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Star Wars NJO: Rise of Darth Caedus
The Galaxy is in turmoil now after Jacen Solo proclaimed himself as the new Dark Lord of the Sith.
Whereas on the board of the Anakin Solo, Luke Skywalker distracted Caedus on the bridge of the ship, while Han and Leia were able to locate and rescue Allanahis daughter. Knowing that Allana was taken from him, Caedus sworn to get his daughter back even if it means to sacrifice those whom he once loved.
The Anakin Solo was discovering the space surrounded by four other spacecrafts. There in his chamber the new self-proclaimed Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Caedus was meditating, urging his mind to focus on finding the place of his kidnapped daughter, yet his thoughts dwelled elsewhere disengage called on him an audio manifestation of his inner thoughts..disengage it called once more, but Caedus did not respond, like he failed to hear the force whisperer disengage again it called. This time more irritating
LEAVE ME, LEAVE ME ALONE!! he screamed insanely, but then he turned to look at the voice source but find none. The voice was gone, but his body was sweating still, and his heart was beating in an unnatural humdrum velocity. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and then the void that once filled his aching mind made a glorious return. And soon the Dark Lord succeeded in overcoming his inner struggle and came out victorious. His skin was cool again. His heart beats became stable. His eyes were closed, while his thoughts took him to where his daughter is Hapes
"Zarek, old friend. How is the business?" a voice asked from a hologram standing on the dash of the starfighter. The holographic figure nodded and bowed slightly.
"It's going well. Since you left, we have trained nearly a million men more than what we had before and your personal guard have become some of the best teachers of combat arts I have ever seen" the hologram answered and received a light-hearted laugh from the pilot.
"Excellent. For I may need your help on a job I'm coming out of retirement for. Start purchasing the finest battle armors and heavy weapons you can find. And tell my guards to start teaching basics of how to kill a force user" the pilot ordered and the hologram bowed.
"Of course. The galactic situation is that serious then?" the holographic image of a man asked.
"Yes. Even more so than you or I think. Just get the men ready as soon as you can" the pilot answered and shut the comm off.
Soon thereafter the Belbullab-22 jumped into hyperspace. He'd been tracking the Anakin Solo for several weeks around the Galaxy, observing if the pupil of Lumiya was worth his time, effort and assistance or if the Jedi or Confederation would use his help better. By now the Zabrak had found the Sith Lord to be an intriguing subject and he would serve the Sith for now. Or if not exactly serve, at least find out enough of the Sith Lord to betray and crush his military power in order to gain enough recognition from the surviving sides to have himself a well earned and wealthy final retirement and death. It would take no less than an hour to enter orbit around Hapes for the mercenary, in which time he hoped the larger ship had managed to do the same.
D.J Prime had awoken in his Star cruiser as it just come out of hyperspace. He groaned as he opened his eyes. His dream was about his master Zarnia. She had died 1 year before when D.J became a Knight. After that D.J rarely wore Jedi Robes and wore a Trench Coat to remain inconspicuous when on a task.
His lightsaber moved slightly in a small latch on the inside of his coat. His blaster pistols were attached to his waist. People would draw away from the idea he was a Jedi when he was armed. Suddenly D.J heard a disturbance in the force. It sounded like a powerful scream. He shook his head violently. D.J pulled up his galaxy map. He felt it originate in a specific area of the galaxy.
"Can't hurt to check out." He thought to himself as he began to punch in hyperspace coordinants
As the Millennium Falcon headed off to Hapes, young Akira Claris sat on the passenger seat next to the 4-year-old Allana, daughter of Jacen Solo aka Darth Caedus and Tenel Ka Djo.
After Han and Leia found out that Allana was their granddaughter, Akira was happy. Allana reminded her of herself, when she lived with her grandparents. Together, they were strong and loyal to each other. But then... her life changed.
Now as a Jedi, Akira was willing to do anything to protect the Skywalkers and Solos from Caedus.
Suddenly, she felt a disturbance in the Force. Akira stood up, and squinted her eyes, looking down. "I feel something... as if... darkness was approaching..." she thought to herself.
Jak Randon was huffing and puffing as they had just escaped the Anakin Solo, as he was part of the Jedi strike team to retrieve the daughter of Caedus, the new Dark Lord of the Sith.
He clipped his Lightsaber back onto the sheath attached to his back, and rested on the chair facing the gaming table of the Millenium Falcon. The mission was a complete success; the Solo's now have their grandaughter into custody away from Caedus.
Hapes was the next destination...
Darth Caedus opened his eyes as Planet Hapes became visible. But then he felt a very familiar presence, a thought that was confirmed by the admiral of the Anakin Solo
my lord, the Millennium Falcon is directly ahead
Good Admiral release the fighters and see to it that they be dragged into our tractor beam ship said Caedus.
It will be done my lord. Responded the Admiral and just before he left the chamber, Caedus called out on him once more, Admiral, seek not to destroy the Millennium Falcon, I need them alive!
yes my lord the confused admiral said, and then he left to carry Caeduss orders to his officers.
Akira continued to stand up, looking confused at what she felt. What could it be? If it was Caedus, things were going to get more and more difficult again.
She knew Caedus before. The only thing is that she never really talked to him much. But that didn't matter. The young woman sat back down. Then she glanced at Jak, one of the Jedi Knights that was on the strike team. He was a good friend to her.
"Hey, Jak? Do you feel... a disturbance in the Force?"
As the Anakin Solo jumped out of hyperspace, the black-painted Belbullab-22 engaged it's thrusters and headed straight towards the ship, barely avoiding the Millenium Falcon on the way. As the pilot made his approach, he began sending signal to the large Star Destroyer.
