Year
4,364 before the Great ReSynchronization
(4,398
Standard Years before the Battle of Yavin)
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The survival of the Republic depends on two factors:
wise governing by administrators and lawmakers, and the preservation of harmony
and justice by the Jedi. It is a practice for Jedi to become guardians of new
star systems, overseeing transitions and assisting with local difficulties.
(from Star Wars: The Essential
Chronology, pages 8 - 10)
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03:06, morning The eager Jedi named Chamma undertakes his first mission as a
full-fledged member of the Jedi Knights. He and two companions begin their
journey to Loro Babis, an uninhabited binary star system consisting of three
planets. A distress beacon from a trade ship aligned with the Republic had
emitted an emergency message asking for assistance on Athiss, the second planet
of the Loro Babis system, and the Jedi had accepted the charge of providing
help to the endangered vessel. (note: Star Wars:
Tales of the Jedi Companion states that these events occur ‘four hundred
years before the Freedon Nadd Uprising’)
1996 (November), by George R.
Strayton hardcover
(roleplay), West End Games
03:07, evening - night (Loro Babis system: Athiss) The eager Jedi named Chamma undertakes his first
mission as a full-fledged member of the Jedi Knights. He and two companions
arrive at Loro Babis, an uninhabited binary star system consisting of three
planets. A distress beacon from a trade ship aligned with the Republic had
emitted an emergency message asking for assistance on Athiss, and the Jedi had
accepted the charge of providing help to the endangered vessel.
Chamma and his task force arrive in-system to find no
ship, just a scattering of ionized debris orbiting Athiss in an amorphous
cloud. Scanners detect signs of life on the world, and the Jedi decide to touch
down on the surface to investigate. Chamma sets down the Bastion and the
three Jedi emerge, using the Force to locate the lifeforms: sensations of life
emanate from somewhere within a nearby wood. As they progress through the
forest, the life signs they are pursuing suddenly split into three distinct
entities, each moving in a different direction. The Jedi decide to each follow
one of the lifeforms.
Just short of an hour later, Chamma finds himself deep
in the wood. He suddenly slips in muck and barely saves himself from sprawling
headlong into a dark pond. And then Chamma’s internal alarms warn him of a
danger his other senses cannot yet detect: he spins around and ignites his
lightsaber, just as its attacking counterpart swings downward. Chamma squints
against the harsh glare of the frenzied energy emanating from the blades’
contact point, but the dark of the night sky shrouds his enemy. With the
initial shock of the sudden attack now subsiding, the Jedi Knight regains
enough of his composure to turn to the Force, but as je focuses on his enemy, a
backlash of darkness sweeps over him, knocking him backward. Chamma lands in
the shallow edge of the nearby pond, suddenly bereft of the wind in his lungs.
As he struggles for air, a shadowy form appears at his feet. The spawn of the
dark side towers over him and suddenly raises its orange-white lightsaber.
Still lying in the muck, Chamma shakily brings his lightsaber up: the Jedi
Knight is confused as to why the Force had not protected him. He begins to
question the Force, asking himself if it did pick and choose its allies and
then turn on them in their moment of need. Chamma’s anger swells, attempting to
replace his fear. With his adversary’s blade swooping down upon him, the
answers to his questions do not matter: if he is going to save himself, he has
to do it on his own, without the Force. Summoning all his energy, the Jedi
Knight counters the attack, focusing his gathered energy on his enemy. His
adversary counters easily, and Chamma feels completely abandoned by the Force.
The dark side creature returns his blade to a ready position, and at that
moment, Chamma feels his entire body tighten and release, forcing adrenaline
into his limbs. With a guttural growl of escaping rage, Chamma rushes forward
and swings his lightsaber horizontally toward the left side of his enemy’s
torso. As before, the creature moves to deflect the blow, but this time Chamma
turns off his lightsaber, and the creature’s blade sweeps by. The Jedi Knight
ignites his lightsaber with the hilt no more than a half-standard-meter from
the dark side creature’s chest, piercing its heart. The creature wails and
suddenly disappears.
After this ordeal, Chamma does not return with his
Jedi companions. He beliefs the Force had failed him, and that something else,
his own rage, had saved him. (note: Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Companion states that
these events occur ‘four hundred years before the Freedon Nadd Uprising’)
1996 (November), by George R.
Strayton hardcover (roleplay), West End Games
08:07, day (Inner
Rim, Stenness sector: Onderon, Iziz): The fallen Jedi Knight Freedon Nadd, who sought refuge on Onderon two
standard years ago, dies in the walled city of Iziz. (note: Y-date
locked by the official Mos Espa Timeline)
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