07-25-2023, 07:48:11 AM
...We're not waiting any longer for Captain Walson. She receives a demerit for this. Get too many of those, and I don't care, I'll find a replacement from a lower council and have you shot. Understand this?
Hm. Some good performances, some middling ones, some poor ones. One didn't give a performance at all. But one stands out above the rest. The most successful among you in fulfilling your goals in that unfortunately failed mission was... Which one of you was it?
The Colonel shuffles some papers over the call.
Captain Harrier!
Yes, Captain Romeo Harrier IV, your plan worked excellently. In particular, your sabotage was subtle and smart, and you successfully avoided scrutiny from the security at all stages. (If anyone makes fun of my alliteration there that's a demerit.) You dared to excel, and excel you did. Gold star, You are much more clever than I was giving you credit for. I'll have to keep that in mind.
His "keep that in mind" statement is worrying, but overall, it seems like the Colonel is pleased about that particular attempt.
By the way, I'm promoting you to major. Normally the hierarchy of political officers is Junior Officer to Captain to Colonel to The CPO, but you can enjoy an honorary rank. It'll give you double the voting power in this particular round of voting. Congratulations, Major Harrier. Now, who's next to be my Aide... Ah yes.
Captain Columbo! You are my aide now, so it is your choice who gets nominated to be the Liason. Let us try to do some high priority tasks this time, shall we?
Operation as conducted by Captain Mac Cumhaill
- You fight the guards. This works out... surprisingly well, though to be fair, you're big enough to smash your head into nearly every doorframe if you're not careful and a warrior in your own right. You successfully push by and kill a number of them, but you're very much identified, as one of them successfully reports you before you break one of their more important organs. You are now wanted for questioning in Arva Hollow.
- The guards, for the moment, ignore you. It seems like it's safe... but then they block the way back out. Your criminal activities at the surface are simply too much to let go, despite your fearsome appearance and skills. But they don't close the distance, they're just preventing your escape so far...
- You strike the keypad and break it with your great strength. This does nothing to disable the cardlock portion, nor any of the other various locking mechanisms, and not only doesn't open the door, but sets off a tamper alarm which screams through the farms. The guards of the farm, who previously sought only to arrest you, move in for the kill. You fight many of them off, but you are bruised, sliced in multiple places, bleeding everywhere, and have multiple bullets in you. You survive... for now.
- You bring up the guard's strange placement. She looks at you. You look weak and battered, and she knows you're wanted for questioning. She thinks for a good long moment, even as you're keeping your hand close to your weapon. She keeps her hand close to hers as well, while you're caught in a standoff. Finally, she speaks. Monologuing: "...You got me. I'm not supposed to be down here, and under normal circumstances, I might have let you go for that line of questioning. I've found that I can extort people the most out here, and there's plenty of illegal bars here with excellent drinks... but I'm supposed to stick to the area closer to The Needle. But you, you're wanted for questioning... and as big as you are, and as important as you are... I don't think your threats hold water against me. You're wounded, you're not paying, and no one's going to arrest me if I silence you. Resisting arrest, and all that, not to mention what you did to the surface guards. So I think it's time for you to die." She draws her broadsword and attacks. While you would be more than capable of beating her under normal circumstances, you're badly injured and she's a brilliant warrior in her own right. After a hard-fought battle, you triumph, leaving her broken body against the wall, but you are grievously injured, and it's all you can do to limp out of the tunnels and towards medical attention. You survive... but barely, and Valdragon is not happy about how close you got to getting caught, and how he's going to have to clean up your mess and get you pardoned or put on release.
Hm. Some good performances, some middling ones, some poor ones. One didn't give a performance at all. But one stands out above the rest. The most successful among you in fulfilling your goals in that unfortunately failed mission was... Which one of you was it?
The Colonel shuffles some papers over the call.
Captain Harrier!
Yes, Captain Romeo Harrier IV, your plan worked excellently. In particular, your sabotage was subtle and smart, and you successfully avoided scrutiny from the security at all stages. (If anyone makes fun of my alliteration there that's a demerit.) You dared to excel, and excel you did. Gold star, You are much more clever than I was giving you credit for. I'll have to keep that in mind.
His "keep that in mind" statement is worrying, but overall, it seems like the Colonel is pleased about that particular attempt.
By the way, I'm promoting you to major. Normally the hierarchy of political officers is Junior Officer to Captain to Colonel to The CPO, but you can enjoy an honorary rank. It'll give you double the voting power in this particular round of voting. Congratulations, Major Harrier. Now, who's next to be my Aide... Ah yes.
Captain Columbo! You are my aide now, so it is your choice who gets nominated to be the Liason. Let us try to do some high priority tasks this time, shall we?