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Diplomacy is dirty work these days...

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  • FOOKIN DISCORD MATE!
  • Star Wars
  • 0BBY (Before Battle of Yavin, or that is to say -- Episode IV)
  • Going with a really short sort of character sheet, rather than some long production. See Characters Tab for more detail.
  • Rebellion Era - Far from Yavin, far from Scarif. Closer to Nar Shaddaa. Downside? Fringers. Upside? Far from Alderaan and open mic night at the co-op.
  • The characters are 'diplomatic support specialists' which is to say, the retinue of a Senator Dona Ordo of Uslam, a Rebel Sympathizer that uses their status to help quietly rally and organize disparate anti-Imperial groups in the Outer Rim, which they are a native of. While there might be some people with significant social skills, Ordo's mission can be murky and dangerous, which means that they have, ideally, bodyguards, pilots, slicers and experienced spies in their group.
  • Reserving the right here to turn down types of characters, like Mandalorians or Jedi or Human Replicant Droids, on the idea that without a very good back story and strong sense of the character, it's just a gimmick.
  • The characters' decisions will affect the outcome.
  • Multiple characters allowed, particularly in terms of opponents, neutrals and so forth.

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The Republic has fallen and the Empire has risen in its place, having undermined and manipulated its way into power -- what seemed rational and logical turned out to be a manipulation. The Jedi are gone, the law no longer protects and the military no longer defends. The Empire has turned everything into an instrument of oppression under the New Order.

Still, there has always been resistance, even through the dark times. The young take up the fight against the tyranny, filling the ranks of the opposition to the Empire with a generation that does not justify the Empire by claiming that the Republic was more corrupt, worse and so forth. Some are idealists, others have their backs to the wall. The Empire creates its enemies -- the harder it squeezes, the more people consider banding together against the Empire. And now the Empire's enemy has a name.

The nascent Rebel Alliance is an attempt to organize disparate groups fighting the Empire from the shadows and also to undermine Imperial control of communications between worlds and provide a quiet channel of communications between factions. The Empire is aware that there is a diplomatic effort ongoing, and while it might not be ready to directly stamp out someone like Senator Mon Mothma, it has no problem with arranging accidents.

That means diplomacy is a high risk operation. But it's necessary.

That's where 6th Special Personal Security Detail (PSD), Alliance Diplomatic Corps, comes into play. Organized in a similar way to Intelligence's operations directorate, PSDs are intended to provide specialized skills to support the diplomat...that can range from bodyguarding, to intelligence gathering, counterintelligence/surveillance, to recruiting agents on planet, assassinations and smuggling and anything else within the scope, thus 'special,' a term that encompasses a lot of unconventional capabilities.

It is dangerous work, covert in nature and with a higher than usual risk profile because often the diplomats themselves are known to the ISB and the Ubiquitorate. These teams have two very simple mandates; keep their principal alive and complete the mission, doing whatever it takes for both.

Out of Character Info

This RP is actually an idea I had for a slightly different Star Wars RP that encompasses all kinds of murkiness and danger. Covert diplomacy on behalf of an insurgency is as dangerous as it gets; the Principal, the Senator, is well known and under observation. In the current wars that go on worldwide in our era, diplomats are protected by a variety of specialists that are heavily armed and well trained, often Special Operations Forces (SOF) veterans. In the Star Wars universe, I feel that smugglers, slicers, and perhaps even an ex-padawan, specialized droids and bounty hunters might well be part of a Rebel diplomat's Personal Security Detail (PSD).

There are a couple roles we need filling first and foremost

- Senator Dona Ordo of Uslam. Uslam was once a Mando planet, way way back. It retains loan words and vestiges and a couple huge nerds that go and bother to learn Mando'a and something about the culture. Dona Ordo is not even gendered yet, because this is going to be a player character. Take it and run with it?
- Counterintelligence - Slicers, countersurveillance specialists, people that know how to swap cars and lose tails.
- Gatherers - People that can create/take advantage of local information resources to support the diplomatic mission. This can range from bribing people to sex to blackmail and combinations thereof.
- Shooters - Experienced, well-trained folks with heavy weaponry that function as physical bodyguards. If things go to shooting, it's going to get heavy and there's a window of time for escape, after which the Empire will have flooded the area with forces.
- Escapists - Drivers, pilots, resources that can be activated along with the shooters to create an escape pipeline for Senator Ordo.
- Others - Get creative.

