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This is a thread dedicated to the rebuilding and reviving of the Taung subfaction. Here any ideas or suggestions to make this happen can be found.

First, although maybe not at the top of the list, is the rank system. To me, the rank system is very Unmando. So, my friend Rameth has found replacement ranks, and will be posting them shortly.

If anyone else is interested in the revival of the Taung faction and has any input, feel free to post it here.
 

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This would probably be better fitting of the Taung Subfaction Board. If an admin could move it over then I'd appreciate it.

Currently, the Taung don't have a leader, a good roster, or anything really, so whoever wants to work in building the Taung will have to start from bottom up.

As recently suggested by the admins, we may want to change the name of the Taung to something more Mandalorian. Even if it's the Taung of Mandalore, it makes a connection that could make the faction more appealing.
 

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Ok well here's what I got.

Mand'alor - Mandalore

Alor'akaan - Warleader (lit. Leader of War)

Al'verde - Commander (lit. Leader of Warriors)

Verde - Warrior

Ge'verd - Initiate (lit. Almost a Warrior)

I tried to replace what you guys already had with more mando sounding words. I couldn't really find one for Overlord though. I would suggest adding in the Ori'ramikade, which are the supercommandos that Mandalorians are famous for, which could replace Overlord.


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Technically the Taung should be called the Mandalorians, as that is what they call themselves. They referred to themselves as Mandalorians after they arrived on Manda'yaim (the planet Mandalore) and named themselves Mando'ade (children of Mand'alor). See the trend? lol
 
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This would probably be better fitting of the Taung Subfaction Board. If an admin could move it over then I'd appreciate it.

Currently, the Taung don't have a leader, a good roster, or anything really, so whoever wants to work in building the Taung will have to start from bottom up.

As recently suggested by the admins, we may want to change the name of the Taung to something more Mandalorian. Even if it's the Taung of Mandalore, it makes a connection that could make the faction more appealing.

Right, didn't think of that, please move this there.

Me and Rameth would definitely be interested in rebuilding this faction, even if it is from the ground up. We have both had a lot of experience in RPing, though not on this site specifically. Though I understand if you all aren't too keen on giving faction control to a new guy and someone who is still sort of a new guy.
 

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Right, didn't think of that, please move this there.

Me and Rameth would definitely be interested in rebuilding this faction, even if it is from the ground up. We have both had a lot of experience in RPing, though not on this site specifically. Though I understand if you all aren't too keen on giving faction control to a new guy and someone who is still sort of a new guy.

This site doesn't give vets any special treatment- your time here isn't nearly as important as your dedication to the position. Either way, the Hutt faction as a whole is there to support, so you're not completely on your own.

I'd be interested in any ideas you have. What we'd need to start the board is:

An updated Taung history going off what has already been posted
An updated ranking system and roster- you can see examples on any of the faction boards
A list of a few potential missions/goals that we can immediately jump into.

Whatever we do we need momentum to start it up. I've heard a lot of interest brewing around the Taung lately- it might be a good idea to PM everyone on the Roster and see if they're game for helping out. I know the Hutts can give the Taung assignments, we've got a long to-do list.
 

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I think the best thing would be to pick a Mandalore. It would make things easier for everyone if there was someone in charge who could talk to the Hutt leaders to make missions and get them involved by sending pms and starting threads and such.

If given the permission I would gladly update the roster, ranks and all that stuff myself :D
 

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I'd be interested in any ideas you have. What we'd need to start the board is:

An updated Taung history going off what has already been posted
An updated ranking system and roster- you can see examples on any of the faction boards
A list of a few potential missions/goals that we can immediately jump into.

An updated Taung history going off what has already been posted
a) Though I know I could get this done, I am not sure exactly what transpired before the faction went inactive, so it may be hard for me to expand upon the history.

An updated ranking system and roster
b) Me and/or Rameth can definitely get this done.

A list of a few potential missions/goals that we can immediately jump into.
c) I can definitely think of a few things to add to the goals of the Taung.
 

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I would be interested in helping with this, id hate to see the only mandalorian part of the site die...
 

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I'm here to help with this as well
 

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@Santoro - let me know who you'd like to see as Mandalore and we'll see about giving him/her that position.

Also, one thing I'm big on is tweaking the name - The Taung is historically correct, but it's not screaming Mandalorian to people. If anyone can think of a name for the faction that includes both Mandalorian and Taung in it, I think that could be a good psychological shift for getting people more interested in the faction.
 

