A Good Beating
Alignment Mission
You find a discarded club flier that doesn't sound like there's any dancing that goes on there.
If you're a SUPERHERO who gets BEATEN by villains all the time, then YOU want to take part in our 'special' events. We have 'noob' villains WAITING for a beating - in front of a LIVE audience!!! Don't have cold feet - come on down and and beat 'em while they're hot!
You'd love to be part of this, but all these heroes will get up in your figurative grill if you do. Buuuutttt... if a 'real' hero were to show up instead... then you couldn't get blamed for it, right?
HERO: Find a different costume - ASAP!
Briefing
After looking around your place, you find a mask that looks just like the one Statesman used to wear. If you grab some spandex or pantyhose (or whatever it is that he wore), you can throw together a costume that looks like his in no time. Once you've got that out of the way, you can show up to the fight acting like him. Everyone will think you're Statesman, back from the dead! No harm, no foul, and even better - no blame coming back on you!
- Put together a Statesman costume for the fight!
This costume was even easier than you had originally thought. Geeeeeez... at least *you* spend some time trying to throw together a costume that's stylish unlike this get-up.
Well, now you'll look like Statesman, so get down there to that fight and rake in the big bucks!
Unnecessary Solicitation
If you plan on making some cash from that costume, you need to get to that fight - Pronto!
Mission Objective(s)
This looks like the place on the invitation. Let's hope it's not too late to put your name on the brackets!
- Enter the fight as Statesman!
- Find the Fight Promoter and enter the fights
- Talk to the event promoter
- Stone-cold knock out the 'Warm-up' guy
- Foil Stardusk's trap by defeating her
- Destroy the bombs before ALL of you die!
You've saved the lives of all the Scrapyarders... ...but more importantly - YOUR OWN! It's a good thing Stardusk was bluffing about that 'Alpha Squad' of assassins or you wouldn't have made it out alive.
Enemies
Scrapyarders
Notable NPCs
Shady Promoter guards combat dialogue
Combat start
- Shady Promoter: I was hoping to get some better quality, you know? Something more showy, more flashy...
- Shady Promoter: Statesman!? Um... We're not doin' anything here. Just, uh... Exercising, you know?
Guards defeated
- Shady Promoter: What's that you say? You... You wanna enter today's fight? Talk to me, baby, talk to meeeee!
Shady Promoter conversation
Shady Promoter
Speaking with Shady Promoter
- You know, when I put the call out for superheroes, I didn't think *YOU* were going to be the one to show, I mean, did you come back to life JUST for this? I'm gonna be the talk of the town now! Now I hear you sayin' you wanna be my #1 Star today. I gotta tell you... my day's gettin' better and better!
- How much is the winner's purse?
- The purse? I didn't think you did this kinda thing for money. I guess dying and coming back to life CAN leave a guy poor.
- Then again, I never thought in my wildest dreams you would be my top prizefighter, either. So I guess don't go looking a reincarnated Greek God in the mouth, right?
- With your name on the bill, I'll be rolling in the dough - which, if you win you'll get a very, very modest percentage, of course.
- But hey, you know your street rep is gonna go down the can, right?
- I died once, I think I can handle something like my reputation.
- I gotta say, there are times I wonder about you and that attitude of yours.
- Hey, don't forget how I'm always Holier-Than-Thou, too!
- Yeah, you got that right -
- And I get up in people's faces for no good reason.
- Yup! You sure do that -
- And I'm really mean to Character even though Character is way cooler than me.
- Character? What's that idiot got to do with -
- And I'm all stuffy and I talk like I've got a stick up -
- So, hey, States!
- I'm gonna need you to get warmed up - give the audience a taste of what's in store, you know?
- I've got a guy waiting to get the snot beat outta him, so why don't you head on over there and show the boys what you can do.
- I'm on it, after all, I -am- Statesman.
Frostfire combat dialogue
Combat start
- Frostfire: Oh yeeeeeeahhh... I hear me a little Hero piggy waitin' to get a beatin' from 'ol Papa Frostfire!
- Frostfire: Squuuueee - *CHOKE*
- Frostfire: Statesman? You're the one I've got to...
During combat
- Frostfire: Um... So hey, this is all just for show, right?
- Frostfire: You're not really gonna hurt me, are you?
- Frostfire: Why do you suck so much? Shouldn't you have knocked - ohhhhhhh!
- Frostfire: You're taking a dive... *wink* I gotcha!
- Frostfire: So, uh... Hey... You can take that dive anytime now.
After Stardusk appears
- Frostfire: What are you doin'? Whatever it is, you better do it soon.
- Shady Promoter: Look, States! I didn't wanna do this, but she made me!
- Stardusk: MWUHAHA!!! You foolish hero! You walked right into my trap!
- Frostfire: HUH? Stardusk? What are you doin' here?
- Shady Promoter: That's it... I QUIT!
- Stardusk: Wait... Statesman?
- Scrapyarders: S-STATESMAN?! That guy is supposed to be dead!
- Stardusk: You're the one who I caught?
- Stardusk: Why... HOW did you show up?
- Stardusk: I was expecting someone more pathetic.
Frostfire defeated
- Frostfire: What... just... happened...
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Ambush! Stardusk appears half-way through the fight with Frostfire.
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Stardusk combat dialogue
At 75% life
- Stardusk: Hmmm... Plan B.
- Stardusk: Listen up, all you guys! Statesman here just said he's gonna arrest every one of you!
At 50% life
- Stardusk: Okay... Plan C. Alpha Team, come in. Need your assassins in here on the double.
- Stardusk: Alpha team? ALPHA TEAM!
At 25% life
- Stardusk: FINE! PLAN D!
- Stardusk: When you beat me, that'll activate all the bombs in the place.
- Stardusk: I mean, I'm not gonna get hurt any more than I already am, right?
Debriefing
You managed to walk out of that trap alive, and no one found out that you weren't really Statesman. However, you DID get an odd email later from someone you don't know:
'Smart thinking, you posing as Statesman to trigger Stardusk's trap. Try it again, and you'll have the Phalanx to deal with it. Let the man rest in peace.'
HERO
