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I think that any sort of excessive force would do (it's a method I used in the final blood elf mission). You have to stop it from casting spells though, Blood elf disguise?

with some of it. "Snapping back into place" and all of that could take care of at least some of your problems... unless it's so badly abused it doesn't know what's what. I'm not sure. It's not the sort of scale I usually tackle on a job.

To use for catching random moments of sleep between missions.

I see you've already been given The Links, so I'll just limit myself to a friendly "hello!" and wave a little flag for the Department of Mary Sues. *waves flag*

Welcome a'Board! Have a bottle of Bleeprin (you'll need it) a keg of Bleepka (see above), and a mongoose! ...On second thought, *looks at name* have a whisk and a sentient towel.

Another Tamora Pierce fan! Sweet! Just out of curiosity, why limited to Tortall? I've always preferred the Circle books, myself. My agents welcome you, as do I! There's a lot of interesting 'fics there to be dealt with. And when I say interesting, I mean they will make your eyelids twitch lovely and wonderful. As an aside, have you heard of Steelsings? It's a fairly good roleplay (or at least it used to be, I don't know how true that is now), and you meet a lot of cool people.

Anyway, welcome to the Board! Feel free to leave your sanity at the door-- most of us do.

I gift you with an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and whisks eggs, author wraiths, and spambots! Use it for good and not evil.

Welcome to the insanity!

Welcome to the PPC. You should check out the PPC Wiki at
http://www.wikia.com/wiki/ProtectorsofthePlotContinuum
and also read the original adventures http://www.misssandman.com/PPC/ppc.html
It's great to meet you :)

Ahem. Is this thing on?

Random background voice: Yeah. You're good.

Sweet! Yes, my name is PitViperOfDoom, known on FF.Net as Adderstar of ValorClan, and on DA as av-marten.

I implore you to disbelieve any government agencies that tell you otherwise.

I am a devoted fan of such book series as Redwall (though I have yet to read the latest book), Warriors (as you may tell from my FF.net pen name), Artemis Fowl (though I have yet to read the latest book), The Mistmantle Chronicles, Guardians of Ga'Hoole, HP, and Tamora Pierce, though pretty much exclusively to Tortall in regards to the lattermost one.

There was even a point in my life where I loved Cyrano de Bergerac a little bit too much.

Though, one thing you must know about me is that I harbor an unhealthy obsession with the show Happy Tree Friends (and I MEAN unhealthy obsession), and spend much of my time either drawing/writing fanart/fiction, or giggling at it like a small child poking a dead fish with a stick. At times I can be a total, shameless fangirl, though I try not to let this get in the way of how I write. (If there's one thing I hate, it's a self-insert whose sole purpose is to bash/seduce a canon character.)

Overall, I am a self-proclaimed tomboy nerd with a love sharp knife/sword-like objects, ferrets, and large birds of prey.

I already have a couple of agents planned, too.

I'm not being sarcastic here, it's a solution I think could be tried. If you could make a portal big enough, you could just portal the fleets and other canons back to their home continua.

So I can pretty much make one up, then? Because quite a few minis are created (at least two for Colonel Potter in the first couple paragraphs), and I'd never seen a M*A*S*H mission so I had no idea if the continua had a set mini. Much obliged.

And if someone has created minis for either fandom and failed to post it, that's not your fault. The PPC isn't exactly known for internal consistency anyway :p

How exactly would two Agent pairs deal with the kidnapping of two heads of state, the entire fleets of two factions from a different universe appearing in orbit around Whoniverse Earth, and the ROTS era Sith and Jedi Masters running around the planet? Oh, and rebel troops are occupying New York...

We've narrowed it down to three or four main options, listed in decreasing advisability:

1)Persuade the Imp fleet to follow our orders through the use of the EU recognition codes and tow them with a PPC issue TARDIS on loan because of the above.

2)The same, except a modified Doctor's TARDIS is substituted for the PPC issue one. Rather pointless when you're practically replacing the TARDIS with DoSAT tech...

3)Use the Little Doctor on both fleets. Hope they respawn in the right universe.

4)Get yet another fleet from a different universe/the Whoniverse and use it to persuade the two SW fleets to cooperate. Most of the choices are either too weak (Star Trek/Haloverse) or untrustworthy (Dalek flying saucers/Warhammer 40k Chaos).

The fic is here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4562700/1/TheEarthsGreatest_Battle

Are there established Minis for Metal Gear Solid? I mean, I haven't seen any mention on the list, like kg and I figured it would be like, a mini-REX but it would great if somebody could confirm/disprove that.

