A thread for all the Jedi

[Acacius Blade]

I was daydreaming and had a good idea.

Basically we'd be flying round the galaxy as usual, keeping a low profile. The fleet encounters a very large debris field - asteroids, dust clouds, wreckage etc. But as well as that, they detect a very large object inside the debris field - a ship.

It's an ancient ship, hundreds - possibly thousands - of years old from the time of the Old Republic. And whats even more exciting - it's a Jedi ship. I had a cool idea for a specific clan of Jedi who were more like traditional monks than we know Jedi to be - more religious and passive - and very much into archaeology. This ship will be one of two that were converted by the Jedi for very long trips. Even with hyperdrive, back then things were slower and the galaxy was a much bigger place. So they converted the ship to include a compartmentalised stasis system, where individual sections of the ship could be frozen in time. This allowed the Jedi to travel for many years without ageing but also let the contingent of droids carry out their business in the rooms, corridors and bays with inactive stasis fields.

Now the two ships were travelling on opposite sides of the galaxy, but planned to meet up to exchange a very sacred artifact - a Jedi Holocron older than the Republic itself.

Acacius will be aware of this tale, and it's fine for other older characters to be aware as well. But what nobody will know is which ship had the holocron before contact was lost with both of them. So our characters will make their way through the debris field to the ship and take a look around the immense vessel to look for it, and possibly salvage anything of use - as well as reclaim a hefty piece of their Jedi heritage in the process. The ship is like an ancient temple in space - the corridors will be adorned with stone in some places to honor the Jedi Temples they were away from during their travels. There will be glyphs on doors and walls, scrolls, tabards, tomes, candles, all kinds of artifacts of significance as well as knowledge and wisdom. But the possibility of a holocron will be the main prize.

Now holocrons are a big deal and I agree that they should be few and far between from an OOC perspective, otherwise they're not special. But from an IC perspective, we've got to go take a look in hopes of finding it. Whether they've got the right ship or not can be decided nearer to the end since there's no reason to decide now. But if it's not the right ship, they the characters have still got the means to begin searching for the other ship - course trajectories, logs etc.

So this could be an early thread and plant for a bigger story down the line. It can be kept low-key and isolated since it's in the middle of nowhere and doesn't need to be drawn out, there aren't loads of twists and plot threads interlacing, it's pretty straight forward and something thay everybody wants to do rather than has to do - something they all want to do together. Our Jedi characters all still have their clashing personalities but they can all agree that this is something worth taking the time to do and build a foundation of trust, friendship and teamwork.

But so there's not just post after post of walking around a dark moody ship with nothing to do except read scribbles in stone and solve riddles and cough on dust, I came up with the stasis idea.

At some point the ship was boarded by a group of Sith. Consensus can dictate their number and power level but the idea is that they were frozen in stasis when the stasis generator malfunctioned. The console is shot to hell so we can't just deactivate the entire system. So we have to work our way through the ship and manually deactivate each stasis node, which will essentially un-freeze a handful of rooms, corridors and compartments in one go - then we move onto the next. But each time we do we could be greeted by an explosion that never finished, or an irate security droid who things we're Sith - or even the Sith themselves who (as far as they're concerned) are still in the middle of taking over the ship.

Any takers?

[Captain Untouchable]

I most definately like the core principle of finding an old Jedi ship. It wouldn't be the first time that the Jedi had put members in stasis and shot them out into the galaxy - Outbound Flight (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Outbound_Flight), for example - so it isn't without precedent. Perhaps the principles are in some way related: the ship we discover was sent out (using slower Hyperdrive technology, no doubt) to explore unknown parts of space, and to act as missionaries of the Force, to a degree.

The rumour of an ancient Holocron is certainly intreguing; and we could easily use the "the other ship has it" excuse if necessary. Even without it though, the Jedi Archives have been almost entirely destroyed, so even if we could pull the memory core from the main computer and get access to some logs on ancient (from our perspective) Jedi history, that'd definately make the mission a success.

Having passengers trapped in stasis certainly sounds like an intreguing premise, too - particularly the idea of characters from what I'm guessing is a sort of Knights of the Old Republic era, given the fact that the Sith are boarding? Were you intending to have a large number of Sith aboard (and by "Sith", do you mean Dark Jedi, or just regular norms?), and a large number of Jedi survivors, etc?

