[OOC] Star Wars: Alt History

[Burning Kitty]

@Burning Kitty Also approved. You can play Luke too if you want.

@TheUnknowable

Cool I'll get working on Luke right away.

[Burning Kitty]

Moved to char tab.

[TheUnknowable]

@Burning Kittyis Luke a TIE pilot in this version?

[Burning Kitty]

@Burning Kittyis Luke a TIE pilot in this version?

@TheUnknowable

In the beginning. Whether or not he stays that way is another story.

Was originally considering him being a Stormtrooper but he is a natural pilot.

Leia vs Luke who wins in when they fight X-Wing vs Tie?

[TheUnknowable]

@Burning KittyLeia. The X wing is a much better ship.

[Burning Kitty]

@Burning KittyLeia. The X wing is a much better ship.

@TheUnknowable

An inferior product can beat a superior product if the user is superior.

[TheUnknowable]

@Burning KittyOk, I thought you gave Leia more that just basic piloting skills.

[Shadow Daedalus]

the Blind Samurai

Name: Zeros Ryt'hia
Species: Miraluka
Age: 19
Force Sensitive: Yes

Skills:
Bladed Combat: Trained in swordsmanship and self-taught in Lightsaber Forms IV, V and VI, he can deftly wield one or two blades simultaneously with considerable skill.
Force Training: Due to his natural-born affinity with the Force, he can manipulate it to a considerable degree for someone without formal training.
Blasters: A fair amount of skill with a blaster pistol or rifle, effective and efficient but nothing to write home about.
Explosives: Knows how to throw a thermal detonator and how to set a det-pack but is by no means a specialist
Piloting: If it's a light freighter or smaller, he can probably fly it pretty well, but anything larger than a YT-1300 he struggles to get off the ground without a few mistakes.

Equipment:

Phrik Alloy Vibrosword

A180 Blaster Pistol

2x Vibroknives with hidden holdout blasters

10x Vibro-throwing knives

Bio: One of the last surviving nomadic clans of Miraluka, Zeros was orphaned at just 3 months old when his home/fleet was decimated by the Empire on the suspicion of being Jedi, Rebels or Sympathisers for the other two. His mother managed to get them both into an escape pod, but was fatally wounded beforehand and only just survived long enough for a crew of mercenaries/freelance rebels for find them, dying shortly after begging them to care for her son.

The captain and her first-mate/husband agreed to take him as their adoptive son, and Zeros grew up among the crew, learning various skills from his new family. He was told to keep his force-powers to a minimum as to keep a low profile, with the exception of a subtle mind-trick or force search when he could get away with it. During his child-hood, he discovered an affinity for blades and started to train further in different forms of swordplay, including Lightsaber Combat.

He didn't join the Rebel Alliance until much later on in his life, in the year 1BBY. While navigating the outer rim, his new family was attacked by the Empire and their ship was forced to crash land on an unnamed planet. On the surface, the Imperials landed to clean up the surviving crew, but the freelancers fought tooth and nail to resist. Ultimately, most of them were killed and the survivors were captured. Mistaking him for a blind human, the Imperial soldiers tried to capture him for interrogation but he used the Force to grab his Vibrosword and used it to cut them down before they could. He tried to rescue the captured crew, but the Imperials managed to stun him and forced him to watch as they executed the last of his family. Enraged, he used the Force without realising it to overcome the stun effect and slaughtered the remaining Imperials before stealing their shuttle and narrowly escaping the pursuing cruiser via a series of blind jumps.

Escaping pursuit and filled with hatred for the Empire, he joined up with the first Rebel Alliance outfit he could, where he made a competent soldier and was moved around until he was eventually assigned onto the Tantive IV under cover as a diplomatic aide to Princess Leia.

@TheUnknowable Also, Is my other character accepted? I posted him and you didn't say if you were cool with him

[TheUnknowable]

@Shadow Daedalusapproved.
@Burning Kitty Luke is also approved.

If anyone else has finished a CS and I haven't approved it, just tell me.

If anyone want to join after we start, that's fine too, we'll just need to figure out how to work you in.

[Burning Kitty]

The diplomatic ship Leia is first seen on is clearly not going to be carrying a compliment of X-Wings. In the movie the Imperials were going to shoot down any escape pods they scanned that signs of life as evident by the conversation in regards to the escape pod with C3-PO & R2-D2 were in.

Something I have been wondering about. How is Leia going to get from that ship to Tatoonie?

[Burning Kitty]

@Burning KittyOk, I thought you gave Leia more that just basic piloting skills.

@TheUnknowable

Leia is a great trained pilot.

Luke is a natural pilot with Imperial training.

How those compare I have no clue.

Either way one dog fight is going to have Luke shoot Leia down and another will have Leia shooting Luke down. Not necessarily in that order.

[TheUnknowable]

@Burning KittyWe could just say that it had a shuttle, something small but fancy enough to work as a diplomatic shuttle. Preferably something without a hyperdrive.

