Prequel 1 "No Place Like Home"

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June 14 90 P.A.

In the shadow of the last great human city, the fortress city, Chi-Town, there exist suburbs made up of thousands of people. Humans that huddle around the city in hopes of being kept safe from the hordes of Dimensional Beings. The massive military presence makes Chi-Town the head of the Coalition States, a series of small human cities in North America that have endured through the great cataclysm. Many humans flock to the burbs of Chi-town in hopes of gaining citizenship and being allowed into the fortress city. Others live in fear of the CS militay, as all magic and DB's have been deemed evil even psychic activity is highly regulated. Troops patrol the streets of the burbs hunting any and all "domestic terrorist" and eliminating any threats to the Coalition States.

Frank Hamilton is a 15 years old boy with latent psionic abilities. He was born to a mother who, at one time, lived for adventure. In an attempt to gain power she began drinking psi-cola. She manifested great abilities, but had quickly become addicted. In her travels she had become pregnant and migrated back to the Chi-Town burbs in hopes of finding a safe place to raise her son. Her addiction was strong and she lived out her days as a psi-cola junkie burnout, in the ruins of an old home on the most outskirts of the Chi-Town burbs.

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On this particular day, Frank woke up at 7:00am and opened the door to his room door. Frank and his mother live in a three room building that is falling apart. In the outskirts of the burbs people make their homes in the rubble of the pre-rifts buildings. He enters the middle area and feels hungry. He looks for food but doesn't find any. He calls out, "Mom!" there is no response. He calls out again, "Mom!" again no response. He opens the door to her room and sees her sleeping on a cot with bottles of psi-cols at the floor. Frank tries to shake her, she doesn't wake up. Franks tries to check her vitals, and fails, he thinks his mom is passed out from a binge.

Frank heads to the market place, along the way the landlord, Mr. Roper, sees him. The landlord yells at Frank about the rent and tells him they are 2 weeks late, if they don't pay this week they are out. Frank goes to the market but doesn't have money, he returns home and sees an APC out in front of his place. There are paramedics and police there. Frank goes to talk to them and the tell him his mom is dead. They also tell him that they would like him to go with them for safety and to answer a few questions. Frank runs away. Feeling hungry Frank returns to the market and attempts to steal some fruit. He gets caught by Bob the fruit stand guy. Bob threatens to Frank then offers him a deal, a way to work off the food he was stealing. Bob tells Frank, "You must go into the Old Town burbs, where its much nicer, and find a bar called 'Time Out.' Pick up a package from a guy named Slick and bring it back to me. You do this and you might find yourself a regular job here."

Frank travels inward toward Chi-Town into the Old Town Burbs and finds the bar 'Time Out'. He tries to go in but security won't let a minor in. Franks tries to sneak around back through the ally.

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In the Old Town burbs things are much nicer than on the outskirts. This is because they are closer to the fortress city and the number of CS troops in this area is extremely high... And the law is strict.

Trevor Burnside is a 14 yea old boy with psi-tech abilities. He was born to a conventional family, he had a mother and a father. They were rather wealthy and seemed rather mundane like everyone else, except for the fact that they happened to be major contributors and key figureheads in an underground school. With school being outlawed in the Chi-Town burbs, Trevor's parents helped found the underground school. This is whee Trevor as been developing his abilities.

Today, like any other day, Trevor walks to school. Along the way he passes an alley where he sees seven guys surrounding and pushing a kid around, down the alley. Trevor looks in and yells, "Hey!" and uses his abilities to flicker the lights in the alley. The gang of guys laugh and begin approaching Trevor. A car happens to drive by and Trevor possess the car and tuns it down the alley and revs the engine. The gang members run away back down the alley, Trevor releases the car from his control. He then approaches the boy and notices that he has Psi-Claws sticking out of his hands. He introduces himself, "I'm Trevor. Are you Ok?" The boy responds, "Yea, Thanks. I'm Frank. How did you do that?" Trevor responds, "The same way you do that." and points to the psi-claws.

