Found this 1 video, and while reading these comments about CIS, Republic, CNS, what would be the ramifications for re-teaching society into something MUCH more efficient:
{[Pls, listen to the end, he brings out a very important points.]}
@Dr. Snark, after a lot of double-checking and calculations over PM with @Stealthy, we (Stealthy deserves most of the credit) figured out a number of errors with my original balance sheet. It works out to about 130 extra credits of Income, and about 200 fewer credits of Upkeep. Here is the fully corrected version; please copy-paste this one to the front page.
128 (Economic Recovery, Muunilist; Turn 23 -- 30% increase to Muunilist income, out of 425 subtotal)
2675 (Refugee Resettlement & Revitalization, Taris; Turn 23 -- 100% increase to Taris income, out of 2675 subtotal)
249 (Undercity Charities, Coruscant; Turn 24 -- 20% increase to Coruscant income, out of 1245 subtotal)
212 (Kaleesh Police & Planetary Defense, Muunilist; Turn 25 -- 50% increase to Muunilist income, out of 425 subtotal)
363 (Muun Development Program, Kalee; Turn 25 -- 50% increase to Kalee income, out of 725 subtotal)
173 (Undercity Investment, Nar Shaddaa; Turn 27 -- 30% increase to Nar Shaddaa income, out of 575 subtotal)
201 (Gossam Development Program, Castell; Turn 28 -- 30% increase to Castell income, out of 670 subtotal)
148 (Wookiee Infrastructure Program, Kashyyyk; Turn 28 -- 30% increase to Kashyyyk income, out of 495 subtotal)
180 (Naboo Development Program, Naboo; Turn 28 -- 30% increase to Naboo income, out of 600 subtotal)
655 (Organization Bonuses)
655 (Muun Banker Programs, Muunilist; Turn 24 -- 5% increase to all income, applied to 13099 subtotal)
Priam looks at himself in the mirror with only his underwear staring at his entirely new frame. His face, for instance, looks human with light blue eyes and white hair being distinguishing features if he takes his blindfold off. He has an athletic and wiry frame which makes it possible to fight off any enemy who are not force users. Still gazing at the mirror complementing Chief Engineer Sair for making him handsome with the greatest upgrade he had to this date. Looking towards his underwear made him feel embarrassed because the Chief Engineer made strange additions to his groin that sometimes become active when he thought about some beautiful female or had illicit thoughts which should have been impossible but when he thought of the new learning routines he had made him more curious than his protocol droid frame ever did.
It was not all, this body looks familiar to him, yet he couldn't recall where he found it while trawling through the HoloNet providing the Lady Ciaran publicly available information of the more important parts of the galaxy. It was a long slog that in his current form would make him tired if he doesn't deactivate the tired function of his humanizing routines that the Chief Engineer insisted that is necessary to blend in and to prevent an uncanny valley when she first tried her hand in creating an android body for herself. It was frustrating at first, but he came to prefer experiencing on what organic beings consider mundane because it was both an interesting experience and fascinating to study due to his inorganic nature.
After staring at the mirror and getting dressed he looked upon his suite in the Oracle where Lady Ciaran authorized him to personalize it when they land on Taris for the Games. It is a standard executive suite that he's been itching to redecorate because it lacks a powerful computer to work with to double as his personal office. There is a general lack of interesting reading materials with dry novels, propaganda news articles, and entertainment magazines speaking about the latest gossip. There are no scholarly articles or information of the different philosophies across the galaxy to read or even a fun game to play but as always you would have to buy those that interest you because the complementary stuff is horrible and not to his taste.
Roaming around it's too small for a workshop to practice his new hacking routines. Fortunately, Lady Ciaran also provided him with an apartment on Taris to oversee the financial empire and a house on Lordran for his personal retreat. It is nice for her to do that even if it was just to waive the rent for the apartment and choosing the design of the house he wants. Even then he prefers staying here than the Undercity of Coruscant when the entire organization began. Such hard times before her ascendance to greatness from Naboo when it was simply being a criminal gang instead of the outright conspiracy it became today. Yes, a conspiracy in shaping the galactic order which his hand has been in for more than a decade and it exhilarates him to know that it has been mostly a success. Then, his thoughts led him to open his computer.
