Chapter 6

The Transhodians Tale

Mark walked down the hallway and opened the elevator shaft. The chute slid open and he walked in. The hum of the elevator relaxed him. It made him feel at home. Just as soon as it had begun, the ride ended. When the doors opened the noise of mercenaries filled the air. There was a lot of fighting, arguing, and obscenities,

Mark went back to the bar that he was at last night. He walked up to the bartender, who was drying off glasses, and said, "So where did we leave off?"

The bartender looked up. "Oh Yeah!" The bartender was a Transhodian. "So, word has it that the empire has been building a massive space station. It supposedly is thrice the size of the death star."

"How do you know this?"

"Because, I was one of the first to see the ship. I remember it so vividly…"

"It was the day of the great mechanical festival. Everybody was there to show their 'inventions'. Many people would bring something of little value. It was there that I met Eur. He was wandering around looking at things that might be destructive. It was there that he found the mineral Primus.

"Primus was first found on planed SM-10, also known as planet Primus. We named it after the planet where it was found. The planet itself was 67 percent primus. The planet Primus was very far from the sun in that system. Thus, it was the tenth planet in the system. The planet itself had an unbreathable atmosphere, but the moon SM-1014 had an atmosphere that could preserve life. So we set up a base there. We would make daily trips to the planet to mine the mineral.

"Primus has many properties. If a small jolt of electricity is sent to it, it puts it into a state where it phases in and out of physical existence. There is probably only 100 kg of it in the entire universe. The most used is probably its destructive properties. If it is even touched, it creates a massive heat flare. That flare will probably destroy anything near it, even rock. The heat of the flare all depends on the size of the primus flare.

"The second property of primus is the vast amount of energy. Because of its unstable and shifting nature, it can't be hooked up to anything. The only way to tap its power is to have a bunch of mining droids."

Mark looked confused. He asked "Wait a minute, mining droids can take minerals from deposits, but the minerals are physical. From what I understand about Primus, its nature renders it shifting from physical to a translucent gas, then to nothing. The energy is sent to another area of the 'core'"

"I was getting there. At first Primus was used as a weapon that was shot out of heavy cannons. Back then, there was so much of it, you could find it just by landing on planet SM-10 and mining a little of it.

"During the war between the empire and the rebels, Primus was used to control riots on Naboo. It was a brutal process. The empire just launched spheres down onto the helpless rioters.

"I created droids from regular mining droids that would mine the energy right from a thing. Then they would transfer it from a wire that they were connected to. They gain energy right from the primus and it allows maximum energy. I also created a droid that took the energy and then concentrated it into a super-destructive beam. The denser the concentration, the more powerful the beam. But then somebody stole the prototype. I was able to get a glance at him before he took it; he looked like a man from SM-344. I could tell by the pointed ears, the green eyes and the quarter sphere shoulder plate on his left shoulder."

Mark shuddered. So that's what Oom did before he joined up with me.

"Eur bought my creations and I left the inventing business. And now I'm here. The thing is that, he told me not to tell anybody about the properties of primus. I glanced out the window to see his ship leave and the ship was massive! It had a huge gun mounted on it and was built out of an asteroid. I could tell that it ran on Primus because of the exhaust vent. He probably bought the droids so he could use it to power that massive ship."

"You understand that he was the guy who stole the droid that concentrated the energy?"

"What! Oh my god! He might be on a massive killing spree! I've got to get out of here! The troopers could be anywhere." As he said that, he ran out of the bar. He turned towards the ship bays and got shot through the chest, fell onto his knees, and died.

Mark shuddered. Oh damn. He thought to himself. He drew his Lightsaber and walked out to the area where the troopers were.

As soon as the troopers saw him, they opened fire. Mark blocked all of the shots that came near him. A few shots were a terrible aim and hit plants or buildings. The shots that were deflected hit their mark on the Stormtroopers, killing them instantly. Mark slowly walked forward deflecting the trooper's shots and looking as intimidating as he could.

When Mark was in fighting range he began to attack with his Lightsaber. All but one was killed, of course, Mark dashed over to the trooper who took out a heavy repeater. He held it up to his shoulder and took aim. Mark sliced the trooper's gun in half and held his saber to the trooper's neck. "Normally, I keep the weapons of the people that I kill but for you I'll make an exception." He said with an intimidating voice. Then he sliced the trooper's neck.

Mark went to the hallway to the 'executive offices/rooms' and went back to Jen's apartment. Tomorrow, he and Oom would leave for Eur's station.

Meanwhile on the Eur's ship, the Hellbringer:

Eur sat in the command chair of his ship. "Alright men, set a course for the Lenico Belt. There, my master's dream of crushing the rebel's base will be complete. Darth Vader's dream will be continued"

The Hellbringer jumped into hyperspace. Destination: Lenico Belt.