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

[MrRobot]

Yeah, lex is working more than a rival to clark, and the one that would bring his to his lowest point by effectively changing the world to such a level that he would force to take a step back and adapt hopefully such a win would get rid of the nemesis gauge.

 

[Sirrocco]

9. The as-yet unwritten finish to the whole First Brainiac Invasion thing. Unclear which themes get most fully explored here. There's a lot of ways it could go. Whichever way it goes, though, it's guaranteed to be impactful.

10. Lex Luthor is still in the background, but we're starting to see more hints that he's having a negative impact on Superman's life. The fact that LexCorp keeps making Kryptonite more common in the environment and more readily available is a thing. The VAA (whatever form it winds up landing in) makes life more difficult, and is another thing. If Superman hasn't managed to parley the end of the Brainiac Invasion into pulling off some sort of bicep-related recovery from his previous emotional damage, then the ongoing emotional drain makes this stuff that much harder to deal with as he gets stretched thinner and thinner. In the meantime, while the invasion is clearly over, Brainiac obviously still exists on Earth in some fashion. You can tell, because he keeps pulling stuff out of the woodwork to make direct attacks on Superman... and he keeps getting more subtle about it. He's also working with people. Like, he almost certainly never actually winds up working with Lex Luthor, but there's a good chance that he winds up giving a major boost to Bane (who, let us recall, has an entire country worth of supers of various sorts and wants Lois Lane dead). In our ideal world, The Justice League equivalent is formed, but Superman either doesn't join or doesn't have the personal resources to devote enough to it to be more than peripheral. He's like "Yeah, they're a bit different ideologically, but they're fighting the good fight, and Lois's life is in danger for the third time this month."

11. Superman finally finds out about Brainiac's stronghold at the south pole (nice little inversion to the Fortress of Solitude, there), confronts him in his place of power there, and renders it a non-threat. In the meantime, the Justice League manages to take out the significant majority of Brainiac's orbital assets (to great acclaim). The finale probably kicks off the episode after he does something that largely shuts down Bane (which is where he got the final clues).

12. Superman comes back, having largely processed through his emotional issues, having largely removed the threats to himself and those he cares about, ready to turn his attention to saving the world again... and runs straight into the teeth of a world that's now ideologically considerably more hostile to him. The police are constantly suspicious. Superheroics require paperwork, and getting a sponsor, and the sponsors he goes to tend to have requirements that he's not comfortable with. People are publicly talking about "Luthor's cities" in a way that suggests that this is a desirable thing for a city to be, and Luthor is now openly dating the ruler of a totalitarian nation - one that has put a lot of effort into earning the approval of the US government, with a fair bit of success. Superman's seen as a bit of a has-been. Black Adam is at least a few notches up on the "earth's greatest heroes" list from him, and he is the well-beloved leader of a totalitarian nation with excellent US relations (and a brand new LexCorp tower). Suddenly, Superman is in an ideological battle of a kind that he never learned how to fight.

 

[PickleJar]

Okay, so add in "Expand Future Construction", "Rebuild Metropolis (heavy push)", "Rebuild other cities with LexCorp towers in them", "Cold Engine Enhancement (Caitlyn and Louise)", and "make some meaningful advancement in construction tech" to the "list of things to seriously prioritize"

I don't think we really have what it takes to take on "rebuild the entire world" as a direct thing. Not this time. Not yet. I think we do have enough to see to it that those cities that were blessed with LexCorp Towers get back up and running sooner rather than later. It's got a lot of benefits as far as PR is concerned, and it absolutely fits in with the rep that Lex is building. In particular, it helps to sell the idea of "If your city has a LexCorp tower in it, Lex Luthor will feel a sense of possessive ownership of your city. This is a good thing, and you want it." I mean, what better story could we possibly sell? "A city that's partially owned by Lex Luthor is a better city to live in." Even better, it's a story that tells itself in a way that it's basically impossible to argue against.

This is absolutely the time to expand Future Construction. There's going to be a lot of people out of work who desperately need work to do. There's going to be a huge demand for work among people who can't afford to pay until after the work is done and their economies are back up and running. This is a fantastic time to hire a bunch of people, send them out to fix the world, and reap the benefits in desperate grateful loyalty and other structural advantages for years afterwards.

