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There is no emotion... (A Jedi Order Quest)
- Thread starter Voikirium
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Voikirium
SV's Estalia Guy
- Location
- Ruritania Illinois
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Wizard would be a bit much and sorcerer has certain...connotations.
That said, to a certain extent,, I was hoping to draw on the "servant of the divine" connotations of Paladin and Cleric. Or go with a swtorism and the Jedi Sage.
KnightDisciple
Love God. Do Right. Fear No Man.
- Location
- Midwest, USA
I think Sage works better considering the nature of the Jedi philosophy/religion.
always_confused
Perpetually unwanted
- Location
- SEA
Jedi Jedi is clearly the answer. "He's the Jedi's Jedi!"
Barondoctor
The things I chase come to me.
- Location
- The other side of the mirror
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
Sage works the most. Jedi tend towards more "mystical" "cosmic" "wisdom and understanding", because The Force isn't theistic like Paladin and Cleric tend to lean towards. Jedi Mystic, Jedi Sage, Jedi Guru...Jedi go more Taoist, pantheistic, panentheistic. Good choices and bad choices, good users of power and bad users of power. The light side and the dark side are still the same Force. A powerful light-sider after some bad days and a shopping spree at Hot Topic becomes a powerful dark-sider, not a...whatever the Jedi version of an atheist is.
ConfusedCanuck
Where did it all go wrong?
- Location
- Neverland
I like the sound of Jedi Sage personally
- Location
- Texas
The Yuuzhan Vong, I think.
But yeah, Sage seems fitting. Mystic should be reserved for whenever we get a Circle of Seers. Actually, I want to stick "Acolyte" into the rankings somewhere.
Mission Report 3945 BBY Q2
Voikirium
SV's Estalia Guy
- Location
- Ruritania Illinois
- Pronouns
- He/Him
3945 BBY Q2
Mission 1 (Bao-Dur, 1 Jedi Sentinel, 3 Padawans, the Core)
-Grandmaster Bao-Dur-
The Republic has sent word to me that long-range sensors and explorers have detected an inhabited planet in the Deep Core. The locals are currently in a... medieval state of existence, living in many isolated merchant republics on the island chains that are the only inhabitable stretch of land on the planet's surface. Normally we would not intervene until they have established at least some rudimentary rocketry; however, a horrendous plague is currently cutting down entire cities. At the least it will throw them back centuries of development (and no, it does not resemble the Tzarfatian Plague and its developments, there won't be enough people left to pay wages never mind raise them); at worst it will simply wipe them out, to the last.
The Republic has developed a potential cure, however they need an expert pilot.
I'm the closest thing they've got.
--
Mission 2 (Councilor Juhani, Councilor Visas Marr, 1 Jedi Guardian, 3 Padawans, The Mid-Rim)
-Knight Breda Sunguard-
One of the ways that the Sith attempted to deal with the embarrassment of non-Force Sensitive Children, if they did not wish to kill them, was to, in essence, have said offspring attached to the head of an army and conquer a primitive world in the name of the Empire.
We believe we have located one such world, perhaps the only one established by the Revanites.
Well and so. They will not win. Not today.
--
Mission 3 (Councilor Mira, 2 Jedi Sentinels, 3 Padawans, the Outer Rim)
-Padawan Gayel Ducte-
We are attempting to investigate more the odd, overly intelligent Rakghouls who had been inside the Jedi Alcove.
For safety's sake, the Republic has saddled us with a full two squads.
--
Mission 4 (Councilor Atton Rand, 1 Jedi Sentinel, 2 Padawans, the Colonies)
-Councilor Atton Rand-
More odd murders. Missing children, berserk droids?
I'll not fuckin' have it anymore.
Even if nobody else wants to pay attention, I refuse to sit silent.
--
Mission 1 (Bao-Dur, 1 Jedi Sentinel, 3 Padawans, the Core)
-Grandmaster Bao-Dur-
We have a slight problem.
A huge ship has appeared in system with us as we attempt to reach the planet and offer the cure, aerosolizing it as a mist to ensure spread over the whole surface.
They say they are from something called "The Yuuzhan-Vong," and they are interceding to stop us because they think a species on that planet is about to make an evolutionary jump to sapience, something it cannot do with the interference of the currently dominant species.
There are echoes of tragedies to come, screaming from this place.
