Referee Notes Entry 5

SOLO Campaign Notes (10/22/18)

I have been playing Paul Elliott's SOLO now for several months, and it's been an interesting experience. This SOLO campaign is being used to develop some additional backstory for a future gaming campaign I hope to start with some of my friends who role play. Here is a some additional information about what is happening so far.

The "Dean Team" SOLO campaign has been set 13 years prior to the time of my future multi-player campaign. According to the Backstory Timeline, the Republic of Krax has recently won the Krax Civil War and is in the process of consolidating power. Due to the chaos of the war, the Republic of Krax (ROK) is not able to fully control every system. The leadership of the ROK, the 3 Fists Triumvirate (3FT), is in the process of expanding its intelligence service and secret police. The Shattered Planet Security Service (SPS) has been given huge financial support to implement the will of the 3FT leadership. The process of recruiting loyal agents, training, and placing them throughout ROK systems will take years to accomplish. The 3FT leadership is placing priority on those systems near their bases of operation, and along the borders with interstellar governments hostile to the 3FT regime. Those systems near Imperium borders have the highest priority. Systems closer to friendly governments have the lowest priority.

The "Dean Team" campaign is focusing its operations in one of the regions of the ROK that has a low priority for SPS bases of operation. This doesn't mean SPS security agents are not present, but it does mean their numbers and intelligence-gathering abilities are limited. The Dean Team must first enter the ROK through systems close to the Imperium. SPS agents in these systems are much more concentrated than where the Dean Team will set up its base of operations.

The year is 1120. Will the Dean Team be able to successfully carry out its mission? Will an insurgency take root and overthrow the 3FT dictators? Will the player characters in my multi-player campaign find an active resistance present in 1133 when their campaign begins? Only time will tell.

Tom

SOLO Campaign - Dean Team Intro

Current Adventure: Infiltrate

Date: 12 - 1120

Location: Citadel/Tri-Empire/Glimmerdrift Reaches

Backstory:

Dean Halvaard is a retired member of the Imperium Marines, serving faithfully for twenty-eight years as a Force Commander with the 4518th Lift Infantry Regiment in the Spinward Marches.  Upon retirement, Dean set out to continue his military service as a mercenary with the Golden Company. He was hired on to serve as a Golden Company Liaison with the vaunted 4518th Lift Infantry Regiment of the Imperium Marines. This opportunity has allowed him to continue working with former colleagues of his beloved regiment.

The destruction of his home world, Regina (Regina/Spinward Marches), by terrorists has weighed heavily on his mind. Dean's entire life purpose is now consumed by a burning desire to exact vengeance upon the perpetrators of this heinous crime. A recent meeting with Golden Company (GoC) executives has opened wide a door for carrying out his vengeance. A plan is formed.

The Plan:

Dean has been given the task of "closing the deal" with the signing of a mercenary contract with the interstellar government of the Ginlenchy Concordance. The Golden Company would be able to enter the lucrative mercenary market of the Glimmerdrift Reaches Sector with this agreement.  JG Golden, founder and CEO of the GoC, has been wanting to expand his business interest into this sector of space for a long time. He is backing this project with every means necessary to close the deal.  Dean Halvaard is the man he chose for this task.

Dean, however, has an ulterior motive for accepting this assignment.  This "negotiation" will put him within reach of his most hated enemies, the 3 Fists Triumvirate (3FT) who now lead the government of the Republic of Krax (ROK). Dean has assembled a team of GoC mercenaries to accompany him to the Ginlenchey Concordance. Each one of these mercenaries has served with the 4518th, and like Dean, they all wish to take out those who had destroyed Regina. Vengeance not only for the planet, but also for the late His Grace Norris, Duke of Regina.

The plan is fairly simple at this stage of the game, but danger lurks around every system and starship.  The Dean Team will use their assignment as cover for their ultimate goal of this adventure.  The goal is to infiltrate ROK space and establish an insurgency against the ruling 3FT. Part one of the trip will involve negotiating the agreement with the Ginlenchy Concordance, and to avoid detection by agents of the 3FT. Part two involves entering ROK space through the Tri-Empire, Williamsburg, and Sosie Subsectors of the Glimmerdrift Reaches without being detected by 3FT operatives.  Part 3 will involve establishing a mercenary detail in a ROK system to train indigenous military units for an insurgency.  This system is Abin in the Sosie Subsector of the Glimmerdrift Reaches. Part 3 of the plan will also rely upon the assistance of independent systems in the Sosie Subsector who wish to remain independent of the ROK and the 3FT dictatorship.

The plan is in place. Now it is time to infiltrate the Republic of Krax and destroy the 3 Fists Triumvirate!