Akasha
The Only Truth
- Location
- 「̛̛́́ ͏̨҉̕͏ ͏̶̴」
What a peculiar coincidence.
May The Invisible Hand Be With You - (Star Wars CK2-Style Quest)
- Thread starter Dr. Snark
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- star wars canon what canon tsundere dice ck2 quest actions have consequences all the credits all work and no play makes ciaran a dull girl best sister capitalism ho! despairing qm teetotaller society member gotta catch 'em all insanity looting off the rails sage dice approaching spicy sheev tsundere asajj
What a peculiar coincidence.
Jack_Trade
Chasing the Green Fairy
- Location
- Scotland
Force users have survived worse *cough* Anakin *cough*.
- Location
- USA
Quite. It's a shame that she didn't stick around long enough to have her maintenance preformed and instead went to the Jedi Council with some baseless suspicions about us being a crime lord. We aren't a crime lord, we are a totally legitimate businesswoman, we just deal in the trade of non-standard goods and preemptively seek to protect our assets against petty thieves and criminals.
..There would be a good mechanic to getting our Starfighters swapped out for Headhunters.
Even when the Headhunters were considered out of date/obselete, people still bought them due to the fact that they still remained one of the best multi role fighters in the galaxy.
There are -dozens- of variants of it due to it's popularity and performance.
Guess what that means?
False Flag and Covert Ops missions up the wazoo.
Even when the Headhunters were considered out of date/obselete, people still bought them due to the fact that they still remained one of the best multi role fighters in the galaxy.
There are -dozens- of variants of it due to it's popularity and performance.
Guess what that means?
False Flag and Covert Ops missions up the wazoo.
Bones
Don't look behind you.
- Location
- Behind you.
Perhaps something like temporary hero units, like how Gulan tagged along on Kamino. As mentioned before Xruk assembling a team of bounty hunters to kidnap Tann. Or perhaps advisors could get personal improvements like the heroes, like an upgrade to OOM-9 lowers unit upkeep or removes the hard cap on droid units.
IG-86s and Cloakshape fighters, cheap, customizable, and completely expendable.
Panory
The Omake Dragon
- Location
- New York
- Pronouns
- He/Him
The Following is a Non-Profit Fan-Based Parody
Ciaran's scanners picker up small pockets of life on the surface of the seemingly barren planet. Apparently settlements were few and far between. Picking one at complete random, Ciaran exited her ship, wary of any sudden attackers. What she saw were the inhabitants of the planet acting almost insultingly innocent. Children playing, adults farming cabbages, and elders sitting around telling stories to the little ones that weren't occupied with games of tag. It was as if the war had never even found this small planet in the Outer Rim.
"Hey look, a visitor!" said one of the villagers that had gathered around her ship. Apparently they were a species that needed to state the obvious.
"Oh boy, we love visitors!" Ciaran's opinion of these green humanoids dropped by the second, dear Force.
"Now now, don't crowd the young lady." said a native that was more wrinkled than the rest. Between the dignified air of respect around him and the walking staff that seemed more ritualistic than necessary, he seemed like some form of elder. "Why hello good madam. Welcome to our fine village."
"Well you certainly know how to make a woman feel welcome." said Ciaran teasingly.
"You look like you're not from around here." continued the elder.
"Indeed I am not. I came to this planet because I felt that it was strong with the Force. Perhaps the strongest I've ever seen." That much was true. Ciaran could feel the power on this planet from space, and had played a game of space hot and cold to find it.
"You have to be careful. Word through the grapevine has it that some unruly characters have been going around and attacking our villages." Ciaran's jaw almost dropped. Why on Coruscant would these people welcome offworlders with open arms when they were being attacked by offworlders? They were trusting and intelligent enough to realize that the actions of one offworlder need not poison their relationship with others, or trusting and moronic enough to not realize that she might be the same offworlder attacking their villages. "By the way, would you like to see our Dragon Ball? It's our prized possession. Sacred on this planet. So, what brings you too our village?"
