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Petals of Titanium -- My Life as a Mecha Setting Bridge Bunny Quest

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SoaringHawk218 said:
... you do realize we're trying to win, right? Arriving late is counterproductive to this goal. I'm with tryrar, low morale will be a pain, but it's a survivable one so long as we're not the main battle line.
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Eh, my priority is an enjoyable story. Sometimes losses work in service to that goal.

[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha

[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale
 
Gazetteer said:
[ ] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

[ ] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships

[ ] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha

[ ] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale
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Hmm. It's an interesting situation.

Morale is... actually extremely important, in a situation like this. When you're dealing with desperate odds in a critical situation, the last thing you want is for your forces to be in poor mental condition - or worse, rout.

Losing ships or mecha has a similar effect in the abstract sense - directly reduced combat ability of one type or another.

A delay, on the other hand... well, it's the most risky in terms of the tangible in-character end result. Could make for an interesting story though - and not necessarily in a tragic way either, if we manage to pull a Big Damn Heroes anyway.
 
[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships
[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha
[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale
 
[x] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

[x] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships

[x]The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha


we need x's?
 
[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships

[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha

[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale
 
[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships
[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha
[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale
 
[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

If the fleet is delayed, it's mission to prevent a massacre from an imminent enemy fleet would be pointless regardless of how well it survived. Must pick.

[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships

[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale

Both morale and ship forces are more important to preserve for an entire fleet than the mecha forces. Losing many mecha reduces options, but losing ships would force the remaining mechas to rely on less ships to be carried with, along with maintenance and supplies.

Morale on the other hand would influence the performance of everyone, and as such should be not risked over the lives of a few soldiers when the objective is to save an entire colony's worth of people. That and I wonder to create such a result in the first place, even when the fleet isn't delayed and mecha and ship forces are fine, what absolutely awful thing would need to happen, and what important person(s) might need to die for it.
 
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[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships

[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale
 
[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships

[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha

[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale

What good does a fleet that wants to run do when they asked to put their lives on the line or if they don't have enough strength to meaningfully do damage.
 
[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha

[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale

Not picking morale is obvious trap. A fleet going into battle without morale is a dead fleet.
 
[x] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed
[x] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships
[x] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale

Arriving too late at such a critical juncture may be almost as bad as not arriving at all. The best fleet is the one you have at hand.

With so much at stake, there's no reason to add to the drama.

Axel Fones said:
Man... I think I'd want to just take the hit to morale. It looks like the "obvious" short-term pick if we want to maximize our impact on the future battle at Titan, but it can't be that simple.

EDIT: Actually, what I'm curious about is if we don't get delayed or take substantial losses, why would the morale loss be so bad? Is it more of a cumulative thing, where so many battles in a row with so much on the line is making people crack?
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I'm tempted to sacrifice morale, but I'm worried that a "grievous blow to morale" may be a trap. Perhaps a loss that is materially small but morally important, such as a lucky shot that takes out the fleet's commanding officer or another VIP...

Say, Princess Daystar is travelling with the fleet to Titan, isn't she?
 
[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships

[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale
 
Yeah, the morale option seems deceptively less important. Which means I'm definitely taking it.

[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed
[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships
[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale

Actually, how many times have we chosen to throw mecha pilots into the trash that weren't our love interest or our sister? XD
 
[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed
[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha
[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale

This is a mecha anime, right? Having more mecha is therefore better than having more ships.
 
[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed
[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha
[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale
 
[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha

[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale
 
[x] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

[x] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships

[x]The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha
 
[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed
[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha
[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale

It's ok, in mecha anime, ships are just those explosions you see in the background after a mecha uses a super attack anyway :^)
 
[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships

[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha

I am guessing we lose personnel, deaths can happen without much loss of material..they shouldn't, but they can.

Also I really really don't want us to lose time.
 
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[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha

[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale

Gotta vote to save the mecha rather than the ships. Mecha anime after all.

...Though, less mecha means more focus on protagonist mecha? I don't know. Eh.
 
SoaringHawk218 said:
... you do realize we're trying to win, right? Arriving late is counterproductive to this goal. I'm with @tryrar, low morale will be a pain, but it's a survivable one so long as we're not the main battle line.
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What I'm more concerned with is if all the other factors are good, just what would cripple morale?

Edit: Also I am so glad this isn't dead, it's the best Space Opera since the writer's strike killed the plot in NBSG.

Edit 2: I am not ready to vote, it's all so wonderfully, agonisingly, suspenseful.
 
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[x] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

[x] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships

[x]The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mech
 
[x] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed
[x] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships
[x] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale

The option most likely to give Lori more chance to show off.

...and also a sensible follow-up to a series of darting, grinding attacks, to be more serious. Win, but the cost is the mecha who were at the forefront of the fight.
 
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[X] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed
[X] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of mecha
[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale

Because I'd like to arrive on time to prevent whatever horrific plan the other side was planning to do. Also the morale hit is probably either the princess dying, or being seriously wounded. Finally fewer ships means more people crammed onto them, and/or mecha crammed onto ships that insures everyone is motivated to fight as they're all aware there isn't sufficient oxygen supply to make it anywhere else.

Also from a narrative pov it might force Amani to stretch herself to provide sufficient combat data for those within her sphere of responsibility.
 
[x] The fleet is not meaningfully delayed

Fleet can not be delayed, or we fail. Point blank.

[x] The fleet does not sustain a substantial loss to its force of ships

Honestly, ships have more than pulled their weight up to this point, we need them more.

[X] The fleet does not suffer a grievous blow to morale

I have no idea how we would lose morale, but I don't want to find out.
 
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