(03-04-2016, 01:59 PM)Belschaft Wrote: Correct. The point I was making was that Sam didn't eject Kris because he was evil or malicious, but because the influence calculations indicated that he was best placed to do so. The increased influence costs for Regional Officers meant that I couldn't have done so had Hile added me as an RO, or it is likely that I would have ejected at least one of the people in question to retain influence on Hile and Imki.
The fact that it was Sam who actually pressed the button is relevant, but it has to be understood that every other member of the cabinet as well as myself were aware that it was going to happen and agreed to support it.
Wait. Hold up. Are you saying right now that you were in some kind of line for who got to banject whom? Because all this time, I've been under the impression that you were outside that circle of decision-making, trying to convince Hileville in the first place that a coup was going too far.
Or is this a purely hypothetical what-if?
I was not part of the decision to dissolve the Coalition and call a constitutional convention, and when I was informed of it I advised against it, and suggested alternatives. When it became clear that events would be going forward I agreed to support it, whilst continuing to advise against it. I discussed the ejections with Hileville before they occurred, and went over the influence costs with him.
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