Schph Gochi
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Post by Schph Gochi on Nov 8, 2002 6:41:44 GMT -5
"Good job Blink! I think I have a place to start to look. I just wonder what the Council wants to see me about tomorrow morning. I could be wrong, but I do believe it has to do with Fasgar."
"See if you can find a littlle more information on this Vaandark Corp." "I feel that Sluis Van will be the next place that I will be going. Even if the Council doesn't send me there, I will request permission to go and check it out".
"Meet me down by the GTO as soon as you finish doing a little more scanning, Blink. I am going to prepare him for flight....no matter what...Sluis Van is our next stop!"
Schph heads down to the docking bays and catches sight of the Galactic GTO in its' berth. More memories flood back.....today seems to one big trip down memory lane! As she approaches her Headhunter and runs her hand down its' side, she marvels at the scorch marks and blast points that pepper the hull. Each one has a tale to tell.
Many of the Jedi still rely on tranport, but quite a number of them are getting their own ships. Like each Jedi's connection to the force, your connection to your ship can save your life and your mission. Schph stands and stares at her ship and remembers the first time she saw him.
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Post by Schph Gochi on Nov 9, 2002 6:51:52 GMT -5
Schph had been sent by the Council on a mission to a remote and un-named planet in the Tingel Arm. Sentient beings were disappearing from that planet and some other nearby colonies. One of the beings to disappear was the son of a wealthy mine owner, Jart Sinease. Jart asked the Jedi for help in finding his son and some of the others. When Schph showed up to begin the investigation, Jart offered her the pick of any vehicle in his arsonal. The Z-95 Headhunter was parked on the far side of his bay and Schph was immediatly drawn to the ship. After finding Jart's son and wrapping up the mission, she was offered the ship as a reward.
A grin crosses Schph's face as she looks at her slightly "worse for the wear" ship.
"Well....we seem to be a lot alike.....we are both aging and more than a little ragged, but still sturdy and reliable."
Schph begins some basic maintanance on her "wing", getting lost in the nuts and bolts of hundreds of tiny details when she hears Blink's whistle.
"Well, it's about time! Another hour or so, and I would have all the pre-flight wrapped up."
Blink gives Schph the droid's equivalent of the raspberries, but quickly tootles that he has brought Schph's com-link. The com-link has been buzzing.....someone is trying to get a hold of her.
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Post by Schph Gochi on Nov 11, 2002 6:45:33 GMT -5
Yoda thinks for a moment, and gives Ryss an answer.
"Theory, I have, but theories are not truth. What has happened is past....changed it cannot be. Always in motion the future is, so concentrating on the here and now, we must. If indeed alive is Fasgar, then face her former Master, Schph must."
"Then I should get back to the Temple," Ryss replies. "I must help my Master defeat Fasgar!"
"Continue these training exercises you must!" Yoda firmly states. "Back to your quarters for tonight, you must go. " Meditate on this I will."
Ryss watches Yoda make his way back to the abandoned Rebel Base where all the Padawans have set up their sleeping quarters. This planet and this base have been used in the past so many times and will probably be used in the future. Yavin 4 has always been the site of great struggle. The Sith had been here and constructed their temples. The Rebel Alliance has been here and gone several times.
Ryss decides to take the long way back. Walking along, with the moons of Yavin 4 hanging low in the night sky, Ryss marvels at the beauty of this planet. Moonlight shimmers off the stones along the far path and Ryss decides she must try to get in touch with Schph.
Instead of going to her quarters, Ryss goes down to the old communications building and hopes that there is still equiptment in there that is working. The door to the building is locked...always a good sign that there is something in there! Igniting her lightsaber, Ryss jabs the blade into the locking mechanism, opens up the massive door and enters the building. Snapping on a glow rod, she takes a look around. Yavin 4's nature is begininng to reclaim this space. Vines have crawled into cracks and crevices and have flourished near the tranparisteel windows. Quickly she finds the comm-link systems and booster. Flipping the switches the comm system begins to come to life.
"I feel like I am disobeying Master Yoda by doing this...but then, he just said I could not LEAVE to join my master.. he didn't say that I could not contact her."
