So, everybody seems pretty aware of upcoming plot-points like cleaning up the city's fallout from Bakuda/Apeiron tech, the dismantling of the ABB and end of the gang war, and the duel plots of Coil/Undersider's and Dragon/D-Slayers attempting to use the magnificent Iron Pie. But what about the one I know I forgot about twice. And haven't seen mentioned in a while.
Apeiron got a digital invitation from the Number Man while they were dueling over ABB finances. He doesn't seem to have thought about it since, but there are a lot of potential paths this road could take. The simplest (and perhaps most likely) of course is an offer of services. The Number Man can be fairly mercenary that way, and it'd also be an easy way to keep an eye on a rising star that might've made him actually try.
On the other hand, Cauldron is basically propping up Earth Bet heavily for the purposes of making more Capes and keeping them organized (where a collapsed feudal society might have even more Parahumans, but no way to wrangle them against EB's or Zion). Their most favored tool is of course the PRT and similar organizations, but they're also partly responsible for keeping the world economy too, via Contessa and the Number Man right? If too many nations went for economic independence (and from there to isolation) or collapsed under the weight of their needs, there would be war and eventually the same Feudal situation. Hence keeping the 'modern' world on life support so that it's institutions and social structures keep Parahuman control relatively stream-lined.
And here comes this Tinker that by now is showing signs of inducing 'quality' in whatever they put their hands on, not just technology. Miraculous talent in manipulating systems doesn't just grow on trees, and the other ideal manipulator of the world is an AI neither optimized for the task, but also crippled by innate and learned restrictions. Apeiron however seems to be a mercenary that while bound by his own set of morals is also willing to get their hands dirty for them (the truth being that he's just been flying by the seat of his pants since the beginning of course). Cauldron wouldn't have to reveal much of their true nature and objectives to pitch a recruitment for one of their side-projects (that is, propping of failing systems of society), and they can do so without revealing more then what should already be obvious to an individual capable of making the Number Man try. That there is another, deeper group in control of World Economics then Watch Dog, and that said group has not gone about acting maliciously, if anything being the opposite in how things are still running despite the routine destruction of major industrial centers by EB's, or one of the world's largest natural/workforce resources cutting themselves off (China turning into the CUI).
Or it could be something else. But looking some more into the background of how Bet really is one massive experiment, rigged and fought over by different factions (made by the Entities, altered by Cauldron, now a power-struggle between Cauldron, the EB's, the Shards standard conflict drive, and possibly some others like the CUI) would be quite interesting, and something a Cape like Joe could actually breakdown unlike a street-fighter, gang-warlord, or Thinker depending on Shard contrivances and limitations.
Apeiron got a digital invitation from the Number Man while they were dueling over ABB finances. He doesn't seem to have thought about it since, but there are a lot of potential paths this road could take. The simplest (and perhaps most likely) of course is an offer of services. The Number Man can be fairly mercenary that way, and it'd also be an easy way to keep an eye on a rising star that might've made him actually try.
On the other hand, Cauldron is basically propping up Earth Bet heavily for the purposes of making more Capes and keeping them organized (where a collapsed feudal society might have even more Parahumans, but no way to wrangle them against EB's or Zion). Their most favored tool is of course the PRT and similar organizations, but they're also partly responsible for keeping the world economy too, via Contessa and the Number Man right? If too many nations went for economic independence (and from there to isolation) or collapsed under the weight of their needs, there would be war and eventually the same Feudal situation. Hence keeping the 'modern' world on life support so that it's institutions and social structures keep Parahuman control relatively stream-lined.
And here comes this Tinker that by now is showing signs of inducing 'quality' in whatever they put their hands on, not just technology. Miraculous talent in manipulating systems doesn't just grow on trees, and the other ideal manipulator of the world is an AI neither optimized for the task, but also crippled by innate and learned restrictions. Apeiron however seems to be a mercenary that while bound by his own set of morals is also willing to get their hands dirty for them (the truth being that he's just been flying by the seat of his pants since the beginning of course). Cauldron wouldn't have to reveal much of their true nature and objectives to pitch a recruitment for one of their side-projects (that is, propping of failing systems of society), and they can do so without revealing more then what should already be obvious to an individual capable of making the Number Man try. That there is another, deeper group in control of World Economics then Watch Dog, and that said group has not gone about acting maliciously, if anything being the opposite in how things are still running despite the routine destruction of major industrial centers by EB's, or one of the world's largest natural/workforce resources cutting themselves off (China turning into the CUI).
Or it could be something else. But looking some more into the background of how Bet really is one massive experiment, rigged and fought over by different factions (made by the Entities, altered by Cauldron, now a power-struggle between Cauldron, the EB's, the Shards standard conflict drive, and possibly some others like the CUI) would be quite interesting, and something a Cape like Joe could actually breakdown unlike a street-fighter, gang-warlord, or Thinker depending on Shard contrivances and limitations.
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. I had forgotten that Bloody Roar was another recent addition, and the Perk from there quickly became the star of the show as soon as it was acquired. In fact, it's probably a shoo-in for the "Perk most immediately useful when rolled" category if there is ever a Perk Award Show.