Ciaran was dumbfounded. Mother Talzin had needed months of needling and prodding to wear her down to the point that Ciaran was allowed to excavate ruins to find artifacts and relics. And here this elder was simply offering to let her see sacred objects of his people. How lucky could she be?
"I sensed a great power, and was drawn to it. Do you have any idea what it might have been?" inquired Ciaran. After all, they had been stupidly helpful so far. Perhaps the trend would continue.
"It may have been our Dragon Ball. They were created by the magic of our great elder, Lord Guru. When all seven are gathered from the seven villages in times of great crisis, they have the power to grant any three wishes." explained the elder. "They have seen the Namekian people through many difficult times, though we have not had need of them since the Great Drought."
Ciaran's more cautious side tried futilely to temper the excitement as plans filled her head. The fact that the planet was permeated with the Force made perfect sense if it was home to seven artifacts of such great power. Granting wishes! For the first time she could remember, Ciaran's imagination was incapable of creating a plan that could make full use of such power.
"It's become clear that these Dragon Balls are likely what drew me to this planet. You mentioned you would be willing to let me examine it?" probed Ciaran, still certain that this was too good to be true.
"What a coincidence! That's why I bothered to come to this backwater rock as well. Might I be able to take the Dragon Ball as well?" Ciaran turned to see three figures floating down from the sky. The one in the middle was the one who had spoken, and Ciaran estimated that he might come up to her chest if she gave him a stool. To his right was a green humanoid wearing something so flamboyant Galvin would have criticized it. To his left was what could only be described as a humanoid pink blob covered in spikes and wearing the same chest armor as the other three.
"Oh, and who might you be?" asked Ciaran, walking closer so that the difference in height between the two was more pronounced.
"This is why I miss my hoverbubble. Zarbon!" The minion to his right reacted, throwing himself between them on his hands and knees. The diminutive leader then used him as a step so that he and Ciaran were roughly at eye level. "Much better. I am Lord Freeza. I rule over the galaxy, including this planet. Though this is a recent acquisition, so I haven't had time to clear out the trash." A pointed glare past Ciaran to the Namekians made it clear what he was talking about.
"You may be a big name out here in the unexplored regions of space, but back in civilization, I don't think anyone would have heard of you." mocked Ciaran, though she was struggling with how to work a large empire in the unexplored territories into her plans.
"Oh make no mistake, I rule there as well. They simply don't know it yet." His tone was certainly intimidating, but Ciaran wasn't sensing any affinity with the Force. "What planet are you from? I may have to blow it to smithereens for this impudence."
"Hah, I wish you the best of luck. The power to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force." It was a bit of Jedi propaganda, that the Force was more powerful than everything, you just weren't powerful enough to use it like that, but it worked well enough for riling up Freeza. Which usually made people sloppy in negotiations.
"Oh how cute, you think you're people. Dodoria, get the Dragon Ball. Zarbon, deal with this pest." said Freeza as he took off and flew away.
"Right away Lord Freeza!" said his henchmen enthusiastically. Dodoria sprinted past her, moving far faster than anything that fat had any right to while Zarbon got up off his hands and knees, jumping back to put some distance between them. Before Ciaran could react to the violent turn of things, there was a massive explosion behind her. Turning, she saw Dodoria's smoking corpse. "Ugh, it's a trap!" exclaimed Zarbon.
"Well well well, look what the gays dragged in. Fancy being next Zarbon? Because I really want to go three for three." A man hovered in the air, arm extended towards where Dodoria had been downed. He was probably all tall as Ciaran, if just by the height of his hair.
"Make fun all you want, Vegeta. Lord Freeza will reward me handsomely for taking in a traitor such as yourself." said Zarbon, no longer focusing on Ciaran, who took the chance to slink away.
"Oho, confidence! Always my favorite thing to beat out of a punching bag." Ciaran invited herself into one of the Namekian's homes while the two bantered endlessly.
