New Timeline: Dawn of the Republic

[Hatebackwards]

People that are interested in creating a Trade Federation type of commercial independent faction should start messaging each other nowish and start our own planning and plotting so we can get our indie faction sorted early in the new timeline. If several of us cooperate together instead of having half a dozen random similar factions we can have one really strong faction. I think it would be neat to be able to add to the timeline by including an economic angle to the game and we can mix politics with corporate intrigue. I'm not looking to be faction leader, someone more experienced in this community can do that. I just think we should organize now so we can have a strong foundation. Message me if you're interested and we'll get this started.

 

[Sandpiper]

People that are interested in creating a Trade Federation type of commercial independent faction should start messaging each other nowish and start our own planning and plotting so we can get our indie faction sorted early in the new timeline. If several of us cooperate together instead of having half a dozen random similar factions we can have one really strong faction. I think it would be neat to be able to add to the timeline by including an economic angle to the game and we can mix politics with corporate intrigue. I'm not looking to be faction leader, someone more experienced in this community can do that. I just think we should organize now so we can have a strong foundation. Message me if you're interested and we'll get this started.

Fantastic idea. An indie faction that opposes the IGBC perhaps?

 

[Rom]

Will there be new character sheets, or is the old format going to be carried over for the new timeline?

 

[Green Ranger]

Will there be new character sheets, or is the old format going to be carried over for the new timeline?

I'd imagine there will most likely be tweaks made to the requirements. There's a hell of a lot of stuff on there that's simply unnecessary anymore.

That said, I can't imagine the new requirements for character sheets being drastically different either, so if people are interested in creating drafts then they can probably start and just keep an eye out for any changes we announce.

 

[Richie B.]

@Hatebackwards hey me and several others are trying to make a criminal faction, if you want to join us and be a front sort of face of our criminal empire. We are always looking for more members.

 

[Green Ranger]

Worth noting that Bac had a character like Bastele who went from a political position of power to leading the resistance and taking part in battles. Just because you're a senator doesn't mean you cannot take part in some sort of action thread. Take a look at Clone Wars if you need some inspiration; I can think of a few episodes off the top of my head where a politician character was put in a position of investigator, amateur soldier, and the occasional bait for an assassin. The character and stories are what you make it.

Needs to be said; I love the new direction for the Timeline and am very excited to take part.

Also, quoted for emphasis. The Star Wars galaxy is bloody dangerous, and the Republic encompasses a lot of worlds whose cultures have been shaped around conflicts - even without the LEgends stories, you can pretty easily surmise that some worlds have violent histories by the way they are portrayed - and even that aside, we already know from canon that the era we'll be RPing in is at the end of millenia of various conflicts with the Sith - even peaceful worlds like Naboo canonically train dignitaries with basic combat training, so it's not exactly a stretch of the imagination to have your character be more than just a politician, and really, if you want your character to be versatile in the RP instead of useful only in the Senate, then this should be factored in to the creative process.

 

[Kiro]

Also, quoted for emphasis. The Star Wars galaxy is bloody dangerous, and the Republic encompasses a lot of worlds whose cultures have been shaped around conflicts - even without the LEgends stories, you can pretty easily surmise that some worlds have violent histories by the way they are portrayed - and even that aside, we already know from canon that the era we'll be RPing in is at the end of millenia of various conflicts with the Sith - even peaceful worlds like Naboo canonically train dignitaries with basic combat training, so it's not exactly a stretch of the imagination to have your character be more than just a politician, and really, if you want your character to be versatile in the RP instead of useful only in the Senate, then this should be factored in to the creative process.

Also, even without outside threats such as the Sith, there are TONS of internal threats. Criminal groups like the Exchange, the Black Sun (which are in the NuCanon again, yay Rebels), pirates, the hutts, and other such unsavory groups wouldn't think twice of kidnapping a Senator for the rather hefty ransom they could bring in, or attack a Senator's transport for slaves or just plain loot.

We all know Senators are loaded, after all!

 

[Green Ranger]

Also, even without outside threats such as the Sith, there are TONS of internal threats. Criminal groups like the Exchange, the Black Sun (which are in the NuCanon again, yay Rebels), pirates, the hutts, and other such unsavory groups wouldn't think twice of kidnapping a Senator for the rather hefty ransom they could bring in, or attack a Senator's transport for slaves or just plain loot.

We all know Senators are loaded, after all!

Pretty much. Also remember, the Republic itself isn't all sunshine and daisies either. So there could be Republic member-worlds who are involved in a shadow war with one another as well. So long as the trade routes aren't interfered with, the Republic would probably consider it an internal dispute that they're not interested in intervening in.

