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<<nobr>><<set $Setting to "In Alpha Complex">>
<<set $Relationship1p1 to "Shared criminal past">>
<<set $Relationship1p2 to "Shared criminal present">>
<<set $Relationship1p3 to "Secret society members">>
<<set $Relationship1p4 to "Genetically modified clones">>
<<set $Relationship1p5 to "Fellow security team members">>
<<set $Relationship1p6 to "Connected by a past experience">>
<</nobr>>$Setting, you are part of a group with the relationship:
<<set $Relationship1 to either("$Relationship1p1", "$Relationship1p2", "$Relationship1p3", "$Relationship1p4", "$Relationship1p5", "$Relationship1p6")>>$Relationship1
[[Keep going->Relationship2]]
[[Redo this step->Start]]To be specific, you have the relationship:<<nobr>><<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p1">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Accidentally caused a reactor core meltdown.", "Framed a very high-clearance citizen for treason.", "Saw something strange while working in the Food Vats.", "Exposed, maybe, to a little Communist Propaganda. Briefly. ", "Transferred from a sector that doesn’t exist any more.", "“Got through” an Internal Security “inquiry.”")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p2">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Reprogramming rogue bots to attack your rivals.", "Lying to IntSec to send rivals to Enhanced Interrogation.", "Holding multicorder evidence of someone else’s major treason. ", "Anonymously selling questionable items on C-Bay.", "Getting deeper into debt from treasonous gambling.", "“Borrowing” someone else’s identity for occasional hacking. ")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p3">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Frankenstein Destroyer and Corpore Metal cyborg wannabe. ", "Registered mutant (possibly in Psion) and Anti-Mutant hater. ", "Sierra Club tree-hugger and Pro-Tech gadget fanatic.", "Rival Free Enterprise wheeler-dealers.", "High-rank Illuminati master and know-nothing new recruit. ", "Opposed FCCC-P sects infiltrating each others’ congregations.")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p4">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Shared mutant power—only works when you’re near each other. ", "Current clone and accidentally prematurely-activated next clone. ", "Different clone lines that coincidentally (?) look almost identical. ", "One of you can easily afford a new clone; the other cannot.", "A MemoMax upload accident swapped some of your memories. ", "You both were recently decanted from a “cut-rate discount” bank.")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p5">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Loyalty Officers specifically assigned to monitor each other. ", "Happiness Officer and desperate pill addict.", "Team Leader and former (demoted) Team Leader.", "Equipment Guy and clumsy teammate who breaks things.", "Hygiene Officer and citizen with a disgusting tic or habit.", "Recording Officer and someone who doesn’t want to be seen. ")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p6">><<set $Relationship2 to either("That time every bot in the sector went crazy from a digital virus. ", "That time you guarded a secret vehicle that maybe didn’t exist.", "That time a Food Vat got destroyed and you had to cover it up.", "That time your team was ordered to (shudder) change a lightbulb. ", "That time the mission was an HPD&MC “reality contest show.” ", "That time your team was supposed to catch “the VIOLET Killer.”")>><<else>><</if>><</nobr>>
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
[[Keep going->Need1]]
[[Redo this step->Relationship2]]
[[Go back a step->Start]]You have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
<<nobr>><<set $Need1p1 to "To get revenge">>
<<set $Need1p2 to "To learn the truth">>
<<set $Need1p3 to "To gain respect">>
<<set $Need1p4 to "To find happiness">>
<<set $Need1p5 to "To finally escape">>
<<set $Need1p6 to "To get rich">>
<<set $Need1 to either("$Need1p1", "$Need1p2", "$Need1p3", "$Need1p4", "$Need1p5", "$Need1p6")>><</nobr>>$Need1
[[Keep going->Need2]]
[[Redo this step->Need1]]
[[Go back a step->Relationship2]]To be more specific, you have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:<<nobr>><<if $Need1 is "$Need1p1">><<set $Need2 to either("... on the IntSec GREEN goon who terminated your last clone. ", "... on the PLC vendor who stuck you with bad equipment. ", "... on the CPU bureaucrat who denied your recent paperwork.", "... on the briefing officer who sent you on the wrong mission.", "... on your secret society contact for deceiving you.", "... on your last team leader, just because.")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p2">><<set $Need2 to either("... about your secret society’s latest plan.", "... about what’s hidden deep in the Underplex.", "... about someone else’s unregistered mutation.", "... about a spy within your service group or firm.", "... about one of your previous missions.", "... about a high-clearance R&D experiment.")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p3">><<set $Need2 to either("... from your secret society superiors.", "... from your fellow Troubleshooters.", "... from higher-clearance management.", "... from your service group peers.", "... from lower-clearance citizens.", "... from Friend Computer.")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p4">><<set $Need2 to either("... through lots of drugs.", "... through the pursuit of Science!", "... through “helping” other citizens perfect their hygiene.", "... through acquisition of the coolest gadgets.", "... through secretly sowing chaos.", "... through maintaining (or restoring) a treason-free record. ")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p5">><<set $Need2 to either("... to the Outdoors.", "... to a different service group or firm.", "... to a rival secret society.", "... to another sector.", "... to anywhere that’s not under surveillance.", "... to death, without any more clone replacements.")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p6">><<set $Need2 to either("... by becoming an HPD&MC vidshow star.", "... by trading on the INFRARED Market or C-Bay.", "... by earning bonuses for completing service services.", "... by being an informant for Internal Security.", "... by blackmailing other Troubleshooters over their secrets. ", "... by hacking the Gray Subnets.")>><<else>><</if>><</nobr>>
