Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 22: Villains Valiantly Vanquished, Viator Vows Vengeance

Chapter 9.2 - Voting Results
TL;DR - Show Meditation + Show Testing, Miss Militia/Chevalier, Plan: Knowledge Is Power, Free Action: SMUT, XP - FPoP - Crawler 1, XP - EOA - Bonesaw 2


OH MY GOD
was this vote a horror to tally, since I completely overlooked the possibility that vote tally programs would flip out if there were plans within plans. As a result, I had to hand-count this entire vote - my notes are spoilered at the end here - so feel free to point out if I missed anything. I'll also note that this was an unusually split vote, and the usual rule of "16 votes or half total voters, whichever is greater" meant that most XP votes didn't make the cut.

For reference, the winning armor mods are:
- Enhanced Mobility Systems v3.21f (Faster Flight mod)
- Distributed Computer System v5.54d (Interface with wireless/broadband communications and other armors with this mod)
- Tactical Prediction Model Generator v.08b (Lie Detector, helps evasion)
- Fold-space Backpack v1.03c (Hammerspace that doesn't cost motes)
- Knowledge Web Crawler v4.25d (Automatic google searches help Lore rolls)
- Dimensional Torsion Core v1.93 (MOAR POWER, self-destruct capability)

So... no controlling our armor through SoPA. Oh well!


Shape the Narrative:
[27] Show Meditation, Show Testing, Then Get To Social Interactions

[13] Show Meditation, Skip Testing, Then Get To Social Interactions
[2] Skip Meditation, Show Testing, Then Get To Social Interactions
[2] Skip Meditation, Skip Testing, Then Get To Social Interactions


Cupid Brought WMDs:
[16] Miss Militia
[16]
- Stunt: "Nice discount" Hana says to her companion, surveying the three bedroom NY hotel suite.Saki smiles as she closes her phone."Sleepover at Ms Sato's place for me though. See you in the morning." She slips past Robert into the hallway,and the door shuts with a soft click.Robert stares at the door, and then back to Hana."What just happened?"

[15] Taylor
[14] - Stunt: 'With the way both workaholics are going, leaving this up to nature is doomed.' Saki thought, as Agent Who set about luring the hungry Chris over to the kitchen right as Taylor was making another masterpiece. The power was still unreliable, so candles. Now, all she had to do was feed poor Chris the right prompts through waggling eyebrows...
[1] - Stunt: "Yes," Saki said, "Riley was a victim, I can see that now thanks to the clarity this new life has given me. But Administrator, there must be some redress for what happened, that this may be put in the past. The lessons of antiquity show the ideal way to unite Autochthon's Assembly and the minions Slash mastered for so long. If you like her so much, why don't you marry her?"

[8] Dragon
[8] - Stunt: "But how could Colin ever learn to love..." "NO!" Saki's eyes were fierce in the low-light lab. Dragon instinctively flinched away from the menacing, glowing orbs, "Look. At. Me!" It took all of Dragon's will to meet her gaze. "Good. Now repeat after me - 'AIs are people too!' 'Every person deserves a shot at love!' 'True love cannot be denied!'"

[6] Willow
[5] - Stunt: "It's okay Saki, we miss Sakura too" Dean reassured Saki. Willow embraced Saki in a hug. "Strider will take us everywhere, Dean will look for her emotions, Taylor's bugs see everything, and if she's hurt I'll heal her." Dean put a hand on Saki's shoulder. Feeling crowded, Saki broke away, leaving the two Wards comedic entangled. "Thank you" she bowed.


Taylor's Armor Mark II:
[18] Plan: Knowledge Is Power

[11] Plan: Mission Impossible Drone Protocol
[9] Plan: The Puppeteer(GITS)
[1] Plan: Shielded Knowledge Seeker
[1] Plan: What kind of Power Armor has no missiles. (flight, bag of holding x various missiles, remote control and medical stabilization)
[1] Plan: Knowledge Power; Power = Power


Free Action:
[25] Free Action:
Missy is seated on her bed next to Saki, both of them giggling over a shared laptop. Lord Grasp is riding Saki's head like the world's most terrifyingly fabulous hat. Grasp spots Taylor entering and waves the sheaf of papers clutched in his claw. "Excellent! The first recitation of Kiss of Obsidian Butterflies demands an audience!"

