Idiots Array (Cosmos)

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

The game was of Pazaak, both members had a tie so far, 2 hands out of the round, who ever won this hand would win the round. Kyle hit the shuffle key on his card pad, Kyle had a good feeling about this hand, a good feeling that was repaid with a good card, namely a 10 card. Fortunate for Kyle he had a 10 Card left in his personal Side deck, meanwhile his opponent had used his final card from his sidedeck, his oppenent started out with a 7 card. The computer waited for Kyle to make his move, he placed his 10 down getting an even 20 score. Kyle Smiled as he streached out and leaned back into the chair. The Twi'lek forfit the game and tossed the 300 credit chip onto the table. Kyle took it and stood to shake the Twi'lek's hand. I doubt you're up for another round? Kyle said pocketing his winnings. "I'm gettin' outta here before i loose anymore money." The Twi'lek said, before walking away leaving Kyle Surrounded by those who where watching the round.

Kyle put his hands up before heading to the bar, the bartender knew Kyle's order well by now, a simple Corellian Rum every time he won a game of cards. The screens where playing a swoop race that was currently taking place on Nar Shadda, Kyle spoke up to the Bar tender, What I miss? The Bartender looked back to the screen "Right now the wierd Rodian is winning, but he only just passed the Zeltron." Kyle nodded, caught up on the race. He then began to pay attention to it while the drink was placed in front of him and Kyle took the first drink from the mug.

[Zherathul the Voidscale]

as the blackness of space filled the view port of the Aviana's Talon, two streaks of the ion engines of Sith fighters raced past the ship. as several laser bolts sailed past the ship, the single person that made the ship home hurriedly raced from console to console while using her abilities to fly the ship. once again, the ship lurched as the impact of a blast that was larger then the fighters could carry hit the shields. having been chased since departing the Arkanis sector, the bird-like Fosh decided that she had had enough of this. inputting a sequence of numbers and letters, she could hear the hull of the ship starting to make a ominous sound as another large blast shook the ship. as she entered the last sequence and moved to the pilots chair, the warning lights blared as the shields gave out under the assault. just as she pressed the switch to enter hyperspace, she could hear the low distinct sound of a magnetic mine.

having set the coordinates to be random, she set the ship to exit hyperspace within thirty seconds. she exited the cockpit, and quickly went to work finding the location where the mine had latched itself on. remembering the design and workings of the Sith magnet mines, she estimated she had maybe a minute or two to find it. going to where she estimated the sound to be, a small room near the engines, she quickly got there and began to probe the area with the Force. feeling the familiar lurch of exiting hyperspace, she found the mine, and quickly realized her faulty knowledge of this mine. turning quickly and diving to the door and closing it, she felt the entire ship lurch violently as the mine exploded a second after the door shut. as the ship settled into a directionless drift, the Fosh spit out a mouthful of blood as she looked down at the piece of shrapnel that protruded through her side. thanks to her modifications to the pressure seals, the area that was damaged was immediately sealed.

pulling one of her lightsabers from her belt, she painfully, but carefully, cut the piece of metal that stuck into her from its larger portion, allowing her to move away from the warped door. knowing better not to remove the intruder, she kept the metal piece in her body, as she crawled back to the cockpit. after a minute of crawling and bleeding, she reached up to one of the consoles that littered the walls of the cockpit, and activated the distress beacon. beginning to crawl towards the medical room, she felt her strength give out and her vision began to blur. using the last of the her conscious mind, she used the Force to try and slow her body systems, hoping to slow the bleeding. beginning to slip into unconsciousness, she hoped that her beacon was heard.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

Kyle was watching the race still when he felt a tap on his shoulder, "Sir, the bridge requiers your attention, we've found something." Kyle raised an eyebrow before sighing, He pat the bartender's shoulder, Tell me who wins, i got 200 credits on the Pantoran. The bartender nodded, and Kyle began to walk through the maze of tables until he got to the turbo lift, he hit the button for the command deck. A short ride to the top and he stepped out of the small turbolift and into the bridge area. He followed his first officer to the comunications console, What's up? Kyle asked looking over the younger mans shoulder, "It's a destress signal, and if I'm trianguating this right, it isn't far from here, a short hyperspace jump should be able to get a shuttle out there sir. It's literally only 3 minutes out!" Kyle thought for a second, for some reason he felt compelled to see to this himself, Prepair my ship... Kyle said to the nearest security member before turning himself and checking his blaster, all six shots where loaded, he went to his room and grabbed a couple extra clips to be on the safe side. Then he went to Hanger 1.

