#swtor emails

[moontheoretist]

Acina, what the fuck? I know that I assured you that the issue will be dealt with. Yes, I did lie, but it was not, because I knew something you didn't (except that Shae disappeared), but because I felt Empire was trying to encrouch on Alliance's jurisdiction and was crossing the line.

Were my choices bad for my alliance with the Empire? Probably, but I was distrustful of their movements for quite some time and tried to do everything to show that Alliance is independent, not a subsidiary of the Sith Empire. And now she dares to insult me, because my ally did something literally unpredicatble? I had no idea she was going to do that, I'm not a psychic, no matter my status as the Voss Mystic too.

The truth is I didn't inform them about Shae, because frankly I felt it's not their problem to deal with - they had no right to this information. If I had a "slight inclination" of what Shae was going to do, I would have informed the empire that she went rogue and we are tracking her as we speak. I have literally no idea what mental gymnastics Shae had to do to come to the bizarre conclusion that she needs Malgus to enact her revenge on Heta Kol, when my inclination was that he isn't related to the entire movement and couldn't care less about it.

Well at least this plays into my headcanons.

Game will never allow for this, but I personally was displeased in what Acina was doing recently with the Sith Empire as well, and I wouldn't say no to some coup in order to put someone else on the throne.

It's really funny, because I romance Acina, so this entire situation is such a goddamn angst and lack of trust between me and her lol. And such a good precursor to my future plans for our "alliance". I gave her a chance to change the Empire, but I can see they largely wasted it. They did some commendable things, but overall got meh results. So as far as I'm concerned, a new leader is needed to enact true change.

But that's headcanons.

At least Lana understands Shae's actions were not my fault.

Meanwhile Darth Rivix wants to get stabbed. I didn't trust him since Mannan so he earned that one. Next time we meet he will understand why I'm nice only to a point. And why crossing it is a bad idea.

He and Shae both will learn that lesson.

Me keeping the holocron and the people found by the super weapon away from the Empire is just a first step towards me trying to assert Alliance's status as independent third party. Sith Empire has no right to this holocron or those people, but act as if they did. (Funny how before they had no issue with me holding stuff away from them (or acted like it until Iokath) but now me keeping something safe from them to ensue it won't get misused is suddenly a big fucking problem lol). If that makes me a traitor or disployal then so be it. Bring it on.

[theophexislegacy]

I love when we get story updates because Kenth gets to open his emails the next morning and immediatly take stress damage

[eorzeashan]

did everyone forget the moment where Theron killed a Dark Council Member by sending them the star wars equivalent of a 4 TB discord pipebomb through their ship wifi

[dozysloth]

SO. I am caught up on the recent expansion updates stating from Kessan’s Landing. Before I start, here’s some information I thought might be relevant since I’m not doing a character introduction. The events of KOTFE/KOTET (carbonite and the birth of the Alliance) allowed my Commander to distance himself from the Empire and atone through Alliance operations. (Atonement, not redemption. But that’s a post for another time).

Basically, the Alliance wants to remain independent and maintain peace between a galaxy at war. It’s been challenging (and fun) navigating the options and storylines in game to fit that goal. It’s especially tricky when you’re a saboteur within the Empire, it wants to absorb your Alliance, and is also at war with your allies.

With that in mind, onto the story updates:

- Kessan’s Landing was interesting. The highlight for me was Darth Krovos. She is headstrong and brutal, the opposite of my character, and yet somehow they make an excellent and efficient team. Their banter was amusing and there was some opportunity for more sabotage.

- Voss was disappointing. I adore the planet and it’s lore, plus the new area is gorgeous. I’m not sure if it was my dialogue choices but it felt like there was some build up for a big reveal. Unfortunately, the end cutscene was vague and underwhelming.

- Ruunuk was my favourite part. Even though these storylines are less force-involved, my character didn’t feel out of place. I adore Jekiah and Rass. I hope they get more development and maybe become permanent companions. I had no opinions on Heta Kol until this storyline. From the interactions with my character and the fight scene, she’s a lot more compelling.

