Script and storyline of Avian Hunt

The Script of Avian Hunt is the script of each cutscene that will play in the Avian Hunt campaign. It follows the story of the 1337 N00B5; their beginnings, their quests, and their struggles against (and alliances with) the Sith and the Jedi alike.

Plot
The 1337 N00B5 are a pirate league aiming to prevent one side of the Clone Wars from winning, fearing abuse of Palpatine's emergency powers if the Republic wins, and fearing endless war if the Confederacy manages to secure their worlds. To gain influence, they are on constant lookout to collect resources, pilots, technicians, and ships. As the Clone Wars end, however, they must decide how to minimize the effects of a disastrous new regime. Wishing to make life in the galaxy the way it was before the Senate was corrupted from the inside, they set out to rescue Jedi, search for weapons, and damage critical parts of Imperial forces.

The 1337 N00B5 start as a band of two humans and a Mon Calamari, all celebrated in a certain field, and each skilled in an interceptor. After finding a Sith Holocron, dated very recently, in an excavation on Korriban, Kaffman concludes that he has just discovered that the Sith are alive and well in the galaxy, and revealing this find would put the team, as well as the galaxy, in turmoil. They finally formulate a plan to raid the Jedi Temple to steal a Force-sensitive bacteria specimen, so that they can access the contents of the Holocron without damaging it.

During the raid on the Jedi Temple, a simultaneous pirate raid attempt to steal from the Bank of Coruscant, a high security bank full of treasures of the rich Coruscanti. The pirate league, numbering a mere half dozen, is a small group that rebelled against Jabba the Hutt when they were instructed to go on what they knew to be a suicide mission. Their raid on the bank is a failure, and they are cornered by the Coruscant police and several Jedi pilots. However, quick bargaining incorporates the doomed pirates into the 1337 N00B5, which strengthens their numbers.

Successfully taking the samples from a relatively low-security science lab in the Jedi Temple, the 1337 make their escape in new Delta-7s and a couple new Eta-2s (though the original three keep their ships). They use a landing craft owned by the former pirate gang to transport the pilots that ejected. Also, in space, they learn about outposts, and their value to enemies and allies alike. Before they dock with hyperspace rings, they manage to capture a few cargo ships that had been dumped into space to waste away.

On their way to Utapau to set up base, they use the bacteria formula to stimulate the Force detectors in the Sith Holocron. A birdlike figure appears, and when interrogated, hints that the Sith Master has political power in the Republic and that when choosing a candidate to be Sith apprentice, the Master decided on a former Jedi instead of she, who was still a Jedi Knight. Kaffman deduces that the Sith Master is the Supreme Chancellor, Palpatine, while the apprentice is Count Dooku, the last of the Lost Twenty.

Making their way to Utapau, they find their plan to set up base near a friendly sanctuary of the Pau'an's to fail, due to the reinforcements of Republic forces stationed above the planet to keep the Confederacy's Outer Rim stronghold from accessing the peaceful world that Palpatine owed a favor to. A Confederate frigate is also present, apparently on reconnaissance duty. Ordering the capture of the frigate, Ilmar Grmek, the Mon Calamari strategist, instructs the freighters to set up a temporary space base in order to tractor a corvette into custody so that it could take over the CIS frigate while the base tractors in yet another corvette. The plan succeeds, a maneuver which earns the admiration of many Pau'ans that were taken prisoner aboard the frigate.

They arrive on Tralus, the home planet of Kaffman, and the birthplace of Radar. Setting up a base, they gain economic resources and strengthen defenses. In the meantime, a squadron of clone troopers is searching for the mysterious bandits that attacked the Jedi Temple. However, the 1337 N00B5 manage not to confront them, even with their superior defenses, and are able to collect enough resources to build a fleet strong enough to challenge the security placed around Palpatine.

A recruiting party is sent to Corellia, to search for applicants that may have the qualities Kaffman specifies in order to be a good N00B. Much of this is done by paying unemployed former planetary defense agents, who were replaced by clones when the Clone Wars started. Other members are accepted when told the truth about Palpatine's hold on the Senate, and his plans to build an Empire. The 1337 N00B5 leave after defeating a recon squadron of the CIS, gaining the admiration, and loyalty, of many more followers.

Kaffman and Ilmar Grmek formulate a plan to capture Count Dooku, and use him to get to Palpatine. Count Dooku could also be a valuable asset in tracking down the elusive Vergere. The only one, however, who constantly knows the location of the Sith apprentice was Greivous. Fortunately, Kaffman deducts that from his last series of jumps, Tatooine would be his next destination, most likely to strike a deal with the Hutts that controlled the planet.

Once arriving on Tatooine, they search the most likely destination. During the search, Jabba the Hutt recognizes some of the 1337 as some of the smugglers that betrayed him, and sends what pathetic forces he has into battle. During the confusion, several of Jabba's slaves plea for salvation in exchange for their service. Kaffman and Radar accept this distress call, and work to liberate the slaves. However, before completely eliminating Jabba the Hutt, the Confederacy arrives and attacks the fleet of the 1337. Setting many mines, lots of 1337 ships are destroyed, and the 1337 only succeed in escaping by forcing the opponent to lose a skirmish by stalling the enemy long enough for them to run out of fuel. This tactic buys them enough time to move their ships into space.

When they get back into space, they learn that Greivous has taken a resigned Jedi as prisoner some time ago. Realizing the value of a former Jedi in the fight against the Sith plot and the Jedi pigheadedness, Kaffman decides to rescue every prisoner aboard the enemy frigates by disabling them and then sending a rescue shuttle to pick them up. The Jedi, identified as Thracia Cho Leem, refuses to join the 1337 until they tell her about Vergere. She, along with her Force-sensitive child, instantly devotes herself to the N00B5's cause.

After Thracia Cho Leem extracts much more information from the Holocron than the bacteria was able to, most likely due to Vergere's recognition of her former Master, Thracia Cho Leem tells of her fate at a legendary world called Zonama Sekot, which has since disappeared. Vergere, leaving a message concerning her intentions to spy on an unknown extragalactic species, was far from where any Sith tendencies could do damage, at least at the moment. Acknowledging that keeping Palpatine from gaining power was more important at the time, as well as that Greivous could not be captured before the Republic got to him, Kaffman decides to go to Geonosis, where he may be able to gain enough materials to lead another strike at Coruscant.

