A Wild Sentinel Idea

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Full disclosure, I have sent this to several mods and have not heard back yet. If they say no, it doesn't happen.

Here's what I have for the idea, I'm also happy to drop a temp app for a Master Mold.

I'm sending this to several mods. Since I envision it becoming a board thing it needs Mod approval. I don't mind playing a hand in running the thing.

Here's my Wild Sentinel's idea... in broad strokes (since RP could take the plot in a few different directions):

1. The Wild Sentinel Master Mold would still have been set up by the U.S. Government. It's implied in the comics that there are several such Sentinel programs that are off the books, as it were. My thinking was to put such a Wild Sentinel Master Mold on the island of Sekajang Besar in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia. I know this is different from the Comics (Ecuador was the choice there), but the comics hint that there are more than one Wild Sentinel program. This island makes sense because it is an uninhabited jungle island, so the setting is the same. The island is also in the Malaka Straits, a known area of modern piracy (and an ocean trade SUPER HIGHWAY) where ships go missing from time to time. Plenty of Wild Sentinel resources for building, and any ships they take would be chalked up to pirate attack rather than a Sentinel Program. Plus, crewmembers snatched up in this way could also be turned into Wild Prime Sentinels.

2. The attack on Lifeguard going on right now could be the coming out party for this band of Wild Sentinels with the one attacking her being a Wild Prime Sentinel made from scavenged metal and a cargo ship crew member.

3. There would need to be someone, probably a Trask, to activate the program. Similarly, the program could also be activated by someone with suitable shapeshifting abilities. Still, I would suggest using Trask III for this, as in the comics.

4. Given that the CW was done as a Board Event when the board launched, years ago, from what I have been told... it stands to reason that such an event, combined with the Trask family's views on things, could lead to Trask III changing the programming of the Wild Sentinels so they go after any super-powered individual/alien they encounter. This would open the door for them to go after anyone on the board that wanted to have a Sentinel fight. Similarly, given that Master Molds have been shown to have the ability to learn, and overwrite their programming, it's possible that this Master Mold simply decides to go and do something about the super-powered people.

5. I would envision this as some limited targeting of non-supers too, if they appear to side with Mutants or other Supers while the Wild Sentinels are engaged in combat.

6. After a bit of this, we could have the Wild Sentinels launch a few assaults on various places. Xavier's Mansion, SHIELD HQ or a Helicarrier, even the Raft, come to mind as possibilities.

7. Those attacks spur someone (not sure who) to figure out where these attacks are coming from, which sets up the final showdown on the Island in the Jungle with Wild Sentinel Master Mold and an indeterminate number of Wild Sentinels.

[Jaymi]

Okay, so a few issues with this one.

1) This is more personal so on its own it wouldn't be a no but I wanted to include it to let you know a bit of where I'm coming from. Attacks on the homes of heroes has been reeeeally popular lately. About a year ago I started the Siege of New York (colloquially called World War Fisk) where 7 attacks occurred simultaneously on places like the Avenger's Mansion, Xavier's Institute (which was attacked by sentinels specifically), a helicarrier, and Mutant Town (which was wiped out). With these threads still going (Yep, a year later and they haven't wrapped up yet) having this basically happen all over again in what would be a short time in-game is pretty bonkers.

2) It looks like it would require at LEAST two temps. Typically temps shouldn't be needed to run an event. Here or there maybe, especially if they're absolutely necessary for a plot point, but with this requiring at least two it's a hard sell to say we have the people for it.

3) On the bigger picture, we have an Apocalypse plot happening and Secret Invasion ramping up for site wide plots. We're always happy to have more ideas from other players and even let people run their own 'events' with a little mod oversight but adding in rampant chaos and battles to these two heavy (and slow moving) plots not to mention the other things happening (like WWF for instance) is a bit much.

This isn't to discourage you. I actually really liked the 'Sentinels go after everyone' bit because it's really calling back to what Days of Future Past is all about and I would love to get Rachel involved in something like that. Still, streamlining this and making it less impactful is probably necessary just to cut down on plot fatigue and chaos.

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Apr 27, 2019 14:36:37 GMT -7 Jaymi said:

Okay, so a few issues with this one.

1) This is more personal so on its own it wouldn't be a no but I wanted to include it to let you know a bit of where I'm coming from. Attacks on the homes of heroes has been reeeeally popular lately. About a year ago I started the Siege of New York (colloquially called World War Fisk) where 7 attacks occurred simultaneously on places like the Avenger's Mansion, Xavier's Institute (which was attacked by sentinels specifically), a helicarrier, and Mutant Town (which was wiped out). With these threads still going (Yep, a year later and they haven't wrapped up yet) having this basically happen all over again in what would be a short time in-game is pretty bonkers.

I think I may parse this out then to have Wild Sentinels going for a few specific targets... with the idea that they're doing so to try and get some specific upgrades.

Apr 27, 2019 14:36:37 GMT -7 Jaymi said:

2) It looks like it would require at LEAST two temps. Typically temps shouldn't be needed to run an event. Here or there maybe, especially if they're absolutely necessary for a plot point, but with this requiring at least two it's a hard sell to say we have the people for it.

Other than a Master Mold, who are you seeing? I could see the human-element being needed, but I have a few creative ways around that using some unexpected sources, like Loki or Enchantress or another similar shapechanger (is there a Copycat on the board? I don't think there is, I need to check on that).

Apr 27, 2019 14:36:37 GMT -7 Jaymi said:

3) On the bigger picture, we have an Apocalypse plot happening and Secret Invasion ramping up for site wide plots. We're always happy to have more ideas from other players and even let people run their own 'events' with a little mod oversight but adding in rampant chaos and battles to these two heavy (and slow moving) plots not to mention the other things happening (like WWF for instance) is a bit much.

Like I said above, I'll see about shrinking this into a few specific targets that a Master Mold might want to try and get upgrades somehow.

[Jaymi]

Trask?

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Trask is not expressly needed, there are enough simple work arounds to avoid needing Trask.

1. Specify that this bunch had a pre-programmed delay to fall under the control of the Master Mold as an autonomous unit if a set period of time went by with no orders. The "Keep Has Fallen" Protocol, if you will.

2. A shape-changer such as Loki or Enchantress could get around it, would need to figure out their motives though.

3. A suitable tech character such as Justin Hammer, Tony Stark, etc. could get in there and set them off for their own purposes.

4. This could be made to tie-in with WWF, Fisk has the resources to learn of it and send someone with the necessary tech skill to set them off.

5. Could have a fail-safe built in where they go through some set programming if their base is discovered.

In short, Trask III is convenient, but not absolutely necessary to make this thing go. A Master Mold would be the only absolute requirement in terms of temp... and since there have been multiple Master Molds, even that's not necessarily a requirement since Master Mold could be treated like an NPC, but having a Temp Master Mold could add depth to the story.

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I would suggest using Bastion and do a to a rise in the Purifiers idea. Bastion is way better then Mastermold if you know all the details. Bastion can make Prime sentinels also. Plus you would have a large group of Purifiers to work with.