"I suggest," Kacela says tonelessly, "that once we are in hyperspace and on our way, we adourn to the lounge and review the mission materials on the holoprojector. As we are all highly skilled, mature and professional individuals, the question of leadership is best handled contextually. That is, whoever's skills and expertise are best suited to the problems at hand will take charge, until the situation changes."
She pauses, then adds, "If there are no questions or complaints, I will await you in the lounge."
The Jedi turns and leaves the bridge.
(I'm assuming that the ship includes a sort of "conference/briefing room with a holoprojector in a table we can sit around and see communications/recordings/etc on... )
Tomalor slumps and follows the Jedi like a wounded puppy, ignoring the extravagant Twi'lek's actions. He continues to stuff his face with the food he brought.
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Theta spends some time on the bridge looking over the flight controls and familiarizing himself with them. "Nice systems they've got here.", he nods to Hawke. "Looks pretty easy to fly. Remember, you've got me as a backup pilot if needed. I'm no rocket jockey, but I can do a pretty good job behind the stick. I'm also a decent shot with ships' guns." the Mandalorian says with a metallic echo to his voice.
After checking out the bridge a bit more, Theta decides to follow Kacela and Tomalor to review the mission materials. Of course, he records the materials onto his own system for easy reference later as well as the conversations taking place for study during his leisure time.
Seeing the clearance flash upon his screen, Hawke gently eases the Korlen Phet out of her docking cradle and into the starry void. He listens to the discussions going on behind him as he pilots the ship to the hyperspace limit, but only answers Theta.
"A backup pilot and a gunner is always a good thing to have. If you havn't already, please familiarize yourself with the weapons systems; I'm a better pilot than I am a gunner, and if we get into a scrap, it'd be best if I wasn't filling both seats." Hawke nods respectfully to Theta, then returns his attention to the nav board. Once the computer has calculated the jump to Nerem 5, he flips the intercom switch to announce the jump into hyper, waits a moment to allow everyone to brace themselves, then sends the Korlen Phet soaring into infinity.
Spinning around in his seat, he finds that only Sianni is still on the bridge. He gives her a lopsided grin and ask, "Well, shall we adjourn to the conference room and get this party started?"
Still sulking over her most recent failure to goad any kind of reaction from this ..., this bunch of zombies, Sianni stares incredulously at the human pilot before throwing her lekku up in disgust.
"A party? A party ?!? I wish. But instead I'll have to count myself lucky if I won't have been bored to death by the time we reach our destination."
After giving Hawke a thorough once-over from head to toes, she goes on, mirroring his crooked smile.
"And no adjourning for you, flyboy. At least, not yet. Let's see what time will bring."
Pointing to the bulkhead, Sianni adds "Move ahead then, I'll be right behind you.".
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Theta takes a seat silently and begins to review what information was provided to them. He takes a few notes regarding the Mandalorians that are mentioned from the first K'ril incursion..."Interesting." he mutters to himself.
For future reference, please don't write NPC actions. And please fill me in -- by PM or email if you don't want to post it -- on any character background you'd like to work into the game. It's really hard for me to write stuff like this -- and make Keda come across as the very wise and perceptive 120-year-old Jedi she is -- if I don't know where you're coming from.
Keda and Sianni
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"Oh no, don't you go mushy on me!" Sianni replied, using a lek to imitate the human gesture of wagging a finger. "Won't work on me. Not at all. Same goes for that Jedi mind control, by the way. My father trained me to resist that.
"Small tricks of the Force have as much to do with the skill and natural talent with the Force of the one performing them as it does with the mind the weilder of the Force is trying to influence. I would not count any 'training' being effective against someone that was highly skilled."
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"Okay, I am offering you a different deal. I don't think he has seen me yet. If you order him away while I hide in here so that I can get to the ship unseen, I'll forget everything I have ever heard of these 'K'ril' and I'll bring the holocr..., the holovid afterwards to you."
"If that is what you wish, but I am retired. I no longer sit on the council, and training a padawan at my age would be ridiculous; no one has to take my orders. The council listens to me when it comes to the K'ril, because of what happened the last time. Now, a youngling or a padawan or even a very new Knight like young Kacela might well do so out of respect. Anyone else, I need to convince." Keda says.
"A party? A party ?!? I wish. But instead I'll have to count myself lucky if I won't have been bored to death by the time we reach our destination."
"Well, if you get too bored, I have all sorts of stories from my time on the Rim. I'm sure the others have their own tales to tell, too."
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After giving Hawke a thorough once-over from head to toes, she goes on, mirroring his crooked smile.
"And no adjourning for you, flyboy. At least, not yet. Let's see what time will bring."
Pointing to the bulkhead, Sianni adds "Move ahead then, I'll be right behind you.".
Hawke shrugs and proceeds through the cabin door out into the corridor. "Suit yourself. I was going to let you go first because I still havn't fully inspected the ship yet." He holds the door open for her briefly, but moves on if she shows no sign of wanting to take the lead. He takes his time getting to the meeting room, stopping to inspect all the various controls, sensors, and so on that lie along the path.
