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<blockquote data-quote="Angcuru" data-source="post: 2213107" data-attributes="member: 10948"><p><strong>7 - Idle Chit-Chat and Early Arrival</strong></p><p></p><p>"Sithspawn!" Kia curses as she examines the ruined pile of slag that is they hyper-drive. Without a Hyper-drive, she isn't getting the ship out of the system and back to civilization, and it’s not like they grown on trees either. She curses again and punches her fist into an innocuous grating in anger, her in-experience with the force and anger fueling the blow, causing the grating to bend and warp. She looks up startled when Aasan leans over her and the hyper-drive.</p><p></p><p>"Replacements don't grow on trees, it’s not like I have a back up or anything. Unless the original survivors have one, or we can find that other guy's ship...if it didn't break up on impact...we're stuck here, and I have no interest in being here any longer then I have to." she says, almost in a growl. Then Kia sighs and shakes her head softly, rubbing at her hand, "Its not you fault, now that your up, we can head over to the settlement, I figure, once where there, we can see about getting the ship more charge or something...work with what we actually have."</p><p>Looking at the grate with a hollow feeling in her stomach, the wannabe-cop turned smuggler gets up and heads up to the cockpit. "I'm going to run 1 last diagnostic then get us out of here." she tells the Kel-Dor, and then suits actions to words. She runs the main diagnostic again, and then if she finds nothing wrong, she'll cut in the repulsor lifts, bouncing the ship up off the ground, climbing up till they hover 100 meters off the ground, and then she punches in the sub-lights, giving them forward momentum on a course that would take them to the transponder signal.</p><p></p><p>Other than the wrecked hyperdrive and low power to the engines, all systems are go. Within minutes the <em>Dawnsprinter</em> is cruising above the trees. According the diagnostic, the engines are running at 2% capacity. ETA...approximately 6 hours.</p><p></p><p>Aasan attempts to bring more power to the engines, his efforts at first seem to be having no effect. Although he pushes the throttle to 50%, there is no response. The ship's power generator is functioning correctly, so there's probably a faulty power conduit somewhere. However, a little voice in his head told him that messing with the engines while they were 100 meters in the air about unscouted and very likely hostile territory was a bad idea. If the engines gave out now, they would be stuck up in the air or on the ground(if they were feeling a bit masochistic) until they could get the engines running again. That possibly meant external repairs. Yep. Bad idea.</p><p></p><p>Aasan knew that he could get he engines back to full functionality, but that is best done once the <em>Dawnsprinter</em> has reached the settlement.</p><p></p><p>"I don't think there is anything for it but to let the engines be 'til we get to the Settlement, I assume they have someway of keeping away the local predators, and fiddling with the engines while we are moving ain't so hot. We could still get there, eventually if they went out, but, I doubt we want to spend a week getting there, when we can be there in a few hours if we leave 'em alone for now." the ship's pilot suggests, locking in the course, and hitting the auto-pilot to make any minor course corrections that would come up from the wind.</p><p></p><p>Figuring that it had been 3 hours or so, and it would only take another few to get there, she figured it qualified for that woman's restriction, even if she thought the woman had been rude, there hadn't been any pressing need to contact her, so she left it well enough alone. "This is the <em>Dawnsprinter</em>, we are halfway to your settlement, moving at something like 2% engine power, which will put us there in 3 hours give or take...Miera, out of curiosity, do you need any meat? Last night, we got swarmed by 50 or so things almost twice the size of Masliths, and they climbed on top of the ship to avoid my anti-personnel weapons. I used ship power to fry the pack, and they are still up on top of the ship. If you want 'em, ok, otherwise, I'm gonna roll and drop them off the top."</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">***</p><p></p><p>Having sent Jorran to his room to meditate on what he had learned until Arias was awake, Miera was relaxing on a pile of cushions when Kia called.