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Kasandral is on the planet. I bet she is having Hell being here. thought Lord JWolf on his couch.

The stranger circled the academy grounds, admiring the architecture of the buildings.

"Remarkable workmanship."

His senses alerted him after he heard a ship land and he slowly walked back along the route he took toward the entrance. It seemed now was as good a time as any to practice his stealth insertion skills. It was still night as he crept from shadow to shadow, evading the keen senses of the sentries.

After a while, he found what he was looking for; Daniel's room. He prepared himself and slowly openen the door...

I was reading the big book on the ancient Jedi, currently about the First Schism, when I felt someone enter. I whirled around to see...

OOC: Don't worry about the 'Ashtria' deleted message. I used the wrong nation. A thousand Apologies.

IC: The door opened and the stranger was standing in the entrance. He said nothing, but met Daniel's gaze as he walked in. There was an uncomfortable silence for a few minutes until the stranger spoke,

"Do you remember me?"

"I don't know...who are you?"

The stranger smiled,

"It is little suprise you don't remember me. You were but a small child when I saw you last." The door closed behind him and the warm glow of Daniel's reading light illuminated the stranger's face, "My name is Amarka, General of the Turr'la 5th Empire, loyal friend to Master Tenchi... and godfather to the heir to the Core Throne."

With that, Amarka went down onto his knee and bowed. Daniel appeared slightly suprised as Amarka looked up,

Amarka: "I have been away for a long time my Prince. I had heard of the ressurection of the evil Tak'a-Tamen and his subsequent defeat by your hands." His voice became softer, "...And I had heard of Master Tenchi's death."

"Like eachother," Kasandral replied, smiling warmly and gently squeezing Michael's hand. "When I think of us, all the horrible memories fade away."

Mike kissed Kas as they kept walking.

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*bump for everyone else to post...I'm getting lonely...*

OOC: Er...is this thread dead? What happened?

The stranger smiled,

"It is little suprise you don't remember me. You were but a small child when I saw you last." The door closed behind him and the warm glow of Daniel's reading light illuminated the stranger's face, "My name is Amarka, General of the Turr'la 5th Empire, loyal friend to Master Tenchi... and godfather to the heir to the Core Throne."

With that, Amarka went down onto his knee and bowed. Daniel appeared slightly suprised as Amarka looked up,

Amarka: "I have been away for a long time my Prince. I had heard of the ressurection of the evil Tak'a-Tamen and his subsequent defeat by your hands." His voice became softer, "...And I had heard of Master Tenchi's death."
"Wow. You knew Grandfather Tenchi?" I asked. "How?"

David is just sitting in his room, making bombs while Michael and Stefini are playing HALO.

One of the rare tricks that the Masaki family can do is the ability to teleport. Now, teleportation is an extremely difficult branch of Force ability, so difficult that it was once rendered as legend. It can be done, but it takes years of practice (unless a young Jedi happens to be invited to a certain Earthside school, but let's not go into that), and most Jedi give up. However, the Masaki Clan seems to have a special knack for the ability to command obscure powers of the Force, some considered Dark by the more conservative Jedi, and one of the powers is the ability to pop in and out, anywhere they wish on a planet...

Inside Lord JWolf’s tree house, lights are turn on to dim. In his living room area, there is 22 inches long steel bar that is attach to ceiling, about eight inches away for it. Lord JWolf calls it a "workout tool for his abs". The ceiling in 8 feet tall so he does not hit his head. He grips the bar with his hands and with one move, he flips over. Then slide his leg between the bar and the ceiling. He locks them in place and start doing sit ups. He does it for one hour everyday then he will go down to ground level to his weight room.

Kasandral wandered the halls of the academy, remembering her time there. She passed her old room, which still seemed to be vacant. She passed the arena, where she and another girl, Natalia, had fenced. She passed the cafeteria, where, like most students, she spent her time eating. Finally, she wound up in one of the many meditation gardens, which had always struck her as beautiful. Back home on Coruscant, their was none of this amazing beauty. Kasandral sat on a bench which overlooked a small pond. She had found an old lightsaber deep in the jungle earlier that day. It was truly amazing. The metal was black, though the blade would not activate. It would need some repair...

Why did I leave?
Because you were not wanted.
Nonsense! These people did only what they had to. It was my actions which caused my fall.
No! It was the jedi! It is their fault!
NO! They wished to help, I am sure.
Then why did they not aid you! No! They felt it necessary to EXILE you!
They did not exile me. They merely had me leave, for my own protection.
That is EXILE, you fool! Only Master Tak'a Tamen cared for you...none of these other imbeciles!
NO!! Tak'a Tamen cared nothing for me or my prowess!
Then prove that you are above these fools, as Tak'a Tamen did! Utilize your full power!
I turned from that path years ago!
Then you can find it again!
NO!! That is the path to darkness!
So the jedi tell you. Do you still allow them to pollute your mind with these lies?!
No! They pollute nothing! They have NO influence over me! Only I choose my path!
Then do not let idiot Jedi limit you! They are an obstacle, to be overcome!
And they shall be! But not yet...it is not time!
You have an entire fleet at your disposal! You can rule the galaxy!
NO! That is not my path!
Not yet, perhaps. Soon you shall see your true potential...

Kasandral got up, slightly confused at the sudden internal battle, and left the academy, wandering deep into the jungle. She soon came upon an old temple, and stepped through the door. Surprisingly, she found several lightsaber parts sitting on a table, and a workbench had hummed to life as she entered.
At least it's something to do... she thought as she pulled out the new lightsaber and set to work.

About an hour later, the saber was ready to be activated. Kasandral again looked in awe at is ebony sheen, and rechecked her repairs for the umpteenth time. Satisfied, she pressed the button to activate the blade.

A dark purple light emitted from small, jagged seams throughout the handle. At first, Kasandral thought it was broken beyond repair, as she had never seen another lightsaber do that. Also, the blade never activated. Upon closer inspection, however, Kasandral noticed that the cracks in the handle were truly just an intricate design, though it formed no recognisable picture. All of the cracks made their way down to the bottom of the handle through straight, short lines. It was, in a way, beautiful.

Kasandral searched the blade for another button, which perhaps would activate it. She found nothing. She pressed the first button again, and all that happened is the handle shut off. Maybe it is one of the force sensitive ones... Kasandral thought. She reached out with the Force and willed the blade to activate. Nothing happened. Frustrated, Kasandral growled, and reached her thumb over to switch it off; obviously, more repairs were needed. However, as her emotions of frustration rose, a blade shimmered out from the handle. Kasandral gasped, marveling at the blade. It was dark purple, like the light from the handle.

What did I do to activate it? she wondered. Strangely, she was answered.
Your emotions ran high...through your anger and frustration you were able to ignite me. The voice seemed to come from the blade, and yet Kasandral did not truly hear it, per se. It was as if the lightsaber was speaking to her, but through her thoughts.
Kasandral jumped, looking at the blade, confused.
"W-who was that?"
It was me. I have waited long for another to find me...for another to allow me to aid them. I am Zeraghiel, your new ally...your only ally. You believe that those you surround yourself with care for you...they do not. Your fleet can be controlled...your so-called 'friends' can not be. Especially the fool, Michael...yes...I sense you care for him much. Do not waste precious emotions on one so pitiful.
"You know nothing about Michael! He cares for me...he would never betray me!"
You may think that if you wish...as I said earlier, you shall soon see your true potential.
"That was you?! Well, as I said then, I shall not turn from the light. The darkness is but a tool."
Speak aloud again, and I shall be forced to allow you to be destroyed. You need only think to communicate with me.
"But--" Kasandral quickly shut her mouth and thought:
You hold no sway over me, blade. You shall soon learn that.
Such confidence is good...You are fit to rule, be it the academy, or the galaxy.
I would be cut down before I had the chance!
No...you would not. I would be ever at your side...
I will not turn upon my friends!
Then do not. You will realize your potential soon, however. Be ready to accept that.
No. I followed that path once before...I shan't do it again!
We shall see...we shall see.....
With that the blade fell silent, though it was still ignited. Kasandral pressed the button, and deactivated it. Obviously, only strong emotions could activate it, but the button could deactivate it.
Exausted from the second mental battle of the day, Kasandral slumped against a wall and slid to the ground, promptly falling asleep.

After Lord JWolf's three hour workout, he took a walk in the jungle. He only had his two lightsabers on him. He need to feed, anything would work. He went into his hunting mode. Moving like a ghost not making sound.

After about five mins have passed, he was at the twenty feet tall wall. With one jump, he flew in the air and land on the other side of the wall. He continue into the jungle. His eyes watch ever movement of the trees.

Nothing. Damn it! Where is the animals at? thought Lord JWolf.

He continue deeper into the jungle.

Mike was asleep during the time of Kas' battle with the saber. He felt a disturbance and was awakened. Mike went to drink some water, dismissing it as heart-burn from the sausage fron that morning, and went back to sleep.

It has been over three hours and there has not been any animals seen by Lord JWolf. So, he started climbing a nearby tree. The tree will around 40 feet tall. It took no time for him to make it to the top of the tree.

Something has scared of the animals in this area. thought Lord JWolf as he look at the top of the jungle. It was not me.

Who or what did it? asked Lord JWolf to himself.

Then something came into his view as he look to his right. It was a building. It was an old one, too.

Using his vampire powers to listen for heartbeat, he only hear one.

Who is that? asked Lord JWolf to himself.

Kasandral finally awoke quite some time later. At first she didn't remember where she was, but she finally recognized the old temple a few moments later. In a rush, she remembered what had happened; the argument with the lightsaber, and her subsequent passing out against the wall. Kasandral leaned back against the wall, and thought about what she should do.

He scan the surrounding area with his eyes. Nothing was anywhere near that temple. Using the Force, he called out to the person in the temple.

Are you ok? asked Lord JWolf to the person.

Kasandral heard JWolf's question, and debated whether or not to answer. In the end, she decided to not answer, but to instead take the new blade and leave. Kasandral clipped Zerghiel to her belt, and moved toward the doorway, looking back to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything. Satisfied that she had everything, she slowly moved out into the jungle, keeping to the shadows, heading back toward the academy. She used the Force to search for anyone on her way.

Think he just saw a ghost, he jump down off of the top of the tree. Landing on the next branch but he continued watching in the location of temple.

That was Kasandral but why would she be in that temple. though Lord JWolf. He still need feed. So, he will head a different way but stay out of Kasandral's Force range. He started down the tree.

About at the middle, he hear another heartbeat behind Kasandral’s. It was on the other side of the temple. It was coming fast at Kasandral.

So, Lord JWolf pushed off the tree and did a backflip. His duster look like wings from an angel. Landing on the ground, he took at a full sprint at the other heartbeat. Hoping to get there and attack it before it could attack Kasandral.

The heartbeat is coming from a Kliknik Dark Hunter.

OOC: I forget...what is a Kliknik Dark Hunter? Sorry...

IC: Kasandral, unaware of JWolf and the Kliknik, kept creeping through the jungle.
You are in danger... came the odd communication from Zerghiel.
What? How so? Kasandral thought, continuing to step from shadow to shadow toward the academy.
A man...Pure blood vampire...and another, a Kliknik Dark Hunter...behind you...around 500 yards...
"JWolf." Kasandral muttered.
What should I do? she thought.
Turn and face them...I will aid.
JWolf is a mighty foe...let him die at the hands of this Kliknik thing, and let the Kliknik be satisfied and leave.
No...you must draw me and do battle with the two.
That would endanger me more. JWolf would learn of you. I can not hide you from the Council for long anyhow. We will leave...perhaps to Coruscant, soon. Until then, no drawing attention.
There was a moment of silence, and the blade replied, sounding almost reluctant. Very well...I will do as you command. Know that should battle prove necessary however, do not hesitate to fight.
Surprised that she had convinced the blade to shut up, Kasandral began moving toward the Academy once more.

OOC: Link 1 (http://www.swgcreatures.com/detail.asp?creatureID=711) & Link 2 (http://swg.warcry.com/data/creatures/view_types.php?id=71)

IC:

He could hear Kasandral's heartbeat staying on her path through the jungle. Then jumping up to a near branch, he start spin with the tree. His hand loose thier grip and he flew to the next tree and stopped. He was about 200 yards away for the Kliknik Dark Hunter.

What is she do? thought Lord JWolf. He started jump from tree branch to tree branch.

Using the Force, he yelled at her Kasandral! as he jumped from branch to branch. You have an enemy on your back. Get in the trees, if you want to live.

OOC2: Lord JWolf would just think that is one of the lightsabers she made.

OOC: Thanks for the info.
Shut up, JWolf, I know! I'm working on it! Just keep it off me for a few! Kasandral Force communicated to JWolf.
What are you doing?! asked Zerghiel.
It's the only option replied Kasandral as she began looking for a suitable tree.

After hear the message, he draw one lightsaber and active it. The dark blue blade hit parts of the trees as Lord JWolf jump for branch to branch. He was picking up speed as he when for tree to tree.

I need more speed to get ahead of it. thought Lord JWolf. Tel’mac, need your help.

What do you need, Jason? said Tel’mac.

Need more speed. A speed spell would work. said Lord JWolf.

Try Eong htiw eht krad dniw. said Tel’Mac.

Ok, will try it said Lord JWolf.

Lord JWolf was about 180 yards away for the Kliknik Dark Hunter when he said “Eong htiw eht krad dniw.” A strange black light began to form around his body. Lights started circling him. As he jumped forwards, the lights formed a tail-like a comet has. In no time he was over the dark hunter. Using his light saber. He started cutting tree branches as he went forwards and closer to Kasandral. Branches fell but don’t block the Kliknik's path. It dodge and jump over them but it was slowing it down as it did it.

Finding a large tree, Kasandral leapt into the air, augmenting her jump with the Force. She landed in the lower branches of the tree dexteriously, and began climbing up farther. The Kliknik was almost at the tree.
With this man's help, we can overcome it... Zerghiel promised. Kasandral turned and dived headfirst out of the tree toward the Kliknik, uncilpping Zerghiel, yelling out at the Kliknik in rage. Zerghiel responded to the scream, igniting into its magnificent, purple blade. Kasandral flipped in mid air, landing on her feet on the Kliknik's back, and began slashing with abandon at it. She scurried over to other parts of its back whenever it reached up to grab her. Kasandral was hit several times, though she didn't notice. It was as if she had gone into a berserk state of mind, ignoring all pain, focusing only on destroying the enemy...

David and Mike were both awoken by the ruckas and disturbance in the Force.

Mike, you feel that?

Yeah...let's go!

At the same time, both men grabbed their Star Forge robes, lightsabers, and pistols. They dressed quickly and ran towards the forest.

I sense four spirits...but only three bodies. Mike, be aware at all times.

Watching Kasandral attack the beast, he jumped down on the back of the Kliknik. It fell down but shot right back up. Sending Lord JWolf back into the air. Landing on his feet, he charge the Kliknik and attacking it back legs.

With a lucky move, his lightsaber hit in middle of the Kliknik's left rear leg and. Thinking is was going to be an easy fight to win, Lord JWolf got a little cocky. Then it spun around and its head hit Lord JWolf right in the side. That move pushed Lord JWolf into tree hard and taking his breath away.

"It is going take move then that to take me out, you bug." yelled Lord JWolf as he charged it.

Then he hear two more heartbeats coming towards him and Kasandral.

"Kasandral, we got some company coming from in front of us." said Lord JWolf.

Kasandral heard JWolf even as Zerghiel informed her of David and Michael's approach.
Two male humans...approximately 100 yards in the direction of the academy...Jedi...Reaching out with their minds....sensing us. I suggest you focus on--
"Shut up!" Kasandral yelled, then, realizing she had just seemingly screamed at JWolf, quickly added, "Let me concentrate on this thing!"
Kasandral calmed slightly and planned her hits, scoring several gashes on the beasts back.

"Ok." yelled Lord JWolf as he blocked a hit from the Kliknik's left arm. He pushed it as far he could and swung his lightsaber at it. It fell like everything was in slow-motion. The blade hit tip of the left claw, about three inches of it fell to the ground. That just made the Kliknik more madder. So, it down it head then bought it back up as fast as it could. Lord JWolf try to block it with his arm but was send flying backwards. He hit the tree behind him and slide down it. His eyes are closed and he is not moving.

The Kliknik started jumping around to knock Kasandral off its back. Bouncing in the nearby trees, too

Kasandral, realizing her predicament, leapt off the Kliknik, again using the Force to augment her jump, and landed up in one of the nearby trees. Clipping Zerghiel to her belt, Kasandral drew her two blaster pistols and began firing at the beast.

The Kliknik was hit by the blaster fire but was still going at Kasandral.

Lord JWolf's eyes open and saw the beast trying to get Kasandral. He pushed himself up with the help of the tree. Drawing his second lightsaber, he said "You are not going to hurt somebody I care for." Then he jumped as the Kliknik turn to look at him. Flying through the air, he saw out of the corner of his eye two people.

David Miles and Mike Miles. Always late. thought him. They are going to be late to their own funerals.

The beast ducked down but Lord JWolf landed a hard kick on its head and flip in mid-air. He hit the back of the beast and swung one lightsaber near the bottom of the Kliknik's neck. The other heading right under the head of the beast. The blades enter the Kliknik and exit it but it was still standing. Lord JWolf turned off his lightsabers, and placed them in their place.

“Damn bugs.” he said as he punched the beast’s head. It flew into a nearby tree as the body flew to the ground.

Kasandral grabbed onto a vine and slid down it to the ground.
"JWolf...thank you for your aid," she said, obviously only being polite, to hide her true and well-known feelings of hate for the man.

"Your welcome. Thank you for your aid, too." said Lord JWolf as he got off the bug's back. "See you around." He took off back into the jungle.

OOC: Sorry for the lack of posts these past few days. Had a ski trip and got dumped ON the trip over the phone when I called HER...just sucks, especially when she's going back to her Ex.

IC: Mike and David arrived to see the final blows on the beast. Mike took his lightsaber and decapitated it and said to his dad, Something's wrong. Its dead, but I still sense something inherantly evil around. And I'm not talking about JWolf.

I sense it too. Let's be diplomatic about this and see what's going on. This thing's more powerful than Tak-a-Tamen, so let's keep JWolf here just in case. He may be hard-headed, but that hard head keeps the darkness out.

Agreed

OOC: No problem, CM...lol..I just made a new bad guy! That is so...cool!

IC:
Kasandral, seeing David and Michael, jogged over to them.
"Michael!" She embraced him in a tight hug. Releasing him, she turned to David and bowed respectfully.
"Master Miles."
Stepping back, she said, "Thank you for coming...that thing almost had me..."

IC: Lord JWolf was already far away from the battle ground as David and Mike made it there. He need to feed before he pasts out. He will go back and talk will them later. Back in hunter mode, he began to follow a path of a Choku. After following the path for maybe 200 yards, he has found his prey. Stay in the brushes, he watch it and is making sure it did not have any friends will it. The Choku was in creek bed drinking water. It was a male one and about 300 pounds.

Only one heartbeat. That good. thought Lord JWolf.

He slowly pushes his right pant’s leg up and he draw his hunting knife. Holding the handle with blade pointing down, he start slowly out of the brushes and staying down wind of the Choku. When he was about 10 yards away from it, he leaped into air and toward the Choku. Before the Choku could run off, the blade enter it neck. Blood started flowing from the wound. Pulling the blade out and throwing it into ground, he placed one hand on left side of the neck and other one on the right side. Will one move, the Choku’s neck was broken. Now, that the prey was died. Lord JWolf bite the neck and drank all the blood he wanted. After he finished he washed off his knife and placed it spot. Using the Force, the Choku started hovering. Lord JWolf starteds heading back to the academy and the hovering Choku followed him.

OOC: If you want to see what the hunting knife looks like, go to this link (http://www.budkww.com/index.asp) and click Bowies and Daggers then go and find Wolf Bowie (At the bottom of the page.)

OOC: No problem, CM...lol..I just made a new bad guy! That is so...cool!

IC:
Kasandral, seeing David and Michael, jogged over to them.
"Michael!" She embraced him in a tight hug. Releasing him, she turned to David and bowed respectfully.
"Master Miles."
Stepping back, she said, "Thank you for coming...that thing almost had me..."

"I'm doubtful, Kas. You are strong in the Force." David said
You sense that Mike? It's coming from around her. Be prepared.

"Yeah, he made a huge mistake taking you on." Mike said, hugging her.
Its not her though. Wonder what it is...

No clue. Should we tell the Council?

Maybe...

"Perhaps.."Kasandral said, smiling.
The smile disappeared and her eyes narrowed suddenly; it was as if she were listening to something, but nothing but the normal jungle life could be heard.