Frank is surprised to see the claws, his powers must have manifested in the face of danger, and begins to swing them around. The two boys talk about everything, Trevor knows of this Slick and talks Frank into believing he is no good, to stay away. Trevor tells Frank that he is late for school, and that if he can wait 5 hours he will return and sneak Frank into his garage and get him some food. Frank agrees to wait and Trevor walks to school. Trevor sees the gang from earlier along the way but avoids running into them.

When Trevor returns from school he take Frank home to a large condo building. He tells him, "We live on the 14th floor unit #7. We can sneak you into the hover car garage up there. When sneaking in the two of them make too much noise and are caught by Trevor's father. His father, Wilton, questions Frank, at first Frank tries to lie but eventually breaks and tells them everything.

Trevor's family take Frank in.

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For two years Frank has lived with the Burnside's, for two yeas he has gone to underground school and practiced his abilities.

Trevor and Frank walk to school as usual. When they get within a block, they notice CS Psi-Division troops at the school. The CS troops appear to be arresting people, and bringing some out in body bags. Trevor and Frank run home immediately, and tell his mom. Trevor's mother tells the boys to run to his father's workshop and warn him. She says something about staying to clean up and pushes the boys out the back door. Frank and Trevor run to his father's workshop and warn him, his father tells the to get in the car they have to go. When Trevor's father opens the workshop garage door to dive out, A Samus Power Armor and a small squad of grunts in dead boy armor stand in the door way. Wilton tells the boys, "Run! And what ever happens don't get caught. Your mother will have cleaned up. Find your uncle Hansel in the burb city side. He will keep you safe. He'll be at a body shop called 'Arm and a Leg' ask for Pete. Go, Now!"

The boys get out of the car and run for the back door, looking back to see Wilton drive the car into the troops and hear gun fire as they flee. The boy make the seven hour trip to city side, and rent a hotel room with the cred stick Trevor has. in the morning they eat breakfast and ask the front desk for directions to the body shop. When they arrive they ask for Pete and tell them Trevor is Hansel's nephew. They are told to go down the hall last door on the left. When they open the door they see a closet. They enter and close the door behind them,  a stairway reveals itself. The two of them go down into a speakeasy. They sit at the bar and ask for Hansel, a short while later Trevor's uncle comes to see them.

After they explain everything that has happened, Trevor's weary uncle responds, "Well I am truly sorry to hear that your parents are probably dead. Your father was right in sending you to me, after all that was the plan eventually. I suppose now is a good a time as any for you to join the "underground railroad". But alas you will not just be accepted in you must prove yourselves. But if you truly are my brother's son the two of you should have no problem." Hansel goes on to tell them they have to raid a CS outpost in far outskirts of the burbs and retrieve data file CSBVL-1 and CSBVI-1-100.

The outpost is far from Chi-Town, so there aren't many soldiers there. The two of them use telekinesis to throw the guards into each other and knock them out. Trevor then enters the computer world to battle the security system, eventually just possessing the AI and forcing it to drop the securities and release the files. Trevor reads the files before he leaves the compute world. He sees that they are the location and inventory for something called the Black Vault. The two of them run back to Hansel and deliver the files.

"Very good my boys. You have proven yourselves in spades. The "underground railroad" will take you in and provide. But.. this will be the first and last time you do anything illegal. The two of you will be the epitome of law abiding citizens. And you will register with the Psi-Net program, as the law requires, and apply for citizenship. On day you will be accepted in and the dreams of all these people living in these burbs will become a reality for you. With your abilities we will build your reputations and they will seek you."

Episode 20 "High Class"

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April 27 102 P.A.

