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Post by MikDaTv on Aug 11, 2009 23:27:17 GMT -5
"Actually, we're looking to see if someone down there will shoot at us if we fly too close. Other then that there isn't much you can see while flying a few kilometers up at mach speeds." Jor said into the com.
Ghostrider flight descended into the atmoshpere of the planet and Jor was already starting to feel uncomfortable. without the Force, it was like he was no operating without one of his eyes or with a sudden numbness in his hands. He could see and feel just fine, but without the supplementary information from the Force things just seemed, duller and more two dimensional.
"Ghostriders, keep your eyes peeled for signs of civilization. Smoke stacks, villages, cities, heck i'll even accept ruins." Jor said. "And keep your weapons unpowered and the safeties on. if they have sensors down there i don't want them to think we're here to blast them."
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Post by Drake on Aug 11, 2009 23:36:37 GMT -5
Drake looked over at Elisa when he said she would need their help in locating anything useful or finding out what they were after. It was funny cause Drake didn't even know what they were supposed to be looking for, he figured at most they were looking for any sign of life, other than the ones that tried to shoot them before they entered the rift. He clicked his com link "Umm, just keep your eyes open for anything suspecious" he said to Elisa trying not to make recon any harder than it had to be. Of course everything might looks supsicious considering they were in a different demension.
Drake desended into the atmosphere following the squad, he looked around, he could feel somethings but not a whole lot. "Damn, this is weird, something feels off" Drake said outloud not realizing they could probably hear him. "And if they shoot at us Jor, do we shoot back, start an interdemenisional war" he said looking around.
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Post by Odan Thos on Aug 12, 2009 23:37:12 GMT -5
Elisa continued to sweep the ground with her radar. She was mostly picking up trees and other natural features. Elisa looked at the computer controls and cycled to the power options of the Forward sweeping radar and powered up to the get a better view should something be hiding under the canapy. As she did she head Drake’s comment about being cut off from the Force. “Nothing feels off to me. Then again, I am not as in touch with the Force as you guys. I guess I just get to count my lucky stars and say this is the ideal spot to assassinate a paranoid old Jedi.” Elisa was just joking around; but she was not even sure if Jor realized she did not have any real understanding of the Force; her grasp was so tedious she did not know when something was the Force or simple just her subconscious.
As flew she pondered if Jor would ever accept her as another living being with her own life and wither or not he was correct in his assessment of her existence. In the end it did not truly matter Elisa keep telling herself; but something deep down drove her to continue to analyze this topic. It would drive her crazy. Then all the sudden her HUB light up. “Jor, My nine o’clock. I got a cluster of metal structures covered under the canopy.” Elisa waited for a response. She sent the images to Jor, but could not make out what the structures were.
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Post by MikDaTv on Aug 13, 2009 1:50:42 GMT -5
Jor inverted his fighter and looked out his canopy at the spot she described and squinted. Normally the force would tell him the kinds of life forms over there but he was getting nothing right now. He couldn't see the structures with his naked eye thanks to the thick forests. "Ok, i'm going in to have a look. Miss Clone you have my Wing. Ripcord, maintain altitude and circle in case we need backup." Jor ordered.
Jor pushed his fighter into a dive for the surface and leveled out a few hundred meters over the treetops. "This is Jedi Jor Halcyon, broadcasting in the clear. anyone out there? Anyone at all?"
Static met him for the first few moments but then it silenced and a voice in broken basic came back "Halcyon, were you sent by the Builders?"
"Negative, i'm here on my own accord. I was hoping to trade." Jor said.
There was a much longer pause this time but the voice did come back. "Trade. Yes trade. Land near flare."
Jor cocked and eyebrow but nodded. They're apparent ATC sounded like simpleton but that could just mean he didn't speak basic very well. Off to Jor's left a red flare flew up into the sky and burst. "Ripcord, we're going in for a landing. Circle a few times to see what you can see and then land with us. Key word being land... not crash."
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Post by Drake on Aug 13, 2009 2:02:50 GMT -5
Drake looked down he couldn't see much but quickly turned his head when Elisa said she spotted something, canopy and some structures. Drake squinted his eyes to get a look but didn't see much, "Right right" he told Jor as he pulled his fighter up and circled around the area a few times to make sure they wouldn't be shot at. He didn't spot anything hostile nor did he sense anything hostile about the people Jor was communicating with. In fact it was as almost they had some Force interference, "What the hell?" Drake said shaking his head, after circling a few minutes he heard Jor's order.
