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Come to Vastiva! Blow things up! (OOC Interest Thread)

Vastiva
09-05-2005, 08:02
Basic idea:

The terrorist group "Janus bin Toto" has been attempting to destabilize the Sultanate of Vastiva for two years now. In that time, they have managed to sink one transport filled with cheese imports, and blow a hole in the floor of the main international airport, killing two security guards. While Vastivan's love cheese and the loss of one ship was felt, it was relatively minor.

In the same period of time, the Sultan's Guards and Police have arrested and/or "neutralized" two-thirds to three-quarters of the group.

As a result, they are looking for "freelancers" and the like to aid in their "private little war", maybe to the point the common person will take them as something more then "Little Chief Running Joke".

There are some restrictions on action. Lethal chemical and biological weapons are a definite no-no, as are nuclear attempts - they do not want to wipe out the country, just humiliate and disrupt the government.

Needed: Players to RP the various terrorist "freelancers" or "hired guns".

Wanted: Countries to be behind the financing of these "freelancers". Be clever, folks, my intel is good.

(Let's put this out there and see who bites...)
Nissin
09-05-2005, 08:15
tag

*Raises hand* Oooh, ooh, freelancer! Right here!
Gnufasur
09-05-2005, 08:30
I don't suppose you would welcome a Sith Marauder, would you? Hmmm... Okay. I guess I'll think up a sterotypical freelance Mercenary.

Gnufasur adopts a "Screw the rest of the world. We just want to be left alone. Everyone else can burn" policy, so they won't be supplying funds.

But, I guess Maybe I can toss in an EHAV Merc or two... >_>
Cadillac-Gage
09-05-2005, 08:41
Vastiva, you might consider a slight twist to this: Most terrorist groups in the heyday of International Terrorism, when unable to make a dent in their target countries, spread the "Love" to those countries' diplomatic allies. The Iranian Embassy incident in London in 1982 comes to mind here, as well as Palestinian attacks in Italy, France, Germany, Egypt, etc. etc. (also mid-eighties).
their intent is to humiliate Vastiva. I could easily see them targeting Vastiva-friendly nations, esp. nations whose 'antiterrorist' capability is either an unknown quantity, or believed (Due to small size, lack of large alliances, or mere recent-contact status) to be weak-especially if "Little Chief Running-Joke" is trying to develop either International Credibility, or just chalk up a successful operation that damages Vastivan policies and/or assets in an international, public, forum. The Achille Lauro incident put the Abu Nidal organization on the map, for instance, while the PLO and Hizb-allah have been more than responsible for the Israeli and Syrian operations in Lebanon and the Bekaa valley.
The Harem situation could be used to generate a list of potential target-nations, nations that this organization might believe are vulnerable to 'demonstrations of power'. (NOT Krioval, but minor countries like Cadillac-Gage, whose historical isolationism could be manipulated in theory to damage Vastivan credibility at home-i.e. "This sultan can not even protect his smaller allies from us. He is weak."
There were several operations of this sort launched by Middle-eastern Terror groups in the eighties, and also by European "Red" Terrorist groups. Blowing airliners of third-party nations, hijackings, assassinations of foreign diplomats (and Vastivan diplomats in foreign lands), could and can be used by this group to build their cred both inside, and outside, Vastiva itself.
Vastiva
09-05-2005, 08:54
Vastiva, you might consider a slight twist to this: Most terrorist groups in the heyday of International Terrorism, when unable to make a dent in their target countries, spread the "Love" to those countries' diplomatic allies. The Iranian Embassy incident in London in 1982 comes to mind here, as well as Palestinian attacks in Italy, France, Germany, Egypt, etc. etc. (also mid-eighties).
their intent is to humiliate Vastiva. I could easily see them targeting Vastiva-friendly nations, esp. nations whose 'antiterrorist' capability is either an unknown quantity, or believed (Due to small size, lack of large alliances, or mere recent-contact status) to be weak-especially if "Little Chief Running-Joke" is trying to develop either International Credibility, or just chalk up a successful operation that damages Vastivan policies and/or assets in an international, public, forum. The Achille Lauro incident put the Abu Nidal organization on the map, for instance, while the PLO and Hizb-allah have been more than responsible for the Israeli and Syrian operations in Lebanon and the Bekaa valley.
The Harem situation could be used to generate a list of potential target-nations, nations that this organization might believe are vulnerable to 'demonstrations of power'. (NOT Krioval, but minor countries like Cadillac-Gage, whose historical isolationism could be manipulated in theory to damage Vastivan credibility at home-i.e. "This sultan can not even protect his smaller allies from us. He is weak."
There were several operations of this sort launched by Middle-eastern Terror groups in the eighties, and also by European "Red" Terrorist groups. Blowing airliners of third-party nations, hijackings, assassinations of foreign diplomats (and Vastivan diplomats in foreign lands), could and can be used by this group to build their cred both inside, and outside, Vastiva itself.

