Castles of Steel - Lesbians Good, Imperialism Bad

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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​


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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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[x] Play tourist: Fuck it, you're on holiday still. You have some time to kill before Aiko needs to get on the train to wherever it is the games are being held. Why not enjoy the city? It has beautiful old churches, amazing architecture, and they have these cool little boats called gondolas that are supposed to be totally romantic.
 
Vebyast said:
[ ] Pizza.
[ ] Aiko tries to teach Haruna what money is.
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Nein net non, pizza is mostly Allegheny-Otrusian heresy. Gonna be mostly various pasta dishes, rice, and seafood.

OTL Venice was founded around the Gothic Wars, making it about 1500 years old. That being said there were settlements in and around the adriatic lagoon dating back to pre roman times. Perhaps shades of Ravenna or the old Etruscan port at Adria? Depends on the siliting since the coast is a few dozen miles out from where it was.

If Otrusia was anything like OTL Italy then I wknder if there was a maritime Republic. Some sort of Doge/Dogaressa?
Venice OTL is known for culture (Opera was invented there IIRC), glassmaking, shipbuilding (though not as much in the modern era I believe) and the print industry.

[x] Play tourist: Fuck it, you're on holiday still. You have some time to kill before Aiko needs to get on the train to wherever it is the games are being held. Why not enjoy the city? It has beautiful old churches, amazing architecture, and they have these cool little boats called gondolas that are supposed to be totally romantic.
 
Undead Martyr said:
Nein net non, pizza is mostly Allegheny-Otrusian heresy. Gonna be mostly various pasta dishes, rice, and seafood.
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Limited pasta this far north, we're well into the polenta belt. Generally in Venice, per Claudia Roden, you're looking at seafood other than fish, risottos, fresh seasonal vegetables and offal. Bean soup is popular and in one of the few recipes I've actually attempted from this book you get a wonderful piece of pork by marinading in wine and then cooking very slowly in a pint of milk. Sadly, the girls are not very likely to enjoy large amounts of lactose.
 
[X] Find your contact: You should probably head to the consulate and get the business side of things squared away first. You've had a relaxing time on the trip here, but you do have a duty to fulfill here, and it'll be easier now than when the games are in swing and all sorts of people are poking around.

I really want to spend some more time with Aiko but I just feel really worried about the potential of stuff biting us in the back later if we don't check on it
 
[X] Find your contact: You should probably head to the consulate and get the business side of things squared away first. You've had a relaxing time on the trip here, but you do have a duty to fulfill here, and it'll be easier now than when the games are in swing and all sorts of people are poking around.

It would probably also be a good idea to get our papers sorted too. Just in case.
 
I'm going to vote business before pleasure. I wouldn't be surprised if Haruna is quite ready to have something to do for a change at this point.

[X] Find your contact: You should probably head to the consulate and get the business side of things squared away first. You've had a relaxing time on the trip here, but you do have a duty to fulfill here, and it'll be easier now than when the games are in swing and all sorts of people are poking around

Good update. That late night conversation was a nice, unexpected touch. I hope she helped him turn his life around and accept himself a bit more, but there's only so much progress he can.make on the former and still be true to source material.
 
[X] Find your contact: You should probably head to the consulate and get the business side of things squared away first. You've had a relaxing time on the trip here, but you do have a duty to fulfill here, and it'll be easier now than when the games are in swing and all sorts of people are poking around

Also, yes, have pizza.
 
[x] Play tourist: Fuck it, you're on holiday still. You have some time to kill before Aiko needs to get on the train to wherever it is the games are being held. Why not enjoy the city? It has beautiful old churches, amazing architecture, and they have these cool little boats called gondolas that are supposed to be totally romantic.
 
[X] Find your contact: You should probably head to the consulate and get the business side of things squared away first. You've had a relaxing time on the trip here, but you do have a duty to fulfill here, and it'll be easier now than when the games are in swing and all sorts of people are poking around

Work before play. Or suddenly, play may be interrupted.
 
