Once More Without Feeling - Prog 4 - Autographs, Junk Mail and a Level 7 Pshycic Event

A Judge Dredd RPG session using my homebrew version of the Savage Dredd playset for Savage Worlds.  Play was IRL at Dragons Keep Roleplay Club in South East London.

As the Judges exit Shady Acres a nine tear old girl runs up to them clutching a doll and a book, she thrusts the book into their faces and she 

"Can you sign my book please Judges, I got to collect you all!"

Sure enough as Cross leafs through the pages he can see the names of many of his colleagues both past and present.  He notices that the early pages of the book have quite a lot of symbols scrawled next to the names.  Judge Shenandoah, a car and and a skull, Judge Blomsky a knife and a skull, Judge Krush a big question mark.  He briefly contemplates that this is some sort of murder book, but then realises that the girl is only nine years old.  Leafing to the front of the book there's an inscription.

This book belongs to Lucy Scoggins Age 8 If found return to 666-67 Ozzy Apts.

"Lucy Scoggins, I presume" says Cross, looking over at the towering and imposing black edifice that is the nearby Ozzy Apts.  "What are you doing here so far from Home"

"Visiting Nanny Scroggins Judge.  Mum left Pete and I in the playground, but then I saw your bikes and I knew I could get some new names for my autograph book.  You can put your name right their with my special glitter pen".

In the interests of Justice Department community relations Judges Ripley and Cross sign Lucy's book. 

++ INCOMING CALL FROM DR K.LAW, TUSK INDUSTRIES ++ 

"Judges, I've isolated some rogue code that appears to have piggybacked on the Tusk Industries update transmission, used it as a carrier wave to inject into the vending machine when the firewall dropped.  Can't have been transmitted from very far away.  Very sophisticated."

Mint and Ripley come to the same conclusion.  

"A droid hacker, someone with a grudge against Tusk Industries, an ex-employee perhaps someone they recently fired.  Does anyone fit the bill Doctor?" 

"You'll have to talk to HR, It's really not my area of expertise.  Patching you through"

After a few minutes of The Girl from Ipanema, a droid in a monotone disaffected voice answers,

"Human Resources, You're talking to Call Me Hermione,  how can I help?"  

When quizzed about a list of firings and disgruntled employees Hermione tells the Judges that they are very selective in their hiring processes and everyone at Tusk Industries is very happy to work their.  This means that they have not had to fire anyone in years.  Mr Tusk takes great pride in the extremely low turnover of staff, in fact he often refers to it as a cradle to grave company.

"What about people who have recently left the company for any reason."

A short list of names scroll past the Judges eyes.  

"Bestman, Alfred Sr, says he retired 6 months ago." 

"Yes, Mr Bestman senior was Doctor Law's most capable assistant, he left after a very distinguished career. But his son Alfred Jr. continues his work.  A model employee, he really earned his retirement and has a "

"Lets pay a visit to Bestman, Barney says he's registered to Shady Acres.  Too close for comfort in my book" says Ripley. 

The Judges mount up and gun their bikes towards the Megway.

Bestman's Apartment

Knocking on the door to Alfred Bestman's apartment gets no response so Binksy inserts his Justice Department skeleton key in the lock and shouts through the Door

"Justice Department Raid, we're coming in, hands where I can see 'em"  

The door doesn't budge and it takes a few shoulder barges to push away the mountain of junk mail that blocks the doorway.

The apartment is completely empty of any furniture or signs of life.  A droid sits in the corner of the living room on standby.  It's grubby name tag reads CALL ME SHREDDY.  

Judge Mint turns the droid on.  With a whirr he powers up and immediately wheels over to the pile of circulars and junk mail on the floor,  He grabs a handful of flyers and stuffs them into his mouth.  A hideous grinding sound ensues and then he rolls over to the wall mounted RESYK chute and spews the contents through its open door.   

"Wow that was some good eating" as he turns to face the door he notices the Judges.  "Hey you're not my owner what are you doing in here?"  

The Judges explain and Call Me Shreddy agrees to co-operate.  He's been on standby power for 3 months according to his internal clock and he shows the Judges his last recorded video feed.

It shows a hooded figure bending down to leaf through the mail pick out a few items and then leave.

"It's been like this for years he says.  My owner comes and picks up his mail and I get to eat the rest, yum,yum" 

Binksy looks the droid in the camera lens, 

Okay Shreddy, we're going to deputize you as an official Justice Department informer.  As soon as your owner come through that door, you need to send me a message." 

The Judges leave and resume their patrol duties which includes a tour of the nearby Trump Tower parking lot, a popular spot for storing stolen vehicles.

They spend half an hour meticulously scanning the registrations of the parked vehicles and slowly make their way to the kerbside when suddenly a crowd of screaming citizens pours out of the doors of the Mega Mega Mart.  

Slime Time at the Mega Mart

The terrified citizens pour out of the Mega Mega Mart, their skin turning green and sloughing off their bodies as they run.  Several run towards the Judges and reach out for help.  The Judges respond in the only way their training allows... Neutralize the threat with GP rounds.

One lucky victim park his minivan nearby and managed to start the vehicle.  His foot falls off onto the accelerator and the vehicle careens towards Judge Binksy's bike.  With it's characteristic HWUMP, the Cyclops laser fires length ways through the vehicle turning it's motor and driver into a pile of steaming slag.  Ripley is overwhelmed by one citizen and brought to the floor, the green goo falling off her assailant burning through her uniform.

Mint, Cross and Law take on the assailants at a distance with carefully placed shots whilst Binksy lets his daystick do the talking.  As the fracas ensues it is apparent that these poor citizens are inflating like balloons.  The merest scratch puncturing their flesh and they explode showering the vicinity in green goo.

It is then that they notice another figure, a corpulent green gargantuan stalking through the doors.  His body adorned with corrupted versions of Judge regalia; a helmet that looks like a recycled dustbin, shoulder pads which were once a manhole cover and a park bench and a road sign for a badge with the name TOXIC scratched across it.

Binksy squares off at point blank range and fires several AP rounds into the creature.  it bats him away like a rag doll.  Mint fires and hits.  The creature looks wounded and with a blue flash he is gone.  Instantly the hapless citizens infected with the green goo solidify into a brown dust and blow away on the breeze.

 Another Level 7 Psychic Event

The Judges call it in and it is not long before the Psi Squad arrive with a Med Tek team who attend to Judge Ripley's burns.  Judge Eldritch strides purposefully across to Mint and Cross.

"Twice in one week boys, this is beginning to look suspicious.  From what you described, this is definitely not supernatural.  Someone has opened a psychic link to another dimension and I don't like it!   

Go into the Mega Mart and see what you can find.  We'll bag the evidence and inform the victims next of kin.  Ripley needs medical attention so get her in a Heal-o-mat, pronto!." 