Gee, CG, you think you might give away the entire plotline next time? :D
Cadillac-Gage
09-05-2005, 10:28
Gee, CG, you think you might give away the entire plotline next time? :D

Um... I was actually angling to volunteer as a target. Cadillac Gage has several things about it that would make a Terror group think of them as an easy target:

1. Long history of Isolationism-CG doesn't have a rep as an antiterrorist nation of great expertise.

2. Small Military that is relatively unproven in war. This makes them look vulnerable and weak-and it also makes for fewer visible preparations to deal with Terror attacks.

3. It's a constitutional republic. Those are almost universally known to be emotionally vulnerable to terror attacks-especially small constitutional republics who would look, to such eyes, as easy marks due to open social structures, lack of armed guards on the streets, etc.

4. Lower tech than Vastiva.

5. Recent contactee/recent diplomatic relations, this makes them tempting from the angle of sabotaging Vastivan international relations-even if it's with a minor nation.

6. Engred Stahlhaver. An obvious pretext. CG's media was highly critical of her application to the Harem in the first place, it makes the country appear to be more easily swayed by the claims of a terror group that her presence in Vastiva, and such, is the reason.


It is highly unlikely that the Terrorists would know why the CG's don't have a history of fighting terror at home, or why it's not necessarily the wisest thing to be doing... or why the Regular Army is so darned small.

Anyway, I'm thinking of starting off with an airliner-bombing or hijacking. CG Airways Flight 109 (a Volvo-Boeing 110 blended-wing/body jumbo jet, one of CG's newest innovations, flying the Makyer/Nellisland route with 540 tourists, businessmen, etc.) The terrorists will claim that it is "Punishment for Polluting the soil of Vastiva with your Infidel Bitch", and demand that Cadillac-Gage return to "The Hole you came from."

Is that a sufficiently nasty start, or should it be bound for Vastiva (or worse, bound FROM Vastiva, with the first 'tourist' batch?)

and...Should it be a Hijacking, or a bombing? Which works better for your story-purposes?
The Merchant Guilds
09-05-2005, 10:34
I am sure I can create a shady contact for this group if you like Vastiva, its not exactly out of IC character for me to support terror (see RALM), especially with all the infighting between my security organisations.

If you don't like this I am quite happy to just RP a hired group of thugs.

Or perhaps both.
Krioval
09-05-2005, 17:45
I was just laughing about how evil it'd be for Krioval to work both sides at the same time - install Medea in the Harem and then start covertly harassing small countries, offering to send a "peacekeeping force" to essentially occupy them. Of course, it's so incompatible with everything I've done with Krioval thus far, and there's no real motive to attempt it, but that doesn't make it any less funny to consider.
Tanara
09-05-2005, 17:59
Another one I'm going to lurk on the sidelines and enjoy as a spectator....I think...
Cadillac-Gage
09-05-2005, 20:12
I was just laughing about how evil it'd be for Krioval to work both sides at the same time - install Medea in the Harem and then start covertly harassing small countries, offering to send a "peacekeeping force" to essentially occupy them. Of course, it's so incompatible with everything I've done with Krioval thus far, and there's no real motive to attempt it, but that doesn't make it any less funny to consider.

