Turn 1
- Location
- California,USA
Turn 1
Cain Milton Homestolk
Age: 23
Diplomacy: 3+2=5 (A Hard and blunt man by Nature, Cain is in many ways still the classist college student he was while living on Pegasus, but he's tempered his worse habits thanks to the war.)
Military: 3 (Cain, is a physically fit man, but he's no fighter, when the chips are down he will try, but don't expect a miracle from him.)
Administration: 6+4=10,(Mathematics is the Key to Science and economics and he's mastered it well.)
Intrigue: 4+1=5, (He hid his true beliefs from Communists, and the Board, not an easy feat for a man like him.)
Learning: 10+6=16, (A True talent of science and reason, he's hated for being better then many people.)
Traits:
Omnidisciplinary Scientist: You are a Scientist of at least two fields of study and as such are one of the brightest minds in the colony. (+6 Learning, +4 Administration, +2 Diplomacy)
Subversive: You have gone rogue from the Halcyon Board's direct control, and in doing so have become a dissident, by the Board's extremely broad and far reaching effects. You find it rather liberating. (+1 Intrigue, Start with the Halcyon Board actively working against you.)
Jain "Jen" Anders
Age: 22
Diplomacy: 7+4=11 (Jen is a public speaker and quite the inspirational charisma about her. PR classes only helped)
Military: 5 (Unlike Cain,she did fight on the front lines, but like cain she wasn't very good at it, student malita's normally aren't know for skill)
Administration: 5+1=6 (Jen knows Economics, basic, but serviceable, like most of Halcyon, shame she missed that last course)
Intrigue: 6+2+1=9 (Unlike Cain, she keeps secret and kept her mouth shut, properly.)
Learning: 4 (Jen got into college because of her connections, not her grades, despite her ability)
Traits:
PR Novice: You are trained in Public Relations, mostly how to look pretty and lie to people about products, but its all about PRESENTATION (+4 Diplomacy, +2 Intrigue, +1 Administration)
Subversive:You have gone rogue from the Halcyon Board's direct control, and in doing so have become a dissident, by the Board's extremely broad and far reaching effects. You find it rather liberating. (+1 Intrigue, Start with the Halcyon Board actively working against you.)
(Cain POV)
"Emerald Vale, the Backwater of a Backwater...why would anyone want to live here?" You said.
Jen shrugged. "This region was built on two things, an active Geothermal active area with a massive mineral deposit of ore...and a reasonably sized lake or is it an Ocean. Guess witch one they decided to go with?"
"The one witch makes slightly more sense without any hindsight?" You said. "Come on if they diversify the economy instead of Mono working, they'd make more money...its simple economics, instead they necessarily look to what will rake in the profits of industry."
"Cain, most of the Corps don't follow a set economic theory, and the ones that do only do it out of self interest." She said.
"Yeah but the government can't keep them in line, I mean, WHO SELLS solar systems to Corporations!! The fact the Earth Directorate doesn't even have full control over most of the Periphery is enough for us to worry! We've had Nine Wars between local governments and Corporations across the sector!!"
"Yeah because you want to know what most of them have in common? Taxing the corporations and Reforming the System's economy with a more humane manner, like Kensyan or Feildman's economic theory. Freedom and Liberty from the Corps, Government Responsibility to keep said corps in line all that."
"I didn't take you for a Neo-Liberal?" Jen said.
"I'd consider myself an Enlightened Centrest, considering that the Communists were assholes and wanted to burn down the economy in some godless desire to abolish capitalism, The Socialists can't agree on how much to regulate and most of them become Communists as a result...The Right and Far Right keep looking for enemies and they started shooting each other as a result and the Centrists...had a head on their shoulder." You said.
Jen nodded. "Yeah, well that and they didn't burn down our College dorm when they took over the University. It was fun playing revolutionary."
"Yeah, then we got pulled into the war, surrendered and watched most of our ideological friends get gassed in a public execution and well, at least we graduated." You said. "At least we did something with our lives."
"I remember you throwing a FIT, when they told us we'd be sent to Halcyon...that was two years ago now. You wanted to be sent to a Prison but you weren't involved enough in the war to warrant that, so here we are." She said.
"Yeah, ever wonder why a good majority of the people that survived the war were sent to the Deep Frontier?" You said.
