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Ordis (Original Poster) (Ten-Zero PR Manager)
Posted On Feb 25th 2011:
Citizens of the United states of America, my name is Ordis. I represent a new and elite super hero team named Ten-Zero. I am on this forum to inform you that at noon today in Missouri on highway 63, four of our members of our organization Ivara, Excalibur, Rhino, and Trinity, tracked down and eliminated all members of the Slaughterhouse Nine.
Before the predictable wave of doubt: attached is an edited compilation of the events, condensed for clarity and viewer safety. This includes bodycam feeds, external sensors, and tactical overview. We would also like to thank the PRT for its quick and effective response to evacuating civilians before the engagement. Thanks to them there were no civilian casualties.
Viewer discretion advised.
[VIDEO LINK]
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►FreeToTry (Unverified Cape)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Holy shit. This looks like real footage. the bodies, the fighting, fucking everything. if this isn't hoax by a video tinker then that means the nine are really gone...
►Capewatcher92
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Mods pls confirm before I click this. If this is a rickroll after that intro I'll riot.
►VisionsOfSilence (Moderator) (Protectorate Employee)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
This thread is under immediate review. Please refrain from spreading disinformation. Posting false claims about ongoing parahuman threats is a bannable offense.
►Ordis (Original Poster) (Ten-Zero PR Manager)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Oh, Moderator! Thank you for your concern. But it would be very silly to claim a lie while attaching high-definition multi-perspective recordings of the Nine being EXTERMINATED.
If the Slaughterhouse Nine are not "officially" gone by your standards, then perhaps the bodies, footage, and your own very frightened field agents and capes in the video will help you reconsider.
Also, it seems you attempted to lock this thread. Don't worry, I've undone the lock for you. Mistakes happen to everyone!
►kibbles
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Wait. Did… did the OP just unlock his own thread? Is PHO being hacked?
►Antigone
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
I watched the whole video. If this is real, each of these Ten-Zero capes are all Triumvirate tier. They tracked and stomped the Nine like it was nothing when the PRT and Protectorate have only been picking of one or two member for years now.
►SummerCampEnthusiast
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Forget the power levels, can we talk about how goddamn cool they look?? The sleek armor, the weapons, the spaceship that decloaks at the end?? Straight up sci-fi capes.
►BoatDreamer (Veteran Member)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
I agree. This is the first time in years I've seen a cape team that doesn't either just look like spandex clowns or recreation of robo-cop. Anyways, if we really wanna know if this is real, we just have to tag Bagrat, that guy knows everything.
►Bagrat (Veteran Member) (The Guy in the Know)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
It's real.
The PRT locked down the site near Highway 63 outside of Kirksville where the footage was taken. I've even got confirmation from boots on the ground that that Jack Slash, Mannequin, Shatterbird, Burnscar, and the Siberian (now known to be William Manton) are all confirmed dead. The only ones that weren't confirmed were Bonesaw and Hatchetface, and as we can see from the footage, they are very much dead.
The Nine are gone.
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►Ordis (Original Poster) (Ten-Zero PR Manager)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Oh! Thank you for verifying, Mr. Bagrat! I am delighted to see community-sourced confirmation. Also, I noticed several Nine sympathizers attempting to post earlier—don't worry, I banned them for you. Free of charge.
You're welcome!
►SharpSharon (Moderator)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Stop banning people. You don't even have permission to!
►Ordis (Original Poster) (Ten-Zero PR Manager)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
I'm just helping keep the forum clean! After all, it would be so embarrassing if the wrong people were allowed to muddy such an important announcement.
Anyway, if anyone has further questions about Ten-Zero, please ask! I'm very responsive.
►Potent420 (Newfoundland Survivor)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Lol, the mods are seething. Anyways, thanks Ten-Zero, i never lost anyone to the nine but i sympathize with anyone who has lost their homes and family to those monsters. It also helps that i can sleep a bit easier knowing they're all dead.
►4Glasses4Eyes (Verified Cape)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
I lost many good friends and had to kill my own daughter when Bonesaw infected our citys water supply five years ago. I thought I'd never see her pay for it. Seeing her die in that recording… I cried. So thank you Ten-Zero.
►Fluoride Treatment
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Rhino literally punched a super evolved Crawler's head off and stopped TIME. Dude might be the strongest brute behind Alexandria. I mean, how do u fight against that level of strength AND time manipulation?
►Bagrat (Veteran Member) (The Guy in the Know)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
You said four of your members. That means you've got more capes, right?
