- Location
- Tromso, Norway.
That's a family thing actually, all the Desilijic are like that. (Also, the directors for EP VI wanted a half naked space babe or two.)
May The Invisible Hand Be With You - (Star Wars CK2-Style Quest)
- Thread starter Dr. Snark
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Hypervene
Feelin' Some Sort Of Way
- Location
- Liminal
Hello everyone!
I've been reading the thread for a while now and I just wanna thank all ye guys for helping make this amazing story!
This wonderful idea began thanks to @Teron and was carried on by @Dr. Snark but by this point, I'm pretty sure this is a community Quest, what with all of these Omakes!
So, to sum it up, everyone here is awesome and should keep on keeping on!
Seeya!
*hyper aways*
I've been reading the thread for a while now and I just wanna thank all ye guys for helping make this amazing story!
This wonderful idea began thanks to @Teron and was carried on by @Dr. Snark but by this point, I'm pretty sure this is a community Quest, what with all of these Omakes!
So, to sum it up, everyone here is awesome and should keep on keeping on!
Seeya!
*hyper aways*
Thanks! I haven't been able to log in at any point over the past week without discovering at least a dozen new notifications of you 'liking' some of my old posts. That was definitely encouraging! Hope you join in and participate now that you're all caught up.
Hypervene
Feelin' Some Sort Of Way
- Location
- Liminal
Eheh, I'm not very good at quests at all, but cheering from the sidelines is something I can do! Encouragement successful! *
Besides, I don't think I need too. It seems like you've all got this well in hand!
Invisible hand, that is!
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- Location
- Australia
If we do the Piloting 101 action, will Ciaran get a boost to her stats from Durge's fighter like how the Silencer got a boost from the custom speeder he stole from the Sun Guard?
Reworked. I hope you like it.
Correction: Into Personal Assets it goes.INTO THE VAULT IT GOES!
The Cont. Diplo. Adventures of Obi-Wan (Canon)
Panory
The Omake Dragon
- Location
- New York
- Pronouns
- He/Him
The Continuing Diplomatic Adventures of Obi-wan Kenobi
"PR-1, I'd like some clarification regarding your most recent briefing." said Ciaran, disrupting the droid from his current research. "I'm sure you can understand my concern that HK-47 may have… glossed over some of the details."
"Of course mistress." said PR-1, rerouting his processes to focus on Lady Ciaran's queries. "What might I assist you with?"
"Barab I." said Ciara simply. PR-1 instantly pulled up the files on the planet and reviewed them, making not of any points of interest.
"Ah, were you perhaps thinking of recruiting the Barabels?" inquired PR-1. "They are certainly a hardy species, though I fail to see any particular advantage unique to them that would peak particular interest."
"No, I'm not thinking of recruiting them." said Ciaran, shaking her head. "Your report makes mention of a Jedi worshipping cult. How fanatic are we talking about?"
PR-1 perused the files once more, locating the relevant information. "About a thousand years ago, a Jedi Master landed on the planet and put an end to a several thousand years of old civil war. In response, the Barabel gave the Jedi their undying respect, deifying their arrival and worshiping them."
"Perfect." cooed Ciaran. "Thank you PR-1. I'll be sure to inform you of the results." With that, Ciaran left the room, laughing manically.
"The results of what…?" PR-1 asked the empty room in confusion before returning to his system by system survey of the galaxy. He groaned. Apparently whoever had mapped Rainboh had done so in crayon. He didn't get paid enough for this.
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"And we're sure there's life on the planet this time?" asked Obi-wan sarcastically. The Jedi Sentinel in front of him didn't even have the decency to look ashamed.
"Barab I is actually in the Archives. The Jedi settled some dispute during first contact about a thousand years ago." said the Sentinel. "I doubt they remember such a thing, so you'll essentially be starting from scratch, but we know they exist."
"So what exactly is my goal in these negotiations? If they've already been introduced to the galaxy, it can't be classified as a first contact mission." said Obi-wan.
The Sentinel nodded in agreement. "Right, it's not first contact. Instead, we're hoping you might bring them into the Republic."
Obi-wan placed a hand on his chin. "I'll see what I can do." The Sentinel handed Obi-wan the files, but instead of looking at them, Obi-wan maintained eye contact.
"Um, aren't you going to look at what we know of the planet and its people?" asked the Sentinel.
"I'll go over them later." dismissed Obi-wan, still staring at the Jedi Sentinel. Things stretched into an uncomfortable silence as the two just stood around staring at each other. Suddenly, the Sentinel slapped his hands together less than an inch from Oi-wan's face. The Jedi Master flinched, closing his eyes instinctively. When he opened them a second later, the Sentinel had disappeared. "Blast! I thought I had him that time."
