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This is an organized section for personal use to keep track of personal character plots, as well as to make them public for anyone who might be interested in playing a part in any of these plots. To begin, I'll be sharing the plots for Shana, my Journalist character.
Plot 1: Uncovering the Web
Shana's past involves the supposed take-down of a lesser criminal syndicate that hunted her after she'd written a controversial article. As predicted, the syndicate may have been severely injured in their regime and influence, but they are not entirely extinguished. It has been several years since, and they've been reestablishing themselves, and their first major target is Shana. This plot will have five chapters;
Chapter 1: Letters From the Past - the syndicate leaves a holomessage delivered via a NPC stranger and destroys her ship while she and her friend Korralin (NPC) are covering a story, leaving her stranded. She begins to search for clues as to their whereabouts.
Chapter 2: Escape-Route - discovering that the syndicate is once again thriving and seeking her out, Shana goes into hiding and recruits the help of long-time friend and ally, Jakk Kadstynn, who comes to her rescue, as well as any who are with her.
Chapter 3: Friends in Low Places - Shana and Jakk seek out a ship to steal and agree to help each other until Shana can find a ship of her own, meanwhile staying on the run from the syndicate. They, and any allies with them, devise a plan to attempt to eliminate the syndicate once and for all.
Chapter 4: Frontal Assault - The plan is initiated, and the group embarks on a plan to engage the syndicate on several fronts, taking out their biggest operation and crippling them. There can be one of two outcomes - one where they succeed, or one where they fail.
Chapter 5: Couldn't Have Ended Any Differently - If the plan succeeds, everyone engages their main headquarters to attempt to take out the syndicate's leader. If this fails, or if they failed the last mission, they are brought before the leader and are given an ultimatum; either they are all executed on the spot, or they leave Shana and are spared. Shana will volunteer herself without consulting the group if this outcome comes to pass, trusting that Jakk will come to her aid again as he did before.
Plot 1.5: Slavery Ain't Fun (If the previous attempt at eliminating the syndicate fails)
Shana is captured by the syndicate, who make her a slave girl indefinitely, threatening to kill her painfully if she refuses to comply. She, of course, is mistreated by them, though she is able to convince one of them to be sympathetic towards her, allowing her enslavement to be less severe than it could have been. This plot is meant for character development as well as liberation for herself and other NPC slaves. Korralin will not be present in this plot. There will be four chapters;
Chapter 1: I Thought They Were the Sick Ones - Shana has been a slave girl for months within the syndicate, hidden away deep in the undercities of Corellia. She has made a few friends (PC and/or NPC), but has begun to convince one of the syndicate members that she didn't deserve to be in there. She eavesdrops on a conversation where she learns that Jakk is looking for her.
Chapter 2: It's Not Over Yet - Shana and the slaves are relocated to Nar Shadaa to keep Jakk off their scents, a move she thinks is entirely unwise if they wanted to hide them, and convinces the syndicate member to be the one who takes them. He agrees, but does not help them escape because he loves the syndicate too much. He reveals that one of the men incarcerated because of her articles was his brother. She begins to wonder if what she did was right.
Chapter 3: They're Coming - On Nar Shadaa, Shana learns that the syndicate knew Jakk was going to find them on Nar Shadaa and were hoping for it; they planned to destroy his ship once it entered the sector in an ambush. Worried, she tries to come up with a way to tell them to stay away so that they wouldn't be killed. The syndicate member reveals that he already sent them a highly encoded message on a frequency the syndicate couldn't access, telling her that he told them what they were planning. Asking who he is and why he's doing it, he reveals to her and those with him that he was seeking to bring down the syndicate from the inside, and that he wanted to get his brother out of it before that happened. He thanks Shana for doing that for him by ensuring his incarceration.
Chapter 4: The End is the End - The syndicate waits for Jakk and the group with him, but finds nothing. Jakk, however, manage to sneak onto the moon in a freighter they don't recognize, disguised as members from a group that deals with them regularly. They sneak in and Jakk finds Shana. Freeing her and those with her, he gives them direction to where they can escape while he remains to find the leader of the syndicate and take him out. Shana agrees to stay with him (as well as anyone else who wishes to join), and they go to take out the syndicate leader, who is on the smuggler's moon. They find him and in combat, eliminate him - but not before he kills the undercover. Jakk sends a message to their three ships, telling them to disband or they'll have a bigger problem on their hands. They consider that they've lost two leaders because of him and agree begrudgingly. They syndicate is no more, and Shana is freed.