</p><p></p><p>"I hear you, Kia. There should more than enough room near the center of out settlement for you to land your ship. I apologize for being so abrupt earlier. I was in the middle of explaining something very important to Jorran. Anyway, those creatures are commonly called vornskrs in some systems, despite their rarity. They usually hunt in small family packs, but they go absolutely mad when they detect a force sensitive being. You must have someone who is force sensitive on board your ship if they attacked in such numbers...interesting. Go ahead and get rid of their remains, they aren't good to eat."</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">***</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Great, first I have to watch out for Jedi Hunters, now its Jedi Dogs...what's next, Jedi fish?" she asks sarcastically, more out of reflex then anything else. Kia blows out a sigh of irritation that pushes her hair out of her eyes, though the sigh was more for the news. "I'm the one who's force sensitive, Aasan, used to be partnered with a Jedi Master back in the Clone Wars, like ancient history, so maybe it rubbed off on him too, though he said he isn't. I take it you or someone in the settlement can use the force if you know so much about those vornsky things huh?" she asks, pitching the ship up, 45 degrees to first one side, and then 45 degrees to the other figuring that would be better then a barrel role while surrounded by a planets gravity at least.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">***</p><p></p><p>"I never said anything about Jedi, only that they attack force sensitives." Miera said, "So you're force sensitive, are you...have you had any formal training? There are quite a few of us here in our village who can feel the Force, myself included. But...did you say that Aasan had a Jedi partner? That must mean that he was an Antarian Ranger...interesting."</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">***</p><p></p><p>"If they attack Force Sensitives, meaning they can sense the ability, Palpatine would have been using them with his Stormies to hunt us all down, and he wasn't, are you really sure about them hunting Force Sensitives, I don't remember anything about them going on with the Jedi Purge when the Emperor and Vader hunted down all the Jedi." Kia said dubiously. She raises an eyebrow at the question of formal training, she had been born after the purge, if anyone had been teaching force sensitives they would have been slaughtered.</p><p></p><p>"No, I was born during the purge, if anyone had been around to teach, they would have been tortured then murdered, me with them. I didn't figure it out ‘til a few months ago, I can move things with my mind, and do the whole mind trick thing. I don't even think I could find anyone who survived the purge and was willing to teach me, maybe I could convince Luke Skywalker to do it, he's a Jedi Knight now, for the last few years, maybe he'll restart an Academy like people were saying he was gonna do, I don't know."</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">***</p><p></p><p>"The creatures are commonly known to exist, but only those on the Jedi Council and their most trusted commanders were ever aware of the vornskrs' acute ability to detect force sensitives." Miera said, thinking for moment before continuing.</p><p></p><p>"Vader would be Palpatine's apprentice, then? Then he must be a fallen Jedi...I wonder which one it was. This Luke Skywalker fellow...would he be the son of Anakin Skywalker? If so, and he is anything like his father, he is inept and lacks balance. I wouldn't recommend seeking training from him if he is." She paused again.</p><p></p><p>"So there are Jedi in the Galaxy again. Whether this is for good or ill is yet to be seen."</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">***</p><p></p><p>"I didn't agree with the Empire, or the Rebellion, not entirely because of what some claimed to do in its name, but Skywalker has done more then anyone to end the Empire's cruelty. He was the one that destroyed the first of the Emperor's Death Stars, and then on the Second Death Star he defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, I don't think you get to call a Jedi who defeated two Sith Lords incompetent. His actions against the Death Star stopped the Empire from blowing up any planet besides Alderaan."</p><p></p><p>"You have to understand, the Skywalkers are some of the biggest celebrities in the Galaxy. Princess Liea was the youngest senator before the Emperor dissolved the Senate, and she went on to lead the Rebellion, and her twin brother Luke Destroyed the Death Star, and slew the Emperor and Vader. Both were instrumental in changing the Galaxy, and now Leia looks like she is on the short list to head up the entire government."</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">***</p><p></p><p>"Well, I have been stuck on a hostile uncharted planet on the fringe of the galaxy with no way whatsoever of receiving news of current events. I tend not to know these things." Miera laughed into the comm.