Don't know if it's happened before...

What would happen if an RA were destroyed mid-mission? by Linstar on 2022-06-06 17:37:52 UTC Reply

Would the agents be able to get home? Would they have to wait for backup? Would they be stuck in the fic? Has this happened before in a mission?

—Ls, curious.

I've got one example. by Neshomeh on 2022-06-07 02:49:47 UTC Reply

In "Cosmic Love," the agents' RA takes an Avada Kedavra for the team, stranding them in the Word World. Since one of them is a witch, they attempt to Apparate through a plothole to get back to HQ. They make it... eventually... but they would not recommend it. Waiting for rescue is definitely a saner choice. {= )

~Neshomeh

Thanks! by Linstar on 2022-06-07 12:38:16 UTC Reply

Thanks for the recommendation.

I think Oculus did an interlude where that happened? by Scarlett on 2022-06-07 00:18:57 UTC Reply

HQ sent aid out to them. I’ll see if I can dig up the link.
Don't know if it's happened before... by Huinesoron on 2022-06-06 20:23:11 UTC Reply

... but yeah, they'd be stuck. If they had a communicator of some sort they could call for help (might be a fun way to launch a cowrite); otherwise they would just have to hope someone at the DIA* or something noticed they were missing and came to get them.

I have a long-in-progress mission where the RA gets damaged and the agents have to avoid portalling around in case it goes for good, but I don't think I've ever broken one.

*I think it exists only in my memory now, but Artemis' first DIA story with Black and Irvine had them going into a mission to rescue the agents. I don't think it was from a busted RA, but it would definitely be part of their role. If they found out about it.

hS

No, I think that exists? by Neshomeh on 2022-06-07 02:58:29 UTC Reply

"The Misadventures of Talia," innit? Talia has an RA (she thinks of it as a "portal generator") that's on the fritz, and Makes-Things warns her to avoid using it, but of course she does anyway and of course it fails at the worst possible time. {= ) And yeah, Black comes and helps her out.

~Neshomeh

Not even the one I was thinking of! by Huinesoron on 2022-06-07 12:14:58 UTC Reply

Black and Irvine's first appearance definitely started in the DIA offices and had them sent out to get someone. Apparently Artemis had a very specific view of what their job was!

hS

Makes sense. by Linstar on 2022-06-06 21:42:21 UTC Reply

I’m thinking of having that happen on one of my missions. Not anytime soon, though. And yeah, that’d make for a great co-write. Could be fun. And, given that CADs explode so often, it’d be interesting to have something else break for a change.

—Ls

I have an RA blow up on a mission, by Lily Winterwood on 2022-06-06 22:57:33 UTC Edited Reply

but thankfully the agent team also has a TARDIS. :P

Well, none of my agents have TARDISes... by Linstar on 2022-06-06 23:14:28 UTC Reply

...so they’d be stuck in a bit of a lurch.