Dark Tide: A Star Wars Story

Zak Myrto born

Zak's family are multi-generational military from the patriotic planet Vardos, and Zak is destined to serve in the Republic.

Reeva's mother born

Reina Galene. Fest is an independently-minded planet with a varied climate that would later side with the Separatists during the war, drawing Reina into the conflict.

Hethan Romund born

Hethan is born into a family who have served the Jedi Temple on Coruscant for generations. Her mother is a menial, her father a pilot.

Dane Hellion born in hyperspace

Dane's mother gives birth on the Hydian Way, whilst travelling away from their home on the planet D'Qar. As Galactic tensions rise, supply lines are cut and the Hellions are forced to relocate from their remote idyll to nearby planet Eriadu.

Boonta Eve Classic—32BBY

On Tatooine, famous Dug pod-racer, Sebulba, loses to a slave-boy, Anakin Skywalker. _{Events as depicted in The Phantom Menace.}

Cho born

A Clawdite Force-sensitive, baby Cho is swiftly inducted into the Jedi Order on Coruscant but developmental problems lead to her transfer to Dantooine's temple at a young age.

Lisana born

A Falleen born into a brothel in Coruscant's Undercity, daughter of a gangster-pimp father and a prostitute mother, Lisana learns about the underworld from an early age.

First Battle of Geonosis

Count Dooku's Separatist Droid Army is unveiled on Geonosis, so begins the Clone Wars. _{Events as depicted in Attack of the Clones… if you stayed awake.}

Battle of Dantooine

Republic forces led by Jedi Master Mace Windu are locked in stalemate with Seperatist forces. Casualties are higher than expected.

Hongzhilik born

It is said that when the Hutts fed Hongzhilik's parents to the Sarlacc it refused to eat for the next 10 years. Hongzhilik grows up an orphan on the streets of Mos Espa, soon joining Vemmla the Hutt's slythmongering operation, working in the machine shop.

Reeva's parents first meet

Zak, now a Captain in the Grand Army of the Republic, gets romantically involved with a human woman, Reina. He later discovers she is a Separatist spy, using him for information. The relationship is short and fiery, ending with Reina's pregnancy and disappearance.

Hellion Dynasty massacred

On Governor Tarkin's orders, Zak leads a covert raid on the Hellion Corp HQ, resulting in mass murder of the Hellion Dynasty. Officially the Authorities are confounded. Dane's immediate family survive and return to D'Qar.

Cho leaves her temple for the last time

11-year-old Padawan Cho is in training on Dantooine. She travels off-world with several Younglings and her Master to a moot on the Pilgrim Moon, Jedha.

Jedi Younglings leave for Jedha

With Separatist forces closing in on Coruscant, Master Saesee Tiin arranges for select Younglings to be sent to join others, from other temples, to take part in a moot on the Pilgrim Moon of Jedha. Hethan Romund's father pilots the ship and never returns.

Order 66/Galactic Empire Declared/End of the Clone Wars

After the Battle of Coruscant and the Great Jedi Purge, Palpatine declares himself Emperor. The Separatist Council are massacred by Darth Vader, officially ending the war. _{Events as depicted in Revenge of the Sith.}

Jedi Younglings dispersed amongst the stars

With the Great Jedi Purge in full swing, the Younglings bound for Jedha are dispersed across the Galaxy. Cho's master is killed in the process and she ends up on the planet Taris, falling in with the Black Sun. Hethan Romund's father gets word to his family. Hethan was working as a domestic in the Jedi Temple, but now dedicates her life to studying the Force, its religions and history.

Zak deserts

Tarkin made Grand Moff by the Emperor. With the Republic dead and ordered to swear an oath to the Emperor, Zak deserts. Sickened by his part in the coup, Zak wanders the Outer Rim aimlessly trying to right what small wrongs he can.

Reeva born

Reina holes up at Black Spire Outpost on distant Batuu, giving birth to a daughter, Reeva. Mother soon makes contact with Saw Gerrara's Partisans and eventually rejoins the fight.

Lisana runs away from home

After her father murders her mother, Lisana runs away from home and spends time travelling with various performers, showmen, and stage acts, gradually making her way to the Outer Rim.

Zak and Cho first meet

A standard Imperial death warrant, handed to the Black Sun, mopping up another deserter. Training as an assassin, Cho is given the job but it goes wrong when she becomes intrigued by the target. They finally talk, and Zak's allowed to walk away.

Hellions hired to salvage cloaking device

The Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research seeks the infamous cloaking device used by Devaronian smuggler, Martokh G’vir, hiring the Hellions to find and retrieve it from orbit of the Din Pulsar. Dane gets his first taste of Imperial servitude. _{Ross's Dungeon World-style Adventure Front, played by Bruce(GM), Jill, Neil, Sarah, Steve.}

Zak frozen in carbonite

Zak takes a job on Tatooine, posing as an Imperial officer for a Balosar fixer, Gantu. Tricked, Zak is frozen in carbonite whilst in uniform. The work is titled Nuisance. A commentary on Zak's vigilantism, or deserters? Or commentary on the Empire itself? The piece works on many levels. Vemmla is pleased.

Dane and sister join crew of medium transport

Striking out on their own, Dane and his sister, Tiernan, seek employment on the Ring of Kafrene, finally joining the crew of a CSS-1 Corellian Star Shuttle, Alba Troxan, captained by the human Ryscandor.

