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 .
I also thought of some new actions:

- [ ] Start a gun store brick and mortar chain and/or online storefront

- [ ] Run for Mayor of Metropolis

- [ ] Run for Governor of Maryland

- [ ] Run for the Senate in Maryland

- [ ] Run for Congress in Maryland

- [ ] Start up car-sharing/riding service (like Uber and Lyft)

Now we have the Lex-phone the opportunity is upon us to uncut revolutionise the taxi industry!

@King crimson, just tagging you into the post to make this one easier to find.
 
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I also thought of some new actions:

- [ ] Start a gun store brick and mortar chain and/or online storefront

- [ ] Run for Mayor of Metropolis

- [ ] Run for Governor of Maryland

- [ ] Run for the Senate in Maryland

- [ ] Run for Congress in Maryland

- [ ] Start up car-sharing/riding service (like Uber and Lyft)

Now we have the Lex-phone the opportunity is upon us to uncut revolutionise the taxi industry!
I think 4 of those would be summed into a single action, "Run For Political Office".
 
I think 4 of those would be summed into a single action, "Run For Political Office".

I would argue otherwise, as they all entail unique powers and responsibilities, not to mention vastly different costs of investment and return. After all, running for President has its own action.

I was tempted to add run for UN Secretary-General but that probably still too advanced for us yet as you've meant to be a nation's leader. Plus there is the issue that Secretary-General (in Our TimeLine anyway) aren't mean to come from Security Council Members, but if we represent a nation whose regime we have overthrown we can likely get around that.

Btw @King crimson, if Luthor is in his late twenties then isn't he too young to run for POTUS (min 35)? Or is that requirement different from OTL? Furthermore, does POTUS term limits exist in this America and are they the same as OTL?
 
I would argue otherwise, as they all entail unique powers and responsibilities, not to mention vastly different costs of investment and return. After all, running for President has its own action.

I was tempted to add run for UN Secretary-General but that probably still too advanced for us yet as you've meant to be a nation's leader. Plus there is the issue that Secretary-General (in Our TimeLine anyway) aren't mean to come from Security Council Members, but if we represent a nation whose regime we have overthrown we can likely get around that.

Btw @King crimson, if Luthor is in his late twenties then isn't he too young to run for POTUS (min 35)? Or is that requirement different from OTL? Furthermore, does POTUS term limits exist in this America and are they the same as OTL?
It would be a subvote similar to things like building a new building.
 
Btw @King crimson, if Luthor is in his late twenties then isn't he too young to run for POTUS (min 35)? Or is that requirement different from OTL? Furthermore, does POTUS term limits exist in this America and are they the same as OTL?
It was technically an error on my part but I feel it is a minor detail that's best brushed over (I doubt people want to wait 40+ turns before being able to run). The term limits exist but if you are a popular enough president you can overturn them.
 
I also thought of some new actions:

- [ ] Start a gun store brick and mortar chain and/or online storefront

- [ ] Run for Mayor of Metropolis

- [ ] Run for Governor of Maryland

- [ ] Run for the Senate in Maryland

- [ ] Run for Congress in Maryland

- [ ] Start up car-sharing/riding service (like Uber and Lyft)

Now we have the Lex-phone the opportunity is upon us to uncut revolutionise the taxi industry!

@King crimson, just tagging you into the post to make this one easier to find.
I'm going to condense all of the political office into one option. The ride sharing is also accepted while the gun store is not. Have 200 exp.
 
Journey with Dionysus
Journey with Dionysus
How had he come upon this journey back into the land of the Gods, Maxie Zeus wondered. Was it when he had partaken of the sweet dark nectar given to him by the dark-coated nymph? Or was it merely the festive aura that permeated the entire celebration of the lost child, returned that made raised such an event as one equal to the celebrations of Olympus?


Maxie Zeus' date looked at the real estate mogul and his now-dopey expression.

