Jedi Special Investigation Unit

[Gamov]

Nisha rolled the tension out of her neck from where Savard had pinched on her pressure points. She wanted to reach out and crush his neck with her bare hands, but the ever present tingle of electricity radiating through her wrists and forearms from the energy binds reminded her of the price of retaliation. For now she checked her emotions and bit back her anger.

When the conversation between Savard and Kamille shifted to Vincent though, her interest was piqued somewhat. Not because of who he, or even it, was, but because of the reaction it had elicited in Savard.

Even without the full faculties of her Force powers at her disposal, it didn't take a genius to read the Kiffar's body language or detect the undertone of apprehension in his words. Obviously the two had some kind of history together. None of which, Nisha surmised, had been pleasant.

"Awwe, what's the matter? Vincent didn't play nice?" Nisha asked, mocking Savard. "Afraid he might actually be able to do more than just give you a little paper cut if he gets out?"

A sly grin crawled to Nisha's lips and the faintest hint of a derisive chuckle bled out from behind her expression.

[MikDaTv]

"John, ships landed. Savards brought more house guests." Jor said into his com after looking at logs from the orbital defenses. "please make sure he didn't hand the keys to the temple off to some bad guy." He finished.

"Will do, i'm on my way to the airfield now to do my check on Vincent, i'll see whats up and let you know once i get there." John replied over the com.

Jor hung up and turned back to the console in his personal quarters. He requested permission and information from the Temple on Coruscant regarding the Wall of Light. The Wall of Light hadn't been performed in ages and the last time it was performed it was long before Jor had been a Master. The information he received detailed a Force power unlike any he had wielded before but he was confident that he could do it. He'd need to instruct John and Drake in it's use as well, possibly Kamille since he was ready to become a Knight.

He downloaded the information onto his datapad and got up. There were some preparations to be made.

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John got off the tram to Odan Thos Airfield and headed towards the holding cell where they kept Vincent. He had been there for a while, making no moves, just occasionally talking to himself in that weird way he does. John stopped by and looked in. Vincent seemed to be talking to someone who wasn't there so everything seemed normal on that front. John picked up a Neural Disruptor from the holding cell supplies, then he left the holding cages and went back towards the Tram.

after a quick trip back to the Temple he walked outside to go see the Botany Bay and make sure everything on there was good. Genie greeted him on the ramp and gave him the rundown on what was up with the ship. Her, Bubbles and Senior had worked over the engines, inspecting every inch of the ships primary drive, making sure the whole systems was running perfectly. She gave it her own personal guarantee that the ship was practically factory fresh.

John gave a quick inspection then headed back to the temple, taking Genie with him. He didn't know much about the Wall of Light but he knew several Jedi were needed in order to make it work. Genie might not be advanced enough to participate but she should at least witness it.

On their way back, they ran into Kamille and Savard just outside the Temple where Kamile looked like he had just finished meditating and Savard looked to have some people in restraints. Without saying a word, John pulled out Neural disruptor he grabbed from the holding cages and slipped it around Nisha's neck, locking it in place and activating the device. So placed, the neural disruptor should make forming complete thoughts more difficult. Not a perfect strategy for dealing with Force users as they have been resisted before by strong willed Jedi, but the device wouldn't make it any easier.

"There we go, much safer to have a muzzle on a rabid dog when its outside of a cage. Hello Savard. Any more of these things I should know about? With both the Commander of the Templars and the Jedi Battlemaster here we can handle just about anything but defense of the Temple of Ilum is my charge, you should have notified the Temple that you were going to land with…" john looked Nisha up and down. "...shall we say 'dangerous cargo.' we would have had a security detail ready to escort them."

John heard a beep from his datapad and saw that he got some mail from Jor. looked like info on the Wall of Light. "Seems you have good timing though. They might share the same fate as Vince if they play their cards right."

[Roku]

After Nisha smiled, Savard smiled back. "We caught him, didn't we? I think you should be more worried about yourself."

-click-

"Hahaha... the devious little sith can't even think properly anymore. I can see why Aura's been so attracted to you. Pushing buttons, batting eyelashes... but no more... you'll be drooling soon enough."

"And she's just the bait... the slippery little bastard who messed up my padawan is sure to follow. And when he gets here, I'm gonna do a lot more than try to turn him... I'm gonna turn him inside out..." Savard assured him.

