What might a task force look like for...?

[Techwright]

What might a task force look like for:

 

1. Back Alley Brawler?

 

2. Luminary?

 

3. Castle?

 

4. Swan?

 

5. (Add your own)

Edited December 13, 2021 by Techwright
corrected name

[ArchVileTerror]

1:  Anti-Drug, maybe even going overseas in a quasi-(il)legal operation to attack the source of said drug's production.  Just like Brawler did back in the day.

2:  . . . who?

3:  [snide remark redacted]

4:  Helping Manticore get over the trauma he's experienced.  This would be an entirely non-combat Task Force, with things like bringing ol' Manti to Pocket D and doing various activities to get him out of his slump.  Help him find a nice guy, maybe with shark fins and no cloths . . . (no one will convince me that Makocore isn't a ship!)

5:  Arbiter Jenkins:  Assist an inept, bumbling idiot who managed to fail upward with such spectacular aplomb that he is now in charge of a whole (lesser) Island in the greater Etoile region, and has no idea how to maintain order or enact the rule of law, but trusts you implicitly to help him out regardless.

[The_Warpact]

Wretch SF

 

Enemies should be Malta, with the AVs, Moment, Slinger, Gryfalcon, and Director 11.

I believe it has never been stated but, his and GW mission that led them to become who they are could be said that is was against Malta.

And since it has been said that some of his mutations can be reversed that could be the tie in, he gets better, remembers something, and orders the SF.

 

Lvl range 35 - 45

Enemies; Malta and associated AVs.

 

 

 

 

Port Oakes War SF

 

Recluse issues a proclamation that PO needs to have a governor. This ignites a new level to the war between the forces of Emil Marcone and Guido "the Mooch" Verandi. 

The villains through there actions can intervene as a "Tip mission" style to decide the fate of Port Oakes.

 

Level range 8 - 15

Enemies; Mooks, Marcones

 

[Lazarillo]

35 minutes ago, Techwright said:

1. Back Alley Brawler?

Wasn't BaBs the original alt-Statesman for the endgame Hero TF?  I seem to remember they did that to give him something when Galaxy got destroyed (and so Mizz Libby wouldn't have to be in two zones simultaneously).  Not sure if that was something the original dev team never implemented or HC changed it back or something, but I distinctly recall that being a point of discussion in the old days.

[Techwright]

2 hours ago, Lazarillo said:

Wasn't BaBs the original alt-Statesman for the endgame Hero TF?  I seem to remember they did that to give him something when Galaxy got destroyed (and so Mizz Libby wouldn't have to be in two zones simultaneously).  Not sure if that was something the original dev team never implemented or HC changed it back or something, but I distinctly recall that being a point of discussion in the old days.

Interesting.  I don't recall that, but it was likely during one of the times I'd moved my subscription monies over to another game.

 

I tend to think BaBs might be associated with a task force to end a drug empire, like ArchVileTerror mentioned.  It's pretty much his full career.

Edited December 13, 2021 by Techwright

[Snarky]

I would love to see a Task Force that pushed deeper into the Dr Vahzilok storyline.  Yes, we got lovely story arcs on blueside and redside recently that added depth there.  And whetted my appetite for more and more and more.  
 

It would be truly spectacular if it was not red/blue but instead like DFB or a holiday event.  Maybe with a hook that makes it logical to form in Pocket D or RWZ.  Then mixed teams could enjoy the madness

Edited December 13, 2021 by Snarky

[Darmian]

A Flambeaux SF/TF!  A la Hancock.  What crazy shit has she done now that we have to mitigate/cover up?  Part Assault team/Part Press Officer. Escort missions for Flambeaux would involve tagging her with a teleport and zapping her straight back to her office/apartment.  Plot involves Flambeaux becoming aware (who knows how) of Dollface's powers, and if she just had those herself, well, then the whole world would really love her, ya?

[johnnysc]

The Back Alley Brawler task force would be the final chapter of the Kings Row Skulls storyline.  If you haven't played through that, I recommend it.

[Haijinx]

Wait.  Someone wants to HELP Manticore?

[macskull]

2 hours ago, Techwright said:

3. Castle?

Slog through a series of missions in which none of your powers work like they're supposed to, all buffs on your character are subject to diminishing returns, and performing any action triggers unavoidable travel suppression.

[Ashington]

5. Arbiter Daos:

Covertly fighting an attemp by Nemesis to take over Arachnos from the inside and the revelation that the ''Weaver'' is still alive ( who gave the prussian prince important informations about arachnos)

 

[Techwright]

3 hours ago, ArchVileTerror said:

 

2:  . . . who?