- As far as the storyline with Sa’har, I’m enjoying it. I think she’s an endearing character and my character has a knack for taking people under his wing. It was nice to finally have some one-on-one discussions with her since they got off on a rough start. (He looks like a scary, dark-side-corrupted Zabrak so understandable Sa’har). Not sure what to make of the holocron machine thing I just hope it’s not another super-weapon.

I do wish there was more time to focus on individual meaningful interactions because certain areas of these updates felt kind of underdeveloped.

What really struck me was the following:

Shae frees Malgus. We’re left to deal with a bunch of angry Sith emails and a zoom call with Emperor Vowrawn. Which did NOT go well, by the way. It was exhilarating because I feel like the Commander is consistently let off the hook. But as Rivix puts it, “….you must be prepared for the unnavigable ramifications of these actions.” Since Onslaught, I’ve been wondering how the saboteur route was going to play out and I think we’re finally headed somewhere. I don’t know where that somewhere is but I am seated.

[bengesko]

In case folks (like me) ignore their emails, I got this an hour ago from SWTOR:

We wanted to let you know that players character name(s) are at risk of being released for inactivity if you have not logged into a character since January 1, 2024. That character name can potentially be claimed by someone else at 7.6 launch, currently targeted for December.

In order to keep a character name, you must:

Be an active Subscriber at 7.6 launch OR

Log into the game with the character whose name you want to keep prior to 7.6 launch

If you want to claim a released name, the Rename: Character Name Consumable item will be 99% off for one week following 7.6 launch.

I gotta download the game just to log in to save my character names lol.

[et-cant-phone-home-no-signal]

once more admiring how funny swtor is because i just got an email from lord nefarid?? why does he have my contact details?? "Subject: A job well done", a favourite line being "I guess I owe you for that, and I always pay my debts" followed by "Watch your back, Jedi!" has got me sobbing. this game is a gem

[dirtybiowareconfessions]

Confession: Criminal that SWTOR player characters can’t be polyamorous (can you *imagine* how many hundreds of hours it would take to play through the whole story again for each romance option separately if you wanted to see them all???) but it’s particularly brutal that the Imperial Agent can’t just marry everyone. They have such good options they should be allowed to Fully Embrace Them.

They have office romance w/ Vector Hyllus being the cutest most submissive little puppy ever written; Raina with her impeccable fashion and great voice and cute terrifying energy (god how is she so pretty); Lana on her overprotective Sith boss to best friend to wife slow burn who promises to make someone beg for mercy for you; Kaliyo once again assigning herself codependent best friend and protector and having painfully cool piercings and natural eyeliner and being bloody terrifying; sneaky backstabbing flirt vs sneaky backstabbing flirt action with Darth Rivix; weirdly intense spy-4-spy character foil romance with Theron that starts with mercilessly teasing him at work and potentially ends with his mother sending you (an enemy of her state) an email saying she thinks you’re a good influence on him. Date Koth and have soft feelings and moral principals! Date Anri and kiss the military industrial complex on the mouth! If your Agent is a guy then you can get to kiss Cytharat and (spoilers for a decade-old game) Hunter (hot power play AND emotional trauma, ily Hunter) too without missing out on any of the other romances.

You got girls, boys, Hunter, someone in an insect hivemind, punks, rebels, spies, diplomats, Sith who top (Lana), sith who bottom (Cytharat). You can date or flirt with every single living member of the biological family of your tyrannical ex- head of state, and one dead one.

And they are all so hot.

Criminal. It is *criminal* that you have to either buck up and pick one of them or experience actual video game divorce.

