Hey, everyone! How are you all doing on this cold night of Wednesday, December 16, 2020? I'm all right, as I had a good shift at work today, and finished my final project for the semester, so all that's left now is to wait for the final grades to come in. I'm sure I'll get at least a "B" in each course, so I'm not worried. In other news, I finished Ch. 21 of my Jedi Odyssey Rewrite last night, and I'm going to alternate between the two stories in order to keep my creative juices flowing. But I feel I ought to let you know that I might have to get my computer looked at for a problem, so I won't be able to write as much as I'd like soon. Well, I'd better get started on this chapter, as I have a bit to do, and not much time to do it in since I've got work both tomorrow and Friday afternoon. May the Lord be with us all in these troubling times.

(Saturday, December 19, 2020 Addendum) Hey, everyone! How are you all doing on this cold night? I'm well, if a bit tired from three consecutive days of work from Wednesday to Friday, and had volunteering today, I've been busy, so I couldn't write the last few days. At least I have a couple days before I have to work again next week, so I can write a bit. So, Christmas is almost upon us, and I hope it's a great holiday in light of such disappointment this year with the lockdown, COVID-19 Pandemic, and the terrible 2020 Election results. At least we got a vaccine for the virus out before the holidays, so I thank you, President Trump, for fulfilling your promise. If only others could see the way I did the good he did for countless people. In other news, I hope you all spend lots of time with family and stay safe. Well, I'd better get back to writing, as I'll have to charge my laptop in an hour or two. May Jesus Christ be with us all in these scary times.

(Sunday, December 20, 2020 Addendum) Hey, everyone! How are you all doing on this cold day? I'm all right, as I have been writing a bit, and am a little over halfway done with this chapter, so I should be done within the next two or three days at the most. And I've been reading a lot of the Ronald Reagan autobiography, and it saddens me to know how much of negative history is repeating itself after just a handful of generations. I only pray the United States and its citizenry can see the truth before it is too late. And I've been hearing a lot of bad stuff about Cyberpunk 2077, so that's a real shame. I wish that the company didn't lie to us and fixed as many of the problems as it could before it was released, or even pushed it back a few more months. I would've been more than content to wait a bit longer. Well, let's just hope they can redeem themselves, but at this rate, I doubt any gaming company, or any entertainment industry can from the graves they're digging for themselves. Oh, and I just found out what happened in Boruto's Chapter 53, and all I can say is, OMG! I just can't understand how the writers plan to keep the story going from there after the main antagonist's death, and Boruto being possessed by Momoshiki again to stab Sasuke's Rinnegan. I just have a bad feeling about this now. For everyone's sake, I hope they have a plan to explain everything and make a workable plan. At least the anime's superior to the manga, so I hope they do it better in the show than in the manga.

Ten Minutes Later

In Orbit Above Ossus

Onboard the Valor-class Cruiser Kellian Jarro

"I can see why you would want to liberate the Lothal Sector through a strategic and humanitarian cause, Chief Organa." Benjen slowly nodded. "Sidious and the Pryce family's operations need to be completely destroyed. But I need to know what you aren't telling me about this operation. A simple liberation mission would not normally ask me to personally journey there along with Mr. Reo and a team of my best Knights and archeologists."

"Because there's a Jedi Temple on Lothal, one that Tau's timeline knows little about, aside from it being completely destroyed by the Empire. We sent of teem of our own there to discover what secrets were left behind, and they've made several significant discoveries and defenses within the temple that require your government's more experienced hands to fully solve." Bail enigmatically answered.

Now he was beginning to get a better understanding of why he was needed. "What kind of discoveries?"

"Aside from the usual teaching devices, a stasis field that's had three legendary Force-Sensitives incapacitated for well over three millennia, and a very well-profiled T7 droid shut down right beside them. And there's another crucial find there: A portal that two of our Jedi agents went through, and they have not returned."

"You just let them go through a portal leading Force-knows where? No offense, but your agents must either be very brave or very idiotic to pull that kind of a stunt."

"I suspect they are a bit of both. I'll send you an encrypted file of what our team's uncovered, but I urge you to move as fast as you can. We're assembling our own force to free the system, but it's only a matter of time before the Empire puts the pieces together and locks down the sector."

"We'll get it done. We're already making excellent strides towards evacuating Ossus, so I can spare a team or two once the mission's complete."

