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Over the centuries, the Unknown Regions have been ignored by countless sentient beings, and those who thought of that region of space, they tend to think that it was empty space that was waiting for others to explore and settle. But "unknown" was not the same as "uninhabited."
Within the Unknown Regions was a planet lost to the rest of the galaxy for centuries. It was like any other planet within the star system, orbiting around a sun and revolving on a bent axis. From the orbit, all anyone would see was a blue sphere with small clouds in its atmosphere, hovering over the green and brown landmasses. However, it was not alone with evidence of several starships entering and exiting the planet's atmosphere, and a single space station orbiting the world.
Far away from the world, a hyperspace portal opened up, the vacuum of space deafening the sound of a Dynamic-class freighter exiting it. The freighter in question was the Ebon Hawk, the famous ship that came under the ownership of Revan, the former Sith Lord and Jedi Knight. At the moment, it was under the possession of the Jedi Exile, the one who defeated the Sith Triumvirate.
Speaking of the Exile, she sat in the cockpit of the Ebon Hawk, close to the astromech droid T3-M4. There was another droid, Revan's murderous assassin named HK-47, but the assassin droid was in the main hold, eager to kill something.
The Jedi Exile was a woman in her mid thirties, her fair skin covered by her brown Jedi robes she acquired when she regained her connection with the Force after ten years of being cut off. Her long brown hair was tied into a pony tail that hung on her right shoulder and rested on the back end of the chair. The Exile's lightsaber hilt hung from her brown belt.
It had been a few months since she defeated the Sith Triumvirate and left the regions of Known Space in search of Revan. During her time in the Unknown Regions, the Exile spent many days going from planet to planet, in hopes of finding the former Dark Lord of the Sith only to run into dead ends. Many of the worlds the Exile visited were mainly uninhabited, or contained ruins of ancient civilizations that exited centuries ago. However, the Exile was not ready to give her search just yet, and after all this time, she believed she finally found him.
The planet before her was supposedly a large populated world, according to some of the smugglers she encountered during her travels. It was under the control of the Sith Empire, but the Exile had little information as to its layout and the people on it. She would have to find a way to infiltrate the Sith Empire without them trying to sense her Light Side presence on a world that was filled with the Dark Side.
Turning to the small droid, the Exile asked, "T3, can you give me a layout of the planet?"
The droid replied with a small chirp before rolling over to the ship controls, and it was not long until T3 gave the Exile the layout of the planet. From what the small droid was telling her, the surface was covered in miles of dense jungles. The only thing that stood out of the humid environment was the city that laid in the center of it all. Judging from the Dark Side energies the Exile sensed, the planet was under control of the Sith Empire.
Fortunately for the Exile, the dense jungles would give her enough cover from the Sith, and it could help hide her ship from any prying hands. For now, it was the only option she had, so the Exile decided to go with it.
"I'm taking us down," the Exile announced as she placed her hands on the Ebon Hawk's controls.
The Ebon Hawk soared through the black abyss of space, heading towards the other side of the planet, where there was no sign of a starship. If the Exile was lucky, the station would be too busy with the other ships to notice the Hawk landing in the jungles. It seemed that way as the Ebon Hawk passed through the atmosphere without receiving any warnings or turbolasers from the planet's security force. After entering the planet's surface, the freighter slowly hovered in the clouds for cover, and T3 continued scanning for an area to land.
The freighter soon shot from the clouds down to an empty hole the roof of the jungle trees. The hole appeared to big enough for the Hawk, and it was evident when the freighter entered the hole and slowly descended into the jungle. The Ebon Hawk landed on the jungle floor, frightening any small creature inhabiting the area.
The Exile stood on the boarding ramp as it lowered onto the floor of the jungle. Once the ramp touched the ground, the Exile began walking down the ramp, but she had to stop when she heard the familiar sound of T3's chirps.
Turning around, the Exile looked at the small droid and saw she was joined by Revan's old assassin HK-47. "You two, wait on the ship," the Exile ordered.
When T3 let out a series of beeps in protest, the Exile assured, "Don't worry, I'll be fine on my own."
Despite the Jedi Exile's assurance, HK stepped forward with his blaster in his hands. "Query: Are you sure you don't need any company, master? There may be some meatbags who may attack you and need to be disintegrated."
