I think it would be beneficial to talk about the organizations that exist in Withmore, and the power they can wield.
I think everyone is aware of the WJF and the force they can bring to bear, because it happens often enough, and is fairly visible when it happens (purposefully). However, when it comes to other organizations, such as syndicates, or mega-corps & their corp sec, that handle their shady business in the shadows, it is easy to forget that these are globe spanning organizations with millions if not billions (in the case of mega corps) of employees and essentially unlimited funds. You might not see them acting, but they are, all the time, all around you, you just don't know it because you aren't the target. Until you are.
Thematically, we cannot represent NLM having 10,000 corpsec agents, and 2000 of them on duty at their tower at all times (making these numbers up, to be clear, but I imagine it's something like that). So, with that in mind, and given that these organizations don't broadcast on the SIC every time they judge someone guilty of a crime, how can we make it more clear that these are powerful, difficult to fuck with, and dangerous organizations that can bring a truly terrifying amount of power to bear on individuals and groups that upset them, mess with them, or I dunno, step on the CEOs shoes when he's out to lunch?
How can we reinforce this so that people are more aware of it? How can we set player expectations of what going up against one of these organizations (directly, or by getting into conflict with someone that belongs to them) is going to involve? It's supposed to be scary, dangerous, and likely to end bloody. That's the theme. So, what do?
To be clear, not asking for feedback here, just putting this out there as a possible town hall topic. If it doesn't make the list, I'll start a BGBB thread for us to discuss, or maybe do a guided discussion.
(Edited by Slither at 8:56 pm on 1/10/2026)