The various pictures that he browsed through from the beginning of his service as a protocol until his rebirth as an android made him feel emotions that he could not recall reacting during his service in a 3PO model. Nostalgia, joy, accomplishment, depression and so many more when he looks at them all. He remembered the cantina where it all began in a time where she was merely called Ciaran or boss, when they worked day and night to stay afloat if there were no missions, and a time where he knew and interacted with everyone unlike today where he only knew them by their personal data and barely any interaction unless they are important enough or too troublesome. It was no longer the same, but it has been that way for a long time. Maybe that is why he wanted to use the bartending routines because it reminds him of those early days and the times he wanted to help her during those busy nights. His ruminations were interrupted by an alarm from the Pod Network.
Going back to his computer he ran a program to connect him to the Pod Network. It surprises him how much free time he has when he is "awake" in the real world that he only has to solve the problems in the organization finances when both the Pod on-site and the financial office do not have a solution to the problem. It is easier on the processing power to just delegate it like Sentient Resources on new hires, the resident accountants for each investment, and now the Pods to handle and secure the data for him to review when he falls "asleep". This proves to be a beneficial arrangement since he can have a social life when "awake" and efficiently review in full detail of the various disparate holdings and groups activities when he "sleeps". This was better than his first week online though.
He grimaced remembering his first week back. So much information backlog to trawl to and his routines were forcing him to sleep but he persevered in completing his most extensive analysis for Lady Ciaran to review. It didn't go too well when he believed that the coffee he was drinking was a holy juice from the Force itself when he emptied one month's worth of it nor did his demeanor to the staff do any good to show them that he has sanity. The most embarrassing of them all was when he entered Lady Ciaran's office for his report looking like a loon with Prime Minister Zinnerman in front of her desk.
It wasn't all that horrible though when Chief Engineer Sair returned from her mission. She explained that the Pods were meant to help him collect and analyze information because she had an idea of creating a virtual network for him to work more comprehensively by allowing the process of sleep. His sleep would allow him to dedicate more processing power to this network that would efficiently bring his workload to effectively nothing on his awakening when the Pods become standard issue to the organization. The only things left are the problems reported to him if all the delegated personnel and Pods cannot solve the issues and it, fortunately, come rarely.
The program finally opened, and he would see what the problem is. Looking at the message the Pod gave it wrote his name as Priam instead of his designation as PR-1 and it irked him for a while when they deliberately ignore both his orders and requests for him to be called PR-1 and when he finally confronted to them the answer they gave shocked him to his core. They asked for him to recite to them the Qotsisajak also known to them as the Code of the Sith. He was also asked to repeat the last verse "The Force shall free me" multiple times. When he finished they told him their reason for calling him Priam. It was an enlightening experience, to say the least. Though he should start reading the message now.
In this message is a report stating for authorization to experiment on some grotesque abomination of nature bought from an undisclosed black market and it only needs his approval to circumvent the series of refusals from the administrators and the project blockers or he could ask the Council on their thoughts about the matter without Ciaran ever knowing because at her scale it is merely a blip on her radar nowadays. He would investigate this matter further because the recommendation from the Pod is approval and they are usually right in these decisions. He would just need to chart a course for the facility in question after this briefing. Well, this is going to be a fun ride.
This is my first time in making an omake for this quest so I'm excited and relieved that I finished this first piece. I actually have four more in the works two continuations and two flashbacks so I'm going to hopefully finish them soon because this took me weeks to write this. I hope this is good enough. As for the new assisstant uh.. let's just say this is before the Games.
So. My Thrawn and Anakin omake is going all right thus far. Thought I might let you know that like his Corridors and Chests character, Thrawn's screenname on Quadrant Online is also a pun. Because I enjoy making you all suffer.
So. My Thrawn and Anakin omake is going all right thus far. Thought I might let you know that like his Corridors and Chests character, Thrawn's screenname on Quadrant Online is also a pun. Because I enjoy making you all suffer.
@Dr. Snark So, harking back to the Q&A session, is Asajj still tsun about being a sister to Ciaran? And, how does our dear Darth Traya earn the Queen of Lies title? ;d
Most sane beings in the galaxy would look at a job that required a worker to stand on a supposedly-safe platform skimming over molten lava while poking it with a stick to try and find valuable minerals and quickly conclude that it was a death sentence. For the denizens of Mustafar however, it was a typical day at work, riding along the currents with the sounds of erupting volcanoes constantly echoing through the area.