$Need1 $Need2
[[Keep going->Location1]]
[[Redo this step->Need2]]
[[Go back a step->Need1]]You have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:
<<nobr>><<set $Location1p1 to "Research and Design">>
<<set $Location1p2 to "Industrial center">>
<<set $Location1p3 to "Central Processing Unit">>
<<set $Location1p4 to "Armed forces">>
<<set $Location1p5 to "HPD and Mind Control">>
<<set $Location1p6 to "Internal Security">>
<</nobr>><<set $Location1 to either("$Location1p1", "$Location1p2", "$Location1p3", "$Location1p4", "$Location1p5", "$Location1p6")>>$Location1
[[Keep going->Location2]]
[[Redo this step->Location1]]
[[Go back a step->Need2]] To be more specific, you have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:<<nobr>><<if $Location1 is "$Location1p1">><<set $Location2 to either("Weapons laboratory budgeted as medical research", "New kind of reactor center", "Project Infinite Hole, which “might” go down “forever”", "Chamber packed with glass tubing full of experimental drugs", "Heavy sealed blast door: WARNING. DO NOT OPEN. EVER.", "Brightly-lit prototype demonstration theater")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p2">><<set $Location2 to either("Empty warehouse that was supposed to be full of something", "Overworked Hot Fun facility", "Distribution center operated by hundreds of scary-fast bots", "Mission equipment supply counter with surly, incompetent staff ", "Break room filled with competing vendobots", "Recycling compactor, guaranteed to accept almost anything")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p3">><<set $Location2 to either("Rows and rows of file cabinets containing billions of note cards ", "Local Caching Sub-CompNode 6134", "The Exciting World of Data Modification (museum show)", "Central switching hub for pneumatic tube communication system ", "Vast cube farm of customer support techs on headsets", "Gigantic printer for bulk-generating official forms")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p4">><<set $Location2 to either("Indoor artillery range", "Survival obstacle course", "Parade marching field with bleacher seating for ten thousand", "Railgun turret, supposedly aimed at Beta Complex", "Fuel-and-ammo depot with way too much of both", "Secure, armored barracks for elite Vulture Squadron Warriors ")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p5">><<set $Location2 to either("Hallway with no functioning cameras", "New set for The Teela O’Malley Show", "Private suite of a much higher-clearance citizen", "INFRARED Clearance cafeteria", "Storage facility for effects of dead citizens awaiting new clones ", "New construction at the top or bottom level of this sector")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p6">><<set $Location2 to either("Enhanced Interrogation Chamber with seating for two subjects ", "Mobile Confession Booth—follows citizens who “look troubled” ", "Monitor Control Room with hundreds of screens", "Data warehouse for cold cases and long-term archives", "BLUE Clearance IntSec officers’ locker room", "A completely silent, pitch-black room")>><<else>><</if>><</nobr>>
$Location1: $Location2
[[Keep going->Object1]]
[[Redo this step->Location2]]
[[Go back a step->Location1]]You have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:
$Location1: $Location2
And it involves something:
<<nobr>><<set $Object1p1 to "Treasonous">>
<<set $Object1p2 to "Transportation-related">>
<<set $Object1p3 to "Dangerous">>
<<set $Object1p4 to "Mutation-related">>
<<set $Object1p5 to "High-clearance">>
<<set $Object1p6 to "Experimental">>
<</nobr>><<set $Object1 to either("$Object1p1", "$Object1p2", "$Object1p3", "$Object1p4", "$Object1p5", "$Object1p6")>>$Object1
[[Keep going->Object2]]
[[Redo this step->Object1]]
[[Go back a step->Location2]]To be more specific, you have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:
$Location1: $Location2
And it involves something:<<nobr>><<if $Object1 is "$Object1p1">><<set $Object2 to either("Jackobot with its asimov circuits unlocked", "Bucket of red paint that can make anything RED Clearance", "Formula for Bouncy Bubbly Beverage, encrypted on a Grey Subnet ", "Gatzmann Archive of Old Reckoning history and literature", "Wall-mounted terminal with ULTRAVIOLET data access", "An actual live mouse")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p2">><<set $Object2 to either("High-velocity transbot with funny ideas about route planning", "Combat-scarred TreadTrack crawler for Outdoor exploration", "Poorly maintained and deeply bitter multi-directional elevator", "Vulture Fighter flybot with live weapon load", "Autocar, just out of warranty", "“Variable-speed” SlideWalk leaking lubricant")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p3">><<set $Object2 to either("Laser pistol with VIOLET-Clearance barrel", "Tangler rifle that tends to backfire", "Ice-needle pistol with darts that melt, leaving no trace", "Bandolier of “Variety Grab Bag” grenades", "Pristine, never-been-used force sword in very secure packaging", "Shoulder-fired cone rifle, currently lacking ammo")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p4">><<set $Object2 to either("Electroshock", "Telekinesis", "Hypersenses", "Deep Probe", "Regeneration", "Charm Pheromones")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p5">><<set $Object2 to either("VIP invitation to exclusive R&D tech demo and runway show ", "Bouquet of living flowers brought from the Outdoors", "Plans for Mark V warbot", "Heavy dose of “Supermind” brain accelerant ", "RFID Tracking Dust", "Genetic purity testing kit")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p6">><<set $Object2 to either("Pulse-Detonation-Engine Jetboots", "MemGo “Spotless Mind” memory eraser", "Safe-T-Pak Compressed Foam Bag", "Manacles of Truth", "Bot-controlling whistle", "Extra limbs exoskeleton")>><<else>><</if>><</nobr>>
$Object1: $Object2
[[In summation->End]]
[[Redo this step->Object2]]
[[Go back a step->Object1]]To sum up: $Setting, you have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:
$Location1: $Location2
And it involves something:
$Object1: $Object2
[[Start over->Start]]