Gable Brandau -- Jedi Hospitaller

[Naaman]

Gable Brandau was a Jedi master at the time of Order 66.

Early Life
He began his Jedi training under Jedi master Ola Secluu, as a Jedi guardian. In his youth, he had an interest in nature and biology, being fascinated by the physiology of living things. As a youngling, he spent a disproportionate amount of time in the Med-Corps and the Agri-Corps, learning all he could.
Early in his Jedi training, he began focusing on the healing arts and spent much of his time outdoors interacting with nature in various climates. He learned how to live outdoors, including how to identify edible plants, how to track, and how to find water.

Knighthood
Gable was promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight at the age of 26, some few years later than his peers. His ability was never in question; however, his desire to face the trials was not as urgent as most other Jedi, a point of concern for his master, who eventually sent him on a peace keeping mission alone (an unorthodox move) in order to give him a taste of the autonomy that comes with the rank of Jedi Knight.

During his mission to liaise with the Rohjhadi people, he learned that a transport carrying an important diplomat had been shot down by guerrillas from a rival clan. Using the Rohjhadi's military resources, he was able to pinpoint the last transmission before the ship crashed, and assembled a search and rescue team to locate the diplomat. Upon arrival at the crash site, some of the crew had been killed, apparently after the crash, but the diplomat was not among the dead.

By assessing the crash site, Gable determined that a struggle had ensued and that several personnel had been taken by force. The Jedi and his team tracked the kidnappers to a hide-out where they discovered that a bandit gang, not a rival clan, was responsible for the abduction of the diplomat. Gable's search party had minimal combat training, so Gable engaged the bandits alone. After he defeated eight of them, those remaining fled or surrendered themselves into the custody of the Rohjhadi. The diplomat was returned bruised, but alive. He subsequently reported his findings to the Rohjhadi elders, explaining that it was not their rivals that had attacked their diplomatic transport. When all was sorted out, the two rivaling clans agreed to a cease fire and ratified a peace accord.

When he returned to the Jedi temple, the council agreed that his actions were worthy of promotion to knighthood.

As a Jedi Knight, Gable spent many of his years providing medical services in areas of the galaxy experiencing military conflict, disease outbreaks or famines.

The Clone Wars
During the clone wars, Gable was a General in the Grand Army of the Republic, commensurate with his rank of Jedi master. He commanded the 27th Medical Corps. But rather than lead from afar, he selected individual troops from under his command into an elite combat search and rescue team, which he personally lead. The team consisted of the Army's top combat medics (none of whom were clones), who were given advanced emergency medical training as well as field surgery training. They were also trained to a high level of tactical proficiency, able to fight at a similar level to elite commando units.

Their specialty was locating downed pilots in hostile territory and rendering immediate medical attention as necessary. When it was tactically expedient to do so, they also functioned as reconnaissance troops, artillery spotters, or as a security detail, but such missions were always impromptu and short term, as they required a somewhat different skill set than the team's portfolio could handle on a regular basis.

At the time of Order 66, Gable and his team were on a rescue mission to locate a republic colonel. When they found him and his crew, they were immediately attacked by the troops they had come to rescue. Gable's team sustained minimal casualties, and destroyed the colonel and his crew in the fight. They were able to access they colonel's communications archive to discover that they had received instructions to kill all Jedi. Realizing what had happened, Gable, and his team went into hiding.

He was eventually located by Jedi masters Umbroq K'utall and Kala Shane who recruited him into a secret resistance group known as Halo, a precursor to what would eventually form into the Rebel Alliance. Halo's primary function is to perform quick strikes against select imperial targets to cripple their functionality in certain strategically important areas of the galaxy, and then disappear before the military can react.

Halo has had a perfect mission record, however, a new threat from within the empire has formed, and is close to discovering Halo's existence. This threat is called the Inquisition, and it's leaders are former Jedi who remained loyal to the emperor after Order 66. Their mission is to track down and destroy or convert any unauthorized force users in the galaxy.

Personality
Gable is generally a kind man with a gregarious countenance. His defining attribute is his compassion for living beings. He is quick to joke and opportunistic about injecting levity into dismal situations.

If he has a point of emotional vulnerability, cruelty is it. He responds to such acts with swift and decisive force, with virtually no regard for personal safety: his desire to protect and preserve life tends to override his otherwise strong affinity for moderation and balance.

Notable Skills and Powers
Force Powers
Gable's force training focuses on the healing arts. During the Clone Wars, he was one of the Jedi's most knowledgeable healers, having a breadth and depth of knowledge in natural, medical, and force-based healing that surpassed all but the most educated and experienced Jedi masters in the Jedi's Med-Corps. He was one of the few Jedi trained in the art of Morichro, a "forbidden" force technique preserved only by passing to those Jedi approved by the council.

He is also known to have an affinity for force-based augmentation, using the force to amplify his physical strength significantly, making him more effective in combat, as well as better able to perform in field operations in demanding environments that require a high level of physical conditioning.

