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

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[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on
[X] The Rose is severely damaged

changed for strategic voting purposes
 
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[X] The enemy formation is becoming scattered and stretched thin in trying to respond to the Outer Fleet
[X] Someone you care for is lost

I think Owusu would probably be the "best" loss from a tactical perspective. He doesn't have the weapon punch that Perbeck has, nor the absolute skill of J6. That said, I still really, really hope he makes it because he's awesome and I love reading him every time he's on screen. :(
 
AAAAAAAAAAH! This is close to the worst case scenario!

On one hand, damaging the Rose this early feels like the sort of thing that will open us up to a worst end.

On the other hand, I really don't want Owusu to die.

...Perhaps Commander Green would be the casualty? I care about him, so he technically fits the bill provided I think in solipscism.
 
[X] The enemy formation is becoming scattered and stretched thin in trying to respond to the Outer Fleet
[x] Someone you care for is lost

Avoiding personal tragedy only to sacrifice hundreds (on the ship) or hundreds of thousands (on Titan)... eh.
Bring on the personal grief. If we all die there'll be no grieving anyway.
 
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Here's the thing. Amani's not voting here, we are. And to be honest, I don't actually care much about the faceless civilians on Titan. I think that dying or being grievously injured ourselves when the Rose is damaged is a possibility, and I'm not a fan of losing any of the characters we actually know.

[X] The enemy formation is becoming scattered and stretched thin in trying to respond to the Outer Fleet
But...
[X] Population centres on Titan's surface take serious damage
 
cB557 said:
[X] The enemy formation is becoming scattered and stretched thin in trying to respond to the Outer Fleet
[X] The Rose is severely damaged
It honestly feels a bit nostalgic to fuck the Rose up one last time.
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See where you see a ship that has a history of getting messed up I see a ship with plot armor luck enough to be in the right place at the right time to get the job done, which unfortunately for the spacers has a tendency to involve none fatal structural damage to the Rose. Because the Rose escaped a well prepared trap only to get damaged, and manage to intercept a crucial signal to rescue a Princess. Next it managed to stumble across a lost cache of material to keep the shipyards, and promptly got crippled as a result of retrieving it. Finally the Rose managed to snag some critical intel, and promptly got crippled again despite having an improved stealth system.

I'm honestly rather curious what the Rose will pull off this time if it is seriously damaged much less destroyed, and the last two times the Rose was crippled the overhaul Faiza did kept at least the sensors online albeit a floating brick the first time.

Besides this way we can start a tradition of the ship lasting until the end of the Quest! :V
 
So uh, there's going to be another choice or two after this. The fight is nowhere near over, which means a lot of these options are likely to show up twice. Like the 'lose someone you care about' and 'civilian population' and of course, 'rose is damaged'. If we're going to vote meta style, we ought to do full meta. Which of these options are we going to double up on, or refuse to take no matter what, when we get another choice but worse?

Likewise, it makes sense to take out irreplaceables of the enemy fleet, to help limit their options, even if it doesn't break up the mass of ships they have.


[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on

But...

[X] Population centres on Titan's surface take serious damage


Trading civilians doesn't really limit our later choices except limit how many times we can burn them, but if an ace pilot or ship gets fucked up, it will limit what we can do for the rest of the battle. When we're on the last legs it'll be clearer to torch the rose or roll the dice on our friends for that final extra push, but if we start burning those assets now, they may not be around to burn later, even if you're willing to.

Since the enemy fleet is trying to burn everything down, I feel the only way to fully protect the civilians for the rest of the quest is basically burning literally everything, and I'm not willing to do that just yet. If we choose to let the civilians burn now, we'll be in better position to protect what's left instead of being into ugly forced moves that don't really give us what we were aiming for.
 
[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on
[X] Someone you care for is lost
 
[X] The enemy formation is becoming scattered and stretched thin in trying to respond to the Outer Fleet
[x] Someone you care for is lost

Cold calculus of war, a ship that's really good at not being noticed on a chaotic battlefield is the kind of thing that could slip through the cracks and do some damage. I said I'd vote for a strategic win rather than a happy ending, and I'm sticking with it.
 
[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on

[X] Population centres on Titan's surface take serious damage
 
[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on

[X] Population centres on Titan's surface take serious damage
 
Tactically changing my vote:
[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on
[X] Population centres on Titan's surface take serious damage

People who wish to metaphorically bomb the civilians, vote this way!
 
[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on
[X] Population centres on Titan's surface take serious damage
 
[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on
[X] Population centres on Titan's surface take serious damage

Never back down on love.
 
[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on
[X] The Rose is severely damaged

Seems the most cinematic approach.
 
[X] The enemy formation is becoming scattered and stretched thin in trying to respond to the Outer Fleet
[X] The Rose is severely damaged

The Rose has a history of being damaged, but coming out all the better for it. She's a tough girl, she can take it one last time. Her story will be a tale to be celebrated once we've won this war, and her name passed down as a portent of bad luck for those she fights.

What I'm trying to say is, Shipgirl HIMS Titanium Rose when? :V
 
[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on

[X] Population centres on Titan's surface take serious damage
 
[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on

Should provide a combination of the other two. The enemy visibly taking damage will boost morale, and decrease their combat capabilities.

[X] The Rose is severely damaged

The old standby. The Rose can take it. She has before. She will again.
 
[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on
[X] The Rose is severely damaged
Adhoc vote count started by Thors_Alumni on Oct 7, 2019 at 6:50 AM, finished with 49 posts and 37 votes.
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[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on
[X] Someone you care for is lost
 
[X] Mosi's intelligence allows the Outer Fleet to eliminate several key targets early on
[X] Someone you care for is lost
 
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