Star Wars OPEN War of the Galaxies: Fist of Fire

IC Nagai Fleet
Rothana, mercurial Nagai

At the destruction of the Tof missiles that the Nagai had launched Den Siva shrugged, this was a battle of feints within feints within feints. The noise that the Tofs had introduced into the comms made him chuckle as he considered options. Stalking over to his command chair he reclined into it with an almost feline grace, a lazy smile on his face. His command team was a well oiled machine, the Mandalorians included and there was little he had to do, save advice and give minimal directions.

His fingers stroked the arm of the chair and the smile widened fractionally as the comm chimed. Unsurprised, he spun it to face the holo pickup, seeing it blank but hearing the voice of the Mandalorian Warleader who commanded that portion of his fleet. Standing, he walked to the holo display, his long hair waving as he shook his head with a wry expression. Of course the Mando would call right now, when the Sun Guard was beginning to take a heavier interest in the shipyards.

And, given what he suspected of the reason for the call, his fingers stroked the knife at his waist, it was also not a surprise that the channel used was the one he’d been using to send messages to the Sun Guard itself. “Admiral…what are you going to do about the fact the Sun Guard has wiped out the Rothanan Defense Force and is laying claim to the shipyards?” the almost mechanical voice behind the helmet asked.

“Nothing, they have not gone against the unspoken agreement we made.” Den replied calmly.

There was anger in the Warleader’s voice now, “They will and they will try to make all who are not their vassals pay for what they believe is disobedience.” he said firmly.

Chuckling again, “They are what they are, Warleader. Yet they have not actively gone against that agreement.” he repeated.

“They seek to keep the shipyards from any but themselves.” the grating voice came. “Recall our agreement, I expect it to remain fulfilled.”

The line went dead, Den looking over the shoulder of the comms officer to see if it had been as widely broadcast as he suspected, whether the Sun Guard had heard or not.

A second, secure channel opened, “Plan Bravo in effect, Admiral.” the same voice spoke, the Warleader, before the tactical officer cried out, “Sir…the Mandalorians have…half their number have turned on Rothana. They are…”

Den walked over to the tactical display, eyes scanning it. A sharp nod as he saw that the missile and torpedo heavy smaller capital craft of the Mandalorian portion of the fleet had broken off from the others, had turned their tubes on the shipyards themselves, wave after wave of missiles aimed at what all three fleets had come to claim, to reduce it all to rubble.

Taking the two strides over to comms, “Contact the siblings, tell them Plan Bravo.”

--/--

Onboard the Inferno

The modified corvette was a raging beast, in the hands of Romulus and Remus. They led the craft Den had assigned them, ravaging and harrowing the edges of the Tof fleet. Their job was as much a distraction as it was a full assault. If the Tofs were offbalance and unable to project strength that was what mattered, so that the rest of the fleet could remove the Tofs from the battle.

The comm chimed, a secure channel, two words spoken. “Plan Bravo.” It went dead as the pair looked at each other, grins forming. ”And they say we’re insane, the Mandalorians are even worse.” Rem quipped.

Both sets of eyes flicked to the tactical display which had begun to give a readout of the destruction the Mandalorians were doing to the shipyards. Rom’s eyes stayed on it, chuckling, ”We don’t truly need them so why should anyone else have them…” he muttered as an alarm sounded.

Rem pulled up a secondary tactical display. Then let out a laughing cheer of sorts. ”The Sun Guard are…let us say they are providing just what we need.”

With her hands on the controls, she maneuvered the stealthed corvette among the many pods the SSD had released, flying around and among them, their other small ships mimicking the manuever, using the Sun Guard’s pods as, hopefully, a blot on the Tof’s sensors, so both attacks went in at the same time.

”Vengeance Squadron,” she’d just come up with that as she commed on the encrypted frequency the attack group was using, ”Use the pods to confuse the Tofs, let’s burn those fat pirates from the skies.”

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THE RISHI MAZE

FIREBASE ALPHA

1.5 terameters from a black hole there was a large asteroid.

It had, once upon a time, it had been surmised, been a component of a much larger world.

Thereafter, it had, unbeknownst to the Galactic Empire, been converted into an illegal energy mining facility by the Rebel Alliance, and actually had once upon a time been supplied by the crew of the Millennium Falcon before the Battle of Yavin, many decades ago now. That had been desperation, for the base was distant from the hyperlane to the Rishi Maze - the Zareca String.

When the war moved from guerrilla warfare to liberation of the galaxy, there was little need to maintain such a distant outpost.

Even the Resistance under General Leia Organa considered the distant planetoid to be altogether too far away from anything useful, but earmarked the location as a rendezvous point if need be, much like when the Rebel Fleet hid off the main galactic disc after the Battle of Hoth - it was at such a distant position that Luke Skywalker had his hand replaced after his traumatic brawl with Darth Vader.

But Firebase Alpha hadn't been dangerous because of the single hyperlane via Rishi, or the distance, or even the relatively nearby black hole.

No, it had been so because of the wreckage of a Sith warship that hung nearby. A battlecruiser in modern nomenclature, it nonetheless remained highly automated until the Millennium Falcon finished off its power source.

But a Sith warship?

In a satellite galaxy?

How strange.

