"What's wrong?"

"The Force is crying out daily at the loss of lives both good and evil"

"Do you know how many officers we've lost?"

"No but I can tell you we've lost six Jedi since we last heard from them"

"We'll save what we can, but I have a feeling that your meditations aren't going well at all"

"No all we sense is darkness with occasional light but it's not much, as it is I can no longer tell the health of my former Apprentice, another name we use for Padawan, she may be alive she may not"

"That's not good, when we lost earth we pretty much lost hope of having the Jedi who were cadets surviving the initial invasion, if we've lost the only active duty Jedi Starfleet has this is not going to end well at all"

"We will deal with it when we must, for now though we must focus on the planet, as we've gotten nearer I have felt the dark side of the Force, I think I know what Sentinel Portland was trying to tell us"

"What?"

"That we have Sith artifacts to deal with"

"Sith artifacts are bad aren't they?"

"Yes they are, they will weaken Jedi and tempt us with the dark side of the Force, we must be very careful when we fight on the planet"

"We'll be there within three hours"

"Have the rest of the Jedi been told?"

"Yes they have, and everyone is ready for both a space and land battle"

"Excellent, I should get ready as well then"

They go their separate ways preparing for the battle ahead. Meanwhile after the communication was cut Ashland actually managed to beat her enemy and send the invaders back for a few hours, which gave her time to escape and take more Federation made Force inhibitors, but they did lose six Jedi the rest were alive and also taking Force inhibitors and talking with the survivors.

"What are you going to do about the Sith artifacts Sentinel?"

"Easy we keep taking the inhibitors until we can safely deal with them, we also need to start fighting back as quickly as possible so that our reinforcements have a starting point in regards to helping"

"That can be easily taken care of, but what will the rest of your fellow Jedi do? I have a feeling they are not used to fighting without the use of the Force"

"I will teach them alternate means of fighting"

"Very well I leave them to you then"

Ashland taught them how to use a staff and a few other weapons that those of the Federation either currently or used to use over the next several days

"Just remember our dance lessons when we were young, those lessons are actually rather important because they taught us how to wield our lightsaber, modify the dance for the weapon you have and you can fight effectively I have done so many times in simulations"

"Why simulate fighting with other weapons than your phaser and lightsaber?"

"Because you never know the circumstance of the planet you are on, some have ritual combat rights in order to have respect, others do not allow certain weapons on their planets, and others still will allow the weapons but only under certain circumstances and until then they are to either remain at your side or with the security forces until needed. If any of the situations happen you have to be able to handle another weapon until you can have access to your own if at all possible"

"Have you ever actually needed that skill?"

"Fortunately not, but only just in one case, if we had been discovered I would have been forced to use a weapon I normally wouldn't. Now then continue practice and when I deem you ready we'll have a spar"

"I still don't understand why we have to use Force inhibitors I would rather learn with the Force it's more natural that way"

"It may be more natural Knight Korran but it is also most certainly more dangerous especially with a Sith artifact in use. I will admit that not having access to the Force is hard at first but it is needed plus it will become more natural over time"

"How do you know that?"

"I have had to have Force inhibitors willingly while at the academy and also by force when I was captive a few times, trust me Federation Force inhibitors are much more pleasant than otherwise, we've already lost six of our number due to being able to be identified as Jedi I won't lose more"

"Still can't believe Master Skywalker put you over all the Jedi"

"That's because of my experience in the Federation and more importantly Starfleet"

Picard walked over while they were training...well more like limped over due to his injured knee to give them an update on how secure their location was

"He also told me in private it's because he trusts her to handle any issues both groups might have with each other seeing as how she's used to both sides of pretty much any argument, by the way this area is secure to be used as a base of operations in our resistance"

"Excellent news Captain, who's in charge of the overall running though, seeing as how you're injured"

"I am seeing as how I'm going to be staying at the base but either you or the Commander will be in charge in the field"

"Understood Captain, understood"

"By the way how is training going?"

