Chapter 77
Aftermath
Silence reigned as Carth's words echoed through the lounge. Terri was flabbergasted at the accusation, Instinctively she looked to Bastila and she was shocked at what she saw. Bastila had turned deathly pale and was shivering, tears were running freely from her eyes
"It is true, Terri is Revan." Bastila said broken in voice and being
"Honey, what are you saying? Please you are not making sense." Terri pleaded
"There is no way Terri could be Revan, Revan is much older." Melissa objected
"Plus Terri is not a psychotic bitch." Mission added
"Elvenhan age differently to humans. So she is the right age" Jolee countered
"For fucks sake, you will just any excuse you can to get a kick in." Juhani snapped
Bastila held up a shaking hand.
"Please let me explain?" She asked
The Ravager five years earlier
The air was filled with sounds of lightsabers clashing. An armoured figure was being harried from all sides, the figures blade a crescent arc of continous movement as it clashed against multihued blades. The deck under the combatants feet shaking as turbofire laser rockected into the ship. The number of dead attackers on the floor growing with each minute of combat
"Incoming dilathuim ordinance!" A voice called from the crew pit
"Verify!" An officer snapped
"Trajectory from the Leviathan. She fired on us." The voice called back
"Thrusters full, hard to starboard, emergency evasion. Down eighty degrees" The officer called
The deck canted sharply at the emergency evasion took effect. The armoured figure thrust her blades into the chest of the last two knights facing her. The massive ship rocked as it took clanking blows from the bulk of the nuclear ordinance. Two ripped through and triggered explosions in the ships dilathuim core. Explosions ripped through the ship as the power core overloaded en masse. Terminals blowing up in sequence with the power surge
Red radiological alarms joined the chorus of other alarms on the deck. A piece of metal broke and struck the armoured figure against the head. The sound of metal on metal audible over the racket of the sirens. The deck shook violently and the last standing knight was thrown to the deck.
"Abandon ship, All crew, Abandon ship!" The officer called to the deck crew
"How, sir? The escape pods had been sabotaged." A crewman called
"Then we take the Leviathan with us. Set course for the leviathan and let us shove the Ravager downs Malak's throat."
No one paid any attention to the last knight as she crawled to her foe. Reaching out she touched an exposed piece of skin and felt a spark of life still lingering in the body of her enemy. She made her way to her feet and pulled the body of her foe over her shoulders. She started of to where the boarding craft was still encapsulated in the hull of the Ravager.
The remaining soldiers on the bridge ignored her as they grimly set the dying ship onto its last attack run, all intent on taking the betrayers down with them.
The Jedi Temple Coruscant
Bastila was seated in deep meditation deep within the garden of the thousand fountains. Peripherally she was aware of a crèche of younglings being introduced to the practice by their crèche leaders helped by a group of padawan learners. She leaned deeper into the force and tried to follow the link that was established that night so long ago.
"Knight Shan…"
"Knight Shan…"
"Knight Shan!"
The voice broke through her meditation. She found a master of the high council standing before her
"My apologies Master Gracson." Bastila stated, getting to her feet
"No my apologies for interrupting your contemplation of the Force. You are needed."
The Master led the way to the hall of healing and led the way through. Two temple guards were stationed by a door. The label above the door was marked as pharmacy. The master led the way into the pharmacy and along rows of shelves to a back wall. Pressing against a section of the wall had an entrance appear. The smell of the hall of healing returned immediately. Several Kolto chambers lined the wall. Several technicians dressed in white coveralls clustered around a tank, behind them the majority of the high council was clustered. A path opened to the tank and Bastila felt herself being drawn to the figure floating in the tank.
Bastila looked at the crew at the conclusion of her tale
"The one known as Revan had been kept alive inside the kolto tank ever since I returned her to the Council on the conclusion of the battle of the Ravager. Master Gracson was a master healer and as a Givin was highly adapt to dealing with the mind. He had been trying to extract the knowledge Revan had since her capture but the damage was too severe."
Bastila emotionlessly continued speaking, concentrating her gaze onto the deck
"It was decided to take a new approach, erase what was left of the personality of Revan and replace it with another personality as well as blocking her to the force. Setting the new personality on the trace path of her old self it was hoped she would lead us to the source of Revan's power, though the chances of success were neglible."
