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Lex Sedet In Vertice: A Supervillain in the DCU CK2 quest

What sort of tone should I shoot for with this Quest?

  • Go as crack fueled as you can we want Ambush Bug, Snowflame and Duckseid

    Votes: 30 7.7%

  • Go for something silly but keep a little bit of reason

    Votes: 31 7.9%

  • Adam West Camp

    Votes: 27 6.9%

  • Balanced as all things should be

    Votes: 195 50.0%

  • Mostly serious but not self-involvedly so

    Votes: 73 18.7%

  • Dark and brooding but with light at the end of the tunnel

    Votes: 12 3.1%

  • We're evil and we don't want anyone to be happy

    Votes: 22 5.6%
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    390
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Lockheart said:
I find your portrayal of Helena delightful. Can we ask Talia to take her as an apprentice for a couple of turns when we meet her? Would it fulfill our end of the deal to help Huntress (fr the time being)? We negotiated with Ras to take our employee before our relationship soured, if I recall correctly.
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I'm glad you enjoy my take on Helena Bertinelli, she's fun to write and plan out. Really I enjoy getting to develop character's personalities a lot to make them more distinct and so it's nice to see it pay off.

You could ask Talia to take her as an apprentice for a couple of turns but it would be in front of Ra's al Ghul and something would almost certainly be asked of you in recompense. Furthermore I think it's relevant to note that while Talia is combat capable she tends to fill an administrative/executive position (telling people what to do and making sure they do their job properly whilst getting paid appropriately) rather than a combat one (actually killing people). It would potentially help your end of the deal with Helena (she's not going to say no to the training) but it wouldn't satisfy it.
 
Hmm. A thought occurs to me. We did that thing with selina where we built orphanages and highered menagerie supporters who wanted out of gotham. Any chance Jason Todd and his mom, or just Jason, ended up in metropolis? It would be hilarious if instead of batman one day Roxy or Leny or Mick came back and found him pulling the old disasemble on their ride. You can take take the boy out of gotham but you can't take gotham out of the boy.
 
So I'm sad to inform people that the update will not be coming to day. In the middle of writing it I realized that I'd forgotten to include Cassandra's new Psychological Defense trait and so now I'm going over everything with a fine toothed comb to make sure I didn't miss anything. I might be able to get out something out today for your enjoyment but the mainline update has been delayed. Thank you all for your patience.
RandyTrevelyan said:
Hmm. A thought occurs to me. We did that thing with selina where we built orphanages and highered menagerie supporters who wanted out of gotham. Any chance Jason Todd and his mom, or just Jason, ended up in metropolis? It would be hilarious if instead of batman one day Roxy or Leny or Mick came back and found him pulling the old disasemble on their ride. You can take take the boy out of gotham but you can't take gotham out of the boy.
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Feel free to look to see who ended up in Metropolis. There's a non-zero chance that some traditionally Gotham based characters have been moved to Metropolis. Whether or not Jason Todd is in Metropolis isn't something I can confirm or deny due to spoilers but this is a neat thought process.

That being said the chance of Jason Todd stealing the wheels off of Roxy's vehicle of choice is kind of impossible as Roxy prefers to ride her rocket or an experimental jet over a more mundane car.
 
King crimson said:
So I'm sad to inform people that the update will not be coming to day. In the middle of writing it I realized that I'd forgotten to include Cassandra's new Psychological Defense trait and so now I'm going over everything with a fine toothed comb to make sure I didn't miss anything. I might be able to get out something out today for your enjoyment but the mainline update has been delayed. Thank you all for your patience.

Feel free to look to see who ended up in Metropolis. There's a non-zero chance that some traditionally Gotham based characters have been moved to Metropolis. Whether or not Jason Todd is in Metropolis isn't something I can confirm or deny due to spoilers but this is a neat thought process.

That being said the chance of Jason Todd stealing the wheels off of Roxy's vehicle of choice is kind of impossible as Roxy prefers to ride her rocket or an experimental jet over a more mundane car.
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There's always the throttle and the seating.

