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| The Guardian Corps
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39 ABY - 41 ABY
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Judana Plains
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Clan Odan-Urr
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Militant Arm of the Jedi
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Protection of Odan-Urr and its allies
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Revak Kur
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"We have seen what happens when good people do nothing."
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- "We Guardians are Clan Odan-Urr's first line of defense against the thousands of enemies who seek to destroy it."
- ―Unnamed Jedi
The Guardian Corps is a coalition of members of the Odanite Expeditionary Force, Okami Mandalorians who choose to operate alongside Odan-Urr along with pilots of Tython Squadron who serve as ace pilots supporting Guardian ground operations as well as providing escort to their Consular brethren. They often recruit those whose first instinct is to protect those in need. Formed in 39 ABY, the Guardian Corps were formed in a prosperous age of Odan-Urr, using their resources to protect those in need.
Jedi Archive
The Great Divide
The year was 39 ABY and debate among the High Councillors stirred up tension within the Praxeum. The Order was torn, not by war, but by philosophy. Aura Ta'var worked to unify the Jedi, yet, differing opinions and points of view were creating a divide. Whereas the Consulars were in deep negotiation with the Vatali Empire, trying to secure allies, the Guardians were more concerned with the defense of their system and sharpening their skills after the war had reached Brotherhood space, stirring chaos and suspicion.
Still new to his position as the Consul of Clan Odan-Urr, Revak Kur observed what was transpiring. Minds focussed on unraveling the mysteries of the Force grouped together with like-minded individuals while those with minds for tactics and battle, formed cliques and found sparring partners with similar aspirations. Revak viewed this as a natural occurrence, not as a negative, but as an opportunity to finely tune, hone, and align the new Order.
Revak and his Proconsul Luna Okami deliberated until making their final decision to formally split these groups into roles befitting of their personalities and talents.
The Consular Conclave and the Guardian Corps were brought to fruition. Through their diversity and differences, they would be unified by a common goal, the survival, and growth of the Jedi Order.
Knowing that the Guardians would need a strong leader, Revak approached Kah Manet to help lead and train the fledgling unit.
Knowing that mobility was key to effectively protect their interests, Kah Manet originally requested a Pelta-class Republic Frigate, to act as their mobile base of operations. From here, the Guardians would orbit planets that the Consular Conclave would venture on, sending members of their house to accompany them as protection. However, soon after the coronation of the Pride of Harakoa, Kah Manet stepped away from leadership in pursuit of a 'whisper' that called to him from the void. Where Kah was set on wandering. Marl Gondor, the newly appointed Quaestor, saw that settling down to grow and train a new era of Guardian was more sound from a strategic point-of-view. But not only did Marl either to grow the Guardians, he welcomed Force Sensitives throughout the Arx System that were not interested in war and joining an Order, but sanctuary. A people that were set on rebuilding, settling, and forging their own destinies, to be fruitful citizens of a Jedi-backed government once more.
Eventually, this vision would be brought into fruition, one piece at a time, beginning with the construction of a new temple in 39 ABY on the surface of Daleem. Here, the Guardians are found training and governing from Torden Base. While not working with the Consular Conclave on their missions, the Guardians are heavily involved in humanitarian missions across the galaxy and offering aid and support to those in need. The Daleem reclamation and terraforming efforts are of peak interest as is keeping the Guilds and Vatali Empire reigned in through organization, supervision, security, and diplomacy.
Streets Painted Crimson
- Main Article: Streets Painted Crimson
The Corps' first true mission came from an unusual source, initially seemingly at odds with its more militant role. Stretched thin due to losses in the previous Vatali Civil War, law enforcement officers in the Voraskel Palace called in members to help resolve a possible murder. A distant relative of the Empire's royal family, Bellaran Anasaye, had been thrown from his home's window in one of the city's eastern spires. Quickly suspecting that murder was involved thanks to the markings on his body and with only a few officers on hand, the Odnites were tasked with trying to help uncover anything behind the murder. A multitude of members arrived, including both Essik Lyccane and Marl Gondor to examine the findings.
