Star Wars: The Great Divide
Thanks for coming, the following RP is intended to be a blend of star wars canon, fan fiction, and legends. In this RP you will play as virtually who ever you want, with minimal exceptions, and will work to attain whatever you wish. Choose to be an Imperial Remnant warlord, set on piecing the empire back together despite the ever present factions that wish to attain the same. Choose to be a New Republic Senator, set on reaffirming the fruits of democracy while furthering the interests of their own home planet. Choose to be a bounty hunter whose only loyalty resides with their own interests and credit pool, hunting down whoever they are paid to hunt by whomever offers the greatest sum. It doesn’t really matter, the choice is yours.
The obvious goal of this RP is for everyone to enjoy themselves. I’ll review apps, obviously, and accept them (or deny them) but as long as you don’t make an absolutely ridiculous character with unlimited power (no rancor jedi) and resources you should be good. Feel free to app for existing characters as well, after all, what fun would this be if no one was controlling Snoke, Thrawn, Luke, and all the other delightful folks that are fighting over the galaxy. As is obvious, I’m taking liberties with who is dead and not dead. If you wish to RP a deceased individual, just telegram me who it is and we can discuss it. History went relatively according to canon until the Battle For Endor, but exceptions can be made. Characters like Jabba the Hutt can be saved from their canon demise, though you’ll be expected to explain why they are still alive. I’ll also be wanting apps for a sith apprentice, but I’ll expect a high quality application for that role along with the roles of major faction leaders. Thrawn, Snoke, Luke, and other important characters. Essentially, the more critical the character, the better the expected app. I’m not saying you need to write mini books, just a solid and detailed application. I’ll also be appointing a co-op or two, depending on who i think is best suited for the role. Feel free to volunteer though.
Long Ago, in a galaxy far far away...
It has been thirty years since the Battle of Endor decided the fate of the galaxy. Palpatine’s death devastated the Empire, with no individual surfacing who possessed the gravity of character to reign in the fractured remains of a once terrifying entity. The New Republic, the grand climactic culmination of the Rebellion’s efforts, has assumed position as the major power within the known galaxy. Peace through democracy has spread throughout the galaxy like wildfire. Good has finally triumphed, with the champions of evil, namedly the Sith, having been vanquished. Or so we thought…
Among the galactic warlords that have run rampant throughout the galaxy, none have coherently organized to the degree necessary in order to realistically challenge the New Republic. However, a new figure has emerged. A mysterious, ruthless, and cunning individual, one who’s origins remain unknown by any aside from himself. This enigmatic individual has reigned in a significant element of the Imperial Remnant and reforged it into a new faction under his own iron rule. This faction is the first order.
The First Order’s emergence onto the galactic scene was an inherently violent one, with Snoke set on a galactic conquest. Militarily, having pursued rearmament in secrecy, the First Order far exceeded any expectations held by the New Republic. For a time, First Order fleets ransacked republic space, piercing through the outer rim and wreaking havoc upon the mid rim. Fortunately for the New Republic, a masterful counteroffensive orchestrated by the legendary Admiral Ackbar forced back the onslaught and struck a stalemate. The conflict was then supposedly resolved upon the agreement to a treaty by both the Republic and First Order. Snoke, having little intention of abandoning his schemes, has covertly spurned the agreed upon terms and continues to build his arsenal.
Over the course of all of this, however, the greatest victory that the self appointed Supreme Leader Snoke had achieved, was the defection of the Skywalker blooded Ben Solo. Ben Solo, after nearly being killed by his former master and uncle, Luke, had practically leaped into Snoke’s grasp. He is now known as Kylo Ren and has become a dangerous figure who reaps death and destruction upon the galaxy as Snoke wills it, perhaps having become Snoke’s grandest instrument of destruction.
Snoke is not the only figure that has recently emerged to challenge the status quo. A mysterious figure, at least claiming to be one of Palpatine’s appointed Grand Admirals, has also emerged from the unknown reasons. Less blunt and direct, this blue skinned alien has carved out a space for himself along the outer rim, having rallied a significant force of the Imperial Remnant himself. This mysterious, blue skinned Chiss is none other than the venerable Grand Admiral Thrawn. Presently, a tenuous peace exists with Thrawn, who has reformed the Galactic Empire in name, and the New Republic. Of even more importance, however, is the ever fragile “alliance” between Thrawn and Snoke. Thrawn is no fool, however, and knows this alliance is only stable as long as it is of great benefit to Snoke, for he is fully aware that Snoke’s ambitions of galactic domination makes no exception for Thrawn’s own autonomy. The alliance, being more akin to a treaty of non-aggression and limited cooperation, could devolve into a duel of Imperialesque successor states at a moment's notice.
While Thrawn and Snoke manipulate and orchestrate their schemes, a third party with Imperial lineage observes from afar. This man has watched for decades, nourishing his own considerable skill with the force as well as other skills that he has deemed valuable, growing more and more powerful day after day. Having also deemed it necessary, in order to preserve the rule of two, he has taken an apprentice. Now, as an individual, he is virtually peerless. No known individual could successfully stand against him. Still, the galaxy is a place where no amount of individual power could hope to defeat the amassed power of millions, so he waits. The time for his resurgence is approaching, but it has not quite arrived. Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith, is very much alive, and he fully intends on acquiring the grand, galactic power that he long ago set out to grasp.
Only time shall tell the fate of the galaxies impending fate, for powers both remembered and long forgotten vie to alter the balance. What part shall you play in this never ending game? Only you can determine that, for now it begins…
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