Star Wars: Force and Destiny

> *"End of an era... Rise of an Empire..."*
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- Catchphrase of *Force and Destiny*.

***Star Wars: Force and Destiny***, otherwise known as ***Force and Destiny***, is a multi-session, fan-run, non-canon Star Wars Roleplaying Campaign set chronologically before, during, and after the events of ***Star Wars*: Episode II *Attack of the Clones*** and ***Star Wars*: Episode III *Revenge of the Sith*** using Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars Roleplaying system.

*Force and Destiny* is set between 25 BBY - 9 BBY, or 25 years before the Battle of Yavin to 9 years before the Battle of Yavin. It is connected to sister campaigns, ***Star Wars: Edge of the Empire***, **Star Wars: Age of Resistance**, **Star Wars: Alliance at War**,and ***Star Wars: A New Dawn***, ***Star Wars: Age of Rebellion***. It features three main player characters named Heyvis Trockz, Valo Sindar, and Ghaa Tabbak, all serving as Jedi in the age of the Clone Wars, accompanied by main non-player characters, Captain Ace, Chalkurra, HK-51, R2-D7, and the bizarre doctor Big Doc. Please also refer to the Timeline of *Force and Destiny*.

## The **Story of the Heroes of Khalis**

### **Season One - A New Generation**

#### **Prelude I: The Trials**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*PRELUDE I - THE TRIALS*

*There is unrest in the Galactic Senate. Several thousand star systems threaten to secede from the millennia old REPUBLIC as the JEDI, keepers of peace, continue to prosper.*

*A new group of padawans have just begun to tap their potential. Beginning with their trials, the padawans begin their trials at the homeworld of the Jedi Order, TYTHON.*

*As they move toward the Jedi Homeworld, the padawans must face grave dangers on the sacred lands. Only the FORCE will guide them….*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen pans downward showing the illustrious world of Tython. A red *Consular*-class shuttle, *The Tythos*, zooms past. "This is a very dangerous trial, but if you can complete it, you can prove great potential to be a Jedi Knight." Mace Windu says, stepping down from the cockpit to speak to the padawans.

"We understand master." A Pantoran nods, pulling his hood over his head.

"And... Take this. It doesn't hurt to contact us if there's a situation beyond your control. We do want to preserve the world..." Windu passes a small comlink to the padawans. A Dathomirian Zabrak retrieves it.

The cruiser lowers and lands in a field not far from a great mountain range. "Remember when you find him, let him show you the holocron. May the Force be with you."

The padawans step off the boarding ramp as Windu raises it. The shuttle then lifts off and flies upward away from the planet.

##### **Synopsis:**

The two young Jedi immediately begin searching for the lost Jedi master. Their goal is to find him and learn under him. Valo and Heyvis both climb on top of a small cliff face to get a better view of the area. They see a very thick field extending for miles but Valo notices what looks like a hooded figure. The two immediately climb down but notice the sun is setting and getting dark. Valo and Heyvis both decide it is safer to make a camp rather than attempt to make any further movements. Valo sets up a small fire in a crevasse not far from the cliff face. Heyvis decides to camp far away from his friend and does not set up a fire. Later that night, Heyvis awakes from what appears to be a group of hungry Flesh Raiders! Valo immediately gets up, running to help his friend as they both fight off the Flesh Raiders. Heyvis then decides to camp with Valo.

Waking up the next morning, the two put out the fire, gather their belongings, and begin to hunt down the master where they last perceived he was at. They hike for several miles until they notice a raging storm coming in. Looking for a way to avoid it, they desperately search for a cave. Finding a small and cramped cave, the three hide inside while the raging storm of Force energy passes. After its passing several hours later, the two begin their search again. They push through a very tall mountain range and come across what appears to be an ancient Jedi Temple. They enter it and discover many old artifacts and relics still maintained to the current day. As they continue their search, Heyvis bumps into a holo of three figures standing with wearing medals. The figures show one Sith Pureblood, one Kyuzo, and one Noghri. They appeared to be apparent heroes to the Jedi. Moments later, they would witness a Force vision of a dark warrior and would fight him. After the fight, they noticed a small and frail old man meditating on a balcony. They would learn that he was indeed the master they were searching for. After training with him for one day, they learned several things from his holocron before activating the locator beacon. They bowed in reverence to the master and then left for the Coruscant Jedi Temple.

#### **Prelude II: Path of the Jedi**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*PRELUDE II: PATH OF THE JEDI*

*There is unrest in the Galactic Senate. Several thousand star systems threaten to secede from the millennia old REPUBLIC as the JEDI, keepers of peace, continue to prosper.*

*A group of young Jedi Padawans, powerful in the force, have just finished their first trial on TYTHON, the ancient homeland of the Jedi. There, they have built their first blades and begun their path to Knighthood.*

*While these padawans continue their training, a new threat approaches. One clouded by the Dark Side. A lone assassin prepares to lead the Republic into chaos. They begin their passage with killing the new senator of MIRIAL, one of the few wishing to keep the Republic from creating an army....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen pans down to a red Consular Class ship flying toward the city world below. It lands in the Jedi Temple hanger, as three young Jedi padawans, one Pantoran and one Zabrak, look into the hanger as two Delta 6-Sprite Class Starfighters fly overhead. A blue L-3P0 units looks over to them. “The masters are ready to see you in the council chambers.”

##### **Synopsis:**

The masters had informed the padawans of a special assignment to guard the senator from Mirial, Erial Nomani, as they have felt a disturbance that could mean death. After leaving, they met with the senator and discussed the security. Heyvis, staying on the upper level, rested on the couch by the quarters. Valo decided to check the level below only to find someone hiding in a closet. Valo opening up the closet to find a strange man who would only go by "Big Doc" stating he was a princess and a queen. Feeling this to be a security concern, Valo had Big Doc shipped to a prison to be questioned by the masters of the order.

Later that night, Valo checked in on the room the senator was staying in. He walked in to find four IG-series droids kidnapping the Senator. Heyvis, running in behind Valo, instantly pulled his weapon and attacked the droids. However, the droid carrying the senator threw her out the window and jumped out himself. Valo and Heyvis raced after, grabbing a speeder and chasing after her. After several attempts to free her, they had failed to retrieve her.

After failing to free the senator, the council informed the two that they would have them work with Big Doc to help free the senator before it was too late. Traveling to the world of Makeb, they used Big Doc's contacts to find the senator. They freed her from a destroyer droid holding her hostage and returned her safely to Coruscant so she could cast her vote in the senate.

#### **Prelude III: Trial of Skill**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*PRELUDE III - TRIAL OF SKILL*

*Peace reigns in THE REPUBLIC. The SENATE has voted against the creation of a Grand Army of the Republic, and the JEDI ORDER lives in harmony, training the next generation of padawans.*

*A group of prominent young padawans have been sent to begin the TRIAL OF SKILL, an intensive trial to test the body and the discipline of each potential Knight.*

*In the peace, dark forces are massing to face against the Republic. A CONFEDERACY rises on the Outer Rim, building up forces to face against the entire Galactic Republic. The only hope lies with the Jedi….*

##### **Synopsis:**

The padawans practiced for much time with the masters and then made their way to complete the trial of skill. After its completion, Valo and Heyvis were awarded the rank of Knight for successfully completing the trials.

### **Season Two - The Hunt for Baku**

#### **Episode I: Padawan Learner**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*EPISODE I: PADAWAN LEARNER*

*War! A thousand year reign of peace has come to end as the galaxy remains divided between the loyalists of the REPUBLIC and the droid armies of the SEPARATIST ALLIANCE.*

*Working with their mysterious CLONE ARMY, young JEDI KNIGHTS come to aid the Republic's defense while independent companies profit from the new war.*

*As the war continues, two young Jedi Knights have been summoned by the council on a special assignment to help decided the fate of the the Republic....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen lowers to the city world of Coruscant. Many ships can be seen flying to and from the sprawling world. One Consular-Class Corvette flies past aiming at the city planet. It docks on the landing docks as two young Jedi Knights walk down. Master Plo Koon approaches. “There you are. It is a pleasure to see you two. How are you doing?”

“I’ve been better.” Valo nods to the Kel Dor before him. Heyvis continues walking, not saying a word.

“Well, then I suppose you two are ready for the meeting.”

“The summon seemed urgent.” Heyvis says, walking behind Valo and Plo Koon.

“Indeed it is. The security of the Republic might be at stake. We were planning on having Skywalker come, but he was put on a follow-up mission to ensure Senator Amidala would be safe due to recent events.”

They load onto a speeder as the screen wipes to the Jedi Temple. Inside the Council Chambers the two young Jedi stand before the rest of the masters. “It appears the Separatists are stronger than we realized. My data on Geonosis revealed that they had several droid factories, not to mention the modified frigates on the planet.” Obi-Wan says.

“And now we have an entire army of clones that a long dead Jedi Master had ordered, you understand the importance of information at this time. We’re running on little and we need to know that at least our capital is safe. That’s why we’ve assigned you two.” Master Windu says.

“I understand masters.” Heyvis bows. Valo bows shortly after and the two turn to walk out.

“One more thing.” Master Windu stops them as they turn around.

“It has been several years since you two have completed your training. Most new Knights begin to take on a padawan to learn of how to mentor others in the ways of the Jedi. It is time one of you get your chance. Valo, your turn has come. Padawan Tabbak, would you please step in.” Master Mundi says.

The door slides open to a young Mon Calamari walking in and giving a slight nod with his head to the masters. “This is your new padawan.” Master Obi-Wan kicked back, putting his right leg over his left leg.

##### **Synopsis:**

Ghaa and Valo met. They began their new assignment. The three Jedi went down to level 1314 and met with Tott Ganto and spoke to him about passage to level 5, where they were told to find a man named Baku Task, a Separatist Spymaster plotting to attack the Senate Tower. They were beginning to make their way to level 5 where they were stopped by a group of Police droids. After unsuccessfully convincing them to leave them alone, the droids attacked the Jedi (perceived to be criminals) and forced the three to flee, making their way into a speeder and heading down into the underworld. They were being chased by two vehicles of security droids, managing to destroy one, however they were still being pursued. However, the speeder shut of due to lack of gas and the team went plummeting down the levels. Luckily, Tott had picked them up in a speeder moments before the crash of the speeder. They made passageway safely to level 5 and walked into a local cantina.

Inside the cantina, it was filled with only aliens, allowing the three alien Jedi to fit in. Ghaa decided to stand back and watch while Valo made his way to a table and met with a Ithorian named Taleed Ivalice. There, Valo, Ghaa, and Heyvis decided to join Taleed in a form of Sabaac known as Corellian Spike. After making friends with Taleed, he informed them of Baku and the background information everyone in the area knew.

#### **Episode II: Bounty Hunters**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*EPISODE II: BOUNTY HUNTERS*

*Turmoil engulfs the GALACTIC REPUBLIC. The JEDI KNIGHTS and their CLONE ARMY are all that stands between the Republic and doom.*

*In the UNDERWORLD of CORUSCANT, 3 young Jedi hunt the allusive BAKU TASK, a SEPARATIST spymaster planning to harm the Republic.*

*Learning a potential location for their enemy, the three make way posing as BOUNTY HUNTERS to discover and stop them....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

“I’ll stand.” Heyvis says, holding back his cards. The Ithorian places his cards down along with everyone else.

“Zero.” Ghaa smirks, as Valo says the same thing.

“Positive One.” Heyvis says, looking down.

“Eh-wanna-wonga.” The Ithorian nods as each take their winnings.

“Good game friend.” Valo nods as he stands up, followed by Ghaa and Heyvis.

The cantina appeared less rowdy than when they had initially walked in, but there was a standoff between a Gamorrean and a small astromech. The astromech looked ancient, operating on four legs instead of two, with a flat head and a large body. Immediately the astromech opened up a top port on it’s rusted head and fired off two rounds, killing the Gamorrean. Seeing this, many of the people inside the cantina looked fearful of the droid, seeing what he was capable of. The droid gave a few beeps and whistles as it moved away and stood at the door, waiting for someone to open the door.

##### **Synopsis:**

After watching the fight go off, Valo walked over and opened the door for the droid T3-M2. Teethree gave a thankful nod and made his way out. Valo felt that would not be the last time he would see T3 however. Making their way over to a shop known to be owned by Baku, Ghaa, Heyvis, and Valo stepped in to find Baku. Posing as common Bounty Hunters, they asked if Baku was hiring people for bounty work. Seeing it as an opportunity to recruit Bounty Hunters for his cause, Baku told them of a doctor who hadn't paid him back the money he was owed. He wanted the doctor dead.

Walking into the cantina they were in not long ago, the only doctor they could find the was memorable Big Doc. Talking with him, they convinced Big Doc to open a Puffer Pig farm on the edges of space to help protect him from any threats he may face in the future. Big Doc agreed and left to set up a farm on a small colony world he had just heard about. Returning to Baku, he decided to give them two more jobs to prove their worth before recruiting them. The impatient padawan Ghaa decided that he would end the problem now. He Force pushed Baku onto the ground only to realize that he had just bitten into a cyanide tablet, killing himself to protect his mission. After realizing his death, five commando droids push through back doors and attacked the group. The team was severely injured, but survived the attack. The mission was deemed as a failure and the council ordered the three to return back.

#### **Episode III: Jedi Night**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*EPISODE III: JEDI NIGHT*

*It is an era of new war! On the fronts, CLONES, JEDI, and DROIDS fight endlessly for their independent factions.*

*As the wars reaches everyone, HUTTS must choose a side between the heroic warriors of the REPUBLIC and the endless droid armies of the CONFEDERACY OF INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS.*

*On the moon of NAR SHADDAA, young padawan Ghaa races for his safety from a group of armed men, desperately trying to find his masters before it's too late....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

“Get them! Find them and get them!”

The running and shuffling down the dark alley lead Ghaa to a local park. He saw two bodies hanging from a statue. “Pssst!”

Heyvis pulled Ghaa behind a wall, Valo peeking out as three thugs passed by. “Did you get it?” Heyvis patted down Ghaa to see if he had anything.

“Yeah I got it… Next time, don’t make me chase down your Lightsaber. It’s the Red Light Sector, come on.”

“Well, you are the new guy…” Heyvis chuckled as he placed his Lightsaber back on his belt. Ghaa just gave him an irritated look.

“Both of you cool it, they’re coming back.” Valo peaked his eyes out to see the three thugs.

“I want those scumsuckers. If you find them, kill them, and ensure that they don’t escape again. Don’t let them off Nar Shaddaa…”

##### **Synopsis:**

Seeing the threat in front of them, Valo and Heyvis attacked the bunch, Ghaa striking from behind, and pushed past them. They made their way to the Star Cluster Casino and attempted to find any droid allies at all. They stole a keycard from a manager there and found a destroyer droid. They disabled it before the attack and stole its shield. However, a group of droids had marched in but appeared to be malfunctioning and they Jedi convinced the droids to march off the edge in the glory of the Separatist Alliance. They did so with no hesitation and the young Jedi reported a successful mission to their Jedi masters.

### **Season Three - Keeping the Peace**

#### **Episode IV: Return to Depths**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*EPISODE IV: RETURN TO DEPTHS*

*A new threat emerges in the UNDERWORLD. In the lower levels of CORUSCANT, SEPARATIST extremists have rallied criminals to their side to aid their ongoing plan against the GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.*

*As more threats emerge across the galaxy, the JEDI ORDER turns to its Clone allies for aid against the advancing Separatist movement.*

*On the ocean planet of KAMINO, GHAA, VALO, and HEYVIS have been ordered to meet their first ally to help them defeat the growing Confederate rise in the Republic's capital....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen lowers down to Kamino, orbiting it were several Venator and Acclamator warships, fighter patrols and the liking all around as a Consular Class Transport flew past. “Master Sindar, Master Trockz, you are cleared for landing at bay fourteen.” A clone voice comes overhead. “Thank you.” Valo says, all three having their Jedi cloaks and hoods up. The shuttle lands as Kamino pours down with rain. They step down as two Clones stand at attention next to the boarding ramp. A Kaminoan approaches. “It is good to see you. I see you’ve made it here safely.”

“I don’t tend to call being attacked by a Munificent Frigate safe, but here I am.” Ghaa smiles under his hood. “Do you think this makes my head look big?”

Ignoring him, Heyvis says “What do you have for us?”

“Please follow me.” The Kaminoan turns and walks away as the two Clones follow behind her, turning and standing at attention by the doors. The three follow through the maze of white walls, entering a dark gray room. Looking down, they could see the Clone trainees below, practicing in the simulations.

“You have a group of Clones wishing to have a friendly competition. One of them is your new asset.”

“Asset?” Valo raises an eyebrow.

“Indeed, Cadet Cara is finishing up officer school right now, and preparing to go to begin the ARC Trooper program shortly. He is being specially trained to deal with the underworld, as your masters have informed me you will be working there more often.” The Kaminoan hands a datapad to a Siniteen.

“The names Bric. Yeah, I know Cara. He’s a good Clone. One of the best I’ve seen. Not an easy place to get but he’s earned it. He’s got the highest ratings of the class.”

An Arcona approaches. “All Clones are exceptionally good men, Bric.”

“Yeah will this one’s the best.” Bric responds before passing a datapad to the Kaminoan as Bric and El-Les begin to leave.

##### **Synopsis:**

After meeting with Cara, the the group decided not to take the challenge. Cara graduated and met with the team as they made their way to Coruscant. They began their mission, meeting with their Wookiee contact Chalkurra, and searched three of Baku's known locations. One being his laboratory, the other his apartment, and the final one was his shop. Ghaa searched the apartment only to find a crazy man known as the "Riddler." Ghaa did not successfully find anything. Heyvis searched the shop and found nothing. Valo, Chalkurra, and Cara had made their way and found the laboratory. They discovered it had a security system and began to find ways around it. Ghaa and Heyvis met with them as well, and they each discovered a tunnel system into the compound. Infiltrating it, they found many disabled droids and what appeared to be intelligence showing the plan to fly a YT-1300 freighter, loaded with Coaxium, into the Senate Tower and cause a massive explosion, destroying the Legislative body and putting the Republic into a critical state.

