Keep in mind that not selling the Licori weapons last time it came up gave an unlisted pp reward. It's not something with good optics.
And so you are positive that that taking a -75 pt option won't make a new tag? Hmm seems like something I can see happening. Thinking it won't is underselling the QMs.
If it was just a numbers game, I'd completely agree with you. But even if we can pave it over easily with a diplopush, what is that -75 relations supposed to mean narratively? Remember, the Tauni having a chunk of moon fall on them and Starfleet not being able to respond was -100 relations. So I imagine that the OSA might react to this with about 3/4ths as much negativity as the Tauri did back then.
Keep in mind that not selling the Licori weapons last time it came up gave an unlisted pp reward. It's not something with good optics.
Good job, you managed to not supply any of the powers on the brink of war with military ships or technology. Gain 14 pp from relieved Pacifists.
(+14 pp)
Yeah, it'll be perfectly fine with the Pacifists to sell weapons to a non-affiliate that's just come out of a war against a Federation affiliate. Oh wait, no, it won't be. The situation isn't literally identical, but the parallels are there.SWB used misleading statement bereft of context! It's super effective-- o wait.
The Laio, the OSA, AND the Licori all asked for secondhand ships. Not just the Licori. The Pacifists rewarded us because we didn't sell to ANYONE. Not just the Licori.
Yeah, it'll be perfectly fine with the Pacifists to sell weapons to a non-affiliate that's just come out of a war against a Federation affiliate. Oh wait, no, it won't be. The situation isn't literally identical, but the parallels are there.
No.Literally speaking, we gain enough influence to become affiliates with this action. So... Try again?
Oh yes because selling arms for favor can't possibly backfire or have negative optics can it?Literally speaking, we gain enough influence to become affiliates with this action. So... Try again?
Literally speaking, we gain enough influence to become affiliates with this action. So... Try again?
Arcadian Empire (Licori) 71/100
-[Romulan Influence: 80/100]
-[Horizon Influence: 147/300]
The big reason I'm voting against the Connie transfer is that the Connie in question won't be going to the Licori, in general. It will be going to House Rithe, in particular. Accusations that they are in some ways just a palette-swap of House Kortennon seem to be... less untrue than we'd like, in the we know they were strongly in favor of pushing the Licori into the recent war, which frankly we'd have been better off if they hadn't.And you're going to source your reasoning from... Where, exactly? It says that we take a specified relations hit. No mention of tags. I can claim that all it is is a relationship hit as per a strict reading of the update. You have no proof.
Narratively? We're trying to bring the Licori into the fold after doing everything in our power, including deploying a fleet stronger than those fielded by entire minor powers, to bring peace to the region. Arguably we stopped the OSA from taking more than relatively minor damage in so doing, as compared to the full out war they could've gotten. In time of war we refused to give anyone war material or designs.
That doesn't mean selling to House Rithe right now is a consequence-free or cost-free decision.SWB used misleading statement bereft of context! It's super effective-- o wait.
The Laio, the OSA, AND the Licori all asked for secondhand ships. Not just the Licori. The Pacifists rewarded us because we didn't sell to ANYONE. Not just the Licori.
Shanpurr: 173/300
-[ISC Alliance: 0/300]
-[Interfering with Pre-Warp Societies: 0/500]
Gorn Hegemony: 69/100
-[Great Power Ambitions: 0/NA (blocks alliance, but not affiliation)]
-[Distant Stars: 50/100]
-[The Ancient Enemy (Orions): 0/100]
-[Secret Police: 0/100]
-[Militarist Foreign Policy: 174/300]
-[Dickensian Nightmare: 0/300]
-[Autocratic Monarchy: 0/500]
Hey, heads up: I don't remember anyone noticing these changes:
The Shanpurr have a new 0/300 tag with the ISC, which mostly isn't a problem for us, but may make a TF to poke our heads at the Interfering tag harder. More importantly for us and the Gorn, the Great Power Ambitions tag has transmuted into a 0/NA tag while our points have gone towards the new Militarist Foreign Policy tag.
According to the latest tally we aren't making the Connie-B Transfer to the Vermillions. Any Connie transfer needs 50% of votes to agree for it to go through. As the highest voted transfer has 36 votes while the Vermillions only have 15, they'd need to get to at least 18 total for their transfer to happen, assuming no extra votes get added for the leaders, which would require them get even more.So currently we're transferring a Constitution to the Vermillions, and I'd like to advocate against that. Instead, we can have the Gaeni transfer over two ships, for less RP. Yes, they're Gaeni ships, but we're explicitly making the warp cores safe, and we won't get the chance again. The Connie, however, will still be available for transfer next year.
Ah, interesting. Guess I hadn't read that close enough. That does make sense though, otherwise there wouldn't be a way to prevent all of them from being handed off if even one is person voted.Any Connie transfer needs 50% of votes to agree for it to go through.
The Tech Frigate option is barely going to pass with 19/36 votes, as historically anything that gets 50%+ has passed in MWCD.
In that case, I will do so. It's one of the cheapest options in terms of RP, and gets the Vermillions, a group with no or very few ships, two. Furthermore, it's only available this year. If we don't transfer them now, the ships get scrapped.Looks to me like the Tech Frigate "No" option is ahead of the "Yes" option, 19 to 18. If anyone has last minute arguments why we should do the frigate transfer, make them.
Mmm. The tally I was looking at didn't have a total number of individual votes listed, so I was going off the highest voted individual item.Looks to me like the Tech Frigate "No" option is ahead of the "Yes" option, 19 to 18. If anyone has last minute arguments why we should do the frigate transfer, make them.
Is there any instalment plan available?Relief will still be around in future years if not taken, but the reward will decay due to the delay.