That... might not be our Sayaka then. That one is as Big Sisterly as they come, kind even to crooks. At least to good-looking ones.
Is she still among the Marui-Gumi? Saya is the acting head, but we never learned what happened to the original crew in this continuity.
Then again, this Moemura doesn't quite sound like the Devil either.
Why are RF6 and Chiwawa so chill around her? Surely they would have recognized her face, as she might be at the top of their most wanted list, mysterious disappearance or not?
Although that might just be Nakajima being Nakajima. Well, that, and her fainting from Tachibana's fist stuck in her gut.
Sayacchi is a crook and a mob boss, kidnapping is the least of her misdeeds! RF6 are a professional police force, they have standards!
*recalls Yuunocchi* ...some of them have standards!
*recalls how we got the job* ...some of them must have standards!
Sayacchi is a crook and a mob boss, kidnapping is the least of her misdeeds! RF6 are a professional police force, they have standards!
*recalls Yuunocchi* ...some of them have standards!
*recalls how we got the job* ...some of them must have standards!
Not!Nanoha Yukari: *Smashes through wall with a slasher big smile* "Did someone say befriending time?"
Momo: *Grabs Kouhai and Nopes into shadow*
Everyone Else: *Screams*
I'd say "that's what intel votes are for " but it's basic knowledge. She is. I wanted to write more about the what and why of things, but that's what intel votes are for
Then again, this Moemura doesn't quite sound like the Devil either.
Why are RF6 and Chiwawa so chill around her? Surely they would have recognized her face, as she might be at the top of their most wanted list, mysterious disappearance or not?
Although that might just be Nakajima being Nakajima. Well, that, and her fainting from Tachibana's fist stuck in her gut.
The other RF6 girls haven't seen her yet, besides Nakajima, after having felt Aoi's determination to fist.
Momo has been surreptitiously hiding Moemura's face in shadow, as well. The specs keep catching light, though.
Sayacchi is a crook and a mob boss, kidnapping is the least of her misdeeds! RF6 are a professional police force, they have standards!
*recalls Yuunocchi* ...some of them have standards!
*recalls how we got the job* ...some of them must have standards!
I'm kind of curious on what exactly RF6 methods are?
I mean, we just arrested a bunch of Majs, what the heck do we do with them?
If we put them in prison, it would be very hard to keep them there, and we would have to provide grief seeds in the long run.
If we separate their bodies from their soul gems for the duration of the sentence, thats horrifying but practical in a way that reminds me of Kyuubey.
I can't see us killing them, why would we bother to arrest them? They were doing just fine at that to each other on their own anyway.
Ransom them for grief seeds back to whichever group pays? Are we sure we're the police?
Intentionally letting them turn in Witches, and harvest their Grief Seeds? I'm sure we're not the police at this point.
On the other hand, what are RF6's long-term goals (as distinct from Sakura's or the questers)?
Just stop the groups from fighting each other?
Dissolve the existing groups completely?
Run Mitakihara?
I get that RF6 is made up of the people who don't really understand that they're effectively become members of a hunter-gatherer society embedded in urban cities, rather than members of something that can be called civilization, but surely, even if they don't have a plan, they have to have some sort of goal, right?
Also, regarding our position:
As a member of Mitakihara Police Department Supernatural Terrorist Assault Response Squadron, Riot Force Six; does the MPD have any other Majs outside of RF6? It kind of sounds like it.
As far as I understand it? Isolate the rest of the city from magical gang conflicts and prevent mass loss of life, or magical mafia taking over the country.
Essentially, to enforce what normal, human police can't. They are working in tandem with MPD for that reason.
I would assume there would be an anti-magic holding cell in there somewhere, for girls to do their time and possibly reflect on their actions... if no magic is used, the seed cost might be negligible. Disconnecting would technically work to isolate criminals from society, but from the perspective of the criminal they'd be let go the moment they are nabbed, which would put them right back on the street. Would still probably work fine if their job is to break existing gangs.
But seriously, RF6 solves the Mitakihara Maj problem mostly by playing clean-up. They also invest heavily in rehabilitation and guiding their energies to sparkly things, like Witch hunts and public defense. RF6 leads by example, and the example they want to set is Magical Girl as Big Damn Hero.
