Capitro [World Destruction and Whine Thread]

[Sonereal]

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INTERSTELLA
January 2220
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Lake Syndicate, Terracotta Army, and Gunner Economic Interests Clash in Central Asia

Over the last ten years, the Lake Syndicate and Terracotta Army have expanded their economic reach and clout into Central Asia. This past December, these competing interests came to a head as President Zapran Jamshidi of the Coalition of Central Asian Republic (C-CAR) announced that bidding for a lucrative mining contract for which firms representing the interests of both factions compete.

A third faction, the Court of the Gunners, also found itself embroiled in this battle. A court member has (without authorization) used Gunner resources and connections to finance a major mining company. The member has been punished, but has left the Court on the hook for loss should their erstwhile corporate ally fail to win the bid.

Much rides on this contract for these firms, and the unexpected auction process has left many firms on the hook for debt and equipment. Failure to win the contract would mean a loss.

Resolving this Conflict: To come out on top, a faction has to complete one of the following before July 2220.

1. Roll Security 9+ to strategically position security assets in the region (1d6 months)
2. Spend 1 Fiscal Defense (no roll, takes 1d6 months)
3. Roll Maintenance 8+ to minimize the financial impact of losing the bid (1d6 months)

Not all options are created equal.

Sector Economic Downturn Plagues Factions

Several factions have been impacted by an economic downturn and revealed fundamental weakness in the finances and economies of major powers. Should factions fail to adjust, they risk financial turmoil for the rest of the decade.

Resolving this Issue: The following factions are affected by this event:
1. Lake Syndicate (must complete by January 2223)
2. The World Corps (must complete by January 2223)
3. Martian Cooperative Industries (must complete by January 2221)
4. National Socialist Front of Chanada (must complete by January 2224)
5. Eastern Mars Shipping Company (must complete by January 2221)

Over the course of this event, a faction must accumulate 10 Effect on Economic (modified by Greed) checks and 10 Effect on Maintenance (modified by Tenacity) checks. Each check takes 1d6 months.

An Anti-Psionic Hacker Collective Targets Endless Order

The Endless Order has come under digital fire as a collective of hackers across settled space coordinate the sector's largest coordinated hack in history. The digital war began in November of last year and has escalated with the spread of the LIChaos.fuk dynamovirus. The virus has unique properties never before seen in the digital ecosystem, such as flawlessly surpassing the latest detection software on trade ships that link the outer worlds to Sol.

The Endless Order will need to either go on the offensive or solidify its defenses to starve off these attacks.

Resolving this Issue: Roll Sabotage 9+ in order to undo the damage wrought on EO systems OR roll Illicit 8 to seed data with damaging code and, if lucky, trace the attacks.

Mercenary Army Lands on Banneker b

As civilization spreads across the stars, so does the perceived need for conflict. Private mercenary companies, spearheaded by the Cobalt Mercenaries of the prior century, spearheaded a new line of military thinking that placed an emphasis on deniable non-state force assets. The rise of space mercenaries, initially fodder for sci-fi blockbusters, has become a political landmine for Terran and Martian politicians who must regularly fend off requests for assistance from outer world communities complaining of abuses and the formation of minor petty kingdoms.

One of these mercenary companies, the Bauxite Corporate, was expelled from their base of operation and have now arrived to Banneker b. This world, hostile and without the protection of a strong professional army or fleet, has become a target for the exiled CEO who styles herself a queen.

Resolving this Issue: The Endless Order has until January 2223 to resolve this event. To do so, complete the following.

1. Accumulate 20 total Effect on Hostility and/or Security checks, modified by Militarism DM. Each check takes 1d6 months.

Remember, now all checks are created equal.

Korea Declares War on China

The Unified Republic of Korea has declared war on China, a country ruled by the enigmatic Terracotta Army. The URK has, since the collapse of Japan and China, consolidated power in bordering regions and forged economic and military alliances across the region. The Chinese and Tokyo ambassadors to the United Nations have denounced the aggression of the URK and referred the matter to the New Security Council, which is set to vote on a resolution to condemn and sanction the URK next month.

For now, the Terracotta Army must plan to defend the region against the invasion.

Resolving this Issue: The Terracotta Army has until January 2223 to resolve this event. To do so, complete the following.

1. Accumulate 20 total effect on Hostility and/or Security checks, modified by Militarism DM. Each check takes 1d6 months.

Remember, not all checks are created equal.