"Anakin Solo, this is mercenary Ashai Trond seeking service with Lord Caedus. I am awaiting instructions"
The Admiral rushed into the bridge, yet and once there he ordered a fleet of fighters to siege the Millenium Falcon according to the plan. Soon Belbullab-22 came up suddenly from the hyperspace and stormed into the future battle scene...
{I am assuming Caedus is on a Star Destroyer or something similar}
The Highway star pulled out of hyperspace right outside the planet of Hapes. D.J never had an excuse to go to this part of the galaxy.
D.J began pulling the Highway star towards the planet only something stopped him. He turned the ship around and noticed another recognizable ship. The Millennium Falcon began zooming towards the planet of Hapes. D.J quickly punched in a familiar code for Hailing
"This is D.J Prime, Jedi Knight requesting information." Suddenly D.J noticed something. What looked like a much larger ship appeared. D.J's ship sensors flared as he noticed smaller fighters coming out of it. D.J zoomed his ship towards the many fighters as they began to charge towards the Millennium Falcon
Akira suddenly turned around, startled by shots at the Millennium Falcon. She stood up from the gaming table, and opened her mind through the Force. She sensed that the Anakin Solo was here!
She gasped. "Oh no! Caedus is here!" She ran towards the cockpit, where she found Han Solo, Captian of the Falcon.
"Mr. Solo! The Anakin Solo is here! We gotta do something!"
The main alarm started to sound, followed by new dots on the Falcon's scanner: the enemy had followed them.
Jacen would not let go of his child that easily, I know I wouldn't ,thought Han Solo, who tried to evade as many of the enemies laser shots as possible.
"3-PO! tell everybody to put on zero-gee suits on, lets not risk it if the old girl gets breached, and tell Leia to take Allana to the lifeboat just in case"
"But Captain Solo, you need a copilot in this kind of situation, our small percentage of survival will-"
"Stop wasting time and do what you're told! I can still give this guys a run for their credits, I'm not that senile yet!" Han hated when 3-PO thought that he needed help because of his age, and the talk about the odds of survival were starting to get annoying
"No need to shout Captain Solo, I'll tell Mistress Leia about your instructions, but please drive safely, I wouldn't like to be disintegrated just yet" and with that, 3-PO left
I swear, either I'm going deaf or that droid is getting more of a smartass by the second thought Han in frustration, driving the yoke of the Falcon to the left to avoid the Ion fire from a new thread, the Anakin Solo.
It was in that moment that Akira Claris, a new addition to the Falcon's crew, came in agitated and scared, saying something about the Anakin Solo. Han didn't pay much attention, because the enemies were getting more serious, as if Jacen presence had given them more confidence.
"If you wanna help out, the get a z-gee suit on and get to a turbolaser and try to buy us some time kid" after Luke had sent this Jedi over, Han thought that he had another back to watch.
"Everybody hang on back there, this is going to get a little rocky!!" and with that said, Han maneuvered to a small asteroid cluster
[Han is in that stage of life where young people get to him a little, kinda like Jolee]
"Are you certain of this information?" asked Aito Aikon, to the figure in front of him
"Positive, Colonel Jacen's attitude change was enough to confirm it" said the figure
"Good job, you're payment is under way on the usual account, until next time" and with that, he signed off.
Who would have thought that Jacen Solo, the joint Commander of the Galactic Alliance, would have a kid with royalty no less!
"Where to Aito?" asked his friend and the Hades pilot, Vergo
Aito put on his helmet, a sign which usually meant two things: he was ready to make a contract or kill somebody, "let's meet with Colonel Solo and see if he needs of my services"
""Let's hope hes in a good enough mood to deal with us, I've heard rumors about that guy acting like his grandfather Vader" commented Ingrid from the navigation computer "the Colonel is lucky that he hasn't been killed yet, he has a long list of enemies"
"Let's see if he lets us shorten that list" replied Aito as the Hades entered hyperspace
D.J watched as the Millennium Falcon moved towards a cluster of asteroids.
Why does this seem so familiar? He thought to himself. D.J checked his scanner and noticed a ship using hyperspace to the coordinates. D.J noticed how invaluable he was all of the sudden staying in one particular spot. D.J scanned the asteroid belt once more and began pulling the Highway Star towards it. Thinking it was better to follow the leader then stay and get shot
D.J maneuvered through a few asteroids. He began thinking of who would fly into an asteroid field. The odds of succeeding such a task were to immense to count.
D.J felt a strange slip in the force. He ignored it and continued to follow the Millennium Falcon
Jak glanced back at Akira as she asked him if he too sensed a disturbance in the force.
"Yeah, I sense it too... Though it could be caused by the overwhelming anger and frustration by Caedus--"
He was interupted by the small explosion from the hull, likely caused by blast fire of a much bigger ship. "Ohh, that must be it right now..."
He jumped up from the gaming table and entered the bottom turret system of the Falcon. He put his headset on, and activated the gun's computer. He looked out glass overlooking space, and sure enough found the Anakin Solo in the view. Fighters spilled out of the open belly of the Flagship.
It was almost suicide, but Han knew he could do it, he had done it fifty years ago against the Imperials, which he felt his enemies and son felt like now.
"Hopefully there will not be any worms on these" Han said out loud to himself, "I don't want to see mynocks ever again"
As more enemy fighters began to join the hunt, Han accelerated the Falcon toars the asteroids, hoping that his gamble would work, suddenly he heard the static of a headset, "Is that you Jak? Would you kindly blast some sense into these guys so they will leave us alone?"
