Discussion: Self-Preservation Society [LAW]

Withdrawn from proposal, but left up for discussion. Adaptation of The BlogNomic Job. Please don’t vote against it just because it’s long.

Create a second GNDT. Create a rule, Codenames

There is a second GNDT, set up with a Codename for each Policeman and Mobster. Policemen may email their codenames to the Man; Mobsters may email their codename to the Don. Civilians may not have codenames.

The Codename GNDT is used to store information about Mobsters and Policemen while operating under codenames. If a Policeman or Mobster takes any action that requires them to use a codename then the effects on themselves are recorded in the Codename GNDT. Any actions that would affect their normal username continues to be recorded in the real-name GNDT.

Create a field on the second GNDT entitled 'Status.' Status on the codename GNDT is initially set to zero and is always expressed as +x or -x. If at any point a Policeman or Mobster's code name is revealed, they may apply the value of their Codename status, -10% (rounded down), to their Person status. Any Person may choose to reveal their own codename at any time; if they choose to do this, they may apply their codename status value +10% to their Person Status.

Any field that exists in one GNDT must exist in the other.

If Proposal: Mob Names passes, remove the following paragraph from rule 13:

Each Mobster has a Mob Name - a pseudonym which The Don may use to refer to them in public without betraying their identity (and which allows past game behaviour to be tracked and verified, once the Dynasty ends or an identity is otherwise revealed). A Mob Name may not be changed once chosen.

Create a rule, entitled City Locations:

Each Person's location is tracked in the GNDTs. The value in the Codename GNDT and the realname GNDT can differ. The following significant locations exist in the city:

The City Hall
The Bank
The Speakeasy
The Bordello - All Persons in the Bordello gain 5 Status every 6 hours. They may not stay in the Bordello for longer than 24 hours, and may not visit it more than once every 5 days.
The Don's Mansion
The Police Station
Jail
The River
High Street
About Town

Upon enactment of this rule, all Persons are moved to About Town.

Create a rule, entitled Jobs:

The Don can call upon his mobsters to perform Jobs. These include, but are not limited to:

The Bank Job.
The Don selects at least 3 Mobsters. He then gives them a time, in GMT, at which they must perform the job. At that time (or within 5 minutes either way) all three of thse mobsters must move to the bak location, remain there for at least 5 minutes, then leave.

If there are already policemen in the bank, the Job can be called off, although if any of the mobsters do appear they immediately get arrested and made a prisoner.

If an equal or greater number of Police than the number of raiding mobsters enter the bank while the job is under way, all the mobsters are arrested and the job fails. If the police bust this job in progress, they all recieve 10 Status and the Man recieves 20 Status.

If a number of policemen smaller than the number of raiding mobsters enters while the raid is under way, the Policeman looses 25 Status and the raid succeeds.

If no policemen disturb the job, it succeeds. The Don gains 50 Status and each participating mobster gains 10 Status.

Following a bank job, the Don must post a BlogNomic entry notifying the other Persons that the job has taken place.

Supplying the Speakeasy
The Don selects one mobster to go to the River at a specific time. That Mobster must stay at the River for at least 5 minutes, following which they must move to the Speakeasy for a further 5.

If any Policeman intercepts him at the River, he is arrested and the job fails.

Once he gets to the Speakeasy, a number of policemen equal to all the mobsters in that location, plus one, are required to make the bust. Only the mobster carrying out the job can be arrested.

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The Man may also give his Policemen Jobs. Some of them are listed here.

The Bordello Bust
The Man must select at least 3 policemen to carry out this Job. They must move to the Bordello at the designated time and remain there for at least 10 minutes.

If a greater number of Mobsters appears to defend the Bordello in that time, the Police are defeated. Each participating Policeman looses 10 Status.

If the Bordello is not protected in the 10 minutes, the Man can declare it dispersed. The Bordello is removed from the roster of locations and each participating Policeman gains 10 Status. The Don looses 25 Status, but may build another Bordello at a further cost of 10 Status. If there is a Policeman in the Bordello at the time of the raid who has claimed 5 Status for his presence there in the last 6 hours, he is fired from the force and arrested.

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All Jobs must be assigned, with times, at least 24 hours before theyare due to take place. Any Person may refuse to do a job for the Man or the Don, but if either the Man or the Don considers the reason for such a refusal to be illigitimate or unreasonable they have the power to impose a descresionary 5 Status fine. If a Person is asked to do a job for the Man or the Don, they should reply with 16 hours of the request; if they do not, it is assumed that the request is refused. If the Person in question has posted or voted on BlogNomic in that time then the status fine may be applied. In all cases, Jobs must only refer to the Persons codename.

If Takeraway and Booker and Prohibition both fail, add the following rule, Jail:

Some People may be Prisoners. This is marked in a GNDT column. While a Person is a Prisoner, he/she may not make Proposals of any sort, though he/she can still vote on them. If a Mobster is a Prisoner, he/she may make a private request to the Don to be removed from the list of Mobsters. The a Policeman is ever made a prisoner, they may be fired from the Police by the Man. Being arrested automatically carries a 15 Status fine.

A few notes:
Firstly, the times of jobs have to be rigidly enforced and exact to allow for undercover police and mob moles. It's also slightly more realistic.
Second, new jobs can be proposed by anyone, but obviously the Man and the Don decide when and if they take place.
Third, I wanted to put a Police equivilent to the Bordello but I couldn't think of one. But again, locations can be adapted and proposed.
Comments?