The Judges scab the supermarket for survivors and only locate several piles of dust.  Law stoops down and bags a sample of the yellow brown dust "Let's see what forensics makes of this"

They proceed through a vinyl curtain into the back of the store and locate the managers office.  The light is on and the Judges proceed cautiously.

"Come out with your hands where I can see them!"

A whimpering figure emerges wearing a name badge which reads Aldous Schultz - Manager.

Mr Schultz explains that he watched the whole thing from his office via the CCTV system.  The extradimensional perp appeared in the synthi flakes aisle, his transdimensional bubble vapourising tasty breakfast treats and plas-steel shelving.  Several store clerks and innocent shoppers ran for cover but they were infected by his green slimey touch within seconds.  As they fled they infected others leaving a path of destruction in their wake.   

The Judges return to the Sector House to get cleaned up and check on Ripley.

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Once More Without Feeling - Prog 3 - Tusk, Klaw and Brick Top

A Judge Dredd RPG session using my homebrew version of the Savage Dredd playset for Savage Worlds. Play occurred IRL at Dragons Keep Roleplay Club, South East London.

Morning Briefing

The ever irascible Judge Plisken stands behind the podium and seems particularly grumpy as he addresses the morning shift

"We had another Kaiju Attack in Sector 7 yesterday, this time it was an ore refinery.  317 confirmed dead and billions of creds worth of damage not to mention the loss of productivity.  Still no clue as to where these attacks are coming from, who's responsible or what they want.  Keep your eyes peeled at 200 storeys high it shouldn't be hard to spot.

A quiet night but we still lost 3 good Judges, there's some block to block tension brewing in 55 and I want it crushed, so take no nonsense from citizens and come down hard.

We have some noticeable absences today, 5 Tek Judges are off sick with food poisoning, Judge Pike says someone left a Burrito Vending Machine in the Motor Pool and it's a long way to the cafeteria.  Cross and Mint, I thought I told you to get that thing out of my Sector House!! Take it back to Tusk Industries, I want answers now!!  Take Binksy, Law and Ripley and move!!"    

A Trip to Tusk Industries

In the motor pool the Judges requisitioned an H-Wagon Transport and loaded their bikes and the vending machine.  Law complained that there was a hard lumpy spot on his seat, the bike computer responded that it was 99.7% functional, well within parameters and that the faults were logged and scheduled for the next maintenance window.  Judge Pike was supposed to fix the faults last night but had unexpectedly fallen ill after consuming a burrito.

The H-Wagon dusts off and 30 minutes later they are circling over the rooftop H-Pad of Tusk Industries.  As they disembark they are met by a functionary, Peter Purfick, who greets them and asks what he can do to help.  He leads them down through the building to speak with the head of Research and Development Doctor Klaus Law.  Walking across I high level gantry they pass over what looks like a block war in progress.  Faceless humanoid robots take up firing positions and are shooting at a Synthi Joe vending machine stationed outside a mock up of an Ugly Clinic.

"Battle Simulations, that takes me back" says Call me Manuel

Dr K Law

Entering the R&D Lab they are greeted by Dr. Law, who is working on a humanoid battle.  

"Ah Judges, its truly an honour, I don't get many visitors in my lab, so much work and such little time.  How can I help the Justice Department today?"

Cross and Mint explain the events of last evening and present Call Me Manuel.

"A Murderer you say... Well, let's take a look in that positronic brain of yours Manuel, Hop into Diagnosis Bay 3 if you wouldn't mind."

Manuel dutifully complies and within minutes he is hooked up to an array of sensors, his insides laid bare.  Slightly embarrased he asks if anyone would like a burrito.

Dr Law explains that it will be some time before he has a diagnosis but he is confident that he will be able to pull all of Manuel's CCTV and see what happened to him during his scheduled update.  

"I've got my Best man on the job, please let me introduce Alfred Bestman Jr." 

He will contact the Judges when he has more information.

++BLOCK FIRE REPORTED AT SHADY ACRES ++ IMMEDIATE RESPONSE REQUIRED ++

The Judges tell their bikes to meet them at the front entrance and they depart with haste.

Arriving at Shady Acres Retirement Block they receive a call from Fire Judge McGinty 

"The blaze is out, no casualties but the floor was cleared just in case.  Meet Penny Peel, Block Security warden at 227-302, looks like arson to me boys"

The Judges leave their bikes in a designated Judge Parking zone at the 200 Level Plaza and take the elevator up to 227.  Ms Peel, one of the blocks internal security detail, is waiting for them outside the apartment which is sealed off with hazard tape.  The apartment has been completely destroyed by the fire and melted drums and burned boxes litter the scene.  In one corner stands what looks like an old printing press, it's cast synthi steel frame  barely recogniseable in its melted state. 

Cross starts rummaging around through the burned remains of the apartment and Binksy says he's going to tour the floor and see if there's any other evidence. 

A heavy fog of smoke clings to the ceiling and Binksy drops his respirator just in case.  It is not long before he spots a fragment of a torn poster hanging from the wall.  

Back in the apartment, Cross discovers a partially melted box pull of large felt tip pens.  

Binksy returns 

"It's an Illegal Gambling Ring, I don't know what the attraction is but these oldster can't resist a Bingo Night!"

The Judges question Ms Peel but she has only been working here for about a year and Mr Top said it was all just for fun and in the spirit of community cohesion so she turned a blind eye.  And everyone loves Bingo at Shady Acres.  

 "Who is this Mr Top?" questions Judge Ripley

Penny Peel explains that Mr Brian Top is the chairman of the residents committee.  

"Everyone loves Mr Top, he's a really good organiser and a pillar of the community, in fact he often says that he built this community Brick by Brick.  He lives in one of the penthouse suites on floor 700, but you won't be able to talk to him without an appointment not at this time of the morning."

"I've got a badge that says I don't need an appointment" says Judge Law, "We'll deal with you later"

The Judges leave Peel at the apartment and head up to Floor 700.

The elevator doors open on a very well decorated corridor with apartment doors on each side with tastefully placed potted aspidistras.  At the end of the corridor stands a set of synthi-walnut double doors and in front of it a pair of oldsters sitting on simple metal chairs.  As the judges approach they stand up in quite defensive poses.  "What do you want Judges?"

"We want to talk to your Boss!" says Mint

"I'm afraid Mr Top is currently unavailable as he hasn't had his breakfast yet.  I suggest that you come back later" says one of the oldsters brandishing his walking stick.

"Your under arrest for obstructing Justice" says Binksy and swings his daystick at the oldster.  The oldster parries and Binksy's daystick bends as it hits the walking stick.

