Corellia

[Delgado Xaanan]

A year or so ago, we had some plans for Corellia. The short version is that a group of former rebels, unhappy that the Alliance had "abandoned" Corellia because of the Treaty, sabotaged a Star Destroyer during a parade and crashed it into downtown Coronet. The Corellian government and economy is reeling, criminal elements have been picking through and fighting over the rubble, and the activists continue to harass the Empire, IRA style.

We started out with We All Fall Down (http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?55336-We-All-Fall-Down), where people were posting "where I was when it happened" snippets, but we unfortunately didn't get much past that. There were lots of cool ideas: political intrigue at the top, gang wars and power struggles at the bottom, and regular Corellians trapped in the middle. I could see this being (to some extent) similar to Jovan Station but from an Imperial perspective: lots of factions crammed together, a lot of confusion/conflict over what rules to follow, and more of a focus on persistent stories and character development, as opposed to trying to have big event things happen.

Anyone interested in having another crack at this? :ohno

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Threads:

We All Fall Down (http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?55336-We-All-Fall-Down) - Where were you when the Star Destroyer fell?
Corellia: Status Quo (http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?56136-Corellia-Status-Quo) - Reinforcements from the Alliance arrive. (sort of)
Corellia: Quid Pro Quo (http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?56139-Corellia-Quid-Pro-Quo) - Imperial Knights arrive to join the hunt for the Resistance.
Corellia: Quo Vadis? (http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?56157-Corellia-Quo-Vadis) - Where are you going? An intro to the rest of our cast, on an average evening in the city. (Feel free to dive in!)
Corellia: Are We Not Merciful? (http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?56206-Corellia-Are-We-Not-Merciful) - The Imperial Knights get to work cleaning up Corellia.
Corellia - A Secret Exchange (http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?56214-Corellia-A-Secret-Exchange-%28Asha%29) - Minnie Starshine of Star Tours smuggles information to the Resistance.

Please remember to use the corellia (http://theholo.net/forum/tags.php?tag=corellia) tag for your posts, so they're easy for everyone to find!

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The Government (Civilian/Imperial):

Delgado Xaanan (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?4623-Delgado-Xaanan) - Moff of the Corellian/Duro Sector
Vessa Ixxent (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?5113-Vessa-Ixxent) - Lieutenant; Aide / Pilot to the Moff
Alexa Sturkov (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?2978-Alexia-Sturkov) - Imperial Knight
Matatek Sel Vissica (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?8070-Matatek-Sel-Vissica) - Imperial Knight

Corellian Security (CorSec):

Cassus Wain (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?5520-Cassus-Wain) - Detective

The Resistance:

Karn DeLumiar (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?8080-Karin-DeLumiar) - Alliance Liaison to the Resistance
Ecidae Mandrill (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?5469-Ecidae-Mandrill) - Resistance Leadership
Eluna Thals (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?4089-Eluna-Thals) - Phoenix Cell
Pierce Tondry (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?2821-Pierce-Tondry) - SpecOps Infiltrator
Judas Voss (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?5200-Judas-Voss) - Resistance DJ
Sphyrna Mokarran (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?5419-Sphyrna-Mokarran) - Ex-SpecOps Sniper
Oran Jsorra (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?4571-Oran-Jsorra) - Ex-SpecForce Slicer

The Eldest Brother (Black Sun):

Garrick Kane (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?5518-Garrick-Kane) - Casino Manager, and local Kingpin
Yolie Devix (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?5060-Yolie-Devix) - Head of Security (and part-time Dealer)
Andana Callax (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?4855-Andana-Callax) - Liaison to the Resistance

Other:

Selnica Miriya (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?2952-Selinica-Miriya) - Spacer
Minnie Starshine (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?8122-Minnie-Starshine) - Star Tours pilot
Alexi (http://theholo.net/forum/member.php?8104-Alexi) - Vigilante

[Vessa Ixxent]

Right behind you, sir. *nod*

[Delgado Xaanan]

Should that not be in front, Lieutenant? I thought I was paying you to bravely leap in front of blaster fire for me.

[Vessa Ixxent]

When there is blaster fire, sir, you may depend on that. As there is none to be had, I thought you might prefer to be in front for speaking purposes.

[Eluna Thals]

I'm of course available for your OPFOR here.

[Alexia Sturkov]

I sent Alexia to Corellia for this plot the first time it surfaced. http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?55375-A-Shadow-Falls-Over-Coronet

Back then the inquisition was still in effect. We have a different element available with the imperial Knights. A few of them could head up the investigation side of things, leading units of troops like clone war Jedi commanders as they root out rebel elements. Alexia, palara, and baastian if he's available should suffice. If not alexia and palara would make quite the odd but effective couple. They could even bring their new pet Kyle Rayner along as a field test for the imperial knight candidate.

I also have rebel element characters I could add, like Judas Voss the rebel audio dj.

[Delgado Xaanan]

Bringing the Imperial Knights into the mix is a great idea! This is absolutely the sort of situation where they'd step in if they felt that the native forces couldn't "handle it" on their own, and that's sure to create some great political, policy, and jurisdictional friction with the Moff. Only thing I would point out is that this is more of a slow-burn story, so we'd need to make sure that either a) Imperial Knights are willing to stick around for a while, or b) we leave the door open for them to come and go if they need to. That's something easily sussed out, though. :)

As far as the Rebels go... do we have anyone interesting in going all John Connor and leading the resistance? If I remember right, the plan with Eluna was to have her come in and covertly provide Alliance back-up to the Corellian activists already on the ground, but there presumably needs to be a leader of those activists for her to interact with. I can rustle someone up if needs me, but I don't want to take the opportunity away from someone who might be interested.

