USH'S STAR WARS GAME- CAMPAIGN II EPISODE V (DARK SIDE)- The Prisoner of Datura

Stealing uniforms might not be a bad idea, but you'll have to get some from somewhere. After that you can just change your lie.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
There are no unobserved entrances into the throne room itself, it being such a large, open and public area. Getting there unnoticed is Intrusion.

(Note your Epireans basically make an unseen move impossible)

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Talking of Intrusion- where the the sneaky people at ths point in time?

You said you were making rolls for us and then nothing else since...so I'm assuming in the palace, heading towards the throne room.

Do the pirates even HAVE uniforms?

What about gaining access to a maintenance corridor as part of our 'work'? Something that will bring us closer to the throne room without having to pass through lots of guards.

I am getting the vibe that we're going to have to talk past guards regardless.

They are settled pirates; the soldiers of Rivas do have a recognisable outfit.

However, the Epireans still fairly much sink that.

Team Sneaky can be in the throne room any time they like! In which they know that... you;re doing this during the day so it is, as ever,FULl of petitioners watching Rivas hold court. There is absolutely no way at all to get to the display cases unnoticed by day.

What about passing off the Epireans as slaves that they picked up on a recent raid to help carry stuff in?

And I think we should try and get as close in to the display cases as possible without being noticed.

Are the crowds kept back from the display, or are they allowed to gaze in awe upon Rivas' trophies?

okay we can't turn the comms off, can we use the main comm system to create a jamming frequency to hamper their individual effectiveness?

I think we would need Sabotage for that. Could that be done from the basement, if possible with Fix-It?

The crowds have to sit in the galleries surrounding the area, which gives them a good view of the cases. That said, the cases are not part of the dais and raised throne where Rivas himself sits surrounded by his bodyguard so it would be possible to get close to them with good rolls and/or a distraction, but you cannot just walk up casually.

I'll accept Fix-It to try and frazzle comms from the transmitter, but it would affect you too.

We could coordinate our efforts before shutting off the comms.

But would it interrupt any transmission we make of the Emperor's death?

That's a good point, perhaps it'd be better to leave it. The ensuing chaos of the assassination broadcast ought to help us quite a lot anyway!

Indeed.

Snagging uniforms and saying that the Epireans are slave labor is something Rand wants to pursue. The matter is where to find uniforms.

Hmm... anyone have ideas for a good distraction?

Originally posted by General Kaliero
Hmm... anyone have ideas for a good distraction?

How about something simple, like starting a fire on lower levels?

Hmm, frankly why we cannot simply convince the guards that they have to bring our case to someone important and end in the Throne Room anyway, close to Rivas and lightsabres?

Remember, you guys might be recognised, especially as you get closer to Rivas.

What about using Push/Pull between all three of us to knock something over? So that we wouldn't be next to whatever we choose to topple and it'll look like someone else did it.

A bit temporary that sort of thing, I am afraid.

How about this

Rah is a superb acrobat and a pretty tricky guy to catch. He also has fix-it so while you guys get in position Rah will cause a distraction by tapping in to the comms and start some of his mad singing, make it kind of ghostly with echoes. Then when they come down looking for him the rest of you strike. Rah will join you when he can!

It would be useful if we could maybe get him well stocked with some weapons from nearby guards would him

Not a bad idea, but maybe we could just use our comms to hack into theirs so we can do that without leaving Rah in the basement alone.

Okay, this is what Rand will pitch this idea:

We go down to the basement as instructed. While down there, hopefully we can get some privacy as we do our work. We ask for some assistance from guards just outside the basement, just two, and then quickly and quietly subdue them. Rand and Azarl could strangle them with Grip, so that it is quiet and there is no mess.

Then Rand and Gallador don their uniforms and make their way up to the throne room. If anyone stops us, we explain that we are bringing a tribute to the Emperor and that everything checks out; we've already checked the treasures inside the crates. The Epireans are slave labor helping carry the heavy crates.

If anyone more skeptical wants to check the crates too, we can Mind Trick them or Gallador can use Illusion to disguise the contents of the crate. But largely we can insist that nobody look inside, it's for the Emperor only. The uniforms should help us throw weight around.