The STAFF

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Dr. White stared at his creation. Lately, it was all he ever did. He would go into the incubation chamber and stare at the 3 meter high cocoon that had formed. The silk substance that the child had been secreting had eventually broken the incubation tube. Bits of it could be seen on the surface of the cocoon. Whatever was inside, pulsed and moved. The creature within it pulsed with a dull purple/blue light.

Mr. Red walked in and stood next to the Doctor. "Doctor, i'm worried about you. You haven't eaten in 12 standard hours."

"I'm fine" Dr. White snapped. "Just listen to it and you'll understand. How could i leave such a sweet melody."

Mr. Red listened, he couldn't hear anything. "What melody Doctor?"

"The one she's singing to me! Now Go! You have work to do i'm sure." The Doctor said.

"No, sir, i'm quite finished with my work for..."

"I said GO!" Dr. White yelled.

Mr. Red shut up and bowed his head slightly before departing.

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"Why did you bring me here?" Senator Boshor demanded. "This is dangerous. if i'm late for my negotiations tomorrow someone will take notice and wonder why."

"I'm also a little puzzled as to why i'm here." Commander Jones said. "What is this place?"

"Gentleman, please. Senator, i brought you here to see the culmination of our hard work. Commander, your here via request." Dr. White said.

"Request from who?" The commander asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You'll meet her today. Now, if you two will follow me please." Dr. white extended a hand down the hallway and motioned them to follow him.

the three of them walked down the hall to the incubation chamber where they were met by Mr. Red. The Senator and the commander gave the 7 foot armored figure a look but continued without saying anything.

when they got into the the chamber they saw the cocoon on the far side of the room, pulsating, shivering, and glowing slightly.

"What in the name of...." the senator began.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Dr. White interrupted.

"What is it" Commander Jones asked.

"That, in point of fact, is the Republics savior. She's do to emerge any moment now and when she does, she'll lead us into greatness. our enemies will not only be defeated, but they will join us. they will be bent to her will and the best part, they will think it was all their idea." Dr. White said.

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"Heart rate rising, blood pressure going through the roof. Her brain activity has also spiked nearly 300%. This is it." A Tech yelled as his readings started going off the charts.

"Clear the room." Dr. White ordered. "Med team prepare." Dr. white turned to look at Commander Jones and Senator Boshor. "now gentlemen, you will witness the begining."

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The cocoon burst at its center, splattering a green goo all about the incubation chamber. A crack split open in it's top and moved down to it's bottom. A bony ligament stabbed through the side of the cocoon and a had clawed its way out of the other.

The cocoon split along it's crack reveling the crouched form of a naked human woman. Or at least, human in appearance. Her chest, arms and legs were covered in a dark purple carapace, her back sprouted wings of not feathers, or skin, but only bones. Her hair, was not hair, but tubules filled with a dark liquid. Her skin was a sickly colored green and her fingers ended in sharpened nails. Her eyes glowed slightly yellow and her lips were so dark a red they looked almost black.

She stood slowly and looked strait ahead through the observation window. A smile came across her lips and her thoughts were projected into the minds of all nearby.

"Good day Dr. White... Father. What should we do first?"

Senator Boshor's mouth nearly hit the floor it was open so wide. His mind quickly crumbled under her attack. Her thoughts flooded into his mind. Commander Jones was able to resist a little longer but soon he two was hearing the song she sang in his mind. The window before them cracked and then shattered. A sweet smell filled the room, a smell that both commander Jones and Senator Boshor liked immensely.

"Perhaps she can be useful to the republic." Senator Boshor said.

"No." The word was painful in their minds, like someone stabbing them in their emotions. "Perhaps you will be useful to me."

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commander Jones watched his men finish loading the equipment into shuttles that would transport them to the Polar Star. They were loading medical supplies, cloning equipment, experimental devices and personal belongings of Dr. White and his staff. Sarah had demanded that they leave Taris as soon as possible. While searching the data given to her by Mr. Red, she learned of another planet where she would like to make her home where she could plant her roots.

But firt, she had an odd request. She wanted Commander Jones to take her to Cal, where they had found the Kilik nest. he didn't know why but it wasn't his call. She was running the show now. Even Senator Boshor acknowledged her authority. She was the undisputed new leader of the republic, even if most of the republic didn't know it yet.

He turned back to his work on his data pad. He had just finished the first chapter of the book Sarah had ordered he write. Origin was coming along just fine and he thought it would easily make a the Coruscant best seller list.

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Commander Jones sat down in the copilots seat on the shuttle scheduled to take him and his command crew back to the Polar Star. Sarah had insisted that himself and key members of his crew be given liberty while over Taris. They had spent a large portion of their time in the presence of Sarah, senator Boshor and Dr. White.

The pilot started the engines and Commander Jones pulled out his datapad to continue work on his book, Origin. It had only been a week and he'd already finished 3 chapters, describing Sarah's origins and her divine purpose in the galaxy. Behind him a cluster of marines were stowing their gear as the shuttle lifted off the ground to take them into orbit. Sarah was being transported to the Polar Star on another shuttle that was also carrying a compliment of the Marine Officers that were stationed on the ship.

