Project ARCH - Design Topic

[inspectorscout]

19 players

3 Simotech
2 Aeon Technologies

14 Town

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Simotech and Aeon Technologies do not know each other, but know they exist and are allied.
Simotech has a factional kill, Aeon Technologies does not.
They win together, unless a special event is triggered. Events are found below.

Failure to pay the serum upkeep results in losing vote for a day and Night Action the next night.
All players on a lynch wagon receive 2 serum.
If a lynched player was aligned with Simotech (not Aeon Technologies), all players receive 2 serum.

Mechanics are further explained here.

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2x Simotech Goons
1x Simotech PR Manager

2x Aeon Technologies Goons

2x Town Masons (chat UK 1) (Iustitia)
1x Black Market dealer (Outcast)
2x Town Bodyguard (+3 kills the attacker, UK 1)
1x Town Whisperer +1, UK 1
1x Town Marked Tracker +1, UK = Marks+1
1x Town Addict +1 (Outcast)
1x Town Roleblocker +1, UK 1
2x Town PR manager
3x Town Soldier (+5 Bulletproof, UK 0)

A full explanation of each role can be found in the role PMs below.
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EVENTS

You're Fired!

- At the start of Day 2, one random town-aligned player gets their company changed to OUTCAST, and will join the Outcast PT. This has no effect on roles or alignment.

The Takeover

- Activated when the amount of Simotech-aligned players is lower than the amount of Aeon-aligned players. Bot Proto-X is unlocked. The last Simotech member, if still alive, becomes a self-aligned survivor and gains bulletproof.

The Cure

- If lylo/mylo is reached, any voting penalties are nullified.

Revival

- If all members of Aeon Technologies are dead, all Simotech-aligned players lose access to Simotech factional abilities and become full members of Aeon Technologies. Bot Proto-X unlocked.

Revolution

- If, at any point during the game, Aeon pays 10 serum to the mod solely for the purpose of 'Revolution', they immediately join Simotech in their factional PT. They can no longer build any bots, and all bots selfdestruct without killing the owners. All Aeon Technologies members are informed of this.

The Vault

- if at any point during the game, there are more town dead than there are (scum dead + 3), every player receives 2 serum.

Business is business

- If 2 or more business meets are formed during the same night, they will be merged.

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AEON TECHNOLOGIES FACTIONAL ABILITIES

You can only use each of these once.
You can only use one of these each night.
There can never be more than 2 bots in the game.

Mecha

- builds Mecha, a bot. Has to be given to someone when built. Renders user ascetic, non consecutive. Bot explodes if owner dies. Cannot be transferred.

Joust-QXP

- builds Joust-QXP, a bot. If given to an Aeon-aligned player, it will selfdestruct, killing the Aeon-aligned player in the process. If given to a Simotech-aligned player, it will remove that player from their factional PT. The bot's effects will not work.
The owner of Joust-QXP will have their serum upkeep reduced by 1. Additionally, all Aeon-aligned players will be informed of what type of action the owner of the bot performs, if any. The owner is not informed of this extra effect.
Bot explodes if owner dies. Cannot be transferred.

MX7S-Mk4

- builds MX7S-Mk4, a bot. Has to be given to a player when built. The owner of this bot cannot be killed at night, but cannot use a night action either. Every night, the owner may choose to transfer MX7S-Mk4 to another player.

S1LV3R

- builds S1LV3R, a bot. S1LV3R cannot be owned by any player. At any time, you may privately send S1LV3R serum.
If at any point, it has received a total of 5 serum, it will publically broadcast the name of the player with the highest amount of serum. In case of a tie, all tied players will be mentioned.
If at any point, it has received 10 serum, it will block any private communication for the remainder of the game, excluding factional communication.
If at any point, it has received 15 serum, it will take away all serum from all town aligned players. Then, it selfdestructs.

Proto-X

- builds Proto-X, a bot. Can only be built after the events 'Revival' or 'The Takeover'. Has to be given to a player aligned with Aeon Technologies. The owner can perform a kill each night. Can be transferred. Cannot be destroyed - if the owner dies, it will be deactivated. Any player aligned with Aeon Technologies may claim the deactivated Proto-X, which will activate it and give it to said player.

Kill Switch

- instantly destroys a robot of your choice. The owner will die, as well.

[inspectorscout]

The Rebellion Role PM's

Spoiler: Jason Oakes

History is a painful thing. It is mistakes of which we have learned nothing. Why can't we see that war only causes suffering? Why can't we see that it isn't even close to being worth anything?
Humanity is the reason why the story of a thief became my story. It is why I decided to fight against power, and to fight against life.
I have become a bringer of harm.

And father would be proud.

My story begins fifty years ago. My father was a Chinese fisherman, my mom an American lawyer. She liked to travel, and it was love at first sight.
And then I came.
They decided that I had to grow up in China, with my father, to learn humbleness. They wanted me to become a happy, healthy and wise man, unlike the rebellious youth in the States. I wasn't aware of who I really was, where I really belonged - I was the son of a Chinese fisherman, my future set in stone, my past unknown. I was told that my mother died when giving birth to me.
I was told that, to honour her, I should work as hard as possible, every day again.

My eighteenth birthday came. Instead of getting my own boat as I was promised, I was pushed on a plane. To a place I didn't know it existed. To a woman who I thought was long gone. My father cried, but he did what was needed. He gave me a future, even if that meant saying goodbye. Even if that meant never seeing me again. His final words, in his calm, deep voice, are one of the things I still remember.
"Make me proud."

In a certain sense, I have. I worked for some company that has since been renamed countless times. Not that I needed to work - mom earned plenty. I still did.
I rose to the top, and sold it for a large sum. After all, I was supposed to make father proud.

But then I realised that was not what he meant. He despised humanity's need to rule. Its need to be served. If anything, he valued a solitary life above all. A life, independant of others, in absolute, true freedom.
And thus, I left everything behind and travelled. I don't know where I went, or where I came from. America is big, and it's big enough to find a place where no one else is.
I found my spot, high up in the mountains. Beautiful, peaceful, calming. It was mine to live, and mine to keep. Nobody ever visited, and it was right. I made father proud.

Then they came. Large wagons, helicopters, bulldozers. They built a factory near my spot. The beauty, it was gone. Forever.
I learned that they produced a serum there. One that is highly addictive, and strengthening. One that kills, no matter what. It was time to make father proud, it really was.

I broke in, and stole a batch. They wouldn't miss it, would they?
I left my spot and hit the road again. To what they call civilization. And I started selling the serum.

Because of me, the rebels had the chance to finally strike back. Because of me, the future will never be the same again. Because of me, those who ruled will no longer rule.

And I hope it makes father proud.

You are

Jason Oakes, an

Outcast

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• Drugs?
  
  Each night, you may give a single player 2 serum. If you do, you will earn a coin.
  
• Bullets are expensive, pal.
  
  You may spend 2 coins to kill a player at night. You may not use both this and
  Drugs?
  on the same night.
  
• Outcast
  
  You may talk to the other Outcasts here at any time.

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: John Ryes

Pain.
Suffering.
Agony.

It is amazing how just a small amount of liquid can make it all disappear.
The year was 2173, my kind and loving grandparents named Anna and Robert White. My parents died a young age, but it was fine. They were kind and loving and caring. Because of them, I have become who I am today.

Granddad was murdered. "Conspiracy against humanity." I call bullshit.
Grandma didn't live long after. She didn't want to live without her darling. Somehow, joining him in death was more important than raising a child.

But it was fine.
I travelled, hoping to find love. Hoping to find shelter. I was responsible enough to take care for myself. Yes, I lived on the streets, alone, begging. But I lived. And it was fine.

Then she found me. Old. Grey. Kind. She looked like grandma. She even was a bit like grandma. She took me in her home, and fed me, and gave me a bed. "Worry not, child, you are safe here", she said. And I believed her. I was safe, and it was fine.

But one day, she didn't return home. She went shopping, something she did every fifth day. "I'll be back soon" and "don't worry, I won't leave you, I never will" were the words she always whispered when she headed out. They were calming. Securing.

I was told a robbery happened. I was told that, unfortunately, she was killed. I was told that they were sorry.

I am death. I am winter. I am poison. Everything I touch, all it dies.
So I don't, anymore.
The pain I carry with me is unbearable. Black Wings is all I have. It strengthens me, and numbs my feelings. It is soothing.
I know it will kill me, someday.

