EVENT SUBMISSIONS: THE BREAK OUT

[futurologists]

ESCAPE ATTEMPT As Asterion Prison slides through space toward the trial, you may be wondering if characters would have a chance to stage an escape attempt. The answer is: of course! But it's still up to you to get yourselves out. This post is for submitting both ideas for how you think everyone could break out, as well as individual skillsets your characters have to offer escape attempts! THE PLAN Do you have a sweet idea for organizing everyone and busting outta this joint? Let us know! This can be either a scheme your character would hatch, or, if you don't play a mastermind type, something you as a player think would be fun to see in action. As we will be assigning roles based on character skills, please write it with general roles in mind, rather than specific characters! We will use RNG to determine which submission we use, and will be tweaking it somewhat if necessary to best fit the plot. THE ROLES Here is where you tell us what your character is good at! Can they hack the robots? Distract the guards? Organize people? Hatch the scheme in the first place? We'll be including as many characters in pivotal roles as possible, chosen via RNG, and it can be assumed that they happened to be in the right place at the right time to bring this plan together amongst themselves. Although of course if not picked, your characters are still free to apply their skills during the actual break out log however you see fit in the course of threading! This is just for the bunch that kicks it off. You have until 28 June 23:59 UTC to submit plan ideas and role information! Then keep an eye out for the log, going up July 5th, to see how this escape works out... and whether it's out of the frying pan and into the fire.

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QUESTIONS

[futurologists]

THE PLAN

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<b>PLAN TYPE:</b> Is this a plan your character would ICly come up with? Or is this just a plan you think would be cool to see played out? Clarify here! <b>SUMMARY:</b> What's the short of it? Keep it around 120 characters, as a broad overview. Tweet us your pitch. <b>THE NITTY-GRITTY:</b> Here's where you go into more detail, but try to keep it under 250 words. Remember to leave roles generalized, rather than for a specific character! <b>ROLES NEEDED:</b> What kinds of characters will be needed to make this work?

See an example below!

THE ROLES

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<b>CHARACTER NAME:</b> <b>DREAMWIDTH USERNAME:</b> <b>SKILLS OFFERED:</b> What role could your character play in an escape attempt? Are they a mastermind, do they have a talent for directing others, are they exceptionally strong or sneaky? These should be skills that other characters know about, or that your character would openly discuss if the topic of an attempt came up.

EXAMPLE

[futurologists]

PLAN TYPE: OOC

SUMMARY: Characters with cooking skills create a ton of flapjacks and stuff them into the air vents for an emergency landing.

THE NITTY GRITTY: First, characters would need to barricade the kitchen so the guards wouldn't be able to stop them from making a bunch of pancakes. Extra pancake ingredients (flour, eggs, etc) would need to be stolen from supplies (perhaps they can convince Cecily to join them) and smuggled to the kitchen without being caught.

Finally, once the pancakes are ready, they will need to be brought to the air filtration system. This can either be done under the cover of another riot, or characters can distract the guards in some other way. Thieves may steal keycards from correctional officers to get themselves out of Block 26, or hackers may open the doors. Once they're out of the block, they'll need to find the air filtration system, shove the pancakes in, and get everyone to safety before the ship needs to make an emergency landing due to lack of oxygen.

ROLES NEEDED: Cooks, thieves, smugglers, HVAC engineers, protectors to bring people to safety. Possibly hackers for the robot guards and/or doors, punchy people to cause a riot.

[digiorno]

PLAN TYPE: IC

SUMMARY: Explosions distract, guards mislead, traps are boobied, chaos happens, and Audentes brute-forces it.

THE NITTY-GRITTY: Two small bombs, made mostly of supplies found in the commissary, are set off at opposite ends of the block, one by the guard station. In the ensuing chaos, a small group of guards who have been persuaded and/or threatened into helping the escapees accidentally-on-purpose set off intruder alarms and direct the remainder of the guards away from the guard station. Along the way, the guards not sympathetic to the escapees find themselves caught in a variety of booby traps--some mechanical, some powers-based, whatever works. Meanwhile, the escapees make their way past the guard station towards the main body of the prison, backed by the most physical strong members of Audentes who work with hackers to lock down the guard station and block off Block 26 until Audentes has safely made its escape. Hackers and pilots work together to either take over the engine room and bridge or to commandeer escape pods and get Audentes the heck out of here.

