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    Matsura Asuka
    Head Designer for Ohara Airworks
    Age 24 (Legally 25)
    Year 12 AF (After Flight)

    Design Stats
    Aerodynamics Engineering - +2
    Structural Engineering - +2
    Chemical Engineering - +1
    Mechanical Engineering - +1
    Ballistics Engineering - +1
    Electrical Engineering - 0

    Personal/Political Stats
    Social Skills - 0
    Politics Skills - 0
    Importance - 2
    Income - 1
    Investments - Ohara

    Resources
    Power - 0
    Wealth - 2

    Designs
    Type 1 Series - Military Variation (Designated T1M1)
    Type 2 Racer (World Speed Record October 1910-April 1911, 180kph)
    Model 2 Scout (Designated T1M2)
    Navy Scout Prototype (Drowned Rat)
    Dive Bomber B1M1 "Duck"
    Machine Gun Carrier R1A "Dragonfly" (World Speed Record May-July 1911, 200kph)
    Naval Rescue Water-Landing Supply Plane NR1M0 "Dolphin" (World speed record 240kph)
    Rhino Demon Train Hunter
    The world's first airliner
    The world's first pulsejet airplane

    Assets
    Slide Rule
    Computator (1 Reroll per Routine)

    Languages
    Albian
    Gallian

    Familiar Vices
    Drinking
    Prostitutes
    Dancing

    Family Life
    - Engaged to Arita Yachi, formerly the leading Ace in the Imperial Army. Designated #1 Cutest Army Boy, he's having some serious problems with PTSD right now.
    - Taking a second try at dating Mikami Kiho, ex-dockerwork from the south.

    Upgrades
    - 3 XP to upgrade a stat.

    Ohara Airworks
    Start Up, Imperial Capital, Akitsukuni

    Owner
    - Mr. Ohara, Rich. Aircraft Enthusiast. Business guy.

    Engineers

    Kibe Koume, 26, Office Manager
    Tiny & angry, Kibe went to school in Albia, picking up the language, the religion, and a fuckload of swear words. Speaks Albian.
    Mechanical +2, Ballistics +1
    Office Manager: If Kibe is not assigned to a team, the Office Stress is reduced by 1.

    Sakane Jun, 26, Second Team Leader
    A soured patriot, Sakane is married and has a young child being raised gender-neutrally. His two brothers who fought in the war.
    Structural +2, Aerodynamics +1
    Team Leader: If there are any additional projects, Sakane will lead them.
    Joinery: Sakane has training in the traditional Akitsukuni carpentry art of joinery, creating complex self-supporting joints with no fasteners or glue. When working with non-monocoque wooden spars or ribs, +1 Structural.

    Tezuka Kenji, ???
    A stoner with occasional flashes of insight. Nobody really knows what he does, but he's probably useful?
    Aerodynamics +2, Chemical +1
    Flashes of Brilliance: Each natural 10 rolled by any team Tezuka is assigned to gives +1 forward to the next research roll.

    Hasegawa Morio, 26
    A hopeless nerd with a photography habit, mostly on account of developing his own film, Hasegawa seems to do nothing but work and stack card houses, but somehow has an incredible attractive boyfriend. Speaks Gallian.
    Chemical +2, Ballistic +1
    Silent Workhorse: Hasegawa can work on two different projects at once for no cost to Office Stress, providing they use different stats.

    Kawamura Yosai, 25.
    Serially successful womanizer and incredibly attractive, Kawamura doesn't seem to have much of a personality outside of seducing women. Well, except for that time he seduced Asuka, which nobody talks about. Speaks Dyske.
    Structural +2, Electrical +1, Social +1
    Easily Distracted: If Kawamura is working on the same team as a female or non-binary employee, the team is at -1d10.

    Koide Hatsu, 24.
    One of the few female graduates of an Akitsukuni engineering school, Koide is brilliant and incredibly driven, but her first job at Akibara was both humiliating and exposed her to an abusive coworker. Her father is a rich businessman with factories in Joseon, and she's engaged to Ken from Castles of Steel. Speaks Joseon.
    Mechanical +2, Structural +1
    No Sleep: If you let her, Koide will work herself to death. She can work a second project for no Office Stress, but all her stats will be reduced to 1 for the routine.

