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Design a crew member! (Personality traits)

Hello again! Our new crew member is coming along nicely! A female Shistavanen heavy weapons expert, trained by a Mandalorian. Now its time to set the basics of their personality. I have been debating how I should do this, and Ive decided to give the easiest way a try first.

Below is a list of paired personality traits. You can vote on multiple, so vote on your favorites. I will take the top three (or four) results and mold that into something interesting. Two things to keep in mind. The...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 40

The rest of the day was a flurry of constant activity.

The prisoners were transported back to Solinda, where they were promptly executed for their crimes. When I explained what the real story was behind the "raiders," Rabben seemed to be partly ecstatic and partly terrified. He asked very urgently if he could join me as we went back to the camp, and I agreed.

Very quickly, he recognized most of the equipment, having used it himself multiple times.

"It's a deep scanning syste...

Mettle, Metal, Meddled - Chapter 74 - Multi-Interlude - Savage and Mauser

This one was interesting to write, I would love to hear what people thought about where I took Mauser!

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Vandal Savage had spent years constructing his private office.

Everything was hand built, with his own hands over his incredibly long life. Shelves lined one half of the large, rectangular room, laden with the books, artifacts, and trinkets he had gathered through his travels and many lives. Well, the ones that were safe to display in that manner were, at lea...

Design a crew member! (Current/Top skill set)

Hello everyone! So far, you have chosen a female Shistavanen, who was partially raised by a Mandalorian. Normally, Mandolorian's are trained to be the masters of combat, learning all forms available before sometimes specializing in something that speaks to them. To keep our Shistavanen from being OP, and because their adopted parent died before finishing their training, our new member will have one skill to peak Mandalorian levels, while everything else is trained to basic soldier levels. The...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 39

Julus and Tatnia showed up about five minutes after I had confirmed we would be able to track the raiders. They pulled up in the Arrow just as I was climbing off of the C-PH, the turret spinning around as Tatnia surveyed the area. The side door of the Arrow opened without prompting, and I stuck my head.

"I can track them," I confirmed. "The only question is if we should give them time or head in now."

"Uh, why would we give them time?" Julus asked. "They might get away."

"If...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 38

It didn't take long for me to realize that my assumption about how to deal with the cold was wrong. While the interior Arrow was nice and warm, anyone stuck driving the C-PHs around quickly got cold enough that it was a genuine medical concern. Even with rotating out every fifteen minutes of patrolling and sitting around, we were quickly getting way too cold to function properly.

I could heal away frostbite, but that didn't mean any of us wanted to actually get it.

I made a quick ...

Mettle, Metal, Meddled - Chapter 73 Multi-interlude - Kyle and Wally

Life at the New Titans cave base had not prepared Kyle for a family reunion, especially not for a family like Sarah's. The Irvins, Sarah's maiden name, was a large family that was clearly very close and eagerly welcomed him with open arms. In fact, they used those arms to all but pull him from Lily's car so he could meet everyone.

The first thirty minutes after they arrived at the lake house were spent with him shaking hands, receiving hugs, and generally being accepted into th...

Design a crew member! (Background/History)

So far, our future crew member is a female Shistavanen! That means that its time to select their past. Keep in mind, choosing some might change your options for their current prominent skill set. If you have questions about specifics, leave a comment and I'll try and clear them up.

(This Poll is Closed)

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 37

“What about this one?” Tatnia asked, looking down. “A bounty for a smuggler who stiffed a trader and caused three deaths when he ran. Five thousand credits alive so he can stand trial, two and a half if he is dead, with proof. Last seen on Ilos.”

She turned her datapad to me, showing off a humanoid of a species I didn’t recognize. I shook my head in a negative.

“Seems like not enough to make it worth heading out there,” I said.

“If we don’t join the bounty ...

Design a crew member! (Species)

Time for the next step of designing a crew member! You all voted that they should be female, and now its time to pick their species!

For future reference I plan on asking about their background history next, followed by their current skill set, attitude/personality and then their personal equipment. Some of those might take up multiple polls, and some of that might change, but that is the current plan

Ch...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 36

After the door to Julus's new room shut, sealing him inside so he could rest after his rather eventful night, I barely made it ten steps before Tatnia stopped me.

"I assume you invited him…."

"To keep an eye on him?" I finished quietly, Tatnia nodding in confirmation. "It's not the only reason, but yeah."

"What's the other reason?"

"We need more crew anyway, and he seemed to know what he was doing," I said with a shrug.

"He didn't do anything, he got hit before...

Design a crew member! (Battlemage)

For the next few weeks or so, I will be putting up polls that will let you all design a future crew member. The first step is... what is their gender! How long the questions stay up will depend on how simple the question is, so this one will only be up for a few days!

I anticipate giving you a lot of control over the character, so choose wisely! Oh, and don't expect this to be the next crew member because this is going to take a few weeks to do.

(Feel free to leave commen...

Last Resort: The Road Home - Chapters 6-10

Hello everyone, welcome to June! I hope everyone had a good May! Its time once again for more original content. Here are the next five chapter of Last Resort: The Road Home. Just as before, please understand that these chapters are very early drafts and Completely Unedited. Please enjoy!

Mettle, Metal, Meddled - Chapter 72 - Multi-Interlude - Robin and Tora

Coming home was strange after living so long in Mount Justice.

