Star Wars : The New Sith Crisis

Jealousy

Darth Slintronius paced angrily across his mighty warships bridge . Somehow that fool Chiss woman had managed to overcome him in this battle for rule of the galaxy .She had also somehow gotten a hold of Wedge Antilles and had killed the esteemed general . Slintronius whirled and stalked back toward the opposite bulkhead, thinking its time to bring out the big guns .

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Ul Duo Urshann sat up and then stood . On his communications panel across the room, a red light was steadily blinking . That specific light had not been activated in over a decade . The tall lizard-like humanoid walked across the room and stopped next to a bed, on which lay his son and apprentice, Ul ran fortul . Ul Duo shook the bed with a simple wave of his natural right arm and said " Rise my son . We have been summoned ." Ul ran sat up and his single lightsaber floated to his hand and he asked in his child-like way ," Will we get to kill Jedi, my father ? " Ul Duo laughed at his son's innocent but yet so evil face, the sound coming out as a series of hisses and clicks and said ," Yes my son, Slintronius would not waste my talents on mere soldiers, but would instead reserve me for Jedi extermination ."

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Rorn slipped the new crystals into his lightsaber and re-attached the outer shell . " Bad droid ." he snarled at R4-Z9, who earlier had destroyed the old crystals by shooting the lightsaber with a ion cannon during training . The crystals had melted and the lightsaber shorted out . Rorn screwed the power pack back onto the weapon and levitated it away before twisting his wrist and activating the lightsaber . He had heard of several incidents where lightsabers exploded after being repaired and he wanted to be careful . He sighed in relief as the twin blue blades flashed out, and called his weapon back to his hand . " Not bad ." a unfamiliar voice called out . Rorn spun , his lightsaber swinging into a defensive position and adrenaline rushing throughout him . " Whoa now, I'm friendly ." Dennez Wangzu said hastily, holding his hands high . Rorn recognized the small man as a trainee who had been promoted to Jedi Knight over a year before Rorn came to Yavin 4 ." I just came to see if you wanted someone to duel with ." Dennez said , pulling a pair of lightsabers from under his long tunic . Sure." Rorn agreed, raising his lightsaber and circling the older man . Wangzu held his weapons like a policeman's billy club and activated them, causing orange blades to ignite and glow against the multiple shadows in the large hangar bay . Rorn leaped forward and caught both blades on his own and kicked upwards, catching Dennez under the chin and launching him into the air . Dennez hit the wall and slid down to the floor where he stood rubbing his chin and gazing ruefully at his lightsabers which had been knocked away . " I don't suppose I can go pick them up now, can I ?" and at Rorn's shook head , said ," Fine ." and leaped toward his weapons, while at the same time drawing them toward himself .Rorn jumped, swinging his lightsaber madly . Dennez swung up into the incoming blow and blocked it, knocking it harmlessly into the deckplates beside him .Rorn snarled in annoyance and struck with his other blade, even as Dennez pushed him back with the Force . " Stop ." a commanding voice sounded across the giant room and they both looked up to see Luke standing in the doorway, a worried look on his face ." Have either of you seen Kyp or Jarlath . I need them to get a message to Leia and communications are down . This message might be intercepted by one of these Sith that seem to be popping up everywhere if we use the Force ." Dennez nodded and turned to Rorn who said ," Saraan has been missing also, it might be that she's with Kyp and Jarlath ." Luke nodded thoughtfully, " I have asked a meeting of all of the advanced trainees and Jedi . I guess this would include you Rorn . Come to the mess hall at sunset tonight ."

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Ul Duo's custom-made fighter slipped out of the hidden hangar bay on the large asteroid . Ul Duo had set up base here twelve years ago while waiting for a summons from Darth Slintronius and when Slintronius had contacted him a few days ago via. holo, Ul Duo had thought for sure he would have a mission, but Slintronius had just wanted them to be ready . Now though the message was clear . GET'CHER BUTT HERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE !!! His ship Death's Claw would get him there faster than most other ships in the galaxy . The ship was just small enough to be considered a fighter, but large enough to be considered a yacht or freighter . The ship had been designed by Ul Duo himself, and he had built it . The weapons were considerably powerful but nowhere near as powerful as the engines . The small ship was as fast as a X-wing and as maneuverable as a TIE fighter . The shield generators had been stolen from a military shipyard over thirty years ago, but were still more powerful than most of today's .

Ul Duo piloted his ship past a derelict freighter hull floating in space . The smuggler ship had gotten too close and had been blasted by the peremiter defense guns . Ul ran shouted down from the gunwell saying ," That space slug has moved an asteroid closer, Father . Shall we get rid of it before we go ? " Ul Duo looked at his weapons readouts and thought that they allready needed to steal some proton torpedoes ." Yes my son, prepare yourself . We shall kill it before it eats our base ." He smiled a fangfilled grin as his son let out a exultative battle roar through the intercom . Death's Claw turned and dove deep into the tunnels of a asteroid . A huge gray slug turned its massive hideous head toward them and flinched as Ul ran opened fire from the gunwell . Red streaks of light flashed out and buried themselves inside the slugs thick hide . " My turn, Ul ran ." Ul Duo shouted, sqeezing a trigger twice and sending a pair of Arakyd concussion missiles straight into the cavernous mouth facing them . The resulting explosions visibly hurt the monsterous creature as black blood or slime oozed out of its mouth . " Your turn my son ." He yelled . he felt the ship shake as Ul ran ejected a siesmic charge directly toward the slugs open mouth . " Come my son. " Ul Duo shouted." We leave this place ." Death's Claw accelerated roughly , shooting out of the asteroid cave just as the seismic charge exploded, sending a wave of energy out on all directions along a flat plane . Cutting the slug, the asteroid and all surrounding objects into pieces, the deadly wave traveled outward . Ul Duo pushed a lever forward and Death's Claw shot into hyperspace , avoiding the energy wave by mere seconds .

Posted by Nate at June 11, 2004 07:04 PM