Libra's Chariot: Update #3

[thelostmods]

Hey Team,

As we enter our final week of the Libra's Chariot event, some decisions by the characters need to be made regarding the fate of the NPCs and the station itself.

The following information is available at this point for any character to have discovered:

• The Docking Bay is repaired and there are shuttles with tractor beams that can move space debris and also potentially the station itself if enough are coordinated.
  
  
• The asteroid critters are Tech Mimics that can be used to repair the station if they're shown how repair tools work and are directed to damaged areas.
  
  
• A spare propulsion system can possibly be taken from Beta Station, which is nearby, but has gone unexplored.
  
  
• There are no exterior shields for Libra Station, but something could potentially be put on to protect it from debris.
  
  
• First Officer Forven Lau left behind a program that will allow characters to alter Madame and the MODs' directives at-will. Madame is unable to alter her directives and may crash temporarily if pushed on the point of them. The directive modification program was found by Meulin and Aeleus in the library before breech in the Recreation Bay occurred. The Bulletin Board notice of the finding of that card is here.
  
  Madame's current directives:
  1. Protect and maintain the Chariot Unit.
  2. Provide the crew with whatever assistance they request.
  
  The MODs' current directives:
  1. Conduct trials according to the Truth-seeker Code to bring justice to the people of Meridian.
  2. Obey all orders by the crew unless it conflicts with the first directive.
  3. Provide the crew with all requested and necessary assistance.
  4. Maintain Libra Station per Madame's orders.
  
  
• The people in the Chariot Unit all appear to be slightly bored, young and middle-aged adults. There is a curious dearth of children or elderly individuals. Unfortunately, the screen to view the goings on inside the Chariot Unit was destroyed. Madame has noted that a physical transfer of data from the Chariot Unit would need to occur. She does not personally have access to data to transfer it. It will be up to the characters to do something.

All of that being said... time to make some decisions. The end of this event will depend heavily on the actions of characters participating and what they decide to do. Things to consider for plotting:

1. Does your character want to save Libra Station, itself?
   There ARE viable ways to do this that will protect the station from the debris field, repair the station, and potentially move it out of the debris field.
   
   
2. Does your character want to save Madame?
   There ARE viable ways to do this. She is currently unwilling to leave Libra Station due to her directives requiring her to protect the Chariot Unit, though. Characters would have to forcibly remove her, reprogram her, or find a way to bring the Chariot Unit with them.
   
   
3. Does your character want to save the Chariot Unit?
   There ARE viable ways to do this. Either by wishing for something from Zephyr... or if someone wants to do a final search of the Habitation Bay, there is something plot relevant there that will assist with this effort.
   
   
4. Does your character want to save the MODs?
   Why, tho? There ARE viable ways to do this. They can be reprogrammed with simple directives. They will not leave the station unless they are reprogrammed or the Chariot Unit is preserved.

Please leave a comment below with what actions your character(s) will be taking so that these can be pulled into play for the finale. Please also feel free to plot here with others for threads whether it's a fight or a group effort to do something in particular.

Comments

[ceasetoexist]

Pokey's feelings on this event and what they should do are long and varied, so I'm going to try to keep them as notes/bulletin points as we go along for the sake of clarity and brevity.

Does your character want to save Libra Station itself?
No. While Pokey was willing to work on the station and repair it before, he now views it as a lost cause. Part of that is due to the fact of how the place will inevitably just fall into disrepair anyway, as well as the fact that Madame has openly told him she doesn't believe any of the Great Fleet is left. At best, the station is doomed to failure years down the line with only a small chance of anyone finding it and helping. At worst, the place devolves into something like the hellholes most of the people here are from, one way or another, either for people still in the Chariot Unit or if they somehow find a way to bring people through some hijinks in to repair the station or, far worse, continue running trials indefinitely.

Does your character want to save Madame?
Absolutely. The one thing Pokey wants for sure is to save Madame. After talking with the AI, he believes she at least should be preserved out of all this. A big part of that is genuine bias, but he does think she's mostly an innocent and should be saved. On that note, Pokey is opposed to reprogramming her. He wants Madame's desires and wants to be respected. At the same time, Pokey will accept reprogramming her to save her, because as he talks to her it becomes more and more obvious, to him at least, that her current programming keeps her from having autonomy. He doesn't want to take Madame with them by force, but he would accept reprogramming her as a means to save her.

Does your character want to save the Chariot Unit?
Yes. Pokey wants to save the Chariot Unit, but he mostly wants to do this because he views it as the best way to convince Madame to come with them. Pokey isn't in love with saving the Chariot Unit, and thinks that it's actually sort of cruel, but he's willing to if it could be a convincing part in getting Madame to come to the Meadous.

Does your character want to save the MODs?
Pokey is torn on saving the MODs. On the one hand, he sure doesn't like the MODs or want them to be around, but Madame did express a desire for them to be brought to life like her, which he wants to fulfill for her. He's willing to save the MODs to save Madame, although he's not expecting many people to go for it.

[telecosmetic]

Eliza's willing to save the MODs as well, because she doesn't really like the idea of them being the only ones left behind. Especially if they leave the station in the debris field.