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Post by bacon on Mar 18, 2006 16:53:36 GMT -5
Asteroid
The skies of Coruscant are ablaze with activity. It is a time of celebration and glory, for after the demise of the Empire, a new order has returned the very foundations of the Galactic Republic.
And it is during these times that astronomers make an odd and perhaps deadly assumption. A huge asteroid belt circling far and wide around the Coruscant System is breaking apart for some reason, and though it appears that nothing is happening, a chain of odd exploits could lead to the demise of the capital.
Chancellor Leia Solo overlooks this sad exploit, as do the citizens of the Galactic Republic. It is nothing. The great asteroid belt has broken up thousands of times throughout the millennium, and that has not stopped Coruscant from growing to the metropolis that it is today, but will something change this time? Only time will tell…
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Post by bacon on Mar 19, 2006 0:15:47 GMT -5
~IC: Chancellor Leia Solo
Space was a very odd state, Chancellor Solo thought, gazing out the small rearport window of her massive New Republic Royal Transport. Very odd indeed, especially when one was in hyperspace. Lights and stars passed by so quickly, that it seemed that all that was there was a blue background, with occasional white streaks bouncing along the pathway.
She was wearing a small grey outfit, with small single fibers stretching from the neck and over her head. She wore strange face paint, much like that of a Queen, that covered her entire head. Though abhoring it, the Chancellor found that it made her look regal and majestic, a frightening figure in an awesome galaxy. Her flowing dress made her already smooth legs appear silky, and her white arms a bit darker. Yet even in all this makeup, Leia found that her eyes still gleamed against the darkness, looking in a small holographic mirror that stretched out to her face. It showed not color, but proportions, or rather was supposed to.
"Chancellor!"
Leia was knocked out of her current state of mind as a bodyguard appeared before her in her chambers at the rear of the ship.
"Yes?"
"We are approaching the capitol. The captain asks that you sit down and buckle yourself in. We will guard you, incase of a crash. You shall not perish."
"Of course, good sir."
And so after a great amount of time and waiting, the great vessel passed into the atmosphere of Coruscant. It was a stormy day, rain and thunder blaring all round. The Senate Chambers lay in the distance as the red Republic transport slowly came to a halt and docked. There was a small crowd gathered, but many had already left, rushing into the safety of the Senate Hall. It was a gloomy day as the captain marched off the ramp, quickly followed by five bodyguards, and another one who led Chancellor Leia Solo off the docking ramp and to the Senate Docking Bay, where a single Republic Guard awaited her. "Greetings, my friend. I hear of urgent matters that we must speak of. I hear of an asteroid belt breaking up around here. What say you of this? Praytell that I have not returned from the heavy taxed world of Montrell in vain."
Leia despised speaking so royally, but it was required of the Supreme Chancellor.
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Post by RaditzSoldier on Mar 19, 2006 0:50:31 GMT -5
Azoku watched the lady come. He bowed, as custom, before she talked.
"Greetings, my friend. I hear of urgent matters that we must speak of. I hear of an asteroid belt breaking up around here. What say you of this? Praytell that I have not returned from the heavy taxed world of Montrell in vain."
Azoku stood still a moment, then spurred his eyes up and began to talk in a calm, steady tone. "My lady, we have most disturbing reports of dangerous asteroids nearing Coruscant. The scientists are serious this time. Unlike meaningless space rocks before, this huge asteroid, as calculated, has a twenty percent chance of destryoing eastern Coruscant and sending the rest flying out into orbit at such a speed the planet will deteriate. In other words, a mere one minute upon crash of this asteroid will be the end of Coruscant."
He paused for a moment, swallowing. He began again, this time in a more quiet and pleading tone with a hint of sterness. "Lady Chancellor Solo, a one in five chance is not something to play roulette with. We must begin evacuation and begin extreme measures." His face looked serious, and he stared straight into Lady Solo's eyes, awaiting a response.