Meanwhile, In Orbit Above Dac

Aboard the CR90 Corvette Talia's Legacy

"You can't be serious!" Staven heatedly spoke up to Wulff, Ralon, and Kal after they gave the Partisans their new orders. "Saw and Ohnaka are gonna be tortured by the Imps and their Sith masters any day now, and you aren't even going to try and rescue them after Edge did everyone in?! You're just shipping us off to join a company of lunatics!"

"Well, given your boss's track record, you ought to fit right in, Captain." Kal simply reminded the younger human.

"It's not a matter of resolve, Captain, but a matter of simple, if brutal, pragmatism." Wulff reminded the highest-ranking Partisan officer. "Our intelligence agents report that Gerrera is being transferred to Bahl'al's stronghold of Tython, and we don't have near the strength or assets to storm the Deep Core for a handful of captured officers."

"And I may be reluctant to admit this, but the New Republic cannot risk you going off on your own for a half-baked rescue attempt, especially while you can do more good for the Outer Rim's devastated and impoverished worlds with them than with us. And we need more people we trust to keep an eye on the Rogue Company to make sure they aren't building up another iteration of the Knights of Olpaka."

"And you think we fit the bill for that level of trust?"

"Well, it beats all the alternatives we have for you. But try looking at it this way. You take this position, you'll be able to keep the Partisans intact and fighting against all types of deplorables, and you'll have a steady hand to keep you on the straight and narrow." Ralon advised the highest-ranking surviving Partisan officer.

Staven narrowed his eyes at the three officers, and relented. "I'll talk to my men and convince them to work with the Rogue Company. But I need your assurance that when you go try to save Gerrera and the other prisoners, or at least try to take out Bahl'al, we want a piece of the action. You'll owe us that much."

"Provided you don't harm the New Republic's efforts, we'll figure out a way for you to do just that, Captain." Ralon agreed.

"At the very least, you'll make a good diversion when we try to make our move." Kal ruefully chuckled.

Twenty Minutes Later

On Lothal

Just Outside the Jedi Temple

Aboard the Outrider

"All right. Looks like the upload is a complete success. No signs of rejection from any piece of data." Samara noted as Teeseven quickly came online.

"I hope he'll be able to help us with freeing the Hawkes family, or we'll have to wait until our friends can sneak in here." Chelli piped up, just at the moment the droid finished activating.

But the moment his vocabulator was active, he unleashed a flurry of questions at the ship's diminished crew in Droidspeak. The questions were endless, ranging from how long he was deactivated, to where his masters were, how the Republic could have fallen to Sith dominion after all the failed years the Sith Empire of his time spent trying to tear it down, and why he was looking right at his own chassis across from the ship.

"Easy there, Teeseven!" Micah tried to calm the ancient and frantic astromech. "You've been shut down for over thirty-six centuries, and the Hawkes family's safe for now, but still in stasis beneath the temple. We're going to get help soon and try to free them and liberate this world from Imperial desolation."

"As for the Old Republic, well, that's why we uploaded all those terabytes of historical files into your database. Otherwise, we'd be spending weeks, maybe even three months here telling you the whole tale, and we don't have even a fraction of that time to spare." Eeth added.

Jaing quickly picked got right down to business. "We need your help to save this world from being destroyed by the Sith's massive industrial campaign, and to save your family from the temple's defenses. We have a New Republic fleet preparing to liberate the Lothal Sector, but we still don't have a way to free your loved ones from the temple, and that's where we're hoping you come in."

"And two of our teammates have disappeared through a portal residing in the temple's deepest levels, and we need to know where they went."

The droid quickly affirmed his commitment to aiding them and warbled on about the portal and its true nature.

"Wait. You're saying that the temple's portal is an interdimensional gateway that leads to other realities?!" Micah exclaimed. "But how could a Jedi temple possibly hold such a power?!"

Teeseven explained the findings Davin, Lana, and Kira discovered in the temple's lower levels, how it was a bastion against a malevolent power they learnt was called Chaos, and the countless realities it sought to take over and twist for its dark designs. They uncovered a great deal of knowledge on its various cults and prepared to warn the Old Republic and their Alliance of the danger, but they accidentally triggered a defense stasis field after banishing all of the spectral phantoms that functioned as the first line of defense for the gateway.

"Well, I think this justifies the New Republic's liberation efforts of the sector." Samara numbly admitted.

