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No Plane, No Gain

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The recent hijacking of an aircraft in the skies above @@NAME@@ has frightened travellers in a tail spin about what measures should be taken to prevent it happening again.

[option]"I want armed guards on every flight," screeches @@RANDOMNAME@@, a frequent flier. "That will be more than enough to prevent anything like this happening again, and I don't care less how much it costs. Just use some of those reject psychos from the army, they'll keep our skies safe.
[effect]gorilla airplane security guards are scaring away passengers

[option]"Armed guards, you're kidding right?," laughs @@RANDOMNAME@@, from peaceniks-R-us. "Seriously now folks, I think you're all over-reacting to one isolated incident. Who says this will ever happen again, and why should all taxpayers have to fork out for security measures we'll probably never need. I say we all just calm down, put this little hijack mess behind us and get on with our lives."
[effect]@@NAME@@'s airlines have become the favorite targets for disenchanted malcontents with an axe to grind

[option]"You'd change your tune darn quick if a plane you were on was hijacked by some group of fanatical maniacs," snaps @@RANDOMNAME@@, an airline security advisor. "Anyone could be a terrorist in disguise, even me. We need to do background checks on every passenger, hand search every bit of baggage, and do random strip searches before boarding. Sure it will inconvenience passengers and cost a lot of @@CURRENCY@@s, but the safety of our planes and their crews must come first."
[effect]there are very long queues at every airline check-in counter

[option]"If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings," preaches @@RANDOMNAME@@, an evangelist minister. "We must ban all forms of artificial flight immediately. These hijacking terrorists are the Almighty's punishment on us for invading his domain. The sky is sacred, and we should respect the fact that only those creatures God has given feathers to have a right to be up there with him. Our imitation metal monsters are an insult to the beauty of those chosen creatures."
[effect]all air craft, including the military, have been permanently grounded


I've decided to have another crack at this one, and see if I can get it to the acceptable stage.

Have made a few changes from the first effort here, (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=483122) and tried to take the emphasis off spacific objects, and make the problem more generic.

Err... I don't like the description, It assumes the government has increased security over the concerns of hi-jacking when that is not necessary a thing that many NS nations might do.

How about something like.

"There has been national shock over a recent hi-jacking of a plane in the skies above @@NAME@@, citizens are demanding to know what you are going to do and every man and their @@ANIMAL@@ has an opinion on it."

Add in an option to Ban safety scissors and nail files...

re-work the Security officer one to follow the new option.
And I think you've got a pretty good issue

Err... I don't like the description, It assumes the government has increased security over the concerns of hi-jacking when that is not necessary a thing that many NS nations might do.

How about something like.

"There has been national shock over a recent hi-jacking of a plane in the skies above @@NAME@@, citizens are demanding to know what you are going to do and every man and their @@ANIMAL@@ has an opinion on it."

Add in an option to Ban safety scissors and nail files...

re-work the Security officer one to follow the new option.
And I think you've got a pretty good issue

Ok, I see your point and made a few changes.

Took out the nail file/scissor stuff completly and added a new option. Changed the first one to concentrate on armed guards instead of pointed metal things.

But don't you think that we, the everyday people, might be getting just a little bit paranoid about the whole TERRORIST issue. Like come on! That's what they're after, our fear and insecurity. And certain factions you might say are over-secured.

But don't you think that we, the everyday people, might be getting just a little bit paranoid about the whole TERRORIST issue. Like come on! That's what they're after, our fear and insecurity. And certain factions you might say are over-secured.

That's the point of this issue... Just HOW secure should the planes should be. Th

Option 1 puts armed guards on the planes
Option 2 loosens security
Option 3 places heavy invasive security on planes
Option 4 bans planes on religious grounds

If there is another option that you would like to suggest then I am sure Witchcliff would be grateful to receive any constructive comments on the matter.

I would suggest one thing, changing the minister from an evangelist minister to some random religions. Because a) random religious freaks are funner than real life ones and b) someone might get "offended" if they happen to be a evangelical.

I want to submit this, but am having a problem.

Read in one of the stickies that straight quote marks must be used because the slanted ones muck something up. The quote marks in my issue are straight in both word and notepad, but everytime I copy/paste into the issue submission box, they appear slanted. Is that something I have done wrong, or is it normal?