It had taken a while, but Dick had grown used to the constant activity, the continuous group training and activities, not to mention everyone just hanging out in between. The constant company had been overwhelming at first, but he had quickly grown to appreciate it. Now he was home at Wayne Manor, which dwarfed the living space of Mount Justice, with only three people and a dog living inside it. It was no surprise that it fe...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 35

I ended up dumping my full mana capacity into Julus three more times before I was comfortable with letting him sit up and move around. His wound had been severe, bad enough that I was pretty sure he sure wouldn't have survived without an immediate dunk in bacta or my help. When I was done, I helped him to his feet, walking with him to sit on the ledge of the window I had been standing at.

"Can I-"

"If it's a question about what I just did, no," I said, cutting him off. "I will ans...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 34

"So, as I said, we are taking the offer Julus," I repeated once we were all sitting, getting an eager nod in return. "But I want to make this clear. This is not a pistol at dawn, airing your grievances and dueling to the death kind of situation. This is an execution. Cold, clean, and simple. We aren't holding back to be fair or giving you the opportunity to see the life leave anyone's eyes."

"I don't care. I may not be able to handle them being alive when Zandev is dead, but I'm not loo...

Mettle, Metal, Meddled - Chapter 71 - Multi-Interlude - Tula and Roy

This is the first of a few Multi-Inturlude chapters. I've been wanting to do this for a while, and this part seemed like a great place for it! Hope you enjoy!

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Tula wasn't quite sure how she felt anymore. And she certainly wasn't sure what she should do.

She stood alone in the vast, empty space of a familiar training ground, one she had spent many hours in, honing her magic. Usually, there were others here, learning alongside her, but now, late at night, it was empt...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 33

"Thank you, thank you," He said, sagging in relief. "I… No one has even offered that much, at this point, I was contemplating trying to do it myself…"

"My first question is, why haven't you gone to the police or the security forces?" I asked. "I assume they have something like that here?"

"We do, the Terr'skiar Planetary Security Force. And I did. They don't care about anything that doesn't affect the traders," He spat, shaking his head. "The Blood Cores are small time and kee...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 32

I sat down across from the Tholothian, placing the refill in the center of the table, while Tatnia sat down next to me.

"Hello, my name is Deacon, this is Tatnia," I said with a smile. "Are you Calima?"

"I am," She responded with a slow nod. "How can I help you?"

"The bartender said you have experience flying some of the larger Corellian Engineering ships."

The wo...

Mettle, Metal, Meddled - Chapter 70 - Convince me

I finished the last straps on my gloves before jumping into the ring, literally jumping up and over the ropes and into the ring, getting a wide-eyed response from Ted. He recovered quickly, shifting to stand in the opposite corner as me.

"Are we sticking to boxing or…?" I asked, moving to mirror the older boxer and stepping back into my corner of the ring. "I'm happy to stick to one style."

"Mix it up, but let's keep it friendly, yeah? Can't afford any time on hospital visits," ...

Influence Miru's first invention/tinker project!

So, as some of you have probably guessed, Miru is going to creating interesting thing for the team to used. I have several ideas of the things she will be creating, and now you get to influence what comes first. Keep in mind some of these things will take longer than others, and even the shortest project might take a while to show up as a usable thing.

(Just to be clear, the first droid starfighter option is for getting the droid starfighters to work, and the second is getting them to w...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 31

Landing on a planet that was as active as Terr'skiar was an interesting experience. As we approached the planet, the planetary space command for our sector contacted us directly, asking who we were and what our purpose was. Tatnia gave them our information, our purpose, as well as several other bits of information. Typically, the person on the comms station would do that, but while I could use the console, I had been focusing on the sensor portion. I was learning, though.

After a few mi...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 30

Nova might have been desperate to get me off her station, but she knew better than to keep us from doing a small naming ceremony. Most of the workers turned up to watch Miru use a fancy painting droid to paint the C-ROC’s new name along the upper side of the ship, above the new hangar.

“What does it mean?” One of the workers asked. “I don’t recognize the name.”

“It’s a name from one of my home planet's legends,” I explained. “About a mortal king with the soul o...

Mettle, Metal, Meddled - Chapter 69 - The cats den

M’gann left early the following day, leaving me in the cave by myself. M’gann, Tora, and Kaldur had all been worried about me being alone for so long, but I assured them all that this was just as much of a vacation for me as it was for them, even if I never left the cave, which I had several plans to do. After all, I had unilateral access to a global-scale teleporter and a day off, how could I not go somewhere?

In hindsight, I did feel a bit silly for not utilizing the teleporter fo...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 28

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We spent another day at the Separatist stronghold, sleeping in several floors of apartment-esque rooms and living off of ship supplies. Nevue, Ayme, and Lario wer...

Mettle, Metal, Meddled - Chapter 68 - Debriefing and chill

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We spent another day recovering from our encounter with Klarion and his allies. It felt silly coming off of a two-day break to take another full day, especially w...

Mettle, Metal, Meddled - Chapter 67 - Long distance

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Toph ran me through a brutal run of most of the major things she had taught me over the last month or so, all while sparing rather aggressively. By the time we ha...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 29 - Rebel Interlude

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General Hera Syndulla slowly mixed her tap caf, having already put in a dash of sugar and a splash of nerf milk. As she waited, the newly promoted Commander Nevue...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 27

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As we waited for Nova and her other ships to fly down, I couldn't help but feel a little tense. While none of her ships even remotely resembled what you would cal...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 26

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We quickly jogged past the smoking remains of the super battle droids, Lario pumping a few extra shots into each as we did. I didn't blame him in the slightest, t...