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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%
  • Total voters
    390
  • Poll closed .
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Erumpet said:
[X] Plan Man of tomorrow

Main Approach: a focus on talking about the future of LexCorp

Topic you want to hit A: Cellphones
A1. Argument: Talk about the work that has been put into it subtly imply how much your input made it a reality.
A2. Argument: Talk about what our plans for the for future L-Phones.

Topic you want to hit B: The Environment
B1. Argument: Express concern about the lackluster state of affairs when it comes to the Environment speak and how you feel that company's need to do more.
B2. Argument: Speak about the new Green initiatives that Lexcorp will be rolling out in the next few years praise Pamila Isely and how she will assisting on making the operation a reality

Topic you want to hit C: Space
C1 Argument: Toward the end of the interview speak on long goal plans of colonizing other worlds
C2 Argument: Conclude with a Speech about a desire to bring humanity to a better tomorrow

Rebuttals to expected challenge
Question 1: Why all the added security?
Rebuttal 1 : State that as cutting edge research is being made we most insure that the upmost safety for our employees as while as protect from corporate espionage.

Question 2: Question about our past as a weapons producer
Rebuttal 2: state that while your are proud to make tools that keep people safe (mention how we donated weapons to the local police department) and how we will continue to do so but state that you feel that you can do more to help others which is why we have chosen to expand into new Sectors .

Question 3 the men who attempted to kill you were found dead any comments?
Rebuttal 3 Flatly deny any involvement, state that your were disgusted with the savagery of their deaths and how you wanted to see them face justice for their crimes


is this plan formatted correctly? I see some issues with it but for the most part I think it works, one of the main things I wanted to avoid was the use of the assassins as a justification for why we improved our security since that draws more questions to the dead body's. love to hear everybodys thoughts
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The plan is formatted correctly. You might want to tweak the main approach a little bit but it should be good.

TimEd said:
Someone suggested these are the League of Assassins? Are they different from League of Shadows?
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The League of Assassins and the League of Shadows are two different names created for the same group to keep tv and movie ratings down. There is only 1 League and the names are interchangeable.

TimEd said:
Anyone have any idea who the mystery meddler is?
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I'm really happy the mystery has stumped the thread. Hindsight is going to be twenty-twenty if you are familiar with the character. If you aren't familiar with the character the twist should still make sense and you'll have reason to remember them now.

Negentropy said:
Why thanks for the extra exp! Could I spend it on diplomacy?
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Sure thing!
 
TimEd said:
unlikely



Hahaha



And guys. Lex is'nt the one to kill the assassins. Its a new annoying manipulator. Someone suggested these are the League of Assassins? Are they different from League of Shadows? Are these the ones Green Arrow is gonna be against?


when it comes to the environment


And are you sure about pointing Space as our next frontier? Yoy might not be able to make good on that claim if Voters dislike it enough, or it just doesnt fit the next action plan.

Maybe instead of space, a softball praise towards scientists in general and how we are planning LexCorps scientists to be the leaders in their fields?
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I stated that Space is a long time goal as long as we make steps with the next 2-3 years (which is a long time turn wise) there should be no problem if we fail that then we simply state that we diverted more attention to other projects and point to whatever cool thing we did. Also space faring tech and terraforming tech requires many different fields of science stating our intention we help get more scientist to come out of the woodwork
 
Regarding who is our mystery agitator I think it probably comes from within Ra's al Ghul Ranks since not many people could convince his assassins to disobey orders. my bet was it was either Talia al Ghul or her sister Nyssa Raatko. they both given the order with the pretense of Ra's permission and have betrayed Ra's on several different occasion which leads me to think that this false flag operation is a ploy to instigate a coup against Ra's.
 
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Erumpet said:
Also space faring tech and terraforming tech requires many different fields of science stating our intention we help get more scientist to come out of the woodwork
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Wont that just attract those related to those fields? And since Space isnt gonna be a short term thing (quest wise), wont focusing on other stuff be better?

Heck, maybe we can even get Lex to push for his Architectural skills to design a Metropolis in his standards.
 
TimEd said:
Wont that just attract those related to those fields? And since Space isnt gonna be a short term thing (quest wise), wont focusing on other stuff be better?

Heck, maybe we can even get Lex to push for his Architectural skills to design a Metropolis in his standards.
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Alright so here was my logic for picking every topic I picked.
Cellphones: it is what we are known for the most currently a would be weird if we did not talk about it.

Environment: a topic that can be used for easy P.R not many can complain about us helping the Environment And with Ivy we have someone who can help us with this goal.

Space: I wanted to end our interview with a showstopper. While the Environment is important I would say that a lot people are apathetic when someone says they want to help the Environment, space exploration however is an exciting concept I feel will grab the attention of the public better. also we do not have many other things to talk about since the prosthetic limbs and bank were too minor to be our closer. The only other field we are going to be making great strides in is going to be robotics but now that Ivo working for us I feel like most of our robotic inventions will be for a more "personal use" so I did not want to shine a light on them
 
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Hmmm.


Ok, I have an idea on how to use your Space as a showstopper.


If and when we decide to go for a Space expansion, we can supply the military with a few spy satelites and install some of our own. Would be an easy way to misdirect from it too, by just stating that it is the next step up for our Cellphone business.