They can sense me... Zerghiel communicated.
How do you know?
They reach out with the Force...they sense a great power here. They know it is not you..
I see...can you hear their thoughts?
No..but it is obvious they think me powerful...more so than your former master, I believe.
Hmm...can you dull that aura of yours then?
I shall try to decrease the amount of Force that is returned to them...that is the best I can accomplish. You, on the other hand, could use your Force power to overlap mine, and disguise it as your own.
They know I am not that powerful...I need your power to simply...be undetectable
Very well. Try to suppress my power, in that case. Expand your aura of the Force to cover mine, and then focus on that aura as almost a barrier. Be sure not to envision it as a solid one, however, as it would cause a physical shield. The barrier should be invisible, and allow things through...except for thoughts.
Hmm..I will try.

A moment later Kasandral focused on Mike and David once more.
"Sorry...just remembering something."
As she said this she tried to do as Zerghiel had explained. She could feel that she was successful, but there was no way to be sure. She would simply have to hope that Zerghiel's aura had been suppressed, and that thoughts and other peoples Force power would not be able to reach it.

Lord JWolf comes out of the jungle behind Kasandral, David and Mike. The died Choku hovered about five feet behind him.

"Good to see y'all." said Lord JWolf as he looked at David and Mike. "Want some fresh meat?" as he move the Choku near them.

"Wow. You knew Grandfather Tenchi?" I asked. "How?"

Amarka: "During the time of the Shivan War, your Grandfather allied his forces with mine and together we drove back the Shivans.

Amarka looked up with a hint of sad sincerity in his eyes.

Amarka: "Tenchi was truly a great friend. And by the vow I took when we defeated the Shivans, I now pledge my forces for your protection. This I promised to your Grandfather, and so shall it be."

Amarka stood and crossed his right arm over his chest as a salute.

Amarka: "During the time of the Shivan War, your Grandfather allied his forces with mine and together we drove back the Shivans.

Amarka looked up with a hint of sad sincerity in his eyes.

Amarka: "Tenchi was truly a great friend. And by the vow I took when we defeated the Shivans, I now pledge my forces for your protection. This I promised to your Grandfather, and so shall it be."

Amarka stood and crossed his right arm over his chest as a salute.
As a sign of acceptance, I returned the forehead salute. "If ever I need you, I will call."

As a sign of acceptance, I returned the forehead salute. "If ever I need you, I will call."

Amarka bowed his head in acknowlegment and began to leave Daniel's room. He paused as he got to the door and turned round.

Amarka: "Your Highness. As much as I respect your position, I feel I must inform you of... unrest at home." Amarka seemed aprehensive yet continued, "Your victory against Tak'a-Tamen is well known on the homeworld and beyond. Unfortunately as is the case in every society, there is a... minority who seem to object to your position of power."

Daniel didn't appear to flinch at Amarka's statement as he continued,

Amarka: "Warlord Tak'a-Tamen is dead, yet there are a few radicals who are still dedicated to his cause. We also know of the involvment of the young Kasandral and her brush with the dark side. I am not entirely convinced she has been freed from the warlord's spell."

"I understand. Being a prominent member of society does have it's downsides. What do you propose?"

"I understand. Being a prominent member of society does have it's downsides. What do you propose?"

Amarka's hesitation was evident that he knew that his next recommendation was going to be more than likely refused.

Amarka: "For your protection, I submit that you return with me to the homeworld. There your safety is garaunteed and the people will see for themselves the leader that you are."

Amarka's voice lowered slightly as he stepped forward.

Amarka: "Your duty to the Core Throne must take prescidence... even over that of becoming a Jedi Master." His voice became a whisper, "There are reports of growing violence at home. It could even escalate into civil war."

Amarka knew that he could only advise the young Prince of what to do. But he hoped that Daniel's decision would follow his suggested course of action, even though he was almost certain that wouldn't happen.

"David, take this Choku. Just cook it and it will be ok to eat." said Lord JWolf.

He turn and started heading back to his tree house. As he enter the darkness of the jungle, his body disappear into surround of the jungle.

David took the Choku and used the Force to vibrate the molecules inside the beast like a Force-based microwave.

"So, anyone up for dinner?" David replied as he sliced off a part as did Mike.

"With all due respect, Amarka, I don't run away from threats. No Masaki ever does." I said. "I know you mean well, but it is imperative that I become a Jedi Knight, even more so than my status as the heir to the throne. My father and I know this, and that's why I'm staying."

"With all due respect, Amarka, I don't run away from threats. No Masaki ever does." I said. "I know you mean well, but it is imperative that I become a Jedi Knight, even more so than my status as the heir to the throne. My father and I know this, and that's why I'm staying."

Amarka bowed his head once again,

Amarka: "Of course Your Highness. But might I humbly ask that you consider the situation at home?"

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The Imperial Command Cruiser Justice entered orbit over Yavin. On board, Captain Penda was analysing a recently intercepted transmission with the comms. officer,

Penda: "Are you sure this information is accurate Lieutenant Aclade? This makes the situation sound a lot worse that we anticipated."

Aclade: "My people have gone over it thoroughly Captain. There is no doubt that transmission originated from Tentenerikis V."

Captain Pender scanned through the data once more. He took no effort to hide his concern.

Penda: "This looks like a coup d'etat." He glanced up at Aclade, "Civil war is inevitable. Call General Amarka. He'll have to inform the Prince of this disturbing development."

"What, exactly is the situation there?" I asked.

"What, exactly is the situation there?" I asked.

Amarka: "That minority I told you about. They are but a few who openly speak out against your position and publically announce how the Warlord Tak'a-Tamen is the true ruler of CoreWorlds. It may not seem like much but they are gathering strength and power, how we don't know. However I am convinced that they are plotting for your assassination. They call themselves 'The Order of the Universe'."

Just then, Amarka's comm wrist bleeped and Captain Penda's voice rang out into Daniel's room,

Penda: "General! We have received some disturbing information."

Amarka: "What is it Captain?"

Penda: "We intercepted a transmission... from Tentenerikis V."

Amarka's face dropped, as if he had just witnessed the destruction of everything he held dear,

Amarka: "The dark world that held the Warlord."

Penda: "Yes General. We have confirmed that the message came from the Order. It simply says; 'THE TIME IS RIGHT. WE WILL BEGIN!'"

Amarka: "Any idea what it means?"

Penda: "We don't know. However judging by the nature of the message I am already depressed by the options."

Amarka: "... Stand by. Amarka out." Amarker turned to Daniel, "Your Highness. I realise you intend to remain here, so be it. My ship, the I.C.C Justice will remain in orbit for your protection and I will operate from there."

Amarka reached into his pocket, pulled out a small device and handed it to Daniel.

Amarka: "If you should ever need me, contact the Justice with this."

Lord JWolf was in his tree house by now. He had a bad felling that something was going to happen. He looks like a man about to go to war. His pistols load and in their place. The Goa'uld ribbon on his right hand and has his duster on with his black leather cowboy hat on, too.

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On comm-link: "Lord JWolf, the I.C.C Justice has entered orbit over Yavin" said Bob Vida aboard the Shadow Cat. The Shadow Cat was cloaked. Plus, Yavin Command and Academy Command said that it could stay cloaked all the time.

"Watch it, Bob." said Lord JWolf.

"Will do." said Bob.

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After that, he watch over to cage and flipped a button next to it. The button turned on the light in the cage. Inside the cage was Lord JWolf's pet King Cobra. The glass front move up as Lord JWolf pushed another button.

“Merlin, you can come out now.” said Lord JWolf. The King Cobra move slowly out of the cage and onto Lord JWolf’s right arm. Merlin wrapped around his arm.

Then Lord JWolf walked outside and jumped down to the ground. Merlin did not care and was calm. He started walking to the academy.

The commlinks on both Mike and David's wrists chattered, "Master Miles, Orbital Patrol here. The CW capital ship has mobialised and is staying in orbit. We also received a warning from Tak-a-Tamen's homeworld. It was a threat to the Jedi."

"Thank you. Have the bomb factory on full production mode." David replied as the three went towards the West End of the Academy.

"Thank you, General." I said, pocketing the device. "If you'll excuse me, I'll be going now."

I headed out of my room and down the hall towards the training rooms. If what the General said is correct, then I'm going to seriously need some more training.

Eamonn always found lightsaber practice much more enjoyable after taking in plenty of fresh air. A quick change into clean clothes in his dorm, he grabbed his lightsaber and headed for the training rooms. There he found Daniel training and decided to watch for a while.

I was in the midsts of 5 remotes, blocking laser bolts with smoother strokes than I had at the beginning of my training a year ago. It helps that I had experience with the various pirates and thugs that I fought. I was a whirling dervish, my lightsaber humming like an angry swarm of bees and laser bolts ricochetting away from me with relative ease.

Pleased with my own performance, I froze all the remotes in midair with a thought as I registered Eamonn entering the room. "Hey, Eamonn. You want to join me?"

"Sure," Eamonn said. "Better to train as a pair then solo."

"All right." With another movement of my hand, I released the remotes, and they began tracking us.

Mike, Kas, and David reach the demolitions lab, where David lifts the bomb-making part out of it and floats it into the Asguard mothership. Mike packs up some assorted weapons, explosives, and remote detonators. Kas just sits there, looking.

"Kas, could you be a dear and get your fleet ready?" Mike asks, sweetly, "I have a feeling that we're gonna need some help."

Eamonn held up his lightsaber and prepared himself.

The remotes, detecting two opponents, began a sequence of random movements, moving at a high speed. Then, they began firing strong shots of light green laser at us.

I deflected shots from the three remotes that went after me, while the the other two blasted their way towards Eamonn.

"Of course." Kasandral smiled and took a comlink out of a pocket.

"Admiral Gurshix?"
"Maam?"
"Ready the fleet. I want it in this system as soon as possible. What is your location?"
"We are just outside the Yavin system. We can be to you in an hour, if not less."
"Very well. Notify me when you have reached the destination."
"Of course, my lady."
"Thank you, Admiral. Xerephen out."
"Gurshix out."

Kasandral replaced the comlink.
"They will be here within the hour."

Eamonn waited for the two remotes to come close before deflecting them. Knowing the Daniel, the next lot would be harder.

"Of course." Kasandral smiled and took a comlink out of a pocket.

"Admiral Gurshix?"
"Maam?"
"Ready the fleet. I want it in this system as soon as possible. What is your location?"
"We are just outside the Yavin system. We can be to you in an hour, if not less."
"Very well. Notify me when you have reached the destination."
"Of course, my lady."
"Thank you, Admiral. Xerephen out."
"Gurshix out."

Kasandral replaced the comlink.
"They will be here within the hour."

"Thank you very much Kas." Mike said, giving her a soft kiss, "Would you mind if I joined you on your flagship and Dad's ships joined your fleet?" He finished this with getting out a training remote, tossing it to his dad who loaded it and a stack of fifty onto the Outrider, presumably to all use at once.

"No...that would be wonderful. The Bloody Keel is truly a wondrous ship. I would be glad to have you aboard."

"Thank you m'dear." Mike says in his fake Irish accent as he hands her a red velvet box containing a necklace made from the most expensive and rare elements such as Minicum and Qurartapz (random names for stuff that's supposed to be like gold and diamonds). He was told it was astonishingly beautiful by many a T'wilek and many a Hutt had treid to have him killed for it. This is what he had forgotten to bring that night at the cantina.

"A present. I forgot it that night when we were on vacation." he says, handing it to her.

Kasandral peeled open the box with trembling fingers. She gasped upon seeing the necklace.
"Michael! Thank you! It is beautiful!." She embraced him in a hug and gave him a kiss.

David gave Mike an approving look and the Outrider shoved off. Mike just sat there, with his Harrison Ford style smirk on his face. He then took the necklace and put it on her neck as the shuttle for the Bloody Keel arrived.

Lord JWolf walk towards the hallways of the academy. The end of Merlin's tail was around Lord JWolf's wrist and the snake's head was near his master's head. Young Jedis move out of the way of Lord JWolf.

He stopped at the doorway to the training room and saw Daniel and Eamonn training.

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Erik was in his room cleaning his guns.

The I.C.C Justice was the pride and joy of the Turr'la 5th Empire. The enormous flagship was a one-of-a-kind which dwarfed even a Star Destroyer. Although the Turr'la are a non-aggressive society, the Justice was constructed as a combat vessel in the war against the Shivans. The unique Tri-Lithe power source enabled the use of the ship's primary weapon; the ion inverter, which turned the tide against the Shivans. It's sleek and slimline design makes it one of the most well known ships in the Epsilon-Alpha sector and beyond.

General Amarka's shuttle approached the starboard reception bay as the Justice orbited Yavin. On the bridge, Captain Penda was conversing with the science officer.

Penda: "What exactly do you mean by, 'an echo' Commander Tal?"

Tal: "Its difficult to explain sir. All I can say is that the sensors are picking up an intermitant reflection 6000 kilometers from our position."

Penda: "Could it be a sensor malfunction?"

Tal: "I'm running a diognostic now, but I have my doubts."

Penda: "Its probably a natural phenomena. But keep your eye on it just in case."

Just then, the doors opened and Amarka stepped through. Penda gave the customary salute to acknowledge his superior's presence.

Penda: "Greetings General. How is the young Prince?"

Amarka: "Strong-willed. He is choosing to remain on Yavin to continue his training. We will remain in orbit for the time being for the Prince's protection."

Penda wasn't entirely suprised, his opinion of royal personel was that they were all stubborn and seldom did what was recommended of them.

Penda: "What shall we do about the transmissions from Tentenerikis V?"

Amarka pondered for a moment.

Amarka: "Keep monitoring for now. And maintain an open link to CoreWorlds. I want to know the second of any trouble brewing there."

The Bloody Keel, an ellipse class star destroyer, eased into the Yavin system, along with the rest of her fleet.

"Admiral. We have reached the Yavin system. What are your orders?" a navigation officer reported.
"Contact Lady Xerephen. Inform her that we are in position. Also, open a general communications channel to all ships in the system. It is time we introduced ourselves.
"Yes, Admiral." The navigator relayed the commands to the communications officer, who carried them out.
"Sir, communications channel open for system-wide communications." the communications officer reported.
"Very well. Put me on."

"We, the Xerephen Pride, have arrived. I am Admiral Gurshix, in command of this vessel, the Bloody Keel until Lady Xerephen arrives. We have dispatched a shuttle for her. We request coordinates for positioning of the fleet. Know that our only alliances are to ourselves, and to our leader, LAdy Kasandral. We are neither Republic nor Remnant. Do not make the mistake of assuming our aid in any situation. Gurshix out."

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Kasandral listened through the shuttle's speakers and smiled at Gurshix's speech. "Always one to enter with a flourish, that one."
With that she answered her chirping comlink and notified the crew of her ship that she was en route.

Eamonn waited for the two remotes to come close before deflecting them. Knowing the Daniel, the next lot would be harder.
The remotes started blazing away, aiming at vital spots as programmed.

I have already dispatched one of my remotes, and are now entering a sequence of moves that will enable me to take out the other two.

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Meanwhile, in the Imperial Palace of Juria, the Emperor was meeting with some local youth scout groups for photo ops after a little hiking through the Kanto National Forest. After the ops were done and souvenirs passed out, an aide walked up to the father of four kids, one of whom is a Jedi-in-training, and whispered into his ear.

"Mr. Emperor, Issus just reported that the Galactic Exchange building is under attack by an unknown force. They're calling it a major hostage situation."

The Emperor nodded, and concluded his meeting with the kids. Then he said. "Did they make any demands, so far?"

"No, sir. Jedi and negotiators are already on the scene, along with the local SWAT teams." He turned on the holoscreen, and it showed the latest from Issus on the HCNN network, as well as others. Police have cordoned off the nearest streets, but a crowd still appeared to watch the scene.

"Who's claiming responsibility?"

"A group calling itself 'The Order of the Universe'." The aide was surprised by the look on his Chief Executive's face, which is one of recognition and fury.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, sir. They, uh, spray-painted the side of the building with the name."

"Very well, let me know of any updates to the scene, other than what is reported, of course."

"Yes sir."

The remotes started blazing away, aiming at vital spots as programmed.

I have already dispatched one of my remotes, and are now entering a sequence of moves that will enable me to take out the other two.


Eamonn focused on the remotes. With a swift move of his lightsaber, he took out one. The young Jedi then repeated the move with the next remote.

Penda: "General, a fleet of starships has just entered the Yavin system. Their configuration matches that of Kasandral's forces!"

Amarka sensed Penda's alertness as he glanced at the projection screen.

Amarka: "Keep calm everyone! Lets not provolk them."

Penda: "But General, you yourself said that Kasandral was touched by evil. And here she has a fleet bearing down on the planet!"

Amarka: "They have already declared their intentions to pick up 'Lady Xerephen'. The rest is just for show."

Penda: "Leiutenant Aclade. What is their weapon status?"

Aclade: "Reading no powered weapon systems Captain."

Amarka let loose a mild grin,

Amarka: "I think we have nothing to worry about Captain. I doubt the Kasandral's fleet are going to attack us or Yavin."

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On any normal day, the Galactic Exchange building is a hive of activity and today was especially busy, which was fortunate for the Order of the Universe. They had taken twenty hostages and killed three others before the situation quietened down. Security and Police forces had surrounded the building, waiting for something to happen.

Order 1: "Ol'a, we have established a connection with the communication link. You can transmit now."

Like the rest of the Order, Ol'a was wearing black drapes and was armed with a powerful blaster. He and his group took the building shortly after the transmission from Tentenerikis V. Order 1 activated the transmitter and Ol'a's image, along with that of the hostages was transmitted for all to see.

Ol'a: "THIS IS THE ORDER OF THE UNIVERSE! WE HAVE TAKEN THIS BUILDING AND NO LESS THAN TWENTY HOSTAGES WHOM WE WILL EXECUTE IF THE EMPEROR DOES NOT SURRENDER TOTAL CONTROL OF JURIA TO US. AND IN CASE YOU ARE UNCONVINCED BY OUR CAPABILITIES..."

On the image, Ol'a turned around, pointed his blaster at a captive and fired. His accuracy was devastating as the woman's head became a bloody mess. Screams of terror filled the room as O'la turned back toward the camera,

Ol'a: "ANOTHER WILL DIE UNLESS TOTAL CONTROL IS OURS WITHIN ONE HOUR. REMEMBER, THEIR BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS TOO!"

The transmission flickered off...

Mike and Kas quickly loaded into the shuttle, which took off almost immeadiately. David was looking back at the academy and said over his commlink, "This is David Miles. Have my family pack and head for Crazed Marines. I have a bad feeling about this, make them go on the Mothership."

David then steered the Outrider towards Kasandra's fleet and said, "This is David Miles, father of Mike Miles, aboard the Outrider. I wish to join the battle with your fleet, as my family is leaving aboard my flagship."

"Good job, boys. Y'all are both equals in the Force." said Lord JWolf, hoping not to scary them.

"I have a weird felling, Prince Daniel." said Lord JWolf "About your homeworld."

News of the terrorist attack finally made their way through to Yavin in the form of hyperwaves. Master Elendil was not pleased at all with the situation, and he knew Daniel would not be either.

In the meantime, I dispatched the last two remotes and left them for the droids to pick up. As I towelled sweat off my face, I heard Lord JWolf congratulate me, but I stiffened in irritation when he called me Prince. Before I could tell him off, the PA system chimed.

"Will Daniel Masaki please come to the Council Chambers? We have a serious situation in progress on Issus."

Issus? That's one of the three main planets of Coreworlds! I wasted no time in heading for the Council Chambers. Entering, I heard HoloNews reporters on the scene with police sirens in the background. It was also being showing on other holoscreens in the Academy, so we all will know sooner or later what is happening.

"Daniel. This is the Galactic Stock Exchange building, as you know. Currently there is a group called the 'Order of the Universe' that is holding this skyscraper hostage."

So, they've begun... "Not good."

"Indeed. They just demanded the abdication of your father and shot a woman to show they mean it. I am in contact with the Jedi on the scene, and they are talking with police to decide the best course of action. So far, it seems likely they will have to storm the building within the time limit."

Shit. "How's Dad taking it?"

"Not very well, son." My Dad appeared on a hologram. "Obviously, I have no intention of acceeding to their demands, so we'll have to take them by force."

I nodded. These guys will not release their hostages, even if by some stroke of insanity, Dad did step down. "So what about me?"

"Stick with Yavin and your training for now." Dad said. "I don't want you gallanting off like you usually do to hunt these guys down. At least not yet. That's the job of the Navy."

"All right." I sighed. "You'll let me know when you'll need me?"

"Sure." Dad smiled. "Now I have a lot of work to do. Be careful, and may the Force be with you."

Lord JWolf could fell that Daniel was mad about the Prince part. He was just trying to be nice but it looked like it just made Daniel mad.

