*Caruso took out the comm and called Greer*
Caruso: Greer, the noise we heard just before you left was Tarila Vilnov crawling in the vents. Her borther's nearby, keep on the lookout.
Greer: Damn. Try to find out who she's working for, it's probably the goverment, but we need to know. We're going to get some weapons. Don't get killed. *he switched off the comlink and turned to Dasken* The Vilnovs are onto us. They've caputred Tarila, but Nom must be nearby.
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*Caruso stood over Tarila, he looked at her wounds briefly then began speaking. Behind him the others were taking precautions ot armor the room for an attack.*
Caruso: You're going to survive this. Now, the only condition is, we need some information. You can tell us and we'll try to treat your wounds. Maybe you wouldn't mind dying, but I'm sure your brother would.

Tarila was silent for a moment. "What do you need to know?"

Suddenly, a small comlink on Tarila's belt crackled to life.

"You've had enough time, sis," Nom's voice whispered. "What's taking so long?"

Tarila looked at Caruso, as if asking permission to speak to her brother.

Caruso: Talk to him. Don't make him attack.

Rwos: *Rushing after* Deac, wait! You don't know what else is in here...or who else! This is a mistake...

[Ok guys, I won't be able to post for a few days, so....]

*Deac runs in, and Elella gets up and runs in after him. The door seals shut behind them*

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*Lokpihet stands in a small elevator and moves upward, a massive computer core behind him. He exits the elevator and enters a man-sized alcove in the computer core. Several wires attach themselves to his new cybernetic implants*

Lokpihet: That's it Elella...distract him. Distract him whilst I become the god in the machine...

"I've been caught," Tarila told Nom. A guttural noise came from the comlink.

"Don't you dare," Tarila said. "All they want is information." Here, she switched into what sounded like a mix between Basic and Huttese. Nom answered in the same language.

"Gentlemen," Tarila said. "My brother and I are in this for the money. If you can buy us over, we're all yours, information and services."

*Caruso went out of earshot and called Greer once again*
Caruso: Greer, it seems we can pay them off. What can we spend?
Greer: Hold on a moment.
*he turned to Dasken.*
Greer: It looks like we can pay them. What's our spending limit?

((Ahh, I have a life, it keeps dragging me away from the important things!))

Dasken: We have a hundred thousand credits straight off, I can get more if we need it.

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*Hal looks at Ivrine.*

Hal: You! You killed my mother!

*Activates both sabres.*

((Irvine's inside w/ the door which he re-entered got fused shut via Rwos' weapon))

*Greer relayed the spending limit to Caruso. He turned to Tarila*
Caruso: We offer you 50,000 credits.

"Double that and we'll not bother Greer again," Tarila said coolly. "Bring it up to 300,000 credits and we'll not harm the other two we've been asked to capture. Also, for a little more, we'll do whatever you want us to do."

Sometimes she amused herself at how easy it was to talk about large sums of money. She waited for an answer.

Caruso: We'll double it now, pay you more later.

Dasken: Did she say she had other targets?

*O'Conell held the comlink while Caruso negotiated*
O'Conell: Yeah. Want me to ask her who they are?

"We have a deal," Tarila said after relaying the information to Nom. "So, tell me. What do you want to know?"

Caruso: Who are the other targets?

[Well, I'm back...]

*Deac looks around the room. A massive computer core stands before him, with gantries and work stations all around. A man sized alcove is at the very top of the structure. In it stands...*

Deac: Lokpihet.

Lokpihet: Welcome, Starkiller. I see you have your hands back. No matter, as I'm about to become a virtual god. This *he gestures at the core behind him* is the central uplink node for all the comm traffic in the outer rim, and it's linked to all the other central nodes. Every one of the emperor's whims, and so much more went through here.
True power is the control over information, Deac. Now witness my true rebirth!

*Lokpihet enters the chamber. Energy flashes all around him and his eyes close. Deac and Elella watch in horror. The machine goes silent and Lokpihet steps out. His eyes open, and flash in a blinding light*

Deimos: Uplink complete. Deimos program online.

"Money first," Tarila said, gritting her teeth against the pain she was feeling.

*O'Conell looked through the suitcases they had carried there. Finally he found the 100,000 credits. He piled them up, counted them and showed them to Tarila, leaving them on the table next to her hand.*
O'Conell: You got 100,000 there. Now tell us who the others are.

Computer Core

*Rwos breaks through the door, and stops short at the sight in front of him*

Deac: So, what? You're something even more stupid now?

Lokpihet: No...I

Deimos: WE are the new beginning of a new being. And we will destroy all that stands before us. That means YOU

*Deimos leaps down and opens the shoulder guns whilst activating two lightsabers*

*F Irvine meets up with a few Stormtroopers.*

F. Irvine "Take her back to the ship, get her revived or I'll have your heads as hood ordiments for my SSD."

*Hal rushes in after Rwos.*

Hal: Wow Deac, your daughter a looker! *Smacks hand to head.*
I'm sorry, I need to stay focused.

Tarila glanced down, wincing as she did so. Then she looked back at O'Conell.

"Our other targets are Deac Starkiller and Taklin Flax," she said. "Oh, by the way, Nom is coming to get me now. We've made our promises not to harm you, so you don't have to worry. He is just going to pick me up and take me to our ship. We'll contact you later."

On cue, there was a nock at the door. Nom entered and picked up his sister. With a low growl in the direction of Caruso and O'Conell, he carried her out of the room.

"We'll be back when I'm feeling better," Tarila said as Nom carried her out.

"It won't be long," Nom said, a snarl of anger in his voice. The door closed behind them and Nom carried her to the shuttle.

"Nom," Tarila said softly. "You're going to have to learn to be nicer to them. After all, we're working for them now."

"Right," he answered. "But they're the ones who did this to you. Don't expect me to forget that."

"Don't you dare do a thing to them," she growled. He grinned, realizing that his sister knew him all too well. He piloted the shuttle back to their ship in orbit of Coruscant.

*Coruscant*

*An Imperial diplomatic convoy exits hyperspace. The convoy seems rather typical, aside one difference, the pair of ISD's and a Imperial-2 SD.

Showing that whom ever was being transported to Coruscant, was extremely important, but not the emperoir himself.*

Comms "Republic, and Republican Separatist fleets. This is a diplomatic convoy sent by the Emperoir. Opening fire will not only break the treaty between the Empire and the Republic, but an act of war. Awaiting acknowledgement."

*Caruso called Greer with the news*
Caruso: Greer, the other two targets are Deac and Flax. We're going to need the 300,000 credits in order to take the price off their heads.

*Deac and Deimos begin to duel. Elella holds her lightsaber, looking to the two of them ,wondering who to help. Deac is not doing so well. Deimos is holding back with lightsabers alone, and the guns aren't helping Deac's odds*

Deimos: I'm your upgrade! The better version! Thank Tafon Norl for this!

*An eerie voice appears from the computer core*

Norl: You're quite welcome, Lokpihet. Or is it Deimos now? I did like the name, it's why I chose it for your programming.

*Deimos and Deac don't stop fighting, but their heads DO turn*

Deimos: You're just a ghost. A ghost in a machine. And I am the God in the machine.

Norl: We'll see. We'll see....

*Norl vanishes again*

*Rwos looks for an opening in the battle. He can't see a way to help Deac without hindering him in the fight, and Deimos/Lokpihet leaves no openings.

Then their heads turn to watch Norl, and Rwos lunges with his lightsword towards Deimos' side, intending to incapacitate him*

*Dasken Frowns.* I think we should see that tailor now, we're going to have to launder the money.

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*Hal looks at Elella.* You can help your father or you can help kill him. We came halfway across the galaxy to find you, there's a war we should be fighting, you know!

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Coruscant Command: Imperial Convoy, transmit diplamatic authentication codes and state your intentions.

Communications Officer "Transmitting..."

*Transmits proper authenticity*

Comms Officer *speaking almost whilist reading from set of directions* "I do not hold the clearence to withdraw such, But I am order to transfer communications directly to the Commanding officer. Hold please, transfering."

*slight static for a second*

*Deaper voice over comm* "My intentions are sent by the emperoir himself to act as a third party in ending the conflict. I am sure that this is in the best interests for both sides, for the Emperoir didn't deside to take the initiitive and finish the job while a weakness presented itself."

"I call for a meeting with at least three commanders on each side, one consisting of Taklin Flax. I also am in need to deal with some personal business with him as well..."

Elella: Norl! *Elella remembers walking in on her mother and Norl*. That scum...that ********!

*Elella activates her saber and begins hacking at the computer nodes. Deimos, shocked at Elella's destruction of his systems, panics, and does not see Rwos' attack until it is too late. He goes down*

Deimos: Do it! Give in to the dark side! I am not afraid of the void. I will live forever now. I've backed myself up on Obra-Skai! Have fun looking for me in there!

Coruscant Command: I.......uh, see, Sir. Stand By.

*Click. wait two minutes.*

????: This is Tar Redris, Presidant of the Republic. Under no circumstances will we negotiate with the Rebels!

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We can't kill him in cold blood. What are we going to do with the space slug?

?? "Neither would the Emperoir would like to renegotiate new terms for a treaty, if your goverment is overthrown. That by in term using the word 'if' as a possiblilty and not an inevitability."

((That Hal speaking in your second part BD?))

Deac: I'm still a jedi, Lokpihet. I can see you're lying. But, you want to upload yourself.

*Deac looks to an untouched cable. Lokpihet looks to it also*

Deimos: That's...an...air duct, Starkiller. No..point looking there!

*Deac hurls his saber at it, servering it. Deimos screams, shudders, then stops.*

Lokpihet: Nooo! You...

*Deac now has hold of both of his sabers. Norl reappears on screen*

Norl: That's a blow. Guess I'm trapped here now as well. No matter. I'll be back. There is another way out of here besides your skull, Lokpihet.

*Norl vanishes. The computer core ceases to glow*

Deac: LOKPIHET!

*Deac brings both of his sabers down on Lokpihet. Half way through slicing his wayward nephew in two, hi hits a power core and Lokpihet is vapourised. Deac is thrown backward.*

*F. Irvine waits near the Anti-matter core chamber.*

F. Irvine *sensing Lokpihet's presence suddenly dissappear* "Looks like I have command of a nice large fleet now..." *smiles, as he just had a better idea.*

*F. Irvine sets the Anti Matter chamber to self destruct under a silent countdown, giving him just enough time to leave for orbit.

and setting an interesting trap for Deac, but remotely ordering the remaining droids to wield several blast doors shut, exept his way out...*

F. Irvine *into Comm* "I want my shuttle waiting for me at the western enterence in 5 mintues."

*Deac gets up*

Deac: I'm gonna set the self destruct. Rwos, Hal, get to the ship. I'll be a minute. Elella, if you want to have a father, go with them. If not....at least I got to meet you.

*Deac moves toward the console. Elella looks to Rwos and Hal*

((Red: *snickers* I know I'm asking for it, but I can't help myself. http://www.naoneo.com/bbs/images/sense/smilies/grin2.gif))

*F. Irvine walks past a few droids wielding a blast door or two here and there on the way out.

He thinks to himself how nice is it for something to go right for him.*

F. Irvine *turns back on the nice comm* "Commander, once I am back on the ship, it would be nice to get as far away as possible from this nice place."

Comm: "Yes sir, and what of Lord Lokpehit? Would we be expecting his nice return as well?"

F. Irvine "Lokpheit will not be rejoining us for the time being. I'm assuming control of the fleet as of now."

Comm "Yes my lord, we nicely await for your return."

((Scar? Die. :p))

Rwos: Wait, Deac, shouldn't you call a cleaup crew...a team from the NR, or something, in here to investigate before doing anything rash? ...Come to think of it, that's what we should've done in the first place...

*Deac looks up from the console*

Deac: I can't. Some one else already set the self destruct. We've got three minutes to get back to the surface! We'll never make it....unless...

*Deac looks at the uplink chamber. It is still active, humming quietly*

Deac: I might be able to shut it down. Start running. I'll meet you on the surface in FIVE mintues, or I'll be dead.

*F Irvine reaches the western exit, his shuttle awaiting for him, with several stormtroopers keeping watch. F Irvine takes no time but to enter the shuttle. The stormtroopers follow while the ramp closes.

The shuttle breaks for orbit where the fleet awaits.*

Tar Redris: We will not negotiate with Rebels.

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Hal: Okay, lets get out of here, *tosses Deac a salute and runs for the exit.* Good luck.

