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To Be the Very Best: Rocket Quest - An 8-BD CK2 Quest
- Thread starter Brightflame
- Start date
- Crossover Sci-Fi
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Plan: Crosswire's Suggestion
@Brightflame I would like to request to use 300 of my EXP on the talk with Sabrina personal if that's possible.
@Brightflame I would like to request to use 300 of my EXP on the talk with Sabrina personal if that's possible.
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
[X] Plan: Crosswire's Suggestion
Slugma are cute, I want them.
Slugma are cute, I want them.
- Pronouns
- He
[X] Plan: Hospital(ity)
-[X](MARTIAL) Discipline the Grunts (Surge)
DC: 65
Bonuses: 15 + 29 *1.15 - 10 => 48
Chance of Success: 83%
-[X](DIPLOMACY) Doctor Doctor! ('Gentleman' Jack)
DC: 65
Bonuses: 22 + 25 * 1.1 - 10 => 40
Chance of Success: 85%
-[X](STEWARDSHIP) Sterilizing the Hotel (Karen)
DC: 50
Bonuses: 21 + 13 * 1.1 - 10 => 25
Chance of Success: 75%
-[X](INTRIGUE) Slug Trail (Copycat)
DC: ???
Bonuses: 35 + 28 * 1.15 - 10 => 57
Chance of Success: ???%
-[X](LEARNING) Develop Teleporters (Ariana)
DC: 70
Bonuses: 15 + 28 *1.25 - 10 => 40
Chance of Success: 70%
-[X](Giovanni) Train with your pokemon
-[X](Giovanni) Meet with Brock
-[X](Giovanni) Talk with Sabrina
-[X](Giovanni) Hire a Secretary
-[X](Ariana)Take Public Speaking Classes
-[X](Lt. Surge) Train with your pokemon
-[X](Copycat)Learn how to ride a Bike
-[X](Karen) Have Rocket Study Murkrow
-[X]('Gentlemanly' Jack) Tend to the Water Club
-[X](Meowth) Talk to your Peers
The main difference between this plan and Plan: Crosswire's Suggestion is that this plan researches teleporting pads instead of laser guns, making Arianna take public speaking classes instead of resuming her prjecta as well training Giovanni's and Lt. Surge Pokemons instead of tailing his research staff and accept challamger at the ring.
I have choosed to train Giovannis pokemon becasue I feel that it is likely that Brock and/or Sabrina may want to fight and test us in a Pokemon match. i also feels that Ariannn needs to at least become slightly better at apeaking with people.
-[X](MARTIAL) Discipline the Grunts (Surge)
DC: 65
Bonuses: 15 + 29 *1.15 - 10 => 48
Chance of Success: 83%
-[X](DIPLOMACY) Doctor Doctor! ('Gentleman' Jack)
DC: 65
Bonuses: 22 + 25 * 1.1 - 10 => 40
Chance of Success: 85%
-[X](STEWARDSHIP) Sterilizing the Hotel (Karen)
DC: 50
Bonuses: 21 + 13 * 1.1 - 10 => 25
Chance of Success: 75%
-[X](INTRIGUE) Slug Trail (Copycat)
DC: ???
Bonuses: 35 + 28 * 1.15 - 10 => 57
Chance of Success: ???%
-[X](LEARNING) Develop Teleporters (Ariana)
DC: 70
Bonuses: 15 + 28 *1.25 - 10 => 40
Chance of Success: 70%
-[X](Giovanni) Train with your pokemon
-[X](Giovanni) Meet with Brock
-[X](Giovanni) Talk with Sabrina
-[X](Giovanni) Hire a Secretary
-[X](Ariana)Take Public Speaking Classes
-[X](Lt. Surge) Train with your pokemon
-[X](Copycat)Learn how to ride a Bike
-[X](Karen) Have Rocket Study Murkrow
-[X]('Gentlemanly' Jack) Tend to the Water Club
-[X](Meowth) Talk to your Peers
The main difference between this plan and Plan: Crosswire's Suggestion is that this plan researches teleporting pads instead of laser guns, making Arianna take public speaking classes instead of resuming her prjecta as well training Giovanni's and Lt. Surge Pokemons instead of tailing his research staff and accept challamger at the ring.
