"L-Lord Palpatine. I-I don't know how to say this. B-but...."
Palpatine stared at the man. "What is it?"
"According to the energy readings and some intecepted Rebel signals, the Death Star has been destroyed."
"Vader?"
The tech tapped the console beneath the buttons. "We don't know. He went out in a TIE fighter to stop the Rebels, but his ship was lost in space."
"How was the Death Star destroyed?" Palpatine demanded.
"An X-Wing destroyed it somehow. We're analyzing the data to see just how it was done."
Palpatine nodded. "When you figure out how it was done, you will send this information to the construction crews. I want the new Death Star to be invincible," Palpatine stated forcefully.
"Y-yes, Lord Palpatine."
Palpatine wandered back into his throne room and sat down. He brought his fingers up to his nose.
"So, the Death Star was destroyed and Vader is lost. Vader is not dead, just missing. It's not like him to run away. The hyperdrive on his fighter must be damaged."
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On Dagobah, a green elf-like creature looked up and shook his head. "Change something has. What not know."
The small green elf traipsed through the swamp and stopped as he felt a presence. He looked towards a clump of trees and saw a luminessence start ot shine. Soon, a translucent human surrounded by a blue glow appeared.
"Greetings Yoda." The glowing human said.
"Obi-Wan Kenobi. Dead you are I see. Student of yours killed by," Yoda said.
"Yes. Darth Vader cut me down. However, his son has started training in the Force. It was he who destroyed the Death Star."
"Too old. Too old to train."
Obi-Wan nodded. "I know. But, what choice did we have?"
Yoda sighed and walked back to his hut. "Beyond Skywalker something else has changed. Something different I sensed. Something."
Obi-Wan frowned. "I don't know. The Force showed me the image of an aincent looking ship and blue-green world. I have to go Yoda."
Yoda nodded and the Force ghost faded away.
"Always in motion the future. Hard to see. But not the future I need. The present is what I needs see."
Yoda went into his hut and sat on the floor. He closed his eyes and cast his senses outwards. He stretched his senses out to the Yavin system. His abilities picked up two large box like objects floating in space.
"There. Not from this area those things are. Powerful they are, but dangerous they seem not to be."
Yoda searched around the two large boxes and found a strange area in space.
"That not there before. From other side those boxes are. From this side something places switched with them."
Yoda took a deep breath and cast his senses onto the other side of the rift, or tried to.
"Other side too far away to sense. Important going on something is on that side," Yoda said, as he opened his eyes and stood up.
Yoda hobbled towards his bed. "Strong enough will Skyalkwer be to face Vader? Not know."
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Anakin sat in the room the people of the SDF-1 had provided him. Inside his helmet, he smiled and shook his head.
'Dr. Lang is a quick study. All they need is enough parts and he could probably build this ship a hyperdrive and some faster thrusters. I do hope I can get some more freedom soon. I'd like to get back to teaching Rick.'
He leaned back and gave a low chuckle. 'Heh. If Palpatine, Yoda, or Obi-Wan saw me now, they'd have fits. Obi-Wan.....'
Anakin's good mood vanished as he thought of Obi-Wan. 'Of all the things I have done....'
Anakin clenched his fists in anger and sorrow, but let the anger fade. 'It's done. Nothing I can do will ever change that one act. Maybe someday I can forgive myself. I will learn from the mistakes that I made and try to train Rick as best as I can.'
Anakin sighed. 'I wonder if this is the reason Palpatine kept me and his previous apprentices so busy. So they wouldn't have time to reflect upon their lives.'
The former Sith Lord sadly shook his head. He looked towards the door and mentally opened it. Dr. Lang was caught by suprise at what just happened.
"It is good to see you Dr. Lang," Anakin said.
Dr. Lang recovered his composure. "Neat trick. I have some good news and some bad news for you. Both are in regards to where you are from."
Anakin faced Dr. Lang and remained sitting, to prevent his greater height from intimidating the good doctor. "Go on."
"The star charts match stars we have seen. However, they are of Andromeda. It is the galaxy that is closest to us."
Anakin leaned back and laughed. "Of all the places to wind up. My home is within sight, but it is so far away."
"I'm sorry."
Anakin shook his head. "Don't be. The time I have spent here has healed me emotionally. By the way, you might want to disable one of the enemy starships so it can't run."
"Oh. Why?"
"Parts. I know how to build a hyperdrive and can show you how, so this ship doesn't limp along. If you manage to cripple the ship, so its Fold Drive is left intact, I could study it and see the differences between a hyperdrive and a Fold Drive. They should be fairly close, probably just some minor tweaks."
Dr. Lang nodded. "By the way, Gloval has decided that you don't pose any real threat to the ship, so he's allowing you a little bit of free reign."
Anakin nodded. "Thank you. I feel I should get back to teaching Rick Hunter my style of martial arts. I take it he has joined your defense squadron."
Emil nodded. "Yes. Captain Cloval did expect that you would want to keep teaching. He's made allowances for Rick to train under you."
"Thank you."
Emil Lang scracthed his head. "If you don't mind, when you are not teaching Rick Hunter I'd like to talk to you more about your technology."
"I'd enjoy that as well."
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