Gazetteer
Alleged poisoner
- Location
- Nova Scotia
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Petals of Titanium -- My Life as a Mecha Setting Bridge Bunny Quest
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Voted best in category in the Users' Choice awards.
- Location
- england
[X ] Daringly Meticulous
The Sandman
So Zetta Slowpoke
- Location
- Wherever I am, which isn't where I'm not
[X] Daringly Meticulous
It's a shame that any calculations as to Anchiale's worth are going to be wrong when the enemy's goal is apparently extermination of the Saturnian population beyond the unfortunate few individuals slated to be shipped back to Earth for the Emperor to dispose of personally. This is the option that should give us the highest chance of figuring that out early enough to be able to evacuate at least some of the civilians from Iapetus to elsewhere in the Saturnian system and only lose most rather than all of our deployed forces to accomplish it.
It's a shame that any calculations as to Anchiale's worth are going to be wrong when the enemy's goal is apparently extermination of the Saturnian population beyond the unfortunate few individuals slated to be shipped back to Earth for the Emperor to dispose of personally. This is the option that should give us the highest chance of figuring that out early enough to be able to evacuate at least some of the civilians from Iapetus to elsewhere in the Saturnian system and only lose most rather than all of our deployed forces to accomplish it.
aledeth
The Flesh is Weak
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I don't think there's any world where that question had an answer that isn't horrible.
Really nice writing on Mosi's mental state. I can feel her trying to distance herself from everything: her emotions, her actions, even her own thoughts on what she's doing. Trying to fall into some mental fugue state where all she has to do is follow orders. But that one question Amani asked her keeps breaking through her flimsy layers of doubt and years of indoctrination.
"Why are you working for these people, Mosi?"
This line kept coming up in her POV segment. It keeps bringing her away from the Imperial way of thinking, and that alone has me convinced we made the right choice when talking to her, because when she breaks, (I say when and not if because I'm being optimistic here) she has with her the first chance I've seen in this quest for us and our faction to get a real, solid win on a strategic scale that is more than simply surviving.
[X] Daringly Meticulous
I am worried this will take so much effort & energy that we're unable to cope if something bad happens during the fight, but I don't think holding anything back makes sense.
- Location
- Florida
[X] Daringly Meticulous
If there was ever a time to pull out all the stops, it's now.
If there was ever a time to pull out all the stops, it's now.
- Location
- Hawaii
[X] Daringly Meticulous
Go big or go home. And we can't go home until we win. Plus Ultra!
Go big or go home. And we can't go home until we win. Plus Ultra!
[X] Daringly Meticulous
- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
It seems pretty obvious that "Daringly Meticulous" is the option with the best short-term results, so it's unsurprising that it's taken an early lead.
Because of that early lead, though, I feel the need to play devil's advocate. The choice is directly stated to be "difficult" and require "intense focus". The first thing to keep in mind is that this is going to make us, personally, a lynchpin.
Both of the other approaches can coast along on autopilot for the the thirty seconds it takes for someone else to take over if we're out of action, and in general rely a lot less on personal operator skill to get consistent (if sub-optimal) results. "Daringly Meticulous", on the other hand, strongly relies on us being able to maintain the pile of kludges and advanced techniques we'll be using to keep things going.
This is an issue in general because maintaining that kind of focus is difficult. If complications come up late in the battle (and lets be real, they totally will), Amani's going to be in a really tired and stressed state already, and that's gonna negatively impact our performance.
More specific to this particular conflict, however, is the issue that Amani's going to have to be able to keep juggling all of those plates seamlessly, and stay focussed... while maintaining the scans showing her sister's attempt to murder her mother.
So... don't get too attached to the idea that "Daringly Meticulous" is necessarily the choice with the best outcome for this battle as a whole.
Because of that early lead, though, I feel the need to play devil's advocate. The choice is directly stated to be "difficult" and require "intense focus". The first thing to keep in mind is that this is going to make us, personally, a lynchpin.
Both of the other approaches can coast along on autopilot for the the thirty seconds it takes for someone else to take over if we're out of action, and in general rely a lot less on personal operator skill to get consistent (if sub-optimal) results. "Daringly Meticulous", on the other hand, strongly relies on us being able to maintain the pile of kludges and advanced techniques we'll be using to keep things going.
This is an issue in general because maintaining that kind of focus is difficult. If complications come up late in the battle (and lets be real, they totally will), Amani's going to be in a really tired and stressed state already, and that's gonna negatively impact our performance.
More specific to this particular conflict, however, is the issue that Amani's going to have to be able to keep juggling all of those plates seamlessly, and stay focussed... while maintaining the scans showing her sister's attempt to murder her mother.
So... don't get too attached to the idea that "Daringly Meticulous" is necessarily the choice with the best outcome for this battle as a whole.
