Rapora War (Game Encyclopedia)

[Stellar_Magic]

This is for those playing or interested in the RPG Rapora War, as per request I'm currently working on an encyclopedia for the game, any comments, requests or questions are welcome, remember this is a work in progress.

 

Rapora Wars Directory, Dictionary, and Encyclopedia:

 

Basic Dictionary of Factions and Species:

 

The Aklasp:

“Fear is what we are, beings that know no fear nor age nor death.â€

[Mad78]

SHould i think up a description for: Tuvax, Garik, Lor Mazzoc and my Interception corvette?

[Stellar_Magic]

That would be good, just try and copy the format so I can easily insert the additions into the encyclopedia.

[BadSamaritan]

Yes, it would ne helpful. That is why I originall worote up the history for my guys. That, and boredom.

 

And Stellar, you fogot the Mandalorian cruiser.

[Stellar_Magic]

Actually I haven't added a lot of stuff yet... The Mandalorian Cruiser, The Vagaari under species, the Aklasp vessels, lots of GFFA and Imperial equipment, the hybrid Raporan starship, the hybrid Mandalor/GFFA/UDA starship I'm working on, the advanced droid fighters Hirotek used at Kuat.

 

It's amazing how much we created.

[BadSamaritan]

hybrid Mandalor/GFFA/UDA starship

 

Thats not going to be a pretty sight.

[Stellar_Magic]

It doesn't have to be pretty just deadly.

[BadSamaritan]

And im sure it will be. Just add some Ewok regiments backed up by Tribble calvary, and it will whip the repora real quick!

[Trejiuvanat]

Aklasp Species

 

An Aklasp warrior averages around 2.5 meters in height and weights in at a whopping nine hundred kilos due to their unusually high density inherit with silicate life forms. Their bodies produce enormous amounts of heat and their internal organs may reach temperatures of nearly eight hundred degrees Celsius. Their eyes, mouth, and joints glow slightly from the heat released from those points. Their anatomy is exceptionally bizarre featuring an exoskeleton of solid silicon. This makes them almost completely immune to blaster fire. Any wound caused by a blaster bolt is repaired by the flow of hot metallic liquids through the exoskeleton. This, ‘blood’ is hot enough to burn through most metals and all lesser materials. Their arms end in a three fingered hand as their legs end in two toed feet which point backward. Like the Rapora they feature a tail, but this one includes a scorpion like stinger. In addition Aklasp can easily survive in space for several minutes.

 

Yuck, silicium-base creatures, makes me think of giant mynocks. First Star Trek, now Aliens.

 

Question time!

 

Do this guys breath?

 

Do this guys emit strong heat radiation? Drying out ambient humidity that'd make the Rapora not want to be too close to them?

 

Are their eyes, joints and mouth any more vulnerable than the rest of their bodies?

 

I'll take their blood is somekind of dangerous acid (à la Alien).

 

It's fewer of them, than there's Rapora, right?

 

Forcesensitivity?

 

Melee weapon? Or do they just spit acid and attack with claws?

 

How fast are they? at 900kg I wouldn't think of them as fast creatures.

 

How do their bodies react to lightsabers?

[Stellar_Magic]

Okay Trej, here's some answers to your questions

 

Do this guys breath?

 

Yes, they breath, their bodies require an unusual amount of oxygen in fact, but without oxygen they can survive for a short peroid of time before going into a comotose like state.

 

Do this guys emit strong heat radiation? Drying out ambient humidity that'd make the Rapora not want to be too close to them?

 

Yes they do emit a lot of heat radiation, equivalent to standing next to a furnace that melts metal. I believe in one of my posts I showed Darth Avarice having trouble being around them because of the amount of heat they gave off. Their armor is often times scaldingly hot and I wrote that they melted and warped the floor of a Raporan warship just by walking across it.

 

Are their eyes, joints and mouth any more vulnerable than the rest of their bodies?

 

If you're saying blaster fire, the answer is no. Blasters release heat, and Aklasp like heat. If you're saying shrapnel or a thrown spear the answer is yes. The melting of a colder metal would lower their body temperature and render them comotose.