    Kobayashi Ayao, ???
    Disowned heiress of the Kobayashi family, all Kobayashi wanted was a career and to be a modern woman. For her trouble, a cousin threw acid on her, scarring her face, neck, much of her torso, and her left arm. Despite appearing serene and above it all, she's actually an avowed communist activist and baseball player.
    Aerodynamics +2, Social +2

    Adachi Ren, 24
    Adachi learned chemistry from her father, one of the most famous chemical engineers in the country, rather than through formal schooling. She's married, has a kid, and takes spirituality very seriously. Yes, you did the math right, she had Yuki when she was 17. It's 1912, folks.
    Chemical +2, Electrical +1
    Young Mother: Adachi will cause double Office Stress if she has to work multiple tasks.

    Uyeno Sei, Ballistics Engineer, 31.
    The oldest member of the crew, this is Uyeno's second career. Her first was as an officer in the Imperial Navy with specialized technical training: her very promising career was cut short by her transition. Her work in a naval arsenal on machine-guns landed her the job here. Briefly dated Satomi (the age range is a bit creepy but again, 1912), she's missing a piece of her ear and is deaf on that side, from an exploding cannon. Recently returned from Varnmark from experimental surgery, she's known for her skill navigating gendered bureaucracy.
    Ballistic +3

    Mi Kyung-Jae, 23
    A recent graduate of the Imperial College of Heijo, Mi is from the recently annexed territory of Joseon. For those keeping track at home, that means he's a Korean national living in Imperial Japan in 1912. We haven't seen much of his personality because he's rightfully terrified of everything around him. He has a specialty in endurance engine design and modification. Speaks Joseon.
    Mechanical +1, Chemical +1
    Endurance Engines: Mi has an excellent understanding of metallurgy and tolerances. Any engine he works on gains +1 Reliability if a 16+ is rolled.
    Pulsejet Wizard: Mi is now one of the world's leading experts on the pulsejet engine. He can be given his own project to custom-craft pulsejet engines, and he gives +1 to any pulsejet-related project.
    Joseon National: Mi does not have security clearance to work on any top-secret projects.

    Miyoshi Shigeri, 23.
    A non-binary person and admirer of Asuka's work, they were in an support role in the Army before joining the company.
    Structural +1, Mechanical +1, Aerodynamic +1
    Mechanic: Miyoshi has some experience repairing and refurbishing aircraft. They get +1 if assigned on the clean-up phase.


    Other Employees
    - Ohara Satomi, 22, Mr. Ohara's niece and the company test pilot, Ohara is a general lesbian disaster. She's good at flying planes, driving cars, and kissing girls. She's bad at being patient, being respectable, and sticking to literally anyones conceptions of gender roles. Deeply in lesbians with Coralie D'Amboise.
    - Fujkikawa Sotatsu, old, modelmaker. He's an old man and toymaker and we don't see much of him because he locks himself in his workshop a lot. He's friends with Kawamura?

    Assets
    - Engine Test Rig (Allows engine tweaking and optimization.
    - Wind Tunnel (+1 Aerodynamics)
    - Rapid Prototype Lab (+1 Clean Up)
    Expanded Cast

    Akitsukuni Industry
    - Homura Mohoko: Head Engine Designer for Kobayashi. First female engineer in the country. A lot of sex appeal.
    - Okumura: Head of Akibara aircraft design.
    - Yamanaka Hajime: Kobayashi engineer. Young and eager.
    - Igarashi Masazumi: Kobayashi engineer. Reserved and experienced.
    - Admiral Akibara Toru: Imperial Navy Admiral. Maximum nepotism. Maximum douchebag.
    - Lt.Cmnd Akibara Shinzo: The above's son. A hottie but very forward.



    Character Families
    - Matsura(?) Mizuko: Asuka's sister. Was paralyzed in an accident in Asuka's first flight. Lives Elsewhere and is married now. Can't forgive Asuka, even though she's tried.
    - Adachi Motoki: Adachi's husband, an accountant. Legally blind.
    - Adachi Yuki: Adachi's 7 year old daughter and wannabe pilot. Very adorable.
    - Yachi's Brother: Exists.
    - Sakane's Wife: Exists. Drives him a bit crazy, but he loves her.
    - Yachi's Brother's Wife: Exists. Is statistically likely to be pregnant.
    - Lt. Coralie D'Amboise: Gallian pilot in exile. Satomi's girlfriend. 25. Accomplished bisexual duelist. She flew in the war for a single day, and for her troubles got a hole blown in her cheek and had her left arm paralyzed.

