I think I'll go ahead with my version of
@UberJJK 's and
@TheEyes 's plan (with my own favorite scientsist). It's a very minor modification of
@UberJJK 's plan, really:
Response to Last Quarter
Invest in security? 1 million per building per quarter (amount will be the same for any "high security" buildings)
[X] Yes
Who do you want to get your PMC license from?
[X] Systems Alliance (1.5 million in total fees)
PMC Name?
[X] Paragon Security Solutions (ParSec)
Who will you pursue? (Choose one)
[X] Gaver Dor
Will you try to acquire anything? (Choose one)
[X] Nothing
Do you want to grab one of the sites?
[X] Underground base is go! (Security bonus, additional costs 20 million)
-[X] Look into large-scale kinetic barriers, both for our lab complex and the nearby capital city. Also look into sponsoring a GARDIAN array and advanced power station, if they don't have one already.
What will you do?
[X] Stop investigating
-[X] This is starting to become a waste of our time and money. Thank the Shadow Broker agent for his/her time, but the information is just not worth what he or she is trying to charge.
What shall we do?
[X] Give the Turian Hierarchy a discount on their bulk order(s)
-[X] 10%
Interview
What type of interview? (You can if you wish review any type of interview before publication.)
[X] Video
Where will you do the interview?
[X] At the Paragon Industries complex
-[X] Stage the room correctly: Revy in a labcoat. Computer interfaces and holograms of already marketed PI -products floating scattered in the background that Revy can control with her implant when speaking about them (and some of the science behind them) to illustrate her explanations. Maybe stage inside her workshop, though obviously not with any current research right out in the open.
What got you into science and engineering in the first place?
[X] "Mostly through my dad. My father and I have been tinkering with things for as long as I can remember; some of my earliest memories are fixing broken farm equipment or 'improving' some of our household appliances. At first I was happy just learning to build more and more complex things, but as I grew older I started wanting to know how the things we were building worked and why they worked one way and not another. So diving into science ws a natural outgrowth of that."
Where did the idea for the Legionary armor come from?
[X] "The Legionary armor was originally just a test bed for the Arc Reactor. When I had been building my first Arc Reactor, I needed something that could draw and use enough power to push it to the limits. Given just how much power it could produce the only thing I had was an old hardsuit my dad had bought for my thirteenth birthday to play around with.
-[X] "Even that however wasn't capable of drawing enough so I needed to modify it further. One thing lead to another and before I knew it the hardsuit was halfway to becoming fully fledged battle armor. At which point I just decided to actually make it into battle armor; I've never really been one to leave things half finished."
What can you tell us about the arc-reactor (and/or other PI technologies)?
[X] Basic technical details.
-[X] Try to get hints from Nova Mark as to how technical to get; this is a show for the public after all, not a science symposium.
--[X] Talk this out with the show before the interview, asking about the level of technical detail they would like you to stick to
-[X] But only of stuff that we've already released to the public; don't add in any new info here. In other words: Arc Reactors and genemodding, one of which is patented and the other of which is basically open-sourced now.
-[X] Mix in some anecdotes and funny stories from research process.
What do you think the effects of the arc-reactor will be on society?
[X]
I think it will be profound and far reaching.
And on the military?
[X]
Well there are the obvious massive increase in kinetic barrier strength but I think we should talk about the less obvious but far more important effect.
What should we expect to see next from Paragon Industries?
[X] Smile and say that we do have several projects in the works but they are a surprise.
Who's you favorite historical scientist?
[X] Lomonosov
Company Actions
[X] Produce 24 Accipiter Drones - Atmospheric Edition (4,800,000) allocating 10 to our Landings location and 6 to the other two Paragon Industries sites.
-[X] Show off our new Deathbots to Kasumi
--[X] Apologize that there are no chainsaw katanas.
