Act 2 - Aftermath

After opening credits roll: Unidentified character is watching a news report about the plane incident.

Target Body Count: 60

Quake

Script: Television begins to rattle, then falls and smashes. Ceiling caves in, worker on roof splats to the ground next to unidentified character. Camera pans out, showing said character’s eyes rolling back into head as she dies of fright. Building begins to collapse disastrously.

Body Count: 2

Night out.

Script: Buildings nearby begin to collapse also. People run from their homes in fright. Walls tumble from the sheer force. Six friends stroll home after a night in the pub, a quaking giant oak tree topples, one survives, a tall girl with long dark hair, she screams.

Body Count: 5

Total Body Count: 7

Quake Machine

Script: Giant machine emerges from underground, killing one bystander. The man from the prologue is on the machine. Man announces evil plot to cause natural disasters with the machine. Tall girl interferes by throwing tree at man, misses, gets shot.

Body Count: 2

Total Body Count: 9

Love Hurts

Script: Man pushes yellow button causing machine to fire lightning from the sky. Lightning hits a nearby pool, frying two lovers during a tender moment.

Body Count: 2

Total body count: 10 (as darths scene was cut)

The Approach

Script: Machine sprouts treads and begins to roll towards nearby city. It rises over the horizon as a family of four in the foreground madly drives away. Man fires a rocket, causing their car to flip and explode. Close-up on man with a hint of a smile on his face.

Body Count: 4

Total body count: 14

The Farmhouse

Script: Cut to a dark farmhouse. An owl hoots. A light comes on in an upstairs window. Cut to front verandah, where a farmer is loading a shotgun and squinting out into the night. The ground begins to shake. With a roar, the machine flattens the farmhouse, killing its four occupants.

Body Count: 4

Total body count: 19 (if Darth’s scene was cut, the total just carries on from Rodlen’s)

Future Sidekick

Script: Seven lost Boy Scouts emerge from woods. Machine attacks. Hero appears with shovel, deflects projectile, saves spikey-haired boy. Boy charges machine, Hero restrains boy.

Body Count: 6 (Rolled five + 1 for popularity)

Total body count: 25

Tactical Retreat

Script: Hidden amidst some foliage the Hero introduces himself as Stewart to his newfound sidekick whom he calls Oliver even though that is not the boy’s name. Stewart fires a flare to signal the awaiting attack helicopters which force the machine back underground suffering one lost chopper and it’s four occupants.

Body Count: 4

Total Body Count: 29

Getting even

Oliver hears noises in nearby foliage but before Hero is informed, ten goons jump out. Oliver pushes hero over and gets hit with bullets. Hero gets angry at the loss of new friend. He flying kicks one goon, picks up gun and shoots three before hearing faint “Help!” from Oliver.

Body count: 4 (Rolled 5, deducted 1)

Total Body Count: 27 if Gnauga’s is invalid.

Establishing motivation

With his dying breath, Oliver tells the Hero about a shadowy government conspiracy he heard about from his scoutmaster. Oliver is shot by a government sniper in a helicopter, which the Hero destroys by throwing a brick at it, killing both occupants.

Body count: 3

Total body count: 30

Crash and burn

Script: The helicopter then procedes to crash on the blockade, incinerating the 2 soldiers standing thereupon. In the distance the machine crushes another innocent civilian

body count 3

total 33

Shadows

Script: A group of unknown shadowy characters are watching the machine on TV. There are some mumbled orders and a muffled argument; five of them storm out, but are shot in the back by the others on the way.

Body Count: 5

Total Body Count: 38