Faction [GA] Supernova Special

[Spirit of Tenacity]

Bardotta System, Orbital Space Station​

Bardotta had always been a system often forgotten. Today though, a celestial event has brought it to the limelight within the Alliance Space. While wars are waged by the Alliance and Sith, the galaxy turns out undisturbed.

Today, a supernova lights up the night sky, far enough the planet is untouched, but close enough the entire sky is lit up with a brilliant display of cosmic fireworks.

Objective One:
Cosmic Lightshow​

A space station, connected to the space elevator down to the mountains of Bardotta, has been set up to watch the display. Inside, the GA's best and brightest study the impact of it on the planet, while those with the means view the natural phenomena with eager eyes. Facilities have been set up to allow those in attendance comfort. An open forum, comfy seating, and concessions. Sit around, chat about, and watch a star go boom.

Objective Two:
Mountain Meditation​

The peaks of the Bardotta mountains have offered a unique opportunity for the jedi of the order. Master Jonyna Si has set up a training course for those wanting to learn the advanced methods of Alter Environment, learning to withstand the mountainous windflow, and learn to shape it through The Force.

Join her, or find your own path in the peaks.

 

[Jonyna Si]

TAG: Open

Jonyna sat atop the peak as it poked above the clouds. The wind rushed across her fur, as she waited for the padawans to arrive. Thankfully for them, they had the space station to land, and the space elevator to bring them down.

Jonyna had taken the long way. Climbed one of the mountains herself. She wanted to feel the wind against her skin, the feel of the rocks.

It was all part of her own meditation.

 

[Nulgath Zardai]

One moment there was only the song of the mountains and then there was an extra note.

Midst the whispers of the breeze, the sound of synthcloth flapped about. Twisting and jerking to and fro. White robes that twisted and danced around the frame of a man, a living corpse bound with golden trinkets. The green iris within his two sunken eye sockets gleamed over the scene and watched Cathar jedi master Jonyna Si make their ascent.

Levitating near a outcropping and face of stone nearby he called out.

" Why do I sense a gale of laughter nearby?"

 

[Gym Halpern]

LOCATION: Bardotta System
TAG:

XO of a fleet to “guard duty”.

Chuckling to himself as he stood at his command station(he hated command chairs), Halpern looked out the viewport to really wonder why they were here. This was supposed to be a natural phenomenon, but they were here “guarding”. Several of the bridge crew seemed annoyed by this, and he understood their annoyance, frell he was just thinking so himself. However “duty was duty” and not all assignments would be the most exciting.

They were here in case assistance was needed. No fighters were in the air, though they were prepared and all ready for launch right that momentHe sighed, knowing that despite the mundane task, their presence was crucial. After all, readiness could mean the difference between peace and chaos..

 

[Reina Daival]

Location: Bardotta
Objective: 2
Lightsaber​

Reina impatiently tapped her foot against the space elevator as she waited to get to the mountains. She'd have loved to climb up herself, but looking down at her prosthesis, she knew it was better to go with the easy route than what she wanted to do. As much as she had been working on her patience, it was still quite a way to go before she could stand still. Though once the elevator arrived, Reina took a few steps out, taking a look around.

It felt strange to her. To be so far above the clouds. Yet for someone who was such a fan of the ocean, being this high wasn't as...irritating as she expected. Reina hated being on land, she dealt with it of course but it was still something she never liked. However she did like the feeling of the air blowing past her, the wind against her back. It brought a smile to her face...

That was almost immediately wiped away at the sight of what was basically a corpse in the form of Nulgath Zardai . The Force was still strange to her. There were things that you could do with the Force that she couldn't quite wrap her head around. This was one of them. Was this a natural thing? Something she should be worried about? For now, her eyes just darted to Jonyna Si to see what the Cathar's reaction would be.

 

[Pan]

Bardotta, Objective 2
Tags: Reina Daival

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That was almost immediately wiped away at the sight of what was basically a corpse in the form of Nulgath Zardai. The Force was still strange to her. There were things that you could do with the Force that she couldn't quite wrap her head around. This was one of them. Was this a natural thing? Something she should be worried about? For now, her eyes just darted to Jonyna Si to see what the Cathar's reaction would be.

"First time? Yeah, this place is real weird."

