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

[Thanatosra]

We just have to continue to ignire his mails.

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How long till he decides to pay us a visit (not sure if he would here but he has done it in other works)

 

[Torgamous]

We just have to continue to ignore his mails.

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I don't know if that will work, since the first time he mailed us we took an insult and made it our company mascot. There's no going back to being boring after that.

 

[Zale]

Basil Karlo
Tried and failed to play mind games with Lex Luthor and is open to potentially work with him

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Just as he escaped Gotham and Batman hasn't found him yet? Could this be the start to a beautiful relationship?

With him wanting to ultimately leave a legacy and be known for his actions we have to be a bit different with how we use him, but there are avenues I could see developing. If he just wants to do big flashy fights right now that isn't much use to us. I can think of like 3 things we could use him for like that:
1. A plot against Superman, which isn't that useful right now. We want to wait until we have actual tools that could meaningfully harm him for an operation like that.
2. A public attack against a business competitor's specific hero unit. So some one like Fox, Freeze, Powers or Stagg. Something that would significantly hinder our rivals while giving Clayface the infamy he wants.
3. Maybe hiring him to help an ally in the local region. Could have him help the Menagerie or Bane when he moves in. Basically give them more power in their local area on our dime for more favors. This would probably be more deniable than other actions we could take to help them.

Now if he is willing to do quieter missions the options open up so much. Infiltration, spying, sabotage, assassinations so much shit he could be used for if he is willing to do it.

 

[King crimson]

Figured I'd confirm it for people who are interested but almost all of the Arkham Inmate units have traits that help them in specific contexts and utterly ruin them in others. You just don't know what those traits are as of now.

 

[Negation]

Figured I'd confirm it for people who are interested but almost all of the Arkham Inmate units have traits that help them in specific contexts and utterly ruin them in others. You just don't know what those traits are as of now.

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This is why we should hire sane people or Batman Rogues before they ever enter Arkham.

 

[King crimson]

So apparently I overestimated how long some projects would take. In attempting to write out every sector in the DC Universe I'm already at 11 pages and I haven't even begun to start listing stuff, nor have I fully written everything out. The final product is going to be a 7202 words minimum considering I have to write "Sector X" 3601 times. That will likely come much later down the line but I am genuinely working to make this massive undertaking a reality.

 

[Reader of all]

[X] [Hunt] Offer Helena the locations of all of her targets as listed by the cell phone data you have, in exchange for her agreeing to work for you however you see fit following the completion of her goal
[X] [Hire] Hire Gregory Belson
[X] I like the way things are right now no need to change anything

I for one would like a doctor that is not Dr. Moon sure he is a greedy blabber mouth but we have worse people on our payroll.

 

[King crimson]

Whoo, more bookkeeping and numbers and stuff! Seriously the Gotham event has kind of massively inflated how many characters you can interact with. Like I think there is like 3 to 4 encountered character sheet that came about just from this one event. So yeah, whether the event was worth it or not it certainly opened up a lot of doors considering that there is now like 100 more characters for you to be aware of and to interact with. That's always something.

Collingwood Hammer

Spoiler: Headmaster Hammer

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: 3
Stewardship: 22
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Likes Amanda Lydecker as he thinks she is well behaved
Hates Bruce Wayne due to his behavior when he was a student
Hates Dick Grayson for emulating his adoptive father
Thinks Holly Robinson is a troublemaker who needs to be more strictly punished
Is impressed with Barbara Gordon's achievements
Likes and trusts his teachers
Is apathetic towards Lex Luthor
Hates the Joker due to an incident where he had to drive off some of his gang members with a sword in order to defend his students

Leonard Fiasco

Spoiler: An Expert Eraser (couldn't find a good uncostumed image for him)

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: 10?
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: 13?
Learning: 13?

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Went to school with Bruce Wayne and dislikes him
Doesn't like or trust the Joker at all and refuses to work with him
Is comfortable with Oswald Cobblepot
Likes Collingwood Hammer and does his level best to ensure his two occupations don't mix
Views A.S. Scarlet as almost a friend
Worked with Helena in covering up her killing of Mandragora

Isla MacPherson

Spoiler: A Teacher who Tells Tenants of the Past

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Is immensely uncomfortable with Oswald Cobblepot
Doesn't particularly like Bruce Wayne
Is intimidated by Collingwood Hammer

Simon Trent

Spoiler: An Aging All-Star Actor

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Likes some Lightyear Entertainment products but has no interest in returning to acting in a major way
Is not particularly impressed by Lex Luthor but was willing to recommend some students as interns for Lightyear Entertainment
Finds Collingwood to be an unpleasant person but does respect him

