Probe's personal log:
Review of past event sequence gamma
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It was now more urgent than ever to find Dr.Vincent. But when his desert
Tower was finally located, Fred 3's group was magically pulled inside and
knocked unconscious. When they awoke they were surprised to find themselves
in Regent Malachi's throne room in Ethiopia, along with a new group of
analogs and the AI Inquirer. Also, Probe was amazed to discover that Inquirer's
avatar body had now become her permanent shell and that she had become
a true "golem". Inquirer then explained what had happened
to them in Vincent's Tower and who the new analogs were.
Previously, Inquirer's dimension ship had been deflected by the fluctuations
of the damaged slipgate system to another parallel world, Terra-6.
There, Inquirer saved ALICIA(2) and an analog Astra from an attack
by a VAMPIRE FRED. Upon their return to Terra-Prime, Astra died
of the Phage, but Alicia2 survived. Inquirer then went about collecting
bio-specimens of all the surviving Astras on the planet. She hoped that
an analysis of their DNA versus the dead Astra's DNA might give them the
answer to stopping the Phage. Since it was she who had been reassigned
to the Phantoms, she transmitted her data to her Phantom superiors. But
they wished to keep the information for themselves and so they tried to
deactivate her with a computer virus. She was rescued by the band of analogs
that had just arrived from Terra-4 and Terra-5. But in order to save her
they had to download her essence into a soul-gem which was
then embedded into her avatar body. Inquirer and her newfound compatriots
all agreed that the Phage data needed to be safeguarded from the Phantoms.
They also decided to seek out Terra-Prime's Dr.Vincent to help Inquirer
study the data. On Terra-5 Malachi D'Honaire knew him to be a master of
science as well as magic and they hoped this world's Vincent would be the
same. They arrived at the Tower just as Fred3 and his group did and they
were all then pulled inside.
Inside of the Tower, Inquirer found herself in a psychic battle with
Dr.Vincent. He was now a ghost, having been killed by the Phage. And he
wanted to house his spirit in Inquirer's soul-gem so that he could have
access to the material world again. Inquirer won the battle (and garnered
the ability to cast spells from information she'd been ale to tear from
the ghost's mind) and the DEAD VINCENT retreated from the room.
Inquirer then discovered that there was a second Dr.VINCENT, this
one originating from Terra-3. He informed her that Dead Vincent's spell
had pulled in anyone caught outside of the walls and also anyone who was
in contact with those so caught. Inquirer was amazed then to find that
not only everyone from her group and everyone in Fred3's group was inside
the Tower, but also ManBear Synizn who had been viewing Fred3's progress
from Panaras, Queen Malachi who had been viewing Fred3's progress from
Ethiopia, and also four Phantom operatives and three Lizard Men, along
with her own as well as Probe's base units. This last group
had been spying on Probe from a ship in orbit. Inquirer realized that here
was proof that a secret alliance had been made between the Phantoms and
the Lizard Men. Also, since Regent Malachi was now permanently bonded to
the nation she ruled, when Dead Vincent's spell tried to reel her in, his
Tower was instead magically brought to the borders of Ethiopia.
Everyone was then transported to Regent-Malachi's throne room where
they were revived and introduced to one another. Dr.Vincent then told them
that while they were unconscious, Dead Vincent had used a device to read
the memories of DemiFox Synizn, Alicia2, one of the Phantoms and a Lizard
Man. The ghost knew pretty much everything they did, which only made him
more dangerous. Dr.Vincent was of the opinion that his analog had become
psychotic. The only way to get rid of him permanently was to destroy his
mortal body and so they blew up the Tower with a nuke. Regent Malachi then
called on the aid of her friend BELBOZ the Necromancer to verify
whether or not Dead Vincent was now truly dead. This would be easy for
Belboz to do since he too was now a ghost thanks to the Phage.
Inquirer and Probe contacted Capt.Standern Sterndeck and informed him
of the Phantom's treachery. The Phantoms were immediately rounded up for
questioning, although many resisted and were killed. The mages in the throne
room then used the now five Crystallics in their possession to heal the
world of all the damage from the Lizard nuke attack as well as all those
afflicted with radiation poisoning.
Back in Panaras ManFox Fred was happy to learn that ManBear Synizn was
OK after his sudden disappearance. Fred was then contacted by King Willian
who told him about a false Aqualarian prophet called the Oracle. The false
prophet had killed the real Oracle in Aqualaria and was now in Walants.
ManFox Fred contacted Regent Malachi who transported him and a small group
along with Inquirer, Probe and Alicia2 to Walants. The faux-Oracle was
actually the AI Seeker and he was attempting to kidnap Fred2 and Astra2.
