Mission:Bear Any Burden (Villain) - Part One: Step Into My Parlour

Part One: Step Into My Parlour

Briefing

Good to meet you, Character. I am Fortunata Gossamer. You can just call me Gossamer, as I'm technically not apart of Arachnos. You see, I serve under Marshal Blitz, the leader of the Rogue Arachnos in Warburg. To make a long story short, Blitz is leading his own group of Rogue Arachnos to glory and towards the destruction of Paragon City.

We've heard a lot about your abilities, Character, and we would like your help in our next big plan. If all goes according to plan, you will become infamous, feared throughout Paragon City, and the Rogue Arachnos shall show that they are a new world super power. Are you interested?

• Agree to form a strike force

Excellent. Here are some dossiers that will bring you up to speed. Our grand plan will be to make Warburg into a new super powered nation to be feared throughout the world. You and Marshal Blitz will be at the head of it, Blitz being the leader of the Rogue Arachnos, while you are seen as the super-powered villain who played 'king maker', as it were.

Our target is Alexis Cole-Duncan. Marshal Blitz has set up a fake cease-fire and has convinced the US government to send Alexis in as a negotiator. Blitz, in all of his cunning, has also managed to create an even sweeter deal.

Alexis will only be accompanied by Manticore in the actual meeting room; a squad of Longbow will be monitoring the proceedings in another part of the building. That is where you come in for the first part of our plan.

You will attack the Longbow security squad to eliminate their back up and also disrupt their monitors on the conference. Manticore and Alexis will attempt to escape when we spring our trap on them. You will have to defeat Manticore and take Alexis to a drop off point.

Be very careful, Character, Longbow will do everything they can to keep Alexis in safe hands.

POI: Alexis Cole-Duncan

NAME: Alexis Cole-Duncan. Daughter of Marcus 'Statesman' Cole OCCUPATION: Former heroine, Miss Liberty. Current occupation is working together with General Howard Aarons as an international consulate for super-powered threats. BACKGROUND: Miss Liberty, the daughter of Statesman and mother of Ms. Liberty, is better known these days by her proper name: Alexis Cole-Duncan. Alexis left behind her life in super-heroics some time ago. Today, she enjoys an active role in superhuman politics. Her old identity as 'Miss Liberty' is used more by her PR team or the media at large than by Alexis herself, who would rather just relegate that part of her past to fond memories and silver-framed newspaper clippings placed along the mantle-- while also understanding the clout and prestige it can bring to bear on certain important functions and international relations. She is nearly 77 years old, but she maintains some form of youth, thanks to the blood of Statesman that runs through her veins.

POI: Marshal Blitz

NAME: Marshal Jason Blitz OCCUPATION: Formal Marshal for Isle of Warburg. Current leader of the 'Rogue Arachnos' BACKGROUND: Marshal Blitz was once the marshal of Warburg, an island in the Rogue Isles that was infamous for its WEB system, which developed extremely powerful missile weapons. Blitz was charismatic and ambitious, thwarting every attempt by heroes, sanctioned by the US government, to oust the control Arachnos had over the island. Blitz demanded several times that Lord Recluse give the orders to launch the horde of missiles at Warburg's disposal towards Paragon. Recluse denied him each time. When Blitz learned he was dying of cancer, he murdered the governor of the island and took control of it for himself. He attempted to fire warheads into Paragon City, but each was destroyed by several super groups of Paragon City. Lord Recluse has sent in Arachnos troops to deal with the situation, but it has only ended in a stalemate. Blitz has occasionally launched attacks on Paragon and even the Rogue Isles, keeping the people of both in a state of unease. We have Rogue performed several extremely risky procedures on Blitz to keep his cancer maintained.

Unnecessary Solicitation

The meeting is underway. You had better hurry.

Mission Objective(s)

Map: WARBURG_CONFERENCE_HALL_VILLAIN

Longbow security is out in force within this Arachnos base.

• Kidnap Alexis Cole-Duncan
  • Disable the communications array
  • Intercept Miss Liberty!
  • Take Miss Liberty to the hand-off point!

You've successfully kidnapped Miss Liberty!

Enemies

Longbow
Shining Stars

Notable NPCs

• Dillo (Shining Stars Boss)
• Manticore (Freedom Phalanx Hero)

Longbow Dialogue

Before Combat:

Longbow Spec-Ops: This your first guard duty assignment?

Longbow Minigun: It's the first one for Mrs. Cole-Duncan.

Combat Start:

Longbow Minigun: Perimeter breach!

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Before Combat:

Longbow Flamethrower: Check the feed again.

Longbow Flamethrower: What, you're actually listening to the negotiations upstairs?

Combat Start:

Longbow Flamethrower: We've got hostiles!

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Before Combat:

Longbow Flamethrower: Did you hear Manticore called in another backup team?

Longbow Minigun: 'Course he did.

Combat Start:

Longbow Minigun: Check your firelines!

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Before Combat:

Longbow Eagle: What'd you say?

Longbow Rifleman: Huh? Nothing. You're just jumpy.

Dillo Dialogue

Before Combat:

Dillo: *hoorb*

Combat Start:

Dillo: By the Sanctified Cud!

Comm Array

Briefing

You prepare the scramble codes to shut down the communication array.

• (Shut Down Communication Array)

Ambush! After shutting down the communication array, you are ambushed by one wave of Longbow.

Miss Liberty Dialogue

Before Combat:

Alexis Cole-Duncan: Here they come!

Manticore: Just stay behind me, Alexis.

Combat Start:

Longbow Flamethrower: Backup requested.

Upon Capture:

Alexis Cole-Duncan: You're going to pay for this dearly.

Longbow Interceptor: Hold your positions if you can! Backup is on the way!

If Lost:

Alexis Cole-Duncan: If anyone in the Corps can hear me, I think they've wised up and left!

When Found:

Alexis Cole-Duncan: And there I was hoping you'd come to your senses.

If Rescued by Longbow:

Alexis Cole-Duncan: Tell me we have a contigency plan.

At Exit:

Alexis Cole-Duncan: I hope you've realized the enemies you made this day.

Debriefing

Marshal Blitz was right about you, Character. You made that last operation look positively effortless. And you made our enemies look like fools. As Marshal Blitz predicted, Manticore and his team are trying to keep this quiet. If it were to get out that Manticore failed and we had Alexis, the US government and their heroes would stop at nothing to get her back.

Which would, of course, force our hand into launching every missile we have at Paragon. Now, wouldn't that be a shame?

Wait... hold on.

... Hmph. Looks like we have a catch in our plan.