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Sith Apprentice - Lea Rahn
Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:34 am
Imperial personnel files
Imperial Intelligence Reports
Imperial Intelligence watcher Seven-Six-Two’s report on the appearance of Apprentice Lea Rahn.
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- NSWF images (Never got around to making clothes):
It is worth noting that the available files on Apprentice Rahn are confusing and incomplete. It can be assumed that her master—Darth Nyiss—has more complete files, but they are unavailable. As such, this report is not to be considered fully reliable.
A thorough investigation found fragments of a report mentioning her having been born in a Jedi Praxeum to a family of Jedi there. There is no record of any pureblooded Jedi families—thankfully—but the report seemed genuine. The name of the praxeum was missing, as was any indication of its location. It did name her former master—a Jedi Knight, if you would believe that—but it also said he is dead. There is no imagery available of her that is more than two years old. Anywhere. As such, manual observation seemed appropriate.
At a first glance, Apprentice Rahn is the spitting image of her master. Had she not dressed differently from her master, she could easily have been mistaken for the Darth herself. A closer inspection (through macrobinoculars) revealed minute discrepancies: her hair is a pure black color, her eyes are yellow rather than red, her chin is not as pronounced and her nose is a bit higher. Additionally, she stands some three point zero three galactic standard centimeters taller than her master.
All minute differences that are easily altered. Her body even has the same lean structure and build. It is worth noting that the apprentice appears not to have any jewelry the way her master has, but if the two were to attempt it, then there is no doubt in this agent’s mind that apprentice Rahn could serve as a body double for her master.
While she clearly favors clothing that is functional in nature, this agent has as of yet not observed her wearing the same exact outfit twice. Most of her clothes appear to show off her pureblooded nature well, having clearly been designed to show these off. This agent theorizes that it might be something she uses to keep hold of the attention of Apprentice Xid Terrik, who evidence indicates is her mate or something like that. Many would say it is improper for so fine a specimen of a Sith Pureblood to choose a human partner, but this agent has no intention of being the one to tell Apprentice Rahn or her master that.
Darth Nyiss’ private notes on Apprentice Lea’s capabilities with the Force.
Though at times she has been insolent, Young Lea has proven herself useful. She is talented when it comes to telekinetic and acrobatic techniques, had she remained with the Jedi and survived she might in time have become a problem to deal with. However, circumstances led her to me, where she was more appropriately trained and given an outlet for her incessant curiosity. After turning her I put her to use as a spy among some Jedi I acquired, keeping their antics from disrupting my studies overmuch.Her willing participation in my experiments proved useful, resulting in her being my first success. Her time as a double agent confirmed my impression that she could be subtle about her use of the Force, including manipulating trained Force-sensitives without them knowing it.
I have since widened her education to include a number of other techniques. Given enough time, she will prove quite valuable towards my goals.
Apprentice Nimm Deenia’s report on Apprentice Lea Rahn’s skills.
I do not know whether or not to like Apprentice Rahn. She is well-educated for her age, sucking up knowledge like a Massassi tree sucks up water, and she has a good grasp of Sith philosophy and culture. As for her origins, she [redacted].Her skills are acceptable for her low age. She is an adequate pilot with a basic understanding of starship and droid mechanics, no doubt learned from that human apprentice she has. I do not get her fascination with that individual. She is Sith, he is not. I think it is inappropriate for a Sith of her stature to associate with a former Jedi, but our master clearly disagrees. At least I can take solace in that this pet of hers doesn’t belong to a lesser species. At least I am spared that shameful association.
Her piloting has improved these past years, teaching her to be an adequate pilot of most smaller imperial vessels, though she has no natural talent. Her skills with diplomacy and tactics are somewhat better, and her understanding of Republic politics is useful enough that I occasionally consult her on it if know I have to deal with it.
Corporal Drey Reumen’s report concerning Apprentice Lea Rahn’s skills and combat experience.
I do not know anything about what her life was like before she came to Feena. While there, she started out as a prisoner, which is also all I knew her to be at the time. A young [redacted]. In any case, I had no idea that she was an apprentice of Darth Nyiss the entire time. Months passed before I learned otherwise. At that point, many scattered pieces fell into place.In any case, the fact that she managed to keep me and so many others fooled for so long speaks worlds about her skill. It was she who warned me and my squad about the sabotage to the Feena anti-ship defense grid. I have also learned that she fought with Lord Vivithe Lansha against a Jedi Master, helping defeat the experienced warrior. In the past few years I have seen her fight on many occasions after being put at her disposal for the training of Apprentice Xid Terrik.
Darth Nyiss’ personal notes on Apprentice Lea’s lightsaber training and combat skill.
In the process that led to her coming into my service Lea demonstrated some skill with both the Makashi and Ataru forms, holding her own in the scuffle longer than I initially expected for someone so young. When her former master died she had the sense to surrender to me.After she came into my service, a long and convoluted story I have noted elsewhere, I finished young Lea’s education, letting her use one of my holocrons to learn more about lightsaber combat. She made some unwise choices but became stronger through learning from these mistakes. Her physical stature puts her at a disadvantage against more muscular opponents, making the choice of a mobile, acrobatic technique natural. Her failed attempt at learning Juyo taught her as much. Her study of the holocron in the time since has taught her the absolute basics of all the other forms for the purposes of defending against them, though her focus in personal use has wisely been placed on Makashi and Ataru.
Watcher eight-nine-three’s report on Apprentice Lea Rahn’s social, political and military associates, outside and within the Empire.
Apprentice Rahn is a curious subject. As a Sith Pureblood, she’s born into a certain amount of influence simply for her species. Yet prior to just a few years ago, there is no record of her anywhere in the Empire. She simply appeared on the imperial scene one day some four years back. She lacked the amount of associates common to most purebloods her age but she had a clear grasp of how the Empire works, no doubt taught to her by her master.She has in the years since built up contacts in numerous fields, but particularly within the Sphere of Ancient Knowledge and the Sphere of Technology. Of course, she also has a number of contacts within the navy and army, though it is unclear exactly what her plans with these contacts are.
Her actions within her chosen spheres of influence did not wait long before they created waves, but that is to be expected when a seemingly unknown apprentice of a renowned Darth comes into society, but refuses to follow normal protocols. Her choice to lean on her apprentice—who evidence indicates is actually older than her—rather than the pre-eminent experts from the Sphere of Technology did not endear her to many. That is, until she showed them up.
Her apprentice—one Xid Terrik—proved to be extremely talented at manipulating technology. It has proven unreasonably difficult to learn his exact skill levels. Anyone wishing to acquire his assistance has to go through apprentice Rahn and attempts to lure him away from her have proven fruitless.
She appears to have chosen the approach of having stronger relations with a few over that of having loose ties with many. Somewhat unlike that practiced by many, she is not requiring unquestioning loyalty from all her associates. If anything, she has chosen to avoid this in many cases, making it more difficult to map out exactly how much influence she has.
Another thing that is remarkable is that she has no known enemies or rivals of note. There are a few that dislike her, but she has kept herself distanced enough to prevent real rivalries from building up. However, she does have a healthy amount of scorn for the Jedi Order. Carefully posed questions indicate that she has unfinished business with them. It is this Watcher’s opinion that things will get interesting when that happens.
Watcher eight-nine-three’s list of Apprentice Lea Rahn’s primary associates.
Darth Nyiss Apprentice Lea Rahn’s master. See relevant files for further details.Corporal Drey Remun. Capable Soldier, fiercely loyal to Apprentice Rahn and her master. Previously served one of Darth Nyiss’ Lords, but that Lord passed away. It appears he serves a dual purpose for her, both as a minion and as a male companion for her pet project in convincing Apprentice Xid Terrik to fully embrace Imperial ways.
