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Sounds like a plan now. Would also give me really good connections.

I was considering Bilbringi or other such ports, but I wasn't sure how well locked-down they were. Or Fondor. Kuat seems very good now. Think it'd be secure to give them design specs and have them make the ships? For the price, of course

Then I guess that settles it

Here's another item for the Guide.

Entry: 45-980-12
Subject: Force Forgery
Status: Canon/Fanon
Capsule:


The applications of the force seem almost infinite, from the manipulation of minds and the lifting of objects to the absorption and release of energy. Thousands of abilities have been found and lost, their existence only hinted at by traditions and small skills. Many of these skills are only hints of much deeper and forgotten techniques. Force forgery, like Battle Meditation is among the lost arts of the force, it is also among one of the most powerful of techniques ever discovered.

Force Forgery is a technique which is taught in a basic form in the Sith Order, considering the initiation to knighthood includes the forging of the Sith’s Lightsaber Crystals, but this form of Forgery is extremely basic requiring a furnace to perform. There are other examples of Force Forgery, among which the most renowned comes from the history of the Old Republic and its Jedi Order, the Star Forge.

This wonder of engineering built by the Rakata Empire is the largest known example of Force Forgery. Endowed with the force and built with dark side techniques the station is a machine that wields the force and drains it users. Drawing basic hydrogen from the surface of Rakata’s primary star the device compresses the element to create nuclear fusion and additional heavier elements. Through the force this process is reduced to mere seconds, and with the raw materials and the energy of the dark side the elements can swiftly be assembled to build any piece of technology imaginable within minutes for small items and mere hours for capital ships. While the technologies and skills that the Star Forge were lost and buried other cultures living beyond known space could well learn a form of force forgery all its own.

The Rapora, a race living within the unknown regions has created its own brand of force forgery, this time a technique that removed the requirements of external energy sources and technologies was created enabling the creation of items by a lone individual so long as he or she has the requisite raw materials.

To be honest though, I'm a little edgy on Paul's entry.
An Artillery piece with an interchangable weapon's mount cant be terribly accurate and rightfully cant be called artillery.
Its a weapon platform.
I also must question the stability of a "Floating" artillery platform.

Oh dear... another cyborg. Kusei, would you handle this please?

Entry: 129-776
Subject: Detre clan Eikh'mir
Status: Fanon
Capsule:

"If it's broke, don't fix it. Make it better."

Such can be said of Detre clan Eikh'mir. Once, he lived on Wayland, born in the fourth generation since his people, the Noghri, moved there from their devasted world of Honoghr. He has no known family, and for the most part lived a normal Noghri life... until he met a chiss captain named Elshae'ken'etnaruodo.

For a good while, the Noghri lived under the rule of the New Republic and Galactic Alliance, governing the world as they saw fit. Before hand, they lived on Honoghr, where they lived under Imperial rule. Their planet had been wounded in the Battle of Honoghr, after a Seperatist ship crashed to the planet and spread a deadly toxin, choking the planet to near-death. To compensate, many Noghri were brought into the service of the Empire to serve as the Death Commandos, an elite branch of assasins notorious for murder and espionage, and rivaled only by the Mandalorians and Iridonians in skill. Detre's clan Eikh'mir was prominant in the Death Commandos; his ancestor, Cahkmaim, served the Death Commandos, and later joined Leia Organa Solo in the liberation of his world, and went on to become her bodyguard.

Detre, however, wasn't a legitimate Death Commando; the organization had long-since been abolished, even after Cahkmaim's untimely death. The training and nature of the organization, however, stayed true and firm, and each year dozens of Noghri used these skills to become police, bodyguards, and assasins, Detre among them. When he met the chiss leader of the Imperial base on Wayland, Detre was convinced into a Noghri life-debt with the man (while not actually saved by the man, he promised his honor and skills to serve him nonetheless).

Detre remained the chiss' favourite bodyguard after the consolidation of the Loyalist Empire (known to the Imperials as the "Kenet Empire"), watching as the Noghri, Mynerish, and Psadans were joined by the Mandalorians, Onderonians, Tarisonians, and Dathomiri. He served a rank and power similar to that of Darth Vader to Emperor Palpatine, with him being a sort of 'Executor', and Sven Da'courti the favorite 'Grand Moff' (in this case, the captain of Elladan's command ship).