Arrested Maj are processed by muggle police with anti-magic precautions taken. They get charged for real crimes committed as Maj and given to their parents with some maintenance Grief Seeds and an enforced Mug Life (no transformation, no Magical Girl activity) probation. They put the little house arrest collars on their ankle and everything. This usually works, since the average criminal Maj is juvenile, unindoctrinated, and more Tunnel Snakes than MS-13.
If a Maj violates probation, they get arrested and put in an anti-magic holding cell. Chief Yagami calls them Chill Out Rooms because the Freezer was taken
They're given maintenance Seeds as necessary, then processed as a muggle criminal. If they get convicted, they end up in Maj prison and are locked up with magic-jamming collars. It's unbearably itchy, but it drops Soul Gem corruption to nearly nil, at the expense of grounding out their powers.
Repeat offenders or heinous offenders are put in anti-magic solitary confinement, get separated from their Soul Gems under medical supervision for a short duration or get put down. E: Killing is the absolute LAST resort, and the perp has to have to do some real terrible shit for it to even be on the table.
Some girls get recruited to or willingly join the MPD or other Magical Girl departments. Usually after a run-in with RF6 in general and Takamachi specifically. This is the fabled Befriending.
Yukari doesn't even need to shoot them much anymore, she can sweet talk most Maj into straightening out, even as lilies bloom in their brains.
Other girls end up as narcssnitches informants and basically police other criminal Maj for RF6. For those of you who've read my other Quest, that's what B.R.A.V.E. did, more or less. It's also a reason Chief Yagami has Momo and Chiwa infiltrating the Marui-gumi.
As far as I understand it? Isolate the rest of the city from magical gang conflicts and prevent mass loss of life, or magical mafia taking over the country.
Pretty much this. RF6's goals are to protect Mitakihara and Japan from supernatural criminal or terrorist threats. This means keep the muggles safe from Witches and bitches.
If things get to the point the muggle cops can't handle it, RF6 gets called in. If a criminal Maj starts making the news for doing criminal shit, RF6 gets called in. If a turf war gets too bloody or a block gets too hot, RF6 gets called in. If weird drugs start turning muggles into Witches, like some kind of bad seed or something, RF6 gets called in.
They also have to track unaffiliated Magical Girls and keep Magical Girl PR high, or at least not X-men bad. This is on top of general cop stuff.
Repeat offenders or heinous offenders are put in anti-magic solitary confinement, get separated from their Soul Gems under medical supervision for a short duration or get put down. E: Killing is the absolute LAST resort, and the perp has to have to do some real terrible shit for it to even be on the table.
The question on my mind is... if RF6 are supposed to be the elite and their best and brightest are out in the field sparkling subduing the gangs... then who is guarding the Magical Alcatraz? Given the kind of people who get sent there, a break out would be a disaster of apocalyptic proportions, with a couple dozens killer Maj running amok. They must have one hell of a contingency in place to prevent this from happening in a world where the very of physics regularly bend to the whims of underage delinquents.
The question that is on my mind is... if RF6 are supposed to be the elite, then who is guarding the Magical Alcatraz? Given the kind of people who get sent there, a break out would be a disaster of apocalyptic proportions, with a couple dozens of killer Maj running amok. They must have one hell of a contingency in place to prevent this in a world where the very of physics regularly bend to the whims of underage delinquents.
I imagine that's the 'walking nuke's job' to keep the killer Maj in check. It also might just be that they 'annouce' the killer's escape to everyone on the notion that 'super nasty criminal Maj' are more likely then not to be major threats to even other criminal Maj, or at least enough of them to break even...
As for the delinquents? I figured the adults came to the reasonable conclusion that warpgates to realms where people get eaten or turned into monsters take precedent over another match class, since the smart Maj can study in her free time to catch up and people like Nakajima are going to need a tutor irregardless.
The question that is on my mind is... if RF6 are supposed to be the elite, then who is guarding the Magical Alcatraz? Given the kind of people who get sent there, a break out would be a disaster of apocalyptic proportions, with a couple dozens of killer Maj running amok. They must have one hell of a contingency in place to prevent this in a world where the very of physics regularly bend to the whims of underage delinquents.