"Are you okay, Maxie?" she asked before taking a sip of her rum and coke. She grimaced- take that back. Just coke- the server must have switched her Rum and Coke with Maxie's Coca Cola. He just looked at her with what she now realized was a drunken smile. Lightweight, she mused. But, a rich one. Perhaps she would have felt differently about him had she known about the small pill bottle in his coat jacket containing his medications with the warning to "Not Take with Alcohol".


He saw the beckoning look at sweet Hera, his paramour and wife as she drank her own dark-colored ambrosia. Wait, was that a grimace on Hera's face? Did she know of the other women that he, Zeus, had bedded? Certainly not- for he had learned his lesson well and practiced discretion. Quickly, he needed to distract the Goddess of the Hearth.


"Tis a glorious night, is it not my Queen? This celebration of the return of the prodigal scion?" asked Maxie in a deep, Shakespearean English accent. Which he did not have five minutes ago.

What an odd drunk.

"Yeah, it is, Maxie. Maybe you should hand me that coke? I think the server got our drinks switched," said his date as she reached for his coke.

Hera was reaching for his Ambrosia! What gal! It was his, not hers! Okay...she definitely knew about his muses on the side. But, rather than bring down the gaiety of this affair with one of his booming thunderbolts, Zeus backed away from Hera with grace so that she would not be able to take his nectar.

His date watched as Zeus drunkenly stumbled backwards from her reach...towards the large decorative fountain.

"Wait, watch out-!" she yelled. Right before Maxie Zeus pitched backwards into the fountain with a loud splash. For a moment, the people around him looked at the sight of the real estate mogul in the fountain before they went back to their conversations, this time tut -tutting those who would do such vulgar displays in the party.

For his part, Maxie looked up at the mortified expression of his date. What? Where was he- what happened?

He felt shame and fear well up- was this another of his episodes? He'd need to talk with his psychiatrist.
 
[ ] Red Queen R&D Department: Lex Luthor is a revolutionary scientific mind, no doubt about that. But, he can only be working on a few projects at a time, and he has no interest in constantly having to come back to the same topic that he already revolutionized just to do an evolutionary update. That does not mean that LexCorp competitors aren't trying to close the tech gaps that Lex gifted his company-, something that Lex won't abide. This R&D department is staffed by his scientists to try and keep the tech advantage in the fields that Lex has already worked on without needing Lex to spend his time coming back or assigning special projects to maintain the advantage.
 
[X] Stay close to Katherine Kane
[X] Call the authorities

Calling the cops would help ruin Bruce Wayne's reputation or at least force the party to end. Pamela should do it.
 
Journey with Dionysus
How had he come upon this journey back into the land of the Gods, Maxie Zeus wondered. Was it when he had partaken of the sweet dark nectar given to him by the dark-coated nymph? Or was it merely the festive aura that permeated the entire celebration of the lost child, returned that made raised such an event as one equal to the celebrations of Olympus?


Maxie Zeus' date looked at the real estate mogul and his now-dopey expression.

"Are you okay, Maxie?" she asked before taking a sip of her rum and coke. She grimaced- take that back. Just coke- the server must have switched her Rum and Coke with Maxie's Coca Cola. He just looked at her with what she now realized was a drunken smile. Lightweight, she mused. But, a rich one. Perhaps she would have felt differently about him had she known about the small pill bottle in his coat jacket containing his medications with the warning to "Not Take with Alcohol".


He saw the beckoning look at sweet Hera, his paramour and wife as she drank her own dark-colored ambrosia. Wait, was that a grimace on Hera's face? Did she know of the other women that he, Zeus, had bedded? Certainly not- for he had learned his lesson well and practiced discretion. Quickly, he needed to distract the Goddess of the Hearth.


"Tis a glorious night, is it not my Queen? This celebration of the return of the prodigal scion?" asked Maxie in a deep, Shakespearean English accent. Which he did not have five minutes ago.

What an odd drunk.

"Yeah, it is, Maxie. Maybe you should hand me that coke? I think the server got our drinks switched," said his date as she reached for his coke.

