Setting a JvS Era, and How We're Handling Episode VII

Only suggestion that I might make is this:



Seeing as, I believe, the new books and games and other materials still retain the moniker of "Expanded Universe." Otherwise, it looks great!

Friends,

In an effort to bring JvS into better compliance with the Legacy Era, the following planets which were damaged or destroyed in the EU have been updated:

Alderaan -> Renamed to New Alderaan
Byss -> Destroyed, not used, archived
Caamas -> Was resettled, so it has been left alone
Carida -> Renamed to New Carida
Ithor -> Was being restored as of 137 ABY, we can assume that restoration succeeded
Malachor V -> Destroyed in 3000 BBY, but a very significant Sith location. We will assume activation of the mass shadow generator failed to destroy planet
Mon Calamari -> Destruction did not happen until ~137 ABY so we can ignore this
Obroa-Skai -> Was restored, so it has been left alone
Serndipal -> Destroyed, rarely used, archived
Wayland -> Renamed to New Wayland

Additionally, around a dozen unused planets have been archived (in general, if a planet had no posts in the last 2 years -- since January 1, 2014 -- it was archived). In the future, I expect that we will offer a process to request that an archived planet be restored, if there is enough support.

Please stay tuned for more updates about JvS, the Legacy era, the sequel movie trilogy, and the list of available planets. If anyone has suggestions about planets that have been placed in the wrong sector, please let us know below -- that is another area I would like to clean up.

~Whill High Shaman Chill

That's the question, though. I was hoping someone would bring this up. Is our New Alderaan the canon New Alderaan, or would it be too disriptive to established backstories for us to move it?

Hi

I was linked here by a helpful fellow player who read my profile/RP and mentioned there might be an issue with the new canon ships from The Force Awakens.
I am RPing a resistance fighter who got almost all his group wiped out by the First Order trying to steal a resurgent-class battlecruiser. They escaped into hyperspace with the badly damaged ship and a handful of survivors, but lost far more personnel and resources than the ship was worth, in a Derra IV/Hoth like disaster for the Resistance.

I see there isn't a Resistance faction here, and I'd be interested in getting one off the ground, one day.

My question is, am I allowed to RP with this ship?

Someone suggested some sort of wormhole/time travel business from the movie universe to the JvS universe. I'm not sure about that idea.

In the Force Awakens there is both a republic and a resistance though right? The republic is a government, the resistance is for want of a better word, terrorists.

There's probably nothing wrong with RPing with the ship itself (nothing prohibits ships and tech from the new movie canon from being used on JvS so long as their origin can be explained and they follow our normal rules on tech), but you would need a slightly different origin story to make it's existence more plausible. Maybe your Resistance movement is more localized, or maybe "resistance" is an informal term for the Alliance that is used only among your men, or something like that. Or maybe you do as Victor suggests, and just use the Alliance name. But it's up to you ... most people here will roll with your story if it's plausible and it doesn't directly contradict their existing story.

As a related point, there's no rule that says the common JvS Era is absolutely mandatory, but practically speaking, if you're the only one writing in the Clone Wars era, every other character you meet is going to think your character is stark crazy and/or a time traveler. 

Excellent, then I have no concerns about this.

On another note, the General Rules have been updated to reflect the Legacy Era ruling that was announced in this thread. Apologizes for that oversight!