Ruby

Hither Comes a Traveler

Greetings Dearest Reader,

I've come hither, in search of some quality RPs.

I've some experience under my belt in the ways of play-by-post RPing, but tragically, I've allowed to my skills to wither.

I tend to focus on Science Fiction and Fantasy RPs, but if the plot and characters are interesting enough I'm willing to expand my palette.

All the Best,
A hopeless Traveler of the vast Binary Seas

@Moskau Spieluhr

Welcome to the Guild!

Ban the Person above you

Banned cuz that sig outta control.

[Abandoned] Astra Mink - Runaway

Smuggler

OoC

As a player, what is your preferred writing level?
One paragraph or less
One to two paragraphs
Several paragraphs
Long stories with heavy collaboration
Is grammar and depth of writing important to you?
To a point.
Are there any writing subjects you particularly enjoy exploring?
Any really. Always up for a new adventure.
Is there anything you really dislike and want to avoid like the plague?
The actual plague...
Is there something you are uncomfortable with happening to your character?
Not really. Maybe death but that's apart of life.
Do you have any short-term or long-term goals with this character?
Short - Learning how to used ranged weapons (Firearms, etc)
Long - Becoming apart of the rebellion.

Couriers Holonet Ad

Name:
Astra Mink
Species:
Human
Age:
Mid to late twenty's
Gender:
Female
Specialization:
Communication and helping to persuade buy's in conformation for her husband.
Current area of operation:
Outer rim, Arkanis sector, Tatoo system, R-16, 43,000 light years from the core.

Known Skills:
Astra is not known for much except for being lady Mink the love by Merit Mink's side.
Trained Techniques:
Edged weapons defense, gun disarming, and weapons disarming.
Known associates:
Merit Mink: Husband and boss. A weapons dealer/seller and gangster.
Merit Mink's associates and buyers.
Favored Equipment and clothes:
A red gem necklace given to her by her husband, a dirty unreadable coin from her childhood and a utility belt (which mainly has empty pockets).
Personality type:
Astra is kind, very sheltered from most of the universe, rebellious and adventurous.
Known flaws:
Naive, distracted a bit easily, and innocent towards a lot of situations.

Couriers Holonet Metadata Summary

_{Detailed appearance. Imagery insufficient.}

Astra stands about five foot six inches in height and weights around one-hundred and forty pounds. Having a gentle face with a heart shaped jawline with accompanying ocean blue doe eyes. Her blue ocean eyes usually popping under her dark long eye lashes and natural darker eye brows. Astra has uncommonly long rusty red hair that flows soothingly down past her hips. Appearing wavy and somewhat curling to her features her hair is fined but she has a lot. She appears to have a somewhat similar appearance to a porcelain doll with a round tipped yet small nose that fits her face quite well and medium full lips that stand out against her soft pale complexion. Her whole image is slightly stained with natural freckles that slightly dot along the left side to the right side of her cheeks.

_{Report on skills and talents, including level of skill.}

Astra only knows intermediate levels of disarming weapons and firearms from people. Never actually having to use it except for the time she was escaping her jail. She has been trained to an expert level of defending herself with edged weapons. She also knows to an intermediate level of self defense.

_{Report on known combat experience, training and weapons training.}

Merit Mink started having Astra trained a couple years after purchasing her from a human trafficking ship. He only was allowing her to learn self defense with and without edged weapons since he trusted she wouldn't use it against him. This let her have the years from late teens to early to mid twenty's of being trained in defense. She has only been trained and has not really used any of this out in an actual field of combat. The only combat she has been placed in was training combat brought up by Merit Mink.

_{Does the Courier have, or have they ever had, a bounty on them? Are they wanted?}

A few years ago Astra had a bounty on her since her husband a gangster/arms dealer is in the line of work. That causes her life to be threatened somewhat more commonly then an average wife. Though, they tend to disappear.
In recent time's Astra has the bounty over her head to bring her back to Mink, alive and unharmed. Since he found out she ran away he has had people searching for her.

_{Detailed notes on common/favored employers and any noteworthy contacts.}

None except Merit Mink.

_{Detailed notes on known rivals and enemies.}

All of Merit Mink's rival

_{List and description of other known associates.}

_{List of known belongings, including but not limited to planetary surface property, civilian and military vessels, vehicles, weapons, tools.}

A common rusted blaster she found in her escape. Barely works most of the time unless you hit against something. It's an unknown model to her.

_{Psychological evaluation of Courier.}

Not having knowledge of much of the outside world from a human trafficking ship and a gangsters guidelines for marriage. Astra is a medium sensitivity when it comes to common emotions. Though, she is a very sympathetic person especially to one's who have been kind to her or children. Having a heart causes her to care to much and put herself in harms way to help others. She can get overwhelmed easier then the average person of the universe towards conflict and negative situations. Astra is a child-like individual when it comes to a mental state. She is innocent compared to most her age.

_{List and description of known and suspected flaws. To be put into restricted database.}

Innocence is one of Astra's greatest flaws to herself. For the universe is corrupted in so many ways and she is naive to most of those ways. She is only aware of the ways of the professionalized system of the gangster/arm dealings. Other then that her view on the world is new and blinded by her life as a sheltered wife to Merit Mink.
Astra might lean to a more negative maybe even boarder line to depressive state when it comes to her way of thinking of her life. Feeling as her life is unfulfilling and always second guessing herself. She lacks a bit of confidence which could be a down fall in her case.

_{All known interests of the Courier.}

Star gazing is one of her favorite things to do. She loves the universe and its beauty.
Astra also enjoys swimming even though she barely ever does it. She tends to get erratic and hyper when she is by water.

_{Major achievements on record.}

Escaping from her husbands reach. Now out in the unknown world trying to stay as far away from him as she can.

@Zora

You still need the Interview/Bio section. :)

[Withdrawn] Admiral Tyrian Shassa

Republic Personnel

OoC

As a player, what is your preferred writing level?
Several paragraphs (Willing to do more depending on interests of other roleplayer(s) involved)
Is grammar and depth of writing important to you? Yes.
Are there any writing subjects you particularly enjoy exploring? I'd like to explore the political, "dog eat dog" world of becoming a powerful figure within the Republic military scheme. I'd be interested in fleshing out how my character balances his service to the Republic against his own self interest.
Is there anything you really dislike and want to avoid like the plague? I'm quite open to any sort of roleplay.
Is there something you are uncomfortable with happening to your character? Nope, if he dies he dies.
Do you have any short-term or long-term goals with this character? I'm alright with the wait and see game, where he may go depending on the story.

Republic personnel files

Name: Tyrian Shassa
Species: Human
Homeworld: Corellia
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Military Branch: Republic Navy
Rank: Admiral
Unit/designation: 65th Battle Group
Role/specialisation: Fleet Admiral
Current place of Service: Fleet based on Coruscant, typically aboard the command ship Retribution.

Known Skills: Fleet tactics, political maneuvering, asymmetrical fleet warfare.
Trained Techniques: Formal Republic Fleet Officer education, encompasses bridge command skills, fleet tactics, supply logistics, ground support operations.
Known associates: N/A
Favored Equipment and clothes: Basic Republic Admiral uniform with a flag of Corellia worn during informal events or on the bridge of his ship.
Personality type: Driven individual who balances his desire to serve the Republic against his own political ambitions. Internal reports indicate his personal ambition has not outgrown his usefulness in his current position, though he is to be watched closely. Reported to be very competitive, a typical trait for a Corellian. Mild concerns about his quiet disdain for alien species, often frequently ensuring that his closest subordinates are human, regardless of the alternative option's skill level.
Known flaws: Shassa's affluent upbringing has instilled a dangerous level of pride in himself which often works against him. In addition, Shassa has a level of distrust towards other Republic officers which has caused issues in the past.

Strategic Information Services Reports

_{Detailed appearance. Imagery insufficient.}

• Tyrian Shassa stands at approximately 5'7'' and maintained a relatively medium build. Shassa has close cropped brown hair with a significantly receding hairline with blue eyes. Shassa walks with a recognizable limp after a particularly rough landing of a damaged command shuttle after a close call with a Sith assassin team in a supposedly neutral docking station.