When the Exile first encountered HK-47, she would have cringed, but since she knew the droid for a few months now, so she was too used to it. "No, I'll be fine," she replied. "Just stay on the ship."
The two droids retreated back into the Ebon Hawk's inner hull and the boarding ramp raised itself, closing the only entrance to the freighter. Turning her attention to the jungle, the Exile raised her hood over her head to protect it from the drizzling rain. Taking her first step, it was then the Exile finally sensed the full extent of the Dark Side on the planet.
She knew of the Dark Side's presence quite well, remembering her experience on Malachor V's Trayus Academy and Korriban's old Sith Academy. Still, it would take a while for the Exile to get used to so much Dark Side energy swirling around the planet. The Sith had experimented the Dark Side on the trees, the creature, and the planet itself, making it a bit unsettling for the Exile.
Still, the Exile carried on her journey, trekking through the dense jungles as time passed. She was not sure how long it had been since she left the Ebon Hawk, but the Exile assumed it had taken her about thirty standard minutes. The Exile could only hope it would not take too long to find Revan on this planet.
The Exile thoughts froze when she heard the sound of light footsteps and rubble moving, making her twist her head towards one of the trees. She did not see anything there, but noticing a mysterious shadow over her, the Exile looked up to see a shadowy person about to land on top of her. What surprised the Exile was that this person had a red lightsaber gripped in both hands, ready to strike at her.
Quick on her feet, the Exile rolled away in time to avoid the red lightsaber blade as it hit the jungle floor instead of her flesh. After rolling away from the attack, the Exile got up into a crouch and pressed the button on her lightsaber hilt, activating the cyan blade. Standing up, the Exile got a good look of her attacker and was surprised at what she saw.
Her attacker was male and over the black robes on his body, the person wore black armor comprised of a black breastplate on his chest as well as gauntlets and boots on his forearms and legs, respectively. The person's face was turned away from the Exile, but from what she could see, the Exile noticed her attacker had black hair on his red-skinned head. When the Exile's attacker stood up straight, he turned his face towards the Exile, allowing her to see his red skin, yellow eyes, snarling teeth, and tendrils coming from his cheekbones.
It was then, the Exile realized who she was fighting: a member of the Pureblood Sith, who were thought to have been extinct since the Great Hyperspace War. The same Sith who hid in the Unknown Regions of space, and the same Sith who Revan went off to face.
Before the Exile could assess her opponent, the Sith charged at the Exile and swung his red blade at her. The Exile raised her cyan blade to block a downward slash before she swung her lightsaber horizontally, in hopes of striking the Zabrak's stomach. The Sith backed away, avoiding the swing before he quickly retreated into the shadows of the jungles. The Exile would have gone after the Sith, but his physical and Force sense suddenly faded.
The technique was very similar to the Sith assassins of the Sith Triumvirate, but it was not as stealthy as this. These Sith had a thousand years to develop new techniques that would give them the advantage in battle, techniques that the Exile would have difficulty to counteract.
Holding the hilt of her lightsaber with both hands, the Exile held the blade out as she waited for the Sith to make his next movie. She used the Force to sense the Sith, but his presence was clouded by the dense jungle of this world. All the Exile could do was rely on her senses.
The sound of a branch breaking made the Exile whip her head around to see the Sith lunging at her, his blade ready to make the kill. The Exile would have to turn her body around to deflect the attack, but she doubted she could do it in time.
Suddenly, the sound of another lightsaber activating made the Exile look up to see a black blur leaping over her and a green lightsaber slicing into the Sith's shoulder. The Sith let out a gasp as his body fell onto the jungle floor at the same time as his deactivated lightsaber.
Eying the blur, the Exile saw it land on the ground in front of her, allowing to see the blur was really a black cloak covering a person. This person turned around, and the Exile gasped at the sight of her rescuer.
The black cloak hung from the man's shoulders and swung open, revealing he was wore black robes underneath red armor. While his green lightsaber was in his right hand, another hung from his belt. His face was covered by an all too familiar red, Mandalorian mask.
Seeing the man in front of her and sensing his Force signature, it did not take long for the Exile to realize who was in front of her. "Revan?"
AN: That's all I have for now. Please leave your thoughts in the reviews and if you have any criticism, please let it be constructive. Also, this story is up for adoption. If anyone is interested, please send a PM, or leave a review.
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