I think... I think we can even afford to delay some of our vendetta-driven commercial R&D for a turn or two to do this right. "Normally I prefer to rapidly crush those who have the temerity to offer such insults, but... rebuilding our broken cities in the wake of Brainiac's devastation is more important. Don't worry, Kord. We know what you did. Your time will come." I mean, Lex could literally say that openly in an interview on nationwide TV, and it wouldn't really hurt us any. It would become a meme, sure. "Don't worry [name]. We know what you did. Your time will come." would absolutely become a meme. "Normally I prefer to rapidly crush those who have the temerity to [blank]" would also become a meme. It just wouldn't really hurt us any. In the larger things, Lex doesn't really hide who he is... other than his seething, xenocidal hatred of Superman. That he hides. His severe autocratic tendencies among his own people are... downplayed. His fundamental tendencies as a CEO, though, and how he approaches his opponents in that arena? These things he does not hide.

Also, the general "Rebuild the cities that have Towers in them." plan can handle the "Do some stuff to get better hooks into Dakota City." objective quite nicely, if we give that particular city a high enough priority in the process. Everybody likes post-devastation rebuilds, especially if you make meaningful improvements along the way.

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I think we should make it a priority.

Consolidating our control over Metropolis and developing a reputation as the guy who fixes it when it breaks is valuable, both in the vendetta against Superman and in terms of Lex's self-image.

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You know what else will be good for PR? Inventing the cure for cancer.

It just seems to me that focusing on a single city too much, even if it's our hometown, is a bit small-minded all things considered, and while we can develop construction technology to rebuild and restructure cities more effectively after superhero-related shenanigans, patent it, and leverage it for profit (more so if its implementation involves integrating our own technology into the infrastructure of the city) but it seems like it'd be considerably less worth the investment when compared to making major scientific discoveries and shaping the future as a whole in our image.

 

[Gumiho]

You know what else will be good for PR? Inventing the cure for cancer.

It just seems to me that focusing on a single city too much, even if it's our hometown, is a bit small-minded all things considered, and while we can develop construction technology to rebuild and restructure cities more effectively after superhero-related shenanigans, patent it, and leverage it for profit (more so if its implementation involves integrating our own technology into the infrastructure of the city) but it seems like it'd be considerably less worth the investment when compared to making major scientific discoveries and shaping the future as a whole in our image.

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Yes, but if we repair Metropolis, it means superman cant. If he does it it nets him good pr and nets us an increase in our nemesis gauge.

 

[PickleJar]

Yes, but if we repair Metropolis, it means superman cant. If he does it it nets him good pr and nets us an increase in our nemesis gauge.

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Ah, so it's another pseudo nemesis action for us to take that happens to screw us over.
I can get behind that, so we might as well leverage it if we're going to be doing it anyway.

btw @King crimson you forgot to change the title of the threadmark

 

[King crimson]

btw @King crimson you forgot to change the title of the threadmark

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I did not forget to change the title of the threadmark. If you look at the subvotes at the time of posting you'll see that they all have nothing but the words "filler" beneath them. Therefore the post is not complete and therefore the threadmark should not change. I'll change the threadmark once I've actually finished my work and things are complete.

 

[PickleJar]

I did not forget to change the title of the threadmark. If you look at the subvotes at the time of posting you'll see that they all have nothing but the words "filler" beneath them. Therefore the post is not complete and therefore the threadmark should not change. I'll change the threadmark once I've actually finished my work and things are complete.

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Oh sorry about that, didn't notice it somehow

 

[Sirrocco]

You know what else will be good for PR? Inventing the cure for cancer.

It just seems to me that focusing on a single city too much, even if it's our hometown, is a bit small-minded all things considered, and while we can develop construction technology to rebuild and restructure cities more effectively after superhero-related shenanigans, patent it, and leverage it for profit (more so if its implementation involves integrating our own technology into the infrastructure of the city) but it seems like it'd be considerably less worth the investment when compared to making major scientific discoveries and shaping the future as a whole in our image.