After the system is fully warmed up, Ryss punches in the codes to Schph's comm-link.
Taking the comm-link from Blink, Schph punches in the response code.....
"This is Gochi....go ahead"...
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Post by Schph Gochi on Nov 14, 2002 5:44:35 GMT -5
"Master Schph, this is Ryss. Is everything ok back at the Temple?"
"Er....yes I guess so", Schph hesitantly responds. "Why do you ask?"
"While doing exercises today, I felt a tremor in the Force. The only ones that felt it were Master Yoda and myself. None of the other students seemed to have felt it. Yoda and I had a conversation about what it could mean, and we felt that it centered around you and your former Master. You know that one of my strengths is mind to mind communication, and I have felt the things in your mind quite a lot the last several days. The tremor tells me that something is intensifying. Why didn't you tell me about Fasgar!"
"I am sorry Ryss, I should have told you. Master and Padawan should share everything, but my history with my former master is something I struggle to forget. Apparently I will not be allowed to forget."
"Is he alive?"
Schph thinks about this for a moment, but there can really be only one answer. "Yes, I believe he is and I think he wants to finish what he began 35 years ago. I either accompany him to the dark side, or I perish".
"So, now what?" Ryss asks.
"I wish I knew! I am now in the docking bay getting my ship ready. I have to meet with the Council tomorrow morning....I have a feeling it will be to discuss this matter. With or without their permission, I am going to Sluis Van to seek out Fasgar. I have been doing a little searching and believe I will find him there."
"Then I wish to leave Yavin 4 and accomany you", Ryss insists.
"No, Padawan. For now your place is with Yoda. You need this time with him, it is important for your training and I don't want to make the same mistakes as a Master that my Master made with me. By the way.....how did you get access to a comm-link? Yoda likes to have the padawans concentrate on their studies and not outside events"
Ryss stammers a little. "I broke into the old communications facility."
Schph lets out a laugh....."well, I see you are taking after your master already.....I would have done the same. But that is why you need to stay longer with Yoda. I will see what the Council has to tell me tomorrow. There is not too much I can share with you at this point until I meet with them. Somehow, we will talk before I leave Coruscant. Until then, study hard, padwan. This could be one of our greatest adventures so far. Now head back to your quarters before Yoda comes looking for you."
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Post by Schph Gochi on Nov 26, 2002 6:15:55 GMT -5
Schph sets down her com-link and stares at her ship then looks down at her astromech.
"Well Blink, let's finish up here as I think tomorrow is going to be a very busy day".
Blink lets out a mournful whislte that brings a smile to Schph's face.
"Blink, are you sure you are not force sensitive"?
The pair work frantically on installing some last minute improvements to the GTO as the hours tick away.
"Well, I think we are done Blink, that about covers it. We have stocked the weapons, charged up the power sources, installed some new security programs and tweaked the cloaking device. Oh, almost forgot one thing. You better change the markings on the side of him and make sure we have some good but false recognition codes. I think we will need them. I don't want to make it obvious who is arriving on Sluis Van!"
Heading out of the docking bay, Schph heads to the kitchen. It is late already and she hopes to find a bite to eat. Pushing food around on her plate in the Temple kitchen, Schph goes into a deep meditation. It has been 35 years since she searched her center for that "place" within her that has the capability to lauch a being or object through a wall. She had buried it deeply and always felt that if she could not contol it, she should not use it. The mere fact that it lashed out again when she saw Rubvic as Fasgar meant that it is still there, still very potent, and still a "weapon" to be used. Hours tick past as Schph explores her connection to the force. She is jerked out of her meditation when the huge table in front of her is picked up and hurled at the duracrete wall. Shattering and splintering the table is reduced to toothpicks.
"Startled, yet aware, Schph grins......"I guess I still got it! Hmmm, I also guess I owe the Temple a table!"
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Post by Schph Gochi on Nov 29, 2002 6:46:16 GMT -5
Schph summons a cleaning droid just as Rubvic pokes his head into the door of the kitchen.
