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Star Wars - Jedi Exile

As far as I can tell, Salhaine and Alecar are currently on their own facing the assassin squad attacking them, unless anyone has happened across them.

(I shall also get started on a post at some point soon.)

Star Wars - Jedi Exile

In my experience, leaving role-plays unattended for extended periods of time usually leads to no-one posting when the break's over. To that end I'm more interested in continuing as we are instead of taking a break.

Star Wars - Jedi Exile

Well. That's certainly a thing. Odd that there's no clearly-defined system for dealing with this kind of problem. =/

I've put my post up.

Star Wars - Jedi Exile

"Stop, Padawan!"

Salhaine spun for the second time, lightsaber raised, to find a hooded Jedi dispatching a trio of clone troopers. Clearly this was someone more experienced than herself, as he had little trouble removing the threat. She deactivated her saber as he approached - recognising him as a Miraluka due to the band over his eyes - though kept it loosely held in one hand. Odds were high that she would need to ignite its blade again.

"Padawan, my name is Alecar Drey. I am a Knight here at the Temple. I feel it might be safest for you to stay with me for the time being until we can find more survivors to group together with."

"Duly noted, Master Drey. I am Salhaine Lira, apprenticed to Master Rec Itan," Salhaine in turn introduced herself quickly. There was no time for the formalities she would normally have used. "We don't exactly have time to stand around talking about this attack... we need to find an escape, preferably sooner rather than later. You hold higher rank and experience; take the lead, and I'll follow." As she spoke, her thoughts briefly turned to her Master. Where was he now? Defending himself against clone attack, as Salhaine had managed? Or cut down in an unsuspecting betrayal?

Star Wars - Jedi Exile

I have a post ready to go, but I'm gonna wait until Blaze's quintuple post has been resolved, if it can be. I'm not quite sure if there's a system for removing extra posts or not.

Star Wars - Jedi Exile

Sep said
one heading for the hangers (Have fun with that ;))

I did a bit of research on this particular battle while writing my post, and had Salhaine heading for the closest hangar bay with the intention of someone else using that as an opportunity to stop her. (Preferably someone that won't try to kill her on sight. =P)

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Salhaine sat in quiet contemplation, having recently completed her studies for the evening. She had been focusing on troop movements and deployment of large-scale forces, after the previous day's efforts to understand synergies between differing units. It was a slow process, even with assistance from Jedi Knights and Padawans such as herself who visited the archives as she did. But the apprentice was patient and disciplined, as she most often was. Understanding would come in time. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.

The chamber was silent save for faint hints of breathing, and the occasional rustle of fabric. Salhaine was at peace, reaching out to the Force and feeling it wrap around her. A smile played on the corner of her lips as she sensed the currents and their movements.

Then something shifted. An abrupt change, as if a switch had been flipped and inverted the flow. Her eyes flew open; she could no longer feel the peaceful tides that usually gathered about the Temple and its halls. Salhaine sprang to her feet to investigate, reaching out to the Force to see what had replaced the serenity. Instead of the previous sense of calm, death and pain sliced across her as a lightsaber would tear through wood. Salhaine recoiled from its touch. Intent on finding its source, the Padawan hurried from her chamber. The intensity of the Dark Side - for that was the only source she could think of that could cause such a drastic shift in the Force - strengthened as she paced the hall.

"Salhaine!" A voice called her name from further down the hall. She sped up to find its owner, a black-haired Human she recognised as a fellow Padawan. A green-hued lightsaber was readied in his hands. Two bodies were sprawled on the floor, their armour - clone trooper armour - bearing the clear signs of damage from a lightsaber's blade. "Jorath? What is this, what's going on?"

"The Temple is under attack. The clones, the Army of the Republic... they're here. And they're killing any Jedi they find. Younglings, Padawans, it doesn't matter. I saw them cut some down without hesitation... or mercy." Jorath was short of breath. "I don't know how this happened, Salhaine, but they've turned on us. We have to leave. Now." Already he was hurrying past her in the direction of the closest hangar bay. Stunned, Salhaine didn't move. She couldn't believe this. It didn't make any sense.

"Salhaine! We don't have time - "

"More of them! Open fire!" The voice of a clone trooper, recognised by Salhaine from her time in the war, interrupted Jorath. The Echani spun to face the speaker, her lightsaber in hand and ignited almost on instinct. Six clones, rifles up and aimed at the two Padawans. Blaster fire erupted through the hall, and Salhaine slipped into her tried and true Shien-style deflection of the shots. One rebounded back into a clone and he fell: Jorath moved in to close the distance, cutting down two more.

Then one of the remaining troopers turned from Salhaine and fired three shots into Jorath while his back was turned. At that range he couldn't miss. Salhaine rushed forward as her fellow Padawan crumpled, engaging the clones in close quarters. The first dropped with his right arm severed, the second took a diagonal slash across the torso, and Salhaine staggered the third with a Force-assisted shove before killing him. The threat eliminated, she rushed to Jorath and turned him over. "Jorath?"

