Dominion Sandcastles | SJO DOM of Klatooine

[Silver Rose]

Welcome to the Dominion of Klatooine!

Klatooine is the famed home of the Element Wintrium. Most of the world is covered in Desert and Savannah's with not much else of note. We'll be hitting this world with a two objectives!

The first of these is the reclamation and exploration of an ancient Fort first built by the Hutt's during their reign of the planet. The hope here is to create a defensive structure and perhaps delve into a history of this world.

The second objective will be a trek through the sands. Padawans will journey through the Derelkoos Desert, guided by a master and taught the force technique of Tapas.

As always feel free to bring your own objective and have fun!

 

[Corte Fletchador]

First Objective

As Corte stepped off of the transport, he could see his surroundings were very arid and uninviting. However, right there in front of the group was a large fort that had reportedly been built by the Hutt long ago and then abandoned. Who could blame them, he thought. The reason that this group and he were there was to explore the fort, and reinvigorate it by making it operational again. Then he says to no one in particular shall we go see if the front door is unlocked - or should we do the polite thing and knock on it first?

 

[Elise]

Objective 1
tag: Sinestra

Elise trudged her way through the sand, her steps wide and heavy as the surface worked to suck her steps back down into it. She was sure there was some old jedi metaphor in there somewhere about life and strife and coarse, rough sand. But today she didn't concern herself with any of that.

Some days all you could manage was one foot in front of the other, and that was okay.

The fort loomed high over them, casting a cool shadow over their faces. Elise could protect herself from the heat, but the sun? A glance in the mirror would remind her to heal her nose later. She let out a heavy breath. A wave of her hands had the large entry hull creaking open.

"Right. First order of business--" Her voice rang out, hitting the ears of those around her. "Power. We can assess the damage from there-- teams should spread out to search for holocrons, plans, or any other vital information that can help us get this place up and running."

 

[Kei Amadis]

Objective 2, Tapas Training.
Location: Derelkoos Desert, Varnisa Flats
Weather: Cold, Windy, Clear.
Tag: Anyone

Varnisa Flats​

Walking through the deserts had been colder than you might expect. Deserts could be cold or warm depending on the season, and the Jedi Master was well wrapped up here. A rare time out of armor to training in Tapas. Not that someone of his advancing years needed wrapping up! There was a grin, as the sand was whipped up around them causing him to pause and look around, it felt right.

The Fountain of the Ancients, a natural glass-like marvel formed from Wintrium was visible from where Kei stood, looking out over terrain in the backdrop, a holy site for the Klatooinian Culture who had a very strong respect for the sanctity of that place. Stopping a respectful distance away, the place they came to had shelter from the rocks nearby but the flats overall were cold enough for what they needed later.

Valrel Kos​

A Hapan Jedi Master Valrel Kos was with the group, often among the libraries of the order, and something of an expert on geographic locations and environmental techniques. She had a very light manner about her, gentle and kind to the padawans as they walked. Both masters were carrying a bag with them but wouldn’t say what was in it. Valrel at the back of the group was chatting away to the padawans, and Kei was at the front looking for the best place to stop.

Coming to a large cluster of rocks to shield them from the breezy cold winds, he nodded firmly, placing a wooden walking stick he’d been using for his slight limp on the ground, and looking for a comfortable place to stand. The winds here would prove challenging when they were ready for it, for now there was shelter behind the rocks.

Training was not something he’d done for a decade, and he was wondering how well he'd do truth be told. In true Kei fashion though it was headfirst in, “take your time, and when you are ready, we can begin. First, any questions?” The stubbled Epicanthix turned to the students. It was an open class to teach or learn, meaning anyone could offer to share insight or technique and they'd be better off for it. "And does anyone have any insights to share?"

Valrel opened her bag and began passing out a small glass bowl to each student to hold, it had a large unlit candle in it, but she didn't say anymore, just smiling if anyone asked.

 

[Kyra Perl]

Objective 2
Tags: Kei Amadis [open]

Kyra raised her hand. "Uuuuuh, yeah. I thought this was tapa training! Why do we need a candle?" The padawan took her bowl and candle, bringing them both close to her eyes to inspect them with a scowl. It wasn't that she was mad at them, if one looked closely they would find the force fluctuating around the object. She was concentrating. Hard.

All she got were flickering images of a factory and a box and Valrel smiling at her.

How boring.

She glanced up, giving up on her attempt at psychometry.

"It's just a .... candle," she reported, disappointment heavy in her tone.

