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<span class="mu-g">”Wha-! Why are all your little guys Jale Berax! That's not fair!”</span>
<span class="mu-r">”Chill... It's just a skin! Cosmetic only! You know we get identical units!”</span>
Currently standing over your holographic display table, capable of projecting all kinds of interactive fictions, high-quality broadcasts, receiving messages with physical interpolation to the speaker, and of course games. The most common are strategic and tactical; ways to improve ones thinking that also act as practice for combat and leadership, and of course, just as fun entertainment. Your current obsession is with a <span class="mu-i">Maze Sim</span>. It's a game where both players have identical tactical units and information, but the comms' are also shared, meaning any order given to one of your soldiers is also heard by the opponents soldiers too. It becomes a game of sharp communication as well as trickery...
Your opponent? A Jaxtian in another solar system. Quantum computing means instant communication; you can't even imagine how unfun this would be if there was some kind of delay. As with all online interactions; you know his name, location, and Hegemonic rank. The idea of anonymous online communication is unthinkable to a Hegemonian; after all, you'd feel a lot better knowing you got beat by someone with actual tactical thinking then just some faceless person online...
You and him have a bit of a rivalry. You've managed to beat him a few times, though he usually seems to have an edge on you. You'd still rather play with him then some perfectly balanced AI opponent though, something about it feels more... earned that way.
<span class="mu-r">”After I whoop you this match, I bet I'll get picked up by the network for a promotion into being a military commander. That's how good I'm gonna beat you.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”Yeah right! I've been thinking about some new moves all day. You're gonna get creamed, kiddo.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">”...You know I'm older then you, right? Especially in terms of racial maturity rates...”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”It's just trashtalk. I don't mean it.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">”Good little farm cow. Don't want to trip any <span class="mu-i">Anti-Social</span> language filters now, would you?”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”Ok, <span class="mu-i">now</span> you're gonna get it.”</span>
Because you socially stood up to a Jaxtian earlier today and took up a competitive sport, you're feeling belligerent and ready for this. You estimate you've got a good <span class="mu-s">45% chance</span> to beat him on any given game.
<span class="mu-s">For this roll, we will be using a Best-of-4 rolling table. To roll, type “dice+1d100” into the options field without the quotation marks. Each roll of 40 or less will succeed.</span>
>0 Successes: You fail to win a single match and are humiliated.
>1-2 Successes: You win only one match by trying your hardest after he gets overconfident.
>3 Successes: You make a good showing, winning about as often as losing. You feel proud.
>4 Successes: You show unexpected tactile brilliance, maybe even enough to get noticed.
