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Post by sithhunter on Aug 30, 2006 11:51:14 GMT -5
Ben was about to walk out of the council chamber with sareth when he sensed something....hate and anger....very extreme anger. But he could not see where it was comeing from. So ben relaxed and sensed harder untill he ofund the place where it emited from. Ben used the force to push in that direction, who or what was there would not be flying head over heels and hit the wall.
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Post by Cluge of the Grey on Aug 30, 2006 13:26:02 GMT -5
Echo saw the chamber where the council was talking, so he kept his ears out of range. Then he saw his vision blur, then refocus. He rubbed his eyes, and looked around. He saw the blur again. The untrained eye would not have seen it, but Echo knew a stealth feild when he saw one. He had spent many hours in one himself. He focused his eyes on somehting distant, but kept the blur in his field of view.
Then a gust of wind pushed into him, and the blur hit him as well. He heard a sharp crack of bone splitting when the object hit him with a metal object. He landed on his butt, and the blur landed on his lap. He looked at his unnaturally sunken chest.
Dammit, I broke a rib.
Echo calmed himself with a breathing technique, and mentally recited his name and number the Republic gave him when he joind the military, so he would not go into shock.
I am Carth Onasi, Captain of the third Batallion of the 51st regiment of the Republic Defenders, registration number TK-421, transport seat number 65, trained heavily in martial arts and ranged and melee weapons.
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Post by relientkelly on Aug 30, 2006 15:11:46 GMT -5
Emylia stared at Akere in disbelief and asked,"When did you last see him?"
Akere thought a moment, then spoke, "A couple of years ago. He stopped here on Dantooine to restock the supplies on his ship, The Renegade, I think he called it."
Emylia blinked and couldn't believe what she just heard. He's alive... all these years, he's been alive! She could hardly move, scared that if she did, she might wake up from what seemed like a dream state. "Where was he going?"
"He didn't say," Akere nodded. "But he did say he had unfinished business to take care of."
Emylia felt overwhelmed by all sorts of emotions. Anger, confusion, sadness, shock, and happiness all rolled into one. She took a couple of steps back from Akere and said,"Thank you for telling me." She sighed and jogged off across the grassy field, searching for a place to sit and think.
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Post by Sabaa Kerbasi on Aug 30, 2006 15:13:09 GMT -5
Sabaa had stood, more like crouched, she was about to follow the man she was watching when he stopped. An alarm went off in her head, He must sense me! Of all places! She cursed to herself in her own language, before going completely still, hopefully he wouldn't think anything off it. She knew that she was radiating anger, she had forgotten that Jedi can sense this type of stuff., but Jedi were the ones who incited this anger, and she couldn't hold it in as well as she thought. Suddenly she felt a strong push that sent her flying. As everyone in her race were force sensitive, she knew it was a Jedi power. She began to panick, and let out a loud painful yelp when she collided with something which didn't feel like a wall. She heard the sound of bone cracking, and soon she was sprawled on the ground, ontop of a man. Her stealth field generator began to crackle and soon she was exposed. It must've been damaged during the hit.
Her pale grey eyes opened wide and she looked around frantically. She was caught! She then narrowed her eyes in rage. Damn Jedi! They must know that her kind are weak against force powers, she totally forgot about the fact that she was sitting ontop of some man who was obviously injured. She jumped up on her feet swiftly, and crouched into a fighting stance. She cursed loudly in her own toungue before pulling out a small curved variation of a vibrosword. If she didn't have brown skin, she would be red. "You Jedi are all the same..." She hissed in a thick accent. She really did not want to fight, she didn't have time. She had to find a way to reverse the damage the Jedi had caused to her planet.
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Post by Cluge of the Grey on Aug 30, 2006 19:30:27 GMT -5
((I'm guessing you're a MiraLuka, Correct me if I'm wrong, then I'll edit. But, are you blind, or looking through the Force?))
Echo looked at the woman who appeared out of thin air. She looked angry in a frustrated way. She also seemed ready to fight. Her Vibro-Sword whipped out and gleamed menacingly. Then he looked at her face. She's a MiraLuka. A race of Force-sensitives with the ability to predict the future. Also great warriors when provoked.
