Petals of Titanium -- My Life as a Mecha Setting Bridge Bunny Quest
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- Aotearoa
Aren't we the officer commanding? We're in charge of this repair work.
This feels like too binary a choice. We are in a state of emergency. We do need all the help we can get. If the endorsement of the officers doing the work isn't enough to get her official permission then something is very wrong.
That said our 'superior' is Mazlo, who I very much want to see spaced or better yet dishonourably discharged, so maybe it isn't all that surprising.
[X] Pretend you never saw Faiza, allow her to keep working
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[X] Ask J6 to pull some strings and make it happen.
-[X] Be sure to impress the seriousness of this on Faiza first. If she wants to walk away without becoming a soldier, this is her last chance. If she still wants to go forward, even knowing that she can never really go back to her old life once she does, then have J6 make the request.
[X] Appoint Faiza as a civilian apprentice under Nowak's supervision
- [X] Nowak is required to record and create a report on Faiza's non-standard changes, including what was changed and how to fix it.
Ha! You ever find a system of government that is ethical and there is a Nobel Prise in it for you. See if you can come up with a fair way of handling inheritance and familial networking while you are at it.
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Kinruush
Who?
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- USA
[X] Ask J6 to pull some strings and make it happen.
-[X] Be sure to impress the seriousness of this on Faiza first. If she wants to walk away without becoming a soldier, this is her last chance. If she still wants to go forward, even knowing that she can never really go back to her old life once she does, then have J6 make the request.
Sure, I'll switch to this.
-[X] Be sure to impress the seriousness of this on Faiza first. If she wants to walk away without becoming a soldier, this is her last chance. If she still wants to go forward, even knowing that she can never really go back to her old life once she does, then have J6 make the request.
Sure, I'll switch to this.
Thors_Alumni
Proud member of Thors Class VII from Liberl
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- Liberl Zemuria.
Talk about a catch 22.
I'm with Sandman on this.
[X] The Sandman
I'm with Sandman on this.
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- Location
- Nova Scotia
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- She/Her
But why would you hate the great and heroic Mazlo whose quick thinking and skillful comms work is the only reason that Princess Dawnstar is still alive?
Ginger Maniac
Subject to Gravity
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- Old Blighty
Well, you know what they say OBE stands for: Other Buggers' Efforts.
[x] The Sandman
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- Aotearoa
I think we can probably clear her ourself(?)
Of course, if something goes wrong with her repairs, it'll lie with us. But there must be some wartime exigencies act, like the one we quoted on the station, where the navy can requisition any and all required support in war. We require her skills...
The Sandman
So Zetta Slowpoke
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- Wherever I am, which isn't where I'm not
I guess it would be, although I'm not sure what the relative cost-benefit analysis is.
Also I'm coming at this like it's a mecha show, where there's kind of a proud tradition of recruiting civilians to fill holes in the crew or because they're just that good.
The core issue from the pov of North's superior isn't the certification, but that it isn't being done to standard as anyone brilliant enough to be able to comprehend the corner cutting of a child genius isn't going to remain on the Titanium Rose for very long from the pov of her captain, which is an issue as their replacement will more likely than not be average. This is why our QM implied that even with the approval the Princess North's superiors would be displeased with it, but they'll swallow their issues, and do their jobs as demanded by duty.
Mmm... I dunno about trying to pull strings. Like, if we had gotten credit for finding that message, maybe, but unless I'm forgetting something we've got no more credit with the Princess than anyone else on the ship.
That said, there's no point in trying to bend regulations past the breaking point if the whistle is going to be blown immediately, so:
[X] Pretend you never saw Faiza, allow her to keep working
-[X] But try to sound out J6 to make sure she's not about to report you first.
That said, there's no point in trying to bend regulations past the breaking point if the whistle is going to be blown immediately, so:
[X] Pretend you never saw Faiza, allow her to keep working
-[X] But try to sound out J6 to make sure she's not about to report you first.
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- United Kingdom
[X] Have Faiza sent away, and quietly instruct the techs that that further "help" from her will not be tolerated
I don't see it as half-assing it. We didn't know it was happening, when we did we stopped it, but considering our current situation we deemed it best to not undo any of the repairs already done. So a compromise, just less of one than option 3.
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- USA
[X] Ask J6 to pull some strings and make it happen.
-[X] Be sure to impress the seriousness of this on Faiza first. If she wants to walk away without becoming a soldier, this is her last chance. If she still wants to go forward, even knowing that she can never really go back to her old life once she does, then have J6 make the request.
Having Mazlo take the credit for the radio intercept stings, a lot. But we also don't know how he would have screwed us if we'd tried to bypass him, again, and he did take the report seriously and ensure that the Princess did indeed get rescued.
...we should really bitch about this to Anja, though. She's our best friend, if we can't tell her then who can we tell?
-[X] Be sure to impress the seriousness of this on Faiza first. If she wants to walk away without becoming a soldier, this is her last chance. If she still wants to go forward, even knowing that she can never really go back to her old life once she does, then have J6 make the request.
Having Mazlo take the credit for the radio intercept stings, a lot. But we also don't know how he would have screwed us if we'd tried to bypass him, again, and he did take the report seriously and ensure that the Princess did indeed get rescued.
...we should really bitch about this to Anja, though. She's our best friend, if we can't tell her then who can we tell?
- Location
- Third planet from the star named Sol
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- He/They
[X] Pretend you never saw Faiza, allow her to keep working
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Sure, I can support a flip for a creative write-in.
[X] Ask J6 to pull some strings and make it happen.
-[X] Be sure to impress the seriousness of this on Faiza first. If she wants to walk away without becoming a soldier, this is her last chance. If she still wants to go forward, even knowing that she can never really go back to her old life once she does, then have J6 make the request.
[X] Ask J6 to pull some strings and make it happen.
-[X] Be sure to impress the seriousness of this on Faiza first. If she wants to walk away without becoming a soldier, this is her last chance. If she still wants to go forward, even knowing that she can never really go back to her old life once she does, then have J6 make the request.
Mother Nyx
Mother of Elpis
- Location
- The Kei Klub
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Ask J6 to pull some strings and make it happen.
-[X] Be sure to impress the seriousness of this on Faiza first. If she wants to walk away without becoming a soldier, this is her last chance. If she still wants to go forward, even knowing that she can never really go back to her old life once she does, then have J6 make the request.
-[X] Be sure to impress the seriousness of this on Faiza first. If she wants to walk away without becoming a soldier, this is her last chance. If she still wants to go forward, even knowing that she can never really go back to her old life once she does, then have J6 make the request.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I mean, her old life was hanging out on Phoebe station and helping her dad who may or may not be dead fix robots, so...
Kinruush
Who?
- Location
- USA
Except there's every indication that the non-standard repairs are not the main issue; the main issue is the one who's doing it.
More for the benefit of North's conscience that the kid's.
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- va
[X] Pretend you never saw Faiza, allow her to keep working
Mother Nyx
Mother of Elpis
- Location
- The Kei Klub
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I want this kid on our side, legally. If we gotta go through the less than moral loops to get that it's fine. It's better than just turning a blind eye, which is both illegal and immoral.