| Malum_the_Horrible | Date: Wednesday, 28 Apr 2010, 7:47 PM | Message # 1 |
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| I'd like to request my little piece of the Hutt puzzle. I think I've told Jace a little bit about my intentions with this. The Hutt's name is Malum the Horrible, and I'd like to have Rotta the Horrendus as a major member of his faction (I believe he was part of the original thought we talked about). To skip details...more or less, here it is. Territory
The Periphery Soldier species'/Droids in Use
Defel
Klatooinians
Nikto
Noghri
Ry'coz
Sedrians
Trandoshans
Vaathkree
Vodrans
Weequay
Droideka Mark II
LON-29 Battle Droid Commander
SD-10 Battle Droid
X-1 Viper Battle Droid
XR-85 Tank Droid
Slaves of various species used as suicide bombers
Released prisoners used as roaming death squads Vehicles in Use
Canderous-class Assault Tank
MZ-8 Mobile Pulse Cannon
F9-TZ Transport
Missle Attack Launcher
Mobile Defense Unit
Bantha-II Cargo Skiff
G1-M4-C Dunelizard Fighter
M12-L Kimogila Heavy Fighter
M22-I Krayt Gunship
M3-A Scyk Fighter
Rihkxyrk Attack Ship
TZ-86 Transport
RZ-52 Dekard Transport
TZ-15 Shuttle Fleet
Aggressor Star Destroyer
1 Modified Vengeance Frigate
2 Interceptor IV Frigates
3 Crusader Corvettes
Malum Jahibakti Novo (A.K.A "Malum the Horrible", "Malum the Hutt")
■ Kajidii of the Jahibakti Kajidic
■ Vigo of Black Sun
■ Supreme Warlord of Jilrua
■ CEO of Jahibakti Arms, Faljozic Intergalactic Shipping, Nasirii Entertainment, and Jilrua Risk Control Services
■ Suspected of murder, grand larceny, embesslement, extortion, criminal usury, and trafficking in slaves, spice, and weapons
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| Jace_Varitek | Date: Wednesday, 28 Apr 2010, 9:50 PM | Message # 2 |
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| It was my understanding that Njon, as the leader of the Hutt Cartel, would provide your character with a flagship (one ship) and some reasonable number of thugs, droids, support, etc. So let's do the easy one first—the ship. There are basically two portrayals of the Hutt Cartel; one, The Way It Has Been (And, in my opinion, Always Should Be), and two, the way it is portrayed in Star Wars: Empire At War, a video game that is essentially one long orgasm about how badass a character named Tyber Zann is, and how he somehow conquers the galaxy without anyone noticing, along with his friends: an invincible birdman, a Rancor named Chuckles, and Xena, Warrior Princess. In the old version—The Way—the Hutts are portrayed, appropriately, as a crime faction with a fairly typical, ragtag assortment of used and unremarkable ships. Pirate ships, smuggling ships, some Imperial hand-me-downs, etc. In the Empire At War portrayal, for some reason, they use Mandalorian ships. That is, until the Lord of Awesome himself, Tyber Zann (who, btw, is Luke's real, real father), destroys the Hutt Cartel with his bare hands, leg-wrestles with the leader of the Mandalorians, and ends up using the ships himself. I think? He also has a penis contest with Grand Admiral Thrawn, wins, and in so doing he earns Thrawn's admiration because, you see, Tyber Zann is just that awesome. Also, the most frustrating part of the game is that Tyber Zann's "Zann Consortium," despite being some jerkass pirate faction, somehow has tremendously more powerful and sophisticated ships than either the Empire or the Rebellion, who are both powerless to stop him and, I might add, sexually inferior in comparison to him. Rest assured, I do have a point with all this... So, a lot of Empire At War is not canon, and most of it makes no sense. Thus, as you may have surmised, I'm inclined not to observe it here any more than we have to, so let's not go with the Crusader-class Corvette. The Aggressor-class Star Destroyer is another of these ludicrously powerful ships the Zann Consortium has in the game, and I'm not okay with it (even Wookieepedia quotes the Captain of an Aggressor-class as saying "It's almost not fair"). The Vengeance-class frigate, meanwhile, is perhaps the most ridiculous ship in the entire game; it's a nearly-indestructable heavy weapons platform that also has the ability to cloak itself (a technology that one assumes Tyber Zann found in his toilet one day as he stood and turned around to flush—yes, Tyber Zann is that awesome). The Interceptor IV Frigate though, oddly, is rather modest and quite acceptable. I think you'll want something stronger than that though. Please do bear in mind though, going forward, that this is the Hutt Cartel's total fleet at the moment. Notice that there aren't many ships, most of them are crappy, and none of them are from Empire At War. In terms of the ground forces, it's probably better to handle them on a case by case basis. I do appreciate you listing the types of vehicles you're using, but it's a bit much to look over at once so let's stick to the case-by-case basis if that's cool. And finally, I'm sure it'd be fine for Rota to work with you on occasion. P.S. I believe Tyber Zann also kills Boba Fett in Empire At War... by looking at him.
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Furthermore, a dancing Wookiee:
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| Jace_Varitek | Date: Thursday, 06 May 2010, 4:18 PM | Message # 3 |
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| Considering the delay here, I'm a bit concerned as to whether this will be an active character.
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:
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