The Second K'ril Incursion (SW Saga, KotOR era) [IC]

Douane said:

"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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"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."

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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.

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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."

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Zurai said:

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?"

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datapad said:

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

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Shayuri said:

"Underestimate the powers of the Force at your peril," Kacela says mildly.

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datapad said:

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.

More information is available on
- Lejo Vapasi

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Zurai said:

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.

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datapad said:

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.

More information is available on
- Ijatsi Systems

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Phoenix8008 said:

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...

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datapad said:

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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datapad said:

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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