It might perhaps be more fun to have just a single, powerful Sith Lord aboard, with his lackeys - like Darth Vader boarding Tantive IV with his Stormtroopers; and only one (or a small handful) of Jedi. They can have frozen the Sith mid-boarding operation to await Jedi / Republic reinforcements, and when we came aboard and informed the droids that we were Jedi, they began to go through the process of disabling the status fields, or something.

We might want to take along a generic Rebel or two, to fly the shuttle that we borrow, etc, and to act as the token Carth Onasi analogues for the mission; assuming there aren't too many volunteers, and the flyboys aren't to uppity about going on a ground mission, of course. :mneh

[Acacius Blade]

If the enemy numbers are few, the Dark Jedi for the challenge. But if there's a larger number of them then the sith troops would be a welcome addition to the rlightsaber-wielding commanders.; I suppose it's like having a Founder surrounded by Jem'Hadar soldiers. (been watching a lot of DS9, lol).

A nice mixture would would best. A handful of Dark Jedi, perhaps a Sith Lord in command, and a plethora of troops requiring us to divide our attentions and possibly split up around the ship so we have pockets of action here and there - like when the Cylons boarded Galactica. It wasn't eveyrone in one location - there were a few groups isolated which made it more dynamic.

And if the droid crew have been running for so long their matrix/matrices may have developed some peculiar...peculiarities. Some may have gone mad, some psychopathic, some delirious. Some may have achieved sentiece. It would certainly make for an interesting group of NPC's who we could potentially take back to The Weel (the non-phychotic ones, naturally).

I don't know about Jedi alive in stasis though. I initially thought that there would only be sith and droids, and that for some reason the Jedi were dead or long gone - perhaps escaped somehow. But I could be persuaded to go the other way. Once again, it's a source for story jumping-off points with the old long-lost knowledge card for play.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I can already think of a character I'd want to play who was stuck in stasis :D

[Captain Untouchable]

How would Jedi stuck in stasis impact the Wheel? Not really a question; more of an oooh, this could lead to something interesting. They might perhaps find themselves becoming a reluctant messiah, expected to preach about how the Jedi Order was meant to be, back in the day, but are totally out of their depth because they're only a Padawan (actually, I'm just a friar :mischief) :ohno


Wait. No. Bad Jace. I'm not allowed any more characters. >_<

[Acacius Blade]

Some Jedi may look to him. Others may think 'Well no, look what happened to them!'.

But I suppose it could be like that episode of DS9 (I did say I've been watching it a lot!) when this dood who was lost in time comes back and to him its 50 years later and he says he's the Emissary instead of Sisko, and he tries to bring big changes that some are for but the majority are against but do it because they think it's what they should do. Then Captain Sisko's all 'Shut up fool!" and everyone realises their choices were better.

[Serena Laran]

I like this idea a great deal!

I think I'd like to play a throwaway PC, like a Jedi who was mortally wounded just before the stasis thing happened, and who hangs around a bit in the RP and eventually dies of his wounds.

(p.s. when do the zerg attack?)

[Acacius Blade]

Right after you seduce the mayor. :p

[Dasquian Belargic]

So, when does this start? :D

[Captain Untouchable]

Then Captain Sisko's all 'Shut up fool!" and everyone realises their choices were better.

Thank you - now I'm picturing Deep Space Nine, retold with Mr T in place of Avery Brooks. :lol

How quick is the stasis? Were they "paused", or were they "put to sleep"? The specific process of the technology can be kept all vague and mostly ignored, but that specific question would make a significant difference, in terms of how quickly the the Jedi / Sith come back to there senses. Will it be a case of one of us accidentally turning off the stasis field, and all of a sudden the battle bursts into action? Or will they need to "wake up" first?

Also, is the stasis effect something that is of a definate, finite area - a "time bubble", with edges that we can stand on one side of, look through, and see people frozen in place - or is it more of a "if you are in this room, you are in stasis" effect?

[Acacius Blade]

It's essentially a pause function - the entity in stasis will be completely unaware. It was designed that way because the droids would be running the show when the Jedi were sleeping. I say sleeping because that's what it was meant to be. Once their breathing/synapses had slowed down the droids would switch on the field in their quarters. It could even be a sort of communal sleeping quarters like at the beginning of Alien.

And the stasis fields themselves encompass entire rooms. Other than the internal sensor system, which may be damages, the only way to see whats going on in a room is to deactivate the field and then open the door and be greeted by whatever the hell is going on in there. Like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna git!

