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(Leviathan Class Battleship Revenge)

Bastila sighed as she looked around the room she had been given in an isolated portion of the ship alongside the others, Rikka had led them here straight from the hangar. According to the young Twi'Lek these were the only quarters not in use as the people who had once used them had been killed in their escape from Malak's coup, she could feel an echo of force energy hence she guessed whoever had stayed in this room before had been a Jedi at one time. Sitting down she rubbed her forehead and wondered just what the Council would say if they knew where she was, if they knew she had allowed Revan to return to his people to lead them once more. Would they simply exile her like they had Meetra Surik or would they go for harsher methods like in Revan's case, bile almost forced its way up her throat as she imagined been subjected to what they had done to Revan. It was not a pleasant thought; in fact it made her feel sick.

"I hope the quarters are to your liking" Rikka's voice made her turn to find the Twi'lek had re-joined her and was now watching her with some interest.

"They are fine thank you Rikka" Bastila responded after quickly putting her current thoughts behind her. "I don't require anything more elaborate, I deserve no special treatment" she added absently.

"The Jedi Council would disagree, to them you are their special weapon, a weapon they unleashed on us and thanks to you Revan was captured and almost killed" Rikka shot back a glare suddenly appearing on her features.

"I didn't know they would try and murder him Rikka I swear to you I did not, what they tried to do to him was only revealed later on Kashyyk when we made our deal" Bastila told her with a sigh. "I was appalled to learn they had misled me, that they had used my faith in them to try and do something so against the code it was almost like my heart had been ripped out" she explained as best she could. "It is something I still cannot truly fathom and yet I know it is the truth, the force shows me it is what happened and I will not allow them another attempt to do that to him" she told her. "Believe whatever you wish but at this point in time I am as loyal to Revan and you are and I know he will return that loyalty and keep his pact to me" she stated with complete conviction.

Rikka stared at her in surprise and considered what Rikka probably thought of her as she did not really know her, was she loyal to Revan the answer was yes. He had earned it over the course of their adventure, he had been protecting her even when she had not known who he truly was, since he had had risked his life for hers and even helped her recover her father's body and his holocron. He had helped get her mother to Manaan where she could get proper treatment for her illness, he had shown her glimpses of the truth and already stated quite clearly he had feelings for her. Feelings she was returning more and more as time went on especially after the heated kiss they had shared,

"I do not trust you Bastila Shan, you are dangerous to us of that I am sure but Revan has given us our orders and thus you will be given all due respect but I will be watching to ensure you do not betray us" Rikka finally stated coldly. "Malak has already proven what lack of caution can cause, I will not allow another betrayal to cripple us so take heed of any actions you take from this point on" she warned.

"As you wish Rikka but I think time will prove my words are the truth" Bastila responded calmly. "I will prove my loyalty, no matter what you might think due to my so called position as the Council's secret weapon in this I am on Revan's side as long as he can prove that in the end he intends to save the Republic we all serve and I know he will indeed prove that" she added.

"As long as we understand each other Bastila I am willing to give you the chance to prove your words but as you said time will tell what is truth" Rikka shot back. "Now please follow me to the mess hall, you will need a good meal before you meet with Revan to learn the full truth behind this war" she said after taking a deep breath as she set aside the rest of what she wanted to say to the Jedi.

Bastila followed her out of the room to find Carth and the others bar T3 and HK who had vanished when they headed to their quarters, Rikka then led them through the huge battleship. Carth seemed far more at ease than he had since they landed, it took her a few minutes to realise the reason was because he was a Navy man and was thus well used to been on ships such as this. The mess hall once they reached it was not full thankfully but the few soldiers who were inside all turned to watch them curiously, she only saw one glare directed at Canderous but it quickly vanished and the young man who had sent it sighed and went back to his meal.

"You know if it is one thing I have missed it is shipboard food" Carth said with a slight grin for now ignoring all the heavy stuff just waiting to fall of them when they met up to Revan to learn just what was really going on.

"You are joking right Carth?" Mission inquired with surprise.

"Frak no, the Navy serves the best food to its people believe me" Carth shot back insistently. "Why do you think so many of us join up" he added with a grin whilst Mission shared a confused look with Zaalbar.

