Silas

A light freighter burst out of hyperspace above Naboo. Its lone occupant, Jacen Onnd, silently guided his ship down to the surface where his contact had told him to land. He checked all of his weapons and descended the ramp, locking his ship. He made his way out of the hangar, heading towards the suburbs of the town. He found his marks and pulled out a datapad to confirm this was the address he needed. Smiling, he walked up to the door. He knocked on the wooden door, trusting the element of suprise to be his weapon rather than secrecy. A petite woman made an appearance at the front door, cracking it slightly. Only a portion of her face could be seen, but that was all Jacen needed. He rushed the door, forcing it open and crashing to woman into the wall. He pulled out his blaster and quickly stunned her before running up the stairs. He encountered two small children sitting in their room playing a game. They both looked up at him and he smiled. There was no easy way to do this. "Hey kids..." he said as his voice trailed off. "Why don't you come with me. Something really bad has happened to your mom and we need to take her to the hospital." The kids seemed weary at first, but when they saw their mother lying in the corner they were immediately drawn into Jacen's trap. He carried their mother out to the speeder he had rented under one of his false identities and loaded the kids in next to their unconcious mother. As they got situated he ran back into the house and grabbed the package that his contact had said would be there. He had only been to the planet once before and that had been with Kal close to two years ago, but he had seen some abandoned warehouse section on the outskirts of the city that he hoped were still there. He drove off in the direction he remembered them being and thirty minutes later he had arrived. By this time the mother had begun to stir and Jacen knew he had to hurry. He drug the mom into the warehouse and the kids followed voluntarily. Once inside his entire attitude changed. He pulled some rope out of a corner and nodded to the kids, blaster drawn as the mother woke up. "I'm a liar. You're going to survive if you listen to me, but if you don't I won't feel any regret about killing you or your kids. Now, sit." Jacen finished his small speech, taking the rope and tying up the kids and their mother's hands and feet, then gagging them. He pulled out a vid cam and took a short video of the trio tied up. "Don't go anywhere," he said, smiling. He took the tape out and put it in the envelope, then attached it to the package he had picked up from the house. He locked the warehouse door from the outside, then jumped back into the rented speeder and burst off back into town. He reached the outskirts and made his way towards the second address he had recieved. The bar he arrived at seemed kind of farmiliar, but he couldn't quite place it. He walked into the joint and sat down at the counter, ordering a drink. He downed it slowly, savoring the intoxicating taste. The man gave him his tab and he smiled. He wrote a quick note on it, paid, put the package on the bar and left as quickly as he had appeared. He popped back into the speeder and made his way towards the edge of the city. About 2 kilometers away from the warehouse he ditched the speeder and jogged the rest of the way, hoping he wasn't being followed. He put the key in the lock and unlocked the door, then locked it again as soon as he was inside. His prisoners were right where he had left them, but now they were struggling. He couldn't have them escaping, so he quickly stunned all three of them and sat back to wait.

You know C-3PO in R2 to the Rescue was so much like his original character, its not even funny.

I've sent in my Noms...c'mon people....

But his last three stories were so good. I absolutely loved them. In fact, I read all of them in like two nights...Anyway, I have like two updates left, then I'll review...

I know, I've seen the thread, but I haven't read it. Easier to post here than to go dredge an old thread.

WELCOME BACK! Great post. Look forward to more!

1.) Welcome to JNET 2.) Post this here: http://forums.jedi.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24392&start=225 Good idea, wrong place for it.

Very nice Ami! I enjoyed it a lot, and now I want to see more...I'm not really one for critiques, so I'll leave that to Tiana, but it was great.

I've written more this year than in the past two actually. I've written like three challenge responses, and got a new story started... I vote for yes.

We should have them. They're tradition...

Do you want to actually create the faction, or just use it in your backstory. If you want to actually create the faction you'd have to be trained at least to the Knight level in a Force-using faction so that you would be able to train others if they joined your factions.

