Chapter 4 Everyone had stayed in the Twitering Leku for the night due to the merciless and unrelenting storm. As usual, Joel woke up bright and early to prepare his business for the day. He had not planned to join the others in the hunt for Tooth-Claw, preferring to stay out of the action and just keep things running normal. Unsure how the outpost would feel about the Sith presence, he was eager to get them moving before the bulk of the residents woke up. Of course, since his Cantina was a watering hole, few would come until at least midday. “Wake up guys; the storm has passed and it’s time to set out.” The sky was still completely covered in gloomy clouds, yet the chances for additional rainfall seemed slim. The wind however, still continued to keep a steady howl. One by one, Dressen, Lex, Cody, and Jahavid emerged from the storeroom where they slept for the night. Then came Dorn, who slept in the other room, which served as the Cantina’s lounge. Lex started on brewing the caf while everyone else but Joel sat at one of the tables. He was still washing dishes. “So what’s with setting out at daybreak? What’s the rush?” Jahavid said. “Gotta use the full day.” Cody replied, “We cover the most ground that way. And remember, you, Dressen, and I have to go get our guns and armor from our apartment.” Lex turned and faced Cody, still operating the caf machine. “You guys are forgetting me. I’m coming too.” He snapped. Jahavid chuckled, followed by an outburst of laugher which boomed though the whole building. “That’s funny, I thought I heard you say you were coming with us.” He managed. “I am, and you better believe it.” He said, grimacing. “Where are your weapons kid? I thought you were a diplomat public sector guy. Since when did you become a Rakghoul slayer?” Cody asked with a complacent tone. “He’s right. You are only gonna get yourself hurt or killed out there. Why don’t you stay with Joel?” Dressen added. “I can buy guns and armor you know that. I will be fine I can decide for myself.” He insisted. Joel stepped in. “They’re right Lex. We can’t have you turning into one yourself. Besides, we’ve got plenty to do today over here you’ll see.” Looking around the room and seeing no one else was taking him seriously, Lex gave up and briskly stepped out of the cantina while shaking his head at Jahavid. The room fell silent for a few moments until Dorn grabbed the first cup of ready caf and downed it. “Well if you ladies are done with the drama, we should be leaving.” _________________________________________________________________________ It was not easy being around the old guys. It seemed he always was the recipient of any attacks. Frustrated, Lex picked up a chipped piece of concrete and threw it over the neighboring building, immediately after came loud swearing and cursing. He backpedaled into the street to observe a helmetless republic trooper rubbing his forehead. Next thing he knew, he was thrown onto the ground and handcuffed then rushed to an alley; where more troopers lay. “Who is this?” One questioned. “I found him coming out of the cantina. He’s the one who hit Mark.” The one who brought him replied. He dismissed everyone but the two of them. “Everyone take up positions, if anyone else comes out, take them as well. We need to question everyone.” Post dismissal, he finally addressed Lex. “Let me see your ID.” He demanded. Lex felt through his pockets for his wallet and produced his ID. The officer took it and examined it for a minute and hummed to himself. “I have a few questions for you Mr. Sortia. Tell me, are you plotting with the sith?” He ignored the question. “Not at all, I hate the Sith and everything they do.” The officer’s expression remained calm and conceited. “Then now come you spent the entire night with a sith Lord at the Cantina?” Lex bit his lip. He knew he shouldn’t have hung around with Dorn, good person or not. “I can explain officer. Just take me back to headquarters where it is safe. Then I can tell you everything.” The officer nodded and placed his right hand on Lex's left shoulder to guide him toward the headquarters. ________________________________________________________________________________ Dressen, Dorn, Jahavid, and Cody were all finally ready. The latter two were able to reach their apartments further down the southernmost street in the outpost without any trouble. Little did they know that they’re every move was tracked by republic agents. Cody favored his old orange and white trooper armor to protect himself from the savage attacks of the Rakghoul while arming himself with a light repeater, since heavy weapons grew cumbersome more easily with age. Jahavid still preferred versatility; brandishing both a one foot electric vibro-shiv in one hand while using a heavy blaster one the other. Dorn of course used his lightsaber and his sith apprentice garments adapted for combat, along with his dark robe to conceal his attire and his mask to hide his facial features. Lastly, Dressen preferred long range combat and secrecy, so he chose his cameo attire compounded with his powerful sniper rifle. He was also designated the medic. “Good luck to all of you and may all of you come back in one piece.” Joel said. Jahavid chuckled and holstered his weapons in place. “Of course we will. We’ve been through hell and back before. This won’t be a problem.” “I hope so for all our sakes.” Dressen coldly replied. The party of four made their way carefully down the streets to the outpost entrance, where five guards were stationed wide awake. Cody noticed two of them were already looking at them early on, as if they were waiting for them. Something was not quite right. “What are we gonna do with those guards? They’re not gonna like you Dorn.” Jahavid whispered as they continued on their pace closer to the checkpoint. “It’s alright. Just follow me and do what I do.” Cody advised. He