[Jack Bryan]

Don Frank Vercelotti

By the time Frank had returned to the New Manhattan Mafia building it was nearly nightfall. The flames had extinguished and by now a gentle drizzle had began, wiping away any signs of conflict.

"You, go to my apartment, and get all my stuff. Bring it to my private quarters" Frank said to one of the guards, tossing him the keys to his apartment. The man nodded, and turned away.

Soon, Frank was up in his own luxurious private room. It was large, and well lit, with a fancy bar in one corner, a comfy bed with silk sheets against one of the walls, and several fancy couches in the center. The bathroom was spacious and clean, and the whole area was decorated with expensive and beautiful wall hangings.

"Now this is what Im talking about!" Frank exclaimed, turning on the jukebox in the corner, and slumping over on the couch. Momentarily, there was a knock on the door. It was the guard who had brought all his effects. Frank arranged them all, and prepared to sleep for the night.

"This. This is the life." Frank thought, as he lay in bed. The drizzle outside had become turned into a downpour of heavy rain that beat against the windows of the new room. It did not matter however, as Frank was drifting off to sleep.

"Now, if only I had a nice woman to share all this with" he thought, before dozing off for the night.

[R.I.p MOmmy]

OOC: I have encountered a small home problem, and might not be able to post for the rest of tonight. If you guys choose to follow suit I would be much obliged, but at the same time I understand if you want to progress the RP.

[casey macmillan]

William&Sonia

"We've taken the city, I repeat we've taken the city." The word went out through the entire forward base camp. The insurgency soldiers and the combat troops all let out a big yelp of victory.

William turned to Alex. "I will not manage this city. I will make it flourish!"

He stood outside, Sonia sulking a little bit. "Citizens and soldiers of the Gauss Project, our long road is now over! We have a home!!"

The soldiers, engineers, doctors, and the other interns all shouted with glee. Sonia pulled William by the arm. "Can I talk to you?"

"Sure dear..." William started to say before Sonia collapsed in his arms. "Please...don't change. EVER."

"Change?" The Director started to look confused and lost before Sonia spoke up, muffled. "I thought that you'll change if you take New Manhattan."

William laughed. "Change? Well the change here is that New Manhattan will begin a new age." He turned to Byron. "Eradicate all resistance."

Byron followed through. The moment the faint sun was gone, a slew of Vertibirds appeared from the horizon, guided by the infrared sensors on their nose mount. Byron messaged Frank. "You have 5 minutes to get your men to safety. We're mopping up here."

The Vertibirds, now backed up by the Securitrons and soldiers hiding in the ruins, all started to survey the area. It was already a bit dark during the day from the high skyscraqers but the night was near pitch black. Couple that with soldiers wearing dark clothing and dark colored Vertibirds and you got yourself a perfect match.

William headed down to where the battle used to be before nightfall. Bodies laid across the flooring and Securitron parts also dotted the scenery. Sonia coughed and nearly vomited but pressed onwards with William's encouragement. There, they found a nice place to set up shop. A hotel that was pretty well intact during the battle ground. He radioed Byron about the news for a surface Gauss Project Base before heading down to the forward base.

Byron OOC: This takes place at the same time when William leaves the base camp.

"Ah Alex, what a shame. You could've been sensible like Don Francis and flourished in our new utopia. Heck, you could've lead this great city but you had to be the 'good guy' instead of the logical person."

[hannah sillery]

OOC: My character is a bit..angry...so lots of censored tags (I do not swear this much in real-life)

Alexander Scalatti

Alex laughed at Byron's remark. "Who am I to say something is evil? I fight for what is best for New Manhattan, and you aint it! Now you will have the [censored] Institute and Lake Federation bombing this city to the ground, already hundreds have evacuated..this entire region will turn into chaos!"

Alex glared and began to yell, "You are going to be [censored] tyrant dictators! This city was a republic, until you [censored]s waltzed in! This is not a utopia..its a communistic hellhole!"

