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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chaochou" data-source="post: 7449967" data-attributes="member: 99817">I don't know Cortex+ well, added to which this is a tricky question because many games wouldn't be very satisfying with this type of 'Train with Yoda / Han is Frozen' action resolution.But I think it's correct to identify it with a troupe or faction-based play, where the PCs can and do act reasonably independently while driving towards a common faction goal.So it doesn't really work for, say Burning Wheel or Apocalypse World, certainly the way I run them - where the PCs are independent, but working within their own spheres of influence and self-motivated towards their own (often conflicting) ends.However, it's viable in a superhero set-up as you describe, with doom pools escalating between independently acting parts of the faction. I can see that same technique working where you've got teams on their own but trying to co-ordinate. A couple of PCs trying to infiltrate a base and take the shields down while a couple more lead the ground troops in to attack.It's also notable that it's an explicit downtime option in Blades in the Dark, which again is a clear 'faction' game.From p148 (Incarceration): When one of your crew members, friends, contacts, or a framed enemy is convicted and incarcerated for crimes associated with your crew your wanted level is reduced by 1 and you clear your heat.</blockquote>