Plan: Invite Your Friends To Bunker Down
-[X] National Actions
--[ ] Martial ⚔️:
----[X] Recruitment
--[ ] Diplomacy 🤝:
----[X] Be Neighborly! [BELLUM]
----[X] Diligent Citizen! [BENSON]
--[ ] Stewardship 🛠️:
----[X] Green Thumb
--[ ] Intrigue 🔍:
----[X] Find The Gang [NICOLE]
--[ ] Learning 🧪:
----[X] Those Wonderful Toys
-[X] Personal Actions
--[X] See What Shows Are On [BENSON]
--[X] Anger Management [BENSON]
--[X] Hang Out With Your New Co-Workers [JOSH]
--[X] In Memoriam [NICOLE]
--[X] Public Relations [BELLUM]
We want to get on finding the gang before the trail goes cold, and the thing about quests is that distractions pile up. Beyond that, now's the time to entrench our position, with trouble on our border and the Feds waking up.
Plan: Invite Your Friends To Bunker Down
-[X] National Actions
--[ ] Martial ⚔️:
----[X] Recruitment [NICOLE]
----[X] Taking out the Trash [BENSON]
--[ ] Diplomacy 🤝:
----[X] Be Neighborly! [BELLUM]
--[ ] Stewardship 🛠️:
----[X] Green Thumb [JOSH]
--[ ] Intrigue 🔍:
----[X] Find The Gang
--[ ] Learning 🧪:
----[X] Those Wonderful Toys
-[X] Personal Actions
--[X] See What Shows Are On [BENSON]
--[X] Anger Management [BENSON]
--[X] Hang Out With Your New Co-Workers [JOSH]
--[X] In Memoriam [NICOLE]
--[X] Public Relations [BELLUM]
Similar plan, the personal actions are good. But I'm not for sucking up to Waller at this point, and I think cleaning up the city should be a better plan, though I would be up for doing an action to learn about slade
Plan: Invite Your Friends To Bunker Down
-[X] National Actions
--[X] Martial ⚔️:
----[X] Recruitment [NICOLE]
----[X] Taking out the Trash [BENSON]
--[X] Diplomacy 🤝:
----[X] Be Neighborly! [BELLUM]
--[X] Stewardship 🛠️:
----[X] Green Thumb [JOSH]
--[X] Intrigue 🔍:
----[X] Find The Gang
--[X] Learning 🧪:
----[X] Those Wonderful Toys
-[X] Personal Actions
--[X] See What Shows Are On [BENSON]
--[X] Anger Management [BENSON]
--[X] Hang Out With Your New Co-Workers [JOSH]
--[X] In Memoriam [NICOLE]
--[X] Public Relations [BELLUM]
Plan: Invite Your Friends To Bunker Down
-[X] National Actions
--[X] Martial ⚔️:
----[X] Recruitment [NICOLE]
----[X] Taking out the Trash [BENSON]
--[X] Diplomacy 🤝:
----[X] Be Neighborly! [BELLUM]
--[X] Stewardship 🛠️:
----[X] Green Thumb [JOSH]
--[X] Intrigue 🔍:
----[X] Find The Gang
--[X] Learning 🧪:
----[X] Those Wonderful Toys
-[X] Personal Actions
--[X] See What Shows Are On [BENSON]
--[X] Anger Management [BENSON]
--[X] Hang Out With Your New Co-Workers [JOSH]
--[X] In Memoriam [NICOLE]
--[X] Public Relations [BELLUM]
Plan: to defend our Park
-[X] National Actions
--[X] Martial
----[X] Recruitment [Nicole]
----[x] Taking Out The Trash [Benson]
--[X] Diplomacy
----[X] Be Neighborly! [Benson]
--[X] Stewardship
----[X] Collaboration Project (Bellum)
--[X] Intrigue
----[X] Supervillain Weekly! (Josh)
--[X] Learning
----[X] Those Wonderful Toys
-[X] Personal Actions
--[X] See What Shows Are On [Benson]
--[X] Anger Management [Benson]
--[X] Take Your Family Out [Josh]
--[X] Tidy Up The House [Nicole]
--[X] Tidy Up The House [Bellum]
Plan: Invite Your Friends To Bunker Down
-[X] National Actions
--[ ] Martial ⚔️:
----[X] Recruitment
--[ ] Diplomacy 🤝:
----[X] Be Neighborly! [BELLUM]
----[X] Diligent Citizen! [BENSON]
--[ ] Stewardship 🛠️:
----[X] Green Thumb
--[ ] Intrigue 🔍:
----[X] Find The Gang [NICOLE]
--[ ] Learning 🧪:
----[X] Those Wonderful Toys
-[X] Personal Actions
--[X] See What Shows Are On [BENSON]
--[X] Anger Management [BENSON]
--[X] Hang Out With Your New Co-Workers [JOSH]
--[X] In Memoriam [NICOLE]
--[X] Public Relations [BELLUM]
[X] Plan: War's a comin -[X] Martial
--[X] Recruitment (DC 75) (Nicole) -[X] Diplomacy
--[X] Diligent Citizen (DC 60) -[X] Stewardship
--[X] Green Thumb (DC 75) (Benson)
--[X] Collaboration Project (DC 80) (Bellum) -[X] Intrigue
--[X] Getting The Band Back Together (DC 480) -[X] Learning
--[X] Those Wonderful Toys (DC 15) -[X] Personal Actions
--[X] Anger Management (Benson)
--[X] See What Shows Are On (Benson)
--[X] Do Your Job (Josh)
--[X] Check on Gumball and Darwin (Nicole)
--[X] Public Relations (Bellum)
[X] Plan: All In