Raijin Dekker has political enemies at home, right? a domestic conflict matter could easily be played out through puppets and third-party actors in a version of "Soft War" where the casualties are mostly foreigners, and the damage is mostly done in outside lands. Dekker's closer relations with Vastiva could be used as a lever if it were, say, to be somehow turned into a means of damaging his credibility at home.
OTOH, Dekker himself could be behind a double-game as a means of 'testing' in prep for something forseen. Positioning forces in some of the smaller nations to avert some upcoming disaster* could be seen as requiring that those smaller nations "Invite" Krioval's assistance, and covert support of this terror-campaign could be viewed as the most expedient means to achieve it.
Krioval 'officially' helping Vastiva to take down a suddenly-serious terror threat could be used for Political Leverage if the reasons look sound enough.

[*Something made the CG's come out of their shell, and start frantically seeking alliances while being at relative peace. If Kriovalian Precogs saw the same possible future, the reaction might be very different from Dr. Randall's careful balancing act...]
Labidel
09-05-2005, 23:59
Can I get in? I'll RP as an ex-Labidelian Knight(Hand picked elite SpecOps agents)... I'll be a terrorist BTW.
Copiosa Scotia
10-05-2005, 03:20
As I said in Cadillac-Gage's thread, I've got a character who would be interested in this kind of thing.

Edit: Sorry, Khiraebanaa's thread, not CG's.
Krioval
10-05-2005, 03:45
CG, you give me such delightfully evil ideas. Like the whole situation following the Festival of Fighters...how will Micah Andros react when his family line is dropped from second-most powerful to middle of the pack while the Vartek line ascends in its place? What types of training are really going on there (HINT: Medea trained there, as did Valkai and Raijin), and how could this be used? What of the dissention among the Kriovalian clergy about Koro as High Priest?

I doubt any Kriovalian with the slightest shred of honor would target civilians, but property damage is something they'd definitely consider. I'll have to see if I can develop this a bit more coherently - what I do know is that Raijin certainly wouldn't involve himself in something like that, because he's got way too much to lose that way. Also, very few people would directly oppose Raijin's Commandership simply because the penalties are too severe if caught (and apprehension is far too likely).

As for CG's future, I'm not aware of that vision (thread link, please?), though Krioval's precognitives need to actively focus on something or somebody for a coherent vision - it limits their power considerably. A few masters might be able to "sample" potential futures, but a modestly adept telepath would be far better to retrieve information from a CG native who has seen some vision than a precog would.

Will consider options...
Vastiva
10-05-2005, 05:02
Um... I was actually angling to volunteer as a target. Cadillac Gage has several things about it that would make a Terror group think of them as an easy target:

1. Long history of Isolationism-CG doesn't have a rep as an antiterrorist nation of great expertise.

2. Small Military that is relatively unproven in war. This makes them look vulnerable and weak-and it also makes for fewer visible preparations to deal with Terror attacks.

3. It's a constitutional republic. Those are almost universally known to be emotionally vulnerable to terror attacks-especially small constitutional republics who would look, to such eyes, as easy marks due to open social structures, lack of armed guards on the streets, etc.

4. Lower tech than Vastiva.

5. Recent contactee/recent diplomatic relations, this makes them tempting from the angle of sabotaging Vastivan international relations-even if it's with a minor nation.

6. Engred Stahlhaver. An obvious pretext. CG's media was highly critical of her application to the Harem in the first place, it makes the country appear to be more easily swayed by the claims of a terror group that her presence in Vastiva, and such, is the reason.


It is highly unlikely that the Terrorists would know why the CG's don't have a history of fighting terror at home, or why it's not necessarily the wisest thing to be doing... or why the Regular Army is so darned small.

Anyway, I'm thinking of starting off with an airliner-bombing or hijacking. CG Airways Flight 109 (a Volvo-Boeing 110 blended-wing/body jumbo jet, one of CG's newest innovations, flying the Makyer/Nellisland route with 540 tourists, businessmen, etc.) The terrorists will claim that it is "Punishment for Polluting the soil of Vastiva with your Infidel Bitch", and demand that Cadillac-Gage return to "The Hole you came from."