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Post by bacon on Mar 19, 2006 1:10:36 GMT -5
IC:[/u] Chancellor Leia Solo
Leia admited to herself the situation was startling, but did not let her facial gestures reveal her position on the matter. She turned towards her handmaidens, who nodded silently.
The situation was indeed grave, she thought to herself. How could something like this happen? For thousands of years, Coruscant had been a gathering place of peace, until the Senate became corrupt, and Palpatine seized power... just before Leia was born.
"And what is your name, good sir?" she asked, speaking as regally as possible. It was undeniable that this man was of high status. They had been arranged to meet publically and without any sort of guards, after all. She looked him down. Rather short for a Republic Guard, he was.
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Post by RaditzSoldier on Mar 19, 2006 1:15:44 GMT -5
"I am Azoku Kanasaki, your highness. But who I am, it matters little. It matters what we do of this asteroid, as there is no time for formalities, if you do allow me to speak so brashly, my lady. The scientists are sure this asteroid will hit anytime this week, it's unknown. You see, asteroids are effected when they near planets. If it slows, prehaps five days. Hastens, two, no effect, three." He looked down, then back up. "Your highness, this is a serious matter, not a game. So let's treat it as such. Come. There are the scientists waiting to speak to you." He paused for a moment, then laughed. "They know much more then I do, your highness." He bowed, then turned sharply at a one-eighty, at a soldier motioned for her to walk beside Azoku.
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Post by bacon on Mar 19, 2006 1:19:20 GMT -5
IC:[/u] Chancellor Leia Solo
The Chancellor found herself reluctant to join the scientists. She said nothing for a moment. It was alarming; everything. It was so sudden... so much of a shock... but Leia could not let her emotions get the best of her, as they had when she was the Princess of Alderaan. Too often had they gotten the best of her, which often led to trouble. So she simply stood with an emotionless face, deciding what to do. To stay or to join the scientists.
She turned once more to her handmaidens and motioned for them to follow. "Let us speak with these scientists then," she replied.
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Post by RaditzSoldier on Mar 19, 2006 1:22:49 GMT -5
Azoku, not bothering to change his face direction toward's Leia, continued to walk.
"My lady," he said, "there will be no time for second thoughts. We have thousands upon thousands upon thousands more important things here! The capitol of the Republic might be restored! The beautiful temples construction data needs to be saved, people evacuated...I can't think of how we can do this in time!"
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Post by bacon on Mar 19, 2006 1:26:58 GMT -5
IC:[/u] Chancellor Leia Solo
Thinking was a virtue in Leia's eyes. She scoffed at the man's remarks. Surely, if this were a real threat, it would have been broadcast and predicted months before the actual incident. She decided not to say anything, and simply listened to the man make cold remarks of destruction. Eventually, he came to the end of his little speech, after she reluctantly kept herself from cutting him off.
"Mr. Kanasaki, I wish to speak with these scientists immediately," she said. "We will see what they make of these threats of disaster."
They turned towards an elevator and entered, finding themselves lifted into the Senate Hall.
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Post by RaditzSoldier on Mar 19, 2006 1:34:45 GMT -5
Azoku took a breath, as if to talk, then stopped. He marched silently along a corridor. He stopped, saluted a guard, who opened a door. Inside five men were visably nervous, debating among themselves the very deep curiosities of mathematical prediction and astronomy, discussing odds and edds, nooks and cranies in the mind's eye. Azoku stopped cold. The scientists all looked at the princess. As still as a statue. he thought. As still as a statue.
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Post by bacon on Mar 19, 2006 1:47:15 GMT -5
IC:[/u] Chancellor Leia Solo
Leia calmly stared at the scientists with a cold gaze. Her eyes were emotionless as she stopped; she did not move. Her flowing gown was the spectacle of the chambers as all five of the little short men fixed their eyes on her.
"I was told a massive asteroid was going to strike the planet and kill us all?"
