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Yes, really.
May The Invisible Hand Be With You - (Star Wars CK2-Style Quest)
- Thread starter Dr. Snark
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- star wars canon what canon tsundere dice ck2 quest actions have consequences all the credits all work and no play makes ciaran a dull girl best sister capitalism ho! despairing qm teetotaller society member gotta catch 'em all insanity looting off the rails sage dice approaching spicy sheev tsundere asajj
Updated LIst of Ciaran's Relatives (Canon Info)
- Location
- At the Edge of Insanity
Ciaran Relatives - Updated
Silas Cata - Grandfather
Nothing needs to be said about this old scoundrel.
Jisela Parsa - Grandmother (deceased)
A Miralukan woman and a rather unusuall Miralukan. Was a instructor of the Luka Sene. Encountered Silas when she was traveling through the Core Regions and they quickly ended up being an odd couple. Died shortly after the birth of her son due to severe illness, leaving Silas very depressed and causing him to quickly leave after arranging for his son to be taken care off by someone else and leaving behind A LOT of credits for him.
Jasper Parsa - Father
Half-Miralukan and son of Silas. Lived quite comfortably due to the credits Silas left behind and became a Luka Sene Scholar. Only rarely encountered Silas and they never got along. Quickly disliked his daughter taking after Silas and being very resistant to any attempt correct that. Oblivious to the fact that the great Lady Ciaran and his daughter are one of the same since she disappeared a long time ago.
Eevy Varn - Mother
Miraluka and wife of Jasper Parsa. Scholar of the Luka Sene. Quite similiar to her husband which includes the heavy dislike of Silas and the fact that Ciaran quickly took after him instead of either of her parents. Also oblivious to the fact that the Lady Ciaran and her daughter are one and the same since she disappeared a long time ago.
Asajj Ventress - "Sister"
Asajj had the 'misfortune' of receiving a genemod using Ciarans largely unmodified DNA. From a genetic standpoint they are now closely related which amuses Ciaran to no end as she now is an 'older sister' who can go and adore and tease her 'younger sister'. Ciaran always wanted a sister.
Larana Shayal - Cousin
Part-Human Twi'lek trader from the Outer Rim. Daughter of one of Silas other children. Relatively successfull trader (in part due to a lot of money her parents got from Silas) and a complete sweetheart. Has set up business on Taris with Ciarans help. Also accompanies Silas occasionaly.
Galvin Thorn - Cousin
Part-Human Zeltron. Son of one of Silas other children. Ruthless mercenary and thrillseeker. He too lived a comfortable live thanks to Silas, but the Zeltrons typical love for excitement went to his head... and he loves combat. Has joined Ciaran and occasionaly accompanies Silas. Also Cheriss Sairs boyfriend... since he somehow managed to have a SENTIENT FORCE-SENSITIVE CRYSTAL fall in love with him.
Chora Cata - Cousin
Part-Human Pantoran. Daugher of one of Silas other children. A highly skilled diplomat from Pantora... in public. The moment she is amongst friends she becomes flirty and carefree which proves that she is Silas granddaughter.
Oki - Cousin(?)
A young Clawdite thief. Nobody is quite sure if she is actually related since due to the Clawdite shapeshifting abilities Silas may or may not have had a relationship with Okis mother or grandmother or whatever. Oki was now adopted anyway and annoying her new cousins.
Tvrrizrum - "Uncle"
A Wookiee engineer Silas once rescued from Trandoshan slavers causing the former to swear a lifeoath. Silas didn't like that as in his eyes following around an old scoundrel who keeps navigating himself into trouble wasn't that much safer than being hunted by Trandoshans (and he also didn't want the wookiee to exchange slavery for any other kind of servitude). He consequently logic-bombed him by adopting him. Lifedebt to a relative doesn't make much sense since its expected that one goes out of his way to help out family anyway, right? Tvrrizrum was stumped to say the least.
Frorrfa - "Cousin"
A Wookiee engineer and Tvrrizrums son. Galvin Thorn had the unfortunate luck of deciding to try to hit on a Wookiee when he was utterly drunk. Turned out that that Wookiee was male AND his 'cousin'. Galvin immideately went back to drinking himself to oblivion.
A lot of others.
((@Dr. Snark This your fault, you know? Even the Wookiees. You made a Omake fully canon where Galvin complained about having had hit on a MALE wookiee once... who also turned out to be his cousin.))
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uncle tvrrizrum sounds fun.
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- At the Edge of Insanity
Imagine the response of ANYONE in the Cata family once they hear about having Wookiees as (adopted) relatives.
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- america
"wich species havnt you added to the family gramps?"
Dragontrapper
Homeless Draconis
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- A Tower in the middle of nowhere
"What was Galvin's girl again?"
EFW3
This is Walter Wireless signing off!
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- Charleston
Oh god. Dr. Snark has got ideas. We all know how THAT tends to turn out. "... Oh god, how much did I write." or "This takes longer than I expected."
I thought it ended with with snark crying because we ruined his carefully constructed plot with high rolls + all the omake bonuses.
"A shard."
"Well that th... no, wait. Almost forgot about him. Yeah I got nothing."
prince84
In central Dogma flirting with Lilith.
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- The Madness Place
Omake: A letter to Ciaran
To Ciaran
From Agent 2FY93 (posting Silver Cross Medical Staff)
I Apologize for skipping the usual chain of command but I feel these matters need to be brought to your attention as quickly as possible or we may loss the chance to act and have not been able to get a responce from my local supervisors in the last four days.