Once there he was reminded of many of his victories, His hammer head ship, his Yacht which was currently the one being preped for take off, then his Tank that a new found ally named Shawn had sold to Kyle. Hanger 1 was slowly becoming his personal hanger he thought to himself. Then a newer Recruit came down the ramp of the Yacht and saluted, At ease! Kyle said wanting to roll his eyes. "The ship and a small crew are ready to leave sir." Kyle Marched up the ramp and the younger crewmen followed him up.

Once in the cockpit Kyle sat down and punched in the hyperspace coordenates into the Nav computer, and retracted the landing feet, Kyle guided the ship out of the hanger and then a few seconds latter the blue streaks of Hyper Space where surrounding the ship, the same recruit who had met Kyle at the Ramp sat down in the co-pilots seat, a Rifle was now strapped to his back, Kyle spoke, Not sure we'll be needing weapons kid. The younger man who must have been 19 tops spoke, "Well, you brought one." Kyle looked to his pistol straped to his belt then back to the Recruit with a smiled plastered to his face, Good point!.... What's you're name Kid? The recruit sat for a minute before speaking, "Gen." Kyle nodded.

The 3 minutes went by fast, it only felt more like 1 or 2 and they where dropping from hyper space, the small ship about 1000 meters from theirs; it had clearly just seen some action from the shape it was in. Kyle looked out to the drifting ship, he lowered speed and began aligning the two ships docking clamps up. He got it a few seconds latter then went down to the first floor ready to go through the docking clamp blast doors.

Three others where ready to go too, Kyle opened his blast door and the door to the second ship had to be opened more manually. It took a few seconds, but it eventually opened. Kyle was the first one in, he went to the bridge first, while the others split up and went to the engines, cargo hold, and then the med bay. Kyle began looking through the logs when the officer who went to the Med lab rushed in, "Sir i found one crewmember, injured, but alive, i think!" Kyle stood and almost jogged to the med bay, when he entered he firstly noticed a birdlike creature laying on the floor bleeding rather badly. Kyle looked at it not quite sure what it was, he hadn't seen any members of this race before.

Uhh did anyone with medical history come with us? Kyle heard a somewhat famillar voice come from behind him. "i do sir..." It was Gen, the boy that he had talked to on the bridge. Think ya' can fix this? The kid looked around the med room, "I can keep it alive long enough to get back to the station's med labs sir." Then get started, we'll have a spot on our ship ready, then i'll call back to the station, if uhh... Kyle looked to the bird trying to determine if it was a male or female, or if it even had a gender for that matter, She...wakes up, try and get Her, back to our ship.

[Zherathul the Voidscale]

as she felt herself spiraling through the blackness of unconsciousness, she felt like this might actually be the end. thinking of what her life entailed, she felt something closing in on her. opening her eyes in the blackness, she couldn't see anything. looking around for several moments, she suddenly felt something grab onto her shoulders. looking down, she saw tendrils of light latching themselves onto her, seemingly dragging into the blackness. instead of fighting them, she instead felt calm and relaxed, as if she knew exactly what was happening. as the tendrils dragged her through the veil of blackness, she closed her eyes, feeling herself returning to herself.

opening her eyes slightly so that they were unnoticeable slits, she saw two people with her vision. trying to move her body, she felt a wave of pain wash her body instead of a response, making her feather-hair change to a greyish-orange color. looking at what she could see through the narrow view of her vision, she felt something was wrong, even with her fuddled senses. as her vision came upon a male human with dark skin, she saw something on the ceiling above him. as she looked at the thing for a few seconds, the form finally registered within her mind, having seen it before. with what returning strength she had, she lifted her right arm and tried to used the Force on it. succeeding partially, she was able to grip the creature, but she wasn't able to control her concentration. as she coughed up a mouth full of blood, her force grip crush the creatures small spine. as the pain intensified within her body, she grabbed at the area that still had the piece of metal sticking through her side.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

No sooner then Kyle had finished his orders the Bird creature woke up and raised her hand, Kyle jumped back surprised for a second then something above him fizzled, popped and fell to the floor. The item was some sort of small probe, from the looks of it Sith empire in design and it was detached from something else. The bird began to cough up blood, the wound must have been nearly mortal, and likely would cause death if it didn't get taken care of. Alright forget it, get her to our ship, I'll call a transport to collect her ship, we gotta get outta here. He turned to two of the recruits, You two, stick with the ship, search for more of these things. He got some nods from them and then he made his way back to his ship and got ready for departure from the ship.

