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Post by Cain on Jan 1, 2009 21:35:56 GMT -5
Here is where you will find the ongoing story of our forum as is played out in our RP. Within this thread plot lines will be posted for all to see to help others to keep up with what your characters have been doing. You only really need to read the latest update to get yourself caught up on things. So no worries.This thread will be updated weekly on Saturdays. If you would like your character's plot line to be added to the post simply summarize what your character has been up to for the past week and PM it to me, the Admin, before Saturday. Please note that any summaries you send me are subject to editing to help with flow and possible grammatical errors. And one more thing. Though it should be obvious it's worth mentioning that what you send me to add to the plot should be something your character has actually done in the RP. I don't need anything you've made up that you haven't posted. All plot updates I receive will be worth 100xp for your character. So keep them coming.
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Post by Cain on Jan 1, 2009 21:36:20 GMT -5
1/1/09 A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....THE BROTHERHOOD OF DARKNESS
It is a time of uncertainty and whispers of war have crept back into the galaxy. It is the year 3,940 BBY. In a bold move the Sith have attacked the Kumori homeworld of Chinine in the unknown regions. A fierce struggle then ensued between the Sith and the last remaining guardians of the Kumori. A struggle for an otherwise inconspicuous sword which held a dark secret. The Sith were defeated but the battle had awoken something far worse. The sword guarded by the Kumori was in fact a dark side artifact of terrible power. Power enough even to return those who had passed to the nether world of the force back to the world of the living.
Such was the case with Jack Makura; the man who had originally used the blade's power to unleash the forbidden technique known as the 'Dark Star'. However, Jack's goal now was not to unleash the Dark Star but to attempt and destroy the sword once and for all. Mistaking his intentions, the Kumori with aid from the Jedi stalked Jack to Tishi. The broken and barren world where the original Dark Star had been summoned. It was here that Jack's attempt to destroy the sword went horribly wrong.
The blade had in fact drawn its power from its symbionts with an alien life form. This life form, having attached itself to Jack, wrought havoc on the unsuspecting Jedi and Kumori. Eventually opening a Dark Star of it's own. It took the sacrifice of a former Sith named Archos and the combined power of the Jedi and Kumori to close the Dark Star and to seal away the being from the blade...
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Post by Cain on Jan 3, 2009 16:36:13 GMT -5
1/3/09 In the wake of the battle on Tishi the Jedi and the Kumori went their seperate ways. One of these Kumori was a man of many mysteries who called himself Zilfer of Shadows. Among the Kumori the title "of Shadows" was given only to the greatest warriors who endured the grueling mental and physical tests that were administered to those of this ancient sect that predate even the Jedi order. At their peak the Kumori were a prosperous and largely peaceful collection of force users who had settled on the planet of Chinine. However, many millennia of war and conflict spread over the galaxy and drove the Kumori to near extinction. Their teachings and customs have almost been completely lost accept for a select few who still dwell on the ruined planet. Zilfer was one of these Kumori, trained by Alex Drake to harness the force power of the Kumori. Following the battle with Jack and the blade, Zilfer managed to find a broken piece of the sword, what had once been the end of the blade. Such terrible power having been with it, it now was a source of incredible dark side energies. However, after searching Zilfer could not locate the hilt before returning to Chinine to finish his research of Atsuke's Journal. This journal being the last known recorded source of the techniques taught by the ancients. Having finished reading all of Atsuke's journal Zilfer turned his attention to the half blade of balance. Confronted by his inner darkness inside he hut, who pinned Zilfer's unwillingness to give up the blade as proof of his lustful greed of power, he decided to make the blade more useful. Forgoing a forging process, where he modified the molecular structure of the blade, and fitted a hilt to it. The blade had been reformed into that of a 1 foot dagger. Soon after he was visited by an odd number of people, among them Jor, Oron of Shadows, Drake, and Elifain. Upon discussing with Jor if he knew of a place to purify such a twisted power, he suggested that Zilfer destroy the blade. Not taking Jor's advise to heart Zilfer reformulated his priorities and decided to head out to look for Alex Drake who had not returned to Chinine since the Dark Star incident..... Zilfer suspected that the other half of the blade held similar properties to his own half...
Zilfer's intuitions it seems would serve him well. In the chaos following the battle on Tishi, Alex had found the other half of the blade, the broken hilt. Taking it with him Alex fled from the Dark Star into the wilderness of Tishi. There he found himself lost and wandering alone, still nursing the injuries he had received from the battle. After weeks of searching for a way off the planet, Alex's luck took a turn. Upon stopping to rest on a small rock, Alex found himself caught up in a trap set by a bounty hunter who had been stalking Mitsukai who were native to the planet. Showing off his power Alex broke free from his binds and quickly subdued the bounty hunter, a young woman named Raiku Vhenn. Raiku revealed to Alex then that she had been hired to hunt the Mitsukai and return them to her client alive. Mitsukai were powerful force users who bore angelic like wings on their backs. Trying to capture one alive would be suicide, exactly what kind of a person would have need for such a thing? Intrigued by this, Alex decided to try and help Raiku, if for nothing else to discover who exactly was behind all this. Making their way to a small village hidden among the wilderness, Alex and Raiku met up with Luster, a Mitsukai who had also been present at the battle not too long ago. Alex informed Luster of the situation and he agreed to come along in order to expose Raiku's client.