The unmistakable sound of linear actuators heralds the reveal of two sentry gun emplacements which drop from the corridor's ceiling, they open fire.  A hail of bullets showers the corridor as the Judges with their superior reflexes and years of training dodge from the volley of lead.  The oldsters take a few hits but seem unperturbed.  As the gunsmoke clears the unmistakable hallmarks of cybernetic enhancements gleam through the oldsters shredded flesh.  

"Take out those guns!" shouts Ripley hurling a smoke grenade down the corridor.  The Judges visors instantly switch to IR targeting mode and shapes appear in their HUD.  

Cross runs down the corridor and leaps off one of the nearby aspidistra plants grabbing the sentry gun in the process.  As it fires it shoots the other sentry gun to bits and blows a hole in the opposite wall.  The mount for the gun gives way under the additional weight of a fully armed and armoured judge and the pair crash to the ground.  The gun continues to fire cutting down the two elderly guards.

At this point the doors open to reveal Mr Brian Top still seated in his Mk14 Spiderchair with a bowl of synthi flakes in his lap.  

"No-one disturbs Brick Top's breakfast" he bawls and opens fire from the chair's four stub guns.  A volley of shots from Lawgivers settle the matter.

"Shady Acres needs a new Residents Committee Chair!!"

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Once More Without Feeling - Prog2 - Dunkin Frogs Legs

A Judge Dredd RPG session using my homebrew version of the Savage Dredd playset for Savage Worlds.

Dunkin Frogs Legs 

It's 1am on a rainy Friday night as Judges Mint and Cross observe a trickle of late night revellers returning to Thatcher Towers from the nearby Super Doopy Hyper Loopy station.  One character catches their eye as he surfs the crowd before ducking into an alley.  The Judges dismount and follow their intuition and their suspect into the darkness.

The dark alley is short and opens into a large square dominated by a wall of trash piled up at the far end.  A manhole cover partially covers a drain in the center of the square.  They investigate, but the smell is overpowering and they decide to try other avenues first.  

Pulling out their Lawgivers they scan the area with their IR sights and find a heat bloom at the bottom of the trash pile.  Further close investigation reveals a secret door leading into what looks like a short tunnel carved out of the trash.  traversing the tunnel they enter into a small room with a table and chairs looking like a kitchen.  Sitting at the table is a middle aged citizen who offers them a cup of sythi joe. 

He identifies as Bernie "Fast Fingers" Hilliard, a recidivist dunker with a long arrest record.  Bernie explains that he wasn't pick pocketing he was just acquiring lost property in advance of returning it to their grateful owners who in many cases are so grateful that they will gladly offer him a few creds as a finders fee.  He then proceeds to give the Judges a sob story about how his wife left him during his last 5 stretch in the iso-cubes and he decided to build himself this hovel in the trash rather than return to his apartment which holds too many bad memories for him.  Cross and Mint tell him that there is no excuse for lawlessness and escort him to a holding post in the street.

The radio crackles 

++DISTURBANCE AT THATCHER TOWERS PLAZA NORTH LVL 300 - MULTIPLE CASUALTIES REPORTED - PRIORITY 1 ++ 

Cross and Mint are the closest units and gun their bikes down the pedway towards the plaza.

A grim sight meets them on arrival.  Approximately 30 or so citizens with varying degrees of injuries litter the Plaza entrance.  Most suffering from critical injuries to their extremities, dismemberments and fatalities due to severe blood loss.  The Judges immediately confront the nearest citizen who they recognise as local celebrity Two Ton Tony Tubbs voraciously consuming a human leg.  A man dressed in a mime costume is crawling away from Tony leaving a bloody trail behind him.  

"Pass me another of that frog's legs they're bloomin delicious"

says Tony.  

The Judges call in the incident and request immediate Medical Support and a Resyk Meat Wagon.

Another citizen is sitting on a plaza bench gnawing off the fingers of her left hand.  When interviewed she explains that there was a flash of blue light and this fattie appeared he commanded them all to eat and then with another blue flash disappeared.  She couldn't resist and started to eat her own fingers which is most troubling because she has a successfull career as a left hand model.  She begins to cry whilst still nibbling at the bloody stumps that used to be the cornerstone of her career.

The Judges report this new information and Despatch retorts 

++PSI SQUAD INBOUND - CASE TRANSFERRED TO PSI JUDGE ELDRITCH++ 

The Judges cuff the living and give what first aid they can until the MedTeks and PSi Squad arrive.

Eldritch is visibly shaken as she emerges from an H-Wagon, her team of scanners and precogs set to work surveying the scene.  As she approaches the Judges she updates despatch.

"Eldritch on scene and confirmed, it's a Level 7 Psychic Event with trans-dimensional hallmarks alright, get me a clean up crew stat!!"

She looks at Cross and Mint's badges 

"Cross, Mint, good work boys.  I'll take it from here, this is a Level 7 Psychic Event and my team will need some space to work.  We've got a crowd gathering and I don't want them disturbing any evidence"

As she turns to consult a member of her team, Cross and Mint proceed towards the onlookers.  

    "Nothing to See here! Return to your homes!!"   

After a hard shift Cross and Mint return to the sector house.  Heading to the Booking Hall their path is blocked by a Burrito Vending Machine.  It greets the Judges in a jovial if anxious tone explaining that his name is Call Me Manuel, a vending machine stationed near Amundsen & Abba Apts and it has taken him two days to trundle here to hand himself in as a murderer!!

A cursory examination of the machine shows that a twisted and contorted corpse still resides inside the vending machine.

At this point Judge Plisken arrives and shouts at the pair

"Get that vending machine out of my Sector House and get that body to RESYK"

The pair extricate the body of the male citizen and discover that his cred stick is still in the machine's cash slot which confirms the identity of the body as Spunge Wortle a 26 year old male citizen from Amundsen & Abba Apts.  His rap sheet shows no arrests for criminal damage or tampering and his cred stick shows sufficient balance to purchase a burrito.

The machine explains that he had a software update a coupe of days ago and when he rebooted his internal sensors detected a foreign body in his mechanism.  Without any other data his programming must assume that he has in some way killed this poor unfortunate hungry citizen.

"Would you like a burrito?"

The pair are at the end of their shift so decide to grab a lift pallet and take it down to the Motor Pool, they will deal with the mess in the morning.

 "Are you sure you wouldn't like a burrito? They're really good" 

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Once More Without Feeling - Prog1 - Full Eagle Day

A Judge Dredd RPG session using my homebrew version of the Savage Dredd playset for Savage Worlds.

Prog 1 - Full Eagle Day

The final exam for a cadet is to spend a day on the streets in the company of a supervising Judge who will determine whether they are fit for service as a Judge and can be badged up to wear the Full Eagle shoulder pad.

Cadet Judges attend their first briefing in briefing room 3A.  Judge Plisken a veteran Judge and Watch Commander delivers the briefing.

