Stellar_Magic

I've had some progress on the mod and I'd thought I'd share a small sampling of what I'd completed so far. First up is a portion of the Character Cards I've created. Note: I have created cards for the RPG characters of Oreton and Hirotek, none of these cards have been included. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/StellarMagic01/Cards.jpg Next is the craft cards, now I've included an example from most of the major factions and corporations in the RPG. However I have not finished any for the Mandalors and the Vagaari aren't in the display (Because they're relatively minor once in battle) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/StellarMagic01/CraftCards.jpg Lastly here's a number of the Fighter cards, including all but one of the GFFA/UDA units and a lonely example from both the Vagaari and Raporan Imperium. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/StellarMagic01/FighterCards.jpg

Some new Rapora Warriors for the TC. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/StellarMagic01/RaporanWarriors.jpg At the top is Raporan Councilor Revak Valar, head of the Raporan Diplomatic Core. On the bottom is Captain Kask Clawdar, commander of the Timeless One's personal bodyguard. Many of his subordinates believe him to be insane.

No, I'm just afraid of having too many alien species in the RPG to keep track of.

OOC: No, oh no you don't, I'm not going to let you bring them into this!!! IC: Luke was stunned by the devestation he saw before him, the great forests of Zonoma Sekot were all but destroyed. The communities of Vong and Sekotan peoples decimated. The burned out hulks of Sekotan Skips littered the ground. Pyres of burning bodies filled the air with a putrid odor unlike any he'd endured before. The smell bled through the scarf he had around his mouth and nose and ravaged his senses. After each breath he found himself fighting a rising fist of bile. Mara and Leia were little better off, their faces all but completely shrouded behind the scarfs they wore for protection. Luke bent over the charred body of a Vong child that had died clutching a reptilian pet to itself. Other bodies lay littered were they fell as those survivors that were able moved bodies to the fires. A yuuzhan vong biot over his mouth Harrar stepped through the destruction to where the group stood. His voice echoed strangely through the rebreather, "I have not seen such destruction in all my time, even during the war." Luke nodded as he stood, "This war is far more brutal then the last one was." Luke sighed, "How many?" Harrar shook his head, "I..." Leia glanced at the Vong priest, "He doesn't know, they won't know for weeks, maybe years, maybe never." Mara glanced across the destruction, "What about Danni and the others?" Harrar's eyes narrowed, "Danni was wounded, she'll recover, of the others I have no word." He shook his head slowly, "No one has heard Sekot since..." Luke stepped beside Harrar, "Since what?" "Since High Priest Jakan was killed." Harrar seemed to tremble slightly, "Without a High Priest I fear no one can communicate with Sekot." Luke turned away his hands clenched at his sides, "It seems the Rapora have already been here." Harrar glanced at Luke, "No one saw the attackers, even through the force. It was as if the wrath of our Gods was real and released." Mara's eyes narrowed, "You say no one saw them?" * * * Han Solo leaned back on the tan hull of a GFFA Hover Tank as the regimental commanders gave their status and readiness. The two UDA Generals looked decidedly uncomfortable with the briefing's informality. Han sighed as the last GFFA commander finished, "So, what exactly do we know about the enemy?" The UDA generals glanced at each other, "Sir, if you will..." "Please, no sirs." The GFFA commanders chuckled lightly as the UDA general blanched, "Well sir, the Rapora have some of the most advanced technology in the galaxy. Also their warriors are all force sensitive rendering many traditional war fighting techniques ineffective against them, especially there infantry." "So what do you suggest?" "We need to be able to deliver a lot of firepower in one spot at once, I'd suggest having our troops use box formations to insure a lot of firepower at one point." The Chiss General shrugged as he finished. Han shook his head, "No, absolutely not, we're talking about lightsaber wielding opponents, if one got into the middle of a box formation we'd loose the whole formation." "Then what do you suggest?" "Sargeant hand me that crate," Han gestured to a crate and one of the GFFA commandos tossed it to him. Han smiled as he pulled open the crate, "Alright since you are all relatively well educated, what is this?" The UDA Generals smiled, "Yslamiri." "Correct," Han answered smiling, "For years Luke was chased by stormtroopers equipped with these things, you know why they never got him? Because these things only create a sphere around the creature, the force user still has access to the force." "What are you suggesting?" The commander of the most experience GFFA unit asked quietly. "That we let the Rapora walk right into our little force mines." * * * Thrawn smiled to himself as he boarded the Spear of Freedom, he could escape with ease. Now it was Han's battle. As the craft sealed up and cloaked Thrawn gave a parting salute to the ground troops watching his departure. * * * Darth Avarice smiled to herself as she watched the monstorous forms of the Salyar artillery pieces. She nodded to the Raporan regimental commander, "You may begin the advance."

