TheSagaContinues

The Game:
   The year is 6 ABY, the Emperor has fallen and victory is near. However, is victory worth it, if the common heritage of the galaxy is allowed to be destroyed? Not for the men and women of the Division of Cultural Preservation (DCP), "Varactyl Detachment". With the New Republic retaking world after world, Imperial Forces have begun preemptively moving significant artifacts off world long before the Republic arrives.
   Coruscant has been recaptured but there is still intense building to building fighting through out the city, including the Cultural district crowned by the Galactic Museum. Varactyl Detachment scrambles to secure the countless artifacts contained within before retreating Imperial forces can do unthinkable damage to the treasures contained within.

The Rules:
     5-ish players (depended on demand)
     Level 5 start, 25 point buy.
     language: military sign for free
     HP 1/2HD+1+CON
     Normal Force Points, 2 Destiny points
     No Backgrounds
     Any species that is time appropriate (including gungan, I only hate Jar Jar, and exculding Rakata, Chiss etc.)   
     Athletics replaces Swim/Jump/Climb because it really should have been that way to start with.
     Any 1/Day abilities get bumped to 1/Encounter.
     12,000 starting credits for weapons, armor, and any special gear. You may ignore license cost, I'll assume you obtained it through the military. No more than one tech upgrade on weapons, and one on the armor, but have fun with upgrades.  Items reasonably supplied by the military will be granted (write them up in a list and I will approve them if I feel it is appropriate).
     I'm pretty familiar with all the rule books/so you can use any of them, but please include reference page numbers. Nothing form outside the books.
     I also am trying to work out a way to do the maps, so if anyone has a good system that would be great.
     
Characters:
    A Squad of military commandos, no Jedi*. Keep in mind you will be fighting in close quarters near things you may not want to damage, and there is at least one skill challenge. I also haven't created many encounters before, they tend to be either weak or party wiping so some survival mechanics might not be a bad idea. I don't want 5 guys who all have a gun either, so some examples of ideas: medic, melee specialist, grappler, demolition/explosive expert, gadget guy, etc. I know its low level but try to be more than just a CoD man.
   Since it is a short story I don't require loads of background, but your character is willing to risk their life for art so an explanation would be interesting.
 *other Force Traditions are allowed (with explanation about how they avoided the purges) but I am limiting to number to 1, depending on group size. If we have 6 or more players I will allow a second Force Sensitive. I don't want this story to become Jedi/Force centric, yet I also don't want to limit creativity and prevent a good story from being told.

I also made a dice room on rolz.org,
https://rolz.org/dr?room=Division%20of%20Cultural%20Preservation
So who is up for it?

Oh no! Someone guessed my source of inspiration!  Yes, Monuments Men was a big part of the inspiration.

The credit number seems a bit high, taking into account the characters won't need to buy food/provide transport etc. Looking at some equipment cost really quick I think 12,000 would be enough. Any small items that the military would reasonably supply I will simply grant so the money would only be for special weapons/armor/gear. If its not I can always raise it later.

Thank you for the offer of help with the encounter design, I plan to use it! I already story boarded out all the encounters (unless the players do something really crazy, lol).

I edited the first post to reflect this. It will probably change a lot durning the process so keep checking it!

I was pretty sure I had all the bases covered in terms of the house rules, are there any examples of ground rules I missed?

*Reads*

Do you want players to roll for HP, or just take half the max on their dice?

*Faceplam*

I will edit the main post for that, and address some of the other things you mentioned.

I've looked at roll20 for a hour or so now, and It seems pretty good, I'm just not familiar with it yet. To me ditzie seemed a bit to sparse to use yet, so I'm thinking roll20 might be the way to go.

I'm going to go with roll20. It seems the better system to use. Give me a day or two to fiddle with it, then I might come to you with some questions.
Have to say though I was expecting more reaction  to a game starting, than this. Maybe calling it "Division of Cultural Preservation" was a bit to dry.

i'd have to think of a character but would need time to bounce one around currently in middle of a dinner show till monday then work to thursday so havent had much planning time outside preping for my campaign

Would a Skywarden be allowed? I am thinking Human scout/Soldier build.

Wardens of the Sky believed that everyone had a right to be able to travel to space and so would do such things as fight pirates or help smugglers, who they believed were defying the tyrants of the spacelanes. So the Empored is the ultimate tryant during this time so he would do whatever to help those that defy him. He would also be ensuring that what is known about the Warders remain a myth by joining the Rebels and assisting them by protecting cultural artifacts and heritage.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/1/1d/Warden_of_the_Sky.png/revision/latest?cb=20090528210128