#also have yet to play the warrior/trooper/bounty hunter class all the way through

[kissingwookiees]

my headcanon for swtor from knights onward is actually that all my pcs are in fact still alive simultaneously and they all have a little bit of valkorion in their head (like a horcrux) and they all work with the alliance depending on their class actually

[nooneexpectsthesithinquisition]

Hello! Figured I should make a list of blorbos so anyone has a chance of knowing what I'm talking about. In some particular order under the cut:

Jayne - DS Cyborg Bounty Hunter

Lot of firsts here: my first character, first through her class campaign, and the first and only I've started taking through the expansions so far. Got separated from her parents on Balmorra as a kid and figures they're probably dead. Likes to pick fights with Force users (hence the scar)

En'nead - DS Chiss Imperial Agent

Batman and James Bond's blue alien baby. Has a soft spot for droids. Romanced Kaliyo and took the Imperial ending. Middle child with family back in the Chiss Ascendacy he has a little brother named En'der

Meria Nura - LS Mirialan Jedi Consular

Daughter of one of my Knights and my Smuggler, she was supposed to have an arc about learning that being good isn't the same as following the rules but I never quite managed to play that out in the game so it's HC territory.

Thalia Clios - DS Ratatouille Rattataki Sith Inquisitor

You know that one line in one codex page on Korriban that says sometimes people sneak onto the planet disguised as slaves in an attempt to grab a bunch of artifacts Indiana Jones style and bounce? Well that's Thalia's backstory until someone realized she was Force sensitive and stuck her in with the other potential Siths. Probably hangs out as Darth Nox just long enough to figure out a way to dissapear into the frontier, being a Sith was a fun power trip but she doesn't plan on staying long term. Would've romanced Talos if he was an option.

Rhosse Nura - neutral Mirialan Jedi Knight

Lets all the power go to his head and ends up a grey Jedi. But also he hasn't left the starter planet yet. Meira's Dad, he does a lot better (and more good tbh) as Staine's smuggling partner who happens to be Force sensitive. Decent dad.

Staine Nura - LS Mirialan Smuggler

Aggressively nice in a "I'm going to kick that guy's ass for you but also you need to get good" kinda way. I think she's in chapter 2 right now? Meira's mom. Kinda looks like Ciri TheWitcher.

Triq Barnas - LS Nautilan Trooper

He's just a nice guy! Gives good hugs, wields big guns. I think he's on Coruscant right now. Hand to hand expert and Staine's buddy/ occasional Republic connection. Yes my whole light side crew is green.

Ashiok Vray - DS Togruta Sith Warrior

Used to be a trooper till she got grabbed by the Sith. Her family was Sith before they defected for a couple generations and she didn't know. Likes to mess (read:fight) with Sith and nobles but has a soft spot for the soldiers on the ground. Also Vette.

[tetsemi]

What games am I currently playing? Part (1/4)

Caveat: I am a story first person, I only care about game mechanics as they relate to the head cannon I have for my characters participating in the story of the game. Having put that out there, I was an endgame raider in the original Everquest (EQ),as well as a heroic/hard mode raider up through Wrath of the Lich King in World of Warcraft (WoW). I dropped to a Normal Mode raider in Cataclysm (WoW), Mists of Pandaria (WoW), Warlords of Draenor (WoW), Legion (WoW), and part of Battle for Azeroth (WoW). I have since become and LFR raider, at best, for Dragonflight (WoW). I did not do any raiding in Shadowlands (WoW).

Currently I was playing 4 MMO's: World of Warcraft (WoW), Star Wars the Old Republic (SWTOR), Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV), and Elder Scrolls Online (ESO), but recently made a decision to unsubscribe from SWTOR. Each of the four MMO's all have had great story, at one time, and I would say that FFXIV and ESO currently do, WoW has yet to be seen with where the story goes in Dragonflight, and SWTOR ... well, they've lost me for a variety of reasons. Let's get that out of the way, first. Why did SWTOR lose me? I have a love/hate relationship with this game, mostly over story, and lately over gear grind. I loved, absolutely adored, the level 1-50 story content. It had one story thread for the overall story, it had another for each planet you visited, and it had a third group of threads, tied to your companions. It absolutely made you feel invested in the class you were playing and experiencing the story lines through. Being a Bioware game, of course you could romance and eventually become life mates with your companions. You really could feel a connection to them, and why they existed in the story world. After launch (and I will not get into any random speculation about dev team size/goals, etc) the next big patch was Rise of the Hutt Cartel and it started the consolidation of story down to Empire verses Republic. No longer did it matter, in the story, if you were a trooper or a sith sorcerer, it just mattered which faction you were on. And so on through expansion after expansion, patch after patch. No new companion story lines (other than to have them ALL taken away from you at the start of Knights of the Fallen Empire (KOTFE), and years, literal years later, only getting most of them back, with about 5 minutes of 'story' And the KOTFE/KOTET (Knights of the Fallen Empire) expansion absolutely made faction choice matter very little, if at all. Yes, you got new companions in those expansion, but they also introduced the "Choices Matter" mission in which you had to pick which of two companions would die. If you were a Sith Warrior or a Bounty Hunter you were forced to chose to let one of your original 5 companions permanently die a meaningless death. If you were playing another class, same choice, it just didn't have the same impact, it wasn't a companion your character developed a relationship with. And after KOTFE/KOTET the story was delivered in small, story beats, released sporadically through the years. When the 10th anniversary was coming around and the 7.0 expansion was announced, I believe a lot of people had high hopes for the story and the feature/systems that were going to be added. And then did provide meaningful overhauls of existing system, ongoing today, as well as accessibility features (thank you, I'm color blind) and other UI improvements. But the story just got dribbled out in story beat patches that were a couple hours at best of content and then you were expected to fill your time doing a gear grind at an ever increasing item level. I am just done, unless the story starts involving your original companions and they stop doing companion of the month through the battle pass system, I don't see myself returning, which is a shame. Because, let me tell you, they do have some amazing characters who should become new companions (I'm looking at you Major Anri) and be able to explore the story with them, not just a one time hookup and 'miring' through in game mail notifications. I realize I've rambled on, but I'll cover the other three in future posts, I've wrung the muse dry on this one for now. To be continued ...

[rainofaugustsith]

Thank you so much for the tag @cyrraluu! Tagging @tishinada @chaosandwonder @itstheelvenjedi @dreamy04 if you want NO PRESSURE AT ALL EVER. <3 SWTOR Character Meme Do you have more Imperial or Republic Characters? Imperial. Right now on my main server I have 13 Imperial characters vs. 8 Republic. On the secondary server I have 6 Imperials vs. 5 Republic. And on the Europeans servers, it's all Imperials. I wanted to play through every advanced class so I have at least two of each - two troopers, two Jedi Knights, etc. But with the exception of the Smuggler story, the Imperial stories are far more interesting and the ones I prefer to repeat. Which class do you play as the most? Sith Warrior, specifically Vengeance Juggernaut. I love that style. Which race do you play as the most?

I think it's about even between human and Mirialan. How many have completed KotFE/KotET? As of right now - 16/31 on the two main servers. I have three more going through KOTFE right now. A few did skip KOTFE but all did KOTET. There are one or two I'm holding back - like I'm holding my canon smuggler, Marlena, in the hopes she can romance Risha in the game someday. And there's one I just stopped playing because I dislike that advanced class's combat (the Sage). How many have completed up to Secrets of the Enclave? 15/31. I'm holding back canon Viri until I see exactly how the story shakes out. Even though most of it already is not headcanoned for her. Who stayed loyal to their class romance? Who didn’t? Well, I'm sapphic, I prefer to play F/F romances and the game wouldn't let my female toons romance women, so I don't do the class romances. One of my Sith Inquisitors romanced Andronikos out of curiosity but broke it off for Lana. The exception is Felix Iresso. My Sage romanced him, and I'm just leaving them at the end of the class story as they are. I did have one bounty hunter who romanced Torian but it honestly was an accident - I hit [flirt] once because the other choices were rude, and that was enough to lock it in with no way to back out. I don't count as a legit romance because I didn't want it (and I broke it off in KOTFE as soon as I could). My Consular Shadow got with Nadia after Ossus, and my Jedi Knight started a romance with Kira after Onslaught since both were opened to SGR- I take those F/F opportunities where the game provides them. Who started a romance with Lana, Theron, or Koth? Lana - The canon romance with her is with my Sith Warrior, Viri. But most of the toons going through KOTFE and onward end up romancing her (see the comment above about there being no sapphic romances in the class stories, and no others in KOTFE/KOTET). The Lana romance is sweet as anything, but I do think some of my characters might fit better with other ladies. As mentioned I'm holding back one or two characters (namely my smuggler) to see if they can do a F/F romance with their class story companion later. I also hold some to flirt with Major Anri and would go for that with a couple of toons if a romance ever becomes possible. I've got these game romances picked up after KOTET: JK Ror - Romancing Kira (total AU but I try to encourage F/F stuff in the game) JC Jenari - Romancing Nadia Agent Brynn, Sith Inquisitor Suvia - Both flirting with Major Anri And in headcanon: JK Ror - Romancing @verbose-vespertine's Zuvi Smuggler Marlena - Married to Risha SI Suvia - Romancing Jaesa Willsaam SI Jia - Romancing Darth Hexid BH Taran - Romancing another OC of mine, Lucinda Slicer Ikina - Married to Ashara Zavros Who is your oldest(having played the longest)? Viri 1.0. My very first Sith Warrior, whom I've played for 4-5 years now. Because of a lot of her decisions she is not canon Viri, but I love her. Who is your newest? I recently made Ikina - my slicer OC who is technically not in the class stories - as a Sith Inquisitor Sorc so she could run around with Ashara (who is her wife). She's not even a level 75 yet.

[chaoticspacefam]

I stayed up way too late to answer these, it was worth it

Questions by @pauletta-00​ *dances* here we gooo, some cautions before reading the answers: 1) will contain spoilers for much much later in the fic so don’t read the answers if ya don’t want dem spoilers. I’m gonna try and keep ‘em vague enough that they don’t give everything away, cause I gotta make ya go read it, don’t I now? 😉 2) While I follow KOTFE/ET as a loose guideline it is just that. A guideline, in a lot of places we veer waaaaayyy off the established canon because *singing to the tune of a popular song* ✨it’s my fanfic and I do what I want to ✨ so don’t any of y’all yell at me because my headcanons are different pls? ok good :D

With that out of the way, the questionsss

1. Starting with basics. Who is your Outlander (which class, what their aligment)? How did they end up being frozen in carbonite for 5 years? Why did you make them the Outlander?

(my own art because losing an eye is not a scar option in-game and it’s one of her most defining features)

Vano Saal-Shenly - Canon Sith Warrior (alignment: Light IV in game, I class her as Neutral Good) and Empire’s Wrath. She got made the Outlander because it just made the most sense, also there are some parallels between her fate/whereabouts (including the amount of time they were “missing” to each other) in KOTFE/ET and that of her wife in earlier parts of the (class) story that I very very much did on purpose 😉 She was also the Wrath, so it made the most sense for her to end up on Marr’s ship when it went boom and led into KOTFE. Pretty much follows the canon there, Vano cuts her ship loose, tells her crew + wife to gtfo of there, she and Marr are taken prisoner and she gets frozen in carbonite after the dust up in the throne room. Becomes the Alliance Commander

2. Now, to the rest of classes. What happens to them during KotFE/ET? Did they know the Outlander? Were they allies, enemies, family? Do they join the Alliance or have something else to do? Do they play a major or a minor role in the story? Spare no detail (if you wish, of course).

Aria Saal-Shenly: Human, Major role. Vano’s wife, semi-canon Jedi Consular (alignment: Grey/Dark I, Chaotic Neutral) (follows the Consular story arc grey-Dark aligned, is in fact a Sith Inquisitor playing sleeper agent). Alias “The Wrath’s Shadow” (for obvious reasons) Joined back up officially with Vano during the SoR arc, they marry sometime in the interim between Rishii and killing Revan; on the other flagship with Lana, Theron and the others when Vano’s crew returns to give them the news. Inconsolable after her wife’s disappearance and refuses to accept that she’s dead (they share a Force Bond, so Aria knows and becomes increasingly frustrated when nobody will “listen to her telling them damn it!!”), drives Lana and the others crazy by continuing to try and look for her wife and putting herself in danger in doing so. Sticks with the Alliance, of course, her wife’s the Commander XD helps Vano to manage Odessen-side things of the Alliance, specialising in helping Ni’kasi and Sana-Rae at the Force Enclave of course.

Saarai Ahaszaai: Sith Pureblood, Major role. Niece to Vowrawn and twin sister to Ni’kasi (SI). Alt Sith Warrior in-game. Light I/II, Chaotic Good, but hiding out on Rishii to escape being convicted of a serious crime and exposing her family to Vitiate/Valkorion (who would absolutely kill them if he knew) picked up by Aria and Vano during their search for Lana and Theron during that part of the storyline. Joins up with the Alliance because she and her family have a personal vendetta (tm) against Vitiate/Valkorion and she wants to stab that dude too. Eventually becomes Empress alongside Vano who  remains as the Commander (I still need to work out the details but basically it’s like...coalition government style thing and Saarai and Vano are the joint “final decision” voice mm’kay? hopefully that makes sense), with Lana, Theron and Aria to watch as Marr’s ship go boom. Has to restrain Aria when she loses her shit when they try to tell her Vano’s dead, helps Lana and the others to track Vano down and formulate the rescue plan. Stays with Aria to make sure she stays put like she was told while Lana gets Vano out of carbonite.

Ni’kasi Ahaszaai: Sith Pureblood, semi-Major role. Niece to Vowrawn and twin sister to Saarai (alt SW). Semi-canon Sith Inquisitor/Darth Occulus (follows the canon Inquisitor storyline, but is not related to Kallig, instead related to Vowrawn and lurking in hiding under Vitiate’s nose. Ends up as a “slave” when she takes the fall for her twin’s “crime” in order to protect her.), Light I/Grey, Lawful Neutral. With Saarai and the others on the ship when the big bad happens, sticks with the Alliance (and her twin) to try and track down Vano. Tries to contact Vowrawn and the other Dark Councillors etc., but can’t reach them obviously.

Merak Shenly: Mirialan, Minor role. Younger brother to Vano and friend to Aria as they briefly worked together before Aria returned to being a plant in the Jedi Order, Smuggler, Grey/True Neutral (mostly non-canon as of yet, I need to fully play through the Smuggler story and see how much of it I can graft into the fic-verse if it works or not), takes Aria’s side and works tirelessly to help them track down his sister, is likely the one to find the lead that takes them to Zakuul. Joins the Alliance and works alongside Hylo to run ammo/supplies etc. to the Alliance as they need it.

I haven’t yet played the Bounty Hunter or Trooper storylines, and my only current Imperial Agent is Aria’s mother (Light V/Lawful Good); she runs semi-canon in that she defects to the Republic, but is instead found out by the DC and Aria is sent to kill her as part of her Sith trials, so she’s dead long before KOTFE/ET happens.

I have a Jedi Knight too, but I honestly couldn’t figure out how to put him into the plot so I just left him out for now, I guess he was recruited and is probably in the background somewhere idk sjhsdyuidg

3. What about companions? Do you follow their in-game story or have headcanons for them? Did they stay with your non-Outlander characters or not? Why?

Mainly managed to plan out for the Warrior/Consular companions, haven’t thought deep enough into the Inquisitor companions yet, though I imagine at least Andronikos, Khem Val, Talos and Xalek will likely return to join the Alliance or at least ally with them somehow, because I love them ;-;

Qyzen: Stung by Aria’s betrayal and “leaves” for a while, re-recruited to the Alliance as canon/in-game and the two eventually patch up their relationship (as best they can, but are not as close as before). Tharan/Holiday, Felix, Nadia and Zenith do not return in my fic-verse. They cut ties with Aria after they find out her true loyalties are to the Empire and not the Republic.

