Rage Renewed VIII: New Orders

[gothwalk]

Three days have passed, and the reconnaissance has gone well. There's now a clear picture of the area in which the ship has crashed. To the east lie mountains, populated by dragons and their servants. They're powerful, and should probably be avoided.

To the west and north lie entire kingdoms of people like the King; you now know that he's a child, and that the adults of his kind look somewhat more real. They don't seem to have much in the way of magic, and it looks like there's a great deal of political turmoil among and within the kingdoms, verging on open warfare in places.

To the south lie uncultivated lands containing the ruins of towns and castles. The ruins look to be hundreds of years old, but the border between that uncultivated area and the kingdoms east of it is very clearly delineated, which seems strange.

The ship will take more magic than is currently available to repair, but a start could be made by removing some of the good cut stone from ruins to the south. Efforts to contact local authorities were broken off when it became clear that there are wars starting. Efforts to contact a global defence force like your own, by magic, have received peculiar results; there are apparently several groups claiming precedence under the names of "The Defenders", "The New Crimson Empire", "The Eight", and "The Revenant Gods".

The question asked of the King about how he could be served and who his enemies are got a confused and unclear response, and the child fell asleep soon after. In the days since, he's been telling people to let him think, and sometimes marching people in circles and lines, which is an entertainment that he doesn't seem to tire of.

Now, however, there's a more immediate concern. Someone has apparently shown the King how to extend his voice throughout the ship from the bridge, and his high-pitched tones echo around you, "I've changed my mind. You can stop the marching - I want you to take over the world and make me King of Everything!".

[Poll #1333726]

As usual, if you want to do something that's not in the options, comment below.

Comments

[sares2000.livejournal.com]

That's treason!!!

[luis-mw.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, but when in doubt - nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[giftederic.livejournal.com]

There is no harm in looking at the problem. If we can do it, its likely someone else can. As a global defense force we should be aware of the worlds vulnerabilities. And at the moment they are only plans. I'm thinking of this as an intellectual exercise, and will likely try to hold back final conclusions unless they are unfavorable to the exercise.

[aidian.livejournal.com]

I say begin planning; however, I'd suggest planning to take over the abandoned southern lands - hey, free land, nobody there to fight, right? Something seems a bit odd with the leader of a defensive force suddenly wanting to rule the world, though; sort of like the red cross(ok, so a well-armed red cross) announcing that it wants to burn down houses and kick babies or something. Hence the suggestion to, err, start small with things and see where it goes.

[dorianegray.livejournal.com]

Okay, our King is a nutjob and we don't know nearly enough about this world yet. I want to try to sneak off and investigate the southlands some more - there has to be a reason that they're seemingly abandoned and I want to know what it is and how it will affect us.

[gothic-fraggle.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what you're talking about, but taking over the world sounds like fun. :)

[cissa.livejournal.com]

I think a global defense force has a compelling need to stay out of local politics. If the king wants to be king of everything, he can create his own force to try this- and a global defense force would be probably inclined to stop him.

After knocking out the rival global defense forces, of course (which opens the question: what does "global defense force" even MEAN in this context???).

[sares2000.livejournal.com]

Gentlemen, attack is the best form of defense. So let's get defending. Those local wars look like a good place to start!