Distress Signal (Open to a Padawan, Knight, or NR member)

[TSO Naval Officer]

...ansmitting...

...come in? Respond. This is th.....cruiser Jural. We ha......heavy damage......ion reactor. Comm sys...... ......radiation leak con.....

...oordinates one-seven.....ark-three two four.....Aranis System. Request....ssistance..... .....respond? Beta...four three.....

(Distress signal breaks off into snow and static)

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[Ka' el Darcverse]

Ka' el was onboard the New Republic freightor, Tatooine's Star. He always traveled with a freightor or a New Republic vessel when he was going somewhere. Today he was on his way to the mining colony Moors IV located on the fringe of the Aranis System. There was a dispute between the company and the miner's guild there and though it had not gotten ugly yet, it had in the past and the council thought it best to send someone, even if it were only a Padawan to keep the peace at the negotiations.

My first mission without Master D' an.... He thought to himself. He meandered about the bridge of the ship. The captain of the vessel was a very easy going Rhodian who didn't mind if the boy watched what was going on.

"krzzt... ...come in? Respond. This is th.....cruiser Jural. We ha......heavy damage......ion reactor. Comm sys...... ......radiation leak con.....

...oordinates one-seven.....ark-three two four.....Aranis System. Request....ssistance..... .....respond? Beta...four three.....kzzzrrrrrr...." A distress signal came over the comm-link. Ka' el happened to be sitting close to it since the comm officer was taking a much needed bathroom break.

"Sir, we're recieving a distress signal from the Cruiser Jural?" Ka' el said confused. He was a bit of a Naval history buff and had never heard of such a vessel in either the Imperial or the New Republic navies.

"Patch it through to me Ka' el," the Rhodian replied.

"Umm... I don't know how sir?" Ka' el said sheepishly.

"No worries son, your a Jedi not a sailor, har-har!"

The Rhodian came over to the comm center and replayed the message. His freightor's bulkheads were empty they were actually on their way off to pick something up. They could stop for survivors.

"Helm, change course, it seems we are going on a rescue mission."

" Yes sir."

Ka' el sat back and watched as the ship came out of hyperspace to redirect the vessels coordinates. The hairs on the back of his neck stood up as they typed in the location of the Jural.

Something is not right... Ka' el thought to himself.

"Captain do you have any defenses?"

"A single turbo-laser battery against pirates and a few laser cannons to blast asteroids, nothing major why?"

"I don't know sir, but I get a bad feeling about this..."

OOC* yes I finally found a way to work in that LINE!!!!! wo0t go me!

[TSO Naval Officer]

The Jural orbited the ninth planet of the Aranis system. It was a Strike class cruiser, and modestly armed. However, such armaments were disabled, as well as nearly every one of the ship's functions. Its windows and lighting were eerily dark, and the only power functioning on board the ship emanated from emergency batteries, and were keeping life support, and rudimentary command and control functions online, including the computer, communications systems, and dim lighting in key areas. Strong levels of radiation were emanating from the cruiser's ionization vents, a symptom of ion reactor damage. The radiation was not threatening the meager crew, but made sensor sweeps and communication extremely difficult. The freighter was dead in the water until help arrived.

[Ka' el Darcverse]

"Captain approaching vessel, there is a radiation leak making it impossible to scan her, but she appears to be disabled."

The Rhodian nodded and looked at Ka' el; "Well young master Jedi, what say you?"

"Sir I am no master by any means, but it appears that we are in no harm from the ship itself. However I do not recognize any of her markings."

"Nor do I, Graves, go to storage hangar 4 and retrieve some blasters, nothing to worry about yet, but no sense in being stupid. Ka' el would you like to lead a rescue team aboard?"

Ka' el grimaced for a moment; What is on that ship that makes me so leary...

"Yes sir I'll lead the operation. Where do I need to go?"

The Rhodian nodded and motioned for a few of his crew to come over. Then he answered the Jedi's question.

"We have an emergancy docking hatch on, Matthews will lead you there."

A broad shouldered man grunted and started walking down the hall, obviously expecting the Padawan to follow.