"Because you don't need the Force to predict that Galder and Tanic prefer destroying things, rather than this fine wine," Rand says to Rianna.
"How did your part of the escape from Cynelline go, my young apprentice?" Rand asks.
Even if his posse of Dark Jedi are not really his apprentices, he refers to them as that anyway.
(is there wine in sw universe? 😕...)
Takuan, getting off the ship, find himself a nice isolated corner to think things through for a while.
he appreciates the safety of the place, but keeps his awareness intact.
seeing as he doesn't know doon for a long time. even if he did...he wouldn't trust him completely
For that matter, is there Gold? I put that in the first Episode, so this one can have wine. Make it an odd colour if you want.
Must be said, Galder, Tanic might not have your warrior's instinct, but he's a damn fine shot. You'd feel better duelling against him, though you doubt this place has the facilities.
"Right then," says Doon, as he returns after having checked things are running smoothly. "I had best begin. I have to kick off with bad news, I am afraid."
"Well, bad news for some of you, at least," he says, "probably just more of interest for the rest.
"I am afraid I exaggerated the smoothness of Kuylen's position. it is true that he escaped the trap Helkin set for him. However, his escape to a safe place in the Galaxy did not go well. He was intercepted by a Bureau ship on then planet Pandateria. Kuylen managed to cut their comms before they could link up with anyone else, but then he had to kill every single Osokan on board over the course of the following week in order to secure his own position.
"This he did, but at too great a cost. Kuylen is critically injured and almost totally paralyzed, and I cannot guarantee that the damage is treatable. It was only when he saw how desperate the situation was that he called me in; he's a proud man and only calls for help as a last resort. I had to leave him there when he gave me my orders; there was no way to safely bring him back to Demarus or anywhere near you guys.
"He may even be dead by now. I have not heard from him. He could have died of natural causes, or the Bureau might have pieced together what the deal with teir missing ship is."
Doon is silent for a few seconds.
"But on the other hand, maybe things are going to plan. The Bureau has been pretty distracted by you guys, so I doubt they have gone to Pandateria yet. Kuylen told me to extricate you guys first and get you to towrk, and THEN go back for him. He should be safe there, and if he is still alive he might be well enough to travel..
"So I am afraid the other piece of bad news is... I can't be with you when you guys go to the Ghost Citadel. I'd only slow you down in a full scale fight anyway. I have to pick up Kuylen, extricate him by force or brains if necessary, just like I did with you guys, and then we'll rendezvous back here afterwards. We're a long way from where the action is here but ut is the safest place to meet- still, I'll have a back-up rendezvous ready in case we need to meet more quickly. If Kuylen is dying, he says he has a message he wants to pass onto you people... but ONLY if he is not going to make it.
"Just to remind you... when I say 'you people', I mean Galder, Takuan and Rah. I'm not really sure what the best time to tell him about the others is."
(Heh... sabre crystals that give you +2 to hit and so forth... bloody KOTOR)
"Just a few knickknacks he had with him," says Doon. He leaves, and returns a few minutes with a packing crate, which he opens. They are indeed items for Kuylen's old crew.
For Galder, he has a bastic warhead SMG and five clips. "I hope this is your style..." says Doon.
For Rah, a fully powered Zeitonian Kinetic rifle. "Buggers up Lightsabres I understand," says Doon, "which isn't much good to us now, but I played with it myself- it doesn't make any visible shot, so it's a nice stealth piece, if not as hard hitting as a proper blaster."
And for Takuan...
"... he said you would know what this was," says Doon. He hands you a somewhat weighty object wrapped in cloth.
Rand, your Intuition has suddenly kicked in and gone off the scale, the moment Doon hands that over to Takuan.
The stone is cold, Takuan. But when you put your hand on its back, it feels warm... as if it is vibrating slightly...
And letter by letter, writing shows up in a plage green light on the front, in an obscure ancient language... the language of the ancestral Sith...
Rand- a Sith archival tablet! The rumours about Kuylen were true- they do still exist! The secrets of the Sith, codified, in physical form! Nowhere else is there any such knowledge in the Galaxy!
Rand, your Jedi Lore score is very high. You can read these tablets! You are getting giddy just thinking about it. If there are more, somewhere...
Meanwhile, Galder, all you are thinking about is how long it took to dig those damn things out of the ice on Avalar.
"Hey, what do you know?" says Doon. "It DOES work. Doesn't with me. Must only respond to people with... your talents."