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lucetimods) wrote2013-09-10 11:30 pm
lucetimods) wrote2013-09-10 11:30 pm
Mission #14 - Follow Up and Vote
By the conclusion of this mission, the volunteers will have the option to either help the Iron Eye or take measures to ensure they fail. There are four options to take, each with their own pros and cons, as well as chances for success or failure. The involvement of the Lucetians will have a significant impact on future drafts and missions.
Of course, the question is: what are the Iron Eye up to? If you haven’t figured it out, you may have to make a decision with just what you’ve figured out.
The voting will impact things thusly:
Options 1 and 2 are pro-Iron Eye. By voting for them, one vote is ADDED to their chance of success.
Options 3 and 4 are anti-Iron Eye. But voting against them, one voted is SUBTRACTED to their chance of success.
Whichever of the four options get the majority vote will be the one that is used to determine the outcome of the mission. So, for instance, if Option 3 is chosen with 10 votes for Anti-Iron Eye, and 4 votes for Pro-Iron Eye, we could end up with:
40% - 10% + 4% = 34% chance of success. This means the Iron Eye would very likely fail, which is the desired option of the majority vote.
Once we have the votes in, we’ll use the random dice roll in an AIM chatroom, where we will roll a 100-sided die. If the dice rolls 34 or higher, the Iron Eye will fail. Likewise, if the success percentage is at 85%, then any dice roll over 85 will result in failure.
Bear in mind that there are 28 characters involved, which means that there is a lot of sway on the success rate based simply on agreeing with any one option.
The dice roll will take place in lucetiplot on September 15th at 11:00PM EST for those who wish to observe. If you do not have your vote in by then, it will not be counted. But this should give you ample time to try and figure out what’s really going on and decide what your character will do.
And so your options are thus:
1. They help the Iron Eye find the entrance to the cultist’s underground city and do not report to the Malnosso. Although this dramatically increases the chances to succeed, it will also put them in danger of some reprisal.
Pro: This route secures them an alliance with the Iron Eye. The repercussions could dramatically shift the war away from the cultists.
Con: Direct collaboration would make them accountable to the Malnosso, and they would lack the ability to deny their involvement.
Chance of Iron Eye Success: 80% + one point for each volunteer supporting the Iron Eye.
2. They help the Iron Eye by not telling the Malnosso what’s going on. This increases the chance of success and doesn’t put them in any kind of danger. They claim ignorance.
Pro: This route frees them of accountability. The repercussions could dramatically shift the war away from the cultists.
Con: Their relationship with the Iron Eye and Malnosso is not improved, but it isn’t ruined either. Luceti’s influence is not altered.
Chance of Iron Eye Success: 60% + one point for each volunteer supporting the Iron Eye.
3. They report the Iron Eye’s activities to the Malnosso, informing them of their ultimate goal. This also reveals Bil’s location. This decreases the chance of success and doesn’t put the volunteers in any danger.
Pro: This route guarantees they secure some tangible physical reward for Luceti in return for their loyalty to the Organization. This could be new infrastructure, an expanded barrier, or some other surprise gift.
Con: This route leaves Bil and the Iron Eye’s fate to the Malnosso, which is not promising for either of them.
Chance of Iron Eye Success: 40% - one point for each volunteer opposing the Iron Eye.
4. They find a way to sabotage the Iron Eye’s activities, but don’t report it to the Malnosso. This dramatically decreases the chance of success, but puts them in danger of reprisal.
Pro: This route leaves the Iron Eye and Bil in tact, but foils their plans. They maintain good relations with the Malnosso.
Con: The route sours relations with the Iron Eye.
Chance of Iron Eye Success: 20% - one point for each volunteer opposing the Iron Eye.
Characters will find out the results of their decision via an NPC post sometime later in September.
Of course, the question is: what are the Iron Eye up to? If you haven’t figured it out, you may have to make a decision with just what you’ve figured out.
The voting will impact things thusly:
Options 1 and 2 are pro-Iron Eye. By voting for them, one vote is ADDED to their chance of success.
Options 3 and 4 are anti-Iron Eye. But voting against them, one voted is SUBTRACTED to their chance of success.
