Wargames Wrap-up and Auf Wiedersehen!

[liebe_krieg]

The Wargames plot is officially over! This post is to hash out some of the consequences of two supervillains going to war in the City over three nights. Maddie and I put together some of the main points, any questions or anything that can be added can go in the comments. Thank you so much to everyone who helped make this plot such a blast; we hope everyone had fun!

-The Doctor and the Major are dead and their forces have been wiped out. Angie's underground base was revealed by Terry and she was then shanked by Lust. The Major's HQ was tracked down by tech experts, and he was taken down by Alucard, Magneto, Bucky and Seras while other heroes rescued his hostages.

-The Doctor's monsters and labs were largely destroyed, although some of her notes on Imports might have survived for future reference. All vampires the Major brought to the City were either dusted or arrested by the end of the battle; those who survived will find themselves permanent Superjail residents. Some of his vampires still exist, created for Dolvanian use in exchange for that country's support. They may show up again one day.

-Joel Weinberg and Greg Lestrade were among Import fatalities. Their sacrifice and the heroism of everyone who helped defend, rescue and evacuate saved thousands if not tens of thousands of innocent lives from two armies of rampaging monsters. There were roughly two hundred casualties among Cityzens, the majority of them on the first night when defenders were still mobilizing their response.

-Damage to the City was concentrated around Manhattan and Brooklyn. The Doctor's forces wreaked havoc on the City's underground, so the subways and tunnels will be no-go zones for a while. The Major also sent Khisanth to randomly attack Chelsea neighbourhood, and launched a massive ambush that damaged a lot of Union Square (Thanks a lot, Pink.)

-The political and social fallout from this enormous spree of Import violence remains to be seen. The nobility and courage of the heroes who saved lives over the weekend is completely undeniable- as is the suffering left behind by those responsible for the horror.

Finally, the Major's death at the end of this plot represents his final bow in C&C. After three years of evildoing, he has been finally been defeated for good and will not be coming back. By now I feel I've done everything with him I wanted to or could even think of, so I'm sending him off on a fiery, bloodstained high note (or low note for his victims). I'll definitely be finishing the threads he's involved in- especially his death thread. It's possible he could come back one day, but for now this is the end for him.

I've had a blast doing more audacious things with him than I would ever have thought possible when I first brought him in. I'm grateful for the amazing run he's had. Thank you to the people who've helped make it happen and made playing him here so much fun!

Comments

[hackeralastair]

Oh man say it ain't so. WHAT A HIGH NOTE. You've always played him so well and done so much with plotting. He'll be missed on that front (though I'm sure a few characters won't personally miss him at ALL).

/round of applause

[liebe_krieg]

Thank you Cap, and thank you for all the great times of Major torturing your characters/Major's vampires getting their asses kicked by your characters

[trueltning_fury]

No, thank you for giving my characters a chance and being willing to play with them. There's sides of Alastair I don't think I would have ever been free to explore without your glorious plots.

[notyourchauffeur]

I gotta say? That is an awesome way to go out. Good show.

[liebe_krieg]

Thanks! I'm glad Skyfire finally got some for Soundwave at the end.

[curses]

BELLA IS (SLIGHTLY) HEARTBROKEN

[liebe_krieg]

I'M SURE SHE WOULD BE IF SHE WAS CAPABLE OF CARING FOR PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T NOSELESS RALPH FIENNES

[hulkacceptcash]

WOW I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING, BUT

[liebe_krieg]

Thanks Meg!

[doubleoohbaby]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

add james to the heartbroken list :c

[liebe_krieg]

James can remember him every time he looks at the rope marks from the kidnappings

[douchess]

He was perfect and excellent and will be missed. Seriously, you did an amazing job with him the whole way through.

An excellent send off to an excellent character.

[liebe_krieg]

Thanks so much Nai and thank you for the kitten-spewing opportunities c:

[paintsthetownred]

DANG WHAT A HIGH NOTE TO END ON, that is a hell of a sendoff

PEACOCK WILL KIND OF MISS HIM I GUESS?? THEY WERE JUST GETTIN TO BE FRANDS MAN but what a note to end on, geez

this entire plot was fantastic I TIP MY HAT TO YOU, SIR

[liebe_krieg]

Thanks, I will miss playing him off Peacock! They were great together

[ex_backstab594]

:CCC oh man I'm so glad I hopped in on the tail end of this plot. CNC won't be the same without the Major!