Han didn't await for an answer as he entered the asteroid cluster, maneuvering and angling the Falcon so the enemy would cease fire and only the fighters would follow them. "Jak, only fire when necessary, we don't want them to figure out our position inside this maze" as he said so, he began to warm up the engines for a quick jump
"Is that you Jak? Would you kindly blast some sense into these guys so they will leave us alone?"
"With pleasure..." Jak said back into the headset. He pulled the triggers and bursts of red laser fire shot out of the turrets. His targeting computer locked onto a group of four fighters huddled together. He destroyed the drones, and spotted yet more incoming Fighters. He fired a few Torpedoes... one of them hitting an asteroid!
"Jak, only fire when necessary, we don't want them to figure out our position inside this maze"
"Your either really brave or crazy entering an Asteroid Field, Han!" said back into the headset. The tension was really starting to tighten...
The young woman ran towards the other turret system after she got on her Z-gee suit, like Han told her to. She placed her headset on, and got everything ready for the turret. Akira looked up, her hands tightened to the yoke of the turret.
Fighters from the Anakin Solo began shooting at the Falcon again. Akira focused on the targets in her screen carefully. When the target was locked, Akira fired the turret at the Fighter. The shuttle blew up successfully.
"Yeah! Beat that! What!" Akira shouted, overjoyed.
She continued to fire at more incoming Fighters, hoping that she wouldn't fire at any asteroid. "Boy, gettin' into a situation like this can really kill you!" Akira thought to herself.
"Hey, Mr. Solo? I'm here in the turret system too. It'll be easier for the Falcon to avoid any attacks!" Akira said through her headset.
D.J noticed more fighters closing in on the Millennium Falcon. They seemed completely unaware of D.J's involvement here. They continued to close in on the Falcon. D.J began to slow his speed down slightly and noticed the Falcon begin to fire at the fighters.
D.J noticed on his galaxy map that the Millennium Falcon was going to run out of asteroids. D.J sent another hailing frequency to the ship.
"This is D.J Prime, Jedi Knight. Do you need assistance."
D.J felt another shiver in the force. But he ignored it and continued lowering his speed slightly. He didn't want to get caught in the crossfire. Hoping that this time they would respond to his request. Situation's like this can really blow you sky high D.J thought to himself. More fighters began closing in on the Falcon. D.J narrowly missed another asteroid. Wondering who would go to such great lengths to hunt down a small ship through an asteroid field.
Han heard Jak's comment and chuckled to himself, "you have no idea how many times somebody said that to me kid, just hold on to your robes!" Han wondered if it was Akira who shouted with joy, "reminds me of my rebellion days.." ( :D )
Han took the Falcon straight in, dodged a few asteroids too near the Falcon's hull to his liking then suddenly noticed something critical, a blast had ruptured a fuel line, the Falcon was loosing fuel fast! And for the second time, his communication satellite was down for the count. (no comm transmitions can be recieved or send)
"Why do this thing happen to me? Just hold together a little longer old girl, just hold together" he shut of the valve, but the loss of the precious liquid was critical to their escape. "Guess we won't be able to get to Hapan space in just one go"
Then again, the proximity alarm begun to sound, "they're insane if they follow a madman such as myself into this asteroid field, Jacen has no regard for the life of his men"
As he maneuvered, the ready lights for the engine charge blinked to life, the indication that the jump to hyperspace, and safety was guaranteed. Ok, here it goes, please work
There was a bright light, followed by a loud bang, which made the Falcon rock violently, but the plan had worked: they were in hyperspace, and the Falcon was holding together. Han felt a huge relieve, their destination: Nar Shadda, hopefully for some quick and cheap repairs.
(Han made a risky plan and choice: at the moment of entering hyperspace, at the last second, he went straight into a small asteroid firing the Falcon's lasers on it [that's why the sudden rocking of the ship] the Falcon took some moderate damage but its still holding on, a feat only Han Solo could pull off!! This was done to try to confuse the enemy into believing that either they destroyed the Falcon or it collided with an asteroid, to try to buy some time for their escape)
Jak had just gunned down a near-by opposing Fighter, when all of a sudden the Falcon entered the spinning vortex of Hyperspace.
"Woah, jeese!" Jak said in utter suprise. "At least warn us when we're about to enter Hyperspace...""
The Ex-Mandalorian unclipped himself from the Turret Seat, and pulled the headset off. He climbed up the ladder and pulled himself out of the Turret. He then walked straight to the cockpit.
"Bloody hell... You're insane Solo! Thats why I respect you..." he leaned against the wall. "I take it we aren't heading for Hades just yet? I've noticed this bird is damaged and needs quick repairing..."
Akira noticed that the Falcon entered hyperspace away from enemy targets. This gave them enough time to find a place to repair the Falcon. The young woman took off her headset, climbed out of the turret system, and sat down at the gaming table again.
She glanced at her side. At least Leia, Allana, and the others were safe. But deep inside, she also hoped that Master Skywalker and the others that were with him were all right too.
Akira sat back, her head resting on the back of the seat. She closed her eyes and sighed. At least the disturbance was gone... for now.
"I'm really trying my best to show everyone that I'm loyal on this mission. But... how can I afford their trust? I mean, I know they trust me... but deep inside... I always put myself down. Why?"
The young woman shrugged off the question inside her head, and tried to take a good rest as she could.
{I think this is the perfect time to immerse my character a little into the story}
D.J suddenly looked at his proximity alert.