-[X] National Actions
--[X] Martial
---[X] Taking Out The Trash [Nicole]
---[X] Recruitment [Benson]
--[X] Diplomacy
---[X] Old Wounds (Bellum)
---[X] Be Neighborly! [Benson]
--[X] Stewardship
----[X] Green Thumb [Benson]
--[X] Intrigue
---[X] Supervillain Weekly! (Josh)
--[X] Learning
---[X] Those Wonderful Toys
-[X] Personal Actions
--[X] Hang Out With Your New Coworkers [Josh]
--[X] Tidy Up The House [Nicole]
--[X] Tidy Up The House [Bellum]
Plan: Invite Your Friends To Bunker Down
-[X] National Actions
--[X] Martial ⚔️:
----[X] Recruitment [NICOLE]
----[X] Taking out the Trash [BENSON]
--[X] Diplomacy 🤝:
----[X] Be Neighborly! [BELLUM]
--[X] Stewardship 🛠️:
----[X] Green Thumb [JOSH]
--[X] Intrigue 🔍:
----[X] Find The Gang
--[X] Learning 🧪:
----[X] Those Wonderful Toys
-[X] Personal Actions
--[X] See What Shows Are On [BENSON]
--[X] Anger Management [BENSON]
--[X] Hang Out With Your New Co-Workers [JOSH]
--[X] In Memoriam [NICOLE]
--[X] Public Relations [BELLUM]
[X] Plan: War's a comin -[X] Martial
--[X] Recruitment (DC 75) (Nicole) -[X] Diplomacy
--[X] Diligent Citizen (DC 60) -[X] Stewardship
--[X] Green Thumb (DC 75) (Benson)
--[X] Collaboration Project (DC 80) (Bellum) -[X] Intrigue
--[X] Getting The Band Back Together (DC 480) -[X] Learning
--[X] Those Wonderful Toys (DC 15) -[X] Personal Actions
--[X] Anger Management (Benson)
--[X] See What Shows Are On (Benson)
--[X] Do Your Job (Josh)
--[X] Check on Gumball and Darwin (Nicole)
--[X] Public Relations (Bellum)
NATIONAL ACTIONS
Recruitment
DC 75 (Nicole)
15+27+45=87 Success!
Utilizing your contacts with the media via Margaret and social media accounts thanks to Bridgette's social influencing(?), you were able to get a rousing number of young men and women lined up outside your park waiting for recruitment. Unfortunately, it seemed to be too many, and for awhile there, you were lost amidst a sea of applications, loud-mouthed explanations as to why they should be recruited, and macho posing from many a person.
That is until Nicole stepped into the fray.
"CADETS, ATTEN-SHUN!!"
You stare at the surburban mom suddenly turned army commando, appearing in a police uniform, and commanding the attention of... you wanna say over a thousand recruits. She showed no mercy to anyone, treating them lower than the dirt beneath her shoes and weeding out the weak from the capable. By the end of it all, you had around close to three companies worth of soldiers ready for training. Nicole promises that she'll be gentle with them. You shiver at the bloodthirsty tone in her voice.
But by far, the strangest thing that came about from this was when you walked into your office one day to find a duck man chilling behind your desk, drinking a soda.
Your face grew red upon seeing him. "Who are you? And how did you even get inside here?!"
"I broke in."
"You WHAT?!"
"Your Park doesn't have that good security. I just walked past a bunch of people on my way here and not one stopped me, not a single one! Some guy even stopped me and gave me directions for this place like I was some kind of tourist!"
"...you're in a public park. Of course he thought that you were a tourist because YOU ARE!"
"Oh. Well, that explains where we're at, then."
"You have five seconds to tell me what you're doing here before I have you THROWN OUTSIDE ON YOUR SORRY FEATHERED BUTT!"
"I'm here about the job."
"WHAT JOB?! I'M NOT TAKING UP ANY MORE APPLICATIONS FOR GROUNDSKEEPING!"
The duck hands you a flier, which you rudely snatched out of his hand. Scanning through it, you see that it's one of the military ad posters strewn up across the City.
"..."
"And here's my resume if you want to know more. Got any questions, I'll be in your kitchen. I'm getting a refill."
The duck sauntered out of the room as if he owned the place, making your blood pressure start to rise... until you started reading the duck's resume.
"How the hell is that guy a United States Marine?!"
REWARD: Your military's numbers are bolstered tremendously! You now have three companies worth (around 144 soldiers each) to defend your territories.
UNLOCKED: You have gained DAFFY DUCK as a Hero Unit.
