Jasati - JK. My main girl. Theron x Jas OTP forever and ever. The reluctant Commander who went through a real depressive out of her mind phase during the whole losing five years and getting possessed (again) by the Emperor time period. Probably retired and living somewhere on Odessen.
Stuff I've written about Jas, in vaguely chronological order:
It's an evil cult, not art history - Halloween prompt
The Edge of Devastation - WIP - Ziost and afterward
Last Life Day + All I Want for Life Day is You - Life Day prompts and ficlets spanning pre-carbonite through Jas' disappearance and after.
Boycott Love (E) - The first fic I wrote about Theron and Jas, smutty angst exploring the early days of Jas' return and pieces of their relationship.
The Spaces Between - The in-between scenes spanning Forged Alliances through KotFE/KotET.
A Miscarriage of Destiny - A retelling of chapter 12 of KotFE where the Outlander meets Satele Shan and Darth Marr on Odessen.
Hunt You Down (E) - Some traitor arc smut
Ruest - Baby boy Ru-Ru, my love. Poor, sad, little Cipher Nine. He loves Watcher 2, like, probably was a little out of pocket, workplace harassment, slightly stalker in love with Watcher 2. He lives in the same universe as Jas and was recruited into the Alliance by Lana. I think eventually he found Watcher 2 and they got married and had babies, at least that's how he thinks it's going to go.
Retirement - This was a Halloween prompt that turned into some angst and Lana trying to recruit him into the Alliance.
Te'Jal - TJ is Ruest's sister. She's Pirate Queen of Port Nowhere. She'll help out the Alliance, for a price, though she's quite content to sit on her mountains of credits. TJ and Jas are buddies! Don't know how they met or why they're so close, but they're lovely together. (Her in game appearance does not match what's in my head... too young, too thin, not colorful enough.)
Te'Jal shows up once in The Spaces Between and several times in All I Want for Life Day is You!
Aqilah - Barsen'thor; I go back and forth if she exists in the same universe as Jas. She romanced Arcann, but I really miss Felix. She's a bookish nerd who, if she were Commander, would take the throne because no one else can be trusted to just chill the fuck out and be peaceful. She's got those healy hands so when Arcann wanted to spar with swords for their date she was kind of weirded out tbh.
Sao'la - My sweet little Sith. Precious mouse. She exists in her own universe because she's just occupies too much space in my brain right now to share it with anyone. She's not the Commander. She did her thing in the sith warrior story and then kind of fucked off until Arcann showed up. She never made Darth. She's just too good and everyone kind of realizes she's not really Sith material! But she's a fucking badass and fights for the Empire and her family is super rich so whatever she's the main character. She loved Quinn fiercely, but I dunno, I don't things ever really recovered after The Incident and then after Another Incident. She found Theron (or Theron found her) and they had a thing that wasn't supposed to be serious, but then it kind of was? I am marinating SO MUCH SHIT for this girl.
(I really thought I had more pictures of her, but I cannot find them.)
That was not my intent (Fictober 2022)
I Chose You (Fictober 2022)
Pekk - Ok so Pekk is still in the molding phase. She started out as a Cathar named after my cat to romance Jorgen, but then I got so many amazing flirts and conversations with Jonas that now I have this whole Cadet on temporary duty with the SIS and a little summer love affair with Jonas and then they meet again after she's in Havoc story rotating in my brain. I also really love how every conversation with Jorgan about the Deadeyes is "oh, we could ask Jonas!" and he's just like "UUGGGGHHH You and your stupid spy boyfriend." Pekk literally only exists in this very small time frame lol.
Characters I made for conquest and got too attached to:
Hat Yai - He's a Chiss bounty hunter named after food. There wasn't a whole lot going on but then I bought him a cool Mando outfit and he and Mako are just so adorable together. He tries really hard to be a good guy for her, but man the bounty hunting thing is a rough business. He's still chugging through the main story, but I don't think he's Commander material. Probably like TJ, he just sits on his piles of credits and does jobs for whoever pays.
Jebamee - Darth Noxxxxx the wretched. Cruel squid head. She's just there to pick the absolute worst option. I skipped as far as I could with her after the main inquisitor story was over so she's not the Commander. She was probably hanging out on DK and Nar Shaddaaa subjugating people and running her little cult. She had the romance with the pirate, but Darth Rivix has piqued her interest now! (Sao'la HATES Rivix. She's so annoyed by him just being around.)
Oscasito - Man slut smuggler. He will always pick the easy way out, especially if it ends up with more dollary doos. Does he love Risha? Maybe? He REALLY loves that she's a Princess. Really doesn't understand why she just doesn't marry the guy that wants to make her Queen, they can still be fuck buddies. Hell, King guy can join in! My man is not picky.