ROLES NEEDED: Tacticians, thieves, explosives experts, charismatic manipulators, trap-makers (technical or powers-based), heavyweights/rear guards, hackers, pilots

[digiorno]

CHARACTER NAME: Giorno Giovanna
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: digiorno
SKILLS OFFERED: Mastermind, nat 20 charisma/manipulation, managerial skills, sneaking, theft, healing, tracking, life creation, random acts of calculated violence

[trueborn]

CHARACTER NAME: Ninurrta Noah
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: trueborn
SKILLS OFFERED: Tactician, highly observant and organized, a capable chatterbox and social butterfly, equipped with a willingness to do awful things for the team, martially trained, flashy offensive/defensive magic (you get ice, and you get shields), can semi-turn into a dragon for Maximum Chaos. Good for a loud, effective rallying speech if you need someone to draw attention to them.


Highly interested in Reacquiring Audentes's belongings, including everyone's missing hats oh my god??

[slapfight]

CHARACTER NAME: Peridot
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: slapfight
SKILLS OFFERED: She can manipulate metal, which obviously doesn't work on the prison or the guards, but can be useful in other ways. She's also familiar with space travel and can pilot spacecrafts if it comes to that. And she can hack things!

[cachemoney]

CHARACTER NAME: Fiona
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: cachemoney
SKILLS OFFERED: Good at thinking on her feet/planning on the fly and directing people (she's a control freak). Can manipulate and fast-talk her way out of (or into??) many situations. A+ at stealing/sleight of hand. Can pick locks (but not, like, digital ones). Likes to punch people.

[kisha]

CHARACTER NAME: Hayame
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: kisha
SKILLS OFFERED: Pure brute strength, equine speed, totally down with suicide missions

[predomination]

CHARACTER NAME: Kisuke Urahara
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: predomination
SKILLS OFFERED: Tactician, mastermind, highly observant and calculating, formerly a prison guard so he can use that to his advantage, super strong and super fast, spellwork (binding spells, offensive spells, and some healing spells), extremely manipulative.

Also in possession of an extremely OP Bankai, assuming we get our weapons back before an attempt is made, SO I'M GONNA DETAIL THAT HERE FOR YOUR DISCRETION, MODS... especially since it's all RNG anyway:

His Bankai has, essentially, in its only appearance been used in a situation where the "prison" he was in was inescapable, which already handicaps him, because he's in a similar situation here. Now the "power" of his Bankai is essentially restructuring the particles of an object/person, meaning, theoretically he can weaken physical structures, even if he can't flat out destroy them.

In simple terms, he can't rip a hole in the prison, but he can potentially restructure certain elements of it to make it weaker or alternately make them stronger in the case of blocking off areas to give people some time to move. He would just have to shuffle particles around in either case.

It's science, I guess.

Bonus handicap is limited mobility! It's not a portable Bankai. He would literally have to set up shop in some area that would get the most benefit out of the restructuring- either an area that is highly fortified and needs the extra oomph or an area that needs better physical support that simple barriers won't manage. He can't do it for the whole prison, because it has to be within physical reach.

Also GNARLY SUTURE SCARS ON EVERYTHING.

that was a lot of explanation for something that might not be useful or necessary. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO ASSUME IT COULDN'T BE USEFUL, AND MISS AN OPPORTUNITY.

[grunehexe]

CHARACTER NAME: Sieglinde Sullivan
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: grunehexe
SKILLS OFFERED: Sieglinde def. has a mind for strategy and observation, and will be glad to offer notes and analysis on the guards' shifts, their behavior, weak points in defense, and other things she's been watching since they arrived. She has magic available, mostly focused on healing and defense (barrier creation, halting the movement of others), and some other misc. spells she's practiced along the way that would be useful for distraction or infiltration, like lockpicking, scrying, covering herself in illusion, etc. Her size also might allow her to go places other characters might have trouble, like vents or the like.

[ex_mettacrusher33]

CHARACTER NAME: Mettaton
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: mettacrusher
SKILLS OFFERED: Actor/improvizationer/put all his character points into charisma. Master distracter. Electricity magic. Has enough strength to tear down metal walls in two forms. Can create summons, including tiny versions of himself, indestructible blocks, gray image projections, and bombs. Can horde items inside of himself. Is used to pretending to be the villain and has no problem picking up that role again. Good at monologuing. Literal legs of steel. Really, REALLY wants to smooch his boyfriend again and will do about anything for it, including offering his services (especially if he gets to brag about it later).