Meanwhile, after leaving behind his roots as a Mandalorian, Don Marka arrived on the Republic Capital of Coruscant. Don was joining the Republic Army. At the recruiting station he didn't include that he was the former Mandalore, since that may cause problems with his entry. Don was then sent on a shuttle to the Hoth system, which housed one of the newly built training facilities for Republic soldiers. This facility tested the soldiers physical and mental abilities. The training lasted a grueling 13 weeks, but Don never thought about the length. After graduating training, he was sent back to Coruscant as a leader of a 5 man security team that was about to have it's hands full. The word had come from Coruscant that the Senate building was under attack. Leading his men down to the surface, Don entered the Senate to find Alex, Raiku and Luster battling against what seemed to be an invisible enemy. An enemy that called itself Sourne. Sourne's style of fighting was strangely Kumori-like in nature. It would seem that this Sourne was the one who had been hunting the Mitsukai, but why? Don, Raiku, Alex and Luster were about to find out.
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Post by Cain on Jan 12, 2009 20:10:28 GMT -5
1/12/09 Meanwhile, a young Mitsukai named Karite made his way to the system of Naboo after failing to find Zilfer of Shadows whom he had been seeking for training on Chinine. Naboo was a nice planet and Karite figured it would be a good place to land and see how "Real people" lived. Unfortunately it wasn't long before he got a bad impression as a drunken man mistakenly took him for a Lech who had been eying his girl as of late. A bar fight broke out with Ash the Mandalorian, Lily of Sarafan, and Jor of the Union backing him up. The fight escalated when a Mandalorian hating man came into the mix and ended up on another table whose members proceeded to open fire. Jor and Karite were able to sneak away and they headed out into space, eventually encountering Pirates. Not having been around much in this galaxy he was trusting when he saw a broken down ship and fighters swirling around it. Eventually they were tractor beamed into the ship and held hostage against his rescuer who had come. Ash the Mandalorian fell for the Pirate's trap and they jumped to hyperspace when he had come alone onto the ship. The intruders were captured by the pirates and awoke in force cages after having been injected with a strange substance.
Back on Coruscant, a man named Oron had arrived after learning that Zilfer was going to look for Cain on Coruscant. Oron first went to the Jedi Temple to speak with Master Odan Thos about the whereabouts of Cain. According to Thos, he had felt a dark presence here but wasn't sure if it was Cain. Seeing that Zilfer had learned Cain was on board a Republic ship above Coruscant, the two went to investigate. Oron landed in the ship's hangar, posing as a Jedi to fool the guards, saying he was sent to see the Chancellor. The guards then escorted Oron to the bridge. Arriving at the bridge blast doors, a large shock wave knocked everything around it away. Cain had been on the bridge and was confronted by Luster as he became hostile toward the Chancellor. Having been injected with a nerve toxin by Raiku Vhenn, the pain that followed allowed Cain's dark power to overflow. In a rage he attacked everyone in sight, first going after the Chancellor Sourne. At that time Zilfer arrived on the bridge and with the help of Luster they put the hurt on Cain, slicing up his already battered body. Not being one to go down easily however, Cain then turned his attention on Oron. By breaking his arm and drinking in his suffering Cain was able to heal his wounds enough to stay in the fight. Zilfer and Cain's battle had reached a stalemate. But while the two were scuffling on the bridge, the real man behind Sourne's mysterious identity revealed himself. Hatori Akunin, a former Sith who was thought to have been killed in the temple on Kamino had been posing as the Chancellor. Appearing on the bridge he delivered a fast sucker punch to Luster, knocking him out cold. Cain, Hatori and Raiku had captured the Mitsukai, but Zilfer had come for something else. No longer concerned with the blade, Cain gave Zilfer his half of the old blade of balance.
Elsewhere, Kitana, master of the Jedi Order, like many of its members left after the Battle of Tishi. She planned to wander the galaxy for a while, but quickly joined the Union which was being run by Jor Halcyon; another former Jedi. She was spending most of her time sitting around in the Union HQ while the other members went off chasing pirates in the Unknown Region. But as luck or fate would have it, when a Centuari Convoy on the way to Kamino was attacked by pirates, Kitana was able to take her ship, the Phoenix, to their aid. Also Celestial; an ancient Celestial A.I., returned to the galaxy in a new human replica droid body. She planned to study humans in a one on one bases, but quickly found herself with the desire to learn more about what it was like to be human. So she joined the Republic Navy with the goal of making friends and learning what it meant to be part of a large team. She however was promoted to the rank of Fleet Admiral of the Fifth fleet above Endor when the Navy learned who and what she was. As her first act as an admiral she tried getting several of the fleets working together to capture the people that have attacked the Supreme Chancellor Sourne should they escape the Coruscant System.
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Post by Cain on Jan 19, 2009 14:19:11 GMT -5
1/19/09 After the struggle over Coruscant onboard the Republic First Fleet's flagship, the Thanatos, Oron was told by Zilfer to stay away from Korriban. This being the case Oron decided to join the Republic Navy and was assigned to the Fifth Fleet commanded by Admiral Cele. Arriving on the flagship, he quickly passed out from his wounds inflicted by Cain in the previous battle. While in the bacta tank, Cele and the doctors discovered he was a Force User after finding his lightsaber. She assigned him to be Squadron Leader of the newly formed Reaper Squadron, and was given the rank of Lieutenant. Don Marka was given command of the Fourth Fleet which resided over the fourth moon of the planet Yavin. When Don arrived there was an assembly for the new Admiral. Captain Welsch showed him around and to his quarters. Seeing that the Fleet lacked Marines for boarding ships, Don assigned his former squad to become Marines. They all had the same training and knew each other very well. Don got to communicate with Cele, the Fifth Fleet's Admiral, and then left to go see the Captain.