Question: what happened between Ruest and Raina Temple?
Oh man I have to think about this because itās been so long since I did a full playthrough of the Agent story.
Part of Ruestās background is that his father is a Republic soldier, but a married-to-the-job sort (very looselyĀ based off the Trooper storyline), his mother had a freelance cargo hauling gig, and neither one of these people should have had kids. Ruest and his younger sister TeāJal were constantly shipped back and forth between the two of them.Ā He always saw himself as TeāJalās protector.Ā Despite his parents lack of parenting, he still valued their little, broken family unit.
Through circumstances I never really fleshed out, Ruest ended up separated from his sister--likely in some sort of attack against the ship taking them in between their parents.Ā Somehow, he ends up in some Imperial re-education school for troubled boys or something; that funnels into the Imperial military.Ā From there he gets tapped for Intelligence.
I promise all of this will eventually answer your question. xD
Ruest has a thing with Kaliyo.Ā Sheās fun.Ā She thumbs her nose at the system and doesnāt give a shit--something Ruest desperately wants to do.Ā He tries, in his own way, never grovels before the Sith which earns him a few, very painful, electrocutions.Ā But sheās not loyal.Ā And thatās very important to him.Ā Eventually, he realizes heāll never trust her and sheāll never be straight with him.Ā And itās over.
Rainaās a bit of fresh air.Ā Sheās young, sheās brilliant, cute as a button.Ā Sheās someone he can teach and mold--to be better than heās been.Ā Ruestās always been conflicted about the Empire, but thatās just government and politics.Ā The people, he believes, can be good, and donāt deserve to be treated as fodder.Ā He wants to show Raina that.Ā What theyāre protecting isnāt the Sith or the hierarchy, but the people that make up the Empire.
Ruest hates the Sith and defies them at every opportunity.Ā So to learn that Raina is gifted in the Force and that her father, also a Cipher Agent, bucked Imperial protocol to protect her from those monsters?Ā Oh, heās a fan.Ā I think at this point, Ruest is starting to realize he could really love Raina.Ā Watcher Two... sheās always rebuked his advances, so he should probably just give it up as an infatuation thatās never going to happen.Ā Raina--that could be something reciprocal and real.
But then the thing with her dad.
Ruest would do anything to find his family.Ā At this point, he canāt do anything without exposing himself or putting them in danger, but itās something that haunts his thoughts.Ā And hereās Raina, with her dad that risked everything to save her.Ā Ruest wants her to try and and get him away from the Empire--offers to help her!Ā But her solution is to kill him?Ā To spare him from torture?Ā Ok, yes, torture would be worse than death, but not even try to help him escape?Ā Look, I know murder is our go-to solution for just about everything, but why not try something different this time?Ā None of these were dialogue options of course, but Ruest just canāt get past it.Ā Every time he looks at her, he just sees someone who had a family that loved her unconditionally and she killed him to keep her secret.
Ruest is a sweet boy who just wants a family that will love and protect each other.Ā Well, we all got dreams.
Thanks for asking!Ā Itās been a bit since I got to talk about SWTOR and my Cipher boy. :D
I donāt actually remember Saganu from my IA playthrough.Ā It was years ago and I also played a human dude which is probably why it didnāt leave much of an impression on me.Ā However, it looks reeeeeeaally cool and seeing everyone else get excited about it makes me want to make a Chiss lady and play it again.
I played pretty middle of the road with Ruest.Ā He made decisions based on his own slightly skewed moral compass (usually light side), but hated Sith so he always went against them whenever he could. (Much to his detriment.)
I had no idea what the Agentās story was when I started playing Ruest, but I had a good idea of who he was.Ā He was my smugglerās brother, separated when they were kids.Ā She ended up bouncing around the galaxy with their flaky mom while he ended up an Imperial home for misguided youth (or some such thing).Ā In his heart, he wants to go home to Republic space and find his family.Ā Despite training and conditioning, he holds onto that.
Fast forward to the IA story, heās finally got some freedom.Ā He thinks, Iāll do what they want, but as soon as I get the chance, Iām out.Ā Then heās being sent to infiltrate the SIS and my little double agent heart soars.Ā And poor, poor Ruest... he has his naive, childish notions about the Republic absolutely crushed.
āYou donāt need to do this.Ā I would have given you that information willingly.ā
He trusts nothing, hates everything, but is still desperate for love and family and someplace to call home.
So this post started about musing about making a new Agent and ended up rambling about my baby boy Ru-ru.Ā Since Ruest made mostly light choices, saving people when he could, maybe Iāll play the next one dark?Ā (Where are you going to find time for this, Rin?Ā Seriously.)
