My Retirement Party

[Park Kraken]

The time has come for Admiral Kraken's retirement party. And by party, I mean the thread where he is captured by the Alliance, put on trial for war crimes, and locked away in an Alliance prison for a bunch of consecutive life terms. :eee

I think I've got the how figured out, I just need to know the who. There are openings for just about any type of Alliance character, plus a pirate or two, maybe some bounty hunters, and perhaps an Imperial Moff in the opening stages.

So, is anyone interested?

[Karkoon]

"If you require a bounty hunter, this unit is available for service."

[Reshmar]

Oh yes Reshmar will have a hand in this one.

[Vince]

The time has come for Admiral Kraken's retirement party. And by party, I mean the thread where he is captured by the Alliance, put on trial for war crimes, and locked away in an Alliance prison for a bunch of consecutive life terms. :eee

The happy clappy face at the end of that paragraph made me laugh.

[Reshmar]

I think a Salustian Court would be just after you hit reset on their world and all.

[John Glayde]

Any chance you could be a smidge more specific on the how? It's hard to know who out of my cadre would be appropriate without having a better idea of what they'd be getting themselves in for. :uhoh

[Reshmar]

With the peace shaky at best I see it very difficult to "capture" Kraken and lock him up. He would have to be in alliance space for one, and the Empire would have to not want him back too bad.

[Anne Phoenix]

Well here's the basic outline as to how I envisage it;

In the beginning of the thread Park meets with a Moff character who approves a dangerous mission to recruit pirates, bounty huntes, etc. in Alliance space to attack the Alliance. The mission comes with the typical "If you're captured you will be branded a rogue, etc." tagline attached.

Park jumps the Suppressor to a point near the abandoned mining asteroid facility where the secret meeting is taking place and goes the rest of the way in on shuttle. The pirates don't trust each other or this situation and they each bring a sizeable fleet. These movements are picked up by Alliance Intelligence and a raid is planned.

Alliance Operatives attend the meeting and quickly identify Park as a key objective. Most of the raid is focused on capturing him, allowing most of the pirates to escape. Foolishly, many of them band together to attack the Suppressor, where my new Imperial Character takes command and largely annihilates the pirate gangs, leaving easy pickings for the Alliance or some yummy salvage/survivor integration for the remaining pirate gangs in the area.

[Reshmar]

Of course when you jump A Star Destroyer into Alliance space The empire would have to say you have gone rouge because that would be an act of war.

[Anne Phoenix]

Well the Star Destroyer wouldn't have to be in Alliance space. Let's say it's an abandoned asteroid mining facility near the border. Park goes into Alliance space on the shuttle only.

[Inyos Aamoran]

Don't forget that there are big blobs of "neutral" space in certain places. There's a big region around Zeltros, Manaan, and the Stennes Node where the Empire was forced to withdraw because of the Treaty; but the Alliance hasn't been able to move in and "claim" it yet because there are too many worlds that want to stay neutral / don't want to be part of a larger galactic community. However, the Alliance is still likely to patrol these regions, to keep pirates at bay, to make sure the Empire isn't illegally/secretly using them as a staging area, etc.

There's similar regions around the edge of the Gordian Reach, and there's also the sector of clusters up in the top right around the old Corporate Sector; these are all not Imperial any more / not Alliance yet as well.

Having the Alliance encounter Kraken is easy... having them arrest him rather than chase him back to the border is a little trickier. Is he just gonna stubbornly fight back and force the Alliance's hand, or are you expecting to have someone there who has enough personal prejudice against him to risk starting a war just to bring him in? Or are you relying on the "trespassing into Alliance territory" angle to explain that?

[Anne Phoenix]

Let's say that Alliance Intelligence hasn't had an easy time getting an angle on the groups in the area. They don't know that a high ranking Imperial is attending the meeting, so they go on an intelligence raid to gather up the leaders and pick up Park on the side with one or two loyal bodyguards and the shuttle/crew. The pirate gangs with a few limited leaders left flee as the Alliance Fleet shows up to secure the prisoners and commandoes.



Originally I was thinking for exact location of somewhere near Hutt Space but also near Imperial/Neutral space and in Alliance space. I'll have to give the Atlas a gander or two to see exactly.


Park would probably fight back until in actual custody but I was thinking the Alliance Commandoes might use KO Gas or something similar during the raid.

[John Glayde]

So you're mostly looking for Intelligence Agents and SpecForce people, then? Sounds like you only really need a teeny-tiny naval force if all he's got is a shuttle and a few pirate buddies.

[Reshmar]

A interdiction squadron should be enough. A frigate with a fighter squadron and couple vettes at most.

[R. S. Esalis]

If you wish to truly make this interesting, it would certainly be no stretch for me to dip my fingers into this pot and deliver the desired target in a feasible manner that is compliant to both sides of the coin here. This entire endeavor presents itself wonderfully as a very political-play sort of situation. There is a lot of potential to be had rather than a simple shuttle snatch-and-grab. Machinations behind the scenes are par for the course for the Empire, and to neglect those when they are so readily waiting would be almost horrid, to be sure. If the good Admiral is to be taken into custody by the Alliance, then there are certain parties within the Empire who would pull the required strings necessary to make that happen.

