[Plot Discussion] The Correllian Spike

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The Corellian Spike​

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Guns and Money, the two things that make the Galaxy turn - and also go hand in hand. Seeking to make some serious bank, the young Conman come arms Dealer, Darren Reed, wants to get his own slice of the pie. Adventure awaits for those who he crosses on his path to fortunes plenty, gambling, shootouts and escapes - all in a day's work for the Galaxies most daring (?) rogue.

Plan One - Getting Out of Jail​

Darren Reed, Gambler, Slicer - self-appointed winner of the Galaxies Best Dressed Humanoid Award - is on a mission. That Mission is simple: To make a shed load of credits. There is only one small issue, he is currently on his way to debtors prison above the distant world of Pilio, an uncolonised system in the outer rim. When he gets out, maybe, just maybe, he can start on his next master plan.

Prison Break - @Raydo @Insalius @Fyston @Notorious - Following a run in with some local law enforcement officials, Darren and his cellmates (one of which is a damn slug) make a deal with a bent copper, to spring themselves out of prison. The task will be a tough one, will they shoot their way out, or are they going to try a more covert approach?
Reward - Getting out of jail is reward enough!

Paying Down - @Raif @Fyston @Haro - No bad deed goes without payment, and Darren has to pay off the Copper (Fyston) by rigging a few hands at the local gambling Den, however, it would seem he isn't the only crook on the block. A fellow grifter (@Raif) teams up with Darren, and over a few drinks, the trio work on a plot to steal away the entire pot of the high table itself.
Reward - Fyston gets paid, Raif & Haro get paid, Darren doesn't owe Fyston any money anymore!

Cutting and Running - @Vosrik @Drav - Turns out not everyone is all that into card cheats, and, teaming up with a Bar Drunkard (Vosrik) Darren makes off with a ship (NPC Controlled) and bolts for space, teaming up with a fellow pilot (Drav) to clear the sector, and to get Darren back to a ship of his own. Once clear of the area, they'll need to land on Nar Shaddaa, and convince some locals to give Darren his ship back.
Reward - Vosrik gets a Nerf Herder ship, Drav gets eternal love and friendship. Darren doesn't die.

Onderon: The Deal - @TAC @Jinan. B - Heading for Onderon, in his own ship, Darren meets with a local Onderon Politician, there to discuss, at one of the local races, a deal to secure weapons for a branch of the armed forces. Time is a critical factor, for Darren is not the only one bidding. With most contracts open, anyone can bid on them, and one of those rival bidders wants to take Darren out of the game before it has even started. Dodging a potential assassin, Darren and TAC need to get shot of them and fast.
Reward - We don't die.

Ossien Oddity - @AutoFox @Loco @Rom - On his way to his ship, to make for the Arms Dealership, Darren bumps into an Ossien (Auto) and they discuss a potential deal to find some lost Ossien and Hutt Treasures. However, after being shown to a local museum to do some research, the two explorers get waylaid by an ancient Krath War Droid - perhaps, a sign of things to come?
Reward - See 'Onderon: The Deal'.

Desired Outcome - This will serve as our introduction to the wider arc, as well as to some of the key players and concepts for the next stages. Ideally we would leave this firstly, alive and secondly - with a ship for Darren, and the first part of the Ossien Treasure Map, as well as a contract to go and buy the weapons for Onderon.

Change of Plans - Buy some Weapons​

With a ship in hand, and a contract in the other, Darren Reed sets about securing the weapons he has promised, and embarking on the next stage of the Ossien Treasure hunt. However, as he does so - he gets caught up in a fight with ancient war droids, Hutt politik and even a run in with Corellian Gangsters.

Getting Ahead - @Arclight @Darasuum @Raydo - Eager to find out who he is up against, Darren makes a deal with a local Hutt mobster, hiring a bit of extra muscle (Dara) to help him out. The only problem is, the information comes with a price that cannot be paid in credits, but blood, and our two adventurers are sent to take out one of the Hutts rivals.
Reward - Information.

