The Way Forward: Helping a mortal navigate the Celestial Bureaucracy (Transmigration Quest)

I wish to apologize - I've been having more problems sleeping lately than I like, and a game I once wrote mods for updated, so it's been keeping me busy. Here's the next turn. I cut this short because the base vote means a bit, and I wanted to get something out.


From Last Turn
Artifacts: 2 turns to each gaining one level
(Gain the spell (cantrip): Create Book From Memory, Copy Book)
Craft(Advanced) +.9sp, Perception +.3sp
[+29510 XP, "Xiaoqiao, the Vigiliant: 'The horrors of the past should never be repeated. The price of peace is constant vigiliance.', +10 Diplomacy, +5 CHA, Enemy agents have a chance to treat you as an ally if they are not moving against you.]

Base and Training Turn

Xiaoqiao spent some time making bullet shells for preparations, also as practice.

Craft(Simple) 1d100+68+1d22 vs DC 150 (Multiple Shells, Technique->Shells) => 160 (+1.1sp)

She also tries to attune the asteroid to her..

Spellcraft DC 190 (Divinely Difficult) - 1d100+107+1d22 ->40+107+14 -> 163, Minor Failure (+.3sp)

And fails. She cannot yet do it, but even that knowledge is good.

She also reviewed the base sensor data, and such. So far, it was as quiet as it should be in the near Earth sphere.

Training Changes:
- Gain Divine Rank 2 Powers: Transcendantal Health, Flying Sword, Create Pocket-Plane, Divine Resilliance.
- 20sp on Knowledge(Multiverse Theory), 5sp on K(Physics), 10sp on K(Materials) and 5sp on Spiritual Arts.

Base Changes Vote, Mk 2:
Choose As Many As You Want:
- [] Strategic Coordination Room. (Chance to detect ongoing issue, Tracking of military assets, Weapons Accuracy +20) - A room to track wars, threats, and create an traffic control diagram of near-Earth space. (1 AP)
- [] Secondary Command Center (Redundancy in the command center.) (1 AP)
- [] Crew Quarters - Xiaoqiao doesn't have a crew yet, but she very well might get one eventually. This would give them some comfort, and let her base be an actual base. (Enables second vote.) (2 AP 20 RP)
- [] Industrial Manufacturing - Xiaoqiao can now manufacturer parts without needing to.. well, create them herself. They aren't as good as her parts directly, but they are sufficiently close. (Also enables creating of starfighters.) (80 RP)
- [] Portal Room - Xiaoqiao will want one to go planehopping. Securing it will be a pain though. (10 RP to create an event to start working on it.)
- [] Shrine Room - Xiaoqiao has a blessed altar in a room that provides the base supernatural defenses and her +10 Armor/Dodge and +50 damage/to-hit to demons. (15 RP)


If you vote for Crew Quarters:
- [ ] Just.. create magical phantoms. (Creates a quest for her to get the artifact) (1 AP 10 RP) (Crew Skill Level: Low, but still enables her to add in 3 more arc reactors and use all of the base weaponry+shields)
-- [ ] .. Crew Skill Medium, +10 RP, +1 AP.
-- [ ] ... Crew Skill High, +20 RP, +2 AP, quest to get the artifact may be much more difficult.
- [ ] As above, but this time, alter fate so that a race of foxgirls is assisting her. (2 AP 20 RP) (Crew Skill Level: Medium. Base is now unlikely to be taken over by anyone who can manage to teleport or reach it. Better monitoring of the Earth as well.)
- [ ] ... skilled foxgirls, who were exiled from their home. (2 AP 50 RP) (Crew Skill Level: High. As above, but can now maintain both CAP and combat starfighter squadrons if she gets any. Can provide effective intelligence reports. Xiaoqiao is now likely to spend more time on base.)
- [ ] ... why foxgirls? (Write in description of crew here.)

Name the Base
- [ ] The Morning Star
- [ ] Jewel of the Void
- [ ] Write In...

Enemy Turn
Hong Meiling tries to strike, but fails [1d100 -> 19]

Your Actions
- Supercharge the Tree of the Heavens. (4 AP): This action is repeatable to Xiaoqiao's level. (14/15 times taken). Improvement rate is 6%.
1d100+72 -> 85, Major Success
120.7 + (6 * 1.15) => 127.6% > 125%

The tree is glowing, and as it reaches 125%, the flow of resources accelerates.

This is a good thing, because the tension increasingly resembles the calm before the storm.


--[X] Set One Good Roll to .. (30/1 AP, 50/2 AP, 70/3 AP) (This gives you and Xiaoqiao each one good roll.)
-[X] 1 AP to "How many were co-opted?"

- War in Heaven...
-- You should investigate the defenses of the underworld, or ways to fortify the tree. (2 AP 25 RP) (Costs decreased by 120% progress on the Tree of the Heavens.)

The tree itself cannot be fortified, but you can make it inimical to underworld transit. You do so, and .. quite a lot of demons die off.

[Celestial Defense Meter: +3%; 2%->5%, Attack Meter: 5.6%]
[Underworld Attack Meter: -1.4%; 101.1%->99.7%, Defense Meter: -.5%; 100.1%->99.6%]
[Celestial Corruption Meter: 41%; Multiverse Corruption Meter: 71%->68%]

A .. lot.

You do locate the underworld defenses against this highway, and your supercharging of it has forced reenforcements and constant replenishing, enabling a possible second axis of attack.

-- Long range divine symbology is often challenging, and you should recon to see where theirs is.

You recon it, and track the areas of fire. Metaphysical symbology is difficult, but all of the important areas are in the zone of fire. The Celestial Assault Corps are very interested in this. The gods of Magic, Warfare and Knowledge are working on things.

[Unlock "MCU: Remove the Demonic Symbology Cannons (0/10)" quest]

-- Long range divine symbology is often challenging, and you should work out how best to set up and create the ones for the Celestial Host.

... The issue with this is that you know you need to set up attack bases, and while half of them can be started immediately, the other half will require securing. And while your agents can do a lot.. its' going to take Xiaoqiao.

[Unlock additional miniworlds.]

-- How many were co-opted? How many planes need to be taken to prevent bases from within the Celestial Bureaucracy? (8 AP)

You .. find this to be a depressing question. The answer is some meaningless number - 3 to the hyperpower of 10 to the power of infinity minus nine to the power of e to the power of infinity. But after spending some resources, you secure the most critically coopted bases in the Bureaucracy, and the Celestial Host is on an internal security crusade.

But that means you can anticipate every possible world Xiaoqiao can go to be needing securing, and some are going to be more important than others.

[Celestial Defense Meter: +1.1%; 5%->6.1%, Attack Meter: 5.6%]
[Celestial Corruption Meter: -2.1% 41%->38.9%; Multiverse Corruption Meter: 71%->68%]

Phase 2

The Celestial Princess taps you, and through you, Xiaoqiao, to lead a delaying action across the planes. Right now, the only reason they aren't attacking is likely the fact the Celestial Host is being stealthy and focusing on internal security, but soon they'll have get noisy, and the underworld has the upperhand...

The 1980s were a time of turmoil for the Soviet Union. While reformers gained ascendency and tried to salvage the system, it wasn't until the early ascendency of Mikhail Gorbachev, and several others like him, that the strict system began to reform.

While rocked by early tragedies, such as a near catastrophic fire in Severomorsk and the Chernobyl Disaster, they managed to pull the country out of the severest issues, aided by reforms to give republics more autonomy, and make it more of series of bodies. This was aided greately by the discovery of rare mineral resources in Siberia, and in several other Central Asian republics.

With this, the Soviet Union, by 1990, was able to begin to build a proper industrial production base. With the new autonomy, the nationalist movements began to quieten across the Soviet sphere, aided by Gorbachev's willing but tempered use of military power and political rapproachment - the stick and the carrot.

However, there were elements in the Russian Soviet Republic that wanted to push for more power, aided by hardliners in the upper echelons of the Soviet Union who wanted to recentrialize power.

It was then that "The Awaknening" struck, releasing information about these, and the people in power. While some in power derided this as a mutant uprising, the vast majority of people saw it for what it was, a grassroots movement upset at the struggle and seeming abandonment of the principles of Soviet Republics.

It was this fire that let Gorbachev and the others negotiate the end of the Cold War, and it was a singular event that led to the Treaty of Leningrad, when humanity sought to remove nuclear weapons, one that Gorbachev's successor, appointed 1 Jan 1991, would continue.

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Lanith Yasumi, History of the Late 20th Century.

(The Soviet Union reforms, but it is so far behind that it will have to work on rebuilding it's base to be a true peer power. However, it does effectively stop the US from becoming a hyperpower. See Hitomi actions.)

Hitomi Actions
Hitomi was.. well, busy with various things. She had helped recruit some people for Xaiver's Institute for Gifted Youngsters, and, peculiarly, gotten a few from government programs that SHIELD had shut down. Which, incidentally, told her that SHIELD likely had mutants for agents, too.

SHIELD was also busy explaining things to the World Council and US Government.

[1d100+25, TN 55 -> 75] Alexander Pierce had been revealed, and HYDRA was being dismantled bit by bit. A lot of uncomfortable questions were being asked after the reveals of the unused army bases being converted.

Meanwhile, the Soviet Union was reforming itself, and soon, she got a visit at the mansion while she was cleaning by Fury, and Carter, who clearly wanted her to help. SHIELD had apparently been tapped to oversee security, and with Presidents Bush and Gorbachev being there.. well, apparently every nuclear nation had sent an head there, and that screamed 'security issue' to everyone.

Including Hitomi..



Relations with Kerian Pantheon: Very Good
Current World Goal: Ensure a future for mutants, Defeat ????, Purge the Daemonic Invasion

Xiaoqiao's Base: ???? (Not Named)

AP: 35 (+10 RP from this world) (22 completed quests)
RP: 247 (+23 RP from this world) (Regen: 224 RP)

Tree of the Heavens Health: 127.6% [Celestial Operatives Have Good Oversight; Heavenly Resources Superior; Celestial Bureaucracy Internal Affairs Bureau: Highly Efficient] (14/15 Times)
Incarnation Investigation: 1 Success; 1 Heat Meter

Enemy: Hong Meiling
Enemy Can Attempt to Interrupt: 1 Action.
Enemy Sight: Extremely Poor (80% miss chance)
Enemy Rolls Bonus: +25

War in Heaven Status:
Celestial Defense Meter: 6.1%
Celestial Attack Meter: 5.6%
Celestial Corruption Meter: 38.9%

Multiverse Corruption Meter: 68%

Underworld Attack Meter: 99.7%
Underworld Defense Meter: 99.6%

Intrigue Bonus: +72
Celestial Host Time to Clear Diamond Corundum: 4 turns
Sight: Mystical (Gain more information, including the current of Fate, negate any attempt to obscure your sight)
Labyrinth of Regret: Completely Repaired [On Death, Xiaoqiao can live with a 75 instead of a DC 90. Enemy can no longer attempt to interrupt levelups. Xiaoqiao adds her level to your rolls to oppose the enemy.]

Ci Xiaoqiao () Awareness/Defiance: 27/300; 9 (Very Low.)
Ci Xiaoqiao Level: 15 XP: 90710/98500

-[] Generic
--[] Ask for help from Kerian Pantheon. (0 turns until usability) (Gain a +20 to a single roll.)
--[] Spend X points of AP to get more random encounters for Xiaoqiao . (1 AP = 2 encounters)
--[] Spend 8 RP per "suggestion" to have Xiaoqiao train an additional skill or technique. Specify which. Max: 3 suggestions.

-[] Conversion Actions
--[] Burn 2 AP for -10 Defiance (Can take as many times as you want.) (Cost goes up every fifth time) (Times Taken: 4)
--[] Burn 2 AP for -5 Awareness (Can take as many times as you want.) (Cost goes up every fifth time) [Taken 1 time]
--[] Spend resources to enhance your AP (Improve your magical options) (Gain +1 AP per 35 RP spent.) (Cost increases every +2 AP by +20 RP per AP) (AP is for this world, see transmigration mechanics.) (Taken three times)
--[] Improve RP Pool (1 AP for +10 RP. Cost triples every 3 AP spent. RP cost increase is for this world, see transmigration mechanics.) (2 AP spent)

-[] Divine Intervention Pool
---[] (MCU) Change the fate of ..
----[] The Ancient One (10 AP) (write in how)
----[] More will become relevant as we get closer to 2000.
---[] (MCU) Change..
----[] Nick Fury is currently manning a desk in SHIELD. Maybe he should get some real life experience? (Will randomly discover one ongoing threat.) (2 AP 10 RP) (On cooldown.)
----[] For that matter, Xiaoqiao is looking for things, maybe she should be nudged towards a suspiciously empty orbital starship that contains an amazing power... (3 AP 50 RP) (Note: This may derail a lot of MCU canon.)
---[] Change the history of an organization (Base Cost: 2 AP. Please explain the change, and why.)
---[] Accelerate the history of an Avenger. (Cost: 16 AP 120 RP. Defiance/Awareness +10.) (pick one, explain how.) (Cost decreases per in universe year.)
---[] Set an encounter for Xiaoqiao to change the fate of someone. (Explain why, and who. Base Cost:2 AP. Note if this is something impossible it'll convert to a quest. Note that she cannot see Quests. Spending more AP will make it easier on Xiaoqiao.)
--[] Get Xiaoqiao a fortunate encounter (2 AP. Spend +2 AP to make it more fortunate.)
--[] Burn AP to reveal a hint about an ongoing quest. (1 AP for subquests, 2 AP for Main quests.)
--[] Send a Omen to the World. (6 AP. ??? Effects, mostly beneficial to Xiaoqiao.)
--[] Set One Good Roll to .. (30/1 AP, 50/2 AP, 70/3 AP) (This gives you and Xiaoqiao each one good roll.)
--[] Ensure a fateful meeting is positive for character. (+9 AP) (Action taken 10 times)
--[] Change the Fate of a Character. Note that more blatant displays of divine power will increase Awareness and possibly Defiance. (2 AP)
--[] Cause a sidequest to appear for Xiaoqiao. (2AP, spend additional AP to make it easier or increase effects.) (Write in quest in *detail.* Note better rewards might make the quest very annoying if you do not also spend more AP, and Xiaoqiao cannot see the quest details yet.) (Note that if you want it to increase a stat, or unlock stat training, start at 5 AP)

-[] Celestial Intrigue Actions
--[] Supercharge the Tree of the Heavens. (4 AP): This action is repeatable to Xiaoqiao's level. (14/15 times taken). Improvement rate is 6%. (115% for Good Heavenly Oversight; 125% for Heavenly Resources Superior.)(Action taken for maintenance recommended in 5 turns.) (On Cooldown.)
--[] Incarnation seems risky, but yet the enemy persisted? (3 AP per turn, increased risk.) [Taken 2 Times]
--[] Improve trickle of resources. (50 RP 4 AP) (Gain +10 RP)

- Celestial Bureaucracy Anti-Corruption Actions (25/25 Completed)

-- [] War in Heaven...
--- COMPLETE: Phase 1: The Calm Before the Storm (The first three actions taken will determine the next phase, as well as the events.)
---- Surely they'd prepare for an first strike. You should red-team this and figure out where, and eliminate the demons. (5 AP 50 RP)
---- You should investigate the defenses of the underworld, or ways to fortify the tree. (2 AP 25 RP) (Costs decreased by 120% progress on the Tree of the Heavens.)
---- Long range divine symbology is often challenging, and you should recon to see where theirs is. (4 AP 75 RP)
---- Long range divine symbology is often challenging, and you should work out how best to set up and create the ones for the Celestial Host. (4 AP 75 RP)
---- How many were co-opted? How many planes need to be taken to prevent bases from within the Celestial Bureaucracy? (8 AP)
--- Phase 2: Prepare the Battlefield (0/? Actions)
---- [ ] Deal with one of the corrupted universes yourself. (Xiaoqiao Power Ranking: Medium) (3 AP) (Awards +10000 XP, Xiaoqiao will run her turn at half HP/Qi)(At 10 of these, Xiaoqiao will also gain an epithet.) (Random rewards) (Note: This will also eliminate worlds for transmigration.)
---- [ ] [MCU] The MCU universe has several Outside areas, that could be used as traps for archdemons for cannon targets. (15 AP 100 Qi.) (-10% Underworld Attack Power) (Taken 0 times.)
---- [ ] Train and Build up Celestial Host Troops. (X AP) (+.5% Attack Power per X AP) (Take Infinity)
---- [ ] Equip Celestial Host Troops. (25*N RP) (+.5% Attack/Defense Power per N)
---- [ ] Establish Secret Path In (5 AP) (Will lock next world.) [Specify world, subject to QM Veto]
----- [ ] Spend an additional 2 AP, and.. maybe make it an interlude..

--[] Spend resources in aiding someone. (Cost: Variable)
---[] [Celestial Bureaucracy] You may be sealed up, but you know the ways of things. Grease palms to get things done. This will primarily have ??? benefits, as you're paying for information or slowing down event chains. (Unlocked by the Intrigue action completing) (Explain the cost and what you're looking for for that cost. Assume you'll need at least 35 RP to get anything useful.)
--[] Spend resources to create very bad luck for someone.. (Write-In, explain. Better explanations decrease cost, may have other benefits.)(Cost: 70 RP)[/list]