"oh no." Jaden checked it out. When the Millennium Falcon jumped to hyperspace it seemed to have shifted all of the attention of the sith fighters onto the Highway Star. D.J began to rotate his ship around dodging blaster fire. D.J dug into his head of a way to get out of the situation he was in. Then the answer came to him.
D.J remembered where he first heard of the Millennium Falcon. He wondered of a great place to disappear. Then it came to him. The logical place to hide was Nar Shadda. D.J quickly punched in the hyperspace coordinates but suddenly a blaster shot hit his right wing. D.J began to think and then it came to him. A very risky move that his master taught him.
D.J started moving in a straight line. He moved down slightly and then when the rest of the ships were above and behind him D.J initiated the Highway Star's emergency break. The enemy fighter's who braved the asteroid field quickly sped directly past him and D.J rotated his ship slightly and jumped to hyperspace.
D.J knew that whatever was hunting down the falcon would only just try to find them even more. He knew that if he could put two and two together and think Nar Shadda that easily a bounty hunter or whatever was chasing them could do it much quicker.
Caedus watched as the Falcon disappeared within the asteroid. In few seconds the Admiral entered the Dark Lord chamber
My lord I am
Sorry! he Dark Lord interrupted sarcastically. And then he started to force choke the terrorized admiral
When will you stop wasting my time with shallow excuses and start to actually do something valuable
The Dark Lord tortured his admiral until the latter fell on the ground in agony, barely breathing. Only then Caedus spoke again,
You are lucky they didnt explode otherwise you would be in no better shape than your previous comrade. He stepped away from the admiral who was trying to catch up his breath again
send me mercenaries and bounty hunters, especially the one called Ashai, I have a special mission for him. he finally have his command, but then he returned to his meditations
the Falcon crew he muttered one of them will be a great asset
(thnx for letting the Falcon run away, now things can get a little interesting! >:3 )
"What's the situation Vergo? Is the Falcon gone as expected?" asked Aito from the Captain's chair, positioned behind the pilot's and co-pilot's front seat.
"The Falcon has evaded capture as expected, but Solo seems to have used a suicidal gamble to escape. That guy is either a genius or a lunatic" said Vergo, checking the ships radar "The Anakin Solo is still holding position, it's not going after them"
"I bet the good Colonel is pissed, I pity that ship's captain" said Ingrid
"Alright then, get us closer to the Anakin, when we're at 1 kilometer, disable the clocking device; lets see if the Colonel wants us aboard" commanded Aito, as he rose up from his seat and adjusted his armor, It's time to earn some credits
"Should we hail them? If we surprise them they could fire on us" warned the ships AI, Iuka. Her voice was calm and soft, which masked her real programming.
"Yes please, let's try to play nice with THIS Solo"
The view from the cockpit was pleasant, to say the least, but Han Solo didn't feel that way. The crazy gamble which recently named "Asteroid Diving" was one of the most suicidal maneuvers he ever performed in his entire life, but he knew that it was better than getting caught by Jacen. He didn't care about himself, he could endure any torture his own son could make him go through, but he will never forgive himself if Allana, his granddaughter, was kept by Jacen.
Han, deep in his core, knew that the little sensitive boy Jacen had been was long dead, a memory from another lifetime. The suffering and pain Jacen had endured during the Vong War made Han realize how little he had tried to help his son heal and become whole again, but now he had another chance to make things right: to give Allana a peaceful childhood and a stable life, he would risk everything for his new family members. (Allana and Tenel Ka)
Before h could conclude his thoughts, a very familiar figure came running to him, yelling. Not this again, thought Han, preparing for the sermon to come.
"Captain Solo! Thank the maker we are all in one piece!!" said C3-PO in his alarmed voice "I knew that leaving you to pilot the Falcon alone was too risky, you're mind cannot handle battle stress as it used to. Furthermore- what are you doing? please don't ..!" the droid's activation lights died down, and Han thanked whoever made this droid for the OFF flip switch at its back
A little more calm (and relaxed), Han ventured forth into the Falcon's passenger Lounge to talk to everybody and plan the repairs. When he arrived, he saw the Young Jedi and Leia, along with Allana, looking a little shaken up and troubled.
"So, you enjoyed your flight or what? Sorry, no refunds" he said with a small smile on his face
(btw, I use this schematics for the Falcon [YT-1300p] Click Here to see. There are more ship plans and designs on wiki, might be useful for description. Also, we need a Leia to control Han's madness!) :D
Akira opened her eyes and looked up at Han. To her, he really looked like a tired old man... but another side of her said that he was strong and never willing to give up.
She smiled. "It was good, Mr. Solo. Everybody's okay, too." She looked at Allana sadly. The little girl looked so innocent, free from corruption. Akira nodded her head sadly. "Yeah. Everything is okay."
The young woman covered her head with her arms on the gaming table. Then she sighed. "For now..."
The Anakin Solo was holding in position as its commander has ordered. Suddenly an unknown ship appeared in the near space. Sensing the presence of a bounty hunter, Darth Caedus stormed into the Solos bridge and spoke to the Admiral,
Do not shoot at them, they can be allies let them in Admiral, we may benefit from this one
The Admiral nodded his head in acceptance, and then he activated the com-link,
The Anakin Solo will have you in bounty hunter, Lord Caedus has a job for you
"Looks like we struck gold Aito" said Vergo after hearing the message send from the Anakin's bridge "Should we all go or will you just go alone?"