</p><p></p><p>"Still, regardless of his achievements, this Luke may seek to teach the path of the Jedi. If it is training you seek, there are alternatives."</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">***</p><p></p><p>Aasan listens quietly, deciding that some of his more intimate knowledge of the Empire and its beginning were best left to private conversation. Some things should not be spoken to the young about. Especially the things he saw.</p><p></p><p>But upon hearing Miera speaking of 'alternatives' to training, he frowns underneath his breath mask. Making sure to speak away from the comm, the Kel Dor says to Kia, "I have a bad feeling about this. These are speeches I have heard before, and they never prove to be good ideas. Do not jump into anything without knowledge of it, especially the Force..."</p><p></p><p>"I'm not planning on jumping into anything," Kia replies, answering both of their questions at once. "I don't know about any alternatives, the Hunters would have slain those others just as readily as the Jedi, and there were a lot more Jedi. Look, I'm more worried about getting my ship up to working order and getting out system then learning some hokey religion, my abilities serve me just fine, If I need to learn to use the Force, I'm sure I will. If Skywalker is really building an Academy, then that sounds like a place that I should at least check out. I don't know anything about other Force Users, but I know that the Jedi are the good guys." she says with a cynical laugh, that betrayed a bit of discomfort in her current path.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">***</p><p></p><p>As was common for her after a day of excitement, Adrial slept in. She had not learned to control her feelings like Master Pannar had taught. She was relatively good at it until something big happened. Then she would exhaust herself and the following morning would inevitably sleep in. As she awoke she noted that the morning was almost gone. She quickly rises and dresses in her Padawan robes and moves toward the common meeting hall. As she enters she sees that Master Pannar is talking on a commlink. As she hurries to present herself before Master Pannar, she hears the end of someone else’s voice over the commlink. "... know that the Jedi are the good guys." She stops before her Master and awaits her acknowledgement of Adiral's presence. Adrial stands there patiently as she has been taught.</p><p></p><p>Miera nods to Adrial with a smile before speaking into the commlink. "If you say so, Kia. I must be going now, one of my students requires my attention."</p><p></p><p>She turned off the com and placed it to her side. "Did you have a good rest, Adrial?"</p><p></p><p>She nods. "Forgive me Master Pannar. I know that I have been taught to control my emotions. But I allowed yesterday's excitement to get the best of me. I will strive to keep my emotions in better check rather then the reverse." She bows. "I am ready for today's training." But then her stomach growls very loudly and she gets very embarrassed. "...of course after I have eaten breakfast..." But then she remembers the time of day. "...or lunch?" She stands, waiting for her Master's reply, thoroughly embarrassed.</p><p></p><p>"Do not worry about it, Adrial. You should be able to control your emotions when necessary to keep them from blocking your judgment, but do not try to block them out entirely. If you were to do so, you would be forsaking that which makes you human." Miera said comfortingly.</p><p></p><p>"I'll wake up Arias, he should be starting Jorran's training today. Why don't you go give Kal a nudge, see if you can wake him up, then rouse Jorran and meet us by the cooking area. Orran and the children should have lunch ready soon. We can eat as we watch Arias test his abilities, which should be entertaining."</p><p></p><p>Miera got up and headed towards the other end of the hut to rouse Arias.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">***</p><p></p><p>While pacing around the ship without anything better to do, Aasan begins to think back to his time with the Antarian Rangers. Memories of his old partner, the strange thrill of thwarting the Separatists while escaping almost certain death, the fear he felt during the Purge, it all came flooding back. *WHAM* Aasan dripped over an exposed power coupling and fell flat on his face. After hurriedly checking his breath mask to make sure it wasn't dislodged, he grumbled his bad luck of late as he got back to his feet, and stared accusingly at the exposed coupling.</p><p></p><p>His accusing stare turned to one of confusion. The coupling was separated just where he had tripped over it, but he hadn't felt anything crucial on the ship fail. Could it be...? Nah, not likely. Just in case, though, Aasan crouched down and joined the coupling back together, and suddenly found himself flat on his back as sudden jolt swept the ship.