Star Wars: Dark Star (MAIN THREAD)

[fireinthedust]

A thousand-thousand years may pass, and what was may vanish with them.
Yet while what has past may be forgotten, it may not forget.

STAR WARS: DARK STAR

EPISODE 1: THE OBELISK

One hundred centuries after the fall of Emperor Palpatine, the Republic enjoys a seemingly endless age of privilege and prosperity. The Jedi Order has both waxed and waned in their role in the military, finally retreating to smaller temple-worlds. The legacy of the Sith seems to have dwindled to myth over the ages, their ruins gathering dust.

The Republic is now a dying giant, bloated and ancient. The dominant cultures include the rigid traditionalist Mandalorian, and the free-market Correllian Consortium. With some worlds too caught up in ancient customs to see danger at their doorstep, and others too greedy to care, the task of defending the people has fallen to mercenaries.

Enter the Cavalier: a star destroyer tasked with defending the Republic. A crew of clone troopers is supplemented by a troupe of adventurers, sell-swords and scoundrels. This band of outcasts travel the galaxy defending the weak and fighting the good fight.
Meanwhile, in space...

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ooc: this is the "hub" thread. We'll use it for OOC discussions (keeping both groups rooted and forming community), and gaming when you're together on the ship (like now). I want your first post to be a description of yourself as other people see you (ie: "you see a tall, dark, handsome stranger with a wide-brimmed hat and a long white beard").

[fireinthedust]

LORE


HUMANS: The most populous race in the Galaxy, humans have expanded to many worlds over many centuries. They have the most diverse population, however, as many cultures have formed on every colony and in every system. Humans have no unified loyalty beyond culture, and empires have fought one another many times throughout history. The three major cultures include Mandalorian aristocracy, Corellion corporate culture, and a non-culture of the so-called “outworlders” who live on the frontiers of the galaxy as settlers. The cultures are not exclusive or ethnic, and different factions within each vie for power with one another, and with the other cultures.

ALIENS/NON-HUMANS: An extremely diverse group, the non-human races rarely expand their cultures beyond their home systems, and instead blend with the major human cultures. The major alien races include Hutts, Wookies, Trandoshians, Ewoks (now a technologically advanced race), Bothans, Twi’Lek, Jawas, and Duros. Others exist in much smaller numbers, with Ithorians and Mon Calamari nearly extinct.

TECHNOLOGY: The core worlds are extremely advanced, having discovered virtually limitless clean power; but, having no need to expand to meet their needs, have become insular. Cybernetics has blossomed, with augmentations and prosthetic limbs common surgeries. Artificial Intelligence has likewise blossomed, with many computer networks gaining personalities of their own, and expressing them through holographic projections throughout the ship or complex. The Holo-Net, an interstellar network for information, is usually present throughout the Core worlds, and some mid-rim worlds with special transmission stations; but it is not reliable compared to on-world networks for commerce or entertainment (ie: you can call the Emperor or use markers to navigate in hyperspace, but not much else). Droids are still commonly used, but are now joined by more-lifelike Androids (and Gynoids) who typically fill the roles of companions and servants. Ships are, as ever, the most important method of travel and trade. All the best advanced are only in the Core worlds, and eventually trickle out to the Outer Rim, usually because of distance, lack of infrastructure or resources in the OR, and even obstacles like asteroid belts or black holes making travel there hard.

MANDALORIAN CULTURES: The Aristocrats of Mandalor are without a doubt a driving force in Galactic history, and in the time since the “Battle of Yavin”, there was a significant Mandalorian Renaissance. Manda has long been the hub of culture, art and civilization, and through its influence passed on culture to thousands of worlds. Many that it welcomed into its empire did so because they had been devastated by disasters, wars, plagues, and poverty. Mandalorians are rightly credited with saving the Galaxy, and for centuries their Galactic Empire of Mandalore was a beacon of light and hope within the Republic and beyond. Many would say that, for that time, Mandalore *was* the Republic, and they are quite right. After ten thousand years the planet of Mandalore itself has waned politically, but many of the worlds they spread to or inspired still retain the traditions, laws and culture of Manda. Even Corellians, when they have enough money, adopt Mandalorian habits. Most Mandalorians are commoners, not nobles, but there are traditions for everything, and everyone has their place and duty.

CORELLIAN CULTURES: Correlia is the hub of the new, of money, and power in the Galaxy, the power of corporations and their technology. Currency is the new currency, according to Correlia, and reality rather than tradition is their driving force. Corellia became the place for guilds of merchants, craftsmen, bankers and others who had talent, worked for their positions, but didn’t have the family connections or “breeding” of Mandalorian aristocrats. This was enough to shift power their way as Mandalore began to wane, and trade, shipping and technology helped the corporations grow in power to their present bloat. Some Corellians dislike how much the successful corporations have taken over, buying up most smaller operations, so that they begin to resemble Mandalorian cultures. True Corellians, they say, are skilled small business owners, freedom-loving, and often overly-blunt.

JEDI: The Jedi Order have focused on their mystical vocation, having retreated from being an official arm of the Republic, and spreading out across the Galaxy to small Temple-World settlements to meditate and train. One example is Magos, a deserted world with only a few Jedi-built stone suctures divided by leagues of sandy wastes. The Jedi are unified into a single Order, but the Counsel of Masters rarely meets all in the same place more than once each century. Instead, a given Master has a territory or world, and knights and padawans training under them; or they travel freely through the stars, however the Force moves them; and contacts the others through hologram communication on matters of great import, such as when one or more Jedi turn to the dark side. Jedi can still hold offices or other roles, such as being officers of the Republic, and if known are given special rank and respect as Jedi. The Empress of Karkasune, a Mandalorian culture, is Jedi-trained and keeps a Jedi Master as her personal advisor. The stations guarding Sith ruins likewise usually have commanders who are Jedi.

DARK SIDE USERS: Occasionally a Jedi will turn to the dark side, going rogue and causing havoc until they are hunted down by as many Jedi as it takes. The Sith Empire is a virtual myth, their worlds naught but haunted ruins avoided by settlers and guarded by Jedi and Republic forces.

[fireinthedust]

POST ONE: WELCOME TO THE CAVALIER

The capital ship comes out of hyperspace, slowing from incredible speeds to a peaceful drift in an instant. The long body of the ship is formed like the barrel of a blaster, tapering to a point at the keel and with many batteries of guns along the two flanks of the ship; the effect is a battle ship of elegance as well as power, authority yet function as a ship of war. The hyperspace engines at the rear glow white-blue as they push the Cavalier along at impulse, a leisurely patrol speed. Yet only the stars surround the ship here, in the space between systems, while within the ship determines its course.

You make your way through the corridors of the ship, and service droids move out of your way as you pass before returning to their tasks at control panels and lighted displays. The interior of the ship is efficient, corridors and quarters making the best use of space for function as well as use. Yet at times the Mandalorian influence upont he republic military is made apparent, as the lines of the ship draw the gaze, and large spaces open up fantastic views.