Can we get a list and can you tell us which one is the Tinker responsible for Ten-Zero's weapons and armor? I'm also curious how an organization that can field a spaceship and easily defeat the Nine has stayed hidden this long.
And one more thing—are you related to the Simurgh sighting in orbit earlier today?
►MiLocks
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Can we talk to the members of the team? Your cool Ordis but i want to ask THEM the questions. Like can Trinity's heal like Panacea? My mom has been in her waiting line for months now and I'm scared that she'll pass before she can receive help.
►Ordis (Original Poster) (Ten-Zero PR Manager)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Thank you all for the wonderful support. We at Ten-Zero are happy to have provided you and many other closure.
As for your questions Mr Bagrat, you have such insightful questions! Unfortunately, certain details are restricted for now. Operational security, you understand. But yes we do posses many more members. As for the Tinker, I am the one of the two responsible for maintaining and building the weapons and armor of our organization.
The "orbital incident" was us. We were intending the excursion to simply be information gathering, but the mission took a turn when the Simurgh detected our vessel, the Liset, and engaged us. Ivara fought back and this led to the incident you are referring to.
Addressing Ms Locks, while I cannot speak for Trinity directly, her healing ability is at least on par with Panacea. Sadly, her focus remains on field operations for now. But please do not lose hope! Assistance to the ill and suffering is something Ten-Zero deeply values.
►Fluoride Treatment
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Wait so you guys soloed the Simurgh AND ended the Nine in a single day!? What are the power rating on you and your people!?
►Ordis (Original Poster) (Ten-Zero PR Manager)
Replied On Feb 25th 2011:
Oh, dear user… attempting to scale the members of our organization would be quite meaningless. Power ratings only have meaning when you understand the scale you're measuring against.
And quite frankly no one here does.
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"...and yes we'll take full advantage of the edited out confrontation between our organizations. Get to work everyone, i expect nothing but the best."
A chorus of "Yes, Chief Director," answered back before the screens went dark.
Rebecca leaned back in her chair, the tension in her shoulders loosening — but only slightly. A thousand emotions stirred beneath her composure, each rising like bubbles from the depths before being crushed again by discipline.
She was happy — happy that William Manton was dead. That someone, finally, had avenged Hero. If she'd ever been given the chance, she would have done it herself. She would have torn through the Slaughterhouse Nine one by one until Manton was nothing but memory and bloody paste.
But she hadn't.
Manton's was too valuable, both as a scapegoat for the Case-53 phenomenon and as the power behind the Siberian projection. And Jack Slash had been a valuable tool meant bring out more unique triggers. His powers were also unique in a way they couldn't explain so needed to study,
Now both were gone.
No warning. No sign. No time to prepare.
Whether this was the will of the Path or a failure of their understanding, she didn't yet know. But either way, Cauldron would be meeting.
Rebecca straightened, pushing her emotions back down into the calm steel compartment where she kept them locked since the beginning of her foray into saving humanity. She pressed a button on her desk. The privacy shutters descended with a soft hiss, sealing off her office from the outside world.
A faint shimmer appeared beside her — a vertical ripple in space that solidified into a door-shaped portal of blue light. Without hesitation, she stood and walked through.
The transition was instant.
Cold white light, polished glass and ivory floors replaced the mundane Chief Director Office.. Through the panoramic windows beyond the meeting chamber, she could see it — the vast, unmoving crystalline corpse of the Thinker, its presence a reminder that even to ants a god could fall..
The others were already waiting. Doctor Mother at the head of the table. Contessa was beside her, as always, quiet and unreadable. The Number Man with his usual stillness, tablet already active and David — arms crossed, gaze focused but tight with the restless energy that never left him.
Keith's absence was immediately noted, but expected.
Rebecca nodded once in greeting as she took her seat. Doctor Mother didn't waste time. "Ten-Zero has publicly taken responsibility. Verification is overwhelming. The Nine are gone. Manton and Jack Slash are both confirmed deceased."
It wasn't news, but it was said out loud to incase someone here missed it.
"That means," David said, leaning forward, "we've lost some of our most valuable pieces to try against the Entity."
Doctor Mother inclined her head. "Yes. Some paths will need to be restructured."
Contessa spoke next, tone even but eyes distant, already seeing possibilities unravel and reform. "I'm running projections now. Without Jack, several predicted paths close, but not the critical ones. We can still create the right chain of events — it will just require alternate catalysts. Provided these newcomers don't interfere."
The Number Man's stylus paused mid-notation. "Jack's removal also reduces behavioral volatility. Fewer random variables, tighter models. Still, his… unpredictability had value."