Vette: Stays with Aria, Saarai, Ni’kasi etc. initially, eventually goes missing during their searches for Vano and loses contact with the rest of them, ends up teaming up with Gault and returning canonically/as in-game.

Quinn: is court-martialled and thrown in prison after the Quinncident. Released sometime during the five-year carbonite shebang, becomes an officer/aide to Darth Vowrawn, later joins the Alliance along with Vowrawn on Iokath. He and Vano reconcile of sorts, though she no longer considers him a friend and simply a “tactical advisor”. Quinn knows he fucked up so he doesn’t dare complain about it, or Aria will absolutely E N D him.

Jaesa: stays with Aria and co,

4. If applicable: how your characters react if the Alliance joins the opposite faction on Iokath and after that? For example: how do Sith characters feel about joining the Republic? Will they stay or leave (if it’s too spoiler-ish, then feel free to skip this)?

Aria was never truly on the Republic’s side, so she very much supports joining the Empire. Saarai and Ni’kasi originally came from the Empire so of course they’re enthusiastic. Merak is skeptical, but trusts his sister (and sister-in-law) so doesn’t protest even though the Sith do scare him, a lot.

5. If applicable: if your Commander decides to be a saboteur, would they tell anyone (PC or companions)? Why/why not?

Haven’t got this far yet to be able to plan this out, lemme get back to you when I do lol

6. How would your characters react if one of their companions is exiled or dead because of Outlander’s choices? For example: sith warrior’s reaction if Commander doesn’t save Vette?

Aria pretty much only cared about Qyzen out of her companions, he comes back fine in the end so she’s a-okay. Other than that the only person she would be deeply affected by losing again is Vano herself. She will fucking kill as many someones as she can get to before Saarai stops her if they let her wife go bye bye again.

don’t have a bounty hunter to be upset about Torian. I don’t hate him, he’s a great guy and I really enjoyed his character, but I cannot bring myself to not save Vette ;-; Vette and Vano have a sisterly-like relationship and her lock-picking etc. skills are very important to the Alliance. That Twi’lek ain’t dying on nobody’s watch hahahaha

haven’t yet had a chance to plan out anybody else’s, don’t think there are any choices in game (or that I’ve planned out in the slightly-altered fic timeline) that would affect this. May change as I get that far ahead and add or change things to fit!

7. If you have something written about anything from the above (bc I know some people do), share the links to your works (again, if you feel like it)!

The only thing I have published out on the web atm is Aria’s part of the class story, “Creeping Shadows”, which is on AO3, go give it a read if you want (rated M for mature themes like mentions of drugs & alcohol and frequent swearing etc.):

Creeping Shadows on AO3

I have pretty much all of the rest planned out, I’m just a big dummy who likes to write chronologically and as of yet cannot manage to write multiple fics at once, I will get through every part of this fic if it kills me or takes me 20 years so help me god. If you wanna hear more about my dumb children you can also DM me I could literally yell stuff about them for hours on end 😆😆

[mandogirl93]

KotFE/KotET Headcanon Time!

Tagged by @mimabeann​!  Thank you so much, and I’m sorry for the mess you’re about to see!

Tagging: Anyone who wants to do this one! 

1. Starting with basics. Who is your Outlander (which class, what their aligment)? How did they end up being frozen in carbonite for 5 years? Why did you make them the Outlander?

My Outlander is Vargus Organa. He was placed with the Jedi at a very early age, and follows the Jedi Knight story pretty closely, with a couple of extra twists/turns as he runs into the other class characters. He’s a great example of a Jedi, but he does sometimes struggle with the seriousness of what he does. He just views his day as another one for the books, and rarely sees just how much he impacts the events of the story. I think he’s leading every quest line for me except Ziost. He’s there, but he’s supporting Theron and the 6th line while my Imperial crew have all been called in to help Lana and my warrior takes center stage against Vitiate.

2. Now, to the rest of classes. What happens to them during KotFE/ET? Did they know the Outlander? Were they allies, enemies, family? Do they join the Alliance or have something else to do? Do they play a major or a minor role in the story? Spare no detail (if you wish, of course)

Okay, not gonna lie, this is a bit of a mess right now (mainly because I had got my little legendary icon and then deleted all of my toons. So I’m in the process of remaking and remapping… well, everything. But here’s what I’ve got so far!)

Republic

Knight is Vargus. Check.

Consular: Aishne Pashavi is my consular in-game. Aishne is a Mirialan and she follows the typical class story line. Her family were ambassadors on Corellia and she was discovered by the Green Jedi there, and trained with them for a time before landing on Tython. She ends up working closely with Master Gnost-Dural and Naadia on Ossus. (She also never abandoned Felix, her husband. Because of reasons.) 

Smuggler: I don’t have one yet. Idk, In my brain, no one can really beat Hylo, and I haven’t made a smuggler that I’ve ever actually kept.

Trooper: Ruvah Khor is my trooper. Light side all the way. She follows orders as best she can, but knows when she can draw a line. Her superiors may not always like that, but they can’t argue with her results. She follows the class story line, and ends  up marrying Jorgan. After the Alliance defeats Vaylin, Ruvah and Aric both retire for a few years before being pulled back into the conflict after Ossus. 

Imperial

Sith Warrior: Lord Madraxian. Followed the warrior storyline, but took the Emperor abandoning the Empire pretty hard. When Arcann and crew took over, he was almost killed before Vette was able to cut the skytoopers off from following them. He decided to lay low for a bit and wait for an opportunity to strike back at Zakuul. And that is how my cool sith warrior ends up as a scary bodyguard for Gault and Vette. He joins the Alliance when they do, and is able to break out to go save Vette during Vaylin’s assault.

Sith Inquisitor: Darth Imperius/Vi’fan Kallig. He’s a bookworm who just can’t catch a break.  He was a slave to a noblewoman on Drommund Kaas, but was sent to Korriban after discovering he was force sensitive. He follows the inquisitor story line as well, but romances Talos. He is… not a very good person. He’s not outright cruel, but he will scheme to protect what he loves at all costs, and he’s rather gifted at interrogations. 

Bounty Hunter: Vhikka Farr. You guys have heard quite a bit about her, but I’ve twisted her story inside and out (sorry). She’s actually a member of clan Farr and living with those in the Order of Revan on Drommund Kaas at the beginning of her story. However, she’s heard of all the cheating that Tarro Blood is doing from her clan and decides to enter the Great Hunt the hard way and earn her place on her own. She packs up her beskar and heads to Hutta (she got that tip from one of my other bounty hunters). She follows the BH story after that, but has to reveal to Mandalore that she was already Mandalorian (and she’s very thankful that he found this funny rather than shooting her). She meets Vargus a couple of times throughout her travels, so they know each other during Shadow of Revan. This is where they actually start working together and where they fall for each other.

I also have a bounty hunter called Durgo Farr (or Pink). He grew up with Vhikka but was a few years older. He was already working as a Bounty Hunter when Vhikka was looking to join the Great Hunt. He had worked with Braden on Nar Shadda, so he set their meeting on Hutta up. 

Agent:  Sira’mi’rane, aka Amira. She’s a light-side imperial agent who is just trying to do her job. She’s pretty private, even with her crew and misses Copero (her homeworld). She only romances Aristocra Saganu, and they keep in touch through the expansions.

 I also have a few more, but they’re not set in stone yet and may fall victim to the delete button.

3. What about companions? Do you follow their in-game story or have headcanons for them? Did they stay with your non-Outlander characters or not? Why?

