Arcadia settles into her seat, much more at ease now that she has something to focus on.  She listens to D-synchro's questions, nodding along and seeming not to notice the small frowns and other expressions she's making as she thinks.<br/><br/>"Threat assessment on the new player mostly boils down to, 'I<strong>really</strong>don't want to fight this one.'  Mobile, selectively ethereal, massively strong, and quick.  Not fun.  Unless we're missing some key information, this isn't a fight we can win.  Not if we approach it as a straight fight the way the villains did.<br/><br/>"If we're willing to assume target priority means anything, Null-Plus was the first to go, then Lover-boy, then the others.  So, the power manipulator, the mental manipulator, then the physical threats.  On the one hand, maybe 'Shades' here outclasses them all so much that the order of targets was totally random.  That's not precluded from what we see.  That bit with coming up right in the middle of all of them?  That's only something you do when you believe you're untouchable or indestructible.  We can only hope that belief isn't borne out, but who knows?  But if the order of targets  was considered, that means that power manipulation and mental effects are more dangerous than physical attacks, as far as 'Shades' is concerned.  That's really bad news for us; we're stacked toward the physical end of things as well.<br/><br/>"I'd say this is a strict 'do not engage' until we have something more than we do now.  Either information or tactical options.  From the operational intelligence end of things... whatever else I am, I'm not intelligence.  D-synchro had some good questions on that score, though.<br/><br/>"How and why did the villains coordinate their assault?  I also want to know is how the villains found their target.  With that powerset, 'Shades' shouldn't be easy to locate.  And what was happening in that church, anyway?<br/><br/>"The different methods of disposing with victims and the hesitation after the feat of strength are also worth figuring out.  It may give us something to exploit, or at least tell us more about the new player.  And 'Shades' doesn't really mean anything to me, but it's presumably important.<br/><br/>"So, yeah.  We need more information, and I sure don't know where to get it.  But we'd better find some way to start figuring out things soon.  Or we're screwed."