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ThrawnRocks Registered: Apr '04	Date Posted: 7/9/05 1:18pm Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	Can't wait untill TOS makes the update with these. Hyperspace sucks They finaly come up with something that I am actualy interested in Spoilers? No way. Trailers/CW put on a few days before for everyone else? I can live with that. I can wait Short stories? But they're starting to have ones I've read in Insider, so I'd only want that for the older stories. RoF? Interesting. But I can live without. Blogs? Not interested. "What's the story?" I want it! All these entries soud great -----signature----- My Icons: http://www.powow.com/thrawnrocks/icons.html Roan Fel's badassery knows no bounds. "The next Allston book should be all Syal and Myri, all the time." - Jello
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Lord_Hydronium Title: Literature Gardener Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 7/10/05 10:46pm Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion - Date Edited: 7/10/05 10:47pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Lord_Hydronium
	Mine was a bit out there. I had the idea of a radiation suit, and the rest just sort of cascaded from there. So, the Man From Mos Espa: It is a well-known fact that Hutts can be extraordinarily vicious in competition, but the depths of depravity that Gardulla the Hutt sank to in her career went beyond even their bounds of decency. It was in one of these plots against her rival Jabba that she called upon the services of Tal Mirin. Mirin was once a weapons and explosives specialist in the employ of Haor Chall Engineering. He was fired after being caught selling heavy weaponry to terrorist organizations such as the Nebula Front, but managed to steal plans for a baradium bomb before leaving. Such a high-ticket item necessitated an important and wealthy buyer, and after making inquiries he was pointed in the direction of Gardulla. When he contacted her she detailed a plan to destroy Mos Espa and thereby cripple Jabba’s criminal empire. She believed the baradium bomb was the perfect tool for the job, and so she hired Mirin to obtain the materials, build the weapon, and smuggle it in. He accomplished this by bringing in one inconspicuous part at a time and assembling them in one of Gardulla’s podracer garages. The last component needed was the baradium core itself, which he purchased from a certain Vilmarh Grahrk. Grahrk promised that it was shielded and perfectly safe, but taking no chances, Mirin wore a radiation suit to protect himself as he carried it through the streets. He was less concerned, however, with any effect the radiation might have on the inhabitants of Mos Espa. Once assembled, he planted the bomb in an abandoned shop, set the detonator, and headed for the outskirts to await the blast, while Gardulla made her own excuses and left for Mos Eisley. When the time came, however, the bomb did not detonate. Realizing that Grahrk had sold him a dud (it was, in fact, only durasteel) and Gardulla would take the price out of his own hide, Mirin quickly caught a ship offplanet. Still in possession of a number of Haor Chall trade secrets, he eventually decided to go into the arms business for himself. Yeah, it's weird. The lesson: don't make stories from the first thing off the top of my head late at night. I like the connection with the hyperdrive, Quest. This new guy's interesting, though. An existing name and partial story, but no species. -----signature----- Great midis have little midis Swimming round inside 'em And little midis have lesser midis And so ad infinitum.
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TalonCard Title: •Author: Slave Pits of Lorrd •TFN EU Staff Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 7/15/05 3:04pm Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	New one's up. Ok guys, this is it: Janu Godalhi. That's right, Pablo Hidalgo's character from ROTS. We'll need to give him a super backstory--he deserves one! Oh, and here's mine from last time: Magaloof Magaloof never really wanted to be a criminal. In fact, all the Toag had dreamed of his entire life was setting up a frozen treat emporium on Coruscant, selling everything from Chad Bars to Blue Milkshakes, and perhaps even dabbling in that most exotic of confections...ice cream. Leaving his home planet of Kidd III, Magaloof embarked on a voyage to Coruscant with his life savings, hoping to meet with investors and make his dream a reality. Unbeknownst to him, however, a younger Toag named Negalaab was making the same trip. Negalaab was the newly appointed second in command of the M'iiyoom gang, a group of third-rate crooks notorious only for their deadly leader, the treacherous H'nemthe Yiff Vore. Vore had recently been apprehended by Coruscant Security, and her gang—now lost and directionless without their leader—was anxiously awaiting the arrival of Negalaab and further instructions. Unfortunately, most Toags are identical, and when