Chapter 3: Polis Massa Base

After Order 66, few Jedi dare to venture outside the shadows—rumors of the dark and terrible Darth Vader haunting even their waking moments. Yet, some Jedi find this life of fear unbearable. The Empire is always watching, and Vader himself is eager to confront any Jedi that might bring him closer to the whereabouts of his betrayer, Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Post by Muskrat » Fri Jan 15, 2021 6:15 pm

Shoshannah starts to ask if such a topic isn't too heavy for the younglings, but then stops. After all they've seen, there is no sense in trying to hide the dangers of the Galaxy from then--and Master Tan is right, that knowing the Jedi had survived such perils before might reassure them. She nods and says, "Yes, I will stop by later today when I have time."

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Post by Othniel » Sat Jan 16, 2021 5:11 am

"But for now, let's see what we can pull out of these files," Janos says, turning the conversation back to the task at hand.
So, I guess Computers roll on the first file? I've got YYG.

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Post by Shurijo » Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:32 pm

Janos - Computer decryption and reassembling rolls - File 1
Difficulty 3p
Skill 2y 1g
result: 1 success, 1 threat
Janos takes a seat and begins work on decrypting and reassembling the files. Using some of the computer systems available at the Pols Massa research base provides him with enough processing power to compute his commands. After an hour, he believes he's revealed as much of the files possible. Some of the data was corrupted in the data transfer, since the data never fully completed it's full transfer.

The result is much like Jedi Shoshannah suspected.

Code: Select all

PROJECT MORGUKAI

In order to establish a viable counter-measure to the 
Grand Army of the Republic's clones, the Confederacy 
of Independent Systems classified project proposed to 
create our own Shadow Army to oppose the Jedi Order.

Drenzor Cloning facility was an installation, overseen 
by the Jedi Master Sora Bulq, was previously used to 
train the Separatists Jedi. The cloning process will be 
overseen by Chief Scientist Serifa Magrody. Bulq 
recruited one of the last remaining Morgukai, Bok who 
will be used as the template for a new clone army. 

In addition to the Morgukai, who are noted for being 
renowned Jedi killers, Bulq recruited Anzati assassin 
teachers from Anzat to further train the Morgukai clones 
in the arts of stealth and assassination.
 
Once the initial batch of clones is produced on Drenzor, 
we will expand the facilities to produce hundreds of 
Morgukai on Saleucami. 

Code: Select all

The Republic is laying siege to Saleucami. Their blockage 
is preventing critical resources needed to complete the 
project. We request immediate aid and support. 
- Serifa Magrody

Code: Select all

Reports reveal the genetic engineering processes have 
resulted in the same unknown problems as Arkanian 
Microtechnologies. The clone's presence frightens 
non-sentient creatures and Bulq states they have a 
strange Force signature that feels unnatural. While 
I cannot confirm Bulq's non-scientific imagination 
regarding his "feelings," I believe our processes 
need further refinement. 
- Serifa Magrody

Code: Select all

Four months since the siege began, and the first batch 
has been processed. The minds of the Morgukai legion are 
deteriorated and suffers from psychosis.  As I requested 
before, the clones require at least one standard year and 
two standard years for optimum development. The time 
schedule is too quick and we will waste our time and 
resources if the proper precautions are not taken. They 
overpowered Bok and escaped the facility.  
- Serifa Magrody

Code: Select all

Bulq has not returned from Saleucami. Bok hasn't been
seen in days. I cannot maintain the facility. My work 
is lost and I am abandoning the moon. I have taken 
the clone template and scans of our original subject's 
brain. 
- Serifa Magrody

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Post by RorytheRomulan » Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:41 pm

"So basically, we don't want to interrupt the mining teams. If we could deal with those worms, maybe we could use their tunnels to hide? Or as extra storage?" He puts aside a datapad that he put down notes about these ideas. "We have to set up a perimeter before we do anything else. It's about time we deployed those sensor markers."

He gets up and rejoins the main group. "Master Tan? I was brainstorming with the technicians on an evacuation plan. Everything's on this datapad if you want to take a look. Or talk to the techs again, if you feel like it. I'm going out for real this time. To set up a perimeter with some beacons. If anybody wants to come, I'll wait up for a while after I suit up."

He stands around awkwardly for a few seconds and then starts to walk away to do what he said.
Yes, that all checks out. He's out of his depth, so he would certainly take initiative and ask people for help. That was how he got by during the war if he ever needed to use his brain.

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Post by ManWithDoor » Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:59 am

Granite has been absent most of the conversations and decrypting, scouting the perimeter of this new base and surveying what defenses, if any, have been established. What he sees isn't impressive, although compared to the Jedi Temple little is, but there's potential.
Apologies, fell behind on the Posting. Would initially focus on #2 Base Objectives - Secure the Perimeter. His longer-term project would be #6 Gather Vehicles - Work on/fix ships and transponders.
Rule Number 12: "A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head."

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Post by Othniel » Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:35 pm

"We will have to watch for these Morgukai, though it seems as if the program did not go as anticipated. We have enough enemies now as it is."

Janos keys up the next file. "How about Project Blue?"

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Post by Muskrat » Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:39 pm

Shoshannah says, "I hope we don't need to worry about the Morgukai. The project was a failure and the Separatists are no more, so hopefully they didn't make better clones. But you're right--we should keep an eye out for them. We can't be sure someone didn't or won't restart the project, though I imagine now they're more worried about the Empire than they are about us.

"Project Blue, like I said, seems to have involved trying to weaponize the Blue Shadow virus. Let's take a look and hope they failed."

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Post by Shurijo » Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:48 pm

Master Tan thanks Padawan Uri for the datapad and after a few minutes, he smiles. "This is very good work. I believe Jedi Knight Granite was also talking about doing a patrol around the facility." The Jedi Master stumbles a bit with the military wordings of the discussion.
Looks like we can split off Granite and Uri for the perimeter security and sensor placement... anyone else is welcome as well.
* * * *

Janos begins work on the second file, but after an hour he is unable to decrypt it's contents and assemble it together. While processing the a copy of the file, his datapad was unable to finish processing as it overheated. It is likely that Janos will need to find some extra computing power to process the next two files.
Janos - Computer decryption and reassembling rolls - File 2
Difficulty 4p
Skill 2y 1g
total 4p 2y g
result: 3 adv

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Post by Othniel » Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:56 am

"My datapad can't handle this," Janos scowls. "Let's head to the lab and see if we can try the file there."

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Post by Muskrat » Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:53 pm

Shoshannah says, "Let's check out the last file first--that's the one I really don't know anything about. And, if you can't crack that here, we can have a go at both when we're at the lab."

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