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						[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJiqwdWOhz8][color=aba000][u][i][b]Prelude to War.[/b][/i][/u][/color][/url] 
[@Lotrix Molick]

"potentially worse than the war we just ended" Luke allowed himself to repeat those words, a look of concern flashing through his face. While he'd only been part of the Galactic Civil war for it's final years, the conflict in general had existed bubbling below the surface since the end of the Clone wars, going hot several times over the last fifteen years before finally boiling over into an all out war after the Death of Starkiller and the subsequent battle of Skariff. In many ways, they were both right, it felt like a reactor breach, but one that permeated the Galaxy, one that. 

"Several billion people lost their lives during the last war, I'd rather avoid that...My Jedi are willing to fight and die for the Galaxy but"

"Rather they not have too" Jade nodded "I'll take master Kota and Sylas and a few others I think are half way decent fighters, Kenth here can supply the talking them down part"

Hamner nodded his tone grave, Mara couldn't tell if he was annoyed at the fact that he'd just been promoted at the drop of a hat without really having a chance to try and convince Luke as to why this was a bad idea. Or, as concerned as they were and it was moments like that which made Mara question the Corelian if only slightly. -He's loyal, but such a kriffing cynic-. Hamner had been the first to depart, to gather the blind Jedi Master and several of the others while Mara lingered long enough to watch the Farghul snap to action.

In some ways it was nerve wracking, heading into battle with an untested force user of known capability who'd just admitted to being a vigilante who went about offing people like her (Or rather who she used to be) as a form of devotion to her code. On the other, she liked the Farghul despite her best efforts to keep herself guarded, Tassaia had a carefree way about her, that she could do and live with bloody deeds and be confident that she never once took a life that didn't deserve it was..admirable.

It helped the woman seemed to share her and Luke's sense of humor. 

"Well" she began.

"That leaves me with the duty of...oh?" she turned to see several Republic soldiers, all dressed in civilian attire, or in uniforms that were rather casually adorned and improperly attired. One of them was a short woman who looked like she was built from parts left over from an old Cold Wars At-Te, she was solid muscle with raven black hair and an E-Webs cannon was resting across her shoulders as though it weighed as light as a feather. She had an amused grin, beside her was a Republic soldier Mara knew because he was a sniper and a knife fighter who disemboweled nine of her Shadow Troopers and had supposedly fought Rua Skirata to a standstill in a brothel in Nar Shada once.

Mara didn't like him much, mostly because he had a propensity to shoot imperial troopers as they were surrendering. The girl who was a sexy tank with legs (To quote Han on the matter) was Cara Dune, she was not ordinarily a part of such a unit and Mara realized at once what had happened... Luke had requested some extra resources, which included troops. Naturally Borsk (Whom Luke had foolishly made the request too), had sent them a bunch of reprobates. Behind them was another twenty soldiers, most looking fresh out of the academy. "Followed you here" Sniper muttered, Mara had no desire to learn his name, kriff this guy. "Then, Hamner caught us on the way out, something about reinforcing Endor?"

"..With twenty five guys and about seven Jedi" Mara twitched.

Cara grinned "It's okay, we fight for about thirty a man, plus Han's got that place turned into a fortress, no way the empire can get to it without a considerable mobilization, which we'd have seen"

Yeah, Jade thought.

All true.

But you didn't feel the force get the weekend at Nar Shada treatment..

Luke who'd been watching, rolled his eyes "I'll try and get more to rendezvous with you on the planet, in the mean time may the force be with you"

other Jedi had begun to arrive, Hamner's forces were ready, the politician turned Jedi not having to look far for everything sensed what was coming. 

"Light and airy before battle eh?" she laughed "you're even more eager than Luke here to see me half dressed" her teasing voice cracked the ice which seemed to building around everyone's throat. "We should as soon as the vessel is ready" she paused turning to eye Kenth "That is..if Master Hamner approves"

Hamner who'd been talking to Kota and Dune turned on her. His eyes blank for a second until it finally clicked on him that Luke had essentially placed him in charge. "Yes, as soon as possible" he muttered then wished he could use the forced to kick himself in his own ass at how incredibly lame that sounded. Thankfully Tassaia's lightsaber was ignited and more than a few young Jedi were too busy observing how amazing it looked to really catch how badly he flubbed his first response.

"We go into unknown danger, for all we know the planet may already be under attack..As to those of you who sensed..what it was that is coming..Do [i]not[/i] engage..Let either Mara, Master Kale or Master Kota do that"

The blind Jedi Master nodded approvingly, an arrogant Jedi might have added "and myself" but Hamner knew his talent lay in strategy not in tactics and that any conflagration where he had to be involved would just jeopardize his allies. "I will call ahead to Endor when we're at the half way mark, but keep the stealth up...Until we've confirmed we're not undersiege"

Damn, Hamner thought.

He'd been in one planetary siege before that one was bad enough without the cannibalistic tree dwelling dwarves and the massive, man eating giants that could throw around imperial walkers like large toys and the weird witches in that castle and everything else on Endor.

"A clan of Dathomirian night sisters have taken up residence on Endor" Hamner warned causing Jade to shook him a particularly angry glare "And you neglected to mention this earlier why?!"

"Because before the council session could begin, I was summoned to the alliance council and Luke went off to talk to ghosts"

"...Fair enough...."


Luke shook his head before gripping Mara's wrist, no words needed to pass between them but he felt himself wishing her luck all the same. "You too Skywalker..Try not to get possessed or anything while I'm gone"

"perish the thought!" again Luke looked to the Farghul and bowed his head in thanks. "Bring them home..and yourself as well, there's always room in the temple for one more...and I'd hate to see your ghost get added to the menagerie here"