"This is just one of the people that we will capture and put into our prison camps"

"Very well"

When Ashland arrived she realized that while there were prisoners there were also slaves and she also realized that the planet as a whole didn't realize this, that they were being lied to

(Thinks) "OK wait how do I know that if I can't access the Force unless...thank you Force Trouble indicator abilities you have probably saved the day once again I just don't know how to use that information right now"

The reason why Ashland thought of her abilities as a Force Trouble indicator even without access to the Force was because she had learned that even when cut off due to the fact that she was nearly as powerful as the prophecised chosen one which had already passed the Force would sometimes be able to give her information even if access to the Force was cut off

"Get to work"

"Fine, but don't think I'm doing this willingly"

She suddenly feels a shock going through her due to the collar

"We already know you aren't doing this willingly, however for each act of defiance you get punished with an electrical shock at the least and then more severe punishment's depending on the severity of the defiance or infraction, now stop talking and get to work"

"Yes sir"

Ashland starts working not knowing it would be three years before she was free, three years during which she would lose her sight as punishment for another's mistake, three years of being thought dead and three years during which she would almost die once. But since she didn't know that all she could do at the moment was work and hope she was rescued soon. Meanwhile on Earth they had been searching for her remains for the past few days and then suddenly they came across a discovery that shocked and discouraged everyone because they found her specially modified belt that she had made and designed for the Sentinel's use whenever they were Sentinel's and not their equivalent rank

"It's Sentinel Portland's belt, along with her lightsaber and phaser both"

"She would never leave those weapons behind if she could help it, never they've both become a part of her, they're her lifeline, all the Sentinel's make sure they have both at all times whenever they aren't acting as their equivalent rank"

"We need to find her remains, they must be close by if we found the belt"

They never found her remains though and they never found out why they found her special utility belt either

Days earlier

"My main lightsaber and phaser will stay here because I can't afford to lose these weapons, though that means Starfleet will be forced to give up the search even if there's no body, hopefully the enemy won't figure out that the lightsaber I will be wearing is a fake until it's too late"

She takes off the utility belt and sets it down where it would be found. She then goes to where she knew the enemy would find her but would also be in a fairly deserted place so that innocent people wouldn't be at risk or if there were innocent people it wouldn't be too many

"All right if you want me come and get me"

And so she flares her Force signature which brings the enemy to her and she is in an intense fight from the start but finally they take her down. Right before she lost consciousness and had the collar put on her she sent out one final burst of Force energy out hoping that at least one Jedi would hear the underlining message behind that burst and then the collar was on her and she was unconscious

Present day

The group returned to the Academy and everyone could tell the search team's spirits were down

"Have you found her remains?"

"No, but we found the best we're going to get"

With that the search team leader reveals the utility belt lightsaber and all

"I understand, we will keep this lightsaber intact until such a time as we can pay proper tribute to Portland, right now we can't give her a proper burial"

"We know"

Just then a Commander who had gotten stuck on Earth when his ship was destroyed while he was running an errand at the Academy suddenly spoke up having noticed something not many people would notice if they hadn't been around Jedi and more specifically Sentinel's for long periods of time. But as far as people knew this Commander had never been around a Sentinel before, his ship not only too small for one to be required but also there not being a lot of Sentinel's yet that allowed for Captain's to have a Sentinel if they so chose and as such ships that were large enough to be required as well as stations had first call on Sentinel's. That was a lie though as people would soon find out

"Okay Sophomore Sentinel Trazlof you and me mats now"

"Um Commander that might not be such a good idea, you really don't want to spar an angry Sentinel especially if you've never been around a Sentinel before, Force inhibitor on or not"

"I think I know what I'm doing Lt. now then Sentinel mats, now and I am not taking no for an answer"

"Yes Commander"

With that the two of them went to the mats

"Rules?"

"Full out and I really don't care that the rules state that you absolutely have to have your Force inhibitor on during the day even though everyone's been given an exception at night for the moment I want to fight you when you're at your best...wait one restriction no weapons this is a pure hand to hand combat session so take that utility belt off and I will do the same"

"Your choice Commander just don't complain at the results"

"Don't worry I know what I'm doing Sentinel Tranzlof"

Fifteen minutes later everyone was staring at the Commander in awe because he was sweating like crazy, breathing hard, and looking like he was about to collapse but he was still standing at the moment and had given the Sentinel a workout even with a few Force moves that bordered on illegal in the minds of some of both the newer and older Starfleet officers that weren't familiar with Jedi and their abilities

"How much longer can they go on?"