[X] Buy three sets of
Reconnaissance Drones (3m + 300k/quarter)
[X] Arrange to sell five 150GW Arc Reactors to Eldfell-Ashland Energy next quarter at 3,750,000cr each and inquire into whether or not they would be interested in a more long term arrangement.
[X] Offer to donate ten 150GW Arc Reactors to the Post-Scarcity Society this quarter and every quarter afterwards for as long as they are interested. (15m loss per quarter)
[X] Expand our partnership with Sirta to include enhancement services for Magi Biotic Amp, basic/advanced neural interface implants and Peak Human treatment, when available. Allocate 1 billion credits to a fund to aid in this project however necessary.
[X] Patent the Repulsor in Alliance space. Same deal as with the Arc Reactor before, and with the same expectation, that we will eventually be going to the Citadel with it within a few years.
[X] Start that Private Military Company. Allocate 200 million for extra-large barracks, admin building, and training facilities.
-[X] Hire legal, admin, and marketing teams for our PMC. Set new teams to work gauging market demand for our services.
[X] Begin work on establishing an Underground Base on Elysium (3,469m)
[X] Begin construction of 3x Factory III (3,000m) and a Barracks (10m) with 5 security teams in each of the other cities on Elysium. (9,030m)
[X] Set up quarterly bulk transport of one-time pads for secure comm encryption from headquarters to factories and for bi-directional data transfer between lab complexes allocating 2 million per factory per quarter and 4 million per lab per quarter to facilitate this (28m this quarter)
[X] Hire more investigative teams this quarter, to handle the following:
-[X] Have our people look into starting a construction company, or at least putting together a construction and maintenance division at PI. These days we're just building constantly, and since we're doing it constantly it's better, more efficient, and more secure to just hire/vet a permanent construction crew.
-[X] Have our people look into the legalities of arming orbital shipyards for use as a planetary defense platform.
-[X] Have our people look into other expansion opportunities; I want to be able to start building factories and labs as soon as we have the cash. Maybe Terra Nova next? Beckenstein would be a good place to plonk down Factory IIIs exclusively to make Arc Reactors for Citadel races.
-[X] Have our people look into proactive recruitment. We may be coming up against the limit of how many ex-Marines we can hire, so we may need to start an Academy of sorts to train new security personnel.
[X] Hire marketing teams for new products and services:
-[X] Develop a marketing plan for and prepare to sell Arcane Blur stealth armor for fighters, Tiger IFVs, and upgrades to weapons/armor systems for current Alliance hardware.
-[X] Develop a marketing plan for and prepare to sell Veles civilian-grade armor, developed in Slayer Anderson's omake. None is military-grade, so it can be sold to all Citadel races (pending legal approval). Include options for nonlethal weapons and wrist-mounted SMGs, especially for the larger variations.
--[X] Will probably need to hire additional marketing teams and design teams to compete effectively in the civilian market.
-[X] How did that game design come out? Can we hire a creative team to continue development on these lines, maybe spin off a subsidiary focused on code products (games, VIs, etc)?
--[X] Set up a division responsible for working with VIs. We already have code-monkeys - organize them, get more, and put them to work. Our improved algorithms are a major breakthrough, with dozens of applications even if we don't want to freely distribute our full-fledged Security systems and the like. This division will be responsible for creating VIs and operating systems for a variety of products: military, police, medical, industrial, and commercial. Other companies can build their products, and license a Paragon Industries VI/OS to run them. We can have standard line to replace some widely used ones for common products, we can create specific ones on request, etc.
Research Actions
[X] Optical Computing [49/800]: 100d10+260 (
98.09%)
[X] Hyper Modularity [400]: 70d10+65 (
98.23%)
[X] Liara's Prothean Artifact [100]: 0d10 + 50 (
Well, if it ain't broke . . .) + 50 (
The Accipter) (
100%)
[X] Flawless black boxing/FRM [3200]: 40d10+70 (
95.34% of 260/3200)
Personal Actions
[X] Train Biotics
[X] Install Wetwear
-[X] CASIE
-[X] ANI
