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Resol'nare - How the Mando Boys (and Girls) Won the War [Star Wars]

TL;DR Summary

• Please post sheets here for approval.
• Please post sheets in a hider to make navigation easier for everyone.
• If possible, let's not do all humans. Mandalorians are pretty cosmopolitan, they care more about whether someone has the guts to be a Mando and live (and die) like one.

Open Roles

Open Roles

These are not the only roles available -- You can just create your own character entirely. I tried to keep these short and sweet, because if you took this character's name and basics, they're yours.

• Old Man Resol, who might be an NPC advisor to the unit. A grizzled Mando that's worked as a merc and a bounty hunter before joining the Alliance out of a personal vendetta.
• Kare Hadaj - Rebel Intelligence operative, high functioning. Is the handler of what will become Task Force Resol, Alliance Intelligence.

Character Template

Character Sheet

Name:
Species:
Age:
Rank/Title: Mando'ade Warrior - You're all Mandos now.
Role: Tactical niche within the squad, but hey, they're probably also all cross-trained.
Planet of Origin/Birth:

Appearance:

Insert a physical description here; include how they dress.

Skills:

• Please list with most potent skills first.
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• -
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Equipment:

• List here, just the important stuff.
• - Mandalorian Armor of some sort, of course. Not Beskar, because obtaining the Beskar and getting it made into suits takes a lot of doing. Mandos have made do with less plenty of times.
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History:

A personal history of the character -- enough to get a feel of where the character is coming from. You don't have to nail down every minute detail, just flesh out the important parts of the character's life, what shaped them into who they are.

Races

Races

While it is perfectly allowable to play humans, Star Wars has a diversity of playable races, and you are encouraged to try various races out.

• Twi'lek - The head-tail chicks. A race that often finds themselves enslaved to others.
• Rodian - A bizarre reptilian species with a comical look, but from a culture that glorifies death and hunting, often found in the fringes of space as smugglers, assassins and others. They look cute and harmless, and it's a facade they use quite well on the unwary.
• Droid - The workhorses of the galaxy, often sent to do jobs to make organic lives easier, there are nonetheless some considerable surprises to be found among various examples of these programmed, self-aware machines.
• Wookiees - Big, hairy, scary and often misunderstood, but highly useful. If all else fails, pull their arms out.
• Duros - Blue skinned, red eyed and noseless, this race is known for their daring and as one of the first spacefaring races in the Republic. To hear the Duros tell it, they invented courage and the hyperdrive.
• Bothan - A furry humanoid race with vaguely canid features that are well known for the ferocity of their internal politics, their prowess at subterfuge and spying and their ferocity toward those they deem racial enemies.
• Other races are totally allowed so long as I can read up on them at wookieepedia, though I reserve the right to turn down anything I think is too unbalancing.

Resol'nare - How the Mando Boys (and Girls) Won the War [Star Wars]

TL;DR Summary

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- Galactic Civil War era, maybe slightly before the events of Scarif.
- Starting out in the ass end backwater of the Outer Rim.
- Mandalorians.
- 'Mandalorians' means, not Jedi.
- And, no offense, not really feeling HRD's and so forth.
- Sort of Rebels, but way more Mandalorian than Rebel.
- One role is loosely defined, and up for grabs.
- Mandalorians.
- Discord.

In Character Info

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Every military formation has its misfits, its iconoclasts, its troublemakers, its brig rats, its nonconformists. Colonel Ghill Jest, ex-Imperial Captain, thank you very much, has the misfortune to lead a unit of green recruits for the Rebel Alliance, by the Force, that are going to be a crack unit, boots polished, chins out, shoulders back. Like the Clone Troopers he once led. Tengaru might be a fetid stinking jungle world, wet where it's not overgrown, but it's his slice of the war against the Empire that passed him over for promotion to Major.