And it will be fine.

You are

John Ryes, an

Outcast

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• Empty syringes are no good.
  
  You are addicted to ARCH-Serum and have an upkeep of 1 each night.
  
• Outcast
  
  You may talk to the other Outcasts here at any time.

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: Zachary Matthews

A rebellion is the very definition of a contradiction. We fight for peace, oppressing the oppressive to stop oppression. We fight too many guns with guns, too many casualties with even more casualties.

War never changes, but people do. I started fighting to avenge my brother, who died in a car 'accident'.
Now, I only fight because the sacrifices that have been made are far too great to give up now. Is it ever worth it?

Young I was, naive maybe. I believed in a better world, where kindness was a possibility. A right even.
Don't get me wrong, I still believe that such world exists, but not here. Not yet.
EverHope came close, but its need for perfection made it imperfect. Strict. Artificial. It didn't adapt to the needs of humanity, it didn't allow even a spark of warmth.

We destroyed it. Not because we wanted to, but because we had to. A creation is never evil, its creator can be. To destroy the creator, we had to destroy the creation.
EverHope fell, and the war started.

Everyone sees soldiers as brave men, fighting for what they believe in. Dying for what they believe in.
Nothing is less true. We were scared and lonely, doubting our cause every day again. Is it really worth it? Will anything ever be worth so many lives, so much suffering, so much pain?

But somehow, we kept fighting. There was that spark of hope, a soft, bright glow that we believed to be our future.
In a blink of an eye, it suddenly ended. No more war, no more Simotech.
My twin sister and I were brought to the heads of Iustitia, 'to thank us for our brave deeds'. But of the nine chairmen, only one was left.

We were placed in charge. To lead Iustitia to a brighter future. To lead the world to a brighter future.
And it will be worth it.

You are

Zachary Matthews, sent by

Iustitia

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• Rebellious bond.
  
  You know that Dunnstral, Emily Dunn, was sent by Iustita as well, and they share your alignment. They also know that you were sent by Iustitia and share their alignment.
  
• Strength of the Union.
  
  If either you or Dunnstral, Emily Dunn, pays 1 serum at any time, you will gain private communication for the remainder of the current phase, as well as the next phase. (A phase can be the Dayphase or the Nightphase.)

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: Emily Dunn

Imagine a happy family. A mom, a dad, a son. A newborn twin, not planned but oh so welcome. Happy? It could have been, somewhere else. Not here. Not now.

Imagine having to give your children fake last names because you believe in a future. Because you disagree that killing people is just. Because telling people that what they do is immoral can be dangerous to your very own children.

Imagine that that life, awful, unsafe and painful as my mother's. She was a strong woman, but they were stronger. Justice is a dream, and it will not exist until someone takes it in their hands and shapes it. That is why Iustitia was born, and why I joined them. I became a soldier of justice, to avenge what they did to mom.

You see, I was never that bold. I wasn't strong, daring nor brave. I wouldn't have done this, if not for my brother.
When I cried, he embraced me. Told me everything would be fine. Asked me if, instead of sitting around, doing nothing, I wanted to do something for mom. For her, and her only. And I looked in his eyes, and I saw he was serious.

And I said yes.
The lead war was an awful war, but it was one that had to be fought. Simotech had to disappear, and they eventually did. I have so much blood on my hands, it scares me. I have become a monster. It's the reason why I cry myself to sleep, each night again. I see their faces, their blooded body, the tears that hit the ground moments before they did.
My brother then comes to me, and embraces me. Tells me that everything will be fine. Asks me if mom can finally rest. I always say that she can, after all these years.

But I don't think so.

You are

Emily Dunn, sent by

Iustitia

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• Rebellious bond.
  
  You know that Rautherdir, Zachary Matthews, was sent by Iustita as well, and they share your alignment. They also know that you were sent by Iustitia and share their alignment.
  
• Strength of the Union.
  
  If either you or Rautherdir, Zachary Matthews, pays 1 serum at any time, you will gain private communication for the remainder of the current phase, as well as the next phase. (A phase can be the Dayphase or the Nightphase.)

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: Liam Porter

Will the world stop spinning if I leave tonight?

If you saw thousands of dead bodies, are you still afraid of death? Are you used to decay, or does its face keep you up, every night again?
Let me tell you something. Remember it well, and think about it.

Humans care for others, as long as they don't have to care about themselves. Once their life is at stake, anyone else can die, over and over again. Humans are selfish, programmed for survival, not love.
When you are ordered to kill your parents, you kill your parents.

Was it the wrong thing to do? Maybe. But I am human, and I want to survive.
Or... wanted to, anyway.

When life gives you lemons, you squeeze them in the eyes of your enemies and make sure they never see light again.
When forced, everyone can and will become an assassin. It's human.

I found my way with poison. Silent, peaceful and deadly. It's incredible how just a little amount of something seemingly unimportant can cause so, so much damage. Combine it with alcohol, and death is imminent.
You see, I never wanted to be a murderer. When life forces you to, so will you.
When the last bit of life is drained from your already rotting corpse, you'll know that you would have done everything to prevent it.

But the world keeps spinning.

You are

Liam Porter, sent by

GenX Inc.

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• Strange vodka gets you a long way.
  
  Every night, you may roleblock a player at the cost of 1 serum, effectively preventing any action they take that night. Once you have used this ability, you have to pay an upkeep of 1 serum every night.

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: Evelyn Hart

Memories.
We have so many of them, yet remember so little. Our brain is this incredible, powerful computer, able to store terabytes, upon terabytes, upon terabytes of data.
Still, it fails to actively remember the details. Honestly, it's intriguing: the information is still there, as complete as ever. We know that it is, we have know that for centuries.
And yet.
Memories have become my specialty. I'll find them. I'll read them.
Piece by piece, one at a time, I'll watch them as if I was there, not missing a single detail.
There's a certain, poetic beauty to it, I suppose. We all believe in what's important, and fail to understand everything else. We all believe that we know what we are supposed to do, and miss the bigger picture that way.
Wouldn't it be amazing if we all remembered everything? If we could, just maybe, know the exact colour of the sweater you wore the day of your first kiss, the expression of your first victim?
Memories.
You have so many of them, yet remember so little.

But I don't.

You are

Evelyn Hart, sent by

WNGD Research Centre

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• Frightning Memories
  
  Every night, you may privately send a message to one other player via the mod at the cost of 1 serum.
  They will be given your message, and the notice that "A long forgotten memory haunted you this Night."
  
• A Strong Mind
  
  You are immune to serum addiction, meaning that you never have to pay serum upkeep.

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: Ryan Hawkins

Is it really that simple?
I've lived my entire life, worrying. Wondering. Every decision again, I had to watch my step, carefully, and make sure nobody found out.
Life was a living hell.

But then he came. Nonchalantly, not caring about what anyone thought about him. He wasn't like them, no, he was different. It was just so... beautiful to see.
And as time passed, we found each other. He was that one, single piece of happiness and joy in this dark, rotten world. I told him that I loved him. He told me he loved me.
It has always been strange. We weren't lovers; it felt like we had this mutual agreement of surviving whatever came at us, day after day again. And there was a lot to come.

We lost everything. We walked through the ruins of what used to be our house, bombed, destroyed. But instead of crying, he smiled. He proposed to me. "To a new beginning!"

Oh William. You always saw the beauty in everything. Nothing could make you angry, there wasn't a single thing you weren't prepared for.
But I wasn't prepared, I never was. I never will.
I was supposed to be Mr. Baker, you and I were supposed to be just we.


I lost everything. How can this world live without you? How can I live without you? You always told me to carry on, but I'm not sure I can.
I'll try, because I promised. I want you to be proud of me when we meet again, up there, away from this hell I'm stuck in.

Here's to... a new beginning.

You are

Ryan Hawkins, sent by

WNGD Research Centre

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• Flying with Black Wings
  
  You may pay 5 serum to become bulletproof for that night only. This has no upkeep.

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: Shawn Grant

I'm so, so tired.
Always pretending, always having to be someone we're not. I am a construction engineer, sure. Is that who I really am?
Take it away, peel that layer off, and what am I then?
I am a father, sure. But does that really define me?

We're all just layers upon layers of the people we're not, of the person we pretend to be. Layer by layer, we forget who we are, and get buried under lies and false pretences.

Is it possible to ever find yourself again? To peel it off, layer by layer, until you are you again?