_{Report on skills and talents, including level of skill.}

• Brilliant tactician in medium-to-large scale fleet combat, often employing unconventional maneuvers to overcome overwhelming odds with limited supply and/or resources.
• Talented leader, able to disperse complex orders effectively throughout his command. Praise often received from subordinate officers.
• Talented in unconventional and asymmetrical warfare including ambushes, covert actions, and partisan support.
• Proficient orator, often able to requisition additional assets from the Senate Naval Subcommittee after long, impassioned speeches which convinced even the stringiest of Senators.

_{Report on known combat experience, training and weapons training.}

• Anaxes War College basic combat combat training - average scores received with weapon handling and proficiency.
• No records of individual combat, Shassa often remains within range of his security force who do the brunt of the heavy lifting.

_{Report on role, specialization and responsibilities pertaining to the subject’s military deployment.}

• Initial command comprised of protecting Republic merchant and logistics assets during the Great Galactic War, specialized in dealing with asymmetrical fleet actions including ambushes and hit and run tactics.
• As Republic losses compounded, Shassa used the need for competent Admirals to push himself up through the ranks at an astronomical speed. Shassa's confidence put him in control of Republic Battle Groups well before he had acquired the required experience to do so. As a result, Shassa's improvisations have bred a unique style of fleet combat which initially stunned Imperial officers long enough for Shassa to gain the upper hand in his first engagements. This has given his tactics a reputation of being somewhat unpredictable and unorthodox, occasionally causing tension between Admirals fighting alongside him.
• Currently in control of a Republic Battle Group tasked officially with patrolling and securing the remaining Republic sectors and unofficially with indirectly supporting insurgency on worlds lost to Imperial Control.

_{Detailed notes on political influence and associates.}

• Still a young admiral, Shassa's political goals had been put on hold due to the war and the reconstruction of the Republic Navy. Shassa's political influence did not extend past having the ear of a few senators, but that was even relatively limited.

_{Detailed notes on known rivals and enemies, within and outside the Republic army/navy.}

• Shassa did not particularly have any enemies or rivalries, his pride keeping him at a safe distance from any sort of interactions with subordinates within the Republic.

_{List and description of other known associates, including subordinates.}

• Subordinates that accompanied him on his fleet were Captain Cal Jonta, often accompanying him as the Captain of his flagship, Ensign Janis Holm, a clever young Mon Calamari officer accompanying Cal Jonta who Shassa had taken a personal interest in.
• Brigadier General Sloan Harlo, often accompanied Shassa's fleet with his Brigade of Republic ground forces.
• Mish Shassa, Tyrion's wife of fifteen years. An avid socialite who frequented political circles in her husband's absence to attempt to maintain or progress their social standing within the Coruscant elite.

_{List of known belongings, including but not limited to planetary surface property, civilian and military vessels, vehicles, weapons, tools.}

• After the surrender of Corellia by the Republic, Shassa's vast possessions and assets were all seized by the new Imperial administration. Shassa maintained a residence in an affluent region of Coruscant though it was typically only inhabited by his wife, Mish.
• Admiral Shassa's battle group was comprised of the following capital ships: 1x Inexpugnable-class Command Ship (The Chimera), Valor-class Star-cruiser (The Retribution) 25x Hammerhead-class Cruiser, 13x Thranta-class Corvette, 10x Foray-Class blockade runner, multiple BT-7 Thunderclap-class support ships, 16x multiple Heraklon-class transports (half-cargo, half transport). During the times of relative "peace", a bulk of Shassa's fleet typically remains docked to allow for retrofitting and conserve resources. The Chimera has been recently returned from the mothball fleet and is currently in port for retrofitting.

_{Psychological evaluation of candidate.}

Shassa's phychological state remains stable, though there are concerns recorded of intense narcissism and pride. Extensively recorded throughout his time in the war college, they have either subsided or Shassa has been able to curtail his pride over the last several years after facing the harsh realities of war.

_{List and description of known and suspected flaws. To be put into restricted database.}

• Obvious issues with hubris, something that has been exploited by his enemies occasionally during the beginning of his military career but is now well guarded from experience.
• Concerns about apathy towards non-human species, including those with worlds represented on the Republic.
• Concerns about Shassa expressing typical Corellian traits such as his frequently expressed independent streak.

_{All known interests of the candidate.}

• Frequently voiced interest of returning to war with the Sith Empire, primarily with the goal of returning Republic influence to the core worlds (Especially Corellia).
• Political ambitions quietly voiced, well known by superior officers that Shassa does wish to use the admirality to advance his political career.

_{Major achievements on record.}

• Graduated at top of class in the Republic Naval College on Anaxes.
• Completed training and promoted through the ranks to Admiral quickly, more due to requirements for competent admirals than his own ability.

Interview

_{Personal biography, as detailed by the subject for use in republic archives. Acquired shortly after last achievement of note. Some details may be used for training purposes.}

Tyrian Shassa was born in 3700 BBY on Corellia to a wealthy military family with ties to Corellian banking groups which placed him among the planet's elite from birth. Shassa's early childhood specifically regimented in a way that would lay his path for him to enter into service with the Republic at an early age and use it to maneuver himself into a position of political power. His personal goals were quickly quashed and replaced with the ambitions of a senatorial spot, representing his home planet of Corellia. From his earliest memory, Shassa attended the most prestigious schools and filled his free time with a plethora of the best tutors the Corellian elite could provide. Between the special attention and highly privileged life provided to him, Shassa developed a fiercely elitist attitude towards those who he felt to be inferior and a quiet disdain for non-human species in the Galaxy. Shassa's pride was continuously bolstered to dangerous levels as he excelled in whatever he applied himself to, often more due to the immense resources available to him than his own exceptionality.

After completing his schooling, Shassa's predetermined path continued when he was sent to the Republic Naval College on Anaxes. From here, Shassa excelled as a tactician. Shassa's pride was often a source of contempt between the highly accomplished instructors who had predicted that his pride and disdain for the less affluent would inevitably be his downfall. College records often detail concerns about Shassa, though they were frequently overruled by his ability to outperform all expectations. Despite repeated calls for intervention by many instructors, the powers that be (who were rumored to be in the pocket of a specific Corellian banking family) demanded that Shassa's progress not be hindered; the most common excuse being the desperate need for officers with the outbreak of war with the newly emergent Sith Empire. Shassa's progress throughout the Republic Naval College remained unhindered, much to the dismay of many of his fellow trainees.

Shortly after graduation, the newly minted Rear Admiral Tyrian Shassa began his career escorting merchant ships throughout the core words. During the onset of the war, it was considered a to be a relatively safe post with little chance of seeing combat. But as the war progressed, Imperial raiding parties were often seen well being Republic lines and protecting logistics fleets was suddenly a dangerous endeavor. For Shassa, this was but a temporary stepping stone in what he viewed as his birthright. Shassa's first combat nearly spelled disaster, while running security for an insignificant logistics convoy carrying supplies to Alderaan. Republic intelligence had warned of an increased threat in the region, a fact that Shassa had failed to share with his subordinate officers for what only could be described as incompetence stemming from arrogance. Despite his training demanding constant vigilance, Shassa's inexperience and pride meant that he was too busy on a holocall with his wife in his quarters to be present on the bridge when the first Sith ships opened fire from seemingly out of nowhere.

Before Tyrian could finally wrest control of his fleet and gain command, the raiding force has taken out two of his cruisers and boarded one of the unarmed merchant ships. His subordinates were calling for a full retreat, leaving the remaining supply ships at the mercy of the Imperial raiding fleet. In a move that would salvage his career, Tyrian's training had finally kicked in and he employed a hodgepodge of tactics with his remaining group of crippled and scattered craft. Shassa's strategy that day was luckily able to take the Imperial raiders off guard, allowing him to turn the tide of battle and protect the remainder of the supply ships. While Shassa was unable to escape the confrontation with his reputation unscathed, he was nevertheless able to snatch victory from what could only be called certain defeat. A retreat would've cost the Republic vital supplies and resulted in the death of thousands of personnel, a disaster which his officers begrudgingly credited him for avoiding. Tyrian's own opinion of himself did not emerge unscathed either, the disaster forcing him to reevaluate his approach to leadership. While not entirely humbled, his own pride was stymied and a sense of cautiousness is typically a major factor in most decisions made in the future.

