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Basic Strategy, Monday, Period 4
Class met in the Danger Shop today, which had been transformed to look like a sailing ship. It was only after a few moments spent exploring the vessel that most students might notice the obvious: A huge, jagged hole in the side of the boat was letting water into the lower decks, and smoke was creeping up from that area.
"Welcome," Tyrion said, once he was confident the situation had become apparent to most of the class, "to a sinking ship. As this got me into trouble last time, I must stress: The ship and the sea are feigned. None of you will drown on my watch."
That point made, he went into his main lecture. "Your situation is as follows. A group of four of you have chartered this boat for a weekend trip. None of you have much sailing experience -- if you do, pray put it out of your mind for the moment -- so the ship is being sailed by a hired captain and his mate. Overnight, a fire broke out on the boat. When the ship's crew went down to investigate, they were swept away and are presumed lost. Because it happened overnight and the boat has been adrift for several hours, you've only the faintest idea where you are. Your best guess is that you're about a thousand leagues southwest from the nearest land."
"The fire is out, but the ship won't float much longer. Most of the ship's supplies have already been damaged by the water and smoke. However, you have saved a wooden lifeboat, plus the following items" -- he gestured to a pile of things to his left -- "and whatever's in your pockets, with one exception: Due to our remote location, your telephones are useless. However, you may assume at least one person in your group has some means for starting a fire."
1. An octant.
2. A small looking glass.
3. A quantity of gauze
4. A 5 gallon jug of water
5. A case of hardtack and jerky.
6. Maps of the ocean
7. A floating seat cushion
8. A small jar of wildfire(napalm)
9. A live, caged messenger raven
10. 20 square feet of waxed waterproof canvas
11. Shark repellent
12. One quart of strong rum
13. 15 feet of good rope
14. 2 boxes of sweets
15. A fishing kit
"Your job for this class is to try to come to consensus with your group about the five things you'd want to save the most. After that, climb into the life boats and set off in hopes of rescue."
[OOC: OCD up, come play!]
"Welcome," Tyrion said, once he was confident the situation had become apparent to most of the class, "to a sinking ship. As this got me into trouble last time, I must stress: The ship and the sea are feigned. None of you will drown on my watch."
That point made, he went into his main lecture. "Your situation is as follows. A group of four of you have chartered this boat for a weekend trip. None of you have much sailing experience -- if you do, pray put it out of your mind for the moment -- so the ship is being sailed by a hired captain and his mate. Overnight, a fire broke out on the boat. When the ship's crew went down to investigate, they were swept away and are presumed lost. Because it happened overnight and the boat has been adrift for several hours, you've only the faintest idea where you are. Your best guess is that you're about a thousand leagues southwest from the nearest land."
"The fire is out, but the ship won't float much longer. Most of the ship's supplies have already been damaged by the water and smoke. However, you have saved a wooden lifeboat, plus the following items" -- he gestured to a pile of things to his left -- "and whatever's in your pockets, with one exception: Due to our remote location, your telephones are useless. However, you may assume at least one person in your group has some means for starting a fire."
1. An octant.
2. A small looking glass.
3. A quantity of gauze
4. A 5 gallon jug of water
5. A case of hardtack and jerky.
6. Maps of the ocean
7. A floating seat cushion
8. A small jar of wildfire(napalm)
9. A live, caged messenger raven
10. 20 square feet of waxed waterproof canvas
11. Shark repellent
12. One quart of strong rum
13. 15 feet of good rope
14. 2 boxes of sweets
15. A fishing kit
"Your job for this class is to try to come to consensus with your group about the five things you'd want to save the most. After that, climb into the life boats and set off in hopes of rescue."
[OOC: OCD up, come play!]
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Before the Lecture [10/31]
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. . . it was a really nice ship, though. Too bad about the hole in it, huh?
Stephanie peered over the railing at said gaping hole and snapped her fingers. "Well, that's one way to put a damper on a nice little excursion, innit?"
During the Lecture [10/31]
Group A - Bart, Kenzi, Lex, Marshall
Group B - Toby, Simon, James, Susan
Re: Group B - Toby, Simon, James, Susan
"I have the means to start a fire, but I believe the distillation of naphtha would be lowest on my list," he said, pointing at the wildfire. Ah, smells of home. Besides, James normally carried a smoke bomb on his person; now he carried a small modern pocket lighter.
Group C - Tony, Caroline, Kate, Bruce
Group D - K-Mart, Jason, Claudia, Dolf
Re: Group D - K-Mart, Jason, Claudia, Dolf
Group E - Lucrezia, Faramir, Stephanie, Surreal
Re: Group E - Lucrezia, Faramir, Stephanie, Surreal
Why? BECAUSE REASONS, la la la, move along, nothing to see here!
"But for the rest . . . anyone have any resources powers-wise that'll cut down on things we have to carry?"
Re: Group E - Lucrezia, Faramir, Stephanie, Surreal
Why chose when you have a witch?
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"If you were curious," he said, "the official correct answer is that the most important things to rescue are anything you could use to send a signal, such as the mirror and the wildfire -- though you'd have to come up with a way to get it far from the lifeboat before you set it aflame. Water and food are also worth saving, as is the waterproofed tarp. The least valuable things are the octant and maps, as they're useless if you don't know where you are or how to read them, and the raven, since there's no guarantee there's anyone for it to get a message to within flying range. You'd also have to share your food with it. Everything else is in the middle."
"Does anyone have counter arguments?"
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