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Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

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Freefaller said:
Juna Briardi
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Have to admit, although enjoyable, I don't like this bit.

It jump way too fast and too far with no breather, from being a scared former slave with no knowledge of what's happening to her just deciding to go gun-tooting mercenary after a few moments with her social worker?

The pacing, and the train of logic, just doesn't track.
 
Neo3932156 said:
Have to admit, although enjoyable, I don't like this bit.

It jump way too fast and too far with no breather, from being a scared former slave with no knowledge of what's happening to her just deciding to go gun-tooting mercenary after a few moments with her social worker?

The pacing, and the train of logic, just doesn't track.
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Tracks very well actually mercanaries are a very well known job in star wars and this is someone that wants revenge on the pirates that did this to them
 
At this rate, the Myto Srctor is going to be the most stable and profitable sector by the time of Endor. Throw in the shipyards and it will become a vital Imperial Holdout in the chaos after Endor, a sector that the Rebellion/New Republic will eventually have to deal with.....eventually
 
Notsae66 said:
Letting Bankers get any amount of power is always a dangerous folly... but it might, just might, be worth it to keep things together just long enough for everything to go down in flames.
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Very much a good thing for him if think. With the galaxy about to shatter into HRE on crack having the bankers invested physically in your sector means a lot. Espescialy since they will have a few years to build up their infrastructure and investments and thus be very unwilling to give them up and run when the chips fall post DS2
 
TyTKaydn said:
Tracks very well actually mercanaries are a very well known job in star wars and this is someone that wants revenge on the pirates that did this to them
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Not disputing the mercs thing, just that it went from powerless slave -> wanting to be a merc with no in-between that grinds my gear.

Like, where the thoughts that went "Oh, I'm no longer an abused, overworked slaves with no thoughts or care being given and now I'm being given security and a job to go back to being a civi" or something to give the scene some moment before a reason wanting to go DOOM on some slavers.
 
Neo3932156 said:
Not disputing the mercs thing, just that it went from powerless slave -> wanting to be a merc with no in-between that grinds my gear.

Like, where the thoughts that went "Oh, I'm no longer an abused, overworked slaves with no thoughts or care being given and now I'm being given security and a job to go back to being a civi" or something to give the scene some moment before a reason wanting to go DOOM on some slavers.
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Is it really that big a shock they would want revenge asap? And being a merc means they get paid for the privilege too. Its a win win
 
The Mando Migration has been a resounding success, clans flocking in to operate openly under Imperial approval. Every credit they collect is another batch of beskar they can claim is rightfully theirs. And there's no shortage in credits to be earned.

Just you watch, there's gonna be a hidden resource pool in Las' territories, tons of combat capable citizens. There is no shortage in volunteers to joining the official military, mercs, bounty hunters and security personnel. Then there's specialized talents like the civilian/merc LECA pilots, agents/kill teams from HAVEN and Mandos


Crazy how, "detached" a story can be from canon with enough distance like this story. But it doesn't mean Las is exempt from the knock-on effects of what the true MCs do that affect the setting. When Palpatine dies and the Empire is spiraling into a chaotic mess of everyone trying to rally power or follow the orders of Operation Cinder, the economy and public safety are going to suffer greatly. The last thing he needs is everyone to panic cause the foreign markets switch to the nearest dominant currency in their area and start rejecting the Imperial Credit or worse mark up prices to the difference in value.

Good call on Las to prep with the Banking Clans to back the Imperial Credit in his systems, with resource collateral to have it assured with the Galactic Credit. So even if his neighbors economies start to tank, he has enough to prep for a switch when needed. If anything this might actually flag him positively on the loyalty index by accident, the tax bureau might notice the deal but if questioned, they'd realize it's more to strengthen the Imperial Credit than to diminish. Cause anyone can push the IC with a "Trust me bro, it's still good" but the Las Credit money in his territory is still worth something.


I recommend he takes advantage of any gaps in the ship production queue, and fill those spots to churn out as many corvettes, frigates and cruisers he can. Cause the following year of Palpy's death alone will need him to bunker down within a tight area among his territories, and defend from any crazy enough to follow-up on doing his scorched earth plan or the New Republic coming to tear everything apart, cause productivity of the Sectors are too dangerous to leave in reach of Imperial Remnant territory.
 
Daemascus said:
Is it really that big a shock they would want revenge asap? And being a merc means they get paid for the privilege too. Its a win win
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It's not the reasoning, it's the disconnection with the thought process I have issues with. There's no bridge between the powerless narration she was in to suddenly finding out she was free to wanting a gun literally a spacing after.
 
Neo3932156 said:
It's not the reasoning, it's the disconnection with the thought process I have issues with. There's no bridge between the powerless narration she was in to suddenly finding out she was free to wanting a gun literally a spacing after.
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yeah honestly not my best work. the idea was to show her anger bubbling up more slowly, for her to have been someone who's held this anger in for years and is now finally being given the chance to let it out on those she hates. But at the same time I wanted to showcase that fear that would inevitably set within the hearts of those enslaved for such a long time, and ended up focusing on that too much, so her goal at the end feels out of place.
 
Freefaller said:
yeah honestly not my best work. the idea was to show her anger bubbling up more slowly, for her to have been someone who's held this anger in for years and is now finally being given the chance to let it out on those she hates. But at the same time I wanted to showcase that fear that would inevitably set within the hearts of those enslaved for such a long time, and ended up focusing on that too much, so her goal at the end feels out of place.
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Personally I would have shown her at her new farm week or month later realizing that she is in fact free to choose her own future and wanting to pivot into pirate hunting.
 
cosmicfox said:
Why do I get the feeling that once the dust settles, our boy will end up Emperor, or at least Head of State of the Remnants? The reward for good work is... more work.
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I agree. The oversector, or at least the local sector, is shaping up to be its own Empire remnant. Then again, it could always become its own mini-polity. There's no real need for the MC to keep using the Imperial system at that point.
 
Freefaller said:
While I doubted it would be enough to rid the sector of pirates, it would help stem the tide. Especially as reports of rising piracy across the oversector made their way to me. The Governor-General was pulling more resources towards the Coreward sectors and it was sure to cause chaos.

But, if nothing else, the Myto sector would be prepared to weather the storm.
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I don't know how but somehow this is gonna come back to him getting promoted again, he's almost gonna take over the outer rim if nor in total than a large section, then hes gonna make it the most advanced simply because he has a semi open policy that doesn't promote slavery and is stable with most if not all fracture points properly fixed or with decent patches that can be properly fixed in the coming years.
 
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