The problem, of course, is that damned Mandalorian, a grizzled old bounty hunter that claims to have fought in a number of different battles and worlds. Undeniably a good warrior, the man is not a truly disciplined soldier and he continually questions -everything-. So, in a move of brilliance suggested at an officer's mess dinner, which are held nightly, the Mandalorian is given an independent command and the company commanders are fast to recommend the people they want least, the misfits that hold back the unit from its true potential as a crack unit in every aspect.

Resol Squad, the man calls them, and then he trains them. And then he trains some more. And somewhere down the line, they start talking in that Mando nonsense, wearing the armor and swaggering. And smirking. They're cocky, and nothing seems to be able to bring that lot into line. So they get sent out on 'independent' missions.

But they keep coming back.

They come back with kills, intelligence, prisoners (embarrassingly enough, one of the Imperial officers that sat on his promotion board. Awkward.)

Around this time, the Sultana of Tengaru is taken prisoner and held hostage by the Empire, to quell support for the rebellion. The tactic is devastating for morale.

Intelligence sends an agent, who sends for a crack team of SpecForces to rescue her. The team, en route to the system, is waylaid and destroyed in transit by Imperial Forces. Stuck on a base in the middle of some swamp, with a martinet colonel that shouldn't hold command and no suitable troops, she begins to consider her options for leaving with the mission not even attempted, leaving Tengaru without its hereditary leader to push the resistance.

The Agent, Kare Hadaj, spots a group of rebel soldiers in their base, deep in the swamps, that is actually putting a dent in the Imperials; they aren't standing sentry and saluting anything that moves, they're bringing back prisoners in their own captured vehicles. Their armor is dented, nothing matches, and her interrogation of the prisoner reveals that the local Imperials fear this unit like nothing else.

Kare Hadaj immediately realizes that she has a way to pull this Tengaru operation out of the bag. She has little trouble convincing the Colonel to turn this squad over to her. The idiot has no idea what an asset he's giving away...

Out of Character Info

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So where does this tale of Mandalorians start? Well, it starts like a good commando action flick, of course! They're three seconds away from storming the place and rescuing the Sultana.

The backstory, of course, is that these misfits of the alliance fall under the mentorship of a Mandalorian warrior (and maybe a biological son or daughter, why not?) and become quickly swept up in the survivalist, self-sufficient, dangerously libertarian ways of the Mandalorians, who are warriors to the bone, but not necessarily the most easily led. Old Man Resol (that's his name) is a damned good trainer, knows a lot of tricks and has a paternal streak, often a thing with old school Mandos, a mile wide. Another old school Mando thing is adopting people into the ways. So he takes these wayward ducklings and turned them into a pack of Nexu; loud, resourceful, audacious, dangerous. These were the ones the Colonel couldn't mold into ideal toy soldiers, they instead became highly dangerous, independent thinking warriors under Old Man Resol...and then they forged themselves in fire, as a Mandalorian must do eventually in a hard world.

The basis of the RP is this squad. The intent is to take this unit out into the wider galaxy as a fire brigade. Kare Hadaj knows she has a valuable asset here for high risk missions. So, of course, there is a larger mission, for high stakes. The Rebellion needs dangerous beings...

Currently available roles - Kare Hadaj and Old Man Resol. These are named characters, but beyond that, people can develop them as they see fit as they create them. Or come up with a character entirely on your own, assuming this gets interest and we take off here.

Resol'nare - How the Mando Boys (and Girls) Won the War [Star Wars]

Guess I better get the OOC up since we have character sheets already rolling.

Resol'nare - How the Mando Boys (and Girls) Won the War [Star Wars]

Cool deal. Bear in mind that Mandos can come from any species. These folks are generally adopted into the Clan.

Everyone gets a set of armor and their choice of heavy weaponry.

Resol'nare - How the Mando Boys (and Girls) Won the War [Star Wars]

Status: Hello, this is still recruiting. - OOC is here.

