Line #30 Characters/TheOuterWorldsCorporationsSubLight


1	[[WMG:[[center: [-''Characters/TheOuterWorlds'' [[Characters/TheOuterWorlds character index]]\
2	[[Characters/TheOuterWorldsTheCrew The Crew]] \| Factions (Corporations: [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsCorporationsTheBoard The Board]], [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsCorporationsAuntieCleos Auntie Cleo's]], [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsCorporationsSpacersChoice Spacer's Choice]], [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsCPBoarstFactory C&P Boarst Factory]], [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsCorporationsMSI MSI]]), '''[=SubLight=] Salvaging & Shipping''', [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsIconoclasts Iconoclasts]], Other Groups: [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsGroundbreaker Groundbreaker]], [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsDeserters Deserters]], [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsGorgon Gorgon]], [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsEridanos Eridanos]], [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsMarauders Marauders]], [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsOutlaws Outlaws]] \| [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsOtherCharacters Other Characters]]]]-]]]
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4	[=SubLight=] is a network of "salvagers" with business ties to "transportation" and "waste disposal". A tangled web of contractors and secretive vice presidents make up their official hierarchy, leaving no one to speak on the record about [=SubLight=]'s more legally-dubious activities.
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6	! [=SubLight=] Salvage and Shipping
7	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sublight_logo.png]]
8
9	[[foldercontrol]]
10	[[folder:In General]]
11	->''"Salvage is a family business. We've got each others' backs."''%%--[=SubLight=] Contractor
12
13	An organization of salvagers and criminals operating out of the Groundbreaker.
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15	* TheCavalry: If you finish the Sublight questline while staying on Hagen's good side, [[spoiler:she'll be one of the factions sending in reinforcements during Tartarus]].
16	* TheMafia: They're a criminal organization with a legitimate front that barely hides their dark side.
17	* LoopholeAbuse: They're doing a huge amount of illegal activity that everyone knows about but keep a veneer of respectability through this.
18	* NGOSuperpower: You help them become this by helping them "salvage" a space station. Its a DownplayedTrope example but it dramatically increases their power.
19	* ShameIfSomethingHappened: A common method of acquiring new businesses for them. You can help them arrange something like this for a Boarst Wurst factory.
20	* SpacePirates: Far less flamboyant about it than most examples of the trope. Basically, they "salvage" a lot of stuff from people who haven't yet realized they're given up.
21	* TheSyndicate: For the entirety of the Halcyon System.
22	* TokenEvilTeammate: The Groundbreaker depends on them to make sure they stay independent of the Board. So do a lot of other "good" factions.
23	* TotallyNotACriminalFront: They're just a salvage and shipping company. [[BlatantLies Honest]].
24	* {{Yakuza}}: They wear Yakuza masks as part of their business operations.
25	[[/folder]]
26
27	!!Leadership
28
29	[[folder:Lilya Hagen]]
30	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lilya_hagen.png]]
31	->''"Our field is persuasive acquisitions. At least that's how my legal advisors tell me to phrase it."''
32	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CourtenayTaylor
33
34	Owner and leader of the [=SubLight=] Salvaging and Shipping corporation. Has a few screws loose.
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36	* AffablyEvil: Despite being the head of a criminal organization that uses legal loopholes to only barely qualify as a "legitimate business" she's very polite when dealing with the player character. Should you complete her final mission in her favor, she'll reward you by [[spoiler:making you Vice President of Aggressive Acquisitions]], and even if you flub it, she'll simply fire you and let you walk away, even writing you a letter of recommendation if you asked for one.
37	* BeneathTheMask: What comes off first as simple paranoia and over-cautiousness later gives way to complete lunacy [[spoiler:when she starts ranting about alien conspiracies.]]
38	* BrickJoke: If you choose to [[spoiler:not go along with her plans, [[GetOut she fires you on the spot]]. In response, you can [[IDidWhatIHadToDo defend yourself]], [[YoureInsane tell her she's mad]], or [[RefugeInAudacity ask for a referral]]. If you do the latter, [[AffablyEvil she actually sends you]] [[BenevolentBoss a referral later on]], after she's calmed down.]]