[14] Free Action: Saki stalks into the quarantine area, mind conflicted. Taylor had spared Bonesaw, but she must have a reason. She meets the eyes of her friend and savior, but is preempted, "Saki, I need you to examine Bonesaw, see if what Jack Slash had done can be undone. Will you?". Of course, Taylor would try save the broken. Even her.


XP Expenditures:
[35] FPoP - 3 XP - Ally (Crawler/Defiant/Ned) ●○○○○
[30] EOA - 3 XP - Ally (Bonesaw/Riley) ●●○○○

[22] EOA - 2 XP - Investigation (Simurgh Plots ●●○)
[18] EOA - 3 XP - Backing (Cauldron) ●●○○○
[17] EOA - 3 XP - Ally (Legend) ●●○○○
[17] EOA - 2 XP - Craft (Drones ●●○)
[12] EOA - 6 XP - Backing (Cauldron) ●●●○○


1986ctcel
Show med skip test
Taylor/Chris
Knowledge is power
FA: obsidian butterflies
Simurgh plots 2
Crawler 1
Bonesaw 2

Always Late
Show Med Show Test
Taylor/Chris
Knowledge Is Power
FA: Bonesaw
Crawler 1
Cauldron 2 3
Bonesaw 2

Arbit
Show Med Skip test
Taylor/Chris

Avoozl
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Mission Impossible Drone
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Drones 2
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Legend 2
Crawler 1

Bozwevial
Show Med Show Test
Taylor/Chris
Knowledge is power
FA: bonesaw
Crawler 1
Cauldron 2 3
Bonesaw 2

BrambleThorn
Show Med Show Test
Taylor/Chris
Knowledge not power power equals power
Cauldron 2 3
Bonesaw 2
Crawler 1

Broken25
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Mission Impossible Drone
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Drones 2
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Legend 2
Crawler 1

CeBrudras
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Knowledge is power
FA: obsidian butterflies
Crawler 1
Cauldron 2 3
Simurgh plots 2

Cerulean
Knowledge is power

Chicago Ted
Show Med Show Test
Willow
Cauldon 2 3
Bonesaw 2
Crawler 1

Daemir
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Mission Impossible Drone
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Drones 2
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Legend 2
Crawler 1

Datakim
Show med show test
MM/Chev
Puppeteer
FA: obsidian butterflies
Crawler 1
Legend 2
Drones 2
Cauldron 2 3
Simurgh plots 2

dpara
Skip med show test
MM/Chev
What kind of power armor
FA: obsidian butterflies
Cauldron 2
Bonesaw 2
Legend 2
Drones 2

Evil Atlas
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Mission Impossible Drone
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Drones 2
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Legend 2
Crawler 1

FunkyEntropy
Puppeteer

habrok
Show Med Skip Test
Dragon/Colin
Puppeteer
FA: bonesaw
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Crawler 1

HyperCatnip
Show Med Skip test
Taylor/Bonesaw
Puppeteer
Simurgh Plots 2
Crawler 1
Bonesaw 2

Idan Dor
Show Med Skip Test
Willow/Dean
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Crawler 1
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Cauldron 2

I'llNameThisL8r
Show Med Skip Test
Willow/Dean
Knowledge Is Power
Crawler 1
Cauldron 2 3

Jinnt
Show Med Skip Test
Dragon/Colin
Mission Impossible Drone
FA: Bonesaw
Drones 2
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Crawler 1

Katsuragi
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Knowledge is power

Killer_Whale
Show Med Show Test
Dragon/Colin
Knowledge is power
FA: Bonesaw
Simurgh plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Legend 2
Crawler 1

Klaus
Skip Med Skip Test
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Cauldron 2

landcollector
Show Med Skip Test
Taylor/Chris
Knowledge is power
FA: obsidian butterflies
Simurgh Plots 2

NemoMarx
Show Med Show Test
Taylor/Chris
Knowledge Is Power
FA: Bonesaw
Crawler 1
Cauldron 2 3
Bonesaw 2

Nicklance
Show Med Show Test
Taylor/Chris
Knowledge Is Power
FA: Bonesaw
Crawler 1
Cauldron 2 3
Bonesaw 2

No One
Dragon/Colin
Knowledge Is Power
FA: Bonesaw
Crawler 1
Bonesaw 2
Legend 2

Nor
Show Med Skip Test
Willow/Dean
FA: Obsidian Butterflies

Noxious
Show Med Skip Test
Dragon/Colin
Puppeteer
FA: Bonesaw
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Crawler 1

