NationStates Jolt Archive

[OOC: Alright this is a closed RP to all other than CoreWorlds, and maybe everyonce in a while a guest appearance by Arenumberg. CoreWorlds and I came up with the idea, so here it is, we are going RP together about two jedi during the Xan wars, which is a war I made up myself. We will RP it like a television show, each show being a RP, the first one is called Take Me Far Far Away, the intro to our series. We are going to mesh our technology and races with the Star Wars universe, example; the Xan do not live in the Star Wars universe, I made them up. So now the Xan Wars are taking place in the Star Wars galaxy. So, without further ado, from the production headquarters of C.T Inc. (CoreWorlds Techon Incorporation) we are pleased to present the first episode in our series.... Take Me Far Far Away....]

Peace, the calmness of it all, the pleasure it brings, the quietness. All were very good things when concentration was needed, therefore peace is the best thing for concentration, peace with the soul, the heart, the mind, and body. Konas Amst was in that peace, he sat on a small rock, legs crossed indian style. He had his hands on his knees, and his eyes were closed.
He let the force flow through him like a river would run through a straight tunnel, he was totally aware of everything around him. The sound of the grass blowing in the slight cool breeze, the sound of birds in the sky. All were things he was sensing.
All around him rocks floated in the air, held up by the strange and mysterious energy known as the force... everyone was connected with it, but only certain people could use it, those people were Jedi, peacekeepers of the galaxy.
Konas was a Jedi, a Jedi Knight to be exact, he was twenty six years old. He had rather long bushy dark orange hair, majority of it was back in a pony tail, but some still dangled over his face, going just past his eyebrows . He was handsome, and wise, but energetic. He was also an excellent melee fighter, and was very well trained with his sword. He has lived at the Jedi Academy for the past seven years, it had been fifteen years after the defeat of the Empire. Luke Skywalker was the master of the Academy, the man who had seen the emperor fall himself.
Konas was wearing dark blue robes, the cloak laying at the rock's side, he had on knee high boots, and gloves that went halfway between his wrist and elbow. His gloves were black, they were leather, extra padded on the top, and they were also fingerless.
Hanging on his belt was his lightsaber, twice as long as a normal lightsaber, with twice as many buttons, his was able to be double bladed. It was pure white, and appeared to have been made out of stone, but in reality it wasn't, it was one of the more beautiful lightsabers out there.
The wind blew at his bangs, the soft tingle of them as they rubbed against his forehead, it was almost time.
He opened his eyes, and stood up, he stepped off the rock, letting his cloak lay. He was in the middle of a courtyard, all the rocks softly dropped back down to the ground, he looked at the archway directly in front of him, and saw his opponent, it was almost time.

OOC: Could I also make a guest appearance?

[OOC: Dunno, email me your plan]

He listened to the whispers of the Force. Jedi Knight Travis Torwyn meditated, feeling the Force everywhere. As many Jedi know, the Force is an energy field, created by all life, and surrounds, binds and penetrates us all. The 20 year old Jedi's life was a common story. Orphaned at five, he had to survive on the streets of Nar Shaddar, begging and stealing what he could.

Then, when he was 12, an old Jedi woman happened upon the boy trying to pickpocket her, and took pity on him. He was cleaned up, given food and an education, and after he was reasonably civilized, sent to the Academy for training. Several years and a brush with the dark side later, he graduated with flying colors and was later knighted.

Now, the brown-haired young man stood before his opponent and opened his cool brown eyes, complete in his meditation. His chrome lightsaber rested easily on his utility belt, and his cloak was folded on a branch. A fine breeze ruffled his straight brown hair, and the young man listened to it. It is time....

Konas stood, hands at his side, standing tall, the wind blew at his robes. The lightsaber jingled on his belt, and reached for it, and pulled it off, he stuck his arm straight out, and ignited it, the gold blade spreading out in a snap hiss, he readied himself, waiting for his oponnet to make the first move.

Travis reached for his lightsaber with his right hand and ignited it, the electric-blue blade ionizing the air and humming as it went. He held up the blade in salute, then settled into a Judan position *like baseball bat but not*, holding it with both hands.

He struck! The young man and the blade moved too fast for an untrained eye to see anything but a blur. He intended to attack his opponent's neck.

The blur ran, Konas smirked, his feet were light on the ground, he jumped up in the air, arms spread out, bringing his legs up into a crouch, he did a spin in the air, slicing his lightsaber down as he did so.