After the battle and looting, Runick tries to use his wilderness tracking in this home/workshop, but can't determine anything out of the usual. Frank beings checking the tables for clues and finds a brochure with a picture of a building on it and its written in a language he doesn't know. Frank shows it to the rest of the party. Trevor can read it and says its in Technocan. Trevor reads it and tells everyone its for a TW exclusive hotel resort named the Continental. Trevor then inspects the cybernetic hand that he looted. He finds, a utility laser finger, camera finger, computer jack finger... and a tracking beacon. He tells everyone, Runick casts frequency jam. Trevor removes the tracker and they discuss  what to do with it. Runick wants to hide it somewhere and Trevor want to ty to trace the signal back to them. Eventually they just throw it in the channel that runs though the streets and they leave. They notice that M.C. Hammer is no longer with them, having wandered off being back in the town where Takeo, Shonen and Tevor first met him.

Frank drive the CS armored personnel carrier west to the fist gas station that they find.  Frank gets out and purchases a map, and tips the store clerk for directions. They go to the Continental and see the valet parking and go around the corner to park. They see various people coming in and out of the Continental, four large guys standing out front, a concierge, and a door man. They attempt to walk toward the Continental and are immediately approached by the concierge. He asks, "May I see your membership?" They don't have one and inquire about obtaining one. "Are you all Techno-Wizards?" They respond no, except Oliver who says yes. "Well, I am sorry gentlemen this club is exclusive to TW's. You may friend are welcome to obtain more information on a membership inside, once your pass a quick screening to prove you are indeed a techno-wizard." Oliver consents to the  screening and is allowed access inside. The rest of the party agrees to come back in a few hours to see if Oliver has found any clues on where to find Izen.

Trevor tells everyone that he wants to sell the cybernetic hand that he looted. So, they all go to the business district nearby. Along the way Frank Hamilton receives a message on his APC computer, "Psi-battalion Capt. Stone to Pvt. Hamilton. Glad to here you've located the subject, Burnside. Complete the mission and return to base as soon as possible. We have transferred your per mensem totaling 40,000 credits for the last 4 months.  Tervor sells the hand, Frank sell the 2 vibro-swords, and everyone buys supplies. While in the store Kreesh manages to get everyone a discount by singing a song of joy. After the shopping they head to a nice hotel.

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Runick, Frank, Takeo, Tevor and Kreesh check into the hotel. When they arrive at the rooms they are at opposite ends of  the hallway. Takeo and Kreesh head to one room while Frank, Trevor and Runick go to the other room. When they open the  doors both parties see a ninja-borg in the room. The ninja-borgs flee through the windows. Trevor and Franks sixth sense  goes off and they start unning out of the room and toward the other room. Runick follows after them. In the other room Takeo tries to capture the ninja-borg with a magic net but misses. Takeo then begins to inspect the room. Kreesh continues to stand in the doorway. After 30 seconds, fusion blocks hidden in the rooms explode.

The three party members running through the hallway see their new friend Kreesh blown back beck the explosion. Worried they continue to help Kreesh and see what has become of Takeo. When they look in the room they see Takeo standing there in this bun robes coughing slightly. Thanks to many years of body hardening training Takeo was not seriously injured by the blast of the explosion. The party regroups then decides to leave he hotel before the ninja-borgs come back to finish the job.

Trevor tells the party that he met a hero of this town named the Hood, and tells them that he has a lair near by. They walk to the car and Frank mentions, what if they put a bomb in the APC. Kreesh hits the ca with and EMP burst. Frank can't get the APC to tun on. The party decides to walk while frank waits and tries to get the APC started. They arrive at the spot where the Hood's underwater lair. Takeo tells them it's down there and jumps in the water, Kreesh follows him.They go into the lair and it looks the same, completely ransacked. Takeo remembers that he had inadvertently lead the Hood's enemies back there last time. They immediately swim out.

When they get back to the surface, two large trucks pull up on either side of the channel running through the street. Runick crushes some people with an ice wall, and the others mange to hold them off, until Frank arrives in the APC and fires a couple of missiles. The party gets in the APC and they flee the area. The party questions Takeo as to what happened, he tells them that he knew that the location was compromised and didn't think of it. They travel in search of a safe place to stay.

