KOTOR III: The Price of Power

[Tysyacha]

For fourteen years after the JEDI EXILE defeated DARTH TRAYA

upon Malachor V, the TRUE SITH have watched and waited. Hidden

within their secret empire, they feel it is finally time to strike. Dare

they risk open war? They are strong, but can they overcome the JEDI?

 

Even though the EXILE has passed away, there may still be hope for

the Order and galaxy. More Force-sensitive students are being trained

every day, and with the TRUE SITH threat emerging, the JEDI will

need all the help they can get. TYSY, a young Padawan, seeks to do so...

 

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"Let us not weep for the Exile. Let us not mourn. He's finally at peace,

for as the Jedi Code tells us: There is no death; there is the Force."

 

"How can you say that, Mira?" wept the Echani lady, the Handmaiden.

"I loved him, and he was a wound in the Force itself. How can he be

at peace?" Tears were streaming down her pale ivory cheeks. "Not

only is he gone, but his ship--our ship, the Ebon Hawk, is in ruins!"

 

"I understand," Mira said, "yet he was not so much of a wound as

a catalyst in the Force that could change it. He could not only cause

harmful 'echoes', as that Sith Lord taught him, but cause his good

actions to reverberate throughout the galaxy. Like ripples," she explained.

 

Atton Rand tried to smile. "Hey. Enough with the weepy stuff. I g--"

He felt his chest heave with sudden sobs. "I gotta train some more."

He stepped forward and embraced Mira and the Handmaiden together.

 

Tysy, a shy young Padawan with no surname yet, stepped forward.

 

"Masters?" she whispered humbly. "Is there anything I can do?"

 

"Please go and check on the Ebon Hawk," Mira told her. "See if

she's still smoldering. The Exile had a pretty bad--crash, Tysy."

 

The Padawan nodded. She obeyed the red-maned Master, and

to her relief, the vessel of both Revan and the Exile no longer smoked.

[Xbx_Inthusiast]

HK-47 stepped out of the Ebon Hawk's loading ramp, with T3-M4 trailing behind him.

 

"Query: How many meatbags does it take to land a ship?"

 

T3-M4 whirred and beeped a little, slamming into Hk-47, making a large clunking noise.

 

"Apology: One, who was a brave, brave meatbag," he spoke, turning and walking to the croud.

[Tysyacha]

Tysy noticed the two droids. "Huh? Where did you two come from?

Were you with the Exile?" She raised a curious eyebrow. They certainly

looked burnt from the wreckage, but they were otherwise intact.

[Xbx_Inthusiast]

"Hesitant Answer: ...Yes. It was a rather.. enlightening experience. To say the least," he said, stopping and trying to scrape off a piece of black shell.

[JediMaster12]

Bastilla had seen the Exile and knew that he had gone to search for Revan. Her heart ached to learn what had happened to his fate so she had been wandering the systems near the Outer Rim trying to keep up with the Exile. She finally caught up with the Exile and learnt of the fate of the Ebon Hawk, the ship that got them through Taris and the war with Malak. She landed the fighter ship she had commandeered from Carth and saw a group of people standing around a red-maned one, a fool, an Echani sister and to her surprised eyes, a blind one, a Miraluka. She was hestitant about approaching but she had to know what the Exile had known. Repeating the Jedi Code to herself, she approached the red-maned one and asked, "Do you know of the Exile?"

[steven]

"Whats going on here?" Asked a blue twi'lek his human partner as they passed through the jedi enclave. They were both carring a very large sack through the enclave towards the landing pad.

"Appartently, Zeek, a funeral. Some guy who was kicked out of the enclave and saved the galaxy died looking for someone" Replied the human companion.

"Why is it always jedi who save the galaxy? Why not, for a change, non-force user save the galaxy?" Complaint the twi'lek.

"Because it would go to the persons head too much. All I'm worried about right now is that I get my pay and make sure those miners on that astroid don't run out of bird seeds." Replied the human.

