Originally by: Marko Debreault

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Seleene says she would have been receptive to dialogue, no one tried except BoB, and now she's working for BoB.

At this point there are two options.

1. Take her at her word.
2. Think she's lying and that she would never work against BoB.

I for one take her at her word. My personal experiences with Seleene have led me to believe she is an individual who enters new situations with an open mind. She's interested in doing cool things in EVE, she has the interests of her alliance at heart, and, in her own words, she "knows how to conduct good business."

If you wanted to hire her to attack BoB you'd have to make it worth her while, isk-wise and assurance wise, ie - "if BoB wins, you can live over in this section of our space where you can build a sweet little carebear retreat like the one you have in Period Basis right now." Then you'd have to show her that you stand a chance of winning and that your gameplan is reasonable. "Go kill their POS's" won't cut it - a step by step campaign outline would be needed, while displaying the sort of competence and charisma that would inspire the MC to treat you as a valuable partner in the campaign.

Once you negotiated with the MC you'd get the services of a measly 40-70 man capital ship fleet, 100 veterans, eve-wide logistics network, dozen capable FC's ... thats only worth 10 billion isk a week if you want to win.

I believe that this was a possibility until Seleene accepted BoB's offer. But now the MC is off the market, and in BoB's employ until further notice. And they never received a dialogue from the folks who are fighting BoB. This leads me to one of two conclusions about the folks who are fighting BoB.

A. They are dumb, or
B. They are making bad decisions because they are not viewing the situation clearly. Preconceptions have blinded them to obvious choices.

*snip* Be nice -Elmo Pug ([email protected]), but there are some masterminds who have the vision to examine the entire campaign in a unified fashion. Those folks are fighting to win, and by not opening a dialogue with the MC they may have given a weapon to their enemy.

Which brings us back to the other option for the way to treat Seleene's post.

2. Think she's lying and that she would never work against BoB.

If someone thinks Seleene is lying and would never fight BoB, that person is displaying the sort of preconceptions that kept the folks who are fighting BoB and LV from contacting her in the first place. They have not yet recognized that their preconceptions caused them to miss an opportunity and that those preconceptions need to be acknowledged and revised. The MC is role playing Mercenaries in EVE. If you approach them in a reasonable fashion and offer them a reasonable deal, they'll fight people for you.

That's what I think.

On a side note, good riddance to Hugh. That guy is a total weenie.

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