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Thank you for clarifying that for everyone Razull.

Just thought about this... Dunno who mentioned the ideology of "respecting" the Darths (and I apologize for not having your name on hand), but what if the Sith decided to do something about this "impostor" Dark Lord Sideous? Like infiltrate the Empire and "remove" him from leadership and promote one of their own? A coup for a coup, ya know?
And with Sideous usurped from power, a larger, more threatening force could begin leading the Empire. If the Sith infiltration were to succeed, you could also bring in the other Dark Jedi and the Sith in as "reinforcements."

Wow, lot of good idea over the weekend.
I love it. heart
But I’m a little confused about something.
The jedi joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems?
And Palpatine reformed the Republic into the First Galactic Empire?
As I right so far?

K-Blade brings up a good point. What I wrote wasn't very clear on that at all. If the CIS and Republic merged after Palpatine took control, wouldn't the Empire now have access to droids as well as clones? Or, would the CIS just disbanding be better? ( I think clones and droids fighting side-by-side sounds so cool, but that's just me xD). I have just originally planned it to be the way Sidal explained it, but either way, it should definitely be addressed.

In terms of these alternate Sith, I think the idea has quite a lot of potential. It certainly gets points for originality. I think the story I can be editted (quite heavily) to actually revolve around them, while still keeping the key themes.

Maybe these Sith could infiltrate the Galaxy through some sort of worm-hole (like what was discussed earlier) onto the abandoned capital of Coruscant, their attention having been drawn by the massive Civil War that happened a decade before. While there, they learn from what little remains of working technology that Palpatine claims to be a Sith, and therefore plot his downfall.

Meanwhile, the Imperials and the Republic (still in their Cold War style truce), detect these amassing lifeforms on Coruscant, and assume that the other side is planning to annex it and use it as a base to launch an offensive. So, with peace broken, they both launch fleets to Coruscant to stop the other.

We'd have the two factions collide in battles across and above Coruscant, with a hidden third faction (Ninja-like Sith), just getting used to this galaxy. This, again, gives room for the plot to branch out as the Sith leave the planet in search of Palpatine, and the end to peace between the Imperials and the Republic.

There is one point I'd like to add about these Sith. In this sense, I think they should be limited to melee and Force combat only. No ranged, no space. They wouldn't even have the technology for this. "Seph, you're a mad man!" I hear you cry, but let me explain. As they're from another Galaxy, their technology would likely be very different. In fact, I was imagining them being so advanced in the ways of the Force, that technology is obsolete to them, at least in their own Galaxy. However, learning about our Galaxy's technology (space travel, guns, droids etc) is part of their development within the story.

Thoughts?

On the Clones and Droids thing - I think you should stick with one or another, maybe even upgrade one. In a war such as this, a force like the battle droids would be very valuable - so long as they aren't the comical mooks that make up the CG Clone Wars CIS armies - much more efficient than any living breathing soldier.

Private Mandalorian clone militias going to the highest bidder as Sidal brought up would be cool too.

On the subject of these new Sith, they could prove to be problematic, albeit interesting. There's no way to gauge their strength in ways seen by the core galaxy, this could be an army of people capable of pulling warships into each other, turning Coruscant into a second Malachor V. Their methods of becoming so strong have to be thought out too, it sounds that as a society they seem to be more mystic, raw and primal, their powers grew as a collective and that's how they advanced rather than through technology, which would be a fine explanation.

But do they feed upon the force such as Nihilus or the Exile? Or do they simply grow through learning.

While everyone is entitled to their opinion, in regards to participation in the discussion, I am witholding my comments largely because the last roleplay was majority of my own construction. It failing is a blow to myself, so I am instead sitting back to see what everyone else wants to do, and how they want it done. I will then do what I can in my power to make it happen, as acting VC.

In any case, the idea of extragalactic Sith is a nice idea, but I will caution that originally, the Yuuzhan Vong were planned as Sith (their leader, Onimi, in fact technically was a Dark Jedi).

But perhaps an easier idea were to tie it to something already in existance, such as a reemergence of the Rakatan Empire (or their technology in use by others) or the True Sith. It' very possible a sect of dark siders could've sat out there, studying the relics of a long dead race, and mastering their advanced technology and power.

As for the idea of Empire vs Republic, I find it illogical. Considering who would side with the Republic, they would quickly turn into the Rebel Alliance, being that they'd have all the same leaders. Only difference is no Leia or Luke.

Also, the Empire using CIS droids seems like a bad idea to me, seeing as they have their own droids, in the form of Darktroopers. No need to add more here.

If people want to see and use CIS hardware, I suggest that the CIS merges with either the Republic or the Dark Jedi. the Republic wouldn't be using clones anyway, so they'd need help.

1- I was merely making the point that the idea was made, and half used.

2- Yes, they were wiped out, between rebellions, disease, and a slow decay into extinction. My idea was one of two things: somewhere, maybe outside the galaxy, a sect of Rakatans survived and are back to continue their Empire OR a group of dark jedi find some Rakatan tech and use it as the backbone of their new plan for conquest.

3- The Republic stopped using pure Jango clones (as we know in Episode 2) within a year of the war. After the attack on kamino, Palps started using Spaarti Cylinders to augment his armies, which produced the clones he'd need for a galactic war, that were more loyal and obediant, but less effective than the originals. That's why the 501st became so renown by the end of the war, not because their members were better than original clones, but because they WERE original clones. Most clones by Episode 3 were being made using Spaarti Cylinders

4- Having the Underworld is another good card. There's always a need for seedy elements in the roleplay, of which right now, the Hutt Empire is the big dog, seeing as Xizor won't come into control of Black Sun for another decade or so