The Planet of Kali...

[Travis Darsten]

The planet Kali was originally designated a Native Republic Colony after the first wave of colonists moved into the sector. This was done after no interest in colonizing or developing Kali was shown in the private, corporate, and independent arenas. This disinterest was grounded in the fact that Kali, although inhabitable due to the atmosphere, was (and still is) a hot, inhospitable world, devoid of any variety of plant and animal life. All surface life forms and plant-life seemed to stem from aquatic roots. This, combined with the temperature, various deserts, landlocked aquatic fossils, and soil composition led scientists to believe the planet's condition stemmed from an increase in it's star's luminosity. Due to the proximity of the planet to the star, it is estimated that the temperature increased some 20 degrees over the course of just a few hundred years, slowly boiling away the oceans. Eventually, the star's luminosity declined, but remained greater than it's original luminosity.

The sector's provisional government decided to make use of the planet in spite of it's lack of popularity by building as great a university in the Outer Rim as possible, in an attempt to attract citizens from all over the sector. The first step was to terraform the land where the university would be built; to this day, Kali University and Lange, the surrounding city/starport, is the only "green-spot" on the planet's surface. After this was completed, the university itself was constructed, with the hopes of attracting businesses from throughout the sector. The idea paid off, and now Lange is one of the largest, most bustling cities in the sector. 70% of Kali's permanent population of 600 million sentients live in Lange, and an additional 5 million transients make their home there as well. The remainder inhabit other towns and cities scattered across the two continents, most of which are enterprising farming communities where experimental agrarian techniques are tested and researched.

Out in the distance is a rather large white, shiny, house That looks nothing of a house. It looks as if it was a castle. Out of the castle steps a young man that looks to be in his 20's...26 to be precise. Travis Darsten is the current ranking leader of the New Republic Alliance within the Servais Sector. A former blockade runner, his instincts are still to avoid a fight if possible. If a fight is unavoidable, though, he'll use whatever means are available to win. It is quite obvious that Travis is a Male, also human.
Travis is fairly tall and somewhat lean. However, he is in very good shape and has a nice athletic build. He has both brown hair and eyes. Travis is rather handsome and is quite fond of his hair, which was specially treated to "always look great" (even in the morning!). He dresses nicely (sometimes even in one of his designer suits if the occasion is right), but doesn't really care to keep up with the current fashions.
Travis is basically a good person, although money is still somewhat of a driving force for him. Originally, he really only cared about money, himself, and a very few close friends. Recently, though, he has started risking himself and others for the good of many or even a few. He has been forced to learn, and live with, a great deal of responsibility since joining the Rebellion and New Republic. This has caused him some internal struggles since he often doesn't feel like he deserves or can shoulder this increasing responsibility.
Travis also has a daughter that he is not quite fond of. Numerous times he has tried to kill her but did not suceed. Sara-Darsten is the name of his daughter. She is now a member of the GE and a very sweet girl indeed.
Travis walks to the end of the steps waiting for a small speeder to pick him up. He hops in the speeder and heads towards a building to the left of his home. He looks at his driver of the speeder, "Captain.." he speak loud enough to be heard over the hum of the Speeder. The captain returns the gaze and looks at his leader.
"Take me to docking bay 187 I need to examine my ship."
The captain nods and enters 187. Travis hops out and strides to the Wookiees repairing his ship. His ship is the NRS Phoenix. The Phoenix is a custom built light freighter. It was designed and constructed by Ghrikk, an expert Iotran mechanic. Travis met and befriended Ghrikk while he was serving aboard the Nova-Shadow, a light freighter on which Ghrikk was the engineer. Ghrikk had helped build the Nova-Shadow, and when it was destroyed he and Travis stuck together, deciding that they made a good pair.
Shortly after they left the Nova-Shadow, the two began the design and construction of what would eventually be the Phoenix. It is unknown where the ship was constructed or how the pair came by the materials with which to build her. The first incarnation of the Phoenix was only slightly better than an average "stock" light freighter. It sported four large, powerful engines that are speculated to have been salvaged from some prototype B-wing fighters. The crew has never confirmed (nor denied) these rumors, though. The ship also had a gyro-stabilized cockpit (which it still has today), much like the B-wing, which lends credibility to the engine rumor. One of the most distinguishing features of the Phoenix was the hyperdrive. From the beginning, the ship used a x0.75 hyperdrive - faster than almost all other ships of its class and faster than most military ships. It is believed that parts for the hyperdrive were salvaged from the destruction of the Nova-Shadow.

Since its creation, the Phoenix has undergone numerous modifications. One of the largest changes was a near-complete hull expansion at one point. This gave the ship a different exterior appearance as well as completely changing the interior layout and increasing the cargo capacity. In addition to the hull expansion, the ship has had numerous weapon upgrades, changes, and additions, shield upgrades, maneuvering thruster additions, and hull armor reinforcement.

The only other major change to the ship dealt with the subspace engines. The original engines were replaced with a military grade Starscream-9 Ion Drive which is heavily restricted because of its enormous power levels. In order to avoid "unnecessary complications" with authorities, the engine is outfitted to normally register and act like a less powerful engine (Space of 6). To use the engine's full potential, the pilot must know how to engage the full engine program.

Perhaps the most distinguishing visual feature of the Phoenix (aside from its unique shape) is the color scheme. Sometime ago, the crew had the ship painted completely black. The special coating is of such a deep and flawless black, that it is said to almost "soak up the light". The coating was specially bonded to the armor to improve its resistance to wear and damage.

The Phoenix possesses a special (and very illegal) modular transponder system. It carries, and can transmit, transponder codes and ship information for ten registered ships. This ability has helped the ship and crew many times in the past. In fact, different "aliases" of the ship are wanted in different parts of the galaxy.

The interior of the ship appears somewhat more spacious than most other ships of its class. Approximately the front third to half of the ship is dedicated to the cargo bay. The bay is quite large for its mass capacity, having a volume of over 315 cubic meters. Unlike most cargo bays, this one is completely environmentally controlled. This means that it has life-support capability while off planet. The bridge is on the starboard side, amidships. Opposite it on the port side is a swoop bay. This bay was recently installed and has an elevator system in the floor to lower the swoops down out of the bay. Currently only two swoops are stored in the bay, but at least one or two more could theoretically fit. Slightly to the rear of the swoop bay is a recreational area. This area has a home gym/weight set as well as other things to occupy time.

Behind the cockpit on the starboard side is the ship's lounge. The lounge is where the main galley is located as well as the hologame table. Concealed within the game table is a powerful hyperspace communicator that allows the crew to stay in touch with New Republic command while on extended missions. Near the lounge, toward the centerline of the ship, are located quarters for passengers. Three rooms, each containing a triple bunk, are located here as well as a large refresher. The triple bunks, while not giving each passenger very much room, are nicely furnished and quite comfortable. The bunks fold up into the walls to give more space in the room while not sleeping.

Though it is difficult to discern from the outside, the ship does have a small second level. The main entrance to the second deck is through a concealed hatch in the gunwell. Only a few people actually know of the existence of the second deck. The crew quarters, as well as the upper airlock access area are on the second deck. The captain's quarters are relatively large (at least for a light freighter) and are equipped with a private refresher. The two single crew quarters are also large, but must share a refresher. The upper airlock access area has lockers containing nine vac suits for emergencies or EVA duties. A small galley and several storage lockers are also present on the second deck.

Because of the crew's current mission and distance from friendly forces, the ship has been outfitted with an impressive personnel armory. The gear is stored on a special rack system that is concealed beneath the deck in the ship's lounge and the armor is hidden behind the lounge seats. The storage compartments are heavily sensor-masked to avoid unwanted detection. When needed, the rack can be raised from the floor and "unfolds" itself. Mike and Magnum designed the rack to make optimal use of storage space through an ingenious folding/movable rack system. By using this storage method, much more gear can be stored than would normally be possible. The armory contains gear ranging from personal blasters to explosives to armor.

Since much of what the ship was originally used for involved smuggling, Travis and Ghrikk installed four sensor-masked compartments in the ship. Each compartment can accommodate up to three metric tons of cargo or five people, cramped. The compartments are all environmentally adjustable and have life-support functions. In the past the compartments have been used to transport items ranging from spice to Rebel commando teams.

Travis hears a noise and turns to see a young lady standing in the distance

[Travis Darsten]

Travis continues to glance at the young girl and ignores her seeing though that there is no need for her to be in his quarters. Travis walks up the hull of his ship and stands at the command deck and shouts "someone go outside and take care of the bucket head that is stalking me" (Sara that is). Travis' head turns and watches a small group of rebels dispatch out the ship. The rebel leader of the squad unholsters his blaster which is set for stun and sets it for KILL. He stands a good 30 feet from Sara and aims the blaster at her speaking out, "Freeze!" He keeps the blaster aimed at the teenage-girls iota (the soft spot between the breast). The rebel looks the girl up and down and signals for two of his troopers to dispatch and take the girl to Travis. The two other rebels walks up to her and each grabs an arm of Sara.