Negalalaab was surreptitiously arrested by Judicial forces, the innocent Magaloof was mistaken for the gangster. Magaloof mistook the motley group of criminals for investors, but he soon learned the truth. Unable to reveal his true identity, lest the gang "eliminate" him for knowing too much, Magaloof led the M'iiyooms on a crime spree across Coruscant in hopes that the police would arrest them all. While personally stealing the speeder of a Senator's mistress, Magaloof gaped at the unlikely sight of Obi-Wan Kenobi dangling from a flying droid. Ironically, it was only Magaloof himself who was arrested. While in prison, he helped Negalaab and Vore to escape. The two criminals returned to their hideout...only to be followed by Judicials, who arrested the entire gang. Magaloof was acquitted of all charges, but opted to try his luck on a different world instead. TC -----signature----- Death in the Slave Pits: http://www.starwars.com/hyperspace/fiction/feature20090531/index.html GODV Guide: www.myuselessknowledge.com/swfa/main.html Hyperspace Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/taloncard
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The2ndQuest Title: Manager: -Literature -LACWAC -Games Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 7/15/05 3:30pm Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion - Date Edited: 7/15/05 3:31pm (2 edits total) Edited By: The2ndQuest
	I endeavored to provide a continuity fix for the contradiction between ITWOAOTC & C&TCW over who owned the Outlander Nightclub. Plus, I threw in my favorite Crypt Keeper-looking alien- Rayno Vaca, the Coruscant Taxi Driver ::) Magaloof This (somewhat dim-witted) Solokinian performed odd-end jobs as a living on Coruscant. After one such job at a shuttle dock, he met the Tarnab named Kee'per Vaca and his rather unscrupulous brother, Rayno, who got him a job as a taxi driver. Later, Rayno used his contacts to introduce Magaloof to the Shistavanen crimelord, Volven Roxe, who hired him as a personal driver based on his relatively quick reflexes. However, as Roxe rarely ventured into public, Magaloof spent much of his time at nightclubs the crimelord owned- including the Outlander, a club in the Useru District managed by the Baath Brothers. It was here he first tried a Death Stick, discovering that, instead of the wave of bliss most beings experienced, it awoke his (believed undeveloped) second pair of eyes (located between his horns), surprisingly giving him limited abilities of foresight. The Baaths learned of this peculiar trait through Kee'per and quickly began plotting to use clueless Magaloof to their advantage by having him predict Roxe's next foray into public- giving them time in advance to arrange alibis during the time of his "accidental" death from a "misfiring" garbage chute. As the Baaths assumed control of Roxe's organization, they kept Magaloof (unaware of the larger plots unfolding around him) in their employment. They used the Solokinian's talents to predict the outcome of key games to turn them to the house's favor. Not one much for gambling, Magaloof took to stealing speeders to pass the time. It was during one such joyride that, despite having recently used a Death Stick, he witnessed something not even he was able to predict: a small droid with what looked like a Jedi Knight dangling from it, thousands of feet above the city street! While he had seen Jedi many times on Coruscant, never had he seen one in such a precarious situation. Later, Magaloof tried recounting the event to his Death Sticks dealer, but the slythmonger was just babbling on about rethinking his life. -----signature----- "When your future self tells you to do something, YOU DO IT." K'Kruhk, 140 ABY:"Why haven't I come forth earlier to share my Jedi knowledge with Skywalker? Well, it's kinda a long story, see, I had this freaking sweet hat..."
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TalonCard Title: •Author: Slave Pits of Lorrd •TFN EU Staff Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 7/16/05 1:29am Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	LOL! I wanted to work in old Sleazebaggano, but I couldn't think of a way to do it. Cheers, Quest! TC -----signature----- Death in the Slave Pits: http://www.starwars.com/hyperspace/fiction/feature20090531/index.html GODV Guide: www.myuselessknowledge.com/swfa/main.html Hyperspace Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/taloncard
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The2ndQuest Title: Manager: -Literature -LACWAC -Games Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 7/16/05 11:54am Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	Hehe, yeah, that was tricky- I hope it doesn't feel tacked on. But the death sticks angle seemed to anchor it. -----signature----- "When your future self tells you to do something, YOU DO IT." K'Kruhk, 140 ABY:"Why haven't I come forth earlier to share my Jedi knowledge with Skywalker? Well, it's kinda a long story, see, I had this freaking sweet hat..."
