Sion – What do we do?
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The situation as what we’ve gathered thus far is summed up easily. The planet is stuck in its perpetual warfare due to the antics of Alta’s new head Dr. Alden. The Divas were his original project, privileges taken away when his experimentation became inhumane, and in turn secretly created the Apostles as his means of revenge. Without going into details, he has managed to use this excuse of constant and pointless warfare to overturn the prior head of Alta, General Rozencratz, and now has him locked away. The public itself is seemingly ignorant, though that is understandable under the day-to-day conditions of affairs. So long as the Doctor continues to use the Apostles as a crisis-regulating tool he can continue to grip the public in a constant state of fear.
The discussion falls here: we’ve committed ourselves to action – but what do we do? Prudent facts are as follows.
- General Rozencratz has been taken and is missing.
- Dr. Alden is now the head of Alta.
- The Blaze has agreed to work with the Void for purposes of preserving the planet and populace.
- Void forces are under assault from native forces.
- Local leyline are a complete frayed mess, and accelerating in their deterioration.
- The clock is ticking until Reven resumes his more forceful method of fixing local leyline.
As I view of the issue thus far:
- We will be working with Void settlement to help defend from their aggressors in the interest of a joint force against the troubles ahead.
- Lucy is currently working with other specialists aboard on the thought of developing a wide-spread interruption measure to shut down large numbers of Apostles without having to sacrifice too much direct combat power. This will alleviate Void and Blaze forces thus.
- Eleste is preparing a system for mass-propagation to the public for the right moment, so that the sweep through the current government can be swift and supported.
- General Rozencratz needs to be retrieved. Yesterday’s operation has given us lead on where to begin.
- Dr. Alden needs to be apprehended.
The order of these actions, however, becomes important in a situation such as this. If we propagate too early, it could result in two consequences, the first being a full-turn of panic on Dr. Alden’s part, in which case he might use the chaos to ‘take everyone down with him’, so to speak, shifting Alta’s forces in such a way that the city would be defenseless and spearhead the Apostles at them in return. The second worry becomes whether or the populace itself is stable upon overturn. If we were to simply propagate without proper measures taken and they succeed, we’ll be sitting with a state of anarchy, and another less-than-preferred opportunist might dare take the chance and we’ll be back at square one.
If the Doctor learns that his situation is becoming hopeless before we manage to apprehend him in any fashion, it is likely he’ll forward a request to kill the General while he is still in their custody if for no other reason than revenge. Usually I’d say this would be a bitter move even for the worst of men, and certainly not the first thing to cross their mind during the final moments, but this entire campaign was launched entirely on the basis of ‘revenge’, so I would not so quickly dismiss the thought here. If we make any move that endangers the General whatsoever, we become immediately disabled in our efforts to restore and hopeful semblance of order in the city even -if- we manage to remove the Doctor from his head. Thus my thoughts are drawn.
- Immediate goal: Relieve the Void’s forces. This may sound off, but if the Void continues to function poorly in the environment, we may loose the time we’ve been given, and we’re likely to be able to make use of their assistance elsewhere more efficiently when we’re not on a divided front.
- Find General Rozencratz. The longer he stays in the enemies custody, the more dangerous this operation becomes.
- Propagate at this stage. By assisting the Void we’ve assured proper resources to protect against any military threat, Alta or Apostle, against the populace.
- Assist the populace in the overture of Dr. Alden and use the opportunity to make our apprehension.
- Ensure proper foundation of General Rozencratz back to his prior role.
Each of these steps, I feel, must be taken into consideration. Even if we stop the war with the Apostles we do not ensure a stable environment suitable for leyline repair. And merely taking down Alden on his own down not ensure a full disruption of planetary hostility. We have to be thorough about our approach, and quick.
This is how I feel, but the point of this is open discussion. I’d like to use this space to collaberate on everyone’s thoughts once each individual has had time to consider what they’ve seen, heard, and believe to be the best course of action without being in the immediate fray of biased emotion.