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May The Invisible Hand Be With You - (Star Wars CK2-Style Quest)

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Panory said:
Blazing Chains is Awesome and I'll Make You All Realize That Even if it Kills Me​


"You may fire when ready." said Grand Moff Tarkin as he callously turned away from Princess Leia Organa.

"What?!" shouted Leia, panicked and betrayed as her sacrifice was made meaningless.

Tarkin turned back to her, a smug look of victory on his face. "You're far too trusting. Dantooine is too remote to make an effective demonstration, but don't worry. We will deal with your rebel friends soon enough."

"No…" protested the Princess of Alderaan weakly, stepping forward only to be pulled back by Darth Vader.

"Commence primary ignition." announced a voice over the loudspeakers. As far removed as they were, the group on the bridge waited in relative silence as the final steps were undertaken elsewhere on the massive battle station. Tarkin and Leia watched in anticipation and horror respectively as the green lasers converged, combined, and hurtled towards the peaceful, unsuspecting planet of Alderaan.

And missed.

"What happened?" demanded Tarkin, shouting into the communications that linked him to the engineers.

"We don't know sir." reported the engineer. "Everything worked perfectly, but the shot moved around Alderaan. I can't explain it sir. According to the instruments, we usually don't have test fires that good."

"Well fire again, and make certain you don't miss this time or I'll have the lot of you court marshalled!" shouted Tarkin, cutting off the communications before the engineer could even respond. History repeated itself as the Death Star charged its destructive beam weapon, amplified by enough kyber crystals to fuel every lightsaber ever made, and fired it towards the planet of Alderaan, ensuring its destruction.

Except it missed. Again.

Princess Leia was beginning to grow amused at the growing frustrations of Grand Moff Tarkin. His face red with rage, Tarkin ordered a security team to drag the engineers out of the firing control room and into the brig, calling up the secondary engineering team to take their place. Calming himself somewhat, Tarkin managed to spit out the order to fire again, or else, through clenched teeth.

Listening carefully, Leia could have sworn she heard Vader whisper something that sounded like, "I told them so."


XXX​


"My, they certainly are persistent." said Ciaran, looking up at the artificial moon that hung in Alderaan's sky. "Tyro, if you would?"

"Of course, Lady Ciaran." said Tyro, turning to watch the battle station. It fired a third time, and Tyro raised his hands, reaching out with the Force. He wasn't strong enough to influence its direction as drastically as he could blaster bolts, but bending a blaster bolt around a target was the most basic lesson a Blazing Chains practitioner could learn, and for a master of the style like Tyro Torwin, scaling the technique up to such gargantuan sizes was an easy task.

Once more, the sky turned green as the powerful weapon curved around the planet of Alderaan and soared off into space. Ciaran took a sip of her tea before continuing her conversation. "Now, where were we Bail? Your kidnapped daughter?"

"Um, yes." Said Bail Organa, looking uneasily at the Death Star floating above his homeworld. "She uh, took part in a raid to secure the plans for the Death Star, but went missing before she could deliver the plans. I was hoping you might be able to track Leia down."

"It wouldn't be the first time I've rescued the child of an ally. If it goes half as well as last time, I might even bring the entire Empire crashing down in the process." laughed Ciaran as the Empire's crowning achievement futilely took another shot at the planet.

Tyro swept his hand to the side, and the beam in the sky followed suit. "I think I'm getting the hang of this. Not to hard once you get some practice actually."


AN: We could have had this awesome intro for the Intrigue cousin I had planned out, but someone had to go and shit talk the Force sect that gives us telepathic guns. So you get this. I hope you're happy. Also, it's occurred to me I'm going to need to think of some more chain/link phrases if I want to write more about Tyro.
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You are brilliant.
 
Panory said:
"Well fire again, and make certain you don't miss this time or I'll have the lot of you court marshalled!" shouted Tarkin, cutting off the communications before the engineer could even respond. History repeated itself as the Death Star charged its destructive beam weapon, amplified by enough kyber crystals to fuel every lightsaber ever made, and fired it towards the planet of Alderaan, ensuring its destruction.
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I think the Death Star needs a day or so to recharge?
 
