Capitalism, Hey!: Heart Soldier Senshi

[idolpro]

[ Everything fades to black...and you awaken in a run-down one-room shack, with the distinct feeling that the people around you are your family, if you didn't already have such a bond with them.

You're wearing raggedy versions of your uniform, and a newspaper informs you that you are currently in %COUNTRYNAME%, in the year %CONTEMPORARY%. The newspaper is otherwise actually fairly unhelpful, aside from something detailing a recent high-profile murder having been solved: despite confusion on the part of the authorities conducting the initial investigation, it turns out the victim had been tragically murdered via gun in the knife.

What do you do? ]

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YEAR 1

[idolpro]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[idolpro]

RECOMMENDED NECESSITIES:

Housing - 1000
Food - 900
Medicine - 200
Clothing - 300

LUXURIES: NO RECOMMENDATIONS

Alcohol (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Other Unspecified Drugs (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
FANCY Clothes (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Books (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
One Eighth Of An Automobile (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Nice Furniture (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -

CURRENT JOB - COAL MINER. YEARLY INCOME - 1800 MONIES.

Will you pay taxes this year?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[420blazeit]

[ poof. ]

[ feeling fine! ]

What the fuck is this?

BUDGET TURN IN

[idolpro]

EVENT 1

[idolpro]

Your home has an infestation of rats. What do you do?

EVENT 2

[idolpro]

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.

EVENT TURN-IN

[idolpro]

YEAR 2

[idolpro]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[idolpro]

RECOMMENDED NECESSITIES:

Housing - 1000
Food - 900
Medicine - 200
Clothing - 300

HAPPINESS: 80

Alcohol (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Other Unspecified Drugs (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
FANCY Clothes (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 2
Books (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 2
One Eighth Of An Automobile (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Nice Furniture (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -

CURRENT JOB - COAL MINER. YEARLY INCOME - 1800 MONIES + 200 MONIES in SAVINGS

Will you pay taxes this year?

EVENT 1

[idolpro]

Flooding in one of the caves has cut down coal production, putting your factory in danger of shutting down. You find yourself out of a job for the remainder of the year.

As a result, you all become horribly emaciated as you use up the last of your food stores. You're barely eating enough to make it through the week, and at almost all times the pangs of hunger strike you almost unbearably.

Your family is STARVING.

EVENT 2

[idolpro]

You are HOMELESS. You are SICK. DVA and HURRICANE will find themselves unable to speak coherently, mumbling and shivering constantly, as they fumble in pain at trying to complete the simplest of tasks.

You now have HYPOTHERMIA.

SOLVE THIS?

EVENT TURN-IN

[idolpro]

YEAR 3

[idolpro]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[idolpro]

RECOMMENDED NECESSITIES:

Housing - 1000
Food - 900
Medicine - 200
Clothing - 300

HAPPINESS: 260

Alcohol (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Other Unspecified Drugs (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
FANCY Clothes (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 7
Books (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 2
One Eighth Of An Automobile (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Nice Furniture (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -

CURRENT JOB - INVENTOR. YEARLY INCOME - 2000 MONIES + 100 MONIES in SAVINGS = 2100 MONIES

NEW CRIME ABILITY UNLOCKED: SCAM - Use cheap inventions to fleece the shit out of people and gain 500 monies! Maybe the inventions will explode but hey, whatever!

Will you pay taxes this year?

EVENT 1

[idolpro]

Nevermind the cold - with no place to have an actual home, nevermind a workshop, you're being CHASED DOWN BY THE COPS for squatting. Do something about this!

EVENT 2

[idolpro]

Actually don't nevermind the cold because you, even with all your nice fancy clothes that give you so much happiness to look at them, NOW HAVE FROSTBITE.

Blease.

Fancy clothes won't save you from the cold.

They're fancy. You can't just wear them on a regular basis like this. It offends your aesthetics.

EVENT 3

[idolpro]

As an INVENTOR, by the way, you have an opportunity to GET A SPONSOR which could get you HELLA BANK. But, that means finding a guinea pig to test your new invention on - and you're PRETTY sure it's going to hurt them, but maybe if you INVEST 600 MONIES into it, you'll be able to get some safety measures to prevent them from getting hurt?

Which unit will you choose, and will you invest the safety money or not?

TURN IN

[idolpro]

YEAR 4

[idolpro]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[idolpro]

RECOMMENDED NECESSITIES:

Housing - You're in jail.
Food - 900
Medicine - 200
Clothing - 300

HAPPINESS: 460

Alcohol (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Other Unspecified Drugs (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
FANCY Clothes (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 7
Books (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 2
One Eighth Of An Automobile (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Nice Furniture (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 1

CURRENT JOB - PRISONER. YEARLY INCOME - 0 MONIES + 300 SAVINGS.

NEW CRIME ABILITY UNLOCKED: RIOT - This enables you to SERIOUSLY HARM OR KILL a random number of units (up to 5, and you can specify which 5 you'd like to get hit), but you will escape jail and receive 300 happiness in addition to a large amount of luxuries.

No taxes this year.

EVENT 1

[idolpro]

You're in prison.

That's about it.

EVENT 2

[idolpro]

With not quite enough food, you're becoming emaciated - especially in prison, where they're really not helping you with that at alllllll.

All you can think about is food.

EVENT 3

[idolpro]

You catch THE PLAGUE while in prison. Jesus.

TURN IN

[idolpro]

THE END.

[idolpro]

You make it out of jail.

Fortunately, just before the riot happens. The city burns, the workers rise up against their masters, the military rolls in, and you?

You watch it all happen from a distance. You watch the worst of humanity as the city devolves into a warzone and neighbours tear each other apart before being bombarded into oblivion by %COUNTRYNAME%'s navy.

It's...it's time to find something else. And so you go, onto the next adventure.