 

 

Sorry, sorry.  I goofed and left some letters off.  I meant "Luminary".  Corrected in OP.

[Glacier Peak]

Still waiting for someone to provide a screenshot of Back Alley Brawler when he was black. 

[Ashington]

13 minutes ago, Glacier Peak said:

Still waiting for someone to provide a screenshot of Back Alley Brawler when he was black. 

 

you must understand that the fall of galaxy city changed people

 

dang shivans took brawlers melanin!

 

Edited December 13, 2021 by Ashington

[Placta]

4 hours ago, Lazarillo said:

Wasn't BaBs the original alt-Statesman for the endgame Hero TF?  I seem to remember they did that to give him something when Galaxy got destroyed (and so Mizz Libby wouldn't have to be in two zones simultaneously).  Not sure if that was something the original dev team never implemented or HC changed it back or something, but I distinctly recall that being a point of discussion in the old days.

 

That was the plan when issue 23 beta launched, but changed to Ms. Liberty before it went live.

[Mezmera]

5 hours ago, macskull said:

Slog through a series of missions in which none of your powers work like they're supposed to, all buffs on your character are subject to diminishing returns, and performing any action triggers unavoidable travel suppression.

 

Will there be heal decay?

[Ashington]

3 hours ago, Placta said:

 

That was the plan when issue 23 beta launched, but changed to Ms. Liberty before it went live.

 

in the arbiter daos sf you could fight a ms. liberty nemesis automaton in the ruins of galaxy city ^^

 

Edited December 13, 2021 by Ashington

[Marshal_General]

I would love to see a two part TF where once we get done with the first one we discover it was all a Nemesis plot and we were actually helping him. The second one is to fix the problems we caused in the first one.

[Aurora_Girl]

8 hours ago, Glacier Peak said:

Still waiting for someone to provide a screenshot of Back Alley Brawler when he was black. 

 

Uhm. 

 

What?

[A Cat]

9 minutes ago, Marshal_General said:

I would love to see a two part TF where once we get done with the first one we discover it was all a Nemesis plot and we were actually helping him. The second one is to fix the problems we caused in the first one.

I think this is an awesome idea. 

[Glacier Peak]

1 hour ago, Aurora_Girl said:

 

Uhm. 

 

What?

Per Ashington's awesome search-fu:

 

[Darmian]

Another Ms. Liberty TF (bear with me) where part way through we run into Ms. Liberty who wants to know what they hell we're at, since she didn't send us on a TF.  Oh, we're actually working for Dominatrix.  Facepalm.  Okaaay.

[Aurora_Girl]

36 minutes ago, Glacier Peak said:

Per Ashington's awesome search-fu:

 

 

No I figured it out: you were reacting to a typo in the OP. 

[The_Warpact]

2 hours ago, Marshal_General said:

I would love to see a two part TF where once we get done with the first one we discover it was all a Nemesis plot and we were actually helping him. The second one is to fix the problems we caused in the first one.

Was thinking on this one beforehand but you gave me the idea.

The first part is at low levels first starting out as gullible heroes/villains.(10 - 20)

Second part coming back as higher lvl street wise established heroes/villains and fixing/ending the threat.(40 - 50)

 

Would be the introduction of the Brass Prince aka Nemmy Jr and Nemesis Prime. Nemmy Prime also happens to be a giant class AV/GM, who is a factory that produces the troops but also the brain of the real Nemesis. Imagine Hamidon but, as a steampunk machine.

 

This would be a coop tf just because Nemesis threatens everyone. Tie ins with Clockwork King because, some of the tech in his construction was used to house the Nemesis brain.

Also, have tie ins with Arachnos hierarchy and Freedom Phalanx helping at various points because of the threat at the higher lvls.

The starting point would be Oroborous through Mender Silos as he has seen a disruption in the time stream caused by Nemesis Prime. It would be ultimately discovered at the end that Mender Silos is in fact the Praetorian Nemesis who became a guardian of the time lines/multiverse.

[tidge]

I feel like there are opportunities for some Blue Steel content. Ideally, he'd actually be the "big bad" of his own arc. The PPD and Blue Steel make an appearance in the DA incarnate content, but I've always felt that the (classic) Clockwork deserved an arc with more explicit "fantasy roleplay" elements in it as opposed to just naming bosses after court titles.

 

1) We could get a flashback mission (suitable for Vigilantes?) that more fully reveals his part in the origin of the Clockwork King.

 

2) Alternatively, we could get a "Kings Row TF" as a sort of Synapse-TF-adjacent arc that features classic Clockwork.