[OOC] Star Wars: Dark Secrets of the Empire

[VitaVitaAR]

@CallSignCorsair: Happy New Year!

@Simple Unicycle: I'm not sure. Relatively soon, but I'd like to get some more non-Jedi(especially New Republic) characters first.

[Simple Unicycle]

@VitaVitaAR
I could make a New Republic character if you wish. In fact, I already have an idea: Cal's estranged brother, who just so happens to also be a great pilot.

[VitaVitaAR]

Only make one if you want to. I don't want to force anybody.

[Simple Unicycle]

Already have the idea in my head, nothing'll stop me now!

[VitaVitaAR]

Feel free, then!

[GrafRoy Zeppeli]

Oh I was going to ask.

May I reserve a dark Jedi spot? I've an interesting idea I'll PM you later.

@GrafRoy Zeppeli

@VitaVitaAR

Just cause I'm not sure if you read this

[VitaVitaAR]

@GrafRoy Zeppeli: I missed that. ^^; You can, that will be our third Dark Jedi.

[Aerath]

I edited my post, but since it's all the way in the back I'll just post it again here to make it easier.

I did end up completely redoing the character. I just wasn't feeling the original and was having serious trouble thinking of anything, so I went with an idea that has been spinning in my head recently. ^^;

Also, happy 2016 everyone! Let's hope we all have a good start the the new year!

Akyra Shyr

• Name: Akyra Shyr
• Age: 24
• Gender: Female
• Race: Vahra
  
  
  About the Vahra

  The Vahra are a near-human species that primarily inhabit the planet Ketkuo. Differences between them and humans are few, though the most notable are their lifestyles, traditions and their connection with the force. It is unknown whether the Vahra always had this natural connection or if it was gained due to their traditions, but one thing is for sure - a large number of Vahra are known to be force sensitive. Despite their connection it was never used for anything other than survival.
  
  The Vahra inhabit a vast majority of Ketkuo, ranging from the harsh mountainous regions to the ocean coast and the thick forests. They live in clans that range in sizes, often enough to make a small village, though there are large cities found throughout the regions. It is fairly uncommon to find them outside of their home planet due to their close bonds with their families and traditions, and rarely does an individual decide to travel outside of their home planet if given the chance unless they have abandoned their clan.
  
  They are associated with the mask that they are often found wearing, most often given the mark of their clan. Young Vahra, or Sightless, are given a mask without eye holes to wear when they are outside of their home. This practice is believed to enhance the other senses that don’t come as naturally as eyesight. It was believed that by mastering the other senses it would create a better hunter and warrior and give a connection to the Earth. During this time of their lives is when force-sensitive Vahra generally find their connection with the force. If a youngling was found without their mask on when outside of their home they were often scolded and given punishment in the form of more duties.
  
  Once a Sightless makes their first kill, their mask are given eyeholes and they are given a mentor. During this time they learn the basics of every branch - the fighting techniques of a warrior, the tracking abilities of a hunter, and the healing abilities of a gatherer. After a period of time it is determined where their skills lie, and they are put into one of the three branches and given a mark to symbolize their position.
• Appearance:
  
  Akyra stands at a height of 5'6", which is fairly average for a woman of her age and race, and she possesses a thin frame. Her skin is naturally tan, though it is not without small blemishes, mainly scars along her arms and chest from her own duals. Her hair is dark brown in coloration and it often adorned with small brown feathers. While it is common to find her hair down, she prefers keeping it up in a ponytail to keep it from giving her any issues. Rimmed with dark eyelashes, her almond-shaped eyes are golden and most often posses a gentle look. Like many of her race, she wears the mark of her clan just beneath her left eye, clearly visible by the fact that it is several shades darker than her natural skin color.
  
  Though she may no longer live among her clan, she chooses to continue wearing the mask she was given and continues to wear the tribe’s mark on her skin. Akyra’s mask is primarily off-white, and the markings a light golden color. It is a full-face mask that had eye slits and a nose, but no mouth. The marking of her tribe is found beneath her eyes, and on her forehead the warrior’s symbol. She generally wears her mask when she is on missions, but takes leaves it off during casual events or at night.
  
  Akyra's attire is similar to that of the past Jedis' - simple and comfortable. She personally prefers varying shades of brown, though she may occasionally be found with robes or a cloak tinted with a rusty red.
• Personality: After leaving her home planet, Akyra began an attempt to cut any emotional ties that she might have with anyone. Due to this she may often seem distant from others. Solitude is where she finds her comfort, so working alongside more than one other individual is an experience that she must get used to again. Despite being distant, she is surprisingly comforting to be around since she is equipped with her mother’s gentle heart. Her social skills are not entirely lacking, however, as some of her master’s habits and way have leaked onto her, allowing Akyra to get along with a sense of humor that one might not expect from the masked Vahra.
  
