A long time ago in a galaxy
far,
far away...
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It is a
period of civil war. We know
the main
characters, the heroes, the villains.
But a war
never involves just a handful of
important
people. There are always countless others on each side providing
support
for their leaders: technicians, mechanics, ground troops, intelligence
officers, pilots, logisticians, procurement officials, medics, mess
hall
workers, instructors. Though often kept in the background in the Star
Wars universe, without them there would be no Empire or Rebellion.
This page is dedicated to one such group of no-names doing their own
small
part to restore freedom to the galaxy...
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Corona Squadron is an X-wing squadron I created as part of my Star
Wars
RPG character's background. At first that was all it was--just a quick
phrase scribbled on a character sheet; however, through a strange set
of
circumstances that phrase started becoming much more.
These
pesky pilots now take up a lot of my time, demanding to be given
attention
in stories and such.
Although I've created a whole squadron of fighter pilots, in the
stories I focus primarily on my
former RPG character (Darin Stanic) and his wingman.
In my online Star Wars interactions, I generally have
user
id's relating to either Darin's callsign of Thumper (see Cracian
Thumper, not Bambi-Thumper) or his squadron designation, Corona
Nine.
These stories are posted for the enjoyment (hopefully) of those who
stumble across them and take the time to read them. The Star Wars
universe belongs to LucasFilm and Disney, and I'm not making any profit
off of
this
(quite the opposite, really). I'll leave the big characters alone and
just
play in the corner of this amazing galaxy by myself, okay?
Corona Squadron
co ro na. n., pl.
-nas or
-nae. 1. The highest-temperature region of the Sun's outer
atmosphere.
2. The only part of the Sun visible
during
a total eclipse. see HALO.
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The Coronas are an X-wing starfighter squadron active in the time
roughly
between the Battle of Yavin and the Battle of Hoth. There are no canon
movie characters in the squadron, no relatives of canon characters,
nothing
like that--it's just a group of ordinary pilots working together to
help
the Rebellion. They have their own quirks, their own qualities and
their
own adventures, some of which are listed below.
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Stories
Most of these stories build on previous ones. While my hope is that
they could be read independently of each other, there are some where
something
significant could be lost if the reader doesn't have the assumed
background
knowledge from another story. For that reason, I'm including a
"Recommended
Reading" field for those stories. I consider all of these stories to be
rated a strong PG under the American movie rating system
guidelines.
These are organized into different categories. This first group is
my main storyline for Darin and the Coronas so far. The "Additional
Stories" are my Star Wars fanfics that don't relate to the Coronas.
Some stories are notated as being "Essential OC Challenge" replies. On
the Jedi
Council Forums
Fan Fiction Boards, I enjoy participating in the Essential
OC
(Original Character) thread. This thread has regularly scheduled
challenges that are open to any story featuring original characters.
Each challenge is different, and I've written numerous stories for
them, each usually around 5-6 pages long.
The Corona stories are listed in roughly chronological order, though
they've been written at very different times. Some stories have a very
definite order, but most (especially challenge replies) are more
general in their timing.
Constructive feedback on stories is most welcome, or even a note to
say you read any of them. If you e-mail me,
please put an appropriate subject line on the e-mail so I won't
accidentally
delete it as spam.
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Revision A (1-10-10) 5 pages
This explores a part of Darin's childhood. Darin is seven when his
sister Shiori is born. A few weeks after she comes home for the first
time, Darin is still having trouble adjusting to the newcomer to the
household.
PDF
document
Revision A (1-10-10) 6 pages
Another look into Darin's past. Darin is twelve years old, and he'd
give anything to make his
five-year-old sister leave him alone. What happens with Shiori at a
local park catches him by surprise.
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document
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link
Revision A (5-14-13) 2 pages
This was an OC Challenge entry. The challenge:
"The Worst Day of Your Life. Write about the worst day of a character's
life. If the character has experienced more than one "worst day", pick
the one that has impacted their life the most. The "worst day" doesn't
have to be the standard tragic fare. It could be something that is
really silly but awful to the character." This story shows us Mackin's
worst day, when he had to leave his family because his squadron was
being loaned to the Rebellion. This takes place before Commander
Mackin's time with Corona Squadron.
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document
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link
Revision A (6-5-22) 10 pages
This was an OC Challenge entry. The challenge: "OC Comfort Challenge.
