Epoch Scholar
Jun 29th, 2002, 03:37:36 AM
Having bound and gagged the clerk at the library, the group moved through the library quickly. Some toed gingerly over the shards of glass their entrance had caused, whilst others rushed at full pace. Each bobbed through the shelves of books, ferreting about for a volume, a particular book they were in need of. One by one pages were strewn into the air as anger rose amongst the six – yes, there were six of them, all identically dressed with their black masks and overalls. A short member of the raid team gave the book attendant a kick for good measure as he realized just how hard it was to find what they had come in search for…
Hold. We’re going to fast here. Let’s start from a clearer point in this story.
Jump back two hundred years if you can, and picture the universe. It doesn’t look that different, but below the surface – of course – things are very different indeed. Technology may be winging its way towards what we consider normal, but the beliefs of some are far from being on par with modern man. It’s not as if people a century ago were raving lunatics, but they did follow some principles which seem quite alien to us. Take for example – well it is not really an example, but infact the main concern of this ‘tale’ – Sith.
The outer rim planet of Krux was once home to a collective of Sith. Though small in number, the nomadic darksiders were great in power. Not all that unusual really, infact if you flick through history you will find far too many of these ‘secluded darksiders’ lurking about; quite cliché. But this is beside the point. The special thing about this order was their pious attitude. Their way of life mimicking monks, only with a twist of evil, of course. One would find the members of the sect on cloisters chanting some ancient rite or slinking through chapels clad in their clandestine robes. This, though not your typical way of the Sith, was embraced fully by the members of the group; who also believed in – much like evangelists will do – humans and other humanoids alike having souls. These so called ‘souls’ are the source of their power, and where it is all stored once it is created.
Ludicrous?
It sounds far fetched, but you’d be surprised to find that their theory was proved correct. At the peak of their abilities, otherwise known as when they began to decay due to the effect large gravities of power had on them, each member was said to imbue his or her strength into an object. At this point the normal intellectual will begin to piece together the wildly simple puzzle which I am outlining for you. That’s correct, the Sith put all of their power into one thing. Namely an orb or two orbs to be exact. One blue in hue and the other white. Staying true to stereotypes, the negative energy empowered the dark sphere and the positive energy was absorbed into the white sphere.
The concept of such an idea is moronic when thought on for more than a moment. Surely by passing your very essence into something you are destroying yourself? Yes. Did the Al-Khali Sith Order care? No. The members, far too dogmatic to be convinced otherwise, offered their lives up in the hope that someday a messiah would come and take on board their power, bringing about a new age of pain unto the masses.
Trite, to say the least.
But I am digressing from the true reason that spurs me on to tell you this. An acolyte of the Order stowed away the orbs in a ‘safe hiding place’ – hackneyed – so that only the ‘sacred chosen one’ would find them. You would think that after thousands of years of evil schemes going wrong someone would have the decency to tell these poor little infidels what they are doing wrong because, surprise surprise, someone found out about the orbs.
Or, at least they found out about something. There was a something hidden on Krux, but it seemed that not one single databank in the galaxies could say what something did or where on Krux something was hidden. You can refer back to what was going on in the library now as, no doubt you will have guessed, our wily villains are just about to break in.
Hold. We’re going to fast here. Let’s start from a clearer point in this story.
Jump back two hundred years if you can, and picture the universe. It doesn’t look that different, but below the surface – of course – things are very different indeed. Technology may be winging its way towards what we consider normal, but the beliefs of some are far from being on par with modern man. It’s not as if people a century ago were raving lunatics, but they did follow some principles which seem quite alien to us. Take for example – well it is not really an example, but infact the main concern of this ‘tale’ – Sith.
The outer rim planet of Krux was once home to a collective of Sith. Though small in number, the nomadic darksiders were great in power. Not all that unusual really, infact if you flick through history you will find far too many of these ‘secluded darksiders’ lurking about; quite cliché. But this is beside the point. The special thing about this order was their pious attitude. Their way of life mimicking monks, only with a twist of evil, of course. One would find the members of the sect on cloisters chanting some ancient rite or slinking through chapels clad in their clandestine robes. This, though not your typical way of the Sith, was embraced fully by the members of the group; who also believed in – much like evangelists will do – humans and other humanoids alike having souls. These so called ‘souls’ are the source of their power, and where it is all stored once it is created.
Ludicrous?
It sounds far fetched, but you’d be surprised to find that their theory was proved correct. At the peak of their abilities, otherwise known as when they began to decay due to the effect large gravities of power had on them, each member was said to imbue his or her strength into an object. At this point the normal intellectual will begin to piece together the wildly simple puzzle which I am outlining for you. That’s correct, the Sith put all of their power into one thing. Namely an orb or two orbs to be exact. One blue in hue and the other white. Staying true to stereotypes, the negative energy empowered the dark sphere and the positive energy was absorbed into the white sphere.
The concept of such an idea is moronic when thought on for more than a moment. Surely by passing your very essence into something you are destroying yourself? Yes. Did the Al-Khali Sith Order care? No. The members, far too dogmatic to be convinced otherwise, offered their lives up in the hope that someday a messiah would come and take on board their power, bringing about a new age of pain unto the masses.
Trite, to say the least.
But I am digressing from the true reason that spurs me on to tell you this. An acolyte of the Order stowed away the orbs in a ‘safe hiding place’ – hackneyed – so that only the ‘sacred chosen one’ would find them. You would think that after thousands of years of evil schemes going wrong someone would have the decency to tell these poor little infidels what they are doing wrong because, surprise surprise, someone found out about the orbs.
Or, at least they found out about something. There was a something hidden on Krux, but it seemed that not one single databank in the galaxies could say what something did or where on Krux something was hidden. You can refer back to what was going on in the library now as, no doubt you will have guessed, our wily villains are just about to break in.