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Meanwhile, Oliver enters the lavish lobby of the Continental. He pays a one time membership and rents a room. Then inquires about Izen, Oliver is immediately told, "No business is to be conducted on the grounds of the Continental. The Continental is a safe zone, anyone who breaks the rules or fractures the safety of the Continental shall incur very serious penalties."  With that being said the clerk tells Oliver that most people converse in the lounge area. Oliver goes to the lounge and asks
the bartender if he knows who Izen is. After sliding the bartender a tip, he is pointed toward a man sitting in the coner with long blonde hair and a black mustache. Oliver goes up to the man and introduces himself. The man is standoffish at first but then Oliver appeals to his vanity. Oliver tells the man that he has heard of his greatness and would like to study with him. The man admits to being Izen and invite Oliver to sit down. Oliver begins talking about the resistance and tells Izen he was sent to bring him back. Izen tells Oliver that he needs to prove his power and loyalty.

Oliver is given two tasks given two tasks by Izen. The first to prove his power; Oliver must build a TW item of his own design, and the second Oliver must find a man by the name of Kai and tell him that he is with the resistance. Oliver radios Frank's APC and contacts the party. They drive back to the Continental to pick up Oliver. He tells them about his encounter with Izen, as thy drive to the place where they need to see Kai.Oliver and Kreesh both go into the building that looks like a bar. The guards stop them and ask them to disarm before they will be allowed into the bar. They reluctantly disarm and enter the bar. The rest of the party stay outside in the car.

Oliver and Kreesh ask to speak with Kai. They are frisked again then lead into the backroom. Oliver begins speaking with Kai, he says, "We are with Resistance." Kai's eyes get really wide and he shouts, "Kill them!" The security in the room draw energy pistols and rifles, and open fire on Oliver and Kreesh. Oliver takes a few shots and is seriously injured. Kreesh acts fast to try to save Oliver and casts Impervious to Energy on himself and Oliver. Kreesh then uses his Sonic Blast and manages to get Oliver out of there. They get in the car and drive back to the Continental as fast as possible. On his way into the Continental the concierge asks Oliver if he will be needing the services of the hotel doctor. Oliver asks how much, the services are free when you stay at the Continental. Oliver asks for the Doctor and goes to his room. A few minutes later the Doctor comes to Oliver's room and stitches him up with TW nanobot medical kit. Oliver asks the Doctor to give a message to Izen. The Doctor leaves, and a couple hours later Izen comes to his room. Oliver asks about what happened with Kai, Izen tells him that Kai is with the opposite side and works with demons. "I had to know you were loyal to the cause. What better way than for you to let the enemy know of your allegiance." Izen agrees to go with Oliver back to the New Empire, but he is not ready. "Come back in 1 week. I'll be ready by then." Oliver asks about being Izen's apprentice. Izen replies, "Ah, very well you have proven yourself. Perhaps you have what it takes to be my apprentice. One final task and I will take you on as my apprentice. I am in need of some magic pearls that come from deep beneath the seas. They are extremely rare and hold magical properties. I have recently heard rumors that some of those pearls are circulating though Japan right now. Bring me five of those pearls and you have yourself a TW Master. Here take this TW phone it can cast a magic pigeon. " Oliver agrees and gets some rest after Izen leaves.

The rest of the party check into a fancy hotel downtown for the night.

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One month ago... An undersea's village, inhabited by pnema-bioform creatures, falls into chaos during the night. Something has happened causing the people of the village to panic. The following morning a powerful warrior pnema-bioform killer whale is summoned to the elders halls. Upon arriving the killer whale is addressed,