I need to leave this city for good, all I know is flipped upside down. Alex thought to himself before speaking again, "How can you keep the roads clear? How can you stop the mutants in South Manhattan from burning Reuters? How can you keep Liberty Lost from enslaving all the ships? You just ruined this great city! It will no longer be a regional powerhouse!"

Alex stomped out of the tent "[censored] you and your project!!"

Alex walked into Central to get his wife Ann and leave the city.

[Roanne Bardsley]

As the tank pulled up to the base camp, Evander noticed Vertibers flying overhead in the directoon of the city.

It's almost over, Evander thought. He had been through a lot in the past week, and made more enemies than he had wished. He thinking about returning to his shop more and more, wanting the old life, he was even thinking about closing it and settling down.The thing he was thinking about most though, was the rush of it all. It was so dangerous, being on the run, it reminded him of his past as a BoS member. He fished a bottle cap out of his pocket, unsure how to go about the next plan of action. On one hand, he could go in guns blazing, preferably advnading through an improv hole in the wall. Or he could go in quiet and walkie talkie Issac for backup. He flipped the coin in the air.

Heads I blow it, tails I go recon.

The ap landed in his palm, Nuka-Cola sign facing upwards.

Looks like I'm going in quiet.

"George, come in with me. Issac, watch my back."

"Aww man I wanted to blow somethin' up." George whined, hopping off the side.

They made their way into the base, and almost immediately they were almost sighted, but thankfully it was dark enough for them to use the shadows. George had the suppressed pistol so he shot most of the guards until they made it to a window that looked to have Alex in it. Evander hoped so.

OOC: So, who's where? I gathered that William is outside at the battlefield, but is Byron inside GP or with Will? And where is Alex? I hope I didn't go there for no reason...Evander wouldn't be happy about that.

[Kate Norris]

OOC: William and Sonia are heading inside the GP bunker. Byron was with Alex and now heading into the Empire State Building.

Gauss Project Lieutenant

"Alright, we've got three little piggies straight ahead. Switch to thermal optics. One shot one kill."

The lieutenant, Mikhail, shot a bullet at near exact time with the other two soldiers in his command. One of the soldiers spoke up. "Zulu's gone dark." Mikhail groaned. "Radio Alpha team to go investigate. I want to wrap this up as quick as possible." The squad of three continued silently demolishing all resistance assigned to their sector.

William&Sonia

"Dear!" William looked at Sonia who had just yelled.

"Sonia, what's wrong?" He asked, coming closer. She pointed at her PDA. "It's the newest report from Zulu before they went down. There's a HUGE heat signature much like a Chimera but it isn't one."

William smiled. "Thanks sweetie. Sadly we can't do anything about it at this moment. Maybe after Bravo team comes back."

[SUck MYdIck]

OOC: My char is now going to his Penthouse in Central to get Ann.

[Love iz not]

OOC: My character is asleep in the New Manhattan Mafia building. (Which shall henceforth be unofficially known as the "Vercelotti Family HQ". I won't be posting until it's morning in the RP.

[jodie]

Alexander Scalatti

It was about 11:00 PM when Alex unlocked the door to his penthouse. When Ann saw him, she rushed and embraced him. "I thought you were dead!" "I have faced much more threatining things than just some idiot scientists."

They laughed.

"So, whats happening..the radio went down." "Well...the mafia and the GP have control of New Manhttan, wont last long though. Liberty Lost is probably preparing for an invasion, the Insitute and Camp Android is massing for assult, and the Lake Federation is marching its army down here to keep order."

"So, were are going to leave the city?" "Yes Ann, we are, pack up." "Where are we going?" "I have no idea frankly." "Sigh." "Lets sleep, we will decide when we wake up."

Alex went to bed. He woke the next morning still unable to decide.

[Racheal Robertson]

OOC: Looks like it's morning.

Alex, just a little advice. Separate your dialogues by a line like this; the line from your above post:

"I thought you were dead!" "I have faced much more threatining things than just some idiot scientists."

should become;

"I thought you were dead!" Ann gasped.
"I have faced much more threatining things than just some idiot scientists." Alex replied, smiling.

