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Star Wars: Eclipse [Casual Advanced]

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Star Wars: Eclipse [Casual Advanced]

A turning point in the force, is what many Jedi and Sith would call it. The gears were once again turning, and the inevitable conflict between Light and Dark was about to begin anew. Indeed, the very fate and shape of the galaxy was about to change. Perhaps, Empires and nations would rise and fall. But in the end, for the people occupying this seedy Corellian station, it just meant good business was ahead. But then, they were more than ignorant of the force. While the station itself was quite expansive, it was known as one of the shaddier Corellian space ports in the system.

And it was quite hard to be considered seedy even among other Corellians. A den of smugglers, bounty hunters, mercenaries, and privateers. It was one of the many expressions of the underworld across the galaxy. The main meeting place was the large bar- the main attraction of the station if you wanted to get a job done or be hired for one. As it just so happened, Corellia was also the first planet to intercept the transmission coming from Ryloth. While the travelers and ownership typically had no reason to monitor stuffy and boring Republic communications, the information was leaked out regardless. Not to the general public, of course- but to Darth Morifal, the one who had put the mole into Corellia in the first place. Sympathies for the Preservationists were quite high in places like Corellia- it was always a planet with a rebellious streak within the Republic, and event went so far as to have its own military forces. Greasing the hands of a few key players wasn't too hard here. Anything could be done with a lie, money, or a combination of the two.

So, The Emperor has decided to wager. Lets see what the Republic can do, then.

The information itself wasn't particularly encoded in any complicated manner. Anyone who happened to be monitoring for communications into the Corellian system could've easily gotten it and decrytped it without much issue. Rarely would anyone have a desire to do such a thing, but it wasn't unheard of. That'd work well enough as an excuse for knowing this. A bounty hunting mission requiring the monitoring of communications in case the target tried to call in buddies. That'd work perfect for cover if anyone asked about this.

Situated in one of many large tables across the rustic bar, Morifal began to prepare a message to someone who had connections with the Senate. They could pass along the message to a Senate member, and in turn contact the Chancellor. There was no doubt that the Siths destruction was now the top priority of both the Republic and Jedi Order. Thus, reaching the Chancellor directly was foolhardy and rather pointless. She doubted he would take any personal calls from anyone less than another Senator or Jedi with urgent news. Further, she doubted he even read messages from random people across the galaxy, no matter the content.

She downed the rest of her glass of Keela. The Sith composed a short message in her datapad, which would be forwarded to Senator Dee by her contacts within the Senate.

• To: Alxle Dee, Most Esteemed Senator of the Galactic Republic
• From: Callista Maral, Legendary Mercenary and Defender of Kalista IV
• Subject: Your excellency, the Republic is currently set for a crisis. A transmission was received from a certain world in the Outer Rim recently; there is reason to believe a dire threat to the Republic is gathering its strength there. The Chancellor has already most likely received this transmission. It is likely that he intends to investigate this evil before it can harm the Republic and the people it protects. However; while sending the Jedi is viable, they will be vulnerable without Republic ships and soldiers to escort them. Sending a Grand Fleet or even small force of Republic soldiers will likely force the enemies hand immediately, before the full extent of what is going on is revealed. This information could be critical to the future of the Republic. As such, I would like to assist the Republics excursion to this planet by providing them private military services so that the Jedi are not without support on whatever mission the Chancellor and Jedi Master sends them on. While a Republic Fleet would immediately be recognized, private forces could easily pass as smugglers and be ignored. This could give the Jedi a chance to investigate the full scale of the threat against the Republic. If you do not believe this message, then trust in my capability to get it to you in the first place. If that is not enough, ask the Chancellor himself. While I am a Mercenary, I don't want to live out my retirement years in a galaxy full of war.
  
  It is imperative that you act quickly- This decesion may well decide the course of the Republic for years to come.
  
  If the Republic even remains.

@Amelian Draco

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@XLegs@guineamania

Just dropping @mentions at a few people who have been accepted but haven't shown up after the IC started.

I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

Alright, sounds great to me.

I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

Would certain world events still happen(WW1, WW2, Cold War) in our nations histories? And would they diverge slightly depending on what direction we may take our nation(IE, if someone wanted a modern French Empire, and stated the Bonapartists took over France after the nazi occupation)

Star Wars: Eclipse [Casual Advanced]

So far, Corpus and LaX's characters will be joining the mercenary auxiliaries being put together to assist the Republic led by my character. If anyone is interested in joining up with that, feel free.