At Geonosis, the CIS recognizes some of their frigates and a few units and thinks that the incoming convoy is friendly. In fact, the very same convoy was intercepted by the 1337 N00B5's corvettes, and replaced by their own Munificent-class star frigates. Hoping that they won't have to get resources by force, Kaffman hails the Geonosian leadership and explains what he suspects to be Palpatine's plans. The Geonosians, realizing that Palpatine was using the CIS as a puppet to take over the galaxy, at the cost of the destruction of the CIS, piece everything together to come to the conclusion that... the 1337 N00B5 must be eliminated. One Geonosian leader admits he will take the 1337 information into account, but if the pirates seek to restore peace and freedom in the Republic, they are their enemy. ("Confederacy FTW", comments Radar)

The peaceful negotiations end as a brutal display of force. The 1337 N00B5 destroy two Core Ships and steal a third to use for their own means.

Returning to Coruscant in hopes of assassinating Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, the 1337 N00B5 attack the Bank of Coruscant, most namely the vaults of the Jedi Order. To the glee of the six pirates that originally joined the 1337, this attempt is successful, but instead of Corusca gems and retirement credits, the raid focuses on gathering credits for purchasing ships, paying members, and concealing the gang, as well as getting enough other resources to build a shipyard and base able to produce the ships and items needed to take at least two Venator-class Star Destroyers. Seeing the need to procure bombers in the mission, Kaffman takes the YT-1300 bombers that were guarding the Bank of Coruscant and mans them with less automated pilot. They are about to make their move against Palpatine when the Confederacy of Independent Systems strikes Coruscant.

The Confederacy of Independent Systems beats the 1337 N00B5 to Palpatine, considering the CIS didn't deliberate over petty banks. The 1337 N00B5 do not manage to track the kidnappers, but when Kaffman glimpses an oncoming Venator-class Star Destroyer releasing two Eta-2 Jedi interceptors, he concludes that the Jedi's leads may be better than theirs. They cleverly join the battle in space, sending the units taken from the CIS against the Republic, and the units taken from the Republic against the CIS. Because of a considerable distance between the two legions, nobody suspects the N00B5 for not firing on each other. The Eta-2 interceptors are followed, until they land in a Trade Federation Cruiser's hangar just before the blast doors close.

Concluding that Greivous, and perhaps even Dooku, was on that ship, Kaffman orders the new Venator-class Star Destroyers to engage the Trade Federation Cruiser with aims to destroy it entirely, with nobody escaping. This was his unexpected chance to get rid of a threat to galactic security and even both Sith Lords. The Trade Federation Cruiser's stabilizers fail temporarily, and it starts to plummet toward Coruscant. The 1337 N00B5 follow it after they deal with a few Republic forces that had recognized that the Venators were stolen, and continue to bomboard the cruiser. Eventually, the 1337 N00B5 succeed in taking out a secondary reactor. Escape pods are launched from the cruiser, and the 1337 are unable to destroy them all. The Trade Federation Cruiser destroyed, and uncertain whether Greivous was killed, the 1337 N00B5 flee.

Several months later, the 1337 arrive on Kashyyyk in hopes of recruiting Wookiees to their cause. They believed that being able to assist in defeating the Confederate invaders would be key to earning the Wookiees' trust, knowing the Wookiees take life debts seriously. From intelligence gathered about the attacking Confederate fleet, the Republic stood little chance against the invaders, though once the Republic was pushed back to shore, the Confederacy should have its attention directed against the clones and Wookiees as the 1337 struck their home bases.

The plan, as it turned out, worked out brilliantly, although it was the arrival of Yoda that seemed to be the turning point, and not the surreptitious pirate strike. After their victory, they witness the clone troopers turning on the Jedi, shooting down Luminara Undli and attempting to shoot at Yoda (to no avail). The 1337 N00B5 attempt to rescue Yoda, knowing that Palpatine has made his move against the Jedi and will soon overthrow the government, but two Wookiees do it first. Knowing that time was running out to eliminate the Sith, the 1337 N00B5 quickly plan their next move.

Deciding that Senator Amidala would be the only one open-minded and bold enough to propose a convincing bill in the Senate to de-throne Palpatine before it was too late, they contact Coruscant, but her guard reports that she left for unknown reasons. Registering as a bounty hunter that was following a Jedi, Radar calls the Coruscanti space traffic control centers and demands to know where the last Naboo royal starship jumped. Receiving an answer, they jump to Mustafar.

On Mustafar, they find three Jedi that survived Order 66 and were tracking who they called "Darth Vader." With them are several dozen clone troopers that were convinced that loyalty to friends, and to a clearly innocent commander, was more important than their duty to follow the Chancellor's every whim. They join the 1337 N00B5 when they learn what they've been doing for years. After fighting off two newly minted Imperator-class Star Destroyers, the 1337 N00B5 retreat into permanent exile, planning to resist the Empire in every way they could.

Emperor Palpatine has hinted in Outbound Flight that he knew, at least vaguely, of the Yuuzhan Vong. The Vong, however, are invisible in the Force, so Palpatine must have had knowledge, presumably from his master, Darth Plagueis, who specialized in the study of life, of Vongsense, or an extended spectrum in the Force that can be used to sense the Yuuzhan Vong. Darth Vader, who has become wary of Palpatine's arrogance and his consistent refusal to share with him any knowledge he may have on preserving life, rebels against Darth Sidious in an attempt to overthrow him. Palpatine, ill-practiced in lightsaber duels and Force powers that could be used against a Sith like Vader, manages to convince Vader that his Empire is what needs to be done because of the threat of the Far Outsiders, and promising to teach Vader how to sense the Far Outsiders. Vader is then reminded that one Jedi, still possibly posing a threat of rebuilding the Jedi Order and inciting a stronger rebellion, went with the Far Outsiders years ago to attempt to understand them. If Vergere could find ways of manipulating the Far Outsiders by telling them why and how they should conquer the Galaxy, Darth Vader would have to make her in a high Order 66 priority.

