Could you start posing the stuff you add to the updates in their own posts as well? Some people only check in on this thread when you make a post that triggers the update system on the site. It would be nice not to miss parts of the quest just because it gets added in later.
Can we extract these ruins and sell them? They might not have any practical use but there ought to be some collectors who would be interested. Failing that, can we expand our Vault to contain the ruins? Finally, I'd like to recommend Durge's helmet as an addition to the Vault.
Do... do you know what ruins are? Because they're big, and expansive, and built into the landscape.
That just means we'll need to do a lot of digging, not that it's impossible. Or is it actually impossible?
Yes, I know that in this case Kayneth survives, but it was the best video I could think to illustrate the situation in which an arrogant Magus/Sith/Jedi has the absolute certainty that their mastery over the Magic/Force makes them unbeatable, and then someone finds an easy and effective way to pass through these defenses and blow them sky high.
Tragic courier ship accident, involving a course miscalculation at terminal approach and full throttle. Coupled with a mysterious malfunction of the planetary shield.
I wouldn't have a problem if we try all of that and more and Palpatine credibly survives it, requiring personal action (because after that the whole Empire will hunt Ciaran, Prio 1, 2, 3 and 518). Her NOT coming up with this type of plans would break my immersion in the story.
Plus it's a terrible example of pragmatism considering that his standard MO is double tap his target with an anti magic sniper rifle, not drop a building on them. That may actually be the single least pragmatic attack in his entire career.
The best way to know that you have truly won is that your opponents fall without any chance of saving themselves. Not some gigantic battle.
Honestly, we are not the only ones out for Palpatine's blood. The Empire is not nice, makes enemies left and right, and the Emperor survives the assassination attempts. It can't be easy to come up with a successful plot (quest anyone?), but as first and last idea 'let's storm the palace/Death Star' - no.
So you are happy with the fact that all the characterization of us being an intrigue leader is being thrown out the window for a dramatic duel which is the very opposite of what we are?
I think the people in favor of dropping the subject are primarily considering the devastating effect seeing one's writing decisions criticized up and down over fifty pages of discussion can have on writer motivation. I know it would demoralize me.
We did look for options and possibilies. I venture a bet and say that most posters would be okay with 'your assassination attempts were not successful, Palpatine and three of his Death Guard are still alive, reinforcements are inbound, the only assets at place are Ciaran and ... . What do you do?'
I'm comparing it in terms of story thrown away, not in terms of actual ending being as bad.
And that's a very depressing thing to see from the writer's perspective. But more than that, it's a point we've retread over and over for so many pages, and nobody has changed their mind. It may be about the thread and the quest at hand, yes, but so little is being accomplished that it might as well be a total derail.
jesus christ.
