MacFeegle wha hae!

Well, well, well… Another sunday, another session – and it was a doozy! An entire session, in which our Tireless Trio became a Fearsome Foursome again, in which we searched through an entire evil headquarters, and not a single shot fired by Yours Truly. But, it must be said, our DM managed, by virtue of nothing more than an occasional stroke of red felt-tip penmanship, to turn our team in a quivering mess of paranoid player – well, me at least. That this was her plan all along makes it that more loath- / praiseworthy, depending on your viewpoint. Verder lezen &raquo

So, there’s a problem with our precious generator, again. We’re five sessions in, some of us have already reached seasoned rank, and we’re still hauling around this d@mned generator. Time to hook the damn thing up, guys! But first, we need to repair it. For which, it urns out, we need some cheap ho’s, sorry, hose, piping and gears. Which we could probably get from the Gears-R-Us shop around the corner, but are actually going to get (used to quality items that we are) from some military base on the mainland. Which is actually kind of convenient, ’cause that’s where the target for Sparky’s last mission lives, a fellow known as Mad Toymaker Mike. Kill two birds with one stone, why don’t you!

So, how to get to the mainland? The obvious way would be by crossing the conviently located bridge between Star City and New York. Yeah, let’s do that… except that we left our travelpermits in our other pants, and you can’t cross without travelpermits, and Sparky forgot to ask Dr Destruction for some travelpermits when he got the order to kill MTM. So, we need travelpermits? Let’s get some. We start by scouting out the bridge entrance and security building, which is to say, Sandman does. Invisibility can come in mighty handily at times like these. While Sandman’s scouting ahead, Kron is re-acquainted with an old-time highschool ‘friend’, who a) happens to walk by the parked car in which Kron and Sparky are patiently awaiting the return of their teammate, and b) happens to work in the Star City Department of Transportation, Bridge to New York division, tollbooth squad. Her name is Candy, and she is able to help Chaos Crew get the much needed travelpermits – for a price. $1000 a piece.

So CC set out to procure the necessary funds, since Sandman’s efforts in reconnaisance are in vain. An ATM is raided for part of the cash, and after that the Crew proceed to some other place Kron knows, FreeMoney, Inc. While breaking in, what seems to be an old security guard catches them red-handed, and hilarity ensues, if by hilarity you mean that the old security guard turns out to be one of the few remaining superheroes in disguise and attacks Sparky and Sandman, severly wounding both of them with his big-ass gun and exploding ability before Sparky manages to defeat him (note to self: almost dying? Not much fun at all, no sirree). No clues as to what his identity is, alas. FreeMoney, Inc. is ironically virtually devoid of any decent amount of any actual free money, so another trip to an ATM is needed. And wouldn’t you know it, this one dispenses all the cash Chaos Crew needed in the first place. Thanks, GM.

Cash in hand, the Crew set out to meet Candy who turns out to need a second job as a stripper to make ends meet. Sparky immediately falls in love with her, and the feeling seems to be mutual. After handing over the cash, Candy and the Crew make an appointment to meet again the next morning at the bridge. Once there, Candy hands over the travelpermits, and Chaos Crew drive up to first checkpoint, which they pass without difficulty. Checkpoint 2 and 3 pose no problems either. The same cannot be said about checkpoint 4, however. Here the Chaos Crew are stopped, where it turns out that the car they’re driving has been reported stolen (note to self: check status of any vehicle to be used on a mission with the police computer, of which WE HAVE SEVERAL!!!). When a V’sori cruiser tries to sneak up on them, designated driver Kron hits the pedal to the metal and manages to loose the V’sori after a frantic chase into New York. After that, they ditch the car in a parking garage, steal another car for good measure and proceed to the home of Mad Toymaker Mike, which is where our story will continue next session…

In a world without superheroes, on an earth ruled by alien invaders, four unlikely suspects find themselves caught by the alien overlords, being whisked away to parts unknown. These are our protagonists:

• Oscar Neiros, a.k.a. Sandman, a former USMC sniper who has learned how to make himself invisible, and can teleportinstantly out of harms way
• Sparky
• Kron
• Ms. Eva

They have one thing in common: they are supervillains, and as such are mercilessly hunted down by the alien V’sori, and it seems their luck in evading them has finally run out.

It is at this time that they are rescued by criminal mastermind Dr. Destruction, and forced on penalty of death by falling to join the supervillain resistance known as Omega. Their first mission, which they succesfully complete, is to spring another captured supervillain from jail, as well as some members from the human undergound. Oh, and some big-ass scary Barbiedoll.

Brought together like this, they decide to keep working as an active Omega cell, and thy call theselves Chaos Crew.

After this first mission, Sandman and ms. Eva take some well deserved time off. In the meantime, Chaos Crew receives a new assignment – to kill some gangleader. They fail miserably, but manage to secure a hideout and some loyal followers in the process. When Sandman rejoins them, Dr. Destruction orders them to haul around with some kind of big generator, and to hook it up somewhere below Star City. They promptly carry out these orders… except they don’t – first they decide to try to find and kill the escaped gang leader, but in their search for him he manages to steal the generator from the hideout and hides it in an undersea base. Also, there is a shootout with the police, some secret police organisation and firefighters at the hideout, with the end result that Chaos Crew now has it’s very own medic, and a very large collection of cars.

Salvaging the generator requires the Chaos Crew, now whole again as ms. Eva rejoins the fun, to first steal a submarine from a small base, and then, in true A-team style, knock out Sparky as he turns out to be allergic to water. After finding and entering the undersea base they discover that all occupants are killed in a most gruesome manner, including what seems to be another Omega cell (later confirmed by Dr. Destruction). Eventually they discover a huge, mutated cyborg/Fin creature, which, dangerous as it is supposed to be, they manage to kill quite easily. With help from Dr Destruction they manage to transport the generator back to the hideout.

It’s at this time that Sandman and Ms. Eva decide, again, to take some time off, and this time around Kron joins them. While away, Dr Destruction has another mission to carry out, dumps it and two red-shirt helpers on the lonely Sparky. While valiantly trying to carry out this mission, and in the face of much adversity, Sparky manages to let one of the one-time helpers partly destroy the generator… again…

After briefly entertaining thoughts of waterboarding Sparky, Kron and Sandman rejoin their hot-headed teammate in order to help him fulfill their mission targets.

So, I’ve been playing an RPG for a few months now, Necessary Evil, with an Almere-based gaming group. I’ve decided to post a recap after each session, with a separate post giving a short summary of our story so far. While mainly meant as support for my own memory, If anyone finds enjoyment in these posts, than so much te better.
And so, the first post to follow will be the story of our protagnists up to today.