Season 1: Week 1
- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
[X] The Unfettered Genius (Hardware++, Software+, Wetware -, Social -, High Growth Potential, No Mentor, No Revenue, 2 Free Time)
You are a virtuoso with your hands and mind, but your driving leaves something to be desired, and something about you has always rubbed people the wrong way. It's not your fault that nobody else can take a little honest criticism! Nevertheless, such little obstacles like a bad rep and no money to speak of won't stop you from becoming World Champion.
[X] Discussing the match with your younger sister. Surprisingly, she loves it!(Either free or potential teammate. Bonus to social rolls when interacting with her)
Better social interactions with sister, sister gains Wetware Bonus. Starting Expenses: 10
"The Shocks are going to win!"
"Mattie, no they aren't. Their robot isn't good enough."
"They totally will! Look at how well they're driving!"
"It's just one move. Besides, the other alliance simply has them outspecced."
"Doesn't matter; look, sis, there goes 964C right around your 'better' team!"
"Okay, fine, you might be seeing something there, but it's not enough to overcome the Juggernauts' early game lead!"
"Think again, sis. Look at how the Shocks are hoarding all the objects. Like the announcer said, they're waiting for that one moment!"
"And when's that moment going to be, huh? The time to outscore Red passed a long time ago!"
"No it didn't, and that moment is riiiiiight now!"
Colene glanced back up at the match. Suddenly, the Blue Alliance retreated to their hoarded objects and began scoring them as fast as possible.
"See? I told you!"
"Doesn't mean they'll win, does it?"
"Maybe not, but they're still doing better than you thought!"
"But it's still not enough, is it? Blue Alliance can't seem to keep up the pace needed to win!"
"But they won't lose either!"
In the end, the final match came down to "did that Blue Alliance robot touch that one scoring object and descore it?" The referees ruled yes, the Juggernauts won, and you lorded it over your sister, who pouted at you in retaliation.
Ah, debating (and winning) with your sister about robotics was fun. Her enthusiasm is honestly a little surprising for you, but hey, you apparently don't know your sister all that well.
"Miss Colene Stringer, stop setting a bad example for Matylda and come do your chores!"
"Coming, Mom! Gimme a second!"
You start thinking while doing your chores. Huh, your mother is yelling at you to pay more attention. You tune her out. It's not particularly important to you, so there shouldn't be that much of a problem, right?
...wait a second, none of those dishes you put back were clean, were they?
Anyway, now you have to start building a robot, but you can't afford much; even the enhanced starter kit is out of your reach. You might be able to build a tolerable base using all your saved money, but if you want better you're going to need more money to buy parts. You could probably go get some sponsorships, or ask for a grant from your school or something. For tools, you can probably "borrow" from your dad's equipment, but they aren't likely to last long under the abuse that is cutting steel parts, and your dad probably won't like finding out you broke all his blades. You'll also want to rope in a chump or two to handle the driving and talking bits; you don't really need them to do anything else except look and drive pretty, you're good enough on your own to do everything else. Maybe your sister?
Hm. Hard problems, recruitment and fundraising are. You decide to at least buy the minimum electronics needed to call your bunch of parts a robot; everything else would have to wait until you got more money. Well, maybe not team registration, you supposed. Best get that done now too, rather than finding out the hard way later when you tried to compete. And maybe - no, Colene, discipline yourself. Control your spending habits.
Free Time! 2 Free Time available
[] Recruit your sister (Difficulty: She seems to like it, should be pretty easy) (Reward: Sister as teammate)
[] Recruit at your school (Difficulty: Should be pretty easy, right? Everybody will want to join me, robotics is great and I'm so good at it!) (Reward: ??? teammate)
[] Recruit in the wild (Difficulty: I dunno, randomly looking for people probably isn't a good idea, and they probably aren't that great) (Reward: ??? teammate)
[] Try to get corporate sponsorships (Difficulty: Those suits will be falling all over themselves to support a new cool STEM program, right?) (Reward: ??? Revenue)
[] Try to get money from friends and family (Difficulty: My family's kinda, uh, I dunno, hard to get money from, I guess? They don't exactly like me doing this, and my friends aren't much better) (Rewards: ??? Expenses)
[] Try to get donations from random people (Difficulty: It worked for the Girl Scouts, why won't it work for me?) (Reward: ??? Expenses)
[] Try to get a job (Difficulty: Some minimum wage job should be willing to hire fourteen year olds, right?)(Reward: 1 Revenue)
[] Forum Crawl (Difficulty: Too easy, nothing to learn here) (Reward: ???)
[] Sketch a design (Difficulty: Not hard at all, kinda want to do this anyway) (Reward: One time bonus to Hardware check)
[] Write in (veto/approval/reinterpretation at GM discretion)
Note: Normally there would be a purchase section, but in the interests of not overburdening you guys, I'm going to call this as "you spend 7 Expenses buying the bare minimum electronics and team registration, and decide to not order any more until you have more cash." Those expenses sure build up fast, don't they? :3
Also: those difficulty ratings are being seen through the lens of your character's social abilities.