 

[Jasper Candos]

Objective Two

Tags @ Kei Amadis @ Kyra Perl



Japser Candos was a cautious person, those that knew him knew this from the history of watching him through his actions. He liked to believe he was a careful man, nothing doing anything to cause any trouble for himself unless he felt he was a last resort or he deem he was necessary for him in the long run. Such would be the case in this current circumstance. As Jasper was one of the many people inside the transport ship that had just landed. The haul of the ship opened and people inside the ship left it with Jasper being one of the last ones. Looking over the area he sees the group of Jedi students and walks over to them. He overhears one of the students asking a question about the candles in her hand and everyone else’s hands that are students. He walks next to one of the students into the group and listens to the conversation that is happening in front of him.

 

[Desbre Gensan]

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Objective 2, Tapas Training.
Location: Derelkoos Desert, Varnisa Flats
Weather: Cold, Windy, Clear.
Tag: Kyra Perl Kei Amadis

A platinum white-haired female Arkanian spoke up as she stood at the back. She wore a thin, pale white uniform without a cloak though her eyes were covered in a pair of wrap-around dark lenses, shielding her vision. She looked to be in her early twenties. And the cold didn't seem to register. "The flame is a source of heat and light," she said. "I believe the intention is to learn to manipulate it and heat to manage your own body heat in an environment like this. At least, that's one way of regulating one's core temperature. Molecular vibration can be used and prove useful in many applications beyond just that though." Thermal shock could shatter materials, create thrust, and intense heat could cut like a lightsaber and set the air on fire. Or freeze things solid, or to the point of brittleness, making objects easy to shatter.

 

[Klesta]

Objective 1
Allies: Corte Fletchador Elise

The Jawa was busy flying around Silver space, especially Eshan and Kintan, peddling ergonomic assessments and design consulting in the areas of ergonomics and WH&S. So, for the first time, he was called upon to help refurbish an ancient fortress, but he was not the best person to speak to regarding the weapons or troop complement, nor for choosing a theater shield generator. He would simply identify the areas where structural integrity would need improvement before emplacing weapons, or even build living quarters. And holocrons were of no interest to the Jawa, so that his job could be done without having to take more precautions than it actually warranted. Plus he was used to desert planets, so the ergonomic assessor would be able to work in the outdoors for a bit, and then issue the report to the Antarian Rangers' engineering command. Especially since the Sith were likely to attack other planets along the eastern border.

 

[Milla Caranthyr]

Objective 2: Tapas training
Equipment: Candle, brand new pair of Milla shoes
Allies: Kyra Perl Jasper Candos Desbre Gensan

The cold wind pulled at the tan poncho she wore to keep warm. Wherever her species came from, it must have been a lot warmer than this, cause she was not enjoying this cold. She shivered and pulled the poncho closer, wrapping her tail around her waist. Kyra posed and interesting question, what were the candles for. Her blue eyes looked the item over as Desbre gave her theory on what the candles were for, and why they were out here. Although, Desbre's explanation was a little more complicated than she'd expected.

"So...we just stand in the wind and try to not let the candles go out?"

 

[Desbre Gensan]

Tag:​

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Objective 2, Tapas Training.
Location: Derelkoos Desert, Varnisa Flats
Weather: Cold, Windy, Clear.
Tag: Milla Caranthyr Jairdain

The padawan shook her head. "No, I don't think that is the objective of the lesson. Consider what we know of the Force. It allows us to exert kinetic energy against objects around us. We can push people, blasters and so on. Anything with mass. That includes the air. A flame is nothing more than a very hot gas that is vibrating enough to raise the frequency of that heat into the 'visible light spectrum' creating light. But like all gasses, it has mass. Which means it can be nudged. Pushed. Vibrated. Heat is vibration. Life is vibration. The Force is ... vibration. I believe they want us to study the flames via the force, and try to replicate their effect, on a lesser scale to greater scale. Or to learn to gather the heat from the flame and suffuse it into our bodies, using that to keep us warm," Des elaborated. The way she spoke was rather matter of fact, though she was putting the pieces together at a rather rapid pace. "I mean, I could be totally off base, and making a bad guess, but based on our circumstances, and what we're here to learn... That would be my guess as to how they intend to go about this."

