The dilemma. NorthStar Freight is a week from bankruptcy, and three hundred drivers will lose their jobs. Your council says let them sink and take their customers. Their founder has asked to see you, alone.
From the gameThe painting on this decision card in Meridyen.
What would you do?
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Dilemma
NorthStar is going under
NorthStar Freight is a week from bankruptcy, and three hundred drivers will lose their jobs. Your council says let them sink and take their customers. Their founder has asked to see you, alone.
If the roll succeedsNorthStar survives, pays you back with interest and never undercuts you again.If it failsNorthStar sinks anyway, slower. The drivers remember who tried.
What happenedThe contracts move to you overnight. So does a lot of resentment.
What happenedNorthStar finds a buyer abroad who knows nothing about Meridyen roads.
No right answer.
In the game the roll is d20 plus your adviser’s skill. Here the bonus is a flat +2.
The options and what happens
Offer a rescue loan (₥900).Bold · decided by a d20 roll against 13
Succeeds: NorthStar survives, pays you back with interest and never undercuts you again.
Fails: NorthStar sinks anyway, slower. The drivers remember who tried.
Poach their best customers now.Certain outcome
The contracts move to you overnight. So does a lot of resentment.
Decline the meeting.Certain outcome
NorthStar finds a buyer abroad who knows nothing about Meridyen roads.
About this card
This is one of 8 hand-written dilemmas set in Meridyen (The present day), one of three ages in Be a CEO, a business strategy game where you run a trading house. Each dilemma has one bold option, decided by dice, and safer options with certain outcomes. The text above is the card exactly as it appears in the game, with the amounts it showed on the first day of a new game.
Questions
What are the options in “NorthStar is going under”?
There are three: “Offer a rescue loan (₥900)”; “Poach their best customers now”; “Decline the meeting”. The first is the bold option: the game rolls a d20 plus your adviser’s skill against 13. The other two have certain outcomes.
What happens if the bold choice fails?
NorthStar sinks anyway, slower. The drivers remember who tried.
What happens if the bold choice succeeds?
NorthStar survives, pays you back with interest and never undercuts you again.
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Written by the Mantar Tech team from the game’s own data and text. Be a CEO is in closed alpha, so numbers and cards can change. About the art: much of it was made with AI tools and then selected and edited by hand.