[sainamoonshine]

One thing that never ceases to amuse me in swtor is like. Every time a npc sends an email to tell my alliance commander some secret stuff and makes him promise not to tell anyone else

And my commander is like « oh yeah sure no prob, this super secret information will remain just between us (CCI: LanaBeniko@alliancemail CCI: TheronShan@alliancemail) »

[rainofaugustsith]

SWTOR sent out a "since you've been gone we've made updates" email about a week ago. Unfortunately, it had nothing in it that was in any way motivating to even peek at the game again as a free player. 

Now that I'm out of SWTOR and in a game where the devs don't treat the players like complete shit and try to emulate Game of Thrones - I'm far happier. From what I know of the complete clusterfuck that is now the story, even more so.

As much as I miss Viri and Lana running around and some of the planets, I don't miss most of what SWTOR was or is. 

Here's the letter I would have loved to have seen, though. 

*** Note - this is a satire/wishlist written by me, NOT an actual email from SWTOR ***

Dear Former SWTOR Player, 

We miss you! Since you've been gone, we've been making major changes. Most importantly, we're now committed to the best player experience we can give you! Check out the changes we've made:

The Return of Play Your Way!

Solo player? Small groups? Love to raid? Don't worry, we've got you all covered! No matter how you want to play, you'll have full access to everything SWTOR has to offer. In line with the Play Your Way philosophy, we are also introducing easy, normal and nightmare modes for all content. Play as you wish!

Expanded Accessibility

In line with our enhanced Play Your Way philosophy and our commitment to inclusive gaming, we are now introducing more features to make your experience accessible, such as a toggle to disable flashing/strobing lights, several caption size/font choices and color contrast options for colorblind players and migraineurs. 

Find Out What Happened!

Did you miss part of the story? The three raids on Oricon and Iokath and the final mission of the Macrobinoculars quest chain will now have tourist mode. You will not get XP or any mission rewards from tourist mode, but you'll be able to watch the story cut scenes associated with these raids to complete your Oricon, Macrobinoculars and Iokath adventures. 

Dedicated Story Updates!

Tired of waiting months and months for the tiniest story updates? So are we! We've invited back some of SWTOR's best writers to update the story far more regularly. We will also be introducing the Alliance Fork, to allow Alliance Commanders who have chosen to remain independent or act as saboteurs to strike out on their own. 

Companion Packs!

Want more time with Vette, Lana, Torian or Quinn? We've got you! Companion Packs contain hours of stories, quests and features with your companions of choice, whether they're romantically involved with your Commander or platonic friends. Earn access to Companion Packs by getting your companion's influence to level 50 and completing their combat achievements. 

Gearing for All!

Whether you raid or solo, you'll be able to earn moddable gear again with a simplified gear system. 

Rolling Back Prices!

Travel costs for quick travel have been rescinded. Costs for augmenting gear and removing mods have been significantly lowered.  

Toxicity Not Welcome!

We will be actively working to create an in-game environment that is welcoming to all players, including increased monitoring and action against griefing and bigotry in chat channels.

[pouring-out-the-heart]

Stuff to do if I ever want to disappear

Sell or donate everything I can except blankets, clothes, cross stitch stuff, camera, and personal care items.

Hand over my FFXIV guild to my current girlfriend since she put the most work into it. Leave the guild and remove all my characters. Transfer them all to preferred worlds when the worlds they are on are congested.

Kick everyone from the SWTOR guilds and set things up so it's just me.

See if my brother is willing to be the only one who keeps in touch with me granted he respects my gender identity. If he doesn't, remove him too.

Remove every friends from every gaming platform; Playstation, Steam, Switch

Change all my emails on everything so nobody can track me that way

Get a larger vehicle and change it so I can live out of it or buy a vehicle that is already set up for that

Set up a will so that if I ever have an accident or pass away that things will be taken care of

See if it's possible to get insurance without having a state I live in for more than 3 months

Use Amazon to get my prescriptions since I can get them at any pick up box then hopefully

Get some training in self defense, possibly using a gun or knife

Work out some to build up my stamina and strength

Get a business license so I can sell stuff online as well as on the side of the road

Get a portable wifi

Get my own cellphone service. Change my cellphone number.

