OOC: [T20] High Law and Low Justice
- Thread starter Maerdwyn
- Start date
doghead
thotd
Maerdwyn, could I get a bit of detail about the Quinn/Trel connection. I assume that it comes from the time when Trel was fighting the Vargr raiders. I get the impression that Quinn didn't learn of Trel by name. Was the same true of Trel? Did they ever speak, or hear each other?
Thanks
Thanks
Maerdwyn
First Post
Doghead- It comes from some time after the events in the bg that Orvallon wrote - after the break with the Luriani house of Melwan. Trel has seen Quinn on holovids, and knows about him from friends or foremer friends back on Qarrz. He has never been on the same planet at the same time as Quinn, however. For more:
[sblock]Qarrz is a Tech10 luriani world with a minority vargr population of 38%. Most of the planet's surface is covered in ocean, but the land masses are extremely rich in platinum - not the most useful metal, but still a desired one. Work in the land based mines has traditionally been the domain of the vargr underclasses.
In an Imperium-wide development project begun by Empress Margaret almost fifty years ago, the planet was given a vast quantity of mining equipment: robots, high temperature drills, etc, the goal being to both improve production and get sentients out of unhealthy and unsafe mining conditions. Additionally, the equipment came with millions of credits earmarked for retraining the miners. Within a few years, the program was judged by everyone a tremendous success, in terms of the boon to the former miners' standards of living and the size of the Qarrzian economy.
The big blow to peace on Qarrz came about twelve years ago, when the Solomani began their buildup to war against the Imperium, and the Imperium's predictable response. War was on the horizon and everyone knew it. The imperium needed to build up its defenses. The emperor decreed that all non-essential mining operations be converted to military projects. The Imperial mining robots and other equipment on Qarrz were transferred to other systems to mine radioactives, titanium, and other minerals with military applications.
The governor of Qarrz had gotten quite wealthy off his planet's platinum trade, and, he reasoned, much of the planet's economy was tied up in that element. He could not allow the planet's economy to crash for the sake of a war that might never come. So he ordered the mines reopened, and offered the mining jobs to vargr. Most refused flatly, as most vargr now had better paying jobs, and had been in that lifestyle for a couple generations. The governor responded by raising mining wages, and when that didn't work, barriers to other occupations for vargr, and a requirement that tuition for land-based universities be prepaid before entry. This forced some back to the mines, but it just created more and more resentment in others. Unrest grew, until strikes and, eventually, riots became commonplace.
When it became clear that the security forces were unable to deal with the violence, the governor made an appeal for aid to the sector Duke, who sent in the Marines and charged them with upholding the governor's rule. The commander on the ground was one J.C. Quinn - this was about four years ago.
The marines had some success in putting down the violence, but were unable to get at the root causes, because each time they met with vargr leaders, they claimed they did not have the authority to change Qarrzian policies regarding emplyment or education - only security. Quinn did begin recruiting for the Marines from among the vargr, and this eased tentions some, but a large element of the vargr population viewed him as an enabler of the Qarrzian regime.
When the bombings started, the luriani population on Qarrz panicked, and Quinn was ordered to put an end to the uprisings once and for all. Thousands were arrested, and many civilians (both luriani and vargr) were killed (accounts vary, predictably, about who was to blame for most of the deaths.
Quinn's reputation as the "Butcher of Qarrz" among the vargr on the planet comes from an incident in the city of Darshoon which had recently been devastated by an earthquake. The city was heavily vargrish, and the rescue operations were handled exclusively by Marines. On some of the days Force Commander Quinn attended, with the stated goal of improving tensions. According to the vargr, Quinn and the Marines learned that Ker'legg Arlesh, a leader in the resistence, was in the city, and they went to the apartement complex when he was hiding out to arrest him. When they could not find him, they imploded the building, and began firing indiscriminately on civilians in the area. Quinn later claimed that the marines were not behind the building's collapse - that it collapsed due to structural damage from the earthquake - and that his regiment had been fired upon before returning fire, but the number of dead and the fact that explosive residue was later found within the rubble of the building, makes these explanations ring hollow with most of Qarrz's population. Quinn was promoted off planet, and left the Marines soon after.
The next Marine commander on Qarrz was Ludo Bianco, who immediately imposed planetwide curfews and set about disarming all non-military citizens on Qarrz. Open conflicts between the vargr and marines continue through the present day.
Trel and his mate, whose break with the Luriani house of Melwan had become known among certain other who worked against that house, were brought in last year to advise Arlesh and the Qarrzian vargrs on Imperial Marine tactics and how to resist them. He grew to know and like them, but cut ties after it became clear that his advise was being used not just to resist the marines' operations on Qarrz, but to hunt and kill marines themselves. [/sblock]
[sblock]Qarrz is a Tech10 luriani world with a minority vargr population of 38%. Most of the planet's surface is covered in ocean, but the land masses are extremely rich in platinum - not the most useful metal, but still a desired one. Work in the land based mines has traditionally been the domain of the vargr underclasses.
In an Imperium-wide development project begun by Empress Margaret almost fifty years ago, the planet was given a vast quantity of mining equipment: robots, high temperature drills, etc, the goal being to both improve production and get sentients out of unhealthy and unsafe mining conditions. Additionally, the equipment came with millions of credits earmarked for retraining the miners. Within a few years, the program was judged by everyone a tremendous success, in terms of the boon to the former miners' standards of living and the size of the Qarrzian economy.
