Rasu Gan
Old Lady Returned
Unknown Region of Space
Ilum System
With her hands resting over the throttle, she gazed out toward the planet before her. Rasu had always found Ilum pretty, it's rings seemed to cast a sort of serene look over the frozen ice ball. It's blue surface brightly stood out against the darkness of space, lighting up the surrounding area. The beauty of the planet however could be deceiving. With temperatures reaching below -200 degrees celcius, only a few species could survive the worlds harsh environment. However Rasu had no choice but to face these dangers. The ice covered world was also home to a vast cavern network full of rare Adegan crystals which were essential in the construction of lightsabers, weapons of the Jedi. She had been tasked by the Jedi High Council to pick up a delivery of these priceless crystals from the mining settlement on the planet surface, and had eagerly accepted the job, desperately wanting to leave the temple and take a ride in one of the Temple's starfighters. With her day dreaming over, she sent the fighter towards the planets orbit, checking the diagnostic readings as she went. "Everything okay, R8?" she asked the astromech droid accompanying her to the planet. The droid responded with a brief outburst of beeps and whistles which were translated onto the read out monitor next to her. "Flight systems are all functioning properly since the hyper jump Padawan Gan. We can proceed to the surface."
With confirmation from the astromech she continued to pilot her ship closer towards the planet. Upon breaking orbit, Rasu felt a ripple in the force, without warning the fighter's right thruster suddenly exploded, sending the ship hurtling into a death spiral with Rasu desperately trying to regain control. Her body began to rapidly change form, her skin bubbled and moved as if their were insects crawling beneath her skin as adrenaline pumped through her veins. Calling upon the Force, Rasu calmed her mind allowing her to focus solely on landing the ship safely. Her plummet towards the surface sped up as the second thruster unexpectedly blew up also, righting the ship but still leaving it hurtling towards the icy ground. Using the Force again, Rasu pulled on the throttle in an attempt to move the nose of the ship upwards to avoid a direct impact on the ground. The snow fall was so thick around them that Rasu had no idea where the ground was. The last thing she remembered was R8 shrieking in alarm, then the ship made contact and everything went dark.
Ilum System
With her hands resting over the throttle, she gazed out toward the planet before her. Rasu had always found Ilum pretty, it's rings seemed to cast a sort of serene look over the frozen ice ball. It's blue surface brightly stood out against the darkness of space, lighting up the surrounding area. The beauty of the planet however could be deceiving. With temperatures reaching below -200 degrees celcius, only a few species could survive the worlds harsh environment. However Rasu had no choice but to face these dangers. The ice covered world was also home to a vast cavern network full of rare Adegan crystals which were essential in the construction of lightsabers, weapons of the Jedi. She had been tasked by the Jedi High Council to pick up a delivery of these priceless crystals from the mining settlement on the planet surface, and had eagerly accepted the job, desperately wanting to leave the temple and take a ride in one of the Temple's starfighters. With her day dreaming over, she sent the fighter towards the planets orbit, checking the diagnostic readings as she went. "Everything okay, R8?" she asked the astromech droid accompanying her to the planet. The droid responded with a brief outburst of beeps and whistles which were translated onto the read out monitor next to her. "Flight systems are all functioning properly since the hyper jump Padawan Gan. We can proceed to the surface."
With confirmation from the astromech she continued to pilot her ship closer towards the planet. Upon breaking orbit, Rasu felt a ripple in the force, without warning the fighter's right thruster suddenly exploded, sending the ship hurtling into a death spiral with Rasu desperately trying to regain control. Her body began to rapidly change form, her skin bubbled and moved as if their were insects crawling beneath her skin as adrenaline pumped through her veins. Calling upon the Force, Rasu calmed her mind allowing her to focus solely on landing the ship safely. Her plummet towards the surface sped up as the second thruster unexpectedly blew up also, righting the ship but still leaving it hurtling towards the icy ground. Using the Force again, Rasu pulled on the throttle in an attempt to move the nose of the ship upwards to avoid a direct impact on the ground. The snow fall was so thick around them that Rasu had no idea where the ground was. The last thing she remembered was R8 shrieking in alarm, then the ship made contact and everything went dark.