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OOC: It is time to get old school FT now.:p

Deep in the depths of cloaked administrative world of Dragoria rested the ancient Temple of the Jedi Order. Masters of the Force each of them their kind was growing scarce in the Imperium which had absorbed their system of beliefs. Although the Imperium did not believe in religion it did believe in making certain compromises to unite with their lost brethern and one such compromise was this. The Order however had not found as many force adepts in the great stretch of Imperium. They still possessed some of their own ships, ancient Star Destroyers which still berthed in the massive docks near their temple. Xeth Cortas stood dressed in full battle plate in front of the council. He smiled as he remembered he was one of the few accepted aliens in the Imperium. This was only because he was Homo Gladius though. A Dratherian and one of the few surviving ones. The only other he knew was Mercer who was now an Arcoran in it's purest form.

He looked around in thought, he was older than many of these Jedi who were in their older years but he was well over 4000 years old. He had seen much including the original Imperium he had even met the Emperor himself shortly before what was known as the Horus Heresy. As he thought about this he caught a sense through the force of a powerful being in their midst. He concentrated hard and he soon found himself looking up at the giant form of Peras the psyker primarch. How he had gotten this far he would never know. He laughed and said, "Peras you old ork stabber you've gotten a lot better at concealing yourself from the force. So what brings you here." He stared into the primarch's awesome eyes which were purple speckled with gold. He was tall and well muscled with a dark complection and long white hair. His purple and gold armor shone brightly under the lights of the chamber.

He was one of the stronger supporters of the Jedi in the Imperium. Many in it's ranks would see their order slaughtered and their temple destroyed. Peras and many of his brothers including Xavier and Kailen would not stand for it so they gathered support from all over the Imperium from the Inquisition, Space Marine Legions, the High Lord, the Adeptus Astra Telepathica, the Navis Nobilite, as well as many other organizations within the Imperium. Peras smirked and said, "Well thank you Master Cortas. So when will you be embarking on your new mission?" Xeth smiled slyly and said, "Well shortly actually. We should be moving quickly and hopefully we can quell this upsurge of violence by the Dark Eldar." Peras laughed and said, "Well godspeed. Might I suggest that you take a slightly larger force with you than just the shieldships and two star destroyers. Maybe even take your Sovereign-class, Jedi Blade, with you?" Xeth suddenly frowned, "You know something they aren't telling us don't you Peras?" Peras suddenly sighed and his eyes went dark, "There has been word in the Ordo Hereticus of an attack on your fleet in attempt to weaken the temple so that the Withchunters can purge your order. All I can say is to watch your back Xeth my old friend. If I can lend assistance to you, I will but they are even dispatching myself, Thor, Kailen, and Lyr to quell a chaos infestation in a sector of space far from here. It would seem that they are trying to rid you of your allies. And I do not yet know where my brother Xavier is......he is on Glaciare again." Xeth quieted, "Well then I can't tell many about this seeing as how the Witchhunters work. I will take the Jedi Blade with me but if they are intent on destroying us I don't know if we can stop them. However we will take as many of them with us as possible. What about Emperor Nova? Can he not do anything?" Peras looked down again, "He is unreachable right now......he has gone to search the asteroid belt that was once your homeworld." Xeth sighed in despair and said, "We will continue with our mission to hunt down the Dark Eldar if they even exist. But we will keep on guard." Peras nodded and said, "I must go friend. Goodbye." He looked up and dark purple energy cascaded around him as he disappeared in crackling energy. Then he was gone and Xeth strengthened his resolve and told himself that those coward Inquisitors and politicians would have to take his head themselves if they wanted it.

A few short hours later and he had boarded the Jedi Blade and the mighty Star Destroyer and it's two escorts as well as the small force of shieldships had risen to up into the space surrounding Dragoria and had began final checks before their fold to fight these Dark Eldar. He looked quietly around at the assembled forces as he looked out into the space surrounding them. The vessels were fully ready for combat and they were in full battle formation. He spoke aloud and through the Force to his brothers, Now my brothers we enter a deadly battle as we walk into a trap set by the Inquisitors that so despise us. But we will not fall we will survive and show them why the Jedi are so feared in the Universe. Suddenly he felt an ice cold chill on the bridge and shivered slightly but only until his armor adapted to the change in temperature. The chill soon turned to frost which covered portions of his armor and the floor surrounding him. Then in a flash of blue lightning Xavier appeared before him resplendent in his snow white armor. He looked out silently across the bridge and walked over to Xeth. After staring him in the eyes a few moments he laughed and grasped Xeth's free arm and held it firmly in a handshake. He said in a chilly voice, "Good to see you again Xeth. It has been a long time I'm here to help you. I came as quickly as I could when I heard word of the Inquisition's plan. My legion is not yet strong enough to provide much support but I have come to aid you as best I can." His breath chilled on the air as he smiled drawing his force sword. "We will make these foolish bastards wish they had never tangled with us. Xeth laughed and said, "Well crew you heard him the Imperium's strongest side with us. Now let's fold space to meet these fools and hope no one else wishes to destroy us but only aid us." In a flash of light the fleet was gone.

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Inquisitor Gyut stood tall on her bridge and looked out over the space that was soon to be a bloody battlefield. She laughed as she knew she'd soon see these fools destroyed. They decided to go against the Emperor's teachings and High Inquisitor Lord Seva did nothing about it so she and some of her colleagues decided they would destroy these fools on their own. She looked at the sensor screen and saw her fellow cloaked ships arrayed in position around her own. Then suddenly in a flash of light the Jedi fleet appeared. She opened the comm and said those delicious words, "Prepare to attack the heretics."

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