Check sensors for any nearby planets to roughly gauge our position.
Use whatever means of communication was just used (the not-broken-anymore transponder I guess) to report in to our superiors.
report in to our superiors
(Curious, is this each of us acting as our own person or all controlling a single person? I believe it is the former, but I wish to make certain.)
((He mentions individuals as performing actions, so it's not a SG.))Check sensors for any nearby planets to roughly gauge our position.
Snail555 checks the ship's scanners.
(Curious, is this each of us acting as our own person or all controlling a single person? I believe it is the former, but I wish to make certain.)((He mentions individuals as performing actions, so it's not a SG.))Check sensors for any nearby planets to roughly gauge our position.
Snail555 checks the ship's scanners.
"What? Don't be ridiculous. Standard protocol clearly indicates we report in to our superiors and await further orders. Have you all forgotten your basic goddamn training? It is not our place to go gallivanting around the galaxy like a band of plucky rebel scum. You are all trained Imperial officers, so start acting like it dammit."
"As for your rebel, maybe look at all of those who abandon their post in a time of crisis. That's enough for a court martial, at the very least."
"And I'm not ordering anyone around, Zan. I suggest you calm yourself. We have no reason to believe the transponder has been sabotaged by anyone but Commander Tells, and a great deal of reason to believe he was waiting on something that seems to have not occurred."
"'Standard protocol' doesn't apply when nothing's working as it's supposed to. We have no official mission. We have no Imperial transponder. We have no chain of command. We have no idea what just happened here. Lord Vader himself has just enacted an administrative shift in our presence.
It is our eminent duty to figure out what just happened here, to the best of our ability, before returning. Assuming, of course, that we have anywhere in particular to return to; without a transponder and under black ops orders from someone who's just been executed as either a traitor or a waste of time, getting back and explaining ourselves is likely to be considerably stickier than 'protocol' indicates.
And I'm not ordering anyone around, Zan. I suggest you calm yourself. We have no reason to believe the transponder has been sabotaged by anyone but Commander Tells, and a great deal of reason to believe he was waiting on something that seems to have not occurred."
"Easy, The rebels would rather have us defected, rather than killed as none of us are at the point where they'd actually shoot us on sight. Now, would everybody calm down and stop the accusations before I start shooting based on some of those being thrown around.
Now, with Tells sentenced as a traitor and dead, we aren't beholden to his orders. We could get everything fixed once we head back to base, and explain the whole situation."
(Curious, is this each of us acting as our own person or all controlling a single person? I believe it is the former, but I wish to make certain.)
If possible, check on what my pay-grade level is now to before we got out here, any nearby deployments, official status of the ship, and if I am officially dead or not.
where is the nearest imperial base (that is not a small outpost), and how long would it take to get there?
Ask the navigation computer for a list of nearby Imperial outposts.
Oh, and try to get in contact with the ship's technician.
Go through he late commander's affects, try to discern just what he was trying to do out here exactly.
Also attempt to find out what the late commander was up to, but in the form of going to check that sealed container in the cargo bay.
Activate one of the Astromech Utility Droids.Win GameThose bastards are dependable, and one should be able to fix the transponder.
Take a look at the transponder myself. See if I can figure out what's wrong with it, or if I can figure out what the droid thinks is wrong with it. Order it not to actually reactivate it yet, however.
Review logs of sensor data, both ordinary space and hyperspace if we have both types, from the time we arrived out here to now, or from one week ago. Check primarily for anomalous or missing sections of the log.
check in on the transmission log to see if there were any non-authorized transmissions and compare all transmissions made to points where the once per minute microsecond engage/disengage, input as an automatic process on one especially paranoid day, is missing due to usage of the communications array.
if possible, try to gain the psychological and biographical profiles of crew members
reopen channel to base back to base:
"Transponder is broken. We can report in to the nearest imperial base to check in. You can send an escort should you want, so they can visually confirm our identity."
attempt to subdue Radio Controlled from getting us arrested/murdered. We are clearly on a mission above the contacts pay grade.