He flicked on the com system and patched in the number for his station, This is Kyle Orvast, we are on our way back to the station with one heavily wounded, have sick bay ready, request you send a tug ship out to retrieve wreckage. He said and got an acknowledgment, then he made sure everyone was on board the ship, and the docking hatches where locked, then he detached and jumped for hyper space.

When they came out of the jump they where quickly allowed to land, and the tow ships where leaving while they where docking in the hanger. A medical staff came in with a cot they quickly loaded the bird onto the cot and Kyle actually found himself following them to the mad labs. Once there he patiently waited in the waiting area, where after about an hour the results of many tests came back and the main station doctor came out, Well, to start off, i have no idea what race that is, next from what we can tell about similar races, she should survive, but wont be awake for a day or so, and on top of that...we have to keep her in for a few weeks. Kyle nodded before making a response, Well, looks like the ship was in better shape, but it'll still take a few days to get it working. Kyle went to the rooming levels and went to his bed. He was extremely tired and actually fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

[Zherathul the Voidscale]

as the pain washed through her, she blacked out, the pain way too much to bear. as she slipped back into the blackness, her mind began to slip into the pathways of her past. reliving many of her memories, she never felt herself moved and transported to a different location. after many, many hours and many instances of her memories, she felt herself awakening.

slowly opening her eyes, she closed them quickly as the lights of the room filled her vision. as her eyes adjusted to the light as they were closed, she slowly opened them again and blinked several times to finish their adjustment. slowly looking around, she saw that she was in some sort of medical room. looking around more, she saw that she was alone, also sensing nobody in adjacent rooms, or anyone awake, at least. lifting herself up, she let out a groan of pain as her muscles strained, and the pain in her side flaring. grabbing at her side, she looked down at it, the bandages still stained with blood. letting out a sigh, she was thankful that someone had heard her beacon. moving her legs so they were over the edge of the bed, she slowly lowered herself to the floor, using the bed as support until her legs could support her. looking around, she spied a platter of food, and instantly heard her stomach grumble loudly. walking somewhat weakly over to the platter, she grabbed it and lowered herself to the floor, ignoring the coldness and began to eat.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

---Two days later---

Kyle had been told that after two days the bird was up for visitors, though still not in any shape to be leaving. By this time her ship was fully repaired, Kyle still didn't know what the bird's name or race was, which was part of the reason why he was so eager to visit the bird like creature that had had such a near scrape with death.

He was outside the door to the med room she was in, he was leaning against the wall just outside. The Bothan Doctor came out of the room with a data pad, She's ready for a short visit, what ever you plan on talking to her about, keep it simple and short. Kyle nodded before entering to see the bird laying neatly in the bed, bandages had been changed and the wound had been cleaned. Kyle stepped to the center of the room and looked to the bird. Hi. He said quickly, Not sure what you know, you where in some sort of space battle, you took a lot of damage, to be honest your ship fared better then you did... Kyle moved over to the wall and leaned against it. What's your name? He started, he still had other questions, but that would work for starters.

[Zherathul the Voidscale]

as the next two days past by, she was attended medically by the medical staff. during this time, she made sure to not say anything too revealing, at least until she had met the person who had saved her. during this time, she used her strengthening abilities to increase her healing, reducing any estimated recovery time by a third. during another session of replacing her bandages and administering a small application of kolto, she felt something from outside the room she was in.

after several minutes longer then the other treatments, she watched the med staff leave the room. thinking she would have some time to herself finally, she was about to get up when a dark skinned male entered the room, the same that she had seen on the Aviana's Talon, and she could feel the same sense she had been sensing coming from him. pushing herself up to a sitting position, she listened to the male, hearing what she already knew. as he asked her name, she looked at him, speaking in a soft voice, "my name is Avegira, and i really have to thank you for saving me. Sith mag mines can cause quite a mess." unthinkingly reaching for her waist, she remembered she didn't have any of her datapads. letting out a sigh, she brought her legs close to sit cross legged on the bed.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