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Sable signed in, and now the computer in the med lab thought it was she controlling everything. No sooner than Sable turned around back for the first time did Tess hit her over the head with a heavy wrench. "First rule honey... never turn your back to someone you don't know..." Tess told her, in a devious tone. As it turned out, Tess also had an uncanny ability to imitate voices.

"I'm looking for some powerful pain killers to help me sleep..." She told the VI, her voice sounding like Sable's.

"Numbing agents can be found in the bottom cabinet."

"Anything that I can take in the form of a syringe?" She asked.

"Yes, you'll find them above the numbing agents in the overhead cabinet."

Tess smirked, loaded up a couple needles, stored them in her jacket, and took Sable's lightsaber off her belt and clipped it to her own. "Sweet dreams darling..." She told her, as she injected the human with some of the pain killers.

[Jace]

On board a Republic transport Asha Kale sat in a rather unusual manner, sitting crouched on the chairs she was lost in thought and murmuring a bunch of thoughts and numbers that seemed like gibberish. hmmmm odds of him... forty percent, no feels more like thirty eight. The transport jerked around as it began it's decent on Ilum, Asha just remained her balance mostly due to her training in the force. When the transport finally docked and the loading ramp lowered two armed guards were waiting for her. Obviously they were there to escort her to her master Jedi Sable Winston but Asha felt a little uneasy having to give out personal information to someone she never met before then again this Sable didn't need to know her real name.

That will be quite alright gentlemen i require no such escort. The two guards looked and each other confused then back at Asha.

Well if you insist, but I doubt that you could find your way to the masters on your own.
Asha sighs and beckons them to lead the way. One of the guards radios John informing him a rather important guest is here to see Miss Winston.

[Gamov]

Nisha suddenly found that her situation had transitioned from bad, to worse. As John slipped the neural inhibitor around her neck, she felt her mind slip. Her thoughts went blank and a numbing sensation cascaded over her. Attempts to form a coherent verbal response to the humiliation proved fruitless as it was all she could to to keep her mind present enough to avoid becoming a jabbering idiot.

Sparing herself the indignity of trying to speak, Nisha slumped her shoulders and hung her head in an attempt to hide her shame.

For a brief moment, Decon felt a modicum of remorse for Nisha. He had never agreed with the use of neural inhibitors. To see a person's mind scrambled to the point where they couldn't even begin to think straight... he couldn't imagine a worse torture than being trapped inside your own head.

Still, she was a Sith. And at the very least he hoped that her time at the temple could change her enough to make her redeemable. A far flung conclusion considering the individual in question. But to Decon, no soul was completely lost.

"Well, the sooner we get her into lockup, the better." Decon commented.

"And the sooner I can get off this snowball." He thought internally, pushing back a brief shiver that raced through his body. He had never much liked the cold.

[MikDaTv]

"Yeah, real classy. Is she the only one you brought down or is there more? I know Sith like to travel in pairs or more." John replied. He wasn't interested in using this woman as bait for anything or anyone. To him, she was just another dangerous Sith who threatened the security of the Temple he was charged with defending. That being said, Savard might be a little mad when Sable tells him she invited her bro to the temple to attend her Accolade. If he showed up under a banner of peace to act as a guest, John would be forced to provide him with the protection of the Temple.

His datapad beeped again and he glanced at it. Message from Ilum ATC informing him that another ship had landed near by and it's occupant was disembarking. John sighed. "No rest for the wicket I guess. Genie, would you stay here with Kamille and Savard, make sure this one stays secure. Not sure where we're going to keep her. I don't want to put her in the holding cages at the airfield with Vince, that could be dangerous. just find one of the empty birthing rooms and hold her up in there, at least two guards inside and two on the door at all times. That neural inhibiter doesn't come off unless there is a Jedi Master present, understood?"

some might say it was overkill, but John preferred to treat captive Sith like they were worth their weight in highly radioactive plutonium. He didn't want to mistreat them, but he certainly didn't want to be lax.

Genie nodded once to him. "Can do Master." She replied.

[Roku]

"It's not about class, it's about what's effective. I certainly don't need a lecture from you." Savard retorted. "I don't like Nisha, even a little bit...she's just a tool so that I can capture my true target. A young man who's personally disrupted the safety and security of this temple. However, I wasn't going to play with her brain... That was your idea." He argued. A darkness that Savard thought he had contained years ago, was now clouding his judgment. Making him irritable and impatient, and willing to sacrifice certain things in order to succeed with his ambitions. Once Aura was finally caught he could be at peace.