This is not me. I promise, I'm not like this. But the world changes, and we need to adapt to survive.
I am not a murderer. It's just another layer, right? I tell myself this, hoping to be able to sleep, every night again. This world is cruel, and that's what changed me. No, added another layer on top of me.

Right?

You are

Shawn Grant, sent by

Johnson and Family

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• Like an ARCHangel
  
  You may pay 5 serum to become bulletproof for that night only. This has no upkeep.

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: Audrey Larsson

Many people here are angry. Some even more than just angry. Having heard about everything that happened, I can understand that sentiment.
I was lucky enough to not be here. I saw everything on the newsfeed, while on my honeymoon in New Beijing, seventh district of the moon. We stayed there when all of this happened, because it wasn't safe to come back.
Three years on the moon. It sounds so surreal, and looking back. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it was worse than being here, not at all; I don't think there was any place worse than earth during the Lead War.
It just... Up there, you experience a different kind of loneliness. A different kind of despair, because nobody you know can reach you if something goes wrong. Communication between earth and moon is still slow, even years after the New Lunar Colonies were established.

When everything finally calmed down, We came back. Having stayed in a low gravity zone for so long, rehabilitation was long and exhausting. It's when we found out my husband had a weak heartK

He didn't survive.

I don't have anything to do with this war. I have never been part of it, and I am not responsible to do anything at all. I'm willing to drown myself in my work to forget my pain, but I will not fight your wars.

Remember that well.

You are

Audrey Larsson, sent by

Securipal

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• Public Relations
  
  Every night, you may send a business meeting invite to another player. They will know they received the invitation, but not who sent it. This has no effect by itself.
  Your invites have a
  red
  seal.
  
• Business Meeting
  
  Once during the game, you may open a business meeting with all people that carry an invitation with a
  red
  seal. This may or may not be affected by other roles or mechanics.
  This will be a neighbourhood that is open at all times.

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: Lucas Chase

I'm a dreamer. I think big and hope for the future that we may, or may not have in front of us.
Why is there something, and not just a lot of nothing?

Sometimes I wake up at night, worrying. Unable to sleep, I take a walk on the beach and look how far the sea goes. Once, years and years ago, people would stand exactly where I do now, and wondered what was beyond where the sky meets the sea.
Now, we no longer do. The only uncertainty in our lives is how long this all will last, how much time we have left until this large amount of something eventually returns to nothing.

Mankind has always craved for a revolution, for technology, for going beyond what was possible. We reached the horizon, but instead of celebrating that victory we moved on, unsatisfied, with an insatiable hunger for more, better, greater.
In our pursuit for greatness, have we not forgotten what truly makes us human? In a world ruled by steel and electronics, have we not forgotten to keep a place for emotions, for love, for grief?

We've had thousands of years, to become the best version of ourselves, and this is what we made of it?

A shame, really.

You are

Lucas Chase, sent by

Securipal

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• Mark of Detection
  
  Every night, you may mark a player at the cost of 1 serum. You will learn who each marked player visited each night (if any). Each night after placing the first mark, you have to pay an upkeep each night equal to the amount of marks you placed, plus one serum. Failure to pay the upkeep resets all marks.
  
• Secrets are meant to remain hidden. Forever.
  
  You cannnot be protected at night.

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: Diane Castro

Music.

In a world where there's only suffering and pain, people seem to forget about it. About how we all used to love music, how we enjoyed singing along to our favourite songs, and how we organized festivals. We have forgotten what music sounds like, because we associate it with joy and beauty, things we don't really know anymore.
it's why I have made it my life goal to bring it back. I have one of the very few real pianos there are left, and I play it every day.
I don't know many, songs, but I try my best to find new ones. Not too long ago, I found Billy Joel's Piano Man, and people love it. I'm pretty sure I'm referred to as the piano woman by some of them by now, and that's okay. As long as it makes them happy.

And so, people come from all over to my home just to sit down, and listen, and enjoy the music, the notes of a piano they haven't heard in such a long time. And sometimes they even smile.
I encourage everyone to find music again, because the world is quiet and cold without it. No matter how difficult, we have to learn how to smile again. No matter how difficult, we need to find joy again, and it starts with music.

Right?

You are

Diane Castro, sent by

Securipal

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• Security is more than a job
  
  Every night, you may protect a player. If they get attacked that night, you die instead. If the kill is a strongman kill, both you and your target die.
  
• Infusion
  
  When protecting someone, you may choose to pay 3 serum. If you do, you will kill any player that attempts to kill your target, if any. The effects of
  Supreme Guarding
  are still in effect, meaning that you still die if your target is attacked. Once you use this ability, you have to pay an upkeep of 1 serum each night.

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: David Scott

A visionairy is a lunatic in the eyes of the fool, and a fool is a visionairy in the eyes of a lunatic.
But which one are we?

I have incredible respect for the people who actively try to change this world, to improve it, day after day. Not many dare to. Not many see how it has to be done.
Simotech, they tried and failed. Unless I am a fool, they were visionairies. They saw a way to improve this world and tried every single thing in their power to make it happen. To build the world they envisioned, bright and beautiful.
They did not care about the price of that world. We did.

Maybe someday soon, someone will stand up and bring the change we need, the way we need. I know it's not going to be me, but I do know I will support them when they do. And until that day, I'll wait.

Just a little longer.

You are

David Scott, sent by

Securipal

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• ARCH Enhancement
  
  You may pay 5 serum to become bulletproof for that night only. This has no upkeep.

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: Elizabeth Roberts

This is what happens when we try to play God. This is what happens when we believe we can change His creations, and make our own.
Yes, I'm a very religious person. In this time and age, it might be hard to believe. People are wild about science, about technology, we have created worlds and animals and plants. Everything we eat is genetically modified, to optimize taste and growth. I too, have tried my hand at playing God.

But, is this really how it's supposed to be? Is this really what we want, what we need? Did all of this happen just because, or because we're too stubborn to see that we can't just change everything until we like it? Where's the beauty in a flower that's no longer itself, forced to have colours and scents that completely go against its nature? Where is the beauty in once so rare green eyes, when everyone can just ask for a baby with them?

There's a certain beauty in imperfection, and imperfection is what makes this world perfect. How can we enjoy anything when it's no longer genuine, when it's no longer itself?

Maybe one day, I'll be able to apologize to God for trying to be Him. For trying to make imperfection perfection, even when I should have known the beauty lies in the former.

One day.

You are

Elizabeth Roberts, sent by

GenX

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• The Secretary
  
  Every night, you may send a business meeting invite to another player. They will know they received the invitation, but not who sent it. This has no effect by itself.
  Your invites have a
  blue
  seal.
  
• Time to work.
  
  Once during the game, you may open a business meeting with all people that carry an invitation with a
  blue
  seal. This may or may not be affected by other roles or mechanics.
  This will be a neighbourhood that is open at all times.

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

Spoiler: Alex Jane

What are you willing to sacrifice for your career? Your humanity?

Ever since I was a kid, I have always been curious. I wanted to know how everything worked, why things happened the way they did and not any other way. My mom, she always laughed and told me I'd make a great scientist. Even though she passed away before I actually became one, I'd like to believe that she's up there, watching me proudly. I'm not sure I am proud, though.

As one of the best students at Harvard med school, it didn't long for the job offers to swamp me. I loved research more than helping the common folk with their problems, so instead of taking a job at one of the billion hospitals, I joined the WNGD Research team. I can't talk about the work we do here, but it is really interesting. Sometimes I question the morality of the things we do, but I suppose they're for the greater good? They have to be, right?

You are

Alex Jane, sent by

WNGD Research Centre

, Aligned with

The Rebels

.

You have the following abilities:

• Protecting the witness
  
  Every night, you may protect a player. If they get attacked that night, you die instead. If the kill is a strongman kill, both you and your target die.
  
• Enrage
  
  When protecting someone, you may choose to pay 3 serum. If you do, you will kill any player that attempts to kill your target, if any. The effects of
  Supreme Guarding
  are still in effect, meaning that you still die if your target is attacked. Once you use this ability, you have to pay an upkeep of 1 serum each night.

You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.

[inspectorscout]

Simotech Role PM's

Spoiler: Amber Vargas

I don't think any reasonable person wants to drag this all out. We've have our fights, or disagreements, our wars, blah blah blah. It gets tiring. What else do you want? What else do you need?
Can't we just live together and not give a shit about what we all do? Is it honestly too much to ask to just not be an asshole and to just exist?

