Space

[Kautra Nadio]

((I dont think I have an apprentice anymore))

 

Kautras ship turned tail, and began its trek back to Helix station, since he was not that far, he made it there rather quick.

[Guest]

Kan-Kilgars ship made it's way to Naboo through the vast void of hyperspace.

[Oblivion]

Hovering idly after the main jump from the base of Coruscant's atmosphere, the man within the single black A-Wing had already been fiddling around with his controls, bringing up scanners and communication controls from distant planets. A familiar link was brought to his attention consisting of several officers who were awaiting command on the droid regament.

 

”œGood day, men. Now, it has come to my attention that the systems of Kamino, Cardia, and Kuat have been under attack by both the Rebellion and the Jedi alike, co-operating. Yet, I also understand little resistance has been placed on the system of Cardia. Is that true?”¦”

[Ary the Grey]

Aryian and Armiena's ships traveled through hyperspace.

 

 

Zoom, zoom, zoom. Yeah, zoom, zoom.

[Nitestrike]

Brad's X-Wing popped out of hyperspace and then readjusted course once more. He wanted to make sure his trail was random enough that he wouldn't be followed by any stray Imperial ships. During the flight, R6-T6 was controlling the ship while Brad rested and hoped Fynn would be the only Jedi casualty from the Battle of Kamino.

[Durose Roshan]

The Dice of Hearts fired her engines as Ro brought up the navicomputer and locked in his destination. Leaving the planet's atmosphere and Last Call cantina far behind, the ship shot off heading straight for Myrkr...

[ObliviousKnight]

Armiena's Ghost Breath zoomed through hyperspace, breaking several traffic laws. Alongside her were Aryian's and Ara's ships--if sight in hyperspace was possible, one could look out a viewport and make faces at the other two Jedi, they were so close.

 

However, Armiena was busy. The Jedi Master changed into the armor granted to her by the Chaos God Slaanesh, otherworldly stuff that not even she knew the full capabilities of.

[Ara-Lai Kaipi]

Ara's ship flew through hyperspace as she organized her belongings. I'll need this...and this...oh, most definitely THIS...

 

She looked at the small pile she has amassed before stuffing most of it in her small sidebag and tucking the last bit under her arm to tote into the cockpit with her. "This should do nicely...may the Force be with us all."

[Lora]

The Shooting Star along with the Imperial transports headed back to Selvaris after the completion of their mission.

[Sasori]

Nokrts ship flew through the darkness of space making its way to Carida's Sith Academy

[Zara Nargal]

Zara and the twins had been enjoying their holiday. They had gone to Talasea and were now relaxing at one of the resorts there. They were currently sitting on the beach, Zara, the Nanny and Rascal all alert to the twins going too near the water. Both twins were currently sitting either side of their mother while they built sand castles. A fight broke out between the twins, Zara in the middle trying to keep them apart and from hitting each other. Being that case, she was the one that got hit by a cranky Kane.

 

"Don't you hurt Mummy Kane. You'll hurt baby too."

 

"Will not" ... "Will too" ... "Will not" ... "Will too"

 

"Enough you two. No fighting."

 

"Sorry Mummy... is Sissy alright?"

 

The pair caught her by surprise, not registering what they were on about with their 'Sissy' comments. They had both made odd comments over the last few days of their holiday, Zara not taking much notice of them since she had lost the child that had been conceived during the rape. That had been a male child, not female. Now she wasn't sure if the twins were just being hopeful for another sibling or if they knew something she didn't.

 

"Mummy's not having another baby sweethearts"

 

A very determined Kalyani placed her hands on her mothers abdomen, followed closely by Kane doing the same.

 

"Yes you are Mummy. Can't you feel her?"

