Lost Tales of the Old Republic is a weekly fan fiction story, written by RepublicTrooper.com’s very own Tim Bertram. Tim is an aspiring author, with one completed novel already under his belt. Each and every Monday, Tim will give you a fresh installment in the Lost Tales of the Old Republic series. Enjoy!

“What is it droid brain?” Jenz asked as she stepped up next to him.

Zeikk threw her a dismissive scowl and then set his backpack on a table and removed another small electronic device, which he plugged into the console. “I’m going to upload this data locally, Gage. This is far too important to try to send as a subspace communication to the fleet, even with our heaviest encryption.”

Tags: Blaster, Chrondre, Cularin-227, fan fiction, Galactic Republic, Greasy, Jedi, Jenz, Jerrek Gageiz, Palmar, Rein Galia, Sith Empire, Star Wars: The Old Republic, SWTOR, Timothy E. Bertram, TOR, Ziekk Randoss

Another Fan Friday Update is here and this week’s delves into the joys of PvP. BioWare has released a new Warzones Game Systems page on their official site that gives more details and video coverage of each Warzone that will be in the game. In case you have not heard… Warzones in Star Wars: The Old Republic are specific areas outside of the main character story, where players face off against each other in Player vs. Player combat.

Tags: Bioware, EA, Electronic Arts, Fan Friday, game footage, game trailer, LucasArts, PvP, Star Wars: The Old Republic, SWTOR, TOR, trailer, video, Voidstar, Warzones

Combat Chatter is back for another episode! This week special guests Lord Hammer (@ImLordHammer), Baraslan (@Baraslan), and Virtek (@Virtek_DMA) from the TOR Syndicate join us to talk all things TOR! You can listen to the show, download the file, check out the guests and view the topics of discussion inside.

Tags: Baraslan, Combat Chatter, Lord Hammer, podcast, Republic Trooper, Star Wars: The Old Republic, SWTOR, TOR, TOR Syndicate, Virtek

Beyond the Outer Rim is the RepublicTrooper.com column responsible for delivering intel reports on what’s going on beyond the boundaries of The Old Republic. These reports are gathered from distant galaxies and will likely involve alien information that may prove useful in understanding our ancient enemy, the Sith Empire.

Blizzard recently lowered the curtain and revealed the details on their next World of Warcraft expansion. The newest chapter in the Warcraft saga is entitled “Mists of Pandaria” and has been rumored for the past few months. While the general theme of the xpac was discerned some time ago many of the features that will be delivered are nothing short of exciting.

Tags: Azeroth, Bioware, Blizzard, Cataclysm, Challenge Mode Dungeons, Companion Pets, Diablo 3, Mists of Pandaria, MMOs, Monk, Pandaren, PvE, raid, The Old Republic, TOR, Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft, WoW

Lost Tales of the Old Republic is a weekly fan fiction story, written by RepublicTrooper.com’s very own Tim Bertram. Tim is an aspiring author, with one completed novel already under his belt. Each and every Monday, Tim will give you a fresh installment in the Lost Tales of the Old Republic series. Enjoy!

As the caravan got within 100 kilometers or so from the surface, the ships began to peel off and head to their destinations at various outposts on Cularin-227. Jenz flew the ship just above treetop level for a distance until they reached their landing spot where she skillfully set down in an opening, just barely big enough for the craft to land. All of the ship’s weapons were retracted and hidden so the craft looked just like any other freighter, but as the back cargo hatch lowered a Republic battle droid rolled quickly out and scanned the area. Finding nothing it deemed dangerous is took a position in a nearby thicket to guard the ship from a hidden location.

Tags: Blaster, Cularin-227, fan fiction, Galactic Republic, Greasy, Jedi, Jenz, Jerrek Gageiz, Rein Galia, Sith Empire, Star Wars: The Old Republic, SWTOR, Timothy E. Bertram, TOR, Ziekk Randoss