I will be posting at least a intro/back ground post here on the secret organization and your basic recruitment/training that was done to get in at some point so might help players

Black Shields Organization

Founded just after the fall of Chancellor Valorum, One of his bastard children, whom had been working for his father left with a few confidants, and one or two Jedi friends, they left known space into the Unknown regions with a good stock pile of cash and some ships and star fighters. They set up a base/home on the planet Yathamii as they called it, and started to build a New life while some of jacen valorum’s trusted members returned to the known galaxy to scout and find potential allies to help fight the new Chancellor and the plans that at least some of the Jedi that went with had figured out or foreseen.

They set up merchanting business’s on multiple planets and sent part of their income back to Jacen. To get recruits they watched the prisons and jails for those the new Galactic Empire deemed “Political Dissidents” and those that resisted in the very early years. Those that they found were freed by force from the jails and usually offered a new life in any aspect they wanted if they were willing to leave the galaxy for a secret hidden planet. Some accepted others took their chances by remaining and running from the Empire. The black Shields started slowly resisting the empire with small attacks with the limited forces they did have, convoy hits, attacking small garrisons and patrols, but most of the action was done in the open, like mercs, not covert.

Until Jacen Decided to form a new unit, One where covert operations and commando tactics would be employed so he did not have to always risk being discovered by the empire by moving some larger forces. The new unit was to be called “The Hell Jumpers” . The first few missions were failures and to the regular forces operating out of Yathamii the Jumper’s became more of a joke, loosing respect and more becoming a reject unit. The Commander of the Jumpers Captain Rathan Jestaine wants to turn their reputation around and make them feared once more.

Upon Arriving from the galaxy at large to the hidden secret planet, you are met by a man dressed in a black uniform (those that have seen Andromeda the TV series they are the Marines Black). He wears the stripes of What Appears to be someone who has been in for a long time, and immediately starts you into the quartermaster in a friendly manner, getting your own basic training uniforms, PT kit and a few other items you don’t think you would need but gives them to you anyways, mainly medpacs. Afterwards you are taken to your barracks, with the rest of the training platoon, 40 total including you. The rest of the First night is relaxing as people get to know each other, and get organized and hopefully read up on the ranks presented in the basic training manual.

The next morning The Gunnery Sergeant that met you last night comes in bright and early waking everyone up at 5 am, for PT, a nice 5 mile run. Followed by breakfast, then marching and training drills., this is the basic style for the first two weeks, including obstacle courses, and swimming. Around the second or third week some of the platoon drop out due to not being able to handle the training so far. The following months are even harder, the runs starting to be done in full Kit, with 50 lb backpacks on, and others. The training is gruesome and hard, and there are a couple deaths within the platoon from accidents.

The Sergeant is rough on the members, Forcing them faster and harder each day, trying to break each and everyone of you. Trying to get you to quit and run home. During these months you also are show the basics of piloting, weapons training, basic first aid etc. everything you would need to know being in a military unit. At the end of six months your 40 man platoon is down to 15 left for the graduation ceremony.

for your starting posts, it will need to be done in two phases, which can be in the same post, there will be a required post for graduation from basic, then after some descriptions and writing your new barracks/base post.

So, Private First Class. Is that the because my character is squadron leader?

For our first posts, you want our responce to graduation and then our responce to the new base. Hopefully with a bit of role-playing in the middle.

Is that right?

correct you are the squad leader, and yes, repose to post of grad, and new base with rp inbetween basically the first little bit will be charcter bonding for this campaign

Garent, when do your friends come onto the inn?

And I'd like to take this opportunity to poke Aryn to post in acknowledgement that the game has started etc.

I delebrately haven't posted about the new base so that I can be involved in conversation.

lol wife and friend should be posting soon

Will try to post tomorrow!

nice opening posts guys and gals, next segment will be up tommorrow

Just put up my responce to arriving ready for you.

i noticed rp as much as you guys want, i personally think it helps build the team before i try and kill you with my legions of bad guys, and knowing my luck fail misserably at it as ussual

Post is up...

Hey Geraint: When our next appointed update?

Can we please have a description of the barracks, a rough map or a blow by blow account as we explore the building.

sorry its been slow going atm, RL stuff, getting Ei etc next update will be on tuesday morning, and will include a base and barracks map for those that want one. and we will go back to normal postign from then on.