"It was Cheaper than killing us, at least that's what I got from my Manager in Byzantium. It was too expensive to kill everyone, so it was cheaper to separate out and send them to the Deep." She said.
"So, we're cheap wage slaves who are expendable and they can afford to treat us like shit." You said.
"For a guy who's supposed to be smart, you're dense as a rock sometimes." She said.
"Well, you've got a face that people like, but you ain't that pretty." You said.
"How did you even manage to keep the Communists from killing you?" She said.
"I promised them I'd build them a bomb...and I did and then it detonated during a lecture getting a bunch of them killed...I warned them it was unstable...but they didn't listen." You said.
"Its amazing the Board kept you on for as long as they did." she said.
"I'm amazed that I didn't get killed by our escape."You said.
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Edgewater was a RUN DOWN SHITHOLE...and that was honestly the kindest thing you could say about it, tired eyes followed you as the bar seemed open.
The Bartender was just as run down as the rest of them. "Shit, what will it be?"
"Looking for work, we were robbed earlier and want to gain bits in a fast manner. We're looking to charter a ship?" Jen said.
"Oh...are you laborers the company sent us? Bunks are free, but we can start you in a week as long as you go through orientation." The Bartender said.
"NOOO! I'm a Scientist!! I'm not a Wage Laborer. I went to College!!" You shouted.
"Cain, you worked as a dishwasher in college, you can handle Minimum Wage work." Jen said.
"The Minimum Wage is 3 Bits an hour in Halcyon! I used to get 15 per hour on Pegusus." You said.
"Oh, shit...this is gonna take a while." Jen said.
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You have 0 Bits to Spend
(You have 4 actions)
[]Work (Day Laborer): The Day Laboring, Odds, Ends and the Unflattering Jobs need to be done. Cost:0, Reward: Work the Jobs no one really wants to do...because someone has to. Reward: 130 Bits
[]Work (Canary): The Edgewater Cannery is the lifeblood of the Town, its also not exactly in proper order, you can tell just by looking at it. But bits and pieces need to be done. Cost:0, Reward:Work in the Canary and try not to look at what goes into your food to hard. 150 bits.
[]Work (Dishwasher): Its not the best job, but you work more hours than the Canary workers, and it adds up long term. But it's Monotonous as all get out. Cost:0, Reward: Bask in Minimum Wage work, and prey it doesn't become a prison. 200 Bits
[]Work (Accounting): Surely you can use your superior education in economics to run the numbers...and maybe get a chance to you know...take from the till. Cost:0, Reward:Reward: Run numbers for the Township, if they even listen to you. 210 bits, plus what you can steal.
[]Work (Mechanics): Ahh you remember the College Shop and Mechanics class, good elective.
Cost:0 Reward: Work on what keeps the world running, machines. 190 Bits.
[]Speak to the Manager: That's it...you're going up the ladder to complain to someone of decent authority, your skills are being wasted at least up the pay a bit.
Cost:0, Reward: Go to the Boss and file a complaint or at least talk to him.
[]Speak to the Constable: This Constable Reyes is a Bureaucrat in a suit of Armor, witch means she's a sight more intelligent then a few of these people. Cost:0,Reward: Go to the Constable for work.
[]A Walk in the Ruins: One of the Townships nearby must have been abandoned recently, its a disturbing trend you've been noting for a while now. Cost:0,Reward: Loot the slowly decaying ruins of a town that is nearby.
[]A Talk in the Bar: Maybe someone here has some sense!! Illiterate yokals are annoying! Cost:0, Reward: Go talking about in the Bar, and hope they don't keep speaking slogans at you.
[]Buy Guns: The Two of you need Iron on yourselves, if not for the Board then for the mess of Canids and monsters running around. Cost:500, Reward: Buy some guns for yourself and Jen.
[]Tuning in (The Board):The Board has a Monopoly on the Etherwave traffic, and most of its dribble, but you can discern some truth from it if you squint. Reward: Listen to the News on how the Colony is going with the Local Newscasters.
[] Tuning in (Pirate Radio): Now getting real news in Halcyon is Difficult, but not Impossible, you just have to tune in and prey nothing of your signal is detected in the bounce back. Cost: 0, Reward: Try to get a Signal to hear what's really going on in Halcyon.
AN: Plan Format, ask questions and Lets get this show on the road at last.
