Enforcement of Roleplay Consequences(TM) and cloaks

[Petitioner]

Like, that character can watch something but a magical barrier prevents it from sharing that data? Do you imply the roleplay character would have to be like "Oh no, I'm flying the wrong ship, so I can't take photos or record the audio, damn it! I should switch my ship and come back later!"?

That's stupid, and that would be exactly one of that kind of "Verschlimmbesserung" that I'd want to prevent, desperately. The roleplay character that got the information is still the same character, and it required that character to share this information with the leading member of the NC anyway.

Actually, you'll find Grumblesaur wasn't disagreeing with any of that, though he did phrase it in such a way as to indicate he might have been - chalk that up to not 100% understanding the situation. Check this part of his post:

If the method of transmission in-character does not exist or should not under normal circumstances be enough to sway the necessary parts of the command structure of a faction, then whatever collected data exists is patently useless.

At the very least, a record of such transaction of information should be made evident in a roleplay thread of some variety, if for nothing else but as a cite-able source.

Basically,

[if] the information itself would only be in Oracle hand and would need _one_ additional comm than before that shows how the Oracle information makes it's way into NC's hand

This is all that Grumblesaur was trying to say should happen. "One additional comm", to demonstrate for curious bystanders (of which, I'm sure all parties have learned, there are many), and to cite as additional roleplay (something I don't think anyone here wants to argue is actually a bad thing) for the FR5. Think of it this way; if I'm an off-duty cop, but see strong evidence, out in the open and in the public view, of a crime having been committed, and I take notes and pictures, I'd likely go file a report at the police station before investigating rather than just immediately jumping into my suit and arresting folks willy-nilly.

All that Grumblesaur was trying to say should have happened is that one extra comm you referred to, and I find myself inclined to agree with him; I don't think that expectation's exactly unreasonable.

(Side note, Verschlimmbesserung was always one of my favorite German words. Thank you for reminding me of its existence ;3)

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InRP, the NC doesn't rule all Maltese, that's something the NC made up, ignoring all previous RP bc they can

I fully admit to not having exactly followed NC's roleplay closely since my departure from the faction some time ago, but unless something has drastically changed, you're overexaggerating; the very idea of the National Council as a faction, as Shiki, Skorak, myself, and others conceived it, was that it would necessarily never be able to represent all Maltese; it was made very clear throughout my time there that the player-wrought history of the Outcasts was of paramount importance to keep in mind and to play to, not least of all because it's so fabulously rich, unique, and unparalleled within Discovery for the freedom that it offers Outcast players.

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