"The True Power of the Force"
Chapter 1: Are you ready for another mission?
"Ok Kyle, I made it. Crank the speed up, will you?"
Jedi knight Jaden Korr stood at edge of two walls, analyzing his next move. His speed was getting worse lately, and with a promotion as close as it was, that was not something he could let slide. Luke had a way of working you as hard as he could as a reward for working. It made no sense to Jaden, or anyone else who went through it. Never the less, if this next mission required momentum, Jaden would have to be prepared to match it. He would not fail like last time. Jaden flinched as he thought about it.
The mission was simple. Some Rodian pirates were raiding some of the New Republic's freighters for parts and weapons. Sense the New Republic was just recently formed; these things were in short supply. They called up the Jedi, and sent 3 knights to investigate, including Jaden. All they had to do was find them, and arrest them. Simple. The pirates were tracked to Mustafar, where they had a base bellow the lava. After a duel with the guards, the Jedi were able to confront the leader, and round up as many pirates as they could. The rest of them fled into space, only to be met with the very ships they stole from. As they were preparing them for their trip, a pirate broke from the crowd and made a mad dash toward the shield generator that was stopping the fort from melting. Jaden tried to give chase, but he was so worn out from the duel with the guards, that he was unable to use the force to assist him. The Rodian ran over and smashed the console with his fist, breaking it. As Jaden closed in, he pulled out his purple saber, igniting it. The Rodian reached his hands in, and Jaden noticed he was trying to find a wire.
Jaden made a mistake. He had swung too early. He slashed at air, and in those two seconds that were lost from his mistake, the pirate found the wire and pulled hard. It snapped, sending electricity everywhere, frying him. Jaden was able to deflect what was flying at him, but could not stop the meltdown (no pun intended). He and the other three knights were able to escape the base, but the pirates along with all the tech they stole were melted away into the rivers or magma.
That was the only mission he ever failed, and he swore it would be his last. This practice section would be more then help. The plan was to run through an opening and shutting door, hit a small tree on its side, only enough to mark it, and then run back through another door, scraping another tree. This would go back and forth until either he messed up or ran out of energy.
"Ok Jaden. I'm cranking it up to level nine. Think you can handle it?" Kyle Katarn said with a smirk.
"As luck would have it, I can."
Several hours of training later, Luke Skywalker walked into the training grounds with a worried/happy look on his face.
"Excuse me Jaden, but may I interrupt?"
Jaden stopped by the entrance mid run. He gave a quick bow.
"Of course master Skywalker. What do you need?"
"I was just wondering if you were ready for another mission."
Jaden looked back at the training grounds. The two trees were cut over and over again everywhere on their trunks, but not a single slash was weakening the trees stance. It stood perfectly still when Jaden pushed on it.
Jaden smiled. "As luck would have it, I am."
"Good," said Luke, "but I'm giving you something your not quite used to for this mission."
Kyle jumped down off the ancient catwalks.
"What might that be Luke?"
He looked Kyle straight in the eyes.
"I'm giving him an apprentice."
