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Post by kyquell on Jan 4, 2015 23:10:15 GMT -6
Tevan says "We're under a Church of the Prophet. Locain captured you and used some crystals-I'm assuming Darkstryder-to make you his slave, just like he did his own brother, who's laying over there." Tevan points at Toric's unconscious form "The problem is, Locain and a whole bunch of evil Force-wielding cultists are right above us, so we need to quietly get the big guy out of here, wake him up, and convince him to tell his dad to send in the cavalry and solve this problem. Of course, you're the field expert, so if you have a better idea, the three of us are all ears."
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Post by Art Teach on Jan 5, 2015 6:02:07 GMT -6
A voice speaks from behind."Yes, You will be leaving now."
Tevan turns to see Que standing over him with arms crossed.
"I have read this temple and what is happening. I always believed the church of the prophet to be a confused people, now I know they are much more."
Que wakes Toric and uses the force to calm him. Soon you are moving out of the sewer tunnels.
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Post by kyquell on Jan 5, 2015 22:10:52 GMT -6
Tevan knows he's in for a lecture later, but there's no point trying to argue anything with Que, so he stays silent. Regardless of what comes later, he knows that he and the other kids made the right call. As they move away through the tunnels, Tevan attempts to get another glimpse of what could be waiting for them, but the combination of the hits he took, the adrenaline still pumping in his body, and his dread of what could come next cloud his mind, leaving him unfocused and incapable of predicting the near future.
Forsee: 2FR. Result 3DP. Oh well.
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Post by Art Teach on Jan 6, 2015 15:39:07 GMT -6
Que whispers as you move. "Sarne was here. He has long going alliance with the core leaders of the Church. While the common brothers and sisters in the church believe they are preparing the way for the coming of a prophet of light the leaders are followers of the darkside. They are trying to return a sith lord of incredible power. They are using the church people for this. The jedi many centuries ago built jedi temples on the site of the ancient gree gates to keep them from being used. This temple has a gree gate and Sarne is searching for the keys to open them. I saw him with my son. He had my son holding one of the keys." His voice sounds horse and worn."It is changing him. It is destroying him."
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Post by Art Teach on Jan 7, 2015 12:58:14 GMT -6
Que follows you to sewer exit. Along the way Kl'aal regains himself and begins to patrol ahead. Toric has many questions and Mikal answers them as best he can. The Large Shadorman barely fits through the manhole. Having borrowed Que comlink during the travel through the tunnels a group of 4 speeders arrive shortly after you exit the sewers.
Shadormen exit the speeders and surround the young prince. They begin to embrace. Their leader speaks through his com you only hear his side of the conversation,"Your Majesty we know your former son and the kidnappers of your heir are in the temple... We can make them pay now... Yes Sire I understand the politics of it are not right, but have Shadormen cared for politics or optics?... Yes your majesty we will return."
"Do you have an exit strategy or would you like us to extract you as well?" The Shadormen leader asks.
Que looks to him,"Yes, We should return to our ship."
The ride to the ship is short in the quick moving speeders. As you arrive you see alarms and fire units surround the rear of the FarStar. The engines are covered in a foam that is rapidly hardening. Leaving the speeder the security team barely notices your return and do not have the time to question it.
"Everyone get some sleep. I am going to meditate on our next step," Que announces walking away.
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Post by kyquell on Jan 8, 2015 1:18:32 GMT -6
Tevan cannot help but feel uneasy as he returns to the ship. Between talk of the return of a Sith Lord, Gree Gates, Sarne, and Kor, it was hard for him to feel anything but doubt and concern. He still doesn't understand what could've turned Kor from the man he knew to Sarne's personal muscle, and that scared him. If someone like Kor could fall so quickly and completely to the Dark Side, was anybody really safe?
He passes by the flight sims. Normally, those would let him get his mind off of those questions, at least for a while, but today he didn't want to see any more combat. Instead, he heads to Gunthar's Village to check on Nomi. Finding the dark-furred Nexu is always a challenge, but he eventually finds her lounging in the shade of a few trees and sits down to join her. "You aren't worried about anything, are you?" Nomi purrs as he starts petting her "You can just be happy with whatever you've got. Let's see if I can join you. Well, I'm pretty slashed up, Que's probably mad at me, and we were pretty close to causing an intergalactic incident... but we did save two innocent people today. That's got to count for something." Nomi begins to gently nuzzle into his lap, and he smiles. "See, if I didn't know any better, I'd swear you actually understood what I was saying. Thanks Nomi."
Tevan continues to calm himself and meditate with his Nexu companion until he finally feels ready to sleep, then he returns to his quarters.
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Post by Art Teach on Jan 10, 2015 10:27:26 GMT -6
This mission will pause until the others catch up in time to the next day.
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Post by Art Teach on Jan 28, 2015 22:57:20 GMT -6
Tevan sees Jen has curled up next to her Nexu and is sleeping in the pen area.