[Serena Laran]

Right after you seduce the mayor. :p

Ahh, such sweet memories! :mneh

[Droo]

I'm also all for this idea. It has been nicely set up for us in backstory, while offering plenty of unchartered territory to explore story-wise, and is relative specifically to the Jedi and their place in the universe. No Empire. No Rebellion. Just legacy, intrigue and action!

[Acacius Blade]

Like the Bajoran episodes of DS9 with the Prophets and all that palava.

LOLS - I'm all for the Trek references today!




Thank you - now I'm picturing Deep Space Nine, retold with Mr T in place of Avery Brooks. :lol

LMAO! He ain't gettin' on no Defiant!

[Acacius Blade]

The thread will be up sometime today or tomorrow at the very latest.

[Serena Laran]

Woohoo its started! :eee

[Captain Untouchable]

Just a brief trivial aside -

Technically, Leela Vorega is a Colonel in the Starfighter Corps. However, she's the officer-in-command of the Valiant, who is traditionally referred to as the "Captain", regardless of rank. Weird, I know - I blame myself, for my inability to do anything "normally". :uhoh

There's no problem at all - in effect, the two titles are interchangeable in her case; the Jedi aren't intimately acquainted with our personnel records; etc. Just figured I'd make that my "not very interesting piece of trivia" for the day. :lol


I also jumped right in (literally). I hope that was okay. :mischief


Edit:

Using the blue text for the "in the past" stuff is a good idea. I know a couple of people have toyed with the idea of featuring characters from back then - could we make the colour coding "the norm" for the purposes of this thread perhaps, just in the interests of helping out people like me who get easily confused?

:angel

[Serena Laran]

My character from back then will be interacting in the here and now, so no blue text needed?

[Captain Untouchable]

If it's *now*, then sure. But if you're going to flash back and tell sections of the story from before time froze, etc...

Just so that people know what is happening in the present. It could get confusing, and someone might inadvertantly wind up reacting in the present to an event that actually happened 4000 years ago... you get the idea. :)

[Acacius Blade]

Regarding the captain thing - saw it countless times in Star Trek where a commissioned officer was referred to as Captain when in command of a starship, despite being a lieutenant or something. I just assumed it'd be similar here. AFter all, you can't really be The ensign of a ship, whereas there's only one person per ship you call Captain.

[Captain Untouchable]

*nod* Yeah - that's the sort of naval tradition thingy that I was hinting at, but not very well. :)

As an additional asside; to avoid confusion, a Captain in the Marines is often not referred to as a Captain, to avoid confusion with the Captain. They're bumped up a grade, and referred to as "Major" instead.

With Rebel starfighter ranks though, that'd get weird, because Commander comes before Major. I guess - in the instance of Jaden Luka, once he's flying full-time as Rogue One - they would refer to him as "Commander" to avoid confusion with the Captain... in that he's a Squadron Commander?

I dunno. Stupid military traditions. :uhoh

[Dasquian Belargic]

raaaaanks :shakefist do my head in.

[Serena Laran]

Is anyone else gonna post? :(

[Dasquian Belargic]

There is so much going on at the minute, I got totally swept up in other characters last night. I do want to join though. Hopefully today.

[Droo]

I'm in the same boat as Jenny. Basically it takes more effort getting into a new thread than rolling with one that's currently on the go. Sorry for the hold up but I'm sure I'll get my reply in today.

[Eragon_Dushall]

Why don't you just make the ranks... Marine Captain or Fighter Commander?

[Captain Untouchable]

Why don't you just make the ranks... Marine Captain or Fighter Commander?

Because that's not what they are? :uhoh

In all seriousness: yeah, it is confusing. But the difference between an army Captain and a navy Captain is one of those intreguing little quirks, that helps flesh things out and make them seem more diverse and interesting. It makes it a little bit different from the "real world", and I for one like the notion that there are going to be some weird, nonsensical things that don't make sense to us from an outside perspective. Makes it feel a bit more unique. :)

[Dasquian Belargic]

If you'd like to debate military ranks, please do so elsewhere ;)

[Eragon_Dushall]

So what's this RP for all Jedi? As soon as i find the wheel i'd like to get in it. lol

[Acacius Blade]

The details are pretty much in this very thread. The bulk of the idea is in my opening post.

[Eragon_Dushall]

This RP sounds like alot of fun... i'm up

[Dasquian Belargic]

I have decided on the character I'd like to introduce in this thread. He will be a Seyugi Dervish (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Seyugi_Dervishes), who ideally would be a prisoner aboard the ship.

