Update: Move that turtle!

[oceantier]

Hello, chelonauts! This post is a collection of info/ooc sign up for Operation: Move the Turtle.

The mods have set the ultimate landing location for the turtle at Tavimbi, which they have deemed as a mountainous land yet unexplored by kedan. (No kedan, in other words, remembers ever having landed there; they just know that it is mountainous.) ICly, the choice to go in this direction will be made by convenience -- the fact that it would be easier to work with the ocean currents already flowing in this direction rather than against them, and the promise of possible undersea mountain ranges that would be good for parking a very large turtle bus.

There's still time to tag in to the ic log, but under the cut is what I've collected so far that characters plan to do. Please feel free to use this list to coordinate with others for ic shenanigans! I'll be putting up an ic catch-all log for that soon.

If your character wasn't able to make the meeting, these jobs/needs would have been publicized in one way, shape, or form, so please let me know what your character would volunteer to do. All roles can (and ideally should) have multiple people, so also feel free to sign up for more than one as long as it wouldn't mean your character would be needed in two places at the same time.

Planning/building
Mapping course via charts and stars
- Aya

Connect with kedan to explain plan and solicit help
- Yuri
- Dove
- Anton
- Michaelangelo

Connect diplomatically with family heads to solicit support and assistance
- Kaiba: Metalworkers
- Valdis: Snakes + Woodsmen

Speak to locals who might have been to this part of the world and collect information
- Cain

Design and build technological means of moving turtle to supplement magical means
- Kaiba + kedan metalworkers
- Duke (collaborating with Kaiba's tech with magic)
- Vincent
- Callaghan

Develop means of steering turtle
- Solomon?
- Aya?

Develop means of securing/anchoring turtle upon grounding and build if necessary
- Klaus
- Aya?
- Callaghan
more needed!

Secure/strengthen buildings if necessary – turtle may be moving more quickly than usual
- Yuri will mention it to kedan
- Toph
more needed!

Provide communication between teams during planning and building phase
- Pepper

Coordinate shifts for groups moving the turtle to decrease exhaustion among volunteers
- Cain

Create plans for unknown contingencies/emergencies
- Cain
- Valdis
more needed!

Moving
Scout ahead of turtle for appropriate grounding site/warn of hazards
- Shay
- crew needed for Shay's boat!
- Ven
- Dove
- Yuri

Provide communication relay from forward scouts to turtle movers to adapt to obstacles (must be fast!)
- Pepper
- Ven?
- Michaelangelo

Check structures, liason with kedan during move
- Toph (structure check)
more needed!

Move turtle via magic and technological means
- Lapis
- Aang
- Kaiba
- Duke
- Ven
- Solomon
- Zatanna
- Gene
- Kitty
- Callaghan
more needed!

Support mover shifts with food, rest, and morale
- Cain
more needed!

Anchor turtle upon landing
- Klaus
- Aya?
more needed!

Aftermath
Coordinate security shifts to guard anchors against tampering
- Enjolras
- Michaelangelo
more needed!

Thought of something else that might be helpful? Not sure what I'm talking about with some of these jobs/needs? Poke the question thread!

Note: Just because I have marked something as "more needed" and not others not does not mean that others would not be welcome in unmarked categories. The marked ones may just be a little more pressing/definitely require multiple people to accomplish.

Comments

[edgeoftheknife]

Okay I know this is a million years late and I should have checked this sooner, but I could use some clarification. When Erskine volunteered for the diplomacy part of this it was under the understanding that it would be going out to coastal cities NOT on the turtle and securing permission to dock with them, move through their waters, etc/whathaveyou. That's how I understood this, based on the log with Klaus and Lapis, and that's the part he was volunteering for, not... actually talking with the kedan ON the turtle.

"the diplomats of Keeliai will be essential to securing us permission of any coastal cities that would be willing to temporarily accommodate us."

Is this still a thing that's happening? Am I just reading this wrong? Erskine wouldn't have volunteered for something that involved only talking to the kedan. Not after everything that's happened >>;

[oceantier]

Ooh . . . I did wonder about that, but figured he must have had good CR before and recent events were why you teased that he needed bodyguards.

No, I did originally mean talking to the kedan. Like I mentioned up above with Valdis, I'm not aiming to plan anything for after the turtle is anchored. I don't know anything more about Tavimbi than I'm giving you guys. I don't know if there will be people there (though suspecting there will be), if they'd be friendly, how far the turtle will be from shore, etc. My understanding is that the mods will be giving us that kind of info as we reach there.

(I will say in that light, like with Valdis, this may be something everyone may still want to think/talk about with each other. I think preparing for diplomacy may still be good as Klaus was indicating. I'm only plotting the move itself.)

In that light, is there anything else that Erskine might want to help with?

[edgeoftheknife]

No, I think he'll just stick to playing backup on the wind/water magic for now. Thanks though!

[oceantier]

That will still help, so okay.