Emissary

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*"Now, if you put your signature here..."*

-  Another work day for an Emissary
## Tactical Analysis

* **CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE THE 1.000.000TH VISITOR!:** A slick fast-talking salesman, Emissaries use their charm and guile to infiltrate enemy structures and disable them from within. If their mouth fails, they can always fall back on their duel ramjet pistols.

* **CLICK HERE FOR YOUR PRIZE:** If their future customers are so thoughtless to not open the gates or their dwellings are otherwise unreachable on foot, Emissaries can call in their personal remote control mini helicopter to carry them over any obstacles. Be warned that they are vulnerable to air defenses while airborne.

* **BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE:** Guard animals are generally not interested in new investment opportunities or fooled by get-quick-rich schemes. They also tend to chew up business cards and brochures.

* **THIS IS NOT A JOKE:** Suavey operators are able to con the building occupants into giving them temporary access to their accounts allowing the League a to funnel cash straight into their own accounts.

## Background

*"Hey hey people, Mbeke here."*

-  General Oguto Mbeke, whenever making a (scam) deal.
Darkest Africa. A mystical land of uncharted territories and hostile fauna. Of exotic locales and savage peoples. This idea has been as much of a boon as a curse to the African League. Ignored our outright dismissed by most of the rest of the world. Whatever happens on the continent of Africa is oft dismissed, taken lightly in the light of events of other, more familiar places. The fact that most of Africa fought in the world wars only as parts of the military of colonizing powers, Ethiopia notwithstanding, didn’t do much to raise their presence during the military actions of the 20th century, nor the credibility of their sabre-rattling when they considered they had enough and the decolonization wars were finally afoot.
However, an organized African League has learnt to act accordingly to these dire circumstances, learning by force to be mostly self-sufficient and, eventually, learning how to take advantage of these odd circumstances.

This is how the Emissaries were born.

Though the popular story tells of an original misunderstanding where a diplomat from the African League was somehow confused from being a representative to become Prince of “All of Nigeria”, the air of mysticism grown around the extravagant fellows coming from those strange places in that far continent led to many donations and contributions, oft unasked for, that greatly helped the League’s cause. Eventually realizing that if they couldn’t deal with them they might as well join them, they gathered a group of actual nobles from the various traditional states within the League and taught them in the art of scamming. Dressed in flamboyant dresses, faking funny quirks and above all trying to appeal the funny and mystical aura that surrounded these individuals. They carried the art of fooling people into giving their money and support to the African League’s cause to an art form. Soon things escalated, letters written and sent to unwitting individuals, fundraising events where outlandishly ridiculous ceremonies were performed and people brought attention to the league’s plight, if in a twisted manner, so they could arise awareness of the real state of things.

These actions have been criticized for being oft contradictory, furthering stereotypes more than helping them, but nonetheless they seem to be proving effective, in the quest of raising funds for continuing operations at least, as to not being shut down yet. Even more odd however, is the effect it has caused on the very participants of this “Emmisary” mission, they are so convincing in their roles they tend to often fool even themselves, acting lofty as much as haughty, not willing to mix themselves with “the serfs”, a particularly infuriating attitude when it comes to interacting with the military, as they often do, when they’ve gotta act in difficult and hostile locales.

Emissaries are a contradiction in themselves, the League’s greatest triumph and defeat. A lesson learnt on how to play the for their ignorance and the cold demeanor they show to the continent that saw the birth of humanity, yet they also are a symbol of how the League can fall upon the very lies made about them, to be fooled by the preconceptions made from the outside world until they become their own.
The Emissaries are outcasts in their own land, for they look and act as traitors to their very values, yet they are too important assets as to simply discard the program for tarnishing their reputation.

A boon, and a curse.