I definitely like the idea of having a thread keeping track of the events for those who need to be able to keep track of things. OOC threads to work out details is also nice.
I definitely like the idea of having a thread keeping track of the events for those who need to be able to keep track of things. OOC threads to work out details is also nice.
So how are we going to kick this off on Saturday?
Are we going to do a title crawl as part of the OOC thread, and leave it at that? Do we want to do something similar to how Corellia kicked off - a big narrative post, and the opportunity for folks to do "where were you when you heard the news" posts? Are we going to try to do an actual thread for this, somehow?
Either way, we're going to need to figure out some details. We've vaguely said that the Ssi-Ruuk are attacking Terminus. Is it a raid, that cut through their defences and took a percentage of the population? Is it an occupation, with enteched portions of the city? Are the Ssi-Ruuk going to be staging out of Terminus, in a conventional war/invasion format that doesn't threaten the Alliance all that much, or is their next attack going to pop up in an unrelated location to up the threat factor? Is Terminus going to be an ongoing dangerous location, is it going to linger as a decimated place of interest for salvagers/etc, or is the Empire going to respond to the Ssi-Ruuk threat with a fleet to sterelise the planet from orbit?
It's great that we're eager to start, but I don't think we've actually figured out quite what we are starting.
In regards to the wiki I've started adding some of the Ssi-Ruuvi ships but they have a few more classes then I had previously remembered so it'll take a while to get everything sorted in while trying to remember how the wiki formatting works.
https://theholo.net/wiki/index.php?t...edit&redlink=1
Stay tuned for ~*~info~*~ tonight. I will post an initial summary of what to expect in the first encounter.
If you get the basic info up there, I can swoop through and handle the formatting. I'm slowly working my way around the wiki trying to get everything to match, so if folks let me know when stuff is added, I can prioritise my focus there so all our current / active stuff is up to code.Originally Posted by Park Kraken
I agree with the above in regards to sorting out the finer details. Tear is Executor of the Empire, so he should have some say in how the Empire responds to reports coming out of Terminus (What will be the reports coming out of Terminus for that matter)?
Is Miranda around? We could do a thread where the top Imperial brass discuss options/reactions and present them to the Empress.
I made a graphic to put into the threads.
BTW, would you say the enemy ship encountered by the crew of the Novgorod in the Vanguard series was a Wurrif class Light Cruiser or a Shree class Battlecruiser?
The Executor should certainly have a say in how the Empire responds. That sounds like an excellent idea for a thread that follows in the wake of the initial incident. I'm certain there are a few Imperial policymakers that would want to meet and discuss their next moves, so consider that as a thread idea in the short term aftermath.
As for Miranda? The person who plays her is here occasionally though she mainly posts OOC. Coaxing the Empress back would be cool, but it's up to her.
I love itnice little way to distinguish the invasion threads.
There was a sizeable Ssi-Ruuvi fleet involved in Vanguards, and all known classes of Ssi-Ruuvi ships would have been involved.
Okay, so here is the groundwork stuff for the opening act:
Invasion: Terminus
At the edge of the galaxy, a city-planet called Terminus sits at the junction of major hyperspace lanes. One of the largest outer rim trading hubs of the Galactic Empire, Terminus hosts billions of Imperial citizens looking to make their livings and fortunes. With the cold war between the Empire and the Alliance drawing into its second year, the citizens of Terminus enjoy an uneasy peace. But that peace is about to be shattered. Beyond the fringes of known space, an enemy is coming.
Invasion: Terminus is the flashpoint incident for the galaxy-wide Invasion story arc. It can be told from the perspective of a few player characters who find themselves on Terminus. Citizens going about their business? Smugglers looking for a chance to make a profit? A homesick Imperial posted far away? No matter who participates, you can expect the peaceful buzz of city life to be shattered by the arrival of thousands of ships from the Ssi-Ruuvi Imperium. It will become readily clear that the planet is going to be completely overwhelmed. The Imperial military garrisons and naval assets in orbit will be quickly destroyed through brute attrition, and the planet will soon swarm with hostile invaders that seem particularly interested in taking the people of Terminus alive. Our participating players will have one paramount objective - escape at all costs. Those that don't leave Terminus will be killed or - maybe even worse - captured. To what ends? Nobody knows.
