United We Stand

[patient_zero]

"But I must say I'm glad to have a non-force-sensitive in the crew. They tend to be...boring, I am too many times I guess... we are a bunch of patronizing morrons too, specially those who are strong in the force...you know 'consulars', a Jedi class."

 

Zarena nodded. "I hadn't met many Jedi before I came here, but the few I came into contact with were... well, as you said. patronizing. But I have a hard time telling them apart. Maybe they were "consulars", I can't say for sure."

 

She had grown tired of the bowl of mush that lay in front of her, and had decided it was best to leave it half-finished.

 

"I'll probably head out to the city. Might as well buy some supplies before we hit the point of no return," she commented, getting to her feet. "I'll see you around."

 

And with that she headed for the temple exit. She'd be glad to get out again. The less time she spent inside the temple, the better.

[Cyborg Ninja]

Kevak was impressed with the man. Not many people could answer him without the look of fear in their eyes. Kevak felt he had seen this man before, but he could not think of where he had seen him.

 

"Impressive, most people would turn and run if I said something to them. You clearly know who I am, but are you friends aware of who they are standing next too?" Kevak answered and asked in a slightly concerned way.

[Nymf...]

"I'll probably head out to the city. Might as well buy some supplies before we hit the point of no return. I'll see you around."

 

"See you." Bail said as watch her leave. 'What an intressting girl.'

 

Bail left the table and the room. And started to walk...just walk. 'What to do? What to do? Hmm...if I walk long enough, maybe I'll run in to a nice person.' He thought.

[LordRevan123]

"Impressive, most people would turn and run if I said something to them. You clearly know who I am, but are you friends aware of who they are standing next too?" Kevak answered and asked in a slightly concerned way.

 

"Probably not," answered William. "So, why don't we all introduce ourselves!"

"You all know I'm William so I guess its your guy's turns."

[Astor]

"Name's Vynn." he said, as he looked the stranger up and down. He dressed curiously, and he was another with a penchant for masks. Someone else with something to hide.

 

"And i've seen gizka more scarier" He smiled, as he continued examining the man.

[Cyborg Ninja]

"Name's Vynn."

 

"And i've seen gizka more scarier."

 

The man standing next to Graff was the first to respond. Kevak looked at the man and laughed. He clearly didn't know who he is but Kevak did not want to make a huge deal out of it. He was going to be with these people for a long time, making a bad impression was not on his to do list.

 

"I can only imagine," Kevak replied, "As I've said before my name is Kevak Phobos, a pleasure to meet you Vynn is it?" Kevak asked as he stretched forward on of his arms to shake the man's hand.

[DrPhil2501]

"So, why don't we all introduce ourselves!"

 

"And I'm Jaq, former Mandalorian..." he introduced himself. "But I now work as a mercenary nowadays, and somehow got entangled in this mess!"

 

He noted the mask. "What is it with people with masks nowadays?" he thought.

[Nymf...]

While walking Bail saw Jaq, William and Vynn and some more talking. He walked towards them and said "Good day! It's a lovely day to die on." Bail smiled and then looked at Kevak, raised an eyebrow and shook his head. "Anyway," turned to William, "I got a gift for you, kid." He opened a bag he was carrying and took out two armor plates who fits on the arms, and gave them to William.

 

"These are made of Cortosis, and it might come in handy for you...not saying you are any worse than any of these people...but you are younger, which often equals with less experience. And besides...if you are to lead this group...I guess that would make you a higher target for the enemy when they hear of us."

[LordRevan123]

William tilted his head and accepted the gift gratefully. "Thanks Bail! These'll probably come in handy! Don't worry though, we're going to be a democracy so if I die you die," joked William

 

"Oh yeah, one of the padawans here told me a Sith Sergant named Aeran was looking for me. Since he's part of the group, I'll contact him on my com," said William.

 

He then took out the small device and sent the signal, now he just had to wait.

[Niftyeye]

Aeran was staring into space when suddenly his comm went off on his HUD, seeing the location marked he quickly headed off and soon arrived, where he saw a rather large group of people, some of whom he met earlier.

 

He walked up to the person where the comm signal was coming from, Aeran assumed it was 'Graf'.

 

"Greetings.." He said, nervously holding out a hand but leaving his helmet firmly onto his head.