"What have you done now", Rubvic asks as he stares at the pile of kindling that was once the table that he had eaten so many meals.
With a sheepish grin Schph replies. "Well, I was just checking if I still could call my telekenetic abilities to task when I need them. I have buried that skill deeply and have not used it, well consciously anyway, in a very long time. A couple hours of deep meditation has helped me find it again."
The cleaning droid rumbles in and surveys the mess. Whirring and clicking away, he begins to haul the debris out.
"Well Rubvic, I better get to my room and TRY to get a little sleep. I can't believe how late it is already, and I will probably have a big day tomorrow. I have to meet with the Council first thing. Of course, the big question is.....will Fasgar's apparation appear again tonight....and what will he "say" to me."
"Good night Schph", Rubvic begins. Looking back as he leaves the kitchen, "May the Force be with you".
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Post by Schph Gochi on Dec 6, 2002 6:13:30 GMT -5
It is indeed late, and Schph hopes that she is over tired...too tired to have any late night visits from Fasgar's spirit.
She flops on to her sleep couch and calms herself into a deep sleep. But Fasgar will not leave her alone on this night either. She is torn from sleep again by the apparition of her former master. But this time, Schph's mind is certain on the owner of the hollowed out eyes.
The eyes are wider this time, as if in recognition.
"I do not frighten you this time, my Padawan"?
Schph just stares back at the apparition. No need to give away too much.
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Post by Schph Gochi on Dec 10, 2002 6:51:34 GMT -5
"What do you want, Fasgar?" As those words still hang in the air, the apparition disappears.
"Well, guess you aren't much for sticking around."
Schph is releived that Fasgar's essence no longer sends her into a tailspin. This past day of reflection on events that had been deeply buried, seems to have helped her maintain an overall calm. This calm will be needed, she knows, in the not too distant future. Glancing at the holochron in her room, Schph decides to get up and do some meditation before meeting the Council.
Leaving her quarters, she heads to the gardens in the Temple complex. This space is always a great place to meditate, beautiful and usually very quiet. All of the Jedi that live in the Temple regard the gardens with a reverance. Usually, if you are in the gardens, it means that you do not wish to be disturbed but to be left alone with your thoughts and meditations. One never thinks of disturbing a fellow Jedi when they are in this place.
Schph takes up a position next to the small waterfall and lets the music of the water take her into deep meditation for the days ahead.
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Post by Schph Gochi on Dec 12, 2002 6:42:41 GMT -5
Quietly lost in meditation, Schph feels an ever so slight "nudge" in her connection to the force. She ignores it for the moment. But then, those small "danger hairs" at the base of her neck start to tingle, and she now feels as though she were being watched. As there are some general rules for disturbing a Jedi during meditation in the gardens, Schph figures that the presence here does not know these rules. She begins to channel her connection to the force to try and determine where the disturbance is coming from. Reaching out, she finds a shadow in the force from behind her and to the right.
Jumping up, lightsaber in hand, Schph turns in that direction. The skies over Coruscant are pitch black this night. The moons are hidden behind murky and unending clouds. With a small area lit by her lightsaber, Schph sees nothing, but that presence is there none the less. Hearing a faint,yet hurried rustle of vegetation, she takes off in the direction of the source.
As she runs, the sentient begins a hurried escape. Running down the narrow paths and through the plants of a thousand stars, she tries to catch up to whoever is here in the garden with her. The gardens are complex and full of obstructions, whoever she is chasing has at least some knowledge of these gardens. A sudden splash from ahead on the left, tells her that the being that she is chasing is on the stream bank and getting near the gates to the garden.
Force leaping into that direction, Schph lands on top of her prey.
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Post by Schph Gochi on Dec 16, 2002 12:48:18 GMT -5
"Gotcha" Schph says as she yanks up the sentient being she has just landed on. "Let's take a look at what we have here". With her lightsaber at the ready, she takes a good look at her prisoner.
Her prisoner is a boy, around the age of 16, Schph guesses. His clothing is made from fine and expensive fabric, but is still simply made. There is no decoration on it to give her any hints where the boy may be from.
