Adventure1
2005/35 ABY
Corusca Galaxy/ Unknown Regions/ Janus' Space station
With a slow hissing sound the pod opens and a tall man with brown hair and dressed in the classical white ancient robes emerged from the stasis pod after his long slumber.
With slow deliberate steps the man crosses the room to reach the data terminal on the other side of the room. He activates it and starts reading, scrolling through line after line of text before he steps back to leave the room and head for the command center of the space station.
After a short check on the operational readiness of the station he activates a neural download to learn the news on the current state of affairs in the galaxy at large.
The extensive Network of cloaked satellites that the man, Janus, has left before going into stasis feeding him the data for this download.
What he learns pleases him and worries him greatly at the same time.
The galaxy is in turmoil after the defeat and subsequent exile of the Yuzzhan Vong.
The massive destruction the war caused present a huge opportunity for those spared by the war and so relatively unscathed planets and sectors could gain a lot of influence and power in a very short few years.
Janus though wasn't very concerned about this galaxy. His focus was several million light-years away. On Pegasus, his home.
But before he could return there he must first recruit a crew for his ship and a very special mission.
After using his advanced computing capacities and his satellite network he hacked the database of Galactic Alliance Intelligence to figure out who to approach for this very special opportunity.
Picking the first potential recruit he heads to the docking bay and into his personal ship which he used all those millennia ago to come to this very strange galaxy from the Milky Way.
Sitting in the control chair he imagined the first set of coordinates to begin his search.
Corusca Galaxy/ Unknown Regions/ Jenesaari training-moon
Jacen Solo was nothing if not determined to win. At least once. Engaged in one of the fiercest fights of his life, and he has fought a LOT in his life, he didn't pull any punches and still his opponent seemed almost untouchable.
His opponent a slim human woman about his age with raven black hair and green eyes looked at him challengingly from behind her blue lightsaber blade.
She stood ready in a classic Jenesaari fighting stance daring him to attack her.
And so he did throwing everything he had at her all he could do was push her back a few meters. Then she started counterattacking and he had some serious difficulty defending himself from the elegant flurry of movement that was his training partner.
After a few more goes at another Jacen got lucky and managed to trick her to overextend herself which he used to quickly disarm her and pin her to the floor beneath him.
"Give up, Nelani?" Jacen asked breathing heavily.
"Not quite" Nelani replied smiling mischievously before rolling them so she was on top of him and kissing him passionately.
After a few minutes she broke the kiss and got off him waving him to follow her.
Jacen got up and followed her quickly as they headed out of the gym.
"Your place or my place?" Nelani asks him grinning widely as they walk out the main entrance.
"I think your place would be better, since you know, my place is bugged."
"Oh I forgot about that. I guess my place it is then."
As they leave the Jenesaari temple and head towards the city at the base of the hill Jacen notices a man wearing strange white robes standing a few hundred meters in front of them as if waiting for them.
Just as they were about to pass by the strange man, he made a move and grabbed both of their arms. When he touched them both blinding white light envelops the three of them and they find themselves in room of unfamiliar design but clearly aboard a spaceship.
"Hello, my name is Janus and I have a proposal for the both of you. A job offer so to speak.
Please hear me out before you make any kind of judgement. " The man, Janus spoke in a very cultural manner.
"I am a member of a race called Lanteans, although since we have lost claim to Atlantis that name has lost all meaning. A little over 10 000 years ago we fought a terrible war, not unlike the one you just fought five years ago. Our enemy, the Wraith, a humanoid species that feeds on the very life-force of humans were no match for us technological wise, but they were stronger in numbers and more military minded than us. After 100 years of war where we gradually lost territory until the city Atlantis was our last stronghold in Pegasus we sank the city in the ocean and retreated to our old home world terra, where the Lantean race helped the ingenious human population reach a certain point of civilization until we were no more, be it through ascension or interbreeding with the humans and adaptation to their way of life. "
"Wait, wait, wait! Does that mean you're from another galaxy? But how can that be? It takes hundreds if not thousands of years to cross the void between galaxies! " Nelani interrupted.
Jacen just rolled his eyes thinking that obviously, since he just got beamed into orbit, Janus had access to a lot more advanced technology than the best there was in their galaxy.
"Well with your hyperdrivetechnology it most certainly would, however my ship uses a much faster form of FTL propulsion than yours do so I can make the journey to Pegasus in a little over two weeks and one more if I want to go to the Milky Way."
"Wow, that's amazing! Would you be willing to trade this type of technology with us? And how come we look alike anyway if what you say is true and you are from another galaxy?
The Yuzzhan Vong only resembled us lightly?" Nelani questioned excitedly.
Jacen on the other hand was more concerned what would happen if an enemy who could beat a race with access to such remarkable technology would come to this galaxy.
"Well why we look alike is a long story but it basically comes back to the fact that your 'Celestials' were actually a splinter group of the Alterra, our predecessors, that had enough of travelling from one galaxy to the next and wanted to settle down somewhere.
They were some of our best scientists in the areas of genetic advancement and manipulation of gravity. Which explains why there are so many 'Force sensitives', and why your technology relies so heavily on gravity, that your ships can only travel on certain routes through hyperspace safely. "
"Ok, you are officially talking about way too many galaxies and it is confusing me to no end!" Nelani exclaimed. Janus just smiled at her, but Jacen was still suspicious of the man and his unbelievable story.
"Let's just say that I believe you. What do you want from us? Unless you wanted to warn us that the Wraith are attacking our galaxy I hardly see the relevance in you telling us all of this." Jacen said.
"I want you and an elite team of warriors from this galaxy to help me reclaim the Pegasus galaxy from the Wraith and free the human population there that had to suffer for our incompetence in warfare for the last ten thousand years!"
"So you want our help recruiting veterans from the last war?"
"No, I don't just want veterans, I want soldiers, intelligence operatives, fighter pilots and master tacticians, I want the best of the best, and I know that you Jacen Solo know exactly the people I am talking about."
"Well, I do but I haven't seen most of them in almost five years, but what I learned in the last war is that more important than any fighters are the scientists behind their equipment and the integrity of the leaders as well as the amount of resources at the soldiers disposal, at least if we are talking about a large scale war." Jacen said
At this Janus grinned widely. "I see, you are clearly a warfare expert. So who do you suggest we should seek out first?"
"Wait! Neither of us has agreed with your proposal! " Nelani exclaimed.
"Oh but you have. I can already see it in your eyes. It is your very nature to help people, and this way you would do that on a huge scale."
"What do you think Nelani, should we help him make things right and free a galaxy full of people from the terror these Wraith pose, or should we stay here where we are virtually useless in comparison?" Jacen asked, but the way he did already making his decision clear to Nelani what he would do.
"I am going with you Jacen, I trust you to make the right choice." Nelani answered.
"Where do you suggest we go next Jacen? Who would you recruit for such an endeavor?" Janus inquired.
"Zonama Sekot. I have a few friends there that will prove useful in any type of war we may fight. "
"Zonama Sekot it is then. I am going to beam you down again please take everything you may need and then we'll be off. "
Corusca Galaxy/ Unknown Regions/ Janus' personal ship
Emerging from his personal lab Janus was startled to see a being of pure energy waiting for him in the hallway.
"Hello dad." The being now more closely resembling a woman with blond hair and blue eyes greeted.
"Hello Canens."
"You know I still can't believe you are so hung up on mum to go to all this trouble to have her back that you would literally spend two thousand years in stasis to reach your goal.
I mean she died 10 000 years ago! You seriously need to learn to let go. Release all of this inner suffering and join me on the higher plane! "
"You know my reasons, however hard I try I can't let go. I have done so much all these years just to be with her again , it nearly broke me when I figured out that there was no way she could have survived and had to watch her die again and again until I tried every possibility only to figure out that whatever I do the result is always the same. She is dead. But there is one way that WILL work. But before I can get her I need to secure us a peaceful future together. I lost her to war once and I will not lose her a second time, whatever happens."
Then Canens understood.
"You want to use your time machine to transport her into the future."
"Yes, but first I have to defeat the Wraith and all other possible threats in Pegasus to make the future a safe place to live in."
"You know I can't help you however much I want to."
"Yes, yes and next you will tell me that you have to go I know my ascended mannerisms."
At this Canens just laughed.
