Out of nowhere, there was a blast that resounded through the trees…

Soon after, he noticed what looked like an invisible barrier pushing across the hillside. All the trees swayed in unison pushed by a wave of energy from whatever caused the explosion. It was slightly warm as it passed by him, sending chills down his spine. He got on his speeder immediately and headed towards home.

As he came out of the forest and over the hills toward Restuss, what he saw before him was unimaginable. The city lay in ruins…the great theater, the city hall, even the star port were all smoldering and on fire. He could not imagine what had happened, but even worse was that he knew people here, people that might be injured or even worse…dead.

Pushing his speeder as fast as he could, he swooped down over the hill and approached the city. He could hear weapons fire and many small explosions getting louder and louder as approached. When he got close enough, he could see what looked like an Imperial patrol.

"Halt!" the Stormtrooper said "No one is allowed beyond this point by order of the Emperor; you will have to turn around."

"..But I have friends who may have been injured and... " he was cut off by the trooper

"All civilians were evacuated. You can find them at the space station. You must leave now, it is for you own... " he was cut off as blaster fire raced by.

Taking their positions behind the fortification, they started firing back. He could not see who the attacker was, but suspected it was whomever was responsible for initiating the battle in the first place.

Still wanting to find out what happened, but not interested in landing in an Imperial prison cell, he went out of visual range of the patrol point then started circling around the ruined city looking for a possible entry point. Fortunately, he was adept at sneaking around. Unlike most others, he learned long ago how to blend in and avoid suspicious eyes. He moved around inside a large Imperial base that had been built only a few short weeks ago. It was bustling with activity but was well guarded. Not wanting to risk anything, he looped around it in a wide arc and kept skirting around the city limits.

As he arrived at the far side of the city, the devastation was even more apparent. From what he could see, not a single building was spared from destruction. The battle seemed to be still raging as well.... but why would there still be combatants after such an earthshattering explosion?

Next, he came to a newer encampment, which was definitely not Imperial. He realized that if he wanted to figure any of this out , he needed to enter the camp. As he did, he noticed two men in old republic uniforms standing guard, and then soon recognized the banner they stood under as that of the Rebel Alliance.  He approached and greeted the guards.

"Who are you and what can we do for you?" one of the guards asked.

"My name is Stoer Kilos. I live here and I have friends that may have been injured. If possible, I'd like to help in any way that I can," he answered.

"Well unless you're good with a blaster there isn't much use for civilians here" the guard said.

"I'm not good with a blaster but this will probably do" Stoer said, as he pulled out a small shaft that in less than a moment became a light saber. "I have been living here with friends training for quite some time and I'd be happy to lend my hand to the Alliance …but first I need to know what has transpired and if my friends are alright."

The guards looked at each other and the one nodded to the other in approval.

"Ok then, go into the center building - that's command. We will tell them you are coming," they said as they picked up the comm.

Stoer moved over to the command building and entered. Inside, there were holos of the city ruins and many blinking red and purple dots. The command center was buzzing with activity and contained several scurrying people dressed in a variety of different uniforms. Some he could recognize, others he could not. Someone looked up from the display and beckoned him over.

"Hi, I've been told you came to help and good thing too-- there are quite a few Imperial troops here and we have to move fast if we are to salvage anything" the officer said.

"But what happened? What's going on? I had friends that lived there and I need to know if they are alive…I have been out in the field for half a day meditating." Stoer said.

"Right then - nothing to worry about as far as your friends go. There was enough time for the Imperial forces to evacuate the city before the explosion, so your friends should be fine. What we need to do now is go in there and find any bits of data, plans or other hardware related to the device that blew up in the Empires face!" He then motioned to the holo-display. "We have troops at this point, this point and here. We know they were working on the project in this building here," he said pointing at a non-descript pile of rubble, "…but as you can see it's a bit of a mess right now and we have storm troopers coming in by the shipload. It's getting harder and harder to find anything."

Stoer interrupted him for a moment "Anything of what? What were they working on?"

"The Star Core, that's what exploded, it was only in the development stage and good thing, too, or this moon would be about half the size it is currently. Fortunately, the reaction was limited to a radius slightly smaller than the city. It's supposed to be a new type of power supply that can run practically an entire planet.... or even worse, another Death Star! Our job is to gather whatever information we can about it and try to destroy it – or better yet, develop it for use against the Empire." He paused a moment, giving Stoer a chance to interject.

"Well if it did this, there isn't going to be much left of it. Besides, it seems too dangerous to even try to recreate."

"Well, you asked what we needed…and this is it, so if you can help, great! If not, you will need to step aside and let us get back to work. If you choose to help, talk to Captain Voldez over there. She will give you an assignment!" The officer then walked across the room to analyze some data at another station.

Stoer stood for a minute deciding what course of action to take...

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