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Jacobi sat at the controls to the freighter he had commandeered from the 501st. He had just made the jump to hyperspace when his Zabrak friend woke up.

"So you're finally awake?" Jacobi asked with a slightly mocking tone.

"Uhhh where am I? I feel like I've been sat on by a rancor." The Zabrak moaned as he sat up.

"You, my friend, were beaten by a young Echani. And it was a spectacular kick that he gave you. Knocked you out cold. As the where you are, you are on bored a freighter heading towards the moon of Dxun. We were sent by said Echani to some of his Mandalorian friends." Jacobi replied.

"oh.. I don't like Mandalorians." was all the Zabrak said to that.

As I looked down at the hanger bay, a clone trooper ran out of the freighter screaming about a homicidal droid, only to be shot in the back by a blaster shot. All of the clones in the hanger then took cover as an ancient HK 47 assassin droid appeared from inside the freighter.

"Annoyed statement: the only meatbays allowed on this shop are the ones in my memory core. Threat: if any other meatbags approach this ship then they will be obliterated." the mechanical voice of the HK droid explained from the top of the loading ramp.

"Step aside droid. We are under the duristiction of the supreme chancellor of the galactic senate." the clone commander stated. Only to get shot in the head by the HK unit.

"Pitying reminder: I said if any other meatbag approaches this ship they will be obliterated."

I was starting to like this droid. The rest of the clones were now, no doubt, having an internal debate with themselves on whether or not the should attack the weird droid. While they were thinking, I activated my stealth field generator and crept into the hanger. There was around 30 more clones scattered around the hanger. A plan started to formulate in my head. Stealth field generator would come in real handy here. Sneak into the ship. Locate the cannons. Activate the cannons. Blast the shit out of the clones. Then deal with the HK unit. This time there would be nothing to scupper my plan. And commence sneaking. Being a thief, I know how to sneak quite well. I managed to make it into the ship. Now to find the cannons. They're usually in the centre of the ship. And that is exactly where I found them. Taking the lower cannon, I turned off my stealth field generator, and opened fire on the clones. It didn't take long for the remaining clones to be wiped out. And now the difficult bit. I exited the relative safety of the cannon to see the HK droid already pointing its gun at my head. "Query: why did you attack the other meatbags, meatbag?" the droid asked me.

"Well maybe if you lowered your fragging gun I could tell you." I replied slowly. To my surprise, the droid complied.

"I attacked them because they have been attacking the Jedi temple on Courucant for a little while now. Also they were clones so they weren't worth much." I explained calmly.

"Surprised statement: Clones! I believed that clones were illegal?" I smiled slightly at this.

"Well it seems you have been deactivated for a while. Let me fill you in." For the next couple of hours, I filled in the ancient droid on the current workings of the universe and my plan. The droid looked surprised at my plan.

"Cautionary statement: But that would mean..." The droid started.

"Yeah." I stated with a devilish smile on my face.

"Worried statement: But that would mean..." The droid started.

"Following in the footsteps of your original master? Yes." The devilish smile still on my face. If it was possible for a driod to look worried, then HK 47 managed it.

"Before you ask, no we are not going straight to Rakata Prime. First we are going to Dxun to pick up some friends. Then we are going to go to Nar-Shaddaa. There are a few things I need to pick up that are not entirely legal." and with that I started prepping the ship for flight. I checked the sensors for anything untoward. Then the doors to the hanger where flung off of their hinges. I looked down to see a hooded figure with a whole troop of clones behind them.

"HK!" I shouted. "Man the guns! We've got company!" I heard the distinctive clattering of a droid running. Within a minute the guns swung around and completely decimated half of the clones and kept the hooded figure at bay. With that very useful distraction, I powered out of the hanger bay. As soon as the ship broke through the atmosphere, I made the jump to hyperspace. From the astrological charts, it looked like it would take us a good few days to travel to Dxun so I made my way around the ship, looking for a suitable place to practice fighting techniques and think. After a few minutes, I found the cargo hold. stepping inside, I dropped all of the weapons and equipment I had accumulated whilst at the Jedi temple and shut the door. I stood still for what must have been around 30 minutes before I picked up the lightsaber. I didn't count it as my own yet as it was not me who had built it. I took a breath. I ignited the blade and set about dancing through the fighting techniques that were now ingrained in my mind. To me, the practicing of techniques was a form of I knew it, I had spent the whole of the 3 day trip in the cargo hold. I was so focused on my meditation that I didnt even notice when the door opened. A hand then clamped down on my shoulder. Acting on instinct alone, I grabbed the hand and threw the owner over my hip. The offender fell to the floor with a yelp and before he could react more, the lightsaber was at his throat.

"Jacobi." I retracted the blade and helped him up. "Did your masters teach you nothing of the Echani?" I questioned incredulously.

"They taught us that we should be mindful when approaching them. But you were meditating. How did you react so quickly?" he asked with wide eyes. I sighed.

"The way the Echani meditate is to practice their fighting techniques. This way the techniques and fighting moves become ingrained on the mind of the fighter. This is what I was doing before you interrupted."

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