The question that is on my mind is... if RF6 are supposed to be the elite, then who is guarding the Magical Alcatraz? Given the kind of people who get sent there, a break out would be a disaster of apocalyptic proportions, with a couple dozens of killer Maj running amok. They must have one hell of a contingency in place to prevent this in a world where the very of physics regularly bend to the whims of underage delinquents.
In the event of a breakout, Chief Yagami, Yukari, Kana, Asami and Nana are immediately called to the location. All of them are given authority to hold nothing back. It is the only time where they are given authorization to use deadly force first.
Magical Alcatraz itself is monitored round the clock by top of the line security drones, at least a generation more advanced than the already kinda futuristic looking MadoMagi aesthetic.
When drones aren't enough, there are twelve Maj guards of significant skill. Nobody knows who they are or where they came from, only their numerical callsigns. All sorts of crazy rumors and legends swirl around them, earning them the nickname of Imaginary Numbers.
I figure you don't need actual on site magical overwatch if their magic is shut down. The trick is double layered, the tracker and the antimagic collar. If they shut down the collar without the tracker, they get to be surprise buttsexed by a strike force. If they shut down both they had help.
And worth noting that while magical girls are pretty powerful compared to muggles, a direct frontal assault on a prison would require that they go loud without specific stealth powers.
And worth noting that while magical girls are pretty powerful compared to muggles, a direct frontal assault on a prison would require that they go loud without specific stealth powers.
You return to MPD headquarters with a new disciple and an unconscious senpai. Mug officers take both off your hands; before they get to Homura, she fishes a facemask out of her scarred shield and puts it on. She looks sickly enough they don't question her.
After checking and double-checking that Nakajima-senpai was going to be okay, you head to Chief Yagami's office.
You find her, the head of RF6, Mitakihara's greatest ally of justice, a Magical Girl with the firepower of a small nation, sleeping slovenly on her desk. A gravure magazine covers her face.
Moments like this give you uncharitable ideas on how the criminal situation in Mitakihara got to where it is.
You gently nudge Chief Yagami awake.
She springs to life, nimbly rolling herself into the wheelchair underneath her desk.
"Sakura, guess what?" she says, smoothing out her uniform. "I got the old man to approve the task force!"
"Commissioner-General Graham approved it?" He was staunchly conservative when it came to Magical Girls. "He must be desperate."
"He's sweet on me," Chief Yagami says. "I do the whole 'moe cripple' thing and he melts."
You cover your mouth with a sleeve. "How shameless of you, Chief."
Chief Yagami blushes. "Come on, Sakura. I don't do that." She composes herself. "The old man learned his lesson when he got jumped by those Magius weirdos."
You'd heard of that: Commissioner-General Graham had gone down to Kamihama for an inter-city police summit. The conference was assaulted by girls in black cloaks calling themselves the Wings of Magius. Kaori and Asami were with the Commissioner-General when it happened.
They're most likely the reason you still have a Commissioner-General.
"I'm glad we don't have to deal with them here," you say. The yet is stated but unsaid.
Chief Yagami nods, silently acknowledging your worries, before falling back into her playful bluster. "I let him know you had a hand in the task force idea, but as your lovable Chief, I took the lion's share of the credit."
"As expected of Chief Yagami..."
"Don't give me that look," Chief Yagami pouts. "I personally got you set as my liaison and acting head of task force. You even get the rank to match, Inspector Sakura."
You like the sound of that. You dance internally while keeping your face a placid, humble mask.
"So, Inspector Sakura, what do you think we should focus our new offensive on?"
"This one is unworthy of such an honor," you bow.
"Nonsense," Chief Yagami laughs. "You're the first girl since Yukarin who knew from the start not to shoot first and ask questions later."
That's worrying. Flattering, but worrying.
Chief Yagami looks at you over steepled fingers. "You know, Yukarin's getting up there in years. Didn't hear it from me, but she's thinking about retiring. Someone's gotta take over her spot as a negotiator and cat herder."
"I'm sure Miss Nana or Miss Kaori would do a great job in that role."
"Miss Nana's going to be too busy pampering Yukarin for that," Chief Yagami laughs again. "And Kaori'd turn us all into samurai LARPers."
"Then who would you suppose?"
"Officer Nakajima."
