Into The Valley [SJO Dominion of Ruusan Hex]

[Jessica Med-Beq]

"So we have seven Legions of Light, and we know that, from the first to the seventh Battle, the Brotherhood of Darkness lost about 90% of its forces, conventional or not, and similar levels of casualties from the Army of Light, mostly borne in the first two Battles. And six hundred Jedi surviving the campaign"

"Thus far, you have been telling nothing but what is currently known about the orders of battle"

"So we have flowcharts from all seven battles in there, on either side of the conflict, master"

"Ho ho ho"

So Lord Hoth commanded the First Legion of Light, Farfalla, the Second, Forrth, the Third, with Gale, Saleh, Teepo and Barathon commanding the last four. By the Fourth Battle, however, the Brotherhood of Darkness was reinforced by two infantry divisions, an additional ~25,000 men or so - a lot for a faction that never treated conventional forces as more than fodder. By the Sixth Battle, however, the Sith were reduced to only a fraction, and the Army of Light still having enough strength to muster ~20,000 for the Seventh Battle or so. But 20,000, tattered remnants of its strength as of the Third Battle? There were about 200,000 Republican troops total engaged between all seven battles, maybe more than that when accounting for the various casualties of the intervening battles. The question being: how could the Brotherhood of Darkness actually hold out so long with so few mechanized units? They barely had enough to outfit one regiment each of field and heavy artillery at the onset of the campaign, she thought, and it seemed that today's Sith factions put the same amount of faith in their ground forces as the BoD did, maybe a little more.

 

[Cassius Droma]

Cassius might have missed Solari’s entrance if it weren’t from the repulsors kicking up a cloud of sand and the chattering of the Ruusanians. They all looked at him with slightly accusatory glances. “It with me,” he managed to say back in their native tongue, mostly assuaging their fears. He knew that some of the villagers didn’t exactly enjoy his presence here. Their planet had been ravaged by conflict so many times, they saw a man wearing flowing robes and a lightsaber on his hip as a harbinger of war. They couldn’t deny the gifts he brought them, though, as well as his knowledge and understanding since his arrival.

He turned to Solari’s ship as it landed, putting his goggles up so that sand wouldn’t get in his eyes. When the bionic woman hopped out, a sly smile came over Cassius’s lips. He thought back to when he’d first recovered her from the depths of Torivan XIII. The freezing underbelly of an ancient Sith temple… while he might have been more accustomed to the cold, the lack of battle droids here was certainly a plus. He stepped out to the village outskirts to greet her.

“Good to see you again, Solari,” Cassius nodded to her, noting how the sun glinted off of her body. He noticed how the natives stared, and spoke amongst themselves so quickly and in tones so hushed that he couldn’t understand them.

Unclipping his macrobinoculars from his belt, he put them to his face and focused on the horizon. The motors in the binoculars whirred as they focused in on the incoming ship. A VCX-100: the Tumbleweed. They were making good time. Walking towards the Stardust Melody, Cassius ignited his green lightsaber and waved it over his head, eventually pointing towards the large space next to the Stardust, and back a little bit. When he was sure that Valae was landing in the right area, he deactivated the saber and put it back on his belt.

Just then, a short Ruusanian by the name of Icheb walked up next to him. He’d been Cassius’s main point of contact, and would be their guide into the Valley. “Friends?” he asked in a thick accent. He was able to speak in broken Basic, and paired with Cassius’s even more broken Ruusanian, they were able to communicate to a good degree with one another.

“Yes,” Cassius said as the Tumbleweed hissed and its landing gears clunked as it finally touched down. “Friends.” Cassius was sure that this was the last group he was waiting on. Once everyone was ready, they’d head down into the Valley.

