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guide to amagad -
introduction |
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the city of
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>>>After the central world of Zelon, no other
planet in the Setnin Sector has more influence than Amagad. Home not
only to one of the sectors oldest democratic systems, Amagad is also the hub
of underworld activity in the region, her web of connections spinning far
and wide beyond the sector.
While hiding behind an apparent screen of respectability, Glann Cipple is at
the very heart of almost everything that happens on the planet.
Succeeding the sectors previous ganglord Duze Jostenn, Cipple has exerted
his will on the underworld for decades, confounding political critics and
underworld adversaries alike. Even the Grand Moff of the sector, Moff
Treece, was unsuccessful in overthrowing the scheming criminal mastermind. |
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guide to amagad -
planetary details |
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Amagad is a climactically unremarkable world,
green and verdant with tropical temperatures, warm near the equator and
cooling as the poles are approached. Often covered in thick moss, the
sandy plains of Amagad stretch for many thousands of kilometres - in fact
Amagad only has a handful of settled cities, townships and villages spread
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amagad at night |
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guide to amagad -
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The single most
remarkable aspect of Amagad is its merging of underworld and legal
activities. While appearing from the outside to be the very model of a
thriving and democratic society, Amagad is in fact ruled from beneath by the
very ganglords the planetary council claims to abhor. Conscious of
their reputation, the Amagad government - ostensibly led by defacto leader
Glann Cipple in his capacity as governor of Amagad city - holds regular and
public elections, which always see Cipple elected to office in fair and open
elections.
However, the reality of the situation is that the underworld holds sway on
the planet and a massive amount of underworld activity occurs here.
Cipple holds court in his imposing Amagad Fortress, a monolithic structure
over 9 storeys above ground with bunkers and levels below with a panoramic
view of the city and bay below, and from here the Cipple operation controls
a vast amount of activity throughout the sector. |
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a busy hangar in
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guide to amagad -
glann cipple |
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The
most prominent gangleader in Setnin Sector history.
Once the leader of the travelling race the Muyaden, Cipple came into
the Setnin Sector from the world of Klaem in the Corb Sector
fifty-five years before the Battle of Yavin after betraying his
people to the ancient alien Longbody. Making a name for himself
working as a smuggler for the Setnin Sectors then major crime boss Duze
Jostenn, Cipple soon hooked up with fellow operators Dressel,
Riger and Dessio D’Staan. With Cipple occasionally using the
pseudonym of Mister Gold the quartet made significant inroads into
building a new crime syndicate, with runs into the Core. Later
joined by Anzai Karoo, the group challenged Jostenn’s lofty
position. For twelve years they built their powerbase until Cipple had a
secret affair with D’Staan’s wife Jeriah. A day after the birth of
their child Armella, D’Staan left the sector with his family and
headed for the Core, taking details of the lucrative Core Runs with him.
Having plunged all their money into the Core runs Cipple, Dressel and Riger
conspired to sell out Luschia Arkensaws Jedi family to the
Empire for a million credits. Riger disappeared under mysterious
circumstances and after paying off Karoo, Cipple and Dressel continued their
partnership for a brief time but after a massive altercation they went their
separate ways – Cipple to Amagad and Dressel to Cawbate.
Cipple decided to begin hiring trusted agents, taking Duze Jostenns Mon Calamarian assassin Carlonian Feese. Feese had made his
presence known by assassinating his own employer Jostenn after Cipple and
Jostenn had entered into a business partnership. Cipple decided that to
legitimise his public image he would run for the governorship of Amagad
City, which he won with the assistance of chief justice Garris
Tarainnew and local Imperial General Kriner. Before long
Cipple made himself master of the Setnin underworld, much to the
consternation of Dressel and Grand Moff Treece. Remaining governor
for twenty-four years, Cipple saw off Gang Wars and various
challenges on his position. Glann hired such operators as Jan Lomona
and Goah Galletti and fell in love with one of his smugglers,
Bella with whom he had two daughters, Bessa and Brea.
Cipple rarely left the luxurious confines of his Mount Fava Fortress,
preferring to work on genetic experiments like the Coryarthanax, the
clone of Goah Galletti and the Hunter Killer Lawkeeper project
in locations as diverse as his Fortress and the Euphoria Station -
fieldwork was left to his many agents. After the fall of the Empire at
Endor Cipple faced other challenges – two Gang Wars followed,
despite Cipple having many of his opponents eliminated. His first fall came
after the discovery of the legendary Starship Heed. Upon selling it
to Admiral Korne Lans the ship was sabotaged by mercenary Luschia
Arkensaw. Certain of betrayal Lans levelled Amagad City, but only after
the Heed had crashed into the Bay of Amagad and flattened the city
with a tidal wave. Leaving Amagad with Carlonian Feese, Cipple lost his
wife, newborn daughter, his business and the respect that he had so
carefully built over the past forty years. His whereabouts were unknown
until he resurfaced seven years later, working alongside Zobian Pirates and the Bedois dark force user Arcc Nedeen in a plan to
invade and take the Setnin Sector by brute force. Cipple was ultimately
located by the bounty hunter Queed and brought to the world of
Trefnare where he had a final meeting with Dressel, Anzai Karoo and Queed/Riger.
Dressel, Karoo and Queed died, leaving Cipple as the only surviving member
of the Happy Contrivers – until his nemesis Longbody appeared from
the shadows just as he had promised decades before and took Glann away to
meet his destiny. Despite his treacherous betrayal of his former employees
and colleagues, and despite working on the fringes of civilised society,
Glann Cipple had a massive hand in shaping the destiny of the entire Setnin
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guide to amagad - post heed |
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Nine years after Yavin Amagad was massively
altered. After locating the legendary starship Heed, Cipple brought
the vessel to Amagad, but in a conflict with the Empire the Heeds engines
were disabled and the massive craft crashed into the Bay of Amagad, causing
a massive tidal wave.
The city was reduced to
radioactive ashes and rubble after being bombardment by an Imperial fleet
commanded by Admiral Korne Lans in high orbit, Amagad City became a no-go
area, hospitable only to the genetically tampered creatures that had managed
to escape the laboratories at Glanns Fortress. Amagads orbit was slightly
altered by the tremendous impact, throwing the warm jungles into frozen
wastes and making it inhospitable to visitors
With a new governor of Amagad replacing the now overthrown Cipple, the world
tries to regain its footing in the sector, but hampered by the devastation
of the explosion Amagad struggles to prevail.
Seeing an opportunity to continue her family legacy Bessa Cipple returns to
Amagad and what's left of the Fortress and begins to forge a new Cipple
empire from the ashes of her fathers defeat. |
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a snowspeeder
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