noted the guards all had blasters in hand and all but one was now turned to face them. He addressed them in the most assertive voice possible. Perhaps his soldier armor would fool them.... although unlikely. “Let us through troopers. We need to get through here.” The final trooper turned around, officers markings branded on his armor. “Who’s your shadowy friend here? We need everyone’s ID. We can’t have everyone going in and out as they please. That’s why we are here.” He replied. “Watch your back. We are about to get ambushed.” Dorn quietly warned. Cody kept his eye on the officer while he slowly moved to his carbine. “You slimy little critter…” The sound of an activated lightsaber filled the air as Dorn ran ahead of Cody and attacked the checkpoint troopers. “Let’s go!” Cody motioned everyone to follow Dorn as he cut his way through the five troopers with ease before any of them could get a clear shot. On the other hand, the troops who flanked them were opening up without any problem. Cody did not bother to fire back and just followed the others. In the back of his vision he saw the troops began to pursue them. Everyone followed Dorn as he headed straight along the main path. “Maybe we should go bushwhacking to lose them!” He remarked, glancing at the fast approaching troopers on speeder bike. “Agreed! These guys don’t know when to quit do they?” Jahavid said, running into the bush, taking the lead of the group as Dorn brought some trees down on the road to stall them. Cody followed behind Dressen, but within a few steps into the dense forest, both of them tripped and fell down a steep hill of around thirty or forty feet. An annoyed voice rang over their heads. “Can you guys move? You’re not the only ones trying to escape!” It was Dorn, who was still up at the top of the drop, blaster fire resumed once again. The two quickly got up and followed Jahavid through the thicket. Dorn landed without a hitch behind them, moving deeper into the forest. ________________________________________________________________________________ As the troopers continued to relentlessly pursue the mysterious Sith and his companions, Commander Anderson established a perimeter on the road just a few yards where the Sith flew the massive tree trunks onto the road. Conveniently, it served as a good wall to guard from hazardous wildlife. Her eyes searched the area for any clues to where they might have been heading prior to being chased, yet she found none. The trooper who caught Lex Sortia came forward with a datapad containing the damage report. She briefly read, then addressed the trooper. “Good work trooper. Scout the area for any pre-pursue destinations.” “Affirmative.” He obeyed, running off to gather a party. She returned her eyes to the datapad. What made the whole thing confusing was how the mysterious Sith could have evaded Republic presence and gather followers so easily. Most of the people residing in the Lytle outpost were unflinchingly loyal to the Republic. Despite no casualties other than the five checkpoint guards, there was no doubt the fugitives represented a big threat. Eyeing Pillet, who was approaching her, she placed the datapad in her pocket. “Commander, Lex Sortia is ready for interrogation back at headquarters, pending your decision.” He said. “Thank you Sargent. Go ahead and start.” He nodded but continues to stand there, his expression stone faced, his eyes refusing to meet hers. “Is there something wrong?” she asked. “I still think we should call in for help. We have already seen what this sith can do, it is far too dangerous for you or any of us to continue heading pursuit.” Another soldier interrupted before she could reply. “Ma’am, we got an ID on the Mirialin who was with them. His name is Dressen Powers and spends much time doing community events here and hanging out in the Twittering Leku, where we first discovered the sith.” A moment of silence filled the conversation until Anderson quietly signed. “Good work. Go start the interrogation the both of you and tell me when you’re done.” They both started toward the speeder. “And Sargent… I can finish this job myself." she snapped. "I need no help nor do I need any suggestions. It’s my job. Understood?” Pillet remained emotionless, only glancing at her for a second before heading toward the speeder again. __________________________________________________________________________________ “We are far enough out to counter attack, let’s take them out!” Jahavid turned around to face his pursuers, along with everyone else. Cody set his carbine to kill and fired on the half dozen soldiers close behind. Dorn produced a force barrier for the two of them to hide behind for cover while he released dark blue bolts of force lightning at them. The front three were instantly decimated while two others were wounded with repeated shots to the leg. Realizing they were suddenly outnumbered, they began to fall back, but to no avail. Within a few seconds, the group was completely decimated save for a single untouched soldier, who was running back for his life. “I’ll handle this one.” Dressen brought up his sniper rifle and with one shot quickly painted the nearest trees the trooper was around red. Cody glanced at the remains wide eyed. He turned around up in arms. “Well now we are really gonna get it. We just killed some of our own governments' soldiers.” He said. “Not everyone’s government.” Dorn chimed. “That makes two of us.” Jahavid added. “What we should be talking about is finding the flesh river, the entrance of Rakghoul territory. They would never follow us in there anyways.” “You think there’s a reason for that?” Cody rebutted. “If you didn’t want to come, then why did you?” Dorn countered. Dressen interrupted before anything else could be said. “Let’s just focus on the prey not each other shall we?” “Yes, let’s.” Cody said, marching on.

