Happy New Year to all the Earthlings!

But to stay Star Wars related, I was wondering about celebrations in Star Wars and I came up with what I think might be an interesting idea. It relies on the FTL travel that's commonplace in Star Wars. I can see something like this going on:

A luxury space cruiser travels to a point where, at exactly midnight on New Years Eve (assuming there is a Coruscant Standard Time or something along those lines), the passengers can view a supernova explosion. In fact, using a series of short jumps, they could actually view the same explosion multiple times. BOOM... jump 1 light hour out and wait about an hour... BOOM... rinse, repeat, for a full day of celebration! How many people get to see a supernova? Well, the lucky passengers rich enough to afford passage on this ship can see the SAME supernova 24 times in a single day!

Every year, thw ship can return one more light year distant from the original explosion point to see it again. An explosion the size of a supernova isn't going to be all that less impressive one more light year out and you wouldn't want to be all that close, anyway. But, should it ever seem like it's too far away to be exciting, they can just go to a new supernova. They're not all that rare when you have a whole galaxy to use.

Sound like an interesting backdrop for an adventure? A heist, perhaps?

Anyone have other ideas to contribute?

Wow, that. . . that's brilliant! It's kind of like those cruses ships that chase the New Years dateline (they were big in 2,000 down in Australia and the southern hemisphere). And I like the Ocean's 11 style of "use the massive firework as a cover for the biggest jewel heist in the galaxy".

Being Star Wars, I might be tempted to make it big. Why just one star? Make it a cluster of unstable stars in a nebula that go off every hour like dominos - the shockwave from the first sets off the second and then the third and so on. Oooh, perhaps make it something like Platform One from the Doctor Who episode The End of the World. The protective shields that will safeguard the station/ship have been sabotaged by the criminals and the players have to get them back on line before The Big Bang.

Consider the idea stolen!

****EDIT****

Okay, a couple more thoughts – are the players the one pulling the heist? Then we can scuttle the sabotage plot, unless they set something up as a distraction and it gets out of hand. While thieves, they’re not into murdering everyone and have to stop what they’ve set in motion.

Or they could find themselves in competition with a rival band of criminals – someone who doesn’t have the morals to not blow up the ship to cover their getaway. So they have to not only repair the sabotage, they have to stop the rivals from beating them to the goal and still pull the heist and get away.

Of course this won’t work if the party is more civic minded and not likely to pull a heist. So – how to get a (most likely impoverished) band of not-high society onto the ship? Perhaps they’re hired as waiters and staff? They have powerful friends who hire them as bodyguards? They won a ticket? Or who knows, perhaps they’re actually well off enough to run in these circles?

Why do I have visions of Korben Dallas, Leeloo Dallas Multipass and Ruby Rod when reading this thread?

Why do I have visions of Korben Dallas, Leeloo Dallas Multipass and Ruby Rod when reading this thread?

As usual, I got sent to Google as I had no clue who those people were. Still not entirely sure but the heist on a luxury cruise ship during a special event certainly seems familiar!

Wow, that. . . that's brilliant! It's kind of like those cruses ships that chase the New Years dateline (they were big in 2,000 down in Australia and the southern hemisphere). And I like the Ocean's 11 style of "use the massive firework as a cover for the biggest jewel heist in the galaxy".

Google again! This time for Oceans 11. Too much learning so early in the year. But thanks for calling my idea brilliant! I'm a sucker for flattery so I learned what I learned while smiling... A slightly larger than usual smile since you also inflated my head.

Of course this won’t work if the party is more civic minded and not likely to pull a heist. So – how to get a (most likely impoverished) band of not-high society onto the ship? Perhaps they’re hired as waiters and staff? They have powerful friends who hire them as bodyguards? They won a ticket? Or who knows, perhaps they’re actually well off enough to run in these circles?

Their patron could be on the ship which means their payoff is on the ship, too. Even murderhobos won't let their payment go up in smoke so they can pull the heist AND save the ship and get branded heroes by the same people they robbed!

Why do I have visions of Korben Dallas, Leeloo Dallas Multipass and Ruby Rod when reading this thread?

As usual, I got sent to Google as I had no clue who those people were. Still not entirely sure but the heist on a luxury cruise ship during a special event certainly seems familiar!

The Fifth Element. Korben Dallas was played by Bruce Willis. Leeloo Dallas was played by Milla Jovovich (and the joke about her and her Multipass due to her lack of understanding of our culture due to being just a few hours old). Ruby Rod is a ... I'd say either a cross dresser or a transgender radio personality played by Chris Tucker.

By the way - and this thread seems custom made for such an aside - it's my birthday today!

Here, me and my cake about 1978 or so:

(Please note all the vintage Original Star Wars figures dotting the cake, so it's not completely off topic. Mind you, I don't know if we washed them before putting them on - so . . . eeew!)

Happy New Year to all the Earthlings!

But to stay Star Wars related, I was wondering about celebrations in Star Wars and I came up with what I think might be an interesting idea. It relies on the FTL travel that's commonplace in Star Wars. I can see something like this going on:

A luxury space cruiser travels to a point where, at exactly midnight on New Years Eve (assuming there is a Coruscant Standard Time or something along those lines), the passengers can view a supernova explosion. In fact, using a series of short jumps, they could actually view the same explosion multiple times. BOOM... jump 1 light hour out and wait about an hour... BOOM... rinse, repeat, for a full day of celebration! How many people get to see a supernova? Well, the lucky passengers rich enough to afford passage on this ship can see the SAME supernova 24 times in a single day!

