Ellri

Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

Other than Lea claiming a specific bunk in one post there are no claims in place.

In other words, first come first serve.

When more bunks are claimed, we can create a rough list somewhere. On an image perhaps.

RPGC #3 -- THE COSMOS

just out of curiosity... how many entries have you received yet?

Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

@Howler:
The beds in the prison complex are actually padded with some sort of red cloth. They're not just slabs of durasteel. We designed the prison to be relatively comfortable, but lacking in privacy.
They'll essentially be treated just as well as any students at the Sith Academy on Korriban. If you ignore the torture, of course.

Another thing to note is that though they're not up on the Kaggath, the Sith would also have captured a good number of younglings and initiates, ones who have yet to become old enough to become padawans. Those children would have been sent directly to Korriban, as they would have far less Jedi indoctrination for the Sith to purge. Some of course would not have survived to be sent there. And though the empire as a society isn't speciesist, there are individuals within the society who are. Its quite plausible that such individuals would "accidentally" kill younglings/initiates of the "wrong" species.

RPGC #3 -- THE COSMOS

We found we simply did not have time to write a story this time. No story jumped at us, demanding to be written. We could see many good stories in it, but not the coming three days.

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Aside from the missing relations, your sheet is perfectly ok, @Rtron.

here are some points of review, @Themerlinhawk. In between browsing two (or more) different browser tabs, a scattered memory and several IRC discussions, it'll perhaps be a bit chaotic in order of events.

You mention an attack upon Korriban? When exactly would that have been? was it the one in 3660?
His favoring a specialized version of Niman even as he has expertise in Makashi feels unusually skilled for his being only 31 years old. Perhaps it would work better to have it as being quite skilled with a single hybrid form that is made up of those two forms, with that nifty idiosyncrasy that is switching blades on the dual lightsaber?

Why is he incapable of regular mind tricks? And how does that work with him having once tried a darker derivative of mind tricks (drain knowledge)? We like the idea of someone not having access to certain "basic" abilities, but feel a reason is needed for it.

The mention of supposedly having used Force Lightning feels tacked on much more than the drain knowledge bit. We suggest fixing up the Drain Knowledge section and removing the Lightning.
There is no requirement to be able to fall to the dark side as an adult that you have to have tasted the dark side during your youth. More jedi fall from the ends justifying the means than fall from being weak in resisting the dark side when they're young.

Using Tutaminis to block things like a lightsaber, especially for more than a second or two, requires mastery of the power, not merely extensive training. It could block weaker training sabers, though.

Echo will enforce some serious control over any use of Force Sight, due to it having extreme usefulness in this RP.

Why would Alat only have one friend and ally within the Jedi temple? If he were in the Sith academy, that small a number makes sense, but among the Jedi it doesn't. Especially considering how he was found early, as that would mean he'd go through the full range of initiate years and training before becoming a padawan. You can have few close friends, but no other friends at all doesn't make sense.

Finally, the bit about lightsaber instructor feels a touch off...

Alat is one of the temples saber instructors when he is stationed there and provides instruction in Niman, Makashi and Trakata variations on the two forms.

In line with the lightsaber combat suggestion above, this would make sense to alter a bit. Being a teacher in both Niman and Makashi as well as using Trakata for those two forms is a very wide range, especially for his relative youth.
Perhaps he instructs novices in Niman/Makashi and all types of students in integrating Trakata into those styles?
Or perhaps he's a teacher in making a hybrid of those two styles and a specialist in training others in Trakata?

Everything else was pretty much good.

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~| Kaggath |~
~| 17:49 GST |~

It did not take a genius for Lea to figure out that she was being spoken to, which was a good thing, seeing how she wasn’t one. She had never believed herself to be any sort of genius. Sure, there were countless who weren’t as smart as her, but also a great many who were considerably smarter. She eyed the one who’d spoken to her, and older girl with a recently cauterized stump where one of her hands should’ve been. She couldn’t see any special traits to her, so she decided the girl was probably human rather than near-human like she herself was. Of course, she couldn’t be sure, though. Some of the near-human species looked exactly like regular humans. “Rahn. Lea Rahn.” she answered.

“And yes, this is a ship. It is either a Gage-class transport or a Terminus-class destroyer, not quite sure which. You’ve all been fortunate enough to become the captives of Darth Nyiss. Or unfortunate enough, perhaps, seeing how we’re all captives of the Sith. I don’t know much about how different Sith keep their captives, but compared to the way most prisons are set up elsewhere in the galaxy, this place feels like it has much better standards. If that should be any indication as to how well we’ll all be treated as prisoners, there is some hope we’ll not all simply be killed. And if you’re in doubt, it has been something like six-seven hours since this ship came into orbit above whatever heavily populated planet is below.”

