| Tasha_Zarnova | Date: Tuesday, 29 October 13, 11:17 PM | Message # 1 |
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| Editor's Note: After more than 2,000 years of service to the Jedi Order, the praxeum ship Silikan Stillness was retired in the 898th year after the Ruusan Reformation. Renovation of the ship was considered too costly, and the Silikan Stillness was impounded on Ord Radama for 10 years, awaiting deconstruction when, in year 908, I traveled to Ord Radama on a mission to collect documents from the ship's archives for inclusion in the Jedi Archives on Coruscant.
This file has selections from the diary of Master Silvo Ramos, a respected, long-time instructor of Jedi history on the Silikan Stillness who disappeared from the ship in year 468. In the weeks prior to his disappearance, his students reported to the ship's captain that Master Ramos showed signs of obsessive behavior after an encounter with the remains of a freighter that was reported destroyed in a hyperspace accident.
Master Ramos was never found, and today he has been mostly forgotten. Walking these empty corridors of the Silikan Stillness—walking literally in the footsteps of Master Ramos—I felt a need to tell his story. Therefore I have also included in this file passages from the log of the ship's captain, an Ithorian named Nav Towani, who documented the Master's strange behavior and tried unsuccessfully to find him after his disappearance.
—Jedi Knight Tasha Zarnova
Nav Towani, Captain's Log
"Received a report from concerned spacers who observed fast-moving debris in the Klina Sector dangerously close to the Kaaga Run. Probable navigation hazard. Silikan Stillness changing course to intercept and remove the debris field."
Silvo Ramos, Diary Entry
"A solemn day. We came upon the remains of a freighter moving at high-speed on the edge of Hutt Space. The damage to the ship was horrific. Scraps of blackened durasteel glistening in the starlight—none more than 1 or 2 meters in breadth—spread across a square mile of space. A hyperspace mishap, obviously. The worst I've seen. To be sure, it was a painless, instant death for the poor souls on this ship.
Captain Towani intends to destroy the debris using our ship's wake. A sound plan, but before doing so I proposed we search the debris in a (probably futile) attempt to identify the remains of the freighter and, in so doing, to provide some comfort to the family and friends of the deceased. I did this myself, and brought with me the young Padawan Sykes; I sense that she has been unsure of herself lately and I'm hoping that choosing her for this mission may provide her a boost of self-confidence.
We didn't find much. The remains of a battery, a fragment of wire, a grommet perhaps belonging to a shoe—all badly burned. Padawan Sykes recovered a small pendant in reasonably good condition, made out of what looks to be Selonian marble with an interesting-looking inscription still visible. We returned the objects to the Stillness for examination, and Captain Towani destroyed the debris. He advises me that it's two week's voyage through the Lannik Wilds and Lannik Space to Daalang, our next port of call. I am looking forward to the fresh air."
Silvo Ramos, Diary Entry
"I managed to go over the Pius Dea crusades in class this week, despite an upset stomach. Padawan Sykes hasn't been looking well, either. Sick with worry, no doubt—she confided in me that she's anxious about an upcoming spar with her lightsaber instructor. She has no cause to worry; I'm told she's as good as any in her class, but she seems to be as much a worrier as a warrior. I noticed that she has taken to wearing the pendant that she and I recovered a week ago, having fashioned it into a necklace. The more I see it, the more familiar-looking the inscription appears to be. An unusual symbol, perhaps a hieroglyph. Or perhaps not a symbol at all, but a letter. It's not Mandalorian, but resembles Mandalorian script.
I asked Padawan Sykes if I could study the pendant, and she gave it to me to keep. Apparently she thought it would bring her good luck but, ever the worrier, she came to believe that it was, in fact, bad luck. It's been my experience that there's no such thing as luck—only the Force. I told the Padawan this but I also thanked her for the pendant. It rests beside my datapad as I write this, but I'm feeling much too fatigued to examine it tonight."
Silvo Ramos, Diary Entry
"Today I was chilled to discover that the symbol on the mysterious pendant is a letter from the ancient Sith language! I encountered it in my studies long ago. It is a character commonly used in the Sith word "siqsa" ("demon"). Padawan Sykes felt that the pendant was bad luck—perhaps there is more to her feelings of trepidation than I thought? There are accounts of similar artifacts from ancient Sith lore; the Muur Talisman, for instance. Could such things actually exist? I fear the answer to that question may be sitting before me now.
I must tell the Council at once, but the Captain informs me that we're still in the Lannik Wilds and there isn't enough holonet reception to reach Coruscant. I am nauseous with anticipation, but I must be patient. I shall meditate on this and listen to what the Force tells me."
(( To be concluded tomorrow after work. ))
Tasha Zarnova
Jedi Knight
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