This post has the following content warnings:
View Flat HTML
View Metadata
Search Post
She's told the plan is proceeding well. Across the galaxy, simmering conflicts are igniting into open violence and the Jedi are pulled in all directions at once. For every crisis like Naboo they resolve, there's one like Os-Kerso that they can't see to. The Republic's member systems are nervous, and the time approaches when they will be looking for strong leadership. Her leadership.
(Despite her origins, she's come along very well. She will be a suitable face for the return of Sith dominance. So she's told. She takes the rage that sparks in her every time she hears him say those words and buries it deep, fuel for the infinite pyre of her power.)
Os-Kerso is a binary system with one native species, the Ossians. Kerso was settled by Coreworld colonists before the intelligence of the inhabitants of Os was recognized. Relations between the two planets have not significantly improved from that point. The Kersan have maintained a technological edge and control most of the trade that flows through the system, but the Senatorial delegation is comprised of Ossians, and it was therefore the Ossians the Republic peacekeeping troops backed during the recent conflict over tariff duties. The Ossian victory was more due to the fact that the Republic troops had transports that the Ossians could use than any more direct contribution. Eight battles, four bombed-out cities, one stormed capital, thirty-seven Republic force casualties and six hundred thousand civilian deaths later, both sides have finally agreed to a ceasefire pending peace negotiations.
And now she needs to be the one to overseer it, to publicly taste the aftermath of war and declare the need for a better way, to have the ability to stop this before it started. Sometimes she hates her job.
