It is a period of great strife. It is over a thousand years before the Galactic Civil War, and a group of 18 Republic dignitaries is on a transport vessel to the world of Alderaan where Supreme Chancellor Ennwyn Nash will be escorted back to the Galactic Senate at Coruscant where he will sign a piece of legislation that will allow Jedi Knights to be permanently stationed on every world in the galaxy to monitor the Force for disturbances and fluctuations, thus ensuring that the Sith may never again return to power.
Those 18 dignitaries now sit in the main cabin of the Republic Ambassador, the luxury space yacht assigned for transporting dignitaries to special occasions. It is run and serviced entirely by droids. It is approximately 10 hours before they reach Alderaan to retrieve the Senator's shuttle, which will dock immediately with the Ambassador.
Yet something curious happens quickly after the voyage begins. There is a complete electrical failure on board - only emergency systems (life support) remain. The cabin lights go out. A hideous choking noise comes from the corner of the cabin, and when the lights come back on the lifeless body of Snapps lies in the cabin's center.
The automated voice of the droid pilot comes over the loudspeaker. "Please excuse the electrical disturbance, we are having minor malfunctions. We assure you that life support is suffering no problems. We are continuing on our present course to Alderaan."
Roopert presses the comm button. "Pilot, there's been an attack. We need you to turn the ship around and go back to Coruscant so we can figure out what happened."
The droid replies. "Please excuse the electrical disturbance, we are having minor malfunctions. We assure you -"
"This is not the work of malfunctions," says ImEric. "There are Dark Jedi on board this ship. They are the ones who choked Snapps to death. Look. He has clearly died of asphyxiation, yet there are no marks on his neck. This is a Dark Jedi skill."
"You mean that the Sith might be rising again?" asks Lightdarkness.
"Perhaps they may be," says Tasselfoot. "And there are clearly some on this ship."
"Aren't there also Jedi Knights usually sent to protect VIPs like the Chancellor?" asks Whorlichan.
"Usually there are three," says Banditcom.
"Then the only reason the 3 Dark Jedi didn't come right out and murder all of us is because the Jedi would be able to equal them in power. It'd be too risky. There must be 3 Dark Jedi." (Editor note: there are)
"Can't Jedi detect followers of the Dark Side?" asks Tasuke.
"Usually," says Sleeplessdragn. "But it would seem that both sides are using the Force to cloud their knowledge of who the others are. But the Dark Jedi are working in collaboration, but the Jedi are probably not. The Jedi are summoned to duties from all across the galaxy - the three on this ship have probably never met before."
"Why not let Jedi work together?" asks The Q.
"Different Jedi have different skills," says GuidoHunter. "Some have the power of Insight, which lets them see a person's true alignment - be they evil or good. Some have the power of Protection, which allows them to concentrate on a particular individual to prevent them from having the Dark Side affect them. And another has the power of Balance, which allow them to detect how many doers of evil are in the area. These powers take time to recharge, though."
"So there's one of each on the ship," says Kagome.
"Right."
"So if the Jedi aren't going to reveal themselves to avoid a direct confrontation with the Dark Jedi and eliminate them, what's the best solution to take?" asks QreepyBoris.
"There's the airlock," says emccky. "It takes users of the Force about a half hour to recharge their powers. Which means in another half hour the systems should go dead again, and the Jedi should be able to use their abilities to help protect us. The Dark Jedi won't risk murdering us all until they're sure they can take on the Jedi without a problem - that is, when the Dark Jedi equal the Jedi in numbers."
"So it's decided," says Flypie. "We need to figure out who the Dark Jedi are, and vote them out the airlock. As quickly as possible - if they eliminate us all, when the Chancellor's shuttle docks, he will certainly be murdered and the Jedi's petition will certainly fail. The galaxy will plunge into chaos. Simply put, we MUST succeed."
"Agreed," says Cenright. "May the Force be with us."
