Cleaning Up BaSIN City, Choose Your Heroes

Who do you choose to help clean up Sin City? (Pick Three)


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Husky_Khan

The Dog Whistler... I mean Whisperer.
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Congratulations, you've been elected Mayor of Sin City on a strong Justice and Order platform by a wide swath of the populace fed up with perpetual crime and corruption. Sadly the citizenry is still passive beyond voting you into office, the police and law enforcement are corrupt, higher government authorities are uninterested in helping you and the entire City is still caught in the grip of powerful organized crime interests and none are looking favorable upon the new Mayor.

However it's not all doom and gloom. You get three choices of people to aid you. Some are just vigilantes, others could assist police or law enforcement and many have various differing skills including criminology, leadership and psychology etc.

And you are only getting the heroes and limited resources they can transplant here, not their entire supporting apparatus they might've had in other cities. You also still have public opinion (as much as that goes) and political and social concerns to deal with and any fallout from that. Though considering how violent Sin City was in the leadup, seeing blood in the streets isn't exactly going to be a notable thing. As the Mayor you have other municipal powers as well, hiring and firing people as needed, including if you want a new Police Chief and reform the Police Department.

The City (Basin City). It has become a watering hole for the criminal element in the deep West, partially due to the growth of Old Town, decades later it evolved into a gritty metropolis of scum and villainy, complete with corrupt police force and multiple types of organized crime.

The most powerful criminal influence is the Roark Family, with Senator Ethan Roark Sr as the main political influencer in Sin City and has grown rich off of Human Trafficking and Prostitution, and has two brothers, Cardinal Patrick Henry Roark who helped elevate his brothers to their position in power and Attorney General Charles Roark whose the head of the Basin City Department of Justice.

There's also the Wallenquist Organization, a German-American Mafia Family that dominates the criminal underworld and involved in protection, enforcement, assassination, politics, prostitution, drug and human trafficking and much, much more. A less influential criminal organization is the Magliozzi Family, the La Cosa Nostra of Basin City and involved in racketeering, gambling, prostitution, bribery, extortion, loan sharking, narcotics, smuggling, bookmaking, murder and labor racketeering. Plus there's also large amounts of ordinary and smaller time crime, often assisted by low level superhumans as well and dangerous individuals such as Ava Lord or the Irish Mercenaries.

Anyways, since you've been given a broad mandate, here are your ten potential choices for assistance. They'll be with you for the full Mayoral Term, or until your Dead or otherwise removed from office.

1. Robocop (Verhoeven Movie): The Robocop from the first two movies of the Robocop film series. He'll be transported to the Basin City Police Department and given a support staff similar to that from the first movie to keep him operational. He gets all of his featured equipment except for that dorky jetpack/rocket launcher in the third movie because that's cringe. He's also programmed with his three Prime Directives as well but also includes a fourth directive regarding senior government leadership which includes the Mayor, Police Chief, and any Senators or Attorney General types. He also has his character growth from the first two films as well. He'll preferably want to work for Law Enforcement.

2. Judge Dredd (Karl Urban): This is the Karl Urban version of Judge Dredd from the 2012 Dredd movie. He'll be fully educated and aware of Basin City Law and its current state of affairs. He'll get his standard equipment as featured in the movie as well and daily replenishment/maintenance for himself and himself alone when he returns to base. He'll preferably want to work for Law Enforcement though more likely they'll be working for him.

3. Batman (Nolanverse): Batman shows up with one of his Tumbler Batmobiles and a trailer full of supplies as well as Alfred supporting him. He'll have to establish a new 'Batcave' or whatever in the city though but can't call on all of his resources and contacts back in Gotham City. But he still has pretty strong financials. He'll be operating as a cooperative vigilante.

4. Punisher (MCU): Punisher will show up with a van full of goods. He's also taking this personally, perhaps some loved one was negatively impacted by the crime ongoing in Basin City so he decided to answer your call for help though he'll likely be diving into the criminal underworld on his own terms. He'll be operating as a generally sympathetic vigilante.

5. Eliza "Ash" Cohen (Rainbow Six: Siege): A Special Forces veteran with FBI experience as well. She's the head of Operations for Rainbow Six and is a very experienced leader, trainer and general special operator. She'll get all of her own kit and supplies but no support from the rest of the Rainbow Group or any direct support from them. She'll likely prefer to work with Law Enforcement as opposed to vigilantism.

6. Oliver Quinn (Arrowverse): Billionaire Vigilante Archer will relocate here under much of the same circumstances as the Nolanverse Batman. He'll have to start from scratch though he has loads of financial support and an initial vehicle full of gear and kit to start him off. He'll be operating as a generally sympathetic vigilante.

7. Archangel (Mass Effect): Garrus Vakarian as of the end of Mass Effect 2 will show up... for some reason. He'll have his gear and tech from Mass Effect when he was a vigilante, including his badass sniper kit, but other than that, there'll be no tech sharing and the like. His equipment and kit is replenished (including special rations/nutrition) daily depending on where his secret hideout is located. Also... being an alien... it depends if you wanna cover that up or not such as by having him wear a helmet and hoping via Comic Book logic no one notices his gloved hands. He's open to working either in law enforcement or as a vigilante.

8. Rorschach & Nite-Owl (Watchmen) Rorschach and Nite-Owl will relocate to Basin City so they can continue to engage in their anti-Crime operations. This is the movie versions and Nite-Owl will be able to open up a new lab/workshop in the city. Since vigilantism isn't outlawed here, they'll be able to work as cooperative vigilantes if permissable.

9. Marcus (Fallout) The veteran and older Supermutant who founded and became Sheriff of three different communities will end up wandering into Basin City and offering his services after getting New Reno vibes glancing around. He's a giant green Supermutant and will be bringing along his minigun, a few stimpaks and antidotes which will respawn in his inventory daily. He's also familiar with all sorts of weapons of course, as well as being a natural leader with two centuries worth of life experiences to draw upon. He'll prefer working with Law Enforcement.

10. L (Death Note Anime) L offers his services to Basin City through a Middleman and takes up the task of cleaning up the City as a personal challenge or passion project. For whatever reason he relocates himself to Basin City instead of communication through laptops though, just for that added danger. He'll prefer working with law enforcement generally, though he's pretty quirky.

As stated before... no tech sharing or use of outside resources by the summoned help. And they'll be 'co-existing' whether that means they could cooperate, tolerate or be rivals against each other has to be considered.
 
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Obviously this city needs Punisher to paint the streets red with blood of evildoers, Roscharch to go after those Punisher will not kill (corrupt law enforcement and judiciary), with Ash brought in to revamp the police department and head my protection detail. I'll stock on popcorn for the fireworks that Frank will provide.
 
1. Rorschach and Night Owl are a 2-Fer, so that's a "gots-to-have" pick.

2. Then there's Batman...stupid rich and willing to improve the city in both identities. So yeah, super detective and planner.

3. Oliver Queen, yup, another stupid rich guy fighting to save his city in and out of costume. If one is good, two has to be better!
BONUS-can you imagine the freaking things Batman and Nightowl are gonna create?! HOLY HECK BATMAN!!!

Nopes:
-Robocop and Judge Dread are really just awesome muscle. Useful, but they miss a lot of the other benefits.
-Punisher is awesome at removing bad guys, but he's gonna cause a lot of friction with Bats and Queen. Besides, you've got Rorschach to mop up the idiots.
-"Ash" Cohen has definitely got leadership chops, but both Queen and Bats have loads of that. I'm not sure she brings anything to the table above the others.
-"Archangel" Garrus has nothing really to offer here, but some cool tech and smooth action on his sniper rifle...meh.
-Marcus is a hulk that can't blend in anywhere, and is gonna cause all sorts of bad reactions. Frankly, he's a hindrance, and, if I want something destroyed, I'm pretty sure Bats/Queen/Nighthawk can figure out a way to make it go 'BOOM.'
-L, I admit I don't know much about L, which is why I ignored him.
 
-Robocop and Judge Dread are really just awesome muscle. Useful, but they miss a lot of the other benefits.
Plus Robocop has a crippling weakness in his human support crew of surgeon-technicians. No tech sharing means that if the mob kills, kidnaps, bribes or otherwise renders them inaccessible, they'll be nobody available who can repair him and he'll eventually be rendered inoperable.
 
I am going to buck the trend somewhat and go with Dredd, Marcus, and L. Going to want to keep this mostly above board, no going kill crazy, no dressing up in silly suits and punching poor people, no weird Ayn Rand doorstopper rants, no random explosions of heads and of course...NO CAPES... And probably other things, but I don't want to list things until the cows come home. I want to do this cleanly and mostly legally. I am not going to build a throne of bayonets, because those seldom work out in the end.

Marcus, though he is a jolly green giant, is now in a comic book setting and thus I can probably handwave it. He is going to be useful as a physical asset providing muscle and thus being able to break heads and provide protection when he is with me. Further, he is going to be a good source of advice for me and my administration. He has been around the block and has seen and experienced things that no one else has or few have. Finally, he is a companion from a RPG, he is going to have some of that mojo.

Dredd. Though, he is a less spectacular pick, I can still use him as an anchor that I can put a proper police force around. He has all the needed skills and he is a good cop... also probably will end up wasting plenty of bad cops when they inevitably try something against him or me. People underestimate him, and I need a good police chief (Marcus can show him the ropes if needs be).

L, is a superhuman genius. He is weaponized autism incarnate. He is literally the best detective on the list, and almost beat someone who was his near equal in intellect and had supernatural backing (and the Death Note, of course). This guy is a beast, and will be my one man intelligence team. I can easily set him to dredge up what needs to be dredged up and of course feed information to my other allies. And he can also defend himself (and me when it comes up) quite effectively given he is a skilled martial artist. Guy is a certified genius, kind of a dick, has a sense of justice and is an all around badass. He plays to win, and since he is on my side...

For the rest...

Robocop: Same reasons provided by others here. Also he is too straightforward and doesn't have the latitude needed.

Batman: Is a vigilante and thus against my plans of cleaning up the city in a "proper" way. Also, having him would cause a clash of egos with L who is more valuable...and even barring the comic book nature of the universe he is too obvious. People would figure things out. Also, NO CAPES! And I'd rather not brutalize petty criminals.

Punisher: Is a vigilante and a homicidal maniac, which would cast doubt on my administration and our end goal. And yeah, he is going to kick the hornets nest and just escalate things out of control. I'd rather boil the frog, and slowly tighten the noose around the necks of the underworld....and there is also the problem of him killing people I might want to "rehabilitate".

Cohen: Nothing wrong with her, but she got edged out due to my familiarity with the others. Seems like a good pick.

Oliver: Vigilante, brutalizes people and will work erode the foundations of what I want to build like the others. If pressed I might pick him, but yeah, it would probably be dicey with my chosen allies anyways.

Archangel: Yeah, Lmaos are too hard to cover up, even with plenty of bullshitting. Also he is going to eventually explode a head I don't want exploded and of course like other vigilantes would undermine what I am setting out to do...which is to clean out the city in a way that would strengthen the institutions of it and help mend its civic culture. Though as a law enforcement agent...he could work, be wetworks to use with L.

Owlman and Andrew Ryan: Same thing applies as other vigilantes, except they are probably even more dangerous than the Punisher.

I can probably detail the sort of plan I want to do, but it would require a lot of writing to explain. But simplified I want to clean out law enforcement using the assistance and knowledge of my allies, and then work outwards. All of them are going to have good advice, but Marcus and L are the gems. With Marcus living at least two lifetimes and L being a mastermind. The beauty is that with L, there are so many mindgames and so much skullduggery possible! Set him to work getting info on all of one mob group's operations and then leak it to the competition...

Reveal compromising info on my opponents and then pin it on nebulous foreign agents... Well, if L is okay with it, I am going to go along with whatever insane scheme he has, because it works. I am sure he'd appreciate someone who actually understands how to leverage human capital and not misuse his services...
 
Great responses so far, and far from unanimous agreement either which is glorious!

I can probably detail the sort of plan I want to do, but it would require a lot of writing to explain. But simplified I want to clean out law enforcement using the assistance and knowledge of my allies, and then work outwards. All of them are going to have good advice, but Marcus and L are the gems. With Marcus living at least two lifetimes and L being a mastermind. The beauty is that with L, there are so many mindgames and so much skullduggery possible! Set him to work getting info on all of one mob group's operations and then leak it to the competition...

Reveal compromising info on my opponents and then pin it on nebulous foreign agents... Well, if L is okay with it, I am going to go along with whatever insane scheme he has, because it works. I am sure he'd appreciate someone who actually understands how to leverage human capital and not misuse his services...

Mwahahahaha yes the plan all along was to get people to make thick, juicy detailed posts. 😋 So I'm both happy and sad that I wasn't able to be a complete time leech.
 
After much contemplation, and to shamelessly bump this thread up, I have decided that my trio will be Judge Dredd, Robocop and Marcus.

I didn't really consider the idea that the Techs of Robocop could be put under threat but that is kinda true. I'm not sure how valid it might be but OCP techs could be a weakspot and all three stories dealt with OCP compromising the Robocop Program in one way or another. But I like the idea of a basically invulnerable beat cop doing stuff. Plus I can have him exist and operate in the same city as Judge Dredd and that lone is worth the risk of admission.

WIth that said, Judge Dredd and Marcus will be my second and third pick. I was persuaded to towards Eliza "Ash" Cohen but I think Dredd and Marcus between the two of them are extremely complimentary and can be who I build a new and resilient police force around. Dredd is rather uncompromising and tactless, but he's not Lawful Stupid and can be an inspiring leader and gruff and stern Mentor/Trainer. Plus his Lawgiver and Armor and Combat Skills are fairly top notch, as will be his knowledge of applying THE LAW.

Marcus meanwhile has the two centuries of combat, law enforcement and civil affairs experience and has actually formed three communites in the Fallout Wasteland which is almost as rough and tumble (if not as population dense) as Basin City. Plus if push comes to shove he is a Supermutant and can brawl with the best thuggery of Basin City... if he doesn't need to one hand use a Flamer or Minigun to solve some problems. Plus his more affable and understanding nature can compliment Dredd and to a lesser extent Robocop.

Building a strong lasting police force might be the key to cleaning up Basin City. The only weakness of this time is the lack of top tier detective ability to really delve and investigate the criminal underworld which are abilities that folks like 'L' or the several of the vigilantes possess.
 
After much contemplation, and to shamelessly bump this thread up, I have decided that my trio will be Judge Dredd, Robocop and Marcus.

I didn't really consider the idea that the Techs of Robocop could be put under threat but that is kinda true. I'm not sure how valid it might be but OCP techs could be a weakspot and all three stories dealt with OCP compromising the Robocop Program in one way or another. But I like the idea of a basically invulnerable beat cop doing stuff. Plus I can have him exist and operate in the same city as Judge Dredd and that lone is worth the risk of admission.

WIth that said, Judge Dredd and Marcus will be my second and third pick. I was persuaded to towards Eliza "Ash" Cohen but I think Dredd and Marcus between the two of them are extremely complimentary and can be who I build a new and resilient police force around. Dredd is rather uncompromising and tactless, but he's not Lawful Stupid and can be an inspiring leader and gruff and stern Mentor/Trainer. Plus his Lawgiver and Armor and Combat Skills are fairly top notch, as will be his knowledge of applying THE LAW.

Marcus meanwhile has the two centuries of combat, law enforcement and civil affairs experience and has actually formed three communites in the Fallout Wasteland which is almost as rough and tumble (if not as population dense) as Basin City. Plus if push comes to shove he is a Supermutant and can brawl with the best thuggery of Basin City... if he doesn't need to one hand use a Flamer or Minigun to solve some problems. Plus his more affable and understanding nature can compliment Dredd and to a lesser extent Robocop.

Building a strong lasting police force might be the key to cleaning up Basin City. The only weakness of this time is the lack of top tier detective ability to really delve and investigate the criminal underworld which are abilities that folks like 'L' or the several of the vigilantes possess.
With Dredd will he follow Mega Cities law, or the law you as Mayor are enforcing? Because Mega City bans stuff like tea, and sugar, and caffeine.
 

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