Plot 2:A Ship's a Ship
This is a plot for Shana to acquire a new ship. It's simple, not primarily a long and dramatic one, but does involve her securing it from a non-combative cruiser that was attacked by pirates and left "dead in the water." She is among the few lucky survivors that are aboard, and through investigating, discovers a freighter docked at one of the crew docks. Seeing it as their only escape, and as a change to obtain a new ship in the loss of her own, she seeks to obtain it. Korralin will not be present in this plot. There are three chapters;
Chapter 1: Dead in the Water - Shana, among other few lucky survivors, awake on a badly damaged cruiser too far away from civilization to be reached in time. She remembers hearing that pirates were attacking, and then remembers nothing before that moment. She wakes alone before finding other survivors, then investigates to find supplies, what happened, if there are any pirates left, and if she can trust those with her.
Chapter 2: Time Limits - Shana and those with her discover that the core of the ship is steadily becoming unstable, and will only last twenty-four hours before exploding violently. It becomes a race against time as they seek a way off the ship. Then they discover the docked freighter, The Epochian, which Shana reveals is their only escape, but sees that it's docked on the literal opposite side of the ship, locked away in a sealed sector of the ship.
Chapter 3: The Race - The group divide in search of any sort of crew remains that would have an ID that could access the crew sectors of the ship, and in researching on the ship's computers, discover that the captain had been making shady deals with several pirates in the sectors they passed through, and crossed some as well. The pirates that attacked them were among those that were double-crossed, and rigorously attacked the ship and left it to float to oblivion in deep space. After finding this out, Shana finds the jacket of one of the crew in a locker room, and by luck finds their ID card, which would grant them access to most areas in the crew sectors. Hours had passed, and the group by this point will have experienced psychological trauma. They have mere hours left to get to the ship and escape. As the core becomes more unstable, wild events take place, and their lives are more in danger.
Once they make it to the ship, Shana overrides the ship's previous owner's information with her own, and she becomes its captain and owner. The group leaves, and the cruiser explodes once they're safely away.
Plot 3: TBA
Shana's past involves the supposed take-down of a lesser criminal syndicate that hunted her after she'd written a controversial article. As predicted, the syndicate may have been severely injured in their regime and influence, but they are not entirely extinguished. It has been several years since, and they've been reestablishing themselves, and their first major target is Shana. This plot will have five chapters;
Chapter 1: Letters From the Past - the syndicate leaves a holomessage delivered via a NPC stranger and destroys her ship while she and her friend Korralin (NPC) are covering a story, leaving her stranded. She begins to search for clues as to their whereabouts.
Chapter 2: Escape-Route - discovering that the syndicate is once again thriving and seeking her out, Shana goes into hiding and recruits the help of long-time friend and ally, Jakk Kadstynn, who comes to her rescue, as well as any who are with her.
Chapter 3: Friends in Low Places - Shana and Jakk seek out a ship to steal and agree to help each other until Shana can find a ship of her own, meanwhile staying on the run from the syndicate. They, and any allies with them, devise a plan to attempt to eliminate the syndicate once and for all.
Chapter 4: Frontal Assault - The plan is initiated, and the group embarks on a plan to engage the syndicate on several fronts, taking out their biggest operation and crippling them. There can be one of two outcomes - one where they succeed, or one where they fail.
Chapter 5: Couldn't Have Ended Any Differently - If the plan succeeds, everyone engages their main headquarters to attempt to take out the syndicate's leader. If this fails, or if they failed the last mission, they are brought before the leader and are given an ultimatum; either they are all executed on the spot, or they leave Shana and are spared. Shana will volunteer herself without consulting the group if this outcome comes to pass, trusting that Jakk will come to her aid again as he did before.