They must be silenced. But I cannot make their leader see reason, for he is blind to the Force; they all are.
All they can see is the matter.
--
Mission 2 (Councilor Juhani, Councilor Visas Marr, 1 Jedi Guardian, 3 Padawans, The Mid-Rim)
-Knight Breda Sunguard-
Brutality, stupidity, and war unending. The flagrant idiot attempted to "Divide and Conquer" the two, ICE limited, power-blocks on the planet; now, instead, the very world is cast on the precipice of war, as the technology she gifted to both sides leaves them with abilities no people should simply jump to.
As usual, it will require a Jedi to fix the problems of the Sith.
--
Mission 3 (Councilor Mira, 2 Jedi Sentinels, 3 Padawans, the Outer Rim)
-Padawan Gayel Ducte-
We have located a number of Rakghoul nests; or should I say, former Rakghouls nests? They riddled all of the upper levels of Alcove. All the way from the quarters of Arren Kae to Karn Degarr. They ransacked both rooms; though fortunately it seems Master Degarr kept a list of what belonged to him, as well as a less detailed list of the belongings of everyone else on the floor. Convenient.
--
Mission 4 (Councilor Atton Rand, 1 Jedi Sentinel, 2 Padawans, the Colonies)
-Councilor Atton Rand-
A scream into the void; a shadow burned into brickwork.
Mark my words, there is something very wrong in this place; and all seems to start at some cheap kid's entertainment complexes.
--
Mission 1 (Bao-Dur, 1 Jedi Sentinel, 3 Padawans, the Core)
-Grandmaster Bao-Dur-
I was an engineer. Long before I rambled about shadows and cast Sith spirits, I solved practical problems. How do I build a better bridge? How do I get 5% more thrust from my engines?
How do I kill a planet and all the Mandalorians near it?
Well, this was a lot smaller than that was. You see, these old Dynamic Class Freighters, the big selling point was always that they were modifiable from tip to top; and so that's what I did. It was child's play to way beef up the Torpedo launcher's power with a few of HK's left over power cells, with Kador's help in making modifications to the canisters themselves.
Then, to make sure these Vong could not interfere, I launched the escape pods on a route towards the planet. Sure enough, their babbling captain, arrogant as he is, went chasing after the empty vessel; giving me more than enough time to make last minute corrections and launch the modified cure canisters towards the planet, where they will hit atmosphere, break apart, and then be rained down on the populace, cleansing the illness.
Now, we are leaving.
(+10 PP, +5 Knowledge, Make First Contact with the Yuuzhan Vong Republic)
--
Mission 2 (Councilor Juhani, Councilor Visas Marr, 1 Jedi Guardian, 3 Padawans, The Mid-Rim)
-Knight Breda Sunguard-
Unfortunately, we have arrived too late.
Arkanis VII has been reduced to a nuclear pit; the two superblock destroyed each other after an ill conceived exercise. The Republic will be beginning reconstruction efforts, but it will be decades before the planet is repaired.
(-25 PP)
--
Mission 3 (Councilor Mira, 2 Jedi Sentinels, 3 Padawans, the Outer Rim)
-Padawan Gayel Ducte-
Inside the ransacked rooms were still a number of interesting artifacts, ones these Rakghouls did not take. Reading the personal journals of Traya has been enlightening.
And frightening.
However, the most important piece: a Holocron; is missing. Now that we know it exists, we can feel it.
Now, we just need to reclaim it.
(+5 Knowledge)
--
Mission 4 (Councilor Atton Rand, 1 Jedi Sentinel, 2 Padawans, the Colonies)
-Councilor Atton Rand-
Arson. The last building was burned to the ground, and even soaked in cheap fuel, the sort the hutts are shipping to Telos.
If I were anybody else, it might be enough to throw me off the scent.
But I'm not anybody else. I'm Atton Rand, and Revan taught me to be an assassin.
Suffice to say, we'll be heading to Nar Shadda soon.
--
Mission 5 (Bastila, 1 Jedi Guardian, 1 Padawan, Ossus)
-Councilor Bastila-
We've established a contract with Mission to move supplies to Ossus, helping retie the planet to the Galactic Trade Network.
Oh, and don't forget, the referendum will be held in the next few months, in this quarter. I'd expect around roughly the time we're all meeting together to synthesize what we've relearned from artifacts.