Travis felt the sudden change, and moved to block the other's gold blade. Sparks flew when the blades clashed, and Travis whirled, and struck again, this time for the leg when Konas reached the ground.

Konas was ready, he used the force to predict the next attack, he brought his blade down in a defensive position at his leg, the two blades collided, sparks flying onto the grassy ground. He swung and smacked the other blade away, and then sliced his blade upwards.

Travis parried the upwards blow before it reached his midsection, pushed it aside, and feinted low before striking high.

Konas brought his blade low, where he thought the attack would be, but saw the blade come for his neck, he dropped, lifting his feet off the ground, he put all his weight on one arm, and kicked at Travis with his legs.

Travis jumped back half a step, but his face was grazed by the foot. He recovered quickly and attacked low again.

He pushed off with his arm, doing a backflip in mid air, landing on the ground three feet behind, the blue blade missed him by a foot. He stood up, and charged, the blade at his side ready to strike across.

The younger Jedi whirled to meet the gold blade striking across, and instead ducked below the blade, and thrust his own blade into the chest.

He bent over the blade just missing him by inches, he kicked off and did a flip overtop the younger jedi, landing on the ground behind him and bringing his blade down.

The blade finally made it's mark, hitting the back of Travis. He yelped in pain, and knew he lost the match.

"Ow. Looks like you got me."

Konas smiled, and then laughed. "Ah yes but you won yesterday, it looks like we are tied my freind."

"Yeah. What say we go back to the temple and freshen up? I've worked up a good appetite now."

"So have I," Konas said and started to lead the way, looking at the ground as he did so. "You know, I think that Luke could afford some new meals, the Routini is good, but the...Marsblack, it could use some replacing, I never liked Marsblack."

"Well, dewback steak is also good, when seasoned right. The marsblack isn't too bad...for Gammoreans, that is." Travis chuckled a bit. The two friends soon arrived at the Jedi Academy, where several Jedi and students of all ages were milling around, going to classes, to Force lessons, to practice fields.

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The two Jedi headed for the cafeteria, where food and drinks for all types of species awaited them.

Konas walked in, and hopped in the line.

Travis grabbed a tray and plates in line, and started loading up fruits, meats, and salad. When he got enough for one serving, he chose a table and sat down, waiting for Konas.

Konos did the same, and walked over to the table sitting across from Travis, he looked at his meal.
"Uh...Marsblack and jello," He said. "I will eat the jello, want the Marsblack?"

Travis made a face. "No way! You eat it!"

Konas looked down at it, and then slid it down the table, he started eating his jello when he heard a voice of the loudspeakers.
"Would Konas and Travis please come to my office," It was the voice of master Luke.
"Come on, lets go," Konas said standing up, leaving his jello behind.

"All right." Travis left his nearly-finished food for the clean-up droids and went with Konas to Master Skywalker's chambers.

They walked into the chambers, the small little room, with a desk, and counters full of items from all over the galaxy. At the desk was Master Skywalker, sitting down in a seat, he stood up, and welcomed them.
"Hello Konas, Travis," He said.
"Master Skywalker," Konas said bowing slightly.

"Master." Travis bowed as well. "What news do you have for us?"

"Well, as you know, Xan patrol ships have been spotted at the edge of a few systems," Skywalker said. "Currently we have discovered one on the edge of the Droniat system. We have a specially modified Starhead ready for you too go and check it out. The Starhead is fit for two people instead of one, has scanner jammers, and cloaking. If at all possible get yourselves aboard the Xan ship, in the Starhead are spacesuits, and a Plasma-welder, that should be able to get you into an airlock, from there find out what they are doing."

I wonder what has Master sensed that made him concerned about the Xan? Travis silently thought. "I'll be at the hangar in a few minutes, Master. I'll just pack what I need."

He bowed and started to head to his quarters to pack his refresheries (toothbrush, etc), mulling over his question.

The Xan, a horrible extragalactic race. They follow strict and harsh rules of their lords, who send them off in glorious battles in order to earn names for themselves and to increase the Xan domain.
They had first come to our galaxy 100 years before the empire, when we first discovered them we quickly pushed them aside, not expecting anything. We had come in contact with them a few times and found that they called themselves the Xan. They had gained themselves one system in our galaxy, on the very far east side of the galaxy, on the very edge of the rim.
It was then when they made their strike, within a week they had taken control over two more systems. They were constantly expanding, gaining more and more land, and so the Xan War began, it was a twenty year long war, until finally the Xan surrendered themselves to the Republic.
All these years had passed by, and not a single attack from the Xan, they had stayed in the system we promised them. Now though they have been going through other systems unsupervised and unnoticed.
In appearance Xan looked like humans, but in truth they are energy, not from our galaxy of course. In their real form they appear to be a blue glowing fog the size of a human head. When they first came to our galaxy they found out that it did not contain a special element that their galaxy contained. Outside they just fade away into nothing.
So they built themselves exo-skeletons which make them able to carry out daily routines without fear of dying, a device produce this element throughout the suit, so when the suit is damaged such as in the chest, head, or upper back, it will kill them.
Xan lords however host themselves off living beings, they take a human, or alien, and use it for its own body.

