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Post by MikDaTv on Jan 30, 2009 19:44:36 GMT -5
The Merlin exited hyperspace over the planet Zeltros. Jor was on the bridge, looking down at the planet. Things were obviously a buzz. Ships were leaving the planet in droves. The threat of Nuclear attack had people panicking. Jor could feel the awful feeling of despair and panic from the planet that was usually filled with a single sense of joy and happiness.
"Engage stealth systems and find us a place to land." Jor ordered as he turned and left the bridge. Shipmaster Keldon complied with the order and had his crew begin the checklist for surface landing.
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Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Jan 30, 2009 22:44:41 GMT -5
Karite exited hyperspace along with Jor's ships and reported in. "I informed Drake of the situtation to stay put, whether he takes the advice or not I do not know." said Karite as he slowly guided his Ship to the surface of the world as if he wasn't connected to Jor's group. He climbed out of his ship, along with Reth pulled out a communicator.
"We've landed." said Karite unaware he was currently being watched from afar through binoculars....
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Post by MikDaTv on Jan 31, 2009 12:58:24 GMT -5
"Roger that. Thanks Karite. I'm going to start at the blast site to see if there's anything to find. If your still with me on this, i'll ask you to try and find out where these People for True Independence are. Union data is kinda thin on them so anything you can find will be helpful." Jor said into his comlink as he walked through the Merlin to Kitans quarters.
"And Karite, watch your back." Jor said before clipping the comlink back to his belt. He entered the quarters and looked at poor Kitana and Rita next to her.
"Any change?" Jor asked.
"No" Rita Responded. "She's completely shut off from the world."
Jor nodded and crouched down next to Kitana. He opened himself to the force and started a light probing into her mind. Kit, come on, we need you together for this. We're here, on Zeltros, we're here to find the guys who did this. You know this place better then anyone and we need you.
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Post by Odan Thos on Jan 31, 2009 13:40:48 GMT -5
Kitana blank face slowly changed to one of deep sorrow. Her eyes started to tear up and she her voice was very weak. "Why did this have to happen?" She wiped her eyes and looked up at Jor; finally able respond to him. "I don't want to Jor. I can still feel them, all of them." Kitana really did not want to but knew Jor was just trying to help. So mustering all her strength, she pulled herself up using Jor's desk to stead her.
Kitana felt hot, as if she was being cooked in a microwave. She realized it was just an echo in the Force, but she could not block it out. She had lost all ability to sensor what she was feeling; she just did not have the focus she normally had.
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Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Jan 31, 2009 17:58:00 GMT -5
Zancler's Longsword ship came out of hyperspace above Zeltros and slowly guided itself down to the surface. They were a Jedi team assigned by the Republic to investigate the situation down on the planet below. His padawan Erik was with him for this mission as they set out to investigate the devistating destruction of the palace.
As Zancler came out of the Longsword ship looking into the sky waiting for his padawan to come out of the ship he looked around. "Things seems to be chaotic.... The force is troubled upon this planet...." said Zancler as Erik came out of the ship. "The republic informed me that there's going to be another investigation squad here as well from the LONAS. It'd be best to talk with them first before we step on one another's toes."
Zancler headed for ground zero of the catastrophe, to the Palace....
Meanwhile Karite and Reth began to walk the streets, which seemed somehow more desperate. People kept glancing around suspiciously, and Karite kept his lightsaber hidden. He didn't want to be picked out as a target by these guys if they were indeed still around. Reth had been quitely obserbing people as they went by and as they got halfway towards the palace they started asking around. There was no luck, but Reth had caught onto something Karite hadn't.
"We're being followed..." he said to Karite as they walked down the street. "By who...? do you think it's them?" asked Karite as he kept his voice low and head straight walking as if they were not even conversating. "I don't know, but they are definately following us.... I'm getting a bad feeling about them however."
"Lets split up." said Karite taking an abrupt turn without letting Reth have a chance to interject. Reth looked at the alleyway Karite had took and shook his head. "Always getting himself into trouble...."
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Post by Cain on Jan 31, 2009 18:06:22 GMT -5
Erik stepped down from the ship, placing his lightsaber back onto his belt. He gave Zancler a nod as he looked past him towards the palace. The whole area was in ruins.
"The LONAS shouldn't be too hard to find in a place like this," Erik said calmly, "Master Drake seems to think there's something more here however... we should be cautious."
Erik followed closely behind Zancler as they headed to the Palace. He didn't know quite what to expect upon arriving but he could already feel a strong presence in the force here.
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Post by MikDaTv on Jan 31, 2009 18:44:46 GMT -5
Jor stood up with her and put an armored gauntlet on her shoulder. "i know, i know. I've been here a few times."
He wrapped the force around her mind like a warm blanket. Your mind is reeling i know. If you need some strength to bring it in line, you can borrow some of mine. Jor linked with her mind and let his own focus and drive flow into her.
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Post by Odan Thos on Jan 31, 2009 19:06:34 GMT -5
Kitana balanced herself with the desk, she had burned through almost all her energy when she cried and then not eating. She did not talk to Jor or Rita as she walked out the room. She was not heading off the ship right at first, but to grab something to eat. She felt a little better with Jor providing a little mental defense for her, but she could still feel Abaddon and her parents lingering in the Force.
In the galley Kitana grabbed a bottle of alcohol along with several per package meals. She quickly at them down and drank the alcohol right out of the bottle. She would head to the ramp and wait for Jor. She just wanted to get it over with and get as far away from this planet as she could.
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Post by MikDaTv on Jan 31, 2009 19:23:09 GMT -5
Jor slid into the bench seat in front of Kitana and folded his hands on top of the table. "Kit, if you don't want to be here, you can take the Merlin and bounce. i don't want to keep you here against your will, i just thought...."
