Quote:{JM}-Xoria has the $100 million participation pot. Reminder on roles and limitations:
1. Convoy consists of transports, and mercenary ships up to Cruiser (maximum of 3 Cruisers, one of which is the Ciro which is the lead ship). Some transports are bribed transports carrying excessive marijana for delivery to their pirate friends (the pirates are met enroute and disguised as raiders). Rest are enroute to Honshu.
OK. How much do you mean by "excessive" marijuana?
Quote:2. BAF/BPA consists of fighters to cruisers (can have as many cruisers as the convoy - they have 2 you can have 2 - if 3 Cruisers are present in the convoy, BAF may have 1 battleship in replacement of a cruiser), out to scan the convoy and detain the Ciro and the bribed transports. Detention is performed by the ships either agreeing to proceed to New London (unlikely) or by ships being disabled (destruction of a convoy ship will be considered disabling for the sake of simplicity). If pirates come to hit the convoy the BAF will also assist in the defense of the convoy members from the pirates, while still trying to detain the bribed ships and the Ciro.
3. KNF/KSP consists of fighters to cruisers (can have as many cruisers as the convoy - they have 2 you can have 2 - if 3 Cruisers are present in the convoy, KNF may have 1 battleship in replacement of a cruiser). Engages the BAF and escorts the convoy through Kusari space.
I would think that a battleship should be worth more than a third cruiser, but I guess the military forces should have more firepower than the convoy, though I'm not happy about that conclusion.:mellow:
Quote:4. Pirates consist of fighters to cruisers (at most 1 cruiser/pirate group). Ideally one pirate group for each bribed transport. Their objective is to hit the convoy, complete the transfer with their bribed transport, destroy any other bribed transports to prevent competition in the marijana trade, and raid the other ships for supplies.
That sounds good to me. Are any other pirate groups besides the Junkers going to attack the convoy? If so, I doubt that a bribed transport with matching tag will be there, such as GC, Outcast, etc.
Quote:The convoy will travel via the following systems (possibly by tradelane or jump-hole between each, so there's some leeway in the route, but only these systems in that order - no running to Dublin and jumping to Leeds type thing).
Cambridge - New London - Leeds - Tau-31 - Tau-29 - Kyushu - New Tokyo - Honshu
Why is the route set in stone? Couldn't the convoy get routed by an attack with convoy members scattering in all directions and taking alternate routes? If that happened, the opposition would also be in total chaos, not knowing which way different subgroups of the convoy would get to their destination.
Quote:None of the ships participating can start in New London (event starting point). The convoy starts in Cambridge, the BAF in Leeds, and the KNF in Kyushu. Pirates can start in any system with a suitable port for them with the exception of New London (starting point) and Cambridge (convoy grouping point). The convoy entering New London is the start signal for the event.
I don't know of any pirate bases in Cambridge (unless there is one that is Discovery only), but I think any Junker players should start on the Junker base in New London. If an Admin will participate, he can ensure that the Junker players stay on Trafalgar Base until the convoy enters New London, then the Junkers can launch and the race to intercept the convoy begins. I suspect that the probable interception point will be Southampton Shipyard, as that is a location frequented by Junkers and other pirates, not to mention that anybody using the trade lanes to get from Cambridge to Leeds will go past Southampton Shipyard.
Quote:Hopefully, Hyperwave will still be able to participate and take the lead for the BAF. Joe12 has the lead for the convoy. Juan_Arquero, looks to be perfect for a bribed transport and just needs a pirate group to meet enroute. Xoria will have the payout at the end and I suggests plays the pirate to meet Juan_Arquero (thus giving us a Junker bribed transport). The Junkers can then arrange to meet Juan_Arquero somewhere in Bretonia (for example, the Junkers can start in say dublin, move into New London or Leeds and intercept the convoy; raiding it and completing a transfer with Juan_Arquero).
The information about the other players sounds good, but if the Junkers are going to wait for Juan_Arquero, they're going to have a problem, since Juan_Arquero is in Kusari space in a freighter with no synthetic marijuana. You better tell the Junkers to look for Juan_Williams who has an Armored Transport, Trader ID, Junkers tag and will probably have a good supply of weed by tomorrow.
Quote:More transports and at least one more transport-pirate pair would be good (gives the Junkers some competition, suggest a Kusari group). Also an admin would be useful to help Joe12 with running the event (particularly as admins have the ability for Sirius-wide comms).
Have you asked Bushido if they will participate? Also, have you sent any PMs to any of the Admins to ask for their help?
Quote:All participants will be receiving something for their participation. The minimum payout will be $5 million, if insufficient funds are available for providing that (ie. lots of participants) then those who do not receive their cut will be paid at a later date from funds stored on my ship.
Think that covers the plan, the event starts at 5pm GMT which is about 17 hours 15 mins from this post. More people that participate the better and most importantly roleplay and have fun with it.
The plan sounds excellent, except for a few small problems.
