So Spoon was talking about how the Nordera were taking captured people and making them into slaves. After WoD, the LSF does a few operations to rescue the slaves. I asked if Spoon was going to develop that, but he said "Not anymore", so I made a quick outline about my idea for it. Some of you on irc may have seen it, but I have since updated it!

[size=12pt]Crusader of Freedom:[/size]
The plan is to free captured Terrans that are headed to Nordera Space that will be used as slave labor. The plan, find a Nordera base where the slaves are being sent to and retake it. The LSF Obsidian spearheads the operation. (I know the name now seems a bit off since the Crusader doesn't lead the operation, but I'll keep it for now)

[b]Forces Involved:[/b]
[i]LSF Obsidian[/i] - Champion
[i]LSF Crusader[/i] - Challenger II
[i]LSF Lajatang[/i] - Skirmisher
[i]LSF Falchion[/i] - Skirmisher
[i]LSF Clairion[/i] - Skirmisher
[i]387th Vectors [/i]- Assault Squadron

[b]M1:[/b] Attack a Nordera supply convoy of 5 battleaxes. Three have the supplies and no weapons, while the other two are heavily armed. Once the attack begins, a 5 minute countdown starts before the supply ships jump out. The Lajatang and Clairion try to draw the escorts away while the Vectors in Caliburns raid the convoy. The ships the player manages to kill will influence the next mission.
[u]Convoy Effects:[/u] Weapon Supplies, half armed ships next mission? Engine Supplies, engine levels at 50%? Booze, fighter AI is on the low end scale?
[u]Difficulty:[/u] Should try to have it so the player can kill 2 out of 3 regularly, but all 3 takes a special feat.


[b]M2:[/b] Capture Nordera Ships and stuff. Dunno details yet. Should try not to make this a copy of the Cordi capture mission.

[b]M3:[/b] The Zy know where a Slave hub is, but they want you to destroy an elite battlegroup that is responsible for killing many of their ships. So you lure the battlegroup, but since you've acquired a reputation, a second equally badass battlegroup come in to try to take you out. Can your forces really take out two badass battlegroups?!
[u]Easy Way:[/u] Well it's Nordera tradition to ask for someone's surrender at the start, just so they can say, NO, if you say yes. But if you DO say yes, they'll wonder just who [i]are [/i]you surrendering to...? The Nordera (wrong answer!), group A (maybe...), or group B (Hmmm!)? The infighting over who is more worthy will let you make quick work of both.
[u]Hard Way:[/u] Choose not to surrender and fight 'em all! May cause you to lose a Skirmisher or two. :(

[b]Slave Hub Assault Plan:[/b] With the spearhead you've made in this system, Nordera are starting to bring in help from other systems. Any singular attack will bring forth a lot of Nordera forces. So you'll need to divide them up. The attack on the Slave Hub is divided into 3 specific attacks that are all conducted at the same time.

[u]Target 1:[/u] The JGASF attack a Nodera Shipyard. You don't see this. I won't lie though, it was pretty awesome.
[u]Target 2:[/u] All of the Obsidian attack group go after a weapons factory. The capships jump out far enough a away and send in fighters to tease the Nordera. Once Nordera forces attempt to intercept you, Cordi forces will come in on another vector, flanking the Nodera and hopefully taking out everything. Obsidian group leaves during the battle to the Slave Hub.
[u]Target 3:[/u] The Hub itself. Using the captured Nordera ships, you, a wingman, and a skeleton crew get in position to surprise attack. This is time coordinated! (Why? I dunno, hub is in some region where comms are hard to use?) So you have exactly X minutes to lay whatever bombs, then begin attacking! If all goes to plan, the Obsidian attack group jumps in and kills all their doods.

Sounds simple right?

[b]M4: [/b]Target 3 mission. Fly around, analyze, drop bombs. Then at the X minute mark, ATTACK... and then help doesn't arrive. BUT WHY?!

[b]M5: [/b]Switching player characters for a second, we see what went wrong. All goes according to plan, until the Cordi arrive and the Nodera send in... AN ARMAGEDDON (or if that doesn't work, some previously unknown Nordera Super Ship). They just found it lying there so they took it and made it BETTER. However Nordera only know how to use its Starlance drive and half its weapons. But still, the Nordera are still pretty dangerous with this. That one ship threatens to ruin the whole plan. But all they really need to is just delay the Nordera long enough to evac all the captured slaves.

The Obsidian group and the Cordi rush the Armageddon, targetting its engines. (FYI no shields!) Once its disabled, they all break for the Slave Hub.

[b]M6: [/b]Attack the station! Better late then never right?

[b]M7: [/b]Watch as the Armageddon arrive at the Slave Hub, only to find it RIGGED WITH EXPLOSIVES!!! This ending has never been done before. Do not steal.


[b]THE END.
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So Axem, when are you FREDding this?! Not for awhile! This is just to get ideas refined and stuff. Of course I'm not rejecting any help if someone feels like making a mission. :p