"Roger and don't worry I haven't crashed in 5 days" he laughed as he circled one more time then keyed Jor and Elisa's ship on his radar to find their landing location, Drake followed behind them to land with them. He started his landing procedure and lowered his landing gear.
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Post by Odan Thos on Aug 14, 2009 17:10:17 GMT -5
Elisa rolled her fighter and brought it on Jor's wing. She had not spent much time flying, but it seemed easy enough. It was as if second nature. She followed Jor and listened to the radio. She was not sure what to make of it, but she did not like it. It seemed as if they did not believe they were not these 'Builders.' Elisa only hopped that they would not get killed as soon as they landed.
When Drake said that he had not crashed in five days she could not help but make a wise crack. "So you have not tried to land on our own for five days. Just don't hit my fighter, it is brand new." As she spoke she turned off the engines and used the repulsors to slowly bring the fighter down in the small clearing. She landed next to Jor, but did not open her cockpit, figuring she would let the Jedi risk his neck first.
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Post by MikDaTv on Aug 16, 2009 3:12:08 GMT -5
Jor jumped out of the X-wing with a thud and looked around. Myrkr hadn't changed much since the last time he'd been here. of coarse that had been before the Republic had laid waist to the planet from orbit, but this dimensions version of Myrkr was untouched.
Still, it gave him the creepy feeling of not knowing what was around the next corner. Most Jedi found this place uncomfortable. Some found it downright terrifying. Jor was somewhere in between them.
"Lets get our hands on what we came here for and get out of...." Jor's sentance was cut short as a Khommite with a weapon leaped from the treeline and fired. It was some kind of sonic weapon. The XAN suit should have been able to counteract it's force easily but Jor didn't see it comming beforehand and without the force telling him bad things were going to happen his reaction time was shot.
The sonic blast hit him and he immediately felt a pounding high pitch pulse in his ears and he lost muscle control, falling to the ground, as if he were falling into some empty blackness. the last thing he remembered was the sound of the weapon being fired again at Elisa.
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Post by Odan Thos on Aug 18, 2009 0:37:39 GMT -5
As Jor climbed out of his cockpit and into the clearing Elisa figured it was safe to get down also. She opened her canopy and removed her helmet just as a scream of sonic energy struck Jor. "SHIT!" Elisa shouted as she reached down to close the canopy of her cockpit. However she was a little too slow as a blast struck her and she went limp in the cockpit. She had blacked out from the blast.
Elisa recover a lying on the ground in the wood away from the clearing. She could not move, but she noticed they had slapped some sort of neural restraint device around her neck. She looked around and noticed Jor about ten feet away. There was a woman with her back towards Elisa. "What is the deal; we stated our attentions before landing. Hell, we did not even make an effort to hide ourselves. Why did you attack us?" Elisa did not get a response. "Hay lady, I am talking to you." Elisa was not happy, she would have rather been tied up then a neural restrain placed on her. She did not trust the damn things.
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Post by Drake on Aug 18, 2009 0:56:30 GMT -5
Drake started to circle the area one last time, he spoted both Jor and Elisa's ships and moved in to land his next to their's. Drake started to land his ship, he put it down softly next to the other two ships and climbed out. He looked around he didn't see neither Jor or Elisa "What the hell? Those guys couldn't wait" he said crossing his arms, Drake looked around something wasn't right about this "Jor...Jor come in" Drake said tapping on his ear peice "You there?" he asked, Drake looked down looked like someone had been dragged away "Well isn't that just a shame" he said in a low sigh he walked back over to his xwing "Hey you guys, this is Ripcord, can you guys like track Jor's armor or something, I think the idiot got himself captured" Drake said sending the message to the Saucy Marie.
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Post by MikDaTv on Aug 18, 2009 1:37:53 GMT -5
The comm officer on the Saucy Mare recieved Drakes call and replied. "We can, looks like Jor has moved about a mile to the east of you through the jungle. He's stationary right now so you can catch up to him."
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Jor's eyes fluttered open and he groaned. "Why does this always happen to me." He said. His ears were ringing and his helmet was stuffy so he pulled it off. The woman standing over him smiled.
"Hi... do i know you?" Jor asked
She was a pretty blond. Short and thin but with a muscular tone. Plus she seemed oddly familiar, like he saw her every day but didn't notice her before.