The doors to the meeting room swish open with a blast of pressurized air, and the auditorium is revealed to you as one such place: a massive room with a great dome with hexagonal panels that ripple on their surface to create a holographic display of star systems, then planetary environments. There is a flash of star fighters battling as you enter, before being quickly replaced by a brightly-lit desert so real that your instincts make you forget you are on a starship, but only for a moment.

The room itself is filled with many rings of seats surrounding a central hub. A hologram projector in the center of the hub projects three-dimensional images in standard blue-green, of the Cavalier and spinning planets around a star. The hub has a wide ring around it, and it is there that your meeting is taking place.

Captain Lancaster is surrounded by a crowd of highly unconventional individuals, of note many obvious scoundrels and bounty hunters, aliens and droids, and more than a few Jedi. Yet, as boisterous as they may normally be, all the bravado is hushed as the old man speaks.

He is a broad-shouldered man, moreso because of his trooper-style plate armor with its shoulder plates and the military icons painted upon it. His head is bare, and you can see his white hair drawn tightly back into a braid, and the long white moustache and pointed beard over his muzzle. He has a strong air of command about him, of nobility earned through deed and competence, but not cruelty. Simply put, even the bounty hunters and soldiers he’s collected, some only a hair’s breadth from being pirates themselves, calm down willingly when he enters a room. Even the lawless want to believe in such a man, to follow him, to be a part of his crew. The sort of commander that makes one want to be a better soldier, a better person, even without speaking. He wears the armor, the signs of office, even the long-hilted lightsaber at his belt, naturally, almost incidentally. Rather, his simply stands at the holo-display, and the rest of you stand around him, and there is a strong sense of peace and purpose about that.

The troopers directly flanking him, and the doorways, are similarly dressed, if less decorated. Their armor bears the red stripe of Lancaster’s command on their shoulders and arms.

A small woman in long brown robes waits to one side, eyes closed either in meditation or sleep, with a half-smile on her face. She has none of Lancaster’s command, but much more peace as she slowly breaths in and out. Her robes are wrapped around her in many folds, like a rose made of fine soft homespun, in soft white with patterns. This is clearly Jedi Master Shoshanna, the instructor for the Cavalier’s mobile temple.

Surrounding Master Shoshonna are two youths, one a girl wearing a purple tunic with her hair in twin braids atop her head, the other a brash-looking lad Corellian pilot clothes including yellow-striped black pants and a vest over a white shirt. The girl seems somewhat shy, while the boy seems... arrogant.

Opposite the Jedi youths is a cadre of adults with a look more like brigands or pirates, armed and armored as if ready to set off bounty hunting. This is one of the teams Lancaster employs, known to be the best of the best, with the best results: Team Alpha, who pilot the ship called The Ulfir.

Leading them is a broad-shouldered man wearing steel armor, a metal facemask and gladiator plate-sleeve, with blasters and some kind of spiked chain at his waist. He needs no introduction, being the bounty-hunter called Kalvan. Next to him is a hulking battle droid with spiked shoulders and skull-shaped mask, several blasters mounted on his body, shoulder and forearm. Off to the side stands a brown-robed Zabrak, the Jedi Knight Mo’Ohn, known to serve alongside Kalvan’s band as the voice of the Jedi. On the other side of the group, next to the giant droid, are two reptilian bounty hunters who are enormous in their own right: Trandoshian brothers given the nick name “head hunter boys”. They hiss and lean in to whisper to one another as the room fills up.

[ooc] I believe one or both applicants had a thing about a Trandoshian bounty hunter. THIS IS THAT PERSON!!! Plus their brother. If there’s only one of you (I forget, I’ve been busy), now you’ve got two Trandoshians and at least one of them looks familiar.

You know you can’t act right now, in front of Lancaster, Wookie rage or not. Fighting among the crew is NOT tolerated. However, who knows if those two reptiles will make it personal...

The room fills up with more and more bounty hunters, smugglers, troopers, jedi, droids, aliens, and even a few diplomats. One by one they gain missions from Lancaster and are dismissed. Team Alpha gain a data pad with information, and leave. All but the Jedi look at you dismissively, the Trandoshians even chuckling as they leave. Soon only you and the Jedi are left.

Lancaster turns to you.

“So, you’re the new recruits. Welcome. You’ll be part of a new initiative, one I’m calling Nova Squad. You’ll divide yourselves into two teams, and each team will take one of our two available transport ships: The Mavrick and the Outrider. Both teams will receive missions and carry them out, but you’ll feel free to mix and match as required for your efforts.”

The hologram in the middle of the hub displays two ships as he mentions them.

“These are your first missions:

MAGOS: The Jedi Temple world of Magos is experiencing intense storms across its surface. The weather satellites in orbit around it usually keep the skies calm, but a number of them are malfunctioning. These storms are deadly, and any upon the surface caught in one of them will be annihilated by the storm. The temple has, so far, remained untouched but the orbits and atmosphere are moving the storms over the surface towards them. The planet is a desert canyon, void of inhabitants save for the Jedi dwelling there and the wildlife brought with them centuries ago. Its natural state without the satellites is a maelstrom of cutting sand. You must go there and find out what damaged the satellites, and help the Jedi on the planet. Make contact with Jedi Master M’Tiaz on the planet, and make sure they and the younglings are alright.

THE GRAVEYARD: There was once a planet named Alderan, until it was destroyed by a doomsday weapon long ago. The asteroid belt that was the planet still circles the world, and other than a world’s worth of debris and the planet’s moons, it has long been shunned as haunted by the ghosts of that world. Lots of stories about spirits attacking ships, and only the most reckless of pirates and smugglers would dare use it as a base of operations. Sadly, right now that includes two groups. One is a band of pirates led by a mad wookie called Red Claw, who’ve been raiding hyperspace lanes that pass through the system thanks to various distortions. The other is the old hideout of an... associate of the Cavalier, an eccentric technician who is the best in the galaxy... or was. Docket was working on a very important unit of the Cavalier’s computer system, our ship’s interactive AI named JAEN. He’s gone quiet, which is never good; especially when he was going to buy passage on this ship by fixing our AI. Red Claw may have decided to either capture him or kill him, and neither is good for anyone. I need the other team to go into his ASTEROID HIDEOUT and get THE COMPONENT and bring it back here. I need you to do this without getting caught up by Red Claw or killed by the hideout’s defences. If Docket is alive, make sure he stays that way, bring him back here and don’t let him blow himself up. Or yourselves.

[TheThan]

Allyson Solitaire

Allyson takes her seat in the audience chamber. It was good to be out amongst the stars again and old habits die hard. Scanning the room, Allyson can’t help but marvel at the rag tag collection of scum and villainy. This was the new face of heroism?