"my name is Avegira, and i really have to thank you for saving me. Sith mag mines can cause quite a mess." Kyle nodded, he could tell she had healed faster then expected, Good, it's progress... He said folding his arms now. What race are you, even our medical staff can't pin it, and it's best we should know in case we've been pumping you with drugs that might actually be hurting you. Kyle said actually getting ready to ask his third question, something he had worked out when he saw this Avegira pull the probe down. You're onea those Jedi characters ain't ya'? Kyle asked, this made sense, sith attacking, the abillity to use the "force" to Kyle it made sense.

Kyle really had lots of doubts that the force even existed, but then again, there where a lot of things he couldn't explain about Avegira. And a lot of things about Jedi and Sith he didn't understand. Kyle stood there expecting that she would be a little aprehencive to answer some questions. Kyle didn't speak again, in stead he only stared, waiting for the answer.

[Zherathul the Voidscale]

as the male spoke and asked his questions, Avegira couldn't help but smile. "i am a Fosh, and i am not surprised there aren't many other. Fosh are pretty secretive, and can sometimes be a pain to be around. i'm different, so you don't need to worry about me trying to swindle you in anyway," she answered his first question, giving him a sweet smile. as his second question came up, her smile dissolved quickly. looking at his eyes, she spoke, "i am neither Jedi nor Sith. i am a hire-hand, who has a strong connection to the Force. i worked for both the Republic and the Sith, but until recently, that all changed."

dropping her head a little, she began to look around the room, as if looking at the other areas of the location beyond the walls. "since i gave you my name, may i ask your name, and where i am?" Avegira asked, bringing her back to the human male. remaining quiet, her eyes closed slightly as she concentrated, hoping to repair more of her wound while she listened.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

"i am a Fosh, and i am not surprised there aren't many other. Fosh are pretty secretive, and can sometimes be a pain to be around. i'm different, so you don't need to worry about me trying to swindle you in anyway," Kyle raised his eyebrow, he had defiantly never heard of a "Fosh" before. Kyle only shrugged it off before pushing himself off of the wall and began to walk to a chair. "since i gave you my name, may i ask your name, and where i am?" Kyle smiled, as he sat down on the arm of the chair. I suppose it won't hurt nothin', OK. My name's Kyle Orvast, I'm a Pirate, you're on my space station. At the moment we're just off of the Corellian Run, near Ryloth. Your ship is still under repair, and you're in no shape to be leaving anyway.

Kyle had just given away plenty enough information, enough at least to keep her from asking any questions that would be a threat to security. Kyle had used up the three questions that had been on his mind. Kyle had almost forgot while he was asking questions. He pulled out a couple of Data pads, from his trench coat. Those where on your bridge, what ever it is it'll give ya' something to read. Kyle said before leaving the room.

[Zherathul the Voidscale]

"I suppose it won't hurt nothin', OK. My name's Kyle Orvast, I'm a Pirate, you're on my space station. At the moment we're just off of the Corellian Run, near Ryloth. Your ship is still under repair, and you're in no shape to be leaving anyway."

listening to the male, she opened her eyes a little. "thank you, Kyle Orvast. but i will have to leave within the next two days, no matter what your medics say. i doubt you want the Sith bearing down on you, as do i," she spoke, stretching her arms out, allowing her arm feathers to hang down. spinning her head several times, several pops sounded out as she worked the stiffness out.

"Those where on your bridge, what ever it is it'll give ya' something to read."

when she laid her eyes upon her data pads, she quickly snatched them up, checking each one for any tampering. finding no intrusion, she smiled as her said, "thank you, but you shouldn't have," the last part under her breath. when she heard the sound of the door shutting behind, she looked around the room one last, looking for any cameras. pulling a few feathers from her arms, she pulled a small latch open from one of the data pads and pulled out a small thing of adhesive. getting up slowly and moving to each of the cameras, she blinded each one with her feathers and the adhesive. going back to the bed, she sat down and activated the largest. reading through the start up stasis, she got to work connecting the pads with the main computer of her ship. once the systems were in synch, she got to work powering up the ship sensors. after a few minutes, she focused the military sensors on the space station she was on, curious to its specs, knowing that the Sith would be close to finding her.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

---Two more days---

Kyle was told that Avegira mostly ready to leave, and so was her ship, she had made a point, Kyle really didn't want the Sith knocking on his front door. So he didn't argue when she said she was ready to go. He simply sat at the bar betting on another race.