A Woman of Action

Okabe Kimi, 38, is a difficult woman to find. For many in Japan, she is an urban legend and the tales of her deeds make for great story. For those who have come into contact with Okabe, she is a nightmare, a woman who for reasons unknown has embarked on a war with the Court of the Gunners. This is not the first person to try to raise her hand against the Court, but she is the first to have not been immediately swatted like a fly since the collapse of the Japanese government nearly a century ago.

Her continued resistance to the Courtly society the Gunners have cultivated in Japan threatens to undermine their project to keep the island under a tight lid.

Resolving this Issue: The Court of the Gunners have until January 2223 to resolve this issue. To do so, complete the following.

1. Accumulate 12 Effect on Posturing, modified by Cleverness DM, checks, 1d6 months each.
2. Accumulate 12 Effect on Security, modified by Scheming, checks. Each takes 1d6 months.

The Pirates of Mars

Martian Cooperative Industries is on the receiving end of a piracy campaign, targeting Cooperative ships in transit between Mars and Earth.

Resolving this Issue: The Cooperative must complete one of the following by July 2220.

1. Combat piracy by rolling Security 9+ or spending a point of Fleet.
2. Turn the local population and authorities against the pirates. Roll Public Relations 9+

Economic Depression Rocks NSF-C Mars

White Martians, citizens of a NSF-C enclave on Mars, wait in line. For the third time in as many decades, economic turmoil has come to this part of Mars. Sanctioned officially or unofficially by the rest of the sector, the NSF-C has struggled to keep their settlements alive and has been forced to coordinate and ration meager supplies and goods since the end of the Martian War.

The White Martians wait in line for the allotment, a basket of basic goods and necessities such as bread, soup, soap, and other sundry. The line has existed everyday in this part of Mars, varying in length but never disappearing altogether. This morning, half the settlement waits as the blue-eyed bureaucrats struggle to fulfill allotments.

Resolving this Issue: The National Socialist Front of Chanada must roll Economics 10+, modified by Greed, by July 2220.

OOC: Don't scream at me, don't use this thread for OOC. Questions? Use the OOC thread or Discord.

 

[NinjaCow64]

WORLD CORPS PLEDGES TO RECOVER FROM ECONOMIC CRISIS. From the World Post. Chief Financial Officer Anfisa Krylova has pledged to review World Corps investments after weeks of poor performance by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. "The World Corps plan to reexamine all of our investments in light of this poor performance." Krylova said in an interview earlier this morning. "They will be examined for financial viability in the light of this hostile market, as well as for compliance to our strict code of ethics. This intervention aims to return financial stability to Hong Kong and to our shareholders."

Orders: Perform a maintenance check to reverse the economic downturn.

 

[J.K. Stockholme]

Banneker b with a view of its vast hurricane on the perpetually illuminated side of the planet​

Orders:

Despite fleeing beyond the solar system our people cannot find peace in the universe - the Endless Order's primary task for the time-being must be mitigating the damage wrought by the ongoing cyber terrorist attacks from an an unknown source. Perform a Maintenance check to migrate as many systems as possible to non-infected servers and undertake aggressive digital quarantine to prevent further attacks from reaching them. Keep a handful of infected systems for potential future digital forensics to investigate the source of the attack - for now, we'll cut our losses.

As for the mercenaries, we'll deal with them later.

 

[NinjaCow64]

World Corps Meeting, January 2220

In Attendance:

Chairwoman: Judith Ibarra [Steaddunno, Female]
Chief Executive Officer: Wen Li [Steaddunno, Male]
Chief Financial Officer: Anfisa Krylova [Steaddunno, Female]
Chief Operating Officer: Michelle Luzzatto [Human, Female]
Chief Compliance Officer: Ivan Nichols [Steaddunno, Male]
Chief Security Officer: Hardwin Chase [Human, Male]
Chief Political Officer: Alexander Bartolomeo [Human, Male]
Chief Interplanetary Officer: Christine Tanner [Human, Female]
Observing Executive: Concordia Michel [Steaddunno, Female]

Meeting Recorded Below:

Chairwoman: Now begins the January monthly meeting of the World Corps Executive. All are in attendance. Before we get onto the main point of order, I believe that CFO Krylova had something important to add to the agenda.

CFO: Y-yes! Ahem. N-now I am sure we all remember the events surrounding the collapse of the Harwey Conglomerate and the associated financial downturn, right?

