Chapter 11: Revelation

[Fel]

"Sithspit, man. Snap out of it." Sapan was trying to get Fel's mind off of the Interdictor incident, but Fel kept obsessing with how he might have avoided having to destroy the interdictor. "I managed to convince Ilven that you caught Tarkellian flu from one of those nuts down on Korriban and that's why you've been in your room and avoiding people, but this can't go on forever. You need to look ike you scored a big victory. Otherwise this game is over."

"You're right. You're right. I would like it if I could just wish myself happy, but unfortunately, that's just not the way it works." Fel knew Sapan was right, but didn't like it.

"Well, anyway, we managed to pick up whatever information it was that Kyp kid was looking for on Korriban, but who knows if it will work with that funny artifact they told us about," Sapan changed the topic to the debriefing of the last ground mission.

"Yeah, that's what it sounded like. Nobody reads the manual datapads, though... Then they wonder why it doesn't work. Then they go look in the manual... Funny how that goes," Fel managed a weak smile.

The ship was buffeted by some fire of some sort.

"Odd that we aren't deployed when the Pike has been attacked. We really ought to be out there in our fighters..." Sapan mused.

"Yes, but given the ragtag group attacking, it was judged better just to let the Pike sort them out. I can see some merit in that. Starfighters take a lot of fuel, and the maintenance on them after a flight tour can be pretty extensive."

"True enough. And there's always the risk of having to eject or losing the pilot, so this is to some degree a safer bet. Well... that's not quite true... only if you believe there's no chance of losing in the first place."

"We'll just have to wait this one out," Fel sighed. "I guess I can work on feeling better."

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Meanwhile, in a dark corner of the Pike, Renzen's datapad tap into the central computer was alight once again. Downloading the information from the previous mission, his eyes ran over the text as fast as they could.

Force, Durron, Weapon, Planet... If his mind could be represented as gears, they would have been turning at a furious rate... Making the connections... the final piece...

Renzen nearly dropped his datapad. "I know what our objective is..." he muttered under his breath. "Sithspawn."

He scrabbled to disconnect the datapad, seal the junction again, and took off running down the access tunnel.

The ship buffeted again under fire, and Renzen lost his footing, hitting his head on a low hanging pipe... Knocking himself unconscious.

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Mission Assignments
TIE: Fiction
XvT: Fiction
XWA: Fiction
GB: Fiction
EaW: ERS-226