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[X] Plan Stunning good business
Yeah, alright, that'll work.
Yeah, alright, that'll work.
Supervillain Mastermind Quest
- Thread starter Oshha
- Start date
- Original Superhero
Brightflame
Lord of the Dance
- Location
- Inkopolis
[X] Plan Stunning good business
It cut here
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Fixed. Thanks for catching that.
[X] Plan Stunning good business
Q1 2010 Results
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
School continues to go well with you continuing to stay at the top of the class while Nasira keeps up her good grades with some tutoring from you. Teachers are a little more supportive of the two of you knowing that you have scholarships. Can't upset the future stars now they are important, never mind spending the last three and half years looking down upon the foster kid and the Muslim lesbian.
Okay, you have it a lot better than Nasira, but life hasn't been kind to you. That's something you'll change once you're calling the shots. You aren't arrogant enough to think that you could eradicate bigotry and bullying, but you will do more than the half-arsed efforts currently in place.
[-] Apply for a research grant.
One potential avenue for additional funding would be applying for a research grant. With your genius, you are practically assured to get one. The extra cash will certainly be useful, but you will need to come up with something worthy of the grant that you'll have to share with others.
DC: 20. Cost: Free. Effect: Gain one-time infusion of Funds, obligation to develop a new technology that must be shared with others.
Rolled: 61
Applying for a grant is easier, actually getting a decent one turns out to be harder than you expected. All of the good ones have already been handed out, leaving only the lesser long-shot ones. For example, any grants by the military or federal government were snatched up before you could get to them and you have to rely on stringy corporations and universities that are trying to save on expenses.
Still, there are a handful worth looking at even if only one of them is in your speciality. Peachco Limited is offering a cheap research grant in exchange for a new hair dye whose patent is to be owned by the business and not the researcher under the terms of the research grant. Lord Incorporated is offering multiple versions of the same inexpensive research grant to receive independent analysis of social media, a phenomenon that is currently on the rise.
Meanwhile Dawn City University is offering the smallest of the grants, but is the only one that actually wants something which falls under your speciality. Which to say that they want a way to more efficiently extend their wi-fi signal across the campus.
Choose one research grant to apply for.
[] Hair Dye Corporate Grant. Gain 2 Funds in exchange for developing a new hair dye.
[] Social Media Corporate Grant. Gain 1 Funds in exchange for doing social media analysis.
[] Wi-Fi Signal Booster University Grant. Gain 0.75 Funds in exchange for identifying a more efficient way to extend wi-fi across the campus.
[] None. You don't consider the money being offered to be worth your time.
[-] Expand Goodman Workshop
At the moment, Goodman Workshop is limited to a single location with only you and Nasira right now. Employing some more staff would allow you to take on more work, which would make more paying customers and therefore more income for your endeavours.
Progress: 0/100. Costs: 0.5 Funds. Effects: +1 Profits to Goodman Workshop.
Rolled: 96/100
You make excellent progress when it comes to expanding your business. You clear out some of the space in the building to make room for additional workstations and set up both a breakroom and an office. You and Nasira even bring in a few lockers for your future employees to put their stuff in. Speaking of said employees, you do some minor outreach and you get swamped by prospective hires who want to sign up with a likeable rising star.
By the time that April is rolling around the corner, you have everything set up in the building and your new employees have signed their contracts. You just need to finish handling some of the paperwork and blam, Goodman Workshop will go from a one-woman operation to a five-person operation.
This action will auto-complete next turn.
[-] Invent a sonic weapon.
On the flipside, owning a sonic-based weapon sounds cool and a good deal less lethal than a laser. Coming up with a sonic weapon would be another way to add ranged firepower to your armour.
DC: 40. Cost: Free. Effect:
Rolled: 68
Coming up with a sonic weapon turns out to be as easy as it is said. Or maybe not. You mangled that phrase and the variant of it that you tried to use hasn't quite come out right. In any case, you have successfully made a sonic weapon design, currently taking the form of a handheld pistol or as you prefer to call it, the sonic blaster.
It is meant to be a non-lethal weapon at heart. A focused blast will knock a man off his feet, but a wide blast will only stun its victims at best. Of course, you will need to build a sonic blaster to use. That or work a sonic blaster or two into your power armour design. You do like the idea of having wrist-mounted sonic blasters.
[-] Vigilante Outfits
Costumes and code-names seem to be all the rage these days with no sign of fading in popularity. If anything, it is the opposite as it becomes more normal by the day. Putting together some decent costumes for you and Nasira is going to be quicker, easier and cheaper than building in one power armour.
Progress: 0/40. Cost: 0.25 Funds. Effect: Supervillain costumes for you and Nasira.
