Atelle woke with a start. She felt as though she had been asleep forever. She needed to stretch, but as she tried, her arms ran up against a solid casing. At that moment it all came flooding back to her. She had been asleep forever. Or at least close to it. She tapped a button on the inside of the pod she was in. The time log it brought up indicated that she had been is stasis for over four thousand years! She tried to recall what had happened prior to her entering the stasis pod.

After defeating Darth Traya, she and the crew of the Ebon Hawk had returned to Coruscant to begin the reconstruction of the Jedi Order. She hadn't stayed more than a week before departing to the unknown regions in search of Revan. Of course Bao-Dur would let her go alone. He was becoming a fine Jedi Guardian. But even with her and Bao's absence she felt confident leaving the fate of the Jedi in the capable hands of Mical, Mira, and Atton. Well just Mical and Mira, actually.... She thought to herself.

Less than a couple of days into the trip Atton had met them on an outer rim world where she, -Bao-Dur, and the droids, T3-M4, and HK-47, were stocking up on supplies. He claimed that he couldn't stand being bored at the jedi temple all the time and needed to do something exciting. But she knew all he really wanted was to be with her.

Atton wasn't alone either. Mandalore was with him. No doubt Canderous couldn't resist the idea of finding Revan, who was the closest thing the Mandalorian ever had to a friend. Atton's other companion surprised her even more, however.

The republic admiral, Carth Onasi, who had met with her after the battle on the Ravager, was also with Atton. Atelle half expected Bastila Shan to join them as well. The bond between her and Revan was no secret. Ever since Atelle had returned to republic space she had been hear about it.

Carth had later informed her that Bastila stayed behind to help rebuild the Jedi Order, and that it was the hardest decision she had ever made. Atelle had been pleased to hear that. Having an experienced jedi like Bastila would be a great benefit to Mical and Mira.

She shook herself out of her memories. She needed to assess the situation. She had been in stasis for over four millenia. Now she was awake. She needed to find out weather or not the rest of the crew had survived this long. She reached for the door handle on the inside of her pod. It didn't budge. She tried harder, pulling with more force, and it snapped clean off. She was trapped in the stasis pod, with no access to food or water.

She started banging on the inside of the pod and yelling. She only hoped that someone was around to hear the sound.

It had been over two hours sine the Millennium Falcon had changed course for Dantooine. They should be getting close. And indicator light on Han's control panel began to flash and an alarm began to sound.

"What's that?" Luke asked.

"We're picking up a distress beacon." Han replied.

"From where?" Leia asked.

"Hold on," Han said, "I'm still trying to figure that out... oh you're not gonna believe this."

"What?"

"It's coming from Dantooine." Han replied in astonishment. "I.D. Signature on the signal says that it's coming from a freighter. Called the Ebon Hawk."

Ebon Hawk... that caught Luke's attention. The Ebon Hawk was a ship of significance during the time period of the Jedi Civil War. But that was over four thousand years ago. How could the ship have survived this long? "How far out are we?" He asked.

"Five Minutes." Han replied.

The group sat in silence for those few minutes. Luke was pondering what they were going to find when they got there. His visions of the Jedi Civil War, a distress call from a four thousand year old ship, a massive force wave coming from Dantooine, and the sith rumors on the outer rim. There was far to much going on to be coincidence. The force was rippling throughout in the galaxy. And he felt uneasy about what was to come.

The Falcon dropped out of hyperspace and descended into the atmosphere.

"We're closing in on the signal now." Han stated.

A few seconds later and the Falcon landed a small clearing. Luke, Leia, and Han stepped off the loading ramp and into the tall, amber grass of Dantooine. This was wild Dantooine. No people, no settlements. Just plains and small cliffs.

"There's nothing here." Leia stated in a confused tone.

Luke looked around. She was right. The clearing the Falcon had landed in was small and surrounded on all sides by small cliffs with three natural paths all leading in different directions. One led to a smaller clearing with several large rocks jutting upwards out of the grass. Another led to a slightly larger clearing than the one they were in. The last however, led to a small river. On the other side of the river there was a massive grassy mound. There was also a strange land bridge crossing the river, but no ship.

