Starting with the Insider for the reformists, after this vote I will do a write up that covers the absolute shit show that was the other factions turns.
Who will be the Reformist Insider?
>Thomas [Auto-passes at risk of becoming a full blown reformist]
>Jacob
>Rosaline
>Andrew
>Grant

>>5905294
>Rosaline

>>5905294
>>Rosaline

>>5905294
>Rosaline

Looks like we're going with Rosaline.

Average Stealth Check DV 70
Rosaline +25

YOU MAY ADD 1 SUCCESS

I need three anons to give me 1d100
roll under 95

[critical failure not possible]
0 Successes: They don't trust me at all! (Rosaline fails to become an insider, Unity decreases by 5%)
1 Success: You know for people who want to trust wastelanders with shit they sure aren't trusting. (Rosaline becomes an insider, you can see two of the Reformists actions per turn, Unity Decreases by 5%)
2 Successes: I'm in though it's gonna be a slow burn to anything really useful (Rosaline becomes an insider, you can see three of the Reformists actions per turn)
3 Successes: Looks like they're more welcoming than I thought... (Rosaline becomes an insider, you can see four of the reformists actions per turn, Unity increases by 5%)
CRITICAL SUCCESS: They don't suspect a thing. (Rosaline becomes an insider, you can see all of the reformists actions per turn, unity increases by 5%)

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>5905592
Nat100 inc

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>5905592
Captcha stop being gay and may the roll be a 1

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>5905592

3 Successes: Looks like they're more welcoming than I thought... (Rosaline becomes an insider, you can see four of the reformists actions per turn, Unity increases by 5%)

An expected result.
Look forwards to the next update, might take me a while longer than usual, but I've got a lot of ground to cover here.

>>5905630
Hey warden I got a question about our REAL enemies.

when can we launch a first strike on the Zeta's for causing the bombs to fall?

>>5905932
You'd have to take control of Big MT and unite the Enclave as a whole, so that's way down the line. Assuming it ever actually comes up as a relevant decision or plot point.

>>5905941
Understood, America shall return the strike ten-fold.

>Ask Vets to mediate the coalition differences
>Vets job
>coalition devolves into infighting
>reformers pic related

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>>5906282
>Reformers ruminating on the state of the Enclave

>>5906282
The only thing more powerful then a squad of Veteran Enclace soldiers is a marital dispute turned political.

Joke aside that critical failure hit the worst possible action for it. If it had been literally any of the other ones it would have been bad but no where near as catastrophic for them.
I don't have my notes on me at the moment but I believe the action was to curb Purist influence in the coalition, basically try and balance things out. Problem is between that failing spectacularly and the purists getting a success with complications on literally every action they had this turn and this is the result you get.

nice

>>5906486
Update on the update Warden?

>>5908080
Slow going, but I'd say about 60-75% done, probably gonna drop late tonight or sometime tomorrow.

You've read before that you can get stomach ulcers from stress. It certainly would explain the discomfort you've been feeling as you've watched the events of this week unfold. It started off rather innocuous in fact almost predictably so. Trying to keep an eye on everyone's actions, trying to get a feel for how close someone is to striking the spark that would set off the powder keg, and doing what you can to help keep it all together. Gerald passed you an update on what the Purists plan of action was for the week. There were some concerning things in there, like an attempt to seize control of the armory, which really felt more like denying the reformists access to it.

That plan went off rather poorly, several of members of the purists basically went out of their way to occupy the location of the armory under the guise of insuring that all issued equipment was returned to storage unless absolutely necessary to operations. Those operations of course being patrols and being the lookout for the cell. The results were not surprising in that everyone just ignored them and their harassment. To the point where your father had to address the situation and reprimand them just to keep things from exploding too early. Still they've just gotten more subtle about it after that, stick around the place, keeping tabs on what goes in and out like informal quartermasters.

There was also an attempt to drive a wedge between Rockefeller and Nelson, rumor mongering wasn't exactly easy in such a small community and expectedly they didn't really achieve their ultimate goal. You're not exactly sure what they were expecting on that one, even if you don't like to give Rockefeller credit, the Senator wasn't born yesterday and debatably is the most venomous snake here between him and Nelson's cool head they were fighting up hill. To the Purists credit they didn't exactly make the Reformists any closer over their churlish attempts at slander. The most the evoked there was an eyeroll response.