I added the parts in red to give the line more character. You should do that too, to flesh out the dialogue more. Your story is excellent, just the paragraph structure is slightly jarring. It's sometimes hard to tell who's talking..

[Ladymorphine]

OOC: Looks like it's morning.

Alex, just a little advice. Separate your dialogues by a line like this; the line from your above post:



should become;



I added the parts in red to give the line more character. You should do that too, to flesh out the dialogue more. Your story is excellent, just the paragraph structure is slightly jarring. It's sometimes hard to tell who's talking..

OOC: Man, this Thanksgiving Vacation is already eating away at my paragraph form..

Alexander Scalatti

Alex was tossing and turning all night. Ann always slept well so she slept through the entire night. How can she do that?

BEEP BEEP.

Time to wake up, damn. Alex awoke and grogily headed toward the shower. He could hardly keep his eyes open, and it showed as he kept bumping into things. He entered the shower, took a short hot shower, and changed into a suit. Ann had also awaken.

"Did you sleep well at all?" Ann asked curiously.
"No, not all all." Alex replied with a slight grunt.
"So...where are we going?" Ann asked as she stood up.
"We have options here.. we could go to Rabithead, Laketon, Ronto, Crater Banks, the Erie Stretch, Rivet City, Megaton, New Canterbury City, the Commonwealth, The Pitt, there are many places to go to."
Ann sighed. "We have hardly been to nay of those places! I love it here!"
"That is not the point Ann, this place is going to hell in a handwagon!" Alex replied trying to hold his anger back.
"Alex! We have lived our entire lives here!" Ann replied desperately.

Alex stood up and sighed. "If we stay, we will all die! What other options are there but to leave?" Ann could not answer.
"See Ann, until you can find a better option, we are leaving this hellhole.

Alex stood up, hugged Ann, and left the penthouse.

[Lexy Corpsey]

OOC: Much better.

You don't have to put those things in color though, I only did that to highlight them earlier. Unless ofcourse you want them that way, there's nothing stopping you.

BIC:

Don Frank Vercelotti

Frank arose late the next morning, almost around noon. He sat up in his bed and stretched before going to the bathroom, taking a leak,taking a shower, and shaving. Once out of the bathroom, Frank dressed in a sharp suit he found in the closet, and was looking sharper than ever.

After he was done combing his hair, a maid entered the room, serving him a rich breakfast, and polishing his shoes. Once all the formalities were done, he thanked the maid, and left the private quarters of the building, heading for his office.

Upon arrival he found that the window had been fully repaired, and all the effects of the previous Don had been removed. Standing in the office was an interior decorator who allowed Frank to choose the appearance of his new office. Franks smile grew broader and broader with each passing minute.

This is the life I've always dreamed of he thought to himself, genuinely satisfied. Checking his watch, he found out that it was mid-afternoon and perfect time to arrange his men. He called all the high ranking members into his office, and had a long talk with each over a cup of coffee. He explained to them the rules, and what will be going down under his management.

"Yes, it is true, we will be working under the Gauss Project. While you may think this would make us weaker; it doesn't. It makes us stronger than ever. The Gauss Project will be providing us with advanced technology and recourses. They want a place to stay, a place to call a base, and us at the Mafia would like to oblige them, for a small fee ofcourse". Frank explained.

"But the mayor is dead, the city is in turmoil, things will get very hard, Don" one of the men uttered.

"Have no fear, for I have a plan that I shall put forward; with our backing, the plan shall be a monumental success, I guarantee you all" Frank responded. "Do I have the faith of all of you?" he asked.

All of them nodded solemnly, and kissed the new ring that Frank was wearing. He had found it laying in the drawer of the desk, and it was identical to the old Dons ring. "Now, all of you; leave" Frank commanded, and all the men complied. Once they had left, Frank leaned back on his sit, and put his legs up on the desk, pulling out a radio.