Only other solution I could think of is holy water.  Are there any clergy of any sort on the staff, or is an ordination from the Universal Life Church sufficient?

I'm not a Warcraft person, sorry. But most demons tend to be averse to blessed weapons. Does that help?

1) Okay...they probably won't need to do that, but they might have to vanish into thin air to keep misguided generics from smacking them.
2) Okay, good to know.
3) Warcraft.  Specifically, it's a man'ari eredar, if that helps.

1) From what I've heard, the DORKS enables you to change your disguise while still in the fic. Otherwise, you're stuck as an Orc or whatever for the whole mission. I may be wrong, though.
2) Ja, fraulein. In TOS, Jay and Acacia got the actual thorns and branches and eighteen-feet-tallness when they used Entwife disguises.
3) Demons. Hmmm. It depends. What continuum is this demon from?

I'm currently writing a potential mission.  However, there are a few issues that neither TOS nor the Wiki seem to clarify quite to my satisfaction:

1) Does the D.O.R.K.S. supplement or replace the Disguise Generator?
2) Based on what I've seen, I take it that both of the above gadgets implement actual shape-shifts rather than just illusory disguises.  Confirmation?
3) If agents have to kill a demon!Sue, are there any tactics/weapons that are especially effective against such a foe?  (It's a relatively weak demon—just big, loud, and inclined to kick.)

Though, with staff shortages as they are (compared to badfic; there seem to be more agents than last year) I doubt someone would get kicked out of the PPC for taking on a mission before getting their membership card.

Or patch.

There's only been one mission into M*A*S*H before: Through Time. And there is no mention of any minis in that.

Hello, everyone. Writing my second mission right now, got the fic and everything, but I just wanted to check with the people of the Board; does anyone know if M*A*S*H has an established Mini yet? I don't see any on the List, but I thought I'd ask to be safe.

Could you just email me all of them? I'll try and take a look when I have free time.

Okay, I know I have a long way to go before receiving the green light: I have read only a small part of the Original Series and I joined the forum only two days ago. But as I said, Agent Cal is very enthusiastic about his job. He has little patience and a short attention span, and he holds a very high opinion of himself and his capabilities. But in truth, it's mostly me who just can't wait before starting.

Since I don't have the authorization to post official PPC missions, consider this as nothing more than a practice, not an actual mission. Please tell me how to improve.

The following, an assassination operation, is based on this badfic. Only the first page is important.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2165630/1/BlackRoseoftheSea


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Cal was busy putting wallpaper in his brand-new office in the PPC headquarters when the console on his desk emitted a strident BEEEEP. A badfic with a particularly blatant Mary Sue had just been detected in the Potterverse, as the young agent saw when he looked at the screen. (Technically, Cal was not yet an agent, but "Agent Cal" just sounded cool.)

He wondered what to do about it. He had joined the PPC no more than a few days ago and had only begun his training yesterday. He had not even read the full 300-page protocol and all the old mission reports, and though he understood the basics well enough, he was strictly forbidden from going on an operation (let alone a solo operation) until he was ready. If he went, he could get fired before even becoming an agent. On the other hand, everyone knew that nearly all secret agents, cops and detectives routinely had to act against their superiors' orders to solve a case or stop an atomic bomb. If Cal wanted to be taken seriously as a PPC agent, he was expected to Go Rogue at least once; the sooner the better.

Eagerly, he went to his wardrobe and put on his grey trenchcoat and fedora. Anyone with a fedora, be he a gangster, an investigator or an archaeologist, obviously meant business. In the huge mirror he had recently installed, Cal saw that he looked every bit the sexy badass he fancied himself as. But something was missing... Ah, yes, the eyepatch or sunglasses. Which looks the most hardcore? He tried both at the same time, but it was slightly uncomfortable (not to mention silly-looking). In the end he settled for the eyepatch: it suited much better to his pulp detective style. He would keep the sunglasses for Sundays, when he wore his MiB suit and tie.

With the console, Cal generated a portal to the Potterverse, where a Sue may already have started her vile work to destroy the fragile continuum of J. K. Rowling's fifth and best novel. According to the report, this Sue who went by the name of Marina Rose Black was the daughter of Voldemort and the adoptive heir of the Black family.

Stepping into the portal, Agent Cal emerged in a dusty and dimly-lit place that looked like the living room of an old house. He was alone here, and it appeared to be the middle of the night. On a wall was the family tree of the Blacks. He was at Grimmauld Place, then. There was probably no better place to meet someone who called herself the heir of the Black family. Cal tried to find the best spot in the room to hear and see what was going on.