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@Santoro - let me know who you'd like to see as Mandalore and we'll see about giving him/her that position.

Also, one thing I'm big on is tweaking the name - The Taung is historically correct, but it's not screaming Mandalorian to people. If anyone can think of a name for the faction that includes both Mandalorian and Taung in it, I think that could be a good psychological shift for getting people more interested in the faction.

Wookieepedia says on Mandalore the Firsts page that it was between 24,000 BBY to 7,000 BBY but almost everywhere else it says specifically 7,000 BBY so now I'm not so sure. Also you guys had a Mandalore so I assumed that Mandalore (the planet) had already been settled. Couldn't we just assume that the planet that the Hutts found was a, recently, established Mandalore? As you guys never did specify which Planet it was. Also whoever is dubbed Mandalore could assume the mantle Mandalore the First which would keep with the timeline sort of, give or take a few thousand years.
 

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Wookieepedia says on Mandalore the Firsts page that it was between 24,000 BBY to 7,000 BBY but almost everywhere else it says specifically 7,000 BBY so now I'm not so sure. Also you guys had a Mandalore so I assumed that Mandalore (the planet) had already been settled. Couldn't we just assume that the planet that the Hutts found was a, recently, established Mandalore? As you guys never did specify which Planet it was. Also whoever is dubbed Mandalore could assume the mantle Mandalore the First which would keep with the timeline sort of, give or take a few thousand years.

Well, the title isn't exactly Mandalore. It's the Mandalorian spelling of it (Mand'alor or whatever). It's meant to be before Mandalore the First. While one Wookieepedia page does say earlier, most sources lean towards 7,000 BBY so that's where we'd prefer to keep Mandalore the First.

Regardless of what we do here, it's still intended to be the precursor to the Mandalorians as we know them post-7,000 BBY.
 

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I may be an idiot for asking this, but what would be the problem with simply changing the name to The Mandalorians?
 

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I may be an idiot for asking this, but what would be the problem with simply changing the name to The Mandalorians?

Because we still want to emphasize that these are the Taungs, the precursor to the Mandalorians. Even if we started allowing non-Taung members, these Taung are highly anti-non-Taungs so the Taungs would still comprise the leadership. "Taung" still really needs to be in the title.
 

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Hmm...well I can see that being a problem with trying to make the Taung and Mandalorians synonymous. I can understand using the name but without a Mandalore (planet) that would also mean no Mandalorian iron, many words in Mando'a not able to be used and the title Mandalore itself kind of like a phony. It would be much easier to just make the Taung and Mandalorians very new.

I would still be glad to help revive the faction but IMO trying to combine the two without actually making them one, i.e Mandalorian, seems a mistake. It would be much better to have them develop on their own without trying to piece together things from the future.
 

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How about Roon? Its where the Taung settled down after being driven off Coruscant and before conquering Mandalore (the planet). We could use that as their current base.
 

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Well, the title isn't exactly Mandalore. It's the Mandalorian spelling of it (Mand'alor or whatever). It's meant to be before Mandalore the First. While one Wookieepedia page does say earlier, most sources lean towards 7,000 BBY so that's where we'd prefer to keep Mandalore the First.

Regardless of what we do here, it's still intended to be the precursor to the Mandalorians as we know them post-7,000 BBY.


I'm confused as to how we even have a Mandalore if we're before Mandalore the first's time. I'm aware that we moved the Taung species off Coruscant for timeline sake, " as I believe thats were they're supposed to be right now " Cant we change some of the Taung's history off of canon as well to make it fit better into the timeline?
 

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I'm confused as to how we even have a Mandalore if we're before Mandalore the first's time. I'm aware that we moved the Taung species off Coruscant for timeline sake, " as I believe thats were they're supposed to be right now " Cant we change some of the Taung's history off of canon as well to make it fit better into the timeline?

Not really, because there's really nothing before Mandalore the First with the Taung other than what we already have - like leaving Coruscant, which happened thousands of years before us in canon already. That's not something we bent for the timeline, they're not on Coruscant in this era in canon either.

But like I said, we don't have a title "Mandalore," we have "Mand'alor" or whatever the spelling is. It just says "Mandalore" on the roster so as to not confuse people over what "Mand'alor" is. It's a pre-Mandalore the First leadership title.
 

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What about "Travissties"?

It sums up their tragic future in a neat wordplay!
 
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