Ossein - The Dig Site - @AutoFox - Darren meets up with his friends in the Ossien, who happen to be at theird dig site on planet. Using his own intuition, he helps them slice the seurity system, only to find the content of the ancient vault only leaves more questions than it answers.
Reward - Map to the Treasure found

Securing the Items - @Fyston @Jinan - With some hired help, and a dirty copper from the past, Darren meets the weapons company in a local Corellian Bar, to see what can be agreed, only to be cut off by a rival midway through the chat. Taking care of the rival, Darren must return to pick up his contract.
Reward - Signed Weapons Contract.

Favors for Favors - @Cheshire - Turns out, it ain't just credit this company wants to give Darren the weapons, he needs to get one of their Executives Droids back from some local bandits. Hiring some local muscle, he sets off to find the executives droid, which is holed up in one of the nastiest junk yards in the city. Darren and his hired gun must shoot their way through.
Reward - Droid for Darren, Credits for Cheshire.

Express Delivery - @Anyone @Fyston @EmilyHuene @Phantom @TAC @Shogun - With the weapons secure, Darren hires a smuggler to make the final delivery back to Onderon. However, once the weapons are loaded, Darren finds himself cornered by a Jedi Investigator, and is soon back on his way to jail.
Reward - Weapons sent on their way, Darren detained.

Desired Outcome - A lot of this depends on what we do in the RP, however we are looking for a droid containing the next part of the Ossien Map, and to get the weapons shipment on its way!

Change of Plan - Busting Out (Again)​

With the weapons secured, and the next stage of the Ossien Hunt underway, Darren has a problem, and that problem is jail. Captured by the Jedi, he needs to break out and get back to Onderon in time for him to claim back his shipments...

Unfortunate Mistakes - @Fyston @Notorious - Tracked down by a Jedi Investigator, Darren and his impromptu gambling partner find themselves taken under arrest after a chase through the town. However, as he gets into his cell, Darren finds he is shacking up with an old friend. The two start making plans to bust out.
Reward - Prison Food.

Back Behind Bars - @Notorious - Back behind bars, Darren gets one call and one call only. He dials an old associate (@Cheshire) to come bust him out. Coming with a partner in the exiles she managed to blow the side of the jail, leading Darren and his cellmate to make a break for it.
Reward - A Chance at Freedom!

The Break - Notorious and @Fyston - With a literal hole in the side of the jail, Notorious and Darren make a break for it, meeting up with a shady friend of theirs @Fyston in the local docks to get the location of Darrens shipments of back. With this in hand, Darren splits and heads to the drop point.
Reward - Freedom for the jailbirds, money for Fyston.

Note - If we use several smugglers, Fyston will have ONE of the ships not all of them.

Desired Outcome - Standard weapons for Fyston, freeeeeedoooooooooom for Darren.

Change of Plan, this time, it will work!​

Freedom! Reunited with his shipments, Darren returns to Onderon, via Hutt Space - to pay off some old favors, and to get the payday for his weapons. Meeting up with his Ossien associates once more, Darren brings them the map to the first dig site, and they begin work.

A Day at the Races - @Darasuum @Arclight - Toasting his soon to be success, Darren invites two business associates to the local [something] race, but it seems that a rival bidder may be wanted to sabotage it. With a swoop race underway, it looks like someone is trying to deliberately make Darasuums racer crash - and Darren and Arclight set about stopping them.
Reward - Money from winning the race maybe? Darren gets the location to an Ossien Dig.

Testing the Products - @Anyone - With the weapons in their hands again, Darren and a few friends test them out (Social Thread)
Reward - N/A

Ossien Oddity - @AutoFox - Before he heads to Onderons Government Contact, Darren stops off to meet with the Ossien, making plans for a future dig before he leads them to another Vault (thanks to @Arclights Hutt) where they get attacked by a defence group of War Droids.
Reward - One step closer to the treasure!

Shaking Hands - @TAC - The weapons delivered, the Onderoni Politician and Darren talk about future prospects.
Reward - Dolla Dolla Billz Yall.

Desired Outcome - Money for Darren, Mad Street Cred. Ossien Dig Site yields a complete map to the ‘encryption key’ for Kossacks Data Vault.