    Akisukuni Army & Ex-Army
    - Lt. Torio Tanaka: Yachi's former observer as an enlisted man. Was jumped up to fly Ducks and lost a leg on his first mission. A trained painter, married to Torio Saya.
    - Captain Amari Shiro: A Dragonfly pilot who ended up flying as Yachi's partner. Kind of delightfully twinky. They sorta slept together at one point, which wasn't great. He lost his previous boyfriend in the April Offensive and turned his plane into a shrine. He was shot in the gut and is still recovering.
    - Major Izuhara: Logistics officer, Imperial Army, this bespectled officer stood up to the Caspian Crown Prince and accidentally kicked off the Akitsikuni-Caspian War. The guilt was so much that, after almost a year of running Army procurement, he shot himself in a phone both.
    - Captain Nakai Sekien: Army scout pilot. First person to drop a bomb from an airplane, later head of the Duck Squadrons.
    - Captain Teshima: A Desk pilot that fought with Yachi. Lost an arm in the process, took over for Major Izuhara after his death. Seems cheery despite it all.
    - Captain Nashio: A real piece of shit dude and probably a rapist, he's also a war hero as the second-highest scoring ace on the Akitsukuni side. He was a young shitty kid in way over his head but it's no excuse.
    - Lt. Kinjo: Kind of a dumb lump and Nashio's friend, one of the desk pilots. Dead at 19.
    - Lt. Okazaki: Yachi's friend from before the war and pilot, he died in a spin in his dragonfly. His death probably hit Yachi the hardest.

    Westerners
    - Rose & Antoinette Sears: Pioneers of flight. Sisters. Black in 1910s not!America. Yikes.
    - Timina Guasti: Famous aircraft designer from Otrusia. Likes big planes and green.
    - Prince Protasov Vasilyevich: Crown Prince of Great Caspia. Real dick. You gotta hand it to him though, a decent flier.
    - Count von Zeppelin: Invented rigid airships. Runs a successful airline business. Damned impressive.
    - Bennhold: Aircraft Engineer. Experimenting with metal aircraft.
    - Aileen Middlemiss: Albian reporter for the Artimis Times. Well meaning and oblivious.
    Available Tech
    • Materials: Wood, Duralumin, Molded Wood, Wood & Silk Composite, etc
    • All engine mounts
    • All wing types
    • Basic reinforcement
    • Wing warping and ailerons
    • Basic water radiators
    • Flying Wings
    • Semi-Monocoque design (requires at least half the slots have frame pieces)
    • Valved pulsejets
    • Basic weapon mounts and turrets
    Tech not Yet Developed
    • Custom engines
    • Monocoque construction
    • Cantilever Wings and associated tech
    • V and T tails
    • Tailless designs
    • Aluminum and titanium
    • Cellulose surfacing
    • Any kind of radar
    • Weapon accessability mods
    • Interruptor gear
    • Geared propellers
    • And Maybe Other Stuff
    Akitsukuni
    Island Nation

    Government
    Constitutional Monarchy
    - The democratic portions of the government are dubiously legitimate.
    - The head of state is the Empress of Akitsukuni. She gives her blessing to newly formed governments.
    - The Navy and a small number of families have undue influence on politics.

    Economy
    Developing Mixed Market
    - Most industry is controlled by a small number of wealthy, family-owned companies.
    - The state provides most contracts to industry. Consumer good market is anemic.
    - Exports are few, mostly cultural.
    - Imports are raw minerals, food, oil, and expertise.
    - Currently suffering an economic crash after the last war.

    Politics
    The Diet is currently ruled by a Constitutional Nationalist government. It has a system of nonlocal proportional representation, with representatives appointed by the party in accordance to their share of the vote.
    - Constitutional Nationalists: 50%
    - Purity Club: 9%
    - New Independents: 26%
    - Fairness Association: 11%
    - United Communist League: 2%
    - Monarchists: 1%
    - Assorted Fringe Parties: 5%

    Demographics
    Akitsukuni is mostly very ethnically homogeneous. Around 5% of the population are various minorities, most from nearby countries. Roughly .1% are westerners here for business or in advisory positions.
    - Population: 55 Million
    - Religion: Mostly Kodo. Roughly 2% of the population follows western religions.
    - Wealth: Most wealth is concentrated in the top 5% of the country. Nearly 20% of the population lives in conditions indistinguishable from peasantry.
    - Urbanization: Heavily urbanized for a small economy: 35% and rapidly growing.

