Iranian protests in Traveller

[Blue Ghost]

Now, I don't want to discuss what's all going on in Iran as such, but I think it would make for some great adventure fodder on some very high Law Level Oligarchy world/system.

I ran "Night of Conquest", and put the characters through a "last plane out of Saigon" scenario, as was the general thrust of that adventure. But that adventure dealt with a balkanized world that had two rival political powers, and military action on part of one against the other.

Now, for an Iran scenario, there's the obvious escape to the starport scenario by wading through the throngs, but might there be something more for the adventurers to do?

Thoughts?

 

[shield]

Several ideas spring to mind.

Bodyguards, either of people in the political eye or offworld interests like megacorp factories
Rescuing people from the choas / police crackdowns.
Spying / agent
Political interference ops for an outside power such as the 3I who want to see a specific outcome.

One typical scenario was presented in JTAS. Team is hired to get zucchi crystals from dinom after workers uprising interrupts normal supplies to the imperial navy.

Cheers
Richard

 

[Sturn]

Being hired by one side to do clandestine work vs. the other political side.

Being hired by a wealthy noble to rescue his family from amongst the chaos from their mansion on the outskirts of town. Just as they arrive to wisk them away, the mobs come to liberate the wealthy sector of the city from their belongings.

 

[mike wightman]

It could be kind of interesting to be part of the black ops team tasked with stirring up the trouble in the first place...