Good Cause Simulator: AlcheME! (saturday)

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[ You’re in a sleek room full of all kinds of sci-fi dials and knobs. You feel like you’ve been here a long time with these people around you, and that you have a lot longer to go before this is all over.

You can hear the distant sounds of the station creaking due to shockwaves from the fighting outside. What is going on in this galaxy? Well, it’s not very important to you. What’s important is surviving.

You have a job to do. ]

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YEAR 0 STATS

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Population: 50
Prosperity: 50%
Sustainability: 50%
Readiness: 50%
Status: Healthy

SPECIES DECISION - PICK ONE

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Human: They’re human and shit!

Humans But Some Sort Of Animal (Less): Kemonomimi! Choose an animal.

Humans But Some Sort Of Animal (More): Furries! Choose an animal.

Insect Hivemind: Scary monsterbugs that all think as one!

SYSTEM X4-100: Many AI! One groupthink digital space!

Revenants: A bunch of ghosts. Or maybe slimes? Slimeghosts! But for some reason they need all the stuff living things do...and they can die?

Floaty Gross: Docile floating gas bladders. They’re very cute! Don’t make them angry.

MAGIC.JPG INC: Shitty fairies! Don’t trust them! They’re a megacorp and get mind altering glitter everywhere!

Effervescent Flora: Plantlife, but with an attitude.

SPECIES DISCUSSION

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YEAR 1

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STATS

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Population: 50
Prosperity: 50%
Sustainability: 50%
Readiness: 50%
Status: Healthy

CURRENT JOB: Asteroid Miner
POINTS SALARY: 10
ABILITY: MINING LASER: You can fire the mining laser, gaining 10 extra prosperity but with a chance to mildly injure every member of one random unit with the same job and lowering their sustainability by 10.

ALLOCATE POINTS

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You may allocate your Asteroid Miner points to: Prosperity or Readiness

Will you pay taxes this year?
Will you use your job ability?

EVENT 1

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The war against The Others rages around you - you're not sure why it started or how, only that one of your species' planets was completely wiped out, with no provocation. You can't help but feel you need to do something about this...but what?

Do you take action, or realize that there's not much you can do to affect things besides your job?

EVENT 2

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While working on the mineral line, you notice a problem with a conveyer belt. You can either attempt to fix it, or leave it for the next shift.

DISCUSSION

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YEAR 2

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STATS

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Population: 50
Prosperity: 50%
Sustainability: 50%
Readiness: 40%
Status: Healthy

CURRENT JOB: Asteroid Miner
POINTS SALARY: 10
ABILITY: MINING LASER: You can fire the mining laser, gaining 10 extra prosperity but with a chance to mildly injure every member of one random unit with the same job and lowering their sustainability by 10.

ALLOCATE POINTS

[idolpro]

You may allocate your Asteroid Miner points to: Prosperity or Readiness

Will you pay taxes this year?
Will you use your job ability?

EVENT 1

[idolpro]

Nothing might have happened with management IMMEDIATELY, but the people around you have noticed. Your species is watching out for each other and taking things into their own hands, repairing things as necessary. With everyone working together, everyone's general quality of life goes up.

You gain 20 prosperity.

EVENT 2

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There has been an outbreak of Phage on several planets and as a result of the war, bird-dragon people with hands are hardly able to combat it effectively. This Phage spreads quickly, and horribly mutates its victims into hateful monstrosities bent on the consumption of all organic life.

It has spread to your station, but you have the chance to initiate quarantine protocols - or just outright eliminate those suspected to have the Phage. The former option will cost 30 prosperity, and the latter 15 Population and 15 Sustainability.

Or perhaps you have another, better option? After all, fixing the problem here doesn’t fix it everywhere else.

You could also do nothing. (This is not advised.)

EVENT 3

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Your cleverness and attention to detail has caught the notice of your employers! You have been offered a position as ASTEROID INSPECTOR. Do you accept?

DISCUSSION

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YEAR 3

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STATS

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Population: 50
Prosperity: 50%
Sustainability: 50%
Readiness: 30%
Status: Healthy

CURRENT JOB: Asteroid Inspector
POINTS SALARY: 12 Points
ABILITY: SABOTAGE: You can, with your information gathering, gently sabotage up to 2 other units' (of your choosing) supply routes and take their supplies for yourselves. This will decrease other units' sustainability and readiness by 10 each, while increasing your sustainability and readiness by 15.

ALLOCATE POINTS

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You may allocate your Asteroid Inspector points to: Readiness and Prosperity

Will you pay taxes this year?
Will you use your job ability?

DISCUSSION

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EVENT 1

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After a certain group made the decision to fight The Others with the Phage, derelict Others ships have been full of horrible space mutants, which now spread rapidly across the galaxy. They've reached your sector, and if the outbreak is not stopped they will consume all life here.

The war has died down, but this - is pretty bad. What do you do?

EVENT 2

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A mysterious ship has docked at your station today. They call themselves the Hand, but what are they the hand of? The RULER%TITLE’s right hand? The hand of DEITY%NAME? The invisible hand of the ECONOMIC%SYSTEM?

All you know is that things seem to have become colder and darker around the station since they arrived. And news reports throughout [insert species] space indicate that there’s started to be reports...of missing hands. Entire hands, just removed! Without a single trace.

Do you begin the work of removing these Hands, whatever they might be? Or do you let them stay? Do you, perhaps, engage in their handcraft?

EVENT 3

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Pirates have taken over your station! They demand 5 prosperity points from you—if you don't pay up, you'll get shot.

FINAL STATS

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Population: 50
Prosperity: 47%
Sustainability: 70%
Readiness: 67%

!!: A rebellion has wracked the sector, and you are caught in the middle of it. Every member of your family is SHOT X 3, loses ONE LIMB and receives severe damage to ONE ORGAN of the player's choice.

ENDGAME

[cascadingfailure]

Isn't it interesting how staying in your lane just ends with multiple robberies and a brutal Bodily Destruction by revolutionaries?

This should be a lesson to you.

The galaxy is full of horrors, but you must face them with both eyes open. Instead you're bloody lumps on a derelict ship, and it wasn't even for a good cause.

Proceed to ENDGAME.