First the jedi council are shit at finding force sensitive children. I say this as so far on this planet alone I have had six force sensitive children four of which are orphans come through my station alone and we have only been on Beleq IV for six days.
Secondly someone other than the jedi are looking for them and are not as friendly in their methods. So far I have had multiple attempts to remove these children from my care either under the flimsiest pretenses or by force. I have been able to cover up my handling of the matter so far but a group of three "Slavers" and four instances of "minor gangs trying to steal medical supplies" in such a short time is beginning to draw attention.
Thirdly as much as I dislike putting it this way letting whom so ever is interested in these kids have them would present a security risk. As I am writing this I am also listening to a four year old girl talk about her dream of "the pretty lady in the silver mask who was weaving lights and shadows and stories into a future."
I believe you can see why I would like orders as quickly as possible.
Agent 2FY93 signing off.
PS: The girl I was talking about just muttered that my supervisor should have checked his gin shipment before accepting. Please send someone to the contact point to check on them.
To Ciaran
From Agent 2FY93 (posting Silver Cross Medical Staff)
I Apologize for skipping the usual chain of command but I feel these matters need to be brought to your attention as quickly as possible or we may loss the chance to act and have not been able to get a responce from my local supervisors in the last four days.
First the jedi council are shit at finding force sensitive children. I say this as so far on this planet alone I have had six force sensitive children four of which are orphans come through my station alone and we have only been on Beleq IV for six days.
Secondly someone other than the jedi are looking for them and are not as friendly in their methods. So far I have had multiple attempts to remove these children from my care either under the flimsiest pretenses or by force. I have been able to cover up my handling of the matter so far but a group of three "Slavers" and four instances of "minor gangs trying to steal medical supplies" in such a short time is beginning to draw attention.
Thirdly as much as I dislike putting it this way letting whom so ever is interested in these kids have them would present a security risk. As I am writing this I am also listening to a four year old girl talk about her dream of "the pretty lady in the silver mask who was weaving lights and shadows and stories into a future."
I believe you can see why I would like orders as quickly as possible.
Agent 2FY93 signing off.
PS: The girl I was talking about just muttered that my supervisor should have checked his gin shipment before accepting. Please send someone to the contact point to check on them.
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- At the Edge of Insanity
Well, so far we have:
Humans, Miraluka, Twileks, Pantorans, Zeltron, Clawdites, Wookiees, a Dathomirian (Hehehehehehe~). In addition Galvins girlfriend is a Shard.
Or at least that are the known ones.
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- Sweden
Now the big question is: Is there a Hutt in the family? Other than Uncle Borvo that is.
Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
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- Dancing on wires!
Going to see the film soonnnnnn 
Sorry...just really looking forward to learning what you lot have
Sorry...just really looking forward to learning what you lot have
Three Crowns of Twisted Starlight: Imperial Ciaran
It has been ten years since the Battle of Endor. Ten years since Darth Vader overthrew his master and seized the Imperial Throne. The Rebellion is no longer the threat it once represented, its fleet broken beyond repair, Mon Mothma a prisoner in the depths of the Imperial Palace and Luke Skywalker, once proud Jedi Knight, followed his father taking up the mantle of Darth Snoke.
But, now is not a time of peace.
Vader lacked the political skills of his predecessor and his own demands for perfection, efficiency and absolute loyalty to him did not translate to the rest of the Empire. A campaign to accomplish this resulted in mass executions and politically motivated arrests known as The Dark Terror. It didn't matter who you were, as Emperor Vader broadcast live over the Holonet from the former Senate Chamber, the personally delivered executions of high ranking figures such as Grand Moff Rufaan Tigellinus and Grand Vizier Sate Pestage. Meanwhile the Death Star II toured the Galaxy as a reminder not to rise up or be ground into dust like the Rebellion.
Within three years the situation had reached a boiling point in the Imperial leadership. The Council of Moffs launched a military coup that saw the worst fighting on Coruscant since the Clone Wars. Vader won the day, but as the remains of the Death Star II rained down over Tatooine, it was clear that it was merely the beginning.
So began the War of Galactic Succession.
Six years on and the war has consolidated down into three factions, the Loyalists under Vader uphold the power of the rightful Emperor, the Abyssals under former Moff Ciaran seek to bring much needed reform and the Eternalists proclaim their loyalty to the one true ruler, the Emperor Eternal. Each has a different vision for the Galaxy and neither side are gong to be sitting down for peace anytime soon.
However, somewhere out there, hiding in the chaos, Leia Organa with the aid of the Force Ghosts of the Past, trains the Jedi of the Future for the day when the Rebellion can rise again. As a Phoenix from the ashes.
Galactic Empire
Also Known As: The Dark Empire, Loyalist Imperials
Leader: Emperor Vader
Capital: Coruscant
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Prominent Military Leaders: Crown Prince Snoke, Admiral Firmus Piett, General Maximilian Veers, Admiral Blitzer Harrsk
Force Organisations: Imperial Fists
Overview: It is said that Vader will not command his subjects to do anything he is not prepared to do himself. Unfortunately, Darth Vader is a Sith Lord and his subjects are not. With little experience or passion of anything political, the Loyalists have become a Military with an Empire and thus anything outside of those matters has generally gone downhill. While controlling the Core region, quality of life has taken a notable decline, with beggars on the streets of many former prosperous world (those that avoid the recruiters).
