The Resistance! ...2! [Concluded]

[HopAlongBunny]

Ok, having never used any of the mail features here I may have just borked the game :p

My reply to Lazy's email tells me the reply was sent to several users (that would be bad); hopefully my interpretation of that (system message) is flawed :)

[LazyMcCrow]

Ok, having never used any of the mail features here I may have just borked the game :p

My reply to Lazy's email tells me the reply was sent to several users (that would be bad); hopefully my interpretation of that (system message) is flawed :)

I don't think there was a problem. I received your empty PM (personal message) which I took to mean you were playing . If you sent an empty PM to anyone else, thats fine by me.
The thing is to remember not to discuss this game outside this thread. You may well be playing with some of them in other games, or arranging to meet for coffee and cake - that's all fine, JUST AS LONG AS YOU DON"T DISCUSS THIS GAME OUTSIDE THIS THREAD! - If you imagine that this game is usually played by people around a table, then the person who is peeking when they should have their eys shut is called a 'cheater'. That is what you are doing if you discuss this game outside the thread - the game just isn't balanced to handle that and you only bork it if you do so. I may well be labouring this point beyond politeness so I shall now shut up about it. Don't worry if you don't fully comprehend the rules, I shall explain things as we begin, if you DO have any questions feel free to post them in the thread, or PM me if you feel they might be a little too situation specific for public eyes.

[Jarema]

ready for an action!

EDIT:
I must admit that one of things I love in this setup is lack of out-of-thread communication for anyone, scum included

[LazyMcCrow]

OK thank you all for the quick response. I've had a full set of confirmations and will post the game start thread shortly. Again: Any questions please feel free to PM me, or simply post them in the thread.

[LazyMcCrow]

The nine members of the Resistance team were sitting around the table of the Operations bunker, ready for their briefing. The Nawghrmers and Sawgehrmers had placed themselves at opposing ends of the table, with the off-worlders forming a barrier between them: Apparently relations between natives of the two hemispheres were strained at best.

‘Right! - Here we go again’ Lazy thought as she hit the alarm button.

‘YOU ARE UNDER SECURITY LOCKDOWN’ blared repeatedly from the speakers, as blast doors fired into place, covering the door to the elevator and the only other visible exit from the room.

All members of the team leapt to their feet and scanned their surroundings, weapons at the ready.

Presently the alarms were silenced, although the various red flashing lights continued their visual assault.

‘Alpha Team - Welcome to the Resistance HQ!’ purred Lazy into the mic. ‘I am your Mission Supervisor, Inquisitor McCrow - tasked with - amongst other things - of organising you lot into a coherent fighting unit.

First of all - and by way of an explanation to the current security alert; I must share some rather shocking news with you.

It has come to the attention of High Command - rather catastrophically late in the day I’m afraid - that while six of you are exactly who you claim to be, it seems that three of you are not members of our Resistance at all.’

Lazy paused - as she always did - and monitored her charges closely as the implications sunk in.

‘No ladies and gentlemen - this is not an alarm test: I have it on the highest authority, that three of you are...ahem … Imperial spies’.

A little bit of uproar was usual at this point, and Lazy paused while the Sawgehrmers and Nawgehrmers jabbered angrily amongst themselves, and HOPALONGBUNNY positoned himself in combat mode.

‘However...’ McCrow continued ‘ What has not been established is which of you are loyal to our cause and which of you are the traitors, so I’d appreciate it if no-one started anything stupid. As soon a move is made by ANY of you, I state plainly that ALL of you will be immediately destroyed.’

‘It has been made clear to me by High Command that all of our necks are on the line if anything kicks off down here, and I know for a fact that they will not hesitate to nuke us at the drop of a hat.... so, It is in all of our best interests at this moment, that none of us kill anyone else...

AM I clear? ’

A few muttered agreements were heard, but the peace established felt by no means easy.

