Tapani Imperium

(( This section varies little from the official canon of the Lords of the Expanse sourcebook by Paul Sudlow and Chris Doyle. Quoted with respect and admiration. ))

Clan worlds grew apart and began to rely less and less on a central government. Power shifted from Pelagia to local clan capitals. Early years: numerous clans merged, expanded, fought, and died out. Over trials of eight centuries, twelve houses emerged, each w/ own king/queen ruling over its territories and worlds. These houses exist in a relatively stable state for over 3,000 years.

(( This section varies little from the official canon of the Lords of the Expanse sourcebook by Paul Sudlow and Chris Doyle. Quoted with respect and admiration. ))

Though he made his homeworld in the Procopia System the seat of his empire, Shey Tapani did little to advance his own house; he was remarkably even-handed in distributing power to the nobles who survived the civil wars. He established a number of universities and research facilities, and imposed a new code of laws and a new calendar (still in use today).

Within two generations, the cultural custom of nobility having the syllable "vor" at its beginning was so important to Tapani society that it was being retrofitted onto all official records and artwork for the founders of Tapani society. By the time Shey's great-grandchildren's generation were learning to talk, they would not have imagined any of their ancestors not being Vor___

(( This section varies little from the official canon of the Lords of the Expanse sourcebook by Paul Sudlow and Chris Doyle. Quoted with respect and admiration. ))

In aftermath of Great Sith War; within 25 years, this route became an established path into Herglic space. The distinct angular Herglic tradeships and bulky aliens became common sights in Tapani space.

The war against the "Living Machines" took a long time, despite the Bene Gesserit order's warnings ahead of time; when the Living Machines were finally driven away, they vanished from the known Galaxy completely.

(( This section varies little from the official canon of the Lords of the Expanse sourcebook by Paul Sudlow and Chris Doyle. Quoted with respect and admiration. ))

Procopia System sent its first representatives to the Republic Senate on Coruscant. Several members of House Vorpelagia were recruited by the Jedi Order, and eventually established bloodlines strong in the Force. Tapani nobles frequently travel to Core to do business, and ambassadors forge links w/ important Core systems s/a Alderaan and Corellia.

Hey, Clone Troopers! If they follow us home, Master, may we keep them?

All hell has broken loose on Dendarii: Feyd managed to break free from his prison, killing two of the padawans in the process and severely wounding several other base members. No one is quite certain what he has done to Luke Skywalker, who is in a coma. All that's left behind is Feyd's Sith-metal black hand. The Jedi Masters suspect that Feyd is heading for a covert supporter on Procopia -- where, at the start of yet another Capital Season, Lady Padmé Amidala Skywalker and her daughter are attending a critical diplomatic meeting.

(( Is this the adventure where Yeager Lexics lost a hand? ))

In the wake of Salvage Rights, the Nova Troopers decide to strike off for the Outer Rim, rather than join either side.

Over the course of the next eight weeks, the Galactic Empire does what it has always done best:
crush the opposition.

The remnants of the Tapani Imperium are losing the war. Despite widespread communication troubles and the sector's lack of functional Nav Buoys, Palpatine's forces have established control on planet after planet, and have driven the Rebellion back repeatedly. Things are looking grim.

Yeagerbomb - (noun). Ingredients:
1 repulsorlift, travelling at high speed;
1 bacta tank full of water, less the volume of 1 undies-clad Yeager Lexics (removed) ;
1 sudden stop.

— Strategy or destruction technique invented on Bethal IV by Mentat KitKat while also stripped down to a single pair of black BDU shorts.

The legendary Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda have returned to the Rebel Alliance, with dire warnings about the fate of Master Anakin Skywalker and his plan to confront the Emperor. Little does the Alliance or Master Skywalker know that Emperor Palpatine, still obsessed with Master Skywalker, has enacted a plan of his own. If allowed to succeed, this plan would bring the end of Master Skywalker and give rise to new weapons and allies for the Galactic Empire. All hope rests on the success of a small band set on rescuing the unsuspecting Jedi Master in a lonely corner of the galaxy....

Size matters not....   .   .   ((GM note: this adventure references Allandor System but took place somewhere else -- do we have notes as to where?))

Transporting Kath hound puppies is the slow, legal, slobbery way of earning credits.

Captain Benacor's on-and-off-again umm-friend Parnell Makola("Mak" to his buddies) has an old journal with some leads on a treasure hunt. He's willing to contribute that if Eleni will contribute the ship and the minions.

Easy credits, right?
And slobber-free!

Okay, sure, there's supposed to be a "Ghost Fleet" at the spot marked X. That's why no one else has already dug up this treasure. It'll be fine....

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See also: Nightsister Raiders; Straw Hat Gang; Black Sun; Clan Venn

Two smugglers and a private eye walk into a bar....

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away ...

STAR WARS

Tales from the Cantina: Absentis Persona

A weary Galaxy shakes from the tides of war. Ships clash in the dead of space, struggling for position to defend their homes or impose their will on the innocents caught in between.

Meanwhile, as star-spanning governments rattle their sabers, a Twi’lek farmer makes a deal with a crime syndicate. Desperate, the father reaches out for any help he can find to locate his son. He made a terrible deal, his son stayed missing, and the farmer now owes Rogga the Hutt.

With the boy’s time running out, the farmer sends another message for help to the Hutt. The message is intercepted by Jangir Toth. The bounty hunter instead routes the message towards Procopia to people he knows will be more reliable than the nefarious Rogga the Hutt.

Civil War burns across the Tapani Sector. Houses are divided. Brother against Brother. There are heroes and villains are on both sides.

Along the Calipsa Run, at the edge of the Nella System, is the starbase Port Santiago. There, the Private Dancer drops out of hyperspace on its final approach to the station along with dozens of other cargo freighters.

The port bustles with activity from refugee ships and freighters to a damaged Alliance cruiser in need of repairs. Ships from all different systems move through cargo of all kinds. Somewhere among the flow of ships, a deadly cargo sits in a silent hull ... an illegal cargo bound for the black market provided it isn’t discovered.

In a major offensive, the TAPANI ALLIANCE fleet strikes against the forces in the Shindra System, gateway to the TAPANI CONFEDERATION . Despite heavy losses, the ALLIANCE occupies the system. Using what few forces they have, they secure the hyperspace jump points ... for now.

Meanwhile, life has returned to a certain level of 'manageable' aboard Port Santiago in far orbit outside the Nella System. With the Solace in port and the quarantine lifted, our heroes travel back to the capital of the Tapani Alliance - Procopia System.

Little do they know that dark forces, suspicious of what our heroes may know, have taken steps against them. Steps, if successful, may cause a chain reaction that would rip apart the young Alliance at a moment when it needs unified strength the most.

Investigations in the Procopia System get deadly serious.

Partway through, we follow the evidence trail to Coruscant and the consequences of dangerous deeds done while Palpatine ruled.

No one is getting any rest, because everywhere we aren't looking on Chalcedon is someone who needs urgent rescue! And we're still trying to find out why Commander Ivana Maeques and her fellow Crimson Knights came through here a year ago -- and who was pursuing them -- and why!

Here in the Mechis System is fake!Silar Mins.   Somewhere.   And when we find the little jerk. . . .