He served through many minor conflicts during the Empire's rise, including the descovery and construction of the prototype LT Transverter. His career, however, seemed like it came to a screaching halt in the Second Battle of Wayland, when the Conquerer was boarded by a team of Maki-clan Bright Metal Strillers. Detre failed to prevent the capture of Elshae'k, and in the intrusion he was attacked by one of the beast, burnt to a cinder, and thrown into a wall. He barely survived, however, thanks to his will to protect and save the chiss, as well as the Battle Meditation being administered by Kathleen.

Because of this attack, Detre was all but killed, and his body broken. Once the tactical retreat was called from the area, the remaining defenses of the by-now conquered Wayland had retreated to Mandal, with the Noghri elite amidst a bacta tank.

To rebuild Detre was a job very much akin to the surgery done to Darth Vader, and before him, General Grievous. The Noghri's body was fairly burnt, and none of his limbs worked. His lungs were fine, by he'd lost all of his flesh and clothing, and several of his nerves were ruined. The body that would be made for him, however, had to fit his body. Unlike Darth Vader, Detre lacked the Force.

The nerves in his arms, legs, and lower abdomen (where the strill grabbed him) were replaced by an updated cyber reaction system
and several additions of cybernetic nerve attachments to rebuild the damaged systems. His flesh was replaced with a Noghri version of sythskin, and his lungs were given an added respiratory system matrix, to compensate for the armor he'd need to wear anyway. He lost none of his limbs, but several of his joints and bones were damaged, and were replaced or repaired them with metalic joints and structure. Most of his arm and leg muscle, as well as his diapragm, was ruined, so a good bit of his muscle tissue was replaced with a cardio-muscular package, as well as a modern cybernetic muscle, part- metal and part-synth.

Aside from the cosmetic changes, there was also the matter of his protection. Even with the extensive repairs, his body was still extremely vulnerable even in mild atmospheres. To compensate, body extensions were given to his body so that he could fit into a new moble-life support armor. The suit itself was a tri-layer of padded cusion, and then a double layer of thin, yet durable durasteel and non-rusting metal such as stainless steel. The suit, however, offered some limitations. Unlike Vader, his suit could never be removed; nurishment was given through packs that could be attached directly to a retractable hatch on his left arm, and fed into like an IV. Wastes were delivered and removed through a simple duct and waste-removal system implanted in his lower regions. The suit also needed regulation, so a built in heater-cooling unit was give for climatization, as well as several grounders to limit the effects of EMP and electrocution, though the suit was still damaged by them.

Combined with the addition of power gauntlets, the suit itself gave Detre newfound strength and agility. The loss and replacement of much of his bones and muscles gave him a much stronger and flexible body, able to perform agility feats he could not before. Even with the body extensions and maasive body, he was still nowhere near as bulky as Vader ever was; he was at most 5'6" if he stood completely tall, and he weighed half as much due to the thin and light but durable armor. Other modifications including durasteel claws on his gauntlets and the ability to provide steroids in extreme situations.

Personal equiptment included a larger assasins blade, wrist-mounted lasers, a sound-dampening system, a hard-fixed lightdagger on his left-arm and a refillable flame-thrower on his right arm. Many of these weapons were attachments, that could be switched out in favor of more mission-specific weapons.

The final touch was a massive black cloak, similar to the one he used before, to hide his body from surrounding people. Combined with his red eyes, enhanced with retinal implants and a filter, gave him an almost Sith-like appearance, as well as an even more raspy and hissy voice making him hard to understand to anyone but people accustomed to him and translators.

He may be 'more machine now, than man' but the reslut is an almost complete improvement. The new Detre was now as powerful and stealthy as the top assasin droids, still with his Noghri skills and honor, and armable to the teeth; all for the price of a Lancer frigate. (He's still paying off MandalMotors and BioTech Industries the seventeen million credits he owes them.)

(The pic I want eventually made will resemble something of a cross between an N-K Necrosis and a small model of a B3-Ultra Battle Droid, with a noghrish look to them)

Not a new character; editing of an old character.

This basically explains Detre, what happened to him, his life-saving surgery, etc.

Otherwise he'd be long dead by the time Factions starts

Thanks

Now I just need a pic to do it justice