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Star Wars: Revanchism [KOTOR era]

@Sep Approved - but need to knock a couple years off age.
@Heat Approved

So I will probably be taking it easy in the Big Easy today...which means that I will be writing rather than drinking.

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@Vor Approved.

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@SimplyDebonair Approved.

Star Wars: Revanchism [KOTOR era]

Hello. Is this Rp still accepting new people? Just asking since a lot of people were tagged in that early post and it seems quite popular.

@DancePants

My attitude is that I'll take characters on the basis of when they are submitted and approved. Until then, it's open.

Star Wars: Revanchism [KOTOR era]

Easy stuff first:
- @LancerOfBlue Approved.
- @Skull Approved

WIP stuff
- @Sep So far, so good.
- @SimplyDebonair Right track. As a thought, the Republic Commandos have probably evolved into the IRSOG's. The pre-war structure may have changed with the introduction of mercenaries (including Echani, Thrysian and Zabrak) and other fringe types, including bounty hunters, into the war. Those guys fight dirty but bring a lot of much-needed experience in.
- @Maxwell Not enough detail to call yet.

Two things;

a) Will this RP be entirely done on Discord?

b) I'll probably make a character who is part of @SimplyDebonair's squad, and damn proud of it too

@The Fated Fallen

Not on Discord. We'll be doing an IC thread. We will probably plan things on Discord and set up collabs on Google Docs or Titanpad for dialogue-heavy posts.

Star Wars: Revanchism [KOTOR era]

Besk Mereel

Name: Beskad Mereel (aka. Jalork Canna)
Species: Human
Age: 32
Profession: Mandalorian Defector
Planet of Origin/Birth: Manda'yaim
Force Sensitive: No

Appearance:

Illustrations

A fit man, average sized, dark hair. Since leaving the Republic military in the formal sense and becoming a ward of a Jedi Knight, he's gone and grown his hair and beard.

Skills/Abilities:

- Mandalorian Warrior Training - It starts at age 8, making them eerily similar to Jedi in some ways. Topics covered include physical conditioning, weapons handling. There are a lot of less-skilled warriors coming out of rally camps in Mando space, recruiting quickly from captured populations -- they get given the Resol'nare, a suit of armor and *poof* are Mandos. Besk is the old school, and a nasty surprise for people that think it's just the armor that makes a Mando.
- Republic Technician Training - As a military technician, Besk learned quite a bit about Republic equipment and systems. He's merged that with his Mando upbringing. Topics covered include commo tech, slicing, droid programmming and maintenance as well as structural repair and metal cutting/fabrication.
- Extra-vehicular operations/Zero-G.
- Mando'a, Huttese and Twi'lek languages.
- Special knowledge of Mandalorian Crusader and Neo-Crusader tactics and operational procedure.
- He doesn't claim to be the best, but he can pilot things. That includes Bes'uliik War-Droids.

Equipment: Typical equipment, may bring different 'kit' to the fight depending on the mission requirements and his own best judgment

- Armor, painted dark brown-olive with dark red. Using access to Knight Sunrider's 'credit card' with Republic supply and technical assistance, as well as battlefield salvaged Mandalorian Neo-Crusader Shock-Trooper Armor materials, he was able to assemble a good set of beskar'gam.
- Systems:
+ Automatic compression
+ oxygen supply
+ magnetized knee-pads and boots.
+ gripper gloves
+ Datapad and holo unit
+ Integrated HUD and aim-assistance, networked with his weaponry and targeting sensor remotes (2).
+ HUD module for expanded field of vision; networked to cameras mounted on armor.
+ Encrypt/decrypt comm unit.
+ Wrist-mounted vibroblade.
- Mandalorian Assault Blaster with extensive modifications.
- OP-12 blaster pistol w/ quick release holster
- Mandalorian Ripper - highly illegal, devastating at close range.
- Czerka M-1 Grenade Launcher - break-action, single shot, folding stock; very simple technology, highly compact but accurate platform.
- 2 Remotes, repulsorlift powered. They are directed by the armor's onboard computer but have limited programming to take evasive action if engaged with fire. Otherwise, they provide target data back to Besk's armor.
- Cortiosis-weave fighting knife with a silk-rope grip
- Utility/survival belt w/ bells and whistles multi-tool
- Field medical kit with painkillers, bandages, a tourniquet kit, surgical scissors and pliers and other sterile tools as needed -- the typical infantry emergency supply for battlefield casualty first aid.
- Mesh Tape
- Binder Cuffs
- Synthrope
- Jet Pack. Czerka model of some sort.
- Asai Emerald stud earring, memento of his sister (Mandalorians tend to wear token belongings of beloved dead relatives as a ritual remembrance)
- Optional equipment includes; rotary-magazine grenade launcher, ion weapons, disruptors, sniping blaster rifles, vibroswords, mines and grenades, rocket launchers, repeating blasters, some of them with repulsorlift assistance to handle. Grenades, mines, thermal dets and various trigger mechanisms, including command detonation.

