WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

[TheRavenIs]

For some reason you find your C on a world that Super’s have never existed. Your C still has the powers, equipment, whatever that makes them a Super. You are alone and if you have any E-D powers that would normally allow you to leave, they don’t work. (this means any trans-dimensional communication is not possible)

 

Your C finds themselves on this world and discover that the date is 9/10/2001, your C knows what happened on 9/11/2001, even if the event didn’t happen on the world they came from. The C knows enough information; the location of the targets and the planes used by flight number, where the planes took off from, the time that the planes were taken over. What does your C do? Please add the emotions behind your C’s actions as well as.

 

Last edited by David Johnston : Apr 14th, '06 at 06:19 PM.

 

Anyone answering this question should bear in mind these facts:

 

2 of the planes took off from Boston and those were the planes which hit the WTC. The one that took off from Washington is the one that hit the Pentagon. The one that took off from Newark was probably going to crash in Washington DC but the passenger rebellion caused it to crash early. However the passenger rebellion would not have happened had the other planes been stopped from hitting the WTC. Also you only have an hour and forty two minutes between the first plane taking off and the last one taking off (which was delayed by 40 minutes because of high winds).

 

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[sinanju]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

For some reason you find your C on a world that Super’s have never existed. Your C still has the powers, equipment, whatever that makes them a Super. You are alone and if you have any E-D powers that would normally allow you to leave, they don’t work. (this means any trans-dimensional communication is not possible)

 

Your C finds themselves on this world and discover that the date is 9/10/2001, your C knows what happened on 9/11/2001, even if the event didn’t happen on the world they came from. The C knows enough information; the location of the targets and the planes used by flight number, where the planes took off from, the time that the planes were taken over. What does your C do? Please add the emotions behind your C’s actions as well as.

 

Hell's Angel will try to contact the authorities and give them enough information to convince them that she knows what she's talking about and urge them to take action. Superhuman CHA and PRE should help with that.

 

But, assuming she can't reach anyone willing/able to act, if all else fails she'll fly to the airport early on the morning of 9/11 and create enough havoc to shut down outgoing flights (a superhuman winged woman throwing around fire hot enough to melt steel shouldn't have much difficulty doing that).

[David Johnston]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Anyone answering this question should bear in mind these facts:

 

2 of the planes took off from Boston and those were the planes which hit the WTC. The one that took off from Washington is the one that hit the Pentagon. The one that took off from Newark was probably going to crash in Washington DC but the passenger rebellion caused it to crash early. However the passenger rebellion would not have happened had the other planes been stopped from hitting the WTC. Also you only have an hour and forty two minutes between the first plane taking off and the last one taking off (which was delayed by 40 minutes because of high winds).

[input.jack]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Revenant would contact the FBI and tell them which planes were going to be hit, where they were going to be taken, and WHY, making it sound as though -he- were one of the terrorists and was bragging that they couldnt possibly stop him. (He speaks many, many languages fluently, and could pass over the phone as a fundamentalist fanatic). If he had the names of the terrorists, hed claim to be the second in command.

 

Then hed begin to hunt Osama down himself, before Bin Laden had a chance to rabbit.

 

Revenant wont kill. Ever. But hes not above some serious deception to get the job done.

[McManus]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Hell's Angel will try to contact the authorities and give them enough information to convince them that she knows what she's talking about and urge them to take action. Superhuman CHA and PRE should help with that.

 

But, assuming she can't reach anyone willing/able to act, if all else fails she'll fly to the airport early on the morning of 9/11 and create enough havoc to shut down outgoing flights (a superhuman winged woman throwing around fire hot enough to melt steel shouldn't have much difficulty doing that).

 

I think that pretty much works for Sovereign too. He would try to convince the authorities there is a concerted attempt to hijack several planes and crash them into buildings. High PRE and Skill levels in Persuasion with a decent Bureaucracy skill. If that didn’t work there would be a 40 foot giant grabbing planes out of the air at several airports during the day, hopefully causing them to shut down Logan, Dulles and Newark to all incoming and out going flights. Or a six inch pixie damaging the wireing on most of the planes on the ground might slow things down without exposing the world to proof of supers.

[CrosshairCollie]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Revenant would contact the FBI and tell them which planes were going to be hit, where they were going to be taken, and WHY, making it sound as though -he- were one of the terrorists and was bragging that they couldnt possibly stop him. (He speaks many, many languages fluently, and could pass over the phone as a fundamentalist fanatic). If he had the names of the terrorists, hed claim to be the second in command.

 

Then hed begin to hunt Osama down himself, before Bin Laden had a chance to rabbit.

 

Revenant wont kill. Ever. But hes not above some serious deception to get the job done.

 

That plan would probably work for War Wolf too.

[Marketeer]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Blackberry would be in over her head; she hasn't got the raw speed to get to the right places, and she hasn't got the raw power to prevent a plane from landing or whatnot.

 

She hasn't got credibility in military circles, either.

 

If she could get on one of the planes, she could almost certainly stop that plane from being hijacked (or hijack the plane back), but that's as much as she could accomplish.