"A Shipment of Boing!™ was hijacked on its way to the Sector 55 Palais De Boing in Thatcher Tower last night. be on the lookout for juves with illegal cans and a reminder that illegal boinging is a serious offence and use of deadly force to protect innocent lives is authorised. 

Reports are coming in from sector 237 that an unidentified Kaiju Mecha attack at an industrial facility manufacturing Choo2 the fuel of the future.  Facility destroyed and 273 confirmed dead and rising.  Judges being pulled from neighbouring sectors to lend a hand so expect delays if you are calling in for support  

Today is Full Eagle Day for our latest crop of Cadet Judges.  I've assigned you to Crowd control at the Zooty Slute's Suits You Two store on Melania Boulevarde, Trump Tower.  Report to Citizens Slute and Floot at 10am for the grand opening.

Night Shift reports 7 Judge fatalities last night.  We're not gonna lose the sector on my watch so be careful out there and stay frosty.  Cadets, I'll see the survivors at the end of your shift."  

The cadets and their chaperones head to the Motor Pool to pick up their rides.

On their way to Trump Tower traveling down Meg 356 they spot a red convertible (J1FF1EE) doing 59 in a 60 lane, a slow driver.  This is a clear violation of the traffic laws and warrants an intervention.  After much dialogue with Barney, the cities municipal computer, the cadets shut down 3 lanes of traffic and the vehicle is pulled over to the hard shoulder.  Under the watchful eyes of their supervisor Judges, the cadets proceed to interrogate the driver and his young female passenger.

His ID is confirmed as the owner of the vehicle Bertram J Smalls, a sales executive at Emphatically Yess,  Despite his protestations that his lawyer will "have him out in minutes", the cadets sentence him to 5 years for a catalogue of minor traffic violations and failure to comply with a Judges direct order.  His passenger is his daughter Phoebe Waller-Smalls,  who whilst still a juvenile gets a 10 minute trip to the smokatorium for illegal smoking. 

Arriving at upmarket gentleman's outfitters Zooty Slutes Suits You Two, the Judges are immediately pressed into crowd control.  When the ribbon cutting ceremony concludes there is an immediate stampede for the entrance and one citizen, Two Ton Tony Tubbs (retired championship eater and celebrity fattie), gets stuck in the doorway causing the crowd to panic that they won't be able to enter the store.  Another well meaning citizen, Mike Chimp (a tri-d action hero), is on hand to help revealing his trademark hand grenade and uttering his catchphrase "This monkey means business!".  

This causes the crowd to panic and a few bystanders get pushed onto the boulevard from the pavement.  A passing hover taxi veers across the road to avoid a collision with the jaywalkers and crashes into a holding post on the opposite side of the street killing the driver and seriously injuring its Juve passenger, nine year old Perry Tratchett, who receives a serious head injury and concussion and his mother June Tratchett suffers a broken arm.  

The cadets call in a RESYK Meat Wagon and a fire crew to remove the wrecked taxi and its driver.  The injured boy and his mother are airlifted by MedTeks to the Trump Towers Med Centre for treatment.   

--- UPDATE ---

The cadets all failed their evaluation with citations against them for failure to notice a crime in progress, inaction and hesitation, failure to kanow the law and a cavalcade of other minor demerits.

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Meanwhile in Mega City 1 - Prog 5: A Cloning Conundrum

 

Meanwhile in Mega City One is a roleplaying game which takes place every Friday Night at Dragons Keep Roleplay Club in Chislehurst, South East London. 

Cast

• Judge Cully - A no-nonsense female street judge with a penchant for heavy weapons - Kat
• Judge Krush - A hard as nails street judge who goes by the book - Steve
• Judge Swiss - A rookie street Judge - Alex
  
• Psi Judge Pike - A Psi Division rookie Judge - Conor
  

Seven Young Problems

Confronted by seven vulnerable young girls Judge Cully does not call it in.  She tells the kids to be quiet and stay hidden.  She then returns to the patrol and tells them that the stairs led to a lab whihc was destroyed.

Pike calls in a meatwagon to bag the perp and they head off to follow up on their other cloning lead Dr Steve Ein.

The Ein Residence - Stallone Block

At 1800 hrs they find themselves outside the door of apartment 118-1.  Swiss knocks on the door and Dr Ein lets them in.  Krush immediately starts scanning the apartment for drugs and guns.  Pike checks out the nearest door which opens into a walkin closet.  Swiss and Cully interrogate Ein.

Dr Ein is a very cooperative citizen and tells them that since being released from the isocubes he has not been contacted by anyone to undertake any cloning work.  He has done some freelancing for Prof. Ose over at the Felix labs where his knowledge of the Quantum Recombinator 3000 was useful in synthesising some Pineapple DNA but other than that he has been largely unemployed.  He offers up a couple of names Dr Hideki Pho and Danish Tokopi who would have been able to clone a cat.  Pho died a few months back when he cloned a wooly mammoth which then stepped on him.  His assistant Tokopi was arrested and is currently in the isocubes doing a long stretch.  Funny thing is that the mammoth was only supposed to be 8 inches tall not 8 metres tall.  It survives in the Alien Zoo and is apparently quite the attraction.

He asks who gave you his name and proceeds to go on quite the rant about Dr Rank's abilities in the field and how he would clone his own grandmother if there was a cred in it.  

Satisfied that there is nothing of interest in the closet Pike proceeds to mind read Dr Ein and confirms that he knows nothing about Miss Wildenstein or Mr Blofeldt.  His story checks out.

On the Balcony Judge Krush spots a perp liberally dousing an aprtment in Chan Block opposite with CHOO2 from a jerry-can.  The punk is wearing Cobra colours (a Stallone Block gang) and clearly this is a prescursor to a full scale Block War, so he calls it in. 

Pike proceeds to check out the upstairs rooms.  As he enters the bedroom he sees a figure dressed similarly to Dr Ein wearing a leather flying helmet clamber over the balcony balustrade and fall with a scream.

On the lower floor Krush, Cully and Swiss see a black shape fall from balcony above and dissapear out of sight.  Moments later with a woosh the figure opens his arms revealing bat wings and he floats away gracefully.  A batter.

Dr Ein comments "that that was my brother Dave, he doesn't like people and so he often goes batting when I have guests round."

Swiss checks with MAC and confirms that the residence houses two Ein Brothers. 

An H-Wagon turns up outside Chan Block.

"Put the can down punk and put your hands in the air, you are under arrest for attempted arson"

"Loose the shooter scum and we'll take you in alive"  

BANG 

"Wrong move punk"

The H-Wagon strafes the CHOO2 soaked appartment with it's cannon and it promptly explodes.  In moments it is reduced to a smouldering ruin.  Floating over to the balcony where Judge Krush stands surveying the scene, a head pops out of the commanders cupola, Judge Luminum exchanges words with Krush.  

