[4] Mary – Convincing Candidates
[6] Mary – Minding Iris
[2] Adriana – Tradition in Service
[1] Adriana – Chosen Successor
[9] Adriana – The Third Revolution
[8] Vega - Stepping to Unity
[5] Vega – Circles in Harmony
[3] Vega – Link Secrets
[7] Kazuki – Confirmation
[10] Kazuki – Songs of the Heart
My votes for Adriana are a little bit fuzzy. If Chosen Successor gets voted highly, I want Tradition in Service to bottom out -- they're mutually exclusive and I would rather bump Confirmation up into the top six, but if Chosen Successor doesn't attract votes then I still want Tradition in Service to be voted high enough to stay relevant.
I'll probably edit my vote near the end based on what the statistics are looking like.
Adhoc vote count started by Coda on Aug 15, 2017 at 10:39 AM
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[1] Adriana – The Third Revolution
[2] Mary – Convincing Candidates
[3] Vega – Circles in Harmony
[4] Kazuki – Songs of the Heart
[5] Kazuki – Confirmation
[6] Vega - Stepping to Unity
[7] Vega – Link Secrets
[8] Mary – Minding Iris
[9] Adriana – Tradition in Service
[10] Adriana – Chosen Successor
[1] Adriana – The Third Revolution
[2] Vega – Circles in Harmony
[3] Kazuki – Songs of the Heart
[4] Kazuki – Confirmation
[5] Vega - Stepping to Unity
[6] Vega – Link Secrets
[7] Adriana – Tradition in Service
[8] Adriana – Chosen Successor
Can people throw me two d100s and then a d10 (different people preferred). These rolls have nothing to do with the current mini-turn, but I like farming out rolls to my players. That it makes you paranoid is just a happy accident
And now I've finally caught up! I'd like a T-shirt as well @Snowfire <3
[1] Mary – Minding Iris
[2] Vega – Link Secrets
[3] Adriana – The Third Revolution
[4] Adriana – Chosen Successor
[5] Vega – Circles in Harmony
[6] Kazuki – Confirmation
[7] Kazuki – Songs of the Heart
[8] Vega - Stepping to Unity
[9] Adriana – Tradition in Service
[10] Mary – Convincing Candidates
[1] Mary – Minding Iris
[2] Vega – Link Secrets
[3] Adriana – The Third Revolution
[4] Kazuki – Confirmation
[5] Vega – Circles in Harmony
[6] Kazuki – Songs of the Heart
[7] Vega - Stepping to Unity
[8] Adriana – Tradition in Service
[9] Adriana – Chosen Successor
[10] Mary – Convincing Candidates
I find it funny that our job vacancies switched around twice in twenty or so years.
First, you had maintenance and service openings, then menial and resource collecting openings due to the massive need for raw materials in Mankinds War Machine, then finally, with the production of nanomachine systems, it's gone back to maintenance and servicing openings.
[1] Mary – Convincing Candidates
[2] Mary – Minding Iris
[9] Adriana – Tradition in Service
[10] Adriana – Chosen Successor
[5] Adriana – The Third Revolution
[7] Vega - Stepping to Unity
[6] Vega – Circles in Harmony
[3] Vega – Link Secrets
[8] Kazuki – Confirmation
[4] Kazuki – Songs of the Heart
Get waifu free for more waifu time
Take care of daughteru for more family time
Get second best girl also doing something cool
Hold a sweet concert after going out on top
And have Adriana not push things as a matter of policy but get the tech going instead and we'll see where it goes
Guys, we really need to choose one or the other of Tradition in Service or Chosen Successor. A large project's success or failure depends on someone passionate enough about it too flog it through the naysayers, reluctant grumblers, and just plain apathetic; without someone like Adriana the Third Revolution is either just not going to succeed or it's going to take all of Amanda's time to see it through. Pairing up Third Revolution and Chosen Successor is vital to our Fleet's survival.
