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No Turning Back - Recruitment Thread

@Alisma Guessing you chose otherwise?

No Turning Back - Into the Abyss

Everyone saying how Loretta is being cruel or evil or twisted and I'm just here like:

Star Wars: Revanchism [KOTOR era]

Rad stretched in his black combat suit, it was somewhat resistant to shrapnel but wouldn't hold up against blasterfire, it never did. It was actually the same suit that the soldiers wore under their armour, he contemplated wearing a chest piece to protect himself though decided against it. He relied on his speed, always had. Wearing additional armour would compromise his movement, as other Jedi meditated and soldiers talked Rad left the ready room. He had his equipment he didn't need to remain there, there was an uneasiness between the two sides of this unit. There was the Jedi and the Republic Military, both aiming for the same thing but unused to eachothers presence. He wasn't sure if any of the other Jedi were what would be considered traditional but the difference between the soldiers discipline and the Jedi training was blantantly obvious.

As he walked through the corridors of the ship, aiming for the impromptu 'drop bay', he kept one hand on his pistol and one hand on his lightsaber. The anticipation was electric; there were those who wanted to prove themselves, those who feared for the upcoming battle and those with a serene sense of calm knowing that if they died they died for the right thing. He personally was confident, he was ready to do what needed to be done and to pay the consequences if there were any. Though that was how he lived his life as a Jedi ever since he had become his own man after he had passed the Trials of Knighthood.

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[i][You can't keep living this double life Rad*] Many wouldn't have noticed, but there was a sad tone to the roars coming from the mouth of his former master, Rorwoorr.

"This double life is what yields results, why can't you see that? Yes I occasionally have to smuggle the likes of weapons but I get results. I let the pirate go but I take down the warlord, and without the head the organisation falls into disarray. I'm sure if the Jedi were to ever kill a Hutt the vacuum would throw them into complete and utter disarray." He continued to sweep through his movements with one of his lightsabers, unignited, in his right hand. Training would have been better while using it but there wasn't a lot of room on the small ship and he didn't fancy gutting it.

In the middle of a twist he brought his left hand down, using the force to unclip his other lightsaber and in one swift movement brought it up. Bringing the two hilts together he twisted them and with a click the two became one. Performing a flip he spun the hilt in what would have been a devastating move to anyone not quick enough to block it.

[You're getting good my former apprentice.] Rorwoorr stood. [Though, I am afraid while I don't approve of your whole double life I need to make use of some of the contacts you've made.]

Rad had to suppress a smile, of course Rorwoorr did. Why else would he have come out to him? If it was official Jedi business he would have simply recalled Rad to the temple rather than coming all the way out to the outer rim to see him. "Yeah? What contacts are those?"


_{*Translated from Shyriiwook}

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"30 minutes to drop. Prepare to board drop pods on the red light mark..." Rad had been intending to speak to some of the Republic troopers, trying to bridge the gap between them and the Jedi but it seemed as if it was time to get ready and raring to go. He turned and walked up to his pod, which would drop him nearer the edge of the AO. Tasked and paired with several faster moving units to clear out positions that could give the Mandalorians an easy chance at counter attack, while clearing positions to allow the heavier units that would follow them to bunker down and form a defensive perimetre.

He took a deep breath, allowing the force to course through him. It fueled him, refreshed him like a cool current on the oceans of his homeworld. He was ready to go.

Star Wars: Revanchism [KOTOR era]

@Darkspleen Just so you know we're following This guy not This guy :P

No Turning Back - Into the Abyss

So I was too busy getting drunk feeding homeless people last night that I will finish the post off today to move us on, unless people want me to hold off until Monday (Not doing another full week sorry fam) simply as I know @Vietmyke and @Boomlover have shit they want to do but have been quite busy during our two weeks "down" time.

No Turning Back - Into the Abyss

Cryogenic Vault - CryoTray 125NA

Loretta paced down the line of trays. While many other scientists had little actual work today she had plenty to do, and not just with the trays themselves the vast number of visitors was staggering. People who with the loss of Earth had become emotional and as such the bay was a buzz of activity with people insisting on checking on loved ones. Even though the only difference with seeing them here rather than on a computer elsewhere on the ship is that they could actually touch the glass. She felt that was likely to make them even more emotional rather than less.

She slid her keycard through a reader as she entered her lab, really more of a small medbay designed to fit a cryopod in the case where they had to rapidly wake someone up due to unforseen circumstances it had become her own little private work space. She had authorisation to enter it and as such it was where she conducted most of her research in private. Partly as she wanted to keep some of it secret but also as she wanted the peace and quiet that this little laboratory gave her. There were no subordinates trying to vy for her attention or respect and no weeping family members pleading with her to wake up their loved ones 'for just a minute'. That was the worst request, as if the Admiral was going to let her increase the ships population with people in cryo-stasis.

She walked over and checked the containment cells, a her brow furrowing for a moment before she regained her composure. "Begin audio log." There was a ping from elsewhere in the room indicating that the log was beginning. "Subjects Epsilon, Zeta and Sigma are all showing renewed vigor and appear to be healthier than ever indicating that this variation was a success. All other subjects apparently fallen victim to a full body shutdown resulting in their lives ending. Tests will be conducted to discover the cases of death, aforementioned succesful subjects will also recieve a full autopsy to determine why they survived the process. I am predicting that an extraneous variable caused the success in these three subjects, rather than causing the death in the other subjects however further testing will give reliable results. End log."

Loretta walked over to a control panel, as the oxygen was removed from the containment cells. Suffocating the subjects.

No Turning Back - Into the Abyss

@Fuzzybootz Completely forgot I named one after the Citadel. My bad. Will read the rest later.

No Turning Back - Into the Abyss

@Fuzzybootz

Couple of things 1) Where was she during the Three Day War?
2) I need to re-read the OP to make sure it's still clear the Citadel was a space station that belonged to the Armani that was destroyed during the Three Day War.
3) This one isn't as clear and you wouldn't have known. Martians are required to perform at least two years military service after education, be it undergrad or post-grad. It wouldn't really change the character though, as with her talent the military probably paid for her second degree and sent her off to study.
4) You hint at it but why was her Father involved in the Genesis Project?

Star Wars: Revanchism [KOTOR era]

post later from moi

No Turning Back - Into the Abyss

I feel like I need to redeem myself as William, after a Loretta post if I have time before I move things on tomorrow I'm going to do another William post.