Opinion Challenge thing:

Koren: Knight Watchman Omni-Ren is still young, as far as his species go, but it easy to see how he has earned his station. Resourceful, a calm mind, and a leader, he is one that does great credit to the Order and I dare say is one of the more ideal Jedis I have come across. This endless feud with the Sith has forced the Order to make due with far too many unsuitable candidates. If there is anyone who will be able to keep the less-experienced Jedi from losing sight of their tenants and purpose, it is most certainly him. 

Darth Nyiss: Still an enigma, and I do not put it past her that she is trying to manipulate me, although I must admit her intentions and obfuscation of knowledge is tantalizing, but infuriating. This Darth wants me to assist her in her experiments, but it remains to be seen how much of my own experiments I can carry out without her knowing. It is a shame I am not able to smuggle Xid into her quarters; he knows how these machines work and what security features they offer. I should like to know what she is trying to do with Padawan Nazca, and I know her bed chambers are a treasure trove of discarded genetic material that would be rather useful. We will see what her game is, but for now, compliance with a believable amount of defiance should keep her guard down. After all, one can't appear too eager to take part in Sith experiments, even if there's a chance I can use it for the greater good. 

Lord Sish: I haven't had the displeasure of meeting this brute on a name to name basis, but first impressions, as they say, are rather important. A Trandoshan that somehow rose in the ranks of a pure bloodline obsessed order despite being as far from human as one can get while still sporting two arms and two legs and a head, a curiosity. It is clear he sees himself as a warrior, and from his scars and signs of damage, he is no stranger to pain, and he seems to relish in it. I suspect from the gas intervention that someone monitoring wasn't impressed with his brashness, much to my relief. I'd hate to imagine what shape my future patients would have been in if he had continued on.

Shiri: A Padawan Twi'lik whom under other circumstances I would either have not noticed entirely or found her unoffensive enough. Now, it is nothing about her personality or her place in the Order, but she's a problem that suffers from her species' teenage hormonal drive to mate with whatever looks dashing enough and says enough nice things, not unlike humans. Her infatuation with Xid has compromised his judgement, and as he just proved, he isn't above reciprocating nauseating infatuation and doing stupid things to protect a girl he barely knows. So now, he lays battered and out of commission with considerable injury and he may not be able to perform if an escape attempt is necessary - or, if by chance I find a way to get him into Darth Nyiss' systems. Maybe instead of trying to find genetic markers for the Dark Side, I should have dedicated my life to defeating adolescent sex drives, then maybe Xid wouldn't be being brutalized on a daily basis at real risk to his life, and this Shiri girl could have amounted to something more than a tempest who might have doomed every captive on the ship. 

If I were capable of a stronger emotional response, I might have done something rash, like insinuate her mother was conceived in Bantha Fodder and offer Xid the kindest of gestures; a full palmed slap across the face. But unlike these two, I will not indulge in immediate, fleeting gratification. 

Note to self; If I escape from this predicament, petition the Jedi Order to make sterilization mandatory for membership. It is clear self-discipline and sense of duty has failed in a catastrophic way amongst the Order.