Captain Untouchable
Jan 27th, 2009, 10:53:17 PM
At the minute, most of the fleeting type activity seems to be focused on big battles and things. That's awesome from the perspective of a Fleeter, but unfortunately they don't come around all that often. It can also get quite complicated when you start throwing in Fighter Pilots to the mix. Opportunities for a dedicated fighter mission have to be made up, and frankly that seems a little too much work for a case-by-case basis.
I had a semi-formed idea that would probably fit the bill (at least, it'll keep the Rebel pilots occupied), but it requires some Imperial stuff to happen and create the premise. Figured I'd come and run it by you guys, and see what y'all think. It's long, so I'll appologise for that in advance!
It strikes me that, with TaggeCo's leadership (Sanya and Gallus) so closely tied to the Empress, there's some potential for a shift in the alligance of business towards the new regime, particularly in terms of the Corporate Sector. I dunno if you're familiar with how the Corporate Sector works; basically, a bunch of big companies buy out patches of space (including stars, planets, etc) to set up various business ventures - factories, research centers, fancy executive housing; the works. The Corporate Sector Authority exists as a quazi-government business to deal with all the political and security problems.
The leader of the CSA is voted in by the leaders of the businesses that have invested in the Sector. To cut a long story short, my plan would revolve around someone like TaggeCo proposing the appointment of an Imperial as the new leader of that government. Combine their business might with some behind the scenes encouragement from the Empire and/or Black Nebula, and the Corporate Sector would eventually vote itself into Imperial subjugation.
With a new "Moff" appointed for the Sector, the plan comes into action. In exchange for the kind of ships that the Empire would usually assign to defend one of its sectors (Kuat Drive Yards and Rendili StarDrive are listed investors in the Corporate Sector, so some sort of "discount" could be arranged), the Empire would effectively put the CSA Security Division out of a job, in terms of Sector defense.
Instead, the Security Division - which uses the same sort of mostly outdated ships as the Rebel Alliance - would be able to go out and protect the space lanes around Imperial territory, much like the old Sector Rangers from pre-Reset. At the minute, the Rebels are supposed to be conducting various raids along those supply lines; the Security Division's ships make them quite well-suited to defending convoys and such. Also, because of the industrial power that the Corporate Sector has there's the possibility of them churning out Droid Starfighters (or even having bought-out some of the ones the CIS had, after the Clone Wars ended), so there isn't actually any loss of sentient life: just some easily-replaceable technology.
Not only does this provide a fairly disposable enemy for Rogue Squadron and small-scale Rebel fleeting, but it also provides a quazi-Imperial entity that functions a bit more like the Rebel Alliance. People who want to Fleet as a "bad guy", but don't want to necessarily be a staunch believer in the Alliance, or want to be non-Human, that sort of thing; it gives them an alternative, without necessarily setting up a third faction.
On top of that, the use of Droid Fighters by the "Sector Rangers", combined with the Imperial cooperation in the whole shindig could potentially lead to the development of the TIE/D fighters for the Empire, which could deployed similarly. I also like the idea of the Droid Fighters maybe being a bit smarter than now - maybe they "download" and reincarnate like the Cylon Raiders from the new series, so it's possible to get veteran units that are harder to destroy?
Told you it was long. Thoughts? Ideas? Scathing and soul-destroying criticisms? ;)
I had a semi-formed idea that would probably fit the bill (at least, it'll keep the Rebel pilots occupied), but it requires some Imperial stuff to happen and create the premise. Figured I'd come and run it by you guys, and see what y'all think. It's long, so I'll appologise for that in advance!
It strikes me that, with TaggeCo's leadership (Sanya and Gallus) so closely tied to the Empress, there's some potential for a shift in the alligance of business towards the new regime, particularly in terms of the Corporate Sector. I dunno if you're familiar with how the Corporate Sector works; basically, a bunch of big companies buy out patches of space (including stars, planets, etc) to set up various business ventures - factories, research centers, fancy executive housing; the works. The Corporate Sector Authority exists as a quazi-government business to deal with all the political and security problems.
The leader of the CSA is voted in by the leaders of the businesses that have invested in the Sector. To cut a long story short, my plan would revolve around someone like TaggeCo proposing the appointment of an Imperial as the new leader of that government. Combine their business might with some behind the scenes encouragement from the Empire and/or Black Nebula, and the Corporate Sector would eventually vote itself into Imperial subjugation.
With a new "Moff" appointed for the Sector, the plan comes into action. In exchange for the kind of ships that the Empire would usually assign to defend one of its sectors (Kuat Drive Yards and Rendili StarDrive are listed investors in the Corporate Sector, so some sort of "discount" could be arranged), the Empire would effectively put the CSA Security Division out of a job, in terms of Sector defense.
Instead, the Security Division - which uses the same sort of mostly outdated ships as the Rebel Alliance - would be able to go out and protect the space lanes around Imperial territory, much like the old Sector Rangers from pre-Reset. At the minute, the Rebels are supposed to be conducting various raids along those supply lines; the Security Division's ships make them quite well-suited to defending convoys and such. Also, because of the industrial power that the Corporate Sector has there's the possibility of them churning out Droid Starfighters (or even having bought-out some of the ones the CIS had, after the Clone Wars ended), so there isn't actually any loss of sentient life: just some easily-replaceable technology.
Not only does this provide a fairly disposable enemy for Rogue Squadron and small-scale Rebel fleeting, but it also provides a quazi-Imperial entity that functions a bit more like the Rebel Alliance. People who want to Fleet as a "bad guy", but don't want to necessarily be a staunch believer in the Alliance, or want to be non-Human, that sort of thing; it gives them an alternative, without necessarily setting up a third faction.
On top of that, the use of Droid Fighters by the "Sector Rangers", combined with the Imperial cooperation in the whole shindig could potentially lead to the development of the TIE/D fighters for the Empire, which could deployed similarly. I also like the idea of the Droid Fighters maybe being a bit smarter than now - maybe they "download" and reincarnate like the Cylon Raiders from the new series, so it's possible to get veteran units that are harder to destroy?
Told you it was long. Thoughts? Ideas? Scathing and soul-destroying criticisms? ;)