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Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

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Are Planetary Shields as common as they were however long ago this was in the SW Lore? 'Cause most modern SW stuff I've seen has had shields and the like appear to be some sort of lost Archaeo-tech.

I mean, I know Droidekas and planetary shields exist, but personal shields seem all but forgotten, even though the tech existed in KOTOR, which takes place, like, 4000 years before the movies do? I think?

How expensive is it to get a planetary shield anyway?
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Planetary Shields were fairly common but keep in mind the MASSIVE Power requirements to run these shields. This made them prohibitively expensive to keep active and even then it takes time for such to activate. (Lots of substations and emitters have to be maintained and kept in ready use for activation). With over 2 decades of fairly peaceful activity the Core or well built colonies (with heavy system defense fleets) usually had these elements fall by the wayside. The Shields themselves are massive undertakings of infrastructure and then a constant drain on power supply and thus costs.

Disney's Canon has them show up sparingly, but the Legends have them all over the place, especially visible during the Rogue Squadron book series when they disabled the planetary shield on Coruscant.


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https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Planetary_shield

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https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Planetary_shield/Legends

Edit: In short, do not expect to see one on Minda anytime soon. Now a theatre shield (city or localized district) would be cost effective but powering it without a local fuel supply would be cost prohibitive and frankly it is a massive waste of resources. No one is going to get past your fleet in the numbers you need to worry about a sustained orbital bombardment. That and if they do break your fleet a city shield is not going to save you from a determined attacker.

Hint. If you only have part of the land mass your city is located on shielded then what is stopping an attacker from. Targeting the outside edge of your shield (not the shield itself) and/or intentionally targeting the fault lines or using the turbolasers to cause enough environmental damage that the ground quakes or tsunami won't either 1) overload your shield or 2) cause enough ground quakes that your shield is knocked offline.

If I recall correctly there was a scene in which this happened during the Thrawn or Old Republic era.
 
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Also recommended readings for some fairly decent low tech and cheap solutions.

Particularly in Chapters 19 and 24 when he discusses the drones.

And Yes it is from Battletech but it highlights some easily accessible low hanging fruit that can be pushed through your R&D for when you loose your galactic supply.

1) drones (engine, RC controller, either explosives or gun)
2) laser guided primitive missiles
3) crowd sourcing (building, maintenance, prospecting, etc)
4) Big Stompie Robots
5) Big Honking Space Guns

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/when-lambs-fly-battletech-si.1202960/page-61#post-107789030
 
Also in answer to several questions regarding personal shield tech. The answer boils down to the various intergalactic wars that were fought spanning the time frame of thousands of years since the KOTOR time. The galaxy's tech base has advanced and regressed over this time.

Popular theories are a variety of parties were working behind the scenes to weaken the military tech base of the Republic and allied star nations. In particular, the Sith were credited as being one of the main reasons. They were since before Russan Reformation working within the Republic to weaken the foundations. In essence, changing the locks and poking holes in the load-bearing walls. This was all part of the Sith's plan to eventually take over or destroy the Republic which was their recognized reason why the various Sith wars and Empires failed to purge the Jedi.

Popular theories also suggest that the Sith (Sith master joined the Order for time, speculation but we have some Legend Authors who made mention) pushed for the adoption of the Jedi Code (the New Code used during the Clone Wars and before) which is recognized as producing weaker Jedi and leading to a greater number of Fallen Jedi than the Old Code (KOTOR era). Also, the Dark Nexus below the Temple is debatable about it weakening the Jedi ability over the millennia or if the Jedi were keeping it contained. We have mixed opinions from the Legend authors on this. But there is the fact that the Jedi (Luke founded in Legend) were capable of feats not seen since KOTOR in many references in the legend books.

They are also credited as the push on the Russan Reformation's position on Jedi bloodlines due to the then prevalent Jedi Lords. In short, they pushed for the active Jedi not to have families/children. The Green Jedi on Corellia are one sect that refused this and had children and remained a point of contention until the fall of the Jedi.
 
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Also, as there appears to be some confusion.

Standard shields we see on ISDs and warships are speced toward blocking laser and turbo laser and missiles. Per several Legend battles we are informed that a separate shield system called the Ray shielding is speced toward blocking projectiles with mass (bullet, rock, etc). In this case railguns would be effective on most ships smaller than an ISD whose shield system is strong enough to withstand several torpedo hits and mass accelerator projectiles. Your run of the mill civilian or tramp freighter or fighters will not have these. Provided you either have good targeting or enough bullets down range that something will hit, then it is a viable option for those who cannot source the speciality gas for lasers.