She thought for a bit. “That hand of yours. I assume it was cut off by whomever captured you? What was he or she like? If we’re to get out of here, we had better know as much as possible about our captors.” Although Lea had been captive for a good while, she had not seen any of the other Sith involved in whatever had been going on down there. From her numerous sessions under Darth Nyiss, she had gotten a decent image of what that woman would and would not do. Chopping off hands wasn’t her style. Part of the problem with being a captive for so long was the sense of relief that came with being exposed to anyone, even one’s captors, rather than the confines of a cell. The past couple of weeks, the Sith had been more distant than usual, so the time alone had been longer. The first month, she had frequently tried to escape. Sometimes she had even managed to hide for much of a day before being recaptured. But she had never managed to get off the ship, let alone far enough away to avoid recapture. Recently, she’d mostly given up on trying to get away. It was too difficult. But now, with these new prisoners, escape might be possible. She would have to assess options for such as she learned more about them.

“Oh, by the way, what are your names? It is only fair seeing how I told you mine.” she asked, letting go of her idle thoughts from the moments before and paying attention to the others again. It would take time to get used to once more not being all alone most of the time. As she spoke, Lea could see more of the prisoners waking up from whatever had been used to incapacitate them.

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For the most part, your new CS is good @Rtron, aside from the obvious one of relations. It will be interesting to see a species like Herglic played out. We're not going to bother tearing at minor details on the sheet. It just ain't worth it. We know you generally don't try to abuse the system (much).

But what you do need to do is add timestamp to your last IC post.

We'll be responding to your post tomorrow with Fallen, @Frettzo.

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We keep trying to get people to ride that Krayt Dragon... but it keeps eating the riders and people are catching on to that fact, so they're not volunteering as much.

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Us three.

(not that we left, but...)

Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

~| Day 4, 11:30 GST |~
~| On Alderaan |~

The signing of the Treaty of Coruscant was a humiliation for the republic and the Jedi Order. But with the Empire holding Coruscant hostage and threatening its destruction, they had no choice. Sure, they knew the Sith could not literally destroy the planet, no existing weapon could, but they could readily ravage it and render it uninhabitable. A persistent and well-directed fleet could easily exterminate every lifeform and obliterate all structures upon its surface. Thousands of years of history could be erased in a matter of hours and days. That alone, was reason enough for the republic to sign the treaty. The fact that they were hard pressed to resist the Sith advance on other fronts in the galaxy was another.

The Jedi in particular could not comfortably stomach the treaty’s harsh terms, but they had no choice. Not if they wanted to see the countless billions of souls on Coruscant survive. It was with all those thoughts in mind that the representatives of the republic and the Jedi order signed the treaty, creating what everyone knew would be an uneasy peace with the Sith Empire.

~| Nearly one day earlier (Day 3, 14:30 GST) |~
~| Aboard the Memory of Coruscant |~

The ship hadn’t been out of hyperspace more than a couple of minutes when the signal to clear the aft hangar floor came in, indicating that someone was coming in for a landing. At a velocity well above regulation, the small fighter/bomber shot through the hangar shield, practically slamming into the deck, then screeching across the floor in a slight arc, with bright sparks flying out where the metal of the landing gear ground against the floor. But no matter how chaotic and haphazard the entry seemed, the ship rotated just the right way, coming to a halt right in the middle of one of the designated parking zones.

The moment it stopped moving, the canopy opened up and a someone who could only be a Jedi leapt out, landing several meters away. In the eerie silence following his ship’s landing, the sound of his boots hitting the deck seemed almost deafening. Despite his robes covering much of his body, there was no doubt in the eyes of any observer that he wore armor underneath. At the same time, the hangar technicians returned to the deck, continuing their work, even as a few others started working on the Jedi’s ship, checking it for damage and preparing it to be raised up into the docking racks.

He habitually kept his hood up, leaving his face in shadows. When he got to the doorway between the hangar and the rest of the ship, he grabbed a nearby crewmember. “Where are Jedi Masters Novan and Tetsu?”

The crewmember, a Corellian human in her mid-twenties, seemed a bit off-kilter, perhaps by his brusque tone and not exactly subtle landing. “Umm… Try Jedi meditation chambers. Top of the central tower. They might be there.”

“Thank you. May the Force be with you.” He politely said to her, then let her go on her way. He did not hesitate in finding his way to the nearest eligible turbolift. Though he had not before been aboard the recently renamed Memory of Coruscant, he’d been on numerous Thrantas before, and he knew the modifications made to this one well. Once he got to the top of that turbolift, he went to the next one, leading up to the Jedi meditation room and sparring chamber.

“Masters Tetsu and Novan.” He bowed respectfully to them. Though he rarely dealt much with the rest of the Order directly, they did hold higher rank than him, no matter how influential he’d been in getting this ship refitted for this mission. He did not know them very well, but had heard nothing but good things about them both.

“Coruscant will soon be ours once more. The Order's best negotiators will get the best out of this bad situation. We have all heard of the destruction the Sith unleashed upon that world, about how they destroyed the Jedi Temple. I have sensed that there is more to this. Have you sensed the same in your meditations? What say you to checking that out?”