The briefing room that Kacela ends up setting things up in is yet another indication that this ship wouldn't pass close inspection as a 'freighter' -- which wouldn't 'waste' space on such a thing. But with a few touches she has all the data provided by the Republic and the Jedi Order set up where she can access it easily, and the others have gathered around the table with her.
OOC: Anything you want to look up, I'll give answers for.
"Well, if you get too bored, I have all sorts of stories from my time on the Rim. I'm sure the others have their own tales to tell, too."
"Suuure, and they all go like 'We fined him 1000 Cr because his hyperdrive wasn't calibrated correctly.', 'He had only 57 of the 109 licenses required for dumping garbage.' or 'And then we confiscated the spice, strictly for official reasons, of course.', don't they?"
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Hawke shrugs and proceeds through the cabin door out into the corridor. "Suit yourself. I was going to let you go first because I still havn't fully inspected the ship yet." He holds the door open for her briefly, but moves on if she shows no sign of wanting to take the lead. He takes his time getting to the meeting room, stopping to inspect all the various controls, sensors, and so on that lie along the path.
"Inspecting the ship, eh?" Sianni regards Hawke quizzically for a moment before breaking in a broad grin. "I'll have to give you, though, as far as euphemisms for 'looking at my butt' go, it's certainly one of the more imaginative ones. Not that I blame you, it is truly a spectacular exemplar of its kind."
When she follows him through the bulkhead, Sianni seems to badly misjudge the dimensions of both door and corridor and squeezes past Hawke, provocatively rubbing her body against his in the process, before she makes her way to the briefing room, still wiggling her rear rather exaggeratingly.
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"There were questions asked at the briefing that Master Keda referred to mission specs and materials," Kacela says as the last stragglers enter. "This is the time to ask those questions again, and get answers. We have full files on the previous K'ril incidents, and on what is known of their technology and tactics."
"Just bear in mind that we don't know -everything-. There are still mysteries to them that we haven't unlocked."
"Suuure, and they all go like 'We fined him 1000 Cr because his hyperdrive wasn't calibrated correctly.', 'He had only 57 of the 109 licenses required for dumping garbage.' or 'And then we confiscated the spice, strictly for official reasons, of course.', don't they?"
Hawke just shakes his head. "Republic law doesn't extend out to the Rim, and even if it did I've only been in a standard branch of the Republic military for a short time. I was in the scout corps for over a decade. The scouts really don't give a damn for enforcing laws, we just want to explore the galaxy."
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"Inspecting the ship, eh?" Sianni regards Hawke quizzically for a moment before breaking in a broad grin. "I'll have to give you, though, as far as euphemisms for 'looking at my butt' go, it's certainly one of the more imaginative ones. Not that I blame you, it is truly a spectacular exemplar of its kind."
"I...." Hawke blinks, then grins. "... would have to agree with you on that last bit."
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When she follows him through the bulkhead, Sianni seems to badly misjudge the dimensions of both door and corridor and squeezes past Hawke, provocatively rubbing her body against his in the process, before she makes her way to the briefing room, still wiggling her rear rather exaggeratingly.
Hawke doesn't shy away from the contact, and makes sure to eye the Twi'lek appreciatively as she struts away, then shakes his head again and moves along. Curious people they found for this one...
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"There were questions asked at the briefing that Master Keda referred to mission specs and materials," Kacela says as the last stragglers enter. "This is the time to ask those questions again, and get answers. We have full files on the previous K'ril incidents, and on what is known of their technology and tactics."
"Just bear in mind that we don't know -everything-. There are still mysteries to them that we haven't unlocked."
Hawke settles into a chair in a corner and props his legs up on a nearby end table, leaning back and draping his arm over the side of the chair. "Well, the technological capacity of the K'ril is what most concerns me. Force-users or not, it's their machines that are what's dangerous. What do we know about them?"
Hawke settles into a chair in a corner and props his legs up on a nearby end table, leaning back and draping his arm over the side of the chair. "Well, the technological capacity of the K'ril is what most concerns me. Force-users or not, it's their machines that are what's dangerous. What do we know about them?"
A quick search through the information you've been given brings up...
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K'ril Technology
The self-styled K'ril Technomages were often powerful wielders of the force, and some of them, particularly those with Jedi and/or Sith training -- and Karil Valera herself had both -- were masters of the lightsabers frequently used by Jedi and sometimes used by others with training in the Force, but they were quite rightly most feared for their machinery.
The K'ril were known to build their 'improvements' into a wide variety of devices. Droids, weapons, armor, starships, computers, and even the giant combination factory, space station, and assault carrier that was the second Star Forge. Military devices tended to have better shields and/or more powerful energy weapons, but in any case they had functionality that would require a significantly greater power draw than could normally be built into a device of that size. Jedi researchers examining captured K'ril technology determined that K'ril devices drew on the Dark Side of the Force to replace conventional energy sources.
