Ashin Varanin
Professional Enabler
Name: Team Nadd
Intent: To represent Ke'dem in the Omega Event.
Affiliation: Ashin Varanin/Ajira Cardei and Ke'dem. They'll also take orders from [member="Spencer Varanin"]. Ke'dem and Team Nadd are not associated publicly with the Ajira Cardei identity, and do not know that name.
Availability: Unique
Quality: A
Type: Infantry
Strength: 60 infantry, plus 6 Vornskr APCs (2 dedicated crewers each), for a total of 72 combat personnel
Description: Ke'dem is an opportunistic paramilitary/acquisitions organization with specific interests, preferred targets, and paranormal skills -- a long way of saying that Ke'dem is a Dark Jedi army. Team Nadd is one of several raiding units within Ke'dem. I would strongly encourage anyone reading this submission to read the main Ke'dem page as well, for extended rationale and context.
Apart from humans, Team Nadd is comprised of Togorians, Wookiees, Mon Calamari, and Selkath -- all species with a bone-deep grudge against the Sith due to genocide, mass relocation, concentration camps, and other atrocities. Significant fractions of Team Nadd are fully comfortable in aquatic or arboreal combat. The unit commander is a Selkath Shasan Adept named Ferro.
In terms of physical appearance, Ke’dem associates, employees, and subcontractors frequently provide their own attire, armour, weapons, etc. Some raids require disguise. Others require shock and awe. Thus, there is no company dress code.
For some operations and appearances, Ke’dem provides its people with optional, high-end, armoured uniforms, purchased from corporations that specialize in such things. Ke’dem people frequently modify those uniforms, and a ritualistic, grunge, or cyberpunk edge is not out of place so far as ornamentation goes. In most professional circumstances, Ke’dem prefers its people to dress in a way that inspires respect and nervousness, but not outright terror. Team Nadd favours Sasori bodygloves, with various ornaments, overclothes, or modifications. Trophies are common (ears, broken One Sith regalia, etc.). Most members of Team Nadd have treated some or all of their attire with Varanin Taozin Lacquer. The lacquer has the effect of making their Force signatures difficult to recognize in an individual sense, blending them into an undifferentiated horde.
So far as equipment goes, most Ke'dem personnel carry a simple lightsabre, generally red, along with a basic sidearm and personal shield generator. Generic blaster rifles are employed from time to time. Traditional species-specific weapons, such as ryyk blades, bowcasters, and Shasan fira blades, also feature.
Speeder or swoop bikes see frequent action as needed, such as at the Lujo raid. Ke'dem personnel, including Team Nadd's operatives, often opt for mobility rather than getting weighed down with huge volumes of technology or bulky armor. Additionally, each member of Team Nadd has been treated with Pheromone Metabolization Culture, making them immune to a broad spectrum of pheromones.
Team Nadd is comprised of experienced Dark Jedi, ranging in strength from seasoned Apprentice to Knight. Common Ke'dem Force abilities include:
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Intent: To represent Ke'dem in the Omega Event.
Affiliation: Ashin Varanin/Ajira Cardei and Ke'dem. They'll also take orders from [member="Spencer Varanin"]. Ke'dem and Team Nadd are not associated publicly with the Ajira Cardei identity, and do not know that name.
Availability: Unique
Quality: A
Type: Infantry
Strength: 60 infantry, plus 6 Vornskr APCs (2 dedicated crewers each), for a total of 72 combat personnel
Description: Ke'dem is an opportunistic paramilitary/acquisitions organization with specific interests, preferred targets, and paranormal skills -- a long way of saying that Ke'dem is a Dark Jedi army. Team Nadd is one of several raiding units within Ke'dem. I would strongly encourage anyone reading this submission to read the main Ke'dem page as well, for extended rationale and context.
Apart from humans, Team Nadd is comprised of Togorians, Wookiees, Mon Calamari, and Selkath -- all species with a bone-deep grudge against the Sith due to genocide, mass relocation, concentration camps, and other atrocities. Significant fractions of Team Nadd are fully comfortable in aquatic or arboreal combat. The unit commander is a Selkath Shasan Adept named Ferro.
In terms of physical appearance, Ke’dem associates, employees, and subcontractors frequently provide their own attire, armour, weapons, etc. Some raids require disguise. Others require shock and awe. Thus, there is no company dress code.
For some operations and appearances, Ke’dem provides its people with optional, high-end, armoured uniforms, purchased from corporations that specialize in such things. Ke’dem people frequently modify those uniforms, and a ritualistic, grunge, or cyberpunk edge is not out of place so far as ornamentation goes. In most professional circumstances, Ke’dem prefers its people to dress in a way that inspires respect and nervousness, but not outright terror. Team Nadd favours Sasori bodygloves, with various ornaments, overclothes, or modifications. Trophies are common (ears, broken One Sith regalia, etc.). Most members of Team Nadd have treated some or all of their attire with Varanin Taozin Lacquer. The lacquer has the effect of making their Force signatures difficult to recognize in an individual sense, blending them into an undifferentiated horde.
So far as equipment goes, most Ke'dem personnel carry a simple lightsabre, generally red, along with a basic sidearm and personal shield generator. Generic blaster rifles are employed from time to time. Traditional species-specific weapons, such as ryyk blades, bowcasters, and Shasan fira blades, also feature.
Speeder or swoop bikes see frequent action as needed, such as at the Lujo raid. Ke'dem personnel, including Team Nadd's operatives, often opt for mobility rather than getting weighed down with huge volumes of technology or bulky armor. Additionally, each member of Team Nadd has been treated with Pheromone Metabolization Culture, making them immune to a broad spectrum of pheromones.
Team Nadd is comprised of experienced Dark Jedi, ranging in strength from seasoned Apprentice to Knight. Common Ke'dem Force abilities include:
- Core powers
- Force choke
- Force shields, with a high level of expertise
- Adiabatic shields
- Poison detoxification
- Breath control
- Basic alchemy, just enough to participate in large rituals or identify especially valuable items
- The Vornskr APC drivers also know instinctive navigation techniques
Links:
- Several of the above elements are adapted from the Ke'dem page.
- The Same River Twice: Clan Rekali encounters a Ke'dem Dark Jedi unit and training facility. (10 posts.)
- Mayferria: Back in the Stacks: Ke'dem Dark Jedi help raid a Dark Side temple and steal a Light Side library. (43 posts, around 12 posts especially relevant.)
- I Want You To Hit Me As Hard As You Can: Ke'dem Dark Jedi help raid a Sith temple. (10 posts.)
- Candle in the Dark: A large strike force of Ke'dem Dark Jedi spearheads an assault on a major Sith temple. (120 posts, most relevant.)