[Rossos Atrapes]

If you wish to truly make this interesting, it would certainly be no stretch for me to dip my fingers into this pot and deliver the desired target in a feasible manner that is compliant to both sides of the coin here. This entire endeavor presents itself wonderfully as a very political-play sort of situation. There is a lot of potential to be had rather than a simple shuttle snatch-and-grab. Machinations behind the scenes are par for the course for the Empire, and to neglect those when they are so readily waiting would be almost horrid, to be sure. If the good Admiral is to be taken into custody by the Alliance, then there are certain parties within the Empire who would pull the required strings necessary to make that happen.

Indeed, the Empire has been woefully lacking in the backstabbing intrigue department.

[John Glayde]

If you wish to truly make this interesting, it would certainly be no stretch for me to dip my fingers into this pot and deliver the desired target in a feasible manner that is compliant to both sides of the coin here. This entire endeavor presents itself wonderfully as a very political-play sort of situation. There is a lot of potential to be had rather than a simple shuttle snatch-and-grab. Machinations behind the scenes are par for the course for the Empire, and to neglect those when they are so readily waiting would be almost horrid, to be sure. If the good Admiral is to be taken into custody by the Alliance, then there are certain parties within the Empire who would pull the required strings necessary to make that happen.

There'd have to be some benefit for the Empire to do this, though. Kraken is a war criminal; being able to put him on trial for his crimes not only boosts Alliance morale, it lets the Alliance show off that it has a working legal system, makes them seem more legitimate, etc. It's a big favour that Imptel would be doing for the Alliance here.

Did Kraken piss off the wrong person? Is there some shady "we'll give you one of ours if you give us one of yours" between Imptel and Alliance Intel? Is Imptel throwing Kraken to the wolves so that the Alliance will agree to (secretly) release some important Intel agent? Is it just Imptel trying to foster cooperation with their counterparts, to "earn a favour" or something?

[R. S. Esalis]

Who is not to say that he's not a thorn in my side, and I want him gone? Nothing so entirely complex as some spider's web of this and that, but a bit of Imperial intrigue would be nice to have in these parts since it's become so scarce as to not exist for quite a while -_-

Whether it's a favor to the Alliance is a happy accident for them. If it furthers the Imperial agenda in some way as of yet unforeseen then it would be an enjoyable notion to pursue and write.

[Anne Phoenix]

Kraken is somewhat ambitious in the pursuit of his anti-Alliance objectives but recognizes that only the Empire has the resources to fulfill what he seeks. It could be ImpIntel has suspicions of him funneling resources to rogue Imperial Officers but can't find any hard evidence. Of course they could simply do away with him in an instance like that but perhaps they're worried due to his popularity in the Empire over Sullust. By "gifting" him to the Alliance they might be able to gain the trust of Alliance Intelligence with infiltrators who provided the information, or something to that effect.

[Niev Minetii]

I think a Salustian Court would be just after you hit reset on their world and all.

I'd certainly wish to chair the war crimes tribunal for this, yes.

[O'Riel O'Donnell]

Captain O'Donnell of the Suppressor checking in.

So do we have enough details to begin?

[R. S. Esalis]

Quick question; if Imperial Intelligence suspects him of funding rogue elements that once used to be Imperial (which, is that something you wish him do have done?), they would also take liberties to expose him once they allowed him to be captured. They'd look to not only sweep him out the door but disgrace him as well in the eyes of the Imperial populace. Is that something you're fine with?

The other side of this coin is that they would use him as a martyr and tool for quietly fostering anti-Alliance sentiments even despite the treaty signed.

Those I feel are both enjoyable avenues to explore, but the decision is yours whether one or the other is taken.

[Park Kraken]

Imperial Intelligence would be in on this; they would be the ones helping to get the pirates together for the meeting.

However, even while doing so they could be setting up Park for a fall. It all depends on the agenda of whomever is leading or using ImpIntel in this way but I'm okay with either outcome.

[R. S. Esalis]

My question was in regards to this:



It could be ImpIntel has suspicions of him funneling resources to rogue Imperial Officers but can't find any hard evidence

... and whether or not those backdoor dealings actually did happen, or if they did not.

Esalis is a bitch, but she's not going to outright fabricate an entire fall from grace from start to finish. She will however take advantage of a situation that she feels could help strengthen the Empire in the long game.

[Park Kraken]

They did not. At best Park thinks such officers were idiots for running off on their own and leaving the resources of the Empire behind and at worst he thinks they're traitors. But he hasn't bothered to keep private his desire to continue the fight against the Rebellion either, hence the suspicions.

[R. S. Esalis]

Sorry for taking so long. I'm going to talk with Atrapes, and hopefully have the beginning of a thread started by tonight or tomorrow.

[R. S. Esalis]

Do you have a thought on the thread title? I was going to call it 'Playing the Long Game', but if you have other ideas let me know before I post it up.

[Anne Phoenix]

No, that sounds fine.

[Park Kraken]

Bumping this up here. Still have some more background work to do before I come in?