~ Or What We Did In Space That Day ~
"This is why I hate flying" ~ Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi
A Brief Overview
- 3660 BBY, The Great Galactic War, The Star Wars Universe
- 21 years into the conflict during the midst of the brutal Rim Campaign.
- Our Characters shall be either Jedi or standard pilots in the Republic Navy.
- The RP beside being filled with daring space combat and adventure will include the moral themes of good versus evil, and the deconstruction and analysis of selflessness, and heroism as driving factors in our lives.
The Story So Far
The Republic thought after the end of The Great Hyperspace War that the Sith Empire had finally fallen for the last time, they were wrong. Sith Lord Vitiate and a handful of survivors managed to escape the slaughter of the rest of their kind and hid away in the unknown regions, far away from the prying eyes of civilization. Lord Vitiate would reach power of unimaginable levels having seemingly unlocked the power of immortality. Soon though Lord Vitiate would be nothing more than a mere memory as he resurrected the empire which had fallen. He would go on to take the title of Sith Emperor and with his Dark Council would create an empire to rival the Galactic Republic once more. Talk of revenge fueled their drive. Revenge against the Jedi and the Republic they held so dear.
During this time the Galactic Republic hit something of a rough set of years. Starting with the Great Sith War lead by Exar Kun, The Mandolorian Wars in which these savage galactic warriors were sent on a war path against the Republic after being prodded by the Sith Empire. A war in which the Revanchist lead by Revan would splinter off from their order to fight on the side of the republic. As a result Revan would find out the existence of the Sith Empire laying in wait in the unknown regions and would then spark the Jedi Civil War to prepare the Republic for what was to come. As well as the Kanz Disorders a "minor" secessionist revolt in the Outer Rim where nearly Six Billion people died. All and all it was not a very good time to be the Galactic Republic.
Though an earlier invasion would be thwarted before it could be launched by intervention on Revan's part the war would come years later. Before conflict arose several puppet governments had already been established in the Republic's Outer Rim by the Sith and they had gained the support of the Great Chiss Ascendency in the Unknown Regions. And in the year 3681 BBY The Sith Fleets entered Repubic space.
It is now the year 3660 BBY the Great Galactic War has been raging across the galaxy for over twenty years and was showing no signs of slowing down. Death tolls were mounting on both the sides of the Galactic Republic and the resurgent Sith Empire. The Rim Campaign had begun one year earlier as the Sith Empire under the leadership of Darth Angral moved to solidify their hold in the outer rim territories. But the Galactic Republic was able to repulse the Sith advances and under the leadership of the hotheaded Jedi Master Ven Zallow the Republic was able to push into Sith controlled territory and strike at the heart of the Empire. After the failed Sith invasion at Orda Randama the Republic seizing a moment of weakness in their opponents pushed into Sith controlled space. After a tactical retreat during the Battle of Korriban the Republic Navy went into orbit over the old capital of the Sith Empire Ziost. It was here that the Imperial Navy after having regrouped after Orda Randama met the Republic Navy and where one of the longest space battles of the entire war would take place.
It is now the fifteenth day of the battle and the Republic had just brought in reinforcements from the Core Worlds including the relatively fresh recruits from the Republic Naval Academy on Coruscant. Some of these fresh-faced recruits would be gathered together into a volunteer "suicide squadron" known as Echo Squadron. This is their story.
Character Info
- Our Characters Shall be various Jedi and Republic Pilots of various races.
- We shall be New Recruits (Read as Jedi and New Pilots just shipped off of Coruscant, eager and ready for battle)
- The older and more grizzled veteran NPCs will looked down upon us with jaded disdain because we have not seen half of what they have or ever could. They are sad because their friends blew up or something.
- The Jedi will not be experienced masters, instead either Knights or the Padawans assigned to them. The Jedi order is still recovering after the Jedi Civil War though numbers seem to be strong and they are able to field a small army to help the Republic.
- Our primary weapon of choice will be the Aurek-class tactical strikefighter. The Aurek or A-Wing as the pilots sometime call them were to be used by Echo because the heavier and less maneuverable Liberator was less suited for the quick and dirty tactics that an experienced Pilot could pull off with in a Aurek that were essential for the types of suicide mission they would end up going on.
- The exact size of the Squad will be determined once if we make it out of the Interest Check Phase.
The Situation at the Start
Having been brought in during a lull in the fighting as part of the Republic resupply effort, our characters were brought aboard the Valor-class cruiser Resurgence. It was here after initial briefing that you new recruits were informed of the formation of Echo Squad and subsequent looking for recruits. A new fighter squadron with the intent to take on suicide missions against the Imperial Navy that others would be just be too stupid to try and do. And for some reason you agreed be it for the glory, sense of duty or whatever have you. Being new bloods as you were sometimes refereed to the battle hardened crew of the Resurgence treated you and the likes of you with disdain fresh faced and eager and not having seen the things they have. The RP will take place in the immediate aftermath of your first mission briefing for Echo. You have flown the courses before, and have run through all the flight sims but it is time for your first real taste of combat.
Welcome to Ziost.