[member="Solari"] | [member="Valae Kitra"] | [member="Jerit Kolomor"] | [member="Ashla Marlar"] | [member="Reggie Faayare"] | [member="Zavii"] | [member="Pash Tafo"] | [member="Jyoti Nooran"] | [member="Kian Karr"]

 

[Junko Ike]

Location: The Valley of the Jedi

[member="Tanaski Yumi"]

Junko looked at her padawan and gave the blush of embarrassment. She knew he was being nice and well it was worth it. She took pride in such things and looked for others to notice while she was walking and went towards the waters of the valley. Seeing the statues al around them. "Thank you, I do try but it isn't always easy. Sadly the solari make up that I have is running out." She would hav e to order more or get their engineers to make their own that would be a lot better. Something more tuned to the force for herself. Junko stepped towards the waters edge though as she felt the force al around herself and she walked along the side. "Hmm now what to do, we are here, there is always a chance to explore but more then that where the history of this place is well." She loked at the fortress temple that had been constructed by the sith and was being worked on by the jedi. She knew a lot more going forward with a grin on her face when she heard news that some others were possibly approaching the valley. "Finally." It wasn't much but her hand came out. "Do you want to go swimming padawan? Something to relax after the ride." She said it though as the jotun they had come in on was there getting some water.

 

[Junko Ike]

Location: The Valley of the Jedi

[member="Tanaski Yumi"]

Junko looked at her padawan and gave the blush of embarrassment. She knew he was being nice and well it was worth it. She took pride in such things and looked for others to notice while she was walking and went towards the waters of the valley. Seeing the statues al around them. "Thank you, I do try but it isn't always easy. Sadly the solari make up that I have is running out." She would hav e to order more or get their engineers to make their own that would be a lot better. Something more tuned to the force for herself. Junko stepped towards the waters edge though as she felt the force al around herself and she walked along the side. "Hmm now what to do, we are here, there is always a chance to explore but more then that where the history of this place is well." She loked at the fortress temple that had been constructed by the sith and was being worked on by the jedi. She knew a lot more going forward with a grin on her face when she heard news that some others were possibly approaching the valley. "Finally." It wasn't much but her hand came out. "Do you want to go swimming padawan? Something to relax after the ride." She said it though as the jotun they had come in on was there getting some water.

 

[Gir Quee]

Location: MC80B Star Cruiser Black Vengeance, near Ruusan
Objective: Simulate the enemy
Allies: None yet
Enemies: None yet

"Think they're ready yet?"

Gir spared a glance from the odd command seat's control panel to make eye contact with Ensign Patel.

"We've got a five minutes before the simulation starts," said Gir, "but truthfully, we probably won't jump in right away."

Patel blinked, "Because that's what they're expecting?"

Gir nodded, "That's the hardest part about patrols and static defense. Unless you have a very good early warning system or intelligence about the enemy's plans, you typically don't know when, or if the enemy is going to come. Just for realism's sake, neither we will."

Gir typed in several commands into his console, "There goes the random timer. When it kits zero, we'll begin our sequential jumps."

With the timer set, Gir stared out of the transparisteel viewport, catching glimpses of his skirmish line of DP-20s gliding ahead of the rest of his fleet. Most of the rest of the simulated pirate fleet was composed of similarly dated but entirely serviceable vessels, including a Quasar Fire Bulk Cruiser and a partially modernized Rendili dreadnaught. Hundreds of years ago, the motley array of ships he had gathered would probably be mistaken for a Rebel Alliance fleet. But the galaxy had recovered from the Gulag plague since then, and many of the legacy designs had been or were being replaced by more modern vessels. But that didn't make his legacy designs any less dangerous, especially to the unwary.

 

[Leah Winsclav]

The Tumbleweed was quite an interesting name for ship, not something Leah herself would place as the name for a spaceworthy ship. Even less as a vehicle that such people would inhabit. However Leah had quickly shook off that particular thought, she had heard there was a potential to acquire some business here.

She decided that since she was almost alone as it is, she would be better off using her time to do something beneficial for the rest of the ship’s crew. A spot of baking could not possibly go awry. So here she was, stood with a bowl in hand covered in small amounts of flower and Jam as she continued with her baking. A classic of hers, the Scone once again. She had made them entirely plain, however was dressing each one with Jam and Cream to give them flavour.

