On the Move

[tim_drake_robin]

The key to guerrilla warfare was mobility, a small unit size, tactical target selection and of course intelligence

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[bluebeetle3]

Flying high over the city, Scarab surveys the damage, shaking his head in disbelief. Fires everywhere, strange structures being erected towards the center of the city, zombified hordes swarming through the feet like so many angry insects. All the radio and TV signals were giving the same message. Some sort of math problem, the instant the first few syllables were uttered, the suit shut down the recievers, blurting out, "DANGER: OMEGA-PLUS LEVEL THREAT! MALEDIETIES DETECTED, ANTI-LIFE DETECTED! TURN BACK, RETREAT

[i_am_bane]

"You've certainly picked an auspicious time to visit Gotham, joven." Bane said casually, not seemingly affected by the sudden arrival of a man in a flying metal suit. "Scarab? You work with the Blue Beetle, no?"

[bluebeetle3]

"Um, Sometimes, my scarab and his are really similar. We have worked together a few times." Jaime said, looking at the positively gargauntuan man in front of him. "You're ... Bane, right?"

[i_am_bane]

"Si, yo soy Bane." Years ago he would have demonstrated pride and perhaps arrogance in announcing himself, but there was neither in Bane's tone now.

'How time changes things.' he mused to himself. Out loud he speaks to Jaime. "I encountered the Beetle some time ago. Afterwards, I found myself in my current..situation."

Bane sees a look of concern begin to appear on Scarab's face.

"Peace, joven. I hold no grudge against him. I have long since rid myself of a childish need for vengeance."

[bluebeetle3]

"We'll, that's good to know." Jaime said with a nod. "Well, I've been flying around, and things are bad, I mean really bad! There's something going on in the center of the city, near the Kubrik district. I don't know what though." He said, turning from Bane, to Robin, to Superboy, and back to Bane.

[i_am_bane]

"Long story, in a nutshell: Darkseid controls roughly 75% of the city's population." Bane turns to Robin. "It's as Godfrey said, but if the effect becomes stronger the closer we get..how will we retain our free will?"

[tim_drake_robin]

"Scarab, glad to have you with us. "
Robin's tone is about as business-like as the Bat, but there is a subtle suggestion of relief mixed in as well.

He sizes up the cobalt blue superhero and considers.

"Does that armor have any ability to screen out telepathic influence? Maybe something similar to a psi white noise generator? Darkseid is implementing some kind of conceptual mind control virus. It's communicated through perception but seems to have a power source component as well. We need to get under the Kubric district to disable the generator, but risk being overcome without some kind of defense."

[bluebeetle3]

"The suit's been filtering that stuff out from me, but I don't know if it can shield you guys too, I'll find out." Scarab replied. Holy crap, Robin was not only happy to see him but was asking for help. It's like Michael Jordan asking for help at basketball. No time for geeking out though. "Armor, is there anyway you could protect them, something like he said?" The suit responded with whistling and beeping, sounding almost R2D2 like. "It can, but only for a two-block radius, and I won't be able to make any energy constructs." Scarab says, "I can make the perimeter smaller, and have more combat ability, or give you guys free range, and be less powerful."

[tim_drake_robin]

He's seen his share of alien tech, but Sacarb's armor remains fascinating

[bluebeetle3]

"Sounds fine to me." Scarab said, and the pincers on his back began to glow with an electric-like pulse. The glow expanded, creating a glowing blue field around them, that gradually faded out of visibility. "That ... should do it." Scarab said, a little strain in his voice. "This should hold for a while."

[uncommon_sensei]

"I'll fight the assassin to the best of my ability. Whether alone or aided."

[shiva_wusan]

"We shall fight him."

Shiva glances toward Dragon and then the Robin. When it comes to the perpetrators of this chaos, she's going to be a lot less restrained with that whole 'no killing' idea.