Continuing her sweep of the room, she locks her eyes on Master Shoshonna for a second. She looks younger than Allyson anticipated, age wasn’t necessarily a factor for attaining the rank of master, but it often helped. Her apprentices seemed interesting pupils as well, one clearly lacked patience, the other lacked confidence. It wasn’t her place to citizen another master’s choice of students... That lead to the sudden realization: where was her apprentice? That little rascal ran off again. Pampy was probably off boosting someone’s wallet. Allyson had told her that theft was unbecoming of Jedi, and that she should only do it when necessary. Which did nothing to dissuade her from doing it anyway. The twi’lek youngling was new at this and had much to learn.

[Techmagss]

Twenty-One

A clone trooper enters a few minutes after Allyson, inexplicably tall- standing at around 6"3, it seems to be much taller than usual. It doesn't seem to be stock, as the trooper seems to have a different figure than a regular one would- more 'feminine'. It dons a red-white armband labelled '2148' on its upper-right arm, alongside a sniper rifle attached to its back. The armour has green stripes adorned decoratively over it. The trooper looks around, patiently watching, waiting and listening.

[Rogan]

Rogan Duneklimber

Among the last persons to enter is Rogan, who still is amazed by the size of his new home. The young man takes a moment to look around and watch the holograms. It was not the first time for him to see this technology at work, but certainly this was the biggest - and best - projection he had ever seen. But finally, he shakes his head; he wasn't here to watch some pretty pictures. Rogan steadies himself and moves to the other new recruits, waiting for the briefing. At first, he listens to every word Captain Lancaster and the other officers say, but it does not take very long till his attention moves to his new comrades.

His grey eyes turn to Twenty-One and a small smile shows on his face. Rogan might not be a short man, but still he would need to grow some inches to catch up with this guy. And the equipment this soldier was carrying…No, Rogan was certainly less well equipped. But he liked his own sturdy blaster rifle and his dirty-grey survivor cloak. After a short nod his attention moves again as Rogan watches the other ‘soldiers’ under Captain Lancaster’s command.

[Fobok]

Pamp'y'teksa is a pink Twi'lek youngling, somewhere around the equivalent of a human of ten to twelve standard years old. Rather than the traditional padawan robes, (though she'll wear them if pressed), she's dressed in a simple zipped-up vest and shorts, though with her Jedi belt today as well, lightsaber hanging from one side. She's also barefoot, as is usual for her.

Pampy comes running into the briefing room, slipping in past the clone troopers and zig-zagging through the crowd to quickly make her way over to her master. Poy, her little winged reptavian pet, swoops over the heads of the crowd and lands on her shoulder when she arrives at Allyson's side.

Nobody knows what species Poy is, but it looks similar to an Keshiri Uvak, though much smaller. With large wings, long neck and tail and four limbs, the little creature was covered in tiny green scales. Despite its small size, and general friendliness around Pampy, its limbs end in razor sharp claws, and its mouth is equipped with venomous fangs.

[dupersudi]

D49A-235N enters the room emitting a clanking sound from his carapace. He is an ancient looking droid whose chassis seems to consist of more patches than the original. He has a heavy blaster affixed to each hip. Several modifications seem evident. His optical sensors are of different colors, one red, one gold, his left leg seems to be from a completely different model droid, and he has an emblem of a Krayt Dragon emblazoned on his chest.

He scans every being in the room, noting what biometric information he can easily pick up and searching various spectrum of light for traces of weapons, internally cataloging who has what. He notes the small child who just appeared and calculates her age. Must be Jedi, wouldn't be allowed on the ship at that age otherwise.

As the briefing winds down to the two new squads, he asks Lancaster a question. "So Cap'n, do we decide amongst ourselves who's in what squad and which squad gets which mission?"


I like Dark Orange, so dibs.
Also italics denote thoughts.

[Yael]

Jharumi Richards

Jharumi enters the room, she kind of ignores the holograms and centers her attention directly at Captain Lancaster; she takes her seat immeiatly afterwards (whichever is closer.) While Jharumi's listening, she takes a look at all other members of the group; in some sort of way she feels like she can trust them (although not with her life, for sure.)

Jharumi is wearing her white tank top, her camo-jeans and her backpack (which she takes off and put it at the floor, right next to her right leg.)

As she hears the mision codenamed as: "THE GRAVEYARD", she immediatly gives it top priority. She understands that the mision is an "in-out" to secure Docket, but her deep hate towards pirates shows up and she states (in form of a question) towards Captain Lancaster.

• Are we supposed to do those misions in order? If so, which is first?

She remains quiet for a second before she stands up from her seat, salute the captain and finally continues.

• Ace is ready for whatever mision is given, sir.

Then she sits back and wait for her answer, staring at the Captain.

[fireinthedust]

OOC: Hey all! Okay, a couple clarifications

1) Unless everyone drops out, we've got so many interested players that we'll have two teams. As I like our cadre of people, we'll be all part of the same crew, and we'll all talk on this thread here; and maybe eventually we'll do a massive mission using just this thread. ahem.

However, I'll be creating two "mission threads" for the teams. You only have to worry about your mission, and this thread. So you can either do Storms on Magos or The Graveyard Shift. Pick one, and we'll go from there.

Unless everyone but you folks drop out, at which point I'll run you through either or both missions.


2) Shoshonna is old. Like, um, OOOOOOOOoooooollld. Think Yoda + Jocasta. She's got the youths next to her, and the original post there were younglings, but I figure I'll have them on Magos (spoiler, but technically obvious, cause Jedi Temple planet of Magos and all). I'll see if I can do some art when I get a minute, or show quick sketches.

[Venom]

Arrichalbecca

Sitting back in his chair, the dark haired Wookiee scans the room with his bright yellow eyes, and takes note of the multitude of lifeforms, both natural and artificial, coming and going. As soon as the last of the veterans makes their way out of the meeting and Captain Lancaster calls his rookies to attention Ark sits forward, still a full head and shoulder height taller than the tallest human present.

He reads both of the missions and he growls in Shyriiwook, "I'll volunteer for the Magos mission, but if anyone thinks my skills would be better used going after the technician then so be it."

((OOC: I'm calling green for speech color, and who's the squad leader of Nova Squad any hoo?))

[Batpope Scott]

Jumper walks in with his helmet on, in a bit of a rush not to be late again. His plastoid-plated clone armor bearing a navy blue trim over the traditional stark white. He stands in the circle, forgetting to remove his helmet, and glances at the armored alphas nervously.

These bounty hunters make me nervous.

His thoughts aside, he listens to the mission parameters intently and states "Respectfully sir, I believe I should go on the mission to the graveyard. As a pilot and a clone trooper, I've received a lot of Zero-G training that might come in handy on the asteroids, not to mention the tricky piloting in the asteroid field itself."

I figured Navy was appropriate for a Clone Pilot.

Also, I'm using Italics to denote thoughts and bold for EMPHASIS when called for.

[TheThan]

Allyson Solitaire
“I believe we shall take the mission to Magos. However, I’m not a technician, and one may be required to get the weather satellites functioning.” Allyson says calmly.
“Which ship will be going where?” she asks commander Lancaster.

