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Title: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: MaxTheFox on June 10, 2020, 10:23:56 am
Nobody knows for how long the war has been going on. Three superstates dominate the world, brutally oppressing their people and bombing each other's cities. However none of the world leaders dare to launch nukes, for the other nations also have tens of thousands of nuclear weapons, and a nuclear exchange would lead to a total collapse of civilization. Technology has stagnated, and entire generations have been raised knowing nothing but this world. In the land not occupied by the superpowers there is near-total poverty and anarchy, with bombing runs conducted to ensure no other nations rise from the ashes.

Despite this, there will always be traitors. In the wilderness in the borderlands of the superstates, or under the polluted, crowded industrial cities, there exist thousands of rebel groups. Most don't get away with much besides a single bombing, arson, or shooting before getting caught, but some manage to survive for a long time and have a real, if extremely slim, chance at changing this cursed world. You shall take control of one.


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Code: (Voting sheet) [Select]
Starting Location (can't be within anarchic territory):
Goal (can be anything from liberation of a country to overthrowing the central government to helping another superstate win):
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Glass on June 10, 2020, 10:28:12 am
Hmn...
Let's be in Madagascar. I want to get African independence and make our own superstate - which, of course, requires kicking the other three out of Africa, starting with the EAF.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Rockeater on June 10, 2020, 10:33:20 am
Hmn...
Let's be in Madagascar. I want to get African independence and make our own superstate - which, of course, requires kicking the other three out of Africa, starting with the EAF.
I agree, but I think Mozambique is a better option, preventing the case we get isolated to the island.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: TheSteppeWolf on June 10, 2020, 10:49:03 am
Code: [Select]
Starting Location (can't be within anarchic territory): Northern Mongolia (the part owned by the USSR)
Goal (can be anything from liberation of a country to overthrowing the central government to helping another superstate win): Liberation of Greater Mongolia (the modern country plus Tuva, Buryatia, Western Manchuria, and Chinese Inner Mongolia). Plus whatever else that can split off.
Why not? This is, I think, my first real post on this board but I have been lurking for a time. This also seems slightly more achievable than the other proposition.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Shadowclaw777 on June 10, 2020, 12:37:46 pm
Code: [Select]
Starting Location: Panama
Goal: To reestablish a libertarian left government in this authoritarian right/left political world, through insurgency primarily in the Central American region

Let’s go in Panama so that we can control the Canal, and we would have significant transportation advantage the moment we control this area, and their would be a lot of coastal and naval play
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: King Zultan on June 11, 2020, 05:16:51 am
Taking over Panama seems like it could end poorly for us since it's such an important thing for transport, I think they'd really come down on us to retake it, and we'd have to fight on two fronts.

An island in Asia might be a better place to start and do some navy stuff.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: ZBridges on June 11, 2020, 05:21:10 am
Hmn...
Let's be in Madagascar. I want to get African independence and make our own superstate - which, of course, requires kicking the other three out of Africa, starting with the EAF.
+1
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: MaxTheFox on June 13, 2020, 12:15:59 pm
Still waiting for more votes. If none are chosen I'm going with Madagascar.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: King Zultan on June 14, 2020, 04:14:39 am
Madagascar sounds good to me.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: IncompetentFortressMaker on June 14, 2020, 11:08:29 am
Hmn...
Let's be in Madagascar. I want to get African independence and make our own superstate - which, of course, requires kicking the other three out of Africa, starting with the EAF.
+1 from me
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: MaxTheFox on June 18, 2020, 10:38:52 am
I got my plans together, let's do this.

Mǎdájiāsījiā (officially Mǎdájiāsījiā bǎohù guó), formerly known as Madagascar, is the main African holding of the East Asian Federation (a Chinese-led union of China, Japan, Korea, and many other Asian countries). It is mainly used as a coal and rare earth metal mine, as well as an air base for keeping the African native states down and to attack American South Africa. The natives are either enslaved or are second-class citizens. The capital, Antananarivo, is very polluted, with the skies often being gray from smog billowing from factory smokestacks. The colony is under martial law, with soldiers in place of police enforcing the EAF's brutal laws.