39	* BunnyEarsLawyer: She is a highly competent ringleader of the space-equivalent of the Mafiya and [[spoiler:is an utterly insane conspiracy theorist. Among her bizarre theories are that cystpigs are intelligent and that Halcyon is being preyed upon by aliens.]] [[spoiler:If you don't side with her on her last quest her [[VillainousBreakdown eccentricity devolves]] to the point that either Sub-light or The Board killed her to spare their reputations after she publicly raved about her extraterrestrial delusions.]]
40	* ConspiracyTheorist: Is convinced that there an alien conspiracy within Halcyon. It's PlayedForLaughs [[spoiler:right up until she tries to get you to commit murder to 'stop' it.]]
41	* TheDon: Is the head of the organization's criminal activity.
42	* EntertaininglyWrong: [[spoiler:Her entire theory about aliens.]]
43	* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler:Should the player not go along with her plans, she'll go public with her Alien conspiracy theories until she suffers an 'unfortunate accident' at work. It's unknown if this was done by the Board in order to silence her, or her own company trying to stop her dragging its reputation down.]]
44	* PetTheDog: Will write you a letter of recommendation that is only ''mildly'' sarcastic if you leave her service.
45	* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:Her motive for trying to save Halcyon from an alien conspiracy. She's mostly acting out of a combined sense of paranoia and a desire to be recognized as the "Savior of Humanity." Unfortunately for her, the alien conspiracy only exists in her head.]]
46	* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:She's completely correct that all the missions she has you undertake are evidence of a vast conspiracy that The Board is desperately trying to keep under wraps, and that it does involve genetic modification. She's just too insane to accept that it's due to an imminent resource shortage and not aliens.]]
47	* ShoutOut: To Georgios Tsoukalos of ''Ancient Aliens''. [[spoiler:"I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens."]]
48	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: If you complete her final quest in her favor, Lilya's ending slide reveals she gets bolstered by her reputation as [[spoiler:Savior of Humanity, from an alien conspiracy which actually didn't exist]], allowing her company to thrive for years to come and further blur the line between lawful and criminal.
49	* VillainousFriendship: She seems to be on good-terms with Catherine Malin, her underling controlling operations in Monarch. An email exchange between the two of them has Catherine affectionately calling Lilya "my dearest pain-in-the-ass" which Lilya not only lets slide but even plays along with.
50	* VisionaryVillain: [[spoiler:Goes off the rails as she wants to move from being the head of a large criminal organization to savior of humanity.]]
51	[[/folder]]
52
53	!!Fallbrook
54
55	[[folder:Catherine Malin]]
56	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/catherine_malin.png]]
57	->'"''Why is it that every cystipig-fucker who strolls into my town expects me to smile and shout awful friendly, 'Welcome to Fallbrook! Only nugget of paradise in this entire Law-forsaken land!'"''
58
59	The head of [=SubLight's=] operations on Monarch and the woman in charge of Fallbrook.
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61	* AffablyEvil: She's blunt but surprisingly friendly for a major member of a criminal organization, with an unexpected charm and wit.
62	* AssassinOutclassin: In one on Nyoka's stories, she mentions Cat Malin pushing a would've-been assassin into a sulfur pool. He "dissolved".
63	* BoisterousBruiser: Vulgar and crude, brutal but cunning, your companions can't help but like her.
64	* DeadpanSnarker: She's got a foul mouth and a sharp tongue.
65	-->'''Catherine:''' May luck be with you. Since I won't be.
66	* TheDragon: Even if [[spoiler:the player is promoted to [=VP=]]], Catherine serves as this to Lilya in practice, being her most visible underling with the second greatest amount of power and influence.
67	* TheDreaded: Everyone on Monarch is afraid of her, other than Clive Lumbergh, and that's likely to prove his mistake if the Unplanned Variable takes Malin up on her offer to off him.
68	* HandicappedBadass: Being deaf in one ear has not stopped her from becoming top dog of [=SubLight's=] Fallbrook operation.
69	-->'''Catherine:''' Well? I'm half listening.
70	* LadySwearsALot: Coarse to say the least, she swears every other sentence.
71	* NumberTwo: She acts as this to Lilya Hagen, managing affairs in Fallbrook while Lilya expands the business from the Groundbreaker.