Grabbing a plate they quickly moved up the line and chose what they wanted to eat, Bastila was not surprised by most of it been hot food instead of the cold goop some of the others seemed to have expected as she had served on Navy ships before. Sitting at one of the tables they all dug in as one of the kitchen staff showed up and poured them all some water, Rikka sat off to the side watching clearly not very hungry.

"So what do you think he will tell us?" Carth finally inquired drawing their attention. "What is this big secret they are hiding" he wondered aloud.

"I truly do not know Carth, all I've seen are brief glimpses of images that make no sense and he quickly closes them off once he realises he has slipped" Bastila told him quietly. "But I do know he considers it something far more deadly than even the Mandalorians were, something he considers to be worth coming back and making war on the Republic I know he still serves in his heart" she stated and Carth couldn't help but frown at her lack of doubt.

"You truly believe that Bastila?" he couldn't help but inquire.

"I do Carth, I've seen and felt it through the link" Bastila answered still been careful to not be overheard by Rikka. "It is where his loyalty lies, when he said he was pretending to be Sith he was not lying and were it not the truth he would not have saved me back on his command ship when Malak first betrayed him" she explained.

"What do you mean he saved you, I don't' remember reading anything in the report that he saved your life during that time" Carth shot back frowning.

Bastila let out a sigh knowing Carth might not like what she was going to say next but now the question had been asked it had to be answered. "When Malak opened fire on Revan's command ship Revan used the force to push me out of the way of one of the hits, that hit would surely have killed me and he ensured it did not" she informed them all as they were all now listening with interest. "He had no reason to do it, he left himself completely open to Malak's attack to save me and I knew if I told the council that they would not believe me and at worse believe I may have been tainted by my contact with him and thus I said nothing" she continued.

"Are you certain Bastila that is what he intended to do?" Juhani inquired leaning towards her. "I mean you were in the middle of a duel at that time, isn't it possible he was attacking you in anger and he had not realised he had been betrayed by Malak" she pointed out carefully.

"No he intended to save me Juhani I know that for a fact thanks to well you know what" Bastila replied but stopping from saying anything about the bond as she noted Rikka lean forward with some interest as well. "For some reason he wanted me alive, and he was willing to risk his life to ensure I lived even then and that is not something the council would ever accept" she stated.

The others frowned somewhat as she avoided mentioning the bond so she angled her head towards Rikka and then shook it, it took a few seconds but the rest of them nodded in understanding. She didn't know if Rikka knew about the bond or not, but until Revan let her know who knew and who did not she was unwilling to say anything.

"I guess I can see how the council might view you if you had put that in your report, I know they had a saying that once you fall to the dark side you can't come back no matter what" Carth told her with a sigh.

"And had you asked me about that before I met Revan I would have told you I believed in that saying whole heartedly Carth but now I do not, I fear the Jedi have a faulty view of what one can endure whilst emerged in the dark side and what can be redeemable" Bastila replied shocking Rikka who was now listening in as best she could. "I've seen proof that Revan is not lost to the dark side, and neither are his troops and before you ask how I can know that it is because I do not feel any tendrils of the dark side on this ship or in close proximity to us" she stated.

"I agree with her, I feel nothing of the dark side close to us" Jolee agreed as he finished his meal. "It is strange but not unexpected considering things but if the Jedi Council was correct and Revan and his forces had all fallen to the dark side the Jedi in this party would feel it all around us and we don't" he added with a shrug.

"Juhani, Zayne do you feel anything?" Carth inquired as he finished his meal and quickly began to drink his glass of water.

"No not a thing, the only time I've felt the dark side was when Bastila and the others were kidnapped by that Hutt scum back on Tatoonie and when Revan returned with them safe it was gone" Zayne answered rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "I found that strange, that he could delve so deep into it and yet come back and yet he did it and I saw the proof with my own eyes" he mused aloud as he recalled that exact moment.

"I do not feel anything either, I thought for sure once Bastila revealed the truth to me I would feel the dark side either on him or when I realised we were coming to his fleet but I feel nothing of that sort" Juhani said with a shake of her head. "All I feel is some residual anger about Canderous been here but that has been muted a lot by what was said in the hangar bay, as far as we are concerned they have accepted Revan's command to treat us with respect whilst we are here" she added.