It had taken her like a little under three quarters of an hour to finish the baking, producing some high quality scones. With that out of the way, Leah would have discarded her apron and set to making tea for everyone too, boiling a large amount of water. She would have to keep it boiling until people started to enter the cabin, cold Tea was never good in any form after all.

 

[Zavii]

"Yeah, I heard..." the Zabrak's voice dropped solemnly with her eyes as she recalled stories of the hard-fought battles to drive the Sith away from the Wookee homeworld. "But we've bounced back since then, and i think we'll keep it up. More people are joining our side every day, right?" She managed a hopeful tone and looked around the room. "So, anybody know how long this flight is supposed to take? The Valley's supposed to be pretty huge and i don't really know what part we'll be in. Maybe we could play a game on the holoboard while we wait?" Since the Tumbleweed was already in the air, Zavii unclipped her harness and stood up, stretching out her back and legs a little.



[member="Kian Karr"] [member="Ashla Marlar"] [member="Pash Tafo"] [member="Reggie Faayare"]

 

[Pash Tafo]

While Pash began to reply to the padawans, the ramp actuators hissed and another passenger boarded the Tumbleweed. It was the Kel-Dor from the corvette. He settled into a dark corner without a word, and Pash simply nodded to him before the new arrival settled in for some introspection.

Zavii, ever friendly, struck up a conversation with the Kel-Dor, who revealed himself as Kian Karr. Pash, like Reggie, listened to the enigmatic Kel-Dor jedi speak, while Ashla turned to her books. The flight to the Valley of the Jedi would be a short one, but Pash was not content to sit through it. The Matukai eventually stood and walked around the cabin, catching a curious aroma amid the smell of recirculated air and hydraulic oil. It was delicious, someone must have been busy in the galley.

Making his way down a short hallway, Pash followed the smell until he found the small kitchen, a woman stood over a pot of boiling water, a collection of delicious looking pastries nearby.

"That is the best thing I have smelled aboard a ship in a long time." He commented, glancing at the scones before looking up to the woman he assumed had baked them.

[member=Leah Winsclav]

 

[aayla tano]

"Yeah, I heard..." the Zabrak's voice dropped solemnly with her eyes as she recalled stories of the hard-fought battles to drive the Sith away from the Wookee homeworld. "But we've bounced back since then, and i think we'll keep it up. More people are joining our side every day, right?" She managed a hopeful tone and looked around the room. "So, anybody know how long this flight is supposed to take? The Valley's supposed to be pretty huge and i don't really know what part we'll be in. Maybe we could play a game on the holoboard while we wait?" Since the Tumbleweed was already in the air, Zavii unclipped her harness and stood up, stretching out her back and legs a little.



[member="Kian Karr"] [member="Ashla Marlar"] [member="Pash Tafo"] [member="Reggie Faayare"]

"Pass" Ashla said, before going back to her book. It took her a little more time before she finished her book and started another.

 

[Jessica Med-Beq]

"Now, the final part of these documents: the ledgers"

There were tons of factors that helped drive the costs up, contributing to large cost overruns: the construction of an aqueduct, the choice to have the statues sculpted from stones from the planets of origin of their likenesses, rather than to use native Ruusan sandstone, and also the size of the statues themselves. From the looks of it, it was the first major cost overrun in the early post-Ruusan environment whose impact was felt beyond the planet proper, and probably one of the last, since, for all the infamy of the Death Stars or Starkiller Base, they were notorious to be completed on budget, even though where the funds came may have been a little dubious. Darovit vandalizing the premises while it was under construction did not help things either, causing more damage than the cost of security around the construction site. So, from about 1-billion costs have ballooned to about five times as much. I'm not sure to whom such financial data would be of interest but better safe than sorry about those, she thought, while keeping the documents into a hermetically sealed container for the archives on Kashyyyk.