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Unidentified_Sith_battlecruiser

TAG: No One

OOC: PMs too all four players sent.

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THE SKIRMISHES OF RODIA

Fighters began to arrive from hyperspace, but the Yuuzhan Vong were ready.

Their coral ships were superior defenders to the ships of this galaxy, especially when they were immune to yammosk jammers, stutter-fire and had even been attuned to detect the eponymous Jedi Shadow Bomb.

It was oft forgotten that the Yuuzhan Vong had achieved these biotechnological feats in the last two months of the war named for them, largely because Zonama Sekot rendered such advances moot. The war had been won when Sekot leapt into the Coruscant system; Mon Calamari was all but lost, and the other half of the Galactic Alliance Defence Force had been caught out at Contruum. It was merely Sekot that turned the tide, and the subsequent Battle of Yuuzhan'tar ended the war only because the Supreme Overlord died.

Yuuzhan Vong A-vek Iiluunu carrier at their full growth could carry fifteen squadrons of coralskippers, and were oft screened by Uumufalh gunships with their forty plasma launchers. Rodia had apparently been the under their occupation for some time because of the shipwomb hanging between the planet and one of Rodia's moons, a chain of dovil basils running from it to the distant sun to harvest raw plasma, and Yorik-Trema ferrying materiels from the moonlet to the womb, and thus screened by the carriers and gunships.

The edge of the system was peppered with a handful of Vua'spar, but they were mainly to screen the approaches from surprises; they were ill-prepared for a fighter storm of this size, and the dedicated Interdictors - in-fact specialized Miid ro'iik - were shortly overwhelmed. That being said, this meant the Yuuzhan Vong were not just ready for a brawl, they were well alerted.

Aware of how tenacious the fighters of the Alliance and Empire had been in wars gone by, the Yuuzhan Vong response wasn't just to steer a fully mature carrier and six gunships towards the approaching raiders, but to send out in advance of their position ships designed for such engagements; not just the yoric-vec assault ship, a proverbial gunboat, but also the multiple-weapon-wielding yorik-slayer advanced fighters.

The slayer was a heavyweight; with six plasma launchers, a Voxyn-like shape and even a dovin basil hyperdrive, they were sleek, powerful and fast.

So the forces Adam sent were rather violently surprised, and bruised, if not broken apart completely, their formations hit hard.

By the time the lone coralskipper of Darth Mascon arrived, more than two thirds of the raiders were gone, for half as many Yuuzhan Vong losses.

The raids had begun three hours ago; some eighteen squadrons had engaged and the entry lanes were fraught with debris; production and construction was halted.

Oh, and at the heart of the shipwomb?

A Koros-Strohna; a worldship.

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THE BATTLE OF MACCABREE

The moment the Tofs arrived, the Maccabree struck, rushing their old enemies with their craft.

Of course they had been watching the Tof homeworld.

Of course they were ready.

In short order, several bulk cruisers had taken damage, but the Maccabree had fought best when apart of an alliance, working with the Nagai and Faruuni. The Maccabree specialty was in their armoured troops, not in their ships - so they launched landing craft.

The Tofs knew this, and their ships were already well-armored.

They were, too, watching.

And they were ready.

By the time the flagship of Barbosa arrived in-system, the forces of the Maccabree had been decimated and routed.

The world lay before them, their abandoned shipyards in orbit, and reports of sizeable armies on the surface marshalling.

The Tof fleet stood off, ready for orders, bruised, not bloodied, but victorious.

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THE BATTLE OF ROTHANA

The harassment fire of the Tofs continued unabated, joined by missiles.

Some of those missiles approached the Interdictors from surprising angles, but the Sun Guard knew how to defend their key ships, and the Sovereign itself had gravity well generators too. Nonetheless, some of the Interdictors took damage, and the scope of the gravity well affecting the system was reduced.

But not by much.

That might have made a difference had the two-thirds remaining of the Tof fleet focused on escaping, rather than turning aside entirely and advancing in-system. The Nagai-Mandalorian forces were split between targets, while the Sun Guard were split between capturing the shipyards and firing upon the Tofs.

The twists and turns of manipulation were going against all involved, and the edge the Sun Guard, Mandalorians and Nagai had acquired over the Tofs was squandered, and the turn and charge of two-thirds of the Tof fleet made a difference for a variety of reasons... suicidal as it was.

Firstly, they were hard jamming many of the lines involved, save for those the Rothanan's used.

This made no difference to the Sun Guard, who had already reinforced the defenses of the Interdictors and issued commands solely from the Avarice to launch boarders at the Tof.

Secondly, the Mandalorians and Sun Guard turned assets and guns upon the shipyards, which promptly, in short order, erupted into flame.

This saw the Rothanans contribute their own jamming to that of the lines the Nagai, Mandalorians and Sun Guard used.

While last minute orders sent Nagai among the Sun Guard landing craft, the Mandalorians and Nagai were almost at odds here and now.

For every boarding action the Sun Guard commenced, the Nagai did too, transforming a full third of the remaining Tof ships into an utter mire. But the remaining third was unmolested, and opened fire upon the Sun Guard and Nagai fleets.

Casualties were mounting.

Badly.

Now the jamming would cause grief between the Mandalorians and Nagai survivors... and would cut Darth Mascon off from his Interdictors. But the Tofs had a chance to take back a third of their fleet.

