Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread
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(Clarification: A couple of you have said things implying that this is the Trust board of directors or something like that. It isn't. Some of these folks are high ranking, but it is clear that Mr. Grey is on another level altogether and that he is the conduit between these folks and some other benefactors.)
Everyone says goodbye and Ms. White takes you on the partial tour.
First she takes you deep into the mountain, where she takes you to a window in the outer cylindrical shell of the base, looking into a hollow area that leads to an inner cylinder made up of a number of glowing rings, turning in different speeds and directions. There are tubes running from near the top of the cylinder and into the ceiling. A cylindrical force field protects the inner cylinder.
Ms. White says: This is our most prized possession -- the core of our base. This came from the most generous gift ever given to the Trust, by the owner of a large commercial space exploration corporation: an advanced alien spacecraft found in earth's orbit, the crew dead of unknown causes. Not only were we able to salvage its power core, but we were able to salvage the ships' beaming technology and use it to invent a matter assembler. Most of what we have here is generated for pennies on the dollar from the raw elements with no waste whatsoever. Too bad we could not duplicate the FTL drives. Those plasma rifles that Mr. Black's team carries are derived from personal weapons found on the craft, among many other inventions. One way we fund our operations here is by patenting some of our research -- on this and other things -- through shell companies and licensing it out.
(Notes on space in this campaign. Near light-speed travel and full artificial gravity and life-support exists on spacecraft, and there are commercial space ventures within the solar system. FTL engines however are extremely rare in this universe, and no race exists with the capability and desire to mass-produce them and regularly travel far and wide. Thus, only the rare exploring ship from advanced aliens ever gets near Earth, and there is no regular contact with other civilizations.)
She then takes you back up. In the elevator, standing in the back, you notice The Primordial, a very famous telepathic shapechanging alien superhero.
She then takes you to the heroes quarters. She takes you down a hall that says Sigma, where there is a row of rooms, and big double doors at the end.
"Each room is customized for just for you. If there is anything you want to change or otherwise customize, just ask and you shall receive."
In addition to the usual bedroom furniture (and they seem to be really good at predicting your tastes) Each room has a large flat screen TV, a computer, a lot of books (again, customized for each of you), and assorted other niceties, such as lots of plants in Salix's room, magical components in Viridian's room, etc. Each also has its own bathroom.
She takes you to the doors at the end, revealing an open area beyond containing a gym, a large crime lab, and a recreational area.
She says "There are more extensive research facilities elsewhere in the base, which you can get to from the elevator, but this wing is just for you. Make yourself at home if you wish."
There are a few other doors, leading to a kitchen and a couple store rooms for technology, weapons, and magical components.
"The base's beaming technology can shift around supplies as needed between the various store rooms," she adds. We also have automated training facilities and simulators on another floor, and of course you can arrange to meet with other similar heroes to compare notes and teach each other new tricks."
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Everyone says goodbye and Ms. White takes you on the partial tour.
First she takes you deep into the mountain, where she takes you to a window in the outer cylindrical shell of the base, looking into a hollow area that leads to an inner cylinder made up of a number of glowing rings, turning in different speeds and directions. There are tubes running from near the top of the cylinder and into the ceiling. A cylindrical force field protects the inner cylinder.
Ms. White says: This is our most prized possession -- the core of our base. This came from the most generous gift ever given to the Trust, by the owner of a large commercial space exploration corporation: an advanced alien spacecraft found in earth's orbit, the crew dead of unknown causes. Not only were we able to salvage its power core, but we were able to salvage the ships' beaming technology and use it to invent a matter assembler. Most of what we have here is generated for pennies on the dollar from the raw elements with no waste whatsoever. Too bad we could not duplicate the FTL drives. Those plasma rifles that Mr. Black's team carries are derived from personal weapons found on the craft, among many other inventions. One way we fund our operations here is by patenting some of our research -- on this and other things -- through shell companies and licensing it out.
(Notes on space in this campaign. Near light-speed travel and full artificial gravity and life-support exists on spacecraft, and there are commercial space ventures within the solar system. FTL engines however are extremely rare in this universe, and no race exists with the capability and desire to mass-produce them and regularly travel far and wide. Thus, only the rare exploring ship from advanced aliens ever gets near Earth, and there is no regular contact with other civilizations.)