"You certainly do. Well it was nice talking to you again and who knows after all this is over I might even join you so we can all be a real family for once. You, mum and me."
"I certainly hope so, but to achieve that I first have a lot of work to do. So goodbye my daughter, feel free to drop by whenever convenient."
"Bye dad, good luck."
And then she disappeared.
Corusca galaxy/ Unknown Regions/ Zonama Sekot
"And these Wraith what type of technology do they use?" Danni asked Janus excitedly at the prospect of tinkering with new types of technology.
"Well they mostly use Bio-tech. Their ships fire blue plasma bolts that would severely damage the shielding of a Star Destroyer. However their greatest weakness is that aside from their massively strong hull they don't have any form of energy or void based defenses like the Yuzzhan Vong do."
"Well that's good so that means that we need a weapon with a lot of penetration power."
"Penetration power alone is not enough I fear or we would have won the war. The Wraith ships, especially new ones have strong regenerative capabilities, so you have to completely destroy them otherwise they will just repair themselves in a very short time and go at you again. "
"Ok, so I take it you are on board?" Jacen asked Danni.
"Yeah sure, count me in!" she answered excitedly.
"What about you Tahiri and you Telki?"
"I am sorry Jacen, but I can't leave the Yuzzhan Vong alone. They still need me." Tahiri replied with a sad face that she couldn't help the person that could have been her brother-in-law by now if it hadn't been for the war.
"I am afraid I will also have to decline Jacen. And I really think you should talk to the council first before you make such a decision for yourself. " The short Chadra-Fan said.
"The Council hasn't concerned me since the day I started on my journey of knowledge and discovery, but I will talk to them when I approach Jaina and Tenel Ka."
"I don't think you need to approach the Council about either of those two actually." Danni threw in.
"Why's that?"
"Jaina gas been spending the last four years in the Unknown Regions with Jagged Fel, the Chiss and a whole bunch of space exploration. And Tenel Ka has finally managed to find a suitable successor and is currently planning on going to Dathomir to teach the native population there the ways of the force. Both of them have virtually no ties to the Order whatsoever." Tahiri threw in.
"Ok, that makes matters a lot simpler I guess and we could actually really use Jagged Fel as well." Jacen replied.
"So Danni, pack your bags we are leaving when you are ready." Janus said, quite excited at the prospect at having a proper scientific discussion with someone who might actually be able to follow him.
"Well, where to next?" Nelani asked.
"I will contact Jaina through my twinbond to determine her location and then we will have another two members for our party." Jacen answered her.
"Ok, well, let's go back to the ship and use what little time we have left, before the ship gets full with force users who know everything we are doing at any given time." She told him with a bright smile on her face.
Jacen on the other hand, who wasn't used to such bluntness, blushed lightly before replying in a husky tone "Yes let's."
Corusca Galaxy/ Unknown Regions/ above unnamed planet
"Jag, Jacen just contacted me through the force and told me that he wants to talk to us and that he will 'drop by for a visit', whatever he means by that since I doubt he will be able to come here, because let's be honest not even WE are sure how we got here."
Jainas voice could be heard over the comm unit in Jags Clawcraft.
"Copy Goddess, should we try to head to civilized space to make it easier for him to meat us or would you like to finish our work here first?"
"I think we should head baaaaaaa... what is that? I have never seen anything that looks even remotely similar to this ship and it used some weird type of FTL drive. I am going to hail it you never know out here if it's friendly so be prepared."
"I am always prepared Goddess." Jags flippantly reply came, something that only a few years back would have been unimaginable for the uptight Chiss pilot he used to be.
"This is Jedi knight Jaina Solo hailing unidentified vessel, please confirm your identity."
"Hey, hey, hey Jaina is this a way to great your brother?" Jacens voice replied to Jainas hail.
"It's good to hear from you again Jacen! Does your ship have a hangar bay where we could land?"
"Yes it does let me just open the bay doors for you and you can come right in."
After they landed their fighters they were greeted by a committee of Jacen, Nelani and Danni. Janus was still behind the controls of the ship and already setting a course to Dathomir, although at only 10% of the usual speed of the Hyperdrive to give them time to bring Jaina and Jag up-to-date.
They agreed to join in this effort after only a little persuasion on Jacens part.