Oh lord I had forgotten. We're a professional matchmaker, aren't we?
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
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- america
yes. yes we are
all of those time's teasing obi and ani were just us doing our job.
- Location
- madison
so does ciran know that padme and Anakin are involved? she knows they are attracted, but does she know they are actually acting on that attraction?
In order for us to know about it, it would have to be happening. In fact, our meddling has already postponed their involvement, because at this point in canon they were already married.
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- madison
they were married in secret, and apparently managed to actually keep it secret. I don't recall doing anything that might delay that, so they could still be married. If so, we owe padma mad props for actually keeping that secret from her information broker best friend, even if we may have some words about her choice in men.
Except for fucking with Padme's social life and preventing the assassination attempt that ended with Anakin guarding her so there's a big chance that they never actually got together.
- Location
- Spain
And that is great, apart from all the trouble that relationship started, there was not any kind of chemistry between Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen.
I think the word of our last QM was that it would happen, but would develop more naturally instead of being rushed like it was in AOTC. Ciaran knows that they share an attraction, her first time meeting Anakin she was able to sense the puppy-like love between the two. She pairs them up frequently and tricks them into private alone time, if only to spy on them.
I think that they'll have something like a secret affair and then get married when Padme starts showing... and in an effort to get on Anakin's good side we can organise the wedding (and make sure to invite Obi-Wan and Ahsoka).
Yeah, the script was kind of cringeworthy at times. If anything I like to think of the prequels with Obi-Wan as the main character.
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Oh, it wasn't a complaint, I assure you.
@Dr. Snark, I saw this as a Martial Option offered during the last thread.
Would this (or something similar) be a potential action for the future? We do have 4 'Pirate teams' (Tier 2) in our employ, sitting around not doing much of anything. And while I can't tell if a 'team' is a single big ship or a small flotilla, that's still a fair amount of firepower we aren't using.
Option #1: could we assign them as 'covert raiders' targeting our political enemies -- privateers who go around making things miserable for people we don't like. You know, Techno Union, or Corporate Alliance, or Shu Mai's private forces, or Palpatine's puppets (if we clearly identify them), that sort of thing?
Option #2: could we assign them to target other pirate groups -- similar to 'Become a Pirate Queen', to have them sail around and either eradicate (loot!) or recruit more pirate fleets? This might require some upkeep, but would also generate income, with a chance of recruiting more pirates each turn? Perhaps there could even be an adjustable scale: -5 Upkeep and +10 Income per pirate team involved, so this would give +20 to start but become more lucrative over time as we gain control of more and more pirates?
We might also assign them to raid the Unknown Regions, using our Chiss holocron of the region and Thrawn's own knowledge to target groups who totally had it coming. According to my Briefing the Boss #2 omake, the Chiss are currently at war with a hive-mind insect race called the Killiks that acts like a Borg expy ("you will be assimilated" -- yeah, that). The Chiss are also at war with a race of slavers that use literal 'living shields' (prisoners in a transparent bubble) around their ships to make their enemies less likely to attack and destroy them. Sending our pirates off to the Unknown Regions would give us a smaller amount of loot/income, but would most likely give us contact with (and improve our diplomatic relations) with the Chiss Empire.
Or we could assign our pirates to do some hyperlane raiding: exploiting the fog of war to run rampant over vulnerable areas with loot, putting economic pressure on the CIS or Republic to increase their reliance on shipping through Neutral Space, and/or putting political pressure on nearby systems to join the CNS to protect against pirates. (Dooku used that very tactic to sway Onaconda Farr (of Rodia) to the Separatist cause; we could always return the favor...)
Lots of options here that we haven't really considered.
It looks like we never actually took that Action, and the option for it disappeared after the "It Begins" miniarc, at the start of the Clone Wars.
Would this (or something similar) be a potential action for the future? We do have 4 'Pirate teams' (Tier 2) in our employ, sitting around not doing much of anything. And while I can't tell if a 'team' is a single big ship or a small flotilla, that's still a fair amount of firepower we aren't using.
