A Rocky Past

[Lord Iezkon]

Accessing Public File; Downloading from '(Annabelle)'

Download Complete; Displaying File

Public Call for Operation Team Assembly

A file would be present with a pre-recorded holomessage that would play once the viewer selected the option to do so. Annabelle would appear in the message, the blue glow would cover the finer details of her face but those who recognise her, would know whose file this was. The lean female Human would stand in the frame, her long hair in a ponytail, draped over her right shoulder. Her hands would be behind her back, as she stood still. Her garments would be a black cloak, hanging loosely from her shoulders down to her ankles, with the hood lowered. Her expression would be stern, showing the seriousness of the message, and her tone would match the serious nature:

"Naga Sadow was a powerful sith during his time to the point that he is still remembered in the present day. His skills in Alchemy and Sorcery are quite fascinating. It should come to no shock that there have been attempts by other Sith to be just like him."

"Upon my research on Naga Sadow, a name appeared, Lord Valgard. He appeared to be quite the fanatic of Naga Sadow as he tried to accomplish what the Dark Lord of the Sith did. He tried the ways of alchemy and sorcery. In some aspects, he passed, yet failed in others. He failed to create the beasts that Sadow created, but barely managed to get a small Nexu pup to like him for a few months before it wanted to kill him. He was skilled in Sorcery, but he could not achieve the ability to create powerful illusions across the galaxy. However, he did create illusions on the field as he went against some Jedi during the last war."

"What I find intriguing is that his research ends after an entry “A Deep Sleep” and the location was Yavin 4. It has been four months since his last entry, and I want to know what happened to him. His last entry was about Naga Sadow’s meditation sphere and how he wanted to create one himself, believing the answers would be at Sadow’s tomb."

"I want a group to go out and recover what Lord Valgard was researching before his untimely death. I want everything that he took with him from his datapad to any notes that he may have made as he scoured the tombs and temples on the planet."

With that the hologram would flicker and then fade from view. Leaving the viewer able to access the rest of the information provided.

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Location: Yavin IV is the planet that Lord Valgard was last noted as being upon, likely around the tombs and temples of Sadow.

((OOCly: Either the surface of Yavin or a Yavin SH can be used))

Objectives: In this task there will be three primary objectives and one secondary objectives.

Primary Objective I: Recover the research of Lord Valgard from his datapads and various notes.

Primary Objective II: Confirm the death of Lord Valgard.

Secondary Objective I: Recover any Sadow era tablets to be brought back for preservation in the Horuset Archives.

Time Frame: The team will have 28 days to complete the task before another will have found the sought after research.

((The 23rd of May will be the deadline!))

Estimated Party Size: The recommendation of Apprentice Annabelle is that a party size of no more than four will be necessary to recover the research of Lord Valgard.

Spoiler: OOC Notes for the GM!

Once the GM has been chosen, do come to me for further information!

Verifying Public File; Verification Complete; File Completed

[Lord Iezkon]

<<<Mission Completed: Status: Partly completed.>>>


<<<Primary Objective I: Completed.>>>
<<<Primary Objective II: Unknown.>>>

<<<Secondary Objective: In progress.>>>

"Apprentice Annabelle, the tablets have been recovered by the united contribution of all of the involved induviduals. However, the temple was flooded so we were unable to open up the coffin. Along with Apprentice Uldrinn have found a Chiper which should be on the library near the desk you're usually at.

We were unable to confirm the death of the Lord however, we couldn't find a corpse as it could either been eaten or kidnapped by the Massassi, or he escaped. Apprentice Uldrinn have also worked out how the Chipher work along with the assistance of Apprentice Horuset to be able to transport us out during a heated escape.

If you got any further questions or if you feel this report is missing something, you will be able to contact me and I should be able to answer most questions involved with the flooded area. Otherwise, ask Apprentice Vaenra, Uldrinn or Acolyte Nobrcer or Acolyte Corren... maybe Valqine."

- Apprentice Cerberus.

[Lord Iezkon]

...Directing to file location...

...Accessing Mission Report...


