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

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Jack_Trade said:
This brings to mind something I've been pondering for a while now, has anything good come from Coruscant? Cause most people seem to have a dim view on most things related to it.
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Maybe it has lots of unspecified past glory to cash in. There are few reliable records in-universe about events a mere millennium gone. The Republic, presumably led from Coruscant has existed in some form for 25 millennia.
 
zup said:
Maybe it has lots of unspecified past glory to cash in. There are few reliable records in-universe about events a mere millennium gone. The Republic, presumably led from Coruscant has existed in some form for 25 millennia.
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So what your saying, is that the Galactic Republic is mostly running on inertia? That's unspeakable depressing in the most hilarious way.:rofl:
 
I mean, if you avoid the New Republic (Canon) issues or the New Republic (Legends) issues...


(ie, too much decentralization, not enough rooting out of dissident elements (in the canon case, Empire/First Order spies), not having enough of a military)

That said, the Galactic Republic is a cyclical system. It changes every few thousand years (give or take) into a different overall form. The Republic of the Clone Wars is not the Republic of KOTOR. Ruusan Reformation and all that.
 
Skywalker_T-65 said:
That said, the Galactic Republic is a cyclical system. It changes every few thousand years (give or take) into a different overall form. The Republic of the Clone Wars is not the Republic of KOTOR. Ruusan Reformation and all that.
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And yet from what I understand the it repeatedly runs into the same issues, no matter the iteration. Wide spread political corruption, The rim and mid-rim getting screwed over to various degrees, overly too much focus on the core, ect ect.

To slightly move away from this very serious discussion. @Dr. Snark has Ciaran turned Kygeetu into her official bodyguard? She seems to have been taking her everywhere, this last turn.

Also giving that Ciaran also has a Force Bond with Anakin, is there a reason she hasn't received a trait like the one, she got from Ventress?
 
That it keeps running into the same issues is why it's a cyclical system. The iteration of the Republic at the time collapses and is replaced by NEW AND IMPROVED version that eventually groans under its own weight later on.

(this is the same in canon, even. The 'Old Republic' is distinct from the 'Galactic Republic' of the Clone Wars, IIRC)

At least until Palpatine decided that it needed to be an Empire, but that's Sheev for you.
 
Ironically if the Sith just stopped showing back up already, the Republic would not only collapse under it's own weight, but there's no way you could find enough people who wanted it back enough to fight to restore it. Same goes for the Jedi Order in a way. When all external Dark Side foes are eliminated, the order turns inwards as they consider their fellow Jedi falling the greatest threat, and this leads to it deteriorating over time.

Hiding really well, or just being beneath their notice, is just the best way to deal with the Republic and the Jedi, the Hutts can attest to that.
 
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Please note that the Post Ruusan Republic has also been artificially held in stasis by the With who have been simultaneously exacerbating the separatist issue and the fundamental problems of the Republic whilst nipping actual push backs and uprisings in the bud.

Strictly speaking the Republic should have had a shame up centuries ago were it not for the Sith.
 
065tdsa said:
Ironically if the Sith just stopped showing back up already, the Republic would not only collapse under it's own weight, but there's no way you could find enough people who wanted it back enough to fight to restore it. Same goes for the Jedi Order in a way. When all external Dark Side foes are eliminated, the order turns inwards as they consider their fellow Jedi falling the greatest threat, and this leads to it deteriorating over time.

Hiding really well, or just being beneath their notice, is just the best way to deal with the Republic and the Jedi, the Hutts can attest to that.
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Ciaran's post-war plan identified.
 
Publicola said:
And not to put too fine a point on it, but this sector has hive-mind teddy bears. Individual Bilar are sub-sentient pets, groups of four have human-level intelligence, groups of seven are hyper-intelligent (Galen Erso-level) geniuses. Time to get crackin'?
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I'm throwing six of them into a trenchcoat and calling it the next Abyss Walker. None of you can stop me.

Also, I desperately hope the leader of their planet is a cluster of like, thirty that have just ascended or something.
 
We Are​

Ciaran entered her office, mentally running down the checklist of things to accomplish today and prioritizing them. The process stopped before she could decide whether budgeting was more or less urgent than meeting the new Abyss Walker. Ciaran stood completely still, performing a threat assessment of the hairless, pink monster thing sitting in the middle of her office floor.