The elder Namekian tapped her on her shoulder, shushing her as she turned around. "I must stay with my people, but I ask that you would take our Dragon Ball and keep it safe. It must not be allowed to be used for the evil these monsters will wish with it." he whispered. One of the other Namekians handed her a massive orange sphere with four red stars inside of it.
Ciaran peeked outside, and saw Vegeta punch Zarbon once before they began talking again. While the two were distracted, Ciaran snuck back aboard her ship and left the planet Namek behind.
AN: Dragonball, Dragonball Z, and Dragonball GT are all owned by Funimation, Toei Animation, Fuji TV, and Akira Toriyama. Please support the official release. An AU where this quest was a Dragonball Z crossover the whole time. Not gonna lie, this one was a lot of fun to write. Only four more to go by my count.
And that makes +240.
For the record, if we pick one 'Personal Attention' this turn and double-up on our Research actions, then there will only be 14 actions this turn that would allow for omake bonuses. That'd mean our cap this turn (2 omakes per action) is actually +280. So eight hours left to finish four more omakes.
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deadcrystal
Slaaneshi Cultist
- Location
- The Warp
Okay, given this is somewhat of a cool-down turn before everything starts going to shit, I think it would be best to do as many hero improvement actions as we can squeeze in. I don't know the arcane magyks of the system and how assigning people works, especially coupled with omake stuff, but I figure we can afford to have at least a couple of hero units doing improvement.
We do have a couple mandatory things to do, obvs, namely Wesker and letting grandad rescue Ciaran's cousin, but I think those are the only essential things? Would very much like to do Malachor this turn, before things get too hectic and we can't afford to take Ciaran off aiding an action.
We do have a couple mandatory things to do, obvs, namely Wesker and letting grandad rescue Ciaran's cousin, but I think those are the only essential things? Would very much like to do Malachor this turn, before things get too hectic and we can't afford to take Ciaran off aiding an action.
Jack_Trade
Chasing the Green Fairy
- Location
- Scotland
Giving the GM's hints about next turn purchasing the various base Defense Grids and Hidden Defenses upgrades might be in order.
My worry is more that the anti-Palp faction is too small to do anything against him.
Or that telling the senators will get back to Palps and provoke him before we're ready.
fasquardon
@Dr. Snark, after my earlier question about the 'medical gear/medicine' actions, I was curious to see what their original role was. It looks like there's another asset (with income & upkeep) to add to our front-page balance sheet.
First, we developed Karada-specific medical gear & medicine:
Next, here's the "action to increase Karada profits" that was mentioned:
In addition, I took a second look at the 'Versuch Labs' base upgrade, and it looks like it provides a small discount for Karada upkeep:
So, here's what our updated Balance Sheet should look like:
This also means that, technically, you could keep the "develop improved medicine" and "medical gear" actions as they were, with a reward of giving us +10 income for wartime medical supplies. On the other hand, I like your version a lot better, and I'm actually tempted to pick it (which I wouldn't be for the original).
First, we developed Karada-specific medical gear & medicine:
This is why the equivalent actions this time around allowed us to develop "Improved" medical gear/medicine -- it's the next tier up in the 'tech tree'.
Next, here's the "action to increase Karada profits" that was mentioned:
This is what the balance sheet was missing. We receive an extra +80 income for the duration of the war, and lose an extra -20 in upkeep.
In addition, I took a second look at the 'Versuch Labs' base upgrade, and it looks like it provides a small discount for Karada upkeep:
So, here's what our updated Balance Sheet should look like:
This also means that, technically, you could keep the "develop improved medicine" and "medical gear" actions as they were, with a reward of giving us +10 income for wartime medical supplies. On the other hand, I like your version a lot better, and I'm actually tempted to pick it (which I wouldn't be for the original).