So, at the time that the ship went into stasis, he was already incapacitated and awaiting questionning. When the stasis is broken, I hope that some of the NPCs aboard the ship will remember that they have this dangerous prisoner aboard so that, initially at least, it can seem as if he is a threat that the Jedi (from the Wheel) have to locate.

[Acacius Blade]

I like the sound of those guys. Welcome aboard! Or rather - you welcome us aboard!

[Eragon_Dushall]

What about the capital ships in starship troopers. Some good photoshopping and you can remove the big bridge tower. With the lack of numerous windows the size and scale of the ship can be changed to fit your needs. And I also think this ship is more Star Wars worthy when I look at the appearance of it.


Wrong board... sorry.

[Garen Thane]

I will be happy to remember that horrible prisoner as soon as I'm... well anyway.

But we need more current Jedi to post, yes? Or are we going to move forward with the three in the thread and go from there? (I can't post a current Jedi as Serena is not with the Wheel, being a prisoner herself.)

[Mithras]

Horrible? I'll cut your tongue out for that I mean what hello there friendly Jedi.

[Captain Untouchable]

You seem familiar... o_O

*eyes suspiciously*

Aren't you meant to have some sort of hat?

<img src="http://www.reappropriate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/www_unique-screenwriting_com-brokeback-mountain-jake-gyllenhaal.jpg" width="40%">

Not so threatening now, are we, hmm? :colbert

Tongue slicing. :grumble

[Tionne Thanewulf]

@Mithras Behave. If I wanted to raise a child, I'd give birth to one. :p

@LD - I'll post tonight. ;)

[Eragon_Dushall]

Anyway that Eragon can post in this RP because right now i'm trying to get my character to the Wheel and i'm gonna miss the fun. :-(

I figure I can post in this rp as his arrival and at the same time finish his search for the wheel with the rebel alliance. That way I can get in on the fun too. :-)

[Serena Laran]

You can always say that the thread where you arrive takes place before this one. So you can RP that you're already there.

Does that make sense? No need to miss out on the fun!

[Mithras]

You seem familiar... o_O

*eyes suspiciously*

Aren't you meant to have some sort of hat?

Not so threatening now, are we, hmm? :colbert

Tongue slicing. :grumble

Cowboy hats are manly :colbert

[Eragon_Dushall]

I just want an OK from the moderators... That way i'm not stepping on anyones toes. :lol

[Tionne Thanewulf]

Erm? Who's next in Waking Past: me? o_O

[Droo]

Strictly speaking, Inyos needs to post and then I need to get one in afterwards. But I'm not really fussed to be honest.

[Captain Untouchable]

Is that "strictly speaking" in a posting order sense, or strictly speaking in an "Inyos needs to post and react to something" sense?

Not really a huge fan of the regimented posting order approach - if there's nothing in particular that Inyos wants/needs to do or say, then I'm happy enough bein' skipped over so that we can get to the juicy bits of the story sooner. :)

[Droo]

Well, that's fine, in fact I feel the same way but at the time I didn't want to just go ahead and post, presuming you'd be fine with it.

[Eragon_Dushall]

I'm posting later today if someone wants to go ahead and either speak to him

[Mithras]

Holly! We need to plan this flashback!

[Garen Thane]

Argh! You're never online when I need you!

[Abarai Loki]

I've never known a thread to get off to a slower start. What's going on here?

[Tionne Thanewulf]

I'm getting there tonight. Sorry! <3

[Serena Laran]

Inyos refused to post and everyone else sort of stalled :p

[Serena Laran]

Just fyi, the Jedi code I used in my 'past' post is the 'original text'

<dl><dd>Emotion, yet peace. </dd><dd>Ignorance, yet knowledge. </dd><dd>Passion, yet serenity. </dd><dd>Chaos, yet harmony. </dd><dd>Death, yet the Force.</dd></dl>Since this is like a thousand years ago. Or more. :p

I hope Peter kicks y'all in the butts when he gets back from vacation!

[Abarai Loki]

It feels like this thread started a thousand years ago... :grumble

[Jamo Jakatta]

I posted :uhoh

[Serena Laran]

Peter's on vacation, Tionne is out of town, I'm not sure what the rest of yous excuses are. ;) Oh yeah, Jace has no internet. That leaves you, Loki. :colbert Better post!