This new, tempered approach to his position was a boon to his career, his reigned in skills allowing him to emerge victorious in multiple confrontations throughout the war. Towards the end of the war, Shassa was becoming known as one of the rising stars within the Republic, and an illustrious target for the Imperial Navy. Several attempts to best the rising Admiral were thwarted by cunning defensive tactics and lightning fast counter attacks. As the war came to its end, the Admiral was selected to lead a Battle Group from Coruscant to assault an Imperial Fleet that they believed was going to attempt to retake Alderaan while the negotiations were ongoing. Shassa's fleet entered the system, preparing to engage a marauding fleet. When they exited hyperspace to a system devoid of significant enemy contact, Tyrian immediately recognized the trap that was about to be sprung.

His attempt to reach Coruscant to deliver his report was cut short by a distress broadcast informing him that the Imperial blockade had been set up and the remaining forces were overwhelmed. The Empire had feigned attacks to draw additional Republic Naval forces away from the capital and after the Jedi had been slaughtered in their own Temple, the planet was ultimately defenseless. Shortly after, the treaty of Coruscant brought a formal end to the hostilities and the war to a close. Like many of the Admirality, Shassa was devastated that their bureaucrats would sacrifice a vast amount of Republic worlds, including his home of Corellia to see an end to the fighting. This was not a truce in his eyes, but an outright loss.

The loss of Corellia spurred about another change in Shassa, now his own political goals were put on the back burner as a sudden burst of patriotism began fueling the young Admiral's ambitions. Shassa remained in the Navy after the war to ensure that the Republic would be prepared for the truce to break down that the Republic would be better prepared when the inevitable occurred.

@Jonesy

Graduated the Academy as a Rear Admiral? That seems fast?

[On Hold] Neith, Infamous Con Artist and Thief

Neith

OoC

As a player, what is your preferred writing level?
One paragraph or less
One to two paragraphs
Several paragraphs
Long stories with heavy collaboration

Is grammar and depth of writing important to you?
Grammar is negotiable. English is not everyone's first language.
How well someone can depict a character or scene is much more important to me.

Are there any writing subjects you particularly enjoy exploring?

• Visceral, relatable characters
• Poignant drama
• Mysteries and puzzles
• Intrigue (political, criminal, romance, etc)
• Elaborate cons and spycraft

Is there anything you really dislike and want to avoid like the plague?

• Convey what's important. Ignore word counts. I despise posts that were written in ten paragraphs, when one paragraph could have easily done the scene justice.
• Players using their characters to act out some kind of wish fulfillment scenario.

Is there something you are uncomfortable with happening to your character?
Not really.
It would suck if she died, but all things come to an end.
Like in life, you rarely have a choice in the matter.

Do you have any short-term or long-term goals with this character?
A few...

• An emotionally charged, dramatic reunion with Brye Farlance, who believes she is dead
• A run-in with her old Jedi Master, who was an unreliable and jaded mentor that abandoned her when she needed it the most
• Discovering more about her long dead, Sith parents, who were Krath cultists
• A chance encounter with her estranged father

Additional Information:
Some flashback scenarios have already been written in collaboration with other players.
I'll make them available later.

The Illustrious Neith, Space Pirate Extraordinaire

Couriers Holonet Ad

NOTE:
Neith is a fabricated identity and has only been with the Steel Heart pirate crew for a year, so much of what is available in the Couriers Holonet is speculative; while some information is true, verified details are scarce.

Name: Neith
Species: Sephi
Age: early 20's
Gender: Female
Specialisation: Thievery
Current area of operation:

Mid Rim worlds

Known Skills:
Infiltration, impersonation, sabotage, astrogation, unarmed combat, swordplay

Trained Techniques:
Disarming and restraining maneuvers, counter attacks

Known associates:

• Nimat’ualin - Twi’lek - Captain of the Steel Hearts pirate crew
• Gene - Human - Member of the Steel Hearts pirate crew
• Dashara Horizon - Zeltron - Member of the Steel Hearts pirate crew

Favored Equipment and clothes:
While her wardrobe changes frequently, the one constant has always been a pair of arm length gloves. The color varies, but they're supposedly made from some kind of sturdy material like Verpine Durasilk. It is exceptionally resilient and strong enough to absorb two or three shots from a blaster pistol.

Personality type:
With a unique blend of confidence and wit Neith can easily dominate a conversation and steal the show. And, like her crew mates, she often does. Sly and irreverent, nothing is sacred according to her sense of humour and her jokes have started more than a few cantina fights. Unsurprisingly, she has dim view of authority figures and spurns law enforcers regularly.

Known flaws:
Unknown.
She has rarely been seen without the company of her pirate associates.

Couriers Holonet Metadata Summary

_{Detailed appearance. Imagery insufficient.}

Portrait

_{Report on skills and talents, including level of skill.}

"It's amazing how many people neglect to check your ID when you walk around like you're supposed to be there. Even if that wasn't the case--it is--I could still walk onto a Republic battle cruiser and order those uniformed idiots around. It's too easy."

--The Fabulous Neith, Infiltration Expert and Con Artist Extraordinaire

After her recent involvement with the Steel Hearts pirate crew, her reputation as an infiltration specialist has steadily grown. Most notable was the heist on Karnak II, where she somehow allowed her crew to bypass the internal security of a Nemoidian merchant's flagship.

Little else is known about her, but the rumor mill is awash with a variety of bizarre claims.

Stories of skirmishes with the Steel Hearts are frequently embellished, muddying the truth. However, Neith is generally considered to be extremely skilled with a vibroblade, and seemingly impossible to corner in a fight.
She has demonstrated feats of superhuman strength on a few separate occasions, leading some to believe she has cybernetic implants.

_{Report on known combat experience, training and weapons training.}

Despite a few fights in a cantinas and bars, records of her combat experience are sparse.

Of note, however, was an encounter she had with a Mandalorian bodyguard. Although, she retreated in the end, witnesses described her unusual acrobatics and skill with a vibroblade as being particularly troublesome to deal with.

_{Does the Courier have, or have they ever had, a bounty on them? Are they wanted?}

Yes.

Being part of a pirate crew comes with certain strings attached.

_{Detailed notes on common/favored employers and any noteworthy contacts.}

The Steel Hearts crew, Neith included, tends to consort with wealthy merchants as often as they rob them.

She is also suspected to be related to a Rodian information broker on Nar Shadaa by the name of Guuz Swieeksang.

_{Detailed notes on known rivals and enemies.}

For thieves and brigrands, clients can also be targets. Piracy has simple, but loose economic principles that tends to make enemies out of most people.

_{List and description of other known associates.}

• Nimat’ualin - Twi’lek - Captain of the Steel Hearts pirate crew
• Gene - Human - Member of the Steel Hearts pirate crew
• Dashara Horizon - Zeltron - Member of the Steel Hearts pirate crew

_{List of known belongings, including but not limited to planetary surface property, civilian and military vessels, vehicles, weapons, tools.}

She has been known to carry vibroblades, varying models blaster pistols and rifles, a varying assortment of grenades and explosives, and a utility belt with common tools of her trade.

Most notably, she always carries an Echani Vibrosword, which she allegedly stole from a famous collector.

_{Psychological evaluation of Courier.}

None available

_{List and description of known and suspected flaws. To be put into restricted database.}

According to reports, she tends to avoid lengthy battles and is diffcult to corner.

For the right amount of credits, a Mandalorian mercenary who fought with Neith might be willing to discuss his thoughts on the matter.

_{All known interests of the Courier.}

Trinkets and people of high value.

_{Major achievements on record.}

• Coordinated a heist of the famous Kasavaraya tea set for Greema the Hutt.
• Fended off a veteran mandalorian mercenary while robbing the Brevoy Auction House.

