Jedi Council OOC planning

Translation: I'm attempting to create a convenient excuse to kill whoever I want without the council getting their collective panties in a bunch.

Yeah I know, but you just seemed to be volunteering

True, but fighting is always more fun when you are buzzed.

Hmmm, I'm runnig a bit of a merc operation at the moment, mostly ships for now, if you want some extra mussel for your RP(s), since you are in the middle of a war. Pawn, the man in charge, has a Republic-class SD and couple of light cruisers, two squadrons of I-7 Howlrunners (and room for 3 more squdrons) available at the moment, for a reasonable price(negotiable). For significantly more, you may be able to convince Pawn to reallocate some of his all ready deployed forces, (roughly equal to the forces being offered) over to your command in addition the above.

Pawn, normally would come make the deal in person, but he is currently busy with other jobs at the moment, so one of you will have to notice the add he put out on the holonet and call in(PM) to place your order. Advertised rate is 7.693 million "7 per week for the SD, 962 thousand "7 per week for a Light Cruiser, 145 thousand "7 per week for a squadron of I-7 Howlrunners, 36.25 thousand "7 per week to carry a squadron of your fighters and their support crew; or 50% retail price of the ship if it is destroyed while in your employ.

"7 = Credit(s)

oooo geeeze. I guess I should be less of the anarchist and join the system. 

*hem, hem* Stop being Neiomodians to the Council! WE work very hard for your best interests. . . even when you do know what that is, who saying, why and how long it takes. Don't you worry! Pay no attention to the librarian sitting in Ossus! He is definitely NOT THE EVIL MASTERMIND bringing us to the darkside. 

Umm, but seriously, I want to thank the Academy (Corellian) for this honor, Serrin, Mikey. My producers (Saum Son'tir and Kristina Caster). I am contractually obligated to thank Matango Lighting and Effects for my amazing stage. And, of course, the Force. Thanks.

I really do hope to make splash both on and off the boards and honor you guys in ways that won't make any of you question this appointment. You can always PM me about concerns, ideas, or the like. Be sure that I will poll many of you about the new ideas I or WE might have to get your direct feedback about things. And I hope to receive a PM from the Council about how to IC and formerly take this role. 


Also, with that in mind, how should we proceed with bestowing mastery on to Adi? I assume we still don't have any issues from that 12 pages ago? 

I didn't forget, I was just being patient. I knew you guys would eventually get around to it...and of COURSE I do. Y'all need someone like me to keep Will's ego in check...and slap Alkor when he needs it.

*slaps Alkor* Meh, he always needs it.

Regardless, we can get to Adi becoming a Master when we get there. Will, this is your moment bro....enjoy it. Congratulations!! I was pullin for ya!

MY ASS!

OH, ADI, YOU FLIRT! STAHP!

Coruscant, I think, should be the Order's heart. All actual meetings should be held there. Yavin is a major teaching establishment, yes, and will always be a good place to go to if you need to find someone high up - if you're in the outer rim, and Coruscant would take you five days to reach, then Yavin is a better place to stop, especially as Dav and Jago are both based there, and Ossus and Felucia (with Devlin, and Raven and Aer, respectively based on those worlds) nearby, Yavin is a reasonably good hub for the Rim. We don't keep a permanent Council chamber on Yavin just because we never envisioned it being a permanent base for the Council, though we do have the Grand Audience Chamber that serves that purpose when it's needed, complete with Holonet connection and holo projection, and other purposes when not. But Coruscant is certainly the main heart of the Order, I think.

Now, groups. We should revisit this.

I think, perhaps, we need to create an umbrella group through which the Coruscant Temple is created, that combines our numbers, serves as the group for the roaming Jedi, and so on. We also need to once more ask the Whills how they'd like us to do this if we wish to combine numbers for Faction bonuses; are we able to combine our numbers for roaming bonuses (such as SSDs), yet identify separately for location specific bonuses (like defence platforms and additional Faction HQs)? Is it one or the other? What's the fairest way of doing it - because the standard system requires that we either give up bases, or we give up on some of the Jedi Order's combined military might. These are all questions that the Whills need to give us definitive answers on.

Misinterpretation, SySy. We're not an oligarchy dictatorship controlling every aspect of Jedi Life. Ask the Corellian Jedi Order, or even us, the Yavinites: we frequently do lots of things without getting the Council involved whatsoever.

No one is trying to control Jedi SLs, or Jedi writers, or anything like that. With MAJOR, Galactic-spanning, All-Jedi-Involved StoryLines, I'd imagine everyone would enjoy a little communication and cooperation, but, so say, if you feel like today's the day Syren goes and stops a slaver ring on Rendili ... Then go stop a slaver ring on Rendili. You don't need to tell the Council you plan to do this, wait for the paperwork to be filled out (in triplicate), and get approval via snail mail.

The Council was/is supposed to serve more as a coordinating point, so that way if one of us goes "Hey, I've got a really neat idea for a plot for the entire Order (or one large chunk of it, what have you)", then that idea can get out there to the rest of the community so our fellow Jedi writers can go "Hey, that's pretty neat, I'm all for that."

We're not meant to delegate tasks and responsibilities to other people. We're not here to tell you what you can and cannot do with your own character. We are, very simply, a focusing point for Jedi ideas and characters. Not a single Councilor is going to tell anyone else how to run their character or their storylines, and I will personally tell off any single one that does.

WITH THAT SAID, acting in a manner not befitting a Jedi (read: turning Dark) will have IC consequences and the like, but that's part of story and character development, and is always a writer's choice.