This intelligence agency operated as an underground system that bought and sold information.[1] The Spynet worked to gather information from a wide variety of sources from agents, moles, surveillance and numerous other methods. It was claimed that any secret was capable of being discovered by the Bothan Spynet who would use it to find a way of gaining profit from the information. In terms of organization, it consisted of many clan groups that operated with relative autonomy. However, the nature of Bothan society meant that suspicion led to none of these groups actually trusting one another.[2]
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An undercover Bothan agent
Not all agents of the Spynet were Bothans as the species found it a wise move to recruit members of other races into their ranks. This was because of the Bothan's negative reputation in certain parts of the galaxy. Such a reputation made cooperation and their covert operations difficult to accomplish which was why members of a native species were able to move where a Bothan could not. However, the loyalty of such agents was never guaranteed which was why the Spynet resorted to such acts as blackmail of unruly agents into ensuring their cooperation. Though not proud of such measures, they ensured the success of an operation but the truth of these unscrupulous practices were kept hidden.[2]
The Spynet operated agents and bases on many worlds where they maintained "op-fronts". These were businesses, homes, and other hideouts that were sites from where their intelligence operations were conducted. The majority of these op-fronts were legitimate establishments such as cantinas, factories, shipping concerns and warehouses. From these locations, operatives coordinated various activities that ranged from monitoring local newsnets for leads to slicing computers of local government or industrial networks. Many of these op-fronts helped transfer information and operatives across the web of the spynet.[2]
Dedicated bases and safehouses were maintained by the Bothan Spynet for its agents. As secrecy was important, most of these bases were stand-alone facilities that were concealed in small bunkers or even cleverly disguised as geological features. In some cases, they were masked as farms or sections of unused power generators. Rumors even spoke of the Bothans maintaining several mobile bases in the form of tramp and bulk freighters that moved across the space lanes.[2]
Being an espionage body, the operations of the Spynet at times led it to allying with criminal organizations, Imperials, Hutts and other unsavory groups in order to achieve their secret objectives. The Bothans labored hard to maintain the Spynet's integrity though this was partly compromised by enemy agents, moles, rival clans or factions that spy on one another. Counter-spies were thus able to gain access to a vast sum of information that they were able to pass to interested parties without Bothan operators being aware of this act.[2]
Statistics: Posted by Azaria — Fri Sep 25, 2015 1:03 pm
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You are about to join a tight knit network of well equipped and well respected professionals serving the Glorious Rebellion against the tyrannical Emperor and his Imperial minions.
As a valued member of this elite task force, you will find yourself upholding the ideals of the Rebellion, overthrowing the corrupt and liberating the countless masses who yearn for an end to the choke hold Palpatine has inflicted upon them, throughout the galaxy!
Today you take your first step towards that goal, but you do not take it alone!
Look around you now, and you will see the men, women, and non-gendered beings who will be your comrades in arms, backing you up and supporting you as you take these steps alongside them; and you in turn will mind their 6 and carry them when they cannot carry on.
Indeed, the strength of the team is each individual member, and the strength of each member is the team.
Blah blah blah
Every organisation, not just business, needs one core competence: Tactical execution. That is where you and the professionals you work with come in.
blah blah blah
Neither the fanatics nor the faint-hearted are needed. And our duty as freedom fighters is not to the Resistance alone, but to the Galaxy, and, indeed, to all sentient-kind. Our duty is not merely the changing of political power but the restoration of peace and freedom.
So let us not be petty when our cause is so great. Let us not quarrel amongst ourselves when the Galaxy's future is at stake.
Let us stand together with renewed confidence in our cause -- united in our heritage of the past and our hopes for the future -- and determined that this Ideal we love shall lead all sentient-kind into new frontiers of peace and abundance.â€
The speech went on from there, but Krusk had stopped reading in earnest a few lines in, and had only lightly skimmed the rest.
Really?
This is the bantha poodu he was supposed to feed to the crowd of miscreants he'd been assigned to watch over?
The literal dredges of the Bothan Spynet and Rebel Alliance alike?!?!
Fur bristling with annoyance, the Bothan 'spymaster' tossed the data pad down onto his desk, only to have it cause an avalanche of papers, pads, and random crap to fall in slow motion off his desk and scatter throughout his dingy office.
"Groom it," he sighed, after several moments of such severe frustration as to have grabbed the blaster from its hidden spot beneath his desk and aimed it at the offending pad, dropping the blaster into a drawer which also, handily, concealed a large bottle of Correllian whiskey and a glass. There was only enough for a few sips, so he ignored the dirty cup and just drained the bottle himself.
"Groom it all."
Statistics: Posted by Azaria — Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:08 am
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Secondly, fill in and post your bio sheet [which I have graciously posted a template for below] and post in the Bios section of the ASOG7 Datacron.
Third: Have fun!
Name: Yay! First step!
Code name/Alias: nothing too over the top please
Allegiance: Rebel/Imperial/Gangsters/to yourself?
Age:
Place of Birth: aka Home Planet
Physical:
Species: oh the possibilities! colouring: gasp! That's specist!
Gender: yes please!... wait, dang, that joke didn't work out.
Height: taller than a gundark Weight: a lady never tells!
Eyes: two
Distinguishing features: extra limbs? not enough limbs? funny coloured limbs?
Manner of dress: brass bikini anyone?
Weapon of choice: boom stick
Current Occupation: Senior Sandwich Artist
Previous Occupation(s): Junior Executive Sandwich Artist
Psychological:
What makes your character tick? Strengths? Weaknesses? Random phobias? Goals and aspirations? Right here!
Personal History:
Here is where you tell us your character's back story.
Statistics: Posted by Azaria — Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:28 am
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