 

I'll take their blood is somekind of dangerous acid (à la Alien).

 

Actually no its not, its superheated liquid metal which is even more dangerous to organics.

 

It's fewer of them, than there's Rapora, right?

 

Yes there are fewer of them, but each one is immensly old and experienced. They're also very hard to kill.

 

Forcesensitivity?

 

No, they're not force sensitive.

 

Melee weapon? Or do they just spit acid and attack with claws?

 

I forgot that didn't I? In truth they have little need for a melee weapon but they do have. Imagine a lightsaber that cut not by infusing heat but by taking it away. A lightsaber that chilled objects until they shattered. Well thats my concept for their personal melee weapon.

 

How fast are they? at 900kg I wouldn't think of them as fast creatures.

 

They're slightly slower then the average human being. Humans really aren't that fast anyhow.

 

How do their bodies react to lightsabers?

 

You remember the scene in episode I where Qui-gon (sp?) starts to burn through the bridge blast doors. Think of that as the exoskeleton of this alien creature.

[Trejiuvanat]

Yes, they breath, their bodies require an unusual amount of oxygen in fact, but without oxygen they can survive for a short peroid of time before going into a comotose like state.

 

Considering that the Si-O chemical union is solid mineral, and their blood being melted metal. I wouldn't see the need of it. (I had thought they died in space, because of freezing).

 

The melting of a colder metal would lower their body temperature and render them comotose.

 

Where do I get a gun that shoots frozen diamonds?

 

They're also very hard to kill.

 

I don't doubt it. Perhaps Solo can scrounge some crazy ideas.

 

Imagine a lightsaber that cut not by infusing heat but by taking it away. A lightsaber that chilled objects until they shattered. Well thats my concept for their personal melee weapon.

 

That's the weirdest weapon I0ve ever heard of.

 

 

They're slightly slower then the average human being. Humans really aren't that fast anyhow.

 

True, but 900kg of solid silice and molten metals... oh well. Make them half as fast as a human and I'll be happy.

 

How do their bodies react to lightsabers?

 

You remember the scene in episode I where Qui-gon (sp?) starts to burn through the bridge blast doors. Think of that as the exoskeleton of this alien creature.

 

Where's Corran and his longer blade when you need him.

 

Thanks for the answers, and for the Encyclopedia.

[ADarkJedi44]

Perhaps one day I'll be bored and write something together....Perhaps.

In any case, looks good.

[Mad78]

Gorathian Interception Corvette

 

SM you will have to explain to me how to give stats to the ship

 

Armament:

4 Heavy Turbolaser Turrets

10 quad-laser turrets

1 concussion missile launcher

 

Crew: 80 men

 

Developped in the Secret Gorath facility as a patrol and fighter support ship, the Interception corvette boost some amazing offensive cappacities for a ship of its size. Its four Heavy turbolaser turrets have boosted targeting computers who allow them to target small and fast moving targets such as ships such as ties who would normally evade such defenses.

The Corvette is also equipped with ten quad laser turrets and a missile launcher who increase even more its anti-fighter capacities.

A new kind of generator was specially developped by the gorathian scientist to power the massive reactors of the ship and to provide the massive amount of energy necessary to the ship's armament.

The latest generation of ships have also been equipped with an experimental cloaking device.

 

I will make 3d model of the ship if you need it for a card SM.

I will also make the descriptions for the characters tomorrow.

[Stellar_Magic]

Okay Mad, here's the format for Starships:

 

The ship's name...

 

Freedom Sword Class Light Cruiser

 

The ship's description...

 

The Freedom Sword class Light Cruiser is the UDA's reply to the Raporan Savla, fast and maneuverable; she can run circles around larger vessels. Her durasteel and neutronium hull can withstand most energy weapons quite well including medium and light plasma fire. She is the sword of the UDA's fleet hitting hard and fast.

 

The ship's basic statistics. I use the official Lucasarts values for these, SBD, RU, MGLT, and DPF for Shields, Hull, Speed, and Maneuverability respectively. I'll post some numbers for known vessels from the Star Wars universe for comparison.

