Director of Peacekeeping Operations Debate Thread

[Darkness' Edge]

To plagiarise TKG, I don't have a speech yet.

But...any questions?

[MrWhereItsAt]

Don't worry about it. My question was rhetorical anyway.

[DeathByTheSword]

how do you see your position in this next canbinet?

[Maniac]

So who do I need to vote on? Currently my vote would be Abstain.

[GeneralTacticus]

What is your basic philosophy for designing units (e.g. cheap, high attack, etc.)? Do you advocate keeping a standing army? How large would you want it to be? How aggressive would you want us to be towards other factions (this one will be quite important for me)?

[Darkness' Edge]

You have a choice between MWIA and myself.

Somehow I think this is likely to be rather close.

At this point in time, I support cheap units. We may need to move towards high attack at a later date, but considering that we haven't met any other factions yet, and are at present just exploring, I don't see the need. However, I support getting Rovers as soon as possible for exploration purposes, and some armor might be nice, to stop our boys getting killed by mindworms.

I don't advocate keeping a standing army, especially this early in the game. If we find ourselves, say, jammed between the Hive and the Believers, then that could well be a good idea. But I don't think that's likely to come this term.

I see my position in this cabinet as an important one, but one that hasn't really been used yet. Until we make contact with another faction, I'll be lobbying for upgrades to our military technology, requesting particularly Doctrine: Mobility. We should make contact with another faction this term, and my stance, aggression-wise, will depend on who it is. If it's the Gaians, University or Morgan, I'm likely to support a peaceful stance, but if it's the Hive or the Believers, I'll likely support early intervention.

[GeneralTacticus]

Would you want us to go 'mindworm hunting' for planetpearls?

[Darkness' Edge]

No, for two reasons.

Firstly, I don't really see the need.

Secondly, our military technology is still so weak that, at least in the short term, we should be trying to avoid contact with mindworms. As soon as we have some stronger troops, this may become a possibility, but I would rather our armies to be defending, if not engaged in attacking or exploring.

[Maniac]

Seeing MWIA's absence, and seeing that I like DE's andwers (despite going for D:Mob before IndAut...) my choice is quite obvious.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Dammit. Away for two full days in 3 months and I happen to miss the entire sodding elections. There is something about this game that does not like me.