</p><p></p><p>At the cockpit, Kia was forced out of a daydream as a sudden boost of power found the engines.</p><p></p><p><strong><p style="text-align: center">Ion Engine Maintenance Complete.....Power at 100%</p></strong></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong></p></strong></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>ETA - 3 minutes.</p><p></strong><p style="text-align: center"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angcuru, post: 2213107, member: 10948"] [b]7 - Idle Chit-Chat and Early Arrival[/b] "Sithspawn!" Kia curses as she examines the ruined pile of slag that is they hyper-drive. Without a Hyper-drive, she isn't getting the ship out of the system and back to civilization, and it’s not like they grown on trees either. She curses again and punches her fist into an innocuous grating in anger, her in-experience with the force and anger fueling the blow, causing the grating to bend and warp. She looks up startled when Aasan leans over her and the hyper-drive. "Replacements don't grow on trees, it’s not like I have a back up or anything. Unless the original survivors have one, or we can find that other guy's ship...if it didn't break up on impact...we're stuck here, and I have no interest in being here any longer then I have to." she says, almost in a growl. Then Kia sighs and shakes her head softly, rubbing at her hand, "Its not you fault, now that your up, we can head over to the settlement, I figure, once where there, we can see about getting the ship more charge or something...work with what we actually have." Looking at the grate with a hollow feeling in her stomach, the wannabe-cop turned smuggler gets up and heads up to the cockpit. "I'm going to run 1 last diagnostic then get us out of here." she tells the Kel-Dor, and then suits actions to words. She runs the main diagnostic again, and then if she finds nothing wrong, she'll cut in the repulsor lifts, bouncing the ship up off the ground, climbing up till they hover 100 meters off the ground, and then she punches in the sub-lights, giving them forward momentum on a course that would take them to the transponder signal. Other than the wrecked hyperdrive and low power to the engines, all systems are go. Within minutes the [i]Dawnsprinter[/i] is cruising above the trees. According the diagnostic, the engines are running at 2% capacity. ETA...approximately 6 hours. Aasan attempts to bring more power to the engines, his efforts at first seem to be having no effect. Although he pushes the throttle to 50%, there is no response. The ship's power generator is functioning correctly, so there's probably a faulty power conduit somewhere. However, a little voice in his head told him that messing with the engines while they were 100 meters in the air about unscouted and very likely hostile territory was a bad idea. If the engines gave out now, they would be stuck up in the air or on the ground(if they were feeling a bit masochistic) until they could get the engines running again. That possibly meant external repairs. Yep. Bad idea. Aasan knew that he could get he engines back to full functionality, but that is best done once the [i]Dawnsprinter[/i] has reached the settlement. "I don't think there is anything for it but to let the engines be 'til we get to the Settlement, I assume they have someway of keeping away the local predators, and fiddling with the engines while we are moving ain't so hot. We could still get there, eventually if they went out, but, I doubt we want to spend a week getting there, when we can be there in a few hours if we leave 'em alone for now." the ship's pilot suggests, locking in the course, and hitting the auto-pilot to make any minor course corrections that would come up from the wind. Figuring that it had been 3 hours or so, and it would only take another few to get there, she figured it qualified for that woman's restriction, even if she thought the woman had been rude, there hadn't been any pressing need to contact her, so she left it well enough alone. "This is the [i]Dawnsprinter[/i], we are halfway to your settlement, moving at something like 2% engine power, which will put us there in 3 hours give or take...Miera, out of curiosity, do you need any meat? Last night, we got swarmed by 50 or so things almost twice the size of Masliths, and they climbed on top of the ship to avoid my anti-personnel weapons. I used ship power to fry the pack, and they are still up on top of the ship. If you want 'em, ok, otherwise, I'm gonna roll and drop them off the top." [center]***[/center] Having sent Jorran to his room to meditate on what he had learned until Arias was awake, Miera was relaxing on a pile of cushions