[right][b]KOREN OMI-REN AND RO NUUL
[sup]THUNDERING WRATH[/sup]
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As soon as Koren heard the name he turned with a swish of his cloak to leave the bridge and head towards the hangar, as he got to the door he turned his head to the Captain. [color=yellow]“Permission is granted, I’ll meet them in the hangar.”[/color] He had no doubt that two [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/c/cf/Miytil_SotG.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20081004171055]Miy’til[/url] fighters would have launched from the hangar bay to fly out and escort the Jedi Fighters. HE was nervous, denying that was pointless. He took a deep breath drawing on his training to slow his heartbeat, lowering the anxious aura he was no doubt presenting. Not only was he seeing a Jedi immediately, which was something he wasn’t sure he wanted to do yet. 

What made it even more nerve wracking is it wasn’t just a Jedi, it was a Jedi he knew. Or at least he thought he knew, it had been over twenty years since they had seen each other, and they had both been padawans. Since then he had been held captive, joined a foreign power nobody knew about until earlier in the year. Fell in love and married against the best wishes of the code he had grown up with, and more importantly trained a group of Force Sensitive individuals in the ways of the Force without the religious doctrine of the Jedi. He knew he was a Jedi, and would always be a Jedi however he understood that the religious doctrine wasn’t for everyone. 

He entered the hangar flanked by two guards as the modified ETA came into the hangar flanked by the two other ships. He stood there, arms interlocked behind his back waiting for the pilot to disembark. He could already feel the familiar presence, and as the cockpit of the ship opened and Ro stepped out a slight smile crossed the Jedi Princes face. [color=yellow]“Welcome aboard, Jedi Knight Ro Nuul.”[/color]

As soon as Ro raised his glance to meet the Prince of the Hapes Consortium, he paused momentarily. His goggles and brow seemed to raise momentarily, before his breath mask began to vibrate and echo the laughter of the Jedi Ace. He moved in quickly to hold out his four fingered hand towards the Prince for a handshake, before finally speaking. [color=fdc68a]”Koren... I didn’t expect to see you again!”[/color] The deep, muffled voice broke for a moment into more nervous laughter, before the Knight shook his head to recompose himself. [color=fdc68a]”You said you were the Prince of the Hapes Consortium now? Was being a Knight not good enough?”[/color]

Koren sent a flash of warning through the Force towards his guards who had started to move towards their weapons. They received the instruction before they even had their hands on the hilts of their weapons. He clasped the Jedis hands between his two in a double handshake. “Well, you escape a Separatist Fleet as Coruscant Falls, get taken captive, agree to train the Royal Guard to let younglings go free, fall in love and get married while avoiding assassination attempts.” Koren chuckled nervously as he raised his hand onto his shoulder and rubbed it nervously. “I’m glad to see that you survived what happened to Coruscant. It’s still a shock. So what’s the word from the Council? I assume you’re here to escort me down and tell me I’m no longer a Jedi Knight.”

Ro tilted his head slightly towards his old comrade in arms. It had been decades since they last served together, so it’s no surprise that Koren had been through so much. But the Jedi Knight took a step back once Koren seemed to get defensive. Ro folded his arms as his brow knit together. [color=fdc68a]”I’m not here to take you to the Council so they can reprimand you.”[/color] An audible sigh emanated from Ro’s mask before the Jedi nodded towards his starfighter and the Astromech on board. [color=fdc68a]”While you were making an attachment and toying with politics, I’ve been serving here. The Force brought you here during the Mandalorian coming of age ceremony, and I am running security escorts down to the surface. So let me know where it is you want to go, Koren, and I’ll make sure we get you, and your people, there safely.”[/color]

Koren chuckled slightly. [color=yellow]“In all honesty, I’m not even sure where to start. I convinced Alana that it was time that Hapes got out of the Transitory Mists and started to have a positive impact on the Galaxy. I came to Mandalore as from what out scouts determined the Jedi had come after what happened to Coruscant. So I felt that it was a sensible place to start out. I did send communications ahead, which is no doubt how everyone seems to know about us.”[/color] He sighed as he took a step back from the Jedi and signalled for him to follow him, his guards stepped to the side to let him past. [color=yellow]“While I wait for some official communication from Mandalore, fill me in on what's been going on? What’s the status of the order? The Republic?”[/color] He laughed. [color=yellow]“I never thought I would need to figure out the status of the Galaxy to be a foreign diplomat.”[/color]

Ro Nuul nodded and placed his hands behind his back as he followed the prince, making sure to pass his gaze over the guards as he did so. [color=fdc68a]”Well, for starters… The Order splintered when Grievous launched the assault on Coruscant, which I only barely escaped that battle to end up on Dantooine…”[/color] The Jedi paused momentarily to shake his head. [color=fdc68a]”As for the state of things... Grievous and his droid army are still operational. Admiral Renkar formed some sort of Empire starting from Ord Mantell and has been dominant in the galactic north. They're the only ones engaged in open warfare with the CIS. The Republic proper is split between the Corellian government, who claim to be the proper republic in the core, and then the Grand Republic of Mandalore, the government with the most unused firepower.”[/color] Ro’s brow knit as he said this, the resentment practically oozing from his voice before recomposing himself. 

[color=fdc68a]”As for the Jedi Order… it seems to be split into three camps. We have the Jedi Enclaves here on Mandalore, where the Jedi High Council for the most part has reformed and who you’re most likely going to want to speak to. The Corellians have their own order at this point, the Green Jedi, and I’ve heard rumors about the Empire managed to get a few Jedi and force sensitives that they’ve been training up.”[/color] The Jedi Knight took a deep breath, and lifted one hand to scratch his temple. [color=fdc68a]”Though, if there’s anyone you’re going to want to meet… it’ll be the Paladin himself. He’s in charge of all the clans, and if you’re looking to make a difference around here, it’ll help to have his blessing.”[/color]

Koren shook his head as the news about the Jedi Order came through. [color=yellow]”I knew the Republic fractured with the Separatist attack, I even knew that the chief clanker was still around and fighting some form of Empire. I never knew that the Jedi had fractured, and so badly at that.”[/color] He let his head hang for a second as they continued to pass through the halls, people throughout the ship moved to the side and bowed their heads as they passed through the corridors. [color=yellow]”I had planned a visit to Corellia, and I’ll probably be in touch with them to sort that out after I’m done here.”[/color] 

He sighed as he finally came to a bulkhead, opening the door to show a stateroom. He signalled to his guards to wait outside, they looked at each other behind their hooded masks for a second before nodding and taking up flanking positions around the door. [color=yellow]”I am glad to see that you also made it old friend, life has taken us both in strange ways. This may seem a strange question to ask, since we have not spoken in a long time and have both changed since then, but do you feel like the Jedi Council will take me back?”[/color] He sat in a chair, pouring himself a glass of a fine brandy, he held the bottle towards the Kel Dor in a gesture that he was offering him some. [color=yellow]”I have never seen myself as anything other than a Jedi, even since I started training the Royal Guard and Prince to the Consortium.”[/color]

Koren laughed. [color=yellow]”Remember when our masters took us on the relief mission during the Clone Wars and everything went sideways? I thought that was complicated.”[/color]