Brenden Humphrys

Spoiler: A Caustic Coach who Cares

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Likes Holly Robinson and encourages her to push herself
Dislikes Dick Grayson since he can tell he's holding back

Louie Lilac

Spoiler: A Pedagogue in Purple

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Plays cards with Matches Malone semi-regularly

A.S. Scarlet

Spoiler: An Irregular Bookworm

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: 11?
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Thinks of Leonard Fiasco as a sort of friend even if they both keep secrets from each other
Respects Collingwood Hammer even if he does ultimately believe he is short sighted

Richard Grayson

Spoiler: The Adopted Wayne Heir

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Bruce Wayne's adopted son
Is close friends with Barbara Gordon
Constantly fights with Holly Robinson

Katheryn Monroe

Spoiler: A Board Member Blending into the Background

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
A member of Wayne Enterprises Board of Directors who often conflicts with Bruce Wayne

Norman Madison

Spoiler: A Wealthy Man Stuck in the Past

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Julie Madison's father
Hates the Menagerie especially Catwoman
Is disgusted by Lincoln March
Looks down on Oswald Cobblepot
Dislikes Selina Kyle

Sebastian Clark

Spoiler: An Old Man Unwilling to Let Go

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Decried the Menagerie
Was recently brutally killed, likely by Ra's men

Geraldine Powers

Spoiler: Preparing for Power to the People

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: 12
Stewardship: 21
Intrigue: 7?
Learning: 18?

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Technically competes with Lex Luthor but is comfortable talking to him openly
Is distrustful of metahumans
Is working with Bruce Wayne on a variety of projects

Derek Powers

Spoiler: All Power to his Person (This was the youngest picture of him I could find)

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: 4
Stewardship: 25
Intrigue: 16
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Geraldine Powers son
Admires Lex Luthor to some extent but wishes to surpass and overtake him and as such refuses to work with him
Made statements that made him seem like a fool to Talia al Ghul and Lex Luthor and the pair promptly demonstrated to him that he had to improve if he wanted to truly succeed as he desires to
Dislikes Bruce Wayne

Celia Kazantkakis

Spoiler: A Real Fire Starter

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Spoke to Leslie Thompkins who doesn't like her

J. Devlin Davenport

Spoiler: A Fool with his Money

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Gets along well with Bruce Wayne

Zatanna Zatara

Spoiler: Naicigam Restam A

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: 17
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: 14?
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Was childhood friends with Bruce Wayne
Talia al Ghul doesn't know what to make of her
Was willing to work with Lex but wanted to negotiate first. Generally likes Lex enough to consider him more or less a friend. Has asked Lex to immediately contact her if he ends up in another situation with runework similar to what Cerise/Circe did. Has continued to prove amenable to working with LexCorp but almost always wants to negotiate first and is unwilling to work under them officially no matter what happens, though she has agreed to work for them part-time under an alias. Has found working with Lightyear Entertainment to be fun and wouldn't mind doing so again.
Agreed to take on Jinx as an assistant and to teach her some magic. Rather enjoyed teaching Jinx and is happy to see her student progress and be successful
Was in Gotham when it was attacked by Brainiac and helped fight him off but was unable to be reached or contacted to assist in the large fight over Point Nemo
Is a member of Bastion but is a partial member

Known Traits
A Performers Predilections: When Zatanna takes an action related to her performances her Diplomacy, Stewardship and Intrigue all increase by 10. This includes dialogue checks.

Important Notes
Zatanna has agreed to occasionally work for LexCorp part of the year when not doing work for the superhero team Bastion. Here are her relevant coop scores for this even though she is not a hero unit.

Zatanna coop scores

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John Wycliffe

Spoiler: Practically Parliamentary

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Attended Bruce Wayne's party

Veronica Vreeland

Spoiler: A Sensational Socialite

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: 16
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Thinks Bruce Wayne is a friend
Was interested in romantic relationships with Lincoln March but became disgusted when his dirty laundry was aired
Is comfortable with Zatanna and spoke to her at Bruce Wayne's gala
Spoke to Vivian D'Aramis who found her vapid
Is interested in the gossip around Lex

Leslie Thompkins

Spoiler: Gotham's Greatest Doctor

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Is close to Lucius Fox
Is comfortable speaking to Bruce Wayne
Dislikes Celia Kazantkakis

Sheldon Falbrook

Spoiler: A Practical Penny Pincher

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Did business with Sebastian Cark

 

[Void Stalker]

@King crimson zatanna is eating up the rest of the post with it being inside her spoiler, also like the backwards name to go with her magic

 

[King crimson]

@King crimson zatanna is eating up the rest of the post with it being inside her spoiler, also like the backwards name to go with her magic

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I should have fixed the issue now. I'm glad you enjoyed the backwards name for her little epithet. I try to have fun with most of these epithets so it's nice to see people pointing out neat things in it they like.

