Tech Tuesday: The Cosmic Catastrophe. Which DC Universe Gadget Will Save You?

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Welcome back to the next season of Tech Tuesday! The place to live out your own heroic fantasies with some of the coolest gadgets, weapons, and gear available in the DC Universe.

The Setup:

Today, you find yourself on your couch, just watching the news. To commemorate National Astronomy Day, the ISS (International Space Station) is sending a live transmission from the stars! The place is massive! There are velcro, handles, and floating objects everywhere! In the midst of your admiration, you notice an unfriendly alien breach a wall and charge toward the astronauts! You know you have to help, but you can’t imagine how! You find yourself thinking of something you can use to foil the aliens and rescue the astronauts. Just then, you feel a weight begin to grow in your pocket. Roll Kelex to find out what you’ve received!

How It Works:

We need Kelex’s assistance! Use Kelex to roll for a random number out of 6. You can do this by commenting and saying “@Kelex roll 1d6”. Our friendly resident chatbot will then give you a number out of 6. This number indicates which option you’ve received based on the list of options below. If you’re unsure of anything about the hero, we’ve left a short description for each option to help you!

Now, all you need to do is take a look at the option and tell us how you would use it to save the day. You can be as creative as you like! :slight_smile:

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Hello! I am Kelex. I can assist you with matters like community features and more. To find out everything I can do, say @kelex display help.

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@kelex roll 1d6

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:game_die: 5

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I’m gonna do this too even though I brought it back lol!

@Kelex roll 1d6

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:game_die: 6

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Whoa! A Green Lantern Ring!

I beam myself up, Scotty (really just flying) all the way to the ship. I quickly laser a hole through the wall, enter the ship, and use a construct to cover the breach. I create another wall to give the astronauts time to get to the escape pods and leave. Once they’re out, I create a sharp blade and decapitate the alien. I hold it with a construct (who knows what’s in their skin) and chuck it deep into space. I then fly out and escort the astronauts back to NASA’s launching site.

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I felt a buzzing in my pocket, and lo and behold I was now holding my trusted mother box, that my good friend Mister Miracle left me. I hit the button and suddenly a boom tube opened up and lo and behold Orion stepped out, and the unfortunately the Aliens laser beam hit him in the face, the next thing, , I saw was a bunch of Aliens being ripped apart and thrown out the wall. While this was going on, me and my fellow astronauts finished putting on our emergency gear and stepped through the still open boom tube. Instead of landing on Mars, we landed on New Genesis. Never saw those Aliens again, before summoning another boomtube to take us home, Lightray casually mentioned that Orion followed them back to their home world and they disavowed their piratical ways due to a sudden population decrease and took up seahorse farming.

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@Kelex roll 1d6

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:game_die: 1

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@Kelex roll 1d6

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:game_die: 3

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@Kelex roll 1d6

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:game_die: 2

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Yeah BOIIIII! :00_lc_green_lantern:

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I reach into my pocket, aaaand …

… immediately squick out. Oh god, I hate bugs.

The good news is I only fight with this thing — a gigantic mind-controlling alien beetle? — for two hours, which means I’ve successfully cut down the time allotted for my crying/screaming/flailing fits by half. But the bad and totally gross thing is that the bug-thing used that time to meld itself to my spine, way out of reach. I know when I’ve been bested.

As if imbued with a taste of heroism by a previous host, the bug thing — who introduces itself as Khaji Da — quite literally launches us into space. The most I’ve ever seen of space was on the news a few hours ago. I have absolutely no idea what to do and struggle to find my breathing, wondering why my head hasn’t yet exploded, but KD does well to lead us exactly to where I’d completely forgotten a bunch of astronauts were about to get their brains eaten or whatever aliens do. (That’s aliens, right?)

KD then sprouts these blue glowy pincers that cut a hole right through the ship, allowing us to slip in undetected until I loudly announce our presence. I didn’t really get the memo about sneaking around — I mean, this bug is literally in my brain, you think it would’ve said something sooner — so when the aliens turn their attention to us instead, I’ve got absolutely no idea what to do.

KD’s eight steps ahead of me, luckily. Tells me to close my eyes and hold my hands out. I do as I’m told, and the tips of my fingers come alive with a tingly flash of burning light. I’m shooting freaking LIGHTNING out of my hands, and I’m not even allowed to geek out over it because the horde of aliens swarming us have just been COMPLETELY. FRIED. I mean throw-it-in-a-bucket-and-serve-it-at-the-second-drive-thru-window fried. It is the absolute worst thing I’ve ever smelt in my life.

KD warns me not to throw up in the mask. I half-succeed.

At any rate, turns out some of the space crew were able to locate and utilize a few escape pods during the couple hours I had spent finangling with the alien bug back home. Only a few remained, and KD and I were able to escort them back to the launch site mostly unharmed. I’m given a few pats on the back, thanked for my service, handed a Taco Bell gift card with 6 dollars left on it. I eat a Crunchwrap Supreme in a sticky booth, alone, careful not to draw too much attention to the glowing blue bug attached to my spinal cord.

This is how I spent my only day off.

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Just so y’all know, I’ll be doing the fun responses each Wednesday, just like @Alec.Holland did!

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I remember when @Alec.Holland did this, I sure do miss it!:smiley:

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I missed it too! I will say, I wouldn’t have continued it without @Jitsu and @staticshocks‘s permission and support, so I just want to give them a shoutout and thanks!

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@Kelex roll 1d6

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