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Day ends at 11:59:59 PM Tuesday, November 2nd, Eastern Time USA

Sec-Sar Jor stood silently, in the shadows, keeping his eye on one of the weapons lockers. It had been an uneventful shift. He was actually getting tired, hoping that someone would come to relieve him. Right at the proper time, the turbolift opened, and a lone being stepped onto the deck.
Jor recognized the figure, but it wasn't the person who was supposed to replace him, so he waited in the shadows to see what would happen. The figure walked calmly down the corridor, and stood in front of the weapons locker. The figure looked around, and checked the control pad to see if the room had been entered. As soon as the figure did this, Sec-Sar Jor stepped out of the shadows and calmly asked what the cloaked figure was doing.
Sec-Sar Jor: Pardon me, Master Jedi, but you do not seem to be the person who was meant to relieve me. May I ask why you are here?
The cloaked figure turned, and immediately focused all attention on Sec-Sar Jor. After a few uncomfortable moments of silence, the cloaked figure spoke.
Cloaked figure: I was looking for you, actually.
Sec-Sar Jor: You seem to have found me. Why aren't you at your post?
Cloaked figure: Do not presume to ask me questions, Jor.
Sec-Sar Jor: Very well. In the name of the Galactic Republic, with authorization by the Jedi Council, I am placing you under arrest, Master Jedi.
Cloaked figure: Quite the contrary, you are the one that is under arrest.
The cloaked figure raised its hands and they began to glow. Sec-Sar Jor realized he was in danger, and reached out to the Force to give himself strength, but he was cornered. He raised his hands to defend himself, but it was no use. The cloaked figure unleashed a torrent of electricity from its hands, and the sheer force of the impact threw Sec-Sar Jor against the bulkhead and to the ground. With his connection to the Force, he managed to roll out of the immediate path of the lightning, and attempted to get to his feet, but a second arc of energy hit him in the chest and caused him to stumble. A third arc ricocheted off of the walls of the corridor and shocked Jor in the face. The young Jedi screamed in agony, and tried to crawl to the turbolift. The cloaked figure continued to advance, eyes burning with determination, ignoring the screams of pain. A more powerful wave of lightning burst forth from its hands, and Sec-Sar Jor bellowed one final scream before it all went blank. The figure continued firing, ensuring that Sec-Sar Jor was dead, cooked from the inside, filling the corridor with smoke and ash.
The deed done, the cloaked figure grimly returned to the turbolift, and said nothing more.
Another figure stepped out of the shadows and examined Sec-Sar Jor, but quickly fled the scene.
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Ker-oth Ex kept watch over the Life Support systems. Being able to survive in an oxygen-free environment made him perfectly suited for the task of repairing that system should it be damaged. When Alpha Shift had ended, Ker-oth wondered where the person who was to relieve him was. A half-hour went by, and still no one came to relieve him. Finally he had enough of it, and went over to the comm panel and contacted Nomi Sunrider.
Ker-oth: Your grace, it is past time for me to be relieved, but my Beta Shift counterpart has yet to show. I request assistance.
Nomi Sunrider: I'll be on my way. Keep watch until I get there, Ker-oth.
Satisfied, the armored Jedi returned to his post, only to find a cloaked figure standing in front of him.
Ker-oth: What are you doing here? You're not supposed to be here. Where is Beta Shift?
Unknown: Resting comfortably.
Ker-oth: What do you mean? Are you supposed to be my replacement?
Unknown: I'm here to relieve you....
Ker-oth: That won't be necessary, Grandmaster Sunrider is coming to replace me.
Unknown: Good. I will relieve her as well.
Ker-oth: What are you talking about? I don't need to be relieved!
Unknown: Oh yes, you do.... you're tired. You're exhausted even.
The dark figure stepped forward, smirking.
Unknown: You can barely keep your eyes open. You find it difficult to concentrate.... difficult to stand..... difficult to breathe.... difficult to ponder your short, meaningless existence.
