1. The defense contracts themselves are generally made with the United Nations Treasury with the explicit purpose of producing small, handheld weaponry—this is not common knowledge, as Tempo wants to keep the target off of their back. In the current weapons' industry, they've built their identity on producing technologically advanced weaponry that outmatches anything that's in the hands of radicals. To keep their contracts, Reese will explain, Tempo needs to bid annually against other contractors within the United Nations. While there's no instance of contracts "going bad," per se, Tempo is on thin ice with their current UN defense contract due to a shipment of product lost during the EMP in November. They have to produce a newly advanced weapon and present it to some high-ranking military officials in the next few months.
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2. Hideki plays badly. It's the reason he lost to (big) Jason in the first place! No cheats, necessarily, just loud privileged kid fun.
Jason would need to find a way to dress himself up as a rich kid to support any attention in the first place. Strange's rewiring will help getting in with Hideki, but his friends won't be keen for any newcomers joining the group. He can get Hideki's attention through gambling, but Hideki isn't a fan of losing, especially thanks to what happened with (big) Jason all those months ago. There will be some unspoken rules in dealing with Hideki, like "help him win" and "let him win," even if it goes against the recommendation of the cards system in play. As for Hideki's friends? They're still pissed about Hideki's hot (and eventually cold) relationship with Cain and Prompto a while back. Those dicks just ditched them, so they'll put Jason through the ringer and try to sabotage his place among them. If Jason's smart, he can use this as an opportunity to cement himself at Hideki's side.
Let us know if this works for you, or if you'd like any other details about Hideki.
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1. The defense contracts themselves are generally made with the United Nations Treasury with the explicit purpose of producing small, handheld weaponry—this is not common knowledge, as Tempo wants to keep the target off of their back. In the current weapons' industry, they've built their identity on producing technologically advanced weaponry that outmatches anything that's in the hands of radicals. To keep their contracts, Reese will explain, Tempo needs to bid annually against other contractors within the United Nations. While there's no instance of contracts "going bad," per se, Tempo is on thin ice with their current UN defense contract due to a shipment of product lost during the EMP in November. They have to produce a newly advanced weapon and present it to some high-ranking military officials in the next few months.
We know that you probably have a better handle on this sort of thing than we do, so feel free to hit us up with any corrections you think that we should make.
2. Hideki plays badly. It's the reason he lost to (big) Jason in the first place! No cheats, necessarily, just loud privileged kid fun.
Jason would need to find a way to dress himself up as a rich kid to support any attention in the first place. Strange's rewiring will help getting in with Hideki, but his friends won't be keen for any newcomers joining the group. He can get Hideki's attention through gambling, but Hideki isn't a fan of losing, especially thanks to what happened with (big) Jason all those months ago. There will be some unspoken rules in dealing with Hideki, like "help him win" and "let him win," even if it goes against the recommendation of the cards system in play. As for Hideki's friends? They're still pissed about Hideki's hot (and eventually cold) relationship with Cain and Prompto a while back. Those dicks just ditched them, so they'll put Jason through the ringer and try to sabotage his place among them. If Jason's smart, he can use this as an opportunity to cement himself at Hideki's side.
Let us know if this works for you, or if you'd like any other details about Hideki.