Understandably, in those conditions, there are bound to exist underground rebels. Whether seeking personal gain or more idealistic goals, they can employ ruthless means to disrupt order. The most-recently-founded one is named the Pan-African Liberation Committee. Their stated goal is to first take control of Madagascar, then found their own superstate encompassing all or most of Africa.

But first they have to actually organize.


The group of 15 rebels, recruited from escaped slaves and disillusioned bureaucrats, meets together in the basement of an abandoned residential building, untouched by the surveillance networks. They are safe for now, but their equipment and clout is few. They must procure weapons or connections in society if they wish to succeed.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

What do you do?
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Glass on June 18, 2020, 11:04:52 am
First, we need to collate our knowledge. What do we know of the workings of Madagascar, both in terms of governance and the actual processes that are involved in daily life?
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: IncompetentFortressMaker on June 18, 2020, 11:26:52 am
First, we need to collate our knowledge. What do we know of the workings of Madagascar, both in terms of governance and the actual processes that are involved in daily life?
+1 to that.
Also we need to scout out our prospective "base" area - how close is it to soldiers? how potentially dangerous? how coherent (structural integrity)?
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Rockeater on June 18, 2020, 11:50:12 am
First, we need to collate our knowledge. What do we know of the workings of Madagascar, both in terms of governance and the actual processes that are involved in daily life?
+1 to that.
Also we need to scout out our prospective "base" area - how close is it to soldiers? how potentially dangerous? how coherent (structural integrity)?
+1
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: King Zultan on June 19, 2020, 03:52:34 am
First, we need to collate our knowledge. What do we know of the workings of Madagascar, both in terms of governance and the actual processes that are involved in daily life?
+1 to that.
Also we need to scout out our prospective "base" area - how close is it to soldiers? how potentially dangerous? how coherent (structural integrity)?
+1
+1
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Screech9791 on June 20, 2020, 09:56:05 pm
First, we need to collate our knowledge. What do we know of the workings of Madagascar, both in terms of governance and the actual processes that are involved in daily life?
+1 to that.
Also we need to scout out our prospective "base" area - how close is it to soldiers? how potentially dangerous? how coherent (structural integrity)?
+1
+1
+1
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: evictedSaint on June 20, 2020, 10:12:25 pm
Hello fellow rebels! I am a rebel much like yourselves! I am eager to overthrow the government and perform terroristic acts against an innocent population in order to achieve this goal! Perhaps you can tell me about our current plans, goals, and on-going activities in full detail? I am particularly interested in the locations, times, and people involved.

Down with authority! :D
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Glass on June 20, 2020, 10:15:28 pm
Hello fellow rebels! I am a rebel much like yourselves! I am eager to overthrow the government and perform terroristic acts against an innocent population in order to achieve this goal! Perhaps you can tell me about our current plans, goals, and on-going activities in full detail? I am particularly interested in the locations, times, and people involved.

Down with authority! :D
Ok, stand over... there, and flip the lever.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: The Canadian kitten on June 20, 2020, 10:24:17 pm
First, we need to collate our knowledge. What do we know of the workings of Madagascar, both in terms of governance and the actual processes that are involved in daily life?
+1 to that.
Also we need to scout out our prospective "base" area - how close is it to soldiers? how potentially dangerous? how coherent (structural integrity)?
+1
+1
+1
+1
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Superdorf on June 20, 2020, 10:29:07 pm
Hello fellow rebels! I am a rebel much like yourselves! I am eager to overthrow the government and perform terroristic acts against an innocent population in order to achieve this goal!
Down with authority! :D

I am
so tempted to 'port this to the out-of-context thread

...

...but that would be tasteless
I will refrain

First, we need to collate our knowledge. What do we know of the workings of Madagascar, both in terms of governance and the actual processes that are involved in daily life?
+1 to that.
Also we need to scout out our prospective "base" area - how close is it to soldiers? how potentially dangerous? how coherent (structural integrity)?
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: MaxTheFox on June 24, 2020, 09:50:32 am
Sorry for the late update.

You attempt to bring together your knowledge about Madajiasijia.