Civil Administration finds itself holding on by Mas Ameeda's sheer will and low-level corruption is rife (anything above that tends to get Vader's notice and that doesn't end well). Director Ysanne Isard's Imperial Intelligence has a lot of wide sweeping powers as its agents have become symbols of terror and oppression, empowered by Emperor Vader to arrest almost anyone on the weakest of charges. The hope was that this would motivate the populace, the result has been overcrowding prisons that are solved by either re-education centres or penal battalions.
While their military may lack the brilliance of the Abyssals or the fanaticism of the Eternalists, a conscription lottery gives them numbers motivated by fear of either their superiors or the consequences of betrayal. The Great Industry of the Core supports a war on two fronts with colossal amounts of weapons, materials and ships, but the technology has stagnated from a lack of researchers and creative thinking. The Imperial Fists, Dark Acolytes who serve Vader and Snoke, act as the shield against their counterparts. Though not as powerful as the New Sith or as skilled as the Agents they are the most numerous of the three.
Vader fights against the tide, not because he wants to rule the Empire (he recognises that one day his son will kill him and take his place), but because the throne is his by right of combat and he il not left it go without a fight.
Galactic Empire
Also Known As: The Purple Empire, Abyssal Imperials
Leader: Empress Ciaran
Capital: Taris (Official), Lordran (De Facto)
Government: Authoritarian Constitutional Monarchy
Prominent Military Leaders: Grand Admiral Thrawn, Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, Commander Iden Versio, Admiral Gilliad Paellon
Force Organisations: The Inquisition
Overview: There was always rumours about Moff Ciaran, that she was a Crime Lord, that she was hiding former Separatist Scientists on her worlds or even that she Palpatine's illegitimate daughter. Many dismissed these, pointing to her hedonistic lifestyle that she didn't have the brains to present a threat to the Empire. Not even as her fraternal order began to gather influential members of Imperial Society, most considered them to simply be another drinking club.
So no one noticed when the Abyss Watchers started creating their own intelligence agency and no knew that the Core Five that made up Rogue One weren't as dead as some might think, nor were they working for the Rebellion. While the years past and the throne changed hands, no one knew that their were Imperials who believed that radical change was needed... not until the Second Death Star rained down over Tatooine and armies of Droids of unknown make and model seized much of the Galactic North. Ciaran saw herself as the only one capable of bringing much needed reforms to the Empire and using those rumours to her advantage she claimed to be the Hereditary Successor to Palpatine.
Ciaran leaves much of the day to day ruling to President Ardus Kaine, though the revived Imperial Senate only possess as much power as their Empress allows them. Efficiency is the spirit of the Empire, with automation and meritocracy as the words of the day. Of course there are those who harbour thoughts of dissent, but they are quickly and silently snuffed out. Her eyes are everywhere as her Watchers report to her inner circle and her Inquisition presents a new kind of Force User. The populace is bombarded with well choreographed and tailored propaganda and the illusion of civil and political liberties has made them voluntarily supportive of their new government.
The armed forces posses some of the most talented commanders, who make up for a lack of numbers with strategy, tactics, droids and the elite cybernetic Death Troopers. The lack of limitations on scientific research has made them the best equipped in the Galaxy, with starfighters and ships well ahead in quality if not quantity.
Is Ciaran selfish? Yes. Greedy? You bet. Hedonistic? Well one has to enjoy life. And if her selfish greedy ways just happen to coincide with bringing about a better life for the subjects... well that is purely coincidental.
Then again as Darth Traya says, nothing is purely coincidental.
Galactic Empire
Also Known As: The Crimson Empire, Eternal Imperials
Leader: Eternal Emperor Palpatine
Capital: Naboo
Government: Dark Side Magocracy
Prominent Military Leaders: Consul Gallius Rax, General Hux, X1, Grand Admiral Natasi Daala
Force Organisations: New Sith Order
Overview: Once referred to as a 'Death Cult', those who worship the Eternal Emperor have been validated by his return. Of course whether it is just a Clone, an imposter or the spirit of the Emperor possessing a Clone is up for much debate in other parts of the Empire. It doesn't matter to the fanatics as the zealous atmosphere converts even the most cynical of opportunists who joined with Gallius Rax merely to oppose the traitor Vader and/or the criminal Ciaran.
The Kaminoans do not care for the mad theocracy that rules the Southern Galaxy, but they are willing to pay handsomely for Clones, either for their army or the New Sith. Of course none of them realise that their technology was stolen for additional secret Cloning Facilities, but the Eternal Emperor recognises their expertise might be needed should problems arise.
Their Forces charge into the meat grinder, Clones and Zealots fight a brutal unforgiving war where the rules of conflict have been shredded. They might not be well trained, but superweapons galore, technological terrors and the power of the Dark Side on full display drive them ever onwards... along with a bit of mind control. The New Sith might be fighting each other, but the Eternal Emperor is unconcerned, able to see off any challenge and return if struck down.
The Emperor seeks to bring his vision of the final triumph of the Dark Side. It does not matter that the cost is high, for it is acceptable. To burn away all weakness is the true way of the Sith and Sidious will let the Galaxy alight with the cinders of conflict, there will be none left to challenge his rule once he is done.
((OCC: as promised my omake.))
Unknown Rebel said:
It has been ten years since the Battle of Endor. Ten years since Darth Vader overthrew his master and seized the Imperial Throne. The Rebellion is no longer the threat it once represented, its fleet broken beyond repair, Mon Mothma a prisoner in the depths of the Imperial Palace and Luke Skywalker, once proud Jedi Knight, followed his father taking up the mantle of Darth Snoke.
But, now is not a time of peace.
