Just in time too, because it is when you are programming it that the Jedi arrive.
We have a highly confused 15 seconds of action as the Jedi scream out of hyerpsace, get their bearings, so you guys trying to flee, and open fire.
Hoping against hope, the Dark Siders make their shot... and vanish away...
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Some time later, the Dark Siders emerge from hyperspace- into the near blackness of one of the nebulae that Galder was looking at earlier- the idea must have stuck in Gallador's mind. It;'s a sensor dead zone; it's near-impossible to get anything other than short-range, local readings.
But alas! Xavier's ship took over its damage allocation in the fight earlier. The stress of the random hyperspace jump is the final straw. As it emerges, a part of the rear section groans, gives way... and messily detaches. Debris spills out all over; there is a pressure breach on the ship and a major power failure. The auto-sealers are not working, and the fires are getting worse.
Eller has retrieved her stones.
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As for the Jedi- obviously, their escape again is aggravating. And a random jump is nearly impossible to follow! And you can't even get a signal read any more, so they must have jumped into a dead zone.
And yet- the energy signatures on that bigger ship were looking seriously wony. You doubt it;s going anywhere any more. And the nebulae deadzones nearby only stretch so far. As soon as they break cover, the network will pick tem up again.
Could be a little while though.
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"You've never had any TINY bit of sex, have you?"
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Galder prepares to relax for a moment after dropping into the nebula, then notices the New Beginning spew flame and debris into space.
"Uh oh..." Galder says, then gets on the comms. "Xavier, I don't think you're going anywhere any time soon. You've sprung a leak."
Neither Azarl nor Galder possess ships that could fit the four aboard Xavier's ship into their own, as far as I know. Maybe now we have time to call someone for a pick-up.
Gallador is relieved that he made the jump safely. However, his joy quickly disappears as he sees the ship blowing apart and fires spreading.
"The Force has guided us, but indeed, we need to pull the fires out..." - He starts to help with this.
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"… his name is Melkor, Lord of All, Giver of Freedeom, and he shall make you stronger than they."
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Any spacial anomalys near-by that we can detect? Places where these ships can hide? Can I get Soapy to scan his astro-navigation for near-by places where they could presumably hide from a sensor net.
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Yeah, Rast is with Denzral, he doesn't want to wait around until they decide to pop up. There has to be a way to boost our tracking ability, either with the Force or with tech.
Well, without a drydock, definitely faster than that, yes.
But do remember you are on a broader time limit, story-wise.
You have other contacts nearby- the Bureau is starting to respond majorly to this incident. They're going to deploy large search vessels.
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Galder and Azarl, you are checking out the damage from your vantage points. The ship has super-structure cracks running all along it. Engines are dead and you reckon the main powerplant is dying. It's not going anywhere.
Oh, and there's also a big ship on your sensors, which you didn't notice until it was nearly on top of you due to the nebula.
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"There's only one system left worth using on this ship," says Eller.
Gallador- the good news is, the fires are going out in some parts of the ship. The bad news is that is due to depressurisation. A problem if it spreads- even a Force User cannot live in a vacuum.
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"You've never had any TINY bit of sex, have you?"
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Additional question. From a nebula, that they could have reasonably jumped to, could they jump directly out of Republic space?
Basically, what I mean is this. We have a track on their signatures right? We leave that with the Bureau and continue our mission. Let them do their job of tracking these guys down. Then they call us and we come flying in.
Also maybe we can see what they were after and why they so blatantly attacked the planet.
When the large ship appears on sensors, Galder whip the ship around- probably without warning, jostling Rand in the jumper seat- to get a visual. He gets ready to trust his instincts, as he has so often today, in case the nebula fuzzes up his computerized targeting system.
"How could they have found us so quickly?!" Galder roars. "Azarl, prepare to defend Xavier..."
Xeth thinks it best to let the Bureau handle the search, then, based on their time constraints.
"We should get back to Coruscant, as planned," Xeth says over comms to Roan, and any other Jedi listening in. "I want to catch Galder just as much as you do, but we'd be wasting our time searching the nebulae. And we don't have much."
Xeth is very frustrated by the whole near-miss.
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THIS IS WHAT WE'VE WAITED FOR
THIS IS IT, BOYS, THIS IS WAR!
Those of you who remember the end of the last story may remember that these Dark Siders were caught on video mentioning the Syphar n Kalar. Now you've found them deep within Republic territory, which they must have known was a huge risk.
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"We've got maybe seconds before Darth Rosenberg grinds everybody into Jawa burgers and not one of you buds has the midi-chlorians to stop her!"
"Maybe we should return to Robine then, rather than carry on to Coruscant?" Gallagher suggests. "That way we're still near if the Bureau finds our culprits, and we can see how this ties in with our investigation."
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