Bakura Orbit

[Nick Cousland]

Bakura is a pastoral planet of the very edge of known space, just outside the Moddell Sector in the Outer Rim. It is the only inhabitable planet in the eight-planet system of the same name. Its terrain mostly comprises mountains, valleys, plains, and small seas, all of which receives a great deal of rain. The capital city is Salis D'aar, which is between two of Bakura's major rivers.

Bakura's primary exports include strategic metals, an addictive fruit called namana, and repulsorlift components.



Astrographical:

Region: Outer Rim Territories

Sector: Bakura Sector, Shiritoku Spur

System: Bakura system

Suns: 1: Bakura

Moons: 2

Rotation period: 22.9 standard hours

Orbital period: 317 local days (302 standard days)

Physical:

Class: Terrestrial

Diameter: 21,400 km

Atmosphere: Breathable

Climate: Temperate

Gravity: 1.05 standard

Primary terrain:
* Forests
* Plains
* Mountains
* Small seas
* Rivers
* Valleys

Points of interest:
* Bakur Memorial Building
* Bakuran National Symphony
* Bakuran power station
* Lesser Grace
* Telaan Valley
* West River
* D'aarmont
* East River

Societal:

Native species: Kurtzen

Immigrated species:
* Humans
* P'w'ecks
* Bith
* Utai

Official language:
* Galactic Basic Standard
* Kurtzen language

Government: Democracy or Imperial governorship

Population: 68 million (95% Human, 5% Kurtzen)

Major cities:
* Salis D'aar (capital)
* Gesco City

Major imports:
* Medicine
* Technology

Major exports:
* Namana liquor
* Namana-based products
* Repulsorlift coils
* Strategic metals

[Inquisitor Camulus]

*The Silent Death emerges from hyperspace and begins running a scan on Nick Owabi's family estate. Camulus grins darkly.*
Excellent. The castle is occupied by only a minimal staff. Time for some fun.
*He looks at his pilot.*
Activate the cloaking device and take us in. Land us outside the castle gates.
*The pilot nods his head and engages the cloaking device. He pilots the ship and it enters into the upper atmosphere heading for the Stonewycke castle.*

[Nick Cousland]

*The Jedi Starfighter Avenger emerges from hyperspace and Nick disengages the hyperspace ring. He begins running a scan of his family estate.*
Oh no. I'm detecting no life signs.
*He closes his eyes and reaches out with the Force and tries to locate his parents and his children. He finds them safely in Salis D'aar.*
Oh thank the Force. Now, let's go find out what this emergency is.
*He flies the ship downward and it enters the atmosphere.*

[Inquisitor Camulus]

*The Silent Death comes roaring out of the atmosphere and enters the Orbit of Bakura. Camulus looks at the pilot.*
Plot a course for Ruusan. We're returning to base so I can take care of these damned injuries.
*He leans his head back against his chair and closes his eyes.*
Well played Owabi. Very well played. Until next we meet. Next time.
*He thinks quietly to himself. The pilot nods his head and plots a course for Ruusan into the navicomputer and engages the hyperdrive. The Silent Death departs Bakura as it enters lightspeed enroute for Ruusan.*

[anjea]

The Dar'jetii exited hyperspace and came into an orbit over Bakura. Anjea looked out of the viewing screen and down at the planet. "Run your scanners, I want hyperdrive signatures in and out of orbit." The crew nodded their compliance as Anjea stood from the co-pilot's chair and headed out to her quarters. She returned moments later, her weapons attached to their proper places, and all of her armor in place.

"Ma'am. We have one signature coming in, and one leaving. They are not the same. The first is too old to trace, but the second is fairly recent, but does not match that of Owabi's ship."

Anjea grinned at this and nodded to the captain. "Ori'jate, vod! Good work. Do we have a list of known residences of Nick Owabi?" The crew gave their affirmative. "Excellent. Captain, move us through the atmosphere."

"Lek, ma'am." The captain replied, setting the coordinates as Anjea sat back into the co-pilot's seat and strapped in. "Oh, and we ran the prints. They did not match Owabi."

Anjea glanced over at the Captain, who gave her a signature Corellian cocky smile. She laughed and nodded, then proceeded to aid the captain down to the surface.

