Journey To Batuu Positive Thoughts Thread

Since we don't have a sarlacc, how about a monstrous flower instead? Meet Godmother, an ally of the First Order, who is in charge of an infamous prison my sims might or might not end up in (depending on which faction wins aka finishes their questline first).

Godmother executes an alleged rebel:

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And in a conversation with the Governor:

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I first put her into the central flowerbed with TOOL, but to be interactable the lady has to sit on the ground. She's not meant to be a permanent fixture of this district, just visited for the executions and then returned to her domain.

"EnkiSchmidt;c-18339367" wrote:
Do Knights of Ren ride side saddle because of their robes?

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Sooo, this all started with the "Which aspirations do play the least" thread, when I noted that I had yet to complete a Batuu aspiration, despite playing the pack quite often. I started a Batuu themed save and when I got Horse Ranch a week later, it was only natural to combine the themes. Beasts of burden are a common sight in Star Wars frontier towns, so I think my "Batuu-hooves" (grey one: thoroughbread variant, brown one: work horse variant) fit the setting. No cc was used (just a teleporter mod to get them to Batuu).

I made a Batuu sim with a dog, and was so disappointed when she couldn’t taker her dog to Batuu with her. Unfortunately, I don’t use mods.

Yeah, that ended badly. The little droid you can see floating in front of the blackboard doesn't have a high First Order rank. He and the civillians got run out out of the cargo hall by an officer and lined up at the wall. (I've seen such mass arrests before, but they are rare.) The droid also had the "busted" scared moodlet from being in a restricted zone.

When my droid got ID-checked, he suddenly rammed into the officer with his spikes - ouch! A brawl ensued that left the officer unconscious, and as if that hadn't been humiliating enough, at this point Lt. Agnon walked past the mess.

My human sim botched the next quest, then got a few succeful ones in and reached rank 4 in the First Order, so her career is still intact. But the droid seriously considers defecting. He had only done what he'd been told, how could that be wrong?!

My Black Spire's First Order district now has an evening school courtesy of a misunderstanding.

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The localized quest text says:
"The locals don't understand what a lucky break our being here is for them. Give them an education, maybe then they will appreciate us more... and join us."

The german phrase used was "bilde sie aus", what means "train them to get a degree" and so I was surprised when the actual quest steps included only "recruit two sims into the first order" and "report back", with no task whatsoever relating to mentoring in a skill or training together.
Then it hit me that "bilde sie aus" might have been a mistranslation. Maybe the original quest text had read "educate them", as in "educate them about how good First Order rule is for them"? No classroom session at all required in this case, just a couple of deep conversations! The correct translation in this case would have been "kläre sie auf" (engl. "enlighten them") instead of "bilde sie aus" (engl. "give them an education") - they're two different things.

Or maybe I'm overthinking this, it wouldn't be the first time.

In any case I'm patiently waiting for Lt. Agnon or Kylo going ballistic on my poor sims for misinterpreting their instructions.

Batuu is so superior to Strangerville that one might as well not exist. The world is a sad joke, the story is one and done. Only good parts are some of the CAS & BB. Batuu has so much more to offer on every count.

Dropping in to promote my old Star Wars/Strangerville combo. I linked to it before, but that link went to my blog. Now the story has found a home in this forum's story section, with some minor editing: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/18343614#Comment_18343614

I agree. I was one of the tens. Not because I dislike it but other packs just had more relevance for me. Now if it had been a choice between the occult packs, Strangerville, and JTB, JTB would have been number one for me. Or tied with Realm of Magic.

There's a Rank the GPs thread up currently, and I took the liberty to just count the rank given by everyone who didn't put Batuu last.

Of 12 GPs (with rank 1 being the best and 12 the worst), Batuu's thusly adjusted rank was 8.2 (6,7,8,10 and 10). I think that's fair for what the pack offers (and doesn't offer). Agree? Disagree?

@Ellupelluellu Thank you! I'm a bit concerned about crowds in the bowling area, but we'll see.

@Oldeseadogge You're correct, it's the chamber to the lower left. It's only to the right when one looks at the entrance, that must have confused me.

@mightysprite
Ensign Dree (the PR manager): "Lord Sonderan, mind your words! That's not betting, that's an exercise in risk-reward analysis that the officers will benefit from in the field."
Governor Sonderan: "That kind of *beep* is what I have YOU for on my staff."

Nice, @EnkiSchmidt :)
(Do they bet on the bowling?? that is a hilarious addition to a casino)