A third of the Tof fleet was caught in aggressive boarding actions between the Nagai and Sun Guard; a third of the original force remained.

The Nagai capital ships were wiped out, leaving one half of the original force made up of mostly Mandalorians.

The Sun Guard warships took damage, reducing the effectiveness of the Avarice by half, and crippling the defenders of the Interdictors, reducing their overall strength to a half of the original force.

The Rothana shipyards were 100% destroyed.

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IC: Nihl

The young Nagai stood over his world, atop a white-blasted building, watching hundreds, no thousands - tens of thousands of his kin.

There was a gathering on-going.

A memorial, a vigil, initially, but it was going badly.

Tensions were high.

The Force-sensitive man, who had briefly sauntered into Known Space to acquire knowledge of his power, could sense it.

While Rem and Remus were off fighting galactic warfare, Nihl, not yet Darth, was here, watching his world feel the after effects of the civil war on Saijo, a Nagai world for decades. Almost every Nagai family knew of someone there, and the violence was poised to spread here.

The Mandalorians could not be trusted.

He knew that.

He had fought besides and against them more than once.

The Tofs were active again.

He turned his head as he watched the procession, sensed a cloaked sentient approaching -

His hand touched his lightsaber's activation switch -

Snap-hiss -

The red blade made the crowd look up -

The figure threw something from the shadows -

A grenade!

He reached out a hand, hurled it up into the sky -

BOOM!

The detonation rattled the very teeth of the crowd, shattered windows, upturned children, but nobody died.

But the tension was ignited.

Nihl leapt down, trying to chase through the crowd after the attacker -

It was starting to turn nasty, and he could almost hear the tell-tail shik of Nagai knifes being unholstered, a dozen, no a hundred times, over.

He caught the smallest glimpse of the assailant as he looked back through the throng of people to see if Nihl would catch up with him.

He couldn't, not at all.

But he did see the man's face.

A Grysk.

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ROUND FOUR

STATE OF THE GALAXY

1. Saijo's civil war ended with the decimation of the populace.

2. Nagi began a slide towards civil war.

3. The Faruuni shipyards pressed on with construction.

Round THREE update: The Faruuni have a third of a fleet.

4. The Maccabree fell to the Tofs; its abandoned shipyards and the planet itself remain unconquered for now.

5. The shipyards of Rothana were destroyed.

ROUND FOUR update: A third of the Tof fleet was caught in aggressive boarding actions between the Nagai and Sun Guard; a third of the original force remains.

Nagai capital ships were wiped out, leaving one half of the original force made up of mostly Mandalorians.

The Sun Guard warships took damage, reducing the effectiveness of the Avarice by half, and crippling the already damaged defenders of the Interdictors, reducing their overall strength to a half of the original force.

The Rothana shipyards were 100% destroyed.

6. The cloning facilities of Kamino are nearly restored.

Round FOUR Update: Skirmishing with Yuuzhan Vong scouts prevented the planet from contributing to the war much.

7. Kinooine went silent.

8. Rodia was attacked, it's production interrupted by the raiding forces.

9. Rishi remains the site of half a Yuuzhan Vong fleet.

10. Lwhekk and it's half fleet remains Neutral.

11. Zonama Sekot - and it's half fleet remains Neutral, and confirmed that they could not influence the Yuuzhan Vong at Rodia or Rishi; indeed Warmaster Nas Choka had thus far refused to intervene in Known Space.

12. The capital worlds of Vhetin, Zakuul, Tof and Mon Calamari remained well-defended. Vhetin and Mon Calamari are each defended by half a fleet, Zakuul by a fleet and a half.

13. The Six Sisters, a swathe of worlds between Nirauan and Zakuul, and some of the lesser Tof colonies, let alone Mandalorian Space proper - they all went silent. Seceded? Recused? Attacked?

NEW DATA

1. No new production this round.

2. The Mon Calamari shipyards have been retooled to construct updated Sith designs.

3. The ancient Zakuul shipyards are poised to yield information about the GEMINI droid mind.

4. The Vhetin clans stir with unhappiness about their alliance with the Nagai and how the Battle of Rothana is going.

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IC Nagai Fleet
Rothana, damnable Tofs

’Fracking Tofs…’ ran through Den Siva’s mind as he decanted from a shuttle, walking through the boarding hatch into the frigate that had become the flagship of the Nagai half, what was left of it, of their fleet. ’I’d rather have the Inferno right now but the Spymasters are using it very well.’ he thought as he made the short trip to the bridge. With the other Nagai around, even with the slightly unfamiliar layout of the frigate, he was able to easily navigate his way to the bridge.

By the time he arrived the crew already had information for him. He shook his head at the news, the Nagai, as long as they could be in close enough proximity, would have little trouble with the jamming that had arisen, due to both the Tofs and the Rothanans. The Mandalorians, however…He stalked over to the holo display, one finger tracing the blade of the knife on his belt. The Mandalorians would potentially be a problem.