    Military
    At Peace
    - Imperial Akitsukuni Navy (IAN): The 6th largest in the world, and the most experienced.
    - Imperial Akitsukuni Army (IAA): 150,000 highly experienced soldiers, and a considerable reserve.

    Aspects
    - Poor Resources: Aluminum costs +1.
    - Damn Akitsukuni Engines!: Engines have -1 Reliability.



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    • Glau said:
    [x] Send up airplanes to drag Fairness Association banners around all the major cities.

    This is a way of association the FA with modernity and exciting new things, catching a lot more attention than other types of advertising, and sending the message that stuff made and designed locally can be cutting edge.

    And its something we can actually do without a lot of groundwork.
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    It's also something that is going to catch a lot of attention.

    And I'm not even sure the Fairness association will appreciate it.
     
    Right now, Matsura needs one thing first, and that is a lot more money. Money forgives many sins, least of all the lack of social/charm.

    I would like to caution against making big waves and making enemies immediately while Matsura is a political neophyte. While making enemies is inevitable, it should be done from a more stronger position later. In that same vein, we should donate (when possible) to multiple parties (Fairness and New Independent) rather than just one. Something eggs something basket.
     
    We need to make moves that are direct and large-scale, if we want to try and stop the right-wing snap back in the next election. Newspaper interviews emphasizing peace and tolerance from a very Atsuki genius who helped win the war. The need to move on to new ways of doing things. Being enbie as a statement for traditional culture against Western imports, vs being an aircraft engineer as a western import. Point to the need to pick what is good before subscribing to either wholesale.

    But this basically means go big or go home, and keep the empress's first flight in one of our planes in our pocket- if she goes through with it then we know she is with us, at least a little, publicly.
     
    Chopak said:
    If aforementioned genius goes public with antiwar message, say goodbye to all army contracts.
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    I mean, the army still has the joys of trench warfare in recent mind. I'd say most of them can at least understand where we're coming from, especially if we reference that in our recent statements, excepting perhaps the odd REMF. It's the navy that is the primary hotbed for proto-faschism.
     
    We should see if we can get Ohara Industries to expand into motor vehicle production. Get a bunch of trucks and cars up, make an engine that works for a car and a mail plane, get it to be as ubiquitous and reliable as possible.
     
    An aircraft engine needs to be much more powerful than a car engine and a car engine needs to be much more reliable than an aircraft engine. Making an engine that is both sufficiently powerful for an aircraft and sufficiently reliable for a car will result in it being too expensive for either.
     
    FrangibleCover said:
    An aircraft engine needs to be much more powerful than a car engine and a car engine needs to be much more reliable than an aircraft engine. Making an engine that is both sufficiently powerful for an aircraft and sufficiently reliable for a car will result in it being too expensive for either.
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    I would argue that an aeroplane engine needs to be more reliable than a car engine. A broken engine on a car just means the car stops while a broken engine on a plane can lead to some problems in finding a place to land.
     
    less interested if going full on politico
    and more into say local person of interest that say a local politico might want too support him or her in local politics.
    you know invest in local econ to make an inroad into both the social and political circles?

    less stepping up to the plate our self´s and pretend like we know what we are doing?
     
    KhazintheDark said:
    We should see if we can get Ohara Industries to expand into motor vehicle production. Get a bunch of trucks and cars up, make an engine that works for a car and a mail plane, get it to be as ubiquitous and reliable as possible.
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    We don't actually build engines at Ohara Industries. We've done some small-scale experimentation and we can mass-build the dead-simple pulsejets, but actual engines have always been bought from other companies.
     
    FrangibleCover said:
    An aircraft engine needs to be much more powerful than a car engine and a car engine needs to be much more reliable than an aircraft engine. Making an engine that is both sufficiently powerful for an aircraft and sufficiently reliable for a car will result in it being too expensive for either.
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    Historically, there have been a few car engines that have seen significant success as air engines, at least in modified form for homebuilt and small scale stuff. The original VW beetle engine comes to mind, for example. Designing an engine family with variants suitable for both purposes ought to be feasable.
     
