Ruby

[Abandoned ATD-170a Tactical Droid

Approved.

Hey

Welcome to the Guild!

New Contest Mod

Frizan and I have agreed it would be a good idea to add another Contest Mod to bring another contest in to run concurrent with the one Frizan has been running for us. @Jorick has offered to run a contest. He's done so fairly well here at the Guild before and on other sites so with that wealth of experience and knowledge it's hard to say no.

Thank you for agreeing to help us out Ricky!

Details to come from the man himself.

[Jedi] Tython

_{collab with @webboysurf}

"It's over."

Jace stared at her. He didn't say anything, but there wasn't any doubt to be sensed from the man either. Satele moved from the small desk with a mobile computer glowing in bright electric blue at it's center and some dusty scrolls and oversized leather bound books filling the edges. It wasn't a very large office nook nestled into the private quarters that had been designed for her. There were no windows, it was made to be secure in case. To her left extended the overall space into a bedroom with off branching closet hidden by a thin pearlescent cream colored curtain that hung from tiny brass fittings anchored right into the dim light blue painted walls that arched upwards. A thin silver rail emitted warm yellow light onto the domed ceiling at the top of each wall.

Before her was the small wooden framed sofa that somehow Jace had turned into a chair. Adjacent to it on either side was a chair in the same basic wooden framed, cushioned design. A small table at the center that held her lightsaber. She'd already bathed and groomed, something she had gotten surprisingly fast at over the years. She had on new robes that looked mostly like the same ones she had been wearing before, again no robe and high boots.

Her bright eyes moved past Jace. To the door behind the sofa, the door that opened with a motion of Satele's hand to reveal the Jedi Knight standing behind it. "Come on in, Jex. The man taking up the entire sofa," she began, a heavy emphasis on the word 'entire', "is Supreme Commander of Republic Forces Jace Malcom. I'm pretty sure he's here to take a prisoner off our hands, but the facts on that remain a little blurry."

But that was her initial feeling. Tython needed the Dark Sider off it's surface. It didn't need to heal, or to pretend it didn't happen, it just needed time to come to terms with it's new normal. Deep down Satele had a feeling the storms would be coming and going for some time, though not as extreme, she hoped. "Speaking of that prisoner...Jex you are present, you are trained, and I'm hoping you are ready because I need to know as much as we can off this Dark Sider. I need someone seated across the table controlling the room. Can you do it?"

Jex entered slowly, giving a curt bow to both the Grandmaster and the Supreme Commander before walking further into the room. His steps were slowly paced, almost meditative in nature. As Satele explained the situation Jex’s fingers rose up to stroke his chin. He furrowed his brow, nodding his head slowly to the Jedi Master’s words. When she finished, he stopped and gave a weak smile to the two individuals. ”It is a pleasure to meet you, Supreme Commander Malcolm, even if it is under unpleasant circumstances. And Master Shan, I would be honored to interrogate this… Dark Sider.” His voice faltered for a moment, before the Knight folded his hands behind his back and regained his confidence. ”I take it you don’t believe this individual to be a Sith, but instead some rogue Force Sensitive? But what everyone really wants to know is how anyone outside of the Jedi Order could have found Tython and who all knows how to find us, correct?”

There was precious little smiling left for Satele Shan after today. Her son’s face was etched upon her mind. Her eyes were bright, pretty things, and her unusual connection with the Force had made her nearly ageless for far longer than even she had thought possible...and for all the physical beauty and blessing of the Force she still just simply looked dark of spirit.

“We always knew they’d find out. We don’t know whether she was rogue or not, whether she tied that loose end off herself, or what any of it became or will become in light of any investigation.”

Something was wrong, Satele felt it, knew it. The Force was very clear on their guest: this is a conduit of the Dark Side. And yet there like an inverse of a black hole hidden inside a galaxy of bright light was in their visitor of darkness what Satele could see dim and faint and barely at all but surely she saw it: a dim glowing ball of white energy.

There was still Light in this guest.

Her lips cracked in a little sigh, her mind forced to react and her mind soon following with a little shake of her head to represent doubt, “She isn’t a Sith. I can promise you that. Her darkness is familiar. Whatever her story to darkness, it in some way must go through Tython: it was no accident she came here. And if her past is tied up in this place, it’s no accident she knew the location of it so quickly. Use my name for whatever information there is to find out from our friends. Anyone who can make this happen isn’t a mystery. Someone knows her, someone else is looking for her, something. None of this is an accident, Jex.”

Maybe if the man looked hard enough at her, deep enough into her eyes, he’d see the part her eyes might’ve let escaped what her lips did not: we do not have time for this. The war hadn’t ended. They were still trying to catch up. They just did not have time for this.

Jex returned his hands to his sides, while he raised an eyebrow as the Jedi Master answered his questions. As she finished, his eyes scanned over her. He had a nasty habit of analyzing people’s body language. While he wanted to continue asking questions and pushing things farther, Satele was clearly not in the mood. This matter had to be taxing, given the insane Republic presence that arrived on their doorstep. So the Knight’s questions would have to wait: after all, he had someone to interrogate. With a slight nod, Jex responded with a simple, ”I imagine not, Master Shan. I’ll do my best to get you what answers I can.”