_{Major failures on record. Confidential.}

None

_{Personal biography, as detailed by the subject for future record. Acquired shortly after last achievement of note.}

Interview

Author: The Illustrious Neith
Subject: Greatest of All Time
Date: 19:00, 1.1.6 BTC (This year)

I'm flattered you want to know. Really, I am, but if you're expecting me to spoil the mystery, you're sorely mistaken.

IMPORTANT:
For a more complete history, please refer to
Helea Arundhati, The Runaway Padawan -> Jedi Interal Records -> Interview

Helea Arundhati, The Runaway Padawan

Jedi Temple Public Records

My name is Helea Neith Arundhati. My friends call me ‘Neith’.

Status: Deceased
Species: Sephi-Hapan Mix
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Rank: Padawan
Master: Acacas Ry
Former master(s):

• Urvine Crid - Praxeum instructor and Psychometry tutor

Known Skills:
Reconnaissance, astrogation, stealth, investigative Research, puzzle-solving, Xenozoology, Animal Husbandry, diplomacy, xenolinguistic translation

Trained Force Techniques:
All the basic Jedi force powers, all well as Psychometry, Telepathy, Comprehend Speech, Mind Trick, Force Stun, Force Deflection

Known associates:
Acacas Ry - Jedi Knight - Took Helea as an apprentice
Urvine Crid [NPC] - Jedi Master - Mentor; Manager of the praxeum where Helea grew up.
Brye Farlance - Padawan - The two were nearly inseparable as children, and were deliberately split up to prevent any deeper attachments from forming.

Favored Equipment and clothes:

• Having some skill with conventional blades, she has been known to carry vibrodaggers in addition to her lightsaber
• While her wardrobe changes periodically, the one constant has always been a pair of arm length gloves. Hardly a fashion statement, its real purpose is to serve as a kind of mental focus. Having a physical barrier, helps Helea form the mental barrier necessary for filtering out unsolicited psychometric visions. She always has a pair on her.

Personality type:

Hider

• Compassionate
• Confident
• Outgoing
• Gregarious
• Mischievous
• Impulsive

Known flaws:

• Emotions tend to interfere with her use force techniques, and could be exploited
• Dueling style is somewhat unique, but her defensive moves can be easily predicted in a prolonged fight.

Jedi Temple Internal Records

_{Detailed appearance.}

Portrait

People may not always remember her name, but they remember her eyes. Lush, overlapping streaks of bright crimson and violet branch outward from dark pupils. Looking into them strikes the senses and leaves a lasting impression.

She changes her wardrobe when she has the opportunity and commonly wears the jewelry she received as a gift on one of her missions. They are of negligible value, but the polished gleam of white metal accents the cool tones of her skin nicely.

Standing roughly five and half feet tall, she rarely towers over anyone except the smallest of species. Well-toned from years of training, she possesses a lithe, athletic body and the endurance to make user of it.

_{Report on natural ability with the Force, as well as all known Force Techniques and the skill level.}

Jedi Archive -- Journal Entries

Author: Heia Kim, Jedi Watchman
Subject: Helea N. Arundhati
Date: 13:00, 2.7.9 BTC (15 years ago)

She has demonstrated an unusually keen telepathic sense. In our training sessions, she described being able to feel the minds of the other initiates, each of them having their own shapes, textures, and even colors. Her control of the Force is still rudimentary at best, but her acuity is nonetheless remarkable. Master Urvine and I agree that this is a reflection of her natural synchrony with the Force residing in other living beings.

What really caught my attention was her mention of sensing what I can only describe as echoes, little pieces of the initiate's minds scattered around the compound.

More observations are necessary to determine the extent of her talents, but Master Urvine believes she may have an innate gift for psychometry.

- - -

Author: Urvine Crid, Jedi Master
Subject: Helea N. Arundhati
Date: 07:42, 22.4.8 BTC (14 years ago)

Padawan Silas Vark showed me a peculiar holo recording from yesterday afternoon. Young Helea was found napping in the meditation garden. While I'm hardly surprised a youngling fell asleep during meditation practice, what I found strange was the gallery of small animals surrounding her. There were easily a dozen of them--serpents, birds, and rodents alike. The creatures scattered into the thickets when Silas approached, but they were clearly responding to her.

When I questioned her about the incident earlier this morning, she didn't have any recollection of the animals, but did recall a vivid dream from that day. Curiously, she claimed she was trying to "talk to the garden". I guided her through a meditative practice to bid the memories to her, so we could better understand what happened.

While our minds were linked, I caught a glimpse of our garden, wild with overgrowth, then scent of rain-soaked earth, and a distant feeling of regret. There was no one around save a shadowy outline of Master Darkara. He was reclining against one of the standing stones and staring at the night sky.

Master Darkara came to our praxeum years ago after being maimed in a duel with the Sith. He recovered, but his injuries were too severe for him to return to the front lines. Three days after he arrived, we found him slumped against the boulder in our garden. He had passed during the night.

It seems Helea has stumbled onto a memory shortly before his death. While she may not have tapped into consciously, there is no mistaking it. She encountered a vision of the past.

- - -

Author: Urvine Crid, Jedi Master
Subject: Assessment - Helea N. Arundhati
Date: 11:54, 17.4.7 BTC (13 years ago)

Only seven years old and young Helea has such a strength of personality that I find myself grinning at her reckless curiosity and childish wit. A sharp girl this one is.

Both myself and Heia Kim have evaluated her individually numerous times, guiding her through meditation practice and coaxing her towards a more self-reflective state of mind. She has always struggled with this, but it is not a lack of focus that impedes her. The moment she begins attuning to the Force it floods into her like a ruptured dam. Unless we conduct the session with great care, her body cannot contain the surge of power and she passes out immediately.

Her affinity for tapping into the ambient Force is so potent, it easily overwhelms her. It will be a long and hard journey for her to develop control over it, if she manages it at all.

- - -

The Jedi Order keeps fairly meticulous records, but information on Helea Neith Arundhati is lacking, and after her (alleged) death, it's not likely to be updated. This is what the Jedi have on record:

Known Techniques (Outdated)

Known Techniques (Outdated):
Last assessment on 27.6.1 BTC (7 years ago)

Although she has a talent for sense-based powers, she has only ever received provisional training in most of the basic Jedi powers. Jedi Master Urvine Crid understood well that Helea would have a difficult time learning to control the force, more so than the other younglings at the time. Tutaminis became the platform he used to help improve her level of control, and it has been apart of her regimen ever since.
Similarly, because psychometry is a notoriously unwieldy power, she received more specialized training to make it less overwhelming. Because no other psychometry users lived at the Arkania praxeum, much of her training focused on sharpening her jedi senses in the hope that it would build a solid foundation for psychometric ability.

Following some of her more mundane interest, she taught herself how to bond with animals as well. Her skill for it is rudimentary, but functional; having a farm near the praxeum certainly helped.

After becoming a padawan, her master, Acacas Ry, put her keen telepathic sense to good use. She served as his translator on a few missions, and especially in the Outer Rim. Although a few more of her talents emerged somewhat by accident, Acacas was more concerned with his padawan's ability to survive the real world on her own. It was war time after all. So, she spent long hours developing force techniques more focused on combat.

• Tutaminis (Basic) -- Intermediate Training
• Force Jump -- Basic Training
• Telekinesis -- Basic Training
• Telekinetic Defense -- Basic Training
• Force Throw -- Basic Training
• Force Speed -- Basic Training
• Force Sight (basic) -- Trained Talent
• Force Sense -- Trained Talent
• Precognition -- Intermediate Training
• Mind Trick -- Basic Training
• Force Stun -- Basic Training
• Force Deflection -- Basic Training
• Telepathy -- Trained Talent
• Comprehend Speech -- Trained Talent
• Force Empathy - Known, Untrained Talent
• Animal Friendship -- Known, Untrained Talent
• Psychometry -- Intermediate Training

Because she has spent the past seven years outside the Order, the records in the Jedi don't include a current assessment. More to the point, she her official status is [Deceased], so information on her skills after leaving the order could only be gained elsewhere, and its probably scattered rumors at best.

