THE CATCH ALL QUESTION THREAD

[Sporky]

The lightsaber isn't REALLY a beam of light or a laser. It's a beam of plasma: Superheated ionized gas. The lightsaber doesn't really cut through things. It burns through them.

As there are quite a few slugthrower (Bullt) weapons on SWU..this question has come up in the cbox. Arheim the tech mod says something to the effect of: "The blade would certainly melt the bullet, but who's to say the Jeedai wouldn't get a facefull of molten metal?"

[Rugs]

My understanding was that they vaporized bullets, from this statement on wookiee:

Slugthrowers were useful against Jedi, since bullets could not be deflected by a lightsaber, as they simply vaporized on contact with the blade.

[sparrow]

Rugs is correct. The main advantage of a slugthrower is that you can spray 'n pray at a lightsaber wielder without worrying about your shots coming back at you as much. Also, they can also carry specialized ammunition that may be used to create different effects. Slugthrowers may also be better suited for jobs where you don't want to be shooting a highly visible glowing bolt.

On the other hand, slugthrowers tend to carry less ammo, have more recoil,, and do less damage overall, which is why blasters are the standard of just about any military with the technology level to have blasters.

[Arruna]

Thanks for the answers ;D

Just one more thing: can a force-user protect herself by only using the Force against laser blasters? (dark or light side is not matter now)
(I mean without a light-saber, using some kind of Force Telekinetic or method against the laser bolts.)

[Sporky]

I'm not sure about telekinesis. Gripping gas molecules would be hella hard. Maybe his royal secksyness Jace could do it on a good day. Maybe. But I do know that Force Barrier exists and can stop blaster bolts.

[Rugs]

The various protection abilities--barrier, deflection, absorb--could, but as far as I know, those are your only real options against blaster fire with nothing but the Force. Of course, with TK, you could always just grab something and hold it up in front of you...

[Fell]

What would force stealth fall under in terms of abilities? I don't see it listed under the standard, specialized, or banned categories.

[Sporky]

I'm not totally sure..but based on what Wookieepedia says? I think Force Stealth is or should be banned. Due to it masking someone'se Force sensitivity. That could lead to Palpatine wannabes. If you wanna make Jedi Mater Sam Fisher..that's Force Cloak..which I'm also wary of a character having.

'Course..I'm just Sporky. :3 Pay no attention to me.

[Rugs]

No, Force stealth/concealment is allowed; a number of characters, including my own CEO/Sith use it.

As for what it falls under... I'm not quite sure, honestly? Telepathy or sense, maybe?

[Karl the Unfettered]

It would fall under the Sense powers. Sense deals with direct contact with and manipulation of the Force, like bending light to conceal yourself with Force Cloak; Concealment is much the same, contorting the ripples and waves within the Force to distort your presence within it.

Personally I prefer Art of the Small for stealth purposes, but that could just be me.

[Jenno]

All of the force skills used for stealth are specialised skills because for one they don't really fall under any of the categories (at least their descriptions don't make it too precise as to what they would be) and secondly because the stealth techniques are all quite uncommon skills seen in force users.

So, as I'm assuming you were asking where they would come under in our template, they are specialised skills.

~Jenno

[Kella]

A comment on Art of The Small:

On a random note, Art of the Small is a wildly misunderstood power. It does not, in fact, serve the main purpose of stealth. According to Wookieepedia, the practitioner shrinks their presence in the Force, but not only to hide it -- to manipulate matter on the atomic and microscopic scale. That's its primary function, according to Wookieepedia. However, of all the chars that have the power, I have not once seen it used in this way. A pity, really, though easily over-played, I suppose.

[Sporky]

Twysper's explained it to ME on Skype. But I figure I should ask to help others.

What're the rules for lightsabers with blades thinner than normal?

[Fell]

Jul 19, 2010 17:10:10 GMT -5 Jenno said:

All of the force skills used for stealth are specialised skills because for one they don't really fall under any of the categories (at least their descriptions don't make it too precise as to what they would be) and secondly because the stealth techniques are all quite uncommon skills seen in force users.

So, as I'm assuming you were asking where they would come under in our template, they are specialised skills.

~Jenno

Works for me. On another note, is there any way for planets not currently listed to be included in the RP? I was hoping to make my character be from Serenno (Dooku was from there, and I believe the second Bane book takes place there). There isn't any clear information on whether or not Serenno was colonized at this time, but it certainly is feasible.

[Mara]

You do not need to have a planet board on the forum for your character to be from that planet.
(Unless, of course, you hoped to RP there later).

[Zoned7EDU]

This may be in the rules already, buuut, what happens if we have a sibling who'd want to join the site but doesn't have their own computer?

[Jenno]

It's allowed, just make sure to PM me with their username. We then just tend to compare IC posts every now and again just to make sure, since everyone writes different.

But standard ToS applies, they do need to be 13 or older.

[Rothicus]

Eh, many apologies for missing this thread here earlier, looking like even more of a n00b, but still, they still stand. Just some general questions on some details that I've wondered about for my char's bio.


1. Uniforms? - Just a detail I was wondering about, but are the Brick-Mustard-Charcoal colored uniforms still in use from the KotOR series? Armor, fatigues, dress, etc.

2. Space Marines? - Well, what I mean is, are Marines(or if there are marines at all) considered to be part of the Army or the Navy? I'm leaning more towards the latter, considering that they would ride everywhere with 'em, but I don't know enough about either the time or the universe to say. Just a curiosity kind of thing, got to wondering about that last night. Currently, I can see the organization and TOE of the Republic being similar to the Imperial Navy and Guard from 40K, minus all the 40K exclusive bits, but the definite separation of planetary and interstellar forces, whilst still closely intertwined, seems to be what I've caught thus far.

3. War? - The year is 3602 BBY, I got that down, but for just how long has the Republic been at war with the Sith Empire? Perhaps just a few months? A year? I'm thinking I might either have Josef enlist at/around the time of the declaration of war, or perhaps slightly prior to that. Depending on time constraints I'm debating whether to have him be a green recruit or to have seen only marginal service.

4. Decorations? - Just started pondering this here recently, but does the Republic tend more towards the awarding of decorations to maintain a sense of morale among the men, perhaps even to breed an image for public support for not only the military, but also the war effort. Or are decorations actually looked at as a side-arena, where actual achievement, above and beyond, is required for them to be bestowed to an individual? Just wondering.

[Dire Wolf]

Hey, I'm the guy that the the staff generally turns to when it comes to military jank.

1) We never really got into it here. I don't know why they wouldn't be, unless an mod/admin comes in here. In all reality I've only ever described them as bdu's or dress uniforms. =/ Nothing more.

2) The Marines here are part of the navy, like they would be in most countries excluding the US.

3) The war has just barely started. As far as my knowledge goes the only military skirmishes / planet conquests has been on Yaga Minor so far. Though Rhen Var and Subterrel were taken via martial means, sith being the victor in the former and Jedi in the latter, they were solely force users. Beside Rhen Var... some sith troopers were used there, if I remember correctly.

4) I've used some of them in my military bios. We don't have any set lists or anything, feel free to BS it. xD

Hope this helps.

[Rothicus]

Wow, faster than I expected! XP Didn't notice you'd responded until now, but yeah man, this helps speed things up vastly, though it raises one more question from me, that being is armor issued, or more of a private purchase sort of deal? Nevermind on that, got to exploring the site a bit, read the specs, got it now.

Thanks again for the answers, friend, looking forward to having Josef getting stuck in sometime in the future. Been too long since I've played a good grunt.