It is a colony under direct military rule by the East Asian Army. A large army is stationed in the capital and in ports, composed mainly of conscripted and brainwashed natives, with a significant minority of immigrants from the rest of the East Asian Federation, in which the conditions aren't much better. You don't know the details, but at least here the surveillance network isn't totally all-encompassing. As for daily life... most people wake up early, go to work in factories, the army, or the fields or mines, all with horrid conditions with little to no safety regulations, then go to sleep in tiny, cramped apartments. Education and recreation are very scant, mostly limited to primary and, in the capital, secondary schools, television with only two state-run channels, dry and yet substanceless books (for those who can read) and boring movies laden with obvious propaganda. This depressing rhythm of life is only sometimes interrupted by American bombs that are often launched indiscriminately at population centers, taking dozens of lives.

Your base, such as it is, is located on the outskirts of the city in the basement of a bombed-out building that the government didn't care to demolish or restore. It is far from most "reeducation centers" (that double as police stations and torture camps), and thus soldiers passing by are rare, and nobody ever really goes inside the building besides stray animals. Thus it is fairly safe, with one note: It might partially collapse if the building itself or a nearby factory is bombed, though a full cave-in is unlikely.

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What do you do?
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: IncompetentFortressMaker on June 24, 2020, 09:58:55 am
Search for (and hopefully find) the weakest joints in our base. Once we do that, gather some construction materials from bombed-out shells and whatnot. Once we do that, attempt to reinforce said weak joints with said construction materials.
((Is this too much in one "turn"/whatever you call it?))
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: evictedSaint on June 24, 2020, 09:59:02 am
Petition the Government for permission to peacefully protest.

I need everyone to sign this petition, please - make sure you include your full name and home address.

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Petition to Criticize Government Through Protest
Name:                                                 Home Address:
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Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Rockeater on June 24, 2020, 10:26:13 am
Search for (and hopefully find) the weakest joints in our base. Once we do that, gather some construction materials from bombed-out shells and whatnot. Once we do that, attempt to reinforce said weak joints with said construction materials.
((Is this too much in one "turn"/whatever you call it?))
I think it could be summed up as Reinforce weak points in our base with materials from nearby bombed out buildings
and I +1 that.

Petition the Government for permission to peacefully protest.

I need everyone to sign this petition, please - make sure you include your full name and home address.

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Petition to Criticize Government Through Protest
Name:                                                 Home Address:
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Of course Write list of known powerful figures in the government unrelated to the rebelion, here you go.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: King Zultan on June 25, 2020, 02:38:39 am
Search for (and hopefully find) the weakest joints in our base. Once we do that, gather some construction materials from bombed-out shells and whatnot. Once we do that, attempt to reinforce said weak joints with said construction materials.
((Is this too much in one "turn"/whatever you call it?))
I think it could be summed up as Reinforce weak points in our base with materials from nearby bombed out buildings
and I +1 that.
+1 We shall make this basement our Fortress of Solitude Resistance!
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: evictedSaint on June 25, 2020, 10:15:32 am
Haha yeah! But seriously, sign the petition.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Screech9791 on June 25, 2020, 10:24:31 am
Stop glowing.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Rockeater on June 25, 2020, 11:07:10 am
Haha yeah! But seriously, sign the petition.
Don't worry, they definitely would come if we did a peaceful protest, go check with them, but they are a bit shy  so they would probably say they won't.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: MaxTheFox on July 06, 2020, 08:29:34 am
I will update this tomorrow.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Screech9791 on July 06, 2020, 08:36:18 am
Search for (and hopefully find) the weakest joints in our base. Once we do that, gather some construction materials from bombed-out shells and whatnot. Once we do that, attempt to reinforce said weak joints with said construction materials.
((Is this too much in one "turn"/whatever you call it?))
I think it could be summed up as Reinforce weak points in our base with materials from nearby bombed out buildings
and I +1 that.
+1 We shall make this basement our Fortress of Solitude Resistance!
+1 because this is the only non-suicidal action.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 06, 2020, 09:50:01 am
Search for (and hopefully find) the weakest joints in our base. Once we do that, gather some construction materials from bombed-out shells and whatnot. Once we do that, attempt to reinforce said weak joints with said construction materials.
((Is this too much in one "turn"/whatever you call it?))
I think it could be summed up as Reinforce weak points in our base with materials from nearby bombed out buildings
and I +1 that.
+1 We shall make this basement our Fortress of Solitude Resistance!
+1 because this is the only non-suicidal action.
+1

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Petition to Criticize Government Through Protest
Name:                                                 Home Address:S
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Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Screech9791 on July 06, 2020, 11:05:39 am
Suspious Request Found
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 06, 2020, 11:27:30 am
Suspious Request Found
Yes
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: VoidSlayer on July 09, 2020, 07:36:21 pm
So we should probably figure out a way to distribute information to the masses without getting caught.  Leaflets or a radio or something?

