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In Progress CYOA: Star Trek: Dukat

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Since we're playing a deranged alcoholic who can't make up his own mind, let's have a go at getting strangled.
Hmm. I thought describing him as old and hunched over would be enough, but maybe I should clarify: This man looks quite tired and frail. You doubt he could strangle a housecat if he had a small noose and a how-to book titled "Housecat Strangling for Beginners".
 

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Since we're playing a deranged alcoholic who can't make up his own mind, let's have a go at getting strangled.
Hmm. I thought describing him as old and hunched over would be enough, but maybe I should clarify: This man looks quite tired and frail. You doubt he could strangle a housecat if he had a small noose and a how-to book titled "Housecat Strangling for Beginners".
Dukat must be hella drunk then.
 

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Since we're playing a deranged alcoholic who can't make up his own mind, let's have a go at getting strangled.
Hmm. I thought describing him as old and hunched over would be enough, but maybe I should clarify: This man looks quite tired and frail. You doubt he could strangle a housecat if he had a small noose and a how-to book titled "Housecat Strangling for Beginners".
Dukat must be hella drunk then.
I think he would say he's mildly buzzed, but still in his right mind. He's able to walk straight without stumbling, at any rate.

Forgive my hyperbole, I couldn't resist. :M
 

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This will be a bit different from the previous LPs I've done using aidungeon.
What is aidungeon?

For that matter, why do some paragraphs start with a ">" symbol? When I just started to read this I thought it indicated our past choices, but apparently not.

B. You let him touch you.

There are multiple reasons why letting hostile parties touch you is a bad idea, but how can I resist the call of conversing with a blind prophet?
Well, not blind yet. But there are always more policies to implement!
 

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A.

What if he has a venomous subdermal needle? What if he has a bomb? A man in our position can never allow himself to be touched by someone who has not been subjected to scans for hidden devices and a pat-down. Especially considering the previous man who had our job was assassinated by ??Bajoran terrorists??. If this man has something to say to us, he can say it from a distance.
 

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What is aidungeon?

For that matter, why do some paragraphs start with a ">" symbol? When I just started to read this I thought it indicated our past choices, but apparently not.
Sorry about that. I was too lazy to remove them. They're from when I use the "Say" option in the program. I don't always use it. Just ignore it.

AIDungeon is a reasonably advanced GPT-3 text prediction algorithm masquerading as a text adventure game. (I used to promote it a bit to people before last month, when the owner and OpenAI both decided that they'd implement a broken censor script and read people's private stories in order to root out secret pedos and nazis that might hurt the imaginary characters in their stories.)
https://play.aidungeon.io/

Think of it as Google autocomplete on steroids.

Two example let's plays that were 90% or more generated with the paid version of the AI:
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...n-the-world-of-kedar-an-outcasts-tale.135188/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...w-with-free-scenario-to-play-yourself.134250/

It's not as consistent with Star Trek stuff, but it helps me write faster and brainstorm ideas for dialog, character names and sometimes even plot devices.

There are multiple reasons why letting hostile parties touch you is a bad idea, but how can I resist the call of conversing with a blind prophet?
Well, not blind yet. But there are always more policies to implement!
:balance:
 

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I think the real question here is why wouldnt we let a stranger from a race we just massacred touch us.

B.
 

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A.

What if he has a venomous subdermal needle? What if he has a bomb? A man in our position can never allow himself to be touched by someone who has not been subjected to scans for hidden devices and a pat-down. Especially considering the previous man who had our job was assassinated by ??Bajoran terrorists??. If this man has something to say to us, he can say it from a distance.

Its clearly unwise to let a stranger fondle us. All the television programs tell us so. Which means choice A must be a trap and we have to pick B.

Its really the only sane choice.
 

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Looks like B takes it.

I guess now you're going to be strangled to death by an old man assassin who secretly possesses herculean strength, numerous poison needles and whose master plan was to stare at you until you came into killing range. :M

Btw, we are at almost 9000 words for this LP, with 383 AI actions. I think my longest playthrough was over 3 times this, so we're just getting started. (Unless you die.)
 

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Oi, do not underestimate an old man with a poisoned needle and a thousand yards stare!