He wanted to say something to calm the tension, but the pain sealed his lips. He groped about in his pockets for a stim, and found one under a pile of lint. He injected it in his stomach, and the pain was eased away, but still present.
"Ben, calm down! She's a MiraLuka, and by the looks of her, and observer. A fight is avoidable, and would be pointless."
The effects of the stim would only last so long, he reminded himself.
He was suprised when Master Vandar spoke up. "Wisdom this one has in his words. Better are battles with words, than with swords." Vandar motioned to a padawan to come close, then whispered in his ear. The padawan walked up to Echo, and lifted him with the Force.
"Hold still, or you will hurt yourself more."
Echo didn't like being held by and invisible energy field, but it was better than a strecher. He took one last look at the Observer, then, was escorted to a room at the north end until a healer came to... well, heal.
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Post by Sabaa Kerbasi on Aug 30, 2006 21:11:19 GMT -5
((I didn't think about that...cool idea on the race, I had a different one I had made up (called Keir) from a planet I had made up (as far as I know...) called Firdaus, which is pretty much a race of tan to dark skinned humanoid aliens with pale hair and eyes, and force affinity. I'll get back to you on the blind part (I didn't think of that either, I should have) I had totally forgot about Miralukas though...))
She tensed as she heard the man she had almost crushed speak up, ready to attack in the opposite direction if needed, but she calmed a small bit when she heard his words. She winced when she heard the familiar sound of the stimulant, obviously to help with the pain. Although she could tell that everyone in this room was a match for her and she would definitly be at a disadvantage amongsth this many Jedi and seasoned soldiers, she would still fight to the death if needed.
"Pointless...and futile..." She hissed, not believing a word she said. It would be futile for her at this point. She turned to the man who spoke up in her "defense" and said, " I'm Sabaa Kerbasi...I'm a Kier. Seargant and scout in the Firdaus army...We fought against the Madaloreans." She said hesitantly, lowering her vibrosword slowly. The Kier and Mandaloreans respected each other as worthy combatants, both are very warlike people.
She knew what a Miraluka was, and in a matter of fact before they were destroyed, her planet and theirs were on good terms. Knowing what happened to them only fueled her anger for the jedi, running through worlds, putting others in danger...preaching nonsense...her list would go on. It was obvious she didn't understand the jedi, especially when she watched them lift the injured man into the air. Her eyes widened...wasn't this only making it worse? She then saw him escorted out of the room, to a place where he could be healed. She turned towards the other man, who she knew now as Ben, and it hit her. This was what she needed. A jedi standing infront of her. Mabye he could answer some of her questions on how and why her planet was dying. Or mabye why so many suddenly died, and she felt like she lost her senses after the battle over Malachor V.
"Your a Jedi....You will answer my questions...." She said, trying to sound as intimidating as possible. Her hatred was obvious, any jedi could sense it, and the fact that she showed no respect only made it all the more obvious. "Why and how are you people killing my planet?" She asked, almost shaking with anger.
She scoffed at the Master Jedi's words, "Hah! Wise for you..."
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Post by sithhunter on Aug 31, 2006 7:10:53 GMT -5
"Yes i'm a jedi if not only a learner and i will answer your question's if...you put that vibro blade away. First of all it would be helpfull to know what happend to your planet in the start of it."
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Post by Cluge of the Grey on Aug 31, 2006 7:13:26 GMT -5
((Np. I was only a little off though. Your char sounded like a MiraLuka. Ah, well, whateva.))
Echo lay down in the bed, thinking. MiraLuak weren't much for fighting, but he heard many were Jedi, so they could fight if they needed to. But this one... was different from the MiraLukian General he once knew. She wore her emotions on her sleeves, and seemed more brutal, almost like... a Mandalorian.
The Kier! The sister spieces of the Mandalorians. That's why she seemed familiar. Her stance was different, yet similar to a Mandalorians, and her equipment matched theirs a lot. She could mean trouble to Ben.
