A year after the escape of the Esseles, Orono encountered a threat even worse than Darth Mortis: Imperial Agent Vorgen Cyphon. The most elite of his sniper regiment, Vorgen had been conducting assassination, bribery, blackmail and several other black ops missions without any flaw, which left a small trail to follow. As if that were not bad enough, he had the help of a spy droid SCORPIO and anarchist criminal Kaliyo Djannis to properly cover his tracks and frame another for the act. What little that was known about Cyphon was that his species was human, his home was Nal Hutta, the criminal center of the galaxy, traveled in the seldom-seen Phantom-class stealth ship, the Black Rose, and that in a training class of sixty others he was the only survivor. Rare evidence found aboard the Esseles suggested that he had a part to play in the attack. Then on a patrol over Coruscant, Orono spotted Cyphon, chased down his ship, and boarded. In the crew quarters, he and Cyphon squared off. In the midst of the fighting, Orono asked his opponent why he fought for the vile Sith instead of the Republic. Vorgen spat back that the Republic was, "a den of fat slugs, leaving many good men and women to die like dogs while its leaders cower in their holes". His family had not been exempt, either. When he was only a young boy, the simple house he shared with his family had come under attack by Hutt bandits. They begged the Republic for help, but as Nal Hutta was out of their influence Vorgen and his family were on their own. The worst came when Vorgen saw his entire family bound and shot dead in front of him. In a rage, Vorgen launched himself at the pirates, shooting one in the head and gouging out the eye of another. However the leader managed to shoot him five times in the head and chest, leaving him for dead. Six months later Vorgen awoke in a Sith medical facility now outfitted with cybernetics to increase his performance. Since then he had dedicated his life to avenging his family, one Republic life at a time. Remembering similar experiences, Orono let his guard down long enough for Vorgen to stun him and leave him unconscious in an escape pod. This proved to Vorgen that the Jedi, who likened themselves to gods could be beaten...
Storyline © L.B. Farren