 

Feel her? What had she missed? Zara focused inwards then, having just thought the various twinges she'd had and the missing of her 'little friends' were from being healed by Sabian from all of her injuries. Her breath caught in her throat as she caught the flicker that confirmed that her twins had been right. A definate feminine presence, as early as it was. She had not only been healed during that time... their extrodinary night together had produced a child out of their love. They were going to have a baby. Unlike the last time she'd found herself pregnant, this time she wasn't dreading the experience. She had wished that that child could have been Sabian's... Guess that just goes to show be careful what you wish for... The Force had worked to grant her wish in that regard.

 

"You're both very clever arn't you... finding out before Mummy..."

 

Both twins grinned up at their mother, climbing over her, though careful not to hurt 'baby sister'. How am I going to tell him? What will he think? How will he react? Zara had no idea now just how Sabian would react to the news that he was going to become a father. He had previously said he'd take her and the twins off somewhere... She would have to think about how to tell him, should she just come out and say it? She didn't even know where he was right now... only that he could be in battle. Maybe she should tell him now... so he would know he was going to become a Dad...

 

--

 

After much deliberation, Zara decided she'd tell him, and Brina, also finding out how the renovations were going at the Casino.

[Slicer]

For four days he had traveled through hyperspace practicing the force on a contraption that he built. What he had done was have tube about the size of a main artery running through with water. then over and over and over again he would stop the water with the force. Just enough to create an air bubble in the tube. The first day he had narrowed the total concentration he needed to create an air bubble in the tube from a full minute down to forty seconds.

 

The second day he was unable to narrow down the concentration time down any futher.

 

However on this momentous forth day of practcing he had narrowed down his concentration effort to a mere ten seconds. It would only take him ten seconds to do such a thing. He had tried compressing it as well as simply holding it back, as well as pushing against the flow. And he could now do all of those methods inside of something the size of a main artery in a grand total of ten seconds. He had also tried crushing the artery itself which seemed to be very effective that one took a grand total of only five seconds.

 

Suddenly his ship dropped out of hyperspace and he was bombarded with reports. He quickly snapped of many transmissions before sending the last one to selvarias he wanted that one to be a live one. It basically requested a live transmission.

 

Then he returned back to his practcing as he waited for a response.

[Oblivion]

A transport ship contain Darth Oblivion, a squad of elite clone troopers, and other assorted supplies calculated several jumps in deep space before coming to their desired means at last.

[Lora]

The Firrerreon girl stood to attention in her uniform, second skin beneath as usual. As the feed opened up, she saluted.

 

-- encrypted holo live transmission to Slicer --

 

I have completed the last mission. I am regretful to say that I am disappointed in Sario's performance. Through some of his actions we lost five good men to the Vornskr creatures and had several more injured. We collected the amount of ysalamari as requested.

 

--

 

She fell silent waiting for his response. She didn't yet go into details of how she herself had been attacked by one of the creatures as if it had been stalking her.

[Skye Organa]

The Jedi Healer's ship containing Skye and her two padawan's, followed by another ship piloted by an astromech droid, make their way to Aracoun... making several jumps along the way so that they wouldn't be tracked or followed.

[Grevious]

Kcin was still flying in his ship. He had been for the past few months not knowing what to do. Then decided that he was going to go to Kamino to get some supplies that he might need. Kcin then set a course for Kamino.

[Guest]

The Pegasus orbited Tatooine. With the calculation of some hyperspace routes and the push of a lever the stars blurred around Aidan's ship and he was rocketing through hyperspace.

 

After making sure everything was secure, Aidan put the ship on auto-pilot and went back into the commons room. A little black and white droid appeared from around the corner and beeped something that most wouldn't have been able to understand.

 

Aidan replied, "Yeah, I guess it is time for a shave. Sorry for the past few months, Zeus." The droid's name was Zeus, "I have been kind of down, but that is all about to change. I've decided to join the fight against the Empire."

 

Zeus responded with another series of concerned beeps. "Yeah, yeah. I know it is a dangerous job, but it is the only way to get revenge. And it is for a good cause. I promise I'll be careful."

