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The Story
Topic Started: Feb 1 2009, 03:23 AM (113 Views)
Markus MacKracken	Feb 1 2009, 03:23 AM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 617 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: February 1, 2009 Faction: Neutral Rank: Enforcer Primary Weapon: Blaster Pistol Secondary Weapon Blaster Pistol Ship: Modified Light Freighter Home Planet: Corellia Age: 27	Star Wars: A Return to Glory RPG The Background It is 500 years after the Battle of Yavin and the Galaxy is at war yet again. The war waged between two of the more powerful societies with the Jedi behind The Commonwealth and the Sith backing the Confederacy. This war spread destruction for a century across the Galaxy. The war was the most destructive to the region once known as the Corporate Sector: leaving planets desolated by damage, killing millions in the crossfire, and destroying space lanes by leaving debris all over essentially leaving the area to be left on its own without any sign of help. This desolation led to a Race of humans that developed an intense and unique way of using the Force. Among their abilities was the ability to influence minds from great distances, creating fear or causing them to see things that are not there, seeing the future and with some the many possible futures by seeing future decisions yet to be made, force concealment, and incredibly fast reflexes. With each generation this group people only had children with their own kind which caused these powers to become more and more powerful. After three generations some of them became so powerful they saw what had caused the problems on their world. With those visions came a powerful need for revenge against those they saw as the cause, the Jedi, the Sith, and those that they thought blindly followed them. A council was formed with the 7 most powerful to figure out how to restore their home and bring about revenge on their enemies. The council used the Force to learn of the new found peace in the galaxy, but these visions also told them it was a very unsteady peace. Through these visions they saw a young Skywalker rise to lead the Jedi and the Commonwealth to end the now known Hundred Years War. This Skywalker led the Jedi Council to ground breaking and devastating victories against the Sith. In these visions of the past they saw that the Jedi could wipe out the Sith and the Confederacy but choose compassion instead and offered a peace to the war. Through this the Council now knew how to get its revenge on the Jedi. Through more visions they saw how ruthless and aggressive the Sith are revealing their weaknesses. The Council knew it would have to keep hidden and avoid a direct on confrontation with any of the Jedi or Sith since they were skilled warriors. As a Council they began to use their abilities to alter other’s minds and perceptions to breed fear, paranoia, and greed. Soon there was no need to induce those feelings in the public and the Galaxy fell back into a war. The new war was sparked over small things that simply got out of hand for both sides. The Council now used its abilities to create battles where they choose and effectively maneuvered them to the outcomes that best fit their desires. The war had raged for 4 years before they began to assert themselves on other events. Turning some governments and the public paranoia over the perception of the Force Users and who was really fighting this war. Due to their skills they saw that this was the time that a small group of refugees would find their way to them. They called themselves the Federation and were simply trying to flee the new war. The bond was nearly instantaneous as the Council took the leadership roles of this group. Now that they had a way of expanding into the galaxy the council put the next stages of their plan into action - patience. Over the next four years they continued to build power using puppet governments and planted members in the public, government, and military to picture the war as pointless. Each battle enforced those ideas they had planted as they saw that the battles did nothing but kill normal people while very few Jedi or Sith were ever hurt or killed unless they battled each other directly. Once the seed was in the mindset of the media the rest began to fall into place with fear and paranoia taking over. The Council used this time to advise those in the Federation as to what would happen next and how to help those they could. As each event happened as the Federation had predicted their power grew in the Galaxy. Soon with the help of the Federation it appeared as though the war would come to an end. The Jedi and Sith had become aware of the growing disturbance in the Force from somewhere and became more cautious but still unaware of the real threat. It was leaked that the Federation was in fact a group of rare Force Users that were manipulating both sides. This was when the Council put the most dangerous part of their plan into effect. It set up the Jedi and the Sith to attack the Federation leaders. The council allowed the location of a conference between them and the leaders of the Military in a central location, a stadium on Genosis. The Federation leaders brought along the Secret Police, specially trained to deal with Force Users, for their protection. The Council used the Force to hide the Jedi, Sith, and Secret Police from one another as each group approached the designated stadium. The Jedi had come to inquire what the intentions were of the Federation and to lend assistance if possible. The Sith though came with anger and an overwhelming need to destroy everyone they encountered. Once inside the stadium the Secret Police took up positions all around the middle of the stadium while the Jedi and Sith came from opposite directions and the leaders went into a ray shielded room that would protect from accidents while watching everything on holocams. Once the Jedi and Sith were in the Stadium the Council sat back to watch nature take its course as both factions quickly erupt into battle. As the final Jedi and Sith wearily battled on the Secret Police were summoned to clean up those few who survived or were to wounded to go on, above starships patrolled to ensure none survived or could attempt to flee. The cleansing of force users was now complete. With both armies behind them the Council wasted no time in taking action and took the battle directly to the Jedi and Sith. In a bold move multiple attacks were carried out on Sith and Jedi camps throughout the Galaxy. With the Council using its ability to conceal themselves and others in the Force there was no warning for those in the attacks until it was too late. Suicide bombers, strategic missile attacks, strafing runs, and outnumbering those they were after it killed nearly all of the residents in the areas. Many now thought the war was over with the Jedi and Sith wiped out in such a decisive way. The Council played that up for the public