[Yael]

Jharumi Richards

Upon hearing Allyson Solitaire's statement, Jharumi stands up and states the following (towards the Captain):

If suggestions are accepted, sir; I recommend taking "THE GRAVEYARD" first, the I consider it higher priority.

Already said why I would go against the flow for MAGOS, aiming for GRAVEYARD, but we'll see how this goes.

[Fobok]

There's a squeak from Poy, and Pampy quickly shushes the creature, petting its head. The youngling then turns her attention back to looking around, taking in everybody that's around them.

She looks back up to her master, then, as their mission is chosen, and she speaks up, "They'd have droids on the planet that can fix things, wouldn't they? Bet it's not just a repair job, but something bigger going on."

[Rogan]

"I would like to go to Magos. It looks a bit like home..."

He takes a moment to look around the other recruits before speaking again.

"We probably won’t need all of us to do this job, so you" he turns his focus to Allyson "can take one ship and try to save the technician, while we are taking the other ship to find out what causes the malfunctions at Magos and get rid of this problem.

Rogan takes himself another moment to find out how many members the Nova Squad has.

"We should have five people at every team. So we can take one more member to fix the satellites. Who wants to join us?

[dupersudi]

D49A-235N speaks up again. "I will." It is all he says before he begins trawling through his crowded memory banks trying to think of anything to do with Magos he has ever heard of.

[fireinthedust]

IC:

Lancaster looks at the team as it sorts itself.

"Magos... should have technicians, yes, but the satellites are usually manned by repair droids. You'll need to find out when you get there what needs to be done. The primary job is to get the Jedi to safety, even if that means picking them up on your ship and waiting out the storms. After that, I suggest then and ONLY then going up to the satellites to see what's wrong. I'll be sending some troopers with you as backup, and some of them are technicians who can change a leaky power coupling. My experience has shown that technical issues can be the least of your problems, and usually are when Jedi are involved."

"The Graveyard will be a challenge, and good of you to volunteer. We'll need the AI part, and I'm hopeful Docket hasn't fallen into Red Claw's hands. That Wookie Pirate has been tearing up the space lanes for years, so don't underestimate him."


OOC:

I'm listing what's been suggested so far, but feel free to switch teams as desired.

MAGOS TEAM
Jedi Master Alyson Solitaire
Pampy
Rogan
D49A-235N (Droid)
Ark (Wookie)

GRAVEYARD TEAM
Jumper
Jharumi

STILL WAITING
Solus
21
...and I'm not even sure who else is still with us, actually. I hope everyone. (shrugs)

[fireinthedust]

OOC: Any additional questions for Lancaster? I see Magos is overwhelmingly popular! They're both good missions, don't be shy! :D

Also, I forgot!

IC:


THE HOLOGRAM WALLS

When Lancaster discusses the Graveyard, the walls of the room transform into a perfect asteroid field. You can see the asteroids floating around you, towards you, some larger than even a capital ship like the cavalier. One of them zooms closer, and you can see a cunningly-hidden docking port for a ship in a small nook.
When Captain Lancaster discusses Docket, you see a hologram of the technician appear over the middle hub (so not on the walls, but in the RotJ holoprojector in the middle). An Ewok! This one is wearing a suit covered in pockets and gadgets, tools and so forth. His head is bare, shaggy fut in all directions, with a pair of thick goggles around his neck. His eyes look... a little manic, shifty, like an eccentric genius-type.
When he brings up Red Claw pirates, the hologram changes: you see a large, angry-looking transport with turrets mounted to the top, and two fighter starships flanking it. Then the ships vanish, and are replaced by a massive (MASSIVE!) Wookie with warrior shoulder pads and weapons strapped to their back. On the shoulder plates are (you guessed it) the red claw symbol.


When discussing MAGOS the walls change. Instead of a star field, you find yourselves standing in what looks like a vast red desert. There are mountains in the distance, and embedded in the canyon wall of red stone near you is an extremely tall carved surface: the front entrance to the Jedi Temple on Magos.

The central hologram appears as one of the Satellites: a large space station that orbits the planet; now you see a chain of them above a small sphere (Magos). There isn't a clear idea of what's wrong, so when several of them go red, a cloudy mass covers part of the planet, moving across its surface.

The walls of the room mirror this: a giant, scary sandstorm is collecting on the horizon, and coming towards where you're standing. As it washes over you, the image trembles. When the storm is gone, you can see rock formations that were there battered, broken by the storm's violence.

The image vanishes, becoming a serene star field once more.

[fireinthedust]

CLONES: Actually, I think of player characters as... a cut above? So you may be a clone, but you're effectively free agents now. That or you're really high ranking among the crew. Lancaster sees people, and if you're awesome enough he'll give you a place among the "hero squads".

So the teams will command some mook clones... red shirts, basically. But we love our clones. :D

[Batpope Scott]

"That's... a big wookiee. Are we to subdue Red Claw if we have the chance, sir?"

Jumper shifts slightly, ready to get going. His mind runs through what he knows of the two ships and which would be better for navigating a asteroid field.


OOC: I figured we were something special, really, but Jumper is ever the modest badass. :P

[Yael]

Jharumi Richards.

Ace turns her sight to the clone who just spoke, she then gave a little smile with half of her mouth and nodded, then she turned right to Lancaster.

I agree with Mr. Clone Pilot, trained in Zero-G.
And I also second his question, if we find that wookie-pirate-scum, do we have the permision to "secure" him?
She turns to Jumper.
May I assume that we own the permision to shot?

Jharumi makes fun of people who actually do things better than her. She also recieved training in Zero-G, but she never shows her skills until needed; also, Jharumi has never been that good at Zero-G, in a way, she respects Jumper for pointing his strengths before the mision.

[Venom]

Arrichalbecca

Turning to Jumper and Ace, ((all speech in Shyriiwook)) I'm going to give you a warning, do go for the kill shot. He won't be too nice if you shoot him and only wound him. They don't call him Red Claw for nothing.

Turning back to his assigned team, Well, I think we should be on our way before that storm makes it impossible to land and rescue the Jedi. Standing, he says. If you need me, I'll be in my quarters gathering my things.

[TheThan]

Allyson Solitaire

“Yes, we all should get going as soon as possible. It seems that time is of the essence on both of these missions.”
She then stands and gives a polite bow to the other Jedi master and the Captain Lancaster.

“Come along” she says, looking down at Pampy. With that she Glides out of the room.

[Yael]

Jharumi Richards.

When Allyson lefts the room, Jharumi turns her sight to Jumper, and says: May we be skilled enough to consider ourselves good, but I don't think that this mision can be acomplished by just two of us. She turns to Lancaster, then proceeds: I assume that only both of us, Jumper and I, will go through the mission by ourselves, am I correct? She stands up and walks towards the entrance, showing her back to the remaining members of the crew inside the room. When she reaches the door, she opens it...
I assume that the door was closed automaticaly when Allyson left.
...and turns only her sight to Jumper.

