Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Second in Command Takes Over

It appear that our erst-while captain has become indisposed, and I have been informed that only the captain has the authority to lower the boats. We need leadership, and as Chief Mate, I will act as captain until our leader returns.

I make the following pledges:
I will freely step down if a more worthy candidate presents himself. Such candidates include former captains and those who have shown themselves to be bold and skillful hunters of whales
I shall not change the position of a Sailor who is not a deckhand and is fulfilling his duty. A sailor who has taken an action related to his position in a manner conductive to catching whales in the last three days is fulfilling his duty.

Comments

derrick: he/him

23-05-2018 15:01:10 UTC

I support derrick

Madrid:

23-05-2018 15:10:44 UTC

I’m guessing that as a Carpenter I’d have to chronically scrub decks?

derrick: he/him

23-05-2018 15:19:24 UTC

No. The Carpenter is considered to have fulfilled his duty by simply not having accidents the carpenter could have stopped occur. Also, I didn’t pledge to remove people who are not doing their duty, I only left that open as an option.

I mostly just want to see a well run ship that can get things done. If you’re not sabotaging things or neglecting actions everyone expects you to (I’m looking at the cook and steward here), I have no intention of using the captain’s power to do anything but lower boats.

Madrid:

23-05-2018 15:26:01 UTC

“by simply not having accidents the carpenter could have stopped occur”

Exactly. I don’t know if someone else will point this out but:

“3: The Narrator decreases the Haniver’s Structural Integrity (to a minimum of zero) by X, where X is equal to 100 minus the Haniver’s Cleanliness.”

So, if Hanny’s always clean, I don’t have to repair in the first place. I’d only have to repair due to cleanliness neglect.

Would I be allowed to not scrub decks and keep my job?

derrick: he/him

23-05-2018 15:35:01 UTC

Yes, you would be allowed to not scrub the decks, as long as you repair.

Corona:

23-05-2018 16:37:41 UTC

You should also pledge to “ahoy” all Gams.

derrick: he/him

23-05-2018 16:38:52 UTC

I pledge to ahoy all Gams.

card:

23-05-2018 18:11:15 UTC

derrick I think you might have a hard time finding that last support since ElMarko has been idle the last 4 days.

Madrid:

23-05-2018 18:24:24 UTC

Once we idle down to having 3 as Quorum I feel like the game will likely be over (since Chief/2nd/3rd Mate are incentivized to work together and controlling Quorum amount of votes is generally game over).

It seems like the idling is slowing down, though, luckily.

Madrid:

23-05-2018 18:49:38 UTC

(Not that having Mates is bad as a mechanic - it’s a vulnerability that can happen regardless of it. It’s just that it’s more likely to be them who are in a good spot to take the chance)