Rolled: 75
No longer are the two of you just Leona Goodman and Nasira Yusuf, you are now Mastermind and White Dragon. Mastermind was an obvious choice for you, but Nasira's choice was less thematic. It seemed that she liked dragons and her favourite colour was white so she chose White Dragon.
In any case, the two of you have a pair of rugged outfits with boots, gloves and pockets. All of it is painted in your chosen colour schemes as while you could have left the clothing untouched, Nasira wants her in white. And since you were doing hers, you figured why not add some blue and black to your own outfit.
It will be sufficient for any illegal adventures, but if you are getting involved in those sorts of activities, you would much rather have an exoskeleton.
[-] Investigate the criminals of Dusk City.
Dusk City has plenty of criminals thanks to being a seedy place even if things aren't as bad as some people on the other side of the river suggest. At least you think that is the case. Anyhow, you will be operating in Dusk City so getting the lay of the land will be important to your future endeavours.
Progress: 0/50. Cost: Free. Effect: Basic profiles on the major criminal organisations of Dusk City.
Rolled: 70
As you already knew, Dusk City has an active underground. Beyond the usual petty street gangs, the place has a thriving organised crime scene with multiple organisations competing with each other. You got the usual mobs such as the cartel, the triad, the bratva and the mafia with the yakuza preferring to operate out of the Dawn City.
Then you got the not so usual groups. Froin what Nasira has found out, the Irish mob has recently had a change of leadership with a charismatic costumed criminal taking the reins. They haven't done much yet, but enigmatic Kisser is pushing a gaelic unity amongst the Irish mob as the newcomer asserts his dominance with brutal force.
Next you have the two big names. Well, sort of. The Golden Order doesn't actually operate in Dusk City with the Golden Knight and his immediate organisation sticking to the other side of the river. Yet at the same time, a good number of the street gangs in Dusk City owe allegiance to the chivalrous criminal in Dawn City. Whatever the Golden Knight wants with Dusk City, he is willing to get it via proxy.
Finally there is the Diamond Dominion led by Diamond Duke, the top dog of Dusk City's criminal organisations. Originally the German mob, the Diamond Duke twisted and warped it into his own personal fiefdom. While built around a loyal core of German followers, the Diamond Duke accepts those willing to serve him from all ranks of life. He also blurs the line between legal and illegal as the crime boss does what makes him money and secure his power.
As for who the Diamond Duke is, well, it is an open secret that the man is Erik Hafner. While charged, the man was never convicted and these days, the police refuse to touch him directly after being made fools of in the courtroom one time too many. These days, Erik Hafner is a respected socialite in Dawn City who rose above his humble origins in Dusk City. The sort of role model you could look up to if you were willing to cast aside any moral code and do whatever is most profitable for you.
Erik Hafner aka Diamond Duke is also someone you'll need to take out if you are ever going to have the rulership that you dream of.
First done is turn and boy did you have a lot of good rolls. Like you rolled above average every time. In the public rolls at least, you got terrible rolls on what grants are available this turn. Anyway, I don't have much else to say except we have a nice easy vote for this update.
Please point out any spelling or grammar mistakes that you spot. Please quote them in the thread and explain what you think is wrong so I know what you are referring to.
Okay, you have it a lot better than Nasira, but life hasn't been kind to you. That's something you'll change once you're calling the shots. You aren't arrogant enough to think that you could eradicate bigotry and bullying, but you will do more than the half-arsed efforts currently in place.
[-] Apply for a research grant.
One potential avenue for additional funding would be applying for a research grant. With your genius, you are practically assured to get one. The extra cash will certainly be useful, but you will need to come up with something worthy of the grant that you'll have to share with others.
DC: 20. Cost: Free. Effect: Gain one-time infusion of Funds, obligation to develop a new technology that must be shared with others.
Rolled: 61
Applying for a grant is easier, actually getting a decent one turns out to be harder than you expected. All of the good ones have already been handed out, leaving only the lesser long-shot ones. For example, any grants by the military or federal government were snatched up before you could get to them and you have to rely on stringy corporations and universities that are trying to save on expenses.
Still, there are a handful worth looking at even if only one of them is in your speciality. Peachco Limited is offering a cheap research grant in exchange for a new hair dye whose patent is to be owned by the business and not the researcher under the terms of the research grant. Lord Incorporated is offering multiple versions of the same inexpensive research grant to receive independent analysis of social media, a phenomenon that is currently on the rise.
Meanwhile Dawn City University is offering the smallest of the grants, but is the only one that actually wants something which falls under your speciality. Which to say that they want a way to more efficiently extend their wi-fi signal across the campus.
Choose one research grant to apply for.
[] Hair Dye Corporate Grant. Gain 2 Funds in exchange for developing a new hair dye.