That boy don't like to be called Prince does he. thought Lord JWolf.

Then he hear PA system go off and watched Daniel run off to the Council Chambers. So, Lord JWolf slowly headed that way, too.

What is wrong? It has to be something big for him to run off like that. thought Lord JWolf.

He knock on the door frame as he walked into Council Chambers. Then he saw the hologram of Andrew.

Yes, this is big. thought Lord JWolf.

"Hello Andrew." said Lord JWolf as he took off his hat with his left hand. “Good to see you again.”

Ol'a's patience was generally infinate, however in this case he was becoming quite irritated.

Ol'a: "We have heard no response! Do these fools think that I am joking?"

Order 1: "Ol'a, I sense that they are unwilling to do as we tell them."

Ol'a: "As do I." He turned to face the hostages, "Bring five of them. They will be the first to die."

The sobs and pleas for mercy had no bearing on the captors as they quickly and effeciently selected five individuals and lined them up in front of the camera. O'la inspected each one and addressed them,

Ol'a: "Your Emperor... has left you here to die. He has abandoned you all to our mercy. He would rather sacrifice his own people than surrender his position. Your deaths will be on his hands."

Hostage 1: "P...please don't kill us! I have a wife and two children!"

Ol'a: "Casualties of war. Time is running out for you all."

Ol'a's voice was chillingly cold. He showed no fear, no remourse, no feeling of any kind as he took his place before the camera. He once again addressed the hostages, his voice as calm as ever,

Ol'a: "He won't surrender his power. It is irrelevant. They do not realise that tomorrow will mark the ressurrection."

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Aclade: "General! There is a hyperlink from CoreWorlds. The Order of the Universe has taken hostages in the Galactic Stock Exchange building!"

Amarka's face dropped. It became all to clear to him now,

Amarka: "Its begun."

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"Same for you, Jason." Andrew said, then the camera switched to the hostages. "Now if you'll excuse me..."

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Andrew switched off the hologram, and dialed another number. "Patch me through to the leader of this 'Order'."

"Yes, sir."

The phones then rang inside the building, waiting for the leader.

"Same for you, Jason." Andrew said, then the camera switched to the hostages. "Now if you'll excuse me..."

"Ok" said Lord JWolf as he turn to Masters.

"What is going on?" asked Lord JWolf.

No one had to say anything, as the holonews continued to report on the hostage situation in Issus.

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Meanwhile, the Jedi and SWAT members were finalizing plans to storm the building. A squad will attack from the roof via chopper. Another squad will accompany the Jedi as they storm the front. And another will secure the parking lot and all other modes of escape

Lord JWolf watched the holonews and said "Y'all want to me stay or go?" All Merlin did was hiss.

"Yes. Find out where these terrorists came from. It'd be too late for anyone to reach the planet, since it would take at least an hour by the fastest routes." Master Elendil said.

"What about the eye in the sky? Think they know anything?" asked Lord JWolf.

Andrew switched off the hologram, and dialed another number. "Patch me through to the leader of this 'Order'."

"Yes, sir."

The phones then rang inside the building, waiting for the leader.

Ol'a picked up the receiver, a smile played accross his lips,

Ol'a: "You have ten minutes to decide." was his only answer, as if he were predicting the nature of the call.

David then steered the Outrider towards Kasandra's fleet and said, "This is David Miles, father of Mike Miles, aboard the Outrider. I wish to join the battle with your fleet, as my family is leaving aboard my flagship."
"Outrider, this is the Bloody Keel. You are cleared to join us. We expect Lady Xerephen and Lord Michael Miles to arrive in a matter of minutes."
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The shuttle pulled up into the hangar, and Kasandral led Mike out. They were met by nearly 20 honor gaurds, who, bowing, led the way to the bridge.
Upon arrival at the bridge, Kasandral stood on the command platform.
"Admiral, what is our status?"
"We are ready to leave. Your orders?"
"Hold position until I say otherwise."
"Yes, My Lady."
"Communications, any waiting communiques?"
"No, maam."
"Very well. Stand by for new orders."
Kasandral turned to Mike.
"I think I'm getting used to this ordering people around thing."
She quickly turned as the communications officer barked out. "Maam! Incoming news parcel! Priority-Alpha!"
"Patch it through to my datapad."
Kasandral watched on her datapad as the Jedi prepared to storm the building.
"Blast. Open a communications channel: fleet wide."
The officer nodded and set to work.
"All ships, ready for departure. Coordinates transmitting now."

Mike, hearing Kas' opinion of command, thought And I'll have to learn to take orders...

Maam! Incoming news parcel! Priority-Alpha!"
"Patch it through to my datapad."
Kasandral watched on her datapad as the Jedi prepared to storm the building.
"Blast. Open a communications channel: fleet wide."
The officer nodded and set to work.
"All ships, ready for departure. Coordinates transmitting now."

Mike looked at Kas and saw pain in her eyes. Dad, what's going on? Something bad's happened.

I know. The Outrider's in the hangar, so I'll be there in a sec. But the thing is, some terrorists have taken over the Stock Exchange on Issus.

Can't we just explode their heads using the Force? It seems like they have no regard for life, so why should we have any for theirs?

That is what I felt many years ago, son. I know what you're thinking, but there is always a better way. we could always disarm them or knock them out or pin them to the floors. This type of thinking will lead you to the Dark. I have never fully recovered from my experiences there, as you can tell by the red in my blade. Trust me, it will just destroy you.

I understand Dad. So, should we focus our powers together to do that?

Two problems, we'd need to be within close proximity with each other and we'd have to be pretty close to the planet. Maybe in about twenty minutes at warp. Tell Kas our plans and I'll do the same with the Council.

Yes sir. Mike finished as he said to Kas, "Maybe we could move in- system? Dad has a plan."

"I'm on it." Kasandral said as she put her datapad in it's protective pouch.
"Navigations: Bring us about to point two-five-seven. Engage hyperdrive in 2 minutes. Communications: Inform the rest of the fleet of my orders."
The two officers nodded and set to work. The huge ship slowly turned to face the exit coordinates.
"Admiral: please proceed to the Sprite." Kasandral ordered Gurshix, refering to the victory class star destroyer which Gurshix used when not commanding the Bloody Keel.
Gurshix began the walk to the hangar bay and boarded a shuttle for the Sprite.
Kasandral turned to Mike. "I understand your father has opted to join us. He is on his way up now."

Ol'a picked up the receiver, a smile played accross his lips,

Ol'a: "You have ten minutes to decide." was his only answer, as if he were predicting the nature of the call.
"Know this." The Emperor began, cold steel in his voice. "Surrender now, and we will treat you as prescribed under the conventions. But, if you harm another hair of the hostages, I will personally hunt you and your followers down with all the power this nation will muster, no matter where you are, no matter how long it will take. There will be no mercy for the wicked, only justice. Choose wisely."

The connection ended. The Emperor opened another connection. "You have one minute, then execute. Send them to hell."

"Yes, sir." The voice on the other end said.

"Know this." The Emperor began, cold steel in his voice. "Surrender now, and we will treat you as prescribed under the conventions. But, if you harm another hair of the hostages, I will personally hunt you and your followers down with all the power this nation will muster, no matter where you are, no matter how long it will take. There will be no mercy for the wicked, only justice. Choose wisely."

The connection ended. The Emperor opened another connection. "You have one minute, then execute. Send them to hell."

"Yes, sir." The voice on the other end said.


Ol'a replaced the receiver and turned to his comrades.

Ol'a: "Everything is proceeding as planned!. They assume that we subscribe to a theory of morality and have offered us 'safe treatment' should we surrender."

Order 1: "It is as the Dark Oracle foretold. We are all ready to die for the cause."

Ol'a let loose a sadistic laugh which instilled even more fear into the terrified captives. He turned to the five lined up, his eyes pearcing into their souls,

Ol'a: "Our deaths, ALL our deaths will preceed the resurrection! Nothing can stop it now. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"

And he raised his blaster at the five...

The minute was up.

"Go, go, go!" The SWAT leader, a Colonel Sanderson, ordered into a secure comlink.

An advanced version of the Blackhawk helicopter flew to the roof, dropped troops and flew off, all in the space of seconds. The troops watched for enemies and then began to barge into the top floors.

Meanwhile, the 3 Jedi Knights on the scene rushed towards the building, deflecting blaster bolts that started firing, as the rest of the SWAT teams followed, shooting what the Jedi missed. The Jedi stormed into the lobby, and didn't slow down as they went for the third floor, where the hostages were held. They had little time to waste, as they jumped the stairs and cut down terrorists who tried to fight them. They had to reach the leader before he started killing the innocent...

The minute was up.

"Go, go, go!" The SWAT leader, a Colonel Sanderson, ordered into a secure comlink.

An advanced version of the Blackhawk helicopter flew to the roof, dropped troops and flew off, all in the space of seconds. The troops watched for enemies and then began to barge into the top floors.

Meanwhile, the 3 Jedi Knights on the scene rushed towards the building, deflecting blaster bolts that started firing, as the rest of the SWAT teams followed, shooting what the Jedi missed. The Jedi stormed into the lobby, and didn't slow down as they went for the third floor, where the hostages were held. They had little time to waste, as they jumped the stairs and cut down terrorists who tried to fight them. They had to reach the leader before he started killing the innocent...


Explosions and blaster fire rang throughout the building. All of the Order except Ol'a reacted as he trained his weapon on the first victim.

Suddenly, the doors burst open and in stormed three Jedi Knights, lightsabres blazing. The two Order guards opened fire, but their efforts were in vain as the blaster bolts reflected back upon them. All too quickly, it was Ol'a left standing, his emotionless face looking at the Jedi.

Ol'a: "You Jedi are very quick," his voice was awash with a sinister chill, "it would have been better for these citizens to die now. For they will live to see the ressurection. And for that, they will suffer. As will you all!"

And with that, he twisted his body to face the Jedi and fired...

Jedi Knight Michelle Eragon sensed the man shooting her, and the blaster bolt was batted aside into the ceiling, then she moved in to disarm the leader.

Jedi Knight Michelle Eragon sensed the man shooting her, and the blaster bolt was batted aside into the ceiling, then she moved in to disarm the leader.

Ol'a continued to step backward as the Jedi advanced forward. Just as she was about to strike the disarming blow, Ol'a twirled and revealed his own lightsabre. A red glow filled the air as he parried his attaker's blows.

Ol'a: "You cannot save them, " his mocking laughter rang out, "you are a fool to think you can."

The hostages were ushered out by the other Knights as Michelle dueled with this leader. "Your underlings are defeated. There is no purpose to this madness. Give it up, dark one."

Bomb sniffer canines and droids were called in to check the building for any traps while all the hostages were escorted out of it. Surely this small victory is near conclusion!

The hostages were ushered out by the other Knights as Michelle dueled with this leader. "Your underlings are defeated. There is no purpose to this madness. Give it up, dark one."

Bomb sniffer canines and droids were called in to check the building for any traps while all the hostages were escorted out of it. Surely this small victory is near conclusion!

Ol'a: "Defeated? PAH!" he scoffed as he jumped back, "The Order of the Universe is never defeated!"

With that, Ol'a pushed his opponant back and stood with his sabre glaring at her. For a moment, it appeared as if he were going to run her through, but with a sadistic glint in his eye, he turned his sabre onto himself and slit his own throat. Blood poured from the gaping wound as he reached into Michelle's mind,

Ol'a: "It Has Begun!"

His limp body fell to the floor, the life oozed out.

Silence...

Surprised, Michelle took a step back, and her face colored in dismay. Such is the path of the dark side.

But she couldn't help but wonder what exactly did this man mean. It's going to be an interesting report to the Council, that's for sure...

In the meantime, Andrew was pleased that the situation turned out successfully, but he, too clouded over as he reached into the Force. This is just the beginning...

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An hour later...

"...and it seems obvious to me, that things are going to get worse." Michelle said, as she finished her report before the full Council, which consisted of Andrew, Elendil, Rydo, Soloran, Lowbacca the Wookiee, Alex Regalo, and me as a guest, due to my dad's insistence.

[So the Order of the Universe is not yet finished. Has there been any information from the prisoners?] Master Lowie asked, translated by his droid Em-Teedee.

"No, Master." The Knight shook her head. "None of them are talking, and their mind shields are stronger than average. It will take some more time to get them to reveal the whereabouts of the headquarters."

"Do what you can, Michelle, and report when you have anything new." Master Soloran said. "May the Force be with you."

"And with you, Masters." The hologram ended.

"So far, we have concluded one problem, but the nexu is out of the bag." Dad sighed. "A small faction of citizens are calling for my resignation due to this. So far, they're kept at bay with frequent assurances, but it's only a matter of time before more attacks occur, and fear starts gripping the nation."

"That's not all." I said, all eyes turning on me. "There is the constant messages. 'It has begun', and from that report, some sort of resurrection."

"Yes, that is the troubling part. Resurrection of who?" Alex asked.

The question that I vainly hoped never to be answered, because I have a few suspects...

"Hmm....It would seem that action is not neccessary." Kasandral commented as she watched the newest news feed. The fleet had just jumped out of hyperspace, and was currently orbiting Issus.
"I will leave a portion of my fleet here, with the admiral. The rest will come back to Yavin with us."
Kasandral took out her datapad and highlighted several ships on a list:
2 Strike Cruisers
3 Victory II Class Star Destroyers
1 Interdictor Cruiser
5 Dreadnaughts
2 Correllian Corvettes
1 Corellian Gunship
1 Marauder Corvette

OOC: Coreworlds has several main planets. The one you're orbiting is called Issus.

Lord JWolf left the Council Cambers after the Jedis and SWAT members stormed the building. He was heading to his tree house.

An hour later…………..

Lord JWolf sent a hologram to Andrew. “Andrew, when you get this. Call me?”

OOC: Thanks, CW. Editted

Master Elindel. I believe you have some prisoners that need interrogating, and I believe that I have some free time coming up. Would you mind if the two mixed? David sent through the Force, while Mike was just watching the video feed over and over again, hoping to see something that wasn't there before. While David waited on a reply, he was looking at the tape as well, and noticed an aura come off the dark Jedi right as he sacrificed himself.

The I.C.C. Justice hovered over Yavin. Onboard, General Amarka was pondering over the mixed reports of the incident on Issus. The more he studied them, the more enigmatic they appeared. With him was Captain Penda and Commander Tal,

Amarka: "Why would a group of terrorists demand the abdication of an Emperor, only to kill themselves on a threat of ressurection?"

Tal: "Perhaps they believed they would be reborn? So they can try again."

Penda: "I'm not too sure. These terrorists seemed atypical to common Sith characteristcs. The Sith don't normaly take hostages, they would patiently work from the inside to undermine any power."

Amarka: "Agreed. However there is one other piece of the puzzle. The report states that the leader said, 'it has begun'. What has begun though?"

Tal: "Perhaps it is linked with this so-called 'ressurection'?"

Penda: "Wait a minute! Didn't this whole hostage incident start shortly after the transmissions from Tentenerikis V?"

Amarka: "My God." Amarka quickly pressed the intercom on his desk, "Helm, set an immediate course for Tentenerikis V. Activate Skip Drive!"

Amarka darted up and his two subordinates followed suit as they entered the bridge.

Tal: "What is it? What's going on?"

Amarka: "Lieutenant Aclade, send a message to Prince Daniel informing him of our intentions!"

Penda: "What are our intentions General?"

Amarka: "We're going to Tentenerikis V and we are going to destroy the Dark Tomb. It is the only way!"

Penda: "But that's suicide. If we go to that planet, we'll never come back!"

Amarka: "If we don't stop them, we won't be coming back from anywhere!"

Penda: "Stop who General?"

Amarka paused as he sat down,

Amarka: "The Order of the Universe from ressurrecting Warlord Tak'a-Tamen!"

The Justice's engines roared to life as a warp vortex opened in front and the mighty vessel sailed through on a course to prevent total oblivian...

IC:

On comm-link: "Lord JWolf, the I.S.S Justice has just took off." said Kit Vida in his common Twi'lek language.

"Know where they are going?" asked Lord JWolf.

"We will in maybe one hour or so." said Kit.

"Ok. Call me when you got the location." said Lord JWolf.

OOC: ED, tell me if I can track them to Tentenerikis V.

A fax machine started whirling, and a sheet of paper was printed out. Master Elendil tore it from where it spat out, and read the contents, eyes narrowing as he realzed the real danger. "He's coming back..."

"What? Who?" I asked.

"The warlord Tak'a-Tamen. He is returning..."

Daniel, the I.S.S Justice has left Yavin. Do you know anything? asked Lord JWolf to Daniel using the Force.

I sat down, hard, taking in the news. The warlord returns...

After hearing that, Lord JWolf got up and walked over to Merlin's cage. The snake entered its cage and front glass shut. Then Lord JWolf head outside and towards the academy.

If Warlord Tak'a-Tamen is coming back, that is not a good thing. thought Lord JWolf.

TAK?!?! David and Mike both thought at the same time. Kas appeared to hear this, but otherwise unaware.
This ain't good. Mike thought, remembering how he manipulated Kasandra the last time.

I know. I say we take everything we can muster and destroy the whole planet. David replied, not wanting to remember what horrors have spawned from there, but remembering them nonetheless.

How? We only have a few SSDs and no Death Star.

Actually, we do. CM's been building one since I was in office. I ordered it built at the Alpha site, halfway between Earth and Juria. I t should be good enough to fire and travel,

OOC: Oh, no. You aren't drawing a Death Star out on us! I.G.N.O.R.E. proton torpedoes fly down it's exhaust port and destroys it in a puff of godmod smoke. Don't think I won't train them on you!

OOC: Be warned all, Kartion Elesto is going to return...it's going to be the infamous father and son speech all over again. Hur hur hur...

OOC: Yeah, CM. No Death Star in this thread.

OH, lol.

OOC: Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to clap your hands loudly for our returning star...Kartion Elesto! *applaud ensues*

IC: A hooded figure sat in the middle of a room, decorated in Sith tapestry. His eyes were closed, his face obscured by the shadows. The figure was one with the Dark Side. He felt it flow through him, and felt it give him strength. He grinned. He was the current Dark Lord of the Sith. He was revered by most, and known by all. He, was Kartion Elesto. Secret son of Tak'a-tamen, rogue Jedi, and extremely powerful Force welder, who utilised abilities few Jedi or Sith could do. At this point however, Kartion's grin faded, and his face straightened. He opened his eyes, which were jet black.

"It cannot be..."

But it was. The thing that Kartion thought would never happend just did. Tak'a-Tamen had rejoined the Dark Side.

"He's ..."

He focused some more, his eyes becoming reminiscent to Black holes. After a few seconds he realised.

"He's ressurecting himself...my god, my father's returning..."

At this point, Kartion's apprentice, Jared Noren ran in. Kartion had apprenticed this rogue shortly after the of Tak'a-Tamen. However, his right arm was cybernetic. In his bout to control Klatooine (which succeeded), he removed Daniel Masaki, who was in his way, and sent him to his apprentice. However, his apprentice was defeated by Daniel, and thanks to that, Daniel managed to sell off Jared's ship, a ship that meant alot to Kartion. For those two failures, Jared suggested Kartion take away his arm. He was more than oblidged to do so.

Jared bowed.

"Master, I just he-"

Kartion bowed his head down, and looked up, his eyes now sharp red.

"Knock before you enter young one. And yes, I know you heard me. You know what to do."

The apprentice nodded. Kartion grinned.

"Do so then, we must welcome my father back into the Dark Side."

Jared smiled, bowed, and jogged out. Kartion stood up, and walked out of the room. He sighed, and felt his Sabre Staff.

"Soon my father...soon..."

With that, he proceeded to the pit of his modified Lambda Shuttle. He sat down in the pilots chair. Jared started counting down.

"5...4...3...2...1...Tentenerikis V here we come!"

And with that, the deep black Lambda Class Shuttle jumped into hyperspace...

OOC: ED, tell me if I can track them to Tentenerikis V.

OOC: Just to use a bit of tech-talk, the Justice travels interstella by use of a 'skip drive'. This creates a tunnel for which a ship can travel through, similar to a wormhole. This makes tracking a vessel through this conduit impossible as it occurs outside of normal space.

IC: Tentenrikis V was considered to be one of the most inhospitible planets in the galaxy, perhaps even in the known universe. Its proximity within the darkest corner of the galaxy made it an elusive world, which was the perfect choice for the Dark Tomb which held Tak'a-Tamen initially. However, as with all things, his incarceration did not last long. It was interrupted by two mercinaries escaping the Imperial Remnant. For they had entered the Dark Tomb and had awoken the evil Warlord who, after a thousand years sought once again to absorb the souls of the strong and claim the galaxy as his own.

