Question about character creation.

[madmaxie85]

I actually have a few questions about character creation. One that has been bothering me for the past few days.  I am very new to the site and have read almost everything about character creation.(( I found the site a week ago but had to do some research first)) I am not new to Rp but I haven't Role played in this format in a Looong time. 

I am putting the question here because I didn't know which person to contact and ask.

Here is my question in the best way I can think of how to word it. 

I wish to create a child character (( I like to let my characters grow in their own way.)). I want to play that Midi-chlorians are symbiotic microscopic lifeforms that live in a person's cells (( or I guess one could call it "infest")) and that everyone in the galaxy has been infected with them. But their immune system and the natural defenses of the midi-chlorians have created away to coexist in harmony through thousands upon thousands of generations of infected beings. (( passed down from parents to child)) My characters parent wouldn't of had them as they were born (( and possibly her self as well if it is allowed)) and grew up in a place that didn't have them. ((It could be a genetic malfunction or they were born in a different galaxy)) and therefore would be viral infection. I was wondering if this would be allowed?

Sorry if this is confusing. If it is not allowed then I will plot out another character.  ^_^


Thank you ahead of time for what ever help you can give me

[Rugs]

I think I know what you're getting at here, but I'm not really certain that it's workable. The thing is that midi-chlorians are, to my knowledge, present in the cells of all living things int he SW verse. Whether or not they're there enough for Force use is obviously a different matter. But I don't know that it's possible to be born without them, though. Someone else may want to weigh in, though.

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I think the way it works is the Force is present in all living things, like cells are in all living things. Midiclorians are symbiotic microbes that can live in a living creature's cells - a certain count allows an individual to feel and use the Force - Force sensitivity. But the Force is in all living things everywhere and the Force is connected to midi-clorians. Therefore, the Force, and midiclorians, are present in all lifeforms and without them, you are not a living being or thing (like plants).

There are people who are Force Sensitive, and people who "aren't". Everyone is assumed to have a midiclorian count (because the Force in all living things), but its the higher counts lead to use of the Force and such. If you want someone who doesn't use the Force, they can merely be Force insensitive, but I don't think you would be able to play someone who doesn't have midi-clorians, unless you're planning on being a rock.

I want to take a bit of a step further and say that if you're looking for a roleplay where your character ages quickly, you're not going to get that here. We have moved forward two years in all the time I've been here. I've been here five years (real time). Unless you really want to be a child, it's completely within your power.

[Fromikeable]

As far as I understand them, midi-chlorians hold two basic properties that make life without them rather impossible:

- They are ismorphic, meaning that every single living thing has evolved to have them. Think of it like an extreme and basic case of convergent evolution; every cell has a membrane, a nucleus, and in the SW universe, an amount of midi-chlorians. The Wookiepedia actually goes so far as to categorize them as organelles, which are essentially cell organs.

- In being isomorphic (and this is actually directly quoted in the prequel trilogy, hate them or like them though one may x3), they are an essential component for life. Ever hear of the six essential elements for life (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur, just in case you didn't know. I knew I could sneak in a factoid somewhere x3)? Apparently in SW, midi's are the seventh. By that same logic, it would certainly be possible for an individual to have a very low midi-chlorian count, but I'd hazard a guess that anything too far below the usual average for a species would probably result in someone knocking at death's door from the moment they were born (if they could live without them at all). You could get extremely technical with all this, but it's a safe bet to say that you probably couldn't have any sort of living thing without them.

But there's my theoretical two cents ^-^ And yes, welcome!

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[Pembleton]

Just my two cents, and of course the opinion of the staff takes precedence, but it was my understanding that the Yuuzhan Vong were described as not being connected to the Force, and it was the result not of their extragalactic origin but of some type of catastrophic event in the species' history. So, I think there may be a canon precedent for the lack of midichlorians/inherent Force sensitivity, but it was something that was absolutely cataclysmic that caused it.


From the Wiki:

As discovered by the Jedi during the war with the Yuuzhan Vong they are apparently "absent" from the Force. In the book The Unifying Force by James Luceno, the reason for this is given. The Yuuzhan Vong are not "absent" from the Force; their entire species has been cut off from it. It is surmised in the novel that this was implemented by the intelligence of their homeworld, the seed of which would one day become Zonama Sekot, because of their warmongering and hostile takeovers of other species.

[madmaxie85]

Thank you for all ya'lls help. I will just probably create another character.

I got the Idea from someone who said that Midichlorians were kind of like a parasite and every living thing in the Star Wars universe was infected with the parasites. Anyone from another galaxy (( I.E. someone from Earth)) would not have them (( as they were created/evolved separately)) if they became infected they would either die from from their immune system attacking and killing the infected cells or would need a blood/marrow transfusion with someone who had the proper defenses.kind of like when the Aliens from war of the worlds died due to the lack of immunity to Earths viruses.

I think what ever happened in their home galaxy that caused the Vong to be immune to the Force scared their DNA and cells so that couldn't Midichlorians couldn't latch on.

The other character is a bit older, and gets framed for the destruction of her Enclave after they allowed some force users who claimed to be an envoy from the council into the complex. She wouldn't be anything special,13 Y/O, Bran new Padawan who got separated from her Master during the attack, the only reason she didn't go directly to the council and report what was going on is because she was under the impression the council was for some unknown reason thought that the entire enclave had turned to the dark side and now was a Sith training complex.

Would this one be better suited or no?

[Julian]

It's an interesting idea, but keep in mind that you're talking about the Jedi. Wise, insightful, and willing to listen to any crazy story. It's somewhat doubtful that any council would readily believe that a kid was responsible for the destruction/corruption of an entire enclave. I also squint a bit at a Jedi youngling that was proficient enough to be taken as a padawan, but is afraid to go to one of the councils, or seek out another Jedi for help. At the same time, however, I acknowledge that kids are impressionable and can come up with some pretty tall tales that they wholeheartedly believe.

The concept of a padawan lost, alone, and afraid in the galaxy though, that's very cool. Whatever else becomes of the idea as a whole, I don't think you should let go of that.

[madmaxie85]

Your right, it would be quite unlikely that a competent padawan would believe that the Jedi Council would put out a kill order on an entire Enclave younglings/padawans and all. Even so She would probably have orders from her master to get to the Jedi High council on Coruscant to inform them on what was going on. Though a youngling would be a different story, all they would know is that they saw their kreesh Master and entire clan killed off by people dressed as Jedi with lightsabers claiming to be from the council.

The lost padawan Story line is awesome, I will use that one if the youngling story goes down the drain. Thanks for the idea. ^_^