Personality:

Besk is a fair example of an old-school Mandalorian; he is independent-minded and does not do the whole compromise thing well. He also doesn't often deign to get involved in arguments, though he also has no problems with using what he knows to his advantage if someone tries to get in his way. He is resourceful and self-confident in his own judgment decisions, which can make him a handful to someone that is indecisive. He doesn't wrestle with morality, things are fairly simple for him in that he is able to select a priority and stick with it. Of course, that isn't unique to Mandalorian culture where a pragmatic streak runs a mile wide. Given his druthers, he'd prefer Mandalorians stick to running their sector of space; that isolationism is bred of this war as well as digging into the last war and realizing that the Mandos were manipulated.

History:

Besk Mereel was one of the early Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders fighting under Cassus Fett in the initial phases of the war in the Outer Rim, when the Mandos first mobilized and the Neos, using discipline and organization in addition to fighting spirit, were able to make significant gains over that of the old Crusader types. Besk came from a traditional clan of Taung and Humans and, despite the disapproval of others in the family, signed on with the Neo's new methods which were born of defeat in the last war when Mandalore the Indomitable signed on with Ulic Qel-Droma. Young, aggressive and trained from a young age in the traditional mold, he distinguished himself in the early fights as a stalwart and was marked for things in the upcoming war. Based on his skills, he was assigned to a shock trooper formation and, eventually, given leadership responsibilities.

On Cathar, he led a strike team to take the first communication relays and orbital facilities to pave the way for the follow-on invasion, using his knowledge of computer systems to help pave the way. While that played out in space, the bulk of the force, including his older sister, were on the ground mopping up Cathar.

That, of course, was when Cassus Fett's forces ordered the Cathar slaughtered when he had them up against the ocean. Kesa Mereel objected and died with the Cathar.

Besk, up in one of the stations, was also slated to be killed by Fett, who realized that Besk Mereel was unlikely to take this one sitting down. Despite this, he was given warning by one of his other comrades and quickly turned the tables in a tough one-on-many fight in the Cathar relay station, a fight that ended when he found a ship and used it to escape. He ducked out of sight for a couple years, but came to the fore again when the Mandalorian onslaught truly began against the Republic, enlisting under the nom de guerre Jalork Canna. The Republic, asking few questions during the desperate times of Serocco and other battles, quickly promoted Canna to an NCO role on the basis of his skills. When asked where he picked them up, he said, 'bounty hunting' and that was apparently true, as there was a licensed bounty hunter by that name operating in Hutt Space. He was a killer at a time when the Republic was in short supply of good fighters and asked few questions when fringe scum signed on to help fight.

He avoided being recruited into IRSOG's, knowing that the Republic's counterintelligence corps would vet him and come out with the real story, but served in the 121st Galactic Marine regiment on Myrkr. Republic forces suffered 2,000 casualties overnight, including the company commander, and leadership fell to a staff captain named Tyrus Alde, who was the son of an influential Alderaanian senator. The man gave orders that did not sit well with Besk and he engineered the man's death, 'advised' a young lieutenant on what the next moves were on the basis of his knowledge of Mando'a and Neo-Crusader battle codes. The company was able to hold out in the fight and cover the retreat from Myrkr, but Besk was outed. Half the company considered him a hero no matter what and the other half were all too happy to report him. Counterintelligence swooped in, grabbed battlefield loot from the company (including a set of armor to study) and promptly detained Besk. There was a great degree of pressure to sanitize the record of the Senator's son to reflect that he was heroically killed saving his men in a gallant fight and some dirty Mandalorian killed him.

Around this time, renegade Jedi Knight Sula Sunrider was made aware of the situation, investigated and used her considerable influence as one of the few Jedi fighting against the Mandalorians at the time to get Besk out of the stockade. It relieved command of a thorny issue -- how to execute a decorated hero of the Republic as an enemy spy and somehow not look bad in the process. They were perfectly happy to let the Jedi take the blame since they were so unpopular anyway. On the basis of her authority (which they accepted, even though it was bending the rules) as a Jedi on legal matters, they cut him loose to her. As it happened, Knight Sunrider was assigned to IRSOG-37 around the time that Revanchists finally were able to get their ranks into the war as well.

Relationships

Well, Sula Sunrider is the one that got him out of the pokey. He's pretty much there because she sees use in a Mandalorian defector, especially since IRSOG-37 is going to be spearheading the fleet's operations.

Otherwise, he's probably not the most popular guy.

Star Wars: Revanchism [KOTOR era]

Just fair warning this week, I am on vacation in New Orleans. I will probably have time to write (I want to) but I am also advised by friends and coworkers to have rehab scheduled for when I get back.

We'll play it by ear. I'll be free to set my schedule without worrying about work, so I'm sure it'll be fine.

PS: Also have set up the Discord Chat for the RP

Star Wars: Revanchism [KOTOR era]

@Sep@SimplyDebonair@Maxwell@Ruby@Vor@DeadBeatWalking

Star Wars: Revanchism [KOTOR era]

OOC is here.

