The Resistance - Mission One

Just under 900 years ago (around 1200 years on the old Earth calendars) the New Era project, the most massive and expensive undertaking in the history of mankind, was declared complete. After two centuries of sustained effort a new world, Elpizo, had become the first self-sufficient exoplanetary colony. The naysayers had derided the idea as completely unnecessary from the start, and from a practical standpoint they were right of course. What was the real economic point of large-scale colonization at the bottom of a .8g gravity well when a few thousand orbital habitats could do the job just fine at a fraction of the cost? It was the first exoplanet that had come within humanities sphere of influence that had close enough to Earth Like conditions for such a project to even be considered, however, and of course in the middle of a new golden age people can afford to be less than practical.

If only your ancestors could see what their world would become.

Not even professional historians have all the details, but somehow a Kessler Syndrome event was triggered and the wider galactic community cut off contact with all settlements in the system in the third century NEC (New Era Calendar, the standard on Elpizo). What happened next was, given the economic self-sufficiency of the world, tragically avoidable. Lacking any interstellar ships of their own the citizens of the world had no way of investigating the mystery and  were forced to forge their own paths. Over the centuries the governments of the smaller but wealthier western continent slowly grew corrupt and wasteful, while in the larger more arid eastern continent an imperialistic tyranny calling itself the Hegemony of Odigos would rise to power in 747 NEC and unite the continent under its rule within just twenty years. For over a century the Hegemony has ruled with an iron fist. This is where our story begins.

Current year: 889 NEC

Mission One

For over a century the Hegemony has faced enemies and resistance on many fronts. Recently, however, these groups have been working more and more closely together. The Alliance of New Hope started in 886 NEC as an organization whose purpose was to aid the cooperation between various anti-government groups but gradually took form as its own entity. Just weeks ago diplomatic talks concluded between various rebel leaders to formally merge a significant portion of each others assets with the intention of finally overthrowing the Hegemon and bringing down the Hegemony. While this unprecedented level of cooperation finally allows the opportunity to complete this goal it also means all the rebels eggs are now in one basket, and there is concern that this may be exactly what the Hegemony wants. Regardless, the decision has been made and the first order of business is to get the news to the public. The plan is to hijack a media broadcast tower and play a prerecorded message on the airwaves. The hope is that this will inspire more resistance across the eastern continent and legitimize the movement in the eyes of secret backers in the western continent that have been reluctant to fund the relatively new organization.

The first mission leader is Earth

Player list:

1) Earth

2) IlikePie5

3) oromagi

4) Rationalmadman

5) SupaDudz

6) whiteflame

Because pushing to be locked into one of the two roles on the mission is something that the spy would do as well. There's reason for both parties to want to be on the mission, dude, and that's to earn points. I prefer a "wait and see" approach to get a feel for how this game plays out and to see how various people respond to the call for our first mission. That's why I hesitate.

What kind of game am I playing? Why are you so angry? If you think I am a spy for my pressuring and reasoning, explain why unemotionally. Rage during an argument is a scumtell, especially from a guy as smart as you.