Seconds passed, and the creature slowly turned its head to look at Ciaran, who tensed in preparation to defend herself. Her caution proved unnecessary as the thing continued to munch on a piece of fruit. Keeping a metaphorical eye on it all the same, Ciaran leaned backwards out of her office.

"Priam, what is this… thing?" Ciaran flinched as the naked bear gave a loud shout, before digging back into its fruit.

"Based on the key card around its neck when it entered, that is Abyss Walker Egonil." answered the droid.

"I was expecting someone a little more… sapient, given the praise I've been hearing from Cheriss." Ciaran looked at the little gremlin drooling on her carpet. "This is the computer genius I've heard so much about?"

Priam nervously spoke up, hesitant to acknowledge a possible mistake. "It's possible that this creature has simply absconded with Abyss Walker Egonil's security pass and found its way here by accident."

"Well then I'll be sure to impress upon Abyss Walker Egonil the importance of these security passes when they arrive." Ciaran looked around for a clock. "Speaking of, what time is that induction ceremony?"

Before Priam could answer, the turbolift doors opened to reveal a towering individual. Ciaran would have loved to discern more about their visitor, but height was the only characteristic not obscured by the long trench coat, wide brimmed hat, and scarf. It all looked unbearably hot. "Apologies for being late, part of us wanted to be early, and we've lost too much time searching for them."

"Are you Egonil, our new Abyss Walker?" asked Priam. "We've found your security pass."

"We are amazed we found our way here alone." A strange alien language came from within the coat, and the small animal in Ciaran's office trotted out. It shifted from walking on all fours to bipedal movement as it crossed the room before scurrying up Egonil and slipping through the opening on the front of the trench coat between the buttons. "Ah, it feels good to be whole again. We trust I did not make a bad impression?"

"Do you mean to imply that the little hairless pink thing drooling and eating fruit in my office was in fact my new Abyss Walker, and not some kind of pest that stole your security card?" asked Ciaran, half accusatory and half disbelieving.

"Gah, this is why going ahead was a bad idea. Honestly, we do things with consensus for a reason." Egonil said, seemingly to himself. "A thousand apologies, it won't happen again. Will it?"

"Right." said Ciaran hesitantly. "Anyways, your record in the field speaks for itself, but the real factor behind your promotion was Cheriss. She was very impressed with what you managed to do with those Spider Droids. Especially since she herself isn't sure what she did in the first place."

"It was what many people would call a hive mind, but they lacked true communion like we do. It was a simple matter to improve the efficiency of the system." Ciaran paused, picking up on Egonil's wording.

"Am I to believe that you are in fact a 'true' hive mind?" asked Ciaran. Suspecting the truth turned out to be poor preparation for seeing it unfold. Egonil's body distorted, lumps growing and receding at random before six of the same meter tall, pink bears crawled out of the trench coat and lined up before her.

"We are, though we prefer not to be exposed like this. Still, as our employer, you have a right to know. We simply ask that you not mention this flippantly." spoke one of the bears, seemingly for all of them.

"As I'm sure you know, no one is more intimate with the concept of discretion than the Abyss Watchers." Ciaran assured… them? Him?

"Thank you." With that, Egonil picked up the trench coat, hat, and scarf to reassemble himself. Before ducking his head inside, one of them spoke up. "Sorry about the drooling. We're not usually like that."

"Don't worry about it." nodded Ciaran, feeling less sure than she sounded. "Hardly the weirdest thing I'm going to see today."


AN: I told you I could not be stopped. Just a bit shy of true genius level, Egonil is still primarily a computer kinda guy, but it turns out being able to fire twelve blasters or wield six lightsabers and just straight up being six different bodies at once makes up for a lot of faults in terms of combat. We may not have any new Abyss Walkers right now, but I'm banking him for the future.
 
Panory said:
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...I don't

I uh...

Uhhhh...

Like the crazy thing about this is that on a purely factual level this could be a thing. It even has canonical precedence - there have been Bilar con artists. But...it's a bunch of teddy bears in a trenchcoat.

...I think I need time to process this and figure out what the hell I should do. Still have the +10 while I do that.

*Goes to stare out window in a suitably melancholy fashion*
 
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