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I'll say it again. Construction is a thing that we are doing constantly. Construction is a notable source of income for us. Building and rebuilding are key factors in our ability to crank our economy engine.

But it's more than that. Simply, Superman is not a doctor. If he was a surgical oncologist, then we'd absolutely be working on the cure for cancer, just to cut his legs out from under him. He's not. He's a superhero who lives in Metropolis. By extension, things that affect Metropolis, and the opinion of people in Metropolis, are fundamentally more important to us than the things that affect anywhere else. It's not about good PR for its own sake. It's about good PR for what it gains us, and cranking up the home field advantage against Superman is a big deal. Further, everyone already knows that Metropolis is Lex Luthor's city. That means that how well it's doing reflects on us directly. Every time we quickly rebuild and improve, it makes the place more ours and also makes us look better. If we allow it to languish, it makes us look worse... and, of course, we have all of our stuff here. Many of our best people live in Metropolis, and having LexCorp be the Glorious Pillar of the City is directly beneficial for morale. We will come under attack (again and again and again) and having the city's defenses reinforced is going to keep mattering... because we cannot afford to lose Lex Tower Prime, and Metropolis will get attacked, and the stronger the city is, the further we can keep the barbarians from that particular gate.

 

[HavocOrder0999]

• 1003 LexCorp security forces killed
• 900 LexCorp Stealth vehicles destroyed
• 716 LexCorp armored vehicles destroyed
• All automated combat craft destroyed
• All spy drones destroyed
• 824 SCU forces killed
• 1459 plainclothes police officers killed

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So our stuff got smashed, our security forces suffered, and the police and SCU were gutted as well. Might still be a good time to learn about magic and improve on healing or necromancy (there are labs for each that cost 58 and 37 points respectively) We also have the Egyptian Book of the Dead, just putting that idea out there...

• Low civilian casualties with moderate injury rate
• Caitlin Snow knocked unconcious
• Mick Rory temporarily out of action
• Roxanne Sutton's Rocket destroyed

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We didn't have any of our heroes die, and the civilians fared well. That poor rocket.

• Major damage to every area of Metropolis
• Decent damage to LexCorp tower
• Heavy damage to the Daily Planet

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So we definitely need to do repairs, and hopefully we can renovate LexCorp tower as well in one go. The Daily Planet's stock could nosedive after all this, Lois lost a huge chunk of her investment and we could buy up some stock before any repairs occur (not sure if we should offer to do it since it's a competitor).

• Superman significantly injured and flagging
• Metallo reduced to a torso
• Prisoners released to fight against Brainiac loose in the city
• Communications within Metropolis restored alongside a direct line to Washington DC
• Black Adam has arrived
• All Brainiac forces in Metropolis have been destroyed, Brainiac has begun preparing contingencies

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So the prisoners are loose in the city, Superman is running on fumes, and the police and SCU are probably going to have lost too much to really focus on catching them. We really need to secure our tech so those criminals don't try anything, or supervillains try to reverse engineer something from the wreckage of the vehicles and the exosuits.

 

[PickleJar]

I'll say it again. Construction is a thing that we are doing constantly. Construction is a notable source of income for us. Building and rebuilding are key factors in our ability to crank our economy engine.

But it's more than that. Simply, Superman is not a doctor. If he was a surgical oncologist, then we'd absolutely be working on the cure for cancer, just to cut his legs out from under him. He's not. He's a superhero who lives in Metropolis. By extension, things that affect Metropolis, and the opinion of people in Metropolis, are fundamentally more important to us than the things that affect anywhere else. It's not about good PR for its own sake. It's about good PR for what it gains us, and cranking up the home field advantage against Superman is a big deal. Further, everyone already knows that Metropolis is Lex Luthor's city. That means that how well it's doing reflects on us directly. Every time we quickly rebuild and improve, it makes the place more ours and also makes us look better. If we allow it to languish, it makes us look worse... and, of course, we have all of our stuff here. Many of our best people live in Metropolis, and having LexCorp be the Glorious Pillar of the City is directly beneficial for morale. We will come under attack (again and again and again) and having the city's defenses reinforced is going to keep mattering... because we cannot afford to lose Lex Tower Prime, and Metropolis will get attacked, and the stronger the city is, the further we can keep the barbarians from that particular gate.