Ker-oth: Don't come any closer! Or I'll.....
Unknown: You'll what? Wave your little gaffi stick at me? You're too tired, master Jedi. You need rest. I'm here to make sure you rest comfortably.
The figure drew a red lightsaber.
Ker-oth: I'm warning you....
Unknown: You need rest.... I'm here to relieve you.... of your miserable life.
The figure drew a second red lightsaber, and flashed an evil grin.

Ker-oth Ex saw the twin red lightsabers, and froze in place. There was nowhere to go. The only exit in the life support room was covered by the cloaked figure. Ker-oth raised his walking stick in defiance of the cloaked figure, but it was knocked out of his hands in a fraction of a second, along with one of his hands. The other one was cut down just a half a second later, in a blur of shimmering red. The cloaked figure moved faster than the eye could see, hacking the armored crustacean creature into tiny bits, a piece at a time, savoring every moment, relishing in the carnage, laughing as the Jedi screamed in terror. The cloaked figure spun around and leaped forward, following the Ataru form, severing the Jedi's lower limbs and impaling him in the lower thorax.
Ker-oth fell to the ground and could only look up at his attacker in pain and confusion.... what prompted such cruel, sadistic behavior? Was it not enough to simply behead the Jedi, did his attacker really have to prolong and enjoy the process? The battle could have been over in a split second, but it wouldn't have been this much fun.
The cloaked figure stood over him, and swung his lightsabers at the chest of the fallen foe, cleaving the Jedi into pieces, and again. Then, eyes shimmering, the cloaked figure impaled Ker-oth through the skull with both blades, spilling what was left of his cranial cavity all over the deck. The smell of burning flesh was gag-inducing. The figure simply grinned, looking down at the remains of the Jedi, and fled the scene, just before Nomi Sunrider arrived.
The Grandmaster of the Order looked at what was done to the fallen Jedi, and fell to the ground in pain. She nearly wept for him, losing her control.
Nomi Sunrider: No more pain, master Ker-oth. Your death will not have been in vain.
Through the corridors, the sound of dark, sinister laughter permeated everywhere. The nightmare had only just begun.
Nomi ran over to the computer console and quickly checked the security recordings, to find out what had happened to Ker-oth's relieving watchman, Kaz'an Neimoidia. This is what she saw.....
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Security recording....... ACTIVE.
Playback from time index 103124.55, enable.
Kaz'an Neimoidia woke from his brief, uncomfortable sleep. A loud tone alerted him that it was time. Another long night watch, another long day of arguing and bickering, and then, another 6 hours of restless tossing and turning.
He switched on the overhead lighting to see a cloaked figure standing in his quarters. Immediately, Neimoidia knew that his life was in danger, and rolled out of bed and sprinted into the other room. He didn't even look back to see that his bed suddenly burst into flames, and the fire suppression system had been disabled. The cloaked figure followed Kaz'an into the other room, where Kaz'an made his stand.
Neimoidia focused his mind on the Force, and summoned much Force energy to his command. He stood in a defensive pose and raised his hands, ready for his attacker. But his attacker just stood there, staring at him. Staring at him with dark, evil eyes.
Kaz'an started feeling intense pain... he found it difficult to concentrate, and hold on to his vast reserves of Force power. But still he remained motionless, prepared for the coming attack. But then.... a splitting headache. A sharp pain in the abdomen. Kaz'an's skin began to blister and boil.... and the dark figure continued to stare at him.
Kaz'an began to scream.... he screamed before he even knew he was screaming. He was experiencing agony he had never felt before... never even conceived of before. He fell to his knees, as his blood began to literally boil and his skin began to melt off of his body. His eyeballs exploded, and his Jedi robes burst into flames. The staring continued.
The screams of agony, nightmarish in pitch and volume, began to whimper and fade, as roaring flames engulfed Master Neimoidia. His charred, burning husk collapsed against the duranium deck plating, and continued to burn long after the cloaked figure left his quarters. The other furniture was also engulfed in flames, and the security sensors overloaded.
