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<blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 1799340" data-attributes="member: 10079"><p>Alright, I've been meaning to try my hand at a Story Hour for a while now...so, here it is. This will be based on a very long running Star Wars(d6 to d20) game. I'm going to incorporate a good amount of the character's backgrounds into the telling of the story, and the first part will mostly be from just one character before meeting the others.</p><p></p><p>The game is set AFTER the Battle of Endor, and while running it I did my best to keep it to the timline set by the novels and comics. The start of this is a couple of years earlier, but gives background on what's going on in the galaxy at the time. I'll post pictures of the PCs, stats, etc as things move along. Here's the actual cast of PCs:</p><p></p><p><strong>Raan Maxwell:</strong> The story will mostly be told through his eyes. He is a young human Scout/Soldier. He's also the character that goes through the most name changes, so right now he's listed as his 'first' name. Raan is mostly a commando, though he trained as a pilot. He has a lightsaber as his only connection to his past.</p><p></p><p><strong>Shadow:</strong> She is a two meter tall Alraxian Soldier/Force Adept. Alraxians are a homebrew race of feline shapeshifters from the Unknown Regions. She's an assassin with very little knowledge of her people or her past, but holds a deep hatred of the Empire for being used by them for many years.</p><p></p><p><strong>Titus Voort:</strong> An human Soldier/Sniper. He is an ex-Imperial sniper not so much running from his past as doing his best to ignore it. He hides among a group of mercenaries, none of which actually know his Imperial past. He is also a former Emperor's Hand.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jen Zaarin:</strong> Another human, she is a Tech Specialist working for the New Republic as a scientist. Zaarin is the only non-military voice among the group, and is usually the one to give a more practical point of view on things beyond the others 'move in, kill, then ask questions'.</p><p></p><p>Added onto that there are many many NPCs all through this. So now, we begin with Raan's background, as most of this is told from his point of view.</p><p></p><p>Character stats can be found <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1799693#post1799693" target="_blank">HERE</a> </p><p></p><p>Also, newly attached is a 'cover image' of sorts with everyone on it. And one character twice. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>Disclaimer: All Alraxians and their worlds, except for Jyren, are not my creation and I do not claim them to be. They are the property of their copyright holder.</em></span></p><p></p><p><strong>Prologue: Been Here, Haven’t Done That</strong></p><p></p><p> My name isn’t important. You’ll undoubtedly know it be the end of this, anyway. Simply put, if I told you my name now, I’m not sure it’d be the correct one. What I can tell you is that I grew up in the Outer Rim. I traveled from planet to planet as I could, with no real knowledge of any home or family. I didn’t know anything before the age of seven, and even then I could be wrong. When I did stop moving around so much, I found myself on Corellia. It was a good place to live if you were a kid with no past. I wasn’t the first to grow up in that, and no doubt I wouldn’t be the last. As I grew up, I learned to pilot. It was more from necessity than a real want, but I eventually found I had a natural talent for it. </p><p> </p><p> This, in turn, led me to the Rebel Alliance. By that time, the Emperor had already been killed. In fact, it was many years after that had occurred. However, the Alliance was still fighting the strong remains of the Empire. It was a tough fight, and the Alliance had only managed to slowly make their way Coreward. Corellia had always been a strange place for the war. The Alliance held a strong presence, the Empire held jurisdiction, and CorSec held the peace. With the Empire spread out fighting the Alliance, the Empire’s presence on the planet had weakened. It was In this environment that I found the Alliance. I was only fifteen at the time. They took me in as no one had before, and allowed me to work as a tech’s assistant for a few years.</p><p> </p><p> When I was seventeen, one of the officers confronted me about an item I always had with me. At first, it was assumed that this was a tool and I encouraged this as much as I could. But with the galaxy as it was, someone eventually pinpointed what it was. A lightsaber. I had to explain to the officer why he shouldn’t take it off of me. And I did tell him the truth. It was the only connection to my family that I had, something that had been with me for as long as I could remember. I knew how to use it, yes, but I wasn’t any Jedi as the officer had seemed to hope for...even though I was a kid. Once these questions were pacified, and I somehow managed to convince them to let me keep the weapon, I got a promotion of sorts. They needed pilots for transport ships to load up supplies for an assault that was to occur on the Imperial capital on Coruscant. I was taught to fly the bulk freighters, and given a position as co-pilot of the Ascension. This also meant I was trained to use a blaster, and I found that the skills I had learned to survive on the streets came in handy with things like that.