Just a hint, there are a lot of people who try to use stuff that withstands lightsabers. They are usually the people that other's try to kill first, and usually succeed, just for the fun of it... Oh, and New Character Sheet for me. I know its kind of soon, but a lot of stuff has happened that needs to be put in... Updated as of 5/12/08: CHARACTER SHEET Real Name: Jacen Onnd Nickname:... Age: 25 Species: human Height: 6' 3'' Weight: 155 lbs Hair: brown w/ gold highlights Eyes: deep blue Sex: male Homeworld: Tatooine Alignment: Chatoic Neutral Clothing: Ripped jeans, tight t-shirt, overjacket. A little under armor strong enough to repel primitive weapons. Weapons: Blastech Dl-44, thermal detonators(4), repeating blaster rifle w/ strap(so it can be carried on back.) Extra ammo, detpacks(5), and ion grenades(7), dual slug throwers, DC-15 blaster rifle, fusion cutter, poison dart guns, a poison dart canister. Force User: Non-Force User Inventory: spare credits, weapons, rations, ID, rebreather Posessions: ship-YT-1300, lavish quarters inside Black Sun bases, a rather large bank account containing his pay at the National Bank on Coruscant, a flat on Tatooine(destroyed), new flat being built on Ossus with the same specs as the old one on Tatooine, and a few upgrades. The Flat: This flat on Tatooine was made in the event that Jacen ever needed to disappear. It has a labrotory built underneath the ground, designed by Dr. Pang so he could continue his research. The flat is rather lavishly decorated, containing multiple water evaporaters, high-speed holonet accsess, and lavish furnishings. Three alias IDs, complete with papers and back up bank accounts each containing 7 million credits saved by Jacen, await him there in the event that something goes horribly wrong. There are two living people who know about this flat, Jacen and Dr. Pang, all the construction workers killed when the job was complete to ensure security. (destroyed) Flat II (Ossus): This flat on Ossus is being made now that the flat on Tatooine was destroyed. It has all the specifics that the old one had, and some upgrades. It is stocked with his favorite wines and beers, as well as lavish furnishings, multiple IDs and millions of credits. Defense systems have been set up with a fifteen meter perimeter, complete with DNA recognition system and mini turbolasters. Basically, if you don't know how to get in, you can't (construction pending). History: Jacen was born and raised on Tatooine. After turning 18 he left out on his own. He found his way into the arms of Black Sun. He works as a full-time operative, sometimes going on personal buisness. He carries an ever-increasing ammount of weapons. He wears simple clothing, just enough to get by. He is always willing to do anything Black Sun needs him to do, and has an outstanding amount of loyalty to his cause. He has gone on missions with Mindan(DarthBrendo), Royda, Kal, and Rune Vale. He was at the Dubrillion base when ShadowFett(handofthrawn) self-destructed it. He was in the battle with the Jedi Temple and has gone to Myrkr to harvest Yalmasari. After this, Jacen went to the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine regaurding a fake bounty. A Link Agent trapped him, and ultimatley defeated him, leaving the cantina in a pile of rubble. Jacen then went with former Black Sun Agent Kal to the Golden Link Casino, where he witnessed his co-worker's defection in order to save Jacne's life. Jacen escaped with his ship, life, and possessions, but not after being thouroghly drugged and interogated. This mission lead to a later one on Artus, in which Jacen was put in charge while Piccolo interogatted Zara Nargal. This lead to Piccolo's death at the hands of Ka-Rith, and Nargal's escape. After leaving Artus, Jacen obtained permission to go to Byss and the new resort set up on the planet. Jacen relaxed, thinking over things and letting the lake water sooth him. He left the planet and headed back to Black Sun. One of Jacen's missions invlolved traveling to the Bowel's of Coruscant to infiltrate the Thorpe Corporation head quarters. He got caught and feircely dueled Ka-Rith in a battle to the death. Ka-Rith managed to defeat Jacen, ripping his jugular open. Jacen was now made a Vigo of Black Sun, and was at the Artus base, seeing as the Coruscant base was destroyed. He is talking with Kal, newly returned to Black Sun, and Mindan reguarding the previously stated. As the events unfolded after Kal's reinstatement, Jacen and Kal became good friends once again. During this time the Black Sun became Black Dawn and went to Kashyyyk to find an ancient peice of machinery called a Force Harvester. It was designed to suck the force out of anything in a very large radius, able to take the force out of an entire planet. Jacen worked very closely with Black Dawn on this mission, as they replicated the Force Harvester. Once this was complete, Piccolo assigned Jacen to head up the fighter squadrons that the Black Dawn was taking to the Battle of Huuran Kal. It was a total of 432 fighters, and he commanded them with Kal under him. During the battle he took a small personal mission to the flagship of the Rebel Alliance, and with some technology he had created, rerouted the communications to the Black Sun flagship. There he came in contact with the Delta Squad. He challenged two of them to a duel to the death, but the duel was interupted when the traitor Duo crashed the Black Sun flagship into the Alliance flagship, killing everyone on both ships. During this Black Sun lost everyone except Mindan. After the battle Black Sun discovered that they had lost their fearsome leader and he was never to return. It saddened the hearts of the Sun and he was mourned. Now with their new leader, Mindan, the Black Sun was rebuilding to its former glory. Mindan, Kal, and Jacen are leading the organization with an iron fist making sure that everything is done right. Jacen was recently dispatched to the Mon Calamari Shipyards, as well as the Kuat Shipyards, but was run out of both, nearly escaping with his lilfe. Jacen was soon sent to the Last Call on Coruscant, where he ran into Zara Nargal, who he then antagonized, until Kal sent him away to the bar. While he was drinking, he recieved a call from Mindan, informing him that he was going to be tracking a Jedi named Sunrider. He searched on Coruscant, ending up in Mos Eisley Cantina where he talked to a contact he had known, and ened up killing him. After the death of the contact, Jacen was in space about to jump to lightspeed when he recieved a call from a person later identified as ShadowFett. Being decieved, Jacen returned to the Cantina to be attacked by ShadowFett. He narrowly escaped the Cantina, destroying much of it in the progress. He hid in a small shop with a person he knew to be reliable. His former boss Piccolo came to his aid after Mindan called him to inform him what was happening. Piccolo returned to the Cantina after dropping Jacen off at his ship, but was just moments late, for ShadowFett escaped into the Bowels of Mos Eisley. Soon after the battle, the Rebel Alliance attacked the Black Sun base on Dubrillion, claiming they wanted all criminals gone. Gren Saridonga was dispatched to Dubrillion, and attempted numerous times to sneak into Black Sun's systems. He failed everytime. Once the Alliance left, Black Sun put our a bounty on Saridonga for a million credits. After the unfortuante sidetrack, Black Sun began and completed construction on their shipyards on Krayiss II. They also completed the fleet, which was operating at full strength. Now Jacen and Mindan are in the Upper Level's of Coruscant, in Ronin Wartide's bar, fighting for control of Black Sun against Ronin Wartide, Vladimir Faust, Nicholas, Quintus Song, and Dragon. During the skirmish, Jacen and Mindan had their skulls pushed out the front of their faces by Nicholas in an attempt to escape. After they were recloned on Krayiss II, they recieved a comm informing them that they were forming an alliance with their attackers, according the Darkwatch Securities CEO, Dagon. A meeting took place on Artus to decide the fate of Black Sun. The meeting gone foul, Black Sun ended up on Selvaris, eventually spliting in two, one factoin rallying under Piccolo, one under Ronin. The two groups have had a slight peace, leaving the two groups to run their own business as they wish. Vladimir Faust appraoched the Black Sun about joining with the Sith Empire under the new Dark Lord, Dominque, who eventually vanished from sight. They refused and went to Coruscant to destroy the Empire, a mission which failed, resulting in the loss of Piccolo, leaving Jacen in charge of the faction for the second time in a three months. The Arach'tar are now invading the galaxy for the third time. Jacen took control of the Sun and moved the Black Sun to the new Black X-2 base, built in the remains of the old Black X-1 base. Feeling the end of the Arach'tar war was near, he send a third of their new fleet to destroy Centerpoint station, an attack which failed miserably. Construction on their new project began, and it was one that no one would soon forget.