Where exactly would I look?

Given brainiacs attack I think some kind of survivor census would be reasomnable, especially if it's as part of a relief aid and reconstruction effort by Lexcorp.
 
RandyTrevelyan said:
There's always the throttle and the seating.
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I mean if anyone manages to pull apart a jet's throttle or seating with just basic tools then they deserve a degree in engineering because that stuff's complicated as hell. Roxy's rocket is even worse in that regard because it has more in common with a missile than with a conventional vehicle. A smart thief wouldn't ever bother trying to steal them because it's just not worth the effort and so Jason wouldn't bother with them (especially since there's not exactly a huge market for stolen plane/missile parts accessible to a kid).
RandyTrevelyan said:
Where exactly would I look?

Given brainiacs attack I think some kind of survivor census would be reasomnable, especially if it's as part of a relief aid and reconstruction effort by Lexcorp.
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I meant more in the sense that the thread could choose to take an action to investigate it. While I don't believe there's an exact action for it you could get something along the lines of looking into the greater Metropolis area through a whole bunch of actions (promoting local businesses in Metropolis, developing the Suicide Slums, having Cassandra explore Metropolis in her personal action etc.). If the more roundabout options don't satisfy you then you could always write in an action along the lines of taking a census of people in Metropolis and then trying to convince the thread to go for that.
 
Simon_Jester said:
I'm sure Roxy has a sports car.

I mean, come on. Of course she has a sports car.
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I mean she doesn't really need a car. I imagine the legal situation regarding Roxy's rocket is similar to a jet or a helicopter and so she's legally able to fly it to get to places. Considering it's so much faster and more thrilling than a normal sports car I can't imagine her ever choosing to drive when she could fly.

Roxy definitely had a sports car when she started for LexCorp but now that she's upgraded why would she ever bother when she has a better vehicle to use to get to places?
 
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King crimson said:
I meant more in the sense that the thread could choose to take an action to investigate it. While I don't believe there's an exact action for it you could get something along the lines of looking into the greater Metropolis area through a whole bunch of actions (promoting local businesses in Metropolis, developing the Suicide Slums, having Cassandra explore Metropolis in her personal action etc.). If the more roundabout options don't satisfy you then you could always write in an action along the lines of taking a census of people in Metropolis and then trying to convince the thread to go for that.
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Oh! Well. Hmm. Write in a check on gotham transfers to metropolis to foreward to selina, both as a cheap favor, since with brainiac's attack she'll be wondering if their alright, and a reminder of the original favor.

I have other Ideas but I'd rather hear peoples thoughts on this one first.

Also just realised this will be the first time Rose is deployed in a large scale conflict in the Ravager exo-suit. Fun!
Simon_Jester said:
I'm sure Roxy has a sports car.

I mean, come on. Of course she has a sports car.
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Thats true. It's not like she's about to pilot her rocket in every foreign country we send her to, and there are no fly zones in the us.
 
King crimson said:
I mean she doesn't really need a car. I imagine the legal situation regarding Roxy's rocket is similar to a jet or a helicopter and so she's legally able to fly it to get to places. Considering it's so much faster and more thrilling than a normal sports car I can't imagine her ever choosing to drive when she could fly.

Roxy definitely had a sports car when she started for LexCorp but now that she's upgraded why would she ever bother when she has a better vehicle to use to get to places?
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The way I figure it, flying a rocket and driving a car to some extent scratch different itches. Roxy's on average happier flying a rocket, but it's like how just because something's your favorite food, doesn't mean you won't sometimes want something different.

Also, I tend to imagine Roxy as being a bit of a party animal, and she can take people with her in a sports car. Her rocket isn't really well designed for passengers as far as I know.

It's not that she'd drive the sports car preferentially, it's that she probably still uses it once in a while when she's in a particular mood that plays well with it.
 
