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nonelikemesince"Why don't you explain to me," Corran Horn said, "in great detail, why you were joyriding on a judicial speeder. And do not leave out the part that explains why people were shooting at me, and why you two disobeyed my direct order."
The hyperspace jump Anakin had laid in was several hours long, ample time for him and Tahiri to explain everything. After they'd been detained they were taken to be interrogated separately, and the interrogation officers hadn't hesitated to hit them for being recalcitrant. They explained how Tahiri had gotten free when she sensed Anakin's pain (though they left out how she had shouted something in Yuuzhan Vong when she Force-wrenched the doors to the interrogation room). How they'd found some of the planetary judicials awkwardly trying to spar with their lightsabers and ruining the furniture instead, and telekinetically made them "lose control" of the weapons, which just happened to cut the lights to the room when they went flying. How that had bought them the time to get out of the building and steal the police airspeeder that they'd driven straight into the Lucre's cargo hold.
Frankly, from the look on Corran's face when they finished, Anakin was amazed he wasn't banging his forehead repeatedly into the console.
="When we get back to the Errant Venture, we're going to have this talk again, with Kam and Tionne and anyone else I think of who might be able to get a word past this youthful, idiotic self-confidence of yours," he said; he was adamant that they shouldn't have tried to rescue Kelbis, but neither Anakin nor Tahiri was quite willing to accept that staying with the ship and leaving him to die would have been the right thing to do. "But for the moment, you say Kelbis said something about Yag'Dhul?"
"It took a lot out of him to say even that," Anakin confirmed. "He really wanted me to know something. I think Yag'Dhul may be in danger."
"Anakin," Corran said, suspicion flaring up in the Force, "where is this jump taking us?"
"You said Coreward," Anakin replied. Which was true; Corran didn't want to lead their pursuers to the Errant Venture.
Corran was still eyeing him dubiously. "Tell me we aren't going to pop out in the Yag'Dhul system."
"We aren't going to pop out in the Yag'Dhul system," Anakin said very seriously.
"Good."
Anakin sensed Tahiri's smug amusement in the Force when he added, "We're going to come out really near it, though."
"Why, you --" Corran still managed to refrain from banging his head into the console, by some miracle. "How close?"
"One jump," Anakin said, shrugging. "I thought you'd at least like to check it out."
"Anakin! Supplies! We were just supposed to get supplies, not mount a search-and-rescue-recon mission!" Corran slumped forward and covered his face with both hands, muttering a half-muffled, "Now I understand those pitying looks Solusar was giving me before we left. How long before realspace?"
Anakin checked the navcomputer. "Another five minutes."
"Terrific. Now listen to me very carefully. I am the captain of this vessel. From now on you don't even visit the 'fresher without my say-so, either of you. You will follow my orders. That means, by the way, that you do not imagine or guess at my orders, but actually wait until you hear them."
"I was following orders!" Anakin tried to tamp down the emotion, but he bristled at being lectured like a kid. "You said to jump Coreward."
"Don't insult us both, Anakin," Corran said sternly. "You're better than that."
He ducked his head and nodded. "Yes, Captain."
They dropped back to sublight so close to a giant asteroid that only Jedi reflexes and Corran's clever use of the repulsorlifts kept them from crashing. "You could have warned me about the asteroid field!"
Anakin kept glancing between the sensor displays and the rock-like objects that spread out around them, and there was a knot of apprehension forming in his stomach. "I would have," he said, "if there had been one."
"It wasn't on the charts?" asked Corran.
Anakin pointed at the display, but he was looking out the viewport at what he could now clearly recognize as yorik coral ships. "It still isn't. Look at the sensor readings: this is a Yuuzhan Vong fleet."
Yet again, he probably should have anticipated that.
[OOC: NFI/NFB/OOC-okay/TBC, the usual drill. Still adapted from Edge of Victory 2: Rebirth by Greg Keyes.]
The hyperspace jump Anakin had laid in was several hours long, ample time for him and Tahiri to explain everything. After they'd been detained they were taken to be interrogated separately, and the interrogation officers hadn't hesitated to hit them for being recalcitrant. They explained how Tahiri had gotten free when she sensed Anakin's pain (though they left out how she had shouted something in Yuuzhan Vong when she Force-wrenched the doors to the interrogation room). How they'd found some of the planetary judicials awkwardly trying to spar with their lightsabers and ruining the furniture instead, and telekinetically made them "lose control" of the weapons, which just happened to cut the lights to the room when they went flying. How that had bought them the time to get out of the building and steal the police airspeeder that they'd driven straight into the Lucre's cargo hold.
Frankly, from the look on Corran's face when they finished, Anakin was amazed he wasn't banging his forehead repeatedly into the console.
="When we get back to the Errant Venture, we're going to have this talk again, with Kam and Tionne and anyone else I think of who might be able to get a word past this youthful, idiotic self-confidence of yours," he said; he was adamant that they shouldn't have tried to rescue Kelbis, but neither Anakin nor Tahiri was quite willing to accept that staying with the ship and leaving him to die would have been the right thing to do. "But for the moment, you say Kelbis said something about Yag'Dhul?"
"It took a lot out of him to say even that," Anakin confirmed. "He really wanted me to know something. I think Yag'Dhul may be in danger."
"Anakin," Corran said, suspicion flaring up in the Force, "where is this jump taking us?"
"You said Coreward," Anakin replied. Which was true; Corran didn't want to lead their pursuers to the Errant Venture.
Corran was still eyeing him dubiously. "Tell me we aren't going to pop out in the Yag'Dhul system."
"We aren't going to pop out in the Yag'Dhul system," Anakin said very seriously.
"Good."
Anakin sensed Tahiri's smug amusement in the Force when he added, "We're going to come out really near it, though."
"Why, you --" Corran still managed to refrain from banging his head into the console, by some miracle. "How close?"
"One jump," Anakin said, shrugging. "I thought you'd at least like to check it out."
"Anakin! Supplies! We were just supposed to get supplies, not mount a search-and-rescue-recon mission!" Corran slumped forward and covered his face with both hands, muttering a half-muffled, "Now I understand those pitying looks Solusar was giving me before we left. How long before realspace?"
Anakin checked the navcomputer. "Another five minutes."
"Terrific. Now listen to me very carefully. I am the captain of this vessel. From now on you don't even visit the 'fresher without my say-so, either of you. You will follow my orders. That means, by the way, that you do not imagine or guess at my orders, but actually wait until you hear them."
"I was following orders!" Anakin tried to tamp down the emotion, but he bristled at being lectured like a kid. "You said to jump Coreward."
"Don't insult us both, Anakin," Corran said sternly. "You're better than that."
He ducked his head and nodded. "Yes, Captain."
They dropped back to sublight so close to a giant asteroid that only Jedi reflexes and Corran's clever use of the repulsorlifts kept them from crashing. "You could have warned me about the asteroid field!"
Anakin kept glancing between the sensor displays and the rock-like objects that spread out around them, and there was a knot of apprehension forming in his stomach. "I would have," he said, "if there had been one."
"It wasn't on the charts?" asked Corran.
Anakin pointed at the display, but he was looking out the viewport at what he could now clearly recognize as yorik coral ships. "It still isn't. Look at the sensor readings: this is a Yuuzhan Vong fleet."
Yet again, he probably should have anticipated that.
[OOC: NFI/NFB/OOC-okay/TBC, the usual drill. Still adapted from Edge of Victory 2: Rebirth by Greg Keyes.]
