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Thank you for rebooting this.  Was kinda bummed out te previous game was deleted before I even made a second post outside the OOC.

Aahhhh... *stretches* Good to be back!

By the way, are we doing a story reboot/revamp as well or continuing from where we left off?

Based on the threads, I assume we are continuing the story from whee we left off.

Working on that right now. We could start it over with a new story and new time period, or we could pick up where we left off. Any preferences or ideas?

If we're talking ANY time period, I quite like the Old Republic era. Perhaps during the Mandalorian Wars?

I like the old republic too, but the mandalorian wars would basically exclude sith.  If we are switching eras I'd vote for Old Republic during the main Republic/Sith Empire war (including the initial strike, the cold war, and the full war) just because there are so many possibilities.  I'm fine with whatever we decide on though

True. I hadn't thought about the absence of the Sith. Legacy era is always an option too. It's just as open-ended as Old Republic, but if we set it after any canon events, literally anything is possible.

We could dial it back to any point during the old republic, not just hyperspace war or the mandalorian war. There is a host of time periods that werent fully realized inbetween. We could also start from the point that the other game did. Some undefined amount of time after Episode 6 where enough time had passed to start new jedi academys and new sith lords to arise.

I'm find with either to be honest.

Looking at setting this about fifty years prior to The disaster known as the Phantom Menace, about 75 BBY. This timeframe is pretty much wide open to both canon and Legacy timelines.

Works?

Sounds good to me.

I'm good with that

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 12):

That sounds good to me.

We believe to have a start to a story for everyone to jump in on and start playing.

"It has been said that long ago the Dark Lord Freedon Nadd immersed himself in equal parts light and dark. Honing and crafting the dark side of the force by imbuing it with the light. In this effort that it has been said that he created a terrifying instrument, a weapon with power unrivaled. Such a a weapon was never used, and the people who claimed to have seen it were either madmen or never heard from after. When the dark lord perished, a great hunt for his instrument began, but after many generations found nothing and war breaking out across the galaxy, it became little more than a fable to tell young padawans and history moved on.

Two months ago, a valuable trinket of a small bronze age village in a remote planet was given to a newly knighted jedi as thanks for their help in diverting a river that would have drowned the entire village. Two months ago, a holocron was given as gift, and the first genuine clue to the location of Freedon Nadd's lgendary creation was discovered.

Word spread fast in the fight circles, and the hunt begins again. No one knows what the fallen jedi created, but what it might be is all that matters. To some it is a weapon that must be destroyed before it falls in to the wrong hands. To others it is tool that will help them gain the control and power necessary to carve out their territory in the galaxy. To other still it is a paycheck several lifetimes over."

((Story subject to change or adjustment as needed))

What we really need now is a couple things from you guys. A sort of straw poll.

Would you prefer to start where we left off in the last game? The alternative would be that, since not all of the players from the last game have joined this one just yet, do you want to start from scratch with the story?

It would also be helpful if you had any start bias or preferences. (Start solo/with another player, Any specific planet, any specific starting hook in to the story (i.e. in jail, mission from superior/client, in a bar, at a disaster sight, etc...), and anything else that you might want to start your story off)

Story sounds good.  I'm fine with either as I had barely started in the other game.  If we start fresh, here's my preferences:

I prefer group RP so I'd like to either start solo but meet up with other players quickly or I somehow inadvertently group up (breaking into a law enforcement facility tracking down a lead/person of interest that might be another player, or myself and another player are going after the same thing and need each other's skill sets to accomplish the task, etc. but am open to mostly any ideas).  I'd have to work it out with the other player so it flows better.  I'm fine with any planet to start on

I would rather we start from scratch. As for start bias, I have no problem getting myself in another crash and interrupting a conversation with it. Although I'm honestly open to anything.

I could use a bounty hunting partner.

Updated story:

"The Battle of Yavin will not occur for another Seventy Five years.

There is no Galactic Empire.

Sneev Palpatine is but a boy, and has no idea what the Sith are.

The Galactic Republic rules the galaxy with a peaceful, if stagnant, hand.

Beyond the Core and out of the watchful eyes of the Senate, the galaxy is a much wilder place than the core believes. The Sith are alive and well, hidden away from Republic's eyes, playing dangerous chess games against the Jedi Council's forces. Corruption is rampant along the Rim while smugglers and scoundrels ply their trade, and those that draw too much attention become the targets of bounty hunters and mercenaries. It was a dangerous time in the galaxy, but the balance of the Force was maintained.

Until now.

Word has begun to spread of a treasure trove of ancient Sith artifacts after a Jedi Holocron was discovered on Dxun in the tomb of Freedon Nadd.  It was supposedly found by a young man known only as Zir seeking to become a Dark Lord of the Sith. The Holocron contained clues to five other locations, but nothing else that the force blind discoverer could tell, except it burned an Arkanian letter into his palm he will show no one. Most think it is nothing more than a tall tale, fiction created by too much imagination and alcohol, but

The Jedi are quietly trying to locate Zir and his Holocron. The Sith do as well. Everyone else knows that there are unimaginable amounts of credits to be found if they can discover it first. For anyone to find the truth, Allegiances shall be formed


The Balance of the Force may be about to be tipped"

Sounds awesome! So, is this assumed that the Rule of Two never became a thing? Or is this just an offshoot group that doesn't obey the Rule of Two? I'm not too informer on the era immediately before the prequels, so forgive me if it's common knowledge.

Also, I believe it's Sheev Palpatine, not Sneev.

Legacy era holds that the rule of two still exists, but for the purposes of this game we can pretty much ignore it. Plagueis didnt really do a whole lot in the main stage of the galaxy during this time period anyway, he was all study and plotting for the most part.
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