Oh heh - wasn't talking about the Uesagi/Kline thing at session 1. The out of hand thing - was for the length of Brunhilde's and mine post and session 1 was that's the writeup's 'slot'.
But since the subject's up - I'll go for one last say and then abandon it. Kline's motives and actions in context mostly make sense. The big crux of the conflict, it feels, came from the "I need to report", "I order you not to", "I disobey" exchange. Uesagi only intended to report the shooting (not the interest in guns, or prisoners) - if I didn't make that clear during the game, that's my fault. Also, had Kline asked to delay the report until the warehouse raid - would do so, gladly and with good reasons. I probably misunderstood what you meant, because it sounded like you wanted to keep all reports out.
However, there were contradictions in Kline's behaviour from Uesagi's POV. It's not a cultural difference (though attitude towards people certainly came into it), but a practical one:
1. We shouted at the bikies for a couple of minutes about guns, then shot one of them. In broad daylight, in the middle of a 1-2m city. The information that we were interested in them was already out - keeping it secret after that seemed moot, and misdirection (police interest instead of secret senate mission) felt the better option than secrecy (since that's already blown).
2. Releasing the prisoners after the warehouse raid was (and still is)
out of the question. Kline's main motive - information security - would massively backfire. The first thing those prisoners would (probably) do once in official lockup would shout to their lawyer and anyone who'd listen: "KLINE AND MASATORA TOOK US TO THE WUYTS ESTATE AND INTERROGATED US WITHOUT OUR CITIZENS' RIGHTS AND BOY WERE THEY INTERESTED IN MILITARY GRADE HARDWARE. WE SAW 3 SENATORS/PATRICIAN FAMILY THERE AND THEY ENDORSED IT! RABBLE! RABBLE! RABBLE!". It sacrificed the secrecy of the whole senate mission for the secrecy of a warehouse raid. In fact, if Kline tries to free the prisoners at least before the train leaves, Uesagi will try and stop that to protect the senate and the mission.
So, alright. Motives and cross-motives examined and consequences will be what they will be. The look of pity/disgust in your main writeup is more or less accurate, and that should be fun to play with for a bit.