Suddenly he felt something creep along his neck. With a muffled cry of disgust, he threw to the ground a small hairy creature with very sharp teeth that had somehow managed to get under the collar of his trenchcoat when he inadvertently got too close from the doxy-infested curtains. Nasty vermin: if he remembered correctly, doxys were venomous.

After a minute of silent waiting, he distinctly heard the front door of the house creak open not too far from there. The song-like voice of the Mary Sue resounded in the corridor:
"Baba! Kreacher! I'm home."

The old house elf and the painting of Sirius' mother responded immediately, greeting Marina Rose Black warmly. The fifteen-year-old Sue, coming back from her vacation at the beach, acted as if she owned the place — and indeed, she did. For some reason, none of the sleeping members of the Order of the Phoenix heard her noisy entrance. She went upstairs and remained out of Cal's earshot for a long while. All of a sudden, angry shouts came from the second floor: Sirius Black had finally met her, and they were having a heated argument about whose house this was. A few minutes later, Molly Weasley's voice was defending Sue against Sirius' understandable burst of rage. The shouts eventually ceased.

Some time later, Molly and Sirius walked down the stairs and entered the living room. The young PPC agent hid behind a couch, wearing his fedora very low as if it could make him harder to see. Marina soon came into the room and attempted to explain her presence here to the two canon characters. Before long, Albus Dumbledore's head conveniently appeared in the fireplace to tell Sirius and Molly that the house did indeed belong to Her Sueness. As Agent Cal crept closer, he heard the headmaster of Hogwarts say something that made him feel like he had just swallowed broken glass:

"...she will be the one who decides the end of the great war, it is all placed in her hands and I'd rather keep her here and safe before we have to allow her near the dark."

Cal almost groaned aloud. What is wrong with Harry, anyway, that makes suethors think he is unworthy to be the one who defeats Voldemort? Trembling with outrage, he waited for everyone to leave the room and go to sleep.

Half an hour later, the ancestral home of the Blacks was silent again. Moving like a shadow, Agent Cal went in search of Sue's bedroom. When he found it, he quietly closed the door behind him — there was enough moonlight to see everything. Marina Rose Black was sound asleep in her bed, her blue-black hair framing her somewhat Asian features. First step: master her, so he can tell her the list of her crimes against canon before dealing with her. Cal took off his fedora and pressed it on Sue's face to smother her. She thrashed wildly — that is, until the young agent sat on her body to keep her immobile. With a wince, he heard two of her ribs crack noisily under his weight. After a minute Marina stopped moving, unconscious.

Cal firmly tied the girl to her bed and stuffed a piece of cloth into her mouth to keep her silent. Then he woke her up by poking the broken ribs with a finger. The Mary Sue's eyes flew open to stare at him with surprise and terror.

"I'm Agent Cal," he said, taking on a menacing voice that was perhaps a little too theatrical, as he showed her his membership card of the Dungeons & Dragons club (he did not have his PPC card yet). "You must have heard of me?" The Sue shook her head. Cal was a bit disappointed. He went on solemnly: "In the name of the Protectors of the Plot Continuum, I charge you with disrupting the canon, interfering with the character of Dumbledore and being a Mary Sue. As jury, judge and executioner, I declare you guilty and hereby sentence you to death. Execution is to take place immediately."
Cal's gloved hand slipped into one of the bottomless pockets of his trenchcoat.
"I have good news and bad news. The good news is that, as a typical pulp hero, I can't hit a girl." His tone then became apologetic: "The bad news is that I am quite resourceful."

He pulled from his pocket four large doxys he had found in the curtains. While the Mary Sue writhed helplessly against her bonds, he put one doxy on her face, one on her throat, one on her chest and one under her pants. With clinical detachment, he watched her squirm and emit muffled cries for nearly ten minutes before she finally succumbed to over thirty vicious bites on every part of her body. Her dead eyes stared at the ceiling in mute horror.

Satisfied, Cal untied the twisted corpse and dragged it to the kitchen downstairs. With some difficulty, he somehow succeeded in stuffing it into the pantry, though he had to make extensive use of the bone saw lying on the table. Since Marina did not have much meat on her, Kreacher would probably manage to get rid of her body in only a few stews or roasts. His task done, Agent Cal opened another portal and quit the now much cleaner Potterverse.

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Be sure to leave your sanity at the door and welcome to the PPC. :)