However the worst of the situation came not from the Purists immediate actions, but to the Establishments response to one of them. The Purists had, according to Gerald, intended to further radicalize the Establishment in order to sway members over to their camp, especially with their most recent 'gain' of Gerald. This didn't really pan out however, surprisingly it at first brought the coalition closer together as both the Purists and the Establishment reaffirmed their mutual goals in the discussion. Where things went to shit was when your father had decided that the balance of power within the coalition had gotten to far out of hand and he actively attempted to curtail it.

You're father isn't stupid, you know this, but he's not exactly an eloquent speaker, let alone an adept politician. He lead like an officer because that's what he was, and an officers touch was not what was needed to do what he wanted. No what started as closed door discussions about authority and chain of command quickly devolved into a shouting match. Accusations started to get flung around between the two over which one was acting as a subversive element within the coalition. The Purists emboldened by their recent 'power' gain and this quickly degenerating situation began making claims that the 'fence' sitters were holding them back. The Veterans did what they could to keep the situation from escalating further from the current shouting match, up to and including dragging your parents away from each other out of fear that something terrible might happen if they didn't.

It didn't take long after that before the coalition between the two collapsed, with both sides going their seperate ways at least as far as the leadership was concerned. The Veterans and even most of the people in both camps were not quite at each others throats, but the most fervant supporters wanted nothing to do with each other, and unfortunately, those were the decision makers. It annoyed the hell out of yourself as both of your parents were acting like petulant children. You even went to talk with both of them, and it hurt to do so, your mother was basically heartbroken over the incident, she hated that they were fighting, but she wasn't willing to budge, calling your father a 'stubborn ass and a coward' behind his back. Yet her words didn't hold any venom, just pain and disappointment as she choked them out.

Your father on the other hand. You had seen him exhausted before, from his work, from trying to hold everything together and organize the exodus and these operations. This was different, it was a spiritual exhaustion, the mans eyes seemed almost vacant, his face drooping as he can barely muster the effort to hold an experssion at all. You didn't see him cry, but you could see the stains on his collar, the redness of his eyes. He wasn't catatonic, he still worked, in fact he seemed absorbed in his work trying to do anything but address the situation, passing off the argument as just a passing disagreement, but his words were slow and lacking in their usual confidence as he spoke them.

You'd never seen either of them so... hurt before. The worst part about it is how assured they both were in their righteousness, of just how right they were. The argument hadn't even truly ended for them, now it was about proving to the other that they were wrong. It was an insufferable game of chicken that you desperately want to call them out on, but you can't, not without thinking about how to best approach the situation first. The last thing you wanted was the throw more fuel on the fire.

Despite your father's attempt to escape his pain through work, he ironically had found himself paralyzed in terms of decision making from all of this. It seemed almost as if he was scared to take any other moves in fear of hurting both himself and the woman he loved again. So he was stuck in his office buried in paper work basically hiding from the situation as it develops for the time being.

The only other action of note that the coalition had performed was an attempt to harm the working relations between the Van Graff's and Nelson. To a degree this actually worked, but not as they had hoped. They had managed to get an idea after all these months of when the Van Graff's traders would show up, and they had unlike their earlier attempts actually picked a rather calm and tame option. They intercepted the Van Graff trader and turned them away, with a rather harsh message.

This of course made its way back to the matriarch. Unfortunately for the Purists, Nelson and the Matriarch's relationship was built on a solid foundation of communication. Matters were discussed, and amends were made, leading to a restoration of the status quo. Honestly the Purists would have been better off just getting rid of the trader in your opinion if their goal was to harm relations, though you can appreciate not wanting to piss off entirely someone that could rat us out without a second thought. It was an disturbing prospect actually, we're working on mutually beneficial terms, but it'd functionally be Mutually assured destruction if one side turned on the other at this point as the Van Graff's could easily rat us out, just as easily as we could wipe their power base off the map in retribution for that action.

