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You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

*waves profusely*

Glad to hear that things are stabilizing! Sorry about you having to get entangled in family drama. I've been there a few times myself and it's NEVER fun. I hope you can recharge not just physically, but mentally as well. Something about trying to dealing with difficult people you're related to(by law sometimes more than by blood) can be so taxing. I remember last year there was some nasty family stuff that I held onto for far too long and it just kinda...ate away at me? Anyway, point is, I played a crap ton of the Witcher 3 to help me destress, so I strongly recommend recreation to recover from ordeals like that.

No recent news as of yet! We know he's coming in December, but that's about it. Trust me, you'll get pictures. Everyone that I KNOW will be getting pictures xD.

Right, to business:
-That is a VERY cool concept in terms of the world you created. I dare say we could get that involved back into the picture a lot sooner. Your idea of a proving ground would be interesting, seeing as it wouldn't make sense for Qunesu to be the only training ground. Maybe they come across ruins of an enclave a la Dantooine?
-How long did it take for our party to reach the night world? Want to make sure I stay consistent with my time skip as well.
-Should I introduce my planet and THEN go to Odessen or do you want me lump both into one post?

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear. No worries. I'll be here whenever real life calms down :)

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

that'll work! You can do one planet and I can do another?

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Alright, so I imagine our trip of Odessen going one of two ways:

1. We can skip forward to Odessen and have the time gap be two months(or whatever we decide). We can summarize any events we want to include in the time skip and maybe detail one or two instances we really want to include. This way we can get to Odessen a bit faster.

OR

2. We can have posts where the crew arrives at each set of coordinates and discuss the kind of environment they find themselves in, maybe arriving at a planet or two to observe the differences in this part of wild space versus Zinuthra and Qunesu?

What say you?

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

The concept of a “Revanite” was one that he had never heard of, but made sense. Revan was a mythological figure, almost launched into the status of Demi-god. People would be attracted to worshipping that kind of power, even going so far as to think they could learn how to be “like” Revan. Yerbol wondered silently how the Revanities could have made it to Odessen with just hyperspace travel, let alone how the Council knew that there were Revanites on the unknown planet, but then again, that data they extracted from Lehon might have had more than Yerbol thought. He would have to ask Vano how she managed to figure all this out when they returned.

When Cheriss asked for the Elders to chime in, Matthew’s normally youthful countenance appeared to age almost instantly, wrinkles creasing his forehead and brow.
“There’s no guarantee that you can find a working communications device that far out in unknown space, but if you do, I would suggest patching into whatever frequency is available from Zinuthra. I, along with the rest of the Council, could care less who receives the information first. As long as SOMEONE knows where you are, we’ll feel better. Besides, I think the Alliance intelligence people would be more celebratory about receiving a landmark transmission from deep within Wild Space than we would.”
“A fair point. Besides, we probably wouldn’t be able to address it right away.” Yerbol cocked a brow, prompting the Miraluka to explain:
“We don’t just sit around and await your reports, darling. There are more things at play than even your little group knows about, issues that only we can address. And before you ask, it’s better that you don’t know about them. There’s a reason why we take care of these matters ourselves.”
“That’s not to say you’ll be completely on your own, though. We’ll try to provide support whenever we can, but Malu does make a good point: when you leave this part of Wild Space, we can’t guarantee very much support even if we wanted to.” An uncomfortable silence fell on the meeting, Matthew breaking it after a few moments:
“But there was a reason why we sent you, ALL of you, on an operation like this. All that has been accomplished up until this point has led you to this. Bracknell, Illesia and the Xiis, Manus…the Force guided you through this and other trials to prepare you for what you will go through. We believe in your abilities to succeed.” He shot the Champions a smile.
“Besides, you two really have been operating independently ever since you’ve been a team. The only thing that changes is that you won’t have to tell us very much because we won’t be able to hear you.” A half-hearted chuckle from Yerbol.
“We’ll do what we can to report back. I presume our little portion of the galaxy will be intact when we return?”
“As much as it can be, Yerbol. You do your part and we’ll do ours.” The Elder had been leaning forward, but now sat back, looking the group over one last time, a trace of some unreadable emotion glancing through his eyes.
“May the Force be with you. All of you. Come home safe.” Right as the transmission ended, Ethan asked in a still slightly bleary tone:
“So ah…how are we going to last six months on the ship?”
“Yeah, kid’s right. What IS the plan for getting to Odessen without starving to death?” Kira and Ethan’s questions were met with a nod of affirmation from Yerbol, who had been wondering the same thing ever since Neta dropped the “six month” revelation on them.
“Well, remember, the coordinates were plotted using standard hyperspace calculations. Slipspace generators can shave time off, but with these unknown jumps…well, we’re kinda shooting in the dark.”
“Cool, cool…but that didn’t answer my question.”
“We won’t BE flying for six months, Ethan. Our first stop might not take us more than a couple of weeks.”
“But that’s a ‘might’? Not a ‘definitely’?” Neta shook her head, looking at the Champions and Kira with mock desperation.
“He REALLY doesn’t know how we operate, does he?”
“Ethan, our entire profession leans on this kind of uncertainty. Better to embrace it now than try to fight against it.” The apprentice gulped down a knot forming in his throat, nodding before Neta added:
“We’re fueled up and ready to get to our first set of coordinates. I’m going to go punch in our destination and then…we’ll be off.” The pilot left the CIC along with Ethan, who the party could hear asking questions about how fuel efficient slipspace generators are as the cockpit door closed.
“Hey ah…sorry to drop in so suddenly. I know you weren’t counting on company, but it’s nice to be a part of something like this.”
“Are you kidding? Having you along is a comfort. You’ve been through even more than we have.” She chuckled.
“Agreed with the last bit, but not so sure about being a ‘comfort’. Never was very good at encouraging that kind of an atmosphere.” Her eyes were cast down for a few moments, then quickly told the group:
“I’ll ah…I’ll be around. We’ll have time to talk, I’m sure.” With that, she disappeared, leaving three.
“You want to watch our departure, honey? Might be nice to see known space. Won’t be seeing it for a while.” He took one of her hands in his, glancing down at her with a somber smile.

