Anakin was glaring at the ceiling as if that would stop the festive surfer holiday music from playing. He'd been glaring for twenty minutes and so far, nothing
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Question #1sith_happenedDecember 15 2016, 13:56:27 UTC
A rebel who has threatened to explode several bombs in crowded areas has been caught. Unfortunately, she has already planted the bombs and they are scheduled to go off in a short time. It's possible that hundreds of people may die and the authorities cannot make her divulge the location of the bombs by conventional methods. In exasperation, some high level official suggests torture. This would be illegal, of course, but the official thinks that it is nevertheless the right thing to do in this desperate situation. What do you do and why?
a) Torture her to get the information. There's no time left to be reasonable. b) Torture her and her family to get the information, then blow up her planet. If you're going to do something illegal, might as well be really, really thorough. c) Continue working through the the legal structure of the judicial system and hope for the best.
Re: Question #1crimson_sisterDecember 15 2016, 15:22:07 UTC
I believe option b would be most efficient, although blowing up the planet seems unnecessary for actually achieving the goal. So I choose a. Laws can stand in the way of reason.
Question #2sith_happenedDecember 15 2016, 13:59:07 UTC
You have a friend whose homeworld has long since been embroiled in a civil war. The war has gone on for generations, and there appears to be no end in sight. However, your friend and some of their companions back home believe they can put a stop to it by getting in between the warring factions. Since you have powers or skills that they do not, they ask for your help. Do you intervene, despite having only one, biased, second-hand account of the war and what might be fueling it? Or do you refuse, and potentially abandon your friend to a very dangerous situation
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Re: Question #2boneyard_girlDecember 15 2016, 15:46:55 UTC
A. My friends aren't idiots.
Ada had been raised to be paranoid and distrusting of anyone not a member of the Family. If she cared enough about someone who wasn't a Miller to get involved, there was probably a Very Good Reason.
Question #3sith_happenedDecember 15 2016, 13:59:41 UTC
You're involved in a conflict of your own. There's a time limit: if you don't do something quickly, the entire planet, or even galaxy, might suffer. But your mentor insists on stopping and helping every single lost soul he comes across along the way. Do you:
a) Support him in this: you should help on the small as well as the large scale, after all. b) Go along with it, but make your disapproval very clear and try to speed things up. c) Argue with him loudly and provide an incentive to stop doing it. d) Abandon him and all of his lost causes and go save the planet yourself.
Re: Question #3angry_pie_sliceDecember 16 2016, 03:07:56 UTC
I would want to say D, as a suffering galaxy does nobody any favors no matter how much assistance they're personally handed beforehand. I've attempted it before, however, and now I'm a traitor to my Homeworld and stuck on Earth forever. With that in mind, grudgingly, B.
Question #4sith_happenedDecember 15 2016, 14:01:01 UTC
You're a part of an Order that wields great physical and mental power, which seeks to do good in the universe, and as a result, they have very strict rules about emotional entanglements. Yet one day, you meet someone who moves your heart deeply. What do you do?
a) you understand that the rules were designed as such for a reason, so you quit the Order before beginning a relationship with this person; b) you understand that the rules were designed as such for a reason, so you quietly extricate yourself from the other party's life so you can focus on doing great good elsewhere; c) you don't see the rules as having any value, and continue to quietly see this person on the side while continuing your work.
Re: Question #4snipsnspecksDecember 15 2016, 14:49:07 UTC
Thanks for the reminder of the thing Ahsoka had been repressing since the weekend. Enjoy the written equivalent of keysmashing that made up Ahsoka's answer.
Re: Question #4boneyard_girlDecember 15 2016, 15:56:26 UTC
A
Ada wasn't sure why this was a question. People were more important than rules, but hiding a relationship or keeping someone on the side wasn't fair to them. No job was worth hurting someone you were supposed to care about that much.
...ignore the fact she'd always choose the carnival over romance. But there wasn't ever going to be any chance for happily-ever-after for her, so it didn't matter.
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a) Torture her to get the information. There's no time left to be reasonable.
b) Torture her and her family to get the information, then blow up her planet. If you're going to do something illegal, might as well be really, really thorough.
c) Continue working through the the legal structure of the judicial system and hope for the best.
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Get the rebel to beat you up as a distraction while sending the rest of your team to find and disarm the bombs.
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It was true.
If I am there, I'm the one they think is the terrorist, and if I was planting a bomb for some reason, you gotta wonder why.
ADA
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You get a pirate to deliver rocket launchers to your friend.
She could come up with pointed answers too.
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Ada had been raised to be paranoid and distrusting of anyone not a member of the Family. If she cared enough about someone who wasn't a Miller to get involved, there was probably a Very Good Reason.
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D. C. B. I'm no fighter, but for the right friend I would intervene if necessary.
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a) Support him in this: you should help on the small as well as the large scale, after all.
b) Go along with it, but make your disapproval very clear and try to speed things up.
c) Argue with him loudly and provide an incentive to stop doing it.
d) Abandon him and all of his lost causes and go save the planet yourself.
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a) you understand that the rules were designed as such for a reason, so you quit the Order before beginning a relationship with this person;
b) you understand that the rules were designed as such for a reason, so you quietly extricate yourself from the other party's life so you can focus on doing great good elsewhere;
c) you don't see the rules as having any value, and continue to quietly see this person on the side while continuing your work.
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Ada wasn't sure why this was a question. People were more important than rules, but hiding a relationship or keeping someone on the side wasn't fair to them. No job was worth hurting someone you were supposed to care about that much.
...ignore the fact she'd always choose the carnival over romance. But there wasn't ever going to be any chance for happily-ever-after for her, so it didn't matter.
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