Fandom Against an Empire {Lore}

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//Order 66\\

Order 66 was an event at the end of the Clone Wars in which the clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic turned against their Jedi commanders and terminated them, bringing about the destruction of the Jedi Order. The event was triggered by Clone Protocol 66, an order implanted into the clones by the Sith Lords and Kaminoan scientists who created the clone army (the latter being tricked by the Sith into thinking that the sole purpose of their hidden "programming" was to install a safeguard against rogue Jedi). The protocol caused clone troopers to violently lash out at the Jedi and view them as traitors, and were controlled by a bio-chip implanted into the clones during their creation; the chip could control the behavior of the clones and ensure total obedience. The conspiracy, led by Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine—secretly Darth Sidious—and Count Dooku, was nearly exposed when the chip belonging to clone trooper CT-5385 malfunctioned, but all who learned of the conspiracy were killed.
In the final days of the Clone Wars, after having revealed himself to the Jedi as the Dark Lord of the Sith, Palpatine issued Order 66. The clone troopers throughout the galaxy turned on the Jedi and began killing them, with numerous Jedi perishing on battlefields across many different worlds. However, in Palpatine's programming of the Clones, he removed Anakin from the list of Jedi to be killed. Not wanting the clones to kill his future apprentice. Due to this, along with the fact that Palpatine did not successfully turn the Jedi, Skywalker was able to save Jedi Masters and Younglings from being slaughtered.

//The Empire\\

The Galactic Empire, also known as the First Galactic Empire, or simply the Empire, was the galactic, autocratic government that replaced the Galactic Republic in the aftermath of the Clone Wars.
Rising to power in the final years of the Republic, the Sith Lord Darth Sidious gradually secured the government under his control through the persona of Sheev Palpatine, the last Supreme Chancellor of the Republic. Through his machinations as both Sidious and Palpatine, the Sith were restored to a position of dominance amidst the fall of the Jedi Order and the marginalization of the Galactic Senate. Without the Jedi guardians of peace and justice to oppose him, Sidious brought an end to a thousand years of democracy; in its place he installed the absolute rule of himself as Galactic Emperor.​

 

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//The Jedi\\

A Jedi is a Force-sensitive individual, most often a member of the Jedi Order, who studies, serves, and uses the mystical energies of the Force; usually, the light side of the Force.
The weapon of a Jedi is the lightsaber, a blade made of pure energy which have different colours. Jedi fight for peace and justice in the Galactic Republic, usually against their mortal enemy: the Sith, who wield the dark side of the Force. The Jedi Knights focus on calmness and peace to channel their powers in the Force, using the light side of the Force to serve in the capacity of guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy.Even so, the Jedi sought to preserve balance in the Force; the ancient prophecy of the Chosen One foretold one who would bring balance to the Force. In combat, whereas an enemy may grow impatient and rely on their overwhelming strength, a Jedi would meditate and find serenity in their mind to focus. A Jedi used their lightsaber only for defense, not for attack, and used the Force for defense and knowledge rather than use it to gain power over others. Because of this, some Jedi were capable of appearing after death as Force spirits. The Jedi fit themselves as peacekeepers during the time of the Galactic Republic, not soldiers.

Members of the Jedi Order held various positions within the Order at times. These included:

Jedi youngling: A young child who was Force-sensitive would be
identified at birth and taken to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to be trained as
a Jedi. They were to be put into classes of other Jedi younglings and trained together before
being taken as an apprentice by a Jedi Knight. Younglings would participate in the Gathering,
which was the pilgrimage to the Ilum Temple to gain a Kyber crystal for their lightsaber.

Padawan: A youngling who had been chosen by a Jedi Knight or Jedi Master
to train under their tutelage personally into becoming a fully fledged Jedi Knight.
Their readiness was decided by the Initiate Trials. Padawans wore a braid.

Jedi Knight: Once a Padawan has successfully passed the Jedi trials,
they were to be granted the rank of Jedi Knight and went out on
missions of their own, no longer under the tutelage of a master.

Jedi Master: A Jedi Knight was granted the rank of Jedi Master and offered a
seat on the Jedi High Council when they had shown great skill, wisdom and
devotion to the Force. When a Jedi Knight successfully led a Padawan
to becoming a Jedi Knight themselves, they would also be granted the rank of Master.


//The Rebellion\\

The Rebellion is a movement dedicated to vanquishing the Galactic Empire, and restoring freedom and peace to the galaxy. It is made up of different rebel cells and militias across the galaxy on their own initiative, but coordinated as a larger movement in secret. The Rebellion was loosely formed some time after the end of the Clone Wars, in which Supreme Chancellor Palpatine—secretly Darth Sidious—declared himself Emperor and transformed the Galactic Republic into the Empire. The Rebellion founded rebel cells throughout the galaxy and secretly worked to feed them missions to undertake against the Empire while maintaining all cells' low contact between them in order to avoid Imperial crackdown.​

 

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//Setting\\

Note: The Jedi Temple offers small quarters for those who live by themselves or with one other.
For those with larger groups or families who wish to stay together, larger homes were built around
the Temple, scattered amongst the trees. The homes ranged from smaller ones to house 1-2
people, to larger ones housing 5-6 people. Most are built with two stories, and
vary in styles.




