The Continued quest for Knowledge (Beta Test 1.1)

[Padawan Julet]

The Continued quest for Knowledge (Beta Test 1.1)
Main Landing Hanger
The Jedi Temple on Imaginous
Inner Rim World of Imaginous
January 15th, 1944

Padawan Julet laughed as the young Yarkora ran off with question after question. She turned to Master Salaban, "Master, if you don't mind, I will take him on a tour and address all of his questions."

Master Salaban nodded as he looked at the young Yarkora, "You are well known to us. A well gifted youngling in both the Force and in the mouth. Let us see which one will take dominance over the other." He turned to Padawan Julet, "Take him and show him around."

"Yes Master," Padawan Julet said with a soft bow. She turned to the youngling, "Come on, I will show you around and answer your questions." As the two walked off from the larger group, she turned to the smaller creature, "Don't worry about Master Salaban. That is just how he is. He will push you hard and demand the very best that you can offer. But if he didn't see potential in you, you wouldn't be there. Each youngling that comes here, has passed his personal review first." She explained as they walked further down the passage ways of the main landing bay. "Well how safe are we here? That is I guess an easy enough question. We are pretty safe here. I have been here for two years and have not seen one successful attack on Imaginous. However as for dangers, there is the Artuosh. I have found that they are the hardest thing to contend with. At first they used to scare me as they walked around. They look like monsters. But once you get to know them, they are pretty easy to get along with. I think I am even finding it easier to understand them. But that comes with time." she explained laughing.

She motioned to a near by lift, "That is the main lift, it connects all the buildings together. If you think of the complex like a group of buildings, it will be easier to figure things out. There are five main buildings which make up the over all complex. The first building is the Main Landing Bay and its support facilities, here, Jedi learn to work on their own fighters. There is a number of guest rooms also located in this building as well. This entire building is harden just in case of attack. Very few guests are permitted past this building. That is at the request of the Artuosh and the Futuosh. You should have seen the scene that some Senators made when they came for a visit. But they remained in this building. The next three buildings is the living quarters for the complex. The Artuosh and Futuosh occupy the first two and no one is permitted to go there without permission from the elders. The last quarters building is for us and the complex personal. We kind of share for now. But soon our Temple will be completed and we all be moving in to there." She paused to point at the large Temple Project which can be easily seen from the massive transparent ceiling of the Landing Bay.

"The next building is the Medical and Science building. You should see some of the work going on there. Its really cool! The people that work there tend to stay in the quarters there. But sometimes they work there way out to visit and take breaks. We get all kinds of scientists coming and going all the time. They make up bulk of our visitors. There are plans to open up a University here as well but that has not been ruled on by the Council of Elders. Yeah, they run the place. Even the Jedi Council go to them for permissions when dealing with issues of Imaginous. The last building is the Military Sectors. That is manned by a bunch of Azgardians and Military guys. We are not allowed to go there. Though Master took me there once while he was tending to his duties. They have this table that watches everything that is going on in the system." She explained then paused to take a breath. "So your question about where you will be staying and sleeping, We stay in Building Four, level six. That is where all the younglings stay." She turned and looked a bit confused, "oh the world above. There is no atmosphere and its lifeless. So don't play around the air locks. And pay attention when they run their Drills. The military run drills once a month to help and make sure that everyone knows what to do during a breech in the complex."

"As for the food here, most of it is brought in. Some of it is okay and all of it is eatable. but I think it tastes terrible. Before I came here, I used to live with my family and my mom would make these really yummy cakes. I sometimes miss them but not so much now. There is fresh food grown by the Fotuosh but that tastes even worse than what is brought in. They love it, but I think its yucky. You asked about visiting your family once training starts. It all depends on the Master who trains you. Though I have heard that your Master is already selected. For me, Master Salaban is a member of the Inner Light. So they have no attachments what so ever. It has been explained to me that I am not to have any either. That means no family. It was hard at the beginning. I couldn't understand why I was not allowed to see or speak with my family. But Master Salaban explained it to me that loyalties and attachments can lead me down the path of the Dark Side. My family knew this before they agreed to allow me to train here. They knew that I would not be returning. There are a few Padawans that don't have this, but they are very few and their training is much harder. They are Padawans of the Sabbat who face attachments in dealing with emotions. They start training at a very young age. We are too old to be Sabbat."

She moved closer, "If you ask me, we lucked out. They walk around not allowed to show any degree of emotions. Their Padawans are not allowed to even hang out with us at all. Sounds like a prison to me" She said laughing.

"As for other places to visit in system. There are a few military outpost scattered throughout the system but generally this is home." She stopped at the lift, "So you ready to take a tour of the complex? I can't show you everything but I will do my best." She shrugged her shoulders, "I know I didn't get all of your questions but in time I am sure we will address everything." With that she paused and glanced at her own lightsaber, "Oh but I can say this, you will be issued a training saber. Its not like mine, but it functions nearly the same. Well aside from not really doing any harm. When your Master comes and takes you in to his or her training, then you will get one like mine. When you are ready to become a fully trained Jedi, you will have to make your own."

The lift opened and they stepped in, "So where to form here?"