"I think that says it all Carth that they all agree on this and they would know better than us, and they wouldn't lie to us about it either" Mission stated as Carth mauled over their words. "Bastila knows better than anyone where he stands, they understand one another and trust one another and I seriously doubt they will break their deal" she continued.

"You will find no signs of the dark side in this fleet Carth Onasi, we are servants of the Republic just as Revan told you" Rikka butted in drawing their attention as they fished their own meals and drinks. "We just want to see it strong again, able to withstand what we know will come one day and it can't do that with the leadership it has right now and the Jedi as they stand in this time are all but impudent" she concluded and to Carth's surprise he noted none of his companions seemed willing to argue the point and he knew deep in his heart he couldn't either.

"Ok enough of the serious stuff that we already know, we've eaten and had a refreshing drink can we now go where Revan is and hear the full story you know the things we don't know" Mission inquired almost sarcastically.

Instead of been insulted by the younger Twi'lek's tone Rikka smiled in amusement as she reminded her of herself when she a teenager before she had been enslaved, that was so long ago now that she could barely remember just what it was like to be able to be so free with how you responded to people. She had quickly learned once she was a slave never to be sarcastic to her owners no matter how much she had wanted to, agony had been her reward for having a quick tongue. Glancing at the others she noted they all looked eager for her agree to Mission's request, knowing it was time she nodded her head and stood up and headed for the conference room and she didn't have to look back to know the others were following her.

Revan glanced at Meetra and nodded his head letting her know that Rikka was leading his team to the conference room, Meetra nodded back knowing that the most important part of Revan's plans for this group of people he had assembled was now in play. At least Revan had been happy that more of their people had survived Malak's coup, that they had not been so badly mauled as they had once believed. They had double the man power, ships, tanks and cannons than the first count had suggested and if his ploy to gather the Mandalorians to his banner succeeded it would make them even stronger.

"General the fleet has reported all ships are prepared to move to Reekiad at your command" one of his Majors reported after saluting him.

Revan nodded in acceptance. "Very well then tell all ships to jump to light speed and head for Reekiad" he commanded. "Major Hunt you are in command whilst Meetra and I bring my friends into the full picture" he added as he turned to head for the conference room.

Major Hunt snapped to attention at his words. "Yes General, I will make sure we all make it there in one piece" he assured him.

"I know you will, only interrupt us if something important happens or a communication comes in through the Ebon Hawk, I ordered the ships comm routed into our systems just in case so make sure to keep an eye on it" Revan ordered.

"Yes sir understood" Major Hunt nodded in understanding as he the two left the bridge and he turned and put himself on the wide speaker. "This is Major Hunt to all ships in the fleet, General Revan has ordered us all to jump to light speed and head straight for Reekiad" he instructed. "Make your jump preparations and then head to Reekiad at your best speed" he ordered. "Captain Cole begin jump prep and once the calculations are done make the jump to light speed" he added turning to another of the bridge crew.

"Yes sir" Captain Cole nodded and quickly set to work.

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(Nar Shaddaa)

Ana Sunrider groaned as she came too once more, she had long since lost track of how long she and her team had been held prisoner in the complex they had been sent to scout. She just knew it had been a while, her last contact with the council had been just before they had landed on the planet and from there things had gone very wrong very fast and they had not had time to send out a call for help. She had not been able to talk to her mother in private as she knew the rest of the council were listening, that they would frown on what they would class as sentimentality and irrelevant feelings. However whilst they were prisoners she could not for the life of her tell if the people who held them were actually Sith as they had been led to believe, since been captured she had not once felt the tendrils of the dark side within the complex. None of the occupants of the complex seemed truly evil, they hadn't been killed and apart from one of the occupants someone she believed may have force potential she'd seen no real hostility. The one called Atton Rand had been angry and rather forceful when he was on duty as their guard, she sensed a deep sense of loss within him and he blamed them.