Apprentice Xid Terrik is her only current apprentice. The fact that she has one at all at the meager age of twenty-two is impressive on its own. He is a mechanically gifted Sith, taken from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant during the Sacking and painstakingly turned to the imperial cause and the Dark Side by Apprentice Rahn. His reluctance was seen multiple times over the years in the form of escape attempts, self-harming and general obstinacy, but eventually she won him over through a complex process involving verifiable facts, subtlety and seduction.
Corporal Drey Reumen’s notes concerning Apprentice Rahn’s ownerships.
Compared to both Sith Lords and Darths, Lea Rahn has not accrued much in the way of belongings, but the collection is growing at a reasonable pace. Like her master, she has a ridiculously extensive wardrobe that she uses to its full extent, adding and removing items more often than is easily tracked.Imperial records note that she has acquired personal chambers on both Feena, Ziost and Dromund Kaas, as well as lesser holdings elsewhere in the Empire. Had she not had access to her master’s holdings on Korriban, she would no doubt have acquired holdings of her own there too.
I do not know the extent of her possessions when it comes to technology and Sith Artifacts, but it is quite extensive for her age. I do know for a fact that she has a modified Fury Interceptor, as well as access to several of her master’s ships.
It can only be presumed that there are even more ownerships not on record.
Darth Nyiss evaluation of Lea’s psychological state.
As she was from the start, Lea is stubborn. She’s always been rather single-minded in her interests and at times irritatingly nosy. Had I not known her to be loyal and sharing my goals, I would have been forced to be even more careful at keeping certain things secret from her. She has a way of digging deeper and deeper until she understands it all if she gets even a hint of a secret.Fortunately, I found a very effective means of distracting her from digging too deeply into my plans. His name is Xid Terrik. I even made it out so that she thought it was her idea to take over the work of turning him. Though socially inept at the time, I easily saw her interest in him. All it took was a little push here, a small hint there and she was ready to seduce him. The fact that they are still together, almost six years later shows clearly how she never lets go of something she has set her mind to having.
She has taken well to her new nature as a Sith. In that manner, she was a complete success. Gone is the [redacted]. She is not unlike a daughter to me, albeit a very young daughter, with much yet to learn.
Lea is emotionally and psychologically stable, fiercely protective of her apprentice and lover, utterly reliable to one such as me who knows how to use her and rapidly growing into a powerful Sith. It will take her time and work, but I think she will be very beneficial to the Empire.
List and description of known and suspected flaws. To be put into a restricted database.
- Marked by Darkness - Those particularly skilled in perception can when they focus perceive that there is a faintly oily, inky blackness about her Force signature, most likely unlike that found on any other Sith they have encountered. It is not quite like that of a normal Sith, though it is not quite as prevalent as that found in her master’s signature, it is unmistakable once detected. Few in the Empire know the full story behind this, but experts all certain that one is not marked in this way without a significant reason.
- Notoriously stubborn and single-minded - Lea doesn’t give up easily, if at all. Once she sets a goal, she pursues it relentlessly, much the same way a Tuk’ata chases its food.
- Xid Terrik - This young apprentice is perhaps the most visible of Lea’s flaws. He is a former Jedi turned Sith and her lover. However, if someone is so foolish as to threaten him, she will not approve. Should they harm him, they will find that she will relentlessly pursue them to the end of their days. When it comes to him, she is somewhat of a pleasure seeker.
- Mildly Vain - Like her master, Lea has a certain tendency towards vanity. Gone are the days when she dressed in the same clothes every day. She still heavily favors practical, but they are of much higher quality and vary subtly in design. It takes special conditions for her to choose to wear armor or anything that doesn’t subtly show off her body.
- Sithocentric - Lea has come to see the Sith species as superior to others, though humans are a close second. She is not xenophobic, but she does see them as lesser.
Known interests of the candidate.
- Xid Terrik
- Advancing the Imperial Cause
- Sith Alchemy
- Bringing down the Jedi Order
- Becoming more powerful
Major achievements on record.
- [redacted]
- Became the Apprentice of Darth Nyiss. (PRE 1327, BTC 1)
- [redacted]
- [redacted]
- Turned Xid Terrik to serving the Empire (PRE 13__, ATC _)
- Turned Xid Terrik to the Dark Side (PRE 1332, ATC 5)
Major failures on record. Confidential.
- [redacted]
- [redacted]
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Re: Sith Apprentice - Lea Rahn
Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:40 am
Backstory
- {Restricted Summary File} H’Ratth Praxeum records:
[Date of recording: 8.9.21399 PFR]
Lea of House Rahn, born on H’Ratth to Jedi Knights Udvar and Alesia Rahn in the 21,384th year of the Galactic Republic. Youngest member of her generation in Dynastic Jedi House Rahn. Ancestry: 88% human, 12% Vahla. Source of non-human: Vahla ancestor in the time of the Mandalorian Wars.
Force sensitivity identified unusually early in her childhood on H’Ratth, resulting in her initiation into the Jedi Order earlier than normal. With her entire family Jedi, she was trained in the ways of the Force even before then, as she showed signs to indicate sensitivity long before she proved it. Passed initiate trials at the young age of eight years (in 21392) and was taken as padawan by Jedi Knight and Diplomat Ral Shodon.
Her master’s training unusually intense regimen was observed with some concern from her family due to its lack of focus on developing her social skills, but the council permitted its continuation due to the Order’s need for more knights for the war effort.
She was taken for field training in 21395, where she joined her master primarily on his diplomatic missions. His training was apparently bearing fruit within a few years of her first field mission, as her master claimed she was nearing the level of skill needed for the Trials of Knighthood. However, there is no record of her passing any trials prior to 13.8.21399, when she and her master disappeared along with the entire crew of Diplomatic Corvette Light of Coronet. Wreckage was later discovered and has been determined that it was destroyed with all hands in a perfidious attack by the Sith. Many had high hopes for the future of this prodigy of a padawan, but their hopes were crushed by the Sith. So ended the short story of Jedi Padawan Lea Rahn.
- {Restricted Summary File} Darth Nyiss Personal Archives:
[time: 6.1.1327 PRE]
The opportunity to seize a ship full of military secrets from the Republic was not one to be squandered. Particularly so when it is transported under the guise of being a diplomatic vessel. Not a single Mon Calamari spy died to prove that the Republic knew nothing of my plan to seize those files. I checked the veracity of the transport, as I had no intention to have any of my ships fall into any traps.
It was no challenge at all to cripple the vessel and its wealth of data drives. As a small favor to Darth Theya, an associate of mine. In turn, I got an artifact that furthered several of my plans for days shortly afterwards. The only noteworthy thing about this puny endeavor was the opportunity to kill a Jedi Knight and capture his apprentice.
The master was nothing remarkable and died without anything to be remembered for. The Padawan, however… she showed spunk. For someone with so woefully inadequate training she did well. I almost had to exert myself a little. When I saw fit to subdue her, she wisely surrendered.
I took her lightsaber from her, made her watch as I destroyed the ship, then locked her up in one of the detention blocks and moved on with my objectives. If nothing else, she would prove useful in my experiments, as would a few members of that ship’s crew. Anyone investigating the wreckage would have no means of determining that anyone had been taken off the ship prior to its obliteration. Fewer bothersome investigations that way.
The prisoner was troublesome from the start. Prone to disobedience, mischief and escape attempts. The odds were stacked heavily in her disfavor, but she persisted. It was entertaining to observe and made the process of turning her into a Sith even more enjoyable.
