The Rebellion doesn’t look so glamorous from the mud-side…
TL;DR Summary
- Discord Chat for the RP. - to plot, collaborate and otherwise make things interesting.
- "Jump In" really does mean, "Jump In." I want only a couple things over in character sheets - a name, a faction (empire, rebel, smugglers, etc) a location (rebel HQ, Lorya, the hinterlands of Uslam, etc) and maybe a one sentence summary of the character. Yeah, because we need to be writing posts, not character sheets, and this way we can quickly -add- essential characters.
- 0BBY (Before Battle of Yavin, or that is to say -- Episode IV)
- Rebellion Era - Far from Yavin, far from Scarif.
- This is an RP scenario about a battle in an urban area, similar to the Warsaw Uprising, the Battle of Arnhem, the Battle of Bastogne or the Battle of Hue City. Dug in defenders determined to fight against a much more powerful force. So the scope is anything from the individual character to the larger look at logistics and strategy. The Rebel forces are hanging on and praying for reinforcement and resupply while they get chewed up by more powerful formations.
- Uslam is an Outer Rim system with a frontier economy of raw material processing and shipping of all sorts. It is an economically important system, but of little symbolic value - so no Death Star. While the Empire values the Core and keeps them complacent, the Outer Rim has felt the lash of the Empire far more strongly. Uslam, for a variety of reasons, balked at the yoke of the Empire and decided that the time was right to rise up. Unfortunately, the Uslam Liberators, their local resistance forces, are extremely outnumbered.
- The Uslam Liberators are part of the Rebel forces deployed to repel the Imperial Forces sent to quash the planet's uprising. The 2nd Uslam Liberators are specifically tasked to defend Lorya, the capital city of Uslam. They are hoping that the Rebellion can send resources and assistance, but are not sure if that will actually happen. There are a number of support units in the area as well.
- The characters are the various factions involved in this battle. Most of the confrontation is between the Uslam Liberators, who are sector forces raised by the Uslam rebels, and the Imperial 65th Assault Fleet, relieving Imperial forces on planet that have been engaged in combat for weeks against the Liberators. Other forces, such as Starfighter Command and the Rebel fleet are also a part of this, so we can take characters of that nature as well.
- This is an RP about a specific battle in Star Wars. It's not the heroes of the canon zipping around jauntily and evading death. It's more about the people willing to take a pasting for their beliefs.
- Specifically, no Jedi/Sith, no Mandalorians, no Human Replicant Droids.
- The characters' decisions will affect the outcome.
- Collaborative GMing; while the outcome is generally determined, the larger question is 'will some of these characters manage to escape? How will the fight proceed?'
- Multiple characters allowed
In Character Info
The Republic has fallen and the Empire has risen in its place, having undermined and manipulated its way into power -- what seemed rational and logical turned out to be a manipulation. The Jedi are gone, the law no longer protects and the military no longer defends. The Empire has turned everything into an instrument of oppression under the New Order.
Still, there has always been resistance, even through the dark times. The young take up the fight against the tyranny, filling the ranks of the opposition to the Empire with a generation that does not justify the Empire by claiming that the Republic was more corrupt, worse and so forth. Some are idealists, others have their backs to the wall. The Empire creates its enemies -- the harder it squeezes, the more people consider banding together against the Empire. And now the Empire's enemy has a name.
The nascent Rebel Alliance is generally unable to mount more than harassing attacks against the much larger Galactic Empire, but it has the advantage of surprise -- the Empire has to defend the entire Empire, whereas the Rebels can disperse their forces and often can strike where they care to, though if they are caught in one place too long, they are crushed. It has to, by necessity, wage a grim and dangerous guerrilla war in the shadow of the Empire's might, wagering their lives and freedom for small victories in a long, long war that has anything but a certain outcome.
Despite the strategy of "Do not get stuck in" the Outer Rim planet Uslam is rising up against the Empire. They know the odds are against, and the Rebel Alliance is not sure if they can or cannot send supplies. Nonetheless, other Outer Rim denizens, having felt the lash of the Empire the hardest, are flocking to Uslam with the intention of making a stand. The Liberator regiments are trying to find the equipment and organize as quickly as possible to turn their capital metropolis, Lorya, into a fortress to repel the Empire's might. And while the Empire might like to destroy Lorya from orbit, it's extremely expensive to do so and lose a planet that is too economically important. So they are investing in the ground troops necessary to take it back, though no one is sure how many 'white jobs' are going to buy it in the process. That doesn't mean the Empire is going to be soft. They have walkers, they have the fire support, they have the equipment.
