Synopsis:
- Issue 11, 12: Vector (Part 5 & 6)
Approximately three months after Order 66, captured Uhumele
crewman Janks, who has already been heavily interrogated, faces
an unimaginable torture by Darth Vader - for reasons Janks
cannot understand.
A short time later, the Uhumele is travelling en-route
for a rendezvous with a potential buyer for the mysterious crate
in their cargo hold. Captain Heren's explains to his ragbag crew
the known history of the crate: around 1,400 years ago it was
discovered buried under a kilometre of ice on Jebble, but it
could not be opened nor scanned to ascertain its contents. Since
then, the "Jebble Box", as it began to be
known, grew in stature and value amongst antiquity collectors.
It was rumoured that the box contained an ancient Jedi treasure
and could only be opened by a Jedi.
For Heren and his crew, the temptation of the Jebble Box had
cost them too much and now they only wanted rid of it, so they
have arranged for Fane Peturri, an historian, to purchase it.
However, upon their rendezvous with Fane, the Uhumele's
crew are captured by Darth Vader, who has taken a keen interest
in the Jebble Box. Working for Vader, Fane takes the crate and
unlocks a holo-message recorded four thousand years ago warning
of the dangers that are contained within Lord Dreypa's
Oubliette. Ignoring Fane's pleas not to open it, Vader
slices the lid off the box and reveals a hibernation chamber
containing Celeste Morne!
Celeste is perturbed to be awakened after four thousand years
still with the Muur Talisman around her neck, but is even more
alarmed to discover that the Republic was overthrown by the Sith
and that Vader is a Sith Lord. Recognising that her masters and
the Covenant have failed to prevent the return of the Sith,
Celeste immediately attacks Vader, but Vader senses Celeste's
anger and hatred and attempts to turn Celeste to the Dark Side.
During this lightsabre melee, the Uhumele's crew realise
that whoever wins the battle does not bode well for them and
they must escape their bonds soon...read
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Synopsis taken from Dark
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