[Forum Game] Star Wars: Reign of the Sith

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Prologue​

A long time ago in a galaxy far,

far away...


Fear pervades on a mass scale as the Galactic Republic seems powerless as the resurgent SITH EMPIRE, having emerged from the shadows with a deadly attack, has at every turn humiliated the Republic Military. Hope for a quick victory, and even victory itself, begins to extinguish as the Sith handily seizes Korriban, the Tingel Arm, Aparo Sector, and the extremely valuable Sluis Van Shipyards, effectively granting Sith control over the Outer Rim. As the blockade of the Rimma Trade Route further suffocates the ability of resistance, numerous worlds and peoples submit to Sith hegemony.

The year is 3680 BBY, one year into the Sith offensive, and in the Aparo Sector on the PLANET BOZTROK, life continues, albeit under the heavy hand of Imperial occupation. With the SITH LORD BROMLIN ascending as planetary governor, in one fell swoop establishing his personal academy and seizing the native force-sensitive populace, the people of Boztrok may face even greater change soon enough...

How To Play​

Hello everyone, and welcome to the third attempt of mine to forge a glorious Star Wars experience; tis I ever-fearless, most handsome, Darth Noco! Inspired by previous Star Wars game host, Tapscott, and building off my last two tries, Reign of the Sith shall be oriented around roleplay, player interaction and choices, and a narrative, with a backdrop of the destructive Great Galactic War. In-Character (IC) posts shall be the most important way to influence the story, so I expect you all to regale me your character's quick wit, interesting quips, or utter stupidity.

Signing Up​

The first step in joining this adventure will be to PM(!) your character using this handy-dandy template:

Spoiler: Force-Sensitive Character Template

Name: It's your character name
Age: Must be 16 or older
Race: No droids and please try to make realistic characters (in Star Wars terms)
Biography: It's your character biography. , keep it realistic (in Star Wars terms)

Spoiler: Non-Force-Sensitive Character Template

Name: It's your character name
Age: Must be 16 or older
Race: No droids and please try to make realistic characters (in Star Wars terms) are out
Asset: Some concrete boon - a skill, decent ship, crime ring, etc.
Biography: It's your character biography. , keep it realistic (in Star Wars terms)

I’m asking you to PM me your characters before posting for two main reasons: firstly, we’ll likely need to haggle over your asset, and I’m sure many of you will have questions about it. Secondly, I’ll need to check and make sure your character follows the rules, while also giving you some tips or suggestions if you need help with making a character. This helps ensure players don’t clutter the thread with questions and constantly-revised character sheets, and it also helps me see who reads the rules. Once approved, then you may post your abomination/plucky hero/ugly squid creature to the thread.

You can pretty much be from any planet so long as they are on Boztrok at game start, although I expect you all to not make overpowered or super crazy characters, so no backflipping, uberl33t Hutts or super-awesome military warheroes. I encourage diverse and interesting backstories, as well as personality quirks, hot-heads, cowards, and the like. Losing can be fun after all, so they say. Unlike my other games, FORCE-SENSITIVES ARE ALLOWED, however THEY MUST BE OF APPRENTICE LEVEL, AND MUST BEGIN IN BROMLIN’S ACADEMY.

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO SIGN-UP. Although this is narrative-based, if you want in, I'll try to find a way to work you in. Please send me a private message if you are joining the game in progress so we can work something out.

IRC Channel​

The official channel shall be #StarWars, as opposed to Tapscott’s old channel - since on that one, I couldn’t change the topic and what not.

Link: Coldfront

Channel: #StarWars

Spoiler: IRC Instructions

1) Use the link provided above.

2) Choose the Flash app or the Java app.

3) Create a screen name; it’s recommended that you use your forum name, if available.

4) Close the #coldfront channel that opens automatically.

5) In the command box, type “/join #StarWars” without the quotation marks.

6) You’re in the chat! Welcome!

Game Mechanics​

As far as mechanics go, I am, at the start, going in without cumbersome stats, both to encourage RP actions and so I won't go crazy. However, if in the future we reach a point where stats become needed (you guys decide to enter in the tense world of interplanetary furniture commerce), I will work to try them out.

As far as orders, if you want to do something sneaky or something not involving other people, you may message me orders that I will either OK or roll for, depending on the situation. Please try out player interaction first and foremost, and don't spam me with a crazy amount of orders, but I understand the need for secret actions.