 

Shields: 4800 SBDs

Hulls: 960 RUs

Speed: 70 MGLTs

Maneuverability: 24 DPF

 

Next is rather obvious, the armament of the vessel.

 

Armament:

12 Heavy Turbolasers

18 Turbolasers

14 Ion Cannons

4 Heavy Torpedo Launchers

12 Plasma Missile Launchers

26 Chiss Batteries (Equal in damage to a heavy Laser Cannon)

12 Anti-starfighter Laser Cannons (Rate of fire equal to that of the Falcon's defense cannons)

 

After that is the number of crew.

 

Crew:

800

 

After that is a breakdown of the standard troop compliment aboard ship, we'll ignore this for now because I'm working on a different manner to detailing what troops are on a vessel.

 

Finally is a listing of special abilities for the vessel, this can be none to a wide range of special abilities.

 

Special Features:

A Phase Cloak enabling the vessel to disappear from all sensors and allow matter to pass through the ship, without any real effect.

 

Strategic placement of Yslamiri around weapons systems and critical areas to deny Rapora the ability to target or dodge those systems very easily

 

A Shield Monitoring Sensor which allows the vessel to discover the exact frequency of an opponents shields and fire through them unhindered. (It often takes nearly a minute of combat for the sensor to find the shield modulation, and it can be countered by switching modulations.

 

For clarity here's the statistics for a Imperial Star Destroyer, and a Corellian Corvette during the Galactic Civil War.

 

Imperial Star Destroyer:

Shields: 4800 SBDs

Hull: 2288 RUs

Speed: 11 MGLTs

Maneuverability: 5 DPF

 

Corellian Corvette:

Shields: 400 SBDs

Hull: 192 RUs

Speed: 22 MGLTs

Maneuverability: 10 DPF

[Trejiuvanat]

Those are stats I never fully understood. I know they are from XWA or some other source, but like the length of the SSD I find them hardly believable. For example ship speed, during the escape of Hoth one SD kept close enough to the Falcon, before Solo maneuvered the pursuing SD into a near collision course.

 

I somehow don't buy in those speed stats, that were possibly just made up to balance gameplay in flightsims. (Those XWA SDs were way to easy to kill).

[Stellar_Magic]

Well I know there's problems with the stats, but oh well... I'll have seperate but similar stats for Star Destroyers from this era (They'll be considerably faster though).

[Mad78]

Okay SM i will work out some stats for the ship, but is the rest of the description ok?

 

Now Garik

 

General Ioor, Garik

 

At the beginning of the Galactic civil war, when the Empire was greatly in Power, Neka and Lovi Ioor were found assinated. They left behind them two children, Merick, the older son, joined the Imperial academy after being informed by imperial security that the work was obviously that of Rebel agents.

Merick rapidly proved himself, helped by the reputation of his farther who had benn a war hero during the clone wars. It was only after having finished his training that he was informed by rebel infiltrators that the murderers of his parents were none other than Imperials who suspected them of being traitors.

Merick rapidly defected to the rebellion. From there he helped his sister, Zana Ioor, to disappear. She fled to a small world of the outer rim and married a rebel commander who was later killed during an ambush.

Two months after the disappearance of her husband, Zana gave birth to Garik.

The boy grew up hearing the stories of how his Uncle and his ship The Chronicle caused mayhem on major Imperial world. On missions through the outer rim, Merick would even allow Garik to visit his ship.

When Garik was only eight years old the news struck. Merick was reported disappeared in a battle of Mon Calamari.

As soon as he was in age Garik signed up for the Republic navy. It was quickly seen that, like his uncle, he was a brilliant Tactician but also that he was under deep pressure due to the reputation of his family.

He fought vaillantly against the Vong and finally reached the rank of General.

He lead the first fleet sent to investigate the Rapora threat, his ship was one of the only to return. They then started participating actively in the war and wass even informed of the top secret research and construction complex of Gorath. He then lead the first republican Eclipse SSD to battle.

Garik is an intelligent man even if his temerity may by moment affect his jugement.

