Your Actions
[ ] Assist the US Government with the war effort in Santa Prisca
DC 20
Roll 44 + 17 (Katherine martial stat)= 61
Major success
Katherine has successfully managed to continue coordinating Serial Peacemaking with the US government and has been running operations smoothly. Your company has established its credo as a reliable and efficient PMC that is willing to get the job done. The troops sent over have now hardened and Katherine has even picked up a few traits. With the war on the verge of ending you are quite satisfied with the progress you have managed to make.
Results: Reputation with the military increased, Rookie soldiers upgraded to Vetrans, Katherine martial stat + 1.
Hm, good, we got the result of a low-key "upgrade PMC" action out of it.
[ ] Fortify LexCorp tower
DC 35
Roll 3 + 8 (Carl martial stat) + 45 (Carl trait) = 54
Decent success
Carl has successfully managed to increase the fortifications on your tower. While it is nothing incredibly impressive he has installed a new layer on the glass of the windows of the building allowing them to refract and diffuse light based attacks while also significantly upgrading its resistance to being melted.
Results: Building is now laser proof and is intensely heat resistant to the point where you would need to pour magma on the windows to get them to melt.
Well, that's... nice I guess? Props to Carl, but we'll want to try again soonish, since we were
hoping for force fields and cool shit like that. I hope the DC didn't increase too much.
Results: Reputation with the DOMA significantly improved, necrotic poison that only targets Woodrue developed, Diana's deal subvote.
Classy.
[ ] Recruit Lucy Lane as a personal lawyer
DC 33
Roll 28 + 15 (Roxanne diplomacy stat) + 10 (Lisa Snart diplomacy stat times coop score with Roxanne rounded up)
Total 53
Significant success
In the end Lucy Lane has been won over and has become willing to work as your own personal lawyer. This is quite a coup against her sister as it means you have succeeded in binding her intimately to your cause. Lucy is now working for you and solely you and as such will be inducted into the inner circle of LexCorp. Even without touching on her own capabilities the potential contacts she can give you are impressive and will only help further your standing. Roxanne and Lisa deserve a commendation for succeeding in this task you have put off for so long.
Results: Lucy Lane recruited as personal lawyer (she'll be a hero unit under your direct control), contacts with General Sam Lane have now opened up.
Hm. Good. Hero unit under direct control good.
With that said... we need a good sense of whether Lucy has, ah, Minion Reliability, I call it. The willingness to go along with our
evil schemes, not just our neutral schemes.
[ ] Release what you have
DC 0
Roll 99 + 14 (Oswald stewardship stat) + 82 (reroll bonus) + 14 (Oswald stewardship stat) + 10 (Oswald trait)
Total 219
Absolutely Stupendously Massive success
Oswald has once again blown all expectations completely out of the water. The new channel he has created has proven immensely successful and the ratings are in. On top of that he contacted numerous individuals if they were willing to fill in certain time slots with their own ideas for shows and such and has already struck quite a few potential advertising deals. The money is already flowing in and while it is likely you'll need to keep creating content to keep this channel profitable for now both children and adults are enraptured by your programming and critics cannot help but praise Lightyear Entertainment.
Results: Name the Channel subvote, Advertising subvote, Outside Shows Subvote, tv shows produced have become a cultural phenomenon within the American Public, your fortune has massively increased, Oswald's TV Wizard trait is boosted to now give + 15.
Nice.
[ ] Develop and sell high fashion clothing
DC 28 - 15 (Mari trait) = 13
Roll 52 + 16 (Mari stewardship stat) + 12 (Daphne Dean contribution)
80
Amazing success
Mari's latest line of clothing has been flying off the shelves in peoples rush to buy it as quickly as possible. With significant help from Daphne Dean in advertising this new line, McCabe fashion has become one of the most popular brands in Hollywood. As such your new clothing line has become a status symbol in and of itself. As such you have made both lots of money and many people are more impressed than ever with Mari's business.
Results: Mari Stewardship + 2, McCabe Fashion's new line is now incredibly popular amongst the rich particularly Hollywood celebrities, a decent amount of money was made
Oh
very nice. Especially the Stewardship boost; we regularly use Mari as a Stewardship heroine despite her formidable Martial abilities.
[ ] Develop a social media platform
DC 34
Roll 26 + 22 (Felicity stewardship stat) + 19 (Carol stewardship stat times coop score with Felicity rounded up)
Total 67
Significant success
Your social media platform is now up and running. It initially began life as a way for members at Ferris Aerospace to stay in contact with each other but Felicity has since expanded it to be available to anyone. The platform is still rather new and while many early adopters are fond of it the entirety of the public has not jumped aboard. Still this is your first step into this market and since literally no one else is competing with you in this space now you'll be able to dominate it at your leisure.
