USH'S STAR WARS GAME- CAMPAIGN II EPISODE III (JEDI)- Revelations

"Thankyou, your Grace," he says.

"Parade... HALT!"

The Parade snaps to a halt. They stay frozen there as the Colonel invites you inside.

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The tent is somewhat gloomy, and absolutely enormous. It's not unlike Cannes' tent back on Poenae in terms of sheer volume of noise and business- but the difference here is the enormous operations table in the middle, where very hi-tech holographic displays of what appear to be battle plans and stragiies are being carried out, complete with success estimates and casualty projections. Dozens of operators are programming in new scenarios and contingencies. There is a continuous barrage of messages being brought in by couriers.

"Fourth Royal Fusiliers now disembarked and moving to staging area."

"3rd company of the 144th of Foot reports non-arrival of rations and entrenching tools."

"The 15th Household Dragoons require another 12 hours to convert adequate stabling capacity."

"Priority signal from Vhodes. Reports Artillery Train is still not underway."

"Engineering Corps reports work on redoubts and front line will be completed within three hours."

You are being led towards a group of officers at the head of the table. A little way beyond them, a small group of well-dressed, pale, and nervous looking people. Cassillians.

Jelena looks to Colonel Tiso after surveying the tent. "May I speak with the Cassilians over there?"

She uses Empathy on the Cassilians, to see if they are afraid or in distress or such.

Yes, they are. Worried and nervous and very distressed. That's Scan, though, not Emapthy; Empathy detects relations between people.

"I have orders to bring you to the General, your Grace. He is in command here."

"Very well," Jelena says, merely nodding to the Cassilians with a slightly empathizing look, before following the Colonel once more.

I wonder what is going on... Jelena ponders as she walks along with the Colonel. [/i]I'm sure I'll find out from the General himself...[/i]

You are brought forward to the officers- who have a fair bit of gold braid so you assume they are important.

One of them steps forwards. Like all the officers, he wears a pelisse, his uniform is impeccably smart, and his hair is braided, in the traditional way of his people. For a moment, Roan, a shock of recognition passes through you... but then it passes.

It's not him. Similar, but not him.

"General Kuylen," says Tiso, "I have the honour of introducing the Jedi Roan Trilanger and his personal retinue.

Master Jedi, I present to you General Anaz Kuylen, commander-in-chief of the Antanon Guard, Voivode of Antanon and the six subject worlds that fall under its protection."

Jelena goes limp.

It's not him!

"Greetings, General," Jelena says, bowing slightly. "For a second I thought you were...someone else." She shakes her head.

"My apologies, I forget myself. I am Jelena Bendu, Jedi Knight."

She extends a hand in greeting.

(So, Kuylen's twin? Cousin? Father? Wife?)

Anaz doesn't take your hand. He salutes, instead.

"The Jedi seemed to be under the impression you were your cousin, sir," says Tiso.

"Very odd," says Anaz.

(Roan, his voice is spookily similar)

"I assure you, dead men are not in the habit of leading Charnellian armies."

"He has faked death before," Jelena says. "Hence my worry. The resemblance is uncanny, though I never met him in person."

"Ah, I see you misunderstand me, Jedi. Regardless of the physical state of his body, my cousin Larios has been legally dead for several decades now."

(Decades?!?)

"Oh..." Jelena says. "I am deeply sorry that you lost him to such an evil cause, then, General. He was a good man, before his fall."

"His fall or otherwise, as you call it, was hardly pertinent to the situation."

"Quite right."

"May I inquire as to why the armies of Tasker's Crown are present on Cassilis?"

"I meant, Jedi, that I did not lose him to an evil cause. He was declared dead before I was born, after all.

And I see this is another misapprehension. The armies of Tasker's Crown would block out this entire Star System. They are not present."

"Let me rephrase that, then..." Jelena says, looking to the floor, then looking back at him. "Why are you and your men here, on Cassilis, in force?"

"I brought them here," says Anaz. "The army is mine to do with as I wish, within reason. I have brought them there to deal with the security situation."

"The rebellion threat, I suppose you mean," Jelena sighs. "Well, I see that Cassilis' faith in the Jedi Order is very poor, then."

"Not everyone needs the Jedi to solve their problems," says Anaz. "I must say, I am rather surprised at your presence."

"You should not be," Jelena says, somewhat disappointed. "We were more suprised of your presence. How often does one of the most peaceful worlds in the Republic have armed men strolling about in uniform?"

"When armed terrorists seize control of their seat of power and they have no means to defend themselves," he replies, firmly.