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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Nov 26, 2017 14:51:51 GMT -8
A barrage of turbo laser fire smashed into the Royal Palace. While the intention of the First Order was not total destruction, but a warning, the damage was intense. Whole sections of the room and upper floors collapsed, and there was high casualties among security forces and staff alike. As was protocol, at the first sign of trouble with the appearance of the Imperial fleet in orbit, the Palace had been placed in lockdown. Queen Adrianna and her courtiers and advisers were escorted to safety bunkers beneath the surface, and all civilian visitors and guests were likewise ushered out of the Palace and given directions or an escort to the nearest shelter. However, there was one problem the Royal guards had not anticipated. Because the city-wide shields had not been raised, the palace shields were not at full strength when the targeted blasts from orbit began to fall. It was a shocking violation of the Peace that the Council of Knowledge had established, and a dark day for the galaxy, but the immediate concern was survival. For a moment, the shields failed altogether as a generator went up with a fiery bang, but then it's backup unit kicked in, and gradually, order was restored.However, the damage was intense, and the rescue effort was substantial. Hampered by collapsed ceilings and floors in the upper levels, as well as the loss of numerous of their own brothers and sisters in arms, the Royal security forces were not in a position to yield any aid to Theed city for at least an hour after the initial attack.The Peace of Naboo was over, and the Imperials would pay.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Nov 26, 2017 14:46:09 GMT -8
Nice work, Altair Sirraf. I have respond to your post in Theed. We still need to do something about the Dioxis gas attack. Zalor Anneri, do you want to take some of the planetary ground troops and start handling that?
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Nov 26, 2017 14:39:42 GMT -8
*Shade fiddled with the Shield's modulation frequencies finding the perfect setting to deflect blaster fire - energy weapons - planetary bombardment devices and anything akin to that variety of weaponry, but something didn't feel right. Pulling up the holographic network from the remaining security cameras positioned throughout the city it only took a moment to find where the FO troops had made their stand. It took a moment to adjust the security camera's to zoom in enough to see what exactly was keeping the enemy troops from their assault, and there it was. Shade was paralyzed in fear as he blinked and reread the canister markings. Dioxis. After a moment he adjusted the settings again and the shield covering the city turned shade from blue to red as the frequencies on the shield began to change.""Your move, cowards..." Explosions rang out across Theed, and the security forces, such as they were, rushed to exact an evacuation. But the logistics were complicated, with many young people unschooled in the procedures, and more and more were called away from their posts to help, leaving fewer and fewer men to actually mount a defense. Soon, the Royal Guard would be deployed to backfill their ranks, but that would not happen until the Palace was locked down. In the mean time, it would not have taken more than one man to turn on the city-wide shields, so what had gone so horribly wrong?That answer was to be found at the business end of one of the bombing runs. The last, dying thought on the mind of the shield technician as all hell broke loose was that he should have spent the night at work, just in case the shields were needed before the maintenance overhaul was complete. But he had gotten complacent after years of peace, and going home to some good rum had sounded better. And then the darkness took him, and their was no more time to consider how many of his fellow citizens he had doomed.Their readiness had been exposed, but there was at least one woman in Theed who never lost her cool in these situations. The Palace shields alone could not withstand this firepower. Someone had to get the city-wide shields online.After confirming that the Queen was safe in her bunker deep below the palace, the former Senator Alyse Naberrie slipped through ancient tunnels beneath the surface, dragging two Royal Naboo Security Forces troopers with her along a route even they barely knew existed. Finally, after what seemed like two hours but was probably closer to 20 minutes, they burst through a disused service door into the main shield control room for the city, guns drawn, to face -- someone who clearly didn't belong down here.=Alyse=Her eyes went from the man's face to the control board in front of him, and then to the large tactical screens on the far wall. The shield was up and charging. Her face changed from fury to one of pure bewilderment. "W-what on Naboo is this?" She gasped, lowered his blaster a few inches. There was a pause as the young woman shook her head to clear her long brown hair from her eyes, and the troopers took up flanking positions on either side of her. "That is to say, who are you, and what are you doing here? This is a restricted area."
