June Event OOC Plotting Post

[hohnkai]

E V E N T O O C

Hello Savrites! This month, so far, has been all about relaxation and fun, winding down after some strenuous events. After a few weeks on the floating tourist resort known as the Collectives, the Moira has returned to its journey towards the planet that is home to the creators of the Ingress. As life is wont to do, mistakes that were made in the past and often forgotten, come back around to haunt us. In November, the Moira docked on Caducus Primary for a routine supply gathering trip; they received this transmission prior to docking. This planet appeared average from afar but upon further inspection revealed to be comprised of the most crystalline glass. Tall buildings swayed in the breeze and intricate glass sculptures lined each street, making this planet stand out. The glass, however, seemed to hold the ability to show each person a flash or vision of their past or future self. Midway through gathering supplies, the Moirans were greeted with a very unhappy message from a representative accusing the crew and its captains of theft. They then asked the Moira to leave and never return. The captains knew that gathering supplies was more important than any ire over false accusations and stayed to continue loading cargo. Not long after, Caducus Primary decided that their patience had been tested enough and that the crew had overstayed their welcome. They forcibly attempted to remove the crew from their planet. One crew member was triggered, and the green beast shattered the glass. The Caducus Primary's on-planet Ingress was damaged, splintering the planet, and many lives were lost. The crew of the Moira assisted in evacuation and rescue efforts, detaining the altered crew member, but inevitably, they could do nothing but stand idle and watch as the planet crumbled. The reverberations of Caducus Primary's destruction could be felt ship-wide. The crew was devastated - as were the captains - for their actions and inaction cost millions of people their lives. Now, months later, the older crew have begun to put it behind them and some of the newer crew members might not have heard of these events. Unfortunately for all Moirans, the survivors of Caducus Primary, whom were shuttled to Caducus Secondary, decided that some sort of justice had to be obtained for their loss. Unbeknownst to the crew, a ship has been tailing the Moira since not long after those events, waiting for the most opportune moment to attack. As is the Caducan people’s way, they wait until the Moira is far from anywhere that an incursion could cause damage to innocent people and will announce their intentions. At the end of the month they will attempt to board the Moira and make equal what was upturned months ago. The crew and captains must work together to make sure that nobody gets hurt and that the ship isn’t damaged. The crew have been split randomly into three groups, Negotiation, Offense, and Defense. Each group must come up with a plan that centers around those three categories, and on June 29th, whichever plan is deemed most appropriate will be enacted on. ICly, the captains will choose which plan that will result in the least loss of life, and the results of the group effort and teamwork will be shown in the beginning of the month log. Now is the time to plot and plan and work together to find the best possible solution. The three groups have been RNG’d and listed below and crew aren’t allowed to switch to other teams. We’ve also made three comments for characters to assign a team leader, which needs to be chosen before the event log goes up on the 20th. Each group can plot together to decide on a person, or players can respond to the comment and we’ll RNG a team leader. This person will be responsible for giving us a short sum up of the group’s plan after the event is over. Good luck! Important Dates: June 20th - Event Log June 29th - Team Leader Submits Plan July 1st - Beginning of the Month Log EDIT: Hey again everyone! It seems I made this post a little confusing, so let me try to help with that a little. On the 20th, a log will go up that basically says the survivors of C-Primary are here and they are going to attack at the beginning of next month. The type of people they are means that they don't sneak attack and they are giving the Moira time to prepare, which is pretty generous considering everything. From now until the 20th, players are plotting for what they will want to thread (everyone can thread their characters discussing stuff or make network posts or whatever they want). And what everyone is plotting for is to create a strategy that is specific to the team they were assigned. For example, everyone on the negotiation team is creating a strategy for what to do if that team's plan is chosen. A plan is something like, this character will go alone to negotiate, this small group will go, we will meet the survivors here to discuss this, we will stay on the Moira and send a video, or some combination of those. An example of an offensive strategy would be, let's turn all our weapons on them and just shoot or lets sneak onto their ship and kill them all or something else. A defensive strategy could be lets turn up all the shields, max out the boosters and jet the flip out of there or baton down the hatches, it's going to get bumpy. Any plan that the crew thinks would work. On the 29th, the team leaders gather up what the plan is (and players can decide everything OOCly or thread some or whatever they like) and us mods will throw up a small post that shows what each team's strategy is. Players will have a short time to vote and whichever plan was voted ICly to be the best plan and the most likely that most crew would survive, is what will happen on the beginning of the month log. This is largely a strategy and team work event. Players come together to decide what their characters would suggest to do and work up a plan that is most likely to save as many people as possible. They can be elaborate plans or short plans, it really depends on what each team does. For those that are on teams they don't agree with, that's to promote good discussion between crew members and so that a team can have at least one voice saying, no that won't work, so that a better plan can be formed. I hope this clarifies a few things. Sorry for the confusion! Team Leaders: Negotiation Team Leader - Clara Oswald Defense Team Leader - Miles Vorkosigan Offense Team Leader - Commander Shepard

