DOTR: Origin Story

Mr.BossMan

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Hello my fellow SWRPers, Mr.BossMan here.
I apologize that i'm about to drown you in info. But please, read on.

Now that we are getting closer to the next timeline Dawn of the Republic, I'd like to propose an idea I have and see what y'all think. So at the beginning of the next timeline I have been brainstorming a series of threads that I'd like to write. The story or overall plot of these threads will revolve around 3-4 characters, and their struggles and challenges. But first, before I lay out some character ideas, I'd like to explain my intentions and the story we will all write together.

The basic setting is this; Our characters will all be from this planet named Planet X for simplicity sake. Planet X is a generic planet, it's not on the territory map, it is simply a plot device that we will all use. There are two main things we will use of planet X however. One is it's geographic location, Planet X is very near the border of Border Alliance space and Sith/SBZ space. Two, Planet X has a huge gap in Rich vs Poor. 99% of planet X's population live in poverty, where 1% of it's population are insanely wealthy.

Now that is the setting, these stories will all be based off of this planet; Planet X. (Don't worry the name is just for simplicity sake, We shall name it later on.)

So now for the conflict. The initial "Problem" is simple enough: Planet X is about to be attacked by the Sith/SBZ. Terror is striking in it's citizens, fear runs rampid, riots form in the poorer parts of the world; bringing forth all kinds of crime and acts of horror and violence. Eventually the Sith/SBZ land and with them they bring forth order amongst the chaos. They recruit people into their Ranks, some are forced into the SBZ others volunteer. The SBZ target the rich and want their money/resources/influence.

When the SBZ arrive it is much like you would expect a military takeover.

Now for the characters. As I said before I'd like about three other members to participate in this with me. First I'd like to explain my character to y'all.

My character will belong to a well known and very wealthy family, the Jackson family. Lukas Jackson a young kid, eighteen years old and he comes from a life of luxury. Lukas is the stereotypical rich kid, he's had everything handed to him on a silver platter in his life, he's irresponsible, arrogant, shallow and above all else selfish. He cares only for himself and his family, the Jackson Family.

When the SBZ arrive his family will be targeted and confronted. The SBZ will want his family's resources and their help in securing planet X to the SBZ. Naturally the Jackson family will be resistant and they will stand their ground, and naturally they will be slaughtered by the SBZ. The Jackson family will be made an example of to all others who resist the SBZ. They will all die with the exception of my character Lukas.

I'd also like to point out that my character Lukas is a "jerk" so to speak, but his family was not. They where actually a very caring and loving people who helped the poor and all that good stuff. Lukas however has his flaws, and many of them run deep and they unfortunately made him into an "unlikable person." One minor note, he is Force Sensitive, unbeknownst to him though. But I plan on using this as a future story arc. More on that later.

Now that's the basics of my character, but now I'd like to move onto your characters. As you know I want others to participate in this, Three would be awesome. Essentially we will start the Dawn of the Republic with our characters as Indies (Independent) then we will roleplay out their beginnings, their Origins. Hence the title of the thread. I fully intend for all of our characters to be "Linked" in a way. Their stories will all overlap and intertwine. But in order for this to happen, I need to know what your characters are, that way we can all intertwine them and create an awesome story. Also to encourage "Linked characters" i think it'd be wise to have our characters all be near the same city, (on planet X) that way we can all operate closer together.

The role's I'd like to fill are these: (Note these are my ideas, I'm very open to any others. Right now i'm just gonna spit ball, you can add or take away to any of these ideas, there just to help you get your mind thinking.)

The SBZ Character: For these stories to work we need a villain, or a main antagonist. Now naturally this will be the SBZ, But in order to focus in on the SBZ we will need a SBZ POV. Now in my opinion the possibilities for this character are endless and extraordinary.

  • Option 1: A poor kid who when the SBZ arrives, he volunteers. The SBZ promise him he/she will no longer starve, he will no longer be weak, he will no longer suffer in poverty, he will create the suffering, instill the fear. So this kid volunteers and joins the SBZ, he finds the family he never had in their ranks.
  • Option 2: He get's forced into the SBZ. Torn away from his family and forced to do some awful things. Slowly this guy becomes a monster, tragically this guy will loose his innocence and instead become stained in the horrors of war.
  • Option 3: Already in the SBZ. This guy will be a upper ranking SBZ, both feared and respected by his fellow soldiers. The big bad guy and main antagonist to our characters. Or possibly this guy could start off a "Grunt" and earn his command position during the course of the role play.
Sister/Brother/cousin to Lukas: Yes I would like my character Lukas to have a relative of some sort. A sibling or a cousin would be awesome. I prefer a younger sister just because I like the idea of having a strong female character. Also I'd definitely like this person to be "good" basically the polar opposite of Lukas in every way. Simply because that brings forth way better story opportunities later on down the road. Now whether this character is FS or not is your call, both options have amazing story potential.

Also this character will survive as well as Lukas. So Lukas and this character will be the last of the Jackson family.

Border Alliance character: this one is simple. After witnessing the horror and devastation that the SBZ can do; this character becomes hell bent on making sure the SBZ are stopped.

Now I named some character roles but remember, I want to hear your ideas. So if you create some cool stuff, and can tie it in to the overall story, please feel free to tell me your ideas.

And if this garners enough interest I will hash out some more details for the story.

Also if you have any questions feel free to ask them and I'll answer.

BossMan out.
 

Cheshire

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Yo, I'm interested!! I can do the SBZ with Keita probably option 2
 

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Sounds like an awesome story. Unfortunately I've got storylines set up for all of my characters already. I look forward to reading how this plays out, though!
 

Mr.BossMan

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@RedneckLoves

Well I'm sorry to hear you can't join in. But thanks for giving it a read through. :)

@Cameron Foster

Awesome! I'm glad you are interested man and I'd love to write this story with you. I'm SUPER stoked to see your character fall and become a monster. I just can picture the events in my head.

Now all we need is a few more members to hop in on this and we can share our ideas!
 
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