Vader lacked the political skills of his predecessor and his own demands for perfection, efficiency and absolute loyalty to him did not translate to the rest of the Empire. A campaign to accomplish this resulted in mass executions and politically motivated arrests known as The Dark Terror. It didn't matter who you were, as Emperor Vader broadcast live over the Holonet from the former Senate Chamber, the personally delivered executions of high ranking figures such as Grand Moff Rufaan Tigellinus and Grand Vizier Sate Pestage. Meanwhile the Death Star II toured the Galaxy as a reminder not to rise up or be ground into dust like the Rebellion.
Within three years the situation had reached a boiling point in the Imperial leadership. The Council of Moffs launched a military coup that saw the worst fighting on Coruscant since the Clone Wars. Vader won the day, but as the remains of the Death Star II rained down over Tatooine, it was clear that it was merely the beginning.
So began the War of Galactic Succession.
Six years on and the war has consolidated down into three factions, the Loyalists under Vader uphold the power of the rightful Emperor, the Abyssals under former Moff Ciaran seek to bring much needed reform and the Eternalists proclaim their loyalty to the one true ruler, the Emperor Eternal. Each has a different vision for the Galaxy and neither side are gong to be sitting down for peace anytime soon.
However, somewhere out there, hiding in the chaos, Leia Organa with the aid of the Force Ghosts of the Past, trains the Jedi of the Future for the day when the Rebellion can rise again. As a Phoenix from the ashes.
Galactic Empire
Emperor Vader said:
Also Known As: The Dark Empire, Loyalist Imperials
Leader: Emperor Vader
Capital: Coruscant
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Prominent Military Leaders: Crown Prince Snoke, Admiral Firmus Piett, General Maximilian Veers, Admiral Blitzer Harrsk
Force Organisations: Imperial Fists
Overview: It is said that Vader will not command his subjects to do anything he is not prepared to do himself. Unfortunately, Darth Vader is a Sith Lord and his subjects are not. With little experience or passion of anything political, the Loyalists have become a Military with an Empire and thus anything outside of those matters has generally gone downhill. While controlling the Core region, quality of life has taken a notable decline, with beggars on the streets of many former prosperous world (those that avoid the recruiters).
Civil Administration finds itself holding on by Mas Ameeda's sheer will and low-level corruption is rife (anything above that tends to get Vader's notice and that doesn't end well). Director Ysanne Isard's Imperial Intelligence has a lot of wide sweeping powers as its agents have become symbols of terror and oppression, empowered by Emperor Vader to arrest almost anyone on the weakest of charges. The hope was that this would motivate the populace, the result has been overcrowding prisons that are solved by either re-education centres or penal battalions.
While their military may lack the brilliance of the Abyssals or the fanaticism of the Eternalists, a conscription lottery gives them numbers motivated by fear of either their superiors or the consequences of betrayal. The Great Industry of the Core supports a war on two fronts with colossal amounts of weapons, materials and ships, but the technology has stagnated from a lack of researchers and creative thinking. The Imperial Fists, Dark Acolytes who serve Vader and Snoke, act as the shield against their counterparts. Though not as powerful as the New Sith or as skilled as the Agents they are the most numerous of the three.
Vader fights against the tide, not because he wants to rule the Empire (he recognises that one day his son will kill him and take his place), but because the throne is his by right of combat and he il not left it go without a fight.
Galactic Empire
Empress Ciaran said:
Also Known As: The Purple Empire, Abyssal Imperials
Leader: Empress Ciaran
Capital: Taris (Official), Lordran (De Facto)
Government: Authoritarian Constitutional Monarchy
Prominent Military Leaders: Grand Admiral Thrawn, Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, Commander Iden Versio, Admiral Gilliad Paellon
Force Organisations: The Inquisition
Overview: There was always rumours about Moff Ciaran, that she was a Crime Lord, that she was hiding former Separatist Scientists on her worlds or even that she Palpatine's illegitimate daughter. Many dismissed these, pointing to her hedonistic lifestyle that she didn't have the brains to present a threat to the Empire. Not even as her fraternal order began to gather influential members of Imperial Society, most considered them to simply be another drinking club.
So no one noticed when the Abyss Watchers started creating their own intelligence agency and no knew that the Core Five that made up Rogue One weren't as dead as some might think, nor were they working for the Rebellion. While the years past and the throne changed hands, no one knew that their were Imperials who believed that radical change was needed... not until the Second Death Star rained down over Tatooine and armies of Droids of unknown make and model seized much of the Galactic North. Ciaran saw herself as the only one capable of bringing much needed reforms to the Empire and using those rumours to her advantage she claimed to be the Hereditary Successor to Palpatine.
Ciaran leaves much of the day to day ruling to President Ardus Kaine, though the revived Imperial Senate only possess as much power as their Empress allows them. Efficiency is the spirit of the Empire, with automation and meritocracy as the words of the day. Of course there are those who harbour thoughts of dissent, but they are quickly and silently snuffed out. Her eyes are everywhere as her Watchers report to her inner circle and her Inquisition presents a new kind of Force User. The populace is bombarded with well choreographed and tailored propaganda and the illusion of civil and political liberties has made them voluntarily supportive of their new government.
The armed forces posses some of the most talented commanders, who make up for a lack of numbers with strategy, tactics, droids and the elite cybernetic Death Troopers. The lack of limitations on scientific research has made them the best equipped in the Galaxy, with starfighters and ships well ahead in quality if not quantity.
Is Ciaran selfish? Yes. Greedy? You bet. Hedonistic? Well one has to enjoy life. And if her selfish greedy ways just happen to coincide with bringing about a better life for the subjects... well that is purely coincidental.