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NEGOTIATION TEAM - Captain Thán

[hohnkai]

Fi
Kobra Kid
Tohru Adachi
The Girl
Megatron
Bucky Barnes
Karen Page
Tron
Anna
Lois Lane
Bellamy Blake
JM Austen
Andrew Demter
Chloe Frazer
Black Box
Sideswipe
Mettaton
Asriel Dreamurr
Charles Xavier
Sam Wilson
Medusalith Amaquelin
Alys Vorpatril
Rey
Shirley McGuire (The Courier)
DAN-001 Prometheus
Steve Rogers
Agent Texas
Alan Bradley
Nico Robin
Wanda Maximoff
Clara Oswald
Kazuhira Miller
Whirl
Bruce Banner
Alexander Hamilton
Harry Hart
Adrien Arbuckal
Rail
Jessica Jones
Gregor Vorbarra
Peter Parker
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Zam
Dutch Velders
Gaby Teller
Dorian Pavus
Loki Laufeyson 616 (CRAU)
William Hernandez (The Sole Survivor)
Peter Jason Quill
Elizabeth Dewitt
Furiosa
Rodimus
Luke Skywalker
Tony Stark
Anon
Fatima Merali
Leia Organa
Saitama
Craig Boone
Natasha

[devilofohara]

Robin knows about Caducus Primary, and of the things that happened there. She also knows that the Hulk (aka Dr Bruce Banner) is responsible for that tragedy.

Her plan is simple: Give them Bruce. The Captains too, if they really want them.

If they're not satisfied with that, though? She's got experience being hunted down - and in her experience, when someone wants you dead, and you let them go, they're going to continue pursuing you. So she's firmly of the opinion that they can't allow that to be an option.

[warandpeace]

Whatever they decide, Miller would suggest they try to buy the other teams as much time as possible for prep.

Things he will not say: WHY DON'T WE JUST CARVE UP SOMEONE TO LOOK LIKE BRUCE BANNER, HUH? OR CLONE THEM? WHY NOT. THAT'LL WORK WON'T IT >8[

[chipouttaluck]

Surely's gonna argue 1. What's there to talk about, let's just kick their asses and 2. If we gotta talk let's just make shit up to stall for time and then kick their asses. So, you know. Ignoring her might not be a bad move.

[imanapexpredator]

Like Surely Andrew will think it's pointless to negotiate and also be vehemently for kicking their butts because that's what you do when people attack/threaten you.

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[redshitlord]

I'm so sorry everyone, you have here possibly the worst option for a negotiator possible. He will be absolutely 0 help and will most likely just be whining about how he can't go fight with his friends.

[needsnoface]

BB is all for using "negotiation" to bluff, bully, and connive any and all useful information from these people in regards to manpower and firepower. Because what's to say this group is the only group and they won't be constantly getting ambushed as they go along.

After that, stall for time and attempt to persuade those with less steel in their spine into breaking off and out of the fight, as well as give the other two teams the time needed to prepare for an assault. Or at least be enough of a distraction so the other teams can breach their hulls and thus end the problem before it gets out of hand.


Sorry not sorry, BB was taught that kill them all or set them against one another are the best solutions for conflict solving.

[mttbrandlegs]

he is beauty he is grace

his arms are going to fall off.

sorry it doesn't rhyme.

ANYWAY, that aside, Mettaton thinks himself an excellent and well-spoken orator, so he'd be happy to deliver any negotiations if needed! He's not interested in spearheading an operation that, quite honestly, has nothing to do with him, but he still wants to help mend things if he can!