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Konas paced back in forth in front of the Starhead, the sleek triangle shaped ship sitting there. The ship was slightly bigger, the cockpit had more room, two chairs, one in front of the other. The transparisteel hatch had a blue tint to it, appearing to be glowing.
The ship itself was very sleek, gray metal ending in a point, two laser cannons were underneath on each side. And three engines were on the very back, it was a common ship used, and one of the faster ones.
"Travis can operate the guns, I get to drive this baby," Konas said to himself.

Travis soon headed to the hangar with a small knapsack of everything he would need, not much indeed. Just standard Jedi equipment. He liked the ship's triangle shape, reminded him of the mighty Imperial Star Destroyers that the Remnant still builds.

"You ready?" He asked Konas after he stuffed his small sack in the back of his seat and got in.

"Yeah I've been waiting for you," Konas said hopping into the front seat, the pilot seat. "Alright, all passenger welcome aboard the Starhead Custom Edition, I will be your captain for your flight, please put all equipment under or behind your seat and keep all body parts in the ship at all times."

Travis chuckled as he got in the gunner's seat. "Everything's ready, Cap'n. Light 'er up!"

"Alright," Konas said as he jerked the throttle, the ship hummed to life, and it lifted off, Konas smiled as he took the joystick in both hands, he started flying up out of the hangar, he looked out the left, and saw Master Skywalker, who nodded too the two of them....

May the force be with you

and with you

The temple soon became smaller and smaller until it couldn't be seen anymore, and soon, the Starhead sped past the edge of the atmosphere and into the airless void of space. Soon, it passes the gravity well of Yavin gas giant and is ready to make the jump to hyperspace...

Konas scouted out the space ahead of them, before messing around with the control panel, he went to the galactic map, and selected out the Doniat system, he went over to the lever, they were far enough away, and he flipped it.
The ship picked up speed, and soon they were swallowed in a beautiful vortex of blue and white colors a kaleidascope of light.
"Alright," Konas said, he reached down for a little device, and messed around with it. "Since we are gonna be on this ship for a good day and a half..." He hit a button and rock music started blaring out. "...I thought we could use some entertainment."

"Ow! Turn it down, will ya!" The rock music blared in Travis' ears. "I'm trying to meditate for a hibernation trance!"

"I'm trying to meditate for a hibernation chant...," Konas mocked jokingly. "Fine whatever you say.."
He turned the music down and plugged in headphones, closing his eyes as he put his hands behind his head.

Thank you, thank you very much. Travis thought as the music died down. He used the Force to slow his functions so that he could pass the time in a dreamless sleep. It's useful for long trips, as Jedi won't be exhausted when they arrive at their destination.

(OOC: Gonna jump ahead a little bit)

"Waaakkkkeeee uuupppp," Konas said tauntingly as he tapped Travis on the shoulder, he had spent 30 hours sitting down, he was done sitting, he leaned forward on the back of his seat, tapping Travis.
"Wake up, we are gonna exit hyperspace in..."
The ship slowed down, he wouldn't have noticed if it wasn't for the fact he was looking outside. "We are out of hyperspace, wake up, I am gonna land this baby..."
He turned around and jumped up slightly, landing on his seat in a sitting position. He grabbed the joystick and moved it around, checking out the scanners as he did.

Travis woke up from his trance to see that they were at their destination. He yawned and stretched a bit. "Finally, we're here! Now where are we headed?"

"Scanners show the Xan Hekra on the otherside of the system, it is right next to an asteroid feild," Konas said, he moved his hand forward, and flipped a few switches. "Cloaking on... scanner and radar jammers on..."
He kept going forward, heading for Droniat's moon.
"Don't think Droniat is completely abandoned," He said. "We have a science base down on its moon, I decided it would be best if we check them out first, then head off to the Xan Mothership."

"Ok. Let's check on the outpost." Travis said. "We can use it as a base of sorts too."

