[b]In the life of a Jedi Knight on his own,
Jedi Meeting, Nova Retreat.[/b]

Goddor nervously paced back and forth in the conference room Neia provided, the station owner sitting at one end of the table with her feet prepped up on the side looking at him. He stopped and swallowed, looking at her, "What?"

"Relax, it will be fine. Cyphor, Ba'al and whatever entourage will be here shortly. Just be calm and remember to breathe." The Nautolan said leaning back in her chair.

Goddor blinked and took a deep breath, some of the anxiety leaving ihm, "I suppose it will be fine, they are fellow jedi after all... heh, I should trust in the force and my instincts as master Tohkran would say."

She was about to reply when the door buzzed, removing her legs from the table. "That would be Jantor leading them in." She said, right before the doors opened and the Kel Dor enter, followed by Kiyla and her jedi guests. She grinned when she saw Ba'al and winked, patting her lap and then turned her eyes to the empty chair next to her if the jedi was a bit emberassed to follow Neia's invitation.

Cyphor entered with Cha'alla and Zane with him, he wanted to keep those with him to a relatively low number for the moment in the hopes Goddor wouldn't feel too intimidated. Cha'alla was the clossest he had to a second in command these days, thought hayle certainly ranked high in that respect, but if his suspicious were correct Zane was the best option out of the rest of his inner circle to include on the meeting.

"Hello everybody." Cyphor said as he moved to the table and took a seat about midway along one side. "It is good to see you all again."

Ba'al flushes behind her face-mask at Neia's invitation and offers a stiff nod. If it were not a business meeting of the jedi, she would gladly take up the position... As it were, though... She slips over and takes up the seat beside her as Allysandri follows and takes a seat further away, closing her eyes for a moment. "Indeed it is, Cyphor. I dare say, it has been since... Well, the last meeting of the Jedi, I think, that many of the faces here have last been in the same room," she looks about the room before nodding slowly, "Leonis will be joining shortly, his ship is docking now."

The Cathar male grunts as he comes through the door, "No need to wait, I'm here now" He crosses his arms and removes his helmet, flickering his ears. "I trust Tohkran is well?" He bows his head to Neia and Cyphor respectfully. "Thank you for hosting us, Neia. And a pleasure to meet once again, Jedi."

"And you friend," Cyphor replied to Leonis, "My condolances for your sister, Im sorry I have been unable to help in your search since the incident."

Leonis' ears fold back as he nods slowly, "I... yes. Indeed. But perhaps you might join in the hunt for the Sith yet. I have found some leads quite recently on their activity." He reaches in his armour and draws out a tightly sealed cannister offering it out to the jedi in the room. "Perhaps one of you have the talents to investigate this little article I have found, in fact." He offers the sealed lightsaber out to whoever would dare take it.

"Well we are gathered here now." She smiles standing up, "I am but the host, Goddor here, on behalf of his master wished this meeting to happen, so please, Goddor you have the attention of those gathered here."

"I may be able to help with that." Cha'all said as she reached for the cylinder.

She coughed and grinned, "Perhaps that can wait, poor Goddor here has been all but nerves since his arrival here." She looked at the Rodian and chuckled, "I'm afraid if we keep him from speaking he'll faint."

Goddor gulped and took a deep breath, nodding to each person that was gathered here, "I, forgive me if this will a bit of a lengthy tale but I suppose it will need some explanation..." He was stuttering at first but as he began telling the tale he grew more confident. Explaining about the rumours that had reached Tohkran of a jedi leading a resistance movement on antar IV, home of the old Antarian Rangers, who were allies of the jedi of old.

Reaching the system with their cloaked ship to find the CIS blockading the system and having the planets within it under their control. He proceeded to tell about their crash... and meeting with the resistance, and the force user named Quinlan Vos who was leading them. The desperation the resistance forces were forced under... suicide bombers, aggression meeting aggression. But then explained the reasons for it, providing datapads with the data collected and distributing them to those gathered in the conference room so they could see for themselves how the CIS were stripmining the place ,forcing the population as slaves in factories to produce droids and weapons for war.

