Obtain a Republic warship and loyal crew.
"I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but this vessel has been requisitioned by Lord Iridium. You can pledge your undying loyalty to Him and continue to serve on this ship, or I shall give you a reassignment to the bottom of the Atlantic. Nothing personal, but this is rather important."
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1 → Epic failureWith Fansworth's permission, if it's given, Fallas and his scientists start the process to revive Anna.
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IrrelevantGet some troops together and go after Iridium.
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2 → Failure
“That’s it,” says Celling. ‘I’m going after this Iridium character.” Following a quick glance by Jacob, who nods, Celling takes around half the force with him and departs through the hole in the wall.
Iridium, meanwhile, faces little trouble getting to the bridge of the
SFN Delos, one of the Republic’s cruisers. He puts a gun to the short, young-looking captain’s head.
“This vessel is being requisitioned by Lord Iridium!” he says over the ship’s intercom. “You can stay and serve me, or you go to the bottom of the Atlantic. Your choice!”
Captain Kenshin Ganara sighs deeply. In one fluid motion, he whirls around, kicks Iridium in the gut, and sends his gun spinning across the floor. Captain Ganara draws his own gun and holds it to Iridium’s head.
“Sorry about that, folks,” he says over the radio. “Shore control, patch me through to Captain Wenton Celling. I have a feeling he has something to do with this “Iridium” character.”
Meanwhile, Fallacy makes preparations for the resurrection. “I’d give her eighty five percent odds,” he notes, popping open a container. There are vials of DNA inside, labeled
cat, dog, penguin… “She hasn’t been dead for fifteen minutes, has she? We’ll start in a minute.”
“No, you won’t,” says a voice from the doorway. A balding man dressed in a prison jumpsuit walks up with surprising vigor for his age, fists clenched. “Fallas d’ Florist, are you?”
Fallas turns, utterly unamused. “T. Levin. Aren’t you supposed to be exiled?”
“They let me take one last tour of this place. Maybe atone for my sins in some way.” T. Levin says. He steps up to Fallas’s cart and slams his hand down on the container. “You’re going to inject her with animal DNA.”
“It’s critical to the resurrection process,” says Fallas.
“It is not,” T. Levin states bluntly.
There is an awkward silence before Fallas d’ Florist laughs weakly. “I’m sorry if we don’t believe the very man convicted of creating the Cherub project…”
“And so I have seen the effects of perverting nature, and so I cannot allow it to happen again,” T. Levin states. He points a bony finger at Fallas. “You may not know it, but you’re working off data extrapolated from the Adelie Archive. A series of ancient symbols that we don’t understand at all, but that seem to be central to bodily manipulation in some degree. Symbols which I translated, by the way. I do not know what you are doing, or whether you are being deceptive or merely ignorant, but there is no requirement to use foreign DNA.”
Fallas laughs again and turns to the rest of the group. “Be that as it may, he can’t bring Anna back. I can. And who wouldn’t like the extra senses and faster reflexes conferred by a partial hybridization with-”
“Turn over all your procedures and equipment right now, and I may be able to work another way out,” T. Levin says forcefully. “But continue on your current path, and I will not stand idly by while you twist this girl’s body against her will.”
Post what you doHave the parrot reappear inside some important box/container carried in by Fallas' throng, possibly displacing the contents into hammerspace if necessary. (1 Willpower)
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5 1 → Critical successIn the meantime, one of the other scientists opens another container. In it are needles and syringes - and a crumpled up green and blue parrot, clutching a champagne glass.
“Squack?” it calls weakly.
KJP has used one willpowerEveryone gets one willpower from the turn changeWillpower countKJP: 5
Glass: 3
Madman: 4
Someone entering now will enter with 14 willpowerKJP retains control of the parrotWhat would KJP like the parrot to do?