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Star Wars: A Veiled Threat

like a discord server? I could make one.

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oh right, a leader. It'll be a Republic soldier NPC.

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Lahana

Name: Lahana Sunset

Race: Half human, half Echani

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Appearance: Lahana stands at a rather tall height of six feet four inches tall. She has a head of long straight silver hair, about three feet long, which is usually swept to either the left or right side of her head. She often tries to hide her padawan braid while fiddling with her hair, leaving it tucked behind her ear. She has a tan complexion and a multitude of scars. Most notably there are marks of lashing on her back and discolored skin on the right side of her face due to a burn, running from the end of her right brow to the bottom of her chin. She has dark lines under her eyes. She doesn't get much sleep, and when she does she is tormented by nightmares. The only time she is at rest are the few moments she is able to meditate and be at peace.

Otherwise her facial features are soft, with a subtle nose and mouth. If not for her sharp auburn eyes she would appear almost approachable. Her voice alternates between just a bit too quiet and just a bit too loud, as she has difficulty gauging the proper tone of conversation.

If she isn't wearing the robes given to her she can be seen wearing painfully plain clothing. She has no fashion sense to speak of.

Lahana spends a lot of time training her body, and it shows. She has clearly defined muscles with a low body fat percentage. While she isn't hulking she is far stronger than the average person.

Personality: Lahana is full of good intentions and poor actions. She wants to treat people kindly, but tends to avoid contact and say all the wrong things during conversation. Being close to people sets her on edge, as voices in her head tell her all the horrible things others can do to her. She tries to ignore her paranoia, but it often gets the better of her.

She's still not used to holding normal conversation, so will either end up not saying much or saying far too much. The only time she can understand someone is when she fights them, as she believes is due to her heritage. She wants to live as a proper jedi, but struggles with her emotions. She knows giving in to anger could lead her down a dark path, she knows violence can't solve everything, but it's all she knew for a long time.

Occupation: Padawan

History: Lahana was born on a planet that rained acid and was home to ferocious wildlife. She doesn't remember much about her parents. She’s forgotten their voices, forgotten their faces, but she can never forget the day they were slaughtered in front of her by slavers. She was captured and sold to a mercenary company. There she had an explosive collar latched onto her neck. The collar sent a shock through her body whenever she was disobedient, or whenever her captors felt like it. She went through what could technically be called training, but was more akin to torture. She was thrown into arenas with wild animals and forced to fight for her life, she was beaten and whipped so as to dull her sense of pain. When they got bored her captors would occasionally force her to fight other people in underground fights to the death, after a while she lost count of the number she'd killed.

She was sent on missions with the mercenaries, acting as front line fodder with other slaves. She's seen her friends blown apart, stabbed and torched alive. Eventually she stopped talking to others as she couldn't take losing anymore friends. After returning from another contract her captors celebrated by drinking. While they were debilitated she heard one of them say that a jedi taskforce had been sent to take care of them. They broke into chaos and Lahana took this chance to escape. She killed the man that held the key to her cuff once they were in a room alone, with him drunkingly shoving money and other goods into a bag she took the knife from his belt and stabbed him to death. Hearing the commotion more of them went into the room. Lahana could have escaped then, instead she waited for the few others that had not run already to come having heard the commotion. She was only ten years old, but unknown to her she had the force backing her, and it along with her training was more than enough for her to slaughter them.

Shortly afterwards the door to the room opened, and a man adorned in a robe stood before her. The knife in her hand was slick with blood, and the room was painted red. The robed man was her future master. Her master saw that if left alone she would quickly be seduced by the allure of the dark side, so he took her under his wing as his padawan.

Equipment: She has a basic green saber that she constructed as part of her training. Besides that one she has another that she built in her spare time. While searching for the crystal to create her first saber she happened upon a clear crystal. When she looked closer, she saw that the crystal was murky and fogged on the inside. Her master told her such a crystal would not be ideal, leading to an unpredictable appearance. However instead of tossing it away, she kept it. Installing it into a curved hilt, this lightsaber produces a white saber with blinking black spots when turned on.

Force Powers: Lahana has knowledge of the core abilities of a jedi, and is particularly adept at offensive feats. Passive abilities or those that require great concentration are difficult, if not impossible for her to do.