Your OC has been feeling under the weather (whether this is illness,
injury or just being ill at ease is up to you) and needs a special
something to make everything right again. This might be something that
they have to get for themselves, or something provided by someone else,
but whatever it is - it is the only thing that can put the world right
and bring your OC back to their full health." In this story, Maptoo
suspects something unusual is wrong with Slurry. It takes place shortly
before Darin joins the squadron.
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document
Revision F (9-16-12) 125 pages
Darin is now seventeen years old, and an Imperial invasion has turned
his whole life upside-down and forcing changes on him that he never
would have dreamed could
happen. Though some significant events remain the same, Revision F has
been completely rewritten from previous versions and tells what I hope
is a more realistic (if considerably darker) story.
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document
Revision A (8-30-09) 3 pages
This was an OC Challenge entry. The challenge:
"OC’s Need to Eat their Viggies to Get Big & Strong: Side story,
background story, adventures in finding a restroom story… Tell a story
about one of your current OC’s, give a little expose on your favorite,
or not-so-favorite OC. No more than one post long!" I took this
opportunity to delve a bit more into Lt. Weas's character, and this
vignette takes place shortly before "Commencement" as he gets ready for
Darin's arrival to the Coronas. (The forum HTML link is here
for reference, but the story was truncated in a software change with
the forum.)
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document
Revision
G.1 (1-29-09) 39 pages
The
events of "The Storm After the Calm" have led Darin to join the
Rebellion and become an X-wing pilot, and he's now been assigned to
Corona Squadron, his first X-wing combat squadron. Think of it
as
a television show's pilot episode (no pun intended): it introduces
all the pilots as it follows eighteen-year-old Darin during his first
days with the
Coronas
and
on his very first combat mission. It takes place about two months after
the
Battle
of Yavin.
I consider this to be a fairly stand-alone fic, and therefore it has
been circulated to a few other places. I'm very pleased to say that
Rev.
G.1 of C'ement was a co-winner in the category of "Most
Underrated" for the TF.N JCC Boards 2009
Saga Fanfiction Awards. A much earlier revision can be found
in the fanfic
section of EchoStation's Downtime, though EchoStation doesn't seem to
exist anymore, unfortunately. (There's an even
earlier version than that [like 2002] elsewhere, but it's one of my
earliest writings and is kind of embarrassing for me to look at now.)
Pilot Roster, PDF
document
PDF document
Revision B (7-1-07) 5 pages
This is a small scene taken out of its
overall context whose sole purpose is to describe the various ships
in Crescent Star's fleet. It
was meant to be incorporated into the story "Outside
Looking In", but I decided it would be best if I only
summarized
this scene
in there and left this extended version as a separate document.
This detailed information is useful in subsequent stories, and I wanted
to
make it easily available. It
takes place two days after "Commencement",
or four days after Darin joined the Coronas.
PDF
document
Revision A (7-21-08) 39 pages
Recommended Reading: Commencement
OLI starts two days after "Commencement"
ends, and it completes most of the introductory information started in
"Commencement". Darin has to learn how to adjust
to his new
lifestyle with the Coronas onboard Crescent
Star while the events from his first combat mission are still
fresh in his mind. (Revision B will have the above Fleet Description
reintegrated into this story.)
Deleted Scenes, PDF
document
Pilot Roster, PDF document
"No Good Reason". OLI sequel, in-work.
See "Projects" section.
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document
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link
Revision A (9-8-21) 6 pages
This was an entry for the "Dead
Poets' Society Quote Challenge"
on the JC Fanfic Boards. The challenge was to write a fic inspired by a
roulette quote. My assigned quote was, "You must strive to find your
own voice because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are
going to find it at all." Events in "No Good Reason" cause Darin to ask
to transfer out of the squadron, which Weas refuses. This vignette has
Darin trying to find his place in a squadron he doesn't feel he belongs
in.
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Revision C (5-29-04) 9 pages
This is
meant to be a lighter piece. A few weeks after he joins the
squadron, Darin at last gets his callsign. (The beginning will be
rewritten to match the Prologue of Revision B of "Metal Coils".)
Pilot Roster, PDF
document
PDF
document
Revision
B (1-17-10) 61 pages
This takes place a week after "Handle." Feuding astromechs, a series of
computer glitches, and rookie mistakes complicate Darin's life in his
new squadron. (The forum HTML link is here
for reference, but the story posts were truncated in a software change
with the forum.)