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Post by RaditzSoldier on Mar 19, 2006 19:25:49 GMT -5
The cold circular room was in a vast mess, and unfit for anyone of any status, save prehaps a dying womprat from the stretches of Tatooine? Azoku looked around. It was hurried, as it is. People wouldn't be convinced an asteroid could destroy all of Coruscant. But with help or not, he would get off this planet, and let the stubborn others die as the wish. But all important documents had to be recovered. Leia Solo kept treating it a game! Was it that a short man couldn't convince her? He figured he'd be voting for the next chancellor in the following election...if there ever was one. He'd elect a chancellor that was serious...
But none of the thoughts of Azoku were revealed. Years of militaristic training had taught him to be still and emotionless. His eyes gazed without looking. He was not there. He was just waiting for Solo to go to the emergency alert button and inform the public.
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Post by bacon on Mar 19, 2006 19:42:29 GMT -5
IC: Chancellor Solo
The scientists simply fixed their eyes on her for only a moment. They were quite funny and strange creatures, Leia thought, reminding of her of the Ewoks she had encountered on Endor or the Wagors on Kaglon. In a continuing silence, she returned the stare, anxiously waiting for a reply.
"I'm sorry, is this a joke? Please state your claims in full accuracy, good sirs. I do not have all day."
"Chancellor, we did not know you'd arrive so... quickly," was their incredibly creepy reply. Their voices were cold, ruthless, sinister. The very tone striked fear into the heart of even Leia Organa Solo.
"Get to the point, please."
The alien scientists gave a sly smile to the Chancellor. "Yes... yessss... of course, your highness, my lady."
The five little men turned around, grabbing a tiny, clear, glass ball, and fixing it upon a single platform. Immediately, a miniature hologram of Coruscant and her nearby systems seemingly exploded from the little ball, filling the entire room. Leia found the situation awe-inspiring for a moment... a little blue planet in the middle of the room with twinkling lights and orbiting vehicles. Yet ominously on the side, another oddly shaped planet emerged... or was it even a planet? It was certainly large enough to be one.
"As you can see, Chancellor, the capitol is doing quite nice at the moment. The citizens are happy, taxes are low, projects are high, the economy is growing, the Senate is running, Congress is taking action. The remains of the Empire should be gone from the galaxy within months. But then there is this small little... accident."
"What do you mean?" Leia asked calmly.
"You see, this asteroid was not always an asteroid. It is the product of the end of a great battle won by the Rebellion in the middle of the Galactic Civil War. If you recall, after the assault on the first Death Star, the Rebellion retreated to one of the orbiting planets of Coruscant, this one known as Karkartha. There was a great battle that took place here, eventually leading to the annihilation of the entire planet. Its core was blown into several pieces, the largest now hurtling straight towards the entertainment sector of Coruscant at a rate of approximately 10,300,110 kilometers per day. The remains of Karkartha are only approximately 63,000,000 kilometers away. Do you realize the gravity of the situation, Chancellor?"
Leia was stunned. She had not expected such evidence. For a moment, speaking was not an option. She could hardly move her mouth. Eventually, Solo managed to reply with, "What will happen if it hits?"
The scientist punched a single button on the platform in which the ball stood. The hologram of Coruscant began to speed up as the asteroid in the distance began to speed towards it. A great light filled the room as it hit. When it receded, Coruscant was in over a million pieces.
"That, your highness, is what will happen."
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Post by RaditzSoldier on Mar 19, 2006 20:10:02 GMT -5
Azoku walked up now, seeing his que. "Now that the scientists have said their word, let me speak mine." he began. "Coruscant, this very planet, has been the center of the entire universe since the dawn of the Old Republic. The very reaches of space are all confined into one central city that in it's entirety spans the entire planet to withhold such vast amounts of ideals and people. Militaristically, the fall and destruction of Coruscant, especially the deaths in which will occur, seeing as we do not have time to exit everyone from the planet, will cause for schism and many different planets reigning, the effects disasterious...let me put it to you this way, lady Chancellor Solo. If Coruscant dies, there will be at least five different Republics."