Pan leaned against the railing of the elevator, looking on at the levitating corpse man. There were all kinds of colorful characters in that worked with the New Jedi Order, so much so that one like himself had come to find it to be normal. Besides, Pan had come from the Sith. Those guys were even weirder, all things considered.

"Flying mummies, jellyfish people, yada yada," he ad libbed. "Sure do get some strange faces around here, huh?"

Not him though. Trees were normal.

 

[Reina Daival]

Location: Bardotta
Objective: 2
Tags: Pan
Lightsaber​

Huh. A Tree person. That was actually less strange than seeing someone who was dead. After all, from what she had been learning the Light lived in nature. In the creatures and everything living around her. So why would it be a surprise to see someone who was a tree? Though she did tilt her head as she looked him up and down...

I wonder if he could float...Or if he'd rot like the ship would if we didn't care for...

"It's my first time seeing...plenty of things. When you've been raised on a fishing boat for nearly your entire life...The things you see on land can be really karking weird. I'm Reina by the way. I should remember to introduce myself."

 

[Pan]

Bardotta
Tags: Reina Daival

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"Name's Pan," the boy greeted with a grin. "Like the cooking thing, but cooler... No, I feel like I used that line before..."

When was it? No matter.

"Fishin' boat sounds kinda fun," he mused. "Probably got real strong fightin' sea beasts, yeah? Oooh, I'd love to fight a sea monster." For a moment a fire seemed to be lit in his glowing blue eyes, all before a pout seemed to emerge. "I just got stuck with a bunch of stupid weirdos who said I had to go to war or something. It's not really important, I wasn't super into their crowd."

He didn't really need to mention more. Pan had been born in Sith Space, where he just wasn't found to be brutal enough to handle their lifestyle. He hated killing. The Neti really only had interest in one on one combat, true trials of strength that was fun and honorable. There was really no fun to be had in all that war stuff. How could he ever fight someone again if they were dead? There was simply no opportunity for a rematch if he did that.

And that would be a shame.

"So what, this is supposed to be for meditating?" Pan remarked. "Doesn't seem like my vibe if I'm being honest..."

Maybe he could manage a nap...

 

[Saul Whesai]

OBJ 1
Tag: Open

Saul quietly strode out of the elevator with dozens of other guests, his hood up as he shifted through the crowds and got in line at the ticket gates. When he heard about this solar event happening at the end of his last hitch, he decided he didn't want to miss it. The only problem was tickets to see this event front and center at the station were way more than he had bargained for. And so he had to go the alternative method of getting a ticket, hacking into the space elevator's database and putting his name on the guest list. It had been an easy enough task, the station's staff weren't expecting a penetration into their system and the defenses had been minimal. But the real test would be now.

Pulling the piece of paper that was his ticket confirmation when it was his turn, he quickly scanned it and hurried through. "Sir wait!" The cry made Saul shiver down his spine. Was his ticket no good, had he been found out? As he turned in the cry's direction, he saw a young human woman with dark brown braids and green eyes in the station's staff uniform run up to him as she said. "You almost forgot your wristband." The plucky girl quickly attached an electronic waistband to his wrist as she explained. "With this, you'll be able to come up and back down the space elevator whenever you want for today only. Now I hope you enjoy the..." It was at this moment that their eyes met and she saw his ocular implants fully. Her open mouth as she stood there speechless meant she had never seen someone like him before and was trying to recover when he yanked his hand back and quickly melted into the crowds heading to and from the viewing hall, leaving the attendant to wonder what she had just witnessed.

Settling into one of the hall's many Bantha Leather seats, Saul sighed as he tried to recover from that awkward interaction. It wasn't the first time someone had looked at him like he was something from another world and wouldn't be the last. The android thought he would have gotten used to it by now but sometimes, it just reinforced how alone he really was. Sighing, he pushed his negative thoughts aside and focused on the lightshow on through the window displays, marveling as he saw something that he might never see again, the final display of a sun before it said farewell to the galaxy at large. It almost made Saul want to wave goodbye back.

 

[Jonyna Si]

TAG: Nulgath Zardai Reina Daival Pan

As Jonyna made her way to the top, she paused as the sight of Nulgath. Not out of disgust, but trying to place him.