He could see, in the display, that the shipyards had been completely destroyed. Walking over to the comms panel, he tapped out a message, choosing to deplete a good portion of the frigate’s message torpedoes, a last ditch choice when comms were down. Rothanan allies, we offer our sincerest apologies for the actions of the Mandalorians. They and we believe that the Sun Guard or the Tofs intended to take and force your people to build craft for them. Should any of the Nagai survive this battle we will bring news of the destruction home and send a reconstruction force to assist in rebuilding the shipyards. Admiral Den Siva

It was both truth and lie but politics and alliances often were. Whether the Rothanans accepted it or they decided they wanted well rid of all who occupied their space was their own choice and the Nagai would respect it. As the torpedoes launched, heading out on several vectors to avoid all of them being compromised at the same time, he concentrated, reaching out to the nearby Nagai on other craft. Instruct the Spymasters to take advantage of the reduction of the gravity well generators. For the Nagai!

--/--
IC: Mon Eskotandi
Nagi

Since the fleet had departed for Rothana, Mon Eskotandi had been busy. The siblings that he’d recruited to be his bosses had gone with the fleet, leaving him to run all covert operations in the Nagai sphere of influence. Trouble had been brewing, factions among the Mandalorians were growing restless with the current situation and alliance, there were other rumors of dark activities, and their need to protect their polity as well as encouraging others to join them were not quite as fruitful as possible.

He’d sent several messages to the siblings but there had been no reply. Scouts sent to Rothana to discover why had either not returned or had reported back that they’d come within a jump of the system before discovering that there was a large, gravatic attraction to the system which suggested gravity well generators. In that time Knife had begun to grow restless with the lack of report from the fleet, demanding that he send even more messages to have his Spymasters, at least, return.

A distant noise, one he knew well from many operations, caught his attention. Glancing out of the window of his office he noted the district of the city that the noise had originated. His expression darkened as that was the direction where a memorial gathering to mourn the loss of life on Saijo was to be taking place currently. He had several operatives planted among the crowd as well as the cams that were observing the gathering.

Tapping several commands into the console of the desk before him holo cam views and micro cam views popped up around the edges of the desk. The smaller cams were of slightly lower quality than the main cams but all had focused in one direction at almost the same time. While he was reviewing the footage, reversing it and watching again, he heard a subtle cough from by the door of his office.

“You could cause a spy a heart attack like that, boss.” he snarked.

Knife chuckled, pushing off of the wall that he’d leaned against as he’d entered the office. He’d heard the explosion too and had come down here to find what his spy knew of it.

“The one who came with the siblings, Nihl, he sensed something just before the explosion.” Mon explained, gesturing at the same footage, taken from a wide variety of angles. “You can see as his lightsaber ignited before the blast. Grenade…”

With a sigh, one both Nagai shared, he brought up other footage, stilling it. Each image showed one thing, in the course of Nihl’s chase of the perpetrator. Knife growled…”Get me my Spymasters, now. I don’t care how but get them back from Rothana.” Pointing at one of the holos, which had an image of the distant Nihl in midleap over the crowd as he chased the figure, “And have him report here when he breaks off the chase.” One last growl escaped him before he vanished back out of the office to find someone to yell at for allowing that creature on their homeworld.

--/--

Pzob, the Inferno

Romulus and Remus had been closer than Den Siva had anticipated, when he sent out the message through the Nagai telepathic bond. When the jamming had intensified they and the squadron of Nagai fighters that had attached themselves to the modified corvette had broken off from the attack on the Tofs. They’d seen the pirates beginning to flee and had chosen to head back to where the fleet had been to regroup. Which was why they’d been in range, thanks to the higher abundance of their kind nearby, of the Admiral’s message.

A quick mental conversation between them and the squadron occurred before they boosted for the edge of the system. The effects of the gravity well generators, in the direction they had chosen, weakened as the distance increased. When the siblings were sure that the effects of the generators was less even than that of the hyperdrives of the fighters accompanying them, they engaged their hyperdrives for only a short jump, to the nearby system of Pzob, to regroup and plan their next course of action.

When they decanted from hyper in the system the comm of the corvette began to chime, repeatedly, with messages. Rem moved from the flight controls, leaving Rom to prepare for the next jump as she read through the comm log. ”Brother dearest, seems we have been quite missed back home. Oh…no…” she finished, in a quiet tone. ”Saijo is…has been massacred…” her voice came in a growl.

The comm chimed again, another message reaching them. A frustrated snot escaped Rem as she read it. ”It gets worse, the unrest has spread to Nagi and…even worse, they’re calling for our return because there is something even worse occurring.”

Slipping behind the controls, she tapped on one of the displays, bringing up the image their lieutenant, Mon, had included. A deeper growl escaped her, ”If those are there…”

Rom’s fingers danced over the controls and the navigation computer. ”To hell with Nagi directly.” he muttered. ”Tell Knife if he needs us that bad we’ll be with the Border Fleet, finding how or where they were infiltrated.” With the chime of the navicomp, he advanced the hyper power levers, the corvette and the squadron leaping out of Pzob and to the edges of the Nagai polity.

TAGS: @Sinrebirth, @Kev-Mas_Colcha, @Mitth_Fisto

OOC: The departure of a small bunch due to the weakening of the interdiction field allowed by GM. Den Siva, the other part of the Nagai fleet, and the Mandalorians are still at Rothana. A futher bit, at Rothana, to come if the GM allows multiple responses, once all responses there are in.