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    brmj said:
    Historically, there have been at a few car engines that have seen significant success as air engines, at least in modified form for homebuilt and small scale stuff. The original VW beetle engine comes to mind, for example. Designing an engine family with variants suitable for both purposes ought to be feasable.
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    Let's invent the Wankel engine. It does not seem that complicated in its general design.
     
    Axslashel said:
    I would argue that an aeroplane engine needs to be more reliable than a car engine. A broken engine on a car just means the car stops while a broken engine on a plane can lead to some problems in finding a place to land.
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    Sure, but an aircraft engine runs for a couple of hours and then is put into the hands of a team of professional mechanics who check it over and fix any issues. A car engine runs for an hour every day for months between similar services. If, like Satomi probably does, you treat your car like an aircraft then you can get away with having an aircraft engine.

    brmj said:
    Historically, there have been a few car engines that have seen significant success as air engines, at least in modified form for homebuilt and small scale stuff. The original VW beetle engine comes to mind, for example. Designing an engine family with variants suitable for both purposes ought to be feasable.
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    Which is fine, but that's a car engine as an aircraft engine rather than an aircraft engine as a car engine. Performance is pretty poor, in the scheme of things, and Matsura's planes are always the fastest. The Beetle engine is 20 years ahead of us technologically and generates 2 Power. I have some considerable faith in your aerodynamic wizardry but that's a powerplant that just won't cut it for the majority of future contracts, even if we could build it.

    E: Very quick run through the engine builder using the Interbellum stat line:

    Volkswagen Boxer 1000
    Power 2, Mass 1, Drag 3, Reliability 5, Overspeed 35, Fuel/Tank 131, Altitude 3, Torque 1, Cost 6

    And using our current Pioneer stat line with the Akitsukuni reliability malus:

    Ohara Sumo 10
    Power 1, Mass 1, Drag 3, Reliability 1, Overspeed 26, Fuel/Tank 58, Altitude 3, Torque 0, Cost 4

    That's just not enough oomph for the price. Nice fuel efficiency though.
     
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    Get into car production! Sell to the army and make a luxury car with hidden armour for her Imperial Majesty!
     
    [X] Get a partial share in Ohara Airworks and its related ventures.

    Whatever we do in the political sphere, Asuka is still going to spend most of their time on planes. Might as well see if we can get some money out of it.

    [X] Start our own airline.

    The biggest initial outlay for an airline is going to be aircraft, given that there are plentiful unemployed pilots, so we're probably going to be at a significant advantage if we can get our airliners at or near cost.

    [X] Make contacts in the wider enby community, especially with personal secretaries of powerful people, bond over common experiences.

    Pure politics. Slightly unpleasant but if we can use these contacts to get into favourable appointments with people we otherwise might not be able to meet that could be very handy down the line. And, you know, new friends who understand us. That's nice.

    Sketch said just throw out ideas so let's see what these would cost us and do for us. Also:

    [ ] Asuka talks to their enby mentor again.
     
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    • Three weeks out from the election, you were using a weekend to clean up the apartment. Yachi was out at the hospital getting examined: like many war neurosis sufferers, he went in about every two weeks to answer questions and get a quick check-up, part of the process of tracking the affliction. You were using his absence to shuffle everything around, pack up belongings that weren't useful and file away papers. You tended to go through periods of relative disorder, then have afternoons where you got everything cleaned up at once. You'd filed away all your papers (even designating a drawer for Yachi's newfound writing habit), wiped down the kitchen, and swept the place out, and now you were sorting the closets out for laundry. You were shuffling through the clothes when you felt something heavy and solid in the pocket of Yachi's favourite jacket. It was snowing outside, so he'd taken a heavier coat instead.

    Curious, you reached in, gripped it, and pulled out a dull grey revolver.

    You dropped it to the floor and jumped back like a scared cat, convinced it would go off, but it landed inert against the mats with a dull whump. You'd never even seen a handgun before, outside of the holsters of army officers. It seemed so much more real than the guns Uyeno worked with in the prototype offices or the cannons that had been demonstrated for you. There was a lethal instrument in your house.

    You didn't know the first thing about the operation of firearms. As far as you were concerned, it was a bomb waiting to go off if you jostled it wrong, and you had no intention of touching it, so you gave it a wide berth until Yachi got home, spending the entire time with your kitten squirming in your arms, unwilling to let him go in case he got curious. Eventually, you shut the poor thing into the bathroom for his own safety.