"Eh?!" Your refined poker face slips.
"I'm messing with you," Chief Yagami says. "It's you, Sakura."
You bow again, hiding your smile. "You humble this one, Chief Yagami."
"And you lead this one on too obviously," she smirks. "Pretty smooth, though."
You're a little hurt. "Am I too obvious?"
"I'm from Osaka," Chief Yagami says. "I know when people are buttering me up."
"Sorry."
"Didn't say I disapproved," Chief Yagami says, letting her Kansai drawl out. "RF6 could use some smoothness."
She wheels herself out from her mahogany desk and over to you. Her uniform is crisply sloppy, her face is disarmingly plain. There's a diamond gleam in her plain brown eyes, underneath her average length auburn hair.
"So, are you going to leave me hanging, Inspector?" Chief Yagami cat smiles. "Your direct superior asked for input."
"M-My apologies, Chief Yagami!"
[What do you suggest the task force focuses on?]
[ ] Take an aggressive stance on gangs. The other crews are going to war, RF6 must match them on a war footing. [Blood+]
[ ] Take a subversive stance towards the gangs. You can turn the crews against each other; with undercover agents, you can rot them from the inside. [Smooth+]
[ ] Take a legalistic stance towards the gangs. A fight in the courts, with the law, is a fight on home ground. [Smarts+]
[ ] Take a diplomatic stance towards the gangs. The more of them you win over, the fewer you have to worry about. [Shine+]
***
BLOOD ACTION - PATROL
You find Chief Yagami's adopted sisters in the gym, full contact sparring. From the shaking and explosions, you think they're partially transformed.
You fully transform and half hide in shadow. Just to be safe.
"Oi, new girl!" Asami sees your face and waves you over, wearing a bunny onesie that would be adorable if not for the dried blood. "Congrats on your promotion."
You bow to her, still enshadowed, cheeks warm with happiness.
She smiles broadly, her sharp incisors gleam in the light. "But if ya wanna go any higher, ya gotta wrestle me for the spot."
"...I'm quite fine where I am, thank you."
Kaori sips water from a shaker bottle. She manages to do it regally, somehow. "What are your orders, Inspector Sakura? Since this is our first action as a task force, I suggest you let each of us do what we're most comfortable with."
"And what would that be?"
"Asami and I shall focus on patrol. Allow for Inspector Harlaown-Takamachi to handle Internal Affairs, Sergeant Alpine to focus on Counterintelligence and Inspector Takamachi to focus on Public Relations."
You nod and follow her advice.
[Option Select]
[ ] Keep the Peace: Send officers out to work the Mitakihara beat. Good for catching low-level criminals, better for relieving stress.
Effect: Deal minor damage to all crews. Recover a small amount of Heart.
-[ ] Kaori: 80% CoS
-[ ] Asami: 85% CoS + Asami Special: Tiny Terror - Deal extra damage to random crew.
[ ] Train Officers: Improve your girls' overall skills. Potential to find new heroes from the mob.
Effect: Hero-class Magical Girl gains XP, which can be used to buy new Specials or improve individual actions. Chance of promoting Mob-class Magical Girl to Hero-class.
-[ ] Kaori: CoS 85% CoS + Kaori Special: Hero Creation. Increased chance of promoting a Mob-class Magical Girl to Hero-class.
-[ ] Asami: CoS 65%
[ ] Go on a Raid: Take the fight directly to a gang Boss. Need to have a warrant for arrest. Right now, the only gang you have a warrant on is the Idol Threats.
Effect: Deal heavy damage to a single crew. Small chance of capturing or neutralizing that crew's Boss. Moderate chance of capturing or neutralizing one of that crew's Underbosses.
-[ ] Kaori: CoS 75%
-[ ] Asami: CoS 70% + Asami Special: Tiny Terror - Deal extra damage to random crew.
***
SMOOTH ACTION - COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
Your next stop is Sergeant Alpine's office. The door is closed. And locked. There's a sign on the door with a chibi version of her winking and sticking its tongue out.
It says "Out On Business ~ Leave A Message"
Your Shadowlings confirm she's not in her room. You grumble and take out your fountain pen.
[Option Select]
[ ] Go Undercover: Add or remove a Magical Girl from their undercover duties. A girl undercover is a powerful tool for subversion and recon, but if they get caught...