Get my own car insurance

Change my preferred license plate number

Possibly change my name since it's so unique

[rikki-roses]

Fluffy February Day 1: Snow

I know I'm 8 days late on starting these, but here goes nothing!

SWTOR

Pairing: Kevra Kallig / Andronlkos Revel

Rating: PG-13?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kevra stepped out of her ship into the early Alderaan light, blearily reading through emails on her datapad.

Only to stop halfway down the gangplank.

Everything was covered in over a foot of snow.

Kevra hadn't seen snow in over ten years, not since she was taken from Dantooine. And there had only been a few inches at most when it snowed.

Andronikos walked down behind her, stopping short so he could wrap his arms around Kevra's waist. Even though their relationship was still in its infancy, Andronikos was still very affectionate towards her. She "protested" often, but loved the attention.

Neither of them acknowledged it, but Kevra was extremely touch-starved.

"Don't tell me my powerful, scary Sith lady is spooked by a bit of snow."

Kevra turned around in his arms so they faced each other, crossing her arms and giving the former pirate a mock-glare.

"I'm not scared, you ass. I'm just not used to it; I haven't seen snow since I was eleven, and there was maybe two inches of it."

"I'll be generous and not make the obvious joke."

"Pervert."

He snorted, but he squeezed Kevra's hip anyways. "And yet, you still woke up in my bed this morning. Come back inside, let's get you a few more layers."

Kevra smacked Andronikos's shoulder but allowed him to pull her back into the ship.

While Kevra hadn't prepared for the winter weather, Andronikos had, ensuring that Kevra had the weather-appropriate (and fashion-appropriate) fleece-lined boots and coats.

They had made it halfway down the gangplank a second time when Andronikos stopped her, spun her around and planted a very sloppy kiss on her lips.

Kevra had just started to relax into the kiss when Andronikos gave her a devious smile, tightened his arms around her, and pulled them both off the gangplank into a snow bank.

Kevra let out an undignified shriek as they dropped into the snow, losing her bearings briefly before scrambling back to her feet.

She then saw his goofy, shit-eating grin.

Kevra melted. It had just been a prank.

Then she used the Force to dump snow on Andronikos in payback.

Their duties were forgotten for the morning as they launched into a two-person snowball fight.

[direbeastrex]

Commission Info

My Commissions are currently: OPEN!

INFO AND TOS HERE! Socials you can find me on: Tumblr: this one lmao Email: direbeastrex at gmail dot com NEW! Inkblot: Rex @direbeastrex

Or you can also submit a commission form directly through Artistree.io here! 

In particular I’m really keen to draw more horror and dark fantasy characters and settings, fursonas/anthro OCs, monsters, especially with a 80s/90s animation style. I'm also confident drawing OCs from video games like WoW, GW1&2, FFXIV, SWTOR and also TTRPG OCs from anything from 5e, PF, White Wolf and other systems!  I'd also love to play around more with VHS effects, mock ups of tape/book covers, gritty/grungy textures etc, so feel free to hit me up with any vintage/retro vibe ideas you’ve got!

[okami-zero]

OC Name Meanings

I appreciate the tag, @kittynomsdeplume! xD

Rules: Google and post the meaning of your OC’s name (if you made their name up or they go by a nickname, post an explanation of how it came to you)! bonus if you can find something for their last name too.

I believe I shall tag... @elveny, @vasheden, @greyias, @traveleorzea, @autumnslance, @kunstpause, @sasslett, @clockworkdragonffxiv, @karoiseka, @yzeltia and anyone else who see this and wants to join in!