Pilot Roster, PDF
document
PDF
document
Revision A (6-30-08) 6 pages
This was an Essential OC challenge entry. The challenge was, "You
can't bring me down! Let your character be happy and satisfied for a
change. Then, make the worst happen, but, as the challenge states, for
whichever reasons it does not bring him down. He's still happy after
all is said and done. We can't bring them down, but it won't be for
lack of trying." This takes place about two months after Darin joins
the Coronas, and while it doesn't compare to the bad stuff I put him
through before he joined the Rebellion, Darin is still the
victim in this story. Quiver persuades him to participate in a prank on
a squadmate. (The forum HTML link is here
for reference, but the story post was truncated in a software change
with the forum.)
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Revision A (5-10-03) 6 pages
Another light piece that takes
place when Darin is still pretty new to the squadron. Quiver and CC
force Darin into taking a thumper ride while they're on R&R.
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document
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Revision A (1-3-21) 5 pages
This was an Essential OC Challenge entry. The challenge: "A situation
where an OC encounters an unknown species for the first time. This can
be sapient or non-sapient, and it need not be an actual new to the GFFA
species, just one the character personally knows nothing about." This
particular story is more of a slice-of-life. A young Anx meets
Darin on a Rebel safeworld.
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document
Revision A (12-21-07) 6 pages
This was an Essential OC Challenge entry. The challenge: "Hero Worship!
Everyone looks up to someone, and your OC
gets
the chance to take a closer look at his/her hero. Does the hero measure
up? Does your OC notice if s/he doesn't? Does your OC turn into a
creepy stalker? Inquiring minds want to know." I didn't stick very
closely to the challenge's intent, but the basics are there. My
summary for this story featuring the Mackins is, "A military family
deals with a member's secret deployment in different ways.
Introspective piece." (Truncated forum post with poorly converted
formatting is here
for reference.)
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Revision A (7-4-20) 18 pages
This is my collection of stories for the 2020 TFN Fanfic Olympics
starring Darin and Quiver. I participated in the decathlon, which was
comprised of ten different events. Most are short vignettes, and all
are included in the forum post. The timeline varies for each vignette,
though most take place in the general time between "Commencement" and
"Solid Ground." The AU entry takes place immediately after (the
as-yet-unposted) story "No Good Reason," and the Fantastical entry is
not strictly Corona-canon but takes place years after Ground (and
several years after ROTJ).
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Revision A (12-20-09) 4 pages
A Trio vignette highlighting one evening when they have a bit too much
to drink at the Bacta Tank. It will be helpful for a reader to already
know very basic background info of the Coronas as there is no
introductory information in this story.
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document
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Revision A (6-16-16) 4 pages
This was an Essential OC Challenge entry. The challenge: "Write about a
character who is normally always busy doing nothing (i.e. something
that is essential for daily survival but not life-altering; ex. Doing
laundry). This can be a brief moment of downtime during an otherwise
busy day, or someone who is undergoing a long period of inactivity. The
writer can decide if their character is happy/unhappy with this state."
Quiver and Darin are stuck in the brig, and Quiver has to figure out
how to entertain himself.
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Revision A (3-6-07) 3 pages
This was an Essential OC challenge entry.
The challenge reads, "Between a
Rock
and a Hard Place. Create a scenario that puts one or more of your OCs
into a situation in which a choice must be made between two options.
The options are mutually exclusive, and either choice would produce an
undesirable outcome for the OC(s)." Botch
gets the limelight in this story when he has to save Darin during a
dogfight. (Truncated forum post for reference is here.)
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document
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Revision A (2-24-22) 23 pages
This was an Essential OC Challenge entry. The challenge, "Music Makes
My Heart Sing," is as follows: "Find a song that symbolises your
original characters and use it to inspire a story. The story can be
happy, sad, tragic or even romantic, it's up to you and the inspiration
you get from the song you've chosen." The song that inspired this story
is "All My Friends
Say" by Luke Bryan. The song is a fairly upbeat, lighthearted one
about someone who couldn't remember what they did while drunk, and his
friends tell him all about it. The idea behind it is such a perfect
Quiver song, so I started writing a similarly upbeat, lighthearted
story... until about six paragraphs in when Darin unexpectedly made the
whole thing do a 180. It's not quite so lighthearted anymore. A drunken
night leads to a rift between friends.