[Droo]

I was the last one to post before the two flashback posts! Did you want it written in blood? You do! You want it written in blood, don't you!? :mad

[Anbira Hicchoru]

Boom, headshot :cool

[Captain Untouchable]

If Droo is getting all anxious, would those flashbacks perhaps be a good opportunity for a "scene break" - something to jump us ahead a little to the main meat of the story? Perhaps a post from the bridge to establish the discovery of the ship, or something?

I'm not really sure what I can post at this point. :uhoh

[Droo]

I'm not anxious. It's simply a case of the thread being woefully slow to start, and if a thread starts like that, I have to wonder what its hopes for the future will be: we need to give it a kick in the pants.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Skip to something that is pushing the story along?

[Droo]

It's Peter's fault! I was going to have Loki take a shuttle back to the Whaladon, and on the way they were going to notice something in the asteroid field, but no, Acacius decided to kidnapp Loki and Tionne and take them off to the bridge on his stupid tour! :grumble

[Tionne Thanewulf]

You can haz post from me today? ;)

[Serena Laran]

Peter posted!

[Acacius Blade]

It appears I read your minds. I've jumped forward to the discovery of the ship. While a shuttle is prepped to take us over to investigate, Acacius has contacted Loki and is gonna ask him to take a de-tour in the first shuttle to get some clearer scans since the debris and rock is causing interference. But he won't board - that's when everyone else will go in a larger shuttle and board it together.

[Acacius Blade]

Is the thread dead or is somebody going to post. Feel free to fast-forward a bit.

[Captain Untouchable]

I think we've been waiting on Loki, since you directly addressed him in your last post?

At least, that's what I've been waiting for... :uhoh

[Serena Laran]

To all the people who have pooh-poohed the idea of posting order as archaic - this thread is a prime example of why its a good idea to have one (even if you skip people every now and then).

No one knows who's supposed to post next, so no one does. :p

imo Loki or Inyos or Tionne should post next, but that's just my opinion. Someone needs to man up (woman up?) and post! ^_^;

[Captain Untouchable]

Why do you think Inyos should post next? Nothing has happened that he can react to, really, and writing an "Inyos stood there, and didn't say anything" type filler post makes me feel uncomfortable and icky.

On the other hand, Loki was directly addressed in the last post. I assumed we were all waiting on him. :huh


And with all due, Holly: it's nothing to do with posting orders being archaic. It's more about them being inflexible, and often creating situations that are difficult to follow, because the scene jumps back and forth all over the place, or because someone needs to react to something from several posts ago, or from the last several posts...

You wind up with threads that are non-linear, and I personally find that distracting when I'm trying to read through. :\

[Serena Laran]

It was sort of a joke simply related to this thread stagnating.

to continue the hijack - posting orders can be inflexible, but I prefer a flexible posting order. Where if the conversation needs to continue between two people it can, and when its over people know who is on the hook to post next, and then the lag between posts can be kept to a minimum.

If you can't figure out something for Inyos to do, then obviously don't post, just like you have been. :) So, Droo is up next. I'll just say it definitively instead of with a question mark. I hope that isn't offensive :)

Sorry about this, I'm not trying to get all worked up over it, but I thought this was going to be a cool thread and instead its not one at all. Yet. :(

[Droo]

I'll get a reply done tonight after work but then I'm out of this thread. No, I'm not offended, it's for personal reasons.

[Droo]

I'll get a reply done <s>tomorrow after work</s> on Thursday...
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Ho-hum! ^_^;

[Acacius Blade]

Okay.

I will edit my last post and fast-forward to the point where we arrive at the ship on a shuttle. I hope there is still interest in this thread.

The edit should be made sometime today/tonight.

[Droo]

Part of the reason why I think this thread got off to a slow start is because the story begins at a really obscure moment that doesn't really have anything to do with the plot. Skip straight to the meat of the plot and you've got yourself a thread.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Part of the reason why I think this thread got off to a slow start is because the story begins at a really obscure moment that doesn't really have anything to do with the plot. Skip straight to the meat of the plot and you've got yourself a thread.

Yup, I think that has sadly been the problem.

[Acacius Blade]

Okay I've edited it. We're aboard. And don't worry about descriptions - the rooms and corridors will be of many different designs/styles/sizes etc, to account for all the different cultures both aboard and what the Jedi who travelled on it would have visited and taken a liking to.

[Serena Laran]

Good edit, can't wait for Garen to be able to get out of stasis. :):thumbup

[Acacius Blade]

Anybody going to post?