Bastila looked up. Canderous and Melissa wore their disgust openly on their faces, the very idea of keeping an enemy alive purely to extract her knowledge anathema to them and their them what was done to Revan was a war crime. Zaalbar and Mission were confused and the Twi'lek girl look nauseated. Juhani was breathing deeply, obviously struggling to maintain her equilibrium. Jolee seemed indifferent. Carth was torn between rage and pity
Terri was the one who broke her. Tears were running down her face, hurt, confusion and heartbreaking pain written large on her face. The force and their bond was filled with pain of the betrayal and a desperate longing for it to be a lie. Bastila dropped her face in her hands as her body broke down in heaving sobs.
Melissa got to her feet and crossed to where Bastila was seated. Her hand blurred as she delivered a stinging slap. Bastila felt herself being enveloped by the teen moments thereafter
"You stupid cow. You should have told us sooner." Melissa blubbered through her own tears
Melissa broke her embrace and moved to Terri whom she embraced too
"I don't care about this. This changes nothing for me. You are my sister in all but blood. You are Terri Cazor. You are a living being, not a flesh droid programmed by the fuckers of the high council."
"How can you say that? I am Revan, lord of the Sith." Terri replied brokenly
"No Revan died on the Ravager. Revan would not have given a flying fuck for a frightened girl in over her head. You did, Terri Cazor did that. I will keep on repeating it, you are Terri Cazor, my sister." Melissa insisted
"What if Revan resurface sas I regain the memories."
"Then I beat you up the head till you get amnesia again. Revan is dead, you are alive. Terri Cazor is alive and that is who you are. Programmed memories do not make a person, your choices defined you." Melissa persisted
Mission joined the hug
"What she said. You are Terri Cazor, my big sister form another mother. We will not let you go, just as you will not let us go."
The two teens pulled her to her feet and pushed her towards Bastila
"Now the two of you will go to your room and sort yourselves out." Mission said
"Bastila, Terri loves you. Yes, you hurt her by keeping that secret, but I believe you can get through , Bastila loves you with her entire being. Yes she hid a big secret from you. But how do you tell someone something like that, also keep in mind she was until recently well and truly under control of the council and only recently broke from their control. And most of it was you showing her how to love and express her emotions. Bastila you were an idiot for keeping that secret, but considering how you were I get why. Not that it excuses you. Now the two of you go and fix your relationship." Melissa spoke sternly
"When did the two of you get so wise?" Terri sniffed
"We are just awesome that way. Now to your room!" Melissa replied
"And block the airvent if you get to the anger sex stage, we do not need to hear it." Mission ordered
Brief smiles flickered across their faces
"Now there is the Mission we know and love." Bastila spoke
The two left the room a distance maintained between them. Silence returned to the lounge. Juhani was the first to speak
"Melissa is right. It was not Revan who turned me back from the dark it was Terri. Once she stopped beating me that was, it was not Revan who supported me at that time it was Terri. She was the one who gave me the courage to find my happiness with Belya. Terri is the one who always finds some way to show a little kindness and support. She is the one I consider my family. Revan is dead."
Melissa dropped down in front of Carth and she took hold of his balled up fists.
"Carth I can feel you are hurting. Revan was not the one who ordered the bombing of Telos. That was Malak. Terri is a victim of the power games played by the Jedi and the Sith as much as you are. As all of us are. This is all so fucked up. Terri did not deserve what happened to her. She is being punished for the sins of another. I know this is hard for you but right now Terri needs her friend, I need my uncle Carth. Mission and Zaalbar needs you, the closest thing to a fatherMission has left, Buir needs his friend. Juhani needs her uncle. We are all what we have left, don't give up on that. Do not go back to what you were before we met you. I beg of you, don't go there." Melissa cried into his hands.
Carth remained silent at her plea but Melissa felt him relax his fists and grasp her hands for a moment before letting go.
"I need some space, excuse me." Melissa said, fleeing the room
No one noticed HK following her from the room. Melissa was standing at the workbench running a cleaning cloth across her tools
"Conserned statement: How may I be of service, Mistress?"
"I do not know, HK. I do not know how to fix this."
"Firm declaration: My Creator might now know her name but my service will always be with you, Mistress."
Melissa dropped the tool and spun to face the droid
"Creator? Revan created you?" She demanded
"Affirmation: Yes, The one known as Darth Revan created me. I served as her protocol and translation droid and occassionly she would reward me with special assignments. She knew her betrayal was imminent as she send me away shortly before her last battle."
"When did you recover that memory?" Melissa demanded
"Clarification: On board the Leviathan. I found a file matching my signature code and downloaded it. I must have hidden the knowledge in multiple servers. I believe Revan to have been the one to block most of my memory and my higher functions. I am happy to report that I am at full functionality, Mistress."