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Simon_Jester said:
The way I figure it, flying a rocket and driving a car to some extent scratch different itches. Roxy's on average happier flying a rocket, but it's like how just because something's your favorite food, doesn't mean you won't sometimes want something different.

Also, I tend to imagine Roxy as being a bit of a party animal, and she can take people with her in a sports car. Her rocket isn't really well designed for passengers as far as I know.

It's not that she'd drive the sports car preferentially, it's that she probably still uses it once in a while when she's in a particular mood that plays well with it.
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I mean I don't fully disagree with this and my statements on what Roxy may or may not drive are pretty much just personal headcanon. Until some brave soul writes an omake, or I see fit to personally elaborate on things Roxy's car is a sort of schroedinger's cat, whatever you believe to be true both is and isn't true until it's directly observed in quest.

My personal thoughts on the matter is that Roxy probably doesn't own a car. That's not to say that she doesn't drive a car or can't make use of cars but I personally see Roxy as more likely to make use of a company car whenever she gets the urge to drive a car rather than actually owning one herself that she'll only occasionally drive and be even more restricted in the usage of considering how often she she travels for work. There's probably a sports car kept at the Metropolis and Jump City branches reserved for her use but they're not "her cars" in any significant sense.

However until I write in a definitive answer in a threadmark or canon omake (someone else could do this as well) as to the status of Roxy owning a car, your opinion is as valid as mine.
 
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Given the way she interfaces with LexCorp, the possibility of there just being a car reserved for her use, even though she doesn't nominally own it, is fairly plausible. On the other hand, for purposes of the subject that originally led to us discussing this, that doesn't much matter; the car being a company car confers no protection against opportunistic thieves.
 
King crimson said:
There's probably a sports car kept at the Metropolis and Jump City branches reserved for her use but they're not "her cars" in any significant sense.
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Thats even better in my mind. Multiple cars divided between the various branches in the us means even a jason who didn't end up directly in metropolis has a chance of going for roxy's temp vehicle. She shows up to do some mission for lex in the dakota or Jump city(Jason gets moved to the area by Lexcorps charity foundation) and find her ride being disassembled by Jason.
 
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Simon_Jester said:
Given the way she interfaces with LexCorp, the possibility of there just being a car reserved for her use, even though she doesn't nominally own it, is fairly plausible. On the other hand, for purposes of the subject that originally led to us discussing this, that doesn't much matter; the car being a company car confers no protection against opportunistic thieves.
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I'm willing to concede that it's possible for Jason Todd to steal the wheels off of a car that Roxy was driving if he's in Metropolis. It's still incredibly unlikely as there are so many conditions that have to be met (Roxy has to decide she wants to drive, she has to decide she wants to drive in the streets and not in a private track, she has to leave the car long enough and in a place not monitored well enough that a thief would feel comfortable going for it and she has to do all of this in Metropolis) and in this hypothetical scenario Jason is more likely to try and steal the wheels off of say Mari or Nygma's car instead of the car Roxy might borrow.
RandyTrevelyan said:
Thats even better in my mind. Multiple cars divided between the various branches in the us means even a jason who didn't end up directly in metropolis has a chance of going for roxy's temp vehicle. She shows up to do some mission for lex in the dakota or Jump city(Jason gets moved to the area by Lexcorps charity foundation) and find her ride being disassembled by Jason.
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I mean sure I guess that's technically true but by that logic Lex has an even greater chance of having the his car wheels stolen by Jason Todd as he probably has even more cars reserved for his personal use (for every one car Roxy has reserved for her use Lex likely has like 20). Number of cars in more locations doesn't exactly have a 1 to 1 correlation with how many opportunities somebody has to try and steal parts of the car.

While I'm willing to walk back my initial statement that there is no chance Jason Todd could steal the wheels off of Roxy's car, I'll still maintain that it's incredibly unlikely for him to have the opportunity to do so and that almost any other LexCorp hero unit has better odds than Roxy.
 
