So I'm guessing that wherever Wayne Enterprises spreads, the DC for a LexCorp tower will go up, especially as their relationship becomes more antagonistic. Any actions to attack/sabotage/infiltrate those locations if we find them? The further from Gotham the better.
Robot Decoy + Combat Robot + Digital Facemask could mean a good infiltrator/sabotage unit for such an action. Then there will be investigations into what happened, but maybe point the blame at HIVE or Brainiac remnants?
I think Wayne Enterprises is mostly in America, with maybe a few European nations with branches, and a large focus on shipping for the rest of their global distribution. The Board since more than half of all Lexcorp cities are also in America, the Wayne Board of directors will probably focus on opposition in the US where there contacts are just as or better developed than Lex in terms of industry as opposed to politics.
That said, I think the best thing to do to limit there efforts to detract from our expansion, is to expand strait into Gotham and keep them glowering at the tower across the city and not thinking about opposing towers we might build elsewhere.
[ ] Complete the Cold Engine
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Autosuccess
It has taken a wild but finally the Cold Engine is up and running. A hypothetical bastion of infinite energy able to reshape the entire globe. There are still some issues of course, the Cold Engine is absolutely massive, has a lot of expensive moving parts, and can only output so much power at any given time but Louise's magnum opus is finally completed and ready to change the world. LexCorp has already begun to be powered by the Cold Engine and with the proof of concept established, you now want to see if you can push things even further.
Results: Cold Engine complete, numerous new options now available.
So, the cold engine is built. Size would be a major be an issue, if we hadn't purchased the entire desert outside Alexandria. The expensive parts, likely complicated maintenance as it scales in size, and complications adjusting the design to allow techs to safely perform said maintenance on even the parts closest to the engines center, are more critical issues to solve, with power limitations being a case of advancing materials and power conversion sciences later on.
Unfortunately, we won't be advancing any of that turn 33, as ODIN improvements are a more immediate priority, and Catelyn is critical to any action to improve the cold engine, but is also the best person to team up with Lex to improve odin tech in prep to start constructing the device. ODIN is both an important project for maintaining a useful alliance and our counter to the incoming Kryptonian invasion, so it needs to be focused on.
Kinda want Luthor to power up but not sure how it would mix with stuff we might get/figure out later.
The best superpower for Lex to get, if we can manage it, and he is compatible, is super speed, via Dhawan particle research. It would let Lex participate in two actions every turn instead of one. Unfortunately, we still have work to do to be able to connect people to lower the dc enough to unlock Dhawan particles secrets. Though there is the option to develop a Dhawan Particle special lab and commit a bunch of points too it.
I may be wrong but I imagine it's more likely that Wayne Enterprise just started with more locations than us, after all they have been around longer and the Luthor's have historically been very focused on maintaining their control over Metropolis.
Plus I wouldn't be surprised if opening a new tower is Bruce's excuse for visiting these places as Batman.
Bruce is using his purchase of the Daily planet and party boy reputation to explain his presence in Gotham. The Board would do that, but Bruce and there agendas are different, and Bruce isn't nearly as serious about the rivalry thus far.
Some other things to state while I'm here.
Carol did some good work this turn. We should smear Hal as a reward.
Joker is still loose, so we'll delay Lexpo another turn.
We should leave Talia Blank next turn, and see where she applies herself. Long-term, involving her on a Lex lead Development action, like Metropolis, Alexandria, or Japan, might be worthwhile.
With a teleporter in Mexico city, hawkwomans DC should go down.
We got a good chunk of workers turn 29 and some trickles since in addition to our massive influx of construction workers(this is lowering the city repair dc's, right?) but overall, 4 tower is pushing us to the edge again. Time to put the D'Amaris twins on recruiting, maybe even double down, or we can meet with Selina and see if another employee migration is possible, and save the former two for another event. Even a third of the people Selina sent last time would hold us over, and that was her rolling a 90 and spending some of the success to smuggle stolen valuables along with them.
I'm leaning towards Dhawan Particle lab rather than space after comparing the learning dcs and significance comparison.
