Interest check: Blazing Chain

[RC 212]

Looking to see if anyone is interested in creating a new Pirate faction. Essentially the Blazing Chains were a force user piracy group that raided planets and took fleets by force.

Though I have not made knight yet, I would ask any Dark Jedi interested in conquest and skirmishes to come on board.

The basic function of the Blazing chains would be a skirmish based faction, always raiding, always plundering and always having an RP rolling.

The official description is here.

 

[Bourne Cavanagh]

I'm a Blazing Chain Pirate mate, but I'm nice and cozy with me and my crew over at Fringe, savvy?

Good luck none the less, nice to see another wanting to be one.

 

[Commander Lusk]

[member="Soulfire Ticon"] Sure I'm game, I need something with this character anyway. He's not a force user though

 

[RC 212]

[member="Rolland CZ M1 002"]

Ok help me get some more people so we can start.

 

[Ayden Cater]

I have to ask; what would make them different from the other pirate groups on the board? I've seen a lot of pirate factions get made, but not a lot of activity from them.

 

[RC 212]

[member="Ayden Cater"]

They would be a unique force faction. Secondly I would just get us mixed up in skirmishes all the time. The problem between other Pirate groups is that they never do anything. No threads, and no participation means a weak faction.

Ultimately people have to be interested. Otherwise it cannot work.

 

[Commander Lusk]

[member="Soulfire Ticon"] yeah I'm not gonna recruit people, I haven't the time for it and I'm rather busy throughout the work work so if there's a thread I will join. If not then you know it's cool

 

[Ayden Cater]

[member="Soulfire Ticon"]

Well people can be interested to start, but unless you have a hook to keep them interested, they'll wander off. It's best to develop something unique for your faction, something that says "This is why it's awesome to be us and not those other pirate groups."

 

[RC 212]

[member="Ayden Cater"]

Well what would you suggest? Throw me an brainstorm will ya?

 

[Avicus DuSang]

Eat babies.

 

[Ayden Cater]

[member="Soulfire Ticon"]

If you want my honest opinion; drop the faction idea for now. The best thing you could do is work on assembling a few others to work as a crew. Start off with just the one ship and do some pirate work in the Outer Rim. Target backwater worlds and other minor worlds. This means you'll face little in the ways of defense and allows a build up of power and camaraderie with your crew. Factions succeed when there is a large group of characters who are consistently active and can help other characters tie into the faction story.

One mistake that I see a lot of the time is faction ideas being pitched without that core backing. The idea itself might be stellar, but one person cannot make a faction succeed. You have to have others backing you. So if you build up this crew, even if it's a couple other captains as opposed to a singular crew on one ship, you create that core group that a faction will need to survive.

After that, you'll have to work on story ideas to keep current characters motivated and attract new characters to your group. This doesn't always have to mean raids on other factions. Diversity is the best tool here. Make sure everyone has something that they can do, even if you can only manage that by rotating thread focuses. Again, a faction is only successful with a bunch of people working together.

 

[Corvetta Salvo]

The best thing you could do is work on assembling a few others to work as a crew. Start off with just the one ship and do some pirate work in the Outer Rim. Target backwater worlds and other minor worlds. This means you'll face little in the ways of defense and allows a build up of power and camaraderie with your crew. Factions succeed when there is a large group of characters who are consistently active and can help other characters tie into the faction story.

This. This is essentially how the Smugglers' Alliance got off to a successful start--minus the pirate part.

Wait... Why am I giving pirates advice?

Don't do it, bud! It'll never work!

 

[sabrina]

Also I suggest buying a few ships in auction houses, though if you want once the one sith navy is designed. I happily give you a fight. Though I could try stop you using dragons breath.

 

[Alric Kuhn]

Yeah, i once attempted to get the pirates all together once. It doesn't really work if half of those pirate characters are alts. As Ayden said start with a small crew of one Ship, then expand outward as story develops. Best and easiest way.

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

Yeah, i once attempted to get the pirates all together once.

The 'once' is strong in this sentence...

 

[Alric Kuhn]

It didn't work out well, mostly due to my own laziness and lack of drive. It was my first character on this board in fact and honestly it was a pretty big ego trip. -coughssomethingaboutpirateking-
[member="Maria Natalja"]

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

[member="Logan Valde"]

I fear I do not remember the character... What was their name?

 

[Alric Kuhn]

It was at the very inception of the board, Asari Morin. He was in fact a character before we even had this set up. I think his is one of the original bios up in character creation.
[member="Maria Natalja"]

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

[member="Logan Valde"]

Then I do remember him. He was a cool dude. I think. My memories are a bit fuzzy about that time period.

 

[Alric Kuhn]

He called himself the Pirate King, was supposedly humble, sick and dying, built a giant Pirate Space station that is still used by some.
[member="Maria Natalja"]