"In any case, there's not much she can do now. We have too much man power here for her to really attempt anything drastic. And your little collar should keep her at bay. Tess, the Togruta Jedi we found, is with Padawan Wingston in the med bay now. She's the only loose end now in the decisions regarding Nisha's trial. How do you wish to proceed?"

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Tess had found a rather large Jedi robe, and wore it with the hood up to blend in. She was walking freely around the temple, and given that she was a legitimate jedi on paper there wasn't really anything one could suspect other than that she was an outsider. She was scoping out a couple of places, janitor closets, tech labs, training areas. She was Nisha's only life line here and she knew it. And Nisha had saved her life. She knew there was good in the woman. Even if Nisha herself didn't know it.

[Jace]

Sitting in her usual manner crouched leaning against the transport that brought her here she began to run a few calculations of who the mysterious trio of sith that she dubbed "Terror Squad" that assault Basst Castle on Vijun Unnecessary but it may cause them to be bold and strike again, Asha brought her thumb up to her upper lip and extended it fully as she talked to herself quietly. Hmmmm Terror squad assaulting Basst castle, for what reason there were no records of anything of note there. While her deductive reason skills were unparalleled there was only so much she can solve with such little information, there was one detail that did stick out though was that was the name of one of the members of Terror Squad "Aura". Regardless she would have needed a terminal to lure him out.

[Damocles]

Kamille looked at John when he told Genie to stay there with him and Savard. "Sounds good to me" Kamille said he really didn't have much to do at the moment and unless Drake told him they were going on a mission then he had no other plans at the moment. Kamille sat back down and closed his eyes again "So, Savard where'd you pick this chick up anyway?" Kamille asked about their prisoner "And who has threatened the temple that we don't know about" He finished asking as it seem Savard was on a mission that he haven't heard of, especially with the whole Cult thing going on right now, there wasn't much else room for him to have been keeping up with the other Jedi.

Drake looked at his datapad something about the wall of light from Jor. He sighed and stood up putting the pad away and walking out of his room. He made his way back outside looking at what was going on "What the hell is this?" Drake asked looking at Kamille, Genie, Savard and the new person. "Sith" Kamille replied to Drake still levitating his saber, Drake reached out and grabbed the saber and looked at it "You put it back together wrong Kamille" Drake told him.

Kamille opened his eyes to look at the saber "I prefer the switch near the bottom for my reverse blade grip Master" Kamille told him as Drake let the saber go so Kamille could continue his meditation. "Well after we do this wall of light thing Kamille we're gonna head back out to find this cult" Drake said Kamille nodded.

[MikDaTv]

John plucked his comlink from his belt. "Jor, we have one Sith at the entrance secured. I'm going to have her moved into an empty berthing rooms and placed under 24 hour guard. Savard brought a second passenger as well, a Jedi named Tess. she's in med bay with Sable. I'm going to the airfield to meet another guest."

"Understood" came the reply. "I'll stop by med bay on my way to the Airfield to say hi. My temple has two more bad guys in it than i'm comfortable with."

"as soon as things have settled, i'll have transport secured for Savard's Sith to travel to Coruscant. The Jedi Temple there can coordinate with the local cops to secure her for trial." John said.

"Sounds good. See you in a few. Jor out."

John put his comlink back on his belt. "Well ok. Lets get sunshine here to her new digs. Once we do what we do with Vince, i'll call Coruscant and have the Jedi there be ready to receive her for trial. Savard, you might want to have a chat with Sable. She's getting ready to go through her Accolade. We're just waiting on an RSVP from the guest she invited."

John bowed to those present in a very formal matter. "I'll see you all in a bit, i have another guest to greet." He said and took his leave.

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John went to the trams that took him to Odan Thos Airfield and walked briskly to the landing pads where a lone republic transport was sitting. Outside were two airfield security personnel and a woman John had never met before.

He bowed to her. "Greetings Miss, welcome to Corbenic. I am Sir John Paul Jones, Templar and Jedi Knight and charged with the security of this Jedi facility. I don't believe we've met before."

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Jor left his office and headed down the corridor towards med bay. He read while he walked. he must have read the information on the Wall of Light a hundred times but he read it over again simply because it was what he was focused on. there were excerpts from Nomi Sunrider and Odan-Urr. Even a little bit from Jedi Master Thon.

