Outer Rim War III

Outer Rim War III: The Subterrel Conflict (ORW3) is a multi-club, multi-player competition organized by the Rebel Squadrons. It is the latest in a long line of competitions that includes Outer Rim War (ORW), Outer Rim War II (ORW2), the Minos Conflict, and Celestial Fury (CF). Its start date is the weekend February 3rd, 2007. The competition features multiplayer gaming of a variety of types, from X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter to Empire at War.

The rules on this page are now mostly definite and may be considered final pending small changes after the practice skirmish.

The War

This is a multiplayer gaming competition involving many SW clubs fighting over territory, in the form of planetary systems, set in the Outer Rim. The War ends when one group has captured all of the systems in the Subterrel Sector.

This ORW, rather than featuring all of the clubs at odds with each other, will use three "factions" of clubs that have formed temporary, uneasy alliances with each other whose enemy are the other two factions. The three factions are "Rebel," who are affiliated with the New Republic; "Imperial," several remnants of Palpatine's Galactic Empire; and "Sith," Force-using followers of the Dark Side who are gradually conquering the galaxy.

The factions are intended to be as balanced as possible. After the War has begun, clubs may join the war at any time, pending a majority vote by the ORW Council, if it is possible to keep factions balanced. Clubs may also switch factions during the War, pending a 2/3 vote by the ORW Council, although this is not recommended except to rectify any major unbalanced factions.

A Skirmish to test the balance of the factions took place on Sunday, January 21st in #Outerrim. No problems with the match-ups determined were discovered.

Fictional background

Twelve systems in the Subterrel Sector in the Outer Rim have been occupied by the three factions, and events have led to war. Who will emerge the victor of this fight?

The Imperials originally discovered a mysterious secret in one of the systems of the sector. The secret was soon also discovered by the Sith, who began fighting the Imperials for possession of the sector and the secret. A New Republic spy discovered the secret and rushed back to NR space, but was intercepted and destroyed by the Sith. The Imperials, unaware of this, attacked the nearest New Republic installations, unwittingly bringing the NR forces into a three-way war against them and the Sith. The true reason for the immense war brewing in the Subterrel Sector is known to only a few.

Location

The Subterrel Sector is the staging area for ORW3. This region of space is viable for a number of reasons.

• It is beyond the Outer Rim (beyond civilised space), out in Wild Space (mostly uncharted).
• It's nowhere near any major trade routes.
• The galaxy at large don't know or care about the region.
• Due to its lack of importance, there is practically no canon information available, so we cannot be contradicted by canon material (the only major event of significance was that Luke and Leia Skywalker were born in this region, but not even they know that).
• It's neutral ground, where none of the clubs have a foothold.
• It is a fair distance from RS space (and several other clubs), but not prohibitively so (it's halfway between the Rimma Trade Route -- our location -- and the Hydian Way).

Possessions

• The three factions will begin with four planetary systems each.
• After each week, the faction who scored the most points that week will capture one system from each of the other two factions.
• A faction without any remaining systems may continue to play, but cannot hope to actually win any systems.
• The war is over when one faction has captured all twelve systems.
• The systems will be divided among the faction according to their fraction of total points earned during the competition.
• The determining of exactly which system is captured and occupied each week by which club, under the restrictions above, will be determined by a small number of people, who will announce the result in the ORW NL. This determination only affects the fictional side of things, as all planets will be strategically equal out-of-character.

Competition Sector Map

This is a Sector map showing the arrangement of systems to be fought over.

• Before each weekly battle of the Subterrel Conflict is fought, the ORW3 design team determines which systems are being fought over