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Attempting to Subvert the Plan: Dominion Edition

Retcon: Should General Horner (the MC) have been The Magistrate (Starcraft 1 PC)?

  • Yes

    Votes: 35 43.8%

  • No

    Votes: 29 36.3%

  • This does not matter to me

    Votes: 16 20.0%
  • Total voters
    80
  • Poll closed .
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Some QMing Philosophy
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    • Please note that the text of the narrative does not and never will hint at hidden mechanical effects. No option I ever give you will come with a secret unstated penalty attached to it. If there's a mechanical downside to an option, it'll be clearly spelled out. If there are uncertain or unforeseeable mechanical consequences for an action, it'll have a clear label in the mechanics section telling you that, as it has before.

    I do not, as a general rule, believe in a QMing style that's equivalent to waiting behind a door for my questers with a baseball bat at the ready. I want to be as forthright as possible about what you're doing and where the narrative is going whenever possible. Please try not to read hidden meanings into what I say or make unsubstantiated predictions about what I write for you. The only paranoid in this quest should be the fictional character you're trying to subvert.
     
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    • [X] 10% of overall Treasury income

    We need a couple of palaces for ourselves and our subordinates to convince Mengsk and the rest of the Dominion that we are legitimately using this money for corruption, and not scandalous schemes like bettering the lives of the oft-neglected fringe colonies. :V
     
    Etranger said:
    Please note that the text of the narrative does not and never will hint at hidden mechanical effects. No option I ever give you will come with a secret unstated penalty attached to it. If there's a mechanical downside to an option, it'll be clearly spelled out. If there are uncertain or unforeseeable mechanical consequences for an action, it'll have a clear label in the mechanics section telling you that, as it has before.

    I do not, as a general rule, believe in a QMing style that's equivalent to waiting behind a door for my questers with a baseball bat at the ready. I want to be as forthright as possible about what you're doing and where the narrative is going whenever possible. Please try not to read hidden meanings into what I say or make unsubstantiated predictions about what I write for you. The only paranoid in this quest should be the fictional character you're trying to subvert.
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    So generally we can expect to skate by with a 10% cut with only a little grumbling from our peers? As opposed to unwanted scrutiny because we look like we're building a separate power base?

    EDIT: Well, if so...
    [X] 10% of overall Treasury income
     
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    With that clarification in hand, I'm switching my vote. To anyone else who voted 8%, it's a difference between starting next year at 20 or 30 Paranoia. I think we're genuinely fine either way and freeing up the Funding budget will do us a lot of good.

    [X] 10% of overall Treasury income
     
    Firstly, thanks for the clarification, I really appreciate it.

    So the main question now becomes - can we eat the +15 Paranoia without major risk. We are currently at 15, minimum is 10, so it would go to 30.

    I am fine with that for now as we will be doing things soon that reduce Paranoia.

    Because of that I'm changing my vote.

    [X] 10% of overall Treasury income
     
    TripleTango said:
    So generally we can expect to skate by with a 10% cut with only a little grumbling from our peers? As opposed to unwanted scrutiny because we look like we're building a separate power base?
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    The mechanical effect for the questions and grumbling from the 10% option is the +15 Paranoia that's already listed. This is a consequence but it's not an existential crisis. The thing about your boss being an egomaniac is that he has big brightly-colored levers that you can usually push (albeit not necessarily cheaply) to divert his concerns elsewhere.

    Also, just as a general FYI, Mengsk already has someone looking over your finances and office budget. That's what all the shell companies are for and why you keep having to spend money on misdirection for things like having a lunch meeting with a colleague.
     
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    HeruKane said:
    Firstly, thanks for the clarification, I really appreciate it.

    So the main question now becomes - can we eat the +15 Paranoia without major risk. We are currently at 15, minimum is 10, so it would go to 30.

    I am fine with that for now as we will be doing things soon that reduce Paranoia.

    Because of that I'm changing my vote.

    [X] 10% of overall Treasury income
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    It would actually go to 20, since we're at a net Paranoia of -10 for this budget meeting so far. 15-10+15=20.
     
    From a Paranoia amount I'm actually glad we did the 45% rather than the 50. Things are a bit more in our favor, that is we have a bit more wiggle room.

    Also yeah, it makes sense that all our in-built anti-paranoia stuff is actually us and our people taking actions and making things flow the way they shoulf. Its not a passive defense, its an active one.

    I wasn't here for it but I am glad that we choose Chuck Horner at the start, his anti-paranoia abiliites are pretty good. Its too bad that he is not high school or farther educated, like I always assumed the Magistrate was.

    (Speaking of the penalty, didn't we pass the check, looking at the result post it says we got 58, and I thought from chat 50 was the pass point. This has confused me.)
     
    HeruKane said:
    From a Paranoia amount I'm actually glad we did the 45% rather than the 50. Things are a bit more in our favor, that is we have a bit more wiggle room.

    Also yeah, it makes sense that all our in-built anti-paranoia stuff is actually us and our people taking actions and making things flow the way they shoulf. Its not a passive defense, its an active one.

    I wasn't here for it but I am glad that we choose Chuck Horner at the start, his anti-paranoia abiliites are pretty good. Its too bad that he is not high school or farther educated, like I always assumed the Magistrate was.

    (Speaking of the penalty, didn't we pass the check, looking at the result post it says we got 58, and I thought from chat 50 was the pass point. This has confused me.)
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    The QM accidentally rolled two dice, not one.
     
    grimely said:
    There is no reroll, Etranger just hit the wrong button on accident.
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    So then wouldn't 58 count? That's what confuses me. I thought 50 was the number. And if that roll was a "oops" then wouldn't there be another correct roll. Because not rolling was saying we had zero chance of loosing that penalty and I thought that was checked each turn.
     
    HeruKane said:
    So then wouldn't 58 count? That's what confuses me. I thought 50 was the number. And if that roll was a "oops" then wouldn't there be another correct roll. Because not rolling was saying we had zero chance of loosing that penalty and I thought that was checked each turn.
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    He rolled a 21, he accidentally rolled a second die which made the total read 58. 21<51, no trait proc.
     
    HeruKane said:
    So then wouldn't 58 count? That's what confuses me. I thought 50 was the number. And if that roll was a "oops" then wouldn't there be another correct roll. Because not rolling was saying we had zero chance of loosing that penalty and I thought that was checked each turn.
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    Etranger rolled a 21 on the first die, which is the only one that matters. It failed.
     
    Etranger said:
    Also, just as a general FYI, Mengsk already has someone looking over your finances and office budget. That's what all the shell companies are for and why you keep having to spend money on misdirection for things like having a lunch meeting with a colleague.
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    And if anyone asks "well, shouldn't Mengsk be able to cut through all the bullshit and find out what we're really spending the money on?"...

    They should ask themselves "and where is Mengsk going to find accountants better at juggling and hiding the money than the Treasury's accountants?" Especially given how many people we've hired with ex-Confederate experience... :p
     
    I'm really happy that we're moving to Korhal. The sheer pathos of it! Imagine looking down at broken, lifeless plains stretching out to the horizon while standing atop a half-built obsidian pyramid. You're almost a kilometer above the ground, and it's your job to make sure that the pyramid gets even taller. There's no real reason for it, it just needs to be bigger.

    Here's what you've been fighting for all these years, Chuck. Have fun with it.
     
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