Here's who you've got:
Banditcom
Blahblah
Cenright
Emccky
Flypie
GuidoHunter
ImEric12
Kagome
Kilgamayan
Lightdarkness
QreepyBoris
Roopert
SleeplessDragn
Tasselfoot
Tasuke
The Q
Whorlichan
Well, there you have it. It is now 0030 Hours (Day 1). You've got 36 hours or until all the votes are in to decide who gets sent out into space.
Those 18 dignitaries now sit in the main cabin of the Republic Ambassador, the luxury space yacht assigned for transporting dignitaries to special occasions. It is run and serviced entirely by droids. It is approximately 10 hours before they reach Alderaan to retrieve the Senator's shuttle, which will dock immediately with the Ambassador.
Yet something curious happens quickly after the voyage begins. There is a complete electrical failure on board - only emergency systems (life support) remain. The cabin lights go out. A hideous choking noise comes from the corner of the cabin, and when the lights come back on the lifeless body of Snapps lies in the cabin's center.
The automated voice of the droid pilot comes over the loudspeaker. "Please excuse the electrical disturbance, we are having minor malfunctions. We assure you that life support is suffering no problems. We are continuing on our present course to Alderaan."
Roopert presses the comm button. "Pilot, there's been an attack. We need you to turn the ship around and go back to Coruscant so we can figure out what happened."
The droid replies. "Please excuse the electrical disturbance, we are having minor malfunctions. We assure you -"
"This is not the work of malfunctions," says ImEric. "There are Dark Jedi on board this ship. They are the ones who choked Snapps to death. Look. He has clearly died of asphyxiation, yet there are no marks on his neck. This is a Dark Jedi skill."
"You mean that the Sith might be rising again?" asks Lightdarkness.
"Perhaps they may be," says Tasselfoot. "And there are clearly some on this ship."
"Aren't there also Jedi Knights usually sent to protect VIPs like the Chancellor?" asks Whorlichan.
"Usually there are three," says Banditcom.
"Then the only reason the 3 Dark Jedi didn't come right out and murder all of us is because the Jedi would be able to equal them in power. It'd be too risky. There must be 3 Dark Jedi." (Editor note: there are)
"Can't Jedi detect followers of the Dark Side?" asks Tasuke.
"Usually," says Sleeplessdragn. "But it would seem that both sides are using the Force to cloud their knowledge of who the others are. But the Dark Jedi are working in collaboration, but the Jedi are probably not. The Jedi are summoned to duties from all across the galaxy - the three on this ship have probably never met before."
"Why not let Jedi work together?" asks The Q.
"Different Jedi have different skills," says GuidoHunter. "Some have the power of Insight, which lets them see a person's true alignment - be they evil or good. Some have the power of Protection, which allows them to concentrate on a particular individual to prevent them from having the Dark Side affect them. And another has the power of Balance, which allow them to detect how many doers of evil are in the area. These powers take time to recharge, though."
"So there's one of each on the ship," says Kagome.
"Right."
"So if the Jedi aren't going to reveal themselves to avoid a direct confrontation with the Dark Jedi and eliminate them, what's the best solution to take?" asks QreepyBoris.
"There's the airlock," says emccky. "It takes users of the Force about a half hour to recharge their powers. Which means in another half hour the systems should go dead again, and the Jedi should be able to use their abilities to help protect us. The Dark Jedi won't risk murdering us all until they're sure they can take on the Jedi without a problem - that is, when the Dark Jedi equal the Jedi in numbers."
"So it's decided," says Flypie. "We need to figure out who the Dark Jedi are, and vote them out the airlock. As quickly as possible - if they eliminate us all, when the Chancellor's shuttle docks, he will certainly be murdered and the Jedi's petition will certainly fail. The galaxy will plunge into chaos. Simply put, we MUST succeed."
"Agreed," says Cenright. "May the Force be with us."
Here's who you've got:
Banditcom
Blahblah
Cenright
Emccky
Flypie
GuidoHunter
ImEric12
Kagome
Kilgamayan
Lightdarkness
QreepyBoris
Roopert
SleeplessDragn
Tasselfoot
Tasuke
The Q
Whorlichan
Well, there you have it. It is now 0030 Hours (Day 1). You've got 36 hours or until all the votes are in to decide who gets sent out into space.
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