OE: …I drink to forget about things like that…

CFO: W-well, my predecessor ordered a deep structural analysis of the AI systems to determine why they missed the warning signs of fraud within the organisation and we…um…found something not great.

CEO: Go on…

CFO: It appears that flaws in the AI have obscured financial fault lines, to lack a better term, within our portfolio. To avoid another major financial crisis happening within the next three years that could uproot the Hong Kong economy, as well as the economic foundations of the World Corps, we are going to have to do an in-depth analysis of our portfolio.

[murmuring]

Chairwoman: Ladies, gentlemen, please.

CIO: The entire portfolio?

CFO: Yes.

CIO: But we touch almost everything in the system!

CFO: I may be new and a little n-nervous, but yes I am aware of this fact.

COO: How long do you think this will take?

CFO: I-it depends. If the damage is less severe than we thought, then we might be able to analyse things by Q3 of this year. However, if things are as bad as I fear, then the process could take up to three years.

CCO: [chuckles] And let me guess, we’re not going to be able to do much else while we’re performing this audit, are we?

CFO: Unfortunately, that assessment is correct. Any other major project undertaken during the audit process could exponentially complicate the audit.

CSO: So, you’re saying that we’re effectively paralysed for three years because of a software fault and because baby Leo wasn’t the chosen one that everyone was promised? Jesus wept.

CPO: Isn’t there any way we could wriggle out of this?

CFO: Sure, if you want to risk a recession that could bulldoze the economy of Hong Kong and set us back decades.

CPO: Point taken.

Chairwoman: Well, that settles it. All in favour of CFO Krylova’s proposed audit?

[Motion passed unanimously]

CSO: Look, I get that money is important, but I don’t really have my head wrapped around that stuff. As you all know, I’m all about making sure that things don’t get too bad out there. And…I gotta tell you, its not looking great. Eugenic Cults are more powerful than they’ve ever been since the end of the World War. And its all thanks to the Prometheus Cult.

CPO: Wait, I thought that the Shadow Perimeter were keeping an eye on those guys?

CSO: The Prometheans utterly decimated them. The Shadow Perimeter effectively no longer exists.

CPO: Oh no.

CSO: Hah, that’s an underreaction if I’ve ever heard one. The Prometheans are the largest producer and distributor of MalTech, providing it to all sorts of criminal organisations, cults and any losers that style themselves as the next Zaman or Hebrang. These guys are effectively keeping Coreism alive and well on Earth. And now with the Shadow Perimeter gone, they’re getting more brazen with their kidnapping and terrorist attacks.

OE: Sounds like these chumps need to be crushed like its 2138.

CSO: Exactly what I was thinking. We need to initiate a Global War on Eugenics Cults and we need to target the Prometheans first and foremost. We will need to attack them on every front – we must sabotage them internally, we must ensure we have won the hearts and minds of the people and politicians and, of course, we must beat them on the battlefield. Basically, I’m proposing that we give them a beating so hard that they won’t dare step foot on this planet again.

CFO: B-but what about our dire economic situation!

CSO: Don’t chu worry, I’m not proposing that we mobilise straight away. We’re going to need allies in this and the earlier we get the word out, the sooner that they’ll realise that we’re serious about this. I’ve been doing this a long time, we need the word out before we mobilise. You’ll have time to finish your audit.

CFO: G-good.

CPO: I like this plan, I can start contacting people in the UN and…

OE: Sorry to be that girl, but can we please hurry this up? I’ve got a doctor’s appointment at five.

Chairwoman: Well in that case, anyone have any further objections? No? Alright, let us vote on CSO Chase’s proposal.

[Motion passed unanimously]

WORLD CORPS CALLS FOR GLOBAL COOPERATION AGAINST EUGENIC CULTS. From the World Post. Chief Security Officer Hardwin Chase has called upon the world community to take action against Eugenic Cults, especially the infamous Cult of Prometheus which is suspected to be behind the Misaki disappearances. “These cults endanger the safety of all peoples of Earth.” Hardwin Chase said in a public statement “Only through international and interdynastical cooperation can we overcome this serious security threat.” The government of Hong Kong is believed to be drafting a UN proposal on behalf of the World Corps denouncing the Eugenic Cults and calling for military action.