Eeth shared a knowing look with Jaing, and the NRI captain activated the droid's motor functions before he asked him, "You want to help save your masters from their prison?"

After receiving an affirming whistle from Teeseven, Jaing ordered, "Then hurry with me to the cockpit to send your data to High Command and our allies so we can accelerate our efforts to liberate the sector."

Meanwhile, On Ossus

Within the Eocho Mountains

Just Outside the Second Chance

"Please, Master Bnar. Hear our cries and awaken from your ancient slumber." Celeste pleaded with the sleeping Neti for the tenth time as Celebion and Akku looked on as she and Tau tried to connect with Ood's dormant mind.

For the last forty minutes, the two Jedi had tried to reach their ancient master's consciousness and give him a brief overview on the vast changes to the galaxy, but it appeared to have no visual effect.

As the two non-Force-Sensitive warriors looked on, the Anzati received a call from his comlink, and he pulled it out to see Ahsoka calling. He grumbled quietly, "This isn't a good time, Ahsoka. I don't think they've made very much progress in trying to wake up Master Bnar, and they're almost out of time before we have to leave."

"I know. But we've just gotten word that the Imperials are advancing the launch of their fleet by thirty-six hours, so we need to- Wait. I sense… I knew they could do it." Ahsoka trailed off just as Celebion tapped Akku's shoulder, and he turned to see where the ranger was pointing, his mouth agape as he saw the deep roots of Ood's meditation withdrawing into himself.

"Just when I thought I saw everything with the Ents." Celebion simply noted as the tree groaned loudly while it began to take a humanoid shape, with its roots and tentacles taking the shape of limbs, and the tree's top taking the appearance of a bald and wrinkled near-human's head.

After a process that appeared to drag on for an eternity, the reawakened Neti Jedi Master observed the two human Jedi, and smiled at Celeste, "It has been a very long time, my old friend. I am glad to see you have survived the two Jedi purges and countless wars that have wrought the galaxy."

"And I am glad to see you as well, young Palpatine. I owe you and your crew a debt for saving and rebuilding the Jedi Order and reigniting the fires of light in the galaxy." He said to the Palpatine scion.

"Well, I guess you were able to hear all of our history lessons after all." Tau playfully chuckled.

"Indeed. And I have a gift for you and your growing Jedi Order." Ood levitated up an ancient crate that carried several dozen ancient lightsabers and Jedi texts, and handed them to Tau before sternly reminding him. "I trust you to use these weapons well for knowledge and defense only, young Master."

"Don't worry. We know what's at stake for the soul of the galaxy, and we'll be smart in our usage of them. The New Republic and our Jedi Order's not going to repeat the sins of their past incarnations." Tau promised.

"I would certainly hope not." Ood smiled. "Now, I believe we have to return to the library's remains so you all can gather the rest of your crew for your government's upcoming summit."

Thirty Minutes Later

On Varon Orbital Command

"You're certain this data hasn't been corrupted or tampered with, yes?" Bail urgently pressed Jaing and Eeth as High Command and their Teutonic Sector allies finished reviewing the footage Teeseven replayed.

"It's accurate, Sirs. The droid's memory banks are completely intact. And now that we know what this temple was designed for, you need to get a fleet here immediately to liberate the sector before the Empire locates us and secures this place." Jaing confidently confirmed.

"I'll assemble my personal fleet immediately. We'll be ready to depart in three days." Ralon answered.

"And I'll inform the Pro Consuls of this find so they can prepare a fleet, and then I'll ready my team to depart within the next six hours. We'll help you free the sector from its Imperial slave drivers."

Meanwhile, Aboard the Gauntlet

103 Hours From the Tython System

Within Darth Vader's Meditation Chambers

"We all felt the disturbance in the Force from Ossus, Master." Bahl'al answered Sidious. "If I were to hazard a guess, I'd suspect that your wayward descendant found a way to awaken Master Ood Bnar from his millennia-long hibernation."

"I concur, but it hardly matters, for we'll soon have another of the Jedi's sacred worlds under our control, and it will serve the Empire well against the New Republic." The Emperor noted. "I will assume the both of you have a plan to capture or eliminate Quest once you deliver young Connor to Tython."

"We do, my Master. The moment my destroyer enters the Tython system, we will interdict the entire system and drive the traitor to ground. Once we capture him, it will be simple for us to learn just what he has been up to since his desertion."