He started to wrap it up, "My master, decided to help them... and perhaps help turn them from the dark path they had turned into by giving them hope once more. We undertook a mission to give the resistance access to a weather station which they can manipulate for their smuggler fleet to keep supplies coming. The mission was a success but at a cost... Tohkran decided to stay behind, along with a large force of troops we had on our ship, his last request, was me to speak to you all... and ask for your help. My master wishes to.. .while he helps Quinlan Vos and the resistance in that capacity, he wishes us... if we could, build up a... liberation force to free the system from the CIS and drive them out." He took a deep breath and sat back down in his chair, trembling a little, waiting for the reactions.

Ba'al sits forward and nods her head, "I will lend myself to the efforts in order to drive out the CIS. This is a valiant effort put out by Tohkran and a worthy cause of the Jedi to lend themselves to. I will dedicate myself and my people towards it in whatever way is necessary."

Leonis furrows his brow and shakes his head, obvious contempt in his eyes that she would so easily be persuaded to this effort when it was the duty of the Jedi to combat the Sith, especially when one of their own had already been struck down at their hands. If they still would not help, so be it. He would continue his crusade against the dark side alone.

"I am not sure how much asistance I can provide." Cyphor said hesitantly. "I know many of you side with the Republic in this war, but while iI do not condone slavery or the actions taken by the CIS on Antar I do support the CIS in general." He said trying to keep his tone level and calm. "I have contacts within the CIS that also disaprove of the rampant slavery and other less savory actiong the CIS have taken in this war, I may be able to have them apply preasure to the leaders of the Antar occupation."

Neia shrugged, "I loathe slavery in any form so the kid and his master got my support." She already had agreed to support him after all since she had already been confided into.

Letting out a sigh of relief he nodded his thanks to them all, "I thank you for your support, master Cyphor. Anything you can do to apply pressure on the CIS there would be helpful." He paused, "I... actually if that doesn't help, perhaps you can also convince them that... if it requires us to liberate the system to drive the CIS out, you can convince your contacts that it isn;t a Republic operation but a independant, neutral faction who just wants to see that system liberated and the conditions the CIS placed on those people to be removed. I imagine in return for being silent on a galactic scale of the horrors they inflicted on that world and it's population they might not retaliate?"

"I may be able to provide more... demanding... assistance, as you are likely aware i have a squadron of arquitens class frigates in my forces and a number of clones as well." Cyphor said as he gestured to Zane for emphasis."On the surface they would appear to be a republic strike force thought that might do more harm than good in your proposed scenario."

She coughed, "Well I got contacts in the republic, high grade even. If you can't convince the CIS to back down, maybe I can convince the Republic to offer some covert help? If they want to... that or, from the sound of it, if we do liberate it, make them recognize the system as a neutral system, so neither the CIS or Republic can lay claim to it."

Goddor nodded, "Any assistance, if either support in the form of weapons, ships, troops... or the CIS and Republic recognizing the Antar system as a neutral party once it is liberated would be more than welcome." He then turned to Ba'al and the Cathar Leonis, fro mthe way they had appeared seperately and how they were acting, it was not so much as convincing Ba'al to join him as it was convincing Leonis as well. "Uhm, Leonis, what are your thoughts on the matter?"

Leonis shakes his head, "My fight is not with the Republic or the CIS." He looks about the room, "I am still on the hunt for the Sith who killed Theodis... I've no intentions to rest til the debt is settled. I may not be a jedi, but there is a blood debt to pay for this and it seems you are all other occupied with the war going on."

"The war does not stop for the death of one, Leonis." Cha'alla said, "Many die everyday in this war and the dead can not be brought back."