She then takes you back up. In the elevator, standing in the back, you notice The Primordial, a very famous telepathic shapechanging alien superhero.
She then takes you to the heroes quarters. She takes you down a hall that says Sigma, where there is a row of rooms, and big double doors at the end.
"Each room is customized for just for you. If there is anything you want to change or otherwise customize, just ask and you shall receive."
In addition to the usual bedroom furniture (and they seem to be really good at predicting your tastes) Each room has a large flat screen TV, a computer, a lot of books (again, customized for each of you), and assorted other niceties, such as lots of plants in Salix's room, magical components in Viridian's room, etc. Each also has its own bathroom.
She takes you to the doors at the end, revealing an open area beyond containing a gym, a large crime lab, and a recreational area.
She says "There are more extensive research facilities elsewhere in the base, which you can get to from the elevator, but this wing is just for you. Make yourself at home if you wish."
There are a few other doors, leading to a kitchen and a couple store rooms for technology, weapons, and magical components.
"The base's beaming technology can shift around supplies as needed between the various store rooms," she adds. We also have automated training facilities and simulators on another floor, and of course you can arrange to meet with other similar heroes to compare notes and teach each other new tricks."
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FTL ship? Matter transmission/assembly? I want! I guess I am a geek though. Wait, the crew died of unknown causes - that doesn't sound so good.
Wow, the Primordial - it looks like I will be working with more experienced heroes, just not with them directly. That might be better actually - I seem kind of outclassed as it is.
It's all the stuff I want and can't afford. But accepting non-liquid wealth kind of means screwing my mom. "I'm not sure I can accept all this," Megan comments. But it would be nice. "And how often are we expected to be staying here? I have a living arrangement that I'd feel bad backing out of."
"That sounds excellent. Is the stuff we found in the crime lab or elsewhere? Since Control Freak is such an amazing technopath, I wouldn't want to start taking his holoprojectors apart without a carefully shieled room." Of course, being more experienced in the super hero business than you, they probably already knew that.
Wow, the Primordial - it looks like I will be working with more experienced heroes, just not with them directly. That might be better actually - I seem kind of outclassed as it is.
DM_Matt said:
It's all the stuff I want and can't afford. But accepting non-liquid wealth kind of means screwing my mom. "I'm not sure I can accept all this," Megan comments. But it would be nice. "And how often are we expected to be staying here? I have a living arrangement that I'd feel bad backing out of."
"That sounds excellent. Is the stuff we found in the crime lab or elsewhere? Since Control Freak is such an amazing technopath, I wouldn't want to start taking his holoprojectors apart without a carefully shieled room." Of course, being more experienced in the super hero business than you, they probably already knew that.
Thessaly nods at Megan's question about living on the base.
"It's great, but...I can't just vanish out of my apartment without warning. Not if I want to keep my moonlighting as a superhero quiet. Once the lease is up, I could move...I guess there's a mailing address and phone number here I could give out, because you guys would anticipate that...still, I can get between my place and here pretty fast, as long as you guys don't block magical travel."
"It's great, but...I can't just vanish out of my apartment without warning. Not if I want to keep my moonlighting as a superhero quiet. Once the lease is up, I could move...I guess there's a mailing address and phone number here I could give out, because you guys would anticipate that...still, I can get between my place and here pretty fast, as long as you guys don't block magical travel."
Victim
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Shayuri said:
"Yeah, I don't think commuting would be so bad for me. This base can't more than 800 miles or so from FC, and most of that over open ocean so I can go super. That's less than 30 minutes each way if I push a bit, and I'm rather fond of flying." Megan levitates an inch or so off the ground and smiles and the thought.
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Victim said:
Ms. White says "Stay here as much or as little as you want. There is no problem at all with living in Freedom City. If it makes you feel better, consider these items to be work-related equipment owned and provided for by your employer. Regarding containment facilities for dangerous items, we have those on another floor, but not in the individual teams' wings."
DM_Matt
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Jemal said:
"He's on the prison level. We injected him with muscle relaxants and silver nitrate, and bound him in silver bonds, which we will recycle back into the fancy place settings when we are done with him. The Shiek we can only interrogate through a window. We can't shut down his abilities."
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