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Intent: To show Siobhan's growth as a force master through a holocron that is a repository of her knowledge and experiences, making it also usable by others for writing purposes. With appropriate safeguards to prevent abuse.
Development Thread: If needed
Manufacturer: Siobhan Kerrigan
Model: N/A
Affiliation: Kaeshana Confederation, Firemane Industries
Modularity: New information can only be added by Siobhan
Production: Unique
Materiel: Force-imbued crystal, durasteel.
Description: Siobhan Kerrigan was for a long time not the traditional sort of force master intent on passing on her knowledge. Having herself received little formal training since Adril Tythorin, the Eldorai Jedi Knight who trained her and was her lover, died heroically fighting an eldritch abomination, beyond training sessions with the former Lady Protector Cira and Jedi Master Phylis Alince that expanded her arsenal of powers, she was the sort who learned on the job through experience on the battlefields of the Galaxy. A change in her outlook took place after she and Tegaea Alcori retired to Kaeshana after stepping down as Exarch and Lady Protector respectively due to the attempt on Tegaea's life. While she still took on a very martial role in the newly-founded Firemane Company, often handling mercenary contracts in person and bringing in revenue for the corporation through her combat prowess, she had more time to reflect as she began to adapt to a business role and aristocratic life, the latter probably coming easier to her than the former. She also took on Tempest, a former slave from Dahomey who had been liberated when an Omega Pyre strike force commanded by her and Tegaea toppled the ruling warlord, and the former Echani lieutenant Hecate Ferrum as students, having in the past only trained individuals on an ad hoc basis.
Her close ties with the Eldorai royal family were strengthened when Anya Venari ascended to the throne of Kaeshana as Star Queen Tirathana VII and at times she provided instruction to the Angelii, the force-using praetorian guard of the Eldorai. Eventually Siobhan began the process of creating a holocron, a repository of her struggles, accomplishments, failures and a testament to her prowess in the Force. Needless to say the holocron reflects the personality of the woman who designed it. Like her the holocron is prideful and stubborn, unwilling to share information with those it deems unworthy and it has a rather broad list in that regard. Reflecting her sexism, it is not willing to teach anything to men. It does not care about Force Alignment since Siobhan skirted the edge, but reflects her intense, overpowering hatred of Sith and so will not give them access at all or to people it considers negatively disposed to Kaeshana or Firemane. Generally speaking, the malicious and chaotic will not be given knowledge and advanced techniques will only be taught to those who give a very good reason, as the actual Siobhan was very particular about who she trained.
Anya Venari has full access to the holocron and anything on it. Impersonating her visually and in the Force, could potentially work if one is familiar with her Force Signature. Thus passcodes are required for the holocron as well. Rumour has it that the gatekeeper is more forthcoming if one professes a love of Eldorai and redheads. At present these rumours cannot be verified.
Among other things Siobhan's holocron contains the following information:
Development Thread: If needed
Manufacturer: Siobhan Kerrigan
Model: N/A
Affiliation: Kaeshana Confederation, Firemane Industries
Modularity: New information can only be added by Siobhan
Production: Unique
Materiel: Force-imbued crystal, durasteel.
Description: Siobhan Kerrigan was for a long time not the traditional sort of force master intent on passing on her knowledge. Having herself received little formal training since Adril Tythorin, the Eldorai Jedi Knight who trained her and was her lover, died heroically fighting an eldritch abomination, beyond training sessions with the former Lady Protector Cira and Jedi Master Phylis Alince that expanded her arsenal of powers, she was the sort who learned on the job through experience on the battlefields of the Galaxy. A change in her outlook took place after she and Tegaea Alcori retired to Kaeshana after stepping down as Exarch and Lady Protector respectively due to the attempt on Tegaea's life. While she still took on a very martial role in the newly-founded Firemane Company, often handling mercenary contracts in person and bringing in revenue for the corporation through her combat prowess, she had more time to reflect as she began to adapt to a business role and aristocratic life, the latter probably coming easier to her than the former. She also took on Tempest, a former slave from Dahomey who had been liberated when an Omega Pyre strike force commanded by her and Tegaea toppled the ruling warlord, and the former Echani lieutenant Hecate Ferrum as students, having in the past only trained individuals on an ad hoc basis.
Her close ties with the Eldorai royal family were strengthened when Anya Venari ascended to the throne of Kaeshana as Star Queen Tirathana VII and at times she provided instruction to the Angelii, the force-using praetorian guard of the Eldorai. Eventually Siobhan began the process of creating a holocron, a repository of her struggles, accomplishments, failures and a testament to her prowess in the Force. Needless to say the holocron reflects the personality of the woman who designed it. Like her the holocron is prideful and stubborn, unwilling to share information with those it deems unworthy and it has a rather broad list in that regard. Reflecting her sexism, it is not willing to teach anything to men. It does not care about Force Alignment since Siobhan skirted the edge, but reflects her intense, overpowering hatred of Sith and so will not give them access at all or to people it considers negatively disposed to Kaeshana or Firemane. Generally speaking, the malicious and chaotic will not be given knowledge and advanced techniques will only be taught to those who give a very good reason, as the actual Siobhan was very particular about who she trained.
