Star Wars: Republic and Empire (OOC thread)

[drothgery]

It is a bit late in coming, drothgery, mostly due to my feeling I missed the train, but here is a Republic Marine for your review and consideration as a potential PC.

Looks pretty good, but a few background nitpicks.
1 - In this alternate timeline, it's not the Imperial Remnant, it's the Empire. Which is still substatially larger than Republic.
2 - Your PC is young enough that Corellia has been independent for most of his life, and by the time he came of age, the alliance between the Galactic Republic and Corellia was pretty solid (it was somewhat shaky in the early years of the Republic). Why did he join the Republic military rather than entering Corellian service?

 

[Friadoc]

Looks pretty good, but a few background nitpicks.
1 - In this alternate timeline, it's not the Imperial Remnant, it's the Empire. Which is still substatially larger than Republic.
2 - Your PC is young enough that Corellia has been independent for most of his life, and by the time he came of age, the alliance between the Galactic Republic and Corellia was pretty solid (it was somewhat shaky in the early years of the Republic). Why did he join the Republic military rather than entering Corellian service?

Nitpicks are good, helps things fit together.

1-I'll correct the Imperial Remnant references after this post.

2-Wes joined the Republic military because of two factors, his parents risked their careers and lives helping the Rebel Alliance and there have been quite a few famous Corellians who have been part of the Alliance and now the New Republic. When you add those factors together, Wes thought it was the right thing to do to join the Republic's military. He's not turning his back on Corellia, at all, but he is looking at a bigger picture and a stable Republic is a good thing. Plus, as with many Corellians, he just felt like it. *chuckles*

 

[Shalimar]

Dave, if the rest of the squadron wont dogfight as Attacks of opportunity its going to let 7 ships gang up on 3. Can they take actual Attack's of Opportunity then so theat they don't them pass by unmolested.

Dogfighting is about the only way to protect someting in a space battle by preventing someone from approaching and firing on it. Granted its kinda of klunky, but I'd hate to fail the mission because the rules were klunky so we didn't use them.

 

[drothgery]

Dave, if the rest of the squadron wont dogfight as Attacks of opportunity its going to let 7 ships gang up on 3. Can they take actual Attack's of Opportunity then so theat they don't them pass by unmolested.

I can, but the situation isn't anywhere near as bad as you're making it out to be. It's not really 7 ganging up on 3. It's 7 trapped between 4 and 8. Remember that the P-Wings have two gunners; they can fire their laser cannons and their proton missiles at the same time.

Also, they're now within range of Taelros' turbolasers. Granted, the odds to hit are pretty much in 'hope for a natural 20' range (and a house rule I never mentioned before is that if you can only hit a 20, you can't crit).

Dogfighting is about the only way to protect someting in a space battle by preventing someone from approaching and firing on it. Granted its kinda of klunky, but I'd hate to fail the mission because the rules were klunky so we didn't use them.

I probably would have had them dogfight if things didn't appear to be going so well for your to start with. Though I may not be playing the TIE pilots as smart as I should be (frex, I haven't been using Vehicular Combat to evade attacks until I had Zenith do it).

 

[drothgery]

Okay, I've rolled AoOs for the non-PC-piloted E-Wings; 5 hits, one was a crit and so destroyed a TIE.

 

[drothgery]

2-Wes joined the Republic military because of two factors, his parents risked their careers and lives helping the Rebel Alliance and there have been quite a few famous Corellians who have been part of the Alliance and now the New Republic. When you add those factors together, Wes thought it was the right thing to do to join the Republic's military. He's not turning his back on Corellia, at all, but he is looking at a bigger picture and a stable Republic is a good thing. Plus, as with many Corellians, he just felt like it. *chuckles*

Okay. FWIW, at least in this timeline, a fair number of the important Corellians in the Alliance ended up in Corellian service (though an equally large number did not, and some at least tried to fade into obscurity for a while). Admiral Starglow's flagship is the Wedge Antilles for a reason; before his death, he held the position she now has (fleet commander of the Corellian Expeditionary Force).

Also, what do you see your character's starship combat role as?