[X] Find your contact: You should probably head to the consulate and get the business side of things squared away first. You've had a relaxing time on the trip here, but you do have a duty to fulfill here, and it'll be easier now than when the games are in swing and all sorts of people are poking around

I've changed my mind, I think.
 
[X] Find your contact: You should probably head to the consulate and get the business side of things squared away first. You've had a relaxing time on the trip here, but you do have a duty to fulfill here, and it'll be easier now than when the games are in swing and all sorts of people are poking around

Then, when we can do the touristy stuff:

[] Find a hole-in-the-wall restaurant that the locals frequent and get some squid-ink pasta
[] Ride a boat over to Murano with Aiko, try to buy her a piece of art glass, have her and the glassblower be mutually embarrassed by her just accepting the initial price without question and try to demonstrate how to haggle properly
[] Get a masquerade mask to wear when we're sneaking into the Atlasic Village for trysts with Aiko

I expect the gondolas are a bit less fun when you can critique the gondolier's rowing.
 
Finally caught up! I will have things to add about an earlier scene tomorrow, but for now, the vote!

[X] Find your contact: You should probably head to the consulate and get the business side of things squared away first. You've had a relaxing time on the trip here, but you do have a duty to fulfill here, and it'll be easier now than when the games are in swing and all sorts of people are poking around.

Some have mentioned "better now, then play later," but the part about meeting our contact will be harder later is driving my vote right now.

[] Contact meets Haruna while she takes Aiko at one of the opera houses.
[] Have a scene where Aiko and Haruna are in not-Rome and confused by the fig leaves/lack of manly bits on the marble statuary.
 
As someone who has lived in Korea for most of their adult life, the fact that this alt-Earth is referred to Gaya is a funny coincidence. You see, Gaya was the name of last surviving Korean confederacy in the early Three Kingdoms period and the main contact point between early Korea and Yamato-period Japan. Many artifacts found in the Kofun tombs were of Gaya manufacture or design.

If it is ok, I wanted to go back and talk about the scene in question is when Haruna goes shooting with the Empress before the Wedding.

open_sketch said:
"Here, Hyesun. Show Haruna what you can do." You stepped back as one of the courtly women got to her feet and walked up to the firing line. Like the Empress, she was dressed in modern, fashionable sporting clothes and you realized that she was from Joseon. Then the name sparked recognition. Yi Hyesun, one of the last scions of the Joseon Royal Family. She had been brought here when you were a child--she was your age or maybe a touch younger. Initially a hostage against poor behavior and now, you expected, a puppet queen to be installed on the throne of the Joseon 'protectorate' when her doddering father kicked the bucket.
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I am assuming based on what Haruna remembers that Yi Hyesun is supposed to be the slightly younger Gaya-universe amalgam of Crown Prince Yi Cheok (Sunjong), with Prince Yi Eun's history as a hostage? I ask because the only daughter of Gojong that survived into adulthood, Princess Deokhye, wasn't born until 1912.

open_sketch said:
She loosed another arrow and you watched it soar through the air to land perfectly on target. You smiled, then spoke, reciting one of the poems you read as you were studying her language, one that seemed appropriate.

"I love only the lotus for rising from the mud, yet remaining unstained. Bathed by pure currents and yet not seduced."

There was a pause.

"That was beautiful." Hyesun said. "What does it mean?"
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The feeling of this scene is amazingly bittersweet.

I am curious, @open_sketch & @Artificial Girl , where did you find this quote? The closest poem to Haruna's quote I could find is a snippet from the 11th century Chinese work, "On the Love of the Lotus." However, the purity of lotuses is a common literary theme.

My favorite poem based on the 'lotus in the mud' theme was written by Kim Myeong-sun (pennames: 탄실; 彈實 & 망양초; 望洋草) She is an early 20th​ century feminist poet and novelist who mainly published in the 1910s & 20s.

