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The Empire of the Hand - A Star Wars Legends Quest

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sun tzu said:
So. A thought.
We have a massive vulnerability in our near-collapsed economy.
We have a massive asset in our superior intelligence gathering.
Perhaps the latter can be used to solve the former. Imagine Zsinj's Fort Knox equivalent getting looted by spies of the Empire Of The Hand, the money within used for stimulus spending.
(Naturally, we shouldn't target the treasury of the Empire - no, they're best used by preparing and then launching a coup.)
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That's a pretty good idea, I'll have to add this as an action next turn.

Warmach1ne32 said:
@Daemon Hunter I want to write an omake for this quest and I think the standardized equipment would be a good place to start and I want you opinion on this idea.

Since Star Wars weapons were based out of WW2 weapons, I am thinking of making the EotH's new primary blaster to be based on the M4 platform, more specifically the M27 IAR. It can fill the role of a heavy gunner by shooting more accurate suppressing fire there by using less ammo and be more likely to hit. Marksmen get the Saber Assault which is an M4 that can quickly change from an assault blaster into a sniper blaster with optics and bipod by quick changing the upper receiver. It being lighter to carry by having a polymer frame might also help the troops as every bit of weight matters.
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That seems like it would work pretty well for the EotH. Obviously they'd be blasters, but it's a good idea.
 
[X] Hide your knowledge of his plans
Quick question: Where exactly is our empire located? It would be great to have a visual reference for our current territory, and the best maps I could find to possibly convey that are this and this (first image under "Little Empires", can't find full galaxy map for it). There also this, but it's pretty big and I don't even know if it can reliably show our current territory.

EDIT: There, I fixed the links by finding the Wookiepedia pages the maps came from.
 
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Starblight said:
[X] Hide your knowledge of his plans
Quick question: Where exactly is our empire located? It would be great to have a visual reference for our current territory, and the best maps I could find to possibly convey that are this and this (I can't find the full galaxy map for the latter). There also this, but it's pretty big and I don't even know if it can reliably show our current territory.
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Your links are broken, but I have you on the west side of the core in the Unknown Regions.

Nicholas Brooks said:
@Daemon Hunter How do our advisors think of our direction so far?
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Farryn is pretty happy about things, she's getting her reforms and is able to revolutionize the battlefield which she loves. The massive military funding is also great for her.

Athaen is pretty happy, you're set up for the long term and that's what she likes.

Vipik is nervous as hell. The economy is not in a place he wants, and he blames himself for it, and hopes to try and fix it.

Cen is pleased. She doesn't have a personal stake in your empire, but she's been treated well, and has some ties here now that she enjoys. She feels a bit strange though as she's not used to settling down.

Yewe is neutral. She wasn't expecting the focus on cloning but she's paid well and in a secure position so it's basically another job to her.

No idea on Kanuas.

Eshu is conflicted. She's been at Thrawn's side for a while but feels like she hasn't really contributed as much as she should. She's got high standards for herself that she didn't meet in regards to Solus. But she's intrigued by Cen, she never worked with her, but she had heard of her as a bounty hunter.
 
Daemon Hunter said:
Eshu is conflicted. She's been at Thrawn's side for a while but feels like she hasn't really contributed as much as she should. She's got high standards for herself that she didn't meet in regards to Solus. But she's intrigued by Cen, she never worked with her, but she had heard of her as a bounty hunter.
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Eshu is my current favorite since she saved us from assassin already so to make her feel like she's contributing we must have her form a bodyguard's unit to command! And the rest make sense but Vipik can stop worrying when he unfucks our economy until then he can worry a fair bit.
 
Daemon Hunter said:
There's a stewardship action for this. Prior to this turn it wouldn't have done anything, but due to the research done, you can churn them out to deal with the labor shortage at the cost of increased poverty.
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Speaking of poverty... Earlier Adventwolf mentioned how our worlds seem to be almost all backwaters. What are they like?
 
Nicholas Brooks said:
Speaking of poverty... Earlier Adventwolf mentioned how our worlds seem to be almost all backwaters. What are they like?
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You have a spread of worlds, around 5k of them are low tier worlds that don't really provide anything of value. Around 5.5k of them have minor trade in and out, but aren't on major hyperlanes or trade routes and so their tax base is rather low. Around 20k are systems with a moderate amount of trade although nothing exceptional. They are where you get the majority of you manufacturing, although not the majority of your tax income. Most of your actual tax income comes from a thousand worlds that are decently wealthy and have a good deal of trade.
 
Daemon Hunter said:
You have a spread of worlds, around 5k of them are low tier worlds that don't really provide anything of value. Around 5.5k of them have minor trade in and out, but aren't on major hyperlanes or trade routes and so their tax base is rather low. Around 20k are systems with a moderate amount of trade although nothing exceptional. They are where you get the majority of you manufacturing, although not the majority of your tax income. Most of your actual tax income comes from a thousand worlds that are decently wealthy and have a good deal of trade.
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So why do we only have 1 shipyard, and a minor one at that? Did no one build ships in our section of space?
 
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