I, too, shall prepare myself for the mision. I will meet you at the Hangar, Mr. J.

Jharumi went straight to her chambers to put on her mandalorian-clone suit armor.

[Fobok]

Pampy stands up, and after a split second of hesitation imitates her master's bow, causing the little reptavian on her shoulder to squeak in protest at the disruption of its perch, flapping into the air. Pampy looks up at it and says something in Ryl, then turns to hurry after Allyson. The creature circles in the air once, then swoops after the youngling.

[Batpope Scott]

Jumper stares after Jharumi as she leaves, saying only "If everything goes according to plan, I'm sure you could handle this mission by yourself."

But nothing is ever that simple.

[dupersudi]

D49A-235N salutes the captain and then follows the others to the ship. Clunking and wheezing as he walks.

[Techmagss]

Twenty-One

The clone trooper gives a brief salute towards the captain upon the end of the briefing, and heads out to the Hangar to refuel and prep the resident fighter ship, the Phantom.

[Rogan]

Rogan imitates the clones salute toward the captain, than leaves the briefing room to grab his gear and refill his water bottle, than he heads toward the hangar to meet the other team members.

[fireinthedust]

Ooc: okay, so I'm waiting to see if Solus et al join in. If not, I'll combine both crews, as we have "only" 8. Shoshana is about to have a powerful vision via the force...

[Batpope Scott]

OOC: I was almost afraid I'd have to actually pull my weight in the mission! :D

[Yael]

Jharumi Richards.
Well, then we are not supposed to leave yet because we're waiting for another player, huh? I suppose we should wait up and see then.

Jharumi goes straight to her dorm and puts on her armor.

This image (http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/043/3/4/my_mandalorian_armor_by_b_312-d5upj9s.jpg) might represent the armor itself, but not quite. The colouring is different and the cape is on the other shoulder, however the dual pistols fit really well. The colors might change from that creepy red to a darkish blue (on the helmet, arms, and legs), the cape would be dark blue (at both sides), the yellow sections would be darker, and the helmet would have the Screw Sttack symbol on the forehead (of course, a dark yellow.)
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/043/3/4/my_mandalorian_armor_by_b_312-d5upj9s.jpg
I will submit a modified version of this image, it wasn't drawn by me though.

She is not wearing her helmet, though. After getting her gear up, along with her backpack and tools, she departs to the hangar. As she walks through the corridors, she speaks to herself.
Whether or not this mision is considered high priority... *sigh* It must be done, even if it is just by myself...
When she gets to the corridor, she stands there, waiting for the reamaining members of the crew; then she continues her self-speech:
I might be called reckless, but I'm no stupid, going to Alderaan's RIPP would be suicidal if not executed correctly; furthermore, if we manage to do "MAGOS" ASAP, we could go to Alderaan as well... I might have a speech with Mr. J about our first mision, of course, this is only if we both are the only members going to "THE GRAVEYARD."

Waiting, there, she puts her helmet on.

[fireinthedust]

OOC: Okay, here's the post. Between school for publishing and insane toddlers at home, I can't always get to the keyboard when I'd like. Oy, time management!

This is going to happen BEFORE anyone leaves the briefing room, just to keep it simple; just as Master Alyson and Pampy are on their way out:

...And before any of you think this is contrived, it's what I would have done if I only had a few players for this game (or if I could man up and reject players... but I'm so nice, and pleased people want to play with me, I can't help it! :) )


IC:


Captain Lancaster begins to assign the tasks formally, keying in names to the data pad at the holoprojector, before even Master Alyson gets up to leave.

The elder Jedi, seemingly old and frail, creases her eyebrows in concern. The normally serene expression is gone as a wave of pain washes over her. She stumbles forward, to be caught by the purple-robed Padawan at her side.

"Master Shoshana!" the Padawan girl says, quickly kneeling down to hold her aged Master from falling.

"The Younglings!" Shoshana cries. The sound of her voice is of concern to all, filled with pain and distress.

"Magos, the Nova Squad must go to Magos!" She says, clutching at the air.

"Bridge, this is Lancaster, set Co-ordinates for the Jump to..."

"No! Only the Nova Squad must go. You... are needed elsewhere."

Lancaster grunts. "Belay that, bridge."

Then to Master Solitaire, but also the rest of the group, Lancaster says

"Then it seems I'll need you all to go to Magos. Get the Younglings, find out what's going on... and be careful. Take one of the free Transports, either the Outrider, the Starfire or the Maverick. Bring along a squad of Clone Troopers, and make use of the ship's Astromech if you need to. Get the Younglings to safety."

Shoshana speaks up, "And take the Padawans with you, Mani and Javan."

Lancaster looks like he would object, but he doesn't.

****


OOC: please pick a ship.

(Scene change!)


THE HANGER BAY #1

After grabbing your gear, the team reaches the Hanger Bay Number 1.

It is a massive bay with a number of ships, and doors leading to the cargo bay. There are three ships, each modified by past crews.

The Outrider: A very fast and manoeuvrable ship, with Great Sensors, but only a little space for modifications and cargo. Three guns. High shields.

The Maverick: A very Manoeuvrable ship, with lots of space for modifications, and a sometimes-working Jammer/Cloak that can play havoc with sensors and other systems. Two guns. High shields, Low Armor.

The Starfire: A slow ship with Lots of Guns, but it can jump to Hyperspace incredibly quickly (on a dime) at the risk of burning out its hyperdrive for a day. Some cargo room. Low shields, heavy armour.


OOC: just to move things along. If you want to redesign a ship, that's fine for later. I don't have a "system" for ships, but these are descriptors you can use when trying to justify stuff.

Disclaimer: we won't be using ships exclusively, as I have no idea what I'm doing just yet. When we do, I want everyone to have *something* to do, whether it's "mess with sensors" or "fire a gun" or "pilot the ship" or "use engineering to give a boost to (pilot, guns, shields, etc.)"

[Batpope Scott]

OOC: Are we talking Outrider as in Dash Rendar's YT-2400? Because, if so, I want so bad.

IC:

Jumper walks up to the Outrider, looking at the gun emplacements with a noncommittal "Hmm." as he inspects the set-up.

He turns back to his team and says "I think we should take one of the two more maneuverable ships, personally, because armor's only good for getting shot."

[Rogan]

OOC: I think the Outrider would be nice, but Rogan probably would not know about spaceships, so he won’t vote.

IC:

Rogan inspects the three ships for a moment, than he shrugs ""That sound right. Especially for this mission we will want a ship able to outmanoeuvre the sandstorm, if we need to. But I don’t know much about spaceships, so it’s better you choose which one we should take"

[dupersudi]

"We may need to evacuate, the one with the largest cargo hold is the superior choice, especially without us actually having to perform space combat. The high shields may also be effective at least temporarily against the storms."


