Chapter 5
Destiny lay on her bed, trying to stop the flow of tears. She wiped angrily at her eyes as she sat up and walked over to computer terminal. Who needed crabby, unreasonable mothers?
She found her way into the database, and then typed a keyword for her search.
Jedi.
General files require a level 2 access code. Please enter your access code.
Destiny typed in her access code. She personally had a level 3 access code, because of her parents' high standing in the government.
She read the files for better than an hour before she reached the end. Not much was known about the Jedi before the Old Republic, and she did not find out much about their rituals, but she did find a wonderful history of some of their adventures. Then she reached a name that made her shudder.
Darth Vader.
Her mother never talked about what had happened on the first Death Star. Her mother cried every year on the anniversary of Alderaan's destruction. Her father one year had sat her down and explained to her what had happened to her mother on the Death Star. Darth Vader had tortured her mother, and then Grand Moff Tarkin had ordered the destruction of Alderaan, and forced her to watch. Tarkin had died aboard his evil machine, but the terror associated with Darth Vader went far beyond anything Tarkin had ever done.
Something else caught her eye: her mother's name. Luke Skywalker, a farmboy from Tatooine who would become the last of the Jedi, rescued Princess Leia from the Death Star.
Her mother had known a Jedi? Interesting. Perhaps when Mother was in a better mood she would ask. Then she scowled. Or perhaps she would just ask Dad.
Luke Skywalker died at the Battle of Coruscant. His wife and daughter also perished at the battle, leaving no heirs to the Jedi heritage.
On second thought, perhaps she wouldn't ask either of her parents about Luke Skywalker. Asking about friends who had died in the war was a touchy subject for her parents. It was only second down from asking about Alderaan.
She instead attempted to pull up the files on Luke Skywalker.
Level 6 Access Code Required. Please enter your access code.
What on Coruscant could require a Level 6 access code? Level 6 files were only accessible to governmental elite, such as the New Republic Intelligence. She knew her mother had one, but that was one of the perks of being a hero of the Rebellion.
Destiny knew she had only one chance. The computer system recorded all unauthorized attempts to enter the system, and if she was wrong about her mother's password, she'd be in way more trouble than she was now.
Holding her breath, she entered the date of Alderaan's destruction.
Destiny lay on her bed, trying to stop the flow of tears. She wiped angrily at her eyes as she sat up and walked over to computer terminal. Who needed crabby, unreasonable mothers?
She found her way into the database, and then typed a keyword for her search.
Jedi.
General files require a level 2 access code. Please enter your access code.
Destiny typed in her access code. She personally had a level 3 access code, because of her parents' high standing in the government.
She read the files for better than an hour before she reached the end. Not much was known about the Jedi before the Old Republic, and she did not find out much about their rituals, but she did find a wonderful history of some of their adventures. Then she reached a name that made her shudder.
Darth Vader.
Her mother never talked about what had happened on the first Death Star. Her mother cried every year on the anniversary of Alderaan's destruction. Her father one year had sat her down and explained to her what had happened to her mother on the Death Star. Darth Vader had tortured her mother, and then Grand Moff Tarkin had ordered the destruction of Alderaan, and forced her to watch. Tarkin had died aboard his evil machine, but the terror associated with Darth Vader went far beyond anything Tarkin had ever done.
Something else caught her eye: her mother's name. Luke Skywalker, a farmboy from Tatooine who would become the last of the Jedi, rescued Princess Leia from the Death Star.
Her mother had known a Jedi? Interesting. Perhaps when Mother was in a better mood she would ask. Then she scowled. Or perhaps she would just ask Dad.
Luke Skywalker died at the Battle of Coruscant. His wife and daughter also perished at the battle, leaving no heirs to the Jedi heritage.
On second thought, perhaps she wouldn't ask either of her parents about Luke Skywalker. Asking about friends who had died in the war was a touchy subject for her parents. It was only second down from asking about Alderaan.
She instead attempted to pull up the files on Luke Skywalker.
Level 6 Access Code Required. Please enter your access code.
What on Coruscant could require a Level 6 access code? Level 6 files were only accessible to governmental elite, such as the New Republic Intelligence. She knew her mother had one, but that was one of the perks of being a hero of the Rebellion.
Destiny knew she had only one chance. The computer system recorded all unauthorized attempts to enter the system, and if she was wrong about her mother's password, she'd be in way more trouble than she was now.
Holding her breath, she entered the date of Alderaan's destruction.