If Chosen Successor gets voted highly, I want Tradition in Service to bottom out -- they're mutually exclusive and I would rather bump Confirmation up into the top six
Oh yeah, meant to respond to this, forgot earlier, doing so now before I pass out go to bed.
If both of these options end up in the top six, the lower ranked one will be knocked off the list. Just in case anyone was worrying about that
Oh, and have a current tally!
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[1] Adriana – The Third Revolution
[2] Vega – Link Secrets
[3] Mary – Convincing Candidates
[4] Vega – Circles in Harmony
[5] Mary – Minding Iris
[6] Kazuki – Confirmation
[7] Adriana – Chosen Successor
[8] Kazuki – Songs of the Heart
[9] Vega - Stepping to Unity
Oh yeah, meant to respond to this, forgot earlier, doing so now before I pass out go to bed.
If both of these options end up in the top six, the lower ranked one will be knocked off the list. Just in case anyone was worrying about that
Oh, and have a current tally!
Vote Tally : Original - Sci-Fi - The Practice War | Page 287 | Sufficient Velocity [Posts: 7167-7185] ##### NetTally 1.9.9
[1] Adriana – The Third Revolution
[2] Vega – Link Secrets
[3] Mary – Convincing Candidates
[4] Vega – Circles in Harmony
[5] Mary – Minding Iris
[6] Kazuki – Confirmation
[7] Adriana – Chosen Successor
[8] Kazuki – Songs of the Heart
[9] Vega - Stepping to Unity
Oh, crap, it looks like ranked votes currently only support up to nine. At least I'm pretty sure...
Fortunately ten will work, but eleven would have been a problem.
BTW, everyone, with Third Revolution at one and Adriana not in a place of power to flog it through, we're going to have to do it instead. Say goodbye to like half our personal actions for the next decade.
These combinations are a really bad idea. Trying to promote a big change in society like the Third Revolution, which has been specifically called out as having a backlash against it, without championing a spokesperson who is truly passionate about it and willing to make it their primary focus, like Adriana wants to, is just begging for it to fail. What these choices mean is that Amanda will have to make it her primary public focus instead; that means giving up on group Practice, being the public face of the 223, or really advocating for anything else in the public sphere since we'll have to spend so much time flogging this particular issue in the public eye.
I'm curious as to why so many of you are voting in this direction?
I honestly don't think rushing the 3 revolution is good idea , expecially when most people don't like it as Adriana is too into it. If we let it happen naturally it will be better and I personally don't want to support her , she will focus too much on it and not enough on other problems.
These combinations are a really bad idea. Trying to promote a big change in society like the Third Revolution, which has been specifically called out as having a backlash against it, without championing a spokesperson who is truly passionate about it and willing to make it their primary focus, like Adriana wants to, is just begging for it to fail. What these choices mean is that Amanda will have to make it her primary public focus instead; that means giving up on group Practice, being the public face of the 223, or really advocating for anything else in the public sphere since we'll have to spend so much time flogging this particular issue in the public eye.
I'm curious as to why so many of you are voting in this direction?
[1] Mary – Convincing Candidates
[6] Mary – Minding Iris
[8] Adriana – Tradition in Service
[9] Adriana – Chosen Successor
[7] Adriana – The Third Revolution
[2] Vega - Stepping to Unity
[3] Vega – Circles in Harmony
[4] Vega – Link Secrets
[5] Kazuki – Confirmation
[10] Kazuki – Songs of the Heart
"Thank you," he chirps. "Oh, and-- I apologise for this. I'd say I'm terribly sorry, but it turns out I'm not sorry at all."
And so they lived happily ever after
Mornings. Mornings never change.
It had been a long time since the Shiplords were defeated, their blood-encrusted empire torn apart, the survivors blinking in shock at how quickly it had all gone wrong. Even the fallout, all the trouble they'd had with Secrets and the Uninvolved, had long since faded to an annoying, background buzz. They'd handed off their roles, found a nice house in the Martian countryside, and Mary was finally able to take a well-deserved decade off.