In particular if you work up to this for anti missiles or torpedo protection, CIWS types would be useful.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-in_weapon_system
 
Nikoli said:
Just a warning, the Empire was extremely homophobic and speciest (racist) in Legends
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The empire is incredible xenophobic but nowhere in star wars legends or present is homophbia even mentioned, and in current cannon tarkin one of the highest ranking men in the empire is openly gay.
 
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The empire is incredible xenophobic but nowhere in star wars legends or present is homophbia even mentioned, and in current cannon tarkin one of the highest ranking men in the empire is openly gay.
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Several Legend books make reference to extermination or reeducation camps that were liberated or raided by the Rebellion. In one of the briefings, it was mentioned several who were sent there were convicted of being in a homosexual relationship, whether or not that was made up it was apparently enough for a conviction. Again, it was simply a point that was brought up and many ran with it; as if it was the only crime needed to justify the removal of the then captain and XO of a ISD when ISB caught them.

Like I said, it was apparently enough for the Empire to justify it. Whether or not it was politically motivated or not it was a reason the author of that series gave why they were imprisoned. If I recall correctly said XO had information on the location of an Imperial Boneyard that he offered if the Rebellion could rescue him and his captain. Scene had them embracing after said rescue so it was left open to the readers interpretation on wether or not the reason for their incarceration was true or not.

Keep in mind many of these books were written in the 1980s and 1990s. The older population weren't necessarily open for these types of relations. Something else to keep in mind is that during this time frame and when said authors were growing up, homosexuality could get you committed to an institution. (Look up famed British code breaker and his institutionalization (post WWII) after he admitted to his homosexuality).

So again Whether or not it was Imperial policy or simply a few officers / politicians in place of power playing games. It is something that could be used against the MC, along with a number of his other "velvet" glove approaches.

As for the "new Tarkin" everyone Disney originally puts out in their newer products seem to be not in a heterosexual relationship until the fan base complains enough (not buying movie tickets, merc, etc) and it gets retconned. (Yes that was sarcasm). You will note that in the Legends era and Clone War, that Tarkin was married with a sizable number of kids.
 
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In regards to the troopers armour. I would suggest something along the lines of the SPI armour from halo for his elites. More specifically the Photoreactive panels for camouflage i mean technically stormtrooper armour is already semi powered for enviromental control and some cases shields.
 
Oh yeah, A ship I recommend for this early navy buildup is the Vigil class corvette. Costs the same as a Cr90 and could hold a squadron of tie's. A big thing about the vigil is that it's bridge is pretty well guarded so it'll be difficult target the command crew. This'll be good to patrol the system and can be a good escort for the Imperial Nebulons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtdeLBUIqXE here's a link to a video breakdown and here's another link on wookiepedia. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Vigil-class_corvette
 
What is the main character's purpose in doing all this busy work? I see no clear motivation or goal. Even something as simple as decadent self-indulgence, like pursuing a harem, would at least provide some drive.
 
ganshunter1 said:
Not persuasive enough. He had enough money to buy the ship and run away.
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He's waiting for the Empire to collapse first. The Empire is still at the height of its power at the moment, so if he tries to escape, he'll be found quick.

Not even mentioning the fact that one of his sisters is a Spook, who was entirely ready for him to run. Who is also coming to visit him soon, as well.

He could not pick a worse time to run away.
 
Sam I Am said:
He's waiting for the Empire to collapse first. The Empire is still at the height of its power at the moment, so if he tries to escape, he'll be found quick.

Not even mentioning the fact that one of his sisters is a Spook, who was entirely ready for him to run. Who is also coming to visit him soon, as well.

He could not pick a worse time to run away.
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I dunno, galaxy is a big place and he is a nobody. The Empire wouldn't care in my opinion.
 
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I dunno, galaxy is a big place and he is a nobody. The Empire wouldn't care in my opinion.
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Expt his mother his a commodore serving under tarkin his oldest sister is a Commander of a ISD, middle is an Impirial intelligent assassin's and his youngest sister is work directly under thrawn by being the test pilot for the tie defender that resource and connection you just can't run from and the galaxy is quite literally a very small place being basically all settled in some capacity and has an Impirial presence on.

