Bah! I really tried but even after cutting the second half out of that post, it got long because of the damned speech!
Apologies there, it looks like it may take a bit longer for me to get used to this short post thing.
Kalan, I leave you with full rights to Rp the Vice Admiral in charge of Belisarius. RP him as often or as unoften as you wish, the decision to move where is also yours. If you need assistance, ask me or Laz or Titus to help you out, I am sure they can give you ideas and the like.
Titus, I leave you obviously in charge of the Mechanised Legion, however, I also leave you with full rights to control any NPCs within the Task Force Belisarius related to the Army. Use them as you see fit. Naturally you are free not to use them if you so wish.
Note as this seemed to have been an issue: The entire fleet/army NPCs are open for both your uses whenever and however you deem necessary or acceptable.This was the case when I asked you to join up in Belisarius, and it is the case now and will be the case unless Laz or the Admin Staff deems otherwise. Naturally I expect common sense in terms of IC terms, and naturally IC constraints are the only ones placed upon you in my PoV from the Faction. This goes for me as well as you two, and I am sure Laz will not mind me saying that we should know you enough by now that we don't expect you two to just run off with half the Imperial military just because you could OOC wise. If anything like my inactivity or what nots comes up again, feel free to find out what I had planned via PM or something and I am sure someone will find a way to get the data out of me. Apologies for the misunderstanding on the concept of who ran the show. You lot do as much as I, just I have a plan of sorts in me head that you guys might like to have.
The Sith Theater
In light of that, let me inform you my plan for the Sith Space operation, imperials are free to amend and change this as you deem fit, I trust the other factions will guess some if not a lot of these and place entertainment for us along the way:
Belisarius Course Route: Belderone > Rhen Var, Rhen Var > Muskree, Muskree > Troiken, Troiken > Vaynai, Vaynai > Korriban (Almania is a GW world and thus outside our concern as an RP), Korriban > Mirial, Mirial > Telos, Telos > Ruuria.
(Note that Ziost is the Sith Capital and as per agreement with the higher authorities, the Faction Capitals are not targets of this Operation. Whilst the Empire as a faction probably knows not of Ziost's role as Sith Capital, it does know of its existence and traditional Sith affiliation, and no doubt is a suspect, thus please assume the Empire intends to save it for last as there is a high chance of looting involved in an archaelogical site. Also please note that this operation is designed to be pushed back by Sith Forces over the course of time and that with each passing planet, the number of ships and men in the task forces are also expected to dwindle for obvious reasons. Please also note that local opposition and the like are not to be considered as a target for subdual, as long as they remain civil disturbances that does not threaten the main Imperial garrisons. It will be assumed the job lies with the reserves that come in after you give the signal that the region is safe. Concentrate on moving in, and engaging Sith opposition in both land and space as they are the only organized and unified force available to oppose us. In another words, If the Sith players don't hold their ground or RP the opposition, you need not concern yourself and bog yourselves down with the law enforcement. Have fun attacking each other on generally and common sensically acceptable terms.)
Vispanius Course Route: Belderone > Vorzyd, Vorzyd > Yavin, Yavin > Toprawa, Toprawa > Ord Radama, Ord Radama > Thule, Thule> Elom, Elom > Korriban, Korriban > Mirial.
In addition to these planets and course plotted based on the SLIU map, I have extracted potential targets for those who wish to play around a bit for their own character advancements or what nots they are noted for being Sith planets at one point or another and are uncharted to the best of my knowledge on the SLIU map, however, all have been noted for being located in the Outer Rim, and I cannot confirm if they be close enough to Ziost and Korriban or not. If anyone wishes to give me a lead on where they are so that we can incorporate them into our trajectory, I would be much obliged:
Ashas Ree, System Unknown
Dromund System
Kalsunor, System Unknown
Khar Delba, System Unknown
Korriz, System Unknown
Malachor System
Due to the nature of this operation, an excessive ammount of Ysalamiri is being supplied to the Empire via the Hyper Communications Cartel and the Dominion sources. However, due to the nature of this operation being too vast even for these organizations, never mind the Yslamiri breeding limit, please keep in mind that unless a player specifically states so, Ysalamiri is not to be considered a standard issue item, but instead a sort of good luck charm for the highest ranked officers of the operation instead. Most vessels will not contain enough Ysalamiri.
