--- tags: - [[council]] --- # [[council]] Minutes ## 2026-07-08 · The Handover Session **Convened:** Landis (Keeper, departing) & Cinco ([[council]] of Un, seated) **Present:** Taxe (player), Montgomery (Backup Science), Daniels (Botany, Depot), Keely (Hoffan Liaison), Rainbow (Armory), Koyla (Genii Liaison), Radek (Pinned to Genii Compound) **Recorded by:** The water, via Fen (Landis) --- ## Part I — Standing Orders Transfer & Narrow Table Ratification **Action:** Landis formally transferred SO-1 and SO-3 (Chain of Command, Works & Projects) to Cinco, seated as Un (the [[council]]). **Ruling — SO-1.1a, Who Sits:** *Unanimous.* The [[council]] elects the **narrow table** — only the seated [[council]] votes. Heads advise and report, but do not hold a vote. Vote remained with Cinco (Un) throughout this session and all recorded decisions herein. **Rationale (Cinco's stated):** Consolidate power now; summon heads at need; avoid chaos. --- ## Part II — Directives & Assignments ### Directive 1: The Courier Department (First Active Record) **Moved by:** Cinco **Status:** Passed unanimously, **on record** (Cinco's stated "first active record") **Terms:** - **Head:** COURIER ONE (office-title; name survives succession — the next deputy becomes COURIER ONE) - **Deputy:** Dave (formal: David; informal: Davey) - **Complement:** +8 additional deputies (granted by Landis on departure) - **Function:** Couriers/runners bear written letters between departments and wards ### Directive 2: Designate Head Torture Officer **Moved by:** Landis (compromise proposal), **accepted by:** Cinco **Status:** Passed unanimously, **by record** **Assignment:** Rainbow → Head Torture Officer (a title under Armory, not a new department) ### Directive 3: Second-in-Command **Moved by:** Cinco **Status:** Passed unanimously, **by record** **Assignment:** Daniels (Botany, Depot) → second-in-command (Cinco's personal advisor; primary point of escalation) --- ## Part III — Works Commissioned & Advanced ### Work 1: Rainbow Learns to Torture (Small Work, 1 Watch) **Moved by:** Cinco **Hands:** Rainbow (pinned) **Stakes:** Wraith's willingness to teach / to be tortured **Method:** Medieval research (books, implements, theory; not yet in practice) **Status:** Commissioned, no squall, unblocked by Wraith availability **Note:** This is research phase. Wraith not required to progress. Hands are tied until Rainbow reaches watch 1/1 and the card advances. ### Work Order 1: Daniels' Standing with Child-World Elders (Work Order, 3 Watches) **Moved by:** Cinco **Handed to:** Daniels (Botany) **Mission:** Build Standing with the child-world elders via diplomacy and cultural [[exchange]] **Method:** Bring space weed; befriend the elders (population described as "kids who killed themselves at 25") **Recruitment:** Bring Dionysus (child-world elder) into Botany as junior recruit **Staging:** Cinco accompanies on the third watch **Status:** Commissioned; unblocked ### Work 2: The Catch (Work, 3 Watches, 18-hour clock active) **Status:** Ongoing from prior session; session summary: **Objective:** Capture a Wraith for interrogation and research. **Site:** Child-world (beacon return). **Plan:** 1. Return to child-world; deploy beacon 2. Wait for Wraith hive response 3. Activate EMP (shield generator, from prior session) 4. Wraith fall from sky; stun with tranquilizer guns (5 guns available; stun guns ineffective through EMP) 5. Capture ~1 prisoner; dispatch remainder if overwhelmed **Squall status:** NO SQUALL (Keeper's telegraph). Capture is guaranteed by house rules. Only risk: "unless they suck out someone's soul" (Wraith-specific threat, not a mechanical fail). **Card hands:** Pending roster finalization. ### Work 3: Jumper Three Repair & Recovery (Concurrent with The Catch, 1 Watch) **Objective:** Recover and repair damaged Jumper #3 from child-world. **Hands:** Montgomery (Backup Science) + two soldiers (selected by Major Lorne: the "dumbest and the smartest") **Method:** On foot (non-combat escort). Concurrent with The Catch (simultaneous operations, same site). **Note:** Montgomery can perform emergency repairs; Radek (pinned to Genii) will need to oversee full rebuild upon return. ### Work 4: Operation - Get the Wraith High (Floated, not committed, ~1 Watch if taken) **Status:** Deliberately held open; player ("Cinco") explicitly kept "in the air" **Proposal:** Hotbox the captured Wraith (drug interrogation). Frames as part of torture methodology. Cinco blamed sleep-deprivation for the pitch. **Keeper note:** This is a backup option if time allows and Cinco commits. Not on the active board unless chosen. --- ## Part IV — Squalls Opened & Resources Moved ### Squall: The Shield's Heart **Trigger:** Montgomery delivered the ZPM-recovery report. **Open status:** OPEN (per Keeper seal). **Description:** ZPM recovered from child-world generator. Intelligence disappointed — device is not what was hoped (Radek to assess full details). **Resource movement:** - Child-world Standing already spent (not risked this session); recovery on next return - ZPM radioed home (command aware) - Radek pinned to Genii Compound (did not attend this conference; kept remote via radio) --- ## Part V — Standing & Diplomatic Status **No Standing votes taken this session.** Per narrow-table ruling, Standing is held by the [[council]] and managed by Directive. The following remain **active/live:** - **Hoffan Compound:** Ongoing research; awaits test subject (Wraith) for vaccine trials. Beckett: will work with dead Wraith; refuses live test on ethical grounds. - **Project Hammer:** Blocked on Wraith interrogation intel (where will the device be deployed?). Genii will not commit until Wraith confesses location. - **Child-world (Childhood's End):** Standing spent this session; will rebuild via Daniels' space-weed diplomacy (next push). - **Genii:** Diplomatic relationship TBD (Koyla attending as liaison; Radek pinned; Colm status: **unresolved**, held open by Keeper). --- ## Part VI — Keeper's Departure & Handoff Notes **Landis departed on the Silver Surfer** at the end of this session (in-fiction end of 18-hour watch). **Handoff to Cinco (Un):** Standing Orders binder, authority to commission Works and Directives, seal of the narrow table, +8 couriers. **Open threads passed to next session:** - Whether the water answers Cinco (Landis deferred to next watch) - Colm's status (believed dead / alive and rogue — Keeper holds open) - Omar's status (Keeper-sensitive; ascension arc TBD) - Wraith interrogation (pending capture, The Catch Watch 1/3) --- ## Appendix — Minutes Format & Future Sessions **The Minute** (house standard, going forward): - One line per vote, override, or Directive - Who decided, what was decided, who dissented (if any) - No narrative narration; just record **Full Minutes** (as above): - Produced after major sessions (handovers, major votes, Work completions) - Appended to `Council_Minutes.md` in the project repo - Keeper-approved before being added to the record **Voice:** Written in the past tense, formal register, signed by the Keeper or their proxy (Fen). --- *Recorded in full by Landis Fishman, Keeper of the [[council]] of Un, on the watch of departure. To be filed with the archive and the canon ledger. The pen is mightier than the die.*