    Your first thought was that Yachi wanted it to protect himself against the phantom threats that haunted his sleep. The next, and the one that weighed far heavier on your mind, was that he intended to use it on himself. Both were horrifying to you.

    Yachi finally arrived home an hour later, shed his shoes and hat, and came out the stairs with a smile on his face.

    "Asuka, I'm ho- what's the matter?"

    "I found your gun." You said flatly. "It's on the floor over there."

    "Oh."

    "Please move it. I don't want it out."

    Yachi brushed past you, hurrying to pick it up and presumably slip it back into one his pockets. You didn't want to know.

    "It's not loaded, don't worry, but smart not to assume. I can show you how to handle it safely, if you-"

    "No. I don't... I don't care." You said flatly. "Why do you have that thing?"

    "It's my old service weapon. I had to buy my own because I was in an artillery unit." He said. "I had it in a box, but with all the stuff going on... the streets aren't safe."

    "I don't want it in the house." You said. "I don't... you shouldn't have it. Especially not while you're... you know..."

    He looked at you, swallowed nervously, and nodded.

    "Okay. Yeah. I'm going to go drop it off with Amari, alright?"

    He pulled it from his pocket, dropped it into his heavier coat, and was back out the door. The moment it clicked shut, you finally let the kitty out.

    He was not pleased.

    ---

    All was not well at Ohara Airworks.

    You were working with Sakane, Kobayashi, and Miyoshi on the prototype for the new glider while the second airliner, the first production model, was busily being assembled by the workers on the line. It was relaxing and affirming work, stringing wire and stitching canvas, talking and laughing as friends, which made the interruption of that work all the worst.

    You were called into the design room by one of the interns, and arrived to see Mi's desk being overturned by a pair of men in Special Higher Police uniforms. Mi himself was being held against the wall by a third man, hands in the air. The rest of the engineers were staring from their desks, clearly too scared to do anything.

    If it wasn't Kibe's day off, she'd probably have thrown a chair at them, but without her, it was up to you. You steeled yourself, took a moment to breathe, and stepped forward.

    "Excuse me, what's going on here?" You asked. "You're interrupting the man's work."

    You were Matsura Asuka. You made the planes that brought your country victory. They weren't going to touch you.

    "None of your business, Mx. This is police work." One of them said, pulling out one of the drawers and rifling through folders.

    "It is my business. Mi is doing important work for this company, and this company is a vital war industry." You said, getting as much confidence behind your voice as you could.

    "We've received a tip that this man has been making bombs out of your airplane supplies." One of the officers said. "His desk is filled with evidence. Look, this is a bomb diagram."

    The man flashed a paper in front of you with a diagram, and you groaned.

    "It's a pulsejet engine, officer." These fucking idiots. "It's a new kind of propulsion! Mi here is the foremost expert on them in the world, which is why he works here. Do you want to rob our country of this technology?"

    The officers paused a moment, then one of them set down the box of 'evidence' he'd been gathering.

    "We've recieved noise complaints. We still have to take him in." He said bluntly. You almost panicked, at the end of your rope. That was your strategy, that's all you had...

    "This is an industrial zone, we're exempt from noise stature." Kobayashi said behind you. "I'd look at the reports again, officer. It sounds like somebody is trying to sabotage our company. Might be the communists."

    The officers shared a glance, then the one holding Mi let him go unceremoniously.

    "Alright. Just..." He leaned close to you, sharing a conspiratorial grin. "Keep an eye on that one. You know how they are."

    "... o-of course." You muttered back. The three men walked out of the office, leaving behind a mess and a dozen scared engineered.

    "Why did I take this job?" Mi muttered.

    ---

    You'd stopped writing your political idea lists at work. You'd had them burnt with some old financial papers, too scared to take them home. A second Special Higher Police officer, Officer Masuyama, had been assigned to the factory, and this one spent most of his time in the engineering room, following employees around, checking over people's shoulders. Mostly Mi, but he also spent an uncomfortable amount of time harassing Miyoshi and the women in the office. You also came back from the prototype shop to find him sitting behind your desk, reading one of your books.

    It got so bad you talked to Officer Fukase about it, who nodded seriously.

    "We've been expanding recruitment lately, and I don't think everyone is up to our standards. Look, I'll talk to him, alright?"

