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Lieutenant Arisukawa Haruna

Balance Stats
❁ • Work / Life • ❁
❁ • ❁ Warrior / Princess ❁ • ❁
❁ • ❁ Radical / Respectable ❁ • ❁


Tactical Stats
Gunnery 0, Navigation +2, Command +2, Technology -4, Personal -2, Strategy +3

Stress: 3


PLEASE READ THE QUEST RULES BELOW

You collectively vote on the actions of Arisukawa Haruna, the first woman to serve openly in the Imperial Akitsukuni Navy.

This quest is set in a universe which is much like our own circa 1910, but with different politics, cultural norms, and ideas about gender and sexuality, as well as some unusual and advanced technology in places.

We are using this quest to explore themes like breaking the glass ceiling, divergent outlooks on gender and sexuality, colonialism and imperialism, and the place of royalty.

Content Warning
This quest goes some dark places.

There is violence, often explicit, often unfair, often against undeserving targets.

There are not always good options forward. The protagonist is not necessarily a good person.

There is implied content and discussion of sexual harassment and assault.

This is a world where people are often racist, sexist, queerphobic bigots. Sometimes, even the PC and the people they are friends with.

Voting Rules

We will tell you if write-in votes are allowed. If we do not say that write-ins are allowed, they are not. This is to prevent people from unrealistically hedging their bets.

You may proposal other options in a non-vote format, subject to approval, on non write-in votes.

We will tell you when a vote allows approved voting. If we don't say the answer is no, pick an option. We like making people commit.

Discussions makes the GM feel fuzzy.

Game Rules
When we ask you for a roll, roll 3d6. You are aiming to roll equal or under the value of your stat. If you succeed, Haruna gets through the situation with no real difficulties. If you roll above the target value, Haruna will still succeed, but this success will cost her something or add a complication.

Whenever Haruna loses something or faces hardship from a botched roll, she takes Stress. The more Stress Haruna has, the more the job and the circumstances she's in will get to her, and it'll be reflected in the narrative. Haruna must be kept under 10 Stress: if she reaches 10 Stress, she will suffer a breakdown and the results will not be great for her.

Haruna loses stress by taking time for herself, by making meaningful progress on her dreams, and by kissing tall, beautiful women.

Meta Rules
Author commentary is in italics so you know it's not story stuff.

Please don't complain about the system or the fact we have to roll dice. We've heard it before, we've heard it a thousand times across multiple quests. We're not going to change it, and it wears at our fucking souls.

Just going "oh noooo" or "Fish RNGesus Why!" is fun and fine. Complaining at length because you didn't get what you want less so.

If you have a question, tag both @open_sketchbook and @Artificial Girl. If you only tag one of us, you will be ignored. Seriously, we both write this quest.

And yes this is an alt-history type setting with openly gay and trans people, ahistoric medicine, and weird politics. Just... deal, please?

This quest employs a special system called Snippet Votes. Please read this post for more information.
 
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I do think Go Behind the captains back is the most effective, but what will it give us that we can actually point to, when all is said and done?

The loyalty of a small but significant and essential parts of the ship's crew. Neat if you want to mutiny and become a pirate, probably less impressive on the official record.
 
[X] Ignore the old man, and get together every regulatory and legal argument about your duties to back you up in the process. You'll be most effective, but it could go very, very badly for you. (+Diplomacy)
 
[x] Obey the parts of the order you legally have to: stay in your cabin and keep the books in order. He can't actually strip you of your authority like that. Run the hold from your office. It'll be less effective, but it'll still work. (+Diplomacy)

While subterfuge is our best stat and sure to work, I think this may be a better choice long-term.

Edit: changed from Ignore the old man, people make good points.
 
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[X] Obey the parts of the order you legally have to

Disobeying orders is capital B bad, but our honour demands we do our duty.
We run the department from our cabin using the warrant office that seemed mostly competent as our voice on the deck.

If the captain comes king with angry words we can then remind him of our standing as his social superior and throw a book of regs at him for good measure.
 
