malnosso | (no subject)

Attention, Region Six. A draft is scheduled to commence on August 25th for five days following. Your location will be the West Central Ocean, en route to Kano Harbour via three ships. Choose a suitable captain for each, and the pilots will be programmed to follow your orders. Don't waste my time with incompetence, either. Put in charge only those who deserve it.

These are the residents who have been selected to participate.

[As usual, the list posted HERE is offered in text form, sans the mun names.]

Your mission is to protect the cargo ship above all else. Within three days you will reach your destination. Opposition numbers, rank, and skill are impossible to predict, however, their equipment often prevents them from attacking at night. Remain on guard, but take advantage of the respite you may receive by night. Upon reaching the harbour, the cargo will be unloaded. You are to continue protecting it until it is safely out of range of their attacks. I would advise against swimming unless you want to die.

For those of you who were involved in the last draft, I have only one thing to say: your performance was acceptable.

Over and out.

[Once again, the commandant will not reply to anything but draft-related questions or particularly inspiring comments, so if you're looking for a response, be sure to give her something worth answering!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I like to say that you're guarding your own. The cargo may be of some benefit to you all, eventually.

Thus why you are placing residents out there. You realize that using the residents as guards will attract the Third Party's attention if the cargo alone does not do so. It should be beneficial to us to guarantee a higher rate of success.

How well-protected are the ships? Will the droids repair damage wrought upon by attacks? Should the draftees refrain from using any specific spells on the ships? [He is imagining the scenario of a draftee accidentally burning down an entire ship.]

They would attack whether you're there or not. The presence of these draftees at least gives the ships a chance to reach their destination.

The ships are sturdy enough to handle a number of attacks, but be cautious. They're as flammable as any sailing ships, so anyone skilled with fire ought to stay clear of the masts. Between battles, the droids will attempt to fix the damage done as much as possible, but they're not miracle workers.

[That does leave the questions of whether or not their numbers would increase significantly with their presence there, and what other limitations were in place in this world -- the limitations of Shifting and other technology, if the cargo could not simply be moved through some other means, among other things. But he will refrain.

Instead, he'll just echo what she had said earlier.]

Acceptable.

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