Mutation. Adaptation. Equality, superiority, and order. Darwin dreams darkly in a world where change outpaces the norm day by day.
The school that Charles Xavier dreamed of as a safe haven has overflowed; now, all students are referred on to Xavier’s Sister School for Gifted Youngsters, a mansion complete with its own team of X-Men who strive to maintain the balance in New York.
Others have sneered at the Mansion’s naive ideals, and gone through the Sanctuary’s Golden Doors to claim their proper title of Homo Superior.
Still others look beyond these petty squabbles to the world’s rotting roots; war, suffering, chaos. At Mondragon Labs Medical, there is a healer who will cure them all.
The Mutant Factions grow in strength and number day by day; their threat and promise hangs heavy over the human world. Homo sapiens have always been the favored child of Adaptation, however. In the minds of a few rare men and women, a force is rising up to silence these challengers to the throne.
Fear and hatred are the lot of all things new. In this volatile world, what will you swear to protect?
Where Will You Stand?
The X-Men
The X-men are an idealistic group of mutants whose goal is to maintain a peaceful balance between humans and mutants and to protect the weak, even if it means facing off against fellow mutants to protect humans that may hate them anyway. They offer a safe shelter and an education to young mutants at Xavier's Sister School.
The Order
The Order is a group of radical mutants who have gathered in an effort to have their voices heard and demands met to gain an uppance in society, by any means necessary. They are led by a mutant and a fiercely vicious woman named Lori who houses the members at the Sanctuary. Join them and find your proper place in the world.
The Kabal
The world is full of distasteful chaos. It seethes with pointless hatred and cruelty. Let the X's and O's bicker like lovers in the streets of New York City; Slate's Kabal will bring the world itself to the worst degree of peace. Current takeover: Romania.
The World Entrepreneur's Guide to the Kabal « Thread Started on Feb 5, 2009, 3:04am »
The Aim of Slate's Kabal
Are you sick of the Order's narrow-minded hatred for humanity, and their short-sighted goal of total extermination?
Are you weary of watching those noble X-Souls reduce themselves to street brawlers as they spew forth hypocritical nonsense?
Do you want to actually change this world? Not just New York City, and not in someone else's life time. Do you want to do it now, with your own hands and your own gifts? Join the Kabal.
Slate will make this world a better place for every species, sex, gender, race, and religion to live in. He will do it now, and he will do it with your help. Unlike the X-Men, Slate knows that "good" doesn't always mean keeping your hands covered in spotless white gloves. Unlike the Order, he knows that there is more to world change than mindless bloodshed. He welcomes tools from all walks of life and shades of morality. You will be put to use where you can do the most good.
Join the Kabal. Change this cesspool into something worth living in.
Nigel Banks, upper echelon employee Melissa Rivers, upper echelon employee Noin Mortman, head of the secretarial staff Doctor Ingram, genius of research and development Hans Jentick, head Canteen chef Antonio "Dragon Speak" Hernandez, omnilingual gem producer
The LARPers (competent soldiers best known for their training room hobby):
Percy Ferretly, Paladin Artemis Moonfeather, Elfin Archer Edward Song Hau Sepelu Sivrusky IV, Sorcerer Extraordinaire Their Ninja is too Nigel for this list.
The Triforce (soldiers under the direct command of Calley/Slate):
Frank Newton Nicholas Williams Charles Triggs
The Cats (are cats):
Jeeves (medium tuxedo tom, friendly but dignified) Sushi (medium ginger-stripped queen; aloof) Sage (large gray tom; relaxed and friendly) Target Practice (small white tom with black spots here and there; friendly and energetic)
Mondragon Labs Medical
Mondragon Labs Medical is a large, sprawling research and development company. The main complex sits on a wide plot of open, landscaped land; the approach is down a driveway lined with apple trees that would look quite nice during their spring bloom. A low stone wall sits tastefully around this area, dividing it from the lesser labs, storehouses, and employee houses and apartment buildings that surround it. Mondragon Labs owns the land and buildings around the main complex for two miles on all sides; it is located at the outer fringes of New York City, within easy driving range of downtown, but quite hard to get to by walking or public transportation.