Commander Jones was disappointed that she had chosen to ride in another shuttle. He liked being around her. In very little time at all, he found that they were finishing each other's sentences. Something she did with a lot of those who were around her a lot. Especially Dr. White.

Mr. Red however didn't seemed attracted to her at all. He would stand in the corner and watch and listen. Commander Jones thought it unsettling that he could stay so detached from Sarah, she had such a magnetic personality, it seemed only right that he should be just as fascinated by her as the rest of them. He'd have a talk with Sarah about him once they were all settled on the ship.

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Dr. White stood outside the tube containing Subject K-5506. White had found some genetic material on Ilium he had found very interesting. The material itself wasn't all that interesting, standard human male, dark hair, brown eyes. The interesting part was where he found it.

He'd found a skeleton within a pile of ashes. Apparently this person was someone special to that well to do Jedi Jor Halcyon, the one who'd destroyed his pride and joy. Now Dr. White was constructing this Jor Halcyon's bane.

The body was nearly fully grown now. It was a near perfect clone of the genetic material from Ilium except for some additions to it's base genetic structure. Abyssin DNA was added before the birthing process and just after the clone had gone through conception it was infected with IS04.

After 12 months it began Glitterstim brain treatments. Small doses of the telepathic enhancing drug was injected strait into the childs brain. Now that it was a little older Dr. White had ordered flash learning begin. The body would sit in front of a monitor and be taught everything it would need to know through flash programming. It was taught especially how to use bladed weapons, specializing in short knives.

Since it was older it was also going through cybernetic enhancements. His eyes had been replaced with robotic ones. His nerves had been coated in superconductive material to enhance reaction time. The Abyssian DNA and the IS04 virus gave him incredible regenerative abilities. A neural uplink was put in his head and one of the memory crystals from the Darth Sion Holocron they had gotten from the sith was plugged into the uplink.

Currently Subject K-5506 was undergoing silicon carbide treatment. Bacteria were at work devouring the calcium in his bones and replacing it with hardened silicon carbine deposits.

K-5506 was still a few weeks away from completion but when he was ready, Dr. White planed on using him to his fullest against the Jedi Halcyon as revenge.

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Dr. Whites desk was cluttered with papers. K-5506's body was on a slab in the next room. He died while still in the growth tube from bone necrosis but his body was invaluable.

His initial anger over the death of Sarah had subsided and he no longer thirsted for revenge. Instead he needed something new to bring in an income. With the Republic quickly shifting Dr. White had found his facility hanging high and dry with no funding and no new technicians to help run the place.

The techs he had were still loyal though so he set about working to create profit. His plan was to use their cloning facilities here to manufacture combat teams for anyone who could pay. Using K-5506's body he planed on cloning his first batch with all alien DNA removed, just the basic human template with modifications for upper level bone and muscle density. He also altered brain chemistry for near total recall and greater then average learning skills.

The first batch was 8 bodies strong and within their sparti chambers collecting the basic nutrients needed to survive the initial growth process.

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Mr. Blue finished strapping down Jor to the examination table. His throat was cut open to accommodate the breathing tube which was forcing oxygen into his lungs since Jor was having trouble breathing on his own.

He had died en route. Mr. Blue's lambda class shuttle wasn't suited for long term medical care and Jor had stopped all breathing and heart functions during the long hyperspace route from the Hoth system to Taris. So Mr. Blue did what any cybernetic genetically engineered gofer would have done. He put Jor's body in a stasis tube to preserve him until he got to his Master.

Once on Taris, He had access to the Masters many medical facilities and revived the dead body. electrodes kept his heart beating, and the ventilator kept his lungs going. Brain function had returned, if only slightly, but it was there. MRI's showed no brain damage at all.

Now Jor was ready to be examined by the Master. Mr. Blue stood at attention next to his prize as Dr. White entered the room. "Well Mr. Blue, you said you had a surprise for me. I hope it's good because i don't like being interrupted when i'm in the middle of splicing."

"Yes Master, it is good. I'm sure you will be pleased." Mr. Blue responded.

Dr. White nodded and looked down at the table. It took him several minutes to recognize the naked body in front of him but when he did, he gasped. "Where did you find him?"

"Hoth, Master. He was apparently there on a mission much like mine." Mr. Blue said. "He and his friends were acquiring samples of Yuuzhan Vong Material."

"Did they get any?" Mr. White asked while lifting up one of Jor's arms and feeling for muscle. He didn't find any, it must have been mechanical.

"Yes Master. One of the Androids he keeps company with, the one who calls herself Angel, was busy with the samples. She seemed very fascinated by them." Mr. Blue responded. "Mr. Halcyon here was more interested in examining the bodies, providing stories and examples to the third memeber of their group. If i were forced to guess i would say he was teaching his... "apprentice" the methods he would find useful."

