The Council

[Dasquian Belargic]

It happens to all of us from time to time.

Hopefully we can move on from this misunderstanding now and actually do some RPing?

[Droo]

Hopefully we can move on from this misunderstanding now and actually do some RPing?

Burn the witch!

[Morgan Evanar]

It happens to all of us from time to time.

Hopefully we can move on from this misunderstanding now and actually do some RPing?

Gosh no, that means I can't be an asshole as much.

I'm kidding, of course.

[Navaria Tarkin]

There has been some discussion about Navaria (me also volunteering) being a member of the Alliance Advisory Council consdering the close relationship the Rebels and the Jedi have. Now I think it might have been brought up here but was wondering the logistics. The thread in question is currently is here.

There are also other discussions going on too

Now as of right now, Navaria is part of the Council, the only Master (right now) would it be a good idea for her to be gone for so long? Holocalls seem risky.

[Vansen Tyree]

We never actually pinned down what the Jedi Council actually does.

Sure, they get together and discuss the "big stuff" whenever the story demands it, but what are they doing the rest of the time?

If Navaria doesn't actually have any day-to-day responsibilities on the Wheel, her being with the Rebels will be much less of an inconvenience. If the Council is constantly inundated with important business however, then her regularly being away from the Wheel would be a bigger deal. Answering that question would make it much easier to suss out the logistics of whatever Advisory role Navaria ends up having.

[Zem Vymes]

Can holonet actually be tapped/traced/intercepted. I thought no.

[Navaria Tarkin]

I honestly don't know Chuckles. If not then hell, she can just do that and only make appearances when required.

[Serena Laran]

I vote for using the holonet.

I would imagine the Council is around to make decisions when needed, but otherwise they have responsibilities like the other Jedi. Teaching and going about the logistics of keeping the Wheel going. ?

[Navaria Tarkin]

Yes Holly. We have to keep feeding the hamsters after all

[Vansen Tyree]

Can holonet actually be tapped/traced/intercepted. I thought no.

The holonet is just a network of comm relays. The Galactic Empire controls all the comm relays, so the tapping / intercepting part is relatively easy. Bear in mind that during the Prequels, the Jedi were working for the government that controlled the comm relays, so the risk of the enemy listening in was far less.

Holonet messages work for the military because by the time you've broken the encryption, the information in the message is probably out of date. There's no expiration date on news about the existence of a secret Jedi convoy though.

It'd be risky. Maybe it's good, plot device risk... but being in the same room is probably a lot more secure.

I would imagine the Council is around to make decisions when needed, but otherwise they have responsibilities like the other Jedi. Teaching and going about the logistics of keeping the Wheel going. ?

What are "the logistics of keeping the Wheel going"?

Since s'Ilancy (or whoever is replacing her) looks after the supply requests, and the military looks after ship movements and security / defence... what else is there?

If travelling back to the Alliance means ducking out on a few classes, then I don't think it'd be unreasonable for Navaria to be on Dac on a semi-regular basis. s'Ilancy split her time between the Wheel, the Dauntless, and the Novgorod: and that worked out just fine.

Edit:

There's nothing to say that Navaria needs to go to Advisory Council meetings all the time, anyhow. Maybe she only needs to be on Dac when she's invited to participate in meetings? Torrsk Oruo'rel spends a lot of his time on Bothawui instead of Dac, and Senators in Star Wars only seem to go to Coruscant when there's something big to discuss.

We can probably get away with Navaria just conveniently being wherever the plot requires her to be. It worked pretty well for Padmé.

[Serena Laran]

Of course it's not unreasonable, I was just saying that they have the same responsibilities as the other Jedi. As far as logistics I was referring to ... I don't know. Technobabble, lol. Cooking meals and cleaning rooms,

No, really, I dont' know.

[Navaria Tarkin]

Oh god. Don''t compare me to Padme

I suppose I will wing it when required.

[Captain Untouchable]

It could be worse... if you stretch the analogy, that means Daria is Anakin.

Edit:

And Wyl is Ahsoka.

[Navaria Tarkin]

Daria is far more prettier then Anakin. And she isn't a whiny douche bag

[Zeke]

In no particular order as I remember them:

• Yes on Challenger and Whaladon becoming intimately acquainted
• Whaladon is an Action IX as is listed in the wiki (not sure how this affects the previous point)
• Add only one ship so as not to spread out too thinly, the Ithorian herdship.
• Herdship is a small version, not a city ship because that's just ridiculous.
• There's at least one Ithorian on board and it will be a salvage operation by the Wheel when we come across it, however that comes about and whenever it does. (personally I don't see anything stopping us from just doing this whenever we are ready)
• Padawans needed some sort of schedule to help them know what they're supposed to be doing (wrote schedule as an example to help RPers)
• Masters and Padawans should do more stuff together. If you're bored with your padawan and you've been assigned to a master, then you guys should talk or something. Not up to the group as a whole to make sure that you're planning stuff OOC?
• Away missions, supply runs... this has all been discussed before, in length, ad nauseum. We still discussed it again, at length. Bottom line - you want to do something then you probably can. Gather some RPers and go for it. Or just make shit up. (In current state of affairs with the Wheel on high alert these sort of RPs will be great ways to show our vigilance. We have some of that, I hope!)
• Padawans used for escort duties somethingsomething I don't quite remember all of this one...
• Group training sessions can be started. Knights need to figure out what they could be teaching and Padawans can use that as background information in their RPs, like "just got done with meditation with Serena and was headed to the mess for lunch when..." ALSO probably a good idea for at least one actual group training session to be RPed out. We have ten or so padawans, not a big deal to include them all in a thread. (I'll be doing one with Serena soonish)
• Padawans and Jedi should have duties within the Wheel, either on the Whaladon or on the Challenger.
• Non-Jedi can teach padawans or Jedi stuff, like piloting or engineering, whatever they want to learn.

I think that's it? Anyone else have more to add?

Very late to the party. I like all this, and the idea of refurbishing Republic Gunships as armed/armored shuttles. If we need any more ships besides the Herdship, I suggest Robin Hood-style theft. We steal fighters and frigates from slavers, pirates, even Imps if we can manage it and shore up the Wheel's defenses that way, repurposing ships that were used for evil to do good.

Going even further back to a 6-person council with 2 representatives each for Guardian, Sentinel, and Consular, I think we oughtta pop the number up to 3 each for a 9-being Council. Even numbers occasionally make decisions hard to reach. Having one person to break ties may become necessary.

[Captain Untouchable]

Do we have enough people for a nine-member Council?

We currently have a Council of five, though one is currently in absentia. I think we've actually got the "one of each" covered within that, plus Navaria to referee any decisions. A couple more wouldn't kill us... but I think we should be careful we don't end up sucking too many of our active Knights onto the Council.

[Halajiin Rabeak]

A council of nine is just too big for the low amount of Jedi we currently have. While there might be enough overall Jedi, not all of them would be qualified to sit on the council. I think the council we have now is good enough for the time being. If we were to put someone else on it, they'd really have to prove themselves, first, and Sol would probably be the logical choice, if anyone.

[Zeke]

'Kay, just throwin' it out there.