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indigo_league) wrote2017-10-16 04:15 pm
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Rocket Missions V.2
Welcome, valued Team Rocket member! Pursuing a career in the greatest organization of all time, eh? Well, you're in the right place!
This is the hub where you will find information on all team Missions. As stated in the Code of Conduct, all Rocket agents must be available to accept at least one mission at all times. They won't all be glamorous or exciting, but even mopping floors in one of the bases can lead to greater things! Team Rocket offers work in a variety of fields, with the primary openings being in four specific categories: maintenance, field work, science, and of course, the goal of most aspiring agents, leadership.
Maintenance: Brand new agents will likely be handed these jobs before anything else, as they're the easiest and least likely to result in police attention if you screw them up! They can include things like janitorial and laundry work in the bases, or serving fellow agents in the cafeteria. Field Work: The most common missions take place in the field! Theft (whether it's as small as shoplifting some Potions or as big as participating in a full-scale heist) falls into this category, as does the simplest available mission, Pokemon acquisition. Anything you do to benefit the team outside of official Rocket premises can be considered field work! Science: Science mission work mostly takes place out of the public eye, in official Rocket laboratories. The perfect field for more technically-minded agents, these jobs can include anything from pioneering new technology to experimentation on Pokemon themselves. Or it can be as dull as data entry. Grab a lab coat and see what you get! Leadership: Getting sick of sharing those dorms? How does a private helicopter sound? Agents with lofty aspirations and a good work ethic may advance through the ranks and claim authority for themselves, earning swanky privileges, and more underlings to boss around than you can shake a stick at. This isn't to say that higher status doesn't come with its own responsibilities-- "Privates" and "Betas" are still expected to accomplish other missions (though usually not the maintenance ones-- that's grunt work), and even "Alphas" will usually work in the field. 'Leadership' jobs can even include tasks that just happen to require both specialized skills and a certain amount of trustworthiness to the Team. The main difference is tackling missions from an organizational, independent-thinking standpoint rather than just following orders-- YOU'RE the boss now!! Go put the fear of Arceus in some new recruits!
Rocket Missions
COLOR KEY: EASY -> REGULAR -> HARD
Notes: Missions marked FULL TIME, such as lab work, replace the Pokemon-per-week theft requirement.
HEADQUARTERS (Goldenrod and Celadon City) | ||
RADIO TOWERS (Goldenrod City and Lavender Town) | ||
GAME CORNERS (Goldenrod City and Celadon City) | ||
STREETS AND ROUTES (anywhere) | ||
OUTPOST | ||
Rockets on Duty
NOTE: Team Rocket members who have not requested a specific mission (either listed or individual) will be considered on Pokemon-collecting duty and will not appear on this list.
CARLY NAGISA (Retired character) Vinegar Doppio (epitaffio) Min-Gi Park (outofsynth) REQUESTING A MISSION: "Hard" missions will only be given upon demand, as they may come with specific instructions and usually require at least a "Beta" rank. On the other hand, "Regular" and "Easy" missions can be picked up anytime by any team members that meet the requirements, if there are any.
Individual, personalized missions (player-determined) can also be requested at any time, and may vary beyond just the 'official' locations above-- the listed missions are guidelines, not restrictions! Get creative-- you may find yourself rewarded handsomely!
Comment here to claim a mission by filling out the form below:
REQUESTING A REWARD: Let no one say that working for Team Rocket is thankless-- those who prove themselves worthy may request all manner of exciting rewards!
Maybe they've been distinguishing themselves by taking charge and deserve to move upward in the ranks, or maybe they pulled off a heist so impressive that Auntie Apricorn wants to give them a rare item from the Rocket vault! The greater the achievements, the better the loot!
Team Rocket has access to many resources and can even, depending on the request, offer rewards that aren't available via other means...
Comment here to request a reward by filling out the form below:
NOTE: The mods may deny a reward if it's unfeasible or if the character's accomplishments don't match the value of the reward (ie, spraypainting a totally sick burn on the side of the Cerulean City Police Department might get you some brownie points with the admins, but they're not gonna give you a shiny Pokemon for it.) If this happens, we will be happy to offer alternative rewards or suggestions of what it would take to earn the desired reward!
