New Galaxy Series

Part 1: Undiscovered World Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan learner, Obi-Wan Kenobi, were asleep on their ship, the Spirit Union. There was no one to pilot the ship. Qui-Gon was drunk and Obi-Wan was too tired to pilot the ship. The pilot herself was drunk. They did not notice as a jolt shook the ship and caused it to plunge towards an unknown planet. * * * The room was in a mess. Bottles of some type of alcohol lay strewn all over the floor. A man lay unconscious in the bed. His graying hair was long and he wore the robes of a Jedi. The hilt of three lightsabers lay on the table. A woman lay beside him, her hand still holding a bottle of alcohol. Her name was Aldrea, a Jedi. She was the pilot of the ship. Another man lay asleep on the couch. One bottle of Corellian Rubyfire could knock a man out for days. There were at least 6 bottles of Corellian Rubyfire on the table. The rest of the bottles contained other alcohols. * * * Qui-Gon Jinn awoke with a splitting headache at the back of his head. He remembered little of the night before. All he remembered was the pilot entering the room and offering him a drink. Later Obi-Wan had come in, only to find both of them drunk. He tried to rouse them, but the effort was futile. Obi-Wan sat in a chair nearby and fell asleep, too tired to pilot the ship. He reached out through his bond with Obi-Wan, only to find him asleep on the couch nearby. He groaned and sat up, dislodging the female pilot, Aldrea, whose arm was over his chest. She moaned and awoke. "Hmm. What? Master Jinn? What's going on?" Aldrea's slurred voice sounded odd in the quiet room. "We've got to land the ship. Unless it's already crashed. " Qui-Gon told Aldrea. Aldrea nodded and headed for the cockpit. She adjusted the autopilot to head for Coruscant and went back to the room. Both of them fell into a deep sleep and didn't even feel the jolt when the ship crashed on a foreign planet. * * * Qui-Gon coughed and groped for his lightsaber. He felt the familiar shape of the saber and ignited it. He was relieved to see the green blade. "Obi-Wan? Aldrea? Anyone there?" Qui-Gon called. A faint shout alerted Qui-Gon. Qui-Gon picked up Obi-Wan and Aldrea's lightsabers. Tucking them in his tunic, he slashed through the wreckage of their ship, all the while calling for Obi-Wan and Aldrea. He reached out with the Force and lifted parts of the wreck. He was so relieved when he saw Obi-Wan crawl out of the wreck. "Have you seen Aldrea?" Qui-Gon called to Obi-Wan, throwing his saber back to him. Obi-Wan shook his head. "Keep looking!" Qui-Gon shouted back. "Master! I've found her! She's over here!" Obi-Wan's shouted alerted Qui-Gon. Qui-Gon raced over. Aldrea was lying on the ground, her flight suit ripped and torn. She no longer looked like the woman he knew, but now rested in a neutral Clawdite configuration. She was still alive, though. But her right foot was twisted in an odd angle. "Aldrea, wake up!" Qui-Gon called to her. Aldrea did not stir. "Wake up, Aldrea!" Qui-Gon scooped her into his arms and started walking towards the forest. "We have to hide." Qui-Gon instructed Obi-Wan. "My comlink is damaged. It'll take sometime to repair." * * * Aldrea groaned and shifted. She cried out in pain and opened her eyes, only to find herself in Qui-Gon Jinn's arms. "Are you all right?" Qui-Gon's voice was full of concern. Aldrea nodded mutely. She had been secretly in love with the Jedi Master ever since she saw him in the Temple. He was so handsome, so headstrong, even unruly, but. * * * "Where are we?" Obi-Wan looked at the surroundings in awe. "It's so. so beautiful." Aldrea and Qui-Gon both agreed. * * *