Quote Originally Posted by prabe View Post
It's been a long time since I've read the game, but I think I remember that the general rule is that you failed your way upward from the Infrared unwashed masses to the heights of Red, and you're still being yanked around by those further up the command chain (including the Computer itself). Of course, Paranoia is basically a parody of an RPG, so I'm not sure it works as any sort of example, here.
Using Paranoia as a guideline for how RPGs work is kind of like using Spaceballs as a template for a Space Opera.