Good enough for the Emprah, good enough for Bajorans!
 

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Trust

Your bodyguard flinches, but you motion for him to do nothing.
With his index finger and thumb, the old Bajoran grabs your left ear, placing his thumb were the earlobe would be on a Bajoran or a human.
"Yes. Your pagh, your spirit, is strong, if chaotic. But one would expect that from a man who could defy his fate." he says, releasing your ear.
Rattled, you reply "What the devil are you on about? Who are you, old man?"
The old man chuckles and looks at you. He doesn't appear to be a threat.

"I am called Drutha. Drutha Rheerge. I suppose my name meant something once, but now I am a simple laborer and servant of the Prophets."
The Prophets. You remember that this is what the Bajorans call their gods.
"The Prophets are watching you, Skrain Dukat. They see into your heart and know of your desires, confused though they may be. You will soon face a choice. The path you take will change the course of Bajor's future, as well as your own."
He stares at you for a moment before speaking.
"I wonder, Skrain Dukat, if you will choose wisely."

You stare at the old man, considering what he just said. Part of you almost wants to laugh at the old man's words. But something in his intense eyes stops you.
You look down at him. He's old and you doubt he will last much longer working in ore processing...
"What choice are you talking about, old man? I'm a military man. I don't have choices...I only have orders."
The old man shakes his head. "You always have a choice, Dukat. Look for solutions from within."

You pause and look Drutha over, deciding what you should do with this strange old man.

A. You turn and leave him to live the remainder of his life as a laborer.
B. You have the guards escort him to some unused quarters and place him under house arrest.
C. You decide to grant the old man his freedom as he requested. You order that he should be returned to Bajor.

-----

You lie down in bed, pondering what the old man told you earlier. The Bajorans were still whispering among themselves when you left.
"Look for solutions from within..." you think as you drift off to sleep.
You find yourself in Quark's bar, but it's different. No longer is there the hustle and bustle of workers bustling about. The lights are dim, and an eerie silence fills the room.
The shadowy forms of people move about the bar, but you cannot make out their faces or even their gender. They are shapeless ghosts, occupying Quark's in some sort of twisted remembrance.

"What's going on? Who are these people?" you ask.
"What's the matter, Gul?" Quark says, stepping out from behind the bar. "Don't you recognize your victims?"
"I don't understand."
"These are the ghosts of the people who were all killed by you on Bajor."
You shake your head fiercely.
"No," you say. "They got themselves killed. I tried to help them. I showed them a soft hand. They responded with violence and I was forced to defend Cardassian interests on the planet."
"A commander is responsible for the actions of his troops," Ral says, stepping out of the shadows. "And a Prefect is responsible for the policies he sets. You led them to their deaths."
"No!" you shout, beginning to feel anxious.
You reach down for the flask of kanar from your waist, but it isn't there.
"You're drowning yourself in alcohol to forget the terrible things you've done and to forget your failures as Prefect," Legate Kell says, turning around from one of the barstools. "Hiding from reality is not a solution worthy of an officer."
"Legate? What are you doing here?" you say in disbelief.
"The question is, what are you doing here, Skrain?" you turn around and see, Drutha, the old man from before. Your science officer, Glinn Cida Prin, stands beside him, carrying some sort of old book.
"Look for solutions from within." Drutha continues.
Your science officer steps forward and hands you the book. You open it. A blinding white light shines out of its pages and you wake up in your bed once again.

"The time is zero seven hundred hours." the computer announces.
You sigh and lie awake in bed for a little while, trying to collect your thoughts.

-----

You lean against the table in Station Operations and listen to your officers' reports. Your chief engineer speaks quickly about some repairs that need doing in the upper pylons of the station, but you find your mind wandering, remembering the strange dream you had.
Finally, the briefing ends and you turn to head up the stairs to your office.
"Excuse me, sir," Ral says. "A moment."
You turn to face her. She's holding a datapad, looking at you intently.
"What is it, Glinn?"
"Gul Lavek had a standing order to monitor Bajoran religious activity on the planet. Specifically, he wanted to know about places of gathering, especially places people travelled to from great distances."
"Really? Why?"
"He never told me, sir. Sometimes he would send teams to raid them, but he never told me why. He was never very open about his intentions." she says. "Regardless, we've kept the program in place even after his death and we've compiled a list of possible locations of interest."

