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[CANCELLED] [CYOA] The Company - only a small nuclear exchange...
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The Company
On the train out of Casiawa, in one of the premium first class carriages, Special Assistant Manly paced nervously.
The acquisition meeting had been disaster - no, scratch that, the entire trip had been a disaster. 4 dead agents. $2 billion in company property destroyed.
And yet that aside, the board would've been pleased with him if the meeting had been fruitful. But how do you tell the board that Casiawa city governance wasn't going to sign?
Tellex Corp. would be moving into Casiawa exclusively. The projections showed from there in the next decade they would have near total control of the sub-sea protein folding industry with exclusive rights to the intellectual property.
He'd seen the reports - the scientists were going nuts over these new "Silico-Peptide condensates". "Robust biological stability! Neurotransmitter mapping! Well-understood methods. *Scaleable*". It was academic catnip. The more of those they could cram into a paper introduction the better. There was an unfortunate army of new research students who were going to be tasked with finding out which of those was slightly optimitistic in the near future.
The sound of a chicken clucking broke SA Manly from this thoughts. His phone. Right, the board...by now they would've read the reports. The one silver lining of the trip - hell, probably it's point - you couldn't get information out of an undersea city easily. A city of 500,000 people and a few pounds of C4 could increase the time for news to travel from milliseconds to days.
....
Welcome to the Company! This is a CYOA. Anyone may play at any time and you vote on the outcomes.
Votes need to be prefixed with # and bolded i.e.
Updates will be daily at around this time if I can help it.
The writing quality will vary based on my blood alcohol level.
# VOTE FOR VICTORY
Each round there will generally have some global options, and some individual options. Global options are first-past the post. Individual options apply just to you. You have just become members of The Board.
....
VOTING OPTIONS:
Global:
A) What is the company?
1. Ubicon Dynamics
Business: Manufacturing Robotics
Ubicon is a well respected assembly line automation concern. The "Immigrant" series of rapid setup and tear down teachable builders has successfully encroached on 3D printing in some operations. A respectable R&D department has led to speculation that one of the larger firms will be looking to acquire it in a few years.
2. Sense Experiences
Business: Erotic stimulaids
Sense Experiences makes everyone uncomfortable, because they're too good at what they do. Micro-pattern biomimicking polymers may feel good, but when your profits and company age imply almost everyone has one, nobody wants to think about it. Rumor is that revenues are on the precipice of collapsing though - over-engineered products are lasting too long, and nobody's getting sufficiently bored. Still, their profitability means they should have no trouble breaking into new industries.
3. Case-Trent Software
Business: OS Software
What the name means exactly is the subject of some debate, but everyone agrees that nobody can be that good and that good in the software business. Although their CTOS operating system sells well, the numbers always add up yet never seem like they should. CTS has a notable public policy of hiring anyone who successfully hacks their products that has earned a lot of respect in the hacker and cracker communities.
How does the board react to Special Assistant Manly's work to date?
1. Offer condolences for an unfortunately catastrophic mission for SA Manly.
2. Reprimand SA Manly and suggest there will consequences for further failures.
3. Induct SA Manly into the corporate "incentives" program.
4. Detonate SA Manly's briefcase bomb.
C) The board needs suggestions on how to handle the Casiawa situation.
1. Accept their decision for now.
2. Do not accept their decision as final. The most popular suggestion will be implemented by a majority vote.
The Company
On the train out of Casiawa, in one of the premium first class carriages, Special Assistant Manly paced nervously.
The acquisition meeting had been disaster - no, scratch that, the entire trip had been a disaster. 4 dead agents. $2 billion in company property destroyed.
And yet that aside, the board would've been pleased with him if the meeting had been fruitful. But how do you tell the board that Casiawa city governance wasn't going to sign?
Tellex Corp. would be moving into Casiawa exclusively. The projections showed from there in the next decade they would have near total control of the sub-sea protein folding industry with exclusive rights to the intellectual property.
He'd seen the reports - the scientists were going nuts over these new "Silico-Peptide condensates". "Robust biological stability! Neurotransmitter mapping! Well-understood methods. *Scaleable*". It was academic catnip. The more of those they could cram into a paper introduction the better. There was an unfortunate army of new research students who were going to be tasked with finding out which of those was slightly optimitistic in the near future.
The sound of a chicken clucking broke SA Manly from this thoughts. His phone. Right, the board...by now they would've read the reports. The one silver lining of the trip - hell, probably it's point - you couldn't get information out of an undersea city easily. A city of 500,000 people and a few pounds of C4 could increase the time for news to travel from milliseconds to days.
....
Welcome to the Company! This is a CYOA. Anyone may play at any time and you vote on the outcomes.
Votes need to be prefixed with # and bolded i.e.
Updates will be daily at around this time if I can help it.
The writing quality will vary based on my blood alcohol level.
# VOTE FOR VICTORY
Each round there will generally have some global options, and some individual options. Global options are first-past the post. Individual options apply just to you. You have just become members of The Board.
....
VOTING OPTIONS:
Global:
A) What is the company?
1. Ubicon Dynamics
Business: Manufacturing Robotics
Ubicon is a well respected assembly line automation concern. The "Immigrant" series of rapid setup and tear down teachable builders has successfully encroached on 3D printing in some operations. A respectable R&D department has led to speculation that one of the larger firms will be looking to acquire it in a few years.
2. Sense Experiences
Business: Erotic stimulaids
Sense Experiences makes everyone uncomfortable, because they're too good at what they do. Micro-pattern biomimicking polymers may feel good, but when your profits and company age imply almost everyone has one, nobody wants to think about it. Rumor is that revenues are on the precipice of collapsing though - over-engineered products are lasting too long, and nobody's getting sufficiently bored. Still, their profitability means they should have no trouble breaking into new industries.
3. Case-Trent Software
Business: OS Software
What the name means exactly is the subject of some debate, but everyone agrees that nobody can be that good and that good in the software business. Although their CTOS operating system sells well, the numbers always add up yet never seem like they should. CTS has a notable public policy of hiring anyone who successfully hacks their products that has earned a lot of respect in the hacker and cracker communities.
How does the board react to Special Assistant Manly's work to date?1. Offer condolences for an unfortunately catastrophic mission for SA Manly.
2. Reprimand SA Manly and suggest there will consequences for further failures.
3. Induct SA Manly into the corporate "incentives" program.
4. Detonate SA Manly's briefcase bomb.
C) The board needs suggestions on how to handle the Casiawa situation.
1. Accept their decision for now.
2. Do not accept their decision as final. The most popular suggestion will be implemented by a majority vote.
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A # 1. Ubicon Dynamics ROBOTS!
B # 4. Detonate Failure is never acceptable
C # 1. Let it go... ... for now
Robutts.
# 4. Detonate the bomb
You have failed me for the last time, Special Assistant Manly.
# 2. Now, hold on a minute, Mr. Councillor...
...Perhaps I could interest you in a stay at my vacation home? Ferrari included, of course. Oh, and feel free to keep any... erm... loose change you might happen to find in the car...
B # 4. Detonate Kill.
C # 2. No one says no to ME Cajole, threaten, hint at nano-machines in our products that can eat flesh.
Choose Your Own Chat 1 Choose Your Own Chat 2 Choose Your Own Chat 3
B #3 I'm not sure exactly what it means, but I'm a sucker for quotation marks
C #1 Our man screwed up already, let's not worsen things by laying in the pressure too quickly.
B # 4 Good news Manly - we're going to transfer you to a hot new product testing program!
C # 1 Regroup, Rebrand, Retry later
B #4
C #1
B #3 Cryptic "incentives"!
C #1 Better to have good relations; maybe a different contract will appeal to them after we've gotten some good publicity.
I hate being in the red.
#A - 1 Migrant Teachable Robotics
#B - No toys! Must save $$$!
#Agent 1 Kevin 'Fingers' McAvoy
#OO-1 "Special Issue" Attache Case
#BRIBE COUNCILLORS
#Agent 2 Laura 'Gallows' Einstein
#YY-6, XX-1
#GUARD ENTRANCE
#B - 2 HELICOPTER
#Agent 1 Agent Studly
#YY-6. XX-1
#SABOTAGE
#Agent 2 Agent Smilin' Pete
#YY-6. XX-1
#RECON OBERON
Frankly, it's a crime we don't already have a robotic helicopter that solves crimes.