Thank you for pointing out my error

 

[FourmyleOfCeres]

I got a minor question. Is The Grey Ghost avaliable on VHS/Home Media, or is it more or less "lost"? In the Cartoon, Simon Trent was the only one who had any of it.

 

[King crimson]

I got a minor question. Is The Grey Ghost avaliable on VHS/Home Media, or is it more or less "lost"? In the Cartoon, Simon Trent was the only one who had any of it.

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I'm going to say that there are some tapes of it still circulating. It's a show from 20 years ago that was apparently popular enough and I don't have any plans to redo the episode note for note so I'm going to say that yes the Grey Ghost is available on VHS/Home Media

 

[FourmyleOfCeres]

I'm going to say that there are some tapes of it still circulating. It's a show from 20 years ago that was apparently popular enough and I don't have any plans to redo the episode note for note so I'm going to say that yes the Grey Ghost is available on VHS/Home Media

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Alright. I asked because I recently rewatched Beware The Grey Ghost, and there was the whole thing with Simon being the only one who had any copies. Might have been a way to get into his good books, releasing or reairing it ourselves(if we could clear it with the rights holders, which would likely mostly be Simon). Still could see about trying to air it on Lightyear, maybe a late night block like Nick at Night.

Just idle thoughts I had since he showed up.

 

[Wolfy098]

Surprised that Zatanna's diplomacy is only 17. Would have expected at least 20-22 from a professional performer like her.

 

[King crimson]

Alright. I asked because I recently rewatched Beware The Grey Ghost, and there was the whole thing with Simon being the only one who had any copies. Might have been a way to get into his good books, releasing or reairing it ourselves(if we could clear it with the rights holders, which would likely mostly be Simon). Still could see about trying to air it on Lightyear, maybe a late night block like Nick at Night.

Just idle thoughts I had since he showed up.

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It's fine. It's a good episode and a good idea. If I'd stuck 100% true to the DCAU you would've been onto something really interesting. Don't get disheartened though, asking questions is never a bad tack to take.

Surprised that Zatanna's diplomacy is only 17. Would have expected at least 20-22 from a professional performer like her.

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Welp I made a mistake. I dropped her trait which you should know about. I'll get to fixing it.

Edit: It's been fixed

 

[King crimson]

For some reason my internet keeps crashing whenever I try to edit a post. That being said I kind of need a break for the day. Other Encountered Characters 9 (which includes Killer Croc and KGBeast) will be up sometime tomorrow. I'll also potentially get around to updating the character sheet with Nathan Warbow and Paige Monroe. Hopefully there won't be many more errors because constantly crashing and restoring these pages is annoying. That being said I hope you enjoy the information and have fun with what's to come.

The actual update is actually looking more and more likely to land later next week (Wednesday or Friday) due to the massive amount of actions I need to add.

Thank you for your understanding.

 

[Negation]

Surprised that Zatanna's diplomacy is only 17. Would have expected at least 20-22 from a professional performer like her.

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She's always performing so it always gets a boost form her Trait I think.

 

[King crimson]

She's always performing so it always gets a boost form her Trait I think.

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Not quite but it's a really good trait for her. It doesn't kick in for figuring out other people's secrets, making friends, fighting people, undoing curses or finding her dad to list just a few examples.

Also when Wolfy commented I still hadn't gotten the trait up because I made an error and missed it.

But all that being said you're right that it usually kicks in at least once a turn for her.

 

[Zale]

Approaching the Wolf
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Aleksandr Creote did not want to be here, but as with most things in his line of work what you wanted was secondary to the importance of the nation's security.

And the Russia's security was becoming increasingly in danger these last few years. The war with Avruskin, Ignition informing the world of Red Rocket, completion of the STRIPE Armor, the emergence of Superman and more.

The last one was what caused him to be here. Director Zastrow had been quite concern when the U.S. president announced that Superman had "special powers to deal with threats ordinary people cannot handle." Such a broad and meaningless statement gave the U.S. room to use this Superman for anything they wanted. Avruskin and Ignition already had whipped the metahuman department into a frenzy, but Superman pushed Zastrow to reach deep and bring back older projects they would rather let lie.

