Corellian Sector
Tralus, The planet had just agreed on entrance into the New Republic. The government had been crumbling and they needed a stable point in which to rebuild their culture and way of life. High Admiral Logan had arranged for the planet’s entrance and had his Jedi Knight friend, Wade Vox, negotiate and set terms for the planet’s entrance. Everything had been going accordingly…or so they thought.
Centerpoint, was a huge station that lay between the planets Tralus and Talus. Logan had taken his task force of NR ships and attempted to take the station. Criminals, who had claimed the station for themselves , responded with a force of fighters. Wade Vox had helped in the fighter attack. Then another twist, Former Admiral Arthorn Blackkon had arrived with his ship and assisted Logan. Eventually Centepoint was taken.
Tralus was now the newest Republic member world and was benefitting from it’s position. The people of the planet now had hope, they now had a central government that would protect them, take care of them, and most importantly, listen to them. Now it was 3 months later and they were complaining.
Apparently, The New Republic promised them reglular import of goods to the planet. If they were going to rebuild their cities and land they would need food, tools, equipment and weapons. The New Republic had promised all of these things and as far as Wade Vox knew, they had kept their promise. But the citizens of Tralus were asking to meet with a Republic emissary. Xylon Ranthra was much to busy~~ as was Joren Logan. So the New Republic had sent one of it’s Jedi Knights, Wade Vox, to mediate the dispute.
Now as he sat in a chair on a private New Republic transport, he mentaly prepared himself. Oddly the request for an emissary did not list demands of complaints. It simply asked for the meeting and specified when. But it was an abnormal request and Wade intended to find out just what was going on.
“Jedi Wade Vox?”
”Yes, Captain?”
“We are approching Tralus, and are being hailed. I thought you might want to be up here”
“Yes I do. I will be there momentarily”
“Understood”
He got up and went to the turbolift, headed for the bridge.
When he got up there the captain was talking via hologram to a man in elaborate governmental robes. The captain seemed at a loss for words untill Wade walked up behind him.
“Ah! Here he is, our mediator. Ambassador Kurtlis, this is Ambassador Wade Vox, a Jedi Knight”
The man in the bright elaborate governmental robes turned and frowned as Wade entered the hologram field.
“A Jedi?”
“That is correct” Wade said calmly. “I have been ordered to mediate the dispute”
“Ah! Good good. We look forward to receiving you”
Kurtlis reached for something out of the screen and the holo flickered and dissapeared
Wade raised an eyebrow and looked at the captain, who shruged helplessly.
“Captain, inform me when you land”
“Yes sir”
Wade turned and left the cockpit, headed for his private chambers. When he arrived there he shrugged off his Jedi robes and sat down on his sleep-couch. He closed his eyes and reached out to the Force, letting it flow through him. The Force swirled around him and he let it refresh him and give him insight and advice for the upcoming talks with Ambassador Kurtlis. He reached out to the planet below and located Kurtlis, the man was extremely angry and agitated. Curiously Wade could not sense why, he would have to look more closely when they were in close proximity to each other. Wade was taken out of his reverrie by the Captain’s voice.
“Sir we have landed and Ambassador Kurtlis is waiting”
“Understood. Power the ship down but leep al systems on standby”
“You expecting trouble sir?”
“Maybe, just do it”
“Yes sir”
Wade put his robe back on and hooked his lightsaber to his belt. Then he went to the ship’s landing ramp, and slowly walked down. Ambassador Kurtlis himself was standing there, along with an honor guard of 12 soldiers.
“Ah, welcome Ambassador Vox. Please come with me”
Kurtlis led him to a shiny new landspeeder and motioned for Wade to get in. After he had done so, Kurtlis got in as well and the speeder took off, driven by a beat up old protocal droid. They had a little small talk during the landspeeder ride, all the while Wade probing the man, trying to look at his thoughts. Kurtlis was giving off anger like a fire gave off smoke. He was upset about something, but Wade couldn’t figure out what it was. Finally they arrived at the government building and Kurtlis led Wade to a conference room.
“So” Wade said “why is it that you wished to meet with a New Republic representative?”
“Yes, let’s get down to it. First off New Republic support is greatly appreciated and we don’t want it to end.”
Wade nodded but said nothing, waiting for Kurtlis to continue.
