The 417th Legion
Preface
With the new Star Wars movie coming out incredibly soon I have been in the 'mood' for Star Wars like never before. For anyone who knows me you might be surprised that I love Star Wars even more than DC Comics. (Which obviously holds a very dear place in my heart.) In preperation for the new movie I decided to re-watch/read all canon properties of the universe. (Though I need to catch up on the Darth Vader ongoing title. I ran out of money.)
After deciding to skip over the Phantom Menace (beacuse, meh) I watched Attack of the Clones. (My first ever experience with the franchise. Don't hate, I love that movie despite the terrible romance dialogue.) Then I decided to watch the entirety of the Clone Wars cartoon. I now realize that there is no way to finish my self imposed canon 'journey' as I am only on season 2. I'm okay with that though because I am once again hooked! The show focuses mostly on the main characters (Anakin, Obi Wan, Yoda) that everyone knows and loves but also places a pretty heavy focus on the clones themselves. It gives the feeling that the Clone Wars were fought on an absolutely huge scale. Meaning there was no way the show's crew could cover every single unit in the Clone Army. (There were 3 million clones mature and trained to fight in the first couple of months of the war.)
I want us to create our own original Legion/Brigade in the Grand Army of the Republic. That means every character will be original, from the Jedi, to the non-clone officers, to the clones themselves. We might cross paths with canon characters at some point but not very often.
Our Goal
Each clone Legion contained around 9,200 units and were a part of a larger Corps/Sector Army/Systems Army/Grand Army. Wiki page explaining the organization of the Republic Army We will be fleshing out the 417th ourselves including the fleet and Admiral that brings us to battles and fights in space. You can create pretty much any character you want. I will not be playing as any of the Jedi unless I need to. There will be four, one Master who will act as our general and one of the regiment commanders, a Knight who will be second (think Obi Wan being in charge and Anakin being his second as is evidence by the show) and two Padawans. I will be playing as our Clone Senior Commander and our non-clone Admiral however.
Regiments will be divided into two infantry divisions, one artillery/armored division and one fleet division. As will Battalions, though they have to be numbered. Example: 212th Attack Battalion. Companies and platoons will be generic for us. 1st-4th platoon of 1st-4th company of Battalion Name of the 417th infantry/armored/naval regiment. Naval terms might be different than battalions and platoons and such. If you know these terms please let me know.
Players can play however they like. Want to be a fighter pilot and that's it? Great! Want to make a Jedi? Sure! I myself will be taking command of an entire battalion of one of the infantry regiments. This means I will have many characters and will control all of their fates. I encourage players to take this route. Think of this as a mini nation style RP or something. Or maybe a very closely collaborated fan fiction adventure. Let me be clear about this route. You DO NOT have to write a post for every single character in your Battalion. You have your main character and their supporting cast. I will be writing all of my infantry posts with Senior Commander Blue as the main character with a third person perspective. I will also make expendable officers/grunts that will be characters. Write a single post incorporating as many of your characters as you like. You DO NOT have to write a new CS for every new clone you introduce. If you play as a Jedi you will need to write an individual CS.
Also, if you want to play as a unit but don't want to control an entire Battalion you can create a company of soldiers under another player's Battalion. Though we should try to spread this out a little. I don't want four player Companies under one player's Battalion. Platoons are also not available to create as your sole unit as it could get out of hand. Battalion leaders feel free to make up platoons and companies under your Battalion.
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Other Stuff
I will update this as it gain interest. We will be High Casual/Low Advanced. I haven't yet decided if we are going to start during the first Battle of Geonosis or two months after. Open to suggestions on that. We also won't only be fighting droids. The Separatists had multiple organic units of soldiers. Since this is the Clone Wars expect a lot of Clones to bite it. Feel free to kill off the men in your unit whenever but don't murder someone in another player's unit.
