Adm Garm Bel Iblis
Feb 13th, 2002, 05:55:11 AM
This is really, really long, but it's a subject that means a lot to me as a writer and contributor to the Star Wars community we are a part of...
As some of you guys may already know, I approached TSO a few weeks back with a proposal ... I wanted Corellia back. I had big plans in mind that would have incorporated fleets, NRSF, Intel, and Jedi in an epic on the scale of the original trilogy to gain back my character's homeworld, not to mention the most critical hyperspace lane junction in the galaxy.
The reason I took the approach of asking for consent is because IMO ... a campaign of that magnitude would be impossible without complete cooperation from beginning to end. Without consent it wasn't even worth doing. I was actually doing it out of respect ... Respect that no one ever bothered extending to the NR or GJO.
I expected to be met with hesitancy. I knew they wouldn't like it. But I was met with downright contempt. Viscera was the nicest, surprisingly. He said he didn't like the idea of the ending being scripted, but implied that he was willing to hear more. Lady Vader said flat out that she did not want to even risk the possibility of losing Corellia. Live Wire more or less told me to go to hell.
Now it wasn't like I wanted to do this for no reason or some adolescent power play. The Sith have been sitting on Corellia since day 1 of the boards and have never known defeat. I thought it would have made a great story and balanced the scales between good and evil for the first time ... well ever.
I am forced to somehow accept that the Jedi and NR were impotent enough to allow an evil, chaotic, dark-side worshipping cult to control the home of half the Rebellion. I refuse to accept that we have to just live with that same group holding military control over the sector, subjugating the people, and doubtless restricting trade, thereby creating a ripple effect on the entire galaxy.
But I'm not being given a choice. We try it, they'll pull out of fleets. Or ... Live Wire seems to think it's a foregone conclusion that we have no prayer of winning if we tried. But not even considering the opposition, she's basically letting me know that they will god-mode their asses off and ignore us as a threat.
Most likely they'll just pull out of fleets ... taking a page from TSE and claiming rights to Corellia by exploiting the rules. Now I got no complaint about TSE ... but that's because they are not sitting on such a significant piece of the Star Wars mythos. TSO on the other hand, is denying other players the ability to set their RP there and forcing my character to accept the impossible. It would be like Death Fleet putting a blockade on Tatooine. Luke would just let them? I don't think so.
But as shameless and pathetic as this blatent exploitation of a questionable rule would be, the mods will let them do it (at least one of them already said he would).
Here's what that long-winded spiel adds up to...
As far as I am personally concerned... I refuse to acknowledge that TSO is on Corellia. There is no reason I should have to be forced to accept something so utterly ridiculous. There is no way in hell my character would just sit back and cope with that, yet by the rules, I have to. Bull-DO-NOT-SWEAR--DO-NOT-SWEAR--DO-NOT-SWEAR--DO-NOT-SWEAR-.
The Corellian Sector is under the Diktat. Now granted, they aren't the most ideal replacement ... but at least they aren't SITH. As wierd as this might sound, even if it was TGE sitting on Corellia, from an OOC perspective, I'd be good with that. There wouldn't be this overriding NEED to save them from an evil-worshipping, power crazed cult.
On that note ... I have no OOC problem with TGE. They occupy Coruscant. The way they took it was questionable, but it was also like a year ago and it was RP'd. That's just the way it is, at least for now. This is not a broad statement about wanting to get my way or an attack on the board in general ... this is soley defiance of TSO.
I will not attack the home turf that TSO claims, because they simply are not there. I might engage them in the future (Kashykk is on my wish list), but I simply refuse to acknowledge their claim on -THAT- sector (Corellia). Their fleets operate out of Hutt space.
This is just my personal view. I would love to send a message to the mods by making this the official NR view, but I don't have the right to do that.
If someone else wants to waste their time with TSO in the future, feel free, but I won't participate. The group's spokesperson is beyond reason and not anyone I want to associate with, much less be forced to work with on a story. It's especially maddening with said spokesperson (Live Wire) doesn't even friggin DO anything on the boards except for chat (mostly bitch and rant) on the OOC board and the extremely rare post to a closed storytelling thread.
That's it ... finally. From this point on, if I am forced to make reference to Corellia in my RP ... it is an independent sector governed by a mini-dictatorship and a marginal ally of the NR. I won't go out of my way to mention them or advertise it, but that's where it stands.