“We are trying to rebuild everything and it’s been very hard. But a few weeks ago we fell under attack”
Wade nodded he had heared Tralus had been bombed soon after it’s entrance into TNR. He’d simply assumed it was pirates or people who were angry about the Tralus/NR entrance.
“At the time we assumed it was pirates, but now we have uncovered a conspiracy”
Wade frowned. “Conspiracy?”
“Yes, There is still one planet left in the Corellian system that is not under NR control, and we are sure they are the ones responsibly for that ghastly attack.”
Then Wade got it.
“Drall?”
“Yes Drall. We have been receiving disturbing reports that extremists from Drall still wish for the Corellian Sector to be independent. They are working hard for this cause and we have traced them all the way back to the last fiasco, involving Thracken Sal-Solo.
“You think that his faction is still working?”
“Yes we do. In order to stop these attacks on Corellian Sector planets we need to control all Corellian Sector planets”
“You want the Republic to have control of Drall?”
“Yes we do. We can not rebuild if we are constantly under attack”
“I understand. You know I will have to confer with my superiors”
“Yes of course, take all the time you need”
“Thank you.”
Wade had only seen Admiral Logan angry a handful of times. So he had seen him confused even less.
“They what??”
“You heard me sir, they want us to take control of Drall.”
“Why?”
“There has been several attacks on their newly built cities. They say they have traced the ships to Drall.
“How?”
“I’m not sure. Do you want me to find out?”
“Yes, try to find any evidence f attacks by Drall onto Tralus”
“Understood, any other orders?”
“No. Good luck”
“Thanks”
Wade shut off the holoprojector in the elaborate and luxurious quarters Ambassador Kurtlis had provided. He was perplexed by the problem at hand, what did Drall have to gain by attacking a New Republic planet?. The question, and even the problem was absurd. The entire Corellian System had stayed quiet after the fiasco with Thracken Sal-Solo. He would need hard evidence, something he was short on, although that can be expected because he had really only started working on the problem. He ran it over and over in his brain, mysterious fighters come to Tralus and stage a huge attack.Several buildings in the new cities are damaged but there are few fatalities. Tralus recovers with NR aid, but the fighters reappear and attack again. The citizens of Tralus appeal to the NR for help, and the NR responds by sending a Jedi Knight to solve the mystery. It was Wade’s first official mission for The New Republic and he would complete it. He was interuppted by the door chime.
“Enter”
An exited security guard ran in.
“Jedi Vox!!! Another attack! Hurry!”
Wade was already on his feet almost before the guard ran in. He had felt a disturbance in the Force. Grabbing his lightsaber and throwing his hood up he dashed out the door. When arrived outside, warning klaxons were booming and Wade could hear faint blaster fire. Several airspeeders swooped extremely low and fired at one of the nearby buildings. The building jetted fire and the ground started to rumble. Wade ran back into the hotel he was in and up to the roof. The roof of the hotel was wide and large, a perfect staging point for his plan. He pulled his lightsaber and went to the edge of the roof. Those airspeeders swooped around and started another run on the buildings, this time on the hotel itself.
Wade crouched low and just as the airspeeder swooped over his head he jumped straight up, igniting his blue lightsaber. He grabbed on to one of the manuvering vanes and used it to hold on to the airspeeder. He quickly grabbed his grappling hook and tied it to the vane. As soon as he was sure he wouldn’t fall off, he reached out with the Force and ripped the cockpit canopy open.The airspeeder copilot tried to set it back down but was unsuccessful. The pilot sent the airspeeder plummeting down and landed it, trying to get the canopy back down. As soona s they had landed Wade cut himself down and walked arounf to the front of the speeder, lightsaber glowingThe pilot,, who was out of the speeder and trying to force the canopy down, was taken completely by surprised. With a quick slash the man’s hand was cleanly seperated from his wrist.
He screamed and clutched the stump that used to be his hand. Wade flicked his wrist in the direction of the pilot and the man was almost causualy picked up and thrown aside like a doll. The copilot raised his blaster and fired three times. Wade let the Force flow through him and the lightsaber jumped about of it’s own accord. The bolts were deflected wide as the Force guided the saber. Wade also used the Force to remove the man from the cockpit. Now that the speeder was empty he climed up and strapped himself in securely.
