Entry #004

[dr_inui]

I have been running numerous simulations for the upcoming expedition. I have had to revise my previous calculated prediction of our team succeeding of 14.7% down to 12.8%.

Perhaps there are other factors that I have not taken into account yet...

Comments

[dr_inui]

A 12.8% chance does not mean it will fail, Mukahi. Simply that it is unlikely to meet all of the required parameters for success.

[mgakuto]

Your disregard for life is what bothers me.

[dr_inui]

How am I disregarding life if I have taking everyone's survival into my calculations?

[mgakuto]

...maybe I am not understanding your calculations. You're very hard to read.

Jirou is very capable, despite his disorder. He isn't the hindrance people keep writing him off as.

[dr_inui]

If he is not a hinderance, then I do not understand the concern that he and his friends seem to have for this situation.

[mgakuto]

Because his skills don't include killing crawlers. He's much better at controlling things behind the scenes.

[dr_inui]

Given the nature of our directives, I'm not sure what the argument you're trying to make is.

[mgakuto]

...maybe he can stay at the entrance controlling a drone or something? I dunno.

[dr_inui]

You would need to talk to someone else about acquisitioning a drone. I believe they're quite tightly controlled.

What would he do when he is asleep at the entrance though? Being alone would make him easy food for sandworms and crawlers.

[mgakuto]

That is true, but I do think he would be more useful operating something other than fighting the crawlers himself.

He just needs to be stimulated to stay awake. I wish I had an easy answer for the sleep thing.

...Niou-san doesn't like me, so I would not be the person to ask.

[dr_inui]

He cannot stay awake for 2 weeks straight. Given the state that he was in mentally after 3 days awake, I don't think we can leave him alone safely. And therefore, he would be a risk if he was left sleeping alone.

Expeditions and suitable equipment for them is a separate matter from personal feelings towards other people.

[mgakuto]

Yeah, I get that.

Have you even met Niou?

[dr_inui]

Both Genichirou and Renji have said good things about him, and I trust their judgement.

[mgakuto]

Yeah, I'm sure he's great to people he likes.