A Day of Two Halves

Today has certainly been eventful - I have only just had the opportunity to sit down and collate my thoughts about it. I've been working for a whole range of people now that my Arachnos Threat Level has broken Clearance 35. It's resulted in some friendly, and some not so friendly faces.

It has also resulted in me going to strange parallel dimensions. A Technician Naylor near Thorn Isle in the Nerva Archipelago sent me to one at the behest of famed musician Johnny Sonata. I had to fetch a magus by the name of Akarist - one of those damned Circle of Thorns types. Still, he came along peacefully enough one I had dispatched the Longbow Commander to make my point (ably assisted by another roboticist calling themselves War Lord).

I may have to pop back and speak with Technician Naylor - he looked to be doing some interesting work, possible at the behest of Lord Recluse himself and I'd of course like to offer ARAD's services..

Then, this evening I had the luck to be tipped off by Magus Mu'Drakhan that the dratted Hero Infernal had returned to the Rogue Isles. Determined to strike at him and capture the moment, I gathered a group of ARAD scientists (Dr E Genius, Doc Bot and Dr Zweistein) and set off.

Suffice to say, he didn't last long against us! And the lack of jamming devices meant I was able to capture an image for posterity!

At this stage of my research, the ZR Autonomous Assault System is complete. I can make tweaks to their damage output, but the are feature rich and ready for Arachnos to use. It is now time I turned back to the ZR Aegis Transponder. I have a theory that I could create a "solid" forcefield to keep attackers at bay....

Lord Nemesis?

Came across a very curious machine today while "closing down" a company called BrassTack Technology. Sure, the employees seemed a little "wooden" but if it wasn't for this monstrosity I wouldn't have realised they were all robots.

Near flawless human automatons. Beautiful.

All ruined by this steam-powered piece of lunacy - my ZR Series made short work of it despite its impressive flamethower. While I attached one to my Assault ZR Series for close in work, nothing can beat the high-yield lasers for sheer destructive power.

I am curius as to who this "Lord Nemesis" that the "Warhulk" spoke of is - he may have much useful technology I could acquire for Arachnos.

Rikti Invaders? Nope, Thoroughly Helpful

I've been doing some work on the side for Crey Industries this past week or two and I've been running into more and more Rikti each day. I've rather begun to suspect that this Kelly Uqua (my Crey liason) is actually Rikti herself!

Nah, silly concept.

Anyway, the last run she sent me on saw me dealing with some Longbow aboard one of their freighters. I was feeling a touch outnumbered until I released this nice Rikti (who's name I just couldn't pronounce!). He very helpfully teleported around after me mopping up the Longbow dregs. Just another example of Paragon City Paranoia - the Rikti aren't a threat, and we can happily co-exist peacefully with them.

He even let me have a look at that rifle of his. Inferior technology alas, so nothing I could really salvage.

Miss One, Capture Another!

Well, that made up for the blunder of capturing the moment of Infernal's capture. A nice photo of Aurora Borealis flat on her face.

Really, why these so called "Heros" keep coming to the Rogue Isles and try to upset our plans and works I do not know. They need to learn that we are better organised, more unified and have a strong leader in Lord Recluse.

Now, where did I put that new device of mine... it'll be ready for field tests soon enough...

Interesting Design. Flawed Implementation

During a security patrol with Doc Bot and Dr E Genius around Warburg earlier, I sighted a strange pair of robots of a "Malta" designation.

Engaging them since they were patroling with a Rogue Arachnos member I was astounded when, as they became heavily damaged, they merged and formed the robot you see on the left.

It designated itself a Zeus Titan, and while it did pack a much heavier punch, it failed to withstand a full ARAD armoured division of Assault, Protector and Battle Drones.

Still, its components may come in useful...

Noo! Even Genius Has It's Dumb Moments!

Rats! I should have thought - planting signal jammers around Infernal's new "Firebase Valhalla" meant that the damn signal from my ZR Aegis Transponder couldn't penetrate the secrecy net and record any of the footage for posterity.

Oh what a fool I am. That said, the operation went very smoothly with the assistance of new Arachnos R&D scientist Dr. Zweistein. Her speciality is radiation in all it's varying forms, and it certainly helped in the case of Infernal. I took his axe as a souvenir.

Just a pity I have no photos of the event!

Tracking Infernal

I took a short moment to pose infront of Crey Industries' Nerva Archipelago HQ before entering the premises to have a discussion with some of their top scientists in the field of jamming technologies.

My Arachnos agent in the Nerva area (one Operative Rutger) has intecepted communications that the demon hero "Infernal" will soon be in the area at a new Longbow Base.

I've tracked down the location of the base, but to stop him from calling in local reinforcements, I need a turnkey jamming solution so I can be assured of privacy while I do a little field testing.

Oh, and when I said meet with the scientists, I best clarify what I mean is to allow the ZR Assault System to reign fire and laser death upon them, then to salvage the remains
. I'll be back in touch when I face off with Infernal - hopefully tomorrow.