"Hello Mr. Snowe" Frank greeted on the radio. "I have a proposition for you that shall settle you in this place for good. You scratched our backs by giving us all this tech. Now we scratch yours." Frank continued. "My proposition is, you run for the mayor of New Manhattan. Announce the New Order of things. With the support of my men, we shall make this possible." Frank concluded. "What do you say?" he asked, awaiting a response.

[Floor Punch]

William&Sonia

William was back at base having a nice game of Chess with Sonia but the radio interrupted him. It was Don Frank. "Hello Mr. Snowe, I have a proposition for you that shall settle you in this place for good. You scratched our backs by giving us all this tech. Now we scratch yours. My proposition is, you run for the mayor of New Manhattan. Announce the New Order of things. With the support of my men, we shall make this possible. What do you say?"

Sonia eyed him and her expression said everything.

"Thank you for the offer. But I wish only to run the technology and military, of course under your command. Both me and Sonia wish to live without any problems until the inevitable counter attack. If you wish, Byron could be the mayor of political and diplomatic affairs."

William closed the radio and Sonia jumped with joy. "Thank you!"
"I'll be back real soon. I need to radio Byron...by the way," William paused and Sonia looked worried. He simply moved a piece. "Checkmate."
Bravo Team

"Zulu's gone dark."

The message was a shock to the squad. Zulu team is infamous for being the most brutal squad. They responded with an all clear before proceeding to the vicinity of the tank. "Large amounts of dying heat signatures. Seems like there's a tank or large vehicle that's been turned off quite some time."

"Proceed."

The squad proceeded and saw the tank, quite far from the main battleground. "Civilians present."

Bravo team slowly crept up to the tank, unsure how to proceed but ready for anything.

[Jennie Skeletons]

Alexander Scalatti

Right before Alex left the penthouse, he tossed Ann a gun,
"Things will get lawless soon, you will need that."

He left the penthouse and exited his apartment tower. Thenhe went into a dark alley behind his house and turned on his radio,
"Evergreen Inc, this is Alex." Alex paused.
"Hey Alex, its me Vlad."
"I need you to come, along with Mark, Paul, and Francis."
"What for?" Vladimir asked with a heavy Russian Accent.
"We are going to sabotage every [censored] thing in this city so that the Lake Federation can come in."
"Yes sir."

Alex pulled out his Light Machine Gun and reloaded it. 900 Bullets...should be enough. Alex turned and saw some drunk mafia men. "All of you scum will die by the time I am done with you."

Alex opened up a manhole close to his house. In the manhole was a small bunker. He climbed down the ladder slowly as it was wet. He walked to a keyboard and typed in password. The door opened.

Inside of the bunker was all sorts of guns and armor.
"Hey hey Alex! Nice seeing ya'!" Francis yelled as he hugged Alex.
"Good to see you to."

Alex went over and pulled down a Re-enforced Combat Armor and put in on. "Men! Time for the briefing!"

"Yes sir!"

All five men sat down at a small table,
"Alright," Alex said proudly. "Francis and Mark, you know the sewers better than anyone, I want you to set off some bombs as a distraction under Central Square. Vladimir here will be in Reuters, and with the distraction in place, will set off an overcharge at the Power Plant. Jack and I will enter the water plant and divert ALL the water.

"Sir, aint that dangerous?" Mark asked.

"Yes, it is, but..wait. Scratch that, Francis and Mark, starting right now, I want you to plant bombs ALL OVER the city, that will cause just enough distraction."

Francis and Mark set off.

"Now in the mean time, get ready for battle."

[Anthony Santillan]

Remainder of Zulu Team

"Ugh..."

The squad's been cut down during the final wave of New Manhattan soldiers. The remainder of the squad started to walk around, now cut off from the rest of the army and Securitrons. They could consider themselves lucky. Much of their uniform was intact, meaning the Securitrons wouldn't shoot them.

Soon they found another dead soldier, conveniently with a radio. With a couple adjustments, they had it working. "Zulu Team here. We're still alive, albeit very weak."

