All the Kvettchites in here please!

[Kvettch]

Pending any other good ideas, we have our first "mission":

There's someone in this galaxy who is currently in possession of a rather large ship which is not much more than a nuisance to him since he fails to have the money to keep it maintained properly.

This character (which is Jeseth's) is extremely down on his luck and doesn't see any reason for continuing his life. He's hanging on by a thread.

So we're going to swoop in and take over his ship. We'll bring him on board ours and offer him a lift to the nearest planet (because Kvettch doesn't like killing if he doesn't have to), then throw him into a "cell" for the remainder of the trip.

He's going to turn all suicidal on us. Kvettch is going to have to do some talking to him to get him to see his own worth.

We're going to get ourselves into a spot of trouble about something then, and this individual is going to help us out. Which is when Kvettch sees his worth, too, and makes him an offer to keep the ship and work for us.

I am hoping the RP is going to achieve two things:

1) introduce us and give us a chance to figure out how to work together as a pirate troupe.

2) establish Kvettch's character - outwardly he is evil and nasty, has an awful temper, and a foul mouth... but he also has a soft spot for people who are down on their luck, and his crew consists almost exclusively of people he picked up at some point when they were at a particular low point in their life (and, like this character, managed to show that they might make a good addition). In short, Kvettch's "evil" character is pretty much something he cultivates for his reputation, but in actual fact he's a sucker for a sob story.

And probably something like the good captain of the ship in Stardust - minus the crossdressing (incidentally if you haven't seen that movie yet, you should! It's Robert DeNiro's greatest role :p).

I haven't actually worked out how to show off his "evilness" yet, but I'm thinking he's going to be rather mean and "evil" as long as he's not in possession of the ship he is trying to steal, and he'll make all sorts of nasty threats to the crew of the other ship.... possibly he'll make them think they're going to be sold as slaves or fed to some beast on the next planet over, and then has some of his crew fake a "rescue" once they're off the ship so the prisoners would not figure out that Kvettch actually spared their lives. Unless of course he gets pulled in by some sob story and can't help himself. There's also the whole thing about his faked disability and his inherrent cowardice... it should be fun.

So it'd be good if you could all post in here and possibly try to decide what actual role you would like to play in this. We have a large ship, it takes a lot of crew - but I created a Kubaz navigator (Ndinn, called 'Flysucker') and a Zabrak ship mechanic (Fiana Norith, called "Toolbox"), and also have a guy who handles weapons acquisitions (Muulv 'Muzzle' H'neh, a Togorian). Oh, and a drunken Defel (Kraleil 'Alekeg' Schous), who is going to take care of provisions and acquisitions.

Kvettch would not actually do any flying. He just floats around on a little hoverchair (on board the ship, outside he uses Ugmush to carry him) and gives commands. So we need a pilot and a co-pilot. We'd need someone to do all the fancy shooting, and whatever else there needs to be done (does someone want to make a cook and have some fun with that? :D ).

Post and let me know what you think - any suggestions will be most welcome.

Also, keep an eye out for RPs... I found two or three Players who might make good targets, after reading the odd RP.

[Kvettch]

Oh and we also have to "pick up" Taja and Aretsuya who are currently still on Ilum and who will have a very desirable SoroSuub Luxury Yacht (similar to the Jade's Fire in the EU). They won't want to part with it so easily.

Also, somewhere along the way we should try and steal an NPC's ship so the public gets to know what happens to our victims when they don't end up as one of our crew.

[Rylard 'Lardo' Tenf]

I like this mission. *Cracks his knuckles*

[Kvettch]

Well.... I just thought of another one:

I've currently got my two Imps involved in the Gambling between the Stars (http://www.sw-fans.net/forum/showthread.php?t=17358) RP. Matters in that are going to become increasingly more chaotic over time, but I'm sure that's still going to take a while since there are more than just Imps busy on that ship.

At some point, matters are going to spin out of control in there (for the characters involved anyway) and since I don't want Black Sun or Binky to have to suffer any losses from entering this RP in the first place, I thought it might be nice to go and attack that pleasure liner just at the moment when everything on that ship seems hopeless for those two parties, creating chaos and mayhem in the process and allowing several people on there to escape from their captors and the crew to wrestle control over the ship back from the Imps.

We would probably sustain our first roleplayed defeat, because we shouldn't be able to win against that liner (besides, we don't want it anyway). I think our aim is going to be to steal some of the private yachts owned by the ship's passengers, which would be parked somewhere on board the liner.

It would also get us Black Sun's attention. Which might be desirable.