"Kujira... You are one of our greatest young warriors. Last night someone has defiled our sacred temple and stole forty of the black pearls of guile. As you know these pearls contain great magic, these rare pearls are only produced one per year. Our village has guarded the pearls from falling into the hands of those who would do evil with them, or worse if they were to fall into the hands of the Lord of the Deep, he might rise and walk the earth. All of our seasoned warriors have other quest, so it falls to you. Retrieve the black pearls of guile and return them safely to the temple. You must retrieve all forty of these pearls. If you succeed, perhaps there will be a future for you as a seeker, for we must always collect what does not return. It has always fallen to us to keep these from the Lord of the Deep. Here we bestow upon you five of the black pearls of guile, they will allow you hold you transformation indefinitely as long as you have them embedded in your skin. We will also bestow upon you this magic trident, it holds the power to bind with its wielder. It will grow more powerful the longer it's bound to you and you can hurl it with incredible accuracy and it will magically reappear in your hand when you call for it, but I must warn you if someone else were to wield the trident you would not be able to magically call it back to your hand, and if someone wields it for longer than 24 hours it will begin to bind with the new wielder and your bond will be broken. Most importantly though the trident will glow blue in the presence of stole black pearls of guile, only pearls that were embedded traditionally will not activate this ability. One of our other young warriors was recently sent out on a quest to seek the help of the New Empire's Emperor. Seek him out, his name is Kreesh, he is already in the lands rumored to be where the pearls have turned up. You may be able to help each other. He is trusted will finding help to defeat the Lord of the Deep and you are now trusted in finding the peals and preventing the Lord of the Deep from rising... Go now Kujira, you're our hope in light of this new situation."

Now...

Kujira has found himself in the city of Takamatsu on Shikoku Island. He has come because his intel has lead him here, to the Blackmarket capital of all of Japan. Kujira believes that this is his best bet to find further leads on the pearls. Kujira checks into a hotel for the night. As Kujira walks through the hotel following the bellhop to his room, he walks past the pool and sees a pnema-bioform dolphin turn into dolphin form and splash around in the pool. Kujira becomes very excited to see the dolphin in the hotel pool. He runs and jumps into the air, turning into his true killer whale form, he dives into the pool. Kujira causes a huge splash and sends the majority of the water out of the pool. Kujira and Kreesh immediately befriend each other and share the stories of their quests. Kujira has finally found Kreesh.



Takeo Takahido lvl 6: 48,150 xp +900 xp = Now 49,050 xp

Trevor Burnside lvl 7: 39,971 xp +2,750 xp = Now 42,121 xp

Runick Skynight lvl 5: 22,921 xp +1,825 xp = Now 24,746 xp

Frank Hamilton lvl 5: 19,171 xp +3,125 xp = Now 22,296 xp

Oliver McPherson lvl 3: 8,650 xp +1,350 xp = Now lvl 4: 10,000 xp

MC Hammer lvl 4: 10,641 xp +2,400 xp = Now 13,041 xp

Kreesh lvl 4: 15,600 xp +2,425 xp = Now 18,025 xp

Kujira lvl 4: 10,701 xp +1,125 xp = Now 11,826 xp

Kujira

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Episode 19 "Regroup and Reload"

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April 22, 102 P.A. (still...)

After traveling with the caravan for a couple hours they arrive at a small village near the edge of the 5th & 6th ring. When they arrive they are greeted by Izo the same man that had lead the to the forward camp from the beach. Izo tells them, "We are safe here, please feel free to look around town. We need not worry of demon attacks this far into the 5th ring. We've taken the rings prior to this and have managed to drop the barriers along the way. So this is our land again!"

Runick and Kreesh set off looking for the old drunk bow maker, and the rest of the party looks for Hagi. After a short walk around town Takeo spots Hagi, he runs up Trevor, Oliver and Frank behind him. Hagi greets them and thanks them for their help in the battle, "Pitty we could hold just a little longer. Thanks with escorting the caravan back. You guys have grown stronger since I last saw you. You should join us, what happens here won't just effect these people. All of Japan, the World is in danger. There are some people I'd like you to meet, the Elders of the Resistance would very much like to speak with you... Come lets go feast at the bar then we can meet the Elders later tonight. They have called for a gathering."