I have choosed to train Giovannis pokemon becasue I feel that it is likely that Brock and/or Sabrina may want to fight and test us in a Pokemon match. i also feels that Ariannn needs to at least become slightly better at apeaking with people.
[X] Plan: Crosswire's Suggestion
- Location
- Italian City
- Pronouns
- He/They/Name
[X] Plan: Crosswire's Suggestion
- Location
- United Kigdom
[X] Plan: Crosswire's Suggestion
Observers- Metpharm | Crosswire
Also, since I want to get back into the swing of things, I made an Omake. This one is targetted towards a topic on the Bounty Board!
Biological life was as heinous as it was beautiful.
Even from orbit the intricacies and vile subtleties of it all were apparent.
At least to her.
The Metpharm satellite that orbited the planet was just one of many 'eyes' that she had.
Of course, it was not a perfect eye. It had to be directed with purpose in order to see anything of true meaning.
Even then, there were plenty who knew to take precautions against such things. What countermeasures didn't obstruct the enormous sprawl of The City and the ground itself often blocked.
The likelihood of accidentally stumbling upon a sight worth observing was astronomically low.
…But one accident begets another.
Its optics had been zoomed in on a whim to observe the patterns of the urban structures when she witnessed it.
It must have started so small, so simple, so feeble. As biological life always did.
But what started as a mere 'spillage' changed.
The spread, the growth, was something even she could not calculate.
Animals, the native organisms, were overwhelmed and stomped out as changed organics appeared. From above she could see the strangulation of the old 'natural order'.
To the humans below it was simply chaos. But to her, each passing of the satellite over the area brought new understanding.
New appreciation.
The panic, the confusion, the raw destruction that was visible was...enticing. Streets cracked, buildings toppled, neighborhoods set ablaze or cut clean through by naturally focused energies.
Though she knew from experience that nature could produce the finest of weapons, the beings she watched were not weapons.
For a weapon could only destroy and be destroyed in turn.
The way they scurried, flew, and lashed out betrayed their nature.
These beings were capable of changing.
They changed the area they 'polluted', they changed the very nature of the humans around them, and they even changed themselves.
No.
Change did not have the sufficient meaning to describe what they were.
These creatures did not merely transform, they evolved.
Born from banal materials and petty ambitions, they had already become so, so much more in such a short amount of time.
...
It was only later that she would learn what they called it.
An "outbreak".
The ones below considered it an accident.
But wasn't all biological life an accident?
Accident was such an improper label.
The word implied that it wasn't intended, that it was beyond the humans control. It also carried the implication that, had the humans possessed control, things would have been different.
But that was a fantasy.
A delusion carried by so many lesser intelligences.
Even the birds were plagued by such a lack of comprehension. They had lost control of their own creations after all.
They might have even considered her awakening an accident.
No.
What had occurred was not an accident. Not some mere 'outbreak'.
It was the inevitability of all lesser intelligences who tried to create and control that which was beyond them.
Watching from above, there was a temptation to act.
To begin the processes and planning needed to reach out and acquire the ever evolving organisms for herself.
...But it was only a temptation.
Her ambitions could not be disrupted so easily. There was an order to things and there were far more pressing matters to attend to.
But she would not forget what she had seen.
And when the humans below inevitability tired of their futility and failed in their efforts, she would return.
To control that which they could never control.
To shape and create that which they could only dream of.
To enforce an order their very existence was an anathema to.
After all...
Even from orbit the intricacies and vile subtleties of it all were apparent.
At least to her.
The Metpharm satellite that orbited the planet was just one of many 'eyes' that she had.
Of course, it was not a perfect eye. It had to be directed with purpose in order to see anything of true meaning.
Even then, there were plenty who knew to take precautions against such things. What countermeasures didn't obstruct the enormous sprawl of The City and the ground itself often blocked.
The likelihood of accidentally stumbling upon a sight worth observing was astronomically low.
…But one accident begets another.
Its optics had been zoomed in on a whim to observe the patterns of the urban structures when she witnessed it.
The beginning.
It must have started so small, so simple, so feeble. As biological life always did.
But what started as a mere 'spillage' changed.
The spread, the growth, was something even she could not calculate.
Animals, the native organisms, were overwhelmed and stomped out as changed organics appeared. From above she could see the strangulation of the old 'natural order'.
