MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek" (Chapter 13)

His head was hung in defeat when he departed from Toph's rooms, sneaking back through the shadows to get to his cell once more. The Jedi Master would be no help, he'd have to think of something else. 

"Does he know that you're here?"

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek" (Chapter 12)

The device... worked.

Following Niyasa's instructions, Ziv had been able to get the device working.

"I have no idea how you just did that, but-"

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek" (Chapter 11)

"I don't have anything to say to you."

"That's a little harsh toward an old friend."

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek" (Chapter 10)

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"In this corner! She comes from the planet of Concord Dawn! A warrior who has won many, many matches in this very arena! Mona Awaud!!!" Pirc's voice chirped over the intercom system. The crowd was going nuts, clearly looking forward to the match to come.

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek" (Chapter 9)

"You are... out of your mind."

"Pretty sure I have to be at this point, yes."

"Nobody sees the Grand Champion unless they're fighting him." Ziv told him. "And you don't fight him."

"Why not?" Calen asked, arms crossed over his chest. He hadn't sat down since being returned to the cell, although it had already been several hours. Soon enough, it would be lights out. Calen also pointedly tried to ignore the redhead in the cell across from them, who very clearly was now observing him and attempting not to be discovered as she did so.

"Because he doesn't lose." Ziv said. "Anyone who has gone up against him has died."

"Well, I'm not stupid enough to try and fight a Jedi Knight."

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek" (Chapter 8)

The longer that Calen watched, and he did watch for quite a bit of time (and how couldn't he?), the more he was convinced that this man was indeed Jedi Master Karras Toph, the man who had been imprinted upon the holocron that he and Niyasa had discovered on Gesaril. He was certainly older, much older than the artificial intelligence that had been created from him, but it was definitely him. Even if Zobek hadn't made his grand announcement, Calen would have seen it.

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek" (Chapter 7)

 

"Ugh...my head!"

A horrendous pain was what greeted Calen upon reawakening in... wherever it was that he'd ended up. This definitely wasn't the cave back on the moon, or at least he was fairly certain it wasn't. The last thing he remembered had been that firefight and...

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek, Chapter 6"

The next few hours were spent in traveling through the caves and away from the shuttle. With its power off, it likely wasn't going to come up on scans for active vessels and hopefully their attackers wouldn't be looking for it, or at the very least leave it be if they did.

"We still have the transponder." Briemi said. "We'll just find a good place to get a signal sent up."

"And make sure nobody who shouldn't get it gets it." Calen said.

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek, Chapter 5"

After that particularly sickening display, Calen and Briemi were escorted back to the suite that Zobek had set aside for them. Finding it cleaned, Briemi and Calen once more checking for any bugs before opening their mouths to speak.

"That was-" Calen started.

"Terrible, yes." Briemi nodded in agreement, likewise rather disgusted by what she had seen. "We're going to have to bring down the facility. We'll have to send out some of our men to scout it."

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek, Chapter 4"

"<Please. Drink.>"

They were seated at a lengthy table, something that clearly was not pulled out very often from the state of cleanliness it had over virtually everything else in the room. It seemed that Zobek did not entertain guests nearly so often. The serving staff poured them drinks.

"His Excellence Zobek invites you to imbibe." Pirc said, standing to the left of his master rather than being seated as they were. Briemi raised her glass.

"To our gracious host. May this be the beginning of a wonderful relationship between he and the Empire." She toasted.

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek, Chapter 3"

The flight to Rorak was by and large uneventful. Calen couldn't say he was complaining, it giving him more than a little time to relax and set his mind to the task ahead. Also, to try out those breathing techniques he and Niyasa had gleaned from the holocron. He wasn't some sort of stealth operative by any means and he was a bit afraid of blowing the entire thing, but he'd resolved to trust in his skills and the skills of his compatriots. 

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek, Chapter 2"

"Needless to say, the raid was indeed an astounding success." Glin had been debriefing Calen for the past half hour over the minute details of the operation. "The Imperial shuttle Siren was captured with only minimal casualties onboard and we captured priority target Inspe-"

"With respect, sir," Calen raised a hand to interrupt the older human, "as much as I am happy to have been a part of the mission, what does this have to do with me?"

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek, Chapter 1"

 

STAR WARS:

THE CHAMPIONS OF ZOBEK

The GALACTIC CIVIL WAR is in full swing across the galaxy. While the heroic REBEL ALLIANCE scored a great victory after the destruction of the DEATH STAR, they have been in dire straits ever since. Constantly on the run, their bases being burned out one by one as they are pursued by the GALACTIC EMPIRE at the command of the terrifying EMPEROR PALPATINE.

A year after a great victory in the MINOS CLUSTER, a Rebel cell has picked up an Imperial communique concerning one ZOBEK THE HUTT, who has contacted the Empire with the bargain of a lifetime - a weapon that will help bring an end to the war quickly, something that could spell disaster for those fighting to bring peace and justice back to the galaxy.

Retrieving intelligence of an Imperial inspector journeying to Zobek's planet of RORAK 4 at the behest of the Emperor and the GRAND MOFFS to see this weapon that the Hutt wishes to sell, ALLIANCE HIGH COMMAND has approved of a mission to overtake and capture this inspector before they reach the planet. It is a risky and very dangerous mission, but the Rebel Alliance cell is more than up to the task before them, though a squad of X-Wings may just give them the boost they need...