It was only with the guidance of the ancient Sage Justin and the assistance of his fellow Jedi that Daniel Masaki had defeated Tak'a-Tamen. Since then, the universe had for once enjoyed its existence without the evil Warlord.

Until now...

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Hundreds of the Order followers had gathered outside the Dark Temple, waiting. Many had waited for nearly a year and equally as many had scattered themselves throughout the galaxy to hide within the confines of many worlds. When the time was right, a small group on Issus had breached the security of the Galactic Exchange Building. Issus is part of CoreWorlds and Daniel Masaki, Heir to the Core Throne was responsible for Tak'a-Tamen's defeat.

But now the chaos was growing, feeding the power for the Dark Temple. The followers were knelt before the entrance, chanting and humming as the power grew. For the first time, the temple glowed, the eerie light coming from within. The chanting became quicker, the humming louder as the power increased.

Suddenly, there was a brilliant flash of light and the followers winced away. Thunder roared overhead as the light shot upward toward the heavens. Then there was silence.

The followers looked toward the temple, their eyes having to re-ajust to the darkness once more. As their sight slowly came into focus, all could see a shape standing in the entrance. Draped in black, the figure stepped forward and in perfect sync, the followers all lowered their heads to the ground.

Darkness...

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On the I.C.C. Justice,

Amarka: "Oh no." he whispered to himself.

...

I walked out of the Council room, wondering what I should do. Though I have defeated Tak'a-Tamen once before, I suppose that this time, it would be just a little bit harder. Well, I could take one of the fighters, or stow away on one of the shuttles in the hangar. But what would I do once I get to the planet?

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Shadow Jedi Master Alex Masaki meditated on the Force, balancing light with dark like only a Masaki ever could. Even in a backwater world like Onderon, he still recieved holonews every now and then, and the latest hostage situation at Issus troubled him. As he meditated in the Force, he could feel troubling times ahead. It would take a lot for the Jedi Master, self-exiled patriarch of the Masaki Family, to lose his composure, even for a second, but a growing power in the Dark Side has him deeply concerned for the welfare of his sons Andrew and Yano and his seven grandchildren (Four for Andrew, three for Yanosuke), concern he hasn't felt since he left the nation to pursue his research into the deeper meanings of the Force many decades ago. This power was dangerously familiar, and he thought his favorite grandson had eradicated it a year ago. It seems that he was wrong.

He has returned... Alex thought, and ended his meditation. It is time to prepare the boy for the second confrontation. He contacted his younger brother Jedi Master Christopher Masaki through the Force, and the two of them decided to take the steath shuttle Alex owns to Yavin. Within the hour, a ghostly shape rose into the sky and disappeared from the planet, leaving the villagers as alone as they every were...

On Comm-link: "Lord JWolf, we can't track them." said Kit.

"It is ok. Call Freeman to have everybody ready." said Lord JWolf as he ran into the academy’s back doors.

“Copy that. Will do, Master.” said Kit.

OOC: I take it you didn't like my idea of MY Death Star taking out Tentenrikis V...ok, then it doesn't go.

IC:

David had just gotten off the horn with his friend Mike Kowalski. It appears as though the armor plating on the new DS was so dense it collapsed the first prototype and they had to reduce its neutronium content from one hundred times to that of the original. Also, the superlaser were non-operational, the hyperdrives were shorting out all the time, the reactor could only go at 50% of maximum, and the crew wasn't trained. It wasn't about to shoot for a few years. Too bad. David told his son of the news and Mikereplied simply.

"Well then, we'll have to kill the bugger the old-fashioned way."

"Yeah. Tell the Council we're going there to destroy the temple and him. We need support, mainly the Masaki boy to fight Tak while we blow the living shit out of the temple and its surrounding parts." David replied angrily. Swearing was out of character for him, especially around the ladies. Mike knew something was eating at hin.

The appointed head of the followers rose and stepped forward, his eyes still fixed to the ground as he slowly climbed the steps to approach the dark figure,

Head: "Mighty Warlord. We, the Order of the Universe have worked to restore your presence into this realm. I am the Overlord of the Order and...

His words were suddenly choked as the figure reached forth with his arm and closed the Overlord's throat with the ease of his mind.

Tak'a-Tamen: "I am Warlord Tak'a-Tamen," his voice was but a chilled whisper, "and I have no need for an 'Overlord'."

With that, he raised the Overlord above his head and commanded the powers of thunder and lightening to strike. The Overlord's body fried like bacon in boiling oil. His flesh began to melt, his eyes rolled backward into his skull as his extremities dropped to the ground as burning chuncks. It wasn't long before the charred skeletal remains followed suit and crumpled to the ground in front of him. Stepping over the Overlord's remains, Tak'a-Tamen viewed the scene before him. Hundreds of Order followers were knelt before him and he could feel their fear.

Tak'a-Tamen: "Let the wars begin!" he bellowed, his arms outstretched before him, "this time, nothing will stop me!"

The followers began cheering, more out of fear than anything else. But that didn't matter. He could feel the power of the force flowing through him. It was even more powerful, more evil than ever before,

Tak'a-Tamen: "The ressurection has come. And soon I shall have my revenge on that insolent young fool; Daniel Masaki!"

He smiled...

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On the I.C.C Justice,

Tal: "General, sensors are picking up some kind of... echo."

The uncertainty in his voice was all too clear,

Amarka: "You don't sound too sure. What kind of echo?"

Tal: "I don't know. The silhouette seems to resemble a Lambda class Shuttle."

Amarka: "Heading for Tentenerikis V?"

Tal: "Readings are sporadic at best General. I can't get any clearer than that."

Amarka: "It can't be anything important. Log it for now and continue your analyisis of our destination. We must be ready for anything."

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Reunion...

OOC: CoreWorlds! Remember me? I'm "froggyliciousness". We made a storefront together. Good times.

OOC: Oh yeah, I remember! Welcome back, fellow shareholder!

OOC: Thank god someone noticed.

IC: "We're there master" Jared said, flipping some switches. Kartion nodded.

"Go and get your ceremonial robes on, and wait in your room until I say you can come out. Understand?"

Jared nodded, and left the cabin. Smiling to himself, he hit the engines, and began to ease the shuttle down to Tentenerikis V. Closing his eyes, he used the Force to control the wheel, while beaconing himself to his father.

I'm coming...

OOC: Thank god someone noticed.

IC: "We're there master" Jared said, flipping some switches. Kartion nodded.

"Go and get your ceremonial robes on, and wait in your room until I say you can come out. Understand?"

Jared nodded, and left the cabin. Smiling to himself, he hit the engines, and began to ease the shuttle down to Tentenerikis V. Closing his eyes, he used the Force to control the wheel, while beaconing himself to his father.

I'm coming...

OOC: Hey a potential father-son relationship between Tak'a-Tamen and Kartion. Sounds VERY sinister! lol

IC: Tak'a-Tamen felt a presence. Something... familiar somehow. A tremor in the force that seemed to stem from long ago. Just then, one of the Order approached him,

Follower: "Almighty Warlord. A warship of somekind is orbiting this very sphere. We have also detected the approach of a shuttle landing."

Tak'a-Tamen: "I know." His voice was soft and quiet, "Leave the shuttle, but destroy the warship!"

Follower: "As you command High One."

By now the rest of the followers had dispersed, leaving toward their respective destinations. It wasn't long before Tak'a-Tamen was alone, waiting for this 'presence' to reveal itself."

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Tal: "I swear it sir. That same shuttle has just landed on the surface!"

The Justice had entered orbit just a short while ago and for some reason or another, the shuttle had completely bypassed them and had landed.

Amarka: "Power up the Ion Inverter. We won't have much time before..."

But his sentence was interrupted,

Tal: "General! I have incoming targets bearing port-197. IFF readings indicate hostile."

Amarka: "Belay my previous order and activate Assault Grid."

The Justice's weaponary came to life as beam turrets and anti-fighter rail guns emerged from their respective alcoves. A wall of TIE-Interceptors emerged from the planet's atmosphere and moved toward the Justice.

Penda: "Battle Condition One! Stand by all batteries."

Amarka: "Prepare counter-active. Target first wave and fire!"

The rail guns flared into life, ripping into the first wave of enemy fighters. The second group broke off and split into two directions,

Tal: "Hostiles attempting to flank us!"

Penda: "Bring forward guns to bear. Target flanking wave."

...

At the same time, another shuttle made it's way towards Yavin, one bearing the markings of the Royal Family. A special code was sent to the ground control, and the shuttle was let through without incident. The shuttle slid though the atmosphere like a shark and aimed itself for the hangar bay. Once it's landing cycle concluded the stealth shuttle opened it's door, revealing two men, one in his early 60s and the other in his late 50s. The older man wears a regal brown cape and dark brown clothing, and his hair is almost white. The younger wears Master's robes and his cloak, and his hair retains some semblance of black. Jedi Masters Alex and Chris Masaki, the oldest surviving members of the family.

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I had been summoned to the hangar bay by the PA system, and to my surprise, I found my grandfather and great-uncle waiting for me!

"Grandfather, Uncle Chris. It's good to see you." I said, though still slightly wary of my grandfather.

"And you too, Daniel." Alex said. "You understand we have a problem."

"Yeah, we do. I just felt this big spike in the Force." I said, frowning.

"The Warlord." Chris nodded. "Is your father around?"

"No, but we could patch through to him, once we meet the Council." I said.

"Then make it so. We don't have much time." Alex said quickly...

The Justice had sustained some moderate damage in the onslaught, but was able to hold it's own. The rail guns ripped up the closest fighters as the beam turrets targeted the furthest TIEs.

Penda: "General, more and more enemy fighters continue to attack. We may not be able to cope with a whole lot more!"

Amarka: "We MUST destroy the Dark Temple."

A hit close to the bridge caused an explosion in one of the consoles,

Penda: "But sir!"

Amarka: "WE STAY!"

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Tak'a-Tamen sensed the conflict above. These trespassers don't seem to be taking the hint.

With that, he summoned up the power within the Dark Temple. Focusing his mind, he located the exact position of the warship...

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The onslaught continued. It appeared for a moment as if the waves of fighters had reduced. However, whatever positive thinking he had quickly disappeared after hearing his science officer's report,

Tal: "I'm picking up a massive energy build-up from the surface!"

Amarka's reaction was quick, yet not quick enough. As he gave the order to retreat, a beam of focused energy reached up from the planet and struck the Justice amidships. The force was overwhelming as everybody was knocked off their feet. Explosions racketed the bridge, as it did on every other deck as the ship spun out of control.

Penda: "HELM, GET US OUT OF HERE!"

Unfortunately the helmsman was dead, so Penda darted forward and entered the commands himself. The Skip Drive roared into life as a vortex opened in front. The ship sailed through once more, just as another beam of energy shot forth.

Silence...

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Tak'a-Tamen was universally pleased with himself and continued to wait for the arrival of this 'familiar presence'.

"Kas. Take us out to about 50 lightyears from Tentenrikis V. Dad and I have a job to do. We need you to then retreat your fleet back to a research station at these coordinates. Watch out, though, its between eight black holes. We accidentally created one more." Make said, handing her a datapad and loading some stuff in the Outrider for their descent towards the evil planet yet again.

Lord JWolf was walking in halls of acadeny when he saw Daniel running to the hanger bay.

He ain't trying to leave. Is he? thought Lord JWolf. Using the Force, he center on the hanger bay. Felling to strong Jedis in there.

The cavalry has arrived. thought Lord JWolf as he headed to the Council cambers.

In the Council Chambers again...

"I have felt it too, Father." Andrew said. "Tak'a-Tamen has indeed risen again."

"Then it will be up to all of us to combine our strengths to defeat this evil." Alex replied. "But most of all, you must be ready to face the Dark Lord, Daniel."

"Me?!" I asked, all eyes on me again.

Alex gave a wan smile. "Yes, you. You've defeated him once, you have the ability to defeat him again Trust in the Force, and believe in yourself."

Talk about peer pressure. Talk about the destiny of a galaxy resting in your hands. I suppose that's my lot in life as a Jedi...

"I'm ready, Masters." I nodded solemnly.

Alex grinned, the first time I've seen my Grandpa grin, and it's scary! "We'll see!"

Oh shit...he's pulling out his rapier-style crimson lightsaber! The Masters are moving their chairs back to give room for us. This is so, so unfair! But I had to be ready, so I ignited my own lightsaber, nice and silvery-white, and we both saluted each other. Grandfather and grandson circled each other, then I struck first! Easily parried with nary a flick of Gramps' wrist. Being the experienced fencer that he is, Grandpa views this as a chess game, each move to be countered by another move, each flick of his blade a position to counter my strikes and parries. I did pretty well considering that I only lasted a minute!
When Gramps goes on the offensive, I'm hard-pressed to stop his blows and feints, and on the 10th or something block (it was so fast I couldn't tell) he disarmed me, and held his blade at my neck.

"Well, my boy. You did pretty well...for an apprentice." Gramps smirked. "But you'd need more practice, much more, if you wish to hold out longer against the likes of me."

Oh, this is going to be a long day...

Lord JWolf stopped at the doorway of the Council Chambers and saw something weird, Daniel in a duel with Alex. He watched the duel and watching every move from they both did.

Daniel is getting good. thought Lord JWolf. Then Daniel's lightsaber is knock out of his hands. Damn it, in ten move he was disarmed. He slowly enter the room and sits in window seal.

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In the training room................

Erik in a lightsaber training session. This will be the five one, today. Bar-stay and Daniel Freeman are watching him.

Kasandral ordered for Mike's commands to be followed and turned to him.
"May I ask why you would have me do this? Also, do you wish to stay here on the ship or return to Yavin?"

"There..."

Kartion eased the shuttle through the clouds, his hands on the wheel again. Then, he saw it.

"Crap..."

Rolling the shuttle and hitting the afterburners, Kartion looked to his left to see a beam shoot upward.

"Strong he is...."

Grinning, Kartion brought the shuttles through the clouds, and there, just in front oh him, was the temple. And there...was him. Decreasing the throttle, he brought the shuttle around and brought it to land just a few feet away from Tak'a-Tamen.

Patting his Sabre Staff, Kartion left the cabin, and went to the exit ramp. He slapped the button next to him, and silently, the ramp began to lower...

Mike, his eyes revealing nothing more than his concern, simply replied, "I want you and your crew to get as far away from here as you can. We can limp it back to the Academy and send you the message of all clear. If all else fails, go to CM a Kowaslki will give you and your crew amnesty. He'll hide you and the ships are already in inventory in CM so hiding them requires just a new coat of paint and numbers."

"Whoa...wait a minute. I hope you don't think I'm staying. I'm not just going to let you guys go have all the fun!" Kasandral winked.

David and Mike turned at once, their eyes glaring. It was true that Mike was a spitting image of his father at that age, even now their ways and looks were exactly alike.

"No Kas." David replied in order to keep the peace be tween the two lovebirds, "You will not. I hope you will understand in time what I mean. But we are leaving now if you keep that foolish attitude up. You will do as you are told. This is for your safety more than you could ever understand....I guess now is as good as ever to tell you, Lord Tak-a-Tamen has been resurrected. We must keep you away from him as much as possible for your protection. Understand this, otherwise we'd love for you to come, but this man is more powerful than most of the Council combined and we would rather die than see you lose your will to him."

Mike just kept the grim look on his face showing his sincerity on this matter.

They wish to take your glory in this moment...do not let them bully you. Zerghial communicated.
I do not intend to...
Her eyes narrowing, Kasandral replied. "This is my fleet, Mister Miles. I will do with it what I will. The fool Tak'a Tamen can not retake me...I am not as vulnerable now. I need no idiot sith to increase my ego. I will go, Mister Miles, and you will not, can not, stop me."
Well said... Zerghial commented.
Yes...Hmm..It won't do for me to always have to use strong emotions to activate you...the jedi would catch on. Can you make it so that I, and only I, can activate you with but a thought?
It will be done...
Kasandral turned to one of the Blood Maidens (Kas's force-trained honor gaurds) which followed her and ordered, "Ready my ship."
"Yes, my lady." the Blood Maiden bowed and left the room.

Tak'a-Tamen stood above the steps of the Dark Temple with his arms crossed, observing the landed Lambda shuttle with scrutiny. The familiar presence was definately getting closer and it certainly wan't a threat. Before him four Order followers were placed like sentries, standing on both sides with equal distance between the base of the steps and the Warlord. The eerie silence broke when Tak'a-Tamen spoke,

Tak'a-Tamen: "Approach and identify yourself!"

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The I.C.C. Justice limped into orbit of Yavin after exiting the skip vortex. Damage to the midships was visibly considerable as debris particals continued to break away due to the stress of motion. For the first time, the ship's auto-distress signal was being transmitted indicating the crew were either incapacitated, or dead...

Aboard the Shadow Cat, in orbit around Yavin....................

"What the hell?" said Bob Vida as the I.C.C. Justice came back into Yavin. He pushed a few button on his panel and open Comms with Lord JWolf. "Master, the I.C.C. Justice is back."

"Yes, is it ok." replied Lord JWolf.

"No, it looks like it just came from Hell. Something attacked it with some type of super laser. Plus, a distress signal is coming from it." said Bob.

"That is not good." said Lord JWolf. "Keep a eye on it."

"Will do." said Bob.

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"Masters, I.C.C. Justice is back and is sending a distress signal from it." said Lord JWolf. "Bob said it looks like it was hit by super laser or something."

Tak'a-Tamen stood above the steps of the Dark Temple with his arms crossed, observing the landed Lambda shuttle with scrutiny. The familiar presence was definately getting closer and it certainly wan't a threat. Before him four Order followers were placed like sentries, standing on both sides with equal distance between the base of the steps and the Warlord. The eerie silence broke when Tak'a-Tamen spoke,

Tak'a-Tamen: "Approach and identify yourself!"

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The I.C.C. Justice limped into orbit of Yavin after exiting the skip vortex. Damage to the midships was visibly considerable as debris particals continued to break away due to the stress of motion. For the first time, the ship's auto-distress signal was being transmitted indicating the crew were either incapacitated, or ...

Kartion merely grinned as he put his hood over his head. Letting the Dark Side well up in him, we slowly walked down the ramp. He was the Dark Lord of the Sith. Tak'a-Tamen was a returning Sith. However, this Sith was his secret father, and so that saved him from a slow painful .

He let the Darkness in him well up more and more, absorbing so much of the Dark Side from his surroundings that he became a beacon of Darkness throughout the galaxy.

Keeping his head low, he continued to walk towards Tak'a-Tamen, until he was three feet away from him.

"It's been a long time, I never thought I'd have the chance to meet you...and what's the point in me saying who I already am, you already know, don't you...."

Kartion looked up at Tak'a-Tamen, his red eyes piercing, almost melting Tak'a's eyeballs.

The I.C.C. Justice limped into orbit of Yavin after exiting the skip vortex. Damage to the midships was visibly considerable as debris particals continued to break away due to the stress of motion. For the first time, the ship's auto-distress signal was being transmitted indicating the crew were either incapacitated, or dead...
The commander of the Strike Cruiser Solar Flare was astonished at the amount of damage the ship incurred, and ordered his crew to prepare for boarding as he contacted the Core fleet for more medical ships. Several squads of troops suited up against possible breaches, and the Strike Cruiser moved towards the Justice and began sending out shuttles for the other crew to board.

Kartion merely grinned as he put his hood over his head. Letting the Dark Side well up in him, we slowly walked down the ramp. He was the Dark Lord of the Sith. Tak'a-Tamen was a returning Sith. However, this Sith was his secret father, and so that saved him from a slow painful .

He let the Darkness in him well up more and more, absorbing so much of the Dark Side from his surroundings that he became a beacon of Darkness throughout the galaxy.

Keeping his head low, he continued to walk towards Tak'a-Tamen, until he was three feet away from him.

"It's been a long time, I never thought I'd have the chance to meet you...and what's the point in me saying who I already am, you already know, don't you...."

Kartion looked up at Tak'a-Tamen, his red eyes piercing, almost melting Tak'a's eyeballs.

Tak'a-Tamen looked into the stranger's gaze. He could feel the darkness within him.

Tak'a-Tamen: I know that what ever you are, you have made a grave mistake coming here."

He directed at the four Order guards, who unsheathed their lightsabres and charged at Kartion. Tak'a-Taman stood with his arms folded, grinning.

On the bridge of the Justice, General Amarka awoke under a pile of debris. Opening his eyes, he scanned his surroundings to discover a relm of chaos, fire and smoke. It was so cluttered that he could hardly make out where he was in relation to the rest of the bridge. A sharp pain suddenly shot through his left leg which, at least confirmed he was still alive. A support beam appeared to have fallen on him and his leg caught the brunt of it. He could hear groaning as he tried to move.

