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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hooly" data-source="post: 1937896" data-attributes="member: 9370">SERIES 1: The Araxian ConspiracySetting: 5 years after the events of Episode 1: The Phantom MenaceBackground: The first story is set in and around a group of 5 main planets in the mid rim all positioned in an area of space called Araxian Sector.The story revolves around the idea that the separatists we see in Episode 2: Attack of the Clones have not yet made their intentions known to the rest of the galaxy, and for the most part don’t yet exist.The basic plot is that the five main planets in the Araxian Sector have formed a coalition called the Araxian Technocratic Alliance.  The Alliance was created after the planets found that their economies were not benefiting from the taxing of trade routes by the Republic, nor by the way that funding from the Republic was being handled.  The leaders of the five planets felt that they had all that was required to support themselves, and so declared themselves a separate territory.The creation of the alliance was mainly instigated by the scientific community.  As a result, a majority of the leaders of the Alliance are doctors and scientists.  The worlds within the Alliance have their own governments, and stand alone without fear of being overthrown by the Alliance.  The idea of the Alliance is to allow an independent body with representatives from each planet to govern trade agreements, and develop ways to generate income for worlds in the Alliance.  The other idea behind this was that Alliance members would not have any political affiliations and would be able to operate independently for the good of the Sector.Each of the worlds has four representatives on the Alliance Council.  The Alliance is led by one person who is allowed to hold the position for no more than 2 years.  The first of these leaders was Professor Novis Kal who had received many awards for his humanitarianism especially in the field of medicine.Unfortunately for the Alliance, over the last few months, a large number of corporations and institutions have withdrawn their support from within the sector so as not to be seen to be going against the republic, or to be providing resources to dissidents.This has meant that the Araxian Sector has fallen on dark times financially, and in some parts of the sector, poverty is commonplace.  This is heavily apparent on the world of Dal-Kinsal the capital of the Sector.  Dal-Kinsal is the least industrial of the systems in the Alliance, although it has the greatest Navy in the region.  The primary reason for this is that the system’s 8th planet is heavy in hyperbariades, thus allowing mining for the purpose of starship construction.Many of the inhabitants of the 5 worlds in the alliance have voiced their concerns regarding the necessity of the Alliance’s existence and have started questioning the motivations of those representing their interests on the council.  With this dissent and poverty has come rebellion and terrorism.Approximately 6 months ago a group of unknown individuals started attacking recently erected Alliance monuments, and buildings.  On each occasion, an increasing number of lives were lost.  A number of people were arrested for these offences, but each has remained silent and has not claimed an allegiance to a particular terrorist group.Of course, while the Alliance is dealing with these outbreaks of Rebellion, a number of individuals have started clambering for power, and have begun back door deals with other Alliance members to gain power and influence.The only individual able to keep the majority of Alliance together is Novis Kal, and many of the Sector's inhabitants support him.  Kal is a charismatic and honourable man, and is the primary reason the entire sector hasn't fallen into a civil war.The only threat to Premier Kal's leadership within the Alliance is that of Hek Myteron, the Local Governor of Dal-Kinsal, and brother in law to the Premier.  Hek wants nothing but complete Military control over the Alliance, and presidency of the 5 worlds.  Hek however in true diplomatic form has most of his dirty work conducted by his loyal henchman Military Leader Jorganis Sa-Kul. Standing directly behind Hek though is a man named T’Mar Dorstin, a dark side devotee, and servant of a much stronger Dark Jedi.  T’Mar has been sent by his master to assist Hek in creating an area where the Republic will have no influence so that he may lay claim to a rumoured ancient Sith Monastary that supposedly lies in ruined on an unknown planet in the sector.Meanwhile, an archaeologist named Timon Kessic has uncovered what could possibly be the ruins of the Sith Monastary.  Due to the fact that most of the Sith history has been lost or is unavailable to anyone else except the Jedi Council, Kessic and his team have kept their discovery secret.  Kessic has paid his team well to keep the secret, and has also paid a number of informants to investigate what they can about their discovery.Unfortunately, one of the archaeologist’s assistants took an artefact from the site, a Sith medallion (the Fornak Nebula), and sold it to the highest bidder.  The buyer, a Herglic named Manaton Nax, hoped to add it to his collection or at the very least, use it to pay some of his gambling debts.  Unfortunately, Nax was later arrested in relation to other matters before he could get rid of the medallion.  The Medallion was consequently seized by the Araxian Government, and taken to the Museum of Dal-Kinsal for investigation.  They had hoped to study the item, but as the majority of their time was spent preparing for the Gala Event at the Palace, the medallion was placed in the security vault inside of the museum.  Nax was later released, and soon after contacted his Hutt friend Belloq, who suggested a certain mercenary group may be able to assist.  With this, Belloq contacted the characters to meet with Nax to “fix” the problem.</blockquote>

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