Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[kirinke]

"Point taken." Hope said wryly, well aware of the risks. They were far, far from ready to do that. "We were mostly just throwing around ideas on some sort of device that the Foundry could build for us, so we could get in and scout the place out. Invasion and outright attack is way down on my list of possible things to get myself and those around me killed." she looked down at her computer again, mulling over the data the did have on the Foundry.

"From what I can see here, the Foundry is mostly a neutral entitity. They'll build anything for anybody if that person has the right amount of cash. They're not much concerned about politics or who is good or evil. They'll sell weapons to one side, then go right ahead and sell weapons to the other side. The Trust itself while it does have some ties to the Freedom League is an independant operation and I doubt that the Foundry will have much more on us than we do on them."

She said and smiled slightly. "What we're doing now is gathering data and analyzing it as quickly as we can. Once we get inside the Foundry, we can politely ask what sort of weapon Barrington bought from them, perhaps with an interest in buying one ourselves. That might work. Especially if we offer to pay for the information."

Money, greed and lust for power. It doesn't matter if the crook is super or not, those qualities drive them all. We need to use that to our advantage. Hope thought to herself.

 

[DM_Matt]

"Point taken." Hope said wryly, well aware of the risks. They were far, far from ready to do that. "We were mostly just throwing around ideas on some sort of device that the Foundry could build for us, so we could get in and scout the place out. Invasion and outright attack is way down on my list of possible things to get myself and those around me killed." she looked down at her computer again, mulling over the data the did have on the Foundry.

"From what I can see here, the Foundry is mostly a neutral entitity. They'll build anything for anybody if that person has the right amount of cash. They're not much concerned about politics or who is good or evil. They'll sell weapons to one side, then go right ahead and sell weapons to the other side. The Trust itself while it does have some ties to the Freedom League is an independant operation and I doubt that the Foundry will have much more on us than we do on them."

She said and smiled slightly. "What we're doing now is gathering data and analyzing it as quickly as we can. Once we get inside the Foundry, we can politely ask what sort of weapon Barrington bought from them, perhaps with an interest in buying one ourselves. That might work. Especially if we offer to pay for the information."

Money, greed and lust for power. It doesn't matter if the crook is super or not, those qualities drive them all. We need to use that to our advantage. Hope thought to herself.

Ms. White says "As far as we know, the Foundry does not know about the Trust. They know about some of our other teams and subsidiaries, but only as their fronts. As far as attacking the Foundry, their main base will be hard to assault, but you shouldn't rule out their outposts, especially if we can find Barrington's order or the device itself. They are well-defended, but fighting IS what most of you are best at."

 

[Shayuri]

Viridian nods, a little relieved that things came back to the real reason they were doing this.

"I don't think they'll share information about what Barrington ordered willingly. They'd lose customers who value their privacy...which is probably all of them. But once we're in a position where Optic can gain access to their systems, we can make a raid for the information, then get out. All we have to worry about is getting in...which it seems like we've basically got a plan for already. What we order doesn't matter, as long as it's big enough to get us an audience. Then, of course, we'll have to protect Optic while he does his thing...and if they detect him, it might get pretty rough with all those weird weapons floating around."

She takes a deep breath and adds, "Ms White, while we're doing that, can the Trust work up some technical data about the Lighthouse? What we know of its defenses, shields, and so on. It'll give us a starting point, though we can probably assume that Control Freak's modified things by now."

"So if we're agreed on that, then the next step is to place the order. We're working through a legitimate businessman, so it shouldn't be something stupid, like a deathray. Probably something illegal and high tech, but of use to someone in his position. A cloaked spy satellite maybe, or something along those lines."

 

[kirinke]

"Mmm. You're probably right. Wishful thinking on my part." Hope chuckled. "I'm more used to dealing with people who would sell their own mother for a bent nickle, then super-villian types with a sense of honor."

"Alright. Let's do this," she said firmly.

 

[Victim]

"But once we're in a position where Optic can gain access to their systems, we can make a raid for the information, then get out. All we have to worry about is getting in...which it seems like we've basically got a plan for already. What we order doesn't matter, as long as it's big enough to get us an audience. Then, of course, we'll have to protect Optic while he does his thing...and if they detect him, it might get pretty rough with all those weird weapons floating around."

"So if we're agreed on that, then the next step is to place the order. We're working through a legitimate businessman, so it shouldn't be something stupid, like a deathray. Probably something illegal and high tech, but of use to someone in his position. A cloaked spy satellite maybe, or something along those lines."

"I can write up some intrusion programs or tweak ones we already have to help Optic out. If we have some time to set up, I can also throw out a bunch of 'mines' to cover us. Too bad it's probably not possible to sneak a whole bunch of preprogrammed orbs in with us in case of emergency."

It's not a sense of honor. It's the ability to think and act beyond the immediate situation. Selling out for a nickel is no good if it costs you a dollar the next day. Unless you really the nickel right away because you don't have other money.

 

[Elric]

"So next question. Once we get in, what are we going to do?" she asked, knowing that most of them might have an idea, like she did, but nothing concrete.

"I'll probably kick butt, take names, and let the rest of you figure out how to do all of the tedious computer stuff."

"Then, of course, we'll have to protect Optic while he does his thing...and if they detect him, it might get pretty rough with all those weird weapons floating around."

"Yeah- I'll take on gigantic robots any day, but "atomizing death rays" aren't my favorite."

 

[kirinke]

Hope laughed. "I'll probably be right there with you. As far as electronics are concerned, I tend to leave it to the greek squad." she said, referring to the tech and IT department in AEGIS.

Alot of people thought that solving crimes was a solitary occupation. Generally speaking, that wasn't the case. On most cases, it took a team to solve it and lots of expertise from different areas to bring a criminal or criminals to justice. Her talents, she knew ran to investigation and laying the smack down on the more um... unruly criminal types like White Knight and Faust. Hope just prayed that this team had what it took to take down Barrington.

If not.

The AEGIS agent firmly pushed that thought aside. They had to solve this. They had to stop Barrington.

Hope looked once more at the data they had on the Foundry. "We're probably are going to need some sort of shield for Optic, something that will take a number of blasts. Once this gets hot, we're most likely are going to be drawn away from him by their defenses. And it's going to have to be unobtrusive. Maybe magical?" she mused. "They wouldn't be looking for anything magical surrounding a high tech business man."

 

[Shayuri]

"I could make some kind of warding talisman," Viridian muses. "Kind of like my amulet, but probably not quite as powerful, and it wouldn't last very long once you turned it on...hopefully long enough though."

 

[kirinke]

"That will work." Hope said. "If you need help with it, I'll give you a hand." she said, knowing that creating such an amulet would be somewhat draining on any magicker, even if it was temporary. What she was really offering was giving some of her own magical energy to the project.

 

[DM_Matt]

"I could make some kind of warding talisman," Viridian muses. "Kind of like my amulet, but probably not quite as powerful, and it wouldn't last very long once you turned it on...hopefully long enough though."

(Optic is at his caps, so you can't really do that. Basically, M&M isnt a buffing item game. You'd have to work around that a bit. Remember though that Hope can put up an ice wall at will, which might absorb a few hits anyway.)