Star Wars
Prelude: Forced Labor Things have been hard in the Galactic Empire since Order 66 for those sensitive to the Force. Harder yet for those few Jedi that survived the purge. Only a handful managed to escape the slaughter, and those that did have had to remain in hiding and stay on the move. The Inquisition, a group of Force Sensitive agents controlled by the Emperor and Darth Vader himself have hunted down most of the remaining Jedi including Gavin's master, Saryn Mil.
Its been years since that moment, when Gavin was tossed across the hanger bay by the Inquisitor. Saryn stood her ground against the powerful Force User, but in the end she was no match. As she was slain, her lightsaber skidded across the floor to Gavin's feet and he picked it up. K5 bent down and picked up the lightsaber, and the unconscious Padawan in his metal arms. Gavin would have died in the spreading fire if K5 hadn't saved him from the sudden explosion in the fueling tanks of the nearby ships that were damaged in the battle.
Unconscious in K5 arms, Gavin was carried to safety against the spreading flames and chain reaction of explosions. Luckily the Inquisitor was forced to flee in the opposite directions, but he won't ever forget that day.
That was years ago now, since then he's been on the run, him and K5. The two have dodged Imperial Patrols, given up the ways of the Jedi, and done what they could to stay out of the sight of Empire. Never able to make it to the Outer Rim, Gavin has drifted among the Expansion Region and the Freestanding Subsectors that have never been part of the galactic government.
For the last month Gavin and K5 have been working and living on Roxuli, and the Roxuli asteroids harvesting minerals from the asteroid fields. Its hard work, back breaking, but as long as they make their quota no one asks questions, no one bothers the former Padawan and reprogrammed Imperial Droid. Its a living, a hard one.
Things seem to be changing out in Roxuli however. Last week a cargo freighter bearing the Empire's symbol came into port and hauled off a large tithe of resources. Since then things have been tense, the quotas have gone up, and moral has gone down. Foreman Farlix, a less than charming Rodian, has demanded more and more from the workers, reducing rest shifts, and rationing free time and supplies. He's been on edge, under pressure from several sources and its trickling down to everyone.
Today Gavin and K5 are out on AXS-560, working on collecting tydirium, a metal ore key in making the near indestructible alloy of phrik. The area has light gravity, and a bio dome to provide O2, but not much else in the way safety features. A half dozen other workers are drilling out on The Ridge, loading transport containers to ship back to the main facility.
