Bennar, lay to Zyi's workshop, at once. Astrid drops down beside her fallen comrade. She is unsure of exactly how to check his vitals, but places her cheek close to his mouth and watches his chest, feeling and watching for signs of breathing. She checks the usual places to determine his pulse.. and also finds herself reaching out, seeking deeper insight into his current state..

Description	"Sense" Zyi's current emotional state
Results	1eF : 1 Dark Side [1eF=DS]

A light turns on then flickers. Then a second. (Not unlike a cable modems 2 data lights indicting traffic)

10 hours ago, jnrschulz said:

We owe Zando nothing. He used us.

"did I?" The ragged man said " or did the machine?... the broken God...?.."

" I haven't been me since I dug that thing out of the asteroids surrounding the core.... yet it was me and I was it.... It seeks to be flesh... and I sought to be eternal... Owe me nothing, perhaps but don't equate the actions then to who I was and am.... now"

(Okay Korriban is going to be kinda freaky ... like body horror freaky if you object to this let me know and stuff will change)

Astrid senses Zyi's hopes and fears, uncertainty.. but ultimate success! She senses the thrill of discovery, the endorphins coursing through him not unlike those she might experience unearthing an elusive relic following a long and tricky search.

Helping her slight friend to his feet, she helps support him, until she is sure he can stand on his own.

Hold that thought, Mr Zando. We have much to discuss. Whoever, or whatever, is responsible for recent events.. must be stopped.

As soon as our artist here is sufficiently recovered, we'll debrief.

22 minutes ago, April said:

(Okay Korriban is going to be kinda freaky ... like body horror freaky if you object to this let me know and stuff will change)

(Bring it!)

3 minutes ago, Edgehawk said:

Astrid senses Zyi's hopes and fears, uncertainty.. but ultimate success! She senses the thrill of discovery, the endorphins coursing through him not unlike those she might experience unearthing an elusive relic following a long and tricky search.

Helping her slight friend to his feet, she helps support him, until she is sure he can stand on his own.

Hold that thought, Mr Zando. We have much to discuss. Whoever, or whatever, is responsible for recent events.. must be stopped.

As soon as our artist here is sufficiently recovered, we'll debrief.

(Bring it!)

The ragged man grabs a blanket and wrapped it around himself.. "That name has been stolen... ask your questions... and ill try to answer... but and be warned you may not like the answers "

(If anyone is trying to sense him you can't he simply is an anti force, a hole in life and time)

Tell me about the broken god, the machine. Start at the beginning.

Zyi floats in the morass of light. A disconnected consciousness. Its like the greatest high.. the biggest dose of spice ever taken. OD'ed in fact. Dead. Gone to the whatever's after.

Reverberations, almost heart beats and pulses start to define a sort of underlying rhythm, architecture to the space.

Bits of things filter in.

"Machine...

.

...the broken...

.

.

.

...to be flesh...

.

..... who I was and am.... now...

. ..the name...

.

.

.

... Be warned. "

Force check : 2eF 2 Light Side, 1 Dark Side

( @April I'll leave the roll results up to you )

Yorik heard Astrid's urgent call over the Intercom and his troubled thoughts were thankfully interrupted by some kind of emergency. He grabbed his weapons, gear, and backpack then suited up for battle before sprinting from his room to Zyi's Workshop.

If something had been implanted by the machine in one of them somehow or if Zando hid some kind of assassin droid in that droideka then he'd have to focus fire in order to avoid any casualties or any hostages that it might be trying to take.

He checked Confidence as he double timed it to the workshop. Upon reaching the corridor of the shop, he activated his motion detectors and brought the rifle into the ready positio....

"Uhh, what the frell happened?" Yorik said upon seeing Shard's head glowing with pulsing LED lights and his slumped over form held limp in Astrid's arms....

He glared accusingly at the old man they had brought with them from Zando's battle cruiser and aimed for the chest.

"What did you do, old man?"

6 hours ago, TheShard said:

Zyi floats in the morass of light. A disconnected consciousness. Its like the greatest high.. the biggest dose of spice ever taken. OD'ed in fact. Dead. Gone to the whatever's after.

Reverberations, almost heart beats and pulses start to define a sort of underlying rhythm, architecture to the space.