"Who are you, and what are you doing here in the Jedi Assembly Garden?"
Her captive is squirming around and trying to break free from Schph's grip. With one swift move, Schph reaches into her belt for a small cable, spins her captive around, and the boy finds himself bound up, but still fighting.
"Now that you can not squirm around as much, I will try this again. Who are you, and what are you doing here in the Garden".
The boy spits in Schph's general direction and replies, "I am not telling you anything".
"Look kid, I don't really need this right now. Perhaps one of the others can torture you into telling your tale, but for now, I have other things on my mind."
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Post by Schph Gochi on Dec 18, 2002 6:23:21 GMT -5
Schph stares at the prisoner she has trussed up before her. Clearly the ruse threat of "torture" hasn't swayed this boy to talk at all. Trying the Jedi mind trick to get answers from the boy nets her nothing also. Clearly, he is not weak minded.
Punching her comlink, Schph calls the security droids. "I need a couple of you down here in the garden. I have captured someone who has been spying on me." Eyeing her captive up and down, "and from the looks of him, he has been here awhile."
Schph tries again to evoke response from her captive. "One last time before security gets here, who are you and what are you doing here?" Not surprising, she gets no response, just a steady and even glare.
As the droids approach, Schph mutters, "have it your way". "Maybe someone else can get you to talk". The security droids bind their prisoner more securely and Schph watches as they head for the Temple buildings. Mixed signals are running through her force connection. She has never seen this boy, that is for certain. Yet there is something strangely familiar about him.
"I guess it is just one more mystery in a few days filled with mysteries."
Schph takes a quick look around the area where she landed on her prisoner. Maybe the boy dropped something, some hint, some clue. There is nothing in the immediate vacinity. Deciding that she will have to come back later for a better look after her visit with the Council, she heads back to her quarters.
Schph begins to tell the remaining security droid the details of what has just happened. "If he has been living in these gardens for a while, he has to have a stash of something in here. I will come back in the daylight later to see what I can find."
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Post by Schph Gochi on Dec 24, 2002 8:45:34 GMT -5
Plopping down on her sleep couch, Schph attempts to get a few hours sleep, but the chrono on the table is showing her that it is time for her to go see the Council.
"Well, might as well head to the Council Chambers and see what bee Mace Windu has in his bonnet." Yoda is still on Yavin with the Padawans, so Mace will be in charge of the Council on this day.
Coming upon the doors to the Chamber, Schph readies herself for anything. Entering, she stands at the center of the Council and bows.
"As you have requested, I am here to see what my next orders are."
"Good morning Schph, I see more strange things have happened at the Temple only a few hours ago", Mace begins.
"That is true, Master Windu. As I was meditating in the gardens, I felt a presence, someone watching me. I managed to capture a young man, perhaps 16-20 standard years. Even though I have never seen this boy, I have a strong feeling that I know him. Have the droids been able to extract any information from him?"
Mace looks intently at Schph. "Sorry to tell you, but somehow the boy has escaped."
"Escaped?" "How can this be possible in a Temple full of Jedi?"
"He was in the custody of the security droids at the time, and I think he may have had some help."
"This keeps getting stranger and stranger", Schph adds. "After we are done here, I am heading back to the gardens to see if I can find any clues on our visitor." "Which brings me to the question of why and what do you have in mind for my next mission. I think that I already know that you will be sending me to Sluis Van to check into the possibility that my former master is still alive and about to send the galaxies into turmoil by freezing our ability to communicate through the Holonet."
"Your intuition serves you well, Schph. That is exactly what we have in mind for you. I see that you have been doing your research in this matter, and somehow the Force is guiding you by the nightly visits from the specter of Fasgar. I want you to leave as soon as possible."
"I have every intention of leaving before Coruscants suns set this day, but first I must go to the gardens and look for clues. Somehow, it all ties in. I think that Fasgar will be expecting me and somehow, he has gotten our "spy" out."
"May the Force be with you Schph, leave when you are ready. And one more thing, what about Ryss. I think you should be taking her with you."
