The dilemma. A storm warning has shut the Port Kestrel road and every haulier has parked up. The harbour hospital is running out of dialysis supplies. Marcus, the Regulator and your insurer all say: nobody drives tonight.
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Dilemma
The hospital needs supplies in a storm
A storm warning has shut the Port Kestrel road and every haulier has parked up. The harbour hospital is running out of dialysis supplies. Marcus, the Regulator and your insurer all say: nobody drives tonight.
If the roll succeedsThree trucks crawl through the rain and arrive at 4 a.m. The nurses come out to meet them.If it failsA truck slides into a ditch. Everyone is safe, nothing arrives and the Regulator wants a word.
What happenedThe supplies arrive at noon by army helicopter. Nobody blames you.
What happenedThe authorities manage. Your name is not in the story either way.
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
Send a convoy anyway, with volunteers only.Bold · decided by a d20 roll against 14
Succeeds: Three trucks crawl through the rain and arrive at 4 a.m. The nurses come out to meet them.
Fails: A truck slides into a ditch. Everyone is safe, nothing arrives and the Regulator wants a word.
Wait for the storm to pass, as advised.Certain outcome
The supplies arrive at noon by army helicopter. Nobody blames you.
Leave it to the authorities.Certain outcome
The authorities manage. Your name is not in the story either way.
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 “The hospital needs supplies in a storm”?
There are three: “Send a convoy anyway, with volunteers only”; “Wait for the storm to pass, as advised”; “Leave it to the authorities”. The first is the bold option: the game rolls a d20 plus your adviser’s skill against 14. The other two have certain outcomes.
What happens if the bold choice fails?
A truck slides into a ditch. Everyone is safe, nothing arrives and the Regulator wants a word.
What happens if the bold choice succeeds?
Three trucks crawl through the rain and arrive at 4 a.m. The nurses come out to meet them.
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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.