The healer came in, but instead of a smocked, gloved and masked operator that he expected, in came The General.
"We just keep running into each other, huh? What'd you get this time? Nemoidian flu?"
"Echo pointed to his chest. "Broken Rib, from the look of it. Someone was throwing people, and I got in the way of one."
She scoffed. "And you're not screaming in pain like the one I had earlier who skinned his back off in a spar? You been using those stims again?"
"Only to help keep my mind sharp when injured so I don't go into shock. Then my cover would be blown, and no one wants that."
"I see. Would it be so bad that they know who you are?" She un buttoned his shirt, and examined his chest.
"I was the Republic's savior or something famous like that. I want to be normal, to blend in, and I don't want to make some old enemies forget I'm dead. I paid a price for my normalicy, and I'm not about to render that void."
"Whatever you say. I'm just saying, as your former General, and operater, that you should open up a little more." She traced her fingers around the conclaved area. "You've been working out, I see."
Echo winced. "Yeah, had some pretty rough days on Taris."
"Hmm. Relax, and this won't hurt too much." She closed her eyes, and focused. The conclave began to fill, and a crack was heard as the bone snapped into place, and the organs began to work again. She reached for a laser scapel, and fused the bone back together. After the damage and skin tissue were put back together, she st down the scapel, and opened her eyes. "This will still hurt until your mind thinks it's healed, so go easy for a week or so."
"Can I get up and go now?"
She smiled. "Yes, but promise me you wont get in the way of unidentified flying people from now on."
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Post by Sabaa Kerbasi on Aug 31, 2006 10:36:47 GMT -5
Sabaa seemed to think about this for a few seconds, and warily put her vibrosword away. "Like I said, I"m Sabaa Kerbasi, I'm Kier. My planet fought against the Madaloreans, for the republic and under the Jedi. While many like my father fought in fleets...he was a fleet commander...many of us faced them on the surface. We are able to sense the force, and have a slight affinity...we like many trusted and respected the Jedi." She began, calmly enough before narrowing her eyes angrily. "I respected your jedi general, who fought with the skill of Kier or Mandaloreans. But I was younger then. I was naive. But then you people betrayed us, we had never seen such a loss for life...."
"It felt as if we lost the ability to see, or hear, or feel all of a sudden. We are not blind, but it was the same feeling. Many died on my planet from that...I almost did. It was the worst for many Kier Jedi, who lost their connection to the force, and left the order. Many more...like my father...died over Malachor, their ships crashing to the ground, many ground soldiers crushed. Our planet began to die, it was paradise, now it is turning into a desert...." She began to shake with anger, obviously her emotional strength was limited.
"You people and your "General" betrayed us, for a small victory! We fought for you, respected you, and you jedi think you are above us...you put our planets indanger, and run. We fought one of our allies because they were massacreing the weak...which is not honorable at all, while you all sat and waited, preaching "patience"...hah! I'd say cowardice." She spat. She was starting to twitch with anger, she bet they thought that she was going to attack at any moment.
"How did you kill my planet, and so many of us, and what about the Miraluka?! How was our sister planet nearly eradicated?" She asked, becoming more frantic. "And what thanks did we get? We are at risk for loosing our trading rights with the republic because they believe we are too close to the Sith. All we have done is supply goods to both..."
This was a tough memory, she remembered vividly the destruction of almost the entire Kier and Republic fleets, how painful it was, how so many dropped dead on her own planet, the pressure from the republic and jedi to end their business with the Sith,
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Post by Cluge of the Grey on Aug 31, 2006 13:24:32 GMT -5
Echo limped out of the room and headed back to the Council room. He saw the Kier standing with her sword down, and her temper raised. The things she said were connected deeply with Echo's past. Not that he wanted to tell them, but he wouldn't say everything.
"You speak of things you didn't see. Events you never witnessed." His voice was calm, but level. "I was there. I was there at Malachor V when the Mandalorians turned an ambush meant for them against us. My Jedi General gave the order to finsih it, using the Mass Shadow Generator. The result was devastating, but nessecary. The side effects no one foresaw, and everyone was effected by it, not just the MiraLukas or the Kiers, The Republic's on the verge of collapse, and the outer worlds are dying because of it. We cannot change the past, but, with our combined strenght, there might be hope for a future."