Setting that to the side, you had the good fortunate of being able to at least make one good thing out of this chaos, the Reformists had been making overtures for a while now to yourself and those in the unaligned camp, along with a rather provocative denunciation of the Purist's actions thus far it wasn't hard to slip your best lier into their midst. Rosaline much like Gerald would serve to inform you of their actions, though she wouldn't be able to quite match him in terms of his skill or experience. What worries you however is that the Reformists between their denunciations have also been making general overtures to the Establishment now that they've split off. In fact they've even been making some concessions and reconciling some issues on their platform.

This is both good and bad. Good in that it's bringing everyone closer together in alignment, but bad in that if the Reformists can sway the Establishment to hop the fence, the situation will spiral out of control fast. That right there is the core, you think, of the stomach ulcer you're developing. You can't let that happen. In fact you need something, just about anything in fact to bring the Reformists down to a more even playing field with everyone else, because they're feeling way to comfortable and in control now for your liking.

As the situation stands though you're also concerned about the reformists building off their momentum, possibly even turning your own actions against you in the following week. With that thought you're next steps will be simple enough, seek out Nelson's men, see what you can learn from them about the situation in the reformist camp, and while you're there kill two birds with one stone and see what Rosaline can dig up on any moderates that you might be able to convince to drop out in their camp. You're already having Gerald do that in the Purists, though you're doubtful you'll find much there.

The question now becomes, who do you send to speak with Nelson's men? (Pick 2)
>Yourself
>Grant
>Thomas
>Elizabeth
>Andrew
>Jacob

>>5908428
>Yourself
>Jacob

Might be wrong here, Not really sure for this one.

>>5908428
My god this is so bad. We need to stop that immediately, otherwise it's the end of us. In regard to Nelson men.... i am not sure, is difficult with them. But they have been essentiallybeen mercs/buddies with the Van Graff, who would it fit.
Not elizabeth i can't see her working well there, grant was good with vets for the soldier approach, thomas err maybe he has a political view that might work (good at talking), jacob he is a man of science really he can help but not his field, andrew is a bit wild.... he doesn't care much of politics and doesn't have a strong stigma of wastelanders.


>Yourself
>Andrew
wild time

>>5908428
>Yourself
>Thomas
Not only does Thomas have the speak bonuses and a strong in/understanding of their worldview, but having him ‘showing the flag’ with us will make it harder for them to poach him to the dark side.

>>5908428
>>Yourself
>>Elizabeth
Discuss with her before hand, but an "we have more in common than not" approach could work. show how Well our unit functions not in spite of but because we see the strengths in each other's beliefs, can call each other out when necessary, and sharpen and evolve our own understanding through the marketplace of ideas. Bringing Elisabeth as she is the one most our ideological opposite.

>>5908428
>>5908836
+1

>>5908836
You ain’t gonna convince the Reformers with a diet-Purist, and she only gives us a +5 and an auto-success for intimidation tests- meanwhile, Thomas has a +20 speech with non-purists/authoritarian and an auto-success. Given Ford’s +10 Enclave Speech checks and +1 speech reroll, the superior option would be a Ford/Thomas ticket, with a +30 Speech bonus, a reroll bonus and an auto-success lads.

Looks like it's Elizabeth and yourself going.
Bold choice, but I think the argument presented here
>>5908836
Lends it more viability than it would have otherwise.


Anyways I need three anons to roll me 1d100

Brutal Speech Check DV 30
Ford +10
'The marketplace of ideas' +10

YOU HAVE 1 REROLL

Roll under 50

[Can't critically fail this test]
0 Successes: You've said your piece, now leave. (You learn nothing, and Unity does not increase or decrease)
1 Success: You can say what you want, maybe it works for you, but if you haven't noticed it doesn't seem to be working for anyone else. (You learn nothing, Unity Increases by 2.5%)
2 Successes: Look we get it, but we're not the ones that have a problem with other peoples views. (You gain some insight into the reformists inner workings, Unity Increases by 5%)
3 Successes: Alright, what do you propose we do then? (You gain some insight into the reformists inner workings, Unity increases by 7.5%, some of the men become more moderate)
CRITICAL SUCCESS: You know you've got a point.... (You gain insight into the reformists inner workings, Unity Increases by 10%, one of the strike teams becomes unaligned)

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>5909142

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>5909142
I’m not amused by this, I just want that noted

>>5909198
And what do you know- if this was Thomas’ bonus we would’ve clutched it- and that’s not including whatever ‘Reformist worldview’ bonus we would’ve gotten.

>>5909204
Just to ask are you
>>5908826
>>5908851

>>5909208
Yes- was at work, currently heading home

>>5909209
Alright I figured, couldn't quite tell, but had a gut feeling those two posts were from the same person arguing their position.

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>5909142

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>5909142
I’ll just reroll my shit roll >>5909198 just to keep the quest moving

2 Successes: Look we get it, but we're not the ones that have a problem with other peoples views. (You gain some insight into the reformists inner workings, Unity Increases by 5%)

Writing

>>5909252
I hate it when I’m right

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>5909212
Damn I missed out on the roll and vote. F

This update is gonna take a little longer than usual, not because of how long it'll be, but because I'm feeling under the weather right now, I'm hoping to get the update out by the end of today, but it might be tomorrow before it drops.

>>5910574
Okay boss
Stay well :)

>>5910574
Update on the update?

>>5913285
Not coming today that's for certain.
I'm on call this week and there's a critical issue that's sucking up all my time.

You played it relatively safe when attempting to talk with the Veterans, primarily because of how volatile that situation could have gotten. You're fairly certain that Nelson's men are just as capable of incredible feats of violence, but they don't seem to have quite the same chip on their shoulder. So you instead decide to go for a riskier approach. The obvious one would be to take Thomas with you, between the two of you, you would be able to almost certainly get on their good side. However you believe that by taking Elizabeth with you you have the chance to give the Reformists pause.

It's a gamble, one you're hoping will pay off in taking away some of the Reformists current momentum. Something had to be done at the very least and you may as well kill to birds with one stone. You went off to them with Elizabeth, though she was herself resistant to the idea of being part of a dialog with the reformists, she eventually relented and put her trust in you.

It didn't take all that long to find them hanging around near the Bar in the small town you all called 'home' for the time being. You had caught them all in a good mood it seemed. Unsurprisingly they were drinking to their good fortune given the events of this week. Though there isn't really a bartender left, they're taking turns at being the server. You and Elizabeth sit down in a corner to wait for the right moment to talk to them. As you do Elizabeth speaks up quietly, "I'm still not sure this is the best idea." You look over to the group enjoying themselves then back to Elizabeth, "Your role in this is mostly demonstrative Elizabeth, trust me this conversation will be quick and informative." She frowns slightly before sighing resigning herself to the situation at hand.

After a while most of them had calmed down and gone from merry making to casual conversation, this was when you decided to head in. Standing up and waving Elizabeth to come along you head over to the bar where the group of soldiers were. One of them sees you and raises a shot glass, "Well if it isn't Lieutenant Ford, what can we do you for sir?" it was a mostly formal greeting, but one twinged with a hint of drunkenness and the informality inherent in it.

You sit down at the bar Elizabeth beside you, "I'm just here to talk, things have been rather tense around here recently." The one that had addressed you finishes the shot from the glass he raised to you, "You can say that again sir." You look off to the side for a bit gauging the reactions of the others there, most of them are nodding in agreement, though a few just seem to be keeping to themselves. You smile, "You can drop the formalities for now." The soldier laughs a little rubbing the back of his head, "Well then Ford, I suppose I will." He turns to one of his friends patting them on the back as they had their head on the bar table for a bit jolting them awake, with a cough before turning back to you, "So what'd you want to talk about?"

You lean forwards into the bar from your seat for a few moments before leaning back straightening yourself out, "I wanted to talk about this situation we all find ourselves in, aren't any of you concerned of what might happen if both sides keep push and prodding at each other?" The Soldiers jovial expression sobered up for a bit, before shrugging, "I mean yeah, it's definitely in the back of my mind, can't speak for these guys." The one next to him he had woken up responds, "It ain't gonna be pretty that's for sure." the one you had been talking to nods in response as do the others.