Desperately trying to stop it, the five arrived at the planet Savareen, the last known location where the starship was at. Ghaa, Heyvis, and Valo decided they would make their way to a small company of droids and distract them while Cara and Chalkurra would steal the YT-1300 freighter and pick up the Jedi, escaping from the world. The three Jedi ran into the company, finding a T-series Tactical Droid and many other B-1 Battle Droids. They attacked the group, destroying the AAT that the Tactical Droid was hiding in. Falling back to a cliff face just over the ocean, a YT-1300 lifted up right behind them, turning and showing Chalkurra holding one hand onto the ship, while shooting his bowcaster in the other hand at the droids. The Jedi hopped onto the ship and shut the boarding ramp. Chalkurra ran in and sat down in the co-pilot seat while Cara was piloting the ship. Valo and Ghaa made their way to the guns and began firing at a group of Vultures chasing after them. Being hit by a missile, Heyvis went into the Engine room to check on the damage, only to find several Buzz droids! Heyvis attacked the droids, destroying many of them while Cara's fancy flying dodges many blasts from the vultures. Ghaa and Valo had fired on the vultures, destroying all of them. Making their way out the system, they came across a small fleet of droid ships being lead by none other than General Grievous. It was at this point that Cara coined the ship's name the *Shadow's Scepter*. Being fired upon by the feet, Cara swooped by while Ghaa dropped a vial of Coaxium into the fleet, heavily damaging the flagship. The group escaped into hyperspace. Upon returned to Coruscant, the group was congratulated by the Council and given the opportunity to keep the Shadow's Scepter as their group ship.

#### **Episode V: Guardians of Peace**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*EPISODE V: GUARDIANS OF PEACE*

*A small victory for the REPUBLIC! Three JEDI and their allies have managed to prevent a terror attack on the Republic's capital.*

*As the war rages on, every Jedi is needed on the front. Using their training and the expertise of the Clone Army, the SEPARATIST ALLIANCE needs every advantage it can get.*

*On a planet near the edges of space, Separatist spies attempt to seize control of the rare hyperfuel ISOTOPE-5. To combat this threat, the REPUBLIC sends its Jedi heroes to stop them before it's too late.*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen lowers down as the *Shadow's Scepter* flies past the screen aimed at a desert world below. It flies past and lands on the outskirts of a small town. "Alright. This is it. Should be Khalis ahead." Cara leans back.

"You're sure this is the place?" Valo says, standing up.

"Chal and I checked. It's the place." Cara looks back saying.

"Well, let's take a look then shall we?" Heyvis walks out of the cockpit.

"Well, we'll take care of the ship. Go ahead." Cara takes off his helmet and begins messing with the controls.

"Guys! This place is weird." Ghaa says as they step down the boarding ramp.

"I know, I feel it too padawan. It's harmony but... violence." Valo crosses his arms.

"Well, let's go." Heyvis says

##### **Synopsis:**

After arriving on Roalia, the three immediately began their search for any Separatist hideouts in the area. Ghaa went out to search for a mount while Heyvis and Valo went to the cantina. Ghaa, finding a group of Dewbacks, rented them and began to mount up. Valo and Heyvis had learned there were known blaster shots somewhere on a moisture vaporator not far from the town. Meeting with Ghaa, Heyvis and Valo mounted up on a Dewback and the three rode off to the location. Eventually finding it, the group found a destroyed 3-P0 series droid. Heyvis decided to pick up the head, only to watch it be flung out of his hands by a blaster shot. Searching for the one who shot at the head, the three noticed the shooter on top of one of the mesas by Khalis. They made their way over, climbing up only to find the mysterious HK-51. They were informed that HK was sent by Republic High Command to join the Jedi in hunting down the "droidbait" bases on the world. HK informed them of twenty different strongholds, but only knew the one on Sunshine Ridge.

The four, knowing a name of a location of a base, made contact with local Mountain Men. They were informed of the location of Sunshine Ridge and even given a map of the known area, though much of it still hasn't been explored. They were told to invest in a suit of protection and both Padawan Ghaa and Knight Heyvis purchased environmental gear to help them survive the intense Solar Flares. They were dropped off in the *Shadow's Scepter* by Cara and Chalkurra while HK, joining the three Jedi, led the way into the canyon containing the stronghold. After much climbing, the group bust down the door of the stronghold, attacking many droids and capturing a Neimodian named Zabhuya Jene. They escorted him out, managing to put him into the cargo hold while they looted the compound. Gaining little to no intelligence, the team left and returned the prisoner to the Republic fleet.

#### **Episode VI: Son of Royalty (Part I)**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*EPISODE VI: SON OF ROYALTY*

*The galaxy falls from order! Many worlds have seceded from the millennia old union, the REPUBLIC, and formed a CONFEDERACY against them.*

*Far reach worlds remain from the conflict for so long. Spies are everywhere. The JEDI must remain in the shadows to avoid conflict.*

*HEYVIS, a young Jedi Knight, rests on the world of ROALIA, but must soon face his DESTINY....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen pans down to the Sunset world Roalia as it zooms in the planet. On the outskirts of Khalis, the colony on Roalia, a YT series freighter, the Shadow Scepter, lies on the flat lands. It changes over to one of the rooms inside as a Pantoran snores very loudly on his bunk, arm laying over the side, stomach down.

“Hevyis.”

The Pantoran rolls over.

“Hevyis.”

Hevyis jumps up only to hit his head on the top bunk. “Ow…” He looks over only to see a hooded figure. A blue aura exists around him.

“Who’re you?”

The figure looks up at him, lowering his hood. “Like you, a Pantoran. Once a Jedi.”

“How’d you get in here?”

“I am now one with the Force.” The figure smiles. “Your grandfather.”

“Grandfather?”

“Heyvis, we have little time to talk, it takes much of me to be here. But I must inform you, someone is coming. A Dark figure. Go to the badlands. Enter the temple. Reclaim the Holocron. Save yourself.”

“What? Grandfather?!”

“Goodbye, flesh of my flesh.”

Heyvis rubs his head, a small bump left on his forehead. He puts on his robe and walks out of the room he stayed in.

“No Chalkurra. I’m pretty sure that you don’t want those wires to match up. Plan on getting electrocuted?” Cara says as he begins to pop open one of the relays.

“Nothing like growing up on Dathomir…” Valo says.

All 5 in the room look over, confused and annoyed after hearing about Valo’s childhood on Dathomir.

“Anyway, I think we should get a pet.” Ghaa says as he begins to pull a drink from the fridge.

“Meatbags are only good when slaughtered and/or Liquidated.”

Chalkurra roars at HK-51.

“Exclamation: I did not state that you were a meatbag. You are a special meatbag!”

Cara sighs as he has heard this for the fourth time.

“Guys, you wouldn’t believe what I saw…” Heyvis says, walking hastily into the room.

##### **Synopsis:**

Heyvis informed the crew of what he saw in his dream. The group agreed it was in the best interest of the Republic to find "The Badlands" and retrieve the holocrons. The three Jedi told Cara, HK, and Chalkurra to wait on the ship and keep an eye out while they went to the Badlands. None of them argued. The three went to Khalis and searched for a speeder. Ghaa purchased a speeder and they each filled the speeder with survival supplies. They then spoke with Mountain Men and found the location of the Badlands on their map. They mounted up and flew the speeder to the marked location. They discovered what looked like ancient pillars. Taking weapons and supplies they believed they would need, they each made their way in and found many dead bodies, some downed starships, and strange markings. They made their way to a pyramid-like building in the center of the triangle formation that was a wall-like structure. They looked around and discovered the pyramid was the Tomb of Darth Nox.

Vigilantly make their way into the building, they looked around and noticed a central sarcophagus in the middle, surrounded by a walkway separated by a chasm. Noticing two different doors, Valo took the door on the right while Heyvis and Ghaa took the door on the left. Heyvis and Ghaa found what looked like a library. Ghaa began to search the library while Heyvis took another door that led him down a very large flight of stairs. Valo, walking into what looked like a bedroom of sorts, found a double-bladed lightsaber stuck to a desk. He gripped it, trying to take it only to be unsuccessful and instead awoke the spirit of Darth Nox himself. He spoke to Nox who offered him the chance to become his apprentice. Tempted by the offer, he heard the voice of his padawan who was speaking to him through the Force. Ghaa convinced his master to stay to the light, causing Valo to deny the Dark Side.

During this, a mysterious figure had made his way to the temple. Heyvis, eventually retrieving two holocrons (Holocron of Speed and Holocron of Star Warfare), finally made his way up the stairs, running into the dark figure who activated a red lightsaber. It was at this moment, Heyvis activated his blade and there was a short standoff between the two. Valo and Ghaa, sensing it within the Force, ran over to the room and saw the figure. They both pulled their blades. It was here that the name of the figure was only "Lord Droxe." Fighting relentlessly, the group barely held off the attacker and escaped. They ran into an army of masked Sith, who charged at them. Valo, stepping outside of the walls, noticed that he could no longer see the army of Sith, pointing it out to his allies that it was a simply a vision. They made their way out, flying back to the *Shadow's Scepter*. Arriving at the boarding ramp, they took the time to use the holocrons, then stashing them in the specially modified smuggling compartments Heyvis added to the ship.

#### **Episode VII: Padawan's Path (Part I)**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*EPISODE VII: PADAWAN’S PATH*

*The galaxy falls from order! Many worlds have seceded from the millennia old union, the REPUBLIC, and formed a CONFEDERACY against them.*

*On the far reach world of ROALIA, JEDI Padawan GHAA TABBAK relentlessly trains with his master.*

*Little do they know, something within the world is pulling Ghaa. A place far more powerful than they realize....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen pans sideways as a Star Courier exits the sunset world of Roalia. It transfers to a Dark Force User meditating on his bed. “No master. They escaped. I cannot retrieve the holocrons.”

Nox: “It will be fine. Let them use the holocrons. They will soon be my apprentices. Soon… I will return beyond death. My body will resurrect, my helmet will once be worn again, and like last time… the Jedi will fall…”

The screen switches over to a YT Series freighter. A young Mon Calamari and his master stand near the boarding ramp. The Mon Calamari swings his training stick around multiple times as he stops to breathe.

“Another.”

“Really master?” Ghaa looked at Valo, irritated. “These gills need to inhale you know.”

“I said another.” Valo replies, furrowing his brow.

Ghaa takes a drink from his water bottle. He looks up only to see 5 swirling orbs around him. “Am I seeing things?”

“Ghaa…” A feminine voice reaches out to him.

“I think I’m hearing things too.”

“I don’t hear anything.” Valo says.

“I think the planet is spinning…” Ghaa says, then collapsing on the ground.

In his dream, 5 priestess approach him. “Ghaa…”

“Uh…”

“It is time Ghaa. Time for a new weapon. A Jedi weapon.”

“I don’t get it.” Ghaa rubs his head. “I can’t even feel myself.”

“You must find the crystal. Convince your master. Prepare for the war. We will send someone.”

“Er… what are you talking about.”

“You will know. Find the cave. Reach out with your feelings. Speak to master Heyvis. Train with your master. You will then have the ability to save you and your friends.”

“I don’t need saving. I’m a pretty tough fish.”

“May the Force be with you…”

“GHAA!”

Valo continues trying to resuscitate his apprentice. Heyvis stands over him, worried. Cara and Chalkurra stand on the boarding ramp while HK makes a short patrol, scanning the area.

Ghaa coughs a little of his water. “Agh! Look, I wasn’t dying!”

##### **Synopsis:**

After awaking from his vision, Ghaa informed his masters of what he saw. Reaching out into the Force, Ghaa found a Convor who he felt a special connection with in the Force. The Convor, leading him to Crystal Canyon, flew down into the canyon. Ghaa, dragging his masters along with him, climbed into the canyon. However, Valo had fallen into the canyon and broke his leg. Heyvis, slowly making his way down, helped Valo hold off a group of Akk Dogs. Ghaa found the entrance to a cave, making his way in and finding a Kyber Crystal, ran out of the cave before its collapse. After hearing another howl from Akk Dogs, Heyvis had called Cara to fly in on the *Shadow's Scepter* and drop a line to bring Valo up into the ship. Unable to climb up, Valo instead had Heyvis tie a Swiss Seat around him and hooked into the line. Flying over to Khalis, they stopped by a local doctor's office owned by Big Doc. Using his Bushweed Miracle Gel, Big Doc rubbed it onto Valo's leg, healing it almost instantly. Big Doc then decided to join the crew of the *Shadow's Scepter*. Not too long afterward, a fleet of warships led by the Confederacy of Independent Systems had arrived at the system...

#### **Episode VIII: Battle of Roalia**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*EPISODE VIII: BATTLE OF ROALIA*

*Invasion! A massive SEPARATIST attack force has invaded the peaceful colony world of ROALIA, forcing the guardians of KHALIS to face them!*

*Unknown to the citizens of Khalis, the Separatists are after more than just control. The ancient substance, ISOTOPE 5, has been located and sought after by spies!*

*As time draws near for battle, three JEDI must be the only defense between the unprepared settlers and the Separatist armies….*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen pans upward as a Providence-class Destroyer zooms past, a large shadow looming over it and the desert world below. Multiple Lucrehulks fly overhead, accompanied by seven munificent frigates. “Yes, Count. But when we finish mining all the Isotope, we will need multiple transports to bring it to all the fleets, then the war will be ours.” A Harch rubs his chin.

“And the settlement?” A tall, older man frowns as he finishes speaking.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, I believe that if they learn of our plans… they could pose a great threat to future scientific research. I will have them... annihilated.”

“Then see to it. Send the droids.”

“Of course… my Lord.”

Five droid landing craft lift out of the Providence’s hanger directed toward the planet.

It switches over as three Jedi stand out from formerly staring at the sunset, discussing amongst themselves what they should do.

“I am just the padawan here, but I’m not useless.” Ghaa speaks up.

“No one said you were my apprentice.” Valo looks over to Heyvis.

“Look, I think we need to get the Republic in on this.” Cara speaks up.

Chalkurra makes a roar.

“What’d he say Cara?” Heyvis says.

“He thinks we need to evac the people too. How we’ll do both those things is beyond me. Our comms dish is gone and they probably are jamming our transmissions. But… we could get one of those long range communicators, slice in, this guy knows stuff…” Cara nudges over to Heyvis.

##### **Synopsis:**

The group flew their way to the Great Range, climbing up the mountain and contacting the Republic. After hiding out for a while, the Republic fleet arrived, attacking the massive CIS force. Valo, leading the Republic forces, pushed through and took out the majority of the ground force while Heyvis captured the commander from behind. Ghaa, joining the forces in the sky, helped destroy several different vessels owned by the CIS before their retreat.

#### **Episode IX: Warrior of Light (Part I)**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*EPISODE IX: WARRIOR OF LIGHT*

*Desperate times rock the galaxy. Warriors die in the fields of war against the massive droid armies of the CIS.*

*As the newly colonized world, ROALIA, repairs itself from the recent SEPARATIST invasion, fighters-in-training practice against one another in gladiatorial pits.*

*As the three JEDI help the locals clean the city, one warrior must face the challenge against himself….*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen pans to the top right as a Venator-Class Star Destroyer blasts into hyperspace. It wipes over to a Zabrak, a Pantoran, and a Mon Calamari lift a MTT piece out of the large tent of Marlow’s junkshop. “Good good! You bring money now, I give you discount!”

Ghaa rubs his chin. “You know, I don’t need a discount.”

As Ghaa and Marlow begin to talk, a chirp comes from Valo’s helmet. He reaches up and activates it. “Hello?”

“Greetings. I know who you are. You are the leader of the Republic liberation force.”

“Um… yes.”

“I am here to make you an offer.”

Valo looked confused. “What is this?”

“There arena pits are a wonderful place to make credits… and build a reputation. Bring your friends… I am inviting you to a feast at my personal residence. Come to Marlow’s Drop.”

“Wait, you didn’t explain anything.”

“I will explain in person, trust me.”

##### **Synopsis:**

Heading over to Marlow's Drop, the three fell down and barely survived the drop, finding a very large city built in to the cliff face over the ocean. They made their way up and met with a wealthy Mandalorian named Cynan Beroya. He offered them a opportunity to fight in his arena pit for a large sum of credits in exchange to help gain popularity for his arena. They took it, fighting a group of Akk Dogs, a Sand Demon, and an Acklay. They each gained 15,000 credits each.

#### **Episode X: Farewell to Peace**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*EPISODE X: FAREWELL TO PEACE*

*Peace ends on the OUTER RIM! Due to the galactic war, many HUTTS, criminal syndicates, and terrorists seek opportunity to control independent worlds.*

*On the far reach world of ROALIA, three JEDI are the only defense between war and the peaceful colonists of KHALIS.*

*As the GUARDIANS OF KHALIS rest peacefully, a criminal army speeds its way to the unprepared world….*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen pans downward to the desert world of Roalia. A shadow passes through it as a large ship covers much of the light reflecting off the world. Three small fighters launch out of its hangar, flying past the screen down to the world.

It switches over to the resting Jedi in their main room. A large ringing plays over the ship’s holocommunicator. “I’m not answering this one. Not again.” Cara chuckles as he gestures for Heyvis to answer. “WELL I GOT YOU!” Big Doc gets up and stumbles over and presses on a few buttons.

“This is the Biggest Doc!” Big Doc chuckles.

“Master Jedi? Are you there! We need help, fast!”

“No, this is Big Master Jedi Doc!”

“Ugh… yes, this is Valo.”

“Master Jedi!” The mayor ducks as a minor explosion goes off in the distance. “Some fighters are attacking the city! Their demanding a ransom! We don’t have the money they want and I need your help!”

“We’re on our way!” Heyvis and Ghaa stand up.

“Please, hurry!”

##### **Synopsis:**

After arriving at Khalis, the group discovered two Cloakshape Fighters attacking the city. Heyvis, grabbing a missile tube, loaded it and knocked down a starfighter while Ghaa and Valo used the cannons on the AT-EST to shoot another one down. Not too long after, a CR70 Corvette flew over the settlement, bombarding them. Requesting a negotiation, Ghaa, Valo, and Heyvis met with a Zygerrian pirate named Draag and Lord Droxe, who was accompanying Draag. After negotiating with them, they convinced Draag to duel Valo in the arena pits. If Valo won, they would leave the settlement alone. If he lost, they would have control of the world. However, the duel went poorly for Valo. Draag, a master arena duelist, managed to defeat. But instead of a fight to the death like they planned, he spared Valo due to his combat abilities, believing all three Jedi could be useful, but also spared him for a debt with Big Doc. The gang, the Burning Blades, agreed to leave the world alone as long as the Jedi before them would protect it. Afterward, Heyvis was approved by the Council to construct an Enclave. He built it on the Legends Mountain, not far from the Great Range.