(+10 Ossus)
--
Mission 6 (1 Jedi Guardian, 2 Jedi Padawans, Dantooine)
-Padawan Gala Vard-
That Mandalorian who's sweet on Ossin dropped by and gave us a few gifts for him.
Among them, a number of "Trophies" the Mandalorians stole from Jedi.
(+10 Dantooine)
Mission 1 (Bao-Dur, 1 Jedi Sentinel, 3 Padawans, the Core)
-Grandmaster Bao-Dur-
The Republic has sent word to me that long-range sensors and explorers have detected an inhabited planet in the Deep Core. The locals are currently in a... medieval state of existence, living in many isolated merchant republics on the island chains that are the only inhabitable stretch of land on the planet's surface. Normally we would not intervene until they have established at least some rudimentary rocketry; however, a horrendous plague is currently cutting down entire cities. At the least it will throw them back centuries of development (and no, it does not resemble the Tzarfatian Plague and its developments, there won't be enough people left to pay wages never mind raise them); at worst it will simply wipe them out, to the last.
The Republic has developed a potential cure, however they need an expert pilot.
I'm the closest thing they've got.
--
Mission 2 (Councilor Juhani, Councilor Visas Marr, 1 Jedi Guardian, 3 Padawans, The Mid-Rim)
-Knight Breda Sunguard-
One of the ways that the Sith attempted to deal with the embarrassment of non-Force Sensitive Children, if they did not wish to kill them, was to, in essence, have said offspring attached to the head of an army and conquer a primitive world in the name of the Empire.
We believe we have located one such world, perhaps the only one established by the Revanites.
Well and so. They will not win. Not today.
--
Mission 3 (Councilor Mira, 2 Jedi Sentinels, 3 Padawans, the Outer Rim)
-Padawan Gayel Ducte-
We are attempting to investigate more the odd, overly intelligent Rakghouls who had been inside the Jedi Alcove.
For safety's sake, the Republic has saddled us with a full two squads.
--
Mission 4 (Councilor Atton Rand, 1 Jedi Sentinel, 2 Padawans, the Colonies)
-Councilor Atton Rand-
More odd murders. Missing children, berserk droids?
I'll not fuckin' have it anymore.
Even if nobody else wants to pay attention, I refuse to sit silent.
--
Mission 1 (Bao-Dur, 1 Jedi Sentinel, 3 Padawans, the Core)
-Grandmaster Bao-Dur-
We have a slight problem.
A huge ship has appeared in system with us as we attempt to reach the planet and offer the cure, aerosolizing it as a mist to ensure spread over the whole surface.
They say they are from something called "The Yuuzhan-Vong," and they are interceding to stop us because they think a species on that planet is about to make an evolutionary jump to sapience, something it cannot do with the interference of the currently dominant species.
There are echoes of tragedies to come, screaming from this place.
They must be silenced. But I cannot make their leader see reason, for he is blind to the Force; they all are.
All they can see is the matter.
--
Mission 2 (Councilor Juhani, Councilor Visas Marr, 1 Jedi Guardian, 3 Padawans, The Mid-Rim)
-Knight Breda Sunguard-
Brutality, stupidity, and war unending. The flagrant idiot attempted to "Divide and Conquer" the two, ICE limited, power-blocks on the planet; now, instead, the very world is cast on the precipice of war, as the technology she gifted to both sides leaves them with abilities no people should simply jump to.
As usual, it will require a Jedi to fix the problems of the Sith.
--
Mission 3 (Councilor Mira, 2 Jedi Sentinels, 3 Padawans, the Outer Rim)
-Padawan Gayel Ducte-
We have located a number of Rakghoul nests; or should I say, former Rakghouls nests? They riddled all of the upper levels of Alcove. All the way from the quarters of Arren Kae to Karn Degarr. They ransacked both rooms; though fortunately it seems Master Degarr kept a list of what belonged to him, as well as a less detailed list of the belongings of everyone else on the floor. Convenient.
--
Mission 4 (Councilor Atton Rand, 1 Jedi Sentinel, 2 Padawans, the Colonies)
-Councilor Atton Rand-
A scream into the void; a shadow burned into brickwork.
Mark my words, there is something very wrong in this place; and all seems to start at some cheap kid's entertainment complexes.
