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Security Chief POV
My head was pounding and I'd only been working for an hour. Ever since taking back control of one third of the area considered Justicar territory, my job as head of Coruscant security had been made much more frustrating. For the most part, the takeover was smooth and my security force was having very little difficulty maintaining order. Apparently, the Empire had more important things to do than help supply a gang on Coruscant.
Most end of the day reports from my officers in that area were blissfully boring, but there were more reports now, which made my head hurt, regardless of their overly simplistic nature.
I continued to read over the reports, wanting to get them out of the way before I started on more important tasks. The second to the last report was from the new guy. Officer Waden had only been out of the academy for a month and on the job for two weeks. He was a good kid, but he was still timid and unsure of himself. His reports were always longer and more detailed than the more seasoned officers, but this report was even longer than usual.
I read and re-read the report. Why in the blazes was a Jedi breaking into the medical center in Justicar territory? As far as I knew, there were very few of the Jedi council left. It seemed odd that they would send a Jedi master out on some mysterious mission on Coruscant. I pulled out my holo and called my superior.
The holo only beeped once before being answered. "Good Morning, Captain Breen. I wasn't expecting a report from you today." General Lussic said.
"Good Morning, Sir. I was just wondering if you still have a contact within the Jedi council?" I asked.
The general gave me a confused look. "Yes, I can get into contact with them. What's wrong?"
"One of my men reported a Jedi breaking into a medcenter down in the newly claimed Justicar territory. He contacted the doctor stationed there and was told nothing was stolen, but it did look like whoever it was did a data dump of their computer system, copying the files. It seems like an odd thing for a Jedi to be doing."
Lussic was silent for a moment. "That is odd. Let me look into this. Send me a copy of the report, so I can confirm and see if you can dig up any surveillance footage. It's odd for the Jedi to be running some type of operation on Coruscant without notifying me. They usually let me know what they're doing, even if I don't understand it half the time."
"Understood, Sir." I replied. "I'll let you know when I have the footage."
Lussic POV
I leaned back in my chair, deep in thought. Why in the hell would anyone want to break into a medcenter? Break in and only take data. Relatively unimportant data. All medical terminals on Coruscant were locked down, so only medical information could be accessed on them. Patient records, medical supply requests and transfers, medical research, nothing of any real significance or value. Not to mention, breaking into friendly medcenters was not something Jedi were known to do. Something wasn't right.
I pulled out my holo and dialed up Tython. I knew for a fact there weren't many Jedi left on their council. Their grandmaster had abdicated her title and several of their most powerful masters had been killed over the last few years. As far as I knew, the Kel Dor, Master Gnost-Dural, was acting head of the council. It took several moments for someone to answer, but then they did, I was greeted by an alien face, wearing a breathing mask and eye protection.
"Greetings, General. What can I do for you?" Gnost-Dural asked.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you, Master Jedi, but I need to confirm the actions of one of your Jedi here on Coruscant. It seems an unidentified person, claiming to be a Jedi master, broke into a medcenter in Justicar territory and took a copy of their main computer database. The officer who confronted her said he was told that she was on Jedi council business."
"There are currently no Jedi on Coruscant working for the council." There was a slight pause. "Most unsettling."
"We're trying to pull some security camera footage now. Once I have a face, I'll send it to you. Maybe you can help identify her."
"Certainly, General. If there's someone wandering around Coruscant pretending to be a member of the Order, I'd like to know who it is. And If it is indeed one of us, I'd like to know what she's up to. Nothing official, as far as I know."
Another call was trying to get through my holo. "Hold a moment, Master Jedi, my officer is calling back. Maybe he has the footage."
I answered the holo and linked the feed into my call with Gnost-Dural.
"What have you found, Captain?"
"Almost nothing, Sir. We were able to track our mystery Jedi only back to the speeder bay in Justicar Territory. Not once the entire way to and from the medcenter, did she look at a camera. She obviously knew where the cameras were and knew exactly how to keep her gaze just at the right angle to prevent her image from being captured. She knew what she was doing. My officer says she was a young woman, late twenties or early thirties, five and a half feet tall, dark blonde hair and blue/green eyes. Definitely human, but that's it. She had a blue lightsaber and held it like she knew how to use it, or so my officer says."
"Does it sound like one of your people, Master Gnost-Dural?"
Gnost-Dural sighed. "Yes, too many of them. I'll need to check to see if any of them are on Coruscant, but just because she looked like a Jedi, doesn't mean she was one. I'll see what I can come up with on my end, General."
I nodded. "Most appreciated Master Jedi. I'll try to figure out exactly what she took and see if I can figure out what, if any of it, has a street value. Captain, send Officer Waden over to my office. I'd like to talk to him myself."
The Captain saluted and left the call, along with Master Gnost-Dural. I sighed. What in the hell did this woman do? What was she after? This was not how I planned my day to go, not by a longshot.
To Be Continued...