  For the most part Akyra is more than capable of keeping herself composed, even in stressful situations. However, she is prone to irritation when things don’t go her way. Grudges are something that she holds for a short while, and she is incredibly stubborn once her mind is made up.
• Profession: Jedi Knight (Jedi Healer)
• Skills/Abilities: Like many of her kind, Akyra had a natural connection with the force that only strengthened with her training. Her skills undoubtedly lie within this powerful connection, and whereas others may rely primarily on their skill with the lightsaber, she relies on often using the force in battle.
  
  While she is a practitioner of Form III(Soresu), and also somewhat well-versed in Form VI(Niman), she prefers to sway away from the option of combat, so the use of her weapon and the force is most often used only for defense when she absolutely needs it.
  
  Due to the path that she follows, Akyra holds much knowledge in the art of healing, often with the aid of the force. However, even without it she is aware of a number of alternative methods to help heal wounds.
  
  Stealth is one skill that helps her get around undetected as well, something that can prove to be important when she is on the battlefield. She is difficult to catch, and quick to escape.
• Equipment: Akyra wields a pale yellow lightsaber with a dark silver hilt, adorned with a light gold to match her mask. The hilt is slightly curved as well, an addition that was added to match her own preference.
  
  She also carries a number of special crystals with her to amplify her abilities when it comes to healing. Along with these crystals, she has a number of basic medical supplies, ranging from bandages and stitches to burn relievers and natural antibiotics.
• Brief Backstory: Akyra was born on her home planet of Ketkuo, to Clan Shyr. Her mother was the Spiritual Leader, while her father a warrior. Due to their limited interaction with the outside world, the Vahra saw little to nothing of the war, though they were not completely left in the dark. So for the most part Akyra grew up the same way her parents had - given a mask that forced her to utilize all of her senses other than her sight. It was then that she found out that she was force-sensitive, realizing that she could sense the life around her easily. She did not grow up without war, of course - at the time, clan wars were not uncommon.
  
  Akyra was recruited by a man named Kilar Shian, a jedi that was sent to revive connections with the Vahra after the war. A number of their kind were taken for training, Akyra being among them. In honor of their new path, those that were chosen were given the mark of a warrior, even if they had not yet completed their training. Akyra was chosen to train under Kilar Shian. Since then her abilities have grown, and she has begun leaning towards the path of a healer.

[Simple Unicycle]

Owen Glewdis

Name: Owen Glewdis
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Appearance: Click. Wears this jacket over his orange jumpsuit outside of X-Wing.
Personality: Brash, blunt, courageous, and a smartass, just like his brother. However, he doesn't share Cal's enthusiasm and gung-ho attitude, because he knows that each mission he could possibly die. He also doesn't hate Luke Skywalker, but that's because he never knew his father much whereas Cal was used to having him around.
Profession: New Republic pilot, support fire.
Skills:

• Crackshot: It runs in the family... Like his brother, Owen is a great shot with a blaster pistol but is terrible with a rifle.
• Mechanic: Owen is a great mechanic and repairer. In fact, he prefers to fix up his X-Wing after battles himself.

Abilities: Like his brother, he's one of the best pilots in the galaxy and has no other abilities.
Equipment:

• T-65 X-Wing
• Clothes (as seen in photo)
• Jacket (as seen in other photo)
• His astromech droid, R2-T5
• DH-17 blaster pistol (though the silver barrel is painted black)
• Commlink
• 75 credits

Brief Backstory: Owen is the son of Korali Glewdis, a General of the Imperial Army, who died on the first Death Star when it was blown up by Luke Skywalker. He was born four years after his brother on Coruscant, and was raised entirely by his mother and brother. He wanted to join the Imperial Army and become a pilot from a young age, but the Empire wasn't around long enough for that to happen. He barely knew his father, because his father was absent a lot in his final years due to the Rebels. As such, Owen was barely phased when he heard of his father's passing, and didn't grow a hatred for the Rebels or Luke Skywalker.

After the Emperor and Darth Vader died and the Galactic Empire was replaced by the New Republic, Owen thought that the only differences were that he was now saluting people in different uniforms and now wanted to join an army with different tactics. He joined his brother on the streets for a while, even shooting his brother's blaster on a few occasions, but they slowly drifted apart as Cal became older. By the time Cal left, the most the two would say to each other in a month would be 'hello' or 'hey'.