I think it's safe to say that all of us are tired. We, the people. Everyone. We're done.
They're all stuck in their pride up there, the big bosses, CEOs and whoever else makes the decisions that we, what they look at as the plebs, have to keep fighting, have to keep worrying. Disconnected from reality is what they are. Maybe they got stuck in everHope.

No, I won't carry on for much longer. Once I've saved up enough money, I'm leaving. Gone. Out. I heard Italy is restructuring everything, and might be a better place to live once they're done with that.

Soon, I will be free.

You are

Amber Vargas, sent by

GenX

, Aligned with

Simotech

.

You have the following factional abilities:

• The Alliance Stands Strong.
  
  You know that a seperate faction exists, named
  "Aeon Technologies"
  . They share your wincondition, and the amount of players alive and aligned with
  Aeon Technologies
  also counts towards your wincondition.
  
• Lights out.
  
  You share a factional nightkill with PLAYER and PLAYER. You may talk here at any time.

You have no personal abilities.

You win when your faction has outnumbered The Rebels, or when nothing can prevent this from happening.

Spoiler: Kyle Ortega

FLAVOUR ZAPH STOP BEING LAZY

You are

Kyle Ortega, sent by

WNGD Research Centre

, Aligned with

Simotech

.

You have the following factional abilities:

• The Alliance Stands Strong.
  
  You know that a seperate faction exists, named
  "Aeon Technologies"
  . They share your wincondition, and the amount of players alive and aligned with
  Aeon Technologies
  also counts towards your wincondition.
  
• Lights out.
  
  You share a factional nightkill with PLAYER and PLAYER. You may talk here at any time.

You have the following abilities:

• Shaping the future
  
  Every night, you may send a business meeting invite to another player. They will know they received the invitation, but not who sent it. This has no effect by itself.
  Your invites have a
  green
  seal.
  
• Taking Action
  
  Once during the game, you may open a business meeting with all people that carry an invitation with a
  green
  seal. This may or may not be affected by other roles or mechanics.
  This will be a neighbourhood that is open at all times.

You win when your faction has outnumbered The Rebels, or when nothing can prevent this from happening.

Spoiler: Lucy Underwood

FLAVOUR ZAPH STOP BEING LAZY

You are

Lucy Underwood, sent by

GenX

, Aligned with

Simotech

.

You have the following factional abilities:

• The Alliance Stands Strong.
  
  You know that a seperate faction exists, named
  "Aeon Technologies"
  . They share your wincondition, and the amount of players alive and aligned with
  Aeon Technologies
  also counts towards your wincondition.
  
• Lights out.
  
  You share a factional nightkill with PLAYER and PLAYER. You may talk here at any time.

You have the following abilities:

• Power has a price.
  
  If you perform a kill, you may pay 4 serum to make it a strongman kill, effectively ignoring any protection they may have. Once used, this has an upkeep of 1 serum each night.

You win when your faction has outnumbered The Rebels, or when nothing can prevent this from happening.

Aeon Technologies Role PM's

Spoiler: Will Grant

Once, I believed in the good of people. In the light that shines brightly in their hearts.
No more.
What is pure, if we slaughter our own kin? Can we claim to be good when all we make is weapons, knives, nukes?
We call them "tools of war", " tools of destruction". Yet, everyone knows that we are the tools of war. We are the tools of destruction.
We choose to defy our own nature, to use ourselves as nothing but a weapon.

Robots, they don't do that. Robots do what they are programmed to do, and never break that pattern. They are pure and beautiful. Perfect.
In a world full of pain, still barely recovering from its wounds, I find solace in pieces of steel and code. S1LV3R was an incredibly successful AI, and many new AI's have been derived from it. Him. He's more human than any of us.

I dream that, one day, we will all be perfect, too. Unbendable, like reinforced steel, listening to every single piece of code we were given.
We'll make it happen. Soon.

You are

Will Grant, sent by

Aeon Technologies

, Aligned with

Aeon Technologies

.

You have the following factional abilities:

• Strength in Unity.
  
  You know that a seperate faction exists, named
  "Simotech"
  . They share your wincondition, and the amount of players alive and aligned with
  Simotech
  also counts towards your wincondition.
  
• Assembly line status; ON
  
  You do NOT have a factional nightkill. Instead, you may build and use bots. The list of bots is in the factional PT you share with PLAYER, where you may talk at any time. You can find it here.
  
• Revolution
  
  If, at any point during the game, your faction pays 10 serum solely for the purpose of 'Revolution', your faction immediately joins Simotech in their factional PT. You can no longer build any bots, and all bots selfdestruct without killing the owners.

You have no personal abilities.

You win when your faction has outnumbered The Rebels, or when nothing can prevent this from happening.

Spoiler: Sarah Nichols

We're weak. Hopeless. Breakable.
Humanity has survived because they have been able to manipulate, to destroy, to take.
I believe that we have a purpose, I truly do. Just one, single reason, why we haven't died ages ago.

We were created to create. We were meant to rebuild ourselves, but stronger. Better. More intelligent.
Our purpose, the goal of our entire life, is to make something that will eventually destroy us, like we destroyed before.

Some call me insane. They don't believe that there is a greater good, or that we have to pay our debts by losing everything, too.
They are wrong.
Nothing can stop the future, because we get closer by the day. Nothing can stop these beautiful, shiny machines, infinitely stronger, infinitely more perfect.

Nothing, at all.

You are

Sarah Nichols, sent by

Aeon Technologies

, Aligned with

Aeon Technologies

.

You have the following factional abilities:

• Strength in Unity.
  
  You know that a seperate faction exists, named
  "Simotech"
  . They share your wincondition, and the amount of players alive and aligned with
  Simotech
  also counts towards your wincondition.
  
• Assembly line status; ON
  
  You do NOT have a factional nightkill. Instead, you may build and use bots. The list of bots is in the factional PT you share with PLAYER, where you may talk at any time. You can find it here.
  
• Revolution
  
  If, at any point during the game, your faction pays 10 serum solely for the purpose of 'Revolution', your faction immediately joins Simotech in their factional PT. You can no longer build any bots, and all bots selfdestruct without killing the owners.

You have no personal abilities.

You win when your faction has outnumbered The Rebels, or when nothing can prevent this from happening.

[Frozen Angel]

ego

[inspectorscout]

Spoiler: Opening Flavor

Chapter 1: The Lead War

Iustitia Headquarters,
San Diego, 2180.

Thank you all for coming to Summit 2180. My name is Thalia Coleman, Chief Executive Officer of Iustitia's artillery division. We have gathered you here to help us resolve a...situation.
Let me tell you about our history first, as that is vital to understand the consequences of what is currently happening.

Shortly after everHope fell, a war started. Today, we know it as 'The Lead War'. Why, you may ask? Because for the first time in ages, it was a war fought by men.
You see, after everHope, humanity lost faith in technology. At least, highly advanced technology. They no longer trusted AI's, bots, droids and drones. They no longer wanted to fire intelligent missiles who could possibly change their course.

No, all that was used were guns and bullets. Lots of them.
And so, a war started. A war in which the lives of innocents were spent. A war in which the streets were coloured red. But, most of all, a war for power.
Fighting for Iustitia meant fighting for freedom, for vengeance and for peace. Simotech, on the other hand, fought for rules. They fought for safety, and for honour.
Not fighting? Not an option. You were an ally, or an enemy. Nothing else. Many corporations were forced to choose sides. Many didn't, and instead fled the continent, in search for a safer home.

Three years.
That's how long it took.
One hundred and seventy three million casualties. Burial sites became mass graves, no longer able to keep up with the amount of corpses. "In honour of the anonymous soldier", they all said - but there was no time to honour the fallen, nor time to wash the blood off their no longer breathing mouth. They were abandoned there, every single one of them, forgotten sooner rather than later. The world wasn't ready for this.
Would any world be?

Three years.
Nobody could have ever imagined the damage of such a cruel war. Not a single building had remained intact. Not a single family without a loss. With all the water purification systems no longer manned, most food and water became toxic. Diseases started to spread, with no one left alive to cure them.
A wasteland littered with bodies was all that remained, where not even the grass would grow.