Runick and Kreesh in the mean time had found the old drunk bow maker in the bar... duh. Runick buys the drunk a couple drinks and proceeds to question him on his bow making skills, and trying to imply that he needs a bow made. The bow maker tells repeatedly that the best archers make their own bows, especially if they were of something as valuable as a Millennium Tree branch. Runick asks the man for help making a bow. The bow maker agrees to allow Runick to use his tools and over look the creation of the bow if Runick agrees to set up his tent in town. Runick agrees to set up the tent. When he asks where the old man says, "Where else up against the side wall of the bar."

While in the bar Kreesh notices many people surging with magic energies, and many of them with weapons surging all the same. A humanoid man with pointy ears and gills catches Kreesh's eye, or more so the man's weapon does. A trident glowing with magic energy, naturally intrigued this underseas creature. For this is weapon of underseas origins, and a rare one at that. Kreesh introduces himself to the man and reveals his dolphin form. The man invites Kreesh to sit down, "I am Nymar, 'tis good to meet someone from underseas. I don't often come across others like us. Have you join the resistance as well?.. No? Well you should... Me? I left home many years ago in search of those that captured my wife, family and slaughtered my village. Only with this (holds up staff). A magic trident inherited from my father, as he inherited from his and so on. I have had many great adventures and made many great friends, but alas when I finally caught up with the vermin my wife and family were already dead. My friends and I laid waste to them all, but in the end it brought no comfort. So I set out to help all those I could, and now I find my self a part of this resistance against a rising demon threat." Kressh and Nymar talks for awhile, and Nymar tells Kreesh all about what has been happening with the missing Emperor and the demon that is posing as the Emperor. Kreesh tells Nymar how he has agreed to join the cause and defeat the demon fake, then search for the true Emperor with his recently made friends.

Later that night the party meet up in the center of town  for the meeting that the Elders have called for. When they arrive Hagi makes a grand speech and introduces the party as great adventures with great power. The Elder greet each of the party members and they make a little speech about the land and how things have come to be, then they explain the resistance is made of militia common folk. The Elders then publicly ask the party for their help. The party agrees to fight with the resistance. The Elders thank the party members and declare this the day the tide changes. A party ensues and they spend the night drinking and dancing around the fire to the rhythm of beating drums.

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In the morning the party heads to meet with the Elders. They begin to discuss the terms of there help. "We are prepared to make each of you a Captain in our Resistance. You will each receive Captain's pay as long as you are a part of the resistance. And of course you will have the authority that comes with such a position. The Leader of the Resistance is your friend Hagi, He has managed to gather the people and inspire them like no other could. And his vast wealth and connections have kept us going this far. But there is only so much untrained farmers can do. Do you accept?" The party accepts.

"Well in that case we would like to introduce you to a man that has been crucial in our success. Without him I doubt we would ever have gotten past the 8th ring barrier. They say he appeared out of nowhere 3 months before the 9th barrier ring fell, he predicted that the 9th barrier ring would fall. He spoke of a small group on a pilgrimage to the Millennium Tree, he claimed they would destroy the barriers along their way and that nothing would stop them. But no other barriers fell after the 9th. So he lead the first assault through the 8th barrier and then we fought one by one all the way to the 5th ring. For what he can do is truly amazing... He can negate magic. May I introduce General M.C. Hammer."

M.C. Hammer walks into the room, immediately Takeo, Trevor and M.C. Hammer greet each other. The Elders are surprised to find out that they were the people that M.C. Hammer spoke of. The Elders are truly impressed now and begin to believe that perhaps with such praise from both Hagi and M.C. Hammer maybe the party is strong enough to defeat the rising evil. As M.C. Hammer gets closer Kreesh reverts to his natural dolphin form, the magic pearls don't work. M.C. Hammer questions Kreesh, they talk of Keesh's mission and magic creatures. M.C. Hammer begins talking about some of the things he has seen in his travels around the world and through Japan. He talks of the horrors that magic creatures often endure, and that he has seen others like Kreesh beaten and enslaved. The entire time M.C. Hammer is talking to Kreesh he refers to the victims of what he's seen as magic bitches.