You frown slightly, but he continues, "Look I get what their issue is really, I ain't a big fan of the whole wastelander thing either that Nelson and that snake Rockefeller have been talking about, but I trust my Captain to make the right calls." The rest of the group nods, "He got us out of the shit when it mattered, found us a way of life when we lost everything... even if we all had to put up with the mutants." he says as his friend hands him a new shot, while then sliding one down the bar to you.

You furrow your brows you weren't exactly expecting that response. It had been more candid than you were expecting, you wait to see if he has anything more to add and it seemed he did, "Honestly I'm glad we're easing off the gas when it comes to the whole 'reform' thing." he drinks his shot again before looking at you, "What about you Ford? What's your take on all this?"

You give a short nod in response, "I'm not exactly keen to see either side at each others throats myself, I'd like it if we could all help each other to find our place, to start to listen to each other again instead of trying to shout the other person down." The man responds quickly, "Amen to that brother, but I think we're a bit beyond that point." You shake your head, "I disagree, I mean look at my own squad, all of them have a different opinion on how we should handle the situations we find ourselves in." I turn to Elizabeth, "My sister and I don't exactly see eye to eye on a lot of these issues, especially the ones plaguing the Enclave right now, but we still work together, we trust each other." Elizabeth nods and follows, "Can't say I care for what it is Captain Nelson is trying to do myself, and honestly if it wasn't for Ford asking me to be here I wouldn't be." She doesn't mince her words.

The soldier smirks and nods, "I can respect that, lot in common here, but see Ford we're not the issue, you, me, Nelson, hell even Rockefeller. We're not the ones trying to wring the other sides throats for thinking about change. If you're looking to have a speech about diversity you're preaching to the choir." You sigh looking off, a neutral expression on your face before turning back, "I suppose so, still it's not like the Reformist camp hasn't been poking and prodding about." He shrugs at this, "You gotta fight fire with fire, If they wanna talk I think the two big ones got ears for it, but they ain't talking."

You frown, "And neither are they, at least not anything productive to solving this issue." The soldier sighs scratching his head for a bit, "Look, I ain't a politician, hell no one here is except the Senator. Right now what matters is making sure you can even get your say in, and when the only thing people will listen to is strength, then you gotta be strong to speak." He looks over to his friend who then speaks up in response to him, "It's not like they aren't trying to open channels, hell the whole reason we're celebrating is because it's even easier to try and open a dialogue now, at least with the ones we think will listen."

You raise an eyebrow, "And whose that?" the other soldier smirks, "Well considering the shit show that happened recently, the establishment, not like the Purists even try to negotiate." The first one shakes his head before speaking up, "Either one really works honestly they're not exactly in a position to ignore us anymore and we're not gonna ignore them either." That last part came off as more serious then the rest of his earlier speech, before he returns to his lighter tone, "Regardless we stand with our Captain whatever may come."

You drink the glass that was given to you, "I can respect that at the least." You weren't fully sure if what they were saying was the truth of the matter or just what they think is the case, but you could tell the man wasn't trying to lie. The rest of the people there seemed to share his sentiments. You stand up and nod to them, "Thanks for the drink." before heading out of the bar with Elizabeth in tow, who when you both got outside spoke up again, "Well did that work out the way you wanted it to?"

You shake your head, "Not exactly no, but I get the feeling that the sentiments they had were at the very least heading in the right direction." Elizabeth raised an eyebrow, "Sounded more like to me that they just brushed you off." You shake your head, "If they were brushing me off their answers wouldn't have been so candid. They just don't feel the responsibility for the situation that they should." You sigh knowing that swaying them to neutrality would be a hard task. Honestly you may just be better off trying to convince Nelson himself to do so.