If most of the military is brainwashed I guess we could also try and replace the military communication system and officer corps, but that would be a long term goal.  They don't need to know we are a different master, we tell them the other guys are rebels not us.

We cant keep relying on dedicated comrades like evictedsaint.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 09, 2020, 07:58:05 pm
Search for (and hopefully find) the weakest joints in our base. Once we do that, gather some construction materials from bombed-out shells and whatnot. Once we do that, attempt to reinforce said weak joints with said construction materials.
((Is this too much in one "turn"/whatever you call it?))
I think it could be summed up as Reinforce weak points in our base with materials from nearby bombed out buildings
and I +1 that.
+1 We shall make this basement our Fortress of Solitude Resistance!
+1 because this is the only non-suicidal action.
this isn’t voting again, just bringing the bolded suggestion to the new
So we should probably figure out a way to distribute information to the masses without getting caught.  Leaflets or a radio or something?

If most of the military is brainwashed I guess we could also try and replace the military communication system and officer corps, but that would be a long term goal.  They don't need to know we are a different master, we tell them the other guys are rebels not us.

We cant keep relying on dedicated comrades like evictedsaint.
Agree with the distributing information, but we’re going to need resources first.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: VoidSlayer on July 09, 2020, 08:01:01 pm
Search for (and hopefully find) the weakest joints in our base. Once we do that, gather some construction materials from bombed-out shells and whatnot. Once we do that, attempt to reinforce said weak joints with said construction materials.
((Is this too much in one "turn"/whatever you call it?))
I think it could be summed up as Reinforce weak points in our base with materials from nearby bombed out buildings
and I +1 that.
+1 We shall make this basement our Fortress of Solitude Resistance!
+1 because this is the only non-suicidal action.
this isn’t voting again, just bringing the bolded suggestion to the new
So we should probably figure out a way to distribute information to the masses without getting caught.  Leaflets or a radio or something?

If most of the military is brainwashed I guess we could also try and replace the military communication system and officer corps, but that would be a long term goal.  They don't need to know we are a different master, we tell them the other guys are rebels not us.

We cant keep relying on dedicated comrades like evictedsaint.
Agree with the distributing information, but we’re going to need resources first.

IM READY LETS GO ROB THAT BANK!
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Rockeater on July 10, 2020, 04:02:31 am
Search for (and hopefully find) the weakest joints in our base. Once we do that, gather some construction materials from bombed-out shells and whatnot. Once we do that, attempt to reinforce said weak joints with said construction materials.
((Is this too much in one "turn"/whatever you call it?))
I think it could be summed up as Reinforce weak points in our base with materials from nearby bombed out buildings
and I +1 that.
+1 We shall make this basement our Fortress of Solitude Resistance!
+1 because this is the only non-suicidal action.
this isn’t voting again, just bringing the bolded suggestion to the new
So we should probably figure out a way to distribute information to the masses without getting caught.  Leaflets or a radio or something?

If most of the military is brainwashed I guess we could also try and replace the military communication system and officer corps, but that would be a long term goal.  They don't need to know we are a different master, we tell them the other guys are rebels not us.

We cant keep relying on dedicated comrades like evictedsaint.
Agree with the distributing information, but we’re going to need resources first.