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숲 속에 늪 있으니 종자로 메워진다
철없는 들이면은 잡초로 깊을 것을
연밥 한 알 받아서 한 떨기 벙긋벙긋
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더러운 진흙 속의 연꽃 빛 고움이여
세파에 부대끼며 의지를 세움 같다
두어라 희망이란 곤란하다 하거니		Constancy
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A swamp in the woods speckled and strewn with seeds.
Were it a childish meadow, it'd be teeming with weeds.
But here, a lotus pip blooms into a bouquet, and beams.
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Against the filth of mire, the lovely hue of a lotus flower.
Battered by life and its tides, it rises and aspires nonetheless.
Alas, hope, as they say, is a difficult, difficult thing.
(English translation/interpretation: Eunice Lee; "Five Poems by Kim Myŏng-sun," Columbia Journal, January 31, 2020)
 
i don't remember where it came from. we went hunting through the internet looking for something that would feel contextually appropriate for both the situation both thematically and within the context of the alienation vs commodification Thing. i wish i could recall, my apologies.

that you so much for you comment.
 
hessan_yongdi said:
As someone who has lived in Korea for most of their adult life, the fact that this alt-Earth is referred to Gaya is a funny coincidence. You see, Gaya was the name of last surviving Korean confederacy in the early Three Kingdoms period and the main contact point between early Korea and Yamato-period Japan. Many artifacts found in the Kofun tombs were of Gaya manufacture or design.

If it is ok, I wanted to go back and talk about the scene in question is when Haruna goes shooting with the Empress before the Wedding.



I am assuming based on what Haruna remembers that Yi Hyesun is supposed to be the slightly younger Gaya-universe amalgam of Crown Prince Yi Cheok (Sunjong), with Prince Yi Eun's history as a hostage? I ask because the only daughter of Gojong that survived into adulthood, Princess Deokhye, wasn't born until 1912.



The feeling of this scene is amazingly bittersweet.

I am curious, @open_sketch & @Artificial Girl , where did you find this quote? The closest poem to Haruna's quote I could find is a snippet from the 11th century Chinese work, "On the Love of the Lotus." However, the purity of lotuses is a common literary theme.

My favorite poem based on the 'lotus in the mud' theme was written by Kim Myeong-sun (pennames: 탄실; 彈實 & 망양초; 望洋草) She is an early 20th​ century feminist poet and novelist who mainly published in the 1910s & 20s.

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숲 속에 늪 있으니 종자로 메워진다
철없는 들이면은 잡초로 깊을 것을
연밥 한 알 받아서 한 떨기 벙긋벙긋
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더러운 진흙 속의 연꽃 빛 고움이여
세파에 부대끼며 의지를 세움 같다
두어라 희망이란 곤란하다 하거니		Constancy
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A swamp in the woods speckled and strewn with seeds.
Were it a childish meadow, it'd be teeming with weeds.
But here, a lotus pip blooms into a bouquet, and beams.
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Against the filth of mire, the lovely hue of a lotus flower.
Battered by life and its tides, it rises and aspires nonetheless.
Alas, hope, as they say, is a difficult, difficult thing.
(English translation/interpretation: Eunice Lee; "Five Poems by Kim Myŏng-sun," Columbia Journal, January 31, 2020)
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Yes, she's an amalgamation of those historical figures, with the added idea of 'how fucked up would it be for someone to be raised completely divorced from their native land and culture, to the point that our character who is an embarrassed imperialist, is able to speak and quote from their literary canon better than they?'

I confess that I think I did use the work of Zhou Dunyi here. I had spent like... forty-five minutes or an hour doing a deep dive into trying to find a translation of a medieval Korean poem I felt fit the situation and this one, though Chinese in origin, came up and really fit the mood. As @open_sketch said it was the case of us doing our best to find something that we felt fit the situation and felt like an appropriate sort of metaphor/imagery for the dramatic irony/fucked up realization we were going for.