Diligent Citizen
DC 60
94+18=112 Extreme Success!
You decide to give a call to some guy up that Maellard was connected to (seriously, how many people did Mr. Maellard know?) and got put on the line with a bored-sounding secretary, who suddenly perked up when they found out who was calling them. A few minutes of waiting later, and you found yourself discussing the state of affairs with a guy that didn't sound American to you. If anything, he sounded more like a Brit.
He seemed to accept your call as some sort of surrender, which you had to clarify that 'no, I'm making this call to find out what's going on with the government' and he then spent the next few minutes trying to paint out the situation like everything's under control. You just about hung up on him before he casually mentioned sending a liaison to your City in order to establish a better 'partnership' between you and the federal government.
At least you don't have to worry about being kidnapped to some CIA black site tonight.
REWARD: Communications established with the federal government. Agent Stan Smith has been dispatched to serve as an emissary between you and his superiors.
TO BE CONTINUED IN: That's One Big Chin
Green Thumb
DC 75 (REDUCED DC; Benson)
100+25 EXTREME CRITICAL SUCCESS!
TO BE CONTINUED IN: Just Like The Old Days...
Collaboration Project
DC 80
51+25+45-25=96 Success!
With Bellum's help, you were able to reach out to Sensai and offer him a business deal that would combine Death Kwon Do and Wing Kingdom into a joint business operation which would see both restaurants share their food items in each other's places. Sensai was outraged by this, claiming that he would never defile the sanctity of his restaurant with something as unhonorable as Wing Kingdom... until Bellum showed him the check and royalties he would be receiving if he accepted this deal.
"Honor is a big part of our business," Sensai said somberly. "But so are retirement funds."
REWARD: Wing Kingdom and Death Kwon Do become business partners! You gain +5 Income for this deal.
Getting The Band Back Together!
DC 480
34+10=44
44/480
Your hopes were raised when Alex came into your office one day saying that he found one of your old workers. Hands shaking, you take the phone he offered you while listening half-heartedly to his smug retorts about how easy it is to track down a raccoon around here.
You spent the next three minutes watching the video of a raccoon try dragging a pizza box through a wooden fence.
Alex quickly left once you started destroying your office in a frenzied rage.
CONSEQUENCES: Benson's Anger Meter will impact his Anger Management section!
Those Wonderful Toys
DC 15 (REDUCED DC)
70+12=82 EXTREME CRITICAL SUCCESS!
Finally, Maellard's scientists (well, yours now) has come in to report that the weapons and vehicles derived from the S.P.A.R.K. Initiative is finally complete. With great bonuses too!
Turns out that extra time spent perfecting the technology has seen a mass production of blasters and space carts, allowing you to freely supply the security forces with them and having enough leftover for your groundskeepers to wield. You can't help but feel that you're almost ready for anything that heads your way.
REWARD: S.P.A.R.K. technology is now accessible to you. Your security forces are fully stocked this turn and soon, your army will be ready to receive their own models once they complete their training. +5 to Martial skill for any combat round with your units.
PERSONAL ACTIONS
Anger Management (Benson)
86-40=46
102/250
You were making good process on your anger management techniques... until Alex ruined it with his false leads. You stand in the ruins of your private office, currently dry-heaving and trying to fight back the migraine growing in your head. You can hear the worried whispers of your new workers outside your office but pay no attention to them. You're not in the mood right now.
CONSEQUENCE: Benson has gained -5 with his Anger meter. It now stands at -45.
See What Shows Are On (Benson)
50
You scroll through cable one day, trying to fight back the annoyance you still feel over Alex's dumb mistake. You don't pay attention to most of the shows you see on there, but you do pick up several that stand out to you. Some reality show turned survivalist challenge (quite literally) ran by some guy up in Canada, who's sending dumb teenagers into alien territory as part of a challenge. Not many of them make it out in one piece. And you also hear something about "Weird World" and hunting Yetis, but turn it off before you could hear more. Nothing important, you think.
REWARD: You've learned about Kings from outside America, such as Chris McLean and V.V. Argost!
Do Your Job (Josh)
92+57=149
149/200
[PERSONAL ACTION INTERRUPTED!!]
TO BE CONTINUED IN: Just Like The Old Days
Check on Gumball and Darwin (Nicole)
5 CRITICAL FAILURE!!
TO BE CONTINUED IN: Just Like The Old Days
Public Relations (Bellum)
60
With everything happening to you and at the Park, you can't help but thank God that you hired Bellum when you did. The woman is an expert at navigating through the bureaucratic red tape and double-edged words that these officials in the City try spinning around you, managing to weed out anything that doesn't need funding (such as a generous $20,000 donation to one City councilor's private garden) and making sure that actual needs are addressed. She can't help but note that many of the City's slums, while repaired, are overrunning with crime gangs.
REWARD: Bellum manages to root out corruption in City Hall! Public Relationship towards you increases by +2!
CONSEQUENCE: Something is stirring in the City's underworld...
In hindsight maybe we should have guessed that "here's the lack of progress on finding all your close friends, boss" might have negative consequences for Benson.
