Jedi Special Investigation Unit

[Damocles]

Drake smirked at Genie "The Old Man will bounce back, I've seen him put through a hell of a lot worse" he joked with her. He turned to watch Savard get slapped by Sable. Kamille chuckled a bit about it "Seems you pissed her off" he said to Savard before turning back to Drake and Jor. Drake listened to the back and forth between Jor and John about the cult guys. "Sand?" he questioned, that could mean anything from Tattoine to well anywhere else with sand they could have been from a beach of Naboo.

"Well, it also looks like these guys have a pension for using humans if that helps" Kamille said to Jor, he had noticed that there were no other species in their ranks. "And the ones we all fought aside from having training by Vincent seemed to all have military grade training as well" Drake added "The better question is how the fuck are they able to afford all this stuff. They have to have some type of benefactor, other than that it just doesn't make sense" Drake finished saying.

Drake laughed some when Jor asked about his bad idea "Using your telepathy to keep tabs on me again?" he asked his friend "And no its not really a bad idea" Drake said "I'm really gonna have to disagree with that one" Kamille cut in finally standing up straight off the wall. "He's going to try to use some forbidden 'technique' that Muten Roshi and Master Nathan both told him to never use in order to fight that big guy who kicked the shit out of us before" Kamille said "Frankly it sounds dangerous and I think we should tell his wife" he continued to say.

Looking at his padawan Drake sighed "I keep telling you its not THAT dangerous, just well it could make me blow up, but then again that's almost like an everyday thing for me" Kamille sighed "See, this is what I have to deal with" he told Jor pointing at Drake.

[Roku]

"Well, if you get your asses kicked again, I'll be here to put you back together." Mirka told Drake. "As you can see, we have a good track record for putting idiots back together." She said, gesturing to the direction Savard had taken off in. It was unclear whether Mirka had called Drake an idiot, or if she was still undecided on the matter.

"Now that we're all well and healthy, I'm going to find a dorm room and unpack my things. I haven't slept in about thirty six hours..." She told them, before making yet another cup of coffee, and heading off with it.

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Tess nodded to Genie when she was directed to go to Jor's office. After asking his apprentice for direction, Tess headed to the Master Templar's office and waited there quietly. She was looking down at her wrists, at some of the old scars from the burning restraining devices they'd used on her. She was so helpless and under trained back then. Even now it was difficult to fight.

Aura had looked up at this exchange, but like his grandmother he was feeling sleepy. He just rested his head on the table and passed out. Sable was also asleep in her dorm after a few quick modifications to Sigma.

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Savard on the other hand had plenty of sleep, but wished he still was asleep. He felt Jor stirring and he knew he was in for it. He walked past his dorm and saw that someone had been through his stuff. His lightsaber was his, and it was still on his belt. But everything else, including his sword, was taken from him. He got the message pretty quickly that he was going to be sent away. So, with what little pride and dignity he had left he activated his blue lightsaber and held it to his own neck. And he thought about it for a second.

"No... " He told himself. "... That would be a disservice to the people who put me back together. That would be a disservice to Sable."

He approached Jor after he got dressed after his shower. Savard was nervous of course, but he knew what he had to say and how to say it. The first thing he did was hand the master his lightsaber. "I know that what I did is unforgivable, and that I betrayed you, the Templars, the Jedi, and everyone in this temple... I am unfit to continue service to the order or the republic. With that said, I owe it to Sable to remain here for her accolade. I was her master after all. What you choose to do with me after that, I don't care... I just wanted you to know how tremendously ashamed I am to have failed you Jor."

[MikDaTv]

"Telepathy nothin. every time i'm out of it, when i wake up you have a terrible idea. And yeah, blowing yourself up counts as a terrible idea. It never helped Chiaotzu." Jor replied. "Kamille, just don't let him do anything stupid until i put some pants on."

Jor left and walked to his quarters. His shower was quick. So long as you got to it early, bacta washed off fairly easily. He didn't want to get out, the warm water felt really good on his aches and pains but with a bit of willpower he managed to shut the refresher off and and get dressed. He grabbed his Jedi Master robes, strapped his gun belt on and clipped his lightsaber to it. He also pulled out his templar gear and laid it out on his bed. He'd need it for later when they went off to search for Vincent.

When he opened the door to his quarters, Savard was there. Jor was first stunned to see him up and walking on his prosthetics so quickly and then had to fight the urge to punch him in the face. Glancing down he saw Savard hold out his lightsaber. Jor accepted it and then put it into one of the pockets inside his robe. There were a dozen things he wanted to say, but in the end, Jor just turned and walked down the corridor, not saying a word.

