- "She and the Human passenger seemed to know each other, but they kept pretty much to themselves. The Captain knew more, but he bought it in the explosion."
- ―Rame Cartroll, on the envoys Sheel and Gura Tran
Lieutenant Rame Cartroll was a male Human who served as the second-in-command of a Confederacy of Independent Systems CR90 corvette during the Clone Wars. Around 20 BBY, Cartroll's corvette was bombarded by vessels of the Confederacy's rival government, the Galactic Republic. Cartroll was subsequently captured aboard the bridge of the stricken warship by freelance agents working for the Republic.
Biography[]
Rame Cartroll was a male Human who served in the naval forces of the Confederacy Independent Systems during the Clone Wars, a tumultuous conflict between the Confederacy and the Galactic Republic. Cartroll attained the rank of lieutenant and acted as the second-in-command of a Separatist CR90 corvette.[1] Around 20 BBY,[2] Cartroll accompanied the corvette on a posting to the Ando system[1] in the Lambda sector,[3] where the vessel hosted a Confederate diplomatic meeting involving the Human scoundrel Gura Tran and the Tarasin Sheel, representatives of the Thaereian military armed force and the Wyrd witch coven respectively. Cartroll knew little of the purpose of the envoys' visit however and he was unfamiliar with with Sheel's species, noting her appearance to be lizard-like.[1]
Following the arrival of a Republic task force in the Ando system, Cartroll's corvette was bombarded by Republic warships and severely crippled. Cartroll was wounded in the attack and was one of only three sentient beings aboard the ship to survive the Republic assault. Cartroll took shelter aboard the bridge of the stricken vessel, where he sealed the bridge doors and brought online an emergency battery power supply.[1]
A group of freelance agents accompanying the Republic task force boarded the floundering CR90 corvette on an intelligence-gathering mission and headed to the bridge. Cartroll initially refused to allow the operatives entry onto the bridge and kept the door barred shut. After the agents promised that Cartroll would be treated well as a prisoner of Republic, he relented and opened the bridge door to surrender himself. Shortly thereafter, the corvette came under fire from a Thaereian military Z-95 Headhunter starfighter under orders to destroy evidence of the Thaereian envoy Gura Tran's meeting with the Confederates. Cartroll assisted the freelance agents in opposing the assault and he operated a turbolaser to fire on the starfighter.[1]
Personality and traits[]
Cartroll supported the ideals of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and believed the Galactic Senate, the governing body of the Republic, to be corrupt. His experiences during the Clone Wars left him weary and disillusioned, while also toughening his resolve. After the corvette that he served aboard was crippled in the Ando system, Cartroll was unhappy with the prospect of surrendering to the Republic but was uncertain about what to do to survive and was keen to survive his predicament. He was familiar with the operation of capital ship turbolasers.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Unfamiliar lizard-lady? Like her. "
"Yes. Some sort of frill and her skin kept changing color." - ―One of the Decision: Almas player characters and Rame Cartroll, comparing one of the player characters to the Tarasin Wyrd envoy Sheel
Rame Cartroll was created by Ronald A. Heintz and appeared in Decision: Almas, a 2004 Star Wars Legends roleplaying module that formed part of the Decisions trilogy of RPGA's Living Force roleplaying campaign.[1]
In Decision: Almas, the player characters roleplay as the freelance agents that Cartroll encounters aboard the damaged Confederate vessel and the players can interact with him in a number of ways. The players can persuade Cartroll to open the bridge door and hand himself into their custody with assurances that he will receive good treatment as a prisoner of war. The players can alternatively bypass the door lock to access the bridge, in which case Cartroll stands behind a console with a blaster in hand, ready to fire on them. It is the possible for a firefight to break out between Cartroll and the freelance operatives in which the Confederate officer can loose his life, though the adventure encourages that the players should stun rather than kill him. If Cartroll is captured, it is possible for him to be questioned and that he discloses to the players the presence of the Thaereian and Wyrd envoys aboard the vessel, specifically comparing the appearance of Sheel to any Tarasin player characters. If Cartroll is taken as a willing prisoner, it is also possible that he fires the ships' turbolasers after the corvette falls under attack from a Thaereian military starfighter.[1]
Appearances[]
- Decision: Almas – Living Force (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Decision: Almas – Living Force
- ↑ The Living Force Campaign Guide states that the Living Force campaign is set one year after the Invasion of Naboo, an event that is dated to 32 BBY by The New Essential Chronology. As the Living Force adventure Philology moved the campaign forward ten years to the time of the Clone Wars, and the adventure Night's Homecoming established that by Year 4 of the campaign over a year had elapsed since the events of Philology, Decision: Almas can therefore be dated to circa 20 BBY.
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Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)