Nerdmas Plots: Imperials!

[Captain Untouchable]

A lot of the scheming over Christmas involved rebels and such, but we did talk about a lot of potential hooks and tangents that could stir up Imperial opportunities as well. That said, we generally seem to have more interest in roleplaying Jedi and Rebels over the last few years, presumably because they're the good guys.

Do people have Imperial characters that they're itching to write again, or is all quiet on the Galactic Western front?

[Reshmar]

I really would like to do something with Moff Greth.

[Captain Untouchable]

Where abouts is Moff Greth the Moff of?

[Charley]

I'm game to have Captain Wygraant be the occasional bad guy of the week if folks would like, but I can also participate in organized Imperial stuff if need be.

[Reshmar]

Where abouts is Moff Greth the Moff of?

Greth is the Moff of the Perinn Sector and the Fortress world of Valc VII which has a sector fleet which suffered no losses during the civil war because of its proximity to nothing. but he is looking for a promotion to a more centralized post. Maybe Eiradu....

I also have Vice Admiral Jeffers and his small group to do Imperial things

[Vansen Tyree]

At the moment, my big problem with Imperial stuff is that my characters are restricted to a small geographical area: either the Corellian Sector, or the Greater Javin. The Empire is more structured and pocketed into Sectors, and that makes it harder to have the kind of freedom that Alliance fleeters/etc have: the Imperials have to sit and wait for the Alliance to come to them, as it were.

What's the best way to have an Imperial with more scope? Would something like a Grand Moff be a good way to go, or are there other ways to have a character whose purview overlaps more than just one Sector?


Greth is the Moff of the Perinn Sector and the Fortress world of Valc VII which has a sector fleet which suffered no losses during the civil war because of its proximity to nothing. but he is looking for a promotion to a more centralized post. Maybe Eiradu....

Eriadu would be an interesting place to see a Moff. It's surrounded on almost all sides by Alliance sectors, and the only supply line comes out of Greater Javin, which we're grooming to be the new Corporate Sector. I imagine that would be more of a politics-orientated Moff though: the Alliance has that border way too secure for smugglers and border skirmishes to play a part, and the Empire probably has Eriadu too well defended for pirates to chance it much in that region.

Doldur, or somewhere else along that stretch of the Corellian Run might be better for a more combat-orientated Moff. It has the prestige of being the Empress' former Sector, is the location of the Falleen homeworld, and borders with Paqwepori (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Paqwepori), which is one of the independent mini-states inside Imperial space (a good place for pirates to hide, potentially). It borders straight onto the Alliance, and is the closest Imperial Sector to Bothawui, which means that Vansen Tyree would be your opposite number, militarily speaking. Bothawui is where the bulk of the Starfighter Corps is based, and there'll also be a chunk of Cizerack and Hapan ships there working on joint manoeuvres under Vansen's eye... and with that stretch of Alliance sandwiched between Hutt space and Imperial space, that Alliance border running parallel to the Corellian Run is probably one of the smuggling hotbeds.

[Reshmar]

Ok so My Imperials will move to the Doldur sector. IM sure hime moving Scythe Squadron to the area will raise some flags with Alliance INtel.

[Reshmar]

Doldur sector works for me.

[Jarvan Trask]

I have a few Imperial characters I would love to write if they can be of any use to your plots.

Jarvan Trask
Sergeant, Imperial Navy Commando. Last seen deployed from the ISD Interminable, but he can really be wherever.

Damien Kantrael
Junior Inquisitor, Project Nightmare (cybernetically enhanced humans). Was last seen overseeing the move of several key Inquisition prisoners from Coruscant to the Maw when the ship, the Charon, was attacked by Rebels and the prisoners freed.

Zachariah Jak'el
Ensign, Shadow Squadron TIE Pilot.

Alexia Sturkov
Darksider, Imperial Intelligence working under Atrapes. Not currently assigned to anything.

[Reshmar]

Do we want to move Shadow Squadron to the area since well It will be where most of the tension will be between the alliance and Empire? I am sure Trask would have plenty to do in the area. And I could see Kantrael in the area overseeing the Inquisitorius interests in the area as new command settles in and the new borders are stressed. Sturkov could be working counter intel in the area. I am sure that Spy vs Spy games will run rampant on the border. The sector is kinda like a proctologists arm into Alliance space. I am sure there will be skirmishing.

[Ambassador Wrath]

Is there any way to give Shadow Squadron more freedom to go anywhere / do anything? Alliance pilots / fleeters / etc have much more freedom to roam around and get into plots: if there were a way we could do that with the Empire as well, fleeters and pilots and such, it might make it easier for people to find ways to be active?

Maybe the Empire has some "free roaming" fleets/commands now, more akin to Alliance ones? Having lost so many sectors, I'm sure they have a surplus of people and ships kicking around... perhaps a mobile fleet/unit/command that is based at Doldur (or there abouts), but can show up anywhere along that entire sectors-wide stretch of border, anywhere on the Corellian Run, etc?

Kind of a response force / response fleet / etc. A counterpart to Reshmar's First Fleet, which is similarly capable of being anywhere it needs to be?

[William Jeffers]

If Moff Greth is going to Doldur he will drag Scythe Squadron with him to the front lines. It would be a free roaming unit independent of the sector fleet already there. Making Them part of it might work. or putting them on another ship. something smaller just for their needs but with enough teeth and support to back any mission for them. maybe a Procursator (http://www.sw-fans.net/wiki/index.php/Procursator-class_Star_Destroyer)-class StarDestroyer. Its new and well suited just for them. Thier squadron and a support squadron plus a few other support craft. Or if we want to go with something even smaller a Brawler (http://www.sw-fans.net/wiki/index.php/Brawler-class_Frigate)-class Frigate or even smaller a souped up Vigil (http://www.sw-fans.net/wiki/index.php/Vigil-class_Star_Corvette)-class star corvette. Them having a vigil would allow them to move around swiftly and really basically give them even ground to go against Novgorod one on one.

[Captain Untouchable]

Independent of the sector fleet is one thing... but is it the same as independent of all the sector fleets?

There are nine sectors along that stretch of border. The Doldur sector is certainly the most prestigious / important, but I imagine we'd want to make sure that Shadow Squadron could travel to any of those nine sectors as needed, as well as other ones in the vicinity. It seems to me that fitting them in at an Oversector level - giving them the largest area of operation we possibly can - would be the most beneficial thing to do.

That said, I'm not a Shadow, so it's not my decision in the slightest. :uhoh

[Moff Joran Greth]

I hereby promote myself to Grand Moff of Oversector Iron Hammer. Now kneel before Greth!.... Now there is an oversector fleet. Poof Im magic lol.

[Reshmar]

Ok so in retrospect Thats not a bad Idea. Oversector Iron Hammer is where the actions would be. Every trade route from the southern rim to the core intersects Alliance and Imperial borders in that sector. Sure I meant it as a joke but now I like the idea. Hum Grand moff sounds nice.

[Vansen Tyree]

Can I call dibs on Oversector Outer? I've been doing a lot of looking around planets there, and there's quite a lot of stuff in that sandbox that I want to play with.

[Reshmar]

Iron Hammer and Outer are really the best for the situation the galaxy finds itself in. The northern galaxy can be so boring. but I can not help but wonder why one of my fleet commanders wants dibs on an Imperial oversector lol.

[Vansen Tyree]

Covert operation. Jedi business. Top secret. Very hush-hush.

:uhoh