Also, maybe if we said we don't want to be a hero, we shouldn't be a gloryhound . . . maybe we should try to actually mature and be honest with ourselves, rather than be wangsty and pretend to ourselves we are pragmatic and don't consider ourselves a hero? And we can probably become an actual hero and be famous without showing off on some interstellar broadcast.
I also flop to AA. We can build our cult of personality later
You are not considering the facts here: we
already picked the maximum risk option, being behind enemy lines with nothing but four cruisers and three CFs and the heiress of the Empire on board. Even better, by doing so we pissed off the Empress that now considers us a a parasite (there goes the romance, eh?
) on her darling little daughter; the woman who will be in charge of the ISC and joint ruler after Kyrie's coronation. It will be stupid to back out now and settle for mediocrity. Sad to say, GRR Martin was right when he said "In the Game of Thrones, you win or die," and we're now a player, like it or not (I don't, whoring it up with Uncle Shulgi would've been awesome), and we must plan accordingly. Our next move must catapult Senya into a position of "can't touch this" against all enemies from within; sure, we'll become a prime target on the battlefield, but on the other hand this operation will break some of the enemy's morale and make us an enemy that will inspire pants-shitting terror into our enemies.
The
only merits I see in going after the new mech are to deny the enemy a technological gap and take the next step to creating gigantic Avatars of Ean, something our scientists should be able to create themselves, since their first experimental mech was able to wipe the floor (space, whatever) with all previous-generation mechs. And there's this
Re: Going after the enemy prototype
If you succeed you'll prevent them from deploying it on the front-lines. Whether that's worth not going after other targets, you don't know. After all, the prototype could turn out to be an impractical dud weapon. You don't have enough details to be sure.
So, yeah, we may just waste an opportunity.
Lastly, about concerns of Senya's view: we have an opportunity to break the enemy's morale, humiliate them in front of the world on live television
and destroy a part of their forces in one blow. This is something that only a megalomaniac or a truly great tactician would think of.
Aw, I really wanted to see ac, but just can't bring myself to vote for it, given that it's completely out of character and will probably majorly screw Senya over if we don't get it perfect.
No, my brother! Have faith, for the Champion Protects and he favors the bold! We have The Champion's own Navy at our back, we have the essence of His Bride within us, we are His INHERITOR and we CANNOT FAIL!
But how can the Champion's Bride be placed into a jar when her conscience is within us!? Unless... we ARE the Golden Jar! Rejoice, my brother, for I have broken the fifth circle of Ean's Mystery!
Thou shalt have no pleasure in the Golden Jar, nor in it's hole of glory! Away with thee!
Is this a mystery reserved for the second hierarchs?
Nay, young acolyte, all are welcome to partake of and learn The Champion's Mystery, BUT! Be warned, that to truly understand and not lose your mind to insanity you will need balls of steel, otherwise your downfall will be terrible and inevitable.