Bits of things filter in.

"Machine...

.

...the broken...

.

.

.

...to be flesh...

.

..... who I was and am.... now...

. ..the name...

.

.

.

... Be warned. "

Force check : 2eF 2 Light Side, 1 Dark Side

( @April I'll leave the roll results up to you )

(Your powers will suffer 1red dice to use around the old man, others suffer 2dice )

8 hours ago, Edgehawk said:

Tell me about the broken god, the machine. Start at the beginning.

"How much do you know of the Infinite ... and their conquests??... they built many devices, force prisons... space stations which could manufacture entire fleets... yet one thing they stole, from something even darker then they... the broken God.. "

4 hours ago, Cartergame said:

Yorik heard Astrid's urgent call over the Intercom and his troubled thoughts were thankfully interrupted by some kind of emergency. He grabbed his weapons, gear, and backpack then suited up for battle before sprinting from his room to Zyi's Workshop.

If something had been implanted by the machine in one of them somehow or if Zando hid some kind of assassin droid in that droideka then he'd have to focus fire in order to avoid any casualties or any hostages that it might be trying to take.

He checked Confidence as he double timed it to the workshop. Upon reaching the corridor of the shop, he activated his motion detectors and brought the rifle into the ready positio....

"Uhh, what the frell happened?" Yorik said upon seeing Shard's head glowing with pulsing LED lights and his slumped over form held limp in Astrid's arms....

He glared accusingly at the old man they had brought with them from Zando's battle cruiser and aimed for the chest.

"What did you do, old man?"

" That wasn't me... it was those two... those without power seek it, those with crave more... it's simple... if you wish vengeance I will not stop you... be warned Yorik killing me will have unfortunate consequences..."

A monitor flashes and displays the time to korriban will allow you to be ready for the experience. (So full wounds, strain what have you)

1 hour ago, April said:

"How much do you know of the Infinite ... and their conquests??... they built many devices, force prisons... space stations which could manufacture entire fleets... yet one thing they stole, from something even darker then they... the broken God.. "

The Rakata.. Not much more than you've just said, I'm afraid. Aggressive expansionists and prolific creators, who dominated other species until a pestilence wiped them out, some 25,000 years ago. Prolific creators.. Created these forcesabers.. What is it that was stolen from this broken god ?

The machine you speak of.. feeds upon the Force? Craves it? Wishes to be.. sensitive to its nuances?

1 hour ago, April said:

if you wish vengeance I will not stop you... be warned Yorik killing me will have unfortunate consequences..."

Killing should have unfortunate consequences, but please elaborate. You appear a broken husk of the man you must have once been? How long has it been, since you last controlled your own thoughts and actions? And what are you, now? Where do you go, from here? I don't think any of us are going to execute you here, now. Tell us your story. And then tell me about the girl. Is this.. (indicating Zando, in his current state) what is to become of her, in time? .. an empty shell?

I am not for Killing Zando but maybe leaving him behind on Korriban when we are finished.

Yorik lowered his rifle and watched in horror as Shard's body twitched and convulsed sporadically.

"I thought you did that to him." Yorik spoke softly as he watched his friend slowly die.

Reaching out to sense Shard's thoughts, Yorik suddenly realized, "Wait, he's not dying... He's... high? He did that to himself? I've known people to cyberjack themselves but this is beyond extreme!"

Yorik looked around the room to gauge everyone else's reaction.

Astrid... His heart ached for her anguish... Even without trying, he could sense the turmoil of her emotions from the many recent revelations of her origin. Not to mention the fact that she had a sister and a cloned mother as well.

Yorik then lowered Confidence to point at the floor and said disgustedly to Zando, "I've no intention of killing you yet since my friends aren't in immediate danger. But, just how long have you been cloning Astrid and her family line? How many others have you cloned as well? How long have you been doing the things that led to all of this happening now with Insanire? How long have you known about this evil and committing your own evils and just how are you going to make all of these things right? "

"Or, is that why you hired us? To clean up your dirty work for you... Foolishly unleashing Insanire upon the galaxy and then realizing only belatedly that you should do something about it?"

Yorik watched the unconscious form of Shard twitch and spasm while he drooled on the floor and remembered his friend's jaded cynicism toward all things and people elitist. At that moment, he definitely knew how Shard felt about how callous those with power could be toward those without. The Hutts and their slaves were a tragic evil that he gladly fought against. But, Zando creating clones and manipulating their variations was somehow even worse. Yorik was familiar with modifying DNA for the purpose of genetic selection but to see it done to someone he cared about... That Astrid was the result of such experimentation and she had no idea until now...

Yeah, even the threat of that machine to implant a chip within me and force me to obey... Yorik thought to himself... The problem with most beings in the galaxy is that they have so little regard or compassion for others beside themselves that they don't care how much they hurt others.

Stung by the futility and the madness of the galaxy, Yorik knew it would be all too easy to become overwhelmed if he let it happen. But, he couldn't. There was too much at stake. Too many lives depended on their efforts and that is what mattered now. With a sense of urgency, Yorik sighed and focused on what he could control and have the most impact upon in this moment. Then, he stared at Zando in the eyes and said, "Korriban. Tell us everything you know and even what you only think you know."

On 27/09/2017 at 11:09 AM, Edgehawk said:

The Rakata.. Not much more than you've just said, I'm afraid. Aggressive expansionists and prolific creators, who dominated other species until a pestilence wiped them out, some 25,000 years ago. Prolific creators.. Created these forcesabers.. What is it that was stolen from this broken god ?

The machine you speak of.. feeds upon the Force? Craves it? Wishes to be.. sensitive to its nuances?

Killing should have unfortunate consequences, but please elaborate. You appear a broken husk of the man you must have once been? How long has it been, since you last controlled your own thoughts and actions? And what are you, now? Where do you go, from here? I don't think any of us are going to execute you here, now. Tell us your story. And then tell me about the girl. Is this.. (indicating Zando, in his current state) what is to become of her, in time? .. an empty shell?

Story time...." I was once a simple water merchant... on a desert planet, plying my trade... until a group like yourselves, came they took everything my money, my clothing everything..my village was burnt down... my moisture extractor salvaged for pod racing . So foolishly I made a vow that I would control the fate of these 'groups' that they would not harm a single innocent.... but by the time I had enough to come back to what I had.. the Hurts came and forced me to dig ... dig bare handed through an asteroid for trinkets... I discovered it... since then it used me.... took everything, my soul...., my life... so if your going to leave me to the **** of Korriban you just take your razor frizbee and end it... kill another used person... because that's what you people do...

The girl... it was an illusion... psychotropic gas made you see what it wanted through a mix of holo protection and ... well the force.... the woman unfortunately is your clone... but the girl... is just a machine with grown skin... trying to control you... but it wants to be living...

I hired nobody... didn't you think it was strange you constantly saw proxies....

It's cloned many but the processes are flawed.. they last weeks at most, that's why it wants insanire... so it can finish its body....

It will come for me..". the man starts to shake....." you need to send it back... back to the void between galaxies.. force it into its exile of rust and decay.... before it remakes everyone..."

" it was once good you know that, a great database of healing and philosophy... now look at it it just wants flesh like some parasite... because it does not understand we are not like its creator... we are not the Broken god.... so it seeks to replace it.... on Korriban find DR Anderson.... he's a cybernetic ... from beyond dark space... hiding in the temple of the leper king ... he can help you.... he knows.... he knows..."

" Kull nests in the Warren of the Screaming.... near the very temple... both are trying to find the eye of the broken God for very different reasons.... help Anderson....."

Zando seems too place a hand on Shard... jolting him into consciousness... granting him a deep connection to the force .... (roll a random force power) .... he then claws at his wrist digging out a rare force crystal, he hands it to Astrid...then collapses

Digging for trinkets, bare-handed, through an asteroid..? Really..? Not so different from my own youth, but harsher. Sounds pretty outlandish, to hear it, a story tailored to resonate with me? So you arrived at Archaeology by way of duress, too, then?

Of course it was psychotropic gas.. A rueful expression twitches at the corners of Astrid's mouth, eyes becoming slits. And something within me was trying to show me the truth, but I paid it no heed, so eager was I to hope.. to believe I had a family... Need Zyi to tweak my goggles.. photoluminescent spectroscope? maybe a cataluminescence-based sensor array..? It would be so easy to tech-out, now, check-out..