### **Season Four - Dawning of War**

#### **Prelude: Shadow of the Ancients**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*SHADOW OF THE ANCIENTS*

*It is a new era of war! Over a millennia of peace has ended, sparking a new war that rages across the galaxy.*

*On the edges of the galaxy, SEPARATIST spies attempt to seize control of rare hyperfuels, causing much struggle on the OUTER RIM.*

*On the small colony world ROALIA, the REPUBLIC has dispatched three young JEDI to combat the rise of confederacy on the edges of known space....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen pans downward to show a YT-1300 freighter as it zooms past, pursued by three Vulture droids. “Are you ever going to shoot back?!” Cara yells as he punches Chalkurra in the shoulder. “Can you boost weapon power?”

Chalkurra gives a soft roar as the ship rocks from blaster fire. “Shields got that one!” A voice comes over the system comms.

“Nice one Ghaa! Just try to keep those shields running!”

“Look guy, I don’t think this is normal for ships.”

“Statement: Manipulating the shields has somehow managed to keep the ship from being destroyed, master.”

The Shadow’s Scepter rolls over as the dorsal cannon fires and hits one of the vultures, exploding it in a fireball. “Ha, got ya!” Valo yells.

“Well, if Cara wouldn’t mind stabilizing the ship, I could hit one of these things!” Heyvis yells into the headpiece.

“Wanna try this Heyvis?” There’s silence across the comm. “Didn’t think so!”

“HEY! HEY! HEY! YOU’RE THROWING MY BUSHWEED AROUND!” Big Doc stumbles into Ghaa. “Hey! Hey! Hey! You’re getting your disgusting body on me!” Ghaa smirks as he continues to try to manipulate the shields.

“Just... get those last two Vultures before we stop at the enclave!”

##### **Synopsis:**

After barely escaping the two remaining Vultures, Ghaa, Valo, and Heyvis spoke with Draag about a mission. Meeting with their two contacts, WAC A4-6 and Hondo Ohnaka, they were informed that there was a crashed vessel in the Badlands on Roalia. They made their way into the Badlands, finding it was not the same environment they remembered it being. Walking into the Tomb, they found that two doors and hallways from before were missing. They walked further into the tomb, finding the Throne Room of Dark Nox. Speaking with Nox's spirit, they denied joining him. Nox grew angry, using Force Lightning on them and putting them into a vision. Nox showed them the world of his humble beginnings, Dromund Kaas. He then gave them a vision, showing them a man in a full suit, helmeted, activating a red Cross Guard Lightsaber (Kylo Ren). Fighting him, they vanquished the villain, then returning to the tomb. Ghaa, afraid for his life, ran out onto the mesa to find Droxe standing there, waiting for him. Dueling Droxe and defeating him, Valo, Heyvis, and Ghaa chased after Droxe to notice he had escaped. The vision ended, showing the Badlands entry they were at before. Ghaa, running to his contacts, ran into them and informed them they found the cargo. They received their share, returning to the enclave. However, Nox, speaking to his apprentice, had resurrected his body, wearing his famous helmet once again, dawning a new enemy on the young Jedi...

#### **Episode XI: New Beginnings**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*EPISODE XI: NEW BEGINNINGS*

*It is a period of large-scale war. The REPUBLIC faces much internal struggle as the SEPARATISTS continue to fight their CLONE ARMY.*

*As war drags on, many small, independent colonies have grown as more seek to escape the ongoing conflict.*

*On the Outer Rim world of ROALIA, three JEDI are the only defense against the secret enemies who plot against them....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen raises up to show the world of Roalia as it zooms in on the world. On the top of a small cliff face, an HK assassin droid and an ARC Trooper lay prone, hiding in the dust, while a large Wookiee is kneeling down, pulling rear security. “Alright, HK and I have eyes on, you’re all clear.”

“Understood, moving in on the compound now.” Valo lowers his hand from his helmet, releasing the comm.

“Do we really think leaving Big Doc on the ship alone was a good idea?” Ghaa says, unhilting his lightsaber.

Heyvis looks over to Valo, shrugging.

“I like to think so…” Valo unhilts his two lightsabers

“No… it probably wasn’t.” Heyvis unhilts his as well.

“Well, let’s get a move on.” Valo turns around the corner of the cliff and notices a droid patrol. “Patrol!” he whispers.

##### **Synopsis:**

Noticing the patrol, Valo and Heyvis stood back as Ghaa approached them, pretending to be a traveler, and engaged the droids. Defeating the patrol, they made their way across the ridge, finding a back door. However, Big Doc, flying the *Shadow's Scepter*, attracted unwanted attention and put the base on alert. Stealing a proton canister, they pushed it into the base, destroying it.

On the edge of Outpost Cordus, they bumped into an elderly Twi'lek named Jiik Cordus. He informed them of the Order of the Trees and allowed Ghaa to join the order and the Cult of Gormamadu. In the middle of the worship service, Ghaa had planted some trees to distract the cultists while he, Valo, and Heyvis left.

#### **Episode XII: Son of Royalty (Part II)**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*SON OF ROYALTY*

*A world faces a crisis! In the OUTER RIM TERRITORIES, the peaceful world of PANTORA has been blockaded by the TRADE FEDERATION.*

*On the colony world of ROALIA, JEDI KNIGHT HEYVIS TROCKZ, son of PANTORAN royalty, has received a distress signal from the SUPREME CHANCELLOR.*

*As the HEROES OF KHALIS speed toward the capital of the REPUBLIC, they face a certain danger they have never faced before....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen lowers as a bulk freighter rests in space. It lies dormant as a YT-1300 flies past.

“You sure this is the ship? I don’t like docking with vessels like this…” Valo began to mount his helmet.

Ghaa looks upward. “Uh… don’t you have a rebreather? What are you worrying about?”

“Take that attitude back to the Order of the Trees.” Valo chuckles underneath his helmet.

“Not cool…” Ghaa facepalms.

“Both of you cool it. It’ll be fine.” Heyvis raises his hood.

“Hah! I got that pun, cool it… space…” Ghaa chuckles.

Cara mounts his helmet. “Sometimes I wonder if I’m lucky or unlucky to be stationed with you all. Except you Chalkurra.”

Chalkurra gives a soft chuckle as he rubs Cara’s head, mounting a rebreather and passing one over to Ghaa and Heyvis as well.

“You’re sure the member of the assembly is here?” Valo looks to Heyvis.

“I don’t see another ship…” Heyvis says, mounting his rebreather.

“Whoever is here, let’s be careful.” Cara mounts his helmet.

The airlock extends from the freighter onto the Shadow’s Scepter as HK comes over the comms. “Exclamation: Big Doc has been locked up as you asked and I will begin to guard the airlock masters!”

“Very good HK, we’re heading in.” Heyvis presses on the control panel, opening the door.

The ship appears to be extremely rusted. The artificial gravity is offline and forces the group off the ground, floating in the thin air that rests within the freighter. A loud moaning noise can be heard from the other side of the Wayfarer and a cracking of metal can be noticed as well. Cara raises his blaster. “I’ve got a bad feeling about this…”

##### **Synopsis:**

Upon their arrival, they each split up, attempting to find a way to power on a terminal. Ghaa and Valo went to the bridge and encountered what appeared to be a rocket droid. Heyvis made his way to the crew quarters but managed to get lost, finding the cargo bay instead. Heyvis, contacting Cara and Chalkurra, made his way to the cargo bay. Heyvis eventually reached the crew area and encountered two droids holding a man hostage while many other bodies were found next to them. Heyvis fought off the droids and rescued the individual. However, a *Munificent* Frigate eventually blasted out of hyperspace and fired upon the two ships. They managed to power on the disabled freighter and blast into hyperspace with the two ships.

Upon arriving at Coruscant, Heyvis was finally talked with the man they helped who turned out to be his second cousin, Deon Trockz. They eventually met with Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, who gave a request to the Heroes from Baron Papanoida. The group was given a deed to a droid from Deon as a gift. They went and received an R2 unit named R2-D7. After leaving Coruscant in the *Shadow's Scepter*, the group arrived on Pantora and met with Papanoida. They learned of a gang, the Black Diamonds, that had kidnapped a group of Pantoran Assembly members. They embarked on the assignment and began immediately searching the computers and systems, trying to trace and track the kidnappers. They traced them back to a world on the Outer Rim called Rishi.

Upon arriving at Rishi, Heyvis, Ghaa, and Valo left the crew and began to search around. They made their way over to a place on Rishi called Gunfighter Inn and began to ask around with people there. Heyvis, bumping into an individual, went outside and had a showdown with a Rodian there. Heyvis, nicknaming himself "One Shot Trockz" took the individual down with ease. Ghaa, searching the Rodian, found a map to a uncharted star system and they took it. Eventually learning that the gang that kidnapped the Pantorans were hiding on a train, the Heroes of Khalis jumped on the train and broke in from the top. The group eventually encountered the gang, fighting off mostly thugs. Heyvis and Valo eventually ran into Zuuk Triam, the gang leader, and Heyvis killed him. Ghaa had focused on evacuating the twenty Pantorans. Upon returning them to Pantora, Heyvis received the Pantoran Sphere of Influence as a memento for his deeds.

#### **Episode XIII: Black Diamonds' Revenge**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*BLACK DIAMONDS’ REVENGE*

*A war in the criminal underworld rises. After saving multiple PANTORAN officials, the HEROES OF KHALIS return to their home.*

*However, a new threat rises in its place. The BLACK DIAMONDS gang, a group of ruthless pirates from the world of RISHI, has declared war on the JEDI.*

*As the gang readies itself for war, the unsuspecting Jedi must face a challenge they never expected....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen pans to the left as a YT-series freighter, the *Shadow’s Scepter*, flies past. Inside, the Heroes of Khalis relax by the Dejarik table. “Statement: this stupid droid will not let me win.” HK-51 slams his fist on the table

“Uh… I don’t think that’s the object of the game HK.” Cara gives a thumbs up to Artoo Deeseven.

“Well, looks like we have a new Dejarik champion.” Heyvis kicks his feet up on the table.

Ghaa looks at HK and Heyvis. “You know, I bought that thing, I’d appreciate it if you guys took more care of it.”

Heyvis takes his feet off. “Oh, um sorry.”

“Hang on, we’re getting a call.” Valo walks over to the ringing holocom. “Looks like it’s from Draag.”

Chalkurra opens the call to see a human, multiple face tattoos, holstering a blaster. “Where is one-shot Trockz? I want to speak to him now.”

“Uh… that’s me.” Heyvis walks over to the holocom as well.

“You sick scum! You killed my brother!”

“I… what?”

“You do not think Black Diamonds resourceful? You do not think we not get revenge? You wrong!” The human pulls out a card with a Black Diamond on it.

“Hang on… what do you want?” Valo raises an eyebrow?

“I want to kill you, Trockz. I want you dead. I am at Rishi. You will find your little fleet, your Burning Blades friends, and I will be aboard the flagship. Find me and I will face you off once and for all.” The human covers his face with his bandana.

“Well, why would we walk into a trap?” Ghaa crosses his arms.

“If you do not come, then Roalia and Rishi are both my turf. And I know exactly where you live. I destroy everything on Roalia. I take everything from you, like you did me. Either way… I win.” The pirate shuts off the call.

“I think we need to do something…” Cara looks at the three Jedi.

##### **Synopsis:**

After the call, the group blasted into hyperspace to Rishi and flew through the maze of warfare. There were three Hammerhead corvettes fighting with a CR70, a *Marauder*-class Corvette, and a *Crusader*-class Corvette. They flew the *Shadow's Scepter* and docked with the flagship of the Burning Blades fleet, the CR70, and boarded the ship, fighting off many of the Black Diamonds gang members. They made their way to the bridge and Heyvis was the first to enter. Unexpectedly, the door shut right behind Heyvis, trapping Ghaa and Valo from Heyvis on the other side of the door. As Ghaa and Heyvis fell under attack by multiple gang members, Heyvis soon found the caller, Teran Cath, waiting for him. Teran informed Heyvis he was going to get revenge for what he did to Zuuk and activated a green dual-bladed lightsaber. Heyvis, pulling his yellow lightsaber out, activated it and fought with Teran. On the other side of the door, Valo, taking on five thugs on his own, began to recklessly kill many of them while his padawan, Ghaa, focused on persuading five other thugs to leave. After Heyvis eventually defeated Teran, he opened the door and met with Valo. They searched the bridge, finding many bodies, one of which was Draag's. They made contact with the other two ship captains and spoke, finding out they were the new "bosses" of the gang. Valo, wanting to press the attack, was persuaded otherwise by Heyvis and Ghaa and had the leftovers of the fleet retreat back to Roalia, recruiting the gang into the Roalia Defense Force and beginning the early establishment of Fort Sindar. The new members of the Roalia Defense Force referred to the battle as the Battle above Rishi.

##### **Ending Scene:**

The screen shifts and shows a Hammerhead Corvette docking with a Star Courier. A man with a hat and bandana approaches the airlock as it opens and shows a hooded figure with a long dark robe. "Greetings." The figure says.

"Who're you?" The hatted man crosses his arms.

"My name... is Droxe. I am here to make a deal."

"Droxe? Look, the Black Diamonds are our own gang. We don't want outside help."

"You are mistaken. See, my master wants the Heroes of Khalis as well. He will reward you handsomely for the capture of these Jedi, and their crew."

"You think my gang can take on Jedi?"

"I think with my help, my master and I can help you take them. You will be paid handsomely. Not to mention, Roalia and Rishi will be yours." Droxe raises his head. "What do you say?"

"I think we have deal." The man tips his hat, shaking his hand. The screen goes dark.

#### **A Knight's Journey**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*A KNIGHT'S JOURNEY*

*It is a time of war. REPUBLIC forces clash with the newly formed SEPARATIST droid armies.*

*On the colony world of ROALIA, JEDI KNIGHT HEYVIS TROCKZ, a member of the HEROES OF KHALIS, continues his path in the LIGHT SIDE OF THE FORCE.*

*As Heyvis makes his way through the streets, he looks for many things to do, finding a way to help the newly formed ROALIA DEFENSE FORCE....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen lowers as it zooms in on the sunset world Roalia. In the streets of Khalis, Heyvis walks through, hood lowered. He can hear multiple sounds of hustle and bustle through the market, such as sounds like "Try the Roasted Gorak over here!"

Heyvis continues walking, brushing past people and getting multiple smiles from locals who know and love him.

##### **Synopsis:**

Heyvis recruited four different locals into the Defense Force. He handed them one hundred credits each to help develop their loyalty. He spoke with Cara and learned that Mayor Ivan Brolen spoke of a group of former crew members looking for work. As he made his way to the Mayor's office, he bumped into a Houk threatening him. He continued forward and found it, meeting with the mayor. He learned that the group of individuals had gone missing and was last known to be at a homestead by the Dune Sea. He found a building within the sea covered by a dune. He climbed onto the building and cut in, finding the place used to be inhabited. He found a holorecorder and tried activating but couldn't. Instead, sand began pouring into the building from atop like water, and Heyvis immediately contacted Cara. He learned of the Dune Sea's weather pattern, making his way out and back to his speeder.

Heyvis got lost however, flying directly into Outpost Cordus and met with Jiik Cordus. He contacted Cara, finding out that Big Doc needed a ride out. Big Doc came stumbling out, wearing full ceremonial clothing. He convinced Big Doc that he was needed at a "Bushweed Outpost." Big Doc jumped into the speeder and followed Heyvis back to Fort Sindar. He met with Cara who thanked him for picking up Big Doc. Big Doc sat down, eating his Bushweed. Heyvis and Cara went into the *Shadow's Scepter*, activating the recording. They learned that the group had gone to Marlow's Drop, looking for work. Heyvis sent a recording of the recording over to Ivan Brolen, then going to Marlow's Drop with Cara. Heyvis went to the casino, asking around and finding out that there were a group of people in town looking for work and that they were hired by a man not far from the Arena Pits. Getting there, Heyvis spoke around and found no one. He searched around, eventually finding a Mirialan man. He spoke with him, learning his name was Xander Cortess. He learned that Xander was an infochant and gave the group work defending a convoy passing through Sand Stone Pass. He contacted Cara, learned of Sand Stone Pass' danger, asking Cara to fly the speeder. They flew into Sand Stone Pass, finding what appeared to be a battle.

Heyvis fired off a bolt onto one of the thugs on a swoop bike, killing him. Cara proceeded and fired onto a thug as well, killing him. One of the thugs fired off at Heyvis but instead hit his ally. The defenders killed off two more thugs as Heyvis fired off another shot at a thug, killing him. Cara turned and fired off two different shots, killing two different thugs. One street tough swung a truncheon at Heyvis, hitting him and hurting him. Eventually, many of the thugs were killed, forcing the others to retreat in failure. Heyvis convinced the locals to join the Roalia Defense Force and serve on the *Sujimis*, earning a new reputation on Roalia as Renowned.

#### **Episode XIV: Padawan's Path (Part II)**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*PADAWAN’S PATH*

*It is a time of war. On the edges of space, refugees flee the confrontations between the REPUBLIC and the SEPARATISTS.*

*On ROALIA, a spike in fugitives has caused a boom in the local population, making a rise in the local planetary defense.*

*As the HEROES OF KHALIS build their forces, they prepare to explore an uncharted system far from their home....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen lowers to show a CR70, the *Sujimis*, flying through the skies of Roalia and down onto the world. As it continues flying, a comm comes overhead. “This is Captain Gantrell, patrol complete. Heading back down to Fort Sindar.”

“Copy Captain, welcome home.” A clone voice comes overhead. On the world of Roalia, a *Marauder*-class corvette lifts off into the skies to begin its patrol as the *Sujimis* comes to dock. On the world, Ghaa and Valo come walking down the ramp of the *Shadow’s Scepter* as Heyvis and Cara come walking up. “I have Cynan taking over while we’re gone. HK will be in charge of security, and Big Doc shouldn’t be a problem.”

“Very good Lieutenant.” Valo nods at Heyvis. Ghaa just smiles. “So, when are we heading out.”

“Soon as you all are ready. Chalkurra and I will fly the ship, but we’ll need a navigator to get past the asteroid fields.”

“Fields?” Heyvis raises an eyebrow.

“Yeah, it’s tucked away pretty badly. But we can make it through with a good navigator.” Cara clips his datapad to his belt.

“Well, I can help you with that.” Ghaa says.

“Alright then. Well, gear up and let us know when you’re ready.” Cara salutes and makes his way up the boarding ramp of the *Shadow’s Scepter*.