The speeder was fairly advanced, a V-wing model. It was armed with two heavy blaster cannons and a proton torp launcher. Wade took off and headed for the city. There were hyperspace fighters swarming around the city, firing all their weapons. Wade flew toward the center and zeroed in on one of the X-wings that was attacking. The X-wing seemed to decide that the pursuing V-wing was on his side, because he didn’t juke or dive.
“V-wing 1332A, report”
Wade’s response was a proton torpedo right at the X-wing’s rear.
“V-wing what are you doing?!!…V-wing respo—“
The X-wing exploded in a shower of sparks and fire.Wade smiled slightly and targeted an old Y-wing. The Y-wing had witness Wade’s V-Wing’s traitorous move and jumed and pulled up, trying to get out of Wade’s line of sight. The V-wing fired three times, his first shot hitting the port nacelle, the second on the starboard nacelle, and the third in the cockpit. The Y-wing exploded much like the X-wing.
Soonit was all over and Wade landed his stolen vessel in a busy street. Ambassador Kurtlis came up and helped him out of the cockpit.
“Thank you Jedi Vox, you have countless lives…”
Wade ignored him and lokked the V-wing up and down. He spotted what he was looking for and showed it to Kurtlis.
“It is a circle within a square. It is-was- the symbol for the Drall militia.”
Kurtlis nodded in satisfaction.
“I told you so. Drall is responsible!. What will we do about it Jedi Vox?”
“I must speak with my superiors again”
“Ah…understandable. We urge you to hurry. This attack has ruined our proud city, we need assistance”
“I know, I will do all I can”
“Thank you for all you have done”
“You have failed”
Sajiin glared at the Chadra-Fan in front of him. Edle said that the next Tralus operation would be easy. Now Sajiin thought it was just about as easy as taking food from a gundark. Their original plan was simple. Send the Escort Carrier to Tralus, drop the airspeeders and fighters, bomb the planet, and return victorious. Now they had done all that but with heavy losses.
“It could not have helped, there was a Jedi at Tralus” Edle said nervously.
Sajiin glowered. He hated Jedi. They were the epitome of all that was bad. They were always sticking their noses where they didn’t belong. Now there was one at Tralus and it was messing their carefully planned strategy up. This was a big problem.
“Why was there a Jedi at Tralus?” Sajiin said angrily, Edle was brilliant but, like all brilliant people, he was short sighted.
“Apparently the Tralus civilians appealed to the New Republic, who in turn sent an Emissary- The Jedi” Edle flinched back as Sajiin flew at him angrily.
“What is our total losses?”
“Fourteen X-Wings, and eight airspeeders”
Sajiin glared at nothing in particular.
“We will have to get rid of this Jedi”
Edle nodded nervously.
Joren Logan sighed as Wade gave him the report.
“There is no other choice?”
“There is no apparent alternative.”
Logan nodded gravely.
“Very well, I will get the Keerow ready and meet you at Drall”
“Understood….there…ah…wouldn’t be a chance you could bring the Guardian would there?”
Logan smiled knowingly.
“I will inform Rocky and Deefour”
“Thanks”
Logan switched the holo off and Wade turned to Ambassador Kurtlis, who was waiting nearby.
“Ambassador, I’m afraid that I can’t stay”
“You are going to Drall?”
“Yes, Admiral Logan approved it, he will be there as well”
Kurtlis nodded.
“Thank you, maybe now we can live in peace”
“Soon Ambassador, very soon”
Kurtlis took Wade’s hand and shook it. Wade returned the shake and spun on his heel, heading for his diplomatic cruiser. Once he was aboard he went directly for his quarters. He was exhausted and needed a rest. Once in his quarters, he sat cross-legged on his bed and reached out for the Force. He let it weave it’s way through every joint, every tense muscle, he let it refresh him for his upcoming responsibilities. This mission perplexed him, he didn’t understand Drall’s intentions or motives in attacking its sister planet…or brother planet? The five Corellian planets- Corellia, Talus, Tralus,Drall, and Selonia were called ‘The Five Brothers’. Each has a planetary repulsor buried underground, and it was believed to have been used to move the planet, in ancient times, from an unknown location to where it now lay. Wade let all this information wash over him, he would need it later.
He felt a small shudder rumble throughout the ship, signaling that they had just entered hyperspace. Wade smiled tightly, he would be looking forward to when this was over.
