Mando details for Yavin

Ah yes. Well, I think we can scrap that scenario and have you back at Yavin. You've been recalled to free up ships for the blockade. Ashrah will sort that out officially but it can be a case of you just returning to the system when this starts up, unless we think of other plans for you.

*Ponders best use of assets*

Ok, well, I will be on the ground, doing a *It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. I fought doggedly against Dav's ego, and barely came out unscathed* etc etc. A narrative of the Station battle from Ashrah's perspective, and a fight with either Dav briefly or one of his NPC's. Dave and I will hash that out later.

  THEN I have to/get to write a duel against myself, killing Inks.  Should be good times.  

I've got quite a bit of y narration written. I need Admy to say how the blockade will be handled though we can be vague about that. The fleet limits won't be held in account for that though we don't actually need specify how many ships will be involved. I'll be posting what's left of the Concordian Fleet at the furthest edge of Yavin IV's gravity well, in a direct line with the Praxeum and Station. I have/will be writing in a few events from the fleet battle but will leave anything not to do with my own fleet vague. Maybe a couple of significant events. Remember to post losses to your contingents, those of you involved in the battle. I will have lost one of my Keldabe's, two Victorys and nearly half of my fighters/dropships.

So far I believe Duke and Ashrah are on Yavin Station, on their way down the well, or are already on the moon, and I have some of my troops and NPCs on the surface though they haven't engaged or encountered any Yavinites yet. They are securing the LZ and checking out the Blueleaf Temple, or will be. Its possible there could be a skirmish or two with the escape pods from the station, but I'll have to talk to Dav about that.

Corr will be with his fleet and that will be apparent after my first post.

Well... The battle in orbit will be non-existent as the Jedi ships will have fled. We can get near the station with capital ship due to the Praxeums ion cannons so all we'll be doing is setting up and maintaining the blockade.

I think we'll be going with the action on the Station having been done, with the Jedi escape pods on the surface and the Mando's following them down. Check with Dav for that. If Ander is on the moon then we may not be running the Joshua capture scenario, or at least not as we were going to. He will be escaping Corr's flagship at some point so it depends if Ander will be back in orbit around the first blockade run.

Whoa! Not 17,000. We don't need nearly that many people, and the vehicles will be useless down there. I don't think the Mando forces will need to be more that 10k overall. PM Dav and ask about specific numbers. I know we'll be leaving most of the battles to background narration but I can't see the Jedi defenders numbering nearly that much and, shield or no, I could overwhelm their defenses in a few hours with that many troops.

Maybe... They came down in escape pods that have been scattered over the jungle perhaps. Between the natural predators, and the occasional Jedi ambushers, they get whittled down to a manageable amount. I think its excessive but perhaps it will work. I think the Jedi have a sizable body of troops on the moon. PM Dav and see what he says.

Okay... I never thought of the Venator landing but if it did so, where? The Jungle around the Praxeum is notoriously dense so I doubt there's a place where it would land. Though... Joshua had a vision of the jungle burning and a ship crashing. It was going to be one of my Vics and still can be. I'd actually forgotten about that until just now. I'll write it into my narration. Anyway, the Vics crashing could scour away enough of the jungle that, with judicious use of its turbolasers, the Venator can clear enough area to land. Again, check with Dav to make sure its viable.

As for the troops, I won't be listing any. The whole army thing was intended be in the background referred to in our narrations while the lions share of the action will be PC vs PC, NPC vs NPC or a variation of the two. I'll probably vaguely refer to Clan Vhett troops in my post but will try to avoid posting numbers. It'll be a superior Mando force vs a dug in Jedi force. We don't need more than that really. Admy said that there will be 17,000 droids, though I find that pretty excessive, even if they were to be scattered all over the jungle. Still, it kind of works if most of them fall prey to the elements, natural predators and Jedi ambush. It'll just be a pain to RP out and I'd personally rather concentrate on Jedi vs Mando action. Remember, it was originally going to be just one or two writers on each side narrating the overall war, or at least that was how the fleet battle was going to be written. The same would work for the ground forces though if you guys want to devote time to a narration of troops then feel free to do so, though discuss it with our Jedi counterparts, especially if you intend to write any of their forces in. This is an area where attention to detail may not actually be that important, though attention will be needed.

The Blueleaf Cluster will be our Base so you can go ahead and prepare a post readying it if you like, though avoid actually posting anything until we hear from Dav.#

Um... What else? Dav/Ander or Joshua/Ander will have to be worked out. I have a backup plan for Joshua if its not viable to do the "Ander is ordered to kill him but fakes it" scenario. We can have a good fighter battle over the jungle so Mando volunteers to write pilots will be appreciated. It'd also be good if we can have a scene with Ashrah, Corr and Ander (Anyone else who'd be in a position of command welcome) at the Blueleaf so we can discuss strategies IC. I'd actually rather do that IC than bother doing it here OOC. Its more realistic.

Anything else? Mayen?

The Joshua scenario I have in mind was meant to be done in space, on Corr's flagship. We've captured his ship, he abandoned it on Algara II and Vhett forces picked it up. I was going to post it having been transported here and a slicer working on getting past its security. Its feasible that it would provide a way into the Praxeum via access codes or something. I was thinking of a scenario where he steals it back, kind of like when Luke, Mara and Karrde steal the Falcon back from the Chimera. That scenario would work better on a ship but would mean Ashrah, Corr and Ander being on said ship. Not sure if that would make sense if the siege was well under way. We could do that same scenario on the ground but it wouldn't be as cool, or make as much sense.

We'll see how it goes.

Anyone else got anything to throw in?

Ooooh. I like that. Keep up the constant pressure and wear them down. Though my concern as to the realism of it still stands. With that many droids I could sack the place in a few hours. Then again... If they're dug in sufficiently and have enough Jedi, then perhaps they would hold. As long as Dav's cool with it its fine. Also give the Jedi writers plenty of opportunities to field awesome posts.