##### **Synopsis:**

The group began searching for last minute supplies. They then embarked on the mission an took off toward Quilov. They began navigating the Bacburn Asteroid belt, but ran under attack by a group of Cloakshape Fighters. They shook them off, flying toward the planet and into Rivelle, docking in Docking bay 17 of spaceport 1926, walking down and chatting with the customs agents. They asked of a local place to learn about the world and were informed to check out the cantinas in the Red Light District. They made their way there, finding the Rowdy Gundark cantina. Entering it, they bumped into an old friend of Ghaa's, Tott Ganto, and learned he had crashed on the world and had been living there for a few weeks. Tott informed them that he had overheard that the Crown was preparing for war against the city of Mesa.

After speaking with the King Athan Kantale, the Heroes of Khalis had made their way to the city of mesa where they stirred up much trouble with the Kommune forces. After becoming local terrorists, they escaped the city and returned home to Roalia. Upon arriving home, they learned that Cynan had apprehended a Black Diamonds member. He informed them his name, going by "Grub." They then learned that the Black Diamonds fleet had been orbiting Rishi. They planted a tracker on a random Hammerhead Corvette, then escaping back home to Roalia to begin tracking procedures on the *Shadow's Scepter*.

#### **Episode XV: Incursion of Fate**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*INCURSION OF FATE*

*Peace has been shattered on the OUTER RIM. As the warring REPUBLIC and SEPARATISTS clash on the battlefront, independent systems face inevitable conflict.*

*On the free world of ROALIA, the local planetary defense continues to prepare for the growing struggle between their forces and the BLACK DIAMONDS.*

*As the unsuspecting world focuses on the construction of a new stronghold, their enemy unleashes a strike that will cause them to crumble once and for all....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen raises to show a Hammerhead-Corvette Docking with a Neutron Bulk Cruiser. It switches over to show Teran Cath approaching the bridge of the ship. Following him, a Trandoshan crosses his arms behind him. “Boss, the *Starrunner* is ready for your plans.”

Teran looks out into the stars. “Excellent.”

“Should we proceed?”

Teran begins to rub his chin. “Yes. We should. Bring the *Starrunner* along with four other ships to Roalia. Leave the other ones here. I believe it’ll be enough to crush them.”

The Trandoshan slithers his tongue. “As you wish.”

Teran lowers his hands as the Trandoshan throws out orders to the individual crew members on the ship. He looks down at his lightsaber on his belt, then smiling. “They will all die.”

It switches over to show three Jedi standing with Cara and Cynan at a holotable in Fort Sindar. “So far, patrols show nothing. Light traffic from trades on the Y’llima route, but pretty much nothing else.” Cynan closes the map.

“Well, we’re doing good. We do need to find a way to keep track of the skies without wasting all our fuel.” Heyvis crosses his arms.

Valo, leaning on the table, looks over to Heyvis. “We could deploy sensors. Maybe starfighters?”

“Eh, it could work.” Ghaa says.

“MASTER JEDI! MASTERS! AH!” A Rishii runs up, panting.

“Qarreas?” Cara raises an eyebrow.

“Oh, hi Cara! Um… R2 told me to tell you that the tracker picked up a ship going into hyperspace.” Qarreas says.

“Where to?” Cynan looks up.

“Said it looks like here.”

Cara looks over to the three, a concerned look on his face. “They’re gonna strike us when we’re unprepared…”

##### **Synopsis:**

The Heroes of Khalis believed it was best to deploy the fleet due to a weak ground force. They lifted off with Ghaa commanding the *Sujimis* while Heyvis and Valo boarded the *Shadow's Scepter* with Cara, Chalkurra, and R2-D7. As they lifted off, they found the Black Diamonds fleet had just entered from hyperspace. Ghaa, along with the help of HK-51, began to bank off toward the Y Territory into the sun, boosting the ray shields. The *Shadow's Scepter* engaged the fleet directly while the *Olbio* and *Aurilia* hid in the clouds. The majority of the Black Diamonds fleet, along with the flagship, the *Starrunner*, went after the *Sujimis* while two Hammerhead Corvettes went after the *Olbio* and *Aurilia*. In the midst of a fierce battle, the *Olbio* and *Aurilia* managed to destroy the two Hammerheads while the *Sujimis* fought off the other three ships with the help of the *Shadow's Scepter*. The two Hammerheads were destroyed but the *Starrunner* began to make its way toward Khalis. The Roalia Defense Force noticed that the *Starrunner* deployed what looked like shuttles. As they raced down to the planet, they searched around and couldn't find any shuttles, but instead spotted escape pods. The rest of the fleet continued pursuing the *Starrunner* while the group on the *Shadow's Scepter* instead focused on securing Khalis from the escape pods.

As Valo and Heyvis arrived at Khalis, they began searching the city but finding no one. Appearing abandoned, the two Jedi made their way to the Town Hall as Cara and Chalkurra watched the *Shadow's Scepter*. Valo knocked on the door several times, but it was locked and sealed. Heyvis attempted to slice it but was unsuccessful, so he searched for an alternate route inside. Heyvis found a skylight and pointed it out to Valo. Valo activated his lightsaber, cutting the lock and jumping through. He landed and found a slug thrower aimed at him from the one and only Big Doc. He had learned from Big Doc that the city had taken cover from the battle above, and notified the city that it had been cleared. Ghaa, on the bridge of the *Sujimis*, had relentlessly attempted to contact the *Starrunner* but could not. After a long and relentless pursuit, the *Starrunner* had blasted into hyperspace and the Roalia Defense fleet had returned back to Fort Sindar. As the three Jedi rendezvoused at Fort Sindar, they began to scour the planet for the escape pods. Searching multiple pods, Heyvis had only managed to find a small disk in which he researched and found to be a nut to a protocol droid. After deciding it was little to go on, Valo searched Sand Stone Pass and was held up by a group of armed thugs. He managed to hold them off, taking only minor injuries. He returned back to Fort Sindar.

In the command room of Fort Sindar, Ghaa had believed it was best to go back to the skies where the disabled Hammerhead Corvette was resting. They mounted up on the *Olbio* with HK-51 and took to the skies, boosting power to ray shields. They eventually found the Hammerhead and docked with it. The Heroes of Khalis had boarded it, finding that the ship appeared low on oxygen. Scouring the ship, Heyvis and Valo made their way to the crew quarters as Ghaa went to the engineering bay. Ghaa had powered on the ships life support and basic systems, but Valo and Heyvis had found a small six-legged spider looking creature on Heyvis' back. The spider ran off but in the engineering room, Ghaa had come under a surprise attack from an assassin probe that had latched its eight legs to the chest of Ghaa. Ghaa, terrified of what was going on, had then managed to free his arm and contact Heyvis, Valo, and HK-51 and let them know that he was under attack from something. They raced over and found it on Ghaa, engaging it and managing to knock it off of his back. After hitting it multiple times, they managed to destroy the droid, but multiple little spider droids began to flood the floor, attacking the group. Heyvis had passed out due to lack of energy while Valo and Ghaa barely held themselves off. HK-51 rushed inside, picking up Heyvis and throwing him out while Valo and Ghaa made their way out. HK-51 threw a frag grenade that destroyed the entire army of spider droids as Heyvis awoke. Heyvis, using a Force ability he learned, managed to reach deeply within the light side of the Force and bring one of the Rattataki Black Diamonds members back to life. They took him prisoner and fled back to the *Olbio* and returned back. The Rattataki had promised a life debt in return to not being a prisoner, but the Heroes remained unsure of him. As they continued forward, the screen raised up toward the sunset of Roalia as the credits rolled.

#### **Episode XVI: Warrior of Light (Part II)**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*WARRIOR OF LIGHT*

*War spreads across the galaxy. As the REPUBLIC advances on the SEPARATIST forces, minor wars take place on the edges of space.*

*One militia on the colony world of ROALIA has managed to save their world from invasion. Still, many threats remain across the endless sands.*

*But the war continues. The JEDI leaders must maintain mission secrecy as they continue their fight, but will soon find themselves in great trouble....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen lowers to show the world of Roalia, closing in on it. It switches over to show a room as a yellow lightsaber cuts through a B1 Battle Droid. The blade-wielding Pantoran Heyvis jumps aside as he cuts into another droid, a blast flying next to him, launching Heyvis back. Cara jumps out and fires off two shots at the droid, hitting it both times in the eyes. He scans the room, seeing its clear. “Heyvis, you alright?”

Heyvis nods. “Yeah, just got a little winded.”

“Oh yeah, you really gotta watch those wrist rockets.” Cara smiles under his helmet, extending his hand out and helping Heyvis up. Cara brings his wrist up to his mouth. “Valo, we’ve placed the bombs. Let us know once you got the intel and we’ll get out of here.”

The screen switches over to show Valo digging through a drawer. He presses on the side of his helmet. “Almost finished.” He searches through, finding an amulet on it. Looking at it, he picks up another small piece of paper that reads: “Follow the light through the sun. Across the stars will you find the one.”

Valo looks up for a minute, confused. After some moments pass, Cara comes back over the comms. “Ghaa and Chalkurra can’t wait forever. You got everything?”

Valo looks up, tucking the items into his pockets as he presses on his helmet again. “I’ve got nothing. Let’s get out of here.”

“YES! THANK YOU!” Ghaa says over the comlink as well as Chalkurra jumps out of cover, shooting a blast that knocks three B1 droid back. “Hurry please!”

“This is Cara. Heyvis and I are making our way out.” Cara says as he and Heyvis sprint through the halls.

“You know, last time I came to the dune sea, I got stuck in an intense sandstorm. Got trapped by a dune.” Heyvis chuckles.

Cara stops, looking over to Heyvis. “Wait, you mean we could be stuck under a giant dune?”

Heyvis’ eyes widen. “We need to get moving, fast.”

“This is why I hate being underground.” Cara says running out.

##### **Synopsis:**

Valo made his way over to the main hangar room, running in and throwing some droids into a wall. Heyvis and Cara rushed in as well, seeing the conflict. They helped Ghaa and Chalkurra fight off many of the droids, but two different Vulture droids jumped down from the ceiling. The Vultures dealt significant damage to the group, but they managed to overcome them, running out of the room and managing to destroy the building as they escaped. They found themselves trapped in a dune from the shifting dune sea, but managed to escape by using the Force. They returned back to the Trockz enclave where the studied the Dathomirian Tracking Amulet that Valo had found. Valo, meditating, managed to activate it and felt the pulsing color of the amulet. They began immediately, taking the *Shadow's Scepter* up and into the sky. They took the amulet, attempting to track the location of where it was leading them. They managed to find it pulsed closer in the Quelli sector, not far from Valo's home of Dathomir. As they continued searching in the sector, they found one world, Nevar, which seemed to get more attention from the amulet. They plugged in coordinates, but the starship did not blast into hyperspace. Ghaa and Cara searched the hyperdrive, looking for the cause. They eventually pulled out a tracker from the bay. They failed to discover who it belonged to, but Cara shot it to pieces, reassuring it would not be a problem. They jumped to lightspeed, entertaining themselves with sparring, Dejarik, and simple meditating.

As the computer beeped, Cara pulled the *Shadow's Scepter* out of hyperspace to show the world of Nevar in front of them. It appeared to be a blueish color, but as they flew in, the *Shadow's Scepter* was struck by lightning, forcing them to retreat away from the atmosphere. Ghaa was able to set up and navigate them through a route in the skies to safely fly through the storms. As they flew around, they found a small castle ahead which caused the amulet to glow much more brightly. Believing it was the place it was leading, they landed not far from the castle and entered it. As they entered, they found a very overgrown courtyard that had obviously not been maintained in years. They walked into the castle, searching around. Heyvis had sprung a small little twig that had showed a skeleton of a Rodian of some sorts in an obviously scary fashion. Heyvis had jumped, but maintained his cool as Valo had stepping into some sort of animal trap that wrapped around his armored leg. Heyvis, accidentally shooting Valo's foot, managed to shoot the trap off. Valo felt a pull to go into another hall by himself while Ghaa and Heyvis went into the other hall on the other side of the foyer. As Ghaa and Heyvis walked their way across, they encountered a throne room much similar to the one in the Badlands, searching it for anything important. Valo had walked into a room where he ran into a small tribe of Nightbrothers known as the Sotmr Shadowsong, claiming he had been corrupted by Jedi ways. Valo, holding true to his new life, decided not to go with them to Dathomir and follow his way. The tribe claimed him to be an enemy, wanting him dead. At the same time in the other room, Heyvis and Ghaa looked over to see a red lightsaber activate, showing Lord Droxe with his dual-bladed weapon. They both activated their lightsabers, making their signature stances.

In a classic showdown, multiple Nightbrothers jumped down to support their leader, attacking Valo. One of them managed to cut away at Valo's helmet, destroying it. Valo held off the attackers, killing one of them while the leader attacked Valo as well, but Valo managed to push him back. He came back around and held off a blaster round flying at him, deflecting it into the shooter. He swung his blade into another and as another few attacked him, he accidentally killed himself and his ally, giving Valo more room to operate. He instead made his move against the leader, quickly attacking him. The leader held him off however, stopping Valo's advance and managed to cut at him. Valo swung around and cut off the right arm of the leader, disarming him. The leader managed to run out as Valo finished off some of the other Nightbrothers, the last remaining survivors fleeing the fight as well. In the throne room, Heyvis and Ghaa fought hard with Droxe, but his powers in the Force were too much. They swung through, cutting at him but failing, taking multiple hits instead. Droxe managed to hold off one of the incoming attacks from Ghaa, seeing Heyvis ahead, and splitting his dual-bladed lightsaber into two single lightsabers and holding off Ghaa's advance. Breaking off the position, Droxe summoned his dark side power and used Force lightning against them. As Heyvis made an attack, he left himself open and Droxe cut off his right hand as Heyvis shouted in pain. Ghaa rushed at Droxe, but Droxe managed to use Force lightning on Ghaa, draining his stamina and forcing him to pass out. Droxe pressed down on Heyvis' neck, beginning to choke him out but making a statement about how the Jedi will never truly destroy the Sith. He then choked Heyvis out, but Ghaa, who had just awakened, pulled his blade out and in a flurry of anger and even fear, attacked Droxe and cut him apart. Droxe pushed Ghaa back, retreating to tend to his wounds. Ghaa rushed over to Heyvis' service, helping him up and retrieving his lightsaber and hand he had dropped. They finally met up with Valo and began to retreat from the castle only to find Cara and HK-51 fighting off many more of the Dathomirians attacking them. They noticed what appeared to be Droxe's starship, but rushed into the *Shadow's Scepter* as Cara and Chalkurra raced away, coming under attack by a small group of starfighters. Valo and Ghaa rushed to the guns as Heyvis rested, allowing his hand to heal. Ghaa and Valo managed to destroy the fighters as they raced out of the system, blasting in hyperspace towards Roalia.

As they arrived home, Heyvis had a new cybernetic limb replace the old one, putting on his old glove and managed to feel it functioning well. Valo searched for a new helmet like the one he had lost, but did not manage to find one, instead heading over to the Trockz Enclave and helping Jaspar Foreman, the newest padawan trainer, train the initiates. Ghaa had finally managed to find riding tack and had many of the Roalia Defense Force soldiers begin taming Dewback. Getting a call from Cara, they met in the command room of Fort Sindar, discussing a mission to reclaim the *Tythos*...

#### **Episode XVII: Hunt for the *Tythos***

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*HUNT FOR THE* TYTHOS

*War spreads across the galaxy. The rise of the SEPARATISTS has led the REPUBLIC into full scale war.*

*On the colony planet of ROALIA, a JEDI-led militia prepares for the building war between their forces and the BLACK DIAMONDS.*

*After defending their world, the planetary defense now seeks an old cruiser that could help reinforce their fleet against the rising conflict....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen lowers to show Roalia as a CR70 corvette flies past. It flies onto the world, landing at Fort Sindar as a Marauder cruiser lifts off into the skies. Inside the command center of Fort Sindar, Cara presses on a button that pulls up the holo for Savareen. “Savareen was the last place we left the ship at. If we want to look, we should probably start there.”

Valo leans on the table. “Well, you go ahead. I’m going to stay back, focus on the fort.”

Heyvis nods, crossing his arms. “Well, can we just trace its signal? We do have it, right?”

“That would be great.” Cara nods over to R2-D7, who powers off the hologram. “But the problem is that it’s been almost a year since we last used it. Any spacer could’ve just picked it up.”

Ghaa, spinning his training staff, stops it. “Well, we can just get on the trail.”

“That’ll work.” Chalkurra roars. “Can we get going? I’m bored.”

“Yes, Chal.” Cara salutes his Jedi Officers, who bow back to him. “We’ll get the Scepter prepped, you guys go ahead and get what you need.”

Valo walks out. “Good luck guys. Hope it works out.”

##### **Synopsis:**

Ghaa and Heyvis had decided to look for supplies. They traveled into Marlow's Drop, searching around but finding nothing. They then loaded up on the *Shadow's Scepter*, traveling to Savareen. As they arrived, Ghaa had managed to map out the last area they left the *Tythos* at. As they arrived, they found it was not there, and agreed it was best to continue traveling after it. Ghaa had been disappointed, upset the missions were never easy. They searched the transponder codes of the *Tythos*, attempting to trace it. They found it led to one parsec not far outside the Roalia System, and traveled back to Roalia. They then plugged in the coordinates, finding themselves heading to the Elev System in Wild Space. As they blasted into hyperspace, Ghaa reached out and connected with the living Force, helping himself relax for future confrontations. They blasted out of hyperspace to find the sensor picking up a small starport up ahead. They contacted the patrol, learning the name of it to be Unavowed Starport. They were ordered to dock at one of the airlocks, airlock 63, and met with the soldiers on the station. Heyvis complied, gaining membership at the hidden starport. They traveled around, running into an old friend from the level 5 cantina on Coruscant, Taleed Ivalice. He recommended heading over to Annon's Cantina, and traveled over there. Heyvis went to the bar, ordering a drink only to get drunk. Ghaa purchased a case of Whyren's Reserve for their crew, having Chalkurra take it back to the *Shadow's Scepter*.