Option #1: could we assign them as 'covert raiders' targeting our political enemies -- privateers who go around making things miserable for people we don't like. You know, Techno Union, or Corporate Alliance, or Shu Mai's private forces, or Palpatine's puppets (if we clearly identify them), that sort of thing?
Option #2: could we assign them to target other pirate groups -- similar to 'Become a Pirate Queen', to have them sail around and either eradicate (loot!) or recruit more pirate fleets? This might require some upkeep, but would also generate income, with a chance of recruiting more pirates each turn? Perhaps there could even be an adjustable scale: -5 Upkeep and +10 Income per pirate team involved, so this would give +20 to start but become more lucrative over time as we gain control of more and more pirates?
We might also assign them to raid the Unknown Regions, using our Chiss holocron of the region and Thrawn's own knowledge to target groups who totally had it coming. According to my Briefing the Boss #2 omake, the Chiss are currently at war with a hive-mind insect race called the Killiks that acts like a Borg expy ("you will be assimilated" -- yeah, that). The Chiss are also at war with a race of slavers that use literal 'living shields' (prisoners in a transparent bubble) around their ships to make their enemies less likely to attack and destroy them. Sending our pirates off to the Unknown Regions would give us a smaller amount of loot/income, but would most likely give us contact with (and improve our diplomatic relations) with the Chiss Empire.
Or we could assign our pirates to do some hyperlane raiding: exploiting the fog of war to run rampant over vulnerable areas with loot, putting economic pressure on the CIS or Republic to increase their reliance on shipping through Neutral Space, and/or putting political pressure on nearby systems to join the CNS to protect against pirates. (Dooku used that very tactic to sway Onaconda Farr (of Rodia) to the Separatist cause; we could always return the favor...)
Lots of options here that we haven't really considered.
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Nothing's going on in the thread, so might as well update the omake count. Here was my latest check:
I am curious to learn if I get a bonus for posting & updating those three 'omake index' posts. @Dr. Snark hasn't mentioned anything...
Anyway, the current count leaves us with 31 out of the 34 cap for Turn 25's omake bonuses. Keep up the good work, folks!
Since then, we've added another 10 omakes:
I am curious to learn if I get a bonus for posting & updating those three 'omake index' posts. @Dr. Snark hasn't mentioned anything...
Anyway, the current count leaves us with 31 out of the 34 cap for Turn 25's omake bonuses. Keep up the good work, folks!
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Most of that pirate stuff sounds too blatant or risky, to be honest. Some of it would just be very predatory; it'd literally be robbing random people out in the Outer Rim. Might even have been why it disappeared as an option.
And I'm worried any time we sabotage or attack the CIS; because there's always a chance of somebody tracing it back to us. If we get more systematic about it, like if we're sending out raiders? That worry, that chance of discovery or things going wrong, increases.
Plus, just, as a general thing -- random pirates aren't exactly very good recruit material. They're not good people. And I'm skeptical about their loyalty or trustworthiness.
Plus, with the war stopped for now? With both sides not fighting each other for a while?
The Republic and CIS both are going to stomp on any raiders or pirates that try to hit their systems. Because they're no longer committed (as heavily) to fighting each other.
And I'm worried any time we sabotage or attack the CIS; because there's always a chance of somebody tracing it back to us. If we get more systematic about it, like if we're sending out raiders? That worry, that chance of discovery or things going wrong, increases.
Plus, just, as a general thing -- random pirates aren't exactly very good recruit material. They're not good people. And I'm skeptical about their loyalty or trustworthiness.
Plus, with the war stopped for now? With both sides not fighting each other for a while?
The Republic and CIS both are going to stomp on any raiders or pirates that try to hit their systems. Because they're no longer committed (as heavily) to fighting each other.
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Honestly I'm still surprised that there hasn't been any actions involving Hondo.
Valkur
The True Valkyria, Valkur!
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- Fólkvangr
#CanonwhatCanon?
Lol jk.
I'll fix this later today when I have time.
- Location
- USA
Sorry about just posting a random nitpick, but it was bugging me.
Another omake idea for @Panory. If we're going to pick up 'Personalized Courier Ships' for our heroes next turn...
