Friday, December 23, 2011
Rediscovering Legends
Orono had made many great discoveries in the four thousand years he had been alive, but none was greater than his journey to Hoth and discovering the Orion Brigade. During one of the calmer times of the Cold War, he had set out with his apprentice Nadia Grell to investigate rumors of Jedi artifacts in the area. However the world was not quite as deserted as they thought. They were under attack by ice hounds when a lone one-eyed man in rattletrap snow gear saved them. Introducing himself as Sergeant John "Grizzly" Kynlon, he took them to the wreck of an old troop transport. Inside were Corporal Seamus McKoron, Lieutenant Abraham Lee and Captain Nathan Verliss. Introducing themselves as they fabled "Orion Brigade" they told Orono their story. Once the pride of the Republic military, they had undergone ninety missions without fail. Everything changed when they came to Hoth. At the time, they planet was used as a mercenary safe house and was heavily guarded. After obtaining a list of all the enemy's targets, and just barely dodging all manner of laser fire, they called for an evac shuttle. The general leading them and Senator Konrad Byko came to greet them. However, instead of being helped onto the shuttle, the general and Senator gunned the soldiers down and left them for dead, resulting in their current injuries. With no other way of the planet, the Brigade was forced to search until the found the wreck they now lived in. Eager to help these disgraced heroes, Orono searched the tundra until he found an old holocamera. It contained the exact footage of Orion Brigade being betrayed. Upon hearing this, the Brigade joined Orono aboard the Cadfael and raced for Coruscant. Since their abandonment, the stories of the Orion Brigade had become legendary in the Republic. This was a great help when they went to confront Byko and the general in the heart of the city. When guards aimed at them they were in awe at the return of the heroes they had heard about all their lives. The guards even joined there cause and soon thousands of soldiers and civilians marched to Byko's home...