 

The droid beeped again and then rolled out of the room to go check on the ship's schematics and such. Aidan laid his head back and dozed off. He didn't know what to expect. It had never occured to him to become a soldier, but he was good with his hands, and he did have some experience as a pilot so being a warrior for the Alliance wouldn't be anything he couldn't handle. At least that is what he thought.

[Kail]

Death III left Phu some time ago, leaving the death and destruction the ship and Kyle wraught with it. Kyle used the ships holonet comm to contact home base. His father wasn't too pleased with his over-agressiveness, but he had expected that much. Plus, he had warned Sei Hung what would happen if he crossed him again. Then his father notified him of his next bounty. Kail nodded, receiving the mission and blasting off into hyperspace.

[Zara Nargal]

Zara and the twins were back onboard their ship, the Nanny looking after them while Zara piloted them to another location. The course had been set and the ship in hyperspace once more.

 

She'd had a bad feeling that kept getting worse, every time she thought about the love of her life and now it felt like he was getting further and further away from her. Her heart was aching and she was feeling somewhat like she had once before... she felt hopeless to do anything.

 

Zara clutched her abdomen, silent tears streaming down her face... she didn't want to lose the father of her unborn child... did he even know that he was going to be a father? Her watering grey eyes stared out the front view screen as the streaks of hyperspace flowed past...

[Cal Regium]

Sweat dripped down Cal's face as he and Sahv went through another excercise. Cal's proficency in lightsaber combat was becoming greater and greater. He could feel the Force flowing through his body. It was a strong feeling that seemed to guide his movements. Eventually the feeling became too strong. Cal felt something cold glide up his spine and into his brain... His lightsaber fell to the floor and disengaged.

 

Cal felt his way through the cold dark hallway, scared and not knowing what to expect. He could feel water flowing around his ankles, but he could not see anything. He was immersed in total darkness.

 

He followed the water around a bend and was overtaken by a warm glow coming from burning torches. Across a long natural earthen bridge sat a woman. She was sitting with her legs crossed, and her eyes were closed, but she was levitating. No part of her was touching the ground. Not even the long red cape that she wore.

 

Cal was full of fear as he approached the woman. He could see that her skin was gray and decaying. Her hair was long, stringy and white, and he knew her eyes would be something menacing.

 

He crossed the bridge slowly until he finally came before the woman. For a long time Cal stood speechless before her, waiting for her to move. She did not. He put his hand on his hip and found the black sword dangling from his belt. As soon as his hand touched the hilt the woman's red fiery eyes shot open and looked at Cal. She seemed to be possessed with hunger. Her legs extended to the ground and she walked up close to Cal coming nearly nose to nose with him. Cal was extremely uncomfortable. Her breath smelled horrible and her breathing was eradatic, as if she was going to fall over dead at any moment, but Cal could sense a strong force of energy flowing from her. Dark energy.

 

He scanned her face and gripped the sword firmly. He looked deep into her eyes and felt as if he was consumed by darkness. As he looked deeper, the woman's eyes became his own, her fearsome features were his, and her dark energy was now flowing from him. She did not move. She merely stood less than a centimeter away from the tip of Cal's nose.

 

It was a moment more before Cal was able to shake off the woman's hold on him, and with a swift movement he drew the sword from his side and made a powerful swing at her head. The sword cut true and well, but when the head hit the ground, it was not the head of an old decaying woman, it was instead the head of a young ambitious Jedi named Cal Regium. It rolled across the ground and eventually came to rest in a position so that the eyes were looking directly into Cal's soul.

 

He looked at the sword in his hand before he tossed it to the ground next to the lifeless body. Horrified at what he had seen, Cal turned and ran from the tomb...

 

He awoke. Sahv had apparently moved him to a nearby chair and was offering Cal water. He generously excepted and started to tell his master of his vision, but at that moment the alarm on the Myddrin's auto pilot went off, indicating that Sahv and Cal were nearing their destination. An explanation would have to wait...