Tralus, The planet had just agreed on entrance into the New Republic. The government had been crumbling and they needed a stable point in which to rebuild their culture and way of life. High Admiral Logan had arranged for the planet’s entrance and had his Jedi Knight friend, Wade Vox, negotiate and set terms for the planet’s entrance. Everything had been going accordingly…or so they thought.
Centerpoint, was a huge station that lay between the planets Tralus and Talus. Logan had taken his task force of NR ships and attempted to take the station. Criminals, who had claimed the station for themselves , responded with a force of fighters. Wade Vox had helped in the fighter attack. Then another twist, Former Admiral Arthorn Blackkon had arrived with his ship and assisted Logan. Eventually Centepoint was taken.
Tralus was now the newest Republic member world and was benefitting from it’s position. The people of the planet now had hope, they now had a central government that would protect them, take care of them, and most importantly, listen to them. Now it was 3 months later and they were complaining.
Apparently, The New Republic promised them reglular import of goods to the planet. If they were going to rebuild their cities and land they would need food, tools, equipment and weapons. The New Republic had promised all of these things and as far as Wade Vox knew, they had kept their promise. But the citizens of Tralus were asking to meet with a Republic emissary. Xylon Ranthra was much to busy~~ as was Joren Logan. So the New Republic had sent one of it’s Jedi Knights, Wade Vox, to mediate the dispute.
Now as he sat in a chair on a private New Republic transport, he mentaly prepared himself. Oddly the request for an emissary did not list demands of complaints. It simply asked for the meeting and specified when. But it was an abnormal request and Wade intended to find out just what was going on.
“Jedi Wade Vox?”
”Yes, Captain?”
“We are approching Tralus, and are being hailed. I thought you might want to be up here”
“Yes I do. I will be there momentarily”
“Understood”
He got up and went to the turbolift, headed for the bridge.
When he got up there the captain was talking via hologram to a man in elaborate governmental robes. The captain seemed at a loss for words untill Wade walked up behind him.
“Ah! Here he is, our mediator. Ambassador Kurtlis, this is Ambassador Wade Vox, a Jedi Knight”
The man in the bright elaborate governmental robes turned and frowned as Wade entered the hologram field.
“A Jedi?”
“That is correct” Wade said calmly. “I have been ordered to mediate the dispute”
“Ah! Good good. We look forward to receiving you”
Kurtlis reached for something out of the screen and the holo flickered and dissapeared
Wade raised an eyebrow and looked at the captain, who shruged helplessly.
“Captain, inform me when you land”
“Yes sir”
Wade turned and left the cockpit, headed for his private chambers. When he arrived there he shrugged off his Jedi robes and sat down on his sleep-couch. He closed his eyes and reached out to the Force, letting it flow through him. The Force swirled around him and he let it refresh him and give him insight and advice for the upcoming talks with Ambassador Kurtlis. He reached out to the planet below and located Kurtlis, the man was extremely angry and agitated. Curiously Wade could not sense why, he would have to look more closely when they were in close proximity to each other. Wade was taken out of his reverrie by the Captain’s voice.
“Sir we have landed and Ambassador Kurtlis is waiting”
“Understood. Power the ship down but leep al systems on standby”
“You expecting trouble sir?”
“Maybe, just do it”
“Yes sir”
Wade put his robe back on and hooked his lightsaber to his belt. Then he went to the ship’s landing ramp, and slowly walked down. Ambassador Kurtlis himself was standing there, along with an honor guard of 12 soldiers.
“Ah, welcome Ambassador Vox. Please come with me”
Kurtlis led him to a shiny new landspeeder and motioned for Wade to get in. After he had done so, Kurtlis got in as well and the speeder took off, driven by a beat up old protocal droid. They had a little small talk during the landspeeder ride, all the while Wade probing the man, trying to look at his thoughts. Kurtlis was giving off anger like a fire gave off smoke. He was upset about something, but Wade couldn’t figure out what it was. Finally they arrived at the government building and Kurtlis led Wade to a conference room.
“So” Wade said “why is it that you wished to meet with a New Republic representative?”
“Yes, let’s get down to it. First off New Republic support is greatly appreciated and we don’t want it to end.”
Wade nodded but said nothing, waiting for Kurtlis to continue.
