What would you guys like to see in Chapter 8 and 9? Stay on topic with this because it's a serious question. Also, if you have an idea but feel constricted by the EU (expanded universe) storyline, don't worry. Throw it out here anyway. We might be able to adapt it.
 
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OO/SM Sierra "Talon" Taurus/HC-3/VEHC/VE[BC][IOC][LoC][SoS][BM][CDS][MSM]
GM-SL/DJM "Nightblades"/DC-1/Elite Griffen Sect/VSD-II Griffen/VEDJ/VE[IOC][OQD][WoS 2nd Class]
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SCAP/COM Vincent "Claw" Taurus/ISD Nemesis/Offensive Fleet/VEN[=A=][LoM][IOC][IC2]
CEO Vincent "Claw" Taurus/ECHC-1/Endoven/Dome 8473/VEEC/VE
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Verastinian Republic

I'd actually think it'd be interesting to have a New Republic version of General Grievous.
 
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Cleric "Cosmic" Vor'soth
CoT/BG Cosmic/HCA-3/SL/3SQD/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/Tadath/VEA/VE [OPE][OTH][OPA][EW1][CDS][IH][GS][LM][SoS][CoH][PoC][MSM][SCP][SoA][IOC]
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Cleric "Cosmic" Vor'soth
SL/KPR Cosmic/Lion 1-1/Lopen/VEDJ/VE [VP][KC1][OAK]
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Well, I'd like to see us seriously take a pause from this (doesnt have to actually effect the storyline: just stop the posting for a bit), then resume it after the holidays. A lot of my troopers are asking for a HSC, and I'd like to honor that if possible.

As far as the storyline goes, I'd maybe like to see us doing more than fight rebels (or new republic troops) whatever you want to call them now The New Republic must have allies by now, wouldn't they be involved in this? That's all from me, I'll post more if I think of anything.
 
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Captain Rizzit BlackHeart
Wildcard Platoon Commander
Army of the Vast Empire
PC/CPT
Rizzit/1PLT/COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE[OPE][OTH][EW1][RCoD][CRoM][CoH][OPA][SoA][SoS][SCP]
TRN/AC Rizzit/Trainee 2/Training Sect/VEDJ/VE
Everything expressed truly from your heart and soul is as pure as gold in the minds of anyone who listens!"--Rizzit

A more realistic plot line, in all honesty I don't see how we can realistically claim that we can beat the NR back and then take Coruscant.  I mean to me that really doesn't make sense and is a bit of a stretch.

I'd also like to see maybe an all out ground war, our tanks vs their tanks, our aircraft vs their aircraft, and fight it out for a city or something.  Something along those lines would be a nice change I think.
 
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*DarkDragoons*
+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +
SL/SFC_Afyon/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/[LoR][IH][CoH(2)][SoA]
"No I expect to leave you on some beach with no name at all while I say away on my ship...and then I'll shout the name back to you...saavy?"

Besides, we have an adrenaline boost and the want to take back what is ours. We have a reason to give us a boost, whereas the NR have only the thought of defending themselves.
 
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Cleric "Cosmic" Vor'soth
CoT/BG Cosmic/HCA-3/SL/3SQD/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/Tadath/VEA/VE [OPE][OTH][OPA][EW1][CDS][IH][GS][LM][SoS][CoH][PoC][MSM][SCP][SoA][IOC]
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Cleric "Cosmic" Vor'soth
SL/KPR Cosmic/Lion 1-1/Lopen/VEDJ/VE [VP][KC1][OAK]
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How bout an assasination plot? Those are always fun.
 
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*DarkDragoons*

TRP/PFC_Giovanni Bryden/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/[LoR]

"How can we be so sure something Is worth Living, If we are not Willing to Die for it?"

Well, to be completely honest, this shouldn't have taken any longer than a month.

As most of you longer served members know, squad coordination and interaction should be quick and cohesive.  I really want to get back to that as soon as possible with our writing. 

This mission should have been a three phase insertion, coordination, and assault op.  Instead it came piecemeal.  We have a lot of work to do on that front.
 
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PRF/HG Fury/VEA/TADATH/VE [SCP][PoC][SotE:HC][SotE:VEA][IOC]
Prefect - Stormtrooper Corps
Administrator - Imperial Center

I think we should have the story reflect the status of the VE as a whole. I'm not trying to sound negative but for example have the navy suffer some critical losses, maybe put us on a very ill pressed defense where we might loose something for being spread too thin. I just think stories sound more interseting if theres actually a struggle and not a snug feeling of victory being there. well those are my two cents for now.
 