[liebe_krieg]

Thanks! Does this post give you all the fallout details you need for City Hall stuff?

[ex_backstab594]

Ah yes this is excellent for that, thank you so much. ♥ I'll be writing up a press conference post about it soonish.

[newbvampire]

Wow, just wow. You know I can remember when you first told me about Cape and Cowl and that you were apping the Major. It seemed gutsy to me to take on a villain, but one like him, just wow. Well, you've blown me away with him ever since. He's always been fantastic, devious, and downright evil in the best of ways. It's always been fun in dealing with his plots and shenanigans.

So I'll be sad to see him go because of that, but I think you are right. You've done so much with him and it's been brilliant and I'm still amazed you've done it for three years. That's a hell of a thing to leave on and you should be proud.

Thank you so much for all the work you've put into him. All the plots you've created for him and then shared with us. Also thank you for letting me have a wonderful hatemance with him and Boyd. It was a blast and it will always be some of my favorite moments at this game.

...I think that's all I have to say about that for now.

Wait wait I got it. GOOD SHOW, SIR! There now I'm done.

[liebe_krieg]

ffff thank you AJ

Do you have an idea what cop casualties were this plot besides Joel and Greg, or should I ask Anne that?

[newbvampire]

I couldn't help myself. Feelings so many of them lol. Also you're welcome.

You know I hadn't worked out cop casualties, but since only 200 cityzens died I think we should scale it to that. Say 15 to 35 most from the second day during evacuations. Does that work for you?

[bestprofessional]

driveby comment saying that I think it sounds good o7

also major greg is going to be so pissed he can't imprison you forever over this

[liebe_krieg]

Btw do you know how Greg died?

[bestprofessional]

So far I'm thinking it was before the Major was taken out. He'd gone out into the streets to get some people to safety (so that more experienced policemen could help rescue the hostages/deal with that situation) and he wasn't paying enough attention and a vamp got him.

[newbvampire]

If it's alright can Seras do the official announcement of the copcast casualties, including poor Greg and Joel?

[bestprofessional]

Of course!

[newbvampire]

Done and I hope I did an okay job with it. If you want something changed let me know.

[bestprofessional]

;; it is beautiful

The only correction I would make is 'they were doing 'their' job, not 'they're' jobs :3

[newbvampire]

DOH! Thank you for catching that. I got rolling and things like that slip sometimes.

Spending the day running around doing errands in 98 degree Fahrenheit heat doesn't help.

[bestprofessional]

;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~; that is too hot. Go and live in a fridge okay? okay.

[newbvampire]

AC was running while I was gone so very fridge like in here right now.

Oh did I mention it drops to zero here during winter? Yep all the suck of both worlds where I live.

[liebe_krieg]

I want to go with 15 out of mercy to copcast

[newbvampire]

Got it!

[Runs off to write up fifteen random names for officers.]

[aimlessness]

omg jesse alkgdjlfkdjag

oh right this is eppy but omg the major

how will the kfcs survive his absence

[liebe_krieg]

C&Cverse KFC's stock is going to plummet. Coincidence? Probably No.

[aimlessness]

the only people who mourn his departure

legions of kfc workers sobbing into their aprons

[noelleno]

The Major's presence in the city has ben incredible on multiple levels, but you don't need me to tell you. I'm really sorry for dropping the ball on my part during his final hurrah, but make no mistake about my EXTREME admiration for the time you've had him here, the plots it's added to/created (dungeon crawl log was so much fun ok), and the things stirred up because of it!

Thanks so much for being such an A+++ plotter and player while channeling a crazy, fat, probably greasy Nazi warmonger!
....There are so few contexts in which saying that is complimentary 8|

[liebe_krieg]

Thank you Elle c: And don't worry about missing the plot I will still remember all the other stuff he did with your characters

[onblackwings]

i have so many fond memories of the major here :') he's basically supplanted my fondness for canon!major. i can see it now, at some con some hellsing person will be talking to me about the major and i'll be like YEAH LIKE THAT TIME HE WAS ON THE SMALL WORLD RIDE AND — er wait.

you've facilitated some of my absolute favorite things to come out of CnC with your awesome friggin plots, so thanks for those opportunities. <3 CAN'T WAIT FOR YOUR NEXT DUDE.

[liebe_krieg]

Hahahaha that's awesome, thank you so much. I still have that WWI Film Buddies drawing you sent me of them c: