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- [Working Title]: Economics in the 22nd Century
- [Authors]: Barney "The Dark Knight" Wayne, Ned Landerz
- [Subjects]: Vandal Savage; Velocity Formula; Jacob Hargrove
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- [Subject]: Vandal Savage
- [Footnotes]:
- (Barney): Testing, testing, test--
- (Ned): The datapad's recorder is working, alright?!
- (Barney): Alright, alright! So, what are we talking about for this session?
- (Ned): Let's see..... we're gonna be covering Dr. Savage and some of his work, as well as....... ugh.... Hargrove.
- (Barney): What's wrong with talking about him?
- (Ned): I'll be getting to my personal outlook on that issue when we get there. Just start us off.
- (Barney): Oookay, then. Man, where do I even begin? Vandal Savage is, well........ he's kind of a rock star in the metachemistry department.
- (Ned): That's not entirely untrue, even given your heavy use of hyperbole. I don't know the exact history of Dr. Savage, but I DO know that he showed up seemingly out of nowhere, this bearded genius of a man. I'd even go as far as to say that he's as smart as the likes of Dr. Maximoff!
- (Barney): That's a bit of hyperbole right there, but you are right about his genius. Back in the mid-2150s, he showed up at around the same time as us super-corpirat--
- (Ned): DON'T YOU EVEN TRY IT!
- (Barney): Sorry, sorry! Bad joke is bad!
- (Ned): Damn right it is. Yeah........ we really don't know a lot about him, huh?
- (Barney): He's a lot more well-known for what he started to cook up in the labs. Shall we?
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- [Subject]: Velocity Formula
- [Footnotes]:
- (Ned): Let's do this, then, Barney. So......... Velocity........ where do we even begin?
- (Barney): The beginning?
- (Ned): Not funny, B-Man. But yes, let's start there.
- (Barney): Well, the official sources state that Vandal Savage was inspired by the enhanced speed of the Flash. Of course, some rumours float about that he actually dreamed of Velocity before Eobard Thawne gained his powers.
- (Ned): Either way, Savage was quick to get to work on a chemical compound that could replicate the effects of a speedster's natural abilities. Velocity-1 was born.
- (Barney): It isn't known exactly how he came up with the formula, just that it involved the usage of research compiled on the make-up of P.E.M.F.s' genetic code, as well as Orichalcum.
- (Ned): Turns out that combining the findings resulted in the ability to theoretically replicate not just a speedster's powers, but, well....... ANY Post-Human. I'm just glad Dr. Savage has kindly used Velocity-1 and 2 as a supplemental enhancement drug for augmentation procedures.
- (Barney): Okay, we skimmed over Savage and his Velocity formula, so can we discuss why you're in such opposition to Hargrove NOW?
- (Ned): Fine....... let's get this over with.
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- [Subject]: Jacob Hargrove
- [Footnotes]:
- (Ned): Jacob Church Hargrove.... the mastermind of STRQ Industries himself and overall asshole.
- (Barney): You're gonna delete that little comment from the recording, right?
- (Ned): Sure, Barney......... anything for you.
- (Barney): Mind if I handle the history, and then you tell me about you're personal stake in this?
- (Ned): Go right ahead, B-Man. I'll chip in once you're finished.
- (Barney): Alright then. Jacob Church Hargrove was born in late 2016. He's around 150 years old. That's almost as old as Ifukube himself. Turns out the guy had a knack for business, taking over Charon Industries in 2050. He would rename it to STRQ Industries, after his favourite anime team, following the settlement reached by the G.U.D. and the super-corporations. Okay, there, a Spark-Plug Notes version of his history. Now tell me what you have against the guy!
- (Ned): You REALLY wanna know?
- (Barney): Yes, Yes!
- (Ned): Very well, then, Barney. I met Jacob years back, when the Guardian Sentinels were first announced to the world. Goliath Super-National Bank had just begun funding the project's development, but then here comes Hargrove, seemingly from the dead after 11 years of disappearing from public eye, ready to provide manufacturing services to the G.U.D. and cutting in on the company's profits.
- (Barney): So? We negotiated shares for STRQ Industries and even S-Death Materials.
- (Ned): You know, he told me about his idea for Androids when I met him in private.
- (Barney): Really?
- (Ned): Yep. And you know what he said specifically? He told me that his Androids were gonna make Post-Humans obsolete in society, that they were gonna be the be-all end-all of us all. Truth be told, being a Post-Human myself........ I took offense to that. And may have also trashed one of his mansions with my ice powers in the process.
- (Barney): Christ, man!
- (Ned): Hey, you asked, I answered.
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