Knights of the Old Republic - OCC

[Karl Green]

Yea the Hutt's organization is accepted by the local Republic reps, and you don't have any proof right now... so using the Military against civilians would be a big no-no....

NOW having said that, the word of a Jedi (or some Padawans) would probably be good enough for the Captain to send the Marines in, and look for the proof later, it would just be a big worry for a lot of people.

I don't want to give anything away here, it is up to the characters what steps they want to take next... and while yes there is a huge fortress... there might be options for not taking everyone on...

 

[Shalimar]

We know that the Pure do not have the capability to pull off what they are being blamed for. We know that the Sith have been present in the Palace, and we have reason to believe that the Sith have operated out of this building in the past. Its reasonable to search places that they have been known to be in the past when we know that they have been there recently. Especally since we are being stalked by a very powerful Darksider that only one of us sensed, and we were attacked in the vicinity of the palace.

 

[drothgery]

I don't think we could either. Which is why I don't think a frontal assault is a good idea.

Oddly, I think the rest of you would stand a pretty good chance; Serrana would have some problems, as she's really far better at vehicle combat than personal combat, but for the most part it's 6th-level heroics vs low-level noheroics. Autofire and area-effect weapons are problems, but otherwise heroic characters can handle absurdly lopsided numbers.

We need to find a way to come at the Sith sideways.

Problems are
- We can't sneak in. Neither a Twi'lek nor a Miraluka are inconspicuous.
- Serrana's a pretty good hacker, but she's not a totally tricked out one; playing games with the computer systems will be pushing it even for her.
- Until we've done something about the mole, using the local police for a search is a problem, and cataching the mole likely tips our hand

 

[Karl Green]

Problems are
- We can't sneak in. Neither a Twi'lek nor a Miraluka are inconspicuous.

Now if the D&D movie has taught us anything, its that one can sneak around town, wearing dark hooded cloaks, without drawing attention to oneself even when no one else is wearing them

hehe

 

[drothgery]

Now if the D&D movie has taught us anything, its that one can sneak around town, wearing dark hooded cloaks, without drawing attention to oneself even when no one else is wearing them

And Obi-Wan did the same thing on the Death Star. But none of us are trained in Stealth (though given that it's a Dex skill with no trained only uses, Serrana can fake it with Fool's Luck). Hmm...

 

[Shalimar]

How exactly do we want to proceed with this? I think we have legitimate reason to call in the soldiers. We don't have to go in guns blazing or anything, but having them on hand to counter the threat of the mooks so we could deal with the Sith/Hutt big shots.

Have the soldiers show up, and then just knock on the door, let the Hutt decide if his people are going to fight or let us go on down.

 

[drothgery]

How exactly do we want to proceed with this? I think we have legitimate reason to call in the soldiers. We don't have to go in guns blazing or anything, but having them on hand to counter the threat of the mooks so we could deal with the Sith/Hutt big shots.

Have the soldiers show up, and then just knock on the door, let the Hutt decide if his people are going to fight or let us go on down.

The thing is that the soldiers have no legal reason to be there (because, well, they're military, not police, and arresting the Hutt and minions and searching the place is a police funciton), and this isn't the Republic of the prequels era -- there's no direct tie between the Jedi Order and the government.

 

[Shalimar]

This is a threat to an entire region of space/ the Repbulic. I also don't think things were so legally strict back then. Besides, we aren't going in to arrest the Hutt and his gang since we have no proof of their wrong doing. We are going in to explore the area below the Hutt's palace for the Sith witch we do know attacked us and are almost certainly behind the whole crisis. This isn't a law enforcement matter.

 

[drothgery]

If we wanted to level the place (something which, if we could get the low-level functionaries out, Serrana would be all for doing), it'd be a military operation. Searching private property? Seeking out and capturing or killing criminals? That's police work.

And the armed forces of rich, relatively peaceful democracies (like the Galactic Republic) tend to be relatively small, well-equipped, and well-trained for war. They're not good at providing boots on the ground for occupation or peacekeeping (though the armed forces of imperial powers tend to be good at this). And they hate doing police work.

 

[Karl Green]

One last piece of advise I will give you... Master Sunrider trusted you all to handle this, and it is part of your 'test' to Knighthood as it were. She may not have known everything that was going on, but she put her trust in the Force that you would be able to solve the problems here... just food for thought