“C’mon then, before we’re late.”

Her head motioned towards the door and her eyes looked at Jace, who was just waiting for the sign like old times. It wasn’t that long of a walk to the hangar, but it wasn’t exactly next door, and every eye on the temple would be on her when she was followed by Jace, let alone a Jedi known for wanting to interrogate.

Looking down one off branching corridor, Satele spotted the person she had sensed: “Ellie! C’mon.” The pilot blinked and pivoted on his booted foot and went following Satele, Jace, and Jex. By the time he caught up with the small group they were entering through double doors that emptied out into a massive space, it’s ceiling so tall shuttles easily came and went, like the shuttle carrying their guest, and all the Jedi who had been involved in it.

Satele eyes hit Kyla first, and Brye only for a second later, before she turned her back to the landing shuttle in order to exchange some quick words with Jace.

[Approved] Darth Embrus

Alright, I've updated to address some of those concerns, but I strongly disagree with the rationale for others as I'll explain below in the summary of changes made. I'm keeping him as a Darth while making other adjustments.

Age bumped up ten years to 56 and altered places where age was specifically noted to match. I'm still having him picked up at ~12 years old since the exact time of Ruuria being taken over by a Sith puppet government was uncertain anyway and the info in the wiki implies it could have started as early as ~3700 BBY anyway.

Info in the bio and interests portions expanded and clarified to note that the training under Darth Korrus was a holistic approach to combat training, not a matter of training things one by one. Frankly the idea that time required for mastery of a set of skills ought to be counted sequentially rather than concurrently makes no sense to me, because that's not how learning works in reality. A quick look at the curriculum of any school from the elementary to post-graduate level would show students learning multiple things in the same time frame. Even so, I've knocked down the power level of a lot of things make his prowess with the Force less intense.

Force Speed and Force Lightning down to well-trained talent from talented master.
Droid Disable down to trained talent from talented master.
Force Sense down to intermediate training from well-trained talent.
Telekinesis, Force Throw, and Force Choke down to intermediate training from advanced training.
Telepathy down to basic training from intermediate training.

This leaves 2 mastered talents (Precognition and Force Rage). It also leaves 6 as well-trained talents: Force Speed, Force Sight, Force Bellow, Force Scream, Force Lightning, and Chain Lightning, though I'd argue that the bellow at least is actually just a side effect of training up the scream rather than something that was specifically focused on. There are only two at advanced training now, Telekinetic Defense and Force Stun. All of these things are directly relevant to combat, long with the lightsaber skills, so they were all being trained in tandem by the holistic practical approach rather than in a one by one fashion.

The political influence and associates section was greatly expanded, and the bio has additions to note this as well. Of major note, he now has a whole fleet of subordinates rather than me hand-waving them away as all unimportant stooges shunted off to military postings.

Expanded the flaws section a lot as well.

Added some more failures and changed up the punishments explained in the bio.

General tweaks to the bio, lots of additions, but the basic thrust of the narrative is the same.

@Jorick

Given changes made...I'll approve it.

RPGN // Issue No.2 - July 2019

The news is too kind.

Great read!

[Approved] Jedi Knight Ellicas Phycon

Approved.

[Approved] Republic Senator Eyri Pharliis

Congratulations on being approved.

[Denied] Ga-Se-Gar Madog, the Tiss'Shar Mandalorian

Pinged for done.

@jeroukoo

I think a Force using Mando might be a tad much, but I'll talk to the other GMs and see what they think.

[Approved] Ryndi Erganci, Zeltron Smuggler

Short Version

OoC

How long do you usually write?
Several paragraphs
- typically in the 2-5 range

Do you enjoy writing collaborative posts for things like conversations, combat, etc.?
Conversations, especially, are a great time for collaborative posts in that the interactions can be a lot more fluid for the writers and more coherent for the readers, so absolutely.

Is grammar and depth of writing important to you?
I'm not a stickler for grammar, though am for spelling given that most browsers have spell check built in so it's lazy not to correct the errors. I prefer enough depth to give the characters and story meaning, but it doesn't need to be amazing.

Are there any writing subjects you particularly enjoy exploring?
In terms of story, not really. I prefer character interactions and how they deal with situations, ordinary and otherwise, together.

Is there anything you really dislike and want to avoid like the plague?
Stories and writing that focuses too much on technicalities or things as opposed to people. If characters aren't the driver, it won't be horrible for me, but I'll lose interest quickly.

Is there something you are uncomfortable with happening to your character?
Not off hand. Assuming it's been run past me first, I'm usually open to exploring just about anything regardless of it being mature, edgy, violent, or whatever and everyone is comfortable with it.

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

Yes. I've targeted this character as a compliment to one already submitted by someone I enjoy roleplaying with. Specifically, she is to be in a relationship with Nahtisse Ratinde.

