Chapter 3
Diplomatic Functions

As the shuttle set down, Corran could see human beings scurrying for cover as the blast from the engines washed over the landing pad.
" Odd, there appears to be only humans here. I wonder why." Corran spoke out loud to himself. Gavin, Mirax, and Whistler also pondered the same.
" Well, let's get going, we must not prolong our reconnaissance for Bel." Gavin got up and turned towards the lowered ramp.

Lady Une stood, nervous and sweating as the ramp hit the ground. She noticed Wufei, paler than usual, sweating along with her. She looked at the shuttles occupants as they descended. The first was a female with slacks and a white undershirt covered by a black vest. The second to come down was a handsome looking man with rougish features, making him look something like a farmhand. The last two to come down were something she had never seen before. The human was wearing a black cloak made out of some rough looking material, and his companion wasn't even human. It looked like a trash can with wheels and it tweetled and beeped as it rolled down the ramp, dome shaped head swerving this way and that.
" This should be interesting." She muttured to herself. Wufei was looking even more on the edge of fainting. " Wufei, you should be in the hospital right now, not here."
" No Director, I think I should be here. Just in case." Wufei wiped the sweat from his forehead and stepped forward to greet the incoming visitors. " My name is Wufei Chang, and this is Preventer Director Lady Une. And you are?"
Gavin stopped in front of both of them and saluted. " Commander Gavin Darklighter of the New Republic, and with me is Mirax Horn, her husband Corran Horn, and their droid, Whistler."
Whistler tweetled nervously and Corran laid a hand on its "head."
" Pleasure to meet you. Now exactly where is it that you come from?" Lady Une looked up to the taller gentleman.
" We come from a distant galaxy Director. We have been sent here by the New Republic committee to scout this region, possibly look for some diplomatic treaty and to learn about this, Milky Way galaxy that is home to planet Earth."
Corran's cloak drifted in the wind and Wufei looked at the mans waistband. What the? he thought, Thats not a weapon I've seen before. Corran noticed this and quickly readjusted it.
That boy, he thought, that boy, he is the one with the force presensce, I know it. Luke should really know about this.

Coruscant. The city planet was gray and bleak that morning, just as it was the day before. Luke sighed and looked out the window to his apartment in the former Imperial Palace. A beep startled him from his reverie, and he looked at his com monitor.
" Hmm, from Corran, better take a look at this." He pushed a button and Corrans head and shoulders appeared before him. " Corran, what-" Then he realized it was a pre-recorded message.
" Master Skywalker, sorry to bother, but I have some news you might like or not like. I am here on this newly discovered planet Earth, and I've just felt a strong Force presensce. It happens to be this boy named Wufei Chang, although I do not think he knows he has it. Don't know what you want to do, but if you decide to come, talk to Bel Iblis, he knows the coordinates. Sorry, but I have to cut this short Master. Hope to hear from you soon." The face disappeared.