His suggestions would be along the line of talk to the people, let them know the Moirans as a collective are sorry and meant no harm (he's sure that's at least 75% true), and that there's no point to further bloodshed when it's not likely to help resolve anything. Just cause more fighting!

...Of course his delivery will probably contain more ham than necessary because he's dramatic. So best to keep this guy away from the Caducans.

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[fight4theusers]

Tron was on Caducus Primary and saw the destruction there, and was a part of trying to help take down the Hulk as well as evacuate survivors.

He'll do his best to help negotiate, but most of his negotiation is done with a disc to the face, tbh. (He even canonly says in the comic book that he's no good at talking through situations...)

[realitywarped]

I don't even think Loki knows how to negotiate in good faith, so 90% of his suggestions revolve around distractions and chaos. Negotiation as a distraction, whilst the rest of the crew sneak up? Pretend to be Bruce to unsettle them, and the rest of the crew sneak up? He can look like Bruce, if need be. Threaten them with some rather nasty things, whilst the rest of the crew sneak up? Don't let Loki get creative with threats unless you like being unsettled.

Alternatively- sure, appear to give them what they want. Give them "Bruce"- or indeed, give them Bruce. Once they're far enough away, take it back. He doesn't like that plan, though, because it's not permanent enough.

[bosswald]

TRY TWO

Focusing purely on negotiations now.

Clara's been told about what happened and has researched it as much as possible, and she will not be willing to give them Bruce. She'll argue with that plan, but would be on board with someone suggesting an illusion or copy somehow to use as a trap if they can ensure the safety of those who are handling said lure. She'll point out that unless Bruce is specifically requested as term of negotiation, it would be foolish to hand him over freely because it will likely look like a weakness in their strategy unless they had terms ready to go along with it.

Her primary goal will be to get out of this with no casualties on either side, and that includes Bruce. She will suggest negotiations be done over video rather than face to face unless there are a very specific small group who doesn't mind the possible dangers of meeting the others face to face. She will probably try pushing Hamilton to be one of the negotiators - since he can talk and talk, but otherwise will be more interested in keeping the peace among the group so that they don't get too distracted by arguing with one another to get anything done.

[pleasereset]

Asriel will be against the idea of handing over Bruce, and will attempt to negotiate for something more peaceful. He's not opposed to attempting to trick them either, but he'd be pretty unsure about it.

Rail will aggressively argue for blowing up the opposing side. That's how you win negotiations right??

[dancingblade]

.... Thán. Thán Buddy... Why would you do this?

Fi has only heard small bits and pieces about what happened in Caducus Primary and that's purely based on what's available over the network. She will also be against handing over members of the ship unnecessarily because that just seems detrimental to their cause. Spewing out probabilities and things, she'll likely be the one who cuts down any suggestion to surrender the captains or Bruce. She won't argue against eliminating the targets and will ultimately defer to the leaders' choice. She'll only do as she's told.

Prometheus will probably just be over there. Sabotaging everything. Because fuck you, that's why. t(o-ot)

Depending on how things play out, he might end up heading over to the Caducans and slipping plans to them. Not because he wants any favours, but because he does want to see both ships blow up. Otherwise, he'll feign being invested in the defense of the ship (it's his 'job' after all). Something something let's just send some of our stealthiest men over there to covertly destroy them. Seize their ships and take the parts, why don't we just lock them up? We all know that's our usual response to these sorts of things. #unhelpful

Like Fi though, he'll defer to the majority opinion. though he might still potentially sabotage this team

[liberaltus]

Dorian sits out on war council meetings, it's very likely he will not have anything to contribute that will not be laden with sarcasm.

Still he'll be there, with a glass of wine and a really bad romance novel.

He will need someone to prop his legs on. Any volunteers as tribute?

If he does express his opinion it will be a "hope for the best, prepare for the worst" kind of opinion. He's cynical enough to believe that the only thing they are really doing is buying time. That handing the captains and this Bruce guy over will not be enough- because everybody wants more. So batten down the hatches.

[seeingscarlet]

Wanda is absolutely not in favor of tossing Bruce under the bus.

What she can offer is, if there's a face to face meeting and she doesn't have to talk, getting their battle strategy and passing any other useful information back to the team (such as: is this ship alone, does it seem like more may come, etc).

