December 7, 2004
IRE #3: Pearl Harbor
Its a no-brainer, really, what this latest edition of Inspired by Recent Events is going to be about.
(And yes, I've decided to stick with that name. It suits me better than any alternatives that I've thought of). And thanks to Arref for the button!
Anyway, the third IRE is going to be about the day that lives in infamy, the Japanese attack on the naval base of Pearl Harbor, Dec 7. 1941.
So many possibilities and choices for this one. But I am going to go with the out of print (but I found a copy cheap recently at the Source during their holiday sale) and go with Blue Planet. An oceanic world is somehow appropriate for a Pearl Harbor analogue, don't you think?
There are lots of tensions and simmering possible conflicts on Poseidon, and I would have the characters be at ground zero for one of them. One of the Incorporate states, tired of the encroachment of one of its rivals, does the unthinkable and launches a lightning military attack. Their goal is a fait accompli, to completely take the situation in hand so that the Colonial government will not be able to intervene or affect the situation once executed.
The PCs can work for either Incorporate, or just be at the site of the attack. How will they react, before and afterwards? If they are part of the attackers, how will they condone it afterwards? If they are part of the defenders or bystanders...what do they do in the aftermath?