Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

Conclusion
The scene ends when all of the robots and clones
are gone, one way or another. Once a blood
sample has been collected from each of the heroes,
the Skeeterbots self-destruct, but the other robots
and the clones will keep fighting until destroyed or
somehow are subdued. The robots shut down and
fry their own circuits if captured so as to not give
away their sinister provenance. No matter how this
altercation came to an end, it’s safe to say that this
press conference was a failure.
If the Scene Tracker Reaches the End
If the heroes run out of time on the scene tracker,
either the mayor or the police commissioner stop
fighting, turn to the heroes, and rant in a broken,
actively degrading voice, "You'll never stop us!
We’re everywhere! HAHAHAHA!” then collapses
to dust, as poorly made clones tend to do. The
robots retreat, scattering into the city. If the the
heroes want to give chase, allow an Overcome
action to track down and take out the remaining
fleeing police bots.
In this case, have whichever one of these clones
delivered the warning also shows up in Scene 3. If
neither survived but the scene tracker still ran out,
have copies of both the mayor and the chief of
police show up! You didn’t think they were the only
clones, did you?
Aftermath
The hero with the highest rated Sciencerelated
quality recognizes the collapse-into-dust
phenomenon as a problem with poorly made
clones. Their bodies are unstable and prone to that
sort of disintegration; however, where some are
poorly constructed, others might not be. That same
hero knows there’s only one place on earth that
could create clones like that — it’s at the Center
for Advanced Genomic Research on the remote
island of Tarama in the western Pacific. Note: this
can be communicated either by telling the players
this information outright, or by specifically only
telling the player of the most scientific hero this
information, letting them share it with the party in
their own particular manner. That’s up to you and
your style of GMing!
The human police officers are horrified by what
happened to both their police commissioner and
the mayor. They are suspicious about everyone's
identity now, but they still lend the heroes whatever
help they need.
Throughout the city (including City Hall),
televisions and radios tuned to news are playing
emergency broadcasts from around the world — a
dozen business, science, and political leaders have
all spontaneously collapsed into dust, including
the CEO of General Software, the head of the
Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and perhaps most
disturbingly, the United States Secretary of Defense.
If the heroes don’t have an aircraft, the city
government can lend them a small jet that can get
them to the island of Tarama.
Suggested Montage Elements
& Social Prompts
For a montage scene between Scenes 1 and 2,
there are a variety of things the heroes can do.
• Get medical attention: Megalopolis has
outstanding ER facilities, and the heroes may
have their own infirmary. Either way, they can
use this to recover health, as per the usual
Montage Scene rules.
• Research: The heroes can learn about the
Center for Advanced Genomic Research,
creating a Boost useable in the next scene.
• Security: With the mayor and police
commissioner revealed to be clones under
the control of an unknown enemy, the deputy
commissioner is very concerned about how
to proceed. If one of the heroes works with
her to come up with a security plan, this
builds rapport that should be rewarded in a
future Issue. You could run this as a full social
scene, where issues of trust and paranoia are
discussed, and earn the team a hero point.
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