"Well fuck." Melissa stated, as yet another punch hit
Canderous found her in the loading bay gut deep within T3 as she single-mindedly set about doing repairs and maintenance to the droid. He sat down beside her on the deck. He knew she was aware of his presence as she momentarily looked at him before returning her attention to him.
"When I first thought of adopting you it was because I thought you were strong and would be a good asset to the clan. When I found out who your mother was I knew I found what my friend had lost. What I did not know was what I would find and keep on finding every day."
Melissa stilled her motions but did not reply
"I found someone I could happily call my daughter. I could not love you more than I do the children I have with my wife. You may be the child of Achila, but you are my daughter. Everyday I see a strong independent girl who is a brilliant example of what a Mandalorian should be. I see a girl who has more love and compassion for others than I ever thought possible. I see a girl who takes on burdens on herself purely so that others will not have to, even now you are hurting but you push it away so that others can be taken of first. I can not state enough how proud I am of you, as much as this attitude of selflessness makes me want to pull my hair out at times. I am here for you."
Melissa wrapped herself around him and let her emotions loose. Canderous weathered the storm as he kept hold of her seated on the cold deck floor.
"Is it selfish of me to want to grab everyone and just leave this mess and disappear into the dark of space and let them fight it out among themselves?" Melissa whispered
"No it is not. I wish we could just that, but you know trouble will find us eventually."
"I am scared." Melissa admitted softly
"So am I. Not just for me, for you, the rest of family" Canderous admitted as softly
Melissa shifted slightly
"What else is bothering you?" Canderous asked
"I wish to speak with Fay, but I do not want to risk her safety."
"As your friend or as your doctor?" Canderous asked
"Both. I woke up naked in a room full of unknown men as did Mission, Bastila, Terri and Juhani." Melissa stated barely audible
Canderous tightened his hold on her
"I will make it happen that you can see her face to face." Canderous promised, suppressing the hint of fear he felt.
He kissed her forehead
"Now go the medbay and get a sleeping pill, you had a long day and need your rest. Go cuddle with Mission, she will need you as much as you need her. Maybe drag Juhani in as well, she could use the comfort as well"
Carth looked up from the control panel as Canderous took the co pilot seat. Canderous extended a beer to the pilot and opened his own.
"We need to get hold of my family, especially Fay." Canderous said, looking out the viewport
"Is there a particular reason?" Carth asked
"Something Melissa said. All of the girls woke up naked in a foreign place." Canderous said
Carth gripped the can fiercely enough that it started to warp
"You don't think…" He started
"I am trying not to think of that or I will turn the ship around and go back for the bastards on that ship. But we have to find out one way or another." Canderous replied tightly
"I will drop us out of hyperspace, you can get the relay ready." Carth decided
Canderous made to move before Carth stopped him
"What do you make of all this?" Carth asked of the man he considered a friend
"I and my people respected Revan for the warrior she was, We bare no rancour to her for defeating us. I respect Terri as a warrior, more importantly I consider her as part of my family. The ad is right, Terri is nothing in personality to what I knew of Revan. Was she Revan? I do not know, nor do I care, Terri is who is she is now and I am thankful for knowing her."
"And what of the council and what they did?" Carth asked
" What little respect I might have had for them is gone. Melissa asked me just now if I would disrespect her for wanting to walk away and disappear. I want the same, but I also know that eventually we will have to deal with this, and it is better to do that with some form of help than try dealing with it on our own. One thing is certain, now we know we stand alone."
"So what you are saying is we see this through and plan our own exit strategy." Carth summarised
"That is all we have left." Canderous replied
Carth leaned forward reaching for the hyperdrive controls
"Go and make that call."
"Come with me. The twins will want to see their future husband." Canderous replied
"Not feeling up to being teased right now." Carth replied
"Who is teasing? They have decided and there is no escape for you. Once a Mandalorian woman has made up her mind resistance is futile, all you can do is wait for the inevitable." Canderous advised him
Carth looked in alarm as the scope picked up a very large signature, instead of the two he was waiting on. Taking a look at the battleship class craft, he frantically increased thrust to the sublight engines and started overriding the hyperdrive cooldown. Canderous placed a hand on his shoulder
"Relax, I know this ship. It is the Resolution. It belongs to clan Wren" He said
"I thought all Mandalorian battleships were destroyed and scrapped for salvage at the end of the war as per the treaty." Carth spoke
"The Resolution was decomissioned after Malachor after sustaining crippling damage and towed to dry dock for scrapping . The Republic simply did not bother to check what happened to her hull." Canderous explained
"That looks nothing like a crippled ship." Carth pointed out
"The Countess needed a hobby after the war. With her son gone and her daughters at the Academy or married and no ade to spoil yet. Plus there were clansmen that needed a job for some form of income." Canderous shrugged
Carth shook his head
"You know what, I should be surprised but I am not. Just how many hulls are there in the dry docks?"
