Honestly this is the part of the plan that really rubs me the wrong way. The average hiking speed is 3 miles per hour and considering Bruce has never gone hiking in his life, I would consider that to be his speed. So that means going the entire trail to and back would be 140 hours spent, multiply that by rest and sleeping hours and Bruce spends nearly two weeks hiking on a trail. Considering Carrie is at the lowest point in her life and we have no assurances of Bruce going a good roll, if we low roll for Carrie aid and in the aftermath of failing to help her, Bruce just goes and spends two weeks in the Sierra Madre Mountains just to appreciate nature and learn about the planet, he is going to appear like a massive douchebag to his family and friends for just abandoning his wife when she needs him most. It also is terrible optics even without Carrie being depressed because in-character we're probably going to be needed for Lucasfilms to help with the media promotion for Star Wars and oversee the release of Carrie. I don't think there's really a point to the hiking in the first place considering Bruce sponsored the CARE Act because he cares about the environment and energy production, but let's not do it on the one turn where Bruce's wife is super depressed and literally stated she needs his company to help recover?
Couple of things, A) this turn covers a period of three months, meaning those two weeks could take place anywhere within that axis, B) considering there are actions such as Working Out that either maintain or improve Bruce's general level of fitness but still works out independently of the quest focus, it's rather disingenuous to say that Bruce has
never hiked before in his life when it could easily be something he's done in small bursts as part of other actions, C) given that Bruce should still be performing at an Olympiad level, those numbers likely get inflated: either his travel distance per day increases from fifteen to twenty miles, or his speed increases from 3 to 8 mph [though at that point, he's trail running instead and only likely on a crit], D) in the other direction, you're assuming Carrie doesn't end up joining us on the hike, which Bruce would likely encouraged to help her get over her funk, giving her something besides work and hobbies to work on.
I'm also against taking auditions of any kind so Bruce can focus primarily on Carrie and be a good man by placing family over work priority. Bruce should not be thinking of taking vacations, working or not while his wife is depressed and considering past international trips have shown Bruce to travel alone, my dude is literally going to spend weeks out of the country when Carrie is at her lowliest.
Again, this turn covers a period of three months, the action itself points out it's a minor role that all but spells out it's not an intensive activity, and seeing as the point of the international audition was to act as an impromptu "working vacation", why
wouldn't Carrie come along with him to share in the experience of international travel?
Beyond all this though, the complaint that my plan A) by and large would ignore Carrie and B) is bad for optics, falls flat when your own plan has elements that are geared almost exclusively to make
more money [considering our wealth sits at around $200 Mill, whats the point with the
Star Wars release happening next turn?], and isn't simply some 9-5 Job when you start factoring in the number of business and commuting hours that takes
away from quality hours from Carrie. The Distribution Deal puts Bruce at the forefront since he's by and large both
the translator and the only reason the Japanese are at the table [and only nets a single movie across
three months], the Investment is all the way over on the other side of the nation and would require a vast amount of interplay between various lawyers and financiers since it goes across state lines [which ignores the fact that is largely a vanity project for his dad, who has the money now to largely finance it by himself
without our involvement], and the Networking action, beyond getting Frank Herbert's blessing, is to be a stepping stone to a potential investment that launches another franchise for the Studio.
All told, that's
way more hours combined than all the hours you're complaining about mine taking.