The base of the New Jedi Order is a planet called Tython. Located in the Deep Core of
the galaxy and shrouded in myth. It is thought to be the location
of the Jedi Order's first Temple.





The planet is covered in luscious forests and bold mountains tower above
the trees. Rivers run through much of the land, leading to smaller lakes.
Spotted around the world are ancient Jedi structures that have been
long forgotten, but still hold the essence of the Jedi that lived there long ago.





The temple itself is isolated in the center of the wide spread forest, equipped
with all necessary structures to run a functional Jedi Academy. The main city
of Tython is located half way across the planet, leaving the Jedi to live peacefully.
However, communications with the city are still intact for the purpose of serving the Rebellion.


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//Key Planets\\

Spoiler: Naboo

Naboo was a small pastoral world in the Mid Rim, located near the border of the Outer Rim Territories. Unlike most other worlds, the ancient planet lacked a molten core, and instead comprised a conglomerate of large, rocky bodies that made up a network of tunnels and flooded caves. The native Gungans, who built their homes in the waters of Naboo, rarely ventured into the core, fearing the ravenous sea beasts which resided in areas such as the Caves of Eleuabad. Despite this, certain Gungan navigators utilized time-honored trade routes through the planet's structure, which served as the most expedient avenues to reach other areas of the planet. Naboo's interior was rich with plasma, a naturally-occurring energy unique to the planet, and this coupled with its lack of molten core gave Naboo a reputation as an enigma to astrophysicists, who regarded the world's structure as an extremely rare phenomenon in the galaxy.

Naboo's surface comprised a vast array of different landscapes, from rolling plains and grassy hills to swampy lakes caused by the water-filled network of deep-sea tunnels. Beside its natural features, Naboo was considered a world of classical beauty due to the aesthetics of its population centers. The porous crust's natural plasma was harvested for energy and building material, and was generally thought to be the key to many of the planet's secrets.

While most of Naboo's land animals were peaceful, as exemplified by the gentle shaak, the planet's oceans teemed with menacing creatures, such as the opee sea killer and the sando aqua monster.

Spoiler: Tatooine

Tatooine is a sparsely inhabited circumbinary desert planet located in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories. It was the homeworld to the influential Anakin Skywalker, who would go on to shape galactic history. Part of a binary star system, the planet was oppressed by scorching suns, resulting in the world lacking the necessary surface water to sustain large populations. As a result, many residents of the planet instead drew water from the atmosphere via moisture farms. The planet also had no vegetation.

Initially inhabited by native Jawa and Tusken Raider species, it saw a population explosion following the search for valuable mining deposits on the planet's silicate surface. Finding the ore to have unwanted metallurgic properties, mining firms left the planet en masse, leaving behind valuable equipment, most notably large sandcrawlers, which were later used by the Jawa population.

Spoiler: Coruscant

Coruscant, also known as the Imperial Center, is a planetary ecumenopolis in the Coruscant system of the Core Worlds. Arguably one of the galaxy's most influential and important planets, its cosmopolitan culture and location at the end of several major trade routes gave it the unofficial designation as the "center" of the galaxy. It serves as the hub of galactic culture, education, fine arts, technology, and finance. It was on Coruscant that the galaxy based its universal dating system. Where humanity had first arisen was a source of debate, but it was generally accepted that Coruscant was the homeworld of the human species. Regardless, much of its population also consists of non-native alien races from across the galaxy.

The towering skyscrapers of Galactic City, and its long history as the center of political power from the time of the Galactic Republic to the age of the Galactic Empire, established that whoever controlled Coruscant, controlled the galaxy. In addition to its political affiliations, Coruscant was the location of the Jedi Temple—the home of the monastic Jedi Order.

Spoiler: Alderaan

Alderaan, located in the Core Worlds, is a terrestrial planet covered with mountains. During the waning decades of the Galactic Republic, it has been ruled by Queen Breha Organa and represented in the Galactic Senate by her husband, Senator Bail Organa.

Following the rise of Sheev Palpatine's Galactic Empire, Alderaan played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Rebel Alliance, a movement that sought to restore the Old Republic's values.

 

[Rusty of Shackleford]

Interested!

 

[Rusty of Shackleford]

Also, could I possibly play a Sith Inquisitor as well?

 

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//The Death Star\\

Death Star is a moon-sized Imperial military battlestation armed with a planet-destroying superlaser.

The Death Star, whose concept had been explored even before the Clone Wars, is the first in a long series of superweapons developed to execute the Tarkin Doctrine. The Death Star was designed to allow Emperor Palpatine to more directly control the Galactic Empire through fear. In most instances, a Death Star was to be commanded by a Moff.
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