72	* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: She wants the C&P Boarst Factory on Monarch and wants the player to obtain it for her by either straight-up murdering its owner, sabotaging the factory to force him to hand it over, or just by negotiating. She prefers the former two options.
73	* PetTheDog: She's implied to be an animal lover and a giant Sprat at the local animal shelter is named after her. She also sends the UV a (moderately profane) congratulation letter and a powerful sidearm if they complete the entire [=SubLight=] quest chain and get promoted to VP.
74	* PragmaticVillainy: While she'd prefer the simple approach of straight-up murdering Clive Lumbergh to take control of his business, she'll settle for running it alongside him if the player can convince Clive to do so.
75	* VillainousFriendship: She and her boss Lily seem to have one. They banter back-and-forth in an email with Catherine not only getting away with calling Lilya "my dearest pain-in-the-ass" but Lilya even plays along, signing her own email back "pain-in-the-ass."
76	[[/folder]]
77
78	[[folder:Nelson Mayson]]
79	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nelson_mayson.png]]
80	[[caption-width-right:350:Wink, wink]]
81	->''"Might I interest you in a surefire scheme? Wink, wink."''
82
83	The man who keeps the books for Catherine Malin, provides loans to Byzantium visitors to Fallbrook, and the overseer of [=SubLight's=] drug delivery service in the area.
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85	* CatchPhrase: Guess what it is? Wink.
86	* CharacterTic: Subverted. You'd think his tic would be winking, but he never actually winks, he just [[VerbalTic says the word]] "wink" [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud out loud]].
87	* ConMan: He offers the player a deal that includes a cheap drug and a voucher for a free drink at a bar that technically doesn't exist. If the UV then pays a visit to the actual bar in Fallbrook the bartender will offer them a pity drink on the house and warn them that Nelson is a known con artist.
88	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: You actually gain positive reputation with [=SubLight=] by punching him in the face.
89	* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: Spoofed. He lets you in on his side-deal by announcing it to you out loud and saying the words "Wink, wink." He continues to say wink, and to loudly discuss his deal with you. This also happens in Fallbrook, which is an OutlawTown and ViceCity anyway.
90	* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: More like rhetorical statement, but if you say you have some questions for him, he'll say, "Hit me. I won't even hit back." You can then literally hit him.
91	* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: For some reason.
92	-->'''Unplanned Variable''': Did you just say "wink" at me... instead of actually winking?\
93	'''Mayson''': Don't believe I did, no. Wink.
94	* ZanyScheme: He had the genius idea of cutting the costs of drug delivery in half by swapping out his auto loaders with faster, cheaper sprats. Shock of all things, it did not go well.
95	[[/folder]]
96
97	[[folder:Duncan Elley & Lyanna Reed]]
98	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duncan_elley.png]]
99	[[caption-width-right:350:Duncan Elley]]
100	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lyanna_reed.png]]
101	[[caption-width-right:350:Lyanna Reed]]
102
103	->''"If you bloody it, you buy it. Store policy."''%%--Lyanna
104
105	A pair of [=SubLight=] merchants who operate the Dry Goods & Sundry store near the front gate of Fallbrook. Duncan owns Duncan's Wholesome Dry Goods and mostly sells food and drugs while Lyanna takes care of Guns! Guns! Guns! And Ammo, a weapon shop.
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107	* ArmsDealer: Lyanna runs the only gun store in Fallbrook and has access to several different types of weapons, including a few special unique ones.
108	* DelinquentHair: Lyanna has bright green hair and heavily stylized eyebrows and runs a gun store for one of the more shady factions in the game.
109	* FriendInTheBlackMarket: Duncan mostly runs a legitimate item shop but also does some shadier work for Catherine on the side and can provide the UV with an employee access card to help them sneak inside the Boarst Wurst factory.
110	[[/folder]]
111
112	!!The Sprat Shack
113	[[folder:The Sprat Shack]]
114
115	See [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsGorgon Gorgon]].
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	!!SLUG
119
120	[[folder:[=SubLight=] Underground]]
121
122	See [[Characters/TheOuterWorldsEridanos Eridanos]].
123	[[/folder]]

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