Next installment! Enjoy! * * * Anakin Skywalker awoke with a jolt. He looked around and noticed that he was still in the cockpit of his Jedi Starfighter, his thermos of caf still in his hand. He took another few sips of the drink and drifted back into sleep. * * * Anakin's dream began the same as it had the last time, with him coming to the rescue of the Chancellor, but this time he knew not to make the same haunting choices that had brought him so much stress during his last dream. After all, this was his dream, didn't he control it? Anakin once again stood facing Count Dooku, red and blue lightsabers crossed the man's throat. He once again heard Palpitine's encouraging words of destruction. The last time he had heard those words they had been the last word's he had ever heard, this time he wouldn't make that mistake. With a grimace, he put force behind the movements of his hands and watched as the head of the destructive Count Dooku rolled away from the kneeling body. He had made the right choice this time and lived. He quickly used the Force to release the Chancellor from his bindings and ran over to his master, trapped under the metal pillar. He dragged the limp body from under it and hoisted him on his back, despite the protests of Palpatine. They ran from the audience chamber and made their way to the turbolift. Anakin pressed the call button and noticed that he heard no movement in the shaft. He pulled out his comm and sent a message to R2-D2 down in the hangar bay, asking him to activate the elevator number 1138. While he was waiting for the droid to comply with his request he heard the sound of metal rolling on metal. He quickly turned around and saw droideka's rolling down the hallway. They stopped a few meters away from their targets, and while they were deploying, Anakin used the Force to rip open the shaft doors before the lift got there. Suddenly the ship began to shift as it was hit again and again. Anakin just managed to haul himself, Obi-Wan, and the Chancellor into the shaft turned hallway before they leveled out on the wrong side. They began to move down the shaft at a dead run, attempting to make it to the hangar bay and their ships. Unfortunately the ship chose that moment to begin to level out. As they began to slide down, Obi-wan began to regain consciousness. With his return to the world of the living he became more than dead weight as he began to struggle to see what was going on. The shaft went completely vertical as the ship leveled out and Anakin grabbed hold of a small piece of metal jutting out from the wall. He slowly came to the mindset that he was safe for a minute, until he heard the whooshing sound of an elevator rushing down the shaft. He fumbled for his comm, pulling it out and yelling into it. ”œArtoo, stop the elevator!”