Even in the face of that, there are people who are ready to fight, knowing that it might be the last fight they fight.
Still, there has always been resistance, even through the dark times. The young take up the fight against the tyranny, filling the ranks of the opposition to the Empire with a generation that does not justify the Empire by claiming that the Republic was more corrupt, worse and so forth. Some are idealists, others have their backs to the wall. The Empire creates its enemies -- the harder it squeezes, the more people consider banding together against the Empire. And now the Empire's enemy has a name.
The nascent Rebel Alliance is generally unable to mount more than harassing attacks against the much larger Galactic Empire, but it has the advantage of surprise -- the Empire has to defend the entire Empire, whereas the Rebels can disperse their forces and often can strike where they care to, though if they are caught in one place too long, they are crushed. It has to, by necessity, wage a grim and dangerous guerrilla war in the shadow of the Empire's might, wagering their lives and freedom for small victories in a long, long war that has anything but a certain outcome.
Despite the strategy of "Do not get stuck in" the Outer Rim planet Uslam is rising up against the Empire. They know the odds are against, and the Rebel Alliance is not sure if they can or cannot send supplies. Nonetheless, other Outer Rim denizens, having felt the lash of the Empire the hardest, are flocking to Uslam with the intention of making a stand. The Liberator regiments are trying to find the equipment and organize as quickly as possible to turn their capital metropolis, Lorya, into a fortress to repel the Empire's might. And while the Empire might like to destroy Lorya from orbit, it's extremely expensive to do so and lose a planet that is too economically important. So they are investing in the ground troops necessary to take it back, though no one is sure how many 'white jobs' are going to buy it in the process. That doesn't mean the Empire is going to be soft. They have walkers, they have the fire support, they have the equipment.
Even in the face of that, there are people who are ready to fight, knowing that it might be the last fight they fight.
Out of Character Info
This RP will center around a specific battle during the Rebellion and I am willing to consider characters in any role; infantry on the line, command, communications, starfighter support, the Alliance Navy, and so forth. The scenario is that the rebel forces are facing a nearly insurmountable opposition and they are going to fight like lions. The outcome is probably a Rebel loss, but the question is whether or not the Empire will have a complete victory or will they be bled dry and rue the day they ever landed on Uslam. Will the Alliance come through with the support or will they cold-bloodedly cut their losses and live with it for the rest of their lives?
So depending on your character(s), the perspective could be Rebel Command, scrambling to figure out a way to slip the Imperial Navy's cordon of the planet, from the command center in Uslam, watching as icons representing people disappear on the screen as the Empire advances block by block, or from the perspective of the Rebel trooper, fighting for yards in a brutal urban firefight where everything they can think of is put to use against a better supplied and supported Empire.
So many RP's are about "WIN TEH GAEM!" but this is an RP about a battle where you're going to lose but the choice is how you lose it.
Pacing-wise, let's aim for a couple paragraphs a go, keep it moving. Also, this RP will start fairly quickly, so there will not be a weeks long screening process once in OOC.
Oh, and character sheets...we aren't bothering with the traditional ones. It's set to 'Jump In' but I really just want a couple of items of information - name, faction, location. We're in advanced and people are expected to work toward a good story, and don't need to be bogged down with unnecessary lore-writing. However, if one wishes to add more detail, that is their call.
So depending on your character(s), the perspective could be Rebel Command, scrambling to figure out a way to slip the Imperial Navy's cordon of the planet, from the command center in Uslam, watching as icons representing people disappear on the screen as the Empire advances block by block, or from the perspective of the Rebel trooper, fighting for yards in a brutal urban firefight where everything they can think of is put to use against a better supplied and supported Empire.
So many RP's are about "WIN TEH GAEM!" but this is an RP about a battle where you're going to lose but the choice is how you lose it.
Pacing-wise, let's aim for a couple paragraphs a go, keep it moving. Also, this RP will start fairly quickly, so there will not be a weeks long screening process once in OOC.
Oh, and character sheets...we aren't bothering with the traditional ones. It's set to 'Jump In' but I really just want a couple of items of information - name, faction, location. We're in advanced and people are expected to work toward a good story, and don't need to be bogged down with unnecessary lore-writing. However, if one wishes to add more detail, that is their call.