Meanwhile, Cain and Zilfer had retreated to Korriban where Zilfer expressed his interest in furthering his knowledge of the dark side. Having foreseen Zilfer's fall, Cain was already prepared for this. He sent Raiku back to Coruscant to take command of the First Fleet there. Then leading Zilfer deep into the tomb of Ajunta Pall, Cain suddenly attacked Zilfer, stabbing him through the stomach. This was to be his first test. "That wound will be fatal in less then ten minutes if nothing is done. However... where this pain would normally hinder others, you will use it to your advantage. You will allow the darkness to consume you and you will fight side by side with it. You will do this or you will die..." ~ CainZilfer was able to call upon the dark side in this situation. Turning his pain into power and healing his wounds. He was now ready to mold this power into a something more lethal...
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Post by Cain on Jan 24, 2009 14:24:23 GMT -5
1/24/09 On the planet Csilla in the unknown regions, a man named Karite was rescued from a pirates ship with the help of two Jedi Knights, Jor and Drake, but soon found the Mandalorian he had gotten captured with wished to claim the vessel. Jor had a problem with that and Karite eventually sided with the Jedi, going for his X-83 in the hanger bay. Ash's ships numbers would be their downfall for Karite's ship was fast and stayed in the thick of enemy fighters. Friendly fire was the only thing that would keep him alive, while he was able to shoot anything and everything. Karite managed to take two fighters down, before the battle was interrupted. Karite landed once more as Jor approached him he offered Karite a place among the Union of the Force should he ever need it. Karite declined the offer however said he was keeping his options open for the moment. Though he was currently thinking about that offer more and more...
Meanwhile, things have been rather quiet in the Yavin system. The only big event was the arrival of the new Ensign Khorde, assigned to the Fourth Fleet. Don had a meeting with the fleet's captains to discuss matters of the fleet and their intended purpose. He plans on taking care of Republic matters, protecting Republic vessels, and taking care of any pirate activity. Oron has been given the title of Lieutenant and the leader of Reaper Squadron. Admiral Celestial gave Oron the task of raiding a Hutt storage facility where they stored illegal weapons. Oron and his team breached the space station and disabled the defenses, allowing the space troopers to board the ship and control the situation. In addition to securing the weapons from the Hutts, the Hutts and a few of their Mercs were captured. Fifth Fleet command sent Corvette wings to bring the prisoners back to command and strip the station to the brim. This was Reaper Squadron's first successful mission.
In the wilderness of Chinine, Elifain has begun to train Gareth in the ways of the Kumori, starting with the basic Shadow Art: the Konisou. Elifain also has sought to teach him to use force lightning, telekinesis, and heal. They reside in the ruined village of Kankage and in the forest that surrounds it. Elsewhere, on Tatooine, Roland gets into a barroom brawl with Kain, in which Roland emerges as the victor after throwing a Thermal detonator. Roland ended up taking the man captive and dragging him away for questioning. After Kain tried to assault him with a stool, Roland twisted around it and stabs him in the side. Roland then left the man die... or escape.
Back on Korriban Zilfer's training was nearly complete. His ailing master Cain had one more test for his new apprentice. Cain ordered Zilfer to go to the Jedi Temple and to eliminate grand master Odan Thos. Zilfer took this assignment without hesitation and swiftly left for Coruscant. Upon arriving Zilfer sneaked into the temple using the aqueduct system that supplied water to the temple's many fountains, finally draining in the room of a thousand fountains. Zilfer made his way into the Jedi Council chambers without being seen where he encountered Odan Thos meditating quietly on Zilfer's arrival. "All this has happen before and will happen again." ~ Odan Thos' final wordsZilfer killed Odan without any resistance from the Jedi Master. His mission completed he then returned to Korriban to find Cain a wreck. Since losing the blade of balance the decay of the dark side on Cain's body had steadily accelerated. His flesh was chipping away from the bone, his scars would no longer heal and he had begun to cough up blood. With this Cain gave Zilfer a new assignment. To go to Ruusan and bring Cain's son Ryuu Drake back to Korriban. Zilfer once more set off to fulfill his master's wishes. Disguising himself has Alex, Zilfer lured Ryuu onto his ship with him despite Ryuu's suspicions that something was amiss. Zilfer then brought him back to Korriban and led him into the tomb of Naga Sadow where Cain revealed himself to his son. Cain then used the dark side to tear Ryuu's soul from his body and absorb his power. But also, Cain removed his own life force and transferred it to Ryuu. With his new body Cain took his old shattered form with him and headed to Coruscant to deliver a message to the Jedi. The Dark Lord is dead and there is a new Grand Master...
The newly named Zander Cross also was on Coruscant when Ryuu had arrived. Zander had recently begun his quest to find out what his true destiny could be... if he has one at all. He has decided he would asked the Jedi for there help thinking they would know, however upon his arrival some kind of dark force had attacked the Jedi temple and slipped away. Zander was then left standing in the middle of the temple along with a few other noticeable Persons.
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Post by Cain on Jan 31, 2009 13:40:54 GMT -5
1/31/09 While in orbit over the Fourth moon of Yavin, Republic sensors had tracked an Acclamator Cruiser exiting hyperspace on a collision course with the planet. Being quick to act, Don dispatched Gold Squadron to fly over the crash site. Don had also dispatched two of his four Gamma Shuttles armed with spacetroopers down to the planet to investigate the crash site first hand. He was going with the ground force. Arriving on the planet, Captain Welsch had informed Don that there had been massive energy readings at the site. Being careful, the ground force reached the site. Don and about 20 other men had began searching the crashed ship, discovering it was littered with dead bodies. Leaving the ship to the rest of the men, Don was informed from the fleet that droids had amassed at a Temple to the north of the site. The droids had outnumbered the Republic troops, three to one. Formulating a plan that would catch the droids off guard, the men were ready to charge the droid position. Gold Squadron did a flyby of the droids position, then a sniper team opened fire on the high ranking droids. Then, the infantry deployed smoke as the spacetroopers rushed the outer defenses of the Temple. After the battle was over, Don looked up the steps that lead into the Temple. He knew that these were only some of the droids that were killed. The rest were probably inside. Figuring it would be too risky, the RNS Falcon and Peterson fired upon the Temple from the surface, reducing it to rubble. As the troops left back to the fleet, the remaining droids get to work while being unnoticed by the weary Republic... Meanwhile, after returning from the space station of Nal Hutta, Reaper Squadron finally met there flight leader, Ash. Hearing from Admiral Celestial that he got on the crew's wrong side by showboating, Oron decided to cut him some slack and let his two Mandolorian buddies join their next mission; to investigate a lone Interidictor Ship from the Jedi Civil War. The Squadron was dragged into the ship but when the fighters had landed, were not harmed. After leaving the hangar, the commandos had been ambushed by battledroids. With the joint efforts of Oron and Ash, and Ash making a new exit, the commandos survived. From there, they split up into groups that would lead them into the unknown.
