STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- Theft at Electric Court

I can't see Gallagher being very enthused by guns anyway. Everyone knows he's more concerned about the Force than anything else (even later). He figures it's good to know I guess.

Gallagher will probably just meditate and see when Korth is ready to go.

Having done a little research, Gallagher is at least prepared for the Crzkzi and not totally unaware of who they are and what they do.

It is not until the following day that Korth is prepared for the journey. The Council has arranged for a shuttle to take you to Crzkz; Korth is not one for piloting, despite his broad range of talents.

"How do you feel about today?" Korth asks you when you arrive at the platform.

"I'm excited, Master," Gallagher says. He is not exactly sure how excited he is or if it just nervousness that he has confused for it. "This will be interesting. I want to see more of the Galaxy."

"Good," Korth says simply. "Onto the shuttle, then. We have much to do when we arrive!"

The shuttle is of the diplomatic vessels that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan utilized in The Phantom Menace, with a trio of large thrusters in the rear and the cockpit toward the ship's nose. A pair of blue-uniformed pilots salute you loosely as you step aboard.

"Should you like, there are quarters toward the rear if you decide to nap during the flight," Master Korth says. "Otherwise, we'll be in the common area while the pilots take us to our destination. Unless you wanted to watch how they work?"

"I'm not all that interested in how ships work..." Gallagher admits quietly. Technology has always befuddled him beyond simple things. Complicated machines are not his thing. Even building his lightsaber was a challenge and a chore. "I can meditate in the back."

You sense mild disappointment from Korth.

"Or I can sit in the cockpit," Gallagher says. "I can... meditate up there, I guess."

Gallagher forces a smile, not wanting to let Korth down.

Korth smiles.

"A good idea," Korth says. "It may be some day that you will need to learn to fly one, to better yourself as a Knight."

The cockpit is an organized array of blinking lights and flashing buttons and busy screens. None of it makes sense to you. Apparently the pilots know what everything is. They are throwing switches and entering information as the ship prepares to lift off.

"I don't really see why," Gallagher says. "I'm learning to be a Jedi Knight, not a fighter pilot."

Gallagher will try to focus his senses on the board of flashing lights and see if anything stands out to him.

"In some cases, being a knight and a pilot are not mutually exclusive," Korth says. "Sometimes the task you are assigned requires it of you. I certainly have found myself wishing I was a better pilot when I least expected to be."

It takes you a moment. You think it is a large blinking red button by the pilot's controls.

Gallagher will point it out.

"That one," Gallagher says.

"Very good," Korth says. "Go on, press it."

Gallagher will look at the pilot for approval, then reach forward and press the button. He is not sure if he is right and so does not know what to expect.

You click the button.

There is a pause before the engines hum on.

"Impressive," one of the pilots says.

"It's a big red button," says the other pilot. "Good guess, kid."

Korth just smiles and assumes a passenger seat in the cockpit. There is an empty one beside him.

Gallagher will take it as his own and buckling himself in. There is a small ounce of pride in him after finding the right button without any former knowledge of ships.

"It wasn't a guess," Gallagher says. "I felt that it was the right one."

"Very good, Gallagher," Korth says. "Trust your senses; they won't fail you."

The pilots guide the ship through its take-off procedures and you are airborne! And shortly after that, you are in space. It does not seem much different than being on Coruscant, Gallagher; the ship has artificial gravity and heating. You would have expected to start floating or something...

"This isn't my first time in space," Gallagher says. "But I don't remember my first time."

"You were very young," Korth says. "When your father discovered that you had the potential to be a Jedi, he sent for a Jedi to take him to Coruscant immediately. And so I visited your world and claimed you for the Jedi Order."

"How did I do on that first flight?" Gallagher asks.

After talking with Korth, he is going to close his eyes and meditate, to see if the Force has anything to present to him. If the cockpit becomes distracting from that, he is going to retreat to his room after watching the pilots for a bit. He still does not find much interest in anything that they're doing, though he does like the tranquility of space.

"You were very quiet, and calm," Korth says. "You were only a baby."

Sadly just watching someone fly a ship for a bit does not make you a pilot, and Korth seems to notice that it doesn't really grab your interest. You drift off...

... and when you open your eyes again, you are sitting on a cold stone bench. It is drizzling lightly but persistently.