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Building what though? There is some difference between building a space station or a manufacturing facility when compared to rebuilding houses.
right now if we do so it'd be mostly so that we can screw with superman.


I talked about this part already, but if it all essentially boils down to Superman then that's fine to an extent, but being the king of metropolis won't make us the person who controls and shapes the future of the world like we want.
There is more PR to be gained by changing the world than by changing metropolis - though reinforcing the city will likely aid us significantly regardless of anything else.
Some investment in the city goes without saying, but to me it's not as much of a priority as just being an overall larger positive impact than anyone else, superman included.

So our stuff got smashed, our security forces suffered, and the police and SCU were gutted as well. Might still be a good time to learn about magic and improve on healing or necromancy (there are labs for each that cost 58 and 37 points respectively) We also have the Egyptian Book of the Dead, just putting that idea out there...


We didn't have any of our heroes die, and the civilians fared well. That poor rocket.


So we definitely need to do repairs, and hopefully we can renovate LexCorp tower as well in one go. The Daily Planet's stock could nosedive after all this, Lois lost a huge chunk of her investment and we could buy up some stock before any repairs occur (not sure if we should offer to do it since it's a competitor).


So the prisoners are loose in the city, Superman is running on fumes, and the police and SCU are probably going to have lost too much to really focus on catching them. We really need to secure our tech so those criminals don't try anything, or supervillains try to reverse engineer something from the wreckage of the vehicles and the exosuits.

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I've been wanting to talk about this part for a while now, but Jinx has a super awesome trait for learning skills, which will bump up her learning considerably over time.
I've been thinking of having her learn Necromancy and Chaos magic (Which is probably the kind of magic that she inherently has) and curses and the like and turning her into a magic Learning unit (we only got one of those now damnit) and a black magic specialist for us.
Having her be a master magician (something that Rebecca decidedly isn't) will also be huge for her esteem and will make improving her cooperation score with Cassandra much easier since she won't have that fear of being completely outdone by Cass.


Maybe we could consider buying the Daily Planet? It might be a worthwhile opportunity and if we want to do so then now is the chance.

 

[Gumiho]

Building what though? There is some difference between building a space station or a manufacturing facility when compared to rebuilding houses.
right now if we do so it'd be mostly so that we can screw with superman.


I talked about this part already, but if it all essentially boils down to Superman then that's fine to an extent, but being the king of metropolis won't make us the person who controls and shapes the future of the world like we want.
There is more PR to be gained by changing the world than by changing metropolis - though reinforcing the city will likely aid us significantly regardless of anything else.
Some investment in the city goes without saying, but to me it's not as much of a priority as just being an overall larger positive impact than anyone else, superman included.

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Everything boils down to superman though, the entire point of the quest is to destroy him. Lex is specifically looking to leave his mark on history in such away that everybody remembers him as the greatest, not the xenos superman.

 

[PickleJar]

Everything boils down to superman though, the entire point of the quest is to destroy him. Lex is specifically looking to leave his mark on history in such away that everybody remembers him as the greatest, not the xenos superman.

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It isn't just that though.
To quote from the opening for Lex: "Must defeat Superman and prove that Lex is the true savior of the human race"

This means that we must not only defeat Superman, but also become an iconic figure in the world and uplift humanity as a whole to the point where we are basically the messiah.

 

[Negation]

We're sending Rebbeca on Healing rounds treating our staff and the public next for PR.

 

[King crimson]

So the update has been made and the subvotes are now up for people to discuss. I'm going to sleep now but if I missed something or messed up please let me know and I'll do my best to fix it. I've got more stuff in the pipeline that should all be coming in the next few days in a flurry.

 

[Negation]

This will be tough. Do we talk to Ultra-Humanite or Toyman?

Given that we ruined Metallo + Toyman's little stunt, would he be hostile?

On the other hand I kinda want to trade legal assistance and reccomendation into government Black Projects with whomever we talk to.

 

[Alex Sol]

I am thinking

[ ] [CI] Attend the meeting in person
Not only Lex I think, we should take Pamela and maybe other diplomatic units with us

[ ] [B&B] Have the Brain serve as mission control while the Brotherhood acts as a strike team against Brainiac's forces

[ ] [Supervillain] Do not search for supervillains
We don't have hero units to spare and they are unlikely to become immediate problem.