Results: Social media platform created with a decently sized user base, slight interest by niche advertisers, Name the Social Media subvote
I'm going to nominate a nice, harmless-sounding name. Something like "Handshake."
[ ] Build a new LexCorp building (Vienna)
DC 21
Roll 75
Astonishing success
You don't know what exactly happened to get the construction on this building to occur so quickly but for some reason the building in Vienna was completed far faster than any other building you have made other than the one in Jump City. You aren't about to look a gift horse in the mouth though. All in al while the security certainly needs to be improved there having another building already up will only increase LexCorp's productivity.
Results: New building up in Vienna, +1 action every turn
Very nice. That's two new towers up since we last upgraded security outside Metropolis, though.
@King crimson , you were talking about an "upgrade security on new buildings that haven't already gotten a security upgrade" action, right?
[ ] Begin producing hologram technology
DC 10
Roll 55
Major success
Hologram technology is immensely useful for you to have, especially as Lightyear Entertainment has now found critical acclaim. You now have enough of the tech to use it for yourself and your factories could easily churn out more for mass consumption. All in all another tool for your use has been obtained.
Results: You can now freely use and install the hologram technology you have within LexCorp, the option to sell hologram technology is now available.
Very good.
[ ] Investigate Bradford Sackett's death
DC 84
Roll 42 + 17 (Rose intrigue stat) + 23 (Mercy intrigue stat times coop score with Rose rounded up) + 10 (Mercy trait)
Total 92
Bare success
Bradford Sackett's death is an immensely challenging conundrum to work around. Mercy decided to let Rose take the lead on this case to get her used to the more investigative side of working for LexCorp security. Unfortunately there is very little information on this case. Bradford Sackett was not liked by many people and had no close friends or family. All of Bradford's personal records were burned sometime but it is unclear whether it was before or after he died. As such further investigation is warranted.
Results: Learned that someone burned all of Bradford Sackett's records at some point.
Ah shit. Well, that's going to make this tough. On the other hand, the action would have failed outright if Mercy had been in charge, so that was 2000 XP well spent.
[ ] Build surveillance satellites
DC 32
Roll 65 + 28 (Samuel intrigue stat + trait boost) + 13 (Leonard intrigue stat times coop score with Samuel) + 24 (reroll bonus) + 28 (Samuel intrigue stat + trait boost) + 13 (Leonard intrigue stat times coop score with Samuel)
Total 171
Planetary success
Samuel has somehow proven surprisingly competent. Using the facilities at Ferris Aerospace and his own knowledge of cameras Samuel has managed to launch hundreds of surveillance satellites into the atmosphere. You know are able to monitor most of the globe freely and can track any unusual occurrences worldwide. While you aren't able to pinpoint every individual on the planet, no army or organization can move in the open without you being able to observe them. Leonard even managed to spin a lie to the world that these cameras were going to be used as part of a new Lex-Phone application that would give users a real-time map of the world. As such most people have accepted this as fine. The one thing that has occurred is that the US government has requested your permission to use the satellites to covertly spy on others. You wouldn't be surprised if other governments joined in. All in all things have become quite successful for you.
Results: Satellites give you an active map of the world and while they struggle to pinpoint individuals they can effectively watch virtually every major location in the world. The public is unaware of the capability of these satellites to spy on them and most people at LexCorp are accepting of it. Map app devlopment enabled. US Request subvote. Samuel's trait now gives + 12 to his stat. Leonard gains the trait Cold Comfort, which gives him an additional + 4 to his intrigue, martial and stewardship stats for every unit with a coop score of + 1 or more with him on any action he is the leader in.
NICE. Very nice indeed.
SO Sam Scudder turns out to be a genius at designing miniature spy satellite cameras. I suspect his real success was miniaturization- in real life as I understand it, spy satellites use very large telescopes and cameras, and weigh several tons, with bulky solar arrays or radioisotope generators, so they can only be launched one at a time.
We can power the satellite with a kryptonite battery (did Samuel do that,
@King crimson ?), and Scudder's clearly made some camera breakthroughs, so we may well have been able to launch them several at a time. Sort of like how in real life SpaceX and other companies are trying to put up
really big Internet satellite constellations.
Hmmm, I may not entirely understand the impact of that +12, but I sure won't complain. I'll read it later.