She didn't know what he blamed them for but whatever it was it had left a deep psychological scar inside him and it was wreaking havoc on his soul, she feared that if she was correct and he did have the potential to use the force then he was possible he could be overwhelmed by the dark side if he allowed this sense of loss and anger to consume him fully. The rest of his group however seemed far more in control of themselves and her senses told her little, what she did know from small snippets of conversation and her own force powers was they had not once made contact with Malak or his fleet since they had been captured. That was very strange to her mind, if they were Sith and loyal to Malak then they would have contacted the Sith Lord and informed him of their capture but they hadn't just like they hadn't made any kind of contact since the coup against Revan. They had gone dark and cut off all contact with the outside world hence the need to investigate, was it possible they had cut themselves off from the Sith fleet in response to Malak turning on Revan. Was it possible they were still loyal to Revan or at least his memory she wondered? Was that what was eating away at Atton Rand, the loss of their leader? She frowned as she considered this possibility as it opened dangerous pathways.

Revan had once been one of her mother's informal students and whilst he had been so he had become a fast friend to her mother and also to her, hell she'd had a crush on Revan for some time before the war had erupted. The man had been smart, loyal and strong in the force much stronger than any Jedi she'd met before even when compared to members of the council. Her mother had always expected great things from Revan, his efforts in the war would prove her faith in his abilities were not wasted even if the rest of the council were against what Revan was doing. Yet it seemed as if Revan had lost himself during the war, although sometimes she found herself doubting if that was the truth of the matter. Revan had never struck her as someone who would lose themselves in darkness; he was too controlled unlike his former best friend Malak.

She had never liked or trusted Malak as something about him always made her wary of him, perhaps before the war he may have been a different kind of man but during it when she had known him he just seemed to like indulging the darkness of the war. Now he had proved that her caution had been correct, he was insane and would do exactly what the Council had feared Revan had been trying to do until Malak had betrayed and killed him. When the news had come in whilst most Jedi and especially the Council celebrated the fact that Revan had been removed, she and her Mother had not celebrated the news as they both felt the loss of a friend. Suddenly her force senses went haywire as she felt the life force of her fellow Jedi team member Brandon die violently, standing up she watched as Rand staggered out of Brandon's cell staring at his hands as if he had never seen them before. She suddenly felt sick as she realised Rand was now falling into the void as his bitterness overcame him, the whole team was now in danger from his rage. She had to find a way out of here and fast before he killed the rest of them, sitting down she closed her eyes and began to think and plan.

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(Leviathan Class Battleship Revenge)

Revan watched as the group sat down and Rikka took her place behind him, this was one of the most crucial parts of his plan to enlist them all to their cause and thus he had to succeed. Meetra took a seat at the table as well, taking a breath he began.

"I told you when I revealed myself the Republic is not our enemy and that our entire act of pretending to be Sith was a ruse made to fool the true enemy, that enemy lies far in the outer regions where we no longer travel" he explained. "I also told you I found out about this enemy from Mandalore when I defeated him, that is the truth and at first I did not believe what he told me but as I used the force I could sense the truth of his words" he went on. "And I realised with horror that the entire Mandalorian war had been a simple test of our strength, thousands had died all so the enemy could access our strengths and weaknesses" he paused and regained control of his emotions which for a minute had raged as he recalled that moment of realisation.

"What enemy Revan, what is this mysterious force that has all of you so damn worried?" Carth demanded to know.

"Sith and I am not talking about fallen Jedi claiming to be Sith I mean true Sith" Revan answered after staring into their eyes one at a time. "Red skinned Sith from the planets of Korriban and Moraband, Malachor and Ziost, the most dangerous type of Sith you will ever meet" he stated darkly. "They survived in numbers untold of, even beyond what some could imagine after all the wars we have fought against them they survived and it is them at the head of a huge empire out there beyond the outer rim world's lost to time and knowledge until now" he told them.

"How is that even possible Revan they were all killed during the purge after the last great Sith war?" Jolee demanded instantly alert and leaning forward for the answer.

"The purge was not as complete as it should have been as I told you before the Jedi and Republic got arrogant and because of that arrogance a great many Sith managed to escape deep into the outer rim and beyond, they forged a new empire with one all-powerful Sith in charge who is known as the Emperor" Revan answered calmly. "This Sith is unlike anything any of us have encountered before, the dark side aura he excludes is disturbing on so many levels and he supposedly has the ability to corrupt anyone" he informed them.

"Are you suggesting Malak and those like him turned due to exposure to this Sith?" Zayne inquired thoughtfully.

"No not all of them just a few that went on scouting missions which included Malak and myself, but I did not turn yes I have accepted the dark side and even drawn on it but I do not let it control me" Revan responded. "Malak it would seem was not so lucky that is if what I suspect is true, from there he sought others in the fleet dissatisfied with my leadership and from that grew his coup" he mused.

