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<font face="Arial" color=#ffffff size=5>'''Labor Day Offensive 2014'''</font>
 
<font face="Arial" color=#ffffff size=5>'''Labor Day Offensive 2014'''</font>
  
I'm not going to step on other people's storylines... er... toes (well, too much). It occurred to me that there are plenty of piratical types in MFI, but we don't really have any fanfic or gaming that focuses on that aspect of the Maquis. Therefore, this year's LDO will be for the pirates - the privateers - the commerce raiders.  
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<font face="Arial" color=#ffffff>I'm not going to step on other people's storylines... er... toes (well, too much). It occurred to me that there are plenty of piratical types in MFI, but we don't really have any fanfic or gaming that focuses on that aspect of the Maquis. Therefore, this year's LDO will be for the pirates - the privateers - the commerce raiders.  
  
 
Just what is the difference in roles? Well, it has less to do with the activity and more with how official the, er, actors are:  
 
Just what is the difference in roles? Well, it has less to do with the activity and more with how official the, er, actors are:  
  
''A '''pirate''' is a free enterprise. Unencumbered by any official relationship with governments, this has some advantages and disadvantages that any pirate movie buff will readily understand.''
 
  
''A '''privateer''' is a privately outfitted ship whose crew and captain holds "Letters of Marque and Reprisal" - a license issued by a government to act on their behalf, usually in wartime. Sometimes derided as "licensed pirates" by their enemies, privateers were generally considered legal fighting participants in a war so long as they followed the rules of war, but if they stepped over the line, as it were, then they could be executed as pirates without much legal standing to protect them.''
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1. ''A '''pirate''' is a free enterprise. Unencumbered by any official relationship with governments, this has some advantages and disadvantages that any pirate movie buff will readily understand.''
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2. ''A '''privateer''' is a privately outfitted ship whose crew and captain holds "Letters of Marque and Reprisal" - a license issued by a government to act on their behalf, usually in wartime. Sometimes derided as "licensed pirates" by their enemies, privateers were generally considered legal fighting participants in a war so long as they followed the rules of war, but if they stepped over the line, as it were, then they could be executed as pirates without much legal standing to protect them.''
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3. ''A '''commerce raider''' is entirely official... it is an actual naval vessel with a naval crew, undertaking the same role as a privateer. In case of capture, the crew would be protected by the rules of war vis POW status, and in turn, they would follow their country's sea laws on that matter with enemy crews.''
  
''A '''commerce raider''' is entirely official... it is an actual naval vessel with a naval crew, undertaking the same role as a privateer. In case of capture, the crew would be protected by the rules of war vis POW status, and in turn, they would follow their country's sea laws on that matter with enemy crews.''
 
  
 
So, in the grand tradition of the British and US privateers in the War of 1812, the CSS Alabama in the ACW, the SMS Emden in WWI, and the US and German submarine warfare in WWII, our Labor Day Offensive will be gamed with these roles in mind. Your chosen role is entirely up to you and your crew.  
 
So, in the grand tradition of the British and US privateers in the War of 1812, the CSS Alabama in the ACW, the SMS Emden in WWI, and the US and German submarine warfare in WWII, our Labor Day Offensive will be gamed with these roles in mind. Your chosen role is entirely up to you and your crew.  
  
There's something for any branch to do here... Special Operations can go into enemy ports and check up on worthwhile targets before they leave port, or "cut out" a ship or three and sail'em away. Naval and Marines would have the meat of the offensive in actually taking targets on the high seas... er... in open space, or countering enemy efforts along the same lines. SSD can hunt down leads and police the trade routes, working with the Navy to sweep clear enemy commerce raiders. The Romulans and Klingons certainly don't need my urging to add their own flavor to activities.
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There's something for any branch to do here... Special Operations can go into enemy ports and check up on worthwhile targets before they leave port, or "cut out" a ship or three and sail'em away. Naval and Marines would have the meat of the offensive in actually taking targets on the high seas... er... in open space, or countering enemy efforts along the same lines. SSD can hunt down leads and police the trade routes, working with the Navy to sweep clear enemy commerce raiders. The Romulans and Klingons certainly don't need my urging to add their own flavor to activities.</font>
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<font face="Arial" color=#ffffff size=1>Briefing compiled by the Maquis Forces SOC Department of Cynical Propoganda</font>
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[[Image:Florkian_commando.png|350px|left]] <font face="Arial" color=pink size=1>Florkian Commando attempting the ''"Vicious Hug of Doom"'', a trademark martial arts maneuver of this species. Maquis warriors are cautioned against countering this threat via physical force - shoot to kill ''always''. If unarmed confrontation is avoidable, do so: run away! Run away! Do not attempt to overcome this attack without VERY heavy weaponry.
  