I'm glad the scene worked. We do worry that we are not being respectful or aware enough of the cultures our story liberally cribs from and so we do our best with our limited resources to avoid tripping ourselves up.

Your comment really made my day, so thank you so much. Might have do some research on Kim Myeong-sun and see if we can get her/her work into the story at some point.
 
Thank you for your quick replies! I studied this period of Japanese & Korean history for one of my two majors in Uni and traditional Korean religious practices for another, so feel free to PM me if you need a connection to any resources.

Specifically for poetry, music, and folktales, the Sejong Cultural Society's website has a decent collection of resources. They also have tutorials on how to write your own sijo if you would like!

Artificial Girl said:
Yes, she's an amalgamation of those historical figures, with the added idea of 'how fucked up would it be for someone to be raised completely divorced from their native land and culture, to the point that our character who is an embarrassed imperialist, is able to speak and quote from their literary canon better than they?'
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I think this is the part that hit home the hardest with me and goes beyond imperialism into the pressures of acculturation. I have many friends who are children of immigrants to the US who never learned their their parent's native language or even much about their culture because their parents were worried that adopting too much of their home culture would interfere with their children's ability to be successful in American society. This is especially common in the Asian-American population.


Anyway, returning to the present, I have two more snippet votes for the story.

[] Haruna and Aiko are introduced to the 'joys' of proto-cappuchino. At this time it could been called Kapuziner or just "Viennese Coffee" in northern Italy and used spices & whipped cream to top the espresso rather than foamed milk.
[] Temptation at a vineyard. Maybe a possible intelegence contact site?
 
hessan_yongdi said:
Thank you for your quick replies! I studied this period of Japanese & Korean history for one of my two majors in Uni and traditional Korean religious practices for another, so feel free to PM me if you need a connection to any resources.

Specifically for poetry, music, and folktales, the Sejong Cultural Society's website has a decent collection of resources. They also have tutorials on how to write your own sijo if you would like!



I think this is the part that hit home the hardest with me and goes beyond imperialism into the pressures of acculturation. I have many friends who are children of immigrants to the US who never learned their their parent's native language or even much about their culture because their parents were worried that adopting too much of their home culture would interfere with their children's ability to be successful in American society. This is especially common in the Asian-American population.


Anyway, returning to the present, I have two more snippet votes for the story.

[] Haruna and Aiko are introduced to the 'joys' of proto-cappuchino. At this time it could been called Kapuziner or just "Viennese Coffee" in northern Italy and used spices & whipped cream to top the espresso rather than foamed milk.
[] Temptation at a vineyard. Maybe a possible intelegence contact site?
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I understand this feeling, though not from an Asian-American standpoint. My grandparents were from Nicaragua and both died before I was born or when I was very young. I didn't put much thought into learning Spanish and now that I am older being disconnected from the culture I came from so to speak is one of my biggest regrets.
 
Excerpt from the Historical Journal of the Auroric circa 1967 CE:

Recently our collection has come into possession of two interesting examples of historical art from the Akitsukuni Empire. The first is a sketch of two women on an archery ground. The previous owner was the child of a member of the Imperial Household and claimed that her parent had drawn it in their later years. The scene strongly resembles the shooting grounds in the Imperial Palace. The woman in the uniform has the markings of an Imperial Navy Lieutenant, making it likely that this is intended to be Arisukawa Haruna. However, there are some inaccuracies in her appearance such as her height and the pattern of her full dress uniform not matching the standard for the time. The woman with the bow is recognizable as Yi Hyesun of Joseon. This suggests the drawing was made from memory and could be seen as evidence for the story that it was drawn from memory rather than made up from public photos.

Our other item is a piece of public media. While photographs of the war that made it into the paper created a great impression on the populous, a desire for memorabilia and dramatic depictions of events drove the production of patriotic ukiyo-e style prints. Various naval engagements and the land battles in Joseon and Cathay were popular topics. However, this particular print, "Fire on the Torpedo Boat Kari," was based on the photograph and stories of then-Lieutenant Arisukawa Haruna fighting the fires on her ship at the Battle of Geoje Island.