Ryan Hawkins was quick to identify multiple stab wounds on the subject and the oddity of their nature, having inflicted them and then pushed the man from such a high place. Furthemore, the stabs themselves had bypassed easy killing strikes, focusing upon his eyes, mouth, and wrists, but avoiding means to swiftly end Bellaran's life. Hawkins, Essik, and Aura Ta'var worked to piece together details from the corpse and his belongings, using Psychometry to read details from a previous gathering, noting feelings of unease surrounding one visitor. While Bellaran was not noted to have any major enemies in politics and was something of a recluse, he was noted for being a scholar and writer by nature, usually only using his name in an effort to ease support toward areas of the Empire he felt needed to be strengthened. Although there were some forensic efforts made to recover details, the body had been doused in a chemical that had erased any species identifiers or remnants.
At the same time, Marl Gondor investigated the surrounding back alleys and areas, finding a mysterious message that had recently been added. The meaning and letters surrounding it were unclear, as the figure daubing it on the walls had been interrupted. The witness to this, a small girl, mentioned that the figure had disappeared the second that he realised he was being watched.
Further breakthroughs were made by Creon and Neza-Rem Zarabi, as they looked into the tower and the man's room. The area had been defaced with Sith symbols angled at odd positions, something Neza-Rem noted was habitual of mocking or countering a rival. They quickly pieced together that there had been a limited fight at first, and that Bellaran had been forced into his office chair only to be injected with an unknown liquid. Given that he was not bound, this was suspected to be drugs. Bellaran had eventually resisted, likely being thrown through the window during an act of defiance. Creon, meanwhile, was able to identify the nature of several surrounding books and items, most of which appeared to have been intact. However, one had been thrown out of sight, and a blood speck on the interior marked it as something he was examining at the time of his arrival. It outlined activities of the Church of the Force during its earliest days, their rituals, and failed attempts to establish themselves among certain settlements.
Although they made some headway, the group was unable to identify the attacker in question. It was, however, clearly an act of murder, likely by a group associated with Sith teachings. Unable to gain more information at that time, the Odanites allowed the police to take over, returning to their duties until anything more could be found.
The Hollow Mountain
A multitude of efforts were made to build upon the information uncovered by those searching the crime scene, but most were without any definitive success. Beyond gaining some potential links between certain nobles who had been with Bellaran within days of his death and some minor contradictions, nothing could be proved. Even with the semi-prominent nature of the victim, the case was eventually put on hold due to a simple lack of any progress or leads.
It was to the surprise of Odan-Urr when the case was abruptly re-opened some months later, when several of the suspects abruptly met up for a joint operation on Daleem. Renting out land in the Ithorian Gardens, Ilthei Vun, Nemrak Tann, and Zezrum Mehl had put their fortunes into a mysterious auction event. All three had been suspects thanks to their association with Bellaran close to the time of his murder, but also claims were made to gain elements of Bellaran's estate and interest was shown in a tome that had been at the scene of the murder. While breaking no obvious laws, a chance finding uncovered an illegal mining operation taking place on Solyiat. Okami Mandalorians had stumbled upon it while hunting, and the machinery was part of the Echo Depths Mining corporation, owned by Nemrak Tann. With suspicion raised, Revak K'Urr ordered that both locations be investigated with all speed.
Due to Odan-Urr's numbers being spread thin as they recovered from the Children of Mortis' invasion during the prior month, mixed groups of the Guardian Corps and Consular Conclave were gathered, using anyone that could respond in time. Essik Lyccane led the first group into the auction house, using slicing to put several assumed identities on the house's guest list and infiltrate the building. Others entered by more covert means, but they soon recognised a serious problem. The items being auctioned off were a variety of relics from the age of the Sith Empire, clearly uncovered recently. What was more, rather than other nobles or interested parties, many auctioneers were known associates of groups such as the Black Sun.
Not wishing to let relics fall into the hands of such groups or allow them to operate freely on Odanite soil, the clan members present were given little time to formulate any actions before the bidding started. Even as it did, it took only a short time for the event to descend into chaos. Though the original source was unknown, shooting began within the auction house, triggering mass violence as the nobles' guards and auctioneer bodyguards tried to target the source of the threat. As the brawling intensified, several banners caught fire, which quickly spread throughout the building. As items were snatched up and groups began to fight their way clear, most of the Odanites attempted to intercept and bring down as many targets as possible. This was met with limited success thanks to their relatively few numbers. Although Sentinel Network assets had worked to sabotage several Black Sun ships, the vast majority were able to flee the planet without being intercepted. It was quickly confirmed that Vun, Tann, and Mehl were not among the few that they were able to capture.