The Right Time - Ray Charles

True, but having a couple of your own warheads blow up just a few meters out from your launch tubes is even worse. Graviton shields are the one thing I've ever read that would adequeately protect a ship from your weapons. It's what trekkies have because the torps in Star Trek use antimatter in the warhead The graviton shields both deflect, reflect, and abosrb energy thrown at them. It's basically a web of shields made out of microscopic gravitic distortions.

Get well soon! We need your reasonable voice to keep this site from disentigrating into chaos.

Actually you've got lots of bases, just very few shipyards. The Rapora still have to secure Ord Mantell before moving on, with Han in charge of ground forces, that may take awhile. Striking at convoys and reinforcements before they arrive are the best things available to you right now. BTW what do you think of my new signature?

Well, Rapora Wars is sorta like Lazerus it dies and rises again...and again...and again. This thing would get done alot faster if I wasn't constantly sidetracked and if I had alot of help on the cards front, especially the character cards. Currently I have the following character cards done for the GFFA: Cal Omas The Chosen One / Anakin Skywalker Luke Skywalker Mara Jade Skywalker Leia Organa Solo Han Solo Garik Loran Baron Scontir Fel Iella Wessiri Wes Janson Karyn Kann Danni Quee Page Raporan Imperium: The Timeless One Chamat Vera Laras I'm going to ask that everyone currently in the RPG submit an image for their character if they haven't already. I'm touching up on the Seryk Roygher card. Even with your cards added to the mix I need alot more. Obviously I'm going to need to add some Raporan, Vagaari, and Aklasp characters in order for the RPG to even come close to equallity in characters. If you'd please send me any ideas you have for these characters. Any help would be greatly anticipated and would help to keep this project alive.

Nah, it would work best as a miniseries for each book. You all have raised the great question with Star Wars sequels, how will Lucas dodge the EU, imagine the hell he'd have to pay to ignore the big characters from those novels. Mara Jade, the Solo Twins, etc. Therefore I believe that (un)fortunately Lucas won't make more Star Wars films after Episode III. 'un' is in question marks because I think he might actually be pressured to make films and television out of the EU. That would be the best way out for him. Unless he goes and does something as crazy as what I've done for an RPG sequeal. Speaking of which Rapora Wars is still alive Trej, come on by.

Waiting for posts... Antimatter, ha! I've already got a counter for your new warheads!!! Actually I've got two! The first is that the anti-starfighter defense cannons on Raporan ships are just as effective as missile-interception batteries, by by warheads. The second are the Aklasp ships which use a graviton shield, which is the same type of shield used by everyone in Star Trek, it's the one thing that will deflect the blast without being eaten away! Oh, and Aklasp and Raporan engineers are begining work on a new class of vessel, a hybrid that will certainly give you major headaches!

What does A.M.W. stand for? Antimatter Missile Warhead? Run away!!!