Man the rumors the Abyss Watchers are stirring up especially the abyss agents. With their knowledge of the techniques of the blazing chains the survivors of those who encounter them are going to tell tales about them.
 
dredloki said:
what about dear old mum?
(she died right?)
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Well, if you consider "dead" to mean "locked in a prison maintained by multiple black holes to prevent her from trying to go on a rampage" then yes she's quite dead.

(The Ones really don't like to talk about her. Makes the already awkward family life even worse.)

Panory said:
Blazing Chains is Awesome and I'll Make You All Realize That Even if it Kills Me
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Honestly my favorite part wasn't Tyro no selling the Death Star, but just how smug Vader was about the whole debacle. Non-canon, +10...for the turn after the next...
 
Dr. Snark said:
The Father, Daughter, and Son of Mortis, who all have Lore Scores of YES.
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Hell, functionally they have a score of everything as YES. As long as Anakin isn't involved. He's got the special trait of screwing everything up.

As for Abeloth, well...let's just say that SW future is looking grim, even after her "defeat". After we conquer the galaxy (whether it knows it or not) I'd recommend just leaving on the first extra-galactic expedition out.
 
Nalanaya said:
Hell, functionally they have a score of everything as YES. As long as Anakin isn't involved. He's got the special trait of screwing everything up.

As for Abeloth, well...let's just say that SW future is looking grim, even after her "defeat". After we conquer the galaxy (whether it knows it or not) I'd recommend just leaving on the first extra-galactic expedition out.
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welp.
there's the next big bad
Missingnoleader said:
I mean I'm surprised if the Cadme shippers aren't planning on dumping Anakin on Mortis forever.
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i REALLY want to be the weird aunt to luke and leah
 
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Missingnoleader said:
I mean I'm surprised if the Cadme shippers aren't planning on dumping Anakin on Mortis forever.
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I'll disappoint that crowd by saying that thanks to Ciaran's influence Anakin would like the idea of staying there even less than he did in canon.

I feel like I should apologize for that statement...naaaah. :V
 
dredloki said:
why?
also didnt see it
was it a bad place?
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Ahh. Okay TL;DR then. Mortis (which is actually a decent place aside from the name) is home to these three stupidly OP beings who are basically embodiments of the Force: The Father (the Force in general), the Son (the Dark Side), and the Daughter (the Light Side). Since the Son and the Daughter represent opposing sides of the Force and-even worse-are siblings, they're constantly squabbling with each other, and by "squabbling" I mean "trying to beat the crap out of each other with the Force." The Father's job is to keep those young whippersnappers from wrecking his lawn too much, but by the time of the Clone Wars he's getting old and needs someone else to babysit his kids, and concludes that the best one to do that is The Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker.

Basically, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka go there, shit happens, Anakin decides babysitting isn't his thing, and due to a hilarious series of escapades all of the Ones die. Surprisingly, the Force doesn't seem to care that much. Cue laugh track, roll credits. :V
 
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Panory said:
Blazing Chains is Awesome and I'll Make You All Realize That Even if it Kills Me​


"You may fire when ready." said Grand Moff Tarkin as he callously turned away from Princess Leia Organa.

"What?!" shouted Leia, panicked and betrayed as her sacrifice was made meaningless.

Tarkin turned back to her, a smug look of victory on his face. "You're far too trusting. Dantooine is too remote to make an effective demonstration, but don't worry. We will deal with your rebel friends soon enough."

"No…" protested the Princess of Alderaan weakly, stepping forward only to be pulled back by Darth Vader.

"Commence primary ignition." announced a voice over the loudspeakers. As far removed as they were, the group on the bridge waited in relative silence as the final steps were undertaken elsewhere on the massive battle station. Tarkin and Leia watched in anticipation and horror respectively as the green lasers converged, combined, and hurtled towards the peaceful, unsuspecting planet of Alderaan.

And missed.

"What happened?" demanded Tarkin, shouting into the communications that linked him to the engineers.

"We don't know sir." reported the engineer. "Everything worked perfectly, but the shot moved around Alderaan. I can't explain it sir. According to the instruments, we usually don't have test fires that good."

"Well fire again, and make certain you don't miss this time or I'll have the lot of you court marshalled!" shouted Tarkin, cutting off the communications before the engineer could even respond. History repeated itself as the Death Star charged its destructive beam weapon, amplified by enough kyber crystals to fuel every lightsaber ever made, and fired it towards the planet of Alderaan, ensuring its destruction.