[ ] [Distribute] Please write-in how you want to redistribute your forces. Please be aware of the guidelines outlined above.

Some people with Lex in Washington, some to Coast city to link with Carol and help her/or teleport her to us if things are resolved there

 

[Sirrocco]

This will be tough. Do we talk to Ultra-Humanite or Toyman?

Given that we ruined Metallo + Toyman's little stunt, would he be hostile?

On the other hand I kinda want to trade legal assistance and reccomendation into government Black Projects with whomever we talk to.

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Toyman's a non-starter. He's simply not anyone we want to work with in a direct capacity. We want to have as little to do with him as possible, I think.

Ultra-Humanite... it would be great to get him on the team long-term as a researcher, but he's not hugely important right now. I feel like "retrieve Metallo" is an obvious pick, just for how easy it would be to detain torso-boy, but I'm not sure quite what to do with him. It might actually give us better deniability if we don't retrieve him. Also... I feel like almost any effort to recruit supervillains is going to work out better if we wait until after the VAA passes.

In-person is... probably the right answer. Part of me is tempted to attend via magic, but bing in person will allow the knd fo sidebar discussions that attending via magic mirror really won't.

I think in general continuing to have Brain serve as mission control is the right answer, but I'm not sure about the details? Something feels a bit off about the default version of that as it's worded and I can't say for sure what.

I simply do not have the brain right now to figure out fiddly distribution stuff. I don't even know who we might be able to safely distribute.

Does anyone have a line on what our starting numbers for various forces were? Like, on some of these I can't tell if we're talking 10% casualties or 50%.

 

[Negation]

In-person is... probably the right answer. Part of me is tempted to attend via magic, but bing in person will allow the knd fo sidebar discussions that attending via magic mirror really won't.

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Actually, I kind of think going in-person is a bad idea since technological may be compromised and flying away while our home is in ruins looks bad.

Attending via magic may be more secure against conventional interference.

 

[Alex Sol]

Actually, I kind of think going in-person is a bad idea since technological may be compromised and flying away while our home is in ruins looks bad.

Attending via magic may be more secure against conventional interference.

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I think we would just teleport there

 

[Negation]

I think we would just teleport there

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I don't trust Brain.

 

[Alex Sol]

I don't trust Brain.

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He need Lex to gain amnesty, it make no sense for him to cause us unnecessary trouble. Plus we are in the same command room or near each other, if he wanted to attack us he could have done that and teleported away, or teleported with Lex without asking permission.

 

[MrRobot]

Nethier do i but hubristically trusting dangerous supervillains seems in characther on the quest.

 

[Sirrocco]

Right now, Brain is in a position where his needs are best met by not betraying us. He is a largely rational individual. He will not betray us yet.

 

[PickleJar]

Omake: Leonard Snart and the Power of Friendship (ft. Samuel Scudder)​

Leonard Snart was the kind of person who'd get nothing from unionizing.

For some schmuck from Central he was pretty up high there in the ranks, ran his own team, got shit done and was respected for it (only for getting shit done. No one at Lexcorp gives a crap otherwise. So much so that it might as well be official company policy)

He had good benefits as well, lived in a pretty nice house in a pretty nice part of town and got just about enough in compensation that if people knew they'd start saying that he should pay his fair share in taxes like he was some damn corporate sleazeball.

The point is, he did not need collective bargaining power, but rather, his workers did. Leonard did all sorts of things for Lexcorp and worked with all kinds of people, from the PR department all the way to managing a construction site and building a damn school for people that could fly and benchpress his van twice over.

He worked with all kinds of people in his life and he knew that working people were his kind of people. Even if he disliked them personally he'd still have their backs regardless out of sheer principle alone, that's just the kind of solidarity he took for granted when it came to these sorts of things.

Lexcorp took the idea of solidarity and unity as a personal insult, building a literal inquisition in the form of the DIR and turning everyone into a corporate shill and a potential backstabber. How can people work together if anyone can get you fired over something you told them during lunch?