As some of you guys may already know, I approached TSO a few weeks back with a proposal ... I wanted Corellia back. I had big plans in mind that would have incorporated fleets, NRSF, Intel, and Jedi in an epic on the scale of the original trilogy to gain back my character's homeworld, not to mention the most critical hyperspace lane junction in the galaxy.
The reason I took the approach of asking for consent is because IMO ... a campaign of that magnitude would be impossible without complete cooperation from beginning to end. Without consent it wasn't even worth doing. I was actually doing it out of respect ... Respect that no one ever bothered extending to the NR or GJO.
I expected to be met with hesitancy. I knew they wouldn't like it. But I was met with downright contempt. Viscera was the nicest, surprisingly. He said he didn't like the idea of the ending being scripted, but implied that he was willing to hear more. Lady Vader said flat out that she did not want to even risk the possibility of losing Corellia. Live Wire more or less told me to go to hell.
Now it wasn't like I wanted to do this for no reason or some adolescent power play. The Sith have been sitting on Corellia since day 1 of the boards and have never known defeat. I thought it would have made a great story and balanced the scales between good and evil for the first time ... well ever.
I am forced to somehow accept that the Jedi and NR were impotent enough to allow an evil, chaotic, dark-side worshipping cult to control the home of half the Rebellion. I refuse to accept that we have to just live with that same group holding military control over the sector, subjugating the people, and doubtless restricting trade, thereby creating a ripple effect on the entire galaxy.
But I'm not being given a choice. We try it, they'll pull out of fleets. Or ... Live Wire seems to think it's a foregone conclusion that we have no prayer of winning if we tried. But not even considering the opposition, she's basically letting me know that they will god-mode their asses off and ignore us as a threat.
Most likely they'll just pull out of fleets ... taking a page from TSE and claiming rights to Corellia by exploiting the rules. Now I got no complaint about TSE ... but that's because they are not sitting on such a significant piece of the Star Wars mythos. TSO on the other hand, is denying other players the ability to set their RP there and forcing my character to accept the impossible. It would be like Death Fleet putting a blockade on Tatooine. Luke would just let them? I don't think so.
But as shameless and pathetic as this blatent exploitation of a questionable rule would be, the mods will let them do it (at least one of them already said he would).
Here's what that long-winded spiel adds up to...
As far as I am personally concerned... I refuse to acknowledge that TSO is on Corellia. There is no reason I should have to be forced to accept something so utterly ridiculous. There is no way in hell my character would just sit back and cope with that, yet by the rules, I have to. Bull-DO-NOT-SWEAR--DO-NOT-SWEAR--DO-NOT-SWEAR--DO-NOT-SWEAR-.
The Corellian Sector is under the Diktat. Now granted, they aren't the most ideal replacement ... but at least they aren't SITH. As wierd as this might sound, even if it was TGE sitting on Corellia, from an OOC perspective, I'd be good with that. There wouldn't be this overriding NEED to save them from an evil-worshipping, power crazed cult.
On that note ... I have no OOC problem with TGE. They occupy Coruscant. The way they took it was questionable, but it was also like a year ago and it was RP'd. That's just the way it is, at least for now. This is not a broad statement about wanting to get my way or an attack on the board in general ... this is soley defiance of TSO.
I will not attack the home turf that TSO claims, because they simply are not there. I might engage them in the future (Kashykk is on my wish list), but I simply refuse to acknowledge their claim on -THAT- sector (Corellia). Their fleets operate out of Hutt space.
This is just my personal view. I would love to send a message to the mods by making this the official NR view, but I don't have the right to do that.
If someone else wants to waste their time with TSO in the future, feel free, but I won't participate. The group's spokesperson is beyond reason and not anyone I want to associate with, much less be forced to work with on a story. It's especially maddening with said spokesperson (Live Wire) doesn't even friggin DO anything on the boards except for chat (mostly bitch and rant) on the OOC board and the extremely rare post to a closed storytelling thread.
That's it ... finally. From this point on, if I am forced to make reference to Corellia in my RP ... it is an independent sector governed by a mini-dictatorship and a marginal ally of the NR. I won't go out of my way to mention them or advertise it, but that's where it stands.