King crimson said:
I'm willing to concede that it's possible for Jason Todd to steal the wheels off of a car that Roxy was driving if he's in Metropolis. It's still incredibly unlikely as there are so many conditions that have to be met (Roxy has to decide she wants to drive, she has to decide she wants to drive in the streets and not in a private track, she has to leave the car long enough and in a place not monitored well enough that a thief would feel comfortable going for it and she has to do all of this in Metropolis) and in this hypothetical scenario Jason is more likely to try and steal the wheels off of say Mari or Nygma's car instead of the car Roxy might borrow.

I mean sure I guess that's technically true but by that logic Lex has an even greater chance of having the his car wheels stolen by Jason Todd as he probably has even more cars reserved for his personal use (for every one car Roxy has reserved for her use Lex likely has like 20). Number of cars in more locations doesn't exactly have a 1 to 1 correlation with how many opportunities somebody has to try and steal parts of the car.

While I'm willing to walk back my initial statement that there is no chance Jason Todd could steal the wheels off of Roxy's car, I'll still maintain that it's incredibly unlikely for him to have the opportunity to do so and that almost any other LexCorp hero unit has better odds than Roxy.
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Fair, and really, getting past lex's security is even more impressive. Either way, I feel we can move on.

On a different note, lexcorp has the most robust cybersecurity on earth. Do you think this will deter brainiac into leaving lexcorp until last, or draw his focus?
 
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Points of Significance in Space Sector's 3001 to 3600
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    • So I know it's not much but I figured people would like to see the completion of this project and it would at least give you guys something today.
    • Sector 3001 isn't all that unique in terms of the planets contained within it but it is the home Sector of the oldest member of the Sinestro Corps, Borialosaurus, who is older than the Green Lantern Corps and the Earth itself, giving him a lifespan of over 4 billion years. Borialosaurus is also unique in that he is one of the very few creatures that has successfully killed Maltusians and gotten away with it.
    • Sector 3009 contains the planet Grenda which is the home planet of the Green Lantern Stel and is one of the relatively few planets in the universe whose populace is made up entirely of mechanical beings.
    • Sector 3014 contains Toomey VI (and presumably Toomey I-V as well) which is the homeworld of Green Lantern Arkkis Chummuck, who infamously was put on trial due to having eaten his predecessor, though he wasn't imprisoned for this as devouring a dead warrior was a sign of respect in his culture. For those interested in mapping space sectors in three dimensions Sector 3014 is notably close to Sector 1313 as they are considered to be "neighboring" space sectors.
    • Sector 3064 is the home Sector of the Yellow Lantern Braach but it is also arguably more notable for being the sector with the most space dolphins as well as being the location in which the First Celestial Church of the Triple Fish God is located.
    • Sector 3112 is the Sector that contains the Aegri Somnia system, which was made up of three planets that were eventually united under the former Green Lantern Ayria. Ayria was a notably awful individual who ran concentration camps to eliminate any dissent but he was eventually put down by the Green Lantern Corps. The Aegri Somnia system has remained violently anti-lantern since then
    • Sector 3490 contains DW-426, the homeworld of the Sinestro Corps member Ausiin Snow the Melting Man who accidentally tapped into an ancient power source that caused him to melt any living creature he touched. DW-426 had its populace evacuated by the Green Lantern Corps before Ausiin could accidentally end all life on the planet and prior to Ausiin getting a ring and escaping, it was quarantined so that he could never leave.
    • Sector 3493 contains the planet Bismoll which is a part of the United Planets and is the home of the legionnaire Matter-Eater Lad as well as the Yellow Lantern Schlagg Man. Bismol is notably close to Dominator territory
    • Sector 3500 contains Talok III, IV, and VIII (as well as presumably other Taloks as well) and Venegar. The planets Talok III, IV and VIII are notable for being the home planet of the Talokites which includes Mikaal Tomas, the Yellow Lantern Lyssa Drak and the Legionaire Shadow Lass. All of the Taloks are part of the United Planets. Additionally Venegar is the home planet of the member of the Fatal Five known as the Emerald Emperess. Venegar is part of the United Planets as well
    • Sector 3599 contains Voran which is the home planet of the Yellow Lantern Kryb who is notable for abducting infants across the universe. Kryb is especially frightening as she naturally produces a substance that can enable her to control people's mind and perception if ingested, causing them to view her as their mother.
    • Sector 3600 was the sector in which the mad god T: D:H: D (whose name Sufficient Velocity apparently cannot process without me deliberately misspelling it) was defeated by a group of Green Lanterns in a costly battle that remains one of the most classified incidents in the entire corps' history.
     
