous androids nose, Thats IT! Quickly, he ushered Andy and Sally over and explained his Eureka moment.

Well, its a plan at least, Sally said as AJ morphed to GeForce and swiftly took aim at the EggMech. Taking a long run-up as the others tried to dodge the robots onslaught, the Princess jumped up onto Andys wedged body...and in a burst of carbon dioxide, the chipmunk flew right across the warehouse and straight into the EggMechs rounded torso. Beginning to slide down the spherical gut, she quickly whipped Nicole out thrust the computer scanner-first into the machines belly-button slot. Now, Sally found herself dangling from the palmtop who knows how high above the ground.

Nicole! she called over the machines war cries, download now! The computers blips and clicks were nearly inaudible over the EggMech, but then:

[EGGSTERMINATE! EGGSTERMNTE! X-TERMNTE! X-TrmNtE! xTerMNte! xtErmNT. XTermnT. xtRmt.]

It was at that point the robots button slot spat out Nicole. With a scream, Sally plummeted back to the ground. Just as a blue streak rushed underneath and caught her in his arms.

Thanks, Sonic, she smiled and gave him a grateful peck on the nose. Oh, how an infuriated Amy wanted to let her hammer give Sally a peck of her own right then...

Finally, Robotnik and Snively sat back up, eyes still stinging from the coffee attack. However, both mens senses quickly came back to them when they saw the disabled Cannon and heard the sparking EggMechs jumbled phrase.

Whats happening?! the Doctor barked, What have you done to my mighty machine!

The Forsyth Virus! Aaron called back smugly, No matter how sophisticated the device that catches it, it always ends up a gibbering wreck! But that wasnt the end of it.

[xTRMt. Xtr - *WARNING. SELF-DESTRUCT IMMINANT IN TWO MINUTES* - xtrMNT. XTmnhgfgjhetkkh...]

Well, that dont sound good, Sonic observed as he finished gathering up the Emeralds, whos up for high-tailing it back home?

Cant, Chris replied as he reverted back to human form, weve still got our mates machine to find. Listen, one of you guys wouldnt fancy tagging along, would you? Youd be doing a big favour. The anthropoids exchanged looks until Knuckles raised his spiked hand.

Well, Im going if you guys arent, he said, The new ACME Burglar Alarm system will keep the Emeralds safe while Im away and my psychiatrist advised me to see more of the world.

Oh, great! Matty said chirpily, finally switching off Robot Rock as Sally walked up to Chris.

I think youll need this, she grinned, placing Nicole in his hand, just make she comes back in one piece, OK?

Not to worry, maam, he replied with a little salute, Ill see she makes it back alright. Both could swear they heard the computer give an unconvinced [Hmph.]

Well, if were all finally agreed, Sonic said impatiently, we can juice outta here pronto! Quickly, everyone formed an human (and anthro) chain with the hedgehog leading the way and after a little revving, the blue bolt dragged the unusual train through the complex in a flash.

No, no, no, NO! Robotnik wailed and pressing an emergency button under the Cannon control console, a spare Egg-O-Matic crashed through another wall in the Testing Range. Screw this! Im going back to the Atari Asylum! With next to no grace, he scrambled inside (hoho), one hand holding off his panicky assistant.

Only room for one, Snively, he snarled and flew out the fresh hole yelling something about revenge, and something not being over, yadda yadda yadda.

You dont give me enough credit...Julian! Snively hissed and activating a remote control from his pocket, a cylindrical elevator appeared from the ground. A look of sheer disgust on his face, the lackey step inside and descended back under the plant as the doors shut with a pleasant bing.

**********

A loud screech triggered Berties awakening. With a few confused yelps of Who? How? When? Which?, he then noticed that the troop had returned, somewhat bigger than last hed seen them.

Oh tip-top! he cheered, more passengers!

Sorry, Bert, AJ corrected, only one new passenger today, and he ushered Knuckles forward, somewhat weirded out at the sight of the talking bus.

Well, ta again, cobbers! Aaron called as the gang piled back into Bertie, Much ppreciated and all that.

