VOLARE  ·  Ground Operations
Phase III  ·  The Threat  ·  Florence Operations Centre
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Latest Transmission  ·  Encrypted Channel  ·  Vessel to Ground
Awaiting first transmission from the vessel…
Your Response Framework
90 minutes  ·  Work through each stage in sequence  ·  Do not skip ahead
0–12
min
Situational Assessment
Establish what is confirmed, what is assumed, and what is unknown. The Chief Risk Officer of the Guild leads. No decisions before this assessment is complete and recorded.
12–25
min
Resource Inventory
What do you actually have — given your Phase I design decisions? Map your provisions, crew, and motive power against the situation as it stands.
25–50
min
Decision Sequence
Work through decisions in priority order. Every decision is logged: what was decided, who decided it, what the alternative was, which Phase I choice shapes this most.
50–65
min
Stakeholder Dispatch
Who must be informed? The patrons? Passenger families? The Florentine authorities? The Church? In what order, and what is said? Use the stakeholder panel.
65–80
min
Resolution Position
What is your response to the threat? Prepare your position, your rationale, and your limit — the point beyond which you will not go and why.
80–90
min
Situation Report
Six-minute verbal account to the panel: what happened, what your Guild decided and why, which Phase I decision most shaped your options, and what the crisis revealed.
Decision Log  ·  Complete in real time
Transmission to Ground Command  ·  Encoded Pigeon
Your Resources
The resources available to you are determined by your Phase I design decisions. Refer to your sealed Commission Codex.
Check if you have:
Armed Guard Complement
Ship’s Physician
Helipad / Aerial access
Observation Gallery
Gaming Salon (liquid assets)
Diplomatic Messenger Service
Chapel / Private
Stakeholder Dispatch
Mark each communication when sent
Lorenzo de’ Medici
Ludovico Sforza
The Doge of Venice
Cardinal della Rovere
Passenger families
Florentine authorities
The Church
The Governing Question
Did your team make decisions in Phase I that reflected your stated values — or decisions that reflected what you thought would impress the patron panel? Phase III is the diagnostic. Phase I was the data.