"Indeed we can," Konas said.
He started bringing the ship down through the atmosphere, the planet itself was a jungle, with mountains everywhere, and oceans. As he did so he kept checking scanners.
"Alright lets see," He said. "Xan ships are restricted in the area of the Hekra, I think right now the planet is clear."
He brought it down outside the research base, the massive walls surrounding the complex, there were two launch pads, both of them empty.
Something didn't settle right with Konas, he took off his helmet, and opened the hatch, he jumped into the air, and landed in a crouch on the assphault, lightsaber in hand, unignited.
He stood up, and the wind blew at his hair, he brushed his bangs aside, and started walking across the outside area.
The base itself wasn't too big, but the surrounding area around it was rather large, a wide area of assphault, which had boxes and other equipment lying all over. There was a communication tower, and two other scout towers.
"Keep close and keep an eye out," He warned his partner.

"Right." Travis acknowledged the warning, also feeling something not quite right with the area.

"Yeah," He walked stealthy but surely over to the door, and leaned against the wall, he fingered the button on his lightsaber, he reached over, and hit the button, as the door opened he spun in the doorway, so he was facing down it, he had his lightsaber in hand already on with a snap his.
Which was fortunate for him.
A red shot came down the hallway, he spun his lightsaber, deflecting it, the shot hit a wall with a flash and left a molten mark which cooled down slightly.
"Don't shoot! I am a Jedi Knight!" He called down.
A voice was heard in the darkness. "Gods be praised! A Jedi, he has come to save us."
"Ah yes but I come in special packages, there are two Jedi total, me and a freind," Konas said. "Who are you?"
"My name is Red Dirk, Ben Kirth is with me also," The man said.
"The Ben Kirth?" Konas asked.

"Ben Kirth?" Travis echoed. "Even I heard of him, but who exactly is he?"

"One of the most brilliant scientists there is out there," Konas explained. "He was originally a agent for the Techon Empire, but he left that job, and became a scientist, not only was he the leader for the project on Techon's Pride and its super cannon, but as well as one of the lead explorers for the unknown regions of space."
"Yeah," Ben said as he walked out of the shadows, he had on standard oversize science clothes, his short gray hair sticking up military buzz cut style. He looked at the two men. "Thats me."
The next man to come out was as equally old as Ben, and much more overweight. "And I am Red, and let me tell you its about time you showed up!"

Now Travis got down to business. "What exactly happened here?"

Red stepped forward, pushing Ben out of the way. "Yeah, well there used to be forty of us here, and a ship, now there are thirty of us, and no ship.."
"What he is saying," Ben said glaring at Red. "Is that when the Xan ship arrived some of the scientists got jumpy, a Xan scout ship was spotted landing about a hundred miles away from here, ten scientists hopped aboard the ship and took off."
"In other words the abandoned you to die?" Konas said.
"Yes, there those of us who didn't think the Xan would quite bother us, and those who thought they would slaughter us," Ben said. "Red was among those, but stayed here."
"Yeah, and then it turned out that when the ship got high enough into the air the Xan took it down, they attacked it, and we lost contact with the ship," Red said. "They are obviously no longer living, and our ship is obviously destroyed."
"Did you see it go down?" Konas asked.
"No, they were to far away, we don't know why, but we figured they were flying over the Xan camp to scout on it while they ran away," Ben said.
Konas turned around, and looked off over the wall, into the sky, he bit his lip, and turned around.
"I am sensing a major disturbance in the force," He said as he looked at the others. "Like something not meant to be tampered with is being tampered with. Ben, Red, how many are still living, out of those who stayed?"
"All of us are," Ben said.

Travis felt a sudden chill, like that of a ghost passing by, but much darker. "We have something...coming...I don't think it's good."

Ben closed his eyes and meditated. "The Xan...I can sense them, the coldness of it all."
He looked up. "They are coming in another scout ship..."
He looked at the two scientists. "Get inside the building...now!"
He pushed the other two inside, and then led Travis off behind some crates, the two of them looked up, completely out of sight, as a Xan scout ship landed. Six soldiers stepped out, dressed in the normal Xan armour.
It was a gray metal mesh jangling and jingling as they walked, overtop the mesh were several heavier plates, over their shins, calves, a chest plant, and going up the arms, as well as a peice over the pelvis.
Each of them carried the staff weapons in their hands, seven feet long, with a triangle on one end, and a oval at the over, the triangle's tip went inside the back of the staff. In the middle was a handle were they held onto, there was a soft rubbery gel spot, which they pressed down to fire.
Along with them was a commander, he was wearing thin black armour, with a black leather trench coat looking uniform over top of it. He had no skull tight helmet on like the others, and his sharo black hair stuck out. On his hand was a black glove, covering only the index finger, and middle finger, as well as the palm. It had a red metal ring at the center of the palm.
"Keep an eye out on the commander," Konas said. "You come around from behind, I will come from the front, and take out the commander while he is distracted, then I will help you take out the others."