A Ferroaran, who has joined the 1337 N00B5 on Tatooine during the pursuit of Greivous, has proposed that, instead of wandering in random space travels, establish a large base that can reduce their need to pillage and instead gather unclaimed resources. The 1337 N00B5 deduce that only the Unknown Regions would house such a stronghold. After confronting Darth Vader's fleet at Corellia, and managing to drive them back, they follow the fleet to the Maw, a cluster of black holes that the 1337 soon discover to house superweapons, most especially the Death Star, in construction. Vader's fleet gathers reinforcements from here, and jumps hastily.

The 1337 N00B5, barely escaping the might of the heavily-armed security of the Maw, recognize the jump point to somewhere in the Unknown Regions. The Ferroaran N00B, who was once a resident of the legendary Zonama Sekot, and had evacuated when the Far Outsiders attacked, figured that Darth Vader was searching for a new superweapon of a living planet to aid the power of the Empire. The 1337 N00B5 decide that finding the planet before the Empire would have to be a high priority, especially if they could convince Sekot to join their side first.

The high-risk journey would take great amounts of supplies. Recalling that the Confederacy of Independent Systems had taken Bespin, which had a large reserve of Tibanna gas available, the 1337 N00B5 assume that what security Cloud City and other gas mines would be low. They are proven wrong, however, when they are met by a regional governor's full force of its army. The 1337 N00B5 take the security only, avoiding damage to civilian craft, such as freighters. Once the governor and his army is defeated, the 1337 N00B5 gather sufficient resources for the journey to the Unknown Regions.

There they follow several leads; the Chiss Expeditionary Force, which was defending territory that the Empire had recently jumped into, was convinced by the ingenious captain of the 1337 N00B5 that the location of Zonama Sekot would help drive the Empire out of the Chiss's territory for virtually forever. The coordinates are given to the 1337 N00B5 of the suspected location of Sekot, based on recent gravity shifts, and the Chiss keep a watchful eye on the pirate gang to prevent any traitorous moves.

When Zonama is found, Sekot detects a part of Vergere in Thracia Cho-Leem, a Jedi who joined the 1337 N00B5 in hope of damaging the horror that Palpatine had built. The connection with Vergere (as Cho-Leem was in fact Vergere's Master) forged a reliable communication with Sekot, through which they learned the Yuuzhan Vong were attempting to colonize and overtake the planet as their own, the Far Outsiders thinking the symbolic connection with their homeworld was a sign from the gods. The Far Outsiders were destroying the wildlife on the planet, and harming Sekot. The 1337 N00B5 make a bargain with Sekot, eventually convincing the planet that it needed to take arms against the Far Outsiders to save itself, and hopefully do good for the galaxy later.

However, midway through the purge of the Far Outsiders, the Empire arrives, following Darth Vader, who sensed a familiar presence at Zonama, thinking it was Vergere, which he associated with the planet. Sekot recognizes the presence of Darth Vader, as Sekot had once known young Anakin Skywalker as a boy. Sekot pleas to Anakin that the Far Outsiders need to be driven back. However, Darth Vader can't bear to not eradicate the 1337 N00B5 once and for all, especially after they discovered the superweapons in the Maw, damaged their fleet, and learned of Vader's intentions, he thought, to bring Vergere back to Coruscant and be his new apprentice once they succeed in overthrowing the Emperor. Sekot manages, however, to force the two factions together, while the Chiss decide not to be a part of it and retreat. The Yuuzhan Vong are driven off the planet, and Darth Vader's fleet immediately turns on the fleet of the 1337, both somewhat surprised of each other's treachery. However, the Chiss Ascendancy arrives again, this time with a much larger fleet, and uses Connor nets and gravity wells to capture the the capital ships of the 1337 N00B5. Sekot, before any battle is made, however, jumps into hyperspace into a section of the Unknown Regions, bringing the Darth Vader's fleet with it.

When they arrive at Sekot's destination, Sekot immediately reverts back into hyperspace, leaving the Darth Vader's fleet behind.

The 1337 N00B5, however, under captivity, convince the Chiss to not hold them or their ships, and be supplied with resources needed to face the Far Outsiders, wherever they come from. The Ruler of the First Ruling Family agrees, mostly because the 1337 promise them any planets and territories conquered in the battle, along with the elimination of an obvious threat in territory the Chiss wish to claim. Thrawn, however, is inspired to take a different course of action and plans something different.

Opening crawl

 * A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away
 * STAR WARS
 * AVIAN HUNT
 * The time of the Galactic Republic is drawing to a close. Economic despair, threats of secession, and political struggles threaten to engulf a unity that has stood for thousands of years.
 * Hope is not lost, however. A daring pirate league that call themselves the 1337 N00B5 fights to find a solution to the rising Clone Wars, and hopes to restore a peace and freedom that could not be bought from either a Confederate or Republic victory.
 * As the 1337 N00B5 gain power, their only goal is to liberate the people of the Galaxy from corruption and war. Evil is everywhere, and there are herores on all sides. Truth as perceived by anyone can not be trusted...

