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[helmacon]

The Outside World

You have received a summons from the blue government. Apparently, agencies tracking the development of organized crime in Dagos have noticed several alarming developments. The major mafia families are being inundated with meta human recruits. They note the particular ruthlessness and competence of these metas, and fear it may mark an escalation of organized crime in the country. Citing your recent research into meta humans and the fact that you have several quite high on your payroll they ask you to justify yourself. They claim that metas are dangerous and unstable individuals, and your working with them has become a matter of national security. Write a brief rationalization and justification for your organizations existence, and clarify your intentions going forward.

**Please vote for a single entry and post it in the core thread . Be aware that the enemy will be able to read your submission. The side with the most justifiable and convincing argument will receive a +1 applied to every category of a project, to be applied to any new project they choose to use it on. **

Matters.inc performed about as expected this year. you have gained 2 million $ and 2 favors.

It is currently the Project and Research phase.

You may describe one project or research project you would like to perform. You will receive a quote for the baseline cost of the action in money and influence. If it is a project you may receive some details about the end effects, but the full effect will be dependent on the project rolls upon completion. Example: Your new Headquarters will increase the total Villain cap for the Council. (Rolling a (1) in effect might increase the cap by just 1. Rolling a (6) might increase the cap by (3)). The project will then become available for work during the deployment phase. *Do note that you do not have to assign anyone to work the project, and it will stay open indefinitely. There is no maximum number to the amount of projects or research you can have active at once.

State of the Council:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Current Funds: 11 million $
Current Influence: 8 favors

Villian List:

Spoiler: Brian Matter (click to show/hide)

Name: Brian Matter
Gender: Male
Appearance: Brian does not entertain the fanciful notion of costumes. He wears a business suit, or his personal armored mech suite when in combat
HP: 150/150

Powers:
No notable powers at this time
Stats:
Combat, Melee: Lv 2
Combat Ranged: Lv 2
Intellect: Lv 4
Traits:
Entrepreneur - His business ventures provide a steady stream of Money and influence. It also makes it easier to acquire particular materials.
Public Figure - Brian is well known and liked by the public. He always covers his tracks, and killing or gravely wounding him will have serious repercussions for the enemy hero.
Relationships:
No current relationships
Specializations:
Practical research - Brian gets a bonus to research actions intended to produce specific equipment or items.
Equipment:
Mech suite - (When equiped) +200 hp, reduced ranged and melee damage, increases damage done. Breaks after 200 damage, and must be re-purchased.

Current Reputation - 100
Location - Dagos

Spoiler: Melissa "Dark Hand" Aniya (click to show/hide)

Name: Melissa Aniya, AKA Dark Hand
Gender: Female
Appearance: A washout from an old Government Psychic program, she found herself developing her powers a few years down the road. She still bears the scars from the psychic program, and poverty has driven her to minor crime. She dons a deep purple mask over her eyes and upper face, and wears a skintight uniform of the same color. She has long, jet black hair.
HP: 100/100

Powers:
Telekinesis (Very greatly increased chance to hit with an attack. Minor damage increase for attacks. Melee attacks can be made at range.)
Stats:
Combat, Melee: Lv 0
Combat Ranged: Lv 0
Intellect: Lv 2
Traits:
Psychic Sonar - Can detect any heroes she has encountered before, and will give her group 1 unopposed round at the beginning of an engagement.
Distrustful - This person will be difficult to build loyalty with.
Relationships:
No current relationships
Specializations:
No specalizations
Equipment:
A skintight uniform of Dark Purple. It gives a very minor boost to agility.

Current Reputation - 60
Location - Dagos

Spoiler: Lisa "HarvestMan" Kane (click to show/hide)

Name:Lisa Kane, AKA Harvestman
Gender: Female
Appearance: Once upon a time, Lisa was a beautiful and promising young chemist working for a company in Dagos. In the interest of profit the company was cutting corners on safety, and a batch of improperly disposed of chemicals suddenly oxidized when her lab mate opened the jar. Horrifying clouds of debilitating toxic gas flooded the room, killing her lab-mate and leaving Lisa horribly disfigured. Furious and unstable, Lisa vowed revenge on the company and it wasn't long before she found herself drawn into the world of contract killings and orginized crime.
HP:200/200

Powers:
No Notable Powers
Stats:
Combat, Melee: Lv 0
Combat Ranged: Lv 2
Intellect: Lv 2
Traits:
Disfigured - Lisa is an infamous and unforgettable sight. She will earn less favors, but more renown when working in the field.
Noxious Chemistry - Lisa fights at range, and her rounds are filled with all manner of neuro-toxins, poisons, and other nasty things. Causes a random effect on a successful hit.
Relationships:
No current relationships
Specializations:
Chemistry - A bonus to chemical related research
Equipment:
Lisa wears a porcelain doll mask to cover her true horrific visage.
Crossbow/gun - Lisa uses a crossbow at most times, but the handle detaches to a regular handgun in emergencies.

