[OOC] Star Wars Saga Edition: Storm Commando Raid

[mattmanganon]

@Lurking Krog So, i appreciate that you have had your teeth out and that is absolutely never a fun time for anyone involved. But at the same time, the RP kinda needs to get moving.

So, i'm gonna put a timeframe for posts up in order to keep things moving at a steady pace:

- Post in the IC at least once a week

Doesn't need to be a big post, just needs to explain what your character is doing at that point in the RP. Can be as simple as "Vanovar looks around and loots the room *Link to your roll*" More detailed posts are appreciated, but this is a fun RP, not a 30 page essay demanded as homework.

- You get 3 strikes in a row. first twice your character will just be left behind and essentially forfeit their turn with the third time in a row i will take as your resignation from the game

Of course, like all things there are extensions allowed on these. Again, this is a game, not homework and i'm not going to demand that you get out of bed when you are dying or take time out of your holiday or anything like that. Just so long as you let me know, i'm happy putting your character into hibernation for a bit. But if the RP stagnates, people lose interest so we gotta keep things moving.

So, i'm gonna say that your week starts now, so if i don't get an IC post by Midday on Sunday (GMT) I'm going to give you a strike and move things along.

[Lurking Krog]

@mattmanganon I appreciate your understanding. I'll get my post finished and up.

[Shovel]

@mattmanganonHello, I have most of my character sheet done, with some questions remained.

1. As a human, I can take a bonus feat. So would I have 3 feats in total including the starting feat from soldier Class? Or just 2?
2. I am interested in a Riot trooper or a Purge trooper. As of writing this, I'm going for Heavy or Range Trooper, would you be open to me taking Riot Trooper or Purge Trooper lvl 1 or for my character to take that class in the future?

[mattmanganon]

@Shovel

1) At level 1 as a human, you should have:
*1 Feat for being Human
*Your Starting Class Feats
*1 Feat based on your Stormtrooper Type
*1 Feat for being Level 1
2) Hmmm... Riot Troopers didn't occur to me, to be honest, but i'm happy to make some rules for them, will have to wait for me to get home as i'm about to go out.

[mattmanganon]

Nice opening posts from everyone. Remember if you want information on any given situation, you can post your character guessing, or you can also try to make a roll to see if your character knows more or can get more information on any given situation. If you don't know what roll to make, just ask in the OOC and i'll ask you to make that roll for the information you are trying to get. I'm gonna post a response in the IC first and then i'll make some Riot Trooper rules for Shovel.

[mattmanganon]

Alright, so i'm giving you guys opportunity to RP among yourselves. Revenge will arrive at her destination on Sunday, so until then, you are insentivised to RP among yourselves (Because there will be rewards for good RPing) Or if you have any questions to ask or anything.

[mattmanganon]

@Shovel I added the Riot Trooper to the very first post.

[rush99999]

Remember if you want information on any given situation, you can post your character guessing, or you can also try to make a roll to see if your character knows more or can get more information on any given situation.

@mattmanganon

What would a roll of 16 on a Common Knowledge (Galactic Lore) check tell Vanovar about Hasiki?

[mattmanganon]

@rush99999 Galactic Lore specifically?

Hasiki:

Located in Imperial Sector 3 (Nicknamed The Steel Blade Region, you don't know why.) Even though it sided with the Republic during the Clone Wars, there was a vocal Separatist minority. Several accidents that resulted in the deaths of anti-Separatist politicians on the world were suspected of being Separatist Terrorist attacks, but nobody ever claimed them and no proof was ever found.

[Varshanka]

what to roll to know information about Captain Crasse?

[MacabreMoth]

Mm. I imagine we have access to the combat reports from the survivors of the rebel attacks. Anything especially pertinent that Klara can suss out without a roll, and anything she would be able to roll Know:Tactics for? Or are the reports just too vague?

[mattmanganon]

@Varshanka Depends on what you want to know about him. Pick a skill, make a roll. There is no magical "Know everything" skill.

@MacabreMoth Same as above, depends on the kind of information you are looking to get from the reports. Knowledge Tactics would be good for analyzing the attacks and looking for skill levels and patterns.