"Untitled". Story taking place ~5
months after "Commencement". In-work. See "Projects" section.
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Revision A (10-15-07) 4 pages
This was an Essential OC Challenge entry. The challenge: "When you’re
a child anything can make you happy: ice cream, a trip to the grocery
store, running with scissors. For adults it’s a bit more complicated.
With stress and worries beating down on you, it takes something really
exciting to cause that happy, giddy, lighter-than-air, run around and
break stuff happiness. So lock up the good china, and give your adult
OC something to smile about." I actually had to be nice to my characters. In this
story, Darin copes with job burnout. (Truncated forum post is here
for reference.)
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Revision A (8-5-03) 42 pages
Admittedly an experiment in writing on my part, but one I had fun with
nonetheless. This takes place about six months after "Commencement".
On a Rebel world, the Coronas help look for an Imperial pilot who was
shot
down. This story is told in nothing but first-person point-of-view,
which
may either make it horribly confusing to readers or somewhat more
interesting.
If you read it, let me know which it is. This story will be rewritten
in the future, though the basic plot will likely remain the same.
Pilot Roster, PDF
document
PDF
document
Revision A (8-12-04) 69 pages
Recommended Reading: Searching and Finding
This story takes place a month after "Searching and Finding". The
Coronas spend some time on a Rebel
safeworld, and Darin and one other character must reexamine their
relationships between their family and their squadmates. This is a very
character-driven story.
Pilot Roster, PDF
document
PDF
document
Revision A (2-10-07) 6 pages
This was an Essential OC Challenge entry. The
challenge: "'Everyone has a price.' Does the old saying hold true for
your OC? Offer them a bribe to do something that they would otherwise
find reprehensible, and let us all find out! And remember, often a
person's 'price' has nothing to do with money..." The summary for my
entry is simply that not every Rebel is a good guy. Lt. Pellicer is the
main character. I wrote and posted this story within 24 hours because I
was quickly approaching the challenge deadline, and there are lots of
rough spots and hiccups that I'd
love to fix now. (Truncated forum post is here
for reference.)
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link
Revision A (11-3-19) 12 pages
This was an entry for the TFN Moderators' Time Challenge, 72-hours
edition. In this challenge, the fanfic moderators would provide several
unique prompts to the author, and the author then had a certain amount
of time to write and post a story using those prompts. The 72 hours
version was the longest time period but also had the highest number of
prompts to include. The prompts are shown in the beginning of the story
thread. In this story, Sonic (Quiver's astromech) tries to connect with
Quiver while on a mission. It's largely told from Sonic's point of view.
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Revision A (1-13-22) 27 pages
This was my entry for the TFN Fanfic Boards 2022 Kessel Run Challenge. This
challenge ran for 12 consecutive weeks. Each week, the participants
would be given a prompt, and the authors would then have one week to
write and post a story using that prompt. There were ten weekly prompts
and one long prompt that accounted for two weeks. Without knowing what
any of the prompts would be, I decided to try to write a cohesive
Corona story, start to finish, while using each week to focus on a
different pilot and then using the long prompt at the end as an
ensemble squadfic. This is my result. The prompt for each week is shown
at the beginning of that week's post. The Coronas prepare to defend a
civilian colony world against an impending Imperial attack.
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Revision C (4-19-12) 139 pages
This takes place about eight months after "Commencement". The Imperials
set a trap for the Rebels on an isolated colony world, which strands
the
Coronas on the planet while the Imperials hunt for them. I posted
Revision A
(9/04, 71 pages) on the JC Forums as a stand-alone story, where it
was also reviewed
in the Fan
Fiction Newsletter in March 2004. The forum HTML link for Rev. C is
here
for reference, but the story posts were truncated in a software change
with the forum. Ground is the beginning of a plot
arc during
that particular stretch of time and is my favorite story. If a person
was to only read one story of mine ever, this is the one I would ask
him or her to read. NOTE:
Revision C is considerably
different (and, in my opinion, much better) in some areas from Revs. A
or B.
Pilot Roster, PDF
document
PDF Document
Revision B (9-3-23) 165 pages
Recommended Reading: Solid Ground
Waters is the direct sequel to "Solid Ground",
and it begins on the night of the Epilogue in Ground (Rev. C). The Coronas must deal with the
aftermath and consequences of the events on Lokinha, both at a personal
level and at
higher, more official levels, which is all complicated by a Special Forces mission that goes awry.