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Nov 26, 2017 14:26:14 GMT -8
[Aboard the 'East' Golan defense platform]
Among the pair of Golan-III space defense platforms in orbit of the planet, the men on the 'West' side were helpless to interfere as the conflict was well out of their range. The same was not true for the platform orbiting over the 'East' side of the planet. The platform didn't have a lot of maneuverability, but what it lacked in that department, it made up for with its armament. As soon as Captain Typho's warning went unanswered, the platform commander gave the order, and all 50 turbolaser batteries came online. Volleys of proton torpedos shot out, followed by concussion missiles, all aimed upward at the bridge decks of the hostile star destroyers. Within moments, they would be joined by the turbolaser batteries.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Nov 26, 2017 14:08:54 GMT -8
[Aboard the Naboo Royal Navy cruiser Padme Amidala.] Up until this point, Captain Cid Typho of the Interdictor-class heavy cruiser parked in a polar orbit over Naboo had watched the Imperial activities in bemusement, suspecting from the separate fleets and their lack of coordination that the potential invaders were not united in their intentions. He was content to let his existing course bring him into range of the trespassers within due time, while first affording him the opportunity to observe their actions. They seemed not to have noticed his task force's presence, as they were directly over the South Pole of the planet when the Imperials arrived. He gave the orders to his pair of CR-92a Corellian Corvette escorts to establish a defensive perimeter, and ordered all pilots to their duty stations, and then the shields were readied.Chommell Sector Fleet - Battlegroup Delta Captain Cid Typho, Naboo Royal Navy (1) Immobilizer 418 Cruiser - Padme Amidala (2) CR-92a Corellian Corvettes (12) N-1T Advanced Starfighters (4) NB-1T Royal Bombers =Typho= Leaning forward slightly in his command chair, the captain broadcast a stern message on an open channel. This is Captain Typho of the Naboo Royal Navy. You are trespassing in sovereign space and your conduct is a violation of the neutrality of Naboo, as established by all Force traditions through the Council of Knowledge, and held as sacred for decades. In the name of Queen Adrianna, I demand an explanation for your conduct. Power down your weapons systems, and you will be allowed to depart ---We will send a warning to the Naboo." Yularen looked to his right, at the Chief Gunnery Officer. "Focus the forward batteries on Sectors Four and Five in Theed. Clear all Stormtroopers from the areas. Aim the rear batteries on the Royal Palace and the Royal Hangers." Some of the officers gawked, others chuckled, as Yularen turned back towards the windows to stare back out at Naboo. His head tilted slightly to glance at the surround bridge officers. "You may fire when ready." Typho stopped short and ground his teeth. "Full speed ahead! Get me in range of those idiots, and get those turbolasers online now!" Moments later, arriving from the south at a right angle from the Imperial point of attack, and possibly at a higher altitude by this time, the Immoblizer would open fire with as many of its 20 quad turbolasers as could find targets, while the Corvettes would concentrate fire on the smaller ships or any starfighters foolish enough to break off their patterns and cross the open space toward the cruiser."If you can get a clear line on the bridge, take it, otherwise, target the engines and hyperdrives of those star destroyers! Don't leave them with anything they can use to escape the planet's gravity." Typho was seething mad now. He would give this Imperial fool something to think about for his treachery.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Nov 25, 2017 22:42:18 GMT -8
Zalor Anneri The planetary defenses are actually listed in my planetary guide here and here. I need to swap out some of the old noncanon stuff for canon equivalents from the armored regiments, but you are free to start using the ground troops if you want. I have a plan for the orbital stuff which I will hopefully get to execute tomorrow. Also, I guess we'll convert those Golan IVs to the canon (and less powerful) Golan IIIs for the time being.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Nov 25, 2017 22:19:30 GMT -8
That would be awesome. You're hired, haha.
My next task is to dig up what stuff we already possess, so I am not PG'ing it either, and we know what we can use. If it's not sufficient, we'll upgrade after this is over.
While I'm annoyed with how this has gone so far, I don't think it's necessarily done any serious harm yet, so I'm going to try to make it work. I do need to read the ground-side posts in more detail, so my opinion may change tomorrow, haha.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Nov 25, 2017 22:05:13 GMT -8
I will try to post some responses from the Naboo defense forces tomorrow.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Nov 25, 2017 21:45:23 GMT -8
I heard there might be some trouble here, so I'm checking in to see what's up. Right now, I have two related concerns:
1) When the topic of orbital bombardment came up in chat, I was assured that was only a joke and there were no plans to do so. I specifically asked this question because I wanted to judge whether I would need to be an active part of the defense, and whether I needed to elaborate on the existing defenses of the planet for you or not. I came away from that discussion convinced that this was not a large enough attack to warrant the planetary defenses being activated, and that I could sit this one out for the time being. If circumstances have changed and we have moved beyond a mere raid to something much bigger, I would expect to have been immediately notified.