IM READY LETS GO ROB THAT BANK!
Not a smart idea for our first action, we want to at least in the start that our public actions would be against the government, like robbing a state facility.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: MaxTheFox on July 10, 2020, 09:11:57 am
Sorry I had run out of ideas so the update had to be delayed. I'm updating tomorrow. For real.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 10, 2020, 10:12:20 am
Search for (and hopefully find) the weakest joints in our base. Once we do that, gather some construction materials from bombed-out shells and whatnot. Once we do that, attempt to reinforce said weak joints with said construction materials.
((Is this too much in one "turn"/whatever you call it?))
I think it could be summed up as Reinforce weak points in our base with materials from nearby bombed out buildings
and I +1 that.
+1 We shall make this basement our Fortress of Solitude Resistance!
+1 because this is the only non-suicidal action.
this isn’t voting again, just bringing the bolded suggestion to the new
So we should probably figure out a way to distribute information to the masses without getting caught.  Leaflets or a radio or something?

If most of the military is brainwashed I guess we could also try and replace the military communication system and officer corps, but that would be a long term goal.  They don't need to know we are a different master, we tell them the other guys are rebels not us.

We cant keep relying on dedicated comrades like evictedsaint.
Agree with the distributing information, but we’re going to need resources first.

IM READY LETS GO ROB THAT BANK!
Not a smart idea for our first action, we want to at least in the start that our public actions would be against the government, like robbing a state facility.
Agreed. Let’s not rob banks. The suggestion is simply to find weak spots in our building, and use parts of other burned out and abandoned buildings to facilitate repairs.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: evictedSaint on July 10, 2020, 11:57:51 am
We should make a facebook page calling people to action! We can each sign in and comment our support on the page, letting people know that revolution is coming!
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 10, 2020, 12:01:15 pm
We should make a facebook page calling people to action! We can each sign in and comment our support on the page, letting people know that revolution is coming!
You either don’t see the danger in this course of action or you do see it and are attempting to subvert us
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Rockeater on July 10, 2020, 12:03:38 pm
We should make a facebook page calling people to action! We can each sign in and comment our support on the page, letting people know that revolution is coming!
Ah, No one commit to actions on facebook, and doing so would just be a wasto of resouces, you can start and manage one if you want, we would join if it goes somewhere.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Screech9791 on July 10, 2020, 12:33:35 pm
We should make a facebook page calling people to action! We can each sign in and comment our support on the page, letting people know that revolution is coming!
Ah, No one commit to actions on facebook, and doing so would just be a wasto of resouces, you can start and manage one if you want, we would join if it goes somewhere.
-1337
Assuming the superstates formed approximately a few decades before 1984, then Facebook would likely never be made in the first place.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Glass on July 10, 2020, 12:52:03 pm
Motion to evict evictedSaint from proceedings.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 10, 2020, 01:01:03 pm
Motion to evict evictedSaint from proceedings.
Motion Accepted. evictedSaint’s suggestions seem very suspicious, I suspect evictedSaint to be a spy
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Superdorf on July 10, 2020, 01:22:48 pm
Evict evictedSaint-- and let him run back to his superiors with word of our intentions and our whereabouts? T'will never do. Better to execute him and have done with it!
If that turns your stomachs, of course, we could simply restrain him here. Let him speak as he may, kept under lock and chain.

(( I am amused. And disturbed. And amused. Oh yes.  :D ))
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 10, 2020, 01:59:49 pm
A corpse would make wonderful fertilizer for plants in the area, though restraining him here could work, maybe he might accidentally give us some info at some point.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: evictedSaint on July 10, 2020, 02:41:42 pm
wow, a summary execution with no trail?

i thought we were supposed to be the good guys.  ::)
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Rockeater on July 10, 2020, 02:59:53 pm
wow, a summary execution with no trail?

i thought we were supposed to be the good guys.  ::)
Don't worry, we will inform those close to you, is there someone in the government that you are very familiar with? and when and where they are completely alone, so we could inform them personally, not even with cameras in the area, you know, so they can feel freer to express themselves.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: evictedSaint on July 10, 2020, 03:07:39 pm
...you're threatening to kill me? And any friends I might have?
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 10, 2020, 03:13:59 pm
We won’t have to, if you stay here and work with us, not sending info to the government. While the Cordyceps fungus needs to eventually kill its host, be it an ant, fly, spider...it does need to keep the host alive for a time, to allow it to move. I lost where I was going with this analogy while typing it, some education for y’all
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: evictedSaint on July 10, 2020, 03:23:11 pm
???

