STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- The White Tower of Halloy

"I am trying to gather information about this ship. And the Cult of Necros, but that; at the moment is not my major concern. This ship is." He brought up a hologram of the scan of the ship provided by the Darttans.

Jocasta's face becomes grave at the mention of the Cult, but says nothing about it. "It is not a model I am familiar with. But if you see here..."

She points to markings on the wings of the ship, and the nose.

"...those markings may be able to give you some clues as to what this ship is."

Denzral get's a clear as possible scan of the symbols and gets soapy to run a search for matching symbols or symbols that bare a similar resemblance. (if the droid is there) "Plug in soapy, you can perform a search faster than I can."

Soapy links up to the Archive to perform his search. He gives a few positive-sounding whistles, and brings up displays on screen.

One of the symbols matches the snake-and-skull emblem on that coin you have. The Cult of Necros! The emblem is done in black on the understand of a wing, near a set of torpedo launchers.

The next is hard to make out, painted in white on the fuselage near the nose. It is a circle with an outlined bar through it. Soapy does a search for this and turns up something called the White Tower.

"Good work. Okay, call up that information Soapy. The White Tower?" He asked the holo-projector. ""Jocasta, What do you know of the Cult of Necros?"

"The Cult of Necros?" Jocasta Nu asks. "They were treacherous slavers in league with the Sith, thousands of years ago. Their leader was a Sith Lord and a necromancer. I recommend going through the Archive files to find out more, my boy."

"Of course, and do you know anything about this white tower?"

"I can't say that I do," Jocasta admits. "I am only the librarian. My studies are extensive, but I cannot know everything."

"Thank you Jocasta." He looks at the holo interface, and frowns. "Soapy, can you bring up any information about that symbol and the White Tower?"

Soapy wants to know which you want first.

The White Tower

The White Tower it is!

The White Tower started off as an idea, and a name. It was the name of a group of slavers in the Outer Rim, who used an awful ruse to lure the poor. The White Tower slavers told their tale of a new planet where the poor could start anew; a second chance. Really, they would just pack these poor saps into slave ships and put them in chains and sell them about the Galaxy.

Eventually, however, they made the mistake of crossing into Republic territory and raiding a member world. The Senate, not at all pleased with this, sent the Jedi to apprehend the White Tower slavers. There was a fight, and the "King" of the slavers fell in combat. His son, in an act of wisdom, surrendered, and told the Jedi that he wanted to make the White Tower a reality, a true refuge for the poor and sick. Using the resources the slavers had accumulated, they set to work building a mighty fortress on a farflung world.

That world is Halloy. The White Tower still stands there.

Denzral took note of that information. "Soapy, can you store that information." He looked at the information again. "There is a definite connection. Kanna and I had been tracking down a possible slave ring in the Republic when she had been assassinated. The slave ring had bled dry as had all evidence of the shooter. It was... rather peculiar. "Soapy, bring up any information on Halloy."

Halloy is a planet just beyond Republic space, in the direction of the Unknown Regions. It was uninhabited by sentient life before the White Tower was founded there. It possesses very rocky terrain and grassy plains, and a few oceans. They do trade with the surrounding systems and do not interact with the Republic if they can help it.

Denzral smiled. "Good work, we should probably look into this place. Okay; do we have any information on where the raiders have attacked. Give me a highlight of each planet on a galaxy map. See if we can find a pattern of some kind of area."

It is strangely displeasing when you assemble a list of sites that the raiders hit before their end at Dartta. Pilsebak II where they burned down a village, Brodo Asogi were they stole advanced hyperdrive technology, Kalee and Huk were they stole weapons, and the Codian Moon where they killed ranchers and took their reeks (also the first raid that angered the Republic)... all in an area of space very close to Halloy.

"Looks like we have our destination Soapy. You may go and recharge in my quarters. I'm going to grab a few hours sleep before we leave." Do I need to inform the council?

You did not research the Cult of Necros as you asked earlier. Do you want to do that now?

And yes, you can keep the Council updated on your mission via reports.

I actually forgot about that. Yes. Please.

The Cult of Necros was founded by a Sith Lord- rather predictably named Darth Necros- during the New Sith Wars, the war which ended with the supposed extinction of the Sith. The Cult of Necros raided Republic worlds with hit-and-run tactics, striking as far in as the Colonies. What they took were Republic citizens. At the time, many thought they were being abducted for use as slave labor, and some were.

Others were less fortunate, and Darth Necros used them as experiments for his necromancy projects on Korriban. Rumor has it that he was successful.