("And now, for something entirely different")
About a week before I discovered the Chu'unthor and posted about it here, someone over on SpaceBattles posted a new chapter to their story, detailing a visit to the ship. @Dr. Snark may not be quite so generous, but here's a taste of what we might salvage while restoring it.
...perhaps you could write an snippet about how the various Heroes personalize their ships? This was my original proposal:
But you could also consider what Asajj's ship might look like, or Cheriss's, or Silas's. For that matter, I imagine HK-47 would be actively competing with the Silencer to design the deadliest ship in the most efficient package....
("And now, for something entirely different")
About a week before I discovered the Chu'unthor and posted about it here, someone over on SpaceBattles posted a new chapter to their story, detailing a visit to the ship. @Dr. Snark may not be quite so generous, but here's a taste of what we might salvage while restoring it.
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Panory
The Omake Dragon
- Location
- New York
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- He/Him
Honestly, the next badass normal on our list would be Cad Bane. Unlike Hondo, Bane is directly employed by Sidious in canon, meaning that bringing him into the fold would get us a badass and deprive Sidious of a very useful tool. Hondo will do what Hondo does regardless, and none of it helps Sidious. He'd be useful, but I'm not sure I'd want to dedicate more than a single action to him.
Which is why we settled for the next best thing: bombing the sample directly, razing the planet and forbidding travel to it, and warning the Chiss to keep an even closer watch out for it. The problem is in no way defeated, but we've done pretty much the best we can at the moment. There are better ways to use our resources at the moment, but maybe after we deal with the immediate threat we can look into a more permanent solution.
The one Omake with Thrawn and his brother has already warned the Chiss about the Mnggal-Mnggal. So there is little we need to do on that end.
I actually have a plan for dealing with the Mnggal-Mnggal in a few easy steps.
- Kill Palpatine and end the Clone Wars.
- Get as much droid technology from the CIS and transport it to the Unknown Region. Nobody will care about droid armies there, nor would most people be interested in traveling there in the first place.
- Create a droid army that can explore the Unknown Region and deal with any Mnggal-Mnggal found. Infected droids, ships, and facilities are disposed of. That is far better than having any biological lifeform get in contact with them. Easier to replace them as well.
- Open up droid trade with any friendly civilizations in the Unknown Region. The Chiss Ascendancy gets priority access. Especially since the Unknown Region doesn't even have any droids in the Legends timeline.
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- Not Die?
- Location
- Somewhere
What if this entire quest is just Mnggal-Mnggal toying with us, and the end will be it consuming us, and revealing everything was a ruse?
Anyway, Mnggal-Mnggal can only infest living things.. so a potential counter to it would be to send fleets of droids at planets it infested, or ships it infested, and just bomb them. Fleets of droids would also take out the weakpoint of having living people on the ships that could potentially be infected by Mnggal-Mnggal..
Also, if we're being honest, it's not really that much of a threat. It hasn't completely taken over the Unknown Regions, despite apparently being around since the time of the Celestials..
Droids can't be infected. Nor can technology from my understanding. Only living beings.
"HK-47, you new assignment is to kill an immortal semi-divine entity."
"Statement: I have just redefined my definition of love master."
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- USA
Proper procedure would still have them disintegrated after any potential exposure. Can't be too paranoid when it comes to this kind of thing.
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- Somewhere
You know, why do we even need to worry about Mnggal-Mnggal when we have HK-47? Just send him in, and it'll be done within the week.
Fair point. Though obviously we wouldn't be destroying them right after getting exposed, since Mnggal-Mnggal can't take them over, nor the ships, and it'd be incredibly costly to at the first sign of exposure get rid of the droid(s), as that'd mean we'd slowly be lowering the "manpower" of our fleet. But, we'd have to make sure living beings didn't interact with our "Anti Mnggal-Mnggal Droid Fleet", and once its job was complete from bombing various infestations, and we couldn't locate anymore, we'd then either set the fleet to self-destruct or have another fleet go in and destroy the AMMDF from a distance, hopefully wiping out any bits of Mnggal-Mnggal that possibly got in the AMMDF..
Obviously there'd be failsafes, like remote activation of the self destruct of the ships, remote shut down of the droids.. stuff like that.
