conversations: human
conversations:  Below the green oceans of Makarno-V'Besh, below an atmosphere shielded by an ancient Force weapon, below a battalion of chips hanging in wait to shoot the Old One to ribbons, you walk through a glass-walled corridor behind an old Jedi with long white hair.
  
  He turns, making sure you're all still following with a small smile on his face. You're nearing a door in the corridor, and your guide gestures, using the Force to open the door and step inside. You all expectantly follow into the small room.
  
  As you step inside, the door shuts behind you as a holographic display opens in front of you. Your guide, still cheekily smiling, types a few symbols into the display, which zooms into a portion of the planet, down into the foliage and across the jungle floor before halting on an ancient structure, half-crumbled inwards.
  
  "Look familiar?" the Jedi chuckled. Seeing the blank expressions on most of your faces, he begins to explain in a crackling voice in fire and smoke. "Another one of the temples. This one houses an ancient artifact designed to monitor the universe. We can use it to plot a course to a safe corner of the universe and park down."
  
  He presses a few more buttons, and the display shifts to a Kel Dor that you all recognize. Inquisitor V'Bash. "He's on our trail. You're going to have to avoid him and his agents while on the mission. We'll send out a few more parties at the same time in opposite directions to split up her forces, but you'll have to be quiet about it."
  
  "So infiltrate the temple and retrieve the device before V'Bash finds you. We can provide some equipment to aid you, but you know our situation, so we can't do as much as we would like. Any questions?"
conversations: SunderedWorldDM:
conversations: human
conversations:  Vykram stroked his beard.    "Do we know what this artifact looks like?   Or what it is called?" 
conversations: RandomLunatic:
conversations: human
conversations:  The Jedi waves his hand, and the projection changes to show something about the size of a tire made of a sedimentary rock and inlaid with geometric patterns in various colored metals and gems. "We call it the Vectoral Compass. Be careful, as it is not only quite heavy, but fragile, as we have seen multiple copies break in the ancient texts. This is one of the three left, and we don't know where the other two are, so this might be our last shot."
conversations: SunderedWorldDM:
conversations: human
conversations:  Zen nods firmly,  "Alright, we'll be careful but let's get it done."  He turned to the old Jedi,  "How long do you think it will take to get there? Are there any defenses or traps we should worry about?" 
conversations: zeone3000:
conversations: human
conversations:  The Jedi looks at you with wide eyes. "With the transport we've provided, no more than a week, likely three days, but I don't know if you have any resources of your own that would be faster and more capable of stealth." He turns back to the monitor. "As to the contents of the temple, we honestly don't know much. Expect a fair number of traps and corrupted Force effects. And we've heard that something from the jungle might have made its home in the temple," the Jedi says gravely.
conversations: SunderedWorldDM:
conversations: human
conversations:  Ki-Tel seems not to share the older Jedi's concern.   "So long as the Force is with us, the temptations of the Dark Side will find no purchase and the beasts of the jungle will pose no threat to our mission,"  he says confidently.  Looking around to his fellow Jedi--with his eyes only, moving his neck as little as possible--he adds,  "Now, when do we depart?" 
conversations: PairO'Dice Lost:
conversations: human
conversations:  "Has this temple been explored yet?"  Vykram asked thoughtfully.
conversations: RandomLunatic:
conversations: human
conversations:  "Not fully, and not for a while. The temple has since partially collapsed, so any maps we may have, we aren't sure of the validity." The Jedi chuckles. "So you're going in blind."
conversations: SunderedWorldDM:
conversations: human
conversations:  You all look at each other and shrug. You've got no more questions.
  
  "Very well, then." The Jedi smiles, barely chuckles. "We'll escort you to the stealth hangar. May the Force be with you."
  
  He waves his fingers and you find yourselves standing not in the small briefing dome you were but in a large hangar, glass walls showing massive trees, easily towering hundreds of feet into the sky, surrounding and cloaking the hangar. As you stand, a Gungan mechanic approaches you and silently leads you over to what appears to be a large, hovering block of camouflaged metal. An inscription on the side reads 'the Raptor'.
  
  The Gungan shows you the doors to the craft. There's a large loading door in the back and one on each side, The interior fits you all rather snugly. It can take two pilots at a time.  (OOC: Who's flying the Raptor?) 
  
  When you switch it on, it hums to life without a sound. The Gungan strides to a panel in the far wall of the hangar and presses a button, opening a large door into the jungle. A holographic display shows a navigatory route- should take no more than a few hour's travel.
conversations: SunderedWorldDM:
conversations: human
conversations:  Zen hops into the pilot seat,   "Don't worry guys, I got this."   He starts running through a preflight checklist and checking out what subsystems the ship has. After his last run-in with the Empire, he needed to be ready this time.
conversations: zeone3000:
conversations: human
conversations:  Ki-Tel strides into the passenger compartment, gracefully but very precisely; everyone else can sense subtle ripples and eddies in the Force, a sign of the minor telekinesis he uses to reinforce his fragile limbs and allow him to walk at a normal pace.   "I'm glad to hear that,"  he calls out to Zen as he carefully takes a seat,  "as piloting was never my strong suit."   Looking over the nav markers on the display and the varying terrain of the jungle, he adds,  "Not that I doubt your skills at all, but I do hope we can keep the turbulence on this trip to a minimum." 
conversations: PairO'Dice Lost:
conversations: human
conversations:  Zen simply shrugged,   "That's up to the sky and the ship but I'll do my best."   He finished with his preflight as he sealed the hatches and retracted the landing gear as the Raptor began to hover.
conversations: zeone3000:
conversations: human
conversations:  "There is no luck, only the Force,"  Vykram said, sliding into the co-pilot chair to help run the preflight.
conversations: RandomLunatic:
conversations: human
conversations:  "I shall busy myself running diagnostics on the ship to ensure we are operating optimally,"    TH-30 says quietly.    "Although I will refrain from making major changes while we are in flight, to avoid causing issues on the way. If you have need of my services in some other capacity prior to arrival, seek me out and I shall see what I can do.   
conversations: AvatarVecna:
conversations: human
conversations:  "Yes, I'd appreciate that,"   Zen says plainly. With that, he takes off towards their destination. He didn't want they would find but he was ready to find out.
conversations: zeone3000:
conversations: human
conversations:  With a light hum, the raptor's engines fire up and Zen pushes the controls forward to navigate through the dense jungle. Please make a Pilot check, with a +2 from Theo's help. If you'd like to take 10 or 20, you'll be significantly less stealthy.
conversations: SunderedWorldDM:
conversations: human
conversations:  "Alright everyone, we're going in,"   Zen engages in evasive and stealth maneuvers.
  
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conversations: zeone3000:
conversations: human
conversations:  You manage to bob and weave through the jungle with relative ease, shooting along the trail outlined on the small holographic map next to you. The map projects two hour's worth of travel time. Nothing appears to be in your way in terms of enemy ships or unnatural pitfalls.
  
  Does anyone want to do anything remarkable during the journey?
conversations: SunderedWorldDM: