Rahn Haaku
Minister of Foreign Affairs, CSA
Howdy all, this is a discussion/planning thread for an RP set on Kessel where we can share ideas and come up with a general plot structure and such.
IC-wise: Rahn Haaku, Minister fo Foreign Affairs for the CSA, is a scheming, conniving Neimoidian. He has worked to take advantage of his power and authority to subtlely enrich himself and propr-up his friends. One of whom is a Rybet named Muroth Duule (a shameless rip-off from the Jedi Academy Novels) who saved Rahn's life in Hutt Space. This led to the development of a mutually beneficial friendship and eventually led to Rahn using his influence to help install Muroth as Baron Administrator of Kessel's spice mines. With tacit support from the CSA government (through Rahn) Muroth outlawed the use of slave-labor for spice mining, and instead utilized droids built by the Trade Federation on Cato Neimoidia. (Cato Neimoidia's Trade Federation is a faint shadow of its former glory and IC-wise I have consistently written that while powerful, they are struggling to compete in modern markets which made their partnership with Muroth and Kessel an important contract.)
Knowing how important this contract is to the Trade Federation and having a grudge against the company and Cato Neimoida's leadership, Rahn would enjoy seeing something terrible happen to their Kessel contract.
So I am imagining a number of ways for you to come to Kessel and rescue droids that have replaced sentient slaves. The spice mines of Kessel could have developed a sinister reputation amongst the droid community, "We'll be sent to the spice mines of Kessel, smashed into who knows what" or Rahn could tip you off to this droid-rights abuse. Anyway, these are just my first thoughts and my In Character background for Kessel. I'd love to hear other ideas.
IC-wise: Rahn Haaku, Minister fo Foreign Affairs for the CSA, is a scheming, conniving Neimoidian. He has worked to take advantage of his power and authority to subtlely enrich himself and propr-up his friends. One of whom is a Rybet named Muroth Duule (a shameless rip-off from the Jedi Academy Novels) who saved Rahn's life in Hutt Space. This led to the development of a mutually beneficial friendship and eventually led to Rahn using his influence to help install Muroth as Baron Administrator of Kessel's spice mines. With tacit support from the CSA government (through Rahn) Muroth outlawed the use of slave-labor for spice mining, and instead utilized droids built by the Trade Federation on Cato Neimoidia. (Cato Neimoidia's Trade Federation is a faint shadow of its former glory and IC-wise I have consistently written that while powerful, they are struggling to compete in modern markets which made their partnership with Muroth and Kessel an important contract.)
Knowing how important this contract is to the Trade Federation and having a grudge against the company and Cato Neimoida's leadership, Rahn would enjoy seeing something terrible happen to their Kessel contract.
So I am imagining a number of ways for you to come to Kessel and rescue droids that have replaced sentient slaves. The spice mines of Kessel could have developed a sinister reputation amongst the droid community, "We'll be sent to the spice mines of Kessel, smashed into who knows what" or Rahn could tip you off to this droid-rights abuse. Anyway, these are just my first thoughts and my In Character background for Kessel. I'd love to hear other ideas.