[saldana]

The manner of Superman's demise weighs heavily upon your minds as you retreat to your quarters, anxious to find solace in a medatative trance. The steady rumble of the hyperdrive is the only sound onboard until a few hours past midnight when the serenity you have been working to restore is disrupted by a surge of what is without question, pure hatred, resounding through the force. what is different this time as compared to last night is that the disruption is not going away. You grab your lightsaber and extend yourself through the Force, using it to guide you towards the source of what is surely a nexus of Dark Side power.

Your fears are confirmed as you all reach the galley at virtually the same time, all of you easily detecting the same thing and reacting in the same manner. Your rush forward comes to a sudden halt however, as you see EaglesFan27 locked in combat at the other end of the room, his emerald green lightsaber shimmering in the darkness.

But this is not what stuns you into immobility. It is the other person facing EaglesFan. You cannot see who it is, as their face is hidden by a large hood, but there is no doubt that this figure must be a Sith...as his lightsaber is crossed with the emerald blade of EaglesFan, and it's glowing scarlet red blade is inching ever closer to EaglesFan's throat.

He sees the group of Jedi that have entered the room, but before any of you can react, the hooded figure spins away from Eagles with amazing speed and dexterity. Eagles, who had been drawing heavily on the Force in an effort to withstand the apparently stronger opponent's attempt to push the red blade into his throat, is momentarily caught of balance and lurches slightly forward. It is only a split second, but it is enough time for the Sith to spin behind Eagles and from nowhere, a second shimmering red blade appears and is plunged into the exposed back of EaglesFan27, the tip reappearing in the center of his chest.

A scream of pure agony resounds in both the room and through the Force as the presence that was EaglesFan27 begins to wane from your consciousness. Several of you start to move towards the Sith, still standing over Eagles with his two scarlet blades crossed, but your attention is diverted by a second pulse of agony coming through the Force....as you turn to find the source of this second distress, the Sith closes down his lightsabers and sprints down one of the hallways and out of sight.

The tumult of the night is not over though as you find the source of the second Force disturbance...Alan T is lying at the entrance to the room you first came through, his eyes open and staring at the ceiling. He is dead, but from what is not immediately clear. Did the Sith kill him the same way Master Saldana was killed? No one recalls noticing Alan choking. The only thing anyone saw was Alan simply collapse at almost the same moment Eagles was killed.

A search of both their quarters reveals the answer. Found in both of their meager personal belongings is a portable holoprojector containing the same recording. It is of their Jedi Master, Peregrine, who was so powerful and respected as a teacher that both Eaglesfan and Alan T were permitted to be his Padawan learners at the same time. Master Peregrine is advising his former students to guard the secret they share well, as it could be a great asset to them in many ways. Although Master Peregrine never explains exactly what the secret is, it becomes apparent that as a result of training together for so much of their lives, Alan T and Eaglesfan27 shared a Force Bond that none of you entirely understand. The thing that you do understand though is that this bond was apparently strong enough that when broken by the death of one, its absence caused the death of the other.

it is now day 2, the lynch deadline is friday at 10:30 pm est (i dont have board access until then, so you might as well have the extra hour to vote)