Baruuk's ship, the Kokai, launched through space at nearly the speed of light. As it flew through space, Baruuk remained knocked out, unaware of the turbulence that relatively quickly struck the ship once he left the confines of the solar system. His vessel was thrown back and forth through gravity wells and singularities, Baruuk sound asleep in the pod.
When at last his ship escaped all of the dangers of the unknown regions, it was nearly impossible to tell how long it had been. After an un-measurable amount of time drifting through space at near-light-speed, the fail-safes kicked in, slowing the ship to a near stop and resuscitating Baruuk. He crawled out of his sleeper pod, still dazed from his long slumber. As he made his way to the control panel of the ship and his vision began to clear, he became aware of the navicomputer showing coordinates way off course from his intended destination. "Curious," he said in a quiet, confused voice. He kept looking through the various readings and warnings, gradually becoming more distressed. Had he miscalculated the time dilation of his travel by that much?
He started punching in numbers and searching through the computer to find where he was when a ship dropped out of hyperspace before him. The man was awestruck, his glowing eyes widening as the foreign ship approached him with expert precision. It latched onto the free-floating ship with a small thud. After several minutes of silence, somebody entered the airlock and knocked on the door.
A man's muffled voice came through the door, and as it spoke, Baruuk turned on the video feed. "Hey, if there's anybody in there, I'd like to help you out. Something told me I'd find somebody in trouble if I stopped here, so here I am. If you're awake, then I'd rather not tear up your pretty ship." The language was similar to Baruuk's own, possibly another dialect, but the accent of it was drastically different. Baruuk got up and stumbled over to the door, still a little woozy from waking up, and opened it. He was greeted by the face of a man that seemed the same species as him. Only thing was, his eyes didn't glow any color at all, and his face didn't have any of the distinctive marks held by those of different clans.
Baruuk spoke in a cautious voice. "Who are you?" The man merely smiled in response. "I am a Jedi, my young friend." He then took on a curious look of his own as he recognized the blank confusion on Baruuk's face. "Have you never heard of the Jedi Order, even with all the strife in our time?"
Baruuk remained silent, not really knowing what the man meant. "Well, either way, something about you seems special. Seeing as you've never heard of the Jedi Order, I'm assuming you haven't heard about the Force either. The Force is a power that flows through the entire galaxy, giving life to all that breathes and order to all that exists. The Jedi live to serve the will of the Force, and to protect peace, though we aren't really succeeding right now." The man trails off with a slight chuckle, looking around the cockpit of the ship. His eyes immediately fall on the sleeper pod in one of the corners, then back to Baruuk.
"Is that a stasis pod? Those haven't been used in space travel for thousands of years. What are you doing with one?" Baruuk looked to the pod, then back at the Jedi, confused. "I... This ship is the first of it's kind. It can travel near the speed of light. How would anybody be able to survive the travel times any other way?"
The Jedi's eyes widened then. "You're a human. How would you not be familiar with hyperspace travel?" The Jedi waited for the young man to show a sign of humor at least, but when none came, he sighed heavily. "Son, hyperspace travel allows you to get from one star system to another in a fraction of the time it takes for light to travel. We've had it for thousands of years now. Where have you--" Before he could finish his sentence, his eyes darted back to the stasis pod. "There is no telling how long you've been in that thing, but I hope you know, everyone you know and love is gone." As he says the final part, the man rested a hand on Baruuk's shoulder, looking him in the eye.
Baruuk merely shrugged. "It was to be expected. I left my home alone, and I knew I wouldn't see any of them again. I had accepted it in the name of science. I expected the time dilation, but I am hundreds if not thousands of light years off course. What happened?" The Jedi rubbed his chin for a minute before speaking again. "Your ship seems to have messed up in some way, and based on the direction you're coming from, I'd say you came from the unknown regions. It's a miracle you even made it into known space. Although, I'm sure it had something to do with your strength in the Force that guided you here, and that guided me to you."
After a bit more discussion, Baruuk finally conceded and followed the Jedi onto his own ship. It was his only chance at survival, after all. On their trip to the core worlds to bring Baruuk before the Jedi Council, the Jedi taught him everything he needed to know of recent events, the Force, and the Jedi order. When at last they arrived before the Council, they had a brief discussion and determined it best to train the Padj'udushi man in the ways of Jedi. And thus, Baruuk began his journey to become a Jedi Knight, being trained to purge the selfish tendencies he sometimes had while using the Force. Most would consider a man his age much too old to start training as a Jedi, but the Council made special exception for him, as releasing his power untrained could result in catastrophe around the galaxy. Baruuk was a Padawan.
