History Roleplay / VastEmpire

%%* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Several, due to the nature of the [[PlayerCharacter main characters]].

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* AFatherToHisMen: Many Squad and Squadron leaders end up becoming this, both IC and OOC.

* TheDarkSide: What the VE's rulers and guiding members are [[OpenSecret using]] as Dark Jedi.
* DodgeTheBullet: Done by the Noghri.
* EliteMooks: All PlayerCharacters and a few notable NPC units.
* TheEmpire: Somewhat subverted, as while VE has retained very few of its predecessor's bigoted and cruel influences, it's still mostly totalitarian. Members have occasionally cited this trope as an excuse to micromanage their OOC subordinates.

* GunsAkimbo: Fairly common in the Army.
* GunshipRescue: An oft-used premise when one of the squads is in a jam.
* HandCannon: Carried around by members of [[TheSquad the squads]].

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Averted, sometimes to the point of ImprobableAimingSkills.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Some old stories had Stormtroopers with vibrokatanas.

* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Several, due to the nature of the [[PlayerCharacter main characters]].
* OldSoldier: Several, both in-character and out.
* OneManArmy: Overlaps with GodModeSue as above, usually averted. Played straight for certain scenarios where a normal squad would be expected to die.

* TakeOverTheWorld: Well, the galaxy.
* TheMedic: One of the RP "specs" members can choose.
* TheRemnant: The Vast Empire itself qualifies. Others are occasional villains in stories.
* SociopathicSoldier: Several. See AxCrazy above.
* SquadNickname: For all the Squads and Squadrons.

* VillainProtagonist: The premise of the Vast Empire.
* Wingman: Starfighter combat relies heavily on wingmen.

The Vast Empire is an online group of Star Wars fans, writing fiction set in a modified version of the StarWarsExpandedUniverse where the [[PlayerCharacter Player Characters]] comprise a splinter faction of the original Empire known as the Vast Empire. The [[VillainProtagonist heroic Stormtroopers]] of the Vast Empire fight the [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation terrorist]] forces of the [[TheAlliance New Republic]] and [[EnemyCivilWar other]] Imperials, such as those led by [[BigBad Grand Admiral Thrawn]]. Consisting of a handful of scattered worlds and a fairly small fleet of warships, the Vast Empire and its shadowy leaders nevertheless have [[TakeOverTheWorld grand ambitions]], centered at Imperial Center itself...

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The [[WellIntentionedExtremist New Republic]] and the [[FantasticRacism Imperial Remnant]].

* GodModeSue: Players that repeatedly abuse the system to commit absurd IC feats tend to be mocked and then have their characters gleefully killed once they quit.

-->''TheEmpire is dead. Long live the Empire.''

The Vast Empire is an online group of Star Wars fans, writing fiction set in a shared universe based on Timothy [[StarWarsExpandedUniverse Zahn]]'s [[TheThrawnTrilogy Thrawn Trilogy]]. In it, the [[VillainProtagonist heroic stormtroopers]] of the Vast Empire fight the [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation terrorist]] forces of the [[TheAlliance New Republic]] and [[EnemyCivilWar other]] Imperials, such as those led by [[BigBad Grand Admiral Thrawn]]. Consisting of a handful of scattered worlds and a fairly small fleet of warships, the Vast Empire and its shadowy leaders nevertheless have [[TakeOverTheWorld grand ambitions]], centred at Coruscant itself...

Main page is [[http://www.vastempire.com here]], along with the actual stories [[http://www.comnet.imperialnetwork.com here]].

* AFatherToHisMen (Certain squad leaders)
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation (Of the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant.)
* AmazonBrigade
* BadassArmy (The VE Stormtrooper Corps, and Phoenix Company in particular: they held off three Star Destroyers and crippled two of them. Then beat back a planetwide invasion force on their home planet.
* ChekhovsGun (loose ends from one Holiday Squad Competition often tie into the overall plot or the story for the next year.)
* TheDarkSide (Is what the VE's rulers and guiding members are using. As Dark Jedi.)
* DodgeTheBullet (Done by the Noghri.)
* EliteMooks (The main characters, and the Noghri on the opposing side.)
* TheEmpire (The ''heroes'' of most of the stories.)
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous (And the main characters.)
* EnsignNewbie (Tends to die horribly once their writer vanishes from the scene.)
* GunsAkimbo (Fairly common.)
* GodModeSue (Tend to be mocked and then gleefully killed once their writers quit.)
* GunshipRescue (An oft-used premise when one of the squads is in a jam.)
* HandCannon (Carried around by members of [[TheSquad the squads]].
* HighlyConspicuousUniform (Blackjack Squad, due to its new position as the [[EliteMooks Elite Squad]] has ''bright red armour''. Mostly averted due to camouflage paint on the stormtrooper armour.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy (Averted, sometimes to the point of ImprobableAimingSkills .)
* InUniverseGameClock (The VE has been in the Thrawn era for nine years of real-time. Stormtroopers advance through the ranks in what must be days of in-universe time. Appears that this may be fixed by moving the timeline forwards to the post-Thrawn era in the near future.)
* LaserBlade (Is reserved for members of the secretive Dark Jedi Order, which rules the VE from behind the scenes.)
* KatanasAreJustBetter (Some old stories had stormtroopers with vibrokatanas.)
* MoreDakka (An effective solution to enemies who can dodge bullets and wipe out squads with a stone knife. [[DependingOnTheWriter Sometimes]].
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind (Comes up about as much as you'd expect.)
* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene (Several, due to the nature of the main characters.)
* OldSoldier (Several, regardless of in-universe age)
* OneManArmy (Overlaps with GodModeSue as above, usually averted. Played straight for certain scenarios where the squad would be expected to die.)
* RedshirtArmy (The Imperial Army and the "normal" stormtroopers, who take many more casualties than their PC counterparts.)
* TakeOverTheWorld (Well, the galaxy.)
* TheMedic (Riqimo is the most prominent example, and one of the RP "specs" members can choose.)
* TheRemnant (The Vast Empire itself qualifies. Others are occasional villains in stories.)
* SociopathicSoldier (Several)
* SquadNickname(For all the squads)
* TheSquad (Four of them, in fact.)
* VillainProtagonist (The premise.)
* Wingman (TIE pilots in the PC squadrons.)


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* BetterThanItSounds

* ChekhovsGun (loose ends from one [[BattleRoyaleWithCheese Holiday Squad Competition]] often tie into the overall plot or the story for the next year.)

* StandardRedshirtProcedure

*BigDamnGunship (An oft-used premise when one of the squads is in a jam.)