<It's The Undertaker, ForceFightWMe12.>

They exit hyperspace near Tysyacha & Alyssa. "Please don't shoot us." Zaalbacca said on the comunications system.

"Thank you, its nice to get some appreciation sometimes, you know?" he said. With that, he turned off the turret and rode the lift back down.
As he entered the cockpit, he said, "What does someone need to do to get some food in this place?"

<I would like to know the name of the f***ing ship your on jokemaster.>

((Ship is the Fable))
Reynolds grinned.
"Come on down." He led Elron down to a small kitchen, where the rest of the crew was waiting. It was a tradition, after a narrow escape. Burne held out a bottle of ale.

The captain popped it open and everyone filled their glass. They raised it up and Burne spoke up.

"To the new guy, who through his ineptness still managed to hit their generator!"

As everyone laughed, Elron couldn't help but smile. "Aha, aha, very funny, now shut up and drink!"

"Smartest thing's that ever come out of your mouth." Said the captain, and they all drank.

Aboard Alyssa's ship, Tysyacha suddenly tugged on her captain's sleeve.

"Hey! Look! There's another ship that's come into hyperspace near us!"

Alyssa could feel the tension in Syscha's body, and her question: Friend or foe?

The crew drank and laugh. The captain told stories from his days in the Imperial Navy, about an officer who got the medals and rank marks stripped off his uniform right before the Grand Admiral visited. The crew laughed.

"And nobody warned him?" Asked Kayla

"Nobody could, we tried to, but he was so proud of it that he wouldn't listen to us."

"What happend?"

"Well, the admiral saw him, said he was proud that he knew how to consort among the crew and he got a promotion."

Kayla stood up. "I'd better go back to work. I'm almost done."

"Great, I'll contact Alyssa." Said the captain.

((Tysyacha, have you read any of the information available on the Sith Hunters? (looks back at what I just wrote) heh... that makes it sound like they're actually involved in SW canon... but in reality, they're creations of mine... I'll PM you later about them.))


Alyssa tensed and reached for the comm. "Identify yourself," she said.

Later on, when everyone had gotten back to doing what they were supposed to, Elron wandered into the engine room where Kayla was working on replacing the part.
Leaning against the door frame, he asked with a smile, "Mind if drop in?"

"We are Zaalbacca and Roarboar of the Republic and this is our ship, the The Undertaker." Zaalbacca said on the comm. "We just got away from a ship called the Fable. It blew up our shield generator." Roarboar says. "Can you help us?" Zaalbacca asks.

Kayla stood up, looking surprised, then embarassed at her reaction.
"No, not at all come in."
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The captain sat in his chair in the cockpit and contacted Alyssa, he had saved he ship's code from their previous exchange.

"Hey, jedi girl, you there?"

"Zaalbacca and Roarboar," Alyssa said. "This is Jedi Knight Alyssa Renolin. My ship is too small for a name and cannot hold any repair parts. Your best bet is to hope you can make it to Yavin IV and land safely. If not, may the Force be with you."

Then the comm station beeped again. "Undertaker, I'm getting another transmission. Please hold."

She flipped a switch and heard, "Hey, Jedi girl, you there?" She grinned.

"Reading you loud and clear, Fable," she answered. "You'll never guess who I just talked to."

"Would it be two trigger-happy furball jedi-wannabes with a broken shield generator?"

"Hey, we heard that." Roarboar said on the comm.

"Oh give them a little credit," Alyssa said, trying hard not to giggle. "They're a bit past the wannabe stage of Jedi training."

"Oh, and Wookies?" she went on. "As I said, your best bet is to get to Yavin IV without breaking apart. Good luck." She cut that connection and went back to the connection to the Fable.

"And yes, they're the ones I was referring to," she said. "Anyway... I believe you called. What can I do for you?"

"Well, seeing as I didn't exaggerate or lie, I don't give a womp rat's droppings"
To Alyssa he said.
"Well, we'd like, for one, some protection against the jedi. We picked up a passenger, you see.....and they might have some problems with each other."

"Koakian Lizard Monkey." Zaalbacca says to the Fable on the comm. They drift towards Yavin 4.

"Oh?" Alyssa said, raising an eyebrow. "By passenger, I'm assuming you don't mean Mr. Vales, whom you did introduce as a passenger... you've added another? What's this one like?"

"The bast**** they put on their ship is named Elron, named after the Dark Lord Elron." Roarboar says to the ship near them.

"Bad-tempered, cocky, mild tendencies toward evil. "

"Ah, just the type of person the BC hates," Alyssa chuckled. "But they can be made to submit. Let me talk to the OC before you let him off the ship."

((And I am left wondering how the hell I ended up with the BC and the OC as seperate parts of the Jedi Council :p ))

At this revelation, Tysyacha cried, "Gaah! Is there any chance he could
be one of the Nihilites? Or is he just one of the regular Sith?" She blushed.
"By 'regular', I meant 'traditional', Captain!" She didn't want to insult a ward
of the Dark Side if he happened to be listening through the comlink right then.

"Erm......he's not Nihlite, he seems to be a hermit, a big drinker, and he's lucky in a turret."

"Attribute the luck to the Force," Alyssa shrugged. "As for hermit and big drinker... well, those aren't a surprising pair to find together." She chuckled.

"Yeah, now let me ask, what the hell is the BC?"

"Bureaucratic Council," Alyssa explained. "Sorry... I don't suppose I can expect everybody to keep up with inside jokes and titles. You've heard of the OC, though? The Original Council?"


((The answer is most likely yes... Luke, Kyle, Caitlin, Erica, and Nadira have been known as the OC for quite some time and it wouldn't be too far out to think that a lot of the galaxy has heard the phrase.))

"Yeah, nice to know someone's on our side." He sighed. "Can you at least guarantee we won't get shot at when we get there?"

The two wookies land on Yavin 4. "Looks like a lot of damage there." the mechanic said. Later, it was upgraded, given new parts, and repaired."There you go. Good as new." the mechanic said. "thanks. How much?" Roarboar asked. "2000k." the mechanic said. "You will put it on the house." Zaalbacca said using Jedi Mind Trick."I will put it on the house," the mechanic responded. They launch back into space.

"The Jedi would recognize the Fable, wouldn't they?" Alyssa asked. "No, I don't think they'd shoot at it. Let me rephrase that... I know they wouldn't shoot. They don't unless they know for sure the ship approaching is an enemy ship. You'll be fine."

"Luke would, I don't know about the others. See, usually I wouldn't ask, but after those two...."

"They probably follow the BC," Alyssa told him. "Anything that has a slight trace of Darkness is taboo... for that matter, the BC really doesn't like me much either. But the OC keeps them pretty well in line and when they can't my former master and her friends frighten the arrogance right out of them."

((JM, if we can get Flamehart in here, maybe we can demonstrate that fact in the not too near future of the thread :p ))

((Hm....I'll PM him. ))
"So, your former master and her friends frighten the jedi, but aren't part of the OC, interesting."

"Ever heard anything of the Legend of the Sith Hunters?" Alyssa asked. "Long story, but rather interesting. My master was their leader... still is if you want to count the three of them still living."

"I'd heard rumors they were back, 'cept of course it was supposed to be all ten of them."

"Only three of them really survived," Alyssa told him. "And they tend to hang out together now... like they did in the ancient days."

"So how'd you get the honor of being Riebe's apprentice?"

"I reminded her of herself," Alyssa answered. "And it wasn't right away that it happened either... I went back to the Academy, back to being my old, rather disrespectful, and runaway self. Then, I ran into her again and she realized that the group teaching of the New Jedi Order just wasn't working for me."

Elron smiled and walked in. He went over to where she was working, leaning against the machine and looking into the opening in a panel.
"Um...Okay, I know I'm going to sound like a total green-horn here, but what exactly are you doing? It looks like you're having trouble."


(Hahaha, very funny people, very funny. Everyone's a critic...jkjk:D))

Kayla smiled and began speaking rapidly.

"I'm trying to install the compression coil for the hyperdrive, but this model is too outdated, it doesn't fit in the slot the other one left, so now I have to reroute it through the suspension which means that I also have to make the transmission get extra power, so these cables" she pointed "Now have to be reconnected in a different order."

((Poor Elron probably didn't understand a word of that... especially with Kayla talking fast :p ))

"We're almost to Yavin IV," Alyssa told Tysyacha. Then, to Reynolds, she said, "We'll see you on the ground."

((You guys post before I can even finish typing mine! Jeeze! lol))

Elron scratched his head. "Umm...okay, I'm going to pretend for a second that I understood that..." he caught her smile out of the corner of his eye and fought the smile that was creaping onto his own lips. "Anything I can do to help? You know, without the chance of me blowing us all to bits."

((What can I say... I type fast... and check the RPs often :p ))

((I do, like every two seconds, but I go to type one response to one RPG, click 'preview post' and there's another post there. Maybe I"m just a little slow :D ))

((I play a lot of FPSs, keep my keyboard fingers fast.))
Kayla smiled embarassed. "Sorry, I've been around engines all my life. Captain says I probably know more about ships than their designers. Here, stand by that switch. " She pointed. "And when I tell you to, flip it."

"I see..." Elron said, watching as she reached back into the open panel, "Alright...waiting for the go-ahead."

((Heh, so I see.))

((Yeah, play a little unreal tournament on a 64 person server in a tournament, that gets your speed up))
Kayla got back, worked on the engine for a few seconds, and said. "Aaaannd.....NOW!"

Even as the last syllable left her lips, Elron flipped the switch. The engine whirred. "Question...what did we just do?"

((Hey guys, I'll be back a little later, I gotta go do something...))

…On Yavin IV; young Skywalker stood in front of the Jedi council (the OC as wild jedi named them)…he was telling them about Tysyacha and the Nihilites but not about what did he discovered in Kalahan…

"and what would a jedi do in Kalahan?" master Kyle asked

"me don’t know master Katarn, she must be on her way to the academy with Alyssa and we shall know when she arrive…" he answered obviously trying to hide something…

"I am talking about you Ben…" Kyle said

"I…I had a vision about Kalahan, master katarn, thus I went there…but sadly, I've found nothing…" he said keeping his eye contact with Kyle's to hide his lies…

"good Ben…" said Luke to end the discussion, Ben thought that his father might be able to see beyond his lies, it was the first time his mouth utter lies and his heart beating reflect the fear and the nervousness he felt, thus he decided to leave before one of the masters exposed him….

"Wait Ben…" master Luke Skywalker called him

"What master…" he said formally…

"The council had noticed your growing skills…even though you still young…we've decided to give you the rank of a Jedi Master, and thus from now on, you are on this council…take your seat Master Ben Skywalker…" master Katarn said

"And I proudly accept this honor masters"

Ben felt happy like never before, it was his wish to be on the Jedi Council, but this might stop him from finishing his mission…the mission that until now he don’t know its real essence, his enemy in the myth were the Yuuzhan Vong, but now he has already destroyed them, could it be the nihilite this mysterious woman told him about… a lot of question struggled in his mind with no answers therein…then he felt something familiar…a feeling he had felt before...on Kalahan…

"You're a welcome addition, Ben," Caitlin Bryce said warmly. "We've had our eyes on you for quite some time... though the BC will probably throw a fit when they hear of it."

She chuckled and her former apprentices Erica and Nadira joined in the laugh.

((The three other Jedi on the OC are my characters, so try not to control them too much... Korfredonn, you did fine... just giving everybody a warning. Caitlin, Erica, and Nadira are mine... Just so you know, all three of them are older women now... Caitlin was in training just before Episode I. Erica went through training between Ep I and II. Nadira was trained and expelled from the Jedi Order during that time as well... this would put Caitlin around 70-ish, Erica in her late 50s-early 60s and Nadira in her late 40s-early 50s.))