Speaking with a spacer, Ghaa learned that there was a shipping company transporting Savareen Brandy that used a transport much similar to the description of the *Tythos*. Drunk Heyvis had approached the bartender, threatening to "get his knife and shock tools and have fun with him." The bartender decided it was best to tell them, but as they left, he called for security. They made their way after it, finding a full crew of transporters preparing to unload a cargo hold full of Savareen Brandy. Heyvis and Ghaa found Big Doc inside however, who came stumbling out. As they walked in, they found the ship marked on the side read "Big Doc's Bushweed" showing a picture of him with his arms crossed, shirt off. They spoke to the Zeltron woman who was leading them, trying to convince her to let them have the ship back. Unfortunately, they would not give back the ship, instead stating they would fight rather than let them have their ship due to the rule of "finder's keepers." Ghaa threatened them, only to come under attack by the crew. They fought with their forces, managing to cut off the left main hand of the Zeltron woman, knocking her out. As they managed to recapture the *Tythos*, they saw the door was being breached by security forces. Heyvis and Ghaa picked up the Zeltron woman, taking her aboard and motioning for Big Doc to follow. After several attempts to power on the *Tythos*, they finally lifted off and saw the *Shadow's Scepter* flying through the skies, chased by several fighters. They ordered Cara and Chalkurra, along with R2-D7, to take the *Scepter* back to Roalia, returning themselves. They spoke with the Zeltron woman, learning her name to be Tally Salen and recruited her to the Roalia Defense Force. They had the *Tythos* unloaded at Fort Sindar, taking the brandy to help gain money for the Defense Force. Heyvis had purchased his new starfighter, then having Cara and Chalkurra, along with R2-D7, take the *Tythos* to Corellia to be refitted for war.

#### **Episode XVIII: End Times**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*END TIMES*

*It is the end of an era. While the CLONE WARS rage across the galaxy, many other minor conflicts cause a rift on the edges of space.*

*One of these worlds, ROALIA, faces a struggle between its local peacekeepers and the infamous BLACK DIAMONDS gang with their ravenous fleet.*

*In an effort to end the war, the Black Diamonds prepare an attack that could be the final blow to defeat the planet’s defenders….*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen lowers as a large fleet takes off into hyperspace, aboard the main cruiser, a Neutron Star-class among them, with many Hammerhead cruisers.

Among the bridge, Teran Cath, surrounded  by multiple crew members, looks over to the different forces among the ship. Smiling, he looks at a Trandoshan behind him. “Do we have confirmation that he is there?”

“The agents confirmed it boss. What do we want to do?”

“I don’t want Roalia for any other reason. We’ll push the defense force back until we have him.” Teran looks away from the Trandoshan.

“Your call,” The Trandoshan says, walking away. Teran puts his hands behind his back, looking out into the vast hyperspace portal ahead of them.

On Roalia, inside the command center of Fort Sindar, Lieutenant Cara looks over to Cynan. “Fort Sindar’s completed. Don’t think there’s anything else to it. With the Tythos and its complete retrofitted weapons, it should be a lot more useful against the enemy.”

“Well, where’s the big three?” Cynan says, taking off his helmet.

“That’s private information we aren’t of liberty to share.” Cara says to Cynan.

At the Trockz Enclave, meditating on a Jedi Holocron, Heyvis’ left eye opens as he hears HK-51, accompanied by Ghaa Tabbak, enter. “Master, you’ve got a call coming in.” Ghaa says. HK-51 looks over at Ghaa, saying “Declaration: that was what I was going to say master.”

Ghaa elbows HK-51’s arm. “Well, I beat ya to it.”

Turning and walking away, Heyvis places the holocron back inside a vault, sealing it and walking out. He steps out to see Valo and Ghaa with HK-51 standing by a small terminal. “Sorry, I was just communing with my father.” Heyvis says, walking in.

“Well, how they got our frequency is strange, but I wanted to make sure you were here, council head.” Valo smiles, taking the lightsaber he was spinning around and putting it on his belt.

“Can we answer it now?” Ghaa asks, impatiently.

Heyvis nods as HK-51 plugs in the call. The call shows no one, but a vague voice instead. “Hello, is this ‘One Shot Trockz?’”

Heyvis looks over at his comrades, then at the call. “Yeah, I’m here.”

“You need to evacuate your forces. Now.” The caller says quickly.

“Why should we do that?” Valo asks.

“Because the Black Diamonds are coming, with the full force of their fleet. Take your forces and disperse them, keep them from coming and finding the artifact.” The voice sputters a bit through the call.

“Why are they coming, who are you?” Valo asks.

“I’m an infiltrator, and I work for you. Just… I have to go-” The call ends abruptly as HK-51 looks over to his masters, curiously as to what they wish to do.

##### **Synopsis:**

The Heroes of Khalis had spoken, figuring out it was best not to engage the whole Black Diamonds Fleet. Rather, they had the fleet retreat behind the Dead Moon of Arelli, hiding from the Black Diamonds. Heyvis took off in his new fighter, the *Plutonia*, and attempted to engage the fleet while Valo had led a company of soldiers out to Sand Stone Pass. Ghaa mounted up on a Dewback, leading another group into the area as scouts as Cara led the rest of their forces over to the Dune Sea to help use the planet's phenomena against the invaders. As Heyvis engaged the fleet, he took heavy damage from a Hammerhead Corvette, retreating and joining Cara at the Dune Sea.

Ghaa had come under attack from a landing invasion group, drawing them back to Valo's position while Valo and his troops maintained a cover and concealment position. Heyvis had his own problem though, coming under attack by a large group of tanks. He barked orders, having the troops fire off missiles against the incoming tanks. Cara, relaying those orders, had the unit attack the tanks, dealing heavy damage. Eventually, they found that the fleet had a large concentration at an area beyond Khalis, also attacking the vacant Fort Sindar. Ghaa and Valo made their way to Fort Sindar, looking and seeing no one inside. Instead, they came under attack from the Sotmr Shadowsong in their command center, fighting them off. They learned that they did not manage to retrieve their intelligence, but did retrieve something. As they noticed the Black Diamonds retreating, they made their way to a derelict Separatist starship that they found the concentration of ships to be at. They learned they had retrieved a person in carbonite from the ship and retreated. They returned back, taking a call from Republic High Command and learning that Lieutenant Cara had been promoted to Captain, and speaking to the Jedi High Council, which ordered Ghaa and Valo back to begin Ghaa's trials while Heyvis and Cara led their efforts back home.

##### **Ending Scene:**

Aboard the *Starrunner*, Teran Cath bows before a hooded figure. "Lord Droxe, good to see you again."

Droxe nods over to Teran. "Greetings."

Zar approaches as well. "We got him."

Droxe nods. "Very good. Is he out of carbonite?"

"Yeah, he's been informed." Teran looks over, pointing to a seating area. "Greedy-face was right."

"Well, bring him before us then." A Neimoidian sits at the table, drinking a drink.

Approaching them, a human, scarred face looks at them. "Suppose I should be grateful." He says. "Thanks for this opportunity."

"You've a name?" Zar asks.

"Yeah. It's Baku. Baku Task." He sits down on the chair. "I know your Heroes of Khalis."

"Then you know how to destroy them?" Droxe raises an eyebrow.

"Yeah, you can't kill three Jedi at once. You need to take 'em, one by one."

Droxe crosses his arms. "And where do we start."

Baku smiles, a vengeful look on his face. "Let's get that Mon Calamari."

### **Season Five - Knights of the Republic**

#### **Prelude: Guru in the Dunes**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*GURU IN THE DUNES*

*It is a time of war across the galaxy. As the GALACTIC REPUBLIC and SEPARATIST ALLIANCE battle across the stars, JEDI MASTERS seek peace and tranquility in the far reaches of space.*

*One of these masters, TONN NU, has become under risk of attack by Separatist assassins, but has kept away from the greater galaxy for some time.*

*Fearing for the loss of the great master, the HIGH COUNCIL has dispatched two Jedi Knights, the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy, to secure the master's safety....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen lowers down to show the ecumenopolis world of Coruscant as a T-6 Shuttle flies past toward the world. It soars through the skies and lands on a large landing pad by the Jedi Temple. Inside the Meditation Chambers, two Jedi Knights stand among the leading members of the Jedi Council, one Mon Calamari and one Zabrak. “Knight Tabbak, how are you recovering after your trials?” An older but strong looking Jedi Masters sits down, another shorter and older green skinned master sits cross-legged next to him.

“Just fine Master Windu. Thank you.” Ghaa Tabbak responds.

“Knight Sindar, Knight Tabbak, a special mission for you we have, before returning to Roalia.” The green skinned master speaks, his eyes closed.

“What is that master?” The Zabrak responds.

“As you know, the Clone Wars are causing many smaller conflicts across the galaxy. But one individual case has the council concerned.” Mace Windu looks over to Master Yoda.

Yoda speaks. “Master Nu, Jedi archivist, under threat, he is.”

Master Windu looks back over to the two Knights before him. “You’ve fought Separatist assassins before, so we need your tracking expertise and your battling skills to help defeat this great threat.”

“I’d love to put my skills to use, master.” Valo says as Ghaa smiles, ready to begin his work as a Jedi Knight.

“Eager, you should be.” Yoda eyes Valo.

“Yes, but you must be quick too. Master Tonn Nu has aged much, and retired somewhere on a small Outer Rim world.” Master Windu says.

“Where?” Ghaa asks.

“Tatooine. Roughly a parsec away from Geonosis, one of the few major planets in the Arkanis Sector.” Windu crosses his arms. “We have a local contact for you to work with, a man named Layonae Tar. He’ll be expecting you to arrive in your starship.”

##### **Synopsis:**

The team discussed the mission, failing to fly the T-6 Shuttle given to them out of the hangar. They eventually gained control, lifting off and flying out of the ship. They set coordinates to Tatooine, blasting into hyperspace. Due to Ghaa's specialized course plotting skills, he was able to arrive there in one day, finding the fastest route possible. They landed in Mos Espa, finding a Twi'lek and a Togruta approaching them. The Twi'lek, Layonae Tar, and the Togruta, Risha Zaine, discussed details about finding the great Jedi Master Tonn Nu. While Ghaa took the time to try and tap into the Jedi Temple's archives, Valo and Risha worked together to try and find any information about Tonn Nu. They spoke with a few likely suppliers of his, but came up with no leads. Ghaa, however, was able to discover that Tonn Nu said he was venturing beyond the "Forbidden Pass." He relayed the information to his allies, realizing the only way to find the place was to retrieve information from the Sand People, the natives of Tatooine, and travel on foot to find the great master. But to get the Sand People to cooperate, they would need to intimidate them somehow. They learned that it was possible to use the blood of a maternal Sand Demon, the same species as Valo's pet, to manage to get the Sand People to cooperate out of intimidation.

Embarking to find a Sand Demon, they gathered up survival equipment, Dewback, and rations and traveled out to the Jundland Wastes. They eventually came across tracks, which Knight Tabbak was quickly able to identify as those of a Sand Demon. They followed the tracks to a cave, hearing a hissing sound from the cave, likely identifying it to be the Sand Demon. Strangely, Valo's helmet began to fail from operating, no longer being of use and requiring maintenance. As Layonae set up a camp on a small hill, Valo, Ghaa, and Risha followed the tracks to the cave. Ghaa and Risha disembarked as Valo was suddenly thrown off the back of the Dewback, spooked due to the Sand Demon's lair. Ghaa managed to chase down his Dewback, communicating with Valo's in the Force to return to the camp made by Layonae. As the travelers made their way closer to the cave, Ghaa attempted to support his allies through the Force through Battle Meditation, guiding them and giving them courage, speaking to them through the Force without actually using his lips. They slowly inched their way to the Sand Demon, but Valo and Risha became afraid. Ghaa, however, was able to see through the fear, that he didn't need to kill the Sand Demon, but gain it's trust in order to gain the same scent as the blood, which was what they needed. They were suddenly right there when Valo attempted to be friendly with the beast, trying to calm it. But the beast was suddenly aggressive, preparing to strike at Valo when he barely managed to calm the beast down, standing stoically in front of the beast, striking fear into its heart. Ghaa finally began to pet the Sand Demon, Valo and Risha following suite. Eventually, the beast just laid on the ground, letting off the scent they needed. The smell reeked, but gave them enough to hopefully convince the Sand People to cooperate.

They walked to the Sand People camp, not far from where the beast's lair was. As they entered, the Sand People suddenly became fearful of the Jedi, giving Ghaa a small parchment, a very crude map of the planet. He was able to spot the "Forbidden Pass," eventually returning to the camp. They ate up, rested, and woke up in the morning to begin their journey. Mounting up on the Dewback, the team walked out to the Forbidden Pass, navigating the strange walkways and entering the Dune Sea. They walked for miles, eventually noticing a small hut up ahead. They walked over to the hut, entering it and searching, finding many holocrons and scrolls. They walked up a flight of stairs and met with Jedi Master Tonn Nu. Unfortunately, Layonae aimed a blaster at them as several BX Commando Droids jumped down, ambushing the group. As Risha and Ghaa took on Layonae, Tonn Nu and Valo took on the Commando droids, defeating all in the room and moving on to attack the droids circling in speeder bikes outside. A small sandstorm passed through, disrupting the vision of the battle, but they defeated them, killing Layonae. Afterwards, Tonn Nu requested to speak with the Jedi Council, fearing he could not avoid the conflict in the galaxy. Risha also agreed to join Valo and Ghaa in their return to Roalia. As they embarked onward to Coruscant, they returned the Dewback and retrieved all of Tonn Nu's items. Tonn Nu met with the Council, deciding to join the members of the Heroes of Khalis in their journey back home to Roalia along with Risha. The Council ordered that Ghaa and Valo kept the T-6 Shuttle that they named the *Light Keeper*. As they were leaving to return home to Roalia, they received a call from Captain Cara, detailing that they were needed on Roalia. They eventually blasted off into hyperspace to their homeworld, ready to begin a new adventure...

#### **Prelude: Rift on the Edge**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*It is the end of an age of peace.*

*The growing CLONE WARS causes a rift on the edges of the galaxy, dividing systems between the GALACTIC REPUBLIC and the CONFEDERACY OF INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS*

*War is everywhere.*

*Among these worlds, ROALIA faces a proxy war. Defended by the absent HEROES OF KHALIS, the planet struggles to save itself from another invasion*

*The last hope lies within a group of miscreants, unprepared for what they’ll face.*

##### **Opening Scene:**

“And when I hit the Gamorrean, he squealed louder than a pig at a butcher shop!”

The crowd laughs some more.

“Thank you everyone.”

The Twi’lek walks off the stage, looking out over to another Twi’lek approaching him. “Nice job, here’s your share of the tips.”

Jatt smiles. “I know magicians will make a comeback!”

“Yeah, well someone came by and gave me a card. Wanted me to give it to you.”

Jatt takes the card. “Thank you.” He reads the card. It points him to a private room within Letta’s Saloon. A Gand and Anomid guard the door.

“Excuse me, gentlemen, I believe this card was to lead me to this room?” Jatt asks.

“Yeah, you Jatt Feara? Of course you are. You’re the only one who looks like that. Have a seat inside.”

Jatt walks within the room. He walks inside, seeing a Quarren and a Nikto inside the room, sitting at the table. He nods to them. “Gentlemen.”

The Nikto responds. “Afternoon.”

The Quarren says nothing, quickly profiling Jatt as he sits down at the table and starts making jokes.

An Abyssin walks into the room and sets a datapad down on the table along with a file and a holocommunicator that is opening. It shows a marked bounty as five two guards stand in the room with them. “Greetings. I am Keeper. I come here to offer a job.” He points to the hologram. “Do you know of the Defense Force traitor named Cynan Beroya?”

Ras Gundo leans his elbows on the table. “I’ve heard of him, including your bounty.”

Keeper smiles. “Ah, yes. Well, I’ve been eyeing the Roalia for strong supporters of the Defense Force, along with physical capabilities. I want the bounty turned in. I’m offering a 600,000 credit reward for each person who helps bring in his head. I have hand chosen you three for this job. My A-team.”

Nimm leans forward. “Why would we do that?”

Keeper closes the hologram. “You all have hopes and goals, and as some of you age, you grow farther and farther away from achieving those goals.” He looks between Jatt and Gundo. He then looks back to Nimm. “Fame can be a useful tool, along with credits. You can easily help campaign your reputation, stake yourself as a gladiator once more with top-line cybernetics.” He looks to Jatt. “You can gain your reputation through your own personal nightclub of sorts, using my credits.” He looks over to Gundo. “You can even gain your individuality, use the credits to help fund your policing body. Each of you can benefit, and you can help me benefit as well.”

Jatt crosses his arms. “I’m in.”

Nimm smiles. “I’m in too.”

Gundo lights a Cigarra. “Count me in then. But I’m not doing anything immoral.”

Keeper smiles. “Then here is this.” He passes over the datapad he set down earlier. “I’ve provided this datapad to help you store information. The bounty is online as well.” He stands\* “Cynan was last spotted at Curtrell. When you find him, kill him. Then meet me at Outinni Parts just Northeast of here. There you will be paid.”

Gundo tips his hat, then saying “How do we intend to get to Curtrell without a starship.”

Keeper tosses a keycard onto the table. “This will grant you access to a starship at Marlow’s Drop. It will be your transport. You may keep it after the job is completed. Good luck.” He then walks out of the room along with the guards.

##### **Synopsis:**

The group traveled to Marlow's Drop, then taking the *Aquila* to Curtrell. Nimm, Gundo, and Jatt all began to search the environment. Finding that the terrain was extremely thick, it took them hours until they found Cynan Beroya, who appeared to be collecting something. They attempted to ambush him, but the four instead found themselves being ambushed, surrounded by armored figures. They fought them off, discovering they were Black Diamonds Enforcers. They decided to join Cynan, discovering he didn't betray the Roalia Defense Force. They traveled to Outinni Parts, surrounded by Enforcers. They attacked the Enforcers, but were outnumbered and captured. However, a group of Ski Speeders of Ace Squadron attacked the Enforcers. They overwhelmed the Enforcers, who retreated from the battle into the wilderness. Nimm, Gundo, and Jatt were all then recruited into the Roalia Defense Force.

Captain Cara and Heyvis Trockz, both currently the top leaders of the Defense Force, spoke to Nimm, Gundo, and Jatt about attacking the *Pride of Coruscant*, which was discovered to be above Valteer. They traveled on the *Shadow's Scepter* to the *Pride of Coruscant*, infiltrating and sabotaging the vessel. They then discovered slaves were onboard, freeing the slaves and killing the captain Kaviir Trask. Victorious in their mission, the group set out to begin their careers with the credits given to them, but always as members of the Defense Force.

