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"One hour till the next transport to Courosaunt arrives" Angel heard from the com system. She continued going through several areas until she finally found the cafeteria. Sitting down, she pulls out her lightsaber and just stares at it. " The lightsaber, the very symbol of Jedi and Sith masters... And I'm neither one. Maybe someday... " She thinks, as she goes into a daydream of grandure. Putting her lightsaber away again, she thinks back to her training at the Academy. She never was able to do very well in the flight simulator, but she knew how to handle a repeating blaster better than most of the other trainees. That's why she was issued her own, and now awaits an assigned position in the Army as a real Imperial soldier. " All that training, and I'm one of the last ones still waiting to be assigned anything. I just hope I get a good unit to be part of... "

Angel stands up, and looks at the merc. " Dirk, that smile doesn't work on everyone. " She then goes to another vacant seat on the other side of the cafeteria. After getting comfortable, she looks over at the merc through the corners of her eyes. She thinks to herself, " That guy's a little annoying with that pitch. But he is kinda cute... Wait, what am I thinking? I'm trying to get into a unit. I don't have have time for getting soft. Wait, why do I even care? Ugh... "

"Well less than an hour till I get to Corescant."
Vin had decided to go back to his small room an meditate for a while, he was getting comfortable when something erie showed up on the fringes of his awareness.

"What was that?" He thought to himself, as he packed the rest of his equipment into his bag. Because of regulations emplaced by the republic he was forced to hide his SoroSuub X-45 Sniper Rifle in his bag. It was currently in its transportable state but could be quickly assembled if need be. The only weapon on him was his Double-bladed lightsaber. It was such a struggle just to get them to keep that with me." Tought Vin. "I am just glad I did not have to use it."

His mind wandered a bit more until he though, "I hope the council does not put me on gaurd duty for some babling senator again." Vin remembered when he was taking his test for knighthood, he was stuck with the senator from Thyferra. For some reason the council had thought it wise to put a Thyferran Jedi with the Senator. To Vin this idea could not have been worse. The Senator did nothing but complain about everything possible and then some. He was mad about bacta sales being down and how it was too cold in space. Just useless babbling and complaining. "Maybe that was just part of my test...to see how much I could put up with."

"No matter, it is all in the past now. Like Neb said my mind should remain on the present."

Neb awoke from his meditation, hearing the com blare out another message.

"10 minutes till shuttle departure."

He knew that the ship had already docked, and he was lost in thought. He felt out some darker presence onboard the ship, but he knew that any and all Sith were either dead or hiding. He reassured himself that there was no dark side of the force, only a misused side.

"I best be getting off before I miss the shuttle. Vin ought to be there by now." Neb said as he headed towards the docking bay of the station.

"10 minutes for the shuttle to Coruscant" the Comn anounced.
"10 minutes, uh oh, I better get going" Cale swept his winnings into his pockets and snatched a hat off of one of the other players. "After all, I am Flying the shuttle."he added with a smug grin.
"You damn cheating Huttslime!" the Nikto pilot snarled at him. "you only won because your deck didn't have any Idiot Cards!" the four other crewmen nodded their agreement, their looks grim and unpleasant.
"Hey buddy, don't you know that its bad luck for spacers to keep the idiots in their decks? thats why I won." he walked away to the shuttle. "besides, there were plenty of idiots around. just none in my deck." he chuckled as he counted his cash. "made out like a hutt. 1000 republic credits,two blaster powerpacks, a screwdriver, and finally the piece de resistance: a Wedge Antilles auto graphed Ace Pilots collector card. not bad whern all I really wanted was that guy's Shuttle pilot uniform." he grinned. he reached the hangar and climbed into the shuttle.
Another pilot, A human, was preping the vessel for launch. he glanced at Cale as he was seating in.
"hey wheres Xorn?" the pilot asked.
"Got sick. station HC assigned me to take his place. Name's Garm. bout had it with this damn station though. gonna talk to the Spacer's guild when I get planet side. gonna try to get a better job."
"yeah well good luck with that buddy. you know how to fly this thing?"
Cale shot him a confidant smile. "you kidding? ever hear of the Shuttle Tyderium? I was the one who snuck it past the Executor."
"You were with the Rebellion?!"
"You might say that."Cale winked then looked back at the controls. "this is just a typical Lambda shuttle right?"
"yeah. she's 5 years old though. dosen't handle quite like she used to."
Cale cracked his knuckles. "good. just leave things to me. I'll show you how we did it back in the fleet. those passengers are in for one smooth flight." Cale glanced at the schedule. five minutes to go.

Angel couldn't belive her eyes. To see the Dark Lord in person was something she thought she'd never have the privilege of doing unless she became so valuable to the Imperial Army that Darth Imperius himself wanted her under his personal command. This was quite a suprise. Hearing the com system give another depature message, Angel quickly disassembled her repeating blaster and stuffed it away to keep it out of sight. She then went into the docking bay and boarded the vessel.

No sooner had the Dark Lord boarded the shuttle, when he ran into the girl once more. HE quickly pulled one of his lightsabers off his belt, and clenched in his hand. THe lightsaber had become commonplace now, considering the edi Knight Luke Skywalker had reborne the Jedi Order that a feew dropouts from the Jedi Academy had stolen basic lightsaber building techniques and circulated them over the holonet. THis was a boon granted to Imperius, for a lightsaber now looked commonplace. He could very well be a Jedi Knight. As the thought popped into his head, he grinned. Imperius, a Jedi Knight. It would never happen. He approached the girl, and as she stared at the Triderium crafted saber, he nudged the activation button withh the Force, lighting the saber's silvery blade, which looked like a flowing silver metal. He gestured it outwards, as if offering it to the girl.

As the girl stood admiring the saber still in Imperius' hand, he felt the Force surge through, and immediately noticed Neb, his lightsaber belted, as the guards walked away.

"Jedi," Imperius hissed. Actually, now that the lightsaber was no longer solely a Jedi weapon, something that Skywalker was desperately trying to mend, Neb could have been anyone actually. But the force ran strong through him, and Imperius knew he would have to be on his toes. Actually, he had been on his toes for as long as he could remember, first when he was secretly training by Vader's Hand, then when Vader met his untimely death, and again when his first Apprentice, Darth SIon met his death at the hands of Kyp Duron and Kyle Kataarn. Still, he felt confident in himself, and used the Force to lft the blade and offer it to the girl.