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

[kikatsu]

'€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.

[Xoria]

I don't see why the acquisition by the Lane Hackers of any type of information would necessarily lead to its revelation to the Liberty government or any of its agencies. The Lane Hacker official faction has a very long standing distrust of the Liberty government based on suspicions of collusion with Nomads or illicit use of Nomad technology. Whatever the Lane Hackers might discover about the Wilde or Nomads, the Liberty government would be the last entity they would share that knowledge with.

And, what is your role with any of the groups involved in this event?

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[Reverend Del]

He's a member of the LR.

Besides, despite the flaw you pointed out in the plot, everything else is reasonably watertight. LH wanting to know more, LR being used as expendable fodder to find out more. Could be an awful lot of fun if everyone's up for it.

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[kikatsu]

Addressing the plot hole, no one would purposefully let the Liberty government know about it, but the fact that Rogues were involved suggests the possibility that something could go wrong with whoever was involved in the future. The Hackers will not get captured or blab about it, but the Rogues are not as tight lipped and they do get captured at times. The Hackers do not need to sell the information to Liberty either, anyone in the area could buy it... the TAZ, The CR, the IMG, etc.

[Das Wilde Wesen]

This is news to us.

I'm a little concerned about two things, mainly, the numbers that we could field and the fact that a LF can dodge forever and a day, especially if we can't target it before its escorts are destroyed.

We will continue to discuss this amongst ourselves.

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[Altejago]

I just woke up and read this.

Nice little idea.

I condone this after more discussion.

Was news to you, DWW, as it was to I.

Think about it and add me on skype to collaborate further

[Aingar]

*coughcoughgravecoughdigcough*

Still, sounds like fun, why not?

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[Zapp]

If it's a matter of numbers for the Wilde, they could always ask for help from the K'Hara. I do agree with Wesen's concern about the light fighter, though. Perhaps making it a Dromedary instead would work better... or a Hacker Gunship.

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[kikatsu]

Any changes and suggestions would be welcomed, changing it to a gunship may be workable, the hacker one is fast, bus can still be overpowered with a handful of fighters, and I am sure a scorpion helping would be good.

Dromedary would work as well, a turret steering one could hold off a couple fighters for at least a little while, but still could go down with effort.