"Ouch: I understand now why they kept the true extent of the cost overruns hidden from the public eye"

"Historically, cost overruns seem to only have localized impact, and few real galaxy-wide cost overrun scandals happened without some other crimes committed by the stakeholders, and even then it would usually require the offending party to be known galaxy-wide. Were it built today, a cost overrun of that nature would not cause that sort of uproar"

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

It had been a long time since he had been to Ruusan.

He had helped build a Jedi Temple here, he had fought a war here. This place held a lot of memories for him. So it was nice to see the Silver Jedi wanting to set up shop here. The Jedi Master had landed on the planet at some point and had begun to walk toward the transport, flanked by an HK droid. This would be HK-D9's first time on a mission with him. During his time away from the Jedi years back, Josh had constructed the droid from scratch as a side project, as part of his healing process. Of course the droid wasn't a threat to anyone on the transport, and he'd already gotten it cleared to be brought with him as an insurance policy in case things went astray. Still, he knew the droid had been itching to get onto working with him for some time now. Guarding the homestead had been nice, but it was clear the droid was itching for more.

He remained silent as the pair would step onto the transport, and Josh would clear it was him before taking a seat. The droid though, decided to stand.

"You can sit, you know. There's room."

"I shall not let me guard down when our enemies could come at any moment, Master."

"HK-D9, you're fine. We're amongst friends."

"Friends can become enemies at a moment's notice, Master."

"Ahh, fine. Suit yourself. Just please try to be careful before deciding to shoot someone."

"Of course, Master."

The Jedi Master would silently look around the transport, seeing the Jedi walking about. He scanned for familiar faces, but found none. Though he was sure he'd make one by the time this was over, considering they'd be working together.

There was one face in [member="Jyoti Nooran"] that felt familiar, but yet... Well... He wasn't sure from where.

 

[Eugen Aker]

Objective: Pilgrimage, Shadow Mission (BYOO)

She took a pit stop by her cabin to grab a change of clothes before making her way to the washroom, baggy cream cotton robes well suited to contend with the desert climate. She used to hate wearing robes, but in her new life, the Jedi Master found them super comfy, like walking around in pajamas all day.

A quick shower, and then she was ready to rejoin the rest of the party. By then, the Tumbleweed had lifted off for the valley, the onboard droid brain confirmed as much as she pinged it for updates.

On her way to the cockpit, she got a whiff of sweet and savory aromas coming from the lounge. She peeked her head in to find Leah busy at the stove, a rack of freshly baked scones set on the counter.

She smiled, amused at the sight of the Countess engaging in activities so pedestrian. Like at the Life Day party too long ago, it was nice seeing her being so personable outside of their business dealings through the SSC.

Not wanting to miss out on some fresh scones, Jyoti joined Leah and the others in the lounge. Most were strangers to her, new faces to the Silver Order, but then there was Josh sitting with his droid companion.

There eyes met for a moment, and he gave her that confused expression she had grown familiar with when encountering people that had known Arisa before. So far she had gotten away with her secret, but the avatar was afraid that one of these days someone would figure it out. She was playing a dangerous game, but a part of her yearned for the company of her past.

"Oho, I remember these from Kashyyyk!" she exclaimed as she came up to the counter. "They were a big hit if I recall."

Assuming there were free to eat, she dropped one on a small plate, then slathered the top with strawberry jam and a dollop of whipped cream. In her impatience, she took a single big bite right at the counter, savoring the taste of the dense pastry.

"Delicious. Galidraani cuisine is always a treat."

Previously, she had thought the dreary planet of endless winters was only good for exporting fascists to plague the galaxy, but Leah's kindness and charity had proved her wrong. Kind in that funny Galidraani way, still guarded even in private.

She glanced over at Josh again, realizing how he was just sitting to himself again. The hermit had a bad habit of doing that. That ended while she was around.

"Master DragonsFlame, help yourself to these scones, they're amazing."

It was a good thing she had found these before Valae, or she doubted there would be few left to enjoy. She loved her friend like a sister, but she could never trust Valae alone with anything sweet. Magically, it just slipped her mind to inform Valae about Leah's new confections.