His expression didn't shift, but Rebecca knew enough of his history to see the shade of something human flicker through — regret, perhaps. Jack had been a friend once, after all.
David frowned, realizing what she had. "Wait. Their removal wasn't in the path? You're saying these Ten-Zero people are blind spots like me?"
Rebecca answered before Contessa could, confirming to her that their all seeing woman was off her game. "Dangerous ones at that. The Nine were no pushovers, and they were taken apart casually. Even with the footage edited, you can tell they were holding back."
That drew David's full attention — a spark of excitement in his eyes showed his old hunger for challenge returning anew.
Doctor Mother steepled her fingers. "Indeed. The fact that we knew nothing of them until now implies their blindspot might be a trump. Possibly external."
The Number Man spoke again, tone thoughtful. "How sure are we that they're even parahuman? Their physiology appears human, but the armor—if it is armor—behaves more like a second skin. Their ship is also well beyond any known tinker ability and their first confirmed sighting was in orbit. That is… concerning."
Rebecca had silently thought the same thing and felt deep down that Number Man was right. For all Cauldron's reach—across the different Earths, with agents, thinkers, and precogs embedded in every major parahuman structure—no whisper of Ten-Zero had ever reached them. That wasn't just improbable. It was impossible. Even with a thinker blindspot they wouldn't be able to hide all traces of themselves from Cauldron.
Doctor Mother broke the moment with her usual authority. "Your points are noted, Kurt. We'll investigate. But first, we must address immediate concerns — namely Keith."
Everyone understood.
"We told him Manton was responsible for the Case-Fifty-Threes," she continued. "We'll need a new explanation for any continued appearances."
Rebecca had already thought of an excuse, one she had been holding in since the day they had told him that lie. She had been hoping to use it after she murdered that son of a bitch but this situation was perfect for it. "Say that Manton had an apprentice. Someone who continued his work in secret. It's believable, and it buys us time."
Doctor Mother gave a short nod of approval. "Thats what we'll tell him."
The conversation continued, more discussions and plans on setting the path right being bounced back and forth.
Rebecca looked around the room as Culdron talked — they were the few who knew more than anyone else alive, the ones shaping the fate of worlds. And yet here they were, improvising when one mistake could mean millions dead. It was a sad reality and one she had made peace with.
When the discussion came back to Ten-Zero, Doctor Mother had already decided what they would do and it was a plan Rebecca agreed with. "As for Ten-Zero, we observe. Limit contact and observe from afar and do not interfere with their plans until we understand their nature and how to work the path around them. The last thing we need is another alien race declaring war on humanity."
Voices of agreement rang out, though reluctantly from David.
Rebecca didn't speak. She only nodded as she looked at the holographic display in front of her — the frozen frame of Ten-Zero's Rhino disrupting time. Excalibur dismembering Jack, Trinity healing, and the leader Ivara shooting Manton and ending the Siberian.
Maybe Manton's death had put her in a good mood because despite the path being in shambles and the weight of responsibility not being any lighter, she felt a little hope that these Tenno would be good for the world.
The Operator sat slouched in his transference chair, fingers pressed to his forehead in utter exasperation. The faint hum of the Orbiter filled the silence, punctuated only by the distant whoosh of Umbra practicing his sword play.
"Ordis," he said at last, voice low and weary.
"Yes, Operator?" came the chipper reply, far too bright for the mood.
"When you asked to be the public relations manager, you made me a lot of promises about... staying out of trouble."
"Ordis did do that!" the cephalon chirped proudly.
The Operator exhaled through his nose, pinching the bridge of it now. "Then please, explain to me why—after less than twenty-four hours in that role—you are currently wanted dead in seventeen countries and have a collective bounty of twenty-four million credits on your head from several major criminal syndicates?"
A pause. Then very seriously Ordis said: "They were being very rude to you, Operator. So Ordis was rude back by leaking classified information and draining many of the assets, all for PHO to see."
The Tenno let out a long, defeated sigh and dragged a hand down his face.
"...Haaaaaa."
Ordis hummed happily, oblivious to the despair in the air. "Would you like me to prepare another statement for the press?"
"Absolutely not. Just get the new body ready for me please, Umbra and I are heading to Earth."
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A/N: Sorry for missing last week. I'm not exactly swimming in my free time due to my current financial situation but I'm here now! Thanks for all the support on the story so far, it's always fun reading the reactions to my work and it keeps me motivated. Next chapter is a timeskip btw.