Then again as Darth Traya says, nothing is purely coincidental.
Galactic Empire
Eternal Emperor Palpatine said:
Also Known As: The Crimson Empire, Eternal Imperials
Leader: Eternal Emperor Palpatine
Capital: Naboo
Government: Dark Side Magocracy
Prominent Military Leaders: Consul Gallius Rax, General Hux, X1, Grand Admiral Natasi Daala
Force Organisations: New Sith Order
Overview: Once referred to as a 'Death Cult', those who worship the Eternal Emperor have been validated by his return. Of course whether it is just a Clone, an imposter or the spirit of the Emperor possessing a Clone is up for much debate in other parts of the Empire. It doesn't matter to the fanatics as the zealous atmosphere converts even the most cynical of opportunists who joined with Gallius Rax merely to oppose the traitor Vader and/or the criminal Ciaran.
The Kaminoans do not care for the mad theocracy that rules the Southern Galaxy, but they are willing to pay handsomely for Clones, either for their army or the New Sith. Of course none of them realise that their technology was stolen for additional secret Cloning Facilities, but the Eternal Emperor recognises their expertise might be needed should problems arise.
Their Forces charge into the meat grinder, Clones and Zealots fight a brutal unforgiving war where the rules of conflict have been shredded. They might not be well trained, but superweapons galore, technological terrors and the power of the Dark Side on full display drive them ever onwards... along with a bit of mind control. The New Sith might be fighting each other, but the Eternal Emperor is unconcerned, able to see off any challenge and return if struck down.
The Emperor seeks to bring his vision of the final triumph of the Dark Side. It does not matter that the cost is high, for it is acceptable. To burn away all weakness is the true way of the Sith and Sidious will let the Galaxy alight with the cinders of conflict, there will be none left to challenge his rule once he is done.
((OCC: as promised my omake.))
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i loved that the rinegun is the symbol for ciaranThree Crowns of Twisted Starlight: Imperial Ciaran
It has been ten years since the Battle of Endor. Ten years since Darth Vader overthrew his master and seized the Imperial Throne. The Rebellion is no longer the threat it once represented, its fleet broken beyond repair, Mon Mothma a prisoner in the depths of the Imperial Palace and Luke Skywalker, once proud Jedi Knight, followed his father taking up the mantle of Darth Snoke.
But, now is not a time of peace.
Vader lacked the political skills of his predecessor and his own demands for perfection, efficiency and absolute loyalty to him did not translate to the rest of the Empire. A campaign to accomplish this resulted in mass executions and politically motivated arrests known as The Dark Terror. It didn't matter who you were, as Emperor Vader broadcast live over the Holonet from the former Senate Chamber, the personally delivered executions of high ranking figures such as Grand Moff Rufaan Tigellinus and Grand Vizier Sate Pestage. Meanwhile the Death Star II toured the Galaxy as a reminder not to rise up or be ground into dust like the Rebellion.
Within three years the situation had reached a boiling point in the Imperial leadership. The Council of Moffs launched a military coup that saw the worst fighting on Coruscant since the Clone Wars. Vader won the day, but as the remains of the Death Star II rained down over Tatooine, it was clear that it was merely the beginning.
So began the War of Galactic Succession.
Six years on and the war has consolidated down into three factions, the Loyalists under Vader uphold the power of the rightful Emperor, the Abyssals under former Moff Ciaran seek to bring much needed reform and the Eternalists proclaim their loyalty to the one true ruler, the Emperor Eternal. Each has a different vision for the Galaxy and neither side are gong to be sitting down for peace anytime soon.
However, somewhere out there, hiding in the chaos, Leia Organa with the aid of the Force Ghosts of the Past, trains the Jedi of the Future for the day when the Rebellion can rise again. As a Phoenix from the ashes.
Galactic Empire
Also Known As: The Dark Empire, Loyalist Imperials
Leader: Emperor Vader
Capital: Coruscant
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Prominent Military Leaders: Crown Prince Snoke, Admiral Firmus Piett, General Maximilian Veers, Admiral Blitzer Harrsk
Force Organisations: Imperial Fists
Overview: It is said that Vader will not command his subjects to do anything he is not prepared to do himself. Unfortunately, Darth Vader is a Sith Lord and his subjects are not. With little experience or passion of anything political, the Loyalists have become a Military with an Empire and thus anything outside of those matters has generally gone downhill. While controlling the Core region, quality of life has taken a notable decline, with beggars on the streets of many former prosperous world (those that avoid the recruiters).
Civil Administration finds itself holding on by Mas Ameeda's sheer will and low-level corruption is rife (anything above that tends to get Vader's notice and that doesn't end well). Director Ysanne Isard's Imperial Intelligence has a lot of wide sweeping powers as its agents have become symbols of terror and oppression, empowered by Emperor Vader to arrest almost anyone on the weakest of charges. The hope was that this would motivate the populace, the result has been overcrowding prisons that are solved by either re-education centres or penal battalions.
While their military may lack the brilliance of the Abyssals or the fanaticism of the Eternalists, a conscription lottery gives them numbers motivated by fear of either their superiors or the consequences of betrayal. The Great Industry of the Core supports a war on two fronts with colossal amounts of weapons, materials and ships, but the technology has stagnated from a lack of researchers and creative thinking. The Imperial Fists, Dark Acolytes who serve Vader and Snoke, act as the shield against their counterparts. Though not as powerful as the New Sith or as skilled as the Agents they are the most numerous of the three.