OOC: The Outrider would be the ride I'd want into combat though.

[Fobok]

While the adults decide on which ship to take, a conversation Pampy has no clue how to contribute to, she makes her way over to the other padawans. She gives a cheerful smile as she greets them, "Hello." Then, quickly, she adds in introduction, "I'm Pampy, Master Solitaire's Padawan. Have you gone on missions like this before?"

[Yael]

Jharumi Richards.

Ace looks up for the three ships, while listening to her companions. Even while the Starfire might be useful at a risky situation, being at planet surfrace won't help jumping to Hyperspace, so I also vote up for the Outrider, it might be our best choice due to its manoeuvrability; therefore, a clean extraction might be done easier and safer. But another contradiction comes to mind, clearly stated by Dan, we need space for cargo, a.k.a. our rescue targets.
Tough choice, isn't it? Every ship contains an useful method of completing the mision; however... Jharumi starts walking towards the Outrider, when she's about 6ft from it, she starts walking around it. I'll keep my vote for the Outrider. As she walks around the Outrider, she also states. If you all don't mind, I might go and check for the radar/sensors part, I have some training in detection devices.

[Venom]

Arrichalbecca,

Rounding the corner into the hangar bay,the Wookiee calls attention to himself. ((all speech in Shyriiwook)) "I'm here", he shouts. "So"... he says as he gets close to the group. Setting down his duffel bag with an audible thump, he looks at the ship that the others are gathering around, "have we already picked her out"? He looks around for a bit and asks innocently, "so, where's our squad of troopers and the astro-mech"?

[fireinthedust]

As if on cue (ooc: ahem!) a squad of Troopers arrive in their shining white armor. Along with them is a purple-striped Astromech that bleeps and chirps happily as if saying hello.

The lead trooper looks to your group. "We're the troopers for Nova Squad, reporting for duty. Captain's orders say you're the grunts, and we're your grunts. This is V13, our Astromech. She's... bubbley. May be time for a memory wipe, you ask me, but she'll get the job done. What are your orders? Which ship should we load up?"


OOC: So far looks like you guys are saying the Maverick? I need definite answers.


Pampy: As you speak to the Padawans, the young lad sizes you up arrogantly. He gives you a look like he's the greatest ever, looking at someone who wants to be cool like him. He's the epitome of the Corellian bravo, but also really, um, cute. Like, boy band cute.

"You're the new Twilek, huh? My name's Javar, and this is Manue, but we call her Manu. Or Manny. We're the padawans aboard the Cavalier, which means we've seen action. We've even made our own lightsabres, and taken tests with Master Shoshana and Master Lancaster himself. Which means, when we get down there, stay behind me when trouble comes. And try not to turn to the dark side with fear."

Manu moves over to Pampy, putting her hand on her arm. She is very *pretty*, like a delicate kind of sweet girl type, though her clothes are functional. (ooc: think Padme, but not a fiery persona, like a wallflower Padme. In trousers.)

"Don't listen to him. I've heard Master Solitaire is very brave, and you've probably seen, you know, a lot. He just likes to show off that he can swing a lightsabre. We're going down just to help with Magos, and keep an eye on the Younglings. They're much younger than you, some of them, and haven't even taken the first of the tests. If Magos gets destroyed..." Manu shivers.

Javar jumps in. "If Magos is under attack, it puts the Jedi Order at risk."

[Rogan]

Rogan turns to greet the troopers. “Good to see you. We have not decided which ship we want to take, but it will be either the Outrider or the Maverick. While the first seems more powerful in combat, the later can hold more people, which is important in case we have to evacuate the temple. So I suggest we take the Maverick now and perhaps, we can use the Outrider on another mission?”

He pauses a moment, than continues talking. “We need equipment fit for a desert planet. Everybody should have something to prevent the heat from exhausting him. And we need water for everybody. Please see to it we got these things in sufficient numbers”
He turns to his team members “Is there anything else we need in addition to the equipment we already have?”



OOC: Can we change ships before the next mission? Or will we be stuck which the one we choose now? If yes, I think we are fine using the Maverick, if not, it depends if we are capable of evacuating using the Outrider.
Also, have we got a protocol droid or another kind of translator? If not, at least Rogan is not able to understand what Arch is saying.

[fireinthedust]

Ships: Well, after this mission you'll have the option of modifying the Maverick to fit your group's preferences. You can use up cargo space, for example, to add "stuff", that sort of thing. I hadn't thought of what they look like. The ships look great, that's how they look! :D

Translator: Hmmm... Does Ark have a floating translator collar? Heh, like in Pixar's Up? :D "Guys, it's really great being on this crew --Squirrel!"

Outrider: What? Really? Awww, I thought I was a unique snowflake... Anyway, no. It's been 100,000 years! Also, the themes for the names are based on Cavalier, and I think an Outrider is a scout of some kind (or herald, I dunno). The Maverick is more

IC:

The trooper nods at your request. "Captain Lancaster had us start boxing up the Magos gear, and we can put it on the ship you pick. As for swapping out ships later, well... Thing is, sir, that's awful luck. And the Captain has a strict policy on Squads keeping to their ships. You can change it however you like, but you'll have to earn the credits or convince the Captain you need it.

[Yael]

Jharumi Richards.

At last, and as it seems, we'll be riding the Maverick down there. Jharumi says to Rogan, she turns to the trooper leader afterwards. What was requested at once, soldier, if you may. She starts walking towards the Maverick when she stops and turns back a few steps to continue her half-speech she started with the trooper. We appreciate your advice on Captain Lancaster's procceures about swaping ships, so we will keep that in mind. Thank you for the advice. As she walks towards the Maverick, she lastly tells the soldier the following as her words are taken by the distance. Be sure to do a proper inspection on the gear, malfunctioning gear might end up in failure.


But, hey. I'm just a little girl. :smallwink:

Ace lastly says before...
...she enters the Maverick.
...she lines up for entering the ship.

I am almost sure that the Maverick is the perfec option for Magos, also we could try to change it for the Outrider as well optimizing it for better performance in other kind of misions, we'll be good :D

[Techmagss]

Twenty-One

The clone nods, speaking in a strangely feminine voice: To be.. Honest.. I would take the Maverick if we're going after the wookie. Combat is always a possibility, though I am fine with whatever you all have picked.
It gets back to work on it's ship.

[TheThan]

Jedi master Allyson Solitaire

Alyson was troubled. Master Shoshana had experience a force vision, yet none of the others present, including herself had. That could mean many things, most of which were not good. As she left the briefing room she found herself lost in thought and wasn’t quite sure how she reached the hanger bay alone but she did.
After a moment she snapped back to reality, trying to focus on the present.
“Yes the ship with the most room should be sufficient.” She says absently.


ooc: sorry i've been a bit busy

[Batpope Scott]

Jumper walks over to the Maverick and shrugs, stating "Hey, it was my second choice anyway. Let's get the gear all packed up and be outta here before another assignment pops up."