Endless days, sleeping in the sun. Chasing her dreams, chasing clouds, and researching only what she wanted to. No thought to what their species needed, because all that was over. Lazy afternoons, sleepy mornings, early nights... that was what she'd wanted, for a while at least. That was what was meant to be.
That... was what they were supposed to be...
"Morning, sleepyhead."
She turned over on her bed, pushing her face into the pillow and luxuriating in having the whole thing to herself. The pillow obligingly wrapped around her head.
So soft...
"Morning, mom. Morning, morning, morning!"
The pillow couldn't help at all when a forty-something kilo girl leaped on top of her, knees digging into her back. Mary whined. Lily had gotten heavy, not to mention better at waking her.
She tried playing dead, but her daughter was having none of that.
"Mmn..." That was the sound of a twelve-year-old getting to her feet, arms outstretched and wobbling from side to side. "Say, did you hear--" Lily took a step, making her wince. "Zephy's coming back home next month."
'If you don't respond, she can't drag you out of the warmth.'
Lily took another step. If Mary could see her, she imagined she'd be pouting down at her. All she could actually see, from the corner of her eye, was the edge of her shorts. 'This is unfair, Mandy. I was up late last night...'
"I'm sure she has lots of stories to tell, so is it okay if I ask her to visit?" Lily asked cheerfully. "I miss her, and I'm sure she wants to see you too!"
"Sure..." Mary groaned. Anything to get this weight off of her.
"So I'll ask her to set down in the garden, 'kay? We've got that pond you're not using."
"Garden, mm..."
There was a pause, while Lily waited expectantly. Mary sleepily considered the logistics. They had a large garden, and a pond you could put a house in... but Zephiris was an Abominator-class artillery cruiser, the size of a city...
"Mmwah?!" She abruptly sat up, throwing Lily off her feet. Her daughter landed on her back with an 'oomph', grin nevertheless firmly in place.
"I meant her avatar, silly. Oh, and mom's making pancakes. You won't miss them, right?"
Lily threw the last line out in passing, already running from the room. She grabbed the door frame in passing, spinning two-and-three-quarter times before skidding off in the right direction.
"I'm coming, I'm coming. Geez..."
A warm sense of comfort settling in her stomach, she let herself fall back down and and smiled at the world in general. Not for too long. One couldn't miss those pancakes.
She dragged herself into the kitchen with some difficulty. Eternally twenty-five they might be, but that didn't grant immunity to sleepiness, and she hadn't had her coffee yet. You're not yourself without coffee--that was Mary's philosophy.
Also present were Amanda, who was humming while cooking, Lily--settled at the table, waiting brightly for pancakes--and of course the whole menagerie of Lily's robots. She carefully looked away from those. 'Best not to get tempted...'
Mandy gave her a brilliant smile.
"Morning, sleepyhead."
"Morning..."
"Coffee's on the table if you want some, and I put your swimsuit in the hallway. You'll have to pack it yourself." Mandy closed one eye, staring intently at the pancake as she jerked the skillet to flip it over. It flopped. "Tch..."
"Swimsuit?"
"For the beach, of course! Don't tell me you forgot."
Their daughter put her hands on her hips, frowning at Mary while she took her first sip of coffee. Bliss. Well...
Mary looked at Lily's annoyed expression, then Mandy's mildly concerned one. Truthfully? She had forgotten. She'd gotten so caught up in her research last night, she might just as easily have forgotten the day of the week. It was okay, though. Her plans for the day were nonexistent, and even if they hadn't been...
"Thank you," he chirps. "Oh, and-- I apologise for this. I'd say I'm terribly sorry, but it turns out I'm not sorry at all."
And so they lived happily ever after
Mornings. Mornings never change.