 

Locations Added To The Galactic Map

In Skyriver

Batuu - the key hyperspace junction between the Unknown Regions, Wild Space and the southern galaxy has taken many years to recover from its brutal occupation by the First Order. Many species are now setting up shop there especially as there is a flood of resources suddenly to hand to trade

Mokivj - a world that had been blocked off by an unknown faction relocating its moons to act as natural Interdictors, it has recently been exposed to the galaxy again, with fabled mineral reserves available again

Polis Massa - with the reappearance of the Kaminoans and clone technology, the natives here have begun quietly reaching out for customers for their own clone resources

Oon Tien - the collapse of the Eriadu Authority means that the Kathol Sector repair yards there are now independent. They are sufficient to support four Star Destroyers at a time, and even construct them

Lothal - Doonium reserves have been discovered after the bombardment of the planet by the First Order some months ago, which promptly moved on - mainly because of how difficult the local defenders are

Kril’dor - A Tibanna mine that the Empire has recently lost direct control of due to a local uprising that the Emperor has not cared to respond to for months

In Rishi Maze

Base Alpha - an abandoned energy resource within an asteroid above a black hole

The Sith Warship - an abandoned and long crippled vessel, it is now believed to be the Undying, a warship constructed by the late Dark Lord, Darth Mekhis

In Firefist

No new systems located.

OOC: @Kev-Mas_Colcha, @darthbernael, @Mitth_Fisto - you may do another reply this round also

 

IC Nagai Fleet
Rothana, Sun Guard departing

The damage that had been done to the Sun Guard Interdictors seemed to determine the course of the battle. The Tofs had begun recovering ships that had been boarded even as most of their fleet fell back toward the safe limit to hyper out, with the Interdictors grav fields weakened. Den Siva watched the strategic situation develop as

As the three fleets fell back from the battle, the Nagai boarders, those that could, fell back to their fighters and scout craft. While they did, they left as many surprises as they could for the Tofs that would retake their ships, whether those surprises would be of immediate destructive capacity or whether they would remain hidden and fulfill their purposes at a later time. Either worked for the Nagai, anything to weaken the Tofs.

The Mandalorians, fresh from having destroyed the shipyards, or a portion of them as the Sun Guard did the same, fell back to join what remained of the Nagai half of the fleet. The jamming of comms caused by the Tofs still held, making communication between any ships all but impossible. With the ships shifting as closely as possible the comms began to pick up first static with the occasional word and then more and more until, at a close range, the ships were able to communicate.

The holo flared into view, the Mandalorian commander, somehow looking smug even behind his helmet, virtually standing before Den. “The Sun Guard runs, even though their terror troops are harassing Rothana.”

Den nodded, folding his arms behind his back, “All the forces are falling back, mostly heading away from both the planet and each other. It has been a high price to pay but none of us have come out the victor in this battle, although things have been learned about both of these foes.”

A noise sounded behind the Mandalorian commander, causing him to turn his head. “We should harass the Sun Guard, at least, until they leave. Destroy their landers and boarding craft.” he said, almost absently as he sought the source of the noise.

“If they are both falling back, even with the Spymasters having escaped the battle, we need to report to Knife about the outcome of this and rebuild the fleet.” As he finished speaking the comm filled with static, the image moving, what seemed to be blaster fire half seen through the static.

When it cleared a different Mandalorian’s face greeted him, a sterner looking one. “The Vhetin clan gives it’s greeting or should I say farewell, Nagai scum.” the man’s voice said. He nodded at someone off screen as the point defense officer of the frigate cried out to Den that the Mandalorian cruiser was training their weapons on the ship.

Den seemed unconcerned at the cry. Looking over at his second officer he nodded. Turning back as she hunched over a console, sending out commands, there was a grim smile on his face. “You did, perhaps, hear me mention the Spymasters, they do their jobs very well.” he said in a flat tone. His teeth appeared as he smiled, “Not to mention the shipwrights that built and upgraded your ships.”

He glanced over at his second officer as a look of concern flitted over the face in the holo. She nodded, a predatory smile also on her face.

Turning back, he had one eye on the display and another on the man before him. “The…my…fleet will be returning to Nagi.” he said flatly.

The face in the display wavered, this time not the actual display or comms issues, but the flesh of it did so for a couple moments. The head turned, growling something out to others on the bridge of the Mandalorian ship, before turning back to Den. “Your worlds will burn…” it snarled before the wavering of the flesh stilled.

Den kept his expression still but turned to the comms officer, “You recorded all of that, yes?”

The young Nagai was pale but nodded.

Turning back, “You’re welcome to try.” he stated, once again in a flat tone, to the figure in the holo. Waving it off, he stalked away from the display to the tactical one. “How many?”

“Sir, the signal activated in all of the Mandalorian fleet save those with damage to their main computers or drive units. Their flagship managed to wrest control of all but weapons systems from the signal. Otherwise, we took back over two thirds of the fleet and messages were sent to enure the Vhetin do not compromise those ships.”

Den nodded then returned to the command chair, “Get us out of the system, course set for Nagi.”

As the fleet, the Mandalorian ships the Nagai shipwrights had built a backdoor into for the Nagai included, turned, heading away from the Sun Guard the small component of them left raced off in a different course, presumably headed to the world the Vhetin had taken for their own.

