"hand"?you walk towards the other businessmen as they shook your head
"hand"?you walk towards the other businessmen as they shook your head
Yeah, gotta love the fact that there are people in the empire (Papa Palps) that see such disunion as a good thing because hes a sith and thinks that everyone fighting each other for power under him is entirely...
A Good thing.
What a chump.
Many actions in Corellia are now decreased by 50%.
The chance of success increased by 20%.
That was a mistake on my part.m gonna guess that's "actions have had their difficulty reduced" and we have a "Corellia's Adopted Son" trait giving us a conditional +20 to rolls? It's a little tricky to parse, like words went missing in the editing process or something
So, things seem fine for the moment. The Separatist Campaign is being dealt with by our problem-solvers, and things are doing fine on the home front.
I am still uncertain about Constantine. I know he curren'tly is limited in threat and we need to manage the emperors mood and entertainment. But still, especially after him being assigned Corellia.
Anyone else would near immediately run afoul of their independent nature.
...Well, isn't that kinda inevitable, especially with the fact it is guaranteed we will need to prod him via direct orders, both for satasfying our MC's Ego, and to get him to do things we need as an empire?
Well, everyone knows his nature as a holdover of the Republic, in more than just command. So he is very likely to be walking on eggshells, and may want to avoid rocking the boat, much like his career as an aloof task force leader.
*Looks at Nat 100 Disaster Dice and another very inconvenient nat 100*and may want to avoid rocking the boat, much like his career as an aloof task force leader.
Are you SURE of that? Cause the dice decided to blip with you.
You'll see during the interlude and crisis vote.
...What?
Who got that nat hundred the same time we procced a disaster?
Tarkin's Folly
*Snip*
"Tarkin, you seem to have grasped nothing from the Clone wars or your own families brushes with warfare in the past. After all if you had you would realize that a fleet of gunboats with no supporting elements can be outmaneuvered or destroyed easily by unorthodox tactics, smaller highly maneuverable small craft formations or simply avoided and their supply lines and supporting infrastructure defeated in detail. Never has history shown a ship of the line to be a fleet in its own right and with the glut of small craft and highly automated escort, patrol craft and full on warships laying about due to the war the worry should not be about line engagements but making sure that pirates, the remaining separatist and rebel wolf packs are hunted down, something unwieldy battleships can not due alone."
*Snip*
There is many problems set in motion. So many that it is impossible to head off all of the Ripples. The officer corps across the branches are starting to see a divide form, the Senate sees an opportunity to sieze back some of it's power from your grasp, your well known connections to tarkin has led to seeds of doubt being planted, and then, there is the rising star that sparked the whole thing, whom may rival Tarkin in influence once the dust settles. What should be let to happen and what to stop?
Choose one
[]The Officers Corps Split: There was now a variable wedge in the Officers Corps, between the Constantinests, as they were called, and the Tarkinists, the men who supported the Tarkin Doctrine. Something that has created friction between many officers and their subordinates (Sets Loyalty of all officers in the Imperial military, not Emperor Loyalists, or Die, Hards, to 0. Meaning they are much easier to sway towards rebellion, sedition, and republicanism. Palpatine pleased by increase of internal conflict between the factions)
[]The Imperial Senate is Empowered: Thanks to much of the scandal and public outrage from the Citizens of the Empire, the Imperial Senate has gained power that it lost when the Republic was reorganized into the Empire. A Very good thing indeed. (The Senate has more power, and it will have more ability to not only act, but also hide certain types of actions. However, it is likely the empowered senate would in some way weaken possible rebellion.)
[]The Emperor Humiliated: It is well known that the Emperor was highly critical in Moff Tarkin's Rise to political power. And it has now seen the prestige of the empire damaged. Greatly. (Imperial Loyalists, as in those that do not wish to restore the republic, are far more likely to form factions against the emperor, to coup him, and throw out the Sith that rule the Empire. To turn it into a military junta.)
[]Political Prominence: Constantine has risen to the occasion and he has been rewarded greatly for your efforts. (Constantine Benefits greatly from the disaster of his own making. Gaining much in influence and unassailability to all but the most serious of suspicions. You also get him to use the very skills and knowledge that he used to tear into the Tarkin Doctrine, to make it's replacement among other specialists.)
OK. Does he have a Death Wish!?!?!?!?
Going out, very vocally lambasting the most influential moff in the Empire, with the ear of the EMPEROR HIMSELF!
Which, also sandblasts EVERYONE connected to that doctrine? How did he not die?
Some people are not motivated by personal safety.Going out, very vocally lambasting the most influential moff in the Empire, with the ear of the EMPEROR HIMSELF!
Which, also sandblasts EVERYONE connected to that doctrine? How did he not die?
And there is the 100 someone rolled.
And yes, it was Constantine.
...That....And there is a 100 someone rolled.
And yes, it was Constantine.
Explains things
Political Prominance sounds the least harmful here. We get a more sensible doctrine, and only at the cost of elevating the reputation of one guy.
