Characters Thread
IC Thread
Sometimes, when you kill the evil overlord, the evil empire goes on. Sometimes the hero dies. Sometimes when a legend falls, no one is there to pick up their star. But sometimes someone is.
Luke Skywalker was one of the first group. Leia Organa had only learned Luke was her brother, and that she was Force sensitive, just before his death in the destruction of the second Death Star. It took a long time of searching the galaxy for any clue of Jedi lore and the slightest clue on how to use the Light Side of the Force before she was ready to try and build a new Jedi Order.
But Admiral Ackbar was one of the second. Vice Admiral Istara Kandorian Serrano's task force had been sent to reinforce the Republic's 3rd Fleet, under Ackbar's direct command, when the legendary Mon Calimari Admiral was killed. She took command, and managed to destroy Darth Pauran's flagship and break his fleet, killing the Sith Emperor.
But for all of her efforts, twenty years after that victory, the Empire still controls more of the Galaxy than the Republic. There has never been a lasting truce, let alone peace. And in the wake of the assassination of Leia Solo, a new dark Empress is on the move.
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I'm seeking 4-6 5th level Star Wars Saga PCs. The game won't start before the weekend afer Thanksgiving (11/29). Recruiting closed at the end of the day on Saturday 11/22. PCs will be members of the Republic military or working closely with them (Jedi, some civillian contractors, or be creative). Please note that starship combat will be at least as common as character-scale combat in this game.
Timeline
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5 ABY - Battle of Endor; 2nd Death Star destroyed - Darth Vader, the Emperor, and Luke Skywalker killed; Alliance to Restore the Republic makes major advances in the immediate aftermath
6 ABY - New Republic declared; Leia Organa Solo withdraws from politics to seek out Force lore, as there are no known living Jedi, Padme Solo born to Leia Organa Solo and Han Solo, Eryk Serrano born to Istara Kandorian Serrano and Waric Serrano
7 ABY - Mon Mothma elected President of the Republic with only token opposition
9 ABY - Darth Pauran seizes control of the Empire, makes significant gains with Adm. Thrawn as his principal Naval commander in the field; Luke Solo born
11 ABY - Adm. Ackbar killed in action over Anaxes; Adm. Istara Kandorian Serrano takes command of Republic Fleet and defeats Thrawn over her homeworld; Darth Pauran killed
13 ABY - Leia Solo establishes a Jedi academy to build a new Jedi Order with the help of other force-sensitives she has found over the last 7 years
14 ABY - Adm. Serrano moves her flagship to the Kandorian Heavy Industries Battleship Freedom; KHI becomes the primary source for Republic capital ships (though Mon Calimari designs remain prominent as well)
16 ABY - After several failed attempts to take Courscant, the New Republic decides to permanently establish its capital on Anaxes
17 ABY - Grand Moff Ardus Kaine takes control of the Empire, begins major new offensive on the Republic (which controls about 15% of what was the Old Republic at this point); Thrawn reappears
19 ABY - Gaven Marinikar elected president of the Republic
21 ABY - Grand Admiral Thrawn captured and his fleet destroyed over Mon Calimari, ending Grand Moff Kaine's offensive
22 ABY - Padme Solo, Eryk Serrano formally enter Jedi training
26 ABY - Leia Solo assassinated by a Sith agent; Padme Solo takes over the Jedi Order despite her youth
27 ABY - Darth Giada becomes Empress
28 ABY - Present day
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Rules
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- characters are 6th level Star Wars Saga characters, built with a 30 point buy + stat bonuses from 4th level; droid PCs must use one of the templates from Scavenger's Guide to Droids
- all Saga Edition sourcebooks are allowed
- characters must be capable of speaking basic [droids must have a vocabulator]
- characters must be active members of the Republic military, or otherwise closely working with them, to the point where they can reasonably be aboard a warship involved in active military operations (members of the New Jedi Order, for example, though serving officers and enlisted personnel can be Jedi). Alternatively, you can play someone currently on Ruusan who's willing to join the Republic military, though this will mean you'll be a low-ranking enlisted person.
- although some PCs can be Republic Marines, your character should have a role in starship combat (whether as a pilot, gunner, tactician, or engineer)
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Conflicts Within the Republic
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- a small, but growing faction in the Senate believes the Anaxsi have too much influence in the government (President Marinikar, War Minister Serrano, Fleet Admiral Serrano, and three other ministers are from Anaxes, as is the chairman of the War Committee in the Senate; also, because the Republic capital is at Anaxes, a great many low-level functionaries are Anaxsi, and for cultural reasons they are overrepresented in the officer corps of the Republic military); this attitude is more common in worlds that were in open rebellion before the Battle of Endor (Anaxes openly joined the Republic only in 8 ABY, when the Admiral commanding the Star Destroyer Whelm and his task force defected)
- some of the more idealistic founding members of the Republic, including retired former President Mon Mothma, are concerned that Republic society is overly militaristic
- there is widespread concern that Padme Solo was too young and inexperienced to take over for her mother as head of the New Jedi Order (though no one else was seriously proposed as an alternative)
- some factions tired of decades of war want to negotiate a peace with the Empire
- planets whose goods compete with Correllia (which is not a member of the Republic) dislike the free trade and a mutual defense agreement with the Republic (though both President Marinikar and former President Mon Mothma support the policy as a long-term strategy to draw Correllia into the Republic peacefully)
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Special notes for Jedi
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- The New Jedi Order founded by Leia Solo's knowledge of Jedi lore is incomplete, largely derived from fragmentary records and contact with groups that splintered from the Jedi long ago, such as the Jensaarai. With the death of both Darth Sidious and his Apprentice Darth Vader, the Sith are in much the same state. As such, neither the Jedi Master prestige class nor the Sith Lord prestige class are available.