It had been a long time since the Shiplords were defeated, their blood-encrusted empire torn apart, the survivors blinking in shock at how quickly it had all gone wrong. Even the fallout, all the trouble they'd had with Secrets and the Uninvolved, had long since faded to an annoying, background buzz. They'd handed off their roles, found a nice house in the Martian countryside, and Mary was finally able to take a well-deserved decade off.
Endless days, sleeping in the sun. Chasing her dreams, chasing clouds, and researching only what she wanted to. No thought to what their species needed, because all that was over. Lazy afternoons, sleepy mornings, early nights... that was what she'd wanted, for a while at least. That was what was meant to be.
That... was what they were supposed to be...
"Morning, sleepyhead."
She turned over on their bed, pushing her face into the pillow and luxuriating in having the whole thing to herself. The pillow obligingly wrapped around her head.
So soft...
"Morning, mom. Morning, morning, morning!"
The pillow couldn't help at all when a forty-something kilo girl leaped on top of her, knees digging into her back. Mary whined. Lily had gotten heavy, not to mention better at waking her.
She tried playing dead, but her daughter was having none of that.
"Mmn..." That was the sound of a twelve-year-old getting to her feet, arms outstretched and wobbling from side to side. "Say, did you hear--" Lily took a step, making her wince. "Zephy's coming back home next month."
'If you don't respond, she can't drag you out of the warmth.'
Lily took another step. If Mary could see her, she imagined she'd be frowning down at her. All she could actually see, from the corner of her eye, was the edge of her shorts. 'This is unfair, Mandy. I was up late last night...'
"I'm sure she has lots of stories to tell, so is it okay if I ask her to visit?" Lily asked cheerfully. "I miss her, and I'm sure she wants to see you too!"
"Sure..." Mary groaned. Anything to get this weight off of her.
"So I'll ask her to set down in the garden, 'kay? We've got that pond you're not using."
"Garden, mm..."
There was a pause, while Lily waited expectantly. Mary sleepily considered the logistics. They had a large garden, and a pond you could put a house in... but Zephiris was an Abominator-class artillery cruiser, the size of a city...
"Mmwah?!" She abruptly sat up, throwing Miki off her feet. Her daughter landed on her back with an 'oomph', grin nevertheless firmly in place.
"I meant her avatar, silly. Oh, and mom's making pancakes. You won't miss them, right?"
Lily threw the last line out in passing, already running from the room. She grabbed the door frame in passing, spinning two-and-three-quarter times before skidding off in the right direction.
"I'm coming, I'm coming. Geez..."
A warm sense of comfort settling in her stomach, she let herself fall back down and and smiled at the world in general. Not for too long. One couldn't miss those pancakes.
She dragged herself into the kitchen with some difficulty. Eternally twenty-five they might be, but that didn't grant immunity to sleepiness, and she hadn't had her coffee yet. You're not yourself without coffee--that was Mary's philosophy.
Also present were Amanda, who was humming while cooking, Lily--settled at the table, waiting brightly for pancakes--and of course the whole menagerie of Lily's robots. She carefully looked away from those. 'Best not to get tempted...'
Mandy gave her a brilliant smile.
"Morning, sleepyhead."
"Morning..."
"Coffee's on the table if you want some, and I put your swimsuit in the hallway. You'll have to pack it yourself." Mandy closed one eye, staring intently at the pancake as she jerked the skillet to flip it over. It flopped. "Tch..."
"Swimsuit?"
"For the beach, of course! Don't tell me you forgot."
Their daughter put her hands on her hips, frowning at Mary while she took her first sip of coffee. Bliss. Well...
Mary looked at Lily's annoyed expression, then Mandy's mildly concerned one. Truthfully? She had forgotten. She'd gotten so caught up in her research last night, she might just as easily have forgotten the day of the week. It was okay, though. Her plans for the day were nonexistent, and even if they hadn't been...
"Morning, mom. Morning, morning, morning!"
"Morning, sleepyhead."
"Morning..."