And a Rebel DJ you say? That's far too fascinating an idea to pass up! Having an illegal resistance radio broadcast or something along those lines would be really cool.

Character wise for me, I have this guy (the Moff), I have the manager of the Black Sun casino on Corellia (so sort of the go-to guy for the syndicate locally), and maybe one or two other minor background people that don't bear mentioning.

[Matatek Sel Vissica]

I volunteer my efforts to root out and interrogate any and all traitors to the queen of my queen.

[Alexia Sturkov]

Only thing I would point out is that this is more of a slow-burn story, so we'd need to make sure that either a) Imperial Knights are willing to stick around for a while, or b) we leave the door open for them to come and go if they need to. That's something easily sussed out, though. :)

This is a very good point. I would volunteer Alexia for the deployment. I feel it plays to her skills better as she's more of a hammer than some of the other more socially graceful Imperial Knights. She's the sort that Atrapes deploys when he is less concerned about collateral and more interested in body counts. While there will be delicate moments that Alexia will struggle with and squirm like a worm, there will also be base raiding and running down rebels in the streets where she will excel. Vissica is a similar beast in the sense that she is more combat orientated; making the two of them a good fit for a city that has become a war zone.

During the civil war Judas ran a resistance radio station out of a few different planets. The Cold War Stand off doesn't really offer him much so I could see him going to Corellia to be a part of something again. He could play liaison between the resistance forces and whatever outside forces (Alliance, Jedi, etc) want to get involved on the planet.

It's also possible that I could bring Kyle Krogen to the planet. He's not very happy with his place with the Jedi. He feels an outcast. It would also put him in a place for the Empire to realize he's alive and reactivate a few half-secret plots that were dreamt up a long time ago. On Corellia he could follow his heart and protect the people and bring balance where the Jedi are loath to get involved.

[Delgado Xaanan]

Alexia and Vissica sounds like a great combo - since they're both blunt instruments, that will make for an interesting dynamic with Delgado... kinda like having a pair of attack dogs straining at the chains that get unleashed when the situation is dire enough. Judas and Kyle seem like pretty snazzy people to have around as well - with Kyle especially, having him around causing mischief worsens the tension between the Alliance and Imperials over the whole "Jedi doing whatever the hell they want" situation, and he's also potentially a powerful symbol as far as inspiring / fueling the rebellion.

I've created a group (http://theholo.net/forum/group.php?groupid=34) for us all, so that we can keep track of who is involved and what-not.

I have a few ideas already of how to spark things off on the Rebel front and the Imperial front, but I'll wait and see if there's any more interest before I start thrusting plans on y'all. :mischief

[Pierce Tondry]

I'm of course available for your OPFOR here.

Yo dawg, I heard you like OPFOR, so I put some Tondry in your OPFOR so you can OPFOR while you OPFOR.

... I'm volunteering Pierce Tondry, is what I'm saying. Karin DeLumiar is also available upon request.

[Captain Untouchable]

So! Having chit-chatted with people, things are starting to shape up thus:

The Empire

We have Moff Delgado Xaanan and his trusty pilot/PA Vessa Ixxent representing the official Imperial power in the Corellian (and Duros) Sector. The Imperial Knights have declared Corellia a target in their campaign to purge the Empire of dissenters, and will be sending Alexia Sturkov and Matatek Sel Vissica to provide the Moff with some brute force to back up his threads.

We still have plenty of room for members of the Army / Stormtrooper Corps to carry out Xaanan's instructions, agents from the ISB to help root out the rebel cell The Wire / Star Wars Rebels style, and so forth. We also do not have anyone from the legitimate (puppet?) government of Corellia, and there's room for all manner of Corellian and Imperial politicians in the mix if people fancy a bit of intrigue.

The Rebellion

Though currently led by Ecidae Mandrill (a Duros), the rebels on Corellia will be covertly receiving assistance in the form of Karin DeLumiar, who will be trying to reorganise the rebellion and stop them being quite so distastefully terrorist. She will be bringing Pierce Tondry and Eluna Thals as well as the rest of Phoenix Cell to back her up, and Judas Voss will be in the mix, blasting out the good word on the airwaves.

We may also be getting Kyle Krogen to add a little bit of Jedi complication and spice to the situation. Also, until DeLumiar and her associates arrived, the rebels were forced to fend for themselves, so they have a shady/shaky partnership with Garrick Kane of the local Black Sun casino on Corellia, who has been helping them to smuggle in supplies, and allies. To avoid interactions between the rebels and the casino directly though, Kane will mostly be acting through his middlewoman, Andana Callax.

We still don't have many actual Corellians (or Drall, Selonians, etc) in our Corellian resistance though: there's still room for former Alliance members (and locals) at all levels to have flocked back home to help.

The Rest

So far, we have Cassius Wain as our resident CorSec Detective, and Miss Selinica Miriya as... well... as soon as I think of a way to describe her that isn't insulting, I'll let you know. ;) We've also got Alexi, who will be jumping off rooftops and punching things in the Crash Sector.