And Leonard's trait is going to be very useful in getting the most out of the Rogues' Gallery hero units... um,
@King crimson , will Leonard's leadership on a collaboration be determined by his base stats, or by what his stats
would be after getting bulked up by the "Cold Comfort" trait?
[ ] Investigate the unknown individual
DC 88
Roll 20 + 21 (Nygma intrigue stat + trait boost) + 14 (Cerise Orielle intrigue stat times coop score with Nygma rounded up)
Total 55
Significant failure
Things have started to go wrong. In an attempt to figure out just how the unknown individual was killing people Nygma and Cerise attempted to magically reconstruct just what the individual did. This ended up backfiring hard as once the attempt was replicated Cerise immediately began screaming in immense pain before falling into a coma. The unknown individual is now likely aware that someone has attempted to replicate their trick. Cerise is likely to recover from this soon but this was significantly worse than what you were expecting.
Results: Cerise unable to be assigned to any actions next turn, options to investigate Cerise opened up now, the unknown individual is now likely aware that someone tried to copy their trick.
Well, shit.
OK, bad news, Cerise is out of commission for a while, good news, she's not dead. Other good news, we can investigate her, so that's something. I was
hoping Cerise's tracking spell would help us out here, but I was wrong about that. I wouldn't have tried sending just the two of them if I'd known it wouldn't be helping, so I regret that and it's on me.
[ ] Learn about Kryptonite
DC 44
Roll 62 + 19 (Rebecca learning stat) + 12 (Mick Learning stat times coop score with Rebecca rounded up)
Total 93
Astounding success
Rebecca and Mick have proven to be immensely successful in bringing out various unknown qualities of Kryptonite. They have made numerous critical discoveries that could lend themselves to many quite useful applications. While some of the information they've gleaned is esoteric for dealing with normal problems it would prove absolutely invaluable for dealing with certain kinds of entities.
Results: Learn about Kryptonite subvote
OK, well, learning how to use kryptonite and magic together is neat. I hope we can learn about safety though.
[ ] Learn from the Red Tornado data
DC 78
Roll 75 + 36 (Lex learning stat) + 16 (Karl learning stat times coop score with Lex rounded up) + 36 (Cassandra learning stat minus trait penalty times coop score with Lex) + 10 (Lex trait) + 48 (Reroll bonus) + 36 (Lex learning stat) + 16 (Karl learning stat times coop score with Lex rounded up) + 36 (Cassandra learning stat minus trait penalty times coop score with Lex) + 10 (Lex trait) + 9 (Second reroll bonus) + 36 (Lex learning stat) + 16 (Karl learning stat times coop score with Lex rounded up) + 36 (Cassandra learning stat minus trait penalty times coop score with Lex) + 10 (Lex trait)
Total 426
Planetary success
You have done it. The Red Tornado data was incomplete but with a mind as brilliant as yours you could easily extrapolate numerous benefits from it. You have once again come up with a way to utterly change the world you are living in. This latest feat completely blows all other feats of robotics out of the water and has enabled you to begin producing a better class of combat robots. Your genius is unmatched and this breakthrough has given you the means to produce your own army. Admittedly it is probably inferior to the original Red Tornado but you can swiftly overcome that limitation.
Results: Gained self-aware but slightly unstable AI, gained high energy turbines, gained cyclone flight capabilities, gained water proof wiring, gained heat resistant wiring, Lex's Leader of the furture trait now gives + 7 for every hero unit assigned to the same action as him, Lex's Learning + 2, Cassandra's Father Daughter Bond now gives + 60 whenever Lex teaches her something, Cassandra Luthor's learning + 3, Karl Helfern-Lex Luthor coop score +0.2, Cassandra Luthor-Karl Helfern coop score +0.1, Karl Helfern learning + 1, Karl gains the trait Armor Analyst which adds + 5 to any roll of his which involves armor in some way, Tornado of Data subvote
Well
shit. Niiice.
Those trait boosts are very very good too, and we get an extra AP per turn from Karl's co-op score going to 1.1. We're up to 19/turn now, instead of only 16/turn just a few turns ago.
The one thing that worries me is that we've been told there's at least one intelligence-eater out there, and we're turning into a very juicy target?
