EVENT #07: ASPHODEL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

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EVENT #07: ASPHODEL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PLANNING

The Corsairs have been mobilized and preparations are underway. As negotiators are dispatched to Vindess to prepare for the evacuation under Imperial noses, the crafters and suppliers set to work, preparing the new settlement and whatever airships can be spared for the evacuation. Some Corsairs have even taken it upon themselves to build or “liberate” more airships for the effort.

As always, when the goal is certain the Corsairs move as one. Together, they will see Asphodel completed. All hands are needed, the question is, where do you lend yours?

MISSIONS

Prepare Asphodel: Get the new settlement of Asphodel up and running to receive the refugees from Vindess.
Priority: Critical
Challenges: Corsairs will need to keep the settlement hidden while also making suitable housing and preparing farms and other amenities to sustain life. It will require a large amount of excavation to get in order, as well as construction of homes, furniture, and other facilities. The work will be backbreaking and the timetable is extremely aggressive.

Prepare Citizens for Evacuation: As the citizens of Vindess toil under Imperial lockdown, the Corsairs must prepare the entire population for evacuation.
Priority: Critical
Recommended Roles: Negotiators and Infiltrators
Challenges: Corsairs will need to convince the entire population to evacuate. There are a number of methods that can be employed, while many are going to be reluctant the Imperial crackdown has shaken the settlement and unease is high. There is evidence within the Imperial offices that Infiltrators can recover that show mass executions with lists of “dissidents” have been scheduled for April which the Corsairs might make use of if they choose to investigate. Other options include capturing potential dissidents and taking the entire willing population while executing or taking prisoner loyalists, or other methods the Corsairs determine for themselves to make this happen.


Acquire Airships: The Corsairs always need more airships, and moving an entire population will require heavy effort and can use as many ships as can be mustered.
Priority: Optional
Recommended Roles: All
Challenges: The Corsairs don’t have the major Ether Stones that serve as the airship engines and will need to either capture or salvage resources to increase the size of their fleet. While the Corsairs have been investigating airships that don’t require Ether stones, that research is still a distant dream, but some Corsairs may want to spend some time pushing that investigation along to see if they can make it a reality sooner rather than later.

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[theriflespiral]

Natalia nods, and closes her eyes. "In the terms used here, I can suppress or increase my Ether throughput at will."

To demonstrate, she breathes in, and breathes out. Her eyes are limned with a faint blue light. "Since everything here that lives runs on Ether, it's relatively analogous to a self-starting generator-- I use more 'fuel' this way, but I have a lot more energy to throw around. This is how I've been able to be so tireless in my efforts so far; I can control my body so that it always runs at perfect efficiency. I might even be able to teach others this method, since everyone's running on the same energy here."

She holds off on demonstrating directly, instead producing a small charge of Ether in her hand. "And even someone like me, who was considered the eternal frustration of the Kamchatka Program, can do something like this-- move and transfer energy around. If Ether Stones are a reserve of Ether, then, it should be possible to charge them safely with Ether with several people working in concert. But... I don't know the economies of scale; surely, if it were so simple, the Empire would do that instead of pulling Ether Stones out of the ground? Not to mention the limits of myself or others on pushing through Ether to do this. Magic, for example, requires quite a bit of effort to both use and control properly, and Ether Stones might be similarly delicate."

Something she has had direct experience with.

[freearcadia]

He nods, sometimes magic - just gives him a headache to think about, there must be some kind of base logic underpinning it, but he'll be damned if he could figure out what it is. "Given the callousness of the Empire, I'd think if that were possible, we'd see it even if the recharge rate was wildly inefficient."

[theriflespiral]

"Magic-users require training, time, and energy, if not strictly money, to replace, I suspect. Even pulling such from the Gate must be so, or else we'd be up to our armpits in Servants. Even the Empire can sometimes be loath to lose an investment." Still, she nods along.

"Even given that-- there are clearly ways to pull Ether out of an Ether Stone. If we learn why they are fuel instead of merely storage, we might have a better idea of what we'll need to lift a ship. For that... I wonder where we can find some expended Ether Stones?"

[freearcadia]

"Hm..." He thought about it. "I'm sure if we asked around, we could get some ideas..." Harlock pursed his lips thoughtfully, wondering if there's a way to extract remnants of energy from expended stones.

[theriflespiral]

"Indeed. It's a bit of a shame that most of our experts are from the Gate. It gives us less of an option when it comes to understanding the local idiosyncracies."