[Yael]

Jharumi Richards.

Jharumi gets off the ship without leaving it to ask her teammates: Shall we depart? As soon as she finishes talking, she goes back into the ship. Troopers and crew members could listen to her, even when she didn't mean to anybody listen, like if she was talking to herself.

I hope my half sight don't interfiere with the radar... I don't want to mess up like that last time...

[Venom]

Arrichalbecca ((All speech in Shyriiwook))

Ark looks at Ace, then to the squad of troopers. "Well, you heard her, he nods in Ace's direction. I guess this is our ship, Sergeant." As he picks up his duffel and slings it on his back, Ark says to the troopers over his shoulder, All aboard!

((OOC: Well I guess if others can't understand Shyriiwook, then I suppose I could be the owner of a floating translator droid so V13 can "talk" to the crew too)).

[Fobok]

Sorry, I seem to have missed any post notifications the last couple days. I'll post ASAP later tonight!

[Fobok]

Pampy grins at Javar's words, "Fear? I'm not frightened of anything." It's a boast, but she believes it too. "And I'll be with Master Solitaire, not behind you. I'm too fast to get hit anyway." Despite her words, she doesn't seem too upset. Partly probably because Javar is so cute, but she also seems to be treating the exchange of boasts as a game.

Manu's words make her more serious, however, and she says, "Don't worry, we'll rescue the younglings. Look at the team we got, nobody'll stand a chance."

That's when she notices that a ship seems to have been chosen, and she whistles. Poy, flying around nearby, wings down to land on her shoulder again as Pampy says, "We better board or we'll be left behind." She turns then to hurry after her master again.

[Rogan]

Rogan Duneklimber


The trooper nods at your request. "Captain Lancaster had us start boxing up the Magos gear, and we can put it on the ship you pick. As for swapping out ships later, well... Thing is, sir, that's awful luck. And the Captain has a strict policy on Squads keeping to their ships. You can change it however you like, but you'll have to earn the credits or convince the Captain you need it.


“Okay, too bad we can’t always pick the best ship for each job. But I suppose, we still should be fine using the Maverick” he answers the clone trooper

Obviously most of his team members agree, so Rogan helps the others loading the ship and while doing so says “Oh, by the way… I am Rogan, Rogan Duneklimber. I think we haven't seen us before”

[Yael]

Just waiting for another player or the DM to continue~

[TheThan]

Jedi master Allyson Solitaire
Allyson boards the ship and calls back to her apprentice,
“Pampy Come along… don’t want to become a permanent resident do we?”

Her voice fills with humor at adding that last part.
Once on board, she finds herself a seat, she never had never picked up the knack for flying, so she thought she’d leave it to those who’s more trained in that skill.

[Fobok]

Pampy does her best to help with the loading of equipment, choosing the smaller things that she's physically able to lift of course. Then she slips in to find a seat near Allyson, Poy perching on the back of the seat behind her. Shaking her head with a smile, she says, "Not really. It's a lot nicer than Nar Shadaa, but it'll be more fun with you."

Strapping in her crash webbing and settling in for launch, she asks, "What do you think is causing trouble on Magos? Do you think it's more than just a storm?"

[Techmagss]

Twenty-One

The clone finishes up repairs on it's ship and climbs aboard the selected vessel, taking the Pilot's or Copilot's seat- whichever one is free.

[Batpope Scott]

Jumper sidles into the pilot's seat without really thinking and then notices 21 going for it. "Ah, sorry, forgot I wasn't the only pilot. You want to take the helm for this mission?"

[Techmagss]

Twenty-One

No, you go ahead.
The clone carefully makes it's way into the Copilot's seat, sitting down and preparing for liftoff.


When are we gonna take off, anyway? Once everyone's on board?

[fireinthedust]

OOC: Heh, sorry. Yeah, I get busy during the week. I strongly encourage inter-player dialogue and even story generation: have discussions in-character, arguments, etc. You've all got great characters, and while I like playing with them, they'll like playing with each other. How does 21 feel about Jedi? What about Rogan? Does Pampy like clones, or distrust them?

I'm doing an intensive certificate, plus family. It's not for much longer, so I will increase posts soon. Still, even if it wasn't, inter-player is a great source of fun on PBP. Why wait for responses from me (ie: the computer server) when you can talk to others as well? It means increased options for interactions.

On that note, I guess I'd better start pulling my weight! :D

[fireinthedust]

(ahem)

You pile onto the ship and the troopers follow shortly with supplies. The clones do most of the prep, but shortly the engines warm up and the ship takes off and zooms out the hanger bay and into space. The coordinates for Magos are set, and the ship flashes into hyperspace.


The Maverick has several sections where you can place yourselves. It is apparent fairly quickly that sometimes this ship can be used for longer-than-usual missions, as there are signs of previous habitation. This includes a large common area with couches to buckle into, a kitchen with mess tables, and a long hallway filled with crew quarters. There is a sizeable engineering section, a hallway with weapons turret seats, and a bridge where the pilot can fly while others work sensors, communications, and so forth.


After several hours you reach your destination: the world of Magos.

The desert planet is a red-beige sphere, like some kind of crystal ball, accented with dark lines where mountain ranges and canyons break the surface; while these are massive features, they are but minor accents on the otherwise smooth surface. It seems calm over most of the surface, but you can see an angry blot on the sky, a considerable mass of sand storm winds.

At various points in the sky you can see miniscule glowing points: the weather stations of Magos.

[dupersudi]

"We should attempt to initiate comm contact with the Jedi contigent on the planet and scan those stations. If that fails our Jedi can attempt to guide us to them." DAN moves to the comm station and attempts to contact the Jedi, he also initiates scans of the weather stations.

OOC: Do I need to rolls something?

[fireinthedust]

OOC: Sure, roll for both. More a measure of luck than skill in this case.

[dupersudi]

OOC: Rodger that.

IIRC it's 2d6

This one can be scans
[roll0]
This one can be Comms
[roll1]

[Fobok]

Once they've jumped into hyperspace, Pampy unbuckled and began exploring the ship. By the end of the first hour she's likely explored every nook and cranny. She likely spent a couple hours training with Allyson as well.

As they arrive, Pampy steps into the cockpit to get a view of the planet. "It looks so dry. Is that blotch the storm?"

On hearing that they might need the Jedi to guide them into the settlement, she takes a seat and closes her eyes, trying to open her senses to the Force, and those on the planet.

[fireinthedust]

SCANNERS: battering the keys telling the computer to scan, the information fed to you makes little sense. There is static on the holonet comm system: no, and I mean NO transmissions are coming to you from anywhere. While you can't pinpoint the source of the interference, it is clear someone is jamming all signals in the system.

The scanners can pick up images, and on your screens you (and everyone there) can see the atmosphere more closely, and a much closer shot of the stations as they float silently across the sky. The weather stations over the calm portions of the atmosphere are in perfect, syncrinous orbit with the poles. Those over the massive sandstorms, the disturbance, are spinning out of control, out of alignment with the others.