"Good call Krush, we are seeing more activity from these gangers and expect things to get real drokkin dicey in the next couple of days."

As they wrap up their investigation and head back to the sector house a passing advertising train blares out an advertisement.

SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY, LIVE AT THE BERLUSCONI COLLISEUM, KAT KITTEN & THE POWER CONVERTERS FREE CONCERT, LAUNCHING THEIR DEBUT SINGLE --- DONT STOP BY ME NOW --- DOORS OPEN AT 3PM --- BROUGHT TO YOU BY SIMON POWERS ENTERTAINMENT

Back to the Sector House

As they roll into the motorpool Judge Belloch greets them and asks Cully and Krush how the new recruits are doing.  He also asks if they found any evidence of other people living at the Rank residence as the Forensics team suspects there were 6 or 7 people living there.  Cully says no just the one perp who they put on ice.  Belloch tells Pike that Judge Quincy is expecting them in the morgue.

Down in the morgue Judge Quincy leads a team of dedicated pathology lab full of Med Teks who are skilled in Foresensic Science.  He claims that the Wildenstein woman was attacked.  She had signs of mild strangulation possibly by a pearl necklace and that under her fingernails were skin fragments which suggest she may have scratched the face of her attacker.  It's definitely murder.

Swiss opines that maybe Wildenstein had an agent and proceeds to scour through her email records.  He comes up with a name Jerry MacGuire and the address 483-26 Trump Tower.

Cully suggests that tomorrow they go back and see what Slute and Flute have uncovered.  She retires to her dorm room and looks for possible orphanages to turn over the seven girls to.  Miss Hannigan's Home for Waifs and Stray's looks promising and is nearby in Ozzy Apts.  

BACK ISSUES

• Prog 1 - Rolling With The Rookies 
• Prog 2 - Splat Goes The Ugly
• Prog 3 - Great Balls of Fire!!
• Prog 4 - Pet Food Shenanigans? 

Meanwhile in Mega City 1 - Prog 4: Pet Food Shenanigans?

Meanwhile in Mega City One is a roleplaying game which takes place every Friday Night at Dragons Keep Roleplay Club in Chislehurst, South East London. 

Cast

• Judge Cully - A no-nonsense female street judge with a penchant for heavy weapons - Kat
• Judge Krush - A hard as nails street judge who goes by the book - Steve
• Judge Swiss - A rookie street Judge - Alex
  
• Psi Judge Pike - A Psi Division rookie Judge - Conor
  

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

The patrol spends the next two hours investigating the aftermath of the boinging attack.

Considering their possible leads in the Wildenstein murder case they:

1. Investigate Felix Pet Foods to see if there was a possible motive.
2. Go back to Sector House and
3. Go to The Jungle and interrogate the apes

Swiss contact Control and orders that Wildenstein's email accounts are sanctioned for evidence.  Felix Pet Foods is located in Elon Tusk Industrial Park A-235.  An unexpected hailstorm occurs at 15:30 lasting approximately 5 minutes. 

They arrive at the factory at 16:00 and are met by the Operations Director Victor Froome who proceeds to give them a tour.  When he hears that Miss Wildenstein is dead he is visibly moved.  Pike only reads his surface thoughts which seem to back up his body language.  When quizzed about the exact details of the prize contract, Froome confirms that the prize winner could purchase any felix cat food product for free with the presentation of an ID card for the lifetime of the cat.  The cat was subjected to a regular barrage of tests including a DNA test. 

Prof. Dexter Ose

He takes thenm up to the lab and introduces them to Prof. Dexter Ose who leads the companies R&D facilities.  Prof. Ose tells them that he personally conducted the tests on Mr.Blomfeldt.  Asked if the cat could have been cloned he says that's ridiculous, who would go to the trouble of having their pet cloned.  

Froome is excited to tell his team of crack lawyers of Miss Wildenstein's death and tells them to come up to the lab.  A few moments later a community of chimpannzees wearing suits and carrying typewriters bursts into the room.  The Judges leave but Pike and Scully suspect that Professor Ose has an ulterior motive.  

Pike contacts Control for a list of know cloners in the sector.  Moments later a list appears on his HUD.

1. Dr. Eff Rank - 571-49-Benny-Hill-Block
2. Dr. Steve Ein - 118-1-Stallone-Block
3. Prof. Xero X - Isocube
4. Dr. Hideki Pho - deceased
5. Danish Tokopi - Isocube

They decide to pay Dr. Rank a visit.

Benny Hill Block

An hour later the judges are knocking on Dr Rank's door.  They can hear multiple quiet voices inside.  Dr Rank unlocks the door but keeps it on the chain preferring to have a conversation through a two inch gap.

Dr Eff Rank

He tells them that he doesn't do cloning anymore and that he wouldn't waste his time on pets in any case.  That is the preserve of crazy people like his closest rival Dr Ein.  The fate of the human race hangs in the balance and if we don't solve the problems of human cloning then we will be unable to survive The Great Barrier and colonize the Galaxy.

His obsession with space colonisation is apparently the reason his wife and children left him when he returned from his time in the isocubes a few years ago.

After a short and frustrating conversation Krush kicks in the door smashing Rank in the face and making him stumble back into a glass topped table whihc shatters.

Rank is helped onto the sofa to recuperate whilst the Judges continue to blitz his apartment.  They find 8 toothbrushes in the bathroom, a pair of childrens shoes in a bedroom and food in the fridge labelled with the days of the week.

Professor Eff Rank's Apartment - 571-49 Benny Hill Block

Krush checks out Bedroom 3 and in passing switches off the TV which was advertising a live concert on Sunday by the latest Simon Powers girl group Kat Kitten and The Power Converters. 

Swiss discovers a secret hatch under the bed in the master bedroom and calls everyone to come and look.  Krush makes his way out of a bedroom and narrowly avoids being blown away by Rank who is wielding a sawed off stub gun.  Krush shoots a 3 shot burst and catches Rank in the guts.  Pike runs in and tries to psychic blast the scientist which stops him from reloading and Krush shoots him in the chest, dead.  

    "You all saw him, he had a gun"

The bed concealed a set of synthicrete steps leading down to a landing which doubles back and further down ending in a locked metal security door. She shoots off the lock with a High Explosive round and the door swings open revealing seven young girls aged about 8.  She asks them their names and they reply

"Monday... Tuesday... Wednesday... Thursday... Friday... Saturday... and Sunday."

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BACK ISSUES

• Prog 1 - Rolling With The Rookies 
• Prog 2 - Splat Goes The Ugly
• Prog 3 - Great Balls of Fire!!
  

Meanwhile in Mega CIty One - Prog 3: Great Balls Of Fire!!