"But you don't know that is what happened to Malak Revan, I know you don't want to hear this but he had begun to change during the war and some of us did notice that change" Meetra decided to cut in and play devil's aggravate. "He may have decided to supplant you as leader before he came into contact with this Emperor, power can change even the best of people the Jedi learned that the hard way before with Ulic Qel Droma when he fell" she pointed out.

"True that is a possibility and one I try not to think is the truth as that meant my friend turned on me without me even seeing or sensing it, that I was so blind to the truth he was able to forged a large percentage of my own fleet and attempt to kill us all" Revan agreed after a short silence. "Anyway back to the point this Emperor is dangerous beyond anything even the Jedi have faced before, the Empire he commands is huge and is fixated on revenge for the defeats of the past" he stated moving the topic back on subject. "They are building ships, fighters, tanks and cannons as well as training thousands of troops and new Sith acolytes for the war they intend to eventually unleash" he told them.

"You said you had proof Revan" Carth spoke up frowning wondering if anything they were been told was really true.

"And so we do" Revan said simply before clicking a button on the nearby terminal and activating the large screen they faced.

Soon they were all watched the vid been played showing exactly what Revan had been talking about, Meetra had already seen the vid but watched it again anyway trying to see if she had missed anything important. When the huge black temple was shown Bastila could not help but shiver as she could almost see the darkside aura that surrounded it, this was what had drove Revan and his people had come back as they had. She now had all the pieces to the puzzle she had been trying to put together since learning Revan survived and about his mysterious mission, now it all made sense why he had been intent on taking control of the Republic. In its weakened state the Republic would be no match for the sort of power and strength of arms this Sith Empire had, the ships were huge beyond what she had seen before and nothing the Republic had would be a match for them.

"This is why you sought out the Star Forge isn't it?" she finally inquired breaking the silence that had descended as they all watched the vid play.

"Yes, we first learned about it during the war as nothing but a myth and then we found the first Star Map back on Dantoonie hidden in that temple defended by droids beyond anything the Republic could create" Revan answered with a nod of his head. "From there we tracked it down the others maps as the war continued but it was not until we had actually found the Empire Mandalore told us about that we actually located it hidden in a now forgotten part of the galaxy and yet was once the life blood of a galaxy spinning Empire" he explained. "Once we found it we learned how to use it and began to create a new line of battle ships and cruisers just like the one we are on now, these ships are a match in firepower for those the Empire are building" he continued. "Fighters and tanks were also created before we made our first probing attack on the Republic" he stated.

"No wonder you outclassed us so badly when you came back" Carth muttered.

"The Republic's lack of rebuilding and loss of so many of its best commanders and admirals was just as much at fault than our superior weaponry and ships" Revan pointed out. "The Star Forge is the key to us having any chance of destroying the Empire but at the moment it is in Malak's hands and he using it to reinforce his own fleet and army" he pointed out.

"So part of your plan is to regain control of it?" Zayne stated to which Revan nodded. "More likely if it is so important to any kind of victory in this war then Malak clearly will have it well defended" he mused.

"Of course he will he is not so lost to the dark side that he would abandon all military tactics and common sense, he will defend that to the last" Revan said.

"Is your fleet powerful enough and large enough to take it from him Revan?" Juhani inquired with a slight frown.

"At this moment in time I would not risk my fleet in an attempt, not until we know what kind of defences they have around them and more importantly the defence shield around it will have to be deactivated before any attack" Revan answered.

"What defence shield?" Jolee asked leaning forward in interest.

"The Star Forge is stationed above a planet which houses a temple which hides the controls to the defence shield to the Forge, however this shield is not just a shield it also has the ability to render any ship that enters its orbit inactive causing them to crash" Revan explained. "So when we are ready to reclaim the Star Forge we will have to send a team to disable the shield and that will not be easy, the controls to it is located in a temple on the surface and that is shielded as well and can only be opened by the survivors of the race that not only built it but riled the Empire I mentioned as well before it faded away into myth" he told them. "There are two tribes of them, one wants to re-embrace their old ways and reclaim the old power whilst the other wishes to keep them buried and destroy the Star Forge" he concluded.