"Errm Fin... It's called grain" Corrected Zeek.

"Whatever..." The two men then entered the landing pad and saw the ebon hawk "What on earth happened to her?"

"My guess, pirates!"

"You blame everything on pirates!"

"It usually is. I wonder if they'de be willing to sell it to us. We really need to stock up on ship parts" said Zeek as they moved closer to their transport.

[Tysyacha]

Mira nodded sadly at Bastila Shan. "He is dead. He passed away in the crash

of the Ebon Hawk." Fearing she'd been rather blunt for the circumstances,

the former bounty hunter extended her hand and smiled slightly. "I'm Sentinel

Mira. We were just having his funeral, things being what they are." She gestured

toward the Enclave courtyard. "Come join us. We sure could use your support."

 

Meanwhile, Tysy noticed two men--one a human, one Twi'lek--approach the

Ebon Hawk. "Can I help you?" she asked, stepping toward the droids.

If either man attacked her, she knew she could use some help in a sudden duel.

[steven]

"I surpose. There's three large bags of grain at the enterance to the enclave. Would you mind using your jedi powers to bring the bags here." asked the human

'What are you doing' Zeek wispered to his copanion.

"Dont wisper Zeek. It's rude" He replied and return to look at the young women asking to help "By the way, do you know if that hunk of junk is for sale?" He asked, refering to the Ebon Hawk

[JediMaster12]

Bastilla rather shocked at the behavior replied, "I should think not. It is not a hunk of junk." She wasn't mad but rather sad that she had come so far to find the Exile dead and some part of her thought that she would never find her love.

[ForceFightWMe12]

This'll fetch a nice price on the market. Senyo thought to himself as he dismanteled one of the loose peices of what was left of the so-called Ebon Hawk. Or at least, what was left of it. Hopefully enough for me to get off this planet. It's so quiet here; like a derilect on Nar Shadaa. No wonder the Jedi love it so much.

He twisted another bolt, trying to jimmy the peice out of the crook in the hull, and dropped suddenly, dropping on his finger and cutting it against the sharp metal.

"Son of a bitch!" he said, more loudly than he had meant to. He quickly pulled his hand out, slipping the glove off and sucking on the bleeding finger. Gotta be more careful.

[Xbx_Inthusiast]

"Query: Mind if I tear off the organic's head worms? It would be most pleasurable." He said, walking next to Bastila.

 

He stopped, turning around. "Statement: My audio receptors are picking up rather.. vulgar language. I shall go inspect," he said, heading off in the man who was dismantling the Ebon Hawk's direction. He turned around once,

 

"Threat: I will be back, worm head."

[Tysyacha]

Tysy had also heard the sudden cursing, and when she saw a man

with a bleeding hand, she could do nothing but run over to help. It

was her nature, which made her a good Jedi, though a vulnerable

and naive one. Padawans were usually that way, but Tysy more

than most. She cast her first rank of Heal upon the injured man.

 

"Are you all right, sir?" she asked. The bleeding on his finger ceased.

 

"Actually," Sentinel Mira said, turning toward the other man and his

Twi'lek companion, "I'll let you have it for free. If you can fix her,

you can have her. The Ebon Hawk is at least 20 years old,

and no ship that I know of that's THAT old is even spaceworthy."

 

She shook her head. "Tysy. Come. Let's leave the salvagers to their

work, and you and I go and sprinkle earth upon the Exile. Lay him to

rest." Tysy nodded, and she walked with Mira toward the gravesite.

"It's not like I know how to build or repair even new ships, anyway."

[Xbx_Inthusiast]

He walked back to the men, seeing as Tsyacha had that covered. He walked infront of Mira, pushing her aside.

 

"Threat: Touch that ship and your hands will be mutilated beyond comparison. Meatbags."