Thus, why he was out in the middle of the woods in Siberia with the closest town 24 kilometers away possibly on a suicide mission.

As Creote walked between the trees he reviewed what he knew about his target, Ivan Illyich Gort the Steel Wolf. A Soviet era super-soldier that was a symbol of the U.S.S.R.'s power during Stalin's reign. Super strength, durability, stamina, and decelerated aging. The first two confirmed through testing and service to the government. The last one shown by the surviving scientist reports after Stalin's death and agents monitoring him through the decades. He was created through a series of experiments during WWII and was fiercely loyal to Stalin.

Which is were the complications start to come in. When Khrushchev rose to power after Stalin's death as part of the de-Stalinisation of Soviet society he publicly banished Gort from society and the government. Of course, he was too useful as an agent to just be left alone and was approached with an offer to still work for Soviet interests just not as a symbol he used to be.

Those particular agents were found torn apart and hung in the trees. Since than the government's stance against Gort has been one of non-involvement and observation as long as he lived his life in exile.

It had been a couple decades since the last offer and Creote had been directly ordered by Director Zastrow to make a new one in light of recent events. As he weaved through the trees he stopped at the tree line unsurprised to see Gort already waiting for him. Sat on a crudely made chair in front of his cabin with folders on a stool next to him. Gort was staring him directly in his eyes.

Creote sighed internally, "Let's hope this time is different."

As Creote walked closer Gort rose out of his chair and signaled for him to stop about 2 meters away. Stopping, Aleksandr Creote got his first good look at Ivan Illyich Gort in person. He was taller man at 1.87 meters with an athletic build. All his visible muscles were well defined and he stood perfectly straight as if at attention. He looked just as he did in the first photos taken of him after the experiments in WWII with the only difference being a sprinkling of gray in his otherwise back hair. Gort stared him in the eyes with an intense focus as he waved at the folders behind him, "The reports your agents left on this Superman, are they true? Is America truly waving around their new super weapons so openly?"

Creote, thankful for a question and not his muscles tearing apart, provided a quick response, "Yes and its worse than that. They have already officially opened a school for the metahuman youth. The new arms race of public metahuman soldiers has already begun. If Russia wants to be able to keep up with other powers than we have to respond in kind."

Gort gave a curt nod at that and asked for Creote to continue describing the other threats reported in the files given to him. As Creote gave Gort more information he sensed a shift coming over Ivan Gort. His muscles start to tense, his straight stance bent a bit making him loom more and the intensity in his eyes amplified to the point Creote, despite his years of training, felt compelled to elaborate more on the reports. An aura of lethality and confrontation arose in the conversation and Creote had to stop his automatic response to reach for his weapon.

As Aleksandr Creote stared at the Steel Wolf he asked the question he was sent to ask, much like previous agents before him, and hoped his ending wouldn't be the same.

Spoiler: A/N

Thanks for reading! Just wanted to throw out a short omake idea I had about some minor characters. I didn't provide Steel Wolf's response so King crimson can decide what to do with the character and make it more likely to be canon. I could see Steel Wolf joining Russia, running off to join other rogue ex-soviet groups like The Hammer or just doing his own thing.

 

[King crimson]

And now we move on to the next piece of encountered characters. I hope this continues to prove informative even as I consistently have to put in a lot of work to get everything rolling. It just struck me that we're operating in quest with more than 200 different characters. That's insane considering we have only just started getting into the period where new characters are rapidly introduced. I fully expect 2 to 3 Superman villains to debut each turn for the next 7 or so turns so the characters will keep on coming in. I'm excited for this second of three planned phases (The first phase was pre-Superman, second phase is the arrival of superheroes and villains and the third is the post Justice League world). It'll be interesting to see how many of the characters listed here will stay relevant once we hit that final phase.

Waylon Jones AKA Killer Croc

Spoiler: The Monster of the Menagerie

Stats
Martial: 23
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: 16?
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Considers Selina Kyle his greatest friend for giving him a place to belong and is happy to work with her
Dislikes Batman for interfering but respects him for being able to fight
Hates all police officers
Thinks Lincoln March is pathetic and was happy to ruin him
Thinks Bruce Wayne is a hypocrite who just tries to look good rather than actually help

Known Traits
Apex Predator: If Killer Croc is not detected before he makes his first attack add 20 to his combat roll. If in combat Killer Croc loses the opponent's victorious discrepancy has 1/4 of the total removed from it, unless the discrepancy exceeds 50.