 

"Im Aeran, was a Sergeant in the old sith Army during the glory days, where we nearly crushed the republic...." He spoke with a hint of pride and arrogance in the sentence, but he knew that being surrounded by Jedi was not a brilliant idea...

[Nymf...]

"Thanks Bail! These'll probably come in handy! Don't worry though, we're going to be a democracy so if I die you die,"

 

"Sounds fair enough! I can make us all die by a little ...crashing accident, it's not that hard." Bail smiled. "Anyway the good thing with the shields are that they work... they've actually saved my life more than once, for example during a battle against Revan."

 

"Im Aeran, was a Sergeant in the old sith Army during the glory days, where we nearly crushed the republic...."

 

Bail laughed. "You mean part from that a man of the Republic, almost single handed, destroyed your forces five years ago? You wouldn't even have stood a chance against the Mandies." Bail said and hit Jaq in the back. "Just face it that the Republic is the one still standing. Republic vs Mandies, winner Republic...Republic vs Malak...winner Republic...Republic vs Sion and Nihilus...I guess the Republic won that one too...You see the pattern? And in fact now, when I'm back...Your forces wouldn't have stood a chance against me either...So you lost to the Republic. The Republic are superior to the Sith. Q.E.D. You weren't even close.!" Bail smiled.

[Cyborg Ninja]

"Thanks Bail! These'll probably come in handy! Don't worry though, we're going to be a democracy so if I die you die,"

 

"Sounds fair enough! I can make us all die by a little ...crashing accident, it's not that hard." Bail smiled. "Anyway the good thing with the shields are that they work... they've actually saved my life more than once, for example during a battle against Revan."

 

"Im Aeran, was a Sergeant in the old sith Army during the glory days, where we nearly crushed the republic...."

 

Bail laughed. "You mean part from that a man of the Republic, almost single handed, destroyed your forces five years ago? You wouldn't even have stood a chance against the Mandies." Bail said and hit Jaq in the back. "Just face it that the Republic is the one still standing. Republic vs Mandies, winner Republic...Republic vs Malak...winner Republic...Republic vs Sion and Nihilus...I guess the Republic won that one too...You see the pattern? And in fact now, when I'm back...Your forces wouldn't have stood a chance against me either...So you lost to the Republic. The Republic are superior to the Sith. Q.E.D. You weren't even close.!" Bail smiled.

 

Kevak was shocked to see another Sith on the team. One who had been very loyal at that too. Now he was being mocked by this hothead and one thing Kevak hated was overconfidence. He lowered his arm that was previously waitng for Vynn. Kevak turned to face the man that was called Bail.

 

"Indeed the Republic bested the Sith but that was due to Malak's, Nihilus's, and Sion's overconfidence such was what your displaying right now. Confidence is a weakness that can kill even the strongest of warriors. You nearly died at the awesome might of Revan, and you think your better than me and my comrade here! You probally had that same smirk on your face when you first saw him too, which gave him the advantage right from the start. I too fought Revan, but unlike you we fought with honor, we fought as warriors. We ended our duel in a draw and went our seperate ways."

 

Kevak then turned back to the group in front of him. he stared at the mandalorian in front of him.

 

"So Jaq which mandalorian clan are you, or were you from?" Kevak asked the mandalorian. He was trying to make small talk with the group as best as he could, and now that he had just probally made an enemy on the team he didn't want anymore.

[Nymf...]

"Seperate ways? That sounds like if you ran for your life...I could have beaten Revan with no problem, if it wasn't for my weakness...I'm too kind, you can't kill a friend makes no sense...And fighting friends includes no honor whatsoever..." Bail said "Have you ever heard of the Qel-Droma brothers? My dual with Revan was much alilke...but I don't have to explain my duel and my choices to a bloody lier...beside you can ask Rev yourself. Let's just say that the dark side users fight with cowardacts...so did Rev against me." Bail smiled "Besides, I've been studying to a weapon-master, I'm way better now."

[patient_zero]

Zarena walked the streets of Coruscant. I can't imagine they'll need me for the moment. Might as well stock up on medpacs.

 

Though she was used to cities like Coruscant, she still couldn't help but get lost. But this city being what it was, she assumed medpacs would be simple enough to come across. She eyed the doorway of every cantina she passed, but decided there would be time for bar crawling in the evening.

