24 Chapter Twenty-Four

John and watched as his clones lifted off the ground and into the sky inside the LAATs.

He turned to Chris and Charlotte. "One of you will go to the elf lands and take the soldiers with you. Make sure you tell them that Darth Thane killed Jedi Knight Tamet, and that I am now their master."

Chris and Charlotte bowed as John stepped onto an LAAT. The doors on it closed and they took off.

———

4 weeks after Obadiah and the other two left, LAATs landed at the foot of the temple, while one landed at the top of the stairs.

John, Indigo, Dex, and seven other clones exited the ship before it took off.

"General, look." Indigo pointed toward the opening in the temple, and John nodded.

"It is not their master. He must have left already, thinking we would follow."

A dark skinned boy walked outside and gripped his lightsaber tightly. "Who are you?"

John looked at the boy. "We, Oryx..." The clones climbed the stairs, making the image much clearer in the boy's eyes. "... are the Sith Empire, and any who oppose us will die."

Oryx's lightsaber ignited, a yellow blade extending out. "Is that so?"

Many other yellow lightsabers appeared behind him too. A few of them were blue or green, but they were mostly yellow.

"So you don't even have enough Kyber Crystals for your masters?" John ignited his lightsaber as he pointed it towards them. "Pathetic, Jedi."

The clones began to open fire, and the Jedi blocked. A few on each side fell instantly, but the Jedi's losses were far greater.

John stopped the clones and walked over to the Jedi as many retreated into the temple. 'This world is too weak.' He kicked Oryx's lightsaber away from his body and walked through the door, snatching any lightsaber which had a blue or green blade.

He sent them to Indigo. "Hunt down the rest. Any you going you find, capture them. Once they are all dead, begin collecting the lightsabers."

Indigo saluted to his figure as he disappeared into the dark halls of the temple.

As John walked through the halls of the temple, he stumbled across a library.

'This place should contain the history of the Jedi of this world.' As he looked around through varying points of the Jedi history, he found a record containing a very detailed input.

'2,000 ASD(After the Sith Downfall),

We have been separated from our fleet, and have decided to land on a green planet known as Caldor. Although it is weak in the force, we will choose to remain here until our distress beacon is found. The Force will guide our comrades to us.'

John put away the report. "This is the earliest record of the Jedi on this world, yes?" John lifted his hand, and a woman was lifted from behind a shelf and brought before him.

"I will not answer your question, Sith." The woman said.

"Did they discover the Sith here and wipe them out? Is that why I can't find traces of them?"

The woman stared coldly at him, making John sigh. "I would rather not kill someone so full of knowledge. First, you will take me to the vault."

"I'll do no such thing!"

John took her lightsaber and inspected it. "You know that I will let you go if you tell me? I'll even let you take the younglings."

'The younglings!' The woman's eyes widened for a moment.

"I could also kill you, and just take them to create a new Sith Empire. We would tear the temple apart until we found the vault, but I wouldn't mind the extra effort." John ignited her lightsaber, and a bright blue blade extended across her neck. "What will it be?"

"I-I'll show you."

———

The woman led John to where the old council would have sat, and removed a carpet that covered the floor. She walked over to the window before turning to speak.

"I will now leave with the younglings, Sith." She held her head a bit higher, thing she was better than John.

John stared at the vault door, even squatting down to rub his hand along it. "This ain't the only one." He looked up at her. "There's another. Where?"

"I led you to the vault. Now, you will let me leave."

John rose and stared at her through his visor, before removing his helmet entirely, dropping it to the ground. He walked over to the woman, forcing her in place.

He placed his hand on her head. "Show me." He saw images of the temple appearing in his mind. The woman lived much longer than he expected, causing him to see images of thousands of years ago.

He saw a grand war. Two giant armies collided, one led by Sith, the other by Jedi.

John was then standing in the bridge of a ship, watching it blast the surface of a planet on orders from a Jedi.

'Koraban? But that's...' John opened his eyes as the images disappeared, and stared into the woman's. "Your young appearance doesn't suit you. Tell me. What happened to Koraban?"

The woman looked strangely into his eyes and spoke. "What's Koraban?"

"The planet the Sith lived on! The one you blasted with a giant ship! What happened to it!?!" John felt a primal rage build in him as he pushed the woman closer to the window.

The woman smiled at him smugly. "Oh, that old rock? We blew it to pieces, along with the rest of your species."

John yelled as he unleaded a massive force push, destroying the entire room song with the woman.

[Quest Activated: Rise of a New Empire; Take over the world of Caldor, collecting the resources to build a fleet(10) of Harrower-class Dreadnoughts. Once completed, travel among the stars to find traces of the Jedi who destroyed Koraban.]

[Rewards: 5x Terminus-class destroyer, 500,000 Experience, 20x Sith Acolyte Kit]