Darksaber Mission: Rioting in the Streets

[Gambler]

Also: hire gangs and mercenaries to create basic chaos in the streets and instill fear in the populous. Bribe lax RSF officers to turn a blind eye once in a while. Fear is easily turned to hatred, and that hatred will be what you're aiming for.

I'll say this now: this will not be an easy thread. The last mission was, in comparison, a complete joke. This one will require solid opposition and coordination. The people Rping the RSF (most likely myself or Jiang) will act IC completely, conveying the stress of an underofficer placed in the center of a mob, the role of the sheriff forced to fight gang warfare and employ violent tactics to sedate the rioters. Everything that happens will have to be thought-out and procedural.

There will be absolutely no overlooking of any details. If you do, your opposition will tear you apart. I have to say, if you guys can pull off this well enough, we will have quite the amazing thread on our hands, with surprises aplenty for both sides. Be forewarned: OOC will not matter here. If you don't mention it IC, expect it to be used against you. Everything that you leave open-ended will be used as leverage, but only if plausible. The goal of this thread is to capture the gritty realism of the war.

That, and to have a good time. So, right now I suggest you put together a team and start planning. Once your strike team is compiled, PM them with specifics. Go back and forth, sharing opinions on how to execute the attack and exactly what tactics you will use. Unlike the other attack, which was admittedly impressive and large-scale, this one will be delicate in ways that brings true realism into play.

 

[Santoro]

Since this will probably be a multi-stage engagement, let's start with the inciting riot first.

I'd like to bring Cedos in this. No more than four PCs to start.

The four members of the riot team will have to be able to support the paid speaker (an NPC we'll be controlling) and encourage the crowd into a frenzy. Then, it's a get the hell out scenario.

The four we'll take are:
Cedos
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Any takers?

Edit: Meanwhile, you said something about fabricating some organizations that would be blamed, Radzkie. Think you could make one or two?

 

[Dread]

I'll sign up.

 

[Wit]

I'm in as well. My other idea seems moot now, so I'll think on it a little and throw it at you guys later if it is still usable after the riots.

 

[Lyeric Ubbal Arathilion]

Libertine's in of course!

 

[Dread]

http://www.thestarwarsrp.com/forum/showthread.php?p=628593#post628593

 

[Gambler]

If that's a problem, use Darksaber's resources to create plausible aliases. Smugglers do it all the time irl to get through security checkpoints, sometimes getting falsified passports as well.

 

[Dread]

Edit: Meanwhile, you said something about fabricating some organizations that would be blamed, Radzkie. Think you could make one or two?

Whoops, just saw this.

Yup...I can do this.

 

[Santoro]

Well thats inconvenient.

Either way, we can make legitimate identification- easy for a group as influential as Darksaber.

Let's focus on using that statement to infuriate people. It's biased against people hailing from Hutt Worlds- we can push that so they've alienated half the population.

 

[Dread]

Should I create a group thats violently against anyone from the hutts planets then? Rather then just humans. To take the blame. A rouge group taking things into their own hands because they don't think the Republic has taken enough action/and or doesn't trust them(sort of like the Maquis from Star Trek who goto the extreme to get their points across.)

We could also then supply some gangs with weapons/credits and let them have at it in the stirred up panic.

 

[Santoro]

I'd make a backstory of people not trusting any races that come from Hutt-aligned worlds. Doesn't matter if they were born in Republic space.

I'll cite the 9/11 attacks as evidence this would work- lots of idiots thought any muslim was a terrorist or connected in some way.

 

[Dread]

I'd make a backstory of people not trusting any races that come from Hutt-aligned worlds. Doesn't matter if they were born in Republic space.

I'll cite the 9/11 attacks as evidence this would work- lots of idiots thought any muslim was a terrorist or connected in some way.

Alrighty. I'll write something up and send it to you via pm(or post it here if you rather).

 

[Santoro]

Whichever. Youdaman.

 

[Wit]

We can also spread rumors about incidents where beings hailing from Hutt controlled space were randomly scooped up by the Reps on charges of terrorism and tortured to gain info and so on. Spread rumors that rights and freedoms of the citizens are being completely disregarded by the republic. Play it out that the not only ordinary citizens but the government itself is highly biased against those guys and make them feel that they are no longer safe on Coruscant, or in Republic space for that matter.

Edit: Btw my Zeltron might be of great use in the riot instigation part. Her ability to project emotions into others would be great use in driving the crowd into a frenzy.

 

[Lyeric Ubbal Arathilion]

I know that later on in SW history, that the Kaleesh and the Republic have issues... Perhaps we could begin to show signs of such stress? Anybody think that is doable?

 

[Gambler]

Edit: Btw my Zeltron might be of great use in the riot instigation part. Her ability to project emotions into others would be great use in driving the crowd into a frenzy.

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I can't believe it took three pages for someone to finally realize this. >.>

 

[Wit]

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I can't believe it took three pages for someone to finally realize this. >.>

:CAbove




:CHappy

 

[Lyeric Ubbal Arathilion]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I can't believe it took three pages for someone to finally realize this. >.>

Calm down there, buddy. ;) That's why he said it.

And @ Sid, I like all those ideas! ...as I'm sure Radz and Santa do as well!

 

[Santoro]

The party for instigating the riots will be:

Santoro, Radzkie, Sid, and Lyeric. Force Users will do their best to sway emotions of the crowd, as will Sid's Zeltron. While they CAN speak to the crowd, it's probably best they hire some actor to do it for when RSF comes clubbing through.

Keep in mind, weapons are a no-no: if you have them, ensure they're legal defense weapons or stashed somewhere nearby. It'll be better to get clubbed and walk away as the crowd is dispersing.

Each of us need to make a fake identity- we'll have IDs to fit. Also, we'll be using disguises which are built around our faces so it would give a realistic range of movement. The drawback (assuming you hide as a different species) will be things like reduced sight or senses. If shit hits the fan, toss the disguise and we're just a citizen in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Darksaber ops can be standing by for extraction, potentially hidden in the crowd. Not every Darksaber member is an outlaw in the Republic, the same goes to your characters (meaning even if you used your own identity it would be no grounds for suspicion).

We'll have to NPC the crowd, I guess, and I'm sure people will jump at the chance to do riot control. Ideally we'll get no more than two riot control PCs, as they should be outnumbered. Make sure these riots (and especially the following police brutality) are recorded.

Now, we just have to figure out what we're going to say. Any gaps I'm missing?


Edit:

We can also spread rumors about incidents where beings hailing from Hutt controlled space were randomly scooped up by the Reps on charges of terrorism and tortured to gain info and so on. Spread rumors that rights and freedoms of the citizens are being completely disregarded by the republic. Play it out that the not only ordinary citizens but the government itself is highly biased against those guys and make them feel that they are no longer safe on Coruscant, or in Republic space for that matter.

This is good. Make it seem like the Republic is who started this tension. It would be reasonable that Tusa could offer pictures of unfortunate beings that were staged to look like it was done by Republic hands.

I know that later on in SW history, that the Kaleesh and the Republic have issues... Perhaps we could begin to show signs of such stress? Anybody think that is doable?

I think it is, although at this stage picking individual planets isn't our ideal goal. That might be something for a coming thread (or series of threads) which is being talked about by the Hutt leaders.

 

[Lyeric Ubbal Arathilion]

Should we be rping out the acquisition of these fake IDs, so as to avoid the same talk from the last thread when everything was already there? Like, will we be starting this thread from space and working ourselves into crowds planetside? Since they tightened security around the planet, should we be specific to roleplay getting onto the surface and trying out our fake IDs? /What's to stop them from saying that the ID's are fake upon inspection?