Ch 5 General Situation Pt.2
“Thank you for the information Crow and good job. Do a little more digging on the angle of how the Wayne’s might be connected to Batman. Don’t spend too much time on it, however. We need to understand more about the current state and federal government. What is the general level of corruption should we expect and where? A little money here and there could make things easier to achieve, but an abundance of greed isn’t always a good thing. Kumo, who was this contact that you suspect may help us with getting an Identity?” “There are surprisingly few individuals who possess the skills and integrity meeting our requirements. The most comprehensive individual I have found would be one Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot.
On the outside he appears to be a respectable Businessman who owns a decent amount of success properties in Gotham. To the more informed he is the most successful mobster in the country. He has his hands in most of the local and state politicians' pockets. Few on the national level too. Most of the successful organized crime in Gotham and to a greater extent New Jersey. This is never successfully traced back to him of course. There is only ever Some insignificant circumstantial evidence that points to him. The most time he has spent behind bars is a week in a very luxurious private and safe ‘Cell’. To say this man is a criminal mastermind is an insult to his intelligence. He is usually at his most popular and shady establishment The Iceberg Lounge. This is a Nightclub that serves as a hub and HQ for most of his Gotham based activities. As a successful mobster he is always looking for a new way to make money or further consolidate his already impressive holdings. He is always in need of firearms and there are a few shader auto shops that your current project can more than likely improve.” “Can you build a basic profile of him? Likes, dislikes, interests?” “I can have it done in an hour. Would you like anything else done?” “When you’re done coordinate with Crow in his task.” “Understood.” I suddenly remember that I have a raffle I have yet to open. “Kumo, do we currently have a bay open in engineering?” “Yes, the left bay is currently empty.” Good. ‘System use one Vehicle raffle’
System rolling 1x Vehicle raffle… Congratulations! You gained the following.
1x Miltech modified Herrera Outlaw GTS
I open the camera to the left bay on my station and I have to say I’m impressed. As the statistics, functions and owner’s manual assimilated I was even more so. It had everything from active and passive radar, highly advanced Electronics Warfare Suite, flares and smokes, Flashbangs and Chaff. The only thing the current government could possibly use to disable this would be a modern 250 pound bomb. This is only a fraction of the entire list. Before we visit Cobblepot I need to have at least a full 3d scan and material indexing of all its components. If Cobblepot enjoys the finer things in life he would definitely enjoy something even a half as fine as this.
“What is Bear currently doing? No, don’t answer that. Reassign Bear to carefully disassemble and scan every part of that vehicle. If he can perform material analysis on a component only if he is certain the part won’t be damaged make sure he does so. Kumo after building that profile of Cobblepot instead of helping Crow can you attempt to analyze and if possible copy the car’s systems and dumb A.I.” “Affirmative, I have notified Bear and will do as you requested.”
System update Initiated. ETA until finished - 05 days. Advanced system functionality such as raffle redemption shall be temporarily disabled.
That’s rather surprising. ‘Status’
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Gender: Female
Age: 26
Status: All Green
Points: 0
Stats
(Stats may see small to moderate Increases due to skills, practice and body modifications.)
Physical OA: 5 (Your an Average Joe)
Strength: 5
Dexterity: 5
Endurance:5
Intelligence OA: 7.26~ (‘I invent, transform, create and destroy.’)
Intellect: 8>9 (due to engineering skills and creation skills.)
Wisdom: 7>7.5 (due to intrigue and administration skills.)
Mind: 5>5.3 (due to intrigue)
Miscellaneous OA: 6.3~ (why, you could be a career politician!)
Charisma: 6>7 (due to intrigue and administration)
Luck: 6
Intuition: 5>6 (due to intrigue and administration)
(Skills may increase due to Practice or skill increase raffles)
Skills
* Intrigue I (01.34% progress)
* Robotics Engineering I (01.56% progress)
* Firearm Engineering I (00.90% progress)
* Business Administration I (00.27% progress)
* A.I. Creation I (00.76% progress)
Inventory(locked)
N/A
Quests(locked)
N/A
Shop(locked)
End
Hmm, interesting. It appears that the system can evolve? Or are features locked until I progress? It may take a large amount of time to figure out what exactly the system is. But for now I have more pressing tasks. “Ok, we all have our tasks. Let’s get to work.”
5 days later
“And done.” After 5 days of working on the A.I for this Dum droid model I am finally finished. And looking at it I figure I should probably find a better name. I ended up scraping the initial programming and building anew from the ground up. It can now repair, disassemble and fabricate anything you give it and it only gets more proficient over time. I also coordinated with Crow to give it some proper combat protocols. It can now hold its own against a professional soldier on a 1v1 and its performance is greatly increased the more of them there are.
One of the initial features of the Dum was that they could communicate with each other via the radio antennas in their heads. I revamped this system to enable them to not only communicate but share knowledge and free processing power with each other. The more of them in an area, the better they will perform.
I made some finishing touches to the design too, like giving them a human formed hand. They can use anything as well as a human could. I also added the ability for their elbows down to be detached and replaced with different models. Don’t have any yet but I have a few things in mind.
I named this new model the Locust and it costs slightly more to build, about 1.6 Dum droids. They make up for it though in new and improved abilities. I figured I would initially make 10 and gather any insights on what could be improved or changed. I only really need to make three myself and have the initial three make the others.
System Update Finished. User will now be able access advanced features.
Let’s see what quests are available and what the shop has.