Though she proved annoyingly resistant to pain stimuli, I quickly found the right methods for turning her into a proper Sith. It really is sad how little the Jedi teach their young about us Sith, leaves them so easily manipulated. Though she was easily turned to serve the Empire, it took her some time to take to using the Dark Side properly, but even that happened within weeks of her entering my service.
Eventually I brought her to [redacted] where she performed adequately. Afterwards I continued her training in the subtle art of concealing her presence in the Force, so that she could properly serve as my agent on the inside during the Aftermath project. The story of that project is not recorded here.
- {Restricted File} Personal biography of Lea Rahn, Sith Apprentice, Darth Nyiss’ Personal Archives:
Part 1: Aftermath
You have in your possession all pertinent records of the time prior to Imperial year 1328, and outside those records that time is not to be spoken of, just as most of the events described herein are not for the perusal of just anyone. To anyone reading this who is not approved of by myself or my master, Darth Nyiss: know that your death will be swift should I find you before my master does.
{Encrypted}
Prior to becoming a Sith, I did not know freedom. I did not understand what freedom was. I thought what the Jedi offered was freedom, but I could not have been more wrong. Being a Sith is freedom incarnate. Being a Sith Pureblood is better. There are none who will dictate what you may or may not wear. None that dictate what you may not learn or study, who you might be with.
Ever since you found me, master, I have had infinite opportunities to delve into all the history and knowledge I could desire, knowledge that the Jedi would have kept from me out of spite and so-called ‘concern for my well-being’. Though I resisted you at first, I eventually saw Jedi ways for what they are: lies and chains to keep me down. Had you been anything less than you are, I might have been loath to acknowledge your superiority, but you are just what you promised me so I see no reason to deny the truth: You are my master and I am your apprentice.
Looking back at it, your project following the Sacking of Coruscant—Project Aftermath, as you labeled it—was a stroke of genius. Lesser minds would look at and frown upon the deaths of both Jedi and Sith, but greater minds understand that it was all necessary to achieve success.
As you well know, I took a liking to one of the prisoners—the human named Xid Terrik—who I instinctively knew would be more useful than it initially appeared, both to me, to you and to the Empire as a whole. I see no reason to deny the fact that selfish desire was a core element to this attraction. I neither was nor am so old that I’ll not find satisfaction in such.
While he, at the time, clung to his ridiculous Jedi ways, I knew he could be turned with the appropriate motivation. There were a few mishaps along the way—like when he thought it a great idea to stick a lightsaber through his own chest—but that was nothing in the face of your power, master.
At the time I knew neither the nature nor the extent of what you intended to achieve with the experiments upon me and the others, but I know now that it was all worth it in the end. They left me weakened at the time, but it was all part of your meticulous and ingenious plan. A plan I knew just enough about to trust.
Beyond the general weakness, that stage of your experiment left me with severe nausea and rashes upon my skin. I trust you do not need me to rehash the events of the Aftermath month, seeing how I have already composed extensive reports on that for you.
Part 2: Dark Days
Due to how you were rapidly advancing the experiments following Project Aftermath, I cannot delve as deeply into that time. Much of what happened in that time has been forgotten, and most of the rest is dreadfully boring and no doubt more detailed in your own notes, my master. I know I was not the only subject, but I do know that I was the most advanced of your experiments. I vaguely recall having a hard time just waking about, let alone being of significant use to you outside the experiments.
From my apprentice I have learned how I had significant trouble keeping any food down and did not pay much attention to the world around me, but I recall virtually nothing of that time. Had it not been for your oversight and his persistence, chances are good that I would not have been alive to write this.
The imagery you granted me access to has shown me how horrible I looked. As you no doubt know, I was noticeably taller even at that stage, and the roots of my hair had begun to darken. In many ways, it is hard to reconcile those images with my own appearance, both before the process started and after it finished up.
Part 3: Challenge
Unsurprisingly, my condition would increasingly worsen before it improved. I have seen the imagery and read the reports, so I fully well know that my body was essentially wasting away at the time. I no doubt hovered on the brink of death, but never crossed the edge.
At the time I did not understand any of the rituals you put me through, let alone their purpose. Now I comprehend some, but more than anything I understand how much more is beyond me still. To keep me from wallowing in uncertainty I demanded that you put me in charge of turning Xid Terrik to the Dark Side. While I sensed a certain reluctance from you, I know you sensed my determination to succeed, which is why you eventually approved.
Of course, I knew not the extent of that challenge. It was more than I had bargained for, particularly when you assigned me the additional task of seducing him. At a tender age of sixteen, I was less than inexperienced: I was naïve. You taught me all I needed to know to undertake the rather daunting task, and I cannot deny that it helped significantly to have access to the files you had extracted from the Jedi temple concerning his life. Without them, I would not have succeeded nearly as quickly, if at all.
While I was oblivious to much, I was not oblivious to your experiments upon him. I saw how they affected him, how they eroded his resistance to my efforts. While I did not entirely approve of his losing control over himself, I understand the need. Not all could be brought into serving the Empire through being taught the truth the way you did with me. I resolved that I would eventually teach him a level of control similar to my own.
Part 4: Lessons
Your experiments continued to progress further and further with each successive month. The most notable trait during the fourth month was what I instinctively recognized as growing pains. I remember that clearly, because I thought it quite unusual in someone nearing adulthood as I was, particularly so in such an intense variant.
My task of turning Xid Terrik to the Dark Side was aided by the simple fact that he had no means of recognizing that I was in truth a Sith apprentice. His concern for my well-being and belief that I too was a victim of cruel Sith experiments blinded him to any evidence to the contrary.
Of course, with my body weak as it was and my experience at seduction completely academic I was not exactly talented at the art. I did not quite fumble forward blindly, but it was close. My annoying degree of frailty encouraged him to try to find means for us to escape you, master, but it also made it easier to covertly foil all such attempts.
Disconcertingly, I discovered towards the end of the fourth month that he was actively trying to hide something from me, something I in hindsight know I should have recognized as being his emotions. Like me, he had not been taught much about dealing with his emotions, so he tried to hide them, to push them down. What he truly needed at the time, but would never have agreed to do, was embrace them. Instead he developed the inconvenient habit of simply getting up and walking away without word or warning.
Part 5: Consequences
The fifth month after the Sacking had my body showing considerably more changes than before, with ever stronger fever, though fortunately the nausea decreased. At this point, I have seen from the images that my hair was more black than brown, with only the outer parts still showing a brown coloration, though even then it had a subtle reddish tinge to it.
As far as my project with Xid Terrik went, I did not have any real success seducing him, though it was clear that he was receptive to it. However, he did show signs that his fight against his own internal anger was no longer entirely successful on his part. You know that neither of us was surprised about that, given how he was attacking it like a Jedi would have. No pathic Jedi tricks could be used to fully suppress anger as impressive as his was becoming.
It was during this month that I began teaching him how to control it, just as you had taught me. I would eventually teach him to use it as well, but at that time a modicum of control was more than challenging enough. Besides, I was far from ready to reveal my true nature as a Sith and wielding anger is very much a Sith thing to do.
Both before and after my botched attempt to seduce him we spoke of our pasts. I do not recall now exactly what I shared, but I seem to recall it dealing with the place I was trained and how the Jedi indoctrinated me. While I do not enjoy looking back at the years on that planet, I cannot deny that they were a major part of my life, particularly at the time. Less than a year at your side could not compensate for over a decade and a half in Jedi hands.