"So how did you get in the first time?" Jarael inquired.

"I made a deal with the tribe who wished to destroy the station but of course I lied as I needed the station active if my plan was to succeed, but it was better than helping the tribe who wished to re-embrace their old ways as they wanted me to wipe out the other tribe and I would not do that" Revan answered. "Getting back in to drop the shield a second time will be most difficult especially if I am in the party who returns to the planet" he warned.

"How do you know Malak didn't wipe out one or both tribes?" Carth asked as he did not see the Dark Lord of the Sith been patient enough to deal with such issues.

"I doubt he would bother as he has bigger concerns that two tribes who pose no threat to his forces or his control of the planet, no I suspect they will both still be active" Revan assured him.

"Back to the issue at hand, this Sith Emperor and his Empire if they have built up such a large force and used the Mandalorians to weaken us then why haven't they attacked yet?" Juhani demanded to know wanting as much information as she could get before making a choice which she knew she would have to make.

"Because the Emperor is wary, the previous defeats the Empire has suffered in the past was due to them been over confident and over reaching their resources and thus he wants to be certain they have a winning hand" Revan explained. "That gives us an advantage, it buys us time as did the fact we pretended to be Sith as it made him content to watch us weaken the Republic even more than the Mandalorians had, had Malak and his people had not betrayed us we could have assumed command and rebuilt the Republic before he even knew what we were actually doing" he continued. "Or at least that was our hope, still we have time and hopefully the Emperor will remain wary for some time" he added.

"He must have spies though keeping an eye on things here right?" Zayne pointed out as it made sense if everything this Emperor was had done was because he was intent on crushing the Republic then he had to have spies watching so he knew when the Republic was weak enough for him attack.

"He may have spies here although we've tried to kill any we found up to Malak's coup, I doubt he even cares now if there are any still out there" Revan replied with a shake of his head. "That is a problem, but we can deal with that once Malak and his people are dead" he stated.

"Revan I have to ask what do you intend to do about the Republic should you succeed in killing Malak and his people?" Bastila finally inquired silencing the room as all eyes turned to him awaiting his response.

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(Leviathan)

Malak stood on his command deck watching as his fleet decimated the planetary defences of Illum; his ships outnumbered the weakened Republic forces which were in disarray and even now trying to retreat. He shook his head in disgust at their weakness and he wondered why he had fought for so long to try and save the Republic, why he had stayed subordinate to Revan for so long before finally betraying him when they were all weak and beneath him. Revan had fallen never even once knowing he was about to be betrayed, whilst it was true he had survived the attempt on his life he had still failed to see the betrayal coming and thus allowed him to assume his rightful place as ruler. He had killed all the weaklings who had followed Revan and made his own forces a true force of evil, there would be no room for pity or remorse or sentiments like friendship or family. The ship suddenly rocked to the side almost sending him flying but he managed to right himself, turning he glared at Admiral Karath.

"Sorry my Lord a Republic battle cruiser has just dropped out of hyper speed right on top of us, they are opening fire" Karath reported nervously.

"Utter fools" Malak spat with a shake of his head as in his mind he felt no respect for a beaten enemy trying to pretend to be strong. "Force all our fire on that cruiser Admiral, annihilate them" he ordered.

"At once my Lord" Karath responded nervously. "All weapon batteries focus fire on the cruiser that just jump in above us" he commanded into the comms.

Malak watched as a few seconds later his ship opened up on the enemy ship quickly crippling it, the Republic just did not have the fire power to fight his forces in any kind of battle. 'It was almost sad in a way' he mused inside his head. He frowned as his ship rocked again as the crippled Republic cruiser tried to escape by firing on the bridge, but the shields held and he watched with a smirk as a few seconds later the cruiser exploded in a fireball which he found beautiful to watch.

"The ship has been destroyed Lord Malak and the remaining Republic ships are fleeing; we have achieved Planetary control of Illum" Karath reported relieved that there was no more setbacks in this battle as he knew Malak did not like things getting in the way of his plans.

"Excellent Admiral, begin the ground attack immediately I want this planet subjugated in seven hours at the least, once we have Illum in our hands we have a stepping stone towards the core worlds" Malak stated. "Delay will not be tolerated Admiral, make sure General Craydon knows that before he departs" he warned.