"Going to Pieces", sequel to
"Muddy Waters" and story arc continuation. In-work. See "Projects"
section.
Additional
Stories (featuring non-Corona characters)
Pilot Characters
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Revision A (6-17-08) 79 pages
This may tie in
with my Corona stories on a tangent down the road. It's a story about
an Imperial
TIE Pilot stationed on Craci IV after the Imperial occupation and the
life-changing event he experiences. This is part of the "OC Project" in
the Essential
Guide to OCs thread on the TF.N boards. Special Features (including
the aim of the OC Project, the creation of this story, outtakes and
more) can be found on the last page of the offsite HTML link. While it
didn't win, this story was nominated for Best Drama and Best Male
Original Character (Chase Barton) in the Summer
2008 Saga Era Fanfic Awards on the TF.N boards. (Truncated forum
thread is here
for reference.)
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Revision A (4-8-04) 3 pages
This was my entry
in response to the JC
Fan Fiction Boards Valentine's Day Love Letter Challenge. One of
the Quakes is featured here. The challenge was
as follows: "Write a love letter written to
someone
or a story about a love letter. The word limit is 2000 words and your
story
must be one-post." This takes place sometime before
"Solid
Ground".
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Revision A (1-30-11) 3 pages
Here's my response for the JC Fan Fiction Boards Downtime
Pilot thread's Challenge #2, "Memorial". It takes place shortly
before ESB, immediately after the Battle of Derra IV, and it is about
Luke, Rogue Flight, Soontir Fel and the 181st Fighter Group. (Truncated forum thread is here
for reference.)
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Revision Basic (12-31-13) 42 pages
After his parents' deaths on the Gus Treta station, young Wedge
Antilles tries to find a new direction in life. This story focuses on
Wedge but includes Booster Terrik and Mirax Terrik. It's my entry for
the JC Fan Fiction Boards' 2013
Dear Diary Challenge, and as such is written in a first-person POV
diary format. It was updated twice a month and was completed in
December 2013. In the JC Fanfic Boards' Winter 2014 awards, it was
nominated for Best Canon story and Best Canon Character Interpretation
for Wedge.
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Revision A (8-17-19) 6 pages
This was an entry for the TFN Moderators' Time Challenge, 48-hours
edition. In this challenge, the fanfic moderators would provide several
unique prompts to the author, and the author then had a certain amount
of time to write and post a story using those prompts. The prompts are
shown in the beginning of the story
thread. In this story, a Rebel A-wing pilot is sent on a courier
mission to a blockaded planet.
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document
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Revision A (1-17-22) 5 pages
This is my response to an Essential OC challenge, which is as follows:
"The challenge is simple, the weather must play a significant part in
your OC(s) story. Whether it be the blazing hot sun, deep cold snow
drifts, or pelting rain - the weather must be a key feature that the
OCs need to deal with." A Rebel pilot crash-lands on a world with
unexpected weather phenomena and inhabitants.
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Revision A (3-8-22) 11 pages
This is a collection of stories for the 2022 TFN Fanfic Winter Olympics
featuring Myn Donos, created by Aaron Allston in the Wraith Squadron
series. For this, I participated in the
pentathlon, which was
comprised of five different events. The vignettes take place in
chronological order starting with Myn's time as a sniper and ending
during the events of the first Wraith Squadron novel.
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Revision A (9-12-22) 13 pages
This is my response to the TFN mini-games "Women of Country" roulette challenge, and my assigned song was "Walking Away a Winner" by Kathy Mattea (lyrics).
Imperial cargo pilot Bodhi Rook faces a crisis of conscience and comes
to an agreement with Imperial scientist Galen Erso. For this story, I
pulled on information from the Rogue One novelization as well as the movie, but prior familiarity with the novelization should not be needed.
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Revision A (11-24-22) 14 pages
This is my story written for the TFN 2022 Mod!Challenge,
in particular the second tier with five assigned prompts to use. It
takes place prior to TFA. A Resistance scout encounters difficulties
after purchasing a used astromech on a remote planet.
Fleet
Troopers/Commandos/Ground Personnel
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Revision A (8-12-10) 2 pages
This is a short vignette focusing on a Rebel Fleet Trooper on the Tantive IV during the battle in ANH.