Also due to the operation's nature, please note that the Imperial Security Bureau appears keen in Sith artefacts and archeological sites. While not as interested as to come with the front line troops, those interested in exploiting this fact, especially on the Sith side are kindly invited to note these people will definetly be on the second and third wave of reinforcements who will be charged with maintaining Imperial foothold over their new territories. Imperials on the other hand are requested to start off with a stance assuming that the ISB are there simply to destroy such artefacts after they finish gathering them all up. Those wishing to be suspicious are free to do so from post one, having taken note of the assumption as a base line to begin the investigation.
Please kindly note all of this was supposed to go into the IC post so that the other players can plan ahead and plot against my plots IC wise once they come to fruition. With the request to slim down the posts, I am unable to provide said details for your ease and thus they appear in this OOC format. Naturally not all of them are for Imperials, and not all of them are for the other faction members. However, I shall assume most of these details will land on all participants laps over the course of the next few pages.
Please also note that given space, I will revisit some of these points over the posts to come when they become more relevant.
The Corporate Theater
I leave this entirely in Laz's hands. As much as I dislike giving him a share of my homework that I volunteered the Empire for to Sal's perusal, I must admit now that he be here, and willing to RP along, there be no better a man to deal with the CSA situation.
The Rebel Theater
Please not all Rebels and Jedi paying attention to these threads (IC and OOC one I mean), Within the next couple of posts, Dominion Space, traditionally New Republic Sympathising (save the current governments in power alongside the corrupt military forces et cetera) space, will be overstretched and in dire need of reinforcements due to Avrielle and von Schwartzkrieg's move. This is the same thing that was due to happen in the Act of Union thread that now unfortunately lies dead and is a perfect opportunity for you to increase your unity and uniformity, communication and the like. Please also keep in mind that most of the Dominion Forces' power lies in the Urban areas leaving a lot of the countryside free for local Rebel forces to pool themselves in. As Kal and Aida has unfortunately left us without unifying all these native resistance movements, they have up to recently been unable to inflict serious blow to the Dominion nor Imperial leadership.
This is the second time overstretch has come about but this is an intentional overstretch that may or may not be obvious depending on how much information you believe you can possibly have. A radical group will bomb Ministry Palace on Commenor in the coming posts when I get the chance and Lord Rahven, Governor of Commenor and Governor General of the Dominion as a whole will be reported Dead. This in turn will again give you an excellent opportunity to utilise and make the Rebel Alliance once more. However, please keep in mind that this is planned by Izaak von Schwartzkrieg and will be welcomed by all of his minions. None of the planets will go over to your side completely yet save those you have already such as Naboo, who will appear neutral in the entire conflict anyways. However, please note that I do plan to accomodate your wishes and ambitions and so if you wish to inform me of something I should know about to make your lives easier, then I shall stress once more I await your messages. Afterall, it is my wish to see some Rebel victories for a bit to ensure your continued presence.
Please also be not too surprised when Rahven comes back onto the galactic stage. He is backed up and has several clone copies, which goes for all of the members of the Order of the Contra Mundus. Please also note that his death is intended and planned and thus allowed to take place on Commenor.
Pirate Front
I await to hear from the Pirates on whether they wish to enter this in which case I am sure I can find some ways to accomodate your entry. While Laz is concerned about me making too many enemies of the Empire, it appears to me that by now there is little chance of that fact being avoided considering we are the largest active (ICly not OOCly) force out here at the moment. Piracy, Buccaneering, and general lawlessness comes with greed and I am sure we can work out some supply convoys and the like which will no doubt be traveling down the artery and life-line for the operation that is the Perlemian trade route.
Thank you all for your patience, I hope this is sufficient data to work on. Queries shall be answered with the best of my abilities. Also please note this is not set to stone. I am open to recommendations, amendments, revisions, overhauls, cancelations, et cetera.
Izzy.
EDIT: And please for the love of the Gods! If you have any assumption that I be running this thread, throw it all away! I have a lot of plots and schemes going on, yes, but your schemes and plots are much welcomed. If anyone wishes to hijack this thread and believes they can do so, I will gladly see that day come for once!