Known Techniques (Current)

Known Techniques (Current):
Assessment at game start

• Mind Trick -- Well-Trained Talent
  
  As a thief, she made occasional use of this power to keep herself out of trouble. However, as an escort, she found herself using it whenever she could get away with it. A mind weakened by alcohol and sensual promises is much easier to crack. Her success kept her from being sold off or worse.
• Comprehend Speech -- Trained Talent
  
  Necessity is the mother of innovation. Nar Shadaa is a melting pot of alien minds, and for several years she had to make sense of what people were saying or risk being mugged, enslaved, or worse.
• Force Empathy -- Trained Talent
  
  This power emerged slowly through her teenage years. With the help of her Zeltron companion, she was able to gain some measure of control over it.
• Psychometry -- Intermediate Training
  
  Although she has made use of this ability over the years, it still remains unreliable when used on a whim. Her control over it has marginally improved however. With a little time and concentration, she can greatly improve the clarity of her visions.
• Telekinesis -- Intermediate Training
  
  Working for the crime boss Flix sometimes meant getting into places you're not supposed to. In the event the tools at hand failed to gain her entrance, a precise application of telekinetic force could open most doors and thwart most physical locks.
  
  
  She has had little need to develop the following techniques beyond her current level of proficiency:
• Tutaminis (Basic) -- Intermediate Training
• Force Jump -- Basic Training
• Telekinetic Defense -- Basic Training
• Force Throw -- Basic Training
• Force Speed -- Basic Training
• Force Sight (basic) -- Trained Talent
• Force Sense -- Trained Talent
• Precognition -- Intermediate Training
• Telepathy -- Trained Talent
• Animal Friendship -- Known, Untrained Talent
• Force Stun -- Basic Training
• Force Deflection -- Basic Training

_{Report on skills not directly rooted in the Force, including level of skill}

Jedi Archive -- Journal Entries

Author: Heia Kim, Jedi Watchman
Subject: Assessment - Helea N. Arundhati
Date: 19:12, 3.10.5 BTC (11 years ago)

CRON-317, our librarian droid, has been causing a bit of stir the past two days. Its voice module had been tampered with, and was causing the poor droid to speak backwards. The younglings found it amusing, although Master Urvine expressed some different concerns.

Two nights ago, I found Helea and Bryethe skulking around the compound. I scolded them both and sent them off to bed, but had not realized they had already been to the library to perpetrate this 'prank'.

Padawans Silas and Lidda were both on watch, but curiously neither took notice of the girls. Either my padawans are grossly incompetent, or both of these initiates have some talents we've been neglecting.

Still, it would be prudent to separate Bryethe and Helea. They influence one another too easily. I sense an attachment growing.

The Jedi Order keeps fairly meticulous records, but information on Helea Neith Arundhati is lacking, and after her (alleged) death, it's not likely to be updated. This is what the Jedi have on record:

Known Skills (Outdated)

Known Skills (Outdated):
Last assessment on 12.6.1 BTC (7 years ago)

• Stealth - Basic Training
• Reconnaissance - Basic Training
• Animal Husbandry - Trained Talent
• Xenozoology - Basic Training
• Investigative Research - Intermediate Training
• Astrogation - Basic Training
• Puzzle-solving - Trained Talent
• Diplomatic Negotiations - Basic Training

Brief Training History:

• She has been attached to republic reconnaissance units before and has field experience tracking Sith and conducting investigations.
• Completed intergalactic astrogation training provided by a pilot from the Republic Navy
• She is proficient in hand-to-hand combat and has demonstrated this in a few sparring matches and during athletic assessments.
• She volunteered at the local farm near her praxeum for a few years, caring for the livestock, and studying them.

Because she has spent the past seven years outside the Order, the records in the Jedi don't include a current assessment. More to the point, she her official status is [Deceased], so information on her skills after leaving the order could only be gained elsewhere, and its probably scattered rumors at best.

Known Skills (Current)

Known Skills (Current):
Assessment as of game start

• Pickpocketing & Sleight of Hand - Intermediate Training
  
  She spent nearly five years on Nar Shadaa working for a criminal syndicate. For three of those years, she served as a street thief and fraudster. Many of her skills were acquired or improved during this time.
• Slicing - Basic Training
  
  (See above)
• Stealth - Advanced Training
  
  (See above)
• Reconnaissance - Intermediate Training
  
  (See above)
• Street Savvy - Intermediate Training
  
  It's a cutthroat's life on Nar Shadaa. Sink or swim. If you don't know what's going or can't find out, you might end up dead. She survived for over four years on the smuggler's moon, and learned a few things during her stay.
• Seduction - Intermediate Training
  
  Before she escaped, the last eighteen months on Nar Shadaa she served as an escort for a powerful crime boss. She was responsible for coaxing secrets and damning information out of clientèle,, and she became quite good at it.
• Deception - Intermediate Training
  
  Pretty women and pretty lies are just faces on same fake diamond.
  This was the unspoken mantra of the escort girls she worked with.
• Puzzle-solving - Trained Talent
• Investigative Research - Intermediate Training
• Animal Husbandry - Trained Talent
• Xenozoology - Basic Training
• Diplomatic Negotiations - Basic Training
• Intergalactic Astrogation - Basic Training

_{Report on known combat experience, training and lightsaber training.}

Jedi Archive -- Progress Report

Author: Urvine Crid, Jedi Master
Subject: Assessment - Helea N. Arundhati
Date: 17:43, 18.9.5 BTC (11 years ago)

I can tell that Helea struggles with the theory behind the various combat forms. If her occasional napping during my lectures is any indicator, it seems she learns best through doing, not study. We have no battle master here for her to learn from, so I invited Amit Teskis to teach our initiates one-on-one. As a former Republic Army scout that served alongside Heia Kim, he seems well equipped to instruct them in close quarters combat.

Even as a precocious child, Helea was always a resourceful girl. It is a small wonder why she was drawn to the principles of Sokan. Heia Kim may not have a taste for it, but Amit certainly does.

Admittedly, I had not expected Helea to gravitate to this style so easily. Amit has been here a week, and she absorbs his lessons like a sponge. Her progress is impressive, although I wish she would practice her Soresu form more, she undoubtedly has the reflexes for it.

Jedi Archive -- Progess Report

Author: Strom Thegan, Jedi Knight
Subject: Assessment - Helea N. Arundhati
Date: 10:31, 8.4.1 BTC (7 years ago)

Hardly a purist, she lacks discipline in all of the basic forms. She seems to prefer blending movements from other forms together. While Helea received provisional training in the first five lightsaber forms, she is most proficient with the sixth, Niman, and is a diehard follower of Sokan principles, constantly moving across the battleground to maintain the advantage. Nimble and acrobatic, she switches between Niman and Ataru for offense, and relies heavily on practiced counters from Shien to fill in the gaps in her defenses.
I suspect Acacas Ry's rigorous defensive training forced her to incorporate elements of Form "Zero" as well and caused her to develop a more personalized style.

While she has never crossed sabers with a Sith before, her Shien form is backed by combat experience during missions with her master. She is hardly the top of her class in terms of dueling skills, but has also shown promise in sparring matches with other Padawans nonetheless.

Current Status

She has not carried a lightsaber since she left the Order.

She received some training with vibroweapons at the Arkania praxeum, but became much more practiced with them as a street urchin during her time on Nar Shadaa. Under her new persona as the pirate 'Neith', she prefers to use blaster pistols, but still keeps vibrodaggers on hand and is notably skilled with a vibrosword.

Her lightsaber training heavily influences her swordplay, and a particularly insightful lightsaber duelist might be able to figure this out, if they were to fight her.

_{Detailed notes on political influence and associates.}

• Khang Arundhati
  
  Although, Helea hasn't spoke to him in years, Khang is an influential figure throughout this sector. Although he no longer serves as the Sector Chief for Republic SIS, his retirement seems to have further solidified his power base. There is some evidence to suggest that his retirement is a farce as we know he has indirectly contributed to more than a few missions involving the Jedi Order

_{Detailed notes on known rivals and enemies, outside and within the Order and Republic.}

None

_{List and description of other known associates, including intimates.}

Bryethe Farlance:
Helea and Bryethe were as close as sisters, and shared an intimate relationship that persisted for years, despite being deliberately separated numerous times.