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Revision A (7-3-15) 10 pages
This is a response to an Essential OC Challenge, which was as follows:
"Your character experiences walking in somebody else's shoes. You may
interpret that in any way you like: they can fill in for somebody at
work, read somebody's mind...or pretty much anything in between!" A
Rebel fleet trooper's attempt to avoid making another fatal mistake
causes complications with his new team.
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Revision A (10-4-20) 29 pages
This is a response to an Essential OC Challenge,"First-Line Edition,"
where the author was given a sentence to start their story with. My
assigned sentence was "He could hear everything, but dared not open his
eyes." A Gotal Rebel procurement specialist needs to obtain some
unusual items for a mission.
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Revision A (8-8-21) 9 pages
This is a collection of stories for the 2021 TFN Fanfic Summer
Olympics. The characters are a group of mostly non-human New Republic
soldiers called the AT-STs, or "All-Terrain Sneaking Troops," and it
takes place during the early ST era, prior to TFA. For this, I
participated in the pentathlon, which was
comprised of five different events. All are stand-alone vignettes, and
all
are included in the forum post.
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Revision A (3-5-20) 5 pages
This is a response to an Essential OC Challenge, "Search Your
Feelings." My assigned emotion was "Desperation." The characters are
the AT-STs, as with the above story "Comes with the Territory".
"Erosion" was written before "Territory" but takes place after it,
during TFA. Four New Republic soldiers try to escape a hostile world.
Other Characters
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Revision A (1-12-21) 25 pages
This is my 2021 TFN Fanfic "Dear Diary" Challenge entry, half-year, in
which an author writes a story in the format of a diary or journal for
a half year or full year. This focuses on Hallis Saper, a Legends EU
character introduced in Starfighters
of Adumar by Aaron Allston, and follows her through her
sludgenews reporter days prior to the events in Adumar.
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Revision A (7-12-21) 7 pages
This is a collection of stories for the 2021 TFN Fanfic Summer Olympics
starring Captain Raymus Antilles. For this, I participated in the
pentathlon, which was
comprised of five different events. All are stand-alone vignettes, and
all
are included in the forum post. The timeline varies for each vignette.
Going Within, Going
Without
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Revision A (7-23-21) 42 pages
This is my response for the TFN Fanfic Xenobiology Challenge, where the
author was to write a story with an assigned, little-used alien
species. My assigned species was the Revwien,
which are sentient plant beings. This story is very different from what
I usually write and is far from being in my wheelhouse. It takes place
a few years before TPM. When a Revwien has the opportunity to pursue
her dream, complications arise for her and her best friend.
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Revision A (8-5-07) 6 pages
This is my response for an Essential OC Challenge. The challenge reads, "More Than Meets The
Eye... Your OC is about to make a shocking discovery. The
object/person/droid they have seen everyday for years is going to turn
out to be something very different from first impressions. Is their
fiance actually an underworld hitman? Is their hairy, burly partner in
crime really a ballet dancer? Is their airspeeder really a 40-foot
robot? Whatever the case may be, will your OC like this sudden
change...or will they hate it?" Here, a scientist learns a secret about
something he cares about. This takes place on Treminal III, Mackin's homeworld. The main character,
Milin Ba'hon, was nominated
for Best Non-Human in the 2008 Saga Era Fanfic Awards on the TF.N
boards. (Truncated forum thread is here for reference.)
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Revision A (2-23-09) 6 pages
I could very well be the only person weird enough to write a character
study story about a tauntaun. The challenge:
"SNOW WARS: The Bitter Cold of Battle; Inspired by Thorny’s love for
The Empire Strikes Back. Have an OC participate in the Battle of Hoth,
or some other similar snowy battlefield, it can be canon or one of your
own creations. FYI: Thorn didn't specify if your OC had to be a
combatant, or that they belonged to either side; so let's leave that
one open to interpretation." Summary: A tauntaun’s life is changed by
the Battle of Hoth. (Truncated forum thread is here for reference.)
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This is my response for an Essential OC Challenge. The challenge is
"Finding Your Path. Your OC makes a decision about their path in life."
Parts of this story take place in approximately 7 BBY and 64 ABY. A Mon
Calamari's fear leads to difficulties with her daughter.
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This was my entry for the TFN Fanfic Boards 2023 Kessel Run Challenge.