#### **The Return**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*THE RETURN*

*It is a time of triumph! After successfully defeating the PRIDE OF CORUSCANT above the planet of VALTEER, the ROALIA DEFENSE FORCE now celebrates the victory over their criminal enemies.*

*In the midst of the chaos, two JEDI KNIGHTS, now accompanied by their allies, return to the WULPAL SECTOR, ready to continue their adventure.*

*Now ready to return to duty, the HEROES OF KHALIS reunite at the TROCKZ ENCLAVE, leading the Roalia Defense Force in their war against the BLACK DIAMONDS....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen lowers, showing a T-6 shuttle blast out of hyperspace and fly onward to Roalia. It lands at the Trockz Enclave, as four figures step out. One of the figures among them, Risha Zaine, looks out toward the wilderness, curious as to where she might explore next. She walks off the boarding ramp with Tonn Nu, who looks over to the enclave. Behind them, Ghaa and Valo walk down to see the rest of the Heroes of Khalis. "Hey! Good to see you guys!" Cara says.

"Yeah, been a little tiring being the only Jedi really doing anything here." Heyvis crosses his arms.

"Well, it's good being back home guys." Valo steps down, shaking hands with Heyvis.

Cara walks over to Ghaa. "Guess I should be callin' you General instead of Commander. How's it going Ghaa?"

Ghaa responds enthusiastically. "Being a Jedi Knights is so cool! And freeing at that. Better than being a padawan for sure."

##### **Synopsis:**

The group set out to explore Roalia, Valo heading towards Fort Sindar to be briefed by Cynan while Ghaa and Heyvis went with Cara and Chalkurra to the Tel Dorm Farming Settlement. Valo, after being briefed, traveled to Vuusko the Hutt's Palace in an attempt to visit with Vuusko the Hutt, laying down ground rules even after Cara and Cynan had performed this act. Both interested in a new location on the planet, they traveled to the Temple of the Ancients. Seeing a strange looking temple, practically buried in the desert, they entered the temple, attempting to read the walls. They found many different writings, including what appeared to be different statements, all coming down to one thing: the death of all aliens. By this, they concluded that the temple was a place created during the ancient Pius Dea Crusades as a monument to their way of life. Continuing inside the temple, they found what appeared to be a large tree. They then found Jiik Cordus, who, after multiple questions, finally revealed he had been worshiping the tree that had been planted there. Valo, after growing severely angry with Jiik Cordus, eventually was convinced to leave the temple by Ghaa, Heyvis and Cara. They then left to continue their work to defend Roalia.

#### **Episode XIX: Wealth of the Daring**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*WEALTH OF THE DARING*

*It is an age of war. Across the galaxy, the CLONE WARS rip systems apart, battling for victory on hundreds of worlds. Dispersed with the war, many minor conflicts rage on outlying regions.*

*In an attempt to develop a planet’s security against their enemies, the JEDI ORDER has deployed the HEROES OF KHALIS to the sunset world of ROALIA to build and grow their own planetary defense force.*

*But Roalia’s security is exposed. Now warring against the BLACK DIAMONDS, the Jedi Knights seek out a means to fund their war effort. Backed by a strange crew, they plan to set out for a new journey….*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen raises to show a CSS-1 Corellian Star Shuttle flying past and towards the planet of Roalia. It flies over the bustling streets of Khalis, many individuals looking upwards at it. Landing on the outskirts of Fort Sindar, the boarding ramp lowers as Captain Cara walks towards it, accompanied by Cynan Beroya. A fierce looking armored soldier walks down, white and blue colored armor, followed by individuals of similar look. “If it isn’t good ol’ Dodge! How’s it going Commander? Or should I call you Battalion Commander Dodge?” Cara asks, Cynan crossing his arms.

The lead figure steps a little closer. “You know that’s not a way to talk to your superior Captain.” Dodge steps really close. He then reaches around and hugs him. “How you doin’ you Cara! So good to see you!”

Cara then lets down the hug, smiling and saying “Well, since I’ve been deployed with this Jedi Strike Team, things have been interesting.”

“You know, I wasn’t quite surprised to hear you made it into the ARC academy. I always knew you were one of the best Cara. I just didn’t expect you to pass up that opportunity to become Marshall Commander.” Dodge looks back, nodding at the others behind him who begin to unload supplies.

“Well, I’m not quite disappointed with Captain.” Cara quickly motions over to the Shadow’s Scepter, saying “You get a sweet ride doing my job. Anyway, the bosses have been notified. Their back at their personal Jedi facility, I’m not at liberty to say where.” Cara motions for Dodge to follow. Cynan flanks them, listening but not commenting on their conversation. “They should be back soon, then you can give them your brief. Cynan, you want to let them know our guests are here?”

“Yeah, I can do that.” Cynan raises his wrist, then pressing some buttons. “Master Trockz? Knight Sindar? This is Cynan, can you hear me?”

Back at the Trockz Enclave, Valo raises his green lightsaber, then sweeping down onto Heyvis’ yellow lightsaber. “Come on Heyvis, when are you going to start acting like a Jedi Master?”

Heyvis dives through Valo’s legs, then kicking him in the back and onto the ground as he points his lightsaber at Valo, who looks up at Heyvis in surprise. “You’re not the only one who knows how to wield a blade.” He deactivates his lightsaber, helping Valo up.

“Well I won the last round, don’t forget that.” Valo points his finger to Heyvis after rising to his feet.

Ghaa, sitting on a crate watching says “Okay, this is great and all, but will I get a turn to spar one of you?”

Both Heyvis and Valo respond. “No.”

“Come on! I want a turn!” Ghaa gets up and walks over.

Suddenly, a computer terminal goes off in the back. “Master Trockz? Knight Sindar? This is Cynan, can you hear me?”

Heyvis walks over. “We can hear you.”

“The Captain wanted me to inform you that our guests are here.” Cynan says.

“Alright, we’ll head over momentarily.” Heyvis responds.

“We’ll be waiting.” Cynan says, closing the call.

#### **Episode XX: Reign of the Sith**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*REIGN OF THE SITH*

*War strikes the galaxy! As the CLONE ARMY emerges, the JEDI KNIGHTS rush from star system to star system in efforts to bring forth peace to the galaxy.*

*Across the stars, the HEROES OF KHALIS defend the resource-rich world of ROALIA from SEPARATIST and pirate invaders. Commanded by a team of Jedi Knights, they wage a desperate war against the BLACK DIAMONDS.*

*Calling his allies back home, TONN NU, a Jedi teacher at the TROCKZ ENCLAVE, seeks to root out the Dark Side on Roalia once and for all....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen rotates to the side, showing Cloakshape starfighters flying past. A DP-20 lies ahead, as a Star Courier docks with it. Inside the ship's interior, its lights shut off, a team of humans and aliens prepare themselves for boarders. “Boss says no other pirates are getting our artifacts!” An alien commander says.

A voice comes through, only saying “I’m more than a pirate.” A red lightsaber can be heard activating, as the screen instantly goes dark with sounds of screaming and anguish. Eventually, a light comes through, a red one. Behind the figure, Lord Droxe, a series of dead bodies lay on the ground, mutilated and charred. He opens a small box, finding a tiny artifact, a similar looking Sith holocron, is grabbed by the Sith. He examines it, saying “A wayfinder… at last…” He pockets it, then walks over to a small console. He simply presses a few buttons, activating the self destruct. The screen then switches as the Star Courier flies away, accompanied by the Cloakshape fighters as the DP-20 implodes behind it. Inside the Star Courier, Lord Droxe examines it, saying: “Nothing can stand in my way…”

It switches over, showing the Trockz Enclave. The Shadow’s Scepter lies on the landing pad. Captain Cara looks to Valo and Heyvis, saying: “Don’t worry, we’re just going to pick up the sensor beacons and deploy them, we should be fine.”

Heyvis crosses his arms. “And how long will that take?”

Cara simply shrugs his shoulders. “Could take a week or two. It’s me, Chalkurra, and Artoo. We should get it done sooner.”

Valo scratches behind his neck. “Be quick, I’m getting tired of being the one to deal with Big Doc.”

Ghaa walks up behind them, saying: “Tonn Nu has been asking for us, we should get going.”

“Very well, may the Force be with you Captain.” Valo says, turning to walk away.

“It will be, you guys take care.” Cara says, then walking up the boarding ramp with a few crates, Chalkurra carrying some behind him.

Inside the Trockz Enclave, the three Jedi sit down in the Council Chambers. “Ah, it is wonderful to see you again.” Tonn Nu says to the group.

“Indeed it is.” Heyvis sits down, accompanied by the others.

“What did you need us for, master?” Ghaa asks.

“I’ve been studying your exploits and the dark presence here for some time. I believe there may be a way to destroy it, or at minimum, weaken it.” Tonn Nu looks to the three.

“How?” Valo asks.

Tonn Nu answers: “I need to find out more of the Sith here, Darth Nox. If we can determine who he is, we can find a way to defeat him.” He looks at a datapad. “I’ve been studying the planet using probes, and I believe I’ve determined that there is a crashed ship here. I’m growing too old for this sort of thing, so I’m asking you three to explore it. I have high suspicions that it might be connected to Nox himself…”

##### **Ending Scene:**

The screen opens up showing a large building ahead. A figure walks inside of it, looking upwards at the wall art as he enters the Tomb of Darth Nox.

Lord Droxe hastily walks into a throne room, then kneeling before a caped Darth Nox. “Ah, Lord Droxe, my apprentice. Did you collect my artifact?” Nox says, facing away.

“Yes, my master. I have it here.” Droxe says.

Nox turns his head. “And the Jedi, did you destroy them at Nathema?”

“No, my lord. The Jedi outsmarted us.” Droxe looks upward while kneeling.

“You mean to tell me, three Jedi were too much for you to handle?” Nox turns around.

Droxe stutters. “We were outsmarted, my lord.”

Nox walks toward Droxe, coming face to face with him. “Stand. Now!” Droxe quickly stands up, but doesn’t look Nox in the eye. Nox then speaks. “You are unbalanced, weak, pathetic. You are a pathetic excuse for a Sith, and unworthy of being my apprentice.” Droxe furrows his brow, now growing angry. “You have no right to be here, because you failed! But not physically. I trained you in the art of war. But mentally. Deep down inside, you are still... Zanatos Droxe!”

Droxe immediately activates his lightsaber, swinging at Nox. The lightsaber makes a sudden Csshhtt! Noise as Darth Nox holds out his hand, blocking the attack. Droxe immediately swings again, and again, hoping to defeat him. Nox continues blocking each blow, then swiping Droxe’s lightsaber with the Force. Nox looks at the lightsaber. “Then I have taught you everything you need to know.” He looks over to Droxe. “Kneel.”

Droxe looks at Nox for a moment, then falling onto his left knee. Nox points the lightsaber to his right shoulder, then his left. “For harnessing your hatred, and rising above the normal Sith, you have been deemed worthy. Arise, Darth… Vanis.” Nox deactivates the lightsaber.

Droxe, now appointed Darth Vanis, rises. Nox extends out his left hand, which was hiding behind his back the whole time. “A mask, for a master of hatred.” Vanis places the mask on his face. "I had it specifically crafted for you, by my artisans." Nox nods over to a group of masks individuals, who lay out Lightsaber parts.

"What now, master?" Vanis looks to Nox, who crosses his arms.

"Now, we defeat the Jedi." Nox looks over.

"How? The Jedi are just too many." Vanis asks.

"Darth Vanis, how do you defeat an entire order?" Nox asks Vanis, who recalls this quote.

"Guile, my master." Vanis responds.

"Exactly. We strike from the shadows, and break them from within." Nox uncrosses his arms. "It's time we trained another Sith."

Vanis raises a brow under his mask. "Who?"

Nox looks over to Vanis. "The Zabrak, Zar Kurlani. He will be your apprentice."

Vanis walks up to Nox. "But Zar has no indoctrination to the Sith."

"I'm aware, Darth Vanis. He is only a temporary piece of the puzzle." Nox says.

"Then who will be the next indoctrinated?" Vanis asks.

"The Clone, Captain Cara… He has a son." Nox sits down on his throne. "Find Kurlani, bring him here to begin his training. You will then construct a new Lightsaber, of your own design. Then, you and your new apprentice will seek out Kel Forsec, and bring him… before… me…"

#### **Episode XXI: Son of Royalty (Part III)**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*Son of Royalty*

*Darkness rises in the galaxy! War divides the galaxy between the REPUBLIC and SEPARATISTS, while the HEROES OF KHALIS defend an entire star system from the growing conflict.*

*ROALIA, a quiet but restless world in WILD SPACE, houses the TROCKZ ENCLAVE, where the JEDI team train more and more younglings for the fight against the Separatists.*

*Jedi Master HEYVIS TROCKZ, the leader of the Trockz Enclave, must begin a great journey. Despite being a Jedi Master, his training is far from over….*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen raises to show a large planet up ahead. A YT-1300 flies past the screen as it follows the starship. Inside the cockpit, Clone Captain Cara looks back to the hooded Jedi behind them. “We’re approaching the shadowport now. Hello Nar Shaddaa.” he says, looking back to the viewport.

“So you’re certain on your contact, right?” Valo asks.

“It’ll be secure, I’m certain of it. Something about Jedi ruins, we should know more soon.” Heyvis answers.

“Too vague for my tastes.” Ghaa says.

“It doesn’t matter. We can’t take chances.” Heyvis reassures the group, crossing his arms.

“Where’re you supposed to meet them?” Cara asks.

“I don’t know.” Heyvis responds.

Both and Valo look at Heyvis rather irritatedly. Ghaa says: “You dragged me here for something we don’t even know is sure?!”

“They said to contact them on a local terminal when we get there. I don’t know why…” Heyvis says.

The Shadow’s Scepter lands in a nearby spaceport, its power being tuned down. “Good luck with your quest… I guess…” Cara says, then helping Chalkurra maintain the ship.

##### **Synopsis:**

Making their way out of the ship, Heyvis, Valo, and Ghaa all traveled out of the spaceport they were landed in, taking a speeder taxi from the spaceport to the Corellian Sector. As they arrived, Heyvis went to a public communications terminal and contacted his contact. The contact informed him to travel to a local cantina in the Corellian Sector. They Jedi traveled to the cantina, where Ghaa walked upwards to a small catwalk and watched from above, acting casual in the cantina, like he belonged. Valo moved to a small dimly lit booth, watching Heyvis, who made his way over to a Sabaac table. Sitting down, Heyvis played a few rounds of Sabaac, managing to win a set of credits. An Aqualish, however, was under the impression that Heyvis had cheated. The Aqualish blamed Heyvis for his loss, then attacking him along with the help of his friends. Heyvis managed to defeat them easily, thanks to the help of Valo and Ghaa, who used the Force from a distance to help Heyvis fight. Afterward, Heyvis was approached by a protocol droid, one of familiar design to him. He was joined by Valo, and the two went with the protocol droid. There, they found Erial Nomani, the former senator of the planet of Mirial, now turned into Republic Ambassador. Erial promised that she could supply the location of the Jedi Temple on Quilov as long as they would bring her with them. After much arguing, Erial finally showed the encoded cylinder that contained the information. She informed them that only she could access the information, and it was not up to them as to whether or not they would let her join them. They agreed, taking Q-1P, Erial's protocol droid, and the Ambassador herself through a pathway out of the Corellian Sector. However, they found themselves under attack, ambushed by eighty B1 Battle Droids and eighty B2 Super Battle Droids. Ambassador Nomani drew her blaster pistol, while the three Jedi drew their lightsabers and readied themselves for the fight ahead. Inside the ally, they had no escape and were surrounded by droids. They made their attack, charging at the group of droids. They managed to defeat several before Heyvis was hit by a Super Battle Droid Wrist Rocket, one that managed to leave several different shards of shrapnel in his body. He began to bleed out rapidly, and was evacuated by Valo. Ghaa tried to defend the Ambassador, but lost her to the droids down below, then joining Valo and Heyvis. After a few short words, Heyvis eventually passed away, but his body remained. They returned to the ship with the body, and Jedi Master Tonn Nu meditated on the Force for much time, eventually reviving Heyvis. Heyvis took much time to recover, but his left arm was removed from his body during the battle before. While Tonn Nu meditated on the Force to discover the whereabouts of the Ambassador, Heyvis, Valo, and Ghaa went about Nar Shaddaa, locating and claiming a cybernetic arm for Heyvis to use. He then went to a doctor, where his cybernetic was place onto his arm, giving him a new and functional left arm. Afterwards, the team went back to the *Shadow's Scepter*, where Tonn Nu revealed to them that Ambassador Nomani was being held not far from Nar Shaddaa. Scanning and searching the system, they found a Separatist *Munificent*-class Star Frigate in the skies.

The group found themselves in a desperate situation as they attempted to board the Frigate. It had locked onto their ship with a tractor beam, and now they had no means of escape. Cara came up with the idea of hiding in Heyvis' smuggling compartments he installed a year ago, with the Clone making the quote *"Never thought I'd be smuggling myself in this thing."* Ghaa seemingly couldn't fit with the rest of the group inside the compartments, and instead went inside the cockpit, trying to act like a Separatist cargo hauler. As they hid in the compartments, the *Shadow's Scepter* eventually landed inside a small hangar bay, with droids walking up inside of the ship. The droids eventually found him and seized him, not believing his lie, and locking him up in the detention center of the ship. Fortunately for Ghaa, they didn't discover his lightsaber, which he placed on his body. With another stroke of good luck, he was placed inside the same cell with Ambassador Nomani. As time passed, the droids eventually registered the ship as empty, and sending a scanning crew inside. The team stealthily defeated the crew, then destroying the droids guarding their ship's entry down below. Heyvis, Valo, Cara, and Chalkurra all made their way to the detention center of the ship in efforts to free Ghaa and the Ambassador. However, the two had already made progress on their own: Ghaa had cut a hole inside the ship's wall, but caught the attention of the battle droids. Ghaa sliced one of the droids with Ambassador Nomani punching another droid in the head, destroying it. Eventually, the elevator came up, with the four individuals attacking the droids standing guard at the main entrance of the detention center. They recovered the Jedi Knight and the Ambassador, but unfortunately for them, Erial's protocol droid, Q-1P, was taken hostage and placed on the other side of the ship. Heyvis and Ghaa both agreed it was best they went and shut down the tractor beam, and Cara and Chalkurra decided to cause a ruckuss on the ship, finding two patrolling battle droids. Cara fired at one of the droids, then chasing after the other as Chalkurra followed him. They followed the droid into a large room, filled with hundreds of different B1s. The B1 that Cara and Chalkurra followed made a simple laugh, almost as if a "Ah-ha!" as it was suddenly blasted by Cara, who screamed off the top of his lungs, running away with Chalkurra following. Meanwhile, Ghaa and Heyvis had ventured their way to the tractor beam, traveling through multiple corridors and slicing through many droids. Eventually they made their way to the tractor beam. Heyvis went ahead and disabled it, while Ghaa defeated two patrolling droids, claiming the situation was "probably just another drill." As the tractor beam was shut down, Valo and Erial were chased down by a set of droids, who trapped them on a small ledge in a fairly large chasm of the ship. Valo had the Ambassador hold onto him, who kissed him under his helmet saying it was "for luck." Valo Force Leaped across the chasm, landing on the other side as the two took off, eventually reclaiming Q-1P and heading back to their ship. Cara and Chalkurra had managed to escape the horde of B1s chasing them, as one of them shouted "Close the blast doors!" and disabled the panel to the blast doors, but the two had jumped through the door before it shut, with the droids stating "Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors!" Eventually, Cara, Chalkurra, Ghaa, Valo, Heyvis, Erial, and Q-1P made their way the the *Shadow's Scepter*, but their presence didn't go unnoticed as they blasted out of the hangar.