Every year, thw ship can return one more light year distant from the original explosion point to see it again. An explosion the size of a supernova isn't going to be all that less impressive one more light year out and you wouldn't want to be all that close, anyway. But, should it ever seem like it's too far away to be exciting, they can just go to a new supernova. They're not all that rare when you have a whole galaxy to use.

Sound like an interesting backdrop for an adventure? A heist, perhaps?

Anyone have other ideas to contribute?

Great fun idea. Rather than a heist though, I would use it for a multi-year mystery. Agatha Christie style or a little like that Doctor Who episode: "Mummy on the Orient Express". Each year there is a murder and no-one knows why or has worked out the pattern (or perhaps those in the know have their own reason for keeping quiet). The murder happens exactly at "midnight". The first year that it happened, they didn't find the body until after midnight and it was a scandal that set all those rich jaded types a twittering. The next year it happened again. Maybe something was seen (to provide some suspense and hints to the players) but still the murderer was not identified. Did this put an end to the cruise celebrations? No! People love it. The frisson and excitement of mystery and murder. And there are so many people there each year that really - it's a one in hundreds chance it would be you! But it's always one of the guests, always happens at exactly midnight. Many go for the fame of being the one to unmask the "Midnight Killer". Some go for the intrigue and the excitement. Maybe some go because they think they can get away with killing a political rival and passing it off as the murderer. But people keep going! It's the Social Event of the year for some and it would be a social embarrassment to be "frightened off".

And now the fifth consecutive New Year is about to happen. The PCs are there. Will the "Midnight Murderer" strike again?

Why do I have visions of Korben Dallas, Leeloo Dallas Multipass and Ruby Rod when reading this thread?

As usual, I got sent to Google as I had no clue who those people were. Still not entirely sure but the heist on a luxury cruise ship during a special event certainly seems familiar!

It's a bonkers film that's lots of fun. Bruce Willis plays a taxi driver who - I think - never smiles once in the entire film. In a good way. The director Luc Besson casts his then girlfriend Milla Jovavich as the perfect being who almost never stops smiling. And Chris Tucker plays a futuristic radio talkshow / gossip celebrity who couldn't be more out of his depth if you dropped him in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Also, Gary Oldman plays a villainous CEO called "Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg" whose idea of gratitude is killing you later instead of now. You can tell he is revelling in such an over the top bad guy role.

Oh, and the enemy in the film is Evil. Not an evil person you understand, or some demon. Actual Evil - the thing itself. It is not a film that does things by halves.

Ruby Rod is a ... I'd say either a cross dresser or a transgender radio personality played by Chris Tucker.

I really don't think he's transgender or a transvestite. He just wears a skin-tight leopard print velvet body-stocking.

EDIT: But I think we're derailing mademoiselle's thread, let's get back to the excellent idea of the eternal New Year's Eve party.

EDIT EDIT: Oh, and Happy New Year everybody! May the Force be with you in 2015!

Happy New Year everyone!

Great idea Haley, has a feel of 'Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' about it!

Happy New Year!

By the way - and this thread seems custom made for such an aside - it's my birthday today!

Here, me and my cake about 1978 or so:

(Please note all the vintage Original Star Wars figures dotting the cake, so it's not completely off topic. Mind you, I don't know if we washed them before putting them on - so . . . eeew!)

Happy Birthday!

Great idea Haley, has a feel of 'Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' about it!

Happy New Year!

Finally! No Google necessary!

TOWELS FOR EVERYONE!

ArrRrrr....stop rockin the boat..........oy...........me head.........arrrr..........happy new year.........

Great idea Haley, has a feel of 'Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' about it!

Happy New Year!

Finally! No Google necessary!

TOWELS FOR EVERYONE!

And everyone play nice or I'll break out the Vogon poetry

And now the fifth consecutive New Year is about to happen. The PCs are there. Will the "Midnight Murderer" strike again?

God, I haven't thought about that movie in YEARS now, but that sounds exactly like the plot to New Years Evil!

(Warning - not gory or anything but the trailer is for an eighties slasher flick - may be NSFW. . . .)

Yeah it's kind of hokey in that early eighties sort of way, but I bet you might be able to mine some ideas out of the flick!

… Of course this won’t work if the party is more civic minded and not likely to pull a heist. …

"Civic minded" in Edge of the Empire? Sounds like someone is playing the wrong game.

P.S.: Nice idea, Haley

P.S.S.: Happy New Year (or Felis Navidad)

Hey - not everyone on the Edge is a criminal. My politico is very upstanding and civic minded and is very much on the fringe.

Of course she's working her way into politics on her home planet, which means she's the biggest criminal of all I guess. Never mind, I retract my statement. . . .

Great idea! Using REAL science to generate a capitalistic enterprise in Star Wars. I suppose if one did the math concerning the size of the universe and the distance light travels within a year, then you could plot out a great business. Just need some young entrepreneurs to carry it out.

Luxury cruiser idea works. In the 5th Element (1997) there was an infinitely valuable item and a hostage situation on said voyage. The guy "won" a lottery drawing to get his ticket aboard the ship, something that might translate to those junk email scams and fraudulent lottery scams we see in our world. The group might start off "winning" a contest they never even entered, complete with a surprise awards ceremony in public and all. Then later they find out that someone arranged for them to win to get them aboard an exclusive ship...and then present the mission afterwards. (They had to make their presence LOOK legit.) Party has to hob-nob with the upper-class while on-board (with dress codes, and such), or find the assassin, or steal something, etc...

Yeah, if you're ever at the gaming table and an ID check is made to bypass security and someone yells out, "Multipass!", then now you know.