"interesting" Dr. White said with almost no interest at all. He was too wrapped up in examining Jor's many wounds and replacements. "Write it up in a report and send it to my console immediately."

Mr. Blue nodded "yes master!" And with that he bounded out of the room. Not quite running, but walking much faster then a normal human was capable of.

Dr. White withdrew a recorder from his lab coat pocket and brought it to his lips. "Subject, One Jor Halcyon, ex Jedi Knight. Patient has already been through multiple major surgical procedures. Left arm, left leg mechanical. Several replaced organs judging from surgical scars on abdomen. Approximately 45 years of age. I'm scheduling an MRI and several Contrast CT Scans as well as a multitude of blood tests. Perhaps candidate for project BlackBlood."

Releasing the talk button on the recorder he placed it back in his pocket and turned to leave the room. If he was right, Mr. halcyon would be the perfect candidate for his newest project. Mr. Blue was the prototype but he showed signs of cybernetic insanity and the doctor was forced to reduce Mr. Blue's emotional level to that of a 9 year old in order to avert a loss of control. Six computerized brain enhancements later and Mr. Blue was back at his original competency but now had information application problems. He could learn things instantly but had trouble applying what he's learned to new situations."

Dr. white smiled as he walked down the hallway to his office. "But Mr. Halcyon was well known among Republic higher ups as having a very resistant mind. He would be able to resist the cybernetic psychosis much more then a cloned mind that had no experiences outside the lab."

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Jor was under the surgical droid for 9 hours. Dr. White had discovered some serious problems with his body, the most serious of which were the cancers in his blood and marrow. Whatever Yuuzhan Vong microbe he had inhaled, it would have killed him in days. He had multiple cases of Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma.

No matter, Operation BlackBlood would require the removal of his blood anyway, but the surgery needed for his bones was time consuming. After killing his marrow with high doses of radioactive material, injected right into the bones, his entire skeletal structure was being replaced with mechanical analogs.

Things were going slowly because the bones needed to be replaced first before BlackBlood could be injected. While the medical droids were in there, he had the liver replaced with a mechanical analog since it had suffered damage during a long life of drinking. His kidneys too needed to be replaced, and since he wouldn't be doing any eating anymore, Dr. White went ahead and had his stomach removed, replacing it with the smallest cold fusion reactor he could find on short notice. the Heart had been replaced by a mechanical pump which could accommodate the BlackBlood.

Jor's body was covered in bacta bandages to heal the hundreds of surgical cuts on his body. He needed to be healed before he could accept the blackblood, so he was tied into machines pumping his own poison blood out of his body and receiving blood transfusions to make up for the loss. It was only a matter of hours.

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Jor was healing nicely. His mechanical limbs had just been removed from his body They were older models, which were made to resemble real arms and legs. they weren't designed for combat which made them useless. The limbs were removed and dumped into a scrap pile where they're parts could be recycled into something more useful.

What Dr. White had in mind for Jor was a little more extreme. Dr. Black had worked on it months ago but scrubbed the project because there wasn't a suitable candidate. Now that there was, He was more then thrilled to open up the file again. The XAN armored combat exoskeleton was meant to be the latest in his super soldier research. Dr. White worked on making you better, while down the hall, Dr. Black worked on making sure what you wore was better. The XAN exoskeleton required them both. It was a suit that fully integrated into the person.

In Jor's case, the suit would be powered by the cold fusion cell in his abdomen, wires were run through his skin to the armor to provide that power. Braces were attached from the interior of his armor, right to his bones which allowed electronics to be wired strait from Jor's internal cybernetics to the XAN suit.

A robotic left arm and leg were built into the XAN suit itself and attached to Jor in their proper places. The suit filtered his air, it filtered his vision, it even plugged into his spinal cord to receive muscle movement signals right from the source.

Jor's own brain was injected with specialized nanites which would coat the brain cells with a superconductive substance to increase electrical signal speed within the brain nearly 120 percent. This process had been perfected by being practiced on nearly 45 clone prototypes, most of whom developed Parkinson's disease or other horrible brain problems. By now Dr. White had developed a solution that made it work... for the most part.

his muscles were being injected with a protein and hormone solution that increased his muscle density to super human levels.

He was almost ready. During the entire process he had been kept alive by a ventilator within the XAN suit and constant blood transfusions which flushed the cancerous blood out of his body and fresh blood in. In a few hours, once the XAN suit had finished it's integration into his body, they would inject the BlackBlood.

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It was time for the final touches. Jor's circulatory system was plugged into a tank full of BlackBlood. The blood tranfusions were stopped and the valve was turned to allow the black liquid to ooze down the lines into Jor's body.

The five liter container emptied itself into Jor's body. BlackBlood was a liquid solution filled with microscopic machines. The nanomachines immediately went about upgrading Jor's biological components. Repairing his damaged cells, removing any remaining traces of the cancer, moving oxygen from his lungs to all the remaining tissue in his body, grafting his organic components to his non organic components.

Jor took his first real breath in 36 hours as he was taken off the ventilator. His body started breathing on it's own as he was slowly taken off the life support machines.