[arvik]

Revan woke up from a long sleep, and walked outside of the Ebon Hawk, where he saw Mira, Tysy, Bastila, and the rest. "Hello, what is going on? I don't remember much and I feel like years of my memory were lost, I even forgot some of your names. Or do I even know you?"

[JediMaster12]

Bastilla was in full agreement, "Not mutilated HK-47 but rather disabled. I've searched for many years for the Ebon Hawk and I'm not about to have it plundered by a bunch of salavagers."

[arvik]

"Can someone tell me what's going on?" Revan shouted, feeling dizzy. There was something going on. HE sat down and closed his eyes.

[ForceFightWMe12]

"Are you all right, sir?"

Senyo leaped back as the woman approached him. Damn it! Me and my big mouth.

He clenched his fist as her palm glowed with a faint blue light, and he noticed his hand was no longer bleeding. Had she done that?

His expression darkened. Then she must be a Jedi. If there was one thing he hated most in the galaxy, it was Jedi.

His muscles tensed as he slid a foot back, putting his fists up. "Look, lady, I don't want no trouble," his said, his gaze never leaving her face.

[Tysyacha]

"Uh..." Tysy quickly skittered over to sit down beside Revan on

one of the Jedi Enclave courtyard benches. "My name is Tysy. I

don't have a last name yet, but I won't until a Master calls me to

be their apprentice. I'm not a Jedi yet--just a Padawan. This is the

Jedi Enclave here on Dantooine, and the red-head over there is one

of my teachers, Sentinel Mira." She looked nervously at the man she

had healed. Would he try to attack her? Good thing Revan had appeared!

 

Mira nodded towards Revan by way of introduction. "Hey! You were in the

crash with the Exile, weren't you? I'm so sorry! The Exile--he passed away.

Come with us. You'll want to pay your last respects, if you're not too drained

from what just happened to you." Mira kicked herself silently. There I go

again, confusing the poor man who probably has amnesia. I always manage

to shoot my mouth off at exactly the WRONG time. Oh, Force, please help me!

[JediMaster12]

Bastilla was surprised to see Revan emerge from the wreakage but she sensed that all was not right. She took a glance at Mira insulting herself and said gently, "There is time for that later. You need rest. I'm sure the masters at the enclave have a place for you." With a hand on his arm, she led Revan towards the enclave. Silently she was thinking that she had found him only to lose him again.

[Xbx_Inthusiast]

"Query: Is that you, Master?" He said, walking over to Revan.

 

"Exclamation: Oh joy! Oh happy day! Master has survived!"

[arvik]

"The exile, do you mean that person who found me on that one planet, trying to take me with him? And somehow I remember you." Revan pointed to Bastila. "It might have been a dream, but I remember us two stopping this evil sith lord who was on this huge thing called the star forge. And you, the droid. I remember you. The assassin droid?"

[Tysyacha]

Tysy scratched her head. Assassin droid?! What on earth was an assassin

droid doing right smack in the middle of the Jedi Enclave? Not only that, but

was this man indeed the one who had helped to destroy the legendary Star

Forge? If so, then one of the greatest Force-users ever known sat by her...

 

"Are you...Darth Revan?" she whispered. "Except no longer a 'Darth?'"

[ForceFightWMe12]

Senyo watched as the group walked off. Perhaps they had forgotten about him? Well, all the better for him.

"Sorry, guys." he murmured, yanking a small laser cutter from his belt, "But this hunk of junk isn't going to get off the ground again. So, I don't see any reason not to dismantle it and sell it. Besides, now I can say that they once belonged to the famous Revan. Prices just went up."

Slicing away a few more salvagable items, Senyo voiced a sarcastic 'ta ta!' before disappearing behind his stealth shield. Home free.

[arvik]

"Revan, yes. But is this all true? About the star Forge? Did I really destroy it? WAs it all just a dream?"

[JediMaster12]

Bastilla was hopeful with the response that Revan gave and said, "I was there on the Star Forge. I used my Battle Meditation to help the Republic fleet. You saved me."