The Ossein Khanate [Interest Check]

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- The Ossein Khanate -
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[fancybox4="https://i.imgbox.com/i8BYAswj.png"]The Ossein Fleets.
In those dim days when the Republic was but an infant on the Galactic stage, they roamed the stars. A nomadic warrior culture which revered star-flight, they inspired myths and legends, and made the Galaxy tremble before their might.
In those earliest of days, they were both conquerors and protectors, villains and heroes. Theirs was the way of the thruster, the blaster, the vibroblade. They were unconstrained by such binary constructs as the Light Side and the Dark; they existed in a time when the Jedi were but upstarts, and the Sith had yet to even appear.
The Galaxy was a wilder place, in those days.

But that was long ago.
There are no more Ossein; the light of Galactic civilization long ago cast them into shadow. The descendants of these once proud people - and they are few - barely remember their heritage. The bloodlines are thin, the stories are long forgotten...
By most, anyway.
There are a few - a scant handful - who still hold to the old ways. They are not of the old Ossein bloodlines, more often than not; they are beings who saw the state of the Galaxy, and did not find it good. They are beings who wished to be free, to stand on their own feet and rekindle the dying light of what once was.
One such being is Triter Zonne.

"Evil has shown their hand. They drive the light before them, and inflict suffering as if there can be no consequence for it. But there are things older than the Sith, things that will show them there is a cost to what they do."
_Triter Zonne.​

Triter is the last of a proud crew, raised by pirates who revered the ways of the Ossein, and struck back against evil beings in the only way they understood. They were ultimately destroyed, leaving Triter the only survivor, who has wandered the Galaxy in search of a new cause, a new family. Time and again, he has found what he seeks, only to have it taken from him.
Recent events have driven him to something new.
Triter is tired of losing. He is tired of that which he holds dear ending in fire and horror. He is out now to change the Galaxy to his design; he will resurrect things far older than his enemies, and chase down those who have inflicted so much hardship upon the Galaxy to make them face his own justice. His will be a force the Galaxy has not seen in a thousand generations...

Triter aims to rebuild the ancient Ossein Fleets. As their Khan, he aims to stand against any who would take the freedoms he holds dear, be they Sith, Republic or even Jedi. He also plans to reestablish the long-dead Khanate, a thalassocracy, guarded by a roving fleet of ships to protect trade and deter outside interference from any who would enslave those worlds which have sworn fealty. Within the Khanate, there will be enforced a "sovereignty of the self," where all beings are free to live as they please in a sort of enlightened anarchy.
And of course, when ready, the Khanate will launch their own campaign against the Sith, driving them from the Outer Rim and repaying generations of suffering...
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[Note: This faction would be heavily inspired by the real-life Mongol Empire, with a healthy dose of space piracy thrown into the mix.]​
 
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I really like this idea and would be interested in creating a character for this faction. You have my support.
 

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Coolness! Here's hoping I can get together a few more people like you, then.
 

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I'm going to have my character @Jinn Lo, and eventually Draxxon join this group temporarily. (Though I would like to help run things OOC with you), as they feel it would be beneficial to use the pirate groups to their advantage. So with that, I'm going to have @Rorren join us as well with his Guardian's of Yume character.

Putting 4 of us total.
 

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Don't know how active I'll be but whatever @TWD26 pulls me into I do so I'll be on more often.
 

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Hey thanks guys! Glad to have you!
Now we just need one more...
 

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This... Actually looks pretty boss. Dunno if I'd make a character for it, but interactions with the Paladins might be interesting if both factions are greenlit.
 

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We should totally do a version of the Pope's Letters to Genghis Khan if so.
 

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Should be said that the Ossein are not strictly a Force-sensitive group. Their views on the Force, honor and the rights of the individual will certainly be central to them, but there isn't really any differentiation in their ranks between Force sensitive beings and those who are not.
However, like the Paladins, their weapon of choice would probably be the vibroblade, plus a ranged weapon of some sort to accompany it, and the starfighter.
Starfighter combat would be sacred to the Ossein. If my ancient Ossein queen lore submission is approved, I'll follow it up with a more detailed article on their old culture and customs.
 
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Should be said that the Ossein are not strictly a Force-sensitive group. Their views on the Force, honor and the rights of the individual will certainly be central to them, but there isn't really any differentiation in their ranks between Force sensitive beings and those who are not.
However, like the Paladins, their weapon of choice would probably be the vibroblade, plus a ranged weapon of some sort to accompany it, and the starfighter.
Starfighter combat would be sacred to the Ossein. If my ancient Ossein queen lore submission is approved, I'll follow it up with a more detailed article on their old culture and customs.
I actually really like the idea of fighter combat being sacred to them, that's pretty damn cool.
 