MINE HEIST MINE HEIST
Connie, Steve P, Lydia, Tyler and Emet are all Privates.
Steven and Carly (and Dirk who didn’t come in person but supplied important pokemon/equipment for the heist) are Betas.
(And Jack, who kept guard over the safe house/made pizza while the others were actively thieving, is our resident Alpha.)
A few of the heist participants have special requests, however. In particular, Lydia, Spinel, and Osomatsu all want shinies. While Spinel got her first recently and might not qualify for another this soon, neither Lydia or Osomatsu have one yet. Lydia’s could be one she catches in the cave as opposed to one that the admins award her, if her somewhat contentious relationship with them makes it less likely that they’ll give it to her. And as far as Osomatsu goes, he already got a big wad of cash and he doesn’t think they’ll let him rank up yet, so shiny it is. Meanwhile, Emet-Selch is definitely interested in cash money but also in multi-use TMs that would aid him and his all-rotom team in the gym challenges, because someone (aka Dirk) is making his boyfriend go after badges. Finally, Steve P wants a multi-use TM since those are nice and useful.
Otherwise, everyone else is good with the fat stacks of cash money, plus whatever goodies Team Rocket would see fit to hand out to them.
(Oh! And presumably latecomer Doppio wants cred with the admins with an eye to ranking up in the future.)
Steven, while he would appreciate that fat cash bonus, is mostly asking for… well, for recognition for their crew of otherworlders by Team Rocket for their competency and consistency together. Under Handsome Jack’s watchful eye and through Steven’s own efforts at mentorship with the most recent recruits, the otherworld Rockets have brought in haul after haul of valuable loot for the Team these last six months, with very few missteps in the process. And that ought to be acknowledged by the admins. He knows their kind has a reputation for being difficult and having learned about some of their predecessors he understands why, but he truly believes that this group is different.
The heist itself is set to take place roughly a week after the return from Sinnoh, plus maybe a few more days, which should allow enough time for everyone to get to Blackthorn, even if some of them might have to get a lift from someone who can Fly. It should also be just before the mine is set to send out a large shipment of evolution stones to its distributors, so their storeroom is full of precious loot. We’ll be operating out of Handsome Jack’s ski chalet as our home base/safehouse--and in fact, staying and keeping watch over that safehouse while the others more actively heist is exactly what Jack will be doing during the course of this mine heist. That he can do it while also watching television and heating up a shitton of post-heist pizza is merely coincidental. Jack is also in charge of lying to the Jennies if, god forbid, they attempt to visit the safehouse.
Everyone who’s going to the mine has been given escape ropes, plus gas masks and infrared goggles if they want them. They also all have at least one teleporting pokemon with them. Either they already had a teleporter to start with, one of their pokemon has been taught the move via TM, they’d been given a young Abra or Natu who’d been born knowing the move, or they’re just borrowing a teleporter from another Rocket who has more than one (which some do.) This is, of course, because they’ll be teleporting from Jack’s ski chalet to the mine entrance, some few hours after sunset--at which point all the miners will be gone for the day, leaving only the mine security and the pokemon who’re helping them guard it.