Mostly? I mean, as much as Vhikka wants to blow Skadge out of the airlock, she can’t really bring herself to kill him. And he always manages to make it back on the ship, no matter how early she leaves the spaceport “unannounced”. Mako keeps in contact with Vhikka even though they separate, so I feel like there’s less abandonment/animosity there, and her and Akaavi join the Alliance sooner. (At the moment I don’t think anything changes for the other classes. But I’m also tired and there are so many of them.) Also, everyone lives! Yay! 

4. If applicable: how your characters react if the Alliance joins the opposite faction on Iokath and after that? For example: how do Sith characters feel about joining the Republic? Will they stay or leave (if it’s too spoiler-ish, then feel free to skip this)?

I mean, most of my toons are relatively okay with Vargus siding with the Republic. Vhikka isn’t super fond of the idea, but she always made it a point that she wasn’t the Empire’s lapdog. (She knows that the Republic probably won’t accept her people even if Vargus vouches for them. She also REALLY doesn’t like being asked to be a double agent, and Vargus is so proud of her for controlling herself enough to not shoot Jonas when he asked.) The only ones who actually leave are Vi’fan and Talos, and that’s because he goes back to kill whoever has taken his libraries and offices and asks Talos to come with him. (He also just waltzes back into his spot on the Dark Council somehow. Idk, he’s just that good at what he does.) Most others eventually fall into their new places/roles.

5. If applicable: if your Commander decides to be a saboteur, would they tell anyone (PC or companions)? Why/why not?

Not applicable for Vargus, but I think that Vhikka may get persuaded to do it (oh no...). I haven’t really decided yet. If she does though, she’s going to be a mess. Shes definitely not cut out for that.  

6. How would your characters react if one of their companions is exiled or dead because of Outlander’s choices? For example: sith warrior’s reaction if Commander doesn’t save Vette?

I know it’s cheesy, but I like that I saved Vette and Torian. Vhikka gets Torian and Madraxian gets Vette, which frees Vargus to go for Vaylin. 

7. If you have something written about anything from the above (bc I know some people do), share the links to your works (again, if you feel like it)!

I… don’t actually have anything written. I try, but it’s always a jumbled mess. Maybe one day!

[vespertine-legacy]

for swtor ask: 2, 10, 12 (:

Thank you for the ask :)

2. What is your favorite class and why? And/or list the player classes in order of most -> least favorite

In terms of class story, Imperial Agent, hands down. It broke me, but I loved it. I like all of the stories, even though there are some things that made me uneasy or bored me about each of them. In terms of actual gameplay? God, I don’t know. I probably have the most fun day-to-day playing either my Smuggler or my Bounty Hunter, though part of that is because I play Zuvi (Smug) like the idiot she is, and Moxie (BH) is the only one that’s actually in an active social(ish) guild where I feel comfortable grouping up with some really fun people on things. But I’ve been doing some swapping between Ember (JK) and Mena (SW) and noticing little differences and similarities in how they play and loving it (like how Mena throws her sabers overhead and Ember throws them from the side, and how Ember’s self-yeet is gentler than Mena’s, but Mena’s mad dash is actually more graceful and balletic than Ember’s equivalent move). I also love the Warrior growl, I can’t get enough of it.

Class Story Ranking: Imperial Agent, Smuggler, Sith Inquisitor, Sith Warrior, Jedi Consular, Jedi Knight, Bounty Hunter, Trooper

Gameplay Ranking: Smuggler (Sharpshooter Gunslinger), Bounty Hunter (Pyrotech Powertech), Sith Warrior (Annihilation Marauder), Sith Inquisitor (Madness Sorcerer, lightning and mini heals), Jedi Knight (Watchman Sentinel, basically the same as the marauder), Imperial Agent (Medical Operative, even though heals are scary), Trooper (Tactics Vanguard, plays pretty similarly to my Bounty Hunter, but for some reason I can’t get the hang of her? I really enjoy her giggle though), Jedi Consular (Infiltration Shadow, this is on me, I cannot get the hang of all the shadow bullshit, and I breach shadows on accident all the damn time and waste my buffs). A lot of my ranking for gameplay is based a lot more on me and how I play than on the actual mechanics of the class/discipline.

10. Favorite love interest?

Probably Jaesa? But with a grain of salt, because my headcanon version of her is a happy middle ground between the LS-goody-two-shoes-Jaesa and DS-manic-serial-killer-dream-girl-Jaesa canon versions. I really like the idea of her character, and I really like the way I’ve developed the thought of her with my Warrior. And I really dig the reunion with her (especially because of everything it gave me for the angst I was putting together for her and Mena).

I’m also a big fan of Lana, Kira (need to drag my JK through all the expacs so they can get their gay on), Felix, Andronikos, Elara (apparently need to drag my dumbass Trooper through the expacs too!), Risha (give me bi Risha, you cowards), Lemda Avesta (even if I have reservations about this one that I’ve stated before), and Cytharat

12. Do you have a preferred mount/speeder? Is there one you want, but don’t own yet?

I have an Indigo Mantorr for Zuvi that I was able to get after running Crisis on Umbara enough times that I love. I also really like the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun that was the sub reward a little while back. I like animal mounts more than most of the vehicles. I do have a little purple/blue speeder for Raz2.0 that one of Wife’s guildmates gave her, but I can’t remember what it’s called, but it’s very cute and it does a little beepbeep when you mount up.

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SWTOR Parties Ranked

Wanted to see which SWTOR parties I liked best as a whole, so decided to do a little ranking of them. This is considering the entire party as a unit, and how many individual characters I feel strongly about.

Imperial Agent - Probably my favourite crew overall. I love every character in it, even if Kaliyo and SCORPIO scare the shit put of me and Lokin creeps me out, they're all fun characters to spend time with and talk to with interesting storylines. Probably gets bonus points for 3/5ths of them going on to be involved in the main plot for everyone. And I really like how they like... Acknowledge each other? There are multiple scenes of the Imperial Agent Crew talking to other members of the crew which is really cool

Trooper - This one I like because everyone has a reason to be there (which is even more than I can say for Agent - SCORPIO, Kaliyo, and possibly even Lokin and Vector can potentially have VERY little reason to stick around), they're all Havoc Squad, and Yuun and Vik are specifically recruited to be so. I also like all of the characters even if Vik, again, is kind of a piece of shit, and Yuun is kinda underdeveloped.

Bounty Hunter - With the major exception of Skadge, I love everyone on this crew. Mako is maybe my favourite starter companion overall, possibly tied with T7, and Blizz is... The best character. My jawa son. 20/10. I really love the BH crew as just this Morley crew of scum and villainy, and DEFINITELY appreciate it for being an Imperial crew with... No actual Imperials. The only points against the Bounty Hunter crew are, again, Skadge, and the fact that Gault, Blizz, and Skadge have very flimsy reasons for joining you (and Gault and Skadge have flimsy reasons for not being dead, depending on how you play your character)

Smuggler - This crew only ranks lower than Bounty Hunter because it doesn't have Blizz. But I like it for a lot of the same reasons I like the BH crew, it's just a gang of criminals trying to get by, again with no official representation from the faction they're ostensibly aligned with. Though Smuggler does again have points against it for having one character I absolutely hate in Corso (sorry Corso fans) who is probably my least favourite starter companion and one of my least favourite characters in the entire game. But it vastly makes up for Corso's dead weight with Risha, Bowdaar, Akaavi, and Guss all being characters I absolutely adore.

Jedi Consular - I like the Consular crew a lot for a lot of the reasons I like the Trooper crew, everyone has a reason to be there. With the exception of Tharan and *maybe* Zenith, it doesn't feel like the game has to strain to justify why any of the characters join your crew, they all have good reasons. The only thing I really have against it is we don't get much of the crew interacting with each other at all. There's a couple missions where they're all involved that are really cool but there isn't necessarily a sense they know each other. Also Tharan isn't as bad as Corso or Doc in terms of gross dude companions but I still... Really don't like him

Sith Inquisitor - Honestly this only goes here because I like the final two less. The Sith Inquisitor crew is... Really directionless? Aside from Khem, who is basically bound to you whether you want him to be or not, and Xalek who is your apprentice, no one really has a good reason to join the Inquisitor? Andronikos goes with you because... You helped him kill a guy I guess. Talos sticks with you because uh... I honestly entirely forget everything about Talos I don't like him very much. And Ashara... Makes sense if you actively corrupt her, I guess, but if you don't I don't really understand why she decides to stay with you forever. And if you do corrupt her the rest of her storyline makes very little sense. Besides Talos who isn't offensive, just kinda boring, and Xalek who I also don't dislike but really suffers from joining on *Corellia* which is later than literally every other character in the game and is literally the last planet, I love all of the Inquisitor companions as individuals I just don't think they really cohere.