He put his datapad away as he walked through the doors of med bay. When he looked up from his pocket he saw Sable on the ground. Jor rushed to her side and placed a hand over her forehead and closed his eyes. she was still alive, but weak. her mind felt slow and sluggish, even in sleep. "Drugged." Jor whispered. a quick glance around showed him what he was looking for. an empty syringe laying next to her body. Jor jumped up and ran to the panel next to the door. He pressed the button for the Temple's intercom. "Medical team to Med Bay! Medical team to the Med Bay." He alerted over the intercom.

With help hopefully on the way, Jor returned to Sable's side and reached out to her with the Force. He was no healer and had only a basic understanding of first aid but he was confident he knew enough to keep her stable. She didn't seem to be in much danger of death, but he didn't know what she was injected with.

He pulled out his comlink and keyed it to the Botany Bay. "Rita, access Corbenic's security systems. I want to know who has been in and out of the med bay for the past hour." he ordered. He requested the information but he had a gut feeling he already knew it was the Jedi Savard had brought with him.

"understood Master Halcyon" Rita replied. in what felt like hours to Jor but were only seconds in real time Rita came back with a report. "activity in the med bay has been slow. over the past hour. Padawan Sable and Padawan Tess were there and Padawan Tess administered some anesthetic to Padawan Sable. The Medical Droid in med bay confirms it, Tess requested access to "pain killers."

"Who the hell is Tess?" Jor asked himself in frustration. "Rita, stay connected to the security systems and use the cameras to isolate Tess's location for me. Then issue an alert to the airfield to lock themselves down. No ships are to land or take off. No one is leaving this planet."

[Roku]

Tess was nearby still when Jor ordered his AI to do his work for him. She smirked, and shook her head. "Now would be a good time for that distraction..." She muttered, into her communicator. "I want that AI busy with landing ships..."

High above Corbenic was a young man familiar with the planet, for he'd lived here for some time. He was also known for using space crafts to make a mess. "Sable, is there anyone inside the Botany Bay?" He asked his AI.

"No, Commander Wingston. No Lifeforms detected." The ship replied.

"Good... pilot yourself into it... this platform will not survive, but you will still exist in the cruiser."

"Sir, my estimations tell me you will not survive the impact."

"That's why you're going to eject me... even if there are people in there, I know Jor's so paranoid his systems are automated. You can't possibly hurt anyone... but while everyone's watching the explosion, I'm going into cloak mode with my parachute and going after my sister. These fools are going to feel really silly when not only do we rescue Nisha, we take a hostage..."

The ship began it's approach quickly. Kinetic barriers were up to stop serious fire power from penetrating until Aura was ready to eject.

"Are you ready, Sigma?" he asked the robot.

--

"I bet I can guess who the guest is... hey, what's that?" Savard asked, as he pointed up at Aura's approaching vessel.

[Damocles]

Vince sat in his cell he started laughing again "Jedi..." he sang "Oh JEDI!" He sang louder "Something is wrong...something is wrong" He continued on an off tune: He laid back and started laughing. "Ashes ashes we all fall down!" he said laughing. Outside one of the guards looked back "Should we call in one of the masters or knights, this guy is really starting to freak me the hell out" the other guard looked at him "They told us to ignore him unless you know he tries to kill one of us"

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Kamille opened his eyes from his meditation "Something's wrong Master" he said to Drake who was taking a drink from his canteen "Is that right?" Drake questioned he pulled out his communicator "Jor, everything good on your end? Apparently Kamille felt a...disturbance in the force" he said, Kamille stood up "We should probably head inside to check it out just in case" he said Drake laughed his padawan was definitely the responsible one of the two of them.

"Right right" Drake said as he walked in the temple following Kamille.

[Jace]

When John finally arrived to greet her the young Togruta stood up standing hunched over slightly with both hands in her pockets. A bit disappointed Asha expected John to be a bit smarter in situations like these, she brought one hand out of her pocket and formed it into a gun. BANG she left the her hand there for a few seconds then lowered it hmmm if you are who you say you are then I assume you have many enemies, please try not to give your name out so carelessly next time. Asha spoke in a lower tone of voice and keeping the expressions on her face to a minimal she brought her hand back into her pocket then resumed speaking.

