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School Absences
VALIDITY:
very high crime, poor to middling economy, ADULT,
DESCRIPTION:
Boarding schools have been targeted by a wave of abductions, with the latest attack resulting in over a hundred girls between the ages of sixteen and eighteen being kidnapped in the middle of the night by a gang of heavily armed gunmen, whose location is unknown, but who are suspected to be associated with radical insurgents in the northern provinces of @@NAME@@. Both law enforcement and the military have failed to eliminate these groups or rescue the kidnapees, and as a knock-on effect many families across the nation are refusing to send their daughters to school, fearing for their safety and security.
OPTION 1
"I will kill them, and if others come to take revenge, I will kill them. My daughter was taken too!" growls Neil Liamson, a former Intelligence Operative dedicated to fighting the terrorists. "@@LEADER@@, if you give me a division of operatives, and carte blanche to do whatever it takes to track these girls, that'll be the end of it. I will look for them, I will find them, and I will kill them.... Uh, the terrorists I mean. Not the girls. Obviously."
OUTCOME:
a ridiculously high body count is a sign of a police operation that has gone well
OPTION 2
"Are you kidding me? You want to charge around the northern foothills, interrogating villagers and trying to hunt down bad guys who we can't even locate?" asks T D Gaimer, fortifications expert. "No, let them come to us. Install guard towers around boarding schools, manned by rifle-toting infantrymen who will gun down anyone approaching with hostile intent, and challenging anyone they're uncertain of, with permission to shoot to kill if any adult not recognised as a parent or regular teaching staff approaches. This will restore confidence in the safety of the education system, and stop anything like this happening again."
OUTCOME:
working as a supply teacher is surprisingly dangerous
OPTION 3
"Question: what's the difference between an armed terrorist and a government soldier when both are using brute force tactics? Answer: People sympathise with the terrorists!" laughs Donnie McRonald, a badly-dressed reformist minister prone to making inappropriate jokes at inappropriate times. "If you want to deal with extremists, you need to get the people on side. Send welfare to the struggling village folk in the northern foothills, send educators, win over hearts and minds, and they'll give up the terrorists in their midst. Hell, send them regular meals to make them happy. When they're loving it and loving us, we'll win the only war the counts: the war of ideas."
OUTCOME:
kidnappers are sent fruit baskets
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