Plot 1.5: Slavery Ain't Fun (If the previous attempt at eliminating the syndicate fails)
Shana is captured by the syndicate, who make her a slave girl indefinitely, threatening to kill her painfully if she refuses to comply. She, of course, is mistreated by them, though she is able to convince one of them to be sympathetic towards her, allowing her enslavement to be less severe than it could have been. This plot is meant for character development as well as liberation for herself and other NPC slaves. Korralin will not be present in this plot. There will be four chapters;
Chapter 1: I Thought They Were the Sick Ones - Shana has been a slave girl for months within the syndicate, hidden away deep in the undercities of Corellia. She has made a few friends (PC and/or NPC), but has begun to convince one of the syndicate members that she didn't deserve to be in there. She eavesdrops on a conversation where she learns that Jakk is looking for her.
Chapter 2: It's Not Over Yet - Shana and the slaves are relocated to Nar Shadaa to keep Jakk off their scents, a move she thinks is entirely unwise if they wanted to hide them, and convinces the syndicate member to be the one who takes them. He agrees, but does not help them escape because he loves the syndicate too much. He reveals that one of the men incarcerated because of her articles was his brother. She begins to wonder if what she did was right.
Chapter 3: They're Coming - On Nar Shadaa, Shana learns that the syndicate knew Jakk was going to find them on Nar Shadaa and were hoping for it; they planned to destroy his ship once it entered the sector in an ambush. Worried, she tries to come up with a way to tell them to stay away so that they wouldn't be killed. The syndicate member reveals that he already sent them a highly encoded message on a frequency the syndicate couldn't access, telling her that he told them what they were planning. Asking who he is and why he's doing it, he reveals to her and those with him that he was seeking to bring down the syndicate from the inside, and that he wanted to get his brother out of it before that happened. He thanks Shana for doing that for him by ensuring his incarceration.
Chapter 4: The End is the End - The syndicate waits for Jakk and the group with him, but finds nothing. Jakk, however, manage to sneak onto the moon in a freighter they don't recognize, disguised as members from a group that deals with them regularly. They sneak in and Jakk finds Shana. Freeing her and those with her, he gives them direction to where they can escape while he remains to find the leader of the syndicate and take him out. Shana agrees to stay with him (as well as anyone else who wishes to join), and they go to take out the syndicate leader, who is on the smuggler's moon. They find him and in combat, eliminate him - but not before he kills the undercover. Jakk sends a message to their three ships, telling them to disband or they'll have a bigger problem on their hands. They consider that they've lost two leaders because of him and agree begrudgingly. They syndicate is no more, and Shana is freed.
Plot 2:A Ship's a Ship
This is a plot for Shana to acquire a new ship. It's simple, not primarily a long and dramatic one, but does involve her securing it from a non-combative cruiser that was attacked by pirates and left "dead in the water." She is among the few lucky survivors that are aboard, and through investigating, discovers a freighter docked at one of the crew docks. Seeing it as their only escape, and as a change to obtain a new ship in the loss of her own, she seeks to obtain it. Korralin will not be present in this plot. There are three chapters;
Chapter 1: Dead in the Water - Shana, among other few lucky survivors, awake on a badly damaged cruiser too far away from civilization to be reached in time. She remembers hearing that pirates were attacking, and then remembers nothing before that moment. She wakes alone before finding other survivors, then investigates to find supplies, what happened, if there are any pirates left, and if she can trust those with her.
Chapter 2: Time Limits - Shana and those with her discover that the core of the ship is steadily becoming unstable, and will only last twenty-four hours before exploding violently. It becomes a race against time as they seek a way off the ship. Then they discover the docked freighter, The Epochian, which Shana reveals is their only escape, but sees that it's docked on the literal opposite side of the ship, locked away in a sealed sector of the ship.
Chapter 3: The Race - The group divide in search of any sort of crew remains that would have an ID that could access the crew sectors of the ship, and in researching on the ship's computers, discover that the captain had been making shady deals with several pirates in the sectors they passed through, and crossed some as well. The pirates that attacked them were among those that were double-crossed, and rigorously attacked the ship and left it to float to oblivion in deep space. After finding this out, Shana finds the jacket of one of the crew in a locker room, and by luck finds their ID card, which would grant them access to most areas in the crew sectors. Hours had passed, and the group by this point will have experienced psychological trauma. They have mere hours left to get to the ship and escape. As the core becomes more unstable, wild events take place, and their lives are more in danger.
Once they make it to the ship, Shana overrides the ship's previous owner's information with her own, and she becomes its captain and owner. The group leaves, and the cruiser explodes once they're safely away.
Plot 3: TBA