The trip from his room to his office was short and he saw Tess there waiting for him. "Ah, good. Genie found you. Come in please."

Jor let her in and gestured to the chair in front of his desk. Jor sat down behind his desk and folded his hands. "I read your information. I wanted you to know that i'll be sending a message to the Jedi on Coruscant to launch an investigation which i may be joining after we take care of our current cult problem. they'll be looking into your previous master, the pirates and their connection and to their involvement, if any, to Nisha. I also want to warn you, during the course of this investigation, myself or other Jedi may want to interview you. Your not a suspect or anything but we will want to walk through the chain of events. You first hand account may be invaluable."

[Roku]

"It seems human males like my species a lot..." She told him, after sitting down. The thought made her frown. "But that's just the thing... Nisha was the only female human I encountered on Shili, and she wasn't dressed in the same merc gear, and the men didn't talk to her like they knew her. And she cut them all down like cattle at slaughter. Then, she hunted down the rest of the pirates we knew about and killed them as well. She saved a lot of innocent Togruta that day." Tess explained to him. "I do realize what the Jedi have to do." She admitted. "And here's no doubt in my mind, Master, that Nisha is a bad lady... but the evidence of her being involved as one of the pirates is completely non-existent. None of them were force sensitives, none of them made any mention of a sith. They had me for four years. That's a long time, and doesn't leave much room for interpretation. You and the other Jedi are just going to have to accept that in a life time of pain, poor decisions, and crime - Nisha spent at least one day as a white paladin of justice. A hero... My savior. Oh! Earlier, you pretty well told Aura you could turn him into a vegetable, right? So you're a great telepath then. I give you full permission to go deep into my mind if you think it will help... perhaps you will then understand that my love for my friend is genuine and not caused by any manner of dark seduction..."

"One question. Do you just want my information, or do you want me back in the order?" She asked. "I was only fifteen when they captured me. Before that my master was my main guardian. After Nisha rescued me, she was my main guardian. I don't have any life to go back to. I just have my dedication to healing and medicine. I was eyeballing the new master, Mirka...she would be a good fit to finish my training if you'd allow it."

[Damocles]

Drake laughed "I'm not going to blow myself up" he said to them "It's just that is a slight possible side affect, and it rarely ever happens" he finished saying. Kamille looked at his master "How many people have done this?" he asked him. Drake shrugged about it "Someone had to teach Old Man Roshi how to do it" Drake laughed.

Sighing Kamille turned back to Jor "Yep asking me to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid is like asking me not to breathe, probably not gonna happen" he laughed, Drake smacked Kamille on the back of the head "Go get your gear together" He ordered Kamille laughed at his master and walked out. Drake turned to Jor "See you in a bit" he nodded before leaving out as well.

Drake went to his quarters and walked in. He looked around before going to the chest sitting at the foot of his bed, he opened it pulling out a red coat. He nodded before taking off the black coat that was ripped and beat up from his last fight and put on the red one. Drake then walked over to his personal armory and pulled out two of his vibro blades and his Templar sword the Thu'um, he hadn't used it much lately but against that Nonppa guy it may just work.

Turning to his desk Drake saw the picture of himself with Roshi and Nathan, Drake sat down and closed his eyes. "I know what I promised you guys...but I may have to break that promise Masters, please forgive me for it" he said opening his eyes again. Drake turned to walk out his room.

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Kamille grabbed his knives and the vibro blade Drake had given him and walked out his quarters. He decided to go grab some food it had been a while since he'd gotten something in his stomach. Kamille sat down in the cafeteria and started to eat a sandwich, it was quiet, peaceful. He was wondering why he didn't get more breaks like this more often.

[MikDaTv]

"I'm not suggesting she was involved with the pirates as one of them. If she killed all of them then your right, it stands to reason that she wasn't one of them. It does stand to reason that they were enemies, which is a type of relationship all on their own. One can learn a lot about a person from their enemies." Jor reasoned. Honestly though the connection to Nisha was being investigated only to cover all the bases. He doubted it would provide them anything solid other than building the profile they had on her.

"Tess, i am a good telepath and an even better empath. It's a family trait. I can't use the force to life a pebble but i can probe the minds of dozens of people all at once. I can make them see things and i can make them hear things although i don't usually unless i either have their permission or the situation desperately calls for it I don't need all that to recognize your not under the influence of the Dark Side. But I can recognize Stockholm Syndrome when i see it. A "white paladin of justice" does not "Cut people down like cattle at slaughter."

