Mara D'Lessio Merrill
The Lesser D'Lessio
OOC/ Figured this'd be more fun IC.
IC/
[member="Julius Sedaire"] [member="Gabriel Sionoma"] [member="Lilin Imperieuse"] [member="Kira Vaal"] [member="Meeristali Peradun"] [member="Jacen Voidstalker"]
In the guts of a ship, en route to somewhere deadly, a double handful of Jedi and close-enoughs surrounded a holoprojector.
"So here's the secret," said Mara. The projector displayed a wireframe of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, destroyed close to a decade ago. Sections of subbasement blinked rapidly. "Some of these secure storage areas held holocrons, and a few had hidden security protocols."
Curving lines sloped down and out, rapidly, then shallowly, like a high waterslide at an amusement park. Each was easily a couple of kilometres long, and each terminated in a small, blinking icon in the Coruscant undercity.
"These are called drop vaults; they were Grandmaster's-eyes-only, or near enough. The valuables were put in capsules and sent down the chutes, to a safe landing in small, camouflaged phrik bunkers. This is how my father recovered the Great Holocron and the Tionne Solusar holocron; this is how Grandmaster Darron Wraith survived the Temple's destruction. He rode a chute all the way down to a drop vault. Now, recently, a friend and I sneaked onto Coruscant and verified that the drop vaults haven't been discovered yet. We believe that because we found a Sith holocron that the Jedi used to own, one that everyone forgot entirely. The holocron, the drop capsule, everything was intact and pristine, hadn't been dusted since the fall of Coruscant. Not a whiff of observation or detection on our way out, either. So our way should be clear. We believe the chutes are intact right up to...here."
The top portion of the projection changed; the Jedi Temple vanished, replaced by the promenade and statues and temples that comprised the so-called Valley of Lords. The curving chutes stopped at the foundation of the Valley.
"We're talking about a climb up a near-frictionless pipe, barely wide enough for your shoulders, straight into the teeth of a Dark Side-tainted Force nexus -- one of the strongest in the galaxy. Fortunately, the chutes were built with durasteel braces at regular intervals, so magnetic hand- and kneepads will get enough purchase. I tested it last time I was there, and didn't have any problems. That said, I didn't go all the way, just enough to verify that there are service hatches where we can stop and rest. Alternately, if any of you are trained on Razorhawks or similar low-profile flight gear, we might be able to rig something faster than a climb.
"Once we get to the Valley's foundation, we start cutting. It's a nasty approach, but it'll get us into a high-security area without dealing with any kind of perimeter. That's assuming you folks can keep up with me on speeder bikes through the undercity on the way to the drop vault.
"Space will be tight. No heavy armour, no robes, no big packs, and eat no beans whatsoever. Any questions?"
IC/
[member="Julius Sedaire"] [member="Gabriel Sionoma"] [member="Lilin Imperieuse"] [member="Kira Vaal"] [member="Meeristali Peradun"] [member="Jacen Voidstalker"]
In the guts of a ship, en route to somewhere deadly, a double handful of Jedi and close-enoughs surrounded a holoprojector.
"So here's the secret," said Mara. The projector displayed a wireframe of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, destroyed close to a decade ago. Sections of subbasement blinked rapidly. "Some of these secure storage areas held holocrons, and a few had hidden security protocols."
Curving lines sloped down and out, rapidly, then shallowly, like a high waterslide at an amusement park. Each was easily a couple of kilometres long, and each terminated in a small, blinking icon in the Coruscant undercity.
"These are called drop vaults; they were Grandmaster's-eyes-only, or near enough. The valuables were put in capsules and sent down the chutes, to a safe landing in small, camouflaged phrik bunkers. This is how my father recovered the Great Holocron and the Tionne Solusar holocron; this is how Grandmaster Darron Wraith survived the Temple's destruction. He rode a chute all the way down to a drop vault. Now, recently, a friend and I sneaked onto Coruscant and verified that the drop vaults haven't been discovered yet. We believe that because we found a Sith holocron that the Jedi used to own, one that everyone forgot entirely. The holocron, the drop capsule, everything was intact and pristine, hadn't been dusted since the fall of Coruscant. Not a whiff of observation or detection on our way out, either. So our way should be clear. We believe the chutes are intact right up to...here."
The top portion of the projection changed; the Jedi Temple vanished, replaced by the promenade and statues and temples that comprised the so-called Valley of Lords. The curving chutes stopped at the foundation of the Valley.
"We're talking about a climb up a near-frictionless pipe, barely wide enough for your shoulders, straight into the teeth of a Dark Side-tainted Force nexus -- one of the strongest in the galaxy. Fortunately, the chutes were built with durasteel braces at regular intervals, so magnetic hand- and kneepads will get enough purchase. I tested it last time I was there, and didn't have any problems. That said, I didn't go all the way, just enough to verify that there are service hatches where we can stop and rest. Alternately, if any of you are trained on Razorhawks or similar low-profile flight gear, we might be able to rig something faster than a climb.
"Once we get to the Valley's foundation, we start cutting. It's a nasty approach, but it'll get us into a high-security area without dealing with any kind of perimeter. That's assuming you folks can keep up with me on speeder bikes through the undercity on the way to the drop vault.
"Space will be tight. No heavy armour, no robes, no big packs, and eat no beans whatsoever. Any questions?"