The only major victory they saw was thanks to the efforts of Lizuni Kotra Heraga, Celevon Werd'a, and Benn Nevis. By some miracle, they were able to retrieve and drag a sizable number of Sith relics free from the building, moments before something vital was caught in the flames and it was lost in an explosion. This at least granted Odan-Urr some research subjects, and potential clues as to the nature of these recent items.
The efforts on Solyiat uncovered similarly troubling findings. Yuki Suoh's group were able to initiate an airborne assault on the encampment, surrounding and storming the sprawling network of prefabricated shelters and tents. Yet the camp was clearly abandoned, leaving little indication of any life there at all. Documents within the tents illuminated some information on their activities, but a greater clue was soon found as they followed a large trail of footprints leading to the base of the mountain. A large tunnelling machine had been used to burrow its way into the mountain, breaching what was apparently a cavern several meters within. The footprints led inside, passing under a doorway marked with a symbol of the ancient Sith Empire.
Not knowing what had possessed every person in the camp to head directly into the mountain, the Odanites established a perimeter and sent in several droids. All were mysteriously lost, each abruptly shorting out and losing all life as they moved within. A few lasted long enough to broadcast images of what appeared to be human remains, likely those of the archaeologists on site, and eventually a fleeting image of what lurked within: A Sith Temple, buried within the mountain. A recording of a similar find was retrieved by Jafits Skrumm and, combined with other findings, it confirmed that the site had been actively searching for Sith relics; almost certainly to dispatch to the auction house for sale.
The arrival of Aura Ta'var and a number of other Odanites brought with it further reinforcements but, with the obvious danger of the temple and no way of knowing that the archeologists were even alive, the decision was made to instead temporarily garrison the site to gain further information. Burying the temple while those who knew of its location were still at large risked it being uncovered again, and there were too many unanswered questions. In the hopes of either intercepting others associated with the dig and gaining further information, the Odanites dug in for a lengthy stay.
Empire of Lies
Months stretched on following the battle against the Black Sun with little to no progress. Unable to search deeper into the Sith Temple or find the Black Sun elements who had fled the battle, they were left with little to work with. The few artifacts found seemed bizarrely contradictory to anything they could find, and the few details gleaned from those they could identify gave few clues as to where they could hunt the escaping criminals. The answer would only come through a single secure message broadcast directly to the Guardian Corps, forewarning them of an ally seeking to offer them answers.
The mysterious ally proved to be a ranking member of the Black Sun of the Outer Rim regions, Zamun Sen. Arriving on the outskirts of the Kiast system in a heavily damaged ship, Sen had come to them unarmed and of his own free will. Recovered and escorted by Dinos Bazaar, when secured in a cell, he spoke of a rift among Black Sun members, and a group who had attempted to deal with a faction they had otherwise ignored. The Black Sun were criminals, but they had no desire to deal with relics associated with the Force, largely due to the risk they posed and greater complications. However, another faction had emerged to fill that void, dealing almost exclusively in matters of the Force on an underworld level. While they typically went via unassuming names such as the Auctioneers and the Committee, the closest they had found to a proper name was the Erebus Pact. A group within the Black Sun had gambled in dealing directly with them and the nobles seemingly working with the Pact, using the auction either as a hasty means of seeming legitimate or offering a chance to draw out more targets. When this event had been raided by Clan Odan-Urr, it had disrupted their plans. The Pact had retreated, and the renegade Black Sun members had nothing to offer their superiors.
Sen regarded the renegades as a problem, and the Pact's involvement created complications. Having pinpointed their location via a few sources and barely escaping with his life, he offered the Guardian Corps their location, free of charge. He wanted them gone as much as Clan Odan-Urr, and considered this a means to remove two likely threats without risking any further Black Sun assets. Although questioning this choice, Essik opted to follow the information due to the threat both groups posed to the Kiast system, now that they knew of it.
