The Far Orbit Project

[adamlumina93]

I am wanting to run The Far Orbit Project for my players. Has anyone run this module. Any advice or problems or suggestions that come up in the adventure would be appreciated.

[Ray]

I keep making mentions to my "Gods of the Universe Campaign" that I was in.

It started out as the Far Orbit Campaign.

Big payouts, try to limit them. Really. Majorly. Totally!

Other than that, it's a really fun campaign.

At the begining, there'll be GREAT skill differences between the Mutiny Imperial Forces and the "Hangers On" that came to make up the losses for the Loyal Imperial Forces that were killed/escaped. Play up to that, the Imperials still doing a "Spit and Polish" job, while the "Scum" aren't doing so hot, and heads knocking against each other over that.

The Far Orbit itself is going to need maintence, and you can't just find parts for it at any old "Freighter Shack" or anything. You need military capital ship hardware, and that'll be well protected! No, the Rebellion doesn't have any to spare. No, you can't buy it on the open market. Yes, black market has it, but at a 400% mark-up (With your frequent buyer discount, it's usually 500%!).

You'll need a place to stage your attacks from, where will the Far Orbit be based? Even a place to just store stolen goods would work. Hollowed out asteroids are a popular optoin. As as abandoned space stations. Or even a junked Capital Ship from the Clone Wars Era.

Finally, you gotta keep your crew happy. Happy crew is a non-mutinous crew. How do you do that?

[Boomer]

[jmanski]

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Blasted rules. Why can't they just be perfect?

[Ray]

"CRUNCH! Why aren't you wearing the bottom half of your Smasher Armour?" "You say is Casual Friday." "NOT THAT CASUAL!!!" "Oh..."

[Jedi Skyler]

...Enter Fluffy the Rancor...

It's ALWAYS casual Friday for HIM.

YOU go ahead and tell him different!

[K_Feldspar]

My advice is to have a comprehensive well organized resistance amongst the crew. It doesn't have to be a bunch, but maybe just an ISB agent who was undercover and a few loyal henchmen he recruits. That way you can always through in mayhem during a regular mission by having there be significant sabotage. Furthermore with an ISB agent as their lead they will be a real force, and difficult to detect and eliminate without making the rest of the crew nervous.

Other than that it's a fantastic resource! I absolutely love it, and have used significant portions of it in two campaigns now.
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"I don't believe it!"

"That is why you fail."

[Ray]

K is right, they're darn useful! Now I remember that one of the PCs was an Imperial Agent in disguise. He almost sabotaged the entire Far Orbit!

Hid an Ion Cannon in a little-used crawlway pointed right at a major energy point.

Luckily, he never had a chance to use it.

[Ray]

'Nother few things are public opinion. VERY important for the Far Orbit.

It's a Privateer for a Rebellion. *NOT* legitimate in the least, but trying to prove themselves as such. The Universe will view them as nothing more than pirates with delusions of grandure.

How does the Officers and Crew counter that? It'll go a long way to gain support with the Rebellion if they're able to give yet more examples that they've a legitimate claim on the fact that they're "Restoring the Old Republic".

[Nico_Davout]

I've recently bought this supplement. Has anyone actually run the whole campaign and could share his/her experience?
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Nico,

Han Solo shot first, midichlosomething do not exist, Rebel Alliance was created as in the WEG books and indoctrination theory is the true ending of ME3.