This is my new reading project, as well as Zero's Parallels, if he ever updates it...hint hint. I usually have one or two stories that I keep up with, and this is my newest one. I'm going to start reading from the beginning and when I catch up I'll let you know what I think.

Gone in a brillian blaze of glory... Anyway, great story, throughly enjoyed reading it. I noticed one, maybe two miniscule spelling errors, but they didn't take away from the story in any way. I've never played any of the KOTOR games, though i'm told I should. Look forward to reading more!

Jacen noticed that Kal had made his way into space. "This is an old base that hasn't been used in a quite a while. It's called Black X-1. Here are the coordinates, [insert coordinates here], meet you there." With that, Jacen pulled the lever and his ship burst into hyperspace.

Jacen watched as Kal began to walk away, lighting a cigarette. He leaned back against a peice of the old base and began to wonder about what they could do when the idea hit him in the face like a club. An old base that Piccolo had told him about long ago. A base that few knew about. He sent a comm to Kal and Omega. --Kal-- "Hey, I've figured it out. I know where we need to go. Head to your ship and once we get into space I'll send you the coordinates for my idea. Have the operatives continue building the base and meet me in space." --Crosa-- "Crosa, I need you to finish building this base here. When you finish send me a comm and you will meet up with me and Kal. Good luck." Jacen made his way to his loaner ship and sent out a call deep space, to a comm frequency he hadn't used in a long time. The two ships that were on call would meet the pair at their destination. His new ship powered up and he headed into hyperspace to wait for Kal.

Jacen nodded slowly as he tried to absorb all of the information that was being thrust upon him. Arach'tar, Corellia, Mechis III, Crosa, it was all too much. "We need to organize. Send a message to Crosa and get him back here, and then a message to any other agents that aren't here. I will make a few calls to see what we can do about setting things up."

Very interesting update. I don't really have anything to critique. Can't wait for more!

Jacen nodded to Onyx. "Right now, we're rebuilding. If you would help in clearing away the rubble, we will work on getting you in sometime in the next hour." Jacen recieved Delta's comm and sent a reply back.((See your PM's)) As Jacen turned to move a piece of rubble his long time friend Kal showed up. "Indeed it has been a long time. And I never got a chance to properly thank you for your actions at Ronin's Bar. So thank you on that account. Next, I trust that you are well informed about the happenings in the galaxy. What can you tell me about them?"

Just finsihed and all I have left to say is amazingness. That was CAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY good!

Jacen nodded. A fair question if there was one here. "I am Jacen Onnd, leader of the Black Sun." Jacen thought over what he was thinking in his head before speaking it. "You seem rather...disturbed. Is there a way that I can help you?"

A highly encrypted and untraceable comm came in for Crosa Hoverich. --Comm-- Crosa, Jacen Onnd here. I have heard what happened on Concord Dawn and I wish to apoligize for Kal. He is slightly hot-headed, but we can work around that later. Right now I am busy on Selvaris and I have much news, but that will have to wait till later. I need you to head to Tatooine, Whyl the Hutt's Palace specifically and represent the Black Sun in the meeting taking place there. If you need to make any major decsions just let me know and we will hopefully get through this war alive. Good day. -Jacen Out --End Comm--

Jacen starred in curiosity as an pained expression of puzzlement appeared on the man's face. Ash-white hair was shrouding the other's face in darkness, only a small portion of his face visible. He seemed as if he was looking for something, something that he hadn't been through in a long time. His face brought something back to Jacen as it seemed to be doing to the other as well. -- Jacen was sitting in his quarters watching the holonet broadcast as his father appeared to talk to him. He had a panged expression on his face and his body language was yelling that he was frustrated. He sunk into the chair and poured himself a glass of jawa juice. "The journey to Coruscant was completely unproductive. The project is...strange, but I won't go into details as some very strange happenings have occured. I hope to get to talk to you soon Jacen. Good night." The vid screen winked out... -- Jacen came back into reality just as the man in front of him answered his question. "...Onyx. that is what I am." Jacen nodded, trying to remember if he had ever heard the name, but drawing a blank. "Why have you come here?"

As Jacen finished his comm a transport set down on the planet with a hiss and the ground trembled slightly. The ramp set down and a man could be seen standing at the peak. He stood roughtly six and a half feet tall and Jacen could tell that he was someone who could hold his own. He stashed his comm on his belt and slowly approached the ship. He could barely see through the smoke and rubble careening through the air, the remains of the devestated Black Sun base. He heard his boots clicking on the metallic ramp as the form of the other grew larger in his view. His hand slowly slipped to his blaster, expecting another attack more subtle than the last. "Who are you?" he asked quietly, his voice barely higher than a whisper, yet still audible to the humanoid before him.