Power of the Star Forge
When we arrived Padme asked Qui-Gon what they would find. "Mostly moisture farms and scavengers. Spaceports like these are a haven for people who don't want to be discovered." the jedi master answered. "Just like us." the handmaiden muttered. A few minutes later we entered a shop and were greeted by a Toydarian.
"Good day to you. What do you want?" He asked. Qui-Gon gave a description of the ship and parts needed. The Toydarian ordered a small boy to watch the store and took us to find the parts we needed. I decided to make sure Jar-Jar stayed out of trouble by knocking him out with some spare droid parts. He'd be out for a couple of minutes, which should be plenty of time for us to come to an arrangement.
We looked round at the parts. I think the owner was serious when he said it might be cheaper to buy a new ship. Then we gained a new problem. We only had Republic credits. Which wasn't accepted in this shop. The Jedi master attempted to influence the Toydarian to do so, but he seemed to have forgotten that Toydarians were immune to mind tricks. A fact that was rubbed in his face moments later. Qui-Gon decided to leave, just as Jar-Jar woke up. I told the group I would be a couple of minutes. A couple of Force chokes and a twenty percent discount later I caught up with them and told them the good news. Unfortunately we still didn't have enough.
Given Jar-Jar's luck, I was slightly surprised to see him go through an entire minute before getting into trouble. First he tried to steal some food and was then assaulted by a dug when said food landed in his lunch. I was about to intervene when the boy from the Toydarian's shop settled things. He then took us to a nearby food store and gave Qui-Gon some food which he tucked underneath his cloak. "Storm's coming up, Anakin." the store owner warned. Since our ship was too far, Anakin allowed us to stay at his place until the storm blew over.
While Qui-Gon introduced us, Anakin took us to see a droid he was building. I told him about HK-47, leaving out certain parts. Like the fact he was an assassin droid. Or his psychotic programming. The droid introduced himself as C3-PO and began conversing with R2-D2. I decided to see what Qui-Gon was up to.
"It's a trick, to establish a connection trace." He was saying. There was a pause "Either way we're running out of time." the Jedi master replied before turning off the Commlink. "Do you think they could make it any more obvious that they're setting a trap?" I asked, with a hint of sarcasm. "Nonetheless, it is showing to be a very effective trap." The old man replied.
"So, why don't you know about the Star Forge, or the Sith fleet?" I decided to pick up on our earlier conversation. "Perhaps if you described this Star Forge, I may remember it from a previous conversation, or from the Jedi archives. As for the Sith, they were supposed to have wiped out 968 years ago. Although after seing that recording, I wonder if that's the case." I described the Star Forge, including Malak's more, unusual, use for it. Then I asked how the Sith could have been wiped out that long ago if it hadn't been that long since we had declared ourselves Sith.
The old Jedi master frowned. "The last known Sith who called themselves Revan and Malak disappeared almost 4000 thousand years ago. And I'm sorry, but I've never heard of this Star Forge." I also frowned. The Jedi archives might not be complete, but surely I would have heard about someone who has the same name as my friend and I disappearing? And how could Qui-Gon not know about the Star Forge. all the masters should have heard about it by now.
I expressed my thoughts. Qui-Gon shrugged. "The best we can do is wait until we return to Coruscant. You can check the Jedi archives, but they will verify what I have just told you. The last Sith lords known as Revan and Malak disappeared a long time ago."
I decided to tell him slightly more about what had happened. How I infiltrated the Star Forge with Bastilla, HK and Canderous. How I killed Malak. How we had escaped but had been caught in the explosion. "Then when I regained consciousness I had found us in above the planet Naboo, which was a very long distance from Rakata Prime." I finished.
Qui-Gon seemed to consider my words for a moment. "If you are who you claim to be, and I don't sense that you're lying, then the Star Forge must have somehow sent you through time and space. How do you think that happened?"
"No idea. But I don't think the Forge sent us anywhere. It was being attacked and lashed out. This may sound strange, given that it's a space station. But given who built it, and the amount of darkside energy that used to sustain it, I wouldn't be surprised if it was slightly alive. That may even explain that feeling of anger I felt just before loosing consciousness." I decided to take his advice and investigate further when we reached Coruscant. Bastilla walked in on us and told us that tea was ready.