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Hey guys. I need a purposefully stupid/obvious name for a device that transports someone to another reality. I though about Reality Transporter, but that makes it sound like the reality is being transported, not the person.

 

How about TARDIS?

 

Reality Transference System
Quantum Displacement Transporter
Multiversal Transporter
Reality to Reality Teleporter
Universe Tunneler
Multiversal Probability Transporter

 

Some Transporter Thingamajig. [/unhelpful]

 

Hehe! Actually, I think I like that one the best. It totally fits. Thanks.

 

Findswoman Well, there is a neutral ability called Sever Force, which was used by Nomi Sunrider to sever Ulic Qel-Droma's connection to the Force, and was attempted by the three Masters of the Jedi Council on Meetra Surik (the Jedi Exile), but they were interrupted by Kreia. I don't think there's a canonical power that lets its user "steal one's talents" as it were, only to leech a victim's Force essence to heal/strengthen oneself (Drain Life is one example). So far as I can tell, to know a Force power you have to learn it from scratch or, if it's innate, to train that natural ability.

 

WHAT, LOLZ. Alrighty then!

 

I don't think this is what you are looking for but may be of interest Drain Knowledge, Force drain, Sever Force, Mind-witch, Volfe Karkko,

What kind of dark sider are we talking about here? After all what is common knowledge for a sith is not unlikely something unknown or hihgly priced for a findsman, glom druid, Dathomir witch or even jedi gone dark. The same goes for a prophet of the dark side, sorcerer of Rhand or blazing chain member.

 

Drain Knowledge would theoretically allow a dark sider to strip the intellectual knowledge of how a force techique works from a victim. Being able to actually conduct the technique would require practice however, but theoretically possible so long as it didn't require some sort of special gift.

Drain and Deadly Sight are too that would be interesting to see in a prose format, they're usually only portrayed in games... and I think Deadly Sight only has one known user. Drain could go hand in hand with the Drain Knowledge ability to give the character a form of theme. I get a feeling that Drain is probably far more violent then most people realize as it's almost like a rape of someone's force signature.

 

Do we know of any planets in the post Jedi Academy era that are caught up in a civil war?

 

Not off the top of my head... you could easily make one up if you wanted to... I think the Sepan Civil War restarted at some point as well.

 

The Sepan Civil War is a bit to large for what I am looking for, and I have begun to try not to come up with new planets when old can work. So maybe I should use on of those planet that only have a name and a minimal description, do people know any one like that that I can use?

 

Beside the talz, what sentient species do we know of that are highly suited to cold weather?

 

Whiphids.

 

Thanks, I should have thought of them since I did some research on them some time ago.

Is there any other species?

 

I seem to remember the Aqualish finding the planet Ando to be quite nice to live on despite its rather...chilly...environment. Might want to check on that though.

 

Does anyone remember what the correct form of verbal address to the Emperor is? I think that Luke uses "Your Highness" in ROTJ, is that the most common form in the EU as well?

 

I believe it is for those that aren't under his tutelage. A lot of his direct underlings would call him Master... like the Hands, Vader, and Dark Side Elite.

 

Was planning to have some characters be dressed in uniform similar to the once seen among soldiers in WWI but can right now not think of how to describe them. Any sugestions?

Also have anybody come up with any personal cultural points regarding talz, whipids and/or gamorreans? Fort examples regarding clothes, music, food, architecture, entertainment, etc.

Insects who have evolved to live in sub-zero climate; they live around hot springs and similar (I recommend going through the BBC series Planet Earth and Life for some inspiration); they are actually being farmed inside greenhouse farms; they live deep underground were it is not to cold for them

 

Um...the uniforms of which participant nation? Generally-speaking, such uniforms might be referred to as "khakis" by the British and Commonwealth forces, though not formally, and I have no idea what other nations might've called them. American servicemen of a certain period might use the term "dungarees," but that's a wholly separate matter.

 

I was thinking of something along this line

 

What would be the SW equivalence of: 'he was a bear of a man'?