Star Wars: Alliance to Restore the Republic - Rebel Academy

[Sarge]

So I had an idea and have been thinking about it for a few hours. How about an RP about a group of people who sign up to join the Rebellion, going through basic training and then thrust out into the galaxy to fight for the Alliance? I'm thinking it would be set just after the Battle of Yavin (a massive victory for the Rebellion and no doubt a rallying cry to the galaxy, makes sense that their recruiting numbers would go up in this period). It would be fun to explore a period of the timeline that would no doubt have been crucial to the survival of the Rebellion, yet so few materials have touched on: The period of time between Episodes IV and V. If the RP lasts that long, our soldiers could even be stationed to help build the base on Hoth and participate in the eventual battle there, even the Battle of Endor and beyond!

It's just a rough idea right now, but if anyone reckons they'd be up for this let me know! Basic ground rule though: No Jedi characters! If you're thinking of character concepts, being Force sensitive is fine (so long as it's not over the top!) since force sensitivity can help with shit like fixing things and being a good pilot, but none of the characters involved should have any actual training with the Force. I'd want to make it the authentic Rebel Enlistee experience, not an episode of 'How special is my snowflake?'.

[AbysmalDemon]

Hell yeah!

[Sarge]

I've had plenty of time to think today and I've come up with some more details:

Setting:
The RP is set during the Galactic Civil war, a couple of months after the destruction of the Death Star. The Rebel Alliance is still in the process of finding a new HQ after they were forced to abandon Yavin IV, fearing retribution from the Empire. This means that the Alliance High Command is currently in hiding. Even so, the Rebellion is currently going through the heaviest period of recruitment in it's history, thanks in no small part to the massive surge of confidence brought about by the victory over the Emprie at the Battle of Yavin.

Characters:
I already said I'd like the characters in this RP to be straightforward non-Jedi. Aside from that, I'm happy with pretty much anything. If you want to say that your character is a little force-sensitive and that's why they're a really good pilot, that's fine. I'm even happy for any Jedi or Sith characters who show up to remark on the presence of force-sensitives, but I will draw the line at anyone trying to use actual Force powers.

I would also like people to try and stick to canon races as much as possible. Most of the time I don't mind homebrew stuff, but for this RP I'd really prefer to stick to established Star Wars stuff. The authentic Rebel Alliance experience!

Plot:
As I mentioned, the player characters would be recent enlistees (as in, just off the shuttle) in the Rebel Alliance. The RP would start in a basic training camp and I'm thinking my character would be their drill sergeant. The RP would progress through the standard things like weapons training and fitness drills and whatnot, but also flight school (starting in T-16 skyhoppers and progressing through to X-Wings). Eventually the recruits would 'graduate' and be placed together for deployment, at which point I'll decide where we're going.

If there's anything else anyone wants to know about, feel free to ask. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread to see what sort of interest there is, and if enough people want to do it I'll get onto making the OOC thread.

[CondorTheMole]

You have my curiosity.

[Wade Wilson]

Interested, though I must warn you, I'm not an expert in full-on Star Wars lore. All I've done is watched the movies and played a little bit of The Force Unleashed, which I doubt is even canon.

[Sarge]

Well, you don't have to be massively up on your Star Wars lore. If you've seen all the films you'll probably be fine. If you want to bone up on anything in particular, I suggest the Wookieepedia, it's full of stuff that might be helpful for character creation.

[Wade Wilson]

Well, you don't have to be massively up on your Star Wars lore. If you've seen all the films you'll probably be fine. If you want to bone up on anything in particular, I suggest the Wookieepedia, it's full of stuff that might be helpful for character creation.

@Sarge

Thanks.

[The Canadian]

I'm so in, as I posted in the Casual Interest Check post!!! ^^

[Sarge]

The OOC is now up!

[ChaoticFox]

I'm in. Seem to be in a Star Wars mood as of late.

[Sarge]

To anyone who expressed interest but hasn't yet posted a CS, I said I wanted to be making my decision on who's in tomorrow night, so here it is:

You have 24 hours to post a CS before I'm closing recruitment!

At some time after 00:00 GMT tomorrow (possibly as late as the morning, depending on how tired I am) I will announce who made the cut and start the IC thread going.

You have been warned!

(For those of you that missed it, there is a link to the OOC thread in my signature!)

[Sarge]

Due to a few early drop-outs, recruitment is now open again. If anyone's interested, head on over to the OOC and drop me a character sheet!