The big blow to peace on Qarrz came about twelve years ago, when the Solomani began their buildup to war against the Imperium, and the Imperium's predictable response. War was on the horizon and everyone knew it. The imperium needed to build up its defenses. The emperor decreed that all non-essential mining operations be converted to military projects. The Imperial mining robots and other equipment on Qarrz were transferred to other systems to mine radioactives, titanium, and other minerals with military applications.
The governor of Qarrz had gotten quite wealthy off his planet's platinum trade, and, he reasoned, much of the planet's economy was tied up in that element. He could not allow the planet's economy to crash for the sake of a war that might never come. So he ordered the mines reopened, and offered the mining jobs to vargr. Most refused flatly, as most vargr now had better paying jobs, and had been in that lifestyle for a couple generations. The governor responded by raising mining wages, and when that didn't work, barriers to other occupations for vargr, and a requirement that tuition for land-based universities be prepaid before entry. This forced some back to the mines, but it just created more and more resentment in others. Unrest grew, until strikes and, eventually, riots became commonplace.
When it became clear that the security forces were unable to deal with the violence, the governor made an appeal for aid to the sector Duke, who sent in the Marines and charged them with upholding the governor's rule. The commander on the ground was one J.C. Quinn - this was about four years ago.
The marines had some success in putting down the violence, but were unable to get at the root causes, because each time they met with vargr leaders, they claimed they did not have the authority to change Qarrzian policies regarding emplyment or education - only security. Quinn did begin recruiting for the Marines from among the vargr, and this eased tentions some, but a large element of the vargr population viewed him as an enabler of the Qarrzian regime.
When the bombings started, the luriani population on Qarrz panicked, and Quinn was ordered to put an end to the uprisings once and for all. Thousands were arrested, and many civilians (both luriani and vargr) were killed (accounts vary, predictably, about who was to blame for most of the deaths.
Quinn's reputation as the "Butcher of Qarrz" among the vargr on the planet comes from an incident in the city of Darshoon which had recently been devastated by an earthquake. The city was heavily vargrish, and the rescue operations were handled exclusively by Marines. On some of the days Force Commander Quinn attended, with the stated goal of improving tensions. According to the vargr, Quinn and the Marines learned that Ker'legg Arlesh, a leader in the resistence, was in the city, and they went to the apartement complex when he was hiding out to arrest him. When they could not find him, they imploded the building, and began firing indiscriminately on civilians in the area. Quinn later claimed that the marines were not behind the building's collapse - that it collapsed due to structural damage from the earthquake - and that his regiment had been fired upon before returning fire, but the number of dead and the fact that explosive residue was later found within the rubble of the building, makes these explanations ring hollow with most of Qarrz's population. Quinn was promoted off planet, and left the Marines soon after.
The next Marine commander on Qarrz was Ludo Bianco, who immediately imposed planetwide curfews and set about disarming all non-military citizens on Qarrz. Open conflicts between the vargr and marines continue through the present day.
Trel and his mate, whose break with the Luriani house of Melwan had become known among certain other who worked against that house, were brought in last year to advise Arlesh and the Qarrzian vargrs on Imperial Marine tactics and how to resist them. He grew to know and like them, but cut ties after it became clear that his advise was being used not just to resist the marines' operations on Qarrz, but to hunt and kill marines themselves. [/sblock]
Last edited:
doghead
thotd
Meardwyn,
I'm in a swd20 game that seems to have gone belly up. There are two others in the game with me - Festy_Dog and Thanee. Both are solid players. I wondered if they would be interested in porting across to T20. Thought I would check with you first before mentioning anything.
thotd
I'm in a swd20 game that seems to have gone belly up. There are two others in the game with me - Festy_Dog and Thanee. Both are solid players. I wondered if they would be interested in porting across to T20. Thought I would check with you first before mentioning anything.
thotd
Maerdwyn
First Post
doghead,
Yes, I'd love a couple more players, so you can offer them spots. I'll probably wait until we leave Tamandere, to bring their new characters in, though ( I promise it really will be soon
)
edit : if they want to take existing NPCs for now, that's great too, but at this point, getting new character's ready might be better.
Yes, I'd love a couple more players, so you can offer them spots. I'll probably wait until we leave Tamandere, to bring their new characters in, though ( I promise it really will be soon
)edit : if they want to take existing NPCs for now, that's great too, but at this point, getting new character's ready might be better.
Last edited:
doghead
thotd
Invitation passed on.
I wouldn't know about email notification. I didn't know it had been turned off. I keep up to date using the User CP panel. I rarely check my email anyway - much to the irritation of my friends. Fortunately, they have learned to email my phone if its urgent. Which usually means I get it in a day or two when I remember to dig my phone out from the bottom of my bag (and recharge it).
Lu|d|oghea|d|ite
I wouldn't know about email notification. I didn't know it had been turned off. I keep up to date using the User CP panel. I rarely check my email anyway - much to the irritation of my friends. Fortunately, they have learned to email my phone if its urgent. Which usually means I get it in a day or two when I remember to dig my phone out from the bottom of my bag (and recharge it).
Lu|d|oghea|d|ite
Similar Threads