In the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Master Ryuu Drake began his training of the new Padawans. Much to their surprise, Ryuu's training was a tad unorthodox to say the least for a Jedi Master. Ryuu taught the Padawans that the force was a tool like a blade and that they should open themselves up to both life and death through the force. "If the Jedi order is to survive we have little choice but to adapt our stance to the galaxy as a whole. Peace cannot be achieved simply from abstinence alone. The shining beacon that the Jedi once were has faded, but together we can reignite it. Peace is not the absence of violence... it is the presence of justice." ~Ryuu DrakeDuring this training a mysterious young man known as Christopher Enyar appeared. Having lost his ability to feel the force as he once did, Enyar had come to the Jedi Temple grudgingly seeking to be retrained. He was pleasantly surprised by Ryuu's new methods however and took to his lessons quickly. Ryuu taught the Padawans the first two basic techniques of the Shadow Arts: Shadow Clone and Konisou (Soul Transfer). He also showed them a devastating power known as Razor Wind. After the lesson Ryuu headed off to his private chambers where he was sought out by Chris Enyar. The boy had shown interest in these powers and wanted to know more about the ancient Mitsukai force forms.
On the planet of Zeltros, a new terrorist organization has launched the first of many strikes against the Republic government. In the name of People for True Independence, eight heavily armed and armored men stormed the Zeltron Palace with the goal of publicly executing the republic diplomats who were staying with the Zeltron Royal Family. The terrorist were able to hack the HoloNet using a specially design computer spike and broadcast the People for True Independence’s manifesto. ~A Older man wearing a business suit came on over the HoloNet. Behind him were two soldiers in the same power armor as the attackers which had just stormed the Zeltron Palace. “We are the People for True Independence. Our group has been oppressed by the Republic, fearing that our ways well sway those who want true freedom. The Galactic Republic Navy has five fleets are used to insure that planets do not rebel. We have twenty planets which already wise to leave the Republic, but cannot because of military pressure. So this is the People for True Independence hereby declare war on the Republic, our attacks well be against the government of the Republic. We well no longer be silenced.” The HoloNet transmission ended.~However, before the execution could take place, a force-user named Karite arrived, trying to be a hero. The public executions were canceled and determine to leave their mark in a different way. The group brought in a small tactical nuclear which they set off. The orange mushroom consumed the palace and light up the Zeltros night sky. Among the casualties was Kitana’s entire family; her father, mother, and son. Princess Kitana woke up the moment that her son killed by the terrorist. She watched the events play on the HoloNet. She fell to the ground crying and soon became removed from reality. While in a coma state, Jor determined to figure out what happen on Zeltros and took Kitana with him. Will the events help her healing process or drive her farther into madness?
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Post by Cain on Feb 8, 2009 14:19:22 GMT -5
2/8/09 For the Republic's Fourth Fleet Admiral Don Marka the mission to Yavin IV was successful. What the intel boys of the 4th Fleet found however was rather disturbing. The data they retrieved was carrying precious cargo to Coruscant before it was ambushed by the droids. The Republic Navy has refused to comment on the crash landing and the cargo that was not found. Rumors range from turbolasers to weapon prototypes, and to prisoners of war. Admirals Don Marka and Celestial plan to meet to discuss this, in accordance to the terrorist attack on Zeltron. Elsewhere, for their second mission Ash and Oron faced off against a holodroid, who had taken the form of many Sith Lords from the past. The holodroid was beaten by Oron's use of the Force and Ash's "repair skills". After the droid was defeated, the Interdictor had launched a few shuttles and waves of droid star fighters to engage the fleet. With the ship being pummeled, fighters being shot out of the sky and then salvaged by the Fifth Fleet, Reaper Squadron returned to the RNS Bravery for debriefing. They were then given a leave.
Meanwhile, on Coruscant the Jedi Temple has become home to a new and darker view of the force. One of the new Padawans, Christopher Enyar, sought out Master Ryuu Drake in order to learn one of the forbidden force forms of the Mitsukai. Force forms of a terrifyingly dark and powerful nature that the mysterious young Jedi Master seemed to have a great deal of knowledge about. Ryuu agreed to take Chris for training. He took him to the room of a thousand fountains within the Jedi Temple and proceeded to instruct him in the use of Air Form, the force form originally taught by the Mitsukai Anzu Ichijin. After the first training session with Ryuu, Christopher Enyar headed off to practice his new abilities. He stumbled across a Mitsukai named Nero Sasaki, who was looking for someone to teach him a little on how to use the Force. Chris did so, at the cost of afterwords using Nero as his own personal punching bag. The battle would teach Chris a little on how to use his powers in battle. After this, he went out to the city, and decided to practice just a little more. He killed a man at random with his Razor wind, tearing straight through the flesh and bone. Then, he destroyed about half of a building using the Vortex he had been taught to make. Satisfied with himself, and pissing off his personal Shoulder Angel, he went back to the Temple for more lessons.
