1) How did Aeacus come to 'control' planet Nfolgai? It's an obscure name that does belong in Old Sith Space, somewhere near Ziost (which, alas, I couldn't even find on the Essential Atlas, which was a let down), but normally elected means (representation and democracy) or monarchical claims have to be established to show that person is in control. As a Sith, one would have claim over the planet, but I'm curious as to the history leading up to you either subjugating the planet, or winning their hearts.

2) 20 ABY is still a minimal time of Sith activity, at least in my opinion, so why should management allow a force user to be a Sith? (You stated you are a self-proclaimed Dark Lord of the Sith, but not-indeed-a self-proclaimed Sith, therefore you've had previous training under one of the older Sith Masters).

2a) How did Aeacus come to learn the Sith arts? Being a Sith?

Statements:

1a) We, the management, are not prone to accepting any pre-era items, but in this case, I think it's safe to assume that two Assault Gunboats, and one Nu-Class Attack Shuttle wouldn't be too far fetched considering the remoteness of where I'm assuming you intend to start.

1b) I would still prefer to see more modern era machinery used, since Star Wars has a prevalence of decommissioning old models. But again, as Malachor V is a graveyard for said ships, it's not hard to assume you would have scuttled some parts.

2) I will not permit you to have 20 beings of faint Force-Sensitivity. I will permit you to have 4 individuals of Force-Sensitivity, wherein you can RP training and raising there awareness of the Force, and likewise there training in combat tactics, and from there you may request additional force sensitives after RP the search for said individuals, but really, I would see your organization as being fledgling compared to the Order, and not as widespread (after all the Jedi are advertised by the Republic, to a degree) so you would have to manually seek followers, which, as we all know, can be difficult.

3) I actually don't object too much to the NIO program. Considering the program failed, and only two offspring came from this program, I think it's a safe bet that this can't get too far out of hand. I would prefer if maybe the second individual died during the program, leading to Aeacus' need to leave or be killed similarly, but I'm just throwing that out there.

4) Your end statement is somewhat contradictory. You state that the NIO started a program to create Force-Sensitive Generals, which ultimately failed, leading to your character (Darth Aeacus) falling to the Darkside, leading to him being stranded (or simply hiding) in Sith Space for nine years, but being a Sith? Am I to assume that your character is a self-proclaimed Sith as well as Dark Lord of the Sith? The question above still stands.

So I'll break it down, as I think the amendment should go.

4 x Force-Sensitives
[Possible] Nfolgai Planet
Nu-Class
2 x Assault Gunboat

Now if you could just answer my questions, I would appreciate that.

1. I agree that a brief background of how he came to prominence on Nfolgai would be helpful. It should be easy to make something up, since it's a one sentence world on Wookieepedia (ergo, you have a lot of creative freedom). More importantly to me, however, is the money; where does Aeacus get his money, i.e. to build a Sith Temple and purchase his ships? Please expand on this.

2. As Echuu has said, there isn't really a formal "Sith Order" per se. The common practice, thus, has been for fallen Jedi or, in the case of Aeacus, Force users who have been trained by other means to declare themselves Sith. I think this is what you mean, since you will concede he certainly wasn't trained by a Sith and probably only has fragmentary knowledge of Sith teachings. That said, I'm perfectly fine with Aeacus referring to himself as a Sith, since a drunken homeless person could do that and, I think we agree, Aeacus has considerably more credibility on the subject than a drunken homeless person; however, neither are truly "Sith" in a formal sense. But alas, this is just semantics.

(Just a brief aside, on the subject of semantics—I think the term "Sith Space" is unhelpful, and I would suggest we not use it because it refers to an area of space that was once occupied by the Sith some 5,000 or so years ago and there's no longer a Sith Order that does so. That said, we do know the region you refer to and I'm fine with Aeacus being holed up there).

Pertaining to Echuu's statements:

1.) a.) I'm not a fan of prequel era ships, but my aversion to them really ends at capital ships. Smaller ones, such as these, are perfectly fine. That is, Nu-class Shuttle is fine. The Assault Gunboats, however, have 40 missiles each and this is a bit more than I'm comfortable approving for personal use at this time. I would request that you choose another, more lightly armed craft please.

1.) b.) I do not disagree. It might be a nice touch of realism to note that your ships, considering their age, have maintenance issues (only a suggestion).

2.) I think the last time anywhere near this number of followers was approved were the 15 disciples at Dagobah, almost 2 years ago. Since that time, a trend seems to have evolved that no more than one disciple is approved up front, with the possibility of more being allowed as they are recruited over the course of the RP (for recent examples, I refer to Novak and to Drasek Cale—also, their apprentices aren't even NPC's but actual characters, that is, Deven Rel'kom and Treylon Voss. An excellent example). I like this rule of thumb, because A.) it lets us see how the player handles one student first, and B.) it makes the recruitment of more students contingent on how active that player is; that is, it rewards activity with more followers. This seems fair to me. I vote to DENY all followers except for Darth Lethe, with the possibility of recruiting more in the RP.

3.) This is the only real point on which I substantively disagree with the request. It's been over a year now since the NIO has been a player in the RP. I think it's time to move on. Regurgitating it again and again, I think, overstates its influence and importance in galactic events. Also, with respect, it's preferred that a player's characters aren't all associated with one another and I believe you have at least 8 characters already that either are or are associated with Jaron Park. I don't mean this disrespectfully, please understand, but it does become excessive at some point. Also, the NIO's Force training program was never approved, to my recollection; to suggest that it ever had one, I think, again overstates its influence—it was a small faction that existed for a short time, and would not have had those sort of resources.

Also, I fear more references to the NIO will confound new players, who don't and shouldn't have to know what it was. However, the rest of Aeacus's background is fine with me, and there are many, many other ways he could have been trained.

4.) See my remarks in response to Echuu's question #2, above (the third paragraph of this post).

I'll hold off on any more official votes until we've bandied about for a bit. I'm sympathetic to this request, and very willing to compromise to make it happen.

Jace Varitek

Jace Varitek
Manager/Administrator from January 2003 to Present
My recent posts here, pre-2009 archives here

"When my information changes, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir?"
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Furthermore, a dancing Wookiee:

I actually have to contend on this point Jory. The Assault Gunboat is listed as having a compliment of 40 missiles, but only 2 concussion launchers, limiting it to a full spread of 8 concussion missiles before reload. While a powerful weapon, I don't see it as being something beyond the scope of someone finding. If anything the payload is more dangerous to the person flying the ship, as that extra cargo could destroy the ship as easily as be used against an opponent.

I would attest that the Gunboat is probably one of the more conservative pieces of armament we've approved.

Jace Varitek

Jace Varitek
Manager/Administrator from January 2003 to Present
My recent posts here, pre-2009 archives here

"When my information changes, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir?"
—John Maynard Keynes

Furthermore, a dancing Wookiee: