fwcain Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 For whatever reason, the heroes are travelling aboard a civilian commercial airliner across the Pacific Ocean. About halfway to their next destination, suddenly, hundreds of poisonous snakes slither into the passenger compartment! What do your heroes do?!? Notes: First of all, I did not see this idea already posted on this forum. If someone else has already done so and I just missed your message thread, please accept my apologies. Second, this little thought experiment has as one of its underlying presumptions that the heroes in question do have Secret IDs. Heroes with a Public ID obviously have nothing to risk (well, other than their own lives), and heroes with neither a Secret ID nor a Public ID just have a little risk (to their personal/social lives, that is). Thanks! Franklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! For whatever reason, the heroes are travelling aboard a civilian commercial airliner across the Pacific Ocean. About halfway to their next destination, suddenly, hundreds of poisonous snakes slither into the passenger compartment! What do your heroes do?!? All characters, unload on them with my maximum attack, irreguardless of the consequences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! All characters' date=' unload on them with my maximum attack, irreguardless of the consequences.[/quote'] (psst... "regardless") ...This just gave me an idea for a Psych Lim for a character. V.nice. Thnx. I suppose that their reaction would be: Scream. THEN unload with maximum attack. Other characters may have reactions varying on that theme. Except Jessica... Jessica - assume lunch was served and see which ones are the tastiest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwcain Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! All characters' date=' unload on them with my maximum attack, regardless of the consequences. [/quote']Er...um...just out of curiosity (if you don't mind), but how many of your characters can fly?... Thanks! Franklin (Who, like Indiana Jones, is also phobic vs. snakes!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Seriously, Cheeta is the only character I have with Secret ID. He will first of all see if anyone else sees them. Then he will try to see how thwy are entering the cockpit. Then he would approch the closest flight attendent, and request the air conditioning be turned as cold as possible. Might not hurt to drop the oxygen mask also, keep people in their seats. Superspeed and danger sense will keep him from getting bit, unlikely he can do the same with everyone on the plane, certainly can't without giving away his Secret ID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Er...um...just out of curiosity (if you don't mind)' date=' but how many of your characters can [b']fly[/b]?... Thanks! Franklin (Who, like Indiana Jones, is also phobic vs. snakes!) Only Millennium. But Dolphin can fall with the best of them (and swim half the Pacific if he has to). Why? Are you suggesting they might want to consider consequences, perhapse gather information, before acting? Not just say "the only good snake is a dead snake" and start blasting away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! (psst... "regardless") Are you sure? re·gard·less adv. In spite of everything; anyway: continues to work regardless. ir·re·gard·less adv. Nonstandard regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously To may toe To mat toe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbsousa Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Golden Eagle in his secret ID, is travelling first-class without his battlesuit. But he makes McGuyver look like a dyslexic caveman. He will create a snake-killing taser out of a cellphone, the complementary headphones, and a bag of peanuts. If necessary, he will make some snake-killing flamethrowers out of some tiny booze bottles and the bathroom air freshener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Are you sure? re·gard·less adv. In spite of everything; anyway: continues to work regardless. ir·re·gard·less adv. Nonstandard regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously To may toe To mat toe. augh!! They added it to the dictionary!! Who the hell let the language evolve!?! sigh. Oh well. I still refuse to acknowledge its existance since it used to be just bad English for "regardless" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thia Halmades Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Irregardless of that (wink wink nudge nudge Know what I mean Know what I mean?). Jarome Nicholaria: Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes? Thia Halmades: Would you just kill them already? JN: *glances down, flips a dagger through the head of the nearest one, glances up at Thia* TH: Er... thanks. JN: You gonna eat that? TH: WOULD YOU JUST KILL THE SNAKES PLEASE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhouse Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! StarKnight/Sentinel/SpeedDemon: There are mutha******* snakes on the mutha******* plane! Lady Silver *sternly* No swearing! We're heroes and how else can we inspire people unless we - Holy ****! There are mutha******* snakes on the mutha******* plane! StarKnight *breaking the fourth wall* : didn't we just say that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robyn Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! For whatever reason' date=' the heroes are travelling aboard a civilian commercial airliner across the Pacific Ocean. About halfway to their next destination, suddenly, hundreds of poisonous snakes slither into the passenger compartment! What do your heroes do?!?[/quote'] Kaja didn't want to be on this plane in the first place, he doesn't like technology and he told the rest of the group that his abilities would be near useless up in the air, but nooo, they insisted on taking him along so his enhanced senses could help spot the signs of anything weird happening that would herald an ambush/hijacking/attack of this plane. Making a sarcastic remark would be uncharacteristic for him, but he'll ignore the snakes for now (they're obvious, the rest of the group can see them) and begin using his enhanced senses to figure out what else is going on (while everyone else is distracted by the snakes). His immunity to poison should keep him safe from them, and if they begin to bite instead of being there to keep the passengers in their seats, he'll know that they'd be coming after him soon, and can change his tactics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethosos Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Awww, Powerhouse stole my joke. Samuel L. Jackson, for the win! (Not to mention it's a really cheesy flick.) Queen of Spades, in her Secret ID, is just gonna stay cool and not panic. She knows snakes well enough to not disturb them, and hopefully half the passengers are native Floridians as well. You live in a state where water moccasins, pygmy timber rattlers, and coral snakes live, you quickly get to know what not to do in this situation. There isn't much she can do without causing problems to the plane itself, and hope the pilot's compartment is sealed up tightly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! My characters would call their agent and tell him to get them the hell out of this adventure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Simon Reed (aka Impact) Would assume that he was seeing an illusion, was mentally controlled. or the Omphideon was on the plane. For what reason he would not know. As an UNITL Agent he would Identify himself and take control of the situation. If thing got out of hand he would relutantly activate his Kelvarite Bracers and Imapact would try to collect the snake, but only after warning the pilot that he weight 6,400kg. Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Steel Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! : Er...um...just out of curiosity (if you don't mind)' date=' but how many of your characters can [b']fly[/b]?... Thanks! Franklin (Who, like Indiana Jones, is also phobic vs. snakes!) Inside the airplane? Shadowhawk would just use his cell phone and call in the Croc Hunter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6-Sided_Buddha Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Sable would be at a slight disadvantage, cause at his smallest size he's literally bite size to even the smallest snake, though his hyper-fast reflexes and razor sharp claws will let him show off to all the really cute female "flight attendants" while ensuring that most of the people on the plane don't get seriously hurt. "Sheesh, who packed the zoo? You guys do actually CHECK the bags you throw onto these planes, don't you? Bombs and shit you find, hell, you said I couldn't take my can of Jolt on the plane because you thought it'd have dynamite on it, but can junior take his pet snake collection? Sure, in fact, just so that junior doesn't have to decide which snakes to leave behind, we'll take EVERY DAMN SNAKE HE OWNS, and you guys stop me because I'm carrying a potential risk?!" Sable would have serious words with the airline company after the plane landed. If worst comes to worst, he and his team have ways off the plane... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Shadowfist: Not too much he can do so he would do what he can to get the passengers somewhere safe. Spectrum: "This wasn't in the brochure." Then proceed to fend off the snakes with his EB and use his force wall to hold them at bay for as long as possible. If given the chance he'll check on the pilot and co-pilot and if they have been incapacitated or worse, being a pilot himself, he'll grab the controls and land that muther ****in' plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Yeh, I got no hero for this. Uncle Slam and Anthem would both just start rounding 'em up. They're both pretty resistant to that tiny little KA to get the poison through. And Audra Blue would never be on a plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! : Inside the airplane? Shadowhawk would just use his cell phone and call in the Croc Hunter. Haven't you heard? Steve Irwin died a week or so ago! Anyway... Terminus has a public ID, but steadfastly refuses to sign up with any government agencies or registration agencies. Which means, his body armour and Retributor Pistols are nicely locked away in the secure locker of the aircraft. And no, he's not immune to poison. So, what he'd probably do: grab the largest snake he can see. Then start hitting every other snake he can find with that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Schultz Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! OOC powergaming response - have the pilot turn the air conditioning up to maximum. Put on a jacket, sit back, and wait for them to land the friggin' plane. Jake the Troll - probably would be travelling in cognito as a trollknor; they're kinda-sorta nature spirits, so it's concievable that (s)he could whip out a 'talk to the aminules' power from her VPP, or a one-shot power tricks use. Shinji Miromoto - also someone else that travels incognito, but without a secret ID. He'd try to clear the cockpit, and work his way back from there. If he had soem time, he'd summon up some quasi-incorporeal Dark Energy spirits to clear out parts of the plane that aren't reachable by normal folks. Icon - incognito, she's got about 1/2 of her powers available to her, including her strength and resistance to damage (not rPD, though). She'd probably look to her dad (who she would be travelling with) for ideas on what to do. Even if the snakes are venomous, she doesn't have to worry much about getting poisoned (CON 30+) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Steel Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Haven't you heard? Steve Irwin died a week or so ago! Anyway... Terminus has a public ID, but steadfastly refuses to sign up with any government agencies or registration agencies. Which means, his body armour and Retributor Pistols are nicely locked away in the secure locker of the aircraft. And no, he's not immune to poison. So, what he'd probably do: grab the largest snake he can see. Then start hitting every other snake he can find with that one... First he'll cut his direct call to heaven after offering his condolences. Then he'll "T-port" everyone except the pilots out of the plane to safety. Then he'll sue Samuel L. Jackson for making this crap in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Major Tom Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Normally, Powerstar wouldn't even be on a plane, considering that he can get to anywhere on the planet he needs to without one. But if there was a situation where he had to travel by plane in his secret ID, and some- thing like Snakes on a Plane happened, he wouldn't have to worry about blowing his cover. Not only does he have Full Life Support (every snake on the plane could bite him at the same time, and he wouldn't even blink), one of the powers that he has at his disposal -- courtesy of his VPP -- is some- thing like Superman's "heat vision" (an EB with the Invisible to Normal Sight advantage). His only problem would be in making sure that none of the other passengers see him being bitten while he's blasting the snakes. Major Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Use my cell phone to call my agent, and tell him he's fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinanju Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Re: WWYCD: Snakes on the Plane! Hell's Angel will decide that she should have gone with original idea and flown under her own power instead of taking a commercial flight. Someone whose powers consist of becoming a human torch is...not much use in the enclosed environment of a commercial airliner. She's going to be just another passenger trying not to get bitten by snakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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