She batter he eyes and knelt down next to him. "in a manner of speaking." She said. When Elisa woke up and started shouting, the woman signaled someone in nearby over. It was a Khommite, the same one that had shot him. "i apologize for the attack, but when you got out of your ship we scanned you. Your suit is advanced but under it there is untapped genetics that we required."
Jor shook his head, it was still swimming around inside his skull like a gold fish. "Genetic material? What are you talking about?"
The Khommite raised a hand. "Let me explain. Our word is mostly safe from the builders. The local wildlife makes their technology malfunction when in close proximity to the planet, but every now and then they land forces on the surface. My people fled here many years ago, running from slavery to the Builders. we settled this world and have protected it ever since."
The woman stood and smiled again. "But they were few in numbers, more were required to fill out their armies."
The Khommite pointed to something in the distance. a few meters away, there were 5 or 6 large cylander like metal pods sticking up from the ground. One of them opened and another Khommite stepped out. "We advanced our own cloning technology to breed our soldiers. They are quickly grown to maturity in a matter of hours."
Jor sat up and rubbed his face with his metal hands. "So your cloning an army. Grown to maturity in hours eh? they must be awfully unstable."
The Khommite nodded. Indeed they are. They only live for a few days, a week at the maximum. The problem is computed by degenerative cloning. After years of this our gene pool has become degraded. the soldiers are even more unstable due to continuously developing flaws cloned into them. New genetic material is highly prized."
Jor nodded it made sense. a copy of a copy of a copy. eventually you get a flaw somewhere and that gets carried down into all the copies after it, and so on and so on. Then the realization hit him. The woman standing over him was human. "You DIDN'T!"
The Khommite took a step back in fright, as did the woman. "To offset the problem we modified the technology to make clones using dormant genetics. The things that get overridden by your dominate genes."
Jor wasn't fooling around, we made to reach into the Khommite's mind to find the truth but the force wasn't there. It couldn't help him. "What did you do?"
"We started the first in our line of new warriors to protect our people." The Khommite said.
The woman took a step forward again and presented herself. "I'm your daughter."
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Post by Odan Thos on Aug 18, 2009 2:02:37 GMT -5
Elisa listened to the entire story the clones were talking about and realize the true power of cloning on Myrkr. "I must say, cloning on Myrkr is a brilliant idea. You could prevent Force Madness on such a planet." Elisa said to the Khommite; however when the girl said she was Jor's daughter she was even more shock.
Elisa yelled over to the girl. "That is not the best thing to say to him. He already has enough problems with clones as it is." Elisa tried to move, but the neural restraint was still enabling her from moving. “Anyways, now that you got his DNA, could you let us go?” Elisa realized they did not want her DNA; in fact, it was more evidence to hint that she was a clone. She was getting sick of all this damn clone stuff.
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Post by Drake on Aug 18, 2009 2:02:58 GMT -5
Drake heard the commincae from the Saucy Mare "Okay thanks...looks like he got himself captured or something I don't know, just have everyone go on standby, wait for a signal from me or Jor...if at all possible I want to avoid starting a war" Drake stopped when he said that, did he really just say that, that sounded so out of character of him. He shook his head and ran off into the jungle heading in the direction that was specified. Once he started to reach about a mile he slowed down some to sneak instead. He climbed into a tree using them as a way to get a good vantage point he saw them both on the ground and someone over them talking. She was a looker, Drake couldn't hear what they were saying but he could read lips some, something about loans...who the hell did Jor owe money over here? Drake thought, "oh must be clones" he whispered to himself, when he heard the lady say she was Jor's daughter Drake had heard enough.
It was bad enough that they got attacked when they tried going through that portal, even worse that Jor and Elisa had been captured, but now the one cute girl he's seen here was related to Jor, the thought made Drake laugh some, to the point he didn't realize the branch he was standing on was giving out, it broke and Drake fell through the rest of the tree until he slammed into the ground. "I'm okay" he said standing slowly "Man that was wiggy..." he said.
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Post by MikDaTv on Aug 18, 2009 2:32:36 GMT -5
"You, are, NOT, my Daughter." Jor said standing up. His anger seemed to be unexpected because the others stood back and crowded together in fright.
"But... but you said you wanted to trade. We... we wanted to trade." Two of the Khommites said at once.
"I wanted to trade too but you just went ahead and took something now didn't you!!! Didn't you!!" Jor's lightsaber appeared in his right hand as it shot from it's hidden compartment. The green blade ignited and shot out right at Elisa's neck. The tip stopped just short of her neck, but right into the neural inhibitor. He swiped it forward cutting the device off her neck and pointed it towards his supposed Daughter. "You, are not my daughter. your... your... " Jor grunted in disgust and turned away, deactivating his lightsaber.