"Stay here and secure the ship" said the bounty hunter, as he went to the landing ramp, "Iuka, if my vital signs becomes null, give them the gift store in the cargo hold, and try to escape while the timer goes down"
"Understood" said the AI's female voice, "Do be careful, I detect multiple ships entering the Anakin Solo's docking bay, you will have company"
"No problem, I'm sure the colonel will make the right choice" and with that said, he holstered his two blaster pistols, sheathed his sword, and awaited until the Hades docked, then he would go meet Jacen, and his competition.
Eventually the Highway Star pulled towards the moon of Nal Hutta Nar Shadda. D.J rested his head easily and pulled up his galaxy map. He quickly charted his course and closed it looking around. The Milennium Falcon was pulling towards Nar Shadda.
"This is D.J Prime, Jedi Knight. I was just caught in your little battle up ahead. Do you need assistance"
D.J sent another hailing frequency. D.J felt another shiver in the force. It felt more like Deja Vu then anything. He quickly ignored it and continued keeping his ship level. D.J's mind instantly went to his old master Zarnia. He shook his head slightly and continued
(@Rakata: their comm dish is out, so no message can be sent or received, but the Force is a great tool [hint]) (Furthermore, are there any other Jedi on board?)
"Come on kids, lets do a little exploration, not that there is much to see" Han guided the two Jedi Knights to a main avenue, and looked around. Leia and Allana stayed back in the Falcon, which was docked on a secluded landing spot. Han didn't want to risk anybody seeing the youngster: Jacen had spies everywhere.
"Okay, we need to find a place where we can get the Falcon repaired, where the owner is discreet enough to not inform the Alliance of our presence in exchange of credits" this was easier said than done, because the smuggler's moon was the last place to find an honest person. "Can any of you guys can use the Force to sense anything? Good will or something like that?" Han was placing his thrust on these Jedi
((Jak and Akira are. I don't know about the rest...))
Akira scratched her head nervously. "Well... yeah, sure. By the way, I sensed that another Jedi was near when we flew the Falcon away from Jacen's ship. Hmmm..."
She looked around. The young woman wanted to make sure that none of these people would try and pull off something on them. As a Jedi Knight of the Jedi Order, Akira held on strong with the Force... no matter the circumstances...
Allana sat by her grandmother, Leia. The little girl had everything on her mind. Thinking about her daddy made her feel almost sad.
"I hope that Daddy's okay..." Allana said, holding on to her stuffed tauntaun named Jacen. She named that after her father, because if he wasn't around, Allana could talk to her stuffed tauntaun instead.
She looked down at her stuffed tauntaun. "Don't worry, Jacen," she whispered, sniffing. "Everything's gonna be okay..."
D.J quickly ran a system's check on the falcon. He realized their comm dish was out. D.J suddenly shivered. Like someone walked over his grave. He shook his head again and thought of another strategy. He reached out with the force. He reached out towards the falcon. He reached out with the strength of the light side. He felt fatigue but kept doing it. He sensed more then one force sensitive on the ship. He quickly lead the force to them. There was someone behind them.
D.J instantly felt fatigued and stopped. He shook his head again. Then his thoughts went to where to land. He had a few mercenary friends on Nar Shadda. But it was a prime spot and a retched hive of scum and villaney. D.J quickly did another systems check of the highway star once more. Noticing that Nar Shadda's giant city was finally coming into view
"Looks like the Vongforming worked out to be a success..." Jak muttered, as he looked around at his surroundings.
From this view, the Smugglers Moon really didn't look any different from the Nar Shadda he knew before the evil Yuuzhan Vong conqured the moon. Though it was likely still in development of becoming the Little Coruscant it once was. Right now, The Millenium Falcon and her crew landed on a haven city for smugglers.
"Anyway, we'de most likely find someone of your description down at the local Cantina. Or we could try the areas around the ship docks..."
"Yeah, the Vong made this place a little prettier" said Han, "Compared to the old moon, I'll take this one instead"
As Jak mentioned where to look, Solo remembered something from his smuggler days, "the Falcon always got beat up in the old days, but me and Chewie found a good and cheap repair dock, just past the nearest cantina, it was run by a Hutt. I'll go check it out, why don't you two guys hit the cantina and search for clues?"
Feeling that there was not time to be wasted, Han ran of to see if the old Hutt was still in business
The Highway Star landed in Nar Shadda easily. D.J went through the planet many times and his ship was quite farmiliar. He had a few connections through the planet that could let anyone do anything.
D.J remembered the Milennium Falcon landed somewhere near when he landed. He recognised a Cantina near the ship. D.J walked into it.
The Cantina looked quite empty. There were the usual music playing by either Bith or Twi'lek. D.J walked over to the counter. Noticing the bartender was mechanical.
"Kolto water." The Bartender whirred away. D.J looked around. He began to reach out with the force once more. Hoping fatigue wouldn't stop him again. The bartender handed D.J his drink. He quickly drained it and looked around. Noticing out of all the other people he looked the most suspicious. D.J called for another drink and drained that as well. D.J felt another wave of the force flow through him again. But he ignored it again. Noticing his guns moved slightly.
"That sounds good. Be careful, Mr. Solo." Akira turned to Jak. "Well? Shall we?" The young woman glanced around. Then she noticed a Cantina nearby. Thank goodness, it was by the Falcon.
Akira walked inside, and looked around. A few people in it, but it was all good. She walked up towards the counter, and stood by a Selkath. When she ordered a blue milk, the bartender droid turned around, made her drink, and handed it to Akira.
As she drunk her blue milk silently, Akira felt something. Someone in this Cantina was Force-sensitive... besides Jak. She turned slowly, and looked at the male Selkath.
