May The Invisible Hand Be With You - (Star Wars CK2-Style Quest)
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....if we can lie and say it is nabooan culture, and make there be a public outcry over his not doing such.... maybe.
Dr. Snark
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...You do know that he's from Naboo, right? Born and raised.
He'd know how that's total bullshit.
Max Uristwell
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Yeah, but would the rest of them?
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I like the idea of starting up random rumors to annoy and distract palpatine.
prince84
In central Dogma flirting with Lilith.
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Back up the rumor of his stint as a crossdressing bar dancer with the equivalent of poor quality cell phones videos found (faked) on the holonet.
This will do more damage than any political backstabbing.
Can I just say right up front that focusing on the tax seems a bad idea. We don't want to be spending actions scrambling for pennies while Palps is setting up a strike against us. Almost certainly its main benefit to him is to distract Ciaran.
fasquardon
@Dr. Snark, did you follow the previous discussion about solutions for Thyferra? @Stealthy offered three possible Actions (in 'Diplomacy' and 'Intrigue' categories) and I suggested a carrot/stick approach that included a possible Stewardship action. Do we need to format them like the rest of the mega-list, or is that enough to go on to include them in the Turn text?
Don't think you gave a thumbs-up or thumbs-down for this -- the idea was basically the same as 'Operation Ultra' (pointing the codebreaker at Coruscant) except in this case directed against the CIS.
Definitely. On Almas there's a Sith Fortress made entirely out of beskar, with a captive Force ghost in the basement, and a number of artifacts (include a holocron that teaches the 'farsight' Force ability) scattered throughout. The Fortress was recently home to the 'Darkstaff' (ludicrously dangerous sentient artifact), and has an odd effect on local flora and fauna that indicates an artifact able to manipulate life. And that's one planet, not to mention Cularin itself or the asteroid belt...
As for the Near-Human Genemods:
Would you prefer I narrow down the list of options?
- Ferrerreo: regenerative biology is awesome (Martial and longevity bonus)
- Balosar: empathy and danger sense (Diplomacy and Intrigue bonus)
- Sephi: long-lived and good with machines (Learning and longevity bonus)
So... Grievous's hunting trip to Vendaxa would result in a meet-cute between the two hunters? Sounds hilarious!
Can you clarify this? The vehicles wouldn't be built in Core Space, but would we not be able to eventually move them to Core Space?
I'm guessing that means it'll be low or no income?
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Dr. Snark
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I did, and I do have enough to go on from discussions to whip up relevant actions.
Oh yeah...honestly I dunno what you plan on doing with the Commerce Guild. What, are you going to tell people that they're even more corrupt?
You misunderstood my question: how much of that is publicly known or at least rumored? Would Ciaran hear enough about this weird system to bother sending teams there?
That is muuuuch more palatable. And honestly with the Legacy I'd be willing to throw that in for the low low price of free. (Besides it makes narrative sense for the Arkanians to be constantly hunting for new modding subjects.)
Tell me something: what's the difference between an MTT being moved out of the Northern Rim and an MTT being moved off of Cato Nemodia?
That sort of thing is what I'm talking about.
Edit: In fact, that would help clarify something on the front page that I'm going to edit in.
Ding.
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Why not increase the rewards of the Swoop Bike Circuit thingy and similar things? Get more attention and rich people to show up and do things. Attractive things attract.
Identify vulnerabilities, determine who is really in Shu Mai's corner (vs. 'backing a winner'), anticipate her actions and plans (so we can foil them & make her seem incompetent). Basically, knowledge is power, so if we want to undermine her, this might be a useful preliminary step.
The Sith Fortress is well-known enough that the Jedi built a Jedi temple there ('Almas Academy') to keep their eye out for it. They've had little/no luck getting in, but part of that is sheer discomfort at the dark-side aura.
Also, the fact that the whole system literally vanished from the galaxy, only to reappear unchanged ten years later (right before the Clone Wars began) is definitely well known, and sufficiently weird that Ciaran would definitely think of sending an expedition. Probably no hero units, though, just to be safe....
I was curious, so I checked:
In unrelated news, can we get a base upgrade to remove the Cap on our Wookie Warriors? I have no idea what is needed, but that's definitely a must-buy:
Dr. Snark
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Hmm...I'll have to think about it. It makes sense but I'm not sure how it'd work mechanically.
Hm...okay let's instead shift that idea to a full on disinformation campaign or something similar. Basically using the codebreaker as a means to weaken Shu Mai's authority. That sounds much more action-worthy.
Fair enough, it's on the list then.
Thing is a lot of warriors are needed on Kashyyyk to defend against Trandoshan raids and whatnot even after the successes there. The cap's more representing the fact that there's only so many people capable of joining you.
The reason there isn't a Kaleesh cap anymore is because there's basically nothing stopping them from joining en masse.
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Just increase the reward by a percentage.
In that case, could we shutter our Warrior Recruitment Center on Kashyyyk? We're still paying upkeep to recruit folks, only no one is around to be recruited.
It's not like our battle droid factory investment, where the droids are still being produced and we merely have no room to store the excess. This is an office with paperwork and personnel and training grounds, and none of it is being used...
Dr. Snark
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About that...you sure that's a good idea? Because now there's a thing you're dealing with where you can expect significant casualties across the board.
On the one hand, I'm really glad you're so excited about this upcoming turn. On the other... "significant casualties across the board."
That's not ominous at all.
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The Foundry really is quite a thing isn't it?
On the one hand, I'm really glad you're so excited about this upcoming turn. On the other... "significant casualties across the board."
That's not ominous at all.
Dr. Snark
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On the one hand, I'm really glad you're so excited about this upcoming turn. On the other... "significant casualties across the board."
That's not ominous at all.
wha
no, i was talking about the foundry obviously its not even something im trying to hide
i mean odds are the seps have 20 more bioweapons waiting in the wings anyway but that doesnt make for an interesting story does it
Oooh.
I thought 'significant casualties' was related to the 'Perfect Storm' you warned us about.
Racking up a bodycount from reclaiming the Foundry is a lot less worrisome.
I kind of want to merit our "Magnificent Seven" achievement here. We have never had all of them doing the same thing at the same time.
Oh it isn't going to happen, but having us using personal attention coupled with Fett, Thrawn, HK-47, The Silencer, Assaj, and Grevious on the action would make it the greatest crit we have ever seen.
Edit: I am pretty sure we are not allowed to do this mechanically in any case.
Oh it isn't going to happen, but having us using personal attention coupled with Fett, Thrawn, HK-47, The Silencer, Assaj, and Grevious on the action would make it the greatest crit we have ever seen.
Edit: I am pretty sure we are not allowed to do this mechanically in any case.