In the darkness of deep space the silvery blue hull of a sekotan skip glinted in the starlight, the greenish glow of its drives clearly visible in the darkness. Still the pilot sat behind the controls his eyes closed, his mind stretched out to the force. With a flicker of motion a trio of enormous star ships appeared in the space before him. Their spherical speckaled hull made them easy to identify. They were Vagaari Paskla class carriers. Anakin smiled as he powered down the engines and began to push the skip forward with the force. Slowly his craft tumbled toward the carriers before Anakin adjusted its course and slid the skip nosefirst into one of the fighter launch tubes. Flicking on his weapons he fired at full power destroying the fighter and launch station that sat at the tube's end. Then smiling he told the skip to latch onto the tube and waited. * * * The Timeless One nodded as the last of the enemy ships disappeared into hyperspace. Slowly he nodded to the projections before him, "You may begin landing your troops. Darth Avarice concentrate on the northern continent the Aklasp will assist you. I anticipate the stiffest resistance along the southern edge of that continent. Darth Fury, deploy your forces to the east of Avarice, Darth Tuvax deploy your troops to the northwest of Avarice." * * * Han Solo ducked down as he walked down the ramp with Ulan trailing behind him. Smiling courtiously at the base of the ramp Supreme Commander of UDA forces was Grand Admiral Thrawn. He was alone. Han was surprised slightly by the lack of a reception, "Admiral Thrawn, it's been a long time." "And you wished it would have been longer, General Solo. Ulan Shai, we've met before." Thrawn nodded to the Yuuzhan Vong. Han smiled slightly but before he could voice the question Thrawn cut him off, "Raporan forces are begining their landings, we need you to get to the front as soon as possible General Solo, you're the only one I thought would be adaptable enought for the job that needs done." * * * The eighteen Raporan landing craft dropped down to the grassy field as the two Aklasp ship's shot overhead. As the doors of the craft opened Darth Avarice stepped out of the craft with a command team trailing behind her. Across from her a craft dumped a company of battle droids. while another craft had a raporan engineering team rolling barrels out of the craft. Avarice smiled as the first Aklasp warship settled to the ground and disgourged a company of warriors. As they stepped across the field patches of burned grass lay in their wake. A whine filled the air as a trio of Vagaari dreadnaughts began to circle the landing field awaiting their turn to disgourge troops. The Raporan engineering commander stepped up to her and salute, "Lord Sith, what shall we mold from the ground here?" Avarice smiled coldly, "A Salyar Battery."

Well it's time for the battle for Ord Mantell to move from the skies to the surface. And it seems the Rapora have found and battered Zonoma Sekot. and the Mandalorian Fleet is about to arrive at Ord Mantell, alas the space battle has ended. It seems the situation can only worsen for the GFFA from here on out. Wait a minute, where did we leave Anakin?

I hadn't thought of that... They're pretty similar I guess.

Ripping off what weapons?