Star Wars: Revanchism [KOTOR era]

_{Revanchist Jedi in battle against the Mandalorians, ca 3963 Before Battle of Yavin (BBY)}

TL;DR Summary

• Please post sheets here for approval.
• Please post sheets in a hider to make navigation easier for everyone.
• I'd like Jedi and Padawans filled first before republic troopers, unless that Republic trooper actually has a specialist role -- don't make characters to just fill up squad leader roles -- the focus is on the Jedi and the characters that will be their companions.
• Droids are allowable, though not HRD-type droids and all that stuff. The fun is the variety of cultures and strange quirks, rather than a group of all humans.
• The preference is for alien characters or characters from planets with specific cultural quirks to reflect to the diversity of the Republic. There's a lot of near-human races in Star Wars that have little to distinguish each other. I'd rather see Durese and Twi'lek, Nautolians and Wookiees than a bunch of near humans with slight variations on their features. Zabrak are the exception, since they are very different from baseline humanity, and Miraluka, for example, are force-sensitive and blind, which gives them a very different style.

Open Roles

Open Roles

These are not the only roles available -- you can invent some, but these are slots for characters I would like to see played. Near-humans and humans are given less priority for approval than out and out aliens.

• The senior Jedi who is thrust into the strange position of aggressively pursuing this new and, to a degree, rather unfamiliar sort of war...and trying to reconcile that with what the Masters ordered and advised. Not in command of IRSOG-37, at least initially.
• The scion of a famous Jedi family, powerful in the force, and perhaps rebelling against the expectations that they hold the line with the Masters by joining the Revanchists.
• The vengeful survivor of a Mandalorian massacre, perhaps a Cathar (possible) that wants nothing more than to strike a blow back; this attitude is understandable, and to a degree it is easy for a Jedi to perhaps start to understand this 'nip the threat in the bud' argument from a perspective of personal experience as the war goes on.
• A highly talented soldier in IRSOG, and a force sensitive with considerable potential, if trained, if convinced to overcome his issues with the Jedi. Perhaps somewhat dark-side tainted already, though he doesn't realize it consciously.
• If possible, please try to PAIR characters or group them together; come up with mutual histories of some nature that create some degree of personal interaction.

Character Template

Character Sheet

Name:
Species:
Age:
Rank/Title:
Planet of Origin/Birth:
Force Sensitive Y/N:

Appearance:

Insert a physical description here; include how they dress.

Skills/Abilities:

• Please list with most potent skills first.
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Equipment:

• List here, item by item.
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Personality:

A psychological profile, something to work off of. It should relate to the character history and give insight to their motivations and why they're here.

History:

A personal history of the character -- enough to get a feel of where the character is coming from. Please don't say, "The history will come out in the RP." I want you to work on the history ahead of time so you have a better, clearer picture of how your character thinks and acts. You don't have to nail down every minute detail, just flesh out the important parts of the character's life, what shaped them into who they are.

Relationships and Acquaintances:

How your character knows at least one or two other PC's. I want there to be some overlap between characters, so this is sort of how I am trying to prompt that.

Races

Races

While it is perfectly allowable to play humans, Star Wars has a diversity of playable races, and you are encouraged to try various races out.

• Twi'lek - The head-tail chicks. A race that often finds themselves enslaved to others.
• Rodian - A bizarre reptilian species with a comical look, but from a culture that glorifies death and hunting, often found in the fringes of space as smugglers, assassins and others. They look cute and harmless, and it's a facade they use quite well on the unwary.
• Droid - The workhorses of the galaxy, often sent to do jobs to make organic lives easier, there are nonetheless some considerable surprises to be found among various examples of these programmed, self-aware machines.
• Wookiees - Big, hairy, scary and often misunderstood, but highly useful. If all else fails, pull their arms out.
• Duros - Blue skinned, red eyed and noseless, this race is known for their daring and as one of the first spacefaring races in the Republic. To hear the Duros tell it, they invented courage and the hyperdrive.
• Bothan - A furry humanoid race with vaguely canid features that are well known for the ferocity of their internal politics, their prowess at subterfuge and spying and their ferocity toward those they deem racial enemies.
• Other races are totally allowed so long as I can read up on them at wookieepedia, though I reserve the right to turn down anything I think is too unbalancing.

Character Template

Character Sheet

Name:
Species:
Age:
Rank/Title:
Planet of Origin/Birth:
Force Sensitive Y/N:

Appearance:

Insert a physical description here; include how they dress.

Skills/Abilities:

• Please list with most potent skills first.
• -
• -
• -
• -

Equipment:

• List here, item by item.
• -
• -
• -
• -
• -

Personality:

A psychological profile, something to work off of. It should relate to the character history and give insight to their motivations and why they're here.

History:

A personal history of the character -- enough to get a feel of where the character is coming from. Please don't say, "The history will come out in the RP." I want you to work on the history ahead of time so you have a better, clearer picture of how your character thinks and acts. You don't have to nail down every minute detail, just flesh out the important parts of the character's life, what shaped them into who they are.

Relationships and Acquaintances:

How your character knows at least one or two other PC's. I want there to be some overlap between characters, so this is sort of how I am trying to prompt that.