Introduction
(Enter Radar)
 * (Screen shows pan of excavation)
 * Kaffman's assistant: Professor, this ancient Sith temple appears not to have anything undiscovered. Except... we have found something recent that seems to have been planted within the year. We thought it was a bomb. (Produces a pyramidal handheld object)
 * Kaffman: (Startled) That... that has the design and markings of a Sith Holocron.
 * Kaffman's assistant: Sith?
 * Kaffman: A Holocron is like a computer, though it assembles to duplicate the thoughts and ideas of a Force-sensitive master. If unlocked, a Holocron will reveal the teachings and secrets of the individual it emulates. Usually, the Sith make pyramidal Holocrons, like this one. What does the carbon dating reveal?
 * Kaffman's assistant: It was created about four years ago, according to Radar Spectros.
 * Kaffman: So the Sith... or a Sith sympathizer... still lives. An extraordinary find. Unless... Have you been able to activate it?
 * Kaffman's assistant: Actually, no. But Radar's scans do confirm that it indeed has the software and hardware of a complex computing machine. He said we can only connect the power circuit by stimulating a sensor that detects some kind of subatomic particle, or something.
 * Kaffman: Then this is authentic. The Sith exist. A danger is being posed to the Galaxy.
 * Kaffman's assistant: More dangerous than the Clone War?
 * Kaffman: Possibly. Or perhaps responsible for it. It could be Count Dooku, the last member of the Lost Twenty, but I seriously doubt he could call himself a Sith. Fallen Jedi can't teach themselves the Dark Side secrets very easily.
 * Kaffman's assistant: Well, we could call the Jedi Order and see what they have to say about it.
 * Kaffman: No. I've studied the Jedi and the Sith histories all my life. I have learned what they try to conceal, and I know what they will do if they learn that the Sith are indeed active. We need to find a way to unlock this Holocron and learn its secrets before we inform anyone about it. If the Jedi learn that the Sith have returned, they will attempt to take over the Senate and declare an Order to secure the people of the Republic against the threat. I have no doubt of this, especially with Jedi Master Windu being a leading member of the High Council.
 * Kaffman's assistant: How do we... uh... learn it's secrets then? And how do you even know it has dangerous information?
 * Kaffman: The Sith always have something to hide, and they always think they're being clever by hiding their information in something only someone "worthy" of their knowledge, that is: an ambitious Force-sensitive, can obtain. Holocrons, you see, are built to answer only to someone that can use the Force. It will open exclusively when it senses a determined presence that emits a powerful Force aurora. I believe that's what we can exploit. RADAR!
 * Radar: Sorry, I've been recalibrating the microslicers. They may have been damaging some of the earlier scanners if they really were vibrating to imprecision of twelve nanometers.
 * Kaffman: Radar, what we've just dug up is a Sith Holocron.
 * Radar: You said the Sith were extinct for a thousand years. That artifact was made after we graduated!
 * Kaffman's assistant: Which was pretty recent, considering you're already a history professor, and you're already a head of a planetary university's science department.
 * Kaffman: Which means we are now officially on the run from a very real Sith that doesn't want his secrets given to someone as inferior as us. The Sith have returned, and if we're not the intended recipients of this Holocron, we are the Sith Lord's targets.
 * Radar: Well, that's wonderful news. I guess that means we're going to have something really bad happen to compensate for our outstandingly good state.
 * Kaffman: If the Jedi learn that the Sith are back, they will try to overthrow the democracy in the Senate to gain the power needed to eliminate the Sith.
 * Kaffman's assistant: It's not like they're very democratic now, anyways. Now that the Chancellor has those emergency powers, it would be the same thing...
 * Kaffman: ...only controlled not by an elected branch, but a group of predestined warriors with a special gift that manipulates the laws of physics. Which means that it would be very soon that the new government would become elitist, discriminate against non-Force-users, and attempt to control more and more. After a millennium of peace, the peacekeepers will overreact to what threatens the peace. If there is anything that could disrupt the galaxy enough to excite the Jedi's inner ambition, it is the prospect of a rival. It would be the Schisms all over again.
 * Radar: .......... But... to find out what is in that Holocron, we will need a Jedi.
 * Kaffman: Is Force-sensitivity limited to sentients? Holocron mechanisms will open if they sense determination, ambition, and a powerful Force-using presence. Such traits could be simulated with the right biological equipment, am I right?
 * Radar: Ahhhh... It would be near-impossible to breed a Force-sensitive bacterium from scratch, but... I was once privileged to view the ancient Jedi Archive library when I won the InterGalactic Senior Science Exposition. Apparently, their scientists have isolated a gene that is at least partially responsible for their abilities, and have samples of bacteria that have a disproportionately high Midi-Chlorian count.
 * Kaffman: Would that work?
 * Radar: Theoretically. Bacteria are so simple, that they have no goal but to become more. That should register as ambition and determination all right. And the sensors seem to look for interaction in Midi-Chlorians. A bacteria colony is practically symbiotic with every organism in it, and this stimulates the Force-potential in Midi-Chlorians quite a bit, though it cannot be directed in the way Jedi hone their skills. So I wouldn't expect a bacterium to Force-push me, but it should be enough to open a Holocron.
 * Kaffman: So the key to the Holocron is in the Jedi Temple?
 * Radar: I'm afraid so. I never saw the specimens myself, only their records briefly while I was on tour. They are restricted information; only federal scientists and Jedi are allowed to examine them.
 * Kaffman: Nothing can be arranged that wouldn't give away our intent?
 * Radar: You're the mastermind.
 * Kaffman: Ha ha. It would be far too suspicious if we requested the samples of bacteria for study and we gave no good reason. They would probably think we're trying to duplicate the Force-sensitive gene and transplant it. Knowing what happened to Jenna Zan Arbor, that scientist that was studying Jedi, I'm afraid that would put us as much on the run as if we had barged in there and stolen it.
 * Radar: We could pretend we're pirates and bombard the temple and steal it, if that's our other option.
 * Kaffman: Radar, you're a genius.
 * Radar: I was kidding, Kaffman. KIDDING!
 * Kaffman: No, it's brilliant! If we steal the samples, and any other supplies we need to learn from the Holocron and search for the Sith, the Jedi will blame it on the Confederacy, or some pirate gang, and we'll be more free to learn what the Holocron reveals and what we can do to stop the Sith without the risk of the Jedi going corrupt.
 * Kaffman's assistant: And then we assassinate Jedi Master Mace Windu, seeing that he's behind all of your conspiracy theories.
 * Kaffman: They're not conspiracy theories! Okay, maybe they are. But that doesn't mean that he's evil, or actively trying to create a Jedi theocracy to replace the Senate.
 * Kaffman's assistant: You can't attack the Jedi Temple! We don't even have a ship!
 * Kaffman: We have three prototype Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptors and a small transport, which could act as a conspicuous rescue shuttle. Radar has been flying Eta-2 prototypes in simulators ever since he was 5, and I'm not bad in one myself. Ever since Radar showed me how to fly those, I've proven to be decent enough in an interceptor. If we catch the Jedi off guard, we will be able to get in and out swiftly.
 * Radar: The problem is, Kaff, that they aren't off guard. Ever since the assassination attempts on Senator Amidala, they've just about tripled security.
 * Kaffman: Their security is against primarily assassins and probe droids, and concentrated around the Senate Hall and 500 Republica. The Jedi Temple, however, is assumed to be safe because it is inhabited, after all, by thousands of Jedi. But an aerial attack... it just might work. I'd like to hire a tactical adviser, though. Preferably a good pilot.
 * Kaffman's assistant: No. This is going too far. Just another one of your crazy ideas.
 * Kaffman: I'm afraid learning what the Sith are really up to is the only way we can keep both the Jedi and the Sith from establishing unfair reigns and corrupting the government even further.
 * Kaffman's assistant: We're university professors, not political activists. And we're CERTAINLY not pirates!
 * Kaffman: We are whatever we need to be in order to do what is right.
 * Radar: I think you're going too far on this one, Kaff. This is just like your scheme to investigate Wraith Sienar's infiltrator craft.
 * Kaffman: I know, I know. That ship was never a Sith Lord's. But this is irrefutable proof. Only a Sith... or at least a Dark Jedi, could assemble a Holocron like this. And if it was built only a few years ago, it means the Sith are on the move, and we're on its target list.
 * Kaffman's assistant: Well, not if the Sith don't know I'm not a part of it. I'm outta here.
 * Kaffman: Fine. Stay away from the Eta-2s. We need those.
 * Kaffman's assistant: I'm not going to be a part of this gang of yours, Professor! I'm not going to break any law, and I'm not going to hunt any Sith! I'm taking my Eta-2 and leaving. I quit.
 * Kaffman: We can't let you take any of the Eta-2s. I'd offer you our freighter, but seeing that we need to get off-planet...
 * Radar: Professor, perhaps this is going a bit too far?
 * Kaffman: Unless you have a solution that lets us understand and search for the Sith without alarming the Republic and throwing the government into a worse state than it already is, I'm afraid nothing is going too far. This is the safety and freedom of the galaxy at stake.
 * Kaffman's assistant: That's quite a cube of yours.
 * Kaffman: We don't know how powerful it is until we can examine it, and we can't without either a Force user or a substitute that could fool it. Both can be found in the Jedi Temple, and I have much less of a problem kidnapping a sample of bacteria than kidnapping a Jedi.
 * Radar: This all makes good sense, but... what if we had never found this item? Would we still be breaking laws in order to search for Sith?
 * Kaffman: Up until now, I have thought, like everyone else, that the Sith have been extinct for a thousand years. The evidence to the contrary is now so powerful, just because of this Holocron, that it can corrupt the galaxy without the Sith lifting a finger. I intend to make it not so easy for the Sith. They, or he, or she, for that matter, will have to act out their initial plans, which are conveniently revealed in this Holocron.
 * Kaffman's assistant: I'm not a part of it.
 * Kaffman: Fine. Then leave.
 * Radar: Wait... but couldn't he reveal the existence of the Holocron when we hypothetically raid the Jedi Temple?
 * Kaffman: He won't come off as convincing to the temple security. Unless he says the Sith have returned, Coruscant will not bother adding extra protection to a place they're sure is safe, especially since it is the housing of thousands of trained elite peacekeepers that really know how to fight. And, I might add, telling of the Sith's existence and making it public will make it easy for the Sith Lord, who probably wants to remain undiscovered, to track him down. Sith are known for vengeful tendencies, and seeing they value the ability to remain unseen, I'd say the Sith would likely act against whoever revealed the secrets of the Sith's continued existence.
 * Kaffman's assistant: Then I guess my safest route is to pretend I was never a part of this. (walks off)
 * Kaffman: Yes, but you're still not taking any of our ships. I'm afraid you can't go anywhere with what you have available.
 * Radar: I'll stay with you to see how this plays out. But how in the worlds are we going to get into the Jedi Temple, steal a top-security specimen, and get out in the most populated planet in the galaxy, through the highest concentration of Jedi in the Republic?
 * Kaffman: As I already said, the security on Coruscant is mostly scanning for stealthy assassins and imposters. A wise choice for whoever was in charge. The skies of Coruscant, however, are completely bustling with unchecked traffic around the clock. There are no security checkpoints there. Last I heard on the news, there was even a high-speed speeder chase through the skyline a couple weeks ago that the non-Jedi security didn't even notice, simply because they were stationed indoors and did not get word that the assassin was getting away in her speeder. The sky will always be the most insecure on Coruscant, because any act of the Senate to control traffic and install security checkpoints would result in civilian uproar. People on their way to work don't like wasting five minutes having their ships scanned and checked for something that isn't going to be there.
 * Radar: So we get to the temple in the Eta-2s... then what?
 * Kaffman: You know, I once met a military tactician who was very competent and resourceful. I might give her a call. She will practically do anything to be part of the Clone Wars, and yet most of the lead ranks have been replaced by clones and Jedi, with no need for more normal individuals.
 * Radar: So we offer her a job to be an outlaw?
 * Kaffman: Anyone who knows of the Sith's existence is a hunted man. And if we're being hunted by a Sith, I reckon we should try to do a bit of hunting ourselves.