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Glad you like it! Yeah, so far I have the Ossein generally revering star-flight; starfighter proficiency is to them what horsemanship was to the Mongols. They also worship hyperspace; not only is it the medium through which they traveled between worlds, but they also see it as the realm of their afterlife and the domain of their gods, which I believe will be based at least partially on the Rakata as they appeared in Legends canon, but of course abstracted out as mythical beings.
The Ossein also believe that the Force manifests raw belief. So, even if their gods are ultimately a myth, they do "exist" in some fashion.

Obviously there will be some differences between the extinct ancient Ossein and Triter's recreated khanate, but he'll be trying to keep as many aspects of the old culture as are practical.
 

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Glad you like it! Yeah, so far I have the Ossein generally revering star-flight; starfighter proficiency is to them what horsemanship was to the Mongols. They also worship hyperspace; not only is it the medium through which they traveled between worlds, but they also see it as the realm of their afterlife and the domain of their gods, which I believe will be based at least partially on the Rakata as they appeared in Legends canon, but of course abstracted out as mythical beings.
The Ossein also believe that the Force manifests raw belief. So, even if their gods are ultimately a myth, they do "exist" in some fashion.

Obviously there will be some differences between the extinct ancient Ossein and Triter's recreated khanate, but he'll be trying to keep as many aspects of the old culture as are practical.

Sounds pretty damn fascinating, and it's funny you mention the Rakata because our original plan was for the Paladins to set up shop on Belkadan, a planet in the Infinite Empire.

A shame the Khanate's pilots are a thousand years too early to meet my Jedi from last TL; she was a near-Anakin level pilot who served in the Clone Wars before time travel shenanigans played out.
 

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Hmm, that would have been interesting!

I actually have head-canon ideas for my droid character, X3R; assuming he survives the events of this timeline, I have this image of him being one of the Confederacy's much maligned droid generals, albeit one with some real battle experience and actual morals.
In an alternate universe, he may have fought your old character.
 

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Hmm, that would have been interesting!

I actually have head-canon ideas for my droid character, X3R; assuming he survives the events of this timeline, I have this image of him being one of the Confederacy's much maligned droid generals, albeit one with some real battle experience and actual morals.
In an alternate universe, he may have fought your old character.

LOL, that would be awesome.

And, back on topic, if these guys are Space Mongols, are they gonna start by like, utilizing air and orbital superiority and just blitz people like the Mongols more or less did? I'm imagining your tiny fox-dude at the head of ship and more or less going "CHAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGEEEEE!!!!!" while pointing dramatically. XD
 

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Heheheh. Imagine, if you will, the following scene.

We set the mood with a little theme music.
We see the shadow of a gas giant. Moving in it are lights; hundreds of them, some flitting about like insects, some grouped together, like them lights of some deep-sea leviathan. We pan in slowly, and you begin to hear the deep, sonorous rumble capital ship sublight engines, and occasionally the harsh screech of the smaller ships.
Slowly, the fleet moves out into the light, all sensor masts and scarred armor plate, like something out of ancient history. The capital ships move like prehistoric leviathans, fighters and attack ships swarming restlessly around them.
We pan in on the bridge of one of the ships. On it, a sensor operator in a miss-matched uniform turns around in his seat, addressing a shadowed, raised command podium.
"We approach the enemy, my Khan. Range to target: 43 megameters and closing."
Something moves in the shadows. We see a slender muzzle slide into the light, bearing small, sharp teeth in a dangerous grin.
"Order the strike fighters forward. Tell them... to enjoy themselves."
The sensor operator clasps a fist to his chest in salute.
"At once, my Khan!"
The theme changes up.
We switch back to the exterior view of the fleet. All of a sudden, small craft come boiling out from around it, streaming in towards an object that we pan to, a pale blue moon orbited by several long, dagger-shaped capital ships of the Sith Brotherhood. We get a brief shot of SBZ bridge officers issuing panicked orders, while Ziost Hunter starfighters swarm to meet the enemy.
We pull back to a wide shot of the two fleets meeting, and then fade to black, hearing cruel laughter. A quote comes up on the screen.
There are older and wilder things than Sith in the untamed reaches of the Galaxy...

Looks a bit like this.

But basically, yes. The Ossein's MO is all about speed and aerospace superiority. They don't siege, they don't even invade if they can help it; they strike quickly, with overwhelming force, and try to do as much damage as possible before withdrawing. Rinse, repeat. When possible, they don't fight the enemy on their own ground, always leading them on into areas they control.
 
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Consider this weeb-trash interested. I have just the character... who, coincidentally, is a Fallout OC import and a Great Khan from New Vegas.
 

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@Praxius @LordOfShadows @TWD26 @Rorren

That is ideal. Welcome to our merry band of barbarians.
So I guess we have enough characters now! In the morning, I'll put up a workshop thread and start putting the faction submission proper together, and you guys can all weigh in on it before it's posted!
 
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