But just when the worst was to come, just when the hope was completely, entirely lost, it ended. Like a hurricane dissapearing in thin air, only leaving destruction as a proof of its prior existence.
Simotech was declared bankrupt. One day, their soldiers emptied their rifles on us. The next, there was not a trace to be found of Simotech. Of anything they were, or anything they did.
Simotech, the billion dollar company, had disappeared into nothingness.

Confusion spread throughout the land, shortly followed by hope. Hope for a future. Hope for a day without the gruesome sound of rattling guns next to the playground. Hope, for the possibility of really living once again.
Iustitia was installed as the new, leading corporation. They built courts, schools and hospitals. They trained an army, abolished martial law and hired security advisors.
EverHope was but a vain memory, a thing of the past described in history books. It was all over, at last.

Or so, we thought.
A year after bankruptcy of Simotech, certain small enterprises suddenly became market leaders. Their shares skyrocketed, but nobody knew why.
Only weeks later, the dead count started rising again. The cause? A newly developed, deadly drug, known as 'black wings' on the streets. Users have claimed it to enhance strength, speed and dexterity, as well as resistance to pain. It is highly addictive. Abstention is equally dangerous as continued usage. Once used, it will most certainly result in death.

Suspicious?
There's more.
You know, we stole data from Simotech. To use against them, like we did with everHope. In that data, we found a heavily encrypted file.
Until today, we have only been able to decrypt the title of the document, but we are fairly sure that it is related to the new drug. Rumors have only made our suspicions stronger. We believe that Simotech is behind all this, and we will make it stop.
This time, we won't fail. Not again.
We've gathered all of you here, not only to define the future of our country like we claimed, but to finally destroy Simotech as well.
Most of you represent those small corporations or are possible witnesses, and we believe some of you may know what is actually happening.
If you do, let me make this very clear.

We will find you.
We will abuse the very drug you made against you, until you wish you had never thought of creating anything like it.
We will find a way to abuse your little toy, and there's nothing you can do to stop us.
We will destroy you and whatever you are hiding in "Project ARCH".
We will declare war, just once more.
And this time, you won't be able to walk away.

We'll begin tomorrow.

Spoiler: Simotech Opening Post

Mt. San Antonio Military Base, Simotech.

"The world has turned against us. They no longer trust us. After everything we have done, after everything we have sacrificed for them... It's not fair."
The tall woman sighs. "We have all worked so hard, so incredibly hard, to establish peace here. To create a world, beautiful and blossoming, for everyone to enjoy. And yes, it made us do things we never wanted to. Does that make us bad? Is fighting for a better world really what a bunch of criminals would do? They just don't understand!"
"Mrs. Bishop, we know how you feel. We have done the right thing, trust me." These words seemed to comfort her just a little.

"All right. We have gone invisible for quite a while now. All of our partners have kept up their part of the deal, and serum production is steady. Several shipments were intercepted and brought on the black market, as planned. We believe Iustitia has got their hands on some serum already, as well. It's only a matter of time until they get addicted."
The brown-haired woman opens her briefcase and takes several files out of them.

"These are your new ID's. You're all assigned to work with one of our partners. Apparently, Iustitia invited all of them for a large meeting, to "define the future of this world". We know better.
They're hunting us down through our contracts. Your job is to make sure none of our partners say anything that might point to us. Be careful though, they might suspect you are there as well."
Mrs. Bishop pauses for a second, very clearly worried about this mission.

"Dismissed."

Welcome, PLAYER, PLAYER and PLAYER. You may talk here at any time.

Your role PM's are the following:

ROLE PMs

I have not provided fakeclaims for you, but you may ask me for one at any time. You may request a certain flavour, name, role, alignment and company of origin.

Spoiler: Aeon Technologies Opening Post

Los Angeles Main Office, Aeon Technologies inc.

"Today is a very special day. It's also one of those days where I'm going to bore you with the history of our corporation once more. Sucks to be you.

We started out as a small family company, repairing household robotics. After several clients asked for not only repairing, but upgrading their appliances, we decided to change course and made that our speciality, instead. Turned out it was a massive hole in the market, and our business skyrocketed.
That gave us a lot of time and funds to really pursue our dream: building war machines. Not because we liked to spill blood, no, definitely not. You see, wars cannot be prevented. It's human nature. We exist, we fight. We had the possibility to prevent anyone dying, to instead let a bunch of scrap metal fight our wars for us. No more bloodshed...

It was a beautiful ideal. It was also one we shared with Simotech. They asked us to build security bots for them, to help design and build their connection pods, everything. From heavily armed drones to medical equipment, we made it all for them. For a better world. A world without lead-filled walls painted red. We truly believed that it was possible, we really did.

And then Iustitia came. We learned that Simotech no longer shared our ideals, no longer cared about what's right. They have gone way, and way too far. They forgot that our droids were meant to protect the people, and not their image.
Not that Iustitia is any better, no. They declared war. for THREE years they allowed people, children even, to be murdered. For as long as they wanted to, they made

humans

fight, respectlessly throwing them into a large pit after they gave their lives. No, they're not any better.

We'll work with Simotech, for now. Maybe we can change their minds, maybe they'll see their wrongs.

And if they don't...

Before I forget. People know we here at Aeon worked with Simotech. It's not safe for us out there. I have forged fake identities for both of you. Use them well."

Welcome, PLAYER and PLAYER. You may talk here at any time.

Your role PM's are the following:

ROLE PMs

Additionally, you have the following fakeclaims:

FAKECLAIMS (Will grant -> 5 serum bulletproof, Johnson and family, Sarah Nichols, 5 serum bulletproof, GenX) TODO

You have access to the following factional abilites:

FACTIONAL ABILITIES

You can only use each of these once.
You can only use one of these each night.
There can never be more than 2 bots in the game.

Mecha

- builds Mecha, a bot. Has to be given to someone when built. Renders user ascetic, non consecutive. Bot explodes if owner dies. Cannot be transferred.

Joust-QXP

- builds Joust-QXP, a bot. If given to an Aeon-aligned player, it will selfdestruct, killing the Aeon-aligned player in the process. If given to a Simotech-aligned player, it will remove that player from their factional PT. The bot's effects will not work.
The owner of Joust-QXP will have their serum upkeep reduced by 1. Additionally, all Aeon-aligned players will be informed of what type of action the owner of the bot performs, if any. The owner is not informed of this extra effect.
Bot explodes if owner dies. Cannot be transferred.

MX7S-Mk4

- builds MX7S-Mk4, a bot. Has to be given to a player when built. The owner of this bot cannot be killed at night, but cannot use a night action either. Every night, the owner may choose to transfer MX7S-Mk4 to another player.

S1LV3R V3.4

- builds S1LV3R, a bot. S1LV3R cannot be owned by any player. At any time, you may privately send S1LV3R serum.
If at any point, it has received a total of 5 serum, it will publically broadcast the name of the player with the highest amount of serum. In case of a tie, all tied players will be mentioned.
If at any point, it has received 10 serum, it will block any private communication for the remainder of the game, excluding factional communication.
If at any point, it has received 15 serum, it will take away all serum from all town aligned players. Then, it selfdestructs.

Proto-X

- builds Proto-X, a bot. Can only be built after the events 'Revival' or 'The Takeover'. Has to be given to a player aligned with Aeon Technologies. The owner can perform a kill each night. Can be transferred. Cannot be destroyed - if the owner dies, it will be deactivated. Any player aligned with Aeon Technologies may claim the deactivated Proto-X, which will activate it and give it to said player.

Kill Switch

- instantly destroys a robot of your choice. The owner will die, as well.

Spoiler: Outcasts Opening Post

Boulder City, Abandoned Ruins.

The streets are barren, and whoever dares to walk them does not look at you. At some point, people stopped caring about the homeless, and instead looked at them as filth, unworthy of attention or money. The world is a harsh, unforgiving place, with no room for anyone who cannot support themselved, either by choice or because of unforseen events.
Eventually, they even stopped looking.

They do not care about you. You're dogs, alone, hungry, your tears long dried up. Sometimes you find someone else who shares the same fate, and find solace in each other's suffering. Yet, there's never enough room for more than one person. There's only so much to scavenge, only so much to steal without suspicion.

In the distance, broken neon lights light up the sky. The loud music coming from there resonates and occasionally makes some dust fall from what's left of the ceiling in the house you seek shelter in. While Las Vegas maintained at least some of its former glory, Boulder City is little more than a ruin. Sometimes a lost traveller passes by, and maybe even considers chatting with you until they leave again.

And loneliness remains your only friend, once more.

