Dawn of the Republic - Sacred Band of Ziost

[Gamov]

I... don't really have a profile to speak of yet. It's basically a skeleton with pictures and latin drivel where the descriptions should live.

I blame the holidays? Haha

 

[Necris]

Will look into it

 

[Nostromos]

The discussions going on in here are so encouraging, I love what I am seeing! Especially about the whole of the SBZ's being a closely knit, collaboration IC and OOC. I think one of the things I always struggled with was that the bigger ( more popular) factions of Sith and Jedi always had so many people involved doing so many different things. It was hard to find your place in it, or maybe I am just a wuss. With SBZ, if we really come together as a unit we can each contribute in some way without it getting lost to the ether.

While I am excited about this notion of the sub-community of SBZ being so closely knit; I am not sure I am suited for it. I just came back to the forum and have a lot of catching up to do on discussions and announcements. I'll have to educate myself a bit more, but I am leaning towards SBZ. I am curious though, what sort of roles people are already writing for their characters? Do we have Soldiers? Spies? Thieves? Assassins? If so how many?

With a group that may or may not have a frequently rotating roster of characters and a smaller character number in general, it's gonna be important to have a wide variety of people specializing in several things. If we have one group made up of fifteen warrior bad asses who excel in the same general skill set it will be detrimental to the success of a group. From what I've seen that isn't much of a problem, but I am still curious on what various members have so far!

While I have a vague idea of the person I want my own character to be, what they are good at or what skills they have are up in the air. What role they play and can contribute to SBZ is basically unknown at this junction.

 

[Necris]

ok I think I've got everyone so far

 

[Calixis]

Personally, I'm waiting until we get more information before whipping too much up about a character. I have a few concepts in mind, but I'm waiting and seeing before I put too much effort onto paper and it ends up needing to be considerably revised.

 

[Tsoibe]

I am curious though, what sort of roles people are already writing for their characters? Do we have Soldiers? Spies? Thieves? Assassins? If so how many?

With a group that may or may not have a frequently rotating roster of characters and a smaller character number in general, it's gonna be important to have a wide variety of people specializing in several things. If we have one group made up of fifteen warrior bad asses who excel in the same general skill set it will be detrimental to the success of a group. From what I've seen that isn't much of a problem, but I am still curious on what various members have so far!

While I have a vague idea of the person I want my own character to be, what they are good at or what skills they have are up in the air. What role they play and can contribute to SBZ is basically unknown at this junction.

I am with you in terms of diversity. While I think of the SBZ as the Elite Warriors of non-Force Sensitive Sith, I hardly think that all of them are plain grunt warriors on the frontlines, though this is certainly a big part of it. Considering that the characters also somehow had to go through some sort of challenge or trial on Ziost (of which we won't have much information until more information is released by the staff/think tank I assume), which would require some training as a combatant (or at least survival and fitness). Still I see them as what remains of the Special Forces of the Sith Empire, which is broken down to ruins and could include a multitude of skills and personalities. Simply said, I see them as the grizzeled veterans, who lost the war - possibly with a few hopefuls joining up - and are now up for revenge, finding an exit from this life or whatever.

From what I see on the front page, we currently have a hardened ex-Mandalorian warrior, an ex-doctor that's in for the riches and a propaganda droid (which is a ridiculously brillaint concept for the SBZ). So without many characters, we already have some diversity.

Just to emphasis, all of the above is my personal viewpoint of what the faction or what may happen, so it may naturally be flawed.

@Necris Would you be so kind as to correct my username on the first page to "Tsoibe" at the next opportunity?
Thank you for the effort on updating it :)

 

[Gamov]

Like Calixis, I don't really have many hard facts about my character just yet. Mostly just a personality and some snippets of potential ideas.

One theme that I am sticking with though is to make my character an exiled Sith who has had the Force stripped from her [still foggy on the who and why aspects, but those answers will come in time I'm sure] and was cast aside into the ranks of the SBZ to meet her end. Of course she didn't die quite as easily as her Sith overlords expected, and she's grown increasingly bitter and hostile towards the Sith - whom she sees as her personal enemy. And aside from her own personal quest to find a means to restore her connection to the Force, I plan on evolving this personal vendetta into something much larger in scope.

 

[Necris]

@Necris Would you be so kind as to correct my username on the first page to "Tsoibe" at the next opportunity?
Thank you for the effort on updating it :)

No problem was doing it on my Mobile

 

[Saul]

Speaking personally, my SBZ character design is a combination of a soldier, mercenary, and mujahid. I aim for him to be loyal, first and foremost to a particular Sith Lord, then to the Sith religion, then to the Sith faction. A zealot, he is equally dedicated to advancing the Sith cause as he is whatever Sith character that wants him to be his follower. In addition to combat RP, I aim to RP in Sith intrigues, religious observances, assassinations, kidnapping, torture and terrorism. With regards to other SBZ characters, I plan to bring them along on said murderous rampages. Besides that, piracy along trade routes and a few threads with zero-g combat fun killing unarmed civilians will be other things to do. Having studied security systems, systems of legitimation, and living systems, I can argue that the purpose of this direction isn't to villify the Sith, but to show the civilians of non-Sith worlds that the BA and Republic cannot possibly provide them the security they will so desperately need.

