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Return of the Sith
The Wheel of Time turns, and ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.
These are words famous, but true nevertheless in the universe we find ourselves in.
The Age of great Jedi Masters wielding immense power is forgotten. Yet the order of the Jedi never died. It survived its destruction in a time of purging and persecution by a secular Empire. The remains were one single hero who after causing the downfall of the same Empire, organized the destroyed remnants of a dying order into a new order.
Much knowledge and lore were lost under the Empire’s merciless hand and the Empire’s destruction of all Jedi temples.
The new order had little and knew little, yet they grew to become an order of strength in the recovering galaxy.
The new order of the Jedi was secular like the Empire before them. Most of the galaxy were secularly purged by the Empire and was devoid of religion. Since the downfall of the Empire, religion was but a tiny minority in the great new Republic.
The Jedi was an order of warriors and held on to some tradition. The plasma blade contained in a force field was their weapon of choice, and wielding one was synonymous with being a Jedi. Great skill and long hours of practice was needed to become a master of such a dangerous weapon. Dexterity was a much needed skill to wield such a weapon and only the best of Padawans were allowed to train with it.
After proving that they could masterfully wield a lightsaber, by “hold one’s own” against a full Jedi Knight in a tournament, they could be raised to the level of Knight.
Because of the lack of knowledge and lore from earlier Jedi epochs, the new order of the Jedi invested much time and resources to yet again become an order of knowledge and wisdom. They became great scientists and explorers. The outer parts of the galaxy were always a mystery to any historian and the Jedi order sent out countless expedition teams to chart the unknown.
During one of these expeditions, a team of a few Jedi makes a discovery.
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They return to the Jedi headquarters with news of this discovery and the high council of the Jedi decides to send out a larger group to recover this ship. A group consisting of mixed Jedi order members is sent as a bare-bone crew to see if they can power this monstrosity up and bring it back to the order for further investigations.
That crew is you…
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Will you be able to perform this commission?
Rules are – few…
The game will be divided into two phases per round. A day phase where everybody participates and a night phase where very few participate.
What the particulars are will be revealed in due time.
I am aiming for a game that could become a classic, a game that even after being played once could be played again without too many changes.
As with the Midgard games, I strive to innovate. That is true for this game as well.
40 characters are ready for grabs, will you be one of them?
Sign up people!!!
Said they would play the game: [32/40]
Confirmed / Unconfirmed
01. Andres
02. Askthepizzaguy
03. atheotes
04. autolycus
05. Beefy187
06. Belisarius II
07. Beskar
08. Centurion1
09. Chaotix
10. TinCow
11. GeneralHankerchief
12. Husar
13. Ibn-Khaldun
14. johnhughthom
15. Lord Winter
16. Psychonaut
17. Sasaki Kojiro
18. Secura
19. Subotan
20. TheFlax
21. White_eyes:D
22. Winston Hughes
23. Yaseikhaan
24. Captain Blackadder
25. Kagemusha
26. Renata
27. Thermal Mercury
28. pevergreen
29. Diana Abnoba
30. Joooray
31. Yaropolk
32. Greyblades
33. Csargo
34. Khazaar
35. Jolt
36. Niklas
37. A Very Super Marked (AVSM)
38. a completely inoffensive name (ACIN)
39. Methos
40. Diamondeye
Replacements:
1. YLC
2. Choxorn
3. spL1tp3r50naL1ty
4. Zack
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Round 1
Night
You have reached the destination of the assumed to be Imperial Star Destroyer which floats in the space ahead of you. Only a few of the Emergency lights are ablaze along its 1600 yard hull side.
It is a beautiful craft and you can’t wait to board it and search it. Once, this craft was a formidable force to be reckoned with during the ancient Empire. It had great firepower and sorry was the ship that came to oppose it during its days of glory.
You have been told that a special envoy from the Jedi Council on Coruscant is present among you, but you don’t know who he is or why he is here. You only know what you have been told – and that is that he is the leader of this expedition.
Your boarding craft is getting nearer and you are truly amazed at the grand size of this Star Destroyer.
What craftsmanship these ancient ship builders possessed.
The size of the hangar bay, as you continue underneath the ship, is impressive to say the least. You stand at the windows and gape at the dimly lit and massive hangar bay as your boarding craft settles down gently on the hangar deck.
There is a call over the intercom about getting yourselves ready to board the Star Destroyer and you all scramble for the boarding chamber.
A few of the Jedi Knights ease themselves out of the boarding craft with lightsabers blazing in green, blue and purple hues. When you approached the Star Destroyer, it was devoid of life according to scans – you are told now as you carefully follow the others down the gangplank and onto the ancient hanger deck.
The smell is musty but the air is fresh.
A small man comes down the gangplank and starts ordering you party about. You are to split up into smaller groups and are told to search for the bridge, the power plant and finding suitable quarters for the boarding crew.
The adventure has started and you are exited…
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It is night people…
You are searching the Star Destroyer.
Time will tell if something happens during this night which might change this mission.
Stay not so tuned and be back in 24 hours for updates…
I am sorry, but I will need to prune this game thread for spam. I will also remove sign-up posts.
In-fact I'll remove everything from my initial posts until this.
You are now In Character.
I have sent a little more than half the game roles and the rest will be sent now.
Enjoy people!!!
Round 1
Day
As night time nears, the search party starts retreating to the quarters found in the many quarter decks.
There are so many of them that people are spread over great distances.
The Jedi Leader makes a note that this is something that they would need to fix first thing tomorrow. Right now they were all exhausted after all the walking and searching. Only the emergency lighting was on as they haven’t been able to power up the main power plant.
Somewhere else on the ship two Jedi Masters woke up with a start. They had felt a change in their very being. Something was calling to them. They immediately started meditating to calm their startled emotions. A presence filled them with great joy and peace and the calling had them leave their quarters to a special room…
In one of the empty corridors the Jedi Knight Jacen Solo strolled towards his chosen sleeping cabin. It had indeed been a long day with many impressions. This ship was indeed well made and a true sign of Imperial craftsmanship. He was already exited about tomorrow and what other wonders he would stumble in to.
He was nearing his sleeping quarter when he felt a looming presence approaching from one of the side hallways. It was too dark to get a clear view of who it was, but it was clearly a person walking with confident steps towards him. This person was shrouded in a dark cloak and he couldn’t tell who it was.
Again he felt an impression of danger and he reacted accordingly and the green hue of his lightsaber filled the corridor. A menacing cackle came from the cloaked being as it got nearer to Jacen. “Stop right there, do not take a step further!!” The cloaked creature didn’t stop and replied: “He, He, He… Do you really thing that puny lightsaber is going to stop me?” The creature stretched his hand out and Jacen felt the air empty out of his lungs. He panicked and dropped his lightsaber which went out and brought them back into darkness. The creature continued: “You Jedi Knights with your plasma toys, Do you not realize that you have so much more potential than mere saber wielding? Time will change my friend, but sadly you will not see it.” And with those words, Jacen felt his windpipe break and utter darkness enveloped him.
At another location on the Star Destroyer, X2 the Jedi initiate had just left his friends to find something to eat before turning in. Even though this ship was ancient, some food stuff must be lying about.
He had just turned a corner when he came upon a cloaked person standing in the middle of the corridor waiting. He must be a Jedi Knight since he had a lightsaber burning in his hands. But why would he have it powered on? And why had it such a reddish hue? As far as he knew, there were no working red crystals for lightsabers. Well, that was what he had been told anyway.
The cloaked person boomed: “Going somewhere initiate?” X2 was quick to answer: “ I was looking for something to eat.” The cloaked person replied: “ I think this is the end of your search. As soon as he had said that, the creature jumped at X2 with a twirl and a following sound of a lighsaber power swoosh. On the floor at the cloaked creature’s feet, lay a headless body.
The next morning the leader of the expedition was met with frustrated Jedi members in one of the hallways.
When he inquired he learned that two of their crew had died mysteriously during the night.
He issued an order to gather all the crew members in one of the adjacent auditoriums.
His premonitions were as he had feared. This ship carried a grave danger to the universe and he greatly feared what he had to do next.
When the crew had gathered, all 38 of them he announced: "I am sorry to say that one of last night’s victims were decapitated with a lightsaber." "That means someone with access to one killed the innocent initiate X2 last night, and that one sits here among us."
"Jacen Solo were also found dead – but his cause of death is unsure. It seems like he died from lack of air, but we are not sure."
"Someone in here is a killer and it would be a Jedi Knight or Master as they are the only one’s carrying such a weapon."
"Which reminds me.. Jade Skywalker. Could you come forward please?"
"We are a Jedi Knight short after the death of Jacen Solo." "You have been found adept enough to receive the honorific title of Jedi Knight."
"Do you accept?"
Jade smiled and curtsied: "Of course!!"
"Here is the lightsaber of Jacen. Take good care of it."
"Now… we need to sit down and find out who did this deed. We shall not leave this auditorium before we have found the culprit. This culprit will then be led to one of the airlocks and thrown out into space. I am sorry but this is the way we need to handle this if my premonitions are correct. We are all in grave danger people. And we need to rid ourselves of this threat."
"Go ahead and vote thus if you believe you know who did it:"
Vote: [Player]
"If you change your mind and want to vote another, do this."
Unvote, vote: [another player]
You have around 24 hours, I will be back around 00:00 hours (GMT+1) tomorrow the 13th of April
There better be a candidate by then.
Killed:
1. Beefy187
2. Husar
Alive:
a completely inoffensive name
A Very Super Market
Andres
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Belisarius II
Beskar
Captain Blackadder
Centurion1
Chaotix
Csargo
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
Ibn-Khaldun
johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Khazaar
Lord Winter
Methos
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Subotan
TheFlax
Thermal Mercury
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Winston Hughes
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan
Round 2
Night
The time counter on the wall read 00:01 as the expedition leader entered the auditorium.
He was greeted with anticipating silence.
“Well, do you have a candidate?”
He looked into the eyes of the assembled Jedi members and they all watched with eager eyes as Count Dooku got up on his feet and walked with confident steps towards the expedition leader.
“I guess your candidate is me. But I told them that this is futile. The vacuum space will not kill me as it will do to any of those sitting here.” He swept his are across his audience.
“Is that so?” answered the expedition leader. “Well, that claim can only be proven by releasing you into space, or am I wrong?”
Count Dooku sighed and moved towards the auditorium door. He opened it and stepped trough. He took up position outside and waited. “Well?” he said. “How about we get this laughable execution on its way, already.”
The expedition leader walked out of the auditorium, leading a wagon of Jedi members.
Count Dooku waited by the door until all of them were outside before he closed it.
The expedition leader turned to a few of the Jedi Knights and with a hand gesture towards Dooku – the Jedi Knights ignited their light-sabers and took up positions around the accused and sentenced Count Dooku. “Let’s head down to the hangar bay.” The procession marched in the direction of the hangar and all seemed sober with anticipation. Here they were on this amazing relic of a ship, two murders had happened in their midst and they had collectively accused and sentenced a fellow Jedi.
As they entered the hangar bay they moved with purpose towards one of the force field barriers that separated them from the cold space. The Jedi Knights picked up Count Dooku at the expedition leader’s direction and moved toward the barrier.
“Any last words, Count Dooku?” asked the expedition leader. “Now is your last chance.”
Count Dooku looked at them with brown and knowing eyes. “You are fools to embrace science only. You have so much more potential that this. We just need to embrace the old ways and we will become more powerful than we have ever been.” Count Dooku bowed his head and inhaled deeply.
At the sign of the expedition leader, they threw him through the barrier.
They could see Count Dooku floating silently just outside the barrier, he seemed frozen and lifeless.
They were all about to turn around and leave when the Count twitched. They turned in amazement as they beheld Count Dooku moving his head towards them and smile. He gestured that he wanted to reenter the hangar bay. A few alarmed breath-intakes among the Jedi members announced the presence of Count Dooku reentering he hangar bay.
When he finally stood before them, a little frozen but nonetheless quite healthy, he announced.
“It is a little trick I learned, that’s all. Now, should we continue the search of this ship and get it powered up?"
The expedition leader looked thoughtfully at Count Dooku before he answered. “I guess we could do that…"
Tally
Beskar : 15 (Andres, ATPG, auto, Chaotix, Diamondeye, GH, Methos, Niklas, pever, Renata, Sasaki, Secura, Subotan, Yaropolk, Yaseikhaan)
White_Eyes:D: 3 (Joooray, Khazaar, Winston)
Andres: 2 (Diana, WE:D)
Pizzaguy: 2 (ACIN, TheFlax)
Secura: 2 (Beskar, TinCow)
Renata: 1 (atheotes)
TinCow: 1 (Belisarius)
Thermal: 1 (Captn Blackadder)
pever: 1 (Csargo)
Jolt: 1 (Jolt)
Sasaki: 1 (Kagemusha)
Kagemusha: 1 (Lord Winter)
Khazaar: 1 (Psycho)
Belisarius II: 1 (Thermal)
Abstains: 1 (Ibn)
Not voting: 4 (AVSM, Centurion1, Greyblades, johnhugh, )
Killed
Beefy187
Husar
Alive
a completely inoffensive name
A Very Super Market
Andres
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Belisarius II
Beskar
Captain Blackadder
Centurion1
Chaotix
Csargo
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
Ibn-Khaldun
johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Khazaar
Lord Winter
Methos
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Subotan
TheFlax
Thermal Mercury
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Winston Hughes
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan
It is now night time and roughly 24 hours until 00:00 GMT+1 until next phase.
I might do some graphics later... right now I am knackered after a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong day at work with a monster meeting with one of our drilling contractors.
Round 2
Day
The Search of this mile long capital class monstrosity was slow business for a reduced 40 member crew.
But great leadership by the visitor from Coruscant got the crew to work methodically and efficient. They discovered that this capital ship had a full armament of Star Destroyer regular weaponry, fighters, bombers, shuttles, transports and other smaller crafts. The Star Destroyer also had the full complement armament with AT-AT walkers, AT-ST walkers and other prefabricated land units and equipment.
It was also stacked with foodstuff that grew in artificial greenhouses, but centuries of neglect had made them wildernesses where the food plants had been overcome by weed. There was however some edible stuff in those gardens.
The expedition leader was however most concerned by getting the massive power plant back online. In the centuries this ship had drifted through space with only a fraction of the power it needed, The main reactor – the I-a2b Solar Ionization reactor or commonly called a “mini sun” had not received sufficient fuel and had nearly died. It was a sick puppy.
When the expedition leader had discovered this, he had ordered the fuel feeders to be slowly re-opened to hinder a great surge of power from the mini sun that would fry the power lines and possibly the reactor itself. The mini sun was now sucking hypermatter from the fuel tanks and grew in strength every day.
They would have to make a hyperspace jump as soon as the power plant was healthy enough. The long years in cold space had made the hypermatter a bad quality grade fuel. In hyperspace the ship will replenish its fuel with top quality grade hypermatter.
After a long day’s work the Jedi members were exhausted and needed rest. The expedition leader was worried about tonight as he was confident that they had been infiltrated by someone. He had a bad feeling about the incidents last night. What this infiltration was all about was not clear to him, but he suspected the culprits to be a part of the team that had arrived with him. There were no lifeforms on this ship before they boarded and the lifeform count was still 38 the last time he checked.
He sat down on the floor of his cabin and found the peace of meditation. He reached out and found the presence which had accompanied him for so many years, but only since last night had been willing to be touched. There was a familiar sense in his very being as if he had waited so long for this presence to be joined with him. But what had triggered this change? Had it to do with something on this ship or this location in space?
Somewhere else 2 other members of the Jedi expedition force were also meditating.
They had started their usual routine, but were suddenly overcome with peace and elevation as a presence surged into their very being. They heard a call from somewhere and followed the directions they received. The directions led to a special storage area.
The Padawan known as Daye Azur-Jamin was tired and moved towards his cabin. As he rounded a corner in one of the long, dark and empty hallways of the crew quarters, he saw someone waiting, standing in the middle of the hallway. The features of this person were hidden in a long and hooded cloak and the darkness helped conceal the gender.
Daye asked: “Um.. can I help you with something? Are you lost in this labyrinth of hallways? “
The person had apparently stood there with a bent head, because suddenly, two amber glowing eyes looked up and directly at him.
“Yes.. there is one thing you can help me with.”
Daye felt a surge of panic when he saw the glowing eyes, but answered anyway. *gulp* “W..hat c..can I do for you?” The cloaked person with the glowing eyes reached out with his arm and said: “Die!!!!”
Daye felt the air being forced out of his lungs and he could no longer draw breath. He couldn’t cry out and felt darkness enveloping him.
Elswere the Padawan known as Galleros Nul were making way to his cabin and was suddenly attacked by a person in a hooded cloak. The cloaked person had hidden in a hallway wall depression and Galleros had just walked by without noticing. Galleros were surprised seeing a red glowing plasma beam sticking out of his chest. It took only a moment and then darkness enveloped him. The last thing he heard was a snickering sound from the cloaked person behind him.
It was time for the rest to end and continue their work on this Star Destroyer.
People emerged from their cabins and gathered at the auditorium as was instructed by the expedition leader. After last night everyone was required to attend a brief meeting here in the auditorium at the start of the day’s work.
