Cantina 6: PTH Part V Revenge (Discussion)

[BattleDog]

Red, yes very perceptive. Its less of an Issue for Flax as he was raised by his father and mother relativly insulated from the court because of his Jedi herritage, Flax spent his years up to 17 on a farm dusting crops in an old headhunter under an assumed name.

 

At age 17 Flax was preparing to take his headhunter, refitted with cannon and missiles out into the world the seek the Rebellion, his father having judged him sufficently well trained to protect himself against the dark side.

 

Moments before Flax launched his fighter the assult on Agamar began, he watched a TIE-GT proton bombed his father's home as the garage door opened. Flax launched and destroyed the GT.

 

His home was totally destroyed, killing his entire family, father and mother as well as his older brother and sister. Flax' only surviving relative was his Grandfather, the then Lord, who he could not contact for both their safeties.

 

Flax was pursued star-side by Imperial Fighters, although he managed to escape to highperspace and was picked up by a passing Rebel Dreadnaught.

 

After review of his flight logs he was fast tracked thoguh training and assigned to Blue Squadron aboad the Defiance. Six months later he persuaded the Alliance to send Mon Mothma to Agamar to recruit some of its warriors. This was the point at which Kayen Farlander and Jan Lo were recruted, as well as the Twins Sophae and Sellenna Windrider.

 

Flax participated in the mission to knock out the cominication's array for the first Death Star but he was hit and cracked some ribs and declared unfit for the final attack.

 

Flax and Sophae married six months after Yavin when he was 20 and she 19.

 

(There is a point to this.)

 

Their first son Hal was born during the evacuation of Hoth just before the transport jumped to hyperspace.

 

The couple traveled from post to post with young Hal in tow. From the earliest the child learned the sword, the blaster and the force. More than once a base had to be evacuated and Flax would carry his son on his back while fighting his way to the escape craft. Hal would be handed over to his mother and then watch his father fight back through Imperial Troops to his X-Wing, in order to escort their transport out.

 

Hal was litterally born a warrior, with the death of his Father, a man he viewed as indestructable, not to mention his Mother who worked hard to educate him morrally during his violent early childhood, he has lost his reference points in the galaxy.

 

Without the Jedi Order to adhire to Hal has devoted himself to his martial skills and the brutal and unforgiving Agamarian code of honour. Only over the last two months has Hal begun to recover his moral compass and spiritual centre, however he is still quick to anger and slow to forgiveness.

 

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As to Matt's training that was Sir-Vin's responsibility, in the normal course of events you don't interfere with a Padawan and a master. I was going to do a scene origionally which implied Hal had been teaching Matt the sword over the last few months but it got buriried because I was late joining the thread.

 

Since that didn't happed Hal's reaction has a lot to do with guilt. He has been too wrapped up in his own problems to see Sir-Vin's difficiencies and as a result the anger is dirrected equil parts at himself and Sir-Vin.

 

As a general aside Flax' other children don't have the same issues as they were both born after Endor.

[jokemaster]

BD: Continuing the discussion, yeah Scar misspells sometimes, but rarely is it as hilarious as Floorless.

[BattleDog]

His grammer is pretty funny though. Trying to work out what he's saying hurts sometimes.

 

Noble Houses

 

All Houses in the Lahara Sector a ruled by a "First Lord", his heir is styled "Second Lord".

 

Aside From this Ranks are thus.

 

King: (None)

Earl: Example is Taklin Flax They control the loyalty of lesser Lords and can usually equip 12-24 Legions.

 

High Lord: Senior Nobles, most Second Lords hold a High Lord title. Usually have enough money to equip 6-12 Legions

 

Lord: Lesser Nobles, generally control small tracts of land, they usually have enough money to equip 2-6 Legions.

 

Lords are ranked by holdings, therefore if an Earl is impoverished and sells most of his land he ceases to be an Earl and becomes a High Lord or even just a Lord.

[Writer]

I was asked when my ability to post might improve... I'm afraid it may be a couple more weeks, if not 3. Until then, I'll get only a very little chance to do so. I am still interested in this thread and want to continue using Tanara in it.

 

wildjedi

[Kuuki]

Originally posted by BattleDog

His grammer is pretty funny though. Trying to work out what he's saying hurts sometimes.

 

!!

 

*pulls out his cattleprod and tackles BD, and repeatedly shocks him one after another*

[BattleDog]

Noble Succesion

 

When a first Lord dies his oldest surviving son inherits his title, if he has no sons then the title passes to the husband of his oldest daughter. If the Lord has no daughters the title passes to his oldest brother, if the Lord has no brothers then it passes to his oldest sister. If the Lord has no siblings it passes to his cousans in the same way.

 

The idea is to keep as close to the direct line as possible.

 

Simple, yes.

 

Hear's the problem. If a Lord's oldest daughter is unmarried then the title in held "In trust" by her oldest paternal uncle or father's male cousan. These "Regents" have considerably reduced power, their main function is to maintain the holdings of the family until their "charge" is married.

 

Essentially without a First Lord a House is very vulnerable.

 

To further complicate things; if the daughter of a First Lord marries a First Lord then on the death of her father the two Houses fuse, unless she has more than one son. In that case the second son would inherit her title apon her husbands death. Until that time her husband holds her title "In trust".

 

If she never marries it passes to the Regent on her death. If everyone dies out then the title returns to the Crown, since there is no crown there has been a steady fall in the number of house in the last 5,000 years.

 

Still with me? Okay.

 

How this relates to Drago's problem: Since houses rank themselves by relative power and wealth the big starbust has seriosly shaken up the pecking order.

 

The result is that house Flax and Relinion's have deadlocked on an equil power basis. With no King to resolve the dispute the Council of Lords is bickering. The big problem is that all Allessa's male relatives got atomised. So she's it. The problem is she's madly in love with Halren Flax (To be fair she hasn't seen him in nine months) and refuses to brake her betrothal and marry someone else, which under the circumstances she can do.

 

So Drago has to get them wed and have Hal name him Steward and Marshal-General so that he can get things moving. Although he already holds Marshal-General as a title its not technically legal.

 

Ranks

 

The Highest Rank within a House is the First Lord, who is styled:

 

Earl: Lord-General

 

High Lord: Lord-Leutenant-General

 

Lord: Lord-Major-General

 

Not all First Lords are military officers. If a Lord proves himself competant he will be awarded the additional land to raise his rank, which will be stripped from the man he replaces.

 

All other Noble Officers are styled: Knight-(Rank)

 

There is another General rank, this is Marshal-General, these men are non noble and are invested with their power by a Lord-General and therefore outrank all other officers. When the Lord dies his Marshal-General loses his superiorety but retains the Legions he directly commanded.

 

Complicated, eh?

[Redwing]

Scar: No comment. *runs*

 

BD: Yep.

 

Just wait until we get to next thread, and I have to explain all this - for a whole bunch of cultures. My fingers are going to hurt.

 

wildjedi: That's perfectly alright. We'll just assume Tanara doesn't have much to say during this time or something

[jokemaster]

WJ: Don't worry bout it.

[Admiral Odin]

Be nice everyone.

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Ok I want to make sure of this so: In PTH terms:

 

 

Hal is an Earl, which is below The King. Allessa is also ranked below the King.

 

Under this then Allessa would be of lower rank then Vidar. Although she really wouldn't know that, since no one knows how the Aesir's government really works.

 

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A little on the way the Aesir rulling system works:

 

The Aesir live in what can be caled the Aesirian Empire/Kingdom. The names can be used interchangeable. That said rankings and power. We start with the Royal Family.

 

Emperor/King: Rules the entire Empire/kingdom. Armies wise he has the full army and navy at his disposal. Vidar is now the emperor.

 

Queen: The Queen rules when the Emperor/king is away from the throne. As such she shares much of power. On a side note, the Frigg being the queen is Odin's most trusted advisor.