Meanwhile in Mega City One is a roleplaying game which takes place every Friday Night at Dragons Keep Roleplay Club in Chislehurst, South East London.  Games Master is Tony

Cast

• Judge Cully - A no-nonsense female street judge with a penchant for heavy weapons - Kat
• Judge Krush - A hard as nails street judge who goes by the book - Steve
• Judge Swiss - A rookie street Judge - Alex
  
• Psi Judge Pike - A Psi Division rookie Judge - Conor
  

A Hot Chipped Cat

eaving Mr Draper's apartment it occurs to Cully and Krush that Mr. Blofeldt  is likely to have had a tracking chip installed and so Cully and Pike put in a call to the municipal computer, Barney, which contains a databaseof every license issued for a pet in MC1.  Unfortunately Barney seems to be overwhelmed with calls at the moment and both judges are put into a queue.

Perhaps there is evidence that thye missed in the apartment and so they return and begin a more thorough search.  Krush begins looking for a safe behibnd the many paintings, Cully searches the walk in closet and Pike the bedroom dresser.  Pike finds a desktop armoire filled with cat collars of every colour.  In the drawers below are stuffed receipts from a store called Cat Couture.  In the living room behind a large painting, Krush finds a safe with a combination keypad.  Pike suggests tying in Mr. Blofeldts birthday.  

They switch on the Tri-D TV and search the calendar.  Mr Blofeldts birthday is circled as an event on 04-11.  Krush punches in the numbers and is rewarded with a satisfying click, the key to cracking the case is almost in his hands.  Unfortunately, the safe contains only a large stock of human dehydrated food.  "Well that's one mystery solved" remarks Swiss.

Searching through Miss Wildensteins favourites they discover that she watched almost exclusively celebrity vids, cat vids and celebrity cat vids.  One channel is "Where's my Pussy?" which is a lost cat channel through which owners can report their lost stolen or otherwise errant feline friends .  It contains thousands of pictures of missing moggies and Cully decides to use it to list Mr. Blofeldt.  She fills out the online form.

Pike calls up the directory and dials the number for Cat Couture.  Two well dressed men answer the phone and immediately begin effervescing about how glad they are that Miss Wildenstein has called.  They are shocked and surprised to learn that Miss Wildenstein is deceased.  The pair are know to Judge Cully and she remembers that they were the owners of Zlooty Slute's Suits You, a gentlemens outfitters on Melania Boulevard.

Cat Couture

Following their recent close call with disaster Mr Slute and Mr Floot have gone into the cat accessory business.  Miss Wildenstein was one of their biggest customers and she had only recently purchased a stunning blue diamante collar for Mr. Blofeldt worth C10,000.  Mr Floot delicately enquires about the whereabouts of the collar and is dismayed to hear about the missing cat.  They suggest a personal visit to their store to see if they can be of assistance.  

Zlooty Slute	Whistler Floot	Jocelyn Wildenstein

30 minutes later the Judges walk through the door of Cat Couture and begin to interrogate Slute and Flute.  Cully demands a list of customers but they refuse citing client confidentiality.  Despite being threatened with 2 years in the cubes for withholding evidence they remain tight lipped.  Swiss suggests that perhaps if the pair were enrolled in the Informants Scheme they could carry out some investigations on their behalf.  Cully prints out an F17-C and signs the pair up.  Mr Floot comments that "He never liked Mr. Blofeldt #5, it was so sad to hear about the death of #4"

As they mount up outside they consider their possible lines of investigation:

1. Head to The Jungle and see if the Ape Mafia have anything to do with the stolen cat.

2. Pay a visit to Felix Pet Foods the source of the threatening emails to Miss Wildenstein.

3. Go back to sector house and see if the morgue has found anything out on the body.

Their musings are cut short by a scream and a cry "look out it's a boinger!"

What the Boing!

With a sickening crunch splat a boinger lands on a innocent passer-by killing them instantly.  

Judge Pike tries a psychic blast, but Boing is impervious to psychic energy as proven by Judge Anderson when she and Judge Death were entombed in boing many years ago.   Cully manages to shoot off an incendiary round turning the globe of plastic into a spicy hot flaming rubber ball before it bounces up into the air.  

As a second boinger lands, Swiss attempts to fire an HE round but is momentarily blinded by a falling piece of burning plastic landing on his visor.  He orders his bike to engage with it's cannon.  BUDDA, BUDDA, BUDDA go the cannon and three large calibre shells ricochet off the rubber ball.  2 come straight back at the lawmaster busting it up and a third kills a bystander who was making for the safety of the alleyway opposite.  

Boingers land outside Cat Couture on Melania Boulevarde

Ralf Loren, a member of Trump Towers Citi-Def, is buying lunch at the Munce Bar with his squad mates Dave and Suraya.  He instinctively opens up with his stub gun but misses the second boinger and peppers the front of the Sector 55 Bank with lead.  

Judge Krush spins his bike around and fires his Cyclops Laser Cannon at the Boinger.  It's beam cuts through the plastic like a hot knife through butter and punches through into Dave "Shagger" Williams disintegrating his lower torso.  The third citi-def member, Suraya, screams in agony "Who watches the Judges?"  

Ralph comforts his squad mate "It's not looking good Dave" whilst Suraya wave's Dave's legs in the air and tries to grab someone's attention shouting "Medic!"

Pike shoots an AP round at a third boinger who is about to land.  With a crunch it lands on a yellow saloon heading north crushing the plassteel canopy and causing it to crash into an orange car coming the other way.  The boinger ricochets off into the windows of Cat Couture.  Swiss shoots an incendiary at the ascending second boinger as the 1st boinger, now a mishapen blob of burning goo, reaches apogee.  Cully fires an HE at Boinger #2 sending it splatting into the wall of Joe Biden Block opposite.An orange compact hover car is showered with burning debris, swerves and smashes through  the windows of Kneepads R'You.

Krush fires an AP round at Boinger #3 as it ricochets off Cat Couture's armoured windows and flies across the road into the Kneepad Store.

Pike dives under the yellow saloon for cover as what is left of boinger heads for impact.  Cully fires off a HE round at #1 but misses blowing up an unsuspecting citizens apartment.  Boinger #1 lands with a splat on what is left of the yellow saloon.  Pike breathes a sigh of relief and hopes that Judge Belloch will be lenient under the circumstances.

In the Kneepad Store the burning orange compact explodes killing everyone in the store including those who ran inside to shelter from the chaos outside. 