Urvine Crid:
Jedi Master and caretaker of the Helea's praxeum. He personally oversaw her psychometry training until Acacas Ry took her as his padawan.

Ekhoro Noctis:
A Jedi Investigator from the Outer Rim, and a known psychometry user. She assisted Acacas Ry in honing Helea's psychometry ability. If Helea had stayed with the Order, Ekhoro likely would have recruited her as a junior investigator.

_{List of all known ownerships, including vessels, (non-standard) equipment, and locations.}

According to the Governor's office on Juris Khel, she was going to inherit Khang Arundhati's estate.

_{Psychological evaluation of Jedi Order member.}

Compassionate and loyal to a fault, Helea appears to have the makings of a Jedi, at first glance, but her history of juvenile mischief and her impulsive behavior has lead many to question her integrity and strength of character. Helea can be calm and collected when required, but she normally a precocious bundle of energy.

_{List and description of known and suspected flaws. To be put into restricted database.}

(Encrypted) Jedi Archive -- Progress Report

Author: Urvine Crid, Jedi Master
Subject: Assessment - Helea Arundhati
Date: 17:43, 18.9.4 BTC (10 years ago)

The late Heia Kim, said it best:
Helea dances on the tip of a saber.

She loves telling imaginative stories to the younglings, and bonded with many of them. She is one of the most thoughtful and compassionate initiates we have. However, therein lies the problem. She forms attachments far too easily, and does so despite our best efforts to prevent it and council her otherwise.

I would be remiss to call her a prodigy, but her talent in the Force is irrefutable. Yet, some of her habits are not just problematic, but patently dangerous. For example, she often tends to rely on her emotions to wield the Force. While I sense no darkness in her yet, it is only matter of time. It is a constant struggle to keep her on the right path. I fear her real parents have left a lasting impression that cannot be undone so easily.

This cannot continue. Jedi Knight Acacas Ry has been stationed here for a time. I've invited him to train her during his stay. I suspect his calm demeanor will help tame some of her wilder tendencies.

Personality Flaws:

• Impulsive
• Emotional
• Occasionally resists authority
• Occasionally skeptical of Jedi Doctrine

Combat Flaws:
Her lightsaber form is loosely defined, which is both a blessing and a curse. She is a very aggressive combatant and her style is more suited to skirmishes. Bad positioning can force her into retreat easily, and Her fortitude is not sufficient to spend long hours on the field of battle.

Because much of her counter strikes and defensive maneuvers are drawn from Shien, a skilled duelist could read her moves and identify a pattern, making her vulnerable.

While she makes liberal use of Telekinesis and Force Stun, she has not trained as extensively, or at all, in other combat-oriented Force techniques.

_{All known interests of the force-user.}

• Xenozoology (Study of Alien Animals)
• Mythology
• Animal Husbandry
• Music, especially Wind Instruments

_{Notes on skillset specialization, if applicable.}

Helea's innate gift of psychometry has influenced her training significantly. Prior to her becoming a padawan, she received special tutelage from Jedi Master Urvine to help her control her ability, and filter some of the visions that periodically intrudes upon her mind.

_{Major achievements on record.}

• Successfully constructed her first lightsaber.
• Completed Initiate Trials.

_{Major failures on record. Confidential.}

• Failed the Jedi Trial of Insight
  Although it was not intentional, she misinterpreted the visions she experienced through psychometry and provided bad information to agents in the field. Three Jedi Knights were ambushed while pursuing a Sith spy, and the entire team was slain in combat.
• Developed a strong emotional attachment to fellow initiate multiple times
  Most notable was her strong relationship with Bryethe Farlance that went beyond a simple friendship. While there was no romantic involvement, it was clear the two treated each other as sisters.

_{Personal biography, as detailed by the candidate for use in Jedi archives. Acquired shortly after last achievement of note.}

Interview

Each entry is loosely organized into chronological order.

(Encrypted) Jedi Archive -- Journal Entries

Author: Urvine Crid, Jedi Master
Subject: Recruit from Juris Khel
Date: 06:34, 24.6.7 BTC (15 years ago)

Today I met with Khang Arundhati, the former sector chief for Republic Strategic Information Services. It seems that, despite his idyllic home on the moon of Juris Khel, his alleged retirement is really little more than a hobby. He was predictably scarce on the details, but a blind man could understand that he was still in contributing to SIS in some way. He strikes me as the kind of stiff mind that would crumble without a purpose to drive him. He hasn't said as much about it, but it's obvious he has not adapted to the quiet life very well.

Both of his daughters died in the Great War many years ago, so I was surprised to discover that he had been raising a small girl for the past few years. Her name is Helea. He believed she might be force-sensitive and wanted me to perform a few tests. The reports are attached to this entry, but they weren't necessary. I could sense the Force flowing through her like a wild river. I have not seen a child so strongly connected to the force in over ten years.

The details of her parentage gave me pause. I've included the heavily redacted intelligence reports from SIS, but there isn't much information to go on.

To summarize, her parents were Krath cultists who fell into disfavor with the new Sith Emperor. SIS had been observing them for some time. Although they were supposed to be apprehended for interrogation, both of them died in a skirmish with SIS agents.

The reports make no mention of an infant, but Khang has confided to me that the cultists had a newborn with them. Retired or not, he still has clout in SIS, otherwise I doubt the current Sector Chief, Aubard Hawke, would grant him custody of the infant girl.

According to her medical records, Helea is his daughter, and like both of his other daughters, he wants her to be raised as a Jedi. He claims she may be "of use to the Republic", but I sense he's grown attached to the girl, and the fact bothers him a great deal. While I am thankful he came to me with for consul, there's clearly more to this meeting than he has revealed thus far.

Nevertheless, we will induct her into our praxeum.

Jedi Archive -- Holo Recording

Author: Helea Neith Arundhati, Padawan
Subject: Autobiography
Date: 11:05, 7.11.1 BTC (7 years ago)

...recording?

There we go.

...

I guess it doesn't matter where I start.

My name is Helea Neith Arundhati. My friends call me ‘Neith’. I'm from the Juris system. I was under the care of Jedi Master Urvine Crid at the Arkania praxeum until a few years ago. Jedi Knight Acacas Ry chose me as his padawan, and I've been learning from him ever since.

I have a lot of good memories from the Juris praxeum. Heia Kim was always honest with me, especially when I didn't want to him to be. I wasn't there when he was killed, but I remember seeing him lying the ground. It's a memory I haven't been able to shake. Kim wouldn't believe it, if it came from my lips, but I used to admire him. Brye, Silas, and Lidda did too. He was a good Jedi, and I learned a lot from him. I think our Shien form and Soresu forms would still be terrible, if he hadn't drilled us through practice almost daily.

Master Urvine is the wisest person I've ever met and a fantastic teacher. I know it was difficult for him to guide me through training. I'm sure I didn't make it easy on him. It's mostly thanks to him that I'm able to use force techniques at all. I had a lot of trouble learning them when I was younger. He also really inspired me to work on my saber forms. Even if it's only combat simulations or sparring around here, I've gotten so much stronger with the Ataru form and Sokan.

Master Acacas is as skilled a duelist as Master Urvine. My saber form has improved a lot since I've begun studying under him. He's very practical and insists on live fire training. Incidentally, I've gotten quite bit of practice in deflecting blaster shots without a lightsaber. I think we spent more time doing combat drills than we did following any other regimen. My muscles feel sore just thinking about it.

Master and I spent the past two weeks tracking down a Sith spy within the Republic Navy. We worked closely with Jedi Investigator Ekhoro Noctis. The three of us were able to decipher some of the messages the Navy intercepted and followed the trail of clues to a mining station near Alderaan.

We never confronted the spy directly, but I was able to glean a few visions from the items she left behind. When we recovered a shattered data pad, I caught a glimpse of her smashing in anger when she found out her cover had been blown. The images were hazy, but I was able to see enough of the stars through the window of her ship that Ekhoro could narrow down the search area to a few systems.

Master Acacas says that if the mission goes well, I might be able to start on my Jedi Trials. The council has the final say, but he's strangely optimistic about the results.

Jedi Archive -- Investigative Report

Author: Hiidi Kegal, Jedi Investigator
Subject: Suspect -- Helea N. Arundhati
Date: 19:34, 15.11.1 BTC (7 years ago)

When it rains it pours.

Two days ago we received word that Jedi Knight Acacas Ry went missing. Now I have a report saying that his padawan, a "Helea Arundhati", is also missing. All this right after Helea's visions lead to three Knights into an ambush. They all died, and I heard the girl didn't take it well. Padawan Lidda tells me she cried through the night.

The council is understandably tight-lipped about the incident, but I sensed some resentment around the praxeum. My cohort, Kilik, is conducting interviews around the compound. I'll include his findings when I received them.

Fortunately, Helea was easier to track than her master, but the trail went cold on Juris Khel. We interviewed Khang Arundhati after arriving. I sensed she would pay her old man a visit, and my intuition was spot on.

Saying he wasn't happy to see us is an understatement. I've never heard of the former Sector Chief having a temper, but I didn't need my powers to tell he was seething beneath the surface. Some people have a hot stare when they're angry, like they could melt something by looking at it. The cold, expressionless look I received tells me Khang is the kind of man who would throw you into an air lock, crack the doors, and watch you slowly suffocate on the floor, not out of malice, but just to see if you could die from it. At least, that's the image I read from his mind. His defenses are good too. I suspect he let me see his thoughts on purpose.

I've never seen a mind so twisted in on itself. Nothing gets in or out, unless he wants it to. It's like a steel ball. Honestly, I'm more suspicious of Khang than I am his daughter. Still, Khang's story fits with the information Padawan Silas gave us. It's beyond the scope of this case to investigate him much further.

In short, he blames us for his daughter running away, among other things. It seems our runaway padawan found out about her Sith parents, and confronted him. True to his profession, Khang didn't provide many details, but I imagine that was an unpleasant conversation.
I've read Master Urvine's journals. She probably would have become an exceptional Jedi had everyone kept their mouth shut. Looks like we'll need to circle back and do a more thorough investigation at the praxeum. Someone leaked sealed information, and they will answer for it.

(Encrypted) Jedi Archive -- Post-Mortem Report

Author: Hiidi Kegal, Jedi Investigator
Subject: Post-Mortem: Helea N. Arundhati
Date: 13:50, 19.4.5 ATC (1 year ago)

The target has been very busy since leaving the Order. I've been exchanging reports back forth with our contacts inside Republic SIS for some time. It seems this rogue padawan has a growing list of crimes. I counted no less than thirty-eight charges of theft and double that number for trespassing in the years since she left, and that's just the ones we know about. We lost track of her four years ago.

A crime boss called Flix has been running a large criminal enterprise out of Nar Shadaa. Our target was inducted into their "escort service" a few years ago. From SIS reports, it works like an escalator system. They train most as pick pockets, and the pretty ones get promoted to escort when they're old enough.

When the reports stopped mentioning the target for more than a year, we suspected she had died somewhere on Nar Shadaa. At least, that's what we believed until this morning.

I received a coroner's report from one of my contacts on Deysum III dated for three weeks ago. A young girl matching the target's description was found dead in the alley behind one of the local clubs. If She was beaten to death. Deysum III is a dangerous place. Murders like this are common and rarely reported. I'm not surprised this report was overlooked. That it came to us at all must be the will of the Force.

A bounty hunter sponsored by Nem'ro the Hutt collected the remains, and was last seen departing for Nar Shadaa. SIS confirmed our reports. There is little chance of recovering the body now.

This case will be closed and the target's status will be reclassified as deceased.

A redacted report has been forwarded to the Archivists.

Meta Summary

NOTE: The only the members of the Steel Hearts pirate crew are currently aware of what actually happened to the padawan known as Helea Arundhati.

After leaving the Jedi Order, Helea drifted from space port to space port. Both her money and her luck ran out on Nar Shadaa, leaving her stranded there. The Smuggler's Moon is harsh place, harsher for a young girl travelling alone, force powers or not. After hunting down a few rumors, she found employment as a petty thief and joined a local gang. It was better than starving or being pick up by slavers, at least.
She spent the next three years stealing, smuggling, and swindling her way through the ranks of the gang itself. She had never intended to stay so long, but she became fast friends with a Zeltron girl named Dashara Horizon and stuck around for her sake.

As they soon discovered, the gang of thieves she had joined, no matter how profitable, was little more than a glorified babysitting service. The gang itself was small part of a larger criminal syndicate that commonly recruited their members internally. Any of the orphans they had been raising could be potential recruits. Some stayed in. Some were sold off. But the pretty ones were inducted into the escort service the moment they were old enough (willingness optional).

Helea learned well to ensure she wouldn't be sold off to one of the local bordellos. Her and the other girls were free to steal what they wanted as long as it didn't stop the clients from coming back. Her main purpose was to gather information: anything that could be use to blackmail, extort, or gain leverage over their clients. Helea made discrete use of her force powers to be successful enough they would think twice about selling her off. When a particularly high bid was offered for her purchase, she made plans to escape.

For the next two years, she stayed on the move, conning enough money out of people to lie low and keep the bounty hunters at bay. She did quite well for herself too, amassing a small fortune. Things were going smoothely until she unknowingly swindled the Nem'ro the Hutt's right hand man. Once the Hutt learned about the stolen credits, her bounty increased tenfold overnight. The situation spiraled far out of her control after that. Bounty hunters pursued her relentlessly.

No long after, she met Nimat'ualin. the captain of the Steel Hearts pirate crew. Helea had stowed away about the pirate vessel and got caught, earning her a interrogation by the captain. Rather than turn her in, Nima believed the stowaway would be more valuable as one of her crew. The two crafted an elaborate plan to fake Helea's death, and from then on Helea adopted the recently minted persona "Neith".

With Nimat'ualins contacts and a significant portion of Neith's savings, they succeeded. With a fresh corpse filched from the morgue on Deysum III serving as Neith's body double, some excellent plastic surgery, a hired slicer, and a few genetic samples, they created a ruse so believable that it fooled Nem'ro the Hutt and his bounty hunters.

The Jedi found out too late to recover the body, and with the information available, all signs pointed to the conclusion that Helea Arundhati had been killed by bounty hunters.

@BurningDaisies

Low level Force user with abilities that haven't gotten any sharper over time without actual training?

Would still have to live with a high bounty, maybe even Jedi Shadow target, if accepted.

[Approved] Jaren Jast, Courier, Free Trader & Independent Contractor

JAREN JAST, FREE TRADER, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

Smuggler

OoC

As a player, what is your preferred writing level?
Variable. My style is a little more succinct than most, probably, but I'm flexible with my expectations of others.

Is grammar and depth of writing important to you?
Definitely important, but everyone is at different writing levels. I don't have prohibitively high expectations.

Are there any writing subjects you particularly enjoy exploring?
I'm very much into the underworld adjacent aspects of the Star Wars universe, and expect to be writing in that sphere more than others.

Is there anything you really dislike and want to avoid like the plague?
Nah.

Is there something you are uncomfortable with happening to your character?
I'd be interested in seeing him survive for a while.

Do you have any short-term or long-term goals with this character?
Not particularly. I think I'll wait until I start writing for him through the stories to feel out his future arc.

Couriers Holonet Ad

Name: Jaren Jast
Species: Human
Homeworld: Corellia
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Specialization:

• Courier Contracting
• Personal Transportation
• Professional Investigative Services

Current area of operation: Outer Rim, Galactic South

Known Skills: Jaren Jast is a talented gunslinger and a competent pilot, capable of providing safe, discreet transport of goods and/or individuals across the galaxy.
Trained Techniques: Firearms Training, Close Quarters Combat Training, Starpiloting
Known Associates: The Crew of the Raven Trespass: First Mate and Co-Pilot Glato, Chief Engineer Valera Syndulla.
Favored Equipment and Clothes: A personally commissioned WESTAR heavy blaster pistol; a deep brown leather jacket of genuine leather.
Personality Type: Jast is a cool, collected professional.
Known Flaws: Jast is charismatic, even charming, but he toes the line between roguish confidence and arrogance, often poorly.

