"You'd rather she became a Murdur or Sith lord? Assassin are the easiest class to get into. Heck, they even expect people who can't even use the force" Steven pointed out.

"But what is she doing with Sith Lords in the first place?" asked Ryan, making a remark.

Tysy chuckled wryly. "Is that a veiled insult to my abilities, or
merely the truth?" She winked at this crew member who had
newly spoken up, name of Steven.

"Anyway, Traya wanted to test me, to give me a final challenge
that would prove whether or not I was worthy to be her apprentice
if the Exile died. So far, she had only heard of my smuggling and thieving exploits. Traya wanted to know if I had it in me to kill. 'No Sith is a
true Sith', she had explained to me, 'unless he has murdered at least
one sentient being in hot or cold blood.'

"I asked Traya why she wanted me to kill the Exile. 'Isn't he the one
you want?' I asked her. 'The one you love as living proof of your theory,
and the one you'd let the galaxy die for?' 'That is so', said Traya, 'but if
he fails this test, this challenge of defeating all who stand in his way
and want to slay him, then he is just as much a failure as the Jedi are.
Do you accept the test of my potential apprentice, Syscha, or not?'

'I accept', I answered sadly, 'but only if this proves I'm worthy of you.'

'Darth Dvukh', she said, and smiled, 'I have no more doubts about you.'

"Kreia should have doubted me. That's why I'm an assassin. I've failed."

She then turned to the Exile. "Why am I the bondservant of Sith Lords?
Through them, I've gained strength. Through the Jedi, I gained only
rejection and disillusionment. Vrook said I was not worthy to be his
Padawan, and I know now he was right. Why should I have settled
for such a menial and weak position, when Traya taught me to use
my passion for the sake of proving the Jedi Code to be flawed?"

"You can now, because Vrook is now no different than me." answered Ryan. "Indeed, all the Jedi Masters survived, but now they will have to live how I lived. And they can now see, how I saw." Ryan finished codly.

"In exile?" Tysyacha asked. "I see. Before you decide what to do with me,
I'd like to give you a short and simple list of my crimes. Seven armed robberies,
all done with a Sith-issue saberstaff with double ruby blades. I stole 2,000
credits per robbery, so that would make my total 14,000. Shall I die now? I've
never killed before, since I failed my Mistress's final test. What is my sentence?"

"No. They are not in exile." began Ryan coldly and there were signs of happiness in his voice "They are echoes in the force. They hunger thorugh the Force. They are like me."

Ryan listened to the rest of Tysy's question and then he replied in sadness:
"I am not a Sith. And there will be no sentence." he paused for a moment and continued "There can't be... it's all over."

"All over? That's a relief, but I--" Tysy remembered Darth Traya's black hood,
the one that perpetually covered her wasted white eyes. And that smile, that
cold, calculating smile, which planned the next move--and the next life--
that the Sith would take. To think! Tysy had been in the inner circle, an
apprentice, of that same Traya, and she wanted to cleanse her past.

"Could I serve time? Serve you, Exile, and thus try to atone for all the
wrongs I have done? I know it's too small a price to have to pay, but
you've known Traya. You personally know the damage her teachings
can do. Not only was I a vorovka, or a robber, but I also helped
Traya with strategy against the Jedi. It was not often that I helped
her in this way, but at certain times, I gave suggestions on how to
bring the Masters out of hiding. Especially Vrook...whom I hated."

"As long as your hot friend stays. I vote for yes." said Atton. Ryan frowned at him.
"If you need any help just come and ask me." said Bao-Dur as he exited and went to the Cargo Hold.

"Now." began Ryan "As I was saying-"
"What's all the comotion here?"
Ryan looked at the sound and saw Mira enter the room.
"We have new members onboard."
"Again?" Mira rolled her eyes "Well, they're not sleeping with me." she answered and left.

"I am sorry for this kind of attitude. No ones perfect." apologised Ryan.

"Never can ask them to be," Crystal said pleasantly.

"Well I wouldn't say it like that." replied Ryan pleasantly as well "They're not bad. Believe me. They are just... frustrated."

"And I would like to relax myself with cards." said Atton approaching Crystal and looking at her seductively. He pulled out some cards and asked:
"How about that you and I have some fun playing Pazzak... Nar Shadaa style."