Dane's sister killed in cross-fire

Whilst Alba Troxan is picking up passengers on Kooriva, fighting erupts with Imperial Shoretroopers. Tiernan is killed, and after making their escape the passengers are revealed to be Partisans, led by Reeva's mother, Reina. Dane leaves the sympathiser crew in disgust.

Cho and Reeva first meet

Reeva now works as a skip tracer, tracking down fugitives from the law in the Hosnian System, seeking info on her father on the side. She bumps into Cho on crowded streets of Hosnian Prime. Cho recognises that Reeva has her father's eyes and is Force-emergent. Having a longer leash from the Black Sun, Cho teams up with Reeva. They soon learn of Zak's fate and start planning a rescue, enlisting the aid of the Black Sun.

Battle of Yavin—0BBY

Rebel Alliance victory over the Galactic Empire. The first Death Star is destroyed by Luke Skywalker. _{Events as depicted in Rogue One and A New Hope.}

Dane and Hongzhilik first meet

Seeking more info on the Rebellion’s smuggling ops, Dane searches for the wreck of crashed Rebel freighter, Spice Siren, on Tatooine. His swoop breaks down in the desert but he flags down two sythmongers in a landspeeder. Dane strikes bargain with Hongzhilik, who dumps his partner, Karnak, and joins Dane. They find the wreck. Dane takes data, Hongzhilik takes Tibanna-gas.

Lisana sets up Al-Bad Saloon

Hearing word of a beryllium seam being discovered by unlicenced miners on the cloudy world of Spintir, Lisana travels to the Outer Rim world and sets up a saloon at the mine, cashing in on the "beryllium rush". A township quickly springs up around it, gaining the nickname Al-Bad.

Hongzhilik falls afoul of Vemmla the Hutt

After selling his loot, Hongzhilik blows his cash in Mos Espa on speeders, spice and dancing-girls. Vemmla the Hutt claims Hongzhilik’s owes her dues and demands he pay her back. Needing another big score, Hongzhilik turns to Dane and they leave for Al-Bad, an outlaw mining operation on the planet Spintir.

Cho and Reeva rescue Zak

Vemmla the Hutt is forced into a crisis meeting with the Pyke Syndicate, who're convinced Vemmla has jacked a spice shipment. It's an orchestrated ruse. Whilst Vemmla and entourage are away from her palace, Reeva and Cho sneak in and snatch Zak. Afterwards Vemmla disgraces her security chief and upgrades her defences.

Hethan Romund captured by Malefax

Hethan Romund is now a scholar of the Force, and is forced to lead the Dark-sider pirate, Malefax, to a lost Jedi Temple on the planet Spintir. Hethan's students pursue, kill Malefax and free her. They discover the lost temple is in fact the ancient tomb of a Dark Jedi, held in suspended animation. _{Force & Destiny Beginner Game, played by Neil(GM), Bruce, Callum, Finley, Jill, Ross and Ruth.}

Rebels capture secret Imperial listening post

Rebel Special Forces led by Bothan Commander Arkhan seize control of Whisper Base on the jungle moon of Onderon, used by Moff Dardano to eavesdrop on his Imperial rivals. _{Age of Rebellion Beginner Game played by Bruce(GM), Jill, Neil, Pak, Ross, Sarah.}

Dane and Hongzhilik first meet Lisana

Dane works as a guard, protecting Al-Bad from Spintir's wildlife. Hongzhilik works in makeshift space port. One night in Lisana's saloon, Hongzhilik tries to rig a game table but is discovered, inciting a brawl. Lisana bars Hongzhilik and Dane.

Zak, Cho and Reeva first meet Dane and Lisana

Zak, Cho and Reeva pursue a couple of bounties to the Al-Bad outlaw mining operation on Spintir. Whilst Dane's out patrolling for icewolves, he sees Cho zap and imitate another security guard. Cho realises she's been observed but Dane waves her on. Most of the guards are cutthroats anyway. Reeva and Lisana get involved romantically.

Hethan Romund downed in Glare Peak

En route to the Rebel Fleet with news of the tomb, Hethan Romund's Y-Wing runs into an Imperial patrol and is shot down over Trivar II. Detained in the old hover-ski resort of Glare Peak awaiting the arrival of Darth Vader, who suspects she may know the fate of the Jedi Younglings. She's rescued by a Rebel cell in the nick of time. _{One-shot adventure Rescue at Glare Peak, played by Neil(GM), Bruce, Callum, Finley, Sarah, Ross.}

Imperial crackdown

Imperial AT-ATs appear on the outskirts of Al-Bad and start shooting, sparking a mass panic. The Imperials are only interested in skattering the outlaws and securing any beryllium shipments. Hongzhilik is repairing a Starlight freighter at the time, Dane sees the owner get blasted to smithereens, so they claim the ship, letting Lisana aboard (who has a bag of credits). Zak and Cho come with her. Vigil-class corvettes wait in orbit but the group get away with the clothes on their backs.

Trading up

At The Wheel space station in the Besh Gorgon System, the group agree to form a crew, trading in the Starlight freighter and Lisana's swag for a more capable YT-2400. (Hongzhilik considers Dane and himself to be captain and first-mate.)