There were only 36 of them this morning. The expedition leader sent out a few Jedi Knights to fetch these sleepy heads. They soon returned with worried looks on their faces. The two Padawans had been found dead close to their cabins, One with a lightsabre wound in his back and the other with no apparent injuries.
The expedition leader sniffed. “We have been infiltrated by one or more traitors. We need to repeat the meeting we had yesterday. Find me this traitor and deliver him to me - I will be back soon to collect him or her."
As he left the auditorium, he felt panic. The sudden connection with what could only be what had been known as the force in the ancient Jedi religion and 4 murders among the expedition crew, was unsettling. Could it be…? No… that was just ancient superstitious drivel.
He had just rounded the first corner in the direction of his cabin, when he remembered something that had struck him when learning about the deaths of the two Padawans. He immediatly returned to the auditorium, as he entered he announced: "Oh and for your information, it has been decided that the initiates Galen Marek and Barrison Dray will be promoted to Padawans with immediate effect. Congratulations!!"
With those words he turned around and left the auditorium.
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I expect you to find a candidate to lynch before midnight (00:00 GMT+1) tomorrow the 15th of april.
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Alive:
ACIN
Andres
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
AVSM
Belisarius II
Beskar
Centurion1
Chaotix
Csargo
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
Ibn-Khaldun
johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Lord Winter
Methos
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Subotan
TheFlax
Thermal Mercury
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Winston Hughes
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan
Announcement:
I am going to accept votes that do not have a preceding unvote. Winston voted WE:D first but then voted ATPG later without unvoting.
It will be too time consuming should I have to search all posts in between to see if he perhaps did a unvote without placing a new vote.
Round 3
Night
The door to the auditorium opened and the expedition leader entered. He looked briefly up on the time counter and noticed the 00:01 minute overtime. Perfect again, he thought. They have probably been sitting there since the timer went out and stared at the door with anticipation. Let them sweat a little.
He went over to the center floor and looked up at the gathered Jedi members. “Well?” he continued. “Do you have a candidate for me?” The gathered Jedi looked a little nervous at each other but finally one spoke up: “Yes we have, master. We have chosen Hoth.”
Everybody turned and looked at Hoth who looked a bit confused. “Wha… I thought we were going to go for Count Dooku again?”
The expedition leader replied: “Give me the tally young one.” The one who had first spoken, stepped up to the expedition leader and handed him the tally. He took a long look at it and continued: “No… they are correct, you are the one chosen.” The one called Hoth a big and powerful man with an equally big temper, blew a few fuses and got to his feet puffing smoke out of his nostrils. “I am not going to sit here and let you do this.” Hoth got to his feet and went for the expedition leader. Just as he was about to pick up the small man, he was elevated off the floor and slammed into the nearest wall which knocked the wind out of him. The expedition leader turned and saw one of the Jedi Masters standing behind him with a raised hand. “Thank you Master”, the expedition leader said. “Your welcome, Master”, answered the Jedi Master and slightly bowed his head in reverence.
Well, let’s get on with it. Three Jedi Knights took care of the winded Hoth and dragged him out the door with the entire Jedi group following.
The ceremony was short and to the point. Hoth were thrown towards the space barrier which he floated through. It took only a short moment for Hoth to die in vacuum space. His body was later recovered and put in a casket and stored in the morgue.
“Shall we see if this ship is ready to be powered up?” The Jedi group of 35 was a little startled about the execution, but complied and went to do their assigned tasks.
Tally
a completely inoffensive name: 7 (ATPG, Beskar, Csargo, Diana, Methos, Secura, TheFlax)
Askthepizzaguy: 4 (ACIN, Sasaki, Subotan, TinCow)
Beskar: 4 (GH, Kage, Psycho, 'khaan)
Csargo: 2 (Andres, pever)
White_Eyes:D: 2 (autolycus, Winston)
Diana Abnoba: 1 (Chaotix)
Renata: 1 (Niklas)
Sasaki Kojiro: 1 (Renata)
Not voting: 14 (atheotes, AVSM, Belisarius, Centurion1, Diamondeye, Greyblades, Ibn, johnhugh, Jolt, Joooray, Lord Winter, Thermal, WE:D, Yaropolk)
Timer is set... night actions for those that can do them delivered to me ASAP. The night phase will end at 00:00 GMT+1 Saturday the 17th of April (roughly 24 hours from now)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Alive:
Andres
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
AVSM
Belisarius II
Beskar
Centurion1
Chaotix
Csargo
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
Ibn-Khaldun
johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Lord Winter
Methos
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Subotan
TheFlax
Thermal Mercury
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Winston Hughes
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan
Round 3
Day
The search of the Star Destroyer had been down-prioritized. They had to get the power plant up and running. If they could get this monstrosity moving, They could continue the search while in flight. The expedition leader stood behind a couple of Jedi Knights who worked at the power plant operator’s board. The mini sun grew in strength as it fed on the stored hypermatter.
The expedition leader leaned forward and said: “Let’s power up some of the top decks and see how the mini sun reacts to being used as a power source.” The Jedi knights at the operator’s board pressed a few of the buttons and pulled one of the levers slowly upwards. “Careful, Knight… these are old circuits you are giving life.” The rector hummed as it responded by drawing more fuel from the fuel tanks. A few of the power generators started to whine as turbines turned and gained speed. The turbine sound intensified and the generators were soon nearing full output. It looked as if they were Ok…. Then suddenly one of them started to make an awful racket. The expedition leader cried: “Stop them, before they destroy something.” The Jedi Knight pressed the emergency stop buttons on all of the generators and the generators stopped.
“We’ll have to do some heavy maintenance on the power system before we can power the generators up again, and we need power to be able to steer this monster through space.”
The expedition leader walked back and forward behind the knights. “I don’t like this at all. We need to power up the bridge and we need better fuel to get this back to Coruscant. And we have someone killing off the crew while we sit here dead in space. I will look the fool at the Jedi Council if I can’t handle this without getting reinforcements.”
Before the expedition leader left the power plant operator room, he announced: “Get to it Knights, all of those generators need overhaul – and you need to check the power grid all the way up to the bridge. I want this ship on the move as soon as possible.”
The expedition party worked their backs off to get the generators up and running, but they were so ancient and full of structural damage that it would take many days to replace the bad parts with not too bad parts from the storage areas.
The entire day went and the Jedi was exhausted and returned to their cabins for some R&R.
The Padawan known as Barriss Offee had trouble finding the peace to rest this night. Thoughts of the recent murders troubled her greatly, and meditation only helped so far. To clear her head she decided to leave her cabin and take a walk through the corridors surrounding the living quarters. The thought of potentially seeing or even intervening with another murder was only semi-consciously formed in the back of her head, but her stride carried the confidence of one who knows her strength. She turned a corner into a dimly lit corridor and saw a cloaked figure quickly disappearing through a doorway up ahead. Barriss Offee was first startled and her heart beat fast, but she overcame the initial fright and walked carefully up to the door and, wary of a trap, slowly peered into the small storage area beyond. The person wrapped in the long dark cloak stood in the center of the room, just a few short paces away, waiting in silence, amber eyes glowing fiercly. Barriss Offee tried to call out for help , yet as she tried she could only manage a weak "Whhhhhh-h-h-h...". She felt her world spinning, centered around the arm stretched towards her, falling rapidly into the infinite black hole within those baleful glowing eyes. Her mind never registered when her knees hit the floor as her legs gave beneath her. By the time her forehead connected with the cold metal floor tiles she was already dead and gone, her very essence drained completely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doc_PhIHFno
The Jedi Knight known as Eeth Koth did not return to his quarters right away. He was on the outlook for the intruders. He would catch them and be promoted to Master. Yes, that was the least the expedition leader could do. As a representative of the Jedi council he had the authority to appoint new Jedi Masters. Now, if he only could be so lucky to stumble over …
At the end of this hallway stood a cloaked figure with a red glowing lightsaber in hand. The hallway was fractionally damp and the plasma blade were sizzling. Eeth Koth drew his own lightsaber and an amber colored blade sprang to life with a roar.
“Let’s do this murderer!!” he called out to the cloaked figure. The cloaked figure never replied, but sprang into action with twirls and parade signatures that showed that he was indeed a Master wielder. This was the chance. If he could beat this Master, he would be promoted for sure.
Eeth Koth took his Knight stance and waited. The figure leaped at him with an overhand slash. Eeth blocked the initial swing and continued blocking the fast follow up combinations of the cloaked figure. They continued like this, back and forth, attacks and blocks. Eeth Koth felt his strength draining. He needed to end this before he would make mistakes because of fatigue. He attacked with new fury and the cloaked figure went on the defense for a while. The cloaked figure blocked everything Eeth Koth could throw at him. The cloaked figure finally cackled: “ha ha ha… you think you can best me Knight? I thank you for giving me a little exercise.” And by that he made a combination that Eeth Koth had never seen before. It resulted in the crimson blade piercing his heart. Darkness came fast and there was no strength in him as he slumped to the floor.
Somewhere else 2 other members of the Jedi expedition force were also meditating.
They had started their usual routine, but were suddenly overcome with peace and elevation as a presence surged into their very being. They heard a call from somewhere and followed the directions they received. The directions led to a special storage area.
When the crew again met at the auditorium the next morning, there were only 33 present. The expedition leader sighed: “We have apparently not been successful in finding out who these intruders are. I assume those we are missing are lost to us.” He sent out a couple of Knights to check their cabins and when they returned, they just shook their heads.
“Very well, let’s proceed with the interrogations people… oh and before I go, we lost a Padawan and a Knigh last night.
I have decided to award the rank of Padawan to Den Siva. Congratulations!!
The rank of Knight will be awarded Kyp Durron. Congratulations to you too!!”
And then he went out brooding.
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Andres
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Belisarius II
Beskar
Centurion1
Chaotix
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Lord Winter
Methos
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Subotan
TheFlax
Thermal Mercury
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Winston Hughes
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan
Voting ends at 00:00 GMT+1 Sunday 18th of April (it is now 01:30 GMT+1 which makes it less then 24 hours.Go, go, go!!!)
Round 4
Night
The auditorium doors opened with a bang and in strode the expedition leader.
Before anyone could announce the results of today’s voting, he announced:
“I have an announcement… I have been meditating on what is haunting this ship. There is only one answer that comes to me.”
The expedition leader paused and took a deep breath. “We are dealing with the Sith.”
Some of the older and more experienced Jedi shifted uncomfortably on their chairs, the Knights coughed hiding mirth and the Padawans and Initiates had a question mark written all over their face.
One Jedi Master replied: “Excuse me, Master … but the Sith is only ancient myth. Surely there must be another explanation.”
The other Masters nodded approvingly. The expedition leader looked into the eyes of each of his audience and continued: “I can’t explain all that has happened to me, to us, in the days spent onboard, but I have rediscovered profound truths about our heritage; The Jedi religion.
Many watched with disbelief at the little man standing there at the center of the floor in front of the seated auditorium. A very few however looked thoughtful and nodded, but just enough to not be noticed.
He was spouting heresies towards the scientific ways of the Jedi. The Jedi was beyond religion.
The expedition leader continued: ”I believe the Sith are here among us, in this very room. You need to find them before they destroy all of us. If I hadn’t thought this ship was very important for the Jedi and the universe, we would already be on our way back to Coruscant on the boarding craft. I believe if we returned now – the Sith would come with us and there would be another Empire ruling our Republic in a not too distant future.
We need to stay put and root out this evil that has befallen us. And we need to find them fast. They are gaining in strength every day they get to roam free.”
“Ok… what have you got for me?”
The Jedi member with the tally stepped hesitantly forward with today’s voting tally.
The expedition leader took one look at it and continued: “It seems you have picked a clear candidate. Will someone please apprehend Dhidal Nyz?”
A couple of Knights encircled Dhidal who looked resigned. I guess it doesn’t help to say that I am innocent? The expedition leader looked at Dhidal with stern eyes: “Not really. We have to do this democratically. If you couldn’t convince these that you were innocent during the interrogation, they will not listen to you now.
The execution went as it did yesterday. Dhidal went peacefully and the recovered body was laid in a casket and put in the morgue.
We have a new prioritized task people, in addition to getting this ship powered up and ready to go, we need to root out the Sith infestation of this ship. Watch each other for signs of unfriendliness and unpleasantries. The Sith feed on hate and strife, the Jedi for compassion and peace. The distinction should be easy to notice.
It is night people. Remember that I should get more than one pro-town order this round.
The Sith's missing orders have not and will not be announced publicly.
Deadline 00:00 GMT+1 Monday 19th of April (roughly 24 hours from now).
Tally
TheFlax: 6 (Joooray, Methos, Sasaki, TheFlax, TinCow, Winston)
Belisarius II: 3 (Andres, Centurion1, Diamondeye)
GeneralHankerchief: 3 (ATPG, Beskar, johnhugh)
Beskar: 2 (GH, pever)
Thermal: 1 (atheotes)
atheotes: 1 (autolycus)
Askthepizzaguy: 1 (Belisarius)
Joooray: 1 (Chaotix)
Lord Winter: 1 (Diana)
Secura: 1 (Niklas)
Sasaki: 1 (Renata)
A Very Super Marked: 1 (Subotan)
not voting: 11 (AVSM, Greyblades, Jolt, Kage, Lord W, Psycho, Secura, Thermal, WE:D, Yaropolk, Yaseikhaan)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Andres
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Belisarius II
Beskar
Centurion1
Chaotix
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Lord Winter
Methos
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Subotan
Thermal Mercury
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Winston Hughes
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan
I had meetings this morning and I have a few minutes to spare before lunch... Luckily I remembered my memory stick with the writeup ... :beam:
Round 4
Day
Mace Windu the Jedi Master returned to his cabin after a meeting with the expedition leader. The tale the member of the Jedi council told was disturbing to say the least, but Mace knew the truth of it. The Force had been introduced to him as well and the feeling of its embrace had been nearly overwhelming. It was the Sith part which had disturbed him the most. If it was true that the force could not work without both sides, then the revelation of the force could only mean that the Sith had likewise had the force revealed to them.
He … Mace stopped and listened. He could clearly sense someone close, a disturbance, for the lack of a better word. He eased around a corner and saw someone standing there blocking the hallway. It was a personage shrouded in a dark cloak. In the dim to none lighting, it was as if this person’s eyes were glowing with an amber color.
The personage croaked: “Greetings Jedi Master Windu, I hoped it was you… I’ve got something to show you.” And by those words – the cloaked figure raised a hand. Mace Windu felt a overwhelming sensation of being dragged towards the cloaked figure and he sensed that his strength left him rapidly. He reacted without thought and drew what he could muster of the force, and it was hard as if it was leaking out of his very soul.
He released the little he could draw and the cloaked figure was thrown back and slammed as a sack against the far wall. It took only seconds for Mace Windu to recover from the nausea that followed the release of his… soul… for the lack of a better description. Mace looked up at the bundle of cloth that was the cloaked figure and ignited his purple lightsaber. He moved carefully towards the figure and was closing in when the figure with lightening speed jumped up. The cloak had shifted and the face was revealed. Mace looked perplexed: “What, you? How could this be…” That was all he managed before blue lightening streamed out of the fingers of this … Jedi expedition member. Amber eyes of hatred watched behind an electro storm of energy drawn from the very air surrounding them. Mace couldn’t counter the pure electric energy which coursed through his body – destroying organs and cells. He soon lost consciousness and fell to the floor. The killer sent a few extra bursts of electric energy for good measure before he left the crime scene. This didn’t go exactly how he’d planned. But a dead Jedi was a dead Jedi, and by those thoughts a smile returned to his face.
Aayla Secura the initiate had just finished eating her evening supper and was returning to her quarters. She had unsuccessfully flirted with the other young Jedi initates – giving them a good stare of her rather well formed attributes.
They were probably too scared of her to seem interested. She had that predatory way over her that just frightened men. What were they afraid of? That she would use them for her own pleasure? Well… they were probably right. She chuckled to herself as she continued down the dark hallway. Up ahead, someone was blocking the hallway and that someone was cloaked. She was always happy when people stared at her, but this … creature, had her skin crawling. The eyes were glowing amber and pierced her very being. The creature moved his arm and a glowing crimson plasma blade sprang to life in his hand.
Aayla Secura screamed and ran away from the creature in the direction she had come from. The creature cursed and started running after her. She was an agile runner and would probably outdistance him soon. She had to reach help… she had barely voiced those thoughts inside her head before she felt a rush behind her. Something hit her from behind and she was knocked unconscious in mid air before her lifeless body was crushed to pulp against the far wall. The cloaked creature walked the good distance up to her remains and chuckled: “Not so much to look at now, are you?” A rusty laugh could be heard in this part of the living quarters as the cloaked figure retreated back down the hall in the opposite direction.
Count Dooku returned from a previous engagement and was met by a familiar person outside his quarters. “Dooku, we need to talk, let’s enter the privacy of your quarters.” Count Dooku opened the door to his cabin and gestured for the person to enter”.
