Cape+City+EoT+6

Shaper & Scientist

Hard Stats Powers: 6 Wealth: 0 Technology: 1 Information: 1* (Partial) Reputation: 0 Morale: 2 [Obsession]

Soft Stats VIPs: 50 Followers: 0 Cash: 33 Influence: 8 Tech: 1 Morale: 2

Temporary Traits [Brutal Gang Lord]


 * VIPs:**

VIP: Frederick Witters, The Shaper Level 8: [Inhuman 3][Engineer 3][Sculptor 1][Blue and Orange Morality 1] Power: Dominion Over Earth [Shaper 4][Shaped 1][Fleshburn 1]

VIP: Dr. Andrea Shea, The Scientist Level 2: [Scientist on a Shoestring 2] Power: None

VIP: Efraín Mikelo Garza Level 1: [Aspiring Mob Boss 1] Power: None Faction Actions:

1. Spend 10 cash on setting up the drug distribution network. 5 for acquiring the pharmacists materials and 5 for getting followers to sell it. 2. Use 2 morale to boost the Shaper's action. He got Dr. Shea back after all. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

VIP: Frederick Witters 1. Talking with Legion of Dire and receive AI. 2. Talking with the Pharmacist and Hugh Donovan 3. Working with the Earth Speaker to repair the docks. 4. Working with the Earth Speaker to repair the docks. 5. Working with the Earth Speaker to repair the docks. 6. Working with the US Army to sweep the outer abattoir. 7. Get Dr. Shea out of harm's way. 8. Work with the Pharmacist and Garza to set up a base of operations from which to begin drug production. 9. Work with the Pharmacist and Garza to set up a base of operations from which to begin drug production. (If possible as part of this he'll also do a sweep through the tunnels he dug for the pharmacist to see if they've been booby trapped. If not reusing them would probably be helpful.)

VIP: Dr. Andrea Shea 1. Speak with the Kamakurai HQ crowd. 2. Record data on the powers being used in the fight. 3. Contact the UK and US government and get some hard numbers on what they're going to provide for the lab. So far they haven't done much on their end.

VIP: Efraín Garza 1. Acquire the materials that the Pharmacist needs. 2. Begin recruiting followers to distribute the drugs.


 * Response**

//[Your Brutal Crime Lord Trait expired] //


 * Drug Trade **

Shaper isn’t exactly the best boss. Pharmacist doesn’t wish to show his nose out of the Shaper’s ’’safe house’’. So it’s up to Efrain Garza to organize things. He lacks experience in such large scale operation, but Pharmacist is there to advise him.

Pharmacist makes drugs of lower quality with considerable distaste. ’’If they are up to my normal standards people will realize I’m making them. I’ll slowly remove imperfections with time, once they get used to it. We may still need to come up with some cover for their origin.’’

The pipe distribution system is working and Shaper uses it to discreetly transport the goods from the ’’Lair’’, as Pharmacist is paranoid about competition finding it by tracking the shipments.

The first deal is made with Ganta of Night District, and surprisingly not only for drugs, but also for medicine. The second is with Reapers of the Walls District. Pharmacist is careful about resuming activities in the Greendale and rest of Trent Town, while Garza is pushing for it, convinced that Killarz have grown complacent.

The profits are high as the city seems to be in considerable need for some drugs to take their minds off the Dulls Plauge and murders. Plus Pharmacist makes the business rather easy to run.

[Shaper gains 2 WEL (Drug Trade)] [Shaper earns 10 Cash]

[P.S. Morale is not a stat you spend. Rather I perform Morale Checks on certain actions].


 * Reunion **

Shaper’s mood improve when Dr. Shea returns and she is quite pleased to find a lot of the scientific equipment recovered.

[Shaper gains 2 t. Morale]


 * Dr. Shea **

An extraction team is dispatched to bring Dr. Shea to government lab. Her request will be fulfilled (okay I left the details of the deal vague - what do you want?)