One particular Mustafarian found himself drifting by a bare riverside during his shift when he spotted a lone figure in a robe, and while they were at a distance the Mustafarian could tell that they seemed to be staring at a patch of land close to the riverside that didn't seem to have anything remarkable about it. As he focused on the figure the Mustafarian was able to make out one other detail: that the figure seemed to be shaking for some odd reason...
Curious, the Mustafarian steered his platform closer, but before he could get close enough to make out any more details a plume of lava suddenly shot up, forcing him to change course.
By the time he looked back the figure had vanished, and though the Mustafarian scanned the area there was no sign of them...
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Yavin IV
While some cursory expeditions had already begun on the planet, the facility that the Watcher's archaeology teams called home was still rather ramshackle; wiring was still exposed, some buildings were only partially set up, and many supply crates were scattered throughout the area to the collective annoyance of everyone there. Still, there was the mystique and wonder of exploring a moon with such a rich history...for most people.
One unfortunate worker was stuck in one of the most thankless positions of all: sensor officer. Of course, since on a good day no one would really come out here barring other archaeology ships whose IFFs lit up the local system, it was incredibly dull. Stare at a blank screen for several hours straight, and do nothing else.
As the incredibly bored woman in question leaned back in her chair, reading a rather lurid novel on her datapad, the sensor screen lit up with a warning of an unidentified ship entering the system. The woman in question toppled backwards with a loud squawk before bolting back upright and looking at the screen...which was now completely blank again.
"Piece of junk..." she grumbled as she sat her chair back up, logging the sensor malfunction because it might be a spy ship or something as her superiors would keep shouting at her. But really, why would anyone even want to come out to the Yavin system unless they had to...?
Cloud City, Bespin
Maintaining the various reactors and equipment at the core of Cloud City was hardly the most glamorous of jobs, but it was a vital one to ensure the floating city wouldn't end up sinking into Bespin's depths. For one particular Ugnaught worker, it was an especially taxing day as a malfunction had been registered there, forcing him to make the long trek there to take a look at what was wrong.
As he made his way through to the core itself, he caught sight of a hooded figure standing at the highest maintenance catwalk, though it was hard to make out anything else from the distance the worker was at. Grumbling to himself he made his way through the core up to the figure's location, managing to intercept them in a brightly-lit hallway.
"What are you doing here? This area is off-limits!" the Ugnaught yelled, clearly annoyed.
"Sorry, I didn't realize this area was restricted," the man said, waiving his hand slightly.
"Are you serious!? I'm going to have to call security!"
"Look, I'm going on my way. Calling security would be too much of a hassle since I'm leaving anyway."
The worker shook his head slightly. The man was going on his way, and as long as he was going he could get back to work. Grumbling slightly, he shoved his way past.
"Thanks for understanding. And you don't need to tell anyone that I was here."
Not like the man mattered. As long as he wasn't getting in the way no one really needed to know that he was there...
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Endor Orbit
Anakin shook his head as he sat in the cockpit of the Azure Angel II, the modified Delta-7 quickly heading into deep space as he tried to process things. He wasn't expecting to find anything on Endor since everything in his visions hadn't been built yet, and the most he had managed to accomplish was stumbling around in the forest for several hours before he finally gave up. The other locations weren't much better - and the visit to Mustafar had even given him phantom pain in his legs and right arm for a few days afterwards as an unpleasant aftereffect.
He leaned back in his chair, a part of his mind reminding him that there was one other planet that could trigger something that he had been avoiding... Anakin had tried to work up the nerve to go to Alderaan, but every time he would flash back to the planet exploding-
His dark thoughts were interrupted by some worried beeps from R2-D2, who was looking at him from outside his cockpit.
"No, I didn't find what I was looking for here either," Anakin replied, sitting back up and taking a hold of the controls. "Maybe..."
He trailed off, trying to figure out what to so when he caught a glimpse of something moving in the distance that he couldn't quite make out. As he turned his ship in its direction R2 beeped at him, clearly confused.