There was something about how his indoctrination varied from my own, some of it related to the different institutions we were held at, the rest related to how I was part of a dynastic family, while he was not. Unfortunately, as my condition improved, he got it into his head that it was a good idea to try to leave your facility again. Even worse, his plan was such that it could easily have succeeded had I not worked hard to thwart it without breaking my cover, something I found extremely challenging.
Seeing how quite a bit was damaged and destroyed in the process, I had no choice but to arrange for another Sith to punish him, just as you punished me for not finding a less destructive means of preventing him from succeeding.
Unfortunately, the imbecile you put at my disposal for punishing him was not capable of taking and following simple instructions. The fool failed to understand that ‘no permanent harm’ meant just that. One of Xid Terrik’s eyes was permanently damaged, and the imbecile managed to get his own arm caught in the same device, maiming it. How exactly he achieved the last part I cannot say, but it couldn’t have been easy given where the device was supposed to have been operated from.
I found it most vexing to have Xid’s previously flawless face marred to such a degree, but had little chance to think too much about it, considering how you ‘rewarded’ me for my part in the escape debacle. The most notable aftermath of that was the fact that I no longer had a single brown hair left on my body. Every single strand that I could see was black and tinged with the faintest hint of red. Your notes cover the rest of the changes to my appearance in this time, so I will not write about them now.
Part 6: Lost Time
I cannot clearly recall anything about the six weeks after that. From the images and reports I have read, you clearly had some kind of breakthrough, though. As before, I remained oblivious to the nature of your goal. Fortunately, Xid Terrik was not in a condition that permitted him to attempt any escape attempts, having recently lost an eye.
I see from the reports that he spent considerable time in the medical bay, surgically removing the remnants of the destroyed eye and installing the hardware necessary for a cybernetic replacement. As you well know, he did not have the patience to wait long enough. His attempt at installing the eye on his own led to an imperfect implantation, which in turn led to damage to the socket and the eye breaking under stress rooted in his first proper use of the Dark Side.
From the reports you provided I can see that I had next to nothing in common with my origins genetically at this time, with ninety-nine percent of my genetic code being non-human, compared to the initial eighty-nine percent. My build could almost be described as skeletal, the cartilaginous limbs stretched and my head covered in scraggly red-black hair. The images showed my skin being mottled reddish brown and dusky brown at the extremities and a clearer red tone towards the core. In addition, the reports show that many of the problems I had at the time were rooted in changing body chemistry.
These six weeks were not all a dark point. Once he had been treated for his foolish attempt at self-surgery, Xid hardly ever left my side. He did his best to keep me fed and hydrated, neither of which were easy tasks. I took some comfort in his presence whenever I was conscious enough to do so. Had I been anywhere other than in your private compound, I doubt I would have been alive today, for I was in no position to defend myself from anyone or anything.
Part 7: Turnabout
Although imperceptible to me at the time, the early parts of the following month signaled a major shift inside my body. The previously ever-present nausea started to fade and the fever broke during the first week. Over the next week, more and more food stayed down, slowly fed to me by Xid. Where previously it had quickly been expunged shortly after being consumed, it was instead absorbed. The third week saw me gain enough strength to undergo more of your treatments and be able to sit up, with occasional walks.
Xid had spent much of the past three-four weeks talking to me, though it may have been longer. I was able to help him install a rudimentary cybernetic eye and from what you taught me, it was obvious to me that he had begun to take more note of my feminine nature. I naturally made sure to play more on that, trying to use the lessons as best as I could to make him desire me more, and to show that I desired him. I tried to be subtle, but hindsight tells me I wasn’t too good at that aspect of it. I did start the process of locating the remains of his favorite droid project, the one that had somehow snuck onto one of the shuttles back on Coruscant.
My physical traits balanced out somewhat in this month, with my skin taking on a more even color, neither red nor dusky brown, but something in between. From your data, it is clear that the changes were more pronounced on the inside at this time. Though I had not paid much attention to it, I had at times noticed a significant increase in height, but that had already begun to fade. At the time I did not understand what caused it, but while satisfying in some ways to be taller, it was annoying in several others.
During one of the more intimate moments I set up with him, he mentioned his most recent plan ‘to get us out of there’, something that peaked another part of my interest. It was, like his previous plan, something that had a certain chance of success. I couldn’t allow it to do so, of course. However, now that he had truly begun to see me as a woman—rather than just a fellow prisoner—I had the ultimate tool at my disposal for thwarting such attempts.
I will not go into details, but I can say that I arranged—with the aid of one Corporal Drey, a guard assigned to watch Xid—to have patrols in the right places to slow the attempt down and brought him to a set of rooms right below Nyiss’ labs. They had been used previously by Lord Vivithe, but she had left a while back. As an excuse for taking him that way, I had referred to the walkway to the armory and command center tower. One supposed to be without patrols, where all other routes to the command center and the linchpin of Xid’s plan were patrolled.
Once in the main chamber, the patrol the corporal had arranged approached across the walkway, forcing us to hide in the attached bathroom. I made my move when the patrol had passed but before he could suggest we move on. An ‘accidental’ activation of the shower helped move things along, of course. One thing led to another and eventually I had truly claimed him and we had both lost our virginities. Any plan to escape was thoroughly forgotten once that had happened. I presume that seeing it described like this will give you some enjoyment.
Part 8: Revelation
According to Corporal Drey’s description, I had a certain unique ‘glow’ to me during much of this month. A sense of satisfaction he had not before seen in me. With the weakness from your experiments on me fading as my body filled out again I could once more properly focus on training. Not just myself, but Xid as well. It quickly proved more difficult than ever to maintain my cover as a ‘fellow prisoner’, since much of what he needed to learn was not something a Jedi would know, let alone teach.
Both from knowing your ways and from how I did not truly feel complete it came as no surprise to me that your experiments were not at all finished. From what I recall, they were, if anything, more frequent during this time, both because I was better able to handle it and for reasons you have not chosen to share with me, but which i suspect are rooted in the fact that I was slowly nearing the final stages. Aside from when you had me in your presence I kept myself close to Xid, showing continued interest in him, though I was careful not to take him to bed all the time. Both for my own sake and for his I needed to make sure that he understood the first time had been special in more ways than one.
However, as you taught me, master, it is a wonderful way to release all sorts of tension and anger. Not to mention any bottled-up feelings tend not to stay bottled up long when things head to bed. It was about halfway through the month when I determined that revealing my true affiliation could no longer wait.
I did not want to ruin what we had, but if he was to survive in the Empire, he would need training I could not give him while masquerading as a Jedi. I wanted him to survive. Some might even say I needed him to. He did not take all that well to the revelation. I suspect that if I had revealed it more blatantly and outside bed, it could have gone a lot worse than it did.
As it was, my subterfuge hurt him. He lashed out in anger, but I took it with relative calmness, for while he could draw on the Dark Side, he was not trained in controlling it with any significant skill. Nor, for that matter, was it an intentional attack on his part.
He asked questions, and I answered them. As we spoke, I tried to keep him close, even as a small part of my mind was focused on dismantling the curtain of Force Stealth I had kept around my aura for almost a whole year now. It had become so habitual to me that I actively had to take it apart. I could see his trust in me crumbling, a rift that was unfortunate but utterly necessary.
However, I had one more card to play… It had been anything other than easy, but I had finally found out where a trooper—a private formerly in the service of Lord Sish—had dumped the remains of Xid’s droid, Navi. It was a fairly obvious bribe to make him think of other things, but when I opened the crate with the remains and some basic supplies to start the work on repairing him, I could see that it had somewhat of the desired effect on him. Sometimes, subtlety is not necessary.
In the end, of course, what pulled him out of his spiraling away from me was far more primal than a droid or answers. He was still male, and I was still naked and attractive. I most definitely did not try to hide those facts. I have no doubt about how much you approve of using it like that.
