What happens when you realize that many events, when the smallest thing happens,
can be drastically altered in ways you may not be able to contemplate. There are
infinite amounts of universes, either mimicking or having a different history of
another.
Splinter a link, and a new chain is forged.
A particle pushed a little farther, and catastrophe is avoided. Or caused.
You have a point of view, but so do many a mind.
In here, there are none.
These facts only string together one of limitless possibilities...
KotOR: Infinities
Prologue 1 Fuse
"The Republic will fall soon. If you do not seek a greater power, you will end up
failing with the rest of the blind!"
"The Republic is the strongest, most equal system in the galaxy. You are the blind
one!"
"Can't you see it? The beurocracy that has served the galaxy for far too long has
made you believe in this ancient and corrupt system!"
"You were my commander, my mentor, my hero. I'm not about to let you abandon the
thing you fought most honorably for!"
"That was when I was blind, like you!"
"Whatever has been done to you, I will not stand for it! Forget these thoughts of
betrayal!"
"Betrayal? Ha! Those are the words of of a weakling not strong enough to grasp power!"
"Listen, you're a great man, and I know that you are about to head down a very bad
path which at the end you will have the greatest regret. I am begging you: please,
don't do this!"
"The path I'm going up is the path to victory, to praise, to a new age! If you join
with me now, I will forgive everything you have said."
"Nothing will ever make me betray the republic, not even you."
"Then you will fail. I will leave you be as you are: a blind slave."
"And as you are: a corrupted man without hope."
Prologue 2 Saul
Admiral Saul Karath of the new Sith Empire was troubled. He had abandoned his protoge,
then bombed his homeworld. His new Sith identity had taken away the guilt as promised,
but there was one thing he could not get out of his mind. His protoge's final words
to him: "And as you are: a corrupted man without hope."
That had attached it self to him. He knew what he was doing was for the good of
the galaxy, and that he was neither corrupt nor needed hope to "be pure of it".
Carth was the corrupt one, believing everything that the Republic does is completely
justified by the good of being the Republic itself. But, no matter what he thought,
there was something about it...
Prologue 3 Revan and Malak
"Malak is waiting for you on the bridge, Lord Revan" a Sith Commander informed.
"Address me as Darth Revan, as my allegiance to the Sith Empire is whole" Revan
issued. "Right!" the Sith Commander shouted to the other troopers. Revan disliked
the designation of "Lord". There could be many a lord, but there was only one Darth.
When the time came, his apprentice Malak would defeat him and claim the title for
himself, proving that he was the strongest of the Sith. The title of "Darth" was
more than a mere designation, it was a system to ensure that the Sith were ruled
only by the strongest.
Malak was to meet Revan on Resonate Aura, Revan's flagship, to discuss the coming
battle. He knew that Revan was the greater strategist. But he did not agree that
Revan was the greater lord of the Sith. The Sith were brutal and ruthless, not careful,
like the simpering Jedi. But unfortunately, Malak knew that he could not defeat
him in single combat. He would be over-matched indefinitely. Maybe it was because
Revan listened to more holocrons and read more from tablets. Malak thought that
Sith were the future and those in the past had failed.
Revan was receiving a message from Admiral Karath. "Darth Revan, I need to meet
you urgently on the Leviathan. It is a matter of great importance." Saul said. "I
will meet you there shortly." Revan responded. He then contacted commander Drath,
saying "Tell Malak to stay here, and that I will be back shortly."
Chapter One Spark
"All hands to battle!" yelled Malak over the Universal Sith transponder. Both Revan
and Malak knew there was going to be a battle, but not this early. The Republic
had caught them by surprise. Normally Malak would have taken his short-range starfighter
to his other cruiser, Leviathan, but there needed to be at least on Sith lord on
Resonate Aura, Revan's flagship, and since Admiral Karath had only summoned Revan,
Malak was left in command.
"What did you need my presence for, Admiral Karath?" Revan coldly asked. "Lord Revan,
you once promised me that by joining the Sith I would be doing the galaxy good,
even through certain atrocities. But now I think that I'm just heading down a road
to regret." Saul admitted. "What has caused you to have these doubts?" Revan inquired.
"The things I've done, I don't think I can live with them." Saul distraughtly said.
"Are you trying to defect from the Sith cause, the road to salvation Admiral Karath?"
Revan angrily asked. "I'm afraid so. I don't know if you'll win the war or not,
but I no longer want to be a part of it." Saul depressingly admitted. He took five
steps before Revan stuck his lightsaber in him. The shock and pain of it would have
killed him alone. As the former Admiral collapsed on the floor, Revan announced,
"That is a lesson for those who regret joining th-". Before he could finish speaking,
a voice came on the transponder: "Darth Revan, a Jedi strike team has boarded Resonate
Aura. Bastila Shan is with them. They have just reached the bridge. I am awaiting
orders."
Bastila was very nervous. She and her team had managed to board and infiltrate Resonate
Aura, the flagship of the arch-nemesis of the Republic and the Jedi, and were currently
making their way to the bridge. She would have to face Revan in combat, no small
feat, capture him, and somehow return him to Dantooine to be questioned. This was
almost impossible, but then she remembered that every great victory for the Jedi
came when the odds were completely against them.
In an explosion, Bastila's team invaded the bridge, and hail of blasterfire followed.
The Jedi effortlessly defeated the soldiers but Bastila was having trouble with
one dark jedi. After a few tense moments, the dark jedi fell- and Bastila looked
up to see Malak. "Malak? Why isn't Revan here?" Bastila asked, shocked to find only
Malak. "My master had some business he had to take care of on another ship. But
you will find a much more painful death by my hand!" Malak responded. "Oh no. This
mission is a complete failure. We're going to die, and the Republic will fall."
Bastila said grimly. But there was something that caught Bastila's eye, outside
the ship. It was bright red, and it was coming fast...
"This is a disaster!" Revan thought. "He'll be over-matched by the Jedi, and they'll
question him. He's too weak to resist interrogation, he'll tell everything about
the Star Forge. This is hopeless. I will be defeated, and no one will be able to
stop them...". But then something flashed into Revan's mind, a last-minute idea
only an insane creature would do: order his entire fleet to fire on Resonate Aura,
killing Bastila but also Malak. He debated it for several nano-seconds in his mind,
then came to the conclusion that it was the best course of action.
"All forces fire on Resonate Aura!" Revan roared over the transponder. He heard
every single soldier's confirmation of his order. He watched his own ships turbo-laser
batteries fire on Resonate Aura's bridge. After four minutes it exploded, along
with everything inside it…