I am Matusda the council on Coruscant sent me to be Miss Sable Winston's Padawan. Giving John an alias she walks slightly ahead of him then suddenly stops sensing danger about to encroach upon them I sense something, bring your air defenses online. Asha continued to walk towards the facility it would appear that the "Terror Squad" had shown themselves again but she was only 28% curtain it was them, Asha required a terminal to be curtain.

[MikDaTv]

John raised an eyebrow at the Temples latest guest. Oh great, she's crazy he thought to himself. "I'm sure I have plenty of enemies Miss, but fortunately I'm also sure all of them know what I look like. Comes with the job" and being known as royalty in some sectors of the galaxy. he again thought to himself. "It also helps that if you were a possible threat the orbital defenses would never have let you land."

John felt it before the air raid sirens blared out their warning. John knew what they meant. An unregistered ship was inbound without permission from Odan Thos Airfield ATC. When the woman who had introduced herself as Matusda told him to bring the air defense online he looked over at her and shook his head. "Bring them online? Are you kidding lady? They're never offline, otherwise what good would they be."

John gestured to the two guards who rushed inside to man their posts. "Come on Padawan Matusda. Lets get inside."

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Indeed the air defenses were online and already tracking the interloper. As the ship came down, somehow bypassing all the orbital defenses, the guns around the airfield turned and tracked the ship. The turreted ion cannons got their firing solution within seconds and opened fire. The slow rate of fire was offset by the fact that there were a dozen of them firing on the same target all at once in a shotgun spread pattern to make evasive maneuvers difficult.

The blue electric bolts streaked out across the space between the airfield and the ship, difficult to see with the naked eye since they blended in with the blue sky behind them. The first ion blast or two would shred the ships shields while subsequent blasts would short out the ships systems and cut it's engines. The only physical damage to the ship would be to it's electrical and computer systems.

meanwhile in orbit, a flight of Omega 13 Stingrays launched from Murmansk orbital shipyard and took up Combat Air Patrol in orbit while the CAP already patrolling the planet breaks atmo and heads down to the surface to enforce Jor's no fly zone.

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"Jor, John. the airfields AA guns are engaging a bogey. Me and the new girl are inside and headed for the trams." Came a call over Jor's comlink.

Jor grabbed it and responded. "Understood, we have one free radical in the temple, Rita is tracking her down. Make sure neither Sith escapes." Jor quickly switched frequencies and called the Botany Bay again. "Rita, once you find this Tess keep tabs on her and dispatch the Gray's to apprehend her. i have some questions for her."

"understood Master Halcyon. Running facial recognition on the security cameras now. I've also taken the liberty to alert Mr. Johnson to warm up the Botany Bay just in case."

"Good thinking. Tell Goose to stand by but keep her on the ground." Jor said and hung up. put his comlink back on his belt and then in the same motion withdrew his lightsaber and held it in his left hand, ready to go. "Ok Sable, sit tight and wait for the medical team." He half whispered to her and half projected into her unconscious mind. He extended out his sphere of responsibility until he could feel the whole floor with the Force. He closed his eyes and reached out his senses to the door where he projected a mental image of himself standing at the door to fool any onlookers.

[Roku]

Aura was in a full suit with a helmet. Being a former resident of Ilum, he knew how bloody cold it was outside. As they made their approach, the first shots nerfed his barriers 80 percent. There were some mild vibrations, as he got ready to be ejected. He set up his visual cloak first, then his thermal cloak so that his heat couldn't be detected. The boy was invisible for all intents and purposes.

"Eject..." He ordered.

He was thrown out of the ship without a trace, and left to freefall the next mile and a half or so. Activating his parachute, he could sort of steer his landing. The droid was in the pilot seat, and the eject door would close before he landed. The last element of his invisibility would be put in place when he used the force to disconnect himself as a powerful person. He was as visible now as a lamb or a bird to a person with the force.

The ship was blasted with horrible force on the next hit, and the systems were overloading and shuttung down. It was still on course with Jor's prized ship though. Protecting it should be distraction enough for any smart people.

Aura got near the entrance and cut his parachute strings, and got ready to move into the base. His suit would also cloak him to metal detectors and such, just in case that was a factor. In here his lightsaber would be his only weapon, because using the force would make it obvious where he was. But he knew the base like the back of his hand, and followed his force scent of Tess.

Tess was fooled by Jor's trick, and she tossed a needle at his chest. When it went right through him, she called it back to her and reclipped it. She grumbled and looked around, knowing she was going to be caught.