His trust in me was visibly weakened over the rest of the month and beyond, but I was more free to train him as he needed. There was another effect of the revelation that I had not expected: he got the idea that we should try to figure out exactly what you were doing to me.
The part about getting into your lab wasn’t too difficult, but as you well know, we did not figure out anything useful. Not only were you alerted to our attempts at slicing your systems, but what little we were able to access was all written in a dialect of Old Sith that you had ‘accidentally’ forgotten to teach me anything about. In hindsight, I suspect the information there was not only written in that dialect, but also encrypted.
The following week is one I only recall as pain unending. It taught me that stealing from a Darth was a horrible idea. Particularly so when that Darth is you, master. I was blind as to how complete your control over the situation was. In hindsight it was a valuable lesson, albeit one I would rather have done without.
Part 9: Reconstruction
Fortunately for me and for Xid your wrath, while powerful beyond compare, was not long-lived. After the initial outburst and the follow-up ‘lesson’, you delegated our punishment to others and into a more useful form. To be specific: grueling physical conditioning, led by two Army Sergeants, favorites of the now-dead Lord Sish.
Considering how your experiments had left me with little in the way of physical reserves, it was no shock to anyone that being put through a training regimen designed for special forces soldiers was in many ways just as punishing. Both for me and for Xid, who had not had anything resembling that level of training either. Most of this month was spent undergoing that ‘treatment’.
It had the effect of burning into our minds the lesson that we were never to cross you again, no matter how tempting. At the same time, it hardened our bodies and toughened us both up. They could easily have broken our bodies, but it is a testament to their skill that they did not. While I learned to hate them at the time, they eventually earned my respect. To them, it did not matter that we were Force-sensitive. They treated us as they would have treated any other recruits. It was blatantly clear that while undergoing this training, we both answered to them, not the other way around, as it usually was in the Empire.
Even as our bodies were built up by the training, so too did my body mature in other ways I had no way to expect. My skin lost almost all of the dusky brown color it had gained for a while, becoming more red than anything else. My eyes lost the last flecks of green color and my nails became more reminiscent of short, black claws. Additionally, the nascent cheek tendrils and bone spurs grew in, and bony ridges formed in a few places, such as on top of my collar bones. The curves lost during my illness came back, though they were distinctly framed by tough muscles.
Eventually the primary training regimen came to an end. It saw us both with a renewed respect for each other, for the sergeants had brooked no mistrust between their recruits. It would of course take more time to completely regain Xid’s trust, but the greatest loss had been ameliorated. Though I both hated and respected them, I resolved to keep the two sergeants around, using them further in my physical training, albeit in a less punishing manner. Looking back, I see now that this was also part of your plan. While they still remain yours, the lessons gained from them shaped both me and Xid significantly.
In the time not spent training under the sergeants, Xid taught me the rudiments of droid repair, even as I taught him things about the Force and the Dark Side that he did not know. Even for Force-sensitives with prime medical and other support facilities available, a month of intense training was not even close to sufficient to build us into the greatest Sith we could be.
My Force lessons to Xid delved in particular into the art of Tutaminis, of transforming sensations like pain into other sensations. Not only would it make him into a better Sith eventually, but it was a hole in my defenses that I could not permit leaving open.
Part 10: Training
The rest of the year was spent in training. The sergeants continued their conditioning of us both, and I started the process of teaching Xid the skills I thought he needed to know. It took some convincing, but I did eventually manage to make him accept that there was no way the Jedi Order would take him back even if he should find his way to them. The fact that I had no intention of going with him if he tried helped significantly. It is amazing how powerful a tool seduction can be, isn’t it?
We also continued the work on rebuilding Navi, though I quickly figured out that merely rebuilding was insufficient for Xid. He took the opportunity here to make significant upgrades, which in turn slowed the repairs down significantly. I think this process, as well as the training with Corporal Drey and the sergeants slowly helped build up his trust in the Empire and me again.
Of course, the one day of this year that stands out above all others is the day you proclaimed that the experiment was finished. It was also the day I learned the name of the process I had undergone: Sithification.
Now, of course, I see how easily I should have recognized the signs, but while I was undergoing the process I was blind to its true nature. It would take me some time more to fully appreciate all it entailed. It was fascinating to hear you explain just how changed my body was. How it had been modified on every level, with not a single strand of DNA left unaltered.
Given how closely I resemble you, I do not feel there is any need to ask where you acquired the Sith DNA used to alter me. From a genetic perspective, I suppose I am essentially your daughter, though I would never presume to call you ‘mother’. I am not so foolish as to make that mistake.
With that process finished, I found myself with considerably more time on my hands, including the ability to observe some of your other experiments. However, as you well know, more of my time would be devoted towards training, both myself and my apprentice.
Part 11: End and start of the year
While the last time the pledge to the fallen and the festival of heroes were held I was prevented from participating on account of how this intersected with the Sacking of Coruscant and the beginning of my covert role, this time I chose not to actively participate, preferring to observe from the sidelines and see how others in the empire celebrated it. As you well know, master, I prefer to have extensive knowledge before acting if I have a choice about it.
However, since I did think about those who have fallen, I suppose it could be said that I did participate in my own way. I did not like Lord Sish, but have come to respect him in some ways in hindsight. Similarly, while I once respected him, I now see how many ways the Jedi who trained me failed to do it properly, something you fortunately amended.
Without figures like those two, I would not have been the woman I am today. I would not have known the full range of what people can be, both in the Empire and outside it. I now see truly how the ultimate goal of the Empire is the only one that can be justified. I will do everything in my power to make the Empire reign supreme throughout the galaxy.
The most notable change for my life during the festival was that I had myself and my apprentice moved out of the prison compound and into the Sith quarters, where the facilities were more adjusted to my needs. At the time I still had some work left to make him trust in the Imperial way, but the festival helped him see things for how they truly are, rather than how the Jedi claim they are.
I kept our training varied over the next two months, slowly but steadily building up our strengths and reducing weaknesses. Even at that time I had not yet fully recovered from the ordeal that your project was for me.
Convincing my apprentice that emotions were not inherently bad things to be avoided was no easy feat, as the Jedi brainwashing was deeply set in his being. However, I did get him to accept that they were tools that could be used. For my own studies I delved into the physiology of Sith Purebloods, the reasons for which should be obvious.
Xid’s training kept having his cybernetic eye breaking or otherwise failing. To say I disliked that would be to put it mildly. Never having been all that fond of cybernetic replacements in the first place, I grew firm in my opinion that no matter how skilled he was, he would never build an eye that would be good enough in my eyes. As such, I consulted my master about the idea of creating something more durable with Sith Alchemy.
It soon became clear that building an eye with Sith Alchemy was no beginner’s feat. To understand the creation, let alone be of any use at all in the creation process I would have to learn some Alchemy of my own. Without your masterful guidance I would quickly have gotten lost and failed to progress in these studies. As with any new skill, it would take considerable time to learn anything truly worthwhile at it, but the progress was measurable over these months.
In addition to all the other training I undertook, I used my apprentice’s knowledge of droids as a means to guide him further down the path to the Dark Side, learning from him how droids work and what it took to build and to some degree design them. There were a few droids built during these studies, but none that were kept by either of us. You might occasionally find a few of them wandering around your compound on Feena. Though the project to rebuild his pet droid was progressing at this time, it was not progressing rapidly. Even with the ability to requisition even rare components we did not rush through the reconstruction. Seeing the surprise on his face at how easy it was to simply requisition military-grade components with no questions asked still makes me smile. Apparently such were not easily acquired by Jedi in the Republic.