[Sara Darsten]

Sara is grabbed by her underarms and looks to the left of the two guards seeing a parked Aratech 74-Z Military Speeder Bike. Sara gets a grin and brings her right leg back at a fast rate and kicks the guard to her left in face causing him to let go and fall to the ground. Sara reaches her free right arm around her own waist and grabs her black hilted lightsaber in a swift movement and ignites it into the waist of the next rebel and runs to the Speeder. Sara jumps on the Speeder and and kicks down the altitude controls down drawing her blaster shooting the leader of the squad of rebels in the chest.
Sara laughs evilly and speeds out of the hanger and into the rare but dense forest of Kali. Sara whizzes in and out of trees and stumps but manages to glance down at the sand beneath her speeder. She looks behind her and notices the remaining rebels from the squad that attempted to seize her. She grins again and slams on her brakes causing the rebels to speed ahead of her. She speeds after them firing her blaster Cannon into the thrust flaps of the nearest speeder causing it to crash into a nearby tree. She then hits the throttle and speeds ahead a little less than even with her "rebel friends".
She manages to make eye contact with the rebel and aims her blaster cannon at the other speeders Power Cell and fires. The Speeder instantly explodes and the remaining rebels are gone. She continues to keep her path forward a few hundred yards and parks the speeder in front of a small imperial bunker.
She hops off the sand layered speeder and removes her camouflaged speeder helmet. Sara looks about the age of 14 as her shoulder length blonde hair falls from the helmet and looks at the door of the bunker with her emerald eyes. She shakes out the thoughts in her head and sets the helmet down on the speeder and strides seductively to the door. She turns a swift motion her slender but large in the necessary places body turning on one foot at the sound of a twig snapping. She looks and sees nothing and speaks to herself but her seductive voice still hearable if in a range of her, "I really need to quit drinking that Yavin-Ale."
She chuckles to herself and enters the bunker. As the obviously beautiful young lady enters the bunker still dusting herself off she looks around for DLOS.

[Travis Darsten]

Back in the ship the NRS Phoneix, Travis stands and looks about for something to say. He flips on his comlink and speaks to the remaining rebel fighter. "Captain Talon.."
"Yes m'lord?"
"How many in your squad remain?"
"Just I m'lord. I have seemed to of stumbled across the Imperials bunker. The lady you had us capture, escaped, and also the lady was your daughter."
"How on earth did she escape?"
"Sir, it was your daughter."
"YES I KNOW...I want her DEAD immediatly captain, do you understand me?"
"Yes m'lord"
"Now report back to base"
"Yes, right away"
The comm connection close and Travis turns on his heel to face the loading ramp and strolls out of it again. At first his boots can be heard against the cold metal until he makes way to the noise of the wookiees still repairing the ship.

[Darth DaRk LoRd Of SiTh1]

DLOS walks from within the bunker to meet up with Sara at the entrance. "Ahhhhh Sara I see you made it here in one peice. Very good." DLOS Walks down a corridor with Sara followinf his Bright Emerald eyes meet with a few of the Imperial scouts in the same hall. DLOS ducks the entrance of a room from his 6''1' body would of ht the beam. He turns to face Sara. He looks at her with his Brown Hair and Blonde tips, and emerald eyes all fixated upon her. "We will infiltrate the base very shortly as we wait for a few others to arrive such as my sister, Tyra, and a few others. So yes we will just wait for those then we will begin plan."

[Athena Lady Darknss]

::: walks in the shadows, her claok swaying behind her..her face covered with her hood..::::

"Dlos I'm here"

"Travis your death shall be quick and painful"

::: speaks to Sara in the Force :::
"Sara Can you hear me?"

[Darth DaRk LoRd Of SiTh1]

DLOS Looks at his sister (LOL Sis BTW Sara is standing next to me and Travis is in a bunker) Yes everything is fine we are just waiting for a few others on the assault team to show up.

[Darth DaRk LoRd Of SiTh1]

DLOS stands looking at Athena and to Sarah. His comlink buzzes, "Yes?" he speaks into the comm. He listens to the commands from lord Vader and returns saying, "Yes MLord"
He closes the comm. He faces Athena "That was LDV he set to make sure no rebel ships leave this planet"

[Athena Lady Darknss]

:: nods ::

" as he wishes DLOS "

(i know where everyone is i wanted to see if Sara is Force able and Travis is just a person to vent at even if he cant hear me)