Worst Case Scenario (LH~, LR-, Das Wilde)

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'€œWorst Case Scenario'€

Background:

Several days ago powerful long range scanners mounted on Airdrie Hideout detected a very brief and sudden pulse of energy deep from inside the Barrier nebula. Analysis of the energy pulse revealed that it was not from any known human made power sources, nor was it an explosion or stellar discharge. Disturbingly, hours after the energy pulse was detected massive amounts of activity was reported inside the Barrier nebula itself (information stolen from IMG probes) which suggest that light-years of the nebula suddenly was blown away. Desperate for information, the Hackers outfit their most compact scanning arrays yet designed onto a single Falchion fighter and turn to the Liberty Rogues, seeing the pirates as useful and expendable escorts (the Hackers are not willing to sacrifice too many of their own assists on a potential suicide mission), and deploy their ship to Coronado to investigate.

Event Type: Escort/Organized Combat
Event Place: Tau-117


Event Outline:

A Lane Hacker Falchion (and perhaps a pair of escorting bayonets) and an escort flight of Rogue Snubs make their way into the Coronado system to the source of the energy pulses, stumbling upon Rogue wreckage and the active alien Jumpgate. Once on the other side the group will have to make their way to Bottrop Depot. Upon entering the system Das Wilde ships will launch from Bottrop and move to intercept the intruders. The Falchion must scan the Wilde base of operations and retreat back to Coronado, if the Falchion is destroyed then the computer core must make it back to Coronado.

Event Objectives:

Hackers/Rogues: The Rogues and the Lane Hacker escorts will have to defend the Falchion until it makes it to Bottrop. Until then it cannot be attacked by the Das Wilde, once it reaches the station it is free game. At that point the Hacker/Rogue fleet must retreat back through the jumpgate, saving either the Falchion or its computer core. The Falchion will be carrying a pilot and an optical chip commodity; if the ship is destroyed after scanning Bottrop an escort ship must collect the pilot and computer core and retreat with it. Only snubs will be allowed.

Das Wilde: Das Wilde ships must destroy all escort craft before the Falchion reaches Bottrop. The Falchion is not a combatant until it reaches the base or the escorts have been obliterated. If they fail to do this and the Falchion makes it to Bottrop, then it has scanned the station, gate, and surrounding space. The Falchion becomes the target. At this point the Wilde must collect the Hacker pilot and the computer core before it makes it back to Coronado and is able to transmit the scans back to Airdrie. Das Wilde would be allowed one Scorpion.

Outcomes:

Hacker/Rogues win: The Lane Hackers now have very sensitive information to sell or ransom off, later deploying assists to keep an eye on the Tau-117 gate. The Rogues get paid for their work. The existence of the Tau-117 gate is revealed to the Liberty Unlawfuls which will attract unwanted attention to the operations going on in the system, and possibly attract the attention of the BHG or LSF in the future.

Das Wilde win: They can revel in the fact that their new location has been properly secured, but now also possess a Lane Hacker pilot and one of their computer cores, creating a possibly disastrous situation for the Hackers in the future.




I need feedback from the official groups on this idea as well as any other ideas people have in regards to this.