Sara happily showed EDI, Obi-Wan, Kit Fisto, and A'raan (who went along just to keep the others company) around the ship while Senthil practiced and Anakin piloted the ship.

OOC Any you wanna say before we arrive?

"Do you think we'll face any opposition as we trace the signal on Tatooine?" Senthil asked Master Fisto and Sara as they prepped to exit hyperspace.

"We'll see," Kit Fisto replied.  "If the Confederacy has caught on, perhaps.  Or if the Hutt's interfere."

"I had forgotten about the Hutts," Senthil admitted.  "I suppose with both factions possibly looking for us, stealth is probably our best course," Senthil said, a little bit of disappointment creeping into his voice.

"Indeed, and this ship is the stealthiest as they come!" Sara said proudly.  "It's communication array is outstanding too, we'll be able to track where the original signal came from regardless of where we land on the planet."

Senthil noticed Anakin shift in his seat at this.

"Anakin, maybe you had a place in mind?  A place that might be more hidden?" Senthil asked, not sure why any of this would bother him.

"Well...I'm from Tatooine so..." Anakin replied.

"Anakin," Obi-Wan said, warningly.

"So you know the best places for us to land without being detected, right?" Senthil prodded.

"Well Mos Espa is out of the way." Anakin replied.

"Anakin, we've discussed this," Obi-Wan said.  "We don't have time to look in on personal matters."

Senthil blinked his bulbous eyes, realizing he had just stepped into something private.  "Oh, well I'll leave you two to work out the details of where we land," Senthil said, bowing respectfully and then quickly exiting the cockpit.

"Why don't you go ahead and show me more of the ship," Kit Fisto said to Sara.

"Gladly," she replied and the two exited the cockpit.  A'raan followed Senthil but stopped in the hallway.

"The nightmares about my mother are every night," Anakin shouted.

"Dreams pass in time-"

"How often do you have these dreams?" EDI asked, interrupting Obi-Wan who looked at her in surprise.

"I'm afraid this is a personal matter could you-"

"Two weeks, all night," Anakin stated.

"They're just dreams."  Obi-Wan protested.

"Respectfully, Master Jedi, I disagree," EDI said.  "A repetitious dreams may be normal but with this frequency it is unheard of.  According to my calculations, the likelihood that this is a Jedi vision are high."

"Visions through the Force come during times of meditation," Obi-Wan explained.  His posture and tone indicated that he was uncomfortable with EDI disagreeing with him.

"Scans indicate that brain activity during sleep is not terribly dissimilar to brain activity during meditation."

Obi-Wan shifted uncomfortably.

"Sara has said we are only here so she can trace the signal.  I suppose there would be time for you to check in on your mother."

When A'raan stopped, Senthil did too, though he felt guilty listening in.  "I knew Anakin was taken when he was older, but I didn't realize he knew his mother," Senthil whispered to A'raan.

"Makes sense I suppose," A'raan replied.  "Should he be so attached to her, though?  It sounds like he's letting it get in the way of his duty."

"Of course he shouldn't be so attached," Senthil chided.  "She's just one person.  We're sworn to protect the galaxy.  Still," Senthil pondered, "it's an interesting case, joining the Jedi at such an advanced age."  Senthil had never really thought about it, having never met his family.  The only person he was even slightly attached to was his master, but he would never let his concern for Master Fisto interfere with his duty--he knew Master Fisto wouldn't want him to.  But he wondered what that kind of emotional feeling must be like.

"I guess that kinda means we're not the best judges of the situation," A'raan said, a mixture of confusion and surprise on his face.

"Yeah," Senthil agreed solemnly.  Then, snapping out of his reverie, added "It's none of our business anyway.  If anything needs to be taken care of, Master Kenobi will take care of it."
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The rest of the trip to Tatooine was fairly uneventful.  After the kerfuffle Kit Fisto and Sara rejoined the rest in the cockpit where Senthil could almost sense Anakin's anxiety.  Soon they were landed and Sara got to work on their advanced communications array.

"Anakin, I'm sorry I wasn't more...open-minded about your visions," Obi-Wan said as Anakin readied the small speeder-bike that was stored aboard the ship.  "And I do hope you find your mother."

"Thank you," grumbled Anakin then he drove off.

Knowing that he wouldn't be of any help setting up the communications array, Senthil asked A'raan if he wanted to spar.

"Sure, anything to help prepare for the surprise 'quizzes' my master gives me."

"We can sharpen each other," Senthil said lacing his words with positivity.  Then, just to make sure A'raan knew Senthil had his support, he added, "Just so you know, I don't agree with the way Dark Woman trains you, despite her supposed success rate."

A'raan didn't reply but took off his outer robe, drew his weapon, and saluted.

Senthil similarly retrieved his lightsaber, saluted and took a strong two-handed grip on his lightsaber, igniting it to reveal its aqua-blue blade.

OOC Roll for Init.

OOC: 20 (roll) + 1 (Init mod) = 21.

Despite being more than ready A'raan was able to lunge before Senthil could make a move.  Fortunately for Senthil, he was able to move just in time to dodge A'raan's hasty attack.

Senthil riposted with a swing of his own blade, but he was still distracted with the events from earlier.

A'raan swung horribly wide and nearly knocked himself off balance trying to physically dominate the battle.

Senthil responded with a quick thrust of his own, but it was too hasty a move.

A'raan recovered his composure, gripped his lightsaber with both hands and swung, attempting to use his superior strength to his advantage.  The tactic worked and the blow was enough to nearly knock Senthil off his feet, fortunately their lightsabers were set on training mode or the attack would have severely hurt Senthil.