[member="Ashla Marlar"] [member="Junko Ike"] [member="Tanaski Yumi"] [member="Zavii"] [member="Jessica Med-Beq"] [member="Reggie Faayare"] [member="Jerit Kolomor"] [member="Valae Kitra"] [member="Solari"] [member="Cassius Droma"] [member="Pash Tafo"] [member="Kian Karr"]

 

[Kian Karr]

"Enjoy your game." Kian said, his eyes catching someone he recognized entering the area. "I'm afraid I'm not very good at them." Kian said smiling warmly. "It was a pleasure meeting you."

Rising from his seat, Kian made his way toward [member="Jyoti Nooran"]. It had been a message from Master Nooran that had drawn Kian into this operation. He had not met the Jedi before, but knew of her reputation. As Kian approached her he caught glimpse of another he recognized as well. Jedi Master, and formerly Grandmaster, [member="Josh DragonsFlame"] and Kian had met previously, though many years had now passed between that meeting and this. Kian had been undercover at a ball that Master DragonsFlame had been at, and had witnessed his saving a young padawan. Then, a few years later, Kian had been present at a secret meeting in which Grandmaster Corvus Raaf and Kian had confronted Master DragonsFlame about events occuring during a civil war on Effekt. Kian bowed his head toward Master DragonsFlame and turned toward Master Nooran.

"Master Nooran." Kian said, his deep voice coming projecting from his mask in a slight static way. "Thank you for the invitation to join you today." Kian said bowing.

"I hope I can be of some service for today's events."

[member="Zavii"]

 

[Tanaski Yumi]

Post: 2
Task: Whatever Junko is doing

Tana noted the blush coming from Junko, true he could be a shameless flirt and often enjoyed people's reactions to how he talked and interacted with others, but in this case he was being honest. His master put a lot of work into her dress and make up and such effort should be praised, more so when the result was a magnificent looking woman with stunning beauty. "Well whatever you are short on I am sure you can afford to produce if from scratch yourself, oh maybe start your own line of makeup products".

He kept in close tow behind the princess to the water's edge, crouching down slightly and dipping his hand into the cool but welcoming water, the light side of the force being more present here then other places, looking back to his maser with a, 'what did you say look'. "Go swimming? here and now? well I guess it would be fun while we wait for others to arrive, but I have no bathing attire with me, also it would be awkward if other saw us would it not? It was not that Tana was embarrassed about his figure, or new to public bathing, but he wanted to make sure not to do anything considered strange to the other Jedi that may be soon present.

[member="Junko Ike"]

 

[Mirra Voss]

Solari nodded once to Cassius as he greeted her.

"A little warmer than our last meeting. I am please to see the Valley has had only a... few minor changes." There was a certain sardonic in her voice, after all, quite a few very major changes had happened. "I always find this place so very peaceful."

She stood, watching the ship and it's passengers approach.

"What do you intend to speak on, Cassius?" She asked, almost as an aside, her words quiet enough that they were hard to hear over the increasing noise of the repulsorlifts.

[member="Cassius Droma"]

 

[St0rmSlaSh]

Location: ​The Tumbleweed, Ruusan​

Objective: ​Enjoy the ride.​

Post #: ​2​

​

​Jerit watched as other people got onto Master Kitra's ship. When he finally saw his Master come in as well after dressing out of the greased clothes, the Padawan went deeper into the ship where he could find a place to sit when he lifted off. After its ascension, Jerit looked at everyone on board and noticed a few familiar faces although he preferred not to talk to them right now. He mostly followed his Master like a little duckling following its parent. He walked with Jyoti to the cockpit but saw her detour to the lounge. Jerit decided not to follow immediately and instead pay a visit to Master Kitra. He leaned up against the wall and made sure he was not interfering with any electronics on the walls. He looked over at Valae controlling the main components of the ship.

​​"​You liking the upgrades Master Jyoti and I are making to the ship?"