--
Mission 1 (Bao-Dur, 1 Jedi Sentinel, 3 Padawans, the Core)
-Grandmaster Bao-Dur-
I was an engineer. Long before I rambled about shadows and cast Sith spirits, I solved practical problems. How do I build a better bridge? How do I get 5% more thrust from my engines?
How do I kill a planet and all the Mandalorians near it?
Well, this was a lot smaller than that was. You see, these old Dynamic Class Freighters, the big selling point was always that they were modifiable from tip to top; and so that's what I did. It was child's play to way beef up the Torpedo launcher's power with a few of HK's left over power cells, with Kador's help in making modifications to the canisters themselves.
Then, to make sure these Vong could not interfere, I launched the escape pods on a route towards the planet. Sure enough, their babbling captain, arrogant as he is, went chasing after the empty vessel; giving me more than enough time to make last minute corrections and launch the modified cure canisters towards the planet, where they will hit atmosphere, break apart, and then be rained down on the populace, cleansing the illness.
Now, we are leaving.
(+10 PP, +5 Knowledge, Make First Contact with the Yuuzhan Vong Republic)
--
Mission 2 (Councilor Juhani, Councilor Visas Marr, 1 Jedi Guardian, 3 Padawans, The Mid-Rim)
-Knight Breda Sunguard-
Unfortunately, we have arrived too late.
Arkanis VII has been reduced to a nuclear pit; the two superblock destroyed each other after an ill conceived exercise. The Republic will be beginning reconstruction efforts, but it will be decades before the planet is repaired.
(-25 PP)
--
Mission 3 (Councilor Mira, 2 Jedi Sentinels, 3 Padawans, the Outer Rim)
-Padawan Gayel Ducte-
Inside the ransacked rooms were still a number of interesting artifacts, ones these Rakghouls did not take. Reading the personal journals of Traya has been enlightening.
And frightening.
However, the most important piece: a Holocron; is missing. Now that we know it exists, we can feel it.
Now, we just need to reclaim it.
(+5 Knowledge)
--
Mission 4 (Councilor Atton Rand, 1 Jedi Sentinel, 2 Padawans, the Colonies)
-Councilor Atton Rand-
Arson. The last building was burned to the ground, and even soaked in cheap fuel, the sort the hutts are shipping to Telos.
If I were anybody else, it might be enough to throw me off the scent.
But I'm not anybody else. I'm Atton Rand, and Revan taught me to be an assassin.
Suffice to say, we'll be heading to Nar Shadda soon.
--
Mission 5 (Bastila, 1 Jedi Guardian, 1 Padawan, Ossus)
-Councilor Bastila-
We've established a contract with Mission to move supplies to Ossus, helping retie the planet to the Galactic Trade Network.
Oh, and don't forget, the referendum will be held in the next few months, in this quarter. I'd expect around roughly the time we're all meeting together to synthesize what we've relearned from artifacts.
(+10 Ossus)
--
Mission 6 (1 Jedi Guardian, 2 Jedi Padawans, Dantooine)
-Padawan Gala Vard-
That Mandalorian who's sweet on Ossin dropped by and gave us a few gifts for him.
Among them, a number of "Trophies" the Mandalorians stole from Jedi.
(+10 Dantooine)
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ConfusedCanuck
Where did it all go wrong?
- Location
- Neverland
We've encountered the Vong several thousand years before they invade the galaxy oh boy. How many jedi do we have again? Cause I don't think we have enough to deal with them right now.
Voikirium
SV's Estalia Guy
- Location
- Ruritania Illinois
- Pronouns
- He/Him
These are very different from canon Vong.
I was trying to make that clear from the get-go but I'll just come out and say "they aren't going to try and invade the whole entire galaxy."
ConfusedCanuck
Where did it all go wrong?
- Location
- Neverland
Oh ok that's reassuring cause we wouldn't have lasted given the galaxy is still rebuilding after the last war.
Barondoctor
The things I chase come to me.
- Location
- The other side of the mirror
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
The Vong make an interesting problem.
Especially because we kiiiinda disagreed with them in our initial encounter, rather than discussing their philosophy and finding that disagreeable.
Especially because we kiiiinda disagreed with them in our initial encounter, rather than discussing their philosophy and finding that disagreeable.
Icipall
Don't worry, we can fanfix that!
- Location
- Cold snow fields of Finland
I'm sorry, what?
Convenient.