When Drake plowed his way into the area Jor nodded. At least they were found. They could get out of here, but he couldn't exactly let these people make an army from his genetic material. The thought of destroying her came to mind, but as much as he didn't like the situation she was a living breathing person and deserved to live. However, he refused to believe she was his daughter. "Good to see you Drake. Can you believe this pile of dung?"
One of the Khommites stepped forward carefully even more affraid at Jor's display of technological weaponry. "Sir... Mr. Halcyon... what did you come to trade for?"
Jor's blood boiled. He really wanted to cut that guy in two lengthwise and see if he could clone him like that using their machines but he held back. He used a Jedi breathing technique to calm himself before responding. "I was going to give you engines, hyperdrives. Things you can build ships with that don't require the force to run."
A little braver now, the Khoomite took one more step towards the Jedi Master. "In exchange for?"
"Ysalamiri. Those creatures that neutralize the force, and maybe one of your cloning tubes, or at least the designs on how to build them." Jor said.
All the Khommites in the area nodded in unison and said at once. "It is a more then fair deal."
The first Khommite who had been explaining everything managed a meek smile. "Your genetic code is worth more then that to us then a fleet of ships. It means our people will have protectors for that much longer."
Jor's eyes narrowed into slits and he stared the green skinned man down. "No... never again. you hear me? This ends with her. You had no right taking my body and using it for your army. With the technology i'm offering you, you'll be able to protect yourself with fewer soldiers, you won't need to clone as many and that will buy you time."
The Khommites whispered amongst themselves for several long moments before nodding in unison again. "very well" They all said together. "We will bring one of our cloning tubes and several Ysalamir attached to their trees to the clearing where you landed your ships."
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Post by Odan Thos on Aug 18, 2009 2:58:58 GMT -5
Elisa pulled the collar off and looked at Jor. Even without the force, his armor made him a major threat. Elisa walked over to the clone that claimed to be Jor's daughter. "Don't worry. The brute has been screwed so many times that he does not think before speaking." She put her arm around her trying to comfort the clone. She was not sure if the clone needed it; but in a way she felt that she needed it. To her this clone was a person also and she had been feeling terrible ever sense Jor had snapped at her like he did with this girl. She just did not understand why people put this negative stance to clones.
She then looked back at Jor. He was explaining the trade agreement with the Khommite. It was a fair deal; but how would they ever use it. She did not see any shipyards in orbit and through her research in the Romulus's computer she found that the Builders had an infinite supply of ships. What good would a few corvettes do against an Interdictor Cruiser.
Elisa then realize they did not cover something important. "What will happen to this girl?" Elisa said. They had settled the issue of the clone army, but not of the girl. She started to wonder if the girl had a name; she could not just keep calling her girl.
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Post by Drake on Aug 18, 2009 3:04:26 GMT -5
Drake stood up and walked over to Jor, he seemed ready to tear these people a new one, he'd never seen him this mad before. "Yeah well, it maybe a pile of dung but I've seen worse...an army of Sand people comes to mind..." he said to Jor looking around at the people, they definetly had that back water feel to them that was for sure, Drake leaned over to Jor "Cut em some slack, yeah it was wrong for them to do that, but look at them...they're shit faced scared of you" he scratched his head "Honestly for all the people they could've clone they picked you...thats kinda an honor they hold you in such high esteem..." he looked at Jor and backed up some "I mean, I'm just saying...yeah yeah it was wrong very very wrong...bad cloners bad, bad!" Drake said pointing to them "We don't take gentic make up without permission" he said, he then shook his head "Sorry just trying to break the very cold ice here..."
He looked at everyone there "If you guys wanted weapons or what not why not just ask...why ambush them then steal their DNA, thats not a good way to make friends..." he looked over at Elisa when she mentioned the girl, he then looked at Jor, he walked over to Jor and put his hand on his shoulder and leaned over to him "Maybe, she should come with us...everyone can use parents, even clones...I mean I know I woulda been better off with parents and do you really want you only relative to turn out like me?" he asked Jor, Drake held his finger up "Hold that thought"
He tapped on his ear peice "Umm you guys cancle that standby, doesn'tl look like we're having any war here..." he said to the Saucy Mare, he then turned back to Jor "So, what do we do boss man?" he asked.
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