there is a cease fire at the moment so no shoot shoot hutts just yet. Pirates and other scum are fair game though.
They actually don't apply to S13. :bitchez:bitchez:bitchezCeasefires don't apply to us, haha.
They actually don't apply to S13. :bitchez:bitchez:bitchez
And that's the key distinction too.
Sector 13 is covert to the extreme. For all intents and purposes, they don't exist. SOLAG, on the other hand, is an official documented part of the Galactic Republic. They can be traced back to the Republic if they were to make any moves against the Hutts, whereas Sector 13 can't be traced back.
If the Hutts were to find out that S.O.L.A.G. was behind the strikes, of course. Which they'd only do if we messed up.
Considering covert warfare is part of our initial mandate upon creation, I feel confident in our ability to take out a freighter or two without leaving a trail back to the Republic.
I can't see Adena letting it happen. The Republic is at a serious disadvantage before the jump. Santoro could easily **** some shit up, pardon my French, if he was so inclined. However, he's been EXTREMELY generous in agreeing to a cease fire.
Adena's not going to double cross him.
Wouldn't it be reasonable, post Time Jump, to act as if the four years of 'peace' had indeed seen a fair bit of covert action by SOLAG/S13 on the Republic side, and Darksaber/Taung (those would be the relative equivalents right?) on the Hutt side.
I mean, yes, a peace treaty is a peace treaty, but just look at the actual Cold War of the 20th century. Both the CIA and KGB, as well as several other agencies, were anything but quiet during those 'peaceful' years.
Main point is they are still a military branch, special ops, yes, but still tied to all the same trappings and such as any other branch. They are still outranked and reliant on the higher branches, such as Commodore, General, high general, vice admiral, admiral, Grand Admiral etc etc.
Under another part of the same post:SOLAG is an irregular military force and thus is not bound by traditional military or civilian, meaning that they can be deployed on Republic soil without the Chancellor’s direct approval.
Emphasis is mine.Note that SOLAG operatives are generally assumed to be outside the usual military chain of command, and will often refuse or ignore orders given by local commanders. This is not out of disrespect for the rest of the military, but rather SOLAG recognizing that their missions take priority and they can’t let their operatives fall under the jurisdiction of any other branch.
By the ranking command structure, it applies that lesser commissioned officers have no direct authority, that is true.... but a SOLAG sergeant will still have to take orders from a General, or an admiral if that is where they are assigned to assist with. they will however have much broader leeway than others under that. other than that the grand admiral and chancellor are still the highest and 90% of orders would come from there anyway.
The problem is coming as this. Solag keeps trying to do things designed for S-13.....S-13 keeps trying to be like Solag at times
thus there is a problem that it makes one of the groups redundant and stepping onto each others toes and creating a headache.
If I do have to re-write it to reflect that I would be more than happy to