This update is going to be amazing! Last update with the legacy I didn't get too much out of because I don't have too many characters and none on the same server. The legasy does look very beneficial and cool though. This update FINALLY has server transfer, which I hope will be free! I really want to move my main character and have the most out of my game. The allies thing looks really cool too

Chapter 3 The group finally started to settle back in after the arrival of the unexpected outlander. However, the storm did not relent in the slightest. Rain water freely ran along the road. Visibility was still extremely low and lightning continued to light up the skies... or occasionally a few trees. "Ghastly storm out there.” How the heck did it even get there? We haven't had a storm this bad in a long time." Everyone nodded to Dressen's comment, which was all so true. Another bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, followed by an echoing boom across the most wild landscape. Dorn stared outside where the bolt stood only a few seconds ago. He got up and strode towards the exit. "Just where do you think you're going? We all agreed to stay here until the storm dies off." Cody said. The Sith ignored him and continued out onto the porch. Drawing his hood, he beckoned everyone. "Come on guys, I want to show you a trick I recently learned. Now's a perfect time to test it out. But stay back or you'll get fried." Everyone ran to the windows to watch. Standing in the middle of the road with water up to his lower shin, Dorn stood with his dead bowed, hands clenched. A dark red glow slowly started to glow on the outline of his figure. A small concentration more than anywhere else on his hands. Extending his left hand in front of him with his right knee bent. Suddenly another lightning bolt protruded from the nearest cloud strait for Dorn. Everyone winced at the brightness, but it did not disappear, only losing some of its brightness. Dorn rotated and spun his body and flung the lightning now in the shape of a ball back into the sky succeeded by a stream of blue lightning of his own. He then drew his lightsaber and summoned the power against his blade. Bathing it in an electric blue before sending it back out again thought the point of the lightsaber. He then withdrew the blade and returned inside, now soaked. "Watcha guys think? Pretty impressive huh?" Joel only replied a calm and natural "Indeed." "It seems the storm is not gonna settle down at all. I'm afraid we are gonna have to postpone our hunt for tomorrow." Dressen announced. "Anyone got more stories? How about you Dorn?" He added. The apprentice sat down in a chair near the south wall across the room and motioned with his hand for everyone to do come as well. It was a clear sunny day on Belsavis atop of one of the many snowy mountains where and my Master were training. I was only a couple years into my training (I started when I was 16) and I was just beginning to understand the basics of lightsaber combat and the way things worked. Only a few months earlier, I had chosen to train in the art of shien. The powerful yet precise and masterful movements seemed like a great choice for me. But today, I was to put together both my skills in sword fighting and wielding the powers of the force. After a few training reps with my Master, another Sith Lord appeared with his apprentice in stride behind him. My Master went to greet them and the two Sith Lords conversed for a while. Once they finished, they instructed the two of us fighting... to the death. I instantly began preparing myself and so did he. Both of us were young and only knew a little of our chosen forms. I had decided to focus on using the force instead. When the Masters told us to begin I began making a mist of snow using the force. While he began searching tearing through, I pummeled him with a barrage of force pushes, sending him into the snow. But he quickly counter attacked and started flying snowballs at me he made with the force... talk about an effective fighter. I used my lightsaber to bat down the snow balls, then against my better