Opening

 * (Camera follows three Eta-2 interceptors, followed by a rescue craft. The four ships split up)
 * Kaffman: Once I get into the Jedi Temple, you'll have to target the building. This will divert all of the ground security and Jedi and keep things in the skies.
 * Grmek: We only need to hold off the police as long as it takes to salvage the bacteria sample.
 * Radar: I still can't believe you were able to drag her into this.
 * Kaffman: Don't ever underestimate Ilmar's bloodlust.
 * Grmek: I'm not bloodthirsty... I just feel my calling to be a tactician.
 * Radar: Well, it's tactics we need now. I really don't feel comfortable attacking the Jedi Temple.
 * Grmek: Just because it's against the law?
 * Kaffman: From a historical standpoint, the only laws that matter are those of the conscience. I can not, in good conscience, do nothing about this Sith Holocron. We must learn more about it. A Holocron this recently made suggests that the Sith have somehow returned, and if that's true, the fate of the galaxy is at stake.
 * Radar: Well, that's pretty dramatic.
 * Kaffman: Only if it has to be. I'm hoping we manage to do this as deftly and subtly as possible.
 * Grmek: Yes, your choice form of attack was very subtle. An air raid.
 * PK-10: This is PK-10, hailing from the shuttle. We are approaching our destination.
 * (Fades to game screen)