The person went in and walked over to the living room of this formerly officer’s cabin. He stood there in the middle of the room waiting. Dooku entered: “What was it you wanted to talk to me about?” The person turned around with an accusing stare. “I am sorry, but I have to do this.” And by those words Dooku felt a terrible pain in his mind. He fell to the floor in agony and everything went dark.
Dooku later woke up in his bed with a dried up nose bleed. What had happened to him? And why couldn’t he remember how he got to his cabin?
Somewhere else 2 other members of the Jedi expedition force were meditating.
They had started their usual routine, but were suddenly overcome with peace and elevation as a presence surged into their very being. They heard a call from somewhere and followed the directions they received. The directions led to a special storage area.
When the crew again met at the auditorium the next morning, there were only 30 present. The expedition leader sighed: “We have apparently not been successful in finding the Sith. It was worrying that they were missing one of the Jedi Masters.
He sent out a couple of Knights to check their cabins and when they returned, they just shook their heads. The expedition leader bowed his head a moment before continuing: “Very well, let’s proceed with the interrogations people, We lost a dear member of our team, Master Windu last night. We are short of a Jedi Master. There is one Knight which stands out and should have received the honor already. Kenth Hamner, you have been awarded the rank of Jedi Master.
The former knight bowed slightly and the expedition returned the favour before leaving the auditorium. As he went through the door, let’s hurry up with this people, we are all ready behind schedule, but I’ll give you 24 hours anyway.
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Vote away people. I have to rectify the unplanned extended time somehow. I hope we can do a shorter night in the next round. If we all make an effort to send in orders early I think we can have a 12 hour night in round 5.
Voting ends around this time tomorrow 20th of April.
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Belisarius II
Beskar
Centurion1
Chaotix
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Lord Winter
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Subotan
Thermal Mercury
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Winston Hughes
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan
Round 5
Night
It had been a long day and when the expedition leader finally arrived, the decision had been made a long time ago. Galen Marek the newly appointed Padawan had received the most votes.
The expedition leader sighed: “Is this truly your candidate, you had no other? I have just promoted this young man to become a Padawan, and this is how you reward him. I am utterly speechless.” I have given you quite the room to move in and have lain down nearly no rules. Maybe it is time for you to agree on your own rules, show that you are truly Jedi who work systematically and scientifically.”
“Come Galen, I am sorry, but the power of democracy is none the less absolute.”
They all followed the expedition leader to the hangar area, where Galen Marek walked out into space by his own accord. No one forced him. The body was recovered later and placed in a casket in the morgue.
The expedition leader walked with troubled thoughts about the events last night. He had received troubling information.
Night time people…
This will be a short night as announced earlier. It shouldn't be too difficult to send in orders within that timespan. I need to do this at night instead of at work. Night ends 00:00 Central Euopean time (GMT+1) 21st of April (13 hours from now)
Tally:
Belisarius II: 10 (ATPG, Beskar, Centurion1, Chaotix, Greyblades, Niklas, Renata, Sasaki, Thermal, TinCow)
Askthepizzaguy: 4 (autolycus, GH, Kage, Yaropolk)
Beskar: 3 (pever, Subotan, Yaseikhaan)
Chaotix: 2 (Belisarius, Diamondeye )
Subotan: 1 (Psychonaut)
A Very Super Marked: 1 (atheotes)
Centurion1: 1 (johnhugh)
Niklas: 1 (Winston)
Abstain: 5 (AVSM, Diana, Joooray, Secura, WE:D)
Not voting: 2 (Jolt, Lord W)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Beskar
Centurion1
Chaotix
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Lord Winter
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Subotan
Thermal Mercury
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Winston Hughes
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan
Round 5
Day
It was yet again night time and Count Dooku had some business to attend to before turning in. He finished his late supper consisting of canned expedition grub and some dried fruit. Not particularly satisfied he left his quarters and headed in a particular direction. He had just closed his door and started walking when he heard a sinister voice behind him. “Count Dooku!! I have been waiting for you.”
Count Dooku spun around just to see a cloaked being crouching like a cat just before it attacks its prey. The cloaked being released whatever it had charged and jumped forward with its hands stretched forth. Count Dooku reacted instinctively and raised his own hands and drew force to block whatever was released at him. A whoosh sound filled the whole corridor as if air was pushed forward by an immensely strong current. As Dooku tried with all his power to deflect the force current, he was beat to the ground. He managed however to alter the direction of the force current just a tad, but nothing could stop it. Instead of following the length of the hallway it crushed into Count Dooku’s quarters and cascaded through it and breeched a large hole in the ship side. Count Dooku was thrown into his no-wall quarters and the space vacuum was sucking it dry for debris and was pulling at Count Dooku himself. Dooku realizing what was about to happen, cried out: “This… can’t … be…happening!” Then he was gone, blown into space by the ship's pressure leaking out of the hole.
The cloaked being had gripped a pipe in the hallway and was struggling to hold on.
The ship’s anti hull breech system took effect and seals were plugging the now desolate quarters of former Count Dooku. Soon the air-.pressure normalized and the cloaked being could let go of the pipe. He turned and looked at the razed cabins and smiled. This was indeed a powerful force ability to be used with care.
Koffi Arana had been doing his Padawan exercises and hoped his extensive spare time training hours would give him a promotion to full Jedi Knight soon.
He neared the area where his quarters were when he saw someone standing blocking the hallway.
Fully knowing that this could be the killers of the last nights, Koffi stopped. He hoped he had not been spotted and dove into some shadows.
But he had been too slow. A sinister male voice could be heard: “Koffi…. Koffi Arana… come out to play…” Koffi’s face drained of blood and he started to shake uncontrollably. It was as if his legs couldn’t react. He tried to move but failed miserably. Then the creature was over him, dark cloak hiding face and features. A crimson blade sprang to life which bathed them both in an aerie reddish light. Koffi Arana never felt the glowing plasma blade shearing his head clean off from his body. The cloaked creature laughed uncontrollably. “Hahahhahhaa!!!...“
Another figure was out and about and when he reached his destination, he was met with a hallway and quarters blown up. It looked like a bomb had exploded and ripped a hole in the ship side. The person's cabin he intended to visit was just gone and the person was nowhere to be found.
Somewhere a member of the Jedi expedition force were meditating.
He had started his usual routine, but was suddenly overcome with peace and elevation as a presence surged into his very being. He heard a call from somewhere and followed the directions he had received. The directions led to a special storage area.
The morning came and they were two less members of the expedition. The expedition leader gave a similar talk to the other mornings including the promotion of a Jedi Knight.
Belth Allusis has been raised to Jedi Master. Congratulations!!
Voting ends at 23:00 Central European time 21st of April (roughly in 23 hours ).
I am slightly changing the time schedule. Next round should be a full 24 hour session.
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Centurion1
Chaotix
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Lord Winter
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Subotan
Thermal Mercury
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan
Round 6
Night
The expedition leader entered the auditorium and the members of the expedition were arguing still. The votes had shifted many times and the poor fellow keeping track of the tally was sitting crying. The expedition leader soothed the fellow and told him to give what he got. He looked over the tally and nodded.
He looked over the assembled crew who had finally gone quiet and announced; “Will Palpatine please come forward.”
There was an audible intake of collective air in the assembled expedition crew as the name was announced. Why, you might wonder…maybe because this was the most innocent looking young Initiate that was with them on this expedition.
The expedition leader felt bad for this young fellow, but democracy had decided.
He had to die to possibly rid the ship of Sith.
The procedure went as the others and the body of Palpatine was recovered and put in a casket and stored in the morgue.
The expedition leader turned to the crew and announced: “I seemed to have forgot to promote another Padawan earlier. One died last night and I am glad to announce that Atris have been found worthy of the honour. Congratulations!!!
Tally:
Yaseikhaan: 9 (ATPG, atheotes, autolycus, GH, johnhugh, Joooray, Renata, Sasaki, TinCow)
A Very Super Market: 6 (Diamondeye, Greyblades, Kage, Niklas, Psycho, Subotan)
Niklas: 1 (Chaotix)
Chaotix: 1 (pever)
Subotan: 1 (Thermal)
Lord Winter: 1 (Yaropolk)
Not voting: 8 (AVSM, centurion1, Diana, Jolt, Lord Winter, Secura, WE:D, Yaseikhaan)
Night orders must be in by 22:00 GMT+1 (23 hours from now)
Round ends at 23:00 GMT+1 (24 hours from now)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Centurion1
Chaotix
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Lord Winter
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Subotan
Thermal Mercury
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Round 6
Day
The Expedition Leader, also known as Yoda – the Grand Master of the Jedi, was leaving his quarters late in the evening.
He had some business to attend to. He had just locked the door of his quarters using the force instead of a key when he heard a sinister voice to his right.
“Soo… Yoda, Grand Master of the Jedi, we meet at last.”
Yoda reacted quickly drawing and igniting his green crystal lightsaber in one fluid move.
There in the middle of the hallway to his right stood a cloaked person with amber glowing eyes and a crimson plasma blade radiating an eerie red glow on the floor, on the walls and in the ceiling. Yoda was ready and took his defensive stance after showing his Grand Master lightsaber signature.
The other cloaked person seemed not too impressed.
“Nice moves, old man – now view for the first and last time of your aging life, the signature of a Sith Lord” and the cloaked person proceeded to show his flurry move with a twirl that would have decapitated a close opponent.
It seemed a tad aggressive to Yoda, but he said nothing. He just stood waiting.
The cloaked person walked calmly up to Yoda and attacked with a powerful overhand swing. The sounds of plasma against plasma vibrated in the hallway as the two combatants exchanged attacks and blocks. This continued a little while before Yoda showed who was the real master of the blade and grazed the hand of the cloaked person upon which the crimson lighsaber went clanking down the hallway.
The cloaked person screamed in rage and took up a position of wanting to jump at Yoda like a predator. Instead of leaping towards him, he seemed to release something. Yoda was barely able to create a impregnable barrier around him before a torrent of the force was unleashed in his general direction. The air howled all around his force field and destroyed the cabins on both sides of him. But Yoda stood still under his force protection.
The cloaked person looked utterly spent kneeling on the floor and couldn’t believe his own eyes.
Someone was approaching from behind him and another cloaked person appeared, putting a reassuring hand on the shoulder of the kneeling cloaked person. Amber glowing eyes looked directly at Yoda from a shrouded and dark face.
The second cloaked person said nothing but raised his hands towards Yoda and blue lightning cascaded from them and danced on the protective shield.
Such was the power of the lightning that it sat afire all the debris around Yoda. But Yoda was safe under his force driven protective shield.
Much of his force powers went into maintaining it and the last two attacks had nearly drained him dry.
Both of the cloaked persons stood now side by side, one clutching his damaged hand.
The second looked inquisitively at Yoda and raised one hand. Yoda suddenly felt heavy as if all his force power were ripped from him. He stumbled and fell to his knees. The destroyed and burning hallway swirled around him and he hit the floor hard – utterly devoid of life force.
The second cloaked person looked at the fallen Grand Master of the Jedi and chuckled:
“And so ends the might of the Jedi, the reign of the Sith will begin.” They both laughed. The first cloaked person reached out and his lightsaber returned to his hand.
Somewhere a member of the Jedi expedition force were meditating.
She had started her usual routine, but was suddenly overcome with peace and elevation as a presence surged into her very being. She heard a call from somewhere and followed the directions she received. The directions led to a special storage area.
The gathering next morning was lacking the expedition leader and everybody was starting to worry. The Jedi Masters sent out a team of Jedi Knights to search for the expedition leader and they soon returned with his dead body. A great man had fallen prey to the Sith and they were without a leader.
The Jedi mourned the loss of this great man. The expedition was in jeopardy as they had no one to lead them. As they were at a loss of what to do – a light formed next to the fallen leader’s body. A ghostly appearance looking a bit like the fallen leader stood there in front of them. A hollow voice declared: “Greetings Jedi. My essence has returned from the Valley of the Jedi. I will still be able to guide you, but I will appoint a replacement that will lead you. I hereby declare that the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn will take the mantle of Grand Master of the Jedi in my absence.
A round of applause and cheers were heard.
“Now, I will have to go, I can not stay long in my visits to you. The force allows it not. You will however need to find the Sith among you. I was attacked by two and two you must find.”
Then he was gone and Qui Gon Jinn declared. “Let the voting begin!!”
24 hours of voting people. (ends at 23:00 GMT+1 23rd of April).
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Centurion1
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Lord Winter
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Subotan
Thermal Mercury
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Round 7
Night
There was much tention and nervousness in the gathered expedition crew after their strong leader had died. The fact that he had appeared again after his death had greatly confused the minds of hard barked scientists. Was there life after death? Some of them thought it was all a trick conjured by the Sith to utterly confuse them. Others believed that the force, which they now believed to be God, would grant them life after death and supernatural powers whilst alive.
Despite the confusion, they continued to interrogate in order to perhaps catch someone in a lie or discover discrepancies in each other’s testimonies.
The appointed time to conduct such interrogations ended and Qui Gon stepped forward and announced; “It is time to have a look at the tally.” A few hurried to make the final changes to it and handed it over to Qui Gon. “We have a candidate it seems, and by one vote.
Finn Galfridian, you have been found most likely to be one of the hidden Sith. Come forward and meet your accusers.
Finn the initiate, stepped down to the floor with a bent head. He barely glanced over the seated audience and meekly accepted his fate.
A couple of Knights stepped up to either of his side and escorted him to the hangar bay, where he was followed to the barrier. He walked out into space by his own accord and death came fast. His body was later retrieved and put in a casket and stored in the morgue.
Qui-Gon ordered the remaining of the expedition force to continue their work on the ship. Sith or not – they had a mission and he was now responsible for getting this monstrosity back to Coruscant and with as many of the crew members alive as was possible.
Night ends at 23:00 GMT+1 24th of April (22,5 hours from now)
Tally:
Thermal Mercury: 6 (ATPG, autolycus, Chaotix, GH, Greyblades, Subotan)
GeneralHankerchief: 5 (atheotes, Diamondeye, Diana, Niklas, Thermal)
Diana Abnoba: 2 (Renata, Sasaki)
Greyblades: 2 (Kage, TinCow)
TinCow: 1 (Yaropolk)
Abstain: 1 (Joooray)
Not voting: 9 (AVSM, Centurion1, johnhugh, Jolt, Lord W, pever, Psycho, Secura, WE:D)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Centurion1
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Lord Winter
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Subotan
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Announcement.
I am going to replace Lord Winter and Jolt with Choxorn and someone who needs to answer the invitation.
Lord Winter is effectively replaced with Choxorn and will from this post be one of the players.
I will update the alive list with the results of this night phase.
Round 7
Day
The progress on the major power plant of this monstrous ship was slow. Nothing much had been accomplished to day. The mini sun grew in strength but was not healthy enough to get this mile long ship up to hyper speed. Gunn Han Saresh was a wizard when it came to power plants, but this ancient type was difficult to master. And the state of the power grid was not helping much. It was a difficult task indeed.
Gunn Han was tired after a long session with the power plant and was heading back to his quarters. Just as he turned the last corner before a long stretch of a straight hallway, he stopped dead in his tracks. There in front of him he could see a cloaked person sitting on the floor meditating. Gunn Han walked slowly backwards on silent shoes.
The cloaked person seem to sense Gunn’s presence and said: “Gunn Han Saresh, I have been waiting for you, and now you try to sneak away before I have a chance to say hello?”The cloaked person was up on his feet in a heartbeat and was upon Gunn Han with lightening speed. It was as if the cloaked person was there 15 yards away and suddenly Gunn Han could feel the breath of the cloaked person who stood there a few feet away. The voice of the cloaked person turned menacing: “I have come to remove you from your duties.” And as soon as the cloaked person had said that, Gunn Han Saresh could no longer breathe. Gunn Han moved his hands to his throat as an instinctive reaction, but there was just nothing he could do to remove whatever had stopped the air flowing freely from and to his lungs. Only a few moments went before darkness enveloped Gunn Han Saresh, the Jedi Initiate.
Corran Horn the Padawan was out and about looking for this woman he had talked to earlier during the voting session. He thought her cabin was somewhere around here. He was looking at the name tags beside the doors. Most hadn’t name tags, but occasionally one would be alight with a name. “Atris”, he read – was that her name? He was about to knock on the door when a sinister voice was heard just down the hallway. “Corran Horn, what are you doing in these parts? Aren’t you a bit … a long way from your own quarters?” Corran turned and saw a cloaked personage with frightening amber glowing eyes in the dark shadow underneath the hood. A crimson glowing lightsaber was illuminating the hallway as the cloaked person strode silently towards him.
“I am .. sorry. W..ho a..re you?” was all Corran could manage to stutter. The cloaked person leaped up and did a somersault in mid air, finishing with a twirl and a backslash which took Corran Horn’s head clean off. “I am your end, Padawan”. The cloaked figure looked up at the cabin door and the name tag and laughed. “Sorry Padawan, you wouldn’t stand a chance. I guess love got the head of you… Hahahhahahahhahahaha!!!!”
Keyan Farlander was met by a familiar person on his way back to his cabin. “Do you mind if I follow along, Keyan?” Keyan looked worried, but said: “Yeah, sure.” They walked in silence to the cabin where Keyan said: “This is me, I guess I’ll see you around.” The other person answered: “Actually, I have something I need to discuss with you in private. Can I come in?” Keyan hesitated but gestured to the other person to enter the cabin. As soon as Keyan had entered also, the other person turned around with an accusing look.
