Star Wars: Rebel Squad Signups

Hey all. So, I've had, in my mind, a quest to do a Star Wars RP for awhile now. The premise of this RP is as follows...

You are a member of the Rebel Alliance, for whatever reason. Due to your special skills/combat experience, you have been handpicked to be in the newly formed, elite Rebel squad known as The Hunters.

The Hunters has been put together by Bail Organa as a type of Black Ops squad, designed to take out high Imperial targets, as well as rescue captured operatives. This will be The Hunters' first mission together. Teamwork is imperative to your survival. The fate of the Rebellion rests on your shoulders.

As for characters, I'd prefer it to be OC's, however I will throw in some canon characters during the campaign. Speaking of canon, don't worry too much about continuity. So, seeing as a squad is pretty small, I'm going to say 9-10 squad members are allowed. If more are interested, I think I might have a way to work them into it. Now, as for characters, I think your NAME, AGE, SPECIES, WEAPONS, SKILLS, and how you ended up a Rebel will suffice.

Oh, and our merry band might need transport, so if you'd like to play as a Rebel pilot, I think I can work you in.

Also I, and I'm sure the rest of you, don't want any OP characters so here's my policy. Jedi/Force Users are not allowed. This is mainly a squad composed of Badass Normals so I think a Force User would make everyone else's character feel a tad useless. However, if you'd like to PM me and explain why you think that your Force-using charcter would work, then I might ease up. Also, OP alien species such as Gen'Dai are also not allowed.

Now that all of the restrictions are out of the way, let's get to the fun stuff! I want this to be enjoyable for everyone, so if you have any questions or ideas about the setting, please let me know. May the Force be with you! ==========================================================================================

• Active Character List:
  • Rakk Mvill the Mandalorian played by Troyand
  • R3-BP the astromech droid played by nman
  • Arcil Terrek the Human played by Combat C
  • Grimgrim the Wookiee played by Fantasy Liver
  • Ria Varless the Chiss Assassin played by Sixth Saint
  • Sue-Florence “Twig” Racgthe Gammorrean medic played by pbblades
  • Brin Sirac the Human scientist played by Hourai Rabbit.
  • Teenee T'avok the Chadra-Fan played desdendelle

edited 10th May '13 10:05:58 AM by FantasyLiver

Damn you! I promised myself no more RPs but you've started a Star Wars thread! My one weakness!

Character sheet to follow.

• Name: Brin Sirac
• Age: 21
• Species: Human
• Weapons: Blaster Pistol
• Skills: Signals Intelligence, Human Intelligence, Counterintelligence, Psychological Operations, Basic combat training
• Background: A young and idealistic little boy from Alderaan, Brin was singled out for his focus and discipline; although not the smartest of his classmates, he managed to stay on par with the smartest thanks to his excellent work ethic. After reading a paper that he wrote at university on the practical applications of sentient terrain preparation (preparing the populace to support the objectives of a military campaign), a recruiter from Imperial Intelligence approached him and he was eventually enrolled in the Operative Training Course with a specialty in psychological operations and basic familiarization courses in various different sources of intelligence gathering and combat. Although he graduated and was officially made an operative, Brin was put off by the attitudes of the other students and his co-workers, who were more interested in their own personal power struggles than working together as a group of disciplined professionals. Sickened by what he saw in Imperial Intelligence, he eventually defected to the Rebel Alliance, as much out of spite as a desire to change the galaxy.

edited 8th May '13 5:42:36 PM by HouraiRabbit

Cannot....resist......