TL;DR Summary

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- Galactic Civil War era, maybe slightly before the events of Scarif.
- Starting out in the ass end backwater of the Outer Rim.
- Mandalorians.
- 'Mandalorians' means, not Jedi.
- And, no offense, not really feeling HRD's and so forth.
- Sort of Rebels, but way more Mandalorian than Rebel.
- One role is loosely defined, and up for grabs.
- Mandalorians.
- Discord.

In Character Info

---

Every military formation has its misfits, its iconoclasts, its troublemakers, its brig rats, its nonconformists. Colonel Ghill Jest, ex-Imperial Captain, thank you very much, has the misfortune to lead a unit of green recruits for the Rebel Alliance, by the Force, that are going to be a crack unit, boots polished, chins out, shoulders back. Like the Clone Troopers he once led. Tengaru might be a fetid stinking jungle world, wet where it's not overgrown, but it's his slice of the war against the Empire that passed him over for promotion to Major.

The problem, of course, is that damned Mandalorian, a grizzled old bounty hunter that claims to have fought in a number of different battles and world. Undeniably a good warrior, the man is not a truly disciplined soldier and he continually questions -everything-. So, in a move of brilliance suggested at an officer's mess dinner, which are held nightly, the Mandalorian is given an independent command and the company commanders are fast to recommend the people they want least, the misfits that hold back the unit from its true potential as a crack unit in every aspect.

Resol Squad, the man calls them, and then he trains them. And then he trains some more. And somewhere down the line, they start talking in that Mando nonsense, wearing the armor and swaggering. And smirking. They're cocky, and nothing seems to be able to bring that lot into line. So they get sent out on 'independent' missions.

But they keep coming back.

They come back with kills, intelligence, prisoners (embarrassingly enough, one of the Imperial officers that sat on his promotion board. Awkward.)

Around this time, the Sultana of Tengaru is taken prisoner and held hostage by the Empire, to quell support for the rebellion. The tactic is devastating for morale.

Intelligence sends an agent, who sends for a crack team of SpecForces to rescue her. Stuck on a base in the middle of some swamp, with a martinet colonel that shouldn't hold command and no suitable troops, she begins to consider her options for leaving with the mission not even attempted, leaving Tengaru without its hereditary leader to push the resistance.

The team, en route to the system, is waylaid and destroyed in transit by Imperial Forces. The Agent, Kare Hadaj, spot a group of rebel soldiers in their base, deep in the swamps, that is actually putting a dent in the Imperials; they aren't standing sentry and saluting anything that moves, they're bringing back prisoners in their own captured vehicles. Their armor is dented, nothing matches, and her interrogation of the prisoner reveals that the local Imperials fear this unit like nothing else.

Kare Hadaj immediately realizes that she has a way to pull this Tengaru operation out of the bag. She has little trouble convincing the Colonel to turn this squad over to her. The idiot has no idea what an asset he's giving away...

Out of Character Info

---

So where does this tale of Mandalorians start? Well, it starts like a good commando action flick, of course! They're three seconds away from storming the place and rescuing the Sultana.

The backstory, of course, is that these misfits of the alliance fall under the mentorship of a Mandalorian warrior (and maybe a biological son or daughter, why not?) and become quickly swept up in the survivalist, self-sufficient, dangerously libertarian ways of the Mandalorians, who are warriors to the bone, but not necessarily the most easily led. Old Man Resol (that's his name) is a damned good trainer, knows a lot of tricks and has a paternal streak, often a thing with old school Mandos, a mile wide. Another old school Mando thing is adopting people into the ways. So he takes these wayward ducklings and turned them into a pack of Nexu; loud, resourceful, audacious, dangerous. These were the ones the Colonel couldn't mold into ideal toy soldiers, they instead became highly dangerous, independent thinking warriors under Old Man Resol...and then they forged themselves in fire, as a Mandalorian must do eventually in a hard world.