Bridge Officer Snail: Major Navigator, Minor Communications Officer
I'd say we save coordinates of our current location. Whatever the late captain wants to do here might come in question later.
what do we need to do to plot a course and go places, just order the appropriate npc? Oh, and check if I have my cose cylinder and stuff on me.
who is on the bridge right now?
Do we have any stormtroopers?
Taricus is a stormtrooper. Guess we'll see if anyone else signs up as one.(Just remember we only have the two suits!)
Pick up and pocket the late commander's credit chip and code cylinder, and secure them into my jacket so that no-one else can use them.
save coordinates of our current location. Whatever the late captain wants to do here might come in question later.
((Question, doesn't plotting jumps take some time, with longer jumps needing more calculation time? ))
Or can we assume instant plotting?
Review what protocol for transponder failure is. Surely we have other identification methods. Comm codes for example, as I doubt our communucations are unsecured.
Review what Imperial procedures call for the wiping of the transponder. Mutiny, Piracy, scuttling ...
(Gm comment: ...I actually don't understand what you're asking for.)
((Man Zan, you're going to be /really/ disposable XD))
"Of course. But it'll take a while to get back to civilised space so I may as well do it now. It shouldn't take too long from my regular duties at any rate. At the very least I'll keep the cylinder and credstick on me to prevent anyone else using them."
Lieutenant Ghazkull (Major Ground Assault Unit Tactics / Minor Power Suit Operator)
Try and re-open a channel to Lord Vader. Dare death by asking him politely what our mission was since we never got a briefing from our deceased officer and what our new orders are now that hes dead.
Name: Iituem
Rank: Petty Officer (Logistics)
Homeworld: Sacorria (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sacorria)
Psych Evaluation: This man is an utter moron. He can cook and mix drinks, and that is the best that can be said of him. Tests indicate below-average attention span, reasoning ability and a tendency to day dream. He is an embarrassment to the Empire and in a just Galaxy would be shot and used for fertiliser.
Not that anyone's going to read this, because his cousin's Tarkin's P.A. and he'll get the job out of nepotism. If some future captain is reading this, I'm sorry. Do yourself a favour and kick him out of the airlock at the first opportunity.
Midshipman Bfel, while I do appreciate the desire for constructive initiative, I think it'll be better that we not tamper with our means of officially identifying ourselves.
Get psychological profiles of all crew members (living or dead) for review and ranking of rebel likelihood.
(Character programmed input into the transmitter to send out every minute a one microsecond signal to either one of the TIE fighter receivers, or on-board system check reciever. Used to detect if someone deleted a transmission from the log, as the cycle would show a missing area where there is no cycle and no logged transmission.)
Get psychological profiles of all crew members (living or dead) for review and ranking of rebel likelihood.
Name: Iituem
Rank: Petty Officer (Logistics)
Homeworld: Sacorria (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sacorria)
Psych Evaluation: This man is an utter moron. He can cook and mix drinks, and that is the best that can be said of him. Tests indicate below-average attention span, reasoning ability and a tendency to day dream. He is an embarrassment to the Empire and in a just Galaxy would be shot and used for fertiliser. Not that anyone's going to read this, because his cousin's Tarkin's P.A. and he'll get the job out of nepotism. If some future captain is reading this, I'm sorry. Do yourself a favour and kick him out of the airlock at the first opportunity.
Try and re-open a channel to Lord Vader
if I see people randomly trying to work the comms console, prevent it through non-hostile means. Like standing in front of it or something.
P.O. Iituem entered med-bay, looked around for a bit and then tried to find the ship's doctor on the computer. Funny, he hadn't seen the man in days. Actually, had anyone? The computer came up with no clear results, so he returned to the bridge with the body bag.
"Anyone know anything about the crate in cargo? It's under Tell's name, but otherwise, there's no information on it at all. I'm bringing it up there so you all can see this."
"Bridge officer Snail, set course for Ryloth and move into hyperspace once you are ready.
Aye sir!