Though the conversation didn't feel terribly productive the lingering words and discussion did resonate within the Reformist camp and an attitude of dialogue was more prevalent then before. You did get some information out of them as well, though it was mostly things you could have guessed, primarily that being that Nelson and Rockefellers camps within the Reformists weren't a united front. Even at that there's a sense that the people under Nelson aren't even all that enthusiastic of the cause he's championing. It's possible that pressure could be used to keep pushing them towards compromise, and hopefully to compromise long enough to at least get the Enclave out of this impending disaster.

Still you now turned your attention to your next steps. As it stands it'd be prudent to continue to work on cooling the tensions in the Cell, so you'll be following up on Elizabeth's suggestion of using Christmas as a time to be unified rather than divided. Then you'll move to Rosaline's suggestion, you've figured out half of the matter as is having talked with Nelson's men, now all you needed was for Gerald to tell you about the Purists. Once those are done you can finally try to remind everyone about our true enemy, the NCR, who is breathing down our necks right now.

With that all considered what is your plan for Christmas?
>Let's go with a traditional Christmas party, there's no need to do anything special when the day itself is what's special.
>Considering the current animosity perhaps a secret Santa style of party would be better, that way the act is about giving to each other as a whole and not just those you favor
>Instead of focusing on giving perhaps what we need is an outlet for all the aggression and frustration, we should focus on competitive games as part of the celebrations
>Write in

>>5914414
>Considering the current animosity perhaps a secret Santa style of party would be better, that way the act is about giving to each other as a whole and not just those you favor

>>5914414
>>Considering the current animosity perhaps a secret Santa style of party would be better, that way the act is about giving to each other as a whole and not just those you favor
I am not fully sure about competition games.....maybe since we are mostly all military. But it could end in some bad situations if there is some fights and the like, traditional is something they expect. Secret Santa not so much.... could be good, definetly will confuse them a bit and maybe make them relax enough for put in stasis some of that agression (giving us time to increase unity further).

Ford and team thankfully together can make a decent enough surprise, and some initial gifts to give around.

Also for the future NCR enemy speech both Ford and team have more than enough materials to build it, would be best for them to start put them together and when is time for make the speech nobody will be able to say no to it easily.

>>5914414
>>Considering the current animosity perhaps a secret Santa style of party would be better, that way the act is about giving to each other as a whole and not just those you favor

>>5914414
>Instead of focusing on giving perhaps what we need is an outlet for all the aggression and frustration, we should focus on competitive games as part of the celebrations
The trick is to break up the factions into mixed teams and force them to work together to win.

>>5914723
I like this idea, so
>Make teams across political lines for competitive games
+
>Secret Santa

>>5914723
>>5914414
Seems a good idea, making sure the games are fun and cooporative might also be smart

>>5914414
>Considering the current animosity perhaps a secret Santa style of party would be better, that way the act is about giving to each other as a whole and not just those you favor
We need to encourage unity. We can have competition later when we're more united.

If games win they should be designed to cater to different skill sets so everybody gets to feel like a valuable teammate. Also for maximum tension place faction leaders in an escape room type game with very strict time limits and lucasarts point 'n click moonlogic puzzles (don't really do this)

>>5916435
based

>>5916435
What you don't want to actually see some 40 to 50 somethings trying to figure out that they need to use grog in a paper cup with a time limit to melt one of the locks on the door?
Because that'd be fun to write.
Tonally dissonant but fun to write.

Wouldn't actually do that, but I'll pocket that idea for some other thing down the line, thanks anon.

As for the vote, it'll be open for 3 more hours, might be slow to respond today and tomorrow, my on call ends on Wednesday so until then I'm at the mercy of being IT while also being a developer.

>>5914899
>>5914414
>support
Welcome back qm. Looking forwards to another banger.

Looks like Secret Santa on it's own wins.
My count is 4 secret santas
2 competitions
2 competitions and secret santa combos.

I'll get to writing, update will probably be slow today as noted earlier.

>>5916910
Shame competition didn’t get in- would’ve supported a combo, just to break up the factions

No update today, I'm completely drained from work.
But on call ends tomorrow so I should be able to breath again.
At least for like a month to six weeks.