"Wait," Han said, "I just saw something glint in the sunlight. Could be metal." He pointed to the land bridge.

The trio moved toward the bridge and, upon a closer look, found it to be made of metal. It had been overgrown.

"This is supposed to be an uninhabited region of Dantooine." Leia said, "Why would there be a metal bridge?"

"Maybe it used to be inhabited." Luke replied, "This bridge has been here for quite awhile."

As they crossed the bridge they found many metal tile buried under the dirt, as if it used to be a walk way in front of the massive mound.

"Do you think the ship is under that mound?" Han asked.

"No, it's too big to be freighter." Luke replied, "Maybe there's a structure under there."

Leia kicked the mound. "It sounds hollow."

"It'll take forever to dig through this." Luke said.

"We can use the Falcon's turbolasers." Han said, "Blast an opening."

"Good idea, Han." Luke said, "But keep them on minimum power, and be careful. We don't want to damage whatever's under there."

Han went back to the Falcon and rose the ship into the air. He scanned the mound and targeted an area on the far left side where seemed weakest, and fired. When the dirt stopped flying and the dust cleared, he saw a hole that would be perfect for them to walk through.

As Luke approached the blast opening, he noticed a slight blue shimmer. An energy shield? He thought to himself. He ignited his lightsaber and thrust it through the shield as hard as he could. The blue shimmer flickered and died. Good. He thought, The blast from the Falcon must have weakened the shield at this point.

"What is it?" Leia asked.

"An energy shield." Luke replied, "It probably extends under the whole mound. I think the Falcon's blast weakened it at this point. We should be able to get through."

Han had set the ship back down in the clearing again and had made his way back to the others. He carried a crate of glow-rods with him. "Probably gonna be pretty dark in there." He said as he dumped the rods into a backpack. He handed one to both Luke and Leia and took one for himself before slinging the backpack on.

The three walked to the opening, ignited their glow-rods, and proceeded inside.

Atelle had been pounding and yelling for almost an hour. It was clear that there was no one around to hear her. She relaxed herself in the pod and used the force to calm her mind.

She began to recall, once again, the events that had led to her current situation. After Atton, Canderous, and Carth had met her and Bao-Dur, they set off into the Unknown Regions. Atelle had been surprised to find out that Canderous and Carth actually knew each other. Though when she thought about it, it made sense. Both of them had told her that they traveled with Revan during the war. She had just never put two and two together.

As the passed through the Katarr system en-route to the unknown regions, the crew had a moment of silence for their fallen miraluka companion, Visas Marr. Visas had died in the crash on Malachor V. It made Atelle sick to think that after they had finally defeated Darth Nihilus, after Visas was finally free of her terrible master, she only lived long enough to die on a dead world.

Atelle moved past the painful memory of her fallen friend and recalled how they searched the unknown regions for over a year with no sign of Revan. Eventually, they picked up a promising trail and followed it from alien world to alien world until they finally wound up on a deserted moon in the ruins of an ancient city.

There they had found a message that Revan had left specifically for them, as if he had known they were searching for him. There they had also found the alien stasis pods. No such technology existed within republic space. There was one for each person. With the exception of the droids that is.

Carth activated the holorecorder and Revan's message began to play.

If you're watching this recording, then you're already too late. By time you get this, I'll be dead. But do not worry. We will all see each other again. You must take these stasis pods. They have been pre-programmed with a specific length of time to keep the user frozen. I length that I programmed. You must them to Dantooine. To the rebuilt jedi enclave.

Within this crate, the hologram gestured toward a box sitting next to one of the stasis pods, are all the parts and specifications required for a dome energy shield. Once you arrive on Dantooine, you must erect this energy shield around the enclave. Then, you must trust me. You must enter the stasis pods. I know this is a lot to take in, and I realize how much I'm asking of you. But you must trust in the force, and I ask that you trust in me one last time. Good luck, and may the force be with you.

The group never even needed to discuss it. Everyone there had served with or under Revan in the past, and they all still trusted him.

But four thousand years...Atelle thought to herself.

She was pulled back into reality by the muffled rumble of what sounded like a turbolaser, followed by a slight vibration in the floor of the pod. She resumed her pounding and yelling.

Someone was here.