[X] Plan Man of tomorrow

QM stated that you might want to change the wording of the Main Point.
 
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Yeah have not figured out what to change it too love to hear suggestions

edit: changed main focus to calm and confident which I think sums up our postion
 
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[X] Plan Man of tomorrow
This sums up everything important so I'll vote for this.

Here are more write in to help us prepare with facing of the League
[ ] Research AR technology (as a stepping stone to HUD helmets)
[ ] Research Nano Cellulose (microscopic particles of cellulose from trees, algae, and bacteria are purified and mushed together to create crystals that look like ice and can be used in phone display screens, bendable organic batteries and bullet proof armor)
[ ] Research Drones using the L-Phone circuits as it's brain (we'll start with surveillance drones like the Predator drone, before miniaturizing it to a quad copter drone)
[ ] Weaponized Prosthesis (Like Mercy's robotic arm in Young Justice)
[ ] Train Guard dogs (puppies can interact with employees at the lounge)
[ ] Add an Infirmary in case of sieges and critical conditions that will die before it reaches the hospital
 
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Warmach1ne32 said:
Here are more write in to help us prepare with facing of the League

[ ] Contact Mercenaries (Mercy will be good with defense but we can't defend all the time, cause we'll lose. So we need someone competent to attack the League where it hurts, like Deathstroke)
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Tehnically, we already have access to this action, no need to propose it as a write-in:

"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
DC 55 Hiring a skilled mercenary team will allow you to carry out covert operations more easily. However they will charge more money the harder the job is and you don't expect mercenaries to stick around to get the job done. Hiring mercenaries does give you a level of plausible deniability when conducting these covert operations"
 
@King crimson

Another idea for a future action

[ ] Secretly fund radical environmentalists. It is good to have them on your side to both avoid them interfering with LexCorps projects and to unleash their wraith on rival companies or unfriendly governments
 
I say we only hire a Merc group after we conquer a place for ourselves. Would give us better coverage and a way to add more separation along with legal coversge for our stuff.

Though a merc group is a danger if they ever decide to backstab us.
 
@King crimson we have vandal savage what about his enemy the immortal man and also the Linear Men time cops

[ ] realistic holograms'

Edit we have hell what about heaven after all wasn't there an actual angel on the justice league in Grant Morrison run
 
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Ukrainian Ranger said:
@King crimson

Another idea for a future action

[ ] Secretly fund radical environmentalists. It is good to have them on your side to both avoid them interfering with LexCorps projects and to unleash their wraith on rival companies or unfriendly governments
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Nice idea but wouldn't the most competent be working for the Demon's Head? I suspect once they understand his credentials and that (for now) we are his enemy they will happily betray Luthor. Even those whom don't obey or believe in him will not be truly loyal to us, they would use us as long as is convenient for funding and betray us at the worst possible time. And their actions as extremists could be very unreliable.
 
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Negentropy said:
Nice idea but wouldn't the most competent be working for the Damon's Head? I suspect once they understand his credentials and that (for now) we are his enemy they will happily betray Luthor. Even those whom don't obey or believe in him will not be truly loyal to us, they would use us as long as is convenient for funding and betray us at the worst possible time. And their actions as extremists could be very unreliable.
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Yes, they are somewhat unreliable and there are no way we'll get full loyalty... But I see that as a synergy option should we give Pamela resources for "saving mother Earth" project(s). Also, note that Pamela has high diplomacy and she may later become a relatively loyal leader of an Eco-terrorist group, especially should she become Ivy.
 
[X] Plan Man of tomorrow

Seems to check all the boxes I can think of. Shame we don't have more to prove that we weren't behind the murders, I'm sure Lois will not buy a flat moral rejection and condemnation unless we roll really well. Hopefully it will pay off in the long run when the truth comes out and we can say "I told you so." And then Lois will at least second guess rather than immediately dismiss our credibility.
 
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Negentropy said:
[X] Plan Man of tomorrow

Seems to check all the boxes I can think of. Shame we don't have more to prove that we weren't behind the murders, I'm sure Lois will not buy a flat moral rejection and condemnation unless we roll really well. Hopefully it will pay off in the long run when the truth comes out and we can say "I told you so." And then Lois will at least second guess rather than dismiss our credibility.
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Pfff, hahahaha!! It's Lois Lane, of course she isn't to believe Lex's rejection and condemnation. In fact, she won't believe a single words that comes out of his mouth. It's just the way she is.
 
Qudrim8054 said:
Pfff, hahahaha!! It's Lois Lane, of course she isn't to believe Lex's rejection and condemnation. In fact, she won't believe a single words that comes out of his mouth. It's just the way she is.
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I guess she has better instincts than her endless kidnappings would suggest. Or perhaps it's an affirmation that she shouldn't listen to her gut considering we are telling the truth. I wonder how she cracked the Santa Prisca story and if that would give us more insight into her reporting style and approach.
 
Can we beat the accusation of us murdering those assassins in prison by logic with something like "Why would I want to kill those assassins when I was the one to turn them over to the authorities? I would be the number 1 suspect immediately. I have a vested interest to not to be put in jail and murdering prisoners seems like a very fast way to put myself in the line of fire. I gain nothing from their deaths so once they are in police custody I do not have a sudden urge to kill them where their deaths can be seen by the public."
 
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