Except it missed. Again.

Princess Leia was beginning to grow amused at the growing frustrations of Grand Moff Tarkin. His face red with rage, Tarkin ordered a security team to drag the engineers out of the firing control room and into the brig, calling up the secondary engineering team to take their place. Calming himself somewhat, Tarkin managed to spit out the order to fire again, or else, through clenched teeth.

Listening carefully, Leia could have sworn she heard Vader whisper something that sounded like, "I told them so."


XXX​


"My, they certainly are persistent." said Ciaran, looking up at the artificial moon that hung in Alderaan's sky. "Tyro, if you would?"

"Of course, Lady Ciaran." said Tyro, turning to watch the battle station. It fired a third time, and Tyro raised his hands, reaching out with the Force. He wasn't strong enough to influence its direction as drastically as he could blaster bolts, but bending a blaster bolt around a target was the most basic lesson a Blazing Chains practitioner could learn, and for a master of the style like Tyro Torwin, scaling the technique up to such gargantuan sizes was an easy task.

Once more, the sky turned green as the powerful weapon curved around the planet of Alderaan and soared off into space. Ciaran took a sip of her tea before continuing her conversation. "Now, where were we Bail? Your kidnapped daughter?"

"Um, yes." Said Bail Organa, looking uneasily at the Death Star floating above his homeworld. "She uh, took part in a raid to secure the plans for the Death Star, but went missing before she could deliver the plans. I was hoping you might be able to track Leia down."

"It wouldn't be the first time I've rescued the child of an ally. If it goes half as well as last time, I might even bring the entire Empire crashing down in the process." laughed Ciaran as the Empire's crowning achievement futilely took another shot at the planet.

Tyro swept his hand to the side, and the beam in the sky followed suit. "I think I'm getting the hang of this. Not to hard once you get some practice actually."


AN: We could have had this awesome intro for the Intrigue cousin I had planned out, but someone had to go and shit talk the Force sect that gives us telepathic guns. So you get this. I hope you're happy. Also, it's occurred to me I'm going to need to think of some more chain/link phrases if I want to write more about Tyro.
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Panory you beautiful low-quality pikachu ripoff...
 
Dr. Snark said:
Ahh. Okay TL;DR then. Mortis (which is actually a decent place aside from the name) is home to these three stupidly OP beings who are basically embodiments of the Force: The Father (the Force in general), the Son (the Dark Side), and the Daughter (the Light Side). Since the Son and the Daughter represent opposing sides of the Force and-even worse-are siblings, they're constantly squabbling with each other, and by "squabbling" I mean "trying to beat the crap out of each other with the Force." The Father's job is to keep those young whippersnappers from wrecking his lawn too much, but by the time of the Clone Wars he's getting old and needs someone else to babysit his kids, and concludes that the best one to do that is The Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker.

Basically, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka go there, shit happens, Anakin decides babysitting isn't his thing, and due to a hilarious series of escapades all of the Ones die. Surprisingly, the Force doesn't seem to care that much. Cue laugh track, roll credits. :V
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This must still happen, except with Ciaran and retinue too...

The Father: I'm getting too old for this shit.

Tyro: I hear ya.

EDIT: Could you imagine the after action report? AKA Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka all agree on three points: That Ciaran is the biggest troll in the universe, that this entire thing is somehow her fault, and that they all agree to never speak of this again.
 
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Dr. Snark said:
Ahh. Okay TL;DR then. Mortis (which is actually a decent place aside from the name) is home to these three stupidly OP beings who are basically embodiments of the Force: The Father (the Force in general), the Son (the Dark Side), and the Daughter (the Light Side). Since the Son and the Daughter represent opposing sides of the Force and-even worse-are siblings, they're constantly squabbling with each other, and by "squabbling" I mean "trying to beat the crap out of each other with the Force." The Father's job is to keep those young whippersnappers from wrecking his lawn too much, but by the time of the Clone Wars he's getting old and needs someone else to babysit his kids, and concludes that the best one to do that is The Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker.