 

If she could somehow get to the right plane in time, she'd probably try to save the last flight, the one that crashed prior to hitting the Pentagon, in its entirely. She'd just need a ticket onboard.

[Hermit]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Aquatic- Would be almost sure it was all going to happen again. He'd try to sway some folks, but it wouldn't work. Then, if need be, he'd attack the planes in question if he were close enough to get to them to keep them from taking off, or rampage through the WTC to do the same. He could very easily end up imprisoned, dead, or on some government slab... and if it got everyone out of the WTC, he'd have to admit, it was a pretty good trade.

 

 

Banner- The Son of Captain America and Diamondback in a more 'real time' situation? You can bet he'd be trying to use those social skills and high PRE to sway anyone he could to trouble. He'd be fully aware of the ramfications of that day, and know that he was changing the history of his nation in a major way, but he'd do all the philosphizing later. Right now, lives are at stake, he'll do what his father taught him to do in this situation...his utmost.

 

Gaze-It depends on where he landed, a LOT on where he landed in this world. Once he realized he was in a world of those powerless against his mind control, what he'd most likely do is get into line of sight of the nearest person with the authority or credibility to prevent the planes from taking off in the first place. Then he'd hate himself for having seized an innocent's mind, even for such a reason, and he'd be afraid, VERY afraid, of how tempting his powers will be in this new all too fragile world.

 

Scarlet Archer- Would place several calls, including one to the WTC warning them to clear the building just in case. If he was near one of the airports, he'd stop that plane from leaving and by doing so add further crediblity as he told the authorities. Other than that though, his effect would be minimal. SAIII would feel frustrated and helpless every moment of it. He's not the sort of guy who can just catch a plane and fly it back.

[Brandi]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Everybody's going to be too busy going "The ****?! A GIANT TALKING STONE LION?!" to care about anything Irving might have to say.

[CrosshairCollie]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Everybody's going to be too busy going "The ****?! A GIANT TALKING STONE LION?!" to care about anything Irving might have to say.

 

"Look, the Wardrobe goesboth ways, NOW WILL YOU %*#(ING LISTEN TO ME??!!"

[Weldun]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

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"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to CrosshairCollie again." - DOH!

 

The Specter would prioritize. He would sneak aboard the first plane, counter-hijack it, then use the planes radio to relay the rest of the plan. Having already foiled a hijacking on one plane with apparent foreknowledge should provide enough credibility to get authorities to listen. He would also ask a message to be relayed to the president, "Georgie-boy, the bloody grub can wait, this is important!":p

 

Now explaining to the authorities afterwards how he new intimate details of such an elaborate plan is the tricky part. I propose a second part to the question. How would your character deal with that one. Remember, with no supers and an apparent block on extra-dimensional effects, it's unlikely the government brains are going to buy your story of being from another reality.

 

Whisper would die almost instantly, seeing as he's a transdimensional being. But hey, the little bugger had it comming.

[TheRavenIs]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

"you have given out too much rep in the last 24 hours"

 

I do not owe Weldun rep.

[sinanju]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Anyone answering this question should bear in mind these facts:

 

2 of the planes took off from Boston and those were the planes which hit the WTC. The one that took off from Washington is the one that hit the Pentagon. The one that took off from Newark was probably going to crash in Washington DC but the passenger rebellion caused it to crash early. However the passenger rebellion would not have happened had the other planes been stopped from hitting the WTC. Also you only have an hour and forty two minutes between the first plane taking off and the last one taking off (which was delayed by 40 minutes because of high winds).

 

Yes, and the planes that hit the WTC are the ones Hell's Angel would try to physically prevent taking off if she can't convince the authorties to act.

 

Also, one slot in Hell's Angel's fire-based multipower is Megascale Flight (essentially she uses her flame powers to propel herself like a rocket). She can easily reach Boston from New York in the time she's got.

 

Still, the best plan is to get the authorities to grab all the hijackers at the security gates before they reach the planes.

[DEFCON Clown]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Gregory Cauldron: He'll call the FBI and give them an anonymous tip about all the terrorists at the various airports, using his Silver Tongue spell (+10 to Persuasion, Conversation, and Seduction, they'll believe him) then he makes numerous bomb threats. A bomb threat at all the airports in question. When thats done he'll teleport to the nearest airport where the hijackers are and prevent them from leaving. THen on to the next airport to repeat.

 

I'll skip Weaver since all his powers are ED in someway.

 

Psycho: Would use his Mind Scan to try and find the hijackers, whenever he finds one he'll level his 14d6 Mindcontrol on them and have them deliver them selves to the FBI. Then he'll move on trying to get each and everyone of them.

[nexus]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Tao would call in a "Threat" on the on planes, and bomb threats on the towers, hopefully styming the plan at some point. Depending on where she physically was, she would try to personally intervene just in case, to try to stop some of the flights. If truly required she'd actually set of small, non lethal bombs at the air terminal to get it shut down.

 

Eve could her Cyberpathy to get the potential terrorists detained for something by security or plant warrants for them. Not her normal practice but this is a dangerous situation. If required, she could actually seize control of planes themselves.

