#RK deals more with the Rotorworx side than the team heist but i think it fits them better

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i'm sending a 2-in-1: riot kinds/t$$ universe swap. how would the characters fare in the other setting?

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T$$ Cast:

Hunter would be in the Riot Kings. Hands down. Even if he's still kind of an outcast, they'd give him the sense of belonging and purpose he's after. And since psychics exist, his implant would manifest as inherent abilities. It's entirely possible a research facility would make him their lab rat if his abilities became more widely known.

Joy would've joined the Fleet at a young age, but eventually separated and gotten into contracting, acting as an engineer or hired gun.

Jericho would be a Melchior lolol. Either climbing the ranks of the Riot Kings and making people angry as he tries to make non-violent change, or leading an entirely separate rebellion against the Fleet.

Vic and Sahota would be some of the Fleet's "under the table assets", sent in to do their dirty work. Sahota might've started as a regular recruit who accidentally saw too much, so Vic forced him into the role.

Kaius would probably be working intelligence at Mainfleet. Maybe in this case, one or both parents were high-ranking officers who pushed him into the field. He'd get detained for "treasonous behavior" after trying to report some war crimes he witnessed while monitoring missions.

Benji would also be a psychic in this AU, with minor telekinesis and memory abilities. He would've been "recruited" by the Fleet for research and training, similar to Nabi, but in his case he's being pardoned for theft in exchange for his cooperation.

Riot Kings Cast:

Nabi would be a college student who was randomly affected by a Rotorworx experiment gone wrong, and developed her empathy/memory powers because of it. Rotorworx would attempt to recruit her as an intern in order to study the effects and keep their mistakes away from the public eye, and failing that, would kidnap her.

Jin is a detective who drops work to find his sister, and Melchior is an investigative journalist who's been trying to expose Rotorworx's amoral programs.

By the time Nabi has been taken, Melchior has already been their captive for a while, having been caught while pursuing a lead. They befriend each other pretty quickly.

Jin runs into Wes while looking for Nabi, and discovers that he's also looking for a lost loved one. They team up. Melchior getting taken is Wes's fault, since he was cornered by Rotorworx employees and cracked under the pressure, letting it slip that Mel was planning to break into a facility.

Dr. Stevens would be a newly-hired medic who's supposed to look after the health of the subjects. She's immediately like what the fuck, but the contract has already been signed.