Mostly she is concerned that fighting is not going to be a permanent solution. However, while they don't have things (or people) to offer, perhaps they can offer technical expertise or build a thing(s) that solves some problem(s) they are having on C-Secondary.

Wanda will not freely offer her less fun powers, but if someone who knows about them brings them up, she won't deny that she could likely entrance the other party if negotiations go south to give them time for their backup plan.

[arcreact]

+1 giving up Bruce Banner over Tony Stark's personally dead body

Tony's in favor of meeting them for ~formal negotiations~ and hearing them out, and genuinely attempting to reach a diplomatic solution. (Since it seems like we have at least a few Actually Diplomacy Inclined individuals here) BUT he'll also see it largely as a ploy to buy time for the other teams, because he doesn't figure a group of people from a recently-genocided planet are here to make nice, even if that would be convenient. Milking them of any useful info in the process, also a plus.

THAT SAID he's really not interested in hurting them or getting anybody aboard the Moira killed, so if things go south, he's in favor of containment/retreat above just plain capping the guys. But at that point that'll be on offense and defense to handle, so he'd push for Negotiations working with those teams to convince them to minimize potential casualties.

[prorenataa]

Adrien is slowly coming up to speed on prior events and oh ... planetary destruction, that sounds familiar.

He'll be against throwing Bruce (though he doesn't know the man) and/or the Captains under the bus. That's now how crew works ffs.

He would genuinely try to find a solution that doesn't involve sacrificing crew/captains and lets all parties walk away in peace. However, if that seems to be impossible, he'd support -and volunteer- to go for a face to face meeting as a delay tactic to allow the Moira to prepare to defend herself.

If the Caducus Primary would allow them on their ship, he'd advocate that route and also toss out the possibility of trying to strip the ship of any/all information about what set Caducus Primary off at the Moira during their previous (not the current crew's) visit. The one that got them thrown off the planet in the first place.

Hey, if they have to blow their enemies to space dust, let's get some information first!

Adrien will also suggest that a compromise might be to offer to hold a trial, so the C-Primes can air their grievances and apologies might be offered.

However, given the light of some information ... he might suggest that the prepare for the worst. IDK, depends upon how the leaders lead.

HERE IS THE BEST PLAN EVER except not really, aka: Bruce Banner is an idiot

[hyperkinesia]

So I said this month was going to be nice and peaceful for Bruce but then the mods had to pull this on him. HOW DARE. ANYWAY.

With his guilt over what happened at Caducus Primary revived, Bruce is going to try and surrender himself without telling anyone. Now, he knows there could be serious complications here, namely if the Caduceans try to hurt or kill him, and so he will attempt to message them through an encrypted channel to let them know he wants to turn himself in and wants to negotiate the terms of his surrender. Basically he'll explain to them what could happen if they try to harm him in any way, but that they can just lock him up wherever they see fit. Or something equally horrible.

Now, Bruce is good with technology but he's no match for the Tony+JARVIS duo, so JARVIS is going to pick up on his channel and will relay his broadcast to Tony. Tony will then go to the rest of the team (and whoever else) to tell them about Bruce's stupid-ass plan and they're going to stop him from going through with it by locking him up in his cage in the cargo hold. Possibly by darting him with tranquilizer since that's worked before.

The cage is in the cargo hold, though, so that's a potentially vulnerable area of the ship. This will probably mean there'll have to be people guarding the cage to make sure the Caduceans can't get to him, as well as ensure no one on the ship who thinks he should turn himself in tries to break him out.

Also I'm sure some people will be all for handing Bruce over, especially when he tried to do that himself, so have fun with all the discord that will spread thanks to this and good luck going up against all the other Avengers & friends who apparently are building a human wall around Bruce or something. He's just going to chill inside the cage until this whole thing's resolved, or until someone needs his help with whatever plan they decide to go with in the end.

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[thumbsdown]

Boone is about as much good as a chocolate teapot when it comes to negotiations, sooo he'll more likely let other people do the talking. He'll be against handing over Bruce, though. If it comes down to it and things go wrong he's good at keeping out of sight and taking out people from a distance.

[notthemaniwas]

Providing Charles is forced off the serum that suppresses his powers, he's actually a great choice for team negotiations.