[James Prent]

Oooh I like this idea for the end of that thread. :thumbup Opens up all sorts of ways Sasseeri can notice you guys/make life hell. >D

[Tri'ahna Zylary]

Yeup. Isn't it a nice twist?

[Mu Satach]

Sundance is still happening for the rest of this week, but afterwards Smitty might do for a victim or potential alley.

Although, he's about to be nabbed by Sasseeri's gang.

[Tri'ahna Zylary]

Well, whenever he's back from his stint with Sasseeri, we can set something up with him.

[Taja Loraan]

Taja's mostly just going along for the ride. She accompanies Aret off Ilum in their spiffy new ship, and decides to stick around for a while to observe all the oddities her bounty hunter buddy encounters, since it's an aspect of the galaxy she's never wittnessed before. For her part, Aret agrees to the company because of Taja's Force abilities, as she would make ripping off casinos and ascertaining the validity of certain dubious deals much much easier.

Rather than trying to "rescue" Aret/Taja in space, how about if Kvettch comes across them on some planet instead, where he eventually learns about their ship and then attempts to steal it ? After which there could be a slight scuffle which ends with Kvettch deciding that it's better to have them on his side than against ? Something along those lines. Sorry for being so vague, we're still figuring out what to do after getting off Ilum as it is. ^_^;

[Kvettch]

That's okay - and that's pretty much how I'd thought we'd get the two of you anyway.

[Aretsuya]

Go ahead, try stealing my ship. >D

Add me on aretsuya@hotmail.com, if you want to discuss anything.

[Tayeav]

I'd offer this character as a fancy, futuristic gun-slinger if you want it. Someone who knows how to 'handle their piece', for use of a better phrase. I'd enjoy developing Tay as a 'rough around the edges' sort who's demeanor (standing true to Chiss 'mystery') makes her a little errie to be around - especially because she's packin' the skills to back herself, and anyone else, up.

[Tri'ahna Zylary]

So we have some additions coming soon. There's 'Cookie' the chef (a Besalisk), possibly a droid, and two more humans.

[Jhena Belitski]

Ok, quick concept for my char. She's a girl from Mos Espa who's good at tinkering, jury-rigging, and ship repair. Dying to get off the dustbowl so she can sail the sea of stars. Any ideas on how to get her in the mix are welcome.

['Cookie' Herbits]

Anyone for an Omelette?

[Tayeav]

Ok, quick concept for my char. She's a girl from Mos Espa who's good at tinkering, jury-rigging, and ship repair. Dying to get off the dustbowl so she can sail the sea of stars. Any ideas on how to get her in the mix are welcome.

My character could always take a visit to Tatooine for some buisness-closure with the hutts.

Perhaps we could organise some kind of scenario when they meet one another? Maybe she got into some business with the same Hutt, or Tay's personal shuttle ends up breaking and she needs it fixed?

[Kvettch]

I had an idea yesterday.....

What does a gang of pirates who steal ships afterwards do with said ships? The easiest answer would be - sell them. But that wouldn't be all THAT profitable. So I had a better idea:

How about we gamble them away. One of us is a professional gambler (volunteers welcome) and he "loses" these ships in sabbacc games against all kinds of other scum (mainly other pirates, smugglers, etc).

This of course would hardly be very lucrative for us but what if there is either a tracking device on the ship or the ship's computer rigged in such a way that it can be accessed remotely via a transponder, so that we could pull it out of hyperspace or bring it somewhere of our choosing, to rob the smugglers clean AND take the ship back? We'd end up not only with the ship but also with a lucrative pile of loot which would be much easier to sell than a ship.

I am going to set up a Hutt account, by the way. I'm going to make him our first target for that scheme. So one of you would need to play the gambler, and we'll go on from there. The Hutt's not going to like what happens to him and being 'left' on some backwater world without transport. But he's an outcast Hutt and when we go to dump the next batch of smugglers onto that planet he's going to ask to become a member of the crew - we'll make him oversee our on-planet hideout.

Whatcha think?

Jhena and Tay - what Tay suggested about her visiting Tatooine sounds like a good idea, especially the bit about being in business with the same Hutt!

[Jhena Belitski]

It just so happens I had a similar idea. She's currently indentured to a Hutt, and now that she's come of age, he's more interested in her female assets then her mechanical aptitude.

"Help me!!! Help me!!! Somebody help me!!!"

[Tri'ahna Zylary]

Hehehehehehe..... sounds great!

Incidentally... (hope you don't mind but I can't resist) Kitty meet Kitty !

*grin*

[Jhena Belitski]

who??? where??? nani???

[Tri'ahna Zylary]

Hehehehe....

[Jhena Belitski]

Oh! :D Allo!! :wave

[Tayeav]

kitty ancilla

That's my AIM, if you want to add me we can start talking over some idea's and hopefully get a thread up over the next few days.