 

[Calixis]

After watching The Force Awakens, I had a big grin on my face when General Hux talked down to Kylo 'Tantrums on Tatooine' Ren.

 

[Necris]

Ok I've added my character

 

[Aleksandr]

I am considering making an SBZ character. The background I have come up with for my potential SBZ character is that he is a descendant of a Thyrsian Sun Guard mercenary who fought for the Sith Empire in the past, and is both looking to continue the family tradition and is a seeker of glory.

 

[Saul]

Actually, the Sun Guard should be in existence at this time. You might reason that the Sun Guard are actually a member battalion of the Sacred Band of Ziost military group, so as to prevent fragmentation of the Sith non-FS combat core, and just write the background as a regular Thyrsian Sun Guard rather than descendant.

 

[The Kyzer]

Actually, the Sun Guard should be in existence at this time. You might reason that the Sun Guard are actually a member battalion of the Sacred Band of Ziost military group, so as to prevent fragmentation of the Sith non-FS combat core, and just write the background as a regular Thyrsian Sun Guard rather than descendant.

Buddy, they didn't come about until 100 years before the Clone Wars. I mean, even skewing things a bit, they still weren't around until the Rule of Two was established.

 

[Saul]

Buddy, they didn't come about until 100 years before the Clone Wars. I mean, even skewing things a bit, they still weren't around until the Rule of Two was established.

You need to add another 0 to that number and reference the Wookiepedia founding date. Also nothing of what i said was relevant to the rule of two...

 

[The Kyzer]

You need to add another 0 to that number and reference the Wookiepedia founding date. Also nothing of what i said was relevant to the rule of two...

Well Wookieepedia article about Echani says 100 years and then the Sun Guard one says sometime after the Rule of Two was established (which would be at a point after this timeline's over)

I suppose it doesn't even matter at all since they're no longer canon. Have at it. :D

 

[Pernicious]

Sun Guards being a part of the SBZ, however un-legends it is, would prove to be an interesting dynamic in regards to the Mando club on this site.

 

[Saul]

Sun Guards being a part of the SBZ, however un-legends it is, would prove to be an interesting dynamic in regards to the Mando club on this site.

This is definitely true, the Sun Guard-Mandalorian rivalry would be a good reason for the Mandalorians to be at odds with at least the SBZ, if not the Sith as a whole, as well as at odds with the Jedi due to history. Although Sun Guard-Mandalorian rivalry really has yet to be established in Legends as of this time frame, we could definitely work up a SBZ+Sun Guard v Mando rivalry, both being units of crack troops that don't need full squads to accomplish a task (but when we're given a squad we kick ass exponentially.)

 

[Nor'baal]

How do people see this faction, what would it do, what are it's objectives, who makes up it's rank and file?

For me I am torn between a cruel but elite unit of fanatics, with a sort of quasi-religious symbolism to them, and a criminal group, akin to slavers and the Black Sun.

Either way I think SBZ need to be the antithesis of the republic, but also able to stand on their own two feet, and on an equal level with the Sith.

Thoughts?

 

[Tsoibe]

As I said before, for me there is basically no rank-and-file for the SBZ, rather seeing it as shattered remains of the former Elite Legion of the Sith Empire. I see them more in terms of Special Forces, with the real rank-and-file soldiers being supplemented by the other part of the Sith army. As the original Legion is shattered, the characters and possibly a few NPCs are what remains of their glory. I think the reason for their allegiance with the Sith can be as varried as can be, though they have bonded as some kind of elitist unit amongst the Sith. With the glorious empire now just a shade of its glory, some of the less fanatical members might have turned backcto their old ways of criminalism, bounty hunting or mercenary work. The lowest ranks might be people that work with the SBZ, though have yet to pass the Trial, something like Aspirants.

I think of the SBZ more as an antithesis specifically to the BA. They are the first line of defense for the Republic, we are something akin to the vanguard for the Sith Order. While they try to keep stability, we try to distrupt them. They try to hold their planets, we conquer them, etc. I see us acting more on the initative, rather than only following orders, while the BA might be more restrained by the Senate.

I can't say for sure, what our objectives are until we have more information on the factions. From the map alone, I would suggest fanning out over the Outer Rim, while providing a calm bullwark towards the Republic. That's where the varried roles of the SBZ characters might come into play, some hassle the Republic forces, delay the Senate through manipulation, while other take a more direct approach conquering and securing systems as warriors on the battlefield. Of course there will be sufficient opportunity for these groups to mingle.