Illustrations of Lt. Arisukawa allowed printers to show a woman demonstrating extreme bravery while still protect the sensibilities of more conservative-minded in the Censorate and the public. The Lieutenant is not shown physically engaged in combat with the Russians but is instead engaging a fire, a well-understood and feared enemy of the Akitsukuni public. However, this particular woodblock is different from the typical rendition. It prominently depicts Lt. Arisukawa's shrapnel wound and makes her appearance more realistically disheveled than other prints from the time. Furthermore, the stricken enemy and other signs of further combat are depicted in the background. The color choice for the water coming out of the hose is also notable, being the sky blue and white of the Imperial Family.

Dr. Kalio Lin
Professor of Popular Arts
University of Katuroa


 
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7-10: A Very Intense Hangover
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    • When you got back from breakfast, Aiko was still asleep, curled up in the bed with her face shoved into the pillows and snoring softly. You looked at her for a moment, looked at your wristwatch, then moved over to the curtains and threw them open to let Otrusian sunlight stream into the room and directly onto Aiko's face. She groaned and rolled over, trying to block out the intruding brightness.

    "Stooooop," she groaned. "My head hurts." You set down a few aspirin tablets next to the carafe of water on the side table.

    "It's almost nine. We need to get going," you said. "I sent Sakai to fetch you some food, so get up and drink some water, take some pills, and make yourself human."

    "Errrrrrrrrrruhg," she said.

    "Aiko, if you were in the Navy, I'd have a petty officer drop a bucket of water on you, or worse. Now come on, I'll make you tea."

    "Noooo…" She mumbled.

    "The speed at which you sit up will determine if you drink or wear the tea." you continued. With herculean effort, Aiko sat up, swaying considerably. You plugged in the convenient and modern electric kettle and set it to boiling water. Modern miracles never cease.

    "Nnnfng," Aiko said. You heard her pouring a glass of water. "What happened last night?"

    "Well, I wanted to send a telegram last night, but you wouldn't even let us go to the hotel. You said Sakai could handle checking us in while we had a good time now that we were here."

    "Did we have a good time?" she asked, slowly walking towards the sideboard. She raised the water mechanically to her face and then remembered to tilt her head back to drink. Then gulped down the aspirin dry, wincing as she swallowed before looking sadly down at her empty glass.

    "You certainly did. Well, that's unfair, we did have a lovely boat ride, and dinner was very good. They make these noodles with squid ink that are absolutely delicious."

    "I remember noodles. Mostly wine."

    "After dinner you attempted to find an art gallery, which we were not entirely successful at, since it was evening and they were closed. So instead you circled a lamppost for thirty minutes talking about how amazing modern art is."

    "No, that was a public sculpture. It had patterns. And scrollwork."

    "It was very nice. Now when are you due to check in with the Atlas Games people?" you asked.

    "What day is it?"

    "...Tuesday, the 11th."

    "Not due until Monday the 24th. I should be okay by then. We got this."

    "You're being dramatic. Here's your tea."

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    You had sent a telegram to the consulate earlier that morning telling them that you needed a tailor for a new uniform coat and then had been told to come by in the afternoon. Leaving Aiko to hydrate, you had taken a cab to the consulate (A detached house among a row of them on a street (or rather, canal) dedicated to it, rather tensely directly across the street from the Caspian consulate) and been ushered inside to a small, private meeting room free of prying eyes and listening ears.

    Your 'tailor' brought with him a new uniform jacket (summer white), already measured and cut for you. That set aside, the man sat down opposite you on a small couch and smiled.

    "Your Highness, a pleasure to meet you. I'm Yamakwa Katashi, the vice-deputy consul here." Translation: he was a spy.

