USH'S STAR WARS GAME- CAMPAIGN II EPISODE IV (DARK SIDE)- Destiny

The more specific the task the better- you cannot just use Savoir-Faire to find out what is going on in the galaxy (you can monitor transmisisons to do something that general); I would need to know what it is you are specifically trying to find out.

Same with Jedi Lore based things; one person cannot be trying to find out about all Lore related issues in the storyline at once. To relate that to what Melkor just said- you could pick out something from the crystal to look into, or you could look into the invasion of Damaria (or even a broader look at the Malphan Wars), but not both things.

I'll allow a certain amount of flexibility and leeway and some minor things don't take up your entire yearly choice, but each character can only manage one big reveal/accomplishment about one specific subject.

Also I must say that due to reasons of a. keeping all players aware of the point of the game and b. a certain game mechanic which will later become clear, all information about (the?) (a?) Syphar n Kalar will be public.

As no definitive information is known about it in any case there is no value (yet) in secrecy.

Well, but I hoped that what Darth Malphas sent Darth Trayas for is related to Sypha`r N`Kalar, so I cab look into lore related to Darth Malphas and check with the data on the crystal? I quess one year is enough to do a serious research, it is more the matter whether the information exists to be found, I think.

So how about Gallador leading the Jedi Lore research and other people contributing to it?

How close are we to Damagran, by the way, enough for a trip?

By the way, all Rand and Gallador know about Syphar`N`Kalar is that is it is very ancient weapon of the Sith, considered to be unstoppable.

Ok then things Xavier would like to work out in this downtime.

Ush can Xavier using his intimidation skill and fighting skills train the Eperiens somewhat like a hardened warrior could, maybe not turn them into a highly specialized unit but make them better at combat. He can leave the leadership stuff to those with leadership.

Also I know this has been awhile ago, but Ush is there anything we can salvage from the pirate ships that we crashed to use to strengthen our base? He could use Eperians for the muscle and his own ship to get the salvageable stuff there?

Finally the big thing Xavier really wants to do is have a sit down with the group so that we can work on our internal issues a bit. Also coordinate our separate issues more, and come up with a list of not personal goals but goals for the group.

Damagran is... well, I want to say it is a very long way away becauae Faylar traded with the Hutts, and you are on the non-Hutt side of the Galaxy.

But GK is the mapper, he's got the map! It doesn't matter anyway as you have no idea that the Jedi are doing anything there, and it's not related to you anyway. (it is just what thery are doing in the intervening year).

In any case, Damagran itself is a major enough world to have a Bureau presence on it (which they almost certainly resent, Damagran being a place very much concerned about its own sovereignty).

Having typed all that tbough... I am now guessing you meant Damaria? Damaria was a major Republican world, hence it being on the list of targets. Far too dangerous for you to to go near.

(And in any case, generations of force users, Jedi and Sith, could never answer the question of precisely why Trayas was sent, so the answers are either not there or cannot be discerned.)

Xavier- sorry, Leadership is still the skill set needed to improve a group like that.

The pirate vessels were small gunboats; you've probably stripped them for ship parts already,

You can do that goal setting without burning up your big project.

(Your big project CAN involve you leaving Epireus and going places, but a. you need access to a ship and b. I rule out anywhere either too important or too deep in the Republic, foir Bureau reasons)

Would finding us new transmitters be a project we could undertake or is that bigger stuff?

Xavier, with regard to internal issues, Gallador will respond that if the Psycho Brigade considers him useless, he doesn`t feel obliged to fully cooperate with them.

And I would advice either Xavier and Con to take Leadership with XP points. Improving Epireans would be useful.

Ush, yes I meant Damaria, and I definately want the Jedi Lore stuff as my big project, but if let`s say, Tanic and Azarl, helped Gallador, would he have a chance to seek answers to more than one topic? I also understand that Rand`s main project is the Gondorkarro stuff, but since he is also very good with Jedi Lore, could he help Gallador with his research as his secondary project? By the way, if Gallador has Leadership force power, does it mean he can help with Epireans without Leadership skill?

I'll try to be as generous as possible when multiple people work in similar areas but clear ideas of what you are working on are very helpful.

Ill be less generous about 'secondary projects' though.

Force powers can indeed help in such a way, yes.

Okay, so we need to be more specific.

What skill is required to fight Ogros?

Well, really I just need to know what you plan to do. Ogros is not a massively pressing concern, though, and it's a big planet.

I guess Xavier could burn some XP to get Leadership, although he wanted to save it up to get a higher rank in his lightsaber score.

Also Gallador, Xavier does want to mention that he feels anyone still alive in the group has a use, and whether Gallador wants to admit it or not he still needs that group. So anything beneficial to the group, ie making a strategic list of things to do would be very helpful.

Ush even said that doing the goal setting wouldn't burn up anything.

Personally it just seems like we are all going in different directions, and we would benefit more with a specified plan. We need to decide what is most important to our group right now.

And of course there is a trust issue that needs to be hammered out.

The trust issues won't be hammered out until the leadership issue is solved, and at this point it won't be solved.

At this point Gallador still works with Rand, Lady is too much of mystery.

Okay Ush, Gallador would love to find some connection between Darth Malphas and info on this data crystal, though his vision takes precedence in terms of priority. Who would help Gallador with Jedi Lore research?

You can't look into something as conceptual as a link between Malphas and a data crystal. You wouldn't know where to start.

I'm still really at a loss as to what to do, especially as dealing with Ogros really isn't that big of a deal 😬

And, if I understood Ush correctly, Ogros would be a mission for potential new players, which could go deeper into the matter and maybe not just kill him...though, except for me, no one seems to enjoy the idea of having an influential "freedom fighter" working for us, hehe.

I am still thinking about thing I might like to do, though I don't realy want to invest any XP into leadership I think. On the other hand, I don't actually know how "leveling" really works in this game.

Ogros is an easy thing to throw new players at, yes. Still, I don't anticipate anyhting ike that being necessary for a while.

Just to summarise a list of potential areas either from recent discussions or things that occured during the game (because I think some of you will kick yourselves if you miss some of these)

- Train the Epireans

- Look for means to contact the Flotsam I

- Improve relations with Zorin (very difficult until clean transponders are found)

- Research the kind of things Darth Malphas got up to (note- some information on this is going to be revealed automatically out of game soon, and I will generally assume characters with half-decent Jedi Lore will know all that info)

- Research the name 'Syphar N Kalar'. Obviously a big deal, that one

- Attempt to identify the being in the recording

- Find out everything you can about Adelmo

- Find out everything you can about Adelmo's gun-wielding sidekick

- Look for rumours about Kuylen

Threre were some others too...

I could either look for the Flotsam or for Kuylen, I assume that would be savoir faire?

I think the Flotsam thing is more important for us at the moment, but in the long run the option of Kuylen might be very useful as well.

To be perfectly honest, I would prefer to do something that would use Jedi Lore...Rianna's score in it isn't very high, but that is something I'm looking at using XP to increase.

I don't know if we'll find anything concrete out about Kuylen, but if Galder would like somebody to look into it, Tanic could do that.

If not, he could try and find out something about Adelmo, Flotsam, or Adelmo's sidekick.