Ravana Sammael, a mercenary fresh to the Galaxy, landed on Nar Shadaa. She had always heard the stories of how cut throat it was, but did not truly understand until she met Chax. Chax was a paranoid Kumori, and when she asked what kind of sword he had, he overreacted, and a fight began. In the end this fight was won by Ravana with her Sleep Inducer, a sonic pistol. She was a little pissy about the event so she decided to take his sword, kick him in the crotch, and sell him to the local slave ring. Of course, the Kumori was not a slave for long. He escaped and wanted his sword back, one way or another.
After the incident with Jor and the pirates Karite took off to the planet of Zeltros where he encountered the People for True Independence first hand. Him and his wingman Reth came across a body laying on the ground from a sniper shot to the chest. Karite sent Reth to go get help while he followed the men inside. He eventually ambushed two of them and was forced to kill them. With the fresh kill came a rush of memories, including the reason why he had left Tishi. The death of one of his closest friends had jumped into his mind until one of the senators he had saved jolted him out of it by touching him. Suggesting that they leave, Karite took the armor of the P.T.I. and tried to blend in. He received a message which he decided to take out in the hallway. It was Reth and he informed him of a nuclear threat against the building. Karite then went running down the hallway and jumped out the window to the garden below. Reth in his X-83 fighter zoomed by, being Karite's only chance of escaping. Using his Turbolauncher it wrapped around Reth's ship and pulled him away to safety just before the nuke went off. Karite sought the only man who could help him bring these men to justice. He went to inform Jor Halcyon and he acted immediately getting permission to set up an investigation on Zeltros. A Republic zone. Karite came back to Zeltros searching for information and was ambushed by one of the P.T.I's members, but before Karite could question him, the man committed suicide with a deadly pill. Contacting Jor, he advised looting the body and meeting up with him which he did. When Karite met with Jor he handed him the fake ID and bidded him farewell. It was too dangerous for him, and if the P.T.I. knew his face, he couldn't help with the investigation. Jor had also brought with him the former Jedi Master and Princess of Zeltron, Kitana. Overcome by grief over the deaths of her son and parents Kitana had become inconsolable, even despite Jor's attempts to keep her together with help from the force. It was then as Kitana grieved over the ruins of the palace that she was approached by two men claiming to be Jedi. They identified themselves as Zancler and Erik and informed Kitana that they had been sent by the Republic to investigate. Kitana however was no longer interested in the Jedi, her all consuming need now was for revenge. Hearing this brought a smile to Erik's face. He told Kitana about how the Jedi have changed and that Ryuu Drake could help her achieve her revenge. Kitana agreed to return to Coruscant with Zancler and Erik. To return to Cain with Nanashi and Hatori...
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Post by Cain on Mar 4, 2009 15:08:05 GMT -5
3/4/09 Rejoining the story with Don Marka, deciding that it was right to meet with Admiral Celestial, Admiral Marka left Fourth Fleet enroute to Endor. He arrived to a battalion of marines on board the RNS Bravery, and the two Admirals finally met. L.t Oron was ordered to guard the two Admirals while they went to Admiral Celestial's quarters. Standing outside the quarters, Oron watched out for anything out of the ordinary. The only thing out of place was Ensign Ash listening in on the Admiral's conversation. In the room, Marka and Celestial talked about the droid threat rising. From the recent mission assigned to Reaper Squadron, Fifth Fleet was able to find out about the droid factory being stationed on Hypori. The two devised a plan to carry out the attack, now all they needed was clearance from Republic Navy Command. What the two Admirals didn't know was that there was a new threat waiting for them on Hypori... Being ordered to enter the room, L.t Oron and Admiral Marka finally met formally. The Admiral inspected the L.t, recognizing that he was the man that saved the Chancellor on Coruscant. Oron recognized something different about Marka, though. The man seemed awfully familiar to him, no, not from the battle of Coruscant, but from something else...
Elsewhere, Karite eventually ended up on Kamino in between a fight involving a Kumori, a girl and another fight with a sith named Karzal. During the fight Karite had Reth, his wing man, go outside to keep the others from escaping. However, during his battle Karzal had decided to run and Karite let him, a mistake he would live to regret. Karite entered and stopped the fight between the Kumori and the girl named Ravana. During this time however the Sith Karzal's ship shot Reth right in the chest and continued to fire until his body was incinerated. Hearing battle on the outside the others looked to see that Reth had been vaporized. Karite left in order to go challeng the Sith in his ship flying above. Karzal taunted Karite by licking the ashes of Reth and Karite came up kicking him in the face sending him sliding backwards over the slippery metal. Karzal didn't intend to stick around and he soon force jumped into the hatch of his ship and got away.... Karite fell to his knees in dismay for his comrade and Ravana stayed for a few seconds to make sure he was ok. Later Karite and Ravana would meet again upon the surface of Nar Shada where Karite had taken up drinking and was slightly drunk. They discussed what they were doing here before Karite decided it was time to hunt down the Sith that had killed his friend. Ravana agreed to help him and they headed off to the weapons store where Karite picked up a few new toys. They then headed off to find the Sith Karzal. Meanwhile, Lord Nanashi, still posing as a Jedi, had convinced Kitana to return to the first fleet for an interrogation in which Kitana had ripped the intelligence right out of the man. The intel had led them to Nar Shaada where they assaulted a small cell of the organization. Kitana took them into the back room one by one, and ripped their minds before thanking Zancler and telling him that he could no longer help her. Zancler nodded waiting for her to leave the room and then froze the dead bodies and dragged them into the void for later use. During their trip back to Coruscant Kitana confronted Lord Nanashi in private by his real name, Zilfer. She asked why he was working with the Jedi and he had told her the truth. He was not working with the Jedi, but with the Republic instead...