Never Smile at a Crocodile: If Killer Croc is in an area in which he can remain submerged, his martial and intrigue increase by 15

KGBeast

Spoiler: A Psychotic Soviet Supersoldier

Stats
Martial: 18?
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: 16?
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Attempted to kill Bruce Wayne and hates him for ideological reasons
Attempted to kill Lex Luthor and hates him for ideological reasons
Was brutally beaten by Talia al Ghul who found him pathetic. KGBeast is unaware of Talia's identity
Hates the Batman who managed to corner him and forced him to cut off his hand if he wanted to escape
Thinks Catwoman and Killer Croc don't go far enough in their anti-capitalist sentiment. The two in turn think he is a loon
Commissioner Gordon is very concerned by the implications of his arrival and KGBeast in turn views Gordon as someone who should be eliminated eventually.
Is hated by Oswald Cobblepot and hates him in turn

Killer Moth

Spoiler: A Bad Bug

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Attempted to kill the GCPD as a way to frame the Menagerie causing Gordon to become suspicious
Worked with Firefly although the two had issues working together

Firefly

Spoiler: A Fearsome Fire Bug

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Was found by Bullock who rampantly dislikes him
Frustrates Gordon by not talking
Was Killer Moth's partner in crime but they had severe issues working together

The Lady in Red

Spoiler: Kill the Weakness and be Reborn

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Repeatedly fought Batman and likely broke his arm
Likely associated with Talia and the League of Shadows in some way

Known Traits
Living Weapon: In Martial rolls involving direct combat add 10 to the Lady in Red's martial stat after the cooperation score is factored in. Add 30 if she is fighting an opponent who is reliant upon a form of martial arts she has mastered

Speaks the Language of Violence: On any intrigue or learning roll that involves violence or fighting on an individual level the Lady in Red gets +8 to the final score

Peter Silverstone AKA Blackrock

Spoiler: Black Might for a Black Price

Stats
Martial: 25
Diplomacy: 8
Stewardship: 10
Intrigue: 15
Learning: 20

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Fought Superman and lost after rampaging through Metropolis
Is ex-STAR Labs who was fired due to his theft
Killed LexCorp security forces but couldn't Identify them
Is disliked by both the SCU and Mercy Graves
Was working with Santa Priscans

Known Traits
Power Powder: Upon consuming his compound, Peter Silverstone can raise his martial by 15 in exchange for dropping all other stats by the same amount

Addictive Madness: Upon consuming some of the compound that enhances his powers Silverstone must constantly flip a coin to try and act sanely. If heads he acts sanely, if tails he will take a deliberately suboptimal action out of insanity. Each time Silverstone fails a check he must flip an additional coin for the next check until he is defeated in combat

Emilo Storn AKA Whirlicane

Spoiler: Spin Right Down

Stats
Martial: 22
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Was defeated by Mick Rory and Leonard Snart who humiliated him
Fears Superman but was able to sneak attack him
Is unafraid of the SCU and finds them annoying

Kingslayer

Spoiler: Intercifere Regem

Stats
Martial: 11 (30 when magically enhanced)
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: 22 (14 when magically enhanced)
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Fears metahumans and by extension dislikes the DOMA
Has unnerved Diana Prince due to knowing things that he shouldn't and having a powerful magical ally backing him
Thinks Lex Luthor sold out humanity
Thinks Superman is a sign of worse still to come
Hates Pamela Isley and thinks she is proof of a metahuman conspiracy to take over the world
Annoyed Mercy Graves immensely who he also thinks is complicit in undermining the systems of democracy

Black Adam

Spoiler: A Fallen Hero Lost in Time

Stats
Martial: 35?
Diplomacy: 12?
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: 6?

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Was there for when Saied Kadesh died and respects him for freeing him
Hates Kobra seeing them as foolish servants of Apep
Thinks Lex Luthor will be a valuable ally in getting his revenge and reestablishing Khandaq
Is confused and bewildered by Roxanne Sutton but tolerates her due to finding her a good source of information
Absolutely hates the Wizard and is convinced that he is in North America
Assisted the US government in fighting off Brainiac
Has conquered a part of Egypt and reestablished Khandaq

Known Traits
Wisdom of Zehuti: Once per turn Black Adam can reroll a learning based roll he failed up to three times provided that another unit didn't interfere negatively with the roll. On his reroll his learning stat becomes 20. If the reroll has to do with languages his learning stat becomes 65.