    "The pleasure is all mine, Mister Yamakawa," you said with the politest of smiles. "I'm guessing you're here to tell me about work."

    "You're quite right." He set the folder he was holding down on the low coffee table and flipped it open to start spreading out photographs, sketches, and maps.

    "The Proletario is currently berthed at the naval base in Fiume, the main port that controls the Reman river, which is the artery of trade to the capital of Tiberia. It's a lovely, sunny port that hosts thousands of tourists every year, and is close to the games so you should have little trouble making excuses to visit."

    "If it's simply in port, can't anyone take a look at it? Why, specifically, am I needed?" you asked.

    "Well… by all reports, the battleship is not particularly exceptional. Modern in most ways, but there are rumors--widely supported by government newspapers--that she has a new, revolutionary fire-control computing system that makes her the most accurate battleship in the world. Presumably, government propaganda, but getting someone on board to confirm that is… difficult."

    "And you think they'll just let me, a serving naval officer from a potentially hostile power and a member of the despised upper class nobility, on board their fancy new battleship?"

    "Strangely, the people here are very fond of monarchies despite being socialists." Yamakawa said, "Their king's… unwise and unintentional support for the regime has rather endeared them to the institution, fortunately."

    "Oh, so I just have to be very obvious about being royalty?" you said. You could do that.

    "Yes, but sympathetic to socialism in their presence, if you can stomach it." he said, with a sigh that conveyed the great burden this would be upon you. "We have some samples of their rhetoric you might want to study so you can blend in."

    "... of course, I'll have to become acquainted with that." you said neutrally, glancing over at the table, covered in papers and a set of immense-looking books.

    "Yes, we have some summarized reports and a few sanitized political leaflets that might help," he said and started shuffling through papers. "And somebody sent us these volumes, though I can't imagine-"

    "I'll just take it all and sort it out later." you said. You'd been meaning to read A Critique of Political Economy for a while now, everything else kept referencing it.

    "Are you sure? The books are in Dyske--"

    "Oh, I'm fine. I learned Dyske in secondary school," you said. "Can you have someone pack this all up and send it to my hotel? I'm at the Hotel Charles Victor Amadeus. Say it's more uniform things."

    "I… Yes, I can do that, if you like. We've also arranged for a list of potential sympathetic or vulnerable approaches you could use to gather this information, and we can dedicate some resources to assist you if any seem promising to you."

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    Choose 2 of these to research further. One will be your eventual target.
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    [ ] Eufemia Colombo, a naval officer who manages tours of ships and facilities for important business contractors, designers, and Otrusian royalty. If you can get in good with her, she can get you in the base.​
    [ ] Alfonsina Lucchesi, the much-celebrated designer of the fire control computer. Engineers, foremen, and other technical sorts see a lot of invitations to the fancy state parties of the new Otrusia, so it shouldn't be hard to cross paths with her and get some details.​
    [ ] Prince Victorio Gabriele, the younger brother of King Charles Felix II, who is known to be somewhat impulsive and opinionated, as well as a huge supporter of his brother's public agenda. If you can sway him, he'll just barge through the red tape to show you whatever you want.​
     
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    • [X] Alfonsina Lucchesi, the much-celebrated designer of the fire control computer. Engineers, foremen, and other technical sorts see a lot of invitations to the fancy state parties of the new Otrusia, so it shouldn't be hard to cross paths with her and get some details.
    [X] Prince Victorio Gabriele, the younger brother of King Charles Felix II, who is known to be somewhat impulsive and opinionated, as well as a huge supporter of his brother's public agenda. If you can sway him, he'll just barge through the red tape to show you whatever you want.
     
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    Agreed! So glad to see some action in this thread again. 😊

    I am not sure who to target. I kind of want to avoid the opinionated prince, but I also don't want to risk getting the naval officer and engineer into deep trouble if this goes south. Anyone have any good convincing arguments?

    Ohhh, what if we could get the engineer to defect? If the fire control turns out to be as good as they say it is...
     
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