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fandomhigh2022-02-01 05:40 am
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Rage Against the Machine: Etc, Etc, Etc; Tuesday, Second Period [02/01].
Was it a good thing or a bad thing that the class was back in the classroom sim in the danger shop? Perhaps only time would tell. But there they were, Summer leaning a little on the desk at the front of the room while she waited for everyone to get settled in, and then got started.
"Sooooooo," she started, "I think last week sort of showed that this group is not exactly the subtle spy types, which is perfectly fine. A good rebellion is based on a wide variety of different types and it's important to play into your strengths. While info gathering can be important, so can all the little things going on behind the scenes, as well as the brute force to send out in times of actual uprisings and attacks. So we're going to switch our focus just a liiiittle bit again....that, by the way, is also important, being flexible, and looking at situations and figuring out how to adjust accordingly...and today, we're going to talk about BoOs...Bases of Operation.
"Now," Summer pushed herself off the desk and ventured to the board, because this was definitely going to be a 'discuss and list' sort of lesson that day, "the jello cantina we were in last week was my Base of Operation when I was a part of the Rebellion. As you guys saw, it was a good place for eavesdropping and picking up on local news and information, which I could then pass onto interested parties, but it also had the added benefit of being a business that dealt in importing ingredients from all over the galaxy. I could easily disguise transactions for weapons and supplies for the Rebellion as legitimate business purchases and shipments; most of my business contacts were also spies, and we could disguise everything as good old capitalism in case anyone wanted to look a little closer. But there's a lot of risk in a place like that as a BoO, too, as evidence by the fact that one little leak could have devistating results, and that's why, eventually, when the facade began to crack, it was time to get on out of there before it was too late.
"A lot of times," she continued, "a BoO will be tucked away and hidden somewhere you wouldn't expect. An abaondoned planet or somewhere that's hard to get to, which offers a lot of safety, but it also makes it a little more difficult for people to come and go, or to keep up-to-date on what might be happening in more poulated areas of the galaxy. If the base is discovered, you're out of the way enough that you might be able to get out on time, but, if you don't, the remote location can leave you pretty vulnerable, and resources for defense might be limited.
"A mobile base of operations can also be useful; in my last tour against the Galactic Federation, my crew worked out of our ship, so we were constantly on the go, which made us more difficult to pin down, but could often be a very strong drain on resources and, if we were low on power or were recognized, we could run into a lot of trouble. It wasn't any trouble that our guns couldn't handle, but it probably was more trouble than was strictly helpful.
"These are just a couple of examples," she said, having written some of that on the board and now turning back to the students, "and I'm sure you can think of more. Which is what we're going to talk about today. Together, I want us to discuss what makes a good base of operations, what you might like to avoid, perhaps some ideas on previous BoOs that you've dealt with before, and why you think they worked or didn't work, what could be improved, etc, etc, so on and so forth. I think we cann really get some good ideas going between everyone's different experiences, so let's go. Base of Operations jam session. What've we got?"
"Sooooooo," she started, "I think last week sort of showed that this group is not exactly the subtle spy types, which is perfectly fine. A good rebellion is based on a wide variety of different types and it's important to play into your strengths. While info gathering can be important, so can all the little things going on behind the scenes, as well as the brute force to send out in times of actual uprisings and attacks. So we're going to switch our focus just a liiiittle bit again....that, by the way, is also important, being flexible, and looking at situations and figuring out how to adjust accordingly...and today, we're going to talk about BoOs...Bases of Operation.
"Now," Summer pushed herself off the desk and ventured to the board, because this was definitely going to be a 'discuss and list' sort of lesson that day, "the jello cantina we were in last week was my Base of Operation when I was a part of the Rebellion. As you guys saw, it was a good place for eavesdropping and picking up on local news and information, which I could then pass onto interested parties, but it also had the added benefit of being a business that dealt in importing ingredients from all over the galaxy. I could easily disguise transactions for weapons and supplies for the Rebellion as legitimate business purchases and shipments; most of my business contacts were also spies, and we could disguise everything as good old capitalism in case anyone wanted to look a little closer. But there's a lot of risk in a place like that as a BoO, too, as evidence by the fact that one little leak could have devistating results, and that's why, eventually, when the facade began to crack, it was time to get on out of there before it was too late.
"A lot of times," she continued, "a BoO will be tucked away and hidden somewhere you wouldn't expect. An abaondoned planet or somewhere that's hard to get to, which offers a lot of safety, but it also makes it a little more difficult for people to come and go, or to keep up-to-date on what might be happening in more poulated areas of the galaxy. If the base is discovered, you're out of the way enough that you might be able to get out on time, but, if you don't, the remote location can leave you pretty vulnerable, and resources for defense might be limited.
"A mobile base of operations can also be useful; in my last tour against the Galactic Federation, my crew worked out of our ship, so we were constantly on the go, which made us more difficult to pin down, but could often be a very strong drain on resources and, if we were low on power or were recognized, we could run into a lot of trouble. It wasn't any trouble that our guns couldn't handle, but it probably was more trouble than was strictly helpful.
"These are just a couple of examples," she said, having written some of that on the board and now turning back to the students, "and I'm sure you can think of more. Which is what we're going to talk about today. Together, I want us to discuss what makes a good base of operations, what you might like to avoid, perhaps some ideas on previous BoOs that you've dealt with before, and why you think they worked or didn't work, what could be improved, etc, etc, so on and so forth. I think we cann really get some good ideas going between everyone's different experiences, so let's go. Base of Operations jam session. What've we got?"
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