[] Social Media Corporate Grant. Gain 1 Funds in exchange for doing social media analysis.
[] Wi-Fi Signal Booster University Grant. Gain 0.75 Funds in exchange for identifying a more efficient way to extend wi-fi across the campus.
[] None. You don't consider the money being offered to be worth your time.
[-] Expand Goodman Workshop
At the moment, Goodman Workshop is limited to a single location with only you and Nasira right now. Employing some more staff would allow you to take on more work, which would make more paying customers and therefore more income for your endeavours.
Progress: 0/100. Costs: 0.5 Funds. Effects: +1 Profits to Goodman Workshop.
Rolled: 96/100
You make excellent progress when it comes to expanding your business. You clear out some of the space in the building to make room for additional workstations and set up both a breakroom and an office. You and Nasira even bring in a few lockers for your future employees to put their stuff in. Speaking of said employees, you do some minor outreach and you get swamped by prospective hires who want to sign up with a likeable rising star.
By the time that April is rolling around the corner, you have everything set up in the building and your new employees have signed their contracts. You just need to finish handling some of the paperwork and blam, Goodman Workshop will go from a one-woman operation to a five-person operation.
This action will auto-complete next turn.
[-] Invent a sonic weapon.
On the flipside, owning a sonic-based weapon sounds cool and a good deal less lethal than a laser. Coming up with a sonic weapon would be another way to add ranged firepower to your armour.
DC: 40. Cost: Free. Effect:
Rolled: 68
Coming up with a sonic weapon turns out to be as easy as it is said. Or maybe not. You mangled that phrase and the variant of it that you tried to use hasn't quite come out right. In any case, you have successfully made a sonic weapon design, currently taking the form of a handheld pistol or as you prefer to call it, the sonic blaster.
It is meant to be a non-lethal weapon at heart. A focused blast will knock a man off his feet, but a wide blast will only stun its victims at best. Of course, you will need to build a sonic blaster to use. That or work a sonic blaster or two into your power armour design. You do like the idea of having wrist-mounted sonic blasters.
[-] Vigilante Outfits
Costumes and code-names seem to be all the rage these days with no sign of fading in popularity. If anything, it is the opposite as it becomes more normal by the day. Putting together some decent costumes for you and Nasira is going to be quicker, easier and cheaper than building in one power armour.
Progress: 0/40. Cost: 0.25 Funds. Effect: Supervillain costumes for you and Nasira.
Rolled: 75
No longer are the two of you just Leona Goodman and Nasira Yusuf, you are now Mastermind and White Dragon. Mastermind was an obvious choice for you, but Nasira's choice was less thematic. It seemed that she liked dragons and her favourite colour was white so she chose White Dragon.
In any case, the two of you have a pair of rugged outfits with boots, gloves and pockets. All of it is painted in your chosen colour schemes as while you could have left the clothing untouched, Nasira wants her in white. And since you were doing hers, you figured why not add some blue and black to your own outfit.
It will be sufficient for any illegal adventures, but if you are getting involved in those sorts of activities, you would much rather have an exoskeleton.
[-] Investigate the criminals of Dusk City.
Dusk City has plenty of criminals thanks to being a seedy place even if things aren't as bad as some people on the other side of the river suggest. At least you think that is the case. Anyhow, you will be operating in Dusk City so getting the lay of the land will be important to your future endeavours.
Progress: 0/50. Cost: Free. Effect: Basic profiles on the major criminal organisations of Dusk City.
Rolled: 70
As you already knew, Dusk City has an active underground. Beyond the usual petty street gangs, the place has a thriving organised crime scene with multiple organisations competing with each other. You got the usual mobs such as the cartel, the triad, the bratva and the mafia with the yakuza preferring to operate out of the Dawn City.
Then you got the not so usual groups. Froin what Nasira has found out, the Irish mob has recently had a change of leadership with a charismatic costumed criminal taking the reins. They haven't done much yet, but enigmatic Kisser is pushing a gaelic unity amongst the Irish mob as the newcomer asserts his dominance with brutal force.
Next you have the two big names. Well, sort of. The Golden Order doesn't actually operate in Dusk City with the Golden Knight and his immediate organisation sticking to the other side of the river. Yet at the same time, a good number of the street gangs in Dusk City owe allegiance to the chivalrous criminal in Dawn City. Whatever the Golden Knight wants with Dusk City, he is willing to get it via proxy.
Finally there is the Diamond Dominion led by Diamond Duke, the top dog of Dusk City's criminal organisations. Originally the German mob, the Diamond Duke twisted and warped it into his own personal fiefdom. While built around a loyal core of German followers, the Diamond Duke accepts those willing to serve him from all ranks of life. He also blurs the line between legal and illegal as the crime boss does what makes him money and secure his power.