- Because the Leia's Jedi order is relatively new and its formal training methods are still developing, members of the Jedi order with levels in classes other than Jedi -- and even with no levels in Jedi -- are very common, and maybe even a majority; frex, Padme Solo is a noble/Jedi/Force Adept/Force Disciple
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Big Things That May Not Be Obvious From The Timeline
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- The Emperor had no clones
- The Yuuzhan Vong do not exist; the enemy the Chiss were dealing with (and which brought Thrawn to the Empire's notice) was someone else
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Notes on EU stuff
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- anyone born after the battle of Endor has been butterflied out of existence; shortly after the battle of Endor, the same parents may have had a child on the same day with the same name, but he or she is an entirely different person. A few moths later, conditions have changed too much.
- it's quite possible that characters that were alive in 28 ABY in the canon timeline are dead, and that characters that died before 28 ABY are alive (though if they died at a relatively old age, they're almost certainly still dead)
- most of what I know about post-Return of the Jedi events in the canon Star Wars universe has been drawn from Wookieepedia
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Notes for new players
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The PCs are currently on Ruusan, chasing after a mysterious figure from Darth Giada's entourage, who seems to have sacrificed a frigate in an attempt to divert them (and their superiors).
In this time line, there's a small smuggler's port on Ruusan, but it is otherwise uninhabited; neither the Republic nor the Empire claim the world.
I'm looking for 1-2 new players; you can either create a new character from scratch or 'promote' an NPC to PC status if you find him or her interesting (though not the PC's frigate's captain, Commander Cyn, or its fighter wing commander, Lt. Gellian).
If anyone who dropped this game last year wants to reprise his or her character, that's okay too.
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IC Thread
Sometimes, when you kill the evil overlord, the evil empire goes on. Sometimes the hero dies. Sometimes when a legend falls, no one is there to pick up their star. But sometimes someone is.
Luke Skywalker was one of the first group. Leia Organa had only learned Luke was her brother, and that she was Force sensitive, just before his death in the destruction of the second Death Star. It took a long time of searching the galaxy for any clue of Jedi lore and the slightest clue on how to use the Light Side of the Force before she was ready to try and build a new Jedi Order.
But Admiral Ackbar was one of the second. Vice Admiral Istara Kandorian Serrano's task force had been sent to reinforce the Republic's 3rd Fleet, under Ackbar's direct command, when the legendary Mon Calimari Admiral was killed. She took command, and managed to destroy Darth Pauran's flagship and break his fleet, killing the Sith Emperor.
But for all of her efforts, twenty years after that victory, the Empire still controls more of the Galaxy than the Republic. There has never been a lasting truce, let alone peace. And in the wake of the assassination of Leia Solo, a new dark Empress is on the move.
* * * * *
I'm seeking 4-6 5th level Star Wars Saga PCs. The game won't start before the weekend afer Thanksgiving (11/29). Recruiting closed at the end of the day on Saturday 11/22. PCs will be members of the Republic military or working closely with them (Jedi, some civillian contractors, or be creative). Please note that starship combat will be at least as common as character-scale combat in this game.
