Another Perspective of Things
Author's note:Well let's see if I can think of anything else to write about before Dantooine. This may be a bit of a short chapter. Also if there are obscure references my bad.
Also for story telling purposes the Ebon Hawk's database hasn't been connected to the holonet for a while, like a couple of months, so it has the outdated version of everything.
Its been about eighteen months since I even thought of this last, I am going to try and restart this but its been about 20 months since I last played either of the KotOR games :( On the other hand The Old Republic looks frakkin awesome!
The Lull before the Storm- Part I
0:00:00:00:00 Entered the Dynamic-Class Light Freighter "Ebon Hawk", registration number 34-P7JK
0:00:00:14:98 Plugged into the Ebon Hawk. Hacked into the main computer have full access and control including security cameras.
0:00:00:15:01 Turned on the main engines.
0:00:01:01:23 All of the crew has gotten on board.
0:00:01:09:00 Exiting Davik's Hanger.
0:00:02:07:87 Breaking orbit.
0:00:02:08:72 Cockpit: Padawan Shan speaking to Captain Onasi: Plot a course for Dantooine! There's a Jedi enclave there where we can find refuge!
0:00:02:08:03 Sith forces show up on sensors. Designating Sith forces as hostiles.
0:00:02:14:51 Cockpit: Captain Onasi over intercom system: Incoming Fighters!
0:00:02:17:76 Cockpit: Padawan Shan to Kerc: Quickly, to the gun turrets! You have to hold the Sith fighters off until we get those hyperspace coordinates punched in.
0:00:02:29:23 Top turret is being used by gauging how much of the weapons capacitors are being used up.
0:00:02:45:42 Shield strength is decreasing from hits taken by what the sensors show as heavy class starfighters.
0:00:06:40:43 Class 1 rated Hyperdrive has been engaged.
0:00:06:41:01 Shield strength has stopped decreasing.
0:00:09:15:61 Captain Onasi and Kerc Venis went to the medical bay to patch up blaster damage that Captain Onasi had sustained during the firefight.
0:00:17:31:52 The Padawan Shan, Canderous, Miss Vao, and Zaalbar have decided to head to the Jedi enclave on Dantooine. Padawan Shan argued that Dantooine was the safest place from the Sith Forces. After a very little debate it was agreed upon. Zaalbar agreed to anything other Kashyyyk, and Miss Vao was not particularly concerned where, she was seemed distraught? Canderous merely grunted out a reply. I have set the course into the Navigational computer.
0:00:18:45:25 I have plugged into the main computer of the Ebon Hawk to add to my own internal database, as Janice Nall did not provide me with more than a little bit of basic information concerning Taris.
0:00:19:37:62 After prioritizing that Dantooine is added to my database first, I have some more information about it; A Jedi enclave was establish there by a Krevaaki Jedi Master named Vodo-Siosk Baas sixty galactic years ago. It is a small planet with a mainly agriculture economy. Small population of 334,000. Forty Five thousand lightyears away from the galactic center.
0:00:46:26:72 After Captain Onasi has been given sufficient medical attention, he moved to cockpit to join Padawan Shan. Zaalbar has taken up position in the main lounge. Miss Vao has moved to a crew bunk room on the starboard side of the freighter. Canderous has taken up a position in the starboard cargo hold. Kerc moved to port bunk room and promptly collapsed from what seemed to be exhaustion.
0:00:54:16:83 Padawan Shan seemed to get agitated more and more every second, after nearly half an hour of this she moved in a brisk walk to the starboard bunk room and paused for a few seconds before gently knocking on the door.
0:01:27:37:05 Outside of the starboard bunk room: Padawan Shan: Are you in there Mission?
0:01:28:01:52 Starboard bunkroom: Miss Vao (quietly, through soft sobs): Ye..s..s
0:01:28:03:51 Outside of the starboard bunk room: Padawan Shan (gently): May I come inside?
0:01:28:24:72 Starboard bunk room: Miss Vao: Su..r..e... just give me one sec..ond...
0:01:29:07:17 Starboard bunk room: Padawan Shan to Miss Vao: I am here to talk if you need to.
0:01:30:09:24 Miss Vao burst into tears and Padawan Shan gave her an awkard hug to which Miss Vao clung to for several minutes, during this time Captain Onasi went to the starboard bunk room, and saw this sight and left before anyone knew he was there in the first place. After eight minutes Miss Vao pulled back.
0:01:38:27:71 Starboard bunk room: Miss Vao to Padawan Shan (quietly): Thanks.
0:01:38:36:14 Starboard bunk room: Padawan Shan to Miss Vao: Its no problem, I will always be here for you.
0:01:40:21:51 Padawan Shan left Miss Vao to her own devices and moved back to the cockpit.
0:04:51:32:12 I have had sufficient time to update all date bases from the Ebon Hawk's computers. I have now had all recent history updated. To what equates to the closest human expression being surprise, I have learned that our crew member, Padawan Shan, is rather famous. She was most notably in the tactical assassination of Darth Revan the leader of the New Sith forces which emerged three years ago. News on the subject is rather sparse but I was able to infer from nearly 107 different holonet stations five facts:
1. Padawan Shan personally lead the assault.
2. Darth Revan was precisely where Republic Intelligence had placed him.
3. At least four jedi including Padawan Shan made it to command bridge
4. Darth Malak, former Jedi Knight Alek Squinquargesimus, commanded his flagship, Leviathan, an interdictor-class cruiser produced by Republic Sienar Systems,to fire on Darth Revan's flagship.
5. Padawan Shan and two remaining Jedi were able to escape, but confirmed the death of Darth Revan via the salvo fired by the Leviathan.