I have never sent information to the government.  In fact, I've done nothing but brainstorm ways to protest the cruel and unethical practices they've used to oppress us.

You guys are fucking sociopaths.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 10, 2020, 03:24:41 pm
Sending out our names is a dangerous protest tactic, sadly, peaceful protesting simply will not work against a government that prefers war and bombing.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: IncompetentFortressMaker on July 10, 2020, 03:28:08 pm
Quote from: evictedSaint (personal text)
if (ANNOYED_W_FANS==true) { KILL_CHAR(rand()); }
And you call us the sociopaths?
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: evictedSaint on July 10, 2020, 03:38:25 pm
Quote from: evictedSaint (personal text)
if (ANNOYED_W_FANS==true) { KILL_CHAR(rand()); }
And you call us the sociopaths?

You're seriously comparing my fictional story about dwarves and cheese to this real-life struggle against tyranny and oppression???
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Screech9791 on July 10, 2020, 03:47:16 pm
...you're threatening to kill me? And any friends I might have?

Quote from: Is evictedSaint guilty of being a spy that seeks to destroy us from the inside via increasingly suicidal suggestions?
Yes (1): 0cra_tr0per
No (0):
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 10, 2020, 03:49:15 pm
Quote from: Is evictedSaint guilty of being a spy that seeks to destroy us from the inside via increasingly suicidal suggestions?
Yes (2): 0cra_tr0per, NG1999
No (0):
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: VoidSlayer on July 10, 2020, 04:14:40 pm
I stand by evictedsaint and his poorly thought out decisions and thing we should steal spraypaint from construction supplies.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: IncompetentFortressMaker on July 10, 2020, 05:24:57 pm
You're seriously comparing my fictional story about dwarves and cheese to this real-life struggle against tyranny and oppression???
No, I'm comparing your personal text (the stuff below your avatar) to your comment about us being sociopaths.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: evictedSaint on July 10, 2020, 08:40:27 pm
Oh, I was speaking in-character. I'm confused as to what is in-character and out-of-character at this point.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 10, 2020, 09:33:32 pm
Sorry. The you are a spy stuff is in character. I think the actual suggestion was agreed upon a while ago, so now we’re just doing is it called banter? while waiting
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: VoidSlayer on July 10, 2020, 09:39:56 pm
Oh, I was speaking in-character. I'm confused as to what is in-character and out-of-character at this point.

Yes!  Okay an improve acting class.  That is what we need, so that we can do spy work or infiltration or whatever with the greatest of ease.  And we can practice dressing up in costumes, most people wont bat an eye if you wear the right shirt and armband with the right walk.

Training ourselves is probably the best move we can do while unknown and with few resources.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Superdorf on July 10, 2020, 10:43:29 pm
Oh, I was speaking in-character. I'm confused as to what is in-character and out-of-character at this point.

I think we're all confused at this point. All in good fun, right? :-X
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 10, 2020, 10:47:36 pm
Yes, of course. All in good fun
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: King Zultan on July 11, 2020, 02:25:08 am
Yes, of course. All in good fun
Or was it?

Also we could disguise our resistance group as a group of actors practicing for a roll as a resistance group.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: MaxTheFox on July 12, 2020, 03:28:12 am
Again, I'm sorry for the late updates, I had a nasty case of writer's block.

You, after some consideration, attempt to collect building material to reinforce the base to prevent collapse. Your agents wander around the city in the night, trying to not be suspicious, until they find an abandoned, partially bombed factory. They crowbar the door open and steal some old metal bars and construction tools. One of them barely avoids being killed by a partically-collapsing ceiling. In addition to construction materials they find an old revolver with 6 bullets, somebody apparently left it in here. They take it.