Hera was reaching for his Ambrosia! What gal! It was his, not hers! Okay...she definitely knew about his muses on the side. But, rather than bring down the gaiety of this affair with one of his booming thunderbolts, Zeus backed away from Hera with grace so that she would not be able to take his nectar.

His date watched as Zeus drunkenly stumbled backwards from her reach...towards the large decorative fountain.

"Wait, watch out-!" she yelled. Right before Maxie Zeus pitched backwards into the fountain with a loud splash. For a moment, the people around him looked at the sight of the real estate mogul in the fountain before they went back to their conversations, this time tut -tutting those who would do such vulgar displays in the party.

For his part, Maxie looked up at the mortified expression of his date. What? Where was he- what happened?

He felt shame and fear well up- was this another of his episodes? He'd need to talk with his psychiatrist.
I like this omake enough to canonize it. Have 500 exp.
[ ] Red Queen R&D Department: Lex Luthor is a revolutionary scientific mind, no doubt about that. But, he can only be working on a few projects at a time, and he has no interest in constantly having to come back to the same topic that he already revolutionized just to do an evolutionary update. That does not mean that LexCorp competitors aren't trying to close the tech gaps that Lex gifted his company-, something that Lex won't abide. This R&D department is staffed by his scientists to try and keep the tech advantage in the fields that Lex has already worked on without needing Lex to spend his time coming back or assigning special projects to maintain the advantage.
However I don't think this write in is accepted since it makes things too easy mechanically for you guys.
 
Employees
Employees
There's always someone better.

That was a saying that Dr. Elson had heard throughout his life- and it applied to many things. There was always someone faster, stronger, better at sports or women than him. But, growing up and throughout his education, there was no one who was smarter than he was. That's not to say that he never met people who knew more than he did- in a world of billions of people there were always people who knew more than him. But, that was a function of them being more experienced or having more dedication or specialization in a topic. But, he had never been in a situation where he didn't think that given the same time or specialization that the person he was working with or speaking with was qualitatively smarter than him.

That is, until, a year ago, when Lex Luthor became the head of LuthorCorp (and then promptly named it LexCorp).

At the time, Dr. Elson had been the head of a R&D Department of Civilian Applications: he was to take LuthorCorp's military developments and see if they had any civilian markets. It was a specialized department that required a deep understanding of industrial methodology, of civilian markets, an understanding of many areas of science, and the creativity to imagine the possible. When Lex Luthor came in to visit, Dr. Elson thought that it was to just do a meet and greet of the best researcher that Lex was employing. Instead, Lex shook his hand, and handed him a fairly slim document that contained multiple schematics to what would become a revolutionary LexPhone. Even a year after its release, few people understood just how many revolutionary technologies were included in the phone. For instance, the LCD display alone was a marvel as it not only displayed color but could detect touch from two separate points. But it also included a new battery system, significantly smaller CPU chips, a revolutionary all-digital camera.

The phone was a work of art, and at first Dr. Elson had thought it the work of an entire R&D team. But, no, the schematics all had one signature: Lex Luthor. And that was when Dr. Elson knew that there really was always someone better- even in intellect. But, Lex Luthor's intelligence was also a weakness. This became obvious to Dr. Elson when Lex came forth with plans for a revolutionary online banking idea- and included the elegant and simple code that could allow the entire thing to be secure.

To the mind of a genius, the UI was probably simple- a sixteen string password that needed to be memorized anew every two weeks: sure. But to a normal user it was a huge bar. The organizational system was almost non-existant as it appeared that Lex never really needed to develop one. And the coding was elegant and simple...but had no notes. Lex apparently could remember the entire thing by himself and understood the interactions, but when another team had to go and work on adding functions there were multiple unintentional issues and cascade failures.


The situation got worse when Professor Ivo was hired. The man was an ass, there was nothing more to say about that. But Dr. Elson had to admit that the man was brilliant. And, when Lex had brought forth some of his work with highlights and comments written by Lex, Dr. Elson was excited. AIs, smaller computers, and other wonders! The revolution of the world was to begin!

