Anyone A Fan Of The Traviss Written Star Wars EU?

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:33 pm

Rochey wrote:
Yeah, but it's not horse manure...
Quite right. This particular crap is made of paper, rather than assorted foodstuffs.

Bull. The JAT was damned good, had a powerful Luke, cute kids in Jacen and Jaina and watching Daala flounder around was almost funny in a tragic sort of way. It was fast-paced, action-pakced and had well-written characters.

And she's Admiral Daala, Seafort.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:35 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Bull. The JAT was damned good, had a powerful Luke, cute kids in Jacen and Jaina and watching Daala flounder around was almost funny in a tragic sort of way. It was fast-paced, action-pakced and had well-written characters.

And she's Admiral Daala, Seafort.

Actually it is Corporal, she was never promoted by the military but rather by Moff Tarkin himself and then hidden away in the Maw.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:35 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:And she's Admiral Daala, Seafort.

She only had local rank - her substantive rank was corporal.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:37 pm

Captain Seafort wrote: She only had local rank - her substantive rank was corporal.

She was basically appointed as an Admiral, not promoted.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:41 pm

Appointed by, at the time, the number three man in the Empire. She's an admiral...

With the name of a Bond girl.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:49 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Appointed by, at the time, the number three man in the Empire. She's an admiral...

Tarkin wasn't the number three. Sate Pestage at least and possibly Isard (one of them) and Ars Dagnor were higher than him.

With the name of a Bond girl.

And the intelligence.

CplKendall wrote:She was basically appointed as an Admiral, not promoted.

What's the difference? As I understand it, an appointment would simply make her "OC Maw Installation", without the right to call herself "Admiral".

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:52 pm

Dang, Seafort. I forgot about those guys. Although I'm not sure about Isard. Are you talking Ysanne or her father, though?

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:00 am

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Dang, Seafort. I forgot about those guys. Although I'm not sure about Isard. Are you talking Ysanne or her father, though?

Either - although Ysanne certainly wielded more power than Amand, I'm not sure where they stood in relation to Tarkin. There's also Thrawn and Mara Jade to consider - according to Voss Parck in Vision of the Future, they were of equal importance in Palpatine's mind to Vader himself. While this is unlikely, the fact that Parck believed this is solid evidence that they were of some importance.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:02 am

I think Voss was stroking Mara's ego, there, just a bit. And remember-there were multiple Hands-and only one Apprentice.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:05 am

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I think Voss was stroking Mara's ego, there, just a bit. And remember-there were multiple Hands-and only one Apprentice.

True, but how many of those Hands proved capable of thumping some sense into a Jedi Grand Master?

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:06 am

Captain Seafort wrote:
What's the difference? As I understand it, an appointment would simply make her "OC Maw Installation", without the right to call herself "Admiral".

She would wear the rank of Admiral, without ever being confirmed as one or the chance of being made permanent (like a crappy brevet) and when the need for her to be an Admiral ceased she would be a Corporal again. She'd also get paid as a Corporal.

This is actually impossible in a RL military, no military an Earth would make a Corporal into an Admiral. The closest equivilant is Cpl to Master Corporal in the CF and Commodores (which are Captains appointed to the command of a small force).

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:17 am

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Appointed by, at the time, the number three man in the Empire. She's an admiral...

With the name of a Bond girl.

And the name of a character from VOY

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:41 am

Cpl Kendall wrote:
Captain Seafort wrote:

This is actually impossible in a RL military, no military an Earth would make a Corporal into an Admiral. The closest equivilant is Cpl to Master Corporal in the CF and Commodores (which are Captains appointed to the command of a small force).

Not really.
Napoleon went from a junior officer to a general and there's probably a dozen other examples earlier in history. Its rare yes but it does happen.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:40 am

Monroe wrote:
Not really.
Napoleon went from a junior officer to a general and there's probably a dozen other examples earlier in history. Its rare yes but it does happen.

He went from a Lt to A lt. Colonel in the span of a few years, during a period of civil unrest in France. Not a good exanple.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:48 pm

I was under the impression he was promoted from captain to general after breaking a seige?