Cain Milton Homestolk
Age: 23
Diplomacy: 3+2=5 (A Hard and blunt man by Nature, Cain is in many ways still the classist college student he was while living on Pegasus, but he's tempered his worse habits thanks to the war.)
Military: 3 (Cain, is a physically fit man, but he's no fighter, when the chips are down he will try, but don't expect a miracle from him.)
Administration: 6+4=10,(Mathematics is the Key to Science and economics and he's mastered it well.)
Intrigue: 4+1=5, (He hid his true beliefs from Communists, and the Board, not an easy feat for a man like him.)
Learning: 10+6=16, (A True talent of science and reason, he's hated for being better then many people.)
Traits:
Omnidisciplinary Scientist: You are a Scientist of at least two fields of study and as such are one of the brightest minds in the colony. (+6 Learning, +4 Administration, +2 Diplomacy)
Subversive: You have gone rogue from the Halcyon Board's direct control, and in doing so have become a dissident, by the Board's extremely broad and far reaching effects. You find it rather liberating. (+1 Intrigue, Start with the Halcyon Board actively working against you.)
Jain "Jen" Anders
Age: 22
Diplomacy: 7+4=11 (Jen is a public speaker and quite the inspirational charisma about her. PR classes only helped)
Military: 5 (Unlike Cain,she did fight on the front lines, but like cain she wasn't very good at it, student malita's normally aren't know for skill)
Administration: 5+1=6 (Jen knows Economics, basic, but serviceable, like most of Halcyon, shame she missed that last course)
Intrigue: 6+2+1=9 (Unlike Cain, she keeps secret and kept her mouth shut, properly.)
Learning: 4 (Jen got into college because of her connections, not her grades, despite her ability)
Traits:
PR Novice: You are trained in Public Relations, mostly how to look pretty and lie to people about products, but its all about PRESENTATION (+4 Diplomacy, +2 Intrigue, +1 Administration)
Subversive:You have gone rogue from the Halcyon Board's direct control, and in doing so have become a dissident, by the Board's extremely broad and far reaching effects. You find it rather liberating. (+1 Intrigue, Start with the Halcyon Board actively working against you.)
(Cain POV)
"Emerald Vale, the Backwater of a Backwater...why would anyone want to live here?" You said.
Jen shrugged. "This region was built on two things, an active Geothermal active area with a massive mineral deposit of ore...and a reasonably sized lake or is it an Ocean. Guess witch one they decided to go with?"
"The one witch makes slightly more sense without any hindsight?" You said. "Come on if they diversify the economy instead of Mono working, they'd make more money...its simple economics, instead they necessarily look to what will rake in the profits of industry."
"Cain, most of the Corps don't follow a set economic theory, and the ones that do only do it out of self interest." She said.
"Yeah but the government can't keep them in line, I mean, WHO SELLS solar systems to Corporations!! The fact the Earth Directorate doesn't even have full control over most of the Periphery is enough for us to worry! We've had Nine Wars between local governments and Corporations across the sector!!"
"Yeah because you want to know what most of them have in common? Taxing the corporations and Reforming the System's economy with a more humane manner, like Kensyan or Feildman's economic theory. Freedom and Liberty from the Corps, Government Responsibility to keep said corps in line all that."
"I didn't take you for a Neo-Liberal?" Jen said.
"I'd consider myself an Enlightened Centrest, considering that the Communists were assholes and wanted to burn down the economy in some godless desire to abolish capitalism, The Socialists can't agree on how much to regulate and most of them become Communists as a result...The Right and Far Right keep looking for enemies and they started shooting each other as a result and the Centrists...had a head on their shoulder." You said.
Jen nodded. "Yeah, well that and they didn't burn down our College dorm when they took over the University. It was fun playing revolutionary."
"Yeah, then we got pulled into the war, surrendered and watched most of our ideological friends get gassed in a public execution and well, at least we graduated." You said. "At least we did something with our lives."
"I remember you throwing a FIT, when they told us we'd be sent to Halcyon...that was two years ago now. You wanted to be sent to a Prison but you weren't involved enough in the war to warrant that, so here we are." She said.
"Yeah, ever wonder why a good majority of the people that survived the war were sent to the Deep Frontier?" You said.