A few years after his brother left, at 17, Owen joined the New Republic's army. At boot camp he met Fan Sylo, and became friends with her and the rest of his future squad. Once he graduated boot camp, he was assigned his droid R2-T5 and became a support fire pilot. He was sent to Nar Shaaddaa, where he may end up seeing his brother once again...

Also, I see you haven't added my first character to your first post in the characters tab; probably due to his three occupations. Just put down scoundrel.

[CallSignCorsair]

Another character just in case the RP gets a little too lightsaber heavy :)

Hider

Name: F7-250

Age: 4 months off of the factory line

Gender: N/A (however, often referred to as a male)

Race: Droid

Appearance:

F7’s model is rather strange in comparison to more mundane droids like astromechs or translators. Powerful legs and elongated arms, each bearing three digits at the end, coupled with its streamlined body mark this droid as built for speed and agility. Its large, near seven foot silver body is accented with cobalt blue designs which glow palely. F7 moves with a near cat-like grace, every step calculated for its upmost efficiency.

Personality: F7’s primary directive is the care and protection of sentients during times of crisis. As it is a relatively new droid, it has had little time to develop the characteristic quirks of more time-worn robots and mainly sticks to its main functions. However, among sentients that F7 has spent a long time around, the droid develops a bit of an over-protective streak, seeing danger in even the most benign settings. Among such sentients, it will often rattle off the statistical likelihood of certain actions resulting in a gruesome death in a surprisingly chipper tone, though it seems just happy to help rather than happy about the chance of death. During times where its primary function cannot be fulfilled and it is not deactivated, F7 seems content to attach itself to whichever sentient can stand its presence and follow them until ordered otherwise. F7 is extremely fascinated by organic life, finding wonder in even the simplest of biological functions or organic interactions. As such, the droid has taken a shine to downloading data caches relating to organic functions, at times pestering sentients about what it perceives as biological curiosities.

Profession: Emergency Response Droid

Skills: F7 is programed with thousands of medical and safety protocols, and can sufficiently serve as a first responder of near any-kind. From paramedic to firefighter, F7 has the knowledge necessary to protect and serve its organic progenitors. As a droid, it has the basic knowledge regarding its own maintenance and upkeep, but is not designed as a repair droid. F7 can calculate advance mathematical quandaries and wide streams of statistical data at rapid rate, although for truly complex problems it would have to divert the necessary processing power away from its base subroutines.

Abilities: F7’s model was designed with advanced physical capabilities in mind. As a droid dropped into disaster zones with the intent to rescue individuals of interest, F7 was built to withstand a large amount of punishment and traverse unstable buildings quickly and efficiently. The droid is capable of moving at rapid speeds overland and preforming impressive acrobatic feats in order to perform its primary function. This model contains heighten hydraulic capabilities in all of its appendages, allowing it to lift large loads or leap great distances in order to complete its task. However, F7 is not a combat droid, and as such, has no programming which details how it should attack, or even approach, an aggressor.

Equipment: F7 is equipped with a number of in-built technological innovations which aid in its rescue attempts.
Infrared vision
Night vision
Telescopic vision
Field cauterizer
ECM-598 Medical Backpack
PED-21 distress beacon
Kolto Injectors
Medkit
Comlink
Holoprojector
Datapad/Data Link w/ connection to the Extranet
BX-333 Biorecorder

Brief Backstory:
F7-250 was an experimental droid built with one directive in mind. One, simple, perfect goal to achieve. Prevent the unnecessary loss of organic life. One of the few of its kind ever created, no expense was spared when it came to the invention and outfitting of this droid. It was to be the first in a line of many rescue droids that were to change the scene of medical field in the known galaxy. Equipped with massive databanks which housed thousands of years of medicinal knowledge relating to hundreds of species across the cosmos, the F7-250 model was truly ahead of its time. Its inventor was projected to make millions, and he had a long list of clients lined up for this droid; ranging anywhere from the Hutt cartels of Nar Shaada to the newly vented Galactic Republic.

Unfortunately, the Imperial Remnant caught wind of this robotic wonder. Having no way to steal the plans or outbid their competitors before the inventor was to gift his creation to their enemies, the Imperial Remnant chose to destroy what they could rather than let the Republic seize control of this asset. Launching a series of coordinated bombings against the inventor’s laboratory, F7 was left alone in this galaxy as its brothers and its creator were ripped from existence, the droid itself only escaping destruction by a prodigious collapse of rubble which left it trapped and offline while the bombs continued to rage overhead.