• NAME: Rakk Mvill
• AGE: 31
• SPECIES: Mandalorian
• WEAPONS: One medium sized Vibro-Blade, a Cortosis Gauntlet, a DH-17 Blaster, E-11 Blaster Rifle, Heavily modified Stormtrooper Armor with no helmet and the Rebel Symbol painted on it.
• SKILLS: Rakk is an expert Swords man, and Hand to hand combatant, he is a skilled Strategist and marksman. He also has knowledge of Parkour.
• History: Rakk grew up in the military, specializing in combat and assault. At an early age, he took intrest in Swordsmanship and started to teach himself at Swordmanship. He became a hunter after a mission in Falleen ended with him the only survivor of his squad and having killed a Sith Alcolyte (though it was more the Alcolyte accidentally causing a cliff to drop on himself) And after he got out of the Medicenter, he was enrolled into the Hunters.

edited 8th May '13 3:30:51 PM by TroyandHawk

• Name: Ria Varless
• Age: 28
• Species: Chiss
• Weapons: X-45 sniper rifle, combat knife
• Skills: Assassination, Infiltration
• History: Grew up on a Chiss colony on the outskirts of the Empire that was wiped out by several squads of stormtroopers at the order of an particularly high-ranking Imperial Governor when she was 7. She managed to escape the massacre, and spent the next 2 decades on various ships traveling across the galaxy, learning the skills necessary to become an assassin in the process. Was noticed and approached by the Rebels with a offer after they learned of several Imperial Governors that had been killed by an assassin that hadn't yet been caught.

edited 8th May '13 9:20:09 AM by SixthSaint

You know if it's got Star Wars in the name I'm all over it.

• Name: R3-BP, "Beepy"
• Age: 3
• Species: R3-Series Second-Degree Astromech droid
• Appearance: Beep boop◊
• Weapons: I guess it has like a short-range charge gun, and a fusion cutter, though the latter is a tool.
• Skills: An astromech droid designed for all sorts of ships, from capital ships to starfighters, with skills in maintenance and repair, as well as interfacing with strange computers. It has all the regular astromech features, so it has gear like data interfaces, a hologram projector, rocket boosters, a cable gun, etc. And a tiny little port on its head where it can hide something lightsaber-sized and then make it pop out when you're doing a jump off of a ship over a sarlacc pit.
• Background: Beepy is a droid who was made as part of the R3 line of Astromech droids. Now this quirky lil' guy is property of the Rebel Alliance. It's on this mission because he's a robot. What? You gonna trust an organic to remember hyperspace coordinates?

edited 8th May '13 12:53:55 AM by nman

@Hourai Rabbit: Doesn't seem OP but I'm going to need a backstory before I can accept you.

@ Troyand: Sounds great! I'm going to say accepted. However, can you please edit in how Rakk came to join the Alliance?

@ Sixth Saint: Again, I'm going to need a backstory before I can accept Ria.

@nman You really like your droid characters, don't you ? Beepy is accepted. ==========================================================================================

• Also, some info about the setting. It is going to take place one year before the Battle of Yavin (1 BY). The only things I'm regarding as canon are the films and both Clone Wars cartoons with some EU elements pulled in as I feel like it . So, again, please don't feel bogged down by continuity. I'm going to be pretty lenient towards that kind of stuff.

edited 8th May '13 5:03:44 AM by FantasyLiver

I'll put in a backstory, but I could use a bit of help picking a race first.

Ooh, Star Wars RP. Consider me interested in that pilot spot.

Edit: Nevermind my earlier question about the time period. Pre-Battle of Yavin, huh? I guess my character wouldn't have been involved in taking down any Death Stars then. Yet.

edited 8th May '13 6:58:54 AM by CombatC122

Nope, but who knows?

Well, it's all up to you. Both races would be interesting. Why don't you think up a backstory for both races and then pick the one that feels right?