 

Soon enough she found a supply shop, run by a male twi'lek. She didn't speak much to the shopkeeper as she shopped, but observed him, wrinkling her nose at his greasy looking lekku when he looked away. But she had all the supplies she needed now, and put them into her satchel. Hopefully I won't be needing them.

 

So she stepped back out on to the streets, bright as it ever was at the time began to approach noon.

[Astor]

Vynn could sense a lot of anger between Bail and Kevak. This was going to turn bad.

 

Great, not even off Coruscant and the arguments have started already.

 

Vynn took Kevak's hand, even though he had retracted it moments before. "Pleasure to meet you Kevak. I can tell this mission won't be dull. But, if you ladies don't mind, I'll leave you alone with your handbags." He winked, and looked for a window.

 

He knew where he was in the temple, in the outer corridor of the pyramidal section of the building. He pushed the window control, and it slid upwards. It was a long way down.

 

This is nothing Vynn, remember that canyon on Ryloth? That was deeper.

 

He turned and winked at the others, and without a word, he jumped, sliding down the side, towards the sidewalk below.

[Cyborg Ninja]

"Seperate ways? That sounds like if you ran for your life...I could have beaten Revan with no problem, if it wasn't for my weakness...I'm too kind, you can't kill a friend makes no sense...And fighting friends includes no honor whatsoever..." Bail said "Have you ever heard of the Qel-Droma brothers? My dual with Revan was much alilke...but I don't have to explain my duel and my choices to a bloody lier...beside you can ask Rev yourself. Let's just say that the dark side users fight with cowardacts...so did Rev against me." Bail smiled "Besides, I've been studying to a weapon-master, I'm way better now."

 

"Run! I never run from a fight. I will gladly die before running away; lieing is even worse. In my clan honor is the most important thing to uphold on the battlefield, even if it is friends or family. I will fight any foe that attacks me and do so with valor and honor, I would expect my foe to do the same, but that is not always the case. The weapons you own are just tools to kill someone with, nothing more. Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon. I am no longer continuing in this arguement for you are not the enemy."

 

Kevak could not believe what the man was saying. Revan fought with valor when Kevak dueled him. Had he changed his ways when he went Sith? Kevak refused to believe Bail and would ask Revan himself the next time he saw him. Kevak had made an enemy however he had at least been acknowledged by Vynn, and Graff, and possibly Jaq too. There was even another sith on the team.

Maybe it's not going to be as dreadful Kevak thought to himself.

[Astor]

Vynn could see the sidewalk getting closer as he slid down the side of the building. He braced himself, but he knew that wouldn't be enough. He reached into the Force, to try and soften the landing.

 

His feet hit the sidewalk, followed by the rest of him, and he managed to roll forwards, and spring upwards, as if he hadn't just slid thrity feet down the side of a building.

 

I shouldn't really have done that he thought to himself, as he stretched his arms.

 

I tore my coat.

[DrPhil2501]

"So Jaq which mandalorian clan are you, or were you from?"

 

"Though my last name is Logan, I once belonged to the clan Ordo. Why do you ask?"

 

Before Kevak could answer, Jaq watched Vynn wink at the group and jump out the window. "Its called a turbolift..." he said under his breath. "You should try using one some day!"

[Nymf...]

Bail watched as Vynn jumped down.

 

"Run! I never run from a fight. I will gladly die before running away; lieing is even worse. In my clan honor is the most important thing to uphold on the battlefield, even if it is friends or family. I will fight any foe that attacks me and do so with valor and honor, I would expect my foe to do the same, but that is not always the case. The weapons you own are just tools to kill someone with, nothing more. Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon. I am no longer continuing in this arguement for you are not the enemy."

 

Bail shook his head. "Whatever..." He said, and went to find something to drink.

[Niftyeye]

Sergeant Drexel kept quiet through the confrontation between the Sith and the Mandalorian, one thing he did know however, the arrogance and overconfidence was one thing the team didnt need.

 

He then walked over to Kevak, unsure of who or what he was, if he was a Sith and a force user, it might be a good idea to stick close....

 

"Typical Mandalorians, we crushed them only to be beaten by a Republic that was waiting to strike..." He said to him with a slight tone of anger.

 

He then watched the Mandalorian walk away, before looking back at Kevak.