??? "You won't or not willing to. I know you of all people would want peace with its people, I'm more then confiedent that its in your manadate is anything. Regaurdless on that point, what I said before, if your government gets overthrown or may be near to it, the empiroir might break the treaty and finish the job with little Imperial losses. I know you don't want that, I can't speak for the Emperior. but I can say that my money is on your Rebels..."

((You don't know much about politics do you Scar?))


Asgard

*The tournament had just ended, and Odin sat in his private study reflecting on the events. His favorite revalation was the new fighters, he would have to take one out sometime soon. The gift his daughters had given him also greatly pleased him.

There was a soft knock on his door*

Odin: Come in

*The wooden, door opens and enters Svafa and Vidar*

((Actually i kinda suck at the whole part of 'I want you to do what i want you to do or else'

but i cant put in the 'or else' cus thats extremely not happening (ie Cracken wouldnt let em start a war with the republic breaking the treaty)))

Zey: we weren't really spying, it was more of a reconaissance thing.

Kioet: So, what's my mission?

Rwos: I can use my teleporter...

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Aren: *handing Kioet a datapad* Here you are. Coordinates to Argonia, a recent Trandoshan-dominant settlement. We have connections there. I thought it would be appropriate. Visit the facilities listed here for your training.

*Where we can continue to conveniently observe and monitor you for the time being, she added silently*

Elella: Father...I'm...sorry

Deac: They'll be time for that. Go!

*Elella runs off Deac takes the elevator to the uplink chamber*

They'll never make it out in time. Only three minutes left now. I have to uplink my head to this thing myself. I hope I don't turn out like Lokpihet...

*Deac enters the uplink chamber. Several connector plugs attach to various ports on his body*

Deac: Shut down self-destruct. Restart counter. Ten minutes. Then sever all connections from compuer core.

Computer: Done. 1 file to download.

*Deac shudders*

Phobos: Always have a contingency, Starkiller. Always have a contingency. I said I would live again. Now I'm going to!

Greer: I guess so. Let's hurry.
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*The comlink Adrian gave Tarila and Nom beeped*

Tar Redris: This is Intollerable.

*click, pause, click.*

Corus. Defence Command: Sir, I am instructed to order you to leave Republic Space at once, your continued presence will be considered an act of War.

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*Dasken and Greer walk along a street in a respecable, above ground, precint of the Planet-City.*

*Dasken is working his data pad.* Do you think we'll need any other supplies, besides the cash. The boss said we could have whatever we needed to close the deal. *Slow wink.*

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*On Agamar the winter has passed and greenery has once again come to the land. Flax is walking through the castle gardens with his daughter.*

Mirra: Father, why didn't you go with Lord Stakiller.

Flax: *Chuckle* I'm needed here, much of our leadership has been executed and the Presedant is still in custody.

*On the Command Deck of the Imperial flag ship above Coruscant, Irvine sits in the Captian's chair.*

Irvine *Over the Comm* "Very well, I'd be happy to, in regaurds of the Treaty that my father desided to impose upon you..." *kills the transmission.*

*Irvine sits there for a moment thinking,.. This was a bad idea, going and doing this on my own. I know father wouldn't want this war, wouldn't he? I have to go and try, its my duty as a Jed... No, I'm not, I technically gave that up.. Didn't I? I did have friends and lots of people who looked up to me, but this is my father, I still want to know him, and not about some file. Well, from what it seems that father wouldn't want a conflict to end in a result a possible break in the treaty. What to do....*

Captian "Sir...?"

*Irvine looks up.*

Captian "Oh, sorry sir. But we're instructed to leave."

Irvine *standing up* "Yes, let's leave. But as soon as we leave Coruscant space, and get a fairly good distence from partols, I'll part from the fleet on a shuttle, back to Coruscant."

Captain "But, sir?"

Irvine "Captain, we still have have few of those feighters that we've trackored in that was smuggling crontraband, correct?"

Captian "Well yes, but."

Irvine "Questioning my orders? The republic stated for this Imperal fleet's presence, not my individual one. But who's to say that I'll give away such infomation?"

Captian "No one sir, forgive me sir!"

Irvine *glaring at the Captain.* "Don't let it happen agian. Rendevous with me in a week at the Ulna Shardes sector. You have your orders.."

Communications "Coruscant Defence Security, Imperial convoy is departing. ETA 15 minutes till hyperjump. Awaiting acknowledgement."