Although he is informing them of the slaves and offering to lead a rescue party when they have more time, his extremely vulgar language is misinterpreted by Runick. Thinking that magic creatures are being insulted and tortured for fun, Runick makes a stand and begins to argue with M.C. Hammer. Despite the efforts of the everyone to clam the two down Runick draws his bow on M.C. Hammer and attempts to shoot an arrow over his head to intimidate him. With the magic energy in the room being disrupted Runick, being a creature of magic, feels a little off.  He strikes M.C. Hammer directly in the shoulder with an arrow. In the blink of an eye M.C. Hammer quick draws his sawed off shotgun and fires it one handed (ability), blowing a hole right through Runick's armor. Before Runick could react a magic barrier surrounds each of them. The Elders scold Runick for taking action against a General of the Resistance. They remind both of them that they fight for the same thing and that although M.C. Hammer is vulgar he is a good man that fights for right. The two calm down and are released. Hagi and the Elders then lay out the 3 most important things needed for the success of the Resistance's revolution. Pick up, secure and bring back a shipment of tech gear and weapons from Kure in the Republic of Japan, Find and bring back a Master Techno Wizard from Takamatsu City on Shikoku Island, Find a Master Sorcerer from the 2nd Ring.

The party decide to begin with the tech shipment in Kure. Now that the Magic barriers are from the 5th-8th ring have been dropped by the Resistance they are free to travel out of the New Empire. Along the way the party pass though Ulo Town, Frank stops to check on his CS issued APC and sends in his 1st report in months. Frank reports that he has found Trevor the Psi-Tech, that he has run into trouble with demons here in Japan, that he is traveling with others and helping Trevor do something and headed back, and offers to establish an outpost here in Japan for the CS. Having retrieved his vehicle Frank is able to drive the party much faster than they could hike. They drive to Kure and meet with their contact.They pick up a train of truck trailers loaded with equipment and weapons. They begin driving back to the New Empire, just outside of Kure they are ambushed by a group with a couple of Big Bear robots and laser rifles. Trevor immediately uses his Psi-Tech abilities and takes control of one of the Big Bear robots and they easily defeat the merc bandits. Trevor opens the hatch on the Big Bear and Frank uses telekinesis to throw the men from the robot. On top of stealing a Big Bear robot Trevor scavenges one GPS system from the wrecked Big Bear robot and one GPS system from the vehicle the bandits had. The party continues on its way to the 5th ring town. A magic pigeon comes flying up to Takeo and disperses, they hear the voice of Shonen, "Takeo, Things here have taken a turn for the worse, things are not good. I do what I can but the evil here is too great. I fear we will not last much longer the demon activity here grows, they are up to something. We could use you guys, Please help brother."

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They arrive back at the village and Takeo tells them of the message from Shonen. The Elders seem deeply concerned but they explain that they don't stand a chance if they move in right now. The Tech shipment was a huge step in the right direction, but it's not enough. Takeo wants to fight his way to Shonen now, the party talks him in to resting. Then into going on the quest to find the Techno Wizard Izen in Takamatsu City first, since that's what would help the Resistance.  Frank offers to drive the party across the sea to Shikoku Island, Takeo, Trevor and Keesh strongly discourages against that, having seen some of the horrors of the sea. Frank disregards them and does it anyway.

Along the way a leviathan pops up out of the water like a shark torpedoing a seal. Frank manages to barely miss being swallowed. The party unaware as to what happened complain about the turbulence. They continue to the last know address of Izen. When they arrive they go up the stairs and when they get to the door it is unlocked. They go in, they don't see anything, at first. When M.C. Hammer walks in two ninja-borgs and two cyber-samurai become visible, one in each corner. They fight, the two cyber-samurai are defeated. With his last action one of the drops a blinding flash grenade, and the two ninja-borgs escape though the window. The Trevor loots one vibro-sword, 1 bionic hand and two cred sticks with 13,000c and 6,000c. Frank loots 2 vibro-swords and Oliver loots 1 vibro sword.