[perma_banned]

PLAN TYPE: IC
SUMMARY: Figuring out whether or not the intangible guards can be stopped or kept from entering the facility or, at least, in a few rooms to help enable escaping. The goal: Make it so the hard-light guards are zoned out, and they'll need to send in robots and humanoids.
THE NITTY-GRITTY: Hard-light guards are a problem. The goal would be to get rid of them or slow them down to the point that they can’t pursue prisoners or fight them effectively. Neutering the guards could assist with some other plans. To boot, if possible, the goal could also be to replace the hard-light guards with robots and humanoid guards who would need to physically go through some entrance or door to get into the prisoners’ area. Security, from that point, would have to be dealt with by other planners. This could just be one part of some other possible plans but could potentially turn out to be the main plan if it’s possible for people to ‘invis’ their way past robots/guards through simple sneaking or hacking.
ROLES NEEDED: i need healing Sneaky folks who are good at observing the patterns of guards, People who can subtly conceal items to prevent guards from moving around as much and folks who would be capable of sneaking through vents/pathways accessible by guards without being caught. This would primarily require sneaking/possibly an ability that can create objects to help obscure lines of sight/observational devices/hard light projectors/etc.

[perma_banned]

CHARACTER NAME: Ban
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: perma_banned
SKILLS OFFERED: Super strength/speed/regeneration/immortality. His blood can heal others. The norm. In terms of talents and raw skills, Ban is an expert lockpick, pickpocket, lightfooted sneak and he possesses magic based around stealing. Ban can steal a bolt out of a girder without tearing its threads, making a sound or even touching it. He gestures towards it and it comes in his direction. He could pull a level from across a room or take the keycard off of a patrolling guard without them even feeling it. He possesses magic that allows him to become completely invisible and undetectable to the point that he shows no sign of existing. Basically, he's a naturally talented thief and, on top of that, he has magic specifically designed for stealing not only objects but the physical strengths of an enemy. Plus, he likes stealing so--this he would enjoy any chance to steal during a mission on an emotional level which is totally healthy for any rational adult.

[conqueress]

CHARACTER NAME: Daenerys Targaryen
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: firesbride
SKILLS OFFERED: Daenerys is an incredible instigator of riots. She once snatched an entire army out from under the nose of their masters and then got that army to turn their spears onto their masters, resulting in a nice massacre. She has excellent charisma, gives good speeches, and has the fire to back up her will and get people moving, such as when she convinced her remaining, frightened khalasar to follow her ... and later, thousands of freedmen, to follow her on a dangerous march to wherever she went. She has undeniable talent for directing others, and for discovering and exploiting weaknesses; all traits that wouldn't make her the conqueror she is, if she didn't have them. She would discuss these things openly despite being generally private, because they need to get back to Oska. Her concerns are that they know where to go once they have control of the ship, and that the guards must be secured.

[ofobedience]

CHARACTER NAME: Giovanni Rammsteiner
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: ofobedience
SKILLS OFFERED: Enhanced speed and strength mean he's very handy in a fight, and not afraid of getting his hands dirty. He also has autoregen, so it's very hard to hurt him for long, so good if you need a meatshield/distraction who can take more than a few hits/bullets/whatever. Good at battle tactics. He's stealthy, silent, and sneaky, good at creeping around unnoticed. He also has enhanced senses, of particular use might be his sense of hearing and smell, should anyone need a lookout or something like that! He likes flashy displays of violence such as explosions and would know how to make them if needed.

[moneyballer]

CHARACTER NAME: Asher Millstone
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: moneyballer
SKILLS OFFERED: twerking

ok but rly tho

Asher is a bit of a wildcard when it comes to events like this, though his brute strength will most likely be useful in an escape scenario. In addition to this, he is a fast-talker, quick on his feet, and team oriented. While he seems dim-witted at times, in high stress situations, he can be surprisingly insightful. He's kept tabs on the shift times, mannerisms, and personalities of the various guards, and will persist in the face of adversity even if triumph seems impossible. And finally, if it comes down to it, he is willing to sacrifice himself for the safety of his teammates.

