Earthlings 2: The Dark Age

18

19 BBY, Jabiim

"Vanguard Axis, young Jedi survivor in need." Roken read off his datapad, which showed all the emails he received from people all across the galaxy. Eliezer watched, his arms crossed as the Path's co-leader furrowed his brow. "Why would those droids be interested in a Jedi...?"

"Profit, most likely," Eliezer replied. "Jedi get large bounties on their heads. Double that if the Jedi is a rare species."

"Like a Wookiee?" 

"Wookiees especially." Eliezer took the datapad to dig further on this Jedi survivor's information. "Well, would you look at that. It's a Wookiee youngling."

"Oh, gee-" Roken took it back. "It's bad enough having the Empire on his tail, now he's got nabbed by Axis droids who plan to sell him to who knows who..."

"Could as well be the Empire." Eliezer shrugged before standing up. "We'll need someone to go rescue him-"

"2 people," Roken interjected. "Is Leishe still here? Or is he back on Takath?"

"Oh, he's here," Eliezer said, turning towards where Eli was hanging out with Tabitha, Wade, Sully, and Ivan. The Delvins had a choice between starting a new life on Kaller or joining the Path. Of course, Yaen wanted his son to be safe, so he'd left Ivan in the safehouse while he went to Kaller. A decision that Ivan had been strongly against. "Want me to get him?"

Roken nodded. 

Eliezer then proceeded to walk over to the kids, who immediately glanced over at him.

"Hey, wanna play with us?" Ivan held up a datapad. He seemed to have gotten over his grief over losing his father, at least on the outside. "We're podracing."

"On a datapad-?"

"Yeah, it's a video game."

"Yeah, no thanks." Eliezer turned to Eli, motioning to him. "You're needed over for a mission."

Getting up, Eli followed him. "So, what's the mission?"

"We're going to Vanguard Axis," Eliezer explained as they headed back to Roken's location. "Roken will brief us on the details."

"That's really helpful," Eli said sarcastically. "A mission to someplace full of unfriendly droids... what are we gonna find there-?"

"A young Wookiee, held prisoner by those droids," Roken piped in, holding his datapad. "By the look of him, he's old enough to have had a master... even if for a short time."

"Wonder who it was," Eli remarked.

"Who it was doesn't matter," Roken cut in. "What matters is that this kid is being held against his will by droids who want to sell him. We don't know who is their buyer, but he needs our help nevertheless. You two are gonna go get him."

"Sounds... like a plan," Eli said, nodding slowly. 

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19 BBY, Space

"Cid said the Vanguard Axis is notorious for illegal smuggling," Hunter said as the batch disembarked from the Marauder.  "So be ready for anything."

"Ah, what's a few smugglers gonna do to us?" Flash remarked. "As long as they're not killing anyone..."

"Or hurting  anyone in any way," Noble added.

Ignoring their remarks, the Sergeant turned to the others. "We'll make the delivery. Echo, Omega- guard the ship."

With that, Flash followed him along with Wrecker, Tech, and Noble to the entrance. At the end of a narrow hallway stood a droid about the size of an old clanker... probably could  be considered a clanker. It pressed a few buttons on its datapad before looking up at them. "Proceed."