Ryan put his hand over his eyes and sighed, trying to calm himself down.

"Nar Shadaa you say?" Master is it alright if i play some pazzak, if i win some money, i will be sure to give it too, you, also maybe in exchange, say i do get you some credits, will you get me a few parts that could make me like you humans, i feel like i am sometimes lost in conversations since i do not have any emotional feelings...

Ryan, the Jedi Exile, felt a very slight touch on his knee. It was Tysy,
and she knelt down before him slowly, still wearing her Dark Jedi Knight
Robe. She had transferred her veil to her head, however, as a penitent
would. The Exile sat in the medbay, wondering what she was planning.

"As I pledged myself to Master Vrook as a Padawan; as I pledged myself
to Darth Traya as an assassin and future second-in-command; I pledge myself
to you now as a servant, a Padawan in name, but lower in status. I
wish to learn from you, Exile, as I am just as much of a banished one
as you are. We're both exiles--you from the Jedi Order, and I from the
favor and teachings of Darth Traya. The Force will hold me to this vow,
and I humbly proclaim it. Will you accept me as apprentice, Master?"

Tysy glanced up toward the Exile, and then she slid flat toward the ground.
Even Darth Traya would have been impressed, had she witnessed it. This was
no mere outcast of the Jedi Order, but the most powerful Force user since
Revan himself. Such a man deserved no less than complete obedience.

Crystal looked Atton up and down and then very slowly shook her head. "You're not my type," she retorted, "and I don't gamble."

Steven chuckled as he saw Attons hurt ego, Steven patted on the back and said to HK-47 "HK, Nar Shadaa style pazzaka is were, say someone loses a match they must remove an item of clothing, and your bassically naked as a wookiee"

Atton looked at Crystal and smiled:
"Oh, come on. Live a little."

Ryan looked at Tysy in regret and sadness because the sight was too sad to be seen. He then pulled her up and said:
"You are not my servant Tysyacha. Nor will you be anyones. I will except you for training." then Ryan turned to Atton and said: "As long as Atton and the others don't have anything against it."
"Don't worry about me." replied Atton "As long as her friend stays, she is more than welcome."
Atton then turned to Crystal and said:
"Come on. What have you got to lose?"

Crystal grimaced. "You are about the most vulgar person I've ever met." Seriously annoyed, Crystal turned to leave. "Oh, by the way, Atton? You live enough for all of us..."

With that, she left the room.

When Atton said "Come on. What have you got to lose?"
Steven replied "Her dignity, self-respect and her clothes." He turned to Tysy "As long as she doesnt try to kills us, send our where-abouts to the sith or cheat at pizzak, she's welcome."

Atton snuffed in annoyance and said confidently:
"She digs me."
Atton then turned around and he bumped into Ryan who was pretty mad.
"You are a jerk, you know."
Atton grimaced and said:
"Eh?"
"Atton, what the hell is wrong with you?" critisized Ryan "Do you always behave like this?"
Atton thought a little and said:
"Yes."
"I want you to go and apologise, right away." said Ryan angirly.
"Why?" asked Atton.
"Because if you really like her that much, you would just ask her for a dinner or something else." explained Ryan as calmly as he could.
"What makes you think that?" asked Atton ironicly.
"Maybe if you thought about it a little, you could do it better." answered Ryan and left to follow Crystal. He came to her and said:
"I wish to apologise for Atton's behaviour. I promise thatit will never happen again."

Atton just noticed the comment Steven gave him and said:
"But what is wrong with the clothes part?"

"Unlike you I respect females. They play pizzak like pros and I would hate to see you lose" Steven shruddered "So wheres the next stop?"

"When did I lose at pazzak?" asked angirly Atton.
"Never mind. We are going to-" Atton began but he stopped.
"I don't know. There are no coordinates initiated."

"Well I'll go find out then" Steven jogged to Ryan and Crystal.
"I wish to apologise for Atton's behaviour. I promise thatit will never happen again." He heard Ryan tell Crystal.
"Not promise what you can't make happen. By the way where are we going next?"

Ryan turned to Steven and began:
"We are going to-" Ryan suddenly stopped. He paused for several seconds and his eyes were as blank as white cotton. He didn't know where to go, because everything is lost now. He then finished:
"To Dantooine." he finished trying to hide his desperation "We'll be there in about several hours."

Crystal cringed slightly. "You don't know where to go," she told Ryan quietly. "Were it not written all over your face, I'd still have picked up on it... you throw your thoughts around, feeling safe in it, not realizing that you throw them right at me!"

She shook her head. "I'm not making much sense, am I?"

Ryan looked at Crystal confused:
"What are you talking about?"

"Nope" He replied to crystal. Steven then replied to Ryan by saying "Why? What's at dantooine apart from scavangers and the farms? The place is boring. Kashyyk or Mustafar is a much more interesting place."

Crystal closed her eyes for a moment, thinking. Then, she said, "I'm a telepath... I already told you that. You have Force barriers, but they are ineffective against a telepath. Your mind throws thoughts around that a Force sensitive won't catch, but a telepath will."

She opened her eyes. "That's how I know you're unsure where you should go next."

"And do you know why am I unsure where to go next?" asked Ryan trying to keep himself together "Tell me. You are a telepath. Why am I unsure?"

Hk looked at Crystal like she was crazy twisting his head then he gradually starts to speak..

"What about you? Arent you unsure of what to do next? you obviously have no plans so that would make you like the rest of us except me, my only plan is to server my master until he lets me go or until he dies.........And your telepath gig is really getting old, even as an HK, i know that you are not a telepath, otherwise you would have reacted before Aton acted upon asking you to play some pazzak since all he has been doing is staring at you for the past couple minutes like a picture on a wall.

Ryan noticed what HK said and told him:
"Good point! I never thought of that."

Crystal's eyes narrowed at HK. "In case you hadn't noticed, sentients usually prefer speaking before being answered... it sort of throws them off if you answer before their question was asked. And in the case of Atton, you may have noticed I shuddered slightly before he spoke... I knew what he was thinking. Besides, given what he was thinking of, I think it was much more enjoyable for me to wait for him to answer the question and then slap him down."

"Maybe more amsuing to you humans but still not convincing, if you lie about that what else may you be lieing about?

Crystal seemed confused. "What am I lying about?" She turned to Ryan. "I can read sentients, but the minds of machines and sentients aren't compatible."

Lying about ebing able to read minds, how do we know? If you lie to us about that what else may you lie about in the future, i know this since i am catching no kinds of waves at all, my new machinery has been updated to track and listen to any kind of activity through waves and telepathacy is one of them

Crystal laughed. "I expect your machinery is designed to catch Force-originating telepathy," she said. "Mine is something different... I've been to the Jedi. They can only feel when I prod their minds. They don't understand it, droid, so don't expect that you can."

Master, May i kill this one? I feel she is a threat to me! SHe must be elimated...........emediatley!

Hk took out his 2 heavy blasters

"I know this isnt like me but, (In a deep tone voice) Dont expect that you can dodge this with your so called "ability"

"Oh, switch off!" Crystal snapped at HK. "Put those away. Now or I'll switch you off... from here! Maybe then you'll believe I can do the things I claim."

She turned to Ryan, now obviously annoyed. "Is your droid always so... annoying?"

"I only take drastic measures humans find it amusing to insult my kind, i find it very insulting, if i could i would silence you...But i wont, atleast not today"
Hk put away his enormous guns, and walked to the workshop, he was working on some parts that he could attach to himself, its a gun on his shoulder that would focus in on the target and accuratley eliminate the enemy

"HK, don't bug our guest. It isn't polite." said Ryan kindly to HK and then he turned to Crystal.
"What?" asked Ryan noticing her face expresion "Hey! I this droid isn't mine. I didn't make it, I only repaired it. And I don't know why is he like that."

"Alright, then," Crystal sighed. "Why'd you keep him around if you agree he's so annoying..." Then, she nodded. "I get it... he's only annoying sometimes. At others, he's quite useful, yes?"

"I can hear you master, if you do not want me, then you tell me so otherwise you must maintain me"

Hk went back to working on his gadgets, it was wierd Hk had a whole new side to him since the last time the crew had a talk among them, Hk barely had anything to say but now he is chalk full of words

"You see, I keep HK out of reasons that concern humanity." began Ryan "Why do I keep Atton even if I want to pull his head off? Because he is a person. Same with HK. He is a person and I understand that."