Reputation - 90
Location - Dagos

Current Projects:

Spoiler: Projects List (click to show/hide)

Project: Cerebral Enhancer: Costs 5$ and 3 favors per turn of research. 4 turns remaining.
Research: Sentient Computers: Costs 3$ and 6 favors per turn of research. 1 turns remaining.
Project: Meta-Human Research: Costs 2 favors and 3 million $ per turn of work. 2 turns remaining.

Check out this lovely new high quality map, courtesy of your resident Villain, PirateJoe! AKA Kyuu.

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[piratejoe]

Well, you already know what I want, we should make a project to expand our villain capacity. As for the writing challenge I will probably work on it later if I can since I am still stuck on a tablet.

[flazeo25]

Well, you already know what I want, we should make a project to expand our villain capacity. As for the writing challenge I will probably work on it later if I can since I am still stuck on a tablet.

+1

[birdy51]

You Matter: Metahuman Outreach

Recognizing the need to find potentially powerful metahumans before the competition picks them up, You Matter is an outreach campaign to find and protect vulnerable meta-humans. Not only does this make us look good in the eyes of the local government, it also provides us with a steady stream of candidates who might either be good for our public business or our more under the table activities.

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More storage isn't a bad idea though. I'm not voting for it, but I'll do a quick write up.

Operative Storage

Matters Inc. will quietly buy an abandoned warehouse for the purpose of facilitating and housing some of our local operatives here in Dagos. While not a flattering option, it is indeed functional and will provide enough room for our criminals to operate in peace.

Operative Storage (2)- piratejo, flazeo25
You Matter: Metahuman Outreach (1)- Birdy51

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Also! did a write up submission for your perusal.

Spoiler: A Response to the Outside World (click to show/hide)

Blue Congress
Session Record #7 on the Threat of Metahumans
A Testimony from Brian Matter

Dear friends of the Blue Government, I have been called before you all to testify on behalf of Metahumans. I understand your fears. You have called them dangerous, for they have powers beyond our own. You have called them unstable, ruthless, and most perhaps most interesting, competent threats to our way of life. I am not here to condemn those views. Living on the fringes of society, the Modern Metahuman is an outcast who uses their powers in whatever ways that they can to survive. They steal, they hurt, and take whatever they wish from normal citizens so long as it furthers their goals. But if that is true, then what separates them from our fellow man?

Esteemed members of this Congress, look at mankind closely with a scrutinizing eye. Do we not have our own storied histories of barbaric violence?  For as long as it has existed, mankind has been an unstable, ruthless and occasionally competent functionary of existence. We have formed ourselves crusades against one another, killing and maiming for little reason, and take whatever is convenient to facilitate our own basic needs. Barbarically, we have even partaken of wars and violence for the mere bestial joy of battle. Can we blame these meta-humans for doing what they must just to survive? No. I think not.

Allow me a moment to turn the tables and show you the world from where I can see it. When I look at a Metahuman, I don't see a mere, idle danger danger. I see opportunity. What others call ruthlessness, I see the natural drive to success that brought me here today. In instability, I see the endless capacity of the humankind to adapt and change. These are remarkable individuals, but they are still normal people.

A human like you or me.

With that truth established, it is my firmest belief that Matters.inc cannot let the Metahuman opportunity slip by. The emergence of the new Metahuman is already providing us with invaluable data and business opportunities that cannot be denied. Dream with me my dear gentlemen, a heroic fireman who is immune to the flames licking right at their finger tips. Workers with the strength of ten men, constructing a mighty skyscraper. Doctors with enhanced abilities identifying and eradicating outbreaks before they even happen. My hope and indeed my life mission is that by providing fair and balanced opportunities for Metahumans, we may lift them up from the muck of squalor and into the new world where they might exist peacefully alongside their fellow man. They may have super powers, but these individuals are still quintessentially human.

Assuredly, if we ignore this opportunity, there will be others who will take advantage of it. It happens even now. If you seek an example of this truth, look no further than the local influx of crime in here in our beloved Dagos. Metahumans flood the street, and the mafia has seen opportunities you have not. They have identified these individuals as tools or weapons to be used against civilized society and exploit the common man till they are penniless. If we are to respond, I suggest we respond in kind by finding heroic individuals who are willing to fight these cretins toe to toe. But know friend, that we cannot hope to find such individuals if we are condemning their very existence. We must together as one party to identify endangered meta-humans and save them from this life of crime, delivering them and ourselves unto a brighter future.

In summary, I urge you, the members of this great Congress of Dagos to consider not just the danger, but the opportunity posed by this new breed of humans. Matter Inc. has already taken the necessary steps to research this opportunity, and we look forward to the prospect of working together with you in this new endeavor. Representatives of the Blue Government, I beseech you, let us come together as one body so that we might be able to save some of these young men and women yet. Together, we can secure our place in the glorious future of this new and changing world.

Now and forever, I am your friend, Brian Matter of Matters Inc. Together, Let us Build Ourselves a Brighter Tomorrow.