General Guidelines​

• Pretty standard, no metagaming, powergaming, and the like
• Keep it PG-13, don't get freaky with it, this is an adventure, not a teenage romp. Some romance is fine
• Paradox Rules, of course, apply
• Other common sense rules that I have failed to specifically list out

Table of Contents​

Cast List

Codex

Updates:​

 

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The Cast
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Tycho Orrel - Olligarchy

Lord Dolsot - Dadarian

Lord Alkes Theram - TJDS

Lord Drooga - Maxwell

Selene Dyson - Ironhide G1

Leman Khorne - RobespierreReborn

Arturas Ragnos - Baboush

Minder 17 - Tristanxh

Sek'nos Kressh - DutchGuy

Aria Darran - Fingon

Red - Oxfordroyale

Kellarn Esslest - Corman

Akela Kortu - Jeeshadow

Garen Cors - Bakerydog

Mira Wran - Plutonium

Calvicus Dor'ronnel - Jako

Zaira Akashi - Canadian

Aylen Duval - CaesarCzech

Alister Krandor - Luftwafer

H8-U2 - Deaghaidh

Damon Tarkin - Sneakyflaps

Rumun Riltka - RadicalLarry

Jaren Mepou - Captain Ozwin

Zaavo Vosadii Puullo - Alexander

 

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The Codex

Spoiler: Locations

Boztrok
Palace of Dusk

Spoiler: Characters

Lord Bromlin

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The Game Begins
GM Note: Given the holiday season, the game will not officially begin it's first update until sometime next week, so you have plenty of time to go through the sign-up process.​

 

[Olligarchy]

Name: Tycho Orrel
Age: 28
Race: Human
Asset: Light Freighter with smuggling compartments and over-sized engine
Biography: Born on the planet Coruscant, Tyccho was born an orphan with only his brother to have for company. In the years of growing up he eventually managed to enter into the Republic Military Academy and graduated as a pilot with flying colours. He was eventually dishonorably discharged due to his reckless maneuvers, insubordinate attitude and a fling with an Admirals daughter. His exit from the Military saw his entrance into the life of crime and he soon used what money he'd saved to purchase a ship and modify it to his own specifications. Of late he has been smuggling goods to and from Boztrok, not really caring if it is the quiet resistance of the planet or a Sith lord looking for luxuries that hires him, so long as the credits keep coming.

Despite this, or maybe because of it, Tyccho has a keen sense of right and wrong and whilst he might avoid doing the right thing... one can be sure he'll do the right thing in the end... at least after trying all other options first.

Spoiler: Portrait

Spoiler: Links

Tyccho has links to @Dadarian, whom has hired him for a job at early game.

Others may also be linked, let me know if you're interested in being tied to a rowdy smuggler.

 

[Dadarian]

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Name: Lord Regial Maters Curum Dolsot, Lord Dolsot
Race: Human
Age: 56
Position: 3rd Lord Minister of the Council of Boztrok, CEO of Dolsot Industries, Kleptocrat

Bio: Born the only son of Gerel G. G. Dolsot, the previous Lord Dolsot, Regial was raised in the realm of politics and money. He spent much of his early life in school, then as a billionaire playboy. However with his father's death, he was thrust into the position of 3rd Lord Minister of the Council of Boztrok and his life got hella more difficult. However his father's industry conglomerate, Dolsot Industries, enabled him to live the life as to he was accustomed.

Becoming well known for taking liberal bribes, Lord Dolsot was the perfect candidate for the Sith in which to 'help' with the ruling of the planet. Paying him off with extensive monetary and personal privelges as well as political promises, Lord Dolsot allowed the Sith in by personally turning off the planetary defense system.

Most of the promises offered by the Sith were false or ceremonial in nature, however Lord Dolsot maintained his wealth, place, and ability to keep a (moderately) blind eye on his activities, upholding the primary tenants he was interested in

 

[TJDS]

Lord Theram PC, former Commodore of the Concord
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Name: Lord Alkes Theram, Head of the Theram Dynasty
Age: 31
Race: Human
Asset: Theram Estate
Biography:

Alkes Prestor Theram was born to the wildely respected Lord Alkes Theram, a pro-Republic noble and Lord Minister of the Council of Boztrok, and was raised for a career in the Republic Military and Boztrok politics. Alkes was sent to the Republic Navy War College on Anaxes in 3667 BBY, where he would complete his studies five years later top of his clas. Alkes Prestor Theram would serve in the Republic Navy as Commadore of a Centurion-class battlecruiser named the Concord. However, before he could make carreer in the Republic Armed Forces, the Theram Estate informed him of his father's passing. Alkes returned to Boztrok to succeed his father and fill his position as member of the Council of Boztrok.

