BSG | Event 0030 - A New Contraption
General Summary
Your Majesty, a Baron Literal Trash by the name of wants to present you with a new invention.Baron Literal Trash:
My Liege, we are entering a modern age. a more humane age. Yet botched executions are commonplace - decapitations where the head doesn't come off, or hangings where it does.
No more! Behold, a merciful machine for removing heads quickly and painlessly - i call it the 'ActualLiteralTrash'
He swishes away a cloth to reveal a huge machine of iron and wood. It has a hole for someone to place their head, and a heavy blade dangling ominously above it. The sight sends chills down everyone spines.
King Calimaco Bladesong:It's awfulBaron Literal Trash:
King Calimaco Bladesong:But Your Majesty, surely this is better than getting your head chopped off by a nervous peasant with sweaty palms and a blunt axe?
With a little funding, I can distribute the 'ActualLiteralTrash' across the Kingdom!
I'll bring this to The Council.Baron Literal Trash:
You won't regret this!The Council
| Result | Should The Council provide funding for the 'ActualLiteralTrash'? |
|---|---|
| Yea | Fund a nationwide rollout. |
| Veto | Test it on Baron Literal Trash himself. |
| Nay | Ban this horrid contraption. |
Hundreds of 'ActualLiteralTrash' are built in Marcher workshops and sent to courthouses all over the Kingdom.
Soon, they're chopping through the backlog of condemned prisoners with unprecedented speed - and unprecedented mercy!