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BACK ISSUES

• Prog 1 - Rolling With The Rookies 
• Prog 2 - Splat Goes The Ugly
  

Meanwhile in Mega City One - Prog 2: Splat Goes The Ugly

 

 Meanwhile in Mega City One is a roleplaying game which takes place every Friday Night at Dragons Keep Roleplay Club in Chislehurst, South East London.  Games Master is Tony

Cast

• Judge Cully - A no-nonsense female street judge with a penchant for heavy weapons - Kat
• Judge Krush - A hard as nails street judge who goes by the book - Steve
• Psi Judge Pike - A Psi Division rookie Judge - Conor
• Judge Swiss - A rookie street Judge - Alex

One Ugly Pavement Pizza

It's Thursday and in the morning briefing, Judge Belloch congratulates Judges Pike and Swiss on making it through their first day on the mean streets of Sector 55.   

"Thursday is where the rubber meets the road and folk start warming up for the weekend.  All manner of cooks and crazies will start to come out of the woodwork so don't get sloppy and you won't get dead.

 

Tensions are rising between Chan and Stallone Blocks again and the Belgian Boys over in JCVD feel like they are being left out of the action.  We can expect a full scale block war any day now.  The riot squads are on stand-by and anyone who hasn't completed their mandatory 90 day rotation will be called up shout the brown stuff hit the spinny thing.  

 

You know the drill people, Go! Go! Go!"

 

The Judges are soon out on patrol and on their way to their first incident.  A leaper out of Thatcher Towers has struck the pedway and left a mess.  

 

Arriving on scene, a crowd of bystanders has already surrounded the corpse and Max Manus from Channel 55's News Crew is making a piece to camera.  Cully dismounts and starts to make her way through the crowd.  Manus shoves his mic into her face, "Judge Cully, what makes a person jump to their death on a fine day like to day?  Sick of life or did some perp possibly push them?"  

 

Judges attend the scene of a leaper outside Thatcher Towers

"No Comment" replies Cully and orders the media man to turn over his tape.  Max obliges and calls his hover-cam over with a whistle.  He swiftly ejects the micro data disc and hands it over popping a fresh one in from a stash in his jacket.  She pops the disk into her bike computer and reviews the footage.  Manus only started his segment after the body had hit the pedway but she scans the bystanders for any suspicious body language.  Swiss scans the block for signs of any CCTV which would might have caught the incident.  Mitterand Maisons opposite has some better views of the block and he decides to take a stroll over to the french quarter.  Pike calls for a meatwagon to pick up the body whilst Krush patiently scans the crowd for law breakers.

 

Taking the cross-ped bridge which connects the two block plazas, Swiss spots a curious looking fellow approaching from the Mitterand side.  He walks right up to the judge and suddenly stops putting his hands out in front of him as though an invisible barrier where preventing him from moving any further.  Looking at his feet Swiss notices a yellow painted line which denotes the legal mime zone which surrounds Mitterand Maisons.

Original Background art by Neil Miller  (http://www.neilmillervfx.com)

Swiss asks him for his mime licence and if he saw what happened earlier at Thatcher Towers.  The mime nods and silently conveys a sad face, a jump, a landing, a line across the neck and fluttering wings.  Checking the back of the card Swiss spots that this mime is on duty for the next 7 hours and knows he won't get a word out of him until he comes off shift.  The mime union are a tough bunch he muses as he strides past the street performer and heads for the block security point. 

 

The citizen hit the ground face first but something about the corpse seems familiar to Cully.  It could be the platinim blonde hair or the secquined dress.  She searches the bloody pulp that's left and fishes out a blood stained ID card.  Her suspicions are confirmed, the leaper was Jocelyn Wildenstein a minor celebrity and ugly pageant contestant.  (See Sector 55 Blues - Prog 3)

 

"What's taking so long?" commands Krush "If there's a pushy perp they will be long gone by now!"

 

Spotting a nearby servo-bot Judge Pike orders it to guard the body.  "Call-Me-Malcolm is honoured to serve" say the robot and the patrol heads into the block and up to Miss Wildensteins apartment on floor 525.

 

Over in Mitterand Maisons Judge Swiss is reviewing the CCTV and whilst the footage is grainy and low resolution he can see Miss Wildenstein fall from the balcony and moments earlier there was a white object on the balcony parapet.  Could this have been the cat Mr Blofeldt?  He notes the timecode when Miss Wildenstein fell as 11:16 and returns to Thatcher Towers to rejoin the patrol.

Chez Wildenstein

A short trip in the turbo lift is made slightly less tolerable by "The Girl from Ipanema" and Judges Cully, Pike and Krush are outside the door of apartment 525-32.  The door is closed and Pike uses his Access Card to quietly gain entry.  Cully strides purposefully into the centre of the living room and begins scanning for clues.  Pike follows his Close Quarters Combat Training and checks the bathroom to his left.  Satidfied that there is no-one in the room he shouts "Clear".  Krush strides into the room and begins perusing the walls for pictures.

 

The Wildenstein Apartment 525-32 Thatcher Towers

 

The room is a well appointed single apartment covered in wall to wall white shag carpet and decorated in tasteful shades of pastel blue, silver and white.  The walls are covered in photographs and artistic prints of Miss Wildenstein and her cat Mr. Blofeldt.

 

Judge Swiss arrives and he proceeds to search the Kitchen which is spotlessly clean.  In the cupboards are a full compliment of Felix cat food tins in an assortment of 14 flavours.  Conspicuously there does not appear to be any human food apart from a supply of synthi-caf pods.  Pike retrieves 3 cans of cat food from the kitchen and opens them in a bid to entice the missing cat out from its hiding place.

Whilst searching the area in front of the open balcony doors Judge Cully discovers a broken string of pearls buried deep in the carpet.  She bags them as evidence.  A search of the bedroom reveals a walk in closet replete with an ample selection of evening gowns and ostentacious wigs.  

Despite a thorough search of the apartment there is no sign of Mr. Blofeldt.  Pike goes down to the Security Station and reviews the CCTV outside the apartment.  At approximately 11:22 A dark figure is seen walking down the corridor with something white under their arm.  The vid feed is too grainy and indistinct to make out any features or establish a gender.  The security point staff explain that CCTV in the block is outdated and the municipal funds have been redirected on higher priority projects since the infamous Brexit scandal.  Pike spends some time trying to follow the individual across the patchy feeds but loses them when they enter the parking substructure on level 250.

Cully puts in an information request to MAC to find any known perps with a history of illegal animal dealing on their records.  One record is returned, a Terrence Draper 171-27 Thatcher Towers was released 2 weeks ago after a 10 year stretch in the cubes for trading in unlicensed animals and endangered species.  The patrol reconvenes outside Draper's apartment.

Terrence Draper

Floor 171 is typical of the lower rent floors of most citi blocks.  The lower the floor, the lower the rent and the lower the standard of living, decor and level of maintenance.  Bare concrete walls are slick with mold and mildew and the floors are covered in well worn and shabby synthi-tiles which haven't seen a robo-mop in decades.