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Lonewolf/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE/(=A=)(=SA=)(=JCPA=)(=SCPA=)[SRC][VC:Ebony]

CM/DJK LoneWolf/Sith/Eagle Sect/VEDJ

"With each kill, I grow wiser, with added wisdom, I grow stronger..." -Artemis Entreri

teehee
 
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+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +
PL:A/SGMRaziel/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/{EW1} (WoS1) (VP) {IG} {CDS} {BoA} {PoC}
Assistant Squad Leader - Squad4 Wraiths
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.
CM/DJK Raziel/lion 1-5/Krath/VEDJ/VE

Heh, nice try. It's not your fault Japh. The Navy just isn't interested in our story I guess.
 
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OO/SM Sierra "Talon" Taurus/HC-3/VEHC/VE[BC][IOC][LoC][SoS][BM][CDS][MSM]
GM-SL/DJM "Nightblades"/DC-1/Elite Griffen Sect/VSD-II Griffen/VEDJ/VE[IOC][OQD][WoS 2nd Class]
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SCAP/COM Vincent "Claw" Taurus/ISD Nemesis/Offensive Fleet/VEN[=A=][LoM][IOC][IC2]
CEO Vincent "Claw" Taurus/ECHC-1/Endoven/Dome 8473/VEEC/VE
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Verastinian Republic

I guess it goes unnoticed when I mentioned that there will be lost battles in this chapter should activity drop. I never said that perfect activity would mean you win either. Give it time, twink.. err, Art.
 
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OO/SM Sierra "Talon" Taurus/HC-3/VEHC/VE[BC][IOC][LoC][SoS][BM][CDS][MSM]
GM-SL/DJM "Nightblades"/DC-1/Elite Griffen Sect/VSD-II Griffen/VEDJ/VE[IOC][OQD][WoS 2nd Class]
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SCAP/COM Vincent "Claw" Taurus/ISD Nemesis/Offensive Fleet/VEN[=A=][LoM][IOC][IC2]
CEO Vincent "Claw" Taurus/ECHC-1/Endoven/Dome 8473/VEEC/VE
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Verastinian Republic

"A more realistic plot line, in all honesty I don't see how we can realistically claim that we can beat the NR back and then take Coruscant.  I mean to me that really doesn't make sense and is a bit of a stretch"

Thousands of NPCs, a couple dozen dark Jedi (including two masters who would make Luke look like a jedi in a diaper) a mSSD, an eSSD, two big fleets (off and def) and you think its unrealistic that we WIN? Art look at the planets we've been hitting. Backwater, ill equipped places. THe troops there would be stupid and green. If you read nay of the books you'd know at around this time Ackbar is being brought to trial for treason, Thrawn is distracting almost all the NR attention, and Fey'la is causing a ruckus in the senate.

The NR is weak right now, nor are we taking on the best it has to offer. Losing to a bunch of ill-supplied grunts on Bestine, Yag D'hul and Moorja would have been unrealistic for us.

Now for what I'd like to see is a break. Bestine was a long campaign, and our troops should be pretty haggard and beat up from it. We COULD roll the HSC into the storyline, by giving each squad minor stories such as: assassinations, kidnappings, sabotage, terrorism, theivery, espioange, recon work...stuff we can use in the chapter, but is a nice change of pace.

That and get some damn gaming going. (that means fish needs to get those JO servers back up )
 
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Dark Jedi Knight Gunnery Sergeant Phoenix
Cult Member (CM) - Sith Knight - Eagle Sect -
Squad Leader (SL) - Demolitions - Raider Squad -
CM/DJK Phoenix/Eagle 1-4/Sith/VEDJ/VE/Lopen
AS-2/SL/GSG Phoenix/3SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath [LoR] [RoM] [BC] [CDS] [BoA]

"Join the Darkside...get a free cookie" - Talon

"Thousands of NPCs, a couple dozen dark Jedi (including two masters who would make Luke look like a jedi in a diaper) a mSSD, an eSSD, two big fleets (off and def) and you think its unrealistic that we WIN?"

No it isn't when you have a PAIR of SSD's which we shouldn't have to begin with.  I mean I know why we have the Atrus and no one is going to argue against having it.  But seriously maybe a couple of smaller run down ships coupled with trying to keep the SSD together would be a hell of a lot more realistic.  I think its ridiculous how many NPCs we make up in order to go on such unrealistic campaigns to destroy the NR by ourselves.  We should stick to a much smaller scope, picking our victories where we can, getting our asses slaughter on occasion, and working towards keeping the fleet together.  I think it is proposterous how we create these massive imaginary fleets, I mean how realistic is it for an imperial faction to have 2 SSDs.  I fail the see any form of realistic claim to that.

2 big fleets, again, maybe one small fleet struggling to survive with some ground troops would fit us a lot more.  To be perfectly honest I see this campaign as pure God-modding in the story.  Sure we are hitting backwater planets but doesn't that stretch us out just a bit?  Where do we get our ammunition supplies, etc.  Perhaps we should write more about our struggles and our loses (by the way, we should be fighting for our lives to survive not just make up thousands of NPCs to have some stupid glory mission to take back Coruscant).