Vader fights against the tide, not because he wants to rule the Empire (he recognises that one day his son will kill him and take his place), but because the throne is his by right of combat and he il not left it go without a fight.
Galactic Empire
Also Known As: The Purple Empire, Abyssal Imperials
Leader: Empress Ciaran
Capital: Taris (Official), Lordran (De Facto)
Government: Authoritarian Constitutional Monarchy
Prominent Military Leaders: Grand Admiral Thrawn, Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, Commander Iden Versio, Admiral Gilliad Paellon
Force Organisations: The Inquisition
Overview: There was always rumours about Moff Ciaran, that she was a Crime Lord, that she was hiding former Separatist Scientists on her worlds or even that she Palpatine's illegitimate daughter. Many dismissed these, pointing to her hedonistic lifestyle that she didn't have the brains to present a threat to the Empire. Not even as her fraternal order began to gather influential members of Imperial Society, most considered them to simply be another drinking club.
So no one noticed when the Abyss Watchers started creating their own intelligence agency and no knew that the Core Five that made up Rogue One weren't as dead as some might think, nor were they working for the Rebellion. While the years past and the throne changed hands, no one knew that their were Imperials who believed that radical change was needed... not until the Second Death Star rained down over Tatooine and armies of Droids of unknown make and model seized much of the Galactic North. Ciaran saw herself as the only one capable of bringing much needed reforms to the Empire and using those rumours to her advantage she claimed to be the Hereditary Successor to Palpatine.
Ciaran leaves much of the day to day ruling to President Ardus Kaine, though the revived Imperial Senate only possess as much power as their Empress allows them. Efficiency is the spirit of the Empire, with automation and meritocracy as the words of the day. Of course there are those who harbour thoughts of dissent, but they are quickly and silently snuffed out. Her eyes are everywhere as her Watchers report to her inner circle and her Inquisition presents a new kind of Force User. The populace is bombarded with well choreographed and tailored propaganda and the illusion of civil and political liberties has made them voluntarily supportive of their new government.
The armed forces posses some of the most talented commanders, who make up for a lack of numbers with strategy, tactics, droids and the elite cybernetic Death Troopers. The lack of limitations on scientific research has made them the best equipped in the Galaxy, with starfighters and ships well ahead in quality if not quantity.
Is Ciaran selfish? Yes. Greedy? You bet. Hedonistic? Well one has to enjoy life. And if her selfish greedy ways just happen to coincide with bringing about a better life for the subjects... well that is purely coincidental.
Then again as Darth Traya says, nothing is purely coincidental.
Galactic Empire
Also Known As: The Crimson Empire, Eternal Imperials
Leader: Eternal Emperor Palpatine
Capital: Naboo
Government: Dark Side Magocracy
Prominent Military Leaders: Consul Gallius Rax, General Hux, X1, Grand Admiral Natasi Daala
Force Organisations: New Sith Order
Overview: Once referred to as a 'Death Cult', those who worship the Eternal Emperor have been validated by his return. Of course whether it is just a Clone, an imposter or the spirit of the Emperor possessing a Clone is up for much debate in other parts of the Empire. It doesn't matter to the fanatics as the zealous atmosphere converts even the most cynical of opportunists who joined with Gallius Rax merely to oppose the traitor Vader and/or the criminal Ciaran.
The Kaminoans do not care for the mad theocracy that rules the Southern Galaxy, but they are willing to pay handsomely for Clones, either for their army or the New Sith. Of course none of them realise that their technology was stolen for additional secret Cloning Facilities, but the Eternal Emperor recognises their expertise might be needed should problems arise.
Their Forces charge into the meat grinder, Clones and Zealots fight a brutal unforgiving war where the rules of conflict have been shredded. They might not be well trained, but superweapons galore, technological terrors and the power of the Dark Side on full display drive them ever onwards... along with a bit of mind control. The New Sith might be fighting each other, but the Eternal Emperor is unconcerned, able to see off any challenge and return if struck down.
The Emperor seeks to bring his vision of the final triumph of the Dark Side. It does not matter that the cost is high, for it is acceptable. To burn away all weakness is the true way of the Sith and Sidious will let the Galaxy alight with the cinders of conflict, there will be none left to challenge his rule once he is done.
((OCC: as promised my omake.))
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Why is Ciarans logo a Rinne-Sharingan?Three Crowns of Twisted Starlight: Imperial Ciaran
It has been ten years since the Battle of Endor. Ten years since Darth Vader overthrew his master and seized the Imperial Throne. The Rebellion is no longer the threat it once represented, its fleet broken beyond repair, Mon Mothma a prisoner in the depths of the Imperial Palace and Luke Skywalker, once proud Jedi Knight, followed his father taking up the mantle of Darth Snoke.
But, now is not a time of peace.
Vader lacked the political skills of his predecessor and his own demands for perfection, efficiency and absolute loyalty to him did not translate to the rest of the Empire. A campaign to accomplish this resulted in mass executions and politically motivated arrests known as The Dark Terror. It didn't matter who you were, as Emperor Vader broadcast live over the Holonet from the former Senate Chamber, the personally delivered executions of high ranking figures such as Grand Moff Rufaan Tigellinus and Grand Vizier Sate Pestage. Meanwhile the Death Star II toured the Galaxy as a reminder not to rise up or be ground into dust like the Rebellion.
Within three years the situation had reached a boiling point in the Imperial leadership. The Council of Moffs launched a military coup that saw the worst fighting on Coruscant since the Clone Wars. Vader won the day, but as the remains of the Death Star II rained down over Tatooine, it was clear that it was merely the beginning.
