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Maaltan Stormwing
Letters Home (Adventure Journal)
Uncle Deelan,
Greeting from Corvus in the Tachikar System. I trust this
communication find you well. I wanted to thank you again for your
trust in releasing me for duty so soon in my training. I will do
my best for you, the family, the Council, and the Republic.
We have assembled quite a group here, and it appears a good one.
Upon arriving on planet, the Tachikar Parliament meet with us
immediately, requesting our assistance. It seems a Republic Army
weapons factory specializing in blaster rifles was recently taken
over by a group of pirates. They were so successful in covering
up their operation that if not for a young private Tarkin who
managed to escape, no one would have known a thing. This Tarkin
seems a remarkable young man. One to watch, I think.
I am glad to report that we were able to recover the base with no
losses to either side. The pirates’ fighting force was
primarily composed of battle droids and one destroyer droid,
possibly purchased from some fragment of the Trade Federation.
They were no real problem, and the prisoners taken in the attack
were freed, and three of the pirates still on the planet were
turned over to the Tachikar Parliament for disciplinary action.
As a reward for our assistance, the Parliament allowed the group
to keep whatever of the pirates’ equipment, etc. that we
might find. Amazingly, this consisted of a somewhat modified
light freighter and two Z-95 Headhunter starfighters. With the
group’s permission, I have claimed one of the two
starfighters for personal transport, if the need should arise.
Things have settled a bit, and returning to our main purpose for
being here, I did feel that one of the Tachikar Parliament, a
Ceran representative named Lo-Ta of the Gordeen Province here on
Corvus, had some sensitivity to the Force. I was not yet able to
determine if this was just a latent ability or something more,
but I shall report any further developments.
Look for future reports uncle, and may the Force be with you.
Padawan Maaltan Stormwing
Uncle Deelan,
It has been only a few days since my last letter, but it seems
this somewhat out-of-the-way system is a bit more lively than
originally thought. You are already familiar with these
happenings, I’m sure, as a full report has been filed with
the Jedi Council. However, for my own records and meditations, as
well as the family archives, I am putting it all down in this
letter to you.
Once again, we were called in to the council chambers, in this
case we were met by only one of the council members, specifically
Liaison Anto Vilardi. There had been some murders reported in one
of the mining colonies on the outermost planet, the huge rock
they call Tachikar V. These murders were unusual as it seemed a
lightsaber was used to decapitate the victims. The Jedi Council
had been advised of this fact by the representatives here. The
miners had fled the area, and were waiting for someone to
investigate.
Some of our original group had other business to attend to, so us
three Jedi, Rulfarr the Wookie, and “Dodger” used the
newly aquired small freighter (now claimed by Rulfarr) to go to
Tachikar V and root out the problem.
This trip proved to be somewhat more strenuous than the last.
Once we had entered the tunnel complex used by this group of
miners, we discovered that someone had somehow gotten a group of
Gamorreans into the place. Unfortunately, they were somewhat
inclined towards violence, our Jedi Consular was only able to
sway one of them to not attack, but he was in turned killed by
his compatriots when he attempted to convince them of our
peaceful intent. We were forced to kill all of the Gamorreans we
encountered.
We finally discovered the main source of the murders. It seems an
individual sensitive to the Force had joined the mining company a
few weeks before. He was without formal training, one we refer to
as a Force Adept, and had turned to the Dark Side. He found an
ancient lightsaber while digging and for some reason began his
murdering spree. We tracked him down through the tunnels and were
successful in removing the danger. The lightsaber and remains
were sent to the Jedi Council, and this is the main source of our
information on this individual.
On another note, there were some hard lessons taught in this
excursion, but I wonder if they were learned. I had questions
from the start about the Consular Padawan the Jedi Council sent
here with us, for he carries a blaster pistol along with his
lightsaber. I could never figure out why a Jedi would put his
faith in such a clumsy, random weapon. In this mission, we found
out just how clumsy and random it is, too. I was very nearly hit
by a shot from his blaster when he fired at a Gamorrean I was
engaged with. Later he himself was hit and almost killed by a
shot from “Dodger” when he was fighting the Dark Adept.
Only quick application of a Medpack stabilized him and kept him
alive. I do hope this lesson was learned, as these two incidents
put the entire group in danger, and in the future similar
occurrences could cause us to fail in whatever task we are
engaged in. However, in discussions with the others I fear it was
not, so I will attempt to use caution not only with my enemies,
but with my allies as well.
Until next time, may the Force be with you.
Padawan Maaltan Stormwing
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