Is that a sufficiently nasty start, or should it be bound for Vastiva (or worse, bound FROM Vastiva, with the first 'tourist' batch?)

and...Should it be a Hijacking, or a bombing? Which works better for your story-purposes?

Bound for, with the merchant team collecting herbs and goats.

Beyond that - enjoy yourself. I'd rather see creativity at this point - will direct as necessary.
Vastiva
10-05-2005, 05:03
I am sure I can create a shady contact for this group if you like Vastiva, its not exactly out of IC character for me to support terror (see RALM), especially with all the infighting between my security organisations.

If you don't like this I am quite happy to just RP a hired group of thugs.

Or perhaps both.

Up to you, am all for people causing trouble. ;)
Cadillac-Gage
10-05-2005, 10:18
CG, you give me such delightfully evil ideas. Like the whole situation following the Festival of Fighters...how will Micah Andros react when his family line is dropped from second-most powerful to middle of the pack while the Vartek line ascends in its place? What types of training are really going on there (HINT: Medea trained there, as did Valkai and Raijin), and how could this be used? What of the dissention among the Kriovalian clergy about Koro as High Priest?

I doubt any Kriovalian with the slightest shred of honor would target civilians, but property damage is something they'd definitely consider. I'll have to see if I can develop this a bit more coherently - what I do know is that Raijin certainly wouldn't involve himself in something like that, because he's got way too much to lose that way. Also, very few people would directly oppose Raijin's Commandership simply because the penalties are too severe if caught (and apprehension is far too likely).

As for CG's future, I'm not aware of that vision (thread link, please?), though Krioval's precognitives need to actively focus on something or somebody for a coherent vision - it limits their power considerably. A few masters might be able to "sample" potential futures, but a modestly adept telepath would be far better to retrieve information from a CG native who has seen some vision than a precog would.

Will consider options...


I haven't "Threaded" the vision-background yet (there's no link because I haven't written it yet.)
As far as I've gotten in-text, is that there has been a Vision. Remember that CG doesn't acknowledge its Teeps, Precogs, etc. officially-doing so would reveal that the entire "Republican" government is a sham.
The Goodwives are the real power in Cadillac-Gage, and they've got a local monopoly on Psi, as well as a local monopoly on ritual magicks.
This is also why, in the "Archaeological Find" thread, Dr. Suse Russell has the kind of power over local affairs to basically order Canton Governors around like spit-boys, where the President (Her "official" boss) would have to cajole, threaten, and beg...
Vastiva
10-05-2005, 10:24
I haven't "Threaded" the vision-background yet (there's no link because I haven't written it yet.)
As far as I've gotten in-text, is that there has been a Vision. Remember that CG doesn't acknowledge its Teeps, Precogs, etc. officially-doing so would reveal that the entire "Republican" government is a sham.
The Goodwives are the real power in Cadillac-Gage, and they've got a local monopoly on Psi, as well as a local monopoly on ritual magicks.
This is also why, in the "Archaeological Find" thread, Dr. Suse Russell has the kind of power over local affairs to basically order Canton Governors around like spit-boys, where the President (Her "official" boss) would have to cajole, threaten, and beg...

I'm utterly amazed at how well this dovetails with all the shenanigans going on in Vastiva...
Vastiva
10-05-2005, 11:10
"Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind."
- Leonardo Da Vinci
Cadillac-Gage
10-05-2005, 11:27
Bound for, with the merchant team collecting herbs and goats.

Beyond that - enjoy yourself. I'd rather see creativity at this point - will direct as necessary.

Before I post it in the "In Character" thread, here's the 'teaser.'

Cadillac Gage Airways Flight 109, Sixty two degrees S. Lattitude, 43 degrees West Longitude, 35,000 feet, 0345 hours Zulu time...

"...Uh, roger Vastiva control this is CGA109 heavy we're reading 350 Knots at thirty five K and holding steady, over."
Captain Angela Slewis looked over at her co-pilot, Jenn Airelant. "Well... we're an hour and thirty minutes out, I'm gonna catch a nap."