Okay, so one thing to note about most of my OCs, is their names generally just pop out of the random mess of alphabet soup constantly simmering in some corner of my brain. Not ALL of them (for example, Akagi's family name), but most. Or are inspired/pulled from other places. I will go with my big three main MMO fellas, and my two 100% original OCs. Also, have a cut cause I, uh, got carried away. ^_^; (And I am sorry this took so long. >.<)

Zedd Overkill/Zed'rika Ov'redis- Okay, this guy. My half-echani smuggler in SWTOR, who is based on the original I made ages ago (and who is the descendant of the SWTOR one, after some revisions/additions/etc.) The OG is Zedd Overkill, inspired by my favorite Power Rangers villain (Lord Zedd), the head agent from MiB (Zed, as in the letter) and with inspiration from Hackers (Crash Override), a dash (heh, pun) of Dash Rendar from Shadows of the Empire and a maybe just a hint of Han solo. The name popped into my head after watching Hackers and was trying to think up a cool email during computer class (back when Hotmail was still Hotmail xD). The name was repurposed with a smuggler character I made with a friend when we were just making up neat Star Wars OCs for a maybe story we were writing. Story never got finished, but Zedd stuck around. "Overkill" is more a nickname now, as his preferred method of rapid problem-solving involves liberal applications of thermal detonators. x3 Rav Masahiro & Marshall O'Donnell - These two are my second oldest persistent OCs after good ol' Zedd. There is technically one that is older (in fact, old enough that he used Zedd's moniker for a while, back when folding an OC to fit any AU was my MO), but he's kind of only half-baked, for the most part. Rav and Marshall are next in line, and are, by and large much more polished. The story they were to be set in was very grand in scale and scope, considering it was kind of a series of AUs where things in various realities were being fucked with, and they are two of a team of six who are sent out to deal with such things. If this sounds like a certain popular video game franchise from a prominent Japanese publisher, you'd be right in there being some similarities, I guess, but they predate it by about a year. Well, technically Rav predates it, Marshall didn't crystallize until about a year or so later. Powersets are very shounen-ish, I guess? Little bit of henshin and other stuff thrown in for flavor (and things have been tweaked and appended over time). Anyway, Rav's name comes from a reworking of my own name, as he is kind of my self-insert-ish guy. His last name comes from my at-the-time rampant obsession with Japanese culture (yes, yes, I'll say it, I was a weeb. The interest remains, though tempered by time, experience and education). I thought his last name meant something else, as Googling in those early days was... a crap shoot. And the fact that Masahiro is a given name in Japanese hasn't deterred me, as embarrassing as it might be, it just... is a thing now. xD (The other half-baked OC I mentioned has a similar nomenclature goof). Marshall's name kind of just, popped out of the ether, but it flows well and it fits. She does let people close to her shorten it to "Shall" (sounds like shawl). Do NOT call her "Marsh", "Marshie" or "Marsha" or she'll deck you. Like, lay you out flat with one punch. Moving on!

Xanotos Delkai - My Warrior tank in WoW. Another lad who went through some changes. xD So my first character in WoW was a human hunter back in the...alpha or beta, whenever it was they were originally playable before getting nixed. His name was Thanatos, inspired by the character of the same name from a Sega CD fighting game Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side. He was a typical Grim Reaper-y Death (as Thanatos was the personification of death in Greek mythology, and a psychopomp, I believe). I liked the name. However, the character was nuked after the alpha or beta or whatnot. So, when I remade the character for the full version, I rolled up a Warrior and named him Xanatos/Xanotos (depending on the server), or Xano. Now, I have remade and moved this character many times over the years. Delkai became his surname at some point, and when worgen came out, he was race-changed to worgen, and his backstory was shifted and fleshed out further. Fun fact: the Gargoyles TV series was the farthest thing from my mind when I made this toon, and was for many years. It wasn't until... just before or around Legion, I think? that I realized I had named him the same (if spelled differently) as Evil 90s Will Riker. xD