Are si want to escape into comfort not to some backwater so removed from the galaxy their still think the of the age of jedi warlords

And when not if he's caught his mother will most likely throw him into the meat grinder that is the imperial infantry these anit stormtroopers with armer but the basic of the basic the one with no skill or literally penal battalions give what ever was on hand a thrown into place the stormtroopers core need body's for he will die
 
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just can't run from and the galaxy is quite literally a very small place being basically all settled in some capacity and has an Impirial presence on.
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Just to be clear the galactic empire has millions of worlds. It is not a small place in any shape or form. How do you think the pesky rebels always managed to hide?
 
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Just to be clear the galactic empire has millions of worlds. It is not a small place in any shape or form. How do you think the pesky rebels always managed to hide?
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The thing is their didn't the rebellion lost and gained cell as quick as the drop of sand in a turn table and that not multiple resource focus on one single man with no formal train in anti covert actions his youngest sister has the favour of thrawn THRAWN if she make puppy dog eye and ask for a favour to find her brother and her mother does as well even if thrawn give the littlest of his attention to it the si done
 
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    • Chp-12: Creatures and Covert Operations

    I was scheming. Plotting. On my evil mastermind shit. Why? Ironically enough, the same reason most evil masterminds plot. Fear.

    Honestly, my paranoia was getting exhausting. Makes me glad I'm not Sith. I'd be too tired; wouldn't hit the weekly puppy torture quota or some equally inane shit.

    What was I plotting? My own safety, of course. You see, I just realized something. I have no defense against force users. At all.

    I have zero clue whether or not I'd be able to resist mind tricks, illusions, mind reading, and a million other things. Sure, it isn't exactly the biggest fear I have, not by a long shot. But the force is fucking terrifying, and I don't want to deal with it at all.

    That's when I remembered a little planet called Myrkr. On this planet, there lives a species of lizard called the Ysalamiri. These little buggers can create a field that negates the use of the force around them. While the effect is similar to that of the Shirr Ka Rai, the latter actually eats the force around them, while the Ysalamiri simply ensure that the force within their radius cannot be controlled.

    Now, I want one. These little buggers would guarantee my safety. The problem? They were stubborn. For nutrients the lizards sink their claws into a specific type of tree and absorb the nutrients from there. Trying to remove them will almost certainly guarantee the creature's death.

    Thankfully, certain smugglers had figured out how to do this safely. Unfortunately, such people are rare, and the lizards rarer. So it would take some time for the queries I had tossed out into the underworld to come up with an answer.

    I say tossed, but what I really mean is that a droid was sent to buy a droid who was sent to buy a droid who was sent to pay a middleman who was sent to pay an information broker who would send out their feelers, and place the information gathered at a predetermined drop point that changed every week depending on a random number generator built into the datapad that contained the orders.

    It was a fairly complex plan, and one I'm quite proud of. This many proxies would hide my involvement from most. MI could probably track it back to me, but would have no real reason to do so.

    Suffice to say, I would be getting my own little force negating buddy who could sit on a backpack I would get to wear. Very nice.

    Putting my sinister schemes to the side, I turned to the task at hand.

    A few merchants had decided to stop by Ugea. Nothing particularly special, save for their cargo.

    They weren't smugglers, but instead traders of animals. Specifically, farm animals. They had heard about Minda's growing farming industry and decided to try their luck at selling cattle here.

    So there I was, standing at the Accordian Spaceport alongside my personal detail, inspecting the various animals with Ulre Iglad, the head of the local agriculture department. He was sporting a light bruise on his forehead, what he called a "rubber wound".

    "So" I said, "Which ones do you think would be best suited for Ugea?"

    He scanned over the animals, before settling on one.

    "The Shaak will probably be our best bet. Ugea doesn't have any animals suited to cattle work. Most of them are either too small, or too vicious."

    "Ah, but the shaak is both large and docile. How will it impact the ecosystem, however? I don't want an ecological collapse just because we wanted to stop importing meat." I said, taking another bite out of my sandwich. Damn, this thing is good, the techs at R&D really nailed the BBQ sauce flavor. Gotta give them a raise.

    He shook his head. "Shaak are fairly widespread across the galaxy, so the chances of a major ecological collapse from their presence is unlikely. Regardless, we'll be conducting extensive tests."

    I sighed in relief. "Good. Anything else here that could be of use to us?"

    While Ulre looked around, scanning the various animals for anything of use, a cage in the back caught my eye. It was completely shuttered, unlike the other animals' cages which were more open, and looked large enough to fit a great dane.

    Turning to the devaronian captain, I pointed at the object of interest.

    "What's that?"

    He looked surprised, then rushed to explain.

    "That's an animal that seemed to have snuck on board when we were refueling a system over. It was skittish, and lashed out so we hit it with a stunner and tossed it in that cage with some feed and a water bowl. It's been in there for a few days, and has been awfully quiet."

