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MISSION #01: SAND AND IRON
With the operation fast approaching, the Crimson Corsairs mobilize to prepare. As is often the case, the Supplier and Infiltration teams take the lead, deploying within Elysium and on the continent of Hesaeth. These preparations will be vital for the success of the operation team, and the Corsairs have devoted significant resources into seeing it through.
The Corsairs have delivered their verdict, and the mining site will be Captured for the benefit of the Crimson Corsairs. We expect this will invite swift reprisal from the Empire, and the Corsairs are expected to prepare assiduously to ensure unnecessary loss of life can be avoided.
The following missions have been registered for completion. For a character to count as having participated, they must have a minimum of 3 comments in the mission thread. Characters may only participate in missions in one of the available regions, but may participate in up to two threads if desired. If more than the minimum number of log participants is available for a given log, it will impact the efficacy of the preparation. As this is the first mission, the numbers have been kept intentionally low, we will assess requirements based on how we see player participation from this event and adjust as necessary.
SUPPLIERS
Gathering Supplies: This will mostly consist of gathering ingredients to make the food and drink to be distributed among the celebrants. It might involve hunting, foraging, farming, or other methods of production or gathering depending on your character’s preference. Failure to properly stock Elysium for the party will make the visiting officers angry and alert, ensuring they can mount a more effective defense of Hesaeth.
Requirements: To participate in this mission, your thread header should read GATHERING SUPPLIES. At least 4 characters will need to participate in this mission among all mission threads to make this a success.
Region: Elysium
Participants: Link, Snufkin, Maomao, Kaine (4/4)
Venue Preparation: This will consist of preparing the venue for the performance and banquet. It involves setting up the area, as well as constructing areas for seating and staging for the performances which will be held in the banquet hall. Failure to properly prepare will make visiting officers bored and restless, ensuring they can mount a more effective defense of Hesaeth.
Requirements: To participate in this mission, your thread header should read VENUE PREPARATION. At least 4 characters will need to participate in this mission among all mission threads to make this a success.
Region: Elysium
Participants: Momo, Musse, Eva, Link (4)
Munitions Development: The assault on Hesaeth will be a sneak attack, but extra firepower is always appreciated. Based on the recent salvage we’ve recovered, we believe we can make either a lethal poison or a sleep gas to be fired at the labor camp barracks. There is considerable argument among the Corsairs over which should be used, the sleeping concoction will potentially allow for the taking of captives. The poison gas will be potentially safer in neutralizing major threats, but there are many among the Corsairs and Imperial citizenry who will find the use of such a weapon abhorrent and this may lower our standing among our allies.
Requirements: To participate in this mission, your thread header should read either MUNITIONS DEVELOPMENT - SLEEPING GAS or MUNITIONS DEVELOPMENT - POISON GAS. At least 2 characters will need to participate in either of these missions to make this a success.
Region: Vault
Gambit: This will make up to two Gambits available - the Sleeping Gas Gambit and the Poison Gas Gambit. Either will be available for a one-time use in a mission log.
Participants (Sleeping Gas): Rezo (1/2)
Participants (Poison Gas): (0/2)
Illicit Substance Development: With the visiting officials, now is an excellent time for Elysium to put some of its finest hedonistic delights on display. To that end, they are developing more powerful alcohol and drugs to ensure the empire cannot mount an effective defense when the time comes. The enhanced alcohol should make the officers more likely to be asleep or impaired, whereas the drugs should ensure the officers are hallucinating and unable to give effective orders. Both should be able to completely incapacitate the officers and keep them from providing any aid to the labor camp.
Requirements: To participate in this mission, your thread header should read either DRUG DEVELOPMENT or ALCOHOL DEVELOPMENT. At least 2 characters will need to participate in either of these missions to make this a success.
Region: Vault or Elysium
Faction: Elysium only
Gambit: This will make up to two Gambits available - the Potent Drugs Gambit and the Potent Alcohol Gambit. Either will be available for a one-time use in a mission log.
Participants (Drug Development): Maomao, Musse (2/2)
Participants (Alcohol Development): (0/2)
INFILTRATORS
Observation and Mapping: Infiltrators will need to get a full layout of the labor camp, including troop movements, locations of armaments, and as many details as possible. This information will be critical in ensuring the team can quickly neutralize the threats on the ground. Failure to properly scout the area will lead to the team encountering unexpected and potentially dangerous threats on the ground.
Requirements: To participate in this mission, your thread header should read either OBSERVATION AND MAPPING. At least 4 characters will need to participate in either of these missions to make this a success.
Region: Hesaeth
Participants: T-800, Id, Itsuzumi, Aerich (4/4)
Prisoner Uprising: Infiltrators will need to steal into the labor camp and prepare the inhabitants for their impending rescue. This includes informing them and arming them so they can assist, if willing.
Requirements: To participate in this mission, your thread header should read OBSERVATION AND MAPPING. At least 4 characters will need to participate in either of these missions to make this a success.
Region: Hesaeth
Gambit: This will make the Prison Revolt Gambit available. It will be available for a one-time use in a mission log, but can only be used on this mission.
