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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drothgery" data-source="post: 3803689" data-attributes="member: 360"> STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC EPISODE VII: DISTURBANCES IN THE FORCE a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... One hundred fifty years have passed since the Jedi Revan defeated his one-time apprentice Darth Malak, and allowed the Republic Fleet to destroy the Star Forge and the Sith Fleet that it produced. Slightly less time since the mysterious events surrounding the Jedi who despite her status as a general in the Mandalorian Wars, was known only as the Exile. The Republic Navy and Jedi Order protect what seems to be the beginnings of a lasting peace. But in recent years, Mandalorian raiders have attacked seemingly random targets on various outer rim worlds on the fringes of the Republic. Unable to stop the raids without diverting a large portion of the Republic Navy to the Outer Rim, the Republic Senate has turned to the Jedi Council for assistance. Jedi Knights have been dispatched to several worlds in hopes of determining what is behind this activity. The Jedi Keda Starwind and her Crean Padawan Kai Relle have been sent to Capella 3, a fringe world just outside the Republic (it was held by the Sith during the Jedi Civil War), where several ore transports were attacked and seized... Old Republic, ~150 years post-KotOR II. The Jedi Order is pretty much back on its feet, as is the Republic. The Sith have pretty much vanished (there are a few out there, but they're not important right now). The BBEG, if I get to run the second arc of the campaign, is Karil Valera, leader and founder of a dark side cult called the K'ril technomages.Karil was a padawan with a gift for tinkering with machines beyond even what Anakin Skywalker possessed (and with the formal training in that area that Anakin never had) when she followed Revan and Malak to fight the Mandalorians. Seduced by the opportunity to decipher lost technology, she stayed with them along their journey to the Dark Side. She was essential in bringing the Rakatan artifacts they found into the service of the Sith, including the Star Forge itself.But Malak curtailed her research projects when he replaced Revan as Dark Lord of the Sith. And then Malak chose Bannon, and then Bastilla, as his apprentice ahead of her, and seeds of resentment and jealousy were planted in a very brilliant mind. When Revan and his companions assaulted the Star Forge, Karil sabatoged the droid control programs, and fled the Star Forge with a handful of Sith technicians.She continued her studies on the Rakata homeworld -- for she had not been able to steal a ship with a hyperdrive -- and discovered the secrets of how the Rakata had been able to weave the Dark Side into their technology. But eventually there was nothing more to learn on Lehon, and she had no way to build a vessel that could enter hyperspace and run the Republic blockcade.So she and her followers were forced to build something that could travel near the speed of light in normal space for decades of external time to the nearest populated system. And from there she set out to build an organization that would let her pursue her studies to their endpoint. One without the flaws she percieved in the Jedi and the Sith.There's a mid-level bad guy that was once a mentor to the Padawan PC's master. A dark side cult trying to build a new and improved Star Forge. Mandalorian mercenaries. Wierd Dark-side touched war droids.And to oppose them? One Cerean Padawan who's better at negotiating than swinging a lightsaber. A Force-sensitive hunter who's not a great shot. And a wookie with a vibro-ax.</blockquote>

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