"Frustrating, they keep wanting to use the Force and I also have to remind them to take their Force inhibitors on a regular basis, which reminds me I took mine a full twelve hours before them I have about an hour left before mine run out again best take it now before I forget"

She quickly takes them and gets back to the group telling them that they were doing it wrong and also to keep their eyes open

"We can fight blindfolded quite easily thank you very much"

"Not when you can't use the Force, trust me I have tried that many a time in simulations back when I was in the academy and I failed"

"We're not you Knight Portland, we don't limit ourselves like you do"

"That's Sentinel to you mister, and I never limited myself once the crew of the Texas knew who I was, what I was, I simply have more practice than you do having no access to the Force, but if you want to be foolish go ahead I won't be to blame for whatever happens to you while blindfolded"

Turns out several of them got severely injured trying to fight blindfolded, but at least they had equipment to handle those injuries

"I tried to warn you not to do that but did you listen to me? I don't think so instead you deliberately went against my orders, and all of this after Master Skywalker put me in charge of you guys, you'd better hope that those coming to our rescue listen to orders better than you do, oh and you guys have to take your Force inhibitors by noon tomorrow I will know if you don't so if I ask don't lie to me"

"We're tired of those things, can we please stop?"

They suddenly hear a voice they all thought dead

"I wouldn't if I were you, unless you want to endure what I did at the hands of those...villains"

They all turn and see the one Master amongst them

"Master Stalin you're alive, what about the others?"

"Dead, I was almost dead myself when I was captured alive, they let me rest for two days before they tortured me until I managed to escape three days ago, took me forever to find this place. If not for a civilian that has yet to learn to check if they're being followed I might never have found it"

"You're welcome Master Stalin, oh and I will let you deal with the reprimands needed for those still resisting my orders even though Master Skywalker put me in charge"

"Fine by me but first anyone have any Force inhibitors I can take? I have only managed to avoid being recaptured by being very very careful to hide myself as much as possible"

"Here, I'm giving you a lower dose than the others so that I can see just how bad off you are with a mild one, once I know that you're doing okay I'll give you the full dose"

"Oh and by the way Sentinel, I see that weapon in your hands, when can I start learning how to use the various weapons?"

"Not until you get my say so Master you need some healing time, good thing we have both bacta and some other technology which means it will only take a few days"

"And the punishment needed?"

"Depends on what you're going to do"

"Well not much for now, but once I am healed I am going to do much more, but for now...three extra hours training with whichever weapon your least comfortable with and two extra hours meditation for the next...how long have they been complaining?"

"Pretty much since the beginning, but especially the past six days"

"Then for the next six days that's how long you'll be doing the extra practice and meditation hours, once I am able and know the weapons we'll have one hour extra one on one spars for each of you"

"Yes Master Stalin"

"For today, I will be looking to the Starfleet officers to ensure you're doing your punishments I need some rest desperately"

"You look it Master, get some rest now that you're here I think I can handle these guys again"

"Sentinel I actually need to talk to you real quick before I get some sleep"

"Yes Master"

They go to a private area and actually talk for about half an hour and then Sentinel comes out obviously in deep thought

"Captain Picard the patrol will need to be doubled for the next few days, fellow Jedi you have your punishment decided by the Master but for now" (deep sigh) "I think for now you're needed at our borders for at least two hours a day when you're not sleeping or undergoing your punishment"

"What's wrong Sentinel?"

"I'll tell you and the Commander in private Captain but trust me it's not good, not good at all"

They go to a semi-private area seeing as how they didn't really have a truly private area except the rest areas set up to allow them some sleep time

"Well this is the best we're going to get in regards to privacy what is it?"

"We can't win without the backup that is most certainly coming Captain, when Master Stalin escaped he heard of a plan to attack several towns just to get started on trying to find us. And if they find out anyone helped us that town will suffer worse than those attacked simply as they're trying to find us. We have maybe three weeks before they start to get really aggressive"

"Don't worry we'll be ready for it"

While they were talking she had gone into what they recognized as a thinking pose unique to her, it was a combination of both a Starfleet pose taught to cadets and what they assumed was a Jedi pose taught when they were giving information or contemplating something suddenly though she left the pose and faces her superiors