“I need to do this.” Keylan Farlander’s world spinned around and he felt as if his mind was exploding. He fell over and darkness overtook him. He later woke up with a headache and with no recollection of how he had got to his cabin.
Somewhere a member of the Jedi expedition force were meditating.
He had started his usual routine, but was suddenly overcome with peace and elevation as a presence surged into his very being. He heard a call from somewhere and followed the directions he received. The directions led to a special storage area.
Later that morning on the obligatory meeting in the auditorium, Qui Gon Jinn discovered they were two short. He ordered some Knights to go and check. They came back later with a worried look in thief faces. Qui-Gon continued: “It seems we have lost an initiate and a Padawan last night. I have been commissioned to promote members of this crew should we lose some of our Padawans, Knights and Masters. I will therefore with no great fanfare announce that Shira Brie has been promoted to Padawan. Congratulations!
Now – we are still under attack by the Sith and therefore you need to get voting people. Find these Sith among you and get back to me in about 24 hours.
The round will end at 23:00 GMT+1, 25th of April
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Centurion1
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
Kagemusha
Choxorn
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Secura
Subotan
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Announcement.
splitpersonality is stepping in for Jolt in this game. He is now a player of this game.
Round 8
Night
When Qui-Gon Jinn returned the assembled Jedi had found a candidate and the tally was presented.
It was not a majority vote, but the candidate was in lead by two votes. 1/3rd of the crew had not even lodged a vote and Qui-Gon looked sternly at them. "You have not washed your hands clean by not participating. If the candidate is not a Sith, it is your fault as much as those who voted for him. By not participating you are not contributing to rooting out the killers. Three of you are in danger of being replaced."
Qui-Gon Jinn called out: “Could Lar Le'Ung please come forward!” The young initiate came forward meekly. He had nothing to counter the accusations with.
Qui-Gon Jinn called for some Knights to take care of the execution. The Knights escorted Lar out of the auditorium and the others followed suit. Qui-Gon stopped them: “Not so fast, I am not finished with you lot yet. I am ordering with immediate effect a thorough search of the ship. We need to look in every hook and corner for clues about the Sith. I believe there are artifacts on this ship which might give us certain clues about what this is all about. Now go and find me some clues people. You have until 2300 hours GMT+1. I want results!!”
Two of the assembled crew members made a hasty look at each other and an unnoticed hand signal passed between them.
The crew went their way and was met by the Knights carrying a frozen and dead Lar Le’Ung on a stretcher. They were heading for the morgue.
Night ends at 23:00 GMT+1 Monday 26th of April (roughly 24 hours from my voting ended post and 22,5 hours from this post )
Tally:
Greyblades: 5 (Diana, johnhugh, Secura, Subotan, TinCow)
Psychonaut: 3 (Greyblades, Kage, Niklas)
Niklas: 2 (Chaotix, Yaropolk)
White_Eyes:D: 2 (ATPG, Diamondeye)
Diamondeye: 1 (Renata)
johnhughthom: 1 (Split)
Abstaining: 1 (GH)
Not voting: 8 (atheotes, autolycus, AVSM, Centurion1, Choxorn, pever, Psychonaut, WE:D)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Centurion1
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
Kagemusha
Choxorn
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Secura
Subotan
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Round 8
Day
The Jedi crew of the Star Destroyer searched the ship from stern to aft looking in every crook and corner for something that would indicate what they were up against. They searched every cabin, storage area, vehicle, space craft, weapon cache and turret. Even the life pods didn’t go unturned. They came up nearly empty handed. At the end of the day a few Padawans had wandered into a secluded storage area where they had found an empty room with a singe dais in the middle. They had pried loose the plaque from the dais and returned to Qui-Gon Jinn with the plaque.
https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/HolocronPlaque4.png
“This is exactly what we were looking for. This is the evidence that reveals to us our true enemies.” Qui-Gon were pacing back and forth with the plaque in hand. Something must have been on that dais, something important enough for two of us to go and remove it and hide it. No doubt they had the item on them during the search but now that we are finished, it is hidden again.” It was very late and they had worked all day and were quite tired.
Atris the beautiful Padawan that every one of the male crew members were drooling over was returning to her quarters. She had a fright this morning finding Corran Horn dead outside her cabin. She wasn’t too confident about her security. When she reached her cabin she looked nervously to either side of the hallway, but saw nothing in the darkness. A dark and raspy laughter boomed through the hallway and she turned, backside to the cabin door. She saw nothing… A crimson beam was suddenly lit in a crook just opposite her cabin and a figure shrouded in a dark cloak stepped out into the hallway. She was about to scream when the cloaked figure with lightening speed speared the lightsaber through her throat and into and through the cabin door, The cloaked figure swiftly withdrew the crimson plasma blade and Atris slumped to the floor dying. The cloaked figure rasped: “I am sorry sweet one, but you were beginning to be a nuisance.”
Micah Giiett returned to his quarters, happy as ever. He was the kind of person that was carefree, never taking in things too serious. He skipped along the hallway whistling on a childhood tune that his mother always sang to him.
He neared his quarters when he felt an odd sensation. It was like the air from his lungs were drained from him and he no longer had the willpower to refill them. He collapsed on the floor, his face going blue. A cloaked being came walking up the hallway, amber glowing eyes under a cowl. With hatred in voice it decleared: “Micah, I do not like that tune particularly well. Please refrain from whistling it again. Well, I’ll make sure you don’t .. Hahhahhahahahah!!!!” And with those words the cloaked figure made a gesture and crushed Micah’s throat.
Belth Allusis returned to his quarters when he met up with a fellow Jedi. They walked together a little while discussing the resent events, when the other fellow Jedi suddenly made a gesture. Belth went blank and sagged to the floor unconscious. His life vitals were reduced to a bare minimum to keep his body alive. The fellow Jedi hurried back the way they had walked.
A person walked along the hallway towards the cabin of Atris. He saw the body that lay slumped under the cabin door and rushed to it. When he saw that it was in fact Atris with a gaping hole in her throat, he made a grimace. Not Atris… that wasn’t fair. He vowed that whoever was responsible would pay dearly for this meaningless slaughter of a young and defenseless youth.
Somewhere a member of the Jedi expedition force was meditating.
He had started his usual routine, but was suddenly overcome with peace and elevation as a presence surged into his very being. He heard a call from somewhere and followed the directions he received. The directions led to a special storage area.
The night finally ended and the Jedi crew was yet again reduced by two members.
Belth Allusis had woke up in the hallway with a pounding headacke but was present at the morning meeting when Qui-Gonn Jinn entered. ”We are dealing with the Sith and they are two in number and they sit here among us. Find them using your craftiness and power of discussion. I am confident that you will find at least one of them today. Oh and before I go, Keyan Farlander has been promoted to the rank of Padawan. Congratulations!!!"
vote a candidate in the next 22,5 hours or so (voting ends at 23:00 GMT+1 Tuesday 27th of April)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Centurion1
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
Choxorn
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Subotan
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Round 9
Night
When Qui-Gon Jinn returned, the crew members were waiting. They had not decided on a candidate to lynch. There was a tie between Den Siva and Kyp Durron. Qui-Gon looked inquisitively on the assembled crew members. “You mean to tell me that you haven’t been able to decide? I can’t go ahead and execute both and be wrong twice. You need to vote a clear candidate. I am cancelling this round of voting. Be sure to give me a clear candidate if it gets to that tomorrow.
Now go and do your duties. We have a ship to sail. And if you by chance come over artefacts or stuff that seems really ancient, bring them to me.
Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation… 22 hours until end of this night. (23:00 GMT+1 Wednesday 28th of April)
Tally:
Niklas: 5 (atheotes, autolycus, Diana, Split, TinCow)
pevergreen: 5 (Centurion, johnhugh, Renata, Subotan, WE:D)
Subotan: 3 (ATPG, Psycho, Yaropolk)
White_Eyes:D: 2 (Chaotix, Diamondeye)
Psycho: 1 (Choxorn)
Centurion1: 1 (pevergreen)
Askthepizzaguy: 1 (GH)
Not voting: 2 (AVSM, Niklas)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Askthepizzaguy
atheotes
autolycus
Centurion1
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
Choxorn
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Subotan
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Round 9
Day
Nothing else was found and the crew worked hard and long replacing transformers and other important power grid equipment. The day was nearing night and a tired crew retired to their quarters.
Kenth Hamner walked the long and empty hallways to his quarters and he was utterly tired. This had been a long day, even if day had no real meaning out here in cold dark space. They lived in day and night cycles which each lasted 24 hours. For some of the crew this was especially hard coming from planet systems which had far shorter day and night cycles. But they were all trained for it.
He had only the last stretch left when he suddenly sensed danger. Someone was coming up from behind … fast. Kenth Hamner twirled round lightsaber already ignited. A shadow was speeding towards him at an incredible speed. Kenth drew a small portion of the force to him and released it in the direction of the shadow. The shadow crashed into the propelled force matter and was thrown backwards and landed hard on the hallway floor.
Kenth Hamner noticed the cloak and the burning amber eyes under a dark hood. This could only be one of the Sith. Kenth was a Master wielder of the lightsaber and positioned himself in a well proven defensive stance. The cloaked person jumped up from the prone position on the floor and landed just outside Kenth’s reach. A sinister voice came from the cloaked person: ”So, you know a few tricks, but that puny push is nothing to my Sith avalanche.” As he said that he went into a crouch and seemed to concentrate. Kenth could feel the force being drawn from all around him into that dark creature crouching before him. Before Kenth could take action, the cloaked person unleashed whatever he had been powering up and Kent felt a rush of wind around him. His body was then thrown through the air with imaginable force. The power was so furious that it tore up walls along the path that Kenth was sailing. It felt as a runaway space craft running into the hallway, pushing everything along its path of destruction. Kenth never felt the impact that crushed his body to pulp before the force tore through the steel wall that had smashed up Kenth’s body.
Keyan Farlander was ecstatic for being promoted. He had not been long with the Jedi order and being promoted this early could only mean that he was on a path to become one of the great Jedi.
He had barely finished one of his dreamy imaginations of long Jedi robes and wielding a purple lighsaber, yes he would get a purple one, when he saw a dark and cloaked person blocking his pathway. Keyan stopped abruptly. This could be one of the dreaded Sith they were trying to get rid of. Burning amber eyes were glancing at him from under a dark hood. “Ah, if it isn’t our new Padawan. Too bad you need to go.” And by those words the cloaked person lifted hands into the air and released blue energy which lighted the hallway up in cascading flashing whites and blues.
Keyan Farlander hit the ground hard, the cells of his body were being destroyed by electricity and he had no means to counter it or object. Kyan Farlander died on that floor in agonizing spasms.
Den Siva was returning from a previous engagement and was met by a well known member of the crew. Den Siva was a bit surprised, but the member of the crew only wanted to talk about something important. They walked along the hallway towards Den Siva’s cabin. Den Siva was quite tired after the long day and excused himself when they reached his cabin. As Den Siva entered, the crew member seemed to hesitate, then pushed the cabin door open and entered after Den Siva. “I am sorry, but I have to do this. Den Siva felt the cabin spin around him and hit the floor with an agonizing headache. He woke up a bit later not knowing what had happened earlier or that he had talked to someone. And how did he get here?
Obi Wan Kenobi walked towards his cabin when a well known member of the crew joined him. They talked about this and that along the way. The crew member made a gesture towards Obi Wan who went stone cold and hit the floor like a sack of grain. “I am sorry old friend, but this is necessary.”
The night passed and it was yet again morning and the start of a new 24 hour cycle. Obi Wan Kenobi had woke up in the hallway and wondered what had happened to him. He found his place in the auditorium and sat there with a splitting headache.
Qui Gon Jinn entered and declared: We have lost yet two more of our crew. This time, please present a candidate, and a guilty one too when I return. We need to win this people. The Sith can’t best us. The welfare of the universe is at stake here.
As he was talking, a beam of light appeared in the centre of the auditorium. Two beings appeared and it was Yoda and ... Kenth Hamner? Yoda declared: "Be mindful of the force, it will teach you who to vote for this day." Kenth Hamner just nodded and they were gone, as abrupt as they came.
Qui Gon made a final statement before he went: "We lost a Jedi Master and a Padawan last night. I am happy to announce that Jorus C'baoth has been promoted to Jedi Master. I would also like to announce that Streen has been promoted to Padawan. Congratulations!!!!"
23 hours until the end of vote session (23:00 GMT+ Thursday 29th April)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Alive:
A Very Super Market
Askthepizzaguy
autolycus
Centurion1
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
Choxorn
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
Subotan
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Round 10
Night
The crew was eagerly awaiting the arrival of Grand Master Qui Gon Jinn. They had swiftly put a candidate to the tally and nearly all had voted in unison. Qui Gon had a quick look at the tally and smiled. “You have done well. I believe you have chosen correctly. Would the Padawan called Den Siva please come forward.” A lanky Nagai stood up and walked down the aisle between rows of seated Jedi. Qui Gon continued: “I made a visit with you last night, which you might not remember.” Den Siva looked inquisitively at Qui Gon and stopped. “You might not remember me removing the one thing that could have saved you today. Your ability to control your body and survive in extreme conditions Den Siva or should I say; Darth Nihl !!!” Den Siva hissed and sprang forward, igniting his lightsabre which he shouldn’t have had as a Padawan. The crowd gasped when they saw the colour of it. Crimson plasma swooshed trough the air trying to find Qui Gon’s flesh. But the green lightsabre of Qui Gon was there and blocked all Den Siva’s attempts at striking him down. Qui-Gon finally flicked the sabre out of Den Siva’s hands and it was obvious that he hadn’t practised much with it. Seeing his lightsaber rolling on the floor, Den Siva stretched his hands forth and blue energy came cackling from them. One of the Jedi Knights reacted and deflected the lightning with the force, while another Jedi Knight used the force to lift Den Siva into the air and slam him against the wall. Several other lightsabres in the hues of green, yellow and blue sprang to life as Jedi Knights and Masters encircled the broken Den Siva.
Den Siva looked defiantly at them with eyes glowing like amber: “My Master will not make Palpatine's mistake. All Jedi must die!!!!”
They took hold of Den Siva and dragged him out into the hangar where they promptly disposed of him out through the space barrier. The eyes of Den Siva glowed pure hatred as he floated outside the hangar bay. They soon lost the amber colour and returned to normal as the body died in the freezing space vacuum. The dead body was retrieved and put together with the others in the morgue.
As they gathered together in the auditorium again, a bright light was appearing at the centre of it. Darth Nihl stood there gloating: “You thought you would get rid of me this easy. Be not mistaken, The Sith will prevail.” And by that he disappeared into thin air.
It is night time ... orders in by 22:00 GMT+1 (23 hours from now). The night ends at 23:00 GMT+1 Friday 30th of April (24 hours from now).
Tally:
Niklas: 10 (ATPG, autolycus, Chaotix, Choxorn, Diamondeye, Diana, pever, Renata, TinCow, Yaropolk)
Psychonaut: 1 (Psychonaut)
pever: 1 (Niklas)
Not voting: 7 (atheotes, AVSM, Centurion1, johnhugh, split, Subotan, WE:D)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
Alive:
YLC
Askthepizzaguy
autolycus
Centurion1
Choxorn
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
johnhughthom
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
splitpersonality
Subotan
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Announcement:
YLC will be playing as AVSM's character from this post and onwards.
Round 10
Day
Obi Wan Kenobi was utterly tired after a long day fixing the ship’s power grid. He really needed some rest after today’s ordeal. Along the way, he met a recognizable person who asked if it was alright that he tagged along. Obi Wan didn’t mind as this was a person he trusted. They walked along chatting about the ship and how to best get it up and running. When they got to Obi Wan’s quarters, the other person asked if he could talk with Obi Wan some more, about more important matters. Obi wan agreed and the both entered the cabin. Obi Wan turned to the other: “Wait, didn’t we do this last night as well? I distinctly remember something weird happening to me then.” The other person gestured and Obi Wan slumped lifeless to the floor. The other person looked concerned and walked over to the now comatosed Obi Wan. “I am sorry friend, but I have to do this.” He crouched down and closed his eyes. The world would have spun around Obi Wan had he been conscious. Obi Wan woke up right before the meeting in the auditorium and couldn’t remember at all why he had fallen asleep on the floor of his cabin fully clothed.
Luke Skywalker walked alone in the hallways of the living quarters heading to his particular cabin when he felt the presence of danger. Green lightsabre sprang to life as he scanned his proximity. He could see no one, but the feeling wouldn’t go away.
He turned back the way he came a bit, but saw nothing. When he turned again towards his own cabin, there was a personage blocking the way. The person was cloaked in a long blackish cloak with a deep hood hiding face and features. From the dark of the hood, Luke could see glowing amber eyes. They betrayed utterly hatred for him. Luke was ready, his Jedi Knight training took over and he took his defensive stance. The cloaked person just stood there watching, contemplating. Luke got a little uncomfortable when it seemed the person was not going to attack. This was getting a little silly so Luke broke the silence: “What do you want?” The cloaked person stared at Luke with those hateful amber eyes. A little moment passed before the cloaked person responded: “You won’t do.” The cloaked person lifted both arms towards Luke and cascading blue energy was released from the hands. Luke was ready though and formed a absorbing field of force which turned the electric energy to nothing right before him.
