Relationship Shift: Marriage to Rose. She’s already an ally, but if she perceived herself as Gil’s wife, she’d be even more closely aligned with him. She’s a noble lady; it would likely be a political marriage, but still a much stronger alliance.
Relationship Shift: Shipping. Vista seems kinda ambivalent about her relationship with Rose. Once she’s captured by The Shroud, be sure to tighten that up.
Succubus Nature: Panacea. Have Rose try to get in close to Panacea; she’s stressed as fuck for multiple reasons. There is very little professional justification for doing so, so Rose will need to deal with some fallout.
Cultural Shift: Othala, The Skyblock - We intend to get our hands on Nessa, and Othala lives in the same Chosen complex. “Skyblock” is in the almanac, so let’s see what shifting someone’s culture there will even do? It’ll either immediately toss her into Gil’s harem or make her think she’s a tester, both of which have some real potential and (more importantly) removes the healer from the violent nazi team.
Cultural Shift: Squealer, Azeroth - We probably aren’t going to be teaming up with the Merchants; too erratic. When there is an opportunity, turn Squealer into her equivalent from Azeroth: A coked up goblin engineer with no knowledge of memory of the Merchants.
I Am A Dragon, You Are Now Asian: Join New Wave, a family based super team, despite not being in the family. This will largely lock Gil in as allied with New Wave, but there seems to be some serious interest in Panacea and the rest of the team are all stacked blondes. He will need to prove himself and they won’t completely trust him, but this will get his foot in the door.
I Am A Dragon, You Are Now Asian: Have Rose join New Wave with the same logic. This would put her in close contact with multiple powerful and mostly single women every day, with a notably less militant command structure. Vista would still be in the Wards, but she’s currently far less bought into Gil.
Seal of Joy: Suggestions welcome! Can’t be used directly to capture someone, if you get in close it can get almost anyone to do almost anything and earnestly believe it seemed like a good idea at the time. How can we use this?
Extra Stamp: costs a few credits to get, but it’s another way to capture someone from this VERY profitable world.
Money: Angel Investor- We got a few thousand dollars worth of Gs from Noa’s dungeon. That would be a godsend for almost any faction in town, especially the “good guys” that have access to the outside world. Clear out the coffers to strengthen our relationship with New Wave by helping to ease the budget.
Money: Informants- there are a lot of low level gang members around town that might be willing to sign on in return for some smoked meat, water, and cash. We don’t even need to actually make a pact with them immediately to use them as informants. We don’t have much infrastructure for that yet, though.
Money: Illicit goods- The Merchants aren’t named that ironically. They buy and sell all sorts of illegal goods from drugs to slaves, though they tend to put quite a premium on firearms.
Set up a hideout/safe house that Gil can work out of. Anyone that Rose “recruits” with soul pacts can be directed there to get access to a small stockpile of food, water, and guns. You’ve got to start somewhere, especially if Gil intends to continue doing illicit activities while he works with the good guys.