Dammit.
Lot of roads lead to Nar Shaddaa.
Well, that was nice of them.
Well, the first recorded Vong scouts appeared little before the Mandalorian Wars.
So, does this mean that the canon Vong don't exist, or that this is a small splinter faction?
Voikirium
SV's Estalia Guy
- Location
- Ruritania Illinois
- Pronouns
- He/Him
No canon Vong. Because they have...ah, problems.
Especially with my "no species that allows edgelords to justify genocide" rule.
The Englanderish
Schrödinger's Kuudere Kitty Caliph(a)
- Location
- Califat de Chats
Aight sure just casually throw Vong at us as a curveball, guess that's one way to raise the stakes.
Yeah it seemed like it purely from the fact that they somehow crossed the galactic voic millennia early.
IRC no, that's just fan interpretation of a fairly vague encounter that could've easily been nothing of the sort apart from having biotech. And IMO Vong scouts millennia before the rest turned up just like... makes no fucking sense at all? So I never really bought that as a fan theory.
Voikirium
SV's Estalia Guy
- Location
- Ruritania Illinois
- Pronouns
- He/Him
What can I say, I make odd decisions this early in the day.Aight sure just casually throw Vong at us as a curveball, guess that's one way to raise the stakes.
Voikirium
SV's Estalia Guy
- Location
- Ruritania Illinois
- Pronouns
- He/Him
To be fair, the vikings showed up in America centuries before long term European contact was established with the New World, so.
So it's a bit fitting that in space fantasy, such could happen.(Sorry to double post, but like. This is actually one of those things I have been thinking about as I make "my" Vong, so having some discussion on it could be helpful)
Icipall
Don't worry, we can fanfix that!
- Location
- Cold snow fields of Finland
Technically it is, but considering the description it fits the Vong, and they'd have to have spread their scouts wide to find a suitable Galaxy. Crossing the galactic void in a massive fleet takes a long time.
There are also the other things from the Vong galaxy that arrived to SW galaxy before the Vong main fleet.
The Englanderish
Schrödinger's Kuudere Kitty Caliph(a)
- Location
- Califat de Chats
True, but it wasn't the vikings or even Denmark who ended up doing the main colonial stuff all those centuries later, so yaknow.To be fair, the vikings showed up in America centuries before long term European contact was established with the New World, so.
(Sorry to double post, but like. This is actually one of those things I have been thinking about as I make "my" Vong, so having some discussion on it could be helpful)
I just seems implausible to me that the Vong could've been both close enough to accurately converge with a returning scout to get info from it, yet still be thousands of years out. And a lot of the extra Vong stuff ahead of the invasion was basically retconned into that state long after its original appearance.
Yes it does vaguely fit a Vong description, but I don't think the Vong should get to inherently corner the market on biotech or asteroid integration like that either.
It's possible it was a Vong ship Canderous encountered, but I don't think it would've been a scout, and I'd honestly lean more towards something from the unknown parts of the galaxy (to the mainstream SW Republic and such at least), especially given how divorced from the Vong era KOTOR was.
That said, this take on the Vong in this quest might be an interesting development - guess we'll see where it goes.
Icipall
Don't worry, we can fanfix that!
- Location
- Cold snow fields of Finland
That's Star Wars for you, thing developed over 30 years with dozens of creators with barely any supervision of how to make it all fit together until the 90s. Things happen and might not get revisited until decades/hundreds/thousands of in setting years later.
Thors_Alumni
Proud member of Thors Class VII from Liberl
- Location
- Liberl Zemuria.
As long as this version of the Vong are nothing like the Legends version, I am okay with that.
The Englanderish
Schrödinger's Kuudere Kitty Caliph(a)
- Location
- Califat de Chats
The Vong were not in fact planned all along tho.
Icipall
Don't worry, we can fanfix that!
- Location
- Cold snow fields of Finland
Only things that were planned all a long and while not being part of the same series (ToJ, NJO, etc.) or published, at most, few years of each other were the og and prequel trilogies, and even they changed along the way.The Vong were not in fact planned all along tho.
Well it's annoying that we're currently at a net negative PP but I'm sure we'll recover it
I was concerned when the Vong appeared but since they're not the edgy mess of the Legends Vong I'll take it
I was concerned when the Vong appeared but since they're not the edgy mess of the Legends Vong I'll take it