Dec 22 2012, 03:13 PM
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 16-September 10 From: Moscow, Russia Member No.: 19,051 |
I need some advice on a story I'm doing right now, it's a development going in the background of the game, which may have an impact on the player characters. Here's the story:
There is a former cop, nothing fancy or special. He has some investigation skills, some fighting ability, but nothing that would make him top tier at his field. At some point he get to be on the wrong side of the truck driven by cruel fate and ends up in a hospital without any limbs and with a few hours to live without life support for which he has no money to pay. At this point some smiling and very polite people appear in his ward an offer him a chance to live, which will need an extensive implantation (which he can't afford, but the generous gentlemen offer him a credit). Being drugged and clearly not in his mind, he agrees to their proposal. Some time later he leaves the hospital, perfectly healthy with new implants that boost him to the limit of his physical metahuman capacity, a shiny skillrig and owning a substantial sum of money to a corporation that took interest in him. Now, how can a said corporation return their investment? I understand that if such a situation arose, no sane corporation would offer to spend money without knowing in advance how they would profit from it, but let's imagine in this case they had some other, non-profit concerns, and getting the money back is optional, but a highly desired option. The implants made the victim a capable fighter, but as I said, he is not top-tier. Still, it's his strongest point. So, how can his benefactors profit from it, assuming they want to get their money back fast and then start actually profiting? I thought along the lines of bounty hunting, but it's a rather slim line of income. |
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Smirnov A creditor returning his money Dec 22 2012, 03:13 PM
binarywraith QUOTE (Smirnov @ Dec 22 2012, 09:13 AM) I... Dec 22 2012, 03:31 PM
Smirnov How fast will a street sam return investment? I im... Dec 22 2012, 04:11 PM
Halinn QUOTE (Smirnov @ Dec 22 2012, 05:11 PM) H... Dec 22 2012, 08:55 PM
WolfgangGrafVonBek It doesn't sound like something a corp would d... Dec 23 2012, 06:54 AM
Lionhearted QUOTE (WolfgangGrafVonBek @ Dec 23 2012, 07... Dec 23 2012, 09:16 PM
Smirnov David Sarif did it, so it's a thing a corp mig... Dec 23 2012, 09:50 AM
Achsin Character gets 2 cranial bombs, a kink for control... Dec 23 2012, 06:49 PM
moogoogaipan Plausible deniability is ALWAYS valuable. Dec 23 2012, 07:22 PM
Halinn QUOTE (moogoogaipan @ Dec 23 2012, 08:22 ... Dec 23 2012, 07:50 PM
kzt Families etc are the key to control. When someone... Dec 23 2012, 08:04 PM
Halinn QUOTE (kzt @ Dec 23 2012, 09:04 PM) Famil... Dec 23 2012, 08:56 PM
kzt QUOTE (Halinn @ Dec 23 2012, 01:56 PM) Bu... Dec 23 2012, 09:26 PM
moogoogaipan So here's where I come down after much deliber... Dec 26 2012, 03:34 PM
Halinn QUOTE (moogoogaipan @ Dec 26 2012, 04:34 ... Dec 27 2012, 03:23 AM
Manunancy QUOTE (moogoogaipan @ Dec 26 2012, 04:34 ... Dec 27 2012, 01:17 PM
Halinn QUOTE (Manunancy @ Dec 27 2012, 02:17 PM)... Dec 27 2012, 04:16 PM
Shaidar Free will can be edited out of the equation with t... Jan 17 2013, 10:23 PM
nezumi I'm assuming he's a former cop at the time... Jan 18 2013, 12:12 PM
Smirnov I like the last one, too bad it never comes true... Jan 18 2013, 01:22 PM![]() ![]() |
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