Back at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Ryuu Drake completed training Christopher Enyar to use the Mitsukai art known as Air Form. Displaying the force's awesome power, Ryuu opened up the void to draw upon the dark side and create a massive blade of air that took out a mile long stretch of the city. The carnage created by the training at the temple had only begun however. In the Temple courtyard Hatori was approached by a young padawan named Moonfire Esence. She wished to learn to use the same powers that Hatori possessed and he agreed to teach her. It wasn't long before a few other students joined the training. Hatori went about teaching them Earth Form, and in doing so created massive quakes and eruptions that would continue to terrorize the surrounding city.
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Post by Cain on Mar 15, 2009 16:13:00 GMT -5
3/15/09 After the incident on Tishi with the dark star, Six stayed to keep an eye on the spacial anomaly that had formed there. The anomaly seemed to be healing by itself. The universe smoothed over it's own ripples and soon the rift would have been just a scar, like the one in the Epsilon system. However, some months later the tear stabilized, and a lone ship came through along with a huge pulse of gamma waves and atmosphere. The ship was really only the front half of a YT-1300 freighter, which itself was badly damaged by weapons fire. Six went on board and pulled one body off before the ship burnt up in Tishi's atmosphere. The body was burnt beyond recognition and was well and truly dead. He put the body in his medical bay for later autopsy and examination. Several hours later the body went missing, and Six was made aware of an intruder on board his ship by the ships main computer. He called in help from his friend Jor. Jor brought a Warrior Recruit who had just joined the Union with him on the mission and traveled to Tishi to help out Six. The three of them found the intruder and discovered the incredibly unlikely fact that it was in fact, a Jor Halcyon from an alternate universe.
Elsewhere, furthering Project Zilfer, Lord Nanashi created a clone of himself and switched between the rolls of Zilfer and Nanashi. With two of him running around posing as Lord Nanashi, he has been able to easily preform his duties without drawing to much suspicion. New orders soon came while Zilfer was busy training Elifian, Garok, Xion, and Shinra in the Wind Force Form. His clone took it and watched the Union members upon the surface of Coruscant. His mission was to keep Roland and Drake from having an "eventful" visit. Posing as a Jedi he found out they wanted to speak with Ryuu Drake about a possible team up with the Union in the future. After departing he met with Ryuu interrupting Kitana's training in the Water form in order to inform him of Drake's request. Ryuu left and Nanashi stayed long enough to engage with his former 'Brother' Revan who warned him that the blade's power was coming back and he should be wary of those who would seek to steal the power from him. Ryuu returned and ordered Nanashi to follow them still once again until they had left the planet. As Zilfer's training session was coming to a close. He had one more technique to go before he would twist his students to the dark side.... or kill them.... Karite, meanwhile, found the Sith he was looking for by following local commotion on Nar Shada, however it soon turned into an all out battle as the Sith, Karzal, had gotten a new female apprentice. It wasn't until Chris showed up that Karite retreated to fight another day. Karite decided to return home.... Upon arriving home he found the massacre Lord Nanashi had left in his wake. Searching the rubble he found nothing. He was forced to head to the broken down hanger bay where the Mitsukai ships were kept and check the video records. The cameras where fried because of some strange electrical activity. Karite, thanks to a back up generator, was able to restore power long enough to watch the live feed where the only thing caught on camera was a Mitsukai art known as Dullahan's Bane. The bright flash as it whizzed past the landscape in the distance and the shouting voices as the fight waged on before the camera itself shorted out. Unbeknown to Karite he was stalked by the Kumori Chax until Chax made a shadow clone of one of Karite's village members and began to question him. Karite in a fit of rage tried to shoot the "ghost" of the man. The ghost however opened a hole in it's chest to dodge, and Karite figured out it was a Shadow clone. Chax soon revealed himself, and asked why he had come back to this place. After a small conversation Karite knew that Luster wouldn't have let this happen unless something had happened to him. He set out to find Luster's Allies who had helped Luster against the blade of balance..... Zilfer Of Shadows..... and Alex Drake....
Back on Coruscant, Hatori's training of three young padawans, Oron, Nero, and Moonfire, took a sudden and dark turn. Under his master's orders Hatori was only to let those who showed a willingness to submit to the dark side to graduate... while all others would have to be terminated so not to risk any information about the "Jedi's" training techniques being leaked. One of the three students, Moonfire, showed an aversion towards Hatori's cold and merciless tactics. Just as Hatori had confronted her something dropped in from above. A clone of Ryuu that had escaped from the temple. Thinking that this clone was the real Ryuu, Moonfire helped him to escape. The two rogues were confronted by Hatori but were able to defeat him and flee from Coruscant to the LONAS Union headquarters. After telling his master, Cain about this failure, Cain crushed both of Hatori's arms as punishment and ordered him to return the replicant to the temple and to eliminate young Moonfire Esense. Cain himself had begun training a new pupil, the Princess Kitana. After getting her to submit to the dark side Cain went about teaching her the ways of Water Form.
