OK, I'd best explain why Falc's insistence on leaving me off the mission is outright insanity. I finally have some time to do so. No time for RP here; this is important.
Because of the previous missions, it is obvious that at least one of aedan and myself must be a spy. Let's enumerate the cases, shall we?
Case 1: Both of us are spies.
All I can say here is, if we were both spies and managed to pull this off the way events have transpired, we deserve a victory and I deserve to be kicked for my stupidity half a dozen times (yes, at one and the same time). Here's why: On mission 1, I use my card on aedan. If I'm a spy, it should be completely, painfully obvious that I should sabotage, since the coordination has already been set up for us, and since if I don't do it we aren't going to get a second opportunity to coordinate easily. Let's say, for some reason, that I decide not to do so. Then on the very next mission, we somehow come to the conclusion that one of us should sabotage and the other should not, and manage to pull that one off perfectly. Hopefully, it's obvious that the chain of events required here is extraordinarily difficult (though not theoretically impossible).
Case 2: I am a spy, aedan is not. This would be explained thusly: since I used ITS on aedan, for me to sabotage would require me to blame alxeu and aedan at one and the same time, which might entail some risk of failing if I had doubts in my abilities. By delaying for a mission, I only have to accuse aedan, which creates some doubt and makes it a little more plausible, perhaps. This case is possible, I will admit. It conflicts with my preferred style as a spy (sabotage early and often, because it's more important to fail missions than not be revealed as a spy), but you might be able to suggest why I would do that and be not altogether wholly off the mark.
Case 3: I am not a spy and aedan is. Aedan doesn't want to reveal on mission 1 because of ITS, so he supports. On mission 2, he is under no such compulsion, and can easily fail the mission. Simple, straightforward, and makes perfect sense. (Side note: personally, had I been in his shoes, I sabotage anyway. Failing mission 1 is huge for the spies, and entirely worth revealing a single spy, especially because of the chaos it could cause. But that's just me.)
So let's say, hypothetically, that you have correctly dismissed the possibility of case 1, but are completely unable to decide between case 2 and case 3 (even though I feel it should be obvious that 3 is correct). You need to pick 4 players for a mission; in group 1, there are 2 players with one spy, so in group 2, there are 8 players with 3 spies (let's say you're in group 2, and that you know you personally are resistance, and need to pick 3 players, with group 2 containing 7 and 3 spies).
Let's also assume, for simplicity, that alxeu and al-Aziz are good (which I find likely enough, as alxeu should have sabotaged mission 1 as a spy, and the coordination issues on mission 2 rear their ugly head again if he's a spy there).
If you randomly select the last player from group 2, your chances are only 2/5 of success. This is actually worse than guessing randomly between aedan and myself! And you have information on us, so unless you get absolutely no read on either of us from everything we've said, you should be able to do even better than that.
Therefore, your choice to leave both of us off the mission is actually worse than putting one of us on, unless you sincerely believe that there's a reasonable chance that both of us are spies, which there is not.
*Phew*
OK then. Now the question is not whether or not I like this mission. Because I don't, not particularly, especially since aedan has voiced his support. The question is, do I want Aziz to use NC right now just in case (alxeu has a Take Responsibility card, and can steal it from her if he's a spy, and there are also future TR plot cards to worry about, potentially), should we let this mission proceed as is, or should we wait one more turn and let tamius choose a mission for us, risking that alxeu could torpedo it? I would prefer if Aziz chose to NC this mission, but I am willing to hear other suggestions.
Also,
APPROVE
(Stupid Opinion Maker card not letting me change my vote if I decide this is a bad idea or if Aziz doesn't NC this.)
