One of several Star Destroyers orbiting the Chiss capital of Csilla, the Militant Explorer served as the commanding vessel of General Soontir Fel, one of the few humans to have a post within the Ascendancy. Of course, that wasn't the case a mere four years earlier, as he and his entire family had become impoverished when they were unable to pay reparations for the damage caused by Jedi Knight Lowbacca during the Swarm War; after all, it was Fel's son, Jag, who released Lowbacca from Ascendancy custody almost a year prior to the Swarm War.
But since Jag became the Head of State of the Imperial Remnant just after the end of the Second Galactic Civil War, the costs to the damage done had been paid handsomely with interest. With that, Fel was able to regain a post within the Ascendancy as his family name was completely restored thanks to his son. And now, here he was, sitting in the command chair of the Militant Explorer as the only human in the system to have a position this high.
A young male Chiss lieutenant came before his human superior officer and presented him with a datapad. "General Fel, urgent news from nearby Tenupe."
Soontir Fel took the datapad and looked through the information it contained. His eyes widened in horror at what was presented before he returned his attention to the lieutenant.
"Have any of the Phalanxes received this information yet?" Fel asked.
The lieutenant shook his head anxiously. "No, sir. You are one of the first commanders in the fleet to receive this information."
"We need to act fast," Fel responded as he returned the datapad to the lieutenant. "We must stop the Killiks again."
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Because of all the Force-changing events that had occurred recently, Darth Krayt, leader of the One Sith, one of the most powerful and fearsome Force-users in existence, decided to commit the only action he thought was sensible now: lock himself within his throne room until he thought it was safe to come out again.
He knew that this seemed foolish, cowardly, and even childish to his followers, particularly to his closest confidant in Wyyrlok. But at least none of them had the gall to voice that, for they knew that for all of his fear, he could still snap any and all of their necks with a mere thought. And to him, that, and exterminating the Killiks and whatever other new force that had just arose to power, were the only things that were important to him right now. Wyyrlok should have sent some agents to at least find out what happened in the Sojourn system by now. No matter what, though, as long as he stayed in here, Krayt thought, no harm could come to him.
But as if the Force took that thought up as a challenge, the floor before Krayt exploded before his danger sense could even register what was occurring before him. He couldn't help but flinch in abject fear even as the fire suddenly settled into smoke, revealing a large crater in the floor. And out from that crater came someone who Krayt never expected to appear, yet he feared more than even Luke Skywalker himself.
Jacen Solo, decked out in black garments, brandishing his classic green-bladed lightsaber, didn't even decide to commit a stare-off against Darth Krayt as he simply rushed the Sith Lord.
Krayt reflexively whipped out and ignited his own saber, blocking Solo's strike to his torso. He then kicked the Jedi Knight square in the chest and sent him flying back toward the hole from whence he came. But Solo turned his fall into a backward flip, which he easily augmented by using the Force to carry himself back and over the smoking hole.
Krayt followed as he leaped from his throne and towards Solo. He came down slashing and cutting violently for his Jedi opponent, but the latter, even as he was being forced back to the locked doors behind him, managed to deflect each and every one of the incoming strikes with deft ease and precision. And when he was finally forced back up against the door, he simply jumped up just as Krayt slashed against the door and he kicked the Sith in the face, sending him back across the room.
The leader of the One Sith crashed halfway from the smoking hole in the floor and rolled a few more meters before coming to a full stop. He then leaped to his feet and charged Solo, who was also charging him. The two combatants traded several more clashes against each others' sabers before Solo parried away a strike from his opponent and used his free hand to punch Krayt across his yorik coral-encrusted face, sending loose bits of coral everywhere as a bit of the Sith's pinkish flesh underneath was revealed.
Krayt stumbled back slightly from the incredibly powerful punch and managed to get his guard up just in time to block off a strike for that exposed skin. More clashes between them followed before Krayt managed to get his and Solo's blades into a lock against the floor, brandishing a blackening scorch against its smooth surface as the Sith tried to decapitate his Jedi foe with a spike from his right forearm. Solo ducked beneath the strike and turned it into a forward flip which he used to sail over Krayt's head. He turned in midair so that he would be facing Krayt's back upon landing, but the Sith also turned just as quickly to meet Solo as he landed.
Nevertheless, when Solo did land, he back-flipped three times until he was just standing on the edge of the hole behind him before he unleashed a Force wave for Krayt. The latter managed to avoid it easily by leaping over it, and the wave sent a dent into the locked door farther back in the room. Then, while he was soaring through the air, Krayt used his free hand to send a stream of Force lightning for Solo. But the Jedi blocked it with his lightsaber and used the Force to allow his blade to absorb the harmful energy.
When Krayt landed a few feet from Solo, he ceased the Force lightning attack altogether and let loose a feral scream as he attacked the Jedi with more strikes. But Solo managed to stand his ground successfully this time, as he was not driven an inch back to fall into the hole behind him as he expertly dodged the slashes that became more desperate as Krayt drove on with intense ferocity.
Finally, after a little more than a quarter of a minute, Solo decided to step back and fell through the hole. Krayt looked immediately, but found that his foe was already nowhere in sight. His danger sense alerted him too late, however, before the floor beneath his feet exploded from a powerful Force wave that sent him rocketing fast for the ceiling. He hit it hard with his back, not having a chance to use the Force to cushion the impact one iota even with his yorik coral armor protecting him from the majority of the impact. Still, the resultant contact left Krayt winded as he began his descent for the empty floor that he was now descending towards.
But before he could do anything about his descent, Solo seemed to manifest out of nowhere beneath him and the Jedi stabbed up his lightsaber. Krayt managed to block the strike as before, but he couldn't defend himself from the punch to his exposed flesh that came from Solo's free hand. The Sith then flew sideways back to his golden throne where he crashed right through its upper section. He collapsed, prone to the floor, with the pieces of his throne that he crashed through.
When Krayt turned onto his back, Solo suddenly soared in from the other side of the throne and came down with a slash. But this time, when Krayt moved to block the attack, the emitter nozzle of his lightsaber was suddenly cut away by the green blade, leaving the Sith Lord weaponless now as his Jedi foe leveled his own saber at his exposed flesh.
"Do you yield?" Solo asked.
Instead of replying, Krayt grabbed one of Solo's legs and sent a surge of electricity coursing through the Jedi's body.
But instead of convulsing in pain as expected, Solo simply smiled as he seemed to absorb the energy like a sponge would for water. In fact, at one point, he seemed to actually revel in it as he closed his eyes and made it seem like he was taking a refreshing shower. Krayt looked on in and shock and awe, still unconsciously sending all that electricity to Solo, before the Jedi seemed to snap out of his reverie and said, "I'll take that as a no." Then he swung his saber and decapitated the Sith Lord, ending the stream of electricity.