"Excuse me, sir? I don't mean to be rude or anything... but are you a Jedi?"
D.J snapped out of his Psyche and noticed someone was talking to him.
"Might be. Depending on who's asking." D.J said in his most fluent basic. Normally it would take another species a few months to fluently learn Basic. But with specific species like Selkath it was exceptionally hard yet not impossible. That was why D.J had a Vocabulator installed when he was on Bespin. All he had was a slight gurgling accent.
D.J sensed the force off the girl who asked him. It wasn't the darkside however to D.J's relief. "However all kidding aside I do own a lightsaber that I built. So I guess that makes me a Jedi." D.J said standing up. D.J was much shorter then a usual Selkath. He was only slightly taller then the girl.
"I also got caught in your little space battle in the Millennium Falcon. Who was chasing you?"
Although the Selkath spoke in a slight gurgling accent, mixed with Basic, Akira understood him well enough. "The Anakin Solo. It's a ship owned by Darth Caedus. He used to be a Jedi with my Master, Luke Skywalker. But then this female Sith named Lumiya turned him to the Dark Side."
She sighed, and looked down. "I wished that the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo wouldn't fall to the Dark Side... but now all seems lost." She smiled sadly. "But no matter. Because the Force is strong in all of us."
She extended her hand towards the Selkath. "By the way... my name's Akira Claris. Jedi Knight." Akira smiled brigtly.
"D.J" He said shaking her hand. "Jedi knight and Mercenary. Mostly just drifting through space."
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Hated it
The room smelled of cleaning fluid and was not clean. The water in the shower was luke warm in the early morning and evening. The swimming pool is open to the public so it's like going to a public plunge. Some of the pools appeared to have a lot of dirt in the water. The price of the room was increased by 20.00 a night because of the valentine weekend. Because the pool is open to the public there was a lot of children and noise. This is not a place to go and relax. The food in the restaurant is so-so. the eggs were not cooked and the oatmeal was lumpy.
Go for the mineral pools, not the atmosphere
I have been going to the DHS Spa since about 1978, the mineral pools are very healing, but it is not a swinging place, it is mostly old folks, so don't expect to be with the beautiful people, but the mineral pools are real mineral water I think, and that is why you go there, not for the plain Jane rooms and facilities. Less pretentious than Palm Springs and mucho cheaper. Then go to Palm Springs for dinner and entertainment.
Stay out of Dodge
My wife and I had a horrific experience over the Halloween weekend. We are middle-aged, college educated, government employees, non-confrontational. Over the night someone spray painted a grossly obscene message on the side of our new convertible. We did nothing to provoke this. Hotel staff were, at least, empathetic. However, the Desert Hot Springs Police Department were absolute jerks, going so far as to threaten my wife with being pulled over should one of their officers see the obscenities on our car! My advice - stay out of DHS or, at least, drive an old car. There's a large low-life element there.
It's a nice place!
We go to DHS spa hotel every year and are always happy. It's not a 5 star hotel or anything like that, but the rooms are clean and comfortable. The servises are professional and the atmosphere is warm and inviting. We've met people from all walks of life there and everyone is very friendly. It's a good place to shed the garbage from the outside world and just loosen up. We've met people from all corners of the earth and always enjoyed ourselves. It doesn't cost too much and the food is good. We'll be going back again soon.... hope to see you there!
Stay away
I have stayed at the Desert Hot Springs Spa Hotel twice. Most of the staff was nice. Everyone at the front desk were angels. The restaurant staff was decent, until you met the supervisors in there. They were rude to customers and never wanted to fix problems. There were a few servers that were awesome. There names were Jennifer, Cicso, Courtney and Brianna. Everone else was so caught up in their own drama. As for the hotel, the rooms were not very nice. The air was rarely on when you checked into the rooms. The ice machine was always broken which is a pain in the middle of July at 2am when the restaurant was closed. You have to go elsewhere to BUY ice. IF you HAVE to stay in Desert Hot Springs, stay at the Two Bunch Palms Hotel. A little more costly, but much more nicer!!!
My favorite place in the world!
We first started going there over 20 years ago. It is our favorite place. Interesting people to talk to in your choice of 8 different mineral pools that make your skin soft as a baby.
We go there once or twice a year. Very unpretentious. Great little cafe too, and an awesome hole in the wall Mexican place down the street that's always packed. We chill for 3 or 4 days and can never wait to get back the next time!
It's awesome! (We are in our 50's but all ages are there, great spa, great prices on the treatments. Just a great place! Really kitchy.
Best deal for our anniversary!!!!!!!
My husband and I were celebrating our first anniversary this past weekend. We wanted to go some where relaxing. We found the perfect spot. Upon our arrival we found the city kinda dumpy. But when we found the hotel it was very well kept up. The staff was very nice and helpful. We had an upstairs room with a balcony facing the pool. It had a gorgous view. You could see the mountains in the background. On friday night the bar offered kareoke. We are not singers but went down to listen. After we went into the hot tubs and pool. As the guests are allowed to go in 24 hours a day. The local people for a small fee are allowed to visit the spa but need to leave by 10pm.We found the water was very warm and with the minerals it makes you feel very soft . We ate our breakfasts at the hotel restuarant the food was very good. I also had a spa package done. The ladies were very professional and very good. The cabanas where they do the treatments are right off the pool area. But with the relaxing music that is played and the great treatments being done i was in my own little world. I really didn't hear any noise. On our last day we needed to check out of the hotel by noon but we didnt need to leave the pools until 10pm. We have decided that we will definately come back to this hotel as we didn't pay a fortune for a very relaxing weekend.