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TalonCard Title: •Author: Slave Pits of Lorrd •TFN EU Staff Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 7/16/05 11:50pm Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	It flows well. After all, he works at the Outlander; where else would he get his sticks? TC -----signature----- Death in the Slave Pits: http://www.starwars.com/hyperspace/fiction/feature20090531/index.html GODV Guide: www.myuselessknowledge.com/swfa/main.html Hyperspace Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/taloncard
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ThrawnRocks Registered: Apr '04	Date Posted: 7/17/05 10:13am Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	lol, Questt -----signature----- My Icons: http://www.powow.com/thrawnrocks/icons.html Roan Fel's badassery knows no bounds. "The next Allston book should be all Syal and Myri, all the time." - Jello
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jawajames Title: Vice President/Chapt er Rep San Diego, CA Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 7/21/05 4:28pm Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	here's my story on the spaceman... i didn't have time to write up Magaloof. Larko Borin didn't set out to be a vigilante - he once had aspired to be a prosecutor on his homeworld of Ukio. Growing up in a farming community, Larko had a sharp mind and a keen desire to lock up criminals -- like the swindlers who gotten away with his family's holdings in a land swap scheme. Larko began attending a law school on a Core world with lofty notions of defending the good citizenry from growing crime. Once Larko began his first apprenticeship, he found that the Republic's court system was rotting. Criminals intimidated judges, and bought off juries. Lawyers that prosecuted the worst scum tended to die young. Back on Ukio, Larko ended up as chief prosecutor in a murder trial of Rhydosan Jaicul, after his predecessor disappeared mysteriously. One night, Rhydosan tried to bribe Larko. When that failed, Rhydosan drew a blaster, but Larko’s blaster was quicker. Realizing that justice could be served by a blaster, Larko left his legal training and began as a vigilante, tracking down criminals who had bought off the court system. Buying a used space suit and a tiny ship, Larko Borin began pursuing thieves and murderers on lawless worlds of the Outer Rim. His sense of justice slowly blurred over time as he had to start taking jobs in order to keep his ship fueled. Following a pair of cutthroats to Tatooine, Larko arrived in Mos Espa just prior to the historic Boonta Eve podrace where Anakin Skywalker was the first human to ever win. Jabba the Hutt was impressed by Larko's skills after he gunned down the two murderers, who worked for one of Jabba's rivals. Larko took jobs for Jabba, hunting down those who had crossed both Jabba and the law. Settling on Nar Shaddaa, Larko Borin made a modest living as the "vigilante spaceman" and eventually married a mechanic named Dwana, who bore him a son, Danz. Danz took up his father's line of work, and became an impressive bounty hunter and starship gunner in his own right, wearing a space suit similar to his father's. Right now the current story is on Janu Godhalhi, opera patron. keeping track of the story people: 1. John Knoll's cameo as an opera patron in ROTS. 2. Mos Espa space man in TPM 3. Magaloof, Mr. "What the?" - Coruscant chase in AOTC 4. Janu Godalhi (Pablo Hidalgo), opera patron, ROTS. -----signature----- Prophet of the Church of Waru. "Jawajames, can I have your girlfriend? Please?" - TalonCard and my eye just fell off...
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The2ndQuest Title: Manager: -Literature -LACWAC -Games Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 7/21/05 4:49pm Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	Also, I was asking Pablo on the HS board thread for WTS and we'll likely have a classic trilogy entry among the initial six, and EU characters from visual mediums are a definite possibility in the future. Additionally, it looks like they are aiming for an update to include six characters, so we'll hopefully get one in two or three weeks. -----signature----- "When your future self tells you to do something, YOU DO IT." K'Kruhk, 140 ABY:"Why haven't I come forth earlier to share my Jedi knowledge with Skywalker? Well, it's kinda a long story, see, I had this freaking sweet hat..."
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TalonCard Title: •Author: Slave Pits of Lorrd •TFN EU Staff Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 7/22/05 2:06am Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	Anyone else cram their entry with in-jokes from Pablo's blog? TC -----signature----- Death in the Slave Pits: http://www.starwars.com/hyperspace/fiction/feature20090531/index.html GODV Guide: www.myuselessknowledge.com/swfa/main.html Hyperspace Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/taloncard
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jawajames Title: Vice President/Chapt er Rep San Diego, CA Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 7/22/05 9:31am Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	no in-jokes here, but i did mention that his character did write a documentary on the making of an opera. -----signature----- Prophet of the Church of Waru. "Jawajames, can I have your girlfriend? Please?" - TalonCard and my eye just fell off...
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The2ndQuest Title: Manager: -Literature -LACWAC -Games Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 7/22/05 10:00am Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	I couldn't come up with a good angle to latch onto with any excitement for Pablo's character alas. So there's only a couple continuity links in mine this time. Still, I managed to come up with an interesting little history for him. -----signature----- "When your future self tells you to do something, YOU DO IT." K'Kruhk, 140 ABY:"Why haven't I come forth earlier to share my Jedi knowledge with Skywalker? Well, it's kinda a long story, see, I had this freaking sweet hat..."
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jawajames Title: Vice President/Chapt er Rep San Diego, CA Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 7/22/05 10:13am Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	what will be interesting is that they said they would possibly combine features from several stories to make the finished backstory... -----signature----- Prophet of the Church of Waru. "Jawajames, can I have your girlfriend? Please?" - TalonCard and my eye just fell off...
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The2ndQuest Title: Manager: -Literature -LACWAC -Games Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 7/22/05 8:05pm Subject: RE: Official "What's the story?" Hyperspace Databank Feature Discussion
	The new one is up! And it's Swilla Corey. It should be juicy to work on a CCG character ::) -----signature----- "When your future self tells you to do something, YOU DO IT." K'Kruhk, 140 ABY:"Why haven't I come forth earlier to share my Jedi knowledge with Skywalker? Well, it's kinda a long story, see, I had this freaking sweet hat..."
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