[Nightmares of the Second Age] The Daily Scribe

What class are the Warstriders?


So we have 3 total Mantas that are operational, right? The Lookshy group has one. We'll be using two to transport our expedition group to Denandsor, but thereafter it looks like those will be have to be returned. I suppose the one that L'ron or whomever was using to establish our trade route to and from Rathess can be used to to also keep an eye on Denandsor (sorry L'ron... lol), while the other can be kept in Rathess for the meeting and to mobilize a strike force if need be.


Having more Mantas operational will definitely be useful, but we can also use airboats for that in the meantime. It may actually be more prudent to use the air boats for trading since speed isn't necessarily a priority at this point, freeing up the Mantas for moving our troops around.


Thoughts?
 
Moving Mt Metagalapa is painting ampretty. Big sign on it. We may want to reinforce it before doing so. And artfact N/A's are (imo) too powerful to just go to whoever gets there first ;-) it is the property of the Third Deliberative.
 
Right, but we've basically claimed it already, haven't we? I guess we do kind of lack enough mortals to crew it, but so long as it still looks like a flying mountain, its not necessarily obvious that it's a Titan. The only thing that's clear is that we have the capability to move a flying mountain. While arguably scary unto itself, who's going to care to claim it?
 
[QUOTE="MaHaSuchi's700]Right, but we've basically claimed it already, haven't we? I guess we do kind of lack enough mortals to crew it, but so long as it still looks like a flying mountain, its not necessarily obvious that it's a Titan. The only thing that's clear is that we have the capability to move a flying mountain. While arguably scary unto itself, who's going to care to claim it?

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They're going to take a closer look, it can be felt in the geomancy of the entire East. Better safe than sorry, certainly.
 
Meh. It can already be felt. They would have taken a closer look already if they cared. Our only concern if we bring it that far south is the Mask, who we already need to be worried about anyways.Now, arguably Denandsor is far enough away from Rathess where we might need to be concerned about having both of our big acquisitions in the same place. In that case, we could always bring it along the far eastern forests to Rathess instead. Either way, it needs to be closer us if we want to establish any sort of permanent claim.
 
There's a big diffence between a static drain in the geomancy and a dynamical one.


If we park it over Denandsor, we need to station people there to protect it and the city, because that is putting all of our eggs in one big-ass basket and tempting anyone to come grab the biggest treasure pile ever.
 
One thing that you do need to keep in mind about the Titan is that it does drain the power of any nearby manse it passes in order to power itself. That is why the four Titans never stayed in one spot for too long, and were always kept on the move. So, if it were parked over Rathess, it will degrade the rating of all the manses in the city as a natural side effect of its operation. This is not widely broadcast, but De' at the least would know about it off the top of her head, and anyone would probably know with a Lore roll.
 
Wait, it must have some kind of standby mode, right? Otherwise the area around the titan now would be a geomantic wasteland.
 
It already is a geomantic wasteland. Once it moves, there may be manses or demenses in the region that will pop up.
 
JayTee said:
Wait, it must have some kind of standby mode, right? Otherwise the area around the titan now would be a geomantic wasteland.
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It has, but of we want it fully operational, it can't be in standby mode. Plus, standby mode still drains, just less so.


Mmm, if we park it over Denandsor, the factory cathedrala won't work. Perhaps driving it firectly tthorns woulf be wiser. Ans in anty case, we need to talk organization and forreign policy soon.
 
We cold park it at the halfway point between Rathess and Denandsor, nothing of note is there and it can come to the aid of whoever needs it (relatively) quickly.
 
That would work. Best bet would be to set up a racetrack pattern of a flight route, so it is always on the move, patrolling back and forth.
 
That would be roughly 750 miles from either city, or 38 hours at current best speed. It is also near the Realm-loyal (iirc) of Jades.
 
We should have it alternate between a circle and a figure 8, just so it's flight path isn't completely predictable.
 
Esbilon said:
That would be roughly 750 miles from either city, or 38 hours at current best speed. It is also near the Realm-loyal (iirc) of Jades.
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Yes well, they can be used as an example of what happens should you try to take our stuff from us.
 
JayTee said:
Yes well, they can be used as an example of what happens should you try to take our stuff from us.
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Subtle, real subtle ;-)


Alternatively, Rose can visit for a few days after she's had a chance to talk with the Roseblack.
 
We need to discuss a few big political items in the near future, but it is not clear if the discussion should be IC or OOC. Some topics that need our attention are


1) Do we see ourselves as the rightful rulers of all Creation, or merely a new superpower based in Rathess?


2) Who exactly are 'we'? All Exalts who join our cause? All solars? All Celestials? Only the original Sleepers?


3) Do we want a war with the Mask of Winters, and if so when?
 
Esbilon said:
We need to discuss a few big political items in the near future, but it is not clear if the discussion should be IC or OOC. Some topics that need our attention are
1) Do we see ourselves as the rightful rulers of all Creation, or merely a new superpower based in Rathess?


2) Who exactly are 'we'? All Exalts who join our cause? All solars? All Celestials? Only the original Sleepers?


3) Do we want a war with the Mask of Winters, and if so when?
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1: The latter for now, the former if it can be done quickly and without a creation wide war.


2: Any who join our cause, although the sleepers will retain authority


3: Yes, as soon as we feel we are ready.
 
My and Aurora's opinion is that we need to establish ourselves a government and power in Rathess (and it's neighboring cities like Denandsor). Taking care of all of Creation is, although doable, very risky and prone to make way more enemies out of people that we do not necessarily need to fight with. For starters, we rebuild Rathess to be a nation that deals with the other countries on the same level, Lookshy, the Marukani Alliance, the River Province as a whole, and the Realm itself.


In order to eventually restore the Solar mandate one day in the future, we need to clean the house and fix what's broken, this means recover lost ground to the Wyld, clean the Shadowlands, purge any yozi cults we know of, and drive(destroy) away all Deathlords back to the Underworld.


As for the MoW, war is imminent unless he accepts to leave Thorns and never return to Creation. That isn't going to happen of course, so we will bring the combined might of Rathess, Metagalpa and Denandsor (Lookshy and probably the Marukani Alliance) with the Aerial Legion on his ass.
 
Ah I completely forgot about that draining bit. Yeah, I'm all for having it constantly move around the regions surrounding Rathess and Denandsor in an unpredictable flight path.


Sherwood, does Wren have Infallible Messenger? We need to communicate with Ryu some way or another. Hmm.. Would it be possible to use the communications amulets we received from the Leviathan's manse AI to facilitate communication between Storm and Ryu by using the AI as a middleman?


As far as the points Esbilon has made, I echo Jaytee's sentiments.


1) We're a superpower, but we also need to remain out of public knowledge beyond the East/South, if possible.


2) We sleepers should be the defacto Security Council-type body for our new empire, but Exalts, DKs, and even mortals should all possess varying degrees of authority. We should openly accept everyone, but be wary in general.


3) War with Mask should only happen when we're ready, which should include assembly of a skeleton crew on the Titan and a full alliance with Lookshy over the matter.
 
A note. De'aneir'a may take any temporary position anywhere. But her idea is to make a sky city of her own, if not several and have a fancy Aerial nation that she can rule. Screw the land. xD By the way... she's gonna love the People of Air she they are ever found.


1- Right now, De'aneir'a is not out to oust other nations. Bad ones she won't care (See Thorns) So just a super power for now.


2- I agree with Jaytee on that one.


3- Yes, as soon as we can be. (With that note, unless Ryu has full dreamy support from the Titan's population I don't think using it as a weapon will be wise.)
 
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