Security playback....... COMPLETE.
Recording ended at time index 103128.96. No more data available.
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Elsewhere on the ship, a console overloaded and Jedi Initiate Pla-den Krul was instantly and unceremoniously killed.
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Azurine Kadu stood near the doors to one of the Engine reactors, keeping careful watch over the area. At the proper time, the turbolift carrying Beta Shift arrived. Kadu welcomed the relief. The doors opened and a dark figure stepped out onto the deck, not at all who Azurine was expecting.
Azurine Kadu: Halt! In the name of the Jedi Order, I command you to identify yourself.
Dark figure: I am your executioner.
Azurine Kadu: You..... who are you? What do you want?
Dark figure: Are you deaf, Jedi? I said I want your charred corpse lifeless on the floor plating before me. I want the bodies of all your friends lined up right beside you. I want your precious little Jedi Temple to burn to the ground, and I want everyone who would think of questioning my rule to be put to a slow, painful death. I want to personally slaughter all my enemies, and conquer the planet below us, and all the other planets worthy of my name. I want every single living creature in the galaxy to bow before me. But for now, all I want is for you to be a good little girl and die......
Azurine Kadu: Do you enjoy hearing yourself talk?
Dark figure: Yes.... but I also like watching myself slaughter the weak. I truly hope this is being captured on camera.
The dark figure ignited its lightsaber, which burned
crimson red.
Azurine Kadu centered herself, and waited for the cloaked figure to attack. The cloaked figure stood in a classic Djem So pose, and began to advance and demonstrate its mastery of Form V. Kadu reached out with the Force, at let it trickle through her body. Then she sprang into action, deftly dodging the strikes of the red lightsaber and rolling out of danger.
The cloaked figure, upon seeing this, too reached out with the Force and redoubled his efforts, moving faster, delivering more accurate and deadly strikes, and increasing his strength by a factor of ten. It was all Azurine could do to avoid being cleaved in half, but her agility allowed her to perform a flying somersault over the head of the her attacker, and dodge several more strikes with uncanny timing, moving out of range in a blur of speed.
The cloaked figure became enraged, and rushed forward to cut her down, but the nimble and quick Kadu sprinted down the corridor faster than the cloaked one thought possible. He was close behind her, and prepared one final thrust to finish it. Kadu closed the turbolift doors, just as the red lightsaber punched through and began to melt the doors. Kadu quickly keyed in an emergency override command, and got the turbolift to rise. The blade of the shimmering red saber cut cleanly through the floor of the turbolift as it rose, causing the lift to stall momentarily with a shudder. One of the drive mechanisms was damaged. The lift stalled halfway between the two floors, and Kadu forced open the upper level doors and wriggled free of the turbolift, just as the cloaked attacker below severed the emergency stop mechanism and caused the turbolift to plummet 30 stories to the bottom of the shaft.
Azurine Kadu escaped. A terrifying roar of frustration was heard, and a few moments later, one of the bulkheads was pulled from the superstructure and blown out one of the starboard corridors, and out into space, causing the entire deck to decompress. Someone had turned the emergency structural containment force-fields off.
Nomi Sunrider called the next meeting of the Jedi Council to order, and recounted the events of the previous night, as recorded in the Security Holograms.
"There is no other way to say this. Last night.... we were shown the true power of the Dark Side. So many Jedi lost their lives, that we can only take small comfort in knowing that Azurine Kadu survived. The manner in which these murders were carried out.... is more horrible than I've seen before. The disturbance in the force that I felt before... it has returned. It is also obvious to me that we do not face a single foe... the time indexes from the security holograms indicate that there were at least two cloaked persons attacking us simultaneously. There may be others... I do not know. The Dark Side clouds everything. We still have a lot of work to do if we are to eliminate the Sith.