(ps, this is not feasible but with the help of one technology oriented character if u need someone 2 b a distraction and rap lame verses over the intercomm, this is also a possibility)

[deemed]

CHARACTER NAME: Odinson
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: deemed
SKILLS OFFERED: Exceptionally strong, stubborn, durable, loud, and running out of patience. It's hard to miss most of these as he doesn't exactly hide his size and he's used his strength with the team before.

[ex_mettacrusher33]

PLAN TYPE: IC (he mad)
SUMMARY: Using a mixture of observation, convoluted planning, and good-ol manipulation, the gang find whatever the ship is using to protect the guards/surroundings and bust the fuck out of it.
THE NITTY-GRITTY: Step one: stage another riot, this time with the team locking every single prisoner in with them come roll-call/whatever with the explicit demand that they speak to someone in command, face to face, or everyone dies. Other members are encouraged to sell the danger and ESPECIALLY the idea that not everyone agrees on this plan. Step two: two to three people (including at least one tech person) are sent out with a guard to the captain's office to "negotiate". They'll speak to whoever is in charge and offer to help stop the riot by betraying the people who started it. Step three: when enough comradery with the higher-ups is achieved, the "traitors" offer to kill those holding the other prisoners hostage in return for any weapon in the hold that might help. Step four: having gotten the opportunity given to scope out the more important parts of the ship, the "traitors" will grab any of the most OP weapons and items from the hold and blast anything that so-much as looks like a power-source, an important switch, or anything that could be controlling the shields on the guards/surroundings/creating the hardlight robots.

Step five: profit

ROLES NEEDED: Anyone with a big M on their head who doesn't feel bad playing the villain and strangling a few people to get their point across. People who love to argue and use all that built-up anger to inspire confidence that this team will turn on itself. Tech people who can spot a potential weak-spot/power-source. People with a shit-ton of charisma points. People who have those OP-weapons/items/know who does and what they do.

[catphishing]

CHARACTER NAME: Oliver Hampton
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: catphishing
SKILLS OFFERED: Hacky McHackerson. His skills are enhanced thanks to bonus coins. Otherwise he can do potentially poor distractions but not much else.

Also he can probably rap better than Asher, though would be unlikely to be as familiar with Nicki Minaj.

[aspearation]

CHARACTER NAME: Undyne
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: aspearation
SKILLS OFFERED: Strong, like suplexes boulders strong, able to stay organized if she's actually trying, practiced leader, really good at jumping, 200% mad

[fintastic]

CHARACTER NAME: Feferi Peixes
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: fintastic
SKILLS OFFERED: Small, cute, not easily intimidated, not averse to a little manipulation, good pocket healer, excellent swimmer (?)

[araigneedusoir]

CHARACTER NAME: Amélie "Widowmaker" Lacroix
DREAMWIDTH USERNAME: araigneedusoir
SKILLS OFFERED: Very adapt at sneaking, observant, good at planning on the fly. Decent in hand to hand combat and has absolutely no qualms about killing people (Aliens, robots, ect) in her way. Can probably slip into places others might not be able to? Also good at distracting guards whether by violence or talking/manipulation.

(lbr more likely violence.)

[cachemoney]

PLAN TYPE: IC

SUMMARY: Elemental improvisation for chaos and disabling of the ship through fire, water, and electricity (but no heart or earth, sorry Captain Planet).

THE NITTY-GRITTY: This assumes there is some kind of sprinkler system in the rec area!

Step one: Thieves steal a key card from an officer.

Step two: Fires are set in the rec area (either via magic or setting some poor sap ablaze, sorry bruh) to activate the sprinkler system. If applicable, a magic user can summon water to flood the area instead.

Step three: Hackers/technopaths seek out wires in the rec area to rip out and charge the flooded floor with electricity. If applicable, mages can summon electricity for the same purpose. When the robo-guards come to investigate, this will short them out.

Step four: With their muscle disabled, the alien officers will be vulnerable. The stolen keycard can be used to exit Block 26; hopefully non-Audentes inmates will act as a distraction and flood the ship (perhaps with encouragement from a recruit or two). Possible mass breakout of all Blocks.

Step five: While the alien officers are distracted, a hacker + bodyguard can find ship navigation and commandeer it, flying to the closest planet and landing so they can signal for ALASTAIR.

ROLES NEEDED: Fire mage (or in a pinch, someone willing to literally set someone on fire), hackers or technopaths, brute strength, thieves, infiltrators, pilot. Possibly electric mages or people who can just summon electricity idk, same for water.