"Belsavis... Last time I was here the ship I was on got blown rest you already know.

Belsavis is cold. Nowhere near as bad as Hoth, but certainly colder than I'm used to.

"What are we here for Kirain?"

I'm a bit jealous of Vel, Chiss are biologically wired to prefer colder weather. I even had to drop the temperature of my Defender a few degrees to make her comfortable.

"Two things.

Firstly; the Dread Guard are picking a fight with anyone and everyone in Section X, trying to cause prison breakouts both of their own and anything the Rakata dumped in stasis and conducting some seriously weird biological experiments.

Second is actually related to the first; A ship crashed here a while ago and the Dread Guard are swarming all over it. They are incredibly interested in something they found..."

"... Which means we are?"

"Exactly.

Come on, our contact is a stickler for punctuality."

***

"Duli"

The giant Mirialan in front of me simply nods.

Time was I'd have thought someone like this Trooper was doing well to form a full sentence. Now I know better.

"Commander Farstrider, last time we worked together we ended up assaulting a high security prison

I hope what you've for for me today is just as interesting."

"You won't be disappointed.

We've got a mix of Imperials, Dread Guard, broken droids and mutated animal life to contend with today. We've pinpointed a few areas the Dread Guard are interested in and we're preparing strikes against the various locations."

I study the map, seven different objectives in six different areas.

"Which ones do you want me and Vel to go after?"

Rhuidean finally notices Vel, nods and dosn't say anything. If he has his doubts or is surprised he's keeping them to himself.

"These two here."

He's pointing to the two closest together."

"Got a whole bunch of droids acting crazy there and we have no idea why. That's also where the ship that went down is located.

We received a data packet an hour ago. If what it said can be trusted then the imps are after the ship and its contents as well."

"Ok, ship first and droids second.

Vel, do you know how ride a speeder?"

Vel has been quite during the briefing and planning phase. She seems very nervous and unsure of herself, at least more so.

"No, I don't."

"It's OK, jump on the back of mine. I'll show you how to ride on the way back."

***

"Oh wow... This is cool."

"I'm not sure what the temperature has to do with the discovery, although it is easily twenty below freezing"

"I... Never mind.

Do you know what this is?!"

As a good Jedi I shouldn't be as excited about what we've found, after all we are supposed to preserve life and laid out in front of us is a masterpiece of ending it.

"It's a combat droid of some sort."

Calling this a combat droid is like comparing a sharp metal edge to a lightsaber.

"What we have here is no simple combat droid. This is a HK unit."

"I'm sorry, a what?"

"Come on Vel, you had a pretty free hand looking at the archives. What do you know about Revan?"

"He was a hero until he became a conqueror. Then he saved the republic from his former apprentice.

Three years later he disappeared into the unknown regions, never to return."

"Here is some of what the history books missed out; During his time as Darth Revan he commissioned an assassination droid; Well he designed and then got someone else to build it.

Point is this is the same design. It's certainly not the original, Malgus had that aboard his Space station, but think of what we could learn from this machine!"

"Kirain..."

I already know what she's going to say.

"I promise not to use it to assassinate anyone.

Besides I was mostly referring to pulling the data core; I doubt even Lass could find the parts to get this working again."

I'm busy myself checking out the battered HK unit in front of me, the excitement of the discovery is keeping the chill off. This is seriously cool stuff.

"Kirain.."

"Yes Vel?"

"How do you know so much about Revan? Those archives are only available to a select few. What little I know is from public record mostly."

I ignite one of my lightsabers, I need something to melt the ice surrounding the droid.

"The first time I worked with Rhuidean Farstrider we assaulted a high security Imperial prison. Did you here about the Maelstrom prison break?"

Vel nods; I'm actually a little surprised that a good Jedi like her would know about such a thing.

"Who do you think we rescued?"