 

[Kiro]

Yeah. That is basically what The Phantom Menace was about. The Trade Federation had a seat on the Senate, as nearly all of Cato Nemoidia's economy was tied to it, just like Naboo had it's senator, a Mr. Sheev if I recall. It was one member of the Republic trying to extort another, with the Republic, and the Jedi, doing bugger all to help.

 

[Green Ranger]

Yeah. That is basically what The Phantom Menace was about. The Trade Federation had a seat on the Senate, as nearly all of Cato Nemoidia's economy was tied to it, just like Naboo had it's senator, a Mr. Sheev if I recall. It was one member of the Republic trying to extort another, with the Republic, and the Jedi, doing bugger all to help.

Oh right. In hindsight I could have just pointed to that and been all 'See that? We're doing that.'

>.>

 

[Kiro]

Oh right. In hindsight I could have just pointed to that and been all 'See that? We're doing that.'

>.>

You shall learn in time, young grasshopper.

 

[Andrewza]

Rebulic is like the UN. Rather toothless, ineffective, run by a few powerfully groups, corrupt but better than all other options.

 

[Praetor]

Rebulic is like the UN. Rather toothless, ineffective, run by a few powerfully groups, corrupt but better than all other options.

*Gets triggered and starts ranting about RL politics*
Haha. But yeah, the only reason why the republic would be a boring faction to RP in is if we aren't creative with it. No faction, character, species, technology, etc is perfect. Find and exploit the flaws/weaknesses for a good time. :D

 

[Andrewza]

Hell the Clone wars did a number of senat based episode's that where all fun. Hell there could be senators that support the sith, are sith. What would happen if the Jedi killed a Sith that every one thought was a senator. So many Opstion for this faction. I may even play one instead of a Jedi.

 

[Hatebackwards]

Fantastic idea. An indie faction that opposes the IGBC perhaps?

Totally. We could even run our own banks. I imagine it like a giant mega-corporation that has a bunch of different subsidiaries and holding companies designed to make us competitive in as many markets as possible.

@Hatebackwards hey me and several others are trying to make a criminal faction, if you want to join us and be a front sort of face of our criminal empire. We are always looking for more members.

I'd rather this Trade Federation like faction be separate but we should keep in touch and develop our factions closely together, because the corporate world and the criminal underworld have a lot to offer each other.

 

[Sin]

Senators don't fight on the front lines while on the Senate, they wouldn't be allowed to do so because their life is to valuable to risk anything bad happening to them.

Self defense training, sure. Trained well enough to go on missions? Probably not best suited for those things. Sneaking around and doing shit on Chandrila? Absolutely.

Unless you were a soldier or combatant of some sort prior to becoming a Senator, probably not gonna be a physically confrontational bad ass.

 

[Rom]

Senators don't fight on the front lines while on the Senate, they wouldn't be allowed to do so because their life is to valuable to risk anything bad happening to them.

Self defense training, sure. Trained well enough to go on missions? Probably not best suited for those things. Sneaking around and doing shit on Chandrila? Absolutely.

Unless you were a soldier or combatant of some sort prior to becoming a Senator, probably not gonna be a physically confrontational bad ass.

Princess Leia Organs served as a member of Rebel Alliance combat operations despite being one of three people in charge of it. Bail Organa, Padme Amidala, and other members of both the Republic and Separatist senates took part in missions involving risk of life and limb as the situation demanded. And that's not even including the warrior cultured species that have a seat in the galactic Senate -- just because they're a senator doesn't mean they'd abandon the warrior culture of their race.

In Star Wars your senator is just as likely as the next person to pick up a weapon and fight when the need arises.

 

[Green Ranger]

Senators don't fight on the front lines while on the Senate, they wouldn't be allowed to do so because their life is to valuable to risk anything bad happening to them.

Self defense training, sure. Trained well enough to go on missions? Probably not best suited for those things. Sneaking around and doing shit on Chandrila? Absolutely.

Unless you were a soldier or combatant of some sort prior to becoming a Senator, probably not gonna be a physically confrontational bad ass.

It depends on the culture you hail from, really. If you come from one of the less civilized, far flung and more volatile colonies in the Republic, then there's a better chance of being trained for such things. If you come from a military culture, you'd probably have served a mandatory period in the army and have sufficient training. Hell, you could shoot womp rats in your T-16 recreationally and therefore be a reasonably skilled fighter pilot. It depends on the character and their origins.

Are they going to be hardened elite commandos? Probably not. But written in a certain way, a Senator could plausibly be a skilled combatant in a crisis.

 

[Sin]

@Rom

None of those characters were what I would consider assets, their presence usually got clones and rebels killed. To such a degree that Leis often expressed regret for being a stubborn schutta and endangering lives because she wanted to be retarded.

 

[Sin]

@Green Ranger

Yeah, I get that. I just hope it's the exception and not the rule...

If we have all these wanna-be heroes that try to be do it yourselfers I'm gonna be doing a lot of o_O