More information is available on
- K'ril War Droids
- K'ril Starfighters
- K'ril Capital Ships
- K'ril Blasters
- K'ril Computers
"Underestimate the powers of the Force at your peril," Kacela says mildly.
"But the gist of their technology as far as I can tell is that their machines are smaller and more powerful than non Force-augmented technology. In short, if facing K'ril, we can expect to be outgunned."
"Underestimate the powers of the Force at your peril," Kacela says mildly.
"Oh, no, I merely meant that whether or not they are Force users - the data seems to say that not all of them were - it's their machines that seem to have caused the most worry." Hawke corrects Kacela. "Tech that can pack a starfighter-grade laser cannon in a war droid is bad news. You're the resident Force expert; I'll leave any Dark Adepts or whatever to your care. The Force is way outta my league... I just fly the ship and beat the grass." He laughs to himself.
Hawke turns back to his datapad and brings up the info on K'ril war droids, blasters, and starfighters - considering those to be the most immediate areas of interest. Even a normal tech capital ship is trouble for a ship like the Phet, and computers sounds like Tomalor's area of expertise more than Hawke's.
Tomalor cringes more at the discussion of the K'ril technology, especially the droids. "Tomalor see these things. Their machines sing, sing a song of darkness. Not a song of harmony." He looks nervously at the Jedi, but continues on, trying to make an important point. "The no need any one to sing the song for them after created, but those that sing make the machine's song stronger." Its eyes dark unsure to Kacela briefly, then the Ithoran bows his head. He types quickly at the datapad, trying to find out more about the K'ril computers, droids, and such, afraid to confirm or learn more.
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Tomalor clicks the hyperlink to go to the next article..
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K'ril Computers
Unlike many other aspects of K'ril technology (though their war machines are another exception), the basic K'ril computer systems do not show the telltale signs of equipment designed by academics with little field experience. Indeed, the basic software security systems were designed to defeat all hacking techniques used in the criminal underworld at the time, showing distinct hints at Twi'lek espionage techniques. This was no surprise, as one of the premier outlaw software experts, one Lejo Vapasi, served as their senior software expert until he disappeared, leaving a complete packet of the K'ril security protocols in the hands of the Jedi Knight Keda Starwind.
K'ril hardware incorporates some Rakatan elements, and tends to rely on standard K'ril techniques to deal with excessive power draw, but was mostly based on the state of the art at the time.
Theta keys his search into the datapad to see what information is available on 'Mandalorian' (in reference to the K'ril) and 'To'nar' his grandfather...
Hawke turns back to his datapad and brings up the info on K'ril war droids, blasters, and starfighters - considering those to be the most immediate areas of interest. Even a normal tech capital ship is trouble for a ship like the Phet, and computers sounds like Tomalor's area of expertise more than Hawke's.
Information on starfighters seems to come up first...
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K'ril Starfighters
The two major influences on K'ril starfighter design were the fighters produced by the original Star Forge, and the Mandalorian fighter designs at the time. The stock K'ril starfighter was a two-man fighter, smaller than the three-man heavy fighter the Mandalorians of the time employed, but larger than the one-man light fighter they employed for scouting and recon tasks. In terms of firepower and shields, though, it compared very favorably to heavy starfighter designs of the time, while maintaing the speed and manuevarbility of the light fighter designs.
Ijatsi Systems became the Republic's primary supplier of starfighters shortly after the first K'ril Incursion despite being new to the business. Their starfighters were heavily influenced by K'ril designs, though improved generators and engines allowed Ijatsi's starfighters to offer similar performance to the older K'ril starfighters without employing the same shortcuts.
Theta keys his search into the datapad to see what information is available on 'Mandalorian' (in reference to the K'ril) and 'To'nar' his grandfather...
Theta's search reveals two relevant articles...
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K'ril Mercenaries
With few expereinced soldiers among their numbers, the K'ril relied on mercenary forces both to build, train, and command their own armed forces and to conduct raids for the material they used to build their Star Forge. Although they hired mercenaries from many sources, the majority of them were Mandalorians. As such, the K'ril military forces were heavily influenced by Mandalorian traditions. Which meant that although ruthless and brutally efficient, K'ril soldiers never developed the widespread patterns of atrocities that soldiers for other dark side cults (most notably the Sith) almost invariably fell into.
After the final defeat of the K'ril and the destruction of the second Star Forge, many K'ril soldiers were adopted into the Mandalorian clans, while many others scattered to all ends of the galaxy.
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To'nar Fett
One of the more effective mercenary commanders in the K'ril Navy, his campaigns took a dozen worlds for the K'ril before he was caught with only one capital ship and its starfighter wing to hold off a task force of the Republic Navy. Given a tactical situation far beyond what superior ships could compensate for, he had little choice but to surrender his command, and did so. He was released from a Republic POW camp after the end of the war. No further records are available.
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