Jul 17, 2017 3:22 pm
Chronicles of the Gatekeeper
It is a dangerous time for those strong in the Force. The Jedi Knights are no more, and the evil Galactic Empire seeks to scour their memory from the galaxy. Without the Jedi Order, those attuned to the Force often wander adrift, vulnerable to the agents of the Empire and the lure of the dark side.
Yet, the teachings of the Jedi live on, scattered across the stars. One such repository of wisdom is the holocron of the Jedi Knight Suljo Warde. This record, and its gatekeeper, await discovery by the Force users destined to exhume Warde’s legacy.
Meanwhile in the Zaddja system at the very edge of the Unkown Regions, Imperial Supply Outpost SN-271, colloquially known as The Eyrie, gets ready to host a new visitor…
The starlines collapse back into stars and an A-36 Pathfinder, Serendipity, emerges into real-space. At the controls, a relieved human gets his first view for several years of civilisation. Although the sight may not quite be up to his expectations.
Zaddja III dominates the scene, a gas giant with swirling violet and pink clouds which takes up more than half of the view. In the foreground, and dwarfed by the planet, a small station can be seen, the red blinking navigation lights probably the most welcome sight that Mayron Suntrigger has seen in a long time.
The scout ship approaches the small station, with toroidal living quarters surrounding a gas-refinery core, and is assigned Dock Cresh, beside a small transport vessel and a battered old YT-1200 freighter. The docking procedure goes smoothly and soon Mayron emerges into the habitation ring, a surprisingly homely space with a transparisteel upper-half giving the inhabitants of the station a magnificent view of the nearby planet.
As Mayron makes his way towards the communications booth, which is about a quarter of a turn around the station, he notices a well-dressed pantoran trying to look as inconspicuous as possible in amongst the local rabble. The station is very small, so he seems to be struggling to get lost in a crowd made up of many different species. He is not the only one who seems out-of-place; a cultured twi-lek seems to be gravitating towards the pantoran.
Suddenly raised voices make Mayron turn back, it seems there is an altercation between a large human and some of the station personnel. The man is filthy and dressed in ragged brown clothes and the guards seem to be trying to move him back into the transport he arrived on. Mayron turns back towards the Comms Room, and bumps right into a tall humanoid, knocking his hood off to reveal a rather fearsome-looking Nikto…
