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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 22, 2010 22:59:15 GMT -5
"This is the Sparda's Blade, confirming hyperspace transmission link to the Farm. Do you copy?"
"We read you, Blade, go ahead."
The unheard scream of the ship echoed across the pitch blackness of space as the vessel's hyperspace engines decelerated it out of lightspeed. The maddening blue vortex broke apart into elongated white lines that quickly shortened until becoming single dots across the viewport.
Directly ahead of it lay a blue-greenish world covered in what seemed to me mountainous areas and oceans.
On the HUD, a small red blip was visible near the equator, on a peninsula.
"I've just entered the Adi-Rolf System and I'm picking up the beacon. Looks like the info was right on the money." A young and enthused voice proclaimed into a headset microphone.
"Understood, but be careful. We just found out that Master Yolpa was killed on assignment. The Order is investigating, but don't take any chances."
The pilot's head bowed for a moment as purplish eyelids closed in respect at the deceased. A long moment of silence passed before something behind him beeped excitedly and drew his attention.
"I copy. I'll have K4 make contact once I figure out the situation down there. Blade out."
Outside the ship, embedded in the wing, a diminutive astromech droid beeped and whirred as the translation appeared on the dash of the starfighter.
"Yeah, I'll take it from here K4, thanks." The man said.
Reaching out, the purple-skinned pilot flicked a switch on the control board and took the stick in his hands as the sleek starfighter broke into the atmosphere, leaving a trail of smoke in it's wake as the hull heated and glowed orange.
Below, the heavily forested planet lay untouched. Uninhabited. And potentially dangerous.
On the HUD, the blip from the distress beacon got nearer with every passing second. Soon, it was easy to spot the hulking vessel buried halfway up the nose in the Earth jutting out of the ground like it had landed head first.
"Eesh... Someone needed pilot training..." The man commented dryly as he completed a pass-over. Once again, the droid bleeped and booped his response, earning a chuckle.
"Yeah yeah, I know I know. I thought I told you not to bring that up. Just find us a place to land." He replied to the droid.
Within moments, control of the vessel was taken from him and the ship began to glide down towards a clearing near the crashed transport.
Within a minute, the engines had shut off and begin cooling and the canopy lifted as a brown-robed, purple-skinned man stood and stretched out before hopping out onto the grass and looking around.
"Alright. I'll go have a look around. Watch after the ship, K4." He spoke to the droid's spinning head before lifting his large hood over his head and heading off towards the crash site in the distance.
Blooping his response, the droid shut the starfighter's canopy and waited...
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 22, 2010 23:20:33 GMT -5
"<What happened? Mom? Dad?>" the voice called out in a whimper, spoken in the Twi'lek language. Two Lekku spun as the voice called out again. "<Mom? Dad? Where are you!?>"
Blue blood dripped down one Lekku as a frail girl ran through the devestated metal ship, tripping on a raised ledge, her knees scrapping on the silver metal. Blue blood trickled down her knee. Panicking after receiving no responses from her father or mother, she cried out. "<MOM!!!! DAD!!!!>" she screamed in her native tongue. No response. She stood up, shaking in the knees.
She ran towards the nose of the ship, seeing a single Lekku. "<Mom!>" she cried, stumbling towards the seat, grabbing the black armrest..
Seeing her mother's face and torso bloodied from the crash. She turned in horror, partially hoping it was some sort of sick dream.. a nightmare! It had to be! She looked towards her father. "<.. F... Father.... M..... M.... Mother....>" she teared, turning away from her deceased parents. She held her head in her hands. "<It's a dream... a dream..... I'll.... *sniff* wake up and.. and... dad and mom will be better... it's a dream!>" she tried fooling herself.. but what was done was done; she was another Twi'lek in some strange planet.. and her parents were dead. "<Please be a dream.. please be a dream..>" she sobbed, tears streaming down her red pigmented skin.
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 22, 2010 23:32:37 GMT -5
As the trees began to part in front of the Zeltron pilot, the hulking wreckage of the crashed transport loomed above the foliage. From the sky it had seemed much smaller, but from down on the ground it looked like an abstract monument of some kind.
Reaching into a pouch on his belt, the man drew a communicator up to his mouth and spoke.
"K4, I've reached the crash site, but I don't see anyone or any signs of life around... Have the Blade's scanners picked anything up?" He asked with a defeated sigh.
'Woop bwoooo. Bleebloooeeep.'
The Zeltron looked up at the crashed ship.
"Can't see inside the hull, huh? Just what I needed, a climb through a faceplanted ship with no power. I bet all the doors are shut and locked too." He grumbled before turning the device off and putting it back in it's pouch as he walked towards the flattest section of the hull in front of him.
Reaching out, he placed one hand flat against the durasteel and tapped into it with the Force. Closing his eyes, he pushed his senses out through the ship, through the decks and hull, searching for movement or life.
In his mind, the world opened up to him. A jungle filled with bright life behind and around him, stabbed with a lifeless steel dagger that was simply a dull blackness.
Furrowing his brow, he pushed his senses further, deeper... Searching for even the smallest signs of life.
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 22, 2010 23:37:24 GMT -5
She repeatedly pinched her red skin, biting at the pain. She even went dangerously far enough to gently pinch her ruby Lekku's, screaming in pain.. but she didn't wake up from the dream. Unconsiously, small pulses of Force pushed out of her body as she 'freaked' out. "<Mom... Dad... the... they're gone...>" she whimpered as she held her head, bringing her knees to her slightly tattered clothing. Mana rocked her body back and forth gently, her body falling back finally, her knees still linked by her arms as she sobbed. Still, the gentle pushes of Force left her body unconsiously as she cried.