Dug up months later by scavengers, F7 was sold as a simple labor droid to the Jedi Order, using its advanced strength and unique design to help the Jedi construct a new temple. Its true directive would resurge once again when, during construction, a large column of rock would crash down on a group of Force-sensitive younglings. Without even a moment’s hesitation, F7 rushed from its work to place itself between the younglings and the falling rubble, catching the rock as its systems strained to compensate for the added weight. From that moment forth, the Jedi realized F7’s true design. Eventually, the droid would be assigned to accompany a group of Jedi Knights on their new mission.

[NightmareInd]

I just noticed there are only 3 females in the character list, 2 of which are owned by @VitaVitaAR. That might become a problem later on, but not sure.

[NarcissisticPotato]

I just noticed there are only 3 females in the character list, 2 of which are owned by @VitaVitaAR. That might become a problem later on, but not sure.

@NightmareInd

I'm making one now so it shouldn't be too imbalanced!

Also @VitaVitaAR you said the Republic sent a ship and a scouting squadron. Would they potentially have a diplomat (of sorts) on this ship to report back to them directly? That was kinda my character idea! :3

[Ookawa]

Don't worry, my character's still coming. She's female, too. No worries :P

[Rin]

I just noticed there are only 3 females in the character list, 2 of which are owned by @VitaVitaAR. That might become a problem later on, but not sure.

@NightmareInd

Not entirely sure how that's a problem, really. ^^;

I mean my character's going to be female anyways but yeah, not understanding the problem here.

[Lost Cause]

Well, not quite finished but whatever.

• Name: Xanthe Wix
• Age: 20
• Gender: Female
• Race: Human
• Appearance: Something like this. Flight Helmet.
• Personality: Xanthe has something of a bubbly personality, although she isn't so energetic that it affects her ability to carry out her duties. This is mainly because she's got enough sense to keep her energy confined to her quarters, rather than the flight deck or her cockpit.
• Profession: Pilot, New Republic Starfighter Corps
• Skills: As well as being a trained pilot, Xanthe is a skilled hunter and tracker as a result of her upbringing. If posted with a ground team, this makes her a reasonably competent sniper.
• Abilities: Nothing specific.
• Equipment: Flies a T-65 X-Wing, assisted by her astromech droid, R2-G3. Carries a standard issue com-link and a DH-17 blaster pistol.
• Brief Backstory: Xanthe can really only be described as "fresh meat". Just out of the Academy and still kind of unsteady at the controls.
  
  Xanthe was born on Wakeelmui not long before the Battle of Yavin. Her father was a line worker at the Sienar Fleet Systems factory on the forested world. As the garrison lessened in the wake of the Battle of Endor, and it gradually became possible to do so without being arrested, her father taught her to hunt local fauna, before she left home to attend the Academy.

[VitaVitaAR]

@CallSignCorsair: The only issue I see is that healing seems pretty at odds with the Dark Side. Your droid is accepted for sure though.

@Aerath: Accepted.

@Simple Unicycle: I missed you putting him in the characters tab, sorry. ^^; Also your second character is accepted.

@Lost Cause: When she's finished I'll look her over.

[VitaVitaAR]

@NarcissisticPotato: They would probably be someone who can fight as well since they're going to Nar Shaddaa.

[NarcissisticPotato]

@NarcissisticPotato: They would probably be someone who can fight as well since they're going to Nar Shaddaa.

@VitaVitaAR

Got it! What are we lacking in at the moment? Do we need more New Republic people or more Sith?

[VitaVitaAR]

@NarcissisticPotato: I'd definitely say we need more New Republic characters. Though non-Dark Jedi antagonist characters, like other members of the Children of the Emperor, are allowed too.

[piercetyler1994]

Trust me I'm gonna get back to this; I promise.

Work-in-Progress

Name: Tetravüs, "Vüs" for short (pronounced "Tet-ruh-voos")

Age: 95

Gender: Male

Race: Wookiee

Appearance: Standing at 7'4" and weighing approximately 300 lbs, Tetravüs is a rather imposing figure. He has a dark brown coat with flecks of black, which is in stark contrast to his youthful dark blue eyes. He has a few bald spots with scar tissue, indicating many combat related injuries.

Personality: A simple minded being, typically thinking in the now as opposed to the later; happy-go-lucky attitude; can be serious if the situation warrants; a lover of legends revolving around the Clone Wars and Galactic Civil War

Profession: Mercenary

Skills: Competent in all forms of blasters (from pistols to heavy weapons), demolitions expert, decently knowledgeable on ship repair (at least his own ship)

Abilities: Natural strength and endurance, significant longevity, speaks in Shyriiwook and understands Galactic Basic

Equipment:
DLT-19 Heavy Blaster (Primary weapon)
Tusken Cycler Rifle (a slugthrower) NOTE: Rounds are difficult to find.
Thermal Detonator x3
ZX-102 Light Freighter

Brief Backstory: