Zarkun

Star Wars: Empire of Glass

*awakens dazed and confused* What's this? Who summoned me?

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

Darth Imperious

"Attempting to figure out how best to help. Coruscant is the Mandalorian's glory, and my New Empire isn't ready for an engagement of that scale. Do you have any suggestions?"

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

Zar'kun Je'and

I nod, hearing Jerus calling for me. "Call when you set out. Just...make sure to change the codes for the lockdown before you leave. No offense, but if Lukas has returned to being Cipher Nine..."

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

Zar'kun Je'and

"I'll talk with HJ on the matter. While he has no love for Cosen or her brother, he won't want them killed just because it would make Ava feel better." I shake my head. "Mandalorians and their inflated honor. Even when I was a Darth, I had no love for them."

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

Zar'kun Je'and

"The question is would it be with us or the Jedi as a whole? Jorg's managed to tear all of us apart at one point or another." I shake my head. "What do we want to do about Cosen and Gavin? We both know that them and Ava have bad blood, and the Mandalorians aren't known to be forgiving."

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

Zar'kun Je'and

"There are those who would say we're doing both. I just say our former allies are in the process of trying to kill us, and the enemy of our enemy is our friend, for now."

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

Zar'kun Je'and

"Ever since mine and Xan's...confrontation back there at the compound, she's been unresponsive. Neither Korre or I can figure out if it's a result of my beating or her choice, but for now, she's neither helping nor hurting anyone." I disappear for a moment and then reappear, holding a holocron. "However, I might have found an answer without her. It's a shielding technique, similar to the one Tiadorra learned, but it's less draining and used to conceal the other person. That said," I hold up a Sith holocron as well, "I do have a fall back plan just in case the shield isn't enough."

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

Zar'kun Je'and

"I will do that, next time I see him. Tell Syn I said congrats on the baby's safe arrival. Unfortunately, not all my news is as good. First, Luci's free, all back to herself again. I don't know how Jerus and Koraline pulled it off, but she's herself and happy to be back. The only good thing that came out of it, well, perhaps you should hear everything..." I spend several minutes explaining what I finally learned from D4 and then the locations of the Rakatan artifacts and Jerus's theory concerning the Foundry and what Ava showed HJ when he made contact with her. Once I'm done, I sigh. "So, how do we go about this?"

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

Zar'kun Je'and

I raise my eyebrows. "Darth Imperious? So then the rumors of her death were false after all...I suppose at this point though, I shouldn't be surprised it's the Sith who are rescuing us. How are Syn and Theron?"

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

Darth Imperious

"Every one needs a cause they can truly believe in, Missus Twilight. Suffice it to say, what I've been hearing of Jorg Sucal raises some questions and when my new apprentice, Lord Fraxus, told me of the blockade, I knew something was very wrong." I beckon to the New Imperial cruisers in orbit. "Those simply happen to be some members of the Imperial Navy who escaped the final battle all those years ago with me. They scattered after a time, but getting them together again wasn't hard. Consider them at your service."

Zar'kun Je'and

After several days, I had decided that we needed to make contact with Becca and Jakito. They were late arriving and I hadn't liked what I'd last seen on the holonet with the blockade. So I attempted to contact them. "Becca, Jakito, are you alright?"