Not a one of the crystals would be adequate. The Empire had put training saber crystals in a warehouse. k'Vik wished they had been left in whatever youngling's bin they had been found in. She hurled the latest purple failure into the deck of her Lambda shuttle. The crystal bounced off the floor, off one of her storage lockers and then wedged itself against an air circulation vent.

"Nggggghhhhhhh!" She raged. " Another wondrous instance of the Empire grabbing nearly useless things and proffering them as valuable."

Mili paced the deck.

Ilum? Perhaps? The Jedi Order stated that one "tainted by the Dark Side of The Force" would be rejected, but they had either lied or did not know. She hummed to herself as she attempted to pull up Ilum in the navicomp. No record was found. Mili knew that it had been an icy, cold planet. Even as a youngling she'd been on the slim side, and remembered both the bite of cold and rush of getting her crystal. More, she remember the relief of leaving the cold behind.

What Milivikal needed was a library, with either extensive astrological survey resources or Jedi documents. The Temple on Coruscant had been long sacked and was extensively monitored. No. Dantooine? Too damaged in the Great Sith War. What was left had been relocated to Coruscant. She drummed on the arms of the pilot's chair. The Empire had been effective at removing Jedi history from public access. The problem vexed her for hours. She took a brief nap. She read. She ate an apple and stared into the stars through the transparisteel.

"Corus-cant, Dantooooo-eeen, further Jedi explored,
Yet from history, beeeeen removed and ignored,

All I need is the glow, the hum
All I want is crystalline
All the focus..."

"Ossus."

Mili put the coordinates in for Ossus, and the computer began to calculate a course. It would take a day to get there.

She awoke to the sound of the proximity alarm. The swirling blue of hyperspace broke into star lines, and then realspace. Ossus loomed in the distance, with only Nerit visible. A few minutes passed. k'Vik was enjoying the quiet. She startled when the comm crackled to life.

"Unidentified shuttle, this is Ossus Control. Please transmit ID codes and state your business."

"Oh." She said aloud, to herself. Mili fumbled for another second and opened the comm system.

"I hoped to see the Library. Sending code transmission now." She reached next to the comm controls, and slid open a panel. There was a sequence of switches, all of which were set in the same direction. She toggled the top one, and briefly opened the comm again. It would show as a decommissioned Delta shuttle sold into private hands, rated for cargo use.

"Thank you Delta shuttle. Follow the guide beacons for landing."

Mili was again surprised. Who was here on Ossus? She followed the nav guidance, and it put her in a settlement that had just experienced dusk.