But ManFox Fred and his friends thwarted this and Inquirer neutralized
Seeker with a soul-gem. It was assumed that Seeker was working with the
Phantoms but in fact Seeker was a member of a splinter group within the
Company. The Company and the Military were
the two factions which made up the Alliance. While the Phantoms had struck
a deal with the Lizard Men to betray the Alliance, this splinter group
merely sought to slow down the Alliance's eventual victory and thereby
gain time to prepare for and perhaps avert a brewing civil war between
the Company and the Military.
But before Seeker could be fully questioned, yet another series of analogs
appeared on Terra-Prime. From Terra-1: LADY FREDRINA D'HONAIRE(1).
From Terra-2: DUCHESS CHAMPLAINE D'HONAIRE(2) and DUKE ZULAR(2).
From Terra-4: Demifox ASTRA(4), Demifox FRED(4), their seven
demicubs, DEMIFOX SYNIZN(2), a dogfox, two shefoxes, four more demicubs,
and fourteen foxcubs. And from Terra-7: MAD TARIN
the dwarf, BLACK ASTRA(5) and FRED(5). Two things of note:
1) Mad Tarin had brought with him another Crystallic which due to a quirk
of magic materialized in Inquirer's pocket, bringing their total to six.
2) During her transportation from Terra-7 to Terra-Prime, Black Astra came
into contact with a mysterious entity known as 179, a representative
of the Rules. 179 explained to Black Astra how she was going
to a parallel world and would meet analogs from other parallel worlds and
also that Mad Tarin had gone insane and was out to kill his Terra-Prime
analog. But Natthias stopped the insane dwarf before he could kill the
good Tarin, who was now a constable of Walants.
All of these new analogs were treated with respect and friendship; Dred
was overjoyed to be reunited with his wife as was Fred1 with his sister.
But Duke Zular, whose Terra-Prime counterpart was a villainous associate
of the evil Dred, was anything but trusted. It was revealed that on Terra-1
Duke Zular had conspired to overthrow King Emry, and it was suspected that
on Terra-2 the Duke had been involved with Lady Fredrina(2)'s premature
death. It was therefore decided to strip him of all aristocratic privileges
and force him to become a simple farmer in Ethiopia where he could be watched
and kept in check. Zular, who in fact had orchestrated Fredrina's
death, escaped from Ethiopia and traveled via slipgate to Stonehenge where
he called upon the aid of the sorcerer TUROC-KITH. He was surprised
to suddenly find himself imprisoned by Turoc who was now in league with
ZERM
the UNSPEAKABLE and Dead Vincent. These three had joined together to
defend Terra-Prime from the exploitation of both the Alliance and the Lizard
Men. They wished sole rulership of the planet for themselves. Zular, who
was found to be quite useless in their plans, was then transformed into
an ebony griffon and transported to a lonely glen far away where he could
do no mischief.
Sometime after this, Regent Malachi convened yet another meeting. Probe
announced that a cure for the Phage had finally been found. And Belboz
informed them all about the triple alliance of Zerm, Turoc and Dead Vincent.
They were then surprised by the appearance of the ghosts of Astra (from
Terra-6) and AJAX (a dead AI). The ghosts revealed that the slipgate
system would destroy the world within 24 hours, that Zerm and his allies
had hidden themselves in Atlantis and would attack them all once the slipgates
had been deactivated and the Crystallics been neutralized, and that the
Lizard Men had gathered a fleet of warships in Haley's Comet with which
to attack the Alliance forces once the cure for the Phage had been implemented.
With this information in hand, Regent Malachi sent out a force to Atlantis.
When they arrived there they discovered that Zerm had imprisoned a number
of analogs of Astra's great-aunt HELENA. Rescuing these analogs
was added to the mission list. But first, Belboz destroyed the mortal remains
of Turoc and Dead Vincent which cast both of the evil spirits down to Hell.
The attacking force then concentrated its power against Zerm. He proved
more formidable than they had anticipated and it was only the self-sacrifice
of Probe which ultimately destroyed the evil sorcerer. Zerm followed his
fallen accomplices to Hell while Probe was saved from true death by Inquirer
who trapped his spirit in a soul-gem. The Helena analogs, frozen like statues,
were then transported to safety, Atlantis was evacuated and the Crystallics
were used to permanently shutdown the slipgate system. The Crystallics
and the Atlantean city were destroyed in the process.
So finally, after many twists and turns and unexpected events, Terra-Prime
was safe. Minestus was dead, Zerm was dead, the nuclear damage the planet
had suffered had been healed, the Phage had been neutralized and the slipgate
system safely shutdown. Now the only thing that threatened the planet was
the fleet of Lizard Man warships. But the Alliance fleet now had advance
warning and was readying a surprise attack. All in all it looked like the
Good Guys had won.
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