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Obi-wan struggled to land his fighter in some of the most ferocious rain he had ever seen. Based on his perusal of the planet's files though, it seemed this nightly occurrence was preferable to the oppressive heat that evaporated all this water in the day. He'd likely roast before even touching the ground.
Detecting a cave where R4 and his fighter would be mostly protected from the elements, he deftly piloted inside and landed. Hopping out into the cave, Obi-wan squinted in a futile attempt to see in the pitch black. While it was traditionally the weapon of a Jedi Knight, the lightsaber also functioned as the light source of a Jedi Knight.
The blue glow illuminated the cave, revealing to his eyes a great number of reptilian humanoids, armed with an assortment of primitive, but deadly weapons. They seemed just as surprised as Obi-wan did, and while he sank low into his Soresu stance, they sank even lower to prostrate themselves before him.
They seemed to be mumbling something under their breath, likely an appeal to some deity out of fear, rather than attacking. Obi-wan mentally cursed. This wasn't at all the impression he had been going for. He'd be lucky to get them on board now. "R4, give me a light." he said, and the droid complied as he extinguished his lightsaber. That should have been his course of action from the beginning, not using his lightsaber. Blast. It seemed that his time on the front lines had changed his reactions. Even his diplomatic missions had tended to go south quickly.
"I come in peace." Obi-wan was just trying to run damage control at this point. "I mean you no harm."
One of the Barabels looked up slightly, still prostrated on the ground. "We always knew the Jedi would return. But I had never hoped to see it during my lifetime." he said in awe. Obi-wan was to stunned to interject before he could continue. "What do you require of your humble servants, O Great One?"
Apparently they had taken the Jedi intervention a thousand years ago to be much more important than it actually had been. Looking over them, Obi-wan could see pictures on the cave wall of Jedi depicted in almost deific poses, surrounded by bowing Barabels. It appeared the information he had gotten from the Sentinel was wrong. Again.
Obi-wan had the distinct impression that whether he chose to not interfere with an established native religion or profit from the deception of the less informed, the theologians and ethics investigations would give him no rest for years.
"Do you require a living sacrifice my lord?" asked the apparent leader. The question immediately snapped Obi-wan out of his thoughts.
"NO!" They all recoiled in fear at his alarmed shout. "No, uh, I… won't be needing anything of the sort." Obi-wan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, reaching out to the Force to center himself. "I have come with a proposition, to ally your people with others across the stars to face a grave threat."
"What threat could possibly give the divine might of a Jedi pause?" asked one of the gathered Barabels, his voice a mixture of terror and awe.
"The Sith are a force equal and opposite to the Jedi. Where a Jeid builds, a Sith destroys. Where a Jedi is kind, a Sith is cruel." It wasn't often Obi-wan gave younglings the lecture on the Sith, but he remembered it well enough. "We had thought them destroyed, but they have reared their heads once more, and the Jedi require the help of all to strike them down again."
"Of course, O Great One. Your humble servants will follow you to the ends of the galaxy, and if we might be of actual help? Nothing would bring us greater satisfaction." said the leader, bowing deeply again.
"Well alright then." said Obi-wan, desperate to extricate himself of the situation. "I must depart now, to do battle once more, but I will send others, who will help you." Said Obi-wan, backing up towards his ship.
"Then we will wait, Master Jedi, as we have waited for a thousand years." said the lead Barabel. "If I might be so bold however, would you bless tonight's hunt?"
And Obi-wan was thrust right back into the same dilemma he had been trying to avoid. After a few seconds with the gathered Barabels looking to him expectantly, and him trying not to let his emotion show, Obi-wan settled on a solution. He would do as the Jedi a millennium before him had done, not mention the natives' strange religion in his report at all and pass the dilemma onto the next Jedi to come into contact with the planet of Barab I.
Obi-wan closed his eyes, and waved his hands in front of him, using the Force to create a light breeze, unfelt on this planet of oppressively hot days, hurricane nights, and life underground. Gasps were heard around the cave as Obi-wan opened his eyes, nodded silently, and jumped back into his fighter. "Please get us out of here R4." The astromech droid complied, and Obi-wan was just thankful no one had seen such embarrassment.
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"Greetings R4-P17. Do you have what I requested?" The little astromech beeped and booped at PR-1, who acted offended. "Of course the upgrade is legitimate! I have it installed myself, and for all they themselves are unappealing, the cuisine of the Hutts is worth knowing how to cook. I shall give you the number of the specialist once you transfer the holo-recording."