 

[Beltran Rarr]

Location: Klatooine, departing transport
Objective: Explore the ancient fort, assess for future use as a base
Allies: Elise Corte Fletchador Klesta
Enemies: TBD
Armor: OS-114 "Katarn Mk. II" Combat Armor

Primary Weapon: OS-109 Fate Assault Rifle (chest rig)

Secondary Weapons:

• OS-104 Reaper Blaster Pistol (drop holster, right side)
• OS-101 Retractable Vibrosword (On belt)

• Krath Itak Sword (back scabbard) Note to Force Users/Force Sensitives - this blade emanates a strong Dark Side aura
• Beskar Sword (back scabbard)
• 8 x frag grenades (chest rig)

Misc Gear:

• OS-112 "Valkyrie" Jump Jet System (Mounted on back)
• OS-108 Energy Shield (Left wrist)
• 2 x OS-107 "Hermes" Sensor Drones (chest rig)

Beltran followed Jedis Elise and Corte Fletchador off the transport, leading a group of about thirty. Only a few, approximately a dozen, were dressed and armed like him. They were members of Icarus Platoon's first squad and included his newly assigned Sergeant Lota Jin, Corporal Jesson Doss who was his chief sniper and Specialist Paxton Reece who was his demolitions expert. The rest were an assorted group drawn from Icarus' support personnel, the Antarian Rangers Engineering Corps and a few private contractors. Those who had been through Ranger training wore plate carriers, tactical rigs and helmets and were armed. Those who weren't just wore flak jackets.

Beltran walked quickly through the mud, catching up to the Jedi with measured strides. One didn't make it through as many ops as he had without learning how to walk on uneven terrain. As the Jedi Master spoke, Beltran nodded. "Understood," He replied simply before calling back to his people. "Alright, let's spread out in the assigned teams. Doss, I want you moving along the top of the wall checking vantage points. Reece, concentrate on the sections that appear to be most vulnerable to breach. You remember what happened on Kintan, I don't want a repeat. "

To his new Sergeant he simply said. "Jin, you're on civvie duty. Make sure none of our civilian contractors get themselves hurt. All other Icarus operators, go with your assigned teams and make sure nothing jumps out at us. I don't want any surprises. Understood?"

All his people replied with some variation on "Yes,sir." Doss and Reece would be in their elements, but he could sense from the Sergeant's body language that she was less than happy with her babysitting assignment. Beltran honestly didn't care. She was new, and the new girl had to prove herself. It was as simple as that. Until then, she got the poodoo assignments.

As the group began to break up, Beltran remained with Master Elise and Corte Fletchador . "I hope you don't mind if I tag along with you, Master." He said before glancing to Jedi Fletchador. "Good to see you again," He said to him.

 

[Amani Serys]

Objective 2
Kei Amadis | Kyra Perl | Jasper Candos | Desbre Gensan | Milla Caranthyr

Amani found herself shivering in the cold. She had heard that her home planet Mirial had a similar climate to this. She didn’t know, but if so she was glad she wasn’t actually raised there. The chill was not friendly to her, and the feeling was mutual.

She was practically folding in on herself for warmth, and the wind was making her robes billow wildly. Her mind began to wander, but before her imagination could take her off to somewhere nicer, the masters came through passing out bowls and candles. Amani stood there, discontent with their current lack of an explanation, and listened in on the hypotheses of other students for ideas. After hearing Desbre’s explanation, she blinked and stared blankly for a moment.

“...What she said.”

 

[Sinestra]

Objective One
Elise Corte Fletchador Beltran Rarr Klesta

When rumors had it that the Katana Fleet's coordinates were lost to the sands of an ancient Hutt's fort on Klatooine, despot Arage Bao personally sent him to dig up more intel. Of course, he could've complicated himself by going in Silver's space completely covertly but that brought up too much unnecessary risk. Instead, the agent opted to use official ORION channels of diplomacy with his favorite alias of J.

It's how he had ended up meeting Master Jedi Elise prior to their expedition to the fort. He had lied that what he sought was information on the Black Rose cultists issue the Outer Planets Alliance was tackling back home. There was no certainty how long Jude would be able to maintain that script but the longer he managed it, the better. Or worse. In an effort to assist the Silver Jedi's expedition, the former FOSB agent had ventured first but had quickly given up when he nearly got devoured by a pack of hungry night crawling beasts.

As Elise opened the large entry to the fort with the aid of the Force, Jude would be seen rappelling down from above.

" 'bout time, lady jedi." J called out as he released himself from the rope and smirked at the expedition's arrival. " Couldda died inside waiting for y'all."

Not wrong but what worried him more was that he could not fully explore the place and find the info he was seeking due to the pests roaming inside. He did, after all, need the Jedi's help. And maybe even enjoy the sight of the blonde jedi master. He wondered if Jedi used the Force tricks to make themselves real pretty. Did it matter?

"Hope y'all brought up an extermination team. Some sections of the place been turned to some snarlin' beasts' homes."

 

[Kyra Perl]

Kyra sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid a step closer to Amani Serys -- the singular familiar face among the crowd, and now her new best friend. Without so much as a greeting, and barely a look up for a hello, Kyra pressed into Amani's side. Kyra shivered at the small burst of warmth the contact granted, tuning out the prattle of the students around them.