I know that may sound harsh and very critical but I think we are really taking the NPC and power creations to an extreme and it borders upon ridiculous.  Any larger group that does writing would laugh upon our efforts to make up this huge army and navy to take back Coruscant ourselves.  You asked what we want.  I personally want us to cut our fleet by almost 90%, reduce our NPCs to maybe 1000 with equipment stolen or tanks patched together, fighting to keep the faction alive against the NR.  We are a small group, let's stick to missions we can realistically do without inventing divisions out of the sky that we don't have and shouldn't have.  We should be struggling, winning a battle here and losing one there.  Fighting the NR but trying to maintain our very stretched out and tired forces.  Lets act like the small group we are and fight and struggle like one instead of inventing mass armies and fleets which are ridiculous even to contemplate.
 
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*DarkDragoons*
+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +
SL/SFC_Afyon/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/[LoR][IH][CoH(2)][SoA]
"No I expect to leave you on some beach with no name at all while I say away on my ship...and then I'll shout the name back to you...saavy?"

My point was, why the hell do we have an ESSD.  The fact that we claim to have these massive fleets, even if we say we have a severe lack of staff to crew them and a shortage of pilots, none the less its absurd to make these claims of ships.  I know we have to have the m/SSD, but other than that I think we should completely eliminate all other ships from the fleet save maybe 5-10 smaller ships that arefalling apart.  The fleets as it stands list a ridiculous number of ships and just makes a small group like us look silly.

A moderate sized fleet attacking?  We shouldn't realistically even have those ships, only good thing is from what I gather, half of them are going to be destroyed which is a very good thing.  Also, how can a small group like us claim to have the materials to produce these ships, buy all these guns for the troops, etc.  We obviously invent a large number of commercial and industrial facilities in order to have the economic means to pay for allof this and acquire the materials to build all of this.  Apparently we have tens of thousands of made of people, more like hundreds of thousands.  You asked what I want, I personally want us to slash everything in VE and make it maybe 1% the size it is now in order to add some element of realism to this.  Our inventions are rather proposterous.  The attacking fleet and army we sent out is already a serious stretch of the imagination.

For realism, I'd like stories about us trying to build and acquire commericla outposts, intercepting pirates and rebels to gain resources, trying to find pieces to keep our run down machines, etc.  Stories that look like we are struggling and trying to find the means to keep the fight going.  Not just slash and burn fights.  Let's add the detail to these stories, the behind the scenes stuff which could help explain how we can manage to even have 1% of VE's force.  I think that is VE's flaw in the story, too much God-modding style fighting with thousands of NPC's, and not enough about how we are fighting to maintain what we have as a small imperial faction.
 
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*DarkDragoons*
+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +
SL/SFC_Afyon/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/[LoR][IH][CoH(2)][SoA]
"No I expect to leave you on some beach with no name at all while I say away on my ship...and then I'll shout the name back to you...saavy?"

Never going to happen art, so just stop with the ranting. We control what? 4 systems of planets. A planet has a crapload of people and a crapload of resources You think we cant get several thousand NPC's out of those planets? Nor enough resources to build ships?

REALITY CHECK FOR YOU ART.

This is not Earth. You are trying to make us look like Ethiopia, when in reality we are someplace like England in terms of military strength. We aren't some backwater, disorganized, patchwork POS military. We are not "a rag-tag group." If you knew EU (which we have repeatedly said we will deviate from since what fun is it to know we lose in 20 some odd years)

As for our fleets, why shouldn't we have a moderate sized attack fleet? Read the damn DJO storyline. There was 1 ISD and one VSD defending OUR CAPITAL PLANET and the VSD belonged to the Order, not the Navy. We took almost the entire defensive fleet and made it into our "moderate sized attack fleet."

Like Tal said. Check your facts before you open your trap.

My constructive things to say:

1) Get the JO server back up and create a staff of ops to always be on to protect it.
2) Change the Army recruiting staff to "on-commission" We dont recruit, we don't get paid.
3) Open up new squadrons in the Navy


P.S. Art if you are so disgruntled about the way we run things, then do us all a favor and leave.
 
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Dark Jedi Knight Gunnery Sergeant Phoenix
Cult Member (CM) - Sith Knight - Eagle Sect -
Squad Leader (SL) - Demolitions - Raider Squad -
CM/DJK Phoenix/Eagle 1-4/Sith/VEDJ/VE/Lopen
AS-2/SL/GSG Phoenix/3SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath [LoR] [RoM] [BC] [CDS] [BoA]

"Join the Darkside...get a free cookie" - Talon