Captain Penda was splayed over the helm unconscious, Commander Tal was likewise in a similar position at the science station and Lieutenant Aclade was crumpled under another pile of debris. Some alert lights were still flashing and the few surviving consoles flickered randomly before shorting out.

Amarka tried to move the beam that trapped him but each time it caused him great pain. Gathering himself together, he took deep breaths and with all the strength he could muster, the injured General hauled the great mass of metal off of himself. He let out screams of agony which, ironically seemed to help ease the discomfort. He rested a minute before attempting to move...

As medical ships popped insystem and started sending ambulance shuttles to the stricken ship, the assault shuttles pushed their way into the hangar bay, and set down. Troops piled out and began looking for living people. Those living are tagged with a small beacon. Those dead...not worth bothering with right now.

The ambulances now entered the shuttle, and paramedics rushed out quickly to carry people to their shuttles, some on stretchers.

Sergeant Major Gervin Dalshi and his squad made their way to the bridge, checking bodies for signs of life along the way, and blasting open doors that don't open to space. As he reached the bridge, he saw the door welded shut, and brought his powerful blaster rifle to bear, melting the door in a shower of sparks. It exploded, and the marines stepped in, checking the people. The sergeant went to the man who groaned, identified as General Amarka.

"General, are you all right?" He asked.

"'Mister Miles'? I hope you remember that it was me who kept you from being killed at Tak-a-Tamen's last stand. It was Mike who kept you safe when you two were shot down. It was you who became corrupted by the Dark Side in the most despirate hour I have ever seen. I believe that if you follow, not only you but my son will be killed in a fashion tht would make the Sandpeople of Tatooine look nice. I cannot take such a chance." David says, indignant. He forms a shield around the three and shoots Kas with a knockout dart. She immeadiately drops. Mike takes her to a shuttle, in his own shield, and the two fly to the Asguard mothership. David starts the Outrider and jumps using the new well-field generator. He's now untraceable and has escaped. As for the Mothership, while the Outrider was averting the attention, it had jumped as well. This one was traceable, however, and it had jumped to Yavin. Kas, as has happened before, was in a jail cell. Mike had taken everything but her underwear off and reclothed her in a carbon fiber bodysuit. He took the lightsaber, and feeling a strange aura about it, placed it in one of the new bins that contained a captured Imperial Force-interrupters. This the Council would have to see for itself.

"'Mister Miles'? I hope you remember that it was me who kept you from being killed at Tak-a-Tamen's last stand. It was Mike who kept you safe when you two were shot down. It was you who became corrupted by the Dark Side in the most despirate hour I have ever seen. I believe that if you follow, not only you but my son will be killed in a fashion tht would make the Sandpeople of Tatooine look nice. I cannot take such a chance." David says, indignant. He forms a shield around the three and shoots Kas with a knockout dart. She immeadiately drops. Mike takes her to a shuttle, in his own shield, and the two fly to the Asguard mothership. David starts the Outrider and jumps using the new well-field generator. He's now untraceable and has escaped. As for the Mothership, while the Outrider was averting the attention, it had jumped as well. This one was traceable, however, and it had jumped to Yavin. Kas, as has happened before, was in a jail cell. Mike had taken everything but her underwear off and reclothed her in a carbon fiber bodysuit. He took the lightsaber, and feeling a strange aura about it, placed it in one of the new bins that contained a captured Imperial Force-interrupters. This the Council would have to see for itself.
OOC: That last part is anachronistic, since the Empire didn't attack until three years later. Barring that, I expect a really good explaination of how you acquired it.

Sergeant Major Gervin Dalshi and his squad made their way to the bridge, checking bodies for signs of life along the way, and blasting open doors that don't open to space. As he reached the bridge, he saw the door welded shut, and brought his powerful blaster rifle to bear, melting the door in a shower of sparks. It exploded, and the marines stepped in, checking the people. The sergeant went to the man who groaned, identified as General Amarka.

"General, are you all right?" He asked.

Amarka squinted as the torchlight beamed into his face,

Amarka: "W-where are we? Who are you?

Blood was oozing from the side of his head as he observed Dalshi's squad checking the rest of the bridge crew. He noticed Penda regain consciousness, or at least a little,

Amarka: "What about my crew... my ship?"

Amarka squinted as the torchlight beamed into his face,

Amarka: "W-where are we? Who are you?

Blood was oozing from the side of his head as he observed Dalshi's squad checking the rest of the bridge crew. He noticed Penda regain consciousness, or at least a little,

Amarka: "What about my crew... my ship?"
"Sorry, sir. Your ship looks like it needs really extensive rebuilding or it'll have to be scuttled. We counted over 80 dead, sir." The sergeant said, as medics came in to check people.

Kasandral awoke slowly, unsure of where she was.
A cell....Damn. she thought.
She looked around. The cell was pretty bare, save for a bunk. Outside she could see a couple of gaurds...so far they hadn't noticed her wake. Mike was nowhere in sight. Kasandral eyed the gaurds. They were armed, but that could be to her advantage. Kasandral reached down to her hip for Zerghial, and realized that it was not there.
Zerghial! Kasandral reached out to the blade with the force. There was no reply.
Kasandral again looked at the gaurds.
David or Mike have Zerghial...I've got to get it back. It will not do for the council to discover it.
Kasandral sat on the bunk. Suddenly, she remembered something.
My implant! I can contact Gurshix...
Kasandral reached up to her right ear, and tapped the lobe twice. Quietly, so as to not attract the gaurd's attention, Kasandral whispered.
"Gurshix...come in. Gurshix, can you read me?"
"Lady Xerephen?"
"Yes...I am aboard the Miles' ship...the larger one. I need immediate rescue. I'm in a cell...I can't talk long. They betrayed us. Send a team to get me, and we can decide our next actions from there."
One of the gaurds turned and looked at Kasandral. "What did you say?"
"Hmm? Nothing..." Kasandral replied, lying back on the bunk.
Gurshix sent a reply. "Very well, Kasandral. It will be done. I will send the BloodMaidens. We will get you out...have no fear."
Kasandral remained silent, for fear of the gaurd hearing again. Gurshix descommed with a click.
----ON BOARD THE Sprite----
"BloodMaidens: Report to briefing room 3." Gurshix sent over the intercom. Several minutes later, the briefing began. 20 Blood Maidens sat around the table.
"Maidens: Our lady has been captured and betrayed by the Miles family. She is aboard their Asgaurd ship, in orbit of Yavin. We must board immediately. You will have to use force to get in, but from there you must use extreme caution. There are several fleets orbiting Yavin...we can not allow them to come to the Miles' aid."
The Maidens nodded. Several minutes later, the briefing concluded and the Maidens began to gather equipment.
----SPACE----
Blood Maiden Jana Quirze led the team through space, using personal rockets and space suits to traverse the gap to the Asgaurd ship. They touched down on the hull about a half hour later, having gotten through the shields with powerful anti-shield emitters. Once on the hull, they began the slow process of setting explosives over a 20 foot section. They also set a mechanism to seal the hole when a remote signal was sent.
Another half hour later, the explosives were ready.
"Detonate!" Jana yelled into her com system from inside the globular squad shield which would protect the team from the blast...

"Sorry, sir. Your ship looks like it needs really extensive rebuilding or it'll have to be scuttled. We counted over 80 dead, sir." The sergeant said, as medics came in to check people.

Amarka: "80?! Dear God." He composed himself as he was helped free from the rest of the debris by Dalshi. "It wasn't meant to be like this. It.. it just wasn't."

Penda rose to his feet with the help of a medic and he turned to Amarka,

Penda: "General, are you okay?"

Amarka: "Ow! I think my leg is broken but, I'm alive." He looked around again from his more clearer perspective, "what a mess."

Penda: "It's never been this bad before sir, but the auto-repair system should be able to handle the major bits."

Amarka: "Sergeant Major is it?" Dalshi nodded, "can you arrange a dry-dock facility to help get my ship back up again?"

"Sure. Just talk to the Jedi about tugboats." The sergeant said.

"Yavin Control, this is the CMS Miles. We are en route and with prisoners. Requesting permission to land and have the Council meet us. Mike Miles said there was something important on board. We also have Kasandral Xeraphan captive and believed to be influenced by the Dark side." the Commander said over the commlink as the AM charges hit, "We have taken fire, we're coming in..." The transmission ended, but the commands did not.

"I want Blood Rangers on those holes. I want sleeeping gas in the affected areas, and I want Kas, the Miles Family, and the cargo Mike was worried about on the Eagle of Dawn escorted by all the fighters we have." he shouted. Before he finished, Mike, the dark saber, the Miles family, Kas, and three Blood Rangers were aboard the Eagle. They were dispached to the planet and their escorts (CMSF175s, T-wings, X-wings, B-wings, TiEs, and V-wings) were in hot as they hit the landing pad. Just before they'd hit, then virtually stopped, rattling almost everything, but that bin was still secure and the emitter working. This the Council must see.

"Yavin Control, this is the CMS Miles. We are en route and with prisoners. Requesting permission to land and have the Council meet us. Mike Miles said there was something important on board. We also have Kasandral Xeraphan captive and believed to be influenced by the Dark side." the Commander said over the commlink as the AM charges hit, "We have taken fire, we're coming in..." The transmission ended, but the commands did not.

"I want Blood Rangers on those holes. I want sleeeping gas in the affected areas, and I want Kas, the Miles Family, and the cargo Mike was worried about on the Eagle of Dawn escorted by all the fighters we have." he shouted. Before he finished, Mike, the dark saber, the Miles family, Kas, and three Blood Rangers were aboard the Eagle. They were dispached to the planet and their escorts (CMSF175s, T-wings, X-wings, B-wings, TiEs, and V-wings) were in hot as they hit the landing pad. Just before they'd hit, then virtually stopped, rattling almost everything, but that bin was still secure and the emitter working. This the Council must see.

Master Masaki and Master Elendil were both waiting for them. Alex seemed pretty interested into what exactly is so important that it had to be escorted by fighters that just about filled the entire hangar. They'll have to use a clearing from here on in.

Jana led the way into the hole. She transmitted the code to seal the hole once the team was in. As gas began to come in through the vents, she yelled out, "Masks!"
The team held their breath as they got out of the space suits, and placed anti-gas breathers over their mouths.
"Quickly! This way! I want two teams of 10! 1st team: engage and distract enemy forces! 2nd team: With me, rescue lady Xerephen!"
A chorus of "Aye Aye!" sounded. The teams split and began moving.

Kas was in shackles, behind her was Mike with a tranquilizer gun.

"Did we have to do this same routine?" Mike asks her, referring to when she was briefly a Sith.

After them were three Marines holding a bin that held Zerghial. Kas looked at it briefly, in vain.

"Masters," Mike started, "It appears the lightsaber in here contains a dark aura around it more powerful than that Lord Tak-a-Tamen had when Daniel Masaki dispatched him. I fear its power and it has been thusly placed in a Force inhibiting bin. This is done to control it and keep the prisoner from regaining control of it or vice versa. I suggest we put the prisoner in an EM and Force-inhibited cell and then examine the saber in a contained room."

Kas was in shackles, behind her was Mike with a tranquilizer gun.

"Did we have to do this same routine?" Mike asks her, referring to when she was briefly a Sith.

After them were three Marines holding a bin that held Zerghial. Kas looked at it briefly, in vain.

"Masters," Mike started, "It appears the lightsaber in here contains a dark aura around it more powerful than that Lord Tak-a-Tamen had when Daniel Masaki dispatched him. I fear its power and it has been thusly placed in a Force inhibiting bin. This is done to control it and keep the prisoner from regaining control of it or vice versa. I suggest we put the prisoner in an EM and Force-inhibited cell and then examine the saber in a contained room."
"We have a statis chamber for Dark-sider prisoners." Master Elendil said. "It should be enough to hold her."

OOC: Think the chamber from AOTC, when Dooku interrogates Obi-Wan and spews the 'Join me and we'll rule the galaxy' bullshit.

Lord JWolf came out of the shadows of the hanger bay. He was eyeing Kasandral the whole time and a lot of ideas have flashed in his mind.

"Mike, I will take Kasandral off your hands," he said with a evil grin, "And show her how I turned my knights back to the light."

The "distraction team", which Jana designated as Beta, jogged through the corridors. Suddenly, Blood Rangers came into view at the end of one hall.
"Break and attack!" the leader of Beta shouted.
7 of the 10 members of Beta Team ignited their lightsabers and charged, 2 of them leading with a barrage of lightning. The other 3 aimed their blaster rifles and began firing.
-----
Jana crept through the corridors, acting as point for Alpha Team. Occasionally, she would signal for a halt, and shoot out a camera, or disable a maintenance droid. Twice the team had to quickly go into an adjacent hallway or room as a marine passed. Finally, Jana caught sight of the brig.
Jana tapped her right earlobe three times.
"Alpha: Brig in sight...advancing."
Jana crept closer. She could see three gaurds sitting in the brig area. She took aim with her blaster pistol, which was modified for silence, and fired on the first. He fell over, head smoking. The rest of Alpha jogged up behind, igniting sabers to finish the other two gaurds. Jana quickly looked around the brig.
"Damn...she's not here."
She tapped her right earlobe twice.
"Com: Lady Xerephen. Lady Xerphen: Can you read me?"
-----
Kasandral heard the communications. She replied, as quietly as she could.
"I'm on Yavin...request rescue. Take your time...don't screw it up."
She then turned to JWolf.
"JWolf...I would rather die than be taught anything by you." She then spit as hard as she could in his direction.
-----
Jana nodded, then tapped her ear three times again.
"Alpha: Form up, head for hangar. Beta: Complete current engagement. Rendeveux in hangar bay."
Affirmative clicks sounded.
Jana jogged off through the corridors, and began creeping toward the hangar...

Kasandral heard the communications. She replied, as quietly as she could.
"I'm on Yavin...request rescue. Take your time...don't screw it up."
She then turned to JWolf.
"JWolf...I would rather die than be taught anything by you." She then spit as hard as she could in his direction.

"Kasandral, you must have forgot I was a vampire." said Lord JWolf as he moved out of the way of the spit. "Masters, we will have company in little bit. Get ready."

Tak'a-Tamen looked into the stranger's gaze. He could feel the darkness within him.

Tak'a-Tamen: I know that what ever you are, you have made a grave mistake coming here."

He directed at the four Order guards, who unsheathed their lightsabres and charged at Kartion. Tak'a-Taman stood with his arms folded, grinning.

"Unwise..."

Kartion ignited his Sabre Staff and flipped through the air. Turning, he blocked a few attacks and then stabbed the first guard through the back. Rolling, he split his Staff into two Sabre's and fought against the two Order surrounding him. Sighing, he kicked one out the way, and sliced the other in half.

The last guard came running towards him. Kartion merely grinned as he stuck out his hand. The guard's eyes were filled with horror, and he fell just before Kartion. Looking up, he began to choke as his life force was sucked out of him. After five seconds, Kartion closed his hand, and a frail old man, trying to hold onto the last tiny bit of life he had, was all that was left.

He then sensed the last guard.

He turned and saw a blade come down on him...

...

...And through him. The guard suddenly began to fade out of existance...

...

...And into existance in the highest reaches of the atmosphere.

Kartion turned to Tak'a-Tamen, reassembled his Saber Staff, and grinned.

Kartion turned to Tak'a-Tamen, reassembled his Saber Staff, and grinned.

Tak'a-Tamen laughed. And not for the first time, was his laugh filled with more than just sadistical,

Tak'a-Tamen: "Good, very impressive young one." He gave a light clap as he began down the steps towards Kartion, "You are well skilled. You have proven yourself worthy."

Stepping over the extinguished remains of the Order Followers, he approached Kartion,

Tak'a-Tamen: "Now then. Why are you here?"

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Two tugships guided the stricken Imperial Command Cruiser into an orbiting dry-dock. The process was painfully slow as the auto-repair systems were busy trying to keep the hull together.

General Amarka and most of the surviving crew were in the Academy infirmary. The rest were considered 'walking wounded' and thus were relocated to resting quarters. However, Captain Penda had decided to visit the General against the wishes of the doctors,

Penda: "I'm glad to see you're fighting fit."

Amarka: "At least someone thinks so. The doctor insists that I need another 24 hours bed rest. This is intoloerable!"

Penda: "Well, doctors usually know what's best,"

Amarka: "If that's the case then why are you here?"

Penda: "Because in my situation, the doctors are wrong."

Amarka sniggered at the comment and then winced at the pain that followed,

Amarka: "Ooooh please don't make me laugh." He composed himself slightly, "Were you able to send our updates to Prince Daniel?"

Penda: "I sent the message, I'm sure he'll get back to you when he is able to."

Amarka: "I hope the security forces of CoreWorlds realise what they're up against. If Tak'a-Tamen can wield that kind of destructive power against the Justice then what hope would a different ship have?"

Penda: "None if they went up against Tentenerikis V. But I am convinced that the Warlord used the Dark Temple to enhance his power. I can't believe he could summon all that might by himself."

Amarka: "I hope you are right."

When I reached my room for the evening, I saw a report of the latest by General Amaka. He's in the infirmary? Tak'a-Tamen...what the hell? He did that to the ship?

Clutching the report in my hand, I ran to the infirmary, where it was quite overflowing with injured soldiers now.

I spoke to a healer. "Where's the General?"

"Right over there, young Jedi." She pointed to a makeshift room and I headed over there. Upon entering slowly, I saw the General and a captain.

"Sir, are you ok?" I asked the General.

When I reached my room for the evening, I saw a report of the latest by General Amaka. He's in the infirmary? Tak'a-Tamen...what the hell? He did that to the ship?

Clutching the report in my hand, I ran to the infirmary, where it was quite overflowing with injured soldiers now.

I spoke to a healer. "Where's the General?"

"Right over there, young Jedi." She pointed to a makeshift room and I headed over there. Upon entering slowly, I saw the General and a captain.

"Sir, are you ok?" I asked the General.


Amarka bowed his head, as did Penda upon seeing Daniel approach,

Amarka: "Prince Daniel! Forgive me if I don't stand up. I had an unsuccessful argument with a support beam."

Penda surrendered a slight grin at his General's wit but quickly withdrew it,

Penda: "Your Highness. It is an honour to meet you at last."

Amarka bowed his head, as did Penda upon seeing Daniel approach,

Amarka: "Prince Daniel! Forgive me if I don't stand up. I had an unsuccessful argument with a support beam."

Penda surrendered a slight grin at his General's wit but quickly withdrew it,

Penda: "Your Highness. It is an honour to meet you at last."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm a prince and I'm snooty as hell." I waved off the 'royalty' stuff. "Anyway, can you clarify what happened to you guys?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm a prince and I'm snooty as hell." I waved off the 'royalty' stuff. "Anyway, can you clarify what happened to you guys?"

Realising Daniel's impatience, Amarka swiftly moved on,

Amarka: "It would appear that Tak'a-Tamen is more powerful than before."

Penda: "He augmented his his own with the power of the Dark Temple, " continued Penda, "the result was a beam of energy which nearly bisected the Justice!"

Amarka: "It is our belief that he will likely use this power on the whole of CoreWorlds... unless you stop him."

IC:
David was in a well. Nobody could detect him until too late. And he knew of Tak-a-Tamen's power. He knew that his ship would be destroyed. The best way to get tere was to pull an Obi-wan Kenobi and intentionally get captured. There, he could activate the explosives if possible, or in the worst-case scenario, he'd infuse all the Force within the planet into a himself and therfore creating a bomb big nough to destroy the whole planet. Of course, the later was not preferable, and he'd definately die doing so.

OOC: I'm wanting to get David captured, lose the explosives, and make myself a Force-powered bomb. Any objections? Of course he'll die, but he'll retain his spirit like Yoda, Obi-wan, and Anakin in Episode 6.

Realising Daniel's impatience, Amarka swiftly moved on,

Amarka: "It would appear that Tak'a-Tamen is more powerful than before."

Penda: "He augmented his his own with the power of the Dark Temple, " continued Penda, "the result was a beam of energy which nearly bisected the Justice!"

Amarka: "It is our belief that he will likely use this power on the whole of CoreWorlds... unless you stop him."
Well, it finally sunk into me. Tak'a-Tamen is back, and he's badder than ever. "Then, he'll have to be stopped. But how?"

OOC: I'm wanting to get David captured, lose the explosives, and make myself a Force-powered bomb. Any objections? Of course he'll die, but he'll retain his spirit like Yoda, Obi-wan, and Anakin in Episode 6.
OOC: Just one. Tak'a-Tamen is likely to survive that! :p 'course, that puts a crimp on the ground battle I'm planning...

Lord JWolf came out of the shadows of the hanger bay. He was eyeing Kasandral the whole time and a lot of ideas have flashed in his mind.

"Mike, I will take Kasandral off your hands," he said with a evil grin, "And show her how I turned my knights back to the light."

