Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: The Endar Spire

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The story of Revan is a long and confusing one, one that will keep you on the edge of your seat, waiting to hear the end. Are you ready? Very well, let us begin.

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away……

Darth Revan's reign had ended. The Dark Lord is dead. However, his apprintice, Darth Malak, rose to power. He was nothing like the man before him, for Malak had no heart, slaughtering whatever stood in his way. His path leads to Bastila Shan.

Bastila is a young Jedi, gifted with the power of Battle Meditation. She is on her way to Coruscant, to persuade the Senate to join the war against Malak. She never makes it, as the Republic ship which carries her, the Endar Spire, comes under attack, above the world of Taris…..

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Seth lay asleep, unaware of the fighting going on around him. "Lemme sleep" he muttered, as another blast rocked the ship. Suddenly, his bed crashed to the floor (it was attached to the wall by the head) and Seth fell off into the floor, waking up as he did so.

"What the hell!" Seth stood up, rubbing his nose. A man with sandy blonde hair ran in. "Oh good, your up!" the man said.

"Who are you?" Seth said, looking at what was his bed. "Im Trask Ulgo, soldier for the Republic. I stay in the same room as you, but i work a different shift. And you are?"

"Seth Khan" Seth replied. "Nice to meet you, but I'm in desperate need for clothes".

"Ah, musta hit your head. Their in that locker behind you" Trask said. After Seth got dressed and put a blaster pack in his rifle, he motioned for him to follow. "We're under attack by the Sith" said Trask, dodging a piece of metal that fell from the ceiling. "We need to hurry and get to the bridge, the Sith can only be after Bastila."

"Bastila?" Seth asked.

"Yeah, did you hit your head that hard? She's the jedi on the Endar Spire. You could call her the commander, although Carth is the one really in charge." Carth chose that moment to call them on their communicators. "This is Carth Onasi, requesting all soldiers to the bridge. I repeat ALL soldiers to the bridge! Onasi out!"

"That was Carth (Seth rolled his eyes at this) on our PC's. We should be close to the bridge now."

They ran through a set of doors, just in time to see a Republic soldier get shot down.

"Dammit" Trask cursed. He grabbed Seth's arm, pulling him back from the line of Sith fire. "Watch it! If I hadent stopped you, you'd be full of burning holes!"

"Sorry" Seth said, embarassed that he almost killed himself. He looked across the hall. "Hey Trask, see those crates? Lets hide behind those."

Trask looked and grinned. "Smart guy! Lets go!"

The ran out, dropping into a roll and leaned against the crates, just in time. "Perfect!" Seth looked around the corner. 3 Sith troopers. "I'll throw a flash", and he did.

The grenade went off, followed by howls of pain, from the blinding lights. Seth and Trask stood up and opened fire. The troops went down easily enough. They went on, gathering the medpacs and stims and grenades as they went. Soon a door opened, showing a fight between 2 Jedi, or rather, a Jedi and a Sith.

"Damn! We'd better stay back, we'd just get in the way." They watched as the Sith was struck down, but no sooner was the Jedi blown up by an explosion, ripping her apart. Seth kicked away her arm, it had landed next to him.

Trask looked at him. "I know, kid, its sickening, but get used to it." More troops came around the corner. "Awww hell! Quick, fi-" He stopped when Seth threw a frag at the troops, killing them instantly.

"Uhh well, the bridge should be ahead. Let's go." Trask and Seth headed for the door. Seth unsheathed his sword, Trask did the same. They ran in, attacking as soon as the doors opened. Seth decapitated the nearest Sith, while Trask impaled the other. Another explosion killed the rest. They continued through the next door.

'Hold on" Trask said, holding out his hand to stop Seth. "I think I hear somthing….."

Trask stepped forward towards the door at the end of the room, opening it. A dark jedi stood there, light gleaming of his bald head, tatoos covering the rest. He ignited a double-bladed saber.

"Dammit! Another dark jedi! Quick, run to the escape pods!" Trask ran towards the dark jedi.

"No wait!" Seth yelled, starting after him.

"Get the hell to the escape pods, now!" Trask yelled back, and slammed the doors shut, jamming them.

"No! Dammit!" Seth smashed a fist against the door. No use in yelling and pounding, he thought. He went through another door, entering a hallway. Carth came back on his PC.

"Well, looks like your the only soldier left, according to the Life Support Systems. Your almost to the pods, so get a move on it!"

"Understood", Seth replied. " Over and out." He continued down the hall. He peeked around the corner, noticing the Sith at the end of the hall. He pulled his rifle out to take aim, but the shp shook just as he pulled the trigger, just missing the trooper. "Damn…" Seth put his back to the wall, pulling out his sword. He ran out from behind the corner, rushing the trooper. But the trooper was ready for him, shooting him in the shoulder. In retaliation, Seth threw his sword through the air, embeding itself in the troopers chest.

"God, where did i learn to do that?" Seth wondered. He could not remember ever doing that before. He applied a medpac to his wound, then continued. A few troopers later, he came across a com bat suit, long sword, grenades, and a computer console. He stashed the suit in his pack. I'll put it on later he thought. Carth came back on.

"Hey, you almost made it! There's about 8 troopers in the next room, thats all thats between me and you. You can use the computer console to kill them, or the robot. You should be able to find some spikes or parts in the room."

Why dont you do something besides talk, thought Seth. He found the spikes and parts and went to the console. Inserting the spikes, he overloaded a energy post in the room, frying the troops.

"Hehe, serves you bastards right!" Seth said happily. He worked his way through the burnt corpses, finding a prototype vibroblade. This may come in handy, and with that, he met Carth face to face. Or rather, gunpoint to gunpoint.

"Heh, I thought it was those troops" Carth said, lowering his blasters. "Glad you made it, now lets go. Bastila already left on a pod, so we can leave now, there's one escape pod left."

"And just why should I trust you?" Seth said, his rifle pointed at Carth's head.

"Ahh well… we're both for the Republic, and that's all you have for now. Now come on!" Carth got in the pod.

Seth lowered his sword and got in behind him. But before he could strap in, the pod took off, heading towards the planet below. He watched as the Spire exploded, and then everything went black.