Where did THAT come from?
"The Republic isn't as corrupt as you think."
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Post by sithhunter on Aug 31, 2006 13:38:27 GMT -5
"No...she's right the repubilc is corrupt to deny that would be like denying the evil in the galaxy...in ourselfs. Revan was not acting on the orders of the republic or the jedi, nor were any of the soilders under his command....Revan acted on one command...his command." Ben sighed and said "The jedi knew something terrible like this would happen that's why we did not go to war." Ben made a mental note to ask echo about this later.
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Post by Sabaa Kerbasi on Aug 31, 2006 15:42:47 GMT -5
She listened to the man who had limped out of the other room, it inflamed her. "Hah! For someone who witnessed the betrayal first hand you seem to hold this "leader" in high regard, we were there just as you were, your general obliterated our army, our fleet, even your own men were killed...we were left almost defensless, more than half of our population was destroyed, either during the battle, or the shockwave that followed."
"Didn't witness it? I watched children drop dead in horrible pain, my planet cannot grow food, our resources are drying up. We were strong in the force, we had many Kier jedi, there was even plans to build an enclave....We fought against our allies, because of a principle. We condemned the actions of the Mandaloreans, and joined the republic's alliance. We were an intrical part of the ambush, we were the only ones who could match the Madaloreans in close combat." Sabaa trembled with rage, but soon began to calm herself.
"Combined strength?! Combining our strength is what caused the problem in the firstplace." Although she felt quite patronized, he didn't see the effects it had on her planet, she also knew that he still spoke the truth, albeit to her a naive one. "But you do speak wisely...although you seem to be quite enamored..." She laughed to herself slightly before continuing..." We must find a solution, or I fear we wont be the only planet that will die."
"No...she's right..." She heard Ben interupt, she was surprised that he, being a jedi, had agreed with her. She listened to him, and made a mental note to ask him about what he had said, her people blamed the jedi mostly for their near eradication, but if it wasn't the jedi who ordered the use of that "weapon", then she had a problem. But she still needed help.
"We eventually regained the trust of the remaining Mandaloreans, there are many mercanaries on our planet, which help train our soldiers. It was a Madalorean who had overseen my training into our army." She pulled out her vibrosword, looking at it, before placing it back.
"But honestly, I do not know what to do...no one deserves to die out, for doing something that is right...we shouldn't suffer for helping the jedi and the republic, for providing the Sith with shelter. No one should...not jedi, not republic, nor sith. We had such a great planet, it was diverse, paradise. We had people from all over the galaxy, and now it is slowly becoming a wasteland. Soon it will look like Korriban. I am sure that every planet effected the force shockwave will die...I am willing to do anything to reverse the damage to the universe, or atleast keep it from happening again..."
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Post by sithhunter on Sept 1, 2006 6:02:05 GMT -5
"I agree with you....the dying of your planet....and the many that both the jedi that went to war the mandalorians the sith scoured and scarred should never had happend. But the repubilc has learned it lession....in fact it is still learing it the hard way. The reason we should protect the republic is no one else is fit to order the galaxy. The jedi are to few and not realy fit for diplomatic life....the mandalorians would proably be destroyed by the sith if they were ever to take over, and the sith ....the sith would kill and burn...they would keep the galaxy under a brutal grip. Yes the republic is corrupt yes it has caused a lot of pain to more planets and pepole than probably the sith themslef's......But the republic must stand...without it the galaxy would fall apart." Ben looked at her hopeing he got through...he dident want a fight....not here.
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Post by Cluge of the Grey on Sept 1, 2006 9:11:17 GMT -5
"I think I speak on behalf of the Republic when I say that we owe the galaxy a debt that can never be repaid, but... we can try."
Echo looked at the Masters. "I have a strange feeling that we are about to find out how we can help. I would like to help in whatever quest you send us on, Masters, as a representative for the Republic."