Defenses of Mehen: When in combat if Black Adam is loses a roll by a deficit of 20 or less eliminate all damage he would have taken. If he loses by a deficit greater than 20 subtract 20 from the calculation of how much damage he should take. Double the number if he is defending against ancient Egyptian magics

The Flash

Spoiler: The Fastest Man Alive

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Is a metahuman that was previously unknown to the DOMA who has come into the spotlight and begun emulating Superman
Helped fight off Brainiac's invasion

Lance Gardner

Spoiler: A Model Citizen

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/c/c5/Lance_Gardner_(Earth-One)_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170906201233

Stats
Martial: 3
Diplomacy: 15
Stewardship: 2
Intrigue: 2
Learning: 1

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Has agreed to work with McCabe Fashions due to seeing it as a good opportunity to advance his career
Is somewhat familiar with Paige Monroe who he considers slightly washed up

Volcana

Spoiler: Red Hot Hatred

Stats
Martial: 30?
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Absolutely hates General Hardcastle
Hates Wade Eiling who views her as little more than a living weapon
Is pitied by Superman who she in turn is somewhat inspired by and envious of
Is pitied by Lois Lane
Thinks poorly on LexCorp
Thinks Ignition is cool
Distrusts Paige Monroe
Highly dislikes Rene Carpenter but is easily manipulated by her
Worked with the US government to fight off Brainiac's invasion

Edward Lytener AKA Luminous

Spoiler: Blinded by the Light

Spoiler: A Light-Bringer

Stats
Martial: 28
Diplomacy: 5
Stewardship: 7
Intrigue: 10
Learning: 20

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Wanted recognition from Lois Lane but has since attempted to murder her due to feeling she hasn't given him what he is owed
Thinks General Hardcastle is a chump who he can easily mislead
Hates Superman for getting in the way of his revenge
Is an ex-LexCorp employee who was fired when Lex took over the company
Is currently being tortured and imprisoned by Sam Lane

General Charles Hardcastle

Spoiler: A Hard Man Making Hard Decisions

Stats
Martial: 12
Diplomacy: 3
Stewardship: 15
Intrigue: 18
Learning: 3

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Is entirely subordinate to Wade Eiling who he fears
Thinks General Lane is too biased
Dislikes Lois Lane for almost implicating him in a massive career destroying scandal and interfering with military affairs
Hates and fears Superman
Is grateful to Lex Luthor for essentially saving his career
Fears Amanda Waller but acknowledges her as someone who he trusts to do the right thing
Likes working with Lucy Lane and thinks she isn't nearly as arrogant as the rest of her family

Hellgrammite

Spoiler: An Exoskeletal Extraterrestrial

Stats
Martial: 35
Diplomacy: 7
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: 14?
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Despises and looks down on mammals and humanoids and is willing to eat sentient beings he views as lesser
Hates and fears Kryptonians but was willing to at the very least converse with Superman
Lent Intergang money and attempted to recollect it but valued them little as people
Was willing to barter with Lex Luthor and could be bought off

Madness

Spoiler: Give me no Reason

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: 0
Stewardship: 0
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Was defeated and captured by Superman
Is currently being held by ARGUS
Was rendered homeless by Intergang

Known Traits
The One Eyed King: Any attempt to conduct diplomacy actions with this character automatically result in nothing happening. Any martial attempt at close distance is preemptively denied and the attacking character will instead be assigned to complete a random action instead.

Land of the Blind: Madness can drop the diplomacy of any character that gets sufficiently close to him to zero and cause all diplomacy actions taken by and against them to fail. Characters affected by land of the blind become incapable of completing their selected actions and will instead take random actions instead

Hal Jordan AKA Green Lantern

Spoiler: The Will to Fight for the Future

Spoiler: Green Lantern of Sector 2814

Stats
Martial: 30?
Diplomacy: 7?
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Is a member of the Green Lantern Corps
Is popular in Coast City
Is Carol Ferris' ex who is worried about her and still cares for her while she hates him for repeatedly breaking her heart and screwing up and now wishes to ruin him out of spite and anger

Known Traits
Green Lantern's Might: ???

Daizo Uehara

Spoiler: The Premier Police Peacekeeper of Japan

Stats
Martial: ???
Diplomacy: ???
Stewardship: ???
Intrigue: ???
Learning: ???

Known Relationships with other encountered characters
Is considered a hero by the people of Japan and his career has seen a meteoric rise
Heavily pushed for LexCorp to receive any and all Brainiac tech Japan collected

 

[Wolfy098]

Never Smile at a Crocodile: If Killer Croc is in an area in which he can remain

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Huh, does Croc think better under water? Why stewardship rather than intrigue?

