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piratejournal2013-12-04 02:14 pm
yatteyanyo) wrote in piratejournal2013-12-04 02:14 pm
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[voice]
Calling all able and willing ships.
Since it has been apparent that multiple ships will be raiding Isla Empieza, I find it imperative that we have a proper strategy. Even with all of us, we are outnumbered and, very likely, outgunned.
The strategy I have proposed is using magics and other talents to create a foggy mass, possibly stormlike in appearance, that will disguise our approach and fool the Navy into not firing a single shot until we are already behind them and at the advantage.
Though I am open to other ideas. Anything beyond a full frontal assault has some merit, but if you're going to suggest some suicidal blazing guns routine, I'm going to politely ask you to shove it and let the real strategists talk.
So. Suggestions?
Since it has been apparent that multiple ships will be raiding Isla Empieza, I find it imperative that we have a proper strategy. Even with all of us, we are outnumbered and, very likely, outgunned.
The strategy I have proposed is using magics and other talents to create a foggy mass, possibly stormlike in appearance, that will disguise our approach and fool the Navy into not firing a single shot until we are already behind them and at the advantage.
Though I am open to other ideas. Anything beyond a full frontal assault has some merit, but if you're going to suggest some suicidal blazing guns routine, I'm going to politely ask you to shove it and let the real strategists talk.
So. Suggestions?
[Voice]
I agree that striking one point of this blockade is the more logical course of action in this scenario, if we are going to break through the blockade rather than try to slip through it, but it should not require the destruction of the entire occupying navy! We may be able to negotiate with the occupying force if we capture their command ship's leaders, or at the very least cause enough confusion in their ranks to slip in and rescue the newcomers.
Re: [Voice]
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There's just... so many problems with this plan!
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I am really growing tired of people assuming I'm a child. Even before I died, I was an adult woman. Really now...
Beyond that, however, I never said the intention was to kill all of them. But this will also not end with the level of bloodshed you seem to think ideal and I really lack patience for moralists.
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... No one wants to avoid taking a life more than I do. But those of us on the Shepherd want to help the people who will be trapped. And... what she said was a sound strategy...
I do not believe that she was advocating we kill the entire fleet either. She said as much. But we can't do this on our own, and... speaking as first mate... we can't do this on our own.
I'm young, and I won't lie, I'm very naive. I haven't ever fought a battle where I've had to take someone's life... the idea paralyzes me...
... but so does knowing that it's in my power to help, and not being able to do anything. And I couldn't face myself, as a young woman, as a Precure, or as a sailor if I knew we walked away from our only chance to be a part of helping these people... even if it means fighting with higher stakes than other battles...
As part of this initiative, we have the power to make sure this doesn't turn into a massacre. I know you're passionate, and you have a sense of honor, and I admire that greatly. That is why I know you will make the right decision.
Please, Lady Maribelle, reconsider this position.
[private to Maribelle]
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Our goals are entirely at odds!
What you're suggesting is completely sabotaging any chances we could have had to diplomatically speak with the navy and convince them that offworlders aren't a threat.
Tch..... [Just a growl. There's a reason he hasn't been speaking up through almost all of this.]
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This Navy? Does not care. They are not interested in diplomacy. They have displayed an attitude that presumes we are not at war, but rather a pest to be exterminated. Rats do not have the luxury of negotiation with the home they have invaded.
Therefore, our only recourse for survival, so that we might collect the shards and return to our homes where you may continue whatever your morals guide you to, is to fight. And yes, that implies that some of these naval officers and sailors will die.
If you cannot find yourself aligning your morals with the reality we are faced with, I will not blame you for walking away. But you cannot be a part of this operation at all if you cannot set your scruples aside. It will only put the rest of us in danger.
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And correct, "marines" are the term for my world, and yes I realize that these are not my marines. But not you nor anyone else here understand anything about them either! You wish to fight them because as far as you know they wish to fight you, but at least they're not hunting you down yet for that purpose.
No one knows why they're closing off the island other than basic fear, but however little they're willing to discuss terms now, they'll be that much less willing after they're attacked. Or is it you who judges them so inhumanly?
We will not help murder anyone.
So far in this world, outsiders seem to get brought back from the dead, but we do not know that the same is true for natives here and you cannot assume they won't negotiate when you never give them a chance, plotting instead the best ways to kill them!
If we are rats here, we're rats who started off by killing, stealing, and being just as unable to contact the owners of this "house" as rats are to a human. I don't intend to stay in that position, nor to rush headlong into an obvious trap with the purpose of murdering someone who could still otherwise be an ally.
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So I will ask one last thing of you... Do you intend to fight against those that are heading to Isla Empezia.
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And I will never work alongside certain pirates.
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[Private, Written]
Judging by what I have seen occur through reports in this last month, I am concerned that this stance may be not in our favor.
I am beginning to believe no matter how many niceties are paid towards this Navy, I do not think that they are going to be returned.
By all accounts, I suspect no matter what our actions, they shall treat us as much their enemies as others.
[Private, Written]
I understand that, but changing our stance to that of killers of law enforcement is very unwise. You may think that they will think of us as enemies no matter what, but there is quite a bit of difference between dissidents and murderers.
There are many actions I am willing to have our crew take, but killing countless numbers of navy officers, merely trying to protect the lives of the innocent, is not something I will allow. I am willing to infiltrate, I am willing to sabotage, I am willing to kidnap and ransom naval officers. We will not kill unless absolutely necessary.
[Private, Written] - [Pay no mind to deleted post~]
We do not have very much to leverage on our end. We lack manpower. Though all of us on board may be capable, we are very few in number.
I do not advocate wholesale slaughter, but I do believe there is an extent of this where even if we are taking an initiative, we are defending ourselves at the same time. And many others. Those who won't know what they're stepping into.
Should we antagonize those that have done us no harm, and defend those who would do us harm, at a time when others' lives are at stake? That may sound like a harsh choice, but it is the one we are faced with.