When the cloaked person saw this, he stopped. And that was the break Luke needed. He jumped at the cloaked person, lightsabre swinging in to strike. The cloaked person moved away, dodging Luke’s attack. When Luke landed, he felt excruciating pain in his head and fell to the floor. It was as if the very life force was dragged away from his physical self. Darkness came fast.
The night ended and the assembly of Jedi was yet again meeting in the auditorium.
Only one person was killed during the night which meant there was one more Sith out there, or rather in here. Qui Gon admonished them to continue the search for the Sith and present a candidate when he returned.
“We lost a Jedi Knight this night. We need another. Barrison Draay has been found worthy of the title of Jedi Knight. Congratulations!!!”
23 hours to the end of voting (23:00 GMT+1 Saturday 1st of May)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
Alive:
YLC
Askthepizzaguy
autolycus
Centurion1
Choxorn
Diamondeye
johnhughthom
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
splitpersonality
Subotan
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Round 11
Night
The voting of today went back and forth, but when the time came for Qui Gon Jinn to return they had found a candidate. Qui-Gon entered the auditorium and was met by one of the Padawans carrying the tally. Qui Gon looked over it and noted that over 1/3 of the assembled Jedi hadn’t bother voting. “Qui Gon looked at them all with a stern face; “This is only going to give the Sith more advantages if you do not participate more. 7 out of 18 didn’t vote, I am tempted to cancel this vote, but I shall not punish those who made an effort by actual voting.
Now, will the Padawan known as Shira Brie please come forward?” A young beautiful woman got to her feet and walked with her face hidden in her hair down to where Qui Gon Jinn stood. She looked up at his stern face through an opening in her hair. Qui Gon looked from her to the crowd: “You have condemned her with your votes and no votes. I will not wash my hands from her blood like a coward. It is I who is the Grand Master and I shall take my share of the responsibility as your leader. Knights!! Take her away.” Two Jedi Knights stepped up to her, one on each side and motioned her to go. They headed out towards the hangar and Shira sobbed all the way. When they finally reached the space barrier, she looked back at the other members of the Jedi with tears running down her chins. She then took a deep breath and stepped bravely out into space vacuum. The air she had tried to hold in her lungs, was mercilessly pulled from her and she died in seconds. Her body was finally retrieved and put together with the others in the morgue.
Qui Gon was blunt: ”Do better next time, people!! Now get back to work.”
Night time until 23:00 GMT+1 Sunday 2nd of Mai (in about 23:00 hours) Night orders in by 22:00 GMT+1 (22 hours from now)
Tally:
White_Eyes:D: 6 (autolycus, Choxorn, Diamondeye, Renata, Subotan, YLC)
autolycus: 2 (Chaotix, Yaropolk)
Diamondeye: 1 (TinCow)
pevergreen: 1 (Niklas)
TinCow: 1 (pever)
Not voting: 7 (ATPG, atheotes, Centurion1, johnhugh, Psychonaut, split, WE:D)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
autolycus
Centurion1
Choxorn
Diamondeye
johnhughthom
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Renata
splitpersonality
Subotan
TinCow
Yaropolk
YLC
Sorry people about the late update. I had a RL situation right around the time when this was supposed to be posted, involving a little girl and some vomit...
Round 11
Day
Streen returned to his cabin. Outside waited a well known person. “Hey.. What are you doing here?” Streen asked. The person looked a bit troubled, but answered: “I need to talk to you.”
Streen showed the person into his cabin. “Now what was it you wanted to tal… abou….” Streen’s world turned and he went down like a sack of wood. The pain in his mind was excruciating. It was like the very thoughts were drained from his mind. The visiting person looked disappointed. Streen woke up a while later not remembering how he got into his own cabin.
Githany walked the halls of the quarters on her way back from a long day.
On his way she met a well known person. They accompanied each other a ways way.
Suddenly the person made a gesture and Githany’s world was turned upside down. She hit the floor hard, her life vitals idling.
Barrison Draay was utterly tired after a long day. He never got used to the 24 hour days. The hallways were dark around his cabin and he was not enjoying walking alone here after the happenings since they arrived on this ancient beast.
He was getting close to his cabin when he felt a presence. His lightsaber ignited and the green hue lit up the dark hallway. He walked slowly towards an adjacent hallway and sneaked around the corner. There in the middle of the hallway stood a dark figure shrouded in a dark cloak and crimson lightsabre burning in the right hand. Barrison walked out into the hallway determined to not lose this fight. He took his defensive stance. The cloaked figure stared at him with glowing amber eyes as if assessing him. Barrison was not too comfortable with the situation. The figure finally looked a bit disappointed, if one could attribute such emotions to those hard amber eyes emitting pure hatred. The figure lifted one hand and lightening shot out of it. Barrison Draay felt the agonizing electricity pounding the very core of his being. It took only a little while before darkness overcame him.
Tahiri Veila was not too happy about being on this death trap. She had worried about getting attacked every night since the first murders. She looked nervously over her shoulder every now and then on the way to her cabin. She never saw the cloaked figure that stood there silently in the hall with head bowed. When she finally noticed the figure, she cried out. The cloaked figure jerked to and bored amber eyes into her very soul. Tahiri turned, enhanced her physique and started running away from the cloaked figure. She was picking up good speed and was confident that she would get away. She did not feel the surge of air that built up behind her and swept her away and crushed her frame into and through the wall that ended the hallway she was running through.
Somewhere a member of the Jedi expedition force was meditating.
He had started his usual routine, but was suddenly overcome with peace and elevation as a presence surged into his very being. He heard a call from somewhere and followed the directions he received. The directions led to a special storage area.
The next morning when they met together they were three less. Obi Wan looked worried about the prospect that the Sith was getting stronger, when Githany finally entered the auditorium. She looked haggard from a night spent in the hallway. She was not happy about it and her temper was rather short. Her eyes were shooting down anyone looking at her. Qui-Gon stopped the inquisitory stares by announcing: “Well, let’s find out if the other two is also just late.” A few Jedi Knights went to investigate. They soon returned, grim faces betraying that the two was in fact dead.
“Alright, people, let’s get this thing going. Let’s find the Sith once and for all.”
We lost a Padawan and one of our Jedi Knights last night. I will therefore promote Sifo-Dyas to the rank of Padawan. I would also like to promote Streen to Jedi Knight, you have been showing great progress lately. Congratulations to the both of you!!!
You have until 23:00 GMT+1 Monday 3rd of Mai (21,5 hours from now)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
autolycus
Centurion1
Choxorn
Diamondeye
johnhughthom
pevergreen
Psychonaut
splitpersonality
Subotan
TinCow
YLC
Round 11 night results updated...
Round 12
Night
The voting session was at end and yet again there was a clear candidate. Qui-Gon Jinn was quite happy about their diligence in finding and rooting out Sith. If they had been successful remained to be seen. Today’s tally keeper gave Qui-Gon proudly the tally. One name stood out among the others. When Qui-Gon saw who the candidate was his mood darkened. It couldn’t be one of the remaining masters. But yet it was and they would now lose a powerful hunter of the Sith. Qui-Gon cursed and phased back and forth. The Padawan tally keeper backed away from the seething Qui-Gon.
Qui-Gon finally stopped and scanned the gathered Jedi. “Alright Jorus C’baoth, you have been accused of being a Sith and sentenced to death. Now would you please step forward.” The Jedi Knights looked worried when the Master composed himself and got up. Another master had already been on his feet a little while and moved in close to Qui-Gon and whispered something in his ear. Qui-Gon turned and said:”No, that would not be necessary. I don’t think he would make a scene. Would you Master C’baoth?” the ageing Master looked at Qui-Gon and the other Master next to Qui-Gon with stern eyes, but didn’t make a move for his lightsabre. “Good lad, now if you would be so kind to follow us.” The rest of the procedure went as it did last time. The Master went without complain out into space and the body was later recovered and put in with the others in the morgue that were now keeping quite a few members of the crew.
Qui-Gon was not too sure they had got a Sith this time.
“Back to work crew!!”
Night ends at 23:00 GMT+1 (23 hours from now) Tuesday 4th of May. Orders in by 22:00 GMT+1 (22 hours from now)
Tally:
autolycus: 5 (atheotes, Chaotix, Diamondeye, johnhugh, TinCow )
Centurion1: 3 (autolycus, Niklas, Psycho)
Diamondeye: 1 (YLC)
johnhugh: 1 (Subotan)
Subotan: 1 (split)
Not voting: 4 (ATPG, Centurion1, Choxorn, pever)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
Centurion1
Choxorn
Diamondeye
johnhughthom
pevergreen
Psychonaut
splitpersonality
Subotan
TinCow
YLC
Round 12
Day
A cloaked person moved unnoticed in the hallways looking for tonight’s target. Cabin doors were passed and the cloaked person halted a bit in passing each one, letting the force guide the way. The cloaked person tilted head up and back and seem to sense something, or rather the lack of something. Golden, or rather amber burning eyes were searching the shadows of the hallway. Someone was approaching, but somehow the cloaked being couldn’t sense who it was or if it was the one.
The cloaked person shifted into the shadows and vanished.
Belth Allusius was approaching the place where the hidden and cloaked person stood.
He was very close when the cloaked being sprang up and towards Belth with crimson lightsabre ignited. The cloaked being was propelled backwards by some force field surrounding Belth Allusius. Belth was ready, Green lightsabre in hand. The cloaked person got up and watched Belth with burning amber hatred and lifted one hand. Belth Allusius felt the air from his lungs being emptied and something crushing his windpipe. Belth was seeing stars and reached out. There had to be something he could do… Yes there. A heavy pipe went over the head of the cloaked being and was attached to the roof. Belth formed his failing thoughts on the pipe and pulled at it with the force. The pipe and the ceiling came crashing down on top of the cloaked being. Belth Allusius soon regained full consciousness and saw that the cloaked being was not rendered harmless and was just about to get up. Belth was not going to stand here contending further with this Sith. He was exhausted but managed to use the last bit of strength and force. Before the cloaked person was again on the feet ready to finish the fight, Belth was gone. The cloaked person looked up and down the long hallway but couldn’t see Belth anywhere. The cloaked being cursed: “Impossible, only I am that fast.”
Githany had been working especially long and diligent this day and was utterly fatigued.
She was dragging her feet along the hallway when she heard a sinister voice: “Githany… Oh Githany… Where are you?” The fatigue vanished like a snack on a table near a Hutt. She was utterly afraid and was sure her last hour had come. This could only be the voice of a Sith. The evil stank from it. She saw the cloaked being materializing from the shadow and screamed. The cloaked being raised one arm and Githany’s world swirled before her eyes. She reached out and drew some of the force to her and released it in the direction of the cloaked being. The cloaked being was thrown against the wall and tumbled on to the floor. Githany was carefully retreating from the scene but hadn’t come far when the cloaked being stirred and got up. Githany screamed again. The cloaked being looked at her with utterly hateful, glowing and amber eyes. “So you know a few tricks as well. Too bad those will not save you.” The cloaked being crouched and jumped, releasing something. Githany was suddenly caught in a gale and was thrown through the air. So forceful was the force that hit her that it tore up the walls, floor and ceiling as it moved through the hallway. Githany never felt the impact on the far end of the wall as her body was utterly crushed against it and finally pushed through it.
Sifo Dyas was returning to his cabin when he met a well known member of the crew on the way. They talked about trivial things all the way to Sifo’s cabin. The other member asked if he could talk to the Padawan under four eyes. As they entered the cabin, Sifo felt the world swirl around him and he felt as if his mind was pulled out of his being.
It was an excruciating pain and it soon overcame him.
As he woke up again, he couldn’t remember how he got to his cabin.
Anakin Skywalker sat in the dining hall when a well known member of the crew entered. They talked a little about this and that a while when Anakin Suddenly went limp hitting his head against the table. The other crew member left Anakin where he was and exited the dining hall.
The night finally ended and the Jedi crew was again yet again gathered in the auditorium.
Anakin Skywalker looked particularly tired. There was only one missing from the meeting and Qui-Gon Jinn hoped that the missing person was just late. When Githany didn’t show up, Qui-Gon sent a few Knights to go and check. The Knights returned and told the tale of a disaster area right next to Githany’s cabin. They hadn’t found her anywhere and assumed she was dead.
Alright, that means we are a Padawan short. We no longer have any Initiates to promote so let’s continue to the voting shall we? We obviously haven’t caught the Sith.
Voting ends at 23:00 GMT+1 Wednesday 5th of Mai (about 23 hours from now)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
Centurion1
Choxorn
Diamondeye
johnhughthom
pevergreen
Psychonaut
splitpersonality
Subotan
TinCow
Announcement:
I am embarrassed to say this, but I forgot my game data at work again, which means I can't do the force upgrades until I get to work. Expect a late delivery.
It shouldn't affect the voting anyway.
Round 13
Night
When Qui-Gon Jinn finally arrived, the Jedi in session had just finished a long and heated discussion and a tally was presented. Qui-Gon had a quick look at it and smiled. “Very good Jedi, I am pleased.” He looked up and scanned the gathered few. “Would Mas Amedda please come forward” A huge blue headed man got up and moved carefully to the front. Qui-Gon looked the man in the eyes. “You have been found to be most likely Sith of all the remaining crew. You know what that entails, right?” Mas just nodded. Qui-Gon nodded to the waiting Knights. They escorted the big blue man out of the Auditorium.
One Master leaned in:” We finally got the Twi’Lek, didn’t we?” Qui-Gon Jinn turned and faced the Jedi Master. “Twi’Lek? Mas Amedda is not a Twi’Lek. He is a Chagrian. What gave you the idea that He was a Twi’Lek?” The Master just shrugged. “They all look alike to me.”
Mas Amedda was brought to the space barrier and he unceremoniously stepped out into space vacuum. He drifted slowly outside and the coldness of space soon brought a frozen look to him. Mas Amedda waved back at his audience and smiled. He was soon brought inside again and he walked right past the Jedi Master who had accused him, giving him a long stare.
Let’s get back to work people, shouted Qui-Gon.
Tally:
Centurion1: 6 (ATPG, Choxorn, Diamondeye, johnhugh, Subotan, TinCow)
Subotan: 5 (atheotes, Cent1, Niklas, pever, Psycho)
Not voting: 2 (Chaotix, Split)
Night ends at 23:00 GMT+1 Thursday 6th of May (23 hours from now) Night actions in by 22:00 GMT+1 (22 hours from now)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
Centurion1
Choxorn
Diamondeye
johnhughthom
pevergreen
Psychonaut
splitpersonality
Subotan
TinCow
Round 13
Day
Qui-Gon Jinn was out and about heading for a particular part of the quarters section when he met one of the crew members. Qui-Gon didn’t really want to talk to anyone at this particular time and was short in his conversation. The other crew member was on the other hand very chatty and Qui-Gon was reduced to listen to this verbose crew member. At a particular junction which was out of ways way, the crew member made a gesture whose signature Qui-Gon knew very well, he had barely time to look surprised before he slumped down onto the floor completely unconscious.
Mara Jade Skywalker, the beautiful descendant of the first Jedi, walked along the hallway leading to her quarters. Her hips swayed extra and she played with her hair thinking about the beauty contest that she had just won and that had been organized just for lulz by the remnant of the Jedi crew. It was nice to be recognized as the most gorgeous chick onboard. She felt particularly feminine this night and she was in a particularly good mood. At an intersection close to her cabin stood a dark presence.
The dark side of the force was reeking from it and amber hateful eyes were observing her approach. Mara felt the threat from it and the feminine sway of her walk turned to determined warrior steps. She ignited her blue lightsabre and approached the dark presence. As she was about to attack this dark being, which could only be a Sith, the being raised both hands and blue energy cascaded from them. Mara was ready though and used the force to deflect the electric lightning. She moved in to strike at the cloaked and dark being with those hateful amber eyes, when she felt a surge through her body. It was as if her very life force was drained from her. She fell helpless to the floor, lightsabre clinking down the hallway. The dark being moved closer to her and smiled:” And so ends the most beautiful woman on this ship and another will take your place.”
She could barely hear the cackling laughter of the retreating Sith as her strength was near completely depleted.
Anakin Skywalker was love struck. He had witnessed the beauty contest and had loudly approved the winner which had sent him some inviting glances. Even though they were distant relatives, they were distant enough to engage in a relationship. That she had the same surname as him was just an advantage. She wouldn’t have to change it should he propose and they were married. He smiled thinking about the prospect.
As he neared her cabin, he saw a lightsabre lying in the hallway. Wasn’t that Mara’s? He hurried along the hallway and saw a slumped body in the intersection up ahead. Could it be? “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!” He ran the rest of the way and knelt down by the woman he barely knew but yet loved. She was barely breathing. He put her head on his lap and stroke her beautiful auburn hair. She was still semi unconscious, but he thought he saw a smile on her face and a single tear running down her chin. He talked soothingly to her as he sensed that her life force was about to fail. A presence loomed nearby and approached. A sinister voice uttered: “So.. if it isn’t the love birds. You will soon be joined in the hereafter, or maybe not…” The amber glowing eyes were looming over Anakin as he sat with Mara’s head on his lap. He was angry. “You killed her!! I may not be able to best you, but others surely will. You can’t escape, Sith!!.”
