Amber Zone - One Day of Peace

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1999 #1275

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:41:54 -0600 (CST)
From: "Jason Kemp"
Subject: Re: One Day of Peace...

From: Kiri Aradia Morgan
> Sorry, Jason, but I am opposed to censorship.

I understand. So am I. (Then why did I send this along, you might be asking yourself? Because the message only asked, it did not demand, and I cannot fault a person for asking. That still leaves the choice up to me.)

[Snipped excellent words on personal stance regarding censorship.]

> I also don't think that the Traveller list is the best place to promote
> this... I mean, what's next, don't play Traveller on the One Day of Peace
> because Traveller has fighting in it? Hel-lo?

A good point, and yes, I have to agree, it is stupid to assume that someone would give up GAMING for such a concept. I certainly won't, and none of the rest of the TML would either.

I know the One Day of Peace concept and methods are impractical, impossible, and probably immoral to boot. That doesn't stop me from appreciating the thought or gesture behind it, and sending it on to someone who might enjoy it and appreciate it as well.

And now for something a bit more appropriate for this list:

ObTrav: The PCs are approached by a small diplomatic entourage seeking aid in handling a small situation back on their homeworld, a small backwater planet rife with guerilla warfare against the current established government. A movement of One Dayers (One Day For Peace) has started up in an effort to bring about some resolution of conflict, asking One Day for Peace so that a treaty or settlement might be worked out. The more spiritually enlightened charismatic leader of the movement was slain in the mutual assassination attempts wrought under the auspice of this peace treaty, and both factions are now in an uproar over the other side's violation of the peace effort, the One Dayers caught in the middle. The Entourage represents a more liberal faction of the established government, which is willing to continue the negotiations, if the guerillas are willing to speak, but none of the One Dayers are trusted, nor are members of the established government. Imperial bureaucracy will not provide a means of addressing the situation until their diplomats are safe, i.e. the fighting has stopped.

Caught in this no-win situation, the diplomatic Entourage has turned to outside help in this matter, and would like to hire the PCs to deliver their message and a diplomat to the guerilla leaders. Appropriate recompense, hazard pay and some military equipment will be provided if desired, as well as a parcel of land once a settlement has been reached. The land is actually worth a significant amount of credits, and the Entourage assures the PCs that there are a number of buyers, both on- and off-world, who would offer significant amounts for this previously unavailable property.

1. The situation is actually as presented, and the government is very willing to end this warfare that is destroying their business and their way of life. The guerillas are not willing to talk, and a resolution doesn't look likely without more bloodshed. In order to get paid, though, a settlement must be reached...
2. The Entourage secretly represents a more militant group within the established government. They are actually planning to use the PCs to sneak a nuclear device into the guerilla camp, explode it, and blame the guerillas for their incompetence, in order to cut through Imperial red tape and get the Imperial Marines in on their side. If anything should come into the open, the PCs will be portrayed as gunrunners sneaking a nuclear device to the guerilla encampment.
3. As number 2, but one of the Entourage is secretly a One Dayer, and plans to take the nuclear device and use it to force both factions to meet and complete their peace treaty, all in the name of the dead charismatic leader of the movement. If the One Dayer has revealed himself, then actions have already gone into place which will reveal the government's plan to interstellar media should he prove unsuccessful, turning the event into a smear campaign against the militant faction of the established government, trying to guilt the more liberal aspects of the world's government into making more peaceful overtures to the guerillas.
4. The Entourage are actually guerillas posing as government officials, and the "guerilla camp" is actually the headquarters of a very successful general using guerilla tactics against the insurgence. The Entourage is hoping to get their assassin into the highly secure camp and kill the general. If caught, evidence has been placed pointing back to the One Dayers.
5. As 4, but the camp is actually a commune of One Dayers, who have gone militant in defense of their compound after the death of their charismatic leader. The guerillas are hoping to release biological agents on the One Dayers that were confiscated from the military of the established government, leaving behind the evidence so that it appears to be an action against the One Dayers by the established government's military. The guerillas are hoping to turn the general population against the established government and start a full-fledged civil uprising.
6. The entire scenario is a hoax. Once the PCs are onboard the ship back to the homeworld, they are drugged in their sleep, and wake up days later among other prisoners in shackles and chains. They soon discover that they are destined for a secret prison colony, under false charges against the state, where they will work until they escape or die, for the benefit of the corrupt government.

Enjoy,
Jason

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Jason Kemp, ADS Programmer IV
(512)458-7111 ext. 3375

Internet Address: jason.kemp@tdh.state.tx.us
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