We both know that there are many Sith that claim their first apprentices were trained without any mistakes. We also know how that is almost universally a lie. In my own case hindsight has shown me that I was not harsh enough with my apprentice. I was, at the time, blind to that fact, as anyone inexperienced is prone to be.
It was not aided by how terrified he was of you, as I failed to properly utilize that fear. I should have made him interact more with you, rather than funneling almost everything through me. Fortunately, as you know, I wizened up when it came to requesting access to a certain holocron, making him ask you directly. As I kept myself away from him at that time, I do not know how that went down.
Eventually my studies of Sith Alchemy reached the level of comprehension you deemed necessary to assist in the creation of the Oculus. Of course, my apprentice was himself, so he was not as eager as I about having it implanted, his unreasoning fear of the Dark Side blocking him from accepting it immediately. I refused to accept something that might blow up being implanted in my lover’s head and no amount of convincing from him changed my mind. In the end, I had to orchestrate events with you to force it on him. That was not how I would have preferred it, but he was being foolish again, so I had no choice.
This did—naturally—not please him, but his feelings on the matter were irrelevant. Regaining his trust might have been more difficult if the Feast of Reconstitution had not come a short time later. That distracted him adequately from the loss of choice, making him forget most of the anger previously directed at me. It eventually became clear to me that much of his fear of the Dark Side and Sith Alchemy in particular was rooted in ignorance. He did not understand the amount of work involved and how it was an intrinsic part of the most powerful creations of the Empire.
To ameliorate his fear of Alchemy, I involved him in some of my smaller projects. The first of these projects was one that would engage his mind and make him see that Alchemy could grant materials properties impossible to gain through any other means. The project in question was casing for his small droid. Plating that would be immune to blasters and most other weapons as well. This project was not on the level of the Oculus, but it was my first major project without your direct guidance.
Of course, the droid had not been finished for long when he saw through the illusions surrounding the bout of tests I had him undertake with the falsely faulty beast repulsion towers around the compound. The goal of these tests had been to make him realize that he did not need to constantly protect me—something I think he did learn—but I had not anticipated how he would see those lies as a form of betrayal.
I cannot deny that I found it frustrating how you refused to provide me with a solution, but as always, hindsight has shown me that you were right to refuse. Corporal Drey proved himself useful, offering insights I had personally refused to see before and once again proving himself to be a valuable asset. Given how many Sith respond to criticism, I suspect he offered those insights with more than a little trepidation.
To put it simply, he told me outright that I had coddled my apprentice, that I should put someone else in charge of his training for a short time so that the mistakes could be fixed more easily. The truth annoyed me, but I could not deny it. Therefore, I put him in charge of my apprentice for a little time, giving him instructions to provide me with regular reports and otherwise giving him largely free reins. I saw no benefit in punishing the Corporal for being honest with me. Hindsight tells me that I should instead consider rewarding him for it.
For my own part I took a journey off Feena, heading for Dromund Kaas to get a feel for the Imperial Capital. As a Sith pureblood, it was only appropriate for me to go there and to begin building my power base.
Part 12: The Delve
The first part of my project to build a proper power base was deceptively simple. It did not so much involve acquiring assets directly as it involved getting a feel for the Empire as a whole and acquiring equipment necessary for later projects. You taught me to be patient about it, how impatience in acquiring assets leads to inevitable failure. It is one thing to have assets. It is quite another to actually be in control of them.
After a few days on Dromund Kaas I took another ship to Korriban, where I visited the Sith Academy. You had—wisely—denied me solutions for dealing with my stubborn apprentice, so I sought out other sources covertly. Some I got from holocrons, the rest from Academy instructors and other Sith. My affiliation with you helped me gain access I would not have gotten without a heavy cost otherwise, though of course I was not permitted to interact with the neophytes and acolytes directly. Fortunately, my goals did not rely on direct interaction with them. During the week and a half at the academy I paid particular attention to strong-willed acolytes and those with origins in the Jedi order and how the overseers dealt with them. The process was quite… educational.
As you know, I sent you a list of names with some of the candidates I found particularly promising, even if I felt none could quite compare with my own apprentice. A good thing, really, since there was no way I was ready to handle two apprentices at that time. Beyond getting ideas for how to handle my apprentice I spent considerable time improving my own skills, learning some new Force techniques and practicing my lightsaber forms. The Academy libraries are truly impressive in the extent of knowledge available therein.
Had my studies involved delving deeply into specific aspects of the Dark Side I might have had more trouble learning what I desired, but I had more than adequate access to lessons of up to an intermediate level for the desired techniques. As you recommended I made sure to not rely on any single source for more than a little, so that I would avoid accruing debts to other Sith. I also made sure not to reveal anything about the specific purpose of my visit, you did, after all, tell me that it was best to keep all other Sith in the dark.
After the time at the academy I moved to some of your Korriban dig sites, where I gained adequate access as your apprentice. At the first site I merely observed, while at the later ones I began to involve myself more directly. There are many in the Imperial Reclamation Service with incredible skill and talent, but there are also quite a few who have been promoted beyond their level of competence. Some of those I dealt with, others I left in place, seeing that there was a clear reason to have them where they were, in spite of their lacking competence.
My time with my apprentice had taught me more about dealing with advanced technology than I was initially aware of. It quickly became apparent to me that many of those with authority at dig sites are not insightful into technology. They rely on lesser technicians from the Sphere of Technology to take care of such for them, lacking the insight as to how to best utilize such assets. The end result is lackluster efficiency and loss of personnel to the traps our ancestors were so fond of building.
The fourth dig site I visited made that revelation even more apparent. The Tomb was old, the mechanisms weakened and damaged by time. Had I not been there, the failure of that door’s control mechanism would have meant days of delays. Knowing how hidden door mechanisms work, I easily unsealed the passageway telekinetically, rather than forcing them to bring heavy machinery down piecemeal to dismantle both the door and the surrounding walls safely. The artifacts within were, as per the report I gave you before, of limited value. I seized what few appeared to have any real value, sending most of them to you.
Most of those I claimed were limited in value, but proved useful at later times to acquire influence with other individuals in the Empire. I did keep the incomplete, broken holocron as a memento, seeing it as a nice symbol of how not every goal is possible to achieve. I wonder sometimes if its original creator felt the same way about it, though I have strong reasons to suspect that her feelings on the matter, had she still been alive, would have been more in the field of furious anger.
In between all of these digs, I would continue my studies. Inevitably I did encounter a few other Sith, even sparred a little with a couple of them to get some proper lightsaber training.
When it came to finding a fifth dig site to involve myself in, I decided that it would be interesting to observe one from the start, rather than to involve myself towards the middle or end. The site I eventually settled upon was a suspected tomb almost a third of the way around the planet from the Sith Academy, much further south, in an area that had seen very little archeological activity.
I will not bore you with how I found the site, but I will say that it involved considerable research in the Academy archives. I had the workers shipped over by shuttles, putting them to work immediately, even as I spent my time studying. The two weeks it took them to uncover the deeply buried entrance were not all that interesting. As I had suspected from my research, this tomb was rather unique in that it had never been touched since its original construction. The door mechanisms were exceedingly advanced, well beyond those on any of the other sites, revealing the mechanical aptitude of the architect. Rather than let the workers bring in an at best mediocre so-called expert from a more centrally located dig site, I summoned my apprentice.
The workers clearly disapproved of the delay involved in bringing someone in from offworld, but I could not have cared less for their feelings on the matter. From the moment he arrived before the door until it was unsealed was a matter of moments, his talent for Mechu Deru giving him natural insight into the mind of its creator.