"JWolf, this is not your concern. Now be a good little vampire and f*ck off!" Mike says, his anger showing and his hand holding onto his pistol. "You have hurt her before trying to 'redeem' her soul and only served to turn her further. You will stay out of this, as it is now a family matter."

OOC: I'm wanting to get David captured, lose the explosives, and make myself a Force-powered bomb. Any objections? Of course he'll die, but he'll retain his spirit like Yoda, Obi-wan, and Anakin in Episode 6.

OOC: No objections to David dying, just to the whole planet being destroyed. At the moment, Tak'a-Tamen and Kartion are... 'chatting'. David could challange them, do well until he falls at the last moment? That way, his spirit is retained and he can return, Alec Guinness style? (or which ever you prefer)

IC: Penda produced a data pad containing tactical data and handed it to Daniel,

Penda: "If I might recommend re-deploying all available ships to protect CoreWorlds Your Highness? I have no doubt that the Emperor would wish to look over our projections, but..."

Amarka: "But as for stopping him, I fear that duty may fall upon you once again." Amarka paused for a moment before continuing, "I realise you no longer have the guidence of the wise Sage Justin, but since you defeated him once before, it is likely you would defeat him again?"

Penda produced a data pad containing tactical data and handed it to Daniel,

Penda: "If I might recommend re-deploying all available ships to protect CoreWorlds Your Highness? I have no doubt that the Emperor would wish to look over our projections, but..."

Amarka: "But as for stopping him, I fear that duty may fall upon you once again." Amarka paused for a moment before continuing, "I realise you no longer have the guidence of the wise Sage Justin, but since you defeated him once before, it is likely you would defeat him again?"
Destiny, kid, destiny. "Sure. I mean, I already have some good experience with the various Jedi missions, and my grandfather training me. I might just get rid of him again."

Surviving him would be another question...

"JWolf, this is not your concern. Now be a good little vampire and f*ck off!" Mike says, his anger showing and his hand holding onto his pistol. "You have hurt her before trying to 'redeem' her soul and only served to turn her further. You will stay out of this, as it is now a family matter."

“You know what, this does concern me. I did not turn further, you did that. Bring her back here to find that lightsaber.” said Lord JWolf “And one more thing, this not a family matter. I bet 500 Wolf Dollars that she will leave you over this.” Both of his hands went into his duster and took out his two Beretta 93R automatic pistols from their holsters. But the pistols are behind his back. With his eyes on Mike, now.

Destiny, kid, destiny. "Sure. I mean, I already have some good experience with the various Jedi missions, and my grandfather training me. I might just get rid of him again."

Surviving him would be another question...


Amarka looked into Daniel's eyes,

Amarka: "I'm certain you will defeat him again Your Highness. Perhaps even the sight of you will make him think twice?"

Amarka looked into Daniel's eyes,

Amarka: "I'm certain you will defeat him again Your Highness. Perhaps even the sight of you will make him think twice?"
I smiled. "If I had a credit for every enemy that does that, I'd be richer than the Royal Accounts. But maybe even a moment of hesitation...yeah. I might get in a good hit."

“You know what, this does concern me. I did not turn further, you did that. Bring her back here to find that lightsaber.” said Lord JWolf “And one more thing, this not a family matter. I bet 500 Wolf Dollars that she will leave you over this.” Both of his hands went into his duster and took out his two Beretta 93R automatic pistols from their holsters. But the pistols are behind his back. With his eyes are on Mike, now.
The Miles family just keeps walking while Jenna tuns into a werewolf and smiles at JWolf, knowing she could take him at a moments notice. She then returns to normal and starts to eat some garlic. Mike does not flinch as the Concil leaves for their chambers and JWolf is left in the dust, as are his ways.

I smiled. "If I had a credit for every enemy that does that, I'd be richer than the Royal Accounts. But maybe even a moment of hesitation...yeah. I might get in a good hit."

OOC: Waiting for KArtion's response

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Amarka: "I have no doubts. My ship is at your disposal... as soon as it is repaired Your Highness."

Amarka: "I have no doubts. My ship is at your disposal... as soon as it is repaired Your Highness."
"Very well. I shall be ready by then." I said.

Amarka: "As you wish Your Highness."

Just then, a doctor approached,

Doctor: "Gentlemen, this is hardly a place for social gathering. Captain Penda, please return to your designated quarters." Penda was about to protest, but the doctor got in ahead of him, "I assure you that General Amarka is in good hands and requires no high-ranking nurse to look after him."

With that, Penda sniffled a laugh and turned to Amarka,

Penda: "I'll catch up with you later General"

As he walked out, the doctor turned to Amarka,

Doctor: "Now General." His tone was similar to that of a nagging mother, "Sleep! You will need it."

Amarka gave a friendly sarcastic salute, "Yes sir!"

Doctor: "And as for you young man," he addressed Daniel with a smile, "come back after 24 hours."

Equally friendly-sarcastic, I snapped another salute. "Yes, sir!"

Then I walked out, to prepare for a day of intense fighting...

The Miles family just keeps walking while Jenna turns into a werewolf and smiles at JWolf, knowing she could take him at a moments notice. She then returns to normal and starts to eat some garlic. Mike does not flinch.

IC: Lord JWolf just looked at Jenna. "I have ways to deal with you. Sorry, honey but garlic does not hurt me. I'm not the type of vampire you are thinking of." Only he knew his pistols were load with high-power silver bullets. The bullets can take down an alpha male werewolf in six shots. To human, it would just hurt like Hell. In one pull of the trigger, three bullets would fly out of the Berettas at one time..

"Now, Mike. You hand over Kas to Master Alex and Master Elendil. Then I will escort them to hold cell. So, I can make sure she does not escape again." said Lord JWolf.

OOC: CM, Coreworlds has two masters in the hanger bay. And he is the only one who can role-play them.

In the rebuilt Suoivaj Haven............

Javious was sitting behind his new desk. It is a jet black round desk with the hover jets on its bottom. Mondo sit in front of the desk.

"Mondo, how many ships have been added to the fleet after the battle with Hutt." asked Javious.

"A total of 50 ships and 200 fighters." said Mondo as he looked a datapad.

5 Lancer Frigate (http://www.galacticempiredatabank.com/LancerFrigate.html)
15 PB-950 Patrol Boat (http://www.galacticempiredatabank.com/PB-950PBoat.html)
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"Good." said Javious.

Jenna pops out a tape recorder and it goes out to the point of "I have ways of dealing with your type." and she hands it to Master Elindel along with a letter requesting the dismissal of JWolf written by David.

Tak'a-Tamen laughed. And not for the first time, was his laugh filled with more than just ical,

Tak'a-Tamen: "Good, very impressive young one." He gave a light clap as he began down the steps towards Kartion, "You are well skilled. You have proven yourself worthy."

Stepping over the extinguished remains of the Order Followers, he approached Kartion,

Tak'a-Tamen: "Now then. Why are you here?"

Kartion grinned.

"To reunite with my father...I was hoping you could help me..."

Kartion grasped his hood, and slid it off his head. His face was revealed, and Kartion grinned as he watched Tak'a-Tamen slowly realise.

"You should be proud, I'm now the Dark Lord of the Sith."

Kartion grinned.

"To reunite with my father...I was hoping you could help me..."

Kartion grasped his hood, and slid it off his head. His face was revealed, and Kartion grinned as he watched Tak'a-Tamen slowly realise.

"You should be proud, I'm now the Dark Lord of the Sith."

Tak'a-Tamen's suprised was revealed only for the smallest second, before his reflexes caught on. He could tell that this young cloak of evil was telling the truth.

Tak'a-Tamen: "You are my decendant?" he managed a half smile, which seemed more like a sneer than anything else. "And the Dark Lord. Indeed a feat worthy of my blood."

Jenna pops out a tape recorder and it goes out to the point of "I have ways of dealing with your type." and she hands it to Master Elindel along with a letter requesting the dismissal of JWolf written by David.

"Mike, are we going to stay in hanger bay or go to the hold cells?" asked Lord JWolf. "You can come, if you think I'm going to do something." He caught a view of the title. Something about dismissal and me. He thought Lord JWolf. When will them Miles learn. They started this crap but I will finished it.

Mike just stared and said, "If the masters wish you to 'help' on this matter, who am I to argue. However, you have not been asked thusfar and therefore I wish for you and your vile presence to leave. Good day ma'am!"

Jenna then handed the note, in its envelope, to the masters. It read

Dear Masters of the Jdi Council,
I come to you with a heavy heart. I have decided that it is best to destroy the Dark Temple in order to stop Lord Tak-a-Tamen. I believe this a suicide mission, but a necessary one. Now, if you are recieving this letter, than Lord JWolf must have done something my family has deemed threatening. As that must be the case, my final request is that he be dismissed from the Academy and he be kept away from my family at all times. I do not think this unreasonable as he has shown animosity to both me and my family, and since I most likely will not be with you, my family will have nobody to stop such attacks. I believe that he is a menace to my family and he is still dark deep inside. I may be wrong, however, I can not take such a chance with my family.
Sincerely,
David Miles

Jenna pops out a tape recorder and it goes out to the point of "I have ways of dealing with your type." and she hands it to Master Elindel along with a letter requesting the dismissal of JWolf written by David.
Master Elendil accepted the letter. Jason's too useful to be dismissed now. "We'll take young Kasandral now. It is clear now that your rivalry is unacceptable and will do more harm than good. Jason, you will no longer interfere in the family affairs of the Miles family, no matter what. That means you will not harm the girl, no matter your intentions. Understood?"

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*lightsaber hums threateningly*

Got a problem, bub? Delete that. Now.

OOC: Yeah! Kill the unbeliever! We, the ultimate Star Wars geeks (that's a good thing) shall be victorious! Bwaahaahaaahaa! Er...back IC.
IC
Jana jogged with the team toward the hangar. Beta had been completely wiped out by the rangers. Finally, they reached the hangar. "Damn....empty." she muttered. "Maidens: We must find another way. Find the escape pods...there must be some here somewhere!
The team broke up to search for the pods.
"Maam! I found some!"
"Good...I'll be there in a moment."
Jana regrouped the team and jogged to the pods. Several marines lay dead near them.
"Quickly! Get in!" Jana shouted. The 10 members of Alpha Team got into teh pods. Jana hit the eject button and followed.
She tapped her ear twice.
"Admiral: We are en route to the planet. Requesting reinforcements."
"I hear you, Jana. Reinforcements en route."
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Aboard the Sprite, all 65 remaining Blood Maidens were being briefed and equipped. Shuttles were packed with the Maidens. Several ships broke off from the fleet and took up covering positions around the planet. An hour later, the shuttles launched for a clearing in the jungle of Yavin....
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Kasandral remained silent. What am I going to do? Jana may not arrive in time... I must devise a plan to escape without her. But Mike...I have betrayed him...again. I won't blame him if he never takes me back...I would never forgive him should our positions have been switched.

"Jason, you will no longer interfere in the family affairs of the Miles family, no matter what. That means you will not harm the girl, no matter your intentions. Understood?"

Putting his pistols back up and his hand came back out with nothing in them. "Copy that on not harm her but I want to make sure she does not fall back in the hands of the enemy."

Kasandral spit again. "I am not a child, JWolf...I can not be taken that simply."

Putting his pistols back up and his hand came back out with nothing in them. "Copy that on not harm her but I want to make sure she does not fall back in the hands of the enemy."
"That's our job, and you can be sure of that." Alex assured him. "The statis field should keep her safe until we're sure she can handle her own darkness."

Aboard the Sprite, all 65 remaining Blood Maidens were being briefed and equipped. Shuttles were packed with the Maidens. Several ships broke off from the fleet and took up covering positions around the planet. An hour later, the shuttles launched for a clearing in the jungle of Yavin....
"Unknown fleet, turn back immediately, or risk destruction!" The Yavin traffic control ordered, vectoring the Strike Cruiser and gunships towards the shuttles. They're clearly warming up weapons, powering shields, and calling for reinforcements.

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Kasandral remained silent. What am I going to do? Jana may not arrive in time... I must devise a plan to escape without her. But Mike...I have betrayed him...again. I won't blame him if he never takes me back...I would never forgive him should our positions have been switched.
"Come, my dear. We shall keep you safe and sound." Master Masaki said. "The Sith will never touch you again, we can promise you that."

Moving out of the way of the spit, he said "Kasandral, I know your not a kid. But you are locked up right now. So, you can be take anywhere."

"That's our job, and you can be sure of that." Alex assured him. "The statis field should keep her safe until we're sure she can handle her own darkness."

"Ok, Master Alex. Take the girl but if something happens, I will hunt her down and bring her back here." said Lord JWolf as he disappear into the shadows.

"Ok, Master Alex. Take the girl but if something happens, I will hunt her down and bring her back here." said Lord JWolf as he disappear into the shadows.
"Very well." Alex said. The point would be to prevent her escape in the first place.

I'm doing that, now. said Lord JWolf to Alex using the Force. He was at Erik's door and knock. Erik got up and ran over to the door.

"Who is it?" asked Erik.

"You know who it is." said Lord JWolf with a half smile. The door slide open.

"What can I do for you, my Lord." said Erik.

"Got your Springfield Armory 7.62mm M1A rifle with you?" asked Lord JWolf.

"Yes, my Lord. Need it?" said Erik.

"Yes and with box of ammo, too." said Lord JWolf.

"Ok. Give me a few seconds." said Erik as he ran to his closet. He pick out to rifle and box of ammo. Then heading back to Lord JWolf "Here you go, my Lord. Happy hunting."

"Thank you, Erik. I will clean it before I bring it back to you." said Lord JWolf as he took the rifle and box of ammo. Then turn around and headed outside of academy. Climbing the wall to get to the roof. He looked for highest point of the academy roof top. Finding it, he climb up and got in place.

Jenna left the hangar and went to her dad's classroom. On her way there, she saw the drop pods from her ship and knew that they did not belong to Marines. The marines would never leave their ship unless it was beyond hope, and there was no way she could have missed it exploding. She reached the room and grabbed her dad's favorite CM99S semiautomatic with a eight round side-feeding clip. She knew the only way to handle the recoil was to transform. She did so and climbs up on the roof, and sees JWolf.

"Looks like the two of us have similar ideas. Why not work together for once? No kill counts, no accuracy competitions, just shooting to save the Academy?" she asks, curious.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mike, seeing the pods, shoots Kas with the tranq gun. She is knocked out and he decides that it is best if he knocks out her implant for a little bit. He takes his jammer grenade and detonates near the two of them. Those things were useful, just knock out electronics without destroying them. Maybe she had forgotten he knew of it, maybe she forgot the convesation they had in the cantina. Maybe she had forgot who she really was, because things didn't seem right once he saw that lightsaber. Right now, however. he was taking her to the holding cell.

Andila used to be a planet of natural beauty filled with lush forests, pure green fields and animals living within their natural habitats. Unfortunatly, it was all but destroyed after the Shivan war. Andila was left at the mercy of the Shivans during the war, but they fought and survived. However, even after many years, Governer Cartigen and the rest of the Andila people still felt resentment towards the rest of CoreWorlds.

Governer Davis S. Cartigan was sitting at his desk in the Politician Building reading and watching the reports of the Galactic Exchange incident on Issus. The more he watched, the more he felt convinced that he should act.

Cartigen: "This is not how a true Emperor should react in the face of such terrorism!" his comments reflecting the outcome of the ordeal, "Had he done it properly, there would not have been any need for bloodshed!"

His second, Senetor Yates seemed to nod at almost everything he said,

Yates: "There is little we can do about it Governer."

Cartigen: "Oh yes there is." He produces a docket and hands it to the Senetor, "It is an order straight from the Emperor to put our forces at his disposal."

Yates: "That is what the Emperor can do according to the CoreWorlds Directive."

Cartigen: "Well, I'm going to refuse his order."

Yates' jaw dropped. She knew the Governer dispised the Emperor and the rest of CoreWorlds, but she never reckoned he would go this far,

Yates: "Are you mad? The Emperor will have you removed from office and charged with treason!"

Cartigen: "He's got to catch me first. Andila has the strongest fleet of CoreWorlds. I don't see why we should sacrifice that accomplishment just so he can settle a score with the bad guys."

Yates: "You are really treading a thin line Governer."

Cartigen: "Maybe, but I'm not going to help a man who let such a terrorist act go out of control. Such a man would be capable of anything." He paused as he composed himself, "Send it back. Rejected."

Yates: "Yes sir."

Cartigen: "I'll show him how this is supposed to be done."

He immediately began thinking of names powerful enough to support him...

Jenna left the hangar and went to her dad's classroom. On her way there, she saw the drop pods from her ship and knew that they did not belong to Marines. The marines would never leave their ship unless it was beyond hope, and there was no way she could have missed it exploding. She reached the room and grabbed her dad's favorite CM99S semiautomatic with a eight round side-feeding clip. She knew the only way to handle the recoil was to transform. She did so and climbs up on the roof, and sees JWolf.

"Looks like the two of us have similar ideas. Why not work together for once? No kill counts, no accuracy competitions, just shooting to save the Academy?" she asks, curious.

"You're better then your dad. He would have turn this competition." said Lord JWolf, "And one more thing, sorry about what happen in the hanger bay. Your brother actions sent the wrong message to me. Looking in the sky, waiting for Kas' girl to come and get her. "This is just for me to blow off some steam. Wanna blow off some steam with me?" he asked with a smile on his face.

Andrew Masaki was not amused when he recieved the Rejected notice from Andila. He had ordered the 1st and 2nd Fleets to gather at Juria, and by the Force, he's not going to be upstaged by their Governor! He knows they have a potent force, including several of the new Mk III Star Destroyers, but he's not going to force them to submit that way, not yet.

He immediately picked up his private phone, and dialed Andila. If the governor won't come with a summons, the Emperor will use his personal authority to force the governor to send his ships to Juria. If not...then he'll be stripped of power, arrested and brought to Juria for insubordination. Treason charges are not outruled, either.

"You're better then your dad. He would have turn this competition." said Lord JWolf, "And one more thing, sorry about what happen in the hanger bay. Your brother actions sent the wrong message to me. Looking through his scope, he watched where escape pod crash landed. "This is just for me to blow off some steam. Wanna blow off some steam with me?" he asked with a smile on his face.

"Blow off some steam? I'd hate to see you angry." Jenna says, laughing and making a clean head/decapitation shot on one of the Femme Fatales just leaving the pods.

“If I was angry, I would be in the middle of it cutting up the enemy by myself not up here with you, Miss Miles.” he said then just started laughing.

"You can, but I like making sure they have no chance of freeing Kas...I'm suprised Mike took her back the first time. I wonder what he'll do now?" Jenna continues as she destroys a pod in mid-flight.

"I don't know with him. She has betray him, twice. If I was him, I would find a nicer girl to marry." said Lord JWolf. “I could hook him up with my little sister but I don‘t think he like vampires.” Then continue to watch the skies and said “How many rounds to got?”

OOC: CM, we need to wait for Ybronneb to post.

OOC: You guys do realize that I have yet to intercept the Fatales, so they're not actually on the ground. I suggest you delete the parts about them being killed and all. Crazed Marines, you are now one step away from being ignored for godmodding. Another player must specifically say you can RP their characters, and you have not been following that rule at all. Wolf America, a final warning for godmodding as well. It's been long in coming, and I'm getting sick and tired of it, especially from you CM.

OOC: You guys do realize that I have yet to intercept the Fatales, so they're not actually on the ground. I suggest you delete the parts about them being killed and all. Crazed Marines, you are now one step away from being ignored for godmodding. Another player must specifically say you can RP their characters, and you have not been following that rule at all. Wolf America, a final warning for godmodding as well. It's been long in coming, and I'm getting sick and tired of it, especially from you CM.

OOC: Edited. I was just following CM. CM post killing of one. So, I did a dumb thing and jumped on the bandwagon with CM. Sorry and will not do it again. Are you going to fire at the escape pods?

OOC: Edited. I was just following CM. CM post killing of one. So, I did a dumb thing and jumped on the bandwagon with CM. Sorry and will not do it again. Are you going to fire at the escape pods?
OOC: That's what my fleet is for. :D

OOC: That's what my fleet is for. :D

OOC: I want to have some fun. So, don't fire on the escape pods. Please!

OOC: I want to have some fun. So, don't fire on the escape pods. Please!
OOC: If you're good...ok.

OOC: If you're good...ok.

OOC: I will be good.