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    • Sidenote do people like the fact that the mad god T: D:H: D auto corrects to T:D:H:D as an odd little form of the forum itself being unable to comprehend the entities true name (in reality it's a bb-code I don't know how to disable)? I'm kind of down to deliberately censor the name as a bit of flavor text and as a meta joke of sorts but I would like to get people's opinion on the joke especially since I may need to make a post explaining what this entity is.
     
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    Sidenote do people like the fact that the mad god T: D:H: D auto corrects to T:D:H:D as an odd little form of the forum itself being unable to comprehend the entities true name (in reality it's a bb-code I don't know how to disable)? I'm kind of down to deliberately censor the name as a bit of flavor text and as a meta joke of sorts but I would like to get people's opinion on the joke especially since I may need to make a post explaining what this entity is.
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    The MadGod, T:D:H:D was a god-like entity that controlled the entirety of Sector 3600. In their quest to bring order to the cosmos, the Guardians of the Universe created a warrior corps to police the stars. Each agent was given a space sector to serve and protect. Untold millennia ago, Space...
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    Just call the mad god 3600? It's already merged with the reality of the entire sector.
     
    Negation said:
    Just call the mad god 3600? It's already merged with the reality of the entire sector.
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    In quest it's not really a Sector. With the mechanics of how gods work (multiversal beings) as well as the ensuing confusion on how it means things actually work (in the comics people trapped the mad god of Sector 3600 and moved it to a different Sector. Is Sector 3600 now gone? What does that mean for Sectors next to 3600? If it were released in a different Sector does that mean that two Sectors are occupying the same space and if so how does that even work? Difficult questions like that and more all become immediately relevant to the situation) means that the mad god of Sector 3600 isn't literally merged with a Sector in quest and thus that I've altered it a bit.

    As for being able to refer to it I can do that no problem without actually using it's name but I thought it would be a fun bit of interface interaction if I actively indulged in the fact that its "true name" cannot be formatted/spoken/written in quest and thus translate that out of universe limitation back in universe as a brief joke and a nod to the limitation I'm working with.
     
    King crimson said:
    As for being able to refer to it I can do that no problem without actually using it's name but I thought it would be a fun bit of interface interaction if I actively indulged in the fact that its "true name" cannot be formatted/spoken/written in quest and thus translate that out of universe limitation back in universe as a brief joke and a nod to the limitation I'm working with
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    That sounds good to me, though I'm not sure how likely we are to actually encounter him
     
    King crimson said:
    Sidenote do people like the fact that the mad god T: D:H: D auto corrects to T:D:H:D as an odd little form of the forum itself being unable to comprehend the entities true name (in reality it's a bb-code I don't know how to disable)? I'm kind of down to deliberately censor the name as a bit of flavor text and as a meta joke of sorts but I would like to get people's opinion on the joke especially since I may need to make a post explaining what this entity is.
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    Do it.
     
    Negation said:
    Merging would be too dangerous if Lex specialises in Order Magic given it's chaotic nature. We have more efficient power sources. Studying it's chaotic nature to derive new spells of Order maybe?
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    Where are we getting order magic from? I feel given lex's personality and desires he'd be
    more of an empath, warping peoples emotions, twisting them to be more loyal and admiring of him.
     
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