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And so it begins...
| Shadowstone | |
| |
| Class | Capital |
| Type | Imperial Star Destroyer |
| Modifications | |
| Type | Upgraded Hyperspeed Upgraded Sublight |
| History | |
| Date of Manufacture | Unknown |
| Affiliation | Alex Tylger (Previous Owner) Roan Axios |
| Events | The Shadowstone Affair |
The Shadowstone Affair [...], also known as...
is an Imperial Star Destroyer once famously captured by Keir Santage, Finn Setanta and Squall Chitose who were working in the employment of King Eldrik Kuraine of the Falleen Federation. A lengthy battle was fought to seize the ship chiefly through the attackers bringing aboard large amounts of Battle Droids under their command, and fighting the Imperial stormtroopers aboard the ship.
Notable incidents in this battle included the wookiee Ralgarrch squeezing into a turbo-lift maintenance shaft to chase the more nimble Siather during her attempts at escape, Keir Santage accidentally tossing an extra grenade into a fray resulting in damage to his own battle droids, the death of Doug the Battledroid, and the baking of cookies in the mess hall after the battle was concluded by Adam A Flynn. Keir Santage also managed to rescue an injured female Imperial officer from a bacta tank, however it is unclear what happened to her after she escaped with him. Towards the end of the battle, the betrayal of Xarius Tylger was revealed. Xarius's droids were equipped with slave commands by Kuraine, and he took direct control to of them to attack Xarius. Tylger was wounded, but was able to initiate the command codes to the bombs he had smuggled aboard to destroy the ship. Squall Chitose was nearby and saved the ship by disarming the bombs and shooting Tylger in the face.
Santage presented the ship to King Kuraine, who then turned and gifted the vessel to Hapan officer Alex Tylger. It is rumored that Roan Axios was gifted the ship by King Alex. As a result of the capture of the Shadowstone, the Galactic Empire attacked the Fallen Federation's stronghold at Beta.
Contents
Raiding partyyy
- Keir Santage
- Finn Setanta
- Squall Chitose
- Ralgarrch
- Bruce Spear
- Adam A Flynn
- Thrax Mincoul
- Metuki Ryuujin
- Darian Taldoshar
- Gailen
- Jace Meridan
- Amon Khan
- Eric Adams
- Mark Hornet
- Kirek
- Delta 02
- Edwacop Wiwem
- Airoria Celestian, supporting role
- Asarya'katr, supporting role
- Avatar
- Tazam Azam, supporting role flying Y-Wing cover outside
- Xarius Tylger, later killed by his own battle droids
- Jennos Ackbar, supporting role
Imperial defenders
Other personnel
- Vir Calder, defecting Imperial member
- Hovstad Stockmann, defecting Falleen Federation member
To be rewritten
Random crap
During the following era that Stanov was named the Provost General, the IMS Shadowstone, a Victory-class Star Destroyer, in the 2nd Assault Fleet was stolen by Imperials that broke off from the Empire. The loss of the VSD caused Naval High Command to strip the commander of the 2AF's position, and Stanov was promoted to Captain and became the Fleet Commander of the 2nd Assault Fleet. The 2nd Assault Fleet was called in to action against the Black Sun and Stanov lead the 2nd Assault Fleet in to the Battle of Beta, along with other forces of the Imperium's might - including a large force of Sith.
Interview with Dreighton
In order for Calder to take over the "Shadowstone," Calder used large numbers of battle droids to subdue the loyal Imperial crew. The battle droids were actually purchased in preparation for the Battle of Beta and this is mostly how the Empire got wind of Calder's defection as he had to apply for the funds with the Imperial throne. As Calder desired to buy Imperial-only assets, he had to run this past Uebles in order to obtain authorization. Calder made flimsy excuses on why he needed the battle droids and the stormtroopers he had asked for, but it was one of the signs that gave his intention to defect away to Imperial High Command. (Vodo was inactive at this point.)
Interview with Tholin
Jace Meridan and Tholin Dur'aak both participated in the capture of Shadowstone. Tholin Dur'aak was part of the space support fleet rather than the incursion party. Jace and Tholin had actually manufactured Moff Vir Calder's defection, although the capture of Shadowstone was purely of Kuraine's design. Their actions on the Shadowstone were an attempt to minimise FF casualties while sabotaging the attempt at capture - knowing it would be a severe escalation in the GE/FF conflict - something they wanted to avoid. Clearly this failed.
