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piratejournal2013-12-04 02:14 pm
yatteyanyo) wrote in piratejournal2013-12-04 02:14 pm
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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?
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Sorry, but I can't say your plan will work for us. My broth-- my captain -- [Nope still a bad taste.] uses fire, and it's part of what can draw the most attention. However, fog itself is a problem for both me and him as it gets in my feathers. And having not worked with "magic" fog before, I couldn't tell you if it's the same detriment or not.
My crew is already planning to go in, alone, if need be, and I don't wish to give away our entire strategy.
However, if you wish to work with us, our plan involves disguising perfectly as naval ships and reinforcements. Then using several distractions, we intend to turn them on each other when they can no longer decipher who is pirate or who is marine. If you wish to join in, I suggest taking that option. Like I said, these are trained men, there isn't likely to be a domino effect, nor a weak spot at all, so your best bet is to keep them fighting each other. Both in my world, and from what we've seen here, the marines believe in killing each other in order to get pirates. If your magicians can create magic fog, see if they can create illusions over the marine ships to make them look like pirates' instead.
Moreover, after the fight, the marines will be further confused and rather than simply label all outsiders as incredibly lethal, they'll take the time to go over their own faults in an effort to avoid the same mistakes. Understood?
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And I'll be honest, I'm becoming a bit frustrated at your disregard for cooperation under any terms but those explicitly your own. We all have a stake in this, and it would suit you to put some faith in my ability as a tactician. I assure you, while the very plane of fighting on water is not my specific area of expertise, it is not unstudied. Furthermore, dealing with trained soldiers is also not unknown to me. And no amount of professionalism and training can hide every weak point, particularly when you have access to certain advantages in terms of scouting and reconnaissance that your enemy does not.
I may seem young to you, but I am well over fourteen centuries old. I know what I'm doing and would prefer you not disregard my ideas outright. If you need a way to make Navy ships to appear as pirate vessels, I can find a way. But you need to also put some faith in what I have so far as well.
ooc: alllllllllllllllllllllllllllll my apologies, Marco's an IC asshole about naval tactics OTL
I don't give way to anyone for tactics until they prove themselves, and even then, that doesn't earn my respect.
I repeat, Miss. There is no weak point to a blockade. [If Marco was terse before, it's almost seemingly gone now. Instead it's very eerily calm sounding, but to those who know him best, this is a hair away from livid.] There is no central form of command, there is no one lone point that can be focused on in order to cause a disintegration. You are thinking like a marine, not with tactics to use against marines, so aye, I'm going to be dismissive. If you don't like it, then don't help, I never asked you to.
Every single ship in a blockade is equally armed, equally equipped, and fully intent on closing off a port. Destroying one cannot be done stealthily, instead destroying one will cause the others to go on guard and go into positions to make up for the lost ship, moreover they use tighter formations than you seem to realize. It isn't a matter of professionalism, it's a matter of psychosis. Marines I'm familiar with, have one obsession: "justice." If you stand in the way of that, whether you are a pirate or a marine, they will kill you. And that goes from the lowliest marine up. That is why I proposed the plan I did, because so far as I'm concerned, that lack of loyalty or individual personality is their greatest weakness. Marines try to turn pirates on each other all the time, why not turn the tables?
I appreciate your considerations with the fog then, that is a good idea, but I think it'd be better to go in without it, but using the idea of secrecy to seem like marines instead. They don't know each other individually and as a consequence they won't recognize the difference between more ships of their own and pirates until it's too late -- provided the disguises go over well. A fog would make them wary, in my opinion, and I reiterate the concerns about navigation and shoals.
As I said, I only marginally care what you do, because my crew is going to do as they please no matter what. And I know full well that a good half of the seven ships you think will go in the way you suggest wouldn't do that if their life depended on it. The Straw Hats in particular-- [Will go exactly like Roger would. One lone ship against a fleet of 200, roaring against the storm, and going insane. And still win, because they were just that fucking crazy and they had nothing to lose and everything to gain.] Will not be what you might call... "reasonable."