The red astromech droid approached the protocol droid, a small chip emerging halfway from the droid's chassis. PR-1 leaned over and picked it out, sliding a different chip in to replace it. "Go to those coordinates and ask for upgrade 4752. If they ask, tell them 'Junkie' sent you." Obi-wan's personal astromech droid leaned forward and back several times to simulate nodding, and the two parted ways. R4-P17 was looking forward to an upgrade, so often denied military droids. PR-1 was looking forward to watching the recording with Lady Ciaran.
AN: Okay, so it's actually been eight hundred and eighty years, but in the words of Master Fung…
And for those of you asking how we'd get these recordings, I enjoy the idea of PR-1 trading upgrades to R4 in exchange for the recordings. Last time he got a shock rod. This time he gets culinary routines.
Panory
The Omake Dragon
- Location
- New York
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Same. I once had upwards of sixty, all from @Hypervene. I hadn't even posted recently at the time, so it was a bit of a surprise.
- Location
- Australia
@Dr. Snark, more questions, suggestions, and things to point out.
Similar to our salvage operations on Coruscant, Taris, and Nar Shaddaa, can we put together salvager teams and fleets to pick through the battlefields of the Clone Wars? Unlike with our other operations where it's mostly trash, these scavenging grounds would doubtlessly be rich in military-grade technology. It would provide more income than our other salvage operations, but it's balanced by the fact that it's only possible thanks to the near-unlimited access to warzones that the Silver Cross gives us. (Which we had to roll a nat 99/137 to get and haven't really taken advantage of.)
The Republic Senate and the Separatist Senate are both very corrupt, the latter even moreso than the former. Can we blackmail, bribe, threaten, etc. senators from both into doing stuff we want like signing into law bills which are favourable to us? Alternatively, we could do that stuff not to get advantages for ourselves, but to deny them to Palpatine.
Can Telepathy be taught to our Agents? Being able to communicate via a medium that can't be jammed, muffled, intercepted, overheard, or corroded by obstacles/distance would be rather advantageous to our commando forces.
I have a question about the Sienar Custom Vessel action under Stewardship. Why is it an action? The whole point of hiring people to do something for you is so that you don't have to do it yourself, but here we have to spend actions anyway.
Similar to the Shaking Hands actions, would an Expand Information Network give us more information about the targets and provide bonuses to Intrigue actions against them?
Are Shaking Hands actions repeatable?
Similar to our salvage operations on Coruscant, Taris, and Nar Shaddaa, can we put together salvager teams and fleets to pick through the battlefields of the Clone Wars? Unlike with our other operations where it's mostly trash, these scavenging grounds would doubtlessly be rich in military-grade technology. It would provide more income than our other salvage operations, but it's balanced by the fact that it's only possible thanks to the near-unlimited access to warzones that the Silver Cross gives us. (Which we had to roll a nat 99/137 to get and haven't really taken advantage of.)
The Republic Senate and the Separatist Senate are both very corrupt, the latter even moreso than the former. Can we blackmail, bribe, threaten, etc. senators from both into doing stuff we want like signing into law bills which are favourable to us? Alternatively, we could do that stuff not to get advantages for ourselves, but to deny them to Palpatine.
I believe the technique is just called 'Telepathy', not 'Force Telepathy'.
Can Telepathy be taught to our Agents? Being able to communicate via a medium that can't be jammed, muffled, intercepted, overheard, or corroded by obstacles/distance would be rather advantageous to our commando forces.
I have a question about the Sienar Custom Vessel action under Stewardship. Why is it an action? The whole point of hiring people to do something for you is so that you don't have to do it yourself, but here we have to spend actions anyway.
Similar to the Shaking Hands actions, would an Expand Information Network give us more information about the targets and provide bonuses to Intrigue actions against them?
Are Shaking Hands actions repeatable?
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@Andres110: nicely done! As much as I enjoyed the original ending, I like your revisions as well. I can't see any reason why @Dr. Snark wouldn't threadmark your omake as canon.
@Panory: Every time. I laughed so hard. And the thought that PR-1 has been using his bartering routines to trade upgrades for prank material is perfect.
@Panory: Every time. I laughed so hard. And the thought that PR-1 has been using his bartering routines to trade upgrades for prank material is perfect.
ConfusedPotato
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- Location
- Australia
With all of the random upgrades PR-1 has given himself by now I would expect that he has a flat +1 to all stats due to having enough niche bullshit to handle any such situations whenever they come up.
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- Australia
I looked at the page of the starfighter you linked and from there I went to the guys who produce that starfighter. After reading about the corporation, Sublight Products Corporation (Subpro for short), I think we have an opportunity there.