"Correction Master, Almost human, i feel i need to contribute more, thats why im working on all these new gadgets to help me understand you all more"

Tysy stayed silent. She was nowhere near a telepath like Crystal, or even
a unique and dangerous threat to the Jedi, like the Exile had been. However,
this did not mean that the former Darth Dvukh had no sensitivity to the
stronger pulls of the Force. She felt a presence call to her from the cargo
hold, where the store of emergency supplies was kept. Glad that Crystal,
Atton, the Exile, Steven, and HK-47 all seemed to be distracted, Tysy
snuck back toward the storage compartment. She wasn't hungry...

...except for information. Among the packages of freeze-dried meat,
vegetables, and bread, she saw a tiny silver cube. A Holocron?
she thought. No. Sith Holocrons glow red, and this one isn't red.
However, this is some sort of comlink or communication device.
Gingerly, she flicked it on, and the holographic blue image of a tall
woman with white hair quickly crackled into view. The woman spoke:

"Exile," the woman said. "I need your help. Rather, I'm begging you
for it, as I sorely regret my previous arrogance toward you. I admit
that I was far more fit to be Darth Traya than I imagined. The Sith
Holocrons in my Telos prison are corrupting my nature even further.
I will soon be dead, even in my youthful age. Please...hear me out.

"I never truly heard you when I listened to you at your trial.
Your testimony was strong, and it shook me to the very core. I
would have followed you and Darth Revan to war, had I not been
blinded by my fanatical obedience to what I thought were the
tenets of the Jedi Code. I cared more about protecting my own
reputation than serving true justice, and I'm paying the price.

"You must help me, if you know what the galaxy is up against!
Kreia was evil to the core, wishing to destroy the Force, and
thus destroy all of life, unwittingly or not. The True Sith are
those of her kind, and they've sent spies to our planets. The
Republic is not safe, and if the True Sith are not stopped,
it never will be. What is their nature? Here's what I've gleaned...

"They worship Kreia's teachings, yet they are more like Nihilus,
and this time they draw upon those who are not Force-sensitive
as well as those who are. The Holocrons have offered to spare
my life, in order that I might join the True Sith. I've refused,
remembering you, Exile. I know where some spies might be found.

"Set a course for Kashyyk, the home of the Wookiees. Chuundar's
legacy has not been forgotten, and some are still loyal to him. I
want you to find out if there is a plot against Freyyr's descendants
to abandon the ways of their noble great-grandfather. Humans are
allowed to march boldly on Kashyyk, but why? I must go now. It is...
unwise...to try and hide my plans from the Holocrons. They want
you and me. They want her. They want everyone as True
Sith, or as living food to quench their hunger. Traya still lives!"

The hologram of Atris faded. Tysy bolted from the cargo hold,
intending to show her newest discovery straight to the Exile.

((Puh, been a lot to read :D, im a bit tired after reading, you havent landed on a planet yet, right?))

Nymf still didn't knew where to go, he sat in his cockpit and went through places he knew the Exile had been to. Peragus (sp?), Onderon, Nar shadaa, Telos, Korriban and Dantooine, The Ebon Hawk seemed to be out of reach for him. Unfoundable.

On his way to his bunk he was ran into by the new crew menber. When they collided the holocron fell out of Tysy's hands and steven was pushed backwards where he tripped on the holocron. "ahhh! What in Revan's name?" He leaned fowards to grapped the holocron before Tysy could and he activated and watched Atris speach "Where did you get this?"

Ryan watched the holocron along with Steven. After that, Ryan thought a little and then came to a decision:
"We will go and help the Wookies. But only about this problem... After that." he paused for a few moments "We will go somewhere where I don't think most of you will agree on."

Hk turned his head slightly to the left and spoke,
"Where would this be master?"

Ryan turned to HK. He paused for a moment and then only wnet off to the cockpit. He answered in silence.

Steven and Hk exchanged confused looks and Steven pulled himself up and followed Ryan "Hey cap, what part of Kashyyk are we heading?"