"Well, I don't know from personal experience, so forgive me if what I am about to say is a bit cold Leonis." Neia began, speaking slowly, carefully. "Your hunt... is it to carry out justice or revenge? Justice I can understand, revenge... revenge usually doesn't satisfy you in the end from what I gather... and who is to say it will stop when you find the one responsible for her murder." She gestured to Cha'alla. "What she said, the dead cannot be returned, have you looked at the images Tohkran and hisp eople found? The CIS are using civilians, children, in forced slave labour, what would your sister do if she were here?"

Leonis tenses and lets his ears fold back as he looses a low growl, "I do not need your lessons and advice. I have heard it time and time again. I know full well the path I tread." He raises his head defiantly, "You think the CIS and Republic are the only enemies here? The Sith do not sit idly by, I am certain. Even now, I am certain they are exploiting the situations the wartime has created. They are no better than these murderers and slavers presented in the CIS, but you would have them go free. I will not."

"Never said anything about letting these sith, the one's responsible for your sisters death, go free. Merely stating that it seems you don't have any leads, well apart from that lightsaber you handed over." She shrugs, "If that proves to be a lead I said nothing, but if it doesn't, are you going to keep hunting at phantoms for clues or try and help out with something actually tangible?"

"Please, I, my master, he would have wanted the support of everyone, but he would understand if other matters take precedence. And this request he asks would take a long time regardless so there would be time to reconsider joining... or abandoning the task."

Leonis tenses and hesitates before slowly nodding his head, "I can lend a hand in the resistance while I keep an ear out for Sith activity. But as soon as I have a real lead, I must be off. I know they are near. They were not far from Mandalore space within this last month. A Bimm, heading for your station, actually, confirmed it."

Neia blinked, "A Bimm you say?" She turned to Jantor, "Didn't we had reports of a Bimm pickpocket and... adulterer? On my station these last two days?" Jantor nodded slowly, "Yeah thought so... is he and that Bimm of yours one and the same?"

Leonis picks at the scruff of his mane and considers the circumstances under which he had met Casae Novae. "Considering this fellow... In all likelihood."

He squirmed in his seat, "I Uhm, well I had my say and relayed my master's message... I actually don't know where to go from there... perhaps we, uhm need to cotnact each other after a month? Or contact when someone has made a breakthrough, say by contacting the CIS or Republic and see what aid they can give? I have been, well Tohkran has given Thrall, liberties to go as far as hire mercenaries if a battle to liberate the system would have to take place." Goddor said, his nervousness returning.

Ba'al nods and leans back in her chair, relaxing now that Leonis seemed to have calmed down. "It seems like a fair enough plan. It would do well that we keep in closer contact than we have in the last year and coordinate our efforts." She furrows her brow in thought, "Before I attend the efforts to liberate the system, I might see to checking out the Vergesso Asteroids. There is supposed to be some Jedi's sanctuary there I wish to seek."

"I agree with the part it might require more than our usual contact." She shrugs, "Got some business ventures but can spare time... actually have some designs for a new class of ship I might be producing, might be useful if there is a battle." She looked at Kiyal with a raised eyebrow who just shrugged. "But that would take some months to even start, but also have my regular ships and troops at the ready, don't you worry Goddor, we'll help your master." She grinned and winked at the young jedi knight in a comradely fashion.

"I will see what I can do about lending assistance," Cyphor replied, "I do not know how much clout my contacts have but I believe they will support an ending of the forced labour on antar at the least. If more direct action is required I have manpower its just a question of being able to ue it without jepardising my alliances in the CIS."

"Well in that case." She looks around and banged her cup she had brought with her on the table, "Meeting adjourned then, seems Leonis has his clue, Goddor get some sleep... and can someone please deal with that Bim because I just got a report that he slept with all four wives and three mistresses of one of my high rollers. In just two hours." She waved the datapad with the the information of the report scrolling down.

"Must have some impressive stamina" Zane commented with a chuckle.

Ba'al rubs over her eyes and stands up from the table, "Something tells me... I know this Bimm... I'll deal with him."