Chapter 3: First Steps

Connor was surprised at the sudden reward he has received. He had only just learned about the system, but he had already received a reward. 'Isn't this a bit too coincidental', Connor thought to himself. He felt that that he shouldn't have gotten something so easily. 'Wouldn't I have always gotten these points; I didn't have to read the tutorial and it just would have played out the same way regardless'. No, there had to be a reason. Assimilation. These points must be to help him adjust to this new world. 'I am being trained as a youngling in the jedi order, so I had better act like it'. Connor put one force point into light side and another into Shii-Cho.' A youngling should be somewhat force attuned and Shii-Cho is taught to all younglings".

[Congratulations, User has learned the following forces techniques: Telekinesis, Force sense]

Connor was suddenly assaulted with a torrent of information, the information seem to spread throughout his body as well as if affecting his muscle memory. When he opened his eyes, it was like seeing for the first time. Connor could feel a faint connection between him and everything in his room. He could sense that there were guards outside patrolling the temple. 'This…This feels amazing!', Connor exclaimed in his mind as he had never felt such a inexplicable rush a power before. He hurriedly found the pull out a small metal ball by his bed while careful not to awaken the rest of the clanmates in the room. This ball was given to all younglings to help them meditate and now Connor was going to use it.

Connor sat in a meditative pose and closed his eyes. He focused on the metal ball in front of him. Focused on the connection between him and the ball. When he felt the connection was solid, he used his will to slowly pull the ball up onto the air. Connor felt that while he was in meditation, he could probably add one or two more of these metal spheres. But as soon as Connor opened his eyes to see the floating orb, he suddenly felt the connection slipping away as the ball shook and fell the ground with a thud. 'Guess I don't enough attunement to do that without the meditation. I guess I just have to keep at it. Although it seems the stat I have for light side just represents my raw power, while proficiency might be something entirely different'.

There are many jedi that despite their average connection to the Force, they were still able to perform many amazing feats through sheer dedication and practice. Obi-Wan is the most well-known example of this. Only average as a youngling and not even selected by a master immediately following the initiate trials, and never standing out as powerful especially when compared to his padawan. Obi wan would later go on to become one of the most powerful jedi in history while embodying the jedi code better than any other jedi.

Connor awoke from his train of thought as another idea emerged in his head. 'The skill points, I haven't used those yet, but how do I?' Connor asked himself this. 'Um, skill shop?', he proclaimed in his head. As soon as the words left his mouth a long list appeared before his eyes. 'Just how many skills are in this thing?', he mused. The seemingly endless list had a variety of skill. There were skills to change how well a person could run, there were skills that gave a person mastery over stealth, there was even a skill that could make someone the best pilot in the galaxy given they had enough skill points.

After giving it some thought, Connor selected [Reading] and [Writing]. He didn't know the languages of this world and although it seemed like Basic was just like English, the written parts of the native languages were complete foreign to him. 'Assimilation, that's what this reward was for', Connor reminded himself. 'If I can't even read or write, people will get suspicious'. After Connor confirmed his skill selection, he felt a rush of pain in his head. The pain seemed like it lasted forever, but after it was done Connor could suddenly recalled the various symbols and their meaning of the five most used languages in the galaxy.

'I think its safe to say this isn't a dream but my life now'. Connor was experiencing a bittersweet emotion. His old life was dead but an exciting new one was in front of him. 'Next time training comes along; I show everyone what I'm really capable of'. Connor hadn't gotten a chance to try out his new Shii-Cho mastery as training sabers were kept in the training room far from where his room was currently. 'For now, I want to see if meditation will really give me experience'.

Connor then sat down in his meditative pose taught by Master Yoda. In his mind, Conner had hardened his resolve once again. He was determined to not only survive in this galaxy, but to thrive in it.