    You didn't find Officer Masuyama in your office again after that, but he was still around, constantly present. Mr. Ohara was clearly terrified, pacing his office, not knowing what to do. The promise of building transport for the Imperial Family meant that he didn't want to rock the boat, even when things were becoming untenable.

    Finally, you got home and resolved that you had to do something.

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    Choose a Plan. Write Ins will be subject to heavy veto.

    You have 2 Power and 5 Wealth. You gain +1 of each every routine.

    [ ] Get the Special Higher Police out of your office. (1 Power)​
    [ ] Collect Polling Data (1 Power. Will give you insight into if the upcoming election is rigged.)​
    [ ] Give Newspaper Interview (1 Power. Will let you use a Political roll to try and sway the election.)​
    [ ] Buy Political Ad (3 Wealth. Will let you use a Political roll to try and sway the election.)​
    ​
    [ ] Insider Trading (Convert 1 Power into 2 Wealth. Despite the name, not against the law.)​
    [ ] Build Power Base (Convert 2 Power into 1 Importance. Doubles in cost every time you do it)​
    [ ] Unwise Deals (Get 3 Power, and in exchange I get to hold it over your head. This is yakuza stuff.)​
    ​
    [ ] Invest Wealth into Ohara Airworks (3 Wealth. Gives an Income bonus varying by the health of the Company.)​
    [ ] Invest Broadly (3 Wealth. Same deal but for the health of the national economy.)​
    [ ] Special Investment (3 Wealth, same as above. Write in what you are investing it. This is an age of tariffs so the farther away your investment the less effectivel)​
    [ ] Buy Support (Turn 3 Wealth into 1 Power. Repeatable)​
    [ ] Take Loan (Get 5 Wealth up front, and take -1 Income. Desperate.)​
     
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    • Well that's quite an arrangement of options.

    I'm tempted to take the polling info and then a newspaper interview, specifically in that order.

    I'd like to invest 3 wealth somewhere as well. Either in the company or the economy. The company because if we get a Royal contract our stock would skyrocket or the economy because concentrated investment seems like a poor idea.
     
    [X] Plan Solid Foundation
    -[X] Get the Special Higher Police out of your office. (1 Power)
    -[X] Collect Polling Data (1 Power. Will give you insight into if the upcoming election is rigged.)
    -[X] Invest Wealth into Ohara Airworks (3 Wealth. Gives an Income bonus varying by the health of the Company.)

    Going with this just off the top of my head. First priority is getting the not!Gestapo out of our fucking office and staying out of our personal stuff, because otherwise someone deciding they didn't like the look of any political stuff Matsura accidentally left out could just arrest them and be done with it.

    Then, polling data - right now, I don't particularly trust a political roll, and frankly having data to work with for more and better plans is a good thing.

    Finally, investing into Ohara means that we can hopefully more reliably gain income, and will likely know well in advance that something's potentially about to go very badly sideways, whereas the economy can suddenly tank almost without warning.
     
    [x] Plan Fuck The Police
    -[x] Buy Support (Turn 3 Wealth into 1 Power. Repeatable)
    -[x] Get the Special Higher Police out of your office. (1 Power)
    -[x] Collect Polling Data (1 Power. Will give you insight into if the upcoming election is rigged.)

    Because seriously fuck that guy. @open_sketchbook does this leaning on the special police actually rock the boat, or is that just Mr. Ohara wringing his hands?
     
    Crasian01 said:
    [x] Plan Fuck The Police
    -[x] Buy Support (Turn 3 Wealth into 1 Power. Repeatable)
    -[x] Get the Special Higher Police out of your office. (1 Power)
    -[x] Collect Polling Data (1 Power. Will give you insight into if the upcoming election is rigged.)

    Because seriously fuck that guy. @open_sketchbook does this leaning on the special police actually rock the boat, or is that just Mr. Ohara wringing his hands?
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    Doing it this way will do it safely.
     
    I'm thinking we focus long term for now.

    We don't have much space to play with, so we should focus on expanding, rather than using all of our savings on something we can do later.
     
    If we take the loan, can we use it to invest this turn? And any particular reason it is desperate? Otherwise, I like getting more money now to make even more money later.
     
    This plan assumes we kick the police out next routine.

    [X] Plan Investments
    -[X] Build Power Base (Convert 2 Power into 1 Importance. Doubles in cost every time you do it)
    -[X] Invest Wealth into Ohara Airworks (3 Wealth. Gives an Income bonus varying by the health of the Company.)
     
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