OOC: Sorry bout my delay in posting. I don't mind CM RPing minor things with Kas, but nothing major. I'm a little guilty too, as I just blew through his ship, without him posting defense. Still, what's done is done. From now on, let's be clean!
IC:
Gurshix chuckled and initiated communications with the Yavin fleet.
"Release our leader, and perhaps we shall move. Also, I advise that you do not fire on our shuttles or the escape pods...half of the pods have Crazed Marine personel on board." He resisted chuckling at his bluff...
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Kasandral dropped, the tranquilizer quickly doing its work.
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The pods shot through space, hurtling toward the planet.
"We're going too fast!!" one Maiden shouted.
"Brace for impact!" yelled another.
The pods crashed down in the jungle, three of them exploding on impact, and the other too being nearly crushed. Only Jana survived. She crawled out of the smoking wreckage. She stood, slowly, and began limping into the jungle. Yavin forces will have tracked the pods...I've got to get out of here.
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The shuttles flew toward the designated clearing.
"Status!" Shouted Commander Lina.
"Yavin ships should be able to fire one volley at us before we land!"
"Very well....shields at full power! Brace for shots!
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The Xerephen Pride began to slowly power up its weapons.

OOC: Ok, I'll watch out. Sorry, I was just trying to push the story along a little...Anyways, I'll just edit the parts to where she shotos at them in the air. My escape pods aren't that good in the armor area and they're slow. I was gonna upgrade to Archer Pods next NS year.

IC: The commander of the Miles saw his escape pods leave.