Odysseus2099
Show Meditation Show Testing
Willow/Dean
Puppeteer
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Drones 2
Crawler 1
Bonesaw 2
Cauldron 2

Quantumboost
Puppeteer
Dragon/Colin
Cauldron 2
Bonesaw 2
Crawler 1
Legend 2
Drones 2

Rgal
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Mission Impossible Drone
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Drones 2
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Legend 2
Crawler 1

Romv
Show Med Skip test
Dragon/Colin
Knowledge Is Power
FA: obsidian butterflies
Drones 2
Crawler 1
Legend 2

RoninSword
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Mission Impossible Drone
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Drones 2
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Legend 2
Crawler 1

saiman
Show Med Show Test
Taylor/Chris
Knowledge Is Power
FA: Bonesaw
Crawler 1
Cauldron 2 3
Bonesaw 2

sainen
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Puppeteer
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Drones 2
Simurgh Plots 2

Scify
Skip Med Skip Test
Taylor/Chris
Shielded Knowledge Seeker
FA: Obsidian Butterflies

Silently Watches
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Mission Impossible Drone
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Drones 2
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Legend 2
Crawler 1

spudman
Show Med Skip Test
Dragon/Colin
Puppeteer
FA: Bonesaw
Crawler 1
Bonesaw 2
Simurgh Plots 2
Cauldron 2

Swift
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Mission Impossible Drone
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Drones 2
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Legend 2
Crawler 1

Thamuzz
Skip Med Show Test
Taylor/Chris
FA: Obsidian Butterflies

the DragonBard
Show Med Show Test
Cauldron 2 3
FA: Bonesaw

uju32
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Mission Impossible Drone
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Drones 2
Simurgh Plots 2
Bonesaw 2
Legend 2
Crawler 1

veekie
Show Med Show Test
Taylor/Chris
Knowledge Is Power
FA: Bonesaw
Crawler 1
Cauldron 2 3
Bonesaw 2

Versac
Show Med Show Test
MM/Chev
Mission Impossible Drone
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Drones 2
Legend 2
Crawler 1

VNodosaurus
Show Med Show Test
Taylor/Chris
Knowledge Is Power
FA: Obsidian Butterflies
Simurgh Plots 2
Legend 2
Crawler 1

wingnut2292
Show Med Skip Test
Willow/Dean
Knowledge Is Power
FA: Obsidian Butterflies

wingstrike96
Show Med Show Test
Taylor/Chris
Knowledge Is Power
FA: Bonesaw
Crawler 1
Cauldron 2 3
Bonesaw 2

Yeangst
Show med Show test
MM/Chev
 
And this is why I'm pessimistic about the intelligence of the players. No remote controlling our suit because HERPA DERP.
 
If we follow this argument to it's logical conclusion,then we're already all doomed.
Because Prayer, for example, is a negative, given her armor.
And that Defiant is going to get everyone killed. Same with Mjolnir.
Except Gromweld has only made statements saying that we will get what we prepare for with reference to our armor. Not our allies, so the argument is inapplicable.
 
That's the funny part about the armor argument. They weren't actually helping the case, because the only people likely to read a two page long argument are...the people who don't want it anyway, especially with the mass pings in the middle.

Uju just made sure most people never really got to see his armor, only his arguments. :V

Sorry Veekie, but I like this one better, even if it doesn't help with the Bonesaw issue. It has Lord Grasp as a hat.
I freely admit that having Lord Grasp as a hat made it a highly tempting plan.
Yes, it will indeed require us to also spend time with KW in actions, actions which we could have spent in other ways. But you do realise that relationships require "maintenance"? Taylor going on a single date here, and then never going with KW again (once we gain control) means that the budding relationship Saki will arrange with KW will quickly wither and die. One date is not a relationship.

If you don't plan to vote to have Taylor spend time with KW in the future too, and basically make it clear that KW is Taylors actual boyfriend, then a vote for Taylor is a wasted one.

You are probably right though, that people won't vote for KW actions later, when we regain control of Taylor. So ironically, a vote for Taylor just gets Kid Wins hopes up and then crushes them utterly. Poor guy.
Actually, Chris is the Ward we spend the most time with in actual votes, more than Missy, though Aisha inserts herself regardless of our votes so she has more actual screentime.