OOC: And from the ashes of time the Rapora Wars returns!!! Oh and Happy New Years! IC: Thrawn felt his jaw drop in disbelief as the two warships that had engaged the forces under Garik's command shot through what remained of the hapan formation. Six enormous Hapan Dragons were vaporized from volleys of brilliant shots. One of the hapan ships was sliced in half from an enormous blast from the front of one of the ships. The beam had lanced across over a hundred kilometers instantly and cut through the ship like a mining laser through rock. One of the communications officers spun toward Thrawn, "Sir, signal from a ship at the edge of the system. It claims to be the Millenium Falcon, and they want to know how to get tot eh surface." Thrawn glanced back at the chaotic tactical display, "Great, Inform Tenel Ka to fall back and attempt to keep open approach three, tell Captain Solo to take that route." "Yes sir." * * * Tenel Ka nodded as the communications officer relayed the order, "Tell the Grand Admiral I understand but inform him that I'll require reinforcements to accomplish the objective." "Yes sire," The officer replied. Tenel gritted her teeth, a gesture that only few would notice and was the only outward sign of the anger she was feeling at the casualties she'd suffered. Sighing subtly she turned to her tactical display, "Double wall formation on either side of the vector, we've got to keep that vector clear for as long as possible." The tactical officer turned to her, "Sire, the two unknown alien ship's have broken off their attack and are moving to intercept the Millenium Falcon." Tenel felt her frustration and concern soar to new heights as the two ship's dashed toward the Falcon. Then suddenly along a vector only subtly different from the Falcon's a task force of ships dropped out of hyperspace. Two full squadrons from the UDA. Tenel felt the slightest of smiles creep onto her face as the two unknown vessels broke off their attack. Then as the Falcon passed through the formation she watched as the GFFA and Imperial fleets moved to withdraw. The shimmering hologram of Grand Admiral Thrawn returned, "Tenel Ka, you're clear to withdraw as soon as the Millenium Falcon is under the planetary shields, we'll protect her from there on out. The UDA forces will cover your escape." "Thank you Admiral." * * * Han felt knuckles turn white as he looked out the viewport at the parting shots of the conflict. He could easily see countless hulks and the remnants of the moon that peppered the battlefield. He could see the Rapora fleet maneuvering to engage the UDA force as the Falcon slipped into the upper atmosphere. "I have not seen such destruction since..." Ulan said his voice fading away as he recalled how he'd come to be in this Galaxy. The silence that was Han's answer spoke more then any words. * * * The Jade Scimitar dropped out of hyperspace over the world of Zonoma Sekot, or what was left of it. The entire central region of the world was no longer green and lush but burned and scarred, the rest looked battered. Mara, Luke, Ben, and Leia starred in shock. Mara was the first to speak, her voice painfully quiet, "I've got a squadron of Raporan fighters exiting the system." Leia glanced at Mara, "What about the Skips?" Mara shook her head, "I've got six burnt out hulks nothing more." Luke felt a burning rage begin to well up within him, "How could they do this!"

Not dead not yet... just stalled. I'm sort of out of ideas for the moment.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Yes I did, damn Germans... Not only that there supposed to be delivered by the Kriskind (sp?) or Christ child, not Saint Nick as many Americans seem to believe. I live in Nebraska so... Tommorow's forecast: 22°F or what... -8°C? for a high A low of -2°F or -15°C? and no snow. I don't know jack about Celsius

OOC: Chaos is a very accurate description. IC: Then with a flash of motion a pair of small dark blue vessels appeared on the flank of Garik Evahe's fleet. The two fast moving ships darted forward their weapons powering up giving points on the hull a shimmering blue white glow. Then they opened fire with a brilliant blue laser which shot through space and sliced into the shields of one of the Star Destroyers ripping through its hull then the ship flashed past the star destroyer rolling and firing a volley of blue white torpedoes from its flanks. The torpedoes flashed into two of the interception frigates and detonated ripping the ships appart. Onboard the Reborn Garik winced as a blue white torpedo flashed through the shields and impacted the ridgeline as the second craft flashed past. Alarms began to wail on the bridge as red turbolaser blasts flashed toward the swift ship. Most of the shots went wide but a few scored hit reflecting or being absorbed by the ship's shimmering green shields. Garik whiped a hand over his brow and felt it come away bloody, "Report!" "Forward and dorsal shields are down, we've got a hullbreach on multiple decks," The ship engineer hissed. A shimmering hologram of Grand Admiral Thrawn appeared, "I ordered you to fall back, retreat before those ships finish you off!"