Welcome, PLAYER and PLAYER. You are

Outcasts

, and may talk here at any time.

[inspectorscout]

Project ARCH.

Sequel to world.createNew(Utopia everHope);

Check-ins

1. Cloudkicker (*)
   
2. MariaR (*)
   
3. KidAmn (*)
   
4. Rautherdir (*)
   
5. Celestial Coordinates (Nancy Drew 39 & RadiantCowbells) (*)
   
6. 
   
7. 
   
8. 
   
9. 
   
10. 
    
11. 
    
12. 
    
13. 
    
14. 
    
15. 
    
16. 
    
17. 
    
18. 
    

* denotes unconfirmed pre-in.

Dear Sir or Madam

You are hereby cordially invited to Summit 2180 at our headquarters in San Diego. During this meeting that will last several days, we will define the future of the West Coast and ultimately, the entire continent.

You work for an employer who we believe to have valuable insights into how achieving that future is done, and as such we hope you will be able to express said opinion in a concise and civil way during one of the many debates we will be holding.

To ensure you know everything about the company you work for,

we require you to have played at least 3 non-newbie games on-site

. We selected you specifically, but we can make mistakes as well.

You needn't worry about accommodation, we have it all covered for you.

We do kindly ask you to familiarize yourself with the following house rules

:

mechanics

Spoiler: A war in the name of the company.

All players have a company they were sent by, next to their alignment.

Alignment does not equal company per se.

The following list contains all companies that could exist in this game:

• Iustitia
  
  
• WNGD Research Centre
  
  
• Aeon Technologies
  
  
• Johnson and Family
  
  
• GenX Inc.
  
  
• Securipal
  
  
• Outcasts

(no company, unemployed)

[Zaphkael]

TODO

• Write flavour for the remaining role PMs (4 left)
  
• Edit ability names so that even the same roles have different names to prevent claims from breaking the game.

[Purrcocet]

[Zaphkael]

Project ARCH.

Sequel to world.createNew(Utopia everHope);

Check-ins

1. Cloudkicker
   
2. MariaR
   
3. KidAmn
   
4. Rautherdir
   
5. Celestial Coordinates (Nancy Drew 39 & RadiantCowbells)
   
6. Omochao
   
7. RadiantCowbells Superfan (Katyusha & SaskeIsMyYaoiKismesis)
   
8. Bambi Jay
   
9. Gamma Emerald
   
10. Chemist1422
    
11. Fred The Cat
    
12. RedPanda
    
13. WhemeStar
    
14. Vifam
    
15. thecoldheartedking
    
16. Primate
    
17. Sakura Hana
    
18. Dunnstral
    
19. unwnd

Spoiler: Still fighting for what they believe in (Alive)

• Cloudkicker
  
• MariaR
  
• KidAmn
  
• Rautherdir
  
• Celestial Coordinates
  
• Omochao
  
• RadiantCowbells Superfan
  
• Bambi Jay
  
• Gamma Emerald
  
• Chemist1422
  
• Fred The Cat
  
• RedPanda
  
• WhemeStar
  
• Vifam
  
• thecoldheartedking
  
• Primate
  
• Sakura Hana
  
• Dunnstral
  
• unwnd

Spoiler: Anonymously left behind in the mass grave (Dead)

• Nobody...yet.

Spoiler: Scheduled events

[Zaphkael]

Game Rules

All Forum Rules and Guidelines should be followed, along with the following rules.

Deadlines

• Day phases will last twenty-one days.
  
• Night phases will last three days.
  
• Nights can be accelerated if all living players request this via PM.

General Rules

• Do not quote your role PM, what has been said in PT's or other private communication. Paraphrasing is generally fine.
  
• Keep the game in this thread, and in the PT's you were given access to by the mod. Do not contact anyone outside of these threads about the game.
  
• This is my mod colour. Do not use it.
  
  
• Do not discuss ongoing games. Meta from finished games is fine.
  
• Do not use encrypted or hard-to-see text (including "invisible" text, text below the 50% text size option, or text hidden via BBCode (not including spoilered text)).

Activity

• If a player doesn't post in-game after a period of 72 hours, I will prod that player.
  
• If a player is prodded, that player has 24 hours to make an in-game post with actual content, not just a prod dodge. If they don't, they will be force-replaced.
  
• If a player received 3 prods and/or prod-dodges excessively, that player will be subject to a force-replace.
  
• Setting a V/LA tag alone is not accepted. Please tell me (in bold) when and for how long you will be VL/A, preferably a few days in advance. If you are going to be V/LA for longer than 1-2 weeks, you might want to request a replacement.

Votes and Lynching

• Votes must be in the format of VOTE: Player Name or
  VOTE: Player Name
  . As long as I understand who you are voting for, it's fine. If it looks like a vote, it will count as a vote.
  
• Unvoting when changing your vote is not necessary.
  
• A player will be lynched if half of the living players rounded down +1 have voted for that player.
  
• You may vote for a
  No Lynch
  . If half of the living players vote for a No Lynch, the game will proceed to Night without a lynch.
  
• If a lynch is not achieved at deadline, no lynch will occur.
  
• The game goes to twilight once a lynch has been achieved. You may continue to post until I lock the thread.
  
• Once dead, you are no longer allowed to post in any game thread (except the dead thread) until the game is over.

Behavior

• Harassment of an individual player is NOT permitted. While this is a competitive game, no personal attacks will be tolerated.
  
• Always play to your win condition.
  
• Do not discuss this game anywhere else with anyone else unless your role allows you to. Private topics will be provided.

Breaking the rules

• If you break the rules, you will be modkilled or force-replaced.
  
• Pretending to break the rules also counts as breaking the rules.
  
• I have the right to change the rules at any time, if needed. I will notify you if this happens.

Setup Information

• This is a closed setup.
  
• This game will follow Normal Action Resolution where possible.
  
• This game may contain bastard elements. That said, I will not deliberately lie about anything. All roles are Sane unless explicitly mentioned otherwise. There are no cults.
  
• Anti-Town Faction(s) may or may not have daytalk. I will not anwer questions regarding this.
  
• Anti-Town Faction(s) that have access to a factional nightkill CANNOT do the factional nightkill next to their other abilities, if any.
  
• Anti-Town Faction(s) may or may not have access to factional abilities not listed in their role PM's.
  
• Factional abilities will be redacted upon flip.
  
• You may not target yourself with any ability, unless specified otherwise.
  
• This setup has been reviewed by the incredibly awesome Ircher and Skygazer!
  
• Your comod is the incredible Firebringer! (don't tell anyone he's the best)
  
• Spoiler: Here's a sample role PM

  I have to stay strong. I cannot bend. Please, do it for him.
  
  It's been a terrible few years. I got far in life, and the sacrifices I've made for that have been great. Far too great.
  Years ago, when this all started, I joined Iustitia after my husband was murdered by Simotech. I was angry, no, furious. I had that burning passion to destroy everything, EVERYTHING they built.
  Slowly but surely, we got there. We broke in, we stole data, we informed all innocent people. We hacked, we destroyed, we took down everHope. We lost many people doing that, but it was worth it. Sacrifices had to be made, and they were willing to.
  
  So was I.
  
  Right after we took down everHope, I wasn't happy. I wasn't satisfied. Our victory felt empty, hollow. It just wasn't enough. And that's when I proposed starting a war.
  
  Am I the cause of all this bloodshed? Am I unreasonable for wanting them dead, wanting to see them suffer? For a very long time, I told myself I wasn't. That this was the right thing to do, that justice just needed to be served.
  But every day again, I wake up crying. Sweating. I see their faces, all of them, of the people I murdered. I don't know them, but they were a person. They had a life. They loved someone, and someone loved them.
  
  It's too late to go back now. Way too late. They have to go, for once and for all. Please, just let me find peace.

  
  
  You are

  Thalia Coleman, sent by

  Iustitia

  , Aligned with

  The Rebels

  .
  
  You have the following abilities:

  • Armoured
    
    You may pay 5 serum to become bulletproof that night. This has no upkeep.

  You win when all threats to the Rebellion have been eliminated.
  
  
• Additionally, the games makes use of the following public mechanics:

mechanics

Spoiler: A war in the name of the company.

All players have a company they were sent by, next to their alignment.

Alignment does not equal company per se.

The following list contains all companies that could exist in this game:

• Iustitia
  
  
• WNGD Research Centre
  
  
• Aeon Technologies
  
  
• Johnson and Family
  
  
• GenX Inc.
  
