> Last year, I was running a rather neat MT game based very loosely on
> the Twighlight's peak scenario. It was rather neat, but since the end of the
> year (and graduation) was heading our way, we decided to end it. I tweaked
> the ending a bit (lots!) so that the players were the only people aware
> of the incoming Zho fleet. (I forgot that there is no reason for the
> Zhodani to attack in the shattered imperium environment. Sigh)
On the contrary - there is no reason for the Zhodani NOT to attack the Spinward
Marches. Who's going to stop them? Throw out the "official" explanation. As
I recall, it was something like "they no longer regard the Marches as a threat,
and are content to let it be". Now, out of five Frontier Wars, how many did
the Zhodani start? How many did the Imperium start? 5 - 0 to the Zhodani, if
my history books are reliable. So who's threatening whom? (I have my own
reason for the Zhodani not bothering the Marches. It involves another Vargr
warlord, who's managed to combine TL 16 and population level 10, and isn't too
fond of Zhodani.)
> The players wished to 1. repel the Zhodani invasion
> 2. prevent a similar one from happening again
> 3. get heaps and piles of money
> 4. duplicate the resources of the base far away for thier own use.
>
> Thier methods for 1 and 2 were a bit crude, but effective.
> (artificial plague) In the time we had left, they did not figure out a way
> to do #4, so they did not get around to trying 3.
>
> Here is a case where a squadron of Tigress class ships couldn't do a damn
> thing to them, but simple desire for human contact would get them in the end.
Maybe not. But if the players started getting obnoxious, one Tigress class
with a chirper on board might. The Imperials have figured out what's happening
and sent this chirper along, with instructions to pretend to be a leader.
Either there's a gun secretly pointed at him; or the rest of the squadron is
threatening his home village; or he's been promised loadsamoney or loads of
Ancient goodies in return. So he gets on the communicators, and tells the
Droyne that he's a leader, the PC's are evil alien invaders, and as of now he
is taking charge.
"Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott
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