Basically, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka go there, shit happens, Anakin decides babysitting isn't his thing, and due to a hilarious series of escapades all of the Ones die. Surprisingly, the Force doesn't seem to care that much. Cue laugh track, roll credits. :V
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You're forgetting about The Mother.

Aka: "Cthulu's worst nightmare on steroids"
 
Dr. Snark said:
Ahh. Okay TL;DR then. Mortis (which is actually a decent place aside from the name) is home to these three stupidly OP beings who are basically embodiments of the Force: The Father (the Force in general), the Son (the Dark Side), and the Daughter (the Light Side). Since the Son and the Daughter represent opposing sides of the Force and-even worse-are siblings, they're constantly squabbling with each other, and by "squabbling" I mean "trying to beat the crap out of each other with the Force." The Father's job is to keep those young whippersnappers from wrecking his lawn too much, but by the time of the Clone Wars he's getting old and needs someone else to babysit his kids, and concludes that the best one to do that is The Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker.

Basically, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka go there, shit happens, Anakin decides babysitting isn't his thing, and due to a hilarious series of escapades all of the Ones die. Surprisingly, the Force doesn't seem to care that much. Cue laugh track, roll credits. :V
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but then the mother escapes later? i guess?
 
dredloki said:
welp.
there's the next big bad
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No kidding. In all honesty though, that's not a fight we're going to win. Ever.

Missingnoleader said:
I mean I'm surprised if the Cadme shippers aren't planning on dumping Anakin on Mortis forever.
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Which is exactly why this cannot happen. The prison is primarily maintained by a stupidly advanced and large massive scale gravity manipulator called Centerpoint Station and its smaller cousin Sinkhole Station which were made by The Ones tens of thousands of years ago. Those run themselves just fine, and as long as no one drops the ball blows them up in an idiotic civil war they'll keep going indefinitely.
The real problem is they don't work. At least not perfectly. Being an energy being, even if she's bounded by bullshit gravity manipulation, Abeloth still sneaks a bit of herself out every few thousand years and causes a ruckus before The Ones get of their ass on Mortis and stomp her hard. Except in canon Anakin gets them all killed. Which means that even after she's resealed by Luke decades later, she's still going to get out and end the galaxy with no Ones left to stop her at some point. If she wasn't bluffing her own re-imprisonment to begin with.

Basically Palpatine if he could split himself hundreds of times, possess people, was orders of magnitude more powerful, and completely IMMORTAL instead of playing tricks with clones, and far far better at manipulation. Oh, and having an end goal of killing everything everywhere forever, preferably as painfully as possible. So not actually like Palpatine, just worse in every way.
 
Nalanaya said:
No kidding. In all honesty though, that's not a fight we're going to win. Ever.
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Well, there is a weapon capable of killing entities like Aboleth: the Dagger of Mortis. So it's not like the situation is hopeless.

The only trouble is finding the damn thing. Er, after the Mortis arc in Clone Wars that is. Buuuut knowing how those things usually go in the event Aboleth did break out again in the canon verse odds are it would be found at the very last second by a team of scrappy young adventurers lead by a Skywalker of some kind.
 
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Dr. Snark said:
Well, there is a weapon capable of killing entities like Aboleth: the Dagger of Mortis. So it's not like the situation is hopeless.

The only trouble is finding the damn thing. Er, after the Mortis arc in Clone Wars that is.
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That, and sticking it in the crazy....very bad joke. Realistically, I don't know how we'd actually stab her. The Ones all had bodies, and even if their crazier shenanigans have them gallivanting around in astral form, they still return to the body. Abeloth is kind-of diffuse essence of hatred and chaos? Not very physical. So unless the conceptual aspects of the dagger are super-effective, it's probably going to be more complicated than 'Find location A, Get weapon B, stick weapon into Enemy C.'

Edit: And if she's feeling particularly eccentric it will indeed be 'hopless'. She'll have removed our legs first. Running away is too much of a tease.

Edit 2: Which is why the best solution is obviously to not let Anakin anywhere near Mortis where he can screw a perfectly functional system that has worked longer than recorded history. Unless, I dunno, we have a case of exploding sage dice and get a 12th order crit that has Ciaran go over there herself and make the siblings stop being stupid and turn the Father into a responsible damn parent.
 
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