The odd fact about this event is that with the power that has been document that Darth Revan controlled with the "force" both during his or her, (since there has never been a documented case of Darth Revan without his or her mask and full body armour on, but due to the relative stature I would put a 90% probability of Darth Revan being of the male gender) days as a Jedi Knight and the even harder to get information of his as a Sith, it would give a 98% chance of Darth Revan surviving the initial blast.
Captain Onasi is also of some minor fame; he was hailed as one of the heroes of the Mandalorian Wars, and one of the few who did not follow Darth Revan and Darth Malak to the Unknown Regions. His home planet, Telos IV, was glazed by his former commander, former Admiral Saul Karath, now the Admiral of Sith fleet. It is listed that his wife was killed during the attack and his son is listed as missing presumed dead. Captain Onasi was listed as an adviser to Padawan Bastila on the Hammerhead-class cruiser known as the Endar Spire. The only thing worth of note was that he has worked with Jedi before extensively during Mandalorian Wars, most notably Jedi padawan Zayne Carrick.
Canderous Ordo of the Mandalorian clan Ordo, was a commander during the Mandalorian Wars, he was one of the more brave and successful Mandalorians, and one of the few to survive the massacre of Malachor V. Turned mercenary after the war and was in Davik's employment since the war ended. He was first recognized as tactical master shortly after the Second Sith war.
The twi'lek, Mission Vao is not recognized in any official channel, although some being by the name and fitting the description of her older brother has been seen on Tatooine and has several minor criminal charges to his name.
The Wookiee, Zaalbar, is the son of a local wookiee chieftain on his home planet, the document that mentions this also notes that Zaalbar was labelled a "mad-claws" and was exiled.
Kerc Venis, is the most interesting of the five, I have been unable to find a single record of his existence including in the Republic Armed forces database that was stored on the computer that I hacked.
0:05:48:27:94 I have reestablished a solid connection with the holonet. Kerc Venis shows up in the last few months, interesting. He hails from a small planet called Deralia, on the edge of known space. He only shows up in official channels recently, in the last six months. Ah this makes sense, Kerc was a smuggler of sorts, fluent in several dozen languages, and was off the official channels until he was recently caught. Since this is a time of war, he was conscripted as his sentencing, and has a rank of specialist.
1:06:22:12:59 Twenty three hours, fifty three minutes, and sixteen seconds before arrival at Dantooine. It was has already been approximately thirty hours, twenty two minutes, and twelve seconds since we left Taris behind us. So far, I have been neglected by crew. I am analyzing the star maps in the Navigational room to see if Davik had any secret hyperspace lanes put in the computer, which has a 0.3% of existing.
1:13:45:52:53 Kerc decided to have another session with me about things that were on his mind. He made comment saying something along the lines of how this is just one big disaster waiting to happen. Their is the mandalorian, the soldier and the Jedi. He said that it sounded like one bad joke. Something that would start with a Mandalorian, Republic soldier and a Jedi walk into a cantina. The mandalorian orders a Tarisian ale, the solider tries to order something from Telos but either does not have sufficient credits or they are out of stock of it permanently, the mandalorian laughs his arse off and the soldier asks for whatever the Jedi is having. The bartender gives him an odd look but gives him the same drink anyways, the soldier drinks it without a glance at it and promptly pukes. For some reason Kerc found this to be "hilarious". Kerc also started to cough and wheeze to the point where he quite literally fell to the ground, I inquired if he needed medical attention but he said he was completely fine, and that he was just "laughing". What an oddity this "Laughing" is.
1:19:52:23:56 A encrypted message has been sent by someone within this ship to Coruscant. Reviewing security footage to check
1:19:53:52:97 The sender could not be verified but by the way actions of Padawan Shan I can only guess that the sender is her.
2:06:13:26:82 Exiting hyperspace in the Raioballo Sector, system Dantooine.
2:06:13:44:62 Cockpit: Padawan Shan to Specialist Venis and Captain Onasi: Dantooine; (sighing) it feels like its been a lifetime since I last saw it even though its been a few months. We should be safe from Malak here (as if reconsidering) for now at least.
2:06:13:50:62 Cockpit: Captain Onasi to Padawan Shan: Safe? You saw what his fleet did to Taris: there was not a building left standing over two stories! They...they...they turned the planet into one big pile of rubbish!
2:06:14:01:51 Cockpit: Padawan Shan to Captain Onasi: Even the Sith would think twice before attacking Dantooine. There are many Jedi here. Including several of the most powerful Masters of the Order. There is great strength within this place.
2:06:14:09:41 Cockpit: Specialist Venis to Padawan Shan: I think Carth has a point, its one backworld with next to none military strength against the might of Malak. We should keep going.
2:06:14:14:61 Cockpit: Padawan Shan to Specialist Venis: We cant just keep running; Malak will find us eventually. We need to regroup we need a plan. We can get supplies here and rest up, the enclave is a place of mental and spiritual healing: something we could all use after what we've been through.
2:06:14:29:12 Cockpit: Captain Onasi to Padawan Shan: Maybe you are right. It is not easy to witness the annihilation of an entire planet. I know Mission must be taking it pretty hard.
2:06:14:34:72 Cockpit: Padawan Shan to Captain Onasi: She will find a way to come to terms with her grief. She is stronger than she appears. We just need to give her time. Now I must go speak with the Council. I need their advice on... (slows speech to consider wording)...recent developments. After I have met with them I will meet you outside the ship.
2:06:14:47:92 Query for landing at the Jedi Enclave
2:06:14:59:10 Query accepted
2:06:15:09:61 The Ebon Hawk enters Dantooine gravity well.
2:06:15:14:57 The Ebon Hawk breaches Dantooine's atmosphere.
2:06:15:28:51 Landing successful, entry ramp is being lower.
Reviews, comments, anything would be extremely nice, also the timing system is a bitch to do for dialogue, so my big question is was it any good?