[ ] The A.M.A.Z.O. project
DC 175
Roll 23 + 33 (Ivo learning stat) + 12 (Marie learning stat times coop score with Ivo rounded up) + 7 (Ivo trait)
Total 75
Unmitigated failure
The project has finally cost you. Numerous times Ivo has fallen short of what was expected of him. However this was arguably the worst failure yet. You are absolutely livid over the sheer scope of incompetence displayed here. Apparently Ivo had been messing around with antimatter of all things. He had kept it secret from virtually everyone else. Of course Ivo then had a sudden bout of organ failure and Marie had rushed him to the hospital. Of course this then left your scientists alone in Ivo's lab when he had told them that the next step was to make antimatter. What Ivo had forgot to mention was that he did not have a way to safely contain antimatter. The ensuing explosion killed 5 scientists and set back the AMAZO project by heavily damaging the work already done. This setback is even worse as it was visible outside of the tower and now many people are curious as to just what happened. You are absolutely furious and you refuse to let this setback caused by idiocy prevent your plans.
Results: Ivo hospitalized and will not be available to you next turn, 5 LexCorp scientists killed, an explosion was visible to the public who are now curious about it, 5 more steps added to the AMAZO project, Lois Lane Interview subvote obtained the ability to make antimatter.
...
Fucking antimatter.
Well, shit. Probably a good idea to just tell (more or less) the truth: Ivo decided on his own initiative to start secretly working with antimatter without a viable containment protocol, this was suicidally reckless, we're outraged, and we have every reason to let him die quietly now.
The good news is, I'm pretty sure we should thank our security and building reinforcement people- not just Carl but the people who did the job back on Turn 1. Because a giant-ass explosion like that would probably have collapsed any normal building, but when you're in LexCorp headquarters it's just-
WHAM-
What the fuck was that?
[ ] [Bane] Sell captured Intergang weapons to LexCorp
DC 24
Roll 6 + 22 (Birdy, Trogg and Zombie contribution) = 26
Bare success
While Bane has successfullt sold you some of the weapons he has in his possession the US government has begun to crack down on the distribution of them out of the country. As such if Bane had not had his best men organizing the transaction it is likely that you would have both landed in hot water. What he has managed to sell you is nothing too impressive but improving upon forcefield and laser canon technology is quite useful. Bane has requested that you let things cool off a bit before he sells you more weapons though.
Results: Obtained Intergang laser canons and personal portable forcefields. Bane requests that you let the heat die down a bit. Bane has made a decent amount of money from this transaction.
Yeah that's fair. We have no desire to get in trouble ourselves. The US ban makes this action a lot less desirable. On the other hand, it also makes our continued activity in Santa Prisca less desirable.
[ ] [Bane] Look for secret weapons
DC 53
Roll 61
Bare success
Bane was successful in finding that a secret weapon had been in the country but had since been moved out of it once things had become too unstable. While he does not know where it is he has heard mention of a "Pain Matrix" that seems to fall under what you are looking for.
Hmmm.
That's a bit alarming, because the only thing I can find like it is the thing Darkseid used on Superman after he got tired of being smacked around after the World of Cardboard speech. Hopefully it's not the real deal, and/or hopefully Intergang doesn't have direct ties to Apokolips yet. But even a cheap shoddy knockoff version of real Apokoliptian pain weaponry would be pretty horrific. On the other hand, it has a known ability to bypass Superman's vulnerability, so worth looking into!
[ ] [Jobs] Change some titles and positions (Change Emily Rice's job to part time tutor for Cassandra Luthor)
Emily Rice was very accommodating with this change and was quite happy with it. She did ask for an increase in salary but the amount you are paying her is such a pittance that you could easily have afforded to pay ten times the price she asked for and not have noticed it. She did mention that she would like to have it be on record that she tutored Cassandra Luthor to in turn further her own career when Cassandra inevitably revolutionized some industry.
Awww.
No problem!
In any case, a real science tutor who can work with Cass frequently is definitely a plus- but we need to hire a new tutor for Jinx, preferably one who isn't a total mismatch for the job.
[ ] [Jobs] Add an additional title or position to a unit (Make Carl Draper head of the DIR)
Carl Draper has taken to his new position with enthusiasm. The increased pay is something he appreciates and the ability to essentially be "a psychological prison warden" intrigues and inspires him. He has grown to become far more disliked by the rank and file of LexCorp and many people look on him with fear and suspicion but Carl doesn't care. In fact he is so happy with the new position that he is excited to try and bring his daughter to work so she can see him in his new job.
Results: Carl coop scores changed, Carl gains better pay, the DIR running at peak efficiency at the cost of inducing terror in people in the company, Draper's Daughter subvote.
Hmm. better check out his co-op. Glad he's happy, at least?
Hm, looks like the QM hasn't updated his co-op scores yet. We should try to find out how they've changed.