as they allowed the leaders of the Federation to downsize the military, bring back people to their homes, and began clean up of the Galaxy as well. While at the same time they created a Secret Police that would obey them without thought or remorse. The Jedi had lost several of its leaders in the onslaught, including the 3 last remaining Skywalkers, and turned to the last of the Solo family to lead them back. The Sith had turned to its last hope in a Sith Lord of the Halycon line to bring back their power. Jedi and Sith sought to reorganize to face this new challenge by conducting a meeting with in each of their respective groups. The Council saw these meetings happen in a vision and with knowing when and where they used the most powerful of them to figure out a way to end this feud once and for all. After several meditations and scenarios the Council had learned of the best way to destroy each group. The Jedi gathered on a remote moon to a planet long since thought destroyed and void of living beings, Caamas. On this moon the Council set up several hidden bombs and hid the battle group within the Force until it was time to mop up what was left of the Jedi. The ensuing explosions and mop up duty killed all of the Jedi who attended the meeting effectively ending the blood lines of the Skywalkers and Solo’s. The plan to destroy the Sith was simpler in nature, they just used the greed for power of the Sith against themselves. With so many of the powerful there at this meeting the greed for power caused a battle not seen since the Battle of Kamino of Force Users in one area. After the battle left a few remaining the Federation sent in fighters to strafe those left and then bombed the whole site to make sure none survived. This has ended forever the bloodlines of Horn, Halycon, Durron, and several other Jedi and Sith family trees. Now with the Jedi and Sith menace over with the Federation was now in total control, with the Council behind them. The extent of their power reached the farthest extents of the Galaxy, rivaling the Old Republics as to the most expansive to be led by one government. The Military took on the peace keeper role of the Galaxy with the Secret Police conducting the will of the Council. Whenever the few Force Users left in the Galaxy became too powerful or gathered in any area the Council would sense it and send in the Secret Police to destroy them, leaving no survivors. Not all of the Jedi Masters made it to the meeting on Camaas. Four felt that any gathering of the Jedi might bring the mysterious and dark sense in the Force upon them that much faster. Instead the four of them vowed to go their separate ways and maintain a minimal amount of contact with each other in hopes that they would train in secret a select few that would one day in the future bring peace and justice back to the Galaxy. The Jedi Masters decided to go to places strong in the Force to try and hide their presences and decided on these four planets: the Forest Moon of Endor, Tattooine, Polar ice cap of Telos, and Dagobah. Each planet had its own unique challenges and obstacles to those who would train there. Three Sith Masters survived the attack leveled at them in their meeting. They left soon after the infighting began with their own thoughts on how the Sith would survive this betrayal by the Jedi and this Federation. They each went in their own direction creating a Sith alcove on planets to train small numbers of gifted students with lesser talented students to help keep their presence in the Force diminished as well. Each of them chooses planets very active in the Force as well to further keep their presences diminished. Mustafaar had one of the greatest battles in known history and a fierce atmosphere to train only the hardiest of candidates, Dathomir was the site of major conflict in the Hundred Years War and a place of potential in the Dark Side of the Force for those worthy enough to touch it, and Onderon is a place always full of conflict between the people who live there that only the truest of Sith Warriors would survive.
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Markus MacKracken	Feb 1 2009, 04:23 AM Post #2
Administrator Posts: 617 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: February 1, 2009 Faction: Neutral Rank: Enforcer Primary Weapon: Blaster Pistol Secondary Weapon Blaster Pistol Ship: Modified Light Freighter Home Planet: Corellia Age: 27	Chapter 1 A Galaxy in Unrest The Federation power has grown with each passing year. Now 600 years after the battle of Yavin the Council was no longer sensing any Jedi or Sith in the Force and turned their attentions inwards to the people they ruled over. The Military and Secret Police began to take on a more public appearance and searched for disloyalty within the Federation. The Jedi Masters had trained a select a few with explicit instructions to never organize until the real threat was truly gone. So each one was sent out into the Galaxy on their own to provide help where it is needed most while keeping as low a profile as possible. If they came across someone strong in the force they were to send them to one of the Jedi Masters to train. The Sith recruited as many Force Sensitive’s as they could to their training grounds. The strongest would use the weaker as training to perfect their skills and grow strong in the Force. Through the devote belief in the Sith ways the numbers were thinned due to killing one another in battles with each other. Now it is 650 years after the battle of Yavin the Federation has taken a very sudden change its ability to stop problems before they start. Where once greed and corruption would be stopped almost as soon as the thought has been had, now people can be bought and no one is the wiser. As the corruption grows so too does the rise in crime, smuggling, border disputes, and general out pouring of disgust with the lack of leadership from the Federation. In response the Federation begins to take certain Freedoms away, the Military become much more active, the Secret Police were not a secret any longer but are feared by many, and there an increase of general violence throughout the Galaxy. The Jedi have kept small but loyal friends in the Galaxy by performing small tasks, helping those who need it most, and staying out of the public eye. However, as the times become worse and worse there is a greater call for a return of times of old. There is talk of a rebellion beginning throughout the Galaxy with many now wishing the Jedi were back. The Sith sense a change in the Galaxy and are now looking beyond themselves and perhaps looking to regain their power in the Galaxy. Gangs and Crime bosses have taken a grip on several systems by buying politicians and taking over the economy with the lack of an organized government anymore. The Galaxy is on the verge of a potential collapse of its infrastructure….now who can build up a leadership to take control.
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