Whichever of the four options get the majority vote will be the one that is used to determine the outcome of the mission. So, for instance, if Option 3 is chosen with 10 votes for Anti-Iron Eye, and 4 votes for Pro-Iron Eye, we could end up with:
Once we have the votes in, we’ll use the random dice roll in an AIM chatroom, where we will roll a 100-sided die. If the dice rolls 34 or higher, the Iron Eye will fail. Likewise, if the success percentage is at 85%, then any dice roll over 85 will result in failure.
Bear in mind that there are 28 characters involved, which means that there is a lot of sway on the success rate based simply on agreeing with any one option.
The dice roll will take place in lucetiplot on September 15th at 11:00PM EST for those who wish to observe. If you do not have your vote in by then, it will not be counted. But this should give you ample time to try and figure out what’s really going on and decide what your character will do.
And so your options are thus:
1. They help the Iron Eye find the entrance to the cultist’s underground city and do not report to the Malnosso. Although this dramatically increases the chances to succeed, it will also put them in danger of some reprisal.
Con: Direct collaboration would make them accountable to the Malnosso, and they would lack the ability to deny their involvement.
Chance of Iron Eye Success: 80% + one point for each volunteer supporting the Iron Eye.
2. They help the Iron Eye by not telling the Malnosso what’s going on. This increases the chance of success and doesn’t put them in any kind of danger. They claim ignorance.
Con: Their relationship with the Iron Eye and Malnosso is not improved, but it isn’t ruined either. Luceti’s influence is not altered.
Chance of Iron Eye Success: 60% + one point for each volunteer supporting the Iron Eye.
3. They report the Iron Eye’s activities to the Malnosso, informing them of their ultimate goal. This also reveals Bil’s location. This decreases the chance of success and doesn’t put the volunteers in any danger.
Con: This route leaves Bil and the Iron Eye’s fate to the Malnosso, which is not promising for either of them.
Chance of Iron Eye Success: 40% - one point for each volunteer opposing the Iron Eye.
4. They find a way to sabotage the Iron Eye’s activities, but don’t report it to the Malnosso. This dramatically decreases the chance of success, but puts them in danger of reprisal.
Con: The route sours relations with the Iron Eye.
Chance of Iron Eye Success: 20% - one point for each volunteer opposing the Iron Eye.
Characters will find out the results of their decision via an NPC post sometime later in September.
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She says this quickly. Haruhi doesn't rise from her seat to say it either. She only has a few inferred things (the fact they don't make their own weapons, the fact they're a death cult based in planetary extermination, and the fact that they recruit via people descending into madness - meaning they probably don't have industry or families) to make this statement with though, so it would be best if someone from the Mine draft confirmed this statement from her.
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The Saiyan responds, eyes closed as he thinks upon the information he's just heard, leaning up against the side of a chair. "Didn't you hear what the man said? That bomb might make this planet uninhabitable if those people are suffering from radiation injuries. Or at least a good portion of the planet. Who knows what it's capable of. If it triggers an effect that washes over every region of this world, everyone will wish their wretched existence would end immediately."
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"The entire planet? Don't be stupid." And at this she begins to count off on her fingers, "We're in the middle of nowhere, if they were going to use it just to blow up one enclosure it's clearly not going to do that, and they'd be detonating it underground anyway."
But then it hits her, duh--
"Besides, these two guys," with a wave at Gai and Law, "didn't give us any specifics about how the thing functions anyway, so that's just guesswork to begin with."
And at this, a turn and a half-stand to address everyone else in here, her hands going to her hips, "Did anyone even fish up solid details on it?"
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Either way, he'll address Haruhi again, "But even so, I don't think it's worth the risk. We live here too for the time being, and quite frankly I'd rather not visit the afterlife." Again.
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"This sort of technology doesn't exist in my world, but I've seen the like in other ways. It never ends well, either." used only once, a power capable of such great destruction had only helped convince others it was a valid option to use again, no matter what consequences or if it could be controlled or not.
"Technology capable of such a destructive power as to take out a city or a city block carries far more danger in it's use than it's destructive power. What's to say this won't cause us problems, if we ignore it's use?"
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"If it was used to destroy the entire population of the Cultists, that might be one thing--" One thing she doesn't want to consider the moral repercussions of right now. "--but if it's used, then they reverse-engineer the same thing when they arrive to claim whatever is left, we could be facing the same thing inside Luceti."
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Okay she's been silent here for a bit, trying to work out her own thoughts on the morality here or the potential collateral damage for a bit but-
"Has anyone here ever seen a cultist use a gun? Or even a bow? Put away your tinfoil hat and stop sounding like a moron."
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'Moron' she understands perfectly well.
"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure," Elizabeth quips back, scowling. "Just because you've never seen someone do something before doesn't mean they can't. Anger and loss is a great motivator, trust me."
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Her tone's harsh, but flat. She leans forward some. She's been here for years and seen a lot and honestly-
"How often have you even encountered them? Seriously, I'm not saying they're stupid or anything, but they don't use technology. They don't use anything you'd need to produce - half the weapons I saw on them in that Jungle looked like they were probably taken off someone's corpse. And furthermore, what's the 'loss' for them?"
A sigh and- "Seriously, I'm fine with speculation, but leaping off the deep end like that just makes everyone sound paranoid."
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"Say this happens, then. This weapon is used and it turns the tide of the war. If they're smart, they'll realize that their old methods can't stand up to what they're using now. Their entire strategy could change, they could turn to technologies they haven't used previously simply to keep their heads above water. I am speculating, I don't think anyone knows how this will ultimately pan out but we have to think of every possibility."
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And she waves a hand at this, somewhat dismissively. It's not her - okay, it's a little her in that she doesn't know Elizabeth - but rather that her mind is going a mile a minute. ...And she's difficult to begin with.
"As long as we put it 'on the record' that I sincerely doubt that."
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"She is right. In warfare, tactics and strategy must evolve for a group to make progress. Stagnation is, as always, a weakness. The cultists desire our deaths. If they are given a great enough incentive to evolve their tactics through this weapon, it would be a means to an end for them. They can create or even steal the resources and people they need for such a thing, if they desire it enough."
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Vash's voice is calm as he sits in a chair with a very neutral expression on his face. Eyes hidden behind his sunglasses even while sitting in the tent. He had come in here expecting something rather important considering the excuse to get everyone together.
He certainly hadn't mistaken any supplies.
"Not that I think that is a good reason to use this bomb. Leveling a city for any reason doesn't sit very right with me."
His own personal reason to not wanting to outright wipe the Third Party off the map he keeps to himself.
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Leveling a city doesn't sit well with him, but neither does alienating another group, and he doesn't feel like they have enough knowledge to work off of yet in any case. Chouji really wishes Ino had access to her chakra here, because a mind transfer jutsu for intelligence-gathering would be useful.
"Even if we do decide that they need to be stopped, I wouldn't be willing to sabotage the bomb unless someone here really understands how it works. I don't think any of us do. I can fight people, but I don't want to meddle with this kind of technology." Not when they'd be going in blind, not if there's any alternative.
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He wasn't comfortable with the idea of leveling a city. He never would be, either. The knowledge that they needed something to turn the tide weighed heavily in his mind, and he was admittedly aware there would be benefits to it for them if they let the Iron Eye go through with it.
But he also felt that this was not something that would bring them any closer to victory. "Ultimately, every option available to us contains risks. We must make a choice, but we lack enough information to do so without potentially inviting ruin."
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"We must keep in mind that not only their breach of the barrier, but what they did on the inside is indicative of a change in tactics brought about by Zompano. Instead of finding a way to wipe us out, they placed us in that dream state instead. I don't know how Zompano gained the pull he has, but it's still possible that he can be shifting the Cultists further."
Jade gives a shrug. "Of course, this is assuming Zompano isn't just being used as a pawn. Either way, the Cultists are becoming less perceptible. And thus, both a pro and a con arise from this action. The con, as young Elizabeth there voiced, is the possibility that they could in fact find a way to use this against us. At the same time, the pro is that we upset whatever plans they have - for once there's the opportunity for a pre-emptive strike against the Third Party. We have to examine this opportunity for what it is. It certainly is a rare one, at the least.
Of course, this also brings us back to the question of the bomb's capabilities, itself."
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"Zompano is also a risk we need to keep in mind. For all we know, he might have more connections than we realize, and he certainly might be more willing in regards to using advanced technology."
He lets his gaze fall on Jade, then trail over the room. "Is there any way we can gather more information than what we have now?"
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