#yavin4

[greysith]

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We start with three players:

Fasat Ek-Wando, a Natani. The Natani are a culture the player wrote up himself. They're Force users, more like grey Jedi than anything else, striving to be Just, but using both sides of the Force.

Vosh Xixus, an Imperial Redguard recently ejected from cryosleep & going through some major culture shock because the Empire is NOT in control and there is NO Sith Lord for him pledge to.

Dando Regina Haine. (Me!) I was trying to be obnoxious when I told the GM I wanted to be a princess. She's kiiinda equivalent to one -- her dad is a Moff in the Imperial Remnant, and he controls the Dantooine sector.

We have to jump directly into the game before we can get into ANY of Regina's backstory. Session one, we're on Dantooine. It's noted in A New Hope to be really remote, and other materials note it's mostly grassy plains, hills, rivers... tbh it makes me think of the English/Irish/Scottish countryside and I am in love with it.

And Dantooine is attacked 🙃 Immediately 🙃 By an unrecognized fleet that doesn't identify itself, just complete radio silence. Regina's mom is an admiral -- she's on the front damn line.

Regina's just hanging out at the starport cantina when all this happens, and Sar just rocks up with a squad of Storm Troopers. He grabs the first pilot he can get his hands on, grabs two people that look martially capable (Fasat and Vosh) and pays them all EXORBITANTLY to get Regina off the planet.

Dantooine's comms are being jammed, they can't get word out. Primarily Sar wants Regina away and safe but secondarily, he wants to her to speak out, warn their allies, bring back help.

The pilot's name is Dart Sethyl. (We were IMMEDIATELY making jokes about him being a Darth, and scrambling the rest of his name. GM just sigh sigh sighed.) His copilot is an assassination droid that tells us he would absolutely murder Dart if it weren't for the restraining bolt and restrictions in his programming. The droid's name is IG-274 and we just call him G.

The two Storm Troopers that go off with them are Jen and Zax, and they are Good And Loyal Boys. I don't remember how it started, but everyone started referring to them as Harem Troopers lol

Yavin4 is close to Dantooine and Regina goes there first. She doesn't think the Jedi will help her, but she doesn't think they'll deny her resupplying there. For SOME REASON, the Jedi do not like Vosh.

The Jedi know that Regina is Force Sensitive, though. They've been interested in training her since she was like five, but this is the first she's hearing about it. Her parents refused to let her go, and never really told her about it. When she shows the barest interest in learning, but says she really really needs to travel, the Jedi are like "Would you like a teacher? We can give you a teacher. Would you like to take this teacher? Please take this teacher." Soooo when we leave Yavin4, we are joined by the Ithorian Jedi Consular, Kada Habat.

Imma be honest, I was not the best at keeping game notes at the time. There are some gaps and leaps of logic I don't follow anymore. We went to Tatooine, but I don't know why. There, we get waylaid by Jawas and my next note is "Jekjek joins the party." He speaks Basic, and he thinks he's a droid.

AND THEN WE'RE AMBUSHED BY A SITH! The SITH are the ones attacking Dantooine. There's a fight. He threatens us that the Sith are everywhere, they have assassins everywhere, assassins will follow us, work with us, and eventually, we will become assassins. The group fights the assassin to the death (Regina is Not good at combat oh my GOD) and they find a holocron on him. Vosh is like "Ooh, neat! You should have this." And gives it to Regina.

Vosh is the Funny Guy with Invader Zim humor, but he spends the ENTIRE GAME trying to CORRUPT REGINA TO THE DARK SIDE. We're never sure if it's because he's into her? Or if he thinks it's funny? Or if he's just evil? He is ALLERGIC to straight answers.

Regina's big skill is Force Sense, and with Kada she's learning to hone that in to listen to peoples' surface thoughts. This holocron has Bad Fuckin Vibes and she tries to ditch it in the desert. Freaked out by the Sith appearance, the party decides to go back to Yavin4 and NOW beseech the Jedi for help. Somehow, before we leave, a guy sells Vosh THE SAME HOLOCRON REGINA TRIED TO DITCH. There is NO WAY the guy found it in the desert AND got to town before them, and the odds of him giving it right back to Vosh? The Bad Vibes are exponential.

Thus begins Regina being haunted by holocrons. We aren't sure if this thing is breaking physics with the Force?? Or if Vosh is fucking with her?? Vosh intentionally meditates with the thing and speaks to Sith Lord presence in it. Regina tries to break the thing. She gets everyone to try. And then it OPENS. Regina runs out of the room, but Fasat chats with it. The Sith Lord wants to talk to someone Force Sensitive, and even says, "Either the pilot or the princess." And since the Princess ain't doing it, the pilot is voluntold. It's all but spelled out that this Sith Lord is our game's Big Bad. he wants to control the universe. At LENGTH, Regina gets G to hide and lock up the holocron.