[Stellar_Magic]

UPDATE

 

Rapora Wars Directory and Dictionary:

 

Basic Dictionary of Factions and Species:

 

The Aklasp:

“Fear is what we are, beings that know no fear nor age nor death.â€

[Stellar_Magic]

Well crud...it's to big!!!

 

Darkie, here's the Army stats for the Rapora thus far:

 

The Raporan Army:

 

Personal Weaponry:

 

Kar Drask Plasma Carbine

 

The standard weapon of the Raporan Warrior the Kar Drask Carbine is the terror of GFFA troops. The plasma carbine is capable of punching through all sorts of personal armor and even light energy shielding. If that wasn’t enough the weapon features a clip enabling a Rapora to attach his lightsaber like a bayonet.

 

Type: Plasma Carbine

Effective Range: 38m

Maximum Range: 68m

Shots per power pack: 40

Shots per gas canister: 120

 

* * *

 

Kar Vada Plasma Pistol

 

The personal sidearm of Raporan officers the Kar Vada is a weapon that packs as much punch as a disruptor.

 

Type: Plasma Pistol

Effective Range: 18m

Maximum Range: 32m

Shots per power pack: 24

Shots per gas canister: 72

 

* * *

 

Lanvahok Lightsaber

 

The personal weapon of choice for Rapora warriors is the Lanvahok lightsaber. It is a double bladed weapon where one blade is approxamentally half the length of another. The shorter blade emits at an 80 degree angle from its brother giving the Raporan warrior a weapon that can be used with great effect in lightsaber combat.

 

Type: Lightsaber

Primary Color: Red or Orange

 

* * *

 

Lightdisk

 

This weapon is the Raporan equivalent of a Vong razorbug. It is a simple disc with three lightsaber emitters attached around its edge. Rapora warriors will often use the force to guide these weapons into their targets.

 

Type: Thrown Weapon

Effective Range: 80m

Maximum Range: 100m

 

* * *

 

Thermal Grenade

 

A weapon design based upon the same principals as the thermal detonator, a Raporan Thermal grenade is smaller then it’s GFFA counterpart and has a curved throwing handle enabling it to be thrown much further distances.

 

Type: Grenade

Effective Range: 30m

Maximum Range: 40m

Blast Radius: 18m

 

* * *

 

Xeno Bomb

 

The ultimate in anti-personnel weapons developed by the Rapora, the Xeno Bomb releases a discharge of radiation that kills the beings in a structure while leaving them intact. Fortunately it is difficult to use in combat and the attacking troops must withdraw clear of its blast radius.

 

Type: Placed Charge

Blast Radius: 100m

 

Droids:

 

Droideka’kar

 

Based off the aged Droideka chassis the Droideka’kar war droid is a fearsome and common weapon of the Rapora arsenal. It is a machine built for one purpose, the dealing out of death. Like the original droideka the droid is most mobile in a rolled up position.

 

Type: Battle Droid

 

Armament:

 

2 PLX Missile mounts with a five shot magazine for each, two extra magazines are stored near the reactor

2 Plasma Cannons at the center of each arm

2 Repeating blasters replace the inner blaster mounts on each arm

2 Lightsabers replace the outer blaster mounts on each arm

 

Shielding: personal combat shield capable of deflecting lightsaber blows and mid to light blaster fire.

 

Armor: 10cm thick plate that can turn light blaster fire.

 

Sensors: the sensor head includes a variety of sensors including infrared, motion, optical, heat, x-ray, and ultraviolet.

 

Droid Brain: Relatively dumb by modern standards but smart enough to anticipate ambushes and logically analyze enemy tactics.

 

* * *

 

Kar Vanel Multipurpose droid

 

The second droid used by the Rapora, the Kar Vanel is a homegrown design which mimics the anatomy and motion of the Rapora themselves. The droid is used primarily as crews for their vessels and interpreters. Often times the droid will be armed the same as Raporan Warriors.

 

Type: Multipurpose Droid

 

Armament: None

 

Shielding: None

 

Armor: None

 

Sensors: Infrared, Optical, and Motion sensors are used in a composite eyes which is tuned to replicate a Rapora’s vision.

