s'Il's Aid to the Jedi

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

It occurred to me earlier today that there was an unfinished thread (http://sw-fans.net/forum/showthread.php?22821-A-Good-Woman-s-Epilogue-9-111) that was supposed to provide information on the help and aid that s'Il provided for the Jedi before becoming completely turned to the dark. To that end, I'm going to simply put that info here in this OOC thread.

During her time as liaison and supply clerk for the Wheel, s'Il was able to have extra provisions rationed to the Jedi without Dan's knowledge. Extra medical supplies, munitions, and shield generators - things of that nature which she suspected would help them in the future when Dan came calling. The message that was for the council would've outlined all of this, as well as the fact that she gave to Serena Laran the Healing Crystals of Fire. I have no problems with the thread being dead, but my own oversight has neglected until now to address this, and for any confusion in what sort of aid she gave to the Jedi I apologize for.

Also, in another sadly unfinished thread, Inyos Aamoran and s'Il recovered a contingent of Eta-2 Jedi starfighters, so the Jedi aboard the Wheel have those as well. I most certainly would like to finish that thread, but as of right now and the time of Dan's assault, those fighters are most certainly available.

If there are any other questions, I'll do my best to answer them.

[Sam]

To what extent are we saying those defensive supplies deployed now that the Jedi are on Ossus? Are the other ships of The Wheel still sitting up there in orbit? Are the shield generators deployed around the settlement to protect it from an orbital attack? (For the record, I like that idea and would like to add it to the map)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

The smaller, personal ships of characters who live on Ossus are still...around somewhere. Parked or parked in orbit I dunno. The Alliance ships that were part of the Wheel are gone.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Since this whole encounter takes place right before year ten as I understand it, the Jedi have pretty much only just decided to set up shop on Ossus, so the extra supplies would - I imagine - help with the initial 'groundbreaking'.

How far along do you guys think the Jedi would be in their setup by the time Dan shows up? Would the Whaladon be landed by that point? I imagine it would be, though it's not out of the ordinary for the other ships to still be up in orbit. Knightfall, and the other smaller ships that I can't remember at the moment. Also there would probably be Alliance support transports with the technicians and workers to help the Jedi to start carving out their little piece of paradise.

[Sam]

Well leaving the planet surface takes a lot of energy, so I'd think they'd leave as many ships in orbit as possible. Still, the Alliance would probably hang around for a few weeks just in case things got all cocked up in the initial set-up. I was under the impression that, aside from some scout ships, the Whaladon was in the vanguard of the landing party and was probably packed to capacity with supplies when it set down. It makes sense that, in addition to power generators, modular buildings, rations, medical supplies and construction equipment, S'il could have easily slipped in the shield generators and weapons and such on the hush hush.

So then we have the Whaladon landing with all these goodies. Tents go up, earth starts getting moved and power generators set up. While the Jedi are getting the lay of the land and directing things, some of the Alliance personnel could be working right away on establishing a strong defensive perimeter be setting up watchtowers, sensors, and shields. Now those things might not be completed by the time Dan gets there, but if they had the equipment, it probably would have been a top priority and could be at least partially deployed.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Yes if we're talking about when they initially arrive then I'd think that the Wheel fleet is still intact and mostly in orbit.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Well leaving the planet surface takes a lot of energy, so I'd think they'd leave as many ships in orbit as possible. Still, the Alliance would probably hang around for a few weeks just in case things got all cocked up in the initial set-up. I was under the impression that, aside from some scout ships, the Whaladon was in the vanguard of the landing party and was probably packed to capacity with supplies when it set down. It makes sense that, in addition to power generators, modular buildings, rations, medical supplies and construction equipment, S'il could have easily slipped in the shield generators and weapons and such on the hush hush.

So then we have the Whaladon landing with all these goodies. Tents go up, earth starts getting moved and power generators set up. While the Jedi are getting the lay of the land and directing things, some of the Alliance personnel could be working right away on establishing a strong defensive perimeter be setting up watchtowers, sensors, and shields.

All of this makes sense to me :)

One thing to note; by the time that s'Il left the Wheel permanently, she would not have known that Ossus would be the Jedi's final destination, so as far as weapons, it would most likely just be extra munitions and the like. I figure the Alliance would handle things like any sort of surface to air type weaponry; if that's a standard thing for new outposts. I can certainly see them providing stuff like that in some form or another. I could be wrong though :)

[Sam]

In that case, let's make sure all those personal ships and shuttles and such are armed and ready.

[James Prent]

There are ancient ground to space/air weapon emplacements on Ossus which may or may not be functional and haven't been located yet but I'm planning to find one near the camp in one of my Ndonsa RPs. That doesn't really have anything to do with this thread but I'm just putting it out there. ^_^;

[Sam]

Yes! More exploring!

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Bringing this thread back to life since we're on the cusp of wrapping the Dan Crisis up :D


After doing some research, I wanted to throw some general numbers out.

The Eta-2 fighters That Inyos and s'Il brought back to the Jedi in this (http://www.sw-fans.net/forum/showthread.php?22031-Nothing-Ventured-Nothing-Gained) (sadly) unfinished thread were of course not the entire complement of 192. I figure that when the Venture crash landed on Helsa IV, she lost a good chuck of her fighters from the impact as well as those that'd had been in space before the battle that sent the cruiser down. A Ventor can hold 192 V-Wing or V-19 fighters, 192 Eta-2's, and at least 36 ARC-170's. One of the 170's was used by the two Jedi to return to the Wheel, but it's safe to say that a contingent of Alliance ships were sent back to HelsaIV to salvage anything useful.

So, I'm thinking that about 14 Eta-2's, 9 V-Wings, 16 V-19's, and 2 ARC-170's were brought back and fixed up and made flight-worthy. s'Il would have signed off on all of the necessary papers to make sure that the ships were assigned to the Wheel on a more or less permanent basis, so that when they finally found a planet, they would be able to have them in reserve.

Ndonsa finding those old surface-toair/space emplacements would be a wonderful stroke of unseen luck, and a great help to Ossus' defense :)

With the Alliance still sticking about in the initial few weeks or so (maybe make it a month?) to make sure everything is mostly settled, them still being in orbit will help as well when Dan and his own ships arrive. Perhaps the Alliance will have some Gallifree transports, a Nebulon-B, two CR90's, and an MC30c frigate.

Of course there will be other ships that are privately owned by members of the Wheel.

Add in the munitions, medical supplies, extra shield generators, and even notes on Dan's more commonly used fleet tactics that s'Il made sure to leave behind.

If Charley wants to, he can find a reason for Cirr and Novgorod to be there.



I see Dan showing up first before s'Il, so there can definitely be some back and forth between him and the Alliance support ships already at Ossus. If anyone would like to play the Alliance person in charge of the support, let me know. If not, then I will.

[Anbira Hicchoru]

Cirr and Novgorod are there because they're assigned to the same flotilla Dan commands. So in fact he's initially an enemy!