The basis of the RP is this squad. The intent is to take this unit out into the wider galaxy as a fire brigade. Kare Hadaj knows she has a valuable asset here for high risk missions. So, of course, there is a larger mission, for high stakes. The Rebellion needs dangerous beings...

Currently available roles - Kare Hadaj and Old Man Resol. These are named characters, but beyond that, people can develop them as they see fit as they create them. Or come up with a character entirely on your own, assuming this gets interest and we take off here.

First Contact in the Situation Room

Hello everyone, just to be fully clear on what this meeting's agenda is, it will be focused on the following:

A) Sweden's contact and Russia's demand that Russia and the US monopolize communication with the aliens. Response, including following up on the foreign policy strategy laid out in the first meeting.
B) The cyberattack on US space infrastructure - feel free to throw in twists to this, like deciding what the particulars are and so forth.
C) The Bangladesh attack and response.
D) Rose fallout - Congress and the Senate are asking a lot of questions of this. This is essentially communications here, since there are IG investigations happening at this juncture.

Other issues will arise, but Sweden managed to establish an actual dialogue with the probe, which puts them in an interesting position.

Britton and Jester get to determine who the actual culprits of the cyberattack are, and feel free to be creative.

@Gunther@Byrd Man@Star Lord@Jester@CaptainBritton@Darth Shadow

First Contact in the Situation Room - Political/Sci-Fi

We have VP and SecState covered, but always looking for the special sort of player that this RP appeals to. Solid crew, stable posting, and if you love to speculate on a very open-ended future for Earth in an RP, this is definitely a way to go. Please check our Discord. :)

First Contact in the Situation Room

Let's also start a reading list of interesting books for this RP. We'll put it up on the first page of the OOC.

"The Left Hand of Darkness," by Ursula Le Guin
"The Sirens of Titan," by Kurt Vonnegut
"The Foundation Trilogy," by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation)
"The Uplift Triolgy," by David Brin (Sundiver, Startide Rising, the Uplift War)
"The Forever War" and "Forever Peace" by Joe Haldeman
"The Fountains of Paradise" by Arthur C. Clarke

First Contact in the Situation Room

EVENTS

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- FIRST CONTACT REVEALED IN TELEVISED ADDRESS BY US PRESIDENT - In a TV address, President AJ Shepard announced to the world the existence of alien life. A probe, orbiting Uranus, was picked up by government satellites of multiple nations. Further analysis and signals sent to the alien probe led to a single broadcast message: "Successful contact. Initiating Survey Report Protocol. Standby for further contact."

The President announced also the plan, in response to First Contact, to pursue an agenda of cooperation between the nations that have a significant presence in space, including the EU, Russia, China and India. The move, criticized in some quarters as setting up "haves and have nots" in the space race, came under fire in the UN General Assembly, where calls were made by the UN Secretary General to have the UN take the lead on alien first contact. This measure was veto'ed in the Security Council. The US announced diplomatic summits with the G10 powers to discuss scientific, economic and military cooperation to address a response plan to First Contact. The President also announced the formation of a new Space Force, as did several other nations.

The announcement set off a flurry of speculation regarding the nature of alien life, along with celebrations in some quarters, as well as fear in others. Science fiction authors have weighed in with a variety of scenarios and the current New York Times bestseller list include classics like "The Left Hand of Darkness," by Ursula Le Guin, "The Sirens of Titan," by Kurt Vonnegut, and "The Foundation Trilogy," by Isaac Asimov. Also popular are purchases of firearms and survival equipment, as some groups prepare for the 'inevitable alien infiltration and invasion of America."

The markets were volatile in the first week after the announcement, but overall, the prospect of government contracts related to the formation of the Space Force, research and development funding for DARPA and other agencies, a surge in certain stock prices, primarily those that had some connection to aerospace technology.