Glowering his disapproval at the restrained idea, Sidious warned both Sith Lords, "Very well, but do not allow Quest even a single opportunity to escape. If he and this Rogue Company he and his fellow deserters helped to create cannot be bent to our will, then we must use him to tear them apart from the inside out. We must not have yet another rival emerge to threaten our power."

Glancing at Bahl'al through his helmet, Vader knew they shared a similar sentiment before they simply nodded before Sidious ended the communication, allowing the clone to carry out his own designs alongside Bahl'al.

Meanwhile, Within the Honghr System

Aboard the Sarro Xaj

"What is the status of the sixth wave of transports, Captain?" Odo asked the fleet commander.

"We're at approximately eighty percent capacity, but our scouts and knights have uncovered several cloaked ships spying on us. Looks like the Imperials figured out a more efficient cloaking device for their navy."

"Then I suppose an ambush is out of the question." Odo ruefully noted, knowing that this battle would now be a true challenge for his people. "Were we able to capture any of the cloaked vessels?"

"No, Sir. They fled the system long before we could apprehend them. Given their immediate escape, we suspect they have some of their Sith Acolytes on board the vessels to give them an edge against us. But there's more. One of our spies in Vice Admiral Batch's fleet discovered they also have a new arsenal of cloaked weapons they're going to deploy against us. They're transmitting the arsenal's schematics as we speak."

Scanning the detailed list of cloaked missiles, seismic charges, and prototype TIE Phantoms that the Empire had developed, Odo nodded, "Good. At least we can form a plan to deal with the weapons now that we know what they are, and how to best fight them."

Meanwhile, On Honoghr

Within the Clean Lands

Inside the Village of Nyasto

Just Outside the New Dawn

"Almost three hundred thousand of our people have departed our world for your territories, Lord Skywalker." Rakh noted as the Jedi Master helped the Clone Troopers work on the New Dawn's laser cannons and engines, before noting, "You seem rather attached to this vessel. Has it served you in previous battles?"

"No. It's just an old and derelict ship that the New Republic gave me for more covert missions, and I've been fixing it up so it can take more than a couple of hits from any of our enemies. It reminds me of a vessel I had, just like this one, back in the Clone War." Anakin admitted.

"I see." Rakh nodded before she asked, "Do you think your offspring would appreciate our service to you?"

Surprised at such a sudden question, Anakin put down his hydrospanner to properly address Rakh, "I'm sure they'd be a little uncomfortable with it, at first. Especially Luke, since he never had trained bodyguards to look after him. But after they get to know you, and as long as you aren't too intrusive in both of their day-to-day lives, I'm sure they'll grow to like you all."

"That is good to hear." Rakh breathed a sigh of relief. "And, how do you feel the New Republic would react to us allying with them after our service to you as Vader?"

Concerned for the woman's newfound worries, Anakin concernedly noted, "Don't worry about them. They can't blame you for the Emperor and me taking advantage of your people. And if anyone does, I'll be there to set them straight. But where exactly is this coming from? You're acting uncharacteristically anxious. Is it the coming battle against the Imperials?"

"Yes." She admitted. "I worry for my people and our homeworld. We finally have a chance to revive our dying world, and the Empire seeks to keep us in eternal poverty to ensure our servitude. This must not stand. If there is anything my people can do to assist you and your allies in the coming fight, all you must do is ask."

Though reluctant to ask any more of the Noghri, Anakin was reading the reports from Grand Master Odo and the New Republic's fleet, he did have an idea for the Noghri. But he would not make this decision alone, and he told the Maitrakh, "There may be one way you and your people can better help us fight the Empire, but I will need to confirm this with the rest of my team before we can implement it. I am not prepared to risk your lives any more than absolutely necessary."

"I understand. But please let them know that we will do whatever we can to defend our world from the Empire and all of our enemies." Rakh implored Anakin.

One Hour Later

On Vermund

Within the Capital City

Inside the Octagon Command Center

"Now I understand the urgency of your predicament, Chief Organa." Crawford nodded at Bail's hologram after he explained the progress and discoveries of the Lothal Sector operation. "I will dispatch a fleet to assist in the Lothal Sector's liberation within the next four days."

"Thank you. This goes without saying, but we'll need you to Keep the matter of the temple restricted to the bare minimum. If any of our enemies, or even some of our more opportunistic allies discover its secret, then the implications are too horrifying to even consider." Bail reminded his peer.