>>5918533
Okay :)

Thinking about the speech against NCR enemy number one, makes me wonder if just the speech or something else in addition to that could help. Like a presentation behind us, of territory, usual composition of a standard garrison of a NCR fort/base, type of tactics etc...
The speech is the most relevant since it includes things like : our fights against them, the current NCR-BOS war, enclave prisoners, the rumors of their research etc..
Maybe we could put on a table the ranger armor.

Just to keep everyone appraised, I'm working on the update, but I think I'm going to end the thread after we cover all of the actions of this in game week. I'm running into some writers block and struggling to figure out what to write right now, and it feels disingenuous to ask you all to continue waiting for such long periods for these updates and their lack of consistency.

After this thread ends it might be a couple of months before I can get a proper thread up again. I apologize for the disappointment and frankly what will likely be a comically short thread, but rest assured I remain dedicated to finishing this quest no matter how long it may take me.

>>5920990
Thats fine, TRUE SON'S AND DAUGHTER'S OF AMERICA CAN WAIT!

It do be like that.

>>5920993
this

Stay strong, Qsts is hard job.

>>5920990
Okay

>>5920990
>>5920993
https://youtu.be/sPO5lbFnulE?si=T_4voWq6Pd4Khff7

Calling all Patriots within range of this eyebot, do the stars and stripes still fly?

>>5929231

I'm still alive and still trying to work on the update, I'm just really struggling with the writers block.

>>5929548
Go warden ! Go warden! GOOOOOO!!!!

>>5929548
Bro. Sometimes you write yourself into a direction that you later realize isn't where you wanted your story to go. (Not you specifically just in general especially community oriented writing)

Feel free to delegate some of this arc to us. We're more than happy to help guide it or give more ideas/write ins. To push things along. We can also kind of skip the politicking if it's just not really where you wanted to go with the story.

Or of you need more ideas/ potential consequences for stuff that happens. Or more catch 22 options.

We can also just kind of ignore this stuff and go back to the squad based dungeon crawly stuff.

Not exactly sure where the issues are but we are all here if you want to bounce ideas off of.

Good luck qm. Will continue to lurk since this is a bomb quest.

>>5930536
Well part of it is more on a personal level.
I actually do want to write what's going on here, in fact I like doing the more down to earth scenes, this issue is three fold.

Firstly, Genuine writers block, I can see the events in my minds eye, but I can't commit to a result that satisfies me, even sitting down and just writing whatever was all I could do to get the last post out and isn't getting me far with this one.

Secondly, I've spent the better part of the last few months working in the background on a new system that I'm really eager to use, but bares no relation to this. I want to finish this quest before I do anything else quest related, but I struggle with keeping my focus in one direction especially when I get myself worked up with something else tangentially. Doesn't help that while I have a lot of the conceptual ground work for this other thing that I can't exactly establish a plot concept for it either so even if I wanted to just do that instead I can't for the same reason as the first reason.

Thirdly is time management. I suck at it.

Outside of those three things I don't have any real issues. Where the story is going right now is far from an issue in fact this whole political bit here is partly me trying to find a footing for when the scale of Ford's story and the Remnants ambitions exceeds these more personal interactions, and the other part is just this is the pay off for all the building tension in the story thus far.

As it stands it's kind of funny. I thought that with the pivot to the more down to earth bit via the Christmas preparations I'd be able to capture some of that trademark fallout tonal dissonance that permeates the series and in that I was eager to write it, more so than the previous post, but when I sat down I just couldn't come up with anything.

>>5930560
Nukes fall, We win.

Love me country,
Love me power armor,
Not mutationist,
Just don't like 'em.
Simple as.

Love me guvmint,
Love me plasma guns,
Not Chinamanist.
Just don't like submarines.

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>>5930560

Don't worry Storyteller, these things happen to the best of us.

And you are far better than most, no homo ; - )

This too shall pass

Kill ncr
Kill BOS
Kill anything that doesnt allow it self to be integrated and we don't like
Just killing

>>5930560
when are you gonna run your WK40K A.I. quest again?

Archived the thread, We'll see when I'm able to get back to it. Won't be this month though I'm too pressed for time to even begin writing as is.


>>5942139
I never ran one, you may be confusing me with some other QM anon.

Thanks for running!