USH'S STAR WARS GAME- CAMPAIGN II EPISODE III (DARK SIDE)- The Way Back

I say we try lying, we don't want to come across someone that could possibly recognize a Mind Trick. Save that for if for whatever reason they don't believe us.

Right, Lana.

But we must say where we were attacked, what was our route, not just "we were attacked by pirates". What if authorities become interested( which is very likely).

Like I say, it's not an undercover mission. Don't worry about a mind trick being spotted. The only risk of a mind trick is what I said before- if someone double checks on you they'll find something odd.

Originally posted by Lord Melkor
Right, Lana.

But we must say where we were attacked, what was our route, not just "we were attacked by pirates". What if authorities become interested( which is very likely).

That's why we lie 😉 make it all up!

So we are attacked by pirates on our way to the inner part of the republic. We survived but needed repairs. Newhaven was the closest planet we found with ties to the republic. we need to find spare parts for our ship we also want to see if anything of value can be found. we are also merchants and we would like to see some of the planet's rarer more expansive items. We are after all always looking for a good deal to make a profit.
That is the basis of our tale to Newhaven so far right.

except the rarer and more expensive part.

they don't need to know that much. we're here on our own business....
lying is the first option, mind tricks are for back-up
seems everything's settled.

Amazing. We managed to plan out the first bit 😛

Well, unless anyone else has any objections, I guess it's all settled as well.

So each of you arrive seperately in your totally culturally different and undamaged spaceships and say you have limped here after attack by pirates?

Heh.

I think it might be a better idea if we were merchants or suppliers from a mining station that got attacked. Or some sort of resource extracting facility - we have been sent to find spare parts to help fix up the station once again.

But, 'tis only an idea.

That's fair cover for being here but doesn't explain your lack of papers. Takuan (and indeed others, because I think all your Mind Trickers have good Force ratings and you don't need to be THAT good to work this one!) could Mind Trick through on that one no problem, so long as you do not subsequently draw attention.

well are shall do staggered starts or not. The idea behind them was to make it seem like a we were not one big group coming in. Now I hear alot of people saying we want to all be one big group of merchants that means we should land at the same time. So which road do we want to take.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
So each of you arrive seperately in your totally culturally different and undamaged spaceships and say you have limped here after attack by pirates?

In my original story I came up with, our headquarters had been attacked and we managed to escape unharmed, but most of our headquarters had been destroyed, hence the no papers.

Well now, that's adding a complication. Hope you have got your story straight!

Well, that was part of it to begin with, but I guess people forgot that bit or something....whatever. Being as our ships are all intact we can't fake having been attacked while travelling, so this would be our best bet, I think. We've got enough good liars, I think we can pull it off.

So, here's the story as I've assembled it, anyone want to add anything, suggest away. But as I'm the only one coming up with anything feasible, no complaining allowed 😛

We're merchants and our base was recently attacked by pirates. Most of it was destroyed, but our ships managed to survive intact. We fled and are looking for a safe place for the time being, until we can go back and try to rebuild. Unfortunately, since so much stuff was destroyed in the attack, our papers/IDs/whatever it is we need were also among the things destroyed and basically all we have is what we have with us.

If they ask where we're from, someone make it up. If they seem skeptical about believing us, Mind Trick them.

That could make sense of why we could be looking for a shield generator but what if they ask how we managed to escape the pirates without our ships being damaged in some way. Also how are we to explain why the pirates didn't come after us.

Our hangar where we keep our ships wasn't near the actual headquarters, and the pirates had been chasing us but our ships were faster so we managed to lose them. Or something like that.

My ship is roughly freighter size. I think Ush said it would be able to carry the generator by itself I don't think it is out running any pirate ships.

...I don't know then, maybe they were following us but left off once they realized we were heading to Newhaven since Newhaven's so strict about piracy and stuff.

You know, the rest of you can help come up with this stuff, too....

This is why I said it wil be easier to stagger our starts and not say we are one big group. It is easier to come up with a story for a smaller group then a bigger group.

Then we need three different stories. And I am not coming up with all of those.

Hmm....I had another possibility we could use as to why we weren't currently being chased but I lost it. Damn.

Oh wait, I remember it now. The pirates' objective was to come in, steal as much of our valuable items as possible (remember, we're merchants), and destroy the rest. Sort of a hit-and-run thing.