Trying to come up with a list of random events that could cause a commotion or at least force players to deal with something that would be unexpected. Thinking of breaking them down into several lists like Economic, Heir, Politics, and a few others. It was written from the merc perspective but could easily be done as noble guard or even House military unit on the planet or in region. But as I look at the list I am not sure I really have that many positive random events.
Random RP Events for Campaign
Heir was stabbed/shot to death
Neighboring power’s heir was murdered
Heir died in a questionable accident- skiing, boating, flying, driving, etc
Heir gets involved with ‘peasant’
Heir gets married to noble equal
Heir marries to a higher strata
Heir marries down for $
Heir sets up on Romeo & Juliet path
Heir disappears
Heir becomes political opposition to boss/current lord
Heir grows up sickly/becomes cripple/mental (aka Caleb HSSD)
Heir is unable to have children
ICE Refinery had a fire
Ammo plant had fire/explosion
Supply DS was taken by pirates
Fire in military warehouses
Natural disaster near garrison- flood, fire, avalanche, tornado, hurricane, earthquake, volcano, drought
Rival expanded their forces by 10% to 25% of branch- mech, armor, infantry, CF, artillery
Rival gets tech upgrade- IE 3050s IS tech gets a piece of Clan gear, 3040s Periphery gets IS Prototypes, 3040s IS Prototypes get SL era tech
Neighboring rival power declares a feud against boss/lord
Noble boss declares a feud against rival
Neighboring noble has a rebellion
Neighboring rival has a rebellion (did your boss support it?)
Megacorporation wants to invest in X business in your Area of Operations
Megacorporation initiates hostile ‘takeover’ of X business in your Area of Operations
Noble 3 or 4 rungs higher than your boss wants to invest in X business in your Area of Operations
Noble 3 or 4 rungs higher than your initiates hostile ‘takeover’ of X business in your Area of Operations
Secret LosTech cache is found in territory by boss
Secret LosTech cache is found by 3rd party in Area of Operations- rumors?
Rumors of a LosTech cache b/c of a relic
LosTech cache is openly discovered in territory
Discover abandoned & stripped SLDF base in AO
Neighboring noble finds LosTech cache
Neighboring rival noble finds LosTech cache
ComStar starts investigating your bosses’ territory
Your region/planet is hit by a ComStar Interdiction
ComStar wants your boss to help cause unrest in neighbor
ComStar wants to put in a center in your territory
You get hit by raiders
Your neighboring noble gets hit by raiders
Your rival gets hit by raiders
You get hit in a reprisal strike b/c they think you were the source of raiders
Your neighbor gets hit in a reprisal strike b/c they think you were the source of raiders
You rival gets hit in a reprisal strike b/c they think you were the source of raiders
Your lord removes the domain of raiding from a rival
Your lord grants you the domain of raiding
Your raid goes bad/really good, attracting attention of nobles several levels up