 

"Good to have another sith around... I dont trust any of these."

 

The Sergeant then saw one of the others wink and jump out of the window... a bit random and surprising but it could of been worse, he then waited in silence, wondering when they were going to head off.

[patient_zero]

Zarena had found herself drifing back towards the temple. She as considering returning until something caught her eye. Or rather, someone caught her eye as they slid down the side of the building. Alright, so he's a little more suicidal than I thought.

 

He managed to hit the ground unscathed, probably due to some sort of Jedi trick, and was thrown into a break fall. He stretched his arms as he stood up, and Zarena walked over into hearing distance.

 

"Aren't we quite the acrobat?" she commented, grinning, half out of amusement, half out of amazement.

[Astor]

"Aren't we quite the acrobat?" He looked around, and saw Zarena walking towards him.

 

"What? That? Some men cook, some write, I steal speeders and jump out of tall buildings" He grinned. He looked up, and didn't realise until that moment just exactly how steep it was.

 

"And besides, the 'children' were arguing, and I wasn't going to waste my time with that paste they call 'food' " He said, dusting down his flight suit, and looking at the hole he'd tore in his coat.

[LordRevan123]

William left the scene after most of the group had gone their seprate ways. He decided he would get a feel for Coruscant by visiting one of the local cantinas, but before he could do so, he was met by the familiar face of Liam. "Hello!" said William pleasantly.

 

"Hi to you to," replied Liam. "I loaded all your supplies onto The Blade Glider. The GenoHarrden sword you asked for was already stolen from our base, probably by one of their agents. So I got you a poisoned Shyrak blade to make up for it," Liam said.

 

Liam pulled out a long object wrapped in cloth from behind him before handing it to William. "I also got you two other sets of knives which'll come in handy, they're also on the ship.

 

"Thanks for that. I know you spent a lot of time and took a lot of risk so I'll give you your credits now." William then dug into his pockets and handed him 8000 credits. That should cover everything and pay for the trip."

 

The rodian nodded and said,"Becareful kiddo," before leaving.

 

William left and started to walk towards his previous destination.

[Nymf...]

Bail had found his way to cantina and sat down with a Correlian Ale. Suddenly Revan appeared and sat down next to him.

"*sigh* Why did I agree to this mission?" Bail asked.

 

"To save the Republic once again, old friend!" Revan said.

 

"Once again..." Bail paused "and once again will the Republic get close to destruction, just like after last time I helped saving it."

 

"What do you mean?"

 

"Well there are more enemies of the Republic than republicans on this quest...So even if we manage to succeed, there will just be a new war afterwards. And all Dark Jedis around, both in the mission and on the frontlines...I mean after the war the Dark Jedis will betray us, since it's their way of behaviour, you of all should know this."

 

"I see your concern, and I would love to go on this quest myself, but I would put it all to a risk."

 

"And mixing all kind of sides wont?"

 

"It might, but all of you have skills which can make you succeed with this mission. You're all important, and noone has anything to gain to help the True Sith. So you have to work as a team." Revan paused "Bail...I need you on this one! You have been around me since we were kids, and you could say no to me when I asked you to join me in my conquering. I need someone I can trust, sure the others are probably trustworthy, but I don't know them as I know you. You are a good man, Bail! And a great pilot, and not to mention friend. So please go on this quest, you are needed, but remember so are your team...work with them."

 

"I never said I wasn't going, I just wondered why I am going!"

 

"Because you know it's the right thing to do." Revan said and Bail finnished his ale and left Revan saying.

 

"Say 'Hello' to Bastila from me." Revan looked at Bail leaving the cantina and said in silence, almost like a whisper:

"May the force be with you, old friend!"

[patient_zero]

"What? That? Some men cook, some write, I steal speeders and jump out of tall buildings. And besides, the 'children' were arguing, and I wasn't going to waste my time with that paste they call 'food' "

 

Zarena smiled as Vynn dusted his suit down. She'd yet to encounter most of the crew, but so far Vynn was looking to be an amusing companion and a fine drinking partner.

 

"I did brave the canteen in there. I assure you, you're doing yourself a favour in avoiding it," she said, retaining her smirk. "We're lucky they're getting their playfighting over with while they're on the ground. You may be the finest acrobat on the planet, but you can't jump out of a moving spaceship."