This
challenge ran for 12 consecutive weeks. Each week, the participants
would be given a prompt, and the authors would then have one week to
write and post a story using that prompt. There were ten weekly prompts
and one long prompt that accounted for two weeks. The prompt for each
week is shown
at the beginning of that week's post. For this story, I wrote each week
from the perspective of an original background character in a SW movie
scene, going chronologically from Episode I through Episode IX and
including Solo and Rogue One.
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This is a collection of stories for the 2023 TFN Fanfic Summer
Olympics.
For this, I
participated in the pentathlon, which was
comprised of five different events. The stories focus on different
sports and athletes in the Star Wars universe, mostly from Legends
continuity.
Pilots
Information on each of the Corona Squadron pilots can be found on these
pages. Includes portraits (if available), biographical information,
name pronunciations and
a bit more. (Note: the theme songs are not Star Wars galaxy
(in-character) theme songs. They're contemporary songs that I
myself associate with each pilot.)
Planets
This page has
information on some of the important planets I use in the stories, as
well as a note regarding my approach to canon relating to Craci IV in
light of
the release of The Essential Atlas.
Pictures and Playlists
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This page
contains sketches, photographs, and music titles associated with Corona
Squadron.
Completed individual portrait sketches like the one of Darin to the
left are on that pilot's bio
page, found above.
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Current
and Future "Front Burner"
Projects
* In-work: "No Good Reason", the next sequential story
after
"Outside
Looking In". 10% complete as of 5/14/22
* On hold: "Going to Pieces", a "Muddy Waters" sequel
and continuation
of the
Ground/Waters
story arc. This was my (winning) project for
NaNoWriMo (username
chrononaut67).
60%
complete as of 5/14/22. On hold until new rev of Muddy Waters
is finished.
* On hold: "Trip Around the Sun", a story about Mackin in his
pre- and
early
Rebellion timeframe. This was my project
for the 2009 NaNoWriMo.
20%
complete as of 5/14/22.
* On partial hold: "Evasive Maneuvers", a story with a droid focus
on the first small mission Darin's personally in charge of. This was my
project for the 2011 NaNo. 5% complete as of 5/14/22.
* On hold: Untitled story set five months after
"Commencement". 25%
complete.
* Future Project: New revision (B) of "Searching and Finding".
* Future Project: New revision (D) of "How to Handle Yourself".
Latest Updates to
this Site
9/3/23: Added "Cargo Hauler," "Detours," "Intersections," "Color Commentary," and "Muddy Waters (Rev. B)" to the story sections.
7/31/22: Added "Full Spectrum" and "Fathom" to the story sections.
5/14/22:
Major page overhaul. Reorganized Corona stories by approximate order of
occurrence. Added a bunch more stories that I've written and posted in
the last eight years.
2/7/14: Uploaded PDF document of "Up in
Flames". Added new sketch "Lost in Work" to drawings page.
7/19/13: Uploaded PDF document of
"Nothing Good in Goodbye". Added offsite link to ongoing story "Up in
Flames".
9/23/12: Uploaded PDF documents of every
story and removed their RTF, DOC and HTML files. Updated links to the
JC Forums after their move and URL changes.
9/16/12: Uploaded PDF documents of "The
Storm After the Calm" and "Finders Keepers". Added some offsite HTML
link notices due to truncation issue on the new JC Forums.
5/10/12: Uploaded a portrait sketch of
Pellicer to his bio page. Uploaded the latest version of Prologue and
Chapter One (subject to some minor modifications) within the RTF file
of "Solid Ground".
1/26/12. Swapped the corrupted "Fleet
Description" Word document file with a Rich Text Format version. Posted
offsite HTML link for "Finders Keepers".
Earlier Site
Updates
About the Author
"So we've been outnumbered / raided and now cornered. / It's hard to
fight when the fight ain't fair. / We're getting stronger now / find
things they never found. / They might be bigger / but we're faster and
never scared. / You can walk away, say we don't need this / but there's
something in your eyes says we can beat this. / Because these things
will change. / Can you feel it now? / These walls that they put up to
hold us back will fall down. / This revolution, the time will come /
for us to finally win. / We sing hallelujah, we sing hallelujah. /
Tonight we'll stand, get off our knees / fight for what we've worked
for all these years. / And the battle was long, it's the fight of our
lives..." - Taylor Swift, "Change"
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