"What cowards are leaving?!?! Shoot them all! Let none survive! Next, aim all weapons to disable the Flagship of the enemy fleet! Do the same with the next most powerful ships. If all else fails, jump into them and activate the 10 million Terrawatt EMP. We'll blow them all with ourselves!" The Commander screamed, with a fire in his eyes that had not been seen since his days fighting the Shivians as a gun-for-hire along with the first generation Blood Rangers.
~~~~~~~~~

"Cortana, what are my odds of becoming undetectable on the Outrdier?" David aksed, just behind a moon just outside the Terentkesis (sorry for the bad spelling) system.

"Nil. Even if you disguised the ship, your Force signature would give you away. Its simply too big." The AI finished.

"What about something small, like an escape pod?" David asked.

"Much better, but it could only hold you and maybe one weapon." Cortana said, with a pause, "What are you thinking?"

"Well, if I can condense the Force beyond a critical point, than it would explode, destroying a large area. I read about it in a story about a Kamino Jedi, I believe, well it looked like a Kamino. It was during the time of the Clone Wars. An Ancient weapon was found that did such a thing and released the Force when it cracked. This Jedi sealed it back when it was cracked. It killed him, but the bomb didn't explode and Corusant was saved once again. I'm thinking I replicate the bomb and that Temple would be like a Force Magnet making the effect more destructive."

"What do I tell your family?"

"That this is not the end, but the beginning. As the Termnator once said, 'I'll be back...'" David replied, with a smile.

Lord JWolf saw the escape pods crash in the jungle. He felled nine heartbeat stop but one continued toward the academy. "Jenna, one of the Femme Fatales survived. I will take her." Listening for her heartbeat through to jungle and scaned the jungle in his scope. A few minutes, he found it. Slowly pulling the trigger, he shot at the heartbeat. A 7.62mm “Boom” (Has a small bomb-like thing in the tip of the round) round flew from the barrel.

OOC: If it hits her in heart or head, she gone. If it hits her in arms or legs, he lost it. Now, Ybronneb, you can RP if it hits her or not.

Gurshix chuckled and initiated communications with the Yavin fleet.
"Release our leader, and perhaps we shall move. Also, I advise that you do not fire on our shuttles or the escape pods...half of the pods have Crazed Marine personel on board." He resisted chuckling at his bluff...

"Bluff or not, sir?" a normal soldier asked.

"Hmm. The pods are too small for more than three." The Master in charge of defense said, frowning in concentration. "It's a bluff, open fire!"

"Yes sir!"
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Kasandral dropped, the tranquilizer quickly doing its work.

The Masters quickly levitated her, and took her down towards the brig, where a statis chamber awaits. The chamber contains a low-level electromagnetic field that interferes with concentration, so that Force-sensitive prisoners would be unable to break out, suspended in the air as they are.

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The pods shot through space, hurtling toward the planet.
"We're going too fast!!" one Maiden shouted.
"Brace for impact!" yelled another.
The pods crashed down in the jungle, three of them exploding on impact, and the other too being nearly crushed. Only Jana survived. She crawled out of the smoking wreckage. She stood, slowly, and began limping into the jungle. Yavin forces will have tracked the pods...I've got to get out of here.

The Academy was soon alerted to the dropping pods, and Jedi got ready for another invasion. I myself dropped everything but my saber, and readied for defense with the other apprentices.
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The shuttles flew toward the designated clearing.
"Status!" Shouted Commander Lina.
"Yavin ships should be able to fire one volley at us before we land!"
"Very well....shields at full power! Brace for shots!

Upon the Master's orders, the Strike Cruiser and gunships opened fire, sending waves of deadly green energy at their foes, as fighters were launched to take care of the faster ones.
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The Xerephen Pride began to slowly power up its weapons.

"Sir, their capital ship is powering up weapons!" The scanner officer of the Strike Cruiser reported.

"Helm, come about! Weapons, retarget the capital ship, let the gunships handle the fighters!"

"Yes sir!" The cruiser changed direction and aimed for the Xerephen Pride, sending turbolaser bolts into her.

OOC: How big is she?

OOC: The Xerephen Pride is the name of the fleet...the Flagship is the Bloody Keel, an Ellipse Class Star Destroyer. However, Gurshix is on the Sprite a Victory I Class Star Destroyer, so for all purposes of this battle, that would be the capital. I'll try to get fleet numbers posted in a bit here. Also, we'll say that the cause for some of the pods getting destroyed would be the fire that they're taking.

IC: Something tugged at the edge of Jana's mind, and she instintively dove for the ground, just in time to see JWolf's shot blast a trunk of a small tree, sending splinters flying. Jana used the Force to heal some of her minor wounds, and began running, deeper into the jungle.
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The shuttles dodged and weaved, but nearly a third was destroyed by the onslaught of laser fire, and another third due to the fighters. Of the 65 Maidens, 25 survived. Only around 100 of the normal soldiers sent survived. The shuttles quickly landed in the clearing, and the forces within them leapt out, anxious to get away from the obvious landing site and regroup with the team of Maidens sent to the Miles (their deaths were unknown to everyone). The Maidens quickly brought order to the group, and then left, creeping toward the academy, leaving the 100 soldiers with orders to lie low unless the Maidens ordered otherwise...
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Gurshix's eyes widened as he realized that his bluff had failed. "Shields!" he managed to yell out, but it was too late. ((I'm gonna wait to post damage...I need to know which ship you fired on [Bloody Keel or Sprite]))

OOC: The Xerephen Pride (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8094570&postcount=769)

OOC: Fired on the Sprite.

"Damn it, I missed her." yelled Lord JWolf as the shell was ejected. "But that is what I get for firing into the trees." Then catching something out of his eye. “Shuttles made it end. Miss Miles, can you take some of them down because I‘m going to get that first Femme Fatale?” After saying that, he aimed in front of the female in jungle. Slowly pulling the trigger, he shot again.

The Academy was soon alerted to the dropping pods, and Jedi got ready for another invasion. I myself dropped everything but my saber, and readied for defense with the other apprentices.

Eamonn quickly grabbed for his lightsabre and prepared himself for defence.

"Never a dull moment here is there?" he smirked.

Daniel Freeman, Bar-stay and V'Bacca guard the door to brig. Nobody will get in with them standing guard. Erik had his lightsaber ready and ran to find Daniel.

"You can say that again!" I smirked, then looked outside. "Ok, it looks like we got some survivors from space. Let's..."

I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Gramps?"

"My brother and several scouts detected several dozen of them approaching the academy. We'll split up into teams and take them down piece by piece." Grandfather said. "You two, with me."

Cape swishing, the powerful Master walked down towards a side entrance to the Academy, and I followed him, wondering about his plan.

Eamonn nodded and followed Daniel and his grandfather.

Erik saw Daniel heading outside before he could catch up with him. As he ran outside and got beside Daniel, he hear a sound that he knew. "That what Lord JWolf wanted my rifle for." he said "I'm with you, Dan."

"More the merrier!" I grinned. Grandfather lead us out to a rather wild section of the academy grounds, thick with underbrush.

"Here, you will ambush and take out the incoming enemy." Grandfather explained. "I expect you to use everything you've learned up to now, and as for me, I will find and interrogate the leaders."

Next thing I knew, he was gone.

"I believe we studied cloaking techniques with Master Soloran before the Chudda fiasco, let's put that to work." I suggested. I concentrated on the Force, willing my body to become transparent.

"Well here goes," Eamonn said, closing his eyes. "I could go for Kurts shadow blending ability right now."

With his eyes now closed, he concentrated on the force like Master Soloran had taunt them and willed his body into transperancy.

"I'm half dark elf and know a cloaking spell. So, I don't need the Force to hide." said Erik. Under his breath, he start chanting the dark spell. Parts of his body started disappearing. After few minutes, his whole body was gone.

"Good." I said. I couldn't see them, but by shifting my perception...yup, their auras are still around. "Now, we wait. It won't take long."

I crouched down into the underbrush, knowing that the Force technique isn't perfect, at least for students like Eamonn and me. Which is why I'm wearing fatigues instead of my normal clothing to blend in better.

What we didn't notice was another figure, who incidently, is one of the Academy's auxiliary martial arts instructors, also somewhere around here.

Eamonn silently waited. No longer seeing the others he knew their skills had worked.

Erik crouched down and waited to strike at the enemy as they show their faces. He knew Dan and Eamonn are near him but he didn't not know their location.

OOC: I think, the leader of the Femme Fatales is the one Lord JWolf is firing at.

Jana ran blindly on. Suddenly, she was flying, and immense pain shot through her arm. She smacked into a tree, and slid slowly downward. Looking down, the last thought she had was My arm!, and indeed, her arm had been completely torn off by the bullet. She soon fell unconscious.
OOC: She probably won't die, at least not yet.
IC:
Explosions rocked the Sprite. "Report!" Shouted Gurshix.
"Hull breach on decks E-L! Shield capacitators down to 30%! Turrets 3 and 4 are gone!"
"Blast...hold position! Return fire!"
Millions of beams of laser fire shot from the fleet toward the Yavin ships.
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Kasandral remains unconscious.
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Diana crept through the jungle, along with the other 25 Maidens, using the force to cloak themselves and mask their auras.
The point scout returned. "It seems clear, maam. No one is in sight."
Diana grinned. "The cowards...they will make this mission easy for us. Continue on."
The group continued, arriving at Daniel, Eamonn, and Erik's hiding place, and began to pass by, remaining cloaked.

OOC: My ship fired at the Bloody Keel to disable and then will turn on the Sprite. You can RP my attack.

Jana ran blindly on. Suddenly, she was flying, and immense pain shot through her arm. She smacked into a tree, and slid slowly downward. Looking down, the last thought she had was My arm!, and indeed, her arm had been completely torn off by the bullet. She soon fell unconscious.
OOC: She probably won't die, at least not yet.
IC:
[QUOTE]Explosions rocked the Sprite. "Report!" Shouted Gurshix.
"Hull breach on decks E-L! Shield capacitators down to 30%! Turrets 3 and 4 are gone!"
"Blast...hold position! Return fire!"
Millions of beams of laser fire shot from the fleet toward the Yavin ships.
Normally, a Strike Cruiser against a Victory Star Destroyer would be either a draw or a defeat in the VSD's favor, but the commander was an experienced man who knows how to use a smaller ship and take on a larger ship with it. The irony was also amusing to watch as he ordered another broadside run into the Vicstar and fighters flitted around, sending volleys of torpedo fire to aid their Strike Cruiser. In return, the shields were bombarded with the laser fire, bringing the shields down to a quarter.
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Kasandral remains unconscious.
She was placed in the statis chamber, and Master Elendil used a special code to turn it on. Now she floated in mid-air, helpless until she awakens.
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Diana crept through the jungle, along with the other 25 Maidens, using the force to cloak themselves and mask their auras.
The point scout returned. "It seems clear, maam. No one is in sight."
Diana grinned. "The cowards...they will make this mission easy for us. Continue on."
The group continued, arriving at Daniel, Eamonn, and Erik's hiding place, and began to pass by, remaining cloaked.
At first, I couldn't see anything, but I could feel something was there, an alarm in the Force that someone is passing by.

Just in front of the maidens, a few clever traps were laid in place by the instructor and my grandfather. Two were the famous rope traps, one was the oldest trick in the book: a hole in the ground, and another two were traps that triggered shuriken and kunai (ninja stars and knives) to fly towards the ones who triggered it. Old Alex was amused by the traps, and slinked away to hide. Once the maidens were given away, they will strike...

Andrew Masaki was not amused when he recieved the Rejected notice from Andila. He had ordered the 1st and 2nd Fleets to gather at Juria, and by the Force, he's not going to be upstaged by their Governor! He knows they have a potent force, including several of the new Mk III Star Destroyers, but he's not going to force them to submit that way, not yet.

He immediately picked up his private phone, and dialed Andila. If the governor won't come with a summons, the Emperor will use his personal authority to force the governor to send his ships to Juria. If not...then he'll be stripped of power, arrested and brought to Juria for insubordination. Treason charges are not outruled, either.

The phone had rung out for a good 90 seconds now.

Yates: "Are you not going to answer that Governor?"

Cartigen: "I see no reason why I should," his complextion was calm, "if the Emperor wishes to use my fleets, he can come here in person and beg!" He turned from facing the window and sat back down, "Or he can try to force me."

Yates felt a distinct chill in her spine. She had no love for the Emperor or CoreWorlds either, but she would never have dared to go as far as the Governor. She had already typed up certain key personel transfer orders and had transmitted them to the larger flagships and carriers. She knew that Cartigen had connections with high ranking officers, Admirals and captains and that he wouldn't order so many transfers if he wasn't planning on using the vast amada they had.

Cartigen's sneer confirmed her worst suspisions. Damn, if only she called in sick...

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Tak'a-Tamen circled Kartion, sensing the dark power of the force within him. He knew that the being who stood before him had resided within the confines of the Jedi Academy. Existing undetected until such a time that he revealed himself. He could make use of such a creature and the fact that he was his son??? Well, since he was the Dark lord of the Sith it made him very powerful. Tak'a-Tamen had understood the nature of the Sith since its very beginnings. His alligence was to a darker power, a power that allowed him to absorb the souls of his fallen victims, which enriched him and added to his strength. He recognised the Sith and respected it for all its power and now, he could ally himself with that power.

Tak'a-Tamen: "You are the Sith Lord? Like many who have preceeded you, you lived within their society undetected. Everyone oblivious to your true nature." He smiled, "Indeed you are powerful."

He returned to the top of the steps,

Tak'a-Tamen: "You can be of use to me. You wish to rule over this galaxy? I can help you. In exchange you will help me hunt down a certain individual. I want his soul and I will have it. I believe you know him. Daniel Masaki!"

...

Jana ran blindly on. Suddenly, she was flying, and immense pain shot through her arm. She smacked into a tree, and slid slowly downward. Looking down, the last thought she had was My arm!, and indeed, her arm had been completely torn off by the bullet. She soon fell unconscious.

"I think, I got her now." said Lord JWolf. “Now, what?” Scanning the area with his scope, he saw five of Kas’ normal soldiers running out of the shuttle.

That Kas’ lower rank girls and their slow as Hell. He thought. Putting his scope on one of their chest, he fired.........

Diana crept through the jungle, along with the other 25 Maidens, using the force to cloak themselves and mask their auras.
The point scout returned. "It seems clear, maam. No one is in sight."
Diana grinned. "The cowards...they will make this mission easy for us. Continue on."
The group continued, arriving at Daniel, Eamonn, and Erik's hiding place, and began to pass by, remaining cloaked.

Erik had a weird feeling pass near him, it sent chills down his back. His hand was already on his lightsaber.

The phone had rung out for a good 90 seconds now.

Yates: "Are you not going to answer that Governor?"

Cartigen: "I see no reason why I should," his complextion was calm, "if the Emperor wishes to use my fleets, he can come here in person and beg!" He turned from facing the window and sat back down, "Or he can try to force me."

Yates felt a distinct chill in her spine. She had no love for the Emperor or CoreWorlds either, but she would never have dared to go as far as the Governor. She had already typed up certain key personel transfer orders and had transmitted them to the larger flagships and carriers. She knew that Cartigen had connections with high ranking officers, Admirals and captains and that he wouldn't order so many transfers if he wasn't planning on using the vast amada they had.

Cartigen's sneer confirmed her worst suspisions. Damn, if only she called in sick...

Andrew drummed his fingers impatiently, waiting for the governor to pick up the damned phone. The nerve of that bastard...

He stopped ringing the other end. "Get me Admiral Rommel, now! And ready my fighter. I'm going to see what's wrong with Governor Cartigen."

He hung up, and rubbed his face. I have half a mind to fry or choke that idiot, but that won't do well for the public, and for my status as Jedi Master.

He walked out of his office, and down towards the hangar bay...

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Core Naval Headquarters, SSD Rebellion, in orbit around Juria.

"Yes, sir, I understand. I will do it." Grand Admiral Rommel, Supreme Commander of the entire Navy, which includes the Starfighter Corps, was not amused that several of his admirals and captains chose to make transfers to Andila, and now this crap! He hung up and changed to the fleet-wide comms. "1st Fleet! You are hereby ordered to Condition 1! I want all ships of said fleet to be ready to jump to Andila within 5 minutes! That is a direct order from the Emperor!"

All across the 100+ ships, klaxons and alarm lights sounded as crew rushed to battlestations. Each engine rumbled online and the fleet gathered around the Grand Admiral's flagship. It is as much a military statement as a political one. Governor Cortigan will surrender personally to the Emperor's Navy, or face war. As a further statement, a small fighter and an assault shuttle exited the atmosphere, and flew in front of the fleet. As soon as the 5 minutes was up, Andrew jumped into hyperspace, along with the assault shuttle, and the entire 1st Fleet followed. Star Destroyers, Star Cruisers, Frigates and Corvettes. Gunships, Assault Cruisers, Blockade Runners and Fighters, they all made a jump to hyperspace that was impossible for the media to ignore, so the military didn't bother trying. If the Governor sees the firepower involved, and finally decides to submit to Imperial authority, so much the better.

The scout continued creeping forward, and then she died. The other maidens saw no reason for her yelp and subsequent falling, until they spotted the shuriken imbedded in her throat. "It's a trap!" Diana yelled. "Split! Alpha through Centauri: On me!" Diana then reinforced her cloak and sprinted through the ambush zone, 15 Maidens doing the same and following. 2 of the 15 fell into the pit, and another was struck down by the other shuriken trap. The 12 remaining Maidens, plus Diana, continued running toward the academy, until the slowed to a creep again to finish their stealthy approach.
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The ten Maidens which had remained lit their sabers, some wielding two and some only one, and gathered into a circle, facing outward, waiting for the enemy. Two Maidens held ion grenades in their offhands, which had been altered to disrupt the force for a split second, rendering cloaking useless. The threw in opposite directions, waiting for the grenades to detonate and reveal their enemies.
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The soldier who JWolf had aimed at fell, instantly dead, due to the gaping hole in her chest. The other four yelped in fear and sprinted off into the jungle.
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Kasandral groaned. Slowly, she managed to open her eyes. The room gradually swam into focus. She had a feeling of weightlessness, and soon discovered that she was suspended in the air. She looked around, trying to see if there were any gaurds.
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"Continue firing!" yelled Gurshix, quickly losing his signature calm during battle. Every thing is going wrong...it wasn't supposed to happen this way.
"Sir! The Keel is taking fire! Her shields held for most of it, but it looks like she's lost turrets 34 and 67, and her hull is breached on decks E and F!"
"Damn!! Bring the Redemption and the Comet Dancer around to take covering positions on the Keel!" The Comet Dancer and Redemption were Victory I Class Star Destroyers. "Tell the Keel to--" his words were cut off as explosions rocked the Sprite again.
"Status!" he yelled.
"Hull breach on deck C! Imminent breach on B! Incoming incoming fighters!"
Explosions sounded again as the fighters loosed their torpedoes.
"Status!!" Gurshix yelled out again, growing increasingly frantic.
"We've lost the main turret! Hull breaches on decks O-X! Hull integrety for bridge at 30%!"
"Damn!!!!" Gurshix swore. "Launch all squadrons! Intercept enemy fighters! Direct the Indomitable ((an interdictor cruiser)) to concentrate on the enemy strike cruiser!! Open communications, fleet wide!"
Communications were opened as the Indomitable began moving.
"All ships: Launch all starship squadrons! Bombers: Concentrate on larger targets! Fighters: Intercept enemy fighters!"
Ships poured out of larger ships like swarms of angry bees. Carriers loosed thousands of TIE fighters and TIE interceptors. The Indomitable launched its 500 TIE Fighters and a horde of 300 bombers. A total of nearly 20,000 ships zipped through space, firing on all available targets....

The soldier who JWolf had aimed at fell, instantly dead, due to the gaping hole in her chest. The other four yelped in fear and sprinted off into the jungle.

"Run, cowards, run." yelled Lord JWolf.

The scout continued creeping forward, and then she died. The other maidens saw no reason for her yelp and subsequent falling, until they spotted the shuriken imbedded in her throat. "It's a trap!" Diana yelled. "Split! Alpha through Centauri: On me!" Diana then reinforced her cloak and sprinted through the ambush zone, 15 Maidens doing the same and following. 2 of the 15 fell into the pit, and another was struck down by the other shuriken trap.

Erik saw blood and hear screams. That is what those bitchs get. he said in his head.

The ten Maidens which had remained lit their sabers, some wielding two and some only one, and gathered into a circle, facing outward, waiting for the enemy. Two Maidens held ion grenades in their offhands, which had been altered to disrupt the force for a split second, rendering cloaking useless. The threw in opposite directions, waiting for the grenades to detonate and reveal their enemies.

Shit, I'm the only one that can hide. Erik said in his mind. So, I will help them out. He slow picked up a baseball size rock and throws it at one of the woman. Then climbed up at tree near him.

The 12 remaining Maidens, plus Diana, continued running toward the academy, until the slowed to a creep again to finish their stealthy approach.

Lord JWolf look beside him, listening to heartbeats that are coming fast and said "Damn, we got incoming." Training his scope, he fire at one of heartbeats. He fired three more times at different heartbeats before jumped down and moving to get a better view.

Cartigen's agents had informed him of the military buil-up from Juria. He was not suprised and had thought ahead. He straightened his hair as he sat in front of the camera.

Director: "60 seconds Govenor!"

Cartigen nodded and ran through all 'the right things' in his mind. This was the perfect oppertunity to discredit the Emperor. He had rehersed this moment for a long time.

Director: "10 seconds."

Cartigen took a deep breath as the director counted down from 10. He caught a glance at one of his aides who signalled him to let him know that the Andila fleet was watching and standing by.

Director: "3...2...1..."

The studio lights lit up and Cartigen was live,

Cartigen: "I am Govenor Gartigen of Andila. This live broadcast is being transimitted for the people to understand and to see that the CoreWorlds Emperor is nothing more than a power hungry dictator. Just under an hour ago, this administration received reliable information that a huge fleet had left Juria bound for Andila. It is our understanding that this fleet has hostile intent towards us and will stop at nothing to annex our great, peace loving world. It is no secret that we have no love of CoreWorlds. Indeed, there is not a single person among us who has not forgotton the neglect they showed us during the Shivan war. It is clear to the Emperor that he cannot control us so he has decided to enslave us... or at least try. Proof of this aggressive nature can be clearly seen at the unacceptable handling of the Galactic Exchange incident. The Emperor ordered force to be used when it clearly wasn't nessessary!"

His composure became a passionate fire that raged through him. He knew this would add to the desired effect he was looking for,

Cartigen: "Emperor Masaki MUST be brought down!!! Such a man who would choose violence against his own kind is capable of anything. That more than anything else scares me. He has chosen to unleash his so-called military might against us, our families... our children. Well I have a message for the Emperor of CoreWorlds. - If one Andila citizen is harmed in ANY way, then war will be delcared! and it will be you, the aggressor who will bear the blame!!"

He paused, allowing time for his statement to sink in,

Cartigen: "We do not seek conflict, but we know that in is unavoidable. So we employ all of you, not only on Andila but everywhere to rise up against this dictator and dipose him! That is all and god speed to everyone."

Director: "...And cut. We're finished."

Cartigen: "Oh no. Its just begun." He smiled...

2 of the Maidens shot by JWolf fell, their cloaking failing as they died. The other 11 kept running, hoping to get into the academy quickly. One Maiden turned, twisted the dial of a thermal detonator, and chucked it toward JWolf.
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Erik's rock flew toward the Maiden, who deflected it with a wave of her hand. She then loosed a bolt of Force lightning toward where the rock had come from; the bolt hit a tree, sending it up in flames.

The scout continued creeping forward, and then she died. The other maidens saw no reason for her yelp and subsequent falling, until they spotted the shuriken imbedded in her throat. "It's a trap!" Diana yelled. "Split! Alpha through Centauri: On me!" Diana then reinforced her cloak and sprinted through the ambush zone, 15 Maidens doing the same and following. 2 of the 15 fell into the pit, and another was struck down by the other shuriken trap. The 12 remaining Maidens, plus Diana, continued running toward the academy, until the slowed to a creep again to finish their stealthy approach.

Grandfather Alex sensed the Maidens running through the forest, and sent silent word to other Jedi, including Masters Regalo and Soloran. Suddenly, lightning cracked the ground around and in front of the Maidens, and a fire spewed from a secret location, blocking escape from whence they came.

Grandfather's crimson lightsaber sprang to life, and the Shadow Master began using Force Lightning on some of the Maidens. He sure did look like the Dark Lord of the Sith of a former life. Other lightsabers ignited, as Masters and several Knights charged at the Maidens.

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The ten Maidens which had remained lit their sabers, some wielding two and some only one, and gathered into a circle, facing outward, waiting for the enemy. Two Maidens held ion grenades in their offhands, which had been altered to disrupt the force for a split second, rendering cloaking useless. The threw in opposite directions, waiting for the grenades to detonate and reveal their enemies.

Three on ten, that's a tall order, but the distant sounds of lightsabers was our cue. Suddenly, shuriken struck out from somewhere in the trees, and somethings extremely fast went after the maidens, igniting sabers only when they got close enough to strike.

Attack! I sent, and went for the closest maiden, as the ion grenades blew my cover. My silver lightsaber was at the ready, and I charged and struck out for the deadly lady.
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Kasandral groaned. Slowly, she managed to open her eyes. The room gradually swam into focus. She had a feeling of weightlessness, and soon discovered that she was suspended in the air. She looked around, trying to see if there were any gaurds.

There were no guards but a couple of Padawans. But they were safe from any manipulation of the Force by virtue of a slight buzzing in the girl's ears. This buzzing is designed to render a person hard to concentrate on the Force, so Kas is totally helpless now.

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"Continue firing!" yelled Gurshix, quickly losing his signature calm during battle. Every thing is going wrong...it wasn't supposed to happen this way.
"Sir! The Keel is taking fire! Her shields held for most of it, but it looks like she's lost turrets 34 and 67, and her hull is breached on decks E and F!"
"Damn!! Bring the Redemption and the Comet Dancer around to take covering positions on the Keel!" The Comet Dancer and Redemption were Victory I Class Star Destroyers. "Tell the Keel to--" his words were cut off as explosions rocked the Sprite again.
"Status!" he yelled.
"Hull breach on deck C! Imminent breach on B! Incoming incoming fighters!"
Explosions sounded again as the fighters loosed their torpedoes.
"Status!!" Gurshix yelled out again, growing increasingly frantic.
"We've lost the main turret! Hull breaches on decks O-X! Hull integrety for bridge at 30%!"
"Damn!!!!" Gurshix swore. "Launch all squadrons! Intercept enemy fighters! Direct the Indomitable ((an interdictor cruiser)) to concentrate on the enemy strike cruiser!! Open communications, fleet wide!"
Communications were opened as the Indomitable began moving.
"All ships: Launch all starship squadrons! Bombers: Concentrate on larger targets! Fighters: Intercept enemy fighters!"
Ships poured out of larger ships like swarms of angry bees. Carriers loosed thousands of TIE fighters and TIE interceptors. The Indomitable launched its 500 TIE Fighters and a horde of 300 bombers. A total of nearly 20,000 ships zipped through space, firing on all available targets....
"Damn, we're outnumbered here!" the commander growled, as one of the gunships blew apart, and the dogfights became knife fights.

"Sir, we're losing shields! Hull breaches in the forward sections! And...wait, I'm detecting more hyperspace signals!"

"Can anything be worse?" The commander groaned.

"No, sir. It's the fleet!"

"What?"

"Sir, it's the Chimaera!" Cheers immediately rang out, as the Chimaera's commander was a popular man.

The Chimera Fleet (25 ISDs, split into squadrons of 5 each, 25 other ships) reverted to realspace, and immediately began firing on the Xeraphan Pride fleet. The Chimera was commanded by Admiral Gilad Pellaeon II, grandson of the first Gilad Pellaeon. The Elite Star Destroyer and her personal squadron immediately pounded upon the Indominable and escort ships, while dozens of -wing fighters poured out of the hangar bays. Other Star Destroyers attacked enemy counterparts while antistarfighter Lancers and gunships poured deadly lasers into the enemy fighter ranks.

"Surround the enemy fleet, then divide and conquer!" The Admiral ordered the ships to use the tried-and-true tactic, especially effective due to the numerous gravity wells of Yavin, her moons and the other planets. The fleet then began to circle.

2 of the Maidens shot by JWolf fell, their cloaking failing as they died. The other 10 kept running, hoping to get into the academy quickly. One Maiden turned, twisted the dial of a thermal detonator, and chucked it toward JWolf.

Lord JWolf stop the thermal detonator in the mid-air by using the Force. Then throw it higher in the sky. It explode out of the range of roof. But sent small shockwaves out. Lord JWolf drop down to his knee and slide into a shed on the roof of the academy. The shed rocked as the shockwave hit it. The roof was sent flying. As the shockwaves passed, Lord JWolf flip a switch on the rifle to full-auto. He jump out of the shed and scanned for the running heartbeats.

No running heartbeats. He said in his mind. Jumping back to the shed, he placed Erik's rifle on the side of the shed and jumped over the edge of the roof. His right hand was holding on to the roof. He swings into a near by window and enter the academy. As he landed, he headed outside and into the battle.

Erik's rock flew toward the Maiden, who deflected it with a wave of her hand. She then loosed a bolt of Force lightning toward where the rock had come from; the bolt hit a tree, sending it up in flames.

Erik jumped before the tree was on fire. He stared running around and hitting everything he could. Plus, he is yelled stuff in elfish.

Cartigen's agents had informed him of the military buil-up from Juria. He was not suprised and had thought ahead. He straightened his hair as he sat in front of the camera.

Director: "60 seconds Govenor!"

Cartigen nodded and ran through all 'the right things' in his mind. This was the perfect oppertunity to discredit the Emperor. He had rehersed this moment for a long time.

Director: "10 seconds."

Cartigen took a deep breath as the director counted down from 10. He caught a glance at one of his aides who signalled him to let him know that the Andila fleet was watching and standing by.

Director: "3...2...1..."

The studio lights lit up and Cartigen was live,

Cartigen: "I am Govenor Gartigen of Andila. This live broadcast is being transimitted for the people to understand and to see that the CoreWorlds Emperor is nothing more than a power hungry dictator. Just under an hour ago, this administration received reliable information that a huge fleet had left Juria bound for Andila. It is our understanding that this fleet has hostile intent towards us and will stop at nothing to annex our great, peace loving world. It is no secret that we have no love of CoreWorlds. Indeed, there is not a single person among us who has not forgotton the neglect they showed us during the Shivan war. It is clear to the Emperor that he cannot control us so he has decided to enslave us... or at least try. Proof of this aggressive nature can be clearly seen at the unacceptable handling of the Galactic Exchange incident. The Emperor ordered force to be used when it clearly wasn't nessessary!"

His composure became a passionate fire that raged through him. He knew this would add to the desired effect he was looking for,

Cartigen: "Emperor Masaki MUST be brought down!!! Such a man who would choose violence against his own kind is capable of anything. That more than anything else scares me. He has chosen to unleash his so-called military might against us, our families... our children. Well I have a message for the Emperor of CoreWorlds. - If one Andila citizen is harmed in ANY way, then war will be delcared! and it will be you, the aggressor who will bear the blame!!"

He paused, allowing time for his statement to sink in,

Cartigen: "We do not seek conflict, but we know that in is unavoidable. So we employ all of you, not only on Andila but everywhere to rise up against this dictator and dipose him! That is all and god speed to everyone."

Director: "...And cut. We're finished."

Cartigen: "Oh no. Its just begun." He smiled...

Andrew growled as he heard the hyperwave news report. He switched channels to the HNN (HoloNet News) and heard the latest from home.

"Fellow Senators!" Jennifer Masaki's voice rang out of the chambers. "The Governor of Andila is a liar and a fool! He knew what was expected of him, and now, he chose to forego his responsibilities! Senators, know that my husband the Emperor made a hard decision in the Galactic Stock Exchange crisis, knowing that he would be reviled by some by choosing to use violence to end violence! Remember that it was resolved quickly! No hostages were harmed! In fact, if my husband had not given the order, the hostages would surely have been murdered! I call a vote of no confidence against the Governor of Andila, order him to be stripped of all his powers and privileges and charge him with the crime of high treason against the people of Coreworlds!"

The vote was called, and passed with a close 155 to 145. Now the Emperor can order the death of the Governor as an Emperor, or he could arrest him as a Jedi. Whichever one depends on how the Governor acts when the Emperor personally meets with him. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is reportedly waiting, polishing his gavel.

However, the Governor has garnered enough public support to be a threat, if minor. 20% of citizens believe that he was regrieved and the Emperor was wrong in leaving the colony to the Shivans, in one poll. 10% believed the Emperor should step down, in a second poll. But a new poll showed that a whopping 85% believe the Emperor should hang the Governor high for defying the Emperor in a moment of crisis. The Yavin IV battle was reported as breaking news with some exaggerations, and the Heir is still #1 on the Top Ten Celebrity Boys list according to numerous teenage girls. He's also made the Most Famous Kids in the Galaxy list among all under-18 peer groups. Previous winners? The Solo kids, Anakin slightly edging out the twins.

Andrew was quite amused, and any support was welcome. He would love to see the look on his son's face when he learned how much support he still has.
OOC: :D

Three on ten, that's a tall order, but the distant sounds of lightsabers was our cue. Suddenly, shuriken struck out from somewhere in the trees, and somethings extremely fast went after the maidens, igniting sabers only when they got close enough to strike.

Attack! I sent, and went for the closest maiden, as the ion grenades blew my cover. My silver lightsaber was at the ready, and I charged and struck out for the deadly lady.

Eamonn leapt from his hiding place, he ignited his lightsaber and lashed out at the nearest maiden.

As Lord JWolf ran to help Masters out, he was thinking. The short way or the long way. A cool way or not a cool way. When through his mind. I will take the long way to this battle. he said in his mind. So, he went to right and continue that way for a little to circle behind everybody. As he ran, he could see the fire between the trees. His hair blew as he ran. He stopped as the fire got in front of him. The fire is about 300 yards in front of him. Drawing his lightsabers and holding them at his side, he ran towards the fire. Right before he hit the fire, he leaped over it with a front flip. As he land, he said “The champ is here.” The dark blue blade sprang to life from the lightsabers. Then he charged into battle.

David was aboard the Outrider, preparing everything for what probably was a suicide mission. At this moment, he was making his will. He left his lightsaber to his friend Commander Haase of New Exodus and Queen Stefini. He then left half of his estate to his wife, and the rest to be split evenly between his children and Kasandra. Then he left the Jedi Council his holocron, lesson plans, explosive diagrams, and the rest of his lightsabers as examples of his style and teachings. Next, he ordered all of his posessions to be split evenly between all of these according to need. The Outrider was to go to his son, Mike. Finally, he drank a little Vodka and got into the escape pod, without any armaments.

The Maidens facing Daniel, Eamonn, and Erik leapt into action, twirling their sabers and letting off bursts of Force lightning. Two of the more powerful Maidens turned to eachother, grinned wickedly, and backed up so they were in the middle of the circle, which closed to fill the gaps left by the two. The two then raised their arms to the sky. Lightning flowed from their upturned hands and curved out over the maidens, looking somewhat like a fountain of energy. The lightning then curved before it struck the ground and flowed out in all directions...
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Diana dove to the ground as the old Masaki began his barrage of lightning, and the other masters charged. Growling, Diana motioned to two other Maidens, and sprinted toward Master Masaki, using the Force to jump clear over him, the other two Maidens following. Diana led them toward the academy, all pretenses of stealth forgotten.
The other ten or so Maidens yelped out, as lightning coursed through their veins, and sabers slashed through their limbs. They never had a chance...they were slaughtered, each and every one.
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"Sir! We are reading new ships entering the area...25 ISDs, sir!"
Gurshix swore for the hundredth time during that battle.
"Relay the following orders to the fleet: Redemption and Expiation*, Wombat, Crabeater, Osprey, and Yates**, Falconer, Zedo, Patron, and Destilant***: divert attack to new enemy."

OOC:
*Interdictor Cruisers
**Dreadnaughts
***Nebulon B Modified Frigates

The Maidens facing Daniel, Eamonn, and Erik leapt into action, twirling their sabers and letting off bursts of Force lightning. Two of the more powerful Maidens turned to each other, grinned wickedly, and backed up so they were in the middle of the circle, which closed to fill the gaps left by the two. The two then raised their arms to the sky. Lightning flowed from their upturned hands and curved out over the maidens, looking somewhat like a fountain of energy. The lightning then curved before it struck the ground and flowed out in all directions...

Dropping his cloaking spell, Erik jumped down a huge hole, maybe five feet deep. "Daniel. Eamonn. Get over here." he yelled as his head disappear from view.

Diana dove to the ground as the old Masaki began his barrage of lightning, and the other masters charged. Growling, Diana motioned to two other Maidens, and sprinted toward Master Masaki, using the Force to jump clear over him, the other two Maidens following. Diana led them toward the academy, all pretenses of stealth forgotten.
The other ten or so Maidens yelped out, as lightning coursed through their veins, and sabers slashed through their limbs. They never had a chance...they were slaughtered, each and every one.

"Master Alex, we have some runaway." said Lord JWolf as he took off running at the three Maidens.

Dropping his cloaking spell, Erik jumped down a huge hole, maybe five feet deep. "Daniel. Eamonn. Get over here." he yelled as his head disappear from view.

Using a split second descision, Eamonn quickly ran over and jumped down the hole with Erik.

The Maidens facing Daniel, Eamonn, and Erik leapt into action, twirling their sabers and letting off bursts of Force lightning. Two of the more powerful Maidens turned to eachother, grinned wickedly, and backed up so they were in the middle of the circle, which closed to fill the gaps left by the two. The two then raised their arms to the sky. Lightning flowed from their upturned hands and curved out over the maidens, looking somewhat like a fountain of energy. The lightning then curved before it struck the ground and flowed out in all directions...
"Wow! That's shocking!" I griped, and lept into the trees to avoid it. Some lightning was absorbed by my Force skills, and the lightsaber, but I saw that the two instructors took more of it.

"Damn!" One of them said, and retaliated with a powerful burst of fire from his mouth, after some quick hand seals. "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu! (Powerful Fireball technique!)"

"Sasuke-sensei...the Flame Shinobi." I smirked. But what about the other?

The shorter guy recovered fast, and sprinted again for the stronger maidens, speedblitzing his way through. Oh, Swordmaster Hiei. Didn't know he was here. I took the opportunity to attack again, choosing a weaker maiden to drop down on and hopefully slice, before attacking another one.

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Diana dove to the ground as the old Masaki began his barrage of lightning, and the other masters charged. Growling, Diana motioned to two other Maidens, and sprinted toward Master Masaki, using the Force to jump clear over him, the other two Maidens following. Diana led them toward the academy, all pretenses of stealth forgotten.
The other ten or so Maidens yelped out, as lightning coursed through their veins, and sabers slashed through their limbs. They never had a chance...they were slaughtered, each and every one.

The Jedi Master was amused at the leader and her two escorts, and seemed to disappear in an eyeblink, then reappear in front of the maidens, catching the three of them with a powerful Force Wall. Now, he could face them with his curved-hilt lightsaber.

"Surrender, my pretties, you don't have a chance against me and Lord JWolf." The old man sneered, and ignited his lightsaber with a flourish.

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"Sir! We are reading new ships entering the area...25 ISDs, sir!"
Gurshix swore for the hundredth time during that battle.
"Relay the following orders to the fleet: Redemption and Expiation*, Wombat, Crabeater, Osprey, and Yates**, Falconer, Zedo, Patron, and Destilant***: divert attack to new enemy."

OOC:
*Interdictor Cruisers
**Dreadnaughts
***Nebulon B Modified Frigates
The Imperial Star Destroyers were designed for a battle such as this, as they're able to fight off small fleets by themselves. Five of them per squadron just ensures that the enemies will die quickly. Green turbolasers criss-crossed the deep black of space, trading fire with the enemy fleet. The smaller 25 ships, however, chose to engage the enemy TIEs and any lighter ships, while the Chimaera herself continued to do battle against the Interdictor cruiser.