Kl'aal sits in the village center with Gunther and other crew members coming to welcome him on his return. He seems uncomfortble with all of the attention.
Mikal drops into his bunk and sleeps quickly.
Que moves to meditate and is stopped by Dr. Raso, "We have a development in the medical we are not sure how to deal with it."
Que follows him quietly. He finds Dr. Akanseh, Dr. Seedar, and Lt Arac are circling Lt Jessa Dajus who sit looking irate on the medical bunk.
Dr. Akanseh has a wide medplast bandage spray across the back of his neck. He looks worn,"The scan is disrupted at the base of your skull and spine. We can't tell what is there but we know it is something."
"It would just be a small exploratory surgery." Arac states.
"You tried the surgery I just absorbed the surgical laser and glowed for a half hour." Jessa declared.
"We will need to do it the old fashion way," Seedar adds. "We have good old fashioned scalpels."
"Barbaric, Maybe you want to hit me with a club first to knock me out?"
"Que I thought maybe you could read whatever is in the base of Lt Dejas' skull and give us some insight into what it is." Raso asks.
"I she agrees I can try," Que looks to the former Imperial.
"If it will stop them poking me." She looks to the former jedi.
Que moves behind her and places a hand on her neck. The memories begins to flow. He sees bright lights, medical lights pulled close as a doctor worked to slide the crystal in the back of Jessa's neck. The crystal is a small one and within Que feels a hungry spirit within. The spirit stretches out and the crystal flows along it's passage. He mind flashes back to the implantation and he sees the large eyes of the surgeon as he works. The Mon Cal eyes of Dr. Akanseh. Que drops his hand away,"You do not need me. D. Akanseh knows what is in her spine. He put it there."
At the same moment Tevan feels a burst of anger in the force. A flowing of the darkside bursting from Que in the medical bay.
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Post by kyquell on Jan 29, 2015 1:20:06 GMT -6
Tevan feels the ripple, and while he doesn't know any details, he knows an angry Que is a Que that gets everybody into a whole bunch of trouble. It's even possible that the Dark Side energy from the temple have worn his defenses down enough for him to crack. Tevan doesn't know, but he can't risk somebody getting hurt because of whatever it is.
Tevan whispers to Nomi "I have to go, fast. Stay with Jen and Milkan." and gently places her in the pen. Then, he rushes to the medical bay as quickly as he can, attempting to use the Force link he has with his master to temper his rage and to keep the darkness at bay as he runs.
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Post by Art Teach on Jan 29, 2015 22:18:21 GMT -6
As Tevan runs Que grabs the Mon Cal doctor's face with both hands,"You know what you did." He turns to the doctor's medical gear, his surgical equipment and droids. One after another he touches and reads. He sees operation after operation. Crystals being implanted, grafted into the spines of one prisoner after other. He sees medication administered to assist Sarne in breaking of one torture subject after another. He sees his son strapped to the medical bunk and the Doctor standing with Sarne leering over him. Quinlan Voss has always struggled between light and dark. He does not struggle now. His eyes flash red and shift to a yellow shade. Raso moves forward to speak to Que and is thrown back by the force.
Akanseh turns to flee as force lightning crackles over him dropping the doctor to the floor.
Tevan enters as Que's lightsaber flickers to life as he strides toward the downed Mon Cal.
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Post by kyquell on Jan 31, 2015 1:20:28 GMT -6
Tevan's worst fears are confirmed when he feels the dark pulse of the Force Lightning burst from Que's presence. He wants to talk to him, to reason with him, but he can't take the risk of somebody getting hurt just because he'd feel bad about fighting his Master. He can't beat his full-powered Master in a fair fight, but thanks to their location, he doesn't have to. He worked with the medical staff during the tablet crisis, and luckily he can recall from working with some of the rougher patients where they keep the anesthesia for the surgeries, and since they were already prepped for surgery, it's already prepped for use. Tevan reaches out with his mind and launches a hail of syringes at his Master, hoping enough get past his distracted defenses to knock him out for a while.
Medicine Check (know location of anesthesia) 1P2A1B vs 3D. Net result 2 successes 3 advantages. I guess that will determine how much is accessible/how long Que's going night-night?
Move Check 2FR. Result 3LP. Activating the power, strength upgrade (2 ranks) and range upgrade (1 upgrade). That means he can inject Que with Sil2 packing of anesthesia, if there's enough there. I couldn't find anything specifically about Sil stacking, so I'm just going to try to infer from the rules I can find. Assuming the rules for encumbrance 0 item stacking applies to Sil the same general way, 10 Sil0 items=1 Sil1 item, that's up to 20 syringes full of anesthesia. Good thing Que's very drug resistant and a Jedi, otherwise that'd probably kill him.
