A year has passed and the New Allinace Transcendence Organization, otherwise called N.A.T.O. has secured most of the Omniverse for order, peace, protection, and stability. The Conglomerate Sith Alliance Triumvirate, also called C.S.A.T. is heavily a...
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Bakura's conquerors seemed determined to prove themselves gracious in victory. There were no massacres and no orbital bombardments. Supposedly the critical factories had been filled with P'w'eck and Ssi-ruuk engineers determined to bring them back to full productivity, but from the window of his hotel room- which had become his comfortable prison- Shado Vao saw only the columns of scarlet-skinned Ssi-ruuk marching in triumph down the streets of Salis D'aar. To the Bakurans, who'd lived in fear and anticipation of the alien invaders for a century and a half, this must have been the realization of all their nightmares, and the relative gentleness of the Ssi-ruuvi occupation would do little to comfort.
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Locked in isolation, Eternal Master Shado Vao knew nothing about Storr, Recado, or anyone else. He only got glimpses of the outside world when he tried to access the HoloNet, and from there he only caught repeated messages proclaiming the benevolence of the Bakura's new rulers and the danger in risking their ire.
With plenty of time and nothing to fill it, he became trapped in an endless cycle of regret. He started to wonder if Koregion had been right, that the P'w'eck had used his good intentions to stall for time and set Bakura up to fall with its vital resources intact. He'd thought, for a brief moment, that he could still sense the truth of things even without the Force, but he saw now that had been a projection of his hopes and nothing more. He could only pray his wishful thinking hadn't led to disaster.
After two and a half days, Shado finally received a visitor besides the P'w'eck who dropped off his meals. He threw up his hands at the sight of three massive, red-scaled Ssi-ruuvi warriors standing in his door, their strange paddle-beam weapons aimed at his chest. The lead one released a set of frantic, angry-sounding whistles, but when they'd arrested Shado they'd taken his translator, so all he could do was stand there confused.
He got the point when the rougeSsi-ruuk backed from the door, allowing him space to exit into the hall. As soon as he did so the leader began jabbing the butt of its weapon in Shado's back, edging him forward. They led him all the way outside, where a speeder piloted by one very unhappy-looking human waited. Shado and his captors stepped were whisked back to the defense headquarters, though he had no idea what purpose the building served now.