Upon returning to the base they renovate large parts of the basement, prop up parts of the ceiling which may collapse, and make the door more secure. You have also heard of a potential raid by American bomber planes soon, this may cause enough chaos for you to do even more without being detected.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

What do you do?
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: King Zultan on July 12, 2020, 03:52:59 am
I feel like we should do some recon to see what kind of things are in our area.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Screech9791 on July 12, 2020, 07:29:21 am
Can we rename our organization to the Madagascar Independence and Liberation Front?
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: King Zultan on July 12, 2020, 07:33:41 am
Can we rename our organization to the Madagascar Independence and Liberation Front?
+1
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Rockeater on July 12, 2020, 07:45:46 am
Can we rename our organization to the Madagascar Independence and Liberation Front?
+1
-1, beside the acronym, we are planning on going Pan Africa, we should be called Africa Liberation and Unification Front.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 12, 2020, 11:04:17 am
I feel like we should do some recon to see what kind of things are in our area.
+1 to recon

Can we rename our organization to the Madagascar Independence and Liberation Front?
+1
-1, beside the acronym, we are planning on going Pan Africa, we should be called Africa Liberation and Unification Front.
-1 to name changes
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: evictedSaint on July 12, 2020, 12:27:20 pm
After having my own life and the lives of my loved ones threatened, I will abandon this group and start my own new group, with blackjack and hookers. 
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Glass on July 12, 2020, 01:54:39 pm
This is the dumbest thing .-.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: MaxTheFox on July 19, 2020, 05:54:17 am
Updating this tomorrow.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Kakaluncha on July 19, 2020, 07:52:51 am
I'm going to ramble a little about strategy.

I think after the recon, we should start infiltrating the enslaved population.

Here's the thing, slaves usually developed secret ways to pass messages without their owners realizing.

So, infiltrating the most oppressed demographics may be a really good way to gain supporters without their owners realizing anything, as well as establishing a basic spy network.

Also, the only way we expulse the Chinese from Madagascar is making them think that it's nothing but trouble. We should start posting pamphlets with racist Chinese slogans, while also posting pamphlets that indicate African racial superiority. This will eventually lead to violent clashes between the population, and then we can use the racial divide to organize the African population under our command. Divide and conquer is the way to go!

And this strategy only applies to the context of the game, and should, by no means, be applied IRL.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Screech9791 on July 20, 2020, 10:14:30 am
And this strategy only applies to the context of the game, and should, by no means, be applied IRL.
I wonder what incident lead to you needing to put that disclaimer in the post.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: MaxTheFox on July 22, 2020, 05:21:35 am
Nevermind, I had some serious personal issues on the day I was supposed to update this... tomorrow, for real. I promise you.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: MaxTheFox on July 23, 2020, 06:23:30 am
Now I promise you updates will be more frequent.

You send out four of your men to scout the immediate area around your base. They sneak around at night, looking for any regular army patrol places or any other places of interest. Here is a list of those within a close distance:

Two warehouses (however both are locked).

A general store (surveilled, so if you buy a lot of suspicious stuff there might be an investigation).

A fire department (so if you start a fire or something it's likely to be extinguished fast).

A radio tower.

An electronics factory.


The group also decides to infiltrate the slave community. One of the native members of it dresses up in typical clothing for slaves and goes into a mine away from the town. Since surveillance on slaves is scant and they are certainly not registered or anything, he will attempt to recruit more supporters. There will be some time until you know if he succeeded or failed (two to four turns, he might return with more followers, return with nothing, or die and cause secrecy to lower slightly).

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Kakaluncha on July 23, 2020, 06:57:12 am
Okay time for Strategy!

The warehouses are a bad idea. Breaking in those places might give us more space, but could also gather a lot of attention.

The store could be useful in the sense that it could be the last place  that they would expect us to go buy stuff, but at the same time, it's risky. For now, we should buy food.

The fire department might be an interesting bet, though not one I would consider necessary. We could do something with itat a later date, but for now, I find interacting with it waste of a turn.

Now, the electronics factory is good, but secondary. We should infiltrate it, as it could bring electronic resources, which in an Orwellian state aren't something the average person would be using.

But the radio tower.... it's a gift fallen from the sky. If we infiltrate it, we can gain juicy information regarding the front, as well as anything of importance regarding Madagascar. If we were to infiltrate it, we will be able to coordinate our actions.

So here it goes: infiltrate the radio tower
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: King Zultan on July 23, 2020, 07:02:36 am
Infiltrating the radio tower might be hard as it will probably be guarded at least in some way, so I say we get an idea of what kind of security it has before we try and brake into it and listen in.