Mondragon Labs Medical is registered with the government, and willingly participates in government inspections. Its CEOs have a history of humanitarian patronage to equal-rights causes, including donations to Xavier’s Sister School. During the Registration Act of 2007/2008, it was the home of the Resistance, though this is only public knowledge to Resistance members. The former warehouse district and concrete sea it sat in was torn down and replaced with the gardens and new housing areas in April 2009, under Slate’s orders to clean out the former leader’s skeletons. All non-legal research was also destroyed at that time.
***Your character will not know about the Kabal’s actions, methods, etc unless he/she has learned about them IC. Likewise, your character has no cause to suspect Mondragon Labs of any foul doings, unless they've discovered something IC. On the other hand, knowledge that Slate is both the CEO and a mutant, and knowledge of their patronage and medical advances is fair game for anyone who reads the newspaper.
Basic Labs Security
Security guards on erratic patrol routes, concentrated mostly around and inside the main complex (due to an imp's attempted pwnage. Ownzrd, n0ob, ownzrd.)
The entirety of the Labs and grounds can be flooded with light at the flip of a switch (due to a certain shadow teleporter's attempted infiltration)
Camera and audio recorders set up everywhere, including the bathrooms. Infrared is included, of course. Several disjoint operating teams monitor the video feeds live from several disjoint security rooms; rooms maintain constant communication with each other and with the secretarial staff (due to Hunter's paranoia; Slate has left this system intact, though he does question its merit)
Computers from different departments are not networked together, and only private computers are connected to outside lines (including to the internet). (due to an AI's attempted infiltration)
All members of the Mondragon Labs staff have a psychic command in their minds to ensure their secrecy and loyalty to Slate. They literally cannot communicate what they know about Slate's business to outsiders.
All members of the Mondragon Labs staff, secretaries and janitors included, participate in regular self-defense classes in the training rooms; most are quite beyond mere "self-defense". Additionally, the majority of staff members live in the housing provided on Labs grounds. They've worked with each other every waking hour for years, and anyone new is big news. If they don't recognize you, you had better believe they won't just write it off as "someone I haven't met".
Calley was sent in cat form to spy at the Mansion, and learned about the upcoming King Pharmaceuticals battle. Iris' room was bugged in an attempt to trace Crystal's origins.
Hunter and Syn met; a truce was established between the Kabal and the Order.
Hunter built a working replica of the Mansion inside of Mondragon Labs, and kidnapped a canary to put in it: Iris, who he had learned was a past project of his. Or "daughter", if you want to be precise. Fatherly affection is best shown through kidnappings in the night, and ripping out the hearts of young Mansion heroes named Zelek. And preserving the husked bodies, of course, for future use.
Due to the slightly stressful terms of his employment and Doctor Ingram's uncomfortable chairs, Calley developed Dissociative Identity Disorder. His name is Slate, and this becomes significant in January 2009.
Calley caught all the upcoming X-Trainees' abilities on collar-cam by participating in the X-Men Tryouts. And he became an X-Trainee, too. Smile for this happy moment, Mansionites.
Fall 2007 and Winter 2008
After the destruction of the Mansion and Sanctuary by Stalker raids, Hunter hosted New York's refugee mutants in Mondragon Labs over the course of the Registration Act. The Resistance was born, plotted, and succeeded in breaking the captured NYC x-geners out of the New York State Detention Center for Dangerous Mutants.
Oh, and Hunter had Doctor Ingram revive Zelek. As his vicious vampire son. Who got loose in the Labs, and tried to eat his daughter Iris, his might-as-well-be-a-daughter Katrina, and his spy Calley.
Spring, Summer, and Fall 2008
Antonescu turned his attentions to other projects aboard, leaving the Kabal without its traditional iron-fisted leadership. ((ooc: Hunter's player had limited internet access over the summer, and couldn't post.))
Calley Swartz, the eternal Kabal kicking-patsy spy, surprised Hunter with a Declaration of War. ((ooc: Hunter's player went fully inactive during this thread due to college and the unfortunate detoxing effects of a summer away from MRO. Right after a blue whale was dropped on him IC, actually.))
Slate Swartz succeeded in a complete coup of Mondragon Labs and Hunter's former assets. He worked to quickly re-contract the former Kabal members, and turned towards recruiting new members.
Giant's Bane and Aiden rescued the mutant Dragon Speak from his South American drug lord captors. The Kabal gained a steady stream of wealth independent of Antonescu's dirty money and the ability to make all of its members temporarily omnilingual. Giant's Bane was also contracted to keep up his ties with the Order, as the Kabal's spy.
Circe was sent to infiltrate the Mansion to get as many defensive and offensive capabilities on tape as she could. Including, of course, the abilities of the X-Men. It never hurts to have too much data on them. If she was ordered to pay particular attention to the defenses around Cerebra, well, that's just what they call "foreshadowing".
WereCat, a neutral, was commissioned to take a sample of Dragon Speak's gems to a reputed international dealer in Egypt to bring them to the world's market, and turn their pretty sparkles into useful cash.
Roland was ordered to steal the Mona Lisa as a gift for Syn, to be delivered at the same time as an cordial invitation from Slate to arrange a meeting with the Order's leader. Unfotunately, a disgruntled former employer had different plans for him.
Spring 2009
The Kabal took over Colombia during April with a sweep of coordinated missions. More specifically: Slate now owns a majority share in the South American drug trade.
Mondragon Labs was officially changed to Mondragon Labs Medical, with the press announcement of the cloned human heart used in Zelek’s revival. Mention of Zelek, vampire army experiments, and Hunter's other dubious works have officially been swept out as part of the spring cleaning.
Slate cordially invited Mansion Headmistress Tricity and X-Men Cold Steel to the Labs for a meeting.
Slate brought together the Kabal’s Inner Circle, a group comprised of Sebastian, Tarin, Lee, and WereCat who will act as his advisors. And, should he cross the line into true evil, his executioners. When saving the world, one must make the proper preparations, even against one’s self.
Summer 2009
Following the Future Plot wake up, Slate mobilized both the Kabal and the X-Men in a strike against King Pharmaceuticals to allow Sebastian and Seizure the time they needed slip in and destroy the virus that had caused so much damage in the Future.
There is a purpose behind these all and future missions, you can be sure. Care to join? Self-styled goodies, baddies, and neutrals are equally useful tools in Slate's cause, and will be fitted with missions suited to their interests and morals. The world will be changed for the better, and it will be happy about it. Happier, in any case.
Re: The World Entrepreneur's Guide to the Kabal « Reply #1 on Apr 20, 2009, 4:49am »
Kabal Structure
This structure has not been formally announced IC yet; it’s just what I use to classify mission types OOC.
Leader: Slate
Inner Circle: the people Slate discloses everything to. He trusts them to handle the information with discretion, and tell him when his idea of world betterment crosses from morally gray to morally black. Inner Circle Advisors: WereCat, Sebastian, Tarin, Lee
White Arc: the Kabal members/commissioners used for missions with peaceful intents. They’re kept strictly away from Black Arc members and methods until they’ve graduated to Gray Arc. Information about other White Arc missions are shared with them freely.
Gray Arc: the Kabal members/commissioners Slate can trust to understand the need for Black Arc methods, and to act with discretion and finesse on White Arc matters. They’re tapped for all mission types and told about all White Arc matters in addition to their own missions. Some Black Arc missions might be shared with them.
Black Arc: the Kabal members and commissioners used for missions that tread the other side of the moral line. Generally too volatile to play well with the White Arc members. They’re only told about their own missions.
Kabal Commissioners: the people who don’t wear the Kabal logo and name, but still run our missions. IC, they’re every bit as useful to Slate as regular Kabal members; the only difference is that they only get paid per mission. No salary, no free housing, no dental plan. OOC, while I’ll try to keep missions open for commissioners, top priority will always go to actual Kabal members.
Kabal’s No-Kill Policy
Slate finds many uses in the living. He finds less in corpses. Therefore, killing will get your paycheck docked. Unless Slate orders it, of course. Some deaths are necessary to cut out the rot.
Lamesauce
Also known as tech and weapons. OOC, I think they’re silly on a mutations site. IC, they don’t fit with Slate’s goals. The longer the Kabal appears to be above-the-board, the better. Matching Evil Planeteer cereal box rings don’t help with that. Neither do non-mutation weapons, particularly since he wants people to find the uses for their natural gifts and take (non-homicidal) pride in using them. Mondragon Labs will never issue weapons or tech to a Kabal member/commissioner without Slate’s express consent.
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