Satisfied that the two parties of Gehrmrermians weren’t about to leap at each others furry throats, McCrow continued with the charade:

‘The nine of you have been selected to complete these final Missions, which will allow us to eliminate the Imperial incursion here on Gehrmrerm. The Empire has nothing more than an outpost and two divisions of scouts here at present and if we can take them down, the Resistance can establish a system wide base of Operations here. I am informing you now that NOTHING HAS CHANGED!’ Our Missions MUST go ahead.’

‘So - a word from our rather demanding superiors, and myself must now follow: To the three of you Imperial scum who have been tasked with sabotaging our efforts - I can only say ‘May you burn in hell you ****-****ing *******s.

When we catch you - and we WILL catch you: I’ll make you pay in pain and blood for anything you EVEN THINK you can do to endanger the success of these Missions.

None of you is above suspicion, but it is going to be up to those of us with genuine loyalty to the cause; to get these Missions underway regardless of the three Empire scum amongst us.

For those of you around the table who are truly loyal - I am sorry that it has come to this. There is no time to tarry. We must begin immediately with the assassination of the Imperial Scout Commander. Take a break. Stow your kit - you will not be leaving this room except for when you are selected to undertake one of our vital strikes against the Empire, and for our freedom.

BSMITH - High command has selected you as the first ‘Leader’. It is your job to make a proposal for our first Mission Team. You will need to select three Agents to undertake the assassination attempt. Pick who you want, Pick who your buddy wants - however you do it, make sure you listen to the advice being given - maybe one of the scum will give themselves away in this very room. Pick yourself if you want, but whatever you do: Pick well - the future of everyone on this slushy little planet hangs in the balance.

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You may now begin open discussion in this thread, about who your feel should be included in the first mission. Role Play is encouraged but in no way compulsory.

ORDER OF PLAY - PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

The first ‘Leader’ will be BSmith. BSmith will propose three members (possibly including himself) to attempt the First Mission. Once the proposal is posted in the thread you are ALL required to send me a PM either APPROVING or OPPOSING the Mission Team proposal.

Once I have a complete set of votes, I shall post the results in the thread - including how each player voted. A clear majority of APPROVAL votes means the proposal succeeds. Ties are counted as OPPOSED.

If BSmith’s proposal succeeds, Mission 1 will begin.

If BSmith’s proposal is opposed then ‘Leadership’ passes to the next player in Turn Order:

1) BSmith
2) autolycus
3) Jarema
4) Darth Feather
5) Makrell
6) HopAlongBunny
7) B_Ray
8) Ishmael
9) Double A

If five Mission Team proposals in a row are OPPOSED the Imperial Spies win automatically!

Once The First Mission has begun, the selected Team Members must send me orders via PM. Loyal Resistance members MUST send ‘MISSION SUCCEEDS’ orders. Imperial Spies may send either ‘MISSION SUCCEEDS’ or ‘MISSION FAILS’ orders.

Once I have a complete set of orders I shall post a write-up of the outcome - checking to see if either of the win conditions have been met - and if not - we shall proceed to the next Mission with a new ‘Leader’

A reminder of the Mission List:

THE MISSIONS:
1st Mission Team: 3 Members
2nd Mission Team: 4 Members
3rd Mission Team: 4 Members
4th Mission Team: 5 Members*
5th Mission Team: 5 Members

*This Mission requires a minimum of 2 MISSION FAILS orders for it to fail.

Anything not clear? Post questions in thread or PM me. And REMEMBER - NO OUT-OF-THREAD COMMUNICATION about this game with any of the other players!

[Jarema]

the only advise I may have is to include Autolycus and me (and possibly Darth Feather instead of you, BSmith) in the mission, because then there would be some knowledge on us, and we are going to propose teams next

[Darth Feather]

You know that time when I pursued a great Larginitor with circular teeths. That time I had an imperial spy in my company. I killed him and disembowled his body. The criminal gave me a nice bounty of 12.5 kilo gold.

So I should go on the mission as Jarema suggested.

Oh Makrell, do you happen to have found a tikomena skin which fell of a truck? I am looking for something good for camouflage.