Stalemate

This?

Holy carp.

A costume code... *splodes

Thanks for the opportunity PERC.

Welcome to Protector!

If you like to keep an eye out on what's happening, follow the link in my signature to reach the calendar.

Almost every evening has something in the works - and multiple activities are often seen on weekends.

Eastern time, sorry.

But since there are less than a quarter of the people required to do this, it will be canceled or rescheduled.

I'll make sure yup contact you directly Eric, if rescheduled.

Very sorry about that.

*Cancelled - Lack of participants*

Title says it all.

Please sign up if interested.

Basic tactics:

1. Preferrence for Seer Lore pets and Psionic damage dealers to offset Marauder's Unstoppable.
2. Lambda trial will be run at least 3 times. Synchronized badge may require an additional run if you don't already have it.
3. Run objectives will be announced ahead of time: No Pacification Grenades and/or no Molecular Acids. Both teams will stay together, speeding through, for 2 out of the 3 temp power acquisition objectives.
4. Temp powers should be removed from your power trays to prevent accidental clicking as the team is gathered outside.
5. Marauder will be attacked once he is surrounded by mobs: Judgement powers and Tier 9s will take care of those. Seer and non-Seer pets can then be brought out. Usually, Seer pets will become available again before Marauder is defeated or the timer runs out.
6. Heals will be spammed to offset Marauder's Nova Fist and avoid retreats/hospital.
7. Profit

Team 1

• Stalemate v.6 (inv/em tanker)
• Cassiopea (character TBD)
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Team 2

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If you have any tips or strategies, please feel free to comment.


Lambda Sector Badges:

Antacid - Complete the Lambda Sector Incarnate Trial having acquired 10 Pacification Grenades but using none of them.

Lambda Looter - Complete the Lambda Sector Incarnate Trial having acquired 10 Molecular Acids but using none of them.

Well-Stocked - Complete the Lambda Sector Incarnate Trial having acquired 10 Pacification Grenades and 10 Molecular Acids but using none of them.

Synchronized - Destroy a Weapons Cache and an Incubation Pod within 2 seconds of each other during the Lambda Sector Incarnate Trial.

Lambda Leader - Complete the Lambda Sector Incarnate Trailer to earn this badge.

Master of the Lambda Sector - Earn all of the Lambda Sector badges to earn this badge.

Let me know if you need the schedule changed on the calendar.

Oooh yeah.

Brain fart.

Darn.

If we're talking about Psi damage being especially useful against Marauder, has anyone tried the Vanguard Psi-Bomb?

Feel free to join the N P C channel (link in my sig).

It's for new or returning players who want to ask questions while ingame, or even get mentored for a while to learn the (new) ropes.

Welcome back.

BTW, more current info is available from the stickied thread: http://tinyurl.com/citymentorproject

Awesome!

Welcome aboard, Santa. Glad to see someone else join who has an extensive background in helping others.

Seems we attract a great many people who either were already doing mentoring of sorts, or wanted to start / get involved in something similar.


The roster on the GuildPortal website is already updated.

I have a concert tonight so I'll miss this run.

Good luck guys!

Welcome back!

There's been a dramatic increase in the number of people who refuse to leave the hospital lobbies since your departure... Hope you're good to go.

There is a possibility that I could be visiting Hawesville, but I don't know when.

If it happens, I'll be glad to help out with anything you need done, logistics willing, even if it's just taking care of a meal or doing chores.

The Sky’s The Limit

Perhaps I had grown complacent in assuming intellect and technology alone could usher mankind into a new age. I was younger, and more than a little optimistic about New Camelot Enterprises spearheading a new era of scientific achievements. It was the heyday of knowledge - both scientific and arcane - and NCE was carving a path alongside other promising ventures.

I realize now that I should never have left my guard down when Crey Industries approached me to work on some projects. Their support of Hero Corps having been a public relations disaster they were now seeking new opportunities to regain the public and their investors’ trust. NCE was approached first in 2000 and in no uncertain terms offered to be bought out by Crey as a means to inject “new blood” in their own ranks.

I should have accepted the offer. Refusing did not prevent Crey from obtaining my designs and blueprints anyhow, in the aftermath.