As I said, I'm not offering this advice expecting you to listen. Au contraire, I very much expect to be proven right, but it's simply not sporting to do so without giving you a chance to prove me wrong, yoi.
Speak with someone else in my crew. Either Ace, Thatch, Ikki, or the Doctor.
And... Good luck.
[And with that Marco's outtie for the sake of his composure, but he'll probably poke one of the aforementioned names into this direction.]
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Pardon the interruption, Miss, but it is, unfortunately, true. Your plan is cunning, and given a fleet of your own that you can count on, just might work. But Marco is correct in his calculation that certain crews will not comply with any sort of plan, no matter how brilliant or well-informed. It simply is not in their nature.
I am a member of the Straw Hat crew mentioned earlier, and can say from experience that my captain has his own simplistic plan of attack and does not deviate from it: find the person who poses the greatest threat, defeat them, return to the ship to party. We have tried various methods of convincing him that there are other, better plans, to no avail.
In that vein, we can from time to time manage to direct our captain to attack in a specific direction with some measure of success. Should you have some way of identifying the ship or persons necessary to eliminate, I will do my best to steer Luffy towards that person.
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Well... considering a scout from the Spades has already agreed to cast fog on the ship Futo spies as being the one we should focus the attack on, you can just tell him that one has... I don't know... some big mighty ass on it. Whatever it takes to direct his energy where it needs to go.
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You are Captain Luffy, I presume?
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[Give her a moment, she has to check that she's actually awake.]
.... Through the whole thing?
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[he's not sure he'll follow it even if it is good but maybe it's more important than he realizes]
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Aye. Someone will mark one of the blockade ships. That's the one we'll need to destroy at all costs. Understood?
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I'll watch for the signal, then. Good luck!
[There's really not much more to say.]
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Oi, Marco! Whose first mate are you!?
[He grabbed his funny little admiral hat from the deck with a feather, yelling at Marco from the gangway, just outside of the bathing room.]
You're only supposed to give us advice! [So, Ace slammed the hat down on his head and stalked around, looking for Marco.]
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Oh, I'm sorry. You wanted them to die.
Shall I go back and redistribute false materials?
[Yeaaaaaah okay, he knows Ace is not that way, but he kind of wants to pick a fight here.]
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[He huffed and crossed his arms, scowling.]
Besides, we've done more ridiculous stuff and pulled through, too! Even if they're new--even if they're not vets, then they stand a chance. But--
[He sat down in front of Marco, still scowling.]
They gotta learn for themselves.
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Don't tell me what to do, Captain.
[There are clearly a lot more issues here than just hassling rookies over a journal and a singular blockade.]
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For some reason, this got you angry--so angry, you suddenly became an idiot.
You and I both know I'm not Whitebeard, but for everythin' I'm not, remember all the things I am. [Ace stood up, turning to walk back to the hold.]
When you're done dancing with your head in your ass, I'll consider listening to your apology.
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I have never wanted you to be Pops, and you never will be.
But those idiots out there are going to be sharing our waters and making fools of themselves. In our space.
Fuck it, Ace. You don't know what you need to. Talk to Thatch. I'll be in the crow's nest.
[Private Voice to Marco]
Looks like someone ruffled you the wrong way, darling, to put it lightly.
[Private Voice to Grell]
[HE IS SO RUFFLED.]
Perhaps I should not have spoken up. [If he can say that much it only goes to show how ruffled he is.]
[Sending all the privates :|]
If you hadn't, then they would have went in blindly. At least now, it'll be their own graves they put themselves into due to ignoring your advice than their own ignorance, should they fail.
[:O terrible]
[Just all the deadpan up in here.]
[You know you like them! 8|]
[Death is not a simple thing.]
[Maybe /sob XDDD]
Indeed.
[That is not an answer, but he's not giving a definition either. Especially not after Sora's recent return.]
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