Apologies there, it looks like it may take a bit longer for me to get used to this short post thing.
Kalan, I leave you with full rights to Rp the Vice Admiral in charge of Belisarius. RP him as often or as unoften as you wish, the decision to move where is also yours. If you need assistance, ask me or Laz or Titus to help you out, I am sure they can give you ideas and the like.
Titus, I leave you obviously in charge of the Mechanised Legion, however, I also leave you with full rights to control any NPCs within the Task Force Belisarius related to the Army. Use them as you see fit. Naturally you are free not to use them if you so wish.
Note as this seemed to have been an issue: The entire fleet/army NPCs are open for both your uses whenever and however you deem necessary or acceptable.This was the case when I asked you to join up in Belisarius, and it is the case now and will be the case unless Laz or the Admin Staff deems otherwise. Naturally I expect common sense in terms of IC terms, and naturally IC constraints are the only ones placed upon you in my PoV from the Faction. This goes for me as well as you two, and I am sure Laz will not mind me saying that we should know you enough by now that we don't expect you two to just run off with half the Imperial military just because you could OOC wise. If anything like my inactivity or what nots comes up again, feel free to find out what I had planned via PM or something and I am sure someone will find a way to get the data out of me. Apologies for the misunderstanding on the concept of who ran the show. You lot do as much as I, just I have a plan of sorts in me head that you guys might like to have.
The Sith Theater
In light of that, let me inform you my plan for the Sith Space operation, imperials are free to amend and change this as you deem fit, I trust the other factions will guess some if not a lot of these and place entertainment for us along the way:
Belisarius Course Route: Belderone > Rhen Var, Rhen Var > Muskree, Muskree > Troiken, Troiken > Vaynai, Vaynai > Korriban (Almania is a GW world and thus outside our concern as an RP), Korriban > Mirial, Mirial > Telos, Telos > Ruuria.
(Note that Ziost is the Sith Capital and as per agreement with the higher authorities, the Faction Capitals are not targets of this Operation. Whilst the Empire as a faction probably knows not of Ziost's role as Sith Capital, it does know of its existence and traditional Sith affiliation, and no doubt is a suspect, thus please assume the Empire intends to save it for last as there is a high chance of looting involved in an archaelogical site. Also please note that this operation is designed to be pushed back by Sith Forces over the course of time and that with each passing planet, the number of ships and men in the task forces are also expected to dwindle for obvious reasons. Please also note that local opposition and the like are not to be considered as a target for subdual, as long as they remain civil disturbances that does not threaten the main Imperial garrisons. It will be assumed the job lies with the reserves that come in after you give the signal that the region is safe. Concentrate on moving in, and engaging Sith opposition in both land and space as they are the only organized and unified force available to oppose us. In another words, If the Sith players don't hold their ground or RP the opposition, you need not concern yourself and bog yourselves down with the law enforcement. Have fun attacking each other on generally and common sensically acceptable terms.)
Vispanius Course Route: Belderone > Vorzyd, Vorzyd > Yavin, Yavin > Toprawa, Toprawa > Ord Radama, Ord Radama > Thule, Thule> Elom, Elom > Korriban, Korriban > Mirial.
In addition to these planets and course plotted based on the SLIU map, I have extracted potential targets for those who wish to play around a bit for their own character advancements or what nots they are noted for being Sith planets at one point or another and are uncharted to the best of my knowledge on the SLIU map, however, all have been noted for being located in the Outer Rim, and I cannot confirm if they be close enough to Ziost and Korriban or not. If anyone wishes to give me a lead on where they are so that we can incorporate them into our trajectory, I would be much obliged:
Ashas Ree, System Unknown
Dromund System
Kalsunor, System Unknown
Khar Delba, System Unknown
Korriz, System Unknown
Malachor System
Due to the nature of this operation, an excessive ammount of Ysalamiri is being supplied to the Empire via the Hyper Communications Cartel and the Dominion sources. However, due to the nature of this operation being too vast even for these organizations, never mind the Yslamiri breeding limit, please keep in mind that unless a player specifically states so, Ysalamiri is not to be considered a standard issue item, but instead a sort of good luck charm for the highest ranked officers of the operation instead. Most vessels will not contain enough Ysalamiri.