Leonard Snart did not need the other little guys, the other little guys needed Leonard Snart.

He will light the spark which will ignite the flame and get the people to stop treating each other as enemies, and the first step of his plan was arranging a night for the guys to hang out, play some games and get to know each other.

Then the trouble started brewing. In hindsight he should've been grateful that the guy was so damn obvious.

Some fat pompous scab-looking shithead came to him, somehow both all casual-like and self-important at the same time, and asked him about this gathering and what it was all about. The guy couldn't have been more obvious - Why *do* people gather together to play games and drink beer? It's like he never had a friend over in his life. Well, looking at him now and at how little integrity he seemed to have, he may very well never had any friends at all.

Leonard couldn't call him out on being Luthor's little lapdog so he just needed to bullshit him some way. Just as he was about to do so, Sam opened his dumbass mouth and vomited some sewage on how this was a get-together for people to make new friends, chill and hang out. The guy looked positively thrilled at the opportunity to ruin everyone's day and Leonard was just about to dunk Sam's head in a beer keg before being cut off by the sellout.

"Oh?" The bitch dared to ask, "Make new friends, you say?"

Sam, the dumbass, did not have the tact not to answer "Yeah. When people are with friends they work together the best. Look at Leonard, he couldn't do shit at work without me and Mick and Lisa. We couldn't do shit without him either, that's the power of friendship that makes it all happen"

What kind of literal fountain of shit did this moron just spew out, Leonard couldn't help but wonder, yet he only stayed silent. Why? Because the corporate bitch actually looked... contemplative? Did he actually...?

"That does seem to hold some truth to it. After all, all of your greatest achievements did come from fairly particular team-ups of seemingly otherwise unremarkable individuals ..." he wondered out loud as though they couldn't hear him. What a moron. Who else would know about Leonard's 'PrOfeSsioNaL aChIeVeMenTs' and the people he worked with other than those who read his damn file? With brains like these they might as well make Sam their next damn department head.

The conversations kind of evolved into a more casual vibe from then on and everyone had a good time. Even the scumbag seemed to enjoy himself, maybe he'll get some sense out of this. The best part was that nobody came down on his head for organizing this event, and as long as he could have nights like these he did not care if Lex Luthor thought that he was a unicorn that farted rainbows as he went.

Hell, knowing the guy he'll probably make a field of study out of it and then monetize it with some funky new cellphones.

Heh. What a time to be alive.

 

[King crimson]

Omake: Leonard Snart and the Power of Friendship (ft. Samuel Scudder)​

Leonard Snart was the kind of person who'd get nothing from unionizing.
For some schmuck from Central he was pretty up high there in the ranks, ran his own team, had many professional achievements, was highly respected (if only for said achievements, ain't nobody at Lexcorp gives two shits about anybody otherwise. Might as well be company policy), and was making some pretty damn good money while at it.

He had good benefits, lived in a pretty nice house in a pretty nice part of town, and got just about enough in compensation that if people knew they'd start saying that he should pay his fair share in taxes like he was some damn corporate sleazeball.

The point is, he did not need collective bargaining power, but rather, his workers did.
Leonard did all sorts of things for Lexcorp and worked with all kinds of people, from the PR department all the way to managing a construction site and building a damn school for people that could fly and benchpress his van twice over.

He worked with all kinds of people in his life and he knew that working people were his kind of people.
Even if he disliked them personally he'd still have their backs regardless out of sheer principle alone, that's just the kind of solidarity he took for granted when it came to these sorts of things.

Lexcorp took the idea of solidarity and unity as a personal insult, building a literal inquisition in the form of the DIR and turning everyone into a corporate shill and a potential backstabber.
How can people work together if anyone can get you fired over something you told them during lunch?

Leonard Snart did not need the other little guys, the other little guys needed Leonard Snart.
He'll light the spark which will start the flame and get the people to stop treating each other as enemies, and the first step to it all was arranging a night for the guys to hang out, play some games and get to know each other.

Then the trouble started brewing.