If anyone else wants to get involved on the ground floor, squeak now: I'll be getting the first salvo of threads up and rolling in the next couple of days. :)

[Delgado Xaanan]

The first of the two "get the ball rolling" threads is up - Corellia: Status Quo (http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?56136-Corellia-Status-Quo). Sorry if I forgot to mention you in Ecidae's glancing around the warehouse, I am forgetful sometimes. :uhoh

There'll be a corresponding thread for my Imperial ladies up at some point tomorrow.

I'm also editing some quick links up top, until I get around to sorting things out for the group and what-not.

Edit:

And there's the Imperial side of the coin - Corellia: Quid Pro Quo (http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?56139-Corellia-Quid-Pro-Quo).

If there's not an obvious jumping on point for you to join the story yet, please shoot me a message to let me know, and we'll get something worked out ASAP. :)

[Callum Orden]

What we really need to do is throw a wedding.

Yes. A nice wedding.

We'll invite all the Imperials and...

What? Won't work? Blast. :|

[Alexander Tur'enne]

A wedding?

The Tur'enne's send their regards.

[Pierce Tondry]

Storing a few thread ideas:

Corellia: Girls Night Out (the belles have a ball and/or brawl)
Corellia: Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes (shenanigans with Tondry)

[Pekka Pel]

While the rest of you fight over who gets to be in charge, it's the little people like us that suffer.

[Alexi]

Not everyone is ignorant to the plight of the common man, my friend. Some of us still watch out for you, from the shadows.

[Justin Dechen]

So! (edit: yay, random account choice FTW)

Because I have a brain like a thing that has holes in, I forgot to mention anything about the Quo Vadis? (http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?56157-Corellia-Quo-Vadis) thread. Basically, the idea is that it takes place during an evening, and it'll give us a chance to have little snapshots of where people's lives are at. Mostly it's for the benefit of the people who didn't get a chance to introduce themselves in Quid Pro Quo or Status Quo, but anyone else is welcome to toss something into the mix, too.

I've got it tagged as closed right now, because with open threads we tend to dive in willy-nilly and end up tripping over ourselves... but if you've got something you want to post, go right ahead! Just keep an eye open so that you don't interrupt anyone if they've got a little bit of a back and forth going. :)

[Captain Untouchable]

Bonus thought - would anyone be interested in playing the CEO of the Corellian Engineering Corporation (ie. the guys who made the Millennium Falcon, et al)?

They're one of the main industries on Corellia, so they were probably hurt a bit by the Resistance's initial attack, and would likely end up being a major player in the political rebuilding efforts, so it's a nice bureaucrat / pseudo-politician to add to the Moff's inner circle. On top of that though, they're a potential investor for the Corporate Sector stuff out on Cloud City, so it'd be a cool extra strand to tie the two places together a bit more.

[Damien Kantrael]

It only just occurred to me that Damien would definitely try to get in on the Corellian Pie. He cares nothing for what happens to the planet, but he would see it as an opportunity to stick a thorn in the heels of the Empire or Alliance, or both. His ultimate goal is to reignite the war. He could easily smuggle a few of his most loyal (IE: Zealous) soldiers to Corellia and dress/arm them with Alliance gear and have them go blow up a school or something. The alliance would disavow the attackers, but it would definitely turn things on them. It's drastic, I know.

For something less likely to completely derail and disrupt the narrative we are trying to create, Damien could instead travel to Corellia. Going in person is a bad idea, but I'd rather write him than a lackey because he never gets out and about these days. Once there he could try to sell chemical weapons, heavy explosives, and the like to the Resistance; his logic being that if they use terrible weapons it'll stoke the fire in response. He might even offer other things, like vehicles and a few of his own soldiers. Most likely the Resistance Leaders would turn him down, but I still think it would make for a great thread. A devil to sit on their shoulder opposite the Alliance Angel.

[Captain Untouchable]

Sarah and I have got a thread we're about to start working on that might make a good prelude / cause for the situation catching Damien's attention.

Grab me on AIM next time you see me, and I'll fill you in. :)

[Delgado Xaanan]

Something I would like to get some group input in.

In the EU, Corellia / the Corellian Sector is ruled by the Diktat. After the monarchy was abolished, the Corellian Council elects a Diktat to reign over the sector for the next twenty years (think the Queen of Naboo). If they die, their role is usually passed to their next of kin or a regent-style advisor until the end of that twenty-year span. At some points the Diktat is the de facto Moff/Governor for the sector, though at other times Corellia has both a Diktat and a Moff.

What do you guys think would be the best approach to that for us?

Having a separate Diktat is interesting, because it makes the Empire an outside force that is pressing down on the Corellian government, rather than being the legit/native government oppressing it's own people. A separate Diktat might be an Imperial puppet, or they might secretly support the Resistance. It might be that the existing Diktat resigned (or died) and their son/daughter/wife has inherited the role for the next X years, which might mean they "aren't a politician" and have been forced into it, which could lead to all sorts of interesting dynamics.

On the flipside, we could have a situation where the Diktat dies, resigns, or is otherwise removed from office, and then have a storyline where the Empire tries to "force" the Corellian Council into accepting Moff Xaanan as a replacement. Maybe the Diktat had no heirs, and the Moff is just going to serve out the rest of his turn, or maybe they consider it dire enough circumstances that they're holding the elections early. It's a subtle difference, but it does change the way that Imperial rule "seems" to the masses, it gives the Imperials more direct power: they can institute new laws themselves, rather than forcing the Corellian government to institute them, etc. If we wanted to go for a more 1984 / Imperial distopia vibe, this might be the way to go.

