Hunt for the Rebel Base (a forum game)

[Visovics 1,675]

Well, I have NO idea how we’re going to choose planets

Flavour? O.o

[Indy_com 1,144]

We should start our discussion by working out what the enemy would consider to be ideal conditions for their base and then send the fleet to investigate there.

[GhostofNobodyInParticular 2,493]

On 5/21/2018 at 1:12 PM, LTD said:

HOTH

ENDOR

DANTOOINE

BESPIN

RYLOTH

ALDERAAN

YAVIN

NABOO

TATOOINE

These are our options. Naboo is a well-known and visited planet from which comes our beloved Emperor. I find it difficult to believe that rebels could hide out there. Alderaan is a no-weapons zone, and thus any rebels flying in an out would be easily discerned. We have ships over Ryloth who are suart have spotted anything unusual.

Most likely the traitors would hide in one of the outskirt planets. Of these, Tatooine is rife with scum who are sure to have spotted the rebels coming and going. Bespin's only city is owned by a gambler, and I find it unlikely that he would appreciate the trouble rebels are bond to bring him. Endor, Yavin and Dantooine are equally abandoned and remote places. Hoth is too severe for them to try unless they are desperate, something I doubt they are, just yet. Of the above 3, Yavin is the only one with prebuilt structures and Dantooine is very remote. So, I suggest we check one of those two first.

[GhostofNobodyInParticular 2,493]

Dang it. What are the editing rules? Can we go back and fix typos?

[Visovics 1,675]

19 minutes ago, GhostofNobodyInParticular said:

These are our options. Naboo is a well-known and visited planet from which comes our beloved Emperor. I find it difficult to believe that rebels could hide out there. Alderaan is a no-weapons zone, and thus any rebels flying in an out would be easily discerned. We have ships over Ryloth who are suart have spotted anything unusual.

Most likely the traitors would hide in one of the outskirt planets. Of these, Tatooine is rife with scum who are sure to have spotted the rebels coming and going. Bespin's only city is owned by a gambler, and I find it unlikely that he would appreciate the trouble rebels are bond to bring him. Endor, Yavin and Dantooine are equally abandoned and remote places. Hoth is too severe for them to try unless they are desperate, something I doubt they are, just yet. Of the above 3, Yavin is the only one with prebuilt structures and Dantooine is very remote. So, I suggest we check one of those two first.

That is taking in consideration that the rebel base is not in a random planet but in one that was actually thought about with logistics

[GhostofNobodyInParticular 2,493]

1 minute ago, Visovics said:

That is taking in consideration that the rebel base is not in a random planet but in one that was actually thought about with logistics

Naturally. I was playing it thematically - as a member of the board, we have to proceed rationally. Otherwise it is just throwing darts. 

Most likely the base was chosen randomly. But if we start on that assumption, what is to stop us from opening an RNG and just going in the order that it generates? To have fun with this, we must include theme. Thus, starting with logistics in mind at least gives us a couple of planets to discuss and vote for, and perhaps based on the conversation that develops we will gain more clues.

[Indy_com 1,144]

It would be easier for a rag-tag group to fortify a pre-built structure than build their own from scratch, which leads me to belive that Yavin has a high probability.

On the other hand, the rebels may have anticipated a logical reasoning approach and settled their base on the most unlikely planet.

The inhospitible environment of Hoth would be a severe hinderance to any ground troops investigating a possible base, so the rebels may have chosen there for that specific reason.

With little information availble other than merely the type of planet, our first desicion will likely come down to a roll of the chance cubes.

[Visovics 1,675]

I do agree that Yavin looks too obvious, the rebels would likely take a different approach as to try and trick us

[CaribbeanNinja 6,207]

1 hour ago, GhostofNobodyInParticular said:

equally abandoned and remote places

The devoted inhabitants of Endor do not appreciate this.

 

[Indy_com 1,144]

20 minutes ago, CaribbeanNinja said:

The devoted inhabitants of Endor do not appreciate this.

The rumors of the man-eating creatures of Endor are certainly an issue for searching that planet.

[PodRacer 1,077]

Sorry guys working this afternoon, will try and post on my breaks.

 

Early indications are I will sheep Gnip here!

[The Jabbawookie 5,610]

I believe the most likely options are Naboo, Alderaan, Ryloth and Dantooine.  Endor is a gas giant. A base there would be difficult. (The moon of Endor could be inhabited, but is a highly unforgiving environment. A base was established during the Clone Wars, but the garrison was... eaten.)  Hoth is a harsh environment that would require resupply trips through a truly remote area, making the Rebels easier to track.  Bespin is inhabited, but space is limited, and staying isolated from the local population would be nearly impossible.  Tatooine is under the control of Jabba the Hutt, who would never tolerate Rebels in his backyard due to the trouble they could bring.  Alderaan and Ryloth have a history of Rebel sympathy, Alderaan politically and Ryloth through guerilla warfare.  As mentioned above, Dantooine is remote yet not inhospitable, and should be considered, as should Yavin’s fourth moon.  Despite being the birthplace of our beloved emperor, Naboo was among the founding members of the delegation of 2,000, and their senator enjoyed close ties with Senator Organa of Alderaan.  They were also strong Republic loyalists, and bear watching.

[Caldias 2,209]

I say we look where the most Templey  construction exists.  I would imagine any sort of rebel base would also have people wearing helmets backwards pointing instruments at the sky.

[Caldias 2,209]

I would like to hear from some of the other senators.  If I had to vote for an inspection, Ryloth might be a good place to start.  That Chandullah insurgency might have grown more than we thought.

[PodRacer 1,077]

To my untrained eye Its a crapshoot at the moment.

[PodRacer 1,077]

If someones got the time to wiki me happy about these planets i will definately catch up with my reading later!

[Indy_com 1,144]

As there is no currently available information about the Rebels movement, I have decided to vote based on logic alone.

As such, I believe that the Rebels will have taken the option which would be easiest to fortify in a short period of time.

So I cast my vote to investigate Yavin. Specifically, the fourth of it's moons.

#vote01 Yavin

Edited May 25, 2018 by Indy_com

[GhostofNobodyInParticular 2,493]

31 minutes ago, Indy_com said:

As there is no currently available information about the Rebels movement, I have decided to vote based on logic alone.

As such, I believe that the Rebels will have taken the option which would be easiest to fortify in a short period of time.

So I cast my vote to investigate Yavin. Specifically, the fourth of it's moons.

#vote01

You need the name of the planet after the vote:

vote01 Yavin for example (no hashtag here to avoid registering).

[GhostofNobodyInParticular 2,493]

Does anybody have any particular objections to voting for Yavin? 

[The Jabbawookie 5,610]

33 minutes ago, GhostofNobodyInParticular said:

Does anybody have any particular objections to voting for Yavin? 

The fact that it’s too obvious. I’d be inclined towards Ryloth, but Yavin’s not a bad choice overall.

[CaribbeanNinja 6,207]

I'm cool with Yavin or Ryloth. [did we not have to choose planets?]

[Visovics 1,675]

Yavin is too obvious, but could as well work as double bluff

I’m good to go either Yavin, Ryloth or Dantooine

[Indy_com 1,144]

2 hours ago, GhostofNobodyInParticular said:

You need the name of the planet after the vote:

vote01 Yavin for example (no hashtag here to avoid registering).

I guess my explanation for picking Yavin may have confused our Protocol Droid tasked with collecting the votes.

I shall amend my phrasing to make it clearer.

[The Jabbawookie 5,610]

Given how little we know, it seems kind of hard to choose wrong this early.  Should we just vote?

[Caldias 2,209]

#vote01 Ryloth

Suck it, Cham!