“We are trying to rebuild everything and it’s been very hard. But a few weeks ago we fell under attack”
Wade nodded he had heared Tralus had been bombed soon after it’s entrance into TNR. He’d simply assumed it was pirates or people who were angry about the Tralus/NR entrance.
“At the time we assumed it was pirates, but now we have uncovered a conspiracy”
Wade frowned. “Conspiracy?”
“Yes, There is still one planet left in the Corellian system that is not under NR control, and we are sure they are the ones responsibly for that ghastly attack.”
Then Wade got it.
“Drall?”
“Yes Drall. We have been receiving disturbing reports that extremists from Drall still wish for the Corellian Sector to be independent. They are working hard for this cause and we have traced them all the way back to the last fiasco, involving Thracken Sal-Solo.
“You think that his faction is still working?”
“Yes we do. In order to stop these attacks on Corellian Sector planets we need to control all Corellian Sector planets”
“You want the Republic to have control of Drall?”
“Yes we do. We can not rebuild if we are constantly under attack”
“I understand. You know I will have to confer with my superiors”
“Yes of course, take all the time you need”
“Thank you.”
Wade had only seen Admiral Logan angry a handful of times. So he had seen him confused even less.
“They what??”
“You heard me sir, they want us to take control of Drall.”
“Why?”
“There has been several attacks on their newly built cities. They say they have traced the ships to Drall.
“How?”
“I’m not sure. Do you want me to find out?”
“Yes, try to find any evidence f attacks by Drall onto Tralus”
“Understood, any other orders?”
“No. Good luck”
“Thanks”
Wade shut off the holoprojector in the elaborate and luxurious quarters Ambassador Kurtlis had provided. He was perplexed by the problem at hand, what did Drall have to gain by attacking a New Republic planet?. The question, and even the problem was absurd. The entire Corellian System had stayed quiet after the fiasco with Thracken Sal-Solo. He would need hard evidence, something he was short on, although that can be expected because he had really only started working on the problem. He ran it over and over in his brain, mysterious fighters come to Tralus and stage a huge attack.Several buildings in the new cities are damaged but there are few fatalities. Tralus recovers with NR aid, but the fighters reappear and attack again. The citizens of Tralus appeal to the NR for help, and the NR responds by sending a Jedi Knight to solve the mystery. It was Wade’s first official mission for The New Republic and he would complete it. He was interuppted by the door chime.
“Enter”
An exited security guard ran in.
“Jedi Vox!!! Another attack! Hurry!”
Wade was already on his feet almost before the guard ran in. He had felt a disturbance in the Force. Grabbing his lightsaber and throwing his hood up he dashed out the door. When arrived outside, warning klaxons were booming and Wade could hear faint blaster fire. Several airspeeders swooped extremely low and fired at one of the nearby buildings. The building jetted fire and the ground started to rumble. Wade ran back into the hotel he was in and up to the roof. The roof of the hotel was wide and large, a perfect staging point for his plan. He pulled his lightsaber and went to the edge of the roof. Those airspeeders swooped around and started another run on the buildings, this time on the hotel itself.
Wade crouched low and just as the airspeeder swooped over his head he jumped straight up, igniting his blue lightsaber. He grabbed on to one of the manuvering vanes and used it to hold on to the airspeeder. He quickly grabbed his grappling hook and tied it to the vane. As soon as he was sure he wouldn’t fall off, he reached out with the Force and ripped the cockpit canopy open.The airspeeder copilot tried to set it back down but was unsuccessful. The pilot sent the airspeeder plummeting down and landed it, trying to get the canopy back down. As soona s they had landed Wade cut himself down and walked arounf to the front of the speeder, lightsaber glowingThe pilot,, who was out of the speeder and trying to force the canopy down, was taken completely by surprised. With a quick slash the man’s hand was cleanly seperated from his wrist.
He screamed and clutched the stump that used to be his hand. Wade flicked his wrist in the direction of the pilot and the man was almost causualy picked up and thrown aside like a doll. The copilot raised his blaster and fired three times. Wade let the Force flow through him and the lightsaber jumped about of it’s own accord. The bolts were deflected wide as the Force guided the saber. Wade also used the Force to remove the man from the cockpit. Now that the speeder was empty he climed up and strapped himself in securely.