 

Droid Brain: Relatively bright and capable of thought and learning, its intelligence is roughly equal to a Protocol Droid.

 

* * *

 

Kar Vanel’kar Security and Combat Droid

 

The combat version of the Kar Vanel, the Kar Vanel’kar is used when only the most advanced droid technology will do. It features an ultra intelligent droid brain that rivals the average intellect of the Rapora. Nicknamed the Jedi killer by the GFFA the droid is equipped with cutting edge technology in hyper reflexes and a precognitive simulation allowing the droid to keep pace with a Jedi in hand to hand combat. The droid is capable of utilizing all Raporan weaponry.

 

Type: Battle Droid

 

Armament:

 

1 built in flamethrower in the right wrist

Poison injectors included in the claws of the droid

2 Emergency repeating blasters hidden within the hands of the droid

 

Shielding: No shielding standard, the security model includes an advanced ray shield similar to a droideka.

 

Armor: Cortosis shell underneath a 5cm armor plate. It can turn small blaster fire.

 

Sensors: Infrared, Optical, and Motion sensors are used in a composite eyes which is tuned to replicate a Rapora’s vision.

 

Droid Brain: An advanced tactical droid brain capable of thought nearly as intelligent and random as a human.

 

Personal Loads:

Rapora Warrior

 

1 Fully cortosis lined and enclosed combat suit with an air filter to remove smoke, dust, gas.

1 Helmet equipped with infrared, x-ray, and ultraviolet sensors along with a sonic sensor and anti-sound for protection against sonic attack.

1 Plasma Carbine capable of deliver rapid fire with an explosive yield equal to a heavy blaster cannon (As in vehicle mounted)

1-2 Personel lightsabers

1 Light disk, imagine throwing a frisbee with a trio of small lightsabers mounted on it.

3-6 Thermal Grenades, very similar to a thermal detonator but equipped with a stick shapped handle for farther throws. -OR- 1-2 Xeno bombs, which kill using only radiation leaving structures and equipment intact.

1 Personal Plasma sidearm, punch equal to a disruptor.

 

Vehicles:

 

Alaran Hover Tank

 

Like most military forces in the galaxy the Raporan army acknowledges that in some battles speed rather then firepower or armament is the deciding factor in engagements. The Alaran Hover Tank is the Rapora’s fastest vehicle often used in reconnaissance and harassment of the enemy

 

Height: 19m

 

Crew: 4 Rapora Warriors -or- 4 Kar Vanel Droids

 

Armor: 25 cm of Armor Plate Capable of stopping light and medium blaster fire.

 

Shielding: None

 

Armament:

 

1 Heavy Plasma Cannon

1 Rocket launcher with a magazine of thirty warheads

 

Top Speed: 210 km/h

 

Troop Capacity: 8 Rapora Warriors -or- 8 Kar Vanel’kar Droids

 

* * *

 

Salyar Artillery

 

The largest, slowest, and heaviest ground vehicle in the Raporan arsenal is the Salyar Antimatter Gun. With a maximum range of 39 km, the artillery piece is capable of leveling entire hillsides with its unique antimatter armament.

 

Height: 68m

 

Crew:

 

6 Rapora Warriors

92 Kar Vanel Droids

 

Armor: 1 meter of armor protects the entire unit making it incapable of being damaged by all but the heaviest of ground operated weapons.

 

Shielding: None

 

Armament:

 

1 Antimatter Rail gun capable of firing antiproton or antielectron projectiles against distant targets

 

Top Speed: 18 km/h

 

Troop Capacity: None

 

* * *

 

Varan Kar class Walker

 

This three legged behemoth is the Rapora’s largest ground assault vehicle. It’s designed to be capable of decimating even the largest and most advanced armored vehicles known to the Rapora. Some accounts claim that one of these vehicles managed to take on an entire regiment of Imperial Walkers on Ord Mantell single handedly.

 

Height: 28m

 

Crew: 2 Rapora Warriors

 

Armor: 45cm Armor Plate capable of withstanding most blaster fire and light laser fire.