Kyle had a data pad sitting beside his drink, on it was an update of ships leaving and coming, crew reports, the status of repairs on the third frigate which was almost finished. One thing he had noticed was that Avegira hadn't left yet, he though to himself, Maybe she wasn't well enough to leave after all. Kyle smirked as he looked up to the view screen, his swoop racer had won the race. Kyle looked over to a bigger Rodian, who had literally slammed his face into the bar, he handed Kyle 175 credits. Kyle smiled as he took it and pocketed the winnings.

He took a drink of his Corellian rum; which was his personal favorite drink, it was now empty with that final swig. He handed it back to the bartender, Refill please. He got a nod from the bartender who grabbed the glass from Kyle and refilled it.

[Zherathul the Voidscale]

spending the next two days healing, and studying the space station in between visits by the med staff, Avegira could feel the dark presence of the Sith approaching. as the second day passed by slowly, she began to get dressed in the clothes she had requested. taking several minutes to worked the kinks out of her muscles and to make sure her still-healing wound was ok, she moved to the door. before opening it, she thought to herself whether she should just leave, or give Kyle her thanks. deciding against her better judgement, she opened the door and began to make her way to where Kyle was. taking fifteen minutes of weaving through corridors and pathways, she came to the bar doors that she had tracked Kyle going to for the past day.

opening the door and quickly finding him at the bar counter, Avegira made her way over and sat next time him. pulling out a large hand full of credits, she said, "a full bottle of Correllian wine, please." waiting for the bottle to be set in front of her, she took out a few extra credits, thanking the bartender that they had it. pulling the cork from the top, she took a drink form the bottle, then turned slightly to Kyle. "i didn't really think words would be enough to show my thanks for helping me and repairing ship," she paused, pulling out a data pad and a data chip. "i believe this should help with any credit expanses that took place," she said, connecting to her personal bank account, transferring a extremely large amount of credits to the data chip, then handing the chip to him. taking another drink from the bottle of wine, she watched the current race that was being displayed.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

Avegira came up beside Kyle, something he hadn't actually expected, she ordered a drink before speaking to Kyle, "I didn't really think words would be enough to show my thanks for helping me and repairing ship," Kyle simply gave a small smile before taking a drink of his Rum. She continued, she took out a Data pad and smaller chip, "i believe this should help with any credit expanses that took place," Kyle saw the screens transfer Money from an account, a rather large amount of credits too. When he was handed it he took it before tossing it up into the air and catching it on it's way back down, he slid it into his pocket before speaking, Thanks. He said looking back to his own Data pad sitting on the bar in front of him, those credits where going toward supplies. You'll get a escort outta here, just in case ma boys missed something when repairing your ship, and i wont speak of you to anyone, just in case they happen to be sith spies or whatever you're running from.

Kyle grabbed something out of his jacket, a small information chip with a code on it, If you're ever running and near this place again, then this will ensure a quick landing at one of our landing pads. Might come in handy some time. Kyle shrugged as he handed it to the Fosh female.

[Zherathul the Voidscale]

"You'll get a escort outta here, just in case ma boys missed something when repairing your ship, and i wont speak of you to anyone, just in case they happen to be sith spies or whatever you're running from."

"that is much appreciated," Avegira said, taking another drink, having finished half the bottle now. before she could bring the bottle up to her mouth for another drink, she saw Kyle take out a info chip form his jacket.

"If you're ever running and near this place again, then this will ensure a quick landing at one of our landing pads. Might come in handy some time."

taking the chip, she looked at the chip for a few seconds before inputting it into he data pad. "i definitely have to owe you a favor now," she said, a smile on her face. putting the top back on the bottle, she stood up and pulled out 200 credits. placing them on the table, she said as she turned, "you won." walking walking towards the door, the race had finished. pushing the doors open, she began to make her way to the hanger that housed the Aviana's Talon.