"Zulu team, we've got 5 thermal signatures on your right. In some sort of manhole that is not connected to the sewers. One of them has been guessed to be Alexander Scalatti." In the absence of equipment to detect foot soldiers, the Gauss Project simply used a thermal radar. It was very inaccurate and the range was absolutely terrible.

"Alright, got that."

The Zulu team, now cut down to only three men from 7, crept up on five people, still wondering whether to go under or to wait outside.

"HQ, can you provide support?"

"No, not yet anyways. We've got Vertibird patrol squadrons moving across the city and our Securitrons are patrolling the city. Can't spare any units."

The Zulu team leader sighed. "Alright, wait outside. Whoever's in there can't stay down there forever.

[Charlie Sarson]

OOC: Right now, my guys are in a bunker, and Francis and Mark are in the sewers.

[Penny Wills]

Alexander Scalatti

"Uh Alex," Vlad said in a confused tone, "There are some people with guns right outside of the manhole."
"Lemme handle em." Alex replied.

Alex left the bunker, took out his Light Machine Gun, checked his Combat Armor, and climbed up the manhole. One guy fired a shot as Alex reached the surface, but missed by a large margin.

Alex slid into cover and began to spray the squad with bullets.

[Nicole Kraus]

Xeno Squad

"Xeno Squad, we're under heavy fire on the west side! Back up is needed at our location!"

"Coming Zulu." Of course, Xeno squad was also infamous but for all the different reasons. Ever since alien technology recovered a bit south near the D.C ruins, the Gauss Project has called it Xeno-tech, for what reason, nobody would know. Xeno squad was the only combat squad clear to use that alien weaponry.

With their foreign weaponry, all bulky with fancy technology gleaming, the squad made a quick rescue effort to Zulu. Soon enough, they found Alex Scalatti shooting up the squad.

"Hold...hold...JENKINS, FIRE THE EB!"

A slow moving projectile, much like a grenade, came bouncing across, then detonated mere feet from the main manhole. "RELOAD!" The leader yelled again. Sure, the alien weaponry was very powerful but it's humans using weapons that aren't meant for them. Jenkins scrambled to get another charge pack in.

[Sammykins]

OOC:So you guys are fighting outside GP's base, where we are?

*Post coming very soon.*

[Lifee Mccaslin]

Alright, this is how it went down.

William and Sonia are at the GP base. Two squads, Zulu and Xeno, both part of the Gauss Project, are attacking Alex's bunker in New Manhattan. One more team, Bravo team, found your tank. Alex is planning to cripple New Manhattan so that the counter attack by the armies are easier. Frank is now the superior power of New Manhattan with the Gauss Project.

[Lawrence Armijo]

Don Frank Vercelotti

"Thank you for the offer. But I wish only to run the technology and military, of course under your command. Both me and Sonia wish to live without any problems until the inevitable counter attack. If you wish, Byron could be the mayor of political and diplomatic affairs." was the response Frank received.

"Alright" Frank replied, before the line was disconnected. Looks like Snowe wants to stay behind the scenes. Frank thought, and looked out of the brand new window of his office. He could hear distant firing going on, on the streets below. New Manhattan is still putting up a fight? The mayor is dead. What more could they possibly want? Frank wondered, picking up the radio and calling William Snowe once more.

"If Byron accepts, make him run for mayor. Broadcast an announcement *immediately*, that should trigger a ceasefire on the streets. New Manhattan Mafia soldiers will either retreat, or join forces with you."

[Enie van Bied]

Alexander Scalatti

"[censored]!!" The grenade (or whatever it is) detonated a mere two feet from Alex. He flew up couple of feet into the air before falling on the hard concrete. I think I broke something...damn. Alex was put in the open; another blast of that thing would kill him. Alex began to slowly crawl into cover; but he was wounded badly.

This aint like a bullet to the leg or something...I can't shake this. He turned on his radio, "I know you are watching this, but DO NOT come to my aid." Alex said with a huge emphasis toward the end. "Continue with the mission!"

