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Synopsis:
On the planet Kesh Sith
apprentice Vestara Khai awaits next to her master, Lady
Olaris Rhea, and a group of leading Sith Lords and
Sabers for Ship to announce those who would be
following him to find a space vessel which will allow
the Lost Tribe to leave Kesh. Those selected are: High
Lord Sarasu Taalon, Lord Ivaar Workan, Lady Olaris Rhea,
Saber Ruku Myal and, to her surprise, Vestara.
On board and in space Ship informs them that a
Damorian S18 light freighter is en-route from Eriadu and
that its cargo can aid the Sith. Ship orders
Taalon and the Sith to control him and so Ship
forces the freighter to crash land. When Ship
touches down next to the crippled freighter, the Sith
discover that the crew have already fled. Deciding to
hunt down the crew, for there can be no witnesses, the
Sith party are forced to divide their forces into two
groups when they discover that the crew have divided in
two directions.
Vestara joins Lord Workan and Ruku Myal and when they
stumble upon the pilot and a crewman, Workan and Ruku
quickly slay them. Disappointed by not being involved in
the kill, Vestara is even more disappointed when High
Lord Taalon contacts her and instructs her to return to
the freighter and catalog its contents. However, upon
arriving back at the crashed freighter she discovers a
stowaway: a human slave girl trying to escape from the
planet B'nish. Thinking that the freighter has been
attacked by pirates the stowaway pleads for her life not
realising who or Vestara Khai actually is. For a short
time Vestara is intrigued by the strange girl believing
she may learn something of the galaxy that the Sith plan
to conquer, but when she senses that Ship
is observing her, Vestara knows that the girl cannot
live - for she is not Sith.
Vestara commands the girl to kneel down but the stowaway
realises what will happen and refuses. Exclaiming her
desire to die as a free person the girl makes a dash for
the cover of some trees but, guided by the Dark Side of
the Force, Vestara's parang strikes the stowaway down.
Vestara is surprised to have sensed the girl's death in
the Force: her strong will and desire to embrace life
reverberates strongly in the Force,; but Vestara is also
somewhat horrified by the amount of blood her weapon has
extracted from the girl. Vestara realises that she
didn't even know the girl's name and so Ship,
intrigued by the young apprentice's apprehension,
instructs Vestara to name her.
Recovering quickly from her doubt Vestara reaches out
into the Force and names the girl: First.
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