Okay, here's my current thoughts. (EDIT: For convenience, the still-relevant portions of my earlier partial suggestion
(here) have been added to this post.)
The video
[X] "Why, is it security-sensitive?"
- [X] If it's not, anyone can watch who wants to (even Nanako, if her father's OK with it).
- [X] If it is, keep anyone who doesn't have a clearance (that is, anyone whose last name isn't Kanno or Hinamori) from watching.
- - [X] Maya can't watch the whole thing, but take snapshots that that don't have our people in them and ask her about them: the armies of angels, the Septentriones, those two fighting each other.
(Baughn: I think you can guess the answer. Going with this anyway.)
Delegation
[X] Get in contact with Utau and Su. Use checking on them for a situation update as an excuse to check on them personally. (It is neither necessary nor desirable to conceal this fact from them.)
- [X] If they can't or don't need to maintain the Chara Change, once we start our own work, Su should help with the un-evacuation, and possibly with infrastructure.
[X] Get in contact with Ran. If she's going stir-crazy (and she probably is), have her help with the Angel cordon, and to (help?) prepare JPs' defenses against attack by Merak, in case that turns out to still happen. (
Baughn: Oh my.)
[X] Have Miki (continue to) assist you and Fumi.
- [X] If there's time, ask her opinion about picking up Craft (vacuum).
[X] Get JPs' people to collate and forward anything and everything they know about the Septentriones, including why they expected there to be one per day.
- [X] We may need an actual staff. Do we have a staff? (
Baughn: Much to the terror of Lt. Kato, you sort of do.)
- [X] As a lower priority, also get someone to get us a file on that one shrine where that one god Nyarly asked us to free is. Inform them (truthfully) that we were tipped off to a possible ally there but we need more information.
[X] Have somebody who isn't you, but who can figure out what questions to ask, talk to Maya.
- [X] Preferably over a video link, so they won't do something stupid like threaten use of force and thereby make her uncooperative. Listen in, if you can.
- [X] She's definitely opposed to at least one of the groups involved here (Septentriones or angels). Utau+Su can probably tell which from her reaction, even just from a video recording. (
Baughn: One point in Socialize does not equate to... but you're not wrong.)
[X] Ask Teddy, Dojima, and Nanako to look for Teddy's allies.
- [X] Arrange an occult expert at JPs for them to get in contact with, so they can get each other up to speed. Listen in, if you can.
Resource Expenditures, not necessarily all at once:
- [X] First Lore Excellency (~ 30 min, 8 XP, ⅔ QS)
- [X] God-Mind Algorithms (~ 30 min, 8 XP, 1 QS)
- [ ] Solar Parser Efficiency (~ 30 min, 8 XP, 1 QS)
- [X] Occult 3 (1 hour, 5 XP)
- [X] Occult 4 (1 hour, 7 XP)
- [?] Miki: Craft (vacuum) 1 (1 hour, 1 3 XP, possibly from Miki's pool)
Remaining: 4⅓ quick-learn slots, 38 XP
(or 3⅓ QS, 30 XP):
[X] Check on the Dragon Seal. If Fumi and Miki are fighting a losing battle right now, put off everything else to help until you can buy an hour.
[X] Meditate. Acquire the
First Lore Excellency and
God-Mind Algorithms.
Possibly also Solar Parser Efficiency.
[X] Help Fumi stabilize and start repairing the Dragon Seal.
[X] Analyze the Harmonizer-program JPs got from the kids at Dubhe's first attack site. Figure out how to port it to JPs hardware, if necessary.
- [X] If this is something Fumi is needed for or would really help with, have her turn DS maintenance over to Hotsuin's people (it should be stable enough) and poach her for it.
- [X] Focus on getting a civilian-usable Harmonizer program without the Demon-Summoning part. (Random civilians summoning demons is probably enough of a problem, thanks to Nicaea; there's no need to compound it further.)
[X] Meditate. Acquire
Occult 3 and
Occult 4.
[X] Complete repairs of the Dragon Seal.
[X] Augment the Dragon Seal to create sunlight and a diurnal cycle.
[X] Figure out how to augment the Dragon Seal to eject, repress, or hobble demonic enemies
without causing charas or allied demons any harm.
- [X] There is no need to implement it unless it would be very simple to implement; instead, delegate it to Fumi and her staff. It's important, but so is everything else.
[X] Respond to the next crisis, whatever it is. (
Baughn: I'm going to treat this one as an interrupt signal.)
Exaltation Actions:
[X] Take a closer look at the universe around you.
[X] Attempt to improve Dream-to-Reality Methodology given Amu's new level of Occult competence.
Baughn: You can't do both, not at the same time. Do you want it to be in order? If so, don't expect the second action to start for a while.
I don't think we need Lore 5 or Occult 5 immediately; they'll take an extra 2 hours, and getting them is potentially stressful on our Charas.
(citation) We can already get dicepools of 16 without them, and that's without channeling a Virtue or a bonus from very skilled assistants.
Solar Parser Efficiency is a maybe, if it would help us significantly with the task; is a no-go. I don't think negating a -2 penalty is really enough to worry about when we can half make that up for that with a Virtue channel or a bit of intense study. (If it were more like -4, that would be another matter.)