Akagi Obinata - And now we get to my most recent and most prevalent MMO OC, Akagi. Paladin, Tankfriend, tol dragon/lizard man. So, sadly, this boy is the third I have given a Japanese-style name to, and borked the order of, because Akagi is a freaking surname. >.< Now, I am aware that Hingashi (he was born and raised in/around Kugane) is only kind of Etheirys-Japan, but... I am just...moving on! The inspiration for his given name is one Akagi Shunsuke (or Shunsuke Akagi, in Western fashion) from the anime Dai-Guard. It is an absolutely insane super robot show and I love it, and I see a lot of myself in one of the protagonists (the aforementioned Akagi Shunsuke). So, in honor of a favorite character, I chose that. Forgetting, or blindly ignoring the fact that just because everyone in the show (save for his one relative we see) refers to him as Akagi because it is a cultural thing, and not because it is his given name. >.< What's done is done, however. His surname, thankfully, is one from a list of suggested surnames from the raen au ra lore I could find. It means "blades on waist", and I figured that there were samurai in his family line far enough back that that was the name they took. Akagi, by the way, is if I am not mistaken, "red castle", and well, he IS red. And the Paladin LB3 is a freaking castle WALL, so... it fits in a retroactive kind of way. xD (I was not thinking of his coloring, nor was I aware of what the LB3 looked like when I made him. ^_^; )

And that is it! Do I have more OCs? Yes! But they are all kind of self-contained to different things, and their names are more of a kind of mental slot machine than these goobers (plus the one xD). Hopefully I didn't ramble TOO too much, but I get excited about my homemade blorbos, y'know how it is. Thanks for reading!

[keldae]

People You'd Like to Get to Know Better

Tagged by @greyias -- thank you for the tag, lovely! <3

⟡ FAVE SHIPS ⟡

Gale x Tav

Theron Shan x Jedi Knight

Faramir x Eowyn

Jace Malcom x Satele Shan

⟡ LAST SONG ⟡

Antisocialist -- Asking Alexandria

⟡ LAST FILM ⟡

Ummmmm.... uhhh... shit, what WAS the last film I watched? I legit can't remember xD Maybe Star Wars: A New Hope?

⟡ CURRENTLY READING ⟡

On This Day In History Sh!t Went Down -- James Fell

⟡ CURRENTLY CRAVING ⟡

Sushi!

Finishing BG3... and starting a new playthrough with Devi. ;)

SWTOR story updates. date night with Theron when?

Bulmers cider... which I can't get in Canada dammit!

My next day off on Tuesday... BG3 all day, baby!

Updates on the awesome arts that will be coming my way from some FABULOUS artists! <3 (I got a WIP in my email today and squealed out loud at work... worth it!)

Tagging: @abysskeeper @iocainesmoothie @dingoat @the-sith-in-the-sky-with-diamond @inyri @nayci @captainderyn @starknstarwars @vihola and whoever else would like to be tagged!

[et-cant-phone-home-no-signal]

i think it's so cute that in swtor you get follow up emails from people, such as the thief you let go sending a quick 'hey, thanks for not arresting me yesterday, here's some money, bye!', because i like how funny that is

[ryehouses]

What do the different letters in your tagging system mean? There's "s:" which im assuming is maybe series? And "f:" and a couple others that I cant figure out but i think "b:" is book?

Ah hello! My tagging system used to be super organized and now (after a literal decade; I got the "happy birthday ryehouses" email last week) is less so, but the idea was:

s = "show" f = i think was originally for "film" but has morphed into "fandom" b = "book" or "book series," like b: grishaverse for soc/shadow and bone g = "game" pc = "podcast" h = "hal," i think, or maybe "housekeeping," the original intent has long since slipped from my mind.

for fandoms specifically, i almost always tag things that are multimedia (i.e. the witcher) with the prefix tag that i used first, i.e. i watched the netflix witcher before i played tw3 or read the books, so mostly i use "s: the witcher" for most of my witcher posts, though sometimes i do use g: or f:

for star wars things, i have s: or g: tags for things like the mandalorian, swtor or fallen order, but i also have a general f: tag for stuff that i want to be able to find easily.

my tagging system has, as you might have imagine, kind of broken down with time. it's fine.