*"Six marks coming in at point two-five!"* Cara shouted, Valo and Heyvis running over to the guns of the *Shadow's Scepter*. Tonn Nu, Q-1P, and Erial Nomani all strapped themselves into the chairs of the ship, while Big Doc went flying about the *Scepter's* cargo hold, as he was thrown in there by Valo previously. R2-D7 plugged into the *Shadow's Scepter*'s systems, assisting Cara and Chalkurra as they attempted to escape the Vulture Droids. Ghaa decided to put his leadership skills to the test, assisting Heyvis and Valo as they fired on the Vultures. After defeating two Vultures, eight more swarmed, now with twelve Vulture droids chasing them. *"Hang on, we're gonna blast our way directly through the city below!"* Cara informed the group, then he and Chalkurra piloting the ship to the city-moon below them. They raced through skyscrapers, managing to gain a little cover from the pursuing Vultures. These advanced Vulture Droids followed them through, only a few of them taking hard hits to their systems. Valo and Heyvis continued blowing through the Vultures, but Ghaa had an idea. He plotted a course on the navicomputer, saying *"Cara! I have an idea! It's an old smuggler's trick, we're going to lightspeed skip!"* with Cara responding *"I was just thinking that!"* as he followed the plotted course Ghaa had set up. They went through multiple different planets, eventually finding a Zillo Beast which destroyed the rest of the remaining Vultures. The crew of the *Shadow's Scepter* cheered in victory, then blasting off in hyperspace towards Roalia. They returned to the planet, recovering from the battle earlier and planning on the next step: Finding the lost Jedi Temple...

#### **Episode XXII: Return of the Master**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*RETURN OF THE MASTER*

*War consumes the galaxy! The age-old conflict between the JEDI and SITH shatter the peace held by the once mighty REPUBLIC, forcing systems to defend against invasion.*

*A minor system on the OUTER RIM, ROALIA, has become under the protection of three Jedi Knights and a team of allies. They risk everything to defend a covert Jedi Enclave in the mountains there.*

*Now readying themselves, three Jedi and their CLONE ally, CAPTAIN CARA, prepare a journey into a mysterious Jedi Temple on QUILOV....*

##### **Opening Scene:**

The screen raises and shows the colony world Roalia. It switches to show the Trockz Enclave, inside the main Council room, Heyvis Trockz meditates quietly on the Force. “Heyvis.” The Pantoran didn’t move, he didn’t think, just simply meditating on the Force. “Heyvis.” He heard it again, this time much more clear. He recognized this voice. “Heyvis.”

Heyvis opened his eyes, seeing a blue aura follow a figure. His Grandfather. “Heyvis, my grandchild, it is good to see you again…”

Heyvis stood up, but for some reason he couldn’t speak. Bek Forin, his Grandfather, spoke again. “The secrets that lie inside that temple… you must be wary… for it can lead you down a Dark Path.”

Again, Heyvis tried speaking, but still couldn’t, and raised his eyebrows almost curiously. “The Force is calling to you, but if you venture into the hidden depths of the temple, you will discover a power unlike anything the galaxy has ever seen…” The figure again faded into the air, and Heyvis suddenly found himself able to speak again?”

“What?”

Outside of the Trockz Enclave, a series of blaster shots fired past the screen, hitting the rocks behind different cans. Captain Cara walked over to Ghaa. “It’s alright Ghaa, I spent my whole life using these weapons.”

“I just wanted to knock down these cans!” Ghaa responded, taking another shot that was a complete miss.

Cara just laughed under his helmet. “Look, Ghaa, it's not complicated, you just need practice. If I picked up your lightsaber and started swinging it around, I wouldn’t be able to use it effectively, the same with a blaster. It requires training.”

“I’ll see to it I best you next time.” Ghaa said.

Cara just smiled. “Well, work at it.”

Valo, who was leaning up against a wall, spoke up. “Are you insulting my padawan again?!”

Ghaa corrected him. “Former Padawan.”

“Whatever.” Valo said back.

Almost as if out of nowhere, Heyvis came sprint-walking to the three. “Hey!”

Ghaa responded. “Vis?”

Cara snorted, almost as if he didn’t expect a comeback that quickly. “Wow… that’s not bad.”

Ghaa nudged Cara. “I thought it was pretty good too!”

“Right, whatever, I needed to talk to you about this Jedi Temple on Quilov.”

Valo stepped forward, walking to Heyvis. “What is it?”

Heyvis just looked down. “Okay… I need to let you know what I just saw…”

#### **Episode XXIII: Battle of Destinies**

##### **Opening Crawl:**

*Force and Destiny*

*BATTLE OF DESTINIES*

*War! After decades of peace, the GALACTIC REPUBLIC and SEPARATIST ALLIANCE conflict, while the galactic economy crumbles and star systems face civil war.*

*Across the stars, young FORCE SENSITIVES, individuals capable of harnessing the immense powers of the Force, continually appear, prompting the next generation of galactic legends.*

*The former SITH EMPEROR, DARTH NOX, rapidly mobilizes his agents, desperate to find and train a new generation of his people and reignite his conflict with the age old enemy of the Sith: the JEDI ORDER....*

## **Short Stories**

### **Dangerous Reconnaissance**

*21 BBY*

*A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...*

The brush was thick as the armor-clad soldier pushed through the jungle leaves. "Chalkurra, where are you?!" The panicked Lieutenant pushed through the brush and the razor grass easily with his armor, but cut his hands on the grass. "HK, Chalkurra, where are you guys?!" Pushing past the brush, Cara came out into open dead grass. He lowered his rangefinder on his helmet and surveyed the area. Desperately trying to find his friends, Cara looked back and forth several times, trying to find anything to track them with. The brush and the leaves fifty meters ahead of him shook as he saw a machete swinging across. Kneeling down, Cara continued to watch as he saw two figures stepping out. One Twi'lek looked over to his friend. "Listen man, that razor grass is cutting up my Lekku. How is it so kriffing tall?"

A Jenet, wielding the machete, came out from behind the brush. "Well maybe you cut off Lekku! Don't hurt if you don't have!"

"Well the boss said to find the guy. Wherever he is..." The Twi'lek pulled out his macrobinoculars. Cara went prone.

"You better find him fast! You don't find him then I punch tree!" The Jenet began to push his Twi'lek friend.

"Look, I just heard him so shut your mouth, he's probably close."

Cara continued watching them with his range finder until he felt something grab him and throw him upward. Looking back, Cara saw a very large and very aggressive-looking Whiphid standing over him. "I found him guys!"

The Twi'lek and Jenet rushed over to Cara, being held down with a large foot as the Whiphid reached down and grabbed his weapons. "Look buddy, this is the Republic scum the boss wanted!"

"Hey... look guys, you all seem like reasonable dudes, maybe we can talk this out...?" Cara wore his helmet, but underneath was fear.

"Yeah, not gonna happen. Jurk, wanna take this guy to the other two?" The Twi'lek asked the Whiphid.

"Yeah, I got the Clone bastard." Jurk reached down and picked up Cara and began to push him through the brush. They made their way to a familiar clearing where the *Shadow's Scepter* rested while a droid and a Wookiee remained held down.

Cara was pushed onto his knees in between Chalkurra and HK-51 as the thugs held blasters to the three of them. The Whiphid looked over to the three. "Boss has got some questions for you!"

"Query: Who is your boss?" HK-51 looked up.

"Boss is not here. We gonna have to go to Roalia to meet him." The Jenet pulled his blaster and aimed it at HK's head.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!" A Human stumbled down the boarding ramp of the *Shadow's Scepter*.

"Oh no..." Cara looked over to Chalkurra. He looked at the response of the thugs. "Or maybe yes..." He muttered.

"I thought you swept the ship twice?" the Twi'lek looked over to the two thugs standing at the boarding ramp.

"We did boss!" One of the thugs responded.

"YEAH, WE DID SWEEP THE SHIP! I MADE SURE! I EVEN HELPED THEM!" Big Doc fell onto his face onto the dirt.

"Hang on, bring him over with the other three, we're going to figure out what to do." The Twi'lek, the Jenet, the Whipid, and one of the other thugs watching Chalkurra and HK previously walked away into a group while the two thugs at the ramp stood over the four of them.

"Hey, what's that over there?" Cara nodded ahead. The two thugs in front of them looked back to the *Shadow's Scepter*. "Chalkurra, now!" Chalkurra reached over and grabbed the thermal detonator off of the back of his belt, activated it, and threw it toward the four of the thugs behind them.

The explosion knocked all of the thugs back as Cara jumped up and began brawling with one of the thugs while HK jumped upward and roundhouse kicked the other one down. Cara knocked his fingers into the eyes of the thug. The thug stumbled backward a bit as Cara then reached down and pushed his legs out from underneath him, knocking the thug down onto his back. "Chalkurra? You got my pistols?" Chalkurra tossed both DC-17 hand blasters over to Cara who holstered one and aimed the other one at the body of the thug.

"Who are you? Why were you hunting us?" Cara asked the thug who was rubbing his eyes. It looked like he was crying underneath his hand.

"\*Sniff\* Some damn guy. Didn't see his face. \*Sniff\* He just wanted you four. Said he was looking... \*sniff\* for some Jedi." The thug let go of his eyes, red as ever, tears dripping down his face.

"You're sure you don't know who it is?" Cara pressed the blaster into the chest of the thug. The thug shook his head.

"Please, let me go..." he looked over.

Cara set the blaster to stun and fired it off on the thug. "Yeah, I'll let you go. Just have a good nap."

"WHAT THE HELL WAS HAPPENING?" Big Doc looked over.

"I don't know. Apparently they want our guys. Anonymous client." Cara holstered his other blast.

Chalkurra gave a loud roar. He began to search the thugs. Finding nothing, Chalkurra returned over to Cara.

"We need to tell the guys." Cara looked over to the *Shadow's Scepter*. "Let's get back. HK, hop on the top gun. I'm gonna pilot, Chalkurra if you'll help me out. Big Doc, strap in."

As they loaded up and left, one thing was on Cara's mind. Someone was after them. And not just the four of them, but his Jedi friends as well.

*Something's coming.*

### **A World of Adventures**

*21 BBY*

I didn't really think Roalia was going to be a good place to live at. But after what happened to my home, I couldn't go anywhere else. As I passed through the streets of Roalia, I knew three things. Watch my credits, watch my surroundings, watch what I do. Colony worlds like this aren't just places you go nosing around with a blaster at. I mean, you could try, but nine times out of ten you end up dead.

"Hey... buddy!" I felt a big Besalisk run up and hug me.

"Hey Tragdel. Been a little while huh?"

"Heh, yeah! Didn't think I'd see a member of the Burning Blades come back? What've you been doing?" Tragdel motioned me over to his cafe.

"Well, mostly working on the ship I guess. That Heyvis Trockz guy renamed the old *Blackwater* to I think the *Sujimis*. Not a bad CR70 if I do say so myself. Just needs a lot of repairs. They're gonna have us build a base next." I sat down at one of the tables.

"Really now? Huh, that's funny. I heard the rumor that the Blades were joining the Defense Force, didn't know it was real until now." Tragdel poured a cup of caff for the two of us. "You know, I wonder if I'd be in that Defense Force too if I didn't retire."

"All the same buddy. I didn't really like the Blades, I just needed the money. You know how it is." I sipped the burning hot coffee. It was refreshing to say the least, but it didn't taste super great.

"Heh, I was in the same place as you a while back kid. Then I got old. Let me tell you, live life while you're young. Settle down when you're old."

"I don't think I'll ever settle down. I plan on being the fastest quickdraw artist this side of the Outer Rim."

"Ya know, I wanted to be-"

"Yeah, yeah. I've heard all about the wanting to be a planetary governor some day. You can still do it."

Tragdel chuckling. "Kid, I don't think I'm ever gonna be able to do those things. Let me give you advice, make goals, but make plans to achieve those goals. Don't lope around looking for credits. *Go get them*."

Tragdel just kept sipping his caff and talking. But it struck me. I'm almost twenty-four. Is this what I want to be doing? The Heroes of Khalis have been rising up and I don't even think they're at the legal galactic drinking age. I never really knew what to do after I signed on with the Burning Blades. When I joined, I just worked for credits. Scrubbing engines was fine at nineteen, but is that what I want to do when I'm almost fifty-two, like Tragdel? No, it didn't seem right. Maybe I'm okay with the defense force, but I'm not okay with what I'm doing now. If I have to leave to find something better, then I will.

"And hey, Urbol." Tragdel shook me.

"What? Sorry." I jumped a bit, looking down at my caf that was now lukewarm.

*"Make sure you live the life you always dreamed."*

"Thanks Tragdel. For the caff. And the old war stories."

"Well, when you've passed through twenty-nine gangs like I have, you get a lot of experience." Tragdel stood up, grabbing our drinks and taking them to the back. "You can always come by and grab a free drink any time during the week."

"Alright, take care." I walked out with my mind going a thousand kilometers an hour. I just kept walking down the street. I had to get that water condenser that Cara asked for. It'd been almost thirty minutes since I came in.

"Be wary of the ghost of the Badlands!" I heard a shouting from an older voice. I walked over.

"What'd you say?" I asked.

This shifty Quarren stepped out from behind a series of crates. "The ghost of the Badlands. He's real. I saw him myself. He told me of who he is. He's going to rule once more."

"I'm sorry? Who're you? What's you're name?" I put my hands on my hips. As a Corellian, I've seen a lot of freaks like this. But I didn't think I'd see one here. Of all places. Most freaks stay on their homes, not immigrate to a colony world.

"My name is nothing. It is the ghost. He is everything. He had everything. He will again." The Quarren lowered his hand. He looked me up and down. "Do you know of the Badlands?"

"I'm pretty new here. Never heard of it."

"Stay away, it is too dangerous. The ghost destroys all who come before him."

"Where is it?"

"Oh... just beyond the Great Range."

I nodded. This intrigued me. I had never heard of such a place, and I had been to Roalia. Once. I might have to see if the bosses know something of this. I just... wanted to know more. This was the adventure I was looking for. To meet a ghost. Oh, how many drinks could I get in the cantina for this. I asked around, but got nothing but: "stay away from there" and "death trap."

What truly is Roalia hiding? Was it just another backwater colony world here? I just feel something. Something is on Roalia. Someone is on Roalia. It's more than just a few settlements and some geography. No. It was something greater. I could feel things I'd never felt anywhere else. It was warm, and cold, and... and I just... knew something about this place was dangerous, and safe, and adventurous, and boring. I could feel it all. Like I knew it in my heart. But what did it mean? I don't know. Maybe I'd have to meet this "ghost" another day. But not today. Today I had a job. I had plans. I had a future. I'd have to meet the ghost later. Today I needed to get a water condenser, tomorrow would have to wait. But it couldn't wait forever. There's a whole world of adventures and stories to tell. I had to move on from a choice I made when I was young. I had to live a life of adventure. But I knew one thing.

*Something's coming.*

### **New Life**

*21 BBY*

Time had been passing since the name of "One Shot Trockz" had gone around. Most people thought he was a myth, that the name came from nowhere. Maybe a spy. It didn't really have any important aspects to the galaxy. It was just another name, known on Rishi locally, but more or less Raider's Cove.

It didn't have anything to do with Qarreas' day though. He had work to do. A Kowankian Monkey Lizard had stolen six hundred credits from him. He needed to try to make that money back. The Black Diamonds were extorting everything from the locals on Rishi. They took extra from the natives, like Qarreas. What they did with the money they didn't know. The Black Diamonds said they were using it to protect the people of Rishi from the Republic and Separatists, even a group of Jedi who were slaughtering people on the world. The idea of having a fleet overhead was nice to Qarreas, but the money didn't add up. *Three hundred credits a week? Really? That's a lot of money, no one had that much money just lying about, but they wanted that much in a week?* Unfortunately for Qarreas, he wasn't a gunslinger or a pirate who could actually butt heads with the Black Diamonds. No. He was a trader. He simply exchanged goods for goods, and worst part about it was that he was a Rishii.

"Hey, bird-face." A deep voice came from behind him.

Qarreas jumped. He knew who it was.

"You got our money?"

Qarreas smiled with his beak. "Ah... listen fellows, I just... I don't think I can give it yet. I don't have the credits on me. I... sort of lost them."

"You lost the Black Diamonds money?"

Qarreas felt even more nervous. "Yeah, some Monkey Lizard took it from me, along with my food money."

"You know what happens when you 'lose' our money." The thug threw his fist across the face of Qarreas, then kneeing him in his abdomen. "You lose our money again, you get shot. Understand?" The thug smirked and began to walk away.

Qarreas took a moment to recover. He wasn't very strong, but he knew how to run a business. Unfortunately for Qarreas, Rishi isn't the exact kind of place you set up a business.

"Hey, bird man." Qarreas jumped and looked around for a moment. He saw no one. He waved it off. "Nope, I'm talking to you." Qarreas looked around again, but saw nothing. He began to pick up his datapad, ignoring it again. "For kriffs sake, come here."

Qarreas looked up. "What do you-?" He saw a figure, standing in the shadows, wearing something. "Who're you?" Qarreas struggled to see him.

"I'm here to pick up the shipment I ordered." A fully armored ARC Trooper came out of the shadows. "Name's Cara, what's yours?"

Qarreas extended his hand. "My name is Qarreas."

"Okay, so that's a weird name." Cara shook hands with Qarreas. "So, who was that guy I saw roughing you up."

"Him, oh, just one of the Black Diamonds extorting me for credits." Qarreas began to go through the datapad.

"How much they charging you?"

"Three hundred a week."

"Karabast, that's ridiculous."