Sith Warrior - I really like a lot of the ideas behind the Sith Warrior crew. Vette and (light side) Jaessa are absolutely fantastic characters that I love to death. Quinn is interesting as an extension of how the Warrior kinda has to deal with everyone they trust betraying them even if I hate how you're forced to forgive him, Broonmark is really interesting as a person who is so dogmatically committed to this philosophy of violence and destruction that he feels any member of his race that doesn't must be purged, and... Pierce just sucks, honestly. The Warrior crew isn't incoherent or bad, it's just full of *so* many characters I wish weren't forced to be on it. I understand why the Quinncident happens, and think Quinn's reasons for going through it are at the very least, understandable. But the fact that he HAS to walk out of it alive fucking sucks. I know the technical reasons for it, but I still dislike it. Broonmark is a character that none but the darkest dark side character would *ever* consider letting on their crew, to the point where in his Alliance Alerts it is literally *harder* to recruit him than not, and yet he joins no matter what and is also... Really underdeveloped. Pierce... Is just a fucking grunt. There's really no reason for him to continue to work with you after Taris. He did his job. And he's also... Super boring. Even Vette, who I love, doesn't... Really have a place with the Sith Warrior? Like I guess if you're a piece of shit and keep her a slave, she probably cleans the ship or whatever, but why would you take her into battle? She's a grave robber. I also don't really see how she thematically relates to the Warrior. I do love her though. She's great.

Jedi Knight - It sucks that I dislike the Jedi Knight crew so much because it is one of my favourite class storylines. But it's... Really incoherent to me? Like okay, T7 is there because R2-D2, and also he's my son and I love him. Kira is a fellow Jedi Knight (I refuse to consider her my Padawan, it makes no sense), sure. Doc... Though? Putting aside that I really hate Doc and think he sucks in every way possible, why is he here? I guess every ship needs a doctor except literally only the Trooper gets one. He doesn't really mesh with the themes of the Knight storyline? He doesn't seem like a guy who would even WANT to be on board a Jedis ship. I just don't get why he's there. Rusk, I guess, makes sense cause the Jedi have a connection to the Republic military but it still feels weird for him to be *personally* assigned to your ship and his storyline doesn't really go anywhere after he joins you. Scourge, I get, is the connection to the Revan plotline that has to be there because this is the main story of SWTOR, basically, and he's also directly connected to the emperor, so that all makes sense, I just... Don't like him (sorry Scourge fans). He's not the worst by any means but he's not a super interesting character to me? He's just a super generic Sith who decided the Emperor had to die. He also has absolutely no reason to stick around after the end of the story. Also I'm Petty and he killed the Jedi Exile for some bullshit ass destiny garbage so I really fucking hate him. And the crew as a whole feels maybe the least like a found family. Kira and Scourge have their stuff *after* the class storyline I guess, but it never feels like anyone has any connection to anyone else. They're all just... On the ship, I guess, not interacting.

If you read this far thanks, I have realized now that I'm here that this is a ridiculous endeavor and probably not a great post but I'm gonna post it anyway and I hope at least someone likes this post or agrees with some of it. Sorry again to anyone who is a fan of the characters I trashed (which, I know for Scourge at least is: Most people)

[therron-shan]

For the swtor thing: 21, 2, and 8.

2. What is your favorite class and why? And/or list the player classes in order of most -> least favoriteOoh this is a good one and I could write hundreds of words on this ahaha.  But I’ll keep it short for this.  My favorite class comes down to three - Jedi Knight, Sith Warrior, and Imperial Agent.  Like the LIs, I can’t choose lmao.  I love the Jedi Knight because it’s the quintessential Star Wars story.  I love Orgus Din and Kira Carsen and Lord Scourge (I mean that’s no surprise) and the choices you can make, with Praven and Bengel Morr and Agent Galen.  I love being able to sass Doc for being a scoundrel.  I fucking love being a Sentinel.  Anyway.  SW because it was the first class I ever played.  I adore Quinn and Vette.  I love love love the story itself.  How you go from this sort of entitled acolyte, brought to the academy by special treatment.  You prove yourself and catch Baras’s eye and ugh all the stuff with Nomen Karr and Jaesa.  And then the big twists in chapter two.  You know, being a Sith, that betrayal is right around the corner but you don’t think it’ll happen to you till it does and ugh.  IA because, I mean, have you ever played it?  Oh my god.  Vector, The twists, the choices, Vector, the endings.  Vector.  The voice actors.  Did I mention Vector?  It’s literally perfection.And for the ranking cause I want to do it.1) Jedi Knight, Sith Warrior, Imperial Agent2) Bounty Hunter3) Sith Inquisitor4) Jedi Consular5) Trooper6) Smuggler

lmao see i kept it short

8. Name your top favorite companions (feel free to include reasons why).Ooh.  Well there’s no like limit to this so we’ll do ten?  And I’m only doing base game.1) Lord Scourge and honestly I’m not getting into it cause we’d be here all day.  But I adore grumpy tomato grandpa more than I should.2) Malavai Quinn because I fell in love with him the moment I saw him.  I loved his story.  I loved his companion quests because he deserved so much more than what he got.  And then the anger and tears that came with the Quinncident.  He was written so damn well.3) Vector Hyllus because he’s perfect.  He’s so sweet and pure, and I love that difference in him vs my agents, who are usually very tough and pragmatic.  But Vector makes them see different sides of situations, of people.  And the Joiner stuff is so interesting.  I love how he sees the galaxy.4) Torian Cadera because who doesn’t love that moment when the fem!BH knocks him the fuck out on Taris and he’s all blushy and totally crushing?  He’s adorable.  And again, I love his backstory.  If Xo wasn’t gay af…5) Vette because she’s such a badass in her own right, and she’s not cold and brusque.  She’s bright and funny and talkative and yet she can kick some serious ass.  I love that.  And her romance is so sweet (well I mean with an LS SW. I’ve never gone super dark lol).6) Kira Carsen because again, badass.  She’s seen so much and been through so much but that hasn’t like ruined her.  She still looks for the best in most people.7) Zenith because Troy Baker.  No but really, I love Zenith.  It’s always amusing when he gets irritated by my super LS consulars.  I love the trust he establishes with the consular, and how they both eventually open up to each other.8) Aric Jorgan because I adore this grumpy cat.  He starts off at odds with the trooper and the way his character grows and changes along with the trooper was written so well.  And his companion quests with the Deadeyes.  And pissing him off by flirting with Jonas whoops9) T7-O1 because he’s a sweet baby.  He’s too pure for the galaxy.  But he can also kick ass.10) Akaavi Sparr because muscles, heavy armor, Zabrak, Mando… need I go on?  She has a pretty tragic backstory but she doesn’t let it weigh her down.  I mean not really.  I love the way she interacts with the smuggler.

21. Which player ship is your favorite?Damn, what a question.  Either Quinn/F!SW, Vector/F!IA, or Jorgan/F!Trooper.

SWtOR Player Asks!

Thank you for the ask, and sorry it got long lmao

[rainofaugustsith]

KOTFE/ET Headcanons

Thank you so much for the tag @thehighground! This was such a fun and interesting one! Tagging, um, @tishinada @soulparticle @dreamy04 @verbose-vespertine @levelofdepth and anyone else who wants to do this. NO PRESSURE! Spoilers for KOTFE and KOTET, as well as the traitor arc and Onslaught. 