Also, I love the double-robbery idea!

[Tarn Ardsul]

I'd be all over saving a pretty lady :smokin

Tarn was an Imperial pilot who pissed someone off. Who he doesn't know, but what he does know is that he got shipped off to the far rim of known space at a listening post and did NOTHING for years. It made him quite bitter and angry since he was on the fast track of being a Squad leader and moving up the ranks.

So he got captured by our lovely band of pirates and asked to join on one condition ... if they would destroy the base! After looting it of course... so now he's the co-pilot?

And he's being revamped with a new avatar and sig

[Tayeav]

Sounds good!

[Jhena Belitski]

ok, since we're already going to have a Hutt NPC in the mix, I've changed Jhena's owner to a Baragwin.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Baragwin

I'm not gonna bother with an account though. It's gonna be a one shot deal.

ready whenever you guys are.

[Tayeav]

Looks like an ex-best friend of mine... o_O

[Tarn Ardsul]

I can't start anything until our fearless leader sets me up with my new face :) but after that sure.

[Tayeav]

Is Tarn going to visit Tatooine with Tay, or is he already going to be on the planet for reasons of his own? (Just trying to muddle out the details. Add my AIM if you want to make it easier.)

[Tarn Ardsul]

Sure Tarn can come along with Tay. We can be T n T ;)

[Tayeav]

We're dynamiteeeeee
T.N.T!
And we'll win that fight
T.N.T
We're a power loadddddd
T.N.T
Watch us explodeeeeeee!

-rocks out-

[Tarn Ardsul]

:: headbangs ::

:dance

[Tayeav]

ok, since we're already going to have a Hutt NPC in the mix, I've changed Jhena's owner to a Baragwin.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Baragwin

I'm not gonna bother with an account though. It's gonna be a one shot deal.

ready whenever you guys are.


So, Tay/Tarn will have buisness with the Baragwin instead of the Hutt? That could work just the same, and I was kicking around a few idea's to smooth the edges of the thread idea.

Perhaps this Baragwin sold Tarn a faulty ship part, and he brought Tay along with him for some arsenal support whilst intending to go through some refund negotiations or something.

Whilst doing this, they could meet Jhena, who wants to get off the planet and see's the two as her chance to do so - maybe helping them out by tipping them off about the Baragwin's intent to have them arrested/killed as not to have to pay the refund and loose some of his cash?

All of this is just some thoughts I had, might as well talk it out to see what everyone thinks, eh?

[Tri'ahna Zylary]

You two go ahead and do that - I think I'll start my Hutt story today so we can make the gang's first combined introduction on the boards. Unless of course Jes manages to get his Count Rathamus story going....

Oh yeah, the Hutt is called Blarga. I couldn't think of anything other than *blarg* after spending most of the night and some of this morning on correcting my boss' terrible English writing....

[Tarn Ardsul]

I can't start till you freshen up my look first :p I don't want to post without the right avatar and sig. No offense :mneh

[Tri'ahna Zylary]

Go pick up your sig in the Starving Artists Apartment :)

[Rylard 'Lardo' Tenf]

How about we gamble them away. One of us is a professional gambler (volunteers welcome) and he "loses" these ships in sabbacc games against all kinds of other scum (mainly other pirates, smugglers, etc).


I'll volunteer. Being the pilot of the Voodoo Heart, Lardo has a lot of free time when the ships on autopilot and in hyperspace. To keep him occupied during that time he plays games, including sabacc, with other crewmembers and the ship's computer. Over time his skills improve to a pro level and he competes in tournaments and games wherever the ship makes port.

[Tri'ahna Zylary]

excellent!

[Tayeav]

Ohh, good idea!

[Tarn Ardsul]

I am ready!

:hug's for our fearless leader

[Blarga the Hutt]

Lardo - check out http://sw-fans.net/forum/showthread.php?p=256539#post256539

Here's your first victim you can "lose a ship" to in a rigged game of sabbacc. if you want to hop in there and set your end up - go ahead.

Oh, the title means "You're my kinda scum!"

[Tri'ahna Zylary]

I was told today that possibly this thread would be something for us to enter into: http://www.sw-fans.net/forum/showthread.php?t=17373 ? Will Serrot posted on the planning forum looking for people.....

Anyone feel up for it?

Oh and I saw you three (Jhena, Tay and Tarn) managed to get your RP going - excellent.... now we're only waiting for the one with the count, and for the Gambling RP to get to that point where we can enter....

[Jhena Belitski]

Tay and Tarn, please feel free to take creative liscense writing the baragwin. ;)