Star Wars: Eclipse [Casual Advanced]

@The Canadian
You may want to use mentions to call everyone here who was accepted and is waiting. It has been awhile.

I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

I'd be interested in using China myself.

Star Wars: Eclipse [Casual Advanced]

Callista Maral

Appearance & Basic Info

Physical Description
While she typically disguises herself, Callista does have an original appearance. Average height, with an athletic build from copious physical training. She has naturally red hair and grey eyes. Their skin is a bit pale- not from lack of exercise, but by virtue of constantly being under the artificial lights of a building or ship constantly.

Name
Darth Morifal (Callista Maral)

Age
34

Gender
Female

Race/Species
Human

Occupation
Sith Lord

Faction
Preservationists (Shadow leader)

Possessions

Weapons
Mod. A240 blaster rifle, Quickfire-4 hold-out, Mod. Model 434 blaster pistol, thermal detonator, anti-armor thermal detonator, stun detonator, shaped thermal charge (Most of these items and those below are within the context of her disguises, not what she as a Sith uses)

Equipment
Utility Belt, High power Comm-link, Binoculars, PDA

Clothing
Light cortosis mesh armor over an enviro-jumpsuit, typically with a robe of sorts over all that (The cortosis on her gauntlets is of a higher quality)

Personal Ship

"Zenith" [+]

Combat

Power/Abilities
Callista has a very strong connection with the force, and because of that connection and her intimate knowledge of the darkside, she can call upon the basic and dark abilities of the force without trouble. She has the inborn ability to make use of Mysticism(Sith Sorcery and Alchemy), and has nurtured that ability with training and knowledge. Due to her Masters fear for this use of the darkside, he never factored lightsaber training into the daily regime. Because of Callista's philosophy regarding the force, she never saw any need to try and rectify that, and so she cannot use a lightsaber any better than the local town drunk. Because of the amount of knowledge she has taken in, she is well educated.

Combat Abilities
Morifal makes no use of the lightsaber in combat, being completely reliant on her abilities in the force and(Rarely) her hand to hand combat skill. Due to the particularities of her training and natural talent she is very proficient at using the force with precision and without moving her body. By focusing the amount of energy needed to push someone into a single point, the effect on the target becomes much greater. While she is not trained at all in a lightsaber style(and thus does not use one), she knows many styles of hand to hand combat, and she switches them constantly throughout fights to keep her enemy on edge.

Personal Info

Personality
Callista is a careful planner who seemingly deliberates on their moves in advance, and they treat all things with an equal amount of suspicion. But despite that, they hold a great deal of personal initiative. While they may take a long time to deliberate and make careful preparations, when they decide to take action they are swift and decisive. They do not believe in the principals of being defensive and reactionary, and always strive to hold the initiative in all situations. The Sith typically strive for personal freedom through power and are naturally ambitious as a result(often to a fault), and Callista is no different. However, her ambitions desire isn't necessarily power, but materialization of an idea. She lets her emotions run free, but steels them and directs them in an almost inhuman manner. Her childhood was a life of grueling training, and their adult life has been much worse, so they are typically detached from the plights of others. Still, they have the capacity to understand someone's situation and act accordingly. They are disgusted by weakness like most Sith, but their reaction to it is a bit different.

Religion
While there was once a time when she earnestly believed in the Sith Code, that time has passed. Originally she believed that the Sith merely needed to be reformed along the lines of what her master had designed, thus bringing the strongest and most cunning Sith to a position of absolute power. But after being exposed to the universe beyond simply "Sith", she doesn't believe the Sith code is the proper answer to self-liberation and the actualization of the "Truth". By looking at the Force from merely just one perspective, you limit yourself automatically. It does not help that in seeking liberation, the Sith chain themselves in their own negative emotions. Likewise, the Jedi code merely represses emotion, which is equally as limiting. Thus, to her, there is only one option- understand all perspectives of the Force, and reach the core of it. As someone experienced in theology and philosophy, she is constantly looking for answers, and her true objective is to create a new "Third Way" of interrupting both the Force and the reality it pervades. The level of thought, infrastructure, and theological understanding would be beyond the flawed and fractured ideologies of Grey Force users. Using that as a looking glass, she wishes to achieve the Force without any distinctions and thus reach the "Truth". As a person, it could be said that she has a deep belief in the Force that few others can comprehend. It should be apparent, but in reality, she can't be called a Sith anymore.