The dark being laughed manically and crouched.
Anakin threw up a field of force in front of him and Mara, and as the Sith jumped up and released a torrent of force, the part that hit his field was absorbed. However the hallway around him tore apart and the noise of it was nearly unbearable.
The Sith looked at the untouched Anakin and smiled. “Gooooood... that is a trick which would be nice to learn.”
Anakin felt his world go asunder and it was as if his life force was drained from him. He slumped forward and landed beside Mara who was struggling breathing. Darkness soon overtook Anakin as he no longer had the power to hold his eyes open. But his last view was of a beautiful woman next to him. His last draw of breath was full of her smell. The last touch was of her embrace. He was dying, but he was glad it was next to her.
Somewhere a member of the Jedi expedition force was meditating.
He had started his usual routine, but was suddenly overcome with peace and elevation as a presence surged into his very being. He heard a call from somewhere and followed the directions he received. The directions led to a special storage area.
The morning meeting was supposed to have been started, but Qui-Gon Jinn and two of the Jedi Knights were missing. The assembled few were looking worriedly at each other. Why wasn’t the Grand Master here? Had he been attacked? One of the Jedi Masters got to his feet and was about to make a statement, when the doors banged open and a haggard looking Qui-Gon stumbled into the auditorium. He walked like a drunkard towards the Master and motioned for a chair. One was provided and he sat down on it heavily. “I have some dire news, the Sith is gaining in strength, I have apparently been assaulted by someone knowing secrets that no-one in here should have known. I don’t remember what exactly happened last night but I woke up in the hallways just a few minutes ago. On the way here, I discovered the bodies of Mara and Anakin Skywalker. The Sith is still among us, and we need to continue our search and root them out.
Mara and Anakin were both Jedi Knights and I will therefore promote two new Knights. The honor goes to two brave Padawans, the last two we have: Mas Amedda and Sifo-Dyas. Congratulations!!!”
Qui-Gon seemed to be gaining in strength and declared: “Let the voting begin!!!”.
Voting session ends at 23:00 GMT+1 Friday 7th of May (in 23 hours)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Choxorn
johnhughthom
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
Centurion1
Diamondeye
pevergreen
Psychonaut
splitpersonality
Subotan
TinCow
Two mistakes has been corrected.
1. The right gender in round 5 has been implemented.
2. Kyp Durron was already a Knight last round. I mistakenly wrote it in by reading the wrong like in the game documents. Syfo-Dyas was the upgraded Padawan.
Sorry to the players involved.
Announcement:
I will not be answering PMs involving questions about particular results or other players. Only questions regarding your own character and powers will be answered.
Round 14
Night
Qui Gon Jinn rushed into the voting in session. He was a bit late and the Jedi crew seemed nervous with anticipation. “Give me the tally!!” the Knight who had kept the tally handed it nervously over to Qui-Gon. “What, Mas Amedda again? Are you sure now? The Knight nodded. “Very well Mas, get yourself down here.” The hulking frame of Mas came yet again down to where Qui-Gon stood. “You know the drill by now. Let’s get this done already.” They all marched out and towards the hangar area. Mas did as he had done yesterday and stepped out into space. His body was floating as it did yesterday and he yet again smiled and waved back at them from outside. When he was brought into the warmth of the Star Destroyer, he jumped up and down.”It’s a bit nippy out there.” Qui-Gon shook his head in disbelief. “You gotta do better than this people. Now get back to work!!”
Night time ends 23:00 GMT+1 (in about 21 hours) orders in by 22:00 GMT+1 (20 hours)
Tally:
Centurion1: 8 (ATPG, atheotes, Chaotix, Diamondeye, pever, Psycho, Subotan, TinCow)
Psychonaut: 2 (Cent1, split)
Not voting: 1 (Niklas)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Choxorn
johnhughthom
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
Centurion1
Diamondeye
pevergreen
Psychonaut
splitpersonality
Subotan
TinCow
Round 14
Day
Qui-Gon was hurrying towards a particular area of the quarters when he met someone. Qui-Gon just marched right past this person who apparently wanted to talk to him. Qui-Gon had only walked a few steps past this individual when a thought struck him. Déjà vu… This had happened before, recently. Qui-Gon spun around ready to withstand attack, but he was too late. The person he had passed had already a hand in the air and was making a gesture as Qui Gon turned. Blackness came like someone turning off the light and Qui Gon slumped onto the hallway floor.
Belth Allusis was also out and about heading to another particular location in the living quarters.
His step was quick and he was not prepared meeting a dark and cloaked person blocking his way. Belth had no time for this and put a protection barrier around him. The dark and cloaked being bored amber eyes into Belth’s brown with hatred. The cloaked being crouched like a predator and released a force torrent which did havoc in the hallway but floated around Belth’s protective barrier. Belth was yet again ready when the cloaked person mounted a second attack. By the force he lifted the cloaked person and threw him backwards down the hallway. The cloaked person hit the floor hard, but was on the feet as quick as a panther. The cloaked person saw the determined face of Belth as he marched down the hallway towards the location of the cloaked person, green lightsabre burning in his hand.
Belth saw the cloaked being turn and within moments the being had disappeared into the darkness and was gone.
Nomi Sunrider was heading towards her cabin when she met someone familiar. “What are you doing here?” The other person looked grim and determined and Nomi sensed danger. She put a protective barrier around her which was just in time as the other person with stretched out hands released a cascade of blue energy which danced on the protective barrier of Nomi.
She was ready for what came next. The other person ignited a green lightsabre and Nomi could sense that she wouldn’t be able to best this person. As the other person was about to attack, she released a bit of the force from her hand and a blinding flash erupted. The other person was caught in it and waved around unseeing. Nomi took the chance given her and escaped.
Sifo Dyas was tired and looked forward to a bunk where he could close his eyes and rest.
He was nearing his own cabin when he was met by someone blocking the hallway. It was a dark and sinister being with glowing amber eyes. Sifo Dyas got his blue lightsabre out and used the force to erect a small absorbing field in front of him. The dark being cackled: “Hehe… your puny tricks won’t save you Sifo.” Sifo suddenly felt the air from his lungs being emptied and a choking pressure sensation to his windpipe. Darkness soon overtook him and he slumped to the floor dead.
The meeting had again started without Qui Gon Jinn. Where was he this time was the consensus question of those at the meeting. Qui Gon soon appeared haggard like yesterday. He asked for a chair and just sat down heavily. He could barely speak and just waved the keep going sign. The voting session had thus started with one Jedi Knight short. He had been found earlier that morning and since there were no Padawans among them, there were no promotions.
voting ends at 23:00 GMT+1 Sunday 9th of May (22 hours from now)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Choxorn
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
Centurion1
Diamondeye
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Subotan
TinCow
Round 15
Night
Qui Gon was too tired to go anywhere else but sit on his chair and watch the voting procedure taking place. The votes shifted from one Jedi Member to the next and when the voting session neared the end, there was yet again a clear candidate.
Qui-Gon knew who it was before the Jedi Knight brought the tally.
Qui-Gon had recovered some of his strength and managed to get up. He declared: “Could Mas Amedda please come forward.” The big blue Charigan got up smiling and replied: “Is all this really necessary?” A few of the Knights and Masters moved to Qui Gon’s side ready for any trouble that the large Charigan might cause. Mas simply put his hands in the air with a shrug. “I am not going to cause any trouble, if that’s what you think. But I doubt another space walk will make any thing different from yesterday.” Qui-Gon looked grim. “Let’s get this over with!”
The Jedi walked ceremoniously out to the hangar with Mas Amedda as lead. The Charigan stepped out into space and floated slowly away. He turned to the gathered Jedi and started smiling… but then that smile froze and his eyes glazed over. Mas Amedda died the cold death.
His body was retrieved and placed among the others in the morgue.
“I guess that was a surprise” Qu-Gon smiled. “I hope that was the end of the Sith.” Qui-Gon was not too sure though.
“Let’s get back to work people”
Night ends at 23:00 GMT+1, night orders in by 22:00 GMT+1 (21 hours from now)
Tally:
Centurion1: 7 (ATPG, atheotes, Cent1, Diamondeye, pever, Subotan, TinCow)
Subotan: 1 (Chaotix)
Not voting: 2 (Niklas, Psycho)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Centurion1
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Choxorn
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
Diamondeye
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Subotan
TinCow
Round 15
Day
Belth Allusis was heading towards a certain part of the quarters section. He was grim of sight and walked with a purpose. He was ready for anything.
As he rounded a corner he was met by a dark cloaked being standing in the middle of the hallway. Belth quickly erected a force protection barrier around him. It was just in time too, because the dark and cloaked being with burning amber eyes leaped from a crouching position releasing something. The walls on either side of Belth, including roof and floor were flayed like leaf before the north wind. The force was so strong that it opened the roof of the quarter’s section beneath him and Belth lost footing and fell down to the floor below. His force field took most of the impact and he got up ready for whatever came next. The cloaked being came sailing through the air and landed like a cat next to Belth. Belth could sense that this Sith was about to launch the follow up attack. But Belth was ready for it. He grabbed the being with the force and flung it down the hallway. The being was tired after the destruction up stairs and being thrown is this manner did take the rest of the strength it had.
Belth Allusis was walking over to where the cloaked and beaten being lay, when another cloaked being approached from the other side. Belth was getting tired holding the protection field up by the force. The new and fresh Sith stared at Belth with evil and hateful amber eyes. “So you bested my apprentice did you? I sense the dark side in you, but I can’t let you live.” The dark being stretched forth both hands and lightning danced forth from them. Belth’s protective barrier was nearly failing but it took the main part of the torrent of blue energy. When he couldn’t hold it up any longer, electricity danced on his body which made him scream. When the torrent finally subsided, Belth was kneeling on the floor panting. Every muscle in his body was cramping and he couldn’t utter a word. The cloaked being got nearer to Belth and leaned over and whispered with a sinister voice: “You are powerful, Jedi, but the Sith will always prevail.” And by that Belth felt his lungs being emptied and something tightening around his throat. Soon darkness came to Belth as he lost consciousness.
Streen was heading back to his cabin in a hurry. He felt as he was being stalked…Then he heard the quick footsteps in the hallway. Streen was worried now. Who would be walking here at this hour? It was only him that had taken a cabin in these parts. The footsteps came closer and he saw the green hue of what could only be a lightsabre around the hallway corner. Streen stepped back into the shadows of the hallway just before a person came striding round the corner, looking grim and with lightsabre in hand. The person obviously had expected that someone was there around the corner, because he looked up and down the hallway and seemed confused. The person grunted when he couldn’t see anyone and continued down the hallway mumbling something. When the coast was clear, Streen reentered the dim light of the hallway and wondered what that was all about.
Kyp Durron was utterly tired after a long day fixing the ship’s power grid. He really needed some rest after today’s ordeal. Along the way, he met a recognizable person who asked if it was alright that he tagged along. Kyp didn’t mind as this was a person he trusted. They walked along chatting about the ship and how to best get it up and running. When they got to Kyp’s cabin, the other person asked if he could talk with Kyp some more. Kyp agreed and the both entered the cabin. The other person suddenly turned towards Kyp abd gestured. Kyp slumped lifeless to the floor. The other person looked concerned and walked over to the now comatosed Kyp. “I am sorry friend, but I have to do this.” He crouched down and closed his eyes. The world would have spun around Kyp had he been conscious. The other person cursed that he had used his powers in the wrong order … again.
Kyp Durron woke up right before the meeting in the auditorium and couldn’t remember at all why he had fallen asleep on the floor of his cabin fully clothed.
The meeting was in session and everybody was there except Kyp Durron and Belth Allusis. Kyp Durron finally arrived looking haggard.
Qui Gon took one look at Kyp before continuing; We lost a Jedi Master last night and we need therefore to promote a new one.
I have decided to raise Nomi Sunrider to the rank of Jedi Master. She is certainly capable of such an office. Congratulations!!! A bright light appeared behind Nomi Sunrider and a personage materialised. The personage lay a hand on Nomi's shoulder and nodded in approval. The being looked like Belth Allusis and the other Jedi looked at him in awe. The personage uttered: "Find my killers, they are among you", before he vanished like he came.
Qui-Gon admonished them to start voting.
Voting ends at 23:00 GMT+1 (in 23 hours) Tuesday 11th of May
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Centurion1
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Choxorn
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
TinCow
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
TinCow
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
Diamondeye
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Subotan
Round 16
Night
The crew was waiting for the arrival of Grand Master Qui Gon Jinn. They had swiftly put a candidate to the tally and nearly all had voted in unison. Qui Gon was still looking a bit haggard after receiving two doses of Morichro on subsequent night; that stuff wasn’t particularly good for you health. He took a long look at the tally and finally smiled. “I think you have chosen correctly. Would Master Kenobi please come forward.” Obi Wan Kenobi looked surprised at being called. Qui Gon continued: “I have had the fortune to know you a while Ben, but this comes as an extreme disappointment. You have been caught lying about yourself and your Master abilities; and you have stayed allusive in the hunt for the Sith. I believe you are one Ben…or should I say; Darth Ruin!!”
Ben Kenobi just laughed: “Hahahhahhaahh… you think you have caught a Sith do you? This is laughable at best.” Qui-Gon hesitated a little. This was not the reaction that he expected of an exposed Sith. While Obi Wan stated his tirade about how stupid this was, a light formed at the centre of the auditorium. The form of Belth Allusis appeared and he pointed an accusing finger at Obi Wan. “That is the person who attacked me yesterday and the day before that. He is the Sith Lord.”
Obi Wan Kenobi hissed and the irises of his eyes turned amber as hatred washed up in him toward the gathered Jedi. Obi Wan produced a crimson lightsabre in a fraction of a second and it was ignited and on the way to cut Qui-Gon down. The new Master was ready for something like this and stepped up with an outstretched hand and flung Obi Wan or Darth Ruin as Qui-Gon had named him, backwards. Qui-Gon was likewise ready and he too used his force push and added to the Master’s momentum. Obi Wan Kenobi hit the back wall with a large thud and fell to the floor unconscious.
Several lightsabres in the hues of green, yellow and blue sprang to life as Jedi Knights and Master encircled Obi Wan Kenobi.
There were not much fight left in him and he was dragged out into the hangar where they promptly disposed of him out through the space barrier. The dead body was retrieved and put together with the others in the morgue.
The ethereal beings of Belth Allusis, Yoda and Kenth Hamner stod in the hangar and nodded approvingly.
A 4th ethereal being appeared and it was the late Darth Nihl, who came gloating. He simply laughed at them before disappearing again.
Night ends at 23:00 GMT+1 orders in by 22:00 GMT+1 in about (22 hours)
Tally:
Psychonaut: 6 (ATPG, atheotes, Chaotix, Diamondeye, pever, TinCow)
Askthepizzaguy: 1 (Subotan)
Not voting: 2 (Niklas, Psycho)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Centurion1
Psychonaut
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Choxorn
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
TinCow
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
TinCow
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
Diamondeye
pevergreen
Subotan
Round 16
Day
Streen was in a hurry again and moved fast down the hallways near his cabin. He could sense he was being followed… again. What did this person want? Streen hurried along the shadows of the hallway and took at the next intersection a hallway leading away from his cabin. The person following him was still on his tale as if he sensed where he was. Streen stopped and backed into a small depression in the wall and vanished. The person following Streen finally caught up to the place Streen had vanished. The person looked around as if having just lost the bearings of the one being tracked. The person cursed: “Not again!!” And stalked back the way the person had come.
Qui-Gon returned to his cabin from a previous engagement when he felt a danger nearby and backed into an alcove near the door of his cabin and vanished. From the opposite direction came a cloaked being with burning amber eyes. The being looked up and down the hallway as if it expecting someone there but couldn’t see them. From the opposite direction around a corner came another dark and cloaked being, but this one was holding an ignited crimson lightsabre. The cloaked being halted as if it had expected someone there around the corner other than the other cloaked being.
They looked at each other with frustration. Their prey had escaped. They walked back down the hallway a bit when suddenly the first of the cloaked beings turned. Amber glowing eyes filled with utter hatred looked back the way they had left and cursed. The cloaked being crouched as a feline about to jump a prey and released a blast wave of the force. Qui-Gon still hiding in the shadows reacted by gathering force unto himself and released it toward the torrent that was heading his way. But his force Push was nothing against the Force Destruction that the Dark Lord of the Sith had unleashed in his direction. Qui-Gon was caught unprepared in the force full destructive wave which tore apart the entire section of the quarters. The wave punched a hole in the ship side the size of an AT-AT Walker and Qui Gon with the debris of most of the cabins in the path of the Sith’s onslaught was sucked out into space. Qui-Gon was unconscious from being thrown through several walls and couldn’t utilize his breath control and suffered death in the cold space.