"Go, Salhaine... run while you can." Jorath coughed up a glob of blood, but spoke no more. Salhaine felt his death add to the unease and pain within the Temple, but he was right. She had to escape. Giving her fellow Jedi a final courtesy by closing his eyes, she took a deep breath, then got to her feet and continued through the Temple, intending to make her way to a hangar bay within the Spires.

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Let me know if there's anything you feel needs changing.

Salhaine Lira, Jedi Padawan

Name: Salhaine Lira
Gender: Female
Species: Echani
Age: 19
Homeworld: Eshan

Appearance: Salhaine shares many of her physical characteristics with others of her species: the silver eyes, pale skin and white hair are all present. Her hair is kept tied back, save for the braid behind her right ear as worn by all Padawans. She stands at 1.75 metres in height, and wears the standard robes, belt, cloak and boots of a Jedi.

Personality: Discipline and focus are at the forefront of Salhaine's mindset. She maintains a calm and collected demeanour as much as possible, even in the heat of a fight. To both her fellow Jedi and ordinary citizens, Salhaine is courteous as any other, if a little uncertain of how to interact with them outside of ritual combat, a common practice among the Echani in which she feels she learns most about her fellows. She believes that learning another Jedi's name is far less important than learning the practices through which they battle. Salhaine reminds herself, through meditation, that learning through the combative nature of the Echani is only one facet of the metaphorical crystal that is the Force (an expression commonly used by her Master).
Flaws: Salhaine is young, and inexperienced by Padawan standards when it comes to operating more or less independently - under her Master's instruction, of course. As a result she struggles with decision-making, instead looking to an older and wiser superior to make a call. Her errors in judgement during the first half of the Clone Wars are an example of this.

Skills: Salhaine is trained in Forms I and V of lightsaber combat, though favours the use of the latter, interchanging Shien and Djem So as and when the circumstances call for it.
Equipment: Salhaine wields a lightsaber with a plain blue blade. She has no other notable equipment to speak of.
Force Abilities: As a Padawan, Salhaine knows little more than the basic kinetic applications of the Force. Her training put the instruction of Shien and Djem So - and by extension, applying the Force to enhance her use of the style - ahead of further enhancing the rest of her Force abilities. She is, however, capable of a simple Force-assisted leap in addition to the core abilities every Padawan learns.

Personal History: Much like any other member of the Jedi Order, Salhaine was discovered to be Force-sensitive in her infancy and brought to the Jedi Temple to be raised as an Initiate. Her completion of the Initiate's Trials attracted the attention of Jedi Master Rec Itan, a fellow Echani who happened to be within the Temple at the time, who elected to take her on as his apprentice.

In the beginnings of her apprenticeship to Master Itan, the older Echani brought her to their homeworld of Eshan. There, Salhaine studied firsthand the combative nature of her species: a markedly different affair compared to the serenity and calm of the Jedi Temple. During their time on Eshan, Master Itan began to teach Salhaine the use of Form V.

"Now that you have seen and experienced the nature of our people, Salhaine, what do you feel you have gained from this?"

"An hour of combat against a single opponent can say more to an Echani than a day of discussion."

"Perhaps. But I want you to imagine for me a many-sided crystal, similar to those used in lightsaber construction. Fighting, whether the ritual combat of the Echani, the bare-knuckle brawling of a back-alley street gang, or the clash of lightsabers, is merely a single facet of this gem. The Force holds much more than this to even a Padawan such as yourself; you learned that much as an Initiate. The culture of our species holds the belief that to know someone, truly understand them, you must face them in combat. But there are other paths to the same end."

"Forgive me, Master, for I do not understand."

"The crystal I describe is a poetic one, used to describe the Force. But it also describes a Jedi. We are warriors only by necessity; deliberately seeking out constant battle is not our way. A single facet of the gem, if you will. To that end, I shall teach you the Perseverance Form of lightsaber combat, as my Master taught me beyond the basics. You shall learn the intricacies of both Shien, for defense, and Djem So, for counterattacking. And in entwining the pair, you shall learn to balance your combative heritage with tapping into the Force."

Salhaine's study of Form V, as well as other subjects such as diplomacy, extensive meditation, and history, continued over the next few years. At sixteen years of age, the Clone Wars began, and she was thrown headfirst into the war at her Master's side. It was over the course of the next year that Salhaine became aware of her inability to make large-scale decisions independently. Master Itan, of course, led the majority of the fighting force to which he had been assigned, though he often deferred to Salhaine to see how she approached a situation.

Each time Master Itan looked to his apprentice to make the call, Salhaine was at a loss. Each judgement she made resulted in errors in strategy, and by extension combative effectiveness. Eventually she began refusing requests for input, believing that she lacked the knowledge and experience to make the decisions required by her role as Jedi Commander. Seeing this, Master Itan recommended that she return to Coruscant in the interest of studying battlefield strategy. Salhaine was quick to accept this decision, and has remained at the Jedi Temple ever since.

Star Wars - Jedi Exile

I'm interested in this, and will start work on an application as soon as possible.

(New to these forums, but not new to role-playing.)