Hearts and Minds

[The Good Doctor]

1. What is going to happen in your plot?
Dwight and Sarlo will spearhead the efforts to have the Kingdom of Onderon swear itself to the Sith Empire as a client kingdom, similar to the deal the Empire currently has with Zygerria.

2. What other players will be a part of this?
Faster Than Light Minuteman75 Darasuum (Potentially) Nefieslab

3. Where are all the places (if more than one) that your plot will be taking place? Onderon

4. Please provide a basic in-character timeline of what you expect to happen.
Thread 1: The Sith make their appearance on the Onderonian Political scene with an attack on rebel Beast Riders, capturing the leader to bring him back to the Onderonian Military for trial and execution/imprisonment as he was a former army officer. Dice or DM.

Thread 2: Sarlo speaks to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the Onderonian Royal Military and look to convince them to agree to a joint mission against another group of rebellious beast riders. DM.

Thread 3: Dwight enters into negotiations with House Vaermina, a very prominent family with connections to the arms manufacturing businesses on Onderon. DM.

Thread 4: Sarlo and a Sith Lord/Master of his choosing use Onderonian and Sith forces against the rebel beast riders in a tactical battle. Priority is given to capturing the enemy leader alive. Staff DM by @Nefieslab.

Thread 5: Simultaneous to thread 4. Two Sith, hand picked by Dwight, conduct a sneak attack on the final Beast Rider base on Onderon, once again looking to capture the leader of the base. Dice or DM.

Thread 6: A charity ball is hosted by the two Moffs in the capital of Onderon. The great and the good of Onderon are invited and this serves as a platform for the Moffs to explain what they plan to do to better relations between Onderon and the Empire. Open.

Thread 7: Sarlo and Dwight speak to the current King of Onderon about accepting a deal similar to the Kingdom of Zygerria. Hopefully they will have the three leaders of the Beast Rider rebellion as prisoners to aid their cause. Staff DM required.

5. What do you or your character hope to achieve with this plot? What is the "end-game"?
The Kingdom of Onderon to be absorbed by the Sith Empire as a client Kingdom, giving the Empire control of all fleet assets not used strictly for defence and expanding the Sith Empire through diplomacy.

6. Do you need any involvement of canon NPCs or faction leaders to be DMed by a staff member? If so, please detail who/what and for what purpose.
Yes. Staff DM required for the King of Onderon.

 

[Malon]

Hey @Faster Than Light —

A couple things about this plot:

I think you've got a pretty good layout here. Good thread-count and all of that. I would recommend switching up the order a bit, though. I think you're putting the cart before the horse by having Moffs attend—invited or otherwise—a ball on a planet that is openly hostile towards Force-sensitives (the Sith Empire is a government ruled by them, so the Force-sensitivity [or lack thereof] of the Moffs is irrelevant). So, I think trust needs to be gained first, then you do the political badgering to lay out plans for an alliance and then the actual negotiations with the King.

As for convincing the Onderonians that the Sith aren't monsters, I don't think sending aide after an earthquake is sufficient. Force-sensitives are known for their manipulative qualities by the non-Force-sensitives of the galaxy (i.e., the common person is most familiar with the Jedi mind trick and is wary of Force-sensitive manipulation), so it just wouldn't seem to me to be very convincing to a people are very anti-Force user right now. Why ask the Sith for aid when they could just as well leave Force-sensitives alone entirely and ask it of the Republic?

So, my suggestion for that is that you nix that thread and expand the Beast Rider plot a bit. It's more believable that Onderon would join the Sith after said Sith help squash their enemies. I would include Force-sensitive Sith in those missions to show what the Sith Lords/apprentices/etc., are capable of as a way of demonstrating the benefits of joining the Sith Empire. This was a common Sith tactic in later wars, anyways, so it's sound lore.

 

[The Good Doctor]

Thank you for the feedback @Malon! After discussing this with others on Discord, we opted to add a thread and make other changes to the outline that will hopefully address your concerns.

 

[Malon]

Looks better! Approved.

 

[The Good Doctor]

@Malon

Hey there. I'm having problems finding DMs for threads 2 and 3. Is it fine if I have those threads dicerolled as long as I have a Sith buddy tagging along?