Timeline
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5 ABY - Battle of Endor; 2nd Death Star destroyed - Darth Vader, the Emperor, and Luke Skywalker killed; Alliance to Restore the Republic makes major advances in the immediate aftermath
6 ABY - New Republic declared; Leia Organa Solo withdraws from politics to seek out Force lore, as there are no known living Jedi, Padme Solo born to Leia Organa Solo and Han Solo, Eryk Serrano born to Istara Kandorian Serrano and Waric Serrano
7 ABY - Mon Mothma elected President of the Republic with only token opposition
9 ABY - Darth Pauran seizes control of the Empire, makes significant gains with Adm. Thrawn as his principal Naval commander in the field; Luke Solo born
11 ABY - Adm. Ackbar killed in action over Anaxes; Adm. Istara Kandorian Serrano takes command of Republic Fleet and defeats Thrawn over her homeworld; Darth Pauran killed
13 ABY - Leia Solo establishes a Jedi academy to build a new Jedi Order with the help of other force-sensitives she has found over the last 7 years
14 ABY - Adm. Serrano moves her flagship to the Kandorian Heavy Industries Battleship Freedom; KHI becomes the primary source for Republic capital ships (though Mon Calimari designs remain prominent as well)
16 ABY - After several failed attempts to take Courscant, the New Republic decides to permanently establish its capital on Anaxes
17 ABY - Grand Moff Ardus Kaine takes control of the Empire, begins major new offensive on the Republic (which controls about 15% of what was the Old Republic at this point); Thrawn reappears
19 ABY - Gaven Marinikar elected president of the Republic
21 ABY - Grand Admiral Thrawn captured and his fleet destroyed over Mon Calimari, ending Grand Moff Kaine's offensive
22 ABY - Padme Solo, Eryk Serrano formally enter Jedi training
26 ABY - Leia Solo assassinated by a Sith agent; Padme Solo takes over the Jedi Order despite her youth
27 ABY - Darth Giada becomes Empress
28 ABY - Present day
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Rules
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- characters are 6th level Star Wars Saga characters, built with a 30 point buy + stat bonuses from 4th level; droid PCs must use one of the templates from Scavenger's Guide to Droids
- all Saga Edition sourcebooks are allowed
- characters must be capable of speaking basic [droids must have a vocabulator]
- characters must be active members of the Republic military, or otherwise closely working with them, to the point where they can reasonably be aboard a warship involved in active military operations (members of the New Jedi Order, for example, though serving officers and enlisted personnel can be Jedi). Alternatively, you can play someone currently on Ruusan who's willing to join the Republic military, though this will mean you'll be a low-ranking enlisted person.
- although some PCs can be Republic Marines, your character should have a role in starship combat (whether as a pilot, gunner, tactician, or engineer)
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Conflicts Within the Republic
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- a small, but growing faction in the Senate believes the Anaxsi have too much influence in the government (President Marinikar, War Minister Serrano, Fleet Admiral Serrano, and three other ministers are from Anaxes, as is the chairman of the War Committee in the Senate; also, because the Republic capital is at Anaxes, a great many low-level functionaries are Anaxsi, and for cultural reasons they are overrepresented in the officer corps of the Republic military); this attitude is more common in worlds that were in open rebellion before the Battle of Endor (Anaxes openly joined the Republic only in 8 ABY, when the Admiral commanding the Star Destroyer Whelm and his task force defected)
- some of the more idealistic founding members of the Republic, including retired former President Mon Mothma, are concerned that Republic society is overly militaristic
- there is widespread concern that Padme Solo was too young and inexperienced to take over for her mother as head of the New Jedi Order (though no one else was seriously proposed as an alternative)
- some factions tired of decades of war want to negotiate a peace with the Empire
- planets whose goods compete with Correllia (which is not a member of the Republic) dislike the free trade and a mutual defense agreement with the Republic (though both President Marinikar and former President Mon Mothma support the policy as a long-term strategy to draw Correllia into the Republic peacefully)
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Special notes for Jedi
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- The New Jedi Order founded by Leia Solo's knowledge of Jedi lore is incomplete, largely derived from fragmentary records and contact with groups that splintered from the Jedi long ago, such as the Jensaarai. With the death of both Darth Sidious and his Apprentice Darth Vader, the Sith are in much the same state. As such, neither the Jedi Master prestige class nor the Sith Lord prestige class are available.
- Because the Leia's Jedi order is relatively new and its formal training methods are still developing, members of the Jedi order with levels in classes other than Jedi -- and even with no levels in Jedi -- are very common, and maybe even a majority; frex, Padme Solo is a noble/Jedi/Force Adept/Force Disciple
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Big Things That May Not Be Obvious From The Timeline
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- The Emperor had no clones
- The Yuuzhan Vong do not exist; the enemy the Chiss were dealing with (and which brought Thrawn to the Empire's notice) was someone else
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Notes on EU stuff
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- anyone born after the battle of Endor has been butterflied out of existence; shortly after the battle of Endor, the same parents may have had a child on the same day with the same name, but he or she is an entirely different person. A few moths later, conditions have changed too much.
- it's quite possible that characters that were alive in 28 ABY in the canon timeline are dead, and that characters that died before 28 ABY are alive (though if they died at a relatively old age, they're almost certainly still dead)
- most of what I know about post-Return of the Jedi events in the canon Star Wars universe has been drawn from Wookieepedia
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Notes for new players
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The PCs are currently on Ruusan, chasing after a mysterious figure from Darth Giada's entourage, who seems to have sacrificed a frigate in an attempt to divert them (and their superiors).
In this time line, there's a small smuggler's port on Ruusan, but it is otherwise uninhabited; neither the Republic nor the Empire claim the world.
I'm looking for 1-2 new players; you can either create a new character from scratch or 'promote' an NPC to PC status if you find him or her interesting (though not the PC's frigate's captain, Commander Cyn, or its fighter wing commander, Lt. Gellian).
If anyone who dropped this game last year wants to reprise his or her character, that's okay too.
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