But there aren't any other programmers on the ship, so that's probably not a huge concern.
But there aren't any other programmers on the ship, so that's probably not a huge concern.
((UMMM...))
What kind of official ways of identification are there apart from the transponder? Could one, for example, plug in his cylinder and use that as a ways of identification, coupled to a video feed?
Midshipman Bfel, while I do appreciate the desire for constructive initiative, I think it'll be better that we not tamper with our means of officially identifying ourselves.
No t-t-tampering involved with them actually sir. The cylinders ALREADY track stuff for Imperial I-Intelligence. My suggestion is we tap into the system that's already there. T-Though if you don't want to open that can I understand sir.
Midshipman Bfel, while I do appreciate the desire for constructive initiative, I think it'll be better that we not tamper with our means of officially identifying ourselves.
No t-t-tampering involved with them actually sir. The cylinders ALREADY track stuff for Imperial I-Intelligence. My suggestion is we tap into the system that's already there. T-Though if you don't want to open that can I understand sir.
Ahem, sir?
Midshipman Bfel, while I do appreciate the desire for constructive initiative, I think it'll be better that we not tamper with our means of officially identifying ourselves.
No t-t-tampering involved with them actually sir. The cylinders ALREADY track stuff for Imperial I-Intelligence. My suggestion is we tap into the system that's already there. T-Though if you don't want to open that can I understand sir.
Ahem, sir?
"Oh, sorry, lots going on at the same time here. Anyways, how would you propose to do this exactly? Far as I know these cylinders don't have a wireless signal, do they?"
While some officers considered the cylinders a mere mark of their status, the devices were also programmed to give the Empire a detailed knowledge of its servicemen's actions. The Imperial computer network kept detailed records of every cylinder's activity, including every time a sensitive file was accessed or a high-security area was entered. Such logs were monitored by agents of the Imperial Security Bureau who scanned the records in search of suspicious behavior—including over-frequent access to a secured file or area.[4]
No character names. For games with this many players, they make it difficult to keep track of things.Aye aye, sir.
Give the crate a good death glare, then head up to the bridge as asked.((The mystery is struck in the crate with a *death glare*, severing the part and causing it to sail in an arc! Had to.))
"Seriously, what is going on here? Was that a body bag?"
"Blast. There were always rumors at the Academy, but I always figured...damn. Other than that, what's the situation? Don't tell me somebody wants to get back in contact with tall, dark, and deadly."
Quite obviously Officer Radio Controlled, i am doing the sane thing here. Nobody knows our orders, except for one person and thats Lord Vader. Now if you don't want to contact him yourself i am more than willing to do so but indeed we should contact him and find out what the hell we are supposed to do here.IronyOwl coughed loudly.
"Nope. Been meaning to, though. Got a bitch of a headache. Ugh. Should probably make myself useful. Who's taken command now, anyway?""As far as I can tell, whoever's loudest at the moment."
Review further Psychological Profiles and rank by rebel likeliness.
After this is finished, program in the security measure.
reactivate the transponder.
see if we have any painkillers for GentlemanRaptor.
The Petty Officer bags up the Commander in the ridiculous body bag and heads down to sick bay
go to intercom, make ship wide announcement:
"All hands report to the bridge. This is not a drill."
Stumble, bleary-eyed, onto the bridge.
heads back up to the bridge.
head up to the bridge as asked.
Pondering the apparent disappearance of the Doc, Iituem found a free terminal and set the ship's computer to do a full sweep of the ship for the doctor, as well as checking the airlock logs for any recent departures in the last four days.
try and recontact nearby outposts again
Snail opens up a communication channel.
if I see people randomly trying to work the comms console, prevent it through non-hostile means. Like standing in front of it or something.
"You are a crewmember on an imperial starship, not a child. Start acting like it."Pfft, gotcha! We've nothing else to do, might as well try communicating with them again. It's not like they will be busier than whatever they have on Ryloth.