2) Please note once again that the whole premise of "anything goes" on Naboo came with a warning: If you cause a big enough ruckus that I can't realistically ignore the incident, there will be a response, and there are established defenses / protocols / orbital defenses / etc. that should be respected. Showing up with 5 star destroyers is way too obvious and definitely not subtle. I don't understand why you would bring such a large force to apprehend The Wayward Sons crew when a smaller raid would attract less attention and interference, but I suppose I have no choice but to respond accordingly.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Nov 14, 2017 18:39:24 GMT -8
It wasn't clear to me why Naboo would be a target (there's very little GA presence), and I don't have any specific plans. If chasing Adi's crew is part of what makes Naboo a target, I'm happy to roll with that.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Nov 14, 2017 5:25:08 GMT -8
Im pretty sure that the GA would want to protect one of their planets regardless. Hrm. It is on the list of worlds but I just saw Kel'Al mention in Discord last night that Naboo was neutral. Kel'Al Raganella can you confirm either way? (either way an IC call for help would be appreciated, if it's already happened point me to it) Hmm, how to explain this... From an IC perspective, it's a GA world. From an OOC perspective it's neutral in the sense that anyone can write there - but obviously IC criminal or warlike behavior above a certain level will eventually be noticed and draw a response. It also means I'm willing to occasionally turn a blind eye OOC if someone needs a planet to write on but isn't planning to permanently alter the balance of power. I guess also it's a civilian world, not heavily aligned to a particilar force persuasion like, say, Corellia. It was my understanding we were talking about a raid, not a large invasion. I do have a cruiser and a few starfighters currently orbiting Naboo.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Aug 8, 2017 19:43:33 GMT -8
Ok, awesome, unless there are any objections, I will start making the Corellian Council, and its membership in the Galactic Alliance, legitimate (IC-speaking).
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Jul 26, 2017 21:22:02 GMT -8
If you stop by Theed, you might meet a familiar face or two. Z, I actually have been thinking about having Kel'Al come to Naboo and run into you all...?
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Jul 26, 2017 20:24:33 GMT -8
I'm not aware of anyone writing the Gungans (aside from individual characters).
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Jul 4, 2017 16:44:45 GMT -8
I will be sending an NPC Jedi Knight to Felucia soon, on a semi-permanent basis (so I have a character based there who can interact when needed). I meant to do that a long, long time ago. That way I can participate in stuff without time-splitting Kel'Al.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Jul 3, 2017 20:13:35 GMT -8
I'll explore the options. I don't really see what harm the groups do if they're active. But maybe we can start by getting rid of unused stuff, like the Jedi Watchmen group...?
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Jul 3, 2017 19:14:28 GMT -8
As a side note. Are we gonna drop all the individual academy user groups and just put all the members into the central Jedi Order usergroup? And just set the Temples as multiple Faction HQs? Just seems pointless to leave all the individual academy usegroups if their only function is to allow us to have the Temples as Faction HQs. It's not pointless, the groups have other uses. But the real problem is going to be that you need 10 distinct members for each additional faction headquarters, and I don't think we have the 30 writers we would need for the Jedi Order usergroup to qualify for 4 separate faction HQ forums. So I expect to keep the CJO usergroup around.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Jun 27, 2017 21:09:56 GMT -8
No complaints from me.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Jun 23, 2017 8:54:40 GMT -8
That makes perfect sense to me.
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Post by Kel'Al Raganella on Jun 22, 2017 19:48:54 GMT -8
Rawkill, I don't see an issue with your proposal. I know I haven't really been around (and so probably no one cares what I think ) but as a veteran of many Republic-type groups, I have found that things always get jammed up when you try to have too formal of an IC political structure. If every decision making process has to be made through an IC lense, it can quickly stop being any fun. Once it becomes a burden, people stop writing, and the faction is paralyzed. I recommend keeping things as simple as possible, and only RP the exact actions of the leadership structure when it benefits the SL or when you have writers who enjoy the politics. Most decisions can be made OOC first, and then happen "off camera" within the IC world. Your characters can react to those decisions though the chain of command. NPC leaders for the triumvirate will probably work better in most cases, so that you avoid burdening any one person (or three people) with the duty of keeping the story moving.
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