Shaking his head as he sat in his command chair, “Perhaps the Vhetin but..that was no Vhetin, unless that clan has taken Grysk into the clan.” he muttered.

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IC: Emperor Snoke

He mused.

Rats were loose within his star system. A rogue Agent, the key to the AGENT project… Jedi and smugglers.

The planet Jakku itself had been lost; the siege was keeping them in-place but Snoke dare not strike with the Tho Yor becoming depleted.

He needed to keep an eye on the mundanity of things.

Or risk it all.

Which brought him to his Grand Admiral. Thrawn had made his way back to his master, nursing a crippled Eclipse Super Star Destroyer to reach the second Starkiller Base. It had taken many more months than one would have expected, but then, the entire galaxy had collapsed into anarchy.

As Thrawn was now explaining.

“The Empire’s infrastructure has collapsed. Without Gherlid’s fleet, let alone the forces of the Remnant and Maw, we have very little ability to project order. Our cruisers commit to raids for resources, and the remainder powers shy away from interfering coreward of the Mid Rim, but that will not last.” His voice was tight, showing the entire Outer Rim aflame.

“Without a strong centre, chaos has arisen,” Snoke said, bemused.

“Yes, your Majesty.” A finger indicated them. “The Outer Rim is now particularly balkanized. The Sun Guard seizure of Mon Calamari; the Hutt Kadijics civil war; Domain Lah harasses the latter end of the Corelian Run; the Airam clans have resurrected the Nocto shipyards; the Bothans stand apart with their half fleet of assault cruisers; the Senex Lords marshal an equivalent of Dreadnaught-class warships; the New Separatist Union is rallying updated Lucrehulk designs in similar numbers near Mustafar.”

“Let alone the depredations on the furthest systems by the Nagai and Tofs, or the Grysk and Adumari warlords.” Thrawn’s voice was grave, as scouts had reported a tremendous battle at Rothana, a world and shipyard that had been largely independent since the Battle of Coruscant over five years ago. “We run the risk of being unable to retake the galaxy.”

“Don’t be ridiculous,” Snoke chided. “None of these powers are a threat to us. Beyond the Mid Rim has never been the absolute province of central government. You know this; you’re merely feint with this direction of analysis to divert me to the true threat.”

“The allies at Jakku, yes,” Thrawn confirmed. “They’ve consolidated their position and will inevitably come up with a detailed strategy to defeat you. None of the lesser powers will risk a confrontation with the Tho Yor, but those at Jakku, they have no choice and they will triumph.” His tone was pitched. “I have no doubt they will shortly locate this Base, and if they do, will attempt a strike at it before it is complete.”

“And you want permission to take our last Resurgent-class Star Destroyer there.”

A hesitation. “Yes, your Majesty. That is my recommendation.”

“Is that all you require?” Snoke groused. “A single full complement battlecruiser, to defeat our combined enemies?”

Thrawn smiled softly. “Yes.”

Snoke sat back, used his height to peer at the Chiss. “You believe your tactical prowess a match for Antilles? For Dameron? Trec? For Ackbar?For Graul and Daala? For Aquilla? For Tiber? For Sabel? For Jedi and Sith?”

Thrawn met his Emperor’s gaze. “You believe your power a match for Jaina Solo? For Kylo Ren? For Skywalker’s son?”

“Touche,” he said, amused. “Go on, Grand Admiral. Destroy the rebels and return to me. We shall both be victorious, in our separate arenas.”

“Yes, your Majesty.” Thrawn bowed, and left.

He had a battle to win.

TAG: No One

 

MORTIS

The dreadnought that was the largest of Tho Yor left the Adumar system.

It burrowed into hyperspace and arrived at the border of the Outer Rim and Mid Rim.

Regardless of whether the message from Snoke was interrupted or not, it deployed with a very specific set of orders; to define the borders between the First Order and the chaotic broken galaxy.

The entirety of the Outer Rim, Wild Space and Unknown Regions was left to the dozen factions of the galaxy.

Mortis began tracing a path of the Mid Rim, laying minefields, consuming smaller asteroids and planets and leaving automated TIE Daggers behind, or Mechtrooper legions. It was a slow and methodical process, and where it encountered resistance, Mortis promptly shattered it.

The First Order was sending a message.

The Deep Core, the Core, the Colonies, the Inner Rim, the Expansion Region and Mid Rim belonged to them.

They were off-limits.

Any intention to breach that border would be met with violence.

Any coordinated action against its galactic minefield would be reciprocated violently. Any attempt to escape the First Order’s borders would be met with violence. This action would place Anaxes, Jakku, Nal Hutta, and even Rodia within their borders.

Mortis would take weeks if not months to trace a path around the galaxy, but it would complete its mission.

TAG: @no-one

 

THE OUTER RIM

Governance of the Outer Rim had been theoretical at best, at least since the Pius Dea crusades ten millennia ago.

Some argued that it never returned.

The Empire invaded the Outer Rim after the Clone Wars; the New Republic slowly but surely built alliances in the region, such treaties which were shattered when the Yuuzhan Vong invaded; the subsequent Galactic Alliance acted as a go-between with the various nations that had sprung up, and the Imperial Remnant inevitably spread its influence, as too did the First Order.

But now, the Outer Rim was on its own.

In the NORTHERN OUTER RIM...