The reason? He's kind of almost as much a workaholic as Taylor, as the stunt says. It's sort of like Dragon and Colin really :V
 
And this is why I'm pessimistic about the intelligence of the players. No remote controlling our suit because HERPA DERP.
Dude, don't be a dick. They disagreed with you. That doesn't inherently make them less intelligent than you are, it just means they disagree with your ideas about the best course of action.
 
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Dude, don't a dick. They disagreed with you. That doesn't inherently make them less intelligent than you are, it just means they disagree with your ideas about the best course of action.
See, now I'd be less upset if there was actual verbal disagreement. They didn't argue the point at all, they just bandwagoned. Since there was no actual stated reason for not grabbing the remote controlled powered armor I have no choice but to assume that there was no reason.
 
That was an option? My eyes glazed over when I was reading the arguments about the power armor.
Yeah, the CHIMP system had this as part of its spec:
Secondary mode: Allows operation of suit by SoPA at full Wits+War pool in the event of operator absence or unconsciousness. -2 to fine manipulation rolls and -2 DV if suit occupant is resisting.
It's right there in the module description.
 
See, now I'd be less upset if there was actual verbal disagreement. They didn't argue the point at all, they just bandwagoned. Since there was no actual stated reason for not grabbing the remote controlled powered armor I have no choice but to assume that there was no reason.
For some, the gruff nature of your disagreement might imply that you had no interest in even considering counter-arguments. I know for my part, I found people on both sides of the armor argument to be too acerbic for me to feel like I wanted to offer my own opinion.

Also: arrogance aside, you totally have a choice besides making that assumption. There are plenty of reasons ranging from just being shy to finding you too abrasive for people not to want to get entrenched into disputation with you. If you dismiss them for not stating it, then that's your decision, not theirs.
 
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For some, the gruff nature of your disagreement might imply that you had no interest in even considering counter-arguments. I know for my part, I found people on both sides of the armor argument to be too acerbic for me to feel like I wanted to offer my own opinion.

Also: arrogance aside, you totally have a choice besides making that assumption. There are plenty of reasons ranging from just being shy to finding you too abrasive for people not to want to get entrenched into disputation with you. If you dismiss them for not stating it, then that's your decision, not theirs.
The fact that despite crafting the previous winning vote I walked away with maybe 10% of what I actually wanted should tell you all you need to know about my general willingness to listen and consider opposing points of view, and my ability to compromise.

EOA can already control insects and animals other than people. Having a remote control suit seemed less interesting, or strategic than having access to hammer space without needing to spend motes.
Animals and insects are not powered armor.
 
OH MY GOD was this vote a horror to tally, since I completely overlooked the possibility that vote tally programs would flip out if there were plans within plans. As a result, I had to hand-count this entire vote - my notes are spoilered at the end here - so feel free to point out if I missed anything. I'll also note that this was an unusually split vote, and the usual rule of "16 votes or half total voters, whichever is greater" meant that most XP votes didn't make the cut.

Hmm.

Vote Tally : Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 22: Villains Valiantly Vanquished, Viator Vows Vengeance | Page 118 | Sufficient Velocity
##### NetTally 1.7.3.2

