Chapter 4. Darth Millenial

Talune was in the refresher when the ship alarms went off. He ran with a towel around his waist to the bridge. "We hit a gravitic mine!" The Droid copilot said. Talune's ship was yanked out of hyperspace. The lights flickered on an off. "Main power offline master…"

"Mayday! Mayday!" Talune shouted into the emergency COM.

There was a rumbling sound, "Master we are caught in a tractor beam."

Talune's ship was pulled into capital class battle cruiser. The ramp was forced down and several heavily armed men forcefully removed Talune and his droid from their ship. "Man is he Rancor ugly…"

"That thing has three eyes!" Another man said.

Then they were joined by muscular Zabrak with pale skin and red tattoos. "Can you speak basic?" When Talune hesitated the Zabrak shocked him, "Answer me!"

"Yes I speak basic…"

"What are ya?"

"I'm a Trisapien…My people are isolationists…I am the first to leave my world…"

"Well lucky you…Do your people have a military…"

"Of course we do…"

The Zabrak looked at the alien ship, "Torkens see if you can operate the ship…If not three eyes here will show you how…"

"My name is Talune!"

"You are three eyes until you earn your keep welcome aboard the Vigilante…"

For the next four years Talune served aboard the Vigilante. His ability to see things before they happened made him a very valuable member of the crew. It also kept Captain Red from selling him on the Hutt slave market. Talune used his foresight to help the pirates win big at the casinos on Nar Shaddaa. They avoided scraps with officials and Jedi of various planets. Despite all he accomplished with the pirates Talune became angry and withdrawn. He especially came to hate humans as most of the crew of the Vigilante was human. They treated him poorly despite all he did for them, but Talune knew that his run with the pirates was fastly coming to an end.

Mariluka

With Talune's help the pirates came to the barren world of Mariluka. With Talune leading them they discovered the tomb of the legendary Sith Lord Darth Caos. In his tomb they found his holocron along with several other artifacts to be sold to Ivan a buyer who collects Sith artifacts. Talune helped them to avoid all the traps in the building and leave without losing a single man.

The Vigilante

Talune was in his room in deep meditation, when he had a vision. The entire crew lay dead with the exception of him and standing before him was an alien female in black robes. There was a chime at his door, "Come in!"

"I need your gift of foresight…I am meeting with a buyer for the stuff we found on Mariluka…How will the meeting go if I ask to meet with the buyer's boss…" When Talune closed his two lower eyes and kept the top third open Captain Red turned away as Talune's glowing eye always freaked him out.

Talune pretended he was in meditation as he already knew the outcome of meeting with the buyer's boss. He wanted more information on this mysterious person, but something was blocking his sight. "All will be well…" Talune said after opening his eyes.

Bipfassh

"Caleb miboy…"

"What is that…" Caleb was human and Darth Cognus' top Lieutenant.

Red looked back at Talune, "An insurance policy…here ya go…A working holocron of the legendary Darth Caos…His lightsaber, his ring, and maps to Sith treasure houses all over the outer rim…"

As he spoke Caleb kept sneaking glances at the three eyed humanoid. He was everything Darth Cognus described. "How much you want for everything?"

Red covered the items up, "Not so fast! I want to make a deal with your boss…"

Caleb raised an eyebrow, "You know not what you ask…"

"Set it up or I walk…"

Caleb looks at the humanoid and sighs, "Okay I will set it up…Give me a week…" After putting up Red and his men in a suit Caleb contacted Darth Cognus. "Mistress! I have what you are looking for…"

A week later

Darth Cognus arrives in her cruiser with battle droids at her side. "Lady Cognus…May I present Captain Red of the Vigilante…Captyain Red Lady Cognus…"

Red bowed, "Milady it is honor…"

As he spoke Cognus kept her eyes on Talune. "You what is your name?" She asked interrupting Red.

"My name is Talune…Milady…"

"Hey I'm the one…"

The words stopped in his mouth as an invisible force wrapped around his neck. The other pirates were afflicted by the same invisible power. Talune swallowed hard and watched as they were choked to death. "Leave us!" Cognus ordered to Caleb. He bowed and left them alone, "Do you know who I am…"

"I have seen you in my visions…"

"The force is strong in you…Who are you and what is your race?"

"I am a Trisapien…my people are force sensitive…We are isolationists…I am the first of my kind to leave the world Trisar…I came seeking the help of the Jedi from a calamity that will befall our people…"

Cognus grunts, "The Jedi only watch out for those who are a part of their precious Republic…They will not help you, but you can help yourself…"

"How?"

"Become my apprentice and learn the true nature of the force from me…Only through me can you hope to protect your people from the great calamity…"

Talune fell to his knees, "What must I do?"

"Swear yourself to me and learn all my knowledge…"

"I swear myself to your teachings…Master…"

Cognus smiles, "From this day forth Talune D'Shar is dead…You shall be known as…Darth Millenial…Arise my apprentice…"

"Thank you master…I shall strive to honor you and all you teach me…"

The bodies are placed on the Vigilante and it is blown up. Then Cognus collects the artifacts and the holocron of Darth Caos and leaves with Darth Millenial. They travel to the unknown world where Cognus immediately begins his training.