you know what you're doing.' Leia shivered, focusing on the sense of the twins she carried within her. So potentially strong in the ... Force and yet so utterly helpless. 'So do I,' she whispered.
CHAPTER
4
JORUS C'BAOTH. HUMAN. BORN IN REITECAS, ON BORTRAS, ON 43112. PRE-EMPIRE DATE.
Luke made a face as he watched the words scroll up the Old Senate Library computer screen. What was it about new regimes, he wondered, that one of their first official acts always seemed to be the creation of a new dating system, which they then went and applied to all existing historical records?
The Galactic Empire had done that, as had the Old Republic before it. He could only hope that the New Republic wouldn't follow suit. History was hard enough to keep track of as it was.
ATTENDED MIRNIC UNIVERSITY 6495 TO 43290 PE. ATTENDED JEDI TRAINING CENTER ON KAMPARAS 21590 TO 8338 PE. PRIVATE JEDI TRAINING BEGUN
988 PE; INSTRUCTOR UNKNOWN. GRANTED TITLE OF JEDI KNIGHT 3686 PE. OFFICIALLY ASSUMED TITLE OF JEDI MASTER 4374 PE. SUMMARY ENDS FURTHER
DETAILS OF SCHOOLING AND TRAINING?
'No,' Luke said, frowning. C'baoth had assumed the title of Jedi Master? He'd always been under the impression that that title, like the rank of Jedi Knight itself, was something that was granted by the rest of the Jedi community and not simply self-proclaimed. 'Give me the highlights of his record as a Jedi.'
MEMBER OF ANDO DEMILITARIZATION OBSERVATION GROUP 882 TO 781 PE. MEMBER OF SENATE INTERSPECIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE 981 TO 679 PE. PERSONAL
JEDI ADVISER TO SENATOR PALPATINE 679 TO's77 'Stop,' Luke ordered, a sudden shiver running up his back. Jedi adviser to Senator Palpatine? 'Detail C'baoth's service to Senator Palpatine.' The computer seemed to consider the request. UNAVAILABLE, the answer came at last.
'Unavailable, or just classified?' Luke countered. UNAVAILABLE, the computer repeated.
Luke grimaced. But there was little he could do about it for the moment. 'Continue.'
MEMBER OF JEDI FORCE ASSEMBLED TO OPPOSE THE DARK JEDI INSURRECTION
ON BPFASSH 777 TO 174 PE. ASSISTED IN RESOLVING ALDERAAN ASCENDANCY
CONTENTION 117O PE. ASSISTED JEDI MASTER TRA'S M'INS IN MEDIATION OF
DUINUOGWUIN-GOTAL CONFLICT l68 TO 466 PE. NAMED AMBASSADOR AT LARGE TO
XAPPYH SECTOR 82162 PE BY SENATE. HIGHLY INSTRUMENTAL IN CONVINCING SENATE
TO AUTHORIZE AND FUND OUTBOUND FLIGHT PROJECT. ONE OF SIX JEDI MASTERS
ATTACHED TO PROJECT 7765 PE. NO RECORD EXISTS AFTER PROJECT DEPARTURE FROM
YAGA MINOR, 4164. HIGHLIGHTS SUMMARY ENDS. FURTHER INFORMATION?
Luke leaned back in his chair, gazing at the display and chewing at the inside of his cheek. So not only had C'baoth once been an adviser to the man who would someday declare himself Emperor, but he'd also been part of the attack against those Dark Jedi from the Sluis sector that Leia had told him about. One of whom had survived long enough to face Master Yoda on Dagobah... There was a soft footstep behind him. 'Commander?'
'Hello, Winter,' Luke said without turning. 'Looking for me?'
'Yes,' Winter said, coming up to stand beside him. 'Princess Leia would like to see you whenever you're finished here.' She nodded at the display, running a hand through her silky white hair as she did so. 'More Jedi research?'
'Sort of' Luke told her, sliding a data card into the terminal's slot. 'computer: copy complete record of Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth.'
'Jorus C'baoth,' Winter repeated thoughtfully.
'Wasn't he involved in the big ascendancy flap on Alderaan?'
