The exterior doors of the plane are locked. Opening them from the outside requires a DC 20 Technology check or breaking a Toughness 8 object.
\nEddie is going to use his Wall-Crawling to cling to the sides of the airplane and run in a spiral around the body of the plane from back to front. Then he is going to use the Finishing Attack maneuver to amp up the damage from his attack: Full-Speed Punch: Damage 4 + STR.
\n\u201cIf you choose to make your Attack Check normally against DC 10, a successful hit is treated as a Critical Hit, with a +5 bonus to the attack\u2019s Damage or Effect rank.\u201d
\nFor this Challenge, however, the DC is 15. Things are harder to do in mid-air\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Close Combat 10 + Fighting 4 + d20 = 25 vs. 15\u2026 a successful hit with 3 degrees of success, so +5 to damage.<\/span>
\nBut FRACTAL tried to use her speed to help, so she makes a Team Check as a helper using her 6 ranks of Flight vs. DC 15.<\/span>
\nFlight 6 + Teamwork 5 + d20 = 23 vs. 15\u2026 this gives no bonus to degrees of success.<\/span>
\nCHALLENGE STATUS<\/u>: 3 of 5 needed successes vs. 0 of 3 failures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eddie does 4 damage for the punch + 2 for his STR + 5 for the Finishing Attack = 11 Damage. The door\u2019s Toughness is now used in a roll to see if he gets through in one punch.<\/p>\n

Toughness 8 + d20 vs. Damage 11 + 15 = 27 vs. 26\u2026 NO EFFECT!<\/span>
\nFRACTAL has the Luck advantage, but can\u2019t use it here\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Fractal scoops Eddie up before he falls off the wing.
\n\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d he yells into her ear. \u201cThe door\u2019s too strong, and I\u2026 I guess I\u2019m\u2026 I\u2019m not a hero.\u201d
\nThe burning engine sputters and goes completely dead. The plane begins to roll to the right.
\nFractal is still listening to the co-pilot, and he is panicking, \u201cI\u2019M GOING IN FOR THE LANDING, BUT THE RIGHT WING IS DIPPING. WE\u2019RE GOING TO CRASH!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEddie, they are going to try to land. We have to get the wing up or they are going to crash. If I fly under the wing, can you use your hands as you did on the roof? Create enough wind to lift the wing and level it out?\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2026 I can sure as hell try.\u201d<\/p>\n

FRACTAL will be the leader on this Team Check. I\u2019m going to give her a +2 Circumstance Modifier because of her Darkvision and Distance Sense. She will use Extra Effort to bump that to a +5 on this roll, but will become Fatigued afterward. This means her flight movement will drop to half and she will no longer be able to keep up with the plane\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Flight 6 + Modifier 5 + d20 = 17 vs. 15\u2026 one degree of success<\/span>
\nEddie adds his tornado hands (Move Object 7) to try to add more lift:<\/span>
\nMove Object 7 + Teamwork 5 + d20 = 13 vs. 15\u2026 no help<\/span>
\nFRACTAL uses her Luck advantage to re-roll the 6 on her check (and add 10 to a roll of 10 or less)<\/span>
\nShe rolls a 7, which becomes a 17!<\/span>
\nFlight 6 + Modifier 5 + d20 = 28 vs. 15\u2026 three degrees of success!<\/span>
\nCHALLENGE STATUS<\/u>: 6 of 5 needed successes vs. 0 of 3 failures =\u00a0SUCCESS<\/u>!<\/span><\/p>\n

Together they stabilize the plane and help it make a safe emergency landing. Eddie uses his speed to rush the pilot out through the emergency exit to the EMTs. They save his life. Everyone else is OK. And so once again, the day is saved.<\/p>\n

FRACTAL is exhausted from the effort. She will sleep well tonight. But it\u2019s all in a day\u2019s work for a superhero… though she feels they might have gotten a little lucky on this day. But first, she gathers Eddie and gives the news reporters the interview they are looking for.<\/p>\n

\u201cAllow me to introduce you to my new teammate, EDDY,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd that\u2019s EDDY with a Y\u2026 you know, like a whirlpool.”
\nShe nudges him and gives him a “show them” head nod. He comes out of his deer-like trance and spins his hand for the cameras. The reporters closest to him gather their coats and hold onto their hats. A murmur of approval from a few.<\/p>\n

“I’m so fast, I can run on water,” says EDDY, quickly getting comfortable in front of the crowd.
\n“Oooo, like Elsa!” says a young reporter. The old man standing next to her gives her a WHAT THE HELL? look.
\n“Oh, and I hear he\u2019s quite the artist, too,\u201d adds FRACTAL as she bows out of the interview and walks off.
\nAs she takes flight, she hears EDDY plugging his upcoming opening at the Mandlebrot SETpiece gallery. She smiles to herself behind her mask.
\nA little cross-promotion never hurt anybody,\u00a0right<\/i>?<\/p>\n