"I have never been there, Anakka did say her mother salvaged a lot of material from other ships."
"She looks brand new." Carth commented
"It is our custom to rebuild a ship from the frame up, we do not believe in just patching the holes."
The comlink chirped And Carth received a message.
"Translate that please." Carth asked
"Docking bay five. They will open it once we are close."
"They do know we are probably carrying multiple trackers on this ship?" Carth stated
"Which is why we will jump to hyperspace the moment we board and will do so randomly till the trackers are found." Canderous said reassuringly
The crew had moved into the quarters that on a Republic ship would have been reserved for flag rank officers. On a mandalorian ship those quarters were reserved for the master and commander and their clan. Carth was seated in the family lounge looking out of the viewport. The room was comfortably but not lavishly furnished. Despite this one could easily still see this was a fighting ship. Tactical terminals were attached to the walls, the rolling text giving updates on all functions of the ship. Finally he knew why Mandalorian ships could take a hammering beyond that what a Republic ship could. Key areas were double hulled. The bridge, the engine room and the weapons bays. Fighters could be launched from both port and starboard as well as stern and aft. Though aft would be rather bumpy as the pilot would be caught in the wake of the engines. Then there was the ultimate threat to a planet. The bes'ullik launcher bays. The manned war droids that had descended into droves on many an invaded planet. Not that Resolution currently had any, as all the bes'ullik's had been tracked down and confirmed as destroyed by republic investigators, though knowing what he did now Carth had to wonder how many did escape detection.
The crew were slowly recovering from their ordeal on the Leviathan, greatly helped by Jolee refusing to step from the Hawke and remaining there under guard from HK. Currently Carth was waiting on the girls to return from the medbay where they had been sequestered for the last couple of days. Despite assurances that they were fine, he still worried about his crew, no his family. To distract himself he replayed the message he had received from Dustil and the attached holofile of Clarrissa and little Juno playing on the beach, Racal must have been the one recording as Dustil was being buried by the toddler with the baby trying to help.
The door to the lounge opened and Marina and Daria entered the room. They crossed the floor and took seats close to him. Marina looked at him with approval
"I thought I would find you here. The girls will be along shortly." She said
"Is…" Carth did not know how to state the question
"From what little Fay would tell us, we can conclude what you feared did not happen. She will not outright say anything due to patient confidentiality."
"And Lance is too terrified of his wife to slice her files to check, he even refused me, his aunt." Daria said mock indignantly
"Canderous and Annaka will be here shortly with the rest of the crew then we can start the family conference." Marina stated
"I assume Jolee is not invited." Carth said
"No, The jetti is still on the Hawke. And I did say family conference, though I wish the twins will hurry up. I am not getting any younger here."
Carth tugged at his shirt collar and looked to the side with a cough, he had for the most part evaded the twins since docking on the Resolution. The first to arrive was Fay and Lance, with Lance looking rather hen pecked and frazzled. Carth could commiserate with man, Canderous was next with Annaka, an old hand by now with dealing with the vagaries of a pregnant woman, the man looked as happy as he could be under the circumstances. Again Carth could commiserate being away from your family was hell and did not grudge the man the opportunity to catch up.
The door opened again
"Z. You need to take that serving trolley back to the galley. Just because you carved your name on it does not make it yours." Mission berated Zaalbar
"Just be thankfull he did not mark it the traditional Wookie way." Juhani commented, walking in
"The traditional way? Oh, eww." Mission replied in disgust
Zaalbar chuffed happily and pushed in a fully loaded food serving trolley with Mission grumpily following behind. Melissa followed them in, chuckling. Then the final two entered, Carth was relieved to see their joined hands. Carth pointed to a two seater setee next too his chair and they made their way over, Terri giving him a cautious smile. Carth knew that the two of them will have to have a very uncomfortable and difficult conversation and that it needed to be soon as would be the one he needed to have with Bastila.