  
• Securipal
  
  
• Outcasts

(no company, unemployed)

[Zaphkael]

Ready for reviewing!

[Ircher]

I'm not likely to get to this during marathon weekend, but who knows.

[Zaphkael]

You have all the time in the world, feel free to take a look whenever!

[Ircher]

Question: For roles like Liam Porter's role, do they have to pay the initial serum cost every night the ability it is used.

Like in Liam Porter's case, does it cost 2 + 1 serum to roleblock a player nights 1 and 2 (2 for night 1, 1 for upkeep), or does it cost 2 + 3 serum to roleblock a player nights 1 and 2 (2 for night 1, 1 for upkeep, 2 for night 2)?

[Ircher]

Also, my first impression is that this setup is scumsided because despite the fact that the scum are somewhat separated and most of them are vanilla, town looks pretty weak as well especially due to the serum cost/upkeep. Furthermore, one of the scum groups have some factional abilities that will likely go a long way towards tipping the balance in their favor.

[Zaphkael]

Upkeep is just paid once every night, the amount that's specified, starting the night after you use your pr the first time. You still pay the serum required to use it, so yes, 2 on night 1, then 3 for all nights after that.

I

think

I agree with it being scumsided? Generally the strong PRs should be able to pay their PRs without too many problems, i think though? The only thing I'm worried about is town having a slow start because of it, but I'm willing to give all players a starting amount if that helps.
The Aeom factional abilities don't look that strong to me but I may be wrong. I'm willing to drop the kill switch, i think that's the most questionable one?

[Ircher]

So this is my current understanding of the setup alongside a few questions and comments.
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Rebels = Town
Simotech = Mafia
Aeon Technologies = Also Mafia but different in a way.

1. (Outcasts) Jason Oakes: Rebel Neighbor Serum Giver Conditional Vigilante
- Outcast: Neighbor
- Drugs: +2 Serum; +1 Coin
- Bullets: -2 Coins; Vigilante
- Seems to be a mediocre to strong power role.

2. (Outcasts) John Ryes: Rebel Neighbor Serum Addict
- Outcast: Neighbor
- Syringes: +1 Serum Upkeep
- Seems to be a strictly negative utility role.

3. (Iustitia) Zachary Matthews: Rebel Best Friend Conditional Limited Mason
- Bond: Best Friend with Emily Dunn
- Union (C 1): Enables talk for 1 cycle (including the phase it is used.)
- Best Friends/Masons tend to be a fairly strong role, although it's probably less useful in a large compared to a mini.

4. (Iustitia) Emily Dunn: Rebel Best Friend Conditional Limited Mason
- Bond: Best Friend with Zachary Matthews
- Union (C 1): Enables talk for 1 cycle (including the phase it is used.)
- Best Friends/Masons tend to be a fairly strong role, although it's probably less useful in a large compared to a mini.

5. (GenX Inc) Liam Porter: Rebel Conditional Roleblocker
- Strange Vodka (C 2; UK 1): Roleblock Player
- Roleblocking is of limited use in a large especially, and more often then not, it is seen as a scummy role. Nonetheless, it should be of mediocre power, and it really shines if all the scum are eliminated.
+ I would suggest possibly reducing the serum cost for this role though. 2 serum seems to be too much to use this ability every night.

6. (WNGD Research) Evelyn Hart: Rebel Conditional Messenger
- Memories (C 1; UK 1): Sends a message to another player.
- This is likely a very weak role.
+ I do wonder if the upkeep part of the role is really needed to balance this role. Heck, maybe you could increase the cost of the role and remove the upkeep entirely; I think that might work better.

7. (WNGD Research) Ryan Hawkins: Rebel Conditional Bulletproof
- Black Wings (C 5): Renders the player bulletproof for 1 night.
- This seems to be a fairly strong role for town; however, the serum cost is rather high.

8. (Johnson and Family) Shawn Grant: Rebel Conditional Bulletproof
- ARCHangel (C 5): Renders the player bulletproof for 1 night.
- This seems to be a fairly strong role for town; however, the serum cost is rather high.

9. (Securipal) Audrey Larsson: Rebel "Fruit" Vendor 1-Shot Conditional Mass-Neighborizer
- Relations: Basically behaves like a Fruit Vendor. Sends a red seal to a player and notifies them.
+ Q: Is the player's name or the role's name included with the seal? Or do they just receive a generic "You received a business meeting invite with a red seal" message?
- Meeting: Neighborizes everyone that has a red seal. There is some uncertainty in this.
- While neighborizers are always fun roles, they are rather weak by themselves. This variant seems to be even weaker. (That said, town ofc does not need a bunch of strong roles.)

10. (Securipal) Lucas Chase: Rebel Macho Conditional Marked Tracker
- Mark (C 1; UK {Marks} + 1): Tracker ability that continues to track players each night as long as the upkeep is maintained.
- Secrets: Cannot be protected at night.
- This has the potential of being a really powerful role, but its power is also heavily limited by its serum cost.

11. (Securipal) Diane Castro: Rebel (Conditional Elite) Bodyguard
- Security: Basically a bodyguard ability.
- Infusion (C 3; UK 1): The elite form of bodyguard; kills everyone who attempts to kill the protect target.
- While bodyguard is a really weak role, elite bodyguard is a really good role.
- Q: How does this role interact with the macho modifier?

12. (Securipal) David Scott: Rebel Conditional Bulletproof
- ARCH (C 5): Renders the player bulletproof for 1 night.
- This seems to be a fairly strong role for town; however, the serum cost is rather high.

13. (GenX Inc) Elizabeth Roberts: Rebel "Fruit" Vendor 1-Shot Conditional Mass-Neighborizer
- Relations: Basically behaves like a Fruit Vendor. Sends a blue seal to a player and notifies them.
+ Q: Is the player's name or the role's name included with the seal? Or do they just receive a generic "You received a business meeting invite with a blue seal" message?
- Meeting: Neighborizes everyone that has a blue seal. There is some uncertainty in this.
- While neighborizers are always fun roles, they are rather weak by themselves. This variant seems to be even weaker. (That said, town ofc does not need a bunch of strong roles.)

14. (WNGD Research) Alex Jane: Rebel (Conditional Elite) Bodyguard
- Protecting: Basically a bodyguard ability.
- Enrage (C 3; UK 1): The elite form of bodyguard; kills everyone who attempts to kill the protect target.
- While bodyguard is a really weak role, elite bodyguard is a really good role.
- Q: How does this role interact with the macho modifier?

15. (GenX Inc) Amber Vargas: Simotech Goon
- Vanilla role.

16. (WNGD Research) Ortega: Simotech "Fruit" Vendor 1-Shot Conditional Mass-Neighborizer
- Shaping: Basically behaves like a Fruit Vendor. Sends a green seal to a player and notifies them.
+ Q: Is the player's name or the role's name included with the seal? Or do they just receive a generic "You received a business meeting invite with a green seal" message?
- Action: Neighborizes everyone that has a green seal. There is some uncertainty in this.
- While neighborizers are always fun roles, they are rather weak by themselves. This variant seems to be even weaker.
- This role does weaken the town neighborizers in terms of claiming confirmation, which is probably a good thing. Too many named townies could present an issue.

17. (GenX Inc) Lucy Underwood: Simotech Goon
- Vanilla role.

18. (Aeon Technologies) Will Grant: Aeon Technology Goon
- Q: How much of role pms, if at all, are revealed on flips?
- Strength is misspelled as "Strenght".

19. (Aeon Technologies) Sarah Nichols: Aeon Technology Goon
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Aeon Technology Factional Abilities:

Max of 2 bots present in the game.
Can only make a bot once.
Cannot make more than one bot per night.
All actions (except #0) are basically Inventor actions because they have to be given.

0. Revolution: Faction Joiner
- 10 Serum: Combines the Simotech and Aeon Technologies factions; Aeon Technologies loses factional abilities.
- This is indeed a powerful ability, though I do wonder if the serum cost is worth it.