In hindsight he should've been grateful that the guy was so damn obvious.
Some fat pompous scab-looking shithead came to him, somehow both all casual-like and self-important at the same time, and asked him about this gathering and what it was all about.
The guy couldn't have been more obvious - Why *do* people gather together to play games and drink beer? It's like he never had friends in his life.
Well, looking at him now and at how little integrity he seemed to have, he may very well never had any friends.
Leonard couldn't call him out on being Luthor's bitch so he just needed to bullshit him some way.

Just as he was about to do so, Sam opened his dumbass mouth and vomited some crap about how this was a get-together for people to make new friends, chill and hang out.
The guy looked positively thrilled at the opportunity to ruin everyone's day and Leonard was just about to dunk Sam's head in a beer keg before being cut off by the sellout.

"Oh?" he asked, "Make new friends, you say?"
The dumbass did not have the tact not to answer "Yeah. When people are with friends they work together the best. Look at Leonard, he couldn't do shit at work without me and Mick and Lisa. We couldn't do shit without him either, that's the power of friendship that makes it all happen"

What kind of literal fountain of shit did this moron just spew out, Leonard couldn't help but wonder, yet he only stayed silent.
Why? Because the Corporate bitch actually looked... contemplative? Did he actually...?
"That does seem to hold some truth to it. After all, all of your greatest achievements did come from fairly particular team-ups of seemingly otherwise unremarkable individuals ..." he wondered out loud as though they couldn't hear him. What a moron. Who else would know about Leonard's 'PrOfeSsioNaL aChIeVeMenTs' and the people he worked with other than those who read his damn file? With brains like these they might as well hire Sam to be their damn department head.

The conversations kind of evolved into a more casual vibe from then on and everyone had a good time. Even the scumbag seemed to enjoy himself, maybe he'll get some sense from all of this.

The best part was that nobody came down on his head for organizing this event, and as long as he could have nights like these he did not care if Lex Luthor thought that he was a unicorn that farted rainbows as he went.

Hell, knowing the guy he'll probably make a field of study out of it and then monetize it with some funky new cellphones.

Heh. What a time to be alive.

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This probably requires some editing and maybe rewriting but I wanted to get this idea out there before going to bed.

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I liked it. The English is a little choppy around some parts but it is all readable (and considering English is not your first language it's very well constructed). The general flow of things works well and it's a solid bit of humor at the end. I'll go into depth on a few specific parts that could be improved but as is, even with no edits, this omake is good enough to earn 500 exp.

Now onto the specific commentary.

For some schmuck from Central he was pretty up high there in the ranks, ran his own team, had many professional achievements, was highly respected (if only for said achievements, ain't nobody at Lexcorp gives two shits about anybody otherwise. Might as well be company policy) and was making some pretty damn good money while at it.

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I have mixed feelings on this paragraph. It starts off very solidly deteriorates a bit and then recovers and ends solidly. I like the "some shmuck from Central" portion. I think it's solid and it very clearly maintains a distinct tone of voice for Leonard.

The use of the phrase "had many professional achievements" is a little odd, not because of anything inherent in the phrase itself but rather because Leonard gives someone else shit inside of his head about "professional achievements" which makes it odd that he uses it on himself non-ironically first. It's not bad, it's just a little weird to me on the reread.

Where this paragraph heavily deteriorates is in the parenthetical. It's not that anything is inherently wrongly written (there are double negatives but that's fine as it is almost certainly intentional) but rather that the way it is written just doesn't mesh up with Leonard's general diction, dialogue and vernacular. To me at least this "ain't nobody at Lexcorp gives two shits about anybody otherwise. Might as well be company policy" reads more like Killer Croc's style of speaking then Leonard's. A way it could be improved would be to write the parenthetical as follows "(if only for said achievements. Nobody at LexCorp gave two shits about anyone else otherwise. It might as well have been official company policy)".

Dialogue and vernacular are tricky to do (especially with a language you're not familiar with) and especially when I can't easily convey accents through text so this isn't a huge deal but it is something I think can be improved on.

That being said to end on a positive note I do think that the last portion of the paragraph is solid enough to mostly recover from the fumble of the parenthetical behind it.

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I think you shifted tenses here and that it would be correct to write it as "He would light the spark which would start the flame..."

That's all the critique I could think of off the top of my head. Once again this has earned 500 exp and will be canon.