Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

[notanautomaton]

[X] Pass command to Xia Lin

 

[sleepypanda]

[X] Maintain command

 

[Olgol2]

[X] Maintain command

 

[storryeater]

[X] Pass command to Xia Lin

The prevailing arguments for putting Xia Lin in charge so far seem to be based around trying to give her a feeling of usefulness and inclusion.

The thing is that those are bad arguments for handing over field command in an unknown situation.

There are only 2 of us present. We don't have the force to go in guns blazing unless everyone in there turns out to be yellow or below. And even then if they take the formation down wrong deliberately or it gets damaged in any fighting we're at ground zero of a really big boom.

If this outpost is still occupied by the Hui, Ling Qi's stealthy approach is almost certainly better until we can at least ascertain numbers.

If it is not occupied by the Hui, then Ling Qi's flexible approach is still likely to be better to figure out what we're dealing with.

If we had more troops here then I might be tempted to hand over command. But as is Xia Lin is probably better in an advisory role, telling us where a barracks might be, probable command post locations if it is occupied etc.

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People assume that Xia Lin is an Ultramarine that unerringly follows the code. I'd assume that a member of an ultra elite military campaign would be skilled at military improvisation.

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Ya know, if the book is well written enough, doing things by the book tends to actually be the superior option. The reason it often isn't (in stories and reality) tends to be bad (or good but antiquated) bureaucracy , unanticipated situations... or bad writing. Yrs doesn't do bad writing, and Shenhua doesn't do bad bureaucracy, and in a cultivator world I imagine the threshold for unanticipated is much, much higher.

So the book is in no way a deal breaker to me.

 

[Raydom]

[X] Pass command to Xia Lin

 

[uiopion]

[x] Maintain command

 

[LimitlessMemes]

[X] Maintain command

 

[Mr.rodent]

[X] Maintain command

 

[agumentic]

[X] Maintain command

Not entirely sure about that choice, but I think it would easier for Xia Lin to grow used to the CRX's (and so Ling Qi's) style from a subordinate position, especially if we encourage her to contribute like an XO instead of obeying like a soldier.

 

[CatOnTheWeb]

[X] Pass command to Xia Lin

 

[Maker33]

[X] Pass command to Xia Lin

 

[memoryofglory]

[X] Maintain command

People are talking like we're storming a Hui stronghold, but we're not. We are scouting the ruins of one. Leading a team of 2 to scout some ancient* ruins seems like it's more like our wheelhouse. As long as we ask for her input when we find things we don't recognize we've got this.

*Considering how recently the Hui fell, maybe not all that ancient by the Celestial Empire's standards.

 

[Businessmanga]

[X] Pass command to Xia Lin

 

[Kingofbooks]

[X] Maintain command

 

[Blademaster]

Adhoc vote count started by Blademaster on Nov 15, 2020 at 1:25 AM, finished with 85 posts and 48 votes.

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[Killer_Whale]

[X] Maintain command

 

[Orkus Majorkus]

What Gan probably needs more is scarier encounters to provoke Domain Insights. Getting stabbed eleventy billion times by a dancer with a knife or get hit on by Lin Hai's fox spirit to induce jealousy in SOMEBODY UNAMED are experiences he just can't get playing kiddy games in the Outer Sect.

Going on some damned fool idealistic crusade out into the Deep Wall as part of his bosses quirky miniboss squad is a start hopefully he gets molested by some Land of the Midnight Sun spirit who showers him in techs and babby spirits to glomp because he suplexes some burly ice prince in a friendly shirtless wrestling contest at the behest of some rando in his diplomatic party can't imagine who.

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Fucking get in there Gan, your next horrible trauma pokemon awaits!

 

[NewDay]

[X] Pass command to Xia Lin

 

[veekie]

[X] Pass command to Xia Lin

Nutcracker situation, let the nutcracker hit it. Ling Qi's not really well suited in philosophy to nut cracking
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The dark branches teemed under her spiritual senses. Among the trees, thousands of mismatched knothole eyes peered back at her. Little spirits of wood and growth, hiding behind every clump of needles and clinging to every trunk. The river's burble was a low pitched song, echoing from the forest deeps. Faeries of cold and wind danced among the frost dusted canopy, fragile snowflake frames tinkling like bells.

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She didn't even flex her aura when faeries swirled close to toy with her hair, or wood spirits clung to her hems with little claws of sap and bark, letting her carry them for a time before dropping onto new trees or rare patches of unoccupied soil.

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Is that Baby Groot?

 

[Kian]

[X] Maintain command

 

[Neptune]

[X] Maintain command

 

[Humbaba]

[X] Maintain command

 

[Killer_Whale]

[X] Veekie

 

[TimEd]

[X] Pass command to Xia Lin

 

[Liliet]

[X] Pass command to Xia Lin