The Guardian Corps' full fleet arrived at an asteroid base hidden within the Farlax Sector known as Archive 16. A Black Sun fleet consisting of a Vindicator heavy cruiser backed by CR90 corvettes and fighters was besieging the armed base. The Guardian Corps rushed to attack both sides at once, with the surprise assault quickly quelling both groups in the battle. The fight against the Black Sun proved to be an easy victory thanks to the surprise assault and multiple victories by Jafits Skrumm against their escort vessels, bringing several down with little direct support. After the Vindicator was rendered incapable of fighting, most of the remaining forces surrendered. In the Erebus Pact archive, assault boats stormed the main hangar and secured it, before taking both the bridge and engineering section. Pact crewmen made several failed efforts to scuttle the station, but these were ended in large part thanks to the actions of Revs. Nevertheless, while Black Sun prisoners were taken, explosive implants in Pact members killed the few who could be captured.
With the Archive taken, searches were made of the facility, uncovering several major warehouse environments filled with vast crates. Although the Guardians had done little to explore them, the few visible items were clearly of Force cult origin, with a book owned by Bellaran Anasaye's private archive among them. Knowing that they would need more time to examine this, Essik asked that the Conclave be brought in to root through the crates while the rest of the station was searched and secured.
A short time following the victory at the Archive, the House was retired along with the Consular Conclave.
The Creed
There is no emotion; there is peace.
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no passion; There is serenity.
There is no death; there is only the Force.
A Jedi does not act for personal power or wealth but seeks knowledge and enlightenment.
A Jedi never acts from hatred, anger, fear, or aggression but acts when calm and at peace with the Force.
Jedi are the guardians of peace in the galaxy.
Jedi use the powers to defend and to protect, never to attack others.
Jedi respect life, in any form.
Jedi serve others rather than ruling over them, for the good of the galaxy.
Jedi seek to improve themselves through knowledge and training.
We Are The Varactyl
Currently, the Guardian Corps are led by N/A and N/A. Together, these two coordinate the efforts of the Guardian Corps efficiently. The Corps are separated into different cells, teams that are composed of members that compliment each other in the field, protecting Odan-Urr and helping the Clan grow.
Within the Guardian Corps, there is a group known as the Order of the Varactyl. These are the best of the best the Guardian Corps has to offer, members who have proven their devotion and skill. Members of this Order are treated as the first among equals among their kind, considered to be paragons of whatever role they have chosen, and serve as representatives and champions among their members. How this manifests, from serving as diplomats, to personal guards of the Summit, or even those with expertise in the galactic underworld, is ultimately down to each individual member.
The following members have been inducted into the Order of the Varactyl:
Jafits Skrumm, The Eternal
Military
House Assets
Much like their counterpart, the Guardians maintain a series of strongholds and outposts across the Kiast system. Inheriting the Sky Breach Base from the Sentinel Network, the group has utilised the facility as its primary HQ. Along with minor alterations to the facility, the building saw the installation of multiple defensive platforms and emplacements, giving it better security against a variety of space or ground-based assaults. This is connected with a Skyhook platform operated and maintained by the Sentinel Network.
Along with these areas, the organisation also maintains the Guardian Spaceport, an artillery-protected landing strip for its vessels, along with the Guardian Outpost as a second base of operations apart from Sky Breach Base. A more recent expansion has been Torden Base, which was added in the final months of Gui Sol's leadership.
Branches
Corps Space Assets
To further assist with all operations, the Guardians maintain two Charger c70 Consular-class Cruisers, the Deliverance and the Kalonia, as a means of offering quick firepower against hardened targets. Suited to everything from escort duties to strike-and-fade operations, they ar primarily kept in reserve for the most important missions. To then further back this, the Pelta-class Republic Frigate Pride of Harakoa makes up its third vessel, which is home to the elite A-Wing pilots of Tython Squadron.
Corps Ground Assets
Due to its lack of numbers, the Guardians field a single Special Missions Company as a means of supporting its individual members. Although few in number and lacking the firepower to support a pitched battle, they have nevertheless proven themselves as a capable unit in smaller scale operations.
House Summit Roll
| Guardian Corps
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| Quaestor
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Period of Service
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Aedile
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Period of Service
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| Kah Manet
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Aug 31, 2021-Jan 18, 2022
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Marl Gondor
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Dec 6, 2021-Feb 17, 2022
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| Marl Gondor
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Feb 17, 2022-July 14, 2022
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Essik Lyccane
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Mar 5, 2022-July 24, 2022
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| Essik Lyccane
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July 24, 2022 - March 20, 2023
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A'lora Kituri
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July 27, 2022 - March 20, 2023
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| Essik Lyccane
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July 24, 2022 - March 20, 2023
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N/A
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