Gazetteer
Alleged poisoner
- Location
- Nova Scotia
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Way I see it, the initial stages of this battle are critical beyond the personal drama. If North realizes in time that the enemy's plan is straight up slaughter rather than a more normal conquest, it's going to drastically change how the defense is performed.
Sure Mosi might actually transmit those plans, but I don't want to rely on her. And yes, it can cost us wrt Mama North...
Sure Mosi might actually transmit those plans, but I don't want to rely on her. And yes, it can cost us wrt Mama North...
- Location
- Chicago
- Pronouns
- She/They
This story. Wow. Every time.
Looks like mother and daughter are on the same page:
She could have done something.
So that's my take on why Amani calls them so similar.
As far as the upcoming battle, I think we may be able to do two things at once: feed accurate, real-time data to our shop and our squads, and keep a personal eye on the feeds from all the other ships.
This way we don't wreck everyone elses' chances if our focus slips, but we can still try to identify anomolies and missed reads form the rest of the data. From the description, it could slow our response to info from other sources, but we aren't the only link in the command chain that adds delay to that reaction- I'd prefer the die roll there where comms might pick up the slack. (Ie, get alert from other sources.)
Plus we have very good sensors, as benefits a scout, so we probably won't suffer nearly as much from being conservative in terms of range.
The critical piece is keeping accurate real-time data flowing to gunnery, helm, and Mechs. And having bandwidth to engage with anything else that comes up without breaking that.
[X] Conservative
Rely primarily on the Rose's scans for the scan map, using additional information only for extending her range. This will create a more consistent scan map within range of the Rose's scans. It is technology you're familiar with, and you don't need to worry about losing scan sources to battle attrition. This may slow your response time to urgent information sent from other sources, however.
Looks like mother and daughter are on the same page:
She could have done something.
So that's my take on why Amani calls them so similar.
As far as the upcoming battle, I think we may be able to do two things at once: feed accurate, real-time data to our shop and our squads, and keep a personal eye on the feeds from all the other ships.
This way we don't wreck everyone elses' chances if our focus slips, but we can still try to identify anomolies and missed reads form the rest of the data. From the description, it could slow our response to info from other sources, but we aren't the only link in the command chain that adds delay to that reaction- I'd prefer the die roll there where comms might pick up the slack. (Ie, get alert from other sources.)
Plus we have very good sensors, as benefits a scout, so we probably won't suffer nearly as much from being conservative in terms of range.
The critical piece is keeping accurate real-time data flowing to gunnery, helm, and Mechs. And having bandwidth to engage with anything else that comes up without breaking that.
[X] Conservative
Rely primarily on the Rose's scans for the scan map, using additional information only for extending her range. This will create a more consistent scan map within range of the Rose's scans. It is technology you're familiar with, and you don't need to worry about losing scan sources to battle attrition. This may slow your response time to urgent information sent from other sources, however.
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Well that could have gone better.
We learn a great deal about Mosi. Primarily that she is not, in actual fact, an indoctrinated zealot who believes they are fighting for some higher purpose. She is fully aware of the dystopian horror she is fighting on behalf of. She knows full well how monstrous her actions have been. But she does them anyway because she has decided that saving her own skin is more important than anything else.
Rather ironic actually. Amani became a soldier in a broadly benevolent navy so no one else would have to suffer as Mosi did. Mosi became a soldier for a homicidal tyrant so that Mosi wouldn't suffer any more.
Faiza and Dame North's interactions were nice. Hope Amani gets a new sister out of it.
[X] Daringly Meticulous
Do or die time.
[X] Daringly Meticulous
- Location
- Aotearoa
Bravo!
Bravissimo!
Awesome update, you've outdone yourself. Again.
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UrsaTempest
Don't Panic!
[X] Daringly Meticulous
It seems to be appropriately dramatic to pull this off, is all.
It seems to be appropriately dramatic to pull this off, is all.
cB557
voOOP
I can understand that the ping pong balls thing is probably something really awful, but it's muttering vaguely and fearfully about some innocuous mundane object. That's usually a joke, and I can't help but chuckle a bit when I read that line. Loved the update though. Mosi stealing the data, Amani getting a ride in a mecha, the squad coming together, Captain Andre getting command of the attack group. Things are really coming to a head and it's quite exciting.
Nervos Belli
Don't think this means you've won!
- Location
- Murica
[X] Conservative
We don't know how reliable the sensor operators on these other ships are, and we should save some of our focus for when things inevitably go wrong in this battle.
We don't know how reliable the sensor operators on these other ships are, and we should save some of our focus for when things inevitably go wrong in this battle.
[X] Daringly Meticulous
Anime is real. It's time to show those butchers just what that means.
Anime is real. It's time to show those butchers just what that means.