Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Nashasil'ev'nuruodo and Danger Everywhere!

So there I was being bored, sailing through hyperspace on my way to the Core of Zin's Grand Republic... I woke up from a catnap in a panic, completely sure that if I kept my current heading I would die. It was rather like my own personal klaxon going off in my head. It kept screaming "DON'T GO THAT WAY!!"

I was a complete idiot and changed my course mid-trip. Now, I'm paying for that poor decision. I came out of hyperspace and wasn't destroyed by some nebulous danger. I'm just floating in the middle of nowhere and my ship's systems are completely fried. Life support, my emergency beacon and the comm seem to be the only systems functioning. I guess I can thank the Force for small miracles.

Now, let's just hope that I'm found by someone who doesn't want to kill or enslave me.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Nashasil’ev’nuruodo and Hyperspace

This vessel may be serviceable, but it is extremely small. In my concern to have survival supplies and other needed material, I forgot the simple requirement of time occupation. My own thoughts stopped being interesting after the first cycle. Zin's meditations have helped some, but I am honestly bored and uncomfortable. Here's to hoping for a nice walk, a clean refresher and maybe a stiff drink on the other end of this journey.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Nashasil’ev’nuruodo and the Grand Republic

Before she died, Zin Kao told many stories about her Grand Republic. Unlike the Ascendancy, her Republic has many species that co-exist within it. This society is based upon economics rather than caste, which is very different then my own. Those who are not born into one of the Great Houses gets placed into a caste associated with a House, based on their aptitude. If you are born into a Great House and show no aptitude, you have a name and nothing more. For your rank to be based on money and not skill, is odd.

As I travel amongst them, I can only hope that my lack of Republic identification does not cause too much difficulty. From the corruption and chaos she described, their society has a very large underground. It is amongst these people that I shall most likely spend the majority of my time. This is probably for the best. I do not want to cause their Senate to think I am spying for invasion, nor do I want to run afoul of their Jedi. Zin said I should be careful of them, as my training was not sanctioned by their Council. There is also the unfortunate incident between Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo and a Jedi expedition. Should the Republic and Jedi find out, a Chiss of House Nuruodo would not be exactly popular.

The CEDF has issued me a ship for my exploration. It is an older vessel that was retired from active service with the picket fleets, but it is still serviceable. Before he was exiled, Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo had entered data into the Expeditionary Library that he had gathered from the K'rell'n smugglers. This included some star charts. As I prepare my hyperspace calculations, may the Force guide me and keep me from immediate danger.