One, Two, Three Little Jedi...
The Party arrives back on
Kallash 3 to collect the rest of the equipment from the warehouse. As they enter
the warehouse they notice several things. One: the place is looted clean. Two:
There are an awful lot of people lying around the place passed out, drunk to the
world. Three: The wookie is gonna and Taren doesn't seem to be there. And Forth
and finally: theres a man in Mandorlorian armor quietly standing to one side. He
introduces himself to them as Jodo Kast. And informs them that he has been paid
quite handsomely to deliver to them an invitation to visit his employer. General
Ellis Fett.
Kast was ordered to make sure they accepted the invitation one
way or another, but was told to invite them nicely first. They talk it over and
decide that it might not be a bad idea to find out what he wants. Pep recognized
the name as an old Republic General that died shortly after the Clone wars
ended. So they head to the Elrood sector where he apparently setup a base of
operations inside the Nebula known as The Drift.
They are greeted warmly by
General Fett and shown to rooms where they may clean themselves up before dinner
is served. At dinner, he fills them in about himself and this station.
"A
long time ago, I served the Galactic Republic. I began my service at the age of
16, lied about my age to get in. I had a long and sometimes tough career, but I
never doubted my choice to serve. Until the Clone Wars began. It never did sit
right with me. Anyways, eventually the Clone wars came to a head with the battle
of Coruscant. Not long after that battle, the Jedi supposedly betrayed the
Republic, but fortunately for us, the mighty Clones which had come out of
nowhere to help us, were ready for just such a situation. They opened up on the
Jedi. Mighty convenient that."
"After the Jedi rebellion had been squashed
flat, the Republic was suddenly turned into the Galactic Empire. It was, about
that point that things became clear to me. I wasn't sure of the specifics mind
you, but I smelled a Mynoc. I kept my suspisions to myself, and after a year of
service to the Empire, I retired and bought a small place on Coruscant. A few
months after that, I died peacefully in my sleep."
"Obviously I didn't really
die, but I figured it would be easier if everyone thought I was dead. I
eventually set this place up with the hopes of someday fighting the Empire and
reclaiming the lost Republic. I also kept an eye out for any Jedi that might
have survived the purge."
After dinner, Ellis and Janus talk for a bit and
Janus mentions he's looking for a focus crystal to build a new lightsaber.
Ellis, who has been collecting anything to do with Jedi, says that he has one
and gives it to him as a present in hopes of winning Janus over. Janus asks him
why he's been looking for Jedi, and what his plans are to fight the
Empire.
Ellis begins launching into his plan about how he managed to purchase
several cloning tubes like those that were used to create the clones for the
Clone war. His hope is to use Janus as a template to create an army of Jedi who
can wipe the Empire from the universe. Janus is a bit taken aback by the man's
plan and the look in his eyes as he explains it. He turns the General down and
the party quickly leave the station, unimpeded by Fett.
As they leave the
Drift, they run into two Star Destroyers and an Interdictor, Janus feels Lumiya
in the force. With some quick hacking by Camara, she manages to shut off the
Interdictors power plant using her old Imperial codes. At the same time Janus
reaches out with the force in an attempt to convince the Dark Jedi to leave him
alone. He finds her on the bridge, and grabs her with unseen hands, tossing her
across the bridge, into a wall on the other side. The party's ship makes the
jump to hyperspace, getting away yet again.