You think back. You remember your bodyguard mentioning the previous Prefect's harassment of the Bajorans' religion.

A. You tell her to send strike teams to raid and search one of these locations for anything of interest.
B. You tell her to send investigators to these locations to confirm their nature.
C. You do nothing for now.
D. You instruct her to end the program of monitoring religious activity.

About the dream...

A. You decide to tell Ral about the dream.
B. You decide to call your science officer into your office and see if you can find out more about her.
C. You decide to talk to the Station Psychological Officer.
D. You ignore the dream.
E. If you picked B in the first choice, you ask the Drutha about the dream. (If this wins and B doesn't, I'll go with the next highest vote.)
 
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You think back. You remember your bodyguard mentioning the previous Prefect's harassment of the Bajorans' religion.
Yes. I do remember. Pretty counter-productive to the late Prefect's goals, unless he had a reason to be watchful.

B. You have the guards escort him to some unused quarters and place him under house arrest.
B. You tell her to send investigators to these locations to confirm their nature.

We should look into it.

B. You decide to call your science officer into your office and see if you can find out more about her.

Everyone else makes sense. What was she doing in our dream?
 
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Is there a reason why you want to grant the strange man freedom? Is there interest in becoming disillusioned with the Cardassian government and starting to worship the Prophets?

Or is it a mere curiosity about what he'd do with the freedom? A Caesar's whim to decide who gets to live, and who doesn't?
 

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just to be clear: i'm not in the mood for trekking every day (ugh, what a horrible idea) and read stuff - not to mention, reply to stuff - at my lazy leisure

if you whip your AI genie too hard, dont complain about outrunning us un-augmented folks; i bid my genies otherwisely

to be honest, i dont particularly care about snakes ruling a rat planet efficiently (dare i say: profitably, you ear fetishist you), but i definitely acknowledge the agenda of a viper predestined to be a monster drinking his days away instead (been there, done that; the t-shirt is quite nice actually)
 

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Since there are people of varying levels of familiarity with the setting and more interest developing in the locals, a small lore dump is in order to make sure everyone is on the same page. Voting remains open until I have time to do an update.

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Bajor

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Bajor is the 11th planet in the Bajoran star system, approximately 5 light years from Cardassia Prime. It is the largest planet in the system, with 5 moons and boasts the typical diverse landscape of an M-Class (Earth-type) planet.

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It is the homeworld of the Bajorans (also called the Bajora), who are a bipedal humanoid species, of varying skin-tones from dark to light, but primarily lighter in skin tone. They have ridged noses, but are generally not far from humans in appearance, and even have red blood.

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Bajoran legends suggest their civilization has spanned more than half a million years and that they invented a form of faster than light travel as far back as 10,000 years ago, though Cardassian historians have written this off as the wishful imagination of a backward people.

In the early 24th Century (by the Federation Calendar), Cardassia annexed the Bajoran homeworld. With their homeworld conquered and its populace relegated to cheap labor, the thousands of Bajoran refugees who could fled the system, settling on other worlds, as their planet and its resources became the property of the Cardassian military government. Some level of guerilla resistance has been present since then.

The Bajorans are a deeply religious people who believe that their gods called Prophets protect their world and send their holy men visions of the future. Bajorans usually wear elaborate ear rings on their right ear as a symbol of their faith and family name. Unlike Cardassians, their name order is reversed, with their family name being written before their given name.

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B. If the little shit wants to start us on some kind of spirit journey or wtfever, he can damn well be kept around to tell us the rules.

B. A quiet step seems called for here. We can bring the pain later if it becomes necessary.

E. EXPLAIN THE FUCKING GAME TO US OLD MAN.
 

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BBB takes it.

Will try to update when I have the time. Probably later tonight.

edit: have a cold. mucus makes me uncreative, sorry.
edit: I survived. will take time to catch up on work and get back on track. apologies.
edit: between the worst couple of months of my life and AI Dungeon deciding to ban most of its customers and neuter its AI, I've had to put this on hold for the time being. Apologies.
 
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