Although Lord Theram was an opponent of the corrupt Lord Minister Dolsot in the Council and Parliament, he accepted the Sith Occupation, seeing resistance against the Sith Armada as futile. However, Lord Theram and many of his friend in the Council have become increasingly fearful of the Sith with the appointment of Lord Bromlin as Governor of Boztrok, taking away all dejure freedom and rights of the planet.

 

[Maxwell500]

His Great Obesity, the Lord Drooga​

Name: Drooga Gnuda Priare; Drooga the "Colossus"
Age: 857
Race: Hutt
Asset: Kajidii of the Gnuda Kajidic; Owner of the Gluupor Cantina
Biography: Born in 4537 BBY to the Kajidii of the Gnuda on Nal Hutta, Drooga spent his first fifty years within his parent's brood pouch, emerging in 4487 BBY and immediately receiving hands on experience in the kajidic's activities: his father dispatched him to their estate in Mataou where he delighted in ordering slaves around and gouging himself on mass quantities of food.

Over the course of the next one hundred and fifty years the cycle continued with intermittent visits to Nal Hutta to visit his father and others in the kajidic, every few years more and more responsibility delegated to him in Mataou by his father as he matured. By 4337 he was two hundred years old and as per Huttese traditions he was finally seen as a fully grown Hutt accountable to all his actions.

It was in good time too, as a year following his father entered into dispute with the larger Besadii Kajidic and after his father's murder and the decimation of a good deal of the Gnuda Kajidic's assets Drooga was able to work out an agreement whereby the remaining assets on Nal Hutta were given to the Besadii and Drooga's rights of inheritance of the other system assets respected.

Looking to rebuild all that was lost he relocated from Mataou to Boztrok (there was already a migration of a number of Hutts to the system, all of them crime lords to some extent but none tied to a large clan), purchasing an estate there and the Gluupor Cantina: setting it up as a front for smuggling, black market deals and as a den for bounty hunters to gather and organize their dirty work.

As the centuries rolled by, Drooga's criminal enterprises grew and with it his wealth and appetite: he led a decadent court in his palatial home that consisted mostly of him, his brood and his close confidants gouging themselves in massive buffets until passing out. Eventually he would lose the ability to move independently all together, relying on a small 'army' of slaves to carry him on a massive palanquin. Aging and growing, he delegated much of his authority to his son, Drooga the Younger, and the majordomos that oversaw his assets in the other systems, most notably Mataou.

With a growing criminal empire spanning a number of systems and based in Boztrok (itself a den for criminal elements), the vain and gluttonous Drooga began to have himself styled as "His Great Obesity, the Lord Drooga" and more so enforce an almost imperial atmosphere at his estate, acting as if he was an "emperor of smuggling and piracy".

Decadence has its consequences however: the outbreak of the Republic-Sith War in 3681 BBY (Drooga's 856th birthday) and his off-handed delegation (and their own corruption and laziness) has hampered much of his smuggling operations and the Sith Empire's harsh crackdown on any dissident elements has worried the aging crime lord about the future of his kadijic and his hold over the criminal underworld.

 

[Ironhide G1]

Name: Selene Dyson
Age: 16
Race: Human
Force-Sensitive Student

Bio: A student training in the Bromlin's Academy, she is secretly loyal to the Republic. When the Sith took over, they killed her parents, leaving her an orphan. That day, her parents gave her one last possesion before she died- her late uncle's yellow lightsaber, and his her in a place to hide before the soldiers invaded her house and killed jer parents. Living on the streets, quickly earning trust and establishing friendships, enough to found a small resistance group with several friends, being its leader. Meanwhile she enrolled in the academy, being force sensitive, to increase her skill with using the force. She keeps her allegiance secret however, for fear of her friends and herself. She is a prodigy in not just the force, but also engineering, scouting, and she excels in staying undercover, and in hand to hand combat.

