<strong>Hero Points:</strong>4 (Neko), 4 (Hornet), 1 (Scarab)<br/><br/><strong>Initiative</strong><br/>Arctic Fox 21<br/>Neko 13<br/>Scarab 13<br/><br/><strong>*Note:</strong>Barring the 4th round, Neko's Flight is high enough (even with Impeded Movement) that she can move and melee the Arctic Fox every round. He's still able to clear up space every time along the way to make it a proper chase.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Edit Scene</div><div class="spoiler_body">Feel free to deploy any of these any time with proper spending of Hero Points. Each one can only be used once.<br/><br/><strong>Electrical Overload:</strong> Neko shoots at (or more likely throws or severs) a light fixture, exposed wire, or other electronic object to create a jolt. This imposes a proper Affliction (Fortitude, dazed, stunned, incapacitated) or Damage effect at rank 7.<br/><br/><strong>Domino!</strong>Neko pushes over one of the cubicle walls, a tray full of papers, or some other large and heavy office object. This is a rank 5 Affliction (Strength, hindered, prone, paralyzed).<br/><br/><strong>Stray Shots:</strong> During the third round, one of the Arctic Fox's ricochets off a surface and miraculously hits his nearby cover! This not only reduces his cover (-5 to -2), it also gives a general view of his location allowing an attack on the third and fourth rounds!</div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;">Chase Scene, Round 1</span></span></div><br/>The armored thief certainly spent no time in traversing the terrain. He did not climb up the stairs so much as leap up them, feet stepping up to the railing banister to catch the landing above, shaving off precious time as he parkoured his way up. When Neko ran up and grabbed for the container, he spun around, one foot stamping down hard on her right foot while his free hand smacked her upside the head. His fists had extra weight to them; either his gauntlet were reinforced or he had some metahuman power to enhance his strike. Paying no heed to the ceiling-mounted turrets his legs bent to skate on down the floor as though it were an ice rink.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Arctic Fox Brass Knuckles vs Neko 24 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=136745)<br/>Damage 7, Give me a DC 20 Toughness save.<br/><br/>Scarab is Visually and Hearing Impaired, so she lags behind for this round.</div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Consolidated Positions</div><div class="spoiler_body">Neko chases Arctic Fox up the stairs to the second floor entryway. Scarab is still in the first floor lab.</div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;">Chase Scene, Round 2</span></span></div><br/>By the time the thief reached the end of the second floor hallway,  he turned around briefly enough for Neko to get a clearer view. His armor was white, he had on a helmeted visor, and emblazoned on his chest was the symbol of a fox's face. His free hand flashed in a blur of motion as he produced a small item from his utility belt. With the press of a button the hallway's environs darkened, and the building grew even colder as air vents began blowing out ice crystals.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Threat Report: Arctic Fox</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll me an Intelligence roll to recognize him. This is akin to the Well-Informed Advantage, but given that it's a raw attribute than a skill check she's less likely to know as many details.<br/> <br/><strong>DC 15:</strong> Neko recalls hearing rumors in the PMC (private military contract) industry of a masked figure by the name of the Arctic Fox operating all over the world with a similar description. It's unknown if the person is a baseline (term for nonpowered people) or metahuman, but if the former he's operating at the physical and mental peaks of what an "ordinary person" is capable of.<br/><strong>DC 20:</strong> The Arctic Fox was most active in the late 70s to early 80s working as a mercenary, taking on various contracts for energy companies in global hot spots.<br/><strong>DC 25:</strong>Various case files pointed to an agent of a similar nature using weather-based technology during World War 2 and the early decades of the Cold War. The Arctic Fox is most likely a Soviet agent-turned-mercenary, a not-uncommon profession for government operatives after the fall of the Berlin Wall.</div></div><br/>Her eyes just cleared in time, Scarab flew up to Neko's position only to be faced with another obstacle.<br/><br/>"Great, just when my eyes cleared," she exclaimed as the Arctic Fox reached the other stairwell.<br/><br/>She willed the sentry turret to fly free of its hinges, the mass flung at their pursuer. It struck its mark if the sound of a deep<em>crunch</em>was anything to go by, but the man  leaped into the air, curling his body so as to both absorb the impact<em>and</em>make it propel him further away from the women.<br/><br/>"I...it's the damn cold!" Scarab replied, glum-faced. "It would've been a clean shot otherwise."