 

[King crimson]

Huh, does Croc think better under water? Why stewardship rather than intrigue?

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That is a stupid error and I don't know how I made that. Thank you for pointing it out

Approaching the Wolf
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Aleksandr Creote did not want to be here, but as with most things in his line of work what you wanted was secondary to the importance of the nation's security.

And the Russia's security was becoming increasingly in danger these last few years. The war with Avruskin, Ignition informing the world of Red Rocket, completion of the STRIPE Armor, the emergence of Superman and more.

The last one was what caused him to be here. Director Zastrow had been quite concern when the U.S. president announced that Superman had "special powers to deal with threats ordinary people cannot handle." Such a broad and meaningless statement gave the U.S. room to use this Superman for anything they wanted. Avruskin and Ignition already had whipped the metahuman department into a frenzy, but Superman pushed Zastrow to reach deep and bring back older projects they would rather let lie.

Thus, why he was out in the middle of the woods in Siberia with the closest town 24 kilometers away possibly on a suicide mission.

As Creote walked between the trees he reviewed what he knew about his target, Ivan Illyich Gort the Steel Wolf. A Soviet era super-soldier that was a symbol of the U.S.S.R.'s power during Stalin's reign. Super strength, durability, stamina, and decelerated aging. The first two confirmed through testing and service to the government. The last one shown by the surviving scientist reports after Stalin's death and agents monitoring him through the decades. He was created through a series of experiments during WWII and was fiercely loyal to Stalin.

Which is were the complications start to come in. When Khrushchev rose to power after Stalin's death as part of the de-Stalinisation of Soviet society he publicly banished Gort from society and the government. Of course, he was to useful as an agent to just be left alone and was approached with an offer to still work for Soviet interests just not as a symbol he used to be.

Those particular agents were found torn apart and hung in the trees. Since than the government's stance against Gort has been one of non-involvement and observation as long as he lived his life in exile.

It had been a couple decades since the last offer and Creote had been directly ordered by Director Zastrow to make a new one in light of recent events. As he weaved through the trees he stopped at the tree line unsurprised to see Gort already waiting for him. Sat on a crudely made chair in front of his cabin with folders on a stool next to him. Gort was staring him directly in his eyes.

Creote sighed internally, "Let's hope this time is different."

As Creote walked closer Gort rose out of his chair and signaled for him to stop about 2 meters away. Stopping, Aleksandr Creote got his first good look at Ivan Illyich Gort in person. He was taller man at 1.87 meters with an athletic build. All his visible muscles were well defined and he stood perfectly straight as if at attention. He looked just as he did in the first photos taken of him after the experiments in WWII with the only difference being a sprinkling of gray in his otherwise back hair. Gort stared him in the eyes with an intense focus as he waved at the folders behind him, "The reports your agents left on this Superman, are they true? Is America truly waving around their new super weapons so openly?"

Creote, thankful for a question and not his muscles tearing apart, provided a quick response, "Yes and its worse than that. They have already officially opened a school for the metahuman youth. The new arms race of public metahuman soldiers has already begun. If Russia wants to be able to keep up with other powers than we have to respond in kind."

Gort gave a curt nod at that and asked for Creote to continue describing the other threats reported in the files given to him. As Creote gave Gort more information he sensed a shift coming over Ivan Gort. His muscles start to tense, his straight stance bent a bit making him loom more and the intensity in his eyes amplified to the point Creote, despite his years of training, felt compelled to elaborate more on the reports. An aura of lethality and confrontation arose in the conversation and Creote had to stop his automatic response to reach for his weapon.

As Aleksandr Creote stared at the Steel Wolf he asked the question he was sent to ask, much like previous agents before him, and hoped his ending wouldn't be the same.

Spoiler: A/N

Thanks for reading! Just wanted to throw out a short omake idea I had about some minor characters. I didn't provide Steel Wolf's response so King crimson can decide what to do with the character and make it more likely to be canon. I could see Steel Wolf joining Russia, running off to join other rogue ex-soviet groups like The Hammer or just doing his own thing.

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So I liked this omake although I do have some points to elaborate on it.

Russia's been sitting on metahumans for a while just like the US (the DEO and the Red Shadows went head to head in the Cold War). The concern with Superman would be that they currently don't have anything that seems to be able to match it (they have Vampires, Werebears, and a few more basic metahumans). Superman seems to be on a scale that they can't quite match and that's the major concern. It's not an issue with what you've written but I do think the additional context is interesting.

