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I didn't know Palpatine was a sentient region of Germany. He's lucky in that he's an Elector too!
*Europa Universalis 4 + Holy Roman Empire intensifies*
I didn't know Palpatine was a sentient region of Germany. He's lucky in that he's an Elector too!
Look, the Sith have plenty of bad points sure, but no one can argue that they don't get shit done.While it's an overly simplistic view of things, it is deeply entertaining that all three major factions have a Sith at the head, and have levels of intrigue going on against each other
I didn't know Palpatine was a sentient region of Germany. He's lucky in that he's an Elector too!
*Looks at list of HRE Reforms*"The Imperial Diet will decide your fate."
"I am the Imperial Diet."
Are you sure about that?Well, damn you all. I now have the urge to play EU4 as member of the HRE. Again. Just no idea who exactly. Probably some place in Westphalia since I live in the area.
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To prevent the obvious joke: No, I won't play the Palatinate.
Brandenburg is best HRE.Well, damn you all. I now have the urge to play EU4 as member of the HRE. Again. Just no idea who exactly. Probably some place in Westphalia since I live in the area.
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To prevent the obvious joke: No, I won't play the Palatinate.
Is there any way to set off whatever insurance policy Armand has in the event of Palpatine backstabbing him? I can't imagine that he wouldn't have one.
Also, good joke putting "innocent" and "Ysanne Isard" in the same sentence.
That would be awesome if we could pull it off, but let's not forget K.I.S.S. The more complex a plan, the more moving parts it has, and so to does it have more points of failure.In this situation, perhpahs we should ask the simple question..
What would Ciaran do?
EVERYTHING
Plan implosion:
Fake a CI assassination of deserters going horribly wrong and use various news outlets to stir up a controversy.followed by whistleblowers reacting to that when the coverup starts...
and the assassination by a CI assassin, with hints that he is being removed to be made into a scapegoat.
meanwhile, we are getting people in left and right during the chaos, both short and long-term plants.
In-universe, that +20 default bonus comes with support from a) 'convenient transports' to get our agents anywhere they need to be with minimal visibility, b) a comprehensive array of wiretaps running all over Coruscant, c) Fry's Codebreaker to decrypt any of the high-level files we encounter, especially those coming to/from the Galactic Senate district, d) a fleet of data-analysis droids to go over all the intel we unearth, e) extensive intelligence-sharing and cooperation with the Jedi Sentinels aka wizard ninjas, f) multiple teams of Force-sensitive shapeshifting Gurlanin agents.[X] Strike Palpatine's Inner Circle: It's time to go on the offensive. Chance of Success: 40% Cost: 150 Reward: Targeted member/group discredited/neutralized/etc
-[X] Armand Isard: You know his name from Seti's exile, and as the head of Republic Intelligence he's also the man behind the Covert Ops troopers killing deserting clones - and that is just off the top of your head. While Palpatine can always get a replacement Armand is admittedly a quite talented intelligence officer and it would be quite difficult to find a fitting replacement in a time like this...
-[X] Jango Fett
Rolled: 74 + 20 (Bonuses) + 20 (Omakes) + 15 (Jango) = 129 (Super Critical Success)
You've given Jango all the help you can give - from here on in it's up to him to bring down Isard. (To be continued in Fortune's End mini-arc)
KISS has a major drawback -- killing Armand without attempting a cover-up means that Palpatine would have some idea that someone was working to undercut him. (I can't believe that Palpatine in all his plans-within-plans Sith glory would actually believe that it was a random unrepeatable one-off).[] Keep it simple. Kill Armand, don't make it more complicated than that.
Public outrage could have potential, but remember, we haven't taken out COMPNOR yet, and that was one of Palpatine's main organs for manipulating public opinion. He still has control over the HoloNet and most media outlets, as well; that's why we're forming our own. So: working with public opinion might be a decent 'trial by fire' for our nascent media operation (and might merge this miniarc with the results for our Papanoida stewardship action). On the other hand, it might be throwing water on an oil fire, as our baby media outlets aren't ready to go head-to-head with Palpatine's well-lubricated propaganda machine.[] Use public outrage to bring down Armand and cripple Republic Intelligence by embroiling them in controversies that will disrupt their ability to function.
-[] Have someone act as a Cryptanalysis Department whistleblower and break the news about the actions of the Covert Ops troopers across the holonet.
--[] Use the opportunity to insert moles into Republic Intelligence.
--[] Don't take any chances, just go with the plan as it is.
-[] Fake a CI assassination of deserters going horribly wrong and use various news outlets to stir up a controversy.
--[] Use the opportunity to insert moles into Republic Intelligence.
--[] Don't take any chances, just go with the plan as it is.
This is my strong preference, if only by process of elimination. Killing Armand without a patsy would make Palpatine more vigilant, and give him a reason to dig deeper and find the party responsible (us). But if you add a patsy, then as long as it's convincing you don't have to worry about Palpatine 'digging deeper' since you already know what he'd find.[] Kill Armand, but use the opportunity for a plan to weaken Republic Intelligence.
-[] Have the assassin wear the stolen CI armor and be "discovered," creating the illusion of a traitor within the ranks of Republic Intelligence.
-[] Use the cover of the ensuing chaos to insert moles into Republic Intelligence.
...You know, having a "whistleblower" come forward right after the assassination might work well? It seems believable enough, and may even spur real whistleblowers forward as they flee what they think is a sinking ship.What would Ciaran do?
EVERYTHING
Plan implosion:
Fake a CI assassination of deserters going horribly wrong and use various news outlets to stir up a controversy.followed by whistleblowers reacting to that when the coverup starts...
and the assassination by a CI assassin, with hints that he is being removed to be made into a scapegoat.
meanwhile, we are getting people in left and right during the chaos, both short and long-term plants.
That's too bad. If we knew what it was, we could set it off early. An attempt of any sort against Palpatine that's only traceable back to Armand would take care of our problem for us.A decent idea, the only problem is that no one has any idea what it is.
I also wonder if there's some way we can use this to help our whole "we need to force the evacuation of the Jedi Temple problem.
It's also a Super critical success, which means we got a fair amount of leyway. And an insane plan like that is pretty par for the course in this quest, and suitably dramatic. they are also some of our greatest wins against Paliantine, and are more likely to blindside him.That would be awesome if we could pull it off, but let's not forget K.I.S.S. The more complex a plan, the more moving parts it has, and so to does it have more points of failure.