<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br/>Where: Simport City Harbor<br/>Doing What: Playing a Game I'm not Supposed to Be<br/>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Peeling the Onion<br/>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 25xp<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=242700.msg12720353#msg12720353">Quote from: Guancyto on 20-10-2016, 03:29:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Speaking as someone that's played the role for a lot of people and seen a lot of people play the role, I will say that people are <em>really good</em> at swallowing their egos for the chance to command godlike power," Auxilia said to Darclight, "hmm, it is interesting that he was the one who told you, though. Maybe he was thinking our meeting would have a different outcome, and to be honest, it easily could have gone very differently. But you're right, it doesn't add up. Too many blanks and we're basically scribbling notes in the margins next to them. We need more information. Any ideas on getting it?"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><tt class="bbc_tt">"That's if you get to control the power yourself.  If it was Hillery exercising the power through Zohar, and your theory about being maladjusted to places like Earth is correct, the minute Zohar figures out what he's doing, all that power goes away.  So either Hillery is hoping in that narrow time window he'll get what he wants out of Zohar's presence, or he thinks Zohar is an absolute dunce that will never get 'adjusted.'"</tt>Darclight shook his head.<tt class="bbc_tt">  "It was an attractive option, but it's not panning out.  Too many holes, not enough pieces of the puzzle."</tt><br/><br/>That left the question of where to go next and what to do in order to resolve this mystery.<tt class="bbc_tt"> "The way I see it, we have three options to pursue.  Option A is to track down one of our own superspy heroes and see if we can't use them to help us unravel this mystery.  Any member of Black Team will do - such as the Night Owl - but if we could find Gunvolt, formerly of Red Team, she could also help us out.  Option B is to find out what happened in Vienna two months ago.  Understanding the operation that led to Ghost's possible true death might give us an idea of who killed him and how.  And then there's Option C...I'm not eager to exercise it, but if there's no other way, we'll do it."</tt><br/><br/>Darclight explained C.<tt class="bbc_tt">"Part of my job as Red Leader was to dream up doomsday scenarios.  Nanotech gone amuck, total invasion from beyond, you name it, it was my thing to consider.  The protocol for these scenarios is that I would consider one, craft a response for it, and then bury the response.  That way, if any of Stormwatch was ever captured, they couldn't reveal the plans we had.  Only I knew them, so risk of exposure was minimal.  As part of those scenarios, I took one of Stormwatch's HDDs and compiled a list of every known hero and villain <em>on the planet</em>, then detached it and hid it.  I know where it is, and getting to it is a matter of convenience.  The part that's not is getting access to it.  As part of the safety protocols, the HDD was coded to delete itself and fry the system of any computer it's attached to...<em>unless</em> it's attached to one of three specific computer systems <em>in the world</em>, and even then it requires access authorization from me.  We could use this list, and what we know about Retirement, to compile a list of possible heroes or villains, or involved mortals, who might have had the necessary resources and personality to carry this whole plan.  And from there it's process of elimination."</tt><br/><br/>He concluded.<tt class="bbc_tt">"The more options we exercise, the better off we'll be, but we should start with <em>one</em> of those."</tt>