What we have is a producer of high quality, competitively priced starfighters that has experience part-designing famous starfighters like the Headhunter and the ARC-170. It's trying to go independent, which is why the NovaSword was designed, but it continues to have a mediocre reputation so their growth is rather limited.
This is a prime investment opportunity. If we could improve the corporation's reputation to respectability, people will take notice of the actually pretty good products they sell and begin buying them, which would in turn result in a further increase in reputation as word of mouth spreads about the quality of their starfighters. Their profits would inflate rapidly, as would ours thanks to our investments in the corporation. They would be very grateful to us, seeing as we would be responsible for them having any relevance whatsoever, and our investments mean we'd be a part-owner of the corporation. With these two things in mind we would have easy, discounted access to the starfighters they produce and maybe even prototypes of new designs.
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Oh I am slain!
Wynaut?
- Location
- Tatooine
*breaks out the annual reports and P/E ratio charts*
I'm ok with forming a Star Wars investment club. :3
I'm ok with forming a Star Wars investment club. :3
NexysDhyArchen
Throne Breaker
Quick poll: What sort of themes do posters feel appropriate for Ciaran. Specifically, normal Ciaran, Darth Traya Ciaran, Badass Boss fight Ciaran, and/or Final Boss Ciaran.
DB_Explorer
Purveyor of alternate realities.
- Location
- San Diego, California
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- He/Him
themes like music?
and do you want them as songs with lyrics, instrumentals ala normal star wars motifs or what?
Great idea. My frustration with Subpro was that, nowhere is their headquarters or base of operations specified, so we don't know where they operate out of. But, as long as they're collaborating with Incom (albeit as junior partner) we should be able to find them pretty easily. And now with the seizure of the NovaSword we have a reason to make contact and invest in their company.
...Subpro has the people and the facilities, but their PR is terrible, and with the exception of a few starfighter sales for CIS commanders (which wouldn't help their reputation with the Republic) they don't have much of a market. I can't imagine it'd have much of a profit margin -- the only reason a galaxy-spanning company would be willing to let a rival take all the credit for a joint starship design is if that company is truly desperate to stave off bankruptcy. If we offered a joint partnership they'd almost be guaranteed to take us up on it, given our amazing PR and 'golden touch' reputation. I doubt it'd be even much of a stretch to convince them to sell us the company outright.
This would probably involve a Stewardship action -- and while we already have a bunch of those that require our attention next turn, I could see this being a major priority for the near future.
Speaking of buying starship companies... I mentioned Hoersch-Kessel Driveworks in my last Briefing, but let me do so again. Hoersch-Kessel was originally a Trade Federation subsidiary (they made our Lucrehulk...), that was sold after the Naboo fiasco to investors from Duros, who very recently re-sold it to a Nimbanel clan. Nimbanel being a race that specializes in bureaucracy, the new owners fixed all the company's paperwork issues... but also decided to 'fix' the balance sheet by firing all the engineers.
So now there are a bunch of unemployed starship engineers and designers looking for work -- and guess who has a whole bunch of money and has recently begun to collaborate with Incom and Sienar on starship design and manufacturing? (While this might be another Action, I'm inclined to treat this as part of any future starship-related base upgrade ("Expand Incom facilities on Taris", for instance) where these engineers would be the pool from which we were hiring).
More significantly, Hoersch-Kessel is once again on the verge of bankruptcy. And they have a bunch of production facilities and galactic assets in place that could be game-changing. We've been relying on Incom and Sienar for starfighters, but Hoersch-Kessel would give us the ability to work on freighters and capital ships. We could start upgrading the CNS fleet to make it honest-to-goodness battle ready, or bulk out our freighter fleet to massively expand our trade & smuggling income.
So: who wants to buy a starship corporation? Who wants to buy two of them?
- Location
- Australia
Is this when Ciaran is fighting a badass boss/final boss or when she is the badass/final boss?
It says it was founded by Trandoshans, so Trandosha is probably the place.
Why would we want to do this? The CNS fleet is already powerful enough to stave off pirates and the warring powers. Any more will just draw suspicious gazes.
I'm leery about doing this. Since they'd belong to us, it would officially be Our Job to make them do stuff, which means dedicating actions towards them. If we just stay at part-owners, they can produce/expand/etc. without us having to spend actions.
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Hmm... good point, but I'm not sure. Trandoshans are notoriously warlike and unlikely to 'settle down' into corporate life. Also, per the wiki:
On the other hand, there's apparently a Trandoshan subspecies called Saurin:
Who are less warlike (willing to work as merchants) and have the manual dexterity to work as mechanics. The Saurin homeworld is Durkteel, which lies near Kashyyyk in the Kastolar sector:
...Yeah, even if the original writers meant pure Trandoshan, I'm feeling increasingly confident in using this as headcanon. I'm going to go change the Briefing omake to mention that Durkteel is the Subpro HQ.
In case the Republic or CIS decides to declare war? Or any number of other reasons you might want your navy to be an actual navy? If secrecy is important, we could also build freighters that could be easily converted into warships if/when the time comes.
If being part-owners gives us the rewards without costing extra actions, I would definitely agree with you. I'm not sure that's the case, though. Part of me suspects that being part-owners would put us in a similar situation as we're currently in with Sienar, in that we must spend an action to get additional benefits. It depends on what Dr. Snark has to say, but I'd say that having full control of a starship corporation should give us +1 action per turn to manage/direct them. Or simply add the corporation as a 'base' we can upgrade.
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- Australia
They can't. There are too many factors against them for that to be possible.
Firstly, as Obi-wan pointed out, declaring war on us would mean resources diverted away from their main enemy and could well open up another front. Considering we have Mandalore and Kalee on our side, not to mention General Grievous and a Mand'alor with them, that would be very bad news.
Second is the fact that, whatever the influence Dooku and Palpatine have, the power rests squarely with the senates as far as war declarations go. Even the Seperatists, the more warmongery of the two powers, wanted peace bad enough that they got a majority vote through to engage in peace talks with the Republic despite Dooku and the Separatist Council's power. The senators would not support a war against the CNS, not after the countless displays of our neutrality and peacefulness.
Third, Ciaran is directly and publicly tied to the CNS. A declaration of war against the CNS is a declaration of war against us, and our reputation is enough that doing so would be disastrous to anyone stupid enough to do so. To those who know about our more illicit activities, they will know that it would not only be disastrously stupid, but suicidal.
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NexysDhyArchen
Throne Breaker
For the boss themes, it's when Ciaran is the boss being fought. I'd prefer music rather than song but if it works well like some jrpg boss themes then I wouldn't object.
In that case it would be something with lots of ominous chanting. Because I really can't imagine her not using it as an excuse to unleash the Ham upon the galaxy.
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- Australia
Do we know how to do Force Choke via hologram/viewscreen like how Vader and Sidious can? (Note: In Sidous' case, he did it from lightyears away.) Being able to kill someone with the only requirement being that we can see them in some way would be very useful indeed.
EDIT: @Panory, I have googled "dragons in Star Wars" and found this. There are three species of dragon with a picture and enough information about them that it is worth calling them dragons while also possibly being of interest to us.
Arkananian dragons from Arkania are proper dragons. They look like dragons, breathe fire, have scales which protect against vibroblades, can fly at 140 km/h, and are semi-sentient. They were considered extinct by 4,000 BBY but there are rumours that there are still some on Arkania.
Basiliskans/Lagartoz War Dragons from Basilisk have bestial intelligence, look like dragons, and can fly. They were used by the Mandalorians.
Greater krayt dragons from Tatooine are large and look like dragons but have no wings. They mostly eat banthas but they occasionally eat sarlaccs as well.
EDIT: @Panory, I have googled "dragons in Star Wars" and found this. There are three species of dragon with a picture and enough information about them that it is worth calling them dragons while also possibly being of interest to us.
Arkananian dragons from Arkania are proper dragons. They look like dragons, breathe fire, have scales which protect against vibroblades, can fly at 140 km/h, and are semi-sentient. They were considered extinct by 4,000 BBY but there are rumours that there are still some on Arkania.
Basiliskans/Lagartoz War Dragons from Basilisk have bestial intelligence, look like dragons, and can fly. They were used by the Mandalorians.
Greater krayt dragons from Tatooine are large and look like dragons but have no wings. They mostly eat banthas but they occasionally eat sarlaccs as well.
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We've had some themes before I think, but I think a 'boss battle' theme for her would probably be direct and aggressive.
Contrary to her usual antics serious Ciaran is very aggressive and coldly ruthless, only seeming to bother talking to Wesker when she was demolishing him with the Force.
- Location
- Florida
So after viewing the front page and the stats of all the characters, has anyone noticed that Ciaran is about to equal Ventress in Lore and Martial when she gets one more point in those categories?
- Location
- america
well, i kinda want to see a ciaran/darth traya beat down now. but the only thing people see is a mystery woman in a kalesh hunting mask(one of the coolest mask's in my opinion.) being a badass force user.