When we show back up on Yavin4, everyone is just??? Gone??? A 14 year old Padawan named Jee-la approaches us and says all the Jedi masters were called to fight Mandalorians shortly after we left Yavin the first time. There is one master left behind -- the Rodian Jedi Knight, Deego. I thiiiink something happened to Kada when we were attacked by the Sith assassin, but my notes don't say anything except he finally wakes up here.

We learn about Kada's Master, the former Grandmaster Kethir. Kada and Kethir have been cloning themselves and importing their memories into those clones for THREE HUNDRED YEARS. The current Kada is a perfect clone -- and the 5th iteration. We manage to fix the gaps in Kada's memories. Oh! His mind got scrambled because of the holocron. 😬

This was so dumb xD Fasat came up to me first and gave me a pink lightsaber. Vosh got all uppity because he was gonna do the same thing -- so Regina ends up with two pink lightsabers, a full size and a short size. Then we're like "okay we're supplied up, I guess we're taking this Padawan and her Drunken Master guy with us." Jee-la and Deego join the party. We head out to Nar Shaddaa to hire some Hunt Saboteurs, hoping they'll be useful in protecting us from Sith assassins.

We don't know HOW it happened because Regina can sense lifeforms and Kada can sense Sith specifically, but we are attacked while we are IN HYPERSPACE. MULTIPLE Sith got onto our ship, and while we're successful in defeating them, one may have remained hidden?? Kada is found the next morning, decapitated in his bed. We know it was done with a lightsaber. We don't know who did it. Regina scours that ship from stem to stern and doesn't find anyone that isn't supposed to be there.

We land on Nar Shaddaa. Dart has a house here, and we intend to hide out there except Dart discovers a plot to kill his ex-wife . Her name is Fira, and she's the current. Fucking. MANDALORE. So we run out to save her, exposing her current husband as a conspirator, and she THROWS HIM FROM A BUILDING. He survives, we have to fight him, he has a lightsaber and he's SITH!! This is a multi-branched conspiracy and we have no idea what the hell is going on. They're going after Dantooine, Regina, Fira, and the Empress -- who we found out is also hiding on Nar Shaddaa! Fasat recognized HER Natani bodyguard, and Empress Sasha Besseme has supplies from Sar Haine to pass on, plus a datapad with a message from him.

⏸️ We've been playing this game once a week for a couple months by this point. At no point have I discussed Regina's backstory with anyone, because everything I had was already in the game. Grew up on Dantooine. Dad's a Moff. She's Force Sensitive but went to military school. GM supplied her parents' names. I didn't have anything else.

▶️ Sar's message to Regina confirms some of what they already knew -- it's Sith attacking Dantooine. He warns her to stay out of Imperial space. They're waiting for the Republic to attack, and then they'll try to evacuate. But Regina's best friend Deena has disappeared and they worry she's been kidnapped. Enlin, Regina's potential fiance, the guy Sar has been pushing her toward, made it off the planet a couple weeks ago and is looking for Regina, swearing to protect her. Oh, and Regina's (ex?)boyfriend Jeren is with him. He has NOT been dead these last two years, like everyone thought.

I was like WHAT THE FLYING FUCK! The other players thought I was flipping out in character because hey, best friend missing, fiance being reckless, ex-boyfriend alive, and yeah fair valid but all of this was NEWS TO ME AS A PLAYER, TOO! I have a bestie? Fiance? DEAD EX BOYFRIEND ACTUALLY ALIVE? GM has NEVER blindsided anyone like that again lmao but I am a goddamn champion because when he tried to take it back I rolled with it like NO THEY'RE MINE NOW lololol

I can still watch this whole scene in my head lmao. There was a bit of a delay for Regina getting this message. Enlin's a computer engineer. He's tracked Regina down. Enlin and Jeren show up at Dart's door the very next day. Regina panics and tries to hide, but it's so beyond useless. Dart's just like "yeah, she's here -- Hey RegINA!" Is he clueless? Is he an asshole? The world may never know.

Soooo Regina grew up with Enlin, and he's been crushing on her since they were kids. He's sweet, but he's got some self-esteem issues. They were friends, but he never asked her out. Jeren's from Naboo. The short version of his job is he's basically a zoologist? He was working on Dantooine for Regina's parents when he met Enlin and became friends with him. Hanging out with Enlin, meeting Regina was inevitable. And Jeren is capital-B Bold. He was a relentless flirt, and it flustered her so so badly. Enlin and Jeren had a half-joking competition over her.

Regina was attracted to Jeren from the start, but he was her parent's employee and her bestie Deena was ALSO super into him. She resisted him a long time, thinking he'd give up, but he just fell harder. They did end up together. It drove an awkward wedge between Regina and Deena, but Enlin and Jeren stayed best bros.

The thing about Jeren's work, though, is that he travels a lot. He tracks animals, rehomes them, rehabilitates them, studies and advocates them. Aaaand one day, two years ago, he just didn't come back.

Like, complete, uncharacteristic radio silence. Regina contacted his mom, and mom said he was dead. And now we're here on Nar Shaddaa! He's not dead! Him and Enlin want to join the party and protect her from whatever is going on! Just tell them what to do!

She refuses to let them help. She doesn't want to get them killed -- she has literal assassin wizards after her and she doesn't even know why! She's got Fasat and Vosh, they're capable bodyguards. Enlin, he's not a front line fighter. He's most effective behind a keyboard. Jeren knows his cultural martial art (Echani) but he's a pacifist. He's vegan. He's the most peaceful person Regina knows. So, no. They can't come with her.

As she's trying to send them away, Jeren stops, determined to explain himself. He didn't leave her, like he can tell she was afraid of. He did die, technically. He had a horrible accident and was grotesquely impaled. The only reason he lived was because Ithorians found him and provided drastic medical attention, but it took a long time to heal. A section of his spine has been replaced with cybernetic prosthetics, and it took a long time to adapt to it and recover his strength. He still loves her. Deadass, I looked at GM and said, "I mourned you. I moved on. I don't know how I feel now." And every single person in the room winced.

It so very very obviously breaks his heart, but he accepts this. He leaves with Enlin. But see, the near-death experience has put him in Absolute YOLO Mode. He will not live with regrets, he will put his whole back into everything, and he will win Regina back. And Enlin will help him. (Enlin's like, man, I kinda still like her, do I have to-- you're already walking away. Damn, damn, fucking okay...)

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[molinaesque]

#imean yeah he trusted in his own ability to get out of that room alive regardless but they would have let him go if he told them- #-it was her. what WAS this. truly. #was it how she shot her way out? gave him what he needed? let the ghouls go? #how did he go from selling her for parts to sewing her finger onto himself and covering for her at his own risk. in a day. a DAY

- @yavIn4

You know why these boys brought you in? 'Cause I f*cked up a poor, defenseless gang-affiliated organ dealership? Yep. Mm.

[phantombraxiatel-14]

For the 30th Anniversary of the publication of this book by Kevin J. Anderson, I've decided to draw the "narrators."

Seventh we have, Dr'uun Unnh. A Sullustan pilot for the Rebel Alliance shares his experiences working on the Rebel base located on Yavin 4. #starwars #star_wars #theillustratedstarwarsuniverse #fanart #scifi #conceptart #referencebook #kevinjanderson #ralphmacquarrie #illustrations #yavin4 #rebelalliance #massassitemples #sullustan #druununnh

[legoschnitz]

General Antoc Merrick (2018) #general #antocmerrick #bluesquadron #leader #rebellion #rebelalliance #xwing #ace #pilot #yavin4 #blue #flightsuit #rogueone #scarif #lego #starwars #legostarwars #legominifigures #derlegoschnitz #minifigures #legophotography #afol #legostagram #popart #toy #monochrome #tonal #color #grid https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjlk6WCDTLU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[saber-life]

Happy 4th July Saber fans

[cathiacutsson]

I know I’m an Imperial, but I just love that moment of the movie.

[jillustrates]

A finished commission that I teased in my previous post. Instagram really darkened the colours so I had to bump up the brightness. #jillustrates #myart #illustrationartists #illustration #artistsofinstagram #digitalart #Photoshop #starwars #swtor #theoldrepublic #sith #lightsaber #yavin4 #throne #jedi #commission #painting #digitalpainting #wacom https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw9sSfnF9Q1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xy23y0z9rbkx

[weerd1]

History. It never remembers the Droids. #starwars #toyphotography #droids #rebelalliance #r2d2 #c3po #princessleia #k2so #cassianandor #c110p #herasyndulla #yavin4 https://www.instagram.com/p/BzcQ2UIgiBg/?igshid=1h9b92cx1i1dw

[legoschnitz]

Jon "Dutch" Vander, Gold Leader (2012) #rebel #dutchvander #ywing #pilot #goldleader #onderon #rebelalliance #corellian #goldone #yavin4 #deathstar #anewhope #episodeiv #lego #starwars #legostarwars #legominifigures #derlegoschnitz #minifigures #legophotography #afol #legostagram #popart #toy #monochrome #tonal #color #grid https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGqe-vrSzD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[tomcatfilmsllc]

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[theavplayer]

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[lego-sw-headfirst]

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[albindraws]

it dawned on me that poe was seven during the events of the mandalorian, so...!

[abrtsnstuff]

Playing on #yavin4 is #cray #starwars #blackseries #galacticempire #hasbro #actionfigurephotography #bayareatoycollectors #PhotoGrid #actionfigureoutcasts #toysandphones #toysarehellasick #acba #articulatedcomicbookart #kineticcollections #pinoyswithtoys #battlefrontii

[hishgraphics]

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[centerforenvironmentandsociety]

The view from temple IV! #Tikal #georgelucas #yavin4 #anewhope #mucholluvia #guatemala #chessemester #washcoll #learningbydoing (at Tikal, Peten, Guatemala) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4N2U9hg4Rm/?igshid=emh7u6tjetp2