"Right." Travis circled around the enemy, lightsaber ignited. He waited for the right moment to strike, eyeing the commander and his minions with a practiced eye for weaknesses.

He went into a Judan position, and struck at the nearest soldier to him. The staff connected and the soldier blocked the saber blows for a few times before the superior speed of the Jedi overtook him, and he lost his head. The second soldier shot a blast at the young man, who promptly deflected it into a third soldier, then proceeded to fight and chop apart the second soldier. As he fights the slightly harder 4th soldier, Travis watched Konas from the corner of his eye...

Konas charged, heading straight for the commander.
Teli'kolas looked over as the man charged at him, and stuck out his hand, he used his energy, and from the circle on his palm waves travelled through the air like it would water, Konas jumped into the air, the waves hit him, and sent him flying twenty feet higher, doing all sorts of spins as he did so.
Teli'kolas picked up a staff fromed a downed brother, and started shooting into the air, the blade twirled and spun like made, sending shots everywhere, Konas was coming down fast, at the last moment Teli'Konas grimmaced and slide out of the way, Konas landed in front of him, the blade on the opposite of Konas's body. He looked over his shoulder at the commander, who aimed the staff, then out of the other end of the hilt the second blade shot out, catching Teli'Konas on the chest, his face lost expression and he dropped to the ground.
He twirled his blade into the air, the double blades slicing down another soldier. He proceeded onto another, swinging twice, the soldier blocked with the staff, Konas kicked out, and caught the soldier on the chest, and then jabbed forward, his blade went right through the opponets chest, dropping him.
Konas did a jump in the air, kicking the last one across the head, as the Xan tried to get up he slashed his blade down, catching it between the neck and shoulders, the head rolled, he flipped the switch, and the blades snapped back.
"There we go," Konas said.

Travis stabbed his 4th opponent at about the same time that Konas defeated the Xan Commander.

"Well. That wasn't too hard." Travis smirked, though his breathing was a bit quickened. "The Xan may be good fighters, but they're no match for Jedi."

"Who is a match for a jedi?" Konas asked jokingly.
He turned around and jogged back to the door entrance, opening it up he saw Ben, Red, and three others, guns aiming at the entrace.
"I come in peace again," He said. "The area is clear, come on out."

"Well, I could think of a few...hey, don't point that thing at me!" Travis said, as the scientists pointed weapons fearfully.

"Sorry," The scientist said dropping it and stepping back a few steps.
"You could think of a few what?" Konas asked.

"Just thinking of a few things that could pose a challenge, but I disgress. Let's go see what the Xan are planning, shall we?"

"Alright," Konas said, he turned to the scientists, and looked over all them.
"Stay here, stay hidden," He said. "We are going to take this Xan scout ship and infiltrate the Xan Mothership, come on Travis."
He was not one for disagreements so he turned around heading for the scout ship.

Travis followed Konas into the Scout ship. "Hmm. Seems pretty comfortable. For Xan, maybe. Let's hope the ruse will work."

"Alright," Konas said grabbing the joystick, he pulled up, and they took off, he jerked it around and they soared through the air.
"We will go to the Mothership first, then the ground camp," Konas said.

"Right. Good thing I learned how to cloak with the Force..."

"Indeed," Konas said.
He flew the ship up, and into a cargo hangar, the gray metal walls, with pipes and tubes every here and there, and boxes and crates all over the metal floor.
"This room is clear, come on," Konas said as he hopped off the ship.
He walked across the hangar, lightsaber in hand, and leaned against the wall, he used the force to sense on the other side.
"I'm not picking anything up," He said. "On three you go in first...one...two...three!"

"Three!" Travis jumped through, and searched his feelings for any Xan.

Nothing here! He sent. Go!

Konas jumped into the room, moving his eyes all around. He then stared down the straightest hallway.
"That way, its the safest," He said. "Security cameras are down the other two hallways, but this one is clear."

Travis hurried behind Konas, his lightsaber in his right hand, ready to ignited at a moment's notice.

Konas turned around. "Keep close, stay silent, keep in touch with the force at all times."

Travis nodded in acknowledgment as his senses became heightened.