That’s when the rockets split into two groups. The first group, the Distraction Team, is comprised of Carly, Connie, Lydia, Steve Palchuk, Emet-Selch, Emet’s rotom-powered drones
that scream down the boulevardand Pulse Train, Dirk’s Level 100 Klinklang. Their job is to distract the mine security and the pokemon inhabiting/guarding the mine… which of course they’re going to mostly be doing through combat. Except for Emet-Selch (and Pulse Train, naturally), the trainers in this group have been members of Team Rocket since March or earlier and have high-level pokemon. As for Emet-Selch, well, he’s got all his rotom-powered drones, plus some Yamask who can possess security guards and make them go after their compatriots, so he’ll be fine. Pulse Train, meanwhile, is zipping around and independently fighting on his own, Steven having given him very general instructions before they went in. Beyond that, the Distraction Team will be fighting dirty as hell. Multiple pokemon out at once, attacking the security guards instead of the Pokemon first, using status moves against humans, physically attacking using fists and improvised weapons… if it’s a nasty trick, they’ll use it. The goal is to neutralize the mine security in whatever way possible. If they’re lucky enough to render guards unconscious, they’ll then steal their pokemon, recalling them into the balls. They’ll also likely try to catch what pokemon inhabitants of the mine they can.The other group is the Thievery Team: Spinel, London, Diego, Osomatsu, Jules, Speedwagon, and Doppio. Except for Spinel, they’ve all joined Team Rocket more recently than the Distraction Team and their own pokemon teams are on the whole less strong that the other group’s, which is why while the Distraction Team is occupying mine security, the Thievery Team is stealing all the evolution stones and otherwise precious items that they can get their hands on. Steven himself is with the Thievery Team, using his Klefki and his own Rotom to subvert all the locks, physical and electric, that might stand in their way. They’ll be hitting up the storeroom where the miners keep the stones they mine before they’re shipped out, as well as the mine office in hopes of grabbing any loose cash or anything in the office safe. Steven’s Rotom will also mess with any electronic security records that might be around, because Ghost in the Machine is a good, helpful little spoop.
Meanwhile, during all this, Tyler is outside playing lookout, because the inside of a dark mine is no place for a deaf guy. Using Dirk’s TriCal Threat (which Dirk obligingly lent alongside Pulse Train) allows him 360-degree long-range vision in order to spot any Jennies/vigilantes/PGC members long before they make it to the mine and he also looks cool while doing it, given that the Kamina shades are part of the rig. Meanwhile, his Houndoom Dexter is busy burning a giant R made out of flames in front of the mine, because normal calling cards aren’t nearly as badass. If Tyler spots anyone coming to interfere before they’re done, he’ll use his psychic pokemon to broadcast the signal to retreat--at which point both teams will stop what they’re doing, use their escape ropes to bring them back to the mine entrance, and teleport the fuck away back to Jack’s ski chalet.
If there’s no interference, then the Thievery Team books it as soon as they’ve secured everything of value that hasn’t been nailed down, alerting the Distraction Team as they leave, so that they too can book it out to the mine entrance and everyone can teleport the fuck away back to Jack’s ski chalet, where inside Jack is waiting for them alongside a shitton of pizza for everyone to eat while they catch their breath and tally up the loot. Time to change out of uniforms, take turns washing up, and in general rest. Which may or may not involve sleeping on couches/on air mattresses or doubling up in beds, since while the ski chalet has multiple guest rooms it’s also not as big as Jack’s actual house. Though Steven and Jack will be taking their own bed, thank you very much. (Please ignore any noise you might hear coming from their bedroom. Steven might not be loud but Jack is and post-crime sex is the best sex. If anyone didn’t know they were together before, they probably do now.)
Anyway, the next day they will pack up said loot disguised as luggage and warp their way back to Goldenrod, to present the admins with the contents of their haul, both bags of stones and whatever pokemon they can catch/steal in the process. But before all that, as mentioned in the rewards, everyone on the heist gets to pick out one of the evolution stones from the haul to keep before turning the rest in, unless the haul is so pathetic that this would make a notable dent--which shouldn’t be the case given that, as mentioned above, they staged the heist shortly before the stones were due to be shipped out. Jack gets one too, since he provided support in the form of pizzas and safe house, and either Connie, Carly, or Emet gets to grab one for Dirk, as thanks for his own provided support in the form of Pulse Train and the Tri-Cal Threat.
And as long as everything goes as planned, this should give the admins a real taste of what the otherworld transfers can do when they work together.
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First of all, due to the recent uptick in Rocket activity, and the appearance of those Tricky Bandits (whether they are Team Rocket or not, they are clearly trouble) the mine took extra measures to not only up security but also increase the response time in the event of trouble. Though the Rockets stepping in to form a distraction are all very well trained, so is this particular security crew. With back-up hot on their heels.