If we had a Diktat, would anyone be interested in playing them? Would anyone be interested in playing members of the Corellian Council to facilitate that sort of storyline? Or, are we collectively not-so-interested in the politics side of things, and would rather focus on the ground level stuff and not worry about this sort of thing?

[Sam]

I like the idea of having a Diktat because it adds another layer of conflict into things. Regardless of whether they're the elected Diktat or inherited the position, they will have to either risk supporting the Resistance (in secret or not) and risk being executed as a traitor; or back the Empire, be seen as a collaborator by some, and possibly enact measures that bring hardship on the people of Corellia. And either way, they'll have to watch their planet be consumed by conflict and chaos.

[Zem Vymes]

Is the Diktat always Corellian, or is there the chance of a Drall or Selonian in that position?

[Captain Untouchable]

I would imagine that they are always Corellian: they're appointed by the Corellian Council (of the planet Corellia, not the Sector) and sorta... prevailing humanocentricism and Imperial xenophobia would make a non-human somewhat unlikely. That said, having the Drall, Selonians, Duros, etc start pushing for greater representation might be an interesting extra element to our political climate... especially if there is a "weak" Diktat that they think they can exploit for political gains somehow.

I definitely think the Diktat is the more interesting story option... but it actually needs someone to play them to actually be interesting. If there's a sort of "it's a cool idea, but I don't want to do it" sentiment, then merging the Moff into that role might make things a little neater/easier.

[Minnie Starshine]

I'm new here, but I based my character's family/history on Corellia, as it seemed a fairly neutral planet for her to have come from. She works for Star Tours, and her father is a high up executive in the company. Could be they're involved? Star Tours has interests on nearly every planet, you could quite easily imagine, and secretly has Rebel sympathies, so could be used to get inside the Imperial circle as civilians?

Admitingly, they'd need to be desperate to send Minnie in >.>. She's a spoiled seventeen year old getting forced to work by her father as a pilot as he figures it'd be good for her. But maybe that's why? Nobody would ever suspect her...

[Captain Untouchable]

Slotting you in shouldn't be a problem! Using Star Tours to sneak people between various planets in the Sector seems like a pretty smart idea, and having people like Black Sun hire out your ship for a "private tour" so they can conduct meetings with the Resistance without being spied on and such could be cool. Even if it's just covertly carrying messages between places... covertly getting a package that one of the passengers leaves behind on the ship, transporting it to a drop point or what have you... there's a whole heap of stuff I could see Minnie helping out with, that'd probably get the Resistance guys all nice and familiar with her. :)

[Minnie Starshine]

That all sounds great (and a great way to get Minnie in over her head). Where's best to start with something like that?

[Dee]

I can help you with that! :)

My character Asha is a Shi'ido (a shapeshifter) and a Republic Agent. Legally declared KIA, Asha is working covertly on Corellia helping the Resistance. What if we intro your character with a package drop like Jace suggested? Someone leaves something on the ship with instructions, you go to the meeting point to drop it off, Asha shows up, and then maybe hijinks ensue? What do you think? :)

Anyone want to be the hijinks in this equation? :D

[Charley]

I would imagine that they are always Corellian: they're appointed by the Corellian Council (of the planet Corellia, not the Sector) and sorta... prevailing humanocentricism and Imperial xenophobia would make a non-human somewhat unlikely. That said, having the Drall, Selonians, Duros, etc start pushing for greater representation might be an interesting extra element to our political climate... especially if there is a "weak" Diktat that they think they can exploit for political gains somehow.

I definitely think the Diktat is the more interesting story option... but it actually needs someone to play them to actually be interesting. If there's a sort of "it's a cool idea, but I don't want to do it" sentiment, then merging the Moff into that role might make things a little neater/easier.

I'm not interested in playing the Diktat, but I'd be interested if someone took the role for intrigue purposes. I've been on the fence about creating an account for Queen Matatek of the Selonian Overden. Having the Diktat, the Moff, and the Queen (hell maybe even the Drall head honcho) in some kind of conniving bit of Game of Thrones might be interesting.

[Karin DeLumiar]

I'm kinda in the same boat as Charley. I don't want to play the Diktat (I'm having enough trouble getting my first five characters going aaaaaaaah) but it would be a fantastic role to add to the dynamic.

[Inyos Aamoran]

I would imagine that they are always Corellian: they're appointed by the Corellian Council (of the planet Corellia, not the Sector) and sorta... prevailing humanocentricism and Imperial xenophobia would make a non-human somewhat unlikely. That said, having the Drall, Selonians, Duros, etc start pushing for greater representation might be an interesting extra element to our political climate... especially if there is a "weak" Diktat that they think they can exploit for political gains somehow.

I definitely think the Diktat is the more interesting story option... but it actually needs someone to play them to actually be interesting. If there's a sort of "it's a cool idea, but I don't want to do it" sentiment, then merging the Moff into that role might make things a little neater/easier.

I'm not interested in playing the Diktat, but I'd be interested if someone took the role for intrigue purposes. I've been on the fence about creating an account for Queen Matatek of the Selonian Overden. Having the Diktat, the Moff, and the Queen (hell maybe even the Drall head honcho) in some kind of conniving bit of Game of Thrones might be interesting.

If memory serves, I think Sam has a politician from Duro as well. Would you be up for chucking them in the mix as well, dude?

If we can get a Diktat, a Selonian, a Duro, and a Drall... not only do we have the makings of a cheesy dad joke, but that might be a pretty good sorta... unofficial sector ruling council sorta vibe. Maybe someone from Nubia too: they're the other big human world in the sector... and they're also the home of Industrial Automaton, who make R2 units and such.

[Zereth Lancer]

I can help you with that! :)

My character Asha is a Shi'ido (a shapeshifter) and a Republic Agent. Legally declared KIA, Asha is working covertly on Corellia helping the Resistance. What if we intro your character with a package drop like Jace suggested? Someone leaves something on the ship with instructions, you go to the meeting point to drop it off, Asha shows up, and then maybe hijinks ensue? What do you think? :)

Anyone want to be the hijinks in this equation? :D

Should the excrement really hit the fan Asha could call Zereth in for some help. He could have left her a means of contacting him since their adventure previously in Corellia. While his stance is not pro-alliance, it is anti-empire. He also knows the city and has some connections he could pull to aid the resistance.

I was was going to suggest he could get them old TSO safe houses and supplies, but most likely Frygt and Ezra already liquidated everything they could get their hands on to fund the Tanaab academy.

This could be especially useful should they need to battle it out with the Imperial Knights. Not gonna lie, Zereth versus Vissica would be an awesome fight.

[Charley]

If memory serves, I think Sam has a politician from Duro as well. Would you be up for chucking them in the mix as well, dude?

If we can get a Diktat, a Selonian, a Duro, and a Drall... not only do we have the makings of a cheesy dad joke, but that might be a pretty good sorta... unofficial sector ruling council sorta vibe. Maybe someone from Nubia too: they're the other big human world in the sector... and they're also the home of Industrial Automaton, who make R2 units and such.

I don't mind an existing Duro getting in the mix because of proximity, but I think it should primarily be the Corellians, Selonians, and Drall. Maybe NPC mention the Nubians and keep affairs within the Corellian star system itself rather than the sector which is super crowded.

[Sam]

If memory serves, I think Sam has a politician from Duro as well. Would you be up for chucking them in the mix as well, dude?

If we can get a Diktat, a Selonian, a Duro, and a Drall... not only do we have the makings of a cheesy dad joke, but that might be a pretty good sorta... unofficial sector ruling council sorta vibe. Maybe someone from Nubia too: they're the other big human world in the sector... and they're also the home of Industrial Automaton, who make R2 units and such.

I'd love to toss Mas Onoldo into the mix, but I'm a little hesitant to say where he'd be these days. Ecidae Mandrill mentioned that Duro had been liberated in his post, and I have a feeling that some would have wanted to persecute Onoldo as a collaborator, as he was the Moff's right-hand man on Duro, even if he was always working in his people's best interest and likely would have worked with the Alliance once the fight began.

[Holo-Head Howards]

If memory serves, I think Sam has a politician from Duro as well. Would you be up for chucking them in the mix as well, dude?

If we can get a Diktat, a Selonian, a Duro, and a Drall... not only do we have the makings of a cheesy dad joke, but that might be a pretty good sorta... unofficial sector ruling council sorta vibe. Maybe someone from Nubia too: they're the other big human world in the sector... and they're also the home of Industrial Automaton, who make R2 units and such.

I'd love to toss Mas Onoldo into the mix, but I'm a little hesitant to say where he'd be these days. Ecidae Mandrill mentioned that Duro had been liberated in his post, and I have a feeling that some would have wanted to persecute Onoldo as a collaborator, as he was the Moff's right-hand man on Duro, even if he was always working in his people's best interest and likely would have worked with the Alliance once the fight began.

Duro might have been liberated for a time, but after the Starkiller Peace Treaty was signed, Duro, Corellia, and tons of other star systems were returned to Imperial hands. I would imagine it's currently re-occupied by the Empire.

[Inyos Aamoran]

I'd love to toss Mas Onoldo into the mix, but I'm a little hesitant to say where he'd be these days. Ecidae Mandrill mentioned that Duro had been liberated in his post, and I have a feeling that some would have wanted to persecute Onoldo as a collaborator, as he was the Moff's right-hand man on Duro, even if he was always working in his people's best interest and likely would have worked with the Alliance once the fight began.

The thing to bear in mind with Duro is that while it was liberated through war, it returned to Imperial hands peacefully. It was ceded back to the Empire as part of the Treaty negotiations... and that's kind of a sore subject, hence Mandrill being a significant figure in the Resistance. The Alliance has set up Presbalin as a sanctuary world for refugees from the Corellian Sector (overseen by Senator Longstar), so it's possible that Onoldo has migrated there with a chunk of the Duro population. On the other hand, it's equally possible that he decided to stay on Duro: the continuity of leadership makes the Imperials being in control again seem more legitimate, and the fact that Onoldo is willing to side with whoever he needs to for the greater good of the Duros makes him predictable... and predictable is good. All the Empire needs to do is keep him reassured that the Empire is in their best interests (as opposed to being decimated by the Imperial Knights if they rebel... not a hard sell), and they have him in their pocket.



I don't mind an existing Duro getting in the mix because of proximity, but I think it should primarily be the Corellians, Selonians, and Drall. Maybe NPC mention the Nubians and keep affairs within the Corellian star system itself rather than the sector which is super crowded.

I get where you're coming from, but don't forget that Delgado Xaanan is the Moff for the entire sector, not just for the Corellian star system. He has the resources of Nubia - an affluent and staunchly Imperial world - to throw at the problem. He has ongoing concerns on Duro, because any successes the Resistance has creates unrest there. We're not going to divide our resources and start trying to tell the Resistance story on multiple fronts, but in the same way that the Resistance side of the story is going to tie back to the Alliance, and tie into Bespin via the Black Sun connection, it only seems logical to have a similar level of allusions to other elements to help keep things grounded.