Keir's Ode to His NPC "Doug"
Doug the Battledroid was the martyr of the theft of the ISD Shadowstone. Given designation 009-42, he stood 42nd in line of Keir Santage's battle droids aboard the Libra Battlestation, while awaiting entry to the Star Destroyer. During the pitched battle, Doug was dressed in distinctly humanoid clothing. Doug lived at the DroidHaus where his wife and six children anxiously awaited his return back home. Despite his married status, there was always an aura of sexual tension between Doug and Keir.
There are 21 statues around the galaxy, erected to Doug's memory.
Turning quickly, and grabbing something off the nearest shelf, and tucking it out of view, Keir stepped to the door, and exited the storage room, reentering the hallway.
Reactivating the droids, he strode to the 42nd droid and took the parcel out from under his cape. "Here ya go" Keir grinned lopsided "Your very own set of informal clothing". Glancing at his chronometer to ensure he wasn't running *too* far behind the rest of the group, he quickly dressed the battledroid.
Stepping back again, he couldn't help but chuckle at the site of the droid's skeletal frame poking out from the sleeves and pants of the outfit, he looked absolutely ridiculous...but he could still fight, and that was all that mattered.
Throwing a hat over 009-42's head, he completed the image, and spoke again. "You'd better survive this fight Doug", he said, "You got a wife and 6 kids waiting for your safe return to the Droidhaus". The droid nodded its head "Roger, roger. Will survive impending battle". Keir laughed out loud, and punching the droid in the arm, caught himself, and returned to the front of the column. He held open the turbolift doors as his droids began filing in, still in tight formation around him. "Now remember, we'll have friendlies coming up behind us on the turbolifts, so our backs are safe, no firing behind our wall."
With that, Keir tapped Doug on the shoulder lightly "So far so good my man, see that you make it through, this is your baptism by fire". "Roger, roger" was the only reply he got. Keir rolled his eyes and muttered a quick prayer for dumb non-sentients. Pausing for a moment to take stock of their situation, he afforded a glance around him, the other turbolift was up now, and firing on the stormtroopers as well, behind him lay a couple dozen destroyed droids. With horror, Keir noticed Doug was among them.
Narrowing his eyes and gritting his teeth he turned back into the fray and bellowed "Nîn daged dhaer!" and shifting his rifle to his left hand, tore a proton grenade off his belt, and cocking the arm mechanism for the 4 second delay, rolled it straight into the confused mass of stormtroopers in the middle of the room, while around him, his droids continued firing into the mass of black and white. Keir prepared to open the door, and let his droids march in. Now remember he hissed at them Any lifeforms present in there are to be considered enemy, and shot immediately. They replied with a terse, standard unquieted "Roger, Roger". Keir shot them an angry look as though to admonish them for being too loud, and made a hushing gesture. "Oh and boys..." Keir reminded them, hand resting on the doorpad "This one's for Doug". He hated droids...he was used to fighting alongside living creatures, the silent killing machine that was a battledroid removed all sancticity from the murder of crewmen aboard a ship.
Doug was different, he wasn't like the rest of them, he didn't know why, he'd never felt that close to a droid before...but when his eyes first fell upon Doug's magically sparkling photoreceptors, something happened, there was an instant connection that couldn't be explained. Keir bit his lip, and held back the tears, he loved that droid...and he never had a chance to express his real feelings, Doug had died never knowing how much Keir had wanted to throw him down and shag him, right there on the Libra when they'd first met. Keir winced, these memories were distracting him, he mustn't lose sight of the mission that still wasn't completed, there would be plenty of time later to miss Doug, for now he had to get down to the Docking Ring that connected the Galforee to the Star Destroyer.
Stuff
Operation Shadowstone
The Capture of the Imperial Star Destroyer Shadowstone and the Defection of Imperial Moff Vir Calder to the Falleen Federation
Operation: Shadowstone (Squall successfully raided the ISD Shadowstone bridge, along with Keir Santage. Then Squall saved the entirety of the operation by Killing Xarius Tylger and defusing the bombs Xarius set to sabotage the operation)
Vir Calder was Director of Research and Development under Emperors Piett, Connel, Mccarthur and Charon, becoming Moff of Fakir Sector during his appointment to R&D.
Possibility: Did Calder defect on Year 4 Day 118?
Year 3 Day 143: Emperor Charon appointed Vir Calder as Moff of the Fakir Sector. Calder was later succeeded as Moff of the Fakir Sector by Krovikan Sengir.
Siather Det'aan was a Gand... although according to Syn... she role-played as a hybrid... (a Graptor?)