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Post by Art Teach on Jan 31, 2015 9:00:27 GMT -6
Tevan's syringes strike the raging Que and the Jedi Master takes one more step forward his lightsaber arching down at the Mon Cal doctor. Dr. Seedar screams and ducks into a ball on the ground. Jessa dives before him trying to grab his arm and stop the lightsaber. Instead the blade crosses her arm. It should slice through her arm and then deep into her torso leaving her dead. She should be in pieces on the floor. Instead the blade flickers out and dies as she begins to glow with energy again. Que succumbs to the tranquilizers and falls forward into Jessa and is thrown back by a burst of energy flowing from her body.
Tevan and the doctors stand stunned for a moment by what they have seen. Akanseh lays behind the glowing Jessa and Que lays before her. Finally Dr. Arac rushes to check on Que. Geena Seedar stops screaming and moves to Raso. The medical droids converge on their owner Dr. Arkanseh.
Shortly, Vallens and a duo of security droids arrive.
Shortly after that arrives Ensign Colton the current watch officer. "Can anyone explain what just happened here? I'm looking at the security footage and seeing crew members turning into force wielding crazies and glowing human blasters. So someone, anyone explain please."
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Post by kyquell on Feb 1, 2015 23:29:06 GMT -6
Tevan shoos off Dr. Arac as he looks over Que, takes away the lightsaber he was wielding and any other weapons he could be hiding, and uses his healing powers to ensure Que doesn't suffer any adverse affects from the tranqs, while still not doing so much to reduce their effects to any less than an hour or so. After he knows Que's stable, he looks at Akanseh and Jessa and says "I would appreciate it if somebody could explain what led to this."
His chance is spoiled by Colton's question, and, for a boy who constantly tries to act older than he is, Tevan lets out a shockingly teen-esque shrug and responds "I dunno. I just knew Que was going to do something bad and I had to stop him. I was just asking them the same thing you were."
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Post by Art Teach on Feb 2, 2015 15:50:34 GMT -6
Akanseh moves forward,"The jedi master saw what I was forced to do for Moff Sarne. What I was forced to be." He sighs and the words begin to flow from him."I was a surgeon who dreamed of bringing medical services to the underprivileged of the Outer Rim. When the empire arrive and enslaved my people I was already off-world with my mobile hospital. My younger brother Heskan was my pilot and general fixer. We traveled from world to world helping many. I perfected my mobile automated surgical system and perfected it till we could provide services almost as skilled as the core world hospitals. We upgraded our small freighter to a corvette we named Sudden Restoration and life was good.
When a Imperial force attacked the Bothan colony on Kothlis we of course moved to help. My brother supported the Alliance. I just supported helping people. Then the nightmare began. A Bothan named Borsk Fey'lya kidnapped my brother. He wanted certain patients to not survive to aide his political ambitions. I had no choice. Many Bothans died under Borsk Fey'lya's orders. Fey'lya became ruler of Kothlis and after the Battle of Endor he convinced the alliance he orded the Bothan spies to steal the Death Star plans. He road a wave of popularity to a seat of the High Council of the New Republic. He could not keep around the doctor who had done so many services for him.
He sold my brother and myself to a contact in the Empire, Moff Sarne. This moved me away from ever doing Fey'lya harm. Sarne used me for experimentation and interrogation. I did not have a choice. It was assist or my brother and myself become the tortured and Sarne would just get someone else. I do believe along the way I was able to help lessen the pain many suffered. In the end they are my sins to live with.
When you liberated us I found my brother in a cell long dead. Sarne just left him to starve and wither. I vowed then I would do all I can to defeat Sarne. Then I will find a way to take down Fey'lya."
Akanseh touches the duraplast bandaid on his neck,"I did not know he had my own medical droid experiment on me. Jessa was given a stronger crystal than where used in project storm giant. We were not sure of it's properties. I did implant it into you Jessa, for that I am sorry."
The glowing Jessa stands before Akanseh,"We all did things under Sarne and the Empire we wish we could change."
Colton looks them over,"Okay, So if we are done with the killing we have an army of planetary security surrounding our ship." He turns and leaves.
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Post by kyquell on Feb 2, 2015 23:51:33 GMT -6
Tevan looks at Akanseh for a moment. While Jessa was quick to dismiss the doctor's actions, he wasn't able to let go so easily. He and the younger ones spent a long time in Sarne's prison, and every single day they feared it would be the day one of them would be taken. Tevan managed to protect Jen and Mik from most of the gruesome sights, but to pull that off, he had to expose himself to every single one. To know that the monster who caused that suffering was the man before him...well, the Jedi way was to forgive, but the Jedi way definitely wasn't always easy.
"If you spent that time working with the crystals, that means you know a lot about them, right? There's a full temple of dark cultists with powers granted by Darkstryder crystals, and I think we could use an expert's opinion on how to stop them."
"As for the army surrounding our ship..." Tevan lets out a small grin and adds "you're all forgetting something important: we just got Kl'aal back. I'll bet he's already found five ways out of here."
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