"Yes, I know you're not getting anything on sensors. Just trust me, okay?"
The low tone that came from R2 indicated that the astromech droid clearly didn't.
Still, he continued pursuing whatever the moving object was, and as he came in directly behind it and got closer it almost looked like-
Before he could confirm what he was seeing the ship appeared to jump into hyperspace, leaving Anakin floating in the void alone once again. He was still for a few seconds, then began flipping switches and working with his navicomputer to the increasing concern of R2.
"I know that this route is uncharted. Don't worry, it'll be fine."
R2 tried to protest, but Anakin had already finished his work and activated his ship's hyperdrive, sending him hurtling into the unknown...
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Anakin wasn't entirely sure how long it had been, following the ship that may or may not have been a figment of his imagination through hyperspace jump after jump. Still, it seemed to be far too...accurate for lack of a better term to be that, not to mention that it kept showing up in every new system Anakin jumped into. Not to mention that by now he'd passed into the Unknown Regions, and blind jumping into that area of space was known to end poorly. Even so, Anakin was beginning to debate heading back the way he came since there was only so much fuel left in his ship-
As the Azure Angel II exited hyperspace one last time, he felt something different about the planet below him in a way that he couldn't quite describe yet. All he could tell was that it was almost entirely covered in water barring a smattering of islands across the planet. As he tried to make out any more details he caught a glimpse of the ship heading down towards the planet's surface - and he was now able to confirm that it was the same fighter Vader flew in those visions of the future.
"R2, get me a scan of the planet's surface," Anakin said almost offhandedly as he followed the phantom fighter into the atmosphere, doing what he could to keep visual contact with it, which proved to be increasingly difficult as it was starting to dive through clouds. As Anakin followed it through a particularly thick cloud layer he was beset upon by rain and lighting, buffeted by the winds of the storm he was diving through as R2 blared warnings.
"Just tell me if I'm about to hit something, okay!?" Anakin shouted back as he tried to keep track of the fighter, but it was for naught as the storm was too thick for him to see much of anything. After a few more seconds of flying the storm abated slightly, enough for him to make out a large island close by.
"Can you find me somewhere to land there?" Anakin asked R2, and within seconds the faithful astromech had provided him with the location of a relatively flat piece of land that he could set his ship down on. Wrestling with the controls to keep the ship steady, Anakin slowly brought it down, finally landing even as the storm continued to rage around him. As Anakin gathered a cloak and prepared to exit, R2 beeped worriedly at him.
"Yeah, I know the weather's terrible-"
R2 beeped at him again.
"...Okay, I did not know about the lifesign readings. I'll keep a look out then," Anakin said as he opened the cockpit, immediately getting soaked with rain as he hopped out. Behind him R2 ejected himself and landed on the ground with a soft "whump," letting out a mournful tone as Anakin got ready to leave. As Anakin took a breath, he turned to face R2, getting down on a knee and gently placing a hand on his head.
"I'll be back soon, okay? Try not to get into trouble while I'm gone."
R2 squawked indignantly.
"Now that's not fair and you know it," Anakin called back as he started on what seemed like a trail of a very old stone walkway that led deeper into the island, trying desperately to keep his cloak on him as the storm around him continued to rage. He could hear the squawking of some animal in the distance as he slowly made his way forward, trying to-
He stopped in place as he felt something pull at him through the Force before breaking off from the trail, making his way over a large hillside before eventually sliding down to a blasted piece of coastline where fierce waves were almost incessantly crashing against it. Though Anakin could tell what was pulling him was coming from a hole in the center that was surrounded by dark vines. Curious, Anakin got closer and looked down into it-
Only to feel himself get pulled as he fell down and through the water beneath it, thrashing about briefly before he managed to come up for air. Looking around the cave it seemed almost unremarkable but it went deeper, and now Anakin could sense something in its depths.
After hauling himself out of the water Anakin made his way inside, shivering slightly from his dampness and the cool cave air. However it didn't take him long to find something unusual - a crystalline mirror that seemed to reflect his image almost perfectly - and more importantly, radiated with the Force.