Also due to the operation's nature, please note that the Imperial Security Bureau appears keen in Sith artefacts and archeological sites. While not as interested as to come with the front line troops, those interested in exploiting this fact, especially on the Sith side are kindly invited to note these people will definetly be on the second and third wave of reinforcements who will be charged with maintaining Imperial foothold over their new territories. Imperials on the other hand are requested to start off with a stance assuming that the ISB are there simply to destroy such artefacts after they finish gathering them all up. Those wishing to be suspicious are free to do so from post one, having taken note of the assumption as a base line to begin the investigation.
Please kindly note all of this was supposed to go into the IC post so that the other players can plan ahead and plot against my plots IC wise once they come to fruition. With the request to slim down the posts, I am unable to provide said details for your ease and thus they appear in this OOC format. Naturally not all of them are for Imperials, and not all of them are for the other faction members. However, I shall assume most of these details will land on all participants laps over the course of the next few pages.
Please also note that given space, I will revisit some of these points over the posts to come when they become more relevant.
The Corporate Theater
I leave this entirely in Laz's hands. As much as I dislike giving him a share of my homework that I volunteered the Empire for to Sal's perusal, I must admit now that he be here, and willing to RP along, there be no better a man to deal with the CSA situation.
The Rebel Theater
Please not all Rebels and Jedi paying attention to these threads (IC and OOC one I mean), Within the next couple of posts, Dominion Space, traditionally New Republic Sympathising (save the current governments in power alongside the corrupt military forces et cetera) space, will be overstretched and in dire need of reinforcements due to Avrielle and von Schwartzkrieg's move. This is the same thing that was due to happen in the Act of Union thread that now unfortunately lies dead and is a perfect opportunity for you to increase your unity and uniformity, communication and the like. Please also keep in mind that most of the Dominion Forces' power lies in the Urban areas leaving a lot of the countryside free for local Rebel forces to pool themselves in. As Kal and Aida has unfortunately left us without unifying all these native resistance movements, they have up to recently been unable to inflict serious blow to the Dominion nor Imperial leadership.
This is the second time overstretch has come about but this is an intentional overstretch that may or may not be obvious depending on how much information you believe you can possibly have. A radical group will bomb Ministry Palace on Commenor in the coming posts when I get the chance and Lord Rahven, Governor of Commenor and Governor General of the Dominion as a whole will be reported Dead. This in turn will again give you an excellent opportunity to utilise and make the Rebel Alliance once more. However, please keep in mind that this is planned by Izaak von Schwartzkrieg and will be welcomed by all of his minions. None of the planets will go over to your side completely yet save those you have already such as Naboo, who will appear neutral in the entire conflict anyways. However, please note that I do plan to accomodate your wishes and ambitions and so if you wish to inform me of something I should know about to make your lives easier, then I shall stress once more I await your messages. Afterall, it is my wish to see some Rebel victories for a bit to ensure your continued presence.
Please also be not too surprised when Rahven comes back onto the galactic stage. He is backed up and has several clone copies, which goes for all of the members of the Order of the Contra Mundus. Please also note that his death is intended and planned and thus allowed to take place on Commenor.
Pirate Front
I await to hear from the Pirates on whether they wish to enter this in which case I am sure I can find some ways to accomodate your entry. While Laz is concerned about me making too many enemies of the Empire, it appears to me that by now there is little chance of that fact being avoided considering we are the largest active (ICly not OOCly) force out here at the moment. Piracy, Buccaneering, and general lawlessness comes with greed and I am sure we can work out some supply convoys and the like which will no doubt be traveling down the artery and life-line for the operation that is the Perlemian trade route.
Thank you all for your patience, I hope this is sufficient data to work on. Queries shall be answered with the best of my abilities. Also please note this is not set to stone. I am open to recommendations, amendments, revisions, overhauls, cancelations, et cetera.
Izzy.
EDIT: And please for the love of the Gods! If you have any assumption that I be running this thread, throw it all away! I have a lot of plots and schemes going on, yes, but your schemes and plots are much welcomed. If anyone wishes to hijack this thread and believes they can do so, I will gladly see that day come for once!