 

[Friadoc]

Okay. FWIW, at least in this timeline, a fair number of the important Corellians in the Alliance ended up in Corellian service (though an equally large number did not, and some at least tried to fade into obscurity for a while). Admiral Starglow's flagship is the Wedge Antilles for a reason; before his death, he held the position she now has (fleet commander of the Corellian Expeditionary Force).

Also, what do you see your character's starship combat role as?

If it makes more sense and fits better, I can easily have Wes be a member of the CEF and adjust his background to fit it, especially if a lot of those whom he would have respected finished out their careers in the Corellian military. I'm flexible on stuff, as I'd rather it fit nicely into the story, then be shoe horned into it.

As for Wes' role in starship combat, he's a nascent jack-of-all-trades type, who can be leveraged for a lot of roles, however I'd say he is a solid toss-up between being a gunner or being a tactical know-how person on sensors. He has the ability to operate the heavy weapons on a starship, pilot them, too, and work a lot of the systems. Part of that is because he's been sent on ops, by himself, and needed to fill these roles for himself. But, he's works well with others, too. I could easily see him operating sensors to give others aide when shooting or defending themselves during starship combat, with his gunnery knowledge and tactical knowledge helping out greatly.

Cool?

 

[drothgery]

If it makes more sense and fits better, I can easily have Wes be a member of the CEF and adjust his background to fit it, especially if a lot of those whom he would have respected finished out their careers in the Corellian military. I'm flexible on stuff, as I'd rather it fit nicely into the story, then be shoe horned into it.

For an enlisted man, I think it's probably better that you're in Republic service. Cross-posting officers is pretty common; enlisted, not so much.

As for Wes' role in starship combat, he's a nascent jack-of-all-trades type, who can be leveraged for a lot of roles, however I'd say he is a solid toss-up between being a gunner or being a tactical know-how person on sensors. He has the ability to operate the heavy weapons on a starship, pilot them, too, and work a lot of the systems. Part of that is because he's been sent on ops, by himself, and needed to fill these roles for himself. But, he's works well with others, too. I could easily see him operating sensors to give others aide when shooting or defending themselves during starship combat, with his gunnery knowledge and tactical knowledge helping out greatly.

Cool?

Cool.

Quick notes here
1 - Most of the people around Wes' age (late 20s/early 30s or their race's equivalent) on the ship are senior enlisted (the exceptions being Rosa and Lt. Gellian, and possibly a small number of others)
2 - If you want to invent a history with Captain Cyn or Lt. Gellian or Chief Selkin (or to invent a few of the officers and enlisted in Taelros' Marine contingent), go ahead

 

[Friadoc]

For an enlisted man, I think it's probably better that you're in Republic service. Cross-posting officers is pretty common; enlisted, not so much.

Cool.

Quick notes here
1 - Most of the people around Wes' age (late 20s/early 30s or their race's equivalent) on the ship are senior enlisted (the exceptions being Rosa and Lt. Gellian, and possibly a small number of others)
2 - If you want to invent a history with Captain Cyn or Lt. Gellian or Chief Selkin (or to invent a few of the officers and enlisted in Taelros' Marine contingent), go ahead

Good to go, I'll stick with Republic service. I'll adjust things for it to make more sense, perhaps a bit similar to how American service personnel joined various fighting forces during WWI and II, prior to the US joining those wars. So it balances out.

I'll also work up some connections to those you mentioned, if I make up or add anyone, I'll let you know once I edit it into my prior entry in this thread.

Gunnery Sergeant is a moderately senior enlisted rank, or is in most RL militaries that use it, and only has four or five (depending on service) non-commissioned ranks above it, not counting the warrant officer grouping, which is shoe-horned in between non-commissioned and commissioned officers.

I should have more added to him tonight.

 

[Friadoc]

Hey, Dave, is there some background history on Captain Cyn or Lt. Gellian or Chief Selkin?

I'm fairly certain that I wanna attach some of Wes' in service time with them, but I wanna do it right, so I figured I'd ask you. *grins* Basically, just wanna make sure I take the right liberties.

Thanks, ahead of time.