[piratejoe]

I really like that submission, I must say.

[helmacon]

Project: Operative Storage

Rolls*: Time (5) Cost (3)

In the end, Matters.inc dosen't so much buy a warehouse as they do sell a warehouse. Specifically, they sell a warehouse to small startup company operating out of Dagos that seems to be quite difficult to get in contact with. The realtor who facilitated the transaction would have told you that she only ever worked with two women, who she claimed only ever provided her with just enough information to do her job. Would have told you, because it seems that she has also disappeared as of late.

Most of the cost for this project has gone to keeping the transaction discreet. The warehouse is already built, so you need only get through the process of purchasing the property, and you will be all done.

Melissa "Dark Hand" Aniya has gained the trait Dabbling Entrepreneur from the experience.

Project Cost: 5 favors and 5 $
Project Time: 1 turn of work to complete

This project will provide you with an additional hideout, although the quality of the facilities is under some question.

*Initial rolls for the project are always unmodified. Modifiers affect the second set of rolls. (effect, price, bugs.)

Deployment phase

During the deployment phase, each character you control can take one (1) action. There are a number of different actions they can take.

Research:
Assign a character to one of you projects, if you have the money and favors available to fund it.

Recruitment:
Assign a character to recruit another hero or villain to your group, up to your current maximum. You can spend renown to modify the recruitment roll. 100 renown is a 1.0 modifier. (An unmodified roll) You can spend as much or as little as you like, but you cannot roll something outside of the 1-6 range.

Movement:
Move a character to another area on the map. They can't perform other actions during this time. Unless special measures have been taken (ie. research or a project) a character cannot be intercepted or otherwise engaged during travel.

Engagement:
Send a character to influence the city they are currently in. If no plan is specified, they will take generic actions. Robbing banks or stopping muggers, depending on your side. It will produce about an even ration of $ and influence.

You can also create a specific plan for your characters engagement that will effect the outcome. There are no generic presets to these. You can do whatever you scheme up. For example, a terror bombing may produce no real money, but a lot of influence. You could also take on bigger targets. Instead of stopping muggers, you might try to break up an organized crime ring. This will see you facing a number of weak generic enemies, and might be dangerous for a lone or inexperienced character, but will provide greater rewards than generic action.

Battles occur when heroes and villains attempt to engage in the same city during the same turn. If either side has uninjured characters after the battle they will still attempt to carry out the original plan. (provided the character is not uninjured because of a retreat) If you were attempting a high value target, the little mooks will usually show up during the battle, so a lone surviving rookie will always succeed on a mission after a battle.

[birdy51]

Here we go!

Brian: Research: Sentient Computers: Costs 3$ and 6 favors per turn of research. 1 turns remaining.

Dark Hand and Harvestman - Operation Hamstring

Armed with the knowledge that the Blue Government is not the only group out there hunting down Metahumans, Dark Hand and Harvestman will prey on the local bars and clubs owned by Mafiosos for fun and profit. Some assets might end up returned in the end as Favors, but the majority of the winnings here will be cash and the knowledge that a rival has been effectively hamstringed.

[TamerVirus]

+1 to both of the above

[Rockeater]

I'm against doing anything too visible now, after the heros probobly know we are here I think we send Dark Hand and Harvestman  to another city

[birdy51]

I concur. After this, we can probably send them off the something like Water City; that way, we have two operatives in both cities.

[piratejoe]

I'm against doing anything too visible now, after the heros probobly know we are here I think we send Dark Hand and Harvestman  to another city

If we actually did stuff that the heroes could see, wouldn't we be able to see what they have done? I do agree we should make a base in another city sometime to be able to expand our influence but now I don't think is the time.

Brian: Research: Sentient Computers(3): birdy51, TamerVirus, Piratejoe

Dark Hand and Harvestman - Operation Hamstring(3): birdy51, TamerVirus, Piratejoe

Move Dark Hand and Harvestman to another city(1): Rockeater

[Rockeater]

We have dead cops now, we are not sure they did any kind of criminal catching operations

[birdy51]

I'm sure we'll be alright for now. That said, while we have a pause, I really am enjoying this game. I can't wait until we have our A.I at our disposal!

[Rockeater]

[/quote]If we actually did stuff that the heroes could see, wouldn't we be able to see what they have done? I do agree we should make a base in another city sometime to be able to expand our influence but now I don't think is the time.

Brian: Research: Sentient Computers(4): birdy51, TamerVirus, Piratejoe, Rockeater

Dark Hand and Harvestman - Operation Hamstring(3): birdy51, TamerVirus, Piratejoe

Move Dark Hand and Harvestman to another city(1): Rockeater

[flazeo25]

Brian: Research: Sentient Computers(5): birdy51, TamerVirus, Piratejoe, Rockeater, Flazeo25

Dark Hand and Harvestman - Operation Hamstring(4): birdy51, TamerVirus, Piratejoe, Flazeo25

Move Dark Hand and Harvestman to another city(1): Rockeater