The Ine Givar:
Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?
Yes, one of my fave terrorist organizations. I know Loren just
said they were deliberately vague on 'em, but I always got the
impression that they were the Pro-Psionic Rights terrorist group of
the Imperium. (Yeah, I know, but I started this before Red Star
was ever put on the maps) My initial assumption was based on the
fact that he very moral Zhodani were willing to back them.
As their groups were at least partially composed of psionic adepts
it made the group very subversive. Consider. The Imperium would
need to use what knowlege of psionics it had to fight them. That
means they use the few trained psionics they have. Now, as the Ine
Givar will loudly claim, they are fighting for the rights of the
very people who are hunting them!
The Ine Givar had legitimate organizations and lobby groups running
around the Imperium (trying not to get lynched) bringing lawsuits
against the Imperial prohibitions on Psionics. There were all
kinds of peaceful demonstrations: sit-ins... marches... voting
drives... rallies... fund raising parties...
And of course there's Saint Sinn's Day on 073: Sinn was martyred
on the first day of the Psionic suppressions back in the 700s.
Everyone marches in parades, wears something blue, get excedingly
drunk on blue beer, etc. etc. The Ine Givar have made this holiday
their national day and a great deal of their activity occurs on
that day. It's the one day where most people feel proud of any
ethnic connection they might have to the psionic saint of Esalin.
Of course anyone who wears red (symbolizing the blood of Sinn) may
be subject to harrassment.
I remember one PC who after learning what the Ine Givar were REALLY
up to looked up and said, "Why are we fighting these guys? Why
aren't we HELPING them!..."
...Then I had the Ine Givar blow up another shopping mall full of
civilians and massacre the entire crew and passengers of a
subsidized liner... |->
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Scott 2G Kellogg
"I'm not wreckless! I'm self-preservationally challenged!"