Great Place to Wear a Thong!!!
Great place to relax in the sun! The facilities are dated...but in a good way! Well maintained original structures create a nostalgic classic 50's "modern" desert resort atmosohere. The rooms are simple but clean and enclose the pool / spa area in a courtyard, Each room has a first floor patio with direct access to the pool or a second floor overlooking balcony. The service is friendly. The attitude and environment is comfortable relaxed.
The older set mix with the hip younger crowdand kids all in an eclectic kind of harmony. Great place to people watch. Or wear your skimpiest bathing suite and be seen! Women and men in thongs basque in the sun at this HOT resort!
A Fun, Inexpensive & Kitschy Place
We just spent a "girl's shopping/spa weekend" here and had a great time. Desert Hot Springs is a dumpy little town, but the hotel was pretty well kept up and the pool area very well kept up. All of the hotel staff was great. The spa treatments & theapists were awesome, but the treatment rooms were right off the pool area where every bit of noise can be heard thus distracting us from an otherwise great massage. The restaurant is nothing to look at, but the food is surprisingly good. The pool area is a great place to people watch - everything from old men with beer guts in Speedos and very large women in thong bikinis to young adults wearing barely nothing. It's also full of locals using the mineral pools during the day. Needless to say, it's a hopping place during the day, and surprisingly quiet at night. If you're expecting luxury accommodations, skip this place, but if you'd like some top rate spa thereapies, a hotel room at a great price and some good people watching entertainment, this place is worth checking out.
The Best Deal Possible and Lots of Fun, too!
Did we have a great time? Absolutely! Relaxing in hot mineral pools without having to pay an arm and a leg? Totally!!! Affordable, fun and with a weekend barbeque on top of that? What more can you ask for? Well... my wife and I also had the best massages we've ever had from some really skilled "body therapists" made us both melt our cares away. We found our room neat and clean, the staff quite friendly and helpfull, and food was not pricy and was delicious at the attached restaurant. We are not big singers but on Friday night we joined in on the kereoke (don't know how to spell it) singing our hearts out at the attached little bar. Fun? YES!!!! and with prices that simply cannot be beat as we compared with nearby Palm Springs and are we glad we went shopping as this was clearly what we wanted and the very best deal possible.
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Improving discrimination in data envelopment analysis: PCA-DEA or variable reduction
Within the data envelopment analysis context, problems of discrimination between efficient and inefficient decision-making units often arise, particularly if there are a relatively large number of variables with respect to observations. This paper applies Monte Carlo simulation to generalize and compare two discrimination improving methods; principal component analysis applied to data envelopment analysis (PCA-DEA) and variable reduction based on partial covariance (VR). Performance criteria are based on the percentage of observations incorrectly classified; efficient decision-making units mistakenly defined as inefficient and inefficient units defined as efficient. A trade-off was observed with both methods improving discrimination by reducing the probability of the latter error at the expense of a small increase in the probability of the former error. A comparison of the methodologies demonstrates that PCA-DEA provides a more powerful tool than VR with consistently more accurate results. PCA-DEA is applied to all basic DEA models and guidelines for its application are presented in order to minimize misclassification and prove particularly useful when analyzing relatively small datasets, removing the need for additional preference information.
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U.K. Reins Back on Lloyds Sale to Retail Investors
The U.K. government is unlikely to sell any Lloyds Banking Group PLC shares to the public soon.
U.K. Financial Investments Ltd, which manages the government's 25% stake in Lloyds, has advised the U.K. Treasury against a share sale to the public before the 2015 elections, according to according to a person familiar with the matter. It hasn't ruled out a sale to institutions, this person says.
The reasons to avoid a retail sale soon are numerous and well flagged. Lloyds must hurdle a regulatory stress test later this year. Regulators are likely to await the outcome of that review before granting the bank permission to pay its first dividend since its bailout–a key criterion that must be met before the public can be sold shares. (It would be destabilizing if Lloyds started paying a dividend and then had to stop following the stress test, advisors say.)
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A replica of Mount Rushmore is on display in West Palm Beach, Fla. It is carved out of a 640 lbs. block of cheddar cheese. Troy Landwehr's creation is called "My Country 'Tis of Cheese."
Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne with a cheesy twist on Independence Day. A replica of Mount Rushmore is on display today in West Palm Beach, Florida. This version is carved out as a 640-pound block of cheddar cheese. It was sculpted by Troy Landwehr, an expert cheese carver from, of course, Wisconsin. He told the Sun Sentinel that Abraham Lincoln's bushy eyebrows were one of the hardest features to carve. His creation is titled "My Country 'Tis of Cheese." It's MORNING EDITION.
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Clarksburg City Council has a new member. Bob Caplan was appointed by council Thursday night to fill the seat held for the last 27 years by Jim Hunt, who resigned last month.
Caplan was born and raised in Clarksburg. After going away to school and serving in the military, he returned to the city in 1972. He owns a jewelry store and has been active in the Harrison County Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Clarksburg Associates and other civic organizations.
"I just feel that Clarksburg has been a lifelong commitment of mine. I feel Clarksburg has a lot of room to grow. I feel it's moving in a positive direction now and I'm very happy to be part of it," said Caplan.
Caplan will be sworn in next week. Council also recognized the state champion Robert C. Byrd High School cheerleaders with certificates of appreciation.
