Ch 375: Point blank is 100KM.
"Master I believe we are being Hailed." Obi-wan says
"Really?" Qui-Gon asks a little surprised.
"Put them on then shall we?" Captain Panaka says
"Right of course." Obi-wan says
"Hello! Un identified craft. We are requesting you follow us to land." A voice says
"You know those craft are actually pretty fast." Padme says watching the F-22 and F-23 slow down as they approach.
"Well, let's follow them then shall we?" Qui-Gon says opening his eyes.
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"Finally!" Yang says exhausted.
"We need to start moving some resources out of the Special region. We've helped our allies and we truthfully have no other reason to be there." Yang says hoping Jarvis is gonna pick it up.
"Right away ma'am. I'll start working on the clean up after the guests have left Koa." Jarvis says
"More guests?" Yang asks
"Yes, it's uh well complicated." Jarvis says
"That's actually concerning coming from you." Yang replies.
"Kyra is handling it right now." Jarvis replies
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Meanwhile in a virtabird landing pad at Koa.
"This place reminds me of Naboo" Padme says walking off the ship behind the Jedi.
"Why does that girl look like she's in pain?" Obi-wan asks
"That's because I am! You are not supposed to be here! Seriously! And you went and brought the chosen one with you!" Kyra shouts causing the two Jedi to tense up.
"How did you end up here. Expecting you I was not." Kyra says rubbing her temples.
"We kinda over jumped and ended up in the unknown region." Qui-Gon says
"Fuck sake." Kyra mutters
"So those craft? We're they part of the guard?" Padme asks
"What no? They are part of the Navy." Kyra replies
"Ma'am! The ship you have instructed has been finished and ready for a test flight." Familiar says over a hologram.
"Thanks familiar." Kyra says
'It's a good thing I started building that ship forever ago when I was bored.' Kyra thinks
"You have an active military?" Padme asks
"Yes? We have had several wars over the past decade. And you all coming here means we are likely to be dragged into another one." Kyra says upset.
"We are Jedi, peace keepers." Qui-Gon says
"I mean, you are to close to the republic." Kyra says
"To close?" Padme asks
"Come let's go inside. It smells like it's going to rain." Kyra says
"Mom!" A girl shouts running out.
"Lapis!" Kyra shouts happily knowing a hug is unavoidable.
There is a rather loud thud as Kyra skids backwards a bit to cushion Lapis's blow.
"Where have you been?" Lapis asks
"Doing what I do best." Kyra says with a smile.
"War?" Lapis asks
"No saving people." Kyra says rubbing the top of her daughters head.
However the Jedi are liking it less by the minute.
(A/N: does anyone wanna take a guess to her kids ages?)
"Lapis, say hello to our guests." Kyra says
"Liam Neeson?" Lapis asks
"That's Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn." Kyra says sounding exhausted.
"Like the laser swords!" Lapis asks excitedly
"Can I stay?" Lapis asks
"You don't mind do you?" Kyra asks the group.
"It's fine she can stay." Qui-Gon says
"That kid though." Kyra says looking at Anakin
"Do you wanna see our engineers build our space ships?" Kyra asks knowing she would get his attention.
"Yes!" Anakin says excitedly
"Why don't you go with him?" Kyra asks looking at Padme.
"You can take the any security you want with you. Though I trust the citizens of this country." Kyra says winking at Padme.
"Of course, our planet was just invaded if you could spare some troops since you have a standing army." Padme says
"I am not the leader of this country." Kyra says with a smile.
The two Jedi seem to calm down worried they may be dealing with a warmonger.
"Not anymore anyway, after the planet's World War I stepped down, I hate politics." Kyra says motioning for everyone to sit down.
"We were hoping to have our hyper drive repaired here." Qui-Gon says
"Ah, we could probably do it though I think our faster than light technologies may be different. Weiss would probably love to take a look at it." Kyra says
"Momma Weiss would probably love a different distraction. She's working too hard on that Orbital defense platform." Lapis says
"How well optimized is it now?" Kyra asks
"3000 tons of tungsten at 1/4 the speed of light." Lapis says
"Jarvis give her a call. We don't need a planet busting weapon." Kyra says
"Kyra?" Weiss asks suddenly having been connected.
"He how would you like to see a faster than light hyperdrive?" Kyra asks
"You got your hands on one!" Weiss shouts happily.
"Yes, although it's a little broken. So if you could fix it while you study it?" Kyra asks
"Yes of course! I'll be right up!" Weiss shouts
Kyra is smiling a rather goofy smile.
"I love it when she gets like that. It reminds me of my earlier days." Kyra says
"Another daughter?" Obi-wan asks
"What no! She's one of my wife's." Kyra says quickly correcting the misconception.
"One of?" Qui-Gon asks
"In my defense they emotionally blackmailed me into marrying them all." Kyra says with her hands up.
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"Woaa" Anakin says looking at all the people working on modifying and building pelicans.
"It's amazing isn't it?" A large man says walk up to the group.
"Yes it certainly is." Padme says
"So princess? You need military help?" Ghira asks with a smile.
"What gave me away?" Ghira asks
"Kyra sent me a message to meet you here. That girl has a contingency plan for literally everything." Ghira says
"I thought she wasn't the leader?" Padme asks
"She's not, she stepped down a few years ago. It's just that as our first president and as my daughter in law I'm inclined to listen to her opinion." Ghira says
"I was going to ask the republic." Padme says
"Yes you were, though according to Kyra we can't trust the republic." Ghira says
"Can't trust the republic?" Padme asks
"Yes well you see, our race used to be enslaved. Any anybody that allows slavery we don't get along with." Ghira says
"So? What could you support us with?" Padme asks
"We've got one Light Frigate at the moment, and thousands of fast atmospheric fighters." Ghira says
"A single light frigate?" Padme asks
Meanwhile down below Anakin is trying his best to learn the technology.
"It's about 500 meters long 150 wide and 140 tall." Ghira says
"That's a cruiser!" Padme says
"Really? Not according to our specifications." Ghira says
"Then again point blank on our ships main cannon is around 100km." Ghira says
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Meanwhile back in the office it's mostly silence besides the sound of rain on the roof.
"That's not the code." Obi-wan says
"Yes it is.
Emotion, yet peace.
Ignorance, yet knowledge.
Passion, yet serenity.
Chaos, yet harmony.
Death, yet the Force.
That's been the code for millennia." Kyra says arguing with the Jedi about their code.
Qui-Gon having spent much more times in the archives knows it to be true.