The speeder was fairly advanced, a V-wing model. It was armed with two heavy blaster cannons and a proton torp launcher. Wade took off and headed for the city. There were hyperspace fighters swarming around the city, firing all their weapons. Wade flew toward the center and zeroed in on one of the X-wings that was attacking. The X-wing seemed to decide that the pursuing V-wing was on his side, because he didn’t juke or dive.
“V-wing 1332A, report”
Wade’s response was a proton torpedo right at the X-wing’s rear.
“V-wing what are you doing?!!…V-wing respo—“
The X-wing exploded in a shower of sparks and fire.Wade smiled slightly and targeted an old Y-wing. The Y-wing had witness Wade’s V-Wing’s traitorous move and jumed and pulled up, trying to get out of Wade’s line of sight. The V-wing fired three times, his first shot hitting the port nacelle, the second on the starboard nacelle, and the third in the cockpit. The Y-wing exploded much like the X-wing.
Soonit was all over and Wade landed his stolen vessel in a busy street. Ambassador Kurtlis came up and helped him out of the cockpit.
“Thank you Jedi Vox, you have countless lives…”
Wade ignored him and lokked the V-wing up and down. He spotted what he was looking for and showed it to Kurtlis.
“It is a circle within a square. It is-was- the symbol for the Drall militia.”
Kurtlis nodded in satisfaction.
“I told you so. Drall is responsible!. What will we do about it Jedi Vox?”
“I must speak with my superiors again”
“Ah…understandable. We urge you to hurry. This attack has ruined our proud city, we need assistance”
“I know, I will do all I can”
“Thank you for all you have done”
“You have failed”
Sajiin glared at the Chadra-Fan in front of him. Edle said that the next Tralus operation would be easy. Now Sajiin thought it was just about as easy as taking food from a gundark. Their original plan was simple. Send the Escort Carrier to Tralus, drop the airspeeders and fighters, bomb the planet, and return victorious. Now they had done all that but with heavy losses.
“It could not have helped, there was a Jedi at Tralus” Edle said nervously.
Sajiin glowered. He hated Jedi. They were the epitome of all that was bad. They were always sticking their noses where they didn’t belong. Now there was one at Tralus and it was messing their carefully planned strategy up. This was a big problem.
“Why was there a Jedi at Tralus?” Sajiin said angrily, Edle was brilliant but, like all brilliant people, he was short sighted.
“Apparently the Tralus civilians appealed to the New Republic, who in turn sent an Emissary- The Jedi” Edle flinched back as Sajiin flew at him angrily.
“What is our total losses?”
“Fourteen X-Wings, and eight airspeeders”
Sajiin glared at nothing in particular.
“We will have to get rid of this Jedi”
Edle nodded nervously.
Joren Logan sighed as Wade gave him the report.
“There is no other choice?”
“There is no apparent alternative.”
Logan nodded gravely.
“Very well, I will get the Keerow ready and meet you at Drall”
“Understood….there…ah…wouldn’t be a chance you could bring the Guardian would there?”
Logan smiled knowingly.
“I will inform Rocky and Deefour”
“Thanks”
Logan switched the holo off and Wade turned to Ambassador Kurtlis, who was waiting nearby.
“Ambassador, I’m afraid that I can’t stay”
“You are going to Drall?”
“Yes, Admiral Logan approved it, he will be there as well”
Kurtlis nodded.
“Thank you, maybe now we can live in peace”
“Soon Ambassador, very soon”
Kurtlis took Wade’s hand and shook it. Wade returned the shake and spun on his heel, heading for his diplomatic cruiser. Once he was aboard he went directly for his quarters. He was exhausted and needed a rest. Once in his quarters, he sat cross-legged on his bed and reached out for the Force. He let it weave it’s way through every joint, every tense muscle, he let it refresh him for his upcoming responsibilities. This mission perplexed him, he didn’t understand Drall’s intentions or motives in attacking its sister planet…or brother planet? The five Corellian planets- Corellia, Talus, Tralus,Drall, and Selonia were called ‘The Five Brothers’. Each has a planetary repulsor buried underground, and it was believed to have been used to move the planet, in ancient times, from an unknown location to where it now lay. Wade let all this information wash over him, he would need it later.
He felt a small shudder rumble throughout the ship, signaling that they had just entered hyperspace. Wade smiled tightly, he would be looking forward to when this was over.