"right. I've got her then." Airelant said offhandedly.

the captain stood up, turned, and climbed up into the crew-rest compartment behind the flight deck.

In the first-class section, Steward Hal Jervik locked down the drinks cart and straightend his uniform in the small mirrored surface of the first-class galley.

A call-light lit, and he checked the seat number. Forty-seven. He buffed his nameplate, and headed to respond to the call.

In business class, James Morricone tried to get a little sleep. twelve-hours on the plane made his very bones ache. Morricone was hoping this trip would be fruitful-as an Ag Merchant, sometimes these long trips worked out, and sometimes they didn't.

He wanted his wife, but he had to settle for an aisle seat with a partition instead.

Downstairs, in the fore port cargo-bay, live animal cargo. Herbs, animals, and pets groaned and clucked and baaa'ed.
Loadmistress Kim Dewittler yawned and looked over her live-charges one more time.

In the aft-Starboard bay, amid the luggage, a small camera-style suitcase, buried under luggage filled with clothing, toys, papers, and mail.



0346 hours...

Anne Mulhavre was going overseas-the first member of her family to do so, to join a tour-group sponsored by her school's "International Outreach Society".

She's fourteen, and way too young to be travelling alone-she is meeting with a host-family from one of the Computer Hardware firms.

she's blonde, about five feet tall now, with freckles. She likes to play chess, and read.

She's about to become about one hundered and fifteen pounds of combustion byproducts, however.

"Um...sir, can I have another soda?" she asks.

the steward in Coach nods absently and continues aft without bothering to take her order.


0350 Hours...

the solid-state timer finishes counting down the fifteen hour trip to its destination.
Several things happen now. first, a signal is sent to a microchip embedded in a gray, waxy substance inside a camera-case in the aft hold (just below the primary crossfeeds for the wing hydraulics, and just to the right of the rear-landing-gear Hydraulic pumps.)

the microchip, in turn sends a pulsed signal to a number of cleverly-engineered detonators.

Made with Military Grade Explosives of Vastivan design, the bomb may be small, but it is quite powerful enough.

The initial explosion sends a shockwave through the airframe, blowing the floorpanels between Coach, and the rear cargo-bay, apart in jagged shrapnel-like shards.

did you know that, given enough pressure and heat, hydraulic Fluid (even very stable fluid) burns?

There's plenty of both here. Internal pressure in the zone of the blast exceeds 135,000 pounds-per-square inch for the duration of approximately ten picoseconds.
Long enough to crush, pulverize, and mix flesh, cloth, composite plastics, and shards of aluminum from the floorbeams.

This, incidentally, also tears the landing gear loose, and breaks the keel of the airplane.

Titanium burns, too.

A second explosion in the fore starboard cargo area (there is a LOT of cargo on a Volvo-Boeing 110...blended-wing design and all that...) about two miliseconds later breaches the business=class and first-class sections, as well as crushing the crew-rest module (with the Captain inside.)
the two almost-simultaneous detonations also produce "Peak" pressure on the mostly-empty fuel tanks.

Now, a fuel-tank that is mostly empty is like a bomb waiting to happen.
This one happens.

Not that anyone on-board cares, since both bombs managed to kill everyone inside the plane right before the fuel-tankage, hydraulic fluid, paint, etc. reached flashpoint and burned/exploded.

From the point of view of the Vastivan coast-guard vessel six miles and 35,000 feet below, the plane went from "Radar dot and distant marker lights" to "Goddamn, that's BRIGHT"

Boom. "Boom" comes several seconds after the flash.

Even with dedicated, trained, and excellently-equipped crews arriving almost immediately, there is no one to save. Few pieces of the plane are larger than one square meter.

542 people, gone...
Vastiva
13-05-2005, 11:33
THAT'S a teaser? SHEESH!