THAT 'ONE GUY' is EXACTLY why we are in this situation to begin with! We are empowering a probable rebel sympathizer, giving him much room to maneuver, and getting him to write the very doctrine we may use against him. And that's before going about just how much palps loves the concept of the Tarkin Doctrine, and how it is very unlikely Constantine would allow such if we get him on the ground floor.
Tarkin became our Doctrine planner not for his subtlety, but precisely because palps adores the sheer level of bluntness and love of hammers. Which, is really helpful in managing Palp's mood.
The senate power boost and emperor humiliated are just obviously bad.
The latter doesn't even try to hide it, and will specifically raise attempts to coup us by the most likey to be loyal elements.
The former seems possibly helpful. But the 'weaken rebellion' may be ignoring less militaristic angles, as this empowered senate, may serve to connect a myriad of rebel elements, and could serve to turn scattered groups into one largely unified front. Which would more than make up for said weakening.
So, the best choices are probably the schism or elevation of the troublemaker.
Of which, the Schism seems best, what with it's benefits on palp's mood.
[]The Officers Corps Split:
So, go for the Schism then? I mean, it isn't mentioned, but it probably would give the Rebellion some headaches due to some levels of doctrinal drift.
Uhhh....So, go for the Schism then? I mean, it isn't mentioned, but it probably would give the Rebellion some headaches due to some levels of doctrinal drift.
The schism is likely to lead to people replacing the identity defined by working for the empire, with the doctrine, and the ideas of such they proscribe to. Something that while probably part of that sets loyalty thing to zero, is still probably underplayed. I mean, that UNDOES our indoctrination across a respectable chunk of our officers. In exchange of short-term effectiveness, and palps satisfaction at conflict, we will likely face a marked increase of defections and divisions at bad times once things start to escalate. Because the Constantinists would see it as stupid, and the tarkanists may start to splinter at the fundamental failure to provide order that is the philosophical core of the officially recognized nature of the doctrine.
A/N: Well, here is a sort of negaverse I tried. And honestly, I decided to write with the idea the Negaquesters have to juggle not only leadership, but the mood of their MC. Which combined with other factors does lead to issues thanks to palps limiting the options available due to not having any major threat, and overall not having any reason to really hide his nature anymore. And this covers only our turn one incident....So.
The devil you know or the devil you don't?
Well, at least we know what we are getting into.
[]The Officers Corps Split:
So, who is saying what here?
Honestly. I kinda typed what made sense conversation wise, and didn't even bother thinking of names for the nega-chatroom people... 😅
Not calling it the Papa Palps Negaverse...
This puts a smile on my face!News Snips
"Here we are on planet Naboo, where recent strikes over poor conditions in the plasma extracting facilities escalated into violence in response to the local garrison's attempt to break it up. As it turns out threat of death matters little when people protest over high risk of Death-"
"Unknown source reports yet another petition for guardrails had been forwarded to Kuait. Something whith has been commonplace in the last few months. Most noteworthy is that the number of signatures hit the million mark-"
"Czerka Corporation once again under trial! For the first time the trial isn't about the many, MANY stunts they pulled throughout their history, but rather basic practices and design that is endemic of corporate penny-pinching. Something which leaves many companies nervous as the trial may open-"
"Recent pools show that Safety is becoming one of the important concerns when thinking about jobs"
"Recent findings by the Constantine investigation has led to calls for a regulatory agency to form in order "
"Civilian plant found to produce grenades in the shape of guns. Reports say the work is so shoddy the gun would explode in your hand."
"Near accident on Space Yacht Celestial Adventures reveals appalling lack of safeties to protect against explosive engine failure"
"Tatooine: Should gang violence be considered a part of workplace safety?"
"Slugthrower vs Blaster, which is the safer self-defense weapon?"
"Faulty repulsers kill two Cadets. Suspected foul play"
"WHO IS LEAKING THESE TO THE HOLONET!!!"- COMPNOR Spook
A/N: Decided to do a little something. Snippits of possible news reports or articles. Safety becoming a central topic is probably gonna have some interesting affects, and it is entirely possible it might swamp compnor's censor department as well.
Cut to the same COMPNOR Spook seeing this quote on the Holonet...
Someone do that, I'll give +10 to the rolls.Cut to the same COMPNOR Spook seeing this quote on the Holonet...![]()
pagander said:[X] Order Constantine to nationalize CorSec
Rolled d100-10 = 12-10=2.
Not only did Constantine not nationalize CorSec, his stubborn independence seems to have won him the approval of Corellia. -10 to rolls related to Corellia. -20 Corellia Suppression. -10 vs ???. Provokes Disaster Roll.
Investigate Constantine Activities:
Rolled d100+20 = 75.
Constantine restarted CEC Shipyards and has added both a greater variety and quantity of ships to the Navy than initially expected, with lower-than-expected worker casualties.
Disaster Roll: 100.
The brushfires started in the Corporate Sector, where the worst of the excesses of the rich had always been exercised against those without power or voices.