To the officer: Yes, we are indeed the ship that has just contacted you. We would like to reinstate that our commander has been, ahem, disciplined by the Lord Vader. We wish to requisition docking permissions at your outpost or a referral to another one for installment of a new commanding officer.
If request is granted, get my flight suit on if I'm not already wearing it, and go check on the TIEs. I doubt there's a way to lock them up, but see what all I can do.
(You realize we are in hyperspace, right?)(I'm not familiar with how hyperspace works. If you can't leave the ship by any means, then it's a moot request. Or at least one that'll have to wait until we drop back to normal space.)
(Basically, you jump out, you go from "Faster then light" to "Drifting" instantaneously. With no inertial compensation. I.E. you splat across a billion miles of space(You realize we are in hyperspace, right?)(I'm not familiar with how hyperspace works. If you can't leave the ship by any means, then it's a moot request. Or at least one that'll have to wait until we drop back to normal space.)
((...Someone should weaponize that.))(Basically, you jump out, you go from "Faster then light" to "Drifting" instantaneously. With no inertial compensation. I.E. you splat across a billion miles of space(You realize we are in hyperspace, right?)(I'm not familiar with how hyperspace works. If you can't leave the ship by any means, then it's a moot request. Or at least one that'll have to wait until we drop back to normal space.)
At least that's the depiction I would assume happens.)
"Besides, everything will be fine."
(Also, who could hear that conversation? Only snail right? I assume the comms officer has something like headphones or earplugs to clearly hear over the bustle of the bridge?)((Given that we overheard Vader's chat and the state of communications in the movies in general, I'm guessing it's reasonably safe to assume we all heard it.))
(Also, who could hear that conversation?
Lieutenant RadioControlled, as far as i am concerned i am also a Lieutenant unless my rank has suddenly changed. In any case i would like to try to reestablish contact with Lord Vader he is propably the only one who knows our original orders. If you don't want to contact him thats fine i'll talk to him, but for emperors sake let me contact that man and get our new orders.
"Look. That conversation over comms sounded suspicious as all hell. We need to be prepared for anything as soon as we get out of hyperspace. So. One of you, get on the defensive console and get ready to bring up shields. It can't hurt."
((Uhh, I was whispering. Quieter than he was. Didn't see the waiting for confirmation. DM, have mercy.))
"Provide the co-ordinates once we reach our destination. Unless we run into an interdictor-class cruiser, we're not getting out of hyperspace until we reach Ryloth."
So erm guys? What do we do? Can't keep this guy waiting for too long...
"There's no point in making a course correction. They can just forward the data to the base at Ryloth at any rate."
"You really are a TIE pilot aren't you? The navicomputer plots the course whicdh the ship then follows. Once it's in hyperspace, only by reaching the destination, or a mass shadow can drag us out. We can't just 'drop out' of hyperspace any time we liked barring shutting of the hyperdrive."
((Pretty much all from here (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hyperspace), making a few assumptions based on the facts there.))
An individual could survive in an escape pod ejected in hyperspace, but if the pod lacked a hyperdrive of its own, reversion to realspace would be impossible.
Snail mutes the comm microphone.
Go and inspect the stormtrooper armour and the blaster rifles while waiting.
If the thick-headed comms officers let me finally contact Lord Vader, ask him in a very polite tone what our new orders are since he more or less killed the only one on the ship who knew what our original orders were...
Snail moves to disengage hyperspace drive.
Soon after they drop out of hyperspace
Do I notice that suspicious behaviour at my console?
"You heard the same as I did, Lieutenant. Let's drop out and be vigilant.""We have agreement then. Mr. Snail, take us out of hyperspace please."
BFEL heads to the cargo hold to take stock of what electronics we have available, as well as discern what we might be low on.
...Actually, go check to make sure that guy checking on the blaster rifles is alright.
Snail pushes the button.
log my console out. If needed, talk to the base contact, and be as thruthful to them as reasonably possible.