"Know it alls," Kyra breathed under her breath, the girl rolling her eyes in a burst of uncharacteristic attitude.

"Can you believe this place," she huffed, looking up to Amani then. "I thought a desert was suppose to be hot." The luke warm temperature was cut threw by the icy breeze wiping through their clothing. Kyra frowned and nudged Amani deeper into the protection of the cliff side, her attention not returning to the front.

She was a troublesome student at times.

 

[Kei Amadis]

Objective 2,
Tag: Jasper Candos | Desbre Gensan | Kyra Perl | Milla Caranthyr | Amani Serys

As the students each looked for the meaning of the candle. Some found purpose in it, direction, others questions, others a hindrance. There was a subtle grin on the Jedi Master’s grizzled face, much as he tried to hide it, imposing nothing of his own meaning on their lesson. Beginning to walk around and light the candle for each of them that needed it, thankfully the winds were stopped by the rocky shelter they were behind so the flame was safe. For now.

“Tapas is drawing and retaining,” Amadis said as he went to answer some of the questions, making sure they all had an external candle lit. Retaining was easier than drawing but both were needed in balance, all connected from within.

Valrel Kos came to the front placing her hands together gently at her waist, and smiling. “You’ve all used the force, you may have moved things, healed people, you might have fought with your lightsaber, done great deeds or read and studied lots of other people’s words and actions.” She smiled. “But padawans if you choose a Jedi can do much with very little.”

Kei felt the chill, even with the layers he had on. The cold air would only get colder as the day progressed, thankfully now it was bearable for them to start and master the technique before it became more difficult. Taking off one of the scarves and layers he had wrapped himself in to better feel the chill and practice himself, they were ready.

Coming beside Valrel, Amadis breathed in and centered himself, that sense of peace that he often found was there and comfortable, “when you connect, to feel the force, today look inside of you. Not outside to start.” Valrel closed her eyes, but Kei left his open to find center, “the heat inside your own bodies, put your attention on your arms, legs, back, on your heartbeat. Understand your own body, what's it capable of, and listen to it.”

He wanted to get them there first, muscle control and memory, understanding of what they were capable of before he taught drawing on the force to heat themselves. Some might have not even heard their heartbeat before, others might find a pain in their muscle or tension. Less, and controlled effort was always the way to balance and mastery, the basics first, always.

The candles in their hand might flicker as stray gusts of wind threatened to snuff them out, maybe for one or two it did. Light wisps of sand might kick up and make them cough, get in their eyes, or on their skin, irritations or nips of cold and itchy sand.

Amadis watched and waited to see what happened, there were no judgments from either Master facing them at any reaction. Impatience, distraction, lack of control, lack of success all were expected. Questions were welcome. He nodded to Valrel, and the wind would pick up ever so slightly around their feet.

 

[Corte Fletchador]

Objective One
Elise, Beltran Rarr , Klesta , Sinestra

Responding to Beltran Rarr , Corte said It is most excellent to see you again as well, Lieutenant. Hopefully this little adventure we are on will go as smooth as the last.

Watching as Elise opened to the door to the old fort, he viewed nothing but darkness from the outside. Corte then withdrew his lightsaber and activated it to use as a light source, unless needed in another way. As he was about to step inside, Sinestra repelled down on a rope to meet the group. After his greeting, Corte finally stepped inside to see what was around. This fort must have housed hundreds of beings at once, the place was large and cavernous inside. As he looked up, Corte noticed the lighting that was in the ceiling, there must be a switch around here somewhere! Looking around more, he finally found a control panel on a nearby wall, which had a switch labeled "lights." Could it still work? Corte flipped the switch, hoping to shed even more light on the situation and all of the sudden - nothing. To Beltran Rarr , Corte asked Lieutenant, I don't suppose you brought an engineer that is familiar with electrical by chance, did you?

 

[Klesta]

Objective 1
Allies: Sinestra Corte Fletchador Beltran Rarr Elise

"Utinni! The electric system is a hazard, probably outdated too"

And three minutes into the ergonomic assessment, there were lots of problems the Jawa came across, and he did not even get to take a look at the HVAC system. He would expect the Silvers to effect upgrades to the electrical system and the HVAC one, and the presence of pests would mean that extermination is required before any work on structural issues would begin. And, even if meant outsourcing the work, so be it. Same goes for electric systems, and the bucket list of work to perform on the fortress is growing as well. However, he knows that other patrimonial authorities among the Order would want to get as much of a restoration to original architecture as feasible, while keeping the weapons and defenses up to date.