Meh, its a job, Sonic shrugged and as his companions linked up once more, a cry of Smell ya later! and the smell of burning leather soles signalled the Sega heroes departure.

I do hope youre going to tell me what the hell happened in there, Bertie grumbled, spreading his wings and blasting up into the air moments before Smellafield Nuclear Power Plant blew into several million pieces.

**********

Silence fell over the remains of the Plant. Nothing could be heard but the small gusts of wind blowing amoungst the wreckage. That and the pleasant bing of a cylindrical elevator emerging from the ground. With maniacal laughter, Snively Kintobor stepped out, decked out with a black version of his uncles outfit and a high-collared red cape.

So, he sneered with relish, the Big Round Guy finally let Sonic defeat him. Well, dont celebrate too soon, hedgehog. Now, its my turn. More twisted laughter. AND IM NOT ALONE! A pair of piercing red eyes then lit up from within the dark elevator and out stepped a small mechanical monkey with a police siren on its head.

Sanitation duty?! Ill sanitation duty him! Coconuts squealed and joined Snively in his insane hysterics.

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STEVE SEZ:

CHAPTER 7: THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE...

DATELINE: Sky above random country field, England, 8:03pm

...weird story, alright, Knuckles said thoughtfully. The group had just finished explaining to him their exploits so far, AJ and Matty providing sound effects for no apparant reason. So who do you thinks got your robot now?

Thats the problem, Chris sighed, we havent a Scooby Doo. All our prime suspects have been eliminated and all we can really do is try to think who else couldv -

*WOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!*

The entire bus swayed violently as something rocketed past. The whatever-it-was then looped around and charged back towards Bertie, the group now able to see clearly what it was. An bizarre-looking creation, it was - a metallic craft, bell-shaped and covered with various blinking lights. Oh and a nasty vapourisation cannon on the front into the bargin.

Jesus H. Chrystler! Kody exclaimed excitedly, Theres a goddam UFO trying to gun us down!

Youd think wed be freaked by this kind of thing happening on a regular basis, Elle whispered to Knuckles, but you get used to it as time goes on.

Why do you think its attacking? Matty inquired as Aaron poked his head out the window. He noticed a strange symbol stamped on the side of the UFO, the letters O, K and I all one on top of the other.

I dunno, he called back, but were sure as Sydney not going to go this far and be blown up by a bunch of second-rate ETs! Grab your weapons, lads - its time for a close encounter!

(The Wheels on the bus go around and round all day long )

[steven_mcg]

DECISION TIME!

Well, the encounter with Robuttnik led to yet another a dead end, but could this be the break youre looking for in finding Mr Devo? Heres some more stats to help you mangle these maybe-Martians:

NAME: UFO
STATISTICS:
- Weapon Power = 7
- Speed = 8
- Manoueverability = 8
- Defense = 5
- Aim = 5

Hope this is still going OK sans the waits

[alex_holt]

*raises eyebrow at tom*
Excellent stuff as always, anyways now to the matter at hand.

We shall beat the ufo, i think the letters are the clue, we should get nicole to generate all possible adbreviations that oki could be for or things that oki could be the initials of, and whatever while thats doing we take pot shots at the ufo.

[darkguru]

Question...Does Bertie get stats also or are we meant to get out and fight it ourselves?

[steven_mcg]

On request...

NAME: Bertie the Bus
STATISTICS:
- Weapon Power = n/a
- Speed = 9
- Manoueverability = 5
- Defense = 6
- Aim = n/a

No weaponry to speak of (hes a bus, not an X-Wing ), but dont forget the stockpile of weapons you have already gathered on your journey thus far

[darkguru]

Damn, i knew i should have had Tom build us an X-Wing each last time i was in Oddestsy

ok, Aaron, anything that flies on that cellphone of yours? Matty, your infinitune could also come in handy.

If all else fails, AJ, standard plan B? (chuck coffee at the bugger)

[alex_holt]

oh additionally we use a mobile phone to cause the ufos instruments to malfunction so it crashes and we can interrogate the survivors