ACTIVATE DYNASTY GOAL: Banish an Enemy [Earth based Eugenic Cults, including the Cult of Prometheus]

 

[Seon]

This creature, Okabe Kimi, is now an enemy of the Court and shall be hunted down. She and her allies, skulking about in the darkness of Japan, shall be forcibly brought into the light and destroyed.

Roll Security modified by Scheming in order to force Okabe Kimi into a trap through either hunting down and eliminating her supporters or predicting likely targets for attack and shutting them down.

 

[poketwo]

The NSF-C shall once and for all shall ensure its Self-Sufficiency in the wake of the efforts of those who wish to strangle us with Sanctions! National-Socialist economics shall provide a new level of economic prosperity. Goods will be produced, factories to be opened, and labor is to be the backing of this economy. The Fuhrer has commanded that the labor force is to be expanded to meet the demands of new industry and the economy. And of course, the elimination of jewish systems in the banks, as outlined in the works of Gottfried Feder. All of this has been done before in True Germany, and it's economic miracle shall be repeated here. This is of highest priority, and the Fuhrer's will shall be done!

Roll Economics 10+ Modified by Greed, and use Overlord action on it. We shall prevail! Victory will be had.

 

[Sonereal]

February 2220

Through Fire and Blood: NSF-C Revitalizes Western Martian Economy

The NSF-C is not known for its economic prowess. In recent years, the parts of the Western Martian economy under its control have faced stress from a number of social and economic sanctions. In short, nobody wants to be the business to do business with Nazis. The organization's leader, known as the Fuhrer, announced the opening of large scale industrial projects to soak up the excess labor force.

Hundreds died throughout January during the opening phases of this project. A sharper downturn has been avoided for now, but industrial interests across Mars are watching the development carefully.

OOC: We're now on a rolling update schedule, meaning a small update like this five times a week, less if there is an event day with tons of news. When you post orders, I do the time roll to determine when your event happens, and orders process in that order.

This means you can send in orders whenever.

 

[Sonereal]

June 2220

Hackers Demolish Endless Data

The hackers targeting the Endless Order have seemingly succeeded in their goal to disrupt and destroy years of Endless Order digital data for reasons unknown. The Endless Order attempted to migrate as many systems as possible to non-infected servers but found that the virus managed to sneak into these servers through the data transfers, a type of attack analysts now believe the virus was designed for.

Not all EO servers were infected and corrupted, but many were. The Endless Order now has a number of infected systems they could use in future investigations, but for now, the hackers succeeded.

The Legendary Okabe Kimi Escapes Gunner Justice

Okabe Kimi, public enemy #1 for the Court of the Gunners, seemed to walk into an ambush in a Tokyo alley. The Gunners outnumbered her, outgunned her, and may seemed to be on the cusp of bringing her down when the net tightened around the ambush itself. The counter-ambush captured a dozen Gunners without a shot fire, and she and her band of merry rebels paraded them through the Tokyo neighborhood before executing them in the street and disappearing into the city's labyrinth ruins.

Next Update: Friday

 

[jackelgull]

The Eastern Mars Defense Corporation Announces Corporate Reforms

In order to stabilize the dire economic straits of the company, and restore investor confidence, the Eastern Mars Defense Corporation has announced a slew of layoffs, changing jobs from full time to part time, as well as announcing a new weapons line for security purposes. In addition to this, the company is signalling interest in expanding what services the company provides on earth, from merely selling arms to providing security work. The company hopes these moves will secure its coffers and position.

Perform an Economic check modified by Greed

 

[Seon]

We know that she has allies now. Continue the pursuit. Canvas, threaten, and investigate anyone and every camera footage of the woman, Okabe Kimi, and her allies. Go after anyone who we can identify and, if that's not possible, their friends and families. Continue do so until we can dig far enough into the hole and drag her out.

Roll Security modified by Scheming again.

 

[J.K. Stockholme]

Roll Recruit to attempt to employ the queen's mercenaries who have landed to hire them for missions on other planets, now that we can focus our attention on them.

 

[gay_Aleks]

It is about time that we move our assets in position and demonstrate to our friends in Central Asia that a mutually is a necessity...as well as to show our beloved friends from Terracota and the Court that they should stay away from things that do not concern them.

Roll a Security roll to seize the contract.

 

[Sonereal]

In the most irritating week-long odyssey I've embarked on, I have to end this game. I've lost my setting stuff on GoogleDocs as well as my will to continue living in a world where I can't get a three-sentence update out due to a bizarre display of incompetence on my end.