Bastion was isolated. The shipyards of Yaga Minor and Ord Trasi were nominally defended. The independent Cassander Sectors, Corporate Sector, Mandalorian Space and the Commonality were joined by the conquered territory of Mon Calamari. Resources at Gargon (raw materials) and Fest (precious metals) were free to claim. The beskar of Mandalore would be a tough nut to crack.

In the EASTERN OUTER RIM...

Nal Hutta commanded a decimated territory. The territory between Rodia and Rishi was aflame; contested. The independent Centrality and Protectorate kept to themselves. The region had little in the way of shipyards, but it did have resources, especially inside Hutt Space at Sriluur and at Lothal (Doonium).

In the SOUTHERN OUTER RIM...

The independent nations of the Coyn, the Airam Clans, the Eriaduan Authority, they stood independent. Whereas Coyn, in the Elrood Sector, had warriors, Airam had the shipyards of Nocto and Eriadu had its own as well as Sluis Van. The Kathol Sector also had the shipyards of Oon Tien, but was otherwise considered a backwater. The cloners of Subterrel rivaled those of the Kaminoans, but the region had the resources of Bespin (Tibanna), Sullust (raw materials) and Eliad (minerals). But it was notable that to the south-east was the independent Bakura, harassed by not the Ssi-Ruuvi, but the Iskalloni.

 

The North

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Yaga_Minor/Legends

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ord_Trasi

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Cassander_sector/Legends

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Cassander_sector

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Commonality

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Gargon/Legends

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Gargon

The East

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Centrality/Legends

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Protectorate_(organization)

The South

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Coyn

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Iskalloni

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Airam_Clans

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Calenz

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Oon_Tien

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Eliad

TAG: @Kev-Mas_Colcha, @Mitth_Fisto, @darthbernael, @adaml83

 

IC: Warlord Gherlid

The aquatic nonhuman took a deep breath, inhaling from a water-filled rebreather.

"Report," he gargled at his mixed species crew. Herglics, Quarren, Gungan, more besides.

"The hyperdrive was hacked at Lexrul," spoke the navigator, a Ho'din -

Gherlid drew his blaster and shot the man. "The next person to tell me something I already know dies."

The bridge stiffened as one, and comments flowed in

"We jumped clear of the galactic halo before we hit a gravity well -"

"All ten Imperial-class Star Destroyers are accounted for -"

"Damage reports suggest we're mostly intact -"

"All fighter craft and troop transports were deployed, so we have neither -"

"Hyperdrives on all ships are down -"

Gherlid growled. "What gravity well?"

"The Deep Core, sir."

"That's not outside our galactic halo," Gherlid snarled, pointing his blaster at the Iskaloni -

"The Deep Core of the satellite galaxy, sir -"

Gherlid paused. "Which one. The Rishi Maze? Or Firefist?"

"Firefist, sir, we're presently not far from the central blackhole."

His mind frantically searched across memory. "Firefist. Tofs? Nagai?"

"We're presently inside Tof Space, yes, sir."

"Chances we've been detected?"

"The flotilla reached out for signals to identify it's location -"

"So yes." Gherlid shook his head. "Everyone knows where we are."

Ten Imperial Star Destroyers. Battered, less fighters and troops, but still the equivalent of half a fleet.

He reflected that this was likely to get far worse before it got better.

"I want to know how many torpedoes we have; how much turbolaser gas we have left; how much fuel; our timescales for hyperdrive repair."

The warlord, who had ruled the northern quadrant for fifteen years as the greatest of the Galactic Warlords, would not go down without a fight.

Even if everyone knew he was here, in this nowhere system.

TAG: @Kev-Mas_Colcha, @Mitth_Fisto, @darthbernael, @adaml83

 

TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES

Koensayr Manufacturers, builders of the Y-wing and K-wing, offer an exclusive contract for their newest heavy bomber to the galaxy - the Koensayr I4 Ioniser. The I-Wing is a third generation bomber, and expected to surpass the K-wing. They want to become the primary supplier in the post-First Order galaxy, offering the contract to any one faction that is willing to commit to breaking the Mid Rim border and liberate Koensayr in the Colonies region.



https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/I4_Ionizer_starfighter

This is a chance to win the most advanced bomber in the galaxy.

---

Kuat Drive Yards, builders of various Star Destroyers of course, want to get back into starfighter market. They have developed a successor to the A Vigilance series of interceptors; the Jumpstar, and their staff-in-exile are offering an exclusive contract to any one faction who is not the First Order. They consider Rothana a world of theirs, and as such are offering this only to the Tofs and Nagai who came to their aid only.



https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jumpstar_HPF_starfighter

The best offer will win the fastest fighter in the galaxy.

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SoroSuub, originally based on Sullust, has announced development of the BB-2 fighter-bomber, an advanced fighter. The Sullustans wish to negotiate an exclusive contract for the fighter to any faction willing to offer their refugee ships a safe harbour - a set of half a dozen ancient and stripped down Bulwark III-class battlecruisers.



https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/BB-2_Starfire_fighter-bomber

The winner of this contract will command the most adaptable starfighter available.