[Caitlin Windancer]

*After a tense time Cate's ship the Elen-tari comes into orbit around Bakura.
After getting clearance the ship heads for her cousin's estate.

Cate hopes she is in time but fears she is not.
She reaches out through the Force searching for Nick and what she senses from him sends a chill of fear through her.

After from what she thinks a too long time the ship descends toward the estate's landing pad.*

[Caitlin Windancer]

*The Elen-tari goes into orbit and getting clearance leaves Bakura.
It jumps into hyperspace for Zonama Sekot.*

[Nick Cousland]

*The Jedi Starfighter Avenger arrives in orbit and approaches the hyperdrive ring. R4 docks the fighter and plots a course to Zonoma Sekot. He beeps quietly and engages the hyperdrive. The fighter vanishes as it enters lightspeed.*

[Caitlin Windancer]

My apologies, I didn't know.
Anjea then.
I didn't mean to bring up bad memories.

*Sensing something of Anjea's feelings changes the subject.*

Yes, healing Nick is the most important thing now.


*Cate closes her eyes and taps into the healing energies of the Force.
She nods when Anjea says she ready.*

As am I.

*She quickly scans his injuries with the Force then says.*

If you would please lay your hand on my shoulder.
We will link our energies to heal him.
As serious as they are I will heal the less serious first so they don't put a drain on his healing energy.
Then speed the healing of the more serious and nudge them the right direction.

*She first lays a hand over his head reducing the swelling from the concussion, stopping the bleeding.
She then moves to his eyes healing the burns and other damage caused by the hot ashes.
She reduces the swelling and healing the damaged nerves of the eyes.
She then moves onto the broken collarbone, the ribs and the leg, she nudges the bone to rejoin together straightening it out with the Force.
She uses the Force to encourage the bone to knit back together.
She stops whatever internal bleeding there is.
She gives him as much of her healing and energy as she can.
She then lowers her hands tired and drained.*

That is all I can do at the moment.
That should hold him for now.
I can do more later.

*To the medic.*

He has lost a lot of blood and should be given more.
He is O+.

*She turns to Anjea.*

Thank you for your help.


*She sits down tired but not exhausted.*

Now what do you wish to know?

[anjea]

Anjea nodded, a slight smile touching her lips. "Don't worry about it. Let's just get him Healing." She moved one hand to Caitlin's shoulder, then hovered one over Nick's torso. Closing her eyes, she reached through the Force, sensing and feeling out his injuries. She took a deep breath and began to push her focus and will out into the Force, letting it surround Nick, concentrating on his injuries.

She balanced the flow of her energy, sending part to Caitlin, and the other on Nick's injuries. She keeps the flow steady and constant, pushing out her will towards the tissues and bones and blood vessels. The Force flows out of Anjea and into Nick's cells, not so much making them heal, but urging them to. She learned long ago that if you push the body too hard to heal, it would backfire, and end up worse than when you started.

Anjea felt Caitlin pull away, and she dropped her other hand to hover over Nick's chest. Her eyes remained closed, but she moved her head in the direction of Caitlin. "I can do a little more, but he is going to need a Bacta tank, to decrease infection." A slight sweat began to accumulate on her forehead, her hands trembling with the continued effort. One of the mercs from before came up behind Anjea and laid a hand on her back. He was used to seeing Anjea after healing someone with the Force. Usually, Mandalorians were not Force Sensitive, unless adopted into the clans, but because of Anjea's parentage, she was gifted with it.

When she could sense that Nick's body had taken all the Healing that it could for now, Anjea began to withdrawn her focus and will from his cells. She slowly let go of the Force, her hands loosing the soft glow. Her face was now coated in sweat, and her body slumped back against the hand holding her. The merc caught her, as if routine, and Anjea nodded to him that she was alright. He helped her to a chair as the medics moved back in, setting up the tubing for the blood.

As Anjea sat, the merc walked away for a moment, then returned with two bottles of water. He offered one to Anjea, which she took gratefully, then offered the second to Caitlin. Anjea looked over at Caitlin as she sipped at the water and caught her breath. "I want to know exactly where Nick was during the hours of the murder, and who was with him as we can use witnesses. Also, we found some prints at the scene, and they do not match Nick, even though on the security holo's, it is clearly Nick. I can let you see them, maybe you can see something I cannot."