Well, if you're in a terrorist group or a terrorist who wants to blow something up in Vastiva, here's a (partial) list of target nations and targets:

Vastiva (Antarctica)
Vastivan Alaska
South Africa
Sisu Arshu (Continent of Manium)
Sisu Pangea (Continent of Sisu Pangea)
Tradaa Iroquois (Naval Base on Manhattan Island)
Tradaa Mextaali (Naval Base on Yucatan Penninsula)
Tradaa Baccarat (Trading/Naval Base in Monaco)


I'll give some more details on these later. For right now, if you're interested, post what sort of team and mayhem and/or a preferred target.

If you're interested in being a target, just speak up. :)
The Voltarum
14-05-2005, 00:25
I will volunteer as a target, or as a country behind freelancers, or both...

Being a target might fit in with resentment over Neira being so young, supposively a lock to enter the Harem etc... or some other reason I am sure you could come up with =) Given the geography, and the realtive trust between out countries, I am sure damage could be done to any major part of the Voltarum with the exception of the Great Hall in Ohm (capital building), and the main naval bases in Jassan (main seaport), which are both heavily guarded against such heinous acts.

If you need more freelancers, The House of Hention, who currently is the 3rd house of the Voltarum, will rise to the be the 2nd house upon Neira's death. A healthy and happy Sultan would only lenghten her life, and if a deal was made between them (both Neira and the Sultan dead), they woudl probably go ahead with it, as the Head of the House is a rather souless man. There have been hints they were already responsible for Neira parent's murder, so this would not be a big step up...they are very wealthy and have the full ability to do this if they so desired, as the Government tries to stay out of the Noble Houses buisness unless it becomes absolutly necessary to intervene.

Let me know =)
There is no IC thread for this yet, right?
Vastiva
14-05-2005, 02:06
Not yet, no IC thread. That CG blew the hell out of his own plane notwithstanding.
Copiosa Scotia
14-05-2005, 07:28
Vastiva proper would probably be home to the best targets. For the right price, my character Mikhail Schiff can provide the highest level of demolitions expertise to anyone looking to bomb targets there.

And depending on how things go, Copiosa Scotia may become a potential target later in the RP. I may even find a way to tie this in with my election.
P3X1299
14-05-2005, 08:19
I could see some of the more profit minded people in P3X1299 trying to touch off a war, preferably one where they can sell both sides weapons. Perhaps the owner of P3X1299 Defense Industries would be interested. ;)
Vastiva
14-05-2005, 08:41
Vastiva proper would probably be home to the best targets. For the right price, my character Mikhail Schiff can provide the highest level of demolitions expertise to anyone looking to bomb targets there.

And depending on how things go, Copiosa Scotia may become a potential target later in the RP. I may even find a way to tie this in with my election.

Yes - but also the highest levels of security. Thousands of attempts ended with two successes - and all members attempting those died as well. It's a fortress, and difficult at best.
Vastiva
14-05-2005, 08:41
I could see some of the more profit minded people in P3X1299 trying to touch off a war, preferably one where they can sell both sides weapons. Perhaps the owner of P3X1299 Defense Industries would be interested. ;)

Vastiva itself won't need weapons - but JbT is hurtin' for certain.
P3X1299
14-05-2005, 08:49
Vastiva itself won't need weapons - but JbT is hurtin' for certain.

Right. But, war is good for business. P3X1299 Defense Industries might also have to dispatch some personnel with the weapons to ensure that the JbT is properly trained in their use.

The SKS carbine is probably a good weapon of choice for a terrorist group.

It wouldn't hurt to send in representatives would it?
Vastiva
14-05-2005, 08:52
Right. But, war is good for business. P3X1299 Defense Industries might also have to dispatch some personnel with the weapons to ensure that the JbT is properly trained in their use.

The SKS carbine is probably a good weapon of choice for a terrorist group.

It wouldn't hurt to send in representatives would it?

Not a bit. ;)
P3X1299
14-05-2005, 09:20
You people probably frown on smuggling too. :p
Vastiva
14-05-2005, 09:26
No - in Vastiva the government runs the smuggling. And we don't like competition for those who don't give their vig to the Sultan.
P3X1299
15-05-2005, 09:35
No - in Vastiva the government runs the smuggling. And we don't like competition for those who don't give their vig to the Sultan.