Also at some point in the future we should destroy the radio tower to damage enemy communications.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Kakaluncha on July 23, 2020, 07:47:20 am
Infiltrating the radio tower might be hard as it will probably be guarded at least in some way, so I say we get an idea of what kind of security it has before we try and brake into it and listen in.

Also at some point in the future we should destroy the radio tower to damage enemy communications.

But the thing is, it's probably not the only radio tower in the island. We gain a lot more by becoming workers in the tower than destroying it. It's Intel we shouldn't waste.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: King Zultan on July 24, 2020, 02:34:28 am
How are we going to get one of our guys a job at that place?
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Kakaluncha on July 24, 2020, 03:08:34 am
We should kill a few workers from there, making it look like an accident, and then present only one guy with a fake curriculumbelievable, to avoid suspicion.

Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on July 24, 2020, 10:15:37 am
I’m not sure if killing anyone is necessary, maybe they’re looking for new hires. The fake ID/curricula will still be useful though
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Kakaluncha on July 24, 2020, 10:35:15 am
I’m not sure if killing anyone is necessary, maybe they’re looking for new hires. The fake ID/curricula will still be useful though

That's true. I guess +1 to your counter proposal
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: King Zultan on July 25, 2020, 02:28:19 am
I’m not sure if killing anyone is necessary, maybe they’re looking for new hires. The fake ID/curricula will still be useful though

That's true. I guess +1 to your counter proposal
+1
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: MaxTheFox on August 02, 2020, 02:06:02 am
Updating tomorrow.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: MaxTheFox on August 04, 2020, 02:30:20 am
((I was just waiting for a few more votes but they didn't come so yeah.))

You attempt to infiltrate the radio tower. Apparently, a few days ago there was an industrial accident that injured and crippled a technician. Thus, the department in charge of the tower was looking for new people to hire. One of your agents attempts to forge a curriculum ID to have better chances of being hired.

It seems to be believable, and thus he applies for the job.

He is accepted. Little do the people in charge of the tower know that he will send back any important-seeming messages that arrive. THis will start from the next turn.

A truck full of various supplies, including rare-to-procure tools, crashes right outside your base! The wreckage has not yet been towed away and you have time to attempt to loot it.

Do you take the risk?
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: King Zultan on August 04, 2020, 03:18:26 am
Lets grab a few things that would be easily missed, and wait to do it until no one is around.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Glass on August 04, 2020, 07:09:17 am
Lets grab a few things that would be easily missed, and wait to do it until no one is around.
+1
We’ll also need to make sure the stuff we take isn’t bugged, so let’s take them to a location that isn’t our base to check them over before bringing them home.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Rockeater on August 04, 2020, 08:34:07 am
Lets grab a few things that would be easily missed, and wait to do it until no one is around.
+1
We’ll also need to make sure the stuff we take isn’t bugged, so let’s take them to a location that isn’t our base to check them over before bringing them home.
+1
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Gotdamnmiracle on August 04, 2020, 07:15:37 pm
I agree with the above. Loot the truck. And also, I think we should start trolling the local pubs to try and make contact with whatever passes as a black market. Any underground criminal organization would be excellent really.
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: King Zultan on August 05, 2020, 05:12:07 am
I agree with the above. Loot the truck. And also, I think we should start trolling the local pubs to try and make contact with whatever passes as a black market. Any underground criminal organization would be excellent really.
Might want to be careful when we do something like that as there could be government spies hanging around those paces doing the opposite, also are we sure we want to get involved with criminals?
Title: Re: [SG] You are a rebel group in an Orwellian state
Post by: Gotdamnmiracle on August 06, 2020, 03:13:11 am
I agree with the above. Loot the truck. And also, I think we should start trolling the local pubs to try and make contact with whatever passes as a black market. Any underground criminal organization would be excellent really.
Might want to be careful when we do something like that as there could be government spies hanging around those paces doing the opposite, also are we sure we want to get involved with criminals?

Treason and rebellion is the highest form of criminality. We're already criminals...

And besides the conversation will be more about getting rid of some excess things for someone else's excess things. Black markets are a common thing even in 1984. They talk about it in regards to shaving razorblades. We can start recruiting or more serious shit if we decide our contacts are the real deal.