 November 25, 2007 - 3:21am | This is really grey area stuff, only casually mentioned in the canon rules. |
 November 25, 2007 - 10:08pm | One of the big things I always wondered about with regards to Sathar agents was where the Sathar got the credits to pay them with. What was the monetary system in SF and how did the Sathar get "access" to it? Other than that though ... i think the willing agent vs. hypnotized image serves nicely enough. With the Mechanons you could even get into the real of re-programmed as well. @}-,-`- "It is a joyful thing indeed to hold intimate converse with a man after one’s own heart, chatting without reserve about things of interest or the fleeting topics of the world; but such, alas, are few and far between." – Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), [i]Tsurezure-Gusa (1340) |
 November 26, 2007 - 8:20am | Could pay them off in precious metals and gems. Or could be doing that through another stooge, then the credits could be transfered to the next one. Time flies when your having rum. Im a government employee, I dont goof-off. I constructively abuse my time. |
 November 26, 2007 - 6:07pm | Yes, the precious material thing would be key. Doubtless, the Sathar have access to those resources and would twist them for their evil purposes. There is a GREAT article in a recent Frontiersman about the motivation of Sathar agents - it was either in the last one or in this one. In any case, it goes through the whole rigamarole. |
November 27, 2007 - 1:10am | Yep, lots of ways to pay someone beyond currency. Not all captured UPF citizens become hypnotized or willing agents, the bulk of them become slave to work sathar mines and other industrial centers. THe precious metals or equipment they make can be used to buy off the willing. Also, Sathar agents can infiltrate banking or business networks and embezzle funds. Money laundering is another possibility, having an agent leading a criminal group that "washes" dirty money by creating phony accounts and what not. |
November 29, 2007 - 1:46pm | Yep, lots of ways to pay someone beyond currency. Not all captured UPF citizens become hypnotized or willing agents, the bulk of them become slave to work sathar mines and other industrial centers. THe precious metals or equipment they make can be used to buy off the willing. Also, Sathar agents can infiltrate banking or business networks and embezzle funds. Money laundering is another possibility, having an agent leading a criminal group that "washes" dirty money by creating phony accounts and what not. Okay ... this one makes a little more sense to me in terms of "practical" wise. @}-,-`- "It is a joyful thing indeed to hold intimate converse with a man after one’s own heart, chatting without reserve about things of interest or the fleeting topics of the world; but such, alas, are few and far between." – Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), [i]Tsurezure-Gusa (1340) |
November 29, 2007 - 1:49pm | Yes, the precious material thing would be key. Doubtless, the Sathar have access to those resources and would twist them for their evil purposes. There is a GREAT article in a recent Frontiersman about the motivation of Sathar agents - it was either in the last one or in this one. In any case, it goes through the whole rigamarole. Okay ... didn't notice this one ... will have to take a look. Thanks for the heads up. @}-,-`- "It is a joyful thing indeed to hold intimate converse with a man after one’s own heart, chatting without reserve about things of interest or the fleeting topics of the world; but such, alas, are few and far between." – Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), [i]Tsurezure-Gusa (1340) |
 August 5, 2008 - 7:46pm | Think about this. Agents are Manchurian Candidates. They are approached unknowingly and hypnotized. The Sathar then comes out of the darkness and uses a probiscous tenticle hidden in its flipper like hand. The tenticle has a sharp barb on the end of it. When it reaches the brain through the nose it attaches a Psychic spore to the victims brain. If the spore is tampered with it ejects a huge amount of acid into the brain destroying it. The Psychic spore can be accessed by any Sathar psychic, and the victim will receive his orders. The Sathar use hypnosis again to make the victim forget what they have done. So the victims are innocent, but mind controlled. This would also explain why Sathar are never caught alive , they can activate their own Spores and detonate them. Forget money, forget greed, its far more insidious this way. The spores can be detected by medical equipment. But this is a top secret- secret. If this got out the people would go into a panic and suspect everyone. Or authorities may not even know this yet. This makes more sense than any other theory. |
 August 6, 2008 - 5:50am | I have a very simple answer to the question of How Sathar acquire access to UPF technology, money, intel, and goods. Good ole fashion piracy, they just steal them. Deep space merchant ships go missing all the time never to be heard from again. It is usually assumed, due to previously encounters with the Sathar, that all attacks are millitary/conquest based actions and ships that are lost to Sathar attacks are always destroyed, however, many it could be possible that Sathar Ships may just pick off a freighter to gather it's cargo, kill/or subvert its crew, and collect the spoils to finance their terrorist and subversive activities. In another thread it was suggested that sathar may have a technology/weapon that allows them to pull vessels out of the void back into normal space, it sure would make logical sense that this technology would be used to hijack or plunder a space farring vessel. |
 August 29, 2011 - 7:06am | I doubt the sathar would leave anything to chance. They might bribe an agent to get them on the hook but at the earliest opportunity would cement the business deal with good old fashioned hypnotism. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
September 5, 2011 - 2:50am | Post Removed due to brain fart... |