OOC: Finals are over...Free at last!!! IC: Thrawn slowly stroked his chin as he watched the tactical display, "Ready all ground forces, enemy troops are being deployed." Smiling he glanced at the communications officer, "Order all the fleet to fall back to the opposite side of Ord Mantell and place Task Force Scimitar on alert." "Yes sir," The Vagaari technician answered as he tapped the console and opened the channels. Thrawn glanced back at the display as Garik Ioor's Task Force was on the verge of being surrounded by his Raporan foes, "Order Garik Ioor to pull back, now!" Garik's pride was creating problems, Thrawn thought sourly, fighting a pitched battle against an enemy as good as the Rapora was difficult even without such personalities coming into the mix. The Hapans began pulling back in good order delivering a wall of glowing red laser fire as they wheeled on their axis and engaged their drives. Thrawn felt himself smile, Tenel Ka was proving to be a compitent commander. As Oreton's ship headed away from the debris field he joined up with the Hapans. The battle was going almost as Thrawn had predicted it, but the destruction of one of the Superheavies was a bitter blow, and the second ship had taken a beating. Soon it would no longer be a primarily space campaign but a ground one. * * * Leia sighed as the Millenium Falcon disappeared from the sensor board, "So what exactly am I going to do?" "We need someone to rally the GFFA and Jedi and..." Luke sighed slowly, "We also need someone to liason with whats left of the Chiss Ascendancy and Empire of the Hand." * * * Anakin slowly woke in his cockpit and smiled, beyond was the enormous black world of Maldur, a world devoid of life to all appearances. Anakin knew better, Maldur was a world with a secret. A secret that would change the galaxy forever.

Reverse that... have Tuvax destroy Garik's squadron.

Finals week begins monday! Don't worry about it BS, you've just got a bunch of college students is whats going on.

OOC: I'm back, for the moment, busy still though. IC: Thrawn nodded slowly at the display, "Alright, tell admiral Oreton to pull back to opposite side of Ord Mantell. Commodore Eressa pull your force back to protect Oreton. Tenel Ka, I request that you attempt to disengage and pull back to the edge of the system. Admiral Ioor, cover her withdrawal." Thrawn turned in his chair to face the last to holos, "Athien, Hirotek, your way is clear, good luck." * * * Luke sighed as he leaned against the side of the Jade Scimitar. He sighed as Mara walked out of the ship her hands gripping a datapad tightly. Slowly, she handed it to Luke, "GFFA and Raporan forces have engaged at Ord Mantell. We just got this from the holonet." Luke glanced down at the datapad just long enough to read the opening lines, "Well, lets go talk to Han, he's going to love this." "What am I going to love," Han's half muffled voice asked from the top hatch of the Millenium Falcon as he flipped up the shield on his welding helmet. Mara muttered under her breath before shouting over to him, "Come down here so we can tell you Nerfherder!" Luke glanced over to his wife, "A little tense are we?" Mara glanced over at him trying to deliver a glare which failed. He smiled slightly, "Don't worry about it." Han dropped down from the Falcon with a clatter and strode over to the two of them, "So what is this about?" "We just got this on the Holonet, it seems there really desperate at Ord Mantell." Luke handed Han the datapad. It took him two minutes to read it when he was finished he glanced at the two of them, "Son of the sith!" "Someday they'll build a statue," Mara suggested wryly. Han sighed, "I was out for good, you know I never was a real, 'general' a real 'officer." Luke sighed, he'd expected this, "You know if Ord Mantell falls the Hydian way could be cut, and from there..." "They have a clear avenue in all directions." Han said quietly glancing back at the datapad. He shook his head, "And Cal Omas himself put his name on the request." "The GFFA is really hurting when it comes to experienced ground combat personnel," Mara said flatly as she folded her arms over her chest, "You're one of the few people with that sort of experience." Han shook his head, "I'm getting too old for this sort of thing." "Who's going to lead the ground forces on Ord Mantell? Me, I'm a Jedi not a strategist. Jacen, he's working with GFFA Intelligence. Jaina, she's a fighter jock. Lando, he's not been reachable and is farther from the front. Han you're the only one who could pull this off," Luke said harshly. "I know... I'll do it." * * * The Timeless One slowly walked along the bridge of his command ship as he watched the Sovereign run toward the dark side of the planet. Smiling he turned to his commanders, "Launch all landing craft, let the ground battle begin."