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">The Arctic Fox used his Portable Blizzard Generator to alter the Environment. It's a 900 foot radius, so it more or less covers the entire building and portions of the area outside He's creating extreme cold, impeded movement which reduces all movement modes by 2 ranks, and impedes visibility in the form of -2 on all Perception checks. The Arctic Fox is seemingly immune to this. The Extreme Cold will not affect Neko or Scarab until one minute, at which point they must start making Fortitude saves to avoid fatigue/exhaustion/incapacitation.<br/><br/>However, Neko notices that this is a technological device, meaning that it can be easily removed if disarmed or disabled with the right power source.<br/><br/>Scarab Telekinesis vs Arctic Fox 23 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=136746)<br/>Arctic Fox Toughness 26 vs DC 25 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=136747)<br/></div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Consolidated Positions</div><div class="spoiler_body">Arctic Fox reached the western stairwell on the second floor. Neko is on the second floor on the other side, as is Scarab.</div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;">Chase Scene, Round 3</span></span></div><br/>Whatever fast flight Neko and Scarab might have had was just barely enough to catch up to him. Even more so between the poor visibility and biting cold, which seemingly undeterred the fox-themed miscreant.<br/><br/>The blizzard reached the third and fourth floors as well, and the generous amount of snow caused the computers to short-circuit and exposed wires to crackle ominously from the unwelcome moisture. Leaping over and behind an office cubicle, the thief used the structure as cover as Neko and Scarab pursued. Several gunshots rang out somewhere within that wintry corporate maze, a rapid succession of bullets cutting through walls and desks. Scarab was able to stop a few in their tracks with her powers, causing them to flatten against an invisible telekinetic barrier, but a few grazed Neko in the process.<br/><br/>Scarab flew behind a cubicle in turn. "Three can play at that game," she grunted as she took cover.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">The Arctic Fox blindfires through cubicles with a pair of wrist-mounted machine guns. The attack includes the -5 penalty from the cover Neko and Scarab get as well as the -1 from using Multiattack on 2 targets.<br/>First Attack vs Neko 20 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=136748)<br/>Second Attack vs Scarab 12, miss (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=136749)<br/>Damage 5, give me a DC 20 Toughness save.<br/><br/>The Arctic Fox uses the cubicles to conceal his position with a 36 Stealth. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=136750)<br/>Scarab does the same with a 13. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=136751)<br/>Arctic Fox Perception 15 to spot. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=136752)</div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Consolidated Positions</div><div class="spoiler_body">The Arctic Fox is taking cover behind an office cubicle on the fourth floor. Attacks vs. him are -5 unless you move up or fly above him, which given the confines of the floor will put you in melee range of any of his attacks.<br/>Scarab and Neko are in pursuit, also on the fourth floor.</div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;">Chase Scene, Round 4</span></span></div><br/>In spite of the poor visibility Scarab had her eyes glued on the stairway leading to the roof.<br/><br/>Taking deep breaths, Scarab touched her middle and index finger to her temple.<br/><br/><em>Roll me a DC 25 Will Save for Neko.</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Success</div><div class="spoiler_body">Neko gets a sense of if disquiet and uneasiness, but nothing else (Scarab's Subtle Extra prevents the power from being detected barring certain Senses or psi-detecting effects.</div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Failure</div><div class="spoiler_body">Suddenly, Neko gets the distinct impression that someone's contacting her mind. Scarab is able to read her surface thoughts. Out of respect for her privacy Scarab will not pry any further than Surface Thoughts regardless of the Degrees of Failure/Contact.<br/><br/><em>Neko, I'm really sorry but if we speak up he'll know what we're planning; I have little other options right now. The blizzard-making thief hasn't exited to the roof or a lower floor yet. He's somewhere up here, in one of these cubicles, waiting. How are you holding up? I was able to block off his volley. One of us should try to bait or distract him while the other moves in. Got any plans?</em></div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">The Arctic Fox is inactive...for now. Neko and Scarab must find him or otherwise get him to react in order to narrow down his hiding spot.<br/>Scarab attempts to make mental contact with Neko using Telepathy, getting a 25 on her power roll. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=136753)</div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Consolidated Positions</div><div class="spoiler_body">Scarab is hiding behind one of the north-eastern cubicles. Arctic Fox's location is currently unknown.</div></div>