Street Hunting

Lee's Diary:

The last few days have been busy. I have been getting lots of streethunting missions. I seem to have fought everything from Outcasts in Boomtown to Vazilok in Faultline. Most of the missions haven't been too bad but the Vaz one sent me to the hospital. Faultline is tough for me right now but luckily I was asked to test a new taser weapon and that helped me clear up my last few street missions.

I have to go. I am off to a dance put on by Teen Hero magazine.

Tactics:

Street hunting missions can be tough because the enemies aren't geared for a character's level. Enemies and levels are determined by the neighbourhoods in each zone. They may be five or more levels above or below your character's.

If the enemies are your level or lower then the street missions will be easier but you'll get less experience. If the enemies are too tough you can drop the mission or combine it with a "doorway" (inside) mission. Police scanner missions are good for this.

Missions come in various types:

1. Defeat # of [enemy].
2. Defeat # of [enemy] in [zone].
3. Defeat # of [enemy] in [neighbourhood] of [zone]. - this one can be difficult and sometimes you need to make the villains chase you into the right area.

Combining missions - If you get a regular mission or another street hunting mission with the same villain group your 'kills' count for both missions as long as the zone and neighbourhood requirements are met. You can also combine missions with other players if you are on a team. (This works for all missions you have in common).

Temporary powers - Sometimes you get temporary powers for a mission. They can help you finish a tough street hunting mission. Bubblegummer had to test a taser against a villain type. He used it for all of his street hunting in Faultline and then finished the mission it was supplied for. When he called his contact the power disappeared. I'm not sure he would have survived without the taser so holding off calling was a great idea.

Clearing Clockwork

Lee's Diary:

I've been getting a lot of missions dealing with Clockwork lately. Those robots are real pests because they crawl over buildings stealing metal and whatever else they need. They can be dangerous to anyone who gets in their way.

My first "street cleaning" mission was in Steel Canyon near the university. The Clockwork were on the rooftops of Subgenetics and neighbouring businesses. When I checked the area there weren't any robots around. I could have tried elsewhere but I knew I could handle what I found in this area. Furthermore I had other commitments and didn't want to get bogged down in a non-critical operation.

I teamed up with a fellow named Jason Atreides for a short time. He also had a quota to fill. We defeated several Clockwork and the others left the area. I went into Subgenetics to sell some of the stuff I found on the robots and they were happy to have someone helping out.

My second street mission was in Boomtown. I had never been there before and was appalled at the destruction I saw. The war was bad for Boomtown.

I found some Clockwork easily enough after I avoided the Trolls and Outcasts. (I like having Stealth!). Most of them scanned blue or white for me but there were four yellow Tesla Knights. They may have defeated me if a Defender (?) named Captain Torvec hadn't been passing by. He healed me and boosted my powers. I can see why so many teams advertise for Defenders.

These last few days have been busy and I am wicked tired.

Notes:

Scanned - in the game enemy names appear in different colours depending on how tough they are compared to your hero. The colours are gray,green,blue,white,yellow,orange,red, and purple. The difficulty ranges from Gray (easy) to Purple ( very difficult) with white being approximately your character's level.

In these stories a character scans by accessing a microchip brain implant (usually) or some inherent power.

Streethunting Missions (also called hunting or streetcleaning) - A character must defeat a specific number of enemies. The enemies may be from any zone, a particular zone, or even a specific neighbourhood within a zone.

Quota/Bounty - a rationale for the streethunting missions I use for my fiction.

Teams - if two people (or more) have the same streethunting the defeated enemies count for both of their missions.