Now is time for belt tightening, not fancy new automatons or whirlybirds!
#A 2
#B 2
#Agent 1 Agent Asimov
#YY-6. XX-1
#RECON OPENSYSTEMS
#Agent 2 Agent Capek
#YY-6. XX-1
#PR
#B - 2 Construction Plant - We must turtle, and then spread out.
#Agent 1 Agent Fletcher
#YY-6. XX-1
#RECON MERIDIAN
#Agent 2 Agent Marple
#YY-6. XX-1
#GUARD RESEARCH LABS
Choose Your Own Chat 1 Choose Your Own Chat 2 Choose Your Own Chat 3
And, really, who doesn't trust a market that's in the hands of a cackling funnel-shaped head wearing a labcoat and black gloves?
I AM THE ONE WHO DOES NOT TRUST SUCH A MARKET
#B 2 Can't do good research with the basic facilities, either.
#Agent 1: Lana Kane
#YY-6, XX-1
#RECON Oberon
#Agent 2: Sterling Archer
#YY-6, XX-1
#GUARD Archives
"God dammit, Mother, why does Lana get the cool job and I have to babysit the dweebs?"
"Because as far as I know, nobody has footage of Lana screwing one of the dweebs in the back shelves! Now shut up and try to catch anyone who breaks in."
Choose Your Own Chat 1 Choose Your Own Chat 2 Choose Your Own Chat 3
Calling into the office to tell me that you've failed is not.
-.-
YOU WILL REGRET THIS
Also our deepest condolences go out to the family of Agent Einstein. Or something.
#A - 4
#Agent 1 Kevin 'Fingers' McAvoy
#YY-6, XX-1
#GUARD ENTRANCE
#Agent 2 Barbara 'Teeth' Makarov
#YY-6, XX-1
#PR
#A -2 : Mo' money, less problems
#Agent 1 Agent Studly
#YY-6. XX-1
#SABOTAGE TELLEX
#Agent 2 Agent Smilin' Pete
#YY-6. XX-1
#SABOTAGE TELLEX
#Agent 3 Agent Torvill
#YY-6. XX-1
#GUARD RECEPTION
#Agent 1 Agent Asimov
#YY-6, XX-1
#RECON OpenSystems
#Agent 2 Agent Capek
#YY-6, XX-1
#PR
#Agent 3 Agent Wiener
#YY-6, XX-1
#HEIST OpenSystems
#Agent 1 Agent Whimsy
#YY-6, XX-1
#SABOTAGE TELLEX
#Agent 2 Agent Marple
#YY-6, XX-1
#PR
Choose Your Own Chat 1 Choose Your Own Chat 2 Choose Your Own Chat 3
#Agent 1 Agent Sterling Archer
#YY-6, XX-1
#RECON OpenSystems
#Agent 2 Agent Lana Kane
#YY-6, XX-1
#RECON OpenSystems
#Agent 3 Agent Ray Gillet
#YY-6, XX-1
#RECON OpenSystems
"Mother, don't you think this is a little overkill? I can handle this myself."
"Given what happened on the last recon mission, four people probably isn't enough. So do try not to get killed. Training replacements is such a pain in the ass."
#Agent 1 Agent Winter
#YY-6, XX-1
#GUARD ENTRANCE
#Agent 2 Agent Autumn
#YY-6, XX-1
#PR
#B2 We've already irritated Casiawa enough -- a soft touch is called for, I think.
#C7 We've just made robots -- let's improve them while we have the edge.
#Agent 1 Sterling Archer
#YY-6, XX-1
#KIDNAP OpenSystems
#Agent 2 Lana Kane
#XX-1, ED-210
#KIDNAP OpenSystems
#Agent 3 Ray Gillette
#XX-1, OO-1
#SABOTAGE Tellex
#Agent 4 Pam Poovey
#XX-1, ED-210
#SABOTAGE Tellex
Continue pushing Casiawa towards us, and take everything from OpenSystems before they go down. Actually, could we negotiate a buyout of their facilities and such?