This, of course, thoroughly impressed the workers, just as I had planned. You taught me well how beneficial showing off to the lessers can be. While it would have been possible for me to figure out the door mechanism myself, it was better to properly show off. That would, eventually, provide me with a reputation, just as you taught me.
After the door was opened and the workers continued delving into the vault I took my apprentice aside, explaining to him exactly why I had left him behind to be trained by Corporal Reumen. He was, as you can no doubt guess, not too pleased with me. Apparently he had not enjoyed all parts of it. Afterwards, I took him out to hunt Tuk’ata, so that he could vent his anger and show off his skill at Force Drain.
The tomb itself had more traps, but they were easily dealt with. In the end, the discoveries within were nonetheless unexpected. There were no powerful artifacts, holocrons or similar items. Instead, the tomb held a storehouse with materials useful for my apprentice’s speciality, as well as to some degree for Alchemy. Beyond the storehouse we found something even more surprising: a ship. I let my apprentice do with it what he wanted. He was, after all, the one best suited for identifying what it could be used for, if anything.
Part 13: Life on Korriban
We continued our work on Korriban, in part to acquire assets and contacts, in part to show others what my apprentice is capable of. I also kept him there to make sure that he would get more used to being in the presence of a powerful nexus of the Dark Side. I did not doubt his loyalty, but it was my opinion that he needed greater exposure to such and to Imperial society. I continued involving myself and my apprentice in various dig sites for the next two months, though none of them proved to have a bounty like the one my apprentice unsealed.
In the third month of the 1330th year of the reconstituted empire I brought my apprentice to the Valley of the Dark Lords. I deemed him ready, both to face what he might face there, and to be revealed fully to other Sith not involved in a single dig. Though of course I was wary of anything going wrong in this, it turned out to work out adequately well. At the start I took him on a tour of sorts of the academy, bringing him where it was appropriate, speaking with other Sith there, such as another young apprentice in one of the numerous libraries. You know of whom I speak here.
Over the next year I continued his training, even as I advanced my own studies of the Dark Side and imperial society. I was contacted by several other Sith about access to my apprentice, but I did not grant them all, as you had advised me not to do. Not only to show them that I valued him, but also to make sure it would not hinder his training. There were attempts by some to bypass me, but I dealt with those attempts quickly and firmly. No one would succeed at stealing my apprentice from me. No one.
Fortunately, the scarcity of access to him did in fact prove advantageous. The most inane and wasteful requests faded not long after, leaving me with a more assuasive selection of missions to involve him in. At the same time, we kept up our own projects, such as his project to design and build a prototype sublight engine superior to all used on smaller imperial vessels at the present. The goal, of course, was to make them capable of being mass-produced, but that target still eluded my apprentice.
I made sure that he got lessons from better duelists than myself while at the temple, even as I took lessons with other Sith more skilled than myself. Having access to the instructors and overseers of the Sith Academy was a great boon on that front. With him more capable in a fight, I could trust him to be away from me more than before, though I was still more than a little reluctant to let him go.
By the third month of the 1331st year, I determined it was time to depart from Korriban. The Empire was, after all, so much more than that single world.
Part 14: The Ship
During the following months I and my apprentice undertook a variety of endeavours, essentially all of them to serve us directly or indirectly. We were eventually hired by the now-deceased Lord Vidar Minne to escort an underling of his to the Roche system. Through means unknown to me at the time, the ship was sent off course to the Gavryn system, where it was attacked by mercenaries masquerading as pirates.
As you know, this was but one of a series of attacks directed at your power base, intended to weaken you enough for someone to attack you openly. As it was clear that the goal of that particular attack was to have me any my apprentice killed off, I determined, along with Apprentice Nimm Deenia that it would be beneficial to make the hidden aggressor think he or she had succeeded. Withdrawing to Feena, I continued training my apprentice and collating the evidence gathered by Apprentice Deenia, only emerging when the time was right to strike back.
While there I also assembled a droid of my own, based on the X2-series Imperial astromech, albeit with a plethora of upgrades. Naming it Kintik, I outfitted it to be capable of piloting my new ship as well as fulfilling a variety of other roles. If you want more details on that, you only have to ask.
When we did strike back, the attack was quick, merciless and final. As is normal in the political games, his assets were all distributed fairly among those involved in his downfall. While Lord Minne’s former master was clearly not too pleased at the loss of his underling, the alternative of the Dark Council being involved was even less pleasing to him, so he did not argue overmuch about the final distribution of his former servant’s assets. I assume you found that satisfactory, master?
Part 15: Reconstruction and expansion
Over the following year and a half I spent much of my time moving throughout the Empire, building up a network of assets and connections that to this day has seen me fairly secure in my position. I became considerably more careful about who I trusted, but the fate of Lord Minne clearly kept most from attempting similar ploys against me or any of my master’s other apprentices.
I will not delve into the exact nature of my actions in these months, as you well know what happened here already. There were numerous events of significance, but I have no intention whatsoever of putting any of that into writing. Doing so might risk compromising some of my assets, which in turn could weaken you, master.
Part 16: Mastery
As any proper Sith knows, when an underling fails in a task, it can hurt the master’s influence over others. In my case, this came when my apprentice had made a deal with another Sith—who I will not name—and did not keep up his end. It was unfortunate and inconvenient to have to bail him out, but the alternative would have meant a significant hit to my power base. As such, I dealt with the most unreasonable request that Sith had made and made it abundantly clear that neither I nor my apprentice is subject to his whims and desires.
For some time my apprentice had a minor issue with accepting my authority over him, leading to a set of inconvenient clashes that had the undesirable tendency to have him shutting himself off from me. Through study and training I solved this issue once and for all. In addition, I once had to punish him publicly after he revealed something unfortunate to a potential ally that made the individual reluctant to accept working together with me. It was most unfortunate, but necessary. As a boon, this event made it much clearer to all that I am his master, rather than the other way around, even if the lines might occasionally have seemed blurry due to how I work with my apprentice.
While I would never admit it to anyone but you, Master, I cannot deny that I have had some issues with releasing control over things, in particular my apprentice. It has taken me considerable time to trust him enough to not hover over him and bail him out the moment he messes up for some reason or another. However, I have gotten better at this, particularly after he showed that he could solve several such issues in his own, roundabout manner.
However convoluted the path, it has made both me and him better Sith. I do hope you can see how this pet project of mine is starting to pay off properly, master?
Part 17: Results
As you can infer from the attached report, my apprentice has—finally—embraced his true nature as a Sith. In time I aim to make him ready for you to work upon, but do not feel he is quite yet in a position where he will survive the process. There are secrets within his mind that he is as of yet unwilling to share and we need raw materials that are more suitable than our own genetics to what I have in mind for him.
I will keep you apprised of his further development as it comes to light, even though I fully well know that you have agents of your own watching both him and myself. When the time is right, our plans will come to fruition, just as you planned it all years ago.
- Ellri
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Re: Sith Apprentice - Lea Rahn
Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:54 am
Droid
Manufacturer notes
Owner’s records
Description of the droid.
KN-TK (nicknamed Kintik) looks like a slightly taller-than-average X2-series astromech. He has unusually matte black armor plating that reflects very little light, but is otherwise of the same basic design as an X2.Details on programmed features.
- Complete astrogation database and piloting subroutines
- Numerous slicing programs
- Sith-approved personality matrix
- Extensive Mechanics database
Kintik has three primary purposes to his programming. Firstly, he is a navigator and pilot for Lea, albeit not as effective at the latter as she is. Secondly, he is a mechanic that can assist her apprentice Xid Terrik in his work. Thirdly, he is capable of accessing databases without prior approval through advanced slicing programs.