CoS: N/A
(As of now, you do not have enough Magical Girls to create new undercover roles.)
-[ ] Remove Chiwa from her Marui-gumi post.
-[ ] Remove Momo from her Marui-gumi post.
[ ] Get Dirty: Use a crew you're friendly with to do the things you can't. Plausible deniability has never been this fun. As of now, RF6 is only in deep enough with the Marui-gumi for this action.
Natsuko CoS: 75% + Natsuko Special - Snakes Stay Snakes: Gain a second random effect on successful Getting Dirty action.
Effect: Get a criminal gang to give you a random effect: minor damage to all other crews, major damage to one crew, an extra piece of intel, a Dosh Token, or a Hero-class Magical Girl.
[ ] Disrupt Operations: Throw a wrench in the gears of a criminal organization. At least, for a while.
CoS: 80%
-[ ] Marui-gumi
-[ ] Pretty Killers
-[ ] Idol Threats
Effect: Hinder chosen crew's actions for the next turn.
***
SMARTS ACTION - INTERNAL AFFAIRS
You find Inspector Harlaown-Takamachi down in Records, thumbing over old cases on a sleek black tablet. Officer Yuno Mizuhashi is with her. You have a Shadowling peek at what she's reading.
...It is most certainly not old cases.
"Officer Sakura," Inspector Harlaown-Takamachi smiles like someone not used to it. "Greetings."
"Commissioner-General Graham graciously promoted this one to Inspector."
Inspector Harlaown-Takamachi gently puts down her tablet and claps. "Congratulations." Her voice is flat and her face is deadpan, but you can tell she's happy for you.
"Sergeant Signum suggested allowing the senior members to work in their comfort areas, so I'm here to request something of Internal Affairs."
"No need to be formal," she says, pushing the corners of her mouth into a smile. "I'm happy to help."
[Option Select]
[ ] Office Work: Take care of RF6 matters: maintaining materiel, ferreting out corruption, and greasing the wheels of bureaucracy. Not sexy, but useful.
CoS: 80%
Effect: Removes 1 Grief from all RF6 members. Replenish one used Dosh Token. Chance of catching spies and dirty cops.
[ ] Acquisitions: Get more stuff. From peacekeeping Mug cops to Mad Max-looking APCs and everything in between.
-[ ] General Acquisitions
-[ ] Specific items: Write-in.
CoS: General - 70%, Specific - Varies
Effect: Gets either up to three specific written-in items (within reason) or a Dosh Token that can be cashed in for one useful item on demand.
[ ] Gather Intelligence: Find out information about the chosen topics. Good enough intelligence can get you a warrant or other useful things. Choose three
-[ ] Marui-gumi
-[ ] Pretty Killers
-[ ] Idol Threats
-[ ] Mug Affairs
-[ ] Outside Affairs
-[ ] Rumors
CoS: 95%
Effect: Exactly what it says on the tin.
***
SHINE ACTION-PUBLIC RELATIONS
You find Inspector Takamachi in her office eating cookies under an antique kotatsu. She's eating them with a tall, pale girl in a big witch hat. The girl looks like a wild animal, recently tamed.
"Come in, come in." Inspector Takamachi beckons you in. "Don't mind the stray I picked up."
"Hello!" the pale girl says. "Kazumi's name is Kazumi!"
You sit down. Inspector Takamachi's kindness isn't something turned down lightly. Or without notifying your next of kin.
You ask "Isn't that Kazumi Subaru of the Marui-gumi?"
"Kazumi's a lot of things," the pale girl says, "but Kazumi is also, definitely, Kazumi Subaru."
"Is there a problem?" Inspector Takamachi says softly. "I apprehended her during the Millenium Suites operation."
"Not at all, ma'am." You freeze. "It's just, she's not wearing an AM device, ma'am. She isn't restrained at all."
"I find that the best way to handle Magical Girls on the wrong side of the law is with sweet words and sweet treats." Inspector Takamachi pours you and Kazumi Subaru tea. "Barring that, overwhelming firepower."
You gulp, the spike of Inspector Takamachi's killing intent makes you fear for your life.