So began the War of Galactic Succession.
Six years on and the war has consolidated down into three factions, the Loyalists under Vader uphold the power of the rightful Emperor, the Abyssals under former Moff Ciaran seek to bring much needed reform and the Eternalists proclaim their loyalty to the one true ruler, the Emperor Eternal. Each has a different vision for the Galaxy and neither side are gong to be sitting down for peace anytime soon.
However, somewhere out there, hiding in the chaos, Leia Organa with the aid of the Force Ghosts of the Past, trains the Jedi of the Future for the day when the Rebellion can rise again. As a Phoenix from the ashes.
Galactic Empire
Also Known As: The Dark Empire, Loyalist Imperials
Leader: Emperor Vader
Capital: Coruscant
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Prominent Military Leaders: Crown Prince Snoke, Admiral Firmus Piett, General Maximilian Veers, Admiral Blitzer Harrsk
Force Organisations: Imperial Fists
Overview: It is said that Vader will not command his subjects to do anything he is not prepared to do himself. Unfortunately, Darth Vader is a Sith Lord and his subjects are not. With little experience or passion of anything political, the Loyalists have become a Military with an Empire and thus anything outside of those matters has generally gone downhill. While controlling the Core region, quality of life has taken a notable decline, with beggars on the streets of many former prosperous world (those that avoid the recruiters).
Civil Administration finds itself holding on by Mas Ameeda's sheer will and low-level corruption is rife (anything above that tends to get Vader's notice and that doesn't end well). Director Ysanne Isard's Imperial Intelligence has a lot of wide sweeping powers as its agents have become symbols of terror and oppression, empowered by Emperor Vader to arrest almost anyone on the weakest of charges. The hope was that this would motivate the populace, the result has been overcrowding prisons that are solved by either re-education centres or penal battalions.
While their military may lack the brilliance of the Abyssals or the fanaticism of the Eternalists, a conscription lottery gives them numbers motivated by fear of either their superiors or the consequences of betrayal. The Great Industry of the Core supports a war on two fronts with colossal amounts of weapons, materials and ships, but the technology has stagnated from a lack of researchers and creative thinking. The Imperial Fists, Dark Acolytes who serve Vader and Snoke, act as the shield against their counterparts. Though not as powerful as the New Sith or as skilled as the Agents they are the most numerous of the three.
Vader fights against the tide, not because he wants to rule the Empire (he recognises that one day his son will kill him and take his place), but because the throne is his by right of combat and he il not left it go without a fight.
Galactic Empire
Also Known As: The Purple Empire, Abyssal Imperials
Leader: Empress Ciaran
Capital: Taris (Official), Lordran (De Facto)
Government: Authoritarian Constitutional Monarchy
Prominent Military Leaders: Grand Admiral Thrawn, Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, Commander Iden Versio, Admiral Gilliad Paellon
Force Organisations: The Inquisition
Overview: There was always rumours about Moff Ciaran, that she was a Crime Lord, that she was hiding former Separatist Scientists on her worlds or even that she Palpatine's illegitimate daughter. Many dismissed these, pointing to her hedonistic lifestyle that she didn't have the brains to present a threat to the Empire. Not even as her fraternal order began to gather influential members of Imperial Society, most considered them to simply be another drinking club.
So no one noticed when the Abyss Watchers started creating their own intelligence agency and no knew that the Core Five that made up Rogue One weren't as dead as some might think, nor were they working for the Rebellion. While the years past and the throne changed hands, no one knew that their were Imperials who believed that radical change was needed... not until the Second Death Star rained down over Tatooine and armies of Droids of unknown make and model seized much of the Galactic North. Ciaran saw herself as the only one capable of bringing much needed reforms to the Empire and using those rumours to her advantage she claimed to be the Hereditary Successor to Palpatine.
Ciaran leaves much of the day to day ruling to President Ardus Kaine, though the revived Imperial Senate only possess as much power as their Empress allows them. Efficiency is the spirit of the Empire, with automation and meritocracy as the words of the day. Of course there are those who harbour thoughts of dissent, but they are quickly and silently snuffed out. Her eyes are everywhere as her Watchers report to her inner circle and her Inquisition presents a new kind of Force User. The populace is bombarded with well choreographed and tailored propaganda and the illusion of civil and political liberties has made them voluntarily supportive of their new government.
The armed forces posses some of the most talented commanders, who make up for a lack of numbers with strategy, tactics, droids and the elite cybernetic Death Troopers. The lack of limitations on scientific research has made them the best equipped in the Galaxy, with starfighters and ships well ahead in quality if not quantity.
Is Ciaran selfish? Yes. Greedy? You bet. Hedonistic? Well one has to enjoy life. And if her selfish greedy ways just happen to coincide with bringing about a better life for the subjects... well that is purely coincidental.
Then again as Darth Traya says, nothing is purely coincidental.
Galactic Empire
Also Known As: The Crimson Empire, Eternal Imperials
Leader: Eternal Emperor Palpatine
Capital: Naboo
Government: Dark Side Magocracy
Prominent Military Leaders: Consul Gallius Rax, General Hux, X1, Grand Admiral Natasi Daala
Force Organisations: New Sith Order
Overview: Once referred to as a 'Death Cult', those who worship the Eternal Emperor have been validated by his return. Of course whether it is just a Clone, an imposter or the spirit of the Emperor possessing a Clone is up for much debate in other parts of the Empire. It doesn't matter to the fanatics as the zealous atmosphere converts even the most cynical of opportunists who joined with Gallius Rax merely to oppose the traitor Vader and/or the criminal Ciaran.
