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Because of course he immediately plays to the meta. Frankly I'm surprised that he hasn't been following OL sightings all week.
What make you think he hasn't?
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Because of course he immediately plays to the meta. Frankly I'm surprised that he hasn't been following OL sightings all week.
OL covered that in this chapter; if something goes badly wrong he'll either call the exercise off or handle it himself (presumably while using the bracers to inform the League of this fact).Nice.
Bets on what will go horribly wrong while everyone still believes it's part of the game?
That's.. not.. quite what I said.As Zoat stated (last week?) this scenario is supposed to end with
the Justice League winning, but with half of them "dead" and a large portion of the world destroyed.
Close enough. I may have exaggerated.The League win, but with several members 'dead' and significant damage done to the planet.
I will give an applause if he can make the YJ more competent than the JLA cartoon one.
To be fair the women in question only disappeared for a few hours a day (which they forgot) and were otherwise normal. And there were only... Five of them?I mean, in an episode of JLU, almost every female member was successfully mind-controlled for what seems like longer than a few days, including Wonder Woman, so clearly they're also dropping the ball a bit in terms of security checks. The Earth-12 League will at least be upgrading their competence in this story thanks to consulting their iteration of the SI (and in Doylist terms, being written by Mr Zoat and not by writers subjected to the practical and logistical concerns of writing for a long-running cartoon).
Not just HAM, he's metagaming it by trying to figure out who OL talked to to set it up, totally awesome.
I mean, in an episode of JLU, almost every female member was successfully mind-controlled for what seems like longer than a few days, including Wonder Woman, so clearly they're also dropping the ball a bit in terms of security checks. The Earth-12 League will at least be upgrading their competence in this story thanks to consulting their iteration of the SI (and in Doylist terms, being written by Mr Zoat and not by writers subjected to the practical and logistical concerns of writing for a long-running cartoon).
I think it's obligatory to post this in this sort of situation:Any questions?"
"Yeah." John Stewart frowns as he straps his bracer on. "Who are we up against?"
"You don't know. But I suggest trying to find out at the earliest opportunity." I pull a Bleed fracture pulse transceiver out of subspace and activate it, signalling to the 'boss' that we're about to start.
"Three, two-"
Batman's already out of his chair, calling up crime reports and sightings of me for the last week.
"-one, go."
Thank you.
*though instead of throughNothing much happening on the streets, through a couple of people spotted him and waved.
Oh-ho, a non-OL update? I suppose it's necessary to provide on-the-ground perspective.Ollienervouslyconfidently checked his surroundings once more before stepping out from behind the aircon unit andtiptoeingstriding purposefully towards the next building.
Good summary of the initial plan. Unfortunately, it doesn't account for the possibility of a Leaguer dying... No, knowing Batman, it probably does.Yeah, okay. He was a big enough guy to admit that after last year's report cards he wanted to put in a good performance. And he figured that Paul was probably… Probably above deciding to break his own rules to prove his score right. But it wasn't like he ever fooled himself into thinking that he could handle the same sort of punishment some of the big guys and gals on the League could. And Paul did seem like the kind to treat everyone 'fairly'.
Bats was still on the Watchtower, going through every bit of info he could get his hands on with J'onn and Kater. He'd told everyone else to head home and 'be ready', because the easiest way to get data would be for someone to walk into an attack Paul's 'Villain Team' had set up. He wondered for a moment whether there actually was a villain team, or if he'd.. just.. gotten...
'Arte'? Not ringing a bell. No, wait! Artemis. Took a second.
Goes to show, Ollie isn't a complete idiot. He is actually a smart guy (having created most of his own trick arrows,) he's just never applied it much.He checked the quiet-sounding rooftops and streets of Star City once again, trying to remember if there'd been anything off about the way she'd been acting lately. No, no, nothing… Stuck out. But Paul knew a whole lot of people, so it probably wasn't the team. If only because the whole League actually knew stuff about the team and there's no way Paul would give anyone an edge like that.
Huh. Okay. Whoever the boss bad guy was, he wasn't going to be able to just… Teleport a whole gang to anywhere, right? Teleporters like that took a whole lot of power. Icon did a lecture on it that one time. Easy enough to power someplace like where he came from, not so easy on Earth. And if Paul knew anyone with a power source like that, he'd… Heh. He'd have already dragged them to KordTech.
Properly paranoid, too. Looks like Ollie's taken a lot of OL's criticisms to heart.Nothing much happening on the streets, through a couple of people spotted him and waved. He waved backdistractedlywarmly, without losing any of his hawk-like concentration. Nothing sneaking up on-
He reached back and took the goggles Roy got him off the clip on his quiver and held them up to his eyes.
-him.
Ah, quest hook engaged. Let's see how he handles it.Another check, and no problem. Roy was pretty clear that there was some stuff it wouldn't show, but it was supposed to see through most types of invisibility tech. Nothing invisible, nothing-.
His communicator chimes, and he raises his right arm to press the 'respond' button.
"Green Arrow. Go."
"There's a break-in in progress in the Platinum Flats district."
Good point. Just because OL's running an exercise doesn't mean the crooks have taken the night off.He instinctively glances in that direction as Batman gives him the address. No sirens yet…
"Is it him?"
"Does it matter?"
Yeah, knowing it's coming isn't going to help him be ready for it, regardless. I find it nice that he's not concerned about local thugs at all.Well… Kinda.
He starts running, plotting the route across the rooftops which will get him there fastest. He may not be Batman -and Star City sure isn't Gotham- but he's been patrolling around here long enough to know his way around. If this is some random thief trying to make his Saturday morning a little lively, then this is going to be a cinch. If it's something Paul set up, then there's going to be more to it than that. Which could happen anyway, but it's guaranteed now.
Of course, it would be rude to involve someone without permission. Also likely to be illegal, and OL doesn't want the League getting sued."Any progress working out what he's up to?"
"He visited a wide variety of tech companies, as well as government and military officials and people publically known to be associated with League members. Presumably, he sought their permission to involve them in today's events."
And they're still looking for the easy cheat. No way OL would make it so easy."That narrow it down at all?"
"Not enough to tell me what the plan is. The range of technologies these companies are working with is too large for me to be able to narrow it down."
"No ideas at all?"
That depends on what you mean by actual... Well, we know what he means."I suspect that Orange Lantern will attempt to create a narrative of escalating intensity, but we can't rely on it. He's set this up so that even he can't predict exactly what will happen."
So a guy who once turned the moon around can't exactly predict what the villain-.
"You don't think he got an actual villain, do you?"
I like that that's enough to shake him a little."The location of each of his known criminal associates has been accounted for. Except for the Sivana family."
Henearly misseseffortlessly makes a jump.
So only Thaddeus Senior is classified as 'mad'? How amusing."Sivana? Marvel's mad scientist?"
"Three members of the family are completely sane. And the younger children have never been independently psychologically assessed."
"That's reassuring. Okay, you get back to it. I'll let you know when I'm there."
I doubt the challenges are specifically tailored for group or single. I expect all manner of contingencies."Remember to try and recover any evidence you can. This will be part of something bigger."
"Got it, Bats. Green Arrow out."
Hm. Canary or Red around? Because if Paul set up a challenge for the three of them and there was only one…
Ha, familiar turf, I think?"Green Arrow to Pretty Bird. You wouldn't be anywhere near-" And roll "-Platinum Heights, would you?"
"Black Canary to Robin Hood, no, I'm in Gotham."
Someone had to cover for Bats. "You drew the short straw?"
So long? That means he got started in what, 2000?"Rock beats scissors. Roy's in Middleton. Looks like you're going to have to handle whatever this is on your own."
"I've been doing this eleven years. I think I can handle a break-in."
So close, and yet so far. I expect he'll get extra paranoid when he takes down some mookbots."Ollie… If Orange Lantern has decided to throw something big at you, just pull back-."
"Yeah, I remember Ivo's and.. roid..."
…
No. No, he wouldn't.
Ah, DC. Painfully generic company names to avoid ticking off any real businesses... It even sounds shady."Ollie?"
Would he?
"I was just-. Yeah, I got it." The computer strapped to his arm bleeps, and he sees that the silent alarm has just been forwarded to him. The company wasn't one he recognised. Consolidated Applied Sciences, which… Could mean anything.
Good to see he's choosing to play by the rules. After all, what reason would he have to check ahead? Besides the silent alarm...Which meant that Paul could justify the villain team finding just about anything there.
He could phone the manager and 'check' that Paul got permission to use the place. But.. that would kinda be cheatingand a sign of desperation. Okay, the building is a little way that way, but-.
Good to see his experience kicking in. He's probably seen this a hundred times.He stops behind the roofline, ducking down as he sees what he assumed to be a lookout on one of the nearby buildings.
Okay, yeah, that makes sense. A few guards on the outside, ready to call down if they spot something. And they probably report in regularly so knocking them before they can say anything isn't gunna cut it. Need to find out exactly how many there are, then pull off some quick indirect shots…
Oh, is he in for a surprise...He winced. Those were never easy. But it was doable.
He takes another quick look. No, no gas mask. A near miss with one of the stronger mixes would work fine. Try to be close to one to pick up their radio, try and work out how well organised they were. And he was also kinda interested in who Paul roped into doing this.
Now, did the lookout spot him or not...He worked his way across the roof, careful to stay out of sight before dropping down a fire escape and heading around the block in an approximate circle around the CAS building. Tricky, but definitely doable.
As he spotted a second lookout he couldn't help but wonder if he was missing something.
Thank you, corrected.
Darn it. The wiki misspells his name on the timeline.
No comment on the infamous Dead Cat Arrow.Goes to show, Ollie isn't a complete idiot. He is actually a smart guy (having created most of his own trick arrows,) he's just never applied it much.
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Is it Platinum Flats or Platinum Heights? The two are rather distinct."There's a break-in in progress in the Platinum Flats district."
"Green Arrow to Pretty Bird. You wouldn't be anywhere near-" And roll "-Platinum Heights, would you?"
Thank you, corrected.Is it Platinum Flats or Platinum Hieghts? The two are rather distinct.
Plus, in this fic OL has already introduced to the public an open source power source capable of powering a city. String a couple of those together and you can power a teleporter. Plus... they know the Sivanas are involved, and they know they can teleport.Funny how Olie though his way to the usefulness of a teleporter in this scenario and dismissed it because earth doesn't have the power generation to hook one of those to the power grid without causing a blackout.
Earth is bullshit Olie.
Plus, in this fic OL has already introduced to the public an open source power source capable of powering a city. String a couple of those together and you can power a teleporter. Plus... they know the Sivanas are involved, and they know they can teleport.