Kazumi's hackles are raised, like a cat. Strands of her long, oil-slick hair sway like threatened snakes. "Scary! Takamama is scary!"
Inspector Takamachi plays dumb. Her eyes look closed, but you can tell they've been narrowed to slits. "Ara? What's gotten into you two?"
"Nothing at all, ma'am." You put on a brave face, but your legs betray you by banging against Inspector Takamachi's kotatsu.
[Option Select]
[ ] Do PR: Boost (or repair) your image in the eyes of Mitakiharans. If your morale has taken a pounding, a good PR run can bring it right back up.
CoS: 90%
Effect: Regain Heart. If Heart is already full, become [Heartened]: +5% to the CoS of each action for one turn.
[ ] Reach Out: Try and sway criminal Maj to your side, filling your ranks while depleting theirs.
-[ ] From the unaffiliated
-[ ] From the Marui-gumi
-[ ] From the Idol Threats
-[ ] From the Pretty Killers
CoS: 80% + Yukari Special: Befriending - increased chance of recruiting Hero-class Maj against crew RF6 has fought last turn.
Effect: Chance of gaining new Mob-class Maj. Small chance of gaining new Hero-class Maj.
[ ] Pep Talk: Sometimes you just need a good heart to heart. Nothing is more motivating than the words of someone who believes in the you that believes in them.
-[ ] Momo
-[ ] Chiwa
-[ ] Kaori
-[ ] Asami
-[ ] Natsuko
-[ ] Nana
CoS: 85%
Effect: The next action chosen girl takes gains +10% CoS.
We do have Not!Hibiki captured if we want to sic Nanoha on her. Might be worth it.
Beyond that... probably should get info on everyone but the Marui-gumi. The nice thing about that gang is that its small, so as long as you have a tab on... I've actually forgotten their names. Huh. Chiaki and... Huh. Saya, that's her name. Wow.
Uhh, right, since everything kind of folded together I guess we might want info on them now too, but everyone else is the primary threat with how we have a finger on the pulse of that gang.
Is it just one action for each? Cause we got two people in our Blood actions. Speaking of, probably training this round to try and suss out another Hero while nothing is on fire yet and we're digging into who we need to suplex into the ground.
Momo has a Personal Action, which can be used for developing relationships, learning new tricks, or assisting a Hero-class Maj with their action. Personal Actions always get a full write-up post.
EDIT: In the event Momo doesn't have enough Hero-class Maj to perform at least one of each action, she may use herself as a Hero-class Maj, at the expense of her Personal Action.
I don't see either of these modes available: no personal actions listed, and none of the actions listed have probabilities for Momo?
sample plan:
[ ] High Probability
-[ ] Take a subversive stance towards the gangs. You can turn the crews against each other; with undercover agents, you can rot them from the inside. [Smooth+]
-[ ] Keep the Peace: Send officers out to work the Mitakihara beat. Good for catching low-level criminals, better for relieving stress.
--[ ] Asami: 85% CoS + Asami Special: Tiny Terror - Deal extra damage to random crew.
-[ ] Train Officers: Improve your girls' overall skills. Potential to find new heroes from the mob.
--[ ] Kaori: CoS 85% CoS + Kaori Special: Hero Creation. Increased chance of promoting a Mob-class Magical Girl to Hero-class.
-[ ] Get Dirty: Use a crew you're friendly with to do the things you can't. Plausible deniability has never been this fun. As of now, RF6 is only in deep enough with the Marui-gumi for this action.
-[ ] Gather Intelligence: Find out information about the chosen topics. Good enough intelligence can get you a warrant or other useful things. Choose three
--[ ] Pretty Killers
--[ ] Outside Affairs
--[X] Rumors
-[X] Reach Out: Try and sway criminal Maj to your side, filling your ranks while depleting theirs.
--[X] Pretty Killers
I think this is a valid plan?
I hit up all the actions that can recruit Hero-class Majs. More actions is always good.
Other than that, I didn't really attempt to target any group for heavy aggression. We need to know more about who to target, really.
Pretty Killers I target for the info and recruiting because Usagi's up to something: we want to know what she wants from Homura.
Hey, what's wrong with samurai cops? I think it'd be pretty awesome. Every sister would be like Big Sis!
Oh yeah, that. I'll concede the point.