[Nick Cousland]

*He feels the pain lessening and he slowly opens his eyes and looks around carefully. He realizes that he is onboard a ship that he doesn't recognize. He feels that someone has healed him of his grievous injuries. He moves his head slightly and then sees Cate and someone he recognizes that he once knew long ago.*
Cate? Where am I? What happened?
*He quietly says through half-closed eyes.*

[Caitlin Windancer]

*Cate takes the bottle of water and takes a sip.
She says to the Merc.*

Thanks.

*To Anjea.*

Of course.
I need to know when the murder occurred.
If it is when I think it was.
There is no way he could of committed it because we were in hyperspace.
He was in full view of the bridge crew the whole time.
After that we were unloading and then in the infirmary.
Nick was working on an antidote and vaccine for a bio-weapon that an terrorist organization tried to release on Zhar.
We were asked to come up with an antidote and vaccine for it.
Nick's expertise is in that area so he was in charge of coming up with the antidote and vaccine.

I see.
That will help find who it was.
I have an idea why that is but I need to see the holo first then I will be able better to tell if I'm right.


*Cate hearing Nick gets up and takes his hand.*

So you are back with us are you?

You are aboard a Mando ship.
It seems there is a bounty out on your head for murdering Kratos and several security guards.

You are lucky that the one in charge is someone who knows you or you would be in a worse situation than you are in now.
She is trying to find out the truth.
So anything you could tell her would help.

What happened?
Who attacked you?
Was it Camulus?

[anjea]

She nodded to Caitlin, and started to answer her, but heard Nick stirring. She turned to look at him, leaning back in her seat. She chose to give Caitlin a few minutes with him, but hearing her questions to him, she rose from her chair and walked over to his levi-bed. She put on a smile as she spoke. "Hello, Nick. I know you are tired and hurting, but the sooner you can answer those questions, the sooner I can clear your name."

She looked up at Caitlin for a moment, "I need names of those crew members, and their location. If we have to, we can make a stop on the way back to Coruscant. We need those witnesses, and holo recordings if you have them." She turned back to Nick and shook her head with a frown. "I know this is going to be hard, but I still need to question you, and as of an hour ago, you are under arrest, and in my custody."

Anjea sighed, then added, "I will do all I can to clear you of these charges, but you have to help me do that."

[Nick Cousland]

*He looks at Cate slightly confused.*
A Mandalorian ship?
*He then looks at the woman sitting near them and finally recognizes her.*
Ah, Anjea. Long time no see. I take it this is your ship?
*He looks at Cate and nods his head painfully.*
Yeah, it was Camulus. I went to my ship to send out a warning to my family, but R4 already had a message from home. It was a trick. Camulus was the one who sent it. Thankfully, my parents and children weren't home. He...
*He pauses trying to maintain his composure.*
He killed Elissa to egg me on into a fight.
*He then reaches for the hilt of the dagger on his belt and pulls it out of the sheath. He hands it to Cate.*
Have this analyzed. I stabbed him in the leg with it. Now we've got his DNA. We can use it as proof.
*He looks at Anjea and raises an eyebrow.*
I'm under arrest and in your custody? So it seems you became a bounty hunter. Wow, the wheels of fate do change don't they?
*He sighs and closes his eyes and then opens them again, looking at Anjea.*
Its a long story. I hope you're ready to hear it.

[Caitlin Windancer]

Yes, of course right away.
I will need to contact Captain Deering the Ithilnaur's Captain.
She will have all that information.
I will have her make copies of the recordings and send you the originals will that suffice?


*At his answer she closes her eyes in long-suffering and then opens them again.*

After I told you not to go after him alone?
Did you think to tell me and bring me along?
You weren't ready.
All you did was get yourself almost killed.
I told you the only way to stop him is to banish him and only I can do that at the moment.
If you weren't already injured I would thwack you upside the head for not listening to me.


*sighs sounding more sad than angry.*

I'm sorry about your friend.

*She squeezes his hand in sympathy.*

We will make sure he pays for these murders.

*She takes the knife by the hilt.*

That was very smart of you.

*She then hands the knife to Anjea careful to touch only the hilt.*

I think you could make good use of this.

*To Nick*

Alright but don't tire yourself out.
Just give a summary of the highlights, the most important points
You can go into details later when you are feeling better.