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Post by Sabaa Kerbasi on Sept 1, 2006 14:10:38 GMT -5
Sabaa listened intently, he was telling the truth, and she could tell there were no mind tricks. He had gotten through to her. "The sith that come to our planet, they didn't seem to want to hurt us...mabye their biding their time..." She thought outloud to herself. He was right, she knew it in her heart that he was. "We Kiers are force sensitive, we could feel their anger, their passion, their hatred...but because our own feelings mirrored theirs, we never thought anything was wrong. They would destroy the Mandaloreans as well?" She asked, her planet had already almost lost their closest allies, the Miraluka, but now their sister race? She could not let that happen. But something did seem wrong with his words...
"If the republic has done more harm to the universe, to other places what they are doing to us, then how are they better than the sith?" Saaba was obviously in conflict with herself. She viewed the republic with contempt, they used the Kiers and other planet's ethics and morals to incite them to fight the Mandaloreans, then the so called jedi "leader" left them all to die, both sides, while they used some horrible weapon, which killed half of her race in moments. But if the sith really wanted to raze the universe, to burn it all...she could not let that happen...
"I think I speak on behalf of the Republic when I say that we owe the galaxy a debt that can never be repaid, but... we can try." Sabaa turned to him, surprised that he would have said that after the last thing he had said.
"We need to try....Or else we'll have a repeat of what happen after Malachor, on a greater scale..." Sabaa said, not in the mood for fighting anymore. She felt calmer than usual, but she felt that it was the enviroment she was in.
She follewed his gaze to the Jedi master's who she had forgotten were in the room the whole time. Did they plan to help the universe, reverse the damage caused by one of their own?
"A represenative for the republic...." She said outloud, he wanted to help, to represent the republic, to try to repay the debt they owed the universe they helped destroy...
"I will be part of this too, many Kier were Jedi and believed in the "good" you stand for, mabye they weren't as foolish as I had thought...want to keep the other planets from the damage caused..."
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Post by sithhunter on Sept 1, 2006 14:23:42 GMT -5
"Thank you saba....And the republic is better than the sith because they strive to good...gut they make a LOT of mistakes...and thats why we need to help them, so the republic will learn."
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Post by Sabaa Kerbasi on Sept 2, 2006 13:50:29 GMT -5
Sabaa nodded, quietly. That was true, although the republic was not that great or organized, atleast they tried to do good, she thought the sith were the same way, but she also found truth in this jedi's words, being force sensitive she could tell when mind tricks and force powers were used, and she felt none.
"They'd better learn soon, on my planet, they are viewed as worse than the sith, and diplomacy is starting to break down...." She began...
"But there is one thing else that troubles me...Before I left Firdaus, I heard my mother, who is on the high council, argue against joining the sith "empire" and fighting the republic, many were for the idea, and they are voting on the matter soon. That is another reason why I came here...The Mandaloreans had honor, if it weren't for the way they fought so indiscriminantly, we might have sided with them. It was a hard decision not to, many grieved over this...I don't sense that honor with these Sith..."
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Post by sithhunter on Sept 4, 2006 11:39:54 GMT -5
"Well these sith kill slay and murder...not even the mandalorians were that senseless. The sith will blow through a huge city just to kill one jedi. The republic in the meantime tries to stop the pain but will ((more often than not)) only mess and bring more pain." Ben removed hi hand from his blaster and said "If the council allows it then i would be honored and blessed if you were to join us."
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Post by Sabaa Kerbasi on Sept 4, 2006 13:15:52 GMT -5
Sabaa smiled, a rare thing for her now, and said jokingly (another rare thing), "Not even that would stop me..." She relax, taking her hand off of the top of her vibrosword. "Thank you, and I would be honored and bless to join you. But what off our debate, the majority of our council supports joining the sith."
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Post by sithhunter on Sept 5, 2006 6:45:00 GMT -5
"Well the jedi can send a few jedi to nogitate...your precence there would help things greatly........i wonder." Ben tunred to the council and said "Masters if she wishes to travel with me may we go to her homeworld and stop the withdrawl from the republic?"
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