Group like yourselves.. took everything.. kill.. because that's what you people do! Lucky for you, we are not quite the indiscriminate killers you would have us be.. Why will it come for you? What does it require, that only you can provide..?

Astrid accepts the crystal, unlike any other she has encountered, and is about to ask something.. Aaaannd he's out...

I just love story time.

Slowly the electrical impulses around him, of people, machines and computers began to form, outlines of blue whirring in the wow emptiness. He is connected... I feel it.... All...

An orb blazing with ziging trails of azure and aquamarine drifts into sight. A blurring motion of current extends. Zye reaches out towards it.

As soon as Aye and Shard are about to make contact another intercedes he jerks awake.

aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

...frak?!

"Wow, he pulled that crystal out of his wrist, didn't he? He must have been a smuggler as well as some point in his past lives. By the size of battle cruiser which we only recently escaped, I'd say he was much more than just a frelling water farmer by the size of his banking accounts and statements...

On 9/26/2017 at 5:21 PM, Edgehawk said:

Bennar, lay to Zyi's workshop, at once. Astrid drops down beside her fallen comrade. She is unsure of exactly how to check his vitals, but places her cheek close to his mouth and watches his chest, feeling and watching for signs of breathing. She checks the usual places to determine his pulse.. and also finds herself reaching out, seeking deeper insight into his current state..

Description	"Sense" Zyi's current emotional state
Results	1eF : 1 Dark Side [1eF=DS]

Bennar had been taking his time in his quarters trying to make sense of what had just happened with the meeting with Zando and the loss of their Sith friend. He knew there would be time for debriefing shortly, but for the moment he took some time for himself. After cleaning himself up, he made his way to the medbay. Fortunately none of my friends needed urgent use of these tools this time, but that Zando looked like I should give him a checkup if he'll allow us. I'm curious how much power rests in that worn body, or if he is more like a battery that has been drained of all use. Interrupting his thoughts, Astrid's voice comes over the comlink and he replies. On my way. Grabbing a few basic tools on his way out, he makes his way to the workshop.

Once he arrives, a strange sight is before him. Zando seems to have lost consciences and something is wrong with his wrist; Shard seems to have just woken up. What's going on here? Which one needed medical attention? Neither seemed to be in a critical state. Zando's wrist could use a bandage, but that would be simple assuming his physical physique wasn't altered too much by that machine. Shard's new attachments could cause problems if they weren't working properly, but he was conscious now so maybe there was just a boot delay when he first turned them on that cause the commotion. His new getup did seem a bit more extravagant than the even the powerful military enhancements governments used for their elite forces.

You all receive the same ominous vision.. blood seems to flow like rivers.... thousands of teeth set into walls covers into some kind of odd coloured patchwork....

You have arrived over korriban

(So you mind if i do some more crafting rolls before we set down? I was gonna rebuild my gear. Wanna use my cloak and shadow suit as spare parts to make a better cloak and shadow suit.)

1 hour ago, TheShard said:

(So you mind if i do some more crafting rolls before we set down? I was gonna rebuild my gear. Wanna use my cloak and shadow suit as spare parts to make a better cloak and shadow suit.)

Feel free you can do that sort of stuff on the discord. You can make a room for downtime?

With Zando unconscious, Astrid scrutinizes the rare crystal he had quite literally dug from his flesh.

( @April Can Astrid perform a check, to determine its properties, or was it your intent for me to determine its nature and appearance? )

1 hour ago, Edgehawk said:

With Zando unconscious, Astrid scrutinizes the rare crystal he had quite literally dug from his flesh.

( @April Can Astrid perform a check, to determine its properties, or was it your intent for me to determine its nature and appearance? )

(Feel free ... Bennar and Yorik are going to possibly... have some Wtf moments as will Shard ....)

Durrak goes to his quarters. This Korriban is like nothing he has ever encountered. He starts his force exercises to calm himself and prepare for what is to come.

4 hours ago, jnrschulz said:

Durrak goes to his quarters. This Korriban is like nothing he has ever encountered. He starts his force exercises to calm himself and prepare for what is to come.

You note that Despite some obvious dark side Echos from the valley of the dark lords... There seems to be one large concentration of dark side energy.... Just where you will have to venture