“Look, dear, your company is struggling for a position in the market and we have all the business channels you need to get there. This is exactly the strategy you need right now”, the Countess proclaimed. I ignored the condescension along with the provocative split skirt as she shifted on the leather couch.

“We have experience integrating ‘up-and-comers’ such as yourselves. Our business acumen can only be an asset to your promising venture,” she continued. “We care for and protect our own, Mr. Greenwood, with an intensity some would qualify as a feverish zeal. Your interests, once they become our interests, would receive all the attention they deserve.”

The Treo “Atlanta” prototype phone wouldn’t stop vying for my attention, chirping the arrival of communications it deemed crucial. I silenced it.

This meeting was turning into an unwanted intrusion on my personal schedule. It was late in the day and I had other things to attend to. My wife had accompanied my son’s class for a school trip to the Terra Volta plants. She had called earlier to say there had been sightings of red lights in the sky. Standard fare in Paragon City.

They were being delayed and would stop for a bite to eat in Independence Port once travelling was allowed. She had called our chauffeur already to have him pick them up just outside Terra Volta, where Valor Bridge ended. I intended to surprise them by dropping in using the new FR.E.E.M.™ jump boots I was testing.

“I have no doubt in your leadership skills and the ample resources at Crey Industries’ disposal would be a boon to NCE’s pursuits in nanotechnology and studying further the FRacas Effect Energy Manipulation theories. I’m convinced there is a way there to harness the energy released by pan-dimensional interchanges to provide mankind a nigh limitless, clean source of power,” I started.

“Our own nanotech research is currently centered on synthetics but it could be adapted to biologicals. Perhaps we might find ways to better your own husband Alphonse’s comatose condition,” I started explaining. She shifted, a curious gleam in her gaze.

“We’ve done good business together these last couple of years, Countess. Even collaborated on some projects that were simply revolutionary in long-term impact. Unfortunately I’m not convinced that NCE stands to benefit as much from this current deal compared to Crey’s potential gains, so I don’t thi-”

A door swung open, so fast the air whistled..

“Sir! There’s been an attack on the Terra Volta plant!”, an assistant barged in shouting. Countess Clarissa was visibly miffed that a subordinate would intrude but her countenance relaxed at the mention of my family.

“What are you talking about?!” I said, rising out of my chair and leaning over the cluttered desk. Even the Countess turned to better take in the information being proffered.

“Sir, I’m afraid there’s no good way to say this... there’s been reports of an alien attack on several zones in the city. Power plants were among the areas targeted.” He started sobbing. “The news are reporting that.. that...”

My chief of security barged in, radio in her hand. “SIR! I wasn’t able to reach you on your phone, and... Sir, you’d better come with me. This place is not safe right now.”

“I’ll see myself out, Stephen,” Clarissa whispered as she got up and I slumped back into my chair, stunned. When I left my office, headed for the underground parking lot with the security team, I barely noticed Hopkins escorting Clarissa out to the helipad.

The LCD screen on the abandoned smartphone read 7:36pm, May 23rd, 2002. It was still chirping when the NCE labs and offices were destroyed.


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A little under 800 words, this is a chapter taken from a text I had written before. It has been edited and adapted for this contest.

Never mind. Found it.

Something else - For those accessing the calendar:

Do you prefer WSTs announced in one continuous event spread across the week, or multiple repeated entries?

For Twitter followers, the difference is one reminder at the start of the WST, or a daily reminder.

It only appears quiet, because most of the time we're already involved in trials, TFs, instanced missions so the zones look less populated.

I suggest you hop into one of Protector's global chat channel such as Protector Vigilance (details in my sig) to get into the action, look around for familiar faces/names, etc.

Welcome back!


NB - if you and your wife would like some help getting back into the flow of things, consider adding the "N P C" global channel to your chat tab (Mentor Project link in my sig). There should also be a number of people offering their services as helpers. They're identified with the helper title.

Also, Paragon Wiki is your friend.

Can anyone tell me what this week, and perhaps next week's' Strike Target is/are?

New URL redirector had to be chosen since the previous one's domain disappeared.

The calendar can be reached at protectorvigilance.has.it

Gotcha. Will set it up in calendar accordingly.

Coming Storm, finally?

Bring it.

Adding this to the calendar.

Will this be a recurring weekly thing after all?