He uses the force to detect otherwise elusive information in the field and is particularly adept at locating beings as well as sensing their physical condition.

Lightsaber Combat
Gable is a practitioner of Form V lightsaber combat, proficient in both Djem-So and Shien variants. He is not formally considered a master of Form V, but his skill with the Jedi weapon is significant, having been honed in countless battles during the Clone Wars. Gable's skill with the lightsaber is exceeded only by the Order's dedicated lightsaber specialists.

Gable Brandau
Type: Jedi Master – Hospitaller
Species: Human
Age: 42
Height: 1.8
Weight: 80kg
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown (Bald)
Skin: Fair

DEXTERITY 2D+1
Blaster 4D
Brawling Parry 4D+2
Dodge 6D+2
Lightsaber: Shii-Cho 5D
Lightsaber: Djem-So 8D+2
Lightsaber: Shien 9D
Melee Combat 5D
Melee Parry 6D
Vehicle Blasters 5D+1

KNOWLEDGE 3D+1
Alien Species 7D
Cultures 7D
Intimidation 6D+1
Planetary Systems 5D
Scholar 5D+1
Scholar: Biology 7D
Scholar: Jedi Lore 7D+1
Scholar: Medicine 10D
Survival 8D+2
Tactics 7D
Willpower 9D

MECHANICAL 2D
Astrogation 4D
Communications 6D+1
Repulsorlift Operation 4D
Sensors 6D


PERCEPTION 3D+2
Command 7D
Persuasion 5D+2
Search 9D
Sneak 6D+2

STRENGTH 3D+1
Brawling 5D
Climbing/Jumping 5D
Lifting 6D
Stamina 6D
Swimming 4D+1

TECHNICAL 3D+1
Droid Programming 4D
Droid Programming: Medical Droid 5D+2
Droid Repair 4D+2
First Aid 6D+2
(A) Medicine 5D
Lightsaber Repair 5D+1

Special
Control 8D
Sense 8D+2
Alter 9D+1

Move: 10
Character Points: 18
Force Sensitive? Yes
Force Points: 9
Dark Side Points: 0

Equipment: Lightsaber (5D), Field Medical Kit, Med-Pack (x4), Medial Assistant Droid, Macro Binoculars, Data Pad, Comlink, Field Survival Kit

[Sutehp]

I like this character; this hospitaller character concept sounds interesting and has story potential. My question is this: during which era is his age 42 years old? Also, what relationship, if any, does Halo have with Senator Organa and the rest of the Rebel Alliance? Does Halo eventually become part of the Alliance?
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[Naaman]

Age 42 during the purge.

Halo started out as a "diplomatic security" force for what would eventually become the resistance. However, Halo's leadership believed that diplomacy was impossible, preferring to strike directly and frequently at key points of the empire's military and infrastructure. Due to the difference of opinion, Halo and the Alliance split early on. By the time the Rebel Alliance forms, Halo's members are either dead or freelance (could be PCs or mentors to PCs, for example) and the inquisition has been utterly wiped out.

Halo and the Inquisition eventually destroy each other. Halo's ultimate greater purpose (unbeknownst specifically to any members of the group) is to destroy the Inquisition before they discover Luke and Leia.

They accomplish this in two ways (again, completely unwittingly):

1) They themselves are a group of 12 Jedi and a few platoons of troops. The Jedi's presence constantly blips the Inquisition's radar, so-to-speak, distracting them from the reality that Luke and Leia even exist.

2) The Inquisitor most capable of discovering Luke and Leia is in turn being hunted by Halo and they actually interrupt him on his way to Tatooine (or Aldaraan, take your pick) and confront and defeat him just before he would have confirmed the presence of a force-sensitive.

[Naaman]

Edited the original post to add the "personality" section...

A glaring oversight on my part to leave that out....

[Sutehp]

[Naaman]

You can consider this "my SWU," for all intents and purposes. There is so much going on in the official or "legends" canon surrounding the clone wars now that it's just too much to keep track of. This whole story began around 2002, gaining some real traction after the release of RotS. For the sake of story continuity, I haven't bothered trying to retcon anything to fit the new timelines.

For what it's worth, I generally stick to the first 6 films when deciding what can/cannot happen in any narrative I come up with (keeps things much cleaner and simpler... easier to keep track of, etc.).

You can also assume that any inquisitor known to exist in canon does not exist in this "my SWU" continuity. I took the idea (an awesome one!) and made up my own story around it.

Basically, Vader is still "young" and "learning" how to adapt to his prosthetics, and so is not all that effective. There is a remnant of force users that are still a cut above him in the galaxy, and as far as his story arc goes (behind the scenes for the most part), he has to prove himself by defeating them, which in most cases nearly gets him killed many times, but he grows a lot in the process, both in the martial sense, as well as in cunning (the latter of which is absolutely necessary to defeat some of the force users who he must confront, including at least one inquisitor who defects).