Jor typed a few keystrokes on his console and brought up Tess's profile. It had her listed as missing but her status was still active jedi. Jor folded his hands again. "As for your status, thats up to you. If you want to stay with the Jedi order, you can but nobody is forcing you to stay or to leave. So long as you promise not to bonk anyone or inject more people against their wishes you can stay here, continue your training and maybe one day become a Knight or you can leave and make your own life. It's your decision."

Jor looked up at the chrono on his desk. "I'm sorry Tess, I know this might be kind of a data dump but i have to go. I just wanted to let you know that i'm not ignoring you and your report has been sent up the chain. One Jedi might have failed you, but the rest of us won't."

[Roku]

"It's alright, I know you're busy. And I appreciate your hospitality despite my bad first impression." She told him. "I'll get myself set up with a dorm then, since I'm still welcome in the order. And I'll let you go deal with the crazies."

With that she got up, gave him one more respectful nod, and headed off to do so.

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[Damocles]

Kamille finished his sandwich and tossed his trash away. He stretched some before going back to his room, he figured he could catch some shut eye before they would head out to stop the cult. Drake would come get him when it was time to go.

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Drake walked outside in the snow, he dropped his vibroblades and lightsabers on the ground and pulled out the Thu'um. He closed his eyes as he held the sword with both hands and felt the force around him. He opened his mind to the force and let it flow through him. As he did this several things around him began to lift off the ground as if Drake had no control over his telekinesis. Drake started to breathe heavier as he focused the force into his body, he felt his muscles tighten as if they were getting bigger.

Concentrating Drake pulled his sword over his head, Jor named it the Voice of the Dragon, Drake always thought it was a weird name. He laughed in his mind at the thought as he opened his eyes and swung his sword downward towards a boulder, a massive force push came out the blade and split the boulder in half as if Drake had cut it. Drake started breathing hard, he rubbed his arm, his muscles were sore. "Yeah I see what they mean, speed and strength increase but it hurts after"

Drake stabbed his sword into the ground "If I'm not careful I could really blow my body out of wack" he laughed "Use is sparingly I guess" Drake sat down enjoying the cold air.

[MikDaTv]

Jor made to trips. first was to the Hall of Memories where he placed Savards lightsaber in one of the alcoves around the edge of the room. He disarmed it and then placed it upon a small pedestal where it would lay as a reminder to those who came after. Jor would have a plaque or something written up for it when he had the time.

His second trip was to the Vault where he retrieved the Jedi's two mysterious orbs. using gloves, he picked both of them up and paced them within a canister for transport. For the first time since he brought them to the temple, Jor walked out of the vault with the orbs. He had a sort of idea for how to deal with finding the final one, but it was untested. He went to one of the rooms that wasn't used a whole heck of a lot. The stellar cartography room. Consisting of a single large holoprojector on the floor, it could produce an image of the galaxy and all it's stars over a space large enough that a person could walk amongst them.

He sat down cross legged and opened the canister. using the same gloves he took the orbs out and set them down in front of him with a good space between them.

[Damocles]

Kamille sat up in bed and yawned, he hadn't slept long but it would do. He climbed out the bed rubbing his eyes before going to the bathroom. He came out a few minutes later yawning again before walking out of his room. He was hoping that everything was ready to go, the anticipation was testing his patience. He wanted to see this mission through to the end, and the thought of the cult getting that last orb didn't sit well with him at all. That was all he knew for sure, "Water" he said to himself going to get a bottle of water to drink for the time being. He didn't really want coffee at the moment, he was still sore from the last fight he had been in, but he knew that it was pointless to complain.

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Drake walked back into the temple and went looking for Jor. After a few moments he stumbled up on the cartography room. He looked around seeing Jor there with the orbs "I take it you got an idea" Drake said leaning against the wall waiting to see what the old man would do.

[MikDaTv]

"Yeah."  Jor said.  "Each of these things are connected.  They were separated over galactic distances and given guardians because something or someone is pulling them back together.  We have these two, the Cult has a couple that we know of.  By using ours I think we can track and find theirs using this star map as a guide."

Jor shrugged.  "John would probably know more about it than I do.  I believe skrying is something he was trained to do in his time before the Jedi."

"Yes it was."  John said as we walked in.  "And your going about it all wrong."

John produced a bit of chalk from one of his coat pockets and began drawing a circle on the floor around the edge of the room.  "It isn't a Jedi technique so just trying some Jedi meditation won't get you anywhere.  It's a method used by the witches of Dathomir.  They use smaller objects, to represent larger objects and then use the force to translate things they do to the smaller objects onto the larger object."