The Blood Karvers: Part I

 * Jett Worrap: Everyone, follow me!
 * Trendel Kin: Woohoo! Go for the loot!
 * Rondo Sien: Awesome. We're robbing the Bank of Coruscant.
 * Brahmagupta: Rarrrr!
 * Republica Sheriff: What the blazes? More pirates!
 * Radar: Some of the police droids are breaking off!
 * Kaffman: What?
 * Grmek: They're on a trajectory toward the commercial district... Peekay, do you note any unusual activity over there?
 * PK-10: Apart from beautiful skies, a slightly warmer average temperature for this time of year, and a high-pressure front... there appears to be a small fleet of airspeeders moving in attack position toward the Bank of Coruscant. They do not display Coruscanti markings, and their transmission signature is on a nonsecure channel.
 * Radar: What are they saying?
 * Jett Worrap: Send all the droids you want! I'm still getting this money!
 * Rondo Sien: That sure is a lot of them. You sure we can take them?
 * Jett Worrap: Just watch.
 * (Jett's airspeeder veers off, fires a few shots at an oncoming police droid, and fires. The police droid explodes. A rear towcable is shot from Jett's airspeeder, latching onto another droid. The airspeeder pivots sharply with the momentum of the police droid, and the droid loses control of itself. The towcable is severed, and the droid crashes into a building. Jett fires at a third police droid, and damages it. The police droid veers off.)
 * Republica Sheriff: So that's the way it is, huh? Let's see if you like the Bank's anti-aircraft guns.
 * Trendel Kin: Jett! Look out!
 * Jett Worrap: Huh? (Missile hits Jett's speeder) Frag it! I'm ejecting! (Jett ejects from the speeder right before it crashes)
 * Zo Ii: I knew this would happen.
 * Brahmagupta: Wooorr!
 * Trendel Kin: You said it, Brahma, scatter!
 * Grmek: Wow. Those guys over there make me feel much better, knowing I actually planned this mission. They should at least have checked the schematics of the bank before attacking it.
 * Radar: Let's not compare ourselves to cocky newbie bank-robbers.
 * Kaffman: The anti-aircraft cannons on the bank are something new. It can't be yet a week old installation. They must have just installed it after the secessionists declared war.
 * Grmek: That's a waste. If the CIS is going to go around robbing banks, they should at least stick to the worlds that aren't in the coverfire of the Core.
 * PK-10: In case you haven't noticed, the anti-aircraft array is between us and our choice exit path.
 * Grmek: That will never do. We'll have to take a long way out.
 * (Fades to game screen)

The Blood Karvers: Part II

 * Radar: Oh no... oh no oh no oh no...
 * Kaffman: What's going on up there?
 * Radar: Jedi fighter. We're gonna die.
 * Grmek: No way we can take on Jedi pilots. We'll have to retreat.
 * Kaffman: I've got the incubators. I hope this one of these is the right sample, because I'm outta here.
 * PK-10: I'll pick you up.
 * Grmek: No good. We can't cover you.
 * Radar: We'll be back. The plan calls for us to draw back and lure them into the lower levels.
 * Grmek: The plan didn't provide for any squadron of pirate airspeeders approaching the lower levels of this district.
 * Radar: Seriously? That's where they're headed?
 * Grmek: Unfortunately, yes. We'll have to confront them, and they look like they're good pilots. Did you see what that guy did to those police droids? The leader was only shot down because of anti-aircraft guns, and even the best pilots can't last long against those.
 * Radar: We're not bad pilots ourselves.
 * Grmek: Well, we have to be on the lookout for the Jedi pilots that are coming in. They're getting closer.
 * Anakin Skywalker: This is Skywalker, hailing Temple Guard. I received word of your hangar being destroyed. I got here as fast as I can.
 * PK-10: THE Skywalker? We're doomed.
 * Grmek: Argh. I never suspected any Jedi with a starfighter would be parked away from the Temple. Why was he taking a vacation in a Delta-7?
 * Radar: He's here. I'm not.
 * Grmek: Our fighters are faster than his. If we can draw him to the Works, we can ionize the local power station.
 * Anakin Skywalker: Skywalker to Temple, do you copy? There are two fighters, they look like that new design that's due to ship, that are fleeing from the Temple. Are they friendly? If so, how come I didn't get any of the new Eta-2s? Hello?
 * Radar: Could it be? He's not following us!
 * Grmek: I made sure we ionized the comm array. He'll probably go for the pirates.
 * Zo Ii: No! Help us! This guy's tearing us apart!
 * (Anakin's Delta-7 dives, and shoots down two of the five remaining airspeeders in a matter of seconds. The pilots eject. Anakin does a series of barrel rolls and evades the pirates' frantic fire, taking out another.
 * Brahmagupta: Roooooor! (Ejects)
 * Anakin Skywalker: These pirates are such cowards. They're ejecting way before I can blow them up.
 * Radar: This is good. If we can ionize the power generator, we'll be able to pass those anti-aircraft guns and make our escape!
 * Grmek: That's our priority. Peekay, you keep blending in. Stay away from the Temple.
 * (Fades to game screen)

Trouble in the Temple

 * (The power generator for the district is destroyed. The Blood Karvers have all been shot down by Anakin Skywalker, and Anakin realizes that the Eta-2s that shot the power generator are hostile. Republica sheriff comes online.)
 * Republica sheriff: Finally! A Jedi arrives. It's about time.
 * Anakin Skywalker: Apparently, the pirates struck at the Jedi hangar and communications first. That's why I'm the only one out. Actually, I was over at 500 Republica when they struck, so I didn't have to scramble from the Temple.
 * Republica sheriff: You really did a number on those airspeeders those pirates had! Though they wouldn't have come any closer to the Bank with the anti-aircraft cannons the Senate had installed. They're worried about Confederates attacking the Bank, because it holds some valuable items and currency that is crucial to the war effort.
 * Anakin Skywalker: Yeah, sure. And you get attacked by pirates. On CORUSCANT.
 * Republica sheriff: Well, yeah, that was embarrassing. But have you by chance noticed that the pirates that weren't in airspeeders just took out the city's power generator?
 * Anakin Skywalker: So annoying. Can you look for the pirates I shot down and arrest them, please? I'd rather spend a bit more time shooting enemy fighters than wasting formalities with jailing lowly scum.
 * (Camera cuts to Kaffman in Jedi Temple. Mace Windu appears.)
 * Mace Windu: You should find cover, sir. The Temple has been attacked by pirates. Where's your security station?
 * Kaffman: Y-you're Mace Windu...
 * Mace Windu: That's Master Windu to everyone in this Temple. Are you new here? What is your post?
 * Kaffman: I... teach history.
 * Mace Windu: ...to the younglings? I didn't know we hired a non-Jedi history teacher.
 * Kaffman: Well, see, I was on tour here. I was authorized to research the Jedi Archives for primary sources for a research paper.
 * Mace Windu: I sense so much fear in you. You are hiding something. Should you not be here?
 * Kaffman: You Jedi and your mind tricks. I'm merely returning to the hangar to be picked up by a transport.
 * Mace Windu: Your words are true, but I'm afraid the hangar has been blocked. I hereby place you under arrest. I sense that you are connected to the attack, somehow.
 * Kaffman: You don't have the authority to do that.
 * Mace Windu: I have the authority to arrest people, sure. Jedi do it all the time.
 * Kaffman: Sensing a disturbance in the Force is not a legal arrest warrant. The Galactic Republic's constitution does not entrust the Jedi to arrest anyone their judgment tells them to.
 * Mace Windu: The search warrant clauses have been suspended under the Emergency Powers act.
 * Kaffman: Do you think I don't know who was behind that?
 * Mace Windu: What... Senator Jar Jar Binks?
 * Kaffman: Don't pretend you had no influence in rallying the Senate with your diplomatic meetings concerning the threat of the Confederacy.
 * Mace Windu: We can argue politics when this air raid business is sorted out. Right now, I would like you to hand over that microbial incubator.
 * Kaffman: Stop using your Jedi senses and look at common sense. What would I be doing that's so wrong with this?
 * Mace Windu: For all I know, that's a virus that can wipe out a sentient species.
 * Kaffman: You have such things in the Jedi Temple?
 * Mace Windu: No. But you could have brought it here as a weapon against the Jedi.
 * Kaffman: Do your senses tell you that?
 * Mace Windu: No.
 * Kaffman: Then let me just say that this pirate gang you've connected me to has been pretty well-behaved. Our initial assault only caused a few thousand credits of damage to the Jedi Temple, we've deliberately avoided killing anyone; the collateral damage to the city has been minimal, and as far as I know nobody's been killed yet today. Aren't you glad that we pirates are gaining moral ground?
 * Mace Windu: There, a confession. Now I DO have a warrant to arrest you.
 * Kaffman: Funny that we pirates seem to regard property in a practical sense, considering the stereotypes that pirates are vain, materialistic scum that are decorative of their possessions, but cruel toward others. What are your feelings telling you?
 * Mace Windu: The Shatterpoint...
 * Kaffman: What?
 * Mace Windu: What you have just said... suddenly your future glows with importance. You will be a force in galactic history. Your actions will influence many.
 * Kaffman: I'm actually interested. My intent is only to protect the citizens of the galaxy, and for reasons I cannot divulge to you without risking everything I hold dear about the Republic, I need the incubator in my hand to realize that goal. So what does happen in my future?
 * Mace Windu: How much have you studied Jedi? You really are a peculiar criminal.
 * Kaffman: Sometimes, even the liberal elite can be dragged into piracy by events they could not predict.
 * Mace Windu: Your real estate investments don't count as a justification for what your gang tried to do to the Bank.
 * Kaffman: That's not what I meant. And besides, the guys who attacked the Bank aren't affiliated with me at all. They came quite unexpectedly.
 * Mace Windu: This is very odd... I sense only truth in your words, and yet I still sense that you are hostile to the Jedi and you are negligent of our security...
 * Kaffman: ...only for the sake of longer-term security.
 * Mace Windu: From your point of view.
 * Kaffman: With all due respect, I've devoted my life to studying the history of the Jedi and the Sith. If there's anything I've learned in those endeavors, it's that the Sith are evil, and that the Jedi aren't perfect. Who's to say your point of view is better than mine?
 * Mace Windu: I have the Force.
 * Kaffman: I have this incubator. Let me go with it, and I might be able to reveal more about the evil in this galaxy than the elusive Dark side can hope to conceal.
 * Mace Windu: What? I have no idea what you're talking about.
 * Kaffman: You think the Dark side is dormant?
 * Mace Windu: How...
 * Kaffman: You Jedi have been relatively militant and supportive of the Chancellor's federalizing movement, because you're afraid of long-term Galactic security. The obvious explanation is the Confederacy.
 * Mace Windu: The Confederacy must be stopped. A divided galaxy would mean disaster for both sides.
 * Kaffman: The Jedi are showing fear because of the Dark side. It's been growing, and you don't know why.
 * Mace Windu: Is this one of your educated guesses? Or are you Force-sensitive?
 * Kaffman: I don't need the gifts of the Midi-Chlorians to understand what's going on. Ask your symbiont organelles whether letting me go, with this incubator, will nurture or threaten the Dark side.
 * Mace Windu: Impossible...
 * Kaffman: As I said, the Jedi aren't perfect. Even your connection to the omnipresent, omniscient Force, your lifelong devotion to monastic peacekeeping and dispassionate moderation, and your honor of open-mindedness don't stop the debilitations of a single point of view. Be a true Jedi Master, sir. Serve peace and light.
 * Mace Windu: You are very strange. To challenge the Jedi like this. Your future... no matter what you do, you end up changing Galactic history. I cannot forsee what you will do. But you... you have fixed MY future. I must let you go.
 * Kaffman: Much appreciated. How in the worlds did I fix your future?
 * Mace Windu: After you pointed out the behaviors of your gang, I sensed many futures. I do not sense a pure beacon of light in you, no more than I sense it in anyone else, and yet... No future permitted me to ultimately arrest you, or kill you, or anything, in good conscience. I admit, I feared that vision, but I did what I could to delay it from coming to pass. Many will suffer because of you, pirate, but evil will know few greater enemies than those you lead. I can no longer stand to stop you. You may proceed to wherever you're going.
 * Kaffman: Many thanks. Good luck taking over the Senate when the war's over. (Runs off, hurriedly)
 * Mace Windu: Huh?