So, what happens? Well, they certainly manage to get in there. And the Distraction crew manages to find the security squad and battle them (even stealing a pokemon or two in the process, go Lydia!) but Tyler's order to retreat comes too quickly for them to take down the whole squad. Meanwhile, the Collection squad does manage to make it to where the goods are being kept, however seeing as they are limited in time, they don't manage to fully rob the place. Oh certainly, plenty of stones manage to make it into sacks and pockets. It's not like they have nothing to show for! But there is also still plenty left inside when they make a break for it.
Getting to the safe house goes without any trouble. In fact, that next hitch doesn't present itself until the following morning. You see, it seems the local Jenny force has come out in force to examine the scene of the crime. And part of this investigation also involves checking the luggage of people leaving the city (especially via the warp pad) to see if any of the stolen loot can be recovered. This means the Rockets will have to make some choices -- either find a way to somehow hide a lot of evolutionary stones on themselves to a point where they cannot be found by a dedicated pair of Jennies; or leave most of the loot behind for pick-up at a later time; or carry the loot out there on foot by sneaking out of the city while bypassing the checkpoints at the regular city exits.
So, congratulations, a decent amount of evolutionary stones were delivered to the Rocket administration. It just could've been much more if it wasn't for their own recent crime success. The admins are still pretty pleased with the results, it's just not quite the overwhelming adoration they could've gotten if they had managed to smuggle out the whole stone reserves.
But, hey, decently pleased Rocket Admins still mean some rewards!
Firstly, for this heist, there will be no increases in rank for any of the participants. It's still a nice tick towards a future promotion though. And despite popular request, there will not be any shinies. They don't grow on trees, you know!
Secondly, the Rocket Admins have noted the number of new grunts that have been helping out on the heist. This actually pleases them, as this experience can only make them better at being worse in the future! However, they also are well aware that new grunts often have very limited teams which can limit them in their criminal ways. As such, as a reward for a bad job well done, the Admins have decided to reward the newer Rocket members with a handpicked new Pokemon partner each. Furthermore, all of these pokemon will know an HM move. Sure you still need the badge to use it outside of battle, but it's a start, right?
London will be receiving a Serperior with the move Strength.
Doppio will be receiving a Binacle with the move Surf.
Speedwagon will be receiving a Braviary with the move Fly.
Osomatsu will be receiving a Falinks with the move Poison Jab (not a HM move, but still very useful, the Admins feel!)
Diego will be receiving a Feraligatr with the move Surf.
And lastly, Jules will be receiving a Metang with the move Strength.
All these pokemon will be at level 37.
So, that takes care of them.
Both Steve P and Emet will receive their requested multi-use TMs. Steve P will be receiving the TM Ice Beam. Emet will receive the move Electric Terrain.
For Spinel, the Admins have a Silk Scarf. They still remember the Furfrou she got as a result of her last heist, and this held item should give her dog a great edge in battle.
For Carly, who submitted no specific requests, the Admins have a pair of Safety Goggles. A versatile held item, they hope her battle experience will allow her to use it to its full potential.
For Lydia, the only one fortunate enough to actually steal a pokemon off one of the guards, the Admins have decided that she will be allowed to keep said pokemon. In this case, the player is given the freedom to choose exactly which kind of pokemon she stole. Its level will be at 66.
For Steven, his request for a bonus will be granted, and he will find both a very substantial bonus in his account (the admins reward his willingness to take charge here) as well as a pay increase to his regular weekly stipend.
Due to their small roles in this heist, both Jack and Dirk will receive some acknowledgement for their role in guiding these young rockets and providing support, however, they will not receive a particular reward. Still, keeping the admins pleased and increasing their standing in their eyes is also somewhat of a boon, right?
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How much of an increase to his weekly stipend? I want to record it in the Rocket section of his info page.
Also does Connie get anything special or just cash moneys? What about Tyler?
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Carly will be receiving a Scope Lens from the Admins! A great item for taking her battling to the next level.
For his part in the heist, Tyler will receive a spoon that looks like it got run over by an Aggron. It's a Twisted Spoon, sure to boost the power of any psychic pokemon!
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(I assume you mean Connie?)
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