"Don't treat me like a rookie, Organa. I've been a military man long before you were a politician, so I know the value of confidential information." Crawford smugly reminded the Chief of State.

"Forgive me for being overcautious, Pro Consul."

"Don't worry about it, it's just part of the job." Crawford brushed off. "We'll help you get the job done. Now, if you excuse me, I need to inform the Joint Chiefs and assemble a fleet with enough firepower to free a sector."

Meanwhile, On Ossus

Within the Great Jedi Library

"Good thing we sent the team to Lothal when we did." Tau fearfully noted as Benjen warned the two Palpatines, Ood, Ventis, Celeste, and Tera about the new information on Lothal's Jedi temple.

"Indeed. It almost makes up for your lapse in judgment with Connor." Benjen rancorously concurred.

"Never gonna let that one go, are you?" Ahsoka sighed.

"I told you, Ahsoka and I are gonna help you rescue Connor in any way I can. I owe all of you that and so much more." Tau reminded the Teutonic Master.

"Tau, it's all right." Ventis calmly assured him, earnestly surprising his master and everyone before he continued. "You helped him as best you could before he left, and now we'll work together to save him before it's too late. We now need to have faith in him to stay true to himself while he walks a difficult and slippery road."

"I thought you'd still be incensed with me." Tau anxiously noted.

"Who says I'm not? I'm just looking at this ordeal through the bigger picture, as a leader should." Ventis clarified with a mirthless smile on his face.

"Noted."

"Then we ought to devise a plan for rescuing your son as soon as the Second Chance departs for Varon." Tera advised everyone. "Master Bnar and I will stay behind with the Teutonic fleet and finish evacuating the planet's tribes and remaining artifacts, while you take my students to your territory. We will follow you the moment your evacuation is complete."

"Why won't you come with us?" Ahsoka worriedly asked.

"Call it an old man's wish to rest on his laurels a little longer before reentering the turmoil of the greater galaxy." Tera chuckled. "Besides, the Ysanna's more stubborn members might need some convincing to evacuate their ancestral homeland."

"I'm afraid that you've rested enough, Master Sinube." Ood amusingly denied with a shake of his wizened head. "I believe young Master Palpatine will need a wise leader to guide him while he and his wife have their separate duties. And from what Tau told me about the Chiss and their government, your patient and strategic mind will be vital for the New Republic's efforts to save them from two of the Unknown Regions' many evils. And I feel that it will be equally important to forming a true alliance with them and many other noble worlds and beings that need our help."

"Humph. No one ever lets an old Jedi get a well-deserved retirement." Tera playfully griped, making everyone laugh at his well-timed joke.

One Hour Later

On Tenupe

Just Outside the Chiss Garrison

"The Gyrsk are jamming our transmissions outside the system." Kres'ten'Tann noted before he turned to his two non-Chiss allies.

"Then it won't be long before they and the Moechor advance on us." Kirak nodded, before asking Starscream, "You think you can bypass their jamming to get the word out to the Ascendancy and the New Republic?"

The ex-Decepticon merely smirked at Kirak's waste of a question, "Master Infil'a, you're talking to a living machine that has spent five millennia learning the galaxy's codes and communication waves. I can easily get a signal through to them both in under an hour. But whether or not they'll arrive in time depends entirely on them."

"Then don't wait for me. Send the transmissions!" Kres'ten'Tann urged his ally.

Fifty Minutes Later

In Hyperspace

Aboard the Second Chance

63 Hours From the Varon System

"So, the Grysk and the Moechor are about to attack your outpost on Tenupe." Vice Admiral Peccati grimly noted. "Our fleet will be ready to launch in just over two days. We'll rendezvous with your forces and attack them with multiple surgical strikes. Assuming that your mysterious allies were accurate in their reconnaissance."

"Our allies have their ways. One of them is an exiled master of your order, and the other is a master of technology that has many years of experience in warfare." Ar'lani enigmatically explained.

"How did such a detailed transmission get through the jamming field?" Akku suspiciously asked. "I thought you said your people's garrison couldn't penetrate the jamming field."

"Yes. That is the reason I have contacted all of you." Ar'lani paused for a moment, likely contemplating whether or not to divulge this information, or if admitting the truth could lead to infighting amongst the coalition.

