A Darkling Sky

[Cyrus Tregessar]

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As the First Order prepares for war on their coreward front, a new threat rises in the frontier sectors. Striking from hidden bases and shadowports, a suspiciously well equipped and well organized band of pirates has begun raiding key military facilities and major shipping lanes. Utilizing cruiser sized vessels and advanced tactics, they appear to know Naval doctrine inside and out, and pick their fights carefully. With most of the military might of the First Order looking to the Galactic Alliance, it falls to the junior commanders and support organizations to figure out how to defend the frontier.​

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Meanwhile the Knights of Ren and FOSB have launched separate but cooperative projects to try and determine just who is behind the Ablajeck Marauders, and why they seem so determined to undermine the First Order.​

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Welcome to the Marauder Project, a non-traditional dev campaign with several goals. First and foremost, this is an attempt to net us a pile of posts to get a very fancy cruiser. But it's also an attempt by myself to create a faction campaign that gets people to participate in aspects of RP they wouldn't otherwise. Ever wanted your Starfighter Pilot to hump it on a mission with the ground pounders? How about having a Knight of Ren run a warship? Because of the asymmetric nature of the conflict, and the fact that the threads will be loosely DM'd, this should all be achievable.​

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Lastly I hope to reach out to junior members and get them involved. For fleeting in particular, large battles can be very intimidating. Here the scale will be much smaller, and I'll be actively playing the opposition. If you wanted to get a feel for how to command ships in an RP setting, here's your chance. ​

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I expect this campaign to last three threads. The first will be unraveling the mystery of who this new threat (the Ablajeck Marauders) is and what their motivations are. The second is a dedicated military campaign to crush their base of operations and support networks. The last is both a general conclusion, hunting down the leader, and a more standard dev conference as those involved in the campaign use the lessons learned to make a new warship. That's the hope, at any rate. ​

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Part I: A Darkling Sky.​

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Please use this thread for discussions, questions, general OOC. As a quick note, I'll get another actual IC post up there shortly.​

 

[Cyrus Tregessar]

Dramatis Personae​

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• Moff Llorent Wiyaso: An old soldier and long-time First Order veteran, Moff Wiyaso was appointed Ablajeck Sector Governor in recognition of his talents and years of service. A dedicated statesman, he nevertheless takes the time to stay involved in military matters, and tends to lead the local Planetary Army forces on drills and exercises. Smart and competent, he nevertheless feels outmatched by the pirates, and while prideful and somewhat ashamed, is more than willing to accept help in the matter.

• Ablajeck Marauders: A seemingly haphazard, rather typical pirate band based on initial appearances, the so-called Ablajeck Marauders have proven to be a serious thorn in the First Order's side at a time when they can ill afford the distraction. While their fleet is uniform, the actual marauders vary wildly in appearance, equipment, and training. The force that unites them under one banner is, thus far, unknown. [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]

 

[Cyrus Tregessar]

OOC Notes:

This will be a loosely DM'd thread run by myself. At the present time, a small task force has been assembled and sent to the planet. That would be you, the PC's. Shortly after arrival a crisis will kick off, with multiple avenues of tackling it, designed to complement different character skill sets.

I would encourage people to use secondary characters and the like, mostly to keep things open for new people and otherwise encourage participation. For reference, Cyrus himself is not going to appear in this thread (nor do I anticipate him playing a major role in subsequent threads in the campaign).

This is also my first time trying a thread like this, so if you have recommendations, suggestions, constructive criticism, etc, please let me know here or in PM.

Otherwise feel free to post intro stuff and please don't feel constricted by post order or such.

Lastly, if you want some sort of NPC liaison/counterpart/meatbag/whateverthehell for your character, PM a few quick details and I'll try and incorporate them.

 

[Zef Halo]

[member="Cyrus Tregessar"]

Feth. This looks so good.

 

[Cyrus Tregessar]

[member="Jude Falkrowe"]

Plenty of room for FOSB to play.

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

[member="Cyrus Tregessar"]

I'm down, I'll get a post up in a second

 

[Quin Leeman]

this looks like the perfect opportunity for someone that's wanting to become a fleet commanded to get started(not Quin but a new character) the only question would be what ships would he start commanding with?
but yeah after I make the new character i'll drop a post in.

 

[Cyrus Tregessar]

Sorry for the delay here. I'll get a post up this weekend at the latest.