They spread swiftly and gathered magnetically, and "strike" is a word that's in the mind of most of the working class.
Theguyaquatic said:
nurseduke said:If he did, we could fire him or have him killed. We started the ISB to be able to find justifiable cause to get rid of problems like this. We just set ISB on Constantine and found out he's serving better than we expected. Much as the Empire exists to round the corners on every sharp-cornered governor, sometimes the people who are the most bothered and unusual can be the most effective.
leopardvictor said:We have got to do something about what we're facing with the labor revolt.
nurseduke said:Constantine can go on a back burner. We have much bigger problems.
theguyaquatic said:We need to find how we keep having these things happen. We need to do more ISB actions.nurseduke said:Constantine can go on a back burner. We have much bigger problems.
pagander said:
nurseduke said:
pagander said:It would take someone willing to set aside their ego, give up a bit of power to get what they want, and go looking in the right places. With how you've set up your power structure, there aren't many capable of that.nurseduke said:
nurseduke said:
+10
"Likely....too many to count. The big shame in my mind is that it wasnt us who moved to better the lives of these poor workers. After all, shouldn't the exemplars of the New Order be searching to find such excesses and correct them?"
+10 to the rolls."Go for Papa Palpatine!"
"..."
"...What? Why does a labor dispute require my attention, this is your problem."
"..."
"The whole sector? And it's spreading!?"
"..."
"What the hell is a 'Worker's Action Committee'?
"..."
"And you say membership is already at three trillion!? Fuck! Aaaarch! Do you have ANY IDEA how hard this is going to crash our economy!? What could possibly motivate these people to cause that much damage?"
"..."
"A SHIRT FACTORY, ARE YOU SHITTING ME!? WE HAVE TRILLIONS OF WORKERS GOING ON STRIKE ALL BECUSE A FUCKING SHIRT FACTORY DIDN'T INSTALL GUARD RAILS!?"
"..."
"What? No survivors. Oh...oh...oh geez, I didn't know falling into things can cause that much damage."
"..."
"Alright. Alright! Give me a minute to think...how soon can we get the stormtroopers to clamp down on this problem?
"..."
"Oh, oh so you've already thought that, and now the Imperial Army has gone on a sympathy strike, yeah, that's great."
"..."
"Well it wasn't my idea to make it galactic policy for everyone to make budget cuts to workplace safety, jackass! God, just...really? Did it not occur to any of you, ANY...of you, to install guardrails in places with three-story drops?"
"..."
"No you don't get to invoke his name in this conversation! That piece of shit Constantine been enough of a thorn in my ass poking holes in my ideas live on galactic holovision. I want nothing to do with him, you hear me! Now get your wrinkly old ass down into the streets and tell them you'll get those goddamn guardrails installed, or I swear to God, I'll have Vader come down on your ass and push you off those walkways you built!"
10 minutes later:"Go for Papa Palpatine!"
"..."
"...What? Why does a labor dispute require my attention, this is your problem."
"..."
"The whole sector? And it's spreading!?"
"..."
"What the hell is a 'Worker's Action Committee'?
"..."
"And you say membership is already at three trillion!? Fuck! Aaaarch! Do you have ANY IDEA how hard this is going to crash our economy!? What could possibly motivate these people to cause that much damage?"
"..."
"A SHIRT FACTORY, ARE YOU SHITTING ME!? WE HAVE TRILLIONS OF WORKERS GOING ON STRIKE ALL BECUSE A FUCKING SHIRT FACTORY DIDN'T INSTALL GUARD RAILS!?"
"..."
"What? No survivors. Oh...oh...oh geez, I didn't know falling into things can cause that much damage."
"..."
"Alright. Alright! Give me a minute to think...how soon can we get the stormtroopers to clamp down on this problem?
"..."
"Oh, oh so you've already thought that, and now the Imperial Army has gone on a sympathy strike, yeah, that's great."
"..."
"Well it wasn't my idea to make it galactic policy for everyone to make budget cuts to workplace safety, jackass! God, just...really? Did it not occur to any of you, ANY...of you, to install guardrails in places with three-story drops?"
"..."
"No, you don't get to invoke his name in this conversation! That piece of shit Constantine been enough of a thorn in my ass poking holes in my ideas live on galactic holovision. I want nothing to do with him, you hear me! Now get your wrinkly old ass down into the streets and tell them you'll get those goddamn guardrails installed, or I swear to God, I'll have Vader come down on your ass and push you off those walkways you built!"
Yeah, how these Guys didn't get shut down Millennia ago in either Canon or Legends is frankly beyond me."Czerka Corporation once again under trial! For the first time the trial isn't about the many, MANY stunts they pulled throughout their history,
Same way Nestle is still in business. Makes money for shareholders, diversified enough complaints against any one brand can get absorbed instead of being lethal...and the vast majority don't care.Yeah, how these Guys didn't get shut down Millennia ago in either Canon or Legends is frankly beyond me.
For Force's sake, they are basically Star Wars!Umbrella Corp.!