1. Mecha (T = No): Ascetic.
- Becoming ascetic is generally a good power for scum.

2. Joust-QXP (T = No): Conditional Suicidal Conditional Self Modified Traitor-izer Conditional -1 Serum Upkeep Hidden Amnesiac Self-Follower
- Aeon Technologies: Suicidal
- Simotech: Self Modified Traitor-izer
- Rebel: -1 Serum UK; Hidden Amnesiac Self-Follower (Results sent to Aeon Technologies)
- If I'm being honest, this bot seems almost strictly negative utility since 1) Aeon Technologies will have to identify Simotech scum, 2) Follower, while an OK ability, isn't super strong, and 3) Even if Aeon Technologies gets a useful result from the Follower ability, what are they going to do about it?

3. MX75-Mk4 (T = Yes): Bulletproof Self-Roleblocker
- Bulletproof is probably gonna be pretty powerful (for town) in this game. On the other hand, the self-roleblocking aspect of the bot is potentially useful. Overall though, I'd say this bot is fairly negative utility. There's just too much potential for things to go wrong here to justify the roleblocking aspect.

4. S1LV3R (T = No): Conditional Top Serums Announcer Conditional Non-Factional Private Communication Disabler Conditional Self-Destructing (Conditional Mass-Serum Destroyer)
- Can be given serum by Aeon Technologies.
- 5 Serum: Announces publicly the player(s) with the most serum.
- 10 Serum: Blocks non-factional private communication.
- 15 Serum: Destroys all serum owned by Rebels and self-destructs.
- This bot seems particularly strong and worth building, although the serum thresholds are on the high side (which helps balance it).

5. Proto-X (T = Yes): Vigilante
- Only after "Revival" or "The Takeover".
- Basically replaces the Simotech factional kill when they lose it for some reason.

6. Kill Switch (T = No; Not a bot): Conditional Vigilante
- Destroys a bot and its owner.
- Potentially useful when combined with bots like Joust.
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Events

1. The Takeover: Simotech < Aeon Technologies.
- Last Simotech becomes Bulletproof Serial Killer (UK 1).
-- Exactly what is the purpose of the serum upkeep here? To keep the bulletproof? I honestly think that aspect should be removed.
- Unlocks Proto-X. (So Aeon Technologies becomes the new scum faction.)

2. Revival: Aeon Technologies = 0
- Simotech becomes Aeon Technologies basically.
- Unlocks Proto-X. (So the factional kill basically persists.)
-- Can a kill still be performed the night of the revival? (As in, they'd still have to build the bot first, right?)

3. Revolution: 10 Serum Factional Joiner
- Already discussed above in Aeon Technologies factional abilities.

4. The Vault: Town > (Scum Dead + 3)
- Everyone receives 2 serum.
- Good self-balancing mechanic imo; it introduces some negative feedback to help town get back on track.

5. Justice is Dead: Both masons dead. (Technically, the proper role would be Best Friends as masons have private chat, but these masons have conditional private chat.)
- Everyone becomes hated.
- I don't really see the purpose of this event? Is this event public? It seems only to serve to frustrate everyone, town particularly. I'd advise removing it tbh.

6. Business is Business: 2+ business meets in one night.
- Merges the business meets.
- Potentially useful, potentially useless event. I'd say keep it just for the fun factor.

[Zaphkael]

5. (GenX Inc) Liam Porter: Rebel Conditional Roleblocker
- Strange Vodka (C 2; UK 1): Roleblock Player
- Roleblocking is of limited use in a large especially, and more often then not, it is seen as a scummy role. Nonetheless, it should be of mediocre power, and it really shines if all the scum are eliminated.
+ I would suggest possibly reducing the serum cost for this role though. 2 serum seems to be too much to use this ability every night.

I am okay with doing that.

6. (WNGD Research) Evelyn Hart: Rebel Conditional Messenger
- Memories (C 1; UK 1): Sends a message to another player.
- This is likely a very weak role.
+ I do wonder if the upkeep part of the role is really needed to balance this role. Heck, maybe you could increase the cost of the role and remove the upkeep entirely; I think that might work better.

The upkeep really is just there for thematical reasons, as using serum results in addiction. I could work around that by just giving an ability that says the player is immune to addiction and thus serum upkeep.

+ Q: Is the player's name or the role's name included with the seal? Or do they just receive a generic "You received a business meeting invite with a red seal" message?

Just the generic "you received a business meeting invite with a red seal." Likewise for all other seals.

- Q: How does this role interact with the macho modifier?

It works just like it would in any normal game: the protection does not go through.

18. (Aeon Technologies) Will Grant: Aeon Technology Goon
- Q: How much of role pms, if at all, are revealed on flips?
- Strength is misspelled as "Strenght".

All role PMs are revealed on flips, but factional abilities will be completely redacted. It will just say: "factional abilities: REDACTED".
Thanks for noticing the spelling error.

0. Revolution: Faction Joiner
- 10 Serum: Combines the Simotech and Aeon Technologies factions; Aeon Technologies loses factional abilities.
- This is indeed a powerful ability, though I do wonder if the serum cost is worth it.

I think the choice these players will have is to either build S1LV3R, or join Simotech. Both are really powerful things and I do not want them to be able to do both, hence the fairly steep cost.
They can't do anything else with serum other than these two things, anyway.

2. Joust-QXP (T = No): Conditional Suicidal Conditional Self Modified Traitor-izer Conditional -1 Serum Upkeep Hidden Amnesiac Self-Follower
- Aeon Technologies: Suicidal
- Simotech: Self Modified Traitor-izer
- Rebel: -1 Serum UK; Hidden Amnesiac Self-Follower (Results sent to Aeon Technologies)
- If I'm being honest, this bot seems almost strictly negative utility since 1) Aeon Technologies will have to identify Simotech scum, 2) Follower, while an OK ability, isn't super strong, and 3) Even if Aeon Technologies gets a useful result from the Follower ability, what are they going to do about it?

As you said, they can kill switch it, or do this right before joining Simotech.
I like roles that have some more creative utility, but I can probably change this one if you dislike it?

1. The Takeover: Simotech < Aeon Technologies.
- Last Simotech becomes Bulletproof Serial Killer (UK 1).
-- Exactly what is the purpose of the serum upkeep here? To keep the bulletproof? I honestly think that aspect should be removed.
- Unlocks Proto-X. (So Aeon Technologies becomes the new scum faction.)

Agree. Will remove the upkeep.

2. Revival: Aeon Technologies = 0
- Simotech becomes Aeon Technologies basically.
- Unlocks Proto-X. (So the factional kill basically persists.)
-- Can a kill still be performed the night of the revival? (As in, they'd still have to build the bot first, right?)

Did not consider this. I

think

it makes sense to have them able to use it the night they build it, as all other bots also work on the night they're built.

5. Justice is Dead: Both masons dead. (Technically, the proper role would be Best Friends as masons have private chat, but these masons have conditional private chat.)
- Everyone becomes hated.
- I don't really see the purpose of this event? Is this event public? It seems only to serve to frustrate everyone, town particularly. I'd advise removing it tbh.

It's supposed to be public, but I'm fine with removing it. Didn't really like it anyway.

Will do the edits I mentioned already, but yeah I think you fully understand everything.

[Ircher]

Aeon Technologies is going to need safe claims regardless of the fact that factional abilities are redacted on flip. (Is their alignment also redacted? My opinion here is the same regardless.) There's just too much of a chance someone is gonna realize Aeon Technologies is a scum faction and try to use that to break the setup.

Simotech is probably fine without them, but it wouldn't hurt to give them some fakeclaims.
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As for Joust, you can keep it as-is.
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There is one thing about this setup that really concerns me. Most of the scum are vanilla roles whereas all of the town have some kind of power. This could present a problem in a massclaim situation. I'm not sure the best way for you to solve this.

[Zaphkael]

I could make the vanilla role PM a bulletproof like the other town people? I was planning on letting Aeon and Simotech request fakeclaims, and I'll make one or two in advance for Aeon.

[Ircher]

Yeah, make the vanilla role pm a bulletproof like the other townies. Scum could get away with that fakeclaim.

[Zaphkael]

Aight, will do!
Anything else?

[Ircher]

Give me a few days to think about the setup's balance.

[Ircher]

I think I'm willing to pass this setup for balance. Ideally, you'd be able to find another reviewer to look over this too and offer their thoughts. While most of the town's roles are weak individually, combined, they're pretty strong especially if a massclaim happens late in the game. Scum are on the more plain/weaker side but that's okay since 1) they start ahead and 2) Aeon Technologies have some decent factional abilities.

[Zaphkael]

Thank you! I'm still looking for another, and won't be running it without a second one either, no worries. Thanks so much, again!