Pacing-wise, let's aim for a couple paragraphs a go, keep it moving. Also, this RP will start fairly quickly, so there will not be a weeks long screening process once in OOC. If we go into OOC, we will work off a 'stub' system for lore that involves "just the facts ma'am" where we categorize items and describe them briefly. This includes character information.
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If there is anyone who really wants the role of Senator Ordo, please let us know. I will take it if no one wants it, but do not need it. I can do either role or make something up.
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I'd be open to playing as Ordo, so long as that's fine with everyone else.
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So far cool with the character sheets provided.
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With the characters we have on board, I think we can start discussing how to set the first scene.

Also, I think we will eventually need specialists like slicers and so forth but we can add them later.
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Sorry about the wait time here, but I was interrupted by the holidays. First post is up though!
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When I was in Bosnia, we had a PSD at Division Headquarters who were hand selected by the Division Commander. These soldiers were taken from Military Police and Infantry units who had training in hand to hand combat as well as law enforcement techniques. There were eight (8) of them and they worked on shifts taking care of the Primary or any of the secondaries (ADCs or CoS) or they may have been assigned to protect high ranking visitors. But the CG also had his staff. The senator in a Star Wars RP won’t need eight (8) PS Officers nor will he require the elaborate staff, the commanding general of an infantry division would require. We have the workings of a nice little personal Staff and Security detail for our Senator from Rothana.

I need to put this out here for my own benefit, simply because things make more sense to me when there is structure. It comes from spending half my life in the military. The one slot, that should be filled, but is not, is the Senator’s Aide. This person is responsible for tracking the Senator’s calendar and keeping him briefed on what he is doing next. This could be an NPC Senator Ordo talks to from time to time. The Aide should be a younger person whom the Senator trusts completely. I would like to see a few more PSOs if possible; maybe 2 or 3 NPCs?

Primary: Senator Dona Ordo, Hu, Galactic Empire, Galactic Senator (Uslam); Rebel Alliance, Special Diplomat. @ethanjory
Senator’s Aide: NPC T'sara?
Pilot/Driver: Kerrick "Clang" Shan, Lieutenant, Hu, Starfighter/light freighter Pilot, swoop ganger@HeySeuss,
Intelligence Officer: Ethain Leto, Hu, MI/CI/CS @Jackdaw
Information Technologist: Dink Dhur, Sullustan, Slicer @Jester
Personal Security Officer: Remi Vando, SGT, Hu, Rebel Pathfinder, H2H & blades @Gunther
Personal Security Officer: Garith Calman, SGT, Hu, Escapist, Sapper & H2H @CaptainBritton
Personal Security Officer: Rhoc Pailger, Hu, Bounty Hunter Guild, Gunslinger @Sanity43217
Personal Security Officer: NPC
Personal Security Officer: NPC
Personal Security Officer: NPC
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I think we should have NPC's or second characters as redshirts. Also, I think a droid. But let's figure out the droid's quirk rather than throw one in.

Being the Outer Rim, the ability to speak Huttese and move and groove with the grottier elements of society would work.
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Would @ethanjory like to create an NPC Aide to Senator Ordo? Or use an Android to play the role of the Aide? Both work. @Sanity43217@CaptainBritton and I could create a second character or simply three NPCs we each control to act as additional PSOs.
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Would @ethanjory like to create an NPC Aide to Senator Ordo?

It appears you have chosen someone named, T'sara to serve as your Aide or Personal Assistant. Good first post, Ethan jory.
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When I posted Vando was doing a perimeter sweep to see if there were any threats to the Senator. What sort of bad guys or lurkers could possibly be out there? I could have him re-enter the meeting room and let the other security personnel know what is out there.
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When I posted Vando was doing a perimeter sweep to see if there were any threats to the Senator. What sort of bad guys or lurkers could possibly be out there? I could have him re-enter the meeting room and let the other security personnel know what is out there.


Good question. I'd say there's a degree of surveillance by the Rothanan Security Service, but it's not necessarily targeting the Senator so much as securing him.

Though, in practice, they could easily start surveiling the Senator and his team.
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