He finished the circle and then stepped inside it and touched it with the toe of his boot.  He murmured a word under his breath and let the Force flow out of him into the circle, keeping the image of the Galaxy, suspended in holo right there in front of him focused at the forefront of his mind.  As the chalk circle became charged with the Force he inhaled and then exhaled.  "Please don't cross or disrupt the circle.  It's been a long time since I've done this and I need as few distractions as possible."

John walked over to Jor and gestured to borrow Jor's gloves.  Jor gave them to him and John used them to pick up the orbs.  He used the hologram to find Ilums approximate position on the star map and held it up into that spot on the holo.  "Now, while I maintain the barrier, could the two of you please Focus on our two orbs here and the connection between them. Imagine it as like a glowing trail, connecting the seven of them."

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The cafeteria door slid open and a six and a half foot tall tank filled with Cyanogen gas and a one Celegian hovered into the room.  Jedi Master Zordon hadn't been to the Temple on Ilum in quite some time but recent event's had worried the Jedi council back on Coruscant.  Rather than risk something happening in transit, the council sent Zordon to Ilum in order to investigate the attack and those involved.

He and Master Halcyon had a professional relationship at best.  Their mutual dislike of one another stemmed from Zordon's belief that the Temple on Ilum was needlessly redundant and that the Templar Order was a farce.  Zordon however pushed these thoughts aside, as friction between the two Masters would be counterproductive.  From a certain point of view, Master Halcyon could be viewed as a victim.

His tank silently glided across the floor until it reached Aura's table. Zordon's tentacles shifted slightly underneath him into a more comfortable position.  You are the one known as Aura. he spoke into the teenager's mind.  I am Jedi Master Zordon.  Why have you not been confined to quarters?

[Damocles]

Drake listened to Jor when he explained what he was doing "Right..." Drake said to him, he had no idea what skrying was and how it worked but he would take Jor's word for it at this time. "Lets hope this work" he said to him before turning to see John walk in. He was saying that he could get the job done but he would need Drake and Jor's help. "Yeah sure" Drake responded, he watched as John prepared his circle, Drake walked over to it but was careful not to cross it as John had instructed. He closed his eyes and started to focus on the orb on the left. He wasn't sure if this would actually work, but he figured John knew what he was talking about.

[Roku]

Aura was still pretty tired at this point, but the voice stirred him all the same. He could understand the voice, and at first he thought it must be Jor since it was telepathic in nature. It was then that he looked back and raised his eyebrow at the floating jellyfish. He had lived at this temple for a while when he was young, and never had he encountered Zordon. This was definitely a new one for him. It took him a minute to digest and form an answer to his question.

"I dunno... I warned them to give me some space, and after they did I found out their main doctor is my grandmother and I haven't caused any trouble since then." He told him with a shrug. "What do you really want?"

[MikDaTv]

As the two Jedi Masters focused on the orbs, John continued to focus on the galaxy map. When everything was ready, John smudged the line and let the energy out. For the briefest of moments, what Jor and Drake and John were doing with the hologram was connected to the rest of the universe.

A yellow trail fled from the two orbs John held to a point on the galaxy map. John quickly zoomed in on the point before the light faded and narrowed it down to a handful of star systems. "There, looks like more orbs are around in this area of space." john said pointing to the region. are any of you familiar with the area?"

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I see. I have been sent by the Jedi Council to investigate the incident that occurred here yesterday. Master Halcyon's reports were troubling to say the least. Zordon's mass floated downwards slightly so his mass was more even with Aura's head. He couldn't actually see Aura because he didn't actually have any eyes, but he gave the impression of examining Aura very closely. If you'd excuse the pun please, I must say your aura is quite confusing for one so young. You must have experienced much.

[Damocles]

Drake watched as everything happened, when John pointed at the region of space Drake looked at it. "Hmm" he said pointing at one of the planets "Here, we fought that crazy guy who turned people into 'zombies' here" Drake said pointing at a planet. "I think it was called Teegeeack" Drake finished saying, it wasn't sure if that's where the orb would be but it was the only place he knew in that area. He turned to Jor and John, "Its as good as place to start, if there's anywhere these orbs would be that has some type of strange guardian, it'll probably be there" he said to the two of them. "Not to mention if there are orbs there, then its a good bet that's where the cult is going to be heading"

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Kamille walked into the cafeteria and looked at the floating tank and at Aura "Master Zordon" Kamille said bowing at the jedi master. He walked over to the coffee and grabbed a cup finally giving in to his want of coffee.