As for who the Diamond Duke is, well, it is an open secret that the man is Erik Hafner. While charged, the man was never convicted and these days, the police refuse to touch him directly after being made fools of in the courtroom one time too many. These days, Erik Hafner is a respected socialite in Dawn City who rose above his humble origins in Dusk City. The sort of role model you could look up to if you were willing to cast aside any moral code and do whatever is most profitable for you.
Erik Hafner aka Diamond Duke is also someone you'll need to take out if you are ever going to have the rulership that you dream of.
Leona Goodman/Mastermind
-World's Smartest Woman: At the very least, Leona is one of the most intelligent people alive and definitely a contender for the title.
-Engineering Speciality I: Unlocked basic engineering projects.
-Good Reputation I: Leona has a reputation for being helpful, reliable and having good grades.
-Future Medical Student: Leona will be doing medical studies at Dawn City University.
Nasira Yusuf/White Dragon
-Lesbian Muslim: Nasira has issues with her family not accepting her orientation.
-Martial Artist II: Nasira is a capable martial artist with self-defence training.
-Future Business Student: Nasira will be doing business studies at Dawn City University.
-World's Smartest Woman: At the very least, Leona is one of the most intelligent people alive and definitely a contender for the title.
-Engineering Speciality I: Unlocked basic engineering projects.
-Good Reputation I: Leona has a reputation for being helpful, reliable and having good grades.
-Future Medical Student: Leona will be doing medical studies at Dawn City University.
Nasira Yusuf/White Dragon
-Lesbian Muslim: Nasira has issues with her family not accepting her orientation.
-Martial Artist II: Nasira is a capable martial artist with self-defence training.
-Future Business Student: Nasira will be doing business studies at Dawn City University.
Overview
-Total Income: +1.5
--Profits: +1.5
--Expenses: -0
Goodman Workshop
-Income: +1.5
--Profits: +1.5
--Expenses: -0
-Total Income: +1.5
--Profits: +1.5
--Expenses: -0
Goodman Workshop
-Income: +1.5
--Profits: +1.5
--Expenses: -0
Engineering
HUD
Power Armour
Exoskeleton
HUD
Power Armour
Exoskeleton
Power Armour
PA Mk I
-HUD
-Basic Armour
-Basic Exoskeleton
PA Mk I
-HUD
-Basic Armour
-Basic Exoskeleton
Artefacts
Currently none.
Assets
Currently none.
Currently none.
Assets
Currently none.
***
First done is turn and boy did you have a lot of good rolls. Like you rolled above average every time. In the public rolls at least, you got terrible rolls on what grants are available this turn. Anyway, I don't have much else to say except we have a nice easy vote for this update.
Please point out any spelling or grammar mistakes that you spot. Please quote them in the thread and explain what you think is wrong so I know what you are referring to.
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- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
You can take the action again next turn, but you can only pick one now.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] None. You don't consider the money being offered to be worth your time.
We have, if I'm reading this right, 2.5 income a turn (once the increase comes through) and, currently, no expenses. Spending an action for, at best, 2 Funds is a pretty bad deal and I'm against it. A bigger grant might be worth it if we need an infusion of cash but these are not.
We have, if I'm reading this right, 2.5 income a turn (once the increase comes through) and, currently, no expenses. Spending an action for, at best, 2 Funds is a pretty bad deal and I'm against it. A bigger grant might be worth it if we need an infusion of cash but these are not.
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- Location
- Somewhere between here and there
[X] None. You don't consider the money being offered to be worth your time.
Besides Deadman's logic, someone else owning and making the big bucks from her hard work is likely to grind the gears of anyone as arrogant as Leona.
Besides Deadman's logic, someone else owning and making the big bucks from her hard work is likely to grind the gears of anyone as arrogant as Leona.
[X] Social Media Corporate Grant. Gain 1 Funds in exchange for doing social media analysis.
- Location
- USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Wi-Fi Signal Booster University Grant. Gain 0.75 Funds in exchange for identifying a more efficient way to extend wi-fi across the campus.
Sounds like something that could be used for our villain stuff later. Better signals for drones eventually maybe? If nothing else it's practice
Sounds like something that could be used for our villain stuff later. Better signals for drones eventually maybe? If nothing else it's practice
[X] Wi-Fi Signal Booster University Grant. Gain 0.75 Funds in exchange for identifying a more efficient way to extend wi-fi across the campus.
[X] Wi-Fi Signal Booster University Grant. Gain 0.75 Funds in exchange for identifying a more efficient way to extend wi-fi across the campus.
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Wi-Fi Signal Booster University Grant. Gain 0.75 Funds in exchange for identifying a more efficient way to extend wi-fi across the campus.
Not to mention scoping out any useful minions or henchmen at the school.