1. Starting with basics. Who is your Outlander (which class, what their aligment)? How did they end up being frozen in carbonite for 5 years? Why did you make them the Outlander?:   My Sith Warrior, Viridana Dragoi (Vengeance Juggernaut) is my Outlander. That was a simple choice for me - Viri is my main, my alter ego in the game, and she seemed to fit so well. Viri's alignment is a tough one. She absolutely embraces the Dark Side and absolutely will kill her enemies. She makes LS decisions a lot too, though, and she has a moral code of her own. For example Viri killed Senya and Arcann without thinking twice, but she would not allow Kaliyo to blow up the Spire and kill civilians and she talked Broonmark into letting the senator live (he lived too, which is a special thing for SWs). Viri has a very strong aversion to killing civilians, rank and file soldiers,  and animals, and would really rather negotiate with you than kill you, unless you have crossed her in a way she can't excuse.   Viri landed in carbonite exactly as the game describes - she was part of Marr's coalition. When Marr's ship broke up, it was swallowed by an Eternal Fleet ship. Viri and Marr were gassed, and later woke up in prison wearing Force-suppressing cuffs. They were taken to Valkorion, where Marr was killed, Viri killed Valkorion, and Arcann framed her and threw her into carbonite.   One difference from the game is that Viri refused to speak the entire time. She did not say a word to Arcann or Valkorion from the time she woke up to the time she was frozen in carbonite. She just screamed once when she was being frozen.  

2. Now, to the rest of classes. What happens to them during KotFE/ET? Did they know the Outlander? Were they allies, enemies, family? Do they join the Alliance or have something else to do? Do they play a major or a minor role in the story? Spare no detail (if you wish, of course):   Sith Inquisitor: My canon SI, Suvia (Darth Nox) was also part of Darth Marr's coalition. Her ships were destroyed by the Eternal Fleet and she was placed into carbonite. She was a trophy on the wall in the Zakuulan palace for seven years. Only the presence of her remaining ghost kept her alive. Viri and her Alliance searched desperately for Suvia, but only found her by accident, after the fall of Zakuul. Once they found her, they traveled to several planets to gather ingredients for an antidote to carbonite poisoning and gave her medical assistance and care after she was thawed.     Suvia is now the head of Force Lore and the Odessen Force libraries and archives. She is a very good friend to Viri and Lana, and she was thrilled to be reunited with other good friends: Talos Drellik and Xalek. Suvia plays a major part in Viri's story and is a close, unshakable ally. She is currently romantically involved with Jaesa Wilsaam.   Suvia did know Viri before KOTFE - they were Dark Council allies, and they also worked closely on both the Yavin 4 coalition and the fight against Vitiate on Ziost.   My Darth Imperius, Jia, did not know Viri and did not follow the SI story. She worked as a saber trainer on Korriban. When Zakuul attacked, she was there. She and Darth Hexid helped each other dig out of the rubble and became allies, fighting and surviving together. They joined the Alliance after KOTET and now work with Viri as friends.   My Darth Occlus, Shasi, is much younger. She did not follow the SI story either. She was still on Korriban while Viri was the Wrath. Viri meets her during the attack on Ossus, and Shasi asks to return to Odessen with her and join the Alliance.   Bounty Hunter: Taran Walrez continued her work as a bounty hunter up through KOTET. She was an ally of Lana's during the carbonite years. Her wife saved Lana's hand after she was injured in a very bad fight with a Zakuulan walker, and they pointed Lana toward Asylum. Taran remained in contact afterward.   When Theron Shan betrayed the Alliance, Viri took out a bounty on him, and she hired the very best- Taran - to take it. Taran and Viri tracked Theron to Copero, but Taran was badly injured in the battle. She has retired from bounty hunting and now lives on Odessen, serving in an advisor capacity. Her wife, Lucinda, is a genius microsurgeon who works in the Alliance Hospital. Her colleagues Mako and Akaavi now run the Alliance's slicing and intelligence wing. Viri did not know Taran until the Alliance years.   My second BH, Auyrini, did not follow the BH story but is part of the Underworld network at the Alliance.   Imperial Agent: My canon agent, Brynn, chose to keep the Black Codex and erase her information. She thus became a ghost after the class story, wanted nothing more to do with the Empire, Sith or Republic, and vanished into Wild Space with Vector, her husband. She is in Lana's intelligence network, and tipped Lana off to a few clues to Viri's whereabouts, but she has no desire to join the Alliance. She and Vector just want to be left alone and live in peace. Viri has never met or spoken to Brynn.   Jedi Knight: Ror was about one step away from being sent to Belsavis after the class story, so she vanished, taking only T7-O1. She later surfaced as a member of Somminick Timmns' sanctuary for ex-Jedi on Nar Shaddaa and joined the Alliance. Ror is very much a Sith now. She is slated to play a major part in the Tenebrae Plague storyline. Viri does not trust Scourge and Kira and will not merge her minds with them - but Ror will. Ror also feels that she owes it to Satele Shan to try to save her; Satele was the only person who kept her out of prison. Viri meets Ror when she joins the Alliance. They're not friends yet, but they have a mutual respect.   Jedi Consular: Jenari also left the Jedi and joined Somminick Timmns' ex-Jedi sanctuary. She has found her way to Odessen, where she works with Suvia Kallig on Force lore. She is later joined there by Nadia and Felix. Jenari's sister is Shasi, my Darth Occlus mentioned above. The siblings have never met, but on Odessen, they are slated to finally find each other. Viri meets Jenari when she joins the Alliance.

  Smuggler: My canon smuggler, Marlena, is still out there smuggling, and is one of Hylo's underworld contacts - but she isn't part of the Alliance and prefers to just keep running her empire. Viri does not know Marlena.   My second non-canon smuggler, Amedria, is also out there smuggling and is in Hylo's Rolodex, but has no other contact with the Alliance.   Trooper: After seeing all of the things Garza did, including the Eclipse Squad, my trooper Keilla was done. She testified against Garza in front of the Galactic Senate, and then she peaced out. She and her friend Paxton Rall moved to the Tion Hegemony. She also helped her ex-girlfriend, Jaxo, move to the Hegemony to try to heal from her trauma. Keilla works in security there, but she is determined never to return to Imperial, Hutt OR Republic space and never to fight in another war. When the Alliance started, Bey'wan Aygo, Aric Jorgan and Rusk all tried to get her to reconsider. She would not. Keilla occasionally provides advice from afar, but she will not even set foot outside the Hegemony.

Viri does know Keilla and has spoken to her via holo many times to coordinate THORN activity, but they only met during the Alliance years. When Viri's Alliance sends help with THORN to fight the rakghoul plague on Kaon, Keilla helps orchestrate it. She also helps take in ex-Jedi who are fleeing from Task Force Nova, so she is slated to have a large part in the story eventually.   3. What about companions? Do you follow their in-game story or have headcanons for them? Did they stay with your non-Outlander characters or not? Why?:

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.   Viri: Vette, Pierce and Broonmark were recovered as per the game story. Jaesa - who is neither the LS nor the DS but something in the middle - was discovered in an ancient Sith trap on Yavin 4 after KOTET. She rejoined the Alliance at that time. Malavai Quinn was exiled and thrown in jail after the Quinncident in the class story, and he was smart enough to know that he should not go anywhere around Viri ever again. He did NOT serve as Acina's emissary on Iokath. Instead, Rezinal Orzik from the Black Talon flashpoint did.   For my non-Outlanders:   Jedi Knight: Ror ran away from all her companions, except T7-O1, after the class story. And T7 eventually needed to go fight Zakuul. So she lost contact with them, and T7-O1, Kira, Scourge and Rusk joined the Alliance as per the in-game story. Doc was never part of my Jedi Knight's crew, as Ror, Kira and T7-O1 took a united front and insisted that they would not let him on the ship. He was left on Balmorra and had nothing else to do with my Jedi Knight or her crew. So he's not there at all, and whatever happened to him, Ror neither knows nor cares.  Jedi Consular: Jenari also ended up parting ways from her crew due to the war with Zakuul. She has been reunited with three of them on Odessen. Qyzen joined the Alliance Commander as per the game. Felix and Nadia were both rescued during various missions and brought back to Odessen. Zenith declined to join Jenari’s crew on Balmorra. He worked with her but was angry she would not alter the governor’s brain to place the new government in power, and is also angry that she shows sympathy to Sith, so he didn’t feel he belonged in her crew.    Trooper: Keilla left all her companions after the class story and never came back. Viri has Aric Jorgan and Yuun in her Alliance, and they joined as the story dictated.   Smuggler: Marlena is out in space with her crew. She's married to Risha. Bowdaar also remained with her. They never left her and thus have never been part of Viri's Alliance. Guss decided to eventually try being a Jedi again, in part because he was worried that the Eternal Empire would sense his Force sensitivity and kill him, and he wanted to be able to defend himself. Corso left Marlena’s crew during the class story after they had taken down with Skavak. He wanted to return to protect Ord Mantell and Marlena let him go.  Akaavi also left the crew after she met Mako and fell ln love. She joined my bounty hunter’s crew to work with her and Mako.     Sith Inquistor: Suvia was frozen in carbonite, so all of her companions dispersed. Ashara looked for her for years, hiring a slicer named Ikina to help her. It was unsuccessful - Suvia was a trophy in the Zakuulan palace and there was no way to track or find her. Ashara and Ikina finally fell in love, married and settled down on Voss, where they run a tea house and raise their daughter.   Andronikos was picked up raiding Alliance ships, as the game story says, and was brought back to Odessen. Talos joined the Alliance as the game story dictates. So did Xalek. Khem Val is slated to be rediscovered on Ossus, as he is in the game, and return to Suvia on Odessen.   Bounty Hunter: Mako has never left her crew and remains her right-hand help. Skadge has never been a part of her crew, as Mako and Taran killed him on Belsavis. Torian left early on after the death of Mandalore to help the Mandalorians and joined the Alliance as per the game. Blizz left temporarily to fight in the Alliance, and he's gone back and forth between Odessen and Taran's ship. Gault left, as per the game story, to hook up with Hylo.   Imperial Agent: My Imperial Agent Brynn became a ghost at the end of her class story. She and Vector erased their tracks and vanished together. They also did their companions the courtesy of erasing their tracks, too. Kaliyo went off to grift from others; Scorpio became the Lady of Sorrows, Lokin went to his safehouse and Raina Temple returned to the Chiss. Kaliyo, Lokin, Raina and SCORPIO all joined the Alliance (and in SCORPIO's case, betrayed it) as described in the game.   4. If applicable: how your characters react if the Alliance joins the opposite faction on Iokath and after that? For example: how do Sith characters feel about joining the Republic? Will they stay or leave (if it’s too spoiler-ish, then feel free to skip this): Viri has chosen to keep her Alliance independent while allying with the Empire. The Republic characters who are with her (Ror and Jenari, my Jedi Knight and Consular) are both ex-Jedi so they're totally fine with that. My two smugglers, Marlena and Amedria, don't particularly care about the Republic and just want to be paid, so they will work with the Alliance regardless of who they support.

However, a few of the Republic companions, such as Rusk and Aric Jorgan, are eventually going to bow out and retire, just like Bey'wan Aygo, because they can't fight the Republic and they can't fight Viri either.   5. If applicable: if your Commander decides to be a saboteur, would they tell anyone (PC or companions)? Why/why not?: This doesn't apply to Viri. In AU, all of my Imperials are loyalists and all my Republic toons are saboteurs. They have chosen to only tell Lana with one exception - Jenari, my JC, would tell Nadia and Felix.   6. How would your characters react if one of their companions is exiled or dead because of Outlander’s choices? For example: sith warrior’s reaction if Commander doesn’t save Vette?:   The three that this applies to are Skadge, SCORPIO and Torian.   Viri killed SCORPIO because after all that betrayal and subterfuge, there was no way in the galaxy that she would have sat back and let SCORPIO merge with a super-powerful deadly droid planet. SCORPIO's assertion that she wouldn't bother them again meant nothing because she could not be trusted. Brynn, my IA, has no idea what went on, but she would have been indifferent to SCORPIO's death. She surely knew what SCORPIO was capable of, and would have killed her too under the same circumstances.   Viri tried desperately to reach Torian, and sent Pierce and a team to try to save him. They couldn't reach Torian. Taran was saddened to learn of his death, but she also knew that Viri did not just shrug and walk away from him. She also knows that Vette is Viri's adopted sister. She can't fault Viri even a little for saving her sister first.   Viri killed Skadge in the game but headcanonically, she never even met him. Taran killed him on Belsavis during the class story- she sure as hell wasn't going to let him on her crew or her ship. But if Viri had killed him, Taran's reaction would have been a big thumbs-up.

7. If you have something written about anything from the above (bc I know some people do), share the links to your works (again, if you feel like it)!: Oh, here we go! A lot of the companion returns/etc. are addressed in the post-KOTET fanfic The Eternal Wrath: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14255019 Stories set during KOTFE: https://archiveofourown.org/series/999348 Stories set during KOTET: https://archiveofourown.org/series/999342

[rainofaugustsith]