[Sirkaithethird]

Guessing that the RP is now open

[Reflection]

Anybody mind if I try making Vader? Just curious.

[TheUnknowable]

@SirkaithethirdYep.
I didn't have much of an opening scene, but I'll make up for that later.

[TheUnknowable]

@ReflectionSure, you can play as Vader if you want. His ship won't show up until after Leia meets Kenobi and they talk (and he preferably gives her a Force lesson, though maybe not), so you may have to wait to insert him. Or you can have him giving orders on his ship while they are in hyperspace approaching the planet.

[Burning Kitty]

Discount Han Solo looks like he might be blind in the left eye. I've seen similar coloring in movies and does look to have a scar around the eye.

[Burning Kitty]

@Burning KittyWe could just say that it had a shuttle, something small but fancy enough to work as a diplomatic shuttle. Preferably something without a hyperdrive.

@TheUnknowable

The whole point of showing Vader inVadering :D the diplomatic ship was to prove diplomatic ships mean nothing to the Empire or least Vader.

Could just have Leia's ship get to Tatoonie faster than Vader's ship. The shuttle that takes Leia to the surface could have returned so Vader doesn't look on the planet for a while.

[Reflection]

Name: Darth Vader
Species: Human/Cyborg
Age: 41
Force Sensitive: Yes
Skills: He is Lord Vader. The greatest pilot in the galaxy. Lets list off a few accomplishments, just for the... Unaware.
Master of the Darkside: Vader carries with him the power of the Darkside. The teachings of the Jedi, and all that lies between. Vader is in truth the truest embodiment of the force. Created not by natural birth, but by the complete wills of the force. As a result, he carries within himself the greatest potential to manipulate the world, no matter how broken his body may be. He is a shell of a human being, but what remains is still leagues above and beyond even great jedi.
Master Lightsaber Duelist: Vader is encumbered. His armor doesn't fit. His feet are claws in thick shoes, and his hands... Only one limb really seems to obey him totally. And yet, he is a monster. With the force and his lightsaber he is a wall that nothing can breach. Slaughtering over a dozen in a moment, and facing down greater threats than any before. In a duel he is a master of many variants of Form V, being consistently aggressive. Due to his body being barely human, he focuses his protection almost exclusively to his chest, as nothing else is vital. His form though is truely unique, in that it derives from all teachings, and thus makes itself perfect for nearly all forms of dueling.
Overwhelming Pilot: Vader is greater than Anakin Skywalker ever was as a pilot. He uses the force and his skill in tandem, able to control the battlefield completely both inside and outside a fighter. Controlling his ship with the force while he duels on the ground. It is unlikely he will ever lose in a dogfight.
Equipment: Darth Vader needs only his lightsaber. A red blade, almost... Sinister in some respects. This blade at one point has ended thousands of lives.
Bio: He is not natural. There is no father. There is only his mother, and the force. Born a slave on the planet of Tatooine, he unique even from then. Once could argue that he was... Destined for something great. At the age of three, he began to work in the shop of a creature named Watto. Who claimed ownership over Anakin and his mother. As slaves, they held no rights, only that which their owner felt kind enough to give them. But Anakin made many friends at his age. In particular a set of slave children, much like himself. In truth, he made attachments easily. To his mother, his friends, and those bonds didn't sever easily.

He was only nine when he met Mast Qui-Gon Jinn. A jedi, of course. It was Anakin who helped them when they needed it most. It was Anakin Skywalker who despite being a slave was trusted by a jedi. It was him even more so who won his own freedom. It was even he who won the battle of Naboo. And for all that, he became a Jedi under the wing of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He was special. A slave, born without a father, and trained in the ways of the jedi. His very best friend was even the supreme chancellor. In time... He even found love. For a jedi it seemed there was no rules to stop him. He was a greater duelist! His powers unrivaled! And in a way he was... Destined to fall.

All of these things can be so easily swept aside. We know the story by now. We know of temptation. We know of his anger and rage. We know of the blade that severed his limbs from his bodies and made him less of a man. We know that he is crippled...

What we do not know is the true depth of his evil. A man who once loved and cared so much, lost everything. What kind of pit must that be? What kind of empty hole must need filling? A black hole, unable to find joy in anything. Reduced from man, to mythical monster. He began life by hunting Obi-Wan Kenobi. Former master, now the symbol of his rage. His monstrous form was a result of Kenobi, and he could not rest. He hunted the Jedi restlessly killing, butchering, and slaying many would be heroes in pursuit of one jedi. There was a trap laid, twelve on one. He killed them all, laying their bodies at the feet of his emperor, and finally... He made his first appearance to the public. Darth Vader, killer of Jedi and the fist of the Emperor. In time, he became greater, his image became the face of the empire. In truth, there is no villain greater than Lord Vader.

(I'll write up the rest of the bio later. Just want to get the rest up before I forget.)

[Sirkaithethird]

@Reflection,
Vader is only 41? Dang!