Quo Vadimus - OOC thread

[makofan]

This is the thread for all OOC and miscellaneous stuff for the Quo Vadimus group

[ffilz]

Posting so I see updates on this thread...

[Mighty Darci]

Checking in.

[Mighty Darci]

Hey guys, I thought I would copy a couple of things here, it will help me get my bearings again.

COREWARD GROUP

0104 Penzance, SCOUT SHIP ("owned" by Marci Boudreaux)
ffilz , Lady Marie Leroux, Noble
Mighty Darci , Marci Boudreaux, Scout
brumbar , Abigail Wescoat, Army
coffee , Marine, Sir John Corrigan
JMiskimen , Scout, Lui Wu

NOTES TO HELP PLAYERS

-Lui Wu interested in Dialogue and Character Development
-Marci Boudreaux interested in exploration/some trading/some smuggling/no drugs though/quite murky and yet not outright pirates, unless of course an opportunity too good to past up comes along
-Lady Marie Leroux will at least do things murky with the law, a bunch of us are from Penzance afterall. Lady Marie Leroux is a member of one of the families prominent in one of the three city states
-Sir John Corrigan is interested in exploration
-Abigail Wescoat is interested in exploration

Stardate 1986.028

Five people gather in the state room of Francois, le Duc du Plymouth. Some of you are known to each other, some you have not yet met. Each knows why they are here, as they have had previous private correspondence with le Duc. They eye each other speculatively. The Duke stands.

"Please, my friends, have a seat, make yourself comfortable." He waits for people to find a place. There are no other staff in the room, and le Duc himself serves out the amber synthahol from cut glasses and decanter on the sideboard to all who are interested. He pours a steaming, aromatic black brew for one of the guests into an opaque drinking vessel. He then sits, sipping appreciatively at his own drink.

"As you know, I have commissioned a mission to send out an exploratory ship to seek out new resources or advantages. You, out of all my loyal subjects, are the people in whose hands I have placed this issue of great importance. There are only a handful of other people in the city aware of this journey. Most think it is just another scout ferrying trip."

He stands up again, and introduces each person in turn

"My niece, Lady Marie Leroux, has been raised with protocol training, but also is one of the great survival experts in the city. She has my utmost confidence and trust, and is in charge of the mission. My nephew, Sir John Corrigan, will be in charge of ship security and personal safety. His combat record is exemplary. We have the greatest scout of our lifetime in the mix, Mme Marci Boudreaux, who has graciously volunteered to provide the ship and piloting skills necessary for the job. Your group is rounded out by Colonel Wescoat, who will handle safety and medical issues, and M. Lui Wu, an acquaintance of mine from my adventurous youth. He will be useful in certain situations. Of course, Lady Marie will have her maid Adele with her. She is already on board, preparing the rooms."

"I believe your ship is already provisioned, so I bid you adieu and good luck. If you have any questions, please ask them now, as we may not be speaking again for a year or more"

[Mighty Darci]

So given the above
1. Marci is up for about anything
2. Given that the Duke selected what appears to be either his most trusted group to look out of his interests or the group most likely to stage a coup this could go a lot of different ways
3. I think given the starting information, the Duke will reward us well, but would react rather badly if we start trying to negotiate fees and appear to be grabbing too much, he would IMO start to doubt our loyalty and that would not be healthy for us.
4. Do either the niece or nephew have any idea about what the rewards would be or how the Duke would react to various scenarios - is that knowledge they would have?
5. I think that we should do a through survey of this area to see how extensive the deposits are, beyond this tiny area, if the Duke annex the whole planet, he will have ample time, barring a disastrous military defeat, to fully exploit its resources planet wide.
6. I think the best option is to fully survey this area for deposits, get a full report and good samples back to the Duke, graciously accept our reward, unless the niece or nephew have knowledge that would allow us to get a better reward, then either undertake another project/task or hopefully go exploring with Duke's blessing, since having a friendly home port to come back to would be a pretty good thing to have.

Comments, suggestions, other things to consider?

[makofan]

4. Do either the niece or nephew have any idea about what the rewards would be or how the Duke would react to various scenarios - is that knowledge they would have?

You would be expected to do this as part of your feudal duty. No direct pay, or percentage, would be coming to you. It would all go to the Duke

HOWEVER... Doubtless the Duke would then turn around and reward you, with say a 10% share in the mining venture, or maybe procuring a better ship for you, or giving you cash to upgrade your scout ship, etc

[Mighty Darci]

Comments guys?

[ffilz]

I think we collect data and report back.