BFEL heads to the bridge to give his report on the inventory in thecargo holdworkshop
((...Someone should weaponize that.))(Basically, you jump out, you go from "Faster then light" to "Drifting" instantaneously. With no inertial compensation. I.E. you splat across a billion miles of space(You realize we are in hyperspace, right?)(I'm not familiar with how hyperspace works. If you can't leave the ship by any means, then it's a moot request. Or at least one that'll have to wait until we drop back to normal space.)
At least that's the depiction I would assume happens.)
"...When we drop out of hyperspace, that is, Sir."
Hey dude, not cool, I was so totally in control back there.((It was meant more as 'in case they ask to speak to the person nominally in charge, get to the line' and not 'interrupt someone just like that'. Oh well, same outcome probably..))
Snail heads off to get some lunch.
Workshop inventory"Noted. I think I'll hang on to my head for now though."
* 5,000cr worth of electronics components
* 2.000cr worth of droid components
* 5,000cr worth of cybernetic components
* 40hp worth of ship hull repair components
BFEL heads to the bridge to give his report on the inventory in the cargo hold.
Anybody feel like getting b-borged?
"Get everything prepared for a jump to Kaytara 6. If we come under attack, we can jump and then exit hyperspace before we get there. If it turns out the escort turns out to be one, we'd be ready to head out."
Better get the gunnery officer ready too.
Snail plots the course for Kaytara 6.
"You guys deal with that, I'll be right back."
Snail heads off to get some lunch.
"Officer Snail, plot that course for us."
talk. Plot that course myself if snail doesn't do it.
Snail plots the course for Kaytara 6.
Head down to the airlock
Zanzetkuken
* Skills: (major)Starfighter pilot (minor)Programmer
* Inventory: Naval officer's uniform, personal code cylinder
* Area access: (Cargo) Console access: (Airlock)
Armory
* 9 Imperial light blasters pistols
* 4 Blastec blaster rifles
* 20 blaster gas replacement clips
* 2 standard stormtrooper armored suits
* 10 1-hour air supply and N/B/C replacement filters
* 1 light combat droid
* 2 astromech utility droids
* 4 magnetic EVA clamps
* 2 hull-penetrating boarding lasers
* 2 TIE/EVA flight suits
Is the airlock really where you want to go?
Put on one of the sets of stormtrooper armour and take a blaster rifle (AKA the on-duty gear), then head up onto the bridge.
Head back up to the bridge myself.
Head down to the
Armory
Check Weapon Systems.
but he's not exactly an astrogator(This is horrifying)
GentlemanRaptor strides over to RadioControlled and whispers."I anounced for all hands to man their posts. I'd not call for a full action stations alert yet though. Some of the men seem very agitated, so best not to make them too jumpy by making it seem we're about to be attacked.
"Should we sound action stations? If something goes awry, being prepared couldn't hurt."
"No need to leave for lunch, sir." Iituem presents a droid-ful of sandwiches and light drinks.Ah, thank you.
Head over to the engineering Console. Check if everything's fine.
Snail helps himself to a sandwich
and drink
return to the bridge.
((We can power down our sublight drives while still keeping our hyperdrive spooled up, right?"
(So did I find any Astrogators under my bed or not? :P)((We can power down our sublight drives while still keeping our hyperdrive spooled up, right?"
Sure. But it's unlikely to escape their notice if you do.
"Hold the kriffing com-link, Lieutenant! An escort ship would not be ordering us to power down and be boarded. That's what we do to hostiles. Plus, the timing is wrong. Something's off here. Bridge Officer Snail, prepare to jump to Kaytara 6 on my mark."
GentlemanRaptor moves to sound Action Stations.
((We can power down our sublight drives while still keeping our hyperdrive spooled up, right?))
(So did I find any Astrogators under my bed or not? :P)
"Nothing I've said gets in the way of powering down our engines, bar the instruction to prepare to jump.
I'll let you stand down our sublights and hyperdrive
"I pray this turns out well for us, I really do. No more objections from my quarter. Let's get ready to receive our guests. Lieutenant, who should greet the boarding party?"
Alright, yessir. If anything goes wrong, I'm holding it up to you, RC."Naturally."