Krush knocks on the door of apartment 27 and orders Draper to open up in the name of the Law.  Draper is reluctant and Pike reads his mind through the metal security door.  He is a strong minded character and his mind is full of memories of his recent incarceration.  He does not want to go back. 

Pike gives Krush a psychic boost and he kicks the door in to a cacophanous and sudden chorus of animal sounds.  The apartment is dark and dingy with a faint smell of machine oil and plastic.  Surrounding the walls are cage upon cage containing animals of all varieties who silently stare at the judges with red unblinking eyes.

 

Draper explains that he's gone legit and switched to the synthi-pet trade.  After some intimidation he explains that

 

"If it's live animals that you want then you need to go see the animals in The Jungle..."   

 

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BACK ISSUES

• Prog 1 - Rolling With The Rookies

Meanwhile in Mega City One - Prog 1: Rolling with the Rookies

Meanwhile in Mega City One is a roleplaying game which takes place every Friday Night at Dragons Keep Roleplay Club in Chislehurst, South East London.  Games Master is Tony

Cast

• Judge Cully - A no-nonsense female street judge with a penchant for heavy weapons - Kat
• Judge Krush - A hard as nails street judge who goes by the book - Steve
• Judge Swiss - A rookie street Judge - Alex
  
• Psi Judge Pike - A Psi Division rookie Judge - Connor
  

Rookie Patrol

Wednesday morning, like any other morning, starts with the 9am briefing.  Watch Commander Judge Belloch is a grizzled veteran of the streets which took one of his legs many years back.

He quickly assigns the new rookie judges, Swiss and Psi Judge Pike to the seasoned veterans Cully and Krush and continues his briefing...

"Don Ookie was released from the zoo yesterday and the jungle partied all night, it was bananas untill the early hours of this morning.  We don't expect those boys to be up to any monkey business for a few days whilst they sleep it off, but keep your eyes peeled.

Weather control claims they've fixed the system so expect a regulation rain shower at 11am.  

Fingers crossed this is going to be a quiet day but stay frosty and get out there and lay down the law"

Cully, Krush, Pike and Swiss head to the motor pool and pick up their bikes.  One of the Tek Judges tells the rookies

"We've given you 20 minuters a couple of old girls.  Nice and reliable but ready for retirement if you know what I mean.  Bring yourselves back in one piece and we'll give you some fresh metal tomorrow."

Outside Heavenly Havens

As the Judges cruise North along Duke Street they spot a couple of juves wearing Heavens Angel duds giving an umpty candy machine some percussive maintenance.  A Scrawlo-gon bot is busy cleaning some fresh script from a nearby wall whistling a cheery tune.

The patrol pulls their bikes over next to the juves and Swiss orders the shifty looking pair to stop right there.  Cully and Krush spot the older Juve with his hand around a bulge in his pocket.  Pike dismounts and approaches psychically probing the pair.  The older juve's mind is a mess of emotions, he doesn't want to go back to the cubes and he bolts for it.  Pike gives chase on foot shouting at him to stop.  The younger juve spots an opportunity for escape and runs across the road.

The Judges encounter some Juves up to no good outside Heavenly Havens

Cully guns her bike along the pedway ahead of the fleeing juve and slides her bike to a stop blocking the pavement.  The hapless punk careens into the Law Master and flips over the front wheel but rolls to his feet and continues to run.  Krush takes aim and shoots the perp in the back and calmly parks the front wheel of his bike on the perps leg.  

"You are going nowhere punk"

Swiss dismounts and tries to rugby tackle the fleeing juve but his leap is short and the punk slips through his fingers.

Cully chases him down on her bike and flips the trigger of her bike cannon.  

"Budda, Budda, Budda, Budda" booms the twin cannon and a hail of 20mm shells sparks off the tarmacrete roadway.  

A red ToyoFord sedan swerves to avoid the punk and careens onto the pavement narowly missing a fatty pedestrian and Judge Swiss.  It crashes into the wall of Heavenly Havens with a sickening crunch.

The Juve breaks down and drops to his knees.  Swiss picks him up and cuffs him to a nearby holding post.  Cully checks on the driver of the sedan but the seat is empty, the two young juves in school uniforms are bouncing excitedly on the rear seats.  "Again, Again" they shout.  Judge Cully pulls them out of the smoking wreck and gets their names.  Angus and Cliff Dimple were on their way to school and they give the Judge a crumbled emergency contact card.  Cully dials the number and an out of breath woman answers

What have they done now? Can't you see I'm busy! I'm in a yoga class for the next 30 minutes and slams down the phone.  She has no other option but to call child services and cuff them both to the holding post for their own safety.  

Krush rolls his tyre off the perp and Pike flips him over.  The GP round made a mess of his chest cavity.  "Call in a meat wagon Rookie"  

The observant Scrawlo-bot spots the potential biohazard and begins to cordon off the scene in hazard tape.

The fattie stands there absent mindedly munching on a muncebar when Swiss spots the small collection of wrappers at his feet.  

"That's six months in the cube for littering fatso!"  

Their radio crackles into life.  "All units.  Roadjackers on hover boards spotted on Meg 355 in the vicinity of Heavenly Havens and Duke Street."  The patrol answers the call and they head out.

Surfing Meg 355

As the patrol comes down the onramp they spot the perps.  5 sky surfers with an armed passenger each weaving among the traffic.

Sky Surfing Road Raiders try to hi-jack a CHOO2 Tanker

They swiftly intercept and manage to prevent them from getting to their target, a CHOO2 tanker.  Swiss boards the tanker and manages to see off two of the raiders whilst the others take on small arms fire.  The Judges execute their powers of arrest with extreme prejudice in order to prevent an even larger catastrophe occurring.

The raiders are thwarted but there are signifigant civilian casualties and collateral damage to several vehicles and the megway.

The patrol spends the rest of their day cleaning up the mess and informing next of kin before returning to the sector house. 

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Out of The Abyss - The final Session... or is it?

Tonight sees the final session of our journey through the Underdark at Dragons Keep Roleplay Club as we play the module Out of The Abyss.

Will we continue our exploration in a future rotation.  I certainly hope so, but until that time here is a chronological list of all our sessions:

• Out of the Abyss: Part 1 - Janek's Story
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 2 - Escape from Velkynvelve
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 3 -The Darklake
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 4 -The Princess Heresy
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 5 -A Two-headed Demon Giant
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 6 -Secret Missions
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 7 - An Audience with a Dragon
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 8 -The Whorlstone Tunnels
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 9 - Weird Water
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 10 -The Grey Ghosts
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 11 -Kasra's Minions
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 12 - Bupido the Butcher
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 13 - Burn Butcher, Burn
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 14 -The Black Obelisk
  
• Out of the Abyss: Part 15 -