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Post by Cain on Mar 21, 2009 17:52:45 GMT -5
3/21/09 On Coruscant Cain's dark teachings continued with the former Jedi, Princess Kitana. After demonstrating the beginning of water form, Cain decided that it would be best to also show his newest apprentice how to truly use the shadow arts. Not pleased with Kitana's preformance, Cain thought it best to show her how devastating the shadows could really be. Using a Mitsukai art made famous by Atsuke Makura during the Kumori wars, Cain trapped Kitana in a nightmarish illusion where he tormented her senses and her psyche. This shadow form technique known as the Dark Hand of Makura would be capable of killing its victim if the tormentor so wished, but Cain had only meant to prove a point. Meanwhile, Ryuu and Moonfire arrived at Union headquarters and were met by Warmaster Jor Halcyon and his mirrored counter part. The two informed the Union of the twisted things taking place at the Jedi Temple, Ryuu also was seeking treatment for the amnesia he seemed to be suffering from, unable to remember Moonfire or anything before yesterday really. After scanning Ryuu's mind Jor came to the conclusion that he was in fact a clone. Ryuu was shaken by this news, but he was able to pull himself together, taking on an identity all his own just as Jor had suggested, Kyo. Kyo and Moonfire decided that now the best course of action would be to investigate what had happened to the real Ryuu. But first they would need some training...
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Post by Cain on Mar 30, 2009 17:26:55 GMT -5
3/30/09 The Republic Fourth Fleet has been attacked by the mysterious droid rebellion. Over Yavin IV, several Republic corvettes and frigates were destroyed while the massive Capital Ships were captured. On the bridge of the Nebula Class Star Destroyer, Compliance, Admiral Marka ordered a massive evacuation. With the help of Ensigns Khorde and Samson, the Admiral and several other crew members were saved. As the droid forces began boarding the capital ships, 2 Venator Class Star Destroyers exited over the planet and formed a battle line as they made their way towards the Admiral's flagship. Marka ordered all personnel to their ships as he set the self destruct sequence. Blasting through the droid fighters, Admiral Marka and most of the ships personnel made it to the Venators. As they were about to enter hyperspace, the Compliance exploded into a massive fireball, destroying or severely damaging several of the droid control ships. In hyperspace, Marka noted some of his men's actions, mainly Ensign Khorde's. He made note to give him a promotion to Lieutenant. Back on Coruscant, training had begun for the young Kumori Oron. It all began with the simple forms of Earth form, to the semi harder forms, then some of the master forms. Oron had observed the other students, there were two of them actually, a girl and the other a boy. When the students were at their final test, the girl made a break for it. Oron ignored her and continued on with his training. The words of Hatori still haunted him, when the man said if you fail, you will die...Sucking in all of his fears, Oron overcame his pain and embraced the power from it, destroying the Colossus giant. At the end, the students were dismissed, and Oron head back to Fifth Fleet, later learning that the Fourth was attacked.
Meanwhile, Lord Nanashi, having finished the training with his four new apprentices, didn't wait up on his duties. Receiving reports of Drake Hellion showing up multiple times in republic air space and being a Union member he was sent to investigate and hold Drake for questioning. The republic wouldn't want any spies slipping in and out of the system periodically. Lord Nanashi captured Drake with the help of one of his new apprentices named Elifain. After taking him to Ryuu, he was ordered to send authorization codes to make sure that the Fifth fleet was ready to move... With the Union spy, Drake Hellion now sitting in the center of the dark Jedi Temple, Cain went about questioning the former Jedi himself. Using the same illusionary technique he had on Kitana, the Dark Hand of Makura, Cain showed Drake a vision of Cain's own past... so that he might "share his pain" as Cain would describe it. Even still, Drake seemed all but immune to Cain's advances until Cain mentioned the name of Drake's former master, Nathan. Cain used the memories of Nathan sacrificing himself for Drake to reignite feelings of guilt and worthlessness within him, and offering him a new chance at power.
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Post by Cain on Apr 11, 2009 16:16:56 GMT -5
4/11/09 Being told that the fleet was to be set to condition two, Oron rushed to his fighter where he saw Ash. The two had been away from each other for quite some time. They both pondered as to why war would be imminent then Ash brought it up to him that they will stomp it into the dust. After Ash left, Oron went to work on his fighters where he felt a disturbance in the Force. It was a planet with asteroids lighting up the sky, then something coming out of the asteroids. Oron snapped out of it when Ash came back. Ash asked him if he was alright. Oron smiled and nodded, saying it was just a slight head ache. Meanwhile, with the destruction of the Fourth Fleet, Admiral Marka was given the command of the newly formed army of the Republic. The Fifth Army is stationed over Endor, with the Fifth Fleet as its bodyguard. The Fifth Army arrived out of hyperspace in front of the Fifth Fleet, who was at condition two. Marka opened up a channel with Admiral Celestial, where he asked what was going on on Coruscant. Apparently, some asteroids lightly damaged Coruscant and destroyed a few ships. To make matters worse, transmissions from Coruscant and surrounding areas had been cut off.
On Coruscant the situation had become very interesting. Using the destruction of asteroids as a decoy, the Union landed forces on the Republic capital. Their mission was to rescue Drake Hellion who had been captured a week earlier by the Republic and accused of espionage. Shortly after arriving in the Jedi Temple the Union members led by Warmaster Jor Halcyon were met by the dark lord's apprentice, Nanashi. He along with Republic operatives Xion and Kailani began the battle between the two sides. Meanwhile, at the top of the temple's spire Cain continued his temptation of Drake. But after Drake refused to turn after hearing his friends had come to save him, Cain decided to simply crush Drake. As the battle wore on below Cain had sensed that the Republic's true mission had been accomplished and thus Drake was no longer of any concern. With that Cain dropped his hostage and headed down below to see what was keeping his apprentice. When Cain arrived before the Union members in the temple he picked the first one that seemed to offend, a Mandalorian named Kayen, and chose him to crush with the force. Kayen was saved from death by Angel, but Cain's attention quickly turned to the Union's leader, Jor Halcyon. As Cain began to now crush Jor he also used a mind dominating technique known as the "Dark Hand of Makura" to the ancient Mitsukai. Using this technique Cain attempted to inflict pain on Jor, both physically and mentally by making him relive his decision to crash the skyhooks into Coruscant. Jor was up to the task however, blocking out the pain with the force and refusing to play along with Cain's games. After thoroughly damaging Jor's armor and crushing his right arm Cain grew tired of the former Jedi and tossed him out of the spire window. Jor was able to activate what little power remained in his armor to soften his landing and he along with the other Union members were able to escape with Drake in tow.