---

The Ubrikkian Transports division in the resource-depleted Corporate Sector is offering a novel weapon in war; an air superiority fighter, the Phoebus-class. Having seceded from the Corporate Sector, the company is offering the contract to any faction able to defend their world.



https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Phoebos-class_starfighter

New Ubrikkia is thus offering the best atmospheric fighter in the galaxy to the warring states.

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The Incom Corporation, based primarily on the Kwenn Space Station on the Outer Rim-Mid Rim border, has offered an exclusive contract for a stealth ship that rivals the old Jedi StealthX’s. This panicked announcement was in response to Emperor Snoke’s claim over the galaxy up to the Mid Rim border; the contract includes a protection clause for Kwenn.



https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/RC-2_Twilight_scoutship

The RC-2 Twilight scoutship is unproven, but a powerful tool if it’s function is indeed as Incom advertises. To ‘sweeten’ the deal they’re offering exclusivity to the R-28 starfighter - a cheap and very easy to produce craft that lags behind even current models. But when you can produce two for the cost of a modern fighter...

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/R-28_starfighter



TAG: @adaml83, @darthbernael, @Mitth_Fisto, @Kev-Mas_Colcha

 

FACTION DEVELOPMENTS AND BONUSES

THE SUN GUARD

The Mon Calamari shipyards developed the ShaShore-class heavy frigate and Crix-class assault shuttle. These are presently exclusively available to the Sun Guard, and represent the most powerful frigate and assault shuttle on the market.

There are rumours of Mon Calamari and Quarren refugees with the designs and willpower to spread them to a faction willing to liberate Ord Bueri, very near Mon Calamari.

The restoration of the Mon Calamari yards offer the research opportunities towards Tri-Scythe assault frigates, the Mediator-class battlecruiser, OR even the Subjugator-class pocket Dreadnought.

THE NAGAI

The Mandalorian Supremacists have been revealed to be largely made up of Zann Consortium rogues. The Nagai agents led by Nihl have discovered a small beskar lode, Bessie starfighters, and the plans for the Crusader-class tank, which promises to be the most advanced ground vehicle in the galaxy.

Research opportunities; the Keldabe-class battleship, the Vengeance-class stealth frigate OR Aggressor-class Star Destroyer.

THE TOF

The Tof have a less varied space navy to draw upon, having eschewed bulk cruisers for centuries. The capture of Maccabree however has opened their eyes to wider battle suit droid technology for their pirate marauders, advanced droid starfighters and the development of the Sabertooth-class assault ship, a frigate-sized capture vessel.

Research opportunities include the automated Recusant-class light destroyer, atmospheric droid gunships OR outright battle droid factories.

THE ADUMARI EMPIRE OF THE HAND

The shipyards of Yaga Minor have developed the Ardent-class fast frigate, a new design with swift engines and even swifter guns. Presently only available to the Adumari, it will be the fastest frigate on the market.

There are rumours that Moff Quillan of nearby Jaemus is willing to offer the design to anyone willing to extract him from a hostile population; he has been a First Order mole in the Remnant for decades.

Research opportunities for the Adumari Empire of the Hand include the Eternal Fleet warship, Nova droid troopers OR the Eternal flagship.

TAG: @Kev-Mas_Colcha, @Mitth_Fisto, @darthbernael, @adaml83

 

OOC: This is the FINAL map for this phase of the game. Please resist the urge to add many more worlds to it. I will accept applications of course, but as a GM and you as players, I wanted to make this manageable.

Locations On The Galactic Map (Finale)

In Skyriver (West)

Claimed Planets: Zakuul, Odessan, Ach-To

Unclaimed Planets: Batuu, Mokivj, Nirauan, Zonama Sekot

NPC Factions: Ssi-Ruuvi Imperium at Lwhekk, Chiss Ascendancy at Csilla, Iskalloni

In Skyriver (South)

Claimed Planets: Xagobah

Unclaimed Planets: Polis Massa, Oon Tien, Elliad, Sluis Van, Utapau, Saijo, Kinooine, Bespin, Sullust

NPC Factions: Bakura, New Separatist Union at Mustafar, Airam Clans at Nocto, Coyn, Eriaduan Authority at Eriadu

In Skyriver (East)

Claimed Planets: Mon Calamari

Unclaimed Planets: Ord Bueri, Lothal, Sriluur, Kwenn Space Station

NPC Factions: Yuuzhan Vong at Rodia, Centrality on Oseon, Protectorate on Trulalis, Hutts between Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa

In Skyriver (North)

Claimed Planets: Adumar, Yaga Minor

Unclaimed Planets: Ord Trasi, Kril’dor, Gargon, Jaemus, New Ubrikkia

NPC Factions: Bastion, Cassander Sectors at Garqi, Commonality at Columex, Corporate Sector at Bonadon

Skyriver (Colonies)

Unclaimed Planets: Koensayr

In Rishi Maze

Claimed Planets: Kamino, Rothana

Unclaimed Locations: Base Alpha, the Sith Warship

NPC Factions: Yuuzhan Vong at Rishi

In Firefist

Claimed Planets: Tof, Nagai, Vhetin, Maccabree

Unclaimed Planets: Faruun

NPC Factions: The Grysk on Vhetin, Warlord Gherlid in the Firefist Deep Core

TAG: @Kev-Mas_Colcha, @Mitth_Fisto, @darthbernael, @adaml83

 

GM HOLD