Raven, you spend the first 14 hours of your return suspecnded in a Bacta tank. Tai and Bardax, you are both at liberty for a day or two. Galvin Steiner and Rashk are, seperately, amongst the last to arrive back at the academy. Many students do not return at all.
How do you spend your time? Perhaps in quiet reflection, rigorous study, or intense training. Those students who return with a crystal are permitted to keep the artifacts with them and perhaps take time to meditate upon them.
Eventually, each of you receive a summons on your desk terminal.
"Greetings Agent, Congratulations on the successful completion of your final test and first assignment. In recovering the Kyber crystal you now have in your possession, you have secured a valuable and potentially dangerous asset for the empire, helping to protect the its citizens and serving your Emperor in exemplerary fashion. With this success, you cease to be a student of this Academy and become a fully fledged agent - one the Emperor's Hands. As such, you will hunt down many such artifacts and knowledge of the Force on behalf on the Emperor. You will rely on our training, on your skill, and your wits. But for your service the Emperor wishes to bestow a gift upon you. The Kyber crystal you have retrieved is yours. With it, you will construct a weapon that is uniquely your own. We will convene in the workshop at 0800. Be prompt. Bring your Kyber crystal. The hard work begins now. Vidarr Hoss" |
The digital clock in the top corner of the screen ticks over to 0755
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Outside of the Academy's walls, Chibiithii settles into position, peering into the compound from his current vantage point. The strange place must be where the flying craft he has followed down from the mountain came to rest.