Couriers Holonet Ad

Name: Ryndi Erganci
Species: Zeltron
Homeworld: Zeltros
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Specialisation: Exotic entertainment
Current area of operation: Alderaan, Inner Rim

Couriers Holonet Metadata Summary

_{Short description of looks & style.}

Ryndi

A striking beauty, even by Zeltron standards, Ryndi's is a tall, voluptuous figure that moves with effortless grace. Long, gentle curves of electric blue hair fall in waves to her waist, contrasting against a flawless rouge complexion. Her pale eyes sparkle with a faint violet, the irises ringed in a deep indigo. As an exotic entertainer, her style is nearly always revealing and frequently sheer where not prohibited by cultural standards of decency. With regard to color, Ryndi favors blues, reds, and the purples in between as she feels they accentuate her features. She loves jewelry and has several piercings for displaying it, though large expanses of skin remain without blemish or adornment.

_{Simplified report on known skills and estimated levels.}

Dancer - Excellent
Exotic entertainer - Excellent
Informant - Excellent
Smuggler - Very good for small, inanimate things, poor for cargo and life forms.
Confidence games - Good, but dependent on the nature of the scam. Excellent where attraction and manipulation are key, poor where intimidation or impersonation are more useful.
Gambling - Very good
Combat - Fair. She's not bad with a blaster, but rarely resorts to using one, instead preferring to negotiate or bargain her way clear of trouble. Or better still, avoid it entirely.

_{Quick report on favored employers, associates, contacts and rivals.}

Regular associate and lover of Nahtisse Ratinde. Ryndi has no known, serious rivals and rarely invites enmity. To the contrary, she strives to maintain good relationships to the point of going out of her way to promote them. Ryndi is typically employed by larger groups within the Inner Rim and is reluctant to go far from Zeltros. Employers include virtually everything from military and government entities, to corporate and trade, to criminal organizations, and often just larger exotic entertainment clubs and zones. She considers herself a performer first and foremost and rarely takes a side in any dispute, leaving her free to bring pleasure to anyone seeking it.

_{How freely can the courier move in the galaxy? Are there or have there been any outstanding bounties?}

There are no outstanding bounties and Ryndi travels frequently given her work as an entertainer. She has no known political or faction affiliations and is commonly employed by both legitimate and criminal entities.

_{Psychological evaluation of Courier.}

Stable and not easily flustered. She deals with a variety of powerful and often unsavory clients so keeping a cool head is essential.

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

Ryndi is a recreational user of glitterstim, though there are no known incidents where its use has interfered with her work, nor does she show any signs of addiction.

_{Major achievements and failures on record.}

Ryndi lost a small spice shipment when it was confiscated by pirates while en route to Balmorra on a small trade vessel. Captivated by her beauty and aware of her reputation as a 'performer', the pirates took Ryndi captive as well. While she managed to bargain her release, that it involved performing with the captain's kybuck left her unable to perform for nearly a month.

Interview

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

Ryndi is the youngest of eight, evenly split in gender, in a close-knit family that still resides on Zeltros. Her mother is an exotic dancer, often also taking private engagements, and she is the origin of many of talents for which Ryndi has achieved a measure of fame. In fact, she's the only of the eight to follow in their mother's trade, owing almost entirely to her precocious development. Her passion for dance and performance showed early, and she began learning the former by imitating her mother nearly as soon as she could walk. By adolescence, Ryndi had grown to 5'10" and her figure had blossomed such that she appeared a statuesque woman well before being of a decent age to perform legally. She began dancing regardless, so that by the time she was able to legitimately do so, she'd already become quite experienced.

With her mother's encouragement and promotion, combined with Ryndi's talent and striking appearance, the girl achieved a measure of fame on Zeltros that expanded from dancing and intimate, private engagements to explicit exotic shows in larger venues. With that, demand for private engagements grew as did her fee for accepting them, and correspondingly the level of clientele able to afford her services. That shift opened new doors, as Ryndi found herself privy to sensitive information, making new contacts, and asked to travel through much of the Inner Rim, often on private vessels. Smuggling became a natural extension of her repertoire, as her growing reputation often allowed her to easily clear checkpoints. When it didn't, she could usually offer herself in trade for her release.

After an exotic performance on Zeltros, Ryndi was approached by Nahtisse Ratinde, a bounty hunter who'd tracked a fugitive to the planet. The pair struck up a conversation and quickly became lovers, ultimately turning a casual evening into a two-week affair and head start for Nahtisse's quarry. Feeling obligated to assist after having detained the bounty hunter for so long, Ryndi used her contacts to locate the fugitive, and thus began a sort of partnership and on-and-off relationship between her and Nahtisse. The couple have since entered a martial union and Ryndi has relocated to Alderaan to live with Nahtisse, to whom she is very much attached. That said, in concession to the Zeltron, Nahtisse allows her to continue her career, having redefined fidelity as loyalty rather than physical exclusivity.

@februari

Approved by me.