[35] FPoP - 3 XP - Ally (Crawler/Defiant/Ned) ●○○○○
[30] EOA - 3 XP - Ally (Bonesaw/Riley) ●●○○○
[28] Show Meditation, Show Testing, Then Get To Social Interactions
[25] Free Action: Missy is seated on her bed next to Saki, both of them giggling over a shared a laptop. Lord Grasp is riding Saki's head like the world's most terrifyingly fabulous hat. Grasp spots Taylor entering and waves the sheaf of papers clutched in his claw. "Excellent! The first recitation of Kiss of Obsidian Butterflies demands an audience! "
[22] EOA - 2 XP - Investigation (Simurgh Plots ●●○)
[18] Plan: ◈Knowledge Is Power — Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 22: Villains Valiantly Vanquished, Viator Vows Vengeance | Page 118
[17] EOA - 3 XP - Ally (Legend) ●●○○○
[17] EOA - 2 XP - Craft (Drones ●●○)
[16] Miss Militia (In Which Miss Militia and Chevalier Are Roommates)
-[16] Stunt:"Nice discount" Hana says to her companion, surveying the three bedroom NY hotel suite.Saki smiles as she closes her phone."Sleepover at Ms Sato's place for me though. See you in the morning." She slips past Robert into the hallway,and the door shuts with a soft click.Robert stares at the door, and then back to Hana."What just happened?"
[15] Taylor
-[15] Stunt: 'With the way both workaholics are going, leaving this up to nature is doomed.' Saki thought, as Agent Who set about luring the hungry Chris over to the kitchen right as Taylor was making another masterpiece. The power was still unreliable, so candles. Now, all she had to do was feed poor Chris the right prompts through waggling eyebrows...
[15] EOA - 3 XP - Backing (Cauldron) ●●○○○
[14] Free Action: Saki stalks into the quarantine area, mind conflicted. Taylor had spared Bonesaw, but she must have a reason. She meets the eyes of her friend and savior, but is preempted, "Saki, I need your to examine Bonesaw, see if what Jack Slash had done can be undone. Will you?". Of course, Taylor would try save the broken. Even her.
[13] Show Meditation, Skip Testing, Then Get To Social Interactions
[11] Plan: ◈Mission Impossible Drone Protocol — Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 22: Villains Valiantly Vanquished, Viator Vows Vengeance | Page 122
[9] Plan: ◈The Puppeteer(GITS) — Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 22: Villains Valiantly Vanquished, Viator Vows Vengeance | Page 121
[8] Dragon
-[8] "But how could Colin ever learn to love..." "NO!" Saki's eyes were fierce in the low-light lab. Dragon instinctively flinched away from the menacing, glowing orbs, "Look. At. Me!" It took all of Dragon's will to meet her gaze. "Good. Now repeat after me - 'AIs are people too!' 'Every person deserves a shot at love!' 'True love cannot be denied!'"
[6] Willow
-[6] Stunt: "It's okay Saki, we miss Sakura too" Dean reassured Saki. Willow embraced Saki in a hug. "Strider will take us everywhere, Dean will look for her emotions, Taylor's bugs see everything, and if she's hurt I'll heal her." Dean put a hand on Saki's shoulder. Felling crowded, Saki broke away, leaving the two Wards comedic entangled. "Thank you" she bowed.
[4] EOA - 6 XP - Backing (Cauldron) ●●●○○
[2] Skip Meditation, Show Testing, Then Get To Social Interactions
[2] Skip Meditation, Skip Testing, Get Right To Social Interactions
[2] Stunt: ["Yes," Saki said, "Riley was a victim, I can see that now thanks to the clarity this new life has given me. But Administrator, there must be some redress for what happened, that this may be put in the past. The lessons of antiquity show the ideal way to unite Autocthon's Assembly and the minions Slash mastered for so long. If you like her so much, why don't you marry her?"]
[1] Plan: ◈Shielded Knowledge Seeker — Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 22: Villains Valiantly Vanquished, Viator Vows Vengeance | Page 119
[1] Plan: ◈What kind of Power Armor has no missiles. (flight, bag of holding x varius missiles, remote control and medical stabilization) — Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 22: Villains Valiantly Vanquished, Viator Vows Vengeance | Page 120
[1] Plan: Knowledge Power; Power = Power
[1] FPoP - 6 XP - Backing (Cauldron) ●●●○○

Total No. of Voters: 49

Works fine to me. Do you have the latest version? NetTally updates often to fix bugs and add features. The latest is 1.7.3.2
 
So, something I only just noticed. Crushing Grasp's character sheet doesn't have Sakura on it's intimacy because he hasn't met her yet, right? I imagine that it will simply be a duplicate of Saki's when the time comes.
 
The fact that despite crafting the previous winning vote I walked away with maybe 10% of what I actually wanted should tell you all you need to know about my general willingness to listen and consider opposing points of view, and my ability to compromise.

That's entirely fair. The sense I'm getting on this is that you were hoping for more of an Iron Man: Extremis approach to the armor, where the counter-argument was more "GiTS: Earth-Bet would be awesome". As before, I might be off base with that guess. And if I am, I apologize for speaking in ignorance.
 
Definitely. Didn't argue much since its already stated to be a narrative choice primarily about how we wanted to proceed. Theres no wrong option.
You chose the option that doesn't allow us to make public patrols with our suit while we casually lounge around on the beach a mile away sipping a (virgin?) Margarita while surreptitiously using our bugs to watch Weld buff out a coathanger that got stuck to his glorious abs.

I didn't think it was possible to be objectively wrong about subjective opinion, but you somehow managed it.
 
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