Plus, if the Moff is going to be stuck on Corellia most of the time, then representatives from other worlds are going to need to come to him... and having an "Advisory Council" that consists of the Diktat, a Selonian, a Drall, a Duros, and a Nubian makes a lot of sense. It's not all the worlds, or all the races, but it is the "main" ones. Plus, five is a pretty significant number in Corellian culture.

Arguably, we could make Vissica the "proxy" for the Selonians on the council, by virtue of the fact that she's there already. It wouldn't impact her Imperial Knight duties (or her ability to go offworld to perform them), but it would give the Selonians a mouthpiece who the Moff is going to feel "less inclined" to push around because of who and what she is. Doesn't rule out interactions between the Moff and the Queen herself, but it's a potentially interesting option... she's sorta from the General Martok school of diplomacy and politics.

[Matatek Sel Vissica]

Speaking of Vissica:

Corellia: Are We Not Merciful? (http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?56206-Corellia-Are-We-Not-Merciful&p=1039646#post1039646)

Went ahead and took Xaanan's words to heart on a more friendly approach to things.

[Delgado Xaanan]

"I am not going to kill you immediately, I am just going to stand here and make it seem like I'm thinking about eating you."

It's... a start, I suppose? :uhoh

[Matatek Sel Vissica]

"Peace..." Vissica growled, straining her webbed fingers into making a universal sign as she smile-grimaced through sharp teeth.

[Nen Lev'i]

"Peace! :dance" Nen yelled, holding aloft a giant purple ball thing, and doing his best fat Gungan impression.

[Minnie Starshine]

I can help you with that! :)

My character Asha is a Shi'ido (a shapeshifter) and a Republic Agent. Legally declared KIA, Asha is working covertly on Corellia helping the Resistance. What if we intro your character with a package drop like Jace suggested? Someone leaves something on the ship with instructions, you go to the meeting point to drop it off, Asha shows up, and then maybe hijinks ensue? What do you think? :)

Anyone want to be the hijinks in this equation? :D

That sounds great to me :). I'll try and start a thread up tonight (I'm on UK time so it's early here). Could be fun to do, especially if maybe Minnie doesn't quite realise what she's getting in to at first and then it all escalates, and she tries to 'help', possibly making things worse as it goes? :)

[Zereth Lancer]

I would be willing to write the Drall representative on the Corellian Council if no one else has already seized that initiative. I was thinking a female member of a clan deeply involved in the medicinal agriculture industry (primary export). She could even be the Duchess of her clan.

[Asha Vendax]

That sounds great to me :). I'll try and start a thread up tonight (I'm on UK time so it's early here). Could be fun to do, especially if maybe Minnie doesn't quite realise what she's getting in to at first and then it all escalates, and she tries to 'help', possibly making things worse as it goes? :)
Awesome! That does sound like a great idea - this is going to be great fun ^_^


*eyes Zereth & then pounces* >_>

[Sam]

If no one else wants to take on the role of the Diktat, I had (what I thought was) a good idea last night as I was trying to fall asleep, following along the lines of the "son/daughter/wife/husband inheriting the remainder of the term after the elected Diktat died".

[Mandalore the Liberator]

If someone is going to play the son/daughter/wife of the Diktat who inherits their position, then that could be cool/interesting: that would be a really interesting dynamic for me to play out while writing the Moff. The idea of him trying to "handle" a precocious child, court/win over a widow or a daughter... there's scope for a lot of intrigue there.

If the suggestion is to have the son/daughter/wife being an NPC though... that doesn't really add all that much, imo. The only difference between Moff Xaanan being the Diktat and Moff Xaanan calling all the shots because the Diktat doesn't know what the eff they're doing is a very very minor technicality. It doesn't give us the interest/intrigue that an actual played-out Diktat character would have, so we don't really gain anything story-wise by doing it. It's also not particularly compelling for me as Xaanan's writer either: having my hands tied because of an NPC I'm having to write on my lonesome every time I want to get anything done... I might as well just create a Diktat PC and play with myself at that point.

If no one wants to play the Diktat, then we'd probably be better off having them die or resign with no heir, and having Xaanan installed to serve out the rest of their term. At least that way we gain a small amount of story fuel, with the Resistance being outraged at the Empire for subverting the constitution, the ease with which Xaanan can Imperialise laws and government to deprive the Corellians of some of their freedom / independence / cultural individuality, and so on.

Edit:

Unless someone would be interested in smushing the Diktat role together with something else. There's nothing to say that the Diktat's brother/daughter/cousin/etc wasn't the CEO of the Corellian Engineering Corporation, which would sorta be an interesting echo of how Sullust works. There's nothing to say that the Diktat's brother/daughter/cousin/etc isn't off serving in the Imperial military somewhere... someone who goes from a lowly officer to sort-of ruler of a Sector, but is still impressionable by the Moff holding their leash. The heir to the Diktat doesn't necessarily have to be someone who has been living on Corellia this whole time.