Marina cleared her throat as Zaalbar was about to sit down and gave him a pointed look. The Wookie rumbled as he made his way to a cupboard and produced two taurpalins. One he draped over the chair and the other before the chair before he sat down and pulled the serving cart closer
"It is an expensive carpet." Melissa said, sotto voce
Marina turned to Lance to begin the meeting
"My team and I believe we found all the trackers both Republic and Sith. We found a total of forty two all told. We also found some spyware in your ships mainframe again from both." Lance said
"They are all disabled then?" Carth asked
"As soon as we drop out of hyperspace and I launch my surprise they will be." Lance smirked
"The surprise being?" Karana asked
"We copied the Ebon Hawke's hyperdrive signature and me and the team had been building hyperdrive capable drones. Let us see how the Republic and the Sith deal with twenty two Hawke's jumping around randomly."
Lance stopped smirking
"There is something else. We found a pulse beacon imbedded in your holocom system and short of ripping the system out we can not remove it." He said
"I am guessing Jolee is under orders to activate the pulse beacon should we find what the republic is looking for." Mission suggested
"That is probably why they have not pulled him from the mission." Terri agreed.
"I copied the frequency of the pulse beacon and added the Resolution to the send list , once it triggers we will know where you are." Lance stated
"And we will come and get you." Xena promised
Lillith lifted her hand to draw attention
"Though that raises the question of the Jetti. How do we keep him from reporting on the existence of the Resolution?" She asked
"He was in the med bay when we docked, so he can not describe the ship if asked and since he has not left the Hawke he can not give a description of the ship interior for whatever good that could do." Carth said shrugging
"Do not underestimate how much a competent analyst can use to get an accurate picture from insignificant details." Daria cautioned
"True, the only effective viewport he can use is inaccessible as I locked the cockpit down." Carth conceded
"And you really need to change your code, I cracked it under a minute." Lance spoke up
"You are forgetting slicing is your speciality, as far as we know he does not have one and considering how many dataspikes he burned out trying to unlock the holocom slicing is clearly not a factor." Juhani commented
Marina coughed to draw attention and regain control of the meeting
"Both The Fett and Brevkin clans are activating old assets and from what young Astrid is saying as is the Kryze. Mandalmotor is close to producing a few new prototypes for advanced testing." She said
"Do we know what prototypes they are?" Melissa asked
"A rearmament ship, a medium fighter, a bomber and a a boarding ship." Daria listed off
"The designs Melissa gave Astrid?" Terri asked
"Not sure but most likely or heavily influenced by them. Astrid is rather tight lipped about that" Karana shrugged
"If only she was as tight lipped about everything else." Fay remarked
"What do you mean?" Karana asked
"You need to block your airvent, there is a young girl in the room next to you. I do not want to have to explain again some things she asked about." Lance replied
"Moving on." Karana hastily said
Marina nodded
"Having taken a look at the ideas being used for the pride of Arkaxis both of our light cruisers are being extensively refitted and should be ready shortly."
"I have a question. Since I know mandalorians dislike using droids how are you achieving this?" Terri asked
"We may have lost a large percentage of our warriors but our support structures were virtually untouched at the conclusion of the war. Keldabe had a lot of unemployed technicians and crafts men available." Xena explained
"And the rest of the Coucil of Clans? How are they seeing this rearmament?" Bastila asked
"The neutral houses could not care, but some of the minor houses have contacted us to offer participation. House Djarin is close to being censured and removed, the one you found on Kashyyk was not the only member of the house unaccounted for. Keldabe unleashed the tax collectors on them and a few of Djarin's allies." Annaka spoke out
"They are also offering help should we liberate more children from Republic planets." Xena added
"If you are wondering about the republic intelligence agencies, we know where their spies are and we are keeping them in the dark." Lillith added
"As far as you know." Terri pointed out
"Right now we do, things may change in the future. You have no idea how bad the sentiment against the republic is right now. Our workers are loyal because they get paid on time and at decent rates and we are Mandalorian. Some might believe we are preparing for a new push with the Republic being distracted with the Sith." Marina replied
"Also with the push into the Arkaxis system, employment is up by a very large factor. The clanless know it is due to the council and loyalty to our people is very high."
"No voice of dissent then?" Carth asked
"There are those who call for disbanding the clans and disarming, but they are very small minority." Daria waved it of
"They are mostly artists and the so called educated, the fact that they are not willing to fight for their beliefs has most contemptuous of them. You know you are unpopular if being Deathwatch is considered more prestigious." Lllith added.