judgment closed to for melee combat. Swinging low with a powerful, crippling hit, my opponent evaded the attack and planted a kick to my face. While off guard he used the force to grab my lightsaber and push me toward the icy edge. I barely stopped myself from falling and clutched a dead thicket to steady myself up. Within seconds, he was upon me again this time using my lightsaber as well as his. I flipped over him and quickly let out a barrage of force orbs and waves. He used the snow as a shield, then force-pushed the wall of snow at me, sending me to the ground in six feet of snow. Trying in vain to emerge, the others lightsabers began probing the pile for me. I emerged myself in a force field and then expanded it into a burst of energy, freeing myself. My opponent was thrown back near the two anticipating masters. I saw him look into his master’s eyes briefly before charging at me once again. This time I knew what to do. Dodging the blows, I grabbed his wrists and head-butted him to the ground and retook my lightsaber. I then picked him up and curved my blade at a left right flick of my wrist, resulting in a successful amputation of the apprentice’s hand. Without hesitation, I finished and defeated my fellow trainee. Immediately my Master praised me. “Well done my apprentice. You are growing ever stronger in the mind as well as in the body.” He then addressed the other disappointed yet emotionless Sith Lord. “I wish I could say I’m sorry, yet I’m most certainly not. Good fight though.” The Master bowed in respect. “Good match; I must now continue my search for a strong student. Best of luck to you both.” With that, he left. Once he went out of sight, my master rustled my hair. “Great work my apprentice; nevertheless, we have much work to do and much to improve. Speed is essential; the empire needs you to succeed.” Almost beaming in pride, I knelt before my Master. I was now more determined than ever to please him. “Thank you Master. I will not fail you.” “And so, I trained for years hoping to accomplish the goal I had set for myself.” “Then what are you doing here and how come you are not like the other sith I’ve heard about?” Lex interrupted. “Indeed I’m different." Dorn replied, "It is because my Master now refuses to teach me further until I fix my mental attitude. I guess he wants me to become a ravaged animal that mindlessly kills people. I say we need to get a life and stop and think once and a while. Because of this, I have received no further training since I was 22. Many make fun of me because of this, but I refuse to change who I am.” The now intent and captivated group seemed very much surprised of Dorn’s story. However Joel was not done with the questioning. “Why don’t you just leave the Sith and become normal? You don’t seem too happy about what your teachers are doing.” Dorn stood up and turned to the window behind him, gazing on the relentless storm as lightning streaked across the sky. “Because being a sith is all I’m good at. I was never successful at anything else in the first half of my life. I couldn’t play, sing, I never even had the attention for school you know? When my parents allowed me to join the sith, I suspected they just wanted to get rid of me. I haven’t heard from them since I joined and I don’t expect to nor do I want to. My goal is to someday do something so extraordinary and mentionable that not only will the empire thank me, but my Mom and Dad will regret not taking better care of me.” The roof subtly shook from an especially strong gust of wind. “Do you hate them? It seems like it.” Cody inquired. Dorn loudly exhaled through his nose and turned around after a brief silence. “Hate is a strong word. Dislike is more accurate. I hope to show them who I really am someday. It is my destiny to help this galaxy. I will prove myself.” Dorn said dryly, kicking a bug which was scurrying across the floor. Jahavid finally spoke up himself. “Sounds like a worthy cause. But I still don’t see why you’re here to kill Rakghoul‘s. What significance are they to you?” “Training my friend. There are far more dangerous beasts than