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It’s Taboo on Naboo
Soldiers and scholars of the Sith Eternal,
By order of the Eternal, we have been given the sublime duty of spreading our malefic influence across the galaxy so that our forces may move unimpeded by the ignorant masses. As such, Ana D’Amico, Guardian of the Sith Eternal, has hatched a most nefarious scheme. With the help of her peers, allies, and rivals, she will establish a secret cult following under the name of “the Menagerie” on Naboo and eventually vie for greater power on the pastoral planet once the population is amenable to the cult’s ideals. To begin, she will target three significant echelons of society: the underworld, the tradesmen, and the aristocracy.
Mission 1 - Nabooian Gangster [ASK/Self-DM]
The easiest way to amass power and control in any socially stratified society is to start at its lowest rungs – the underworld. Comprised of criminals, disgruntled laborers, and the unsatisfied dregs of a population, it is particularly ripe to plant the seeds of corruption in exchange for the promise of power and protection. To do so, the Sith Eternal will, after greasing some palms and asking the right questions, infiltrate and gain the support of one of the major gangs in the city of Theed for the Menagerie in order to get some muscle and illicit goods on their side. How you do this is up to you but know that loyalty gained through force and fear is not the same as loyalty gained through charisma and love, nor the same as loyalty gained through greed.
@Arthur Demici (@KinkyPrawn) & @Ender Halcyn (@Orbit) - Ongoing
Mission 2 - Hearts and Minds [ASK/Self-DM]
What better way to bring a people together than disaster and calamity? Members of the Sith Eternal will secretly orchestrate (or somehow be involved in) a disaster of some kind – gas explosion, terror attack, prison breakout, freak earthquake, you name it – in a poorer part of town and then, under a more public guise, swoop in to save the day. When asked to what organization they belong, members will identify themselves with the Menagerie, which seeks the betterment of all citizens, not just the aristocracy or intellectuals.
@Alyse TiVarnus (@Topher) & @Arthur Demici (@KinkyPrawn) - Ongoing
Mission 3 - Corporate Espionage [ASK/Self-DM]
Other members of the cult will turn their attention to the trade guilds of Naboo – specifically of the plasma type. Plasma is Naboo’s greatest export, but there are multiple competing companies vying for bigger and better contracts. One such bid recently ended, but a company whose leadership we think might be amenable to our ideals lost the contract to a rival. Two members of the cult will infiltrate the rival company’s regional office in Theed, steal the bid contract before it can be signed, and return it to the company we want in our pocket in exchange for their support and financial backing towards the Menagerie.
@Foley (@Mithias) & @Alyse TiVarnus (@Topher)- Ongoing
Mission 4 - Bloody Business [ASK/Self-DM]
The aristocracy can pretend to be sunshine and rainbows all they want; everyone knows that power and wealth breeds corruption. Petty rivalries, political feuds, and all manner of issues between noble houses are plentiful. To begin, the Sith Eternal will target one of the less-powerful houses of the Royal Houses of Naboo: House Parnelli. It is no secret that they seek greater power and authority among the other houses, so we will offer our aid. There is an ongoing feud between House Parnelli and House Tapalo over the firstborn heir of the former being slighted by the heir of the latter, but neither house can openly settle the blood feud without losing support. We will offer our services and assassinate the heir to House Tapalo however we see fit so that the heir to House Parnelli offers his loyalty and support to the Menagerie. Bonus points if the assassination cannot be linked back to the cult cell nor House Parnelli.
@Kotor Eng (@Ecclessey) & @The Rain (@Dread) - Ongoing
Mission 5 - Greedy Little Pigs [ASK/Self-DM]
Some nobles don’t care for petty feuds and instead worry about amassing their fortune by any means. Word through the grapevine is that House Veruna wants the deed to House Tapalo’s millaflower harvesting facilities. We will approach the elders of this House and offer our services to steal the deed, but there’s a catch: the matriarch of House Tapalo recently passed away, and her will stated that the deed goes up in an auction to be sold, for whatever reason. House Veruna doesn’t want to spend money on the deed but is willing to offer its political support to whomever can bring them the deed before it goes up on sale.
You have two options: break into the auction house on House Tapalo grounds, crack the vault, and take the deed before anyone notices you OR break into the House Tapalo estate, find the matriarch’s deed, forge it to say that House Veruna inherits the property, then return it to our benefactors.
@Ana DAmico (@Painus) & @The Arcanist (@Phoenix) - Ongoing
Opposition: @Hannibal Grayza (@Mr. Teatime) & @Noone Shabar (@Soverin)
Mission 6 - Gungans B-Gone [ASK/Self-DM]
With House Tapalo weakened politically and financially (and with the benefactor Houses on our side, hopefully), we need only weaken another House so that our benefactors -- and, by extension, the cult cell -- gain more political clout among the other Royal Houses. We’re going to frame the disgraced House Palpatine, whose reputation is already foul after one of its members subjugated the galaxy, for the massacre of a peaceful Gungan settlement near Theed. Arrive under the cover of darkness, disguised so that the Menagerie or other Houses won’t be implicated, and slaughter as many Gungans as you can. Leave some witnesses or some evidence that this was House Palpatine’s doing before you leave.
@Shorkattatha (@Mr. Teatime) & @Sin Windrider (@Taz) - Ongoing
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- If you can’t adhere to a (roughly) courtesy 48 hour posting limit, please don’t sign up. Six threads are a lot, and it’d be a bit of a bummer for one thread to slow it all to a crawl.
- Threads can (and will!) occur concurrently, but this doesn't mean you can't double- or triple-dip into threads if you can handle them all. Time is weird like that.
- (Y)our ego is not (y)our amigo.
- Openly waving your lightsaber and shooting lightning around in public is how you (and the rest of the cult) end up on the HoloNet and with significant opposition, which makes being sneaky hard, but you do you booboo.
- Most importantly, have fun and make a good story!
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