He'll be very against handing over anyone to the Caducans. It shows that any violent force, any invaders, would have an easy target in the crew of the Moira and be able to attack without provocation in the future to get anything/anyone they want. If it were to come down to the Caducans demanding Bruce, and he's capable of using his abilities again, he'd be able to try altering their perception to think that they have him.

Charles is a strong believer in peaceful solutions. Or attempting peaceful solutions. So he'd like to avoid any kind of bloodshed or throwing anyone under the bus.

He would appreciate someone filling him in entirely on the situation though.

[imahologram]

Giving Bruce to the Caduceans: Absolutely not. Giving the Caduceans a sacrificial offering is tempting but barbaric and not the least bit constructive.

Meeting with the Caduceans: Leia would like to sit down with the Caduceans personally, either alone or with a small group of experienced diplomats. Amateurs need not apply when the stakes are so high. There's an opportunity there to discuss the situation, gain some rapport with them, and negotiate a settlement other than Bruce and/or the captains.

Because she's actually suffered the loss of a planet, she feels that she's a strong candidate for discussing this issue with them--she knows what they're going through more intimately than the vast majority of Moirans, and she has nearly a decade of experience (and even more education) navigating life-and-death diplomatic situations.

Reparations: The thrust of her proposal is this: it's vital that they convince the Caduceans to focus on rebuilding over retribution. And because the citizens Moira have caused the Caduceans harm, it's their responsibility to assist them from here.

Her ideas:
◦ If they had unlimited credits on the Collective, can they transfer that status to the Caduceans? The goods available on the Collective would give the Caduceans a basis of goods for Caducus Secondary, as well as valuables that the Caduceans can treat as assets in their budgets.
◦ If they are unable to transfer that credit, can they return to the Collective and make additional purchases on behalf of the Caduceans?
◦ If that was a limited-time situation, they can solicit goods from Moirans.
◦ She'd also throw out the possibility of offering themselves in service of Caducus Secondary for a limited period of time, to assist with rebuilding, a sort of reparations-through-labor. This would require a clearly delineated agreement in writing, but again, this is an area in which Leia excels.

[higginsdrive]

Jessica: Things she should not be allowed to do? Negotiate. She can be the intimidating muscle in the background in case things go south if totally necessary. Otherwise she'll probably be trying to keep an eye on Bruce/making sure Trish is safe while she's in cryo in case shit with the negotiations hit the fan and they get attacked.

Lois: Is definitely game to be a part of the negotiations, however she's not in favor of giving up another person because how is that going to solve anything. She'll help however she can either with research or building solid arguments. She's a very good Investigative Journalist so....... if y'all want her to dig up some dirt on them too, she can try. Either that or at least help put together a briefing on what happened for people not in the know.

[smolaf]

Gaby wasn't around when most of the events leading up to this went down, but she's probably going to sit there grudgingly and help them figure out what to do. If anything she'll be a super objective voice because she isn't emotionally attached to the situation whatsoever (ya know apart from not wanting innocent people to get hurt/not wanting to get killed herself).

She's on board with the idea that they need to stall to give the other two teams time. In person negotiations probably aren't the best idea, but she's open to communicating with the Caducus Primary and trying to come to a solution that will make both sides happy. That being said, that probably won't include giving Bruce up.

In realness though if the team starts getting silly, she probably won't have any of it. Don't be surprised if she just walks out.

[backsassin]

Zam has a very simple, very pragmatic solution:

Kill Bruce in front of the Caducans. Tranq him in his sleep, drag him in front of their people, and shoot him in the head. If that won't work, shove him out of an airlock.

In Zam's view, this is unquestionably the best solution. One death (and probably not even a permanent one!) to save everyone else's skin and give closure to the people who need it. That's a kriffing bargain. All this wibbling about how it wouldn't be fair to poor Bruce is absurd. You know what also wouldn't be fair? Wiping out the survivors of a catastrophe who have already lost their entire planet because some of the crew doesn't have the stomach to watch a monster die.

Hell, if no one else can bring themselves to do it, Zam would be perfectly willing to pull the trigger themself. Save the rest of you some soul-searching.

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[curiousnotmalicious]

While Dutch is okay at forming plans, she's not the best at negotiations. She will be dead set against handing Bruce over and might get a little testy with anyone who argues too strongly against what she has to say on the matter. Not physical, though. She knows when to hold back on the physicality.