    I hummed while I chewed, then swallowed. Not quite beef, but Bantha was close enough. "Can you unshutter the cage? I'd like to take a look." He nodded, and quickly pressed a few buttons on the cage's control panel. As panels slid back, I got a look at it.

    The animal was lithe, and most certainly carried with it a sense of danger. However, I could tell it was scared, based on all the hissing it was doing. It had the remnants of whatever kibble the merchants had given it tossed around, and a small water bowl that was nearly empty.

    Despite its clear fear, its eyes clearly tracked my sandwich. Taking a gamble(I gotta stop doing this), I ordered the cage opened. As soon as it opened, I tossed the sandwich at the opening just as the creature tried to dart out.

    I almost laughed as my sandwich smacked the animal in its head, dazing the poor thing. It took a moment to sniff at the meat and bread, before quickly gobbling it up. Immediately after it snaked over to me and started to lick at my fingers.

    A raised hand stopped my detail from gunning it down, as the creature was clearly friendly. So long as it got food, that is.

    It walked on all fours, but was clearly capable of utilising its hind legs.

    "Hah! Hungry, eh? I think I'll take em. What is it?"

    The captain's face was a mix of confusion and relief. "I don't know, I've never encountered one of these before."

    Regardless, I smiled. This buddy was fast. If trained correctly, not only would I have a cool pet alien, but one that could very well end up as a bodyguard of sorts.

    I reached down, slowly of course, and let it sniff my hands, before it let me touch its head. It seemed to coo. Light scratches under its chin left it practically melting in my hands.

    Oh yeah baby.

    Alien cat time!
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    Now back at the capitol building, which I was really thinking of giving an official name at this point, I was sitting in a conference room.

    Specifically, the conference room. The one that was built in the remodeling of the building with as many anti-spy safeties that the budget could afford. Which was a surprising amount, all things considered.

    There were the three big leaders of Minda. Myself, Commander Kaela, who controlled the system's army forces, and Captain Veers, leader of the MSDF.

    We were there because Captain Veers had asked us to meet. Only the Captain herself wasn't physically present, as she was still aboard the Rationale in orbit.

    "So, Commander. Care to tell us why you called this meeting?" I asked, trying to ignore my newest friend's attempts to get me to play with them.

    Giving no notice to the creature, the Captain activated the holo table from her terminal, a serious look etched across her face.

    "We have a problem." She brought up an image, some sort of space buoy. One of the ones that were being spread across the system to allow the new network we were building to spread. This buoy was different though. While it was clearly one of ours, it had a myriad of extra tech slapped across it.

    "This is Relay 5-2-3. It's one of our farther out relays, and covers a few of the farther out mining claims. One of those mining teams approached the relay to get a better signal and send their findings back to their HQ on Ugea when they noticed the clear modifications."

    I studied the relay a little closer. The extra tech was shoddy, to say the least.

    "After dismantling the relay, we discovered a few things. This extra technology was a slapdash listening post. It seems that whoever implemented such a thing did it in a rush. Probably intended to be a temporary measure, which is why it was placed on the furthest relay."

    Shit. People are trying to spy on my fucking system!? This sounds bad, to say the least. "Any possible leads as to the perpetrators? Rebels, perhaps?"

    Veers shakes her head. "No, though the rebellion is unlikely. They thrive off of secrecy and sympathy. Such a sloppy job was bound to be discovered. This reeks of a different stench of evil. Criminals."

    I raised an eyebrow. "I was under the assumption that rebels are criminals."

    "They are" she said, "But rebels fight for a cause they believe in, however misplaced. They have a reason to battle, and therefore are more careful in their actions. Common criminals however, are sloppy. They succeed a few times, and get arrogant. The problem here, however, is that these criminals are far too arrogant. They must be found, and crushed."

    "All right. First, have every relay checked out. They may have tampered with others. Bring the spare relays out and check the internals of all the relays as well. It'll take time, but they may have taken a more subtle approach for the relays in more traveled sectors."

    "Of course," replied the Captain. "My people are already on it".

    I turned to the Commander. "As for you, work with the people in R&D. They should be able to identify the components used in the tech and tell you where they can be found in the system. I want a full investigation into wherever these components originated. It could lead us to the perpetrators."

    She saluted. "Yes, governor. At your command!".

    Captain Veers turned to me. "What if the components are from out of the system? What then?"

    I sigh. "Then I'd have to contact the sector moff. Which I'd rather not do."