 

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Lord Bromlin​

Age: 35
Race: Human
Biography:

Having recently ascended to the position of planetary governor over Boztrok, Lord Bromlin arrived with much fanfare, bringing with him his personal warcamp of soldiers, attendants, and hangers-on, all who sought the Lord’s patronage, or at least some form of generosity. Upon arrival, Lord Bromlin occupied the Palace of Dusk, which had long ago served as the seat of the Boztrok monarchy, but more notably served as the current seat of the Republic High Council. In taking the Palace as his personal chambers, the High Council was relegated to occupy the converted City Hall of Thokisl, now dubbed the Council Hall. With his now luxurious holdings, Lord Bromlin quickly established his own personal academy, filling it with abducted force-sensitives from the native populace, whom he sees as his “children”.

Known for his love of flair, style over substance, and dramatic attitude, Lord Bromlin is nonetheless meant to be feared as a Sith Lord. Though outwardly amiable, it was well known that Bromlin is quick to anger, and thus quick to resort to violence. He lords his academy obsessively, and Boztrok is more or less held entirely in his tyrannic grasp.

Lord Bromlin does indeed have a master, the mysterious Darth Panopt, a powerful Sith feared throughout the galaxy, but more specifically known as a mighty warrior responsible for subjugating Aparo System through extreme fear and brutality. Darth Panopt is somewhere unknown, choosing to let his lesser, Lord Bromlin, have the burden of managing the planet, leaving Bromlin in turn with a great deal of autonomy, something he’s desired for a long time.

 

[Mikkel Glahder]

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Name: Leman 'Vindictae' Khorn

Age: 26

Race: Human from the planet of Culexus

Asset: Masterful Infiltrator (Good at being unseen and killing silently and swift)

Bio: Born as a son to a couple of professional assasins/bounty hunters, Leman was trained in the art of killing from the shadows ever since he was five years old. Tradegy struck however, as his parents were hired to kill each other by two different companies who saw them as threats. They killed each other and at only sixteen, Leman's life was forever changed. He took his one of his father's rifle, took on a uniform and got his revenge. He then fled his home planet and looked assasinated far and wide until he ended up on Boztrok. There, his skills were soon noticed by the criminal overlords of the Boztrok underworld and he is now under the service of Drooga Gnuda Priare as his personal bounty hunter/assassin.​

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[baboushreturns]

Name: Arturas Ragnos
Age: 28
Race: Human
Assets: XS Stock Light Freighter
Biography: Arturas was born on Boztrok to a family of poor merchants, in his youth he enjoyed partying and fell in with a bad crowd and even began to take deathsticks. In order to feed his habit Arturas became involved in Boztrok's criminal underworld and it was only due to the intervention of his parents and several doctors that forced him to quit. However at this point Arturas has lost an estimated 30 years of his life to his habit. As Arturas entered his 20's he picked up gambling in order to replace the roll deathsticks had played in his life and at age 24 he won a XS Stock Light Freighter in a game of cards. Soon he began smuggling for a living, utilizing his underworld contacts to help him set up proprietary deals however, when the Sith arrived all of this stopped. A harsh crackdown on crime was launched across the planet and dozens of his friends were tortured or killed. This turned Arturas harshly against the authorities and soon he became involved in the Independence movement, often smuggling blasters and explosives on planet to help them.

 

[Tristanxh]

Spoiler: Portrait

CodeName: Minder 17

Age: 21

Race: Human

Asset: Heavy Assignment
(Makes him one of the leading Minders on Boztrok, alongside the standard Imperial Intelligence Agency policy of virtually unlimited resources)

Biography: *CLASSIFIED!*

 

[AzagalTheGreat]

Name : Sek'nos Kressh
Age : 16
Species : Sith Pureblood
Biography : Descended from the line of many a great sith lord, Sek'nos Kressh can claim to have one of the purest lines of Sith blood, it was no surprise when from a young age Sek'nos started to show signs of a connection to the force. He was picked up by Lord Bromlin from Korriban a month ago, when he volunteered to join the Dark lord, seeing this as a chance to go higher up in society. He was then added to the host of apprentices Lord Bromlin sports, and he views himself and his fellow pure-blood sith superior to the other apprentices due to their ancient and noble bloodlines, and their clear Sith features. (Though they number only a few)

 

[Fingon888]