[Minnie Starshine]

That sounds great to me :). I'll try and start a thread up tonight (I'm on UK time so it's early here). Could be fun to do, especially if maybe Minnie doesn't quite realise what she's getting in to at first and then it all escalates, and she tries to 'help', possibly making things worse as it goes? :)
Awesome! That does sound like a great idea - this is going to be great fun ^_^


*eyes Zereth & then pounces* >_>

http://sw-fans.net/forum/showthread.php?56214-Corellia-A-Secret-Exchange-(Asha)&p=1039704#post1039704

Here you go :). I hope you enjoy. I think you might have fun ruining Minnie's day >.>

[Cassus Wain]

Edit:

Unless someone would be interested in smushing the Diktat role together with something else. There's nothing to say that the Diktat's brother/daughter/cousin/etc wasn't the CEO of the Corellian Engineering Corporation, which would sorta be an interesting echo of how Sullust works. There's nothing to say that the Diktat's brother/daughter/cousin/etc isn't off serving in the Imperial military somewhere... someone who goes from a lowly officer to sort-of ruler of a Sector, but is still impressionable by the Moff holding their leash. The heir to the Diktat doesn't necessarily have to be someone who has been living on Corellia this whole time.

I immediately thought of this guy, but I'd much rather him be where he is. I think I'm the only one who feels that the whole Diktat line in the EU was a bit dumb and would rather rewrite the whole shebang, but if we're all for including a Diktat or having a Diktat inspired plot line, I'd be for pushing Xaanan into the role and continuing on as we have been.

[Minnie Starshine]

Again, if you want somebody you can put pressure on, it's possible if Minnie's father is a high up executive in Star Tours he has his fingers in Corellian Engineering Corp too (maybe it provided tech for them or something?), so maybe she could be manipulated somehow?

[Vansen Tyree]

I think putting pressure on Minnie is a bit more of a Resistance thing to do than an Imperial/government thing to do. Going after someone's teenage daughter is a bit shady even by Imperial standards, and it seems like a bit of a round-about way to do it when the Empire could just as easily just arrest the CEC CEO on trumped up charges of sympathising with the Resistance and... I dunno... cut of his thumbs or something.

[Minnie Starshine]

Okay :). That makes sense :).

Although I like 'putting pressure on a teenager is too shady, but arresting and cutting off thumbs on made up charges is a ok'. I think that sums up the Empire perfectly :p

[Delgado Xaanan]

...please tell me you're not planning to eat those thumbs, Vissica? :uhoh

[Matatek Sel Vissica]

...please tell me you're not planning to eat those thumbs, Vissica? :uhoh

Vissica doesn't try to eat people, however thumbs are made of meat and calories and those are the only criteria on which she is choosy

[Karin DeLumiar]

I don't think we're quite there yet, but if it's not too much trouble I'd really love to have the last post in Status Quo, just so I can present the contrast in Karin's hopes for an outcome now vs 10 minutes ago.

[Dorian Marshall]

I introduce to you Mr. Dorian Marshall. Old money. Graduate of an illustrious military academy. Joined CorSec but was dishonorably discharged for insubordination and dereliction of duty. His claim to fame, besides being the brother of the Diktat (his older sister), is as an extreme sport-pursuing, model-dating, trend-setting, favorite subject of the tabloids (recently rumored to be seen backstage with Zeltron singing sensation Lyssia [as evidenced in the tabloid pictured below]).

- Sam

[Minnie Starshine]

Ohhhh. Wanna date?

[Dorian Marshall]

Are you kidding? Can you imagine the headlines? I'd be ruined.

But seriously, call me the second you turn 18.

[Minnie Starshine]

I can look 18 for the papers!

[Captain Untouchable]

Resistance people!

Regarding the Status Quo thread... I think we're trapped in a little feedback loop of everybody waiting on somebody else. Is there anything else that anyone wants to try and accomplish in this thread? Do we want to slap a complete sticker on it's butt and move on to an actual action thread? Is anyone planning a post that they've not managed to get around to just yet because real life is being an ass and is getting in the way?

Don't wanna rush things, but don't want to see things sit and stew either. :)


Also, did we get anywhere as far as the whole political / Diktat situation is concerned? It seems like the general consensus is/was that we want a Diktat as part of our story, but that no one particularly wants to write that sort of character at this point... and that we might be factoring in Sam's Duros character and maybe a Selonian from Charley, as well as a hypothetical Drall and a hypothetical Nubian. Does anyone want to "ooh, ooh, pick me!" for any of those political roles, or should we just press on with what we've got, and maybe start up a thread between the Moff and the politicians that we do already have?

[Charley]

Unless anyone else had anything they were waiting on I say we go ahead and start calving off into small mission threads and then another thread for moff shenanigans. I can certainly create Queen Matatek for that purpose if we're ready to go that way.

[Pierce Tondry]

Resistance people!

Regarding the Status Quo thread... I think we're trapped in a little feedback loop of everybody waiting on somebody else. Is there anything else that anyone wants to try and accomplish in this thread? Do we want to slap a complete sticker on it's butt and move on to an actual action thread? Is anyone planning a post that they've not managed to get around to just yet because real life is being an ass and is getting in the way?

Don't wanna rush things, but don't want to see things sit and stew either. :)

My perspective is that Status Quo currently wants a post from Andana Callax in response to Ecidae to move those two out in their direction. After that, I was going to put a bow on the thread with a Karin post and then we can move on from there. Sound good?

[Sam]

I would absolutely like to fill that Diktat roll with Dorian up there, starting with him being basically a figurehead controlled by the Moff and his administration and quickly finding his voice (whether that be pro-Empire or pro-Rebels).

Or, if someone else is the Diktat, play him as the relative of the Diktat.