Marina pressed a button on her chair and the light dimmed and a holomap of the galaxy appeared. Dantooine, Kashyyk, Tattoine and Korriban were highlighted in pulsating yellow lights. Various blue lines sprung from the planets.
"Using the coordinates you have already uncovered we have started trying to triangulate the position for Revan's starting point. As you can see there are multiple possibilities." Lillith started
"By using the points of first contact of both Revan and Malak's fleets we can potentially exclude a lot of these." Xena stated
Three quarters of the blue lines blinked out.
"That leaves thirty four possibilities. Once you get the last map we should be able to remove several more." Lillith continued
"Why were the others excluded?" Bastilla asked
"A question of logistics and probability. No matter the size of the fleet you will need support services and resources. It makes no sense to jump your entire fleet away from your staging point and essentially try to fight your way back to where you stashed your fuel, food and water. And skirting around to attack away from your supply point is not practical either. You will be using a lot of resources for no gain." Xena explained
"And no matter how stealthily you try and move a fleet is too large to remain unspotted. Revan's first attack point will be close to what you are looking for." Lillith stated firmly
"If you can figure it out, why has the republic not?" Mission demanded
"Laziness and politics." Marina snorted
Marina shifted in her seat
"The high admiral probably came to the same conclusions we did, but before assets can be dispatched to search outside of republic space she will need Senate approval."
"Which will not happen as they will argue that the Exploration Corps is responsible for scouting outside of Republic space." Carth stated
"Yes, they will not spend credits for fuel for that to happen and with the Jedi in control they will refer the decision to them." Marina continued
"And the council is reactive, not pro active." Terri said sighing
Daria turned to the Twi'lek teenager
"That is a very large reason for our initial success in the war. The senate was more interested in their power games and not taking responsibility. It easier to apportion blame than to take iniative. As for the Jedi? They are too used to be negotiators and the Republics super police. And both share a fatal flaw, a refusal to change and adapt."
"Surely not everyone is so stagnant." Mission objected
"Revan started with fifty knights out of how many thousands?" Daria asked
"Most of the core planets are fully settled and colonised. Civilised as they say, when was the last time a core world did something that drastically changed the republic. The rim worlds are more active, but they still fall back on the same techniques from their home planets. When was the last time a new invention came to light. Everything is build on what was done before, improvement but no innovation." Marina continued
"Then there is the corporate and mining guilds, change brings unstability. Instability could impact profits and since they control most of the Senators they will make sure nothing impacts their bottom line." Akanna spoke up
"We are drifting of topic." Carth pointed out
"We are." Terri conceded
Marina pressed a button again and the holomap faded away and the lights became brighter
"We will be staging from Arkaxis till you send the coordinates from the last map." She said
"Which finally brings us to the map. What do we know about it?" Daria said
"It is on Manaan and under water. We have coordinates but no way to get to it. We will have to find some kind of submersible and go down to it and the approach in pressure suits, whoever designed the maps made sure they had to be manually operated to be accessed." Bastila replied
"And to make it worse it will have to be a covert action as the location is directly in the largest Kolto harvesting area. The above water Selkath trading station is close to it and will be our staging area but the problems remain." Terri said
"Can you build a submersible?" Mission asked Melissa
"No, building land craft are easy. Submersibles are a different matter altogether. Your propulsion systems are different, and the biggest consideration is pressure, one weak spot going and your craft is flattened with you inside or drowning as you try to reach surface." Melissa answered
" Pressure suits are also completely different from EV suits, sure Ev suits can handle some pressure but only to a point and moving in pressure suits is supposed to be harder that EV suits. The only one with the brute strength to move in one is Zaalbar. That is if you exclude the fact they are nor made for Wookies or his hydrophobia." Terri added
"Another factor is temperature, the deeper you go the colder it gets." Bastila said
"And combat wise you have no realistic defence in a pressure suit, a stealth approach is not possible and the only weapons you have are sonic based." Karana said
"That is not quite true. Melissa found a few weapons that can work underwater that are not sonic based. We were talking about building prototypes to test before we got caught" Terri stated
"Is there not an aquatic species that can provide the equipment you need?" Fay asked
"Mon Calamari refuses to sell their underwater vehicles and even then they are not fit for human or near human use unless converted specifically for them. The one on Naboo, the Gungans, are refusing all diplomatic and trade efforts. Aquilish? Good luck." Carth replied
Marina frowned on hearing that
"So it all comes down to go and hope for the best." She summarised
"Yes." Terri replied as unhappy as everyone else