THE MONOLITH is the next thing you notice: a massive block of white material about ten kilometers long. Is it a ship? It floats exactly over the center of the sandstorm.


THE FORCE: Pampy and Master Solitaire (and the other padawans) can sense only fleeting images through the force: a massive temple, and people running through dark tunnels... they`re being chased. This includes young children.

[fireinthedust]

OOC: soooo.... well, I have been busy. I'm still around, despite slow posting due to heavy course load. Currently editing some higher ed textbook material. Today I was advised that, if I went freelance, my training in this certificate gives me added value over even experienced editors with no training (yay!), though I still need to decide my own editing rates. That said, all pbp games I'm in are floundering, and that includes this, the one I GM. Moan.

Anyhoo, still kicking around.

To sum up: You see a wierd object in orbit around the planet (seemingly the cause of the busted weather stations and the giant storm cloud).

And the Jedi have a spooky force vision that something or someone is hunting the Younglings on the planet below.

And if this game is still going we'll find out more about both. And if not I'll figure something else out!

[Fobok]

OOC: I'm still here. I just was the last person to post before your post, so didn't feel it was right to post again before anybody else.

[Rogan]

OOC:

I'm still here too.
But as Fobok, I hoped someone else would post, perhaps reacting to my small attempt to start a conversation (I'm looking at the “Oh, by the way… I am Rogan, Rogan Duneklimber. I think we haven't seen us before” part.)

Maybe everyone still interested/playing might want to 'raise a hand'?

IC:

Like Pampy, Rogan used the Hyperspace flight to make himself familiar with the ship, its rooms and systems. His tour finally leads to the bridge, where he stands at the background, making sure not to disturb the others doing their work.

As they arrive, Rogan takes a look at the planet and shows a little smile before answering the question of the twilek girl. “Yes, I think so, even if I have never seen such a storm from space. A quite impressing view, isn’t it?”

As the images get clearer, Rogan frowns “This thing is not normal for a sandstorm, is it? Has anyone ever seen something like this? It would not surprise me if we found the source of any problems at this planet? What do you think, can we handle it?”

[fireinthedust]

OOC: fair enough! I'm a practical GM, so if you have something to say, go for it. Remember, unlike in person, we can post as often as we want.

[dupersudi]

"Has that monolith over the center of the storm always been there? I don't recall it being mentioned in the briefing." DAN focuses the sensors on the Monolith, attempting a more detailed scan.

[roll0]


EDIT: OOC Wow my rolls have been average.

[Yael]

I was busy and didn't check, sorry. Also, I'm a bit confused, are we at-orbit or we landed?

[fireinthedust]

OOC: We are still in orbit. And yeah, I sometimes forget to check. When I'm not in an intensive program, I check throughout the day. The last little while, though; or if I'm spread out across too many sites for these games...

IC: One of the clone troopers answers you.

"I haven't been here before, sir, but I doubt it. It's not like anything I've ever seen. And the readings coming off it... it's scrambling our sensors, making it look like a blip. I don't even know how that's possible."

OOC: I know Pampy said the Jedi would help steer the ship to land. I don't know if that's what you all want to do, or if you want to change that action with this information.

From what you can tell, the Weather Stations around the planet are large. Think bigger than the ISS, each one, and with artificial gravity. Not as big as Deep Space Nine.

The monolith is larger than any of them.

[Rogan]

OOC:

Still here, waiting for others (mostly Fobok/Pampy) to write.
I would vote no to a landing operation as long as we dont know if the monolite might do anything aggressive.
The ships ability to avoid getting hit wont help if we are sitting on the planats surface like a practice target.

However, I could also agree that we need to land fast in order to help the jedis so they wont get captured / killed - but this is something Rogan does not know yet.

[Fobok]

OOC: Oops, sorry! I'll have a post up later tonight, or early tomorrow.

[fireinthedust]

OOC: no worries. Honestly, I'm so bad about updating this thread or checking in. However, when I get time from my course and fam (and production on my first publishing endeavour! woot!) the game will pick up speed.

Also, I did some art way back (though the perspective and background are blegh... gotta redo that one!)

Hey, who all is still in?

[Yael]

OOC: no worries. Honestly, I'm so bad about updating this thread or checking in. However, when I get time from my course and fam (and production on my first publishing endeavour! woot!) the game will pick up speed.

Also, I did some art way back (though the perspective and background are blegh... gotta redo that one!)

Hey, who all is still in?

I'm still in; however, I do not understand what is going on properly, so I am waiting for other players to post first n.nU

[Techmagss]

OOC: still here and kicking!

[Fobok]

Pampy sucks in a breath and opens her eyes wide after the vision hits, her lekku twitching and her face looking to be in a near panic all of a sudden, "They're being chased! Through tunnels... we have to get down there!"

OOC: Oh, frak. Sorry this took so long... I swear I remember coming to the site to make the post when I said I would, but guess RL distracted me and I thought I'd posted.

[Rogan]

"Are you all right? What happened?" Rogan asks Pampy and seems worried about her sudden panic. Of course, he did not receive the vision, nor was he used to seeing things like that to happen.

He turns to the clones piloting the ship "Is there a way we can land without the risk of getting shot by this… thing?”

OOC:
To sum up the situation, we are in Orbit around the planet and see a huge monolith that might be a ship and probably is the reason for the storm. Communications and (to a lesser degree) scanners are blocked.
Our force users feel the planets inhabitants being chased by someone/something. Pampy told everyone on the bridge about this.
Is this correct? Did I miss something important?

Other questions: Does the monolith react to our arrival? (Or rather, can we tell if it does?)
How far away is the temple? Can we land there without getting close to the monolith?

[Yael]

Jharumi Richards.

Is everything okay?
Jharumi looks at the board as she can't identify a thing (As the scanners aren't working.)
I just can't make this work, we're blind on communications and scanners.

[Fobok]

Nodding a little to Rogan, Pampy says, "I.. I'm fine. It was like I was there. We have to help them." She's calming now, as she puts the basic Jedi training she's received into practice, though it seems a lot of effort for the youngling to calm herself. Being chased hit a soft spot.

[fireinthedust]

OOC: Hi all. So... I'm done my course! Yay! I'm starting an internship, and all that jazz, but would like to see if I'm utterly hated or we can keep going. Honestly, I thought I'd be good to keep up, but wowza, that was a hard certificate.

How's things? Should I post again, or start another game?

[Rogan]

OOC: I would like to continue this game. But maybe, we should look for some new players?

my next post will be after getting answers

[fireinthedust]

OOC: could do, could do. To be fair, I'm designing an RPG for a setting not unlike this, with rules and everything. Maybe I should finish that, then give you folks first dibs on a pbp spot for being such good sports? (if you're anti-rules, I could do any rolling needed; just sayin).

[Yael]

OoC: I'm totally interested on playing that though :)