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Two miscellaneous points:
Also, @fasquardon, I'm looking again at the Coruscant base upgrade, and while your write-ins are interesting, I'm not sure they ultimately benefit us all that much. Specifically, we should remember that Coruscant is Palpatine's center of power, and we've been gradually moving our forces out to Neutral Space -- Mandalore initially, and now this turn to Taris as our (hopeful) capital. Doubling-down on our control of the Undercity might help, but it's still far too close to Darth Sidious for my comfort.
@Dr. Snark, will we get a chance to follow up on this and learn how to produce high-quality lightsabers?
Also, @fasquardon, I'm looking again at the Coruscant base upgrade, and while your write-ins are interesting, I'm not sure they ultimately benefit us all that much. Specifically, we should remember that Coruscant is Palpatine's center of power, and we've been gradually moving our forces out to Neutral Space -- Mandalore initially, and now this turn to Taris as our (hopeful) capital. Doubling-down on our control of the Undercity might help, but it's still far too close to Darth Sidious for my comfort.
Plus I'm not sure we can afford it this turn. But we'll figure that out with the balance sheet....
Dr. Snark
Exactly As Planned...Probably
- Location
- Right where I want to be
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
That's about right, I'll work out the core details when we see the roll. It'd be more like Operation Skyfall than anything else. Though definitely shorter.
In general your Agents as they are now are about at Padawan level with the Force, if they hit Tier 3 they'd be at the level of your average Jedi. Of course, that's more because they don't spend all of their time training with Force abilities and branch out to be more like commandos than Jedi with training in subterfuge, conventional persuasion, and so on. They rarely use lightsabers, and if they do they're trained enough that they don't accidentally hack their own limbs off.
The Jedi are not familiar with them at all; the Agents are probably one of the most classified secrets in the Watchers since people would ask questions about why you needed your own Force using sect.
Ahhh, gotcha. I think I can do something like that, sure. Though I'm not sure what form they'd take right now; you'd probably see those things next year.
Non-canon obviously, but I still do love the imagery of Ciaran trolling someone who can literally end planets with a gesture. Yes, you get another +10.
You'll need a better blueprint essentially. You have a rough idea of how to put one together but nothing that in-depth.
MacroDaemon
Lachrymose Lapis
A part of me hopes that the eventual reveal is going to be similar to this:
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- Location
- Seattle, WA
Wouldn't that be as simple as asking Vectivus?
- Location
- america
as long as there all stylish.
also does anyone else like that we have a light foil? because i love that. also what color is it? blue? green? red?
Dr. Snark
Exactly As Planned...Probably
- Location
- Right where I want to be
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
*blinks* Uh...I mean...huh. Okay, I think I've got this; you can, but you'll need an action to formalize the blueprints from his verbal descriptions.
Diomedea
A piece of the continent
- Location
- The interblag
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Lava-ish Orange, dripping plasma due to the crystal type when I hunted it down a week or so ago.
...we're not a Sith, I swear!
Dr. Snark
Exactly As Planned...Probably
- Location
- Right where I want to be
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
"You have a Sith Holocron."
"It's a piece of art, I have no idea how it works."
"You have a Sith under your employ."
"I prefer to think of Asajj as a 'respected associate.'"
"You have communed with a phantom of a Sith Lord."
"Now that is just being insensitive. Can't a woman commune with Sith Lords without being declared one herself?"
- Location
- NJ
Does Vectivus's mansion have some plans or artifacts he may have collected over the years in his time, cause while he may have wanted money I'm guessing he must have collected somethings as trophies.
- Location
- Seattle, WA
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm late for my meeting with Darth Traya."
deadcrystal
Slaaneshi Cultist
- Location
- The Warp
Besides, just because she's a Sith doesn't mean she's that bad.
After all, it's perfectly possible to have a Jedi who isn't a sanctimonious, judgemental, narrow-minded, law-obsessed fool, even if they are very rare. Why can't there be a Sith who isn't an arrogant asshole who's evil for no reason?
Dr. Snark
Exactly As Planned...Probably
- Location
- Right where I want to be
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
He does, but it's basically his equivalent to the Vault. Mostly sentimental things he's collected over his lifetime than anything else.