Yes, but that still leaves her bound to a glass jar.
Would Mirage approve of taming the meteorbeast? I don't know what the DC would be, but probably like, 80-120? Turn the meteorbeast into an item we can assign to heroes that provides bonuses to combat. You mentioned that it is in storage until we know more about magical constructs and studying golems seems to be a great way to learn about them.
My estimate is that is it is around 140? Maybe higher. I agree that it's going to be difficult and it is probably best to wait until we have talked to Alan and visited the Grid. But we do get a fund from attempting it, so it's not the worst option.
it would be practically hammering the angst in at this point so there's a reasonable chance of mechanical effects, and since we've got a lot of personals (and thus are likely to delay managing malf until just before his bossman chat loyalty boost expires) not assigning Celena there seems wise.
information on what MCP's planning to do with legacy would be valuable (especially if it's something more than getting more backdoors/influence in general), though since he's setting this up on purpose any information on that we might just get may be pretty bare-bones, (learning more would probably require extra actions after finding a lead?)
stuff like the vulnerability of ghosts seems serious, though it's probably worth considering we also have plenty of heroes who are also pretty vulnerable due to being baseline humans, so having to keep non-combatants/glass cannons outside of danger isn't something completely new at least? though i wouldn't say no to giving everyone a personal normbot meatshield (especially if her glass can ride/go inside said normbot)
my assumption for that requirement was that it would have to benefit the company as a whole, such as a business venture of some kind (since mirage prefers practical and sensible things)
I agree it is unlikely that the MCP has left notes detailing his evil scheme. It is more about understanding the architecture of LEGACY, to intuit the purpose from the form underneath it all. I also agree that the DC is likely to be high. I don't think it is likely to be considerably more difficult than the security action itself, DC wise anyways. There is pretty much zero chance that it will be a personal action.
knowledge of architecture might be useful in the future (if something i'm dubious would unlock further actions/a tangible boost), especially if we have to hack ENCOM in more serious situation, which might balance out worries of making future cyberattacks harder for us (depending on the sitution/how reliant on easily patched vulnerabilities we would be)
I was more thinking like, using the laser as part of our means of attack would leave traces the MCP would be able to notice such as us having taken shortcuts that wouldn't normally be possible (especially noticeable if we have to share how we hacked ENCOM to get the prize money, which i assume is standard practice for white hat hacking deals). if the SHIVA laser only expands our capabilities generally that would be safer, though would presumably still require multiple turns of setup so not good long-term. some to wait until the quest starts, one to to the quest and then some to use whatever the quest gives us.
bulk selling magical goods could be fun, if a limited market that there's not much room to muscle in on, with how buyable golems already exist and magic being artisinal/anyone with the talent being able do many things could make it harder for economies of scale to apply. would have to see if it appears on the actions list for something else, i suspect it'd be more likely with potions for instance?
Intellectually, I know that it won't happen, but part of me really hopes that Mirage will be at the Gala as a private individual.
I do not think that the MCP left documents detailing his evil schemes in the software of LEGACY. I do think that a team looking through the software could guess at what part of they are by looking at the structure of the software. I was referring to the security action this turn which gave us the option, with a DC of 200.
don't worry about clearing the point that there's useful information other than the MCP's master plot, I'm agreeing with you there. may be less valuable but it's still desirable enough if for instance it unlocks future stuff
isolated server attacks are a good call for safety for sure and if when we're researching ENCOM's systems rolling high enough to have done that would probably mitigate any risk, though in the case of white hat hacking we still may need to provide data/proof. hard to say for sure either way, but the MCP will certainly be getting *some* data from us as a result of it since we need to do it with their knowledge to get paid :P
from my perspective, we'd probably have a hard time selling golems because we both lack a way to produce them profitably (we don't have the setup to mass produce them, meaning it would take more time/resources per golem), and there's probably not much demand for the product in the first place (since there are far less people in the US that are part of the magical population than other groups in the US)
Can you stop it with the spaghetti posting. It is extremely jarring to have to respond to points by point responses rather than someone replying to the entire argument holistically. I can understand responding to golumetric theory separately, but not the ENCOM paragraphs.
This is mostly for fun; since we have no idea how many of these bonuses are heroes, how many are contractors, and how many traits vs other bonuses they have. Also maybe to guess mechanics
+32 Martial King, +26 Hero, +50 Bonus (Trait?), Loyalty is Weird, acting as if its a Max Loyalty roll on the King instead of the Hero.
56 King, 52 Hero, +20 Trait (MrHobbit revealed it was likely a company trait, not a hero one),0-24 Hero loyalty but rounded up.
27 King, 23 Hero, -19 Trait, 0-24 Loyalty, Rounded up. Negative Trait is a weird number, might have been lowered via the campaign.
34 King, 30 Hero, 16 Trait/Sit Bonus, -25--1 Loyalty
King 36, Hero 37, Bonus is 20, Loyalty Penalty maxed out.
32 Amara, 20 Mez, 5 Mez Infosec Trait, 10 Amara Trait, Min Loyalty
King 28, Hero 32, Loyalty Maxed
22 King, 26 Hero, 20 Trait, Almost Max Hero Loyalty (Not Quite Yet)
King 50, Hero 30, Min Loyalty.
The... exact same as the last one. Huh.
King 40, Hero 35, Loyalty Negative Bracket
Stewardship, 16 Shego, 38 Hero, 25 Hero Trait or Sit Bonus, High Loyalty
King 38, Hero 35, Trait 20, Corporate Thing, Max Loyalty
Hero 25, 20 Trait Bonus
Notably, finding more Khan DNA beyond his current crop of Earth descendents has the potential to make him even stronger...And, as we know from the show, the Mewmans that inhabit Mewni are actually humans from Earth (implied to be 1700s colonial settlers) who evolved into a different species by way of exposure to magic and interbreeding with the native magical races...So it's possible they have Khan DNA. Could give Khan a decent Occult buff at least.
We needed to stock enough snacks on the flight to keep Kitsune from causing trouble.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. We already have some magic types for Janna to learn. We can have her borrow the Mad Mojo Cookbook from Tobe so she can learn Jo-Lan, and have her study Dance Magic. They would help buff her Martial, expand her magical abilities, make her less reliant on Dark Magic, give non invocation based magic (helpful against Burd), and allow Janna to defend herself if she doesn't have Feldrake.
The Mad Mojo Cookbook is not Jo-Lan, the Jo-Lan Scrolls are. I think the last person to have them was Jumba; and I am unsure if Janna is interested in martial arts (Though if she is, Marco is also Jo-Lan so he could teach her.)
I am very interested.
Ok cool, I'll break em into 3 sections