"You were the one who joined us after Tython, yeah? Kahlil Noble filled me in after the invasion."

The amount of reports she had to go over that was more than she wanted to admit. A lot of folks assumed her job was just going out to fight, winning the day, but most of the time? It was paperwork.

Still, this was a new face to her.

"Are you going to be joining us today?"

She sensed the approaching padawans from above, coming down to join the training session. The wind gusted across the mountain, causing Jonyna to grip her coat lightly. Lygala was having a moment, it would seem. Jonyna wasn't sure how it would favor in the coming hours.

 

[Phoebe Winsloe]

Phoebe had started her assent, as far as she knew, before anyone else who might chose the long route. Phoebe ended up alone rushing up the mountain since this was her first excursion out of the temple since she had graduated from the basic classes and was now just waiting to be selected by a master. She didn't have any particular reason for going it the hard way other than after three years on Coruscant she craved real fresh air. Being older than the typical apprentice in her position, 19, meaning she could drink and vote on most worlds in the GA, afforded her more freedom to travel to these kinds of gatherings, though she wouldn't be allowed to go alone on most missions until she had a master.

Phoebe started to summit a few minutes behind Master Si, she'd never met the Cathar Council Master before, but her father had given her the run down on a few of the masters when she arrived at the temple three years ago, plus a few stories when he'd visit home or call on the holonet. Phoebe knew that whatever she was teaching it was a better than normal idea to pay attention to what Master Si was saying. As she closed in on the top she sensed another presence in the force, though she couldn't quite wrap her mind around it, the best Phoebe could do was equate it to an old tablecloth they had kicking around the family home on Corellia, cleaned many times, but dotted with many old stains that were just on the verge of being cleaned away.

Sensing no danger or hostility Phoebe climbed the last handful of meters, determined to not be late and found herself thankful for the knowledge on how to use to the force to keep herself warm as her body glove wasn't quite up to the cold wind cutting in from an awkward above angle thanks to the peaks playing havoc with air currents.

Getting in sight of, and then pulling herself up to, the peak Phoebe had to bit her tongue so she didn't ask "What the kriff is that?" as she saw what could only be described as a living corpse having a cordial conversation with Master Si. But it made the sensation she had gotten from the force make sense, something about him? It? She wasn't really sure what to classify them as, seemed deeply unnatural and whatever ritual brought that around must have been steeped in the darkside, but whoever they were seemed to have rejected the darkside nature of their existence, hence only feeling the faded stains of that.

Of course rather than blurt anything out that might sound stupid or rude Phoebe just said. "I hope I'm not late."

Jonyna Si Pan Reina Daival Nulgath Zardai

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[Reina Daival]

Location: Bardotta
Objective: 2
Tags: Pan Jonyna Si Nulgath Zardai
Lightsaber​

For a moment, Reina ignored Pan. Instead she was staring at Phoebe Winsloe as they climbed up the rocks, a small pout crossing the woman's face. She was jealous. Reina had wanted to be able to do the climb herself. After a long sigh, Reina just ran her hand down her face. Jealousy wasn't something she should be feeling just because someone could climb.

"No. I don't think you're late. We haven't properly started yet."

With that, she turned her attention back towards the Neti, blinking as his question finally seemed to register in her mind. Did she hunt any sea monsters? Well...It depended on what the Neti would think of as a monster she supposed.

"I did hunt a bunch of stuff when I was a kid. It's kinda all I knew for the longest time. Fishing, hunting, selling. That was my life 'til I joined up with the Jedi."
Reina's smile faltered for a moment. There was a faint putrid stench on the wind. It was strange how much she noticed after coming in contact with the Dark Side. The stench she could smell, the sickness she could feel. It was faint but she knew it was there. It was at least a good reminder for her to try and not give into any "allure" the Dark Side might have had. She liked to smell good at the end of the day.

"Nah. I don't think it's meditation...Well, it might be. I think we need to focus on connecting to our surroundings. The environment around us. The wind blowing around us. The way the Spirit flows along with it...Urgh. I sound like some kind of monk. Everest has been rubbing off on me too much."

