A New Power

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Aasan gave one more look to the others and then, shrugged to himself before silently following Nakima. After a few steps, though, he asks a question that he's going to have to bring up at one point or another, "How old is the hyperdrive you've got? The ship's not too knew, so it might not be too much of a problem...but then again, I've learned its best to not assume such things."

 

[Angcuru]

"Very old. Not to mention that the thing malfunction the last time it was used, so it'll probably need some fixing itself before we even think of compatability issues." Nakima said. He slid the curtain in the doorway of the hut open and went inside, gesturing for Aasan to follow.

The hut is a mess. Wiring, sheet metal, and various torn apart tech devices litter the floor and several tool benches. "Well, it's in here somewhere." Nakima mutters. He heads toward the back and starts digging around in a pile of various junk. "Give me a hand with this, will ya?"

 

[Galethorn]

Feeling his saber fly from his belt, Jorran let out a surprised "Hey!" and pulled back on it with the force.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

"Of course," Aasan nods shortly before stepping over and doing his best to assist, "Most of this salvaged from your ship, I assume?"

 

[Angcuru]

Jorran feels out for his saber with the force and yanks back into his hand.

Miera looks at Kia disapprovingly. "This is supposed to test your ability with your weapon, not your ability to pull cheap tricks. If you wish not to learn, by all means say so."

***​

"Yeah we tore that thing apart until there was nothing left. All of this stuff I couldn't find a use for, or plain can't get to work. Aha! Here it is!" With Aasan's help, Nakima pulls a clump of tangled wire off of what looks like a cubic meter of burnished silver tinged white.

"It ain't pretty, but it was fast for its day. Too bad its day was waaaaay way back." Nakima clears off some of the remaining clutter. "Y'see that silvery white sheen?" He says, indicating the hyperdrive. "Now, I have no clue whatsoever as to what it is. I'm somewhat familiar with the model of hyperdrive our transport was using. What with the Seperatist occupation and all, there was nothing left to work on. I've never seen this effect before. The only evidence I have to work with is an anomoly. Check this out."

Nikama reaches over to one of the tool benches and pulls out an old blaster rifle. Not pretty, but powerful by the look of it. He set it to full power, aimed it at the hyperdrive, and fired off a series of shots. The blasts hit it with full force, but simply disappeared as if they had ceased to exist the moment they would have impacted the hyperdrive. Not even a mark remained.

 

[Super Girl]

"I thought how I used it was the point...I know your better with it then I am, I thought the point was to show you what I would normally do." Kia said with a shrug, "guess not. Like I said, I'm not very good, so when I use it, I do everything I can to win. Normally when I light it, and people see me use the force, they give me a wide berth, so I am able to end fights without anyone catching a case of the deads." she offers.

Kia flicks the wrist of her right hand, sending a sweeping slash at Miera's leg,s in an ascending triangle of violet light, it wasn't a very strong stroke, not that it would have to be with a lightsaber, but it was weak on purpouse, or rather as part of Kia's saber stance. The way she was standing, blade pointed down, just flexing her wrist one way or the other would make for a strong triangle of defense. It was a natural stance considering that the activation button was on the butt of the saber and not the shaft, it was the only way to hold it and be able to quickly activate and deactivate it. It also gave her the ability to make those same defensive strokes with just a bit more outward motion to make quick sweeps at the opponents legs, or even just a wrist flick bringing it paralel to the ground would split a person standing in front of her from their groin to throat, especially with the strength that the second hand on the butt of the saber added to it.

 

[Galethorn]

Jorran offered a piece of advice.

"Unless I'm mistaken, this is just to see how you are with a saber. If you rely on tricks with the force when you spar, your saber technique will suffer, and you'll be much more likely to be killed in a real fight if, for whatever reason, you can't use your force powers. As well, if you can hone your force skills and saber skills seperately before using them together, you'll have a better grasp of the fundimentals of both when you combine them." He paused for a moment. "Well, that's what my former master taught me, anyway. I'm sure Miera has a much better-informed idea about this than I do."

 

[Angcuru]

Miera stepped smartly to the side, easily avoiding Kia's attack.

"Jorran is correct. You have a degree of control in the force, but you rely on that more than your blade. I asked to see your attack, but you initially use trickery. Let's try something different." Miera deactivated her blade and returned it to her belt.

The stone which had earlier been levitated by Adrial floated up and over towards Kia. It paused at a spot one meter in front of her blade, and proceeded to begin circling her with quick, irregular movements.

"Before you face a live opponent, you should be able to face an inanimate one. Try and cleave this stone in two."

***

 

[Super Girl]

Kia sighs and nods. The girl narrows her eyes, and then lashes out at the stone with a sweeping diagonal upward cut that she hoped would do it, followed by horizontal slash that centers the blade in front of her, parallel to the ground. "I rely more on the force then the blade because I'm better with it, but when practicng I guess I should avoid it." she says.

She keeps up the saber strokes for as long as it takes, thrusting out once with the point, and then thrusting out and up, followed by a quick downward swipe that brought the blade back perpindicular to the ground in the stance the girl had started with.

 

[Angcuru]

"Since you already have some ability with the Force, it would be wise to learn skills to complement your ability. As I'm sure you know, drawing upon the Force is draining. To rely on it too much when other methods would suffice is wasteful. Besides, there are times when a blade would be more useful."

The stone dodged back and forth, evading each of Kia's strikes. Although this was due more to Miera's manipulation of the stone than pure inability on Kia's part, it was still frustrating. Little by little, each of her strikes became more precise than the last. After fifteen minutes of this, Kia was just about to burst with frustration when her blade finally caught the stone and clove it neatly in half.

"Very good Kia, you are learning quickly. You seem to have grasped some of the fundamentals of wielding a lightsaber." Miera smiled. "Wield the lightsaber itself, not the blade you see. Because the blade is immaterial, it can be disorienting to use, but eventually you will find that intangibility to be to your advantage. This may not take as long as I had thought, though it will still be some time before you are fully proficient with your blade."

"Miera is right, you are a fast learner, Kia." Arias nodded, and looked about. "Now that we have eaten and this bought of practice is concluded, we should see to your ship. Has anyone seen Nikama, or Aasan for that matter?"

"Master Arias, I think they went over to Nikama's workshop to look at something." Adrial spoke up.

OOC - Kia's non-proficiency penalty with a lightsaber is reduced from -4 to -3.