Tatooine wasn't much to look at, it was just a planet full of desert. They're wasn't much to do here except mine and hunt. You couldn't really go too far outside of the different city walls either because of the natives to the planet, the Sand People. They were savage warriors who hid in the desert attacking anyone who wasn't them. Tatooine was a dangerous place and not one that Jayik enjoyed but this is where his old friend was. If anything was to be said about Tatooine that was good, was that you could easily disappear here.
"So where is this guy?" Sonder asked.
"He's pry at the cantina drinking away his sorrows." I said as we left the docking bay and came into the settlement of Anchorhead.
"So how do you know this guy?"
"He's an old republic soldier who fought in the Mandalorian War. I met him while your uncle and I were on a mission together. He saved my life when our ship was attacked. I was pinned against some rubble unconscious when he came in and dragged me out from beneath the debris. Ever since then we've been good friends. I just haven't seen him since the end of the war though." I said as we came to the entrance of the cantina.
"Why?"
"Because I exiled myself."
"And why'd you do that?" Sonder was full of questions like any good student was.
"Different story, different time." Jayik said as they walked in to the crowded cantina. Jayik scouted around until he found his man, sitting in the back in a dark corner alone.
Jayik approached the man as he was sipping his drink and trying to watch a holovid.
"Dalo Gran?" Jayik spoke.
The man slowly took the glass away from his mouth and gently put it on the table. He then looked up and saw his old robed friend standing before him. He look confused for a bit when he saw a skinny kid behind him as well.
"Well call me a nerf-herder if it isn't Jayik Callis the reluctant hero! And who's this an apprentice?" He said as he got up from his seat and gave Jayik a warm hug.
"Actually this is my old masters nephew, Sonder." Jayik said as Dalo and Sonder shook hands. Dalo was a tall man with broad shoulders. He had long wavy sandy blonde hair and a large beard.
"Nice to meet ya, so what are you doing here, Jayik? It's been what two years since we last saw each other? Malachor V wasn't it?" Painful memories came flooding back as he said those words. Malachor V was the only real battle Jayik was in, the rest were covert ops basically. Malachor V was the single worse experience Jayik as ever had in his entire life. It was his first battle and it was also the last in the Mandalorian War. That was where he saw the true brutality of Revan and his will to win. That was also the place where Jayik's master truly fell to the dark side. During the battle the entire planet was blown up just stop the Mandalorian fleet. Revan sacrificed his own men just to win and he succeeded. That was day Jayik knew he could never be a Jedi again. He swore that he would never fight again a father that. Then his master left into deep space and Jayik promised himself that the only time he would pick up a lightsaber again was to find his old master and kill him. His master had devised the plan with Revan before the battle and got a Zabrak engineer to construct a weapon for him. If it wasn't for Jayik's master Malachor V would have never of happened. Jayik and hated him for that and that is why he must find him and kill him once and for all.
"Yeah it's been a long time. Look the reason I'm here is because I need your help. I'm tracking down down my old master. He's with Revan's Sith army and I have to stop him."
"Wait your master is a Sith now?"
"Yes, when Revan left for deep space my master followed. Now he's returned and I have to stop him."
"Well of course I'll help. It's so boring here on this planet. There's nothing to do but play pazaak and drink. Gets boring after awhile. I mean I'm a soldier I need to fight." Dalo said. The words were true all the years that Jayik knew him, he knew that Dalo would fight until he died.
"You were stationed on Admiral Saul Karath's ship the Leviathan after your old ship got destroyed, correct?"
"Correct."
"Well Admiral Karath and his crew never followed Revan and Malak into deep space, right."
"Right."
"So I was thinking if you could get us on the Leviathan that Saul could help me track down my old master and stop him. From what I hear Saul was an honorable soldier and war-hero seems to me that he'd be perfect to help me out. What do ya say?" Jayik asked crossing his fingers.
"Alright, you know it's been a while but I think I could pull a few strings to get you on there. I got a few friends who could pry convince Admiral Karath to get us up there." Dalo said as he took another drink from his glass.
"Thank you! Oh this will be great." Jayik said smiling.
"Come on let's get to your guy's ship and I'll make the call. This'll be fun."
Jayik, Sonder, and their new addition Dalo hopped out of the cantina and onto Jayik's ship. Dalo made the call and was accepted. Jayik punched in the coordinates and headed for the Leviathan. Their journey would be getting even more complicated after this adventure.