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Lions of the West: Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion (Hardcover)
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"Following on the heels of his bestselling biography of Daniel Boone, Morgan gives readers an ambitious and authoritative work about the conquest of the American West and the 10 iconic figures who were determined to make Manifest Destiny a reality. Morgan's storytelling prowess always keeps the narrative lively, and characters like Thomas Jefferson, Sam Houston, Kit Carson, and others come beautifully to life. This is a rousing work that should be devoured by more than just history buffs."
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From Thomas Jefferson's birth in 1743 to the California Gold Rush in 1849, America's westward expansion comes to life in the hands of a writer fascinated by the way individual lives link up, illuminate one another, and collectively impact history. Jefferson, a naturalist and visionary, dreamed that the United States would stretch across the North American continent, from ocean to ocean. The account of how that dream became reality unfolds in the stories of Jefferson and nine other Americans whose adventurous spirits and lust for land pushed the westward boundaries: Andrew Jackson, John Johnny Appleseed Chapman, David Crockett, Sam Houston, James K. Polk, Winfield Scott, Kit Carson, Nicholas Trist, and John Quincy Adams. Their stories and those of the nameless thousands who risked their lives to settle on the frontier, displacing thou- sands of Native Americans form an extraordinary chapter in American history that led directly to the cataclysm of the Civil War. Filled with illustrations, portraits, maps, battle plans, notes, and time lines, "Lions of the West" is a richly authoritative biography of America its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny.
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Robert Morgan is the author of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, most notably his novel "Gap Creek" and his biography of Daniel Boone, both of which were national bestsellers. A professor at Cornell University since 1971 and visiting writer-in-residence at half a dozen universities, his awards include Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships and an Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature. He was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame in 2010. Find him online at www.robert-morgan.com.


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ST. LOUIS (AP) _ The FBI rules that a hanging stuffed monkey found inside a St. Louis fire station earlier this month was not a hate crime.
City officials asked the FBI to investigate. But the FBI determined a strap was not mean to emulate a noose.
A firefighters union official says the monkey was found at a fire scene and was hung up to dry.
The incident came at a time when the department was already racially divided following the ouster of Fire Chief Sherman George, who is black.
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NRF: April Retail Sales Fought Past Headwinds
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April retail sales, excluding automobiles, gas stations and restaurants, increased 0.6% seasonally adjusted from last month and 3.9% unadjusted year-over-year, the National Retail Federation announced today. Better employment numbers, increasing housing prices and a record-breaking stock market boosted consumer confidence, according to the organization, factors that also drove total retail and food services sales, which includes automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants, up 0.1% seasonally adjusted month-to-month and up 3.7% adjusted from last year's April.
"In the face of higher taxes and sequester, consumers provided the economy a bit of a reprieve this month," said NRF president and CEO Matthew Shay. "Despite colder spring weather and an early Easter, consumers shopped in April, demonstrating an inherent resiliency even as the economy faces serious headwinds, including stagnant job and wage growth."
NRF based its numbers on April retail sales just released by the United States Department of Commerce, which demonstrated that furniture and home furnishing store revenues came in flat seasonally adjusted month-to-month and increased 6.4% unadjusted year-over-year, that general merchandise store sales increased 1% seasonally adjusted month-to-month and decreased 2.7% unadjusted year-over-year, and that health and personal care stores' sales were up 0.1% seasonally adjusted month-to-month and flat unadjusted year-over-year.
In addition, non-store retailer sales gained 1.4% seasonally adjusted month-to-month and increased 19% unadjusted year-over-year, while electronics and appliance stores' sales gained 0.8% seasonally adjusted month-to-month and increased 1.2% unadjusted year-over-year, building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers store sales increased 1.5% seasonally adjusted and advanced 7.7% unadjusted year-over-year, clothing and clothing accessories store sales increased 1.2% seasonally adjusted month-to-month and gained 3.5% unadjusted year-over-year, and sporting goods, hobby, book and music store sales advanced 0.5% seasonally adjusted month-to-month and increased 4.5% unadjusted year-over-year.
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West Indies claimed four second innings wickets and were marching towards another comprehensive victory over Zimbabwe at lunch on the third day of the second and final Test at Windsor Park on Friday.
After declaring at their overnight position of 381 for eight, and with a first innings lead of 206, the hosts reduced the visitors to 77 for four at the interval, still 129 runs away from avoiding an innings defeat.
Craig Ervine and Malcolm Waller were set to continue the struggle for the Zimbabweans on the resumption.
But even with the possibility of a significant rearguard for the rest of the day, defeat seems inevitable for the Caribbean side's outclassed opponents with two scheduled days still left to complete the match if necessary.
There was more than a touch of controversy to the fall of the first wicket of the day when two reversals of umpiring decisions in the same over from Tino Best eventually resulted in the dismissal of Hamilton Masakadza.
Initially given out caught at the wicket by umpire Tony Hill, the verdict was reviewed and overturned on the evidence of television replays and consultation with TV umpire Bruce Oxenford.
An aggrieved Best was a much happier man two deliveries later when another appeal for a catch by wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin off the same batsman was ruled "not out" by Hill, only for West Indies captain Darren Sammy's request for a review to be upheld by Oxenford.
In breaking that opening stand of 35, the floodgates opened swiftly with the introduction of Shane Shillingford, the off-spinner lifting his tally in the match to seven in dismissing Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor via a bat-pad catch by Kieran Powell at short-leg.
He then removed debutant Sean Williams who miscued an attempted cut to Shivnarine Chanderpaul at point.
In between, Sammy accounted for Vusi Sibanda by the lbw route, the opener falling for 35 to an injudicious shot that typified the lack of application necessary to offer any significant resistance and stall the West Indies' pursuit of a sixth consecutive Test victory.