When it comes to secondary features, the following are present:
- Defense protocols concerning Lea Rahn, Xid Terrik, Navi and any others she instructs him to protect.
- Anti-slicing protocols, military-grade.
Modifications from base model.
- Taller chassis
- Stronger plating
- Numerous additional modules (specified below)
Description of all installed hardware modules.
- Internal astrogation computer
- Military-grade processors
- Military-grade sensor suite
- Custom memory modules (designed by Xid Terrik)
- Disruptor pistol (Integrated)
- Shock probe (Integrated)
- Data probe (Integrated)
- Enhanced power core
- Emergency Lightsaber storage slot.
Personality analysis.
- Likes recording stuff. Lea regularly has to make sure events she does not want recorded are purged from his memory banks.
- Methodical and patient. He’s not as prone to act out as Navi, but he can be just as ruthless, if not more so.
Purpose for droid.
Navigator, casual droid pilot, mechanic, computer spy, protector.Link to owner data files
- Droid history:
The origins of KN-TK are unknown beyond having once belonged to a now-deceased apprentice of Darth Nyiss. Whomever he or she was, the partially disassembled droid had been abandoned on Feena for years. Lea found it during one of her longer stays on that planet, shortly after she decided that she needed a droid of her own. Assisting her apprentice Xid Terrik in the work, the droid was completely rebuilt, effectively turning it into a new machine with more advanced features than the original.
The droid was given heavier plating and a chassis enhanced through Sith alchemy that rendered it all but immune to blaster fire, Force Lightning and most lightsaber strikes. It was also at that time equipped with more complex processors, custom-designed memory systems and a disruptor in place of the more traditional blaster found in regular X2s.
Since its rebuilding, it has for the most part been at its master’s side, serving her where she deemed it appropriate.
- Ellri
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Re: Sith Apprentice - Lea Rahn
Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:00 pm
Imperial cover story - Lea Rahn
For reasons that are obvious, Darth Nyiss—being the privacy-minded Sith she is—does not want the exact story of Lea Rahn to become known. More specifically, how she went from being a mostly-human Jedi Padawan into a Sith Pureblood Sith Apprentice.
On account of Lea’s desire to retain her unsithly name, her origins are likely to be questioned by other Sith. However, the cover story will stand up to most scrutiny, simply because there is no one around who can provide any evidence that disproves it, other than those who have unshakable loyalty to the Darth. The vast majority of these individuals are among the Darth’s own apprentices and are unusually loyal to her. Other than Sith, all but a small number of the individuals who might have been able to provide contradictory evidence are deceased.
When it comes to hard evidence, none exists outside Darth Nyiss’ personal records, which are inaccessible to all but her. As such, all accessible records, both images, holographs and genetic samples reveal her to be 100% Sith Pureblood, and similar enough to that for the Darth herself to be her daughter or another close relative.
While there are no paths inside the Empire for discovering anything about Lea’s unusual name, investigations into the Jedi Order will reveal the existence of House Rahn, and deeper investigations there will reveal that there was a Lea Rahn who was killed not too long before the sacking of Coruscant.
However, this does not provide anything more, since that Padawan learner was listed as being human, and Darth Nyiss’ apprentice is decidedly not human. It might, however, be enough for an investigating Sith to find it curious.
The apprentice Lea Rahn born in secret to Darth Nyiss in 1311 PRE. Father unknown. Raised in seclusion by [redacted] and [redacted]. Tested and proven Force-sensitive at the age of four. Began training in the Force shortly after. Lack of social training and experience with the Imperial way due to the necessity of seclusion.
Proved an adept learner at a young age, absorbing lore like Kaasian Sabersponge absorbs heat. Details on her education beyond this are scarce at best, just like the reasons for her name are utterly lacking in explanation. Some suspect the Darth of having ulterior motives for it, but none can say for certain and Lea Rahn herself has not explained it to anyone.
The young apprentice was secretly brought into imperial society somewhere between 1327 PRE and 1330 PRE, at which point she first emerged without her master. At that point she involved herself in numerous of her master’s archeological digs on Korriban, using a level of authority and influence many considered unusual for a relatively young apprentice.
She made numerous waves during this time period, including involving a young male human who was later identified as her apprentice, Xid Terrik. Investigations into his past appear to indicate that he was once a Jedi, captured during the Sacking of Coruscant. After he was captured, investigations seem to indicate he did not leave Feena between that glorious event and Apprentice Lea Rahn’s emergence.
Over the following years, she continued to make waves in imperial society, both through successes and the occasional but rare failure. Investigations have uncovered no evidence to prove or disprove her parentage, beyond her remarkable similarity in appearance to that of her master and suspected mother. There is certainly no evidence the Darth favors her above any of her other apprentices, in public or in private.
For reasons that are obvious, Darth Nyiss—being the privacy-minded Sith she is—does not want the exact story of Lea Rahn to become known. More specifically, how she went from being a mostly-human Jedi Padawan into a Sith Pureblood Sith Apprentice.
On account of Lea’s desire to retain her unsithly name, her origins are likely to be questioned by other Sith. However, the cover story will stand up to most scrutiny, simply because there is no one around who can provide any evidence that disproves it, other than those who have unshakable loyalty to the Darth. The vast majority of these individuals are among the Darth’s own apprentices and are unusually loyal to her. Other than Sith, all but a small number of the individuals who might have been able to provide contradictory evidence are deceased.
When it comes to hard evidence, none exists outside Darth Nyiss’ personal records, which are inaccessible to all but her. As such, all accessible records, both images, holographs and genetic samples reveal her to be 100% Sith Pureblood, and similar enough to that for the Darth herself to be her daughter or another close relative.
While there are no paths inside the Empire for discovering anything about Lea’s unusual name, investigations into the Jedi Order will reveal the existence of House Rahn, and deeper investigations there will reveal that there was a Lea Rahn who was killed not too long before the sacking of Coruscant.
However, this does not provide anything more, since that Padawan learner was listed as being human, and Darth Nyiss’ apprentice is decidedly not human. It might, however, be enough for an investigating Sith to find it curious.
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The apprentice Lea Rahn born in secret to Darth Nyiss in 1311 PRE. Father unknown. Raised in seclusion by [redacted] and [redacted]. Tested and proven Force-sensitive at the age of four. Began training in the Force shortly after. Lack of social training and experience with the Imperial way due to the necessity of seclusion.
Proved an adept learner at a young age, absorbing lore like Kaasian Sabersponge absorbs heat. Details on her education beyond this are scarce at best, just like the reasons for her name are utterly lacking in explanation. Some suspect the Darth of having ulterior motives for it, but none can say for certain and Lea Rahn herself has not explained it to anyone.
The young apprentice was secretly brought into imperial society somewhere between 1327 PRE and 1330 PRE, at which point she first emerged without her master. At that point she involved herself in numerous of her master’s archeological digs on Korriban, using a level of authority and influence many considered unusual for a relatively young apprentice.
She made numerous waves during this time period, including involving a young male human who was later identified as her apprentice, Xid Terrik. Investigations into his past appear to indicate that he was once a Jedi, captured during the Sacking of Coruscant. After he was captured, investigations seem to indicate he did not leave Feena between that glorious event and Apprentice Lea Rahn’s emergence.
Over the following years, she continued to make waves in imperial society, both through successes and the occasional but rare failure. Investigations have uncovered no evidence to prove or disprove her parentage, beyond her remarkable similarity in appearance to that of her master and suspected mother. There is certainly no evidence the Darth favors her above any of her other apprentices, in public or in private.
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