- The Swedish Space Agency, Rymdstyrelsen, announced that it is the first nation to enter into dialogue with the Uranus Probe (sorry guys, I fucking had to) and has begun to glean data from the probe. Carl Nilson, the head of the agency, announced that a 'significant' amount of information was gleaned from the latest exchange, mostly about the purpose of the probe, the findings of which it is forwarding to other world governments for consideration.

- In Bangladesh, the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, a Salafist group, has mounted an attack on facilities run by Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization in partnership with US, European, Chinese and Japanese agencies for the purpose of satellite communications. The attacks were timed together and involved militants assaulting these sites in Mumbai-style waves of sappers. Worldwide, fundamentalist groups of all stripes are becoming more vocal and restive, and the FBI has already apprehended members of one cult, the Congregation of Joy, that was planning a group suicide that involved children in eastern Washington state.

- A series of cyberattacks aimed at American communications hubs, observatories, space launch centers and other space infrastructure, including university-based, government, military and commercial facilities were detected and stopped. A multi-agency investigation is underway, without a clear idea who the perpetrators are.

- Also in the US, US Secretary of Commerce Raymond Rose is forced to resign admit a series of New York Times articles exposing his connection to several firms that were awarded lucrative space and defense contracts related to the newly established Space Force. His resignation comes as a blow to an administration that ran on transparency and accountability, and the President was forced to give a statement on the resignation. In response to the scandal, a review on contracts and procurement across multiple agencies have been initiated by the Office of the Inspector General for the Departments of Defense, Commerce and Education.

First Contact in the Situation Room

"Using the minutes of this meeting, we can ensure that AJ has all the options on the table," reviewing reports drafted by staff was part of his function, "but I also think the address is the best forum for this and will indicate that there is consensus on this. We need to coordinate the press strategy after the announcement." Part of the Chief of Staff's job was to filter up to the president and then back down, but Mike wasn't absolutely controlling, because iron-fist tactics were off-putting and closed down avenues of consideration.

...and AJ was a guy that liked to consider all angles. He'd have been there for that meeting, but he had other meetings that were important too, things even a president couldn't wriggle out of.

"Madam Vice President, I would advise, if your schedule allows for it, to consider going on some Sunday shows; if we schedule them ahead of time before the presidential address, we will be driving up engagement for the address itself. Charlotte," he indicated one of his staffers, female, one of the president's speechwriters for national security matters, "can coordinate with your prep staff with the remarks that we're already preparing for the president when he decides on forum and based on what sort of followup foreign negotiation strategy we're going to pursue. Bill, if you wish, I think we need to sit down and work out a schedule of who we need to set up calls with for AJ."

The President was going to be working as hard as any of them the rest of the week, especially as he started to sound out the EU powers. Bill and Mike had State experience and could assist with the setups, as Mike's Russian was fluent, but these delicate conversations would be between the heads of state.

Mike had the feeling that he'd be running this well into the night and envisioned enough coffee and sandwiches to get his staff through.

"Unless there is something further to add regarding the selection of venues for press engagement and forums for foreign policy, we need to turn to the military preparations, as this touches both. Secretary Farran, General Edwards, we will need to communicate to the public and other world governments what or military preparations are going to look like. This includes negotiating with signatories, the primary parties anyway, to the Outer Space Treaty to provide for a military presence in space as a defensive measure against extra-solar potential threats. It may be necessary for the president to communicate a clear vision of what we are going to do as a government to address the potential threats that we now know exist."

His tone was somber, but his delivery flat, Mike didn't do a lot of camera style performance when there wasn't a camera on or he wasn't trying to persuade someone, this was his 'all business' persona, especially in an environment where emotions were sampled carefully. This was a new White House in crisis management and he knew that leaks happened. Florid language, raised voices, impassioned tones would be noted and relayed to the press no matter how much leakproofing you tried to do.

"The President would like your best proposals on how to structure our military, including radical options, in order to address this threat. What assets will be needed, including those that can be converted over from existing organizations." The hope was that there were proposals already being considered in preparation for the meeting.