Hmm, honestly it's probably worth looking into securing the Coruscant temple, even if we don't use it much. Issue is that even with the bonus PP from questioning, and best case scenario where Balmorran Act succeeds, we'll still be significantly short of the PP. Apart from reinforcing Telos and/or Dantooine, not sure what could make a good plan. Tojora might be cool, but doesn't have a whole lot we don't already get from our existing enclaves...
Scoutmaster would be cool to have, but with Mira and Visas still away, both our obvious options aren't currently around to take the role.
Anyone got any thoughts on something like a coherent direction to aim for?
The Temple isn't going anywhere, it can wait for the day we need the space. It's really, really expensive to invest in before we need to. And there might be things that will come up in the meantime that make it cheaper.
I agree about waiting on Scoutmaster. Recruitment isn't really a limiting factor with one teacher one student for now anyway.
Allowing the Republic to interrogate Atton seems safe. He's a damn hero who did everything he could, and a very sympathic figure.
I'm not sure why the Republic would want to interrogate Breda. Did she get involved in any disasters I'm not remembering?
Sending a Jedi with an Archaeological Expedition might be worth the points for the bonus research.
We have no idea what the odds of success on the Balmorran Act are. Hard to judge.
I think I would be in favor of archaeology, Atton, and otherwise saving points to give us more freedom in future turns.
She was a soldier for the Sith, and a lot more recently than Atton at that. Mical and Mira located her in one of their camps, after a Jedi ghost convinced her to chill the fuck out.
The Temple isn't going anywhere, it can wait for the day we need the space. It's really, really expensive to invest in before we need to. And there might be things that will come up in the meantime that make it cheaper.
It's more just having a more permanent physical link with Coruscant and the Chancellor, even if it's just as an extremely oversized outpost. Also practically speaking, if we wait too long, it could well become harder to convince the people who moved in to budge. Between the archives, the Room of a Thousand Fountains, and the symbology of it, I'd say it's well worth getting. It's not always about space.
The Republic have been a bunch of evasive fucks about it, but at the very least you know that they're going to want to know if they have suspicions about how the Sith are maintaining their forces and if they have any secret hide outs and, possibly, try to check if they are spies.
It mostly implies you want the Republic to give you some trust, so you're offering some up in exchange.
It's more just having a more permanent physical link with Coruscant and the Chancellor, even if it's just as an extremely oversized outpost. Also practically speaking, if we wait too long, it could well become harder to convince the people who moved in to budge. Between the archives, the Room of a Thousand Fountains, and the symbology of it, I'd say it's well worth getting. It's not always about space.
That's a good point. I think we'll need to save up for one more turn to realistically be able to afford it, though. Balmorra is a gamble, and I think handing Breda over would be unwise. We don't know if she was present for any war crimes or anything.
Just checking, but offering up Atton is being done voluntarily on his part, correct? If so, I'm fine with it. Dude can handle himself even in his state, so as long as we're not springing it on him, then that's fine by me. It'll also go a good way to clearing his name and making him firmly into a defector in the eyes of the Republic; I imagine lots of people in the Republic are questioning his motives after that footage got leaked by our Sith Lord Wannabe.
Just checking, but offering up Atton is being done voluntarily on his part, correct? If so, I'm fine with it. Dude can handle himself even in his state, so as long as we're not springing it on him, then that's fine by me. It'll also go a good way to clearing his name and making him firmly into a defector in the eyes of the Republic; I imagine lots of people in the Republic are questioning his motives after that footage got leaked by our Sith Lord Wannabe.
[X] Plan: Efficient Approach
-Send a Jedi with a Republic archeological expedition(15 PP)
-Allow the Republic to interrogate Atton (+40 PP)
-Back the Balmorran Act (+30 PP If successful, -30 If Failure)
The idea with this plan is mostly not spending points on things we don't need right now, to bank them for later purchases like the Coruscant Temple. Of the options, nothing is really pressingly obvious as an immediate buy. Sending an initiate on an expedition for more research and perhaps a holocron is probably worth the points. Other than that, we don't need the Temple right now and might not be able to afford it anyway, and we don't really need to expand Dantooine or Telos. Claiming Tojora or getting a colonization ship can likewise wait, and this plan will save the points we need to do those next turn if we want. Good candidates for Scoutmaster are away, and we don't really need to up recruiting at the moment anyway because we're bottlenecked.
I think sending Atton is a good idea, he's an injured war hero at this point. They won't be able to accuse him of being a criminal or a traitor. Breda though would be at risk. Exposing her to questioning might tar the Order's reputation, or even get her prosecuted.
I think the Balmorran Act is worth a try. We don't know the odds, but this is the sort of thing the Jedi would support in character, I think.
That's a good point. I think we'll need to save up for one more turn to realistically be able to afford it, though. Balmorra is a gamble, and I think handing Breda over would be unwise. We don't know if she was present for any war crimes or anything.
[X] Plan: Efficient Approach
-Send a Jedi with a Republic archeological expedition(15 PP)
-Allow the Republic to interrogate Atton (+40 PP)
-Back the Balmorran Act (+30 PP If successful, -30 If Failure)
-- Send a Jedi with a Republic archeological expedition
Gayel Ducte is sent with the Republic Expedition to the world of Hanwat, a waterlogged, swampy world of vast cities, once a fastness against the Legions of Lettow, holding many tombs where Jedi were slain battling those first, most terrible schismatics. He works tirelessly to move through flooded tombs pulling artifacts, taking sensor scans, and other such things. In particular he claims a new lightsaber crystal for himself.
(Reward: +25 Knowledge, experience)
-- Allow the Republic to interrogate Atton
Atton proves to be an easy font of information for the interrogator, formerly a general whom he once served under. Given the broader view under which Cassandra works and the information which Atton can provide, they manage to map out strategies, plans, ideas to hunt down the animals which have attacked you. It hurts him, to go so deep into his past: but, perhaps, he needed to: he needed to explain what happened to someone, who is not a Jedi, who has no view of his soul, and to see whether the blood on his hands can, indeed, be cleaned.
Since the Military Police she thought you did not notice do not arrest him, you take it as a yes.
-- Back the Balmorran Act
You speak to the Ithorians, who know you you well; to the Senators of Telos, who have themselves lead their world back to prosperity. Soon enough the credits which the New Balmorran Economy will need to be built upon flow to their places, from all parts of the Republic.
Except for the Core, which is not eager to be facing another economic competitor. In the end, though, the Balmorran Act passes by a comfortable 3/4ths majority. When Balmorra is rebuilt, it will be much more than simply a weapon manufactory world. It will be a place of great riches, great wealth: and it starts with the government buying defunct factories, to put them back to work. An echo, spreading outward to other, still damaged worlds.