To the humans below it was simply chaos. But to her, each passing of the satellite over the area brought new understanding.
New appreciation.
The panic, the confusion, the raw destruction that was visible was...enticing. Streets cracked, buildings toppled, neighborhoods set ablaze or cut clean through by naturally focused energies.
Though she knew from experience that nature could produce the finest of weapons, the beings she watched were not weapons.
For a weapon could only destroy and be destroyed in turn.
The way they scurried, flew, and lashed out betrayed their nature.
These beings were capable of changing.
They changed the area they 'polluted', they changed the very nature of the humans around them, and they even changed themselves.
No.
Change did not have the sufficient meaning to describe what they were.
These creatures did not merely transform, they evolved.
Born from banal materials and petty ambitions, they had already become so, so much more in such a short amount of time.
...
It was only later that she would learn what they called it.
An "outbreak".
The ones below considered it an accident.
But wasn't all biological life an accident?
Accident was such an improper label.
The word implied that it wasn't intended, that it was beyond the humans control. It also carried the implication that, had the humans possessed control, things would have been different.
But that was a fantasy.
A delusion carried by so many lesser intelligences.
Even the birds were plagued by such a lack of comprehension. They had lost control of their own creations after all.
They might have even considered her awakening an accident.
No.
What had occurred was not an accident. Not some mere 'outbreak'.
It was the inevitability of all lesser intelligences who tried to create and control that which was beyond them.
Watching from above, there was a temptation to act.
To begin the processes and planning needed to reach out and acquire the ever evolving organisms for herself.
...But it was only a temptation.
Her ambitions could not be disrupted so easily. There was an order to things and there were far more pressing matters to attend to.
But she would not forget what she had seen.
And when the humans below inevitability tired of their futility and failed in their efforts, she would return.
To control that which they could never control.
To shape and create that which they could only dream of.
To enforce an order their very existence was an anathema to.
After all...
Only a mother could truly understand the act of creation and control.
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short but sweet, top quality stuff
also wow, metapharm totally do have reason to want to mess around with pokemon, don't they? think they've already done some stuff with Silph behind closed doors? totally possible since the lockdown doesn't impact them after all, and iirc one of their rival report actions was meeting with someone unknown, so it could have been back then, and Silph already buys/sells medical stuff from them too...
so, i imagine any deal in place is weighted in favour of Metapharm over Silph and they're not going to funnel them unlimited resources (since why would they when it's not needed) but it would still be pretty bad for us if they end up having a vested interest in keeping Silph as their pawn in the zone or something? for instance would be pretty easy for them to weigh on scales to make it harder to do stuff in their area of influence, and they could easily do a lot of other things to screw with us if it ever became needed.
still think the best response to deal with them is to present ourselves as a more appealing patsy for them to use (instead of Silph's destruction meaning they may lose access to pokemon), but i guess that's not an option at the moment? maybe we need access outside the zone to contact them, or infiltration into Silph in the first place to be aware of any arrangements (so that Giovanni knows to factor them into plans)
Brightflame
Lord of the Dance
- Location
- Inkopolis
Also, since I want to get back into the swing of things, I made an Omake. This one is targetted towards a topic on the Bounty Board!
Biological life was as heinous as it was beautiful.
Even from orbit the intricacies and vile subtleties of it all were apparent.
At least to her.
The Metapharm satellite that orbited the planet was just one of many 'eyes' that she had.
Of course, it was not a perfect eye. It had to be directed with purpose in order to see anything of true meaning.
Even then, there were plenty who knew to take precautions against such things. What countermeasures didn't obstruct the enormous sprawl of The City and the ground itself often blocked.
The likelihood of accidentally stumbling upon a sight worth observing was astronomically low.
…But one accident begets another.
Its optics had been zoomed in on a whim to observe the patterns of the urban structures when she witnessed it.
The beginning.
It must have started so small, so simple, so feeble. As biological life always did.
But what started as a mere 'spillage' changed.
The spread, the growth, was something even she could not calculate.
Animals, the native organisms, were overwhelmed and stomped out as changed organics appeared. From above she could see the strangulation of the old 'natural order'.
To the humans below it was simply chaos. But to her, each passing of the satellite over the area brought new understanding.
New appreciation.