One of our own was also killed in a tragic accident. I can only suggest, in my sadness, that it was the will of the Force that this youngling was taken from us. No one regrets his departure more than I, because I knew him very well. I knew his family. I knew what kind of Jedi he was destined to become. But that is not to be.
The vision.... has come to me again. I can feel my own death approaching. I must hurry if I am to complete your training.
Clearer our minds must be if we are to find the true villains behind this plot. If a majority of you vote in the allotted time, I will accept your decision. If a majority of you do not vote in the allotted time, I will slow the ship's orbit and give you another 24 hours. Remember that you will be exhausted by the time the discussion is over, if I have to do this. Try to reach a decision before then.
Today, it is only natural that you would be feeling sadness for your fallen comrades. But you must not let your passions cloud your judgment. If there are any emotions you must feel, then remember that your friends have transformed into the Force.... they are not gone from us completely. If you listen carefully, you can still hear them. You must feel the Force.... through it, things you will see, other places. The future, the past, old friends long gone.
Do not despair.... that is also a path to the Dark Side.
Jedi, look at me.....
Look at me."
Nomi smiled.
"The Force is with us. Be of good cheer, for our triumph over the Sith is at hand. We are not beaten, not yet, not by a long shot. At any moment, we could put a stop to the Sith. All we need is for the Force to guide us to the true culprits. And then victory will be inevitable.
Even when I am gone, I will be looking out for you. But before I leave, I have one last request....
Bring me a Sith."
Nomi bowed gracefully before the other Jedi, and returned to her quarters alone, to meditate in solitude.
Sasaki Kokiro- Sec-sar Jor
Skooma Addict- Ker-oth Ex
Yaseikhaan- Kaz'an Neimoidian
Romanic- Pla-den Krul
Alive: (56/67)
a completely inoffensive name
Andres
AntiKingWarmancake
ArpeggiateTHIS
Autolycus
Beefy187
Belisarius II
ByzantineKnight
Captain Blackadder
Cecil XIX
Chaotix
choxorn
civplayah
classical_hero
Csargo
Cultured Drizzt fan
Cute Wolf
dcmort93
Death is yonder
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
Frozen in Ice
God Emperor
Greyblades
Ibn-Khaldun
Ignoramus
Ironside
Jarema
Johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Khazaar
landlubber
Link
Major Robert Dump Replaced by Slysnake2
Nictel
Nightbringer
Niklas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Rebel Jeb
remake20
Renata
Robbiecon
Secura Replaced by Zack2
Seon
Sigurd
Soup567 Replaced by Stuck in Pi2
spL1tp3r50naL1ty
Sprig
TheFlax Replaced by Raskolnikov2
Tincow
wideyedwanderer
Winston Hughes Replaced by Double A2
YLC
Dead: (10/67)
Raskolnikov- Jedi Initiate Mas Amdu Kof (Killed Day One)
Slysnake- Jedi Initiate Kerren Cae (Killed Night One)
Stuck in Pi- Jedi Initiate Si-At Unesh (Killed Night One)
Beskar- Jedi Initiate Jax Revus - Sith Apprentice Darth Fermanagh (Killed Night One)
Double A- Jedi Initiate Mun Farlander (Killed Day Two)
Zack- Jedi Initiate Yogal Sec-barr (Killed Night Two)
Yaropolk- Jedi Initiate Yala Edak (Killed Day Three)
Sasaki Kojiro- Jedi Initiate Sec-sar Jor (Killed Night Three)
Skooma Addict- Jedi Initiate Ker-oth Ex (Killed Night Three)
Yaseikhaan- Jedi Initiate Kaz'an Neimoidian (Killed Night Three)
Will of the Force: (1/67)
Romanic- Jedi Initiate Pla-den Krul (WOGed Night Three)
Thread re-opened. Day Phase begins. Night results will take some time, but I am starting to send them out now.
Day ends at 11:59:59 PM Tuesday, November 2nd, Eastern Time USA.... if I have 28 people voting. Otherwise you will be granted an additional 24 hours.
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