Skills:
First Aid training - Lahana opted to learn how to deal with common injuries that would be sustained in battle, a skill that was needed as she was rarely taken care of by her captors.

Firearms proficiency - While she isn't a top class marksman, Lahana is well versed in the use of blasters and other projectile weapons.

Close Quarters Combat - Lahana is an expert in hand to hand combat, as well as the use of weapons such as her lightsabers.

Weaknesses: Socially inept, Prone to fits of anger, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder caused by her early childhood.

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@Vulkan you can say that information was sent to him on a personal PDA or something.

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If we get anymore mercs you may want to cut back on that. We have a bit too many for a republic oriented rp in my opinion.

@vancexentan

I can see how that'd seem odd, though considering the circumstances it's not out of the ordinary. If we get a bunch more then I'll make a note in the first post about it.

Would it be possible for Kel to speak to the commander first? Seeing as he was sent there to help the forces on the planet, it seems like the thing to do.

@Vulkan

Most of the people there were sent to help. It'd need to be something only the commander could answer, otherwise Kel could speak to the Twi'lek woman.

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accepted

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@Macro@Athol Accepted.

Also the IC is up.

edit: @vancexentan As in a specific part of Gamorria? or the start of it? Unless your character flew in on a personal ship they will arrive on a Republic transport ship. People can't exactly make up their minds about where to draw lines for areas so places are typically referred to by nicknames or simple coordinates. The military base is surrounded by city. Tall sky scrapers, lots of traffic, ect.

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Gamorria doesn't look so terrible from up here. The city lights covering the whole planet look kind of beautiful even. It's hard to believe such a place is filled with so much evil. I wonder if any of the locals will cooperate with us, I've heard everything is run by gangs and crime syndicates or something. Regardless, I want to help. Maybe I'll be able to become a Knight if I do well enough. I'm certainly strong enough already... But that's not all it takes, I know. I won't let my master down, I'l-

"Lahana? We're landing now." Lahana shuddered and slammed her diary closed, then shoving it into her robe along with a pen.

"Y-yes master!" She straightened up and bowed, her voice loud enough to draw a few glances. Her master, a middle aged man with a dark tan and a head full of curly hair nodded and began to walk with his apprentice.

"A little loud." He said. Lahana let out a sigh.

"Sorry, still working on it." She whispered.

"Too low now." He said, a little too amused. Lahana let out a grumble as the transport ship landed and it's doors opened. She had been looking forward to the fresh air of the outdoors, but instead the outside smelled somehow even more artificial than the inside of a spaceship. As she stepped onto the port she saw the military base not too far away. It's rigid and spartan design in contrast with the smooth architecture of the surrounding city. Her master talked with someone that greeted the lot of them, she kept her head down, not finding the conversation to be any of her business. They were taken to a courtyard where a man with enough medals on his chest to smelt a vibroblade awaited them. His black hair was cleanly combed, but he clearly hadn't shaved in a while.

"It's my duty to create order on this planet and this is what they send me?" He let out a disgruntled sigh and crossed his arms. "My name to you all is Commander Gallowin and if you're expecting a speech, you're not gettin' one. You're here to work, if you want motivation let it be your dinner at the end of the day. Now there's two things on the table today. First of all we've got the location of a drug den. You name it they're cookin' it up in there and selling it. Until today that was perfectly legal, but now we're here, and them gangs are gonna have to find a new cash flow." Handheld devices that looked a lot like a puck were handed to those in the courtyard. "These personal devices have a holographic map of the city, the location of that drug factory will be in there. Don't lose them, because I ain't paying for a replacement, you are."

Lahana pressed a button on the side of the silver device and as the commander said a holographic display of the city lit up. It seemed the target location was about three miles away.

"Secondly." The commander said. "Some of those more receptive to our cause have come into contact with us and will be sending a representative today. I doubt this information stayed between us, so those that decide to stay on base will remain on guard for any hostile activity. You have clearance to shoot any hostiles on sight. You all got that? Good, make yourselves useful!" The commander walked away with that to his quarters, leaving behind a young twi'lek woman with mottled blue skin.

"Please leave any inquiries that do not need the commander's attention to me." She said.

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@Vulkanaccepted

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Yeah I've already got something in mind.

I should have the IC up soon.