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Hey there! Apologies for the delay, but MAN did work kick me around this week. Worked until about 7:30 pm the past two nights and was doing all sorts of stuff the other days. Today is(THANKFULLY) a day to recover, so will be getting you something in the next couple of hours :)

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

There's always a spot on vacation where you don't seem to hit. I remember when I went to Hong Kong, there was SO much that I missed out on due to time. Hopefully you can visit that village again soon :)

Haha! I think the puppy thing kinda bled in from our own experience at the moment. My wife and I are anxiously awaiting news from our breeder about a corgi puppy. I can't wait.

Sounds good! Didn't think about Revan's mask, but that would be loaded with the Force.

I'll get you a post on Monday. I'm not feeling all that great today, so I don't think my posts would be very good xD

Have a good weekend!

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Oh fun! I've always wanted to go to Wales. Glad you had a fun time :)

Figured the Council would want to talk to them one last time before they go into the unknown, hence the meeting.

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

“REAL bacon, indeed.” He handed her food and drink, laughing at her profession of love before responding:
“I needed to do this sooner, then, eh?” Yerbol didn’t mention very much to his partner about his interaction with his apprentice, instead choosing to have a nice, happy, normal breakfast with his wife. In a way, their meal reminded him of their honeymoon, which was the last block of time where they had spent time together without the needs of the galaxy weighing on them. It made the Champion long for a time when they could make this their everyday course of living rather than what they currently had to deal with. Maybe after this(how many times had they said that phrase), they could go on a sabbatical. Maybe set down roots somewhere nice where the hounds could gallop without restraint and they could just…exist. Maybe get a dog…a real dog. One that didn’t inspire fear in the hearts of those who saw it. That would be nice.

His serene portrait of where they could be had to be stowed away after breakfast unfortunately, seeing as Vano had transmitted coordinates back to the Commodore for them to examine. Before they left their room, however, Yerbol stopped Aria from leaving, placing a hand on her shoulder as he told her quietly:
“When we get through this, I promise you that we’re going to do more…normal things. You deserve a life free from dangerous missions into the unknown and replete with bacon.” He drew her closer, placing his arms around her waist.
“One last kiss before go back out there? The apprentices don’t need to know that we express physical affection for each other.”

A smirk.