when Kia called. "I hear you, Kia. There should more than enough room near the center of out settlement for you to land your ship. I apologize for being so abrupt earlier. I was in the middle of explaining something very important to Jorran. Anyway, those creatures are commonly called vornskrs in some systems, despite their rarity. They usually hunt in small family packs, but they go absolutely mad when they detect a force sensitive being. You must have someone who is force sensitive on board your ship if they attacked in such numbers...interesting. Go ahead and get rid of their remains, they aren't good to eat." [center]***[/center] "Great, first I have to watch out for Jedi Hunters, now its Jedi Dogs...what's next, Jedi fish?" she asks sarcastically, more out of reflex then anything else. Kia blows out a sigh of irritation that pushes her hair out of her eyes, though the sigh was more for the news. "I'm the one who's force sensitive, Aasan, used to be partnered with a Jedi Master back in the Clone Wars, like ancient history, so maybe it rubbed off on him too, though he said he isn't. I take it you or someone in the settlement can use the force if you know so much about those vornsky things huh?" she asks, pitching the ship up, 45 degrees to first one side, and then 45 degrees to the other figuring that would be better then a barrel role while surrounded by a planets gravity at least. [center]***[/center] "I never said anything about Jedi, only that they attack force sensitives." Miera said, "So you're force sensitive, are you...have you had any formal training? There are quite a few of us here in our village who can feel the Force, myself included. But...did you say that Aasan had a Jedi partner? That must mean that he was an Antarian Ranger...interesting." [center]***[/center] "If they attack Force Sensitives, meaning they can sense the ability, Palpatine would have been using them with his Stormies to hunt us all down, and he wasn't, are you really sure about them hunting Force Sensitives, I don't remember anything about them going on with the Jedi Purge when the Emperor and Vader hunted down all the Jedi." Kia said dubiously. She raises an eyebrow at the question of formal training, she had been born after the purge, if anyone had been teaching force sensitives they would have been slaughtered. "No, I was born during the purge, if anyone had been around to teach, they would have been tortured then murdered, me with them. I didn't figure it out ‘til a few months ago, I can move things with my mind, and do the whole mind trick thing. I don't even think I could find anyone who survived the purge and was willing to teach me, maybe I could convince Luke Skywalker to do it, he's a Jedi Knight now, for the last few years, maybe he'll restart an Academy like people were saying he was gonna do, I don't know." [center]***[/center] "The creatures are commonly known to exist, but only those on the Jedi Council and their most trusted commanders were ever aware of the vornskrs' acute ability to detect force sensitives." Miera said, thinking for moment before continuing. "Vader would be Palpatine's apprentice, then? Then he must be a fallen Jedi...I wonder which one it was. This Luke Skywalker fellow...would he be the son of Anakin Skywalker? If so, and he is anything like his father, he is inept and lacks balance. I wouldn't recommend seeking training from him if he is." She paused again. "So there are Jedi in the Galaxy again. Whether this is for good or ill is yet to be seen." [center]***[/center] "I didn't agree with the Empire, or the Rebellion, not entirely because of what some claimed to do in its name, but Skywalker has done more then anyone to end the Empire's cruelty. He was the one that destroyed the first of the Emperor's Death Stars, and then on the Second Death Star he defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, I don't think you get to call a Jedi who defeated two Sith Lords incompetent. His actions against the Death Star stopped the Empire from blowing up any planet besides Alderaan." "You have to understand, the Skywalkers are some of the biggest celebrities in the Galaxy. Princess Liea was the youngest senator before the Emperor dissolved the Senate, and she went on to lead the Rebellion, and her twin brother Luke Destroyed the Death Star, and slew the Emperor and Vader. Both were instrumental in changing the Galaxy, and now Leia looks like she is on the short list to head up the entire government." [center]***[/center] "Well, I have been stuck on a hostile uncharted planet on the fringe of the galaxy with no way whatsoever of receiving news of current events. I tend not to know these things." Miera laughed into the comm. "Still, regardless of his achievements, this Luke may seek to teach the path of the Jedi. If it