I also resent the notion that Chiwa couldn't thrive as the commanding officer of the task force. Aren't we basically her Intrigue-specced mirror when it comes to work philosophy?
...Will we have team stats to look at to determine whether it's necessary to lower overall Grief, or is it something we are supposed to figure out from the narrative?
You find Inspector Takamachi in her office eating cookies under an antique kotatsu. She's eating them with a tall, pale girl in a big witch hat. The girl looks like a wild animal, recently tamed.
...you monster. What have you done? You have awakened my dreams of the Baka Squad!
[x] Idol subversion
-[x] Take a subversive stance towards the gangs. You can turn the crews against each other; with undercover agents, you can rot them from the inside. [Smooth+]
-[x] Train Officers: Improve your girls' overall skills. Potential to find new heroes from the mob.
--[x] Kaori: CoS 85% CoS + Kaori Special: Hero Creation. Increased chance of promoting a Mob-class Magical Girl to Hero-class.
-[x] Get Dirty: Use a crew you're friendly with to do the things you can't. Plausible deniability has never been this fun. As of now, RF6 is only in deep enough with the Marui-gumi for this action.
-[x] Gather Intelligence: Find out information about the chosen topics. Good enough intelligence can get you a warrant or other useful things. Choose three
--[x] Pretty Killers
--[x] Idol Threats
--[x] Rumors
[x] Reach Out: Try and sway criminal Maj to your side, filling your ranks while depleting theirs.
-[x] From the Idol Threats
AKM for life. Their rap idols shall be ours, and it is the whole reason behind me taking the subversive approach. I'd rather play the Smarts game otherwise.
Seriously though, they probably have a lot of Shine hero-units we could use for PR and team maintenance.
Pretty Killers are important though, since we failed to grab Usagi.
And Rumors are just vital in our line of work. It's not Kamihama-vital yet, and staying on top of the rumors hopefully ensures it won't ever get that bad.
How many actions do we get, per category? As many as there are hero units? Do Chiwa and Momo not get their actions because they are assigned to their undercover roles? What are they doing there from the "bird eye" view? I get it that the operation we just did was a success... mostly... but what does it mean on a strategic level if we take one away? I don't suppose we could return to Marui-Gumi afterwards, or do we have a legend ready for that?
Does taking an undercover girl off her assignment take a turn, or can we reapply her right afterwards?
@ShadowAngelBeta You can only pick one person for this Blood Action: Vita and Signum Asami and Kaori both run patrols together. You're deciding which of Asami or Kaori performs the given action this turn.
@saganatsu Momo's Personal Action gets a separate vote after the main Action votes are locked, since her choices are a) tag along with another MG or b) do a character specific action. The idea is to be able to either use her as a regular CKII Quest Hero Unit or do her own thing.
I also determine what gets the big fancy interlude based on what Momo gets assigned to.
For the plan, you can only pick one of Kaori or Asami. Momo's Rank is too low to double up. Other than that, and Xing in each part of the vote, looks good.
@Nevill Chiwa would be a good fit, if she reigned in her fight happiness a bit. Momo was more shocked Chief Yagami threw her a curveball more than noting Chiwa as a replacement for Takamachi. Chiwa, much like her copyrighted counterpart, is a huge Takamachi fangirl. She would leap at the chance to be in her idol's shoes.
-Natsuko does have a habit of locking the door. She's a very secretive lady.
-Since Momo's Rank is ☆, you get one action per category, then get to add Momo's Personal Action after the main Actions hve been voted for. Chiwa and Homu? are indisposed this turn, so they can't be used for Actions.
-From the Bird's Eye view, Undercover girls clandestinely meet with their RF6 handlers in the Getting Up (planning) turn, then do stuff with their assigned gang during the Getting Down (results) turn.
-Being Undercover gives the girls special options that allow you to roll for specific options on the Get Dirty effects chart, as well as try and woo the gang over to RF6's side. If you're in good enough, you can try and apprehend Bosses and Underbosses. Too many failures can blow your cover, which hinders or removes the ability to Get Dirty or Reach Out to them.
Taking a girl away takes away a selection: with Momo and Chiwa, you could pick two Undercover options. With one or the other, you only get one. But the more girls you have undercover in an organization, the more likely one of them gets made. You also are locked in to having them do undercover stuff instead of assisting an RF6 member on the up and up.