[Durose Roshan]

Durose's ship, The Dice of Hearts, blasted off from the Myrkr system and headed for Coruscant. There he would find his next meeting place.

[Sasori]

Nokrt, your time has come, your time to fullfill the destiny beset upon you is at hand. Now prove yourself to the universe. Become the true voice of Chiss power across the galaxy. The lives and respect of our people are in your hands....

 

 

Son...

 

 

As the life began to re-enter Nokrt's body and mind he found himself at a loss for everything. Where was he? How did he get here? His mind was in considerable pain. As if it had been struck continuously with a mallet, or when one studies too much in a short time. It was an awkward feeling, making everything feel unstable.

 

Opening his eyes Nokrt was in a blur. Everything was mirrored in more than one place making it hard for Nokrt to judge what had indeed happened to him. Soon enough, after rubbing his eyes, the world came back into view and Nokrt quickly realized where he was. He was on an Imperial Shuttle. But with who? Searching his mind Nokrt knew not of who could possibly have done this.

 

Perhaps it was the Imperial's shipping him to Kessel to slave in the mines till his death. No. There was a power here, it tainted the walls, doors, and even the matress Nokrt found himself lying upon. He was in the presence of a Sith, that much was for sure. Moving himself into a position to stand Nokrt found himself wondering about his dream. However, he could not remember what it was about and pressed on.

 

Making his way to cockpit of the Shuttle Nokrt found himself a bit cold. Looking at his attire it seemed he had ripped his Imperial Uniform along the back side and a few slashes in the front. These were of no concern however. Nokrt would have special garments made for him soon enough. The cockpit came into view and Nokrt saw a man who was vaguely familiar in the Pilot's seat.

 

And in that instant Nokrt knelt on one knee to his Master, the one who had come to the Sith Academy on one of his speeder bikes. It was a peculiar coincidence but Nokrt could have cared less at this point. Keeping his position Nokrt was at a loss of words and so did not reply and instead waited for direction from the Sith.

[Zadkiel]

Zad could feel his most recent apprentice stirring and raising up for the first time. He let his signature flow outward. It would make itself known even to those without prior Force training. He waited for the alien being to make his way to the cockpit to meet his new Master. It was as the Chiss entered and lowered himself to one knee that a rarely seen smile graced the Sith lords lips. This one knew his place and he knew it well. Training him, molding him, making him into something as respectable as possible shouldn't be too difficult.

 

"You know your place. That is good. You may raise, join me."

 

He motioned to the set next to him as he returned his gaze to the infinitely stretched stars before him. He had never been one to travel a lot, so he always enjoyed the peace and quiet of space. The thought it allowed him to focus on and the always enjoyable stretched stars before him. This was the first trip he had ever made with someone else on board, this one should feel lucky...Anyone else of his race, anyone without that seed of darkness inside would have been slaughtered.

 

"Tell me of yourself. Your life, your wants, your goals..What drives you."

[Sasori]

Rising from the floor and sitting in the co-pilot's seat Nokrt gazed into the deepness of space. Its deep black made Nokrt feel trapped. As if there was no way to escape this life of mental imprisonment, the galaxy was bound as it was and Nokrt could do nothing to change it. Yet now, the galaxy's rules shall be bent or broken by the power of the force. The very thing Nokrt yearned for most.

 

"Tell me of yourself. Your life, your wants, your goals..What drives you."

 

Nokrt's master prodded this question at him, and yet Nokrt found it more difficult to answer than he thought possible, yet he had to provide his master with a suitable answer and decided a condensed version of his past would suffice.

 

"My Life began on the Planet of Csilla where I was born under the family of Okr, of House Nuruoudo. Since my childhood I had an affiliation with the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet. When I was around 14 years of Age I began to attend the Military Academy in Csapalar learning from the greatest Chiss Commanders of all time, including the brother of Grand Admiral Thrawn. I was 17 when I graduated from the Academy and Quickly went up the Ranks. When I was 23 years of age I had ascertained the rank of Admiral.