Somehow Anakin knew he had found what he had been looking for. He reached out and touched it on reflex-
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He turned away and saw himself face another copy of himself that looked into the distance as the seemingly endless copies of himself did the same, though as Anakin focused he saw himself looking into the crystal mirror - except this time there was nothing on the other side. He reached out with his right hand and placed it on the mirror and felt his copies reach out with the same arm as he spoke.
"I know you're here." The words were echoed thousands of times, each time quieter as it faded into the distance.
"Show yourself." Once again the words echoed.
After a brief moment, a indistinct figure came into view on the other side of the mirror, and as it came closer its features became more distinct, the black armor it wore becoming more apparent. Anakin's arm fell to his side as he looked into the mirror, seeing Darth Vader in the reflection.
"It seems we meet again, Anakin Skywalker."
AN: Some of you might hate me for doing this, but I want it on record that I had this planned the second the Temple Bombing arc ended so...deal with it
The actual next turn prologue should be up within a couple of days.
AN: Some of you might hate me for doing this, but I want it on record that I had this planned the second the Temple Bombing arc ended so...deal with it
The actual next turn prologue should be up within a couple of days.
Imagine Sidious despite everything getting a hold of Anakin after this... the rebellion and Luke would be screwed.
...If that happened and our current protagonist died, I wouldn't be against playing as non crippled Darth Vader with future knowledge in a sequel quest...
Since the majority of the people that I trust and respect told me NOT to watch the Last Jedi, can somebody fill me in on what has Anakin got himself into?
Hard to say. Vader pretty much had the Midas touch of shit. While the Empire did fix up some pretty significant problems in the Republic (can't be a cackling dictator Palpatine if everybodies too busy putting first out to listen to you cackle)...it also was the cause of some seriously nasty, pointless, and pointlessly nasty actions. And Vader never touched the former Civic development actions.
I'm also kinda uncertain what Anakin could learn besides how not to act. When he wasn't enthusiastically committing atrocities, Vader was following orders with resentment, but obedience none the less. He only turned back to the light at the literal last moment possible, and only out of interest for his personal family (with an unknown amount of motivation to just finally getting back at Palpatine). And Lightning trauma addling his gourd.
He turned away and saw himself face another copy of himself that looked into the distance as the seemingly endless copies of himself did the same, though as Anakin focused he saw himself looking into the crystal mirror - except this time there was nothing on the other side. He reached out with his right hand and placed it on the mirror and felt his copies reach out with the same arm as he spoke.
"I know you're here." The words were echoed thousands of times, each time quieter as it faded into the distance.
"Show yourself." Once again the words echoed.
After a brief moment, a indistinct figure came into view on the other side of the mirror, and as it came closer its features became more distinct, the black armor it wore becoming more apparent. Anakin's arm fell to his side as he looked into the mirror, seeing Darth Vader in the reflection.
Eh, I'm still in the minority who thought TLJ wasn't the second coming of Satan. Could it have been improved (such as completely cutting the hamfisted Canto Bight) sure. It's not the worst movie since the Holiday Special though.
Acht-To (Jedi homeworld, the island planet) has a 'dark side hole' as I've seen it called. There is a Force mirror artifact thing in there that shows endless reflections. Rey just saw herself, Anakin presumably figured out how to use it.
Since the majority of the people that I trust and respect told me NOT to watch the Last Jedi, can somebody fill me in on what has Anakin got himself into?
Since the majority of the people that I trust and respect told me NOT to watch the Last Jedi, can somebody fill me in on what has Anakin got himself into?
Not quite sure why anyone would say not to watch it, it's not a spectacular movie but it's still plenty decent. Has some plot holes, but it's a Star Wars movie, so yeah.
Anyway, Anakin is on Ahch-To, location of the First Jedi Temple.
Notable features are a tree containing some ancient Jedi tomes (Not featured in this update)
Second feature is a big-ass hole in the ground that has...something to do with the Dark Side. And a spooky mirror.
Could be a classic truth/scrying mirror, might just show infinite reflections. Based on the movie info you can't tell which because in Rey's case you'd get the same result. She went searching for an answer to the Grand Mystery of her past, and her parents, and where she came from and why she has these abilities. And kind of a major point of that scene is that there is no Grand Mystery. She comes from nowhere and her parents were nobodies. So the infinte reflections would make sense as what she'd see. Which doesn't help us figure out what the spooky Dark Side hole is actually for.