"It was Cheaper than killing us, at least that's what I got from my Manager in Byzantium. It was too expensive to kill everyone, so it was cheaper to separate out and send them to the Deep." She said.
"So, we're cheap wage slaves who are expendable and they can afford to treat us like shit." You said.
"For a guy who's supposed to be smart, you're dense as a rock sometimes." She said.
"Well, you've got a face that people like, but you ain't that pretty." You said.
"How did you even manage to keep the Communists from killing you?" She said.
"I promised them I'd build them a bomb...and I did and then it detonated during a lecture getting a bunch of them killed...I warned them it was unstable...but they didn't listen." You said.
"Its amazing the Board kept you on for as long as they did." she said.
"I'm amazed that I didn't get killed by our escape."You said.
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Edgewater was a RUN DOWN SHITHOLE...and that was honestly the kindest thing you could say about it, tired eyes followed you as the bar seemed open.
The Bartender was just as run down as the rest of them. "Shit, what will it be?"
"Looking for work, we were robbed earlier and want to gain bits in a fast manner. We're looking to charter a ship?" Jen said.
"Oh...are you laborers the company sent us? Bunks are free, but we can start you in a week as long as you go through orientation." The Bartender said.
"NOOO! I'm a Scientist!! I'm not a Wage Laborer. I went to College!!" You shouted.
"Cain, you worked as a dishwasher in college, you can handle Minimum Wage work." Jen said.
"The Minimum Wage is 3 Bits an hour in Halcyon! I used to get 15 per hour on Pegusus." You said.
"Oh, shit...this is gonna take a while." Jen said.
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You have 0 Bits to Spend
(You have 4 actions)
[]Work (Day Laborer): The Day Laboring, Odds, Ends and the Unflattering Jobs need to be done. Cost:0, Reward: Work the Jobs no one really wants to do...because someone has to. Reward: 130 Bits
[]Work (Canary): The Edgewater Cannery is the lifeblood of the Town, its also not exactly in proper order, you can tell just by looking at it. But bits and pieces need to be done. Cost:0, Reward:Work in the Canary and try not to look at what goes into your food to hard. 150 bits.
[]Work (Dishwasher): Its not the best job, but you work more hours than the Canary workers, and it adds up long term. But it's Monotonous as all get out. Cost:0, Reward: Bask in Minimum Wage work, and prey it doesn't become a prison. 200 Bits
[]Work (Accounting): Surely you can use your superior education in economics to run the numbers...and maybe get a chance to you know...take from the till. Cost:0, Reward:Reward: Run numbers for the Township, if they even listen to you. 210 bits, plus what you can steal.
[]Work (Mechanics): Ahh you remember the College Shop and Mechanics class, good elective.
Cost:0 Reward: Work on what keeps the world running, machines. 190 Bits.
[]Speak to the Manager: That's it...you're going up the ladder to complain to someone of decent authority, your skills are being wasted at least up the pay a bit.
Cost:0, Reward: Go to the Boss and file a complaint or at least talk to him.
[]Speak to the Constable: This Constable Reyes is a Bureaucrat in a suit of Armor, witch means she's a sight more intelligent then a few of these people. Cost:0,Reward: Go to the Constable for work.
[]A Walk in the Ruins: One of the Townships nearby must have been abandoned recently, its a disturbing trend you've been noting for a while now. Cost:0,Reward: Loot the slowly decaying ruins of a town that is nearby.
[]A Talk in the Bar: Maybe someone here has some sense!! Illiterate yokals are annoying! Cost:0, Reward: Go talking about in the Bar, and hope they don't keep speaking slogans at you.
[]Buy Guns: The Two of you need Iron on yourselves, if not for the Board then for the mess of Canids and monsters running around. Cost:500, Reward: Buy some guns for yourself and Jen.
[]Tuning in (The Board):The Board has a Monopoly on the Etherwave traffic, and most of its dribble, but you can discern some truth from it if you squint. Reward: Listen to the News on how the Colony is going with the Local Newscasters.
[] Tuning in (Pirate Radio): Now getting real news in Halcyon is Difficult, but not Impossible, you just have to tune in and prey nothing of your signal is detected in the bounce back. Cost: 0, Reward: Try to get a Signal to hear what's really going on in Halcyon.
AN: Plan Format, ask questions and Lets get this show on the road at last.
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