He paused, staring stone cold into Lady Solo's eyes. "The war that most likely would occur after that would be so great and so bloody that millions will die, and those that will not sink to the level of even the Empire shall die. The lack of morality shall strengthen central government powers, thousands of tyrants shall arise, outward invaders seeing a weak Republic...there is a possibility that this event alone can permenantly destroy the Republic, and unity of the galaxy may never come for hundred of thousands of even millions of generations. This is not to be treated as a disaster. This is more than that. This is the end of the New Republic."
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Post by bacon on Mar 20, 2006 19:38:31 GMT -5
IC: Chancellor Solo
"The end of the New Republic..." Leia was stunned. Everything that they had worked so hard for... everything that had been planned so accurately... every victory, everything won... would mean nothing. Something had to be done, quickly. There was no time. No time to waste. Leia turned to the window, trying to put the hologram out of her mind. She was silent for a moment as she eyed at Coruscant below... the traffic, the brilliant artificial sunlight, the spots of people minding their business... "How long do we have?"
"Approximately four days before the asteroid enters the system," was the scientist's reply.
"Everything is approximate with you," she snapped. "I need exact measurements, not approximity!"
She turned to Azoku. "Azoku," she said. "Your assistence is required."
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Post by RaditzSoldier on Mar 20, 2006 22:10:57 GMT -5
Azoku stepped forward. "I have sworn my life to the service of the Republic. I shall do what needs to be done." He said. He awaited the task in which Leia was to give him.
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Post by bacon on Mar 21, 2006 22:11:24 GMT -5
IC: Chancellor Solo
"I need you to deliver a proclomation to the Republic," Leia sighed. "I am sure you know what it is. We are beginning evacuations tomorrow evening."
Turning back towards the scientists, the Chancellor said, "As for all of you, I might need to debate with you further. Meet me in my office in an hour or so. I will have Luke Skywalker and my husband with us, either in person or on hologram."
With that, the Chancellor departed the chambers, quickly and gracefully, not revealing a hint of her true thoughts and intentions to the people inside.
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Post by RaditzSoldier on Mar 21, 2006 22:27:55 GMT -5
Azoku saluted. He waited in the stiff military position until the Chancellor was gone. He was about to make a proclomation that would be forever documented in history and he had absolutely no time to prepare. Now was the time. He walked to the emergency alarm box, and pressed the red button. He began to speak.
"Hello, citizens of the Republic currently residing in Coruscant. I am Azoku Kanasaki of the Republic Guard stationed on Coruscant, and I have the gravest news to bring you tonight." He declared. "Our scientists have made a most disturbing discovery. At this very moment an asteroid is heading straight to Coruscant. You may have heard of early asteroids, that caused no harm. Even the most powerful of these asteroids only damaged a section of the city that would be fixed within twenty four hours. But this is serious. A huge rock is coming at us at a speed, that when it hits, will destroy most of Eastern Coruscant, and send the rest into space to spin to pieces. What does this mean? This means a most brutal death in a mere minute of impact for all of Coruscant. This is dead serious. Pack all of your things now. Do not panic. The evacuations begin tomorrow. Increased Republic forces shall maintain currently marshall law which shall continue until evacuations of the planet are complete. Thank you for your continued patronage to the Republic. I am Azoku Kanasaki. Good night, and good luck." He turned it off. He hated the way it came out, but it gave the facts. He knew he probably killed it though...
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Post by bacon on Apr 30, 2006 22:08:51 GMT -5
IC: Chancellor Solo
A sudden bizarre chime erupted from Azoku's walkie-talkie.
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Post by RaditzSoldier on May 1, 2006 20:22:17 GMT -5
IC: Azoku
Azoku was walking when a sudden chime came from his walkie-talkie.
"Executive Commander Kanasaki of the Repuplic Guard speaking," he said. He hated the title. It was so dreadfully long.
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Post by bacon on May 1, 2006 20:25:51 GMT -5
IC: Chancellor Solo
She spoke in a cold and desolate tone. "Report to the Senate immediately." With that, the connection was cut.
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