He chuckled. He looked out the viewport and nothing but the barren wasteland of Ruusan. He was anxious to await the Valley of the Jedi. Just thinking about the artifacts and the force nexus he might find filled his mind with exhilaration. He sat down in the co pilot chair and observed the environment with Master Kitra. He sat in silence and thought to himself now about the expedition ahead.

​[member="Valae Kitra"] | [member="Jyoti Nooran"]​

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

Objective: Pilgrimage, Shadow Mission (BYOO)

She took a pit stop by her cabin to grab a change of clothes before making her way to the washroom, baggy cream cotton robes well suited to contend with the desert climate. She used to hate wearing robes, but in her new life, the Jedi Master found them super comfy, like walking around in pajamas all day.

A quick shower, and then she was ready to rejoin the rest of the party. By then, the Tumbleweed had lifted off for the valley, the onboard droid brain confirmed as much as she pinged it for updates.

On her way to the cockpit, she got a whiff of sweet and savory aromas coming from the lounge. She peeked her head in to find Leah busy at the stove, a rack of freshly baked scones set on the counter.

She smiled, amused at the sight of the Countess engaging in activities so pedestrian. Like at the Life Day party too long ago, it was nice seeing her being so personable outside of their business dealings through the SSC.

Not wanting to miss out on some fresh scones, Jyoti joined Leah and the others in the lounge. Most were strangers to her, new faces to the Silver Order, but then there was Josh sitting with his droid companion.

There eyes met for a moment, and he gave her that confused expression she had grown familiar with when encountering people that had known Arisa before. So far she had gotten away with her secret, but the avatar was afraid that one of these days someone would figure it out. She was playing a dangerous game, but a part of her yearned for the company of her past.

"Oho, I remember these from Kashyyyk!" she exclaimed as she came up to the counter. "They were a big hit if I recall."

Assuming there were free to eat, she dropped one on a small plate, then slathered the top with strawberry jam and a dollop of whipped cream. In her impatience, she took a single big bite right at the counter, savoring the taste of the dense pastry.

"Delicious. Galidraani cuisine is always a treat."

Previously, she had thought the dreary planet of endless winters was only good for exporting fascists to plague the galaxy, but Leah's kindness and charity had proved her wrong. Kind in that funny Galidraani way, still guarded even in private.

She glanced over at Josh again, realizing how he was just sitting to himself again. The hermit had a bad habit of doing that. That ended while she was around.

"Master DragonsFlame, help yourself to these scones, they're amazing."

It was a good thing she had found these before Valae, or she doubted there would be few left to enjoy. She loved her friend like a sister, but she could never trust Valae alone with anything sweet. Magically, it just slipped her mind to inform Valae about Leah's new confections.

[member="Ashla Marlar"] [member="Junko Ike"] [member="Tanaski Yumi"] [member="Zavii"] [member="Jessica Med-Beq"] [member="Reggie Faayare"] [member="Jerit Kolomor"] [member="Valae Kitra"] [member="Solari"] [member="Cassius Droma"] [member="Pash Tafo"] [member="Kian Karr"]

To his surprise, the woman would look at him, and he immediately regretted staring. She just seemed... Familiar somehow. He knew who he was reminded of, but he didn't know why. It was just a coincidence, right? Either way, the woman would then look toward him and speak to him, telling him to come try the scones. It was true Josh tended to keep to himself during these missions, of course. He'd come back and he didn't know who any of these Jedi were, and he was more commonly a trainer than someone who went on mission and worked alongside the other Jedi.

Regardless, deciding not to be rude, he would rise to his feet. Giving the droid a nod, he would walk over, deciding to pick up one of the scones. "Apologies for staring" He would admit, not looking at her as though to hide his embarrassment. She knew he was, the look on her face had made it obvious. And he could sense it. There was no point in hiding it and was just better to admit to it. "You remind me of someone I knew, she was a cute one" He joked then, smiling lightly as he would then take a bite. Hmm, not bad.