Deciding on honesty to build trust between the potential allies, she explained the Chiss's Defense Fleet's unofficial alliance with a band of nomadic mechanical beings called Transformers, and what information they had uncovered on them and their eons-long civil war.

As Ar'lani detailed what she learnt, they grew increasingly concerned at the potential threat. Once they were done processing this information, Tau cautiously asked, "And you believe that these Transformers are edging their war closer to your borders?"

"It's certainly the most logical conclusion." Ar'lani confirmed. "Most of the intelligence we have on them came from the remains of several artificial brains, but neither Autobot nor Decepticon has made any moves on our borders for decades. And our frontier outposts know the Transformer as Starscream, a high-ranking Decepticon who's a master of combat, and perhaps their best warrior before he deserted their cause."

A deadly silence came over the cockpit over this knowledge's implications, and Tau admitted, "I can see why you would be hesitant to trust this source. The questions to ask now are, what motive could Starscream have to help us, and is he trying to lead us into a trap for his master?"

"Indeed. But he claimed that this wasn't the first time he helped the innocent against a terrible evil, and even claimed to have helped the Old Republic just over four millennia ago, on Coruscant, of all places, during a galaxy wide droid rebellion."

"What are you talking about?" Peccati asked… before he began to remember something from his studies as an adolescent. "No... It can't be true. That was supposed to just be a myth."

"What myth?" Tau pressed, never hearing anything about a Transformer, especially one bent on a totalitarian regime across the universe, taking any part in the Great Droid Revolution.

Suspecting either another time fluctuation or a suppressed truth at work here, he asked Syn, "What did Starscream do on Coruscant?"

"I found trace records and second-hand accounts in the Obroa-skai archives that a giant droid, or something of that nature, helped the Jedi and Republic trace Czerka's rogue assassin droid, HK-01, and his reprogramming signal to his headquarters, where they put an end to his short-lived but bloody rebellion. After that, there was no mention of anything like that being appearing again, and the droid just vanished from all official records."

"And you believe that Starscream was the one who helped end that mad war?" Nuru realized.

"It's a strong possibility." Syn confirmed. "Which returns us to the big question. Can he, or can he not, be trusted?"

"If we revert to realspace just outside the Tenupe System, would it be possible for us to use the codes to contact the garrison and verify Starscream's intelligence?" Akku changed gears, not wanting to rely on information from an unproven and dangerous source.

"Unfortunately, no. We already tried to alert the garrison commander of our arrival, but Starscream sent another transmission. He said that codes work on a frequency that can only be used in system, as an insurance that we would come."

"So, basically, we're all playing Starscream's game, then." Ahsoka scowled. "All right. Guess we have no choice but to play his game for now, but there's no way that we're not playing all our cards in this battle just yet."

Quickly pulling out a datapad and furiously typing a message to High Command, she explained to everyone, "I'm sending a transmission to our superiors so they can prepare a second fleet to reinforce us in case this turns out to be a trap. Doubt they can send a fleet equal to Vice Admiral Syn's with all our operations underway, but even the smallest margins could turn the tide in this fight."

Turning to Ar'lani and Vereen, Tau advised them, "If you have a lot of favors to call in with your peers, I would recommend calling in a few of them for this mission. It would most likely be very prudent to have a contingency plan in case we're in over our heads, or at least to keep the Defense Fleet on alert in case we fail."

Scrutinizing the two Palpatines closely, Ar'lani offered a miniscule smile before telling him, "The both of you remind me much of Mitth'raw'nuruodo with your bold and unorthodox strategies. I would advise you to tread carefully in the future with your advice, as most people are not as understanding and realistic to appreciate the concern you show for others as all of us."

"Duly noted." Tau nodded.

Well, I think that this is a good place to end the chapter! So, what did you all think? I hope you all enjoyed the conclusion of the Ossus Arc, and the imminent arrival of the Battles of Honoghr and Tenupe. And the background of Starscream in the Star Wars galaxy was constructed with me and Squasher and JSailer, so I hope it works. So, how are you all doing on this cool day of Monday, December 21, 2020? I'm doing well, as I have been relaxing today, and will probably exercise a bit later to burn a few calories. And I have to work tomorrow and Wednesday from 10-1pm, so it's fortunate that I finished this chapter when I did. Well, I guess that's it for now. I'd better go for now, as I ought to get this chapter to my friends for their look over. May God be with us all in these difficult times, and Long Live the Expanded Universe!