Post by Admin on May 18, 2018 18:05:08 GMT
Espionage
Within Espionage, there are 3 different kinds of Espionage.
1. Political Espionage
2. Military Espionage
3. Civilian Espionage
The most popular way of spying on each other is by hacking and in physical form. Using internet, phone lines, satellite connections and so on…
How to determine the Espionage in common within this roleplay:
First of all, you need a target. A person or a faction, followed up by a desire, command, mission objective or any other way of describing your purpose or ‘thing’ which you hope to achieve. If you got these 2 queries, you need to think how to approach your target. This is crucial if the target faction wishes to counter, or preform investigations after your attempt. However, if it is a successful attempt, you need to know what you want to achieve or command. Here is a short list:
- 1. Target
- 2. Purpose/objective
- 3. Way to approach
- 4. Outcome/implemented desires/commands.
This might be sounding very official, and this is very official. In case you desiring to obtain information, or even desire planting forged information, or perhaps even forge army command.
Example: You want to know what faction X is up to.
- 1. Target: Faction X’s Leader
- 2. Objective: Obtain information about current plans
- 3. Way to approach: Hacking his personal computers
- 4. Commands: Copy his files and agenda, regarding his current plans, and what Leader X’s plans are.
This is a clean setup how to preform Espionage. Now, second part of this post: How to determine if a hack is successful. Since the target is pretty easily, the main problem is to bypass firewalls and other security measures leaders obviously have. By all means, every faction/country tries to protect their interests, especially from leaders and other VIPs.
We will decide within 3 dice roles of this hacking attempt is a success.
- 1. Uplink to target.
- 2. Stay hidden from cyber security (at the moment of hacking!)
- 3. Obtaining the information.
Now, since some may think: ‘Hell, I had bad luck with my first dice role, you still have to role again, to hope for the best to remain unseen by cyber security (at the moment of hacking!) If however, 1 and 2 are going good (enough) you have a shot to: 3. Obtaining the information.
This makes Espionage very dangerously and need to be well thought to decide.; in chronologic dice role attempts
- 1. Dice: 1;3;5 Succes! 2;4;6 success but high change of being detected.
- 2. Dice: 1;4 Succes! 2;5 Succes but high change of being detected!; 3;6 Failed and detected.
- 3. Dice: 1;3;5 Succes! 2;4;6 Role again, but successful detected (second time, 2;4;6, 100% detected, mission failed)
About the detection: This is were the signal comes from. Is it somewhere civilian, then the detection is still shady. After all, hacking on a location could provide anonymity to the hacker/faction.
Counter hacking:
If one of the dice roles of the offender has resulted in a high change of being detected: You need to role twice: 1;3;5 = success, and 2;4;6 is failed. If you have 1 succes, and 1 fail, you have a shady idea which faction is behind it, but don’t have 100% evidence. More like the hint that it could be them. However, 2 times success, and you know which faction is behind it. But why and how, is determined how far the offender will get into your systems.
Exception: Black Lotus
Due this is a Generals based mod, and China has the Super Agent called Black Lotus, they will receive a bonus to the Espionage by hacking.
China, while deploying Black Lotus at a mission may role 5 times a dice (d6). In chronologic order, China has 2 extra opportunities. However, if one of the numbers are bad, and China decides to ‘delete’ it, the role will be automatically taken by with the follow number, in chronologic order.
Example: Dice roles results: 1, 3, 4, 4, 1. Or in other words:
- 1. '1'. Success,
- 2. '3'. failed, deleted
- 2. '4'. Success.
- 3. '4'. role again (delete)
- 3. '1'. succes
This might sound weird since by the third role, you have to role twice in order to be detected successfully or not. However, since Black Lotus is in play, you may delete it if you have extra dice roles over.
China may not change the chronologic order of dice roles. They may not change numbers for better results. After all, Black Lotus is no 100% guarantee, but gives a better opportunity
Questions can be asked here, or personal to the Administrator. This is a new system, unforeseen situations might occur. Counsel before making in game/in character moves while remaining not sure about a different approach of Espionage.
In case of conflicts: read the Conflict Resolution Rules. The Administrator holds the right of the Final Decision.