 

Soon after this time my Commander in Cheif, Master Formbi approached me in worry that my tactics in battles were too precise resembling that of Dark Jedi Sev'rance Tann. However I disgarded the accusation as it was rare for any Chiss to be force sensitive. Yet, I continued to do what I was accused of and on my 25th Birthday, Formbi had me leave the CEDF temporarily to learn the teachings of the Sith.

 

From there I managed to find myself joining the Empire and assisting in the Battle over Coruscant bringing many of my loyalists from Csilla with me. We fought gallantly and such actions led to myself and young Lord Macleod's promotion to Commander. Yet, this came at a cost seeming how the CEDF contacted me mid battle officially discharging me. It was a fatal blow but I had put ona a vendetta against them which was fulfilled with the Imperial invasion of Csilla which I had helped the Empire ascertain.

 

And then Carida...I still don't quite remember what had happened, but it led me here, so it could not possivly be the worst thing in the galaxy."

 

Nokrt paused for a moment to reflect.

 

"Honestly Master, I desire to command the force to my will, to change what I wish, and to punish those who stand in my way, leaving a constant reminder to the galaxy that Nokrt is not one to be agitated."

 

Nokrt took another pause to think of his true goals...what he truly wanted for his future.

 

"My goal is to become a Krath, commander of the force and all its glory. When I have this accomplished, I was to live the life of a Sith passing my knowledge on to others, and ascertaining absolute power over anyone I wish."

 

Nokrt thought this would suffice and continued to gaze outward. Somewhere out there was Csilla, and on it were millions of his people being enslaved by the Empire. Soon. There would be no Imperial presence there but only Nokrt.

 

"Master, I do have a question for you however, what is your name?"

[Zadkiel]

Zad crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair; shutting out everything but Nokrt's voice as he spoke. Of course it wasn't a difficult task, but he wanted his full attention focused on absorbing this ones history. Half of the things he spoke of when referring to his home planet of Csilla Zad had no idea about, but that didn't particularly matter as he had yet to hear the information he wanted to hear. The young human had never heard of another being named Admiral of a Fleet at such a young age, but then...They were aliens, what could he expect.

 

As the Chiss continued on, Zad lost himself in thought. He strained his mind, thinking back as far as he could remember...Nothing. The furtherest back that he could remember was arriving at the Serpent Temple so long ago, only a few brief thoughts pressed into his mind then. What had happened to cause him to lose his memory, to not even be able to remember his home planet or where he had come from before arriving at Chandrila. He only briefly heard the rest of his apprentices words.

 

Once Nokrt was finished Zad let the silence consume them. The quiet of space was deafening, but he was unsure what to say. Did he even know his real name? How long had he gone by the name Zad before he lost his memory. Shaking his head he turned to the other to speak, at first no words came to him..his mind still too entangled with his thoughts, but after a few seconds he spoke up.

 

"I can only take your training so far, for I am a Warrior..Not a Krath. My name....Zadkiel. They call me Zad, you may call me Master until I deem otherwise. Your training will not begin until we arrive at our final destination, any other questions?"

[Zara Nargal]

Zara found herself crying, her heart breaking as the bond with the love of her life and father of her unborn child was severed once more. She had no idea if he even knew that she was carrying his child. It felt like her heart was being ripped out. This time she didn't feel the force ripped from her as well, she still felt that, it was just the extreme emptiness that overwhelmed her.

 

When she'd felt something wrong, Zara had set a course back to the Casino, and now they were on their way back 'home'...

[Sasori]

Listening to his Master's response Nokrt decided knowing his name was worthless at this given time. Yet his master's skill as a warrior would be a great one for Nokrt achieve as well. Being well-rounded would make things difficult for any adversary of the Chiss in the future.