"Well, you don't have a choice for someone like me." Cara stared at Qarreas. "Sign here please."

Cara took the datapad. He signed it, giving it back. "So, any idea where that guy went off to?"

"Probably making his weekly rounds. I think he's gonna get the store owner down the street."

"You know what, come with me." Cara began to walk off. Qarreas sighed, he didn't want to spend his day following some Mandalorian-looking guy down the street. He needed to make credits to pay off the debt he owed.

Cara climbed atop of the building, helping Qarreas up as well. He crouched down toward the edge of the roof. "That guy right there?"

Qarreas squinted a little. "Yeah, actually, I think so. What're you gonna do?"

Cara looked over to Qarreas and smiled. "Just watch." He readied his right arm, activated a harpoon launcher and shooting it around the thug. Cara then jumped down from building. "Hey, you. Scum sucker!" Cara walked over to the thug, laying on the ground, tied down. "You extorting these people?!"

The people on the streets had no idea what was going on. This wasn't normal. No one fought the Black Diamonds, it just wasn't something you did. They were too large, too powerful. No other gang had the forces to compare with them. "What-? Why-?" The thug still couldn't get out of the harpoon.

"Yeah, you son of a Hutt, I'm gonna kick your ass and send it all the way out of the Rishi Maze if you don't listen to me." Cara knelt down to the thug. "You're gonna leave these people alone, give them back their money, and you're gonna tell your bosses and your bosses' bosses about what's coming for them. One Shot Trockz is gonna destroy your gang, and that's for certain. You got it?"

The thug struggled. "Get spaced." He continued trying to get out.

"Alright then." Cara smiled underneath his helmet, stood up and thrusted his boot into the face of the thug, knocking him out. He reached down, grabbing the pouch of credits and giving it to the store owner and making his way back to Qarreas.

"I can't believe it. They're gonna crack down on us all. They're gonna kill everyone!" Qarreas began to start breathing heavily.

"Hey, relax. They won't."

"How do you know that?"

"Because I know 'One Shot Trockz,' okay? I'm actually in league with them. I'm part of the group of people who are gonna destroy the Black Diamonds."

"You really think you'll destroy the Black Diamonds?"

"Let's just say that if we don't, the Republic will." Cara felt a buzzing on his belt. He pulled out his holocommunicator. "Hey Chalkurra, I'm on my way." He closed down the call, looking over to Qarreas and extending a hand. "You wanna play a part in the destruction of the Black Diamonds? We could use an accountant or something."

Qarreas' eyes lit up. "You want me to help destroy the Black Diamonds."

"We need credits. You need to get off this rock. I've got a ship-"

"I'm in!" Qarreas was overjoyed.

"Grab your things then. You ever been off Rishi?"

"Nope."

"Well, welcome to the stars kid."

Cara and Qarreas walked off, loading the equipment onto the *Shadow's Scepter*. Qarreas didn't know who Cara was, what he was about to do, but he knew it was better than what he had. Hopefully he wouldn't have to be extorted. Maybe he could be known as a hero. Qarreas didn't know what the galaxy had in store for him. He might've died in a week. But hearing about a coming war with the Black Diamonds, hearing the name of One Shot Trockz actually being more than folklore, seeing someone stand up to the thugs, Qarreas realized it as soon as he thought about all of it.

*Something's coming.*

### **Early Premonitions**

*Mid-21 BBY*

The light overhead was slightly dim inside the *Shadow's Scepter* were Chalkurra was snoring very loudly. Although Ace was irritated, he learned very quickly not to wake up a dreaming Wookiee unless he wanted to lose an arm. Not that he had, but it was very clear that Chalkurra would do such an act if he continued to do it. Ace couldn't sleep though. He rested his head up against the wall of the bunk he had just next to Chalkurra's. HK-51 sat dormant while R2-D7 had his security sensors operating, but quietly. Although he sat outside the main bedrooms, Ace was happy that he didn't have to share the room with Big Doc. He thought about the possibility of sleeping in Ghaa and Valo's room, but he knew them too well to think anything good will come out if one of them found out.

He gave up. The clone captain stood up and threw the extra blanket onto the small bunk he formerly laid on. The bunk was just too small and too cramped some nights, so Cara had developed a place where he could stay at. He wandered outside of the *Shadow's Scepter* as he looked around, the sunset was toward a distance now. He and the others decided to land the *Scepter* farther away from Fort Sindar, trying to take a break from the constant distractions and simply rest up that morning. But Cara couldn't rest while he was listening to Chalkurra's loud snore. He climbed to the top of the Corellian freighter, laying on a small piece of durasteel plating and resting his head on his helmet. He couldn't see the twins suns of Roalia, stuck in the constant sunset. He could only see the stars, and the moon, along with the suns rays. It was slightly cooler, but no more than maybe 3 degrees Celsius.

He stared at the moon of Curtrell up in the sky. He kindly remembered the time he and his friends were nearly killed on Curtrell. *Ah, good memories*, Cara thought. Though he remembered Curtrell wasn't full of the most polite terrain out there. In fact, Curtrell pretty much could burn and the jungle would grow back up in a matter of seconds. The planet was just a giant garden that was overtaken by weeds. Weeds that couldn't be destroyed, no matter the amount of fire and hell you rained on it.

*Beep boop, beep*.

Cara looked back, noticing an astromech droid. "How'd you get up here?" he asked, with R2-D7 rolling up next to him. He whistled a few more times, rotating his head and looking at one of the *Shadow's Scepter*'s maintenance hatches. "Clever." Cara looked out. He chuckled, deciding to talk to Artoo. "You know, I can't believe Cynan's out there at Curtrell, slaving away looking for Heyvis' lightsaber. Ghaa told me all about how he lost his last one. Guess Heyvis isn't the kind of master to seek out his own stuff when he loses it."

Artoo beeped as he shined his hologram. Cara looked over to it, noticing that Artoo seemed to be attempting to show him a report. Cara read through it. "Outinni Parts? Great..." He jumped up, motioning for Artoo to follow. As they reentered the *Shadow's Scepter*, Cara banged on the door to Heyvis and Big Doc's room, then waking up HK-51 and Chalkurra. "Wake up, quick! Rally up the others." He said to HK-51, who walked over to Chalkurra and began shaking him quite rapidly. Chalkurra responded with throwing HK-51 across the room. The clone captain looked over as a human came flying out of the room as well, making a loud screaming noise, sounding much like "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" while a Pantoran walked out, rubbing his head. "You know it's oh-two-hundred, right Cara?" Heyvis asked.

"Sleep's gonna be the last of our concerns, Heyvis. Looks like there's something going on at Outinni Parts." Cara pointed at the expanded map of Roalia, showing the small Jawa trade settlement.

"Fact: Outinni parts is a rather strange place for a firefight to break out, master." HK-51 walked over, obviously scuffed up from Chalkurra's throw, who was walking over to the holotable now.

"Regardless, it's trouble. I'm gonna contact Valo. Heyvis, can you and HK-51 ready the ski speeders and transports for our arrival."

Heyvis rubbed his chin. "HK, I'm putting you on that job, I'll see if I can dig up any intelligence before we go."

Cara nodded as they all began moving to their positions, Chalkurra getting ready to fly the ship to Fort Sindar, HK-51 using the holocommunicator to contact the motor pool, Heyvis and R2-D7 digging up intelligence at the computer terminal. Cara walked aside, opening his personal holocommunicator and pressing a single button. "Valo, hey it's Cara."

A single Zabrak looked up at Cara. "Hey Cara, what's going on?"

Cara mounted his helmet, now in full uniform. "I'm checking to see if you're en route back home."

Valo looked over to a figure aside, saying "Hang on Ghaa, I'm in the middle of a call." He looked back to Cara. "Yeah, we're done with this secondary assignment."

Cara smiled under his helmet. "Good, we need you to get back soon. There's something going on at Outinni Parts. We need you to head back right away."

Valo looked over to the figure to the side, then saying "We'll try and get back as soon as we can. Keep us posted."

"Thanks, Cara out." Cara closed the call to hear a strange voice saying "BYE CARA!" as he closed the call. He rushed outside as the *Shadow's Scepter* landed. He noticed several vehicles powered up. They were latched onto a wall outside of Fort Sindar. Ski speeders. He ran into the fortress, climbing up the wall and walking down the portable latter and stepping into the cockpit. He looked over to the ski speeder next to him. It was Urbol. His former errand boy, Urbol was now one of the best pilots in the Defense Force. Aside from Cara himself, though. He powered up the comms. "All aces report in."

"Ace Three standing by." A Zeltronian female mounted her helmet.

"Ace Five standing by." A Chiss male mounted his helmet.

Ace Four standing by." A Dathomirian female mounted her helmet.

"Ace Two standing by." Urbol smiled at Cara from the view port, mounting his helmet.

"Alright, prepare to drop your monoski." Cara looked over, noticing the green toggle to his left. He looked at the Houk in front of him, flashing the glow rod at them as the Ski Speeders were lowered down the wall by the carrier. Cara looked over to his right, seeing Heyvis and a series of troopers loading up inside three A-A5 speeder trucks down the boarding ramp of the GR-45 transport. The Houk gave them the signal. "Ace squadron, drop your monoski!"

Cara pressed the green toggle, lowering the ski below the middle of the Ski Speeder. "On your command, we're ready General Trockz."

Heyvis came over the comms. "Let's do this."

Cara pressed his squadron's communications. "General Trockz has a briefing preparing for us, all speeders are prepped and ready to go?" The communications responded in kind, everyone was ready. "Release the speeders!" The carrier dropped the ski speeders as they soared across the sands. "General Trockz, the speeders are deployed. Do you have your intelligence briefing?"

Heyvis responded over the comms. "Yes I do. Let's discuss our operation and our target."

As Heyvis began talking to the group they deployed, Ace looked out to the distance. The other Ski Speeders followed suite behind him in a wedge formation. They kicked up dust behind them, going well over 60 Klicks an hour. Ace couldn't help to think that this was a risk. But he knew the disturbance had something to do with the Black Diamonds. It was obvious. Whether or not the crew wanted to believe it. But Ace knew one thing. The Black Diamonds can't hide out forever. The war is going to come to an end. The Defense Force will eventually attack the heart of the Black Diamonds. Rishi, the *Pride of Coruscant*, the *Starrunner*, wherever they could hide, they'd find them. They'd stop them. But only time knew how long it would be until they were done. The Black Diamonds must feel like they've struck a blow to the Defense Force if they could just walk into their home like this. They successfully invaded the world with the full force of their fleet once. They must think the Defense Force isn't a threat. But that couldn't be farther from the truth, Ace thought.

*We're not done yet.*

### **Plot of the Dark Lords**

*21 BBY*

The doors opened suddenly, a Dark Lord of the Sith walking down them. Surrounding the area, armor soldiers of the Black Diamonds stood at attention, then kneeling as the Dark Lord passed. What once was a group of brigands and mindless animals, the Sith Lord Darth Vanis turned into soldiers; his servants. This happened for quite some time, as he continued to pass through until making his way into the bridge of the Bulk Cruiser, the *Starrunner*. At a moment's notice, the entirety of the bridge halted their actions, kneeling, all but two individuals.

"Report." Vanis said, his voice sounding mechanical through the mask.

Teran Cath stepped up, responding. "My Lord, we've continued recruiting, our forces should be back to full speed within one standard month."

"That means nothing to me." Vanis turned. "If you want to pique my interest, you can talk the war effort."

Zar Kurlani glared to Teran, who furrowed his brow back at him. "Listen, pal! You may be one of these Sith guys, but I've known you long before, and I've been working with the Darth before your name was ever breathed from his mouth. Stop acting so high and mighty!"

Vanis just stared out of the viewport, watching the fleet amassed. But Zar had his own response. "Yet, you, someone capable of wielding that Lightsaber, a former Jedi, were not selected! Maybe you came before me, but I will be long after you!"

"You wanna put that to the test, Kurlani!" Teran stepped up, closing his fists.

"I think I might!"

*"ENOUGH!"*

Both of them turned their heads to the entry of the bridge, one man in plain clothing. "Maybe you two bring results instead of bickering, and the Dark Lords might actually have an interest in what you're saying. Now go ready the troops for their deployment!"

The two didn't dare challenge the non-Force Sensitive male in front of them. Baku Task was no opponent to sneeze at. They simply walked past him, Baku making his way and standing next to Darth Vanis.

"Thank you, Grand Moff." Vanis turned, giving him a nod before facing to the stars again. "You're service to the Empire is invaluable." He paused. "How was your meeting with Darth Nox?"

Baku Task stepped up, two bridge officers saluting before they went to work. "It was well, my Lord. He believes that Arbooine will be our world within the end of this standard week. We can design our Forward Base, then begin our final invasion from there."

"And what about your old Separatist allies?"

Baku smiled, scratching his newly grown beard. "They've agreed. They'll develop the project. Isead was quite helpful in persuading. He'll be heading it for us."

"You will remain loyal to us when we take it, yes? I do want the Isotope-5 to remain ours when we turn on them."

"You and Darth Nox gave me a second chance, a new life. I wouldn't betray you if it meant the whole galaxy."

Vanis didn't move. "Good."

"And you, how do you feel about the invasion?"

Vanis turned, motioning Baku to follow. "I'll be in direct command. Arbooine should be easy to conquer. From there, Roalia will be ours, and then, the Galaxy. But first... I will be acquiring a few new apprentices..."

Baku smiled, walking down the bridge with the Dark Lord...

*To be continued in Star Wars: Force and Destiny - BATTLE OF DESTINIES*

### **Flight to Arbooine**

*19 BBY*

The holocron was heavy in Suljo Warde’s hand, almost as if weighed down by the knowledge sealed inside. Warde almost chuckled as his old master’s voice came to his mind unbidden. “Knowledge is the heaviest burden.” Had his teacher ever actually said that, or did it just sound like the sort of heavy-handed wisdom she would come up with? He’d have to ask her when he returned from this tour of duty with the Grand Army of the Republic.

“Did you say something, Suljo?” the young Mirialan asked. He turned from the controls of the starship to address the Jedi, breaking him from his reverie.

“Was I muttering to myself, Gel? Sorry, I guess I’m getting more like my old teacher every day. I’ll have to introduce you to my master when we get to Coruscant.”

“Wow, a Jedi Master. I never thought I’d get to meet a Jedi Master. I mean, not that I’m not impressed by you as a Knight and all... but a Master!” The youth trailed off, his excitement obvious. Warde smiled. The teenager had considerable potential. A bit old to start training, perhaps, but Warde had a feeling Gel Marcolf was going places, and the Jedi Order would be remiss not to at least put him to the test. The young pilot had saved his life on Eriadu when he had been fleeing from Separatist assassins, at the very least.

The holocron tugged at Warde’s mind again, and reflexively, he peered forward in time. The vision came as a brief flash of a future. A war without end, raging across the stars for decades and claiming the lives of his comrades, his master, his friends, Gel. He shook his head. It was just one possible future. Just one of many, as the Jedi Masters always said. He wouldn’t let that come to pass.

Still, he withdrew the holocron from his robes and studied it for a moment. In the kyber crystals it contained, Suljo Warde had sealed all of his knowledge of the Force, a crystalline record that would live long after he became one with the Force. It was a way to project his wisdom not just across space but across time. Into the future, whether it was the one he foresaw or not.

Warde focused on the holocron this time, staring through the ghostly forms of unborn realities. His mind’s eye came to rest on a group of figures slinking in shadow, their features indistinct but their desperation clear. Darkness closed in on all sides. Suddenly, one reached down and withdrew it: the holocron, glimmering against the dark.

“You all right, Suljo? Hey, Suljo!”

The Jedi Knight shook himself again, breaking free from the remnants of the vision clinging to his conscious mind. “Yes, I’m fine. Sorry, I hate to delay our arrival any longer, but we need to make a stop on the way to Arbooine. There’s something I have to do. Take us to these coordinates once we come out of hyperspace.” He punched in a destination and then set himself to the task of removing the kyber crystals within the holocron.

Warde stood on the surface of the craggy little world. It seemed auspicious enough. Out of the way, but not so far-flung that nobody would ever find what he had hidden there. Sooner or later, some explorer or smuggler or fugitive would come across the holocron, and if they were worthy, the gatekeeper would guide them from there.

He returned to the ship, where Gel was waiting. “What did you need to do here, anyway, Suljo?”

Warde didn’t speak, instead tossing something to the young Mirialan. Gel’s hand snapped out and he caught the glimmering shard.

“Good reflexes. Know what that is?”

Gel studied it for a moment, looking closely at the stone before turning to look quizzically at the Jedi.

“It’s called a kyber crystal. You could say it contains some of my wisdom.”

“It feels kind of light. Does that mean that you—”

“Aren’t very wise? Very funny. Don’t think I didn’t make that same joke with my master when I was a student. Of course, she made me run laps around the temple afterward.”

“Does that mean that I’m your student? I’ll run laps and everything!” Excitement shone in the youth’s eyes.

Warde sighed. He didn’t want to get Gel’s hopes up prematurely, despite the young man’s potential. “Don’t tire yourself out just yet. You’re pretty old to start the training. But keep that crystal safe for me, would you? For now, anyway. Someday, someone else might need it. If they’re worthy, pass it along to them. That is my first charge for you, and we’ll see how you do at that."

“Sure!”

The two boarded the vessel, the remaining pair of kyber crystals clicking together periodically in Warde’s pocket as he walked. Even if someone found the holocron, chances were slim that they’d be able to assemble all of it. But it wasn’t impossible. That future he had seen wasn’t preordained, at least no more than any other, or so the masters said. Still, he couldn’t shake the image of it. Entrusting his power to unknown future successors was a risk, but didn’t all teachers take that risk by training students? At least the gatekeeper would be there, a small reflection of himself to guide anyone capable of learning his power of foresight.

The matter settled, Warde focused, forcing it from his mind. He had prepared as best he could, and now he had to stop dwelling on uncertainties and focus on the present. Arbooine would be key to victory over the Separatists in the coming months, and after that, who knew what the future really held?

## **Behind the Scenes**

*Star Wars: Force and Destiny* underwent multiple different changes. The first session of this campaign, "Episode I: The Trials" was originally set up in the original trilogy, but was recycled with minor changes and fit into the prequels. Among the other changes, they originally were meant to lead a Republic fighting force during the Clone Wars as the main theme, but was scrapped in favor of a more personal story touch.

The short story "Flight to Arbooine" belongs to Fantasy Flight Games from the sourcebook: "*Chronicles of the Gatekeeper*."