Our enemy: The Florkian Unified Commonwealth and Kingdom
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Informational Source: SOC Xenobiology Directorate ''"Finding new and interesting species to kill in new and interesting ways"''</font>
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<font face="Arial" color=white size=3>'''Enemy nation:'''</font><font face="Arial" color=pink size=3> ''Florkian Unified Commonwealth and Kingdom''<br>
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<font face="Arial" color=#ffffff size=3>'''Species name:'''</font><font face="Arial" color=pink size=3> ''Flork''<br>
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<font face="Arial" color=white size=3>Expected level of resistance: Heavy<br>
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Fleet composition:<br>
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Merchant Marine numbers:<br>

Revision as of 21:54, 20 August 2014

SOC Role-Play stuff... blah blah blah... and there was much rejoicing. Yay. (I knew this page would come in handy for something)

A work in progress:


Labor Day Offensive 2014

I'm not going to step on other people's storylines... er... toes (well, too much). It occurred to me that there are plenty of piratical types in MFI, but we don't really have any fanfic or gaming that focuses on that aspect of the Maquis. Therefore, this year's LDO will be for the pirates - the privateers - the commerce raiders.

Just what is the difference in roles? Well, it has less to do with the activity and more with how official the, er, actors are:


1. A pirate is a free enterprise. Unencumbered by any official relationship with governments, this has some advantages and disadvantages that any pirate movie buff will readily understand.


2. A privateer is a privately outfitted ship whose crew and captain holds "Letters of Marque and Reprisal" - a license issued by a government to act on their behalf, usually in wartime. Sometimes derided as "licensed pirates" by their enemies, privateers were generally considered legal fighting participants in a war so long as they followed the rules of war, but if they stepped over the line, as it were, then they could be executed as pirates without much legal standing to protect them.


3. A commerce raider is entirely official... it is an actual naval vessel with a naval crew, undertaking the same role as a privateer. In case of capture, the crew would be protected by the rules of war vis POW status, and in turn, they would follow their country's sea laws on that matter with enemy crews.


So, in the grand tradition of the British and US privateers in the War of 1812, the CSS Alabama in the ACW, the SMS Emden in WWI, and the US and German submarine warfare in WWII, our Labor Day Offensive will be gamed with these roles in mind. Your chosen role is entirely up to you and your crew.

There's something for any branch to do here... Special Operations can go into enemy ports and check up on worthwhile targets before they leave port, or "cut out" a ship or three and sail'em away. Naval and Marines would have the meat of the offensive in actually taking targets on the high seas... er... in open space, or countering enemy efforts along the same lines. SSD can hunt down leads and police the trade routes, working with the Navy to sweep clear enemy commerce raiders. The Romulans and Klingons certainly don't need my urging to add their own flavor to activities.


Briefing compiled by the Maquis Forces SOC Department of Cynical Propoganda


Florkian commando.png
Florkian Commando attempting the "Vicious Hug of Doom", a trademark martial arts maneuver of this species. Maquis warriors are cautioned against countering this threat via physical force - shoot to kill always. If unarmed confrontation is avoidable, do so: run away! Run away! Do not attempt to overcome this attack without VERY heavy weaponry.

Informational Source: SOC Xenobiology Directorate "Finding new and interesting species to kill in new and interesting ways"













Enemy nation: Florkian Unified Commonwealth and Kingdom
Species name: Flork
Expected level of resistance: Heavy
Fleet composition:
Merchant Marine numbers:

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