Anya Venari has full access to the holocron and anything on it. Impersonating her visually and in the Force, could potentially work if one is familiar with her Force Signature. Thus passcodes are required for the holocron as well. Rumour has it that the gatekeeper is more forthcoming if one professes a love of Eldorai and redheads. At present these rumours cannot be verified.
Among other things Siobhan's holocron contains the following information:
- Instruction in Siobhan's apex master-level speciality, which is telekinesis. Siobhan is a highly specialised master and investes most of her training into honing her telekinetic prowess, strongly focusing on its offensive applications, namely force crush, telekinetic blasts and explosions, force throw of the chuck walkers variety. Since Siobhan focused so strongly on telekinesis instruction in this field is obviously the most detailed. Needless to say apprentices will not be magically granted knowledge of how to crush the bridge tower of a Star Destroyer, fly or chuck an asteroid.
- Instruction on force flight, with description of Siobhan's use of the technique during the battles of Gehenna, Atrisia and Aurum. Ample warning is giving that this is most certainly not a technique for beginners, for there are heavy risks. Such as crashing onto the ground from up high and dying.
- Instruction in summoning a telekinetic shield to protect oneself. This is based on knowledge passed on to Siobhan by Phylis Alince, who is thus one of the few Jedi about whom she has very positive things to say.
- Instruction in the use of her secondary offensive specialisation, which is electrocuting opponents via ionise droid and force lightning, though obviously at a far less high level than her telekinetic mastery. Also offers teaching on techniques to shield oneself against electrical attacks, in order to avoid the hazardous experience of getting one's limbs fried, as happened to Siobhan.
- An account of her time as a Jedi, starting with Jedi Tythorin saving her life on Nar Shaddaa and training her, along with a detailed account of their adventures together. Appearing to have a negative opinion of Adril is a sure way to get the gatekeeper to stop granting one access to anything at all. Likewise expressing anything close to a positive opinion of what Siobhan rightly or wrongly considers ineffectual Jedi pacifism. Also describes her encounters with the Sith Assassin Kaelin Isandros, now dead, and the powerful Darth Shadow. This includes an account of Adril and later Siobhan being possessed and driven to madness by the ancient Sith.
- An account of Siobhan's time with Omega Pyre and later the Protectorate. This testimony focuses very strongly on her and Tegaea, her wife. Siobhan's personal ego shines through in her belief that both of them were wholly indispensable to the Protectorate's success. It comprises detailed accounts of the battles she fought in, from the skirmishes on Dahomey and Vandelhelm to the zombie outbreak on Denon, the great battles of Roche and Metalorn to the Bando Gora War from start to finish. Siobhan is honest about the own often brutal methods she has employed, seeing them as necessary sacrifices to attain victory. This includes hers and Tegaea's term in office as rulers of the Protectorate, which includes a good deal of Siobhan complaining about the amount of paperwork.
- Commentary and instruction in anti-force user techniques, both as training and as a warning against thinking that possessing magical powers makes one invincible, as hypocritical as that might seem considering Siobhan's own recklessness. Among other things instruction in the use of bolters, sonic projectors, combined arms tactics against forcers and appropriate counters. Examples are drawn heavily from her own experiences fighting Sith and Bando Gora.
- An account of the Denon zombie outbreak and the Bando Gora. Siobhan is no scientist and so this section suffers from the fact that she is drawing from what actual scientists discovered concerning the nature of the zombies and Reavers and what they told her, but it contains detailed first-hand accounts of fighting these creatures. Also describes the Machine Cult and the Mechanical Dragon she and HK-36 fought during the final battle against the Bando Gora on Gehennna. Note is made of coercive techniques employed by Moira Skaldi for interrogation of high-value Bando Gora prisoners to break them.
- Section about the Eldorai people and Kaeshana. Siobhan's biases are very clearly displayed in this area...also describes Anya's ascension to the throne. Her sister, Queen Silaqui, is also mentioned since Siobhan knew her...well. Also includes a probably superficial commentary on their religion and how beneficial absolute enactic succession is. Likewise she is most interested in their religious rituals!
- Section about rumours of Amazons on Dahomey. Siobhan considered this as being of great interest and devoted considerable effort to...finding out whether the rumours were true.
- Data on Protectorate military strategies and tactics during Siobhan's time with it. Since she left Protectorate services a long time ago and has only really had contact with them when she tagged along with HK's Iron Company, presumably this information is dated and in some cases no longer accurate. Siobhan strongly criticises the 'small elite groups' concept. Account of key players during her time with it. Commentary on Firemane and Protectorate weapons.
- Commentary on the Jedi Order and its teachings. Tendency to be very scathing, reflecting Siobhan's strong bias against their ways. Likewise her belief that the Force can be used as a can opener and thus as a tool.
- An entire section about Tegaea Alcori. Appearing to have an even remotely negative opinion or not recognising her in Siobhan's eyes evident greatness merits not receiving any information at all. Siobhan's love for her wife shines through, as well as her admiration for what she accomplished as a soldier, politician and businesswoman.
- Account of the battles she fought since departing from the Protectorate, such as Atrisia, the skirmish with Sith on a Fondorian shipyard, the civil war on Kaeshana and the Moross invasion of the Silken Asteroids.
- A list of good bars and night clubs on Kaeshana, Dahomey, Naboo and Fondor with appropriate commentary. All what one might need to have a fun night out in town with friends!