She rolled her eyes at that, running her hand down her face. Talking about things she couldn't see, things she could only feel sounded like nonsense to her. Most of her life had been relying on what she could see, or off gut feelings. Things she couldn't really explain. If it was something they could see, Reina could just point it out without needing to explain. And it was next to impossible to describe a gut feeling.

"Just...I'll let Master Si talk."

 

[Pan]

Bardotta
Tags: Phoebe Winsloe , Nulgath Zardai , Reina Daival , Jonyna Si

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"Just...I'll let Master Si talk."

"Sure," Pan shrugged, noting her upset tone at 'becoming a monk'. "If you say so."

He turned his head back to the new-comer, giving them a half wave.

"Welcome to the party," he remarked with a grin. "Or whatever this is. I wasn't really paying attention if I'm being honest."

Yeah, it probably was for the best that they just let Master Si explain what it was they would be doing. He certainly hadn't done his research before hand. That wasn't really his style. Pan was more of a 'jump in and ask questions later' kind of guy, perhaps a trait that was not always the most beneficial.

A self-reflection that most certainly did not occur in his head.

"Nothing's started yet, so you may as well consider yourself early."

 

[Nulgath Zardai]

"You were the one who joined us after Tython, yeah? Kahlil Noble filled me in after the invasion."

The amount of reports she had to go over that was more than she wanted to admit. A lot of folks assumed her job was just going out to fight, winning the day, but most of the time? It was paperwork.

Still, this was a new face to her.

"Are you going to be joining us today?"

Of course Master Si knew of me. But did they know me? No. Not yet.
"Nulgath." He replied calmly and slowly. " Indeed. Intend on participating." He finished and a slight smile creased across his dry visage. Green eyes trailed toward the approaching persons adjacent. A female with reddish hair ( Phoebe Winsloe ), her gaze or stare, however brief was a phenomenon that Nulgath had grown almost accustom to.

Almost.

Next was the other female. A near-human? It was hard to tell but their words were not.

"I did hunt a bunch of stuff when I was a kid. It's kinda all I knew for the longest time. Fishing, hunting, selling. That was my life 'til I joined up with the Jedi."
Reina's smile faltered for a moment. There was a faint putrid stench on the wind. It was strange how much she noticed after coming in contact with the Dark Side. The stench she could smell, the sickness she could feel. It was faint but she knew it was there. It was at least a good reminder for her to try and not give into any "allure" the Dark Side might have had. She liked to smell good at the end of the day.

"Nah. I don't think it's meditation...Well, it might be. I think we need to focus on connecting to our surroundings. The environment around us. The wind blowing around us. The way the Spirit flows along with it...Urgh. I sound like some kind of monk. Everest has been rubbing off on me too much."

This young apprentice was not entirely wrong in their assessment. Though they seemed to not like the realization about Monks. The Jedi in many ways were monks to varying degrees. Some truly monks, others warrior monks and there were so much more as well. There was single twitch of his eye lid followed by a slight tilt of his head after observing this ones smile falter oh so slightly. Nulgath ponder what or why that was, but the reason still alluded him.

Thought the assumptions were plenty.

Last was the Neti...

" Greetings and good marrow." He rasped and returned a with a skeletal like hand.

 

[Jonyna Si]

TAG: Nulgath Zardai Pan Phoebe Winsloe Reina Daival

Jonyna chuckled, as the padawans, and Reformed Sith, joined her on the mountain top. She took a moment to gesture for them to follow, as she finally made it to the submit, sitting cross-legged in the mountaintop. "It's windy up here. You all feel it, yes? I've found, more than anything, the wind is the voice of the Force. It leads you where you need to be, it surrounds us, it penetrates us, just as the Force does. On my planet, the Cathar refer to the Force as 'Lyagala', The Storm of Life. To my people, the Force and Nature are one in the same. Today..."

Jonyna paused, twirling her hand, the wind seeming to twist and vortex above her palm. "I would like to teach you all how to ask the Force to allow you to control the wind."

 

[Kathryn Foster]

Location: Bardotta System
Tag: Gym Halpern

''Relax, captain. Try to enjoy the show, instead!'' Kathryn said casually, as she approached the ships commander and flashed him a white smile after entering the bridge. Now, where did she remember sneaking up on a friendly like this before? Of course, her shuttle had boarded the vessel so it's XO should have been prepared, or would he? They were all here to watch an celestial phenomena unfold, one that didn't happen that often. Not timed and calculated for anyone to see, that was. Now it was, and the Alliance's best and brightest was gathered at the nearby space station. War would be far away, she hoped.