The morning meeting only had 3 people. They looked at each other worrying about the absence of Qui-Gon their Grand Master. Suddenly a light appeared and a ethereal being materialized. It was Qui-Gon… The ethereal version of Qui-Gon announced: I have been murdered. This means you are a Grand Master short. I will put Nomi Sunrider in my seat. Do well Nomi, because this is your last chance.
And by that the ethereal being moved to the side. Several other ethereal beings appeared:
Yoda, Kenth Hamner and Belth Allusis appeared and stood next to Qui-Gon. Another being appeared: Darth Nihl came and stood grinning on the opposite side of them.
Nomi Sunrider who now held the mantle of the Grand Master declared: “Let the voting begin.”
Voting ends at 23:00 GMT+1 Tomorrow Thursday the 13th of May (in 22 hours)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Centurion1
Psychonaut
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Choxorn
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
TinCow
Diamondeye
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
TinCow
Diamondeye
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
pevergreen
Subotan
Round 17
Night
The voting session seemed to be unanimous. Nomi Sunrider, Kyp Durron and the ethereal beings of Yoda, Qui-Gon Jinn, Kenth Hamner, Belth Allusius and Darth Nihl all voted for Streen, who couldn’t believe what was happening. They all seemed to think he was a Sith. “Hey… come on! I came onboard this ship as an initiate. How could I possibly be the one responsible for all this? Why not vote for Nomi? She was a Jedi Knight when we first got here. And Yoda did say we should look for those skilled with a lightsabre.” Nomi Sunrider interrupted Streen. “I think we have heard enough of your excuses. All of us here believe you are the one we need to get rid of to end this."
The protestations of Streen could be heard all the way to the hangar. The entourage of ethereal and real people finally stood before the space barrier that led out to cold space.
Streen was pushed through and was enveloped by cold vacuum space. Frost began to grow on his clothes and hair but he didn’t die. With a cold hand he waved back at them. When he finally got back into the hangar all frozen and sniffy, he just smiled to the others. “Well what now?”
Nomi Sunrider looked disappointed, but said: “I guess we need to keep each other’s company in the auditorium until we resolve this…"
Night ends at 23:00 GMT+1 Friday the 14th of May. Orders in by 22:00 GMT+1
(23 hours from now)
Tally:
Subotan: 7 (ATPG, atheotes, Chaotix, Diamondeye (Renata), Niklas, pever, TinCow )
Not voting: 1 (Subotan)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Centurion1
Psychonaut
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Choxorn
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
TinCow
Diamondeye
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
TinCow
Diamondeye
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
pevergreen
Subotan
Round 17
Day
Nomi Sunrider looked intensely at her companions. They never betrayed any Sith like behaviour. She began to doubt that the Sith was among the people gathered in the auditorium. She finally announced: “All right gentlemen, I am beginning to tire of this. I will never get used to these 24 hour sessions. My mind is so tired I am seeing things. Let’s call it a day and get some much needed sleep.” The other’s agreed as they too looked exhausted.
The ethereal beings, but one - looked worried. Only one seemed to smirk.
They all left the auditorium heading back to their own bunks, taking separate ways.
Nomi Sunrider took the long way round to maybe fool any stalkers. She was nearing her cabin when she felt immediate danger. She quickly erected a force barrier around herself and took her stance. A cloaked being approached her from around a corner. She was ready. Her training had awarded her the rank of Grand Master and she knew a few tricks.
The dark being approached with a looming presence and Nomi felt small where she stood. A pair of glowing amber eyes looked at her with contempt. The being reached out towards her and Nomi suddenly felt the world turning. She reacted instinctively and gathered a small portion of force and released it towards her assailant. The dark and cloaked being flew down the hallway and struck the floor hard. Nomi was still a little shaky but her wits came back to her like a small trickle. The cloaked being leaped up from the floor and rushed towards her with outstretched hands. Nomi heard a rush of air around her outside the force barrier and she could feel it weakening quickly. The walls, floor and ceiling vanished from this torrent of the force that came her way, but her barrier held. With the flooring gone, she fell down to the level underneath. The cloaked being jumped down after her.
The cloaked being moved the golden amber eyes around as if searching for something. This was all Nomi needed. She let a trickle of the force run through her body and bolted from the scene. The cloaked being cursed seeing Nomi gone.
Streen was heading towards his cabin when he yet again felt danger. Who was it this time? He needed sleep not contending with yet an assailant.
The shadows were many in this particular hallway and he backed up against one of them and vanished.
A cloaked being with glowing amber eyes came into view searching for something or someone. The cloaked being stopped near where Streen was hiding and seemed to listen intently. Streen could hear his own deafening heart beats and hoped this creature wasn’t able to her them also.
The cloaked being drew a lightsabre and ignited it. The crimson light from it dispelled the shadows as the being walked around in the hallway. The cloaked being suddenly swung the lightsabre in a peculiar arch and twirled letting the blade follow with an outstretched hand as if the cloaked being was about to decapitate someone. The blade was mere inches from Streen when the being let the crimson plasma blade fade. The cloaked being left the hallway looking a bit disappointed.
The night went and they were yet again all gathered in the auditorium.
Nomi started by saying: “We didn’t lose any last night..” This is good. But we need to continue the discussion of there being Sith on this ship.
The ethereal beings of Yoda, Qui-Gon Jinn, Kenth Hamner, Belth Allusius and Darth Nihl appeared yet again ready to make their advice.
Vote away people… I might end this round a bit before 23:00 GMT+1 ya know to speed things up a bit. I’ll see how things develops. The round will definitely end by 23:00 GMT+1 and you should know when that is in your own local time.
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Centurion1
Psychonaut
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Choxorn
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
TinCow
Diamondeye
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
TinCow
Diamondeye
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
pevergreen
Subotan
Round 18
Night
The trio of survivors all scowled at each other. None trusted any of the other. Finally the silence broke and accusations were thrown everywhere. Even the ethereal beings were joining in. Votes were cast and at the end of it Streen had yet again majority. Darth Nihl stood looking at the floor with a hand stroking his temples. Maybe they had grown too cocky, maybe they should have been more restrictive in their taunting and maybe, just maybe they would have been able to sway the votes. But it was too late. Streen had the most votes and there was little one could do about it now.
The ethereal beings of former Jedi Masters and Grand Masters moved behind Nomi Sunrider who uttered. “Streen… or should I rather say Darth Krayt!! You have been found guilty to murders. What say you?”
The being formerly known as Streen, hissed and got up with a speed that made his movements blur. The ethereal beings had laid their hands on Nomi’s shoulders and were feeding her force power. Nomi erected a force barrier around herself. Darkness enveloped Darth Krayt as he gathered the dark force around him. Glowing amber eyes appeared in the darkness and a sinister voice spoke. “You… my apprentice, have betrayed me. Only death and dishonor awaits those that betray the Sith.” Blue energy shot from the hands of Darth Krayt and Kyp Durron fell to the floor in agony. Nomi Sunrider looked at the display for raw force punishing the writhing Kyp. She knew that if she didn’t intervene she would be next, but if she didn’t, then she would be rid of her next opponent. Nomi made a decision and drew upon the channeled force.
Darth Krayt cackled as he saw his apprentice about to perish. “Hahahahahah… Now feel the wrath of the dark side. DIE!!!!”
Darth Krayt, the Dark Lord of the Sith went sailing through the air and hit the wall with an immense force. Bones crushed in the impact and he fell to the floor unconscious.
The smoking Kyp Durron, looked up at Nomi and her outstretched hand with amber eyes of hatred. He had failed in taking an opportunity to overturn his master and seize the full power of the dark side. He had failed were this usurper of a woman; the so called Grand Master of the pitiful Jedi had succeeded. He utterly hated her for it, and his amber eyes betrayed him. The ethereal being of Darth Nihl seemed to enjoy the spectacle as he just stood there smirking.
Nomi Sunrider lifted the unconscious Darth Krayt with the force and walked out the door. The ethereal beings waited in the auditorium surrounding Kyp Durron.
Darth Krayt was finally thrown out of the hangar to space vacuum and within moments his body died.
In the auditorium a bright light appeared next to Darth Nihl’s ethereal being and Darth Krayt appeared. In the confusion Kyp managed to sneak away.
When Nomi Sunrider arrived back at the auditorium, there were only ethereal beings there. “Where is Kyp Durron?” she asked. The ethereal beings looked around and just shrugged.
Nomi knew what this meant. She had to find him and stop this once and forever.
Final night actions is needed no later than 22:00 GMT+1 Sunday 15th of May (24 hours from now)…
Tally:
Subotan: 6 (ATPG, atheotes, Chaotix, Diamondeye (Renata), pever, TinCow)
pevergreen: 2 (Niklas, Subotan)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Centurion1
Psychonaut
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Choxorn
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
TinCow
Diamondeye
Subotan
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
TinCow
Diamondeye
Subotan
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
pevergreen
Round 18
Day
Kyp Durron was playing cat and mouse with Nomi Sunrider and hoped he was not the mouse.
He hurried along the dark hallways of the Star Destroyer interior trying to find an advantage point where he could make his stand. But no adequate places could be found. He did not want to depend solely on his own strength against Nomi as he didn’t really know how powerful she was. She had become the Grand Master of the Jedi, a position he had envisioned for himself. But then the call had come from the Sith holocron and it had promised more power than he could ever imagine. He had fallen so deeply to the dark side by betraying his master that he was now beyond redemption. His emotions were all over the place as he had barely been able to adjust to the all powerful sensation of the dark side of the force. Just thinking about Jedi got his heart raising and an utter hateful disdain filled his mind. He couldn’t lose to this Jedi. He had to win and take this ship with its secrets back to Coruscant where he would find a new apprentice and continue the returned order of the Sith.
As he scanned the hallway of possible hiding places, he felt the presence of the light side of the force as if it was approaching. Kyp backed into the shadows and concentrated on the light around him. He managed by the force to bend the little light there was around him and thus completely disappeared from anyone needing light reflection to see.
Around a corner came Nomi Sunrider nearly glowing with the force. Her beauty was nearly unbearable, but Kyp was beyond caring for such traitorous emotions. The only emotion stirring in him was that of hatred and wanting power.
She seemed to sense his presence but she couldn’t make out where he was. She had her lightsabre out and the blue light from it went back and forth to light up the dark parts of the hallway. Kyp erected an invisible protection barrier around him, just in case but Nomi didn’t notice and finally walked away.
Nomi Sunrider was calm as a true Master of the force. Her hot temper, loud mouth, aggressive and opinionated self was long gone. She had now a calmness in her being like unto the great Jedi Masters of the past. She had been tempted to run after Kyp and just strike him down with her lightsabre. But she stayed true to the Jedi code to only use her powers and skill for knowledge and defence, never for attack.
Yet she knew that if her life were at stake she would like Masters in the past channel her powers into one aggressive burst for the disarming of her opponent. She had envisioned how she would do this and had several plans. She had been tempted to envision results where she had killed her opponent, but had managed to let those thoughts subside. She had won over any temptations that would lead to the dark side and made a final plan; a plan involving the return of Kyp to the light side. She had to do anything in her power to turn that poor boy back to the Jedi he once was.
The new Jedi order which would emerge with her return and the knowledge of the force would be a great boost to the universe. The Jedi order would live on through mercy and wisdom and not through pointless destruction. And Kyp Durron would be her Padawan…
She was still in her deep thoughts when the alarm in her body woke her up. It was as if she had been burned, but the feeling was danger instead of pain. She looked around and saw him coming at her. Kyp was looking terrible, all cloaked up and with burning amber eyes. She quickly erected a protective barrier around herself and put herself in a defensive stance, blue lightsabre ready.
Kyp lifted a hand as he approached and Nomi felt as the world turned around her. She knew what was coming and knew what would stop it. She drew force to her and expelled it from her outstretched hand.
Kyp Durron couldn’t hold his concentration as the force hit him and he sailed down the hallway. He landed hard and hurt himself. However hatred raged in him and he overcame any discomfort he had and got up quickly. He drew all the dark force he could muster until he was nearly bursting with it. He leaped forward as if throwing something and the dark force were expelled from him in one large directional blast. Nomi’s force barrier nearly faltered as the torrent of dark force blew around her, destroying walls, floor and ceiling. She fell down to the floor below but was still in one piece. The dark cloaked Kyp jumped after her but Nomi was ready. A blinding flash crippled any vision Kyp might have had and he couldn’t get his bearings. Nomi took the opportunity as she was exhausted from withstanding the destructive force she had experienced moments before and escaped.
She needed to get back to the auditorium where she knew the ethereal beings of former Masters and Grand Masters were. She needed support and strength.
Voting ends when a majority is reached or when I have a moment or two tomorrow. It will be 17th of May our nation's birthday and I will probably be gone most of the daytime.
This voting round should not take long... Will the game end? ...
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Centurion1
Psychonaut
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Choxorn
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
TinCow
Diamondeye
Subotan
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
TinCow
Diamondeye
Subotan
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
pevergreen
Round 19
Night
Kyp Durron burst through the auditorium doors; within waited Nomi Sunrider with former Masters and Grand Masters flanking her. She was ready for any stunt this former Jedi would pull, but not what happened next. Kyp Durron flung himself to his knees begging for forgiveness. He expressed great sorrow for what he had done, the people he had helped killing and for his want for power. He wanted forgiveness and restitution to the Jedi order and offered himself as a Padawan to be trained under the watchful eyes of Nomi Sunrider.
Nomi was intrigued. This was exactly what her wishes had been all along. She was about to step forward when she felt a tug at her shoulder. It was not the sensation of a hand, but it reminded her of it. She turned and saw the ethereal being of Qui-Gon Jinn shaking his head. He then stepped forward. “We do not believe you, Kyp… We will go ahead and take your fate to a vote.”
The voting was unanimous, even Kyp Durron voted himself to somehow strengthen his claim to reconciliation. When the votes had been cast and the tally counted, Nomi approached Kyp Durron. “I am sorry Kyp, but the voting powers have decided that you are to be thrown out into space. Even the former Sith agreed.”
Kyp sighed but agreed that this would be a fitting punishment for his crimes. He followed meekly Nomi Sunrider into the hangar bay and stepped voluntarily up to the space barrier.
He turned one last time and looked sadly at Nomi Sunrider before stepping into space vacuum. Kyp Durron floated into the dark space looking back at Nomi Sunrider who stood there with tears running down her cheeks. His sad and repenting face turned to an evil grin and amber eyes glowed back at the now astonished Nomi Sunrider. Kyp went up and out of sight. Nomi ran up to the barrier to see where Kyp went. She saw that he ripped a space hatchet open with the force and went inside. Nomi, knew that this would be an iteration of what had happened earlier. She had to catch this unrepentant monster and be done with it once and for all. The gloves had come off.
Night actions in by 22:00 GMT+1 18th of May (22:00 hours from now)
Tally:
pevergreen: 8 (ATPG, atheotes, Chaotix, Diamondeye, Niklas, pevergreen, Subotan, TinCow)
Lynched:
a completely innocent name
TheFlax
Belisarius II
Yaseikhaan
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
Niklas
White_eyes:D
autolycus
Centurion1
Psychonaut
Killed:
Beefy187
Husar
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Csargo
Ibn-Khaldun
Methos
Andres
Beskar
Winston Hughes
Chaotix
Sasaki Kojiro
Joooray
Kagemusha
Secura
atheotes
GeneralHankerchief
Diana Abnoba
Yaropolk
Renata
YLC
Choxorn
johnhughthom
splitpersonality
TinCow
Diamondeye
Subotan
Force Ghost:
Chaotix
atheotes
Niklas
TinCow
Diamondeye
Subotan
Alive:
Askthepizzaguy
pevergreen
Round 19
Day
Nomi Sunrider searched the hallways for Kyp Durron, but couldn’t find him. The snake had escaped and probably was hiding in some advantage point where he would assault her should she come by.
She was nearing one of the destroyed parts of the crew quarters and saw how the force could be utilized in the wrong hands. She knew that she had to get rid of Kyp Durron. He was not savable, the dark side had utterly corrupted him. The destructive element that was a Dark Lord of the Sith had to be eliminated to ensure the peace and safety of the galaxy. She recognized this area from the tales in the auditorium. This was where Count Dooku was killed by being ejected out into cold space.
Nomi felt sorry for the guy. So much distrust in a Master of his trade. Had he been alive today he would probably be one of, if not the strongest Jedi around.
She could see where Dooku had been ejected out into space. The hole was still there and the automatic hull breach system was keeping the air inside.
She moved past the breach and towards the part of the hallway which were not damaged. She suddenly felt a danger looming. Nomi quickly erected a force field around her for protection and walked more carefully. She couldn’t see Kyp, but sensed his immediate proximity.
Suddenly she felt the world spinning and her knees faltering. Nomi knew that she was under attack and that she would lose if she didn’t act fast. But she didn’t know where the attack came from and could therefore not react accordingly. She felt as if her life force was being dragged away from her and she was getting desperate. She leashed out with what she got; a blinding flash erupted from her hand, illuminating everything in the hallway as if noon day had entered. Her assailant apparently lost all concentration because he was suddenly there in the middle of the hallway rubbing his eyes.