The Kaminoans do not care for the mad theocracy that rules the Southern Galaxy, but they are willing to pay handsomely for Clones, either for their army or the New Sith. Of course none of them realise that their technology was stolen for additional secret Cloning Facilities, but the Eternal Emperor recognises their expertise might be needed should problems arise.
Their Forces charge into the meat grinder, Clones and Zealots fight a brutal unforgiving war where the rules of conflict have been shredded. They might not be well trained, but superweapons galore, technological terrors and the power of the Dark Side on full display drive them ever onwards... along with a bit of mind control. The New Sith might be fighting each other, but the Eternal Emperor is unconcerned, able to see off any challenge and return if struck down.
The Emperor seeks to bring his vision of the final triumph of the Dark Side. It does not matter that the cost is high, for it is acceptable. To burn away all weakness is the true way of the Sith and Sidious will let the Galaxy alight with the cinders of conflict, there will be none left to challenge his rule once he is done.
((OCC: as promised my omake.))
I do not know what you are talking of... I'm assuming it's anime so most likely I've never seen it. Honestly I just found the eye-like image and thought it would look cool as Ciaran's Empire symbol.
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regartless this is so Ciaran, it can't be more appropriate.
FYI Naruto, eye power, Rinnegan, Sasuke.
Most worrying is your implication that Palps is still alive. Around that time he has to be dead, so kill him ("do it")
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Errr... in the EU Palpatine actually ressurected himself. SEVERAL TIMES. By cloning himself and then possessing the clones.
I may of borrowed ideas from everywhere. As for Palps, two words: Dark Empire.
Along with the Galaxy Gun, which is a Starkiller Base, if Starkiller wasn't Death Star III.
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Just got back from seeing it myself, and... this. So much.
Unfortunately I did not manage to avoid spoilers, so I knew some/many of the key story beats going in. It did not diminish my enjoyment of the film, and frankly I found it helped me get over some of the <spoilers> that might have lessened my appreciation of the film.
I think that Rian Johnson enjoys subverting expectations a little too much -- there are one or two 'twists' I hope the third film addresses -- and there is one moment of sheer errant nonsense as far as Star Wars 'sci-fi physics' is concerned. Apart from that, everything fit together, and beautifully at that. I am most surprised that more fans haven't noticed the obvious parallels to Empire Strikes Back in the narrative (not just the tone). This is what The Force Awakens should have been: a love letter to its original trilogy predecessor, without the rigid mimicry that made it a clone of the original.
Within the Star Wars film canon, my personal list of favorites would probably go:
1) Empire Strikes Back
2) A New Hope
3) The Last Jedi
4) Return of the Jedi
5) Revenge of the Sith
6) The Force Awakens
7) Rogue One
8) Phantom Menace
9) Attack of the Clones
I'm honestly tempted to rank it above A New Hope, but having only seen it once, I figured it'd be better to wait till I can rewatch it before bumping it up. Either way, I consider it the best Star Wars films since the original trilogy.
Dude. Spoiler that stuff.
... j/k
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Barondoctor
The things I chase come to me.
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I have now seen the film. It really didn't need to be two and a half hours. I did like it though. Enough Empire that there's echoes, but enough its own thing to make a person sit up and take notice.
Also...it seems Luke took Ben's first lesson to heart.
EDIT: Good to see you, @Publicola . I was afraid you'd vanished off the edge of the earth.
Also...it seems Luke took Ben's first lesson to heart.
EDIT: Good to see you, @Publicola . I was afraid you'd vanished off the edge of the earth.
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Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
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Just saw it too, and I have to agree.Just got back from seeing it myself, and... this. So much.
Unfortunately I did not manage to avoid spoilers, so I knew some/many of the key story beats going in. It did not diminish my enjoyment of the film, and frankly I found it helped me get over some of the <spoilers> that might have lessened my appreciation of the film.
I think that Rian Johnson enjoys subverting expectations a little too much -- there are one or two 'twists' I hope the third film addresses -- and there is one moment of sheer errant nonsense as far as Star Wars 'sci-fi physics' is concerned. Apart from that, everything fit together, and beautifully at that. I am most surprised that more fans haven't noticed the obvious parallels to Empire Strikes Back in the narrative (not just the tone). This is what The Force Awakens should have been: a love letter to its original trilogy predecessor, without the rigid mimicry that made it a clone of the original.
Within the Star Wars film canon, my personal list of favorites would probably go:
1) Empire Strikes Back
2) A New Hope
3) The Last Jedi
4) Return of the Jedi
5) Revenge of the Sith
6) The Force Awakens
7) Rogue One
8) Phantom Menace
9) Attack of the Clones
I'm honestly tempted to rank it above A New Hope, but having only seen it once, I figured it'd be better to wait till I can rewatch it before bumping it up. Either way, I consider it the best Star Wars films since the original trilogy.
Dude. Spoiler that stuff.
... j/k
Though no one can deny it looked bloody amazing, I'm also glad to be seeing a bit of diversity back in Star Wars rather than good guys good bad guys bad...to an extent lets not get carried away
Yeah, pretty much have. Between Christmas shopping, catching up on several weeks worth of grading, and all the other holiday plans... I basically decided to set Gray Paladin aside for a week or two so I could deal with the other sources of stress. Still working on that, but I see the 'light at the end of the tunnel' at least. Thanks for your encouragement & contributions to keep my quest alive.