The Blood Karvers: Part III

 * (Camera snaps to Radar and Grmek flying through Coruscant's skylanes.)
 * Kaffman: I got it! What's the plan now?
 * Grmek: An Acclamator Assault ship just hyperspaced into orbit. Looks like the Sheriff called some friends.
 * Radar: Not to mention the Jedi is coming after us.
 * Kaffman: What about those other pirates? The ones that got shot down? They could help us get past them.
 * Radar: No, we're not facing that Jedi, not with the entire Confederate Army behind us.
 * Kaffman: You should split up. Peekay, dial up the pirates.
 * PK-10: That is your worst idea since planning this air raid.
 * Kaffman: Just do it.
 * PK-10: Hello, unidentified pirates that were humiliated by the realization that there were anti-aircraft guns on the Bank of Coruscant and by the arrival of an ace Jedi pilot. How do you do?
 * Jett Worrap: Who is this?
 * Kaffman: Need a job?
 * Zo Ii: No, we just need money.
 * Brahmagupta: Worrrr!
 * Rondo Sien: And ships.
 * Trendel Kin: And a way to get off this planet.
 * Jett Worrap: Or at least away and safe from the Jedi!
 * Kaffman: You're hired.
 * Jett Worrap: What?
 * Kaffman: You work for us, now. Do you have any other ships?
 * Jett Worrap: Now hold on a second!
 * Kaffman: I expect in a second the police will have you. If you take my job, you will be able to escape, get some fighters, and start a new life in a pirate organization that's smart enough to actually raid the Jedi Temple, steal a top-secret specimen, and outwit a Jedi Master face-to-face.
 * Radar: What, you outwitted...
 * Brahmagupta: Rwo?
 * Trendel Kin: Yeah, I guess that doesn't sound too bad. Considering the alternative.
 * Rondo Sien: Do we get money?
 * Kaffman: We have a limited research fund entrusted to us by the University of Corellia. I don't think we'll ever be able to get more from them, though. But I do have a plan to get some, and it's not as foolish as trying to rob the Bank of Coruscant without any freighters.
 * Jett Worrap: We do too have freighters!
 * Kaffman: Great. Permit me to treat them as the property of our pirate organization, and join the club, and your necks will be spared from the police.
 * Radar: They're just stupid criminal scum! We don't need their help!
 * Grmek: We do if we want to get past the Assault Ship in orbit.
 * Jett Worrap: Fine. But we probably won't stick around for long. What is this gang of yours called anyway?
 * Kaffman: Uh...
 * Grmek: We haven't decided...
 * Anakin Skywalker: Great. I'm fighting a bunch of pirates that don't even have a name for themselves. What kind of attack IS this?
 * PK-10: Do you guys realize that you're broadcasting on an open channel? Anyone with a battery-powered comlink can hear us.
 * Kaffman: I didn't think of that. Character code!
 * Radar: 1 5w17ch3d 70 73h c03d
 * Jett Worrap: Ha ha. I get it. L0L :)
 * Grmek: wha7 15 7ha7 supp0s3d t0 B? "L0L :)"?
 * Republica Sheriff: And now they're transmitting random characters to each other. Is that some kind of encryption?
 * Rondo Sien: U guyz R usign 1337; 73h c03d 0v numb3rs adn 13773r5 adn 5p311igns chang3d. U R pr377y n00by w/it.
 * Jett Worrap: 1f U n33d 4 n4m3, U cna c411 urse1v35 73h 1337 N00B5.
 * Kaffman: U maen 7h15 15 a c03d a1r34dy?
 * Trendel Ken: ROTFL! 17 15 u53d 0n 73h h0l0netz 8y k1d5 wh0 cna'7 aff0rd n37c4m3r4s!!! J377 1nv3n73d 17.
 * Radar: 00p5. 1 7h0ugh7 7h15 wuz 4 c13v3r 1d34.
 * (fades to game screen)

Salvage

 * Kaffman: It's about time you get here, Peekay.
 * PK-10: Your new henchmen have proved difficult to accommodate.
 * Jett Worrap: We got ships now. We're happy.
 * Trendel Kin: Though there's still a question of pay.
 * Radar: The question is how we get out of the system. Your new Delta-7s don't have hyperdrives, and we only have three rings to go around.
 * Grmek: There are thousands of hyperdrive rings in orbit that we can "borrow." The problem that we must face is the Acclamator in orbit.
 * Kaffman: Our objective now is to get into orbit. Everyone retreat.
 * Anakin Skywalker: This is Skywalker, hailing the six Delta-7 Jedi Starfighters that have just come out of the Temple hangar: please identify yourselves.
 * Jett Worrap: So long, Jedi! We're out of here!
 * Anakin Skywalker: What... you guys? I thought I already shot you down! How did you get those Jedi Star-
 * Jett Worrap: Sorry you couldn't revel in glory over us this time! We just happen to have friends in high places.
 * Kaffman: You aren't talking about us, are you?
 * Radar: "Friends in high places." That's funny. I like it.
 * Grmek: How is he travelling faster than the Jedi starfighters the pirates procured?
 * Radar: Figures. The Jedi must have modified his starfighter to go faster.
 * Kaffman: We need a plan quick. If anyone is feeling skilled enough, he'll have to take on Jedi Skywalker. If not, we'll have to use one of the four freighters as a decoy and send it head on into him. It should distract him long enough for us to make our escape.
 * (Fades to game screen)

Ending

 * (Camera follows the three Eta-2s, the six Delta-7s, PK-10's rescue shuttle, and the freighters.)
 * Kaffman: Great job so far, everyone.
 * Radar: We got this far. I never thought we'd actually do this well. The Force must be with us.
 * Grmek: It's not over yet. It will take some good planning to get past the Acclamator.
 * Jett Worrap: No problem. We've done stuff like this all the time.
 * Kaffman: You're going to have to tell us who you really are once we get out of this.
 * (Fades to victory screen)

Opening

 * (Camera shows Coruscant. An Acclamator-class Assault Ship appears, in the manner of a Star Destroyer in A New Hope.)
 * Radar: That thing is huge! Surely we're not going to face it!
 * Kaffman: You'll have to consult Ilmar on that.
 * Grmek: I vote no. If we had a few bombers, things might be different, but in this case, we only have fast fighters and interceptors. These won't do very well against a large ship like that.
 * Jett Worrap: You mean we're gonna run like cowards? Don't you guys know that that has a hyperdrive class 0.6? There aren't many ships that can outrun it if we go lightspeed, and you can bet your life they'll be able to trace our jump vector.