Stars have a lifespan of billions of years, they are born from releases of extreme energy and generate a light which can be seen even after a million years after their death, for their light travels through the universe. During the night we look up to see how high and bright they can become before the daylight removes them again. Some seem a lot brighter than others, under extreme rare circumstances you can observe how the light of a star suddenly goes dark.
Some people are like stars. They are rising high and usually their light is slowly fading before it leaves the realm of mortals. But others suddenly go dark. So did General Lugo, a renowned commander of the intelligence and special operations, himself serving among special forces for many years in his fight against the growing darkness and its forces. Earning commendations and medals like few others ever did. But something has happened and along with some squads of the most skilled special forces he deserted, leaving behind a deserted base and the corpses of a dead company infantry, razed databanks and destroyed computers.
A trace of investigations led over a subtle path of destruction and death. Dead criminals, slaughtered along their bands of misfits, hanged warlords along with their mercenaries, corrupt politicians nailed to the doors of the local governments. It was the track of a group of radical vigilantes which was going far beyond what military police or local judical forces could handle. So they had contacted the Jedi and the investigation, now more than a year old, was drawing its close.
Jedi Knight Soren Dar had tracked the deserters to the nightly world of Stobar where they had their base of operations in a dark valley far from the populated areas of the scarcely populated planet. The base was heavily fortified and well guarded, as expected from special forces who prepare to be hunted and the single Jedi had send out a call for assistance to finish this investigation once and for all, bringing the vigilantes to justice.
Dar was waiting next to his ship, at one of the few social hubs of Stobar, his white attire as usual standing out from the locals. He had his hood pulled back and was waiting, actually meditating while leaning against the hull of the Herald of Mithras. SU-R0C was inside the ship, preparing some equipment for the coming mission.
Valery Noble