Participants: Madeline, Noctis, Harlock (3/4)
Steal Dispatches: Knowledge is power, and the Corsairs can make tremendous use of the maps, dispatches, and orders that flow through prison camps like this. Infiltrators will need to enter officer quarters and sift through refuse to find these missives and bring them back to the Vault for analysis.
Requirements: To participate in this mission, your thread header should read either STEAL DISPATCHES. At least 2 characters will need to participate in either of these missions to make this a success.
Region: Hesaeth
Faction: Vault only
Gambit: This will make the Hamper Reinforcements Gambit available. It will be available for a one-time use in a mission log.
Participants: Donatello, Angelika (2/2)
Players are generally free to play out the mission however they wish in terms of their log. A mission’s success will be judged across all participants in all logs. Players who want to make final group planning may use the top level in this post. Any Gambits will be made immediately available once the log participation requirement is met. The Execution phase will be posted on July 10th, but the cut-off to complete a mission log successfully for the planning phase will be July 15th.
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Gathering Supplies (Elysium)
Date: 2024-07-03 02:55 am (UTC)So. Laios is pretty good with animals, and he actually rather likes cows even if they aren't as cool as monsters, so that's why the big tough swordsman is here. Currently, he's leading a particularly hefty cow into place into one of the milking stanchions, where a small container of fodder awaits it, and talking in a low, calm voice.]
You want hay right? We've got plenty of food for you here. Well, maybe not that much, but we'll bring you more. Just step up here...
[His voice is pretty monotonous, but the cow does indeed seem to be staying calm so far.]
Re: Gathering Supplies (Elysium)
Date: 2024-07-04 07:49 pm (UTC)She hadn’t even made it to step two yet and here she was face to face with a cow. Falin’s brother (what a coincidence that they should have met!) had said this was easy, and Marcille truly did want to pull her own weight but…she was a mage, dammit! Not a farm hand!
She was hanging back, hesitant to approach, but also not quite ready to give up.]
Cows sure are, um…bigger than I imagined.
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Date: 2024-07-05 01:09 am (UTC)A lot of that size comes from their stomach. Cows specialize in digesting cellulose-heavy grasses that most animals can't. Their stomachs have four different chambers, so what they do is swallow their food without chewing it and store it in one chamber, then they regurgitate it to chew it properly. Then they swallow it again for further digestion.
[He gives the cow a satisfied look, as it starts in on the fodder provided for it.]
These cows are really well fed. You can tell they'll make high quality milk.
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Date: 2024-07-06 04:25 am (UTC)They're constantly throwing up their own food? Is that why they smell like that?
[Gross.]
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Date: 2024-07-07 02:11 pm (UTC)[Laios tilts his head, looking down his shoulder at Marcille in slight puzzlement that she's there.]
Speaking of which, we'll also need to wipe off her udders before we start milking.
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Date: 2024-07-08 04:27 am (UTC)[Do farmers do this kind of thing every day!? Marcille is suddenly seeing dairy products of all kind in a whole new light.]
I guess....as long as we wash our hands afterwards it would be okay.
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Date: 2024-07-11 12:40 pm (UTC)The back of her udders are under her anus, so I guess you could say gravity's the culprit.
[Seeing that Marcille is acquiescing to the task at hand, Laios turns and grabs a nearby basin, holding it out for Marcille. It filled with warm water, and there's a wash rag floating inside.]
You wanna try wiping her down?
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Date: 2024-07-12 06:04 am (UTC)[Is what she wanted to say, but her magic had so far not proved to be terribly useful for the Corsairs. If she truly meant to save Falin she had to help somehow. Even if that meant wiping manure off a cow.
So what she actually said as she held a hand out towards the bucket was:]
Ugh. Fine, pass it here. When I’m done this will be the most hygienic cow you’ve ever seen!
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Date: 2024-07-12 12:22 pm (UTC)[Laios dutifully hands her the bucket and then steps away to observe the proceedings. The cow, meanwhile, is blissfully busy chowing down on fodder and thinking about how lovely it will be to regurgitate later on.
Her udders are just as huge as the rest of her, but they're not that dirty. At least, not to Laios's eye. The farmers here do take care of their animals after all!]
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Date: 2024-07-13 05:10 am (UTC)...And farmers do this every day?
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Date: 2024-07-13 04:58 pm (UTC)[Since Marcille doesn't appear to be about to get kicked by the cow, Laios goes ahead and brings two more buckets over: A big one with a strainer over the top to pour the milk into, and a smaller one they'll be squeezing the milk into.]
A cow can keep producing milk for a few years after she has a calf, as long as you keep milking her regularly. It's actually better to get as much milk as you can instead of leaving some, because it tells her body she needs to keep producing it.
[Cow Facts™]
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Date: 2024-07-15 03:11 am (UTC)[Still, she is giving it her best shot.
By the time she finished, the cow was probably not "the most hygienic cow you’ve ever seen," but she had done a passably good job.]
Now we just....put the bucket under it and squeeze?
[It can't be THAT hard, can it?]
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Date: 2024-07-15 09:57 pm (UTC)You've got to strip the teats first, to make sure there isn't anything off about the milk. Just give them a couple squirts to test the flow.