Ship hovered a few dozen meters over the ruins of Korriban's One Sith Temple, allowing Velk to regard the still-smoky remnants of his Masters' home in horror. Through the transparency that the Sith Meditation Sphere formed at its forward section, Velk was at a loss over how the One Sith could be defeated like this. Surely, it must have taken a whole army of Force-sensitives, perhaps even the Jedi themselves, to eliminate the last bastion of hope for the Sith as a whole.
This world does not have the taint of the light side left in its wake, Ship interjected in Velk's thoughts. It could not have been an army of Jedi.
From that, Velk took a moment for himself to determine who could have possibly done it. "Another Sith sect then?" he asked aloud.
I doubt it, Ship replied. For no Sith would team up with a Jedi to defeat fellow Sith.
Velk's eyebrows narrowed in confusion. "You just said that the Jedi couldn't have done this."
I said that an army of Jedi could not have done this. If it were an army, this whole world would reek of the Jedi's time here. Only in what remains of the Sith Temple does the essence of a single Jedi linger, along with an independent Force-user.
"How can that be possible? There's no way that at least two Force-users can defeat the One Sith like this!"
Like what? We don't know how exactly they did defeat the One Sith.
Velk sighed in defeat. "Good point. So what do we do now?"
We investigate. We find out what exactly happened here.
"Then we go after the bastards who did this," Velk followed up with conviction.
Let's not be too hasty. If and when we are to avenge the One Sith, we must do so with caution lest we end up like our fellows below us. Whoever did this is much too powerful to combat with conventional methods.
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Thuruht felt the Jedi enter the Csilla system. And while the Chiss members of the hive mind who were present in the system couldn't see their Force-sensitive enemies, they knew they were there in their invisible StealthX fighters.
The entirety of the Ascendancy fleet in orbit over Csilla had been assimilated into the hive mind already. Regardless of whether or not the Chiss on the planet were part of it yet, Thuruht was ready to combat the Jedi now.
Thus, without any verbal indication from anyone in the fleet, all the Ascendancy Star Destroyers turned in the direction that the Jedi StealthX fleet secretly appeared from and began firing.
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Saba veered her StealthX port-side to avoid getting hit by an incoming green laser bolt that was bigger than her own fighter, only to just as quickly veer back starboard so that she wasn't atomized by another of the projectiles. She continued to veer left and right for several moments to avoid more incoming bolts thanks to her reptilian reflexes, all the while trying to mentally tune out the reports from fellow Jedi coming over her in-ship comm regarding the losses of Jedi who were just eliminated by the laser barrage.
When the Jedi were halfway between their dropout point from hyperspace and the Ascendancy Star Destroyers, the latter ceased their barrage of lasers and instead began giving up squadrons of clawcraft that rushed to engage their invisible opponents.
Like the predator-at-heart that she always was, Saba hissed in delight as she increased speed to her StealthX to take on one of the clawcraft. Any questions as to how the Chiss could have figured out that the Jedi arrived left her mind as she lost herself in battle.
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Team Jacen's Imperial shuttle dropped out of hyperspace and began traveling, under Jacen's piloting, through subspace alongside the icy corridor that was the Maad system for the planet that housed the base of the Jedi Order. When they were halfway to the planet, they were hailed.
"Unidentified Imperial shuttle, this is the Jedi Temple. Identify yourself and state your intentions here," the masculine human male voice on the other line said after Jacen opened up communications.
"This is Jedi Knight Jacen Solo responding." His tone was a little hesitant and nervous; what with him being a dead Sith Lord in this reality, he somehow doubted that an extreme reaction wouldn't go by. "I'm here to see the Jedi Council."
Silence permeated the other line before the voice responded with, "Is this a prank? Who is this?"
"Like I said, Jedi Knight Jacen Solo," he answered. "Jacen Solo from an alternate reality, that is."
"And how is that possible?"
"Long story," Jacen said.
"I got nothing better to do today. Try me."
Jacen sighed and began explaining his predicament, even having to reveal Onimi and Nom Anor's presence with him. The Yuuzhan Vong, who were in the nav chair and copilot seat respectively, also became nervous as Jacen went along.
"Have you been smoking Gungun grass recently, son?" the voice on the other end inquired after Jacen finished his tale.
"We have, but that's not the point," Jacen said. "The point is, you don't have to worry about me being an evil Sith Lord, nor do you have to worry about my Yuuzhan Vong friends. We just need to see the Jedi Council immediately."
"Even if I were to believe you, why do you wanna see them?"
"It has something to do with the Killiks," Jacen answered.
"What about them?"
"They need to be stopped, obviously," Jacen said. "And my friends and I are here to help them with that."
"Well, I can't let you see the Council anyway, even if the Killiks are a genuine threat at this time," the man said. "They're not here, 'Jedi Solo.'"
"What?" Jacen asked incredulously. "Then where are they?"
"That information is classified. Until we can confirm and verify who you are exactly, there's no way you're going anywhere near Shedu Maad until the Masters come back from their mission."
"You will tell us where the Masters are and what they're doing," Jacen said, putting the Force behind his words as he attempted a mind trick.
"Nice try, pal. You can't trick a Jedi Knight with that."
"You will tell us where the Masters are and what they're doing," Onimi said as he used his words to telepathically manipulate the individual on the other end.
"Csilla, attempting to destroy the Chiss Ascendancy so they won't pose a threat to the Order," the man said in an instant, with a dreamlike tone in his voice.
"Thanks," Onimi said before he closed off communications himself. "Let's get outta here."
Without anymore coercing, Jacen turned the shuttle around and zoomed away from Shedu Maad to leave the system.