 

[Elise]

Elise gave Sinestra a soft smile, the woman raising a brow as she watched him drop from the sky. Flashy. Or... necessary? Given his words, she half wondered what had driven him up to such heights. Surely it wasn’t just the desire to make a grand entrance. She peeked around him, her senses skimming the dark for signs of danger within the fort’s metal belly.

“Master Falkrowe, we are the extermination team.” A smile clung to the corner of her lips as she pushed past him, her saber heavy on her hips. It wasn’t something she often reached for— the woman hated violence. Something told her today might have to be an exception to that. She hoped not.

“You arrived early then,” she stated, a ball of light summed besides her. It illuminated the cool hall with a soft wash of blue.

“Scoping out our plans?” Despite the harsh words, her eyes were alight with amusement as she look over at him. Friendly would be the word used to describe Elise.

She didn’t prescribe to faction to faction pleasantries. He was simply a person to befriend.

 

[Beltran Rarr]

Location: Klatooine, entering ancient fort
Objective: Explore the ancient fort, assess for future use as a base
Allies: Elise Corte Fletchador Klesta Sinestra
Enemies: Snarlin' beasts
Armor: OS-114 "Katarn Mk. II" Combat Armor

Primary Weapon: OS-109 Fate Assault Rifle (chest rig)

Secondary Weapons:

• OS-104 Reaper Blaster Pistol (drop holster, right side)
• OS-101 Retractable Vibrosword (On belt)
• Krath Itak Sword (back scabbard) Note to Force Users/Force Sensitives - this blade emanates a strong Dark Side aura
• Beskar Sword (back scabbard)
• 8 x frag grenades (chest rig)

Misc Gear:

• OS-112 "Valkyrie" Jump Jet System (Mounted on back)
• OS-108 Energy Shield (Left wrist)
• 2 x OS-107 "Hermes" Sensor Drones (chest rig)

Beltran stepped into the fort just a step behind Elise. He kept his rifle at the "low-ready" position with the muzzle pointed at the ground. As the darkness of the fort's interior reached out toward them, he activated his helmet's exterior light which provided him enough illumination to see the immediate vicinity.

It was at this point that the unfamiliar man, Sinestra , repelled down into view. Beltran's muscles tightened a little and he was ready to bring up his rifle the moment the man presented anything resembling a threat. Luckily, a quick interpretation of the man's body language told the Lorrdian that he meant no immediate harm and he relaxed his grip a little.

When he spoke, it quickly became evident that he had some kind of prior acquaintanceship with the Jedi Master and the two exchanged some greetings and banter. While this was happening, Beltran watched as Corte Fletchador moved over to one of the long abandoned consoles and attempted to activate it. He listened as the Jedi asked if Beltran had brought anyone with experience in electrical and then listened as the Jawa Klesta speculated on the safety of any electrical system that remained in the fort.

"As it happens," Beltran replied to Corte. "I have a working knowledge of electrical engineering."

Moving over to the console, Beltran took a knee and allowed his rifle to drop to his chest. From one of the pouches on his rig, he pulled a small toolkit and went to work opening the access panel on the bottom half of the console. Once inside, he found various groupings of wires and conduits in various states of disrepair.

"Looks like some kind of moisture has gotten in here," He told the group. "I'm seeing evidence of a lot of corrosion. I doubt it will be possible to get this console running without completely replacing the electrical systems. Would probably be more economical to just pull the whole unit and replace it with an updated model."

Standing up, he faced the others. "If the rest of the facility has suffered similar damage, I believe our friend Klesta is right. Running any power through these systems is likely going to be dangerous. Odds are we'll need to overhaul the entire thing."

He then turned to the new arrival and spoke. "Master Falkrowe, is it?" He asked slowly, making sure to use the exact pronunciation that Jedi Master Elise had used. "You mentioned beasts of some kind? Can you give us any more information?"

 

[Sinestra]

"That's my job after all, darlin'" Jude grinned. He didn't lie but it did sound sarcastic. The agent's second priority is evaluate the Silver Jedi's strength and report back what they were planning on doing with the fort. Ain't no 9-5 job, this one. "Y'all Jedi...someone's gotta put tabs on ya."

Then he shrugged at the officer's question.

"Big claws, big teeth, ain't friendly." this was as accurate as he could be without lying. Jude had fled the scene the moment the beasts started dashin' at him from the dark. "Doubt they're many and you seem armed enough to take 'em on, pal."

And so were the rest of the soldiers behind.

"Well, I am up for a game of sabacc if y'all plan on chit-chattin' and stayin' here but..." he gestured at the darkness ahead. "We've got a job to do."

Elise Beltran Rarr Corte Fletchador Klesta