 

"My master, I would be grateful to learn the ways of the warrior from you. It would allow me have great strength making any opponent of mine in the future think twice before engaging me. It would also make my skills vast when I continue training as a Krath in the future."

 

Nokrt paused for a few moments attempting to think of a question should he have one for his Master. None showed themselves to Nokrt so he made a simple reply to his Master.

 

"And I have no further questions as of yet my Master..."

 

Nokrt looked outside the ship watching it float through space. He did not care where they were going, for it must be where the determinant of his future was. With glory. With the Sith. Leaning back in his chair Nokrt realized he was bleeding slightly from one of the cuts in his uniform. He quickly applied pressure to stop it from bleeding on his Master's ship, something he would surely have regretted should he have done such.

 

"I do have one question not at all concerning my training Master. When you took me from Carida, had you grabbed all my things from the Academy? It seems as if I am in need of a change of clothes. That, and my weapons were left in my suitcase and they are valuable possesions to me..."

[Zadkiel]

"If you wish to take the path of the Krath, you would be wise to focus on your use of the force rather then the Warrior's path. I will teach you things that will help in the physical and the mystical paths though..."

 

For the longest time to the two of them were quiet, neither having nothing more to say to the other. His eyes lost focus as he stared forward, often hyperspace had this effect on him, but this time it was mere daydreaming that caused him to lose his focus. Try as he might things were lost to him, perhaps gone forever from his mind. Now he was just another Warrior, loyal to the Sith. Willing to kill with a single command, willing to lash out when a single slight was committed. Such a wrathful person he was these days.

 

"Your weapons will be fine. Clothes are unimportant right now, you will get a replacement set when we arrive. What do you know of the Sith thus far?"

[Sasori]

Nokrt thought little on this question for it was his path to the Sith that drove him these past few months.

 

"Master, I know that the Sith are a passionate people who take pride in themselves above all other aspects, yet they are respectful to those who command them. The Sith lack remorse yet can be compassionate when necessary. The Sith can be ruthless and loving. They fill their lives with their passion making them stronger allowing their emotions and feelings to control their very actions."

 

Nokrt thought this was a suitable answer. It was all he knew of the Sith and all he required himself to know.

 

"Other than that my master I know very little of the Sith, I do not consider them evil as others do, I consider them passionate about themselves."

 

Nokrt said nothing for a while and neither did his master. Perhaps he was wrong and his master was thinking of a punishment for him. Or perhaps his master was thinking on how Nokrt spoke truth and he respected such things. In the silence Nokrt looked outside the shuttle, thinking on where they were off to...

[Guest]

Zeus wheeled around the thin corridors talking to Pegasus's computer. The droid and ship had not been together long, but already they were beginning to form a symbiotic relationship. The Starfeld ZH-25 Questor and the small astromech had both been gifts from Aidan's parents before he left to work on Tatooine. Both devices, droid and ship, were slightly out dated, but they had been all the Walker's could afford to give their son.

 

Over the past year Zeus had nearly everything on the ship running in near perfect condition, and Aidan had cleaned things up enough to make the ship look respectable.

 

Zeus made his way back into the commons area where Aidan was napping. Aidan had his feet propped up in a chair, but as Zeus went by his left wheel bumped the leg of the chair and knocked Aidan's feet to the floor.

 

"Huh, huh, what, what?" Aidan said as he shot up out of his slumber. His hair was slightly ruffled and a little druel was trickling down his chin. "Are we there yet?" he asked still confused.

 

"Beep, Beep," went the little droid in response. He was not apologizing for waking his master, but simply explaining the situation. The droid went on with his business as Aidan stood up and stretched.

 

Our hero made his way to the ship's pantry and quickly whipped himself up some freeze dried food. Not having much to do until he arrived, Aidan sat back down and continued to munch on his snack. He was eager and ready to join the Alliance.