Recommended Casting for the Holovid Adaptation: Travis Fimmel

Couriers Holonet Metadata Summary

_{Detailed appearance.}

Jaren Jast stands at a hair under six feet in height. He sports dirty blonde hair and sea green eyes, and a shadow of facial hair that often threatens classification as a messy, unkempt beard proper. He maintains a lean, athletic build.

His body has taken its fair share of punishment over the years, and he bears an extensive collection of scars cataloging an alarming number of life-threatening experiences with blaster fire and vibroblades. Only by the grace of modern medicine is he still alive and without crippling injury.

His sharp nose is slightly crooked, previously broken, a lasting relic of a punch to the face long ago.

_{Report on skills and talents, including level of skill.}

Jaren Jast is an experienced combatant, highly competent in the use of a wide range of firearms—he is especially skilled with blaster rifles and pistols—and more than proficient in close quarters combat. Jast has a very basic competence in slicing and cryptography, and a fair amount of experience with explosives. Thanks to his service with the Republic Strategic Information Service, he has developed a respectable proficiency in the field of intelligence tradecraft. Further, he is a capable starpilot, specifically at the helm of a light freighter.

_{Report on known combat experience, training and weapons training.}

Jaren has extensive training with firearms and close quarters combat by virtue of his service with the Republic military's special forces arm, as well as a basic proficiency with explosives. He adapted this skillset to his work as a field agent for the SIS in the few few years of the post-war period, refining them further.

_{Does the Courier have, or have they ever had, a bounty on them? Are they wanted?}

Jast has never had a bounty on him and is not currently wanted by any organization or body of government, though that may change in the near future. Though the Imperial Ministry of Intelligence does not know much about him, they are hot on his trail in the wake of an operation on Nar Shaddaa.

_{Detailed notes on common/favored employers and any noteworthy contacts.}

Jacen Jast, Jaren’s older brother, served with the Republic Strategic Information Service for eight years before transitioning to a well-compensated senior position with Coronet Analytica, a private intelligence firm based on Corellia that performs intelligence work on behalf of corporations, litigants, and even the Republic itself (all for impressive profits). Most recently, Jacen provided Jaren with a contract to secure an Imperial defector on Nar Shaddaa who promised a wealth of sensitive information on certain individuals within the Sith Empire’s highest echelons. This contract did not go well.

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Cipher 12, a counterintelligence agent with the Sith Empire’s Ministry of Intelligence, has recently emerged as Jast’s primary foil. 12 and his associates, including the Mandalorian mercenary Deklen Ordo, spearheaded an intervention against Jast and his crew on Nar Shaddaa. Though Jaren and his team were able to escape with a datapad containing the defector’s intelligence, Cipher 12’s agents successfully assassinated the informant and killed one of Jast’s team in the ensuing firefight.

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Glato, Jaren’s second-in-command aboard the Raven Trespass, and the crew's rifle-toting muscle. Recently deceased.

Valera “Val” Syndulla, a Twi’lek engineering officer aboard the Raven Trespass. Val has a mind for mechanics that compensates for Jaren's incompetence in this field.

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The Raven Trespass, Jaren’s ship, is an XS stock light freighter. It’s an older model, but his engineering officer and associate, Val Syndulla, has kept it operational and upgraded. Jaren is able to coax surprisingly high levels of performance from the dated starship while at the helm.

Jaren’s blaster is a custom WESTAR piece which cost him a small fortune to commission. The ivory, black, and gold heavy blaster pistol’s sleek, sloping design allows for lightning quick draws that have saved his life on more than one occasion. He has never been able to settle on a name for the weapon.

_{Psychological evaluation of Courier.}

Jast, in just a few words, is uneven and unstable. He is cool and collected under pressure, and charismatic and charming at first impression. This is not, however, the full picture. Jast is insensitive, unempathetic, hot-tempered, and waffles between brooding and manic depending on the circumstances. Whether he was simply born like this or developed this personality due to a lifetime of harsh experiences and traumas, Jast is an emotional livewire under the façade of professionalism. However, that façade is exceptionally well-developed, and he seems every part the level-headed professional while on the job and in front of his clients and superiors.

_{List and description of known and suspected flaws. To be put into restricted database.}

Jast is charismatic, even charming, but only in the context of his profession. Personally, he is hot-tempered, unempathetic, and mistrustful. While he is more than effective at maintaining his professional relationships, he struggles with genuine interpersonal connections. He is further far from amenable to hierarchical structure, a weakness that has prevented him from achieving success through more conventional routes. His insubordinate and uncooperative nature led to his departure from his service to the Republic, and his personality more generally has prevented him from maintaining anything resembling a relationship or healthy, stable friendships.

Further, and more practically, he is a particularly poor engineer. Though his education and training required him to complete and demonstrate proficiency in the technical area, this has never been a strength of his. He can fly the Raven Trespass, but requires a trained engineer the maintain the ship. Fortunately, his engineer, Val Syndulla, does all the thinking for him when it comes to the ship's maintenance.

_{All known interests of the Courier.}

When asked about his hobbies on one occasion, his immediate response was “drinking.” He then struggled to follow up with any genuine interests. This bothers him.

_{Major achievements on record.}

• Graduate, Republic Defense Academy of Carida;
• Five years' service with the Republic Army during the Great Galactic War;
• Promoted to the rank of Captain one year prior to the Treaty of Coruscant;
• Transferred to the Republic Strategic Information Service, received assignment as Field Agent.

_{Major failures on record. Confidential.}

• Resigned from the Republic Strategic Information Service after two years.

Interview

_{Personal biography.}

Jaren Jast was born at the dawn of the Great Galactic War, and pursued a career in the military once he was of age. He attended an accelerated program at the Republic Defense Academy on Carida, and subsequently fought on the frontlines for five years, ascending to the rank of captain within a special forces squad by the conclusion of the war. Jast fought on myriad fronts over the course of the conflict, and his experiences in the field developed him into an exceptional soldier. Upon the conclusion of the war, his brother, who had transitioned to serve with the Republic Strategic Information Service during the war, recruited him into the Republic intelligence arm, where he served as a field agent for two years.

Jast chafed tremendously against the bureaucracy and regulatory structure that accompanied peacetime operations. Years of open warfare and service on the frontlines proved venomous to his patience and mental health, and he grew increasingly insubordinate and uncooperative within the SIS. This culminated with his departure from the Service, and he struck out on his own at the helm of an XS-class light freighter he dubbed the Raven Trespass. He re-entered the intelligence community after a short time away, as his brother, still serving with the SIS, recruited him to work as an independent contractor.

Over the past four years, Jast has continued to supplement his courier work—which is often the illegal sort for which couriers are notorious—with contracts assigned by the SIS and private firms in the intelligence business. He works the shadows as a deniable asset, executing operations ranging from exfiltration and extraction to industrial espionage to dirty wetwork a layman would more readily associate with the Sith Empire’s intelligence wing than the Republic’s.

Most recently, Jast took on a contract through his brother, who had recently begun working for private intelligence firm Coronet Analytica. His brother had cultivated an opportunity to secure a defecting Imperial citizen in possession of a wealth of sensitive, personal information on members of the Sith Empire’s highest echelons. This lucrative—and ultimately dangerous—job brought Jast and the crew of the Raven Trespass to Nar Shaddaa, where they made contact with the defector. They were subsequently ambushed by an Imperial Intelligence counterintelligence agent and his affiliates, resulting in the deaths of the defector and Glato, Jast’s second-in-command aboard the Raven. In the confused flight from Nar Shaddaa, Jast hitched a ride on a passenger liner bound for Ryloth while the remainder of the team escaped on the Raven to the remote world of Hypori.

One of the counterintelligence agents from the engagement on Nar Shaddaa managed to waylay the passenger liner over Tatooine during the events of Star Wars: Arkanis Sailer (now partially non-canon). Jast was forced to escape to the surface of the nearby planet of Tatooine in an escape pod.

@Jackdaw

Curious. How did he manage to buy his ship if he was coming out of military service?

The OOC Opening Post.

First round of character reviews kicking off.

[Approved] Kade Ritgar, Holonet Actor

Approved. Good job @The Wyrm!