• Name: Arcil Terrek
• Age: 25
• Species: Human
• Weapons: Blaster pistol
• Background: The son of an independent freighter pilot, Arcil learned the ins and outs of starship operation from a fairly early age. The jobs on the outer reaches of Imperial space were occasionally risky thanks to roving bands of pirates and smugglers, but never too dangerous as Arcil's father rarely took jobs involving openly illegal cargo. Then one day, out of sheer bad luck, they ended up caught in the middle of a turf battle between warring pirate families. The local Imperial peacekeepers showed up, indiscriminately branding and capturing all ships involved as criminals and killing any hostiles. Arcil lost track of his father but ultimately managed to escape himself during a prison riot, stealing a pirate Z-95 and making it to the Outer Rim. With the family freighter gone and no credits to his name, Arcil sought out Rebel Alliance contacts and joined as a pilot. Lately, he has made a name for himself in several skirmishes, outperforming (and outsurviving) many of his wingmates and earning himself a squadron leader designation.
• Skills: Arcil is a naturally gifted pilot and starship gunner capable of flying starfighters, airspeeders, and combat freighters. He is a decent enough shot with a blaster, able to defend himself and provide cover fire if need be, but he is no foot soldier and likely wouldn't last long in any dangerous areas on foot without an armed escort.

edited 8th May '13 8:22:58 AM by CombatC122

Accepted! I imagine you'd want to pilot the shuttle?

Yes, and/or be involved in any space battles. I wanna fly X-wings and Y-wings . (Also A-wings and B-wings, but I don't think those were invented until after Yavin according to series chronology, so I assume they won't pop up until a little later)

Hmm, I may also add starship repair to my character's list of skills if that's okay.

Honestly, I don't care when the EU says those things were invented. You can fly them if you want. Maybe, I could attach one to the bottom of the transport freighter. And yeah, starship repair would be a nifty little skill.

edited 8th May '13 9:09:00 AM by FantasyLiver

Done~

Well, I was thinking about signing up with a mechanic.

Had a nifty idea that the pilot and the mechanic could be a duo that has been working together for a while.

If that's okay with Combat C, then I have no problem with that. I've decided to have a GMPC as the leader of The Hunters, to prevent any PC's from squabbling over whose in charge. He is a canon character, though a little known one.

• Name: Grimgrim
• Age: 132
• Species: Wookiee
• Weapons: Blaster
• Skills: Incredibly strong and is a skilled tactician from his experience at the Battle of Kasshyykh
• Backstory: (Since Grimgrim really didn't have a backstory, I decided to make one up for him.) Grimgrim always wanted to be a warrior since he was a cub. Having served heroically in the Battle of Kasshyykh, Grimgrim later escaped his home planet aboard a refugee transport where he ended up in the underbelly of Coruscant. He later met a Rebel contact and joined the Alliance.

Combat C, what do you think?

I could also be the head of some kind of official fighter squadron escort for the shuttle that does some ground support. Or our transport shuttle could simply be armed to the teeth. I imagine most of the wingmen would be NP Cs unless other players also want to fly.

Also, a designated mechanic would be fine too. I think Arcil might know enough about how things work that he could perform minor repairs, but he wouldn't know how to personally prep his ship before every battle or salvage old broken down ships or anything like that.

...Or if we wanted, I could make him know absolutely nothing practical about ship repair.

edited 8th May '13 9:54:52 AM by CombatC122

Actually, I was thinking that the Hunters would be kind of performing stealthy missions, so an escort probably wouldn't work. What I was thinking of for transportation was a YT-1300 freighter with maybe a starfighter attached to its underbelly. What do you guys think?

I just remembered that I suck at Star Wars and don't know that much about the universe. Sorry, but it's best to count me out.

Don't worry about it! This doesn't require an extensive knowledge of Star Wars or anything. And we'd explain anything you have questions about in the discussion thread.

I hope you reconsider.

>pokes you

How's my character?

Oh, whoops! Yes, I believe your character is A-Okay. I'll add her to the current character list.

Also, general announcement; I'll probably open up the discussion thread later tonight or possibly tomorrow morning. I'm hoping to start the actual RP by the weekend.

I guess I'm fine with whatever ship assuming we get into at least the occasional space battle. Not that I intend for my character to be completely useless when he's not at the controls of a ship, but I don't see him mowing down stormtroopers or infiltrating deep into Imperial bases on his own.