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Vinry Forge

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Catacombs, Geonosis

Having spent the day on the surface, suffering under the smoldering heat of the planet's sun, Vin had thought she would be glad to be out of the heat. But now that she was in the catacombs she almost wished she was back up top. The air felt stuffy, the lamps she and her guide carried illuminated lit up little more than a couple of meters around them, and there was a weight to the Force that seemed eager to twist her gut into knots.

Whispers had reached her ears of some sort of disease spreading on the planet of Geonosis, and with much of the Jedi Order caught up with the recent wave of news regarding the Red Sabers, she had taken it upon herself to fly out and investigate. Operating alone, on her own whims, was not something new to her. She had spent most of her life working outside the purview of the Council, and she wasn't about to let that change. After all, nothing she had seen from the Council during her brief stay on Ajan Kloss had convinced her that she needed to.

"Are you sure we aren't lost?" She asked her Geonosian guide. They had been walking for close to an hour now, and she was begining to wonder if her guide was every bit as lost as she felt. The catacombs were a maze that made absolutely no sense to her. The Geonosian, having reassured her a few times already, snapped back a reply, indignation and irritation plain in his voice. She wasn't particularly fluent in Geonosian, but she had enough of a grasp to get the gist of what he said. They were almost there, and would already have been there if not for her constant interruptions. "Alright," she said, raising the lamp she carried above her head to try and get a better look ahead, "no need to get snippy about it."

The Geonosian ignored her, continued ahead till he came to a stop a few minutes later. She walked up to him, and was about to ask him if they were there, but stopping herself to avoid irritating her guide any further. But he spoke up on his own soon after, slowly begining to move forward. They were there, but the guards who should have greeted them at the entrance were nowhere to be seen. Something, something was wrong.

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Ryder Blane

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A lone TIE Defender punched out of hyperspace and sailed through the silent stars towards Geonosis. A little more than a century ago, the Geonosian population verged on extinction due to the efforts of the Empire. Some colonies had managed to spring back since, but not enough to completely populate the dead world just yet—and even that was now threatened.

ST-0910, or "Ten," as he was known to some, was undertaking a mission that only he could. The rest of the Guardians and Legionnaires—what with their lightsabers and Force powers—were busy sowing chaos among the Sector Rangers and the Jedi. A solider like him had no place in that conflict just yet. But he could venture to the far reaches of the galaxy to investigate a rumor that was troubling his superiors. A disease appeared to be spreading across the stars. A disease the likes of which had not been seen since the days of the Old Republic.

Guiding his TIE through Geonosis's upper atmosphere, Ten swung for a colossal rock formation that looked like a trident reaching towards the sky. According to his information, this structure was the location of one of the last Geonosian hives. He sat the ship down in the red sands just outside one of the cavernous entrances into the rock formation. An initial sweep of the area revealed no life-forms, but there were a few odd readings coming from down below.

Ten disembarked, checked his blaster rifle, made sure the rest of his equipment was safely stored in his utility belt and his electrostaff was strapped around his torso; then, he switched his helmet into low-light vision mode, flipped the switch that activated the flashlight on his rifle, and eased into the tunnel. It didn't take him long to find evidence that something was very wrong on Geonosis.

A Geonosian cadaver was leaned up against the wall of the cave about half a meter away from the mouth. The poor bug didn't just look dead, it looked mutilated. Ten went down on one knee to get a better look. Bits of jagged flesh hung loosely along the edges of the cadaver's yawning wound. Almost like it had been eaten. It's head sported a fairly ghastly wound, as well, and was probably what killed it.

"Sith's blood," Ten cursed to himself.

He rose and continued further inside. The tunnel twisted in a myriad of directions, but, from what he had learned of Geonosian architecture, he knew it was leading him to the royal chamber. And he could only guess at what waited for him there... @Wit
 
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