The problem was that Professor Ivo also did not have a good organizational scheme and refused to "dumb down" anything so that his coworkers could understand the fine details of the work. Lex Luthor, for his part, tried to clarify things, but apparently assumed that people understood far more than he did.

Which was why it took a little longer than expected to integrate all the technologies and longer to try and find a commercial use for the products. He was currently working on a small robot on wheels (using a LexPhone chip) that could navigate a maze like any mouse. What use was that?

Dr. Elson considered applying out to other jobs, but the money here was good. And, it was still an intellectual challenge to try and turn these grand ideas and schematics into sellable products. It just- was a hit to the ego.

Maybe he could build a robotic cat to chase out mice?
 
Employees
There's always someone better.

That was a saying that Dr. Elson had heard throughout his life- and it applied to many things. There was always someone faster, stronger, better at sports or women than him. But, growing up and throughout his education, there was no one who was smarter than he was. That's not to say that he never met people who knew more than he did- in a world of billions of people there were always people who knew more than him. But, that was a function of them being more experienced or having more dedication or specialization in a topic. But, he had never been in a situation where he didn't think that given the same time or specialization that the person he was working with or speaking with was qualitatively smarter than him.

That is, until, a year ago, when Lex Luthor became the head of LuthorCorp (and then promptly named it LexCorp).

At the time, Dr. Elson had been the head of a R&D Department of Civilian Applications: he was to take LuthorCorp's military developments and see if they had any civilian markets. It was a specialized department that required a deep understanding of industrial methodology, of civilian markets, an understanding of many areas of science, and the creativity to imagine the possible. When Lex Luthor came in to visit, Dr. Elson thought that it was to just do a meet and greet of the best researcher that Lex was employing. Instead, Lex shook his hand, and handed him a fairly slim document that contained multiple schematics to what would become a revolutionary LexPhone. Even a year after its release, few people understood just how many revolutionary technologies were included in the phone. For instance, the LCD display alone was a marvel as it not only displayed color but could detect touch from two separate points. But it also included a new battery system, significantly smaller CPU chips, a revolutionary all-digital camera.

The phone was a work of art, and at first Dr. Elson had thought it the work of an entire R&D team. But, no, the schematics all had one signature: Lex Luthor. And that was when Dr. Elson knew that there really was always someone better- even in intellect. But, Lex Luthor's intelligence was also a weakness. This became obvious to Dr. Elson when Lex came forth with plans for a revolutionary online banking idea- and included the elegant and simple code that could allow the entire thing to be secure.

To the mind of a genius, the UI was probably simple- a sixteen string password that needed to be memorized anew every two weeks: sure. But to a normal user it was a huge bar. The organizational system was almost non-existant as it appeared that Lex never really needed to develop one. And the coding was elegant and simple...but had no notes. Lex apparently could remember the entire thing by himself and understood the interactions, but when another team had to go and work on adding functions there were multiple unintentional issues and cascade failures.


The situation got worse when Professor Ivo was hired. The man was an ass, there was nothing more to say about that. But Dr. Elson had to admit that the man was brilliant. And, when Lex had brought forth some of his work with highlights and comments written by Lex, Dr. Elson was excited. AIs, smaller computers, and other wonders! The revolution of the world was to begin!

The problem was that Professor Ivo also did not have a good organizational scheme and refused to "dumb down" anything so that his coworkers could understand the fine details of the work. Lex Luthor, for his part, tried to clarify things, but apparently assumed that people understood far more than he did.

Which was why it took a little longer than expected to integrate all the technologies and longer to try and find a commercial use for the products. He was currently working on a small robot on wheels (using a LexPhone chip) that could navigate a maze like any mouse. What use was that?

Dr. Elson considered applying out to other jobs, but the money here was good. And, it was still an intellectual challenge to try and turn these grand ideas and schematics into sellable products. It just- was a hit to the ego.

Maybe he could build a robotic cat to chase out mice?
so Dr. Elson is Baxter Stockman from TMNT?
 
[X] Stay close to Katherine Kane
[X] Protect Lex Luthor
 
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