"What do you mean Ensign?"

"It's been fifteen minutes fifteen I highly doubt the Commander at the very least will last much longer but I get the feeling he won't surrender and will keep going until he passes out, which it looks like he's about to"

"If that happens Ensign then I will take his place, I get now why the Commander is doing what he is, though he's a bit foolish having never been around either a Jedi or a Sentinel before"

"But Lt. Commander..."

"No buts Ensign I know what I'm doing"

"Do you Lt.? I know for a fact that you too have never dealt with a Jedi or Sentinel considering you've served the entire time with...us...you know how to fight Sentinel's don't you?"

"Yes I learned the hard way in the one classified mission and no I still can't tell you guys what happened on that mission, except a few details now and one of them is that it wasn't the Sentinel's fault that I had to fight them it was...due to an artifact, you know I think some of the Jedi that have gone Sith are being forced to by Sith artifacts"

"Which means the Jedi Council will most likely be lenient on them because of that"

"Exactly which is a good thing"

Just then the Commander lost consciousness but it was obvious Sentinel Tranzlof was still in need of a good fight

"Okay Sentinel, my turn"

The Lt. Commander just jumped right in and five minutes later took down the Sentinel and everyone noticed he was carrying a hypospray

"Okay what's the hypo for?"

"This has a special sedative that Sentinel Portland helped develop for Starfleet, I've kept it on me ever since a classified mission about two years ago, unfortunately because the mission is classified all I can tell you is that it involved a Sentinel in a similar situation where we had no other choice but to fight them but the circumstances were radically different"

"Why would Portland tell you how to knock us Jedi out?"

"Because she knew that there might be times where Jedi either needed help sleeping, and that's happened with her a few times or something would happen that would force us to sedate them for whatever reason, either being under another's influence or this situation where emotions are high and the Force inhibitor either doesn't work or isn't the best thing for them"

"That makes sense then, she would want Starfleet prepared at all times, but why have you kept a sedative on you for so long after that classified mission?"

That's when an Admiral spoke up

"That's actually on our orders Master Korran you see we knew that there was a possibility that he might be in a situation where a Sentinel needs to be taken down safely, though we didn't know when or if that would ever happen so we told him to keep that sedative on him at all times in case he ever encountered a Sentinel again and needed to take them out, whether they were serving with him or he just happened to be at a location on another assignment and a Sentinel happened to have a breakdown, or a Jedi now that I think about it"

"Wouldn't it have been better to fight Sentinel Tranzlof until he passed out then?"

"Actually no he was at a point where I either had to stop it or he would have lost more control over his emotions which would have been dangerous"

"How so Lt.?"

"Easy, I learned during my classified mission the...moods I guess you could call it of Sentinel's, not necessarily Jedi but definitely Sentinel's because I know Starfleet training as well as any other officer unfortunately the one problem with Sentinel's is they have training on top of Starfleet training which means that you have to really know and understand both training periods to start to learn how to read the moods of Sentinel's and even then it won't always be easy"

"Okay then how did you manage during your classified mission?"

"Files given to Starfleet about the training of the Jedi given from the Jedi archives and several hours of not only reading but also seeing the training sessions, mainly the different stages"

"How many hours in total did you watch?"

"Um...about fifty hours in total"

"That's not nearly enough"

"Actually that's the maximum amount available because there are things that Master Skywalker and the rest of the council didn't allow to be video taped"

"Okay then, well I think for now we should take the Commander and Sentinel Tranzlof to sickbay so that they can both receive medical attention and then...then we're going to continue to deal with the Sith and enemy invader issue. Ensign Bridge I need you to do a check and see if Rogue Squadron and the Jedi they were escorting have arrived yet and if they have their current location so that we know where they are and if they are in any position to help Earth even a little bit by making sure to harass the fleet further away from the planet"

"Right away sir"

Through that conversation the Admiral discovered that the group the Republic had sent had indeed arrived but they were spread out and one ship was actually in Earth's orbit as part of it's defense and they sent an update that was sorely needed, unfortunately because of the fact that neither computer had auto translating at the moment what they got was illegible to basically everyone except the Sentinel's because the written report was in galactic basic which was a good thing because that meant anyone from the Republic could translate what was sent