If you leave without getting made, you can always try again. You have to come up with a really good excuse, but Momo's Smooth enough and Chiwa's got enough Shine they could probably make it work. If you do get made, you can't go back unless you show you've cut ties with the previous organization.
There is a cooldown turn for taking a girl off Undercover duty, to keep them safe.
You can only pick one person for this Blood Action: Vita and Signum Asami and Kaori both run patrols together. You're deciding which of Asami or Kaori performs the given action this turn.
Basically, I wanted to know if we get actions per hero, or per category. I suppose it's the latter then but undercover girls add some extra options during the... sub-turn?
(sorry, got confused there for a moment due to the earlier infopost)
[ ] Train Officers: Improve your girls' overall skills. Potential to find new heroes from the mob.
Effect: Hero-class Magical Girl gains XP, which can be used to buy new Specials or improve individual actions. Chance of promoting Mob-class Magical Girl to Hero-class.
-[ ] Kaori: CoS 85% CoS + Kaori Special: Hero Creation. Increased chance of promoting a Mob-class Magical Girl to Hero-class.
-[ ] Asami: CoS 65%
Why would you ever choose Asami as an option here? Not only it lacks the Special, but the CoS are lower. Is it there just as characterisation? I think it'd work better if we actually had to think to choose between the two...
Why would you ever choose Asami as an option here? Not only it lacks the Special, but the CoS are lower. Is it there just as characterisation? I think it'd work better if we actually had to think to choose between the two...
All able hands assigned to a department get a vote. If something were to put Kaori out of commission, you'd only have Asami to work with.
For simplicity's sake, I'm going to say any Undercover actions happen on Momo's Personal Action turn. So the Getting Up turn is RF6 as a department making moves, and Momo's Personal Action turn is when unassigned and Undercover Magical Girls do stuff.
Also, I forgot to say this earlier: you'll be able to tell when other Magical Girls take Grief through the narrative. Getting a status monitor like Momo takes Acquisitions. Nana'll start making suggestions for useful stuff you can vote on soon.
[X] fixed plan
-[X] Take a subversive stance towards the gangs. You can turn the crews against each other; with undercover agents, you can rot them from the inside. [Smooth+]
-[X] Train Officers: Improve your girls' overall skills. Potential to find new heroes from the mob.
--[X] Kaori: CoS 85% CoS + Kaori Special: Hero Creation. Increased chance of promoting a Mob-class Magical Girl to Hero-class.
-[X] Get Dirty: Use a crew you're friendly with to do the things you can't. Plausible deniability has never been this fun. As of now, RF6 is only in deep enough with the Marui-gumi for this action.
-[X] Gather Intelligence: Find out information about the chosen topics. Good enough intelligence can get you a warrant or other useful things. Choose three
--[X] Pretty Killers
--[X] Idol Threats
--[X] Rumors
-[X] Reach Out: Try and sway criminal Maj to your side, filling your ranks while depleting theirs.
--[X] From the Pretty Killers
[X] fixed plan
-[X] Take a subversive stance towards the gangs. You can turn the crews against each other; with undercover agents, you can rot them from the inside. [Smooth+]
-[X] Train Officers: Improve your girls' overall skills. Potential to find new heroes from the mob.
--[X] Kaori: CoS 85% CoS + Kaori Special: Hero Creation. Increased chance of promoting a Mob-class Magical Girl to Hero-class.
-[X] Get Dirty: Use a crew you're friendly with to do the things you can't. Plausible deniability has never been this fun. As of now, RF6 is only in deep enough with the Marui-gumi for this action.
-[X] Gather Intelligence: Find out information about the chosen topics. Good enough intelligence can get you a warrant or other useful things. Choose three
--[X] Pretty Killers
--[X] Idol Threats
--[X] Rumors
-[X] Reach Out: Try and sway criminal Maj to your side, filling your ranks while depleting theirs.
--[X] From the Pretty Killers
Just to confirm: Idol Subversion is
Kaori Training Officers
Natsuko Getting Dirty
Nana Gather Intelligence on Pretty Killers, Idol Threats, Rumors
Yukari Reach Out to the Idol Threats