History
The remaining Sith who have festered on Korriban for centuries have built around themselves a powerful new Sith Order. With a new Sith Emperor, it is very much possible for the Sith Empire to be revived into the galaxy once more. Using fear and raw strength, it is possible to beat the Republic back and massacre many Jedi. But not all agree with a plan of brute force or domination, nor the structure of the new Sith Order. Morifal's late Master was among those against the way the Sith currently existed. Though they were a member of the Triad- the three Dark Lords of the Sith who governed the Order, they had reservations about their situation. How many Sith Empires had to rise and fall, how many galactic wars had to be waged before the dark managed to truly exterminate the light? Doing the same thing again and again forever is nothing more than insanity, and the Sith have no time for insanity- only power. Thus, to Morifal's Master, attempting to take the galaxy by force yet again was nothing more than incompetence. Trying to compete with the Jedi's numbers was even less excusable. The Sith were about quality, strength, not simply having a quantity of force users. Only the strongest could survive and thrive. Thus, he wished to institute a system in which only a few Sith existed at any given time- only the strongest and most cunning should be allowed to live and continue the Sith dogma. Using subterfuge, the Republic could be corrupted rather than destroyed, and the Jedi sidelined rather than cut down. Naturally, these radical views were not taken well, and the typical bloody politics of the Sith did not help. He rapidly found himself with no supporters after his plan was revealed by a rival, and the Sith Emperor saw no need to save someone who could not save himself. They were quickly killed by the other two members of the Triad, and the chapter to this heresy found its end. Or, so the Sith Order believed. In reality, he barely survived and escaped with what little assets and materials he could muster. He sought to create a new Sith Order with only one master and one apprentice, and went about gaining influence and contacts across the galaxy. He screened for children with great attunement to the force, and selected the best among them to raise as his apprentice. Morifal was his fourth apprentice- the others had found untimely ends, either by their own incompetence or his own hand, usually a combination of the two. Only he knew her planet of origin, and with his eventual death that knowledge was lost.

Early into her training she showed signs of talent with Sith Mysticism. This was a valuable and powerful ability, but having it in the Korriban Sith Order likely would've resulted in her being killed. Naturally, the Master himself was quite paranoid of such an ability, and feared that she would use it against him one day. To that end, he never sought to train her in the use of lightsabers as a sort of handicap. By the time she approached the end of her training, he attempted to kill her. The fact she's alive now is telling of the result, and she gained the title of Darth from him. With her master dead, she sought knowledge, power, and an apprentice of her own. To that end, she used her masters contacts and ill begotten resources to form the early progenitor of the Preservationists. With others finding knowledge of all types(But most importantly, things such as Sith Holocrons and information about the darkside), she truly "got it" and brought out her full capabilities. Despite that, she was exposed to more ideologies and beliefs than just the Sith Code in the process, bringing her faith in it into question. Immersing herself in the study of philosophy and other lines of thinking regarding the Force made her reconsider her stance regarding both the Force and the "Liberation" all Sith desired so much. The result is her ambition and views on the Unified Force that has put her at odds with two certain monastic orders.

With the Korriban Sith making a move, she has disguised herself as a (in)famous Outer Rim Mercenary. Adopting this persona she crafted beforehand, she has made a contract with The Republic to provide private security forces to the Jedi investigating the distress beacon, acting as axillaries. To that end, she has gathered a Warband of experienced veterans, mercenaries, bounty hunters, and even those with a reward for their head. The Republic needs Soldiers, not idealistic farmboys, and Soldiers they will have. The Korriban Sith Emperor is a threat to her own designs, the Galaxy, and the Force itself. In comparison the Jedi Council typically idles around and is almost always purely reactionary, making who the greater threat is strikingly apparent. Morifal is more than willing to nudge The Republic and Jedi into a position capable of bringing the Emperor down.

Family
They don't even know the planet they came from, let alone this

Star Wars: Eclipse [Casual Advanced]

I'm actually having my character form a warband who will be auxiliaries to the Jedi responding to the distress signal. It'll mostly be formed out of mercenaries/bounty hunters and other people who aren't really aligned to a faction. If anyone wants to participate in that, feel free to do so. I've already contacted @CorpusMundum @LaXnyd and they like the idea for their characters.