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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7039210" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>I like how Rex fits the classic astromech slicer role – your writeup really had me imagining R2D2 in the Cloud City. Bravo!</p><p></p><p>1. You mention the Empire in a couple places. Do you actually mean the pre-Battle of Jaku Empire that was depicted in the original trilogy? Or are you using "Empire" as shorthand for The First Order? I'm trying to figure out the timeline you're picturing Rex operating on.</p><p></p><p>2. A couple opportunities for other PC connections to Rex (and I suggest someone in the party be able to speak Binary so you can actually have the option of verbally communicating): </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A surviving member of the smuggling crew led by the smuggler Rex was owned by.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Someone Rex inadvertently freed from Imperial / First Order captivity during his getaway.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A former Imperial / First Order agent who was burned by Rex's data smuggling.</li> </ul><p></p><p>3. It sounds like during Rex's getaway from the Empire? First Order? he outsmarted some high-ranking military official. Do you see his Criminal Obligation as being some very personal to one NPC or a blanket "arrest that infamous droid!" mentality?</p><p></p><p>4. If you go with the link to Arsinoe as her personal astromech droid (perhaps salvaged from the wreck of the slaver ship that was bound for Hutt Space), that answers the question of what Rex is doing on <a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kabal" target="_blank">Kabal</a> where the game begins. If not, you'll need to come up with a reason for Rex to be on the forest planet Kabal (which I'll writeup in the OP shortly).</p><p></p><p>5. What is Rex's attitude toward the Resistance? You mention "Rebels" in your background, but I'm not sure if that was meant to specify that Rex was operating with the Rebels who fought the Empire during the original trilogy? Or if it was just a catch-all term for the Resistance as well? Do you see Rex as currently working for the Resistance or not? Or is it ambiguous (and if so, explain)?</p><p></p><p>6. <em>"Realizing a lone droid was unlikely to survive very long with the Empire against it..."</em> That seems like very higher-order unusual thinking for a droid. Can you elaborate on that? Why did the droid go to the Rebellion? Resistance? specifically, and not to anyone else?</p><p></p><p>7. It sounds like Rex had a very close relationship to his former smuggler owner, since the smuggler's death precipitated his motive for vengeance against the Empire? First Order?. I'm thinking that you might want to actually name the smuggler and come up with a bit of information about him (or I can do it if you prefer); the important thing is to figure out what influence the smuggler had on Rex's behavior/personality? Why did Rex care for the smuggler so much? Did he look up to the smuggler somehow?</p><p></p><p>8. Do you already have a trajectory for Rex's character development/arc in mind? Or is that something you want to discover during play? Or do you see the droid as the "straight man" who is pretty much consistently the same good old Rex?</p><p></p><p>9. There are a lot of R3 units out there. Do you see Rex as having any unique identifying features that the Empire / First Order might put in wanted posters for the droid? Or is his appearance looking like "and old R3 unit" precisely the difficulty in finding him? Or are you seeing R3 units as being so expensive as to be pretty rare outside of military or government use?</p><p></p><p>10. Did you have a picture of Rex you wanted to use? Here is <a href="http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/5/50/R3unit.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100810061607" target="_blank">one possibility</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7039210, member: 20323"] I like how Rex fits the classic astromech slicer role – your writeup really had me imagining R2D2 in the Cloud City. Bravo! 1. You mention the Empire in a couple places. Do you actually mean the pre-Battle of Jaku Empire that was depicted in the original trilogy? Or are you using "Empire" as shorthand for The First Order? I'm trying to figure out the timeline you're picturing Rex operating on. 2. A couple opportunities for other PC connections to Rex (and I suggest someone in the party be able to speak Binary so you can actually have the option of verbally communicating): [list][*]A surviving member of the smuggling crew led by the smuggler Rex was owned by. [*]Someone Rex inadvertently freed from Imperial / First Order captivity during his getaway. [*]A former Imperial / First Order agent who was burned by Rex's data smuggling.[/list] 3. It sounds like during Rex's getaway from the Empire? First Order? he outsmarted some high-ranking military official. Do you see his Criminal Obligation as being some very personal to one NPC or a blanket "arrest that infamous droid!" mentality? 4. If you go with the link to Arsinoe as her personal astromech droid (perhaps salvaged from the wreck of the slaver ship that was bound for Hutt Space), that answers the question of what Rex is doing on [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kabal]Kabal[/url] where the game begins. If not, you'll need to come up with a reason for Rex to be on the forest planet Kabal (which I'll writeup in the OP shortly). 5. What is Rex's attitude toward the Resistance? You mention "Rebels" in your background, but I'm not sure if that was meant to specify that Rex was operating with the Rebels who fought the Empire during the original trilogy? Or if it was just a catch-all term for the Resistance as well? Do you see Rex as currently working for the Resistance or not? Or is it ambiguous (and if so, explain)? 6. [I]"Realizing a lone droid was unlikely to survive very long with the Empire against it..."[/I] That seems like very higher-order unusual thinking for a droid. Can you elaborate on that? Why did the droid go to the Rebellion? Resistance? specifically, and not to anyone else? 7. It sounds like Rex had a very close relationship to his former smuggler owner, since the smuggler's death precipitated his motive for vengeance against the Empire? First Order?. I'm thinking that you might want to actually name the smuggler and come up with a bit of information about him (or I can do it if you prefer); the important thing is to figure out what influence the smuggler had on Rex's behavior/personality? Why did Rex care for the smuggler so much? Did he look up to the smuggler somehow? 8. Do you already have a trajectory for Rex's character development/arc in mind? Or is that something you want to discover during play? Or do you see the droid as the "straight man" who is pretty much consistently the same good old Rex? 9. There are a lot of R3 units out there. Do you see Rex as having any unique identifying features that the Empire / First Order might put in wanted posters for the droid? Or is his appearance looking like "and old R3 unit" precisely the difficulty in finding him? Or are you seeing R3 units as being so expensive as to be pretty rare outside of military or government use? 10. Did you have a picture of Rex you wanted to use? Here is [url=http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/5/50/R3unit.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100810061607]one possibility[/url]. [/QUOTE]
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