[member="Jyoti Nooran"]

 

[Junko Ike]

[member="Tanaski Yumi"]

[member="Ashla Marlar"] [member="Zavii"] [member="Jessica Med-Beq"] [member="Reggie Faayare"] [member="Jerit Kolomor"] [member="Valae Kitra"] [member="Solari"] [member="Cassius Droma"] [member="Pash Tafo"] [member="Kian Karr"]


She looked at him for a moment, more curious about it and wondering. "Only if you are ashamed." She offered a grin though, "besides we can have some time to relax. we hav e earned it, you have a great deal of talent and have earned a little chance to restore yourself." She said it though while she was starting to change and set her stuff aside. Standing in an aurodium outfit as it gleamed with durindfire gems and less having a smal skirt in the back. Thin strings while she dipped a foot into the water. SMall slender and felt it have a chill at first and then it was warm before she went into it. Letting down her hair to fall in a curtain of gold and black around her shoulders. She was looking at the other areas of the valley now from here before laying back and going into the water. "it is nice and warm.a rare chance to have something on a world without lots of fighting and when the others get here well won't have much of a chance."

 

[Tanaski Yumi]

Post: 4?
Currently skinny dipping

Tana gave a playful huff at Junkos comment, "haha, I have no shame in my body, I was more just looking out for others, I have no problem with a little skinny dipping, though I guess I can keep some minor clothing on". As Junko got changed Tana quickly undressed himself, neatly placing his Yutaka sword and other items carefully on the ground before, the air around him suddenly a bit cooler due to lack of clothing. Unlike his master through Tana went about getting into the water by a different means, performing a high force leap before diving into the deeper end of the small lake, coming back up for air after a few seconds.

"Heeey, not too bad in here, it's warm, but also cool enough to be relaxing... nice swimsuit by the way master", turning back to Ike he swam back to the shore line, getting a few feet in front of his master, "Perhaps could make a small pool like establishment here for the workers after they have finished there shifts at the Sith temple, it would be a waste to leave such a nice spot for no one to use on a regular basis".

[member="Junko Ike"]

 

[Valae Heavenshield]

Objective: Visit the Valley of the Jedi
Location: The Tumbleweed
Post : 3

As her passengers got settled, Valae moved on her way to the cockpit and fired up the engines. Brows rose in a pleased manner, her ship sounded better than ever. Her palm slid across the console in front of her, and she turned as she recognized a familiar presence now entering behind her.

“Oh! Hi there, Jerit.” She said with a cheerful smile, “Yes – you’ve both done some very impressive work here. Pass along my compliments to your Master, will you?”

The corner of her smile twitched ever slightly, but she turned her attention to the controls. It was a rather odd situation; Valae felt like she ought to be quite close to Jyoti… but there was a strange sense of distance there at the same time. Perhaps it was just because things could never really be like they were…

Offering a small nod to Jerit in the co-pilot’s seat, she lifted the Tumbleweed off the ground… and off they went. It was a pleasant enough ride to their destination, the landscape of Ruusan was nothing like she’d seen before. Before long, she spotted a flash of green in the distance – the lightsaber of Cassius directing her to their landing spot. Valae set the ship down gently near the Stardust Melody, her eyes took in the lovely sight of Cassius’ ship outside the viewport.

“Well, we’re here.” Valae said, standing from her seat. “Would you mind rallying the troops?” She asked Jerit, as she lowered the ramp and made her way outside. But before she made it to the bottom, she paused for a brief moment. Now… what was that delicious smell?

Forcing herself to move on, she spotted Cassius and Solari standing up ahead.

“Greetings,” She offered a smile to both, “We made it, we’re all ready to go…” She turned back towards her ship, where folks were starting to disembark. “Well, just about ready, that is.”

[member="Ashla Marlar"], [member="Zavii"], [member="Reggie Faayare"],[member="Jerit Kolomor"], [member="Jyoti Nooran"], [member="Solari"], [member="Cassius Droma"], [member="Pash Tafo"], [member="Leah Winsclav"], [member="Kian Karr"]