[MacabreMoth]

In that case...

I suppose in descending order of "information I think would be pertinent":

1. Typical operation and raid patterns. Typical hunting grounds, wait intervals, preferred targets, etc. Basically all the strategic stuff stuff that'll let us predict/bait out their next moves with some level of accuracy.
2. Starship composition
3. Ground unit/equipment composition
4. Notable raiders with identifiers
5. Similarities with any historical Hasiki combat doctrine

(I 'unno I probably missed something useful but that's what I thought of.)

How much does 24 get me?

[Varshanka]

Body Language check on Captain Crasse when i was talking vs when other's spoke.

(11+9=20) roleplayerguild.com/rolls/27561

n campaign Star Wars Saga Edition: Storm Commando Raid

Link: roleplayerguild.com/rolls/27561
Roll: 1d20+9
Total: 20
Breakdown:

DiceRoll[1d20] → 11
Constant[+9] → 9 (Perception)

[mattmanganon]

@MacabreMoth Ok, so, how games like this work is that information gathering is based on how well you do in the roll as opposed to order of what information you'd rather get.

Example scenario

Obi Wan and Anakin have just chased down Zam Wesell and have her captured. They want to figure out who hired her to kill Padme. Obi Wan uses Persuasion and gets a total of 17.

*DC12 to make her admit to her crimes.
*DC15 to make her admit that she was hired by someone and not acting alone.
*DC18 to make her admit that it was her partner Jango Fett that hired her.

She admits to being hired to kill Padme but claims it's just a job from an unknown conact. Anakin then attempts a Persuasaion roll and due to his build, he gains a nice bonus in attempts to intimidate persuasion targets. He rolls a total of 19. So she tries to admit that it was Jango, unfortunately for them, they both then mess up their Perception rolls with an 11 and a 9, meaning they don't see as Jango assassinates Zam and only notice him as he makes his escape.

So, with a 24, you study the combat reports and learn the following:

*The ships involved with the attacks are only talked about in eye witness reports from the survivors with no sensor data or pictures available. They are described as "Illegally modified Cargo Freighters of unknown make and model" But studying the basic descriptions, there seems to be reports of 4 different ships:
-2 Tri-Wings you would guess are Clone Wars Era military shuttles. Possibly Rho or Theta class.
-1 has 2 large dorsal fins, potentially Sheathipede or Maxipede class.
-1 older Corellian ship, probably YT type, maybe 1250 or 2400.
Illegal modifications include them having Concussion Missile Launchers and Medium Laser Cannons. Not the most heavily armed, but more than a match for the average unarmed freighter that is their general targets.
*The pirates are wearing matching uniforms of White Duraplast plating over Navy-Blue space suits with helmets and voice filters that obscure their faces and voices, making telling race and gender impossible. Although one of the Corellian ships crew only talks in Non-Basic (Potentially Huttese) They were mostly armed with E-5 blaster rifles and SE-14 Blaster Pistols.
*Very professional about the attacks. Shoots to disable, boards, grabs what cargo they want and then leaves quickly, only killing anyone who tries to stop them and bundling the survivors into escape pods, making sure the survivors are evacuated before they destroy the ships.

@Varshanka Crasse is a professional. He treated you all as unknowns without any particular differences. Frankly, from the looks of him, you'd guess he's just glad to be a Near-Human that has been given any semblence of true power in the Empire.

[MacabreMoth]

Considering the ships get toasted, we probably don't have intel on what exactly they're taking, huh?

Either way, I'll see about making a quick post later today, then.

[mattmanganon]

@MacabreMoth There's no specific type of cargo they are taking. Everything from food, to weapons, to medical supplies, to replacement parts for anything from starships to aggricultural vehicles.

[rush99999]

@mattmanganon

Will Captain Crasse be answering Vanovar's question soon? There were other things I wanted to do on the Revenge before Sunday.

[mattmanganon]

@rush99999 Sure, i'll get on that, was waiting to see if anyone else asked an IC question.

[mattmanganon]

There we go. So, go to the city and begin your investigation. How you want to do it is entirely up to you guys. You have your objectives.