 

The best Ivy could do is create duplicate of herself and try to physically intervene if she could not convince the authorities. The shock of her appearance and powers might give her an edge that allowes her to pull this off. Stopping the planes they leave the ground would be paramount since her abilites are limited away from the earth.

[Marketeer]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Yes, and the planes that hit the WTC are the ones Hell's Angel would try to physically prevent taking off if she can't convince the authorties to act.

 

Also, one slot in Hell's Angel's fire-based multipower is Megascale Flight (essentially she uses her flame powers to propel herself like a rocket). She can easily reach Boston from New York in the time she's got.

 

Still, the best plan is to get the authorities to grab all the hijackers at the security gates before they reach the planes.

 

Would that mean she'd take the risk that the Pentagon flight would get through? Or would she be fast enough to stop all 3?

[radioKAOS]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Well if any super would be perfect for the job, Archangel would be the one. He's the incarnation of St. Gabriel and can use the Presence of one so empowered.

 

He would definately convince everyone in the WTC to evacuate [60PRE has that effect on Normals ] and then use his megascale flight and desolidification to board the planes and convince them that this is the wrong course of action. Being that St. Gabriel dictated the Koran, I would think he may have a bonus to his PRE attack [assuming these hijackers were muslim of course]

 

Assuming he can stop all the hijackers, he would then return to the WTC and watch over it, looking very carefully for any other signs of tampering, and making sure no innocents were hurt.

 

Not to de-rail the thread, but I firmly believe that anyone interested in what happened that day should see this.

[Arac-4105]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Arac would be killed instantly (being extremely non-human looking) and the destruction of the Twin Towers would happen right on schedule.

[nexus]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

I wanted to say this is one of the more fun WWYCD threads. Very imaginative.

[Pyre-Archer]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Tricky. Pyre Archer isn't fast enough to make the trip between the different target sites. So...

 

Day before, spam every usenet group, website, and public outlet possible the day before, warning of the attacks, posting all the information I can about it. If I really am the only super in the world, then the nice, spectacular public appearance of a man with flaming wings just outside the CNN newsroom should help get the message out.

 

To say nothing of the effects said appearance would have on certain of the religious extremists of the world.

 

Day of, cover the Towers. Set off fire alarms, scream the warnings again, heck, fly at the jets if necessary. Do anything in my power to force an evacuation. As I said, he don't have the speed to cover all three targets; the Towers have the largest # of people, and would be the most visible place to make my stand.

[Victim]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Unfortunately, Laura spends her time working on a way to breach the dimensional barrier trapping her. Getting pinned down, possibly forever, in a boring dimension isn't her idea of a good time. Considering the population sizes involved, the loss of a few thousand strangers is tragic, but not disastrous. She's not going to be around to nursemaid these undeveloped civilizations (because they don't have magic ) forever; it's a nation's responsibility to defend itself - she's got herself covered. It'd different if something outside was attacking; it'd be more than a little unfair to expect this world to defend against a demon or super.

 

Now if she meets and likes someone who will probably suffer from the attack, or someone insinuates that she's weak or something, then things change. Depending on how much time is left, her actions might range from scrying and disappearing the attackers, to porting into the planes and reasserting control, to throwing up indestructable force walls directly in their path moments before impact.

[sinanju]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Would that mean she'd take the risk that the Pentagon flight would get through? Or would she be fast enough to stop all 3?

 

That's a good question. She'd _try_ to stop all the flights, but probably wouldn't be able to. You do what you can, but as someone else already said--the WTC was the site of the largest number of deaths, so that's what she'd focus on.

[HeroGM]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Just my personal feelings, I never touch such events or outcomes.

[Robyn]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Kaja isn't normally in constant communication with his organization anyway, so he would assume that they might actually be in this world (making this a trip through time, not planes). He wouldn't have time before the event to check, though, so he'd think about how he got there. He'd figure that some extradimensional entity had placed him there as a test, but he wouldn't be able to figure out what response would earn him its trust. He'd also have to balance the possible goals of such a being with the projected outcome of changing history, weighing what he knows to have happened after the event with what could happen were it to not have taken place. Lastly, he'd factor in the possible benefits to his organization from his knowledge of the "future", probably negligent since he doesn't know whether he'll be immediately returned to his own time, and he realizes that events in the world were significantly affected by that day.

 

In any case there's very little he could do, being unable to use technology - he might try to sneak aboard some planes heading the right direction, and his Cloaking abilities would help with this, but what would he do? Hinder the terrorists or help them?

[Lord Mhoram]

Re: WWYCD: Lost in a world without Supers; 9/11/2001

 

Cat would be of little help - she'd use her skills and PRE to try and convince people in power what is going to happen. Fighting her way into the White House might do it, and she could.

 

Ballistic (who has some serious megacale movement in flight when he needs to), would bring all the planes down from the air, before anything got hit, but after the hijacking.

 

Angelfire would be freaking people out (that half angel/half demon thing), but could stop the two planes from taking off in Boston - even if it meant blowing up an engine on each one as it started to take off, and alert for the other two.