That's where a Q-ship comes in handy. :p
Vastiva
15-05-2005, 11:18
You, we keep our eyes on.... ;)
P3X1299
16-05-2005, 07:05
You probably don't want to know what else will turn up. :p

There are corporations in P3X1299 that have entire MEUs on the payroll and own Alfa class submarines.
Novikov
16-05-2005, 07:43
Give us a political reason to finance these freelances and/or terrorists, and we will join in wholeheartedly.

This could also present an option for my annexation... Just a thought, but yeah...
Vastiva
16-05-2005, 08:08
Vastiva's new Sultan is Progressive - the last was Isolationist.

The new Sultan has promoted multiracialism, multiculturalism, and vast wealth for the masses.

There is also the past belief in the Soviet ideals (long since departed), and for greater influence of Religion on Politics (not present, but they want it...)
Novikov
16-05-2005, 08:10
Lol. Damn. That is almost the same ideology as Novikov. I have little reason to fund terrorists.
Vastiva
16-05-2005, 08:22
Take this test (http://www.politicalcompass.org) and it will show you about where you are on the political chart.

Vastiva currently rates:
Economic Left/Right: -0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.59
P3X1299
16-05-2005, 09:12
My IC political compass is in my signature. Yay for unrestrained capitalism.
Cadillac-Gage
16-05-2005, 10:42
"Libertarian Capitalist"

Oh, Vastiva: here's the thread I moved the interrogation to:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=419441

It's got linkys to the airliner bombing, the power-plant bombing, and the reactions by Nasiri.

I also "Fixed" the name-problem, to keep your "big playas" offstage until later.
P3X1299
17-05-2005, 09:34
Would you like me to have a ship at a random spot along your coastline, where the explosives *came* from?

After all, war is good for business.
Cadillac-Gage
17-05-2005, 10:09
Hmmm... he'd have to be a ways out there, it's pretty shallow for quite some distance.
P3X1299
18-05-2005, 07:42
If it's in international waters, that's an even better pretext for something.

Actually, that gave me an interesting idea. My ship could have been scheduled to meet with the terrorist group, somewhere, but the group got caught, and someone in the government found out the position. After a brief firefight, the ship is taken and a cargo of weapons is discovered. That could be a pretext for getting someone in P3X1299 involved.
Cadillac-Gage
25-05-2005, 21:43
If it's in international waters, that's an even better pretext for something.

Actually, that gave me an interesting idea. My ship could have been scheduled to meet with the terrorist group, somewhere, but the group got caught, and someone in the government found out the position. After a brief firefight, the ship is taken and a cargo of weapons is discovered. That could be a pretext for getting someone in P3X1299 involved.

Works. JbT has found quislings in Cadillac-Gage's underground environmental movement, and they're going to be working together to both foul Vastivan diplomacy, and try to stop a fairly large and somewhat dangerous engineering project.
The tokera
08-06-2005, 22:49
I am not sure if you are still going to do this or if it is alreadt done or what but if no one is playing the role of the nation funding the terrorists and or the head terrorist cell. I have a few ideas for attcaks.
Red Tide2
08-06-2005, 23:17
OOC:Saw this and it piqued my interest. Mind if the Red Tide Mafia starts selling weapons to these guys?
Vastiva
09-06-2005, 05:50
If you want to sell weapons to Janus bin Toto, do so - telegram that name, it's a nation.
The tokera
09-06-2005, 22:47
would it be possible for the tokera to be the nation funding the terrorists and/or the head cell.
Dashro
10-06-2005, 23:04
I would like to join. I can play a Terrorist Cell from my Nation. As Dashro are Space Pirates, it does sound kind of reasonable to be hired to destroy targets pointed out by secret investors. ^^
Vastiva
11-06-2005, 09:08
Im not sure FT is the best choice to aid MT terrorists...
Concremo
11-06-2005, 10:56
i would be more than happy to rp as a freelancer, a recent event has left me with an abundance of them.
Zatarack
11-06-2005, 11:30
RPing a freelancer

However, we're FT.