You are a virtuoso with your hands and mind, but your driving leaves something to be desired, and something about you has always rubbed people the wrong way. It's not your fault that nobody else can take a little honest criticism! Nevertheless, such little obstacles like a bad rep and no money to speak of won't stop you from becoming World Champion.
[X] Discussing the match with your younger sister. Surprisingly, she loves it!(Either free or potential teammate. Bonus to social rolls when interacting with her)
Better social interactions with sister, sister gains Wetware Bonus. Starting Expenses: 10
"The Shocks are going to win!"
"Mattie, no they aren't. Their robot isn't good enough."
"They totally will! Look at how well they're driving!"
"It's just one move. Besides, the other alliance simply has them outspecced."
"Doesn't matter; look, sis, there goes 964C right around your 'better' team!"
"Okay, fine, you might be seeing something there, but it's not enough to overcome the Juggernauts' early game lead!"
"Think again, sis. Look at how the Shocks are hoarding all the objects. Like the announcer said, they're waiting for that one moment!"
"And when's that moment going to be, huh? The time to outscore Red passed a long time ago!"
"No it didn't, and that moment is riiiiiight now!"
Colene glanced back up at the match. Suddenly, the Blue Alliance retreated to their hoarded objects and began scoring them as fast as possible.
"See? I told you!"
"Doesn't mean they'll win, does it?"
"Maybe not, but they're still doing better than you thought!"
"But it's still not enough, is it? Blue Alliance can't seem to keep up the pace needed to win!"
"But they won't lose either!"
In the end, the final match came down to "did that Blue Alliance robot touch that one scoring object and descore it?" The referees ruled yes, the Juggernauts won, and you lorded it over your sister, who pouted at you in retaliation.
Ah, debating (and winning) with your sister about robotics was fun. Her enthusiasm is honestly a little surprising for you, but hey, you apparently don't know your sister all that well.
"Miss Colene Stringer, stop setting a bad example for Matylda and come do your chores!"
"Coming, Mom! Gimme a second!"
You start thinking while doing your chores. Huh, your mother is yelling at you to pay more attention. You tune her out. It's not particularly important to you, so there shouldn't be that much of a problem, right?
...wait a second, none of those dishes you put back were clean, were they?
Anyway, now you have to start building a robot, but you can't afford much; even the enhanced starter kit is out of your reach. You might be able to build a tolerable base using all your saved money, but if you want better you're going to need more money to buy parts. You could probably go get some sponsorships, or ask for a grant from your school or something. For tools, you can probably "borrow" from your dad's equipment, but they aren't likely to last long under the abuse that is cutting steel parts, and your dad probably won't like finding out you broke all his blades. You'll also want to rope in a chump or two to handle the driving and talking bits; you don't really need them to do anything else except look and drive pretty, you're good enough on your own to do everything else. Maybe your sister?
Hm. Hard problems, recruitment and fundraising are. You decide to at least buy the minimum electronics needed to call your bunch of parts a robot; everything else would have to wait until you got more money. Well, maybe not team registration, you supposed. Best get that done now too, rather than finding out the hard way later when you tried to compete. And maybe - no, Colene, discipline yourself. Control your spending habits.
Free Time! 2 Free Time available
[] Recruit your sister (Difficulty: She seems to like it, should be pretty easy) (Reward: Sister as teammate)
[] Recruit at your school (Difficulty: Should be pretty easy, right? Everybody will want to join me, robotics is great and I'm so good at it!) (Reward: ??? teammate)
[] Recruit in the wild (Difficulty: I dunno, randomly looking for people probably isn't a good idea, and they probably aren't that great) (Reward: ??? teammate)
[] Try to get corporate sponsorships (Difficulty: Those suits will be falling all over themselves to support a new cool STEM program, right?) (Reward: ??? Revenue)
[] Try to get money from friends and family (Difficulty: My family's kinda, uh, I dunno, hard to get money from, I guess? They don't exactly like me doing this, and my friends aren't much better) (Rewards: ??? Expenses)
[] Try to get donations from random people (Difficulty: It worked for the Girl Scouts, why won't it work for me?) (Reward: ??? Expenses)
[] Try to get a job (Difficulty: Some minimum wage job should be willing to hire fourteen year olds, right?)(Reward: 1 Revenue)
[] Forum Crawl (Difficulty: Too easy, nothing to learn here) (Reward: ???)
[] Sketch a design (Difficulty: Not hard at all, kinda want to do this anyway) (Reward: One time bonus to Hardware check)
[] Write in (veto/approval/reinterpretation at GM discretion)
Note: Normally there would be a purchase section, but in the interests of not overburdening you guys, I'm going to call this as "you spend 7 Expenses buying the bare minimum electronics and team registration, and decide to not order any more until you have more cash." Those expenses sure build up fast, don't they? :3
Also: those difficulty ratings are being seen through the lens of your character's social abilities.
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