Rakghoul’s out there. I must defeat them to prove to myself I can defeat greater foes. That is why I must go alone to find tooth-claw. Earlier I may have sounded confident in my master and my abilities, but really I am disappointed in my Master’s decision and I still have much to learn.” Everyone fell silent, pondering the words of their newfound friend who seemed so lost. “Well, there is no harm in helping you look for tooth-claw is there? We will use our knowledge as best we can to get you to your goal.” Everyone stood around Dorn. As he looked to every face, they each nodded in approval of the plan. For the first time, the sith apprentice smiled not humorously, but a genuine warm smile. “Thank you guys. You seem to me my first true friends in a very long time. Thank you.” Dorn stepped back away from the center next to Cody and Dressen, who put his hand palm up into the center of the circle. “To friendship and success… and a good sunny day.” Cody cheered, raising his glass with his other hand. _______________________________________________________________________________________ The twittering Leku was not the only place in the Lytle outpost with planning going on. Just across the street Inside the dimly lit barracks were Commander Alisha Anderson and Sargent Pillet, looking out a window viewing the water flowing down the road. Anderson saw the spectacle the intruding sith put just outside the Cantina. Sith usually meant trouble and she wanted no part of it. “Sargent, put surveillance on the Cantina. Make sure no one enters or exits without me knowing about it. We don’t know the sith’s intent of being here. It is rather perplexing.” Pillet did not look up from his data pad. The overweight officer obviously put on allot of wait off of fringe cake. Ever since the cook found out how to make the Correlian dessert, neither of them could stay away from it for long. “Yes sir, processing the order now. Although I think I can make a suggestion. Why don’t we wait until the storm is over until we put troops out there? After all, if he is a sith, then it is best to call in a Jedi from the main headquarters to deal with him.” Anderson heaved a sigh. Pillet seemed to think he could bully him around just because he had more experience and was a guy. She found neither argument true. Women could have great responsibility and be much smarter than men. In fact, it was true most of the time in her opinion. “First of all, don’t call me sir. Call me Ma’am. Second, I don’t need your suggestions. I’m the commander for a reason and know what is best. A little rain and thunder is not going to hurt anyone. Send them out and no if’s and’s or buts about it.” The obese officer looked up at her with a serious expression. But said nothing in reply but a “yes ma’am”

K thanks guys

No still have my first saber but the stats even with my latest upgrade is far more inferior to my current Saber

It seems like they need more pvp gear

Thanks guys!

LOL your signiture is perfect for what you just said

well look at that I'm already a proven loser when it comes to gaming and what-not! That is good to know about the modifying. Its only happening with this one lightsaber. And I recall it had a green outline so no its not orange but I modified it only a few weeks ago.

Wow that sounds really bad.

I tried to modify my arbiters double bladed lightsaber. (You consular's would know about this item) but when I select it for modification, it turns up blank. When I manually put the saber in the slot it does nothing. I don't know if its a bug or what, but its really annoying because I bought a bunch of really nice mods for it

Thank you for weighing the Pros and Cons It makes sense

It shouldn't be like that

What's gold winnings?

Well thanks for the big response first of all! Second, I'm not too hardcore so you must know that I'm far too lazy to read all the notes I'm greatful to JohnathonCP for giving me the paraphrase I asked for in the way I imagined it. I conclude the notes are mostly good but the process of hating is only natural. The only thing is the PVP why are people complaining about it?