    Las's memories showed me the brief exchange he had with the sector moff. A rotund old man, Moff Tarry was a party animal, constantly drinking, eating, and wasting away in Dubrillion. He was also incredibly lazy, and getting him to send resources and assistance to Minda, or assist in an investigation would be…difficult. Not impossible, the man was the type with a myriad of exploitable weaknesses after all. It would just be a major pain in the ass.

    Hopefully this could be resolved in-house. I didn't want this to explode out of my control.
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    Zyx Mola
    Minda System, Minda-0, The Bore

    Zyx was… impressed, to say the least. A fully functioning mining and refinery asteroid base. That had been built in but a month? Sure, it was completely possible, technology allowed for modular, pre-built structures to be fully functional within mere weeks, but in systems like these such constructions were usually impossible because of local officials just pocketing the money that might go to such things.

    And yet here she was, stepping out of her HWK-290, Humble Darkness. It was an older ship that she had picked out of the yard for her personal transportation. It had been extensively upgraded, of course. Better thrusters, class 1 hyperdrive, improved weapons, shielding, etc… The only thing that hadn't changed was its appearance. The older look and weathering was perfect cover for her. A lone mercenary jumping around. The kind of ship and person you didn't look at twice.

    Currently, she was situated in the visiting section of The Bore. As the furthest station from the central star, it was often the first stop for visitors.

    As she looked around, she took note of the clean hallways, and happy employees. The Bore is an Imperial facility, this she knows. But for the average worker to seem as healthy as they are is odd. Most refineries and the like, especially those situated in space, are dangerous. Workers are often considered disposable, as there are always more people to fill in the spots.

    Not only that, but the amount of non-humans was… unusual. Especially the intermingling between them and regular humans. Now, she didn't particularly care whether or not someone was human, it was irrelevant to her. But it was relevant to many other Imperials, so she kept her mouth shut about her opinions. Here though? The acceptance was odd.

    Quietly, she slunk about, subtly hiding in the camera's blindspots. She made her way over to the administrators office, and tossed a small disk onto the camera across from it, temporarily looping the footage. Next, a quick slice and the door unlocked, her footsteps quiet as she crouched low to the ground. A few more camera looping discs were scattered around the office, while the occasional toss of a credit coin distracted the few workers within. Most were on break, as she had seen in the cafeteria.

    All it took was a quick slice of a data port, and the entire database of the Bore was downloaded into her personal database. It would normally take far longer, and far more space, but MI let their agents have a few of the nicer toys.

    After that, it was child's play to retreat. The discs would degrade on their own within minutes, leaving no evidence of her tampering save for a thin layer of dust.

    From there, she retreated to her ship, the refueling finished by then. A light smirk graced her features as she sat in the cockpit of the Humble Darkness. Another successful infiltration. Sure, it wasn't an official job, but she still loved it. The thrill of it all, the feeling of digging up secrets, of knowing more than others, holding that knowledge, it was exciting.

    And now, she knew a great deal about her brother's operations on The Bore. There were more places to stop by, but it was just the beginning.

    She was going to have so much fun teasing him with all of this information.
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    Hi there folks! Decided to start on the next threats and such, along with advancing Zyx's side of the story. Things are going to be heating up in the coming chapters, with new threats, allies, and all that lies between. Also, pets. I liked the design of that creature from Hardy Fowler so much when I was looking for the design of the Qakuh that I felt I needed to include that beautiful creature somehow.

    On that note, I need name suggestions! I couldn't think of anything that fit this catlike snake thingie, and I didn't want to do them an injustice.

    Aside from that, as usual, feedback and comments are appreciated!

    Thanks for reading!

    -Freefaller
     
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    I reached down, slowly of course, and let it sniff my hands, before it let me touch its head. It seemed to coo. Light scratches under its chin left it practically melting in my hands.

    Oh yeah baby.

    Alien cat time!
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    Ah yes, can't be an evil mastermind without a cat on your lap to pet while you plots and sits menacingly. :V
     
    -Hey, lil bro!
    -Eep!!
    -Hehe..

    Later
    -Soo, Zyx do you take commissions?
    -M?
    -If you're here could you check Minda and give some spy stuff advice?
    -Hmm...
    -There also are some dastardly criminals who got inside a few of our buoys and plot who knows what..
    -Gimme! MI is on the case!


    -Hello Darna, now that we are alone(in your room). I as an agent of MI(big sis) would like to know what's your thoughts about my lil bro(governor)...
    One incoming heart stroke...
     
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