''So, how are we doing, captain? Crew got a chance to experience this?'' she asked while she ended up beside the man, folding her arms and glancing out the same viewport. The crew was the most important component that they had. No matter how strong and sturdy their cruisers were, without a crew that always performed their best, the Alliance wouldn't be what it was. Thus, it was important that they had their chances to step out of the uniform and experience all the wonders unfolding outside the hull.

 

[Gym Halpern]

LOCATION: Bardotta System.
TAG: Kathryn Foster

... and you are?

He didn’t say anything, but pulled her face up on the “recognition” software in the security software. A trick that he learned from Admiral Angellus back when they were with the Silvers. He was busy for a moment, and pondered what she had said though, while she was right, he already knew it. That was why he was the dissenting voice of command to anyone who complained about the assignment. He didn’t like being here either, but this is an event that none of them may ever see again.

Here we are…

Well, Colonel, we are here, where we are, to not only witness, but in case things go bad, our deflector shields are up and we can move into the shockwave. It’s better that we get hit than everyone else. One good (and annoying) thing about him was his desire for full transparency. That and pilots annoyed him. Sure, his mentor, Admiral Angellus was a pilot, sure, many of his colleagues were, all good people, but annoying.

Pull up a chair and enjoy the show since you're here. I’m catching up on work.

 

[Kathryn Foster]

Location: Bardotta System
Tags: Gym Halpern

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Kathryn smirked somewhat at the captains faint but quickly fading expression of confusion as he seemed to search for whoever had entered his bridge. Had he been so deep into his duties that he had not taken notice of the shuttles that arrived his own ship? Kathy could not blame him. Being commander of a battle ship meant you needed to have a lot of information relayed back to you, and this one might have gone past him. ''Colonel Foster. Kathryn Foster, sir.'' she introduced herself once she had closed the distance between them, and offered him a hand to shake.

''Oh, I trust you, captain! Never felt more safe!'' Kathryn exclaimed honestly, turning to look out of the same viewport, then turned her head back towards the man. ''I'm sure your sensors will pick up an attack, if one is coming..." she said with slight doubt in her voice. Doubting, and hoping that they would be spared of such an event spoiling the moment. Of course, they needed to take every precaution when they had gathered many of their most prominent officers, Jedi and vessels in one place. "If it does come to that, though... I'll gladly be of your assistance instead of standing idle like some political officer on inspection... Either here on the bridge, or you can kick me out in a fighter. Frankly, I'd prefer the latter.'' she continued, trying to get the man to relax a few notches. She truly missed the kick of turning a fighter into attack position. The man looked about the same, or even a couple of years older, than she. The man surely took his duties seriously. Still, you could learn to balance those duties.

 

[Gym Halpern]

LOCATION: Bardotta System.
TAG: Kathryn Foster

Colonel Kathryn Foster…, Captain Gym Halpern, though I am sure that you already know that. He took her handshake, still wondering her motivations for being here. She was going on and on about being safe and attacks and rambling as a whole.

Or I could just kick you out into whatever you showed up in. She was still so concerned about relaxing. Sure, why not, kick back and have a few ales and put your feet up, right?

I’m working so that they can have their fun and watch. I suggest you relax and do the same. He shrugged and went back to work.

 

[Phoebe Winsloe]

Tags: Jonyna Si Nulgath Zardai Reina Daival Pan

"The wind is the voice of the force?" Pheobe thought to herself as she settled into a cross-legged position in front of Master Si so she could listen to the lecture, after living on Coruscant for three years all the wind there ever said was "The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the galaxy." and begging for someone to plant a karking tree. But she kept her smartass remarks to herself, Phoebe was here to learn not to do stand-up comedy and different cultures' take on the force were always interesting to hear.

As Master Si reached out with the force to make the winds change Phoebe did likewise, reaching out with the force to feel the flavour, the shape of it, as changed and listened to Master Si's calls, Phoebe couldn't quite describe it and it did feel slightly different to other ways Phoebe felt the force used, but it was definitely interesting and she was eager to learn.