Nomi saw her chance and took it. Blue energy cascaded from her hands and danced on Kyp’s body. Kyp went down like a sack, body writhing. Nomi stood over him drawing energy from the air around her and expelling it from her hands. Kyp turned with begging teary eyes. Nomi hesitated a brief moment and that was all Kyp needed. He jumped up and quickly erected a force barrier around him before Nomi realized her mistake and pushed the energy with more vigor. But this time it had no effect. The blue lightening danced on his protective barrier and did more damage to the immediate surrounding than on Kyp himself.
Kyp just stood there snarling at her with amber eyes full of hatred.
Nomi was soon dry of the force and had to let the lightening torrent subside. She drew her lightsabre and ignited it. The familiar blue hue lit the hallway up. Kyp drew his own blade and a crimson hue mixed with the blue.
Kyp began his attack and Nomi defended herself like only a Grand Master could. The plasma blades rang in the hallway and bursts of light struck the walls, floor and ceiling as plasma against plasma met. This was obviously an even match. The Dark Lord of the Sith against the Grand Master of the Jedi, the supposedly two most powerful beings in the galaxy. Kyp got in a lucky swing and graced the arm of Nomi who howled from the burning scar that appeared.
She drew a little force and expelled it in Kyp’s direction. He slammed into the wall with great force and hits the floor like a sack of wheat.
Nomi clutched her burned arm but held on to the burning lightsaber. Kyp only momentarily stunned gets up and advances on Nomi.
Nomi is ready; she has already planned what to do next.
Kyp attacks and swings his blade wide. Nomi strikes the floor with her lightsaber and sparks are exploding from it and momentarily blinds Kyp.
She uses force speed and makes a run for it towards where Dooku used to live. Kyp sees her escape and follows suit.
Nomi Sunrider is standing in the middle of the hallway waiting for the approaching Kyp Durron. As he nears he leaps up ready to strike her down. But Nomi is ready. She flings her lightsaber at the emergency structural containment field control panel, the same which controls the seal of the hull breach. As it strikes, the containment field simply vanishes and the hallway and all that are in it are suddenly subject to cold space and its vacuum. The air and debris are violently sucked out through the breach hole. Kyp Durron are sucked trough.
Kyp Durron not able to keep his vitals alive in space vacuum any longer, suffocates in the hazardous cold environment and he soon dies. Nomi Sunrider which is able to keep her life vitals alive in this harsh environment are able to hold on until the pressure is equalized. There is no air in this section and she is able to move to a nearby turbo lift and take it to the bridge.
As she enters the bridge she finds a control panel and restores the containment field in the section she just left and fills the depressurized parts of the ship with pressurized air.
She looks out if the large windows and sees the speck of Kyp drifting towards the closest star.
She slumps down on the floor and starts meditating. She is soon filled with the force and is revitalized.
She was now alone. The ethereal beings had gone and she had a mission to complete.
Nomi stood up and placed herself dead center in the command center and reached out.
She sensed the power grid on the ship and traveled along it mentally with the force. She found all the weak spots and repaired them with the force.
She sought the power plant and switched it to full capacity. The power surged and went out to all parts of the ship. Lights were turned on and the ship saw its former glory.
Nomi stretched out again and took control of all flight controls. She primes the engines and ignites them.
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The ship picks up speed and coordinates are soon plotted in. It is time to return to Coruscant and hand over this cursed ship. Many Jedi lives were lost on it. 40 people boarded it and only one survived. Nomi Sunrider would return to Coruscant and rebuild the Jedi order. She would update the rather lacking records about the force, its uses and abilities. She would also make a long piece about the Sith, how their powers work and how to defeat them. The incident on this Star Destroyer would not happen again…
Somewhere hidden on the ship a red triangular Holocron pulsated, sending out inviting calls.
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The End
Congratulations
to
Askthepizzaguy
and
the Jedi team
for winning
StarWars Mafia: Return of the Sith.
Askthepizzaguy is awarded the Gold medal for being the last man standing
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The Jedi team is awarded the Silver medal for winning the game
ACIN
Andres
atheotes
autolycus
Beefy187
Belisarius II
Beskar
Captain Blackadder
Centurion1
Chaotix
Choxorn
Csargo
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
Husar
Ibn-Khaldun
johnhughthom
Joooray
Kagemusha
Khazaar
Methos
Renata
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Splitpersonality
TheFlax
Thermal Mercury
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Winston Hughes
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan
YLC
https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/SithLogoSilver.png
and the Sith is awarded the Bronze for a well played, yet unfortunate game
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Subotan
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Game host commentaries
I must say that this game has been work, work, work. I had totally forgotten how much time you actually need to invest hosting a large mafia game. The planning part is the most fun part in my opinion. You never know which end you will start from, and the finished product is always a surprise. At least, that’s the way it is for me which to the psychologists among you should indicate that I don’t like doing things more than once or twice.
In this game, I started out with the base idea of wanting to redo a former StarWars game that Elite Ferret once did
(https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?103947-Small-mafia-Star-Wars&highlight=Star+Wars)
I especially liked the rule of two idea where the Sith just recruited a new player when one of them died.
As such, every player could potentially become a Sith. This was where I started designing my game. I started with the Sith and made 39 Sith characters. I picked some well known ones and some lesser known ones. I wanted to have some that turned back and forth and some that had been Jedi before falling to the dark side. When the Sith was made, I needed 40 Jedi roles. One was to be the first Grand Master, the only character in the game that wouldn’t be turned into a Sith. The choice was simple, who other than Yoda could fill that role? The rest of the Jedi characters would be Sith cover roles. Many of them were accurate like Anakin -> Darth Vader, Count Dooku -> Darth Tyranus, Palpatine -> Darth Sidious and Shira Brie – Lumiya. Others were customized and slightly altered to fit.
My prime goal was to find Jedi cover roles of same species, secondary: that they at least looked alike or resembled the Sith characters.
The final character list was this.
Aayla Secura - Talon Darth
Anakin Skywalker -Vader Darth
Atris - Traya Darth
Barrison Draay - Bandon Darth
Barriss Offee - Phobos Darth
Belth Allusis - Plagueis Darth
Corran Horn - Millennial Darth
Count Dooku - Tyranus Darth
Daye Azur-Jamin - Carnor Jax
Den Siva - Nihl Darth
Dhidal Nyz - Azard Darth
Eeth Koth - Maul Darth
Finn Galfridian - Kaox Krul
Galen Marek - Nihilus Darth
Galleros Nul - Rivan Darth
Githany - Githany
Guun Han Saresh - Ruyn Darth
Hoth - Revan Darth
Jacen Solo - Caedus Darth
Jorus C'baoth - Sion Darth
Kenth Hamner - Freedon Nadd
Keyan Farlander - Exar Kun
Koffi Arana - Andeddu Darth
Kyp Durron - Kyp Durron
Lar Le'Ung - Desolous Darth
Luke Skywalker - Angral
Mace Windu - Bane Darth
Mara Jade Skywalker - Zannah Darth
Mas Amedda - Wyyrlok Darth
Micah Giiett - Vectivus Darth
Nomi Sunrider - Cognus Darth
Obi Wan Kenobi - Ruin Darth
Palpatine - Sidious Darth
Qui-Gon Jinn - Stryfe Darth
Shira Brie - Lumiya
Sifo-Dyas - Malak Darth
Streen - Krayt Darth
Tahiri Veila - Tahiri Veila
X2 - Kaan
Yoda - n/a
Balancing the game
When I started doing this part of the game, I soon discovered that it was a large job to make sure that every player would have equal opportunity to win. There were already the problem with Characters that had too close connections with the Sith (Palapatine anyone?) and characters with no connection at all (Yoda, Mace Windu, Obi Wan, Qui Gon). I had planned that all characters should received a rank which determined their “easiness to kill”. I landed on a 5 tier rank system with Initiates at the bottom and the Grand Master at the top. The game started out with 1 Grand Master, 4 Jedi Masters, 8 Jedi Knights, 10 Padawans and the rest Initiates. I had initially decided on a system where Masters had to train Initiates to become Padawans and Padawans to become Jedi Knights, but left that idea as it would be just one more administrative thing to handle. But players had to advance in rank and I let the Sith decide by killing players. If they killed someone above the rank of Initiate, a random player would fill this spot.
Players need to have something to do, which will generate discussions in the game and a doctor role and a investigator are good choices for making a game a little more interesting for some of the players.
Yoda got both abilities and the investigator role went to one character that probably wouldn’t be believed (Count Dooku) and the doctor role went to Qui Gon (both Masters)
I soon found that balancing the game was a too large job when adding in all the features I wanted. There would be too many rules to implement should this be a perfectly balanced game.
I then came over the discussion you guys had on balancing. I particularly liked the mafia scum article on this subject. The one that states that balance is not important. The most important aspect of a game is the illusion that it is winnable by all factions.
I just had to test this out and I believed that it was a successful try out.
With the Sith able to recruit new players every time they lost one, the game was set up to run until the last player, much like a bicycle race or a cross country skiing race. You have teams or nations with several participants in each, but there can only be one winner. The illusion, if you want, is that every participant could win. But reality is that only one will cross the finishing line first and it is usually the one who is either lucky (Australian gold in Salt Lake) or better trained. But since there are teams involved, they will help each other and finally one will win the price for himself and for his team or nation.
I believe all these aspects were in the game. Luck played a major role when it came to who became Sith, and skill (training) played a role when trying to survive until the end.
The Sith needed to be two to be able to defeat the strongest characters like Masters with multiple abilities and Grand Masters, but the Sith was weak when they just turned Sith. I had a progression system where they only learned one killing skill when they first became Sith and which grew by one other by every round. In addition they participated in the great force lotto like everyone else.
The great Force lottery.
Some players got abilities outside the great lotto, but let’s explain the lotto first.
The character sheet was maintained in excel and every player had therefore an integer number with their character. I sorted the excel sheet many times during the game. Every lynched or killed player dropped to the bottom and I had the list sorted on current rank with the Sith having the first two places in the list.
Every night I used the integer Random.org feature where I would pick 4 integers within the living list’s integer range (3-42 with the last number decreasing every time someone was removed from the game)
These 4 numbers corresponded to a living player who had now “won” the force lottery.
Depending on rank, abilities were handed out. Padawans could only learn one ability every night and from the Padawan tier of abilities. Grand Masters and Masters could learn 3 abilities, one from each tier (knights could learn 2).
Each ability was attached to an integer and it was again Random.org who determined which ability a player got. Padawan abilities ranged from 1 to 4, Jedi Knight from 5 - 9 etc.
This system could potentially receive multiple same integers, which it did. Sometimes a player got double lottery wins when their integers showed up twice. I think Subotan which had number 3 in the list received double lottery more than once. I think he was maxed out on abilities long before he was finally lynched. (Note: with multiple integers being picked and a 40 number range, nearly every time the random picker picked a small number as one of the results).
In addition, Grand Masters and Sith had their own tiers which they learned new abilities from outside the force lottery. (incremental by rounds).
When Jedi Knights and Jedi Masters were lucky the first time, it was mentioned in the write-ups as being awakened to the force. Padawans, just got a “you stumbled over a holocron and it taught you an ability.”
The full list of Abilities with their integers are:
Padawan tier
1 Breath control.
2 Absorb
3 Push
4 Speed
Jedi Knight tier
5 Blinding
6 Deflection
7 Grip
8 Protecting
9 Stealth
Jedi Master tier
10 Cloak
11 Ghost
12 Healing
13 Lightning
14 Sense
Grand Master tier
15 Interrogation
16 Morichro
Sith tier
17 Choke
18 Destruction
19 Drain
The Padawan and Knight abilities were more or less just defensive abilities to be used if they were attacked by the Sith or vigilante Masters. I had devised a paper scissors rock kind of system, all though in reality it was just a Paper Rock thing
Kill abilities vs. Defence abilities:
Force Lightning is countered by Force Absorb, Force Deflection, Force Protect, and Force Cloak.
Force Choke is countered by Force Push, Force Speed, Force Blinding, Force Grip and Force Cloak
Force Destruction is countered by Force Absorb and Force Protect.
Force Drain is countered by Force Push, Force Speed, Force Blinding, Force Grip and Cloak.
Lightsaber is countered by better rank, Force Push, Force Speed, Force Blinding, Force Grip and Force Protect.
Other attacks
Force Sense is countered by Force Stealth and Force Cloak (Stealth hides alignment, Cloak hides player)
Force Interrogation is countered by Force Stealth (alignment only) and Force Cloak (Cloak hides player and loses therefore not an ability)
Force Morichro is countered by Force Cloak.
In the early game, players could only use one ability when killing and defending. I think it was when the number of players was reduced by half when I introduced multiple attacks and multiple defences. Advanced Masters and Sith (The Sith Lord was in the Master level tier and the Dark Lord of the Sith was in the Grand Master level tier) would eventually learn to use two abilities pr action and finally able to do two actions with two abilities in each restricting it to one kill pr round.
The players were all susceptible to the dark Side since they all had a Sith character waiting for them. Investigators would sooner than later find players that were using Stealth or actually finding Sith before seeing different results.
And using blocking before investigating was a terrible idea. The results would be warped.
Putting the susceptible to the dark side into the vig ability was meant as psychological restrainer. It worked...
The Back story
I needed a story for the game. All Mafia game needs a good back story; a backbone which you use as a red thread throughout the game. It needs a plausible Town vs. Mafia situation and a system which allows players to be removed from the game.
I had 39 Sith roles and 40 Jedi roles. The game started out with 40 town players where in the first rounds two were moved to the Sith faction.
How do you do this in the StarWars universe?
Since all my characters came from different times in the StarWars universe, I had to be creative. I remembered the Robert Jordan wheel of times concept about the wheel that turns and eventually generates iterations of the same movement.
I had to put this in the distant future at a time where the characters were all ancient history. But I also had to bring in elements from the past – like the holocrons. I had to trap 40 characters some place (common to all mafia games).
The story about a universe where the balance of the force was non existent began to form.
I made the Jedi a non religious and scientific faction without knowledge of the force. The good needing evil as in if you know no evil, you wouldn’t know what good was, began to form. The holocrons were obviously something that had to come from the past and would probably have been hidden from the Jedi until now. The lost Star Destroyer with old Empire artefacts seemed like a good solution.
The Art work
I early on obviously needed to fix some of the Character pictures, correcting colors and pictures. I started with a program called SnagIt which my company uses to capture screen shots and adding simple drawings, arrows etc to them.
Having screwed up Count Dooku’s character image by using the wrong colors, I realised that this program was too basic for my needs. However I made most of the early artwork including the first banners and the character cards with this program.
I wanted to try out an idea I had about promoting Mafia games outside .org. by making small commercial films. The need for a proper logo and theme was needed and I had to get a better program for my artwork. I came over Gimp 2.6 after investigating what the other Gameroomers used for their artwork. Thanks to Thermal Mercury and the artwork corner at TWC, I got into image manipulation.
I downloaded several textures and fonts for Gimp and started brushing up on all the StarWars themed images I had downloaded.
The logo is basically the font EPISODE 1 and some neon sign filter. The EPISODE 1 font has some special characters which includes # (the StarWars logo on the line above your text), % and & which puts lines above and under that which you are writing.
The actual logo went from StarWars Episode VII: The return of the Sith to StarWars: Return of the Sith and finally to StarWars Mafia: Return of the Sith.
I collected mostly StarWars drawings and not footage as the main bulk of the artwork, as it was easier to manipulate and IMO better looking for the game.
The StarWars Mafia watermark in the pictures was not to say that this was my work, but merely to make the artwork official game artwork and would be a good indication that images posted by players were either official or fake.
If you look at Count Dooku’s character card, I left it with the wrong colors as an additional lynchbait to that particular character. But even that had the watermark.
Noticing that players would check out my photobucket album (Which is OK BTW, I have nothing to hide there) I quickly renamed the Sith stuff to be near impossible to discern.
I only had the current Sith characters uploaded so the job was relatively small. I do remember in hindsight that this occurred in the last Midgard game also, and since I already made a contingency plan then, It was a quick job to implement in this game.
The videos didn’t produce the results I had envisioned as I doubt a single player joined because they saw them on youtube.
But the videos have been viewed a few times.
The first commercial where I played around with a SW crawl text (which I was quite happy with and my first movie ever) has been viewed 178 times. The second with the Sith pictures, which by the way, were a reveal over how the game would function (see the Anakin to Vader pictures, the holocron turning Jedi to Sith - all the Sith characters indicating that there would be many of them ), the second video has 428 views as I write this. The other videos (the opening listing all players and the duel) have 91 and 53 views.
I have gathered quite an extensive library with music and images for this game and the material could be used for creating many videos. But as I work full time and have a family, there were only time to do so much. Ideally I would have made a new video for every round, but I hadn’t the time.
My final arwork pieces, the medals are basically two sith emblems crossed st Andrews style with some gold, silver and bronze texture on it. I also put genuine medal ribbons in the empty circle space of the Sith emblems. I was quite happy with the silver one and tried to make the gold and bronze look equally natural, but I wasn’t that lucky with those. The medallions are multi layer pieces with many techniques for lighting and getting the texture to look 3D-ish.
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I can’t think of anything else.
I am not going to do a night by night thing like I have done previously as that would take forever to produce. But feel free to ask questions…
Sigurd
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