Specter, Chapter 6: The Heroic and the Thwarted
GREETINGS TRUE BELIEVERS!
Welcome back! The battle continues at Paragon Networks' data center, located in the heart of the Atlantic City Research Park! Our heroes, the Wyldfire team, are locked in a deadly triple threat from three different criminal organizations.
The first two, Oscorp Industries and the fanatical Society of Rao, may be working together on a nefarious, perhaps even diabolical scheme. But then there is the Card Shark Syndicate, whose only goal seems to be uncovering what valuable, secret data is there to steal for a profit!
No matter how you cut these cards, True Believers, our heroes have been dealt a bad hand!
Unfortunately for our heroes, things may go from bad to worse. Card Shark, leader of the syndicate that bears his criminal alias, has tried for months to digitally crack the security at Paragon Networks with no success. Frustrated, he’s resorted to tried-and-true methods of a building invasion.
But! The thief crew, lead by One-Eyed Jack, isn’t Card Shark’s only play. Waiting in the wings are backup syndicate Deck Agents waiting to be dealt in!
Though have no fear, True Believers, our heroes aren’t without hope. Little do they know that they have mysterious hidden allies close by already working to assist them with this diabolical discard pile of crime!
Will our heroes be forced to fold, leaving one of the missing New York meta-human kidnap victims in the merciless clutches of Oscorp Industries and the Society of Rao? Can our heroes double down and stop Card Shark’s play at a brutal snatch and grab of valuable corporate secrets?
It’s anyone’s bet at this point, True Believers! Let’s see if our heroes have found a way out!
This is Not Stan Lee saying ...
EXCELSIOR!
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Strange rumors send the Wyldfire team to investigate a modest and nondescript Oscorp Lab building on the southern edge of the Metropolis Research Park. Sources suggest Oscorp has some connection between five missing ooze victims in New York and a shadowy bio-genetic “special project” for “life enhancement”.
This is compounded by the fact that Oscorp is one of the companies studying the mutagenic ooze from the New York.
Wyldfire’s mission
Once they arrived...
The plan, to use a "Bloodmobile" and administering company sponsored vaccines to the employees, went off without a hitch. Medkit and Dr. Blake provided cover, while the others searched the building. In no time, the search turned up:
Fortunately, the plan worked… mostly…
The team has liberated one of the missing kidnap victims, research samples, copies of research report data, and a Kryptonian Tri-comm being used by Oscorp! As a bonus, they recovered a mysterious ‘replicant’ type android made from a mysterious polymer.
They know from a surprise ally in the form of an Oscorp Field Tech, that the other kidnap victims have been taken to a location in Jersey, an off-shore platform, or both!
And then, there is this “Dr. Joara Zarn-Del”, a scientist from New Krypton who seems to be the silent partner in Oscorp’s current escapades. What is her stake in this? The team doesn’t know, but the clues suggest something sinister.
Then!
A little tech help from ShadowStar pointed the team at a mild-mannered data center in Atlantic City, owned by Paragon Networks Ltd. This unassuming location was not only housing several actively used servers by Oscorp Industries but also was renting warehouse space out to Oscorp!
After the clever use of false IDs, the team has made their way inside the building. Using their clever ruse, they have uncovered that Oscorp Industries is renting the warehouse for their own nefarious purposes.
Also, Oscorp is not alone! They are working with an extra-terrestrial threat. The mysterious, and fanatical, Society of Rao! Kryptonians bent on returning to the “Kryptonian Way”. A philosophy that caused the doom of their original homeworld!
But wait! There’s more!
Now, Card Shark's goons have added a third threat to the already volatile mix. Now, with the stakes already high, Wyldfire must…
And last, but never least…
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The hustle and bustle of Atlantic City, specifically the building for Paragon Networks Limited in the Atlantic City Research Park area.
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