Hi again! We'll answer the questions in the order we received them.
1. GIles Bell is one of the three big corporations in New Amsterdam, and is one of the oldest established in the past 500 years, which means it has its fingers in a lot of stuff. The only time it's been mentioned IC by any characters would be the Scott post about the monster research, and any further information about their activities will seem like it's on the up and up. Morningstar in particular will have pointed them out because of Morningstar's anti-capitalistic stance, but that's the bread and butter of their organization.
Maeda is on the board of directors, and while she doesn't make media appearances, they would be able to find this out about her just by doing a standard internet search. As a point of clarification, while the dog belongs to her, she wouldn't appear to either Jason or Damian until the shakedown we described.
2. No, this wouldn't work out! Maeda would be very clear that this is a lesson she wants taught, and will not be persuaded to any other course.
3. They would aim to get them together for the sake of it being tidy, so they would survey them and find the best and most likely time to find the two of them together. The surveillance would be done via the city's cameras, making it difficult for them to be aware that someone's keeping tabs on them. It would be this same surveillance that would help them identify Damian's movement between his base of operations before he disappeared off the radar into Morningstar's safehouse.
4. Yes, it's absolutely fine to include Dick in this! As a note, that means that all further progression on this plot would include him as a factor.
5. Maeda's people will be armed with knives and guns. If they have opportunity to use the knives to inflict some deliberate pain, they will, but otherwise will not use them to wound too severely. Similarly, they will only use the guns for intimidation and pistol whipping - they won't fire them.
6. Maeda's people would be very trained, almost to the same level as Damian and Jason. Given the numbers involved, they would be difficult - though not impossible - to overwhelm, but killing would be extremely difficult, and they would experience a fair amount of push back as Maeda's people tried to regain control of the situation. As a result, it would be very difficult for them to begin to use lethal force. If they go after Maeda herself, her people will prioritize getting her out of that space, and there would be the sense that this would not be over.
7. No! Because the dog has been reported as stolen, she would need to be returned to the NAPD themselves. It would only be later that Maeda would look into surveillance to find who had her dog.
As a note, for sake of ease, we've decided that Gaby will be calling in Morningstar agents to get the dog to the NAPD - they'll be able to do it without anyone showing their faces and potentially getting arrested.
8. It would be easier for Jason to establish this during the fight! Maeda won't be outwardly aggressive/vindictive until Jason and Damian (and potentially Dick) are cornered, though at that point her grudge will become very evident. The dog drop off would go relatively peacefully for the Morningstar agents.
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1. GIles Bell is one of the three big corporations in New Amsterdam, and is one of the oldest established in the past 500 years, which means it has its fingers in a lot of stuff. The only time it's been mentioned IC by any characters would be the Scott post about the monster research, and any further information about their activities will seem like it's on the up and up. Morningstar in particular will have pointed them out because of Morningstar's anti-capitalistic stance, but that's the bread and butter of their organization.
Maeda is on the board of directors, and while she doesn't make media appearances, they would be able to find this out about her just by doing a standard internet search. As a point of clarification, while the dog belongs to her, she wouldn't appear to either Jason or Damian until the shakedown we described.
2. No, this wouldn't work out! Maeda would be very clear that this is a lesson she wants taught, and will not be persuaded to any other course.
3. They would aim to get them together for the sake of it being tidy, so they would survey them and find the best and most likely time to find the two of them together. The surveillance would be done via the city's cameras, making it difficult for them to be aware that someone's keeping tabs on them. It would be this same surveillance that would help them identify Damian's movement between his base of operations before he disappeared off the radar into Morningstar's safehouse.
4. Yes, it's absolutely fine to include Dick in this! As a note, that means that all further progression on this plot would include him as a factor.
5. Maeda's people will be armed with knives and guns. If they have opportunity to use the knives to inflict some deliberate pain, they will, but otherwise will not use them to wound too severely. Similarly, they will only use the guns for intimidation and pistol whipping - they won't fire them.
6. Maeda's people would be very trained, almost to the same level as Damian and Jason. Given the numbers involved, they would be difficult - though not impossible - to overwhelm, but killing would be extremely difficult, and they would experience a fair amount of push back as Maeda's people tried to regain control of the situation. As a result, it would be very difficult for them to begin to use lethal force. If they go after Maeda herself, her people will prioritize getting her out of that space, and there would be the sense that this would not be over.
7. No! Because the dog has been reported as stolen, she would need to be returned to the NAPD themselves. It would only be later that Maeda would look into surveillance to find who had her dog.
As a note, for sake of ease, we've decided that Gaby will be calling in Morningstar agents to get the dog to the NAPD - they'll be able to do it without anyone showing their faces and potentially getting arrested.
8. It would be easier for Jason to establish this during the fight! Maeda won't be outwardly aggressive/vindictive until Jason and Damian (and potentially Dick) are cornered, though at that point her grudge will become very evident. The dog drop off would go relatively peacefully for the Morningstar agents.