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General Vell kept silent, folding his arms as he allowed the Admiral to talk to the Mandalorian dreadnought. He silently reflects on the world around him, using the force to learn about the world around him. At first he feels virtually nothing - no force energy from any nearby sector. He sensed neither light nor dark, only a blank white sheet of neutrality. It was almost as if the force didn't exist. It was an utterly strange feeling to the jedi, but he welcomed it. He was at peace in this state of mind, reflecting on the recent events that had just conspired. He's already slowly beginning calm down.

But as Vell starts to get comfortable, he suddenly feels a massive disturbance bursting through his mind as a red flash goes off. He grunts as he lowers his head and rubs against his temple, disturbed by this sudden outburst. The admiral quickly takes notice as his stern face rapidly transformed into that of natural concern. 

[b][color=fff200]"General?"[/color][/b] Admiral Kardoff asks in a concerned voice to him.

Yet the jedi soon saw several more crimson flashes, all within mili-seconds of one another as a black hole forms within the force, slowly filling up the calm and tranquil blank conscious. Within seconds he feels as an intense dark force was nearby, the force draining into a well within the nexus, only for it to release a feeling of rage and agony. It was a horribly electrifying feeling, as he begins to rapidly endure countless snapshots of these strange visions. 

[b][color=fff200]"Hold him! Quickly!"[/color][/b] he barks out to several clone troopers, vaguely realizing the situation that was transpiring right before his eyes.

Several clone troopers caught up and began to hold the weak-legged man as they attempted to snap the general out of his trance. At first their efforts did nothing, until the Admiral approached Vell and gave him a great smack across his cheek. That finally forced the jedi master to get out of his vision as he breathed heavily the moment he bursted out of that terrible feeling. He was pale and clammy, with minor sweat dripping off his forehead. The troopers escorted the jedi to the nearest seat and plopped him down gently on it. General Vell continues to rub his head as he regains his full consciousness of the situation. 

[color=a0410d][b]"Oh god..."[/b][/color] he breathes in a shaking tone as he supports his left arm on a counter.

[b][color=fff200]"Are you OK?"[/color][/b] asks the admiral uneasily, [b][color=fff200]"What happened?"[/color][/b]

The jedi nods as he raises his hand. The admiral pauses briefly before asking what he thinks must have happened.

[b][color=fff200]"What did you see...?"[/color][/b] 

The jedi looks at him with a cold terrified look in his eyes.

[color=a0410d][b]"I felt..."[/b][/color] he answers shakingly, gulping quickly as he continues, [color=a0410d][b]"A great disturbance in the force. I felt a darkness unlike anything I've felt before... I-I was at peace with the universe around me, until this agonizing pain overcame me... It was as if this big black hole was sucking away at the calm that was around me... like an indefinite well... and I saw these... these visions. I c-can't remember what I saw, but I recall clearly what was at the end before it all suddenly vanished..."[/b][/color]

The jedi paused as all the men in the bridge remained silent, looking at him with worry.

[b][color=fff200]"Was it the uh... the dark side, or whatever you call it?"[/color][/b] the admiral inquires curiously.

[color=a0410d][b]"Y-Yes..."[/b][/color] Vell responded surely, [color=a0410d][b]"I heard this... this cackling laughter. I could see a hooded man in black... nothing but a pale wrinkly white nose peering out of the black void that covered the rest of its face."[/b][/color]

[b][color=fff200]"You saw a hooded man with a nose?"[/color][/b] asks Kardoff in order to confirm what he heard.

[color=a0410d][b]"Yes..."[/b][/color] the jedi said, slowly gaining his footing as he slowly begins to stand up, [color=a0410d][b]"And then, I... I heard that voice say only a number..."[/b][/color]

[b][color=fff200]"A number...? What number?"[/color][/b] Kardoff asked inquisitively, his left eyebrow peering upwards in wonder.

But before the jedi could reveal what it was, a clone operative interrupts the moment as he hears static coming from a control panel.

[b]"Admiral. We have an incoming transmission from the mandalorian ship. It responded to us."[/b]

Kardoff looks over at him, securing his belongings as he gets back to business.

[b][color=fff200]"Patch it through."[/color][/b]

According to [i]"Alor'ad Orser of the Keldabe-class battleship Adenn..."[/i], he was basically in the same situation as the Venator was in. They too were lost after engaging a hyperspace anomaly and simply landed here. However, they claimed that the Galactic Republic had turned into some sort of Empire... or [i]The[/i] Empire, to be more precise and asked if they [i]'didn't get the memo'[/i] or that they had gone rogue against it. 

Everyone inside the bridge was utterly confused, especially Admiral Kardoff. He looks around the rest of the crew nearby in total confusion.

[color=fff200][b]"W-What?"[/b][/color] he asked hesitantly as he voices into the comms, [color=fff200][b]"[i]The Empire[/i]? What Empire? My ship was just in the middle of a battle between the separatists in the Outer Rim before we arrived here, and as far as I know there is NO such Empire that you speak of. We are the Galactic Republic! What in mynock's name are you talking about?"[/b][/color]

As soon as he transmitted the message, one of the clone higher-ups also began to question that statement.

[b]"Sir, maybe they're mentioning about some other existing empire?"[/b]

The Admiral glared at him unbelievingly.

[color=fff200][b]"Nonsense!"[/b][/color] he bursts out confidently, [color=fff200][b]"He clearly means the Galactic Republic turning into some 'Galactic Empire'. I've not heard any other major republic turning into an empire in any stretch~"[/b][/color]

[color=a0410d][b]"Unless they aren't even from our universe in the first place."[/b][/color] General Vell responded as he stands up. He's still slightly shaky from the force vision, but he's definitely in a better mindset. 

Everyone looked at him as if he was a madman, questioning what he meant.

[color=fff200][b]"So you're saying that the ship we've encountered is not from our galaxy at all?"[/b][/color] the admiral blurts out confusingly.

[color=a0410d][b]"Oh they're from our own galaxy."[/b][/color] Vell responds to assure Kardoff, [color=a0410d][b]"But they've not in our universe."[/b][/color]

A light-bulb seemed to pop in the admiral's head as he begins to realize where the jedi is going with this.

[color=fff200][b]"So you're bringing in the theory of the multiverse into play?"[/b][/color] he asks in detail, [color=fff200][b]"As if these mandalorians are from an alternate universe where their said Empire came up after their Galactic Republic? Is this what you mean?"[/b][/color]

[color=a0410d][b]"Correct."[/b][/color] Vell smiles with an assured nod, [color=a0410d][b]"Or perhaps they were ripped out from our future. Perhaps our Republic would transform into an Empire overtime, but we do not know when. For them it has already happened, yet it may not have happened to us yet, whether it would be days, weeks, months, or years until then. It could be either or..."[/b][/color]

There was a silent pause as the crew began to reflect on that theory. Then one of the clones asked a critical question, one that could break and alter their very perspective on their own universe.

[b]"Sh-Should we ask them?"[/b]