is training you seek, there are alternatives." [center]***[/center] Aasan listens quietly, deciding that some of his more intimate knowledge of the Empire and its beginning were best left to private conversation. Some things should not be spoken to the young about. Especially the things he saw. But upon hearing Miera speaking of 'alternatives' to training, he frowns underneath his breath mask. Making sure to speak away from the comm, the Kel Dor says to Kia, "I have a bad feeling about this. These are speeches I have heard before, and they never prove to be good ideas. Do not jump into anything without knowledge of it, especially the Force..." "I'm not planning on jumping into anything," Kia replies, answering both of their questions at once. "I don't know about any alternatives, the Hunters would have slain those others just as readily as the Jedi, and there were a lot more Jedi. Look, I'm more worried about getting my ship up to working order and getting out system then learning some hokey religion, my abilities serve me just fine, If I need to learn to use the Force, I'm sure I will. If Skywalker is really building an Academy, then that sounds like a place that I should at least check out. I don't know anything about other Force Users, but I know that the Jedi are the good guys." she says with a cynical laugh, that betrayed a bit of discomfort in her current path. [center]***[/center] As was common for her after a day of excitement, Adrial slept in. She had not learned to control her feelings like Master Pannar had taught. She was relatively good at it until something big happened. Then she would exhaust herself and the following morning would inevitably sleep in. As she awoke she noted that the morning was almost gone. She quickly rises and dresses in her Padawan robes and moves toward the common meeting hall. As she enters she sees that Master Pannar is talking on a commlink. As she hurries to present herself before Master Pannar, she hears the end of someone else’s voice over the commlink. "... know that the Jedi are the good guys." She stops before her Master and awaits her acknowledgement of Adiral's presence. Adrial stands there patiently as she has been taught. Miera nods to Adrial with a smile before speaking into the commlink. "If you say so, Kia. I must be going now, one of my students requires my attention." She turned off the com and placed it to her side. "Did you have a good rest, Adrial?" She nods. "Forgive me Master Pannar. I know that I have been taught to control my emotions. But I allowed yesterday's excitement to get the best of me. I will strive to keep my emotions in better check rather then the reverse." She bows. "I am ready for today's training." But then her stomach growls very loudly and she gets very embarrassed. "...of course after I have eaten breakfast..." But then she remembers the time of day. "...or lunch?" She stands, waiting for her Master's reply, thoroughly embarrassed. "Do not worry about it, Adrial. You should be able to control your emotions when necessary to keep them from blocking your judgment, but do not try to block them out entirely. If you were to do so, you would be forsaking that which makes you human." Miera said comfortingly. "I'll wake up Arias, he should be starting Jorran's training today. Why don't you go give Kal a nudge, see if you can wake him up, then rouse Jorran and meet us by the cooking area. Orran and the children should have lunch ready soon. We can eat as we watch Arias test his abilities, which should be entertaining." Miera got up and headed towards the other end of the hut to rouse Arias. [center]***[/center] While pacing around the ship without anything better to do, Aasan begins to think back to his time with the Antarian Rangers. Memories of his old partner, the strange thrill of thwarting the Separatists while escaping almost certain death, the fear he felt during the Purge, it all came flooding back. *WHAM* Aasan dripped over an exposed power coupling and fell flat on his face. After hurriedly checking his breath mask to make sure it wasn't dislodged, he grumbled his bad luck of late as he got back to his feet, and stared accusingly at the exposed coupling. His accusing stare turned to one of confusion. The coupling was separated just where he had tripped over it, but he hadn't felt anything crucial on the ship fail. Could it be...? Nah, not likely. Just in case, though, Aasan crouched down and joined the coupling back together, and suddenly found himself flat on his back as sudden jolt swept the ship. At the cockpit, Kia was forced out of a daydream as a sudden boost of power found the engines. [b][center]Ion Engine Maintenance Complete.....Power at 100% ETA - 3 minutes.[/center][/b][center][/center] [/QUOTE]
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