_______

“You’re sure about this?” Kira ruffled her auburn-colored locks that were now beginning to grow past her shoulders.
“Yeah. I can’t…” Her lips pursed, eyes cast towards the untouched mug of tea.
“I can’t just sit here, Neta. I won’t.” Neta leaned forward, taking one of her hands and squeezing it reassuringly.
“Glad to know you’re taking a better route than I did after Vivi passed. Mercenary work pays well, but makes you an ‘enemy of the peace’.” Kira snorted a laugh, hand withdrawing to wipe away the brief shimmer of tears that had formed in her eyes before resuming eye contact with the former spec ops officer.
“I did my time as…well, something like that. Didn’t get paid like you did, though.”
“It’s not all that cracked up to be.”
“Says the girl with five different luxury homes and kids in private school on Alderaan.”
“Hey, hey, those were Alliance funds, honey.” A shared laugh as Kira stood up, right hand briefly running over an ornately carved lightsaber hilt.
“Don’t want to keep them waiting, right?”
“Ah, don’t worry. Vano sent us all a message last night saying that the coordinates were in. I’ve got a course already plotted, but I want the kids to figure it out, too. Critical thinking and all that.”
“How long should we wait?”
“Until I’m done with my coffee.”

________

“It’s not like Malachor, kids.” Neta appeared in the doorway of the CIC, a wide smile on her face.
“Atmospheric conditions from what we can pull from the records we got are favorable for a smooth landing. To think that we’ll actually be able to break into an atmosphere that won’t try to kill us.” Yerbol jutted his chin out, asking with mock indignation:
“You know where we’re going already, don’t you?”
“Yep.”
“And you ran all the scans probably last night?”
“Uh huh.” She plopped into a nearby chair.
“And you didn’t tell us?”
“Hey, you guys made it sound like you didn’t want to be disturbed. Vano sent us all messages and…well, I’ll assume that all of you were busy?” Yerbol tried desperately to suppress a flush of pink that rose to his cheeks, but he knew it was too late, so he spoke quickly to extract more information about their destination:
“So what do you know?”
“Well…” She leaned forward, interacting with a few command prompts on the projector, which spawned several columns of data that hovered over the planet. Ethan quickly started to spurt out information as he processed it:
“Atmospheric particles at point two zero, climate patterns read steady, gravity w-“
“I got this, Ethan, but thank you for the intro.” He smiled sheepishly, silencing himself before Neta continued:
“All of the numbers you see there were left on the astrogation charts. Revan left us just enough to work with.”
“Which is?”
“Sets of coordinates that we’ll need to use to jump to that part of the universe.”
“What?”
“This planet, Odessen as he called it, isn’t accessible as a direct jump from known space. You see that long number there? With all the decimals? That’s how far the planet is from Lehon in lightyears.” Yerbol stopped trying to read the number after the sixth decimal point.
“BUT, there are coordinates here…” She motioned to the left hand column which had four sets of numbers neatly stacked on top of one another.
“That we can jump to without running out of fuel.”
“So if we jump to these coordinates, we eventually end up at Odessen?”
“Right. Problem is…I don’t know where the coordinates will have us ending up. Even with me and Vano working on it together early this morning, we still couldn’t find a known path. Essentially, we’re jumping VERY deep into unknown space, way past Zinuthra and Quensu.” Yerbol swallowed hard.
“Do we have estimates on how long it’ll take for us to get to Odessen, then?” She nodded.
“Six months.”
“What?”
“Six months in hyperspace, BUT remember, we’ve got slipspace generators that can cut our travel time down and that doesn’t account for each segment of the journey.”
“Can the Commodore last that long?”
“Should. The ship was designed for long-haul recon and battle assignments, so we should be fine with what we have now. If not…we’ll figure something out. Besides, we’ve got an extra hand onboard.” Kira entered the CIC, a half-smile creasing her features.
“Thought I could join you guys for the ride. Sounds fun.” Yerbol couldn’t help but smile broadly at seeing Kira look like her old self again, telling her:
“It’s so good to see you again.” The smile decreased in scope as he asked:
“Wait, the Council…did they send you?”
“Kinda. I volunteered myself for this assignment and they put their stamp on it. They can tell you more when we set out.” Yerbol wanted to ask for more detail, but instead nodded.
“Well, we could use the help, especially from someone who helped take down the Emperor.”
“Exactly why she’s here.” Neta chimed in as she rose.
“I’ll get us up into orbit and then you guys can have your meeting with the Council.”
“Before diving into the unknown.” Ethan muttered, the apprentice vacillating between utter excitement and crippling anxiety.

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Aaaaand thank you for reminding me about Kira...

causeimayhaveforgottenalready

XD

Hey, how was the vacation? Enjoy yourself despite this global heatwave?