"As you well know, Ryss is currently with Yoda on Yavin 4. I have been in contact with her, but don't want her to leave her training at this time. When I get to Sluis Van, I will scramble coordinates to you to provide to Ryss. I am sure the first few days, I will be doing some preliminary investigations."
"As you wish" concludes Mace.
Schph leaves the Council Chambers and heads to the gardens to do a little poking around.
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Post by Schph Gochi on Jan 2, 2003 6:11:23 GMT -5
The droids are already in the garden tidying up after the nights activities, they are making sure that everything is groomed to perfection. Schph begins to poke around in all the small and secluded areas of the garden to look for clues on the boy who had watched her and then escaped from the Security Droids that had him in custody. Clearly, this was not your typical teenager/young man. To get away from the droids and make it out of the Temple grounds was truly extraordinary-and indicative of some kind of help. Schph made her way throughout the gardens with out finding much. She made her way to one of the larger pools and stared into it. Blurring her eyes over to concentrate on the bottom instead of the water itself, it finally dawned on her. She squints at the back of the pool to see the drainage, pump, and filtration equiptment. Taking her robe off, she jumps into the pool and swims to the large filtration shaft at the bottom. Of course, the grate is loose and Schph swims into the pipe. Unsure of where she was going and how long she needed breath, she swims hurriedly forward toward a dim light near the end of the shaft. The light illuminates a holding tank at the back of the filtration complex. Gasping for air, her head finally breaks the surface of this dimly lit chamber. Adjusting her eyes to the light she scans the above water areas of the tank and spots a trap door. There appears to be a small smudge of some substance at the handle to the door.
"Am I imagining this, or is that smudge glowing on its' own"? Schph blinks the water from her eyes and takes another look at the door. Sure enough, there is a glow emitting from the smudge mark on the door handle. Finding the door easy to remove is another indication that it has been used recently. Hoisting herself up through the trap door, she finds herself in another tunnel-way filled with silt, sediment, and other things that she would rather not know about.
"Well, I might as well follow this tunnel and see where it leads."
Taking a glow rod out of one of her pouches, Schph ignites the rod and takes a look for footprints in the sediment. An apparent and recent overflow of the system has washed away most things on the bottom of the tube, but she finds the occasional print on some of the higher piles of debris.
"Someone has been down this tunnel.....and recently!"
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Post by Schph Gochi on Jan 21, 2003 6:59:55 GMT -5
Schph makes her way through the tunnel carefully looking for signs of use when the pipe splits in several directions. After traveling for nearly an hour throug the twists and turns in this underground tunnel, she finally gets to an outlet. Pulling the grate aside, she pokes her head out of the outlet and peers into the bright sunshine of Coruscant. The tunnel has led her to the perimeter of the Temple grounds and to a narrow grassy parkway. Past the parkway are the spacelanes of Coruscant.
The parkway is not wide enough for a larger vehicle but would certainly accomodate a speeder bike or similar vehicle. Looking over the vegetation that is growing there, she soon finds the evidence of two vehicles that had been recently occupying a spot on the parkway.
"Hmm....very interesting....looking up, she sees the holocams along the perimeter of the Temple grounds. "Time to go and see if those cameras recorded anything. I know I am likely to see the visage of the boy caught in the gardens, but I may also get a clue as to who is helping him."
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Post by Schph Gochi on Feb 4, 2003 6:51:48 GMT -5
A faint glow near the impressions left in the fescue where the speeder bikes had once set catches Scph's eye. Bending down to get a closer look she sees that it is just like the tiny smudge she found on the trap door in the filtration tunnel. Grabbing some of the blades of fescue she tucks them into one of her pouches for analysis.
Schph secures the entrance to the tunnel.
"I don't feel like crawling back to the gardens through there" and with that, she force leaps the high fence that surrounds the gardens.
Arriving back at the pool, she grabs her robe and heads for the Temple's labratory. Approaching the analysis droid's station, she hands him the blades of fescue that she had tucked in her pouch.
"Analyze this small trace of material that is glowing on this fescue, I will return for your results a little later".
That being done, the next step is to go to Security and see what security holocam may have picked up as it swept the area where the speeder bikes had set down.
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