"Of course my Lord" Karath responded as he watched the Dark Lord leave the bridge. "Captain Neda you have the bridge, ensure our fleet surrounds the planet before I get back from seeing the General" he ordered his second who quickly snapped to attention and saluted.

"Yes Admiral" Neda responded and moved to comply.

Karath turned and exited the bridge hoping to reach the cargo bay before Craydon began to disembark, he wanted to ensure the General knew the Dark Lord's orders so if he screwed up it was on him and would cause him any trouble.

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(Nar Shaddaa)

Ana watched as Atton Rand strolled passed the cages that held her team and felt the turmoil going on inside his mind through the force, the pain was truly astounding to her. What was worst was the fact his colleagues seemed unaware of how broken Rand had become, she sensed they too were in pain but had not let it consume them as Rand had and yet they seemed frozen in time. Lost on how to act since the coup against Revan, from the scattered conversations she had managed to overhear in the last hour these people were not Sith allied with Malak no they were Revan's people. Cut off from the fleet by their own actions, which made her team's situation here all the more problematic as she knew they all blamed the Jedi for Revan's downfall. She had been aware of the plans to attack Revan's ship to capture him, to kill him if they had no other choice. Her Mother had told her they were sending Bastila Shan to ensure the attack had a high chance of success due to her skill with battle meditation, she had thought the council was taking a huge risk sending Bastila considering if they lost her the Republic would probably fall without her battle meditation pushing the odds in their favour. Clearly the plan had worked just not in the way the council had expected; Revan was believed dead and seen as there had been no news of him she believed that was the truth, except her last commutation with her Mother had triggered a slight vibration in the force. She had brought up the idea of Revan surviving only for her Mother to quickly change the subject, it had been very odd.

Rand vanished through the door much to her relief but she feared what would happen when it was his turn to guard them again, he had already killed Brandon and she feared he might kill another of her team. They had to find some way to escape, quickly before more of them were lost to the man's destructive rage. The fact he had murdered one of the prisoners seems to have been ignored by the other members of his unit, she wondered if they even cared with how lost they felt.

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(Jedi Temple)

Vima frowned sensing the trembling through the force whenever she tried to feel for her daughter, that meant she was facing danger and more than likely considering her mission her life was on the line as were the lives of her team. She sat down and tried to focus her thoughts, but she knew she had to act now or more than likely she would lose her daughter. She was forbidden from going to after Ana herself or to send a team of Jedi after them, but here was another option but it carried great risk. But she no longer cared about her own welfare just her daughters. She needed to find Zhar as she would need his help to get into the comm room, she needed to contact Revan and fast. Getting up she walked out of her room and went looking for her friend, she found him in the archives reading through one of the many files the archive held.

"Vima are you well?" Zhar inquired quietly as she sat across from him.

"No I am not, Ana is in great danger and I need to get her and her team aide and whilst I am forbidden from going myself or sending a team of Jedi I can send another team and hopefully without the council finding out" Vima responded.

"You wish to send Revan and his team, you don't think the council will find out if you divert them from tracking down the Star Maps" Zhar asked worried.

"I don't care if they find out Zhar not anymore, but this is the only move I can make which does not directly disobey the orders I was given as Revan's team is not just made up of Jedi" Vima responded. "I need you help to get into the comm room so I can talk to them, will you help me?" she inquired knowing the future of her daughter rested on what her friend did next and prayed to the force he would aide her.

"Of course Vima, but what makes you think Revan will agree to help because let us make no mistake he may not be a true Sith but he will still be very angry with us for what we attempted to do to him" Zhar assured her.

"Because he was friends with Ana and I feel that will still matter to him if I am right about him still been himself" Vima replied.

"Very well, I suggest we wait an hour or two as night is falling and most of our companions will soon be asleep and that includes our fellow council members" Zhar advised.

"Agreed, we will meet in my quarters in an hour and a half and we will proceed and then we will know beyond doubt where Revan stands" Vima agreed with a nod of her head.

Zhar watched her walk away once she had gotten up after finishing speaking, he prayed to the force Revan truly was still the young man he had trained that he was still in the light. He also prayed that what they were about to do would not have serious consequences later on, he had a feeling Atris and Vrook would use any misstep to try and remove them from the council so they could push their hard line views forward.