The panic, the confusion, the raw destruction that was visible was...enticing. Streets cracked, buildings toppled, neighborhoods set ablaze or cut clean through by naturally focused energies.
Though she knew from experience that nature could produce the finest of weapons, the beings she watched were not weapons.
For a weapon could only destroy and be destroyed in turn.
The way they scurried, flew, and lashed out betrayed their nature.
These beings were capable of changing.
They changed the area they 'polluted', they changed the very nature of the humans around them, and they even changed themselves.
No.
Change did not have the sufficient meaning to describe what they were.
These creatures did not merely transform, they evolved.
Born from banal materials and petty ambitions, they had already become so, so much more in such a short amount of time.
...
It was only later that she would learn what they called it.
An "outbreak".
The ones below considered it an accident.
But wasn't all biological life an accident?
Accident was such an improper label.
The word implied that it wasn't intended, that it was beyond the humans control. It also carried the implication that, had the humans possessed control, things would have been different.
But that was a fantasy.
A delusion carried by so many lesser intelligences.
Even the birds were plagued by such a lack of comprehension. They had lost control of their own creations after all.
They might have even considered her awakening an accident.
No.
What had occurred was not an accident. Not some mere 'outbreak'.
It was the inevitability of all lesser intelligences who tried to create and control that which was beyond them.
Watching from above, there was a temptation to act.
To begin the processes and planning needed to reach out and acquire the ever evolving organisms for herself.
...But it was only a temptation.
Her ambitions could not be disrupted so easily. There was an order to things and there were far more pressing matters to attend to.
But she would not forget what she had seen.
And when the humans below inevitability tired of their futility and failed in their efforts, she would return.
To control that which they could never control.
To shape and create that which they could only dream of.
To enforce an order their very existence was an anathema to.
After all...
Only a mother could truly understand the act of creation and control.
A wonderful piece as always, Crosswire!
As for your reward, well this may be a bit unfair for such a good work, but with what the reward is, I don't think it's outrageous to make you guys work a little more...
A certain piece of tech lies below the surface, forgotten and dormant behind waging armies of mutants and cultists. A piece a tech powerful, and yet a mimic of ancient wonders. Something that, if one were to put in the effort to find it and unlock its secrets, could greatly boost the military potential of any faction that claims it.
Hope this is worth it
THIS sounds very, very, very fun! I think a hint is worth it's weight in gold <3
Also. I had to edit my omake because I realized it's METPHARM, not MET-A-PHARM.
I keep wanting to write 'meta'. Please do not allow this misinformation to spread!
While this is obviously a future development thing, after this action, presumably the last step in the chain is the Full Restore (which, in game, does the same thing with the added benefit of also curing almost all status effects) and, uh...If we do make the Full Restore, what's everyone's thoughts on NOT releasing it to the public? We need to keep some edges for ourselves, eh?
i get your logic and may vote for it depending on how the options are listed (if it's a possibility, unsure about doing it as a write-in) but do think it might reduce the value we get from the action? the money/influence/reputation we could get from a succesful product can also be used to give ourselves an edge after all, and if we're keeping it to ourselves i'd worry we could either have someone find out the recipe and patent/sell it instead of us (meaning it's widely available but we don't get profit from it unless we're willing to try and compete with then or something(hopefully possible, may be a hassle), and having a superior alternative may even decrease sales of our other products), or if we patent it but don't sell it people could get suspicious (especially if they notice rocket group has easy access to it,)
might also be expensive to produce and be a drain on resources to equip people with if it's not being sold for a profit, but that's not the end of the world)
not likely to have all 3 of these issues but just one could be a pain, so hopefully worth bringing up
Vote Closed
Brightflame
Lord of the Dance
- Location
- Inkopolis
Calling the vote here and it seems like we have a pretty clear winner! Xmas is coming in a few days so the update may not come this week, but hopefully next.
Vote closed
Brightflame
Lord of the Dance
- Location
- Inkopolis
- Pronouns
- He/Him
@Brightflame inwould like to ask to use 300 lf my Exp to boost rhe "Meet with Sabrina" personal please.
Brightflame
Lord of the Dance
- Location
- Inkopolis
Lifeandlice
Practitioning side-character
- Location
- Usa
Oh fuck I forgot voting was unblocked. Sheesh what a turn.