</p><p> </p><p> We made two successful transport runs before I was given another promotion. Now eighteen, even I was amazed at being inducted into Starfighter Command as an Ensign. But they needed pilots. And they took anyone that could fly. I was Ensign Raan Maxwell. This is where the story truly began. I won’t say my story, because I simply record it. Many others played a part in it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ankh-Morpork Guard, post: 1799340, member: 10079"] Alright, I've been meaning to try my hand at a Story Hour for a while now...so, here it is. This will be based on a very long running Star Wars(d6 to d20) game. I'm going to incorporate a good amount of the character's backgrounds into the telling of the story, and the first part will mostly be from just one character before meeting the others. The game is set AFTER the Battle of Endor, and while running it I did my best to keep it to the timline set by the novels and comics. The start of this is a couple of years earlier, but gives background on what's going on in the galaxy at the time. I'll post pictures of the PCs, stats, etc as things move along. Here's the actual cast of PCs: [b]Raan Maxwell:[/b] The story will mostly be told through his eyes. He is a young human Scout/Soldier. He's also the character that goes through the most name changes, so right now he's listed as his 'first' name. Raan is mostly a commando, though he trained as a pilot. He has a lightsaber as his only connection to his past. [b]Shadow:[/b] She is a two meter tall Alraxian Soldier/Force Adept. Alraxians are a homebrew race of feline shapeshifters from the Unknown Regions. She's an assassin with very little knowledge of her people or her past, but holds a deep hatred of the Empire for being used by them for many years. [b]Titus Voort:[/b] An human Soldier/Sniper. He is an ex-Imperial sniper not so much running from his past as doing his best to ignore it. He hides among a group of mercenaries, none of which actually know his Imperial past. He is also a former Emperor's Hand. [b]Jen Zaarin:[/b] Another human, she is a Tech Specialist working for the New Republic as a scientist. Zaarin is the only non-military voice among the group, and is usually the one to give a more practical point of view on things beyond the others 'move in, kill, then ask questions'. Added onto that there are many many NPCs all through this. So now, we begin with Raan's background, as most of this is told from his point of view. Character stats can be found [URL=http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1799693#post1799693]HERE[/URL] Also, newly attached is a 'cover image' of sorts with everyone on it. And one character twice. ;) [size=1][i]Disclaimer: All Alraxians and their worlds, except for Jyren, are not my creation and I do not claim them to be. They are the property of their copyright holder.[/i][/size][i][/i] [b]Prologue: Been Here, Haven’t Done That[/b] My name isn’t important. You’ll undoubtedly know it be the end of this, anyway. Simply put, if I told you my name now, I’m not sure it’d be the correct one. What I can tell you is that I grew up in the Outer Rim. I traveled from planet to planet as I could, with no real knowledge of any home or family. I didn’t know anything before the age of seven, and even then I could be wrong. When I did stop moving around so much, I found myself on Corellia. It was a good place to live if you were a kid with no past. I wasn’t the first to grow up in that, and no doubt I wouldn’t be the last. As I grew up, I learned to pilot. It was more from necessity than a real want, but I eventually found I had a natural talent for it. This, in turn, led me to the Rebel Alliance. By that time, the Emperor had already been killed. In fact, it was many years after that had occurred. However, the Alliance was still fighting the strong remains of the Empire. It was a tough fight, and the Alliance had only managed to slowly make their way Coreward. Corellia had always been a strange place for the war. The Alliance held a strong presence, the Empire held jurisdiction, and CorSec held the peace. With the Empire spread out fighting the Alliance, the Empire’s presence on the planet had weakened. It was In this environment that I found the Alliance. I was only fifteen at the time. They took me in as no one had before, and allowed me to work as a tech’s assistant for a few years. When I was seventeen, one of the officers confronted me about an item I always had with me. At first, it was assumed that this was a tool and I encouraged this as much as I could. But with the galaxy as it was, someone eventually pinpointed what it was. A lightsaber. I had to explain to the officer why he shouldn’t take it off of me. And I did tell him the truth. It was the only connection to my family that I had, something that had been with me for as long as I could remember. I knew how to use it, yes, but I wasn’t any Jedi as the officer had seemed to hope for...even though I was a kid. Once these questions were pacified, and I somehow managed to convince them to let me keep the weapon, I got a promotion of sorts. They needed pilots for transport ships to load up supplies for an assault that was to occur on the Imperial capital on Coruscant. I was taught to fly the bulk freighters, and given a position as co-pilot of the Ascension. This also meant I was trained to use a blaster, and I found that the skills I had learned to survive on the streets came in handy with things like that. We made two successful transport runs before I was given another promotion. Now eighteen, even I was amazed at being inducted into Starfighter Command as an Ensign. But they needed pilots. And they took anyone that could fly. I was Ensign Raan Maxwell. This is where the story truly began. I won’t say my story, because I simply record it. Many others played a part in it. [/QUOTE]
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