Ann Scalatti

Ann was watching the entire thing unfold from the window of the apartment. No..no..this is not happening. Ann knew she had to react quickly, but how?

She opened a window and pointed the small pistol she had down at the squad. She never was really good with weapons because Alex always killed the mutants or raiders when they went travelling.

"Here goes nothing!" Ann pulled the trigger and fired several bullets down below unto the GP squad.

[Farrah Barry]

Byron

William approached the commander and gave him a small slip of paper. "How about you run for mayor?"

Byron stared at Director Snowe with an uncertain look "Excuse me sir?"

"How about you run for mayor?" William repeated.

Surprisingly, Byron accepted the position. The two started to go over the terms and the amount of power Byron will get until a radio broadcast signal cut William off. It was the Don once again.
"If Byron accepts, make him run for mayor. Broadcast an announcement *immediately*, that should trigger a ceasefire on the streets. New Manhattan Mafia soldiers will either retreat, or join forces with you."

William spoke clearly into the radio. "Byron accepted. I will be broadcasting a city wide message now."

He breathed deeply and pressed a small button on a control panel close to the meeting room.

"Hello citizens of New Manhattan. As many of you know, the previous mayor is dead. The new mayor has stepped up with both the Gauss Project and the New Manhattan Mafia's approval. A new age will dawn."

Gauss Project HQ


"Zulu Team and Xeno are both pinned down. A camera has picked up underground movement. And it seems that Alex Scalatti was correct. Many different armies are going to be advancing within the next couple months."

The HQ Director, one of the few who was allowed an audience with the Director and his generals, smiled. "Send in three Securitron MK 1.9s to Zulu's sector, send three platoons of guards down under central plaza."

"What about the armies?"

"We've got rockets, weaponry that surpasses xenotech, aerial and ground support, and the New Manhattan mafia. We're in good shape."

[Alexxxxxx]

Don Frank Vercelotti

"Byron accepted. I will be broadcasting a city wide message now." Director William Snowe said through the radio. Frank grinned and faced the window.

"Excellent" he muttered under his breath, as he looked out his window saw several of his own men retreat into the building, while several others ran out, armed with the latest technologically advanced weapons given to them by the Gauss Project. They looked like mere dots all the way up from were Frank was, but he could tell they were his men. He must have made his little announcement. Frank deduced, radioing in once more; "If you need anything, don't hesitate to call. Congratulate Byron for me." Frank concluded, disconnecting the line and summoning all his high ranking men into his office once more.

"You might have heard the announcement outside?" Frank asked, as he lazed in his chair.

"Yes, Don." one of the men replied. "They're replacing the mayor. With your approval." he added.

"Precisely." Frank nodded, cracking his knuckles. "I've had the pleasure of meeting the man myself. He's a no-bull-[censored] type of guy, and knows how to get [censored] done. Military background, y'know?" he explained. "His name is Commander Byron. I've had the pleasure of meeting the man myself. I would like you all to tell your men, your families, and your friends to vote for this man. There will be an election eventually. I don't know when, but there will be. You know how much the people here love democracy." Frank concluded.

Each man in the room bowed their heads in agreement, and left the room quietly.

OOC: Okay, normally elections would take place after the state of turmoil has passed, so if there will be one, I suggest we fast-forward the RP a month. In that month, GP soldiers clean the streets, NMM prospers, and Alex and Ann escape to wherever they might be going. Perhaps Evander settles down somewhere with his daughter, or escapes, I don't know. Also, as for the retaliation from other locations, it would take them time to rally their troops, and get ready first anyway. Since the RP is Alexs', I would leave the final decision up to him, although we should take a vote.

I vote yes, forward the RP.

[Aman Bhattal]

OOC: That would be a good idea, it would take a month for the chaos to die down, but how about 2 weeks instead of a month, we can then tranistion frm the end of chaos to the invasions.

My char has broken some bones and Ann is shooting down at the GP squad.