Snail powers down the engines.
((As a side note, how long does it take for a hyperdrive to power up/get coordinates inputted, assuming they were already calculated beforehand?))
Snail powers down the engines.
Ghazkull retroactively puts on his own Uniform and blaster before returning to the bridge and aiding Taricus.
Make sure I'm wearing my flight suit, get ready to run to the airlocks, but don't go yet.
Heat to my quarters from the armory.
Move out to meet our boarders.
GentlemanRaptor heads down to wherever the boarding party is coming aboard
"R8, can you send a message to IG-97? Have him park behind a bulkhead near the airlock. No further orders, just close by in case I get further orders."
Isn't it a bit late to do things the difficult way? We've already abandoned our position, given up on figuring out what happened
shrug at our superiors and insist that we don't know any more about this than they do."
I KNEW IT! Damn shame that things had to end so quickly, though. Wish more of the crew shared my paranoid tendencies.
I KNEW IT! Damn shame that things had to end so quickly, though. Wish more of the crew shared my paranoid tendencies.
Well, this kind of was to be expected.
Things that could be done to trigger an Imperial investigation are hyper drive activation, raising the shield or firing. Only 4 people have access to these consoles. That are Radio Controlled, Snail555, GentlemanRaptor and me.
Given that, the amount of traitors is far more limited. The others don't have the access to do much damage.
All well ends well. To be honest, I kinda thought the gm would shut it down at some point or force the plot in some direction, but I'm pleasantly surprised to see he played it straight till the end. Kudos to you, Lord of Buckets, I really mean it.
I think we were all under the assumption that you had already assigned the 'Rebels' by PM at the start. I absolutely would have kicked up some trouble, but I assumed that if I was supposed to go Rebel you would have told me, so I slotted into the Loyalist role instead.Also I was operating under similar pretenses.
Edit: To clarify, I thought this was Mafia, and I was a townsperson.
This, really.I think we were all under the assumption that you had already assigned the 'Rebels' by PM at the start. I absolutely would have kicked up some trouble, but I assumed that if I was supposed to go Rebel you would have told me, so I slotted into the Loyalist role instead.Also I was operating under similar pretenses.
Edit: To clarify, I thought this was Mafia, and I was a townsperson.
Dr. Ironyowl could have sedated Radio ControlledOh man, I never even thought about that. It could have been the Vulcan Neck Pinch of the game.
GM tip: If you want some player made chaos, you really need to directly ask for it
which among you are co-conspirators, brought aboard to assist with the treachery? Which among you are loyal officers
of the Empire, merely caught up in circumstance? And if the Commander is brought to justice, will any of you be spared?
I'd be totally for this again
So, amusingly, even though you guys "won" through a non-standard game over, you also unknowingly thwarted the secret plans of the Emperor.
QuoteI'd be totally for this again
Let me think about it. Would need a new premise. And I'm a little concerned that since this game went so far into the Imperial Loyalist side of things, that with a rehash people might be tempted to swing too far in the opposite direction. Mafia isn't exactly what I was going for. I'll see if I can come up with a scenario I like.
This sounds good.QuoteI'd be totally for this again
Let me think about it. Would need a new premise. And I'm a little concerned that since this game went so far into the Imperial Loyalist side of things, that with a rehash people might be tempted to swing too far in the opposite direction. Mafia isn't exactly what I was going for. I'll see if I can come up with a scenario I like.
Could have us be a small group of smugglers or privateers who wind up ambushing a patrol craft similar to the prior one with cargo that Vader is wishing to utilize against the rebels or to take over from the Emperor. Maybe a sample of his own blood to create a new body to transfer his mind to, an ancient Sith artifact, a device that can implant Midi-Chlorians into a subject with consequences, etc. Maybe the group has one 10-11 person 'large' ship with a one or two fighter hanger(s), two 5-6 person 'medium' ships, and two small fighters with all of the ships understaffed so are not working at their best effectiveness (6 or 7 on the 'large' and 2 or 3 on the 'medium'). Just a thought, of course.