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| Nefari | Date: Tuesday, 14 Dec 2010, 12:08 PM | Message # 1 |
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| I'm not sure if this requires a request or not, but to be safe, I'll request it anyway (and keep it brief). As an assassin, it came to my attention that Nefari should have access to a variety of different weapons and gadgets, but not wanting to overload her, I've come up with a simple weapon I'd like her to use. She is a Force-user, so I don't think it too necessary that she be laden with all manner of silly toys. Basically, it is a wristband which fires a 6-inch long poisoned metal barb (around the thickness of a knitting needle). The barbs are kept in pouches sewn into the inside of her bracers (3 barbs inside each one), and each one is capped for safety. These caps contain the Gaping Spider venom which poisons the barbs prior to use, and the venom serves as a fast-acting paralysing agent. While she'd normally aim for the heart, the paralysing venom is her contingency against her victim blocking the barb with another body part, or the barb failing to hit its target/penetrate deep enough to kill. The weapon would be strapped to the underside of her left forearm, and can be fired either by depressing a pair of trigger-studs either side of her wrist, meaning she can't fire during lightsaber combat without extending her arm fully for a clear shot, and using her dominant saber hand to fire the weapon. I think that covers everything, if not, feel free to ask me to clarify, and I'll do my best :).
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| Baird | Date: Tuesday, 14 Dec 2010, 12:35 PM | Message # 2 |
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| As future management of this place, and I know it's going to happen. Right Jace? Eh w/e back to this. Sounds to me this weapon would require your character getting quiet close, like In assassins creed no? Close enough to assassinate. Or use the pistol when they're far away, except this wouldn't make a noise like it would in assassins creed 2. One thing that arouses suspicion is the Quote penetrate deep enough to kill. Example of toxins and such being allowed in the RP. Source One last thing.. Mind if I search for them?  Naw I'm kidding. Best of luck to ya.
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| Karth_DeQora | Date: Tuesday, 14 Dec 2010, 2:01 PM | Message # 3 |
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| Baird, for the sake of our sanity, please stop commenting on requests, or else I'll have to kill you. The request is under review.
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| Baird | Date: Tuesday, 14 Dec 2010, 2:33 PM | Message # 4 |
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| You can kill me anytime you want big boy.  Just my opinions on it, cant hurt. And if it does bother you then tell me, and I'll stop.
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| Jace_Varitek | Date: Tuesday, 14 Dec 2010, 6:14 PM | Message # 5 |
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| There has been some confusion among certain members as to whether or not you're a moderator, because of these posts on the request forum. So I would join Karth in asking them to stop, please. Also, note that I've been on the record about this before. Thank you for helping, though—you've raised some points that should be considered and, of course, you're always welcome to raise on the OOC forum. Nefari, I'll have my thoughts on this posted in a bit. Just need to run some errands first.
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| Jory_Carson | Date: Wednesday, 15 Dec 2010, 4:10 PM | Message # 6 |
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| I note you mention "it came to my attention that Nefari should have access to a variety of different weapons and gadgets, but not wanting to overload her, I've come up with a simple weapon". I would like to state that I appreciate the intelligence here, many people do not show this level of fair or rational play. I also note, however, that you use the word 'simple' rather than 'single'. That, to me, raises the important question of exactly how many weapons you intend on her having. Second, you refer to her as a Force user which already gives her a vast advantage over most of her charges. Further to this, during this time period the Empire, and more directly the Emperor, Vader, and thier little band of Inquisitors, are taking a hard line on Force users that are not under thier employ. It is questionable then that she would be an effective assasin as one would assume she would be the hunted rather than the hunter. These are my concerns at present. Vote: PENDING
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| Nefari | Date: Thursday, 16 Dec 2010, 10:02 AM | Message # 7 |
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| Thanks for showing your concerns, and I'll do my best to alleviate some of them. As far as weapons go, the only ones she'd carry with her at all times would be her lightsaber, a simple crystal knife, and this one if it gets approved. If other devices or weapons are necessary for particular assassinations, they'll be requested for use on that assignment only. Secondly, while I didn't state it implicitly in her profile, she's been used from time to time by the Empire to carry out various jobs that would look bad on record, similar to the way characters such as Aurra Sing were occasionally used. As to whether or not she becomes hunted, thats for the rp to decide I guess, but being a former Nightsister (now in exile), her powers are a natural extension of her, and she won't hide them for the sake of the Empire (but having adapted herself to embrace the ways of the Force outside her coven on Dathomir, she is now a Dark Jedi and more of a tool for the Empire to use anyway, just without any obligations). Hopefully this clears a few things up, and doesn't open up too many additional concerns 
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| Karth_DeQora | Date: Saturday, 18 Dec 2010, 2:16 PM | Message # 8 |
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| With your clarifications in mind; I'm going to head and make a vote on this. I trust you enough as a roleplayer, so I'm going to assume you'll use this weapon responsibly and with restraint, mainly when its use is attempted against other roleplayers. As such... (MOTION TO APPROVE)
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| Jace_Varitek | Date: Sunday, 19 Dec 2010, 0:26 AM | Message # 9 |
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| I'm cool with it. I vote to APPROVE. It's technically approved, I think, but I'll let Mt. get in the last word if he wants to.
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| Jory_Carson | Date: Sunday, 19 Dec 2010, 10:08 AM | Message # 10 |
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| That's swell Jace. I think that my concerns are (largely) alleviated however, while, as Jace noted, technically approved I'd like to point out one last thing. The Emperor himself was said to have imprisoned the 'witches' on Dathomir and (to my knowledge) they never had a chance to get off world until Han crashed the Falcon there. How did she come to be 'free'? And, if the Emperor feared thier powers enough to imprison them, why would he employ one?
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| Nefari | Date: Sunday, 19 Dec 2010, 10:55 AM | Message # 11 |
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| The witches were 'imprisoned' in 0 BBY according to their page on wookiepedia, though the issue of her leaving Dathomir is a bit unusual for any Witch or Nightsister. It will be explained in my backstory thread ('A Demon's Tale'), but in short, she was exiled just before the end of the Clone Wars, and found a way offworld (I haven't worked out the details yet, but likely by means of the Trade Outpost situated on Dathomir). As far as her powers go, after exile she largely disassociated herself from her Nightsister past, choosing to learn how to apply her powers to other techniques she wouldn't have had access to on Dathomir (again, I'll be explaining this in her thread). Thats not to say she'll totally disregard her former abilities, but will rarely use them, seeing them as an archaic and imperfect utilisation of the Force. Since she's barely using her Nightsister powers (if ever using them at all), she'll be pretty much just another average Dark Jedi, thereby not interfering with canon events (the Emperor won't have reason to fear her). If any of this is unclear, I apologise, I'm suffering with the hangover from hell lol, but I hope it helps!
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| Jory_Carson | Date: Sunday, 19 Dec 2010, 11:32 AM | Message # 12 |
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| Fair enough, I have not actually read much more on the 'Sisters' other than the Novel The Courtship of Princess Leia. I don't think it mention the actual date on which they imprisoned. APPROVED
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