[Captain Untouchable]

Just to clarify... you're saying you want to be the Diktat, as a Duros?

I think the Diktat needs to be human. They're the "king" of Corellia, putting an alien in that position seems like a potentially explosive political snafu.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Dorian is not a Duros.

[Delgado Xaanan]

Oh crap, sorry. I am getting my wires crossed.

In that case, Dorian taking over from a relative whose the former Diktat... I can see that working, sure. :)

[Sam]

I'm going start a thread about a memorial service for the victims of the attack that would be attended by various governmental figures (and watched by anyone on Corellia, of course) to jumpstart the political side of this Corellia story.

[Dorian Marshall]

And, 4 days later, that promise has been fulfilled.

http://www.sw-fans.net/forum/showthread.php?56413-Corellia-Strength-Unity-and-Healing

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Hey Corellia, I heard you liked rebelling so I put some rebellion in your rebellion...

...? I dunno :p. What's going on with these threads?

[Delgado Xaanan]

I think we're mostly waiting on Brian, who I think is waiting on something else? I know he wanted to end things in the Resistance intro thread, but I can't remember the criteria he's waiting for... and we wanted to get that thread done / wait and see if anyone else wanted to join in / etc before we jumped ahead with any actual resisting stuff. Didn't want to leave anyone behind and what-not. :)

Also, I apparently have a thread with the Diktat to reply to, because I have the awareness of a sponge and didn't notice it was there. :uhoh

[Pierce Tondry]

I was waiting on a post from Dee because Ecidae was addressing her character last and it seemed appropriate for her to respond. However, we've hit the point where I think continuing the thread is more important than maintaining clean continuity and post order, so I will throw in a final post to close that thread this week.

[Jaden Luka]

Did you actually remember to let Dee know that you were waiting for her to post, or did you just hope she'd psychic it out? :p

[Pierce Tondry]

Nope. While I appreciate the idea of tracking people down and reminding them to post, the reality is that unless I happen to see them on AIM that kind of extra reminder is not going to come from my corner. I haven't seen Dee in AIM since before I put up post #62 in this thread.

As it stands, that post has been open to any response at all for over two months. If Dee has been too busy to check on the status of her threads at Fans for that long, I'm going to assume she's got real life stuff to deal with.

[Jaden Luka]

There's a PM feature, or there's Facebook, which Dee uses quite prolifically (as I'm sure you're well aware from your Facebook notifications). You've also been in a Google Hangout with her in amongst that time. You didn't get around to making sure she knew, or giving her a nudge... she didn't get around to sifting through the discussion about the Diktat to notice your casual "by the way I'm waiting for Dee" post. *shrug*

Either way, making the effort to give her a courtesy nudge would probably be the right thing to do, before you get around to sneaking in a reply while she's not looking.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

If the thread has been active for quite a while and some sort of posting order held to, it's not egregious to assume the people involved know when they're up. If Pierce doesn't want to go to Facebook to track someone down he certainly doesn't have to, though using the PM feature is a good idea.

As as it stands everyone involved has been standing around waiting for "someone else" to post, so just posting is a great idea. Telling Pierce he's being inconsiderate by "sneaking in a post" is a bit much, Jace.

[Jaden Luka]

I did not call Brian inconsiderate. I told him that PMing Dee before he posted was a good idea.

Which it is. You said exactly the same thing. :|

[Pierce Tondry]

I planned to be more productive on the RPing front this week, but that hasn't happened. As it turns out, dogsitting my friend's beagle required more of my time than I estimated (he really likes attention, the little bugger) but hopefully I'll be able to get some posts in next weekend, when I have Friday off because of the New Year.

I saw that Dee has posted, though I haven't read it. Regardless, though, the post I have in mind is primarily going to be an internal one. I doubt there will be any issues with anyone starting threads beyond Status Quo on the Resistance side if anyone wants to get that kicked into gear.

[Delgado Xaanan]

As has been mentioned elsewhere, the Corellian Sector is getting a shiny new blockade. Here (http://theholo.net/forum/showthread.php?56543-Corellia-The-Blockade) is the thread where Delgado is going to tell the political bigwigs what's what. If you are one of those bigwigs, feel free to jump in. If you aren't sure whether or not you are a wig of sufficient size, give me a nudge. :mischief

Things on the Resistance side are a little bit in limbo at the minute, waiting on threads and characters and what-not. If you're around, and you want to have your character roleplay out their reaction to the blockade and such... make a noise, and we'll work out how to do that once we know who is about / active / etc.

[Vince]

That was a good first post in the blockade thread Jace. I'm thinking of throwing Palara in there so I can get some Star Wars RP done with my Imperial characters, but I have other things to write also that have been waiting on me.

[Captain Untouchable]

I have Vissica and Alexia standing around looking menacing, because they're already part of Team Corellia... but since Palara is more fancy-sounding with her classy accent and such, maybe she's there as part of the round table discussion thingy, to chime in if the Knights need to have a say in stuff as well? I'm guessing that the blockade plan isn't necessarily something that Delgado ran by Rossos, so she might have some choice words to deliver on his behalf, or somesuch?

[Vince]

She might, once she hears the plan in detail. Is there a posting order, or can Palara be introduced?

[Captain Untouchable]

Feel free to dive right in!

[Pierce Tondry]

I posted to Status Quo, so that concludes that thread from Karin's perspective. The thread seems done to me, but if anyone else wants to do a thing there, I sure don't mind.