"<Mom and dad...... are really dead.....>" she cried.
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 22, 2010 23:56:16 GMT -5
At first there was nothing. An expansive void...
Then a tingle...
The pinkish-red Zeltron's dark eyes snapped open moments before what felt like a jolt of electricity ran through his hand and into his arm.
Snatching it away, he looked from his hand, then to the ship.
"Was that...?" He asked himself aloud, frowning before putting his hand back onto the hull and repeating the ritual. Once again, a small pulse, then a jolt.
This time, he was ready for it.
One hand reached for the communicator.
"K4, there's someone left inside this ship. It's faint, but it's terrified. I think it might be a child. Alert the Farm and have them stand by in case there's more than one." He said quickly.
His other hand snatched the silver and black, polished steel cylinder from his waist and held it tightly in his hand.
Thumbing the small red switch, the Zeltron pressed down.
Snap-hissssss
The vibrant violet Lightsaber blade shot to life with a deep thrum that reverberated through the Zeltron's body, extending the full meter and a half in length before he gripped the hilt in both hands and stabbed the blade into the ship's hull like butter on a hot day.
Slowly moving the blade to cut through the metal, the Zeltron's concerned eyes glanced up towards the ship. Deep in his conscience, he pushed away positive energy along with hopeful emotions, hoping to calm the terrified soul within using his species' inherent abilities.
"Hang in there... I'm coming." He whispered to himself, eyeing the molten trail his lightsaber left in the hull.
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 23, 2010 0:15:02 GMT -5
As Mana's body rocked back and forth, slowly, hopeful and positive energy slipped through her body... but even with the amount of good energy, her sadness was far too much. Her parents had died... she was left on some bizzare planet.. and now, she heard metal screeching and sizzling!
A small dot of violet appeared on the metal walls as she sat up, tears still streaming down her ruby cheeks. "<Who's there!?>" she cried, hesitantly standing up, only for her knees to shake and give out as she hit the metal floor hard. Her knees felt like they broke, but at the most, they were, again, scraped. She could pick out the fact she had bruises... she had alot of them after sleeping through the crash..
Another push of hope and joy... positivity. It was slowly accepted and replaced a slight bit of sadness and dismay....
"<Wh... who are you?>"
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 23, 2010 0:25:45 GMT -5
From inside, the trail of glowing orange molten steel completed a full circle, then the small point of purple and white light disappeared onto the other side.
At first nothing happened...
A long few seconds passed before something felt like it shook the entire ship. The circle of steel jolted slightly then pulled away, like it was being sucked away from the ship.
It stopped for a moment before continuing, this time with a deafening screech of strained metal. More and more it pulled away until finally a ring of light appeared around it, stabbing into the darkness of the ship.
The steel slowly moved aside as if somehow moving on it's own in mid-air.
Then, an extended arm could be seen... Then a part of a torso, and a face... a figure eclipsed by the bright sunlight, turning with the floating steel like a puppeteer... He seemed to be accompanied by a low humming sound...
Then with a dull thud, the steel fell to the ground and onto it's side.
The eclipsed figure turned back towards Mana, then quickly stepped through. The blade in his hand lit the room with a deep purple light and he quickly pushed the dark brown hood away from his face and knelt down in front of Mana, holding his blade safely to the side.
"Shhh. It's okay, you're alright now Little One." He said reassuringly, showing concern on his face. "My name is Chell, I'm a Jedi Knight. I'm here to help. Are you hurt?" He asked, reaching for his belt to pull out a small stick. With a press of a button, the stick lit up brightly, illuminating the room enough for the Zeltron to deactivate his lightsaber and put it back on his belt.
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 23, 2010 0:39:56 GMT -5
The Twi'Lek watched with fear as the man pulled the door away with some.. magic trick. She whimpered as he neared her. When he deactivated the glowing stick with metal and activated another stick, Mana cringed. In her native tongue, she spoke in a tone stricken with fear. "<W.... Who are you?>" she asked, unableto understand the language he spoke. She could only understand the language of her species.... she never learned how to speak english or other alien languages.
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 23, 2010 1:29:11 GMT -5
Chell cringed at the native Twi'lek tongue. He didn't understand any of it, since it was mostly a dead language. Most species in the galaxy either spoke basic or huttese now.
"Er... Just a second." he said, holding up a finger as if to say 'wait'. He reached into his belt again, this time pulling out a small device about the size of his pinky nail.
"Here." he said, holding it out to her to take. He motioned towards his ear with his other hand as if to say 'put it here'.
At the same time, he reached into the pouch again and retrieved a second, identical Universal Translator. Standard issue for the Jedi for diplomatic missions.
To show nothing was wrong with it, he put it in his ear and waited patiently.
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 23, 2010 1:45:01 GMT -5
As he held his finger and yet agan, pulled another item from his belt, he handed it to her. She took it in her hand, tears falling on it. When he motioned for her to put it in her ear, she did. Almost instantly, questions poured out. But they translated from Ryl to the basic language. "W.... Who are you?! What is that thing!? Can.... Can you help my mom and dad?! Please! Help them!" she shouted, shaking her head as her Lekku swun as wildly as her head did. "Please help mommy and daddy!"
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