 

Crown Prince: The heir to Odin (aka Vidar). As such he takes on many duties to prepare himself for the job of rulling the nation. Many times Odin will give Vidar critical assignments that Odin himself would handle. Vidar also travels extensivly with his father. *Note: If the emperor is killed and the queen lives plus a prince the queen becomes the Queen mother and the Prince the Emperor/King. If only there is a princess the Queen rules and anyone she marries is ranked no higher then a prince*

 

Princes: They are next in line of power and if Vidar is killed with no heir the eldest prince takes power. Heimdall would be next in line.

 

Princesses: If all the princess are killed then the eldest princess takes over being Burnhilde (she being dead puts Svafa in that position).

 

That ends the royal family. Below them are:

 

Dukes and dutches: They govern a planet. They are assigned by the Emperor.

 

Earls/Counts and Countess They are the regional govenors on planets. Essentially they govern continents/hemispheres Assigned by a Duke

 

Viscounts: These would be provicional govenors (They are in charge of lands rougly the size of the US). Elected by the populace

 

Barons/Baronesses These are the head of the local governments. also elected

 

The use of the phrase Lord and Lady is used for the Royal family, its more of an informal address.

 

The Ruling Council: Made up of the royal family, Dukes and Duchesses. The council are 12 individuals who advise the Emperor and when the Royal family is off rule in their place.

 

Another side note: There is a lot of mobility in the society mainly through military service and achievements. Thus ends the political structure of the Aesir. Just a little note on the military of the Aesir.

 

The Aesir have 10 Knightly orders, and any aesir is free to join any of them each order emphasizes something different, from skill with a sword to use of the Futhark. May list them later. Anyways the Aesir military is divided into essentially four independent groups (each having their own starfighter squadrons, capital ships etc). Military service is seen among the Aesir as a duty, and while not mandatory all Aesir are part of the military in some form.

 

The Regular Army and navy: The regular army and navy is seen as a stepping platform for those who are seeking a pure military career. The regulars tend comprised mainly of Aesir who pursue other careers like being a scientist. This has caused the regular army/navy to not have one specific armor but rather actual uniforms.

 

Besersk They wear green armor with gold trim, usually with cape of similar design (green with gold hem). Beserks will tend to handle guard duty along the frontier. Compared to the regular army they would be special forces. Entrance to the Beserks is done by application from the regular army/navy. Overall leader C13: Beowulf, PTH: Ragnar

 

Einherjar: Their armor is dark blue and with silver trim, and is usually worn with a dark blue cape with a silver hem. The Einherjar are the best of the elite forces of the Aesir (aka the Beserks). To become an Einherjar you have to be chosen by a Valkyrie. Einherjar take on the most dangerous missions and guard the royal family. (more of an honorary role on Asgard and other Aesirian planets) Overall leader: C13: Sigurd. PTH: Viddall

 

Valkyries: This is an entirely woman orginization. Their armor is red with gold trim, like the Beserks and Einherjar their cape is red with a gold hem, for real formal occasions Valkyries wear skirts. Valkyries are Odin's messangers, watchers, hunters, intell among other things. Again highly skilled. Becoming a Valkyrie is like an Einherjar. New Valkyries are chosen by the leaders of the Valkyries (Odin's daughters). Overall leader: C13: Brunhilde, PTH: Svafa.

 

I may do military ranks and actual orginization of the military later.

[jokemaster]

Me is confused

[Admiral Odin]

About what JM?

[jokemaster]

You guys talkin' bout the same order or different ones?

[Admiral Odin]

Seperate groups JM.

 

My post, Emperor down is about how the Aesir set up their government. And a brief description of the military forces.

[jokemaster]

ok thanks

[BattleDog]

Admiral, yes. I think you have it.

[Redwing]

BD: I don't mean it's a power of the Dark Side. I mean, a technique for creating fireballs through the Force doesn't exist that I know of.

 

Originally posted by Scar Da Kookee

((I think red was questioning weither or not that would Hal resort to something like that inorder to create something like that.

 

IE: if a jedi needed to use the dark side to defend himself, someone would need to be pretty desprite, imho ^_^ ))

 

 

Uh, no, see above.

