2.0 - Lure of the Lost

The Warden observes Urik and shakes her head, "We do not have record of a weapon like that in the archives we have access to. It's quite possible the third holocron will reveal something that could help with the sword -- but it looks like a heavy burden -- and difficult to manage and conceal."

She pauses, turning to Kaveri and apparently accessing some further records in the combined memory of the two holocrons. "As to finding the third holocron -- we are still identifying where it may be, and it will take some time for us. We do not know whether a lightsaber will specifically aid you in its retrieval. My belief, naturally, is that a lightsaber is a critical tool for a jedi. So I believe it will help you in all that you do."

"A lightsaber crystal is a special component of a lightsaber. It is imbued with the Force by the person who wields it and so takes on a distinctive hue -- usually green or blue in our memory. They will be crystals that interact with you via the Force and which react to the Force when applied. Beyond that, they're crystals like many others -- with different physical properties depending on the kind of crystal."

She puts up a hand, "One moment." The Curator nods to her and winks out. "If you will move to the holoprojector chamber, we can display information we have on crystal-bearing worlds known to us up to 30 years ago."

Once gathered around the holoprojector, the Curator and Warden appear again. "We know what year it is, because we finally asked. We still have some small ways to interact with the data networks on this planet -- and it's possible for us to glean certain information passively without intruding or being detected."

The holoprojector flickers to life -- the result of one of the many repairs done by you as you settled into the Dawn Temple as a more permanent abode. It's not exactly the best quality signal, but it works. A list of planets show up above it with a galactic map pinpointing the locations.

Hethan is able to see these -- though she cannot hear the gatekeepers still -- and says, "Oh! Excellent. These records are wonder and match nicely with my data too." She points, "See? There's Ilum on the list. Is it on the map?"

Looking at it, none of you are able to spot Ilum highlighted on the galactic map, however.

"That's just good tactics, if the enemies supply for munitions breaks they can't fight. If obfuscating the locations of crystals stops would be covert activities you control the enemies supply. Burning out the enemies resources quickly and dominating all routes for necessary resupplies is the quickest way to end a war... it's still not filled with violence but you minimize casualties for your own forces." Heyop stated with a shrug in response. He wondered if there were other would be padawans in this situations in the galaxy making these kind of decisions or going back to working at say their uncle's shop as a mechanic.

The holoprojector displays a list of the following worlds for known sites:



Adega
Barab I
Dantooine
Ilum
Lorrd
M'haeli
Phemis


All of them, but Ilum have their location lit up.

The Spadja sector -- the location of Spintir and the Dawn Temple is colored red on the map for convenience.

Adega is located at, what appears to be the hind-end of space in the Moddell sector. There are several systems labelled, but none of them ring a bell. Adega, Annaj, Endor, Murk, Vasha, Zorbia. An orange ring glows around the sector -- which at this level of zoom feels like a tight constellation of backwater systems.

Barab I, of the Barab system is in the Albanin sector in the Outer Rim territories. It is on the other side of Hutt-controlled space from the Spadja sector and a yellow circle delineates it in on the projector.

Dantooine is in the Raioballo sector to the Galactic West of you. A light blue ring circles its location.

Lorrd, located in the Kanz sector is to the Galactic West as well -- a bit closer than Dantooine. A red circle highlights its location on the map.

M'haeli is in the Majoor sector, not far from the well-known world of Malastare along the Hydrian Way -- a major hyperspace route. Its location is denoted by a white circle on the holoprojector.

Lastly, Phemis is in the Corellia sector -- a pretty well known part of space to the average galactic citizen. Its location is highlighted by a pink circle on the holoprojector.

The Curator speaks up, "We don't have much of a suggestion on where you could possibly begin. As far as we know, each of these locations bears crystals. Decades ago, the Jedi Order got their crystals -- khyber crystals -- from Ilum. Centuries before that, the Order was granted exclusive rights to mining on Phemis for rubat crystals. Before that, crystals were found where they may be, though the Adegan crystals were the most popular for quite some time." He pauses and adds, "We can tell you something about each of these places -- but rather than rattling off some facts, perhaps you'd like some questions answered about someplace in particular? Or would you prefer a summary such as we have?

OOC: May Urik make a Knowledge: Outer Rim roll to see what he knows about the more out of the way systems? He's ignorant of official Imperial politics and worlds, but he comes from an outer rim colony. What would the difficulty be?

OoC: I guess it depends on what you're looking for, average is two purple, hard is three. Hard I guess would be if you're trying to remember the logo for that regional snacky cake product for that one planet that had a new story about a mix up at the factory where they were accidentally mixing ingredients wrong causing hallucinogenic effects. If it's to remember about pertaining to crystals like this not a lot of people would be in the know so probably above average to remember the story/rumor no?

OOC: Not about the crystals. Urik has never heard of these crystals. I'm looking for a knowledge check on the status of the worlds; which is occupied, colonized, natural disasters, Imperial presence/blockade, harsh environments, etc. Difficulty Falryx?

Edit: As you set this difficulty, keep in mind that Urik has been out of circulation for a few years now. Any information he knows will be around 5 years old at this point, and would have been mostly overheard adult conversation/rumors. I'm mostly looking for an excuse to vote one way or another as to destination. Urik knows more about a galaxy far far away than Friar Tuk does.

(OoC: I'd just go with Average FT... just because it might be old intel doesn't mean it wasn't accurate... I mean the Holocron Duo's data is probably more vast than what we all know including Romund on the planet... but it's not up to date. If we want newer stuff I figure we could research... Urik was part of an explorer family before the abduction/confinement wasn't he probably has something to put insight into we're not looking at?)