It has not been a quiet time.
The heroes of Zebulon Beta have travelled the galaxy, returning each year to the Durosian Gremlin in Jolus City to share increasingly dire tales.
War has raged on the fringes of the Outer Rim as the Mandalorians erupted from their home world to seize an empire. The Republic did little to respond to this violence save granting membership to the city-world of Taris and establishing the Jebble-Vanquo-Tarnith Line to protect Taris and the agricultural planets that feed it.
Rumors of Mandalorian atrocities have drifted back to the Republic, but few have taken them seriously. Among them are the Jedi Knights Revan and Malak, who have led forays into Mandalorian space in search of proof of such horrors.
Binary Transport has survived inspite of the conflict, running covert reconnaissance and supply missions into the conflict zone on behalf of Republic Admiral Jimas Veltraa, co-commander of the Jebble-Vanquo-Tarnith Line. It has also kept up its ties with the Unified Force Academy, transporting Jedi -- including some of their old allies -- to areas in need of humanitarian aid from the order. And sometimes they lend the might of their lightsabers as well.
Although the Jedi High Council on Coruscant has forbidden the Order from engaging the Mandalorians, for fear that it will encourage them to attack the Republic proper, not all agree with their decry. The leaders of the Unified Force Academy on Zebulon Beta typify this divide.
While Jedi Master Queil, headmaster of the academy, has cautioned for watchful vigilance, Masters Ren Denobis and Qillon Kree have argued in favor of "aggressive negotiations" with the Mandalorians. Edan Photonam, ever the philosopher, wavers between the two points, and tries to keep the peace between Queil and the increasingly disgruntled Denobis and Kree.
Of Lornn Varri, there has been no sign since he dove through the Spire portal after the Dark Lady Aldera. The Unified Academy has found great stellar trama in remote star systems associated with the Holocron of Zend -- moons smashed into one another, great comets driven into gas giants, spectacularly violent corona ejections from a red giant -- but of the Sith knowledge cult, there has been only fleeting evidence.
===The Last Five Years...===
In terms of what the players have acquired over the last five years, Binary Transports now has six ships, including the Infinite Regress, the Aeon Harrier and the Cloudskimmer.
Each Jedi has their own starfighter, provided by the Living Force Academy to facilitate their good works in the Outer Rim ... and beyond. The starfighter in question is the Republic Fleet Systems Star Saber XC-01 Starfighter (CL 10, includes a hyperdrive x2, 10-jump memory utility droid).
Each character has saved 10,000 credits over the last five years. Please post your shopping lists to this thread. Keep in mind that Zulen has the tech specialist feat and will happily meet up with his friends during the downtime to craft upgrades.
My question for the group is ... what have your characters been doing during the last five years?
If I remember correctly, someone wanted to spend time researching the Holocron of Zend, but I don't remember if it was Rade Gasa or Quest Fios.
Are any of the Jedi interested in taking on a padawan? If so, Adon’ar Rha (the Twi'lik orphan you rescued from Ryloth) could fit the bill. Actually, this (or another padawan) might make a great character for Zack at Nuke(m)Con.
Has anyone been adventuring beyond the Outer Rim, in Mandalorian territory? If so, are you working with your former masters at the Unified Force Academy ... or with Revan and Malak?