[X] Go behind the Captain's back. Find the subordinates you can trust to keep quiet and coordinate the running of the hold through them. Give no orders, merely suggestions. Stick to the letter of the orders and completely ignore the spirit. If the captain finds out, though, there will be hell to pay. (Roll +Subterfuge)
 
[X] Go behind the Captain's back. Find the subordinates you can trust to keep quiet and coordinate the running of the hold through them. Give no orders, merely suggestions. Stick to the letter of the orders and completely ignore the spirit. If the captain finds out, though, there will be hell to pay. (Roll +Subterfuge)
 
[X] Cuddle up with your cat and those woodcuts and wait it out. Something will go wrong eventually, and then you can I-Told-You-So them to death. At least the cat appreciates you. (Remove ? Stress)
-[X] Clean up in your cabin while you have the time - you could ignore the mold when you had entire cargo hold to unfuck pronto, but now, with orders consigning you to your cabin... It has to be dealt with.

I would have gone with clean "Go behind the captain's back", but we still have 5 Stress and a filthy cabin to live in.
 
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If you're going behind the captain's back, you're not cuddling your cat. I don't have a problem with write-ins per say, but I'm not the only GM, and also I really don't like trying to game your selections like that. It's gross.
 
[X] Go behind the Captain's back. Find the subordinates you can trust to keep quiet and coordinate the running of the hold through them. Give no orders, merely suggestions. Stick to the letter of the orders and completely ignore the spirit. If the captain finds out, though, there will be hell to pay. (Roll +Subterfuge)
 
[X] Obey the parts of the order you legally have to
 
You know, I'm starting to have a feeling that the Army ship would have been spick and fucking span. The Army at least makes an effort of trying.
 
[X] Ignore the old man, and get together every regulatory and legal argument about your duties to back you up in the process. You'll be most effective, but it could go very, very badly for you.
 
You know, I'm starting to have a feeling that the Army ship would have been spick and fucking span. The Army at least makes an effort of trying.

From the other quest we know that the parts of the army deployed to the colonies have somewhat of a problem with the troops getting addicted to opium and spending most of their time in brothels.

If anything they might be worse.
 
I mean, military discipline is A Thing, and while the Navy personnel on a troopship may be rejects, the Army personnel won't be.

This ship is a dump largely because its officers are fuckups.

From the other quest we know that the parts of the army deployed to the colonies have somewhat of a problem with the troops getting addicted to opium and spending most of their time in brothels.

If anything they might be worse.
I mean maybe, but on the other hand they have that problem if and when there's nothing else for them to do. :p
 
[x] Obey the parts of the order you legally have to: stay in your cabin and keep the books in order. He can't actually strip you of your authority like that. Run the hold from your office. It'll be less effective, but it'll still work. (+Diplomacy)

This feels like the most Dutiful option, which in the long run will be good for reputation in a way that what is, let's be honest, blatant insubordination won't.
 
[X] Obey the parts of the order you legally have to: stay in your cabin and keep the books in order. He can't actually strip you of your authority like that. Run the hold from your office. It'll be less effective, but it'll still work. (+Diplomacy)
 
[x] Obey the parts of the order you legally have to: stay in your cabin and keep the books in order. He can't actually strip you of your authority like that. Run the hold from your office. It'll be less effective, but it'll still work. (+Diplomacy)
 
[X] Obey the parts of the order you legally have to: stay in your cabin and keep the books in order. He can't actually strip you of your authority like that. Run the hold from your office. It'll be less effective, but it'll still work. (+Diplomacy)
 
[X] Go behind the Captain's back. Find the subordinates you can trust to keep quiet and coordinate the running of the hold through them. Give no orders, merely suggestions. Stick to the letter of the orders and completely ignore the spirit. If the captain finds out, though, there will be hell to pay. (Roll +Subterfuge)
 
[X] Go behind the Captain's back. Find the subordinates you can trust to keep quiet and coordinate the running of the hold through them. Give no orders, merely suggestions. Stick to the letter of the orders and completely ignore the spirit. If the captain finds out, though, there will be hell to pay. (Roll +Subterfuge)
 
[X] Go behind the Captain's back. Find the subordinates you can trust to keep quiet and coordinate the running of the hold through them. Give no orders, merely suggestions. Stick to the letter of the orders and completely ignore the spirit. If the captain finds out, though, there will be hell to pay. (Roll +Subterfuge)

Rules lawyering, ho!
 
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