Meanwhile, at Union headquarters, undercover Republic operatives joined with Chief Petty Officer Roland Drakain's fleet. Together they were able to land on the asteroid and infiltrate the Union's headquarters while most of its members were away. Elifain Drakain, using the alias "Dha" and Hatori Akunin, disguised as Roland himself planted a bomb on board one of the ships docked on the asteroid. After uploading the files on the Union's computers the two slipped away just before the bomb detonated. There were no casualties but the base was completely destroyed.
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Post by Cain on Apr 18, 2009 16:06:05 GMT -5
4/18/09 Once the Union left Coruscant and things finally settled down, Cain was able to finish his training of the Princess Kitana. After sending Lord Nanashi and the newly appointed Admiral Drakain on a mission to Myrkr, Cain went about showing Kitana the final techniques of the "Water Form". When Cain slaughtered innocent civilians to demonstrate what he was teaching, Kitana was taken aback at first. But after allowing the dark side to permeate through her she found a whole new source of power. Now dubbed Lady Natcha, she was finally ready to serve under her new master. But first there was some unfinished business to take care of on Alderaan...
Meanwhile, Hatori was assigned to take over command of the Second Fleet which was stationed over Alderaan. On his way out of the temple he ran into a young Jedi hopeful named Vherox Black. Though Vherox did not seem to realize what was truly going on at the temple, Hatori still sensed he might be of some use. Agreeing to train him, together the two were taken on board the Thanatos for their trip to Alderaan. After arriving Hatori was confronted suddenly by Cain's new protege, Lady Natcha. Telling Vherox to go ahead, Hatori wasted no time engaging this new and increasingly dangerous foe. The battle grew larger and larger in scale, both being pushed to their very limits.
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Post by Cain on Apr 27, 2009 14:52:58 GMT -5
4/27/09 Following the aftermath of the assault on the Jedi Temple, Lord Nanashi was ordered to move in on Myrkr and destroy all sentient life upon the planet by Cain. His other task would be to destroy any hostiles as well. Upon arriving a collection fleet from the Maw escaped into hyperspace, barely avoiding the destruction of Myrkr. Lord Nanashi, using the same tactic as Jor Halcyon's men, used asteroids to assault the surface of Myrkr. Five massive asteroids collided with the planet, creating huge creators seen from space on the planet's surface as well as causing shock waves that uprooted tree's, plants, rocks, and animals. Tsunami's washed over the coasts drowning and sucking many others out to sea that hadn't been destroyed by the initial five impacts. Lord Nanashi had remained only for a small amount of time, feeling the destruction and death surrounding the planet. It would be overwhelming for anyone force sensitive coming to the planet, however Lord Nanashi's use of the force to move one of the massive asteroids himself, coupled with the event played out before him stirred the inactive Blade of Balance. Returning to Coruscant on Lord Cain's orders he went to his own private chamber and had a discussion about the blade with his brother "Revan" eventually leading to a brief confrontation with Jack Makura, the first owner of the Intangible. It was after a long discussion with these hallucinations that were manifesting from Lord Nanashi's own brain, that he impaled himself through the chest as a test to see if the Intangible's influence was already holding onto him. He survived the impale through his chest, with no sign of any wound. It was now that he knew he needed to seek knowledge, before anything could obscure his mind, and look into his creation records for anything that might help resist the Intangible. First he sought out the only living survivor of the Intangible..... Cain. Cain had remained in silent meditation after completing his training with Lady Natcha. Giving Hatori the task of training new recruits, he patiently awaited the arrival of his apprentice, Nanashi. The Republic's ultimate weapon was almost ready... but first Cain would have to make sure that Nanashi would become a suitable host, for if at any time Nanashi were to lose himself not even Cain would have the power to control it.
After using the forbidden technique "Darkness rising" in order to deliver a final blow on Lady Natcha, Hatori barely escaped alive. Only thanks to his new apprentice Vherox carrying him away from the battle was Hatori able to avoid having his knowledge drained by Natcha. After taking some time to recover his strength, Hatori led Vherox the rest of the way up the mountain to the Luminos Shrine, said to be the sacred resting place of the Jedi who built the first temple on Coruscant, Masters Terentius, Eva, and Constans. Hatori revealed the true intentions of the "New Jedi Order" to Vherox who wasn't at all off put by the proposition to turn to the dark side. He agreed to accept Hatori's training, even with the knowledge that once he began there would be no turning back.
Meanwhile, given new orders, Admiral Marka had been ordered to institute martial law on the Republic Capital of Coruscant. The officers among the ranks of First Army were concerned as to why this order was given, but Marka assured them it was for the best for the time being. His reason was for the attacks on Zeltros and just to protect Coruscant in general. Security has been beefed up for the past couple of months. As we speak, the First Army is mobilizing for the landing of Coruscant... After Reaper Squadron failed to find the cause of the massive jam of ships in the space traffic lanes, Oron and his squadron were called back to the Bravery and given a new mission. A Duro Senator and his daughter were being held hostage on Duro from the PTI, the villains who were responsible for the attack on Zeltros. It would be Oron, Ash, Jasirm, and Nuke who would be heading there, while the rest of Reaper Squadron would stay with the fleet. Oron had a few ways of getting past the terrorists, let alone getting in. The Force was on their side, and Oron intended to use it.
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