#trooper oc

new cover of Starboy just dropped.

say hello to my Republic Trooper, Dia. aka, Keela's older sister. she does not usually do things like this, but when your bff/second husband is a smuggler--you get into some things you normally wouldn't as a Colonel of the Republic Army.

I'll do a proper portrait of her at another time.

I'm kind of late because of work, but I'll be trying to keep up, so some of these may not be super fancy or rendered, but I wanted to partake in the challenge. This challenge was made my herofotython on Insta. (References below the cut).

So this first one is training. On the right is my main character, Wildfi're (FemTrooper) training with my Jedi Consular, Honey Abeille (Yes her name translates to "honey bee").

Humm, good question! I haven't really thought about it.

💥 What was their worst relationship?

😓 Have they ever cheated on a partner?

😢 Have they ever been cheated on by a partner?

for Gronn or Padneema

Thanks for asking! I'll split them between the two.

❌ What is the biggest mistake they make in their relationships?

Gronn claims to be a simple man in a complex galaxy, but that's a running gag in the series; he's 'simple' yet he has these very complex religious and social beliefs that prevent him from ever letting someone in, entirely. That's not just a comment about the armor. He's here for a good time, he does good deeds, and he does make a fool of himself publicly. Yet....

The joke about never taking off the helmet is that it's a sex thing, but that's just a cover, something to obscure. He also gets referred to as the village idiot, and he perpetuates this by saying "I dunno, I'm kinda dumb" whenever certain issues come up.

I admit, I cribbed a bit of Gronn from the extremist covert in the Mandalorian, but even then, the Mandalorians move in groups. There are supposed to be deep connections among Din's covert members, even if the relationships are sometimes contentious (Din and Paz Vizsla for example). Gronn has never been like that. He acts like he does without that social basis; remember, the first season of Mandalorian shows Din existing in the galaxy for the first time without a covert and family to return home to. That's the gap that the Child fills for him.

Gronn has no covert and no Child. He's 'like that' without the social structures (or mourning the loss of them). Gronn talks big game, but as far as Eva and Mako know, he's never taken the armor off for anyone -- including either of them. He doesn't collect often enough on his bounties. He has friends all over the galaxy but... Gronn is... adrift. Always.

I think the only one who has ever seen Gronn without his armor is his own mother (who is randomly still alive, in my head -- I need to do something with her at some point). WIth Gronn, there's something there that just doesn't quite penetrate the beskar.

💥 What was their worst relationship?

Gronn vs. SIS. All the times that Jedi set the SIS upon him. The things SIS did to Mako when she was little kid. The things that Gronn did for Trant to try to save Eva and Mako but didn't work as anticipated.... Yeah. That's his worst relationship.

Padneema vs. the System.  Padneema came on as the assassination expert for Havoc, replacing Zora after considerable time had passed.  Central Command had been reluctant to fill that role and in particular, reluctant to fill that role with Padneema.  Her previous record...is brilliant yet absolutely not standard issue. She has had problems in the past with her COs demanding that she perform her duties as instructed.  Not only did this leave her with no creative outlet, the demands made by command often didn’t suit the finesse a given operation needed.  Padneema knows how to do her job, and she doesn’t backdown when it comes to carrying it out.  That means, much like Tanno Vik, she got bounced around different units and never got promoted... until Garza argued for her to join Havoc.   As decorated as Havoc is, it has become a repository of sorts for misfits, including Vik, a shamanic bug guy, a homicidal jingo of a droid, a defector from the Emperor, and a deceptively chaotic Cathar sniper who’s banging the boss. (Padneema will eventually find and kill the guy who narc’ed on the Major and Aric.)  None of them are ‘ideal’ in the system.  But they’re great -- and happy -- together. 

😓 Have they ever cheated on a partner?

😢 Have they ever been cheated on by a partner?

Padneema kept getting shoved around the galaxy for not obeying (stupid) orders, so she has her flings, but nothing serious.  She needs to hold down a spot in a single unit for more than six months before she holds down a girlfriend, you know?  Yeah, there were one or two misunderstandings where Padneema thought they were done done after a shore leave, but the other person didn’t.  She didn’t intentionally cheap on anyone -- just miscommunications.  She did have a few relationships prior to joining the Army, but they weren’t serious enough or long enough for either partner to find a reason to have a fling with someone else before breaking up.  Even if there was a mix up, Padneema has never felt liked she was cheated on. 

Gronn.... that’s a complicated question.  The fidelity question isn’t a sex thing; it may be an emotional thing. It may be a romantic thing.  I can tell you that Mako felt jilted when Eva and Gronn met on Corellia and... there was a feeling of kinship there.  He’s the Grand Champion, she’s the Voidhound, and they’re both baffled by how they climbed so high, so fast.  To borrow a Star Trek term, they grok each other very much.  That doesn’t translate to a physical relationship, and that doesn’t translate to Gronn ditching Mako for any reason.  Eva feels like she won on Makeb, when Gronn tucked her into his bunk to sleep off one crazy night while he slept in his cockpit, but Mako’s the one still in his daily life.