Chapter 66
Even if the New Jedi Order wasn't anything like the old one, it was still quite obvious that this new situation was a cause of concern no matter if that was visible on any of faces of the Jedi Masters that had been on this Council since the reformation of the Jedi Order. Luke took a moment to let this news sink in and finally said after a short pause:
„I think that I speak for everyone on this Council that this could become a big threat to the Jedi and also the New Republic, especially as I have sensed for some time now that the politicial situation isn't that stable like Chancellor Mon Mothma might wants the Council to think it is." The rest of the Council just nodded in agreement, instead of saying something in response at first, as they had probably sensed the same over a while and that definitely made their mission as the guardians of peace even more important.
„I second Master Skywalker's opinion concerning this new development and even if the Jedi are still not soldiers, we somehow have to make sure that the New Republic is going to survive this crisis and let it be stronger than ever after coming out of it on top at the very end." Master Durron voiced his agreement with Luke and of course the rest of the present Jedi Masters were also aware of this fact, even if neither of them knew yet how to save the New Republic without betraying their holy principles. The one time where the Jedi had taken part in a war, back in the days of the old Republic they hadn't been able to see that a powerful Sith Lord had been hiding right in front of their nose and this mistake had cost them all just too much at the end. But of course the one big question they all had on their mind, still remained unanswered at this point and also sent the Council right into a big dilemma: On one side they didn't want to make any rash decisions without having all the facts but at the same time they also couldn't wait all too long with making their final decision regarding this very delicate matter. After a longer pause Master Durron then ended the silence by saying:
„I'm aware of the fact that the current political situation of the New Republic isn't that stable as everybody might wish it would be, but it also should be clear that it won't be easy to rebuild a democracy that the Sith had been to transform into a dictatorship right under the nose of the Jedi and we have to stand united against this new threat or else history will be going to repeat itself and we can all agree on the thing that nobody wants that to happen."
Back at the Palace on Naboo Leia had been able to leave the building again, being able to find out from one of the few survivors of the surprise attack on the Palace that her mother and the Queen had been able to escape with the Queen's personal starship but the Palace Security guard also sounded quite pessimistic when it came to give his personal opinion, if they would have been able to leave the Orbit of the Planet. Her thoughts were interrupted as her com-link notified her that a new message was coming in and so she got it out of her jacket pocket and saw the image of the freighter pilot appear: „Good News Ma'am, the Troops of the New Republic have arrived and the remaining Stormtroopers outside of the Palace are starting to retreat. Did you have any luck about finding out more about the whereabouts of your mother?"
„Thank you for letting me know and yes I did get some information about the whereabouts of my mother, even if I have to say that it sadly isn't very much but it is better than nothing at the end. Apparently she and the Queen were able to escape from the Palace with the Queen's personal starship but nobody at any clue where they would be heading or if they would even be able to leave the Orbit of the Planet." Deep down Leia kept thinking that no matter how hopeless the situation might look she was sure that her mother would find a way to get out of this mess.
Meanwhile somewhere else in the Galaxy a few lightyears away from Leia's current position Padme and the Queen where busy with discussing their next move and with inspecting the damage on the starship.
„I can't say that I'm an experienced technician who knows every part of a starship but when I look at the Hyperdrive it's kind of obvious that we probably can't count on it to work for a while." Queen Mairayn sighed, having to fight very hard at this moment to not just give up already right at this moment, even if it would be quite hard to keep up any form of optimism with the situation look that bad at this moment.
She took a moment to think before she finally said:" I know that there is a Space Station operated by the New Republic Military not far from here but with the Hyperdrive offline it will probably take us two days to get there. „ Of course it wasn't the best idea to travel through this sector without having any back up at all and with an unarmed ship but it would be more dangerous to stay at their current position as they would be an easy target for any space pirates that have ambushed vurneable ships a lot in this sector. „ I also have to say that this sector of space isn't known as very safe, since a couple of freighter captains have reported ambushes from space pirates but if we would stay here that would make us much more of an easy target."
Padme hated this kind of situations so much, were you could only choose the lesser evil and it was quite obvious that both options didn't look that but also that you needed to choose the lesser evil at the end, if you maybe would want to increase your chances to getting out of a hopeless situation in one piece.
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