"Well done A'raan, I think you'll be ready for your next pop quiz," Senthil complimented as he deactivated his lightsaber and put it away.

Continued in Tatooine.
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Picking up from the Tatooine thread.

As Senthil completed his exercises he noticed that Anakin was standing in the doorway to the turbolift, watching him.
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A little bit embarrassed that he had been thus bested in front of the more experienced Padawan, Senthil nevertheless decided not to take anything away from A'raan.  "What do you think Anakin?  Will A'raan be able to meet his master's demanding expectations?"  And then, after swallowing a bit more pride, "And any tips for me to be able to keep up?"

"A'raan needs to worry less about his master and more about himself.  They're not not always right and his is far too brutal.  Reminds me of when I was little on Tatooine."  Anakin looked distant for a moment.  "The Jedi should be more virtuous.  They should reign her in.  They let injustices go and offer platitudes in their place.

"As far as you're concerned, don't worry about what others think of you; everyone wants to mold you into that they want you to be.  Find what you do best and pursue it, even if it's not what your master wants."

Senthil agreed with almost everything Anakin said, except for the part about essentially ignoring your master.  Senthil knew that Jedi Masters were not always right, but they definitely had more experience.  However, Senthil decided not to verbally take issue with the advice so freely given.  He simply nodded and said, "Thanks, Anakin."  After a brief pause, he then decided to be bold and ask "Would you be willing to spar with one of us?"

Anakin blinked, seemingly surprised and off-put by the genuine compliment.

"Of course," he replied to the offer to spar.  He took off his outer robe and assumed a starting pose.  "Two against one.  Unfair for you two."

Senthil was surprised at Anakin's answer, as he hadn't expected him to be willing to take on both of them. However, he was up to the challenge, even if Anakin's confidence made him a little nervous.  Senthil gathered the Force around him, using Battlestrike, more to make sure he got through Anakin's defenses than that he wanted to hurt him, even though the lightsabers were set on training mode.  He then moved in immediately and aggressively, swinging the lightsaber across Anakin's body.
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A'raan took a swing to the opposite side as Senthil but Anakin was able to parry both, with grimace of effort, before returning a strike on A'raan who shuddered from the blow.

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Senthil tried cutting in towards his mid-section with a stabbing blow.

Anakin parried Senthil's attack but didn't even need to worry about A'raan whose attack went wide as he over corrected.  After the last attack.  Anakin used the opening to attack Senthil, handily landing in the middle of Senthil's back.  Fortunately everyone's sabers were set to training mode.

OOC Anakin's attack is 20 dmg, surpassing your threshold and nearly dropping you.

Even though the training lightsaber did not burn cloth or flesh, it was quite the thud on the back and Senthil felt like screaming out in pain, but he bit his tongue.  He tried again for a strike against Anakin, but was starting to realize that it wasn't just the pain that was holding him back.  He just couldn't keep up with Skywalker.

While Anakin was distracted casually deflecting Senthil's pitiful attack, A'raan's swing connected with the older Jedi's arm.

Anakin returned the favor to the side of A'raan's head, dropping him.

Senthil decided that he and A'raan had probably taken enough of a beating.  "Okay, Anakin, you win.  You definitely can handle the both of us."

Senthil deactivated his lightsaber, reached his webbed hand out to A'raan to help him get up, and to Anakin added, "It's a good thing you're on our side."
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Anakin nodded and returned his lightsaber to his belt.

"We're arriving at the coordinates," Obi-Wan said over the comm.  The three returned to the bridge and Anakin returned to the pilot seat.  When they exited hyperspace they were all stunned to see not only an entire star system but a space battle taking place above the planet in front of them.

"Looks like we're the last ones to the party," Senthil observed.

"Let's make sure we go unseen until we know more about what's going on."  Obi-Wan flipped a couple of switches to activate the stealth-mode.

"What two groups are fighting?" Senthil wondered aloud, hoping but not expecting that someone in the cockpit could provide an answer.
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"These ships look like Confederacy ships," Obi-Wan said, pointing towards a fan-shaped cruiser they were slipping past.

"And is the other side us?" Senthil asked, meaning the Republic, whatever shape it was currently in.

"They don't LOOK like Republic ships," A'raan replied.

"The Republic has no warships," explained Kit Fisto as the ship moved by the triangular defending ship.

"Then whose ships are they?  The invisible planets'?"  Senthil wondered.

"Why would one system have so many warships?" Obi-Wan asked, generally.  They darted past a fan-shaped Confederacy ship and entered the atmosphere of the rainy planet.

"They are stuck between two galaxies," offered Anakin.  "Maybe they just wanted to be able to defend themselves."

"Well, it seems we are destined to find our answers not in space but on the planet," Senthil conceded.  He noted that the planet seemed to be covered in water  which made him feel more at home.

The ship began to be buffeted by the storms that racked the planet as they entered the atmosphere but they were able to find a city above the endless ocean and land.

OOC Anything to say before we disembark?

OOC: Nope.

As they landed a squad of troopers in shiny, white armor exited the nearby building and surrounded their ship and pointed their blasters.

"Identify yourself," an accented voice crackled over the com.

"We are Jedi of the Republic," Obi-Wan replied.  The troopers stood down and the one who appeared to be their leader spoke into his helmet.  A few minutes later a tall, slender frame appeared in the lighted doorway but didn't exit.

"You will follow us inside," the accented voice demanded.

Even though he was enjoying the feel of the rain on his skin, Senthil simply nodded and followed the troopers.  His first reaction had been that they were being too defensive and pushy.  But then he had considered that their planet was under attack, and had held his tongue.  He thought his master would be pleased, if he had known Senthil had contained himself, but Senthil didn't want to point it out--that would be prideful.