What is known is that once the events of Invasion: Terminus conclude, the planet will be firmly and totally in control of the Ssi-Ruuvi invaders. They will quickly begin work on fortifying the world as a galactic beach head, preparing the way for what can only be an invasion of the rest of the known galaxy. Our few intrepid survivors may then find themselves racing to safer points in the galaxy, custodians of some terrible news about this calamity. This incident will serve as a way of putting the galaxy on notice, and serve to springboard other threads that delve into other aspects of this broadening conflict. As to what those might be, that will be up to us all!
Gonna try and keep Invasion: Terminus tidy as far as the size and depth of the thread. To that end, I'm proposing we keep this thread capped at four player characters. I will supply one if needed for narrative effect, but the key thing to remember here is to advance the action and the big picture. This isn't the thread for an excess of dialogue or internalized navel-gazing. It's to set the mood of run for your lives.
I have a couple of characters who could be interesting for this.
Charley and I chatted earlier about him possibly having Sanis Prent involved, in which case I might be interested in writing Elias Akasha as an Imperial operative sent to apprehend him. It could be interesting to see two individuals on obviously opposing sides, forced to work together to escape this situation alive - a bit of a microcosm for the whole shindig, really.
I also have Ouran Akasha who is Captain of a SpecOps-ish ship. If there are four other writers eager to take part, and/or if people are going to need a ride off-planet, I would be happy to sit out most of the thread and show up at the end to be the SSV Normandy that flies you away from this ME3 intro style scenario, and/or be there to offer a "what's going on in orbit" perspective to help give context to whatever you folks are up to on the ground.
I'm not married to either option though, so if there are four other folks who are super-keen to take part in this, I'm fine with waiting for a different opportunity to take part.
Don't really have anyone too established for the breakout thread. I have plans for one character for each faction after the breakout begins, but only one is an existing character.
I can throw in either my Imperial deputy director, Akilah, or my government employee, Isamaya. I was also thinking of Madeleia, my smuggler who could offer a ride to those nearby, or already trying to get aboard just to escape - a situation which could introduce some interesting drama amid all the other chaos.
As discussed/mentioned before, I have set up an Invasion Story Group for this arc, so we can discuss all the ins and outs without trying to keep it all contained to one OOC thread.
I think I have sent an invite to the main(ish) account of everyone who has posted in the thread thus far. Sorry if I missed you!
It's like that, and that's the way it is.
I want to make it clear that this is incredibly low priority, but if nobody else jumps into the four man event then I would like to involve Zereth. I feel he will bring a different perspective to the event, and his combat abilities will prove useful as he helps others escape the planet.
Is the idea that all four characters should be interacting. EG: helping each other, and likely a bunch of NPCs, escape the planet? Or is it a more freeform do what you want kind of thing?
I think as a reader, having each pair of participants meet up and team up to escape might be fun. I don't think any hands need holding though so its up to you how you'd like to tell that angle of the story.
If we're trying to keep a fast pace, and focus on an escape, pairing off might get confusing in the long run: two action packed posts from one pair then two from the other and back and forth might get into narrative whiplash territory.
Sanis being away from Cloud City (and thus exposed) seems like a good excuse for both the Alliance and the Empire to be after him. Maggie might be there trying to get face time with a former friend of the Rebellion in the hopes he might become an ally within Black Sun, and Elias might be there hoping to exploit an opportunity to "deal with" a Black Sun bigwig away from his protections and support structure. Those seem like good excuses for at least three of these characters to be in the same vicinity, and I imagine that once shit hits the fan, Zereth is not the sort of person who'd be hard to notice if he's fighting back. That might be a bit easier and a bit more linear (and a bit easier to compensate for people's schedules too), and we get the bonus aspect of a criminal, a rebel, an Imperial, and a Force user all working together to survive - kind of a nice foreshadow for the arc at large?
That sounds good to me
Oh also, I posted
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