 * The Dock Work **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Surprisingly Pharmacist tags along. Earth Speaker has mentioned him and after confirming the issue, Shaper brought him to the meeting. ’’Alchemist isn’t good with liquids. We can synchronize our powers to amend that. Did that once when Thalassa attacked. That black water of hers didn’t go away on its own you know, we turned it back. Apparently not all of it actually. Furians talked to Banks - apparently that Power... Warlock. Not certain if you heard of him. He found black water wells below the docks in the pockets of water there. Used it to enhance his creatures somehow. Banks thinks there’s more of the stuff and it might be useful for something. Might be expensive. I think he’s right. Tried to replicate it, but couldn’t. Well, now, as I’ve said, Alchemist isn’t good with liquids, but if he can synchronize with me, he’ll be able to see how much of black gold we’ve got there.’’

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">It’s the first time Shaper does ’’synchronization’’ as Pharmacist called it. His power working in perfect tandem with Alchemist’s - where Alchemist can transmute, Shaper can move and shape. Together their ability is awesome to behold. Where Shaper could affect a single location together they terraform an entire district. Shaper learns much about handling his own power and while his recent attempts to forge new alloys look pathetic before the strength of Alchemist, he sees it as a perfect opportunity to learn. Alchemist doesn’t mind answering questions to Shaper’s inquiries and Shaper is happy to report several things to Dr. Shea, that she immediately records and begins to cross check with her own findings and theories.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">[Shaper Gains 2 Levels (Micro-Metallurgy 1 & Power Sculptor 2*)] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">[Shaper Gains Database Power Research 2**]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">*Upgraded Skill Sculptor 1. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">**Select Information Trait

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Database 2 (Powers: Research)


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Project Mjolinor [Level 1] **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">During the WWII a branch of research by Dr. Helmut Schneider was focused on Powers are something that can be separated from the person and imbued into an object. This theory favored Jung's Theory of Powers as endowed by collective unconsciousness of humanity, that was favored in Axis, due to certain ideological considerations. As such while CU could endow person to become a paragon, the same could happen to an inanimate object of cultural significance.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">The study didn’t make much progress, but it was picked up by Architect during his time with US Government (which held a number of research papers after the war). Architect believed that it was possible to construct a Deus Machine, possessing Power and acting much like Mesh Cloud. The central ‘’Power’’ server bestowing abilities on people at request. The system would have been linked to the people with actual Mesh.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Whether Architect built Deus Machine or it’s even possible is a big unknown. There is Cauldron which seems to amplify Alchemist’s abilities, technology directly interfaced with Power.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Origin of Powers [Level 1] **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Both WWII Research and Architect’s indicates that Powers have internal and external factors. This seems to favor Jung’s (Collective Unconsciousness) or Veritas (alien influence) theories. However, Masterson’s Theory can be valid, if there is some external factor that is needed to activate psychic potential. The information Dr. Shea decrypted from files stolen from UN indicate that either geographical position is important or something in the Cape City area makes empowerment more likely. There is also information, that empowerment rates from Power Serum fluctuates, according to some unknown pattern or completely randomly.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">The energy behind the Powers is unknown and undetectable. Dire’s Detector was miraculous in being able to detect teleportation and was enough to propel technology in the field, decades forward. It is however quite useless in detecting any non-Jumper or Jaunter Powers.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Power Levels [Level 1] **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">The Powers are growing in strength. The fact is undeniably. The closest correlation seems to be to death of Powers. The more Powers die, the stronger next generation of Powers is. World Wars where Powers fought have triggered leaps of growth in strength.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">The Masterson Theory states the growth of powers as consequence of raising stress levels which isn’t the same as death of Powers, but it might be closely related to it.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Power Nullification [Level 1] **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Architect has worked on development of Power Nullification technology with government. A Super Science Cold War Project that nobody even knows the name of. Classified. It was developed by study of Mr. Trap’s Power Nullification ability.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">He later adapted it for Chills Prison. The effects of Power Nullification are a field and it’s not a portable technology.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Changers [Level 1] **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">The Changers are classification of Powers of Ruler and Breaker type. They both deal with control over physical world and it’s laws. The first allows control within the laws of physics and matter, the second breaks them.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Shaper’s primary ability or Alchemist’s transmutation are examples of Ruler Powers, Aether’s distortion zones are an example of Breaker type, creating spaces where laws of physics work differently.