Mission Report

The following is a summary mission report on the events that transpired on the Operation: "A Rocky Past". Our strike team consisted of myself, Apprentice Vaenra, Apprentice Cerberus, Acolyte Valqine, Acolyte Nobrcer and Acolyte Corran. We made our way to Yavin IV with Apprentice Vaenra in the cockpit, a rough landing but stable enough to get us on the ground without attracting the attention of the local Massassi population. Once landed we began proceeding to the nearby temple.

Outside the walls of the temple we came across a camp belonging to the Imperial Reclamation Service however it appears they had been decimated some time before we arrived, from the looks of the damage caused, likely Massassi ambush. The group began inspecting the camp for any remaining data or notes about the site. Acolyte Valqine presented a tablet he discovered in the wreckage which appeared to be written in the Sith language. Apprentice Vaenra acted as translator but it appears much of it was Sith lore, at any rate, the tablet was recovered for further study. Apprentice Cerberus recovered some notes written in incomprehensible basic produced by the excavation team and kept them on his person for the large duration of the mission.

With the camp producing little in the way of results, we entered the temple to follow up on any potential leads. After some minor exploration, a second tablet was recovered from one of the antechambers off of the main atrium. The area was flooded but no visible damage was done by the moisture to the tablet. Again it appeared to be stories of the Sith Lord Naga Sadow recorded for posterity. Acolyte Valqine meanwhile had remained in the camp trying to gather further data, although after some time according to acolytes Nobrcer and Corran, a siren went off outside. Apprentice Cerberus investigated promptly yet did not return for some time, as such exploration of the temple was left to Apprentice Vaenra, myself and the acolytes.

We attempted to proceed downstairs however found that the area was flooded and as such with Apprentice Cerberus being the one present with breathing apparatus, he was called in to retrieve what artifacts or history may have been restorable. We ventured upstairs, at which point we encountered a table on the far side of a collapse in the second level, Apprentice Vaenra approached and grabbed the contents including a fractured and broken lightsaber and some leftover notes. Meanwhile I managed to recover a functioning portable Ciphering tool which helped to decode some of the gibberish which had been written on the notes left behind. These notes made mention of Lord Valgard and as such will be worthy of study.

The acolytes meanwhile simply remained in the stairwell, chatting. Out of sheer stupidity acolyte Nobrcer jumped on the fragile walkways left behind on the upper floor, crumbling some of the delicate stonework away. Furthermore, there was a collapse of the ceiling and my suspicion is this was likely the work of the acolyte as well, overhearing acolyte Corran's worry over the acolytes' "idea". Due to the instability of the temple itself, we thought it best to move the equipment and recovered artifacts outside back into the temple grounds. At which point we found Cerberus returning from the lower levels with a few more of the lore tablets. As far as I was made aware there was no sign of Lord Valgard himself, dead or otherwise.

Acolyte Valqine proceeded at this point to begin screaming down the comm channel that a horde was approaching our position. As such we had to evacuate the area quickly, as we began takeoff the Massassi horde began swarming below trying to fire at us, likely using some of the weaponry taken from the IRS camp.

In my assessment of the strike team, Apprentice Vaenra was useful enough, her knowledge of the Sith tongue, piloting and augmentation was taken into account on this mission. Acolytes Nobrcer and Corran largely followed on this mission, although I would admit Corran to be the more useful of the two. As for Apprentice Cerberus and Acolyte Valqine, they wasted valuable time without proper results in terms of data to show for it, while Cerberus did recover some of the lore tablets it question, time could have been spent far better than watching over a 'troublesome' acolyte.

Overall in terms of objectives we recovered:

- Notes relating to the work of Lord Valgard.

- A Cipher Machine capable of encoding or decoding script.

- 4 Stone Tablets (one damaged on discovery, one not in the Sith tongue).

This concludes my summary and evaluation of this operation for Apprentice Annabelle's research. A copy of this report will be forwarded to Lord Trakaton Kalkoran directly for his inspection.

- Apprentice Uldrinn Yurad-Tol