SWTOR Player Asks

Taking that LiveJournal ethos mentioned in a post somewhere and just did most of the questions for myself.  1. How many characters do you have? Technically 27 across four servers, but some of them are clones and some are characters I really don't play much. My characters on the European servers are there so I can visit with friends if need be and I usually don't play them. Right now since I am preferred I only have access to 14 on my main server. Sith Warriors: 10 (Viri and all her clones) Sith Inquisitors: 4 Bounty Hunters: 3 Smugglers: 2 Troopers: 2 (one is a clone of the other) Jedi Consulars: 2 (one of is a clone of the other) Jedi Knights: 3 (I have one i totally forgot about on Satele Shan, ouch) Imperial Agents: 1 2. What is your favorite class and why? And/or list the player classes in order of most -> least favorite Favorite is Sith Warrior. It was the class I started with, it's still my favorite, and I really love playing my Juggernauts more than any other combat styles. Favorite to least favorite:   Sith Warrior Sith Inquisitor Bounty Hunter Smuggler Jedi Consular Trooper Imperial Agent Jedi Knight  3. Do you prefer to tank, DPS, or heal? DPS. I don't really like group content too much so I have no interest in playing the other two.  4. What is your favorite player combat ability? Shatter. It is a leap-and-stab for the Vengeance Juggernaut, and there's even a sinister little laugh with it.  5. Favorite advanced class and discipline? Vengeance Juggernaut!  6. Do you primarily play Republic, Empire, or a mix of both sides? Is there a specific reason for this preference? I greatly prefer to play Empire. The only story I really like Republic side is the Smuggler and I’ve tended to spacebar through the others when replayed (I have been trying to play each class story at least 2x to do each advanced class).  7. Which player voice actor is your favorite and your least favorite? Natasha Little (female Sith Warrior), Lydia Leonard (Lana Beniko) and Catherine Taber (Vette)  8. Name your top favorite companions (feel free to include reasons why). Lana, Vette, Talos, Blizz, T7-O1.  10. Favorite love interest? Lana!!!! I'm wlw and almost all my characters romance her. 11. Which expansions did you like the most, and which ones did you dislike? I really liked KOTFE and SoR most. I didn't care for Onslaught at all. I didn't like some bits of Makeb, but the scenery was incredible.  12. Do you have a preferred mount/speeder? Is there one you want, but don’t own yet? All of my toons have special mounts that seem to work well with them, but for Viri I especially love her Aquatic Sleen and her Roche Gangster. 13. Which planet’s aesthetic/atmosphere do you enjoy the most? I love Belsavis. That might make people say WTF because of the prisons, but I'm not talking about the prisons, which are an atrocity. I'm talking about the rest of the planet- the lava next to the snow, the natural green areas, the Rakata ruins everywhere, the fact that you can use the Rakata transporters to get around.   I also am really found of Yavin 4, Odessen (the little we see of it) and Tatooine. Tatooine is just so perfectly done, the music, the way you can almost feel the heat in the cities, the long stretches of sand dunes, everything.  14. Favorite planet story arc? The planetary arc for Tatooine, which has some variations but is the same story in the end on both Imperial and Republic sides. It's just such a good mystery/horror story and I'm really glad it is available to both factions. Second, the Dread Masters storyline on Imperial Belsavis because it’s really designed well. You get deeper and deeper into the Rakata areas and it works.   15. Show us your main(s)! Oh, Viri is alll over this Tumblr.  16. Do you have a favorite Flashpoint or operation? A least favorite? I love Copero for the scenery in both town and the mountains, although it's really long. I pretty intensely dislike Tython because the second and third bosses are incredibly annoying. I think the new Corellia flashpoint is very boring, too, and I can't stand Blood Hunt although the atmosphere on Rishi is neat.  17. If you participate in warzones, which is your favorite map? N/A. Never ever PvP like ever. 18. Which achievement(s) are you most proud of? Finishing the HK-51 quest chain, because it was HARD. I also really like having gotten all of my companions (except for Doc) to 1000 kills, and soloing all the uprisings.  19. Where can other players most commonly find you in game? They probably can't. :) I stick to instanced areas and keep to myself as much as possible. A few of my strongholds (Dromund Kaas, Coruscant and Umbarra) are open to the public on Star Forge under the name 'Viridana Dragoi' but I don't hang out in those.     20. What do you most often do while playing? (ex. PVP, FPs, quests, crafting, RP, etc.) I am usually either working on story quests or the solo Conquest objectives, as well as some (mostly instanced) flashpoints. I've spent a lot of time decorating my strongholds, too.  21. Which player ship is your favorite? Overall the Imperial Agent has such an amazing ship. Second, the ship that the Sith Warrior and Sith Inquisitor have.  22. Of all the in-game events (Relics of the Gree, Rakghoul, Life Day, so on) which do you like the most, and which do you dislike? I really love Gree because of the decor in the Grey Secant. It's so 1980s roller rink/disco and I love it and wish there were more of it in the game. I've given up playing Bounty Contract Week because it is all open world and you constantly have other players grabbing the targets.  24. Do you have a primary/preferred stronghold? All around, probably Nar Shaddaa, the apartment on Rishi and Tatooine.  26. Who is/are your favorite non-companion NPC(s)? I really love Tora, Crysta Markon from the Bounty Hunter story, Somminick Timmns.  27. If you could make any current NPC a player companion, who would you pick? I would love if Major Anri were a permanent companion. I think Viri in the game would get a kick out of questing with Somminick Timmns.

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Bounty Hunter, Take 2

I finished my second run through the bounty hunter story with Auyrini!

I loved the Powertech class so much more than Mercenary. Auyrini was a firebug and I enjoyed her arsenal of creative, deadly skills.

Story

I love Crysta, the Mercenary Space Mom. I wish she'd been around more after the Great Hunt. She's one of the few mentors in the game who seemed to really, truly want her protege to do well without expecting any personal benefit. Most of the other mentors on both sides have their own agendas (Garza, Zash, Baras, etc.) but Crysta just really seems happy for you. During Chapter One it's nice to have Crysta on the sidelines cheering you on.

Chapter Three, well...yeah. The irony for me is that Auyrini did not start the story with any particular hostility toward the Republic but she certainly ended that way. With the exception of that Jedi, none of her earliest targets were of much consequence to the Republic. Pirates on Hoth, Jicoln Cadera on Taris, internal Imperial squabbles on Dromund Kaas, gangsters on Nar Shaddaa. It wasn't until the Republic decided to make her Public Enemy #1 that she started going after them in earnest.

The Republic's response to Auyrini seems so uneven, in light of how they react to other Imperial characters. I love Viri to the moon and back, but if you wanted to add up her Republic/Jedi body count I think you'd be in the double digits before the end of Chapter One. Her entire Chapter Two is about systematically killing Republic military officers. Yet, the Jedi Council just "keeps an eye" on her. Torian goes out with Clan Orda to assassinate a Republic senator on Alderaan. The smuggler can kill a Jedi on Tatooine and turn her ships on the Republic fleet after Corellia. The Inquisitor had a high body count too, took out a lot of Jedi and absconded with a padawan on Taris. Shae Vizla sacked the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.

Out of all the Imperial characters and the smuggler, the bounty hunter is actually the least aggressive overall toward the Republic, but she's the one they are the most zealous about apprehending. Auyrini kills one Jedi and blows up one ship, and the Republic not only goes on an extensive campaign to bring her down but they literally make shit up to justify it. It's a personal vendetta. Why? Perhaps because she's just a working stiff with none of the clout or immunity that the Sith, Agent and Smuggler have, which makes it even more fucked up.

As I played through with Auyrini I remembered what else I intensely disliked about the BH story the first time around: all the casual sexism. It seems far worse in this story than any of the others. We have:

1. Numerous NPCs who make comments about how the BH is the "kind of woman" they like when she's just trying to work, including the Imperial quest giver on Dromund Kaas and Mandalore. 2. Numerous oblique references to potential assault, including Jicoln Cadera's declaration that he would have "taken the BH as a wife" while he was shooting her. 3. A scene where the female BH and Mako completely failed the Bechdel Test and were expected to spend the entire conversation gushing over Torian and how cute he is. 4. A "guys like a girl in durasteel" choice, a reference to Mako's weight, and Mako putting her appearance down all in one scene. 5. The rival BH posing as what could be inferred as a sex slave to the Imperial NPC on Balmorra and effusively praising her "master." 6. The trainer on Hutta who refers to the BH as the "cutest thing to pick up a blaster" or something like that.

In the Sith Warrior story there's one NPC on Quesh who makes a comment that "women shouldn't be on the battlefield" and the SW can immediately choke his sorry ass. That's also the only sexist statement I remember, and the NPC in question is portrayed as someone disagreeable. The BH, in comparison, has to listen to this for the entire class story without being able to call it out most of the time. You can tell off the trainer on Hutta but there really aren't clapbacks to most of these.

Companions

I still love Mako, and I'm still sorry that her companion story didn't seem to have a real resolution to it. 

Blizz is still adorable and sweet, and it melts my heart that he made a present for Auyrini and another for Torian after he was abducted and held for ransom. He is a such a counter to the harshness found in the rest of the BH story and I really love having him on board.

I still like Torian and regret that Auyrini had to be rude to him at times. The romance with Torian is set up in such a way that you have to be an asshole to him not to get locked into it. Apparently the thought was that if you weren't sexually attracted to someone you wouldn't be civil to them, which is absurd (but a lot of people seem to operate that way IRL...) On this run I made sure Auyrini didn't touch any of the flirts and took the comments that were neutral instead of nice. I hate that because I like Torian but I didn't want another character getting tied into a romance they didn't want.

FWIW Torian and Mako did not hook up (I hate the term "dating," just hate it, so I won't use it). 

This time around I didn't even bother doing Skadge's companion chats. I just walked past him and pretended he wasn't there. 

Mandalorians

Auyrini followed in Taran's footsteps and declined to join the Mandalorians. She just doesn’t want to be in a clan and she doesn’t share the Mandalorians’ belief system. 

Ending

Auyrini killed the Supreme Chancellor and chose to tell Darth Tormen she would not work for him anymore. 

This, like the IA story, is another case where I really can't imagine any good reason for my character to side with the Republic. Darth Tormen is a Very Bad Man and is exploiting the BH, but after everything the Republic does to Auyrini she has no reason to trust or want to help them either. At the end of the story it was very fitting for her to nope out to all of them and go her own way.  I could see Auyrini becoming a ghost like the IA and going far far away from the Empire and Republic, like my trooper. She’s done with politics.