 

I can easily believe that Hal would resort to the Dark Side to defend himself. I mean after all, he isn't exactly stable

[Kuuki]

well i was jsut stating it

 

meh, sometimes i just need more descriptive wording from more people to make up my mind

[BattleDog]

Red: Fireball is perhaps the wrong word. Think of it more as a ball of intense heat and light energy.

 

As to the darkside issue, no specific use of the force is "light" or "dark" even force lightning can be used be a jedi, though obviously not on people. The key is intent, Hal was preparing to defend himself, albeit in an aggressive manner. Besides he wouldn't have used them on living people. His mindset about these Sith is more like the Obi-Wan and the battle droids.

[Kuuki]

specific

 

force

 

lightning

 

[Redwing]

First, note this little fight is not going to last very long. (Or Admiral will kill me.) So this is really all for just one or two posts or so.

 

Okay, what the attackers can do, and what you can do to them: (Assuming as well you know who's attacking you from my post/s XD)

 

 

For Everyone:

 

They are all resistant to telekinesis, so you can't Force-pull guns, etc, away. Force powers may or may not work, so don't post assuming they do.

 

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1) Eudoxia: (Guy's sister) Blasters will bounce off leaving a small burn. Same for lightsabers. Using physical force on her is unlikely to work, she's very strong.

 

2) Kyrill: (Guy's brother) See Eudoxia.

 

3) White Trenchcoat Man: Blasters will harm him, and so will lightsabers, but good luck hitting him. He is very fast and agile. Plus he can defy gravity (walk on perpendicular surfaces). Get hit by his bullets, and you're screwed [they're enchanted and will severely injure you.]

 

4) Elf With Satchel and Wand: Blaster bolts will bounce off. Don't expect to safely get within melee range.

 

5) Gray Armor Being: Basically a tank. Blasters, lightsaber useless. Slower than the others, though.

 

6) Lizardman: Shielded. Hit him, you get zapped. Blaster bolts bounce off.

 

7) Girl In Blue: Blaster-shielded. Don't expect to safely get within melee range.

 

8) Dark Elf: See above.

 

9/10) Orcs: Blaster-shielded. Morningstar is enchanted, a hit will stun, and it can't be cut by a lightsaber. The stun-gun...well...stuns. Less so if you're a Force user.

 

11) Animals: Are armored, can't be easily injured, except in the mouth, etc. The Force will work on them but they are fierce brutes so it may not do as good of a job as you might think.

 

12) Yellow Gargoyle: There's a shield based in his shoulder cannon. Getting hit by the cannon shots would have about the same effect as having a whole string of blaster bolts pumped into you. (Hence pulse cannon)

[Admiral Odin]

I would only maim.

 

 

Important note:

 

Heimdall is heading off to retrieve a horn. Once this horn is sounded all fighting stops on the planet (no exception). This is impart due to two reasons:

 

1. It signales that each side should begin marching to Vigrid.

 

2. Weapons don't work, rather they cannot harm anyone on the planet (again no exception). Example: A lightsaber hits someone on the head and instead of cleaving the head the saber bounces off doing no damage. A balster bolt is absorb and so forth.

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And for those who are wondering why not get the horn first, that is because there is a certain time in which it has to be sounded. Doing it before then does nothing.

[Redwing]

Those shields can absorb some physical force as well, incidentally. So even if you could hit someone, maiming is unlikely.

 

Those who aren't wearing shields are wearing some form of armor.

 

Also, can we assume no one can be harmed at all through any force, physical or other? Or is it just if you're using a weapon?

[BattleDog]

I believe Admiral is reffering to the horn of [insert name here.] which will signal the begging of the last battle, call the Asier to fight and do some other funky stuff Admiral probably doesn't want spoiled.

[Redwing]

Yes, I do know what he is talking about, in fact it was me who suggested he post it in this thread.

 

BD, What is Hal doing and what effect does he expect it have on the ork/orc/etc? Magic interaction aside.

 

Otherwise I have no idea what to post.

 

edit: Also, I apologize for totally forgetting to have anyone attack Hal.

[Admiral Odin]

The horn is named: Gjallar

 

and Red: no one can be harmed regardless of the method used.