 

Shielding: Unique combined kinetic and energy shielding capable of stopping all but the heaviest of weapon. A proton torpedo does have the yield to penetrate the shielding however.

 

Armament:

Dual Heavy Plasma Cannons

2 Side mounted Plasma Cannons

2 Plasma bomb launchers hung beneath the walker’s torso.

 

Top Speed: 70 Km/h

 

Troop capacity: 8 Droideka’kar battle droids hung from two four-droid racks.

 

Units:

 

Company sized units: These are the component parts of regiments and battalions.

 

Droideka’kar Assault Company

 

The mainstay infantry unit of the Rapora, the Droideka’kar Assault Company provides ample firepower but lacks the offensive speed of most other battlefield units due to its lack of vehicle support. They are used primarily in urban combat, jungle combat, and garrison duty.

 

Composition:

4 Raporan Warriors

128 Droideka’kar Droids

 

Motorized Infantry Company

 

The apex of Raporan mobile warfare, the motorized infantry company is usually tasked to rapidly flank enemy forces. They rely on speed and firepower to surprise their enemies.

 

Composition:

32 Rapora Warriors

96 Droideka’kar Droids

34 Alaran Hover Tanks

[BadSamaritan]

I suppose I should come up with mandalorian ground equipment, shouldnt I?

[Trejiuvanat]

Quite an update. It's very complete, I'll send you the Empire's newest ground units, once they make an appearance in the RPG. Edited January 17, 2005 by Trejiuvanat

[BadSamaritan]

You will notice, Trej, that his post is continued on, you can pick it up rom there. It caught me off gaurd for a moment also.

 

And I had a thought for some Mandalorain battle armor. Remember Dark Forces? In the end, Boba Fett wore some wicked powerfull battle armor to fight you. Would it be possible he got that armor back to the mandalorian cities for mass production?

[Stellar_Magic]

Heres an update, but its very small, only a single vessel...I'm waiting for some more info for the Vaathkree and have started work on Aklasp vessels and equipment.

 

Defender-class Star Destroyer

 

Once the New Republic became the leading force in the galaxy it was quickly realized that a new class of ship was needed to help to administrate and protect the massive regions of the fledgling New Republic. The result were two new classes of vessel, the Defender and Republic class Star Destroyers

 

Fast, well armed for its size, and more sophisticated from the aging Victory class ships it replaced, the Defender demonstrated exceptional potential as a warship during the Vong invasion. However it is unknown how well the vessel will hold up against the Rapora.

 

Shields: 4780 SBDs

Hulls: 1880 RUs

Speed: 36 MGLTs

Maneuverability: 5 DPF

 

Carries four squadrons of starfighters

 

Armament:

98 Turbolaser Batteries

56 Ion cannons

52 Quad-laser cannons

24 Concussion missile launchers

 

Crew:

7,000 Personnel

2,000 Droids

 

This encyclopedia is getting big, once I've got a complete update I'll probably have to post it in sections...

[Mad78]

Okay i thought I would revive the Encyclopedia

 

First here is a description of Tuvax

 

Darth Tuvax

 

Tuvax started his life in one of the lower class rapora societies. As all the Rapora did he started training as a warrior at a young age integrating a fighting school.

The Dark side was powerful in him and h made quick progress. He was only really noticied when he crippled one of his teachers during a training. The strengh of Tuvax's anger had beaten the defences of the veteran and nearly cost him his life.

Such exploits rarely stayignored and the word of it finally came to the ears of Darth Fury one of the rising Dark Lords. Fury decided to take Tuvax aa his apprentice and taught the secrets of the Dark side.

The brute force of Tuvax and the wit of Fury completed each other and they became popular among the Rapora.

Fury would direct fleets while Tuvax led their starfighters to battle.

The master and the Apprentices lead one of the fleets against the Chiss homeworld of Csilla.

It was after this that Tuvax was finally made a Sith Master.

Tuvax is a acve swordsman and marksman. He is also one of the rare ones who has mastered the art of fighting with two raporan lightsabers, one in each hand.

 

 

There.

Now I had a question about raporan society. Does it work as a caste system? If it does i have an idea for a new one