Furthermore Zastrow has been the Director of the Red Shadows for a long time and actually worked alongside Gort who often served as his second in command. Furthermore while Gort was kept hidden after Khrushchev took power he actually continued to work with the Red Shadows in secret until Zastrow was unable to hide him effectively. He only really got "banished" once we hit the sixties and such (he notably was working with Zastrow during the T.O. Morrow crisis which occurred under the Eisenhower administration). I also imagine that the agents sent to approach Gort with offers were people the government wanted to be rid of until Creote himself (because then Zastrow has this wonderful threat he can hang over others head and use that to get his way).

So long as he's allowed to get away with it Gort would 100% join up with Zastrow even if they don't agree on everything ideologically.

The one correction I caught was that you wrote "to useful" instead of "too useful" but that is a mistake I make all the time. I'd still recommend you fix it but it's not pressing

Because this is from Creote's perspective some of the inaccuracies (that Zastrow doesn't want Gort back for example) can work and the omake functions as canon. Congrats you've earned 500 exp

 

[Zale]

That is a stupid error and I don't know how I made that. Thank you for pointing it out

So I liked this omake although I do have some points to elaborate on it.

Russia's been sitting on metahumans for a while just like the US (the DEO and the Red Shadows went head to head in the Cold War). The concern with Superman would be that they currently don't have anything that seems to be able to match it (they have Vampires, Werebears, and a few more basic metahumans). Superman seems to be on a scale that they can't quite match and that's the major concern. It's not an issue with what you've written but I do think the additional context is interesting.

Furthermore Zastrow has been the Director of the Red Shadows for a long time and actually worked alongside Gort who often served as his second in command. Furthermore while Gort was kept hidden after Khrushchev took power he actually continued to work with the Red Shadows in secret until Zastrow was unable to hide him effectively. He only really got "banished" once we hit the sixties and such (he notably was working with Zastrow during the T.O. Morrow crisis which occurred under the Eisenhower administration). I also imagine that the agents sent to approach Gort with offers were people the government wanted to be rid of until Creote himself (because then Zastrow has this wonderful threat he can hang over others head and use that to get his way).

So long as he's allowed to get away with it Gort would 100% join up with Zastrow even if they don't agree on everything ideologically.

The one correction I caught was that you wrote "to useful" instead of "too useful" but that is a mistake I make all the time. I'd still recommend you fix it but it's not pressing

Because this is from Creote's perspective some of the inaccuracies (that Zastrow doesn't want Gort back for example) can work and the omake functions as canon. Congrats you've earned 500 exp

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Yeah I figured that both the US and Russia have had methauman's for a while. Its just to baked in to DC lore for that not to be a thing (especially with you using the JSA). That's why I had Creote say "public metahuman soldiers ." Because as soon as something is public and acknowledged you can go much harder on it. No need to sneak around and obfuscate the fact your doing it. You can start making broader statements and recruitment like DOMA is doing with their school. That's what I imagine as the next arms race since they can just be more open about the recruitment and display of metahuman's to the public and other governments.

I'm fine with getting canon status through Creote's ignorance or misconceptions. I imagine knowing the exact details of the methuman division of Russia isn't something even the KGB might give to their normal agents. Since Creote is canon it does make me wonder when/if he'll fall in love with Savant (Brian Durlin) and what Savant's path will be.

Also made that quick correction you mentioned.

 

[jonasquinn]

So I was thinking and some stuff we should probably do next turn in response to what's happened in Gotham are:

- Build housing for Lexcorp Employees to help house and monitor all the Menagerie members we'll be hiring
-Potentially build orphanages for the children in the Menagerie if that isn't an automatic thing, same for Penguin's submarin
-Give Barbara something to do with the SCU to keep her happy
-Have the D'Aramis sisters do something that keeps them happy to make it harder for Bruce to convert them, possibly have them work on pharmaceuticals?
-Improve our exosuits to ensure we stay ahead of Wayne Enterprises if they do go down that route, thankfully we have STRIPE tech to integrate but we should also integrate the hidden weapons system soon as well to make sure they don't beat us to making police models

Anything else?

 

[HavocOrder0999]

Something I'd like to add is that if we want another building we also need to hire more workers. This was mentioned after the first results from last turn:

You're starting to be understaffed with the inclusion of this new building. Another one goes up without more recruitment and you'll start experiencing penalties.

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Though it always carries the risk of espionage so we may also need the communication jammers soon.