Name: Aria Darran
Race: Human
Age: 17
Physical Description: 5’6”, pale, black hair, blue eyes, small but toned body, and angular face.
Biography: The raven haired child of a gambling drunkard and a whore grew up without much hope for a prosperous life. Aria grew up squabbling with the fellow cretins in the alleyways of the cantinas and whorehouses (placed together for wonderful convenience). Her father left her before she was born and her mother was more often working to get her next supply of spice than caring for her young daughter. This would all have an effect on the young Aria, after all one doesn’t grow up as a young girl on the streets of Boztrok without struggle. She was powerless to save herself as she wallowed in the filth among the dead and wasting underbelly of the system. That all changed when the Sith Empire captured the system. The Lord Bromlin demanded the gathering up of all force-sensitive natives and it wasn’t long before one of his agents found her and brought her to her new home. Aria saw the power of the Sith in the war above and it would be a lie to say that she hates her new captors.

 

[oxfordroyale]

Name: Red
Age: 16
Race: Human
Biography: No one knows the true identity of the diminutive young girl in Bromlin’s Academy, and as a result she is known only to her master and fellow “pupils” by the color of her hair. Upon the arrival of the Imperial forces on the surface of Boztrok, Red was found standing alone in the ruins of a bombed-out city; soundless and unresponsive to any attempts at communication, she was taken to a concentration camp for displaced natives where her force-sensitive nature was detected by Sith Lord Bromlin. Since her discovery she has not uttered a single world – not because she has any sort of special condition or injury, the Imperial medical examiners claim, but simply because she does not wish to. Whether this is the result of extensive psychological scarring or merely a strange personality quirk remains to be determined. The same medical examiners estimate her biological age to be about sixteen, but anything else about her past remains shrouded in mystery.

 

[Corman50]

Spoiler: Portrait

Name: Colonel Kellarn Esslest
Age: 47
Race: Human
Asset: Thranta-class corvette (wrecked), Commando squad, 20 surviving republic navy crew
Biography: A veteran in the republic military, Esslest was the many forces stationed in the Outer Rim he the Sith Empire emerged. After word reached him and his men of the fall of Korriban, he was assigned by command to join the fleet that rallied to repel the Imperials at the Tingel Arm. What followed next was a military disaster for the Republic. While most of the surviving vessels pulled back to Mirial, The ship he was station on was cut off and forced tp fleedeeper into Empire-held space.

The cruiser was then intercepted by the a Imperial patrol while in the Boztok system. In the ensuring skirmish the ship sustained heavy damage and crashed landed. All the personnel who made it to the escape pops were captured by Imperial forces, but Esslest a small number of the crew who survived the crash on the ship remain hidden.

They've since converted the wreckage into a makeshift base and plan to establish a functing resistance on the planet and try to escape off world in order link back up with the Republic military

 

[jeeshadow]

Name: Lt. Commander Akela Kortu, alias: Jared Minara

Age: 27

Race: Human

Asset: Elite Pilot, Credits, Appartment, and alternate identity

Biography: Akela grew up on a freighter that was used for smuggling for Hutts. As such he grew up learning how to fly ships and how to work with shady figures. He was never happy with a life of crime, and wanted a life of meaning and adventure. After working incredibly hard he was able to get into the Republic Military Academy on Coruscant, and trained to be a starfighter pilot. Akela quickly emerged as a prodigy. He served in several skirmishes with pilots during his time in the Republic Navy, rising to the rank of Lieutenant, and getting command of a wing on the Corvette he was assigned on. When the Sith Fleet was detected in the Tingle Arm, Akela’s ship was part of the Republic Fleet dispatched to engage them. This operation was a disaster. Akela watched as his fleet was cut to pieces. Due to the losses the Fighter Corps took, Akela was promoted to the rank of Lt. Commander, and given command over an entire Squadron. Eventually the fleet was ordered to fall back, but the Task Force Akela was in was unable to get out, and was hunted across the Tingle Arm. Eventually they were able to reach a location to escape the Tingle Arm, but the Imperials caught up with them. During the ensuing battle, Akela was unable to make it back to his ship before it jumped, leaving him trapped in his damaged starfighter. After floating for several days, he was picked up by a travelling freighter. He then sold his fighter on the blackmarket at a nearby station, in return for money, alternate identity, and passage to the nearest major world, which happened to be Boztok system. He arrived at the planet several months ago, and settled in as Jared Minara, a currently unemployed freighter pilot, and has purchased a small apartment, and has a job flying a shuttle around the planet. He is looking for a job to help him afford a ship that can get him back to the Republic.