Jor lowered his head and rubbed a gauntleted hand through his hair. "I just thought you'd want to help catch these bastards. If it's too painful though you can take a leave of absence, as long as you need, no questions asked."
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Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Jan 31, 2009 20:00:42 GMT -5
As zancler apparoched ground zero he could see the massive damage that had been done. There were crews working to clean up the mess of surrounding buildings and any part of the palace that had been knocked over and left laying in large chunks around the palace yard and gardens.
Zanclear stood in the middle looking around the desctruction and he kept feeling a pull from somewhere. "Do you sence anything Erik? This has left a mark in the force, it feels like the souls of the dead linger here. Tis a most unnatural Death." said Zancler as he pulled out a communicator to send a board signal out for a good distance hopping to catch contact with the LONAS agents if they had already arrived.
"This is Jedi Knight Zancler. If there is any LONAS investigators in the present location we'd like to be informed on any Information you have obtained thus far." said Zancler as he waited for a reply he began to obserb the area for any clues, he came across a hand sticking out under a pile of rocks, and slowly approached it. Using the force to lift the pile of rock off he came across a body with an odd insignia upon it. Reaching out with the force he checked to see if the man was alive but there was nothing. There was a blast wound to the chest which may have been the cuase of death.
He pulled the insignia from the man's chest and obserbed it for a moment, and then put it within his robes. It would be good to know what the enemies insignia was incase they happen to chance upon it.
Karite breathed slow around a corner as he saw shadows catching up with him. He had drawn his lightsaber and as the man who had been following him came around the corner he activated it at the man's neck.
"Hold it right there." said Karite as the man's head turned to his immediate right. "Jedi here? Your earlier then we expected." said the Man who's hand shot straight out grabbing karite's wrist and twisting it off to the side. Karite found himself unarmmed for the moment but kicked the man in the chest yanking his arm free.
Karite noticed the an all to familiar symbol upon the man's necklace. "The PTI.... So your one of their agents." said Karite as he rolled down for his lightsaber as the man pulled a blaster firing. Coming back up he slashed the man's arm holding the blaster making him sheirk in pain and then fall back against a wall.
Karite held his Lightsaber to the man's neck. "Your coming with me." The man grinned a bit before quickly downing a pill he had taken out with his other hand. "No!" but by the time Karite had said it, it was too late and the man went limp.
"Jor this is Karite again... I was being followed by one of them, and almost caught one... he posioned himself. If you find them then dont let them kill themselves. It seems they don't value their lives to highly." said Karite again before moving out of the alleyway...
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Post by Odan Thos on Jan 31, 2009 20:27:36 GMT -5
Kitana looked at Jor, still under the influence of Jor's strength. "Let’s get this over with. I don't know where I well go if I was to leave. This may give me enough closure so I will not need to run." She took another hit from the bottle. She would help Jor however he needed. She would however remain silent the rest of the time, just thinking.
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Post by MikDaTv on Jan 31, 2009 20:54:28 GMT -5
"ok, i'm glad to hear it." Jor stood up. "You can chill out here as long as you need. I'm only a comlink call away. Remember, i've been through this once or twice. I'm always willing to talk."
Jor nodded and turned away. He got Karites message and picked up his comlink. "Ok, Karite, thanks for the information. Empty his pockets, i'll meet you at the blast site and we'll see what we can find out."
Jor met up with Rita and walked down the boarding ramp to the planets surface. Jor's armor drew some looks but not much else. It was normal to see authority figures and soldiers in cities that had just been hit by a nuclear weapon.
His sense drew him to the blast site and he could easily see the pair of Jedi from the republic. He ignored them for the moment and climbed down into the rubble. He opened his mind to the force around him and tried to get an imprint of how things were before the blast had occurred.
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Post by Odan Thos on Feb 1, 2009 1:47:38 GMT -5
Kitana fallowed Jor and Rita out of the ship shortly after they left. She was really not focusing on where she was going, but just fallowing her own feeling. She came to an absolute stop and feel to her knees. Her eyes were closed and even drawing off of Jor's strength she was overwhelmed. "This is where it happened. I can see it as if I was here Jor." Kitana mind replayed the events in the throne room over and over. Her connection to her son and parents were very powerful, across the threshold of death.
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Post by MikDaTv on Feb 1, 2009 9:27:17 GMT -5
Jor knelt down next to Kitana and put an arm around her shoulder. He injected her with more of his own confidence and experience dealing with intense, parlaying emotions.
"What happened here Kitana? I know this is tough but we need faces, names, accents, what clothes they wore, symbols, tattoos. If you can see what happened her we need to know everything." Jor said as he lightly rubbed her back.
With his other hand he hand signaled Rita to go over to the Jedi guys and talk with them.
Rita nodded and headed off to the Jedi.
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Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Feb 1, 2009 20:02:10 GMT -5
Zancler had already taken notice of Jor and Kitana, and had made his way over before Jor had even signaled Rita. "It seems I may be able to help you out there." said Zancler pulling out the symbol of the PTI.(People for True Independance) "Recognize the symbol at all?" he asked before quickly appologizing.
"Sorry, Forgive my manners. I'm Zancler, the Jedi Knight sent by the republic to investigate this matter, and this is my Padawan Erik." said Zancler motioning towards the shy Erik. "Master Kitana.... I wasn't aware you were here. I'm sorry you had to see this. I'm afriad the Republic didn't see this coming."
Zancler sighed a moment before looking up to Jor. "I believe it would be in our best interests to work together." said Zancler to Jor who seemed to be up and leading his investigation right away. He didn't appear to be a man who twiddled his thumbs when it came to his friends, and no doubt that was why he was here with the former Jedi Master Kitana. "You've my word these men will be brought to justice."
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