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4.1.7

Ahsoka did one last sweep of her room in the suite. They were heading off today and she wanted to make sure she wasn't leaving behind a mess. It was so much harder to do so with more things in her room. Back on Coruscant, she owned next to nothing, so it was much harder to make a mess. There was hardly anything to dirty.

Satisfied, she closed the door and rapped on Caleb's door. He walked out, and Ahsoka did a quick once-over of his room. Everything looked to be in order, so she let it be. She started scanning the floor for trash or misplaced items that one of them might have left by accident. Still, nothing seemed to litter the floor, so she grabbed her cloak and waited for Caleb to do the same. They closed the door to the suite without locking it and walked towards the landing pad with their ship.

They had said all of their goodbyes earlier, during lunch, during which Elias Kora and many others thanked them for stopping the terrorists from the night before. Ahsoka even got to say a quick farewell to LeaAnne before they had left to gather their few belongings. She seemed to be in a much more hopeful mood than the previous night, and Ahsoka hoped that Padme Amidala would be able to keep in touch with the senator's wife. They would definitely like each other and Padme might be able to help her with her people.

Ahsoka and Caleb walked up the ramp and set their cloaks back where they had been earlier in the airlock. Ahsoka led the way back into the cockpit, but when the doors opened, she sat in the co-pilot's seat, not the pilot's seat. Caleb froze and looked at her.

She smiled. "Well, do you want to fly us out or not?"

Caleb nearly jumped into the pilot's seat and began the preflight checks that he knew of. Ahsoka completed some of the more complicated ones, but she let him do most of them. Once everything was ready to go, she gave Caleb a thumbs up and he activated the coms.

"This is Commander Dume with Commander Tano on ship DK-849, requesting permission from the Vahak government building to leave."

"Standby," the reply came, then "Commander Dume, you are cleared for takeoff. Have a nice flight, Jedi."

Caleb activated the engine, and a few minutes later, they were in the Fosin airspace. Ahsoka punched in the coordinates for the jump to Ryloth, and they jumped out of orbit into hyperspace.

Caleb sat back and breathed a sigh of relief. "That was so cool."

Ahsoka smiled. "Not bad, for your first mission. You oversaw an inter-system negotiation session, you guarded a parade, and you stopped a group of terrorists all on one assignment."

He looked over at Ahsoka. "I'm guessing that all missions aren't like this?"

"Actually, I hate to break it to you, but this was a pretty laid-back assignment. It's a great first mission, but it's about standard once you get the hang of it."

Caleb groaned and closed his eyes. "Great."

"As I said, it can only get better from here."

"Define 'better'."

Ahsoka laughed. "